![]() In that primordial soup of fringe culture, before it congealed in the late ’70s into a billion-dollar industry called “contemporary Christian music”, it was just a bunch of folk singers wielding guitars, who up and got saved, turned the “you” in every song into “Jesus” and wallowed in all things peacenik while sometimes lapping out into the outer bounds of the eschatological, strumming away earthly discord with the chords of hope in the second coming of Jesus to wipe away every evil. ![]() But the whole grousingly unholy intercourse of religion and politics as we know and loathe it today must be plotted from the point when it was just an innocent flirtation between those long-haired Jesus freaks and the thin tentacle of entertainment called “Jesus music”. I’m certain that ones entrance into his inner circle must have required a frisking for smuggled-in They Live specs. If we want to trace the political life of that strain in modern times by popping a start tack in the timeline, it can just as easily be the late ’60s/early ’70s Jesus movement as it can be anything else, like, say, the reptilian hatching of Jerry Falwell, with his sausage fingers pulling him up from the dank pools of television ministry up to the mountaintop of broad, if at first oblique, political power. I need not be the one to point out, there was and is a strain of religion in our country that rivals the worst of any enemy with whom we’ve courted Armageddon, and it plagues us to this day in ways insidious, fracturing, hilarious, and sad, depending on which way you’re letting the light of reason and decorum hit it. Full disclosure: I was and am a church-goer, born and bred in the drawling (if not drooling) buckle of the Bible belt, at once a product of my evangelical upbringing and an expert post-indoctrination chronicler of it. Thing is, I’ve been fascinated by this relic of apocalyptic fear-mongering since the day I first laid eyes on it at the age of 12 at a church camp in Louisiana, and I’ve needed to write about it ever since. I’ve been afraid I’d stir some brand of offence, vis-à-vis his sensibilities, with almost anything I’ve looked to put up, so why not, I thought, just go ahead and stray far afield and help ensure a minor blasphemy by putting up a piece of overwrought and possibly irredeemable docu-fiction masquerading as mid-century Christian propaganda? My great hope is that despite its failings on several easily discernable levels, my choice is taken in the spirit of sharing niche-y artifacts, whether its passion and value aren’t quite so quickly discernable. See how I just threw the general population under the bus? Point is, I don’t have much of a gauge for what he may or may not like or dislike among the several options I laid out for myself as a contribution to the festival christened in his honor. ![]() I’m woefully uneducated in world cinema, past or present – though I’m trying – but I think I may still be well above average for the general population. But I can guess what he might’ve thought of me. Fish, so I never had the pleasure or benefit of the conversation or guidance or iron-sharpening-iron experience that so many here have spoken of. To my regret I never spoke, online or live, to Mr. And on the 8th day, God created rudimentary film language. ![]()
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Just one Israeli armored brigade, roughly 100 or so tanks and armored vehicles stood in the way of the Syrian 7th Division, a force of 1,400 tanks, including 400 T-62s, at the time the most modern Soviet tank in the field. The war had started on the holiest day in Judaism, when Syrian soldiers supported by 1,400 tanks crossed the border and invaded the Jewish state. The Battle of the Valley of Tears was fought between Israel and Syria during the Yom Kippur War of 1973. Israeli troops fight off Syrian soldiers in the Golan Heights, the area was later named the Valley of TearsJared Keller Battle of the Valley of Tears: October 6 – 9, 1973 India lost anywhere between 29 to 129 tanks, whereas Pakistan lost up to 44 tanks. The Indian military had planned to take the city of Sialkot, an important railway hub and central part of the Grand Trunk Road, so that they could use it as a beachhead for further operations into Pakistan.īut the Indian force of 80,000 to 150,000 soldiers and 230 tanks was met outside of their objective at Chawinda by a Pakistani force of 30,000 to 50,000 men and 132 tanks.Īfter more than a day of intense fighting, a UNSC resolution was signed and an unconditional ceasefire was implemented. It was part of the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965, fought over control of Jammu and Kashmir.Īfter the Pakistani Army's attempt to foment an insurgency (Operation Gibraltar) was discovered and subsequently foiled, India retaliated with an outright attack along the Pakistani border. The Battle of Chawinda was one of the largest tank battles fought since World War II. Indian soldiers in front of a destroyed Pakistani Sherman tank during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965.Wikimedia Commons ![]() Battle of Chawinda: September 17 – 22, 1965 But the British had only managed to penetrate roughly seven miles or so East of Caen.