#subcategory: blues/folk-rock | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

theonyxpath · 6 years

Link

Just today, Monday, we launched the Kickstarter campaign for Geist: The Sin-Eaters 2nd Edition!

We’re really thrilled to be able to do this, as Geist has been a bit of a sore spot for us, and some of our community too, for years. First edition was the last of the new World of Darkness game settings to be created by the original White Wolf, during my time as WW creative director. It never got the releases and support it could have, mostly by the sheer unfortunate timing of when it arrived.

So gather ’round, kiddos, and Unca Rich will tell you a Geist story.

Despite the stellar sales of Changeling: The Lost, and excellent sales of Hunter: The Vigil, not to mention the Scion and Exalted lines, we received just absolutely abysmal pre-orders from the distribution chain for GtSE 1st Edition. We even had word that one buyer for the book trade hated it and wouldn’t order any supplements. Which was a significant percentage of our usual pre-orders. The entire company was transitioning in the years after the CCP merger, and developer Ethan Skemp, a rock of reliability, attention to detail, and excellent game design, got sick midway through finishing the book.

Basically, Geist was in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Scion Hero art by Enzo Lopez

So the first edition was a fair bit jumbled, and hard to find. The only supplement we did was made a “blue book” nWoD release rather than a Geist one (we tricked you, book trade buyer!) and events rushed forward and everything game studio-wise was eased back as the WoD MMO became priority #1.

Geist first edition went up on DriveThru, and those who found it seemed to love the feeling of it, and have issues with the rules. As time went by, I read those messages, and felt pretty bad about the wounded thing we had published. It was, after all, a project I had greenlit, one of my babies, and while I was trying to keep an eye on things in WW‘s remaining game studio, I was also nostrils deep in the MMO.

When Eddy and I created the CCP Transmedia group after V20, one of the first projects on our very limited slate was a revised version of Geist first edition. Not a new edition, but a fixed-up one. I think it was Eddy who first called it Geist 1.1, and in April 2012 it was put up on DTRPG.

And a funny thing happened.

Sales happened.

Continuing healthy sales. Somebody was out there, and they sure seemed devoted to Geist. What a wonderful thing to discover about a game and setting that seemed like it was stillborn. But actually, once folks could get a cleaned up version, people kept buying it.

This realization coincided with the timing of creating the first Dark Eras book, and when backers were voting for which lines to appear in which Dark Eras there was pretty intense lobbying for Geist. Huh. More confirmation. If you haven’t yet, you can check out the Geist sections in both Dark Eras and the Dark Eras Companion volume here on DTRPG: http://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/4261/Onyx-Path-Publishing/subcategory/27199/Dark-Eras

The Dark Eras books were, in fact, the method we had to deliver new material, albeit historical, for all of the new World of Darkness lines as they transitioned into the Chronicles of Darkness and we moved forward with creating their second editions. (Which is a very, very, cleaned-up and simplified version of the tortuous transition, indeed. And a story for another times, kiddos.)

Wraith20 Handbook for the Recently Deceased art by Michael Gaydos

Which, basically, brings us to this Kickstarter for Geist 2nd Edition. Spearheaded by the titanically talented Travis Stout and a fantastic team of writers, nurtured by Rose Bailey and Dixie Cochran, with stunning art that you can see represented on the KS page…this is truly the second chance for the “game of second chances”!

Now, we still don’t know what size audience we’ll have for this KS, nor how fast we’ll fund, or how many Stretch Goals we’ll achieve. (I was thinking about stopping mid-sentence and going into the next line, like I was caught off-guard by some sort of alarm, but honestly, I stopped with “achieve” and went and checked the KS hoping I could say the next paragraph right now).

And BOOM! as I was writing this little tale, the Geist 2e Kickstarter has funded in 9.75 hours! Thanks to everyone who contributed so far, and to all of you who will help us bring forth a new 2nd Edition version of this awesome game by pledging this next month! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/200664283/geist-the-sin-eaters-2nd-edition

Phew!

