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Louis J. Panella (Pittsburgh, 1881 – aldaar, 13 maart 1940) was een Amerikaans componist, muziekpedagoog en trompettist. Hij is de jongere broer van de componist en klarinettist Frank A. Panella. Met hem samen heeft hij een muziekuitgeverij "Panella Music Company" in Pittsburgh opgericht.

Levensloop
Panella werd na zijn muziekstudie als trompettist lid van het Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. Samen met zijn oudere broer speelde hij in verschillende harmonieorkesten in en in de omgeving van Pittsburgh. Hij was meer dan 26 jaar docent voor trompet aan het "Pittsburgh Carnegie Institute of Technology", nu: Carnegie-Mellon Universiteit in Pittsburgh. Als componist schreef hij meer dan 200 liederen, dansen en marsen voor harmonieorkest. De meeste van zijn werken waren opgedragen aan personen, pleinen of organisaties. Ongetwijfeld is zijn bekendste mars de American Red Cross March. Verschillende latere werken droeg hij op aan diverse universiteiten. In de laatste jaren kon hij vanwege zijn oogziekte slechts weinig componeren.

Composities

Werken voor harmonieorkest
 1902 Allegiance to the Flag
 1907 Fighting Chance
 1911 Civic Pride
 1918 American Red Cross March
 1919 With the Colors
 1922 The Pitt Panther
 1924 In Command March
 1925 The University of Dayton, ook bekend als: UD Loyality March
 1932 Amerita
 1932 The Junior
 1933 Alhambra festival, ouverture
 Freshman
 Knights of Chivalry
 Master Melodies Overture
 Overture of Overtures
 Senior
 Sophomore
 Venus

Vocale muziek
 Carolina lullaby, voor twee mannenstemmen, viool, cornet en orkest

Kamermuziek
 That Spooky Rag, voor klarinet en piano

Media

Bibliografie
 William Emmett Studwell, Bruce R. Schueneman: College fight songs II: a supplementary anthology, Routledge, 2001. 447 p., ISBN 978-0-789-00920-3
 Paul E. Bierley, William H. Rehrig: The heritage encyclopedia of band music : composers and their music, Westerville, Ohio: Integrity Press, 1991, ISBN 0-918048-08-7
 Norman E. Smith: March music notes, Lake Charles, La.: Program Note Press, 1986, ISBN 978 0 9617346 1 9
 Leon Joseph Bly: The March in American Society, Ann Arbor: University Microfilms 1978, 307 p.

Amerikaans componist
Amerikaans muziekpedagoog
Amerikaans trompettist
20e-eeuws componist
Amerikaans muziekuitgever

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Indonesia's Story on Bringing Women Into Parliament
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Women's representation in Indonesia's parliament has seen its ups and downs but has improved over time overall. For some years, the proportion of women in Indonesia's parliament was dismal. Despite affirmative action, it hovered around 10 percent. With democratization beginning in 1998, however, the movement for women's representation has picked up momentum and visibility. (After the resignation of President Suharto from office in 1998, Indonesia embarked on democratization. The democratic elections in 1999 produced a new parliament, and subsequently elections have been held and parliaments formed every five years.)
Supporters were able to lobby for the inclusion of a provision in the Election Law passed in 2004 requiring all political parties to apply a 30 percent quota for women to their candidate list. The provision lacked teeth, resulting in only a few parties adhering to it, but it was considered a historic achievement in Indonesia. It generated an awareness that, as a first step, resulted in increasing the proportion of women representatives in the national parliament by 25 percent in 2004.
Even more significant results were produced in 2009. The new election law passed in 2008 combined a 30 percent quota for party lists with a 'zipper' system in which for every three candidates fielded by political parties, at least one had to be a woman. But the Constitutional Court in late 2008 issued a ruling that negated the quota and required the election wholly by the popular vote. While the decision was meant to curb the power of political parties and transfer it to the voters, it effectively dismantled affirmative action for women representatives. Many women's activists expressed pessimism about any possibility of increasing women's representation.
Amidst this setback, however, the affirmative action debate generated greater interest in the issue of women's representation, and galvanized the efforts of different stakeholders. Civil society organizations launched activities to spread awareness of the importance of having a gender-balanced parliament. These efforts were backed by a number of political parties and some government agencies, such as the State Ministry on Women's Empowerment, the Ministry of Home Affairs, and the General Election Commission. UNDP and bilateral donors also actively supported the efforts of Indonesian stakeholders through civil society voters' education initiatives, media campaigns, and public consultations among political parties, academics and civil society.
The results took even activists by surprise. Many more parties took the 30 percent quota seriously, even in the absence of legislation. As many as 70 percent of the 38 parties competing in the 2009 election nominated women for more than 30 percent of their candidates. The election has considerably increased the number of women in parliament – shattering the 100 seats ceiling in the DPR (Lower House).
Though still below the 30 percent mark that many activists set as their target, women's representation in the two chambers of Parliament has never been higher. The share of women representatives in the DPR has increased by 63 percent. (In 2002, the Indonesian Constitution was amended so as to establish another chamber in the Indonesian parliament. The House of House of Regional Representatives – DPD – was meant to function like the Senate in other countries, representing the interests of administrative regions. But in Indonesia's case, the DPD's authority is limited to consultative rather than legislative functions.) In the newly constituted upper house, the House of Regions or DPD where only individuals may be candidates the increase was 77 percent. This brought women's membership to 27.3 percent, or just three percent shy of the 30 percent target. It suggests that political party reform may be a policy aim.
The Indonesian experience shows that even when the affirmative action quota is removed, once public attention and awareness is generated around the issue, change in attitudes can successfully push the agenda forward by increasing real public support for women's representation. The achievement also reveals that the voters in the world's largest Muslim nation have no qualms about supporting women in politics, thus negating the stereotype commonly associated with Islamic religious belief. Indonesia's strides in this sphere are admirable and deserve support, so that women's share is closer to half in future elections.
Excerpted from 'Power, Voice and Rights: A Turning Point for Gender Equality in Asia and the Pacific, 2010 (UNDP/Macmillan)
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"The NFL and the NCAA have made a lot of rule changes over the past few years in an effort to increase player safety.
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France and Arsenal defender Laurent Koscielny has retired from international duty after criticising manager Didier Deschamps for his treatment while recovering from injury.
The defender ruptured an Achilles in the Europa League semi-final in May and missed out on France's World Cup-winning campaign in Russia.
Koscielny, 33, said "lots of people disappointed him" during his lay-off.
"It feels like a hit on the back of the head," he said.
"When you are in good form, you have lots of friends. When you are injured... after a certain period of time, you are forgotten about.
"He [Deschamps] called me once for my birthday in September. Otherwise, no. Lots of people disappointed me. Not only the coach."
Koscielny announced last year that he intended to retire from international football after the World Cup and said missing out on the tournament did not change his mind.
But he also said his absence in Russia this summer will remain "a dark step" in his career.
He made 51 appearances for France, making his debut in November 2011, and took part in the European Championships in 2012 and 2016, as well as the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.
"The injury is one thing, the victory of the World Cup is another," Koscielny said. "I think the victory certainly made me much more psychologically hurt than my injury.
"I think I gave the France team what I could. For me, my injury has not changed anything. The Blues are over, after that, I will always be a supporter of the French team but what is certain is that I will not put on the blue jersey.
"I have a new state of mind, there will be the Laurent before and the Laurent after injury. I want to continue to Arsenal, I want to return quickly. I want to fight."
His last appearance for France was in March in a 3-1 friendly victory over Russia.


