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Carnival of Holika Dahan and Ash Wednesday
On the night before Holi, the festival of colors, the bonfire called Holika Dahan still occurs in rural areas. This custom is reconnected to the Puranic myth that tells of Prahlada and the king Hiranyakashipu, who is presented as a demon who opposes the worship of Vishnu.
The myth has it that, the demon asks his sister Holika to go through the fire with a fire retardant coat, but to let Prahlada burn by deception. When the plan is implemented, Vishnu intervenes to save his devotee and burn in its place the demoness, whose bonfire is represented by that of Holi. In traditional pyre, in fact, it is burnt a puppet of a woman who holds a child.
This archaic festival in prehistory celebrated the end of the winter and the beginning of spring, the season of fecundity and fertility. With the rites of the burning of an old lady, a symbol of past, people celebrated an ancient propitiatory rite. The tradition of burning a human form puppet or a grotesque scarecrow at the end of winter has very deep and remote roots that take us to prehistoric times. According to scholars, this ceremony was a magical ritual to drive away the bad weather and invoke the arrival of spring.
It was a rite of fertility and fecundity, practiced as early as the Paleolithic and Neolithic, who offered to the gods of nature real sacrifices, even human, replaced later by puppets. This cult has found its timing at the beginning of the year when in the Mediterranean climatic regions the summer season comes immediately after the first winter frost.
The Romans also had an idol shaped like a woman, Anna Perenna, a statue that was carried in procession, and then thrown into the Tiber as propitiatory good wishes for the population, for a good start and conclude happily the year. The old woman represented the misery of the past season, hunger, disease, injustice, rejection of a negative past, the hope of a promising future for the country and for life.
It was probably in the Middle Ages that the ancient pagan puppet lost its growing significance and became the victim of the popular outlet for fasting and abstinence, as Christianity syncretized the pagan customs and popularized the period of Lent. Re-reading, in fact, the Puranic story with an anthropological eye, there is a clear representation of the new cult, who triumphs over the old one represented by local deities relegated as demons and the new deities are celebrated, however, still in the archaic ritual of Holi.
Carnival is based on the concept of death and rebirth, the attempt to find the rain and the commemoration of Dionysus, god of vegetation and ecstasy, which annually dies and is reborn in the natural cycle of the eternal return. The capture and death of Dionysus are represented through the capture and death of a substitute victim. This victim is generally presented in the form of goat, bull, deer, wild boar, all hypostases of Dionysus which was manifested in these respects. Traditional carnivals represent all this ritual. They differ from one country to another because each has retained a different time of this representation.
We are therefore in front of ancient agrarian rites. They are the last legacy of a Dionysian cult survived the unconscious level, traces of which are still evident, however. Worship that was once present in many countries of the Mediterranean and in Sardinia, as trivialized and relegated to the carnival, was able to survive because it was linked to agricultural years and the specter of drought, it was necessary to exorcise repeating the ritual of Maimone.
Wanting to find a parallel in other archaic myths of the world, that can help us understand the nature and role of these ancient gods, outlining another recurring theme, namely that of the Triad, the Godfather and the one who passes through death and the revival, were at the base of different cults that have developed their theory of rebirth or resurrection often in parallel with the representation of the grain that is reborn with the new crop.
In Holi, it is clear, in fact, even the peasant cult of the grain, so that in the rural areas on the evening of Holi there is a village festival with the sacrifice of the new harvest. Despite the tradition of Lent, the burning of the old puppet has always been alive through the centuries, especially in the countryside. The custom is also documented in the period of Austro-Hungarian domination, even if it survives as a simple campfire, without the process that could give voice to popular discontent and patriotic claims.
After World War II the tradition of burning the old woman lost its importance because the burlesque process was not very pleasing to the authorities but the custom has been preserved thanks to the suburban taverns, which kept alive the event to break the monotony of winter and induced people to leave their homes.
The origin of this festival is lost in several legends of mythology similar to Tammuz, the Mesopotamian Dumuzi deity, whose cult spread throughout the eastern Mediterranean, including Greece, where it took the name of Adonis, of Astarte, goddess of fertility, whose death and resurrection represented the periodic regeneration of vegetation in the spring.
In the Vedic period, in fact, as the newer local deities like Shiva, Vishnu and Krishna were given prominence, they absorbed many of the qualities of Madan or Kamadeva, who incorporated aspects of ancient fertility cults, so much so that in some places the same Kamadeva was started to be burned in the bonfire. The bonfire thus proclaimed the victory of the devas over the Asuras or demons.
To understand how it has gone to consider it a celebration of color, you have to re-watch the bonfire ritual in which traditionally were collected the ashes to be spread as a propitiatory fertilizer on the fields and, therefore, even on the children's body for invigorating them, probably in memory of treatments and use of healing herbs in powder form, or even the sprinkling of sacrificial blood and invigorating of children in primitive rites.
