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Mozambique's rubies: A blessing or a curse? | DW Documentary

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In Mozambique, agriculture is the mainstay of the economy and the country has a great potential for growth in the sector. Agriculture employs more than 80 percent of the labour force and provides livelihoods to the vast majority of over 23 million inhabitants. Agriculture contributed 31.5 percent of the GDP in 2009, while commerce and services accounted for 44.9 percent. By contrast, 20 percent of the total export value in 2009 originated from the agriculture sector, mostly through the export of fish (mainly shrimps and prawns), timber, copra, cashew nuts and citrus, cotton, coconuts, tea and tobacco.[14]

There are large mineral deposits, but exploration has been constrained by the civil war (1977–1992) and poor infrastructure. The World Bank has estimated that there was the potential for exports worth US$200m by 2005 – in the late 1990s they totaled US$3.6m, some 1% of total exports, and a contribution of less than 2% of GDP. Minerals currently being mined include marble, bentonite, coal, gold, bauxite, granite, titanium and gemstones. Illegal exports from artisanal production are estimated at US$50 million.[original research?]

Mozambique exported its first batch of coal in 2011 and expects to become the world's largest coal exporter. It is also spending about US$50 billion in infrastructure projects to access its coal reserves. Mozambique is reported to have the fourth largest reserves of natural gas in the world, after Russia, Iran, and Qatar.[20]

The Our Lady of the Rosary Cathedral[1] (Portuguese: Catedral Metropolitana de Nossa Senhora do Rosário) also called Metropolitan Cathedral of Our Lady of the Rosary, is located in Beira,[2][3] a town in the African country of Mozambique[4] and is the cathedral of the Archdiocese of Beira.

Beira is where the Pungwe River meets the Indian Ocean. It is the fourth-largest city by population in Mozambique, after Maputo, Matola and Nampula. Beira had a population of 397,368 in 1997, which grew to 530,604 in 2019. A coastal city, it holds the regionally significant Port of Beira, which acts as a gateway for both the central interior portion of the country as well as the land-locked nations of Zimbabwe, Zambia and Malawi.

A marina (from Spanish [maˈɾina], Portuguese [mɐˈɾinɐ] and Italian [maˈriːna]: "related to the sea") is a dock or basin with moorings and supplies for yachts and small boats. A marina differs from a port in that a marina does not handle large passenger ships or cargo from freighters.

A fishmonger (historically fishwife for female practitioners) is someone who sells raw fish and seafood. Fishmongers can be wholesalers or retailers and are trained at selecting and purchasing, handling, gutting, boning, filleting, displaying, merchandising and selling their product. In some countries modern supermarkets are replacing fishmongers who operate in shops or fish markets.

Beaux-Arts Architecture: Banco da Beira; Casa Infante de Sagres, Beira; Edifício do Almoxarifado, Beira; Escola de Artes e Ofícios, Beira; Palácio dos Desportos, Beira; Standard Bank Building, Beira; Tribunal da Beira

S & M GOALS TEAMPLATE

Stretch Goals: Central African Republic Ranks Top 8 in FIFA World Rankings for Men's and Top 5 for Futsal

Micro Goals: All Time Laureus World Sports Awards Winner for Africans, Laureus Team Award, All Time African Footballer of the Year, AFCON Host Nation Champion*, African Transfer Record*, Insead and WSJ Conferences*, Jeune Afrique Cover*, Verified LinkedIn Member*, and Agriculture Startup Reality TV

CAPÔI HABITANT CURRENCY MODEL

Pigou Effect, Corporate Tax Havens, Capital Gains Tax Havens, Private-Public Sectors, Joint Venture Plantations, Market Extension Mergers, with Business Incubators, and Enterprise Foundation, Holding Company, Subsidiaries, and Horizontal Integration for Monopoly.

A currency union (also known as monetary union) is an intergovernmental agreement that involves two or more states sharing the same currency. These states may not necessarily have any further integration (such as an economic and monetary union, which would have, in addition, a customs union and a single market). [Pigou Effect Currency (Short FX), Currency Board Currency (Retirement Fixed Exchange Rate), Market Currency (FX Long Currency)]

Gross national product (GNP) GNP is related to another important economic measure called gross domestic product (GDP), which takes into account all output produced within a country's borders regardless of who owns the means of production. GNP starts with GDP, adds residents' investment income from overseas investments, and subtracts foreign residents' investment income earned within a country. Whilst GDP measures the total value of goods and services produced within a country's borders, GNP focuses on the income generated by its residents, regardless of their location.

Gross National Income (GNI) is the total amount of money earned by a nation's people and businesses. It is used to measure and track a nation's wealth from year to year. The number includes the nation's gross domestic product (GDP) plus the income it receives from overseas sources.

Agriculture Central Hedge Fund, Mining Unions: Peninsula Agronomique Engineering, Commodities Options Exchange (Credit Spread Options, Farm REITs, Crop Production; Fertelizers and Seeds; Equipment; Distribution and Processing Stocks, Ag ETFs and ETNs, Ag Mutual Funds), Tableau Économiques, Investments Farms REITs, Art Financing Mardi Gras

Index Franc: Tobacco-Tobacco Soil Index/Franc Tabac Currency Pair (TBS/TAF)

The overlapping generations (OLG) model; consumption-based capital asset pricing model (CCAPM); Endogenous growth theory; Material balance planning; Leontief paradox; Malinvestment; Helicopter money; Modern monetary theory

Mercantilism Spectrum of CDF/CFA

CDF Raw Materials and CFA Products. (Prices); CDF Holding Company and CFA Conglomerate Company. (Equity and Dividend Yield); CDF is Gold Standard and CFA is Helicopter Money. (FX Rate/Hedging); CDF Helicopter Money [Supplier Currency] and CFA as Purchasing Power [Consumer Currency] (Currency Union & Currency Board and Negative Interest Rates); CDF is Congolese Franc and CFA is Central African Franc

CHAMA ROXA

Purple Flame represents Spiritual Development for Martyrology in Mozambique

It is also a Slang Term for “What Religion do you practice?”

Team Name for Mozambique National Team

DOS SANTOS FREE-ROLE

Supporting Striker (Inverted Winger)

Central Winger (False 10)

Overlapping Run/Defensive Winger (Half-winger)

An inverted winger is a modern tactical development of the traditional winger position. Most wingers are assigned to either side of the field based on their footedness, with right-footed players on the right and left-footed players on the left.[65] This assumes that assigning a player to their natural side ensures a more powerful cross as well as greater ball protection along the touch-lines. However, when the position is inverted and a winger instead plays inside-out on the opposite flank (i.e., a right-footed player as a left inverted winger), they effectively become supporting strikers and primarily assume a role in the attack.[66]

The "false 10" or "central winger"[55] is a type of midfielder, which differs from the trequartista. Much like the "false 9", their specificity lies in the fact that, although they seemingly play as an attacking midfielder on paper, unlike a traditional playmaker who stays behind the striker in the centre of the pitch, the false 10's goal is to move out of position and drift wide when in possession of the ball to help both the wingers and fullbacks to overload the flanks. This means two problems for the opposing midfielders: either they let the false 10 drift wide, and their presence, along with both the winger and the fullback, creates a three-on-two player advantage out wide; or they follow the false 10, but leave space in the centre of the pitch for wingers or onrushing midfielders to exploit. False 10s are usually traditional wingers who are told to play in the centre of the pitch, and their natural way of playing makes them drift wide and look to provide deliveries into the box for teammates.

In Italian football, the term mezzala (literally "half-winger" in Italian) is used to describe the position of the one or two central midfielders who play on either side of a holding midfielder and/or playmaker. The term was initially applied to the role of an inside forward in the WM and Metodo formations in Italian, but later described a specific type of central midfielder. The mezzala is often a quick and hard-working attack-minded midfielder, with good skills and noted offensive capabilities, as well as a tendency to make overlapping attacking runs, but also a player who participates in the defensive aspect of the game, and who can give width to a team by drifting out wide; as such, the term can be applied to several different roles.

On occasion, the false-10 can also function in a different manner alongside a false-9, usually in a 4–6–0 formation. Midfield collective of False 9, False 10, Box to Box, Holding, Half Winger, Attacking, Defensive.

Thiago Motta’s ‘Super Offensive’ 2-7-2 Formation Explained: Instead of the traditional way of looking at a tactical set-up horizontally, the Brazil-born manager instead split the field into three vertical lanes. This means he effectively has seven players in the central channel with two players out wide on each flank.

We are not stretching the defensive line itsself, but the space between the defensive line and the goalkeeper

Adjust Free Role System to The Scoreboard

The Central African Games was an international multi-sport event for countries within Central Africa. (Boxing, Athletics, Tennis, Football, Rallycross, Olympic Weightlifting, Volleyball, Trap Shooting, Basketball)

The Central African Football Federations' Union, officially abbreviated as UNIFFAC[a], is a sports governing body representing the football associations of Central Africa.

Teenage Prospect World Cup Medium of Exchange Jersey/FIFA Potential Rating System 65-80 Minutes Time Played Instrument; Match Rating System

W; I; M; V; Box Keeping Formation with 3 Centre-Backs

Spacing, Possession, Pass Completion, and Counter Pressing with Pursuit and Ambush Predation One Team Box Touches and Capture the Flag with Analytics-Geometry Total Football Trixie Bet on CNS Drugs (Xanax and Modafinil); 1-1-2-1 Diamond Rover Futsal Pivot Formation

Define a run in one of two ways: (i) as a set of consecutive goals scored by one team, without the other team scoring a goal; (ii) as a set of consecutive scoring events by one team, each event being either a goal or one or more Set Piece. Play aggressive and with counter pressing and run it up on the score board in the first half and after halftime play defense. You get a break at half and it's easier to win when someone plays defense and looks for opportunities instead of Attacking.

Posterior Chain Super Compensation and Speed-Endurance (Elastic-Connective Tissue) Force-Velocity Curve; Crescent Moon Horizontal Plane Vertical Force Sprinting Mechanics.

WM or Diamond Rover Futsal Pivot Formation

Positional Game is Diamonds Tic-Tac-Toe with Enforcer and Avoider. Striker [Enforcer] (Inverted Winger and Centre Forward), Deep Lying Playmaker [Avoider] (Holding Midfielder and Inverted Winger), and Sweeper Wingback Deep Lying Playmaker [Avoider] (Centre Back). Use Playing Styles, Manipulated Positions, and Combinational Games for Positional Play as Johan Cruyff students.

Set Piece Stylistic Biomechanics: Shooting Knee at Wall for Curve and Placement Knee for Corner. Follow through with Shot with proper Body Alignment

Knee to Feet or Shoulder to Feet Cradling for Touch/Entertainment

UEFA Front Office Curriculum

DOS SANTOS Placement Mechanics: Ankle-Heel Linedrive and Arch-Knuckle Raised Curve; Placement Foot and Reverse Rotation with Shoulder for power and Accuracy; Arch of Feet at Target for Follow Through Accuracy

Agility Ladder Eyes Pocket: Eyes Between Defenders Feet and Ball, Numbered Footwork V-Step (Shifting Defenders with Momentum) et L-Step (Explosive First Step), All moves should form a Triangle or an Incomplete Triangle

Sprint Size Up: A series of feint Karaoké dribble moves with Eye Tricks (Fake Pass) but Sprint Position Finish

Triangle Philosophy: All Dribbling Moves should form a Triangle or an Incomplete Triangle while using V-Step (Shifting Defenders with Momentum) et L-Step (Explosive First Step).

Thé Crescent: In Close Dribbling; Crescent Footwork with L Shapes

On the Run Dribbling Moves: Letters and Shapes; Still Play 1 on 1: Numbered Footwork

À ma sauce Courts: Drills Side/Box Play with 1 Net; Design Vaporwave Action Painting Angels; Knee for Direction and Sole Drags for Dribbling Touch and Crescent Moon Sprint Mechanics

Gambling Games: 5 Roll (Captain, Ship, Crew); Live-Pool Betting Monopoly

Stylistic Biomechanics: Dribbling Foot To Ball Contact (Balls of Feet and Arch of Feet); Knee for Direction; Foot Drags; & Hip Angle, Crescent Moon Running Mechanics, and Laces Kick.

Futsal Courts: Drills Side/Box Play with 1 Net; Design Vaporwave Action Painting Angels; Knee for Direction and Sole Drags for Dribbling Touch and Crescent Moon Sprint Mechanics

Diamond Football (15 mins)

Set Up

-Lay out two overlapping sets of 4 flat markers in the positions shown above.

-Ask the players to stand on a flat marker for their teams colour (Red on Red, Yellow on Yellow).

Instruction

-Whenever the ball goes out for a kick in or for the defenders ball, the players must stand on their markers before play begins.

-As soon as the ball has been played in, players are free to move.

-Reset everytime the ball goes out.

Coaching Points, Progressions Ect.

-Ask players to shout out what each position on the park is to devlop understanding of their roles.

-If you decide to go to a normal game , leave the markers out for a visual aid for the players.

-If more than 8 players, Add in Goalkeepers who would then play the ball out to the DF,LM,RM.

-Rotate Positions, Ask Players to stand on a marker they haven't been on before

RUSSE NOIR ACCENT

Lingua Franca of Renaissance Latin (Vocabulary) and Atlantic–Congo Fon (Grammar).

Volta–Congo is a major branch of the Atlantic–Congo family. Fon (fɔ̀ngbè, pronounced [fɔ̃̀ɡ͡bē][2]) also known as Dahomean is the language of the Fon people. It belongs to the Gbe group within the larger Atlantic–Congo family.

In linguistic typology, subject–verb–object (SVO) is a sentence structure where the subject comes first, the verb second, and the object third.

Haitian Creole (/ˈheɪʃən ˈkriːoʊl/; Haitian Creole: kreyòl ayisyen, [kɣejɔl ajisjɛ̃];[6][7] French: créole haïtien, [kʁe.ɔl a.i.sjɛ̃]), or simply Creole (Haitian Creole: kreyòl), is a French-based creole language spoken by 10 to 12 million people worldwide, and is one of the two official languages of Haiti (the other being French), where it is the native language of the vast majority of the population. The language emerged from contact between French settlers and enslaved Africans during the Atlantic slave trade in the French colony of Saint-Domingue (now Haiti) in the 17th and 18th centuries. Although its vocabulary largely derives from 18th-century French, its grammar is that of a West African Volta-Congo language branch, particularly the Fongbe and Igbo languages.

Prose Accent Congo and Modern Accent Congo.

