![]() Together they had a son, Joel, who went on to work for the Navy as an architect and boat builder. In 1959, EB White helped edit and updated a famous grammar and style handbook, The Elements of Style, which was first published by William Strunk Jr. White published a short novel - Here Is New York, that was based on an article he had previously written. The book focused on the city and everything it had to offer, positively and negatively. Later in his career, he also worked for Harper’s Magazine. ![]() His first article was published in 1925, and while he worked for The New Yorker, he often constructed short, witty comments that were published along with the news. Unfortunately for him, the job required him to attend office meetings and hit deadlines that he wasn’t used to. He was eventually hired as a staff writer. In 1924 he moved to New York City and began submitting manuscripts to The New Yorker, founded in 1925. He also wrote for the Seattle Post Intelligencer before moving to Alaska to work on a fire boat. For a year between 19, he worked as a cub reporter for the Seattle Times. While there, White worked as an editor of a school newspaper and, after graduation, went on to work for the United Press and the American Legion. He graduated from Cornell in 1921 with a Bachelor of Arts. He was his parents’ sixth child and was quickly imbued with a love of reading and exploring nature (the latter was used as inspiration for his novel Charlotte’s Web).Īs a young man, he attended Cornell University before serving as a private in the student army training corps. White was born in July 1899 in Mount Vernon, New York. The novel has been cited as one of the best books ever written about the city.Į.B. It was inspired by the time he spent living in New York and experiencing all of its pros and cons. Here Is New Yorkis White’s first novel.Louis acquires a trumpet and learns to play (connecting the book explicitly to Louis Armstrong, who was a central inspiration for the novel). He tries to get the attention of Serena, a young swan he’s interested in, but finds it hard to get to know her. The Trumpet of the Swanis about a swan named Louis who is born without a voice and his friends. ![]() The book tells the story of a mouse named Stuart, who is born into a family of human beings and tries to adjust to life as an animal among humans. Stuart Little is another well-known children’s novel White published. ![]() He learns about life, love, tragedy, and death through his experiences with Charlotte and her friends, as well as with other barn animals such as the rat Templeton and the sheep Old Major. The story is told from the perspective of Wilbur, an innocent and trusting little pig who has just been born on a farm in Maine. The novel tells the story of a pig named Wilbur and his friendship with a barn spider named Charlotte. Charlotte’s Webis a children’s novel by E.His children’s books initially received less-than-ideal welcomes from the literary community.In 1978, White was awarded a special Pulitzer Prize.White Read Aloud Award is given in his honor. White’s first published essay was “Once More to the Lake.” ![]()
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![]() ![]() To further establish that this is still Miura’s manga, Berserk won’t be getting an altered title for its new chapters, and the numbering of collected tankobon volumes will continue uninterrupted, with Volume 42 the next to come. Miura said so” will be the guiding principle for the resumed manga. I will only write the lines and stories that Miura described to me.” Hakusensha is more succinct, pledging that “Mr. I will not write episodes that I don’t remember clearly. Also, I will only write the episodes that Miura talked to me about. “I will recall the details as much as possible and tell the story. “I have a message and promise to everyone,” says Mori. ▼ Promotional video for Berserk’s 41st collected volume, the most recently releasedīoth Hakusensha and Mori are quick to assert that they will be sticking as closely as possible to the story Miura envisioned, and not putting their own adaptational flourishes on it. “I thought, if I run away now, Miura would say ‘I talked to you about it so much, but you didn’t do it!!’”, and so Mori will serve as supervisor for the remainder of the series. That in turn led to the decision to resume Berserk’s serialization and see it through to its planned conclusion, which Mori hopes would please his friend. “ A great responsibility has fallen on me…I thought, should I talk to fans about it through an interview? Or should I publish an article with some illustrations? But that wouldn’t convey the scenes that Miura described to me, or the lines of Guts and Griffith…” While Mori was grappling with this, he was contacted by Hakusensha about Studio Gaga’s desire to complete the chapter that Miura had been part-way through before his death. That knowledge has weighed heavily on Mori since Miura’s passing. We did so ever since we were students, consulting each other while working on manga,” Mori says, adding “While he was alive, Miura said, ‘I haven’t told anyone other than you, Mori, about the story in its entirety.’” I continued to talk to Miura