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Dóna la sensació que sigui moldejable. Bon efecte.
Very nice shot! :) Is it more shots composed together or just one? My best regards, Radek
It is just one. I used a very wide lens here
Ah, and full frame, I see :)
A very beautiful shot & very nice place.well composition, like!!! Best wishes Greeting from India. pradeep
Photo taken in 08500 Vic, Barcelona, Spain
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I just bought two 120 GB X-25 Mainstream SSD disks from Intel and I'm trying to figure out what the best setup would be for them.
I play games mainly and I also record in-game footage with PlayClaw/Fraps which strains your frames per second heavily. What would give me the most FPS? I was thinking of installing the OS (Windows 7) and the actual games on one of the SSD's and then recording the material to the other SSD. Would this be optimal or is there some better way?


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just as the dusk comes hooting down through the shivering black leaves of the swinging trees we (the brave ones swaggering like marshalls through a lynch-mob) crash-bang our way to the door of the so-called haunted house knock knock - kick in a pane of glass and the dusk hoots louder in our ears and the swinging trees ride like a mob with murder in mind - knock knock - the heavy knocker on the solid door shaking the house - knock knock knock knock - louder shaking our brave bodies the heavy knocker of our hearts knock knock - knock knock knock we laugh with a harsh laughter we have never heard before push and shove each other in a boisterous fear lean on heave crash open the door fall in a heap inside - pick ourselves up courageous still giggling and bruised..... shush find words bounce our voices off the walls.... shush shush yell catcalls scream shriek roar batter and shatter..... shush shush shush oh shush yourselves no really - shush in the air under the stair what can we hear shush are you getting scared we knew it we knew that if we dared.... we can hear noises noises noises in an empty house the sound of our voices echoes in crevices rattles in doorways booms in the hollowness of empty rooms no that isn't all that doesn't explain the tall hooded silence standing in the hall or the whispering smell of dust bristling the floor scurrying like the dried-up bones of mice to the hole in the crumbling wall something snatches our voices away from us too quickly for our voices to be all nonsense the house is dead it can't harm us old bricks and wood you're letting the darkness go to your head shout if you don't believe us shout if anybody's there if anybody's there you won't get us afraid of you whoever you are whoever you are this is what we think of you boo boo boo what's wrong what's wrong tell us what's wrong listen nothing no nothing at all your voices went but they didn't return you called but nothing came back at all there's something there swallowing up words absorbing them into air heavy waiting alert (daddy-longlegs pitch on skin sinister fingers whisper through the roots of our hair....) ....we're not afraid of you nothing nobody we know you're there what is it at the end of the passage in the gloom by the still door eyeing without eyes everything we do sucking us in with its black stare you think it's funny don't you trying to frighten us keeping out of sight come out here if you're anything - we'll show you arms move suddenly along the wall the moon riding hard on foaming clouds stands solid in the door and it's not a good moon at all why did we come we should have stayed home but here we are in an evil room trapped between the witchcraft of an empty house and the cold hard grin of the moon i'm going in you can't i must you'll become air a heavy silence a dance of dust there's nothing there nothing nothing there he gives a brave laugh but a laugh drained of blood and moves down the passage to the masked door hesitates and turns wanting our support frightened to his heart's core steps no - is drawn - backwards into a black space rapidly dissolving in our misted eyes we half-hear a short gasp - no more the moon's grin is louder as (on his restless clouds) he bucks about the sky no one returns to us and in the morning (rooted in fear we could not leave the place but spent the night huddled in one big stack in the frozen hall) and in the morning we find not a single trace of the friend who went as simply as any word into thin air
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Carrie L. Lewis has been drawing and painting for over 35 years. Her interest in art began very early, with parents providing crayons and paper. She sold her first horse portrait at the age of seventeen and has been painting beautifully detailed portraits of horses for clients all over the United States ever since.
Her oil painting technique draws from the work Johannes Vermeer (1632-1675) and William Bouguereau (1825-1905). In addition to borrowing their techniques, she uses as many classical materials as possible, including best possible oil paints.
Carrie also works in colored pencil using many of the same techniques used for oil painting.
Carrie has participated in exhibits in such locations as Lone Star Park Race Track, Grand Prairie, Texas and Remington Park Race Track, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. In 2003, she participated in Village Place, a one-time show in Louisville, Kentucky during Kentucky Derby weekend.
Since the early 90s, she has worked with the Michigan Harness Horseman's Association, donating custom portraits to their annual benefit auction. Monies raised during this annual art auction help fund a scholarship for the son or daughter of a member horseman.
In 2007, Carrie's painting, "A New Day", was short listed in the Shadwell Estates Ltd. 2007-08 Stallion Brochure Competition.
"I have always loved horses. It is a joy born within, placed deep inside by God above.
"Classical art has been a love since my first encounter with it. The works of such Great Masters as Rembrandt, Vermeer and Bouguereau have the ability to stir the soul and inspire my own creativity like no other art form.
"I suppose, given those two passions, it was natural that I should eventually learn and adapt the techniques of those Old Masters to my own attempts at capturing the spirit of the horse in oils."


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Articles from Britannica encyclopedias for elementary and high school students.
- porcupine - Children's Encyclopedia (Ages 8-11)
Porcupines are rodents with sharp spines called quills. The quills are stiff hairs about 3 inches (7.5 centimeters) long that act as armor to protect the porcupine. Many people believe that porcupines can shoot their quills, but this is not true.
- porcupine - Student Encyclopedia (Ages 11 and up)
When threatened, the porcupine grunts, stamps its hind feet, and erects and rattles its quills in warning. The offender would do well to retreat, for the quills detach easily from the porcupine and can become painfully embedded in the enemy's skin. (Contrary to common belief, the porcupine cannot shoot its quills.) Not only do the barbed quills inflict painful wounds, but they also work into the skin and may even cause death if they puncture vital organs or if the wounds become infected.


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I've had serious noise when hooked up to external powered speakers in the past (not on ICS), but I don't think I've had issues with wired...
Just giving you a gentle, humorous ribbing for decidedly poor forum etiquette. :)
You should be banned for starting a topic called "bionic" in the general bionic forum. ;)


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Norma Logan is the Literacy Coordinator at the Morrill Memorial Library. Read the published version of Norma's column in the May 10, 2013 edition of the Norwood Transcript and Bulletin.
Mother's Day is right around the corner with the promise of flowers, warm sunny days and the time to reflect on the state of being that the holiday celebrates. In reality, motherhood is a rollercoaster ride of joy, fear, hope, anticipation, energy and weariness. American society and culture have changed over the years, and life has, in many ways, become more complicated. However, the basic emotional ties of mothers to their sons and daughters, I believe, are ageless.
Since my daughter became a mother four years ago, I have watched her and my grandson, remembering some things and not remembering others. I have been careful about giving her advice except, as always the educator, to tell her that it is never too early to read to him. I look for books that I can recommend to her from the professionals, much like I gravitated to the Dr. Spock books in the 70's.
