I really need a way to count total successful logins per person on confluence.The database only gives last successful login and total failed log in. I am aware of the Top User Macro but this only gives the top 10, this info must be retained somewhere though in order to report the top 10.
Is there any plugins or scripts that will give me this information, it is important to highlight the usage and dependency our company has on confluence. Please help!!
You can enable the user access logging. On this documentation you can get all steps:
After you enable this, you will need to parse the log lines and create a small script to count this automatically for you. If you are running Confluence on Linux I can help you to create a script.
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Well, here’s an absolutely ridiculous fashion trend. Japan’s Takara Tomy Arts has created a collection of stick-on fake fingernails featuring embedded LEDs and tiny antennas that light up whenever the wireless NFC functionality of a nearby smartphone is being used.
Each set actually only comes with one LED-enhanced nail; the rest just feature matching designs. And surprisingly, there are no batteries, capacitors or other connected power sources required. The energy from an NFC signal is all that’s needed to make the LEDs flash.
From what we can tell there’s an accompanying Android app as well that will let users customise when the fingernails flash. And a set should cost somewhere in the neighbourhood of $12 — cheaper than a manicure and far more flashy. [Takara Tomy Arts via Akihabara News]

domain: design


Carnot's theorem (thermodynamics)
Carnot's theorem, developed in 1824 by Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot, also called Carnot's rule is a principle that specifies limits on the maximum efficiency any heat engine can obtain, which thus solely depends on the difference between the hot and cold temperature reservoirs.
Carnot's theorem states:
- All heat engines between two heat reservoirs are less efficient than a Carnot engine operating between the same reservoirs.
- Every Carnot engine between a pair of heat reservoirs is equally efficient, regardless of the working substance employed or the operation details.
The formula for this maximum efficiency is
where TC is the absolute temperature of the cold reservoir, TH is the absolute temperature of the hot reservoir, and the efficiency is the ratio of the work done by the engine to the heat drawn out of the hot reservoir.
Based on modern thermodynamics, Carnot's theorem is a result of the second law of thermodynamics. Historically, however, it was based on contemporary caloric theory and preceded the establishment of the second law.
The theorem may be proved in the following way for the cases of the irreversible and the reversible heat engines.
The derivation assumes an irreversible heat engine that has an efficiency , operating between reservoirs and . It is combined with a reversed Carnot engine that has efficiency as shown by the diagram to the right.
If , then the combined engine does nothing in a cycle, which contradicts the irreversibility.
If , then the net effect of the combined engine is draining heat
from the colder reservoir and releases the same amount to the hotter reservoir without affecting any other changes. This is clearly in violation of the Clausius statement of the second law.
The conclusion is that the only possibility remaining is .
In the case of a reversible heat engine, the proof may be conducted similarly, in that .
The said engine is reversed and combined with a regular Carnot engine. In a similar manner the conclusion is obtained: . Thus,
Definition of thermodynamic temperature
The efficiency of the engine is the work divided by the heat introduced to the system or
where wcy is the work done per cycle. Thus, the efficiency depends only on qC/qH.
Because all reversible engines operating between the same heat reservoirs are equally efficient, any reversible heat engine operating between temperatures T1 and T2 must have the same efficiency, meaning, the efficiency is the function of the temperatures only:
In addition, a reversible heat engine operating between temperatures T1 and T3 must have the same efficiency as one consisting of two cycles, one between T1 and another (intermediate) temperature T2, and the second between T2andT3. This can only be the case if
Specializing to the case that is a fixed reference temperature: the temperature of the triple point of water. Then for anyT2and T3,
Therefore, if thermodynamic temperature is defined by
then the function f, viewed as a function of thermodynamic temperature, is
and the reference temperature T1 has the value 273.16. (Of course any reference temperature and any positive numerical value could be used—the choice here corresponds to the Kelvin scale.)
It follows immediately that
Applicability to fuel cells and batteries
Since fuel cells and batteries can generate useful power when all components of the system are at the same temperature (), they are clearly not limited by Carnot's theorem, which states that no power can be generated when . This is because Carnot's theorem applies to engines converting thermal energy to work, whereas fuel cells and batteries instead convert chemical energy to work. Nevertheless, the second law of thermodynamics still provides restrictions on fuel cell and battery energy conversion.
- John Murrell. "A Very Brief History of Thermodynamics". Retrieved October 5,2010.
- "Lecture 10: Carnot theorem". Feb 7,2005. Retrieved October 5,2010.
- "Fuel Cell versus Carnot Efficiency". Retrieved Feb 20, 2011.
- Jacob, Kallarackel T; Jain, Saurabh (2005-07). "Fuel cell efficiency redefined : Carnot limit reassessed". Q1 - Ninth International Symposium on Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (SOFC IX). USA.


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It wouldn't seem likely that a pitcher who is 5-0 with a 1.76 ERA and 68 strikeouts in his first 51…
Santos Always Focusing On Improvement
"I'm comfortable with all of those guys: Hughes, Clippard, Karstens, Wright. I've been catching them for years," said Scranton\Wilkes-Barre catcher Omir Santos. "I know how each one sets up, what they like to throw in certain situations, and how to help out them in tough spots."
Santos was selected by the Yankees in the 21st round of the 2001 amateur draft. Since being drafted, he has been teammates with the aforementioned pitchers for multiple seasons. Santos has even earned the reputation of being tabbed as Phil Hughes' personal catcher.
"Every one of those guys is really different, and I know what those guys like to throw by heart. I am so used to catching them," added the Scranton catcher.
Santos has earned the right to work with these high profile minor league pitchers thanks to his flawless game calling and strong defensive ability behind the plate. He credits hard work as the source of his impressive defensive talents.
"I just care a lot about my defense and I work hard at it every day, all the time. Every day I put a lot of work into improving: making sure my throws are accurate and strong, and that I am blocking the plate right," said Santos.
Practicing before games and during Spring Training is not enough for him though. Santos manages to work on his defense all winter long as well.
"I work a lot during the winter on my defense with my brother, who is a catcher and coach in Puerto Rico," he revealed. "We go out and make throws to the bases and he drills me and helps me try to keep my defense sharp all year."
His defense has certainly been sharp this year, but Santos' offensive numbers have been lacking. In 33 games this season, Santos is only hitting .245 with two home runs.
"I'm trying to be more patient at the plate this year and it's slowly starting to pay off," said the 26-year old backstop. "I still need a lot more work on my hitting, but I am starting to feel more comfortable. That means that the hitting will get easier for me soon."
Despite his weak offensive statistics, a catcher with Santos' talent is very important to the success of the pitching staff.
"The catcher's defense is really important because you have to be there the whole nine innings for a pitcher and help him through the game. You have to think about what throw is the right one and being in the right place at the right time."
"Every time I go out there I focus on calling a good game and helping the pitcher find a good pace to be in," Santos added.
Thanks to his experience with the team's minor league pitching prospects and sound defensive ability, Santos could find himself in New York sooner than he thought.
"I don't like to worry about promotions that much; I just want to focus on my game. Whatever happens, it happens, I will just go out and work hard either way."
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Farm tractor Zetor 12145 for Farming Simulator 17.
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Maintenance of the tractor, €/day: 190
Engine power, HP: 117
Fuel tank volume, l: 120
Tested in game version 126.96.36.199
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|Drive type||All wheels (AWD)|
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domain: agronomy


1. Metropolitan; of or constituting a large city or urbanized area, including adjacent suburbs and towns.
2. Architecture; the art and science of designing and erecting buildings
3. Metrotechture; is the blending of these definitions to produce practical and efficient residential home designs for today’s lifestyles.


