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10 Years of Axtone: Looking Back On A Decade Of Music
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Post makateller › 11 Oct 2015, 15:24
Latest post of the previous page:
i agree, no_id's remix is one of the best remixes on axtone releases. pure piano beats floating around their significant sound.
Shaoe
Post Shaoe › 11 Oct 2015, 22:30
For me, this is the most beautiful Axtone original, Rubys vocals are mesmerizing. But what makes this track truly stunning, as Vinelli already said, is the other part of the song, the harmony between every instrument... And the drop... YEAAAAAH!!!
I wish Henrik B would release music more often, than once a 2 year.
Moving on the inside...
Screaming on the outside...
Post Vinelli › 11 Oct 2015, 22:35
Shaoe wrote: I wish Henrik B would release music more often, than once a 2 year.
haha, but at least now we know that IF he ever gets another axtone release, it's gonna be fantastic
Post Didas › 12 Oct 2015, 08:50
LALO was one the best thing that happened in 2011/2012
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Post VeljkoDujakovic › 13 Oct 2015, 21:15
and i to this day still keep it in my phone...no doubt one of my all time favs
Didas wrote: LALO was one the best thing that happened in 2011/2012
agree 100 percent! this release seems to get better each time I revisit it.
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Post Ctirad89 › 20 Oct 2015, 18:01
Vinelli wrote:
And Devi still plays this track!
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Post DEMAND › 31 Oct 2015, 09:42
https://www.behance.net/gallery/2221388/Axwell
this kinda interest me, his old website
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Very cool find!!!
Post Vinelli › 15 Nov 2015, 11:47
AXT027 Axtone Presents Thomas Gold (Sampler)
So, with all the rumors about the vinyl returning to our beloved label once more, I thought there would be no better time to look back on the very last vinyl to come out on Axtone, as of today!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4z87-oontGs
So while it's the podcast today, it was first launched as a compilation, with Thomas Gold behind the decks. The release featured an arsenal of recent axtone classics that were released after the Axtone volume 1 CD, some other signed tracks from other labels and a handful of exclusives from Thomas Gold himself. These exclusives were bundled together on a sampler, which got a vinyl pressing as well.
The very first on this sampler, and the opener from the compilation, is 'The Beginning'. At the time, this track really defined Thomas Gold his sound a little. To me it's definitely is the best gold track in terms of production I can think of. Sure, Sing2Me/Reach Out/Blow Up are a few of many examples of better tracks, but to me 'The Beginning' is track that he polished like no other in order to give the mix a clean start. And as an opener it does just that for me.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sot7VIKpZNU
So personally, this remix is not what you would call an axtone favorite of mine . Teenage Crime is one of my alltime favorite records in general, and I felt that this remix didn't do justice. The break is the only part I like, but since it's entirely taken from the Axwell Remix, the points aren't for gold. So hopefully some other members here like to revisit Gold's...edit But even for me, this one is easily forgotten when looking at the other two final tracks on this sampler!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYDGoH31IFw
Although on the vinyl release, this track got replaced by 'Sing2Me', digitally Circles was definitely part of the sampler. 'Circles' is another Gold-styled original, but this time on a more proggy route. I can't say anything other than that the hook is absolutely fantastic. And like 'Beginning', 'Circles' sounds incredibly polished and refined. I would say that this is one of the more underrated tracks on Axtone, as as a 2015 stand alone release, I reckon that it would definitely be appreciated here. Good vibes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VlVrhq6EKk
'Fanfare'. This is definitely one of his most creative productions to date, and for me my all time favorite Gold record. The hook melody takes some time getting used to, but eventually it progresses into a massive thriving behemoth of a track with this very weird but appealing groove to it. This track idea doesn't come out of thin air, as Thomas used to be in a Fanfare band before hitting the decks, hence this track and the name of his podcast series. He even had this tour where he would have a fanfare band accompany the percussion of his liveset for a while.
So for me, this sampler and compilation bare great memories. It's a shame this release was the end of a vinyl era. But with Axtone teasing about certain vinyl-related pictures..one can hope for a return
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Looking for more stencil inspiration? I stenciled a vintage dresser, as well!
How about you? Have you stenciled before? Do you want to learn? What in your home would be made happier by some stencil love?
Your stencil came out beautifully! I haven't stenciled for about 10 years and then it was those itty bitty craft stencils. I'm itching to give this a try on my closet doors!
I really like the design you chose and that green, it's so WOW!! You make it sound pretty easy and now I really wanna give it a try!
Looks fantastic…and GREAT idea using the foam board instead of painting directly on the cabinet!!
Love it! Sharing on my FB page!
I LOVE it. What a difference a little color makes, and if you're ever "over" the green, you can make another one since its on foam board. Brilliant.
so pretty! what a smart idea using foam board in case down the road you wanna change up!
love love love what you've done. the color is so fresh, so now, and so katespade-y lovely!
Foam baord is an excellent idea – really sturdy and cheap too!
Gorgeous! What color green paint did you use?
Love the idea of doing it on Foam core – I was going to hang some paper in an armoire – but attaching it to foam core first would make it so much sturdier! Thanks!
The foam core board is genius. That way if you ever change your mind it's no big deal. I saw this featured over at Centsational Girl. I have pinned this gorgeous creation.
I can't get over how awesome this looks! I love all of the white milk glass & dishes you used in the cabinet… looks so clean and classy with the new backdrop. I had thought about using poster board to do something similar, but foam core is a much better idea. Thanks so much for sharing!
What is the brand name of the paint extender you used? It is covered by the price sticker in the photo.
I just recently purchased a stencil from Royal Creations but I tried to stencil the back of a bookcase while it was standing it proved to be quite challenging. The idea of using foam board is genius!!! I'm going to have to try it again!! Thanks for the tip!
Saw you on Centsational Girl.
I love this idea, but can't swing the $44 for that awesome stencil. I'm making a trip to Michael's today to see if I can find anything similar. I also LOVE your milk glass collection. I have several pieces from my grandmother that I adore.
Incredibly beautiful! I LOVE that color, so fresh and it really makes everything pop!
I love it!! I've been wanting to do this design on my daughter's end table in green & white, so I'm going to find this stencil. Thanks for the inspiration!
Gorgeous!!! I won one of their stencils about 2 months ago, but I've been too scared to try it, but now I can't wait to try it! That green is gorgeous! Fantastic job!
this turned out gorgeous! I love the green and the stencil pattern-I wouldn't have thought of stenciling foam board but I guess that does make it a lot less permanent and easier to work with. I've played with stenciling just a little bit-I've been really wanting to stencil a closet door and a ceiling!
I featured this on my blog last night. It looks awesome.
Just saw your cabinet at Corner House – it looks absolutley amazing!
I love everything about this! The color is amazing!!!!
Freakin genius Batman! I love the foam board idea! And so easy to switch out with the seasons or on a whim… I've been toying with ideas for my hutch and had all but decided on painted wallpaper until I saw this…Whew! That was close!
Awesome! How did you attach your foam board to the hutch?
Your cabinet turned out just beautiful!! I am curious, though, about the foam board thickness. Did you have to cut the depth of your shelves down?
Perfect!! I love that used foam board making it an interchangable piece.
I love how easy they are to use.
This is so clever! I just love the repeating pattern stencils, especially the geometric ones. I am working on stenciling my studio right now with a stencil from cutting edge designs (birch tree forest) and its taking forever! And you're totally right, the drying time makes it take even longer!
You are so smart to use foam core! Brilliant. PLEASE share what color green that is! I must buy it!!!
Absolutely beautiful look! Good job!


