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Shin Megami Tensei III Nocturne HD Remaster Gets Japanese Screenshots
by Alex Fuller · Published August 3, 2020 · Updated August 5, 2020
Atlus released new Japanese screenshots for its upcoming Shin Megami Tensei III Nocturne HD Remaster. The screenshots show an assortment of elements from the game, including major characters, combat, equipable Magatama that affect player stats, and demon negotiation and fusion. It also shows the new "Merciful" difficulty level that will be available as free DLC.
The original game was released for PlayStation 2 in North America as Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne and in Europe as Shin Megami Tensei: Lucifer's Call. It takes place in a post-apocalyptic Tokyo with the city turned into the Vortex World where cults and demons fight each other. Players control a young man who is turned into a demi-fiend and given demonic powers, recruiting demonic allies through negotiation. The remaster will launch in Japan for Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4 on October 29, 2020, with North American and European releases following in spring 2021.
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by Alex Fuller · Published August 8, 2019
Disco Elysium: The Final Cut Announced
by Alex Fuller · Published December 11, 2020
Dart says:
August 4, 2020 at 8:41 am PDT
Looks like Raidou from Devil Summoner is replacing Dante in this remaster. Hopefully there are QoL adjustments as well, though the only one I can really think of would be selectable transfer skills vs the roulette. All that did was waste time.

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"La Castanyera is here. It is fall," said Anton.
Gregori nodded and looked towards where Anton pointed with his chin. When he first heard La Castanyera, for some reason, he thought of a dancer with castanets. But following Anton's look he quickly realized that the other referred to the woman who was roasting and selling chestnuts on the street. "So, this is how they call them here," he thought to himself. And he looked at La Castanyera for a while, following her hands, not losing any detail on how she kept the coals burning and how she made the paper cones out of an old newspaper, and how she stacked them one inside the other on one side of the booth, waiting for the rare customers. "Must be a lonely job to be staying like that all day long," thought Gregori. Couple of school-age boys stopped in front of the coal burner and got a bag of chestnuts. Laughing, they run away.
It was late night and Gregori was sitting in his living room and writing emails. Then it started to rain. First a few heavy drops, and then the rain formed a wall between his window and the rest of the world and absorbed all the sounds that ever existed outside of his living room. He paused his typing and listened. Then he thought about the woman who was selling chestnuts on the plaza. "What did she do when it started to rain like that?" he looked outside of the window, but he could not see the corner of the plaza where he knew the woman would be staying. "La Castanyera," he slowly pronounced the new word.
Gregori took his umbrella and went down the stairs. It was not cold outside. Just dark and rainy. The raindrops glistered under the traffic lights. He crossed the street and walked around the plaza. La Castanyera was not there. He felt some kind of relief knowing that the old woman was not getting wet under the rain. The clock on the church struck quarter past eleven. "It is probably too late for her," it occurred to him. Gregori had not realized the hour it was till the moment he heard the church clock strike. He stood for couple of more minutes on the plaza, spinning slowly on one foot for no reason. He was alone. He touched the puddle with the tip of his shoe and smiled at the ripples his shoe made. Then he slowly went home. Moving his feet carefully, from the heel to the tip, as if he was walking on a wave. It was raining.
And then he knew what he really wanted: to be sitting with Amanda back-to-back and eating roasted chestnuts. They would just sit like that and laugh and eat chestnuts. And the chestnuts, the dark, almost black chestnuts with the cut in the center, would be slightly burning their fingertips. He imagined that they would sit in some autumn field, with the high wheat around them and it would be about to rain and the sky would be dark blue and the wheat very yellow. And they would sit in the middle of this field and just eat chestnuts, talk and laugh. Amanda would probably wear one of her long-sleeved wool sweaters and she would hide her fingers in the sleeves and take the chestnuts through the thick wool, so as to not burn herself. And they would make jokes about it. And the words would have no weight at all and the sounds would fly, caught in the wind, as soon as they would pronounce them. The words would barely have enough time to touch their ears and disappear, like the bells disappear from the laughter way before the person stops laughing. And he knew that this would make him happy. And he went to bed. He was laying on his pillow and imagining chestnuts and Amanda, and listening to the raindrops' heaviness.
When he woke up the next morning it was still raining. At short intervals the rain would stop and the sun would come out. And all the streets would look new and inviting in the sunlight of the morning rush. Walking to his office, Gregori gazed at the elegant silver pattern on the pavements. And with the rhythm of his own steps, through that morning mist, came the memory of his dreams about the roasted chestnuts and Amanda.
Then later on he called her from the office and asked if she wanted to get out for dinner that evening. But she was busy at work, and besides her family had some kids' birthday party in the afternoon that they needed to go to and then it would be too late anyway. May be some other time. Gregori was fine with that. "If she could get out, she would," he thought to himself. His back rested on his chair. He bit his lip and threw his head back. He did not think of anything. It was raining heavily and he listened. Then he smiled with the corner of his lips, and started to bite on his fingernail. Then he stopped. A nasty habit he was getting rid of. "Ok, she is busy. I need to move on with my work too," he glanced at the window one more time and turned his head towards his laptop.
His fingers started typing slowly. He wrote one more sentence. It was the new client's contract that he was working on when he called Amanda. Gregori stopped, deleted the last line he wrote. Then reread what he had so far and deleted it all. "I will start it all anew, it will be better that way," and Gregori started typing the contract details again.
Later that evening, when he was walking home, Gregori caught the sight of La Castanyera, who was selling the roasted chestnuts on the plaza. He paused his steps for a moment, and then playing with a couple of heavy coins in his pocket approached the coal burner.
"One bag of chestnuts, please" said Gregori and peeked inside the booth with almost a childish curiosity.
The lady smiled at him and started making a new paper bag.
"You have lots of them pre-made," noted Gregori without thinking.
"Thank you. No. I am fine. I am used to it, besides, the coals keep me warm," and the lady pointed to the coal burner.
"Me too," nodded La Castanyera, "it is the fire that makes them smell so well," and she smiled and there was nothing else to say and this was the end of the conversation. Gregori took his paper cone with warm chestnuts, paid the lady three euros, thanked her and slowly walked away.
Once at home Gregori opened a bottle of red and ate the chestnuts on the small coffee table in the living room. He worked carefully on the first one to make sure that he peels it right, he bit into it and chewed a small piece and drank some wine. "Well, it is just a chestnut. It is a good one though," and he finished it. Then he opened his laptop and automatically checked his mail and started writing his agenda for the next day. He peeled and ate some more chestnuts, not paying any more attention to them, as he was already absorbed by a conversation with somebody from Nebraska, somebody who could give him a few good tips on his business.
Amanda called on Sunday and said they could meet on Monday if he did not have any other plans for that day. Gregori said that he did not have any and asked where they should meet. Finally they agreed that he would pick her up on the corner of her office in the downtown at six. That worked fine for both of them and they talked for a little while about life and small things that were going on. They joked in between of the daily routine questions and light smiles tapped on his cheeks. It was good talking to her. As good as when they just started seeing each other. Gregori was in a very good mood and he sat down on his sofa and typed the metrics report that was long overdue. This time the work went smooth and easy and his fingers moved on the keyboard like that of a pianist preforming his favorite piece. "What an amazing woman Amanda is. It will be nice to see her tomorrow," Gregori thought to himself once the work has been done and he was able to relax. But then it was too late and he was too tired to think of anything else, and he felt the urge to lay down and sleep right there on the leather sofa in his living room. He opened the window, turned off the lights, took his clothes off and lay on the sofa pulling the plaid to his chest. He heard the vespas roaring on the street, and people talking on one of the balconies. Somebody was having a late barbeque on a Sunday night, and then the window flapped, and the voices of two young men were discussing something arduously. Somebody opened a cava bottle and all the exclamations were shisshed and everybody said "brindis" and there was silence. Amanda's smile flew in front of his eyes and he could not remember how the chestnuts smell. He tired hard to imagine the smell, to recall it from his childhood, but he could not. Amanda smiled to him, the window flapped once again and he dreamt of the waves his fingers produced when he typed. He was sleeping.
He picked up Amanda at six, as they have agreed. He was couple of minutes late and she was already waiting for him on the corner. He apologized and she said it was fine. She never made any trouble out of anything. It was that easy with her. He touched her hand and she did not pull it away. And they walked like that, holding hands a little bit and talking nonsense and laughing lightly.
And he said that it was and they walked side by side down the street.
They went to a small restaurant on one of the side streets and ordered their food and ate. They talked all the time, and his knee touched hers and they laughed and said all the unimportant words, and her crossed legs under the table were along his and it was good to be just sitting like that with her.
They walked for a while till they saw the chestnut stand on the street. It was getting cold and windy. He could see that Amanda was cold, even though she said she was fine. He put his jacket over her shoulders and passed his arm under the jacket.
"We would like some chestnuts," Gregori said to an almost angry looking chestnut vendor.
"Three euros a dozen," said the woman and turned her back towards them, checking something in her booth.
"Ok, we will get one," and Gregori gave her the coins.
The woman put twelve chestnuts into a paper cone and handed it to Gregori.
"Thank you," said Gregori. The woman did not reply or smile back. She turned her back to them again and concentrated on something inside the booth.
"Well, this lady was not nice," Gregori told Amanda when they turned the street corner.
"She might be tired or upset. You never know what is going on in her life," replied Amanda.
Amanda smiled. And they stopped to open the paper cone package and Amanda touched his face and kissed him. Gently and almost intangibly, like only she knew how. They stood for couple of minutes on the street kissing, with the warm chestnut package in his hand. Sometimes the wind would blow her hair over his face and he would hold it back with his free hand. Quietly. He liked its touch.
They walked a little bit more, eating warm chestnuts, one by one, together. Talking lightly about what was going on in their lives. Sometimes they laughed, sometimes he kissed her on the forehead, and all the words were weightless and not prone to gravity. And the wind occasionally blew her hair over his chin and he did not think of anything at all, except that he knew he was happy.
He left Amanda close to her house and took a taxi to his place. It started to rain lightly. His hands were still holding the paper cone with the leftover chestnuts, his face was smiling emotionlessly, and his eyes were not noticing the streets they drove through. The driver made a comment about the weather, but Gregori only nodded and said, "yeah". For a while he sat quietly on the back seat of the yellow and black taxicab, his tired back resting on the brown leather of the cushion, his hand touching his chin. Then he slowly closed his eyes and took a deep breath. With the breath came the smell of the roasted chestnuts.


