![]() Here we want to present some ideas on how tracking and surveillance can help you to grow your business further. It benefits your business and the whole team. However, this is not the case as supervising your team using software, or any other means has a dozen benefits. ![]() Many people think that employee monitoring is for employers who don't trust their employees. You can download Net Monitor for Employees Pro free here.Why Many Companies Use Employee Monitoring Software ![]() Net Monitor for Employees Pro offers a wide range of features which are ideal for monitoring other computers and preventing unsuitable activities. Everything is done with simple to understand tools on a user friendly interface.Ī file transfer feature would have been useful. You can block certain web pages, or the whole computer, end processes, run a program and much more. Net Monitor for Employees Pro doesn't let you control other computers, like other similar software, but it offers strong monitoring tools. It works the same way as the Windows Task Manager, so you can simply select a process in the list and click the Kill button above it. The Processes tab will display a list of all the running programs and applications on monitored computers. If someone is running an inappropriate program or something restricted, you can terminate it immediately. This feature can be very useful in schools, where you can never tell what sites the kids will visit, if left unattended. It is also possible to block URLs that contain key words of your choosing. You can block or allow certain web sites by typing their URLs in dialog boxes, under the Internet Control tab. The same can be done with the other dialog boxes, where you need to type a web site's URL or the path of a document. exe file and click the button next to the dialog box. The first one works just like the Run feature from the Start menu. There are three different dialog boxes under the power buttons. Also from the Tools tab, you can launch a certain program, access a web page or open a document remotely. These actions can be performed under the Tools tab and they only require clicking on one of the large, colored buttons. The settings are all made in the same area, on the right side of the window, with simple check boxes or drop menus.Ī monitored computer can be remotely turned off, restarted, locked and more. The program can automatically record a computer's desktop on a timetable of your choosing or when the console is running. The settings you can make to the recorder include selecting a refresh interval, number of colors, splitting the AVI files and more. This feature is found under the Desktop Recorder tab. You will find a feed from each desktop under the Remote Screens tabs. The software makes it possible to see in real time what other users are doing on their computers. After adding a member of your network, a new window will show up, where you can select the computer in question and click an Install button. The remote agent can be installed on another computer remotely. This way, you can add them immediately to the monitoring list. The software will automatically detect the computers from your work group and it will display them in a list. If you need to add a computer from your Local Area Network, there is a second Add button on the toolbar, which will bring up a different window. A series of navigation tabs will reveal different options for remote screens, blocking computers, sharing or recording the desktop, stopping certain processes and more.Ī computer may be added manually by clicking an Add button on the toolbar and typing its details (IP address, TCP port, etc) in the window which will appear. The computers on your network can be added in a tree structure, on the left edge of the main window and they can be monitored with the options available on the larger area on the right. There are no complex menu systems or overloaded panels to access. To monitor another computer, you must install the remote agent on it.Īll the monitoring options can be found on the user interface. The console must be installed on the computer from where you want to monitor the other ones. The 13 Mb package contains both a console and a remote agent. The software is not free, but you can still try it out for free. The software focuses more on providing information on what other people are doing and it lets you intervene in certain situations. It supports desktop sharing, but you can only control the other computers with a series of tools. It is similar to a remote control software, but not in every way. Net Monitor for Employees Pro enables you to see, in real time, what other people are doing on their computers. If they are on different floors in a building, there is no way to keep track of what each user is doing. This can make things difficult if you have a large number of computers in your care.
