Is Black Stool Dangerous

identity: food for thought

Matteo Giurco


"The root is perhaps the most important and unrecognized needs of the human soul."

-Simone Weil, The Need for Roots, Community, Cremona, 1954, pp. 49-50 -

contemporary society and the despair of being uprooted

Contemporary society is very diverse. Enough to notice it going into the jungle of individuals in the local market is the home jumped from our view a melting pot of people with very different cultures and histories different. There are in fact the old lady next door and the native merchant, the young freakkettone dazed by the joints and the immigrant second generation of the vu cumprà African and Romanian caregiver, etc., etc. ...

The element that unites these people, in addition to 'belong to the human race is not culture, nor religion. It is rather the loss of a strong identity, fostered by the prevailing globalization: the old woman is lost in nostalgic drives, the trader misses the good times and calls for the closure of the borders, freakkettone dreams of a trip to India because he is sickened by the Italian company, the immigrant second generation is constantly suspended between the identity of the country of origin and the country that hosts it, and the same can be said of the vu-cumprà and Romanian workers.

cases marked by the loss of roots, united by belonging to a society which continues to scatafascio a value system in which the key points are essential at one time failed, where key words such as homeland and family, God and Party gave way to the consumer society, far more successful with regard to material wealth but dramatically poor in a moral respect, the only one capable of providing clear answers to existential needs.

The eradication is characterized therefore by the disappearance of those still capable of giving support to the individual, responding to questions most pregnant ("Who am I?" To cite one example).

Faced with this phenomenon of atomization and anomizzazione of various members of society is so notorious cases of the manifestation of aggression toward self and toward others (alcoholism, physical violence-in some cases ENTAILING riots, like that of the banlieues in 2005 - and so on ...).

goes without saying then that the only positive response This dramatic scenario consists in conscious reappropriation of concepts such as balanced and Identity and Community, the only ones able to stem the rampant eradication.

In this article we will talk about first.

Identity: group consciousness

The identity derives from the Latin word, "Identitas" the ancients called Id-entitas, which would be a little 'how to say "the same entity. "(1 *)

Identity is then configured as a" system of representation whereby the individual feels to exist as a person feels accepted and recognized as such by others, his group and its culture of belonging. "(2 *)

This concept is therefore able to respond to main question of the human being, considered both individually and collectively, that is crucial that "Who am I?" that loomed for centuries in the minds of our ancestors, and the importance of which I mentioned earlier.

necessarily part of the capture of awareness of what it is, therefore, the second major resource flows inherent in the idea of \u200b\u200bidentity, or the easier way to interact with the Other. In this respect worthy of relevance are the words of the influential anthropologist Venetian Ulderico Bernardi, who says: "Only those who are sure of their identity is available to compare and exchange, is not afraid of deculturation shows no intolerance and shows no aggression towards of other cultures. "(3 *)

know who you are and then helps to relate to the different, in respect of the roles of each, leaving drifts fundamentalist tendency to exclusivity and closure.

At this point it is essential to explain how the identity is set out in clear sections net and.

The first step to consider is the choice, choose to join is different, and not coincidentally in the process of identifying a crucial role is assumed by the free will without it, identity is reduced to empty containers sterile (for the same proceedings as a result of which many citizens professantisi "Catholics" never go to church, or many "Italians" do not know the words of the national anthem).

set free from schemes and labels imposed on mo 'and then the molds will be the first step in building a' true identity, free from conditioning and really felt by the subjects.

The next steps leading to the formation of identity are no less difficult, indeed, involve a very substantial commitment and participation and are based on two core principles:

-historical memory;

-historical meditation;

The first is the filter of history through the eyes of tradition (note: not the traditional!). To use a metaphor, is like a ball of wool whose strings are the individual stories of community members, from generation to generation, to form a homogeneous blend which is the group's history.

By its very nature (story told by those directly involved), but the historical memory tends to drift into becoming a negative element, that is, tends to rise to the tasks of the celebration of his epic (myth) of belonging, not paying attention to objectivity, but only to instrumental considerations.

element capable of passing the mythopoeic nature of historical memory and historical meditation, reflection transpersonal able to carefully consider the objectivity and fairness of the stories passed down.

