Thursday, December 18, 2008

Cod Liver Oil Smell Urine

Euthanasia. Living Will

Argomento sempre caldo e dibattuto, l’eutanasia non smette di fornire spunti per discussioni interessanti, anche se, è innegabile, spesso hanno la brutta tendenza a degenerare rapidamente. Troppo diverse le posizioni in campo, arroccate su opposti spesso inconciliabili ed incapaci di un dialogo costruttivo. Menti brillanti offuscate dalle proprie convinzioni risultano nient’altro che un cavallo coi paraocchi che vorrebbe correre nel prato ma non smette di andare a sbattere contro qualche albero.
Lungi da me addentrarmi in questo campo minato, non se ne uscirebbe più. Non si può dire cosa è giusto o cosa non lo è, come si pretende spesso di fare, ma penso ognuno abbia la propria opinione in merito ed andrebbe rispettata.
Under the term euthanasia may fall many situations, very different from one another. When you make a speech on the first one should bear in mind this basic starting point. Broadly speaking, one can speak of voluntary euthanasia (when there is an express request of the patient) and involuntary (eg when the patient is incompetent, unable to express their opinion). Of active euthanasia, when working in a direct (eg by giving special substances) to procure the death of the patient and passive euthanasia, where death comes to indirect causes (for example, when you have to abstain from actions that would keep the patient alive). Other cases that need to be present and often falling in the speech are the so-called assisted suicide (when there is no direct intervention of third parties but it is the patient to end their own lives to avoid further suffering with knowledge / resources provided by the doctor ) and the fierce therapy (the use of life-prolonging medical procedures in order to artificially support the vital functions of people with incurable diseases).
In these brief definitions, behind these very general terms waving a large variety of situations, depending on the clinical picture of the patient.
The situation must be assessed from several points of view that should be split in order to assess the issue peacefully, but discussions in religious, legal, political, ethical, medical, philosophical, moral, scientific obtusely continue to stagnate always the same spots.
However, no denying, even within each of us there are opposing forces that we could do to favor one or the other way.
One solution could be the much-cited living wills in which each person express their will in conditions of mental clarity, on the therapies that will or will not accept in the event that should be in a position of inability to express their right to consent or not consent to the proposed treatment for diseases o lesioni traumatiche cerebrali irreversibili o invalidanti, malattie che costringano a trattamenti permanenti con macchine o sistemi artificiali che impediscano una normale vita di relazione.
Perché, ricordiamolo, la costituzione italiana, all’art. 32 sancisce: “Nessuno può essere obbligato a un determinato trattamento sanitario se non per disposizione di legge. La legge non può in nessun caso violare i limiti imposti dal rispetto della persona umana.”
Il testamento biologico penso potrebbe risolvere molte questioni, rilanciando tra l’altro la libertà di scelta di ognuno di noi. Ognuno potrebbe valutare preventivamente pro e contro di ogni sua decisione in merito e metterlo per iscritto in maniera che le sue volontà can be adhered to in case there is one particular situation. Living in a democratic country where "personal freedom is inviolable" and "everyone has the right to express freely their ideas, perhaps one would expect that such a" testament "was already in use for years. Each person should be sovereign in his private life, free from constraints imposed by others, and to follow their own assessment that coscienza.Per as I'm concerned if I never had anything happen to prevent me from living in a dignified manner, that held me riveted on a hospital bed, that would make me dependent on drugs, cars etc, which I did only to be a burden to others, I hope no one will object to let me go in peace, maybe help me if I was not able to do it alone. You may think differently, but for me that is not life.

