![]() Gaga even told MTV News that she wanted the performance to focus on how “the celebrity sort of has this inevitable demise that we love to watch” back in 2009. News of Lindsay Lohan’s struggles with sobriety filled the pages of tabloids. Rihanna’s face had been plastered across the homepage of TMZ earlier that year after suffering abuse at the hands of her then-boyfriend Chris Brown. Britney Spears was still attempting to put the worst of her highly publicized personal demons behind her. The toxic relationship between tabloids and (specifically female) stars had reached a fever pitch back in 2009. She recovers and eventually kills her boyfriend as the press eagerly watches on, while grotesque flashes of dead young women periodically blink into frame. ![]() Perhaps containing the most closely studied lyrics of her The Fame era, “Paparazzi” deals, on the surface, with unrequited love - the song’s protagonist pines for her lover’s attention, creating a metaphor of herself as the crowd of paparazzi aiming for a glimpse of attention from her lover, the celebrity.īut the song and video both operate as a clear-cut commentary on the status of celebrity media in the late ’00s: In the video, which earned her three nominations at the 2009 VMAs, Gaga is seen as a starlet being thrown from a balcony by her lover, which is obsessively captured by standing-by photographers. The singer had a point to make, and she made it. But Gaga’s first-ever performance at the award show proved to be more than just a flashy show of talent. Gaga certainly wasn’t the first to turn a VMAs performance into an event - Madonna had wowed audiences with extravagant sets and conceptual performances across multiple decades, as had artists like Britney Spears, Michael Jackson and Eminem. The camera zoomed in, and viewers stared at Gaga’s glossed-over eyes covered in fake blood as she slowly spun, looking as though she’d violently hung herself. The star dropped her mic, both literally and figuratively. As she sang the song’s final strains, a team of backup dancers strung her up to a rope as she screamed, hoisting her above the stage. Lurching across the stage, wailing that she was “your biggest fan” and that she would “follow you until you love me,” Gaga was suddenly covered in faux-blood dripping from her abdomen, much to the audible horror of her audience. ![]() In a candid moment, as Gaga bashed her feet and hands on a nearby piano, the camera cut to Sean “Diddy” Combs, mouth agape, understandably attempting to grasp what he was watching.Īnd then there was the blood. Beginning sprawled out on the stage underneath a fallen chandelier, singing a stripped-down chorus to “Poker Face,” Gaga quickly transitioned into a dramatic rendition of her latest hit, “Paparazzi.” Staggering around the ornately decorated set, clad in a mask, cape and bejeweled bra and panties (and at one point a rhinestoned forearm crutch), the avant-garde performance seemed to give the audience artistic whiplash, as they searched the stage for what would come next. ![]()
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![]() ![]() NOTE: If you are planning on tackling the superboss on New Game+, I highly recommend performing the Yoshitsune fusion late in your first playthrough rather than waiting until you start over fresh. If you are not level 92 or higher, you also need to finish the Strength arcana, which lets you pay to summon personas at a level higher than your main character. Sacrificing a Crystal Skull in the gallows is a good way to speed up levels/skills during this processģ. You don’t need to worry about any of their abilities or levels. Just make sure you have them in your compendium so you can summon them when the time comes. For this process, we’re also going to want the following personas: Atropos, Silky, High Pixie, Arahabaki, Shiki-Ouji, and Narcissus. Maxing out all three ensures you’re able to fuse Chi You, Ishtar, and Sandalphon, the ultimate personas in the Chariot, Lovers, and Moon arcana respectively.Ģ. This shouldn’t be tough (Ryuji and Ann are some of the earliest confidants available to you). Hit rank 10 with Ryuji, Ann, and Mishima. ![]() However, be warned that your sense satisfaction in both cases might be diminished. He can also help you through the tough battles at the end of your first playthrough. ![]() Persona 5 has a superboss that is only accessible on New Game+, and while I won’t spoil any details, I can tell you that this persona will make that fight dramatically more manageable. Maybe you just love the fusion system so much that you like seeing how badly you can break the rules by exploiting it – but there’s a more practical reason to create this Super-Yoshitsune for hardcore players. In other cases, you take no damage or get healed, and you use that extra HP to