Join us for the next Regional Chat series in Kangaroo Valley with local architects speaking to the idea of design informed by the local character from which it springs.The post NSW Regional Chats: Kangaroo Valley appeared first on Australian Institute of Architects.

Image credit: YZD/Northcrest DevelopmentsArtists, collectives, and cultural organizations are invited to help shape the future of public space in Toronto through an open call forBeyond the Tarmac, a large-scale, interactive art installation at YZD.YZD is the transformation of the 370-acre former Downsview Airport lands, led by Toronto-based real estate developer, Northcrest Developments. Over the next 30 years, this project is set to evolve into seven neighbourhoods, welcome more than 55,000 residents and feature over 28 million sq. ft. of residential space, seven million sq. ft. of commercial and cultural spaces, and almost 74 acres of parks and open spaces.Beyond the Tarmac offers artists and creatives the opportunity to contribute to the development of an urban space in transition. The program, which is now in its second year, is seeking imaginative proposals that bring the theme, Where Creativity Meets Play to life. As long as the proposal is public-facing and aligns with the spirit and eligibility requirements of the program, the call is open to a range of artistic and creative mediums.One project will be selected to receive up to $100,000 CAD and be presented as part of YZDs 2026 summer programming.Applicants are encouraged to come up with projects that foster meaningful connections with diverse communities while responding to the histories and future possibilities of this landscape.The program is open to local and international applicants, with priority given to equity-deserving artists living within 10km of the site and those connected to the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). Applications from outside this region will still be considered.Shortlisted candidates will receive a $500 CAD honorarium and be interviewed by a panel of public art and culture experts.Applicants must submit a single PDF to partners@yzd.ca by August 29, 2025 at 11:59 p.m. EST. The shortlist will be announced on September 24, 2025.Interviews will take place between October 1 to 25, 2025, and the installation will take place between the summer and fall of 2026.For full application details, eligibility, submission guidelines, and a look at last years selected installations, visit the Open Call website here.The post $100K Public Art Open Call to Activate Former Toronto Airport appeared first on Canadian Architect.

Hallelujah is a 1929 American pre-Code musical film distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), directed by King Vidor, and starring Daniel L. Haynes and Nina Mae McKinney. Filmed in Tennessee and Arkansas, and chronicling the troubled quest of the sharecropper Zeke Johnson (Haynes) and his relationship with the seductive Chick (McKinney), Hallelujah was one of the first films with an allAfrican-American cast produced by a major studio. Released on August20, 1929, Hallelujah was Vidor's first sound film, and combined sound recorded on location with sound recorded post-production in Hollywood. It was intended for a general audience, and was considered so risky a venture that MGM required Vidor to invest his own salary in the production. He expressed an interest in "showing the Southern Negro as he is" and attempted to present a relatively non-stereotyped view of African-American life, though the film has been criticized for prejudice and stereotyping. Hallelujah entered the public domain in 2025.Film credit: King VidorRecently featured: Saint-Gaudens double eagleThe ColonelLittle corellaArchiveMore featured pictures

August 20Bus on the O-Bahn Busway1710 War of the Spanish Succession: A Spanish Bourbon army commanded by the Marquis de Bay was soundly defeated by a multinational army led by the Austrian commander Guido Starhemberg.1920 The American Professional Football Association, a predecessor of the National Football League, was founded.1988 Fires in the United States' Yellowstone National Park ravaged more than 150,000 acres (610km2) on the single worst day of the conflagration.1989 The final stage of the O-Bahn Busway in Adelaide, South Australia, was finished, completing at the time the world's longest and fastest guided busway, with buses (example pictured) travelling 12km (7.5mi) at speeds of up to 100km/h (62mph).2018 Silent Sam, a Confederate monument on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, was toppled by protestors.George Tucker (b.1775)Ron Paul (b.1935)Mika Yamamoto (d.2012)B.K.S. Iyengar (d.2014)More anniversaries: August 19August 20August 21ArchiveBy emailList of days of the yearAbout