This adventure took me on a different course than I would have suspected. At the same time I had been doing some genealogical research that led me to learn more about mothers of our founding fathers, and I saw a very interesting connection between famous men and their relationships with their mothers.
The Raising of a President by Doug Wead begins with Abraham Lincoln's quote, "God bless my mother, all I am or ever hope to be I owe to her" and continues into chapters about the Roosevelts, the Kennedys and the Bushes. George H. W. Bush is quoted as saying, "Dad taught us about duty and service. Mother taught us about dealing with life".
Especially poignant and interesting is Cokie Roberts', popular Founding Mothers. Her introduction states that her interest in historical women was born of family stories and genealogical knowledge, as well. She writes of mothers who raised our nation like Abigail Adams, Martha Washington, and Deborah Road Franklin and their influence on future generations.
First Mothers: The Women Who Shaped the Presidents by Bonie Angelo, tells the stories of Sara Roosevelt, Martha Truman, Ida Eisenhower, Rose Kennedy, Hannah Nixon, Dorothy Ford, Lillian Carter, Virginia Clinton, Nelle Reagan, and Dorothy Bush.
Apart from historical mothers, a new book, What a Difference a Mom Makes: The Indelible Imprint a Mom Leaves on her Son's Life by Dr. Kevin Leman, is a no nonsense advice book about raising boys to be men in a contemporary world.
Whether you are a new mom, a seasoned mother with older children looking for advice, or even a history buff, you can find lots of Mom books at the library. Interestingly, they all echo the importance that a mother's life and influence has on her son. As a famous artist once said about his mother, "When I was a child, my mother said to me, 'If you become a soldier, you'll be a general. If you become a monk you'll end up as the pope.' Instead, I became a painter and wound up as Picasso."
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- 4 8-inch fat-free flour tortillas (6 to 8 inches in diameter)
- 1⁄2 cup reduced-fat peanut butter
- 1⁄4 cup strawberry all-fruit spread or 1⁄4 cup pineapple spreadable fruit
- 2 medium bananas, thinly sliced (2 cups)
- 1⁄4 cup low-fat granola
- Spread tortillas with peanut butter, then with spreadable fruit.
- Top with bananas.
- Sprinkle with granola.
- Roll up tortillas.
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Fabulous Dancer^ !! I made these to take for lunch at work. This wonderful wrap was so yummy and filling. PB&J with bananas never tasted so good. I am going to try these out on the rest of my family. Thanks for such a great idea.
This hit the spot. I didn't have granola on hand so I used Kelloggs Smart Start Cereal instead~it was good. I will have to try and get my kids to try this~~great for the lunchbox. Thanks for another great recipe Dancer!!
I had to give this a 5 star because of its simplicity!! After all, who doesn't like PB and jam or PB and bananas??


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Pownal man accused of sexually assaulting a childBy Patrick McArdle
Staff Writer | December 20,2013BENNINGTON A Pownal man is being held in prison after police said he confessed to sexually assaulting a girl he knew from the time she was a pre-teen until she became an adult.
Timothy Snyder, 49, of Pownal, was arraigned in Bennington criminal court on one felony count each of aggravated repeated sexual assault and aggravated sexual assault on a person younger than 13. Both charges carry minimum sentences of 10 years and maximum sentences of life.
Snyder, who pleaded innocent to the charges, was ordered held in the Rutland jail until a hearing can be scheduled to determine whether he will be given a chance to be released from custody pending the resolution of the charges.
In an affidavit, police said they met with a 24-year-old woman who said Snyder had sexually assaulted her numerous times from when she was about 5. She claimed he impregnated her when she was 12 but said she got an abortion.
She also provided police with a recording she made on Thankgiving, during which Snyder admitted to the sexual abuse and said he feels like the lowest scum on earth.
The woman said she hadnt come forward before because Snyder had warned her if she had, she would be pushing up daisies.
Police said Snyder was taken into custody and interviewed on Wednesday. According to the affidavit, Snyder admitted to the sexual assault, which he said started when the girl was 8, but said he was consuming a lot of alcohol back then and does not remember everything.
Snyder was convicted of sexual assault in 1985.
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Published: July 4, 2003
BRAD PITT -- his sexy voice, at least -- has arrived in theaters as Sinbad the egotistical animated pirate in ''Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas,'' battling powerful gods and goddesses. Johnny Depp -- all of him -- arrives on Wednesday as Jack Sparrow, the swarthy buccaneer in ''Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl,'' up against a shipful of the undead. Casting Hollywood's handsomest leading men as daring pirate heroes is far from a new idea. At the video store, matinee idols from Errol Flynn to Kermit the Frog are at our fingertips in the original action spectaculars. Who says there aren't enough movies set in the Caribbean? ANITA GATES
Photo: Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland on ''Captain Blood'' poster. (Photofest) Chart MOVIE CAPTAIN BLOOD (1935) Directed by Michael Curtiz Written by Casey Robinson SETTING Port Royal, Jamaica, late 17th century. SWASHBUCKLER Peter Blood (Errol Flynn), an English doctor who was sold into Caribbean slavery for having helped the wrong patient. LADY Arabella Bishop (Olivia de Havilland), parasol-carrying Englishwoman in the tropics, who buys Blood at a slave auction and is annoyed when he isn't suitably grateful. GIST Blood and his fellow slaves save Port Royal from Spanish pirates, then, unappreciated, they turn to piracy themselves. CONFLICT RESOLUTION General swordplay, attempted arson. PIRATE WISDOM ''We the hunted will now hunt'' (Flynn). MOVIE THE SEA HAWK (1940) Directed by Michael Curtiz Written by Howard Koch and Seton I. Miller SETTING England, Spain, Panama and the waters that concern them, 1680's. SWASHBUCKLER Captain Geoffrey Thorpe (Errol Flynn), a gentleman, gracious host and Francis Drake type who plunders Spanish ships for the glory of England. LADY Dona Maria Alvarez de Cordoba (Brenda Marshall), the Spanish ambassador's haughty niece who realizes Thorpe is special when he returns her looted jewelry. GIST Elizabeth I (Flora Robson) can't decide whether to fight the Spanish Armada or try diplomacy. Until Thorpe, having been captured and enslaved, escapes and returns to England with a news update. CONFLICT RESOLUTION Muskets, swords, the whip. PIRATE WISDOM ''Those who sail without oars stay on good terms with the wind'' (Flynn). MOVIE THE BLACK SWAN (1942) Directed by Henry King Written by Ben Hecht and Seton I. Miller SETTING Jamaica, early 17th century. SWASHBUCKLER Jamie-Boy Waring (Tyrone Power), sensual, frequently shirtless and enthusiastic about fighting. LADY Lady Margaret Denby (Maureen O'Hara), a feisty, deceptive redhead engaged to the wrong man. GIST Henry Morgan (Laird Cregar), who