The introduction first surveys the historical literature on deindustrialization. Studies following a labor history approach examine the impact of factory shutdowns on workers, unions, and industrial communities. Authors with an economic and business history perspective examine the reasons established industries went into decline. More recent scholarship explores the effects of industrial decline on politics and public policy, focusing on attempts to generate new employment in localities hit by downsizing. Despite their value, none of the recent works gives a comprehensive picture of the impact of deindustrialization on politics and policymaking in the economic sphere. This volume aims to do so. The introduction summarizes the book's principal findings. Finally, the introduction notes that responses to deindustrialization in New England were shaped by shifts in national politics, with government-centered initiatives more common in times when liberalism was ascendant and with government taking a less prominent role during more conservative eras.


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Lincroft, NJ - After Kenny Campbell's no hitter earlier in the day, Christian Brothers Academy handed the ball to sophomore Nick Hohenstein to pitch them past Freehold Borough and into the Monmouth County Tournament semi finals. Freehold Borough, just like Middletown North earlier in the day, was trying to beat the Colts for the second time in a week after their 2-1 victory on Thursday afternoon.
The Colonials had their chances early to jump all over CBA and Hohenstein, but the Colts right hander worked out of jam after jam in the first four innings to improve CBA's record to 13-5 overall and 7-3 A-North with a 4-2 win over Freehold Borough.
Hohenstein did not have great stuff or control earlier in this one and in the first inning loaded the bases with one out before getting out of the jam without giving up a run. After getting leadoff ground out, Hohenstein walked the next batter, followed up with a hit batter and another walk to load the bases. Phil Marcantonio who came up with the bases loaded batting .286 with 2 rbi's on the season, was hoping to add to his season numbers. Hohenstein however had other plans as he got Marcatonio to ground back to him for a force out at home and followed that with getting Nick Zuppe to pop out to second to end the first inning threat.
The Colts went to work in the bottom of the first behind the bat of leadoff hitter Cid Porter who laced a home run over the left field wall for a 1-0 lead. CBA was not done and added two more runs behind an RBI single from Brandan Martorano and an RBI double from Kenny Campbell, to give the Colts a 3-0 lead.
Freehold Boro would once again load the bases in the top of the second inning with one out and once again Hohenstein was able to get out of the inning without giving up any runs. After a 1-2-3 bottom of the second inning for the Colts, the Colonials would finally breakthrough in the top of the third inning.
After a leadoff groundout, Tom Holdorf would ground out to first but the thrown to Hohenstein covering the bag was dropped. Marcantino would follow with hit single to left to setup first and second. Zuppe then ground to short but got past Sal Ronaldi scoring Holdorf and advance Marcantino to third. The Colonials would pick up a second run when Dom Wage singled to left and cut the Colts lead to 3-2.
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This would be all the runs the Colts would need to advance past the Colonials and find their way back to the MCT semi finals as Hohenstein would finish off six innings of strong pitching to end with 1K, 2BB, 1 hit batter, 4 hits and 2ER. CBA would turn the ball over to Menendez for the final three outs in the seventh inning.
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La lengua mansi (o vogul, según el nombre tradicional dado por los rusos) es denominada por sus hablantes nativos маньси o моаньсь. Pertenece a la familia de las lenguas urálicas y más en concreto a las lenguas ugrofinesas (también llamadas fino-ugras o fino-hungúricas). Su pariente más cercano es el janti (u ostiaco), así como el húngaro, con las que conforma el subgrupo de lenguas ugrias. Los mansi viven en el norte de Siberia, en los territorios comprendidos entre el río Ural y el Obi. En 1960 alrededor de 6000 personas se reconocían miembros de la etnia mansi, de ellos apenas el 60 % tenía como lengua materna el mansi. Para 1989 la cifra había subido a unas 8500 personas, pero solo el 37 % hablaba su lengua.

Se suele hablar de cuatro grandes dialectos según su situación geográfica, que se dividen a su vez en numerosos dialectos menores. Así, los dialectos septentrionales son el de Sosva, Sigva, Lozva inferior, y el del Obi; los occidentales, el del Lozva inferior, el de Pelimka y el de Vagilsk; los orientales, el del Konda superior, Konda medio, Konda inferior, y el del Yukonda; y el dialecto de Tavda, único dialecto meridional. La lengua literaria se basa en el dialecto de Sosva. La comprensión mutua entre los hablantes de estos dialectos es difícil.

Historia
Los testimonios más antiguos de lengua mansi son generalmente nombres de personas que aparecen en crónicas rusas del siglo XVI-XVII. Del siglo XVIII nos han quedado varios glosarios con cientos de palabras. En el siglo XIX tienen lugar grandes viajes de investigación y recolección de información, el primero de ellos lo realizó Antal Reguly en los años cuarenta, luego, en la segunda mitad del siglo también viajan a la zona el finés August Ahlqvist y el húngaro Bernát Munkácsi, y continuamente fueron informando de los resultados. Sin embargo, el inmenso material etnográfico y de poesía popular recogido no influyó en la formación de la lengua escrita mansi.

Este proceso no tenía apenas precedentes: durante la época zarista se habían preparado algunas traducciones de textos eclesiásticos, pero el primer abecedario mansi solo fue publicado en 1932, y tomaba como base el alfabeto latino. En 1939-40 se introdujo el cirílico, parece ser que para evitar la confusión de enseñar dos sistemas de escritura diferentes en las escuelas. Entre los creadores de la literatura en lengua mansi se encuentran Marfa Vajruseva, de la que también destaca su trabajo pedagógico y científico, así como Piotr Yevrin y M. Kazantsev, que destacapan más bien por el hecho de ser los fundadores más que por la calidad literaria de sus obras. El primer maestro de la literatura mansi fue Yuvan Shestalov, nacido en 1937, que publicó poesía y narrativa tanto en mansi como en ruso y dio a conocer su pueblo y su cultura.

El alfabeto mansi
Hasta 1932 fue una lengua sin escritura, a partir de entonces se realizaron varios intentos para dotarla del alfabeto latino, pero finalmente, acabó usándose el alfabeto cirílico, desde 1939.

Alfabeto cirílico mansi:

А, Б, В, Г, Д, Е, Ё, Ж, З, И, Й, К, Л, М, Н, Ӈ, О, П, Р, С, Т, У, Ф, Х, Ц, Ч, Ш, Щ, Ъ, Ы, Ь, Э, Ю, Я

Alfabeto latino para el mansi, usado anteriormente:

A, B, D, E, F, G, H, Һ, I, J, K, L, Ļ, M, N, Ņ, Ŋ, O, P, R, S, S, T, Ţ, U, V, Z, Ь

Pronunciación

Vocales
Al igual que en el húngaro, las vocales se diferencian en largas y cortas según su duración, además existen tren grados de abertura.

 Vocales velares:
 а: a [a]
 о: o [o]
 у: u [u]
 э: e [e], tras sílaba acentuada frecuentemente se pronuncia [ǝ]
 ы: y [ɨ], como el mismo carácter en ruso.
 Vocales palatales (palatalizan la consonante anterior):
 е: e [ʲe], tras sílaba acentuada frecuentemente [ʲǝ]
 ё: io, sonido [ʲo]
 и: i [i]
 ю: iu [ʲu]
 я: ia [ʲa]
En los diferentes dialectos pueden existir sonidos diferentes, además, generalmente tras la sílaba no acentuada se produce una reducción de vocales.