Just this use of ashes, powders, and ointments has probably led more recently to the party we know today, in which the color that brings life and joy is the master. The next morning, when the embers are cold, sacred ashes are venerated and on people are scattered powder and colored water.
The tradition was also syncretized by Christianity through Ash Wednesday, the day after Shrove Tuesday, the end of Carnival and the beginning of Lent. As usually happens with the major religious celebrations, Ash Wednesday can boast a number of curiosities, habits and special customs. A level of more or less, folk customs and traditions must be reported for the transgressive Ash Wednesday, where such day is not seen as the first day of Lent but as the closing of the carnival.
In Europe, the carnivals setting up a funeral procession that touches all the taverns of the city and ends only at night with the masks riding donkeys or leading leash pigs, sheep and chickens and a grotesque puppet with a big belly made of rags and cork and papier-mâché face, with the face blackened by soot of burnt cork powder, who meet on the street and, at sunset, throw the puppet on fire on a slope on the outskirts of villages.
Participants in the party are found in the main streets with painted face of coal produced from cork burn. It is dragged in procession a puppet is set on fire in the evening. In some locations, it is still celebrated an ancient tradition of pagan origin defined the old Sega. There is also the funeral of the carnival and the widow who is hung in the streets of the city.
The women dress in traditional clothes of women like Muncadore and Brusa and recite a chant. In fact, the tone is typical of traditional funeral laments, directed towards the puppet, but they are often ironic and sarcastic songs, the verses that conceal fun phrases to address of men and women who meet on the street or to the inhabitants. The phrases tease and make fun of anyone who comes within range.
Wine offered by the people and that the mourning group is consumed at will. At the end of three days of dancing and parades in the streets, it is offered to present a dish of beans with lard and pork, accompanied by the excellent and renowned local wines.
The carnival of the Slovenian city of Ptuj is a mix between Western celebrations and ancient Slav paganism and is celebrated with its traditional parades of buffoons with demonic masks. The peculiarity of these popular festivals consists of a fusion between the carnival of Western Europe, especially the Venetian and the Austrian, and the local folklore, imbued by the pagan Slavic mythology. It begins with the Kurenti, which scares the winter, followed by a parade of costumes invoking spring and fertility, to end with the passage of grotesque figures to amuse the spectators.
This event begins in January and ends on Ash Wednesday, where Pust is buried, during this time the celebrations are continuous, do not cease the various activities that enliven the great and small. During the first days the villagers come to Ptuj hiding their faces with masks of the most curious, forest animals, like bears, cows, and chickens but there is one that is unique in this country, Kurent, represents a god, some say that Bacchus or Dionysus, because of his reputation, clothing in a sheepskin with cowbells, feathers, and fabrics decorating the horns. A common Kurenti is dressed in sheep's clothing, carries bull horns, bells on the waist, a demonic mask, woolen stockings and heavy shoes, and wields in his left hand a flail or whip of arms, used in the Middle Ages.
After the Kurds comes an apparent calm and begin to parade their inhabitants in floral and fun attire and finally concludes with grotesque, ugly people, who make the public laugh at such ridiculous puppets. Another of the most famous Carnival in the country is the Cerknica, from the top of the mountains come all the witches that inhabit them, so the city is plagued by these characters accompanied by their devil acolytes. The majority of its population participates in the Parade and fulfill the tradition incarnating a great monster that emerges from Jezero Lake, as well as the Great Ursula witch.
Of course in Ljubljana, these festivals are also celebrated, but with a more informal touch, as thousands of children and parents disguise themselves, and go to the Town Hall Square, while many disguise themselves as the mythical Green Dragon, the emblem of the city. And suddenly you will notice the smell of the tasty Slovenian sausages, grilled meats and other Slovenian delicacies that will take you to the central market, where the market is normally located outdoors. The musical groups liven up the party. Then the younger ones disperse to the pubs and places of drinks to continue the celebration.
Also in Dreznica takes place a famous Carnival, where the still unmarried young people are covered with wooden masks, that they themselves are in charge of carving and are transmitted from parents to children. The inhabitants are divided between the so-called Guapos and the Ugly, the first adorn the houses, distributing sweets and cheering the spectators.
In Croatia, local peasants called Zvoncari disguise themselves for centuries as fantastic horrifying beings with the aim of scaring off the winter. After this parade, the procession continues with the characters who invoke spring, love, fertility, exuberance, and fullness, so the costumes consist of green leaves, floral ornaments, men dragging a plow and that sow seeds or represent other tillage activities.
The ludic acts conclude with the passage of grotesque figures, cheerful gypsies who predict the future and overdressed beggars who go out into the street. With these antics at the end of the procession, people try to evoke, whether the year is good or bad, the season is fertile or barren, and always take life with humor and grace.
Carnival, throughout history, has been associated with both pagan and religious celebrations. But, from one perspective or another, it is a permissive party that meant a few days of euphoria and relaxation of the prohibitions in society. Nowadays it is a joyful and colorful party, of disguises, music, and dance, centered in the fun of children and adults.