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Abelian ideals and cohomology of symplectic type
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Let $\mathfrak {b}$ be a Borel subalgebra of the symplectic Lie algebra $\mathfrak {sp}(2n,\mathbb {C})$ and let $\mathfrak {n}$ be the corresponding maximal nilpotent subalgebra. We find a connection between the abelian ideals of $\mathfrak {b}$ and the cohomology of $\mathfrak {n}$ with trivial coefficients. Using this connection, we are able to enumerate the number of abelian ideals of $\mathfrak {b}$ with given dimension via the Poincaré polynomials of Weyl groups of types $A_{n-1}$ and $C_n$.
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Received by editor(s): January 24, 2008
Published electronically: September 29, 2008
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3. Impact on the poor. The picture is quite sobering (Figure 2). Low growth prospects leave little potential for further poverty reduction and increased shared prosperity. In the past, rising wages and pension transfers allowed Russia to reduce poverty significantly and to expand the ranks of the middle-class. Also, there are concerns about increasing inequality. While the Gini coefficient remains in line with the average for 2007-2013, at 0.42, it is unfortunately not recording the changes in the shape of the distribution. Looking at indicators for recent middle-class dynamics in Russia (defining it as people with per capita income exceeding US$ 10 PPP per day), we see a steady increase in the share of the population belonging to this group to 68.4 percent in 2012. Within the Europe and Central Asia region, Russia is one of the best-performing countries when this middle-class definition is applied. However, a closer look to the distribution indicates that this growth was driven by the expansion of the share of the relatively better-off people within that group. In contrast, the share of the population at the low end (with an income of US$10-25/day) stagnated at around 47 percent. Unless Russia pursues structural reforms to expand the economy's potential, low investment makes it less likely that well-paying jobs will be created. High inflation poses a risk to real income growth and could hurt consumption growth.
Thank you for the informative blog post. The low growth scenario in Russia is indeed a worry for too many families. I also wanted to draw attention to the difficulties that poor and vulnerable families face as they try to cope in a low growth economy. As you know, poor and vulnerable families are likely to face shocks more often in a low growth scenario, which will make it harder for families to make essential investments in their human capital - which in turn will have negative long term or even inter-generational impacts. Lest you think this is all theoretical and not applicable to a relative rich Russia, please see a paper that Zlatko Nikoloski and I wrote (https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/bitstream/handle/10986/15898/WPS6538.pdf?sequence=1) which uses longitudinal data on more than 2,000 Russian families spanning the period between 2007 and 2010, which estimated the impact of the 2009 global financial crisis on food expenditures, health care expenditures, and doctor visits in Russia.
Thank you for sharing Ihsan - I read your paper with great interest and wanted to quickly share your findings which show that the poor appeared to asymmetrically affected by the recent crisis and might be at risk if this low-growth scenario will develop into a recession: poor (lowest quintile) households affected by an income shock spent less on health services, compared to households not affected by an income shock. Furthermore, vulnerable people affected by the crisis in 2009 altered their health and nutrition behavior. In particular, households with low educational attainment of household heads (less than secondary school completed) that suffered an income shock tended to decrease expenditures on both food and health services, while households that had a higher number of elderly people (older than 60 years) tended to curb the use of health services.


