![]() It aims at providing a close analytical, emically informed, and historically contextualized understanding of the Corona-Meditation’s multi-faceted character. This essay is a critical musicological encounter with this composition. In the case of the composer Gerd Kühr (* 1952), the pandemic and the socio-cultural effects of the measures implemented in containing it have inspired him to write an unusual piano piece-the Corona-Meditation. ![]() Another response is numerous songs written and recorded by musicians across the world that deal in one way or another with COVID-19: songs intended to lift the spirits of those hit by the crisis, songs educating about hygiene measures, songs criticizing official reactions to the pandemic, and so on. Streaming events, simple video recordings of solo performances, and more elaborately constructed split-screen videos of ensembles from all varieties of genres have become ubiquitous. Confronted with these consequences, musicians (and other cultural workers in the field of music) have tried to actively cope and engage with the situation caused by the pandemic. The magnitude and full ramifications of these consequences are yet to be ascertained. Possibilities for live offline performance and even rehearsals have been drastically confined throughout extended periods, with serious cultural, social, and economic consequences for societies as a whole and the individuals that constitute them. The COVID-19 pandemic and the fight against it have had a fundamental impact on musical life throughout the world. Drawing on comments by Kühr on the compositional design of the Corona-Meditation and considering different actual performances and potential realizations, these investigations move through the macro-, meso-, and microlevels of the piece and are linked in their analytical narrative by a recurrent guiding metaphor of “dialectics.” After a section describing the methodological and theoretical frame, a series of salient structural and processual features of the composition is considered in musical analysis. The essay’s trajectory begins with an account of the genesis and premiere of the Corona-Meditation, which provides the contextual backdrop for the following music-analytical engagement with the piece. It aims at providing a close analytical, emically informed, and historically contextualized understanding of the Corona-Meditation’s multi-faceted character, thereby contributing a detailed case study on the impact of the pandemic on musical creativity to the expanding scholarly discourse of “COVID-19 musicology.” In this regard, the essay also seizes an opportunity to expand this discourse beyond the present prevalence of social-scientific and psychological viewpoints by employing approaches more germane to the humanities, especially critical and reflexive engagement with the details and particularities of individual cultural artifacts. The piece, written for a variable and unlimited number of pianists, is a creative response by Kühr to the social and cultural consequences of the measures implemented in Austria and other countries to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. The title will appeal to scholars and students interested in Hegel and Marx's philosophy, German classical philosophy and Western philosophy.Gerd Kühr’s Corona-Meditation premiered on April 30, 2020, in a transnational online performance with more than 50 musicians, hosted by the Graz-based music festival Styriarte. Beginning in this twofold sense shapes dimensions of his methodology: immediacy and mediacy, the path of doubt and the path of truth, the linguistics lever and the existential lever. Based on this tension, this volume explains Hegel's problem of beginning that has the sense composed of both the starting point of logic and that of consciousness. The author argues that the two spirits form a dialectical unity of opposites and constitute the inner tension at the heart of the belief system. ![]() This volume reinterprets Hegelian dialectics via an exploration of the two origins of dialectics and illuminates how they constitute the inner tension at the heart of the philosophical system, developing into the forms of thought that fashion the history of western philosophy.Īs the first volume of a three-volume set that gives insights into Hegel's dialectics and thereby his overall philosophical thought, the book considers the linguistics spirit of logos and the existentialist spirit of nous in Greek philosophy as the two origins of Hegelian dialectics. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Where you first click will be one end of the gradient, and where you release will be the other side. You can access the Gradient Editor menu either by right-clicking on the gradient display, or by choosing the top item in the dialogs tab menu. I'm going to target the background layer. A little preview to give an idea of gradient produced. ![]() Lots of useful functions including a make-a-gradient-from-image. Then choose one of the items Airbrush (Color From Gradient), Paintbrush (Color From Gradient) or Pencil (Color From Gradient) from it. Always useful to have an alternative, there is the gimpgmicqt plugin. And then to apply this gradient, simply target a layer or a selection. To use the Paint tools with the same settings as they were known as option Use color from gradient in GIMP up to version 2.6 open the Tool Presets Dialog. I want to apply a blue-to-white gradient so I'm going to change my foreground color from black to blue. Les dégradés que vous créez sont automatiquement enregistrés dans le dossier « gradients » de votre répertoire personnel, d’où il seront automatiquement chargés au démarrage de GIMP. There's a button to reverse the gradient and a menu for picking the shape of the gradient with choices like linear, radial and even spiral. A popup menu where you can pick a gradient, either the default, different versions that use the foreground and background color, or you can pick one of the many other gradients that come with Gimp. And we have options for blending mode and opacity. The gradient tool allows you to fill areas with transitions, or gradients of color. And for drawing gradient with blend tool, just click on the starting of the document on the left side, then drag it into the opposite side. Let's check out how to use the gradient tool in Gimp, and how to make and edit custom gradients. Now take a preset gradient from this list. ![]() ![]() The advantage of this is that you can choose any of the terrain dataset pyramids that allow a TIN to be generated without full resolution detail. However, a significant difference is that you need to convert the terrain dataset to a TIN first. You can use the Remove Feature Classes From Terrains tool to extract a multipoint feature class embedded in a terrain dataset.įor other terrain surface-to-vector conversions, the process is similar to TIN-to-vector feature conversion. However, it is possible that multipoint features were actually embedded in the terrain dataset when it was created. This means that it is entirely possible that you already have access to point, line, or polygon feature data for your terrain as source data. ![]() Terrain datasets are unique in that vector feature classes must participate during the creation of the terrain dataset. Terrain dataset surfaces to vector features These tools can be found in the 3D Analyst toolbox within the Conversion > From TIN toolset.įor a complete list of the geoprocessing tools you can use to convert your TIN surface data to vector data, see Converting TIN surfaces to features.Īn example of a TIN converted to a point feature layer is shown here. You can use several geoprocessing tools to convert TIN features to vector features. You can use the slope and polygon features extracted from a TIN just as you would use such features extracted from a raster. You can extract slope and aspect polygons directly from TIN surfaces, or you can extract the elevation values of nodes in the TIN as a point feature class. The result of this analysis is a categorized polygon feature that could be used with other feature layers.Ĭonverting TINs to features involves fewer steps. Here is an example of using the Raster To Polygon tool to convert a raster DEM into polygons for analysis. There are several geoprocessing tools that will assist you in converting your raster surface into vector feature data.įor a complete list of the geoprocessing tools you can use to convert your raster data to vector data, see Converting raster surfaces to features. ![]() Raster surfaces to vector featuresĮlevations contained in raster surfaces would normally be extracted into polygon feature data that could be used with multivariate analysis, site suitability, overlays, or other analytic operations. ![]() Raster, TIN, and terrain dataset surfaces have three different methods for conversion to vector data. There are three surfaces you may want to convert to vectors such as points, lines, and polygons. Your analytic capabilities may increase through use in selections, overlays, editing, or multilayer modeling. In ArcGIS, you can convert surface data to vector features very easily. Terrain dataset surfaces to vector featuresĪlthough triangulated irregular networks (TIN) and terrain datasets are considered vector surfaces, they actually comprise other feature-based information that may be more valuable to you in its native form as points, lines, or polygons. ![]() ![]() ![]() For example, you may have increased mana, but deal reduced damage. Traits usually come with both positive and negative trade-offs. Your Mage or Archer will have a smaller hitbox, and will be knocked out of range when damaged. For example, Dwarfism and Ectomorph work brilliantly with ranged classes. You’ll want to get familiar with these traits, as some gel really well with certain classes. Just like classes, traits have been expanded significantly in Rogue Legacy 2.