Saturday, December 13, 2008

My Car Cd Player Keeps Skipping

Gatti, A Passion


Gatti. These little creatures, almost always terrible and unmanageable, make every day a company many of us. Needless to say, who knows them loves them deeply.
From an early age I was accustomed to having at my side, some cats. I have stumbled many different types (from semi-wild cats found in the garden, those already trained by someone else, to Cat-ghost that almost did not see it on to others that almost did not come out hyper affectionate home) and I adored them all equally.
can not tell what makes them so fascinating to me and to those of millions of people. Who knows them knows!
When you are young you probably attracted to the playful character of this shaggy companion. The cat never refuses! Give them any excuse to go wild, run, scratch, jump, bite, grab and he will be excited, you throw headlong in the adventure is offered, without bothering to think, instantly allowing themselves to unbridled fun. You can spend hours doing running up and down the stairs, trying to get behind a bouncing ball, to be run after slamming front to make a rope, one branch, any trinket. But we must give him the sop! Proud as it is not enough to chase its prey improvised, but it will capture it. And once you have between the legs were also sure to be ruthless. Always be careful to give your hand when it is excited, it will be hard for him to control himself during this activity so hilarious, I will find yourself completely ravaged and full of scratches and bites. Cats simply do not know!
Other fascinating aspect of the cats is their affection. A dog is faithful, not a cat. The cat is an individualist, an egoist, a careless, a complete egocentric. I'm pretty sure that he is convinced that he is the master, and considers the man his Schiavetti. The cat is always moody and does what he wants. Is not intimidated by the calls, does not obey, but often seems to deliberately go against the instructions issued to him. If there's one thing that you do not, you are 100% certain that he will do it. But the cat when he wants, knows how to be affectionate like few others. It rubs, to jump on you, makes you purr, meow there, you wags, makes you feel happy. The feeling you get nell'accarezzarlo in petting, scratching in the throat or the head is unique, it gives an incredible relief and reconciliation with the world. It gives satisfaction Unique.
strange animal cat. Moody, independent but sociable, reckless and always eager to share, but at the same time cautious and master of escape. Nocturnal animal par excellence, day is often a tender pacciocone who spends most of his time sleeping, lounging and stuffing myself like a pig, as if to hide his true character to master, to conceal the extraordinary and fantastic adventure in which he stars after dark and he does not want witnesses. The cat is also ruthless, one of the few animals to kill for fun and not for need, a executioner who enjoys torturing his victims helpless and it also carries the lifeless body proud and jubilant to master to show the trophy of the day and be nice to him. Woe to caress him and tell him no good, you may ignore you for a while 'time, his pride reaches its majestic peaks, a cat is certainly much more difficult to treat a woman's posh and sophisticated.
It 's easy to see why in ancient times was treated as a deity, but at the same time you can also include (but not share!) In the Middle Ages because it was burned at the stake like witches as evil animal. Animal
by multiple faces, embodies all the characteristics and human facets. It may not be man's best friend, but it's nice for this reason.

Friday, December 12, 2008

How Do You Get Rid Of Black Poop

Ciudad Juarez, the city of femicide. Luchadoras Peggy Adam


Ciudad Juarez is an impressive Mexican town where he lives about a half million people. Located on the border with the United States and Opposite El Paso, the American metropolis located on the opposite bank of the Rio Grande, Ciudad Juarez is accompanied by quite a reputation left, and disturbing.
Flying on his being an actual entrance portal for the United States, where transit is not only thousands of illegal immigrants looking for some hope and pursuit of the dream of a new life, but especially the great majority of drugs Colombian intended for North American market, Ciudad Juàrez è ormai legata in maniera inscindibile alle continue notizie dei cruenti ed orrendi omicidi che ivi avvengono ai danni delle donne.
Dal 1993 si sono avuti oltre 400 casi di omicidio di donne e 600 scomparse (che in una realtà del genere sono praticamente la stessa cosa, solo che i cadaveri vengono occultati o distrutti grazie a calce viva ed acidi invece che lasciati in luoghi pubblici dove possono essere facilmente rinvenuti).
La tipologia dei delitti è quasi sempre la stessa: le donne vengono rapite, torturate, violentate, seviziate, a volte mutilate ed infine strangolate. Passano parecchi giorni tra il rapimento ed il ritrovamento del loro corpo esanime. In quei giorni davanti ai loro occhi si opens up an unimaginable hell. Without either a sin or a motivation that is not human folly, they see their future, their ambitions, their hopes, their suffering, their dreams cut short by unscrupulous individuals, deviated from barbarians and sadists who enjoy inflicting the worst suffering to others, rage against defenseless women with inhuman ferocity.
Even the identikit of the victims is more or less always the same: the mysterious killers are inclined to choose women from humble beginnings, pretty, almost always working class (most of them work in the many maquiladoras present, the factories that assemble products for the 'export to multinational corporations), all of minute structure, and brown with long hair.
There have been many assumptions made about the possible murder, but police never managed (some claim that has not even tried seriously) to combat the problem, or to catch the real culprits, indeed at times been openly accused of negligence if not complicity (the killers seem to have links with major political and economic environments, those who report crimes are often threatened, investigation covered up, the rate of impunity is virtually 100%).
The most credible possibility goes back all the work of some serial killer, readily emulated by many people. But such depravity and a similar ruthless cruelty remain a mystery. Some people talk of satanic rituals, perverse orgies of drug dealers, sellers of organs, human sacrifices to turn snuff movies in which the victim is raped, tortured and killed in front of the room taking, abduction or commissioned by leading entrepreneurs to vent all their sadism tortured women and slaughtering.
never seriously threatened by the authorities and justice, the killers continue their journey safely criminal, even a strong environment in which male dominance characterizes all levels of social organization, both in the home that at work. The company is heavily male- and patriarchal, the subjugation of women is taken for granted and the violence it is perceived as legitimate and almost due if not "observe" her man. It is clear therefore
like this endless slaughter, this femicide without interruption, this perpetual violence visceral Ciudad Juarez have made the city become a symbol of violence against women.

