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    <title>Pet Shop Boys &quot;Love etc.&quot;</title>
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    <id>tag:www.lucianogiustini.org,2009:/english//2.1150</id>

    <published>2009-04-25T15:22:55Z</published>
    <updated>2009-04-25T15:52:03Z</updated>

    <summary> You need more You need more You need more You need more You need more You need more You need more You need more You need more Boy it&apos;s tough getting on in the world When the sun doesn&apos;t...</summary>
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        <name>Luciano</name>
        
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<br />You need more You need more You need more You need more<br />
You need more You need more You need more You need more<br />
You need more<br />
<br />
Boy it's tough getting on in the world<br />
When the sun doesn't shine and a boy needs a girl<br />
It's about getting out of a rut, you need luck<br />
But you're stuck and you don't know how, oh<br />
<br />
(Don't have to be) A big bucks Hollywood star<br />
(Don't have to drive) A super car to get far<br />
(Don't have to live) A life of power and wealth<br />
(Don't have to be) Beautiful but it helps<br />
(Don't have to buy) A house in Beverly Hills<br />
(Don't have to have) Your daddy paying the bills<br />
(Don't have to live) A life of power and wealth<br />
(Don't have to be) Beautiful but it helps<br />
<br />
You need more<br />
Than a big blank check to be a lover, or<br />
A Gulfstream jet to fly you door to door<br />
Somewhere chic on another shore<br />
<br />
You need more You need more You need more<br />
You need more You need more You need more<br />
You need love<br />
You need love<br />
You need love<br />
<br />
Too much of anything<br />
Is never enough<br />
Too much of everything<br />
Is never enough<br />
<br />
Boy it's tough getting on in the world<br />
When the sun doesn't shine and a boy needs a girl<br />
It's about getting out of a rut, you need luck<br />
But you're stuck and you don't know how, oh<br />
<br />
(Don't have to be) A big bucks Hollywood star<br />
(Don't have to drive) A super car to get far<br />
(Don't have to wear) A smile much colder than ice<br />
(Don't have to be) Beautiful but it's nice<br />
<br />
You need more<br />
Than the Gerhard Richter hangin' on your wall<br />
A chauffeur-driven limousine on call<br />
To drive your wife and lover to a white tie ball<br />
<br />
You need more You need more You need more<br />
You need more You need more You need more<br />
You need love<br />
<br />
I believe that we can achieve<br />
The love that we need<br />
I believe, call me naïve<br />
Love is for free<br />
<br />
(Don't have to be) A big bucks Hollywood star<br />
(Don't have to drive) A super car to get far<br />
(Don't have to live) A life of power and wealth<br />
(Don't have to be) Beautiful but it helps<br />
Beautiful but it helps<br />
Beautiful but it helps 
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<entry>
    <title>Depeche Mode&apos;s &quot;Wrong&quot;</title>
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    <id>tag:www.lucianogiustini.org,2009:/english//2.1145</id>

    <published>2009-04-02T19:27:05Z</published>
    <updated>2009-04-02T21:04:44Z</updated>

    <summary> I was born with the wrong sign In the wrong house With the wrong ascendancy I took the wrong road That led to the wrong tendencies I was in the wrong place at the wrong time For the wrong...</summary>
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        <name>Luciano</name>
        