But that turned out to be a good thing. We’re well in 2021 now, and the new router is here — I’ve been testing it for a few weeks. But possibly through no fault of its own, it’s not exactly ready for prime time yet. That seems mostly because Wi-Fi 6E is still in an early state.
Indeed, Wi-Fi 6E clients are necessary, and the only available right now are those based on the pre-certified Intel AX210 chip, which didn’t work out well in my testing.
Here’s the bottom line: This is potentially an excellent router with lots to offer. But you will need to wait a while before the real 6GHz experience is available. Patience is a virtue.
Sure, you can get the GT-AXE11000 now — it’s not useless. Far from it! But expect a similar experience as a high-end dual-band Asus Wi-Fi 6 router, which can be great, but not $550 great.
Dong’s note: I first published this post as a preview on January 8, 2021, and upgraded it to a full (preliminary) review on January 27. I’ll likely return to it for another take when Wi-Fi 6E is finalized and clients are more readily available.
Asus ROG Rapture GT-AXE11000 Wi-Fi 6E Gaming Router$549.99
- Tri-band with Wi-Fi 6E support
- Excellent 5GHz and 2.4GHz performance
- Excellent set of game-related, online protection and monitoring features, full support for AiMesh 2.0
- 2.5Gbps LAN/WAN port, Dual-WAN, and LAN/WAN Link Aggregations
- Wi-Fi 6E is not fully available
- Only one 2.5Gbps port, no 10Gbps port
- Slow 2.5Gbps speed when working as bridge or AiMesh node
- Bulky design, not wall-mountable, buggy firmware (at launch)
Asus’s ROG Rapture GT-AXE11000: A new type of (AiMesh) tri-band entirely
As the name suggests, the Rapture GT-AXE11000 is the Wi-Fi 6E version of the GT-AX11000 that came out in early 2019.
(No, you can not upgrade the GT-AX11000 to Wi-Fi 6E via firmware. This is the case of all existing Wi-Fi 6 hardware.)
The GT-AXE1100 is a massive squarish box with eight fat antennas — now non-removable — sticking out from the sides. On top, there’s that huge programmable eye-catching Asus Aura RGB game light.
Frankly, despite the cool color-changing LED, the design is quite ugly — somebody has run out of design creativity. But if you think it’s “totally rad,” I’d agree, too — mostly because I’m open-minded. That said, let’s dive right into the Wi-Fi 6E notion.
It (Wi-Fi 6E) is not fully here yet
That’s right. For one, there’s no official client on the market. Yes, you can upgrade to one, but since the standard is not yet certified, hardware from different vendors likely doesn’t interoperate well.
And that indeed turned out to be the case in my weeks-long trial. At first, my Intel AX210-based clients couldn’t see the 6GHz band from the router at all.
It took some tweaking, including upgrading it to the latest software driver and, most importantly, the last firmware from Asus before I could use them, just barely.
(I later learned that we’d need to wait for the next driver version, slated to be released by Spring 2021, for the AX210 to work well.)
In fact, I ended up using a second GT-AXE11000, in bridge mode, as a client, since that worked much better. And even then, the 6GHz band’s performance was never right — more below.
It’s worth noting that the firmware I used was considered “beta.” Yet, if you get this router right now, chances are you’ll use the same version, if not an earlier one.
Asus GT-AXE11000 vs. GT-AX11000: A tale of two tri-band routers
That said, without fully compatible 6GHz clients, the GT-AXE11000 is, for now, for the most part, a dual-band (2.4GHz + 5GHz) router. But it resembles the tri-band GT-AX1100 in terms of features (and physical size). There are a lot of similarities between the two.
In fact, swap out one of the latter’s two 5GHz bands for a 6GHz, and you get yourself the former. For the most part, everything else of the two remains the same.
And here’s the interesting part: While the GT-AX11000 is a high-end Wi-Fi 6 router — it has an additional 5GHz band — the GT-AXE11000’s tri-band configuration is the norm of a Wi-Fi 6E router.
For backward compatibility, tri-band is now a necessity. We need all of them to make sure a router will work with all existing clients. Though each band’s specs might vary, it’s safe to say all Wi-Fi 6E routers will have at least three bands (2.4GHz + 5GHz+ 6GHz).
Both routers share the same total bandwidth, but they use them differently. The AX11000 doubles down on 5GHz clients and has no support for 6GHz ones, whereas the AXE11000 has one band for each client type.
The 6GHz band aims to deliver seven more 160MHz channels that are not part of the problematic DFS spectrum. The goal is that 6GHz clients can connect at high speeds without ever being disrupted by radar signals.
So, in reality, the GT-AXE11000 is a different router entirely. It’s not an upgrade or replacement of the GT-AX1100. If anything, again, it’s more similar to other dual-band routers, such as the RT-AX88U or RT-AX86U, in Wi-Fi hardware.
Looking at the GT-AXE1100, though, you can’t help thinking of the GT-AX1100. So I’ll pitch the two against each other in this part. And they indeed share almost the same hardware and differentiate only by the third band.
|Asus ROG Rapture GT-AXE11000||Asus ROG Rapture GT-AX11000|
|Wi-Fi Technology||Tri-Band Wi-Fi 6E AX11000||Tri-Band Wi-Fi 6 AX11000|
|First Band||2.4GHz 4×4 Wi-Fi 6 |
Up to 1148Mbps
|2.4GHz 4×4 Wi-Fi 6|
Up to 1148Mbps
|Second Band||5GHz 4×4 Wi-Fi 6|
Up to 4804Mbps
|5GHz 4×4 Wi-Fi 6|
Up to 4804Mbps
|Third Band||6GHz 4×4 Wi-Fi 6E|
Up to 4804Mbps
|5GHz 4×4 Wi-Fi 6|
Up to 4804Mbps
|Wi-Fi 6E (6GHz) Support||Yes||No|
|Mesh-ready||Yes (AiMesh 2.0)||Yes (AiMesh 2.0)|
|160MHz Channel Support||Yes||Yes|
|Number of 160MHz Channels||7x on one 6GHz band|
2x on one 5GHz band
|2x on two 5GHz bands|
|Gigabit Network Port||4x LAN, 1x WAN||4x LAN, 1x WAN|
|Multi-Gig Network Port||1x 2.5Gbps LAN/WAN||1x 2.5Gbps LAN/WAN|
|LAN Link Aggregation||Yes (LAN ports 1 and 2)||Yes (LAN ports 1 and 2)|
|WAN Link Aggregation||Yes (WAN + LAN4)||Yes (WAN + LAN4)|
|Dual-WAN||Yes (WAN + USB |
or LAN4 or 2.5Gbps)
|Yes (WAN + USB |
or LAN4 or 2.5Gbps)
|USB||2x USB 3.0||2x USB 3.0|
|Mobile App||Asus Router||Asus Router|
|Processing Power||1.8 GHz quad-core CPU, |
256MB Flash, 1GB RAM
|1.8 GHz quad-core CPU, |
256MB Flash, 1GB RAM
|Dimensions (no antennas)||10.4 x 10.4 x 2.9 in |
(26.4 x 26.4x 7.4 cm)
|9.5 x 9.5 x 2.4 in |
(24.1 x 24.1 x 6.1 cm)
|Weight||3.94 lbs (1.79 kg)||3.8 lbs (1.73 kg)|
Asus GT-AXE11000: A feature-richer gaming router
At the outset, the GT-AXE11000 is a gaming router, just like its older cousin. Asus categorizes the router’s game acceleration into three levels, including ports, packets, and servers.
After that, the GT-AXE11000 includes fancy NAT- and QoS-based Game sections within its web interface to prioritize game-related packets. You can find pre-configured settings for a long list of particular games.
Finally, the GT-AXE11000 is the first that comes with a 90-day free trial of the Outfox gaming network that manages the server-side of gaming. This feature replaces the WTFast gamer VPN support, which is part of the GT-AX11000 and the RT-AX92U but no longer available in the GT-AXE11000.
On top of that, you can also prioritize the game gear, including consoles, mobile devices, or PCs. And the router now has a programable Boost hardware button. A press on it will toggle one of the following:
- Enabling the Game Boost feature.
- Auto-selecting the best Wi-Fi channels, including DFS ones.
- Turning the router’s LEDs on or off
- Toggling Aura RGB lighting
So, it’s safe to say, if you’re looking for any trick that can squeeze the best out of your Internet connection for gaming or want some fancy vanity to heighten the mood, the GT-AXE11000 has it all. In other words, get this router, and you have no more excuses.
A bit of disclosure: I’m not a big gamer, definitely not a competitive one, at least not anymore. (I considered myself one a while back, but I then fell in love and now have different priorities — you can’t have everything!) But I did try most of these features out briefly, and they sure seemed to help, or maybe what I experienced was a placebo effect.
Like the case of all gaming routers, though, your mileage will vary. These features are special QoS or NAT settings at their core and can only do so much on a particular broadband connection.
Excellent port flexibility
Like the GT-AX11000, the GT-AXE11000 comes with two USB 3.0 ports and six network ports, including four Gigabit LANs, one Gigabit WAN, and one 2.5Gbps LAN/WAN port. And you can use these ports quite flexibly.
- Multi-Gig port: The 2.5Gbps can work as a WAN or a LAN port. As the latter, it also works as the Game Port mentioned above. Note that by default, it can work as the WAN right away. But if you choose to use the default WAN port, it will work as a LAN after the setup process.
- WAN port: You can pick the WAN port (default), the 2.5Gbps port, or a USB port as the primary WAN port. When not used as its default role, the WAN port works as a LAN.
- Dual-WAN: You can use the WAN port plus LAN1 (or the 2.5Gbps port or a USB port) in a Dual-WAN setup if you have two broadband connections. The USB or only supports certain cellular dongles. It won’t work with a USB-to-Ethernet adapter.
- LAN Link Aggregation: You can bond the LAN1 and LAN2 ports into a 2Gbps LAN connection.
- WAN Link Aggregation: You can combine the WAN and LAN4 ports into a 2Gbps WAN connection when working with a supported modem.