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![]() The system color selection dialog is now used on macOS.This may cause existing configured devices to stop working until updated by the user JACK inputs on Linux will now display "OBS Studio" in their name to clarify their origin.Significantly improve screen capture performance on Intel dedicated GPUs on Linux.Native macOS dialogs now respect OBS being set to dark themes.Video-related items in the right click menu of audio sources in the Sources list will no longer appear.Added HDR capture support for DeckLink sources.Added HEVC and HDR support to VA-API encoder.Incompatible audio/video encoders will now be disabled based on the selected format.Improved YouTube thumbnail preview by using bilinear scaling.Added option to force SDR Window Capture capture in Windows 10+ mode.Added platform-specific "What's New" notifications to better communicate changes or issues not affecting all operating systems.Improved Windows OBS updater speed and reduced download size by using Zstandard compression.Clicking the "Defaults" button in properties will now ask for confirmation before resetting.Added a "What's New" entry in the help menu to manually open the post-update changelog dialog.Exported scene collection JSON is now pretty-printed and sorted, allowing for easier tracking via git or other versioning mechanisms.Switched various internal data structures to use hash tables for lookups, resulting in significant performance and loading/saving time improvements with large scene collections.The Hotkeys tab in settings is no longer loaded until switched to, resulting in the Settings window opening much faster for large scene collections.Expanded support for subtitle tracks in VLC source (up to 1000).Changed the default FFmpeg AAC encoder to twoloop which has higher quality.NVENC error messages now include more details.Output rescaling is ignored if the scaled resolution matches the current video output resolution.Increased the minimum macOS version to macOS 11.0. ![]() Added AMD AV1 encoder to simple output mode.Added indicator if an audio source is unmuted, but not assigned to any audio tracks.Added lossless audio recording options (FLAC/ALAC/PCM including 32-bit float).Added ProRes 4444 (XQ) support for VideoToolbox encoder on macOS.Added support for surround sound for AJA capture cards.Fragmented MP4 and MOV files can be remuxed to regular MP4/MOV in cases where the former may not be read correctly (e.g.These offer greater compatibility than MKV while providing similar resilience against data loss due to crashes, running out of space, etc.Added a setting to record in fragmented MP4 and MOV formats.Added the ability to zoom browser docks with Ctrl - and + and the right click menu.Added compatibility notices in the Window and Game Capture sources for Windows.Added Update Channels on macOS and updated Sparkle for smaller and faster updates going forward.Added an option to preload media sources used in Stingers to memory, to avoid frame skips during transitions.Added settings to select the audio encoder for streaming and recording.If you are affected, please update to the latest version of your VTubing software. This blocks old versions of popular VTubing software virtual cameras that are known to cause freezes when accessing video capture device properties. ![]() ![]() This allows OBS to block problematic DLLs from attaching to OBS and causing freezing or crashes, for example 3rd party overlay hooks and outdated video capture devices.
![]() The bad news is that it will also wrap up the show and Firefly Lane will end. Netflix has already announced the episodes will air on April 27th 2023. The good news is that we don't have to wait long for Firefly Lane season 3 (or season 2 part 2!). In fact, it's not technically the third season but part 2 of season 2.ġ6 episodes were commissioned for the second season and Netflix made the decision to split it into two parts with nine in the first and seven episodes in the second. The good news is that there will definitely be a third season of Firefly Lane. ![]() But it doesn’t take an eagle eye to notice that Kate‘s got few ideas of its own.And like the blink of an eye, we are coming to the end of their story but when will Firefly Lane air it's final episodes? FIREFLY LANE SEASON 3 RELEASE DATE ON NETFLIX The film’s mimicry might be deft enough to pass muster here and there. It’s the movie equivalent of copying someone else’s homework and forgetting to change the name on top. Nevertheless, she gives herself a trim, and fluffs it while studying herself in the mirror, because the self-administered haircut is cinematic shorthand for a woman taking charge of her own life, and that’s what Kate hopes to convey Kate is doing - never mind that the scene makes no sense in context. She doesn’t even look that different afterward. She’s not especially vain, as far as we know, and she’s definitely short on time. (“Death is a beginning,” he remarks sagely.) It’s the instant when she pauses in the middle of an urgent mission to cut her own hair over a bathroom sink. ![]() If the film has a defining moment, it’s not any of the cool parts where Kate shoots bad guys, or the sentimental parts where she’s bonding with her young charge, or the wannabe-meaningful parts where she’s receiving wisdom from an old Japanese gangster. (Even Ani, a local, is set apart from her Japanese crime family by virtue of being half-white.)