has become governor of Jamaica, enlists old pirate friends to clean up the Caribbean, which means getting rid of the new pirates. CONFLICT RESOLUTION Midnight swordfights, looting, knife fights, mechanized torture. PIRATE WISDOM ''There's nothing like a stretch on the rack to raise a thirst'' (Thomas Mitchell as Tommy Blue). MOVIE SINBAD THE SAILOR (1947) Directed by Richard Wallace Written by John Twist SETTING ''On the golden shore of Persia, in the time of the caliph Harun-al-Rashid.'' SWASHBUCKLER Sinbad (Douglas Fairbanks Jr.), a pirate and teller of tales who enjoys wearing capes and demonstrating his leaping skills. LADY Shireen (Maureen O'Hara), a feisty, deceptive redhead who mistakes Sinbad for a prince. GIST Everyone is after the treasure of Alexander the Great. CONFLICT RESOLUTION Stabbing, swordplay, ship-to-ship archery, torture and the occasional magic trick. PIRATE WISDOM ''I brought you here merely to share a mountain of gold'' (Fairbanks). MOVIE THE PIRATE (1948) Directed by Vincente Minnelli Written by Albert Hackett and Frances Goodrich SETTING Port Sebastian, late 18th century. SWASHBUCKLER Macoco, a legendary pirate that no one in Port Sebastian has ever seen. LADY Manuela (Judy Garland), who has a girlish fascination with piracy and worships Macoco. But it may be just because she wants to travel. GIST Serafin (Gene Kelly), a traveling actor, tries to win Manuela's heart by pretending to be Macoco, to the tune of some of Cole Porter's lesser songs. But Manuela's older, portly fianc (Walter Slezak) has a secret that puts everything in a new light. CONFLICT RESOLUTION Assault with marble busts, paintings, vases and other objets d'art. PIRATE WISDOM ''Jack, you'll never lack if you can quack like a duck'' (sung by Kelly). MOVIE TREASURE ISLAND (1950) Directed by Byron Haskin Written by Lawrence Edward Watkin SETTING Norman Island, near Tortola, 1765. SWASHBUCKLER Long John Silver (Robert Newton), a wild-eyed, one-legged liar and freebooter with a pet talking parrot. LADY None. Robert Louis Stevenson didn't bother with romantic subplots. GIST Young Jim Hawkins (Bobby Driscoll) is given the map to one pirate's treasure and sets out to find it, but neither he nor Captain Smollett (Basil Sydney) really trusts the crew. With good reason. CONFLICT RESOLUTION Shooting, stabbing, grappling, general mutiny. PIRATE WISDOM ''Them that die'll be the lucky ones'' (Newton). MOVIE THE CRIMSON PIRATE (1952) Directed by Robert Siodmak Written by Roland Kibbee SETTING ''A long, long time ago in the far, far Caribbean.'' SWASHBUCKLER Captain Vallo (Burt Lancaster), an agile, acrobatic buccaneer who wears his shirts open to the waist when he wears them at all. As the bodies of the enemy pile up, he laughs. LADY Consuelo (Eva Bartok), the daughter of an important political prisoner. GIST Vallo and his nonspeaking sidekick, Ojo (Nick Cravat), get involved with a local revolution. CONFLICT RESOLUTION Jumping, tumbling and running across rooftops, with or without swords. Launching explosives from a hot-air balloon. PIRATE WISDOM '' 'Tis my modest opinion that no man can fly pirates' colors who's not willing to sell his friend, his sweetheart or his mother'' (Torin Thatcher as Humble Bellows). MOVIE THE PRINCESS BRIDE (1987) Directed by Rob Reiner Written by William Goldman SETTING A country called Florin, in days gone by. SWASHBUCKLER ''The dread pirate Roberts'' (Cary Elwes), who has a secret, more important identity. LADY Buttercup (Robin Wright), a young innocent who has agreed to marry the prince (Chris Sarandon) since her true love, Westley, was murdered by pirates five years earlier. GIST When poor little Buttercup is kidnapped, Roberts fights off various villains and the dangers of the Fire Swamp to save her. CONFLICT RESOLUTION Terribly polite swordfights (the participants praise each other's skills all the while), hand-to-hand combat, battles of wits involving poisoned wine. PIRATE WISDOM ''Its' not my fault being the biggest and the strongest. I don't even exercise'' (Andre the Giant as himself). MOVIE CUTTHROAT ISLAND (1995) Directed by Renny Harlin Written by Robert King and Marc Norman SETTING Jamaica, late 17th century. SWASHBUCKLER Morgan Adams (Geena Davis), who has inherited her pirate father's spirit, avarice and violent tendencies. Morgan is so tough that when she has a bullet removed form her hip, all she needs is a few swigs of rum to get through the pain. LADY That was no lady. That was Morgan's love interest, William Shaw (Matthew Modine), a slave she commandeers because he can read Latin. GIST Morgan and her longtime nemesis, Dawg Brown (Frank Langella), race to find the buried treasure of a Spanish gold ship. CONFLICT RESOLUTION Two-handed sword and dagger fights, nose punching, kicking and cannon fire (usually, but not always, ship to ship). PIRATE WISDOM ''One doesn't often get the chance to see a hanging at sea (Patrick Malahide as Ainslee). MOVIE MUPPET TREASURE ISLAND (1996) Directed by Brian Henson Written by Jerry Juhl, Kirk R. Thatcher, James V. Hart SETTING Norman Island, near Tortola, 1765. SWASHBUCKLER Long John Silver (Tim Curry), a gruff one-legged man with a pet talking lobster. But it's Captain Smollett (Kermit the Frog) who wears his elegant white shirt open to the waist. LADY The fashionable Benjamina Gunn (Miss Piggy in a sarong and a showgirl headdress), who has been marooned on the island for a long, long time. What Stevenson doesn't know won't hurt him. GIST Young Jim Hawkins (Kevin Bishop) is given the map to one pirate's treasure and sets out to find it, but neither he nor Smollett really trusts the crew, despite its admirable Muppethuman diversity. CONFLICT RESOLUTION Sword fights, cannon fire, Hensonian cuteness. PIRATE WISDOM ''Some say that pirates steal/and should be feared and hated/I say that we're victims of bad press/It's all exaggerated'' (sung by Mr. Curry).


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How long have you been singing? What got you started?
Since I was a little girl with my mom ( Kaleen) and sister (Mika ) - we were home schooled and mom played a little guitar so we always had music class but we also listened to the am radio while we saddled horses, fed cows, in the pickup to ropings or to town - Mika and I also played out folks old records every chance we could - our favorites were old Dolly Parton records and Marty Robbins
How long have you been in Sheridan? What brought you here?
I moved to Sheridan in the fall of 1999, I received a rodeo scholarship and my sister was already here going through the dental hygiene program and rodeoing for Sheridan College - so I came in 99 and have been off and on here till 2008 when I moved here after living in MT for a year, attending UW on another rodeo scholarship and living/ working in Gillette for awhile
How long has the Teka Brock Band been together? How did you form?
We have been together going on 6 yrs - we formed in Story when I was living up there - I met a couple folks who wanted to play and sing and I had met , Jarod Judd, bassist through my cousin Kaci and just kinda told him " we are starting a band and we have a gig in a couple weeks " haha - so silly cause we had no set lists, hadnt really played at all, and didn't have any equipment but it all worked out the way it should have
What is the farthest the band has traveled for a performance?