Consonantes
 Duras:
 б: b [b], solo aparece en préstamos del ruso
 в: consonante aproximante u, como en inglés w [w]
 г: sonido fricativo velar sonoro (gh) [ɣ]
 д: d [d], solo aparece en préstamos del ruso
 ж: zh [ʒ], como la "ll" argentina. Solo aparece en préstamos del ruso.
 з: silbante sonora z [z], solo aparece en préstamos del ruso
 й: i [j]
 к: k [k]
 л: l [l]
 м: m [m]
 н: n [n]
 ӈ: sonido nasal velar [ŋ]
 п: p [p]
 р: r [r]
 с: s [s]
 т: t [t]
 ф: f [f], solo aparece en préstamos del ruso
 х: similar a la j(del español, también se puede transliterar como h) [x]
 ц: ts [ʦ], solo en palabras de origen ruso
 ч: ch [ʧ], solo en palabras de origen ruso
 ш: sh [ʃ], solo en palabras de origen ruso
 щ: sch [ʃʧ], solo en palabras de origen ruso
 ъ: muda [-], solo en palabras de origen ruso (donde es llamado signo duro)
 ь: signo blando [ʲ], aparece solo tras л, н, с, т, aunque en palabras de origen ruso puede aparecer en otros lugares.

 blandas:
 Las consonantes л, н, с, т se palatalizan ante ь, е, ё, и, ю, я. En estos casos la pronunciación será [ʎ], [ɲ], [ɕ], [c].

Acento
La posición del acento es variable, pero generalmente cae en las sílabas iniciales.

Gramática

El artículo
No existe.

El sustantivo
La lengua mansi es aglutinante. Las relaciones entre palabras están expresadas por medio de sufijos.
No existe categoría de género. En mansi hay tres números: singular, dual y plural. Se distinguen seis casos gramaticales.

Ejemplo: пут (caldero)

Los casos que faltan son sustituidos por el sistema de preposiciones, por ejemplo: халнэл (entre), саит (detrás de), etc.

Un sufijo personal de posesión indica la persona poseedora y su número, así como el número del objeto poseído: колаген (tus dos casas), колагэн (vuestras dos casas -dual: para dos poseedores), коланэн (vuestras dos casas - para más de dos poseedores), etc.

El verbo
La conjugación verbal presenta tres personas, tres números, dos tiempos (presente: -г, pasado: -с), 4 modos (indicativo, condicional, subjuntivo, caso de cortesía), al igual que el húngaro, existe conjugación transitiva e intransitiva así como diferencia de aspecto: activo frente a pasivo (la pasiva se indica con: -ве-). El subjuntivo(imperativo) solo existe para la segunda persona.

Ejemplos: минасум (fui), минасэн (fuiste), минас (fue), минасумен (fuimos, los dos), минасэн (fuisteis vosotros dos), минасыг (fueron ellos dos), минасув (fuimos), минасэн (fuisteis), минасэт (fueron); тотыкен (trae, con gusto- familiar), тоторисюм (me costará mucho, pero lo traeré).

Frases de ejemplo: Ам хул алысьлаӈкве минасум. (Me fui a pescar), Няврамет налми ватат ёнгегет. (Los niños juegan en la orilla.)

Los numerales

Cardinales: 1.аква (akua), 2.китыг (kityg), 3.хурум (jurum), 4.нила (nila), 5.ат (at), 6.хот (jot), 7.сат (sat), 8.нёллов (niollou), 9.онтэллов (ontéllou), 10.лов (lou), 20.хус (jus), 100.сат (sat), 1000.сотэр (sotér). Como artículo para 1 y 2 (ya que es una lengua dual): 'акв (uno), кит (dos).

 Ejemplos

Frases ilustrativas y humorísticas que muestran el parentesco entre el húngaro y el mansi tanto en el léxico como en la gramática.

 Manysi-húngaro-traducción al español

 Hurem né vitnel huligel husz hul pugi.
 Három nő a vízből hálóval húsz halat fog.
 (Tres mujeres sacan del agua con una red 20 peces)

 Hurem-szát-husz hulach-szem empem viten eli.
 Háromszázhúsz hollószemű ebem vízen él.
 (Mis trescientos veinte canes de ojos de cuervo viven en el agua)

Nota: recuérdese que el mansi se escribe en cirílico, para la transcripción no se ha usado el esquema señalado más arriba, que sería aceptable para un español, sino que se ha realizado siguiendo el sistema de transcripción húngaro, porque así es más apreciable el parentesco.

 Sintaxis
 Orden de palabras
El sintagma nominal está al comienzo de la oración, y le siguen diferentes sintagmas predicativos, finalmente el verbo: ам хул алысьлаӈкве минасум (Me fui a pescar – "yo pez atrapar fui"). El sujeto y el verbo concuerdan: пасан сэмел – пасанэт сэмлэт (la mesa negra – las mesas negras). El determinante y la palabra determinada no concuerdan, con excepción del numeral кит''' (2), ya que exige el uso del dual a continuación.