Scion Hero art by Marco Gonzales

Meanwhile last Friday, our Onyx Pathcast featured Dixie, Eddy, and Matthew telling tales of the freelancer lifestyle and just what that means. Lots of creativity, lots of communication with the clients depending on you, lots of making sure you have another gig in the works. You can hear them on your preferred podcast service, or right here on PodBean: https://onyxpathcast.podbean.com/

This coming Friday, the Terrible Trio of Terror will be interviewing the terrific Danielle Lauzon, who has been just tearing up the place developing Vampire: The Requiem 2nd, a lot of brilliant work on Storypath generally, and the Trinity Continuum specifically, and she’s been a mover and shaker on the new releases for 7th Sea for John Wick Presents.

Finally, in other news, it’s the 4th of July holiday Wednesday here in the US, so a lot of us will be out of the office that day, although we will have our usual Wednesday “on sale alert”. Some of our shipping services also have a day or two off, so that’s throwing some pre-Gen Con plans off a tad, but we’re adjusting. Make sure you watch the musical 1776 (an inspiration for “Hamilton“), and keep your pets inside away from the loud noises for the holiday.

And with that, I’ve leave you with these fours words of wisdom muttered by John Adams on his deathbed:

Many Worlds, One Path!

BLURBS!

KICKSTARTER:

The Geist: The Sin-Eaters 2nd Edition Kickstarter began today (Monday) and already has funded as I write this. We want to be able to make a great looking hardcover edition, and get that into stores while giving backers first look at the complete text and other fun benefits: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/200664283/geist-the-sin-eaters-2nd-edition

Geist: The Sin-Eaters 2nd Edition includes all the rules you need to play as one of the Bound: Five Burdens reflecting the cause that pulled you back from the grave, five krewe Archetypes for building your own mystery religion, and the Haunts, Keys, and Ceremonies that provide the Bound with their macabre powers.

It also includes the Chronicle of the Dead, featuring the Sin-Eaters’ struggle against the all-consuming Underworld and a variety of terrifying threats. In addition, for the first time in the Chronicles of Darkness line, ghosts are presented as playable characters.

Chapters include:

The Quick and the Dead: the five Burdens (the reason a Sin-Eater comes back from the dead and what draws a particular geist to them) and krewe Archetypes (the common cause that draws a krewe of Sin-Eaters together).

The Road Back: On death and coming back, and why Bound make the Bargain, including possible consequences.

One Foot in the Grave: Character creation, with sections on both geist and krewe creation, Anchors, Merits, Synergy, Plasm, Abilities, Haunts, Keys, Ceremonies, and Mementos.

Old Laws: the core Chronicles of Darkness rules, with special rules for playing Sin-Eaters, as well as information on subsystems for krewes, ghosts, and the Underworld, including Avernian Gates.

Antagonists: villains for your Geist chronicle, including Reapers, Eaters of the Dead, necromancers, enemy Bound, and Kerberoi.

The Quiet Places: Setting information and story hooks for playing your Geist chronicle in specific times and places in history., from 16th-century Brazil to modern-day Edinburgh, Scotland to Mobile, Alabama in 1910, as well as information on Dominions.

Ghost Stories: Storyteller advice and information for running a Geist chronicle, including designing Remembrances, how to set theme and mood, story seeds, and various ways to play out the end of a game.

Appendix: The Absent: This Appendix details the Absent, playable ghosts, including Memories, new Merits, and a collection of possible ghost characters to expand on and use in your chronicle.

Appendix: Conditions and Tilts: Geist-specific Conditions and Tilts, including ephemeral Influence Conditions and Manifestation Conditions for ghosts, as well as Haunt Conditions and Tilts.

ELECTRONIC GAMING:

As we find ways to enable our community to more easily play our games, the Onyx Dice Rolling App is now live! Our dev team has been doing updates since we launched based on the excellent use-case comments by our community, and this thing is both rolling and rocking!

Here are the links for the Apple and Android versions:

http://theappstore.site/app/1296692067/onyx-dice

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.onyxpathpublishing.onyxdice&hl=en

Three different screenshots, above.