Īs with every pick-up in the game, a trait’s details are mostly hidden until you select an heir that possesses that trait. The Best Traits To Pick in Rogue Legacy 2 Continue to spend gold, and you’ll see everything Rogue Legacy 2 has to offer, soon enough. ![]() Of course, the Manor level is increased the more you invest in your keep. No matter who you roll with, you’re in for a fun time.Ĭlasses are unlocked with gold coins, but they also require a specific Manor level to unlock. Even the lowly Cook, with its frying pan, can light enemies on fire and heal itself after a tough battle. The best part is, there isn’t an over-powered or “must-have” class. Their passive abilities (“traits”) and active skills (“talents”) make each class even further unique. The Duelist is quick, while the Valkyrie can attack in various directions. You can get up close as the Barbarian, or attack from afar as the Ranger. No matter your playstyle, there’s a class for it. There are 15 classes in Rogue Legacy 2 to choose from:Įach class plays uniquely, and comes with its own set of weapons, abilities, starting health, and mana. The basic class will get you through several initial biomes, but later levels will be difficult to manage without branching out. There’s a deep variety of classes available to you, each with their own strengths and drawbacks.Īt first, you start as a knight with a sword. With Rogue Legacy 2, that changes significantly. While the original Rogue Legacy had classes, they weren’t particularly different from one another. We also advise you to invest in gold-boosting perks as early as possible. Before each run, use as much of your gold as you need to upgrade your gear and castle these upgrades are permanent, so you’re always making forward progress. ![]() Remember, it is always better to spend your money rather than save it. You can also increase the capacity of the safe. your Offshore Bank Account, ensures that Charon doesn’t take all of your money when you die. You can also build “The Living Safe” in your castle to stash some of the gold. You will also come across rooms with riddles and chests worth up to 300 coins. Make sure that you attack any breakable items for a chance of gold coins. We will discuss gold-boosting traits later in the guide. The trade-off, however, is that you will be saddled with some nerfs. Thankfully, there are some traits that can increase your gold acquisition. The primary currency is gold, and you need to hoard a lot of it to unlock classes, upgrade your castle, and acquire equipment. How To Earn Gold in Rogue Legacy 2Īlmost everything in Rogue Legacy 2 requires money. Read up before you jump into the challenging world of Rogue Legacy 2. We have broken down the most important aspects of the game, the different classes you can choose from, and the best traits you should pick. That’s where we come in: with our beginner’s guide for Rogue Legacy 2. Newcomers might also be intimidated by the sheer variables-classes, traits, skills, abilities, weapons, heirlooms, etc.-in the mix, each of which makes runs wildly different. As with most roguelikes, Rogue Legacy 2 can be unforgiving expect to die… a lot. You control a family of heroes exploring procedurally generated castles and dungeons, earning gold and upgrading your keep. ![]() Much like its predecessor, Rogue Legacy 2 has received universal acclaim thanks to its unique blend of platforming, Metroidvania exploration, and roguelike progression.įollowing a period of early access, Rogue Legacy 2 officially released on April 28, 2022, for Windows PC, Xbox One, and Series X/S. Rogue Legacy 2 is the long-anticipated sequel to 2013’s Rogue Legacy. ![]() ![]() ![]() Ratio of cars going straight, turn left and turn rightĪlso, a practical word of warning when working with the road traffic library: you might run into model errors when cars try to turn left but still sit on the wrong lane.Number of cars arriving from each corner.However, the input data is pure guesswork at this point so I will need to do some field investigations on: We never hit a traffic jam but short queues regularly form. To be honest, this resembles my experience of the crossroads quite closely already. Buses arrive according to the actual schedule. The final model: cars move and turn based on guess-work data. I will do some more research here, but let’s get the beauty to work first: What it looks likeīefore running the model, I went into my trusted system of gut-feeling and adjusted the probabilities of car directions (much more likely