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Mitchell Tenpenny Dishes on What Inspired 'Truth About You,' His Piquant New Breakup Song
Billy Dukes Published: August 4, 2021
Mitchell Tenpenny's new single "Truth About You" stops just short of naming names. "Yeah, you told your friends, you told your mama / That I'm the root of all the drama / But we both know why this ended / Girl, I caught you red-handed," he sings to close the second verse.
Wow — that's good tea!
Talking to Taste of Country Nights radio, Tenpenny admits the new song is about an ex. But it's also about experiences his friends have gone through and maybe even (gasp!) about his own bad behavior in relationships that predate the long-term one he's in now. Matt Alderman and Thomas Archer helped him with the lyrics.
"If you quit telling lies about me / I won't tell the truth about you," he says to conclude each savage chorus.
"You try to channel what's happened before," Tenpenny tells Evan and Amber, deflating the idea that he's scorning one person in particular. "It was just one of those songs. When I heard the title ... I was like, I know how to write this song. I've lived this song. And it just kinda fell out."
Tenpenny is currently dating singer Meghan Patrick. As both resume live shows (including tours with Dierks Bentley and Chris Young, for Tenpenny), time together is precious, but both understand they loved music before they loved each other. Of course, they had plenty of each other during the pandemic quarantine, a time he says he spent reflecting on life and priorities. You'll find him soaking in the moment a lot more when he performs in 2021 and beyond.
"We took for granted these things that we picked up a guitar for," he tells the radio hosts. "These are things we dreamed of doing, playing for crowds like this. I got to play Faster Horses (music festival) like two weekends ago, like 60,000 people or something. It's like, 'This is incredible.'"
"Truth About You" was released digitally in July. It will be his next radio single later this month.
Top Country Songs of 2021, Ranked
You'll find much more than just the Top 10 Country Songs of 2021 on this list.
Our team has sourced fans to create 10 superlatives for this mid-year version of the year-end songs list. Best Country Tearjerker? Best Country Baby-Maker? Best Country Breakup Song of 2021? Keith Urban, Carly Pearce, Chris Bandi and more help make up this portion of the Top Country Songs list, while hitmakers like Thomas Rhett and Little Big Town lead the 10 best songs portion.
Did your favorite song of 2021 make this list? To be considered, the song must have been released in 2021 or have actively charted for a portion of the year (see "Wine, Beer, Whiskey"). New artists including Lainey Wilson, Breland and Triston Marez crack the Top 10. Let us know your favorite song of 2021 at Twitter or email, at staff@tasteofcountry.com.
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Series 6: Jesus' third tour of Galilee - and sending out his disciples
12. Jesus challenges false teaching
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8th Jun 2020 | Martin Charlesworth
Series 6: Episode 12
Matthew 16:1-12 Mark 8:11-21
Disciples/Apostles/The Twelve
'Signs'
Sadducees
Teachers of the Law
Herodians
Conflict with Jesus
Giving to the Poor
(Old Testament) Scripture
Herod the Tetrach/Herod Antipas
Galilean Ministry
Jesus warned against the teaching of the Pharisees, Sadducees and Herodians. They deny his Messiahship and were a bad influence permeating the nation - just like yeast.
Hello and welcome to Series 6 and Episode 12 entitled 'Jesus Challenges False Teaching.' We're going to be studying from Matthew 16: 1 - 12, and there's a parallel passage in Mark's Gospel.
Introduction and Recap
This is the last episode in Series 6. It's an opportunity for us to look back over the series and all the things that have happened at this particular point in Jesus' ministry - because things are going to change quite dramatically in Series 7. Series 6 describes the third tour of Galilee that Jesus undertook both on his own, with his disciples, and also having sent them out independently in pairs to travel around and to preach towards the beginning of this particular tour (as recorded in Matthew 10) It's been a very dramatic tour but it's the third tour and, in fact, it's the final tour of Galilee that Jesus conducts because, as we're going to find out shortly, Jesus is now going to change his focus from Galilee towards Jerusalem.
The first tour, in Series 3, was really the launch of Jesus' ministry. He came on the scene with a big explosion of excitement (with miracles, healing and teaching in synagogues and so forth) and we described that very carefully in Series 3. Then, having appointed twelve Apostles as his special delegated representatives, he gave all the teaching of the Sermon on the Mount in Series 4, which is a very important part of the building up of the Kingdom community that Jesus was undertaking. This provided all the ethical and religious and spiritual framework for the new discipleship community. In Series 5, we had the second tour where the Twelve are established in their role - they're travelling closely with Jesus, observing him, learning from him. Here in Series 6, they've had some time operating independently, travelling around and preaching.
The atmosphere in Series 6 has intensified. There's been an intensification of support for Jesus among some people. This was represented particularly by the Feeding of the Five Thousand and we looked at that carefully and several times I've commented, subsequently, on the significance of that event because at the end the people got so excited at that time - a very large crowd gathered, the largest recorded number in Jesus' ministry - they want to make him king by force. (John 6:15) They wanted him to come and take over the country. Popular support is rising, political aspirations are being attached to Jesus which are not things that he's wanting but nevertheless that is taking place on the one hand. Some people are getting frustrated that he doesn't take over the government, - take over from the local king (King Herod Antipas), take over from the Romans in Jerusalem and so forth - but he's not doing that. There's a great deal of popular support, some degree of frustration and some people dropping off supporting him. On the other hand, the storm clouds have been gathering. Two particular storm clouds that we can identify in Series 6. The first one comes from the local king of the Galilee area, King Herod Antipas. We've mentioned him on many occasions before: we mentioned that his headquarters was in the city of Tiberias, which was right there on the western coast of the Sea of Galilee, very close to Jesus' headquarters a little bit further north in Capernaum. Herod Antipas has not made any direct moves against Jesus but he has made a direct move against John the Baptist. First of all, he imprisoned him and then subsequently, as we saw here in Series 6, he suddenly decided to execute him under pressure from his wife, Herodias. The storm clouds are gathering. What is Herod Antipas going to do next? This popular movement that's surrounding Jesus is simply getting bigger and bigger and, although it's not overtly political, it's very easy for it to turn political; or perhaps he might imagine it would turn violent or the crowds would invade his city of Tiberias and call for his overthrow - all sorts of scenarios might be running through his mind. There's no record of any of these things happening, but Herod Antipas would be concerned. That's one storm cloud.
The other storm cloud that has arisen is the ever increasing hostile attention and decisions and determinations of the religious establishment - and they're represented, generally speaking, by their activists the Pharisees. Other parts of the religious establishment are represented as well, such as the Sadducees, and we'll discuss these groups in our episode today. Already, as recorded in Matthew 12: 22 to 24, and the subsequent passage, there's been a formal denouncement of Jesus from the religious establishment as a false messiah operating under the power of evil forces, and not under the power of the Holy Spirit, and the confrontations continue. There's a very strong confrontation we recorded, in an episode just a little back in time from the moment we're describing here, where the Pharisees came and confronted Jesus about a number of issues of obedience to the Law and accused his disciples of disobeying the Law of Moses. In fact, that wasn't true but they're really challenging Jesus very hard. There's a storm cloud coming from the religious establishment. This is originating from Jerusalem, from the Jewish ruling council (the Sanhedrin); they're sending representatives to Galilee; they're trying to undermine Jesus; and they're trying to turn people away from him. Two storm clouds: the political storm cloud from Herod Antipas, potentially, and the definite storm cloud of opposition that's coming from the religious establishment. These are some of the background events.
