Friday, January 29, 2010

Blade Names For Games

Nostalgia, beauty and sacrifice. Yukio Mishima and the dream of the return of the Sun Imperial

Lorenzo Natural



"Human life is short, but I want to live forever."

There are people that the past has given us and we seem mysterious, difficult to decipher. Or just us not being able to understand the meaning and teaching that have left among the flurry of fast and relentless pace of history. Yukio Mishima is definitely one of these: playwright, writer of appreciated value, the only modern Japanese author "was worthy to stage their performances in theater and Kabuchi No" , but also a man who was not afraid to face death as collateral for the loyalty that has always given to his country, Japan.
would be simplistic to talk about Mishima citing his work or drawing a mere story artistic biography, leaving out what really shines in the minds of those fortunate enough to understand the stature and greatness. However, assuming that not everybody has this figure of Mishima, I believe that a nod to the situation and the context in which he is part is mandatory.

After the Second World War with the victory of U.S. democracy and those of Europe, Japan, which as we know it formed the so-called Rome-Berlin-Tokyo axis as opposed to the first powers-that I mentioned found himself in a very delicate: on one hand the last shreds of resistance (heroic, but disorganized) anti-American, the other a country devastated by the bombing of Nagasaki and Hiroshima. To avoid falling into the abyss of isolation, the government and the emperor decided to approve a new pacifist constitution in 1947, de facto by the United States, a country that occupies the former Empire of the Rising Sun until 1952. Japan found itself thus to pay a high price for the defeat of the conflict, however, helped by the same USA-economic recovery was almost immediate, making Japan one of the pillars of the global economy of the modern world.
If this progressive streak since '52 has shown its positive side, it is useless to hide the fact that the total submission to the winners has been injured in the final almost ancient roots Japanese Empire, and with them the spirit of men who had dedicated heart and soul of the sacred imperial supreme ideal.

And in this political humus, old and forgotten heroes of young men with the spirit and the look is still facing the sunlight at sixteen spokes of the old flag archipelago, is part of the young life of Yukio Mishima (Hiraoka Kimitake pseudonym).
course the usual moralistic gossips have not hesitated to call Mishima a "pro-Nazi-fascist" (a term somewhat inappropriate, but that has been done-and you-a disproportionate use), unable to accept the figure of a man that despite the defeat of his country, has remained faithful to it until the last day of his life. Mishima was not an extremist, not liked to call himself neither right nor left, he was a traditionalist, a nationalist, a conservative decadent, as was defined symbolically Moravia. He would not let you bend the laws of Japan American market capitalism at the expense of the secular laws of the samurai code of honor and Bushi-do: in short, one might say a dreamer, a romantic who does not agree to submit to the new masters, knowing in his heart, that the its resistance would have been fruitless in the long term.

The first Mishima, however, was a young man like many others, engaged in studies and working activities of the legal field, which soon discovered not to be fit for his own ego. Yukio left this way to take the hardest route of writing, in this art could better express their feelings, which were not confined to political issues, indeed: in the early masterpieces ( Confessions of a Mask and even more in forbidden colors) reflected the aesthetic soul of the writer. Between the pages of his works are interwoven with interesting-stories-autobiographical novel of Narcissus, homosexual relationships and psychological analysis. The cult of the aesthetic beauty became a cornerstone of Mishima: a cult of the body to extremes, but that coincides with the ideal of perfection due not only to the spirit of Japanese culture, but also to the traditions of the perfect men's physical and seeds -gods of ancient Greece, which often claimed to be inspired by Yukio.
worship and care of your body that took him to engage in culture, in addition to the practice of many martial arts. The search for the perfect balance between aesthetics and interiority, and thought "armor," exteriority and essence was always the foundation of his life.

In Mishima, this way of life had considerable influence on the spiritual, but above all "political." His almost fanatical devotion to training your body constantly, Yukio led to the founding Tate no kai, a small group of faithful warriors willing to reincarnate the symbolic value of the old samurai: love and defense of the American homeland and sought their own balance.
Honesty, Courage, Honesty, Honor, Duty and Loyalty: The Way of the warrior who had traced the old masters, relived of light shining in Mishima and his army. The Imperial Sun shines again on steel reinforcement of the new Japanese warriors, the Emperor-seen as a symbol sacred to the tradition, and not as a single man was still surrounded by a bunch of men who have given their very lives to defend its shadow.