ON AMAZON AND BARNES & NOBLE:

You can now read our fiction from the comfort and convenience of your Kindle (from Amazon) and Nook (from Barnes & Noble).

If you enjoy these or any other of our books, please help us by writing reviews on the site of the sales venue you bought it from. Reviews really, really help us with getting folks interested in our amazing fiction!

Our selection includes these fiction books:

Vampire: The Masquerade: The Endless Ages Anthology (Kindle, Nook)

Werewolf: The Apocalypse: Rites of Renown: When Will You Rage II (Kindle, Nook)

Mage: The Ascension: Truth Beyond Paradox (Kindle, Nook)

Chronicles of Darkness: The God-Machine Chronicle Anthology (Kindle, Nook)

Mummy: The Curse: Curse of the Blue Nile (Kindle, Nook)

Beast: The Primordial: The Primordial Feast Anthology (Kindle, Nook)

Vampire: The Masquerade: Of Predators and Prey: The Hunters Hunted II Anthology (Kindle, Nook)

Werewolf: The Apocalypse: The Poison Tree (Kindle, Nook)

Werewolf: The Apocalypse: Songs of the Sun and Moon: Tales of the Changing Breeds (Kindle, Nook)

Vampire: The Requiem: The Strix Chronicle Anthology (Kindle, Nook)

Werewolf: The Forsaken: The Idigam Chronicle Anthology (Kindle, Nook)

Mage: The Awakening: The Fallen World Chronicle Anthology (Kindle, Nook)

Vampire: The Masquerade: The Beast Within Anthology (Kindle, Nook)

Werewolf: The Apocalypse: W20 Cookbook (Kindle, Nook)

Exalted: Tales from the Age of Sorrows (Kindle, Nook)

Chronicles of Darkness: Tales of the Dark Eras (Kindle, Nook)

Promethean: The Created: The Firestorm Chronicle Anthology (Kindle, Nook)

Demon: The Descent: Demon: Interface (Kindle, Nook)

Scarred Lands: Death in the Walled Warren (Kindle, Nook)

V20 Dark Ages: Cainite Conspiracies (Kindle, Nook)

Chronicles of Darkness: Strangeness in the Proportion (Kindle, Nook)

Vampire: The Requiem: Silent Knife (Kindle, Nook)

Mummy: The Curse: Dawn of Heresies (Kindle, Nook)

OUR SALES PARTNERS:

We’re working with Studio2 to get Pugmire out into stores, as well as to individuals through their online store. You can pick up the traditionally printed main book, the Screen, and the official Pugmire dice through our friends there!

https://studio2publishing.com/search?q=pugmire

Looking for our Deluxe or Prestige Edition books? Try this link! http://www.indiepressrevolution.com/xcart/Onyx-Path-Publishing/

Here’s the link to the press release we put out about how Onyx Path is now selling through Indie Press Revolution: http://theonyxpath.com/press-release-onyx-path-limited-editions-now-available-through-indie-press-revolution/

And you can now order Pugmire: the book, the screen, and the dice! http://www.indiepressrevolution.com/xcart/manufacturers.php?manufacturerid=296

DRIVETHRURPG.COM:

Following up last week’s Sword and Sorcery Day, with the first-ever Amazon and Nook store releases of the epubs for the first edition Scarred Lands fiction Dead God Trilogy: Forsaken: Book One, Forsworn: Book Two, and Forbidden: Book Three!

CONVENTIONS!

Prep is seriously underway for Gen Con 2018 in the first week of August, which takes place in Indianapolis. In addition to our booth presence, be sure to check out the games and panels in the Gen Con Event Schedule.

From Fast Eddy Webb, we have these:

Eddy will be speaking at Broadleaf Writers Conference (September 22-23) in Decatur, GA. He’ll be there to talk about writing for interactive fiction, and hanging out with other writers who have far more illustrious careers. http://broadleafwriters.com/3rd-annual-broadleaf-writers-conference/3rd-annual-broadleaf-writers-conference-speakers/

Eddy will also be a featured guest at Save Against Fear (October 12-14) in Harrisburg, PA. He’ll be running some Pugmire games, be available for autographs, and will sometimes accept free drinks. http://www.thebodhanagroup.org/about-the-convention

If you are going and want to meet up, let us know!