perform Yoshitsune’s exclusive and powerful Hassou Tobi attack. That means the only times he will take damage are from A) fire spells that only do reduced damage, and B) gun attacks, which are rare. We’re going to make Yoshitsune practically unstoppable by plugging holes in the remaining elemental categories, fusing a version that also absorbs ice, wind, psy, and nuclear damage, and that also reflects curse (including those pesky instant-death spells). Yoshitsune has fantastic natural immunities he takes reduced damage from fire, nullifies all physical attacks, and reflects lightning and bless spells back at enemies. The goal is to fuse a version of Yoshitsune (a persona of the Tower arcana) that is invulnerable to most types of damage and, in several cases, absorbs that damage as extra HP to fuel his powerful physical attacks. For the sake of balance, most of these creatures have strengths and weaknesses – but what if you’d rather be ridiculously overpowered? There is a way to minimize your vulnerability by creating a persona that only takes damage from an extremely narrow selection of sources – and who has a devastating physical attack. You enlist a variety of demonic allies, then mix them together to create even more powerful personas to use in combat. One of the most fun parts of Persona 5 is the fusion system. ![]() ![]() ![]() It of course as one would expect it to be absolutely a beauti-FULL experience of the Xbox Series X version as we would expect nothing less. For the price of admission it's worth picking this one up for our Xbox Series X also. Never finished the original one to be honest (had forgotten it) but now I will certainly do so as this is a close to Cyberpunk you can get without playing CP 2077 for. Problem solved by turning it off and runs extremely smooth on max settings. Only way I could tell that Ray Tracing was on was due to a huge FPS hit. In this review, we discuss the gameplay, a bit of the story as well as touch on the next gen. ![]() Also the game looks good with or without Ray Tracing. Observer System Redux on the Xbox Series X is a fantastic title. : Observer: System Redux - Xbox Series X : Video Games Video Games Xbox Series X & S Games Enjoy fast, FREE delivery, exclusive deals and award-winning movies & TV shows with Prime Try Prime and start saving today with Fast, FREE Delivery Buy new: 2551 FREE Returns FREE delivery Monday, May 22. Your name is Daniel Lazarski, Amazing as the original one. When your past catches-up, you must act on your own and unravel the mystery of your son’s disappearance. ![]() No lie will remain hidden from you, as you hack into the minds of those you interrogate. The Medium is a third-person psychological horror game that features patented dual-reality gameplay and an original soundtrack co-composed by Arkadiusz Reikowski and Akira Yamaoka. Originally released as Observer in 2017, System Redux is an enhanced version of the base game with improved graphics and additional story content. The world lies in ruins with corporations seizing power after the fall of governments. The world Observer: System Redux is the next generation remake of the cyberpunk, detective thriller set in the year 2084 in Krakow, Poland. Observer: System Redux is the next generation remake of the cyberpunk, detective thriller set in the year 2084 in Krakow, Poland. Observer: System Redux is a launch title for the next generation of consoles, and is available from November 10th 2020. ![]() ![]() There's always too many Tomatoes and there's never enough time to can them all. It stays a brighter green than other pestos, and is wonderful spooned over the Tomato. And sometimes we make a pesto with our Lemon Basil and some good olive oil-maybe a little extra lemon as well, and some parmigiano cheese. Basil, either with the leaves whole or cut into ribbons, is a frequent player. Sliced red Onions are often part of the mix. Sometimes its a heavier balsamic vinegar dressing with olive oil and honey. Sometimes it’s just a simple vinaigrette. But most of the time the vines will simply rest their elbows on the wire, so to speak, as they climb, remaining staunchly upright.