朝:メロンパン。昼:イカフライ。たこ焼き。夜:コロッケパン。間食:チョコ。
○調子
むきゅーはややー。おしごとはおやすみー。
○ATRI -My Dear Moments-
・はじめに
SCA-自、紺野アスタといった18禁美少女ゲーム界隈で著名な面々で座組された全年齢向けノベルゲーム。
全世界的に発生した海面上昇により社会基盤が大きく変化してしまった近未来が舞台。
右足を失う大怪我をしながらも優秀な頭脳から、エリートとして将来を期待され都会の学校に通っていた斑鳩夏生が夢破れて田舎に帰ってくる、そこで祖母が残した美少女ヒューマノイドことアトリと出会うことから始まるラブストーリーだ。
10時間ほどの文量になるのでストーリーはほぼほぼ一本道で恋愛関係を結ぶヒロインもロボットのアトリだけ。
とはいえ、世話焼き幼馴染の水菜萌、借金取りの怪しいお姉さんキャサリン、ヤンチャな悪ガキながら聡いところもある凜々花といったサブヒロイン達の見所も欠かせない。
所謂悪友ポジションになる竜司も忘れちゃいけない王道な立ち位置だ。
そして何より、そんなキャラクタ小説然としたエピソード群が徐々に舞台の島を全体を巻き込んだ大きくも小さいストーリーが面白かった。
・アトリが可愛い
本作最初の魅力はなんといってもメーンヒロイン、アトリの可愛らしさだろう。
等身大美少女ロボットを青春時代に刷り込まれたという贔屓目を抜きにしても、アトリのエピソードが中心になるので必然的に好きになっていく。
家事手伝いが仕事のはずがドジな挙動を繰り返す、何気なく与えられた物を大切に使う、ロボットだから人間の感情がわからない(わかる)などなどの美少女ロボット暮らす際のエピソードが次から次へと楽しめる。
王道の味わいながら独自のそれも勿論あって、特に良かったのがアトリがママ味を発揮するところだ。
主人公の斑鳩夏生は片足が無く義足もとある事情からあまり上等なものでないため日常生活に難儀している。
さらに脚を失うキッカケになった事故をフラッシュバックし精神が安定しないと、色々と辛い状況だ。
そのため、ドジながらも世界が海に呑まれる前の高度な技術力で作られたアトリは非常に役に立ち頼れる存在だ。
アトリは夏生の失った足の代わりを自称し、彼を支えることになる。
そんな大枠のストーリーと文量の制約があるとはいえ、年下の幼さが残るアトリに力いっぱいバブバブする甘えん坊な主人公の登場はかなり早い。
開幕早々、アトリの膝や胸に甘えながら泣く主人公へのファーストインプレッションはさておきつつ、アトリのママっぷりは堂に入っており、物語を終始支える良いものだった。
あくまで機械でロボットなので、同じ機械で意志はない義足に嫉妬するくだりなんかもあって、この辺は小ネタ感はありつつもサイエンスフィクションらしさがある、そういう方向の面白さもあった。
・頑張る斑鳩夏生が応援したくなる
辛い過去と変えられない現状があるとはいえ、中々に情けない面が早々に目立った主人公の夏生。
しかし、彼が甘えん坊でアトリに子供っぽくなるのは彼らの家となる船内のベッドでだけ。
丘の上では彼の頼れる有能っぷりが物語をグイグイと引っ張っていく。
夏生は高校生ながらにしてアカデミーと呼ばれる研究機関に身を置く超エリート。
片足が無い障害をアトリが補助する途端に、スムーズに有能ムーブを次々と重ね様々な問題を解決していく。
なにしろ海面上昇で社会基盤がゆるゆるな本作の世界では、様々な問題が山積みなのだ。
これを夏生がハイスピードに解決していく展開は非常に面白く、中盤の大きな見どころになっている。
衒学趣味に寄りすぎない科学技術の解説も面白く、アトリ以外の面々が夏生を人間として好きになっていくのもうなづける楽しいパートになっていた。
・島を救う小さくも大きいストーリー
そんな夏生の活躍はサブヒロインや親友キャラと言った名ありキャラクタ達の問題をどんどん解決していく。
そして次第に島全体を巻き込んだ大きな計画が立ち上がる。
ここも面白いのだけれど、特にイイなと思ったのが、あくまで日本の小さな島一つに閉じた狭い達成感に過ぎず、世界を救うような大仰なことには直結しないと繰り返し語られることだ。
勿論だからと言ってそれに価値が無いというサゲではなく、そのような小さいことを繰り返していけばいつか大きなことが達成できるというとても前向きなメッセージがわかりやすくかつ情緒たっぷりに楽しめるのが、今作の最大の面白かった点だ。
その上で主人公夏生がエリートとして人の上に立つ上で自身に不足していたこと、そして海面上昇という未曾有の危機に彼が行う大プロジェクト、実に大きなサイエンスフィクションらしい展開でと、人間らしい小さな感情の変化がベストマッチに噛み合う本作の山場になるスチル絵のシーン。
主人公もヒロインのアトリも背中を向けており、背景絵が主役になっている美少女ゲーム然としていないスチル絵だが、とても寂しくてかつとても前向きな気持ちになれる素晴らしいイラストと文章だった。
・おわりに
面白かった。
一夏の物語として小さくまとめつつ、しっかりとその小さな一歩が大きな世界を動かす始めの一歩でもあると納得させられるくだりは、特に良かった。
少女でありながら凄まじい包容力で抱っこしてくれるアトリの魅力が物語の原動力になる優しいストーリーも良き。
]]>Japan review
Japan review it's been a year since I
moved to Japan and I thought it made
sense to finally rate Japan I will talk
about things I like and the things I
don't like which seems to be the only
two options available if you have
opinions about this country
so sugoi or did you know Japan is
actually really bad it's got a lot of
survival issues okay I will list one
good thing and bad thing and I will not
hold back there's no trash bins
where I'm gonna put my trash
I have to put in my pocket
oh
there's always these generic things that
you hear or yes when we you visit it's
kind of weird but then you realize it's
not a big deal anyway let's start off
with number one reason I like Japan
it feels like a giant playground no I
don't mean in the Logan Paul kind of
sense of doing whatever the hell you
want
but rather there's a infinite things all
right lazy feels like to explore and
experience and I've been here a year now
and I don't think I'm gonna get bored
anytime soon although I am having a
child so I don't know how much more I
have time to experience
but it really feels like a whole new
world and if you visited you can
probably relate to it and I'm glad that
even a year in it still feels incredibly
fresh and I even would say that you
realize that the best part of Japan
aren't the touristy places kind of
obviously but there are so many areas
that I found that I really enjoy
visiting and this is probably more
specific to me but you know Tokyo is
very busy and so many times I just catch
myself surrounded by what feels like
hundreds of people and they have no idea
who I am
everyone is just doing their own thing
and that feels so [ __ ] good
now once it was staring at me no one's
following me no one's being weird you
guys are weird and I'm just kidding I
just love the feeling of being able to
exist in public and uh not worrying
about what everyone else is doing like
I've said this before but I genuinely
enjoy talking to fans or when people
approach me it always makes me happy but
it can be kind of frustrating to always
wanting to just do your own thing and
always be
you know so yeah let's move on to the
bad things of Japan number one reason
Japan is bad it's kind of a heavy
subject and I haven't seen anyone else
really talk about it it's not brought up
very often at least and that is cones
there's too many cones in Japan once you
see it you cannot unsee it they're
everywhere they say oh Japan has so many
vending machines there's like five per
one person no the opposite
there's more cones than people why are
there so many cones I need to know we
got the tall ones we got the small ones
we got the funny ones the cute ones the
sexy ones I do like those I just don't
understand that whoever plays these
cones think I'm just gonna barge through
oh thank God there's cones here
otherwise I had no idea what I was gonna
and I realized the cone history of Japan
stretches centuries okay if you played
Animal Crossing sometimes it's a
Japanese game so sometimes you get these
items right you're like oh that's kind
of weird I don't know exactly what that
is but it's probably something Japanese
and then you get the bamboo thing and
you're like what the hell is that what
am I even gonna do with that and then
you see it in real life here in Japan
you're like holy [ __ ] it's a cone that's
a cone they're everywhere
I feel like they are following me
I'm glad I was able to talk about this
I'm for one and willing to call out
Japan knock it off man no more cones
there's enough cones let me tell you
something even better than cones you may
have noticed new merch finally it's been
forever my mom came over she had
unofficial merge because I literally
have no other merch I've hadn't hadn't
merch I'm sorry Mom so we spruced up the
logo got a cool back design the team
that worked on it really truly
understand how my brand and I think they
did such a good job these pieces look
amazing and I think you guys are gonna
really like them as well these are
available for limited time only so make
sure you order now so excited to finally
have this merch available thanks to
amaze for making this happen we are
gonna have one piece that will stay on
the store so my mom will not buy the
wrong merch but for a limited time that
piece will be available in this color
off-white kind of color it looks really
nice and then after that you can still
get it but not in this color that's
you want this one yeah I get it
so yeah check that out if you're
interested I'm so happy about these
designs and I hope you guys would like
them as well all right reason number two
I like Japan yay when we first announced
that we were gonna move to Japan there
was so many people just saying how bad
Japan is actually did you know Japan is
really bad did you know this I have to
list all these reasons now because
everyone is like thing and then thing
Japan ah so I have to tell them and I
it's actually but one thing in
particular that people said was that old
people really don't like foreigners they
hate them so when I was gonna stop by to
say hi to our neighbors who was a little
older at least some of them I was
terrifying I heard all these stories you
know like what are they gonna do to us
so I had my guard up ready for the worst
and I was met with nothing but kindness
and welcoming and I felt like a total
dick for having this preconceived ideas
thanks to other people
and just a side comment like yes there
are definitely probably people that
don't like foreigners and all that stuff
but I realized I should let my own
experience is dictate how I feel about
certain things maybe that's just
ignoring a problem I don't know it just
feels like it's a bad way to approach
life if you always have a negative
expectation you know it's smiling people
may Smile Back
smiled back
thank you sometimes they don't and
that's okay you know anyway my point
being Japanese people are very in my own
experience
are very nice and friendly the majority
at least and yes even to foreigners I
feel like they are especially nice to
foreigners because they think we're like
a kid lost at Disneyland or something
I just asked for directions I didn't
need you to walk me for half an hour to
this specific place I was going but
thank you I appreciate it a lot of times
I go bouldering alone and there's always
other groups of people being supportive
and yelling like I'm about there like go
you can do it I love it I think it's
great you know or if you're small
talking with people people generally
want to communicate with you and I love
having those moments but of course
there's times where people are like oh
you're a foreigner I don't feel like
even trying