Full Lips Endings with Vertical Narrow Mouth and Soft Rs.

A noun phrase – or NP or nominal (phrase) – is a phrase that usually has a noun or pronoun as its head, and has the same grammatical functions as a noun.

BELMÔNT'S SIN INDEX FUND PORTFOLIO

Sin stock sectors usually include alcohol, tobacco, gambling, sex-related industries (Cabaret and Burlesque), and weapons manufacturers.

Diageo

Phillip Morris

Sports Betting Investment Trust

Pharmaceuticals

Business Clusters with Scrum Management and Accelerators to produce Festivals.

Example: Create a Index Fund Portfolio of 15-20 Stocks and using Supply Side Economics to create Decentralized Gambling Economy.

BELMÔNT'S DECENTRALIZED GAMBLING ECONOMY

Corporate-Capital Gains Tax Haven

High Stakes Minimum Buy In

Card Gambling (Signal and President): Top 2 highest bids fight for the Coup d'état and the other two are lesser men, the lesser men are subordinates that aid in playing cards for the warlord, the winning team splits the money, the warlords switches based on the 13 cards dealt and bets placed, the first team to shed all of their cards win.

Domestic Gambling: Boxing

Retirement Gambling: Boat Racing

Residency Program for Tax Benefits

BELMÔNT'S TURF ACCOUNTING MODEL

+EV

Python Programming Gaussian Distribution

Exotic Options Trading Live Betting

Parlays Minimum for Round Robins

Daily Fantasy Sports Rakes

RUSSE NOIR PALACE

Definitions of ballroom. noun. large room used mainly for dancing. synonyms: dance hall, dance palace**. types: disco, discotheque.

Go Go Music Influenced, Eurphoric Trance Chord Progression Melody, Progressive House and Drum n' Bass Percussion-808 Call and Response Staccato Polyrhythm or Layered Kick and Punch 808.

In his 1972 study of French lute music, scholar Wallace Rave compiled a list of features he believed to be characteristic of style brisé. Rave's list included the following: the avoidance of textural pattern and regularity in part writing; arpeggiated chord textures with irregular distribution of individual notes of the chord; ambiguous melodic lines; rhythmic displacement of notes within a melodic line; octave changes within melodic line; irregular phrase lengths.

Have the Snare and Kick say, "Hi, How are you?" And the 808 say, "I am good thanks for asking.”

Use progressive House to push the Drums Conversation to either Fast and Punchy for Happy or Slow and Deep for Sad.

In technical terms, "go-go's essential beat is characterized by a five through four syncopated rhythm that is underscored prominently by the bass drum and snare drum, and the hi-hat... [and] is ornamented by the other percussion instruments, especially by the conga drums, rototoms, and hand-held cowbells."[5]

Polyrhythm: In music, a cross-beat or cross-rhythm is a specific form of polyrhythm. The term cross rhythm was introduced in 1934 by the musicologist Arthur Morris Jones (1889–1980). It refers to a situation where the rhythmic conflict found in polyrhythms is the basis of an entire musical piece.[1]

Four-on-the-floor (or four-to-the-floor) is a rhythm used primarily in dance genres such as disco and electronic dance music. It is a steady, uniformly accented beat in 4. 4 time in which the bass drum is hit on every beat (1, 2, 3, 4).[1] This was popularized in the disco music of the 1970s[2] and the term four-on-the-floor was widely used in that era, since the beat was played with the pedal-operated, drum-kit bass drum.[3][4] (Punch 808-Kick)

Polyrhythm 4 on the Floor examples 2:4 or 5:4

Hard trance is often characterized by strong, hard (or even downpitch) kicks, fully resonant basses and an increased amount of reverberation applied to the main beat. Melodies vary from 140 to 180 BPMs and it can feature plain instrumental sound in early compositions, with the latter ones tending to implement side-chaining techniques of progressive on digital synthesizers.

Singles Only Email Raves Blogger then Multi Market Distribution Deal: A distribution deal is a contract to release the music to platforms, but not own the publishing or exclusively lock the artist in. Record Artist Producer Label: Have Polyrhythm Artist earn Streaming Percentage under a Recording Artist Deal. Label has Distribution Above Me and I have Manufacturing over Polyrhythm Artist. Have a end of the Year Album for New Year's Raves!

BELMÔNT'S SYSTEM: CAPÔI RETAINER AGREEMENT WITH ASSET PROTECTION TRUST

Capo: Describes a ranking made member of a family who leads a crew of soldiers. A capo is similar to a military captain who commands soldiers. Soldier: Also known as a “made man,” soldiers are the lowest members of the crime family but still command respect in the organization.

A capo is a "made member" of an Italian crime family who heads a regime or "crew" of soldiers and has major status and influence in the organization.

Consigliere: Defense and Corporate Lawyers

Head Boss: Ministry of Medicine

Underboss: Pharmaceutical Industry

Capo: CAPÔI RETAINER AGREEMENT

Soliders: Artisans

Commercialism is the application of both manufacturing and consumption towards personal usage, or the practices, methods, aims, and distribution of products in a free market geared toward generating a profit.

Commercial art is art created for advertising or marketing purposes. Commercial artists are hired by clients to create images and logos that sell products. Unlike works of fine art that convey an artist's personal expression, commercial art must address the client's goals.

The word 'Commercial' is defined as follows: Concerned with or engaged in commerce. Commerce is the exchange of goods or services among two or more parties.

Craftsmen are committed to the medium, not to self-expression. Artists are committed to their self-expression, not the medium.

A medium of exchange is an intermediary instrument and system used to facilitate the purchase and sale of goods and services between parties.

Stretch and Micro Goals

Music Medium System: Distribution and Retailers Contract Theory (System) for Music (Instrument)

Football Medium System: Analytics and Geometry for Free Role (System) Trixies (Instrument)

Age 16-19

Bond Funds

Farmland REITS

CFDS

Real Estate Brokerage Trust Account

Age 20-30

Farmland Recession Proof Stocks (Cosmetics, AgTech, Ag ETFS, AgETN)

Incubator and Startup Accelerators

Real Estate Joint Ventures

Age 30-40

Farmland Blue Chip Indexes w/ Credit Spread Options

CURRENCY, OIL, & GOLD COMMODITIES CANDLESTICK CHARTS

Swing Trading: Use mt4/mt5 With Heiken Ashi Charts, Setting at 14 or 21 Momentum Indicator above 0 as Divergence Oscillator and Volume Spread Analysis as Reversal Oscillator and Trade when bullish candlesticks above 200 exponential moving average and/or 20 exponential moving average (EMA) on H1 (Hourly) Time Frame; use H4 (4 Hours) and D1 (1 Day) as reference.

TUNNEL STRATEGY (OFFSHORE BANKING)

Purpose: Permanent Residency Card

$250k Deposit

$125k: 60/40 portfolio, 60% Fixed Income & REITs and 40% Blue Chip Stocks

$50k: Guaranteed Investment Certificates (GICs) and term deposits are secured investments. This means that you get back the amount you invest at the end of your term. The key difference between a GIC and a term deposit is the length of the term. Term deposits generally have shorter terms than GICs.

$75k: Spending Cash

SIN STOCKS PORTFOLIO

Sin stock sectors usually include alcohol, tobacco, gambling, sex-related industries, and weapons manufacturers.

Sports Betting Investment Trust

Pharmaceuticals

Example: Create a Index Fund Portfolio of 15-20 Stocks and using Supply Side Economics to create Decentralized Gambling Economy.

FESTIVALS DEAL

NEUROPLASTICITY DRUG-CRIME NEXUS BASED ON TRAFFICKING

CPP, CNS Depressants, et FENTALOGS: Cul-de-sac

Defensive Penalty Capture The Flag Raiding Warfare

Grey-Decentralized Markets

Bastilles: Cul-de-sac Artist Résidences Penthouse Complexes

Polyrhythm Raves

Acid House Art Gallery

International Film Festival

Hôtel Chefs

Seigneurial System/Tableau Economique Raw Material Économics Production Spot

Surautomatism

Discount Networking Acid House Party

Opium Dens and Fragrance Festivals

Pill Pressers

CNS depressants

Upper-tier County System

Defense Lawyers are Traplords (Trafficking P4P and Malicious Prosecution)

Cash Conversion Cycle (CCC)

Brain Receptor Dealing

Neuroplasticity Drug-Crime Nexus

Religious Ecstasy

Entheogens are psychedelic drugs—and sometimes certain other psychoactive substances—used for engendering spiritual development or otherwise in sacred contexts

Live-Pool Betting Monopoly Board Game

Summary Sentencing

Urban Level: Street Culture Art Gallery (Street culture may refer to: Urban culture, the culture of towns and cities, Street market, Children's street culture, Street carnival, Block party, Street identity, Street food, Café culture, Several youth subculture or counterculture topics pertaining to outdoors of urban centers. These can include: Street art, Street photography, Street racing, Street wear, Hip-hop culture, Urban fiction, Street sports, Streetball, Flatland BMX, Freestyling), Art Pedagogy, Artist Residency, Art Schools, and Art Plugs

Art Pedagogy: Arts-based pedagogy is a teaching methodology in which an art form is integrated with another subject matter to impact student learning. 28-30. Arts-based pedagogy results in arts-based learning (ABL),11 which is when a student learns about a subject through arts processes including creating, responding or performing. Aesthetic Teaching: Seeking a Balance between Teaching Arts and Teaching through the Arts. In aesthetic education, learning must be developed especially with the inclusion of sensations and with the help of feelings. Sensations and feelings should lead to movement, representation, and expression. Aesthetic learning often entails learning to distinguish certain qualities or objects aesthetically in different ways depending on the situation and the purpose. Certain things can be experienced in negative ways in one activity and in positive ways in another.

A designer drug is a structural or functional analog of a controlled substance that has been designed to mimic the pharmacological effects of the original drug, while avoiding classification as illegal and/or detection in standard drug tests

Patchwork tattoos are a collection of tattoos collaged together to create an overall design. Each individual 'patch' of the tattoo can be a different design, symbol or element with a little space in between. Patchwork tattoos are a collection of tattoos collaged together to create an overall design. In short, the gun-toting angel was a multifaceted metaphor. “It undoubtedly also reflected the Catholic Counter-Reformation militaristic rhetoric,” wrote Donahue-Wallace, “which promoted the church as an army and heavenly beings as its soldiers.”

DECADENCE AESTHETICS THEORIES

Slogan

J'Cartier, Je cours après les vœux de champagne,

Subjective

Based on or influenced by personal feelings, tastes, or opinions

Gastronomy

Precarious Balance

Precariously: If something is happening or positioned precariously, it's in danger. A glass could be precariously balanced on the edge of a table. If something is on the verge of danger, then the word precariously fits.

Grey & Decentralized Markets

Tableau Économique

Semblance

Semblance is generally used to suggest a contrast between outward appearance and inner reality.

High Socioeconomic Status & Tattoos

Phantasmagorical

Having a fantastic or deceptive appearance

adjective. having a fantastic or deceptive appearance, as something in a dream or created by the imagination. having the appearance of an optical illusion, especially one produced by a magic lantern.

Socioeconomic Status Development Immigration Multilingual Sensory Play

Law of Polarity in Relationships

In any successful relationship that has an intimate connection and sexual attraction, there is polarity. What does this mean exactly? Polarity in relationships is the spark that occurs between two opposing energies: masculine and feminine. Gender does not affect whether you have masculine or feminine energy.

Second Reflection

Burden Aesthetics with Intentions

The Second Reflection lays hold of the Technical Procedures

Tattoos

SOCIO-PSYCHOLOGY

Keystone Theory Habits

Game Theory

Behavioral Finance

Self-actualization is the complete realization of one's potential, and the full development of one's abilities and appreciation for life. This concept is at the top of the Maslow hierarchy of needs, so not every human being reaches it.

Potential Psychology: Psychological potential is a very broad concept. It may include one's capacity to conform, change, re-invent oneself, bounce back from adversity, etc.

SOCIO-FORMAL SCIENCE

+EV Optimal Game Theory Poker

Civil, Agriculure, Solvent Levelling Effect Chemical Reaction, and Biomechanical Engineering

SOCIO-PHILOSOPHY

Ontology

IMPERIALISM, THE HIGHEST STAGE OF CAPITALISM

Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism,[1] originally published as Imperialism, the Newest Stage of Capitalism,[2][3] is a book written by Vladimir Lenin in 1916 and published in 1917. It describes the formation of oligopoly, by the interlacing of bank and industrial capital, in order to create a financial oligarchy, and explains the function of financial capital in generating profits from the exploitation colonialism inherent to imperialism, as the final stage of capitalism. The essay synthesises Lenin's developments of Karl Marx's theories of political economy in Das Kapital (1867).[4]

Tax Mergers Law; Market-extension merger: Two companies that sell the same products in different markets. 4.2.2 Corporate Taxation At the corporate level, the tax treatment of a merger or acquisition depends on whether the acquiring firm elects to treat the acquired firm as being absorbed into the parent with its tax attributes intact, or first being liquidated and then received in the form of its component assets.

SOCIOCULTURAL THEORY OF DEVELOPMENT

Seconds Liberal Arts are often viewed as pre-professional since, while conceived of as fundamental to citizenship, they address the whole person in recognition that our moral and spiritual identities develop best through participation in a society that perpetually renews the rights and responsibilities of membership.

Executive management master's degree programs often result in an Executive Master of Business Administration, or EMBA. They are primarily designed to act as accelerated graduate programs for working professionals who already hold management or executive positions.

Engineering college means a school, college, university, department of a university or other educational institution, reputable and in good standing in accordance with rules prescribed by the Department, and which grants baccalaureate degrees in engineering.

Monopoly Family Boarding Schools: The socio-historical context refers to the societal and historical conditions and circumstances that influence events or individuals. It involves elements like the cultural, economic, and political circumstances during a certain time period.

Agriculturism is an ideology promoting rural life, a traditional way of life. It is characterized by the valorization of traditional values (the family, the French language, the Catholic religion) and an opposition to the industrial world.

CAPÔI CLASS STRUCTURE

Demonym Examples: CAR Congolese, Gabon Congolese, Afrikaans Congolese, and Congolese

Monopoly Family (Apartheid)

Chief Executive of State (Apartheid)

Political Class (RUSSE NOIR)

Upper Class (RUSSE NOIR)

Working Class (RUSSE NOIR)

JEAN-CLAUDE TRAORÉ BUSINESS ADVICE

Blue Ocean Strategy; Solvent Levelling Effect Chemical Reaction Engineering and Economic Science.