Īt the height of Tomato season, platters appear on the table regularly, and we never seem to get tired of them. As the Tomatoes grow you can train them a little, removing the bottom suckers up to the first fruiting branch, and guiding each uppermost tip to stay within the cage as it grows. Also snip off the horizontal wire at the bottom, leaving more stubs you can poke into the earth to hold the cage steady. Cut the sheet in half with wire cutters, leaving stubs of wire that can be twisted around the opposite sides to form a cylinder about 18" in diameter. Each sheet, cut in half, will make two 5' tall cylindrical cages. Instead we purchase sheets of concrete reinforcing wire, which is sold at hardware stores in flat rectangular sheets of heavy duty metal grid, with 6" X 6" openings, just the right size for reaching in to pick. Our favorite system is to train them in circular cages~and we don’t mean those flimsy ones you buy at the garden center, which are neither tall enough nor strong enough to support the weight of indeterminate (vining) varieties. The better your Tomato crop, the more important it is to support those heavy, leafy vines laden with ripening fruits. And who knows? Perhaps the Basil's strong scent repels insect pests that might otherwise prey on the Tomatoes. It's handy to be able to pick the two together. After all, they keep excellent company in the kitchen, whether you're serving fresh Tomatoes strewn with the pungent green Basil leaves or cooking both up into a luscious sauce for pasta. There's plenty of space in between them for bushy Basil plants. Certainly, they cause each other no harm, for we have often interplanted the two in a row, especially when we're training Tomatoes vertically on strings. If you can, group them together and run a soaker hose through the patch.Īccording to the theory of companion planting, Tomatoes and Basil benefit one another when grown in the same plot. Tomatoes, Cucumbers and Celery are especially thirsty. The more water a vegetable contains, the more water you need to give it in dry, hot weather. If they are pale, yellow or withered, you need to prepare the soil more carefully next time you plant. If the seed leaves stay healthy and green, you're doing something right with the soil in that row. They remain at the base of the stem as the plant grows. ![]() This is the first pair of leaves to emerge when a seed sprouts. If you're wondering if your Tomato plants (or any annual crops) are getting the soil fertility they need, keep an eye on the "seed leaves". Keep Tomatoes well-watered by soaking the soil and not the leaves. With Tomato cages or tie plants loosely to rough Seedlings deeper than initially grown, incorporating organic fertilizer under each transplant. Prepareįertile Tomato beds in full sun with lots of compostĪnd/or well-rotted manure. Off and to introduce to stronger sunlight. Spring frost, place outdoors for a week to harden Get leggy and flop over.) Fertilize lightly as needed, (Windowsills are not bright enough the plant will To 75☏ in a brightly lit, well-ventilated area. Tomato seeds in sterile seed mix 6 to 8 weeksīefore the danger of frost has passed, water lightlyĪnd provide bottom heat. ![]() It’s best to raise Tomatoes as transplants. We have listed the diseases to which select hybrids have been bred to be resistant~one of the true benefits of improved hybrids. ![]() ![]() ![]() For this Bottle PEP set up, the oscillation frequency is 13 to 17Hz and approximate pressure between 10 to 12cmH20 is generated (Santos 2017a). Conversely, decreasing the water depth will increase oscillations and decrease the pressure during expiration. Increasing the water depth will increase the pressure and decrease oscillations during expiration. The level of PEP generated with this device is generally between 10 and 20cmH2O. An escape orifice of less than 8mm inner diameter significantly increases the PEP pressure (Mestriner et al 2009).ĭepending on the desired effect of the technique and the flow rate of the patient, the column of water is generally 10 – 13cm in depth in a bottle of at least one litre. With tubing > or = 10 mm inner diameter there are no significant PEP-pressure differences with any of the tubing lengths or flow rates, which indicates a threshold-resistor system. Tubing of > or = 10 mm inner diameter (such as suction tubing), is placed in the bottle with the bottom of the tubing resting on the base of the bottle. The resistance with this apparatus is created by a water seal. The PEP group maintained or improved their pulmonary function whereas the Flutter group showed a significant decline and were also shown to have increased antibiotic use and hospitalisations. Another study over a one year period, carried out with a group of children with CF compared the Flutter with PEP (McIlwaine et al 2001). In children with CF, a longer term study by Orlik et al (2001) comparing ACBT, PD with percussion +/- vibration and the Flutter found that both the ACBT and Flutter improved FEV1 and FVC values. When compared to ACBT, with or without postural drainage or autogenic drainage in people with bronchiectasis in a stable clinical state or during an acute exacerbation, Flutter® was as well tolerated and offered similar benefits in sputum expectoration as the other techniques (Eaton et al 2007, Thompson et al 2002, Tsang 2002, Herrera-Cortina 2016) and was preferred by patients (Eaton et al 2007). It was also found to reduce hyperinflation more effectively than postural drainage and slow expiration (Guimaraes 2012). Compared to no treatment, it enhanced sputum expectoration and improved quality of life in people with stable bronchiectasis (Lee 2015). In bronchiectasis, the Flutter® improved secretion transport and reduced viscosity more than mask PEP therapy (Ramos et al 2009, Tambascio et al 2011). The patient should be given written instructions including the technique, prescription and cleaning of the device.