So complex is all this process that Jesus took some time out. He went to Phoenicia and then to Decapolis and performed some miracles there in two separate Gentile territories to the north and to the east of Galilee. We've just seen these events, and the miracles associated with them, and as our story starts today, Jesus is returning from the Decapolis, east of the Sea of Galilee, back over into Jewish Galilee, on the western side, and very shortly after that there's another big discussion about false teaching. We're going to read Matthew 16: 1 - 12. Let's read the previous verse - Matthew 15: 39, as well - because this describes the connecting moment when Jesus had fed the 4000, which was the second half of the last episode and then what happened at the end of that particular occasion. Starting the last verse of Matthew 15:
A Sign From Heaven
'After Jesus had sent the crowd away, he got into the boat and went to the vicinity of Magadan. 1The Pharisees and Sadducees came to Jesus and tested him by asking him to show them a sign from heaven. 2He replied, "When evening comes, you say, 'It will be fair weather, for the sky is red,' 3and in the morning, 'Today it will be stormy, for the sky is red and overcast.' You know how to interpret the appearance of the sky, but you cannot interpret the signs of the times. 4A wicked and adulterous generation looks for a sign, but none will be given it except the sign of Jonah." Jesus then left them and went away. 5When they went across the lake, the disciples forgot to take bread. 6"Be careful," Jesus said to them. "Be on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees." 7They discussed this among themselves and said, "(It's) because we didn't bring any bread." 8Aware of their discussion, Jesus asked, "You of little faith, why are you talking among yourselves about having no bread? 9Do you still not understand? Don't you remember the five loaves for the five thousand, and how many basketfuls you gathered? 10Or the seven loaves for the four thousand, and how many basketfuls you gathered? 11How is it you don't understand that (I'm) not talking to you about bread? But be on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees." 12Then they understood that he was not telling them to guard against the yeast used in bread, but against the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.'
Matthew 15:39-16:12, NIV
Pharisees and Sadducees tested him by asking him a question. This is a regular occurrence and it happens again - they're coming and they're really pushing. This is the storm cloud of religious opposition that is building up in strength. This is not the first time that they ask a question about having a sign from heaven and not the first time that Jesus had actually pronounced on this particular question. For a moment we need to go back in the text to Matthew 12, to remind ourselves of the previous direct confrontation where these similar issues were discussed. In Matthew 12: 24, the Pharisees, after a particular miracle
'... when the Pharisees heard this, they said, "It is only by Beelzebul,the prince of demons, that this fellow drives out demons."'
Matthew 12:24, NIV
This is their pronouncement on Jesus, as a false messiah. Then, in verse 38, after Jesus had made a robust reply to that statement:
'Then some of the Pharisees and Teachers of the Law said to him, "Teacher, we want to see a sign from you." 39He answered, "A wicked and adulterous generation asks for a sign! But none will be given … except the sign of the prophet Jonah. 40For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of a huge fish, so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth."'
Matthew 12:38-40, NIV
You can see the similarity between that incident, some time ago, and this similar question here and Jesus, in verse 4, is very clear: '"none (no sign) will be given it except the sign of Jonah."' What is meant by the sign of Jonah? The story of Jonah is one of the major prophetic stories of the Old Testament. Jonah was an Israelite prophet and you're probably familiar with the story (and we discussed it when we looked at the incident in Matthew 12). There's a small book of Jonah in the Old Testament that describes the story vividly. He was called by God to go from Israel to the regional superpower at the time, Assyria, and their capital city Nineveh. He decided he didn't want to do that. He was frightened; he fled in the opposite direction; he went westward rather than going eastward; a storm came and, eventually, he ended up being thrown off the boat in the storm and being swallowed up by a huge fish for three days before the fish vomited him out and he ended up on the land. That's the story described as a real-life event in the Old Testament and verified as such by Jesus, by the way. The significance of this is, as described more fully by Jesus on the previous discussion, that
'"as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of a huge fish, so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth."'
That incident is a kind of symbol or metaphor for the death and then the resurrection of Jesus because Jonah experienced what can only be described as a kind of coming back to life, because obviously one would assume he would die in those circumstances - it was only the miraculous provision of God that kept him alive. Jesus, in a similar way, will die and be apparently, permanently dead and then suddenly, miraculously come to life on the third day. Jesus is saying to the religious leaders there, "If you want a sign, the big sign to you, the final indicator of who I am - my real identity - will be my death and my resurrection - the sign of Jonah."
The physical miracles, the remarkable things that Jesus did, had not persuaded them. In fact, they had argued that he had used an evil power in order to perform these miracles. Jesus is not trying to persuade them through those types of miracles because they've been prejudiced against the reality of them and they have attributed them to a source other than the power of God. The point about this sign here is, it's greater than all of those things and, this particular sign can't be performed by Jesus in his earthly life because he would have died at that point. The sign of Jonah is a sign of a greater power than just Jesus himself - the power of his Father, the Holy Spirit, the Trinity of God working together. Jesus physically dead but raised again to life, is a dramatically greater miracle than any of the miracles of his earthly ministry. That's the sign that Jesus said will be given to that generation. He calls them a 'wicked generation' because they've hardened their hearts. What he means by the generation is the people of the country who are influenced by their religious leaders. That's not everybody, by any means, but the religious leaders still had a huge amount of influence.
Three Dangerous Influences
After that brief conversation, which Jesus cut short, he then enters into a discussion with his disciples as they're crossing over from one part of the lake to another and they've forgotten to bring some bread on board for the journey that they're going to take. Jesus uses the analogy of yeast to describe the teaching of the Pharisees and the Sadducees and Mark 8: 15 which is the parallel account and also adds in that Herod and the followers of Herod are also in Jesus' mind so we're going to comment on that in just a moment. Jesus identifies three types of dangerous teaching and influence: that of the Pharisees and Sadducees and the Herodians. Yeast, generally speaking, is an image in the Bible for negative influence spreading from one place to another. Just as yeast in dough will spread throughout the dough, will have an equal influence all over the dough, and cause the bread to rise, so yeast, in a negative spiritual sense, will infect the whole of whatever is being described. It will affect the whole of the nation of Israel, in fact. This negative teaching of the Pharisees, the Sadducees and the Herodians is going to have a negative teaching throughout the whole nation and Jesus says, "Be warned! There's something very negative coming from them and something that must be resisted."