which again it's fine speaking of which
reason I don't like Japan number two
their language
I have lived here for a year and I'm not
fluent in Japanese
I am dumb I am very dumb I remember the
moment we moved here I had studied some
Japanese and I was like
Let's test out this knowledge that I
have acquired let's go I'm just gonna
come in it's gonna be dangerous and you
enter a store for the first time and
they're like
what
what oh
what the classic the most common
experiences that you have aren't
necessarily what you're taught in the
textbook yay I know I think that's the
same for anyone learning a language for
the first time but don't even get me
started on the kanji main what the [ __ ]
is this I feel like Japanese is such a
hard language obviously but I don't
think people realize how hard it is at
least me personally because the more you
learn the more you realize you don't
know [ __ ]
for English speakers Japanese is
considered one of the most difficult
languages and because it's just so
different I listed it as bad because
that was my first kind of experience
with it coming here but the more I
interact with people the more it feels
like I'm unlocking new skills you know
oh I made a phone call for the first
time oh I could ask someone over the
phone I know big deal but it's like oh I
can actually do that or even just having
a small tiny yes shittiest conversation
with a stranger it's still something and
it feels good you start to all of a
sudden understand you know a movie if
you're watching oh I understand actually
what's going on here or I can play games
and kind of get what this they're saying
I have to look up words obviously but to
me all those new experiences that it
unlocks to me is very rewarding even
though it's such a challenge I would
actually now say it's a good thing I
played it on its head it was a good
thing all along but I obviously have a
long [ __ ] way to go
and it just I don't think it will damage
time reason number three I like Japan
this is nothing to do with Japan to say
it's more related to me taking a more
relaxed approach to YouTube for my
entire 20s I did nothing but YouTube
that was my life and that's okay but I
also think it was a little toxic
probably you know if I wasn't making
videos I sure as hell was thinking about
making videos I uploaded videos during
our honeymoon
and it feels really good to finally be
free from it you know and I can discover
other things in life there are other
things in life
a new hobbies and interest that I've
always wanted to do I can do and have so
much fun with it surfing I know I would
love for the longest time and I finally
get to do it and it's so [ __ ] amazing
I love learning new things anything that
isn't necessarily connected to all of
this on the internet and that is
something I'm very very grateful that I
discovered so yeah it's not really Japan
I could have done that anywhere but it's
largely why I enjoyed so much here
reason I don't like Japan number three
this is probably the most trickiest one
and it's the rules what are the rules
Japan has so many rules and it's a bit
conflicting for me to complain about
because a lot of the best stuff about
Japan not the best stuff but a lot of
the reasons why Japan works so well is
because of the rules you know the trains
are always on time things just work in
general it's hard to explain the streets
are clean people aren't loud in public
and so on and these are sort of societal
rules that make it happen more or less
but sometimes There are rules that just
don't make any sense and I have no
problem following rules as long as I
understand the reason for it you know
don't talk on the phone on the train
because it's generally annoying when
other people do that to you A lot of it
is just be thoughtful of other people
it's not just about you and that just
makes it more pleasant for everyone but
one rule is especially which I talked
about before is the fact that because of
kovid I'm not allowed to be in the
delivery room for our baby for more than
two hours that's because of covered
rules it just doesn't make sense to me
and I tell people about this like uh
family and friends and they're always
like well why don't you just ask them or
like why don't you talk to them I'm sure
you can there's got to be somewhere and
it's like no it's Japan okay there are
rules and people follow the rules for
better or worse you know so the more I
The sun sank behind the horizon, casting the Japanese countryside in a warm, golden glow. In the courtyard of Nobunaga's castle knelt Yasuke, a tall, muscular African man with skin as dark as midnight. His journey to this moment had been long and treacherous, but it was only the beginning.
Chapter 1: A World Away
Yasuke lived an ordinary life in a small village on the Mozambique coast, unaware of the extraordinary destiny that awaited him. Captured by slave traders and torn from his homeland, he endured a grueling voyage across the Indian Ocean, finally arriving in the bustling port of Goa, India.
It was there that Yasuke's fate took an unexpected turn when he was purchased by Jesuit missionaries. In their service, he learned about Christianity, new languages, and the ways of the Western world. But his journey was far from over.
Chapter 2: The Land of the Rising Sun
As a loyal servant to the missionaries, Yasuke accompanied them on their journey to Japan, a land of mystique and intrigue. The beauty of the land, the complexity of its customs, and the elegance of its people captivated him. As the first African to set foot in Japan, he attracted attention and curiosity from all those who encountered him.
Chapter 3: The Encounter
In Kyoto, the capital of feudal Japan, Yasuke's life changed forever when he met Oda Nobunaga, one of the most powerful and influential daimyos of the time. Nobunaga was captivated by the African's physical prowess, intelligence, and unique background. Seeing potential in Yasuke, Nobunaga decided to take him into his service as a samurai.
Chapter 4: The Path of the Warrior
Yasuke's transformation from a slave to a samurai was fraught with challenges. He had to adapt to the rigorous training, strict code of honor, and the intricacies of Japanese society. But Yasuke's strength, resilience, and determination allowed him to excel, earning the respect of his fellow samurai and the trust of Nobunaga.
Chapter 5: The Unfolding War
As Nobunaga sought to unify Japan under his rule, Yasuke fought by his side in numerous battles. The African samurai's legend grew with each victory, as did his bond with Nobunaga. Together, they faced both triumph and tragedy, navigating the treacherous landscape of alliances and betrayals that defined the era.
Chapter 6: The Turning Tide
Yasuke's reputation as a skilled and loyal samurai grew, as did his bond with Lord Nobunaga. But in the shadows, the tides of change were brewing. Mitsuhide Akechi, once a loyal ally, had grown disillusioned with Nobunaga's rule. The resentment smoldered within him, fueled by a series of perceived slights and political maneuverings. Mitsuhide's ambition and desire for power began to cloud his judgment.
Yasuke sensed the shift in Mitsuhide's demeanor and grew increasingly wary of the samurai lord. However, loyalty to Nobunaga prevented him from openly voicing his concerns. He instead focused on his duties, ever vigilant and ready to protect his lord at a moment's notice.
One fateful evening, the Oda clan gathered to celebrate their recent victories. Unbeknownst to the revelers, Mitsuhide Akechi's treacherous plan was already in motion.
As the sun rose, the first cries of battle rang out. Mitsuhide's forces had launched a surprise attack on Nobunaga's residence at the Honno-ji Temple. Yasuke fought his way to Nobunaga's side, his sword cutting through the trait "
Prologue:
The sun dipped below the horizon, bathing the Japanese countryside in a warm, amber embrace. Yasuke, a towering, powerfully built African man with skin as dark as midnight, knelt in the courtyard of Nobunaga's castle, his heart thundering with anticipation. A perilous journey had brought him to this moment, and yet, it was only the beginning of a story that would span continents and rewrite history.
Chapter 1: A World Away
In a small village on the Mozambique coast, Yasuke led a simple life, blissfully unaware of the extraordinary destiny that lay before him. His world shattered when slave traders captured him, ripping him from his homeland and thrusting him into a brutal odyssey across the Indian Ocean. Fate, however, had other plans when he reached the bustling port of Goa, India.
Chapter 2: Destiny's Winds
In Goa, Jesuit missionaries purchased Yasuke, altering the course of his life. Under their guidance, he embraced Christianity, mastered new languages, and absorbed the ways of the Western world. But the wind had not finished carrying him to his ultimate destination.