often, whenever there was a big episode. Strangely, the story for Berserk went on exactly as we discussed at the time, with almost no changes. “In that very moment, the storyline for Berserk was completed, until the very last chapter. Miura was getting ready to draw the Eclipse, a pivotal moment in the Berserk manga, but he’d planned the story out much farther than that, and spent the following week walking Mori through it. “Nearly 30 years ago, Miura called me and said, ‘I need to talk to you about drawing a rough draft,’” Mori recalls. ![]() The most reassuring revelation, though, comes from manga artist Kouji Mori, who was friends with Miura for decades. The publisher has also found plot memos and character design drafts that Miura had written and drawn to be used in upcoming chapters. It’s unclear whether or not Miura knew his health was deteriorating prior to his passing, but Hakusensha says that he often spoke with Studio Gaga and his editors about plans for upcoming storylines and character concepts. As for the new chapters’ story, that too is coming from an appropriate source: Miura himself. The art for the new chapters, though, will be handled by Studio Gaga, Miura’s team of assistants and apprentices who assisted him in drawing Berserk and are thus the most capable of carrying on its visual legacy. Given the unique artistic and storytelling style of Berserk, fans may be apprehensive of anyone other than Miura drawing and writing it. Now, a little over a year since Miura’s passing, publisher Hakusensha has come to a decision, announcing that Berserk will be resuming serialization with new chapters this month in manga anthology Young Animal and continuing on to a conclusive ending. The artist’s unexpected death was marked with tributes and shows of respect from the manga, anime, and video game fan communities, with mourning taking precedence over answering the question of what would become of the unfinished Berserk manga. ![]() Close friend of Kentaro Miura says he’s known how the series would end for almost 30 years.įans around the world were heartbroken last year when manga artist Kentaro Miura, creator of Berserk, passed away due to acute aortic dissection. ![]() ![]() The developers have expanded the automation system by introducing the Follow Actions tool. Up to 16 macros can be stored within a rack, and their launch and operation can be completely randomized. The new Macro Snapshots feature allows you to save copies of macros for later use. In the event that someone starts playing faster or slower, Ableton will independently adjust the tempo so that the parts sound harmonious. ![]() According to the description of the developers, the program has learned to “listen” to incoming audio from other performers and instruments on stage and automatically adjust the tempo based on the received signal. In addition to this, the program received the PitchLoop89 tool, which combines glitches, delays and vibrato.įor stage and concert needs, Ableton Live 11 received the Live Tempo Following feature. The devices in the collection are inspired by various natural and physical sound phenomena. In turn, Spectral Time can work with broken parts and create interesting delay effects based on them.įor lovers of creative and experimental processing, the creators of the update have added a collection of tools and effects Inspired By Nature. The Spectral Resonator will split the audio into several parts to further change them over time based on the frequency of the sound. Hybrid Reverb will allow you to create algorithmic and convulsive spatial effects. The built-in sampler, arpeggiator and wavetable editor also received full MPE support.Īs for new devices, ten new devices have been added to the program. The program has a new workspace Expression View, which allows you to work with different envelopes to achieve the desired level of expression. In addition to this, Ableton Live has learned how to link two or more tracks together for their simultaneous processing.Ībleton Live 11 received full support for the MIDI Polyphonic Expression (MPE) standard. ![]() Now the DAW organizes multiple repeats of audio files and MIDI regions into separate takes, and users can mix different parts of different takes together to get the "perfect" part. The first notable innovation was the updated Comping feature for combining audio. According to the creators, the update focuses on providing new opportunities for "recording, performing and experimenting." The developers added new features and devices to the program, as well as finalized existing functions. And get unlimited Max for Live potential built in seamlessly.Īlmost three years after the release of the tenth version of the program, Ableton introduced a major update to Ableton Live 11. ![]() Create your sound with the curated library. Get even further away from your computer with Push. Stay in the flow with a host of workflow improvements. Create bolder sounds with new Live devices. Almost everything in Live works in real time - add, rearrange or remove devices, play with Live's flexible track routing and more - all without interrupting the creative process. Freely and independently start and stop any number of audio or MIDI loops - everything stays in sync. Live syncs everything and works in real time, so you can play and change your musical ideas without interrupting your creative process.