And now, the new project status updates!

DEVELOPMENT STATUS FROM FAST EDDY WEBB (projects in bold have changed status since last week):

First Draft (The first phase of a project that is about the work being done by writers, not dev prep)

M20 Book of the Fallen (Mage: the Ascension 20th Anniversary Edition)

C20 Novel (Jackie Cassada) (Changeling: the Dreaming 20th Anniversary Edition)

M20 The Technocracy Reloaded (Mage: the Ascension 20th Anniversary Edition)

M20 Victorian Mage (Mage: the Ascension 20th Anniversary Edition)

CofD Dark Eras 2 (Chronicles of Darkness)

Trinity Continuum: Aberrant core (Trinity Continuum: Aberrant)

Tales of Excellent Cats (Monarchies of Mau)

Adventures for Curious Cats (Monarchies of Mau)

Scion Companion: Mysteries of the World (Scion 2nd Edition)

City of the Towered Tombs (Cavaliers of Mars)

Changeling: The Lost 2nd Companion (Changeling: The Lost 2nd)

Night Horrors: Nameless and Accursed (Mage: the Awakening Second Edition)

Heirs to the Shogunate (Exalted 3rd Edition)

Witch-Queen of the Shadowed Citadel (Cavaliers of Mars)

Redlines

Deviant: The Renegades (Deviant: The Renegades)

Spilled Blood (Vampire: The Requiem 2nd Edition)

Wr20 Book of Oblivion (Wraith: The Oblivion 20th Anniversary Edition)

Changeling: The Lost 2nd Jumpstart (Changeling: The Lost 2nd)

Lunars: Fangs at the Gate (Exalted 3rd Edition)

Second Draft

WoD Ghost Hunters (World of Darkness)

Tales of Good Dogs – Pugmire Fiction Anthology (Pugmire)

Night Horrors: Shunned by the Moon (Werewolf: The Forsaken 2nd Edition)

Dog and Cat Ready Made Characters (Monarchies of Mau)

Aeon Aexpansion (Trinity Continuum: Aeon)

C20 Players’ Guide (Changeling: the Dreaming 20th Anniversary Edition)

In Media Res (Trinity Continuum: Core)

Development

Signs of Sorcery (Mage: the Awakening Second Edition)

Hunter: the Vigil 2e core (Hunter: the Vigil 2nd Edition)

Fetch Quest (Pugmire)

CofD Contagion Chronicle (Chronicles of Darkness)

Dystopia Rising: Evolution (Dystopia Rising: Evolution)

Manuscript Approval:

Editing:

They Came From Beneath the Sea! Rulebook (TCFBtS!)

Post-Editing Development:

Scion: Hero (Scion 2nd Edition)

Trinity Continuum Core Rulebook (The Trinity Continuum)

Trinity Continuum: Aeon Rulebook (The Trinity Continuum)

Ex Novel 2 (Aaron Rosenberg) (Exalted 3rd Edition)

Exalted 3rd Novel by Matt Forbeck (Exalted 3rd Edition)

GtS Geist 2e core (Geist: the Sin-Eaters Second Edition)

M20 Gods and Monsters (Mage: the Ascension 20th Anniversary Edition)

Night Horrors: The Tormented (Promethean: The Created 2nd Edition)

Guide to the Night (Vampire: The Requiem 2nd Edition)

Indexing:

Monarchies of Mau (Monarchies of Mau)

ART DIRECTION FROM MIRTHFUL MIKE:

In Art Direction

Ex3 Monthly Stuff

Trinity Continuum – Workin’ on it… the priority.

Geist 2e

The Realm

M20 Gods and Monsters

Ex3 Dragon Blooded – More more sketches coming in.