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<b>I was born with the wrong sign<br />
In the wrong house<br />
With the wrong ascendancy<br />
I took the wrong road<br />
That led to the wrong tendencies<br />
I was in the wrong place at the wrong time<br />
For the wrong reason and the wrong rhyme<br />
On the wrong day of the wrong week<br />
I used the wrong method with the wrong technique<br />
Wrong<br />
Wrong<br />
<br />
There's something wrong with me<br />
Cannot be something wrong with me<br />
Inherently<br />
The wrong mix in the wrong jeans<br />
I reached the wrong ends by the wrong means<br />
It was the wrong plan<br />
In the wrong hands<br />
With the wrong theory for the wrong man<br />
The wrong lies, on the wrong vibes<br />
The wrong questions with the wrong replies<br />
Wrong<br />
Wrong<br />
<br />
I was marching to the wrong drum<br />
With the wrong scum<br />
Pissing out the wrong energy<br />
Using all the wrong lines<br />
And the wrong signs<br />
With the wrong intensity<br />
I was on the wrong page of the wrong book<br />
With the wrong rendition of the wrong hook<br />
Made the wrong move, every wrong night<br />
With the wrong tune played till it sounded right yah<br />
Wrong<br />
Wrong<br />
<br />
Too long<br />
Wrong</b> ]]>
        
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<entry>
    <title>The Chris Bangle &quot;Addio&quot; to BMW</title>
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    <id>tag:www.lucianogiustini.org,2009:/english//2.1128</id>

    <published>2009-02-03T22:40:53Z</published>
    <updated>2009-02-03T22:45:12Z</updated>

    <summary> With a sad press releases, the most iconic and talentful designer ever seen in BMW and other automotive brands, has resigned as Chief Designer of the BMW Group, Mini, and BMW Motorrad. Chris will work for other projects, maybe...</summary>
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        <name>Luciano</name>
        
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With a sad press releases, the most iconic and talentful designer ever
seen in BMW and other automotive brands, has resigned as Chief
Designer of the BMW Group, Mini, and BMW Motorrad. Chris will work for
other projects, maybe ever not related to
direct car design: Chris is quitting "to pursue his own design-related
endeavors beyond the auto industry" said the carmaker. But, who knows..<br /><br />
News about it in <a href="http://www.autonews.com/article/20090203/COPY01/302039879/1144">Automotive News</a>.<br />
<br />Other news on <a href="http://jalopnik.com/5145161/chris-bangle-quits-bmw-auto-industry">Jalopnik Industry News</a><br /><br />Incidently, I've created a <a href="http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=24767029543">fan group</a> on Facebook, today with more than 150 subscribers: you're welcome to contribute! <br /><div><br /></div>]]>
        
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<entry>
    <title>New design launched using Movable Type</title>
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    <id>tag:www.lucianogiustini.org,2009:/english//2.1056</id>

    <published>2009-01-24T22:57:43Z</published>
    <updated>2009-01-24T22:57:43Z</updated>

    <summary> Our web site is sporting a new look and feel thanks to Movable Type and the Professional Template Set. The Professional Template Set makes it possible for just about anyone to get up and running with a new web...</summary>
    <author>
        <name>Luciano</name>
        
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<p>Our web site is sporting a new look and feel thanks to <a href="http://www.movabletype.com/">Movable Type</a> and the Professional Template Set. The Professional Template Set makes it possible for just about anyone to get up and running with a new web site using Movable Type. It is literally as easy as just a few clicks. Just pick a new for your web site, select the Professional Template Set and publish. Then viola! a new web site. Thank you Movable Type!</p>
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<entry>
    <title>Love is...</title>
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    <id>tag:www.lucianogiustini.org,2008:/english//2.1120</id>

    <published>2008-12-20T14:46:50Z</published>
    <updated>2009-01-25T14:08:01Z</updated>

    <summary></summary>
    <author>
        <name>Luciano</name>
        
    </author>
    
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<entry>
    <title>Look deeper</title>
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    <id>tag:www.lucianogiustini.org,2008:/english//2.1119</id>

    <published>2008-10-16T11:57:50Z</published>
    <updated>2009-01-25T14:10:46Z</updated>

    <summary></summary>
    <author>
        <name>Luciano</name>
        
    </author>
    
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<entry>
    <title>To love is to suffer</title>
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    <id>tag:www.lucianogiustini.org,2008:/english//2.1118</id>

    <published>2008-09-04T22:24:25Z</published>
    <updated>2009-01-24T23:01:07Z</updated>