E 'in this context that genuine Peggy Adam sets his work, recently published in Italy from 001 Editions: Luchadoras. The main character is Alma, a woman looking handsome and proud and proud character who works in a bar and lives with her daughter, along with to Romel, a violent man belonging to one of the many local bands. The man from the family home is a true despot, does not accept waste from the woman, is not referred to the idea that you have free choice and will, Alma must always do what he wants, what he tells her to do , in particular, can not even look at other men, otherwise a bloody and vicious fight that always ends with the beating of Alma. The days follow each other all the same until he meets Alma Jean, a young American tourist. The acquaintance with the boy seems to make a change in the life of Alma, who also decided to denounce the violence in the family suffered as a group that provides help and support to women. The story
well described in the book is the context, degrading to women, in which the events take place: Alma is demoted to the rank of a doll without a will, his every attempt at rebellion or claim of self is severely punished by the partner that is configured as a master cruel and ruthless.
The book tells perfectly the atmosphere that reigns in the city: the continuing disappearances, the panic that they create among co-workers, the sadness and sense of powerlessness in the face at each new funeral, the shocking discovery of mutilated bodies and disfigured often made by children during their outdoor play.
Luchadoras provides a fresco of everything that does not often see or know, at the same time telling a story and exciting that will surprise the reader with its unexpected end.

Sunday, December 7, 2008

What To Wear To A Camp Counsellor Interview

rare commodity drowned in the mud


SACRED-rare commodity in the transfer that saw it sink to the opposite Amateur Gorizia. After struggling and built good storyline in the first half, the team is disjointed in the second half, losing the compass and being reassembled and overwhelm opponents. Historically
a tough field to Sagrado, which have experienced over the last two years of epic battles with rivals very mangy, who has confirmed that at the end of a game with two faces, as often happens to the fish bone.
The causes are not known: a drop physical loss of clarity seems to be the main cause of these benefits varied greatly, however, players against old age (compared with young free-range commercial), but obviously more experienced in managing their energy and run at the right time.
playing experience is acquired, but would probably be a more useful exercise (at the discretion of each athlete as the only coach to be exploited to improve the tactics, team play, the way of being in the field, the readiness to deploy the ball and find the companion free), to compensate in some way this is usually in the gap. Other hypotheses
speak of a mental relaxation after il vantaggio, ma non vogliamo credere a queste voci.
Comunque sia nel secondo tempo nella formazione merciale l’anarchia è regnata sovrana, sono saltate le posizioni, il gioco manovrato è sparito e la sofferenza è stata continua. Un vero peccato visto che a pochi minuti dall’inizio della ripresa la lisca era riuscita a passare in vantaggio grazie ad una pregevole combinazione sulla sinistra, finalizzata dall’inserimento di De Zorzi. Peccato anche per alcune importanti occasioni fallite (una traversa nel primo tempo, alcune azioni pericolose che hanno messo a tu per tu con il portiere il merciale di turno), ma rientrano nella natura del gioco. Come ci può stare il rinvio sbagliato dello sfortunato Bortolotti, che ha spianato the strange to restock Gorizia. We regret to see properties
players after a mistake, or just a companion. An important aspect on which we must work, why not acceptable. Other
attitude correct, the usual nervousness of the players, yesterday certainly exacerbated by some criminal actions of the opposing players (which is not sanctioned by the referee, but he warned that for the same nonsense as the loss of time on remittances) but which is now an established custom. Calabrò occasion expelled for a stupid and useless response that discriminates against no one but his companions. With reactions like that is pretty much already vanished the possibility of having a good cup standings in the discipline, which would have allowed the promotion even if the final third in the standings, not to mention that this rate you will be penalized in generale.Mr Sau has deployed the 3-4-3, which led to the victory with a third of Aquileia in Alagia door, in defense alongside confermatissimi Gallo and indented Pangos Garaffa there is, he sees himself in midfield TENNIN (deployed for the occasion on the right wing), the central pair Puschiasis De Zorzi and left Bortolotti, trident Marongiu Calabrò De Monte. Took over Coppo, Modesti, Bella, Volpato, Berlese and lights.

Friday, December 5, 2008

Pet Gravestones In Brampton

San Nicolò in Monfalcone


Appointment ritual calendar Monfalcone (along with other milestones such as the carnival and wine festival), the fair of St. Nicholas is one of the most loved by the people Bisiach.
childhood we look for hope the fateful December 5, the day on which the center, more and more often snubbed by the mass and sadly left bare and empty, is filled with colorful stalls and displays a turbulent stream of people. Among the stalls of vendors you can find a bit 'of everything from clothes to cheese, from toys to the popular candy.
The kids all excited and revelers are also used to write the letter to St. Nicholas, seen as a Babbo Natale portatore di doni, e la notte quasi non riescono a dormire tanta è l’attesa per vedere se il buon omaccione esaurirà o meno i loro desideri e le loro più segrete speranze (inutile dire che la maggior parte delle richieste è rappresentata dai giochi più cool del momento!).
Ormai perso questo aspetto con l’avanzare imperterrito dell’età, San Nicolò resta comunque uno degli appuntamenti storici da non mancare per ogni buon monfalconese. Sicuramente si è smarrita ormai la magia del vagare tra le bancarelle, lo stupore per le piccole cose, la smania di vedere questo e quello.
Forse, crescendo ed allargando i propri orizzonti, pure l’evento fiera di per itself to our eyes and inflation: you get to date with Santa Caterina already in Udine, Gorizia Sant'Andrea (not to mention Cervignano and Romans) behind ... but once the true and only fair that we went was St. Nicholas.
But this day continues to fulfill its role as a union of the local people. E 'classic encounter between the stalls with friends who do not see a life, return, talk to people reported missing. I would say that this has become just the beauty of the fair, the spirit of aggregation that you can recreate for a day.
We see today a lot of rain in the name of St. Nicholas, how many old faces I can recognize the narrow corridors teem with people among the booths and the other (and we must also fight to avoid being blinded by the tips of umbrellas!).