īut Goodwood did draw valuable German tanks away from the Western part of Caen, where the Americans were making their push to the city. Montgomery claimed that all the objectives were achieved and that the mission was a success. Operation Goodwood did cause some controversy. German losses were 75 tanks destroyed, mostly by airstrikes. Their casualties were 5,000 men and 250 to 300 tanks destroyed. The battle did not go the way the British intended. The Wehrmacht had only around 370 tanks at their disposal, but they included the fearsome Tiger and Tiger II tanks. The British had mustered as many as 1,100 tanks for the battle. The goal was to break through to Caen so that it could be liberated. Operation Goodwood was a British offensive that was part of the Battle for Caen, one of the main inland targets that was part of Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of Normandy. Sherman tanks carrying infantry wait for the order to advance at the start of Operation 'Goodwood', 18 July 1944.Wikimedia Commons Thus, the momentum swung to the side of the Soviets, who eventually won the Battle of Kursk Operation Goodwood: July 18 – 20, 1944 The Germans were unable to take Prokhorovka, and although it was not destroyed (the original goal of the Soviets), the II SS-Panzer Corps was exhausted, and prevented from continuing their offensive. German tank losses were smaller by comparison, up to 80 tanks and assault guns destroyed. The Soviets lost around 400 tanks, more than half of their force. The fighting was some of the most intense in the history of armored warfare. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() In addition, at least for now, hard currency revenue is of limited value for Russia, as illustrated by the plummeting dollar and euro exchange rates on the Moscow exchange. But Russia is a strategic player with a somewhat exotic value function, adept at negative-sum games. That indeed might be a rational approach in a single-turn game. It is based, however, on an assumption that Russia would prefer to see some revenue, as long as it covers the marginal cost of production and allows for some profit, rather than to leave the oil in the ground and see no money at all. On paper, the plan to establish a large cartel that would keep Russian oil flowing at a low price is a magic bullet. Less developed countries are already complaining about sky-high energy prices damaging their economies, and it would be difficult to make major energy importers such as India and China join the embargo if, on the one hand, the high price of non-Russian crude would hurt them, and on the other hand, there is the lure of an ample supply of discounted Russian crude. Worse still, partial exclusion is driving prices so much higher that Russia would earn more money by selling less oil, which would defeat the purpose of the plan. It seems that Russia comprises too large a share of the supply of the already tight oil market for its volumes to be replaced. Warnings to this effect have been issued forth from various quarters, including public comments by oil industry executives and communications between G7 leaders at the recent summit. The Western coalition is rapidly coming to the conclusion that the world does not have sufficient spare oil production capacity to replace Russian oil, even taking into account the traditional stalwarts of the last resort like the Persian Gulf states. The rationale behind the proposed price cap, to be implemented through a buyers’ cartel using a mixture of enticement and coercion, is quite clear. Sometimes these wild fluctuations are caused by a sudden influx or reduction in supply, like in 1986, when Saudi Arabia tripled its production in the space of a few months, or by sharp reductions in demand, like in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis or during the COVID shutdowns in the spring of 2020.Īt other times, the driving factor is a sudden realization that one of the parties has market power-like after the relatively short-lived Arab oil embargo in 1973-or that, on the contrary, it does not, as it transpired in the fall of 2014, when the world suddenly discovered that the United States was no longer the main importer of crude but an exporter, and a growing one at that. These aspects make it extremely hard to establish a fair value price, and lead to price volatility from $20–30 to $120–130 per barrel. Oil is an unusual commodity: its price is much higher than the average short-term production cost and much lower than the average utility value to the consumer plus, it has very low short-term price elasticity both on the production and consumption side. If implemented, a price cap on Russia oil will likely achieve little more than providing more food for thought for those theorists. Oil markets and the OPEC cartel have been a favorite subject of game theorists since the 1973 oil crisis prompted by a Saudi Arabia–led embargo. The G7’s recent proposal to impose a price cap on Russian oil may look good on paper, but would be difficult to enforce in practice, and is unlikely to achieve its aim of limiting Russia’s ability to finance its war against Ukraine. ![]() ![]() ![]() By default this is set to “Normal.” Change it to “Soft Light.” Click the “Opacity” menu and drag the slider to the left to reduce the opacity to about 60 percent.Ĭlick the “Layer” menu, select “Layer Style” and click “Style Settings.” Select “Bevel,” then drag the “Size” slider as desired. Select the “Move Tool” from the Toolbox and drag the text to move its position if desired.Ĭlick the “Blend Mode” menu at the top of the Layers panel. Press “Alt-G” if you want to add a copyright symbol to the text. Type the text you want to use as a watermark. Photoshop Elements automatically creates a new layer for the text. 