Notas

Mansi
Mansi


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Movie Review – The Last Samurai
Director: Edward Zwick
Starring: Tom Cruise, Ken Watanabe, Koyuki
Looking back, it would be easy to drag The Last Samurai for being a bit toneless, but comparing what Tom Cruise did to what Scarlett Johansson continues to do makes the film seem absolutely guilt-free. At first glance, this is a Hollywood attempt to put an American in a Japanese role, to make white samurai because audiences are dumb, to give us watered down, ridiculous, Matt Damon on the Great Wall of China detritus that we'll think is fun despite its stupidity. But I'm here to shout this movie's praises, because it is anything but white-washed drama and cultural appropriation. I know I can't be the best judge of that, I know my privilege will always get in the way, but I've been a fan of Last Samurai since its genesis, have watched it half a dozen times, and really appreciate the way that it gives us a standard plot with an artistic flair, while trying its best to be more Dances with Wolves than Prince of Persia.
Nathan Algren is an American West war hero known for his brutal talent in pacifying native tribes, a reputation that haunts him and leads him to drown his memories in drink. He simply wants to forget the atrocities that he's been a part of, but the US Army wants him back in the saddle again, this time in Imperial Japan. The government there is encountering a problem very similar to the one that Algren so efficiently dispatched; modern technology is attempting to destroy natural history and natural history is fighting back. The samurai, one leader in particular named Katsumoto, are refusing to allow the Emperor to spread his railroads and Western habits across the land, literally attacking greedy progress in an attempt to protect the soul of Japan. Algren must train the Emperor's armies and lead them in killing the samurai, for which he will be well-paid, but after which he might never be able to look at his own face in the mirror again. When he is captured by Katsumoto, Algren is given the rare chance to review his own decisions, to choose the right side, and to come away a better man.
This film really is more Dances with Wolves than something like Exodus: Gods and Kings, and that's highly to its credit. The base for the story comes from actual history, advisors did this in China around this time, they just weren't American, but that's the extent of the make believe; Eastern lords really did hire Western experts to try to force their countries and their peoples to be "modern". I'll never understand that, it's so strange and sad, but it happened, and here's a fictional look at how it might have gone down. Obviously the capture, the budding friendship, the potential romance, all that is just Hollywood theatrics, but so what, who says you can't blend history with drama, it happens all the time. What I'm saying is that, even from a more modern perspective, this film isn't an insensitive money grab, the worst that can be said of it is that it romanticizes the Japanese and the samurai, much like emotional Westerns often romanticize the American Indian.
Last Samurai is a fine balance of history, melodrama, action, and heart, with solid acting and a memorable feel. It boasts great performances, great music, great fight scenes; honestly I'm not sure how we don't respect this film more, somewhere above The Patriot and below Braveheart. Edward Zwick knew what he was doing in creating something familiar and easy to watch, but still unique enough to be entertained by, and his early work shows his true talent: Glory, Legends of the Fall, Courage Under Fire. Cruise is perfect for this part, I'm honestly a big fan, Watanabe is wonderful, the quiet romance with Koyuki is lovely, the samurai at the village will become your heroes, and the ending will break your heart; what more could you ask for from an epic adventure set in the Land of the Rising Sun and molded this cleverly into something that we're hard-wired to love.
My rating: ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
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Shooting not on the programme. Yet.
Birmingham have been awarded the 2022 Commonwealth Games which were publicly stripped from Durban earlier this year, marking another failed attempt at the first African-hosted Games.
Controversially, the programme does not include Shooting, which is a Optional Sport but has been on the programme since the Kingston Games in 1966 (with the sole exception of Edinburgh 1970). Host Cities are normally approved by a Congress of Commonwealth Nations, each of whom have a single vote – whether they are India (pop. 1.3Bn) or St Helena (pop. 4,534)! Many smaller nations, particularly the Caribbean bloc (Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, Antigua and Barbuda), and islands like St Helena, Falkland Islands, the Channel Islands and Isle of Man have traditionally seen much – if not all – of their Team made up of Shooters.
Although an all-Shooting team is a rarity these days, it remains a critical part of the Games for many nations. 5/10 St Helenese athletes at Glasgow 2014 were shooters, as were 10/23 of the Falkland Islanders. Many other nations see more than a third of their team Shooting. Under normal circumstances these nations would not ratify a Games without Shooting in the bid and because there are quite a lot of these small nations, they'd get their way! But because Birmingham has been appointed by a select committee at the CGF (in the name of brevity and making them happen at all), the Birmingham bid avoids that round of approvals.
So is it time to panic?
Well not necessarily. At the point of award, Cycling had also not been confirmed, and it's hard to see a Games without Cycling. It's being done in a hurry and the bid which has been approved is full of "TBD"s. Shooting is – at the moment – simply in the same boat where they've rushed through the Core Sports to ensure they can do them, and they'll add "Optionals" in the coming months. If one were a cynic one might suggest they'll wait until after the Gold Coast Games to see where Team England are performing, because every Host City wants their home Team to do well.
However, it is a worry, and the Organising Committee must be left in no doubt as to the importance of Shooting for many nations.
So where will it be?
Assuming that Shooting makes it onto the bill, the venue will hinge on the inclusion of Fullbore Rifle. Smallbore Rifle, Pistol and Clay Shooting can all be packed onto a relatively compact site (as was done at Woolwich Barracks for the London 2012 Olympics).
Fullbore however is a bit trickier – no one is in the business of building new 1,000yard ranges today, so you're looking at a satellite venue – for England this would be either Bisley or potentially a temporary encampment at Diggle Ranges near Manchester. If the long range shoots were dropped, you could also squeeze onto Kingsbury Ranges near Tamworth, which go back to 600yards.
Organisers hate Satellite Ranges because they need a separate security bubble, transport and (if it is too far from the main Games Village to commute) remote accommodations for athletes, which in turn require their own security – athletes at Gold Coast will be in the Main Village and commute to the Belmont Shooting Complex. Athletes at Glasgow were put up in hotels near Barry Budden, and Manchester Athletes stayed local to Bisley. This would have to be the case again for a Birmingham Games using Bisley.
The problem Fullbore faces is that it is not only the problem child for location, but also format. The three-day Queen's Prize format offers little opportunity for TV broadcasting. Such a requirement at the Olympics is precisely the reason why the Smallbore Rifle, Pistol and Shotgun events all have a Qualification event and a Finals event, the Finals then being televised. Moreover, Glasgow used conventional paper targets, meaning that there were no live-streamed results as for the other events (which you could literally see each shot as it fell, wherever you were in the world). The results being delayed for as long as it took to collate manually and be entered into the database.
Surprisingly enough, sponsors and media outlets in 2022 will expect more, and Fullbore Rifle has been on the ropes for a while. It would be a shame to see it go, but it is incumbent on the Fullbore community to pitch their value proposition to organisers and justify the expense.
Okay, so where will it actually be?
Assuming all-disciplines, probably Bisley. The Lord Roberts Centre will need extensive renovation, but the fullbore and Clay Facilities built for Manchester 2002 are there and basically ready to go.
However, if the accountants took a cynical look at Glasgow (where Fullbore Rifle was effectively invisible to TV and Media coverage), they could twist arms to have a "local" venue for the other Shooting events, taking inspiration from London. A Birmingham park could be likely be pressed into service as at Woolwich, but another option would be the NEC, which is already being lined up for other sports, meaning that ticketing and security is already paid for (as well as trivial road and rail access). An NEC Hall could be trivially fitted with a back-plate for 10/25/50m shooting, with Clays located outside, and the site itself is "secure by design" in having separate front- and back-of-house areas to keep visitors/spectators partitioned from exhibitor/athlete areas.
It would be a terrible loss to see Fullbore disappear from the programme, but it could also be seen as a half-way house unless the Fullbore bodies put together a compelling package of format changes and electronic targetry that allows better TV and online coverage.
What about Aldersley?
In principle yes, if you were in the bad position where Fullbore was out, then Aldersley could be renovated for the rifle and pistol events, with clay shooting potentially located on nearby football fields. But the centre would require extensive renovations (or more likely a rebuild!) and extensive fencing to create some semblance of a security corden, to the point it would probably be cheaper to use the NEC. Moreover, you would not want a second white-elephant. Maintaining the Lord Roberts Centre nearly sank the NSRA after 2002. It is dubious whether they could make a second comparable facility pay it's way, so any renovations done to Aldersley would need to be sustainable into the future.
Why not both? Fullbore at Bisley, rest of the shooting at a central, shared site?
Unlikely. Every site gets a security cordon, needs media accommodations, etc. Running a satellite venue is expensive. As such it's unlikely they would bother doing it for a single event. Especially when it's an event like Fullbore which has not kept up with the times in terms of developing media-friendly finals. Shooting would be kept on one site with a central armoury and security arrangements.
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The statement makes some telling points about the complete lack of televisual appeal of the fullbore events. That will be the critical factor in the decision process and I fear that it is probably too late to do anything realistic about it. After all, we have lost prone smallbore from the Olympics so how does one realistically justify the retention of another prone event that requires its own extensive facilities?
This is a battle that it is important that we fight, but it is vital that we win it. To do that the ground must be chosen carefully and the effort and resource put into promoting those elements of the shooting program for which there is a realistic chance of inclusion.
If at the end of the day it came down to only clay, air and smallbore rifle it would be disappointing but better than nothing.
It is important to retain shooting events where skills, and fairly basic euipment can compete, in the interests of small nations. This is the CWG not the Olympics which is business run for the benefit of Visa et al. Electronics have been proven and could be televised long with small unobtrusive cameras on the point. A lot to be learnt from snooker here but with some advantages with a guaranteed 45sec rule. TV Umpire enforcing unlike in the Queens Prize, Dave. The intransigence of some within the NRA and their poor choice of electronics format will see fullbore stripped and never to return unless England win the pairs of course.