Meditation Historic then passes through the evaluation "sine ira et studio" Memory of belonging, and not through scientific procedures (though in each case weighted) in order to reject the logic of a mere transmission of myth to the functional demands for identity.

In other words, the Historical Meditation is configured as the process can lead to a reflection on key issues in the past dynamics, in order to produce a blend of the elements of permanence and change, aimed at overcoming the fossilization on obsolete elements.

Identity as key to evolutionary reappropriation of past and present, therefore, the alternative is to be a sort of "fish out of water" ... in two-footed version.

Sources:

(1 *) see the entries "identity" and "entities" in "Etymological Dictionary etymology of the Italian-starter" by Giacomo Devoto, Le Monnier, 1968 ;

(2 *) by "identity" in "New Dictionary of Sociology" by Franco Demarchi, Bernard and Aldo Ellena Cattarinussi, published by Paulist Press, 1987;

(3 *) Ulderico Bernardi , the ethnic salad bowl, Blacks Pozza, Vicenza 1992, p. 29. Quoted in "Ethnicity: Identity and uprooting" article by Giovanni Monastra appeared on "Routes" No 10, 1998, and available on the web at the following address: http://www.estovest.net/identita/etnie.html # t45;

The Patriot Act President Lincoln

Shame Italy

Andrea Tamaro


"The racism and hatred towards homosexuals are the same thing, intolerance towards the other" - Andrea Camilleri

I wanted to start this article explaining in detail what happened last month, Oct. 13, in Parliament. Speaking of the bill "Tanning" against homophobia. How it has been rejected because unconstitutional. The "ruling of unconstitutionality" UDC has been raised.
The law should, in amending Article. 61 of the Criminal Code, introducing the aggravating circumstance of sex discrimination for personal attacks. Instead
go on like this.

Why was this law?
Only in 2008, there were nine murders, 45 assaults, extortion, 7, 5 and 9 episodes of bullying acts of vandalism against individuals and groups gay and lesbian and trans.
In 2009, the situation has worsened to the point that an exponent of the Democratic Party has felt the need to try to change the situation.
I wish the PDL had made such a proposal: he would have been shown to keep their citizens, and even voters. Not all homosexuals are left, even if you like to believe.
The fundamental question is, however, that all those who are discriminated against disabled-, trans-and, in substance, homosexuals feel the need to be protected.

Article 2 of the Italian Constitution: The Republic recognizes and guarantees the inviolable rights of man, as an individual and in social groups where he expresses his personality, and demands the fulfillment of mandatory duties of political solidarity, economic and social development.

If a couple of gay boys or girls walking down the street and is attacked, beaten, those responsible must be punished more severely than normal attack? The answer is yes. First of all, because homophobia is like racism (intolerance that leads to much worse things). If it is not obstacle, it will become normal. It is obviously not the best method, but a small step forward.
[the best way to pass the pedagogy, the intervention in schools, ... arguments for a future article]

It is Article 2 of Paper. What does "The Republic recognizes and guarantees the inviolable rights of man"? From a legal point of view it should be noted, first, recognize the use of the verb, interpreted as evidence that the inviolable rights of man are the existing Constitution, and have a value of "pregiuridico" and universal: the 'law does not create them from scratch (ie from scratch) but simply to acknowledge their existence. Just this value "pregiuridico" allows you to transform the art. 2 in a sort of open clause, stating that Article. 2 leaves the interpreter and the lawyer can determine whether, in the evolution social rights arise from the need to protect and guarantee the people.
To explain in a more simple concept, we can say that Article. 2 is configured as an "open catalog of rights". They are "new rights" and among them there is also the right to sexual identity (among other, equally important, as the "right to life" and "freedom of conscience").
a result, despite not being mentioned in the Constitution these rights (how could the fathers-and mothers-constituents know how it could change society?), They exist and must be accepted as more fundamental. And that is why there is a legislator. For this last October 13, the law had to be approved, saying: "We hold that homophobia is one of the evils of our country, and homosexuals have equal rights of others," should not be labeled as unconstitutional. UDC. Union Center. Vatican. Pope
I leave you to the appropriate conclusions.

emerges from all this a bleak picture. Italy lives in another world.
On October 29, Barack Obama signed the Matthew Shepard Act, the law treats crimes of homophobia than racism. The new version expands the definition of "hate crime", hate crimes, so far considered only for cases of discrimination ethnic, racial and religious, also include those made by the different sexual orientation and disability as well for the victims.
But Italy has been called by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, "undermined the law against homophobia was a setback for Italy, for homosexuals is needed for full protection."