Note, though, that you cannot expect to use all of the above at once. The GT-AXE1100 router doesn’t have enough ports for everything, to begin with. So, you’ll likely wish the router had more ports.
I definitely wish it had some 10Gbps ports like the case of the RT-AX89X — there sure is enough physical space on the router for them.
All core features and setting of an Asus router
On top of that, the GT-AXE11000 also includes all core features and settings found in most Asus routers. Following are what you can expect:
- Universal setting restoration: In my testing, I could restore the backup files from many existing Asus routers, both dual-band and tri-band, to the GT-AXE11000. This is an excellent bonus in case you want to do an upgrade and have a ton of settings — especially port-forwarding and IP reservation entries — on your current Asus router.
- A robust full web user interface: Asus’s web user interface is one of my favorites. It’s intuitive and allows for in-depth customization. But the interface can be overwhelming for novice users.
- Helpful Asus mobile app: Alternative to the web UI, users can use the Asus mobile app to manage and set up their router. It’s a well-designed app with decent access to the router. You can also turn on the Dynamic DNS-based remote access without having a login account with Asus.
- AiProtection-Pro: This feature includes a free-for-life real-time online protection powered by Trend Micro and a Parental Control engine for parents wanting to keep tabs on their children’s online life.
- Adaptive QoS: A quality of service engine that allows you to prioritize Internet traffic to support different applications or services. Adaptive QoS requires minimum work from the user and is effective. It also includes Bandwidth Monitor if you want to know who uses the most Internet at all and Web History that shows the websites a client has visited.
- Traffic Analyzer: A set of tools and statistics if you want to find out what’s been going on in the network in a set amount of time or real-time.
- USB-related features galore: When hosting a storage device, the router has all the features you can imagine — from data sharing (locally and over the Internet) to backup (including the support for Time Machine) to a personal cloud. You can also use the router’s USB ports to host printers or select USB cellular modems.
- Frequent firmware releases: Asus regularly pushes out new firmware updates to improve its routers. For the most part, this is a good thing. However, once in a while, new firmware can cause issues. In this case, you should downgrade the router to the previous stable version and wait for the next release. (Asus routers don’t auto-update firmware by themselves.)
In short, as a standalone router, you likely can expect the GT-AXE11000 to deliver everything collectively found in previous Asus routers and more. Also, if you’ve used an Asus router before, you’ll feel right at home with this one.
ROG GT-AXE11000: Detail photos
The GT-AXE11000 is a massive Wi-Fi machine. It’s slightly larger than the GT-AX11000. Both are equally ugly or cool, depending on who you are.
I do like the fact its antennas are now non-detachable. It was a pain to assemble them in the case of the GT-AX11000.
Asus GT-AXE11000: The uncharted territory of AiMesh
As mentioned above, I got two GT-AXE11000 units and, among other things, was able to test them in an AiMesh setup.
First and foremost, the GT-AXE1100 supports AiMesh 2.0 fully right out of the box. This means, among other things, it will deliver system-wide Guest networks (one or each band) when supported nodes (those using firmware version 386 or later) are used.
Another good news is you can use the router’s 2.5Gbps as the backhaul. So if you have two units (and no more) and have gotten your home wired, it’s a guarantee that you will have a 2.5Gbps backhaul link between them.
Now here comes the bad news, likely due to the firmware’s beta status and the early state of Wi-Fi 6E. In my experience, the mesh didn’t work out as one might have hope.
- Slow Multi-Gig: The 2.5Gbps port on the node unit was very slow in my testing, with sustained speed capping at some 60MB/s (480Mbps) at best. This was quite strange since it functioned fine when the same router worked in the main router role. For this reason, it’s not a good idea to use this port for wired backhaul, at least for now. The 1Gbps WAN port was fine for this role, however.
- The backhaul conundrum: In a wireless backhaul mode, the 6GHz band works as the dedicated one. However, if you add another pre-Wi-Fi 6E router, such as the RT-AX92U or GT-AX11000, to the mesh, expect the following:
- You can’t do it wirelessly — the adding process likely fails. It never worked in my trial.
- Now, if you use a network cable to connect this router to the main GT-AXE11000 (wired backhaul), the setup will go through. But if you remove this cable, the 2.4GHz band will work as the backhaul. Not a good setup.
- If you choose to add the RT-AX92U first and then the 2nd GT-AXE11000 after, both the 5GHz and 6GHz bands will work as wireless backhaul, but neither is dedicated — they are both available to clients.
So overall, if you choose to use the GT-AXE11000 in an AiMesh setup of mixed hardware, make sure you use wired backhaul. If you go full wireless, get two units. That is if you can stomach the cost.
Of course, as AiMesh goes, things will change via a firmware update.
Asus GT-AXE11000: Fast but inconclusive performance, for now
I’ve used the GT-AXE11000 for a couple of weeks and so far haven’t been able to test its Wi-Fi 6E notion in a meaningful way. In fact, the most reliable method was to use the 2nd unit, in bridge mode, as the client.
No real 6GHz performance, yet
Even then, due to the slow speed on the node’s 2.5Gbps port, as mentioned above, the GT-AXE11000’s 6GHz band throughputs were about the same as that of its 5GHz band.
Specifically, the sustained speed capped at some 950Mbps up to some 40 feet (12 m) away — or that of the Gigabit wired connection between the bridged 2nd router and the test client. There was no way to see a higher number than that. But it’s safe to say the 6GHz link between the two worked and was clearly fast.
One thing to note that the Wi-Fi section of the 6GHz in the web interface seemed buggy in my testing. When I made certain changes, such as picking a specific channel or toggling certain settings, and then hit Apply, the old value returned when the page refreshed and remained that way even after I restarted the router.
So if you’re looking to experience Wi-Fi 6E, you’ll have to wait. I’ll take another pass at this when the standard is finalized, which is expected to happen in the first half of 2021.
An excellent “dual-band” router
The good news is if you don’t have 6GHz clients, which is likely the case, the GT-AXE11000 proved to be an excellent router when working with 5GHz and 2.4GHz devices.
Thanks to the support for the 160MHz channel width and the 2.5Gbps port, the new router showed the dual-stream (2×2) Wi-Fi 6 full potentials in my testing method. (The router is a 4×4 broadcaster, but there are no faster clients on the market.)
Indeed, it proved to be one of the fastest routers when working with 2×2 Wi-Fi 6 clients, with a sustained speed of 1500Mbps at less than 10 feet (3 m) away. When I increased the distance to 40 feet, it now still registered some 1200Mbps.
The new router did well with Wi-Fi 5 clients, too, averaging between 600Mbps and 770Mbps within 40 feet range.
And like the case of the GT-AX11000, the GT-AXE11000 was one of the fastest routers I’ve tested on the 2.4GHz band. My 2×2 Wi-Fi 6 client averaged faster than 400Mbps at the close range and some 210Mbps at 40 feet away.
The GT-AXE11000 had about the same range as the GT-AX11000 in my testing, which is excellent. Conservatively, if your home is of some 2000 ft2 (186 m2) chances are a single unit will take care of it. Keep in mind that your mileage will vary since Wi-Fi range depends on many factors.
Due to the issue with Wi-Fi 6E mentioned above, I couldn’t meaningfully determine the range of the router’s 6GHz band. But it’s safe to say this band doesn’t have a longer range than that of the router’s 5GHz band. It’s likely shorter. But that’s to be determined.
Finally, taking the 6GHz band out of the equation, the GT-AXE11000 proved excellent in reliability in the weeks of testing, both as a single router and as an AiMesh member. There was no disconnection at all, and we generally had no issues with it.
Another fast mini NAS server
Especially, via a 2.5Gbps wired connection, it registered the sustained copy speed of some 140MB/s for writing and almost 150MB/s for reading. Via a Gigabit connection, it now averaged 107MB/s and 112MB/s, respectively.
As the most expensive Asus router to date, the ROG Rapture GT-AXE11000 is not ready for prime time. For that, you’ll have to wait till the Wi-Fi 6E standard is finalized and certified by the Wi-Fi Alliance.
For now, the existing Intel AX210 adapter doesn’t work well with it yet, if at all, and there are no official clients on the market.
That said, get it if you’re willing to spend cash on the idea of staying ahead of the curve — you’re not at the curve yet, so to speak. And in that case, keep in mind that the GT-AXE111000 will give you a similar experience as the much more affordable RT-AX86U.
Check back in a couple of months for my update review with a real take on the Wi-Fi 6E portion when the dust surrounding this new Wi-Fi standard is settled.