īut such superficiality is par for the course for Kate. When a Japanese character complains that Westerners “gorge on cultures they don’t understand,” it’s hard not to wonder what movie he thinks he’s in, seeing as Kate ends up being yet another movie that sees the country as little more than an exotic backdrop for its white characters. Without him, Kate is largely an endless onslaught of mostly interchangeable yakuza goons hurtling through stereotypically Japanese settings: a bathhouse, a kabuki performance, an outdoor market awash in neon. First introduced in a silk Versace robe enjoying an at-home fish pedicure, Jojima makes Kate feel, for a moment, exactly as stylish and silly as it should be.Īlas, Jojima doesn’t stick around long. But she’s handily upstaged the moment a character with an actual personality shows up - Jojima, a yakuza hitman played with rock star élan by real-life rock star Miyavi. A late scene in which she struts into a lobby, sneering behind enormous sunglasses, a dangling cigarette and layers upon layers of blood and bruises, feels like ideal GIF fodder. And she certainly looks the part of the badass heroine, at least in slo-mo. ![]() Winstead’s no-nonsense aura serves her well as Kate, a strong, silent type whose only concession to whimsy is an obsession with a particular brand of soft drink. (No points for guessing whether they’ll form an unconvincing emotional bond over their respective tragic backstories.) She has roughly one day left to live, which she chooses to spend hunting down and enacting revenge on her killers - with unexpected assistance in the form of Ani (Miku Martineau), the teen daughter of one of Kate’s recent targets. The spoiler-free version is this: Kate is an elite American assassin operating in Tokyo, who wakes up after a botched job to discover she’s been poisoned. Umair Aleem’s script is so predictable that it’s possible to map out the entire final act based on the first two minutes of the movie and the plot synopsis. But Kate wears its influences like borrowed clothes, never quite managing to develop a style or voice that feels wholly its own. If its car chase feels too obviously CG even by the standards of a Fast & Furious movie, well, the vrooms and screeches still scratch a certain lizard-brain itch. If its bloody fistfights feel sluggish in comparison to the balletic grace of John Wick, well, there are worse action movies to crib from than John Wick. Cast: Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Miku Martineau, Woody HarrelsonĪll these familiar elements come together to form a movie that’s fitfully entertaining. I thought sure, that's a great security measure. It then asked if I wanted to sync my files to iCloud. It is really dumb that it moves all of your files from the desktop into a folder. Monterey moves all your desktop files to a folder - Don't try stopping the icloud drive syncing Just upgraded an older laptop to OS Monterey yesterday. How to solve this issue so that space taken on disk is equal to the size of the local file/ folder? Otherwise, my available disk space is effectively becoming half! I have checked it for another folder, and the result is the same. ![]() So it is taking up twice as much space on the disk. Is OneDrive keeping duplicate copies of the same folder in both Workspace and Macintosh volumes? Or is this how the used space is calculated, considering the local OneDrive files/folders to be tagged with both volumes? But the surprising thing is that the available space in the container (shared between the volumes) is decreased by 2.9 GB. Now, after this, the Workspace volume shows an increase of 1.45 GB in used space, and the Macintosh volume too shows an increase of 1.45 GB in used space. I opted to keep a folder available on the device. I tried to check this and observed something very surprising. Now when I opt for the "Always keep on This Device" option for a file or folder in my OneDrive, where (the original version) will it get stored? In the "Workspace" volume or in the Macintosh HD volume? When I searched for the original folder, it was found in the "users" directory in the Macintosh HD volume. Now the OneDrive folder in the "Workspace" volume shows a sign indicating it is an alias. I have created a volume "Workspace" for keeping my work-related files and chose that "Workspace" volume for my OneDrive folder. ![]() This issue concerns OneDrive on an M1 Pro Macbook Pro running on Mac OS Monterey. OneDrive on Mac OS Monterey: Where are the offline files saved? Hello, MBP-de-Cedric:Documents Sync currentuser$ sudo du -h -d 1 /Users/currentuser/Documents/OneDrive/Documents\ Syncĥ,2G /Users/currentuser/Documents/OneDrive/Documents Sync/Documents CedricĠB /Users/currentuser/Documents/OneDrive/Documents Sync/Documents Alessioġ6K /Users/currentuser/Documents/OneDrive/Documents Sync/Documents NadaĨ,0K /Users/currentuser/Documents/OneDrive/Documents Sync/Documents Flaviaġ6K /Users/currentuser/Documents/OneDrive/Documents