    <summary>The unforgettable piece from the Woody Allen&apos;s &quot;Love and Death&quot; movie (1975!): Sonja (Deane Keaton): &quot;To love is to suffer. To avoid suffering one must not love. But then one suffers from not loving. Therefore, to love is to suffer;...</summary>
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        <name>Luciano</name>
        
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        <![CDATA[<p>The unforgettable piece from the Woody Allen's "<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073312/">Love and Death</a>" movie (1975!):</p>

<p><i>Sonja (Deane Keaton): "To love is to suffer. To avoid suffering one must not love. But then one suffers from not loving. Therefore, to love is to suffer; not to love is to suffer; to suffer is to suffer. To be happy is to love. To be happy, then, is to suffer, but suffering makes one unhappy. Therefore, to be unhappy, one must love or love to suffer or suffer from too much happiness. I hope you're getting this down." </i></p>

<p>The must-see video:</p>

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<entry>
    <title>Dive into xkcd</title>
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    <id>tag:www.lucianogiustini.org,2008:/english//2.1117</id>

    <published>2008-06-17T14:35:48Z</published>
    <updated>2009-01-25T14:13:36Z</updated>

    <summary> (with apologies to Randall Munroe; and to Dive into mark! :)...</summary>
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        <name>Luciano</name>
        
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<p>(with apologies to <a href="http://xkcd.com/435/">Randall Munroe</a>; and to <a href="http://diveintomark.org/archives/2008/06/11/purity">Dive into mark</a>! :)</p>]]>
        
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<entry>
    <title>My personality info</title>
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    <id>tag:www.lucianogiustini.org,2008:/english//2.1116</id>

    <published>2008-04-23T21:02:23Z</published>
    <updated>2009-01-24T23:01:07Z</updated>

    <summary>I&apos;ve done the MYERS-BRIGGS personality test, plus the Multiple intelligences test. The results (http://lucianog.mypersonality.info/) : INTJ - The &quot;Strategist&quot; Temperament: NT (Intellectual) Primary Function: Introverted Intuition Population: 1.5% (2.5% male, 0.5% female) INTJs are introspective, analytical, determined persons with natural...</summary>
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        <![CDATA[<p>I've done the MYERS-BRIGGS personality test, plus the Multiple intelligences test. The results (<a href="http://lucianog.mypersonality.info/">http://lucianog.mypersonality.info/</a>) :</p>

<p><b>INTJ - The "Strategist"<br />
Temperament: NT (Intellectual)<br />
	<br />
Primary Function: Introverted Intuition<br />
Population: 1.5% (2.5% male, 0.5% female)<br />
	</b></p>

<p>INTJs are introspective, analytical, determined persons with natural leadership ability. Being reserved, they prefer to stay in the background while leading. Strategic, knowledgable and adaptable, INTJs are talented in bringing ideas from conception to reality. They expect perfection from themselves as well as others and are comfortable with the leadership of another so long as they are competent. INTJs can also be described as decisive, open-minded, self-confident, attentive, theoretical and pragmatic. </p>

<p><a href="http://lucianog.mypersonality.info" target="_top"><img src="http://badges.mypersonality.info/badge/0/6/67790.png" alt="Click to view my Personality Profile page" border="0" /></a></p>

<p>Here <a href="http://www.personalitypage.com/INTJ.html">it is</a> the full description of INTJs people:</p>

<p><b>Portrait of an INTJ  - Introverted iNtuitive Thinking Judging </b></p>

<p>As an INTJ, your primary mode of living is focused internally, where you take things in primarily via your intuition. Your secondary mode is external, where you deal with things rationally and logically.</p>

<p>INTJs live in the world of ideas and strategic planning. They value intelligence, knowledge, and competence, and typically have high standards in these regards, which they continuously strive to fulfill. To a somewhat lesser extent, they have similar expectations of others.</p>