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Truth 2 Power Journal: Après Scooter, le Déluge! Criminal defendants, including an alleged Hamas operative, are already demanding "the Libby Treatment." (Also: will Bush get the Clinton Treatment?)
Rick Perlstein: "Principled Goldwater conservatism" is just as bad as the cheesy Bush kind.
The ACLU files suit over a "Presidential Advance Manual" explaining how to restrict dissent at taxpayer-funded Presidential events, which leads Drinking Liberally in New Milford to wonder where the White House get its ideas.
Guest blogger Simbaud bids a fond adieu to the C&L community, and to our congenial hosts John, Nicole, and Mike, whose generosity and goodwill we hope to repay when next they visit a distant Northern land. Meanwhile, we are pleased to leave you in the extremely capable hands of our good friend The Heretik, who will be entertaining you in this space for the next week. Send your very finest links to: joe.ivory.mattingly AT gmail DOT com.


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DPC of SED Deptt promotes/ regularizes 4000 Incharge Headmasters/ equivalent
Post by RK News on Wednesday, May 17, 2023
Srinagar, May 16: The School Education Department today conducted a Departmental Promotion Committee (DPC) meeting for regularization of Incharge Headmasters and equivalent, which was pending for more than 11 years.
Around 4000 headmasters shall be benefitted by the regularization or promotion, which include both retired and serving.
The DPC meeting was held under the chairmanship of Alok Kumar, Principal Secretary to the Government, School Education Department.
The meeting was attended by Ashok Kumar Sharma, Director School Education Jammu; Tassaduq Hussain Mir, Director School Education Kashmir; Naseer Ahmad Wani, Special Secretary, School Education Department; Rakesh Kumar, Additional Secretary, Finance Department; Amit Vermani, Additional Secretary, General Administration Department; Masood Ahmad Wani, Deputy Secretary, School Education Department; Mohammad Amin, Deputy Secretary, Finance Department and Ghulam Mohi-ud-Din Bhat, Nodal Officer HRM (SED)

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text: This past Friday, I used the spot on OTC flea stuff on my 2 cats. Within an hour, both cats were acting very strange. Like a big stupid dope, I went out to dinner anyway. When I returned home my 26 pound cat was curled up around the toilet with eyes as big as saucers and scared to death. The smaller cat was having terrible convulsions and could not walk. She was crying uncontrollably at the top of her little lungs. I was horrified. I called the only emergency animal hospital around, that was an entire county away, and they told me to get the cat in ASAP. I drove 95 mph the whole way there……damned be the police at that point! The vet there told me that if I had not rushed my precious little kitty there she would have died without help. My fat cat made it through because he was 3 times the size as the others. He was “high” for 2 solid days. It cost me over $500 and 3 days of stress to make my kitty well, but no amount of money will ever fix the guilt I feel for almost killing her. I am just sick over the whole ordeal. Not only did I throw out the OTC crap, I also destroyed all the Rx stuff for my dogs and horses. I don’t know if the same stuff is in all of it, but I NEVER want to put another animal through something like that again. They can just get fleas. I’ll spend the rest of my life dipping them if that is what it takes. Good God what is wrong with a company that makes and markets a product like this to unsuspecting people and the animals they so deeply love?!?!?!