īut Live also features the revolutionary Session View: a unique notebook for improvising, playing and performing with musical ideas, without time limits. Intel® Core™ i5 processor or an AMD multi-core processor.ĪSIO compatible audio hardware for Link support (also recommended for optimal audio performance)Īpproximately 3 GB disk space on the system drive for the basic installation (8 GB free disk space recommended)Ībleton Live allows you to easily create, produce and perform music in one intuitive interface. Interface language: English, German, etc. ![]() ![]() ![]() Render queue, bezier masking, time remapping, keyframe assistants (wiggler, motion sketch, smoother), multiple effects per layer, advanced keying, velocity graph, 1/2/4 point motion tracking, motion math, first Japanese version, layer transfer modes, continuously rasterize Illustrator files, Photoshop as comp import with layer/transfer mode/alpha channel support, 3:2 pulldown, non-square pixel supportįile formats, multiprocessing last Mac 680x0 versionįirst Windows version, contextual menus, first French and German versions in November 1997, Path Text effect and Animated GIF output were released for free to registered users of 3.1 Time Layout window, image sequence support, motion blur, multi-machine rendering, frame blending, proxies Layered compositing with mask, effect, transforms, keyframes Mac only The following is the list of versions of After Effects over the years, including the first two versions released by CoSA. Adobe's first new release of After Effects was version 3.0. O'Farrell, along with After Effects was then acquired by Aldus Corporation in July 1993, which was in turn acquired by Adobe in 1994, and with it PageMaker. Cotter, and Russell Belfer at the Company of Science and Art in Providence, Rhode Island, where the first two versions of the software, 1.0 (January 1993) and 1.1, were released by the company. History Īfter Effects was originally created by David Herbstman, David Simons, Daniel Wilk, David M. In 2019, the program won an Academy Award for scientific and technical achievement. It also functions as a very basic non-linear editor, audio editor, and media transcoder. Among other things, After Effects can be used for keying, tracking, compositing, and animation. Visual effects, Motion graphics, Compositing, Computer animationĪdobe After Effects is a digital visual effects, motion graphics, and compositing application developed by Adobe Inc., and used in the post-production process of film making, video games and television production. ![]() ![]() If you invested heavily up front, you would have very little troops near the exit goal. For example, when you reach the final waves of the game, you might notice that the enemy types can now easily break through your front lines. Leaving a tower in a position that is no longer useful may be a bigger waste than just selling it off and buying a new one. You might be afraid to do this because of the gold loss, but sometimes this is the best course of action. The towers that you put down may be sold at any point of the stage. You can then send in some Demon Goonies to take care of stragglers who managed to slink away from your front lines. Doing so will allow your ranged towers to fire away at incoming opponents while your melee units deal with anyone who get through. Place your melee barracks near your ranged towers. Look for the best spots where they can work together in order to overwhelm the opponent. When plopping down units, make sure you find the optimal position for each one. The game is also nice enough to give you detailed information whenever you encounter an enemy for the first time 2. ![]() This will tell you what kind of enemies will be coming up next. Check out the skull icon before deciding on which units to use. Luckily, you have the skull icon for that. To do so, you will have to find out what you are up against. You need to maximize the use of each wave in order to keep winning battles. In Kingdom Rush Vengeance simply spamming your enemy with attacks will not get your far. If you need help in winning any of your battles, just check out our Kingdom Rush Vengeance beginner’s guide for some useful tips, cheats and strategies below! 1. Choose the best combination of towers and heroes in order to achieve victory. You will have to overcome 16 challenging stages if you want to become the ultimate evil ruler. There are three Kings for you to take down as you expand your influence in their respective territories. Spread terror across the once-peaceful kingdom as you face off against mighty empires and equally powerful Bosses. Your goal is to build your dark army and show the kingdom who their true ruler is. Ironhide Game Studio’s brand new mobile game Kingdom Rush Vengeance puts a twist in the typical epic tower defense by putting you in the shoes of the bad guy. Kingdom Rush is about the return and rise to power of the almighty wizard, Vez’nan. ![]() To learn more about the game, visit: kingdomrush.There is no knight in shining armor in this