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The quick version: Apple is expected to launch its original content and streaming video services today. The long(er) version Sorry to break it to you, but this isn't exactly the Apple vs. Netflix pay-per-view you ordered. This is Apple vs. every other third party selling video subscription services. Netflix has carved a name for itself creating bingeworthy original content (that'll cost $15 billion this year). But for all the star power Reese Witherspoon and Jennifer Aniston bring to Cupertino, Apple's original content is more like the cherry on top of the sundae. The sundae—at least for now: using Reese & Co. to get users on the platform, then selling those users subscriptions to premium services like HBO, Showtime, and more, all while taking a cut. It could work. Apple's already got more than 1 billion devices across the globe (compared to Netflix's 139 million subscribers worldwide). In the biz they call that owning the pipes. You're looking at the Amazon model Since its 2015 launch, Amazon Prime Channels has capitalized on existing customer relationships. It's a lot easier to click "purchase now" on a 12-month HBO deal when Amazon already has your billing info on file. One crazy stat: The Diffusion Group estimated Amazon was responsible a year ago for 55% of all standalone video subscriptions. So what makes Apple's different? According to Recode, Apple is expected to create a new storefront on the upcoming service that will streamline buying TV subscription apps. Instead of scrolling through streaming apps in a crowded App Store, all your shows will be in one convenient spot. Plus, Apple is widely expected to offer its own bundles of premium services like Showtime, HBO, and Starz to its 1.4 billion users at lower price points than you'd pay for each individually. Who's notably sitting out the bundle? You might've figured it out by now...Netflix. ------------------------------------------- iTransform... Apple marathoned through its biggest non-iPhone product event ever. Technically, there was no hardware — Just human being celebrities there to promote its new TV shows (enter, Oprah, Spielberg, J-Aniston). Apple made itself over into an everything company. Here's the new roster... Apple offered a bunch of services for your living room, but was hazy on some details and the price (no clue yet on how much TV or gaming will cost): Apple Card: A Goldman Sachs and Mastercard powered menage àpartnership credit card (without the physical card). Pay and manage spending from an app, which updates your budget. Apple TV+: Its new streaming service starts with a dozen original new shows. But it also integrates your other streaming options (except Netflix), so you can search once to see if The Notebook is available anywhere. Apple News+: It's bundled the WSJ, LA Times, and over 300 magazines for $9.99 monthly (the NY Times and Washington Post are doing their own thing). Apple Arcade: A subscription for smartphone, tablet, and computer games (and it's the least exciting of all 4). THE TAKEAWAY Bundling for you, while it unbundles itself... Apple's got a TV bundle, a news bundle, a music bundle, and a gaming bundle. It's like Apple's updated its own operating system to become a real "services" company. Its future is bundled in bundles because that means you're paying monthly for each.
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With it's recent move to handle customer service via Twitter... this brings up the above question. I have wondered for a long time why Apple has never entered the social media game. Maybe they wanted to let it play out first? Maybe they wanted to watch the continued demise of Google +? I have been saying for over a year that I expect Apple will buy Twitter and will even more tightly integrate it into it's OS's. What do you think? Why have they stayed out for so long?