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And though it wasn't mentioned explicitly in my discussions with company representatives, I'm sure video support and integration with Premiere Elements is in the cards, too.Īs the foundation for those big plans, I view Photoshop Express with cautious optimism. ![]() As far as I can tell, however, no great technical hurdles block fixing these omissions.Īs you'd expect, Adobe has big plans for the currently free Photoshop Express, which includes rolling out paid premium services and making it a platform to integrate with desktop products like Lightroom and Elements. The uploader won't let you select directories, only files, and once you've started an upload you have to wait till it's done before doing anything else. There's no keywording or filtering the best you can do is sort. There's no way to print-that's waiting on a partnership. If you've got one of the shiny new 12-megapixel snapshot cameras, for example, you're out of luck: Express only supports photos with both dimensions less than 4,000 pixels. But there are still quite a few rough spots in the initial beta. As of April 10, 2008, Adobe will have fixed the initial pitfalls with its Terms of Use which makes them comparable with services such as Flickr-Adobe can do anything it wants with your public photos (within reason), but not with your hidden photos. ( Click through the slide show)Įxpress obeys two of my most important policies for sites of its kind: when you send an album link to friends, it doesn't try to fool or force them into registering, and it allows you to upload and download the original-resolution files. Most of the tools operate relatively quickly only Distort left me singing the not-so-realtime blues. The application also displays a snapshot history of your edits, which is a nice touch missing even from Adobe's desktop products. 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Development of Dota 2 began in 2009 when IceFrog, the pseudonymous lead designer of the original Defense of the Ancients mod, was hired by Valve to create a modernized sequel. ![]() ![]() Volume loop 100 tempo capo transpose midi print guitar ukulele piano Animated Summary Enjoy your free song You have one free song remaining today. You can find them on Twitter at for all your burning inquiries. Pyre Original Soundtrack - Vagrant Song by: Darren Korb Diagrams Overview Edit Problem with the chords 3, 2, 1. But there’s no reason you can’t play it without one if you prefer. I’m using a capo on the 4th fret to keep it in the same key as the original. In their downtime, Josh can be found painting models, playing Magic, or possibly preaching about the horrors and merits of anthropophagy. Darren Korb Vagrant Song (Tab) Part two of Game Day and this time it’s a song from the video game Pyre suggested by patron Xavier. These components are not final and not all components are shown.Īre you excited about Vagrantsong? Do you think Wyrd Miniatures has created something special, aesthetically speaking? Let us know what you think in the comments below! Posted in: Board Games, Games, Tabletop | Tagged: Malifaux, Vagrantsong, Wyrd Games, Wyrd Miniatures About Joshua NelsonJosh Nelson is a Magic: The Gathering deckbuilding savant, a self-proclaimed scholar of all things Sweeney Todd, and, of course, a writer for Bleeding Cool. An array of some of the components from Vagrantsong, a new game by Wyrd Miniatures. Performing a Haint's Action is as simple as drawing a Token from the Bindle bag. Haints are fully automated there's no need for a game master or another player to take up the role. Every Scenario is completely different – all killer and no filler! ![]() ![]() Throughout Vagrantsong's 20+ Scenarios, you'll be facing off against many Haints, each with their own unique mechanics, goals, and challenges. Face off against ghosts lingering on the train (called Haints), adjust your playstyle with Skills and Junk acquired along the way, and uncover the secrets of the Silver Ferryman in this spooky and. ![]() Haints, the lost spirits aboard the Silver Ferryman, will do everything in their power to ensure that Vagrants stay just as trapped in this place as they are… It's up to the players to figure out how to save these lingering souls while also trying to free themselves before it's too late. In Vagrantsong, a cooperative and story-driven boss battler, you will take on the role of a Vagrant trapped on a supernatural ghost train. According to the announcement on Wyrd Miniatures' weekly column, "Waldo's Weekly": However, the vagrants also have the goal of freeing these lost souls from their earthly bindings. Drawing upon both tropes of American folklore and artwork inspired by early cartoons by Max Fleischer and others, Vagrantsong follows vagrants of six different character types as they aim to escape the Silver Ferryman, a train inhabited by "Haints", spirits who have lost their humanity and are doomed to traverse the train's cars. ![]() ![]() ![]() the photons that decoupled from the matter) should be present with an almost perfect uniformity everywhere in the universe. To begin, in the middle of the 20th century, George Gamow surmised that if matter had been created during decoupling, than the primordial radiation (ie. It finally started to gain popularity with the discovery and identification of the Cosmic Microwave Background. Watch the discussion live on YouTube.So this whole time we have been talking about how the theory of a Hot Big Bang is the most accepted theory in cosmology today, but it was not always that way. On Thursday, February 20 at 7:30, Wilson will be joined in a panel discussion by cosmologist Alan Guth and astronomers Robert Kirshner and Avi Loeb at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the confirmation of the Big Bang Theory. Arno Penzias, who’d come to the United States as a child refugee from Nazi Germany, sent the radio receiver and its calibration system to the Deutsches Museum of Munich, the city of his birth.