The Carnival is a festival of pagan origin that goes back to the times of the ancient Greece and Rome. First, the Greek Dionysiac feasts were celebrated and later the Roman ones. The Carnival in Christian rural societies marked some exceptional days, opposed to sexual repression and the severe fast of Lent that followed. Imagine, for example, that in the time of Charlemagne, the violation of eating pork during Lent was punished by death.
However, as for so many other things, this choice is no more than an attempt to bring the ember to its sardine. The truth is that today we agree that Carnival comes from Carna, the Celtic goddess of beans and bacon, and long before, from the Indo-European homages to Karna, who in the Mahabhárata appears as the son of unmarried Kuntí, and was the elder brother of the Pandavas.
That is, it makes a lot of sense, on the one hand, that the Church does not accept it as a religious feast or lack thereof, which contrasts with the pretension of its etymological proposal, and on the other, its paganism perfectly fits today with playful character that this festival has in every corner of the world where it is settled.
The origin of its celebration seems likely to be in pagan festivals, such as those performed in honor of Bacchus, the Roman god of wine, Saturnal and Roman Lupercales, or those performed in honor of the Apis bull in Egypt. According to some historians, the origins of this festivity would go back to the ancient Sumer and Egypt, more than 5000 years ago, with very similar celebrations in the time of the Roman Empire, from where the custom expanded to Europe, being taken to America by the Spanish and Portuguese sailors from the end of the fifteenth century.
The ethnologists found the elements surviving in the carnival of ancient festivals and cultures, as the Feast of Winter (Saturnalia), Greek Dionysian celebrations and Roman (Bacchanalia), and the ones of Hispanic Andean and African American cultures.
The origins of the festival are still religious. In Abyssinia, the Egyptians used to offer oxen as a sacrifice to the god of the Nile, Chebs, who was accompanied to the river in festive processions, after being decked to the nines, with horns covered with gold fabrics.
In honor of Dionysus was celebrated in great joy and euphoria the vineyard parties. Dionysus with his entourage of satyrs and fauns became Bacchus within the fat divinity crowned with vine leaves and grapes, always surrounded by the Bacchae, half-naked adolescents intoxicated by copious libations and desirous of finding in an outburst of sense gratification of their unbridled excitement.
The celebrations degenerated into orgies during which the worshipers of the pagan god, for a certain masochistic pleasure, cling to their half-naked bodies giving them clearly the pleasure of thrill. Fauns and satyrs enjoyed unbridled freedom in the period of the festivities, which could be compared to our Carnival period. The dances of the wild disheveled and furious Bacchae had completed only when they fell exhausted, won by the men's impetuousness. Also, it existed in Greece the use of these orgies, but in a time of year a little later, in March that was called Elaphebolion.
The Bacchanalia took place on the streets of Rome already with masks that represented in the embryo that became commonly used. During the feast of Ceres and Proserpine night saw the people on the streets to vent all the joy in wine and in the senses, the whole city became a brothel, as young and old people, without distinction of class and maturity joined freely under the eyes.
Other festivals were the Lupercalia, in memory of the she-wolf Romulus and Remus, considered a party of fertility. On this occasion, the Luperci priests roamed the streets naked striking matrons with goatskin strips, the so called married women of the noble family who were made to go to the sacred grove in hopes of getting the desired fertility. The Lupercalia ended with the night race of the torches. Carnival festivities ended the last day in February, called Brumalia. After Brumalia, around the Kalends of March, took place the Saturnalia of Matrons, also called Matronalia, which consisted of gift offers.
After the advent of Christianity the holidays, with the passage of the centuries, more and more lost their profane. Carnival with its disguises, if only with the mask or with dominoes, offered all possible and imaginable opportunity.
The carnival of Mazatlán is currently one of the most important in Mexico. The Ciudad del Carmen and Veracruz Carnival are full-color parades that flood its streets with a musical and festive atmosphere, the first event of the carnival is the burning of "Bad Spirit", and on the ninth day is the burning of Juan Carnaval.
A novelty of this celebration is the so-called burning of the "Bad Spirit" where tradition indicates burning a paper character (Monigote). In Michoacán, carnival is celebrated with the appearance of the dance of the Ch'anatzcua (Fiesta) in several indigenous communities and in Morelia, Charo, Queréndaro, Indaparapeo, Copándaro de Galeana, with music of trumpet and chirimías with a dance of masked Indians who run a counterfeit bull, dancing to the sound of a tamboril.
The comparsa is composed by the bull, the caporal, responsible for guiding the bull and at the conclusion of the dance, the maringuia, or wife of the caporal, which in many places is represented by a woman and the horse or son of the caporal is responsible for killing the bull.