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On Wednesday I went to the University of Manchester’s Vinaver lecture, given by Professor Richard Trachsler (University of Zürich). The lecture is hosted biannually by the French department to commemorate the work of medieval scholar Eugene Vinaver, who was Professor of French Language and Literature at the University from 1933 to 1966 and is perhaps most well-known by undergraduates today for his edition of Thomas Malory’s Morte Darthur.
Professor Trachsler’s topic was ‘Leopards, hyenas and snakes. Or how medieval animals make sense’, and he focused on the ways in which animals in medieval bestiaries and manuscript images tell us more about medieval ideas about how the world works. In every society, animals have particular meanings, and Trachsler began his talk by thinking about how hedgehogs in England are today generally thought to be quite cute; animals that we want to encourage into our gardens.
Not in the Middle Ages, however, when the hedgehog was thought to steal grapes from the vineyard at harvest time. Akin to the devil, the hedgehog comes into the garden, steals fruit, and then hides away.
Animals, he suggests are often depicted in pairs which often represent tensions between good and evil (this is my own wildly simplistic version of what Trachsler argued for). For example, the snake is often used to symbolise the devil (as in images of the serpent in the Garden of Eden), and it is often paired with its enemy, the deer, which then adopts Christological significance and is seen to destroy the snake. A good example of this pairing can be seen in a fifteenth-century Italian herbal on the British Library website. Of course the pairing of the snake and the deer is perhaps nothing new and a quick look at bestiaries (medieval books of beasts) provides some really useful information about animals and how they made sense in the Middle Ages. David Badke’s online Medieval Bestiary is helpful. Trachsler used this famous example to establish ground for thinking about the roles played by the hyena and leopard in texts and images. The hyena is often depicted eating human corpses, and it is thought to be able to change sex. It can also mimic the human voice in order to lure men out so it can kill them, as well as being able to imitate vomiting to attract dogs for the same reason. Certainly an animal not at the positive end of the spectrum of beasts.
I was most interested by what Trachsler had to say about the leopard and its hybrid nature, however. The leopard can be regarded as a symbol of adultery, explained by its parentage: Isidore of Seville in Book 12 of his Etymologies notes that the leopard is ‘the adulterous offspring of a lion and a pard [panther]’ (Leopardus ex adulterio leaenae et pardi nascitur). Interesting then that the three ‘lions’ (lion passant guardant) on the British royal coat of arms might in fact be leopards. The leopard, Trachsler suggests, is perhaps more to be thought of as a pretender – a would-be lion – and this got me thinking about where images of leopards crop up in manuscripts, particularly in relation to kingship. Of course the lion has a Christian allegorical function, reflecting on how people should attempt to live by being slow to anger and quick to forgive. The lion also is noble, brave, and fierce; qualities that might typically be thought of as relating to the fair and just monarch – the lion is the king of beasts after all.
If the lion functions as a symbol of kingship or royal power, then what are these leopards – pretenders to the throne – commenting on at various times. Moreover, are any kings, would-be kings, or others in pursuit of power ever referred to as leopards? In what ways do medieval animals therefore make sense of contemporaneous events and historical moments? And, is a medieval animal ever just an animal?

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Masquerade (United Artists, 1965). Folded, Fine/Very Fine. Three Sheet (41" X 78.5"). Jack Rickard Artwork. Comedy. Starring Cliff Robertson, Jack Hawkins, Marisa Mell, Christopher Witty, and Bill Fraser. Directed by Basil Dearden. An unrestored poster that displays signs of use. May include light edge or fold wear, minute fold separations, light creases, a tear, noticeable pinholes in the borders, or faint stains and smudges. This poster comes in two panels as originally printed.

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Buried in the woods somewhere in West Germany thirty years ago.
Sophisticated Soviet spy radio discovered buried in former forest in Germany – Archaeologists digging for the remains of a Roman villa near the German city of Cologne have found a sophisticated Soviet spy radio that was buried there shortly before the fall of the Iron Curtain.
The spy radio was buried inside a large metal box that was hermetically sealed with a rubber ring and metal screws. Although the radio’s batteries had run down after almost 30 years in the ground, the box hissed with inrushing air when it was opened…
The scientists suspect agents would have used the spy radio to send secret reports back to the Soviet Union about observation of the Jülich Nuclear Research Centre, about 6 miles (10 km) west of where it was found; or of the military air base at Nörvenich, about the same distance to the southeast, where U.S. Pershing nuclear missiles were based until 1995.