to go straight on than turn) based on my personal experience. Road traffic library blocks: everything is deleted once leaving the model. Now, entities are coded to behave like cars, including physical properties like acceleration and human-factors like lane-changing. However, those entities did not have “behaviour” of their own. Remember that the process library is really good at moving entities through a system of queues and delays while potentially using some resources. ![]() Their idea is as genius as it is elegant: essentially, they took the existing process library (that you use to model discrete-event processes) and amended the behaviour of the entities to match that of cars. It is important to understand what the AnyLogic team has done at the core of the library. ![]() And this little problem gave me the chance to play around with it some more. With AnyLogic 7.3, we can now play with the road traffic library. We have seen pedestrians for a while now, then came the train library and recently the fluid library. I know, AnyLogic keeps releasing new libraries and it is sometimes hard to keep up. There are three suggestions: additional traffic light phases for left-turning vehicles speed limits and longer traffic light phases for pedestrians.
![]() This is particularly so with the negative air spring that has a very small volume of air, so letting even the smallest amount out will change the pressure drastically. If you connect your pump to check the air spring pressure you will end up with a lower value because you have had to let air out of the air spring to fill up the pump hose and guage. You only get an accurate reading on the air spring pressures when you are pumping the air spring up. Here's what Rockshox has to say about the negative air spring. The negative air pressure acts on a much smaller surface area because of a smaller diameter air head and the presence of the air spring rod through the middle of the negative air spring reservoir. You might be wondering why the fork doesn't collapse with equal positive and negative air pressures? Well, if you take a look at the air spring assembly you will see that the positive air pressure acts on the entire surface area of the air spring head. You'll get a really good idea of what the negative air spring does this way. If you've got the time, I'd go for a quick ride with no pressure in the negative air spring and then another quick ride with the same pressure as in the positive air spring. Rockshox recommend matching the negative air pressure to the positive air pressure. More negative air pressure makes the fork "plusher" in its initial travel. Negative air pressure influences how easily the fork begins to compress. Once your fork is fully dialed in you may want to revisit these sag settings and tweak them further within the 20-30% range to get things just perfect. The SID's have sag % markings on the fork legs. It helps if you've got someone to help you measure the sag. To measure the sag you need to be balanced on your bike in the attack position. Use this pressure as a starting point.Ĭheck that you've got the pressure right by measuring the amount of sag. ![]() The fork has a rough air pressure guide on a sticker on the fork leg. ![]() ![]() This is the first thing you want to tweak. The positive air spring provides the pressure in the fork that holds you up. The 2009/2010/2011 Rockshox SID Race forks have the following adjustments: ![]() ![]() ![]() Overusing our search engine with a very large number of searches in a very short amount of time. ![]() ![]() Using a badly configured (or badly written) browser add-on for blocking content.Running a "scraper" or "downloader" program that either does not identify itself or uses fake headers to elude detection.Using a script or add-on that scans GameFAQs for box and screen images (such as an emulator front-end), while overloading our search engine.There is no official GameFAQs app, and we do not support nor have any contact with the makers of these unofficial apps. 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The latest version of the Opera browser sends multiple invalid requests to our servers for every page you visit.The most common causes of this issue are: Your IP address has been temporarily blocked due to a large number of HTTP requests. ![]() ![]() ![]() He may have abandoned his signature shiny tresses later in his career, but for many, Jackson he will always be associated with Jheri Curls. The King of Pop made the unctous hairstyle popular beyond Cottrell’s greasiest dreams. T-worhty ropes of gold routinely draped around Deion’s neck. If you had a Curl back then, it meant you were doing something big. The athlete who split his time between football and baseball personified the glitz and glamour that had long been associated with Jheri Curls. The former Los Angeles Lakers forward - and perpetual thorn-in-the-side to the Celtics - maintained a Jheri Curl from mid-80s well into the 90s. It is unclear if he used the lubrication to his advantage on the Fenway Park mound. His look - angry eyebrows beneath a shiny, curly mane - became iconic.