Ĭlinical application and evidence for this device During an acute infection, the frequency, the number of breaths per cycle and the number of cycles may alter. In paediatric patients, it may also depend on other factors as discussed in conjunction with the therapist and family. For four to eight cycles, repeat this procedure.Depending on the daily secretion production, this type of OscPEP therapy may be applied daily, or twice daily in a stable clinical state.This entails taking a deep breath in and then breathing out as quickly as you can. Finish with a couple of maximal expiratory attempts through the apparatus. ![]() Perform up to 10 exhalation maneuvers into the device by repeating step 5 one more time.The device should be adjusted to produce as many vibrations as possible that can be felt in the lungs.Exhale slightly more quickly than usual while fighting backpressure.Put the mouthpiece in your mouth and seal it tightly.While the acapella may be used in any position, the flutter valve must be held upright. ![]() The steps for using a flutter valve or acapella device are as follows: When you inhale, the one-way valve stops air from entering the apparatus. To increase or decrease the amount of backpressure, one can adjust the expiratory resistance dial. High-frequency oscillations are produced as a result of the steel ball rattling. The mouthpiece, which is connected to the body, receives the exhalation of the user. This action aids in breaking up the mucus to make it easier to clear.Ī flutter valve is made up of the following parts: High-frequency oscillations are produced when you exhale into the flutter valve while facing back pressure. Patients with cystic fibrosis frequently receive this form of oscillatory PEP therapy.Ī steel ball that is in motion is inside the triangular-shaped device. ![]() It could save Apple a bunch of engineering time and effort (which is money) and would ensure both apps have the same features.Īpple has typically favoured one-time purchases for creative software. Technically speaking I wonder if Apple will switch the macOS app to a Catalyst app for both FCP and Logic Pro and unify the codebases for both apps so that there's one Catalyst app distributed through both app stores rather than separate apps. Personally I wouldn't mind Apple switching FCP and Logic Pro for Mac being subscriptions that cost the same amount as the iPadOS subscription price or a higher price that gives access to the iPadOS app and the macOS app. I'm kinda surprised Apple had the courage to go for the Subscription price for both apps since many FCPX mac owners likely would not subscribe to FCPX if it was a subscription instead of a one off purchase. Final Cut Pro is more demanding and requires an iPad Pro or Air with an M1 or M2-presumably, it's the small amount of RAM included with older iPads that keeps them from running software that much slower Macs have managed to run for years. ![]() Logic Pro will run on any iPad with at least an A12 Bionic chip, including the 8th-generation iPad, the 3rd-generation iPad Air, the 5th-generation iPad mini, and newer models. Each will also have a one-month free trial available.īoth apps have more stringent system requirements than the GarageBand and iMovie apps. The Logic Pro audio-editing software and Final Cut Pro video-editing software are making the jump to the iPad with multi-touch-optimized interfaces and Apple Pencil support.īoth apps will be available on the App Store starting May 23 for either $5 per month or $50 per year. The apps are expected to produce projects that are somewhat or mostly compatible with the Mac equivalent apps.Īpple announced today that it's bringing its flagship professional creative apps to the iPad for the first time. If you want both it'll cost you $100 to $120 per year + Tax depending on billing options. The subscription fee for each app is $5 per month or $50 per year EACH. IPad Pro 11" 1st generation or newer (A12X) ![]() IPad Pro 12.9" 3rd generation or newer (A12X) IPad Pro 11" 4th generation or newer (M1 or newer) IPad Pro 12.9" 5th generation or newer (M1 or newer) This means that these devices can handle Final Cut Pro: But don't get too excited just yet, your iPad probably can't run either app (or at least not Final Cut Pro).