I want to end the article, trying to share my sentiments and feelings on everything.
Every time I hear or read a story about an assault or a beating, I remain silent and pray that is the last time you should hear these episodes of violence. Each Once this happens, again, something. Boys disfigured his face, sent to the hospital. Pain. Death.
Because there is indifference to these crimes? It will never die hatred towards the "different"? But hatred for what? We do not choose to be homosexual, it is a fact, like the sun shining in the sky. What could be more natural love between two people, whoever they are? It's just hypocritical for some account of a sexual nature or moralistic?
Parents, say parents, who reject their children, parents tell the child "I want you to die" because of their homosexuality, the death penalty in certain states (with the lowercase on purpose), discrimination at work, risking their safety on the streets. Why not throw in a concentration camp as the Nazis did? 100,000 homosexuals were deported to the camps. Less than 70 years ago. And the hatred remains.
" The past is a lesson unheard. How is the story "- Enzo Biagi

Building Mini Dune Buggy

Presentation

Tommaso Ramella


At the opening of blog of Pot-pourri , I feel duty-bound to spend a few words on how did this initiative and for what purposes it aims.
has long felt the need to create a cultural magazine, a space where they could meet the commitment and imagination of students who are in daily interesting insights on literature, art, science in general and on every sphere of human knowledge. Too often these thoughts grow inside of us fail to find an appropriate expression, and it is the difficulties we encounter in expressing them to prevent their full maturation. Reflecting on my experience, I realized I was not accustomed to have his thoughts in an organic and systematic, and since I have always considered valid, the Latin maxim rem tene, verba sequentur ( keep the topic in hand, the words will follow ), I concluded that if the shape of my thinking is flawed, defective must be my thoughts. I thought so to force the flow of ideas raging within the banks of the written word, opposing the firmness of the latter to the instability of thought: thus was born Pot-pourri .
Articles published in blog are written by students who attend high school or college, you do not claim to have scientific value, but rather act fitness for young scholars who are taking over the critical tools necessary to enter the world of work, the reader is invited to participate in this research exercise of his criticism in reading the articles, communicating with authors and participating actively in the project. The purpose of Pot-pourri author is so self-education as the education of the reader: knowledge is always the result of a dialectical process, there can be no learning without joint involvement.
conclude this presentation with a cordial greeting to the readers in the hope that the articles could arouse their interest.

Kates Playground Rabbit Movie

Guilty? No, required!

Stefano Tieri


Process Mills : Mr. B will not be condemned because

Background: I started collecting material for the article about a month ago, when speaking of the various "plans" with which Silvio Berlusconi could avoid his processes was a taboo. So far, the defense is the hottest of all the newspapers treat and even the news can not help but open his eyes. Sure, there are different ways of talking about it, and showing everything as simple government practice (as if Parliament and the Senate should apply to dictate the agenda and processes to the premier-defendant) they end up looking like the latest chapter in the history of a war - between politics and the judiciary - which began in 1992 with clean hands. But let's get the facts ...


Following confirmation of the sentence in the appellate ruling, pending the final verdict of the Supreme Court (provided by April 2010), the whole of Italy - or at least the part that still has the courage to read a newspaper in the morning - asked about the future legal lawyer David Mills and his distinguished co-defendant, the Prime Minister.
will be condemned? Acquitted? Simple question: the crime will be required. A term for the prime minister and his Stalinist system of information amounts to "fulfilled" (Open Studio in the news this anticipated even Berlusconi himself, said even the mouth of Luigi Galluzzo, formerly May 19, 2009: 'the day they leave the grounds of the Mills trial in which Berlusconi was acquitted ... ").