Ĥ) Keenan Ivory Wayans, “Hollywood Shuffle’’īefore he struck gold on “In Living Color,’’ Wayans played a homicidal breakdancer (aptly named Jheri Curl) who was perilously - and hilariously - reliant on his supply of “activator.’’Īlthough his Jheri Curl use was never confirmed, the former Red Sox ace’s hair seemingly one day just up an appeared exponentially more lustrous and curly than ever before. ![]() With his omnipresent 40 of malt liquor, Doughboy commanded fearful respect. Veralynn Jackson knows hair, her neighborhood, and that the invention of the Jheri Curl marks the end of the world. He was a walking advertisement for the product, always admiring his shiny locks while administering the potion via a handy spray bottle.Īs Doughboy, a gang-affiliated parolee, rapper Ice Cube unabashedly sported Jheri Curls - a stereotype of black Los Angeles gangbangers in the ‘80s. “ER’’ actor (and Hartford, Conn., native!) Eriq LaSalle played a slimy executive at Soul Glo, his family’s Jheri Curl-esque business. (What, are you gonna tell him they’re played out?) Jackson’s old-school appearance in the 1994 film belied his character’s murderous, tough-guy persona, which is probably why he could get away with rocking Jheri Curls in the first place. Which is why we decided to celebrate Cottrell’s life by taking a look back at the most important Jheri Curls in pop-culture history. Stench be damned, Jheri Curls have rightfully earned their spot in regrettable hairstyle history, right alongside mullets. ![]() Some called it a wet look, others called it greasy, but from the mid-1980s through the early 90s, Jheri Curls endured, probably a bit longer than some might have liked.Īnd although Comer Cottrell, the black hair-care entrepreneur who helped bring the unique hairstyle to the masses, died this week, the trend lives on, thanks to the many, many folks who are too settled in their ways to change their hairstyles now. What were Jheri Curls? A fine mist of chemicals you sprayed onto your hair that would “activate’’ on contact, loosening up your curls and adding a lustrous sheen. While the hairstyle never stuck with me individually (thanks, Mom), it certainly caught on like wildfire with black people across the country - quite literally in at least one instance. Instead, all I got was a pair of greasy hands and a smack across the face for wasting my mother’s moisturizer. The style is named for its originator, Jheri Redding, a Chicago-based hair stylist and entrepreneur who is also credited as the inventor of hair conditioner.I first became acquainted with Jheri Curls as an elementary school-aged kid watching Michael Jackson do his signature moonwalk move while performing his hit song Billie Jean during a TV special in the 1980s Immiediately feeling inspired, I rushed to the bathroom, got a handful of baby oil and applied it gratuitously in hopes of replicating what I perceived as the hippest new hairstyle. Also, application of water to the jheri curl caused the activator to rinse out. In addition to its odor, this activator had the side effect of being very greasy those with jheri curls had to remain cautious when sitting on upholstered furniture as their activator-laden hair causes discolorations and dark spots to appear on fabric. To maintain the jheri curl, users were required to apply activator (usually in a spray bottle) at least once per day. The activator kept the loosened curls from breaking, while providing an oily sheen.īesides the fact that it was considered by some to be unattractive, the jheri curl's decline in popularity probably occurred because of its problematic and labor-intensive upkeep. The texturizer used strong chemicals, causing the naturally tight curls to loosen and hang. Jheri curls are very shiny, and much looser than the natural curls of a black person's hair.