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Eagles 2014-15 Schedule Released
The BCHL released the full 2014-15 regular-season schedule Friday morning as the Eagles continue preparations for their 24th season in Surrey. Like last year, the Birds will play a 58-game regular-season campaign (28 home, 28 away, 2 showcase) beginning with the 3rd BCHL Showcase in Chilliwack September 19th-21st.
9 of Surrey's 28 home dates fall on Sundays or holiday Mondays, with all other home games evidently set for new, 7:11pm puck drops at South Surrey Arena. The Eagles' home schedule begins Friday, September 26th with the first half of a home-and-home set with the Chilliwack Chiefs.
Expect the team to announce more information on game-night events and promotions in advance of training camp, which by league mandate begins August 29th.
The full 2014-15 Surrey Eagles regular-season schedule follows (home games in CAPS):
19 - vs. Penticton Vees, 7:30 pm (BCHL Showcase at Chilliwack)
21 - vs. Salmon Arm SilverBacks, 5:30 pm (BCHL Showcase at Chilliwack)
26 - vs. CHILLIWACK CHIEFS, 7:11 pm
27 - at Chilliwack Chiefs, 7:00
28 - vs. PRINCE GEORGE SPRUCE KINGS, 4:00 pm
03 - vs. NANAIMO CLIPPERS, 7:11 pm
05 - vs. LANGLEY RIVERMEN, 4:00 pm
08 - vs. SALMON ARM SILVERBACKS, 7:11 pm
12 - vs. TRAIL SMOKE EATERS, 4:00 pm
15 - at Langley Rivermen, 7:00 pm
19 - vs. COQUITLAM EXPRESS, 4:00 pm
25 - at Victoria Grizzlies, 7:00 pm
26 - at Nanaimo Clippers, 2:00 pm
29 - at Penticton Vees, 7:00 pm
31 - vs. PENTICTON VEES, 7:11 pm
07 - at Coquitlam Express, 7:00 pm
14 - at Prince George Spruce Kings, 7:00 pm
22 - vs. ALBERNI VALLEY BULLDOGS, 7:11 pm
29 - at Chilliwack Chiefs, 7:00 pm
05 - vs. POWELL RIVER KINGS, 7:00 pm
17 - at Vernon Vipers, 7:00 pm
21 - vs. VICTORIA GRIZZLIES, 4:00 pm
02 - at Alberni Valley Bulldogs, 7:00 pm
03 - at Cowichan Valley Capitals, 7:00 pm
04 - at Powell River Kings, 1:30 pm
09 - vs. MERRITT CENTENNIALS, 7:11 pm
11 - vs. VERNON VIPERS, 4:00 pm
25 - vs. WEST KELOWNA WARRIORS, 4:00 pm
07 - at Trail Smoke Eaters, 7:30 pm
08 - at Salmon Arm SilverBacks, 3:00 pm
22 - vs. COWICHAN VALLEY CAPITALS, 4:00 pm
25 - at Merritt Centennials, 7:00 pm
28 - at West Kelowna Warriors, 7:00 pm
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Q: Qt 5.2 and Android Error So after a few hours of struggling to set up my Qt so I can start with my first Android app I am still without luck.
I've gotten a VERY simple program (just to get all the settings right) to build properly but when I click the play button to run it, there is an error I cannot seem to solve. Here is the complete output when I press play:
22:16:45: Running steps for project Androidtest...
22:16:45: Configuration unchanged, skipping qmake step.
22:16:45: Starting: "C:\Qt\Tools\mingw48_32\bin\mingw32-make.exe"
mingw32-make: Nothing to be done for 'first'.
22:16:48: The process "C:\Qt\Tools\mingw48_32\bin\mingw32-make.exe" exited normally.
22:16:48: Starting: "mingw32-make" INSTALL_ROOT="D:\\RundownRiot\\Androidtest\\build-       Androidtest-Android_for_arm_GCC_4_6_Qt_5_2_0-Debug\\android-build" install
qtcreator_ctrlc_stub: Command line failed: mingw32-make INSTALL_ROOT="D:\\RundownRiot\\Androidtest\\build-Androidtest-Android_for_arm_GCC_4_6_Qt_5_2_0-Debug\\android-build" install
22:16:48: The process "mingw32-make" exited with code -1.
Error while building/deploying project Androidtest (kit: Android for arm (GCC 4.6, Qt 5.2.0))
When executing step 'Copy application data'
22:16:48: Elapsed time: 00:03.

The error is in line 6.
I read that sh.exe might be in the path variable but I don't think its there, here is the value for path:
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Windows Live;
C:\Windows\system32;
C:\Windows;
C:\Windows\System32\Wbem;
C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;
C:\Program Files\CineForm\Tools;C:\Program Files\QuickTime\QTSystem\;
C:\Program Files\Windows Live\Shared; C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.7.0_51\bin;
C:\Android\AndroidSDK\sdk\tools;
C:\Android\AndroidSDK\sdk\platform-tools;C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.7.0_51\bin;
C:\Qt\Qt5.1.1\5.1.1\mingw48_32\bin;

I am using win7 32bit, Qt5.2 and Qt Creator 3.0.1.

A: I found that I had more than 1 version of Qt installed. So I uninstalled Qt completely and only installed the latest version. That solved all my problems.