Chapter 3: The Enchanted Isles
Loyal to the missionaries, Yasuke accompanied them to Japan, a land shrouded in mystery and allure. He was captivated by its breathtaking landscapes, intricate customs, and refined people. As the first African in Japan, he sparked fascination and intrigue wherever he went.
Chapter 4: Fateful Encounters
Kyoto, the heart of feudal Japan, bore witness to the meeting that would forever change Yasuke's life. Oda Nobunaga, a formidable and influential daimyo, was entranced by Yasuke's physical prowess, intellect, and exotic origins. Recognizing Yasuke's potential, Nobunaga welcomed him into his service as a samurai.
Chapter 5: A Warrior Forged
Yasuke's metamorphosis from slave to samurai was laden with trials. He navigated the grueling training, a rigid code of honor, and the complexities of Japanese society. Undaunted, he flourished, earning the admiration of his fellow samurai and the unwavering trust of Nobunaga.
Chapter 6: A Land Divided
As Nobunaga pursued his vision of a united Japan, Yasuke fought valiantly by his side in countless battles. The legend of the African samurai swelled with each victory, and their unbreakable bond deepened. Together, they braved the treacherous world of shifting alliances and betrayals that shaped the era.
Chapter 7: Whispers of Betrayal
Yasuke's renown as a skilled and devoted samurai expanded, as did his connection with Lord Nobunaga. But beneath the surface, a storm was brewing. Mitsuhide Akechi, once a staunch ally, had grown disillusioned with Nobunaga's leadership. His bitterness festered, fed by perceived slights and political machinations. Consumed by ambition and lust for power, Mitsuhide's judgment faltered.
Chapter 8: The Price of Loyalty
Yasuke detected the change in Mitsuhide's spirit and grew increasingly apprehensive. But his unwavering loyalty to Nobunaga held him back from voicing his suspicions. Instead, he redoubled his efforts, ever watchful and prepared to defend his lord at any cost.
Chapter 9: A Night of Shadows
On a fateful evening, the Oda clan gathered to revel in their recent triumphs, oblivious to the treachery that lurked in the shadows. Mitsuhide Akechi's nefarious scheme had been set in motion.
Chapter 9: A Night of Shadows
As dawn broke, the piercing cries of battle shattered the night's tranquility. Mitsuhide's forces had launched a devastating surprise attack on Nobunaga's residence at the Honno-ji Temple. Yasuke fought relentlessly, his sword cleaving through the treacherous warriors as he made his way to Nobunaga's side.
Chapter 10: Flames of Betrayal
The Honno-ji Temple, once a sanctuary of peace, was now engulfed in flames and chaos. Yasuke and Nobunaga fought back to back, their swords a blur of steel, as Mitsuhide's forces closed in. Despite their valiant efforts, they were outnumbered, and Yasuke could sense the battle was lost. With a heavy heart, he whispered a prayer for Nobunaga's soul, knowing that his lord would never surrender.
Chapter 11: A Promise Unbroken
As the temple crumbled around them, Yasuke was captured by Mitsuhide's soldiers. Imprisoned and stripped of his samurai status, he reflected on the path that had led him to this moment. Amidst the darkness, he found solace in the memories of his life with Nobunaga and his time as a missionary. A fire kindled within him, reigniting a long-forgotten purpose.
Chapter 12: The Road to Redemption
In the chaos following Mitsuhide's coup, Yasuke seized an opportunity to escape. He journeyed across war-torn Japan, seeking refuge and a chance to reclaim his former life. His determination and faith guided him, as did the memory of the missionaries who had once saved him from a life of slavery.
Chapter 13: Rebirth of a Missionary
Yasuke found solace and purpose among a group of missionaries in a remote village. Embracing his past, he became an instrumental figure in their community, sharing his knowledge of Christianity, languages, and the Western world. As he nurtured their faith, Yasuke felt the shadows of his life as a samurai slowly fade, replaced by the warm embrace of spiritual fulfillment.
Chapter 14: A Legacy Unforgotten
Though Yasuke had left the life of a warrior behind, the legend of the African samurai continued to grow. His story inspired generations, a testament to the power of resilience, courage, and the human spirit. It was a tale that transcended borders and time, a reminder that even in the darkest moments, hope and redemption could be found.
Epilogue:
As twilight draped the Japanese countryside, Yasuke stood atop a hill, gazing at the village he now called home. His journey had been one of unimaginable hardship, transformation, and ultimately, redemption. And as the sun dipped below the horizon, Yasuke knew that his story, like the sun's eternal cycle, would continue to inspire and illuminate the hearts of those who heard it.
]]>Sure, I'd be happy to discuss that with you! The question of who should pay on a first date is a common one and there's no one-size-fits-all answer. It really depends on the situation and the preferences of the people involved.
Traditionally, it was often expected that the man would pay for the first date. However, in modern times, many people prefer to split the bill or take turns paying for dates. Some people may feel strongly about paying on a first date as a way to show their interest or to demonstrate their ability to provide for their partner, while others may feel that splitting the bill or taking turns paying is more fair and equitable.
Ultimately, the decision of who should pay on a first date should be based on what both people are comfortable with. It's a good idea to discuss it ahead of time so that there are no surprises or awkward moments at the end of the date. Communication is key in any relationship, so it's important to be open and honest about your preferences and expectations.
]]>ボブ・ディランによる性的虐待ってこれか
相手の女性が当時12歳だったって事は、合意があっても駄目な事例だと思うけれど
56年前の記憶は両者ともにどこまで正しいのか分からんな
ボブ・ディラン当人が否定している以上は推定無罪の原則を働かせて擁護したくなる気持ちもまあ分かる。
どうやら時系列的に難しそうだし。
勿論56年前の記憶が怪しいって事は、被害者の証言が時系列的に矛盾していたとしてもそれが直ちに無実を意味しないという事にも繋がるけれど。
「原告女性はコネチカット州在住。訴状ではJCというイニシャルだけで記述されている。
1965年4~5月の6週間に虐待を受けたという。
ディランさんは同年4月末から5月10日まで、ツアーでイギリスにいた。当時の模様は映画「ドント・ルック・バック」に記録されていた。ディランさんの活動を時系列で追った、クリントン・ヘイリンさんの著書「A Life in Stolen Moments」によると、ディランさんはイギリス、フランス、ポルトガルに6月初めまで滞在していた。」
]]>世界が今年のベスト(#AOTY2020)を出す中、11月のベストです!今年中に年間ベスト、来年の1月中に2020年12月のベスト書く予定、まだまだ2020年は終わらない終われない!
Sankofa Season / Andrew Ashong & Kaidi Tatham
Kaidi Tathamが大好き人間なので、もちろん最高でした!クラブジャズ〜ブロークンビーツの良さの一つに、打ち込みで肉体的なフレーズを再現しようとした絶妙な違和感があるのですが(あくまで個人的な感覚です)、もれなくその魅力が炸裂する高密度の異形ジャズ空間。即興性があるけれど時間軸は繰り返されていそうな不思議さというか。「そんなフレーズ突如ユニゾンするの?」「このキメで合うの?」みたいな。
Andrew Ashsongのソウルフルな歌声でより肉体性とDAW感が混乱し融解していく感覚がたまらなかったです。
Sin Miedo (del Amor y Otros Demonios) ∞ / Kali Uchis
Kali Uchisの2ndアルバムであり、スペイン語として1stとなるアルバム。レゲトンやラテン・ポップスを取り入れた所が肝なんですが、個人的には上記の曲のような、ローファイでサイケ、ダウナーでドリーミーにチルい音像が素晴らしかったです。一歩間違えれば悪夢的な濃密さが凄い。
Girls FM / Girls of the Internet
今年頭から定期的に出すシングルが毎回良かったGirls of the Internet、その総集編的なアルバム。基本的に歌物ローファイハウスという感じなんですが、音数がしっかり少なく、チャラいけれどストイックである絶妙な塩梅が良かったです。各フレーズをしっかり作っている印象で、丁寧さがクオリティに繋がっていました。
Small Moments / Dan Kye
Jordan RakeiのジャズハウスプロジェクトDan Kye。思ったより歌中心で、そういう意味だと割とそのまんまJordan Rakeiなんですが、M1"Mogeri"のダークでミニマルなトラックが素晴らしかったです。ドープな方向に行ってもダンス・ミュージック的な明るさや開放感があることに、勝手にオーストラリア・シーン的な雰囲気を感じました(活動拠点はもうUKですが)。
Muvaland / Cakes Da Killa x Proper Villains
ラッパーCakes Da KillaとプロデューサーProper VillainsとのコラボEP。ハウスにラップを乗っかる「ヒップハウス」が中心。要素としてはディスコラップっぽくなりそうなんですが、両者とも攻め攻めです。快楽的で攻撃的な4つ打ちに狂気を注入するCakes Da Killaのラップが最高でした。
The Angel You Don't Know / Amaarae
ガーナ出身のシンガー/プロデューサーAmaaraeの1stアルバム。Alté(オルテ)シーンの一人ですね。ギターの使い方が上手く、ラグジュアリー&リラクシンな音が良かったです。ウィスパーボイスでフロー感ある歌がトラック含めて聴きたくなるバランスにしていると思います。
Ekundayo / Liam Bailey
El Michels AffairのLeon MichelsのレーベルBig Crown Recordsよりリリースされた、ジャマイカン・ルーツを持つシンガー作。曲としてはオールドスクールなんですが、ヴィンテージ的なざらついた音にすることで、むしろ今っぽい感じに聞こえる面白さです。
January 12th / Matthew Tavares & Leland Whitty
元BBNGのキーボーディストMatthew TavaresとBBNGの管楽器奏者Leland Whittyのコラボのライブ版。今年3月に『VIsions』というアルバムを出していて、それと同様のメンバーです。即興のセッションとのことなんですが息の合い方が素晴らしく、むしろ長尺&壮大&有機的にうねっていくための決め事の少なさなんじゃないかと思ってしまいます。ざっくりとスピリチュアル・ジャズ系ではあるんですが、マスロックみたいな瞬間からアンビエントまで行き来する幅広さも魅力でした。スペーシー。
Speak Low II / Lucia Cadotsch
スイス出身のシンガーLucia Cadotschに、サックス奏者Otis SandsjöとベーシストPetter Eldhが加わったコードレス、ドラムレスのトリオ編成によるアルバム。楽曲によってはチェロとハモンドオルガンが加わりますが、いずれにせよ支えに回る演奏はなく全員自立。緊張感のある隙間多めの演奏がかっこよかったです。この編成で歌い切るLucia Cadotschがひたすら凄いし、時にはリズミカルに時にはオブリとして動くOtis Sandsjö(今年出たアルバムよかったです)が魅力的でした。
Imminent / The Comet Is Coming
爆音爆圧爆裂!笑っちゃうくらいテンション振り切っていて最高でした。この異様な熱量の中で吹き切るShabaka Hutchingsも素晴らしいし、エレクトロ由来のビートを生々しく再解釈して叩くBetamaxもかっこ良い!そしてそれ以外すべてを司っていると思うとDanalogueすごすぎないかと思うトリオですね。爆音といえば→EDM感に行きそうでいかず、徹底的にハードコアであるバランスが見事!