Monday, August 25th, 2025Posted by Jim ThackerXencelabs launches the Pen Display 24+html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"Xencelabs has released the Pen Display 24+, its new $1,899 24-inch 4K pen display, targeted at professional graphics workflows including illustration, animation, VFX and 3D design.It is billed as the industrys first Calman Ready pen display, streamlining the process of color calibration, and also supports HPs Anyware remote access software.The original Pen Display 24 is also still available, and now comes bundled with the new versions of Xencelabs pens.Xencelabs 24-inch pen displaysPen Display 24Pen Display 24+Display resolution4K Ultra HD (3,840 x 2,160)4K Ultra HD (3,840 x 2,160)Active area20.8 x 11.7 in(527 296 mm)20.8 x 11.7 in(527 296 mm)Dimensions24.4 x 15.3 x 1.4 in(619 x 388 x 35 mm)24.4 x 15.3 x 1.4 in(619 x 388 x 35 mm)Weight13.3 lbs (6.0 kg)13.3 lbs (6.0 kg)Color gamut99% sRGB99% Adobe RGB93% DCI-P382% REC 202099% sRGB99% Adobe RGB93% DCI-P382% REC 2020Brightness330 cd/m2330 cd/m2Pen 3-Button Pen v2Thin Pen v23-Button Pen v2Thin Pen v2Pen pressure levels8,1928,192Programmable keys8(On Quick Keys:supports up to 5 sets)8(On Quick Keys:supports up to 5 sets)Includes stand?YesYesCalman Ready?NoWindows and Linux onlyIncludes HP Anyware?NoWindows onlyOperating systemsWndows, macOS,LinuxWndows, macOS,LinuxRelease date20232025Current price$1,749$1,899Prices are those in Xencelabs online store as of 25 August 2025.Key specifications and priceThe new Pen Display 24+ has the same core specifications and the same $1,899 launch price as the original Pen Display 24, which was released in 2024.As such, its a high-quality display targeted at high-end work, with driver support for a range of 2D and 3D software, including Blender and Adobe, Autodesk, Foundry and Maxon applications.Supports Calman color calibration workflows and remote access via HP AnywareThe main difference is that the Pen Display 24+ is Calman Ready: that is, that it has Portrait Displays color calibration technology built in.The technology is intended to streamline the process of color calibration, [enabling] hardware-level calibration directly on the display, bypassing complex OS-level adjustments.That makes the Pen Display 24+ the first Calman Ready input device: the other Calman Ready displays are professional monitors and high-end home entertainment systems.However, it isnt an all-in-one solution: calibration also requires the Calman Studio or Calman Ultimate software and a compatible colorimiter like Portrait Displays C6 HDR5000.The workflow is available when connecting the Pen Display 24+ to a Windows or Linux system: it isnt currently available on macOS.In addition, the Pen Display 24+ is compatible with remote access software HP Anyware, albeit only on Windows.Both the Pen Display 24 and Pen Display 24+ also support Parsec for remote access, which is available on Windows, Linux and macOS.Original Pen Display 24 also still availableThe original Pen Display 24 also remains available, and now also comes bundles with Xencelabs new v2 three-button and thin pens, which also work with the firms current pen tablets.At the time of writing, it is available in Xencelabs online store for $1,749, down $150 since launch.The current price is the result of a back to school sale, but presumably, the Pen Display 24 wont return to its full original price now that the Pen Display 24+ is available.Price and system requirementsXencelabs Pen Display 24+ is compatible with Windows 7+ (Windows 11 on ARM64 processors), a range of Linux distros, and macOS 10.13+. It costs $1,899.Read more about the Xencelabs Pen Display 24+ on the product websiteHave your say on this story by following CG Channel on Facebook, Instagram and X (formerly Twitter). 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Blue Prince has finally opened its doors on Steam, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and Windows, as well as arriving on PS+ Game Catalogue and Game Pass day one! Explore a genre-bending, atmospheric, architectural adventure unlike any youve played, involving an ever-changing manor of 45 shifting rooms. Prepare to embark on a genre-defying puzzle strategy adventure, where you will draft rooms, unravel mysteries, solve puzzles, and develop architectural strategies as you try to track down the mysterious Room 46.The post Blue Prince Opens Its Doors! appeared first on Raw Fury.