Īpple says Final Cut Pro requires an M1 or M2 powered iPad Air or iPad Pro and that Logic Pro requires an A12 chip or newer. ![]() Apple has announced that they are bringing Final Cut Pro and Logic Pro apps to the iPadOS App store and are charging subscription fees for each. ![]() ![]() ![]() Isosceles triangle, c) right isosceles triangle, d) obtuse isosceles triangle, or e) See more information about triangles or more details on solving triangles.Which of the following describes the given shape? a) acute scalene triangle, b) acute Look also at our friend's collection of math problems and questions: If triangle ABC ~ to triangle XYZ, AC = 24, AB = 15, BC = 17, and XY = 9, what is the perimeter of triangle XYZ? Round all sides to 1 decimal place.Ĭonstruct triangle ABC in which |AB|=5cm, |AC|=6cm and |BC|=9cm Work out the upper bound of the side of this triangle. The sides of an equilateral triangle are 9.4 cm, correct to the nearest decimal place. Find the area of the triangle as a mixed number.Ĭalculate the area of a right triangle whose legs have a length of 6.2 cm and 9.8 cm. How many cms do you measure on one of the same sides?Ī triangle has a base of 5 5/6 feet and a height of 7 2/5 feet. The Triangle circumference with two identical sides is 117cm. Determine the lengths of the sides AB, AC triangle AĬonstruct a triangle ABC is is given c = 60mm hc = 40 mm and b = 48 mm analysis procedure steps constructionĬalculate the remaining sides of the right triangle if we know side b = 4 cm long and height to side c h = 2.4 cm. KLM is an isosceles triangle with a right angle at point K. Points L and M split the AC side into three equal lines. In a triangle ABC with the side BC of length 2 cm. How long is the height of this right triangle? The right triangle ABC has a hypotenuse c 9 cm long and a part of the hypotenuse cb = 3 cm. (a) Measure the distance of point S from all three vertices (b) Draw the axis of the third party. If the PERIMETER of the triangle is 11.2 feet, what is the length of the unknown side? (hint: draw a picture)Ĭan it be a diagonal diamond twice longer than its side?Ĭalculate the area of the ABE triangle AB = 38mm and height E = 42mm Ps: please try a quick calculationĭraw any triangle. The sides of the triangle are 5.2, 4.6, and x. The second stage is the calculation of the properties of the triangle from the available lengths of its three sides.Īn isosceles triangular frame has a measure of 72 meters on its legs and 18 meters on its base.From the known height and angle, the adjacent side, etc., can be calculated.Ĭalculator use knowledge, e.g., formulas and relations like the Pythagorean theorem, Sine theorem, Cosine theorem, and Heron's formula. Calculator iterates until the triangle has calculated all three sides.įor example, the appropriate height is calculated from the given area of the triangle and the corresponding side. These are successively applied and combined, and the triangle parameters calculate. He gradually applies the knowledge base to the entered data, which is represented in particular by the relationships between individual triangle parameters. ![]() The calculator tries to calculate the sizes of three sides of the triangle from the entered data.
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Live chat, video tutorials, phone and email support The Wave mobile app is an integrated, on-the-go solution for small business owners in the United States, featuring a no-fee business banking account with debit card (available to eligible. ![]() Optional Payment Processing and Payroll services are fully. Self-serve support through the help center and Mave, the automated chatbot Waves invoicing and accounting software is completely free, and has no usage limits or restrictions. ![]() ![]() ![]() One day, I had a kind of nervous breakdown and fainted. She said she experienced a breakthrough in organizing one day: "I was obsessed with what I could throw away. Instead, she yearned to be the bookshelf manager to continue to tidy up books. Whenever there were nominations for class roles, she did not seek to be the class representative or the pet feeder. In junior school, Kondo ran into the classroom to tidy up bookshelves while her classmates were playing in physical education class. Kondo says that she has been interested in organizing since childhood. Kondo opened an online store called KonMari in 2019. In 2015 she was named to the TIME 100 list of the world's most influential people. In August 2021, Netflix released a follow-up show, Sparking Joy with Marie Kondo. ![]() In the United States and the United Kingdom, the profile of Kondo and her methods were greatly promoted by the success of the Netflix series Tidying Up with Marie Kondo, released in 2019, which gained Kondo a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Host for a Reality or Competition Program. It