TENNIS AGRICULTURE

A clay-court specialist is a tennis player who excels on clay courts, more than on any other surface.

Due in part to advances in racquet technology, current clay-court specialists are known for employing long, winding groundstrokes that generate heavy topspin; such strokes are less effective on faster surfaces on which the balls do not bounce as high. Clay-court specialists tend to slide more effectively on clay than other players. Many of them are also very adept at hitting the drop shot, which can be effective because rallies on clay courts often leave players pushed far beyond the baseline. Additionally, the slow, long rallies require a great degree of mental focus and physical stamina.

CASAPIANOS MARTYROLOGY ORDER (CATHOLIC COUNTER-REFORMATION)

The Casa Pia is a Portuguese institution founded by Maria I, known as A Pia ("Mary the Pious"), and organized by Police Intendant Pina Manique in 1780, following the social disarray of the 1755 Lisbon earthquake. For almost three centuries, thousands of young boys and girls were raised by Casa Pia, including many public personalities, called casapianos. Casa Pia is Portugal's largest educational institution dedicated to helping youngsters in risk of social exclusion or without parental support. The organisation is composed of ten schools and enrolls approximately 4700 students. In addition to standard schooling, the organisation also provides boarding for children in need. It strives to enable these youngsters to become healthy and successful members of society, by developing intellectual, manual, and physical traits, in an environment promoting spiritual, moral, and religious values. The institution is proud to have had amongst its students many outstanding Portuguese personalities, including politicians, journalists, and artists. A martyrology is a catalogue or list of martyrs and other saints and beati arranged in the calendar order of their anniversaries or feasts. Local martyrologies record exclusively the custom of a particular Church. Local lists were enriched by names borrowed from neighbouring churches.[1] Consolidation occurred, by the combination of several local martyrologies, with or without borrowings from literary sources.

The Canons Regular of St. Augustine are priests who live in community under a rule (Latin: regula and κανών, kanon, in Greek) and are generally organised into religious orders, differing from both secular canons and other forms of religious life, such as clerics regular, designated by a partly similar terminology. As religious communities, they have laybrothers as part of the community.

Clerics regular are clerics (mostly priests) who are members of a religious order under a rule of life (regular). Clerics regular differ from canons regular in that they devote themselves more to pastoral care, in place of an obligation to the praying of the Liturgy of the Hours in common, and have fewer observances in their rule of life.

Lay brother is a largely extinct term referring to religious brothers, particularly in the Catholic Church, who focused upon manual service and secular matters, and were distinguished from choir monks or friars in that they did not pray in choir, and from clerics, in that they were not in possession of (or preparing for) holy orders.[1][2][3][4][5]

In female religious institutes, the equivalent role is the lay sister. Lay brothers were originally created to allow those who were skilled in particular crafts or did not have the required education to study for holy orders to participate in and contribute to the life of a religious order.

Lay brothers were found in many religious orders. Drawn from the working classes, they were pious and hardworking people, who though unable to achieve the education needed to receive holy orders, were still drawn to religious life and were able to contribute to the order through their skills. Some were skilled in artistic handicrafts, others functioned as administrators of the orders' material assets. In particular, the lay brothers of the Cistercians were skilled in agriculture, and have been credited for the tilling of fertile farmland.[1]

Lay sisters were found in most of the orders of women, and their origin, like that of the lay brothers, is to be found in the necessity of providing the choir nuns with more time for the Office and study, as well as creating the opportunity for the illiterate to join the religious life. They, too, wore a habit different from those of the choir sisters, and their required daily prayers consisted of prayers such as the Little Office or a certain number of Paters.[1]

All canons regular are to be distinguished from secular canons who belong to a resident group of priests but who do not take public vows and are not governed in whatever elements of life they lead in common by a historical rule. One obvious place where such groups of priests are required is at a cathedral, where there were many Masses to celebrate and the Divine Office to be prayed together in community.

In modern astrology, Mars is the primary native ruler of the first house. Traditionally however, Mars ruled both the third and tenth houses, and had its joy in the fifth house. While Venus tends to the overall relationship atmosphere, Mars is the passionate impulse and action, the masculine aspect, discipline, willpower and stamina.

Mars rules over Tuesday and in Romance languages the word for Tuesday often resembles Mars (in Romanian, marți, in Spanish, martes, in French, mardi and in Italian "martedì"). The English "Tuesday" is a modernised form of "Tyr's Day", Tyr being the Germanic analogue to Mars. Dante Alighieri associated Mars with the liberal art of arithmetic. In Chinese astrology, Mars is ruled by the element fire, which is passionate, energetic and adventurous.

According to John Clements, the term martial arts itself is derived from an older Latin term meaning "arts of Mars", the Roman god of war, and was used to refer to the combat systems of Europe (European martial arts) as early as the 1550s

A religious congregation is a type of religious institute in the Catholic Church. They are legally distinguished from religious orders – the other major type of religious institute – in that members take simple vows, whereas members of religious orders take solemn vows.

In the Catholic Church, a religious order is a community of consecrated life with members that profess solemn vows. They are classed as a type of religious institute.[1]

Catholic School Girls Moon Evangelical Prophets: Consecrated life is "placed in a privileged position in the line of evangelical prophecy," whereby its “charismatic nature” and communal discernment of the Spirit "makes it capable of inventiveness and originality.”

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Material religion is a framework used by scholars of religion to examine the interaction between religion and material culture. It focuses on the place of objects, images, spaces, and buildings in religious communities. The framework has been promoted by scholars such as Birgit Meyer, Sally Promey, S. Brent Plate, David Morgan, etc.

Physiocracy (French: physiocratie; from the Greek for "government of nature") is an economic theory developed by a group of 18th-century Age of Enlightenment French economists who believed that the wealth of nations derived solely from the value of "land agriculture" or "land development" and that agricultural products should be highly priced.[1] Their theories originated in France and were most popular during the second half of the 18th century. Physiocracy became one of the first well-developed theories of economics.

The Bible typically describes the Heavenly host as being made up of angels, and gives several descriptions of angels in military terms, such as their encampment (Genesis 32:1–2), command structure (Psalms 91:11–12; Matt.13:41; Rev.7:2), and participation in combat (Job 19:12; Rev.12:7). Other passages indicate other entities make up the divine army, namely stars (Judges 5:20, Isaiah 40:26).[1][full citation needed] In Christian theology, the heavenly host participate in the war in Heaven.

The doctrine or theory of immanence holds that the divine encompasses or is manifested in the material world. It is held by some philosophical and metaphysical theories of divine presence. Immanence is usually applied in monotheistic, pantheistic, pandeistic, or panentheistic faiths to suggest that the spiritual world permeates the mundane.

The Dionysian Mysteries were a ritual of ancient Greece and Rome which sometimes used intoxicants and other trance-inducing techniques (like dance and music) to remove inhibitions and social constraints, liberating the individual to return to a natural state.

Religious nationalism can be understood in a number of ways, such as nationalism as a religion itself, a position articulated by Carlton Hayes in his text Nationalism: A Religion, or as the relationship of nationalism to a particular religious belief, dogma, ideology, or affiliation. This relationship can be broken down into two aspects: the politicisation of religion and the influence of religion on politics.

Dioceses ruled by an archbishop are commonly referred to as archdioceses; most are metropolitan sees, being placed at the head of an ecclesiastical province. In the Catholic Church, some are suffragans of a metropolitan see or are directly subject to the Holy See.

The body of light, sometimes called the 'astral body'[a] or the 'subtle body,'[b] is a "quasi material"[1] aspect of the human body, being neither solely physical nor solely spiritual, posited by a number of philosophers, and elaborated on according to various esoteric, occult, and mystical teachings. Other terms used for this body include body of glory,[2] spirit-body, luciform body, augoeides ('radiant body'), astroeides ('starry or sidereal body'), and celestial body.[3] The concept derives from the philosophy of Plato: the word 'astral' means 'of the stars'; thus the astral plane consists of the Seven Heavens of the classical planets. The idea is rooted in common worldwide religious accounts of the afterlife[4] in which the soul's journey or "ascent" is described in such terms as "an ecstatic, mystical or out-of body experience, wherein the spiritual traveller leaves the physical body and travels in their body of light into 'higher' realms."[5]

The canon law of the Catholic Church (from Latin ius canonicum[1]) is "how the Church organizes and governs herself".[2] It is the system of laws and ecclesiastical legal principles made and enforced by the hierarchical authorities of the Catholic Church to regulate its external organization and government and to order and direct the activities of Catholics toward the mission of the Church.

An institute of consecrated life is an association of faithful in the Catholic Church canonically erected by competent church authorities to enable men or women who publicly profess the evangelical counsels by religious vows or other sacred bonds "through the charity to which these counsels lead to be joined to the Church and its mystery in a special way".[1] They are defined in the 1983 Code of Canon Law under canons 573–730. The Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life has ecclesial oversight of institutes of consecrated life.[2]

In Christianity, the three evangelical counsels, or counsels of perfection, are chastity (NEVER), poverty (or perfect charity), and obedience (RECKLESS ABANDONMENT).[1] As stated by Jesus in the canonical gospels,[2] they are counsels for those who desire to become "perfect" (τελειος, teleios).[3][4] The Catholic Church interprets this to mean that they are not binding upon all, and hence not necessary conditions to attain eternal life (heaven), but that they are "acts of supererogation", "over and above" the minimum stipulated in the biblical commandments.[5][6]

Catholics who have made a public profession to order their lives by the evangelical counsels, and confirmed this by public vows before their competent church authority (the act of religious commitment known as a profession), are recognised as members of the consecrated life.

The Council of Trent (Latin: Concilium Tridentinum), held between 1545 and 1563 in Trent (or Trento), now in northern Italy, was the 19th ecumenical council of the Catholic Church. Prompted by the Protestant Reformation at the time, it has been described as the embodiment of the Counter-Reformation. The Council issued key statements and clarifications of the Church's doctrine and teachings, including scripture, the biblical canon, sacred tradition, original sin, justification, salvation, the sacraments, the Mass, and the veneration of saints[4] and also issued condemnations of what it defined to be heresies committed by proponents of Protestantism. The consequences of the Council were also significant with regard to the Church's liturgy and censorship.

Initiated in part to address the challenges of the Protestant Reformations,[3] the Counter-Reformation was a comprehensive effort arising from the decrees of the Council of Trent. The effort produced apologetic and polemical documents, heresy trials, anti-corruption efforts, spiritual movements, the promotion of new religious orders, and the flourishing of new art and musical styles.

Tradwave is a Catholic artistic style using synthwave and vaporwave art to promote traditional catholicism. Tradwave usually uses traditional catholic paintings, sculptures, or photographs of saints, given with vaporwave effects, often with a bible verse or quote about catholicism. The art usually tries to convey a resurrection of catholic spirituality in the modern atheist world. Figures often depicted in Tradwave art include Jesus Christ, the Virgin Mary, Ven. Fulton Sheen, Cardinal Robert Sarah, and Mother Angelica.

Tradwave music often takes the form of two main styles. One of them is catholic hymns with vaporwave effects and traditional Vaporwave/Lo-Fi music. It can also have quotes from modern prolific Catholic figures, such as Ven. The other theme is Fulton Sheen and Cardinal Robert Sarah.

Heavenly Virtues: Another phrase to describe this obedience to the voice is “reckless abandon.” It simply means that we let God do what God wants to do through us. It means if He tells us to do something or say something—we do it.

Intercession or intercessory prayer is the act of praying to a deity on behalf of others, or asking a saint in heaven to pray on behalf of oneself or for others. Intercession of the Saints is a Christian doctrine that maintains that saints can intercede for others. To intercede is to go or come between two parties, to plead before one of them on behalf of the other. In ecclesiastical usage both words are taken in the sense of the intervention primarily of Christ, and secondarily of the Blessed Virgin and the angels and saints, on behalf of men.[2] The doctrine is held by the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox Churches, the Assyrian Church of the East, the Oriental Orthodox churches , and some Lutherans and Anglicans (chiefly those of Evangelical Catholic or Anglo-Catholic churchmanship, respectively).[3] The practice of asking saints for their intercession can be found in Christian writings from the 3rd century onwards.[4][5][6] Catholic doctrine supports intercessory prayer to saints. This practice is an application of the doctrine of the Communion of saints. Some of the early basis for this was the belief that martyrs passed immediately into the presence of God and could obtain graces and blessings for others, which naturally and immediately led to their direct invocation. A further reinforcement was derived from the cult of the angels which, while pre-Christian in its origin, was heartily embraced by the faithful of the sub-Apostolic age. The doctrine of intercession and invocation was set forth by the Council of Trent, which teaches that "... the saints who reign together with Christ offer up their own prayers to God for men. It is good and useful suppliantly to invoke them, and to have recourse to their prayers, aid, and help for obtaining benefits from God, through His Son Jesus Christ our Lord, Who alone is our Redeemer and Saviour".[10] Intercessory prayer to saintly persons who have not yet been beatified can also practiced by individuals, and evidence of miracles produced as a result of such prayer is very commonly produced during the formal process of beatification and canonization.

In short, the gun-toting angel was a multifaceted metaphor. “It undoubtedly also reflected the Catholic Counter-Reformation militaristic rhetoric,” wrote Donahue-Wallace, “which promoted the church as an army and heavenly beings as its soldiers.” These "Harquebusier Angels" or "Arcabuceros" are full-length depictions of winged angels, elaborately dressed, and carrying matchlock guns (harquebuses).

The related term astrolatry usually implies polytheism. In anthropological literature these systems of practice may be referred to as astral cults.

A friar is a member of one of the mendicant orders in the Roman Catholic Church. There are also friars outside of the Roman Catholic Church, such as within the Anglican Communion. The term, first used in the 12th or 13th century, distinguishes the mendicants' itinerant apostolic character, exercised broadly under the jurisdiction of a superior general, from the older monastic orders' allegiance to a single monastery formalized by their vow of stability. A friar may be in holy orders or be a non-ordained brother. The most significant orders of friars are the Dominicans, Franciscans, Augustinians, and Carmelites.[1]

Romans 8:31; Exploring Biblical Imagery is one of the most important keys to interpreting and gaining a deeper understanding of the Bible. The Bible often communicates truth to us through images and patterns.

Throughout history, armed priests or soldier priests have been recorded. Distinguished from military chaplains, who are non-combatants that provided spiritual guidance to service personnel and associated civilians, these priests took up arms and fought in conflicts as combatants. The term warrior priests or war priests is usually used for armed priests in Antiquity and the Middle Ages, and of historical tribes.

