Carolo Alberto Rossi & Luciano Zotti

Carlo Alberto Rossi http://www.esedomani.it/it/playlist/blues is one of the most important Italian composers of popular music. His music is as important as that of  Gershwin  or Irvin Berlin. In the 60s, my father Luciano Zotti http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luciano_Zotti was offered a position as musical director at the “Fonorama”, a state of the art recording studio owned by Carlo [...]

ASC February Edition

This special edition of the A.S.C. journal contains two papers written by Dr. Carol O’Donnell, http://www.carolodonnell.com.au/   who was a lecturer at the University of Sydney. Today she is a retired academic, but continues to work as a volunteer, in her attempt to educate society. Her papers are powerful and inspirational and, as you will find, [...]

HOPE: link to my latest CD dedicated to the memory of Anthony Minghella

This link is to my new CD titled HOPE: http://www.jamendo.com/en/album/100258 The CD contains six melodies that I have composed and recorded on my piano keyboard which is attached to my computer and simulates orchestral sounds.  It is dedicated to the memory of the famous writer and movie director Anthony Minghella who’s art and work was [...]

ASC January Edition

  Dr Bob Rich Volunteering Talk Here are three cries for help. I know you can read ¾ just indicate when you’re finished with each screen. My name is Fatima, I’m 18-year-old from Middle East. I had this problem since I was 14. I hate myself so much. I know that everyone hates me and [...]

Ubuntu: a definition of human intelligence by alfredo zotti 2009

Ubuntu: a definition of human intelligence Ubuntu is an ancient African word that means “humanity to others”. That’s why this word is the name of computer software freely available to all people: the Linux distribution that brings the spirit of Ubuntu to the software world. Ubuntu is also a large international digital community (or network) [...]

A.S.C Short essay for November

Anti Stigma Crusaders: November’s short essay Childhood trauma and mental illness Last year I began a pilot study that was to be preparation for my research to establish the correlation between childhood trauma and the development of a mental illness later in life. My method was to ask psychologists and psychiatrists what percentage of their [...]

A.S.C December issue. Disability: don’t dismiss my ability

Disability: Don’t Dismiss My Ability Written by alfredo zotti All art and graphic designs by alfredo zotti Edited by judy wright In this ninth edition of the A.S.C journal, I write about the life and times of Toulouse Lautrec to argue that we can never judge a person by her or his looks. Toulouse was [...]

Anti Stigma Crusaders A.S.C

Anti Stigma Crusaders A.S.C Stigma for being different in a way is part of the “ingroup-outgroup” dynamic that you will find in all cultures, and is probably pre-human. It is an instinctual way of bolstering a group by excluding the other.  This is a good survival mechanism in a pre-industrial society, but very damaging in [...]

Anthony Minghella and Humanitarian Gifted People

Written by Alfredo Zotti Edited by Judy Wright I would like to thank Nicole Kidman. Although I have never met her, spoken or communicated with her, I have been writing on her website http://www.nicolekidmanofficial.com/2011/09/ask-nicole-cold-mountain/   where I have been discussing Minghella’s film “Cold Mountain”. This, given that Nicole and Anthony were good friends, has given me [...]