![]() Interested players can also go to the Steam store page and wishlist the game. Published I Am Jesus Christ gets a brand new trailer depicting the famous Christmas nativity scene, as well as brand new screenshots and key artwork. For now, players can visit the site here and sign up for notifications. The Kickstarter page created for the game is expected to go live in early February. In addition to the New Testament narrative, the game is bringing to the table several traditional game mechanics like abilities, quests, and even open world travel. It retells all the events in the life of Christ from birth to adulthood, and even his crucifixion and resurrection. The game itself is based on the New International Version of The Bible. Developer SimulaM made sure to faithfully recreate many of the locations like the City of Jerusalem and even Galilee. They also have the chance to perform more than 30 miracles. These moments will appear in the final version of the game.īesides Jesus Christ, the game also lets players interact with at least 60 Biblical characters. While the trailer above mainly shows the nativity, players can expect a lot of key moments in the life of Christ. It's been getting quite the attention since the initial announcement, especially with its realistic depiction. I Am Jesus Christ is an interactive first-person game that puts players in the middle of everything and gets to experience the life of Christ. The gameplay presented in the trailer looks repetitive where present, and one of the key features listed is simply called ' special skills. I Am Jesus Christ certainly seems to run a high risk of following suit. ![]() Now, SimulaM announced the launching of a Kickstarter campaign sometime in early 2021.īefore we go to some of the game's details, take a look at the cool trailer below: Many Christian games seem to have the misfortune of following in Bible Adventures' footsteps. Ever wanted to experience what it means to walk on water? How about turning water into wine? If game developer SimulaM could pull it off, then everyone gets that chance with I Am Jesus Christ. ![]()
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![]() ![]() On a very, very old board, I mean this board was old! An Elvis type of board, old-tech, low-tech, in a poorly lit, cheap old studio with very little time. To the best of my recollection it was done in a day. Due to budgetary constraints, Bowie remixed the other seven songs in a single day at Los Angeles' Western Sound Recorders in October 1972. ![]() I think Defries told me that CBS refused to release it like that, I don't know", but insisted that his own mix for " Search and Destroy" be retained. Pop agreed to this, claiming that "the other choice was I wasn't going to get my album out. Tony Defries, the head of Bowie's management company MainMan, informed Pop that the album would be remixed by Bowie. Pop produced and mixed the album by himself unfortunately, his botched first attempt mixed most of the instruments into one stereo channel and the vocals into the other, with little regard for balance or tone quality. The album itself was recorded at CBS Studios in London with staff engineer Mike Ross-Trevor from September 10 to October 6, 1972. Pop said that Columbia executives insisted on two ballads, one for each side of the album: "Gimme Danger" and "I Need Somebody". Initial demo sessions were held at RG Jones Studios in Wimbledon with sound engineer Gerry Kitchingham and at Olympic Studios in Barnes with sound engineer Keith Harwood, with most of the songs rejected by the band's management. Although he was the band's founding guitarist, the elder Asheton reluctantly agreed to switch to electric bass. When they failed to find a suitable English rhythm section, Williamson suggested that former Stooges Ron Asheton and Scott Asheton fly over and participate in the recording sessions, leading to the band's reformation under the new name of "Iggy and the Stooges". He noticed it right off." Having signed on as a solo artist to Columbia Records, Pop relocated to London, where he was to write and record an album with James Williamson, who served as the Stooges' second guitarist from late 1970 until the band's initial dissolution in July 1971. And to his credit, the only person I'd ever known of in print to notice it, among my peers of professional musicians, was Bowie. ![]() Pop later recalled, "very few people recognized the quality of the Stooges' songwriting, it was really meticulous. The raw guitar sound of Williamson deeply influenced acts of different music genres such as the Sex Pistols, Johnny Marr of the Smiths and Kurt Cobain of Nirvana.Īfter their first two albums The Stooges (1969) and Fun House (1970) were released to little commercial success, the Stooges were in disarray: the band had officially broken up, bassist Dave Alexander was fighting alcoholism, and singer Iggy Pop's heroin addiction was escalating prior to the intervention of David Bowie. The Guardian wrote that "it has since been acknowledged as one of the most influential records in rock history". Though not initially commercially successful, Raw Power gained a cult following in the years following its release and, like its predecessors The Stooges (1969) and Fun House (1970), is considered a forerunner of punk rock. The album departed from the "groove-ridden, feel-based songs" of the band's first two records in favor of a more anthemic hard rock approach inspired by new guitarist James Williamson, who co-wrote the album's eight songs with singer Iggy Pop. Raw Power is the third studio album by American rock band the Stooges (credited as Iggy and the Stooges), released on Februby Columbia Records. ![]() ![]() ![]() With a PostgreSQL install and a database created it's time to turn our attention to Django. Now, if you want to access this database via the command line you can use the following command (it's also a nice sanity check): $ psql database_name I assumed this was a command that was run from the PostgresSQL command prompt, but no, it's a shell script: $ createdb database_name So I simply chowned that directory then ran brew postinstall postgresql