Sync/Documents Inèsĥ,2G /Users/currentuser/Documents/OneDrive/Documents Sync ![]() MBP-de-Cedric:OneDrive.noindex currentuser$ sudo du -h -d 1 /Users/currentuser/Library/Group\ Containers/UBF8T346G9.OneDriveStandaloneSuite/OneDrive.noindex/OneDriveġ55G /Users/currentuser/Library/Group Containers/UBF8T346G9.OneDriveStandaloneSuite/OneDrive.noindex/OneDrive/Documents Syncħ,1G /Users/currentuser/Library/Group Containers/UBF8T346G9.OneDriveStandaloneSuite/OneDrive.noindex/OneDrive/Camera Rollģ2K /Users/currentuser/Library/Group Containers/UBF8T346G9.OneDriveStandaloneSuite/OneDrive.noindex/OneDrive/VTO2000 motion snapshotsġ62G /Users/currentuser/Library/Group Containers/UBF8T346G9.OneDriveStandaloneSuite/OneDrive.noindex/OneDrive I also wonder where my personal files are normally stored on my Macbook when you sync them with OneDrive ? or if something went wrong during an update. So I wanted to know if it was normal the personal files I sync with Onedrive are stored in this "Library" Folder. ![]() Sudo du -h -d 1 /Users/currentuser/Library/Group\ Containers/UBF8T346G9.OneDriveStandaloneSuite/OneDrive.noindex/OneDriveġ55G /Users/currentuser/Library/Group Containers/UBF8T346G9.OneDriveStandaloneSuite/OneDrive.noindex/OneDrive/Documents Syncħ,1G /Users/currentuser/Library/Group Containers/UBF8T346G9.OneDriveStandaloneSuite/OneDrive.noindex/OneDrive/Camera Rollģ2K /Users/currentuser/Library/Group Containers/UBF8T346G9.OneDriveStandaloneSuite/OneDrive.noindex/OneDrive/VTO2000 motion snapshotsġ62G /Users/currentuser/Library/Group Containers/UBF8T346G9.OneDriveStandaloneSuite/OneDrive.noindex/OneDrive Investigating a bit, I discovered that the Library folder was taking a lot of space : Hello, I have a MacBook Pro with 500 Go HDD, and I saw I was running out of space (only 90 Go left) although I only have like 170 Go of personal files (documents, music. ![]() He moved to Poland and joined BYPOL, which he said had been working with the Cyber Partisans since around late last year. Mass demonstrations followed the election, and some police officers were accused of torturing and beating hundreds of citizens in a brutal crackdown.Īliaksandr Azarau, a former police lieutenant colonel in Belarus who headed an organized crime and corruption unit, said he quit his job last year after witnessing election fraud and police violence. The hackers have teamed up with a group named BYPOL, created by former Belarusian police officers, who defected following the disputed election of Lukashenko last year. Nikolai Kvantaliani, a Belarusian digital security expert, said the data exposed by the Cyber Partisans showed “that officials knew they were targeting innocent people and used extra force with no reason.” As a result, he said, “more people are starting to not believe in propaganda” from state media outlets, which suppressed images of police violence during anti-government demonstrations last year. ![]() “If ever Lukashenko ends up facing prosecution in the International Criminal Court, for example, these records are going to be incredibly important,” said Tanya Lokot, an associate professor at Dublin City University who specializes in protest and digital rights issues in Eastern Europe. ![]() On July 30, the head of the country’s KGB security agency, Ivan Tertel, said in a speech aired on state television that there had been “hacker attacks on personal data” and a “systematic collection of information,” which he blamed on the work of “foreign special services,” according to local news website Zerkalo.io.While the immediate impact of the hack isn’t entirely clear, experts said the long-term consequences could be significant, from undermining government proclamations to bolstering international efforts to sanction or prosecute Lukashenko and his subordinates. In an interview and on social media, the hackers said they also sabotaged more than 240 surveillance cameras in Belarus and are preparing to shut down government computers with malicious software named X-App.Belarus’s interior ministry didn’t respond to requests for comment. In addition, there are mortality statistics indicating that thousands more people in Belarus died from Covid-19 than the government has publicly acknowledged, the documents suggest. The information contains lists of alleged police informants, personal information about top government officials and spies, video footage gathered from police drones and detention centers and secret recordings of phone calls from a government wiretapping system, according to interviews with the hackers and documents reviewed by Bloomberg News.