Wednesday, December 3, 2008

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Women giraffe. The shame of the human zoo.


Padaung If the name does not tell you anything, perhaps the epithet "giraffe women" will guide a bit '. The images of these women will surely come to your eyes thanks to the many documentaries that reign on television today, the reports of modern travelers who visit foreign countries and seek (sometimes superficial or artificially) to give a representation of different cultures incontrate ai loro compaesani occidentali.
Le donne giraffa iniziano a diventare tali verso i 5-7 anni. A questa età viene infilato loro il primo anello (dal peso di tre chili) al collo e successivamente, ogni due anni, gliene si aggiunge un altro. Il loro collo inizia così a deformarsi, si ha uno slittamento della clavicola ed una compressione toracica. Il collo sembra assumere una lunghezza di 25-30 cm. Pesanti anelli vengono speso infilati anche a polsi e caviglie.
Inutile dire che la mobilità ne risulta fortemente limitata e che sono necessari molti accorgimenti per evitare l’insorgere di problemi di circolazione (es. massaggi) e per contrastare la sudorazione, che può causare infezioni e tumefazioni alla pelle (es. nelle giornate di sole bisogna arrotolare un asciugamano al collare per evitare che i raggi arroventino l’ottone).
E’ dibattuta l’origine di questa tradizione: se si asseconda il mito sarebbe stata introdotta per proteggere le donne dagli attacchi delle feroci tigri del posto, ma c’è chi sostiene che questa pratica fosse una punizione per le donne adultere e chi dice che rappresentasse un modo per ostentare la propria ricchezza ed ottenere in tal modo rispetto.
Le donne di etnia Padaung vivono soprattutto nella zona di confine tra l’ex Birmania e la Thailandia.
Qui si è venuta a creare una delle tante situazioni vergognose, irrispettose della dignità della donna, that the world is still full.
The peculiarity of these women, in fact, attracts droves of tourists, eager to assist those who in their eyes appear as unique events to capture their true goals with ruthless cameras, to have something to say and to boast about with their friends when they return home.
Local authorities, sensitive to the god of money, certainly have not hesitated to exploit this providence rained from the sky and are willing to set up some real human zoo, complete with a ticket to see and photograph the women giraffe (paying you can also attend the ceremony of affixing the first ring around the neck girls). Obviously this practice for the local population is often one of the few sources of income and to put the neck of her child is to have these heavy rings "easy money", it follows that the practice in recent years has taken on new vigor and increasingly large diffusion. I wonder how they would feel
tourists roles reversed, to be reduced to circus attractions deprived of human unity.

Monday, December 1, 2008

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social alienation, virtual lives. Welcome to the NHK


"hikikomori (literally" to stand aside, isolate ") is a Japanese term that indicates a behavioral phenomenon on adolescents post-adolescents and young people which rejects the public life and tends to avoid any social involvement. It tends to isolate themselves imprisoned in their homes and stopping any kind of relationship with others outside the home. The hikikomori become a slave of his sedentary lifestyle, play video games and watching TV during their free time. The only means of communication that uses the Internet, which creates a real world of his own, with friends met online.
The term can be used to define the phenomenon in itself, and the subjects covered by the group of people who are part of this phenomenon.
Many cases arise because of misadventures at school or work oppure per problemi di carattere psicologico.
Secondo una stima del Ministero della sanità giapponese il 20% degli adolescenti maschi giapponesi sarebbero hikikomori. In realtà sembrerebbe che questo "stato" affligga non soltanto i ragazzi, ma anche le ragazze.” ( cito da http://it.wikipedia.org )