which got everything working. In my case though, I was getting an error saying could not change permissions of directory "/usr/local/var/postgres": Operation not permitted The command is something like ( NB Homebrew runs this for you, you don't have to): $ initdb /usr/local/var/postgres -E utf8 If you already do, a quick update is always a good idea: $ brew updateĪnd then install PostgreSQL: brew install postgresqlĪs part of that installation script Homebrew will try and run the initial setup for you. If you haven't already got Homebrew installed, explain yourself: $ /usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL )" The postgresql.rb formula here ensures that 9.6.10 is installed, and the. Homebrew will pull in the latest version of formulas when they are upgraded, meaning that users can inadvertently be upgraded to Postgresql 10. In my case: StandardErrorPath /opt/homebrew/var/log/postgresql10.log Look at the log.Open the file and see where the log is written. This path is given by the brew services command. So for my own sanity, here's my back to basics guide for installing and setting up PostgreSQL, creating a database and connecting to it via the command line and Django. This is Clover Healths Homebrew Tap, which features formulas to help pin Postgres to 9.6 and Postgis to 2.5. Check the file /opt/homebrew/opt/postgresql10/. Everyone raves about it and MySQL has lost it's open source cred since being acquired by Oracle.Ä«ut I was quickly starting to believe that the reason people were raving about it (particularly Python and Ruby folk) was simply because they were just so proud of themselves for having managed to set it up locally. I've been keen to start using PostgreSQL for far too long now. ![]() ![]() Attorney for the Southern District of New York, that Chastain’s arrest “demonstrate the commitment of this Office to stamping out insider trading - whether it occurs on the stock market or the blockchain.” 3 FBI Assistant Director-in-Charge Michael J. This is especially true given the comment by Damian Williams, U.S. While the Chastain case involved a single employee engaged in improper activity, there are a number of important takeaways for any company engaged in the NFT market or in any digital asset endeavor. How NFT Trading Policies Can Help Companies Avoid Problems behavior was in violation of our employee policies and in direct conflict with our core values and principles.” 2 In a statement, OpenSea stated that, “When we learned of behavior, we initiated an investigation and ultimately asked him to leave the company. Indeed, Chastain was acting against OpenSea’s interests by illegally using the company’s own confidential information. OpenSea was not alleged to have been complicit and is not otherwise implicated in the indictment. Indeed, the Securities and Exchange Commission did not file a parallel enforcement action, as it often does with indictments relating to insider trading of securities. The indictment takes no position on whether the NFTs at issue were securities or commodities and therefore subject to the prohibitions against insider trading under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 or the Dodd-Frank Act. These charges carry potential fines tens of thousands of dollars, forfeiture of the implicated property and maximum imprisonment of 20 years for each charge. The indictment notes that Chastain had an obligation to refrain from using such information except to benefit OpenSea and had signed a confidentiality agreement with the company.Ĭhastain’s use of devices such as the internet provides the government with the “wire” necessary to establish “wire fraud.” The indictment also alleges that Chastain knowingly conducted financial transactions to conceal assets he knew to be the proceeds of illegal activity, thereby engaging in money laundering. 1956), which the government in its press release and the indictment itself characterizes as “insider trading.” Specifically, the government alleges that Chastain committed wire fraud by misusing OpenSea’s confidential business information to “pre-purchase” NFTs that were going to be featured and then resell them at a profit. 1343) and a count of money laundering (18 U.S.C. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York, alleges a count of wire fraud (18 U.S.C. He also used multiple anonymous digital currency wallets to move the funds to purchase the NFTs. The indictment also alleges that Chastain sought to cover his tracks by purchasing the NFTs through anonymous accounts he had set up for this purpose, instead of his public OpenSea account. 1 He then resold them for two to five times what he paid. Chastain was aware that NFTs featured by OpenSea, or other NFTs from the same creator, were likely to appreciate after they had been featured.Īccording to the recently unsealed indictment, from at least June 2021 to September 2021, on eleven separate occasions, Chastain used this confidential information to buy NFTs that were about to be featured by OpenSea or other NFTs from the same creator. Part of Chastain’s job was to select the NFTs that OpenSea would feature on its home page, information that was otherwise kept confidential until the NFTs were featured. ![]() On June 1, 2022, Nathaniel Chastain, a former product manager at OpenSea, was arrested on charges of wire fraud and money laundering. The recent indictment of the employee who allegedly engaged in such activity confirmed what many have long surmised namely, that such activity constitutes wire fraud, and a form of “insider trading.” Thus an individual with confidential information about which NFTs are about to be featured or promoted could purchase some of the NFTs for themselves in advance of the public announcement, turning a profit when the NFTs rise in value after they have been featured or promoted. NFTs that have been featured tend to appreciate in value due to the spotlight shone on them. OpenSea (operated by Ozone Networks Inc.) often features or promotes specific NFTs for sale on its home page. The recent indictment of an employee of OpenSea, a prominent NFT marketplace, highlights the risk of trading digital assets