In order to work out what he's talking about, we need to draw some evidence from different parts of Scripture and the Gospel accounts and we find that there are distinctives of the Pharisees, the Sadducees and the Herodians that Jesus would have had in mind. Let's think, first of all, of the Pharisees. There are a number of things that they are particularly criticised for by Jesus. Luke 12: 1 says Jesus said '"Be on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy."' The first and fundamental problem with the Pharisees is they said one thing and they did another. They concentrated on external religious activities while, internally, there was moral corruption and double standards. That's the first thing that Jesus explicitly criticises them for. In Luke 16: 14 Luke comments on the Pharisees when Jesus was telling a parable related to the use of financial resources and money. Luke 16: 14, comments: 'The Pharisees, who loved money, heard all this and were sneering at Jesus.' The second criticism: they love money. Hypocrisy - double standards - and secondly, they love money - they were motivated by financial gain. Even though they made a big thing about giving money away, tithing and being generous to the poor, they actually loved money. The third criticism is that of legalism. In Mark 7, we've had a discussion between the Pharisees and Jesus (which we commented on in Series 6 Episode 12) and Jesus accused them of legalism by which he meant the legitimate Laws of Moses, which they should obey, were being added to by their own human traditions and laws, and being imposed on others as if they were the Law of God. Mark 7: 8, says: '"You have let go of the commands of God and are holding on to human traditions."' That's Jesus speaking to the Pharisees - "You've let go of the Law of Moses and you're holding onto human traditions" - that's legalism. The final element of the teaching of the Pharisees is their outright rejection of Jesus as Messiah as indicated in Matthew 12, verse 24, which we looked at just a moment ago. There are many reasons why the teaching of the Pharisees is dangerous. It's like yeast, it's going to go all the way through the nation of Israel, corrupt the nation of Israel, and persuade many people not to acknowledge Jesus as the Messiah.
What about the teaching of the Sadducees? We've said less about the Sadducees than the Pharisees so far; they appear a bit more prominently in the events in Jerusalem at the end of Jesus' life and we'll have reason to discuss them in a little more detail then. They were another religious group who were influential in the religious establishment. They had members of their group on the ruling Sanhedrin and many of the Sadducees were also priests. This particular religious group had a significant disbelief in the supernatural. They even doubted the afterlife, which was the fundamental conviction of Judaism at the time and seems a very strange thing to say. For example in Matthew 22: 23, Matthew writes: 'That same day the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to him with a question.' They doubted the physical resurrection; they doubted the existence of angels; and they had a disbelief in elements of the supernatural. They also joined with the Pharisees in denouncing Jesus as a false messiah.
We've mentioned the Pharisees; we've mentioned the Sadducees but as I noted in Mark's account of this same event he adds that Jesus mentioned Herod and the Herodians, which are the followers of King Herod Antipas and other members of the Herod family. Why should we be concerned about them? Herod had just executed John the Baptist for a start so Herod Antipas is a danger to Jesus and his followers because he can turn against them as someone who, although fascinated by Jesus, was not a follower and felt deeply threatened by Jesus. Mark notes, very interestingly, as an early comment on the followers of Herod Antipas (known as the Herodians) in Mark 3: 6 right at the beginning of Jesus' ministry: 'Then the Pharisees went out and began to plot with the Herodians how they might kill Jesus.' This is the earliest reference to a plot to get rid of Jesus in all the Gospels and the interesting thing is the Pharisees are associated with the Herodians, in this particular respect. Here is a political faction, motivated by maintaining the political status quo, which had the capacity to turn against Jesus because he was a perceived threat to their political power. At the same time, we also know that there were members of Herod's establishment and of his army who were deeply influenced by Jesus - we think of the centurion from the Capernaum area and of the women who followed Jesus as recorded at the beginning of Luke 8 (one of whom is described as the wife of the ruler of Herod's household). We know that influential people around Herod are following Jesus but we also know that most of his political followers are warning him against Jesus as being a threat.
Having said all that and understood what Jesus was talking about, let's think for a moment and reflect what kind of applications we may make from this intriguing passage. First of all, just to summarise, these types of teachings involved, first of all, the refusal to accept Jesus as the Messiah - that's the Pharisees primary opposition to Jesus. Secondly, religious scepticism - that's really the position of the Sadducees and thirdly, political opposition - from the Herodians. The interesting thing is to think: how can these realities apply in the modern world, in my country or in your country? We all live in different parts of the world, under different political systems and in different cultures and so our response to that question will be very different depending on where we live. I want to say that these challenges still exist today very firmly. Jesus can be misunderstood and his identity resisted at a religious level and there are many religious systems that would ask questions, or be sceptical, or even opposed to the idea that Jesus is the unique, divine Son of God and Messiah, Saviour - someone who has the ability to forgive sins and creates new spiritual life and someone who rules over this whole world and ultimately that rule will be manifest when he returns in power. All the major religions of the world, outside Christianity, will have fundamental questions about those claims. Scepticism, such as that of the Pharisees, is very common in our modern world. The Sadducees were sceptical of certain elements of the supernatural reality. That scepticism has developed a lot further in the modern world - particularly where Western culture has been influential. We live in an age, in Western life, of scepticism - scepticism about religion, scepticism about the supernatural. Also, thinking of the Herodians, all over the world politicians, those in power, dictators and rulers, will persecute Christians - they will oppose Christians and see them as a threat. That's happening as I'm speaking. I've read news in the last 24 hours that tells me of imprisonment, persecution and attacks on churches that have taken place in several continents. I've been reading about it just as I've been preparing this talk. It's a reality in our world, the Herodian tendency to oppose the spiritual truth for political reasons is still present in our world.
Therefore, we can learn some things from what Jesus is saying. We can take encouragement that he understood these types of issues and he saw very clear examples in groups he was dealing with in his time and in his culture: the Pharisees, the Sadducees and the Herodians and, indeed, others who are not mentioned here. The Church needs to be on its guard and we need to affirm, very clearly, first of all, the identity of Jesus when other religious traditions would modify or undermine that identity - would dilute it in some way. The Church needs to be very clear, Jesus' uniqueness is very profoundly stated all the way through the New Testament and all the way through the Gospels. Secondly, we need to be very committed to the view that we believe in the supernatural activity of God today by the power of the Holy Spirit. We don't want a form of religious scepticism to creep into the Church. We believe in God's power today operating in similar ways that it operated in Jesus' time because he gave his Holy Spirit to his followers. Finally, we need to be cautious and careful when the state wants to take control of the Church. An ideal situation for the Church of Jesus Christ is to be free from direct control from the state and to be very wise in handling itself when the state seeks to exercise undue influence over its organisation, its life, its finances, its belief and its proclamation of the Gospel. We need to be aware of the yeast (the influence) of groups like the Pharisees, the Sadducees and the Herodians in modern society. You'll find ways of making application of this teaching in your culture and in your country, as I can in mine, and we should take courage - Jesus saw all these things coming and equipped the Church to deal with them. Thanks for reading.
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A common complaint about eating plant-based food is the lack of flavour. However, if you've ever tried the vegan options at Yavanna in Paddington, then it's likely that you won't regret going meatless. You might even keep coming back for more of their tasty (and healthy!) dishes.
Yavanna, located at Latrobe Terrace, will excite you about going vegan or maintaining your plant-based diet. Not only are the choices extensive but the meatless dishes are actually filling, delicious, and creatively concocted.
You would see that the owners of this restaurant are truly passionate about eating healthy just by quickly browsing its menu. Although they offer "cheeseburgers" "chicken satay" or katsu and "hoisin duck soba," don't mistake these dishes for the real thing, as Yavanna uses high-quality plant-based ingredients for their food and drinks.
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Create and manage a simple play list from files in a folder or an array