La nuova opera pubblicata da Jpop, Welcome to the N.H.K.” (di Tatsuhiko Takimoto e Kendi Oiwa) ha per protagonista proprio un giovane hikikomori, Tatsuhiro, un ragazzo in preda ad una “depressione cosmica” che negli ultimi quattro anni non ha avuto pressoché vita sociale, restando per lo più rintanato in casa ed evitando contatti con l’esterno. Ormai allo sbando, decide di dare una svolta alla sua triste esistenza ed il primo passo da affrontare è la ricerca di un lavoro. Un aiuto insospettato (e non richiesto) gli verrà dato da Misaki, una ragazza carina che sta effettuando una specie di esperimento sociale per guarire gli hikikomori. Ovviamente la strada per uscire dal tunnel non sarà breve, le ricadute sono dietro l’angolo (per un passo fatto in avanti a volte se ne fanno tre indietro!) e spesso fragorose, il ritorno a vecchi vizi estranianti una possibilità sempre attuale.
Con un tono leggero e scanzonato, con trovate divertenti, equivoci assurdi, scene esilaranti, gli autori propongono una riflessione su un tema serio, su un fenomeno sempre più dilagante, soprattutto tra i giovani.
Many kids tend to withdraw into themselves, get away from the world around us who do not like and that seems to love them and catapult into a virtual world, are able to hide behind video games, comics or other passions that does not oblige them to interact personally with other people .
contacts with the outside world is limited to the minimum (daily activities such as shopping), they create a parallel universe, sometimes identifies herself in online role playing games to create a second life, richer, more rewarding, imaginative than the first.
The reasons for a seemingly absurd choice are manifold: the attitude of rejection and revulsion around the world può scaturire da un trauma infantile, da episodi di violenza scolastica, da un contesto familiare aggressivo, da un background sociale degradante o più semplicemente dalla debolezza, dalla fragilità psicologica di ragazzi timidi ed introversi.
Il fumetto presenta una simpatica e piacevole riflessione sul tema, mostrando gli eccessi e la degenerazione a cui si può giungere e facendo meditare su un problema sociale grave dalla portata molto vasta.
Utile lettura per chi cercasse un’oretta di sano intrattenimento, divertendosi ed affrontando un tema serio ed impegnato.

Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Frankenstein Quotes Of Sympathy

Léon and Mathilda, a tragic intertwining of love


"Léon è un killer, un sicario a pagamento della peggior species, unavailable and indestructible, until a mouse gets in his universe: a small mouse with huge eyes of twelve year old Matilda. Apart from J. Reno, for which the film was written to measure the small N. Portman is the revelation of the film. It's bizarre, perverse and honest love story of a twelve year old and a gunman. Love without sex. He, the adult child, instructs to kill, you, the adult child, teaches him to live. L. Besson is a way, but knows how to take his risks: his is an action film that does not mean, however, neither a vigorous attention to the psychology of the characters or the meticulous care. Considerable G. Oldman, D. Aiello. "(From MyMovies)

I loved few films such as Leon. This fable
underground sweet and ruthless summed up in two and a half hours a boundless universe of emotions, reflects the varied landscape and unfathomable human feelings, giving a fresco very realistic, cruel and tender at the same time.
The characters in this tragic love set in the slums of New York Leon, the ablest among the killers of the underworld, which kills any target are reported, and Mathilda, a twelve year old grew up in a shrewd and Peperina disturbing the family context, with a violent father and an uncaring mother. Léon is a type
dark, lonely, out of touch. His only companion is the plant that treatment with an exasperated love and the only work he can do is "cleaning". He has no interest for the money, has no ambition or hope, but paradoxically he is a man of sound principles, imposes himself of the rules that conflict with its role as a ruthless killer (never women or children ").
Mathilda instead is a wake-up girl, active, who wants to escape from the degrading and impersonal context in which he lives, wants to grow quickly, wants to respond to oppression which has always been a victim.
The destinies of the two will eventually intertwine, a pair become inseparable, their bond of contradictions can not fail lo spettatore, non può non coinvolgerlo. Lèon insegnerà a Mathilda la sua professione ma allo stesso tempo la piccola bimba lo istruirà sulla vita, gli schiuderà orizzonti mai nemmeno immaginati, lo farà uscire dal torpore in cui si era richiuso.
La loro storia d’amore è dolce, platonica ed impossibile ma non per questo meno vivace, frizzante, struggente.
Ma il film non si limita a questo. Non si scade mai nel melenso, a momenti di una tenerezza infinita si alternano scene d’azione dinamiche ed energiche.
I due non sono immersi in universo a sé stante, ma vivono nella squallida quotidianità di una realtà sporca e degradata com’è quella dei bassifondi metropolitan New York. The values \u200b\u200bhere are often reversed, as the parable of the protagonists can demonstrate: the killer here plays the role of the good, the police are corrupt who are the true, the manifestation of evil, they are the ones that personify the distorted values \u200b\u200bof the world 's Today: the psychotic, drugged, hallucinatory Stanfield he is an icon unforgettable master are all the points of view.
The final scene remains one of the most beautiful film (not seen those who had not read any further!) A lion who has overcome many difficulties, have fought against all police departments can imagine, has found a way to get away. Dressed as a cop is going to out of his apartment building, where he had barricaded himself. Now it's done, has a heart full of hope, sees the release, there is none. And suddenly the camera floods us with what he sees, we are catapulted into the film in first person, we Léon. The door, salvation, freedom, love, life, Mathilda, everything is there at your doorstep. And here's the door distorted, our vision is bobbing here and there, you can not achieve anything. We are on the ground, Leon did not come to terms with the cunning and ruthlessness of his opponent, waiting for him, who had guessed, that places a bullet in the head. But Leon is not it and so will those who have seen the movie knows that his departure from the scene is worthy of him.
few films I loved as Léon. And I'll never cease to love him.