And now here are the (many) causes that lead to an inevitable requirement.
First of all, the Lodo Alfano. Although the Court has deemed unconstitutional, this does not exclude its decisive influence on the trial of Mr. B, the three judges who sentenced David Mills as a witness in the interests of corrupt Berlusconi - that Gandus, Dorigo and Caccialanza - having just expressed a similar opinion regarding the same alleged facts to the premier in the key-corrupt corrupter, have become the law 'incompatible' to judge the prime minister himself. The process, with the three new judges elected, not restart from where you left it: the defense, in fact, has the right to require that all the evidence, executing requests abroad and the evidence gathered in almost two years to process (by the old judges) to be collected again (the new judges). Unlike the process, however, the time limitation (although it had been "frozen" by the award) are not cleared. If 2 +2 4, it is easy to imagine how the prescription, whose time within which half was triggered by the ex Cirielli Law (Law No. 251 of December 5, 2005, approved during the third Berlusconi government), will be a very easy target.

But there's more. Because the current state of things in If you come to a final conviction for Mills, the hearing in the trial of Mr Berlusconi would not be very long: the court would only have to prove whether or not the prime minister gave the order to pay the co-defendant, and all end up there (as the offense, or the bribe paid by Fininvest to Mills, is already proven).
There is a risk, in short, that even with the law Cirielli and explained the mechanism was triggered by the ruling, it reaches a verdict for Mr. B. And then the lawyers come into play in the premier and members of the PDL in the ranks, creating a rule that would deny the value judgments of the trial, contained within the reform of the penal code.

This probably would be enough, but it's better to be safe in the last days of the prime minister's lawyers have been indulged to find several new solutions, where some of them are rejected by the majority (of several men was An have often been shown not to appreciate some of the rules on a personal basis). Ghedini thus designed to further cut the time limitation (for the accuracy of a quarter, relating to crimes with a penalty of less than 10 years and have been committed before May 2, 2006: should perhaps point out that in the category also includes the process for Berlusconi's corruption?) meeting, however, the hostility of Finian, worried perhaps from the negative effects that such a rule would lead to the judicial system.

Alfano, after consulting with Longo and Ghedini, is another possible solution, revealed by Dino Martano Corriere della Sera on 29 October set a ceiling of three years for the first instance, two for 'appeal, one for the Supreme Court. the reporter concludes: "with the first or the second solution, the dropping of the process Berlusconi Mills had already prescribed.
The way forward to save the Prime Minister has finally found it, they will agree Berlusconi and Fini: put a limit of two years for every court (Which makes the final determination applies equally Marta) where the accused has no criminal record. Maliciously might note that the Prime Minister, thanks to six prescriptions (not counting the various processes by which escaped unhurt thanks to many rules on a personal basis) and a incesurato, and enjoy this additional cut so the statute of limitations: it blasting, in addition to the Mills case, the funds for blacks Mediaset.

"It would be absurd and illogical - reveals Mills talking about the process that sees him joined Berlusconi - if one were convicted and one acquitted: either both guilty or innocent, given the nature of the accusation of corruption. " Conviction or acquittal? Apparently, while British lawyer will touch (if the sentence is confirmed to the Supreme Court) the first lot, the second - more successful - will be acquitted. In the dictionary
Berlusconi, of course.

The great poet, adapting his verses, he could express himself like this:

and he to me: "This miserable mode
tengnon the sorry souls of those who lived
full of infamy and without praise.

How To Look Like A Roxy Model

Whispers from a dead language

Tommaso Ramella


Before starting to read the ode 3, 13 of Horace I should give a brief introduction. My translation, pedestrian way, does not reproduce the rhythm nor the musicality of the text Horace, both key aspects of poetry in general and especially of the opera.