Ī jheri curl was a two-part application that consisted of a texturizer and an activator. The Jheri curl was a popular hairstyle in the African American community in the mid 1980s. We have done a lot of research to find the Top 20 Jheri Curl Mullet Wig available. Ice Cube with a Jheri curl hairstyle in 1987 Choosing the Jheri Curl Mullet Wig can be difficult as there are so many considerations, such as It’s A Wig, Jon Renau, LightInTheBox, Outre, Smiffys, UNice, Wigsbuy, Seller. ![]() ![]() ![]() The suspects, however, are all decidedly human. Bram Stoker’s Dracula is sweeping the city just as the story opens, and so Tillie is predisposed to see monsters everywhere. It’s not a spoiler to assure you that the supernatural plays no part in this cleverly constructed mystery. It’s also impossible not to see a similarity between her situation and the modern-day opioid epidemic, especially given that the author is also a physician. But when her doctor and family encourage her to continue taking the narcotics longer than strictly necessary, it’s easy to see the path she’s headed down, even if Tillie herself does not. She doesn’t set out to abuse the opium prescribed to her. It’s precisely because Tillie is so appealing that her descent into addiction is so unsettling. She’s an intelligent, determined heroine desperate to find answers and manage her pain. Opium and Absinthe is meticulously researched and filled with the sort of small, telling details that can illustrate both character and place, allowing us to see the many privileges of Tillie’s upperclass life - and how miserably constrained she is by society’s expectations. The result is a compelling, suspenseful story with plenty of parallels to modern-day events.Īs in her previous mysteries - The Impossible Girl and A Beautiful Poison, Kang vividly brings history to life. It’s a story that could be set anywhere in America right now, but Lydia Kang instead sets her latest historical mystery, Opium and Absinthe, in New York City, 1899. When Tillie Pembroke’s sister is murdered and tabloid reports suggest the culprit is a supernatural serial killer, Tillie sets out to discover the truth, despite the misgivings of her friends and family - and her increasing reliance on narcotics to manage a recent injury. ![]() ![]() ![]() Valve's effort, Dota Underlords, entered early access on Steam and mobile soon after, quickly seeing over 1.5 million downloads. Although Valve originally approached Drodo to discuss a collaboration, talks proved unfruitful and it was eventually decided that both parties would work on their own standalone auto battler releases.ĭrodo launched its standalone Auto Chess game, minus the Dota elements, on mobile and as an Epic Store PC exclusive last summer. ![]() Valve initially unveiled Dota Underlords back in May last year, following the enormous success of Chinese developer Drodo Studio's Dota 2 mod, Auto Chess, which had amassed over 8 million players at the time. 24.Dota Underlords, Valve's free-to-play auto-battling Dota 2 spin-off, will leave early access and begin its first proper season on Steam, iOS, and Android next month, on 25th February. ![]() But, according to Valve, all Alliances will still be completable no matter what the Jail rotation is like on a certain day.ĭota Underlords’ The Big Update arrives today, Oct. Each day a new set of units will be put in Jail and thus removed from the list of available units in-game. Jail will be a new rotating cast of eight to 12 units who are unavailable. To help keep the unit pool from getting impossibly big, Valve has also added a new feature called Jail. Valve is also adding the Insect, Healer, Brute, and Champion alliances to the game in this update. Twelve new units will join the fray as part of The Big Update, including Faceless Void and Legion Commander. You’ll even get the chance to choose Underlord-specific talents in each game at Round 10.įinally, as with any good patch for an Auto-Battler game, The Big Update will add plenty of new units. ![]() They provide your team with unique buffs and have their own slate of abilities that cost a new resource called Hype to use. You can think of these a little bit like hero units. The unique units that lend Dota Underlords its name have finally arrived in the game. The Big Update is bringing plenty of changes to the in-game experience of Underlords as well, starting with, well, The Underlords. This should give new players an easy space to learn the game or veterans a spot to test out their latest team comp experiments. This mode acts as a sandbox to let you experiment with units, talents, and combinations in order to figure out exactly what you like. This mode will start with casual matchmaking, but Valve says it has plans to add a ranked mode in the future.Īlso new to the game in this update is the Freestyle mode. You and your Duo partner will also share health and the last team remaining at the end of the game wins. But those aren’t the only resources you’ll share. Each player will build their own teams and buy their own units, but you can send gold or units over to your teammate if you want to. The game’s new co-op mode, Duos, will pit eight teams of two against each other. The update, fittingly called The Big Update, will add a new co-op game mode to Underlords, as well as other new modes, new heroes, and the Underlords themselves that the game is named after. The biggest update for Dota Underlords has arrived and is bringing with it a whole host of new features to the auto-battler game. ![]() |