## Instalation
```shell
npm install folder-playlist [--save]
```
## Usage
Short example

```js
var fpl = require('folder-playlist')({
    song_src: 'path_to_folder',
    //Could be [{src:path_to_file1,attr:'GOOD SONG'}, {src:path_to_file2, attr:'GREAT SONG'}]
    shuffle: true, // true or false
    song_types: ['mp3'] // array of file valid extensions
});

var fpl_songs = fpl.getSongs();
console.log(flp_songs);

var fpl_playlist = fpl.getPlayList();
console.log(flp_playlist);

fpl.shuffleOn() //Modifies Playlist

fpl_playlist = fpl.getPlayList();
console.log(flp_playlist);

var next_song = fpl.getNextSong();
// open_your_player_using(next_song);
console.log(next_song);

```

### Forced playlist example
Short example

```js
var fpl = require('folder-playlist')({
    song_src: 'path_to_folder',
    //Could be [{src:path_to_file1,attr:'GOOD SONG'}, {src:path_to_file2, attr:'GREAT SONG'}]
    shuffle: true, // true or false
    song_types: ['mp3'], // array of file valid extensions
    forced: {
        force: true, // true or false
        expression: /^.*song_suffix\..*$/g, // use valid regex expressions
        every: 2, // integer every how many songs to play one in forced mode
        count: 2 // play integer amount of songs every time
    }
});

var fpl_songs = fpl.getSongs();
console.log(flp_songs);

var fpl_playlist = fpl.getPlayList();
console.log(flp_playlist);

fpl.shuffleOn() //Modifies Playlist

fpl_playlist = fpl.getPlayList();
console.log(flp_playlist);

var next_song = fpl.getNextSong();
// open_your_player_using(next_song);
console.log(next_song);

```

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Rui Pinho graduated in Civil Engineering at the University of Porto (Portugal) in 1995 and then initiated his research career at Imperial College, in London, where he first obtained MSc and PhD degrees in the field of Earthquake Engineering.
He then moved to Pavia in 2001, where he has held appointments at the local University, at the European Centre for Training and Research in Earthquake Engineering (EUCENTRE, ROSE School) and at the Global Earthquake Model (GEM) Foundation.
Dr. Pinho has authored close to 300 publications, is peer-reviewer and/or editorial board member of 30 international scientific journals, has been guest speaker in a number of conferences, workshops and short courses, and is the recipient of a number of awards, including the 2007 EERI Shah's Prize for innovation in the field of earthquake risk mitigation and management.
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Adrian Bonin came to Naz Pen Church in 2016. He began serving as the Associate Pastor overseeing family ministries, then the interim pastor and recently he moved into the role of Lead Pastor to provide leadership for the church as a whole. Adrian is married to his wife, Keristan and they are blessed with two daughters named Liberty and Alethea. Adrian enjoys reading, playing sports, and chatting about Jesus and life over a cup of good coffee.
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Our church's board is responsible for the overall leadership of the church including ministry, oversight of staff, the direction of the church, as well as stewardship of our assets. It is composed of two sub-groups that serve in different capacities and together compose the board as a whole. One group are called trustees who take care of some of the more practical concerns such as finances, the facility, and maintenance. The other group are called stewards who focus more on the spiritual needs of the church and oversee staff and ministry. Together these teams help serve the church with leadership in following God's vision and plan for our church and for how we can impact the community around us as well as the world. They serve sacrificially and faithfully in order to help others to encounter transformational life change through Jesus.


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Donald Hubner came to San Juan Island a tourist but left a hero.
At around 4:30 p.m. on Saturday, June 30, Hubner rescued a local man from a flaming car that veered off the pavement near Roche Harbor Road and Misty Isle Drive.
Hubner came to the island for a weekend getaway from Shoreline — just north of Seattle — but his fun turned to fear when his family passed a blazing vehicle on their way to a zip line tour.
Hubner, who is retired from the Navy, said he pulled a man from the car and even returned to the vehicle to ensure another person wasn't inside. His wife and teenage daughters couldn't reach 911 on their cell phones due to bad reception and ran to nearby houses to call.
San Juan County Sheriff Ron Krebs said the accident involved only one car and a local driver, who is about 30 years old.
The driver, said Krebs, narrowly missed one tree when he veered off the road and down an embankment and then hit another tree. Hubner said he saw smoke and flames coming out the hood of the vehicle.
The lack of skid marks leads the sheriff to believe the crash was caused because the driver was either asleep, impaired or had medical issues. However, the car was completely burned, leaving only a shell and no evidence, said Krebs.
Hubner is also thankful that he was in the right place at the right time. Initially, he had passed the scene, thinking the flames were from a possible trash fire, but one of his daughters believed the blaze originated from a car, prompting Hubner to turn around.
Hubner assured the Journal that his actions at the crash were both natural and commonplace.
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As for the weekend trip, the Hubners camped, kayaked and even made it to the zip line tour they were driving to when they passed the crash; response crews arrived that quickly, explained Hubner.
Ziplining, he said, provided a distraction from the incident that left his family "shook up," but overall, hasn't deterred them from another island trip.


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To think globally and act locally was the predominant thought of the week, when every grade of NPS HSR undertook some EE project to make the Environment Week celebration in school more purposeful.
Grade 1 and 2 took up a tour of the school to learn about the school and its surroundings.
Grade 3 learnt about conserving resources and observed a waste–free day. They also visited Agara lake and walked around it along with Grade 4. There they learnt very pertinent and important lessons on keeping the water bodies clean and pollution free.
Grade 5 had an outdoor class where they had an insightful discussion on keeping their environment clean.
Grade 6 went on a nature walk around the school to discover and learn about the plants in their surroundings. The biology teachers took the students for the walk to explain the medicinal values and the special feature of each plant.
Grade 7 students made big paper bags out of newspaper to be distributed among local vendors to bring down the use of plastic packets.
Grade 8 learnt how to grow and maintain terrarium plants in order to bring in greenery within the class rooms. They enjoyed the session and promised to take care of the plants in their own class.
Grade 9 had an interactive session with Mr. Ajay Raveendra, who excels in nature photography. He spoke on the various species of snakes in Karnataka. It was very informative and enlightening for the students as they learnt a lot about snakes, its habitat, its prey and the challenges it faces.
Grade 10 had a session on making seed balls to be dispersed to enhance the process of planting trees. The session was conducted by an organization called Say Trees.
Grade 11 and 12 were shown PPT on the topic 'Single use plastic-Short-term boon, long-term bane'. The PPT was made by the Green Brigade of NPS, HSR to spread awareness on the effects of the use of plastic. They were educated about the ways of replacing plastics in an environment friendly way by using cloth bags and metal bottles instead of plastic ones. The children took an oath to refuse to use things that cannot be reused.
We at NPS HSR firmly believe that 'Plans to protect air and water, wilderness and wildlife are in fact plans to protect man'-(Stewart Udall) and we are constantly working to do our bit for the environment.