based on the improper use of confidential information, even where the digital asset is not a security. ![]() ![]() And I loved creating these songs with Aaron Dessner, Jack Antonoff, WB, and Justin Vernon. I loved the ways you welcomed the dreamscapes and tragedies and epic tales of love lost and found into your lives. Billy Shears What would you think if I sang out of tune Would you stand up and walk out on me Lend me your ears and Ill sing you a song And Ill try not. Posted on Januby Mike Matthews The great thing about Los Angeles is that it has everything you could ever want in terms of culture, sports, food, entertainment, and beauty. This stone absorbs negative energy and then dissipates it so that the energy doesnt move to someone else. Chalcedony is a nurturing stone that promotes goodwill. Mike Matthews Lend Me Your Ear and I’ll Sing You a Song. A magnificent aura chalcedony which reminds me of a very sparkly ear The colours of this crystal are breath taking - subtle but sublime. I loved the escapism I found in these imaginary/not imaginary tales. Lend Me Your Ear and I’ll Sing You a Song. ![]() In making it, I felt less like I was departing and more like I was returning. LEND ME YOUR EARS: HAVE A LAUGH OR SING A SONG August 18, 2022ArticlesDon StroudComment Im so glad we had this time together. There was something different with folklore. In the past I’ve always treated albums as one-off eras and moved onto planning the next one after an album was released. Lend Me Your Ears and Ill Sing You a Song is a painting by Patricia Panopoulos which was uploaded on February 10th, 2020. To try and put it more poetically, it feels like we were standing on the edge of the folklorian woods and had a choice: to turn and go back or to travel further into the forest of this music. To put it plainly, we just couldn’t stop writing songs. I’m elated to tell you that my 9th studio album, and folklore’s sister record, will be out tonight at midnight eastern. ![]() ![]() ![]() The video games sector itself is a thriving subset of the EU digital economy and is in constant need of new talent. Teaching digital skills is therefore crucial to meet the needs of the job market and to ensure the employability of future generations. In 2017 in the European Union, more than half of the companies that recruited or tried to recruit an ICT specialist experienced difficulties in doing so (source: eurostat). For more examples, check out module 4.4 and 4.5 on the EUN academy website However, beyond simply using the latest technologies available to offer an interactive element and actual video games in the classroom, teachers can also apply game-design mechanics to foster engagement: rewarding effort and achievement with “experience points”, encouraging collaboration among students, redefining failure to see it as a new opportunity to practice instead of a sanction, using leaderboards for those students that help others… These are just a few examples of how game-design mechanics can be used in the context of a classroom to foster engagement and to support learning outcomes. Star Walk, for instance, is a great tool for teaching astronomy as it allows students to use the app to observe stars and other astral elements by pointing their phone or tablet to the sky. Thanks to their use in the video games sector, VR and AR are now becoming mainstream and teachers can use the latest apps and games made for VR and AR to bring a new perspective in the classroom. Virtual Reality (VR), Augmented Reality (AR), or Mixed Reality are all technologies that either started out in the video games sector and/or are technologies to which this sector brings a unique perspective. Other games like Pokemon Go encourage players to collaborate and take part in physical activity.Īs in module 2, many more examples of learning games and how they can be integrated in a classroom are available for anyone to read on the EUN academy website. Kawashima’s Brain Training includes hours of training activities aimed at improving the ability to concentrate, the value of which has been recognised in a study published in the Australasian Journal of Educational Technology. Other video games focus on helping students improve their physical fitness or cognitive abilities. This is excellent for learning and using new vocabulary. Players can then share their story and compare it with other players, seeing which words the others choose to describe each situation. ![]() In Elegy for a Dead World, for instance, players are asked to write what they see or feel given the situation they are confronted with in the game. Examples of these educational games include those designed for language learning, mathematics, history, literacy or even specific skills such as coding. While commercial games are primarily designed for entertainment, such as Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games, many other games have been designed specifically to educate or train players in engaging ways. Many more examples were outlined in the module and can be accessed on the EUN academy website. ![]() The fact that the children had created and collected the data themselves made the lesson highly engaging. ![]() the final score obtained by each pupil or the length of the game play) and then used this data at the start of a mathematics lesson. The teacher recorded the information generated from the game (i.e. At the occasion of the Vancouver 2010 Olympics, a teacher asked the pupils to play a very simple game after break time, which was a two-minute-long mini-game in Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games. The course presenter also outlined that such a game could even be used for less obvious subjects. Using the theme of a game such as Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games can, for example, help teachers interest their students in the history of the Olympic Games and in sports in general, as well as introducing a geography element via the countries represented by the in-game characters. The second module of the course provides concrete examples of how games can be used in the classroom as part of a project or a lesson. ![]() |