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Marion track
Sprinter robbed
of her last shot
at a state medal
By ALEXANDER SIMONE
As Marion sprinter Alfwenna Meyer's senior track and field season kicked off, she knew this was the final opportunity to reach the goal of her competitive career.
"My whole goal is to go to state and bring home a medal," she said.
Meyer had two appearances at regional championships, so she saw state as her final proving ground.
"Since we have a bunch of talent, the girls should all be able to win at state," she said. "That's what we do throughout the season; we're building up to state."
That door was slammed shut when spring sports were canceled, but leading into the season Meyer saw the importance of putting in extra work outside of practice.
"I have to do more," she said. "If I have a workout here, I have to come back and do something else later."
Meyer planned to participate exclusively in sprinting events this season, including 100 meters, 200, and possibly relays.
It's sometimes necessary to focus on certain events to achieve the best results, Meyer said.
"If I have the 200 meters, 4x400, and 400, that's a really tight squeeze," she said. "I don't think my body can deal with that, but we don't know."
Coaches work with students from middle school through high school, an advantage in finding students' expertise and what they enjoy, coach Grant Thierolf said.
"That's the beauty of coaching them for six years," he said. "We can see early on if they have an aptitude for something. You gently direct them toward that event and say, 'Let's give this a try,' because we think we see something there."
There's an early emphasis on conditioning when practices start between the last week in February and first week in March, which lays a strong foundation, Thierolf said.
"This month of conditioning is paramount for the success we can have," he said. "It's one of those things you have to do because the work you put in now pays off later on. It's hard to make up for that when you lose it."
Meyer stepped outside her comfort zone as a sprinter during fall sports which gained her a mental edge.
"I did cross-country," she said. "If I can do that, I can do anything."
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Buying a Crystal Ball (and not getting ripped off)
So I just got a new crystal ball, my fourth, and I thought I would give some advice on getting a crystal ball. Crystal balls are very useful things. They're magickal tools with 101+ uses. Unfortunately most people think they can't afford a crystal ball, or that they're not worth the exorbitant prices some stores charge. Most people who sell crystal balls are scam artists using misinformation to sell items for more than they're worth. If you're looking into buying a crystal ball, and don't already know much about them, please read this article and inform yourself. You may be paying $200 or more for something you could buy for $30 (I'm not exaggerating about the price difference either).
Not everything that gets called a crystal ball is actually a 'crystal' ball. Although I have four crystal balls, I only have one 'crystal' ball. Two of my balls are laser cut glass, and one is amethyst. There's a big difference between these three types of balls, and they have very different prices.
Real crystal balls tend to be a bit pricey. One the size of your fist can easily go for $50-$100. Expect to pay at least $150 for a descent sized ball, and $250 or more wouldn't be unreasonable. Large crystal balls can cost a lot more. Things that can raise the price of a ball include its size, flawlessness, age, and occult history. Magicians are usually the only people interested in these types of balls because there are cheaper options available for decorative pieces. Look around though. Sometimes you can get a good deal on a ball, especially a used one. Some of the older sentient balls are looking for the right owner, and they'll drive away prospective buyers, and drive down their price, until the right owner comes along. Real crystal balls are worth spending the money on too. They're powerful tools, and once you use one you'll see how superior it is to the laser cut glass balls. If you can afford it, I highly recommend a real crystal ball.
If you can't afford it, the laser cut glass balls are still useful. These really are a poor man's crystal ball. It's not as powerful as crystal is, but it can still do most of the things crystal can, just not as well. These balls work great for enchantments and divinations. They're also always flawless. Although they're not as good as crystal, with a little TLC laser cut glass balls can be powerful and invaluable magical tools. They can also be bought for about a tenth of the price of a real crystal ball.
The problem is most retailers sell laser cut glass at real crystal prices, because most people can't tell the difference between the two, and many don't even realize that there is a difference. Customers will usually compare the price of a laser cut glass to a real crystal ball and think they're getting a deal on the price. It's gotten to the point that almost every store I've been to or website I've looked at has had the higher price for real crystal, but most of the products being sold are laser cut glass.
With laser cut glass, a ball the size of your fist should cost less than $15. Expect to pay around $30 for a descent sized ball that's about as big as a soda can, maybe a little more for one slightly bigger. One the size of your head should go for less than $70. The $120-$180 price range is really for gigantic sized balls.
You can usually tell laser cut glass because it's flawless and perfect. Even the best crystal balls will have at least a few minor flaws if you look close enough. In fact, some practitioners actually prefer the flaws because they use them as a divinatory aid. Also on a real tumbled crystal ball you can sometimes see the grooves from the tumbling on the outside. Finally anything with a glass stand included is almost always laser cut glass (and the stand should drive the price up from what I quoted above either).
Now there's also another category of ball. These are made from precious stones, and the prices can vary widely. Some are far more valuable than crystal. Some aren't. You have to consider the size, the cost of the stone used, the demand for the stone (low demand can actually drive up the price), it's beauty, and how good the quality is. Generally speaking, if a stone is jewelry quality, expect to pay more. If a stone isn't jewelry quality however, it's often times worthless to anyone except practitioners who can still utilize it for its innate spiritual qualities. For example emerald is very expensive. You can get tumbled emerald for about a dollar a stone though. It's because the emerald is such a low quality, and so small, it can't be used for any type of jewelry. It's worthless to miners, except to tumble and sell to occultists. The same is true of some of these crystal balls. Also keep in mind these things are treasured by New Agers, so they can get pricey. Depending on the price you can be looking at paying a premium over crystal.
If you're looking for laser cut glass, check online stores and swap meets. These are the places where I've seen the best deals, but you have to look around, and be adamant about not paying too much. There's no reason to spend what many retailers are asking, because you can get a real crystal ball at those prices.
For balls made of precious stone, try the new-age stores. A lot of them carry them. And if you're interested in a stone that has a low demand, a lot of times they have one sitting on the shelf that gets discount after discount and can be gotten at a bargain.
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Groups of Four
Remember that scene in the Wild Bunch, when the four outlaws grab their guns and walk down the street, ready to face off against an entire army to save their cohort. Or how about the scene in the Angel episode Darla when Angel, Darla, Spike and Dru all walk in a group out of the ruins of a Chinese town. We see this image, four warriors walking together, fearless, again and again throughout film and television. Hell, even the bible talks of the four horseman of the apocalypse. There's something about four warriors, grouped together, moving together as a unit, fearlessly, that awakens some very primal memory within us all, regardless of how they're shown. It doesn't work with three, it doesn't work with five (which just adds a guy), it doesn't even work with a whole army of mighty warriors, and you'd think that would be a lot more inspirational than just four.
Every time we see this image we see it as something powerful, as something noble and righteous, and it inspires within us hope. Even in Angel, when it's villainous vampires that are feeding, it still inspires these emotions.
There are four archangels at the very top. There are always four. Upon every world, in every dimension, from the highest planes down to the lowest each has four archangels on the very top. In our world they are Micheal, Gabreal, Raphael, and Uriel. On other worlds they have other angels with other names. But there are always four. Together, as four, they compromise what is supposed to be the most powerful being of their world. Together, at least in theory, there should be nothing stronger than they are. They are warriors and guardians who know not of fear. They typically act separately. But when called upon, all four at once, they are something strong and powerful, something that should be able to defeat even the most powerful of threats.
Each of us has this memory buried within us. This idea. Most will never quite grasp it, never quite get it, never know what exactly it means. But when we see a similar image, four warriors, together, fearless, we're reminded of the power and the hope they bring.
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Sphinxes
Sphinxes, sometimes given a proper name as a Phix, are horrid and powerful creatures. Similar creatures appear in many mythologies through out Europe, the Middle-East, and Asia, although it was named by the Greeks, whose myth seems a proper depiction, although the thing is not a god nor is it a single being, but like fae and dragons and djinn is a type. The lion headed depictions of the Egyptians may not have been depictions of the Sphinx at all, but rather depictions of their ruling class being associative with Sehkmet.
A Sphinx would often times be used as a guardian. The creatures are naturally guardians, tend to stay in one place, and are strong enough to make good guardians of things, especially tombs and other places where folks and animals don't normally go. They also may be associative with power in the Greek magickal traditions. Mastery of a Sphinx, as per the feat of Oedipus, would be something only a very powerful magician would be capable of, and as such Sphinxes could be seen as guardians of the sacred mysteries, only allowing access to those of such great power as to tame them.
For the most part, Sphinxes are no longer allowed into this world. Fortunately the current laws and rules surrounding this plane of existence bar them from coming here. They can't even reach the realm of dreams, for the most part, without great effort on their part, and it's very difficult for them to sustain a presence there for long.
Sphinxes come from the depths of the hell planes. They are a lower realm equivalent to a realm guardian, essentially a type of angel to that place, however they would exceed even an archangel's power, at least in their realm of origin, and would be somewhat equivelent to the angelic energy bodies of the heavenly planes.