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Industrial production results in the first quarter of 2023 can be said to be the "gloomiest" in more than 10 years, when most of the important indicators of key industries declined, especially in the processing and manufacturing industry which has long been the engine of economic growth. The main reason pointed out is that the world economy continues to face many difficulties; In the domestic market, production orders decreased, export turnover decreased…
According to the latest data released by the General Statistics Office, the added value of the whole industry in the first quarter of 2023 decreased by 0.82% over the same period last year. To be specific, the processing and manufacturing industry decreased by 0.37%, reducing 0.1 percentage point to the overall growth rate of the whole economy; electricity production and distribution decreased by 0.32%, reducing by 0.01 percentage points; mining industry decreased by 5.6%, decreased by 0.2 percentage points...
MULTIPLE KEY PRODUCTS DECREASED
Regarding the Index of Industrial Production (IIP), data reported by the General Statistics Office showed that in the first quarter of 2023, IIP decreased by 2.2% compared to the same period last year (in January, it decreased by 11.1%; in February it increased by 2.2%). 7.2%; March decreased by 1.6%), much lower than the increase of 6.8% in the same period in 2022.
To be specific, the mining industry decreased by 4.4% (in the same period in 2022, it increased by 2.8%), reducing 0.7 percentage points in the overall increase; the processing and manufacturing sector decreased by 2.4% (in the same period in 2022, it increased by 7.3%), a decrease of 1.6 percentage points; the electricity production and distribution industry decreased by 1% (in the same period in 2022, it increased by 8%), reducing 0.1 percentage points; water supply industry alone, waste and wastewater management and treatment activities increased by 7.8% (in the same period in 2022, it increased by 1.4%), contributing 0.1 percentage points.
The report also noted that many key industrial products decreased in the first quarter of 2023. Specifically, cars decreased by 17.8%; steel bar, quadrate steel down 15.8%; motorbikes down 13.8%; phone components down 13.4%; textiles from natural fibers and mobile phones together decreased by 13.1%; casual wear down 10.2%; cement decreased by 9.9%; urea fertilizer decreased by 6.3%; Gaseous natural gas decreased by 6.1%. The decline in production of these staples impacted the IIP and value-added of the entire industry in the first quarter of the year.
More concerning, not only did production decline, but the consumption index of the whole industry also decreased. In the first quarter of 2023, the consumption index of the entire processing and manufacturing industry decreased by 2.9% over the same period in 2022 (in the same period in 2022, it increased by 6.6%). This leads to an increase in inventories of the entire processing and manufacturing industry as of March 31, 2023, up 4.4% over the same period last month and 19.8% over the same period last year (same period last year). at the time of the previous year increased by 17.7%). This shows that the production and business efficiency of enterprises has been significantly affected.
Industrial production in the first quarter of 2023 faced many difficulties due to reduced production orders, and exports decreased
According to the survey results on business trends of enterprises in the processing and manufacturing industry in the first quarter of 2023 compared to the fourth quarter of 2022, up to 38.5% of enterprises assessed difficulties: 39.4% number of enterprises decreased in production volume; 39.7% of enterprises have reduced orders; 40.1% of enterprises with new export orders decreased.
As for the situation of industrial production in localities across the country in the first quarter of 2023 compared to the same period last year, the report clearly shows that there was an increase in 48 localities and a decrease in 15 localities. Some localities with IIP index achieved a high increase due to the increase in processing and manufacturing industry, specifically: Cao Bang increased by 26.8%; Tuyen Quang increased by 22.6%; Hai Phong increased by 14.8%; Quang Ninh increased by 13.6%; Hai Duong increased by 12.5%; Nam Dinh increased by 12.3%; Dak Lak, Bac Lieu, and Phu Yen together increased by 11.6%; Bac Giang and Kien Giang increased by 10.9%. The localities with high production index of the electricity production and distribution industry are Hau Giang with an increase of 286.1%; Thai Binh increased by 55.7%; Quang Tri increased by 37%; Ca Mau increased by 33.7%.
In the opposite direction, some localities have low or low IIP index increase due to the decrease in processing and manufacturing industry, including Quang Nam down 34.3%; Bac Ninh decreased by 18.8%; Vinh Long down 16.5%; Soc Trang decreased by 15.6%; Vinh Phuc down 8.1%. The localities where the production index of the electricity production and distribution industry decreased were Ninh Binh down 31.8%; Tra Vinh decreased by 29.3%; Ha Giang down 24.9%; Cao Bang decreased by 21.9%; Hai Phong down 18.5%. Localities with production index of the mining industry decreased, including Soc Trang down 87%; Dong Thap down 50.6%; Vinh Phuc down 48.7%.
“DOUBLE” IMPACTS FROM INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL FACTORS
Explaining the cause of industrial production deceleration in the first quarter of 2023, the General Statistics Office said that this problem comes from external factors such as the world fuel price being pushed up, high inflation still existing around the world, and the risk of input supply chain disruption. The world economy showing signs of recession has affected Vietnamese manufacturers as both the number of new orders and exports have decreased. These factors make import demand from Vietnam drop sharply, production and business of enterprises are narrowed.
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- Crystal Kingdom
“My family is there too,” Finn reminded me, his eyes pained. “I know how great the risk is. But it’s our only chance to stop the Queen and her armies before she destroys another kingdom. And once she’s done with the Skojare, there’s no telling who she’ll go after next.”
“We go to them,” Baltsar agreed, sounding resigned to the idea. “We take the fight to Doldastam. We still might not win. They still outnumber us, and they’re still much stronger. But if we lose, we give everyone in Storvatten a chance to escape. It’s our best plan to avoid innocent casualties.”
“You’re suggesting we abandon the palace?” Mikko asked in his low rumble.
“I am suggesting that if we lose, yes, everyone behind in Storvatten fills their pockets with sapphires and disappears into the lake,” Baltsar said. “It’s the only advantage we have, that the other tribes can’t follow us into the water.”
“Konstantin and I know Doldastam and the palace inside out,” Ridley said, referring to the fact that as a member of the Högdragen and Överste respectively they had been privy to all the plans and designs of the city. They knew it better than even Tilda and me.
He turned around to face the room. “Do we really have a chance of beating them? I don’t know. But if we do, Finn is right. Our best shot is taking Doldastam before they come for Storvatten.”
Mikko surveyed the room, waiting for dissenting opinions, but even I just lowered my eyes. It wasn’t a perfect plan, and I wasn’t sure that we wouldn’t all end up dead anyway.
But it was still our best chance at defeating Mina, even if it meant risking the lives of the people I cared about most. The greater good of peace within the five kingdoms outweighed my own personal feelings.
“That settles it, then,” Mikko said. “Since they’ll be coming for us soon, we don’t have time to waste. We leave at dawn for Doldastam.”
With my bag slung over my shoulder, I closed the door to my guestroom in the Storvatten palace for the last time. It had a strange finality to it. I didn’t know if I’d ever come here again or if the palace would even be standing in a couple weeks.
I started walking down the hall and paused when I reached Tilda’s room. She sat on her bed, her legs crossed underneath her, and stared down at her belly as she rubbed it. Her wavy chestnut hair hung around her like a curtain.
I knocked on the open door, and she looked up at me with a sad smile.
“You’re leaving already?”
I nodded. “It’s time. Ridley’s already upstairs.”
Her smile became more pained, her full lips pressing into thin lines. I sat my bag on the floor and went over to sit on the bed beside her.
“I wish I was going with you,” she said, almost desperately.
“I know. But the battlefield is no place for a pregnant woman, even one as badass as you.”
“I know it’s the right thing. I know that for the baby, this is where I need to be.” She nodded, as if to convince herself. “But this is my war too. I should be with you, fighting alongside you.”
“You’ve already helped so much. Everything you’ve done with the Skojare army, they’re better because of you.”
“It’s just hard.” She rubbed her stomach. “I think the baby wants to go too. He’s been kicking a lot.” Then she looked over at me. “Wanna feel?”
I wasn’t sure that I wanted to, but I let Tilda take my hand and place it on her stomach. At first I didn’t feel anything, then there was a sudden, soft pushing sensation on the palm of my hand.
“Did you feel that?” Tilda asked, sounding excited.
“Yeah, that’s crazy.” I let my hand linger for a moment, feeling another, stronger kick, and then I took my hand back.
“Did I tell you that I found out that it’s a boy?” she asked, smiling wider now.
“No, you didn’t. A boy?” I smiled. “That’ll be great.”
“I didn’t find out the gender until after Kasper . . .” Her smile remained but her eyes were misty. “I mean, we could’ve. But we were waiting until after we were married. It’s silly, but we wanted it to be like a wedding gift to ourselves.”
She shook her head. “I don’t know. It seemed like a fun idea at the time, but since we didn’t know if it would be a boy or a girl, we didn’t really talk about names yet. Not in earnest.”
“Have you been thinking about anything now?” I asked.
“Älskade Kasper Abbott,” Tilda said. “Älskade means ‘loved,’ and I want this baby to know that he’s loved more than anything.”
I smiled. “It sounds perfect.”
“Thanks.” She smiled and blinked back tears. “Anyway, I’ve probably held you up long enough. You should get going before they leave without you.”
I leaned over and hugged her tightly. The two of us had never been much for hugging, but we both lingered in this one. Eventually I pulled away and stood up. I grabbed my bag off the floor and offered her a small wave before heading out.
“Bryn,” she said, stopping me at the door. “In case I don’t see you again, I just wanted you to know that you’ve been a really great friend, and I love you.”
“I love you too,” I said, rather awkwardly, since neither of us was usually very sentimental. “And take care of yourself.”

