Categoria: English SocialNews

A crisis of values

by Massimiliano Fanni Canelles The economic crisis in which we are all involved is caused mainly to the increase of public debt, the economic downturn and the difficult credibility of governments and politicians. Complicating the situation, they added little support measures for an increasingly abstract, the absence of regulation of the European financial system and…

The intelligence of the heart

by Massimiliano Fanni Canelles The international scientific community has recently decided to replace the term “mental retardation” with “intellectual disabilities”. The intellectual disabilities include restrictions in the functioning emotional, social and education for low adaptability (adaptive functioning). The CNE results in a lack of personal autonomy. The fact of not knowing how to deal with…

If not now…

The sovereignty of the people

by Massimiliano Fanni Canelles Since Alfredo Carlo Moro, judge and jurist, brother of the statesman Aldo, who was killed by the Red Brigades, he pointed: “”Do you realize that our Constitution, Art. 3, recognizes equal social dignity for all peoples, without distinction of sex, race, language, religion, political opinions, personal and social conditions, but not…

Drugs no more orphans

by Massimiliano Fanni Canelles My involvement in the serious issues that affect patients with a rare disease is linked to personal, family, professional, and cultural background to my criticism of a society increasingly stretched for maximum profit. Necessarily associative action, as well as social and political life that has developed in the Myelin Project and…

Knowing the nuclear

by Massimiliano Fanni Canelles Emotional wake of the Chernobyl disaster, in 1987 Italy were renounced the nuclear option through the referendum. From that moment on, it became necessary to import energy from abroad, almost all of nuclear origin and transported through the use of massive power lines. Italy continued to use massively non-renewable energy sources…

The Arab renaissance

by Massimiliano Fanni Canelles On 17 December 2010, Mohamed Bou Azizi, a young graduate Tunisian adapted itself to live, like walking abusive, set himself on fire to protest against the police, who had confiscated the goods. Since then, the flame of the popular revolt has spread to all the Arab states. Two revolutions are consumed…

The Music therapy

by Massimiliano Fanni Canelles The music has always been considered an element that can influence our moods, emotions, mental and physical wellbeing. The involvement of music in the quality of life is undeniable. In primitive societies, was reflected in the rituals, such as hunting and initiation. In religion, the sound from the Tibetan bells and…

Waiting for 2012

by Massimiliano Fanni Canelles On 3 July 1969, Professor Leonard Kleinrock transmitted part of a word from one computer to another, physically more than 500 km away. Considered a visionary, prophesied a future characterized by the presence of a network “always working, always available, present in all places and freely accessible to all.” That future…

In the name of God

by Massimiliano Fanni Canelles The religion is always been a key element in the relationship between people. The differences in culture and tradition are attributable to it and also many conflicts have been classified as “religious wars”. Yet, all the great religions base their doctrine on similar texts, defined scriptures: the Bible for Christians, the…