Pry the farthest has been Durango, CO it's about 700 miles from Sheridan one way - Jarod and I have done a 2 piece deal while in Ojai, CA although we flew and borrowed equipment so it wasn't a full band deal
What was your favorite performance to date and why?
It's a toss up but we really loved playing at the "Red ants pants music festival " in white sulphur springs, MT this past summer but we also really love the " Mangy Moose " in Teton Village, WY and we also enjoy the local venues at Blacktooth Brewery, 3rd Thur street fest, Big West Fest and Warehouse 201 - we get alot of support from our hometown with gives us momentum to travel out of town and play as well
What would you tell an aspiring singer hoping to "make it big"?
Just be true to what you like to play and sing- hold onto your roots don't let others mold you into something you won't like later on- people listening will respect you and enjoy you more when they can tell you love what you play and sing
Are there any other artists in your family?
My aunt Cindy Mohseni is a painter, and my cousins ( her 3 boys - jackson, logan and Gus ) play instruments, my sister sings a little, my cousin Carrie (Switzer ) Turner's husband plays and sings with Todd Hannigan and Jack Johnson recorded his first album " fairytabs" in Tyler's bathroom in Ojai, CA as well as shirt tail relation through our Switzer side to Dave England from Jackass - but that's about all I can think of in the fam
What other hobbies and careers do you have?
Like Mentioned earlier I grew up rodeoing from when I was young to the intercollegiate level and still team rope at times, I learned how to play guitar about 7 yrs ago, i manage and book the TBB and also manage the bar and bartend a couple nights a week at Little Goose Liquors, I groom for polo players in the summer, play golf when I can, ill play a little blackjack too if and when someone wants to "pony up the dough" ( kidding ) iv worked in the coal mine driving truck and running rubber tire dozer ( check out a video on YouTube called " I wanna live like Elvis " I was working that day ) built houses in Gillette and ran dozer on a pipeline - but iv figured out I like to work at night in the entertainment industry and try and sleep in - I like being a starving musician, it's always been a dream of mine to play and sing so I feel like I am indeed " living my dream "
What is your favorite thing about Sheridan?
I love the western town feel but yet the artistry that comes out of Sheridan is very eclectic, everyone has their own style of art and music - I love that we have mountains and lakes and bad lands, that the WYO rodeo is such a huge event and then everyone can put their white pants on and come out and watch polo in big horn for the day - the people who live in this area are tough but compassionate - I love the history of the country as well - So proud to have such good friends - Sheridan is home to King Ropes and various other family owned businesses - i like that my heritage comes from this part of the country too - both sides of my parents families were from around here - the Brock's near Kaycee and the Switzer's from Sheridan - Sam Morton's book "Where the Rivers Run North " sums it up pretty well
Anything else you would like to share?
Thank you Sheridan for all do to support the arts and also support The Teka Brock band - and a special thank you to our family of sponsors "Big Horn Beverage " and " C&K equipment " we love you !
Since formation of the band in 2008, the Teka Brock Band have opened for such acts as Blake Shelton, Lonestar, the Eli Young Band, Joe Diffie, Bucky Covington, Chuck Wicks and Jalan Crossland. Teka was recently featured with Ronda Vincent and the Rage at The WYO Theater in Sheridan, Wyoming for a duet performance on a couple mutual favorites.
The TBB have played venues such as, Headwaters Country Jam, Nowoodstock Music Festival, The Mangy Moose, The Wild Horse Saloon, Wrecker's Roadhouse, Montana Chad's, The WYO Theater, The Cowboy Saloon, The Beacon Club and Toad Tavern.
The Teka Brock Band are currently recording a new album with Producer Dave Goodwin of Big Sky High Studios. Release date TBA


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The Apartheid Museum is a museum complex in Johannesburg, South Africa dedicated to illustrating apartheid and the 20th century history of South Africa. The complex, owned by Gold Reef City Casino, was opened in November 2001.[1]
After the legalisation of gambling in South Africa post-1994, the government established the Gambling Board with the purpose of granting casino licenses. As a part of any bid to construct a casino in the country, developers are required to demonstrate how their prospective casino would attract tourism and stimulate the creation of jobs.
A consortium known as Akani eGoli put in a bid to construct the Gold Reef City Casino, as well as an adjacent museum complex called Freedom Park.[2] The bid was successful and space was created for the complex next to Gold Reef City Casino. The name of "Freedom Park" was later changed "The Apartheid Museum at Freedom Park", leading to the name controversy and legal action. The construction costs of the Apartheid Museum amounted to around R80 million, paid for by Akani eGoli.
The museum was registered as a Section 21[3] company, which means that it was incorporated not for profit, with an independent board of trustees. The company is separate from Akani eGoli, which has leased the museum to the Section 21 company for the duration of its casino licence. The museum therefore relies on donations, contributions, and sponsorships to sustain its growth.
Name controversy[edit]
The name "Apartheid Museum" was registered as a trademark in 1990 by Mike Stainbank. When the initially-proposed Africa Freedom Park was renamed The Apartheid Museum at Freedom Park, Stainbank took legal action against Akani eGoli, but Stainbank was denied justice by the South African judiciary.[4] Stainbank maintains that the verdict was unfair. The twin brothers who developed the museum, known as The Kroks brothers, raised money from selling skin whitening chemicals to black people,[5] which according to Proud Majilah, an activist, is believed to be a direct contradiction of what the museum stands for.[citation needed]
- ^ "Apartheid Museum". South African History Online. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
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- ^ "ARNOLD MICHAEL STAINBANK vs SOUTH AFRICAN APARTHEID MUSEUM AT FREEDOM PARK" (PDF). www.saflii.org. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
- ^ "South African Centimillionaire Abe Krok Dies". Forbes.com. 23 January 2013. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
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The Shannara Chronicles [Official First Look] [YouTube]
Watch an exclusive first look at 'The Shannara Chronicles,' a new scripted series based on Terry Brooks' best-selling fantasy books, coming to MTV in January 2016. This preview originally debuted inside "The Shannara Chronicles" panel discussion at San Diego Comic-Con 2015.[more inside]
"I keep the tank in Wales."
'Way USA': Sleazy Punk/Comedy Travelogue
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It's called Way USA, a pilot for a punk/comedy travelogue that was done for MTV in 1988 and hosted by the silver-tongued Tesco Vee of The Meatmen. It was directed by Peter Lauer, then a staffer with MTV's graphics department who has since gone on to direct dozens upon dozens of major television shows that you have seen, including Strangers with Candy and Arrested Development. [more inside]
It's called Way USA, a pilot for a punk/comedy travelogue that was done for MTV in 1988 and hosted by the silver-tongued Tesco Vee of The Meatmen. It was directed by Peter Lauer, then a staffer with MTV's graphics department who has since gone on to direct dozens upon dozens of major television shows that you have seen, including Strangers with Candy and Arrested Development. [more inside]
Don't Talk
Queen's 1982 dance funk single "Body Language" represented a rare move away from their glam stadium anthems into a more spare, disco-driven beat inter-cut with a moaning Freddie Mercury. The accompanying video, full of exposed flesh and suggestive lyrics, was deemed inappropriate for US TV and was one of the first music videos barred from MTV.