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]]>ホロライブが中国の政治的にセンシティブなとこ、もっと言えば「一つの中国原則」のような独立運動が燻る領域に突っ込んだのは今回の件が初めてではないという話。
なお以下Vtuberの名前は敬称略とする。
湊あくあが昨年3/31の『【Vtuber】一週間お疲れ様でした。【湊あくあWEEK】19:00』の配信中に中国と台湾を別の国と認識していると捉えられなくもない発言をしてbilibili側が荒れた騒動。
大体経緯はこう。
1. 湊がタピオカを「中国の飲み物」と評する
2. 「台湾の飲み物」という趣旨のコメントが書かれる
3. 湊はそれを見て「台湾の飲み物なんだ~」と発言
4. bilibili側は荒れて、それを知ったがあまり理解できていない湊はいらすとやの土下座イラストに自分の顔を貼り付け「ごめんね」と書かれたコラをツイート
5. bilibiliのあくあのチャンネルが凍結される
まあ「日本の飲み物のシークワーサージュース飲んだよ」「沖縄の飲み物だよ」「沖縄の飲み物なんだ」みたいな感じ。
沖縄は台湾の代わりの喩えとして不適切?まあそうかもしれないけど。
何にせよ要するに「中国の飲み物」を否定し「台湾の飲み物」だと訂正した発言だと捉えられたわけだ。
とはいえ、この騒動は「炎上」と評されがちだがBANはされども特に公式の謝罪はなかったはずだし実際そこまで燃えていなかったようだ。
当時の書き込みを調べると無知な湊を誘導するようなコメントを書いたのが許せないという論もあったようだし。
一方で台湾を独立した国だと捉えているような発言をすればBANされるという可能性をこの時点で示してもいたのである。
癒月ちょこの6/11の配信『【#ちょこオネア】第6回ちょこオネア今回のゲストはスバおかコンビ!無事クリアすることができるのか?!』においてチベットを独立した国として扱っているかのような出題を行い問題視された騒動。
事前に視聴者から募集した問題として次のような問題が出された。
Q.日本の十二支に猫がいないのは有名な話ですが、世界には十二支に猫がいる国があります。では、次のうち十二支に猫がいない国はどこでしょうか。
A:モンゴル B:チベット C:タイ D:ベトナム
まあbilibiliでは「チベットは中国の領土であり国ではない」ということで燃えました。
特に今回はタピオカの時とは違って前準備の段階でチェックできたはずでしかも国と明言されているという違いもある。
ここに至ってカバー公式も言及せざるをえなくなりbilibiliに次のような声明が投稿された(何故か日本語)。
上記の問題について弊社は深く反省し、事態の重大さを改めて認識致しました。
今回のクイズに関しては、監修が不十分だったため、それぞれの問題について確認が疎かになっていました。
その事で、中国のファンの方々の感情を深く傷つけてしまった事を深くお詫び申し上げます。
今後同様の問題を避けるために、コンプライアンスに対する教育や研修を進める中で、中国に関する知識の教育も行なってまいります。
これまでのご声援、誠にありがとうございます。
私達は常に中国ファンの方々の気持ちを大切に考えております。
重ねてではございますが、今回の問題に対して深くお詫び申し上げます。
この問題を投稿した視聴者が叩かれるという可哀想な出来事もありつつも声明以降炎上は終息していった。
「今後同様の問題を避けるために、コンプライアンスに対する教育や研修を進める中で、中国に関する知識の教育も行なってまいります。」というわけでタピオカの件から1年越しで中国進出による政治的リスクへの対策も取られることが明言されしばらくこの手の問題は起こらないと思われた。
9/24に赤井はあとが配信した『緊急会議!はあちゃまのプロヂュース作戦!』において「どの国が多いか」という質問に対しYouTubeのアナリティクスを読み上げたのだがその中に「台湾」が入っていた。
これによりbilibili側が燻っている最中、翌日9/25、時間にして約12時間後に桐生ココが『あさココLIVE 9/25 #asacoco』を配信しその中で今度はアナリティクスそのものを開示した。
もちろん内容はYouTube側が作ったグラフそのものだが、「上位の国」に「台湾」があるという構造になっており国扱いしていると炎上した。
結局赤井・桐生両名はbilibiliでの生放送権限が剥奪されることとなった。
赤井の権限剥奪が先だったか桐生の配信が先だったかは今となっては調べようがない(記事:https://ytranking.net/blog/archives/36947によれば赤井が剥奪されたのが先っぽいか?)が、これを問題視する中国人からすれば赤井の配信が燃えている最中に桐生が問題視されていた行動と同様の行為を更に一歩踏み込んだ形で行ってきたように映ったようだ――つまり不幸なことに赤井はミスだが桐生については偶発的事故ではなく重大過失または故意があると見なされたのだろう。
特に一部の過激派は桐生の行為は台湾問題に敏感な中国人に対する挑発的な宣戦布告と受け取ったのである。
一方で赤井の発言はそれなりに問題視されどもそこまで大きな炎上となってもいなかった。
もちろん最近上がった記事で解説された諸々を巡る政治状況や以前からあったbilibili側の不満等が無ければ桐生に悪意があると捉えられることもなかっただろうし複雑な背景が絡み合った結果でもある。
ただ、仮に赤井の件がなく桐生がアナリティクスを言及したのが最初という状況なら、炎上は起きてただろうがここまで悪し様に解釈されたかは微妙なところではないか。分からんけど。
この後のカバーと「ひとつの中国」を巡る話はブコメでもよく知られているので省く。
カバーは中国から事実上撤退するようだがそれは間違った行動ではなかったと思う。むしろ自分は支持している。
というのもカバーがチャイナリスクと付き合えるとは到底思えないからだ。
著作権問題の際にも6月に問題が発覚してから過去の動画を一部非公開するだけの場当たり的対応をした(任天堂には直接謝罪を行ったようだが他については不明)ために、7月末にそれまで放置していたゴーストトリックの配信アーカイブを権利者削除されて結果所属VtuberがYouTubeのペナルティを受けて休止に追い込まれている。
今回の中国問題についても、「台湾を中国と別の国だと捉えたと解釈されるとBANされる」「チベットに対して国という表現をすると燃える」という先例を身をもって知っていたはずであった。
それにも関わらず再発を防げなかったのである。
こうした弥縫策ばかり行う傾向にあっては騒動が起こるのは早いか遅いかでしかなかった。
これは事の善し悪しの問題ではない。しかし現地調査をして政治的タブーやリスクを避けるのは海外進出の際の必須条件ではなかろうか。
それができないのであれば目に見えて大きな地雷が埋まっていた地域、今回で言えば中国には進出するべきではなかったろう。
まあ英語翻訳の最大手だったHololive Moments(解散済)は中国人運営だったし、そう考えると海外展開は今のような形と変わっていたのかもしれない。
(桐生も英語圏のファンの獲得に強く貢献しているのでどちらにせよ英語圏のファンを早々に掴んでいたかもしれないが)
それでも負えないリスクを負うべきではないしじゃないと不幸な結末にしかならないよ。
]]>学校を休んで活動をすることに目くじらを立てる人もいるかもしれないが、それは個人の意思だし、別に周りがどうこう言う問題ではない。
16歳という若さながら、国際舞台に立って行動を起こしていること自体は本当にすごいことだと思う。
ただ、そんな彼女に対してどうしても違和感がある。Wikipediaページによると、
トゥーンベリは、彼女が8歳の2011年に気候変動について初めて聞いたと言っているが、なぜ気候変動への対策がほとんど行われていないのか理解できなかった。 3年後、彼女は落ち込んで無気力になり、会話と食事をやめ、最終的にアスペルガー症候群 [12] 、強迫性障害 (OCD) および選択的無言症と診断された。 [13] その診断は「以前は私を制限していた」ことを認めながら、彼女はアスペルガーを病気とは見なさず、代わりに「スーパーパワー」と呼んでいる。
とある。アスペルガー症候群は近年、発達障害が一般にもよく知られるようになってきたことから、耳にしたことがある人も多いだろう。また、強迫性障害もアスペルガー症候群ほどではないが知名度はあるように思える。しかし選択的無言症はどうか。これは場面緘黙症とも言われる疾患であり、詳しくは[wikipedia:場面緘黙症]を見てほしいが、アスペルガーほど知られた疾患ではないと思う。上記にもあるように、彼女はアスペルガーに関しては「スーパーパワー」として肯定的にとらえているが、場面緘黙症については、
So when I was 11, I became ill. I fell into depression, I stopped talking, and I stopped eating. In two months, I lost about 10 kilos of weight. Later on, I was diagnosed with Asperger syndrome, OCD and selective mutism. That basically means I only speak when I think it's necessary - now is one of those moments.