<p>With Introverted Intuition dominating their personality, INTJs focus their energy on observing the world, and generating ideas and possibilities. Their mind constantly gathers information and makes associations about it. They are tremendously insightful and usually are very quick to understand new ideas. However, their primary interest is not understanding a concept, but rather applying that concept in a useful way. Unlike the INTP, they do not follow an idea as far as they possibly can, seeking only to understand it fully. INTJs are driven to come to conclusions about ideas. Their need for closure and organization usually requires that they take some action.</p>

<p>INTJ's tremendous value and need for systems and organization, combined with their natural insightfulness, makes them excellent scientists. An INTJ scientist gives a gift to society by putting their ideas into a useful form for others to follow. It is not easy for the INTJ to express their internal images, insights, and abstractions. The internal form of the INTJ's thoughts and concepts is highly individualized, and is not readily translatable into a form that others will understand. However, the INTJ is driven to translate their ideas into a plan or system that is usually readily explainable, rather than to do a direct translation of their thoughts. They usually don't see the value of a direct transaction, and will also have difficulty expressing their ideas, which are non-linear. However, their extreme respect of knowledge and intelligence will motivate them to explain themselves to another person who they feel is deserving of the effort.</p>

<p>INTJs are natural leaders, although they usually choose to remain in the background until they see a real need to take over the lead. When they are in leadership roles, they are quite effective, because they are able to objectively see the reality of a situation, and are adaptable enough to change things which aren't working well. They are the supreme strategists - always scanning available ideas and concepts and weighing them against their current strategy, to plan for every conceivable contingency.</p>

<p>INTJs spend a lot of time inside their own minds, and may have little interest in the other people's thoughts or feelings. Unless their Feeling side is developed, they may have problems giving other people the level of intimacy that is needed. Unless their Sensing side is developed, they may have a tendency to ignore details which are necessary for implementing their ideas.</p>

<p>The INTJ's interest in dealing with the world is to make decisions, express judgments, and put everything that they encounter into an understandable and rational system. Consequently, they are quick to express judgments. Often they have very evolved intuitions, and are convinced that they are right about things. Unless they complement their intuitive understanding with a well-developed ability to express their insights, they may find themselves frequently misunderstood. In these cases, INTJs tend to blame misunderstandings on the limitations of the other party, rather than on their own difficulty in expressing themselves. This tendency may cause the INTJ to dismiss others input too quickly, and to become generally arrogant and elitist.</p>

<p>INTJs are ambitious, self-confident, deliberate, long-range thinkers. Many INTJs end up in engineering or scientific pursuits, although some find enough challenge within the business world in areas which involve organizing and strategic planning. They dislike messiness and inefficiency, and anything that is muddled or unclear. They value clarity and efficiency, and will put enormous amounts of energy and time into consolidating their insights into structured patterns.</p>

<p>Other people may have a difficult time understanding an INTJ. They may see them as aloof and reserved. Indeed, the INTJ is not overly demonstrative of their affections, and is likely to not give as much praise or positive support as others may need or desire. That doesn't mean that he or she doesn't truly have affection or regard for others, they simply do not typically feel the need to express it. Others may falsely perceive the INTJ as being rigid and set in their ways. Nothing could be further from the truth, because the INTJ is committed to always finding the objective best strategy to implement their ideas. The INTJ is usually quite open to hearing an alternative way of doing something.</p>

<p>When under a great deal of stress, the INTJ may become obsessed with mindless repetitive, Sensate activities, such as over-drinking. They may also tend to become absorbed with minutia and details that they would not normally consider important to their overall goal.</p>

<p>INTJs need to remember to express themselves sufficiently, so as to avoid difficulties with people misunderstandings. In the absence of properly developing their communication abilities, they may become abrupt and short with people, and isolationists.</p>

<p>INTJs have a tremendous amount of ability to accomplish great things. They have insight into the Big Picture, and are driven to synthesize their concepts into solid plans of action. Their reasoning skills gives them the means to accomplish that. INTJs are most always highly competent people, and will not have a problem meeting their career or education goals. They have the capability to make great strides in these arenas. On a personal level, the INTJ who practices tolerances and puts effort into effectively communicating their insights to others has everything in his or her power to lead a rich and rewarding life.</p>