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A game for the ages between Ashland's undefeated teams
Mark Maynard WHEN GREATNESS COLLIDES: ASHLAND TOMCAT THROWBACK April 27, 2020 April 28, 2020 8 Minutes
ASHLAND, Ky. – Ashland's 2020 basketball team unloaded the bus, grabbed their bags from the luggage area and stepped into a time capsule.
They looked around the parking lot and saw Ford Model-Ts, men wearing shirts and ties, and there was even a place to tie up the horse for those who used that mode of transportation.
It was culture shock as 2020 met 1928.
Most of the men who were lined up outside in the parking lot waiting to get into the gym had worked all day at Armco or Ashland Oil, probably had a meal at good home and put on their good clothes, some even wore fedoras, for the game. Most had cigarettes and others had cigars hanging off their lips, the smoke circling up in perfect waves and into the crisp night. And they were all talking about the Tomcats, both their own and this future team that was to play in the battle of the unbeatens.
Ashland's 1928 state and national champions
They knew this much: Their Tomcats knew how to win. They'd won 37 in a row, beaten teams in the Tri-State, then in the Kentucky state tournament and even in a national tournament.
"Nobody beats our Cats!" one fan yelled at the 2020 Tomcats as they filed into the building. "You guys sure as heck ain't beating us!"
As Ashland's 2020 players went through the doors leading inside, they were looking at each other, raising their eyebrows, and then taking in more of the unusual surroundings. They didn't have to pay, but admission to the game was only 5 cents. Young boys in the "lobby" area were pulling at their warmups to try and get their attention, or maybe just feel that soft material. That smell, too, was different. It was hot-buttered popcorn – 1 penny for a bag – and cigar smoke. It almost made for a sweet aroma.
"It was intoxicating," said 2020 Tomcats coach Jason Mays. "Our guys were stunned when we got here. I kept waiting for Rod Serling to come out and say, 'This is the Twilight Zone.'"
As fans came into the gym, they had a checker who looked over what the patron was wearing and directed them to the stands on the side or to the stage if the attire wasn't proper enough. The men in the fedoras were given some good seating. It was a wild bunch on the stage for the game and at the top of each side of the gym, the windows were propped open, even though it was chilly outside. It was getting stuffy in here.
Their first look at the gym floor they noticed a couple of things. There was no halfcourt line and the foul lane was about four feet wide with a circle that went around the foul stripe. It looked like the shape of a key. They all seemed to get it at once.
Fans were already inside the gym, many more than the fire marshal said should be there. But this game was bigger than big, so the fire marshal saved himself from a riot by letting the fans keep coming. It was the battle of the unbeatens, the only teams in more than 100 years of Tomcat basketball that finished without a blemish.
This two-game series was set up to maybe determine the true Tomcat champion and because fans wanted it. One game would be played on the other's floor with the other's rules. On this night, there were no 3-point shots, jump balls after every basket and no 10-second count. Anybody could roam anywhere on either side of the floor. If the teams reached 30, it would be a miracle.
Both teams began warming up and the 2020 Tomcats noticed their opponents weren't practicing jump shots. Of course, those didn't come along until the 1930s.
"Just take care of yourself," Mays instructed them. "Get ready to play."
Mays took the 2020 Tomcats to the dressing room under the stands and you could feel the noise. There was stomping and cheering and dang near rioting out there. It was intimidating to say the least.
It was different for Mays too, who learned he was to stay on his bench – a wooden plank – and not get up from it except when play was stopped at timeouts or between quarters. The referees were quite emphatic and made sure he understood. Mays shook his head yes, blew a kiss to his wife Lori Beth and kids in the stands on the opposite side, and plopped down for the first jump ball of many on this night. There were 35 by my count.
Ashland's 1928 team was a chiseled bunch. They didn't look like high school players. Far from it. Ellis Johnson was one of the dynamic players. He looked like Mr. America with muscular legs and arms bulging through his tight uniform. Darrell Darby was another one, so was Gene Strother. They were sizing up these 2020 Tomcats, who looked sleek and much younger, too.
"But you know," said Strother afterward. "Those were the most polite boys we'd ever played. Oh, they played hard basketball, but those are some good kids. We loved playing against them."
The game started fast, by 1928 standards anyway, with Strother and Darby each drilling two-handed set shots during a 9-2 run. The gym sounded like it was coming apart. The 1928 team didn't have to dribble much because they passed so effectively. The ball, which seemed much bigger than the one the 2020 Tomcats were used to playing with, had laces on it like a football. But the 28 Tomcats knew what to do with it when they got close to the basket.
They got the first jump ball, and then the second with Johnson out-tipping Cole Villers each time. Ashland's 2020 team was going to have to get used to that part of the game too. They tried different players and Nolan Phillips seemed to have the best control of where the tip was going so they stuck with him.
It took some time for the 2020 Tomcats to settle down. They trailed 9-2 but Colin Porter and Justin Bradley made short jump shots at the close of the quarter to pull them within 9-6. The crowd laughed when they shot – they had never seen anybody shooter a jumper – and then looked at each other wide-eyed when it swished. The teams were settling in and what ensued was some beautiful basketball. The 28 Cats held a 20-15 halftime lead in a game that was going down to the wire.
"We should have had the game won at halftime," said 28 Coach Jimmy Anderson. "We let up and kind of started watching instead of playing. They got our style down faster than I thought they could. I don't know how he did it, but Coach Mays had to have us well scouted. He took away some things."
True enough. The 2020 Tomcats came roaring back in the second half and Ethan Sellars, playing on the floor where his grandfather did more than 50 years ago for Coles Jr. High, hit a long jump shot that would have been worth three points any other night to put the 2020 Tomcats ahead 22-20 three minutes into the second half.
Porter got the hang of what to do with the ball, too. He had the 28 Tomcats chasing him all over the floor, whittling off minutes as he went behind-the-back and between-the-legs with defenders in pursuit. He learned from watching Johnson, who did the same to the 2020 Tomcats in the first half.
"I could have watched that boy all day long," Anderson said. "If he were on this team, we'd have won every game 2-0 if we could have scored first. I'd make sure he had the ball and there wouldn't have been any time left."
By the end of the third quarter, the 28 Tomcats had recovered and pulled ahead 28-22 and it looked like the 2020 Tomcats were done.
But just like the start to the second half, they caught fire – making three consecutive baskets – to tie the game at 28. Phillips scored on a putback and it was all even with only 90 seconds remaining. The clock wasn't digital, so it was hard to understand the time for the 2020 Tomcats – just one more obstacle in a world of them on this bizarre night.
"I'm not sure we ever figured out how to read that clock and we're pretty smart guys," Ethan Hudson said.
The 28 Tomcats got the tip on the jump ball and Johnson began his stall. He dribbled around and through the 2020 Tomcats until colliding with Villers on the baseline. Mays jumped up and hollered "Charge!" – it was heard all over the gym – and luckily he was given a warning instead of a technical foul. Luke Maze did his best to calm him down. It should be noted that Ellis Johnson, who won the sportsmanship award at the state tournament and committed only two fouls all season – helped Villers up after the collision. The foul was called on Villers and Johnson made one of two free throws for a 29-28 lead with only 15 seconds remaining.
"I don't like to complain about calls … so I won't," Mays said afterward. "Let's just say it was a good thing Luke was with me. He gave us a chance to win by keeping me in check."
On the ensuing jump ball, Phillips was able to get a clean tip out to Porter, who zipped a long pass down the court to a flying Hudson who laid it in for a 30-29 lead as the 28 Tomcat crowd grew silent. They hadn't been in this kind of game since the four-overtime state championship win over Carr Creek.
But they didn't panic. Passes went from Darby to Johnson to Phipps to Strother to Johnson. It was a dizzying display that freed up one last shot, but it was like slow motion when Johnson, from 15 feet away, let fly with a two-handed set shot. The ball seemed to take several minutes to find the basket but it splashed through and the buzzer couldn't drown out the celebration. The 1928 Tomcats had survived this incredible game, 31-30.
"There will be a rematch!" Sellars said as the 2020 Tomcats were leaving the gym.
Game 2 will be at – Where else? – James A. Anderson Gymnasium.
Ashland's 1928 team was 37-0 and won the state and national championship. The Tomcats four-overtime win over Carr Creek remains one of the most amazing games in Sweet 16 history. Ellis Johnson went on to play at UK and was Adolph Rupp's first All-American.