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It’s no secret that Las Vegas housing prices are on the rise.
But is it sustainable, or is this another housing bubble?
Las Vegas is the most overheated housing market in the country, according to a recent report by Fitch Ratings.
The research and data company determined that housing prices are 15 percent overvalued by comparing Las Vegas’ home prices, rising prices, unemployment and population to other metropolitan areas.
“Right now you’ve got limited inventory and increased buying, and those factors are keeping prices overheated,” Las Vegas Review-Journal reporter Eli Segall told State of Nevada.
Segall said Las Vegas isn’t the only state experiencing a limited inventory; it’s been happening nationwide for six to eight months.
In Las Vegas, low inventory can be explained by increased demand, underwater homes and investor-owned rentals.
Segall said 15 to 20 percent of borrowers are still underwater, so they can’t sell without doing a short sale, which are lengthy and inconvenient. On top of that, many homes are owned by investors, who aren’t selling in great numbers.
In 2013, Las Vegas also experienced a bubble when housing prices rose 30 percent year over year because investors were snapping up houses. Back then, homes that would be normally valued at $200,000 were selling for $50,000.
Normal growth is 3 to 5 percent, Segall said.
He said people are right to fear a bubble, but he doesn’t think we’re in one now.
“I don’t see a lot of signs out there that the housing market is careening towards some disaster,” he said. “I’m not saying it can’t happen again, because it could, but at least for now, I don’t see it,” he said.
Eli Segall, reporter, Las Vegas Review-Journal


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Transcript of IGCSE Art and Design
Developing ideas in visual art What is your starting point? All your visual research should start with a drawing process, what are you going to draw? To start the creative process you must link different concepts together to devise a strategic plan on how generate new and diverse visual research and art objects You will need to do LOTS of research and homework, and gather as much visual material as possible, from as many sources as you can. You can use the internet to find ideas, BUT do not rely on little pixelated images for your work as this will not allow you the opportunity to express your ideas from your view. This is a starting point, but you must find PRIMARY resources ie: your own photos, drawings, paintings, collages or objects. Maybe you will be drawing and making paintings of the still life Start with drawing your ideas in different media, from different perspectives; never draw the same object from the same angle twice. Try taking photos from different angles and working from these. Use different types of paint such as gauche, watercolour, egg tempera, oil or acrylic to gather valuable skills and find the best media to answer your exam question Look at other people around you to get ideas on what they are doing. Look at artists from different countries that use similar materials, try and borrow their process and techniques in your work. Maybe you are going to print, start making mono-prints, woodcuts and lino-prints now! Digital media is a great method of developing ideas, try photography, Photoshop, or even make a movie! Remember that what is valued in visual art is that original images and moving images are made by you and are personal to you. You might look at the human condition and use the portrait and other human related imagery to get your project started. Your inquiry might be that you will develop objects in 3D, try be flexible in your thinking, look at links between different 3D artists, how do they do it? How can you use this analysis of their work when reflecting on your own art. Using these connections you discover, try use differse media and processes that will help develop your concepts and art objects in a revalutionary way. Try to look at a different culture and art to your own society's. Like this traditional dress from Papua New Ginuea look at different types of dress and design, this one is again from Papua New Guinea combining elements of the two you are able to design a new necklace or headdress, just add a few pieces of your own like oragami roses, chinese fans, Maori tattoo designs or 1970's style beehive hairdo and you have the picture, this would be an interesting start! Maybe african art is what really interests you like this piece from North Africa then you might hop on the net and look at supermodel images like this one of Naomi Campbell. after which you reinvestigate your tribal designs from Papua and you find this image really interesting...... back to the drawing board, making paintings, drawings and other forms of image making that is relative to your question to come up with diverse visual solutions. here we have a tracing table. combine elements of the images together maybe? See what you can come up with. like this interesting image. or... this one is again using elements of both try different angles and approaches and media combine elements of the headdress from Papua and you might come up with a design like this one! maybe you really like the tribal face paint design too, why not incorporate it into your work for a more interesting result! The next step would be to paint this on yourself, photograph yourself and make paintings or prints or drawings of these original photographs!! maybe you could look at investigating the style of the artist Alex Grey for his incredible anatomy studies you could look at graffiti artists like Connor Harrington have a look at Jackson Pollocks action painting have a look at the fauvist artists like this work by Henri Mattise for their fantastic use of colour have a look at POP art like this work by Claus Oldenberg The big thing for you is to make original pieces of work. Making lots of them with DIFFERENT media from different perspectives, and making them NOW! If from photographs then they are YOUR photographs. make some 3D work paint, photograph or draw original art from primary resources If you are painting landscape go outside and paint what you see, take photos yourself and paint those. DO NOT USE THE INTERNET FOR REFERENCE! make prints, and make them NOW! build shadow boxes, add lighting sources and photograph them to make paintings from. Use different angles, materials. Use Photoshop to manipulate your images, draw, paint and print from the results. Keep a record of everything you do, lose nothing, horde everything, photo your process, everything you do might be used! find objects that interest you personally, objects of your own from your own life are the best. Remember the creative process is a doing thing, you must write it, draw it, photograph it, cut it out and stick it....etc. Full transcript
Remember -Analyse, reflect, create, link.
Whatever the process dont just THINK about it. Time goes extremely fast. Do it, and do it NOW! PASSION, VISION, ACTION PASSION: Enjoy what you do VISION: see yourself there ACTION: do something everyday to achieve it!
starting NOW ! Papuan artist Daniel Waswas Chuck Close, portrait painter Jenny Saville, figurative painter Micaelangelo Fantasy Art Alice Neel Vincent Van Gogh Chris Booth Christo Derek Gores Andy Goldsworthy Wayne Theibaude Botticelli Roy Lichtenstein Jean Giraud "Moebius" Hiyao Miyazaki Comic Book Art Surat San Khoi (Bushman) Cave Painting Cindy Sherman Deborah Butterfield Basquiat MC Escher Grayson Perry Gustav Klimt Antony Gormly To begin creating visual art concepts you must begin to make links to other visual and intillectual sources.
Looking at this HPL tool use your right brain to create - link to and generate visual and intillectual ideas.
Practice these by producing art objects, then use your left brain to analyse your work and reflect on your process.
This process will give you new and original ideas. ARTIST LINK
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the human form, connect with artists that do this and look at their ways of making marks. Use this research in your investigations. Linking Alice Neil with Van Gogh, is there a connection in their marks they make? Could you combine the two together to generate a new style using your own images? Using your left brain, analyse two or three still life artists work. Reflect on their use of media, how they make marks that best represent what they are trying to convey. Using your right brain, try and use your analysis in your practice, by connecting two or three processes to create your own original style of still life. Kris Kuksi AnalyseTheibaude and Kuksi's different approaches to the still life. Theibaude uses thick oil to help represent simple cakes, while Kuksi uses found objects that he then assembles to create new fantastic diaramas. Linking the two styles, finding connections and differences, how could you develop something new from your research. You will have to be flexible and try break away from conservative habits, try take risks to develop your style. Analyse Harrington's style, what media is he using, subject matter, composition, mood etc.? Reflect on these and try making some small works of your own in this way using your own primary visual sources. Try find links to other graffiti artists, and combine the different styles together in your own practice to develop a revolutionary style, something completely new ! Pat Callahan Practice making art objects based on primary sources
Link your concepts to Artists
Analyse others work
Reflect on your research and your own work
Find connections between your work and others
Link different artists together to create revalutionary ideas
Try be flexible in your thoughts about other styles to allow you the opportunity to take risks and evolve your skills and art works.
Practice making visual research using all the above methods. Reflecting on the work of Alex Grey, analyse his ways of making marks and combine these with what you have and this would evolve a new visual concept.
ANALYSE / REFLECT - CREATE / LINK
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As the second evening of the Republican National Convention came to a close, Obama chief political strategist David Axelrod sent a message to supporters reminding them that Romney would repeal Obamacare on ‘day one’ of his presidency.
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Judging from the number of times they’ve said it this week, you would think repealing Obamacare on Day One is the most urgent goal of the Republican Party and number one reason to elect Mitt Romney. I’d like to know what’s noble about making it harder for people to get health care. President Obama refused to give up on this legislation because he knew it was about real people — people like his own mother who, in her final days, battled cancer and mounting bills, or my daughter Lauren, whose intractable epilepsy, at just seven months old, nearly bankrupted our family and burdened her with a pre-existing condition that threatened her future coverage. Today, there are millions of families like ours who won’t have to suffer through needless heartache over situations beyond their control. If the President loses, Republicans are guaranteeing those protections will be gone with him. You can make sure that doesn’t happen. Donate $5 or more before this Friday’s critical FEC deadline. When the Supreme Court affirmed the Affordable Care Act, I was moved to tears. This week, the Republicans are moving a lot of people to act as well — to make sure they can’t take their destructive platform to the White House.