However, reluctantly, Mishima had now to see how his country had been irreversibly corrupted by the new gods of modernity, who settled between commodity fetishism and the greed of the market. Only a few continued to oppose the New Japan, distant relative of quell'ancestrale mysticism that characterized the Old Country of the Rising Sun.
Unable to live in a world not his own, gripped by a feeling of disorientation more internal than physical, Mishima, and the last samurai loyal to him decided to scream the whole country their last cry for freedom. Occupied the building of self-defense army, loudly praised Mishima, for the last time, the spirit of Imperial Japan. Unheeded, he took his own life along with the trusted friend Morita with the practice of the samurai seppuku (not to be confused with the 'harakiri ). Everything was taken over by the camera lenses of incredulous journalists, who were totally amazed by the clarity that Mishima kept up-and-even during the time of suicide.
So November 25, 1970-date, however, appointed several months earlier by the same-Mishima, Yukio Mishima at the age of 45 years decided to die with his country on the brink of the precipice of modernity that Japanese writer had always fought. The firmness, calmness, balance achieved, Yukio allowed to take the path of awareness and the necessity of death with such clarity as to frighten any man of this time half the story.
A lesson to live and die a few men were able to soak in human events of the last half century.


In this light, groped, as we usually do, to tie in Mishima one or the other label, is not only simplistic, but shame for a man who for better or for worse, has lived according to an Ideal. Judge whether it was more or less sensible the final sacrifice of Yukio would make no sense, and neither would the moralizing judgments on alleged repudiation of life on the part of Mishima.
may seem rhetorical, but in a country from its most depraved living traditions from its brightest, most hidden by her charms, Mishima would restore vigor to everything. And if that was not enough to change something in purely practical and political, his memory remains indelible in those fortunate enough to appreciate the meaning of his deeds are carved in memory of history, his works printed books in the library.
The sacrifice of one's life is so hard to surrender to the will of a "want to live forever" , but especially the last act of loyalty to a supreme ideal, a "highest respect for life. A value that is not freedom, not democracy, but it is Japan ".

Monday, January 18, 2010

Party Wordings For Trophy

Trieste. The old girl and the passer tercentenary. The evolution of physics

Omar Longo


Trieste, one of the oldest cities in Italy, perhaps the oldest. Not as training, no, is the age of the population burden. She is young, almost a child, constantly striving to keep at bay his grandparents. Ward off or treat, the city is structured for the elderly: an amusement park for over 80 or a sort of geriatric open. If the municipality has to invest, invest in its old, reliable source of votes. As there are fewer and fewer births, there will always be older: the true generational Italian.
roamed the city often silent, awkward shapes nell'incedere. Up close, the faces of the cortex in which lines radiate from the junction of the eye, plowing through the base and complicate the eyebrows, then descend in clinging to his lips wrinkled cheeks. With slow, rhythmic movements, like their feet, the skin falls on his face: swollen dew that disappears in destroying streams increasingly thin. A character who returns child is not with the old, the one who understood you can not understand him eighty in less than thirty years. And maybe it's true. Too bad the tv he has bruised many making them rot.
Who knows that in the midst of so many people right here in Trieste, someone forgot to die, blending more and more curved from unsuspecting passers-by of its uniqueness. A small man, quiet, with a weak voice, but visibly happy because they are still able to cross the square unit, or as he called the Great Square, with the north, supported by a stick figure with an antique ivory horse to handle. I ordered sparse hair falling when the wind does not mess up. Thick glasses on a weak eyes. Maybe you can meet the public garden where it follows the slightest movement in the bushes, hoping the return of some chickens. You may sedergli next and ask for his youth, certain that the story will start from the Second World War. You'll be surprised to hear the name of Casimir Donadoni. Ask who he is. And he tells you about the day when the lawyer Donadoni, who returned from Vienna, the store announced the status of Porto-Franco between a fly Phrygian hats. Flags praising Austria were lost in the cloudless sky. A wonderful day, in memory of those who are always sunny. He was there with the other Italians, with Liburnian with the Istrian interior, with the jew, the Dalmatian, greek Adriatic: Trieste elated, anticipating a multicultural city. You would see puzzled, would step back.
It was 1719. At the time, Trieste was a white snowdrops came out of the salt. Few people, a center of 5000. Then the intervention of Vienna: the status of Porto-Franco. The salt is disciolsero. As dolls of salt water wet, the faded aristocrats: too tied to land unprofitable. Freedom to pursue trade and industry, improvement of port facilities, tax exemptions, bank insurance, prohibition of forced entry into vessels, allowed foreigners to own houses and land. The economy caper. Attracted by the favorable conditions for thousands of people it reaches the Gulf to play with fate, and he with them. The city became a melting pot of peoples. Through the new channels are mixed imperial nations: each with its own culture to enrich the new port-garden in Central Europe. A lively city that was growing by feeding on to the jew like the Christian, like the greek-orthodox traditions of mutual respect, a corollary of a way of Trieste. 1781 Edict of Tolerance. Not only were building a big city, but a new spirit, secular and cosmopolitan. At the end of '700 Trieste already had 30,000 people.
And if man does not tell as the Trieste tercentenary of his youth? If his character had soured over time? Perhaps it would be an old grumpy, peevish and annoyed by a cradle and Trieste prison of his life. Perhaps his story would begin in another way.
It was 1719. A new market for Austria had brought the center to inflate artificially. The economic opportunities especially favorable pushed Friuli and Istria to pile up in emerging neighborhoods. The nobility sweep. The new rich puffed up with himself, blind to any logic other than that of business. Jews as Catholics, Orthodox, Protestants such as: all busy to eat and grab. A secular bourgeoisie family, money, savings, morality and religion on display, security and more money. The wave of traffci led to Trieste where people of all, the tide was ebb cultures leaving town on the shore of the lower classes: the Italian majority, followed by a small minority of bureaucrats Germans, Jews, Greeks and a strong part of Slovenia. Did they have less ethnic groups other commercial cities? Italian Culture tried to standardize the other through a systematic and deculturalizzazione approval. It was not a cosmopolitan city, was a city thanks to an artificially straight Vienna, devoted to the economy, not tolerance, but indifference toward everything that had anything to do with money. A town grew up in the values \u200b\u200bof cosmopolitanism did not, two centuries later, made bonfires of the Balkan. Trieste: no meeting, but a clash of peoples.
do not know, maybe not even tell it so, with so much rancor. Maybe because the truth is neither in the cosmopolitan city (romantic myth Elio Apih seconds), or the oneness of its economic culture.
do not know, maybe the truth has been gentrified: hates the extremes, it feeds its myths and stay in a median immobility, sometimes unsightly.