The odes of Horace, unlike those of Greece, were not accompanied by the lyre , so the task of producing the melody was entrusted entirely to the word, the alternation of long and short syllables and melodic accents. We who are about to read a poem by Horace we are no longer able to perceive the amount of syllables nor the elevations and the lowering of tone: it is a bit 'as if we read the text of a song by De André without the voice and the accompaniment, in short , music. To distinguish the classical poetry from prose is so resorted to the following scheme: at the first long syllable of the foot (the measure marks the line) has brought down a heavy accent, or an increase of the intensity of voice, this emphasis has replaced the 'stroke Latin, which served to distinguish the bacteria from the lift during the recitation. But if the reading metrics by which generations of students were tortured is simply a convention, if our words never sound like those of Horace, a professor of all'erbitrio why obey? To try to answer this question I will return to the example of De André. Imagine that, unfortunately, get lost all the scores of his songs, that there is no way to hear his voice or the music and all that remains are his lyrics: best play a concert reading the text of his songs or trying to write new scores for singing? I believe that rebuilding a musical context for fear of betraying De André and Horace is a much more serious treason against them that stain qualche arbitrio nel tentativo di mettere nuovamente a contatto il pubblico con la loro opera. Inserirò dunque nel testo latino degli accenti intensivi: che vogliate leggerli o meno, sappiate che la voce di Orazio non la sentirete.

Hor. Carmina 3, 13 (metro: strofe asclepiadea terza)

O΄ fons Ba΄ndusia΄e sple΄ndidio΄r vitro,

du΄lci di΄gne mero΄ no΄n sine flo΄ribus,

cra΄s dona΄beris hae΄do

cu΄i frons tu΄rgida co΄rnibus

pri΄mis e΄t venerem e΄t pro΄elia de΄stinat.

Fru΄stra: na΄m gelido΄s i΄nficie΄t tibi

ru΄bro sa΄nguine ri΄vos

la΄scivi΄ subole΄s gregis.

Te΄ flagra΄ntis atro΄x ho΄ra Caniculae

nescit tangere, tu frigus amabile

fessis vomere tauris

Well ebes et pecori wagon.

nobilium Facebook Fies quoque fontium

with dicente cavisimpositam ilicem

saxis, unde loquaces

LYMPHA desiliunt tuae.

Bandusia O source, the brighter the glass, not worthy of pure sweet wine without flowers, tomorrow you'll be given a goat as his forehead swollen for the first horns promises love and clashes . In vain: the offspring of the flock will stain of blood-red heat the cold streams. The time from the red fierce Canicola can not touch you, you offer lovely freshness to the tired oxen plow and cattle wandering. You too will become one of the sources known, since I sing the holly oak above the rock quarry from which it sprang talkative your waters.

The ode is dedicated to the source of Bandusia nymph, a small stream probably located near the villa sabina di Orazio. In ancient sources were sacred to poets, since it was said that gives them the inspiration, the poets, in exchange, the sources made it famous with their song. This tradition, seemingly bizarre, actually has an explanation of a technical nature: to speak in verse water was considered the most difficult test for the poet, who had been compelled to be an element so changeable and elusive words through fixed and immutable. So whenever you see the water in Latin poetry, we may certain that the author is preparing to exhibit his talent.

Horace defines his source splendidior vitro, the brighter the glass: a comparative superlative camouflaged by the majority, since the second term of comparison is splendidus the highest degree. The spring water is clear and shining in the sun, even more than the glass, but not enough, the water is worthy of offerings such as the pure sweet wine and wreaths of flowers, that are sacred. Horace begins to describe a rite itself: we learn that cras the next day, the source will receive the gift of a goat. If Horace informs us that the kid will be given the day after the day on which he imagines delivered the ode, we can assume that this is a recurrence, in all likelihood Fontanal , a holiday celebrated on October 13 during which they were offered at source wine, wreaths and a kid.