Sunday, November 23, 2008

How To Make Mount And Blade Faster

Commodore 64, a friend! Katori Shinto Ryu


"The Commodore 64 (C64, C = 64, CBM 64, 64) was a very popular home computer in the eighties. The name adopted by the manufacturer, Commodore Business Machines was the first Vic-30, but before the distribution was changed to Commodore 64.

The Commodore 64 turns out to be the best selling computer model of the world record which is also in the Guinness Book of World Records in 1986 were sold over 10 million copies worldwide. It was marketed until 1993, when the units were sold just 700 000. In total, they have been sold worldwide over 17 million copies: records that, in all likelihood will never be exceeded (the nature of the current computer, assembled differently depending on the user's needs, make it almost impossible to repeat a similar).
The simplicity and ease of programming of this new computer was higher than both its predecessors (the PET and VIC-20) and home computer to the other competitors. Thanks to this, and in its selling price, quickly became the best selling computer in the history of computing. "(From wikipedia)

" The Commodore 64 is been a faithful companion for many games and not just teenagers. Thanks to its multiple capabilities could transform thanks to its versatile computer custom chip from the most powerful console of the early '80s at least until the arrival of the second generation of gaming platforms coming from the east, such as 8-bit Nintendo and Sega Master System. Relying on the characteristics that distinguish a computer from a video game console, such as the presence of the keyboard that allows you to disengage from the classic paddle or joystick, the C64 library includes in its numerous graphic or textual adventure and simulation games and strategy. With a park bonds that reaches 15,000 units, the C64 has head-on through the 80s giving us unforgettable games that have become classics and which are often found later on more powerful platforms. "(from c64italia)


Where now depopulated Playstation, Wii, Xbox & Co., once Commodore64 the memorable reign supreme.
For a child brought up in the '80s like me, the Commodore has been a loyal playmate for many years, has marked my childhood games with incredible, beautiful, that you took for hours, I mangle brilliant in their simplicity and at the same time you hatched horizons wonderful giving you the chance to roam through the fantasy scenarios more diverse, experiencing the adventures in person. Yes
the Commodore was more than a cold machine, had no doubt a soul!
much time spent in front of the screen in epic battles, sensational battles, endless games with my brother, my cousin and my friends. Since
maniacs football, our favorite game was the legendary Magpie II.
The box stood the image of the myth of the damned football in those years, Paul Gascoigne (now drowned in the tunnel of alcoholism), played by the incomparable genius, though not quite professional model: D
anxiously waited for the recorder load the game: the time la cassetta impiegava girando era sempre troppo lungo, l’attesa era sempre spasmodica, febbrile, la smania, la voglia di giocare superava tutto, in quel momento trascendevamo da questo mondo e ci tuffavamo in universo a sé stante, soli con quella macchina infernale di sogni e divertimento.Il Commodore ormai è superato, non viene prodotto già da una quindicina d’anni, è morto. Ma non verrà mai dimenticato da tutti gli amici cui ha donato tante spassose e ore di gioia.

Saturday, November 22, 2008

How To Beat Poptropica




"Il Tenshin Shoden Katori Shinto Ryu è la più antica scuola di arti marziali tradizionali del Giappone, venne creata nel 1447 presso il tempio of Katori Shinto.
is mainly studied the use of the Japanese sword, which has always been considered the main weapon of the samurai.
Then, by studying the handling of other weapons, you'll learn how to change the sense of distance and timing of attack and defense.
The program envisages a gradual use of more weapons, which are: Katana (long sword), Bo (long stick), Naginata (halberd), Kodachi (short sword), Ryota (two swords), Yari (spear).
The training includes a series of coded movements (kata) of attack and defense that are spread over a number of different levels, in order to make the pupil acquire fluency in time, speed, serenity and peace of mind during the trial of the action. "(see the flyer association Niten Monfalcone; info: niten@libero.it )