Īmong the pilfered documents are personal details about Lukashenko’s inner circle and intelligence officers. The Belarusian Cyber Partisans, as the hackers call themselves, have in recent weeks released portions of a huge data trove they say includes some of the country’s most secret police and government databases. (Bloomberg) - Opponents of the Belarus government said they have pulled off an audacious hack that has compromised dozens of police and interior ministry databases as part of a broad effort to overthrow President Alexander Lukashenko’s regime. ![]() Unfortunately, you have to repeat the first two steps for each rivet and secure the end cap to the roller tube. Once those are done you need to remove the 3 rivets by drilling a 3/16th inch hole in the center of them. ![]() Then, you need to secure the spring to stop any uncontrolled unwinding or any unintended awning movement. The first step is to open the awning only 2 revolutions. The instructions for this procedure are quite detailed but in a nutshell, here are some of the steps you need to take: How do You Remove a Dometic Awning Motor? we have not been able to confirm this bit of information yet but that seems to be the way to go when you want to save some money.īefore you replace your motor, shop around to get the best price possible. The word is that a company called Fiamma is the company that makes these motors for Dometic and you can buy a motor directly from them for around $220. They do sell replacement motors but that price can get to around $700 which is a pretty hefty markup over the actual cost of the motor. It seems that Dometic doesn't make its own awning motors. You will need the serial or model number of the motor currently in your awning and that is usually found on the manufacturer’s badge.ĭuring our research, we did come across some interesting information. The first step in this process is to purchase the right motor for your awning. If you are still under warranty, then that is the only step you can take as any unauthorized repairs may void your protection and leave you with some expensive repair costs down the road. This may take some mechanical skill and if you are not good with working with tools then you should call a qualified repairman to handle this problem. ![]() To avoid this issue, tilt your awning in such a way that the water will drain away from the motor. Then take your carb spray or WD-40 and use those lubricants to help break up any corrosion or rust holding the parts firmly in place. Once you have dealt with the spring, there are a couple of Allen screws that need to be removed before you can see inside the motor. You need to be careful about the spring as if you do not put it in a good spot to hold it in its current location it can unwind on you and cause you a lot more problems. Then you have to be careful with the spring. Once you have the awning in the right position, you may have to drill out 3 rivets holding the motor in place. If this happens when the awning is in the extended position, then you will have an easy time removing the motor, taking it apart, and see what parts can be cleaned and which ones need replacing.īut if the motor seizes when the awning is retracted, you may have a tough time extending the awning far enough to work on it. One of the biggest and most common problems you will find with a Dometic awning motor is that moisture got inside the casing and over time the parts corroded to the point that they would seize and not move. That would need to be removed and replaced for the awning motor to work as it should. Make sure to check the obvious first to save you from any embarrassing moments when a repairman finds them.įinally, you may have a bad switch in the control panel. Other simple sources would be a fuse was blown or the breaker tripped for some reason. While you may be able to fix these problems yourself, it may be best to call in a qualified repairman as they have the tools to properly diagnose the problem. It can wear down over the years and simply malfunction, overheat, have a short in the wiring, and other small issues. It can malfunction due to corrosion, rust, wear and tear and again you will probably have to replace the control button.Ī third source would be the motor itself. ![]() The next common source for these two common problems would be the power button. One will be that there is a wire loose or frayed cutting the power to the motor.Īll you have to do if that is the source of the problem is replace the wire. The basic two problems you will run into will be that the awning will not retract and it will not deploy. Reilly ran unopposed in the November general election.Īs District Attorney, Reilly will oversee the prosecution of criminal cases in the 36th Prosecutorial District, formerly known as the 25 th District, comprised of Burke, Caldwell and Catawba counties. He begins his first term after defeating former DA David Learner in the 2018 primary to earn the Republican nod for the office. It truly is an honor and a privilege to serve the citizens of our district.” This is the highlight of my professional career. I am asking family, friends and supporters for their thoughts and prayers in helping me make the right decisions and do the right things. “I understand that I have been given a vast amount of responsibility. ![]() “I want to make a difference by giving back to our community, and I expect our ADAs (Assistant District Attorneys) to engage in ways to give back to our community,” Reilly said. The oath is administered by Resident Superior Court Judge Gregory R. Scott Reilly, center, takes the oath of office as