Friday, January 15, 2010

Adult Cruising Spots Nj



Julius Rosani

As promised in the last article I read the book Einstein and Infeld. I must say that before starting I thought would be the usual book about physics, explained clearly, but maybe not easy, given the importance of the topic. Factor also uninviting to read were the mathematical formulas that would have appeared. Physics is an exact science and as a result of any such each experiment must be approximated by a mathematical function. Well, now that I finished reading I can reassure anyone who wants to read this fantastic book on physics: understanding of what is said is not impossible and mathematical formulas is not even the shadow. Already in the preface, the authors provide not want to make use of mathematics and to have the sole purpose of clarifying certain aspects of physics still unknown to many. The only requirement that the reader should have a continuing two physicists in the preface, is to have good will and willingness to understand the arguments made in the various chapters.



The book is divided into four parts:


Part One: The Rise mechanistic interpretation


The book opens by comparing the physics of a perfect thriller, where you can not jump to the last pages to find out who is the murderess. The research is based on physical assumptions and the search for evidence in favor of them. So the first thing to do is to observe and interpret. Through this process we arrive at the first sign, from which we construct a theory. Please note, the evidence does not always lead to the correct theory only because it was discovered.
After this introduction presents the carriers, the concept of motion, mass, physical size left on the sidelines for long. With these concepts could spell out a mechanistic theory of reality, namely that the world is "moving" because of the forces acting on the matter, the only component of reality. It is described as short, based on knowledge of factors such as speed and position, we can predict the future position of the particle being studied.


Part Two: Loss mechanistic interpretation


This section describes the theory behind electromagnetism and thermodynamics. Still trying to adapt the idea to the scope of mechanistic study, but one begins to realize that there are some problems, especially with the study of light. Since it propagates in a vacuum, you can not deal with a wave, since it would need to spread the field. The wave is nothing but a change of state of matter. The sound is because there is air vibrating in a vacuum there is no sound. Many experiments, however, show that the light must be like a wave, or some of his behavior could not explain. (Will not go into details because the matter would become quite complicated.) Ether is invented then, but in this case its definition is cumbersome and not well defined. The mechanistic conception thus enters into crisis.