story. Since its initial release, Kingdom Rush has earned achievements, recognition and accolades across the globe, including IGN’s Editor’s Choice, Slide to Play Must Have, 148Apps Editor’s Choice and the Pocket Gamer Gold Award, among several others. Intense boss fights with the Kingdom’s greatest threats, going head to head with your allies.Extra game modes that will push players strategy to the limit.More than 60 achievements with easter eggs to discover and challenges to overcome.Over 50 unique enemies from Goblins to Demons each with their own unique attributes.18 tower abilities to maximize your army’s power.13 mighty heroes to lead troops to victory.Rain fire upon enemies, summon reinforcements, command troops, recruit elven warriors and face legendary monsters on this adventure to save the Kingdom from the forces of darkness! Using a vast arsenal of epic towers and spells, players will command the mightiest heroes and guide the greatest army to victory! Fight on castle outskirts, forests, mountains, and wastelands, customizing a defensive strategy with different tower tests and specializations. Kingdom Rush invites players to set their strategic game plan on the battlefield, as they unfold their tactics to defend different lands and stages from the attack of threatening enemy hordes, led by a greedy dark lord: Vez’nan. ![]() Xbox players can now visit every corner of the magical, fantastic kingdom of Linirea: a realm full of fun adventures and thrilling battles. The franchise’s iconic sequels ( Frontiers and Origins) will also make their debut on Xbox One consoles soon. Xbox players, it’s time to join the fight! Ironhide Game Studio is excited to announce that Kingdom Rush, the award-winning tower defense strategy game, is now available on Xbox One for $9.99 USD! The first entry of the studio’s ever-expanding fan-acclaimed tower defense saga has been enjoyed by players for over 10 years, proving that good classics never lose their magic. ![]() ![]() "You can check out any time you like, But you can never leave" "We are all just prisoners here, of our own device" ![]() ![]() "This could be heaven or this could be hell" There's a lot of evidence pointing to the former. From it being a mental hospital, to a rehab center or to the more compelling theory that Hotel California is actually purgatory. There you have it, directly from the horse's mouth. The hotel itself could be taken as a metaphor not only for the myth-making of Southern California, but for the myth-making that is the American Dream, because it is a fine line between the American Dream, and the American nightmare. In 2013, in the documentary History Of The Eagles, Don finally set the record straight: But that line in the song has little or nothing to do with alcoholic beverages. Most people are fully aware that wines are not spirits, especially The Eagles' Don Henley:īelieve me, I've consumed enough alcoholic beverages in my time to know how they are made and what the proper nomenclature is. He said, "we haven't had that spirit here since nineteen sixty-nine" The song's lyrics aren't as straightforward as they seem. Is Hotel California based on a real hotel then? The Todos Santos hotel is more compelling because it was built before the song. Desert highways, marijuana references, shimmering lights in the door, those are all common traits for hotels in Mexico during that period. Think about it - If you rename any hotel in Mexico to "Hotel California" it will likely seem like the song is referencing that hotel. While all signs seem to point to this hotel being the one, the reality is a bit more complicated. "Baja is flip flop funky… Todos Santos… lined with artisans shops, and it is here that you will find The Hotel California." - Vanity Fair Is Hotel California from The Eagles the one found in Todos Santos? There have been reports of ghosts, a.k.a spirits, in the hotel. In the 60s and 70s, a lot of marijuana, or colitas as they're known in Mexican slang, was grown in the city. The hotel was founded in 1947 well before The Eagle's song. There are lights hanging (hint 2: Shimmering lights?) over the front doors. ![]() The hotel is located on highway 19 (hint 2: desert highway!). Todos Santos is in the Baja California (hint 1: California!) state just west of the Gulf of California. If you open Google Maps and search for "Hotel California", the closest result will likely be in Mexico in the city of Todos Santos. Up ahead in the distance, I saw a shimmering light Warm smell of colitas, rising up through the air On a dark desert highway, cool wind in my hair To answer this, we need to start with a few key lyrics and break it down from there. Where is the Hotel California from The Eagles song located? Let's dive in and figure out this mystery once and for all. In California surely, but where? It's a question that has been asked time and time again since the song came out over four decades ago. ![]() You have no idea what the lyrics are but who cares, you're close enough right? You've also probably wondered where on earth Hotel California is actually located. You've sung it a few too many times after a few too many drinks. ![]() |
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