とhttps://www.ted.com/talks/greta_thunberg_the_disarming_case_to_act_right_now_on_climate]において発言している。
これがどうも腑に落ちない。これは場面緘黙なのだろうか。急に話さなくなったり、必要だと思う時にしか話さないという彼女自身の説明には疑問が残る。
もちろん、当時の彼女を診断した医師がそう判断し、彼女はこのスピーチの中でそれを話しただけかもしれないし、時間の都合上分かりやすい表現としてこのような表現になっただけなのかもしれない。
しかし、意地悪な見方をすると、これは場面緘黙症という疾患を利用しているのではないかとも思う。場面緘黙症自体があまり馴染みのない疾患であることから、多くの人はその疾患について「話すことが困難なんだな」程度の認識だろうし、そのような人々がこの話を聞いたとき、彼女に対して「そのようなハンデを持ちながらも環境のために声を上げた16歳の少女」のイメージを強く抱くであろうことは容易に想像できる。場面緘黙だけでなく、アスペルガーや強迫性障害についてもそうだ。
これが可能なのはそれが見えない症状だからだ。身体的なハンディキャップがある人とは異なり、アスペルガーや場面緘黙症は一見しただけでは当人がそういった疾患を持っていることがわかりにくい。しかし逆もまた然りだ。自称しているだけだとしてもそれを見ぬくことは難しい。
グレタさんに関してはいろいろな意見が出ており、親に利用されているだとか、誰かがバックにいるとか、陰謀論じみたものまで出ている。実際のところどうなのかはわからない。
結果的に多くの人々に気候問題を考える機会を与えたことは良いことだと思うが、場面緘黙症についての発言だけは、どうしても違和感をぬぐえない。
]]>ハウスは元々シカゴのゲイディスコ”ウェアハウス”を由来とする。ヒップホップも元々、ディスコを由来としていて、初期はエレクトロなどの引用(サンプリング)が多かった。故にハウスとヒップホップはディスコを親とした兄弟と呼ばれたりもする。
例えばSlum Villageのdj dezという人物は象徴的で、ヒップホップDJでもあり、ハウスDJでもある。Andresという別名義で、moodymannというディープハウスの大御所のレーベルからリリースしてたりもする。
上記したキスシーンは、不寛容の時代から、現在へとブリッジするものとして描かれた(ようにかんじた)。少なくともラッパーが同性とぶっちゅーなんてのは、20年前にはできなかった表現である。
Slum Village "Fall in love"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s732BigTxZk
Andres "Moments In Life"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPT0Zw0z90g
Jose James "Desire (moodymann mix)”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHNZy-9u2FU
"Get Down"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYcVrWDOiao
補足。
Childish Gambinoは役者、コメディアンとしても活躍しており、netflixなどで公開されている”Atlanta"はべらぼうに面白い。
元嫁に尻に敷かれまくりながらも、養育費のためにがんばるサウスの男のお話。
Frank Ocean "Super Rich Kids"はソフィア・コッポラの”ブリングリング”の劇中歌である。おもろい映画なので、おすすめしたい。
歌うラッパーは昔も少数いた。Outkast、Ceelo、Bone Thugs N Harmony、Nelly、Nate doggなど。今のように誰でも歌ってる訳ではなかった。
SNSの活用で一番最初に売れたのはSouja boyである。然しながら、今日のTypicalな成功例とはすこし趣が違っている。彼の場合は、まずダンスが先行した。
Kodie Shane "Sad"における三番目のナードな男の名前が"Napoleon"なのは、"バス男"("Napoleon Dynamite")からの引用と思われる。いい映画です。勝手な邦題の暴力性よ。
]]>Ford never hid anti-LGBT animus. From his earliest days on council, when he opposed funding small grants to diversity and AIDS-prevention campaigns, he made it explicit that his opposition stemmed from disgust with LGBT people, not from a desire to protect the public purse.Superman grany przez Cavilla to ten sam poziom, co w Człowieku ze Stali - moim zdaniem Cavill bardzo się stara, żeby jak najciekawiej zagrać Supermana, ale to i tak jedna z najnudniejszych postaci w całym komiksowym uniwersum, więc niektóre wysiłki pozostają niezauważone. Moim zdaniem to wina postaci i fani muszą się do tego przyzwyczaić.
Trzecią postacią, która ma szanse zaprezentować nam się trochę dłużej na ekranie jest oczywiście “ten zły”, czyli Lex Luthor, który grany przez Eisenberga kojarzył się raczej z o wiele bardziej szalonym Zuckerbergiem z The Social Network, niż komiksowym czarnym charakterem. Być może się czepiam, ale gdyby Luthor się w tym filmie nie przedstawił, nie miałbym pojęcia kim właściwie jest ten rudy gość, który z jakiegoś powodu postanowił być bardzo złośliwy.
he astonishments of the quasi-Biblical clashes and catastrophes in the director Zack Snyder’s “Man of Steel” left me impatient to see his “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.” The earlier film conveyed an awed and even terrified sense of the colossal, a delight in the cinematic ability to realize wrenching destruction and, at the same time, to shiver at the very imagination of it. Snyder turned the superhero universe around on itself, constructing backstories and out-there stories of an apocalyptic force; it was silly but potent, shallow but thrilling. Perhaps Snyder’s new film is the victim of great (or any) expectations, but “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice” remains literally Earth-bound, and this fair planet is where Snyder bumps up against the limits of his vision.
Where “Man of Steel” opens big, with an intergalactic origin story that has the heightened tone of pseudo-scripture, the first big set piece in “Batman v Superman” is a catastrophe from home, a virtual replay of the 9/11 attack on the World Trade Center, with Bruce Wayne (Ben Affleck) looking on with horror and hatred as the tower of Wayne Industries collapses (vertically) into a blinding gust of light-gray powder—as a result of the battle waged by Superman (Henry Cavill) against the Kryptonian usurper General Zod.
That start gives off a strange whiff of competition with—or emulation of—Marvel’s irrepressibly successful “Avengers” films, the first of which, in particular, is an unabashed post-9/11 allegory. (The connection is surprisingly direct. One of the climactic moments of “Batman v Superman”—a leap from the ground that vaults through the atmosphere and into outer space—is a virtual duplication, both dramatically and visually, of a similar climactic feat in “The Avengers.”) In Snyder’s new film, Superman appears, from the start, as a hopeless naïf, a battler for good who doesn’t admit to his own capacity to do incidental evil, a blinkered warrior who deploys his nearly infinite powers according to his unquestioned moral intuition rather than to the prudent calculation of results.
O Wonder Woman, która zgodnie z obietnicami zadebiutowała w tym filmie mogę w sumie napisać tylko tyle, że… do tej roli wybrano świetną aktorkę. Przynajmniej z wyglądu, bo po tych strzępkach dialogów, które pojawiają sie na ekranie z jej udziałem ciężko się zorientować kim właściwie jest ta pani, która w pewnym momencie pojawia się z tarczą i mieczem u boku Supermana i Batmana.
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]]>受精のために、卵子側で発現するタンパク質、Junoを発見したという記事。
(contraceptive=避妊、fertilisation=受精も分からなかった増田の斜め読みだけど
上記の要約であってるのかな?)