Promethean Night Horrors: The Tormented – Sketches and finals almost all in.

VtR – Guide to the Night

Dystopia Rising: Evolution – Eddy’s notes are approved… so getting Mark on fulls and Riley on splats.

Marketing Stuff

Posters and Displays

In Layout

Fetch Quest – Playtest decks uploaded.

Scion Hero

Cavaliers of Mars Cards

Proofing

Scion Origin – Onyx review finishes, comments sent to Neall and OK’d, now being input.

Changeling: the Lost 2 – Josh is working on the interior fixing.

Cavaliers of Mars – Dropping in the Index and sending it over to Rose for a final once over.

At Press

V20 Beckett’s Jyhad Diary & Beckett Screen & V20 Dice – KS backer rewards shipping.

Scion Dice – At fulfillment shipper.

Monarchies of Mau – In Indexing.

Monarchies of Mau Screen – Screen proof this week.

Cavaliers of Mars Screen – Screen proof this week.

Wr20 Guide for Newly Departed – PoD proofs shipping.

Gen Con Buttons – At press.

WoD and CofD reroll cards – At press.

FQ and PG Gen Con cards – At press.

Wraith 20 Screen – Screen proof this week.

GenCon Brochure – Printing.

Storypath Brochure – Files sent to printer.

Wraith 20th – PoD files uploaded.

TODAY’S REASON TO CELEBRATE: This space needs to stop being for memorials – last week we lost one of the most awarded and prolific speculative fantasy writers, ever: Harlan Ellison died in his sleep at the age of 84. Which is an amazingly inappropriate way for that angry young man to go out. A ruptured aorta while spewing invectives into the venal face of mediocrity, or a fiery bounce-back from a Molotov cocktail, maybe. But in his sleep? Well, you fought the good fight longer than most, Harlan, and you always had a keen eye and ear for irony (and a sailor’s mouth), so go in peace, you who whipped inspiration into so many of us. You earned it.

#Onyx Path Publishing

4 notes · View notes

storm-scapes · 7 years

Text

thanks to @texnesmith and @warrenzevon for tagging me to do this tag thingamajig! i tag @my-satanic-majesties-request, @bandsbeforeeverything, @citrinesink, and @paintpossum to do this, if you'd like, along with anyone else who's interested :)

1. what’s your ethnicity? mostly irish and german  2. top 5 musician crushes? (in no particular order) joan baez, ray manzarek, laura nyro, dmitri shostakovich, and carole king 3. pancakes or waffles? waffles (not the frozen ones though) 4. snow or rain? i honestly love both too much to decide  5. cats or dogs? hm...i suppose i prefer dogs by just a smidgen 6. favorite singer(s)? jackson browne, nick drake, laura nyro, john denver, j.d. souther, warren zevon, donovan, mary hopkin, juliette gréco, françoise hardy, etc. 7. do you believe in ghosts? not all of them, but as a general concept, yes  8. pets? one (1) hella adorable dog named Ringo (courtesy of 11-year-old, beatles-obsessed me) 9. desktops or laptops? laptops 10. favorite music genres? folk, rock, classical, metal, blues, and most subcategories and combinations of the aforementioned genres (plus a few others that i'm far too lazy to list right now)

#about me #tag

4 notes · View notes

digitalbloodhound · 5 years

Text

Top 10

Research and picks

Killing Eve

A British spy thriller TV show produced by BBC, primarily starring Jodie Comer and Sandra Oh, based on the Villanelle novel series by Luke Jennings. The show centers around Eve Polastri, a bored British intelligence agent who gets involved in a web of assassinations committed by the psychopathic Villanelle (played by Comer), Eve and Villanelle form a unparalleled obsession with each other, which proves to be pretty fatal. Season One was written primarily by Phoebe Waller-Bridge, and season 2 by Emerald Fennell. The series has been renewed for a third and fourth season now, with the third set to release this spring. The show has been nominated for just abut every award under the sun and has nabbed a golden globe, emmy, 5 BRIT awards, a SAG award, a Peabody award, and more.