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Q: DBIC schema loader: how to skip columns I have a MySQL DB with multiple tables and views on those tables. A view limits what can be seen to a single customer's data (create view ... where customer_id = X). The Catalyst app will be talking to these views, not to the actual tables. The only difference between the view's columns and the underlying tables' ones is that the view lacks the customer_id column (i.e. to the application it seems like the current customer is the only one in the system).
The problem is, I cannot use DBIC Schema Loader to load the schema from the views, as they lack all the relations and keys. I have to load the schema from the base tables and then use it on the views. The problems is, I cannot get rid of that customer_id column. I need to get rid of it, because it is not present in the view that the application will be talking with.
I ended up using the filter_generated_code option to strip the unneeded bits away from the generated code, but then I get the following error during generation:
DBIx::Class::Schema::Loader::make_schema_at(): No such column customer_id
at /opt/merp/perl/lib/perl5/Catalyst/Helper/Model/DBIC/Schema.pm line 635

How can I have the loader skip certain columns at load time?

A: I'm not sure how you can get the loader to skip columns at load time, but you can remove them after load.  For example, you can add something like this to any class which needs a column removed:
__PACKAGE__->remove_column('customer_id');

A: I'm not sure if there is an option for that in DBIC::Schema::Loader, the docs will tell you. If there isn't just generate the schema and then remove the column definition.
But besides that you seem to be missing a major feature of DBIC: ResultSet chaining.
If you're using e.g. Catalyst you'd have an action that filters your ResultSet on the stash based on the customer id and all chained sub actions would only ever see the allowed rows.