The M in MTV Should Stand for Mulcahy
Russell Mulcahy is best known for directing Highlander (as well as its...less-popular...sequel) and is currently doing a Teen Wolf series for MTV. But speaking of MTV, he got his start doing music videos. A lot of music videos. In fact, if you remember a video from the early days of MTV, it's probably one of Mulcahy's. [more inside]
It's a window *and* a metaphor of your life!
In 1999 MTV launched Downtown, an animated slice of life show about young people in Manhattan's Lower East Side based on interviews with non-actors (Pilot part 2 part 3 ) created by animator Chris Prynoski (Daria, Beavis And Butt-head, Metalocalypse). Despite an Emmy nomination, the show was cancelled after one season (with one unaired episode). Like so many MTV shows, licensing complications prevented it from reaching DVD, meaning the only way to watch the show was to e-mail Chris directly. Until someone uploaded the entire series to Youtube.
Orange you glad you got your Nickelodeon?
Two and a half years ago, we explored the early history of Cartoon Network... but it wasn't the only player in the youth television game. As a matter of fact, Fred Seibert -- the man responsible for the most inventive projects discussed in that post -- first stretched his creative legs at the network's truly venerable forerunner: Nickelodeon. Founded as Pinwheel, a six-hour block on Warner Cable's innovative QUBE system, this humble channel struggled for years before Seibert's innovative branding work transformed it into a national icon and capstone of a media empire. Much has changed since then, from the mascots and game shows to the versatile orange "splat." But starting tonight in response to popular demand, the network is looking back with a summer programming block dedicated to the greatest hits of the 1990s, including Hey Arnold!, Rocko's Modern Life, The Adventures of Pete & Pete, The Ren & Stimpy Show, Double Dare, Are You Afraid of the Dark?, Legends of the Hidden Temple, and All That. To celebrate, look inside for the complete story of the early days of the network that incensed the religious right, brought doo-wop to television, and slimed a million fans -- the golden age of Nickelodeon. (warning: monster post inside) [more inside]
Elephant Parts
Lucy and Ramona, cruisin' through the jungles of L.A. • How to achieve Neighborhood Nuclear Superiority • Name That Drug! •
Joanne Rodanne • Marketing Strategies of Detroit Car Makers • In 1981, Michael Nesmith (well-known for being the heir to the Liquid Paper empire, inventing MTV, and other things) released Elephant Parts, which went on to win the first Grammy Award for Video of the Year. Here's more from Elephant Parts.
Videos set to music
MTVMusic Music to your eyes.
MTV when it was AWESOME
Those of us who were born in the 1970's have a number of indelibly permanent shared experiences. Relive a few of them with 3 hours of MTV from 1983. [more inside]
It's Friday afternoon. 1981 - 1982ish. I just got home from high school and I want some MTV. Back then, MTV played these things called "music videos". But they didn't have a large catalog of them yet, so they tended to play everything they had. You really got to see some lesser known classics. For Example: Jan Hammer/Neal Schon Lies. The Hitmen Bates Motel. Utopia Feet Don't Fail Me Now. Landscape My Name is Norman Bates. Chilliwack My Girl. Ultravox Vienna. Snakefinger Man in the Dark Sedan. [more inside]
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Augenblick Studios provide many strange and offensive animated cartoon video films including Superjail. You may be familiar with their work!!! [flash, mayhap quicktime]
Vanilla Ice hates himself.
In 1999, MTV aired 25 Lame, a show where retired 25 of their worst and most overplayed videos. Rob Van Winkle (aka Vanilla Ice) showed up to help them retire the video for "Ice Ice Baby." The result - violence, hilarity, and broken mannequins (video, 30-second ad shows before video). Apparently unplanned, nobody knows for sure if this outburst was the product of genuine anger, or if he was just playing around. An unedited version (YouTube, lower quality) leads me to think that it was the former.
Music TV
I want my MTV. MTV is now mostly reality, titillation TV, rarely showing music videos anymore. YouTube fills the void somewhat, but sometimes you want to just sit back and let someone else take care of the programming. MusicPlusTV is sort of like the old MTV, but they stream to your computer instead of to your TV.
I want my emptyvee
MTV turns 25 today. Music Television, otherwise known as MTV, was launched with its first broadcast on 1 August 1981, 25 years ago today. Famously, the first video broadcast was the Buggles' "Video Killed the Radio Star." Ironically, MTV evidently isn't going to acknowledge its anniversary on-air in any way, with a spokeswoman saying that "We made the decision when MTV was founded to always stay young and evolve with our audience. To do that, it has been important to serve our audience at that moment, not our audience of yesterday." This is about par for the course, though, since when was the last time that MTV actually broadcast music videos? A broader question: does anybody who wasn't weaned on MTV (or anybody who was, for that matter) care anymore?
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I LOVE YOU I WANNA LOVE YOU TENDER. You could be my only sweet surrender. I would never bring you any kind of sorrow. (38 Mb QT)
Everybody Sues in Hollywood
Madonna's being sued for stealing images from Guy Boudin's photography and using them in her Hollywood video. Here are side by sides. When does imitation/homage become theft? And who gets to decide? Should she have been sued for using this image in her vogue video?
The new Chemical Brothers video by Michel Gondry is absolutely brilliant. At first sight, it appears to be a 4 minute clip of a train ride. On closer inspection though, you might notice the objects flying past are far from random.....
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Fatboy Slim and the Master of Badass
Fatboy Slim and the Master of Badass team up to produce one of the phattest music videos I've seen in a long time. I didn't know Christopher Walken was trained as a dancer! (RealPlayer; also possibly dated)
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191 GAME stores opening tonight for Assassin's Creed launch
High Street retailer GAME has announced that 191 of its locations will be opening their doors at midnight tonight for the release of Assassin's Creed Syndicate.
PICTURES: Two launch events welcome Destiny to UK games retail
The long wait for Destiny is over, with Activision's shooter officially launching this morning ahead of what could be a record-breaking game launch in the UK.
GAME plans 300 midnight openings for Destiny, main event at Stratford
Around 300 GAME stores will be opening their doors at midnight on Monday night (September 8th) for the midnight launch of Bungie's shooter Destiny.
300 midnight openings planned for Watch Dogs at GAME
GAME has confirmed that over 300 stores will open their doors on midnight on the night of Monday May 26th for the launch of Watch Dogs.
GAME details Titanfall launch events
GAME will be holding a number of midnight launches to celebrate the release of Titanfall.
IMAGES: Gran Turismo 6 India launch
Continuing its partnership with Mercedes-Benz, Sony held the launch of Gran Turismo 6 at the German automaker's Prbhadevi showroom in Mumbai today.
This man is the world's first official Xbox One owner
The first person to officially buy and own an Xbox One is the man pictured just to the right.