Ashland's 2020 team finished 33-0 but was denied playing in the Sweet 16 because of the coronavirus. Coach Jason Mays' team relied on the 3-point shot, shooting more behind the arc than in front of it.
2020 ASHLAND (30) – Porter 4-5 0-0 8, Bradley 1-1 0-0 2, Sellars 2-4 1-2 5, Villers 3-6 2-2 8, Hudson 1-3 1-2 3, Gillum 0-1 0-0 0, Phillips 1-2 0-0 2, Adkins 1-2 0-0 2, Atkins 0-1 0-0 0. FG: 11-25. FT: 4-6. Rebounds: 12 (Porter 2, Bradley 1, Gillum 2, Sellars 2, Villers 2, Phillips 2, Adkins 1). Assists: 5 (Porter 1, Bradley 1, Gillum 1, Phillips 1, Hudson 1). PF: 11. Turnovers: 7.
1928 ASHLAND (31) – Phipps 1-3 2-2 4, Fullerton 1-3 0-0 2, Strother 2-6 2-4 6, Darby 2-5 1-4 5, Johnson 3-6 2-4 8, Wolfe 0-2 0-0 0, Hemlepp 1-2 1-1 3, Riffe 1-2 1-1 3. FG: 12-27. FT: 7-11. Rebounds: 18 (Phipps 3, Fullerton 1, Strother 3, Darby 2, Johnson 6, Wolfe 1, Hemlepp 2). Assists: 7 (Phipps 2, Fullerton 1, Strother 1, Darby 1, Wolfe 2). PF: 7. Turnovers: 6.
2020 ASHLAND 6 9 7 8 – 30
1928 ASHLAND 9 11 8 3 – 31
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Story worthy of "top fold" — only the 'Golden Pen' could create this classic !!!!
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Just like the technical rider, the notation of the electronics should present all necessary information clearly in such a way that the work could be realized without the presence of the composer.
Nina Young provides all the basic information in her score and notates the electronics in the score itself clearly and succinctly for the performer. A separate technical rider is provided that goes into precise details and allows the piece to be realized by a third party technician without any additional information from the composer.
Mary Kouyoumjain provides a detailed Technical Rider in her score and notates the electronic component of the piece clearly. The electronic component is largely drone-like in nature, and is provided with a mixture of traditional and graphic notation.
Kokoras uses the combination of stopwatch markings with the visual indications of the spectrogram in the score. This is most effective for pieces that do not require precise synchronization but more of a general idea of the electronic sound.
Temple notates the electronics in a hybrid fashion - providing notes, words, and rhythms in traditional notation where possible and embellishing this traditional notation with graphic illustrations.
More generalized instructions to a technician who acts as a performer of the electronics.
Electronic sounds are worked into the performers staff as smaller notes with triangle noteheads.
Saariaho uses two microphones with different processing and indicated which microphone the singers should be singing into in the score.
Dynamic microphones use thick diaphragms and tend to accentuate the middle range of the frequency spectrum. These microphones tend to be highly durable and do not require phantom power.
Condenser Microphones have thinner diaphragms than dynamic microphones and are therefor less durable but more capable of capturing high frequencies and generally record with a higher fidelity. Condenser Microphones require phantom power to boost the signal for recording.
RIbbon microphones use a long and thin diaphragm and generally provide a more colored or warm quality in their recordings. Ribbon microphones are usually quite fragile and can difficult to use. Ribbon microphones, like Condensers, require phantom power.
In Addition to Standard MIDI, the VST instruments that come with Logic use what they call "fader" values that may be automated but aren't necessarily hooked up to a MIDI control. These faders can be found in the same way that you automate things like volume and panning on an audio track. Additionally you can connect them to a midi controller using the "midi learn" function.
The difference between digital and analog synthesizers are that digital synths use digital processors and analog synthesizers use analog circuitry. The earliest analog synths typically used vacuum tubes, which were eventually replaced by transistors to create waveform oscillators, filters, and other sound processing modules. There is much debate over which sounds better, which is a highly subjective issue.
Analog synths, especially older ones, tend to have a particular color to their sound, often described as a "warmth" or "individuality" and because they do not require a DAC, the fidelity of the sound will not be altered by this conversion to voltage from the digital realm.
Digital synths tend to be more accessible, easier to use/record, and since the 1990s are able to be much more feature-rich than their analog counterparts. For example, granular and sample-based synthesis is much easier to realize with a digital synth and the number of oscillators and filters are essentially limitless on a modern CPU.
Modular synthesis may involve any type of synthesis, with modules of waveform oscillators, Low frequency modulators, ADSR filters, and so on as possible modules. Most synthesizers are modular in design.
An important part of nearly every synthesizer is the ADSR, or Attack-Decay-Sustain-Release, which provides the "shape" of the notes.
Every sound could theoretically described as a combination of sine tones. This concept will be explored more in the class on spectral techniques, but is also the basis for additive synthesis.
Filtering of a sound source, most often a wave form or noise generator. Typically, the sound source to be filtered (ie subtracted from) should be rich in harmonics, which makes it more useful to realize timbres using the subtractive method of synthesis.
noise generator: white, pink, or brown noise - rich in spectral content and completely harmonic. In theory, white noise has an equal level of energy throughout the entire frequency spectrum.
The above sound sources will then be filtered by low pass, high pass, comb, and other types of EQs as well as an ADSR (attack, decay, sustain, release) filter.
The first digital synth of widespread popularity, the Yamaha DX7, used FM synthesis as devised by John Chowning. For FM synthesis you need two waveform oscillators, one to act as the carrier and the other as the modulator. The frequency of the carrier is modulated by the modulator, resulting in the original frequency plus sidebands that are the sum and difference between the carrier and modulator.
Van Halen's "Jump" features the DX7, which was also a favorite among contemporary composer like Gyorgi Ligeti because of its microtonal capabilities.
A type of synthesis that uses a mathematical model to imitate the physical, acoustic creation of sound. The Sculpture synth is Logic is a physical modeling synth. Typically a physical model will feature modeled exciters (pluck, bowed, struck, scraped, blown, etc), sound source type (string, membrane, tube, etc.) and resonant body attributes (size, shape, material type, etc.).
This type of synthesis is generally less developed and more "experimental," though there are now a few commercial VST instruments that rely on physical modelling, the most successful among them is pianoteq, which features physical models of various pianos, harps, harpsichord, and steel drum that sound surprisingly realistic. The advantage of this approach is that, ideally, the synthesis will sound very realistic and varied beyond the possibilities of a sampler instrument while also being very light on hard drive space and CPU usage.
In place of waveforms, these synthesizers generate sound using samples. The famous Lichtorgel that Scriabin wrote for is the earliest example of this in the analog domain, but the famous Mellotron instrument is also based on playing back a sample from magnetic tape. In logic the ESX sampler and electro-beat both have sample-based capabilities.
Granular Synthesis is a particular type of Sample-based synthesis where an audio file is cut into very small "grains" of sound that can then be played back in a variety of ways. A grain can be anywhere from 30 milliseconds to several seconds in duration and their amplitude generally follows a curve or window function that cross-fades with other grains.
Iannis Xenakis invented granular synthesis and first implemented it by cutting and splicing magnetic tape for his Analogique A-B for string orchestra and tape (1959).
Granular synthesis is particularly adept for time freezing effect or to create interesting micro variations in a sustained sound. For this reason, granular synthesis is often used in video games for sound effects to create interactive wind, fire, and other environmental sound.
This class focuses on spectral techniques in processing, analyzing, and editing audio. The studio computer has two pieces of software that work in this way: Spear (which is freeware) and Audiosculpt (part of Ircam suite). These programs are different from standard audio editing programs because they are based on FFT analysis of sound, which allows for different ways to filter and edit the sound.
The faurier tranform is a method to analyze signals into their component parts that dates all the way back to 1805. For the purposes of audio, FFT will analyze a sound and break it down into its sinusoidal components. In FFT analysis these sine waves are considered to be infinite in time, and so the fft analysis must be applied to short grains of sound (windows) that are then recombined.
FFT-based noise removal tends to be the highest fidelity way to clean audio, though it is very heavy on the CPU, especially when realized in real time. In class will compare noise gating, EQ filtering, and FFT noise removal as methods for cleaning noisy audio files.
using Logic Pro for Live processing and synchronizing electronics.
Review of scores, recordings, and technical riders.