Slang: In Romans 8:5-8, Paul presents a compelling contrast between living according to the flesh and living according to the Spirit. The flesh, with its disordered desires and rebellion against God, leads only to spiritual desolation. Martyr, one who voluntarily suffers death rather than deny their religion by words or deeds; such action is afforded special, institutionalized recognition in most major religions of the world. The term may also refer to anyone who sacrifices their life or something of great value for the sake of principle. A religious allusion is a brief reference to a person, event, place, or phrase from religious texts or traditions, without describing them in detail. 5 Those who live according to the flesh have their minds set on what the flesh desires; but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires. 6 The mind governed by the flesh is death, but the mind governed by the Spirit is life and peace. 7 The mind governed by the flesh is hostile to God; it does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so. 8 Those who are in the realm of the flesh cannot please God. Martyr/Romans 8 Allusion Slang.

The Roman Martyrology is an official liturgical book of the Catholic Church, with ancient origins, that lists the martyrs, confessors, virgins, and other saints, each on his or her dies natalis, or birthday into eternal life, as well as major feasts of Our Lord and Our Lady.

The Roman Martyrology is also central to the Divine Office or Liturgy of the Hours—a daily set of prayers marking the hours of each day and sanctifying it with worship. During the Office of Readings, specific entries from the martyrology are recited to inform and inspire those in prayer.

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While it retains the original Shakespearean dialogue, the film represents the Montagues and the Capulets as warring mafia empires (with legitimate business fronts) and the Capulets were "a Latin family, sort of,"[15] played by Latin-American and Italian actors.[16] It is set in contemporary United States, where swords are replaced by guns[17] (with model names such as "Dagger", "Sword", and "Rapier"), and with a FedEx-style overnight delivery service called "Post Haste".[18] Shakespeare and Impure Aesthetics explores ideas about art implicit in Shakespeare's plays and defines specific Shakespearean aesthetic practices in his use of desire, death and mourning as resources for art. In fiction, a subplot or side story is a secondary strand of the plot that is a supporting side story for any story or for the main plot. Subplots may connect to main plots, in either time and place or thematic significance. Subplots often involve supporting characters, those besides the protagonist or antagonist. Subplots may also intertwine with the main plot at some point in a story.[1]

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Specifically, the royal psalms deal with the spiritual role of kings in the worship of Yahweh. Aside from that single qualification, there is nothing else which specifically links the ten psalms. Each of the psalms make explicit references to their subject, the king. Royal (messianic) psalms deal with the king as God's anointed or chosen one. Many are prayers for the wisdom of the king, his long life or success in battle. Some are prophetic in nature in that they also point to the ideal future king, the Messiah or the King of kings. A martyrology is a catalogue or list of martyrs and other saints and beati arranged in the calendar order of their anniversaries or feasts. Local martyrologies record exclusively the custom of a particular Church. Local lists were enriched by names borrowed from neighbouring churches.[1] Consolidation occurred, by the combination of several local martyrologies, with or without borrowings from literary sources. Simple martyrologies only enumerate names. Historical martyrologies, also sometimes called passionaries, also include stories or biographical details. (Reckless Abandonment; Mars Shamanism and Casa Pia Wing Transfer Invocation)

The term "revolutionary martyr" usually relates to those dying in revolutionary struggle.[50][51] During the 20th century, the concept was developed in particular in the culture and propaganda of communist or socialist revolutions, although it was and is also used in relation to nationalist revolutions. In the martyrdom narrative of the remembering community, this refusal to comply with the presented demands results in the punishment or execution of an individual by an oppressor. Accordingly, the status of the 'martyr' can be considered a posthumous title as a reward for those who are considered worthy of the concept of martyrdom by the living, regardless of any attempts by the deceased to control how they will be remembered in advance.[1] Insofar, the martyr is a relational figure of a society's boundary work that is produced by collective memory.[2] Originally applied only to those who suffered for their religious beliefs, the term has come to be used in connection with people killed for a political cause. (Armed Friars and The War for Central Africa between Casapianos and The French; The Fall of Yoruba for Bembé; Arcubusier Angels in Africa)

The Metal Ages is a term for the period of human civilization beginning about 6,000 years ago during which metallurgy rapidly advanced, and human populations started using metals such as copper, tin, bronze and finally iron to make tools and weapons. By heating and shaping metals in hot furnaces, humanity also learned to use precious metals such as gold and silver to make intricate ornaments.[1][2] With these technological adaptions, human society became more productive and human settlements became larger and more prosperous, but also more violent.[3] The Metal Ages are divided into three stages: the Copper Age, the Bronze Age, and the Iron Age.[1][2] (Calcium Age of Mozambique)

Religious practices in ancient Greece encompassed a collection of beliefs, rituals, and mythology, in the form of both popular public religion and cult practices. The application of the modern concept of "religion" to ancient cultures has been questioned as anachronistic.[1] The ancient Greeks did not have a word for 'religion' in the modern sense. Likewise, no Greek writer known to us classifies either the gods or the cult practices into separate 'religions'.[2] Instead, for example, Herodotus speaks of the Hellenes as having "common shrines of the gods and sacrifices, and the same kinds of customs."[3] Various religious festivals were held in ancient Greece. Many were specific only to a particular deity or city-state. Altogether the year in Athens included some 140 days that were religious festivals of some sort, though they varied greatly in importance. (Festival Martyrology)

Gnostic cosmogony generally presents a distinction between a supreme, hidden God and a malevolent lesser divinity (sometimes associated with the biblical deity Yahweh)[1] who is responsible for creating the material universe. Consequently, Gnostics considered material existence flawed or evil, and held the principal element of salvation to be direct knowledge of the hidden divinity, attained via mystical or esoteric insight. Many Gnostic texts deal not in concepts of sin and repentance, but with illusion and enlightenment.[2] Gnostic writings flourished among certain Christian groups in the Mediterranean world around the second century, when the Fathers of the early Church denounced them as heresy.[3]

The original sense of apotheosis relates to religion and is the subject of many works of art. Figuratively "apotheosis" may be used in almost any context for "the deification, glorification, or exaltation of a principle, practice, etc.", so normally attached to an abstraction of some sort.[1] In religion, apotheosis was a feature of many religions in the ancient world, and some that are active today. It requires a belief that there is a possibility of newly-created gods, so a polytheistic belief system. The major modern religions of Christianity, Islam, and Judaism do not allow for this, though many recognise minor sacred categories such as saints (created by a process called canonization). A mural crown (Latin: corona muralis) is a crown or headpiece representing city walls, towers, or fortresses. In classical antiquity, it was an emblem of tutelary deities who watched over a city, and among the Romans a military decoration. Later the mural crown developed into a symbol of European heraldry, mostly for cities and towns, and in the 19th and 20th centuries was used in some republican heraldry. (Mural Crown Wing Transfer)

In religious studies, an ethnic religion is a religion or belief associated with notions of heredity and a particular ethnic group. (CHAMA ROXA)

An illusion is a distortion of the senses, which can reveal how the mind normally organizes and interprets sensory stimulation. Although illusions distort the human perception of reality, they are generally shared by most people.[1] (Sensory Process Sensitivity)

Capricornus is one of the 88 modern constellations, and was also one of the 48 constellations listed by the 2nd century astronomer Claudius Ptolemy. Its old astronomical symbol is (♑︎). Under its modern boundaries it is bordered by Aquila, Sagittarius, Microscopium, Piscis Austrinus, and Aquarius. The constellation is located in an area of sky called the Sea or the Water, consisting of many water-related constellations such as Aquarius, Pisces and Eridanus. It is the smallest constellation in the zodiac. (Men)

Leo Minor is a small and faint constellation in the northern celestial hemisphere. Its name is Latin for "the smaller lion", in contrast to Leo, the larger lion. It lies between the larger and more recognizable Ursa Major to the north and Leo to the south. Leo Minor was not regarded as a separate constellation by classical astronomers; it was designated by Johannes Hevelius in 1687.[2] (Women)

Dancehall is a genre of Jamaican popular music that originated in the late 1970s.[4][5] Initially, dancehall was a more sparse version of reggae than the roots style, which had dominated much of the 1970s.[6][7] In the mid-1980s, digital instrumentation became more prevalent, changing the sound considerably, with digital dancehall (or "ragga") becoming increasingly characterized by faster rhythms. Key elements of dancehall music include its extensive use of Jamaican Patois rather than Jamaican standard English and a focus on the track instrumentals (or "riddims"). Dancehall saw initial mainstream success in Jamaica in the 1980s, and by the 1990s, it became increasingly popular in Jamaican diaspora communities. In the 2000s, dancehall experienced worldwide mainstream success, and by the 2010s, it began to heavily influence the work of established Western artists and producers, which has helped to further bring the genre into the Western music mainstream.[8][9][10] (DOS SANTOS was this first generation of Dancehall Consumers)

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A congress is a formal meeting of the representatives of different countries, constituent states, organizations, trade unions, political parties, or other groups.[1] The term originated in Late Middle English to denote an encounter (meeting of adversaries) during battle, from the Latin congressus.

A federation (also called a federal state) is an entity characterized by a union of partially self-governing provinces, states, or other regions under a federal government (federalism). In a federation, the self-governing status of the component states, as well as the division of power between them and the central government, is constitutionally entrenched and may not be altered by a unilateral decision, neither by the component states nor the federal political body without constitutional amendment.

The League of Corinth, also referred to as the Hellenic League (Greek: κοινὸν τῶν Ἑλλήνων, koinòn tõn Hellḗnōn;[a] or simply οἱ Ἕλληνες, the Héllēnes),[3] was a federation of Greek states created by Philip II[4] in 338–337 BC. The League was created in order to unify Greek military forces under Macedonian leadership (hegemony) in their combined conquest of the Persian Achaemenid Empire.[5][6][7]

The League was governed by the Hegemon (leader)[21][22][23] (strategos autokrator[24][25] in a military context),[26] the council (Synedrion),[27] and the judges (Dikastai). Delegates of the member-states (Synedroi) were responsible for administering the common affairs of the League. They were summoned and presided over by a committee of presiding officers (Proedroi), chosen by lot in time of peace, and by the Hegemon in time of war.[19] Decrees of the league were issued in Corinth, Athens, Delphi, Olympia and Pydna.[28] The League maintained an army levied from member states in approximate proportion to their size, while Philip established Hellenic garrisons (commanded by phrourarchs, or garrison commanders) in Corinth, Thebes, Pydna[29] and Ambracia.

Heortology or eortology is a science that deals with the origin and development of religious festivals,[1] and more specifically the study of the history and criticism of liturgical calendars and martyrologies*.

Religious Ecstacy Entheogens are psychedelic drugs—and sometimes certain other psychoactive substances—used for engendering spiritual development or otherwise in sacred contexts (Birth as a Festival Capital)

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GIL EVANS, L’ARRANGEUR DE GÉNIE

"Gil was not a composer in the usual sense of the word. He was not a piano player in the usual sense, either. In fact, Gil was not your usual kind of man. He was a poet all the way from morning till night."

- Lee Konitz

Né le 13 mai 1912 à Toronto, en Ontario, Ian Ernest Gilmore Evans était le fils de Margaret Julia McConnachy. Evans n’avait jamais connu son père. On sait très peu de choses au sujet du père biologique d’Evans, mais il serait décédé peu avant sa naissance. D’origine irlando-écossaise, Evans avait déclaré plus tard que son père biologique était un joueur pathologique et que le couple s’était épousé en Australie avant de s’installer au New Jersey puis de s’établir au Canada sur une base permanente. Initialement baptisé sous le nom Gilmore Ian Ernest Green, Evans avait pris le nom de son beau-père John Evans, un mineur qui était le cinquième époux de sa mère. Très impliquée socialement, la mère d’Evans, qui était infirmière, fabriquait également des repas pour les enfants des mineurs.

La famille d’Evans est déménagée à de nombreuses reprises, et avait vécu successivement en Saskatchewan, en Colombie-Britannique, dans l’État de Washington, en Idaho, au Montana et en Oregon, en somme partout où le père d’Evans pouvait trouver du travail. Vers 1922, la famille Evans s’était finalement installée en Californie, d’abord à Berkeley, où Evans avait complété ses neuvième et dixième années, puis à Stockton, où il avait frequenté le Stockton High School et décroché son diplôme en 1930.

À la même époque, le père d’Evans avait décroché un emploi à la Western Pacific Railroad. À l’époque, Evans avait commencé à voler de ses propres ailes avait partagé un logement avec des amis dans une maison de son quartier. Après avoir obtenu son diplôme, Evans avait fréquenté le College of the Pacific à Stockton, mais il n’avait pas tardé à être transféré au Modesto Junior College. Après avoir passé un an à Modesto, Evans était finalement retourné à Stockton.

De formation essentiellement autodidacte, Evans avait commencé à s’intéresser à la musique dès son plus jeune âge en écoutant Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong et Fletcher Henderson à la radio et sur disque. Evans vivait à San Francisco en 1927 lorsqu’il avait assisté à un concert du Duke Ellington Orchestra au Orpheum Theatre. La même année, Evans avait acheté son premier disque de jazz, "No One Else But You" de Louis Armstrong et Earl Hines. Il expliquait: "I will never get over it! I wasn't even into music then. I was just buying records and going to high school."

Après avoir appris le piano, Evans avait commencé à écrire des arrangements ‘’sur le tas’’ en transcrivant les enregistrements de grands noms du jazz comme Red Nichols, Duke Ellington,et Don Redman.

Il avait également décroché des contrats avec des musiciens locaux dans des hôtels.

DÉBUTS DE CARRIÈRE

Durant son séjour au collège en 1933, Evans avait co-fondé avec Ned Briggs un premier groupe, une formation de dix musiciens conçue d’après le modèle du Casa Loma Orchestra. La formation, qui interprétait les arrangements de Don Redman, Fletcher Henderson et Duke Ellington, était devenue le groupe-maison du Rendezvous Ballroom de Balboa Beach, en Californie, de 1935 à 1938. La même année, le groupe avait même partagé la scène avec l’orchestre de Benny Goodman au Palomar Ballroom.

Lorsque le chanteur Skinny Ennis avait pris la direction du groupe en 1937, Evans s’était établi à Hollywood. Le groupe se produisait d’ailleurs régulièrement sur l’émission de radio de Bob Hope. C’est d’ailleurs à cette époque qu’Evans avait pris conscience de ses capacités d’arrangeur. Il précisait: "By about 1941 I began to realize that I wasn't really technically equipped to handle that kind of work. It took too much to do it. Besides the producer of the show was always calling me the poor man's Stravinksy... because he could never figure out what key we were playing in."