HMV hosting F1 2013 launch event this Friday
A real-life F1 car will be the star attraction at the official F1 2013 launch event at HMV Oxford Street this Friday (October 4th).


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Confirmed: Geoff Johns Is the New President of DC Entertainment
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Publishing | The Penguin Group plans to wade into the market for children's graphic novels with a new line aimed at middle-grade and young-adult readers. "Clearly it's a huge, growing market, the kid's graphic novel market," Penguin's Rich Johnson told ICv2 at New York Comic Con. "You see those titles making the bestsellers list all the time. So we are looking to do work in that area to get more kids reading comics." [ICv2]
Creators | Feisty as ever, Stan Lee talks about his World of Heroes YouTube channel and breaks up the camera crew a couple of times in an interview shot New York Comic Con. [MTV Geek]
Comics | Johan Palme talks to Nathan Hamelberg of The Betweenship Group about the continuing controversy over a Swedish library's decision to re-shelve some Tintin comics because of racist caricatures and colonialist attitudes. The books were put back following an uproar, but the move has sparked a larger conversation, and it even has its own hashtag, #tintingate. [The Guardian]
Conventions | Heidi MacDonald and the Publishers Weekly team (including Robot 6 contributor Brigid Alverson) post a comprehensive report on New York Comic Con, including debuts, new-title announcements, and a quick look at logistics. [Publishers Weekly Comics World]
Conventions | Dave Smith looks at one of the most vexing problems of New York Comic Con: the lack of decent wireless access, a situation troubling exhibitors and media alike. [International Business Times]
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If I had $15, I'd make up for lost time and get the first collection of Mind the Gap (Image, $9.99). Rodin Esquejo is an absolute gem in my opinion, and Jim McCann looks to have crafted a story with some definite suspenseful power. After that I'd get James Stokoe's Godzilla: Half Century War #3 (IDW, $3.99). This has become one of my favorite serials to come out, which for a work-for-hire book is tough. Instead of doing a story in service of the concept, it uses the concept to create a great story – and Stokoe really loves Godzilla and puts a face to those humans who oppose him. Finally, I'd get the free Cyber Force #1 (Image/Top Cow, $0) because, well, it's free. I have an unabashed love for the original Cyber Force, and previous reboots haven't really gelled the way I wanted to. I'm excited to see what Matt Hawkins brings to this, and I'm glad Silvestri is involved even if only on covers and designs.
If I had $30, I'd first stop for Glory #29 (Image, $3.99). I tend to read this series in built-up bursts, and I'm overdue to catch up. I like the monstrous rage Ross Campbell brings to this, and seeing Joe Keatinge capitalize on the artist he has to create a broader story is thrilling. After that I'd get a Marvel three-pack in Hawkeye #3 (Marvel, $2.99), Daredevil #19 (Marvel, $2.99) and AvX Consequences #2 (Marvel, $3.99). I'd buy David Aja illustrating a phone book – seeing him getting a great story is icing on the cake.
If I could splurge, I'd lash onto Charles Burns' The Hive (Pantheon, $21.95). I'm reluctantly late to the game when it comes to Charles Burns, but X'ed Out clued me into his awesome cartooning power. After devouring his previous work, I'm excited to read The Hive as it first comes out. I don't quite know what to expect, but after finally coming around to Burn's skill I'm up for pretty much anything. Continue Reading »
While I was enjoying my time at APE up in San Francisco, the New York Comic Con was raging on with announcements and such. Before I get into a rundown of the comic-related news coming out of the East Coast today, let's jump back to yesterday real quick so I can update one of the items from my Friday round-up. I mentioned that Dark Horse would publish a comic based on the upcoming video game The Last of Us, but I didn't know at the time the most important part — the always awesome Faith Erin Hicks is co-writing AND drawing the comic. That's a "Stop the presses" moment if I've ever seen one.
Ok, now on to Saturday …
• Apparently space is the place at NYCC … following DC's announcement of Threshold yesterday, Marvel officially announced the return of two of their cosmic titles — Guardians of the Galaxy and Nova. Guardians, written by Brian Michael Bendis with art by Steve McNiven, comes out in February and apparently will feature Iron Man, or at least someone in his armor. Jeph Loeb and Ed McGuinness are the creative team for Nova, which features Sam Alexander, the Nova from Avengers vs. X-Men.
As if confirmation that Phonogram collaborators Kieron Gillen and Jamie McKelvie are reteaming for the Marvel NOW! launch of Young Avengers (followed by CBR's exclusive first look) weren't enough cause for celebration, Marvel has provided Newsarama with variant cover for the debut issue by none other than Scott Pilgrim creator Bryan Lee O'Malley.
"I basically dance like Loki from that young avenger cover, btw," Gillen offered on Twitter.
The series, which premieres in January, features a lineup that mixes a little of the old with a little of the new: Hulkling, Wiccan, Hawkeye (Kate Bishop), Marvel Boy, Miss America and that dancing machine Loki — at least for starters.
I feel like I'm being a bad fan by not being too upset by the news that the third series of Kieron Gillen and Jamie McKelvie's Phonogram is going to be delayed until sometime in 2013. Originally quasi-announced in February for a November release, "life happened" as Gillen put it, and now it's been pushed to an unclear point next year.
Legal | Marvel has sued a Jerusalem retailer for $25,000, claiming the well-known Kippa Man store is infringing on its trademarks by selling unlicensed yarmulkes bearing Spider-Man's likeness. "A reasonable consumer could be fooled into thinking that the infringing product is manufactured and/or sold by the plaintiff with the knowledge and/or approval of the defendant," Marvel said in its complaint. Kippa Man owner Avi Binyamin notes the yarmulkes are manufactured in China, and that he only sells them. "There are 20 stores on this street, they all sell the same thing," he told The Jerusalem Post, theorizing that he's being targeted because his store is well known. The Times of Israel characterized the lawsuit as "the first move by Marvel against what it perceives as widespread copyright infringement in Israel, where products featuring its copyrighted superheros are commonly sold." [The Jerusalem Post, The Times of Israel]
Conventions | Coming up this weekend: Stan Lee's Comikaze in Los Angeles, featuring special guests Todd McFarlane, Neal Adams and Marv Wolfman. Attendance is expected to reach 60,000, which is a pretty big number for such a convention that's only in its second year. [Hero Complex]
Conventions | James Sime, owner of Isotope Comics and one of the organizers of MorrisonCon, talks about, well, Isotope Comics and MorrisonCon, and what it was like translating the world of writer Grant Morrison into a comics event: "The *promise* of MorrisonCon is this crazy, life-altering weekend where you're plugged directly into this swirling world of brilliant ideas, offbeat interests, mad obsessions, and personalities who fire Grant's creativity. We had to make that promise real, to translate as many improbable concepts and even random off the cuff Morrison riffs as possible into the tangible world. To render all that into nightclubs and hotel rooms and meeting space chairs and places for awesome humans to meet and mingle. We all agreed, it just wasn't worth doing unless we could live up to that promise, to truly make something worthy of the name MorrisonCon… and go far beyond it." [Three If By Space]
Retailing | DC Comics dominated bookstore graphic novel sales in August, probably because of the release of The Dark Knight Rises and a "buy two, get one free" sale on DC graphic novels at Barnes & Noble. Six of the Top 10 titles are Batman comics, with The Walking Dead, Watchmen, Avatar: The Last Airbender and Naruto each taking a slot as well. [ICv2]
Creators | Judge Dredd writer John Wagner talks about the origins of his character, the importance of U.K. publisher DC Thomson, and his dislike of digital comics. [The Daily Record]
Creators | Nick Spencer guests on Kieron Gillen's podcast to discuss Morning Glories. [Kieron Gillen's Workblog]
Marvel made a lot of hay over the introduction of its five key writers, the Architects, in 2010. "The very fabric of the Marvel Universe is changing and the Architects are the ones leading the charge." the publisher said in its initial press release. But now, with its event series Avengers Vs. X-Men winding down and Marvel NOW! taking shape for the fall, those original Architects look to be in the middle of a renovation.