精子側で発現するタンパク質、Izumo(縁結びのあの神社から)の同定はもうすでに行われているけど、
卵子側でも今回見つかって、ローマの女神、Juno(出産、妊娠など。個人的にはJKが妊娠した同名映画を思い出します)
の名前を付けられたと。
不妊治療への応用が期待されるところだけど、
個人的にすごいなぁと思ったのは中段あたりに書いてある
'researchers realized that the Juno disappears from the surface of the egg moments after fertilization'
ってことが、卵子に対して精子が通常ひとつしか受精できない理由の裏付けらしいということ。
もうすぐ妖精になれそうな童貞が学んだ無駄知識だった。
]]>[edit]Compact digital cameras
Subcompact with lens assembly retracted
Compact cameras are designed to be tiny and portable and are particularly suitable for casual and "snapshot" uses. Hence, they are also called point-and-shoot cameras. The smallest, generally less than 20 mm thick, are described as subcompacts or "ultra-compacts" and some are nearly credit card size.[2]
Most, apart from ruggedized or water-resistant models, incorporate a retractable lens assembly allowing a thin camera to have a moderately long focal length and thus fully exploit an image sensor larger than that on a camera phone, and a mechanized lens cap to cover the lens when retracted. The retracted and capped lens is protected from keys, coins and other hard objects, thus making it a thin, pocketable package. Subcompacts commonly have one lug and a short wrist strap which aids extraction from a pocket, while thicker compacts may have two lugs for attaching a neck strap.
Compact cameras are usually designed to be easy to use, sacrificing advanced features and picture quality for compactness and simplicity; images can usually only be stored using lossy compression (JPEG). Most have a built-in flash usually of low power, sufficient for nearby subjects. Live preview is almost always used to frame the photo. Most have limited motion picture capability. Compacts often have macro capability and zoom lenses but the zoom range is usually less than for bridge and DSLR cameras. Generally a contrast-detect autofocus system, using the image data from the live preview feed of the main imager, focuses the lens.
Typically, these cameras incorporate a nearly silent leaf shutter into their lenses.
For lower cost and smaller size, these cameras typically use image sensors with a diagonal of approximately 6 mm, corresponding to a crop factor around 6. This gives them weaker low-light performance, greater depth of field, generally closer focusing ability, and smaller components than cameras using larger sensors.
Starting in 2011, some compact digital cameras can take 3D still photos. These 3D compact stereo cameras can capture 3D panoramic photos for play back on a 3D TV.[3] Some of these are rugged and waterproof, and some have GPS, compass, barometer and altimeter. [4]
[edit]Bridge cameras
Sony DSC-H2
Main article: Bridge camera
Bridge are higher-end digital cameras that physically and ergonomically resemble DSLRs and share with them some advanced features, but share with compacts the use of a fixed lens and a small sensor. Like compacts, most use live preview to frame the image. Their autofocus uses the same contrast-detect mechanism, but many bridge cameras have a manual focus mode, in some cases using a separate focus ring, for greater control. They originally "bridged" the gap between affordable point-and-shoot cameras and the then unaffordable earlier digital SLRs.
Due to the combination of big physical size but a small sensor, many of these cameras have very highly specified lenses with large zoom range and fast aperture, partially compensating for the inability to change lenses. On some, the lens qualifies as superzoom. To compensate for the lesser sensitivity of their small sensors, these cameras almost always include an image stabilization system to enable longer handheld exposures.
These cameras are sometimes marketed as and confused with digital SLR cameras since the appearance is similar. Bridge cameras lack the reflex viewing system of DSLRs, are usually fitted with fixed (non-interchangeable) lenses (although some have a lens thread to attach accessory wide-angle or telephoto converters), and can usually take movies with sound. The scene is composed by viewing either the liquid crystal display or the electronic viewfinder (EVF). Most have a longer shutter lag than a true dSLR, but they are capable of good image quality (with sufficient light) while being more compact and lighter than DSLRs. High-end models of this type have comparable resolutions to low and mid-range DSLRs. Many of these cameras can store images in a Raw image format, or processed and JPEG compressed, or both. The majority have a built-in flash similar to those found in DSLRs.
In bright sun, the quality difference between a good compact camera and a digital SLR is minimal but bridgecams are more portable, cost less and have a similar zoom ability to dSLR. Thus a Bridge camera may better suit outdoor daytime activities, except when seeking professional-quality photos.[5]
In low light conditions and/or at ISO equivalents above 800, most bridge cameras (or megazooms) lack in image quality when compared to even entry level DSLRs. However, they do have one major advantage: their much larger depth of field due to the small sensor as compared to a DSLR, allowing larger apertures with shorter exposure times.
A 3D Photo Mode was introduced in 2011, whereby the camera automatically takes a second image from a slightly different perspective and provides a standard .MPO file for stereo display. [6]
[edit]Mirrorless interchangeable-lens camera
Main article: Mirrorless interchangeable-lens camera
In late 2008, a new type of camera emerged, combining the larger sensors and interchangeable lenses of DSLRs with the live-preview viewing system of compact cameras, either through an electronic viewfinder or on the rear LCD. These are simpler and more compact than DSLRs due to the removal of the mirror box, and typically emulate the handling and ergonomics of either DSLRs or compacts. The system is used by Micro Four Thirds, borrowing components from the Four Thirds DSLR system.
[edit]Digital single lens reflex cameras
Cutaway of an Olympus E-30 DSLR
Main article: Digital single-lens reflex camera
Digital single-lens reflex cameras (DSLRs) are digital cameras based on film single-lens reflex cameras (SLRs). They take their name from their unique viewing system, in which a mirror reflects light from the lens through a separate optical viewfinder. At the moment of exposure the mirror flips out of the way, making a distinctive "clack" sound and allowing light to fall on the imager.
Since no light reaches the imager during framing, autofocus is accomplished using specialized sensors in the mirror box itself. Most 21st century DSLRs also have a "live view" mode that emulates the live preview system of compact cameras, when selected.
These cameras have much larger sensors than the other types, typically 18 mm to 36 mm on the diagonal (crop factor 2, 1.6, or 1). This gives them superior low-light performance, less depth of field at a given aperture, and a larger size.
They make use of interchangeable lenses; each major DSLR manufacturer also sells a line of lenses specifically intended to be used on their cameras. This allows the user to select a lens designed for the application at hand: wide-angle, telephoto, low-light, etc. So each lens does not require its own shutter, DSLRs use a focal-plane shutter in front of the imager, behind the mirror.
[edit]Digital rangefinders
Main article: Rangefinder camera#Digital rangefinder
A rangefinder is a user-operated optical mechanism to measure subject distance once widely used on film cameras. Most digital cameras measure subject distance automatically using electro-optical techniques, but it is not customary to say that they have a rangefinder.
[edit]Line-scan camera systems
A line-scan camera is a camera device containing a line-scan image sensor chip, and a focusing mechanism. These cameras are almost solely used in industrial settings to capture an image of a constant stream of moving material. Unlike video cameras, line-scan cameras use a single row of pixel sensors, instead of a matrix of them. Data coming from the line-scan camera has a frequency, where the camera scans a line, waits, and repeats. The data coming from the line-scan camera is commonly processed by a computer, to collect the one-dimensional line data and to create a two-dimensional image. The collected two-dimensional image data is then processed by image-processing methods for industrial purposes.
Further information: Rotating line camera
[edit]Integration
Many devices include digital cameras built into or integrated into them. For example, mobile phones often include digital cameras; those that do are known as camera phones. Other small electronic devices (especially those used for communication) such as PDAs, laptops and BlackBerry devices often contain an integral digital camera, and most 21st century camcorders can also make still pictures.
Due to the limited storage capacity and general emphasis on convenience rather than image quality, almost all these integrated or converged devices store images in the lossy but compact JPEG file format.
Mobile phones incorporating digital cameras were introduced in Japan in 2001 by J-Phone. In 2003 camera phones outsold stand-alone digital cameras, and in 2006 they outsold all film-based cameras and digital cameras combined. These camera phones reached a billion devices sold in only five years, and by 2007 more than half of the installed base of all mobile phones were camera phones. Sales of separate cameras peaked in 2008. [7]
Integrated cameras tend to be at the very lowest end of the scale of digital cameras in technical specifications, such as resolution, optical quality, and ability to use accessories. With rapid development, however, the gap between mainstream compact digital cameras and camera phones is closing, and high-end camera phones are competitive with low-end stand-alone digital cameras of the same generation.
[edit]Waterproof
A Canon WP-1 waterproof 35 mm film camera
Waterproof digital cameras are digital cameras that can make pictures underwater. Waterproof housings have long been made but they cost almost as the cameras. Many waterproof digital cameras are shockproof and resistant to low temperatures; one of them is Canon PowerShot D10, one of the first underwater digital cameras.
These cameras become very popular during the holiday season, because many people want to save the best moments from their holidays at the seaside. Waterproof watches and mobile phones were produced earlier. Most makers of digital cameras also produce waterproof ones and every year they launch at least one new model, for example Sony, Olympus, Canon, Fuji.
Healthways Mako Shark, an early waterproof camera,[8] was launched in 1958 and cost around 25 dollars. It was a huge camera and pictures were black and white.