was a best-seller in Japan and in Europe, and was published in the United States in 2014. Her books have been translated from Japanese into several languages, and her book The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up (2011) has been published in more than 30 countries. Kondo has written four books on organizing, which have collectively sold millions of copies around the world. What we think about beauty is reflected on how we handle and treat our products, and, in turn, ourselves.Marie Kondo ( 近藤 麻理恵, Kondō Marie, pronounced, born 9 October 1984 ), also known as Konmari ( こんまり), is a Japanese organizing consultant, author, and TV presenter. Before they used or bought a large volume of products, but they shifted back to cherishing a smaller amount. For a lot of my clients, organizing products the KonMari way, it’s an opportunity for people to really think about their relationship with beauty and what they aspire to, and I’ve seen people make drastic changes after tidying their bathroom or vanity. What I suggest doing is taking everything out of storage and grouping them into category - lipsticks, eyeshadow and so on - and ask yourself, "Which ones bring me joy in this time in my life? Does this product make me beautiful right now?" Something I learned from working with so many people’s bathrooms and helping people organize makeup is that really going through our makeup products raises our awareness of what we think about beauty. If somebody wanted to simplify their beauty situation, what steps would we take? ![]() In the US, there’s certainly a maximalist approach to buying products - we like a lot of things. Beauty is kind of fleeing, ephemeral, and I think we really understand that. This might be my personal view of what Japanese people’s understanding of beauty is, but there’s beauty in being conservative - I think that’s what the prevalent understanding of what Japanese beauty is. Japanese women tend to put in a lot of effort to their makeup, and the end result is to look like you’re not wearing anything. Is there a Japanese standard of presentation that you’ve seen? ![]() ![]() Unlike Abstract Expressionist paintings, which often alluded to lofty philosophical concepts, spiritual states of being, or natural subjects, Flag referred to nothing other than itself. Flag (1954–55) unsettled critics because it looked nothing like those works. Going gallery to gallery, one might see numerous exhibitions featuring all-over abstractions, each with a particular style that corresponded to a certain artist (drips of paint for Jackson Pollock, heavy black forms for Franz Kline, fields of saturated color for Mark Rothko, and so on). Image Credit: ©Jasper Johns/Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/Museum of Modern Artĭuring the ’50s, Abstract Expressionism was still considered the paragon of art in New York. How do you decode a Johns painting? Below, a look at seven works and the layers of meaning hidden within them. Next week, the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Whitney Museum in New York will open a two-part, 500-work retrospective spanning the full of the 91-year-old artist’s oeuvre. As former Museum of Modern Art director Kirk Varnedoe once wrote, “The common image of this artist is that of a delphic, cerebral strategist who understands at all times exactly what he is doing and what his works mean (but usually chooses to keep it secret).” Rife with allusions to his personal life and art history, they have intrigued scholars because they appear so unforthcoming. ![]() In the years afterward, Johns would continue to make paintings and prints that are likewise hard to parse. They helped formalize a turn away from Abstract Expressionism and set the stage for the beginnings of Pop-and made Johns a bona fide star in the process.ĭespite their fame, these works resisted easy interpretation and introduced the whatsit quality that has come to define Johns’s art. Termed Neo-Dada by critics during the ’50s because of the art’s basis in the conceptually slippery sculptures of Marcel Duchamp, these works marked a seismic shift in the New York art world of their day. In the following decade, Johns went on to create the works that now define his oeuvre: his encaustic paintings of flags, targets, numbers, and maps. ![]() ![]() “There was a change in my spirit, in my thought and my work, as well as some doubt and terror,” Johns once recalled. He met artist Robert Rauschenberg, with whom he led a romantic relationship, and he was brought into the orbit of experimental composer John Cage and choreographer Merce Cunningham, both of whom enhanced Johns’s understanding of the role that everyday life could play in art. Until 1954, Jasper Johns routinely destroyed his artworks, feeling them somehow inadequate. ![]() |