Les arrangements d’Evans à l’époque étaient très influencés par la musique classique européenne contemporaine, et comprenaient des instruments traditionnellement peu associés au jazz comme le cor français, la flûte et le tuba. Lorsqu’en 1939, Claude Thornhill avait été engagé pour participer à l’émission de Hope, il était devenu une des influences majeures d’Evans.

Evans était demeuré citoyen canadien jusqu’à ce qu’il fasse son service militaire dans l’armée américaine de 1942 à 1946. Après 1946, Evans avait travaillé principalement à New York, et avait vécu pendant plusieurs années dans la Westbeth Artists Community.

De 1941 à 1948, Evans avait travaillé comme arrangeur pour le Claude Thornhill Orchestra. Thornhill, qui avait mis son groupe sur pied en 1939, avait finalement décidé de retourner à New York en 1941. Le 20 mars de la même année, le groupe avait entrepris une période de résidence de trois mois au Glen Island Casino. L’entrée en guerre des États-Unis en décembre 1941 avait cependant sonné le glas de l’orchestre de Thornhill qui n’avait pas tardé à être démantelée.

Décrivant sa collaboration avec Thornhill, Evans avait commenté: "It was a conservatory band in a way. The pitch was perfect, the blend was just built in. At the time I needed a workshop to hone my craft. I had never written for French horns, for example, Thornhill had two, and later three, flutes in addition to the saxophones we already had." Dans une autre entrevue, Evans avait ajouté:

"There was a French horn lead, one and sometimes two French horns playing in unison or a duet depending on the character of the melody. The clarinets doubled the melody, also playing lead. Below were two altos, a tenor, and a baritone, or two altos and two tenors. The bottom was normally a double on the melody by the baritone or tenor. The reed section sometimes went very low with the saxes being forced to play in subtone and very soft."

La première collaboration d’Evans avec Thornhill était un arrangement de Pictures At an Exhibition and Arab Dance du compositeur russe Modeste Moussorgsky. L’historien du jazz Gunther Schuller avait même écrit dans son ouvrage The Swing Era (publié en 1991) que les arrangements qu’Evans avait écrit pour Thornhill "represent some of the more glorious moments in jazz history."

Evans avait quitté l’orchestre de Thornhill à l’été 1948 car il se sentait à l’étroit avec le groupe et désirait pousser son exploration plus loin. Evans expliquait: "He leaned on me, and he didn't want to. I let him because I wanted the experience. He liked modern jazz, but it wasn't what he wanted to play." Evans, qui adorait le bebop, avait même écrit des arrangements des classiques "Anthropology" et "Donna Lee’’ de Charlie Parker. L’arrangement d’Evans de "Donna Lee’’ avait éventuellement été enregistré par l’orchestre de Thornhill, qui comprenait à l’époque de grands noms du jazz comme le trompettiste Red Rodney, le clarinettiste Danny Polo et le saxophonist Lee Konitz. Interrogé dans le cadre de l’ouvrage Jazz Masters of the Forties d’Ira Gitler, Konitz avait commenté: "It was a beautiful band. Gil Evans wrote the better arrangements in the book, and it was a good group of musicians. Gil tried to teach them ... how to play bebop. He was bringing in Bird's lines and teaching these cats--and a lot of them were older--how to inflect the lines."

Les arrangements d’Evans avaient toujours représenté un grand défi pour les musiciens. Le contrebassiste Bill Crow avait même déclaré que Thornhill se servait des arrangements d’Evans lorsqu’il désirait ‘’punir’’ ses musiciens. À l’époque, le modeste d’appartement d’Evans situé derrière une buanderie chinoise de la 55e rue à New York était devenu un lieu de rendez-vous pour les musiciens désireux d’expérimenter de nouveaux styles musicaux hors de l’influence prédominante du bebop. Parmi ces musiciens, on retrouvait Charlie Parker, John Lewis, Gerry Mulligan et John Carisi. Evans avait rencontré Miles Davis pour la première fois à l’été 1947 et un respect mutuel s’était aussitôt développé entre les deux hommes. Comme Davis l’avait déclaré dans son autobiographie publiée en 1989: "During this time I was going over to Gil Evans's a lot, listening to what he was saying about the music. Gil and I hit it off right away. I could relate to his musical ideas and he could relate to mine. With Gil, the question of race never entered; it was always about music."

En septembre 1948, le nonet de Davis avait entrepris un contrat de deux semaines au club Royal Roost. Le groupe était composé des saxophonistes Lee Konitz et Gerry Mulligan, du tromboniste Michael Zwerin, du joueur de cor français Junior Collins, du tubiste Bill Barber, du contrebassiste Al McKibbon, du batteur Max Roach et du chanteur Kenny Hapgood. Même si le groupe s’était attiré des commentaires mitigés des amateurs et des critiques, il avait suscité l’intérêt du producteur Pete Rugolo des disques Capitol qui lui avait proposé d’enregistrer. La seconde session comprenait la pièce "Boplicity’’, une composition conjointe d’Evans et de Davis, ainsi que des arrangements des pièces "Moon Dreams" et "Darn That Dream." Publiées d’abord sous forme de 78-tours, les enregistrements avaient éventuellement été réédités sous le titre de Birth of the Cool. L’album avait joué un rôle déterminant dans le développement de ce qu’on avait plus tard appelé le Cool jazz. Comme Pete Welding l’écrivait dans les notes de pochette de l’album: "Let's reaffirm something here: catchy as the album title notwithstanding, the music of the Miles Davis Nonet was, is anything but cool... Among these twelve performances is to be found some of the most arresting, resourceful, richly textured and abidingly creative small-ensemble writing in all of jazz history."

En 1948, Evans, en compagnie de Davis, de Mulligan et de plusieurs autres, avait collaboré dans le cadre d’un nonet. Ce genre de groupe de taille moyenne était un compromis entre les petites formations comme les trios et les quintets et les grands ensembles comme les big bands qui étaient devenus beaucoup moins rentables avec le déclin du swing à la fin des années 1940. Ce type de formation permettait également aux arrangeurs de travailler avec des instruments plus diversifiés comme le cor français et le tuba. La formule n’était cependant pas tout à fait nouvelle puisque Thornhill avait employé le joueur de cor français John Graas en 1942. Le compositeur et arrangeur Bob Graettinger avait ausssi écrit des arrangements pour cor et pour tuba pour l’orchestre de Stan Kenton. Dirigé par Miles Davis, le nonet avait décroché un contrat d’une semaine au Royal Roost pour faire les frais de l’intermission durant les concerts de Count Basie. Les disques Capitol avaient enregistré douze pièces du groupe dans le cadre de trois sessions d’enregistrement tenues en 1949 et 1950.

Durant la majeure partie des années 1950, Evans avait travaillé pour la radio et la télévision, ce qui lui avait permis de composer et d’écrire des arrangements pour des chanteurs et chanteuses comme Tony Bennett, Peggy Lee, Johnny Mathis et Helen Merrill. Au cours de la même décennie, Evans avait également accompagné le saxophoniste Gerry Mulligan et le batteur Nick Stabulas dans le cadre d’une performance au club Basin Street de Greenwich Village. En mai 1957, près de neuf ans après leur première collaboration, Evans et Davis avaient été de nouveau réunis dans le cadre de l’enregistrement de l’album Miles Ahead. Comme l’écrivait Paul Chambers dans les notes de pochette de l’album Milestones I, "The new project was far removed from the youthful experiments conceived in the grimy 55th Street basement. It involved a nineteen-piece orchestra, and it was backed by the corporate weight of Columbia Records." L’album comprenait une version de la pièce "Maids Of Cadiz" du compositeur français Leo Delibe ainsi qu’une composition d’Evans intitulée "Blues For Pablo."

Davis était sous contrat avec les disques Columbia lorsque le producteur George Avakian lui avait suggéré de travaillé avec des arrangeurs. Davis avait immédiatement sélectionné Evans. Davis avait enregistré trois albums avec Evans: Miles Ahead (1957), Porgy and Bess (1958) et Sketches of Spain (1960). Une autre collaboration de cette période avait été publiée sur l’album Quiet Nights (1962), et ce, malgré l’opposition de Davis, ce qui avait provoqué une rupture temporaire avec son producteur Teo Macero. Bien que les quatre albums aient été mis en marché sous le nom de ‘’Miles Davis with Orchestra Under the Direction of Gil Evans’’, la contribution de ce dernier était tout aussi importante que celle de Davis. Evans avait également joué un rôle plus effacé dans les albums en quintet de Davis dans les années 1960. Davis, qui avait adoré travaillé avec Evans, avait déclaré dans son autobiographie: "As usual, I loved working with Gil because he was so meticulous and creative, and I trusted his musical arrangements completely."

L’enregistrement de l’album Porgy and Bess avait été particulièrement légendaire, en ce sens que le temps très limité accordé aux répétitions avait permis de mettre en valeur les capacités de lecture, d’improvisation et d’adaptation des musiciens. L’album est aujourd’hui considéré comme une des meilleures interprétations de la musique de Gershwin peu importe le style musical, en grande partie parce qu’Evans et Davis étaient tous deux déterminés à sortir du moule de la musique ‘’mainstream’’ et des tentatives des compagnies de disques visant à confiner les musiciens de jazz dans un style de musique plus commerciale.

Après avoir entendu l’adagio du "Concierto de Aranjuez for Guitar and Orchestra’’ de Joaquin Rodrigo, Davis avait de nouveau contacté Evans pour enregistrer la pièce. L’enregistrement, qui avait eu lieu entre novembre 1959 et mars 1960, avait éventuellement donné l’idée à Davis d’enregistrer un album complet de thèmes d’inspiration espagnole, ce qui avait donné lieu à la publication de l’album Sketches of Spain. Afin de se préparer aux enregistrements, Chambers avait écrit dans les notes de pochette de l’album Milestones 2, que toujours aussi perfectionniste, "Evans spent the interval listening to recordings of Spanish folk music and logged several hours in the library reading books on flamenco music." S’inspirant d’un thème contenu dans le ballet El amor brujo (1915) du compositeur espagnol Maneul de Falla, Evans avait composé la pièce "Will O' the Wisp." Evans s’était également servi de chansons traditionnelles d’Andalousie pour confectionner les arrangements des pièces "Pan Piper", "Saeta" et "Sola." En 1968, Evans avait aussi travaillé comme arrangeur sur l’album Filles de Kilimanjaro de Miles Davis.

C’est principalement grâce à Evans que Davis avait commencé à s’intéresser à une musique non traditionnellement associée au jazz, et plus particulièrement à la musique orchestrale. Malheureusement, les arrangements d’Evans pour l’album Porgy and Bess n’avaient pas été conservés intégralement (plusieurs étaient incomplets ou avaient tout simplement été perdus). En 1991, Quincy Jones et Gil Goldstein avaient tenté de reconstituer les arrangements d’Evans dans le cadre des derniers concerts de Davis au Festival de jazz de Montreux. Davis avait toujours refusé de revisiter son ancien matériel, mais à l’époque il se rétablissait d’une pneumonie, et il n’en avait plus pour longtemps. L’album avait été publié sous le titre Miles & Quincy Live at Montreux. Davis étant très souffrant, c’est son protégé Wallace Roney qui avait interprété les passages les plus difficiles. Davis est décédé en septembre 1991 avant la publication de l’album.

À partir de 1957, Evans avait également enregistré des albums sous son propre nom. Le premier album d’Evans comme leader était intitulé Gil Evans and Ten et mettait en vedette trois ex-membres de l’orchestre de Thornhill, le tubiste Bill Barber et les trompettistes Louis Mucci et Jake Koven , ainsi que des grands noms du jazz comme le contrebassiste Paul Chambers, le saxophoniste alto Lee Konitz et le batteur Nick Stabulas. Mucci avait d’ailleurs participé à la plupart des enregistrements d’Evans réalisés avant les années 1980. Parmi les solistes invités sur les autres albums d’Evans comme leader, on remarquait le tromboniste Jimmy Cleveland, les saxophonistes Steve Lacy, Wayne Shorter, Eric Dolphy et Cannonball Adderley et le trompettiste Johnny Coles.

En novembre et décembre 1960, Evans avait enregistré un autre album comme leader intitulé Out of the Cool, qui comprenait sa composition "La Nevada". Continuant de collaborer avec Evans en 1961, Davis avait enregistré avec le Gil Evans Orchestra at Carnegie Hall. L’année suivante, Davis et Evans avaient entregistré avec le chanteur de jazz Bob Dorough. Le duo avait également participé en 1964 à une session de bossa nova qui avait donné lieu à la publication de l’album Quiet Nights. Durant le séjour d’Evans à Los Angeles en 1963, Evans et Davis avaient aussi composé la bande sonore de la pièce de théâtre Time of the Barracuda. Même si la trame sonore avait éventuellement été abandonnée, Evans l’avait réutilisée plus tard dans le cadre de l’enregistrement de la pièce "Barracuda" qui avait été incluse sur l’album Gil Evans Orchestra, Kenny Burrell & Phil Woods.

En 1965, Evans avait aussi écrit des arrangements pour le big band du guitariste Kenny Burrell dans le cadre de l’album Guitar Forms. Commentant sa collaboration avec Evans dans les notes de pochette de l’album Kenny Burrell, Jazz Masters 45, Burrell écrivait: "I had a great time with Gil Evans on Guitar Forms. I selected the tunes... the only input I had with the arrangements was our discussion of some of the harmonies--not necessarily how we would voice them but just what changes we would use at certain points. I made suggestions; he was always open to suggestions. He was incredible as an orchestrator and a harmonizer."

En plus des compositeurs classiques européens, Evans avait été influencé par les compositeurs espagnols Manuel de Falla et Joaquín Rodrigo, ainsi que par Kurt Weill et les compositeurs de musique latine et brésilienne. Les arrangements d’Evans étaient reconnus pour leur caractère original et inattendu et ajoutaient souvent des aspects imprévisibles à des pièces parfois destinées à d’autres fins, comme dans "Barbara Song" de Weill par exemple.