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Biografia

La formazione
Due anni dopo aver conseguito, nel 1939, il Diploma Magistrale a Rovereto, Cesarina ottiene anche la maturità artistica presso il Liceo di Venezia. Nella stessa città lagunare la pittrice, che dal 1939 aveva iniziato a esporre alle principali mostre sindacali della regione, si diploma col massimo dei voti e la lode al corso di pittura dell'Accademia di Belle Arti.

Gli anni '40 e '50
Nel 1943 Cesarina Seppi tenne la sua prima personale a Trento, presentata in catalogo da Gino Pancheri. Interessatasi nel frattempo anche al mosaico e alla vetrata, nel 1946 partecipa alla costituzione del "Circolo Artistico del Cavallo Azzurro", e dopo il 1953 intraprende dei viaggi di studio in Francia e in Germania, pur continuando a mantenersi in contatto con l'ambiente artistico veneziano e trentino, nonché, dal 1960, con quello milanese. Nel primo dopoguerra l'artista inizia anche a insegnare alla Scuola d'arte di Trento, dove, fra i suoi allievi, ebbe anche il pittore Carlo Girardi.

Gli anni '60 e '70
Nel 1965 l'artista passa alla pittura materica, ricorrendo per le sue opere a sabbie, colle e colore a olio con inserimento di tessere musive; nel 1968 inizia a dipingere con colori acrilici, mentre l'anno successivo realizza dei collages a vari spessori ricorrendo al vetro soffiato unito al vetro dalles.
Nel frattempo l'artista fu ammessa, nel 1966 all'Accademia Roveretana degli Agiati.

Dal 1970 la Seppi inizia a realizzare le sue "sculture luminose", formate da corpi in acciaio con inserimento di vetri dalles colorati illuminati dall'interno del corpo metallico, mentre dal 1977 si interessa alla scultura in bronzo e a quella in ottone dorato e nichelato.
Insignita nel 1972 del "Drappo di San Vigilio", negli anni Settanta Cesarina divenne socia anche dell'Accademia del Buonconsiglio (oggi degli Accesi).

Gli anni '80 e '90
Chiamata a far parte nel 1986 del Comitato Scientifico Triveneto per la Cultura e le Arti Visive, due anni dopo tiene a Trento, nel rinnovato spazio espositivo di Palazzo Trentini, la sua prima grande antologica, curata da Luigi Lambertini; per il cortile dell'edificio l'artista realizzò (già nel 1987) la grande scultura Totem solare.

Gli ultimi anni
Gli ultimi anni di attività dell'artista trentina furono caratterizzati dall'attivismo all'interno del Gruppo di Artisti Trentini «La Cerchia» guidato da Mariano Fracalossi. Inclusa nel 2000 nel primo dei tre volumi dedicati all'arte trentina del Novecento (vedi bibliografia), Cesarina Seppi muore nel 2006, anno della personale di Arco (incentrata sulle opere degli anni Quaranta), curata da Giovanna Nicoletti.

Personali
1943, 7-21 aprile: Trento, ....
1988, ...: Trento, Palazzo Trentini
2006, 11 febbraio-19 marzo: Arco (Tn), Museo Alto Garda, Galleria Civica G. Segantini

Opere (catalogo parziale)

Pittura
Desolazione, 1938, tempera e olio su tavola, 110 × 76 cm, collezione privata
Autoritratto, 1939, tempera e olio su tavola, 55 × 39 cm, collezione privata
Ragazza con limoni, 1941, tempera e olio su tavola, 78 × 63 cm, collezione privata
 Sciatori, 1941, tempera e olio su tavola, 95 × 115 cm, collezione privata
Autoritratto con ombrellone rosso, 1946, tempera e olio su tavola, 57 × 47,5 cm, collezione privata
Ritratto di poeta (Marco Pola), 1948, olio su tavola, 80 × 62 cm, collezione privata

Scultura
Totem solare, 1987

Note

Bibliografia

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni

Studenti dell'Accademia di belle arti di Venezia

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These improvements will make Eagle Rock Boulevard a safe street for pedestrians, bicyclists, and cars. Thanks to The Eagle Rock Association for their great work. we are hoping we can duplicate the success of the ongoing "Take Back the Blvd" initiative where Huizar, TERA, and Eagle Rock stakeholders secured an additional $12 million in funding for that effort.


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module Space
  module Events
    class Sources
      attr_reader :events, :sources

      def initialize(events)
        @events  = events
        @sources = []
      end

      def registered
        register(Thread.current.object_id)
        yield.tap do
          unregister(Thread.current.object_id)
        end
      end

      private

        def register(source)
          Thread.exclusive do
            events.notify(:start) if sources.empty?
            sources << source
          end
        end

        def unregister(source)
          Thread.exclusive do
            sources.delete(source)
            events.notify(:finish) if sources.empty?
          end
        end
    end
  end
end


In the warm weather, the greenhouse has become utterly beautiful, but this bed in particular really sucked me in. What made this even more fascinating was that this artistic display of agriculture is actually a common blend of lettuces that we may eat every time we make, or order, a salad.
Truckee lettuce is a baby loose leaf lettuce with a strong green color. It has lots of round nubs sticking out like little fingers, these are called lobes.
Annapolis is a Romaine lettuce with a very dark reddish/purple color with tiny flashes of green towards the stem. It has fewer lobes than the Truckee and almost looks like one round leaf. These dark colored lettuces tend to have a more bitter taste than the greens, which adds a change of flavor to the standard salad mix.
Sulu not only has an incredibly cool name, but it is also a baby Oakleaf lettuce with a standout lime-green color and many smaller lobes that distinguish itself from the rest of the pack.
I used to look at my salad as just that, never distinguishing one lettuce from the other, but after watching these grow from seedlings to maturity, in under a month and tasting them fresh from the ground, my perspective definitely changed.


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The table-layout CSS property sets the algorithm used to lay out <table> cells, rows, and columns.
By default, most browsers use an automatic table layout algorithm. The widths of the table and its cells are adjusted to fit the content.
Table and column widths are set by the widths of table and col elements or by the width of the first row of cells. Cells in subsequent rows do not affect column widths.
Under the "fixed" layout method, the entire table can be rendered once the first table row has been downloaded and analyzed. This can speed up rendering time over the "automatic" layout method, but subsequent cell content might not fit in the column widths provided. Cells use the overflow property to determine whether to clip any overflowing content, but only if the table has a known width; otherwise, they won't overflow the cells.
This example uses a fixed table layout, combined with the width property, to restrict the table's width. The text-overflow property is used to apply an ellipsis to words that are too long to fit.
If the table layout were auto, the table would grow to accomodate its contents, despite the specified width.
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