Īs for the giant horn antenna, it still stands tall on Holmdel Road, where it can be seen by the public. The pigeon trap is on loan from Robert Wilson. On the first floor in the " Exploring the Universe" gallery that metal trap built to capture the squatting pigeons, can be seen, along with some other instrumentation of that propitious moment 50 years ago. Visitors to the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum have long been able to view an unassuming artifact of that Nobel Prize-winning discovery. This was really the start of modern cosmology.” In fact, Wilson and Penzias were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1978 for determining that the hiss they were hearing wasn't pigeon poop at all, but the faint whisper of the Big Bang, or the after glow that astronomers call the cosmic microwave background. The thing we did see was much more important than what we were looking for. “When an experiment goes wrong, it’s usually the best thing. “We started out seeking a halo around the Milky Way and we found something else,” notes Dr. Maybe their droppings were causing the noise? Wilson and Penzias had the birds trapped and then cleaned the equipment, but the signals continued.Īfter a year of experiments, the scientists concluded that they’d detected the cosmic background radiation, an echo of the universe at a very early moment after its birth. Two pigeons had set up housekeeping inside the guts of the antenna. We constructed a whole new throat section and then tested the instrument with it.”Īt one point, new suspects emerged. Among things, we searched for radiation from the walls of the antenna, especially the throat, which is the small end of the horn. “We looked for anything in the instrument or in the environment that might be causing the excess antenna noise. He and his wife Betsy Wilson still live in Holmdel, New Jersey, not far from hilltop where the tests were run. “I had a lot of experience fixing practical problems in radio telescopes,” Robert Wilson now says. Or maybe, the hissing sound was the result of a defect in their instrument? Was the signal actually radio noise from nearby New York City? Was it the after-effects of a nuclear bomb test that had been conducted over the Pacific several years earlier? Could it be a signal from the Van Allen belts, those giant rings of charged radiation circling the Earth? Penzias initially heard those astonishing radio signals that would lead to the first confirmed proof for the Big Bang Theory, they wondered if they had made a mistake. ![]() ![]() Here is the model open in Blender, a 3d editing program. The mesh and the texture work together in this way: each face of the mesh is “unfolded” in a specific place in the texture, and that is how Sketchfab retrieves the color information, and is able to display your model’s colors like you would expect. ![]() The model (mesh) exported with this method is not exactly a voxel model: it’s just the “shell” and all the voxels that are inside are not taken into account. All of the settings you might have set in the MagicaVoxel renderer will NOT be exported (lighting, emissive materials, transparency, metal…). This method exports two elements: your model, and a texture containing all of the colors in your palette. There are actually 3 solutions to export your model. The good news is, it doesn’t have to be that complicated. Unfortunately, there is no “one solution” to this. So, you’ve been hearing alot about MagicVoxel exports, formats, baking… it might be confusing to figure out what is the best way to export your model to Sketchfab with minimum hassle: after all, MagicaVoxel alone has nine different export formats, and it’s not always easy to know what does what. However, editing or baking with Blender won’t be covered in detail, you can learn more about it in my previous tutorial, ‘ Creating a 3D Star Wars scene in voxels using MagicaVoxel, Blender and VoxelShop‘. We will also discuss the other methods for exporting your model, like MagicaVoxel baking or baking in a 3d program like Blender, and what to expect with each method. In this tutorial, we will cover all the techniques to make the most out of your model with just MagicaVoxel, Sketchfab, and a 2d editing program like Krita, Gimp (both are free), or Photoshop. However, when importing it into Sketchfab, it doesn’t look as you expected…įortunately, there are some very easy tricks to improve the render of your model on Sketchfab, and even add effects like lighting and transparency without having to use any other 3d application. So you’ve made a great MagicaVoxel model, and you rendered it in MagicaVoxel’s renderer: it looks amazing! In this tutorial, we’re going to explore the different options for exporting a model from MagicaVoxel to Sketchfab. ![]() ![]() Hi! My name is Gabriel de Laubier, or Elbriga here on Sketchfab, I currently work as a lead artist with Vida Systems for Google Expeditions, and as a freelance 3d artist and voxel artist. ![]() |