Evans était également reconnu pour s’entourer de jeunes musiciens particulièrement novateurs. Par exemple, la formation qui avait participé à l’album The Individualism of Gil Evans (1964) comprenait non seulement ses collaborateurs réguliers Bill Barber, James Buffington, Milt Hinton et Julius Watkins, mais également des jeunes contrebassistes prometteurs comme Richard Davis, Paul Chambers, Ron Carter et Ben Tucker. Tout en continuant d’utiliser le cor français et le tuba, Evans avait ajouté des instruments beaucoup moins associés au jazz comme les flûtes alto et basse, les instruments à doubles anches et la harpe. En plus de la composition d’Evans "Las Vegas Tango," l’album comprenait également un arrangement orchestral de la pièce "Spoonful" spécialement écrit pour le bluesman Willie Dixon, ce qui démontre qu’il continuait toujours d’explorer de nouveaux territoires sonores.

En 1966, Evans avait enregistré un album avec la chanteuse brésilienne Astrud Gilberto, Look to the Rainbow. Découragé par la direction trop ouvertement commerciale que les disques Verve avaient donné à l’enregistrement de l’album, Evans avait décidé de se retirer du monde de la musique durant un certain temps.

Après avoir constaté qu’Evans était de plus en plus déprimé par les aspects commerciaux et logistiques de ses enregistrements antérieurs, son épouse Anita avait formulé une suggestion étonnante: elle lui avait proposé d’écouter Jimi Hendrix. Très influencé par Hendrix, Evans avait graduellement mis en place un nouvel orchestre dans les années 1970 qui ne comprenait aucun élément de ses arrangements antérieurs. Evans, qui admirait énormément Hendrix, l’avait d’ailleurs qualifié dans une entrevue de really good guitar player... innovative... [and] a bright spirit."

En composant pour des groupes de free jazz et de jazz-fusion, Evans s’était également gagné une génération de nouveaux admirateurs. Les nouveaux groupes, qui comptaient rarement plus de quinze de musiciens, avaient permis à Evans de faire une utilisation plus large des claviers, plus particulièrement avec le développement des synthétiseurs portatifs, qui lui avaient permis d’ajouter de nouvelles couleurs à sa musique. La mort prématurée d’Hendrix à l’automne 1970 avait éventuellement mis un terme à ses projets d’enregistrer avec un big band dirigé par Evans. En 1974, Evans avait rendu hommage à Hendrix en enregistrant à Carnegie Hall The Gil Evans’ Orchestra Plays the Music of Jimi Hendrix, un album de compositions du guitariste qui mettait en vedette les guitaristes John Abercrombie et Ryo Kawasaki. La même année, Evans avait également rendu hommage à Hendrix dans le cadre de l’album There Comes a Time: The Music of Jimi Hendrix. L’album avait été réédité en 1988.

Continuant d’encourager les jeunes talents, Evans avait collaboré par la suite avec le prodige de la basse électrique Jaco Pastorius dans le cadre de l’album Gil Evans & Jaco Pastorius – Live Under The Sky Tokyo '84.

Contrairement à ses arrangements complexes pour grands ensembles qui exigeaient des orchestrations précises pour accompagner les solistes, les arrangements ultérieurs d’Evans nécessitaient davantage de cohésion orchestrale, comme dans la pièce "Little Wing’’ d’Hendrix où les membres de l’orchestre avaient ajouté leurs propres touches d’improvisation. Si avant les années 1970, l’utilisation des claviers était beaucoup plus effacée dans la musique d’Evans, après cette date, ils avaient pris un rôle plus actif dans la section rythmique.

En 1971, Evans avait enregistré un autre album comme leader intitulé Ampex. Quant à l’album Blues in Orbit, il documentait le travail d’Evans de 1969 à 1971. Même si l’album Ampex avait surtout été enregistré au piano électrique et acoustique, Evans avait commencé à incorporer le synthétiseur dans le cadre de ses performances sur scène.

À partir de l’album Where Flamingos Fly (enregistré en 1971, mais publié en 1981), Evans avait commencé à avoir recours à des musiciens de plus en plus accomplis comme le trompettiste Johnny Coles, le violoniste Harry Lookofsky, le contrebassiste Richard Davis et le tromboniste Jimmy Knepper (qui avait joué en solo sur la pièce "Where Flamingos Fly" tirée de l’album de 1961 Out of the Cool), le multi-instrumentiste Howard Johnson, le claviériste Don Preston (qui était membre à l’époque du groupe The Mothers of Invention) et le batteur Billy Harper.

Après avoir enregistré l’album Svengali en 1973, Evans avait poursuivi ses explorations de la musique électronique dans le cadre de l’album Priestess, qui mettait en vedette un orchestre de quatorze musiciens qui comprenait deux tubas et un synthétiseur. En 1980, Evans s’était produit en duo avec le saxophoniste alto Lee Konitz dans le cadre de l’album Green Street, Lee Konitz and Gil Evans: Anti Heroes. Commentant sa collaboration avec Evans, Konitz avait écrit dans les notes de pochette de l’album: "Gil was not a composer in the usual sense of the word. He was not a piano player in the usual sense, either. In fact, Gil was not your usual kind of man. He was a poet all the way from morning till night."

DERNIÈRES ANNÉES

En 1983, Evans avait de nouveau collaboré avec Davis et avait écrit plusieurs arrangements pour l’album Star People avant de participer à une tournée au Japon avec le groupe.

En avril de la même année, Evans s’était produit avec son orchestre au Sweet Basil Jazz Club de Greenwich Village à la demande du producteur et propriétaire du club Horst Liepolt. Le concert avait connu un tel succès que le groupe s’était produit tous les lundis soirs au club durant une période de cinq ans. Cette collaboration avait également donné lieu à la publication de nombreux albums mettant en vedette Evans et le Monday Night Orchestra. Le groupe d’Evans comprenait certains des meilleurs musiciens de New York, dont plusieurs faisaient partie du groupe de l’émission Saturday Night Live diffusée sur le réseau NBC. En plus des arrangements d’Evans, le groupe interprétait également des arrangements des membres du groupe. Parmi les musiciens ayant évolué avec le groupe, on remarquait les trompettistes Lew Soloff, Alan Rubin, Marvin Peterson, le multi-instrumentiste Tom "Bones" Malone, les saxophonistes George Adams, David Sanborn et Bill Evans (sans lien de parenté), le guitariste Hiram Bullock, le bassiste Mark Egan, le pianiste et accordéoniste Gil Goldstein et le batteur Kenwood Dennard.

En 1986, Evans avait enregistré avec le saxophoniste soprano Steve Lacy tout en continuant de composer et d’écrire des arrangements pour son propre groupe.

En 1987, Evans avait enregistré un album live avec le chanteur rock Sting intitulé Sting: Last Session - Live At Perugia Jazz Festival July 11, 1987. Enregistré avec le Monday Night Orchestra, l’album mettait également à contribution le saxophoniste Branford Marsalis comme artiste invité et comprenait des arrangements de chansons du groupe The Police et de Jimi Hendrix. Evans avait d’ailleurs déjà collaboré avec Sting dans le adre de l’album Nothing Like the Sun publié la même année.

Dans la perspective d’introduire de nouveaux talents dans le cadre de son groupe, Evans avait collaboré avec l’actrice Maria Schneider et l’avait engagé comme assistante-arrangeuse. Le dernier projet d’Evans avant sa mort était une collaboration avec le Laurent Cugny Big Band à Paris, dans le cadre de l’album Golden Hair (novembre 1987).

Également compositeur de musiques de films, Evans avait produit et arrangé en 1986 la bande sonore du film Absolute Beginners de Julian Temple. Basé sur le livre de Colin MacInnes, le projet avait permis à Evans de travailler avec des artistes comme Sade Adu, le groupe Eighth Wonder de Patsy Kensit, Style Council, Jerry Dammers, Smiley Culture, Edward Tudor-Pole et David Bowie.La même année, Evans avait aussi arrangé la musique du film The Color of Money de Martin Scorsese. Il avait également collaboré au film Insignificance de Nicholas Roeg, dans lequel il avait interprété avec son orchestre un extrait de la Symphonie Jupiter de Mozart.

Gil Evans est mort d’une péritonite à Cuernavaca, au Mexique, le 20 mars 1988. Au moment de son décès, Evans tentait de se rétablir d’une intervention chirurgicale à la prostate. Il était âgé de soixante-quinze ans.

Evans s’est marié à deux reprises. Il s’était d’abord marié à Lillian Grace peu après l’enregistrement de l’album Birth of the Cool en 1949. En 1963, Evans s’était remarié avec Anita Cooper de qui il avait eu deux garçons, Noah et Miles. Devenu trompettiste, Miles avait joué avec son père dans le Monday Night Orchestra.

Evans a remporté de nombreux honneurs au cours de sa carrière. Intronisé en 1986 au sein du Down Beat Hall of Fame, il a également été admis au sein du Canadian Music Hall of Fame en 1997. Evans a été élu Jazz Master par la National Endowment for the Arts en 1985. Il a aussi été intronisé au sein du American Jazz Hall of Fame. Evans a également été élu meilleur arrangeur dans le cadre des sondages des lecteurs et des critiques du magazine Down Beat en 1966 et 1974. Reconnu comme un des fondateurs du John F. Kennedy Center For Performing Arts, Evans avait également obtenu une bourse de la fondation Guggenheim en 1968.

Evans a remporté trois prix Grammy, de son vivant pour sa collaboration à l’album Sketches of Spain (1960) de Miles Davis dans la catégorie de la meilleure composition de jazz d’une durée de plus de cinq minutes, et à titre posthume pour la compilation Miles Davis & Gil Evans: The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings (1997) et pour le coffret "How About You" in Centennial - Newly Discovered Works of Gil Evans. Evans a également été mis en nomination pour plusieurs autres prix Grammy, y compris pour les albums Out of the Cool (1961), Miles Davis at Carnegie Hall (1962), The Individualism of Gil Evans (1964), Quiet Nights (avec Miles Davis en 1964), Guitar Forms (avec Kenny Burrell en 1965), Svengali (1973), Priestess (1983) et "Look to the Rainbow" in Centennial - Newly Discovered Works of Gil Evans (2012).

En 1996, les disques Columbia ont publié à titre posthume un coffret comprenant les classiques, les prises non publiées et les raretés de la collaboration d’Evans avec Miles Davis. En 2012, le producteur et arrangeur Ryan Truesdell avait rendu hommage à Evans dans le cadre d’un CD intitulé Centennial, qui mettait en vedette des compositions et des arrangements non encore enregistrés du compositeur. Le CD avait été publié avec la permission de la succession d’Evans, ce qui avait permis à Truesdell d’avoir accès à ses arrangements et compositions. Le fils d’Evans, Miles, avait également rendu hommage à son père dans le cadre d’un concert au New York's Highline Ballroom. Le concert mettait en vedette plusieurs des anciens membres du groupe d’Evans.

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Who Gets the Rose Garden

Rhodolite, 2 hours after the previous king kicked the bucket

Clavis rises from his chair, preens his cravat, and with the panache of a peacock he takes his stand at the podium prepared for him at the mathematical center of the Round Table. The sleeves of his long-coat briefly drag along the table's edge as he climbs, but he moves too quickly for Sariel to land a grasp much less a tug.

Gazing solemnly into the eyes of every prince present, Clavis begins his speech. "As the third son to this eccentric dynasty, I've been both privy and party to a number of royal disputes. My position every time, of course, has been in the interest of maximizing pleasure for all involved, I am happy to report. And it is upon that basis which I present my case once again—that of who among us is to inherit the rose garden now that our dear daddy has departed for his new, warmer home.

"I have heard your counterarguments, gentlemen, brothers, reptilian fart, and I plan to address every single one in this speech. Should any of you harbor any further reservations by the end—and I am confident you won't—you may make an appointment with my precocious aide for a one-on-one meeting with me at your leisure. Mi casa es su casa."

Licht: "Yeah, we all live together."

"Rebuttal the first: regarding the traditional transfer of property when a monarch passes. When Belle chooses the successor, that individual shall immediately inherit the full estate and its investments both domestic and abroad. So sayeth this alarmingly thin stack of important papers here." He thumps his palm on the stack for effect. Licht gets up and leaves. "Hence, there is no question as to who the inheritor is. Or so we are led to believe. But consider this: if the surviving members of the royal family collectively share claim of the estate during the interim before a successor is chosen, in other words if we are the ones maintaining it, through our employed staff or otherwise, are we not entitled to—"

Sariel: "No."

"Haha, that was a rhetorical question directed at my brothers. No, no no, don't give me that 'I'm King Regent' look. That brings me to my next point, actually. Me. I've been the one maintaining the garden. Body cleanup? Me. Blood cleanup? Me. Pit fill-up? Me."

Cyran: "The last one—is definitely me. And I think Lord Sariel handles a fair share of the first two."

"Exactly! Cyran toils his little heart out filling in countless holes in the garden. Countless. Sometimes he even has to rescue our little Evie when he accidentally falls into them before they can be filled."

Yves: "Accidentally?!"

"He's taken so many falls he's even come to deceive himself into believing he falls into them on purpose. Gentlemen, brothers, bespectacled toilet plunger, surely you see the horror our shortest brother endures on a daily basis?"

Leon: "Your knight is only filling in the holes that you yourself dug. That's not maintenance."

"But isn't it? By regularly displacing soil, the garden is kept well-nutritioned. This is evidenced quite blatantly in the sheer beauty of our blooms, famous worldwide. My efforts have directly helped boost tourism to this kingdom."

Jin: "That's a huge stretch. And anyway, why not just do your best to become the next king?"

"Jin, you know better than anybody that I have no interest being king. In fact, I clearly have much more freedom to usher in a brand new era for the rose garden, especially in this critical interim period. That's why I'm merely asking for full ownership to be transferred over to me permanently."

Nokto: "Cool. Just tell me again at what point in your speech you made a coherent argument?"

"See? Even Nokto endorses my position."

Nokto: "Did you hear anything I said after 'cool'?"

"And I have no doubt that Licht's hasty exit was so he could provide a tangible, real-time exhibit of my services to the rose garden."

Licht, outside: "Aaaaaaaahhh-oof."

Yves and Leon sprint out of the room.

"Yes! The more witnesses the better! I have been nothing if not a benevolent force to this estate and to my dear kin. With the rose garden under my beautiful supervision, I can only imagine the pleasure and entertainment and boundless tourism that this kingdom will see. There's literally no downside."

Sariel: "Let me ask you one thing. Are you high?"

"High on my hopes and dreams, which are clearly infectious since you all took the time and care to hear me out."

Jin: "Well, you threatened to kidnap my date."

Nokto: "Mine too."

Chevalier: "...."

Sariel: "Come to think of it, why are you here, Prince Chevalier? This level of inanity is hardly worth your attention."