<p>Jungian functional preference ordering:</p>

<p>Dominant: Introverted Intuition<br />
Auxilliary: Extraverted Thinking<br />
Tertiary: Introverted Feeling<br />
Inferior: Extraverted Sensing</p>

<p><a href="http://www.mypersonality.info/">Do it yours!</a></p>]]>
        
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<entry>
    <title>Benedict XVI Documentary to Air in Russia</title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.lucianogiustini.org/english/blog/archives/2008/04/benedict-xvi-do.shtml" />
    <id>tag:www.lucianogiustini.org,2008:/english//2.1115</id>

    <published>2008-04-14T19:19:26Z</published>
    <updated>2009-01-24T23:01:07Z</updated>

    <summary>Concludes With Message From Pope to Nation KOENIGSTEIN, Germany, APRIL 14, 2008 (Zenit.org).- Russia will mark Benedict XVI&apos;s 81st birthday Wednesday by offering a chance to learn about the life of the German Pontiff, and to hear a televised greeting...</summary>
    <author>
        <name>Luciano</name>
        
    </author>
    
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        <![CDATA[<p>Concludes With Message From Pope to Nation</p>

<p>KOENIGSTEIN, Germany, APRIL 14, 2008 (Zenit.org).- Russia will mark Benedict XVI's 81st birthday Wednesday by offering a chance to learn about the life of the German Pontiff, and to hear a televised greeting from him to the Russian people.</p>

<p>A state television channel will broadcast a documentary sponsored by the organization Aid to the Church in Need. The documentary concludes with a message from the Holy Father to Alexy II, patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church, Orthodox Christians, and all Russians. The Pope will appeal for dialogue among all Christians. Monsignor Georg Ratzinger, the Pontiff's older brother, is one of those interviewed in the documentary.</p>

<p>Peter Humeniuk, the aid organization's Russia expert, affirmed that both in Rome and in Moscow there is an awareness that the "film and the papal message are a beautiful symbol of the process of rapprochement between the two Churches."</p>

<p>Humeniuk, who was in charge of the documentary, added, "During my journeys throughout Russia I come across many people who express a desire for objective information about the Pope and the Catholic Church. I hope that the film about Benedict XVI will help to meet this need."</p>

<p>He said it is "an occasion of great joy and a historic event" to have the Holy Father personally address the Russian people.</p>

<p>All in all, Humeniuk contended, the dialogue between the Catholic Church and the Russian Orthodox Church is progressing.</p>

<p>(<a href="http://www.zenit.org/article-22288?l=english">ZENIT.org</a>)</p>]]>
        
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    <title>I miss you  - like the deserts miss the rain</title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.lucianogiustini.org/english/blog/archives/2008/04/i-miss-you-like.shtml" />
    <id>tag:www.lucianogiustini.org,2008:/english//2.1114</id>

    <published>2008-04-01T16:48:18Z</published>
    <updated>2009-01-24T23:01:07Z</updated>

    <summary>I step off the train I&apos;m walking down your street again and past your door But you don&apos;t live there any more It&apos;s years since you&apos;ve been there But now you&apos;ve disappeared somewhere like outer space You&apos;ve found some better...</summary>
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        <name>Luciano</name>
        