One of the oldest carnivals in Belgium is celebrated in the town of Binche. The celebration has multicolored hues, in which characters called Gilles dressed in traditional costumes throw red oranges at the crowd. The processions of giants also highlight the representation of Bayard, the legendary horse of Charlemagne. On the last day of the Carnival of Aalst, the Sphinx of the carnival is burned.
In Argentina in the northwest Andean region, carnival celebrations point to the subsistence of ancient indigenous traditions belonging to the pre-Hispanic Andean civilization. The most important milestones in the carnival ceremonies are the devil's burning carnival. The Carnavalito is a centennial style folkloric tradition, developed specifically for the celebrations.


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DALLAS -- The fruitless Miami trip is behind them. And now the Dallas Mavericks, having lost three road games, have the chance to bring home their first NBA title by winning Games 6 and 7.
Beware an effective 'Toine
Dirk Nowitzki, especially.
You saw him kick the ball in the stands after a tough Game 5 loss, and he was later caught on tape, taking out his postgame frustration on an unsuspecting exercise bicycle.
Take it as a good sign. I applaud his passion and the will he has to win. Dirk wants to be the best, which frankly not everybody wants to be. I think he was frustrated in his own performance and how the game went. I think he will feel very comfortable back home for Game 6.
But what about Miami's chances? Winning in Dallas has proven to be a tall order for them.
Dwyane Wade has yet to play a great game in Dallas. Shaquille O'Neal's foul-shooting troubles have resurfaced. Still, if those two can excel and the Heat get one other standout performance, I see a window of opportunity for the visitors.
Climbing through the window could be none other than Antoine Walker.
If things don't go very well for Shaq-Wade-Walker, we'll probably be seeing a Game 7 in Dallas.
After Wade's 43-point heroics Sunday, a team might want somebody else to beat them. But I don't think Dallas will use as much doubling on Wade as some would think. Down the stretch in Game 5, I think a player like Wade can sense when a team is confident in defending him; Dallas was not. That feeds him even more.
However, it's a different game in Dallas. This series may prove definitively why the home court means so much. Miami joins the 2004 Detroit Pistons as the only team to win the middle three home games of a series.
That's why you work so hard to get it -- I think the home-court advantage in basketball means more than in any other major sport. And it's also why Dallas deserves so much credit for taking down the defending champs on the road in Game 7 of the Western Conference semifinals.
Dallas has played well for many stretches in Miami and only really completely unraveled in the Game 4 loss. Miami had a spectacular effort from Wade in Game 5. When Wade goes wild, it's always going to be hard to beat the Heat.
Dallas almost did. Now, Game 6 awaits.
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The Airing Of Grievances
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If his team rules its home court, Mavs coach Avery Johnson likely won't have to repeat this scene, arguing with official Joe Crawford about a timeout called near the end of Game 5's overtime.
Dime Mailbag: Foul Season
Josh (Princeton): When will someone [admit] that the foul call that decided Game 5 was complete crap? Why do opinion writers feel the need to equivocate? In every other game, all you hear is that you can't call a foul at the end of a game that will decide it, and now everyone all of a sudden has changed their tune? Ridiculous.
Steve (Ft. Myers): Why all the complaining about fouls? The refs called only 12 more fouls on Dallas. Remove the "Hack-a-Shaq" from the equation and the game was called evenly. Dallas' problem seems to be their inability to make clutch free throws when they do get fouled! Shaq has made more clutch free throws in this series than any of the Mavs! Shouldn't Dallas be a little more worried about their own mistakes, rather than the refs? (i.e. -- Jerry Stackhouse did lead with his shoulder, Josh Howard DID call a timeout, Dirk Nowitzki and Devin Harris DID foul Dwyane Wade, and not a single person in a Mavs uniform can be trusted to shoot a free throw [sans Jason Terry] with less than 1 minute to go!)
Todd (Houston, TX): I hate to talk about officiating, but when did the NBA decide that breathing on Wade constitutes a foul, while bodying Nowitzki doesn't? Last I checked, both are first-team All-NBA, and as such entitled to the NBA's "Superstars Are Fouled Excessively" clause (SAFE). Call the games tightly, call them loosely, but for the love of the game call them equally.
Marshall (Philadelphia): Disparity at the line? Miami (Wade) earned every trip by attacking the basket. No Mav is going to get to the line regularly by shooting mid-range jumpers. Dirk was all the rage going into the Finals, but he has once again shown his true self: wilting under the pressure, and flopping to the floor when he gets bumped by Udonis Haslem. The Dime wrote before the finals that Dirk would be the toughest player to handle. Apparently The Dime didn't know that Wade is untouchable, and Haslem can play some defense.
Cassidy (Boston): I have never been a Dallas Mavericks fan, nor do I have any significant personal connections to the city of Dallas or the state of Texas; nevertheless, I've become thoroughly attached to the team during these playoffs. Their heartbreaking loss Sunday night (or Monday morning) found me pounding on furniture and shouting profanities for a team who, a month ago, mattered nothing to me. I can scarcely imagine the frustration felt by a dyed-in-the-wool Mavericks fan, much less the guys on the court.