I would assume that, when encountered in higher planes, a good deal of their energy and power is devoted to just sustaining their presence, and within their own realm of origin they would be far more powerful, although it is also possible that the ones able to still reach higher realms like the dreaming are also the more powerful of their ilk, and that most in their natural realm of origin are much weaker (I've never seen one in its realm of origin, and I don't think I want to either).
A Sphinx constantly masturbates, sort of. It doesn't really play with itself, it just sort of orgasms and ejaculates again and again on a constant (granted I've only seen males, females, if they exist, may be a bit different). When it orgasms, very strong sexually predatory energy flows out of it and into the nearby area in waves. Anything that is not able to quickly produce a very strong psychic shield (which even among practitioners, many can't) will be raped by it. And the rape will happen repeatedly until the creature becomes so worn out from it that it kills them. Small creatures tend to last seconds. Larger creatures like cats and dogs may get a minute or two, a human maybe a few minutes. Even with a strong shield the energy is so intense, and on a constant, that it will tear down the shield very quickly.
This masturbation is not an attack, it lacks any direction or purpose, it is just a side-effect of the Sphinx existing in a place. It only represents a fraction of the Sphinxes power. The Sphinx overflows with power, it drips off it, so much so it can be clearly seen as a beacon amidst it's sexual waves, and is many times stronger than it's masturbation, even when the Sphinx is calm and at ease.
The energy of the Sphinx is such that most will find it offensive and gross, and also completely horrifying. Not just the nature of it's evil, but also the power and intensity behind it. Among angelics and those with an angelic connection it will most likely awaken a primal need to combat and expel it, although most angelics even will approach such a beast with caution.
The Sphinx originates in the Qlippothic version of the middle triad, and as such is a further physical complication from this plane, and so he has a physicality that is evolved beyond what is typically allowed into this world. He also has a realm guardian status, so we can presume that, like the realm guardians of this world, he may be atypical of his plane of existence in his manifestation of physicality and the laws that apply to him.
Also, like any realm guardian, he guards, ferociously and viciously, and is a natural warrior. I'm not sure the actual intelligence of such a beast, as I've never attempted to talk to one. Their energy does seem very violent and animalistic, but this is not rare among realm guardian types. It would be odd, even among a realm as low as his, for something to be of such vast power and lack intelligence.
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Magick Au Natural (or Skyclad), A Primer
What is Skyclad Magick
Skyclad Magick is any working which is done nude (in other words clad only by the sky, although the term also encompasses indoor workings, which semantically should be called tracklightclad), whether these workings are done as a group or as solitary workings.
Skyclad also encompasses several different definitions. Some define Skyclad, most basically, as being without any kind of clothing. Others define it as also being without make-up, perfumes, deodorant, or shampoo. And others include those clothed in body paint as being skyclad.
The History of Skyclad
It'd be nice if there was a long and revered history of ritual nudity to point to in arguing for skyclad practices, but none really exists. Although we see nudity practiced in some obscure forms of Eastern religions, we don't see it in any of the ones that have had a major influence on the west. In the western world we can suppose that there has, in the past, been ritual nudity. Humans were most likely practicing some sort of ritual prior to the invention of clothing. We do know some of the Greeks and Romans were rather decadent and liked there orgies, and that there were probably some spiritual undertones in some of there orgy havings. But whatever was done then is largely lost, and we don't see any clear lineage from those earlier rituals (which were small and minority rituals) up to the modern day.
Until the middle of the 20th century, Western occultism was practiced clothed. There is no evidence that traditional witches ever practiced in the nude. Ceremonial magicians have always practiced clothed. Even Allister Crowley, known for combining his sexual wants with his ritual practices, never managed to get into nude rituals, more than likely because he was too busy trying to convince male friends to have anal intercourse with him for reasons that meant he was still entirely heterosexual. There are some spells in the old grimoires that were meant to make groups of women or groups of people dance around in the nude, but that was not a part of the ritual, but rather the end result of it, after which the practitioner could then watch them dancing in the nude.
Skyclad magick and ritual nudity was pretty much spearheaded by Gerald Gardener, the founder of Wicca. The theological basis for Gardener's skyclad rituals were based in negative Christian folklore about witches which supposed them to do secret nude rituals, and also in a mistranslation of a line in the Aradia of the Witches. It should be noted though that Gardener had a host of sexual fetishes, and that he used his spiritual position as a founder of a religion in order to recruit willing partners to participate in his fantasies which also included female domination and sado-machosism, and that he would grasp at spiritual straws to justify these acts.
After Gardener had come along, a lot of other folks started incorporating skyclad rituals into their own religions. Skyclad rituals meshed very well with the hippie movement that eventually invaded and took over most of the neopagan religions and also liked running around naked.
In recent years skyclad practices have largely fallen out of vogue. Even many Gardnerian Wiccans, who claim to practice the original form of Wicca created by Gardener, don't practice skyclad, and they don't follow a lot of Gardener's more sexualized practices either. Most of the rituals that were originally meant to be done in the nude are now done clothed.
The Magick of Equality: Does Nudity Make Us Equals
A point generally brought up by pro-skyclad Wiccans is that nudity makes us equals. We no longer have the class system attached to us. We aren't separated between those who can afford nice clothes and those who can't. This lack of separation would also happen if we replaced naked with modest robes.
Unfortunately beyond flashy clothes, skyclad doesn't do much to make us equals. Some people are still pretty, and some are fat, and no amount of clothing, or lack thereof, is going to help the situation. Some of us are going to be more powerful than others. The regular religious hierarchies that exist tend to exist while naked the same as when clothed.
Cloth & Color: A Minor Variable Sidestepped
It should be noted that the most magickal possessions most people possess (other than their bed), are their clothes. Experienced practitioners are more likely than most to have an object which puts their clothes to shame, but at the same time their clothes are going to be even more magickal than what is typical among non-practitioners. Our emotion and our energy, through out the day, taints our clothes. Washing our clothes helps, although it doesn't nearly do enough insofar as cleansing them. The longer the clothes have been worn, the more powerful they may be. And our clothes, in turn, may taint or otherwise affect both ourselves or the ritual. When we enter a ritual clothed, we're never entering a ritual clean. Many books recommend not only preritual baths and cleansings, but also special clean garments only adorned during ritual for this very reason.
Secondly, color is another variable. Some practitioners discard color altogether because it is not as strong a symbolism as some would like. Color does however have an, albeit minor, effect on magick workings. Some books and practitioners swear by being draped in the proper colors for the spell at hand.
However clothing and color are both minor variables in determining the success and power of ones magick. Neither is so great a factor that it can't be overcome, or can only be over come with great effort. There are of course exceptions. Sometimes an article of clothing can become so energized that it will have a very serious effect on the ritual. However this problem can be solved simply by wearing something else.
Still, it should be noted that these things can affect ritual, and that by practicing skyclad these variables no longer need to be considered.
Simplicity, Primality, Transformation, and Butt-Nakedness
Nakedness is our most natural state of dress. It's how we come into this world. It's how we survived as a species prior to the advent of clothing. Our clothing ads another layer to ourselves, another level of complexity. Typically within magick and ritual one moves towards simplicity rather than complexity, one tries to remove as many layers from the problem as possible. Simplicity is seen as the better and more powerful state, the natural state of things within the universe, and it's easiest to work ones will when that will is worked in the natural directions of the universe, not against it.
Naked, being both our natural state and primary state, allows us to become more primal in our being. For some being naked means tapping into a more primary, animalistic state. For others it is just being more free, less inhibited, and a closer approximation to their true self. In any case, in this state a practitioner's energy is more raw, less encumbered and tainted, and the practitioner experiences a greater degree of focus and their will and desires are better focused, all of this making spellwork easier and more successful.
Finally some practitioners may use nudity as a trigger to transform them from one state to another. To move from their normal selves to their more magickal selves. To help them cast away, temporarily, their anchors and ties into the real and solid world and move into a less solid more magickal state where more things are possible. Conditioned properly, a practitioner can see a dramatic transformation between a clothed and naked state, and can amass this power with less work than what would typically be required. However one should be careful utilizing this method. There are definite drawbacks to not being able to tap most of your power unless you're naked.
Intimacy, Nudity, and Bonding
Most people see nudity as an intimate act. For most of us, the first people of an opposite gender who saw us naked after puberty started was a person who we engaged in some intimate carnal act with. For most of us, most of the people of the opposite gender who see us naked are people we are intimately involved with. For a lot of people, nudity is directly tied to sex. For a lot of people, casual and non-utilitarian nudity is only something that occurs between two people who are sexually involved with each other.
The point being, for a large part nudity and intimacy are one in the same. Therefor when a ritual is performed skyclad there is an added degree of intimacy between the participants, even if they don't know each other very well. With a regular group, this intimacy helps with group bonding. But even with strangers who will never meet again, nudity will help them connect together, become one, and work the ritual as a single whole rather than a group of individuals. The individual members will also find it easier to connect to one and another, and psychic links will more easily form between them, once again making it easier for the individuals to work as a group.
Symbolism of Nudity and Opening the 3rd Eye
When we're naked, we're exposed. We've completely opened ourselves up and exposed ourselves to everything in the nearby area. This is a literal truth on the physical level. But is also symbolic of opening ourselves up and exposing ourselves emotionally (thus intimacy, as explained above), and also opening ourselves up spiritually. Being naked is symbolic of letting down a shield, and both exposing ourselves and opening ourselves up to our surrounding environment. Especially when the symbolism of the event is acknowledged, this will make it easier for the practitioner to experience the metaphysical. For lack of a better way to describe it, it will make them more psychic and more empathic.
Sacred Nudity and Reverence
Most of us, when we present ourselves to a god, we want to present ourselves in an acceptable way. The situation may not always allow this. We might need to contact a deity right now, and we can't wait to take a shower or dress ourselves properly. The gods understand this. But a lot for the time we do have time. And then there's the question of how should we present ourselves. Likewise even when we don't use a god, when we do magick most of us would like to present ourselves in a way that is becoming of the sacredness of the event.
If we have sacred clothes, like ceremonial robes, this might do. If not, we'd usually lean towards nice, clean clothes. What nice means though would be very subjective. Some might define that as expensive suits and dresses. Others as unfaded jeans and a favorite t-shirt. Some will argue that you should always address the gods in Renfair costumes, regardless of the fact that almost every god predates the renaissance style of dress, the style was only in vogue in certain regions of Western Europe and is thus regionally inappropriate for most gods, and that Renfair costumes typically lack accuracy.
Nudity is, however, always appropriate for presentation to a deity or a sacred event. Nudity is a sacred state of being. As already mentioned it's how we come into this world. When we disrobe we're also gracing those around us with the beauty of our physical form. We are making a sacrifice of our modesty so that others may take pleasure in our natural form. We are showing reverence to and making a gift to those around us, be they other humans, entities, or gods. When we are naked, we're always in a sacred state. The sacredness of that state is only lost when we attempt to hide or cover ourselves, or when we try to stop or otherwise punish others for looking at us or particular body parts, staring at us, or having impure thoughts about us. When we disrobe and present ourselves as such it is a sacred gift given onto the recipient, to be used as they please and not to be taken back.
Nudity and Sexual Energy
Nudity can be utilized within ritual in order to raise sexual energy. When you get a bunch of people together, running around naked, they start getting horny, and before long you get a bunch of sexual energy that can be used and manipulated in the spellwork. For best results you want as many pretty people, both men and women, in the group as possible. Pretty people turn other people on. Ugly people may turn other people on, but not as much. Youth is also good, young people tend to have much stronger sex drives and more sexually repressed energy. You may also have much better results if participants agree to refrain from sexual acts or masturbation for a period preceding the ritual. Three days is a good amount of time. Likewise you'll get better results if flirting and some petting is allowed during the time of the ritual, of course you don't want anyone having orgasms during the ritual, since that would be counterproductive, you just want them getting about as close as you can get them.
In a setting like this, energy can easily be raised, even among those who are not very good at energy manipulation, by normally mundane acts like dancing around each other and various games and activities that involve touching and caressing each other.
Generally, if you want to raise sexual energy, don't have sex. There is a point within an orgasm when the energy will hit peak and will be at its strongest for the individual. This only lasts for a moment though, and grasping and manipulating this energy is a difficult feat. It can be done, but it is typically beyond the ability of most practitioners and beyond the scope of most rituals. But there are other things that can be done with ritual orgies, everything from connecting the group as one to amassing the energies to some ends to simply reveling in a state of primal and uncompromising sexual ecstasy and desire. I do think that this is, however, far to vast an area to go into detail in the scope of this essay.
Being Naked — Just Because
Of course there is something to be said for being naked just because. It is a sacred state of being, and so being naked is sacred. It can be its own ends, rather than a means to something else. It can be a spiritual experience in and of itself. Or possibly just something one enjoys doing. To be exposed, open, uninhibited, intimate, free, primal, and sacred all at once.
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Summary Formal semantics is a subfield of linguistics and philosophy of language that aims at providing a formal analysis of meaning. The two primary aims of the course are to provide a general understanding of the mathematical and logical tools standardly used in formal semantics and of the complex issues that any formal analysis of natural language inevitably faces.
Course description Formal semantics is a subfield of linguistics and philosophy of language that aims at providing a formal analysis of meaning. More specifically a systematic method for recursively and compositionally deriving the truth conditions of sentences of natural language. This systematic method relies on the use of a number of mathematical and logical tools and this course is intended as an introduction to this general project. The two primary aims of the course are to provide a general understanding of the mathematical and logical tools standardly used in formal semantics and of the complex issues that any formal analysis of natural language inevitably faces. Formal semantics is now an essential part of the philosophy of language and often has wide-reaching impact in other philosophical areas such as (formal) epistemology, logic, philosophy of mind, metaethics etc.
Pre-requisites Students MUST have passed: Knowledge and Reality (PHIL08017) AND Mind, Matter and Language (PHIL08014) AND Logic 1 (PHIL08004)
Pre-requisites Visiting students should have at least 3 Philosophy courses at grade B or above (or be predicted to obtain this). We will only consider University/College level courses.
To (a) provide students with a background and understanding of the mathematical and logical tools standardly employed in formal semantics, and (b) explicate key concepts in logic and philosophy of language such as recursion, compositionality, syntax, semantics, type theory, lambda abstraction thereby extending the students� philosophical knowledge acquired in previous courses.
Kai von Fintel and Irene Heim (2007) �Intensional Semantics� (unpublished ms.)
Irene Heim and Angelika Kratzer (1998) �Semantics in Generative Grammar�, Blackwell Publishing.
Michael Glanzberg (2006) �Quantifiers� In �The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Language� (ch.31, p.794-822), Ed. Ernest Lepore and Barry Smith, Oxford University Press.
David Kaplan (1989) �Demonstratives� In �Themes From Kaplan� Ed. Joseph Almog, John Perry and Howard Wettstein, Oxford University Press.
David Lewis (1980) �Index, Context, and Content� In �Philosophy and Grammar� Ed. Stig Kanger, Sven �hman, D. Reidel Publishing Company.
James McCawley (1993) �Everything that Linguists Have Always Wanted to Know about Logic � But Were Ashamed to Ask� 2nd edition, The Chicago University Press.
Stephen Neale (1990) �Descriptive Pronouns and Donkey Anaphora� The Journal of Philosophy, LXXXVII, 3: 113-150.
L.T.F Gamut Logic, Language and Meaning (Vol. I and II) University of Chicago Press, 1990
Partee, ter Meulen, and Wall Mathematical Methods in Linguistics Springer, 1990
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UConn Student Peter Manfredonia's Parents Beg Him to Surrender
by Tracy Connor|Published May 25, 2020
The attorney for the family of a University of Connecticut student wanted in a deadly three-rampage said he has "struggled with mental health issues" and urged him to turn himself in.
"It's time to let the healing process begin," lawyer Michael Dolan said at a Monday evening press conference. "It's time to surrender."
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Police have not released a motive for the terrifying crime spree, but Dolan began his press conference by describing the suspect as a former honor student and athlete who sought help for mental illness.
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Dolan, who did not answer any questions about the case, also expressed condolences to the families of the victims.
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Cynthia DeMers told the Hartford Courant that her husband and a neighbor had offered Manfredonia a ride back to his red motorcycle. Minutes later, both men were found gravely wounded by what was described only as an "edged" instrument. DeMers, a woodworker, could not be revived, and police said the second victim's injuries were extremely serious.
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Anderson's future almost certainly lies away from Old Trafford, after the player's representative, Jorge Mendes, was spotted in Helena with Carlos Freitas, sporting director of Greek club, Panathinaikos.
The Greek giants will make a formal approach for Anderson in January, and United will surely accept any reasonable offer for a player who is now clearly surplus to requirements.
Indeed, it was all but inevitable that the United midfielder would look to move elsewhere, having failed once again this season to force his way into the first team. Despite making a promising start to his United career, a string of injuries, poor performances and persistent rumours of arguments with manager Alex Ferguson have meant that a transfer now looks to be in both parties' best interests.
United fans will always have fond memories of Anderson's finest hour; a commanding performance at Anfield when he bossed Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard for 90 minutes, yet the 22 year-old has never since looked like becoming the player such a performance promised.
Indeed, Anderson's contributions since then have been little more than exasperating; the player has netted only once in 58 appearances for United, begging the question of just how United managed to sign the only Brazilian in the world who cannot shoot?!
Indeed, Anderson's strengths are very difficult to define: he is not a particularly gifted passer of the ball, has no more pace or strength than any of his teammates, and could never be described as a fine tackler or a midfield enforcer. The only position he plays in is central midfield, so he cannot even be kept on the books as a utility player, à la John O'Shea.
So, yet another name on the list of South Americans who failed to make it in the Premiership, then.
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