District Attorney as his wife Beth holds the Bible for him during Tuesday’s ceremony at the Catawba County Justice Center. Hayes, Resident Superior Court Judge from Catawba County. ![]() In front of family, friends and supporters, Reilly and 14 Assistant District Attorneys took the oath of office administered by the Honorable Gregory R. ![]() NEWTON, NC (January 1, 2019) - Scott Reilly was sworn in as the new District Attorney for the 36 th Prosecutorial District during a ceremony held at the Catawba County Justice Center on Tuesday, January 1, 2019. ![]() Use custom benchmark settings to explore your PC's performance limits. Run 3DMark before and after overclocking to measure the performance gain. The reward is a free performance upgrade and the satisfaction of pushing your hardware beyond its stock performance.ģDMark is an essential tool for overclockers. The goal is to squeeze every drop of performance out of your GPU and CPU. Overclocking is an art that takes skill and precision. Ask for advice, share tips, and show off your system in the 3DMark Community Hub on Steam. Identify bottlenecks in your system and compare 3DMark scores to help choose your next upgrade. Run 3DMark after every change to track your progress. Now see how much more performance you can get from your system. And if you’re wondering what your 3DMark score means for real-world game performance, 3DMark also shows you the frame rates you can expect in a selection of popular games. Higher than average scores show the potential for overclocking your hardware. Lower than average scores may indicate a problem with cooling, configuration, or faulty components. ![]() Start by comparing your 3DMark score with results from other systems with the same hardware. The faster the benchmark runs, the better your score. 3DMark will recommend the best benchmark for your hardware.ģDMark tests your system's GPU and CPU performance by rendering extremely demanding game-like scenes in real time. It has dedicated tests for all types of PC from lightweight laptops to dedicated desktops. Welcome to 3DMark, the Gamer's Benchmark.ģDMark includes everything gamers need to benchmark and compare PC performance. And there'll always be new hardware that delivers more performance for your games. There'll always be a new game that demands more performance from your hardware. For more than 20 years, 3DMark has been the first choice for benchmarking, testing, and comparing PC performance. Downloads The latest version is available in the downloads section.PC gaming is a quest for performance, a never-ending cycle of upgrading, overclocking, and tweaking your system for faster frame rates, higher resolutions, and better quality visual effects.ģDMark is essential equipment for this quest. Just download and run the binary, without installation. It's so simple to use, you don't need documentation. Commercial support and customization options are available, please contact us for details. ![]() We also offer a GPU-Z SDK, which is provided as simple-to-use DLL with full feature set that can be used from C/C++/.NET and others. However, you may not redistribute GPU-Z as part of a commercial package. GPU-Z is free to use for personal and commercial usage. Want more info? Questions? Requests? E-Mail us at we're happy to help. When not installed, the user gets offered to download them automatically from this URL) (the 3D render test requires some Microsoft libraries.Once loaded, the user is redirected to our GPU Specs Database) (when the 'Lookup' button is clicked, opens in the user's browser.* (for the VBIOS upload, which is a user-initiated action).(for the update check, on startup, can be disabled in settings).You may use HTTPS deep inspection / MITM to look at GPU-Z network traffic.uses its own IP address, which isn't used by any other host, we don't use SNI.Our GPU-Z software will only make network requests to and only through port 443 (https). ![]() Information for IT Administrators & Security ![]() So defeating them early on will make the fight alot easier. The spell gets vastly stronger over time. The guardians are casting Conservation to reinforce their armor.Extremely OK Games, Ltd., has revealed the name of its next project: Earthblade. Elves don't have access to a smelter building and thus are inefficient in farming iron from the world deposits. Connect with top gaming leaders in Los Angeles at GamesBeat Summit 2023 this May 22-23. Use the dwarven monument to get iron faster.The game will utilize the right stick for an unrevealed purpose The game is 'squishier', 'less exact', than Celeste. It will be possible to play with keyboard (and Noel does), but it's not really the intended or ideal way to play. Unlike Celeste, it's not a minimal input game. After some time has passed, the rune warrior headed back to his mines to get the Earthblade as a reward. Movement is important, but not the core of the game. Upon having brought Urak the materials, he will begin creating the final form of the blade. For creating said metal, Urak would need multiple rare resources:Ĭould be found at multiple fiery locationsĬould be found at either Arz'ach in Mulandir or Ulather in The Rift.