Debora SzpilmanWe persist in hiring and training as if were running a bowling squad, as if easily measured skills are all that matter.What causes successful organizations to fail? What makes stocks fade, innovations slow, customers jump ship? We can agree that certain skills are essential. That hiring coders who cant code, salespeople who cant sell, or architects who cant design is a waste. But these skills lets call them vocational skills have become the backbone of the recruitment process.But how do you explain that similar organizations, with similarly vocationally skilled people, find themselves with very different outcomes? Most of the textbooks that students experience and the tests they take are about vocational skills, the checkboxes that have to be checked to get a job. By misdefining vocational and focusing on these allegedly essential skills, weve diminished the value of the other skills that matter.We give too little respect to the other skills when we call them soft and imply that theyre optional. What actually separates thriving organizations from struggling ones are the difficult-to-measure attitudes, processes and perceptions of the people who do the work.Vocational skills can be taught: Youre not born knowing engineering or copywriting or even graphic design, therefore they must be something we can teach. But we let ourselves off the hook when it comes to decision-making, eager participation, dancing with fear, speaking with authority, working in teams, seeing the truth, speaking the truth, inspiring others, doing more than were asked, caring and being willing to change things. We underinvest in this training, fearful that these things are innate and cant be taught. Perhaps theyre talents. And so we downplay them, calling them soft skills, making it easy for us to move on to something seemingly more urgent.At scale, organizations pay less attention to soft skills when hiring because weve persuaded ourselves that vocational skills are impersonal and easier to measure. If its easier to test for, it seems more important when selecting our team.And we fire slowly (and retrain rarely) when these skills are missing, because were worried about stepping on toes, being called out for getting personal or possibly wasting time on a lost cause.But these skills can all be learned, as obvious skills like chess or typing can be learned. We learn them accidentally, by osmosis, by the collisions we have with teachers, parents, bosses and the world. Even though theyre more difficult to measure, that doesnt mean we cant improve them, cant practice them or cant change the way we do our work.Of course we can.Lets stop calling them soft. Theyre interpersonal skills. Leadership skills. The skills of charisma and diligence and contribution. But these modifiers, while accurate, somehow edge them away from the vocational skills, the skills that we actually hire for, the skills we measure a graduate degree on.So lets uncomfortably call them real skills instead.Real because they work, because theyre at the heart of what we need today.Real because even if youve got the vocational skills, youre no help to us without these human skills, the things that we cant write down or program a computer to do.Real skills cant replace vocational skills, of course. What they can do is amplify the things youve already been measuring.Imagine a team member with all the traditional vocational skills: productive, skilled, experienced. A resume that can prove it. Thats a fine baseline.Now add to it. Perceptive, charismatic, driven, focused, goal-setting, inspiring and motivated. Generous, empathic and consistent. A deep listener, with patience. What happens to your organization when someone like that joins your team?Writing in the Harvard Business Review, Lou Solomon reports that 69 percent of managers are uncomfortable communicating with their employees. Id guess that many of the other 31 percent are lying.Communicating with employees is uncomfortable because weve built systems of compliance and dominance that make it difficult. We ask people to leave their humanity at the door, then use authority to change behavior. We overlay corporate greed and short-term thinking with a human desire to create work that matters.How do we build people-centric organizations while also accepting the fact that two thirds of our managers (presumably well paid, well trained and integral to our success) are so uncomfortable doing an essential part of their job that they admitted it to a stranger?In a recent survey, the Graduate Management Admission Council reported that although MBAs were strong in analytical aptitude, quantitative expertise and information-gathering ability, they were sorely lacking in other critical areas that employers find equally attractive: strategic thinking, written and oral communication, leadership and adaptability. Are these mutually exclusive? Must we trade one for the other?The foundation of all real skills is this one: the confidence and permission to talk to one another. Not to manage, belittle, intimidate or control. Simply to seek to be understood and to do the work to understand.Excerpted from The Song of Significance: A New Manifesto for Teams by Seth Godin, in agreement with Portfolio, an imprint of Penguin Publishing Group, a division of Penguin Random House LLC. Copyright Seth Godin 2023.Watch his TED Talk now:

Countdown 6 takeaways from day 2 of TED Countdown Summit 2025Posted by: Brian Greene, Oliver Friedman and Maria Ladias June 17, 2025at 1:00 pm EDTHosts Ryan Panchadsaram and Lindsay Levin speak at Countdown Summit 2025 on June 17, 2025, in Nairobi, Kenya. (Photo: Humphrey Gateri / TED)Who says climate talks cant come with a plot twist? Day 2 of TED Countdown Summit 2025 flipped the script on what we think of as the drivers of climate progress. Its not just solar panels and policy its in the flow of money, trust and imagination. Informal economies are bursting with potential. Even refrigeration and rewilding got their spotlight as unsung heroes of resilience. The common thread? Climate action works best when it works for people. Heres what stood out from day 2:Anuj Tanna speaks at Countdown Summit 2025 on June 17, 2025, in Nairobi, Kenya. (Photo: Humphrey Gateri / TED)Capitalism, but make it work for everyone. Entrepreneur Anuj Tanna sees Africas informal economies not as something broken but as something brilliant a space of creativity, community and grit. He dives into how identity, trust and peer-based learning are transforming side hustles into scalable enterprises, and why empowering this movement may be the most sustainable path forward. This thinking led him to build MESH: a platform designed to boost visibility, share skills and grow networks. His call? Stop trying to fix the informal economy. Unlock it instead. Sustainability investor Steve Howard flips the lens to capitalism itself, asking whether the same tools that helped break the planet might also help save it. With bold policy and long-term thinking, even profit-driven systems can scale climate solutions fast if we dare to change the rules.Yi Li speaks at Countdown Summit 2025 on June 17, 2025, in Nairobi, Kenya. (Photo: Humphrey Gateri / TED)When profits protect the planet. We often think solving climate change means deploying new tools and training. But what if the real breakthrough starts with something far more basic: a steady paycheck? Agribusiness groundbreaker Yi Li shares how financial sustainability not just climate solutions is the key to long-term agricultural impact. When farmers thrive financially, she says, the climate benefits follow. Climate equity entrepreneur Sandeep Roy Choudhury highlights carbon credits as an imperfect but powerful financial tool to make solutions a reality, especially in vulnerable communities already facing the worst effects of climate change. From mangrove restoration to clean cooking initiatives that cut emissions, these projects build resilience and create jobs.Sebastin Kind speaks at Countdown Summit 2025 on June 17, 2025, in Nairobi, Kenya. (Photo: Humphrey Gateri / TED)De-risking the energy transition. Renewable energy pioneer Sebastin Kind helped transform Argentina into a global model for clean energy growth despite economic crises and skepticism by building political trust and protecting investors. Now, through his nonprofit RELP, hes helping other countries follow the same path. What about the uncertainties no one can control? Enter climate risk advisor Amy Barnes, who reframes climate risk insurance as a warning bell. She explains why protecting lives, infrastructure and investments means getting ahead of disasters, not just reacting to them. Barnes underscores investing in resilience, both through adaptation and smarter tools, before those safety nets disappear entirely.Jacqueline Novogratz speaks at Countdown Summit 2025 on June 17, 2025, in Nairobi, Kenya. (Photo: Humphrey Gateri / TED)Electricity is empowerment. From enduring climate shocks to preserving medicine, the infrastructure we build today will shape who thrives tomorrow. Impact investor Jacqueline Novogratz shows how electrifying the hardest-to-reach places on Earth is more than a climate solution its a moral test of our courage and imagination, one we can pass by mobilizing the right kind of capital. Electricity powers a lot, including your refrigerator, which is connected to an entire network of thermal control called the cold chain. Writer and researcher Nicola Twilley urges us to recognize the hidden force of the refrigeration systems quietly sustaining our food, health and supply networks quite literally, the cold that keeps life going.Harjeet Singh speaks at Countdown Summit 2025 on June 17, 2025, in Nairobi, Kenya. (Photo: Photo: Callie Giovanna / TED)We cant fight climate change with one-size-fits-all solutions. Policy expert Harjeet Singh argues that development must mean adaptation, tailoring responses to fit local realities, not global ideals. From Indian farmers braving deadly heat waves with solar-powered pumps to floating farms in flood-prone Bangladesh, real solutions are already saving lives and livelihoods. But adaptation cant happen in isolation; it requires development, resources and justice. Climate tech leader Hao Xu turns our attention to accelerating innovation. As vice president of sustainable social value at Tencent, he explains that we already have the science to turn CO into fuel, plastic, even jet fuel. The challenge now is scaling both engineering and business. Xu makes the case for making low-carbon businesses profitable and accelerate climate action through bold, tech-driven solutions.Isabella Tree speaks at Countdown Summit 2025 on June 17, 2025, in Nairobi, Kenya. (Photo: Photo: Callie Giovanna / TED)Conservation, everywhere and anywhere. Leading Microsofts AI for Good Lab, AI visionary Juan M. Lavista Ferres introduces SPARROW: Solar-Powered Acoustic and Remote Recording Observation Watch. This simple yet powerful open-source technology transforms how conservationists collect, transmit and analyze biodiversity data, turning months of delay into real-time insights critical for saving species and ecosystems now. Environmentalist Isabella Tree shows that rewilding isnt reserved for grand parks; it can begin in your own garden. She shares how letting animals roam free on her farmland brought the land back to life reviving ecosystems, boosting biodiversity and even capturing carbon, all in just a few years. Tree leaves us with some practical tips for rewilding at home: disturb the Earth, mimic animal behavior, welcome wetlands and leave dead things be encouraging us all to let green spaces grow wild.Ghetto Classics Dance performs at Countdown Summit 2025 on June 17, 2025, in Nairobi, Kenya. (Photo: Humphrey Gateri / TED)

Hoy, Bambu Lab ha presentado su nueva impresora 3D: la H2S. ¿Qué diferencia a esta máquina del resto de la gama de Bambu Lab? Por un lado, cuenta con el mayor volumen de impresión para una configuración de boquilla única…

Riot Games Marcus Reid reveals the development teams reasoning and process for upgrading from UE4 to UE5and how the move sets VALORANT up for future success.