Part Three: Field, Relativity


is introduced the concept of field, which exerts forces on particelle.Tutto what has already talked about it before it is read by introducing the field (described in my article of December 2009). It finally comes to the theory of relativity. I would also not well in this area except for two important points. The first is that according to relativity, two frames of reference in motion relative to each other at near the speed of light can have "time" different. In fact, if we place two clocks in the two systems, we see that the time marked by the two is different once the two systems are in motion, despite the two clocks have been previously synchronized. This takes us back to the previous article in which Lee Smolin, which decreed that the passage of time is the same for every point in the universe, be it running or not. I can not tell who is right, but it's getting interesting. The second point is the mass-energy, mass and energy that binds precisely to a single "substance". According to this theory the mass is a condensed high-energy, and energy is a fraction of the mass. Basically a hot body weighs more than when it is cold, but the weight change is infinitesimal. The same is true of a moving body from its resting state.


Part Four: How many


Of this last part I would anticipate a minimum. I'm just saying that the idea of \u200b\u200bknowing the position, speed and trajectory future with known data permanently withdrawn. In this case, either you know the position or velocity or trajectory, but never all together. In addition, more than the precise location you know where probable. Same thing for speed and trajectory. (We are talking about elementary particles in motion.)


I know that he was shallow in the exposition, but what Einstein and Infeld are summarized in 273 pages, do not think I can play in two . I therefore invite anyone interested to read the book and continue to learn about this beautiful area. The title is "The evolution of physics" and is well worth a read.

Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Whats A Good Household Lube

What is globalization?

Andrea Tamaro

This is not really an article. Ricopierò what is written in the book "Constitutional Law", Roberto Bin-John Pitruzzella, Giappichelli Editore, which seeks to provide a "simple" explanation of what globalization is (and how it works) and the relationship with the territory and sovereignty of the state. In this way, a discussion on this subject can be conducted with greater clarity.



"The weakening of control that in the current historical moment, the state exercises on its territory is related mostly to the success of what is called globalization, the creation of a global market in which the inputs are moved easily from one country to ' more.
the basis of economic globalization are mainly the following factors:


  • technological progress in transport, which makes it easier and cheaper to move goods from one place to another;
  • the "dematerialization" of traditional wealth, through the so-called "financial activities" of the economy, that increasingly is based on ownership and exchange of financial resources rather than material possessions;
  • the increased strategic and economic importance of other "intangibles" such as knowledge and information;
  • the development of information technology and the creation of electronic networks, which enable the rapid movement of information and capital across the planet;
  • the development of flexible manufacturing systems, which enable companies to move quickly from one place to another or to allocate the various phases of production in different geographical areas (think of a few leading companies in clothing sector, which settled the design centers of the heads and marketing facilities that treat the heart of Europe, to use the best human resources in these areas where the processing takes place the garments in countries outside Europe where the cost labor is lower).
arising from the globalization of the many consequences. First, the most important resources, that is a financial capital, information and knowledge, which by their nature are not linked to the territory (it is said, therefore, that the economy is "deterritorialized"), moving from one place to another and therefore also from state to state, in search the most suitable place in which to stand, almost entirely escaped the control of public authorities. Second, states are increasingly influenced by decisions that are made outside their borders, but have significant effects within the territory of the state (think of the decision of large investors to make massive sales of debt securities result of a particular State, putting in the liquidity crisis, causing a rise in interest rates and the consequent increase in government debt, or think of the consequences, the price level, and therefore the rate of inflation, the decisions made by oil-producing countries or from large multinational corporations - these examples are the basis of the concepts of the course of economy NdT ). Third, it creates a competition among states to attract businesses and capital and, thus, to increase the wealth that exists and is produced in their territory. In fact, the speed and ease of movement of the main factors of production means that they will tend to allocate land in areas where they meet legal regulations, tax systems, government and the quality of human capital, thus making the task more convenient.
This means that states are faced with the choice of dry: either close their borders to trade with the outside, exposing the country at risk of impoverishment, or guarantee full freedom of movement of capital, goods and services, thus agreeing to comply with the logic of the global market and competition between land areas. But accession to the second option involves a certain reduction of the political choices allowed to the State. In fact, domestic and international operators are merging their capital in the territory of a State until there are sufficient prospects of gain, and that is not only convenient rules, availability of infrastructure, government efficiency, but also a tolerable tax burden, a healthy budget , the efficient use of public resources. The state is formally free adopt the policy direction it deems most appropriate, but basically he is forced to submit to the opinion of the market and, therefore, to follow political direction compatible with the requirements of international competition.
In conclusion, it is no longer true that the State has full sovereignty over its territory, as many of the constraints coming from international markets. "

For definitions of economic terms given in the case of needs, quickly find the book on economics.