Naps

The tradition of napping dates back thousands of years, with modern-day siestas originating in Spain. Spain’s influence has led to siestas becoming common in Spanish-speaking nations around the world, as well as Greece, Italy, The Philippines, Nigeria, and more. Siestas typically occur in hot climates, allowing people to sleep though the hottest part of the day and avoid the sun’s strong midday rays.

While the siesta has changed over time, it was once thought to be a physical necessity. It’s believed that Spain introduced the siesta centuries ago to provide their farmers with a time to rest during peak temperatures.

Though Spaniards are now famous for their daily two-hour break, the origins of the afternoon nap go back much further, dating back to ancient Islam. The practice was recorded in Islamic Law and was also written about in the Koran. Romans also regularly took daily naps.

Although the siesta is still popular today, it has evolved over time. Siestas have evolved into a time to break up the workday and see family.

Naps can restore alertness, enhance performance, reduce mistakes and accidents, and even help improve memory. SleepFoundation.org also states there are 3 types of napping: planned napping, emergency napping, and habitual napping.

Parasite

A 2019 black comedy thriller film directed and written by Bong Joon Ho co-written with Han Jin-won, filmed in South Korea. The film centers on the Kim family, who are in desperate need of work, they become involved with the wealthy Park family. Through deceit and some twists, the family’s paths become complicated and lies threaten to unravel, the families connection even becomes deadly. The film stars Song Kang-ho, Lee Sun-kyun, Cho Yeo-jeong, Choi Woo-shik, Park So-dam, Jang Hye-jin, and Lee Jung-eun.

This film won international acclaim, was nominated for numerous awards and even took home 4 Oscars, 2 BAFTAs, a Plame d’Or award, a Golden Globe, a SAG award, and more.

Parasite is so popular it has gone on to even be optioned as an expanded series on HBO. The film also took in 257 million US dollars, a healthy amount over its 11.4-million-dollar budget.

Guitar/Learning Guitar/Guitar Solos

The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that usually has six strings.[1] It is typically played with both hands by strumming or plucking the strings with either a guitar pick or the fingers/fingernails of one hand, while simultaneously fretting (pressing the strings against the frets) with the fingers of the other hand. The sound of the vibrating strings is projected either acoustically, by means of the hollow chamber of the guitar (for an acoustic guitar), or through an electrical amplifier and a speaker.

The guitar is a type of chordophone, traditionally constructed from wood and strung with either gut, nylon or steel strings and distinguished from other chordophones by its construction and tuning. The modern guitar was preceded by the gittern, the vihuela, the four-course Renaissance guitar, and the five-course baroque guitar, all of which contributed to the development of the modern six-string instrument.

The guitar has become popular in multiple iterations: acoustic, electric, bass. The guitar has also been popular through most any genre of music—whether is be pop, punk, classical, or country.

A guitar solo is a melodic passage, instrumental section, or entire piece of music written for a classical guitar, electric guitar or an acoustic guitar. In the 20th and 21st century traditional music and popular music such as blues, swing, jazz, jazz fusion, rock and metal guitar solos often contain virtuoso techniques and varying degrees of improvisation. Guitar solos on classical guitar, which are typically written in musical notation, are also used in classical music forms such as chamber music and concertos.

Guitar solos range from unaccompanied works for a single guitar to compositions with accompaniment from a few other instruments or a large ensemble. The accompaniment musicians for a guitar solo can range from a small ensemble such as a jazz quartet or a rock band, to a large ensemble such as an orchestra or big band. Unaccompanied acoustic guitar music is found in folk and classical music dating as far back as the instrument has existed, and the use of an acoustic guitar as a solo voice within an ensemble dates back at least to the Baroque concerto.

Electric guitar solos are among the most popular type of guitar solo, especially during the height of rock and roll music. “Shredding” and guitar solos go hand in hand, and guitar solos can come about in most any portion of a song. What guitar solo or style of guitar solo is best is a hotly debated topic.