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        <![CDATA[<p><em>I step off the train<br />
I'm walking down your street again and past your door<br />
But you don't live there any more<br />
It's years since you've been there<br />
But now you've disappeared somewhere like outer space<br />
You've found some better place<br />
And I miss you - like the deserts miss the rain<br />
And I miss you - like the deserts miss the rain<br />
Could you be dead?<br />
You always were two steps ahead of everyone<br />
We'd walk behind while you would run<br />
I look up at your house<br />
And I can almost hear you shout down to me<br />
Where I always used to be<br />
And I miss you - like the deserts miss the rain<br />
And I miss you - like the deserts miss the rain<br />
Back on the train<br />
I ask why did I come again?<br />
Can I confess I've been hanging around your old address?<br />
The years have proved to offer nothing since you moved<br />
You're long gone<br />
But I can't move on<br />
And I miss you - like the deserts miss the rain<br />
And I miss you - like the deserts miss the rain<br />
And I miss you<br />
I step off the train<br />
I'm walking down your street again and past your door<br />
But you don't live there any more<br />
It's years since you've been there<br />
But now you've disappeared somewhere like outer space<br />
You've found some better place<br />
And I miss you - like the deserts miss the rain<br />
And I miss you - like the deserts miss the rain<br />
And I miss you<br />
And I miss you - like the deserts miss the rain<br />
And I miss you - like the deserts miss the rain<br />
The deserts miss the rain - like the deserts miss the rain<br />
The deserts miss the rain<br />
like the deserts miss the rain</em></p>

<p>(Everything but the girl)</p>]]>
        
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<entry>
    <title>The Italian Ambassade in Riga (LV)</title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.lucianogiustini.org/english/blog/archives/2008/03/the-italian-amb.shtml" />
    <id>tag:www.lucianogiustini.org,2008:/english//2.1113</id>

    <published>2008-03-02T23:28:17Z</published>
    <updated>2009-01-24T23:01:07Z</updated>

    <summary>The Italian Ambassade in Riga (Latvija, Lettonia), seems to be very appreciated. Here and here there&apos;re two posts on the building (that for our taste, looks very strange!) on Riga Daily Photos blog...</summary>
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        <name>Luciano</name>
        
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        <![CDATA[<p>The Italian Ambassade in Riga (Latvija, Lettonia), seems to be very appreciated.</p>

<p><a href="http://rigadailyphotos.blogspot.com/2008/03/globe.html">Here</a> and <a href="http://rigadailyphotos.blogspot.com/2007/09/ambasada-ditalia.html">here</a> there're two posts on the building (that for our taste, looks very strange!) on <a href="http://rigadailyphotos.blogspot.com/">Riga Daily Photos</a> blog</p>]]>
        
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<entry>
    <title>The canceled visit of the Pope to the first University of Rome</title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.lucianogiustini.org/english/blog/archives/2008/01/the-canceled-vi.shtml" />
    <id>tag:www.lucianogiustini.org,2008:/english//2.1112</id>

    <published>2008-01-15T21:47:30Z</published>
    <updated>2009-01-24T23:01:07Z</updated>

    <summary>It&apos;s very sad that in Italy, the center of catholicism, the faith became so different, so cold, and - finally - so de-christianized. And it&apos;s more sad in these days. I don&apos;t know if you in television heard about what&apos;s...</summary>
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        <![CDATA[<p>It's very sad that in Italy, the center of catholicism, the faith became so different, so cold, and - finally - so de-christianized.</p>

<p>And it's more sad in these days. I don't know if you in television heard about what's happening in Italy. The Pope was invited by the Rector of "La Sapienza" to inaugurate the Academic Year in the next Thursday, 17th, appearing in the first university of Rome (In the city there're four public universities, plus a lot more private ones, but "La Sapienza" is the ancient university of Rome, and specially one of the oldest and most prestigious in Italy, and in Europe).<br />
Well, it happened that some professors (not few, 61), both from human faculties and from scientific ones, have complained about the visit, and they wrote a petition, explicitly asking that the Pope "don't come to the university" as inappropriate person, because "today faith is contrary to science"! <br />
At the same time, dozens of students has started to organize manifestation against the visit of the Pope and public banners against the Pope himself and the Church, in the public university of Rome. Ratzinger here is considered "oscurantist", old visionist of a religious restauration, and, after all, against the "knowledge".</p>