This is globalization. Right? Wrong? I do not think we should reflect in these terms. It 's the way the economy has evolved, and as I have said and I think, if so, is because people are so chosen. You can criticize some of its aspects, of course. But should we remember, and this is indisputable, that the very globalizzazzione allows poor countries to grow. At a time when technological knowledge is moved, the poor countries can achieve and develop, so that differences from the wealthy assotiglino. This is also one of the many faces of globalization.

Friday, January 8, 2010

Cool Birthday Invitations

Wikipedia: no comment?

Andrea Tamaro



Inspired by the court succinctly stated in the title to "Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia", I think a little 'value or not of this site is visited daily by 60 million people, and of 'idea of \u200b\u200bthe project itself.


  • start with the basic issues that permeate the criticisms of the wiki. : Authority and freedom.

Wikipedia (and its cross-cutting projects) allow anyone with a computer, add, remove or change the definition or information any (or almost) entry. This therefore means that anyone, be it with or without knowledge on a given subject, can be transformed, either for the better or for worse, the work of others.

to this freedom of choice connecting the authority: the voices, how they are presented, without being treated by experts, have no academic value. Consequently cite an article in a thesis, it would be very wrong and counterproductive.
These two, quite true, affermzioni lead to the rejection of this tool?

Of course not.



  • We have seen the limits of wikipedia. (Defects, among other things, insurmountable?) Now we see the advantages.

Hard to believe, but the first value is freedom. A contradiction? Quite the contrary.
freedom that leads to a dangerous exposure to 'outside' at the same time allows to take advantage of a rare commodity: neutrality.
on many voices, and then issues, controversial discussion and the possibility that fit all the different points of view, lead to an overall view of the topic.
Ex Abortion: definitions, ethical debate, history, law and so on
This leads to an understanding not vitiated: the abortion argument as that of religion as the position of the legislature.




  • Bearing in mind the example, we pass to another consideration: time. An online encyclopedia can be updated almost instantly after the event happened.

newly discovered chemical formula for the abortion pill? At most a few hours after the news is reported on the item online.
And if this seems of little importance compared to the encyclopedia entry, just remember that wikipedia is not only a traditional encyclopedia: acts as almanac, dictionary of geography, art, filmographies, a chronicle of current events.




  • I mentioned earlier criticism over the authority: even if the items are not handled by experts, the fact remains that may have an informational or cultural value.

For several reasons:

  1. should check the notes. May indicate the authoritative books of quotations sull'arogomento Treaty, or newspaper articles and so on. All this makes the most reliable voice.


  2. must check the external links. Often links to very influential. Consequently, even the voice can be "infected" but the site to which reference is certainly not. (If I read about the Constitution authoritative opinion and I want to go to the link Quirinale.it)


  3. You can also see how it has developed the voice: the voices are discussed, and all the steps in processing saved, so that in case of bad faith (or ignorance) of someone, you can go back.


  4. must be remembered, finally, the most important dates items are handled by real experts. You see immediately the size and wealth of detail in which they declined. Seeing is believing, "Esperanto".

And wikipedia can even become a source for essay maybe, just use it properly: how? Comparing the information. Get various sources on a given topic or word, and respect. If you see a lot of coincidences on the wiki entry, it means that it is done well.
A question perhaps is not detected properly when it comes to value or less than wiki. : Most people are not rich enough to buy an encyclopedia. That series, which is equipped with a proven authority, cost money. This materialistic view of saying what? The majority of people do not have the possibility (let alone the will) to exploit this cultural tool: wikipedia is a genuine middle ground.
should however always remember: Use with caution.
But the advantages do not end there.
The other night I was lucky enough to go to a play very nice, that struck me, in addition to the skill and importance of reciting of the theme for the music. Above all, "Let me cry." As soon as I heard it, I said, I have to find out where it came from. On the "normal" internet course I have not found anything so generic. On the wiki. Instead, a time two seconds, I found that Rinaldo is an aria from the opera by Georg Friedrich Handel. Does it matter?
has all the importance of the world, in my opinion. What makes progress culturally, to a certain point, the man unless his curiosity? Wikipedia also allows you to give rein to curiosity and at the same time can give rise to new interests.
Finally, there is a question that maybe you forgot: the link with foreign languages. This involves a number of benefits: increased exposure of subjects (especially English) that perhaps are not sufficiently well covered in detail in their own language and we are practicing reading and you can find translations of words in a dictionary Italian English-"normal" can not be found quickly and accurately. Eg the name of a bird very little known: I write the Italian name, I have the link to the English.

Wikipedia, the source of popular culture and the culture of curiosity; utopian representation of how the world should be: a world where the languages, such as people, not conflict, but linked by the same end the dialogue.