A: I ended up just leaving the column for what it is, so it is visible to the application code. The DB views and triggers ensure the application can only insert and select the currently set customer id. The only trick I employed was using filter_generated_code to replace the underlying table name with the view name (just stripping a leading underscore). This way I now have a script that does a show tables, filters out the views, dumps the structure into the DBIC classes, replacing the table name with the view name, looking somewhat like this:
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Ya gotta give the guy props for showing up on Fox News when the other Democrats run scared. It was clearly a friendly crowd and Sanders couldn't help but take some gratuitous shots at Fox. That aside, his performance was lackluster - if not bizarre - for a guy who's been in politics for so long.
2) Bernie: "I'll tell you what I wouldn't do. I wouldn't do whatever Trump's doing on this issue."
3) Yeah, so what would you do as President?
The immigration question was completely predictable and his big idea was better tents. On the Green New Deal, Martha MacCallum asked a very good question about why it eschews nuclear power which is a reliable energy source that produces no greenhouse gases. Bernie just deflected with some weird story about how Burlington, Vermont converted to all renewable energy (mostly from burning wood). On Medicare for All, he just lied about the cost and the ability to see any doctor you want. His closing statement was essentially "do you want lots of stuff paid for by somebody else?"


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Below Town Engineer Paul Starratt provides an update on the ongoing road work at the intersection of Oak Hill and Groton Roads where Massachusetts Department of Transportation workers are installing a traffic light.
IMPROVEMENTS: The installation of a traffic signal, sidewalks, crosswalks, bike lanes. The drainage system will also be upgraded.
"Contractors for the Massachusetts Department of Transportation have been waiting for the utility companies to transfer their wires to the new poles so they can remove the old ones. In the meantime, the foundations for the traffic signal poles are being installed this week so that the signals can be installed before the winter season. The contractor has elected to wait until next year to install the new culvert, so that will not happen this year.
On Wednesday (Aug. 22) and Thursday (Aug. 23) of this week, paving contractors will be grinding part of Groton Road and Oak Hill Road in order to re-shape the pavement for the new sections of roadway.
The goal is to complete the widening and install the new pavement over the next few weeks…"
Starratt reminded motorists to slow down and drive with caution in all work zones.
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Q: Ignite ui, Where I can find info about the latest version I have Googled about the lastest Version of ignite ui. The only info I got is, it is "2018.2". Is there any place where I can find info about Patches stuff. e.g. I have now Infragistic.Web.Mvc.dll Version 5.18.1.40. Is it the latest one ?

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Urgent Prayers Needed for Les Butler!
Nashville, TN (November 26, 2020) Les Butler was admitted to Stonecrest Medical Center in Smyrna, TN on Sunday, November 22 with COVID pneumonia.
Here is an open letter from Les, written yesterday evening:
"So, here's the story. I've been in…
Big News on the OTPQ from the Singing News!
What exciting news! And a huge thank you to former lead vocalist, Bob Sellers for knocking it out of the park- we wouldn't be here without him!
2020 Diamond Award TOP 10 Nominees!
Nashville, TN (June 30, 2020) The Top 10 nominees have been announced for the 2020 SGN Scoops Diamond Awards and we are blessed with artists in the following categories:
JD Sumner, Living Legend Award: Les Butler
Mixed Group of the…
"I SANG MYSELF HAPPY" CONTEST WINNER ANNOUNCED
Nashville, TN (June 2, 2020) The Old Time Preachers Quartet is excited to announce the conclusion of the,
"I Sang Myself Happy Fan Favorite Contest." Many great songs and their stories were submitted from people
all over the country but…
Encouraging Words from Tim Owens
Our very own, Tim Owens offers words of encouragement during this Covid-19 crisis. We hope it blesses you!
Old Time Preachers Qt Facebook LIVE Concert!
Thursday, May 7th @ 7:00pm (est)
Don't miss this much-anticipated concert with the Old Time Preachers Qt!
With some great singing, preaching and testifying by Mike, Les, Adam, and Tim!