"Haha! Go on. Tell them, Chev."

Chevalier: "Sigh..."

Nokto: "There's probably some big-brain reason behind it."

Jin: "No... wait a second. Look closer at that podium."

Sariel: "My God..."

Chevalier: "Are you done with my desk."

--- inspired big-time by myonlyjknight's The Rhodolite Princess series and how expertly she handles Round Table scenes. I just injected crack into it

#ikemen prince #ikepri #atelier writes ikeseries

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randomvarious · 4 months ago

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Today's compilation:

The House Sound of Europe - Vol. V - 'Casa Latina' 1989 House / Italo-House / Italo-Disco / Deep House

God, this thing truly was a whole-ass vibe, folks 😎. Basically, if you want an album that can successfully transport you back to the 80s, this dance comp will more than do the trick—jaunty piano-riffed tunes galore, stuff that sounds fit for videogame soundtracks from the time period, and above all else, a constant throughline of uniquely lovable Italian goofiness. Forza!

So here we have a continuation of FFRR's The House Sound of… series, a collection of comps that started in the mid-80s on Chicago's D. J. International Records as a showcase of that city's own original house sound, and then was picked up and expanded upon in the UK by FFRR with the release of its third volume.

And this weirdly named fifth installment from the series, 'Casa Latina', does not have any Latin house music on it, but presents a near-full slate of 1980s Italian dance tunes instead. A more appropriate title for this would've been 'Casa Italiana', but even better would've been 'Danza Italiana', since a significant portion of these selections aren't even actually house tunes themselves—there's some Italo-disco that predates the advent of house music altogether, a touch of acid jazz, and a downtempo all-timer too.

And that downtempo all-timer, "Autumn Love (Future 3)" by Electra, probably doesn't even belong on this comp, because it's neither house nor Italian-made; but it's still hands-down the single-best song that this release has to offer. Electra was an electronic project that counted the legendary Paul Oakenfold and Steve Osborne among its ranks, and here the UK group goes full-on late 80s Ibiza silky-chill while implementing two very recognizable vocal samples: Donna Summer's "Love to Love You Baby" and Tears for Fears' "Shout."

(Truthfully, a song like this can still technically be considered house music, though, because the specific name of the genre it's in is called 'Balearic house'. But Balearic house is not always house music as we know it; its BPMs can get very low compared to typical house tunes, and it doesn't always employ a four-on-the-floor drumbeat, either. People in Ibiza still ecstatically danced to it, though—albeit very slowly.)

But anyway, outside of that lovely track, the brunt of this thing still appears to serve as a fun representation of Italy's own unique 1980s take on dance music writ large. Songs like Traks' pioneering 1982 Italo-disco cover of The Doobie Brothers' "Long Train Runnin" make for a prime example of the wacky style and spirit that imbues the vast majority of this release.

A whole bunch of these tunes seem to be drawn from one specific Italian label too: X-Energy Records, a powerhouse that's still going to this very day, and has released a lot of big dance records over the years, including stuff by Benny Benassi and Bob Sinclar.

And I'd also be remiss if I didn't mention the odd cover of 808 State's signature Ibiza anthem, "Pacific State," that's on here too. 808 State's version is the one that helped launch them into the stratosphere, enabling them to further enjoy a career that would see them collaborating with the likes of Björk, Bowie, and Bernard Sumner of New Order and Joy Division. But this silly and anonymous, keyboard-heavy cover of it by an act called Go-nogo is pretty great too, and 'Casa Latina' appears to have been the only compilation that's ever included it 👍.

And not everything on here slaps, either. Some of this stuff bit down way too hard on that Art of Noise-inspired idea of linearly stringing together a whole bunch of samples and sound effects, and then lamely laying those annoying concoctions over deep keyboard basslines. I'm never going to speak ill of the Art of Noise directly, whose own Trevor Horn is the guy that's credited with 'inventing the 80s,' but a whole lot of shitty copycats ended up manifesting in their wake, and there are certain points in which this release just can't help itself in choosing them 😒.

But still, this album is pretty quality for the most part. It may not be as consistently good as FFRR's Chicago-focused third volume that marked the label's own takeover of this series, but if you want a solid window into how another country took this house music and then managed to shape it in its very own uniquely fun and lighthearted image, this double-LP is fit to serve you well. Plus, there's some pre-house Italo-disco classics on it too 🕺.

Highlights:

Izit - "Stories (The Stories Mix)" Evo E - "Esta Amour" Electra - "Autumn Love (Future 3)" Albert One - "Vision" Blue Funk - "Blackwater Gold" Tracks - "Long Train Runnin" Blue Tattoo - "Love Can Do" All the Mix - "On the Mix" Sima - "You Got Me Running" In-side - "Shout in the Night" Go-nogo - "Pacific State" Jago - "I'm Going to Go" Paradise Orchestra - "Satisfy Your Dream"

#house #house music #italo house #italo dance #italo disco #disco #deep house #dance #dance music #electronic #electronic music #music #80s #80s music #80's #80's music

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lunarsilkscreen · 5 months ago

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Why Do People Fear "Socialism"?

Socialism, Communism, blah de blah; the definition that people fear is the one where "The government owns everything". Is that the *real* definition? No. But it's the one that people use when they talk about how one or the other "is bad, m'kay?"

The reason for this is because it creates a caste system with zero competition, where people do things more based on tradition, than based on good rational thought and cause and effect.

In the U.S., we're so anti-[this idea] that even our government competes against each other, and our military branches have their own chain of command and are often pitted against each other.

It is an entire undertaking when we want to try to get multiple branches to work together. And that's entirely the point.

Because then it's modular and It's abstracted. And there comes multiple solutions to any singular problem.

This is the same with our Government, our businesses, our families.

Objectivism comes to *us* naturally.

The reason people fear socialism is because then there's a possibility that all of an individuals wealth can be taken from them, because the government decides it necessary, and give no compensation.

That's how you destroy families and wealth. That is the essence of warfare. The use of power or force to take whatever it is you want, because you think you can utilize better than the creators or current landowners.

A tactic currently employed by capitalist corporations but that's neither here nor there.

America doesn't have a "Royal Family" like most of the world. It is a legislated anti-american concept. Yet, there's still people who want to create a Royal family for themselves where they retain all the power.

And those people should be kicked out of government.

Because of this concept; literally anyone can shine based on their own merits, instead of who their parents were. Yet; that doesn't seem to stop *some* people from being influenced by the bad apples outside the country.

Yea, you; U.K. coming to*our* universities and filling our citizens head with this *royal blood* and *you could be king, or at least a duke* poppy-cock--you know very well that's not how it works over there. You're literally socializing with our riff-raff.

You've already demonstrated that a genetic line means duck-all when it comes merit or intelligence.

And don't get me started on middle-eastern royalty, who really *do* think they're on a higher level than glorified Mayor or Governner.

This fear is the power that some people will take for themselves. That bully or "thug" mentality.

"What's mine is mine and what's your's is mine. Should I require it".

"Su casa, es mi casa."

It's in this article I'm not going to deal with land ownership, due to the finite nature of land, and the absolutely necessity it is for a functional community, there's reasons it should be regulated in a fair and equitable way.

But when that limited and fertile resource is used for warfare... Taking from other communities without sharing; their ability to provide for themselves...

That's an issue.

And that's why there's this ideological clash; the Republicans want to be America's royal family, and the Democrats want to usurp them.

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nedxnancy · 1 year ago

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Barbie (2023) and Nancy Drew (1959)

I have to put this under a read-more because it's gonna talk about the way Barbie (2023) ends.

I went to see the movie today, and I couldn't help thinking about Ned and Ken.

There are a lot of similarities between Nancy Drew and Barbie (in fact, if somehow that ever actually happened, a Barbie modeled on Nancy Drew instead of just general Detective Barbie or Spy Barbie, I would lose it. Lose. It. A friend made me some vintage-inspired-Nancy-Drew Barbie outfits and I LOVE THEM.) - Barbie is allowed agency and high-profile careers and all the importance, although, as the film points out, Stereotypical Barbie exists only to be pretty and blank.

(I also didn't realize until drafting this post that the Nancy Drew revisions, removing racial stereotypes and streamlining/shortening the plots from the 1932-1958 books, which began in 1959, started the same year Barbie was introduced.)

My Barbies were always involved in crime plots. Evil Barbie was blackmailing people and trying to steal their boyfriends. It was like a reality show in my Barbie townhouse. My Kens (who were outnumbered by a significant ratio) were pretty much always just accessories, either literal or figurative.

Nancy Drew is on the cusp of adulthood and has no stated money-earning career, much like Stereotypical Barbie. She loves mysteries and is an amateur detective, but it's very clear that she is not professional, is not paid for her work, and would be unable to operate as an amateur detective were her father unable to bankroll her activities.

Ned, like Ken, exists without Nancy—but also has no job. Ken does "beach," but performs no function there. (The film aside that Ken's domestic sphere, the Mojo Dojo Casa House, sells like hotcakes, is fascinating: masculine-coded toys seem to have castles or Batcaves for "homes," and are heroes or rescuers or doers in some sense; Ken is allowed to just be a horse enthusiast who also loves full-length fur coats. Ken doesn't sit in the Pink [White] House being absolute ruler all day.) Ned is a college student who plays sports but also isn't employed beyond temporary summer jobs. To the viewer/reader, Ned does functionally disappear without the context of Nancy. Nancy defines Ned's life.

a yellowed-paper heart imagines Ned without Nancy, much like Ken, but in the story Ned recognizes that Nancy has been made to never return his affections; he has agency, where she is bound by the decisions of her creator. Ned seeks meaning in reality but it's to escape the pain of knowing his love won't and can't be requited. He gets to be his own main character for a while, but recognizes that the lack remains.

Ned can't return. But Ken does. Ken comes off as kind of incel in the last part of the film, but he also freely admits early on that even if he did "stay over" at Barbie's house, he's not sure what that would actually mean. He's hurt that his feelings aren't returned, not that Barbie is denying him (functionally impossible) sex.

I think it's very easy to read Nancy Drew, especially original Mystery Stories, 1932-1979, Nancy Drew, as asexual. She can't return Ned's feelings because she hasn't been given the capacity. She does feel warmly toward him, he is her favorite escort, but her priority is always her mysteries, and for the most part Ned has no interest in interfering with that, because the excitement of her mysteries is part of what he loves about her.

I think it's really interesting to read Barbie as asexual too, although the film makes the point that Barbie lacks functional genitalia (until the end, anyway). Becoming a "real woman" doesn't make Barbie attracted to Ken. Stereotypical Barbie can't be married Barbie because that isn't a universal goal.

You can argue that Nancy Drew is niche; she's not stereotypical Barbie. But Nancy Drew also breaks gender norms in a few different ways while reinforcing others, and just like Stereotypical Barbie, Nancy calls the shots in her relationship.

Ned doesn't exist only for Nancy's gaze, even though he very obviously hints that he wants to marry her eventually. Ken wants to make a home with Barbie partially because Kens just don't have homes in Barbieland. Ned, were he to change his mind and seek another partner, is presented as a very attractive guy.

In the movie, the ways the Kens perform a lot for and with each other was fascinating. The Barbies interact with each other; Kens are temporary distractions from the work. Nancy and her friends interact with each other; Ned and his friends are around to serve as muscle in dangerous situations, crew sailboats, and call the cops before returning to their summer jobs. In that way, Ned does have a role, where Ken is shut out.

(This is also ignoring the Kens who clearly DID have careers, or at least the wardrobe to imply them. Those Kens always seemed niche, though. Doctor Ken was a thing. Otherwise, Ken comes dressed appropriately to accompany the corresponding Barbie on an adventure.)

Nancy Drew can't end. Barbie can't end. They were written to survive and be and read ourselves into. Marriage/relationships aren't the goal we all have - and even if they were, we aren't all straight - so the characters can't have that, but that doesn't mean that they, that Barbie, can't be people, adults, complete.

It's just interesting to think about.

#nancy drew #barbie 2023 #asexual #film #ned nickerson #and ken

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conjuremanj · 2 years ago

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Stop Gossiping Beef Tongue Spell

Some people just can't seem to shut up and mind their own business. That's where the good old beef tongue spell comes into play. In this case, a beef tongue is used to represent your enemy's wagging tongue.

Now beaf tongue is not traditional in Hoodoo our ansestors didn't use beef but they did use pork tongues, but beef will work as well.

Just to be clear - don't substitute anything, if you have any questions. Please message me m

For this spell you'll need:

A beef tongue

black string

a needle

a piece of brown paper

a pen

Gossip! Powder

Gossip! Oil

A black candle skull of any size (preferably a jumbo)

A knife

A plate

San Ramón Nonato picture

San Ramón Nonato red candle.

casa or chalk

Preparing the Items: Cut a slit lengthwise down the tongue - deep enough to shove stuff in it. Place the tongue on the plate and set it aside.

Take a brown piece of paper and cut a small piece for each target of your spell. (if you don't know a name leave it blank)

On the paper write the target's name 9 times, to repel. Then write "Shut your mouth!" Or "Stop speaking" etc in-between the targets written names. (See petition paper post) make 5 dots one on each corner of your paper and one in the middle.

Dress each paper (if more then one) by dabbing Gossip oil on the four corners and center. Then fold each paper by connecting the dots. (Make shure that the oil and or powder has alum, sulfur & slippery elm in it. It's traditional)

Take the skull candle and carve the targets' names on the candle along with "Shut your fucking mouth!" Then hollow out the mouth enough for the tongue to be placed. Dress the candle with Gossip Oil.

Assembling the Beef Tongue Shut Up Spell:

Take the folded name papers and insert the paper into the slit in the beef tongue. Now, sprinkle some Gossip Powder into the slit and all over the top of the tongue. Thread the needle with black thread and use it to sew up the edges of the tongue forcing it to fold in on itself capturing the items inside the slit. Tie up the tongue very thoroughly with the string.

Insert the tongue into the skull hollow out mouth. Sprinkle the rest of the STFU! Powder all over the tongue and covering the mouth of the candle to shut that person up.

'Then praying 'Proverbs Chapter 6 vs 16-19.'

Now use your casa or chalk and draw a crossroads like the photo below.

Put the black skull candle and place it in the center of the crossroads.

Now take your San Ramón Nonato picture and his candle, place his picture next to candle away from the skull candle out side of the crossroads.

Now light the skull candle and watch over it as the candle starts to melt the wax and take light.