Marvel's chief writer for the past few years, Brian Michael Bendis, is going from three key titles (Avengers, New Avengers, Avengers Assemble) to one (All-New X-Men); Matt Fraction is ending his long-term commitments on Iron Man and Thor to work on the Baxter Building with Fantastic Four and FF (along with Hawkeye); Jonathan Hickman is passing off all of his titles to take on Bendis' Avengers and New Avengers load; and Jason Aaron has shuffled off Wolverine and The Incredible Hulk for just two titles in the Marvel NOW! era (at least, only ones announced), Wolverine & The X-Men and Thor: God of Thunder. Marvel stalwart Ed Brubaker, who revitalized Captain America, has whittled Marvel Universe workload to one book (Winter Soldier) that doesn't seem to be a centerpiece of the company's publishing plans.
Publishing | Dark Horse editor Scott Allie explains the publisher's plan to start numbering B.P.R.D. sequentially, starting with #100, rather than as "an ongoing series of miniseries": "The reason to make the change was in part how many times [San Francisco retailer and industry pundit] Brian Hibbs told me, 'Well, really B.P.R.D. is an ongoing…' And he's right. Another part of the reason is that as we've moved into doing more short stories — two- or three-issue stories — we get those new issue #1's too often. You do new #1's to give readers jumping on points, but when they're coming so quickly it becomes more confusing than anything else. Depending on how retailers rack, you could have two or three B.P.R.D. #1's on the shelf at a time, and it's hard for readers or retailer to know what to read next. So while I know it will cause a little confusion to suddenly have #100 out there, a few months down the road it'll make everything simpler." [Comics Alliance]
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If I had $15 this week, I'd rush to the store as quickly as possible to ensure that I'd be able to get a copy of Saga #1 (Image Comics, $2.99) before it completely sells out. It's been far, far too long since Brian K. Vaughan has been doing comics, and Fiona Staples is one of those artists who just continually gets better even after starting pretty damn impressively in the first place. It's not the only must-read launch this week, either; I'm also very excited about Saucer Country #1 (DC/Vertigo, $2.99), Paul Cornell and Ryan Kelly's mash-up of The West Wing, The X-Files and – judging by this first issue, which I've had a sneak peek at – The Invisibles, which pretty much ensures I'll be on board for awhile. There's also Marvel's Avengers Assemble #1 ($3.99), which I'm… curious about more than excited for, in large part because I've already seen Bendis' take on the team for the last few years, so this feels more like "More of That Thing You've Already Read!" than "First Issue of A New Series!" but… well, it might be better than I'm expecting, who knows?
If I had $30, I'd think about putting Avengers back on the shelf before picking up Journey Into Mystery: Fear Itself Fallout Premiere HC (Marvel, $19.99), the second collection of Kieron Gillen's remarkably great Thor spin-off. I've only recently caught up with the first collection, and loved it, so I'm looking forward to more of the same with this one.
There's really only one choice to splurge on this week for me: The Womanthology: Heroic hardcover (IDW, $50.00). Not only do I have friends with work in the book, but I was pretty much signed up for this one as soon as I heard about it online. I love well-done anthologies, and I'm ready for this to be one of the best I've read in a long time.
The first Image Expo kicked off Friday in Oakland, California, with a keynote speech from Publisher Eric Stephenson that emphasized creator relationships as the company's foundation, and laid out more than a half-dozen titles that will be announced this weekend for release later this year:
• Happy!, by Grant Morrison and Darick Robertson, a mysterious title the writer says is "in a genre I've never really tackled before — but with a bizarre twist, of course." It's the first of several potential Image projects from Morrison. [iFanboy]
• Confirmation of a third volume of Phonogram, by Kieron Gillen, Jamie McKelvie and Matthew Wilson, called The Immaterial Girl. Gillen says the six-issue miniseries, which will likely debut in November, is "primarily about the war between coven queen witch Emily Aster and the half of her personality she sold to whatever lies on the other side of the screen. It's about identity, eighties music videos and further explorations of Phonogram's core 'Music = Magic' thesis. There is horror. There are jokes. There are emotions. There may even be a fight sequence. It also takes A-ha's 'Take On Me' with far too much seriousness – which, for us, is the correct amount of seriousness." [Kieron Gillen's Workblog]
• Chin Music, by Steve Niles and Tony Harris, described by the artist as "a 1930's Noir, Gangster, horror story." [Tony Harris]
They're getting the band back together. That's the story hinted at with this teaser image (at right) that debuted this morning on iFanboy. Kieron Gillen, Jamie McKelvie and Matt Wilson came into the public eye in 2007 with Phonogram from Image, and over the course of two limited series rose from their U.K. indie-comics roots to be notable figures in the comic scene. The comic also paved the way for all three to become in-demand creators at Marvel.
This mysterious teaser promising "One More Time" — that's also the title of a 2000 Daft Punk song — doesn't indicate whether that's the name of a series or merely a tagline for something else. Many presume this heralds a third Phonogram series, especially since this weekend's Image Expo is expected to have a host of new series announcements … but I'm not so sure. In a 2010 interview with ComicsAlliance, Gillen shot down the idea of a third Phonogram series pretty soundly due to low sales of the previous volumes.
"I feel frustrated. Enormously lucky, sure, but frustrated," the writer admitted. "We've done this wonderful thing we're crazy-proud about. But if the whole economic system was just a couple of degrees to the left, everything would have been different. I mean, just to give you an idea about narrow the margins are between what we are and what we could be, if we were selling 6K instead of 4K, we could have done those 44 issues. The difference between breaking even and actually being able to do it in comics is insane. It's like being kept under ice, clawing. I feel like a bonsai plant."
Have things changed since spring 2010 that could make a Phonogram project feasible? The comics market as a whole hasn't gotten any better, but with Gillen entrenched as the writer of Uncanny X-Men and McKelvie coming off his X-Men: Season One book, they're both at the height of their still-young careers. Maybe their experience and added sales draw makes them believe numbers would be different. Or maybe it's something besides Phonogram completely.