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]]>Digital cameras would bring us lots of enjoyment, leaving a myriad of unique images, and summertime is journeying in wonderful summer season. The classmate throughout the getaway can recognize that reams together with estuaries and rivers, metropolitan and also countryside attractive panoramas, yet take place all these charm being a memento opportunity straight down, together with steam as a result of a camcorder operation, a lot more crucial is usually to examine ones own taking functionality and also taking photographs. That period, the little generate your choice have quite a few summer months firing effective be mindful, the particular classmate may as well within the next snapshot have a shot at, you will get the particular total surprising stun.
Household landscapes
By out of doors firing indoors panoramas, basic will need throughout the Windows 7, out-of-doors mild typically currently have more substantial indoors light-weight, now a couple of challenges ought to be sorted out, is the particular coverage time frame, a couple of it truly is in order to avoid a display reflective, when pics of any camera through hands-on management operate, might take number of years coverage setting up, when photographic camera goes so that you can twit style, can easily will likely be ISO level of sensitivity Surroundings bump up, this ISO 2 hundred or perhaps ISO six hundred aiming.
Inside panorama 's best golf shot employing a tripod, in any other case, wants a spot to guide, one example is in opposition to any divider and entry, and even the true reason for executing it is because very long coverage is quite effortless construct any digital camera protein shake, producing photographs regarding fluffy envision. It's best to utilize the shutter launch, or perhaps utilize to get center-weighted avoiding relocate a video camera. Notice: except if absolutely necessary, tend not to available the particular pen, stay clear of a lot more reflective.
Out-of-doors landscapes
Bring that landscape designs from the probability with the photo may well schedule some individuals or even factors, and this also may help the room inside the operation of your view photos. Get a large surfaces area photos, as an example the veranda as well as the roof top, hillside, for example. Typically inside the mid-day is without a doubt the most suitable time frame filming this landscapes. Filming, having a polarizer to adjust a illumination with the stars, produce the particular heavens develop into dreary quite a few, well known from the glowing blue stars the white kind of fog up, as a way to boost the space or room repeatedly.
Several virtually no guidebook vulnerability management of any camera together with location form, as well as the landscape designs way is completely features on the list of manner, you are able to use landscape designs way to adopt shots. Together with handbook vulnerability restrain photographic camera might opt for aperture goal option that will movie, aperture to help acquired far better pick out F8 to help you photograph or maybe F11, this photo will be extra management concentrations senses.
houses
The particular modify on the urban center is without a doubt switching, specifically together with a lot of approach large establishing intended for symbolize, and also this are at recent many portrait digital photography buffs including firing template.
Yet typical photographic camera through simply how much suitable container distortion, hence as a way to make an effort to reduce the photograph of your deformation belonging to the accumulating " up ", thus you ought to pick around substantial thoughts and opinions filming. One example is inside the steps, or perhaps some other might help the beliefs with area. If you fail to find the correct destination for a reside, you can from the again, clear of the particular lead entity to cut back a distortion. Maybe you've employed the greatest wide-angle standard zoom lens. Vivid stars will be able to replace with a developing with the darkish. Having a polarizer to cut back or perhaps wipe out construction with reflective a glass. In addition to, certainly, consume an excellent know with the can make one of a kind imaginative results.
mineral water
Firing apply or maybe a aerosol in waters, incorporate the use of part mild and also backlight try to make waters intended for introducing see through pattern. Several novices all of coveted by a really "splash with photos, in truth, I am able to effortlessly applied for, so the hurrying h2o glance alot more downy, have got a form of passionate blur. Shutter possibly inside 1/10 so that you can 1/6 erinarians regulate might get move cosmetic perception for splash pics.
At night and also night time
Local plumber to be able to sunset taking scenario regarding is usually 15-30 moments, next the stars always possess some colouring failed to ends. As a way to raise the graphic with the amount with subject, can easily on the ending with the passage and also uncover several regarding an individual's special world. It is as well the location where the tripod on has to be, commonly programmed coverage is definitely o . k ., yet you should attempt to utilize hands-on visibility, and also the employment of the particular shutter put out restrain taking, respectively for 2, 5, 8, 12 and also of sixteen secs shutter tempo so that you can capture some photo contrast.
Needless to say now and again continue to are able to use ISO200 to help you photograph, yet so that you can be aware of an electronic camcorder with disturbance handle is normally adequate, when pixels will be overweight, or maybe together with ISO100 contrasting by using base style to help motion picture.
In truth firing night time scenarios, at times to be able to as well do not require that filming with step-by-step developing oh, this streets these kinds of, a small amount convert tips plus aiming design and style, might get the result of experiencing a specialized pattern.
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How to Begin and End Email
Beginnings and endings are a challenge in most activities, but in email getting off to a good start and ending positively will strengthen the communication and increase understanding.
Start with a specific subject line.
Choose the better subject line in each pair below:
1. a. New Phones
b. New Phone Installation: Your Action Required
2. a. Update on Development of Sales Model
b. Status Update
3. a. Summer newsletter
b. 10 Great Tips for Summer vacation
In number 1, the second choice conveys a sense of urgency and action, whereas the first choice falls flat. In 2, the longer title focuses the reader on which update the email is explaining. In 3, you don’t really have much choice. Who would take a?
Next comes the greeting.
Examples:
• Hi, Fred and Lauri.
• Hi, team.
• Greetings, everyone
• Good morning, Sayed. (If Sayed this message in the morning)
• Jian, we are looking forward to meeting you next week.
• To: Finance and Administration Team
• To all employees:
• David,
• Ruth, Mala and Felicia:
• Dear Mr. Mathews
The last five examples must be on a separate line at the top of the message. All the others can be either a separate line or at the beginning of a paragraph.
Choose the greeting that matches your relationship with the reader(s) and the purpose of the message. “Hi” is friendly but too informal in certain situations—for example, in response to a request for a proposal. “Hello” is friendly and professional. “Hey”is too informal and slangy for most messages.
“To” followed by a pronoun like “all” or the name of a group sounds professional but does not convey warmth. Warmth is required in all messages, but please remember that you must always consider the position of the receiver.
Avoid gender-based greetings such as “Ladies.” Even if the group you are writing it is all women, some among them will object to this greeting.
Do not greet people whose name is included on the Cc line. Only greet people whose names are on the To line of the email.
The punctuation of greetings is a topic for discussion. All the punctuation used in the list above is correct. Some people use “Hi team” and “Hello Robin” without the comma, but traditional writers retain the comma. The reason is that these words are in “direct address.” When we directly address the reader, as in “Hi, team” (or in the example that begins with “Jian”) the name is separated from the other words by a comma.
“Dear Mr. Mathews” is followed by a colon in a business letter and in an email that replaces a business letter. However, it is also acceptable to use a comma after a
“Dear” greeting in a business email.
In a quick exchange of email with someone it is not necessary to continually greet your reader. Compare such an exchange with putting the person on hold on the telephone. When you return to the phone call, you say, “Thanks for holding. I have the information: rather than “Hi Laurie.”
The last sentence of an email is like the last words of a phone call. They may be a quick signoff or a courteous close, depending on the formality of the communication.
Examples:
• See you in Tokyo!
• Have a great trip!
• I will email you in August to schedule lunch.
• Please call me again with any questions
• Thanks again for all your help with the design.
• Thank you for your cooperation. We appreciate the opportunity to work with you.
Avoid continually using “Have a great day!” or similar expression as your closing sentence. It became meaningless with constant use and it is a bad fit with email that communicates a policy or serious announcement.
It is not wise to save a request for action or approval until the end of the message. Email readers do not read to the end of a message when they believe they have gotten the main point already.
A complimentary close—yes or no?
Business letters typicall end with phrases called “complimentary closes” such as “Sincerely yours,” “Best wishes,”and “Best regards.” A complimentary close is not required in email. However, business email often uses such a close to sound formal, look professional, or simply communicate courteously.
Examples:
• Sincerely,(the most formal of the list)
• Best regards, (professional)
• Warm regards, (professional and warm, as you would expect)
• Regards, (less friendly than the other 2 regards choices)
• With best wishes, (or) Best wishes, ( professional)
• With thanks, (professional and grateful)
• Ciao! (friendly and rather informal)
• Cheers, (friendly)
A word like “Greetings” does not belong in a close. It may be used in the last sentence, though, to greet others who might see the message:
• Please give our greetings to Dr. Carr
• Greetings to your colleagues in Systems Research
Although people frequently use “Thanks” as a close, it is not standard, and careful writers avoid it. Do not use “Thanks in advance” as a close, because many people find it presumptuous. Rather than “Thanks” or “Thanks in advance,” create a better sentence, such as “Thanks for considering my request.” Or use “With thanks” as a complimentary close followed by a comma.
Advice for those who receive less-than-perfect Email. You will sometimes receive email that is less than perfect, which means you might feel a bit offended by them. My advice to you on this is to get through them and leave them behind. Bring a bright smile to your face and a kind tone to your email reply. Forgive those whose writing was clumsy, abrupt, or annoying. They were merely experiencing moments of being human and imperfect.