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Microsoft has been releasing two Windows 10 updates every year since 2017, and this year will be no exception. This morning, the software giant discussed the next Windows 10 update for the first time on the Windows Hardware Certification blog, explaining that “The Windows 10, version 21H1 release will not bring updates to the Windows Hardware Compatibility Program and will follow the same guidelines as 20H2.”
So far, the Windows Insider team has yet to discuss Windows 10 version 21H1, but the update is expected to be another minor one like the version 20H2 was last fall. According to Windows Central’s Zac Bowden, Microsoft is almost done with the update internally, and it could start testing it with Insiders in the Beta and Release Preview channels soon ahead of a public release in May. The update may include some new features that have been testing in the Dev channel, though Bowden didn’t elaborate:
“It’s likely that 21H1 for desktop will see a handful of minor additions backported from the Dev Channel, similar to what Microsoft did with 20H2 last year. (…) According to an internal schedule seen by Windows Central, 21H1 for desktop is expected to be done in April, and I’m told the company is hoping to begin rolling out the 21H1 release sometime in May.”
If Windows 10 version 21H1 should be another service pack-like update for the OS, Microsoft is reportedly planning bigger changes for the 21H2 update later this year. The software giant could be working on a big design update codenamed “Sun Valley,” which may introduce a floating Start Menu and other UI changes. We hope to get more details soon, though the Windows Insider team is certainly taking its time to discuss future Windows 10 updates this year.


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John Zorn (born September 2, 1953) is an American composer, arranger, record producer, saxophonist, and multi-instrumentalist with hundreds of album credits as performer, composer, and producer across a variety of genres including jazz, rock, hardcore, classical, surf, metal, soundtrack, ambient, and improvised music. He incorporates diverse styles in his compositions, which he identifies as avant-garde or experimental. Zorn was described by Down Beat as "one of our most important composers". Zorn established himself within the New York City downtown music movement in the mid-1970s, performing with musicians across the sonic spectrum and developing experimental methods of composing new music. After releasing albums on several independent US and European labels, Zorn signed with Elektra Nonesuch and received wide acclaim with the release of The Big Gundown, an album reworking the compositions of Ennio Morricone. He attracted further attention worldwide with the release of Spillane in 1987 and Naked City in 1990. After spending almost a decade travelling between Japan and the US, he made New York his permanent base and established his own record label, Tzadik, in the mid-1990s. Tzadik enabled Zorn to maintain independence from the mainstream music industry and ensured the continued availability of his growing catalog of recordings, allowing him to prolifically record and release new material, issuing several new albums each year, as well as promoting the work of many other musicians. Zorn has led the hardcore bands Naked City and Painkiller, the Jewish music-inspired jazz quartet Masada, composed 613 pieces as part of the three Masada songbooks that have been performed by an array of groups, composed concert music for classical ensembles and orchestras, and produced music for opera, sound installations, film and documentary. Zorn has undertaken many tours of Europe, Asia, and the Middle East, often performing at festivals with many other musicians and ensembles that perform his diverse output.
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Microsoft is giving its shareholders a 25 per cent boost in its December dividends, forking out $0.20 per share from its cash stockpile. The hike follows a 23 per cent rise in dividend last year, as investors get increasingly irritated with the software giant's sluggish share price. The stock hasn't changed much up or down from …
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Apple is giving its patent lawyers a 25 per cent boost in workload from its December dividends, forking out $0.20 per share from its cash stockpile.
Shareholders and rational expectations.
The current share-price that Apple can command is a *relatively* new phenomenon (the last six/seven years or so - I believe?) and is heavily dependent on them maintaining the iPad/iPhone driven hegemony in the mobile communications/computing market. How rational and realistic is it to believe that that dominance will continue on the current scale? If some of Microsoft's investors really believe that that kind of rocket-like capital appreciation is something they can rationally say that they are "entitled" to then they should get out more. I say this without any comment on either Apple or Microsoft as companies.
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Autonomous cars will increase traffic congestion unless the industry collaborates to develop the technology, according to a new study.
A white paper published by maps provider HERE and automotive consultancy company SBD urges manufacturers to move away from an “each-to-their-own” approach and start working towards what it calls Collaborative Autonomous Cars.
This would include more cooperation between autonomous car manufacturers to establish vehicle, road network and infrastructure data exchanges in conjunction with local, state and national transportation agencies.
According to the white paper, there are two main factors that determine how autonomous cars will impact traffic conditions: the level of automation, and the level of user adoption.
It argues that basic levels of autonomy could have a minimal but positive impact in reducing congestion, but higher levels of autonomy could affect congestion negatively if user adoption is low. It sees collaboration between manufacturers as key to easing the transition to more autonomous cars on the road.
Carrie Cox, co-author of the study and senior product marketing manager at HERE, said: “The combined power of vehicle and road sensor data, autonomous vehicles and sophisticated real-time location services will ultimately decrease traffic congestion.
“But how we get to that objective and what it takes to get there, in terms of building the necessary digital infrastructure at scale, is a call to action for all of us in the auto industry. Greater collaboration is needed to ensure drivers and road operators alike can seamlessly transition into the era of automated vehicles.”
SBD says 11 million cars will arrive in Europe, the US and China with some level of automation in 2016. By 2020, more manufacturers will offer cars with Level 4 or 5 autonomous technology, which will allow drivers to hand over control to the vehicle.


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Introducing the latest achievement in lighting design from Brooklyn-based studio, Juniper—the THIN chandelier is an elegant fixture that appears to suspend and illuminate magically, as if there is no wiring or weight.
Juniper collaborated with award-winning Industrial designer Peter Bristol, to develop the thin chandelier’s flexible illuminating arms. Made from precision-machined 1/2? brass tubes, the twelve arms can be swivelled, folded and stretched into a myriad of biomorphic and geometric arrangements, each articulating moods ranging from dramatic to playful. The decorative chandelier can be manipulated into varying looks, styles and sizes, ranging from one to ten feet wide—creating infinitely flexible configurations that allow it to adapt to the style of its environment. The chandelier is available in raw brass, satin nickel or an oxidized brass finish.
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In 2011 a small team, with a big passion for design, embarked on a mission to bring a fresh perspective on lighting technology. Before long, Juniper would become one of the early pioneers of the burgeoning Brooklyn contemporary lighting scene. Today, Juniper is a fully integrated design studio and manufacturing shop focused on producing proprietary products and custom contract solutions.
Our business was formed around the belief that good design is essential and holds the power to transform people and places in meaningful ways. We do this by combining design and technology into innovative lighting solutions for our rapidly changing needs, while also pushing the limits of design and detail to bring a sense of discovery and amazement to each and every person who experiences our products. Our collection is made up of thoughtfully designed and meticulously engineered lighting products. Each piece is defined by a new technological challenge; be it material manipulation, electronic innovation or mechanical invention. We believe that amazement occurs when one witnesses the unusual. And so, every one of our collaborations begins with an intent and a challenge to produce something outside of the norm, in a way that we consider meaningful and useful. Sometimes this innovation is in the details, and sometimes it is at the very core of the product.


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