Learning guitar can be done several ways, even without knowing music theory. Some famous guitarist learn the instrument all on their own, these days many video and online tools are available for the amateur guitarist. Books and instructional CDs or DvDs developed over time too. The instrument, like anything, can be difficult to master but, is worth it when you can create music.

Halo Top Ice Cream

According to its website: “Halo Top is light ice cream that actually tastes like ice cream.” The brand started at first with just four flavors but, has expanded as time goes on/ Cookies and cream, candy bar, sea salt caramel, birthday cake, chocolate, and more flavors are available for between 280-380 calories per pint. Delicious and (semi) nutritious. The ice cream comes in pint sizes, decorated with an ice cream scoop that states the calories per pint and a tub the shows off the facets of the flavor. The cap on the pint has a gold edge—hence the name Halo Top. Halo Top also has dairy pints, dairy free pints, keto options, and ice cream pops.

Screen Writing

Screen writing is the writing of a script for a film or TV program (on-screen, hence the name). Screen writing can be adaptive, adapting material that has already been created (like a book, comic, play, etc.) or screen writing can be original—creating entirely new content for the screen. Playwrights were some of the earliest recognized screenwriters, and these days awards and recognition is more readily given out for screenwriters in TV or film. Screenwriters often do double duty on set as well, with more and more screenwriters also operating as actors, directors, producers, or more on set.

Free College

Free college has been offered in a few capacities in the United States. Once you join the military for instance, you can go to college for free (with a few stipulations). Free college has also become a political standpoint that has been a touchstone of recent elections. Debt forgiveness is another facet of free college, for example New Yorkers who attend a state college will have debt forgiven with the Excelsior Scholarship, public servants for 10 years, teachers teaching at a school in need for four years, and more small subcategories of college grads—qualify for debt forgiveness. Free college is becoming a more widespread issue, in 2014, Germany's 16 states abolished tuition fees for undergraduate students at all public German universities. Five countries that offer a free or low-cost college education are Norway, Finland, Sweden, Germany, and France. For many U.S. students contemplating moving abroad for college, a key consideration is finding a program of study that is taught in English.

Stranger Things

Stranger Things is an American science fiction, drama-horror web television series created by the Duffer Brothers and released on Netflix. The twins also serve as executive producers with Shawn Levy and Dan Cohen. The series premiered on Netflix on July 15, 2016. Set in the 1980s in the fictional town of Hawkins, Indiana, the first season focuses on the investigation into the disappearance of a young boy amid supernatural events occurring around the town, including the appearance of a girl with psychokinetic abilities. The series stars an ensemble cast including Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Finn Wolfhard, Millie Bobby Brown, Gaten Matarazzo, Caleb McLaughlin, Noah Schnapp, Natalia Dyer, Charlie Heaton, Joe Keery and Cara Buono.

The Duffer Brothers developed the series as a mix of investigative drama alongside supernatural elements portrayed with horror, science fiction and childlike sensibilities. Setting the series in the 1980s, the Duffer Brothers infused references to the pop culture of that decade while several themes and directorial aspects were inspired primarily by the works of Steven Spielberg, John Carpenter, and Stephen King, as well as anime and video games. They also took inspiration from strange experiments that took place during the Cold War and real world conspiracy theories involving secret government experiments.

Stranger Things has attracted record viewership on Netflix and has a broad, active, and international fan base. The series has received critical acclaim for its characterization, pacing, atmosphere, acting, soundtrack, directing, writing, and homages to 1980s films. The series has received multiple awards and nominations including 31 Primetime Emmy Award nominations, four Golden Globe Award nominations, a British Academy Television Award nomination, two Directors Guild of America Award nominations, three Writers Guild of America Award nominations, and three Grammy Award nominations. It has won a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series, two American Film Institute awards, a Critics' Choice Television Award, and three People's Choice Awards, among others. In September 2019, the series was renewed for a fourth season. The Duffer Brothers have said that Stranger Things is likely to end after its fourth or fifth season.