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(M)市民の皆さん
(A)市民のみなさん。
(Y)市民の皆さん。
(M)私は今日、厳粛な思いで任務を前にし、皆さんの信頼に感謝し、我々の祖先が払った犠牲を心にとめて、この場に立っている。
(A)きょう私は、私たちの前にある職務に謙虚な心を持ち、あなた方から与えられた信頼に感謝し、先祖が払ってきた犠牲に心を留めながら、ここに立っている。
(Y)私は今日、我々の前にある職務に対して厳粛な気持ちを抱き、あなた方から与えられた信頼に感謝し、我々の祖先が支払った犠牲を心に留めながら、ここに立っている。
(M)ブッシュ大統領が我が国に果たした貢献と、政権移行期間に示してくれた寛容さと協力に感謝する。
(A)ブッシュ大統領の我が国に対する貢献と、政権移行期に見せた寛大さと協力に感謝したい。
(Y)ブッシュ大統領の我が国への奉仕、並びに大統領がこの政権移行期間に示した寛容さと協力に感謝する。
(M)これまで、44人の米国人が大統領としての宣誓を行った。
(A)これで(私を含め)44人の米国人が大統領の宣誓をしたことになる。
(Y)これで44人の米国人が大統領就任宣誓を行った。
(M)その言葉は、繁栄の波と平和の安定の時期に語られることもあった
(A)宣誓は、繁栄の高まりや平和な時にも行われてきた。
(Y)宣誓は、繁栄の高まりのときや、平和で静かなときに行われたこともあった。
(M)が、暗雲がたれ込め、嵐が吹きすさぶただ中で行われた宣誓もあった。
(A)だが、多くは、雲が集まり、嵐が吹き荒れる中で行われた。
(Y)しかし、しばしば、宣誓は、暗雲が垂れこめるときや荒れ狂う嵐のときに行われた。
(M)こうした試練の時に米国が前進を続けられたのは、政府高官の技量と展望だけでなく、「我ら(合衆国の)人民」が、先達の理想と、建国の文書に忠実でありつづけたためでもある。
(A) そのような時に米国がやってこれたのは、指導者の技量や洞察力だけによってではなく、「我ら合衆国の人民」が先人の理想に誠実で、(独立宣言など)建国の文書に忠実だったからだ。
(Y)こうした時、米国は、指導者たちの技量や理念だけに頼ることなく、我々人民が祖先の理想に忠実で、建国の文言に正直であることによって、乗り切ってきた。
(M)それが我々の伝統だった。
(A)これまではそうだった。
(Y)ずっとそうやってきた。
(M)我々の世代にとっても、そうありつづける。
(A)そして、この世代の米国人もそうあらねばならない。
(Y)この世代の米国人も同様にしなければならない。
]]>「オタではまったくないんだが、しかしちょいケルの童貞臭さを肯定的に黙認してくれて、
その上で全く知らないちょいケルの世界とはなんなのか、ちょっとだけ好奇心持ってる」
ような、ヲタの都合のいい妄想の中に出てきそうな彼女に、アニメのことを紹介するために
見せるべき10本を選んでみたいのだけれど。
(要は「the most relaxing feel」「iamge」の正反対版だな。彼女にアニメを布教するのではなく
相互のコミュニケーションの入口として)
あくまで「入口」なので、時間的に過大な負担を伴うイベント、「芸能山城組ケチャまつり」「Sound Horizon Live Tour - 領土拡大遠征」などの参加は避けたい。
できればアルバム、1アーティストに1枚にとどめたい。
あと、いくらちょいケル的に基礎といっても古びを感じすぎるものは避けたい。
ちょいケル好きが『JVC WORLD SOUNDS』もちょいケルだ!と言っても、それはちょっとさすがになあ、と思う。
そういう感じ。
彼女の設定は
ちょいケル知識はいわゆる「テレビまんがから流れてくる劇伴」を除けば、菅野よう子程度は聞いている
サブカル度も低いが、頭はけっこう良い
という条件で。
まずは俺的に。出した順番は実質的には意味がない。
まあ、いきなりここかよとも思うけれど、「Enya以前」を濃縮しきっていて、「Enya以後」を決定づけたという点では
外せないんだよなあ。アルバムもベスト版だし。
ただ、ここで「Enyaの姉がClannadというアイリッシュ・トラッドグループに参加して……」と言ってしまうと、「エロゲーオタ超キモイ!」と彼女との関係が崩れるかも。
この多重録音過多な作品について、どれだけさらりと、嫌味にならず濃すぎず、それでいて必要最小限の癒しポイントを彼女に
伝えられるかということは、オタ側の「真のコミュニケーション能力(ニューエイジ臭くなりがちなちょいケル暗黒部をできるだけスルーするという意味合いにおいて)」の試験としてはいいタスクだろうと思う。
アレって典型的な「オタクが考える一般人に受け入れられそうなヒーリングミュージック(そうオタクが思い込んでいるだけ。実際は全然受け入れられない)」そのもの
という意見には半分賛成・半分反対なのだけれど、それを彼女にぶつけて確かめてみるには
一番よさそうな素材なんじゃないのかな。
「ちょいケルオタとしてはこの二つは“音楽”としていいと思うんだけど、率直に言ってどう?」って。
ある種のちょいケルオタが持ってる自然への憧憬と、エリック・ムーケとミシェル・サンチェーズのオタ的なサンプリングへのこだわりを
彼女に紹介するという意味ではいいなと思うのと、それに加えていかにもDeep Forestな
「童貞的なださカッコよさ」を体現するアフリカン・ヴォイス
「童貞的に好みな女」を体現するリズムのいいシンセのメロディ
の二要素をはじめとして、オタ好きのする要素を音楽にちりばめているのが、紹介してみたい理由。
たぶんこれを見た彼女は「Hallucinogenだよね」と言ってくれるかもしれないが、そこが狙いといえば狙い。
この系譜の作品がその後続いていないこと、このアルバムに収録されていた「Divine Moments Of Truth」がFlash作品となって大人気になったこと、
アメリカなら亜流が大量に発生して、それが日本に輸入されてもおかしくはなさそうなのに、
ちょいケル界隈でこういうのがつくられないこと、なんかを非オタ彼女と話してみたいかな、という妄想的願望。
「やっぱりちょいケルはアニメによく収録されているよね」という話になったときに、そこで選ぶのは「地球少女アルジュナ」
でもいいのだけれど、そこでこっちを選んだのは、この作品にかける原の思いが好きだから。
ガムラン使いてーと言ってAKIRAで先につかわれくそー!と思ってもアルバムに収録されている「逃走」で使っちゃうっていう所が、どうしても俺の心をつかんでしまうのは、
その「捨てる」ということへの諦めきれなさがいかにもオタ的だなあと思えてしまうから。
クゥの長さを俺自身は冗長とは思わないし、もう削れないだろうとは思うけれど、一方でこれが
宮崎アニメの久石譲だったらきっちり自分の音楽の枠内にしあげてしまうだろうとも思う。
なのに、若草恵に頭下げて東南アジアの楽器を取り入れた劇伴を作らせてしまう、というあたり、どうしても
「自分の物語を形作ってきたものが捨てられないオタク」としては、たとえ原がそういうキャラでなかったとしても、
親近感を禁じ得ない。作品自体の高評価と合わせて、そんなことを彼女に話してみたい。
今のちょいケル若年層で生のそのままのブルガリアン・ヴォイスを見たことのある人はそんなにいないと思うのだけれど、だから紹介してみたい。
菅野よう子よりも前の段階で、ちょいケルの哲学とか女性ヴォイス技法とかはこの作品で頂点に達していたとも言えて、
こういうクオリティの作品が民俗音楽として大昔にかかっていたんだよ、というのは、
別に俺自身がなんらそこに貢献してなくとも、なんとなくちょいケル好きとしては不思議に誇らしいし、
いわゆる「Zone of the Enders Beyond the Bounds - Theme from Anubis」でしかブルガリアン・ヴォイスを知らない彼女には見せてあげたいなと思う。
KOKIAの「声」あるいは「歌詞づくり」をオタとして教えたい、というお節介焼きから見せる、ということではなくて。
「終わらない祭を毎日生きる」的な感覚がちょいケルオタには共通してあるのかなということを感じていて、
だからこそテイルズ オブ イノセンスの主題歌はKOKIAや姫神以外ではあり得なかったとも思う。
「祝祭化した日常を生きる」というちょいケルオタの感覚が今日さらに強まっているとするなら、その「ちょいケルオタの気分」の
源はKOKIAなどの女性ヴォイスにあったんじゃないか、という、そんな理屈はかけらも口にせずに、
単純に楽しんでもらえるかどうかを見てみたい。
これは地雷だよなあ。彼女がカネダーテツオーと騒ぎ出すか否か、そこのスリルを味わってみたいなあ。
こういうむき出しのエスニックミュージックをこういうかたちでアニメ劇伴音楽化して、それが非オタに受け入れられるか
ナカマーハシルーを誘発するか、というのを見てみたい。
サンホラとかルルティアくせーハルヒのキャラソンとかあればゲラゲラ笑いながら聞きてーなぁ。
「駄目だこの増田は。俺がちゃんとしたリストを作ってやる」というのは大歓迎。
こういう試みそのものに関する意見も聞けたら嬉しい。
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