Ĭould be found at The Unforgiven at The Howling Mounds. Alternatively, if the rune warrior would want to keep it, she would need to create red adamantinum. You need the Digmasters Earthblade in order to challenge Mingus Diggs. Upon having talked to Urak, he suggested to trade the Earthblade from the rune warrior for rune stones for rune heroes. Urak Gursam, the miner, could either provide the necessary resources or he would purchase the raw blade from the rune warrior. Upon showing it to Skarvig, he was amazed and suggested to talk to Urak Gursam at the Windholme mines. The wrath of the mountains occured: The guardians had to be destroyed to obtain the Earthblade.Īfter all five guardians had been defeated, the raw earthblade was given to the rune warrior. ![]() ![]() In the absence of electronics, an entire economy of brokers, bookers, and actor-managers has sprung up to fill the entertainment void in this violent and lawless world. Seven years later, these survivors have evolved into a traveling troupe of players who act out not-quite-accurate episodes of The Simpsons and highly nostalgic commercials in front of a paying audience. A ragtag group of survivors huddles around a campfire and tries to recount the “Cape Feare” episode of The Simpsons, a parody of the Martin Scorsese remake of Cape Fear. A subsequent series of nuclear meltdowns (not enough engineers survived the plague) have poisoned the atmosphere and brought down the electrical grid. This three-act play starts in the not-so-distant future, after an epidemic has decimated the population. Watching it is like looking at a complex painting: The longer you look, the more you’ll discover and you’re likely to find new details upon repeat inspection. If you’re able to suspend your disbelief, you will discover an infinitely fascinating and meticulously constructed play that is well worth your two hours. That doesn’t mean, however, that intrepid producers wouldn’t rob the graves of the aforementioned deceased media: In Washburn’s future, live performances of television scripts (particularly The Simpsons) are all the rage. After all, in a world lit only by fire, the theater’s electronic competition (movies, TV, the internet) would be instantly obliterated, leaving live performance as the only viable mode of entertainment. If you really think about it, though, it makes sense. It seems like a far-fetched notion when so many stage companies are facing financial ruin without the added pressure of Armageddon. Burns, A Post-Electric Play, now receiving its New York premiere at Playwrights Horizons. That is the central assumption behind Anne Washburn’s Mr. ![]() Playwrights Horizons, now in its 48th year, is dedicated to cultivating American playwrights, composers, and lyricists, as well as developing and producing their new plays and musicals.After the Apocalypse, the theater will survive. Harris’s A Boy’s Company Presents: “Tell Me If I’m Hurting You.” This world premiere commissioned by Playwrights Horizons is described as a “gilded, hyperqueer revenge fantasy” between characters called Vinny and Baby Boy. It tells the story of an Afghan interpreter employed, then abandoned by U.S. Selling Kabul by Sylvia Khoury opens in March 2020, directed by Tyne Rafaeli. The show spans three generations as it follows the discovery by a woman of the photograph of an anonymous soldier, tucked away in a box of her grandmother’s keepsakes. In February 2020, Unknown Soldier, a musical with music and lyrics by the late Michael Friedman, with book and lyrics by Daniel Goldstein, will open, with direction by Trip Cullman. The play follows the recollections of a young woman in the thrall of a psychic as she is haunted by mysterious family secret. Next, in November, is The Thin Place by Lucas Hnath, directed by Les Waters. The play depicts four young conservatives gathered for a backyard after-party, as their reunion spirals into chaos and inter-generational recrimination. In September Will Arbery’s Heroes of the Fourth Turning will open, directed by Danya Taymor. A world premiere commission by Playwrights Horizons, the play spans the castles of 16th-century France to the plains of 1960s Idaho to the strapping fortresses of 1920s India, honing in on the untold stories of the women behind the world’s patriarchal Great Men narratives. The season begins in August with Wives by Jaclyn Backhaus, directed by Margot Bordelon. “Even as the plays are in dialogue with pressing conversations happening all around us, what feels so exciting about these works is how many of them do so with a super-aesthetic approach that pushes the theatrical form to new heights while perpetuating our curiosity rather than offering easy answers.” “The playwrights featured this season are pursuing remarkably fresh and wildly varied artistic styles,” said Tim Sanford, Playwrights’ artistic director, in a statement. NEW YORK CITY: Playwrights Horizons has announced its 2019-20 season, featuring five new plays and a new musical, the last by late composer Michael Friedman. |