Callie Anne Diestelkamp (my cat)

Adopted June of 2012 at 2 months old, Callie is the youngest member of the Diestelkamp family. She is a rather skinny and loud but loveable cat. She is believed to be an American shorthair although her white coat with black splotches gives away no information on breed. Callie is disinterested by toys, loves food, enjoys forts and blankets and DISPISES most other cats. She is adorable and loved by all (especially me). She is almost 8, and is moving and grooving like a kitten.

Printmaking

Printmaking is an artistic process based on the principle of transferring images from a matrix onto another surface, most often paper or fabric. Traditional printmaking techniques include woodcut, etching, engraving, and lithography, while modern artists have expanded available techniques to include screenprinting.

A matrix is essentially a template, and can be made of wood, metal, or glass. The design is created on the matrix by working its flat surface with either tools or chemicals. The matrix is then inked in order to transfer it onto the desired surface. To print from a matrix requires the application of controlled pressure, most often achieved by using a printing press, which creates an even impression of the design when it is printed onto the paper or fabric. (More modern printmaking techniques, such as screenprinting, do not require a press.) The resulting print is often the mirror image of the original design on the matrix. One of the great benefits of printmaking (save for monotype) is that multiple impressions of the same design can be printed from a single matrix.

0 notes

jasminelowerson-blog · 7 years

Text

Typical Lightens Up Along With New Summer Months Cd.

Given that I just completed the lengthy waited for follow up to the successful manual Absolutely no Range and was actually advised from something along the lines of the tortoise observation, this is actually relevant. Some individuals prefer specific subcategories from alternative popular music rather than the entire type. JPop commonly possesses it's distinctive as well as special tune and also is actually not ususally much like western songs. For example folks which often listen closely to a ton of metallic and rock-and-roll are frequently threatening, which appears due to the 'wall of fatality' sensation at various metal gigs. Yet, I prepare as well as working on putting out brand new popular music very soon, and also I can not stand by to hit the road from it. These musicians have actually taken their design from songs as well as adapted this to a much larger and also extra present group, the youth of the globe, in addition to their parents and even grandparents. . Since then, the singer has actually gone down singles Ready for That" and also Wonderful" besides Call That Exactly What You Yearn for." Each of her other songs has actually showcased a brand new sound for Swift, excavating into the trend from brand-new pop music. Everyday brand new popular music hashtags show up, a few of all of them shoot up for a long time duration and afterwards go away. Hey not sure if this is still a valid web site but ... i tranferd my music off my computer to notebook through usb stick and right now when i try to play tunes this says they can easily not lie. Sync wirelessly with other Sonos sound speakers to delight in TV, sports as well as music throughout your home. Individual popular music is a community-based design from music that is largely topical as well as complete of social comments. Niall, who loves the popular music from Bon Jovi and also the Eagles, acknowledges that the best method to take care of cleansing is to schedule this. Even if you hate cleansing and also you are actually questioning why you have to make a day" to clean, this is definitely an incredibly straightforward means to earn the procedure simpler. It sets the mood of the visuals, which might produce different adventures for the people who listen to the songs. Popular music could create a film in the manner in which this helps suspend shock, preserve emotion, as well as assist steer the story. Analysts at Italy's University from Pavia just recently validated that popular music modifications your heart breathing, blood stream, and also price tension. This customary technique to feature our music has cultivated together with the innovation of advancement. In the 1950s, blues possessed a big effect on mainstream United States popular music While top-body-perfect.info popular musicians like Bo Diddley 89 and Chuck Berry, 95 both capturing for Chess, were influenced by Chicago woes, their enthusiastic having fun types leavinged from the somber aspects of blues. The benefit is that the noises are royalty-free, so you can definitely make and sell your personal songs utilizing their sounds mixed and also your structure along with it. Along with adequate patience and also knowing to explore its own problems you can help make some dope tracks using it. Notis as well as Kathy have 2 remarkable Compact discs, New Songs olden Athens (picked for Grammy factor to consider for best Globe Music Cd), and also A Time to Sing, An Opportunity to Dancing, a rollicking selection from preferred Greek dancing music.

0 notes