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Why Avery Johnson Should Be Angry
In all likelihood, freezing the shooter was on Josh Howard's mind when he saw Mavs coach Avery Johnson signal with his hands that the coach wanted a timeout. Howard is a smart kid and knows strategy. He not only has plenty of experience at the pro level in these end-of-game scenarios, he also played for Skip Prosser, a master strategist at Wake Forest.
I am not trying to make an excuse for Howard, who made a major blunder in signaling for the timeout. He should have known the situation.
Still, Johnson was incensed at Joe DeRosa and probably had good reason to be angry. Let me explain why.
First of all, DeRosa went by the rule book and simply reacted to a player's timeout request, which is what he technically is supposed to do. Many referees would have known the circumstances and asked Howard if he really wanted the timeout between foul shots or if he wanted to wait until after the second foul shot.
This comes under the "damned if you do, damned if you don't" category. Bennett Salvatore waived off the request and was waving the Heat players back to the court because he evidently understood Johnson's intent. The officials gathered and quickly decided that because DeRosa signaled for the timeout, they had to accept it.
You can argue the case for the officials either way and be right. I'll go out on a limb and guess that if DeRosa had it to do it all over again, he would have acted like he assumed Howard's request was an indication that the Mavs wanted a timeout after the second shot.
Big D Challenge
Winning in Miami is one thing. Now, the Heat try to win in Texas.
Return To Dallas
Hero Bids Miami Adieu
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Dwyane Wade has left the building. Does his team stand a chance in Dallas?
The Line On What Dallas Must Do
If the Mavs are to avoid elimination, the part that has to change is Dwyane Wade. With Miami increasingly going to the give-it-to-Dwyane-and-get-out-of-the-way play -- "there was no Plan B," Riley said of Miami's last possession -- it's incumbent on Dallas to get his free-throw attempts under control.
Wade has gone from 18.8 field-goal attempts per game in the regular season to 24.2 in the Finals, and most players see their free-throw tries decrease when their shot attempts increase so much. In fact, Wade himself saw his mark drop to a more human .359 free throws per field-goal attempt among games in which he tried at least 25 field goals.
But that hasn't happened in the Finals. Instead, Wade's free-throw rate has risen slightly even with the increased shot attempts. With Wade attempting so many shots and still getting to the line at such a fantastic clip, it's turned the free-throw game into the Finals' biggest difference-maker. The Heat and Mavs are virtually even across the board statistically except for two categories: free-throw attempts and free-throw percentage. Dallas has a huge advantage in percentage, as one might guess (78.0 percent to 60.0 percent), but the Heat have so many more attempts -- nearly 10 per game -- that they still have more points on FTs over the five games.
So for the Mavs, the plan is clear in Game 6: Figure out how to get Wade's free-throw attempts under control. And conspiracy theories aside, it's on them and not the officials to do it. If they fail, we might see the Mavs screaming bloody murder about the officiating one more time while South Beach has an all-night championship party.
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Poll: You Make The Calls
Which team will win this series?
65.2% Miami in 6
20.4% Dallas in 7
14.3% Miami in 7
Where does Dwyane Wade rank among the NBA's best players?
65.0% Top 3
21.2% Top 5
11.2% Top 10
2.6% Outside of the top 10
Should Dwyane Wade be named NBA Finals MVP even if the Heat lose the series?
72.7% Yes, because he's been so much better than any other player in the Finals
27.3% No, because there will be a player from Dallas who is deserving if they come back to win the series
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The Heat Can Win In Dallas
Allan Hu (Las Vegas, NV): Miami is trying to do what your Chicago Bulls did in 1993 -- going to the opponent's home court and close out a series up, 3-2. Will you please talk about what type of mental preparation the Heat need and also the atmosphere in a game like that?
B.J. Armstrong: Mentally, the Miami Heat have done a great job of not beating themselves. They found a way in Games 3, 4, 5 to find a way to win. That is a very good sign. On the other hand, the Mavs really defeated themselves in Game 3 and 5. They had mental lapses that really cost them these ball games. The Heat, if they're going to win, need to mentally shore up their ability to close out games. That means they have to go in there playing to win, not playing not to lose. I think it's a very difficult task because the Mavs are a much better home team than road team. I think the Heat are very capable of doing it, but it's easier said than done.
Mark (Fort Lauderdale, FL): Do you expect the Mavs to dominate or at least win Games 6 and 7 at home similar to the first two games of the series?
B.J. Armstrong: In Game 6, look for the Mavs to really feed off the energy of the crowd. They're going back home. This Dallas team really needs the home cooking. Look for them to come out with great energy. That will be hard for the Heat to overcome. Right now Dallas can't lose another game. It's going to be a very, very difficult game. The physical demands and the emotional aspects will be hard on the Heat. They have players with a lot of experience, if they can absorb the initial rush of the Mavs, that will help them later in the game. The Mavs will come out and lay it all on the line in Game 6.