You will notice that the verb gift is used in a rather unusual to see 3, we expect a building of the Italian type someone gives something to someone, donate where the verb is used in the active sense, Horatio instead uses the opportunity afforded him by turns and the Latin verb gift to the person, in expression similar to Italian someone receives a gift something. Why Horace has made this choice? After all, he knew Latin, the construction of the active verb gift, indeed, it was by far the most frequent. To find out, we must ask the following question: What is the difference between these two sentences, someone will donate a goat to the source the source and receive a gift of a goat ? What distinguishes them is the number of compositional elements: the second term, one chosen by Horace, to exclude from the scene who will bring a gift to the source of kid, that man. The harmony of the natural landscape that is emerging would be disturbed by humans, so Horace merely cite the source and the goat, an animal that brings us immediately to see the sacred context introduced 2. Horace describes the kid is not a mere instrument votive is a living being inserted into the natural cycle: small bumps on its forehead, just a hint of horns, suggesting its mature form, the season of love and clashes with rivals. The kid is destinatus to everything, is already looking towards the future, when the natural cycle is abruptly broken dall'avverbio frustration, which seems to slice through the thread of life of the animal.

Before analyzing vv. 6-7 open a brief parenthesis: the Latin, as you noted from the first verse, the words can have an extremely fluid because, unlike in Italian, is the grammatical endings to establish connections between words. When two words are linked grammatically it included the other forms a link: the reader expects that the first term follow that connected to it, and when this is not in him develops a tension that finds its dissolution only with the appearance the word hold. The advantage of this to cause tension in the reader is that this will significantly increase its contribution to the text is the same mechanism that leads us to follow a film with greater apprehension Load suspense. If we now return to vv. 6-7, we see that they consist of a link that has the details of the terms and gelidos rivos , among whom are included four items, inficiet , tibi, rubro sanguine and . We follow the words and we pay attention to what we say. gelidos , the bitter cold of a stream. inficiet the splendidissimae , gelidae waters are colored. tibi, everything that happens is at the source and the source. rubro is better defined the dyed water, which take on a reddish color. blood flow, which turns red waters of the source is the blood of freshly killed goat, still red hot. rivos , the connection closes. The clear, cold waters of the source have been dyed red with the blood still warm, kid. The image, now vivid in our minds, it is only foreshadowed by Horace, the sacrifice is not yet complete, but now the fate of the kid who can not shed their blood in the icy streams.

The alliteration of r to see 9 produces an effect very similar to that of poetry Noon pale and withdrawn the Montale and contributes to the description of the fierce heat of summer afternoons, when the oxen and cattle seek refreshment from the water source still cold, seemingly immune to sunlight. Horace does not need to describe the landscape, as the presence of farm animals immediately suggests to his audience the rural areas become topos in bucolic poetry, a distesta pastures, gentle slopes, forests and streams.

The ode Horace is coming to an end and announced that the fons Bandusiae will soon reach the fame of the most popular sources, those which are sung by the great Greek lyric: for this to happen he still has available three ways in which will concentrate all his art. Horace sings an oak overlooking a rock quarry, jump down from the top of the water source. It 's a complete representation of the locus amoenus a literary topos with which Greek and Latin poets used to deal with. But Horace is not content with a silent picture, wants to give life to his work, and it does reproduce the sound of water gushing from the rock and falls on the rocks below. The metaphor LYMPHA loquaces for us modern readers the most obvious suggestion of this sound: the vibrant waters of the stream to produce a continuous flow and it seems that while they're chatting. Yet, to imitate the sound of water, Horatio has a By far the most effective instrument of abstract metaphor: there's the sound of words. Unfortunately we will never know what effect the direction of Horace produced, as the Latin language is silent now, but we have evidence of the importance that should look like noise in the latter verse, for example, the alliteration of l , the internal rhyme LYMPHA - tuae and the presence of a foreign voice to Latin, the y of LYMPHA . The word LYMPHA , enhanced by exotic vocalism, is a jewel in the conclusion of the ode by Horace, a demonstration of his poetic genius, a lesser poet would have completed the framework of the locus amoenus the term aquae, the water that sprang from the rock, but Horace wants to bring the listener on a higher floor, away from the landscape of the Sabine countryside: the term describes LYMPHA concretely the process of poetic inspiration, indicating the flow of ideas that are slid into the mind of the poet from his divinity. More than two thousand years from the day when Horace spoke this hatred, the sound of her voice is off with the murmur of water, but if you pay attention, you can still hear the whispers of his Muse, the nymph Bandusia.