Now light your Saint candle blow cigar smoke on the picture and candle use your, rattle or bell to bring fourth his spirit and energy. (Leave the lit cigar on a plate next to his photo)

Pray: pray to St. San Ramón Nonato.

Prayer: St. San Ramón Nonato. You who had the powder of being silent with a lock on your mouth for preaching the word of God, Hear my prayer and intervene before Our Lord God, to end the attempt of those who speak false things about me,protect me from all cruel words and intentions.

(Now leave him a offering and if you promise him anything for in exchange for his help make sure you give that to him.)

Let the candle burn all the way down. Once it is done, throw away the tongue, to throw away the Gossip. Another option is to take the beef tongue to the cemetery and dispose of it with the help from the spirit who you employed to help handle the situation. (if you you opt to employ a spirit to handle the situation, make sure you do a dividation and pay the spirit with some whiskey and a silver dime.) See my post on working with spirits and graveyards.

Easier Option:

Vinegar Jar: This option can take away the gossip or decrease it, either way it's tolerable. What you can do is, you can fill a large glass jar with vinegar and store the beef tongue in there uses with a black candle with the targets name carved on it with shut your mouth. To make your enemies' words turn against them and to make them suffer for what they have said.

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dorkitasart · 22 days ago

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Interior place Project final product

A love letter to environmental architecture

Materials: Clay, glass bowl/ vase, India ink, yarn, aluminum foil, wire

12 in x 11 in

In this project, I was deeply inspired by Mexican architect Javier Sinosain and his work and organic architecture, particularly his “Casa Orgánica.” this living space seamlessly bless the interior with the exterior, embodying the belief that humans should not be separated from nature. I appreciate the abstract shapes he employs and the idea of incorporating stained glass into my design.

To enhance the sensory experience, I included various color lights inside of a bowl, and lit Palo Santo, placing it inside the pink vase like object. This fragrant wood not only please is the senses, but also serves as my personal method of energetically cleansing my space. Although my experience in Clay is limited, I incorporated several clay elements reminiscent of the man made organic clay homes built by sinosain and his community.

Overall, my goal was to emulate the uniqueness of these one of a kind spaces that elevate the phrase “as within, so without.” in conclusion, I am pleased with my project.

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bluemoonacupuncture · 3 months ago

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casabookkeep · 3 months ago

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bu1410 · 5 months ago

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Good afternoon TUMBLR - June 22nd - 2024

“Mr. Plant has owed me a shoe since July 5, 1971.”

Gazoducto Samalayuca - Sasabe. Mexico - Nuevos Casas Grandes - Chihuahua.

Part 4

Trips During my stay in Mexico, I had the opportunity to make several trips to the United States for work reasons. The aim was to investigate the possibility of entering the lucrative pipeline construction market in both the USA and Canada. Given that in Mexico our company worked for around $900 per linear/meter, in the USA the average price for installing a pipeline was around $2,000/linear meter in 2016/19. I always accompanied Mr. Davide Caracciolo who as Country Manager had the burden of finding new orders - the destinations of our trips were Houston, Dallas, Minneapolis and West Virginia from time to time.

HOUSTON Houston is a very pleasant and rich city. Capital of oil and the aerospace industry, it is a multi-ethnic place but at a very high level. Everything is ''very big'' like the life philosophy of Texas and Texans, starting from the enormous airport. The giants of the oil & gas industry have their headquarters in Houston. Hallyburton, EXXON, Standard Oil, Anadarko, FLUOR companies that employ thousands of people around the world are all here. We had just disembarked from the plane and I immediately understood that things were not going too go well. The person we were supposed to meet was not there to welcome us at the airport - Davide called him on his mobile phone, and was told that ''he was sorry but he would be arriving shortly''. ''The shortly'' turned out to be more than an hour, and when I saw the guy my doubts increased greatly. I later understood that the contact we had been provided with was none other than an ''adventurer'' (to use a euphemism) who was looking for foreign fools to scam. Once our equipment would have been imported (in his name, as per local law) he would certainly have managed to make them disappear, or to make them no longer exportable, so as to gain possession of them with a few dollars. In short, we were in an empty trip.

In Houston we would have had formidable support from that great character named Roy O'Donnel. We met him, and he assured us that in the years to come, given the large production of the Permian basin (the enormous Texan oil and gas field) and the continuing undercapacity of transporting oil and gas to the port of Galveston and Mexico , in Texas there would have been a need for a capable contractor like us. Apparently the local pipeline builders were all small companies, sometimes family-run, with just a few excavators, to which the large local companies contracted 7 – 8 km at a time. As Mr. O'Donnel well argued, if our Company had rented a plot of land, brought the equipment it had to Mexico once the Samalayuca-Sasabe project was finished, just by seeing them any Texan company would have contracted long stretches to ourself of the ongoing and planned pipelines. We reported all these considerations and impressions to the our top management but unfortunately nothing came out of it. Apparently the Financial Manager (who doesn't even speak English) was more in command within the Company than the owner himself or the General Manager.

Houston

DALLAS We flew to Dallas, Caracciolo and I, to meet the representative of a large contractor who had contacted us, asking for our availability to collaborate on a project in West Virginia. We arrived at Forth Worth airport and after immigration we immediately went out to look for a taxi because our contact was more than 70 km away. We ran into a taxi driver who I judged to be Ethiopian by his appearance and I was surprised: he spoke Italian!

Did you study with Italian missionaries perhaps? I asked him once we got on his bus. -Noo… he replied – I lived in Milan for many years.

Really?? I'm from Milan!

Yes? Well I got married in the church of Santa Francesca Romana, in Porta Venezia!!

That's really great.....……. In short, I mean someone from Mexico flies to Dallas, get out from the airport and the first - the VERY first available taxi of a line of 300 is driven by who? By someone who got married in Porta Venezia in 1987… if we had chosen another taxi, we would never have known of his existence, and I wouldn't be here writing about it in these notes. We met Jim Bradley in a very nice and beautifully furnished office villa. It felt like we were in an episode of DALLAS, I expected JR and Bobby Ewing to enter any monet the large living room with an adjoining monumental fireplace. Jim was very friendly and professional and we were very impressed with him and his job prospects. The project was located in West Virginia and required great mountain tract expertise, which our Company had repeatedly demonstrated that it possessed. We returned to Mexico enthusiastic about the possibilities that could open up. Our proposals to the Top Management - once again - fell on deaf ears.

MINNEAPOLIS It was late October and we went to Minneapolis. Between the skyscrapers in the city center there was a cold wind that we could be have been in Italian Alps on a bad weather day. We had dinner in a ''Brazilian'' restaurant that certainly couldn't be compared with the Chamas Churrascaria at the Intercontinental hotel in Abu Dhabi.

We stayed at the Hilton Inn & Suites, not bad I would say even if, as usual, very expensive. The next day, with a rental car, we went to Eau Claire, a remote place in Wisconsin. Along the monotonous highway, kilometers of fields without a living soul, cultivated with corn, soya, hay. And every now and then carcasses of moose and deer, killed by vehicles while trying to cross the unfenced highway.

In Eau Claire there was the headquarters of one of the most important pipeline companies in the USA, Precision Pipeline. In the middle of nowhere, a beautiful headquarters, modern offices, all female staff dressed and made up for the upcoming Halloween. The director of the pipeline sector was absent, having requested a week's leave to go deer and bear hunting. We were received by his deputy, a very nice guy, who quickly organized a meeting with about ten people. With the help of videos, their group's activities were presented to us, and the possible collaboration between Precision Pipeline and our Company was proposed. All in a super efficient manner, as per American procedure. We returned to Minneapolis certain that this ''was the right time'' - in the sense that faced with an offer of cooperation from a company like Precision Pipeline, our Big Boss would finally be convinced to undertake an American adventure. With a fly out from Saint Paul airport, we were happy to leave already cold Minnesota for warm Mexico City. A few days after our return, Caracciolo informed me that this time too we had been wrong. Our Headquater's response to the Americans' proposals was the usual generic ''we'll think about it''.

MEXICO CITY Otherwise called Ciudad de Mexico or CDMX or Distrito Federal or simply ''la Capital''. Its inhabitants – perhaps 20 million, or maybe 22 million – are called ''los Chilangos''. One of their most popular mottos says:

''I'm not perfect but I'm Chilango which is the same thing''.

Which says a lot about the character of the inhabitants of CDMX and Mexicans in general. Our Company had a representative office in CDMX located on the 7th floor of a building in one of the best neighborhoods: Colonia Polanco. For work reasons I have been to the Capital many times, unfortunately also during earthquakes (practically impossible to avoid them, they are so frequent). When I arrived there in December 2016, I asked branch driver Edgar Ponche about the Casablanca hotel, the hotel where we had slept in 1984.

It no longer exists – Edgar told me – it collapsed due to the strong earthquake of 1985, when there were more than 10,000 victims and damage amounting to billions. Ciudad de Mexico is a fascinating city: located at 2,400 meters above sea level, which combined with the geographical position, means that the climate is warm/temperate all year round. In winter the temperature rarely drops below 17-18 °C degrees, but Mexican girls dress like their Finnish peers, with great use of jackets and fake UGGs because ''hace un frio que no puede eser'' (it's so cold that nobody can't resist). The traffic is simply infernal, and thank goodness there is a dense metro network that takes millions of people off the streets. There is an almost total lack of surface transport, no trams, and only one electric bus line, despite the surface area of the city being immense. For the rest, Mexicans are tireless walkers: the streets are always full of people walking, unlike for example El Paso, where a pedestrian is always almost certainly a homeless person or a hitchhiker.

Plaza Zocalo

Museo Soumaya.

Chapultepec Castle

Palace of Fine Arts.

Paseo de la Reforma

Theotihuacan

The city has many attractions, the most popular are the Zocalo, the square where the Parliament, the official residence of the President, and the Cathedral of the Assumption of Our Lady of the Virgin Mary are located. Then the famous gardens of Chapultepec, with the castle that belonged to Maximilian of Austria, briefly Emperor of Mexico. The ''Zona Rosa'', the Palace of Fine Arts, Paseo de la Reforma the large artery where the best hotels and skyscrapers are concentrated, with the famous Angel de la Indipendecia. The Casa Azul now transformed into a Frida Kahlo museum, and more recently the Soumaya museum. Avenida Presidente Mazaryk is very beautiful, with luxurious restaurants and show rooms including famous Italian brands. Not far from the city are the floating gardens of Xochimilco, and the archaeological area of Theotihuacan. But above all, Mexico City is a vibrant city of life that never sleeps. One of its great contradictions is being a ''mountain city'' but with air that is unbreathable on some days. Dia de los Muertos The Mexican festival of the dead has Aztec origins and was proclaimed an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO in 2003: the anniversary represents a commemoration for the return of the deceased to earth and is deeply felt and rooted in tradition. The typical depiction of death is La Catrina, represented in the form of a skeleton with a sombrero. This figure was created at the end of the 19th century as a criticism of melancholy, or the attitude of people to deny their origins, the desire to feel foreign before being Mexican. The name La Catrina is due to Diego Rivera, the great Mexican muralist, husband of Frida Kahlo. This representation then took on the meaning of a joke towards death for the feast of the dead. Mexico city offices Our offices in Mexico City were located in one of the best neighborhoods of the city, Colonia Polanco. The choice was made taking two factors into consideration:

A location not too far from the Client's offices, given that in Mexico City crossing the city on a ''normal'' day means losing 2 to 3 hours due to infernal traffic.

Give a ''respectable'' image of the Company and at the same time ensure that the offices are located in a ''safe'' area of the city. The offices were located on the 7th floor of a modern building, which in any case was declared unusable for a short period, following the earthquake of September 2017. The earthquake struck at 1.15pm local time, and all our 12 employees rushed down the stairs in terror, especially the female staff. One of them resigned from the company in the following days, saying that from now on she would only accept jobs on the ground floor. From that day the girls stopped coming to the office in high-heeled shoes: they always wore jogging shoes, to be ready in case of emergency leave from the building.

GRUPO CARSO Our client – Grupo Carso – is one of the largest industrial companies in Mexico. Active in various fields, they possess the largest mobile network, to transport and infrastructure. The owner is Carlos Slim, the richest man in Mexico, as well as among the top ten richest men in the world. The group's headquarters occupies an entire central neighborhood of Mexico City. The complex includes a luxury shopping center (Plaza Carso) and the Soumaya Museum, a futuristic building that Carlos Slim dedicated to his wife who died prematurely. You can admire - for free - famous paintings, murals by Diego Rivera, precious art collections.

Christmas 2017 – 35 km in 35 days. It was an early afternoon of December, and I was reached by a call from Injenero Munoz, Project Director. By now I had known Munoz for a year, and when he tried to ''act nice'' it meant that ''the scam was just around the corner''. Munoz informed me that the Ciudad Juarez Court had ruled that a 35 km section of the gas pipeline (among other things adjacent to our logistics base) had been declared ''on decision-waiting ''. In other words, the Judge self reserved 35 days to decide on the request to block the works by the owners of the areas where the gas pipeline was supposed to pass. An opportunity not to be missed, Munoz reiterate. ''In this period of time you must ensure that this section of the project is completed, so as to present Mexican Justice with a fait accompli'' ''Good - I replied after taking a long breath and counting to 10 - but do you, Injenero, realize that you are asking us to complete 1 kilometer of pipeline per day''? Of course – Munoz promptly replied – but I know you can do it!! Ah…well…yes…I said…everything is possible…but I want you to know right now that it will cost you a lot of money: we are talking about an incredible acceleration, compared to our normal work program!!''. We'll talk about money later, when you've finished – replied the old and foxy Munoz. Once the conversation with Munoz was over, I called Company Top Management, informing them of the request from the Client, meantime expressing all my doubts that the goal can be achieve. In a video conference with Headquarter, the Owners and the Management expressed their belief that the challenge could be won, and that the opportunity to earn credit and money - a lot of money - with CARSO should absolutely not be missed.

The challenge had been taken, within three days, with an unprecedented logistical effort, heavy equipment, automatic welders and all the necessary equipment had been transported from considerable distances in which they were operating to the theatre of operation: 140 km of dirt roads on which they had been trailers and heavy duty transport trolleys passed through (the trencher alone weighed more than 23 tons). Having gathered men and equipment, we began the stretch of gas pipeline that we would later call: ''35 km in 35 days''. On 5 January 2018, after 35 days of ''epic'' work (1,200 linear meters of rock were also excavated), the section was delivered to the Client, complete with quality documentation. We had won the challenge, now the much harder challenge of getting the right reward from CARSO began.

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