Welcome to Food or Comics?, where every week we talk about what comics we'd buy at our local comic shop based on certain spending limits — $15 and $30 — as well as what we'd get if we had extra money or a gift card to spend on a "Splurge" item.
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Graeme McMillan
If I had $15 this week, I'd avoid Marvel and DC altogether and go for some more independent offerings. Top of the pile would definitely be Prophet #21 (Image, $2.99), Brandon Graham's much-anticipated revamp of the Rob Liefeld book from the mid-90s, recreated (with artist Simon Roy) as some kind of Heavy Metal fever dream; I'm a massive fan of Graham's, and excited to see what he can come up with when he tries to play it (relatively) straight. I'd also grab Dynamite's Kirby Genesis: Dragonbane #1 ($3.99), another spin-off from the Busiek/Ross/Herbert series this time focusing on the almost Thor-analog warrior, and IDW's Memorial #2 ($3.99), continuing the urban fantasy series that I enjoyed so much last month. Lastly, I'd grab the cheap relaunch for Antony Johnston's Wasteland (#33, Oni, $1.00); I've really enjoyed this post-apocalyptic world building book for awhile, but this relaunch – which will return the book to a monthly schedule as well as debut new artist Justin Greenwood – looks set to be a good jumping-on point for those who've never sampled its charms before.
If I had $30, I'd be likely to put Dragonbane back on the shelf and try out Marvel's Fear Itself: Journey Into Mystery Premiere HC collection ($19.99) instead. Not having been a fan of Matt Fraction's Thor, I skipped the first few issues of this and then, by the time I kept hearing great things and realized I actually really enjoy Kieron Gillen's writing, it was far enough into the run that I knew I'd end up waiting for the collection. Color me cautiously optimistic.
When it comes to splurging, my love of comics from around when I was born rears its ugly head again, and I find myself drawn to Marvel Firsts: 1970s Vol. 1 TP (Marvel, $29.99). This is possibly my favorite era from the House of Ideas, so the idea of an anthology of some of its weirdest hits sounds right up my alley.


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In 2011, Daniel Kahneman published a book called "Thinking, Fast and Slow," which was a non-fiction bestseller. I write about it now because it just came out in paperback. It is a great read, and I guarantee it will teach you a great deal.
Kahneman is an emeritus professor at Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and the first non-economist by profession to win the Nobel Prize in Economics. In his book, he tells us that our minds have two systems for making decisions, which he straightforwardly calls System 1 and System 2.
System 1 has arisen from millennia of human evolution and from repeated experiences people have over the course of their lives. System 1 is fast. It provides intuitive reactions to what we should do. System 2 is methodical and deliberative thinking, when we ponder evidence and weigh pros and cons. It is much slower, and it takes mental effort and energy. Often, Kahneman notes, System 2 acts as a check on System 1.
Academics like me and Kahneman are unsurprisingly (dare I say instinctively?) System 2 believers, though a minority of scholars who study decisions argue that such expertise has become largely intuitive.
Here's what Kahneman says: For many situations in which our reactions are governed by System 1, speed is essential. We are extremely sensitive to danger, quickly noticing and reacting to it because a microsecond advantage could determine whether our pre-human ancestors were eaten or not. Furthermore, in situations in which people have frequent experience — say, in playing basketball or diagnosing disease — and where feedback about the result of a decision is quick and unambiguous, the mind eventually develops good intuition that often cannot be expressed in words.
However, System 1 often does not provide an intuitive answer. To cite an example Kahneman provides, there is no System 1 answer to the question "How much is 49 times 27?" We need to develop and use System 2 to help us.
Beyond that, though, System 1 answers are sometimes just wrong. Our instincts lead us in a direction that generally makes sense but produces absurd results. These are the kinds of situations Kahneman became famous for studying. People will prefer being subjected to 10 minutes of severe pain followed by 5 minutes of mild pain rather than only 10 minutes of severe pain, though a moment's thought tells us this is irrational. Many experiments show that people are dramatically overconfident about how much they know or how successful their efforts are likely to be. And in situations in which there is not frequent, unambiguous feedback, expert intuitions have a poor record of success.
So, true to his status as a professor, Kahneman wants to see more System 2 in our decisions. But System 2 takes effort, and our minds prefer to be lazy. And often the times we most need System 2 as a check are those when we least realize we need it because System 1's message is so unequivocal.
At the end of the book, Kahneman extends his analysis from the individual to the organization.
"Organizations are better than individuals when it comes to avoiding errors because they naturally think more slowly and have the power to impose orderly procedures.… Whatever else it produces, an organization is a factory that manufactures judgments and decisions. Every factory must have ways to ensure the quality of its products in the initial design, in fabrication and in final inspections."
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Today I want to talk about another aspect of these deployments and the feedback we're hearing from customers moving to Internet Explorer 9. IE9 is designed with businesses in mind, and customers are taking notice. Businesses are benefitting from a better browsing experience for their employees who rely more and more on the Internet and web-based apps to get their work done. They can be more productive with the improved search features, streamlined design, the ability to pin sites and faster performance. Standardizing on one modern browser minimizes security and compliance issues for the company and the IT department.
Businesses also love the return on investment they're seeing with IE9. Forrester recently took a deeper look at customers deploying IE9 and reported a potential savings over $3.3 million for an organization with 60,000 employees using IE9 over IE8 within just three years. Customers also reported more productivity for power users and browser-intensive users and valued the HTML5 support that allowed developers to write the same markup, reducing the costs of creating new applications. For a more detailed review of the benefits of deploying IE9, including potential cost savings, see Forrester's TEI study.
Not only is IE9 delivering a beautiful experience for business customers, but it's also really giving them a complete Windows experience. Businesses are telling us they love how IE9 truly delivers on its promise of being fast, clean and trusted. Today on the Exploring IE blog, Roger Capriotti shared more about why IE9 is good for business; I encourage you to check it out.
One example of an enterprise seeing great value from their IE9 deployment is global electronics and engineering firm, Siemens. Based in Germany, Siemens operates in over 190 countries and employs more than 400,000 people in 1,600 locations worldwide. Earlier this year, Siemens participated in a Microsoft Technology Adoption Program (TAP) for Internet Explorer 9, deploying the browser to more than 2,100 global employees participating in a pilot deployment of Windows 7 Enterprise. Siemens expects to deploy Windows 7 Enterprise along with a mix of Microsoft Office 2010 and Microsoft Office 2007 to all their employees over the next one to two years.
"As we move strategically into cloud technology, transform our workplace, and enhance services for our customers, the Internet browser becomes one of our most essential business tools," said John Minnick, Director, Global Siemens Workplace Architecture Team, Siemens.
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I saw Press in Las Vegas a while back. The folksy aphorisms and a relentless focus on the customer was familiar stuff from a guy who'd helped power Toyota's rise from an obscure importer that sold a mere 287 cars in the U.S. back in 1958. But there was an edge to it all that hadn't been there before. Press knows Chrysler is a way different company in a way different place from his old employer. Also, it's an American company. No need, therefore, to soft-pedal potentially sensitive cultural issues as you're on your way to market domination.


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