<p>It's so incredible this all! But the worst is yet to be known.</p>

<p>All these polemics following to the event, in these two days, has broken the disposition of the Holy Father to visit the place, and so today, in the late afternoon, Vatican spokesman said that "the visit has been canceled". This is the first time that this happens, in an unprecedented move since the former Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger took over the Roman Catholic Church in April, 2005, and it's a sign of the times. <br />
It's a scandal, really! I think that any other university in Europe would be glad to receive such a honourable visit! Only in Rome, the center of christianity, can happen it!</p>]]>
        
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<entry>
    <title>Italy seen by New York Times</title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.lucianogiustini.org/english/blog/archives/2007/12/italy-seen-by-n.shtml" />
    <id>tag:www.lucianogiustini.org,2007:/english//2.1111</id>

    <published>2007-12-15T13:46:02Z</published>
    <updated>2009-01-24T23:01:07Z</updated>

    <summary>An interesting article on the New York Times describes the actual Italy quite well: depressed, angry, afraid of the future. It&apos;s interesting to see the related photoset too. In Italy the blogger Beppe Grillo wrote about it (in italian). It&apos;s...</summary>
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        <name>Luciano</name>
        
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        <![CDATA[<p>An <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/13/world/europe/13italy.html?_r=2&ref=world&oref=slogin">interesting article</a> on the New York Times describes the actual Italy quite well: depressed, angry, afraid of the future. </p>

<p>It's interesting to see the related <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2007/12/12/world/20071213ITALY_index.html">photoset</a> too. </p>

<p>In Italy the blogger Beppe Grillo <a href="http://www.beppegrillo.it/eng/2007/12/italy_as_seen_by_the_new_york.html">wrote</a> about it (in <a href="http://www.beppegrillo.it/2007/12/litalia_vista_d.html">italian</a>). It's also spoken in the blog <a href="http://stelleastrisce.splinder.com/post/15117508">Stelle a strisce</a> (italian blog of a woman living in NY)</p>]]>
        
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<entry>
    <title>Election in Russia</title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.lucianogiustini.org/english/blog/archives/2007/12/election-in-rus.shtml" />
    <id>tag:www.lucianogiustini.org,2007:/english//2.1110</id>

    <published>2007-12-02T20:15:54Z</published>
    <updated>2009-01-24T23:01:07Z</updated>

    <summary>Here starts the dictatorship? MOSCA - The leader of the opposition movement &quot;Other Russia&quot;, Garry Kasparov, said, in an interview to the TG1 (the main italian tv news journal), that the victory of the Vladimir Putin party, &quot;United Russia&quot;, at...</summary>
    <author>
        <name>Luciano</name>
        
    </author>
    
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        <![CDATA[<p><b>Here starts the dictatorship?</b></p>

<p>MOSCA - The leader of the opposition movement "Other Russia", <strong>Garry Kasparov</strong>, said, in an interview to the TG1 (the main italian tv news journal), that the victory of the Vladimir Putin party, "United Russia", at the legislative elections, signs the beginning of the dictatorship in the Country.  "All that powership that Putin has built around him and that, in the electoral campaign, is transformed in a political-administrative structure able to destroy any form of dissent: in one word dictatorship". (Agr)</p>

<p>(From <a href="http://www.corriere.it/ultima_ora/detail.jsp?id={5CE8E771-9835-44F0-B589-098971D9A0C9}">Corriere.it</a>; Here is the link to a <a href="http://www.theotherrussia.org/2007/12/01/vote-begins-under-the-watch-of-the-fsb/">Kasparov post</a> in english language about the elections)</p>

<p>Other links (in italian):<br />
ANSA.it: <a href="http://www.ansa.it/opencms/export/site/visualizza_fdg.html_42017713.html">OSCE: ELEZIONI IN RUSSIA 'NON CORRETTE' (OSCE: ELECTIONS IN RUSSIA HAVE BEEN "NOT CORRECT")</a></p>]]>
        
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