Carryover from: http://www . katorishintoryu.it /
"History.
The birth of the school is reported in the text as a mixture of legend and historical events, facts and mythology. The founder, Iizasa Choisai Jena (1387-1488), was the son of a warrior belonging to the country gentry who lived in the village of Iizasa (today Tako-machi) in Chiba prefecture. While still a young hyena already distinguished himself in studies of the sword and martial lancia. Presso gli uomini del clan Chiba, i suoi superiori, Ienao era ben conosciuto per la sua eccellenza nelle abilità marziali. Il giovane Ienao partecipò a combattimenti individuali sul campo di battaglia e non fu mai sconfitto. Così la sua fama di guerriero si estese velocemente da un capo all’altro del territorio. Più tardi, con la caduta del clan Chiba, Ienao si staccò dal suo stesso clan e dagli alleati e donò un migliaio di koku di riso al tempio di Katori ed eresse pure il Shintokusan Shinpuku-ji, un tempio, a Miyamotomura, Otsuki, dove donò un altro migliaio di koku di riso.Ienao si recluse a Umekiyama, un posto collocato vicino il recinto più interno del tempio di Katori. Durante il periodo in cui Ienao visse un’esistenza withdrawn, it happened that one of his devoted disciples who went to wash a horse to a source close to the temple of Katori. Shortly after the horse began to suffer from severe pain and very little later, he died. Jena wondered what had happened and give effect to these extraordinary divine power futsu-Nushi no Mikoto who, he said, had caused the death of the horse. At the age of sixty then, Jena decided to dedicate himself to a daily worship at the temple of Katori for a period of a thousand days. During this period, and after they had an austere ceremony of purification, undertake a strict regime of martial training. While in this state of spiritual discipline, so tell us, had a vision of Hyena futsu-Nushi no Mikoto. This powerful deity, with the appearance of a young boy, after he appeared to Jena who was sitting on a branch of an old plum tree near the place where he used to train. The vision offered in a volume of Hyena Heiho Shinsho, a martial strategy book written by divine hands. The vision of the well predicted, "You'll become the greatest teacher of all men of the sword under the sun." After this experience Hyena founded his own martial tradition and the formal name of this premise the term "Tenshin Shoden," which recalls the divine transmission received from futsu-Nushi no Mikoto. An enormous number of manuscripts Strategy martial are still kept by the head of the family Iizasa a reminder of the great spiritual and practical experience acquired by Hyena in martial arts. The master died Iizasa Choisai Hyena, surprisingly, the venerable, and unusual, one hundred and two years of age. His posthumous Buddhist name is Taiganin den-Taira-no-Ason-Iga-no-Kami-Raiodo-Hon-Dai-Koji, one of his wife is Kagakuin-den-Myoshitsu-Seikyo-Taishi.

School:
The curriculum is focused on teaching the use of the Japanese sword, which considers the main weapon. The further learning of traditional weapons, completes the studio.Attraverso other weapons you will learn to change: its distance and time of attack and difesa.Il program foresees a gradual use of more weapons, which are:

· katana, longsword
° BØ, long stick (180 cm)
· Naginata, halberd (blade sword on a long stick)
· Kodachi, short sword
· Ryota, two swords (katana and wakizashi)
· Yari, launches
· Shuriken, small throwing weapons.

The training includes a series of coded movements (kata) between attack and defense expert who uses a wooden sword (bokken or bokuto) and student who, in turn, use all the weapons in the program of the school. The kata are developed on a range of levels different, in order to gain time in the pupil fluency, speed, serenity and peace of mind of opinion during the action, thus creating a physical and mental state of permanent readiness.
The clothing consists of a planned training jacket (keikogi from judo, aikido and kendo), and a blue or black hakama. For beginners in the early days, it is preferable to use judo pants type for the correct setting of movements (taisabaki).
is advised to approach the Katori Shinto Ryu aged over twenty years, although it is still a practice accessible to everyone. "


I practiced this discipline for a short More than a year, but has remained in my heart. Unfortunately I had to stop in time as it is not compatible with my other sports commitments, but hopefully sooner or later be able to return to practicing in the gym with my old comrades (among other things, all very kind and helpful, although I was quite denied !).
I've never been a passionate martial arts, but Japanese culture has always fascinated me with its old traditions, ways of thinking, behaving, live on their own in the eyes of many Westerners. The figure of the samurai then, beyond the historical veracity of the facts, has always exerted a certain influence in my imagination. So I accepted gladly the invitation of my friend Giulio, who suggested I try the sport in which, he said, they teach you how to use the katana (Japanese sword) and I had never heard of. Reading then many manga set in feudal Japan, I did not hesitate a moment to register.
I find art very sophisticated, detailed, which tends to perfection. There are bloody battles, but you perform kata, sequences of movements in which we already know and what will move to make the move by his partner-opponent. We must pay special attention to everything you do and everything that happens around us.
The movements, for a abitutato to play football, they are rather strange, the balance of the body is very different, useless dire che all'inzio si è molto goffi e che i miglioramenti sono graduali (anche se non è una gradualità regolare, "lineare", ma si va avanti a brusche impennate, ad esempio dopo un periodo in cui non ti sembra di fare progressi hai improvvisamente un' "illuminazione" che ti fa capire cosa stai sbagliando, cosa devi fare per migliorare in un dato frangente del kata).
Con pazienza e dedizione però i frutti si vedono e già dopo un anno ero letteralmente un altro praticante rispetto all'inizio (anche se ovviamente ero sempre ad anni luce rispetto a chi aveva fatto anche solo un anno di pratica in più).
Durante il primo anno ho imparato sopratutto ad usare la spada giapponese, poi negli ultimi months I have also started to handle the long stick and, briefly, the naginata. There are obviously different levels of learning for each weapon, you go into a kind of "spiral learning". I also participated in a couple of rallies in Texas (one in a spectacular location, a strip of land in the middle of Lake Iseo) with many practitioners from all over Italy and the greatest living master, Goro Hatakeyama, born in 1928.
If ever you should happen, I recommend everyone to try it!

Friday, November 21, 2008

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Losing It ...