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Opinion Maker
That was a bogus foul call on Dirk Nowitzki that put Dwyane Wade on the line at the end of Game 5, Stephen A. Smith declares. The Finals have been tarnished by poor officiating. And the Stackhouse suspension? "Damn near criminal."
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One does not seek justice in the street, but if we do that, then there is a good reason for it – said dr. Holló László, university professor in Cluj, Chief Executive Officer of the Roman-Catholic Status, in his speech delivered at the rally supporting the Roman-Catholic High School and its principal dr. Tamási Zsolt József. The event was held today, November 12, Saturday afternoon in the center of Târgu Mureș.
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- So, that He Will Emerge StrengthenedIn Defense of the Principal of the Roman Catholic High School in Târgu Mureș"I am fully convinced of the innocence of Tamási Zsolt who enjoys my full confidence. I pray for him to pass over these events and to be able to continue his work – forcibly interrupted – with the enthusiasm and involvement that characterize him" – said Oláh Dénes, archdeacon and parish priest of Târgu Mureș, for the Catholic weekly Vasárnap.
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The Southern Tower of the Cathedral in Alba Iulia Was Restored The project for Revitalization and improving public access to the southern tower of the Medieval Roman Catholic Cathedral in Alba Iulia has been successfully concluded by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Alba Iulia. Its results were presented to the guests and the public on April 14.
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Caritas Alba Iulia celebrated 25 years of existence The archdiocesan organization which coordinates the charitable activities gave thanks to God, on Sunday, October 4, in the city of residence of the archbishopric, for the 25 years which passed from its establishment.
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PE, ICT and Science Teacher K12 and K9
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2014/2015 introducing programming and robotics (Lego EV3) in the school
1.1 What is computing?
Computing in primary schools in Spain is growing up during last decade.
We usually have ICT rooms, ICT Coordinators and recently some tablets and wifi.
By the way we teach digital literacy and IT from a few years ago.
Computer science is a part of technology, a subject of Colleges, not in Primary schools.
This year we've started to hear something about coding, Madrid region government has introduced coding at the institutes for first time ever.
In my school (private with public funds) we've introduced programming with Scratch in K9-K10 and robotics in K11-K12.
1.2 Why teach computing?
Doing an investigation about all of the school objects that depends on computing.
What we can do without them? Computing is esential to hold on our way of life.
How a movement monitor can turn on the lights when we go into?
In my school we've introduced Programming with Scratch and Lego EV3.
1.3 What should we focus on in our teaching? Skills
We're working on energy, each group have to investigate about light, sound, electricity, magnetism. During the tests in STEAM room, they've to record video, explain the investigation steps and demostrate how works it. Analytical thinking, perseverence, team work and communication skills are esential.
Resources and ideas
Computational thinking:
- Decomposition: Breaking a task or problem into steps or parts.
- Pattern Recognition: Make predictions and models to test.
- Pattern Generalization and Abstraction: Discover the laws, or principles that cause these patterns.
- Algorithm Design: Develop the instructions to solve similar problems and repeat the process.
Teaching without computers, it's possible!!
Pair programming
Developing Collaboration in Computing
I love this video, it's cool and real! In my school we work always in groups of 4, using Kagan structures.
Also we work in pairs during programming and robotics classes and it's real "two heads think better and more". The idea of driver&navigator is perfect, also another possibility could be work being student&teacher.
Engaging Girls
As my colleagues has written, I think in primary it is not a problem beacuse boys and girls work together and enganged in all subjects, it depends more on the teacher than computing.
If we use working in pairs, mixing boys and girls, doing awesome activities and connecting subjects with students life we'll have good recipes to teach computing.
Linking computing to other subjects
For me computing is a basic skill that can help any subject to be linked with the others or to improve the way to learn.
A few years ago we made an etwinning project with a french school. We presented our traditional games to the other country students, we worked during PE and English lesson, practicing games, recording videos (edited after) and preparing documents that explain the rules.
Using robots across subjects
We've started with educational robots this year, we've Lego EV3 and we use in Key11 and Key12 courses as independent subject, because is easier for us to organise the schedule.
Link it to Maths and Science is natural and very powerful, in my opinion for the rest of the subjects it is not the best resource (slower o more complicated for languages, music, etc than other resources).
Students are extra motivated using robots, I agree with Tullia, made mistakes it is a part of the process not a problem. I add the skill of resilience as a very interesting competence.
Educational Robotics Activities
Since september 2014 we teach robotics with Lego EV3 in ages 11-12. It's our first experience and it's being very nice.
We've started working with little problem solving, it takes them not more than 1-2 sessions and involves a few instructions and 1 sensor.
After first three months we proposed a very big problem, the children have to prepare robot to drive through a circuit, using several sensors, movement intructions and conditional sentences. Was great and fun!