Kidshealth.org has developed a set of guidelines for live sports in a positive manner and be able to handle defeat. Commendable initiative I found complete agreement: it is now completely lost the taste for sport, has forgotten its deeper meaning.
Sport is first and foremost to do good to themselves, have fun, it's an outlet, restore both body and mind.
now the degeneration of values \u200b\u200bis evident from an early age, children are encouraged to do everything possible to win, to excel, to prove themselves better than others. Not in the door way you get results, not counting the cost this has on the individual.
The English Football Association has banned children under eight years participating in competitive tournaments, to safeguard them from unscrupulous parents and coaches who do not want nothing but success for their children, they want to see them break through and make millions. I do not know if it's the right way to go, but at least an attempt. More and better Italian immobility.

These ten rules:

1) behaved politely with everyone, do not be aggressive: no need
2) does not make the phenomenon: if you are good others realize it by themselves. If, however, mistakes, no one fool you
3) you've won or lost, you acknowledge the merits of your opponent
4) learn well the rules of the game, and the ultimate workout. The credit is also in the commitment
5) listens to the coach, follow his instructions even if you do not share
6) always respects the verdict of the arbitrators, are you in your place and do not take
7) do not make excuses and not to blame your teammates: learn from what you have experienced, there is always to understand something about yourself when you are together with the other
8) gives way to everyone in the game, even if you think you're smarter
9) does not cheat, be corrected in any event the only way the end result (good or bad) has a sense
10) Support your comrades, for better or for worse. They will do the same with you.

As you can see are simple rules, basic principles that should be part of the culture of all.
Obviously it is not so and indeed behave in the opposite way seems to be a way to make it look beautiful, tough, strong and successful.
As if the determination that one takes when playing you can see how a shouting to his companions or the curse against the referee or the opponents as a threat. Earning fouls with simulations is synonymous with experience, to make them without being seen by the referee as well. The current reality is this. And it is very sad.

Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Best Outputs Reciever

Benvenga the Jenga!


" Jenga is a game for all ages. The name of the game is taken from the Swahili language; jenga means "build", imperative of the verb kujenga.
Preparation 54 is performed by placing blocks of wood planes that form a tower, three blocks to the plan. Players take turns evade a block of wood of their choice from the tower and place it on top of it.
During the game, the tower becomes increasingly unstable, so when a player removes the piece that the collapsing of this player has lost. "(From wikipedia)

Who has not played Jenga?!
Jenga is a demonstration of how little it takes to have fun. Some pieces of wood, friends, desire to stay together and a bit 'fancy.
certainly does not have the charm of a game with the Wii or a challenge to PES, but is brilliant in its simplicity and fun.
tension when you have to remove a block and the tower is already trembling is similar to that of a player on the penalty spot at the World Cup Final. The bedouin cries of opponents (in fact, distract the competitor is allowed provided you do not destabilize the tower) do not feel even on a battlefield. The expertise required to remove certain blocks is beyond all possibility umana.Ma the most fun are the punishments for those choices are wrong and destroys everything! You can literally trigger. The ruthless and evil minds never fail!

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The many faces of Padua



I could not dedicate a post in Padua, visited Saturday at "Tuttinfiera. Curious after walking through the stands and shops at the fair, we have seized the opportunity to make a nice around town.
Needless to say I was impressed. You know that I am a peasant country that used to the sterile repetition of the environment Monfalcone, remains fascinated by a different reality, a vital context with streets full of people, a city worthy of the name.
along the endless main street from the train arrives at Prato della Valle through the center, we saw a bit 'of everything, was amazing as every step of humanity encountered differed a bit, 'as gradually changing from one type of environment and lifestyle to another almost opposite.
Railroad Station dominate foreigners, at a glance you notice that most of the people coming from diverse corners of the world, instead advancing and penetrating the heart of the city slowly these foreign faces almost completely disappear, replaced people in the typical Venetian cadence, and then suddenly reappear in the market area.
I thought it was a really energetic city full of life will be that it was Saturday afternoon-evening in the pedestrian area but the streets were filled with people, everyone who entered and came from the shops, walked cheerfully, joking, shouting, running, chatting.
As expected, the area is close to my favorite station, seething with people converged there for a thousand different places, each with its own culture, ways of doing things and living different. But I'll be against the zone so always exercise a great fascination for me, that's where I like to sit, that's where I feel how big the world, that's where you find interesting anecdotes, I leave willingly with other places frequented by so many snobs pulled and perfect. Also because all foreigners are usually known very courteous and helpful, with a sympathy and gestures to appreciate.

The perfect summary of what can only be seen Snai point opposite the railway station: Take in there seemed to be going through a dimensional door that he'd thrown in a betting shop in Chicago or Moscow or more in City Cape or Beijing. A herd of amazing people, a large crowd, intent to follow all matches of the third series of unknown Scottish teams or horses that are running in some kind of race track lost. The curious thing is that we were practically the only Italians present. Could easily recognize the many clans in mind: the audience was full of people of color, all pieces of paper in hand, cheering for every goal in favor of their bet. More aloof and less showy and large the Russian group, faces grim and physically impressive (I'd never fight with one of those!), But also very gently behind that impenetrable skin. Then again the group of Chinese and that of the more timid quiet Bangladeshi, one of the Turks and that of the Slavic soul.
thousand different faces in one place, I can not love a place like this.