Game design tools
I know and also I've worked in Scratch projects but I collected a very simple idea, using Presentations to develop literacy, creativity and imagination creating tales.
My little project, an example of a program to check english vocabulary.
Teaching internet search, web editing and computer networks
We use Google Apps every day, our students have one school account with Gmail, Drive, their own Youtube Channel, Calendar and Sites.
We've many devices as Ipad, laptops, PC or mobile phones to work with, and our students in primary are able to edit video and audio (audacity, Imovie, Youtube capture), share documents via Drive, create QR codes or RA made in Aurasma.
We want to improve our experience promoting personal portfolios using students blogs or something like this, it will be our next step.
Digital Literacy & E-safety Resources
We're very concerned about this issue, when they start with google account we provide them some instructions and rules to make safer the internet experience:
- Rules about passwords, how to select, not to share, routines of changing it
- We set up gmail not allowing emails from or to outside of our network
- We use always apps and webs that allows login with google accounts, never creating new users
- We colaborate every year with police internet safe program, they visit us and talk about the risks and consequences of phising, etc.
- We organize parents conferences, they're part of the problem, they provide phones early and they arent able to control the use of these devices.
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by Stuart Dischell
The sock has been known to march without the foot. Its steps are
lighter and much more clever than the slipper. A man is nothing
without his shoes, he must wait for warmer weather or trudge through
the streets with his feet wrapped in newsprint.
When the shoes and socks depart, the pants are soon to follow. They have no need to walk; with each leg a wing they soar over the avenues and boulevards, much the way a goose seeks passage in the barnyard.
The shirt is another story. Like its brother the jacket it is capable of a strong wind. It can button its wrists and hand to a branch as long as it likes.
Luckily for the man, the hat and cap have been domesticated. They have found where their loyalties rest.
Oh my children, if I spoke of women I could mention the countless handkerchiefs and scarves abandoned in parks by ladies of all lasses and backgrounds.
The underwear has never left of its own volition. When a man removes the cloth closest to his skin, he is wary of its presence. He does not display it like the blazer or necktie.
He will hide his briefs or boxer shorts in a drawer or the basin of a hamper as though they contained a confession. They are always the first to be immersed in water.
Yes, more so than the pants, shirts, shoes, or socks, when the underpants realize their historical task and follow their comrades, the man will be truly vulnerable.
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Nagozi is a Dervish expert for the Sunspears. He explains about the area of effect for spells together with Wanjala (a Monk expert) and Nalah (an Elementalist expert). He also teaches about enchantments.
Quests Involved In
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To Dervishes or those without a secondary profession:
- "You did good with the fighting. Fight more?"
- Tell me about enchantments.
- "Enchantment spells provide beneficial magic to yourself or an ally. They may protect you from attacking or provide an increase in your abilities, such as increased speed or Energy. A small yellow upward arrow on a character's Health bar indicates that an Enchantment Spell has been cast on that character. When you encounter an exceptionally difficult foe, it is wise to check for Enchantments on that foe and then remove them if possible."
- Tell me about area effects.
- "As you will eventually utilize spells that effect areas it would be wise to study the circles of effect. As you approach your opponent, you become more dangerous to him, but he is more dangerous to you. In a similar manner, as you approach your allies, they can help you more, and you can help them more. There are three main circles, or areas of effect, in combat. "Adjacent applies to anyone close enough for you to swing a weapon at. "Nearby" is the next largest area of effect, and "in the area" describes the largest area of effect." [sic]
During quest Secondary Training:
- "Nagozi. Dervish. Fight! I fight corsairs, protect Chahbek Village. Fight corsair who have big log. Log hit Nagozi on head. Now Nagozi much happier with world. World seem very simple. Nagozi fight corsair! You want learn fight corsair? Stack Enchantments! Fight like practice dummy. But without big log. Nagozi teach you!"
- Can you teach me some Dervish skills?
- (Nagozi teaches the skills Whirling Charge, Heart of Holy Flame, and Grenth's Fingers)
- Tell me about enchantments.
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- Tell me about area effects.
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The Koch brothers have developed a pipeline designed to influence political change. It begins with students.
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If patterns at other universities hold true, the Charles Koch Foundation might use graduate students and research in the Whitman School to influence legislation in Washington.
The foundation recently gave $1.75 million to Syracuse University's Martin J. Whitman School of Management to fund the Institute for an Entrepreneurial Society. The Whitman School will recruit Ph.D. students to work and conduct research specifically in the institute.
In the past, Koch-funded free market institutes, similar to Whitman's, have been used as part of a larger cycle to enact legislation supporting deregulated capitalism. The Kochs have attempted to do that using two mechanisms: by generating a "talent pipeline," in which graduate student researchers at Koch-funded institutes later populate Koch-funded think tanks, and by developing their "Structure of Social Change" model, a process designed to influence politics that begins at universities.
"Privately-funded political change is at the heart of the Koch foundation's operation on campuses," said Ralph Wilson, a co-founder of UnKoch My Campus, a campaign that studies the Kochs' influence at universities.
Maria Minniti, the founding director of the Whitman institute, said there are "absolutely not" any strings attached to the Koch grant, and that the Kochs will not influence graduate student research.
But in the past, Koch officials have boasted about doing just that at other universities. At a 2014 Koch donor summit in California, a top Koch official explained the Koch foundation's desire to build a "talent pipeline" beginning with students, according to recordings published by the Center for Public Integrity.
The Kochs often start, experts said, by funding student researchers at institutes similar to Whitman's, with the Kochs frequently controlling the research so that it aligns with their priorities of free market capitalism. Those same students later staff the Koch-funded free market think tanks and political front groups that the Kochs use to push for political change.
Kevin Gentry, the vice president of the Charles Koch Charitable Foundation, explained the process to Koch donors during a summit in 2014 and a recording of his speech was later published by the Undercurrent and the Center for Public Integrity.
"'The students that graduate out of these higher-education programs populate the state-based think tanks and the national think tanks,'" Gentry said. " … They 'become the major staffing for the state chapters' of the 'grassroots' groups.'"
Universities and free market institutes similar to Whitman's are also the first step in the Kochs' "Structure of Social Change" model designed to enact policy changes.
The strategy, developed by Koch Foundation President Richard Fink, begins with the Koch foundation funding researchers at universities to create free market concepts that the Kochs call "intellectual raw materials." The Kochs then fund think tanks, such as the Heritage Foundation and Cato Institute, to turn those concepts into real-world policy options. But because the think tanks generally aren't able to implement change themselves, the Kochs then fund implementation groups to pressure legislators into enacting policies.
Together, each of those groups form what Koch officials call their "fully integrated" network.
"We see that institutions at all stages are crucial to success. While they may compete with one another for funding and often belittle each other's roles, we view them as complementary institutions, each critical for social transformation," Fink wrote in the "Structure of Social Change."
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Properties of Matter
Mass the amount of matter in a object.
Volume is how much space a item takes up.
Weight is how much mass a object has.
What has the most weight will sink to the bottom.
Buoyancy is when water goes on and off on a object.
Conductors let heat flow soomthly.
Insulators help keep heat in.
the salt and sugar will devolve so they show solubility.
The magnet is attracting the nails this an example of magnetism.
The 4 states of matter just need heat to change.
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Can You Eat Gumpaste? Or Gumpaste Fondant Mixed?
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I know this is a silly question but can you eat gumpaste? If you mix it 50/50 with fondant and gumpast can you eat it then? I hate making things for my cake that can't be eaten but i honestly don't know if you can eat it and it just tastes bad or if your not supposed to eat it. thanks.
Yep, you can eat it. You probably wouldn't want to, especially the gumpaste, since it turns so crunchy, but you can do it. I made a cake with gumpaste/fondant flowers on it and my dad took one off and ate it. It sounded like he was crunching a cockroach...not that I really know what that sounds like, but I can imagine. He was sorry to have eaten it. It doesn't taste bad, but it might break a tooth.
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Okay, so I've been staring at the DQ9 bestiary for a while and wondering what monsters people would design. We could create our own bestiary or something. You can either do your own original design or a palette swap of an existing monster.
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Example #2: Heptagoon is an orange palette swap of the Hexagoon. It can send rubble raining down and cast Kafrizz and Inferno. It is weak to wind magic such as Kaswoosh.
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Last week, we highlighted a report on VoLTE (Voice over LTE) that talks about how mobile operators are transitioning to a technology that will incorporate voice over IP (VoIP) onto the mobile data channel. However, we've also seen other alternatives for mobile VoIP blossom over the years, including mobile apps offered by "over the top" (OTT) VoIP providers (such as Vonage and Skype), landline VoIP carriers (such as Comcast and Time Warner Cable) and Internet portal providers including Google, Yahoo!, and others.
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Hey hey hey who are you all beautiful people of the LoL wikia :D
Crashfan here iwth a new idea, how about 3 extra minions in the game? 3 minions who will do diferent things than just let the champions farm? well there are 3 minions ideas!
Minion 1: Sorceress Minion
Sorceress Minion will be the support of the minions (i know this is ridiculous but meh)
How about a small minion who appears after the 10 minutes of game? the sorceress minion will heal by a small amouth the neares champions he finds, i mean there are 3 champions and the minion will heal 1 of the 3 randomly of course, this minion wouldn't attack the enemy champions but they will stay behind the minions waves.
Minion 2: Archer minion
The archer minion will be the carry of the minions waves, he will appear right in the start of the game replacing 1 of the 3 wizard minions.
He will have increased attack speed and will deal a bit more damage than the other minions, except tank minion and super minion.
Minion 3: Mage minion
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The 24-year-old was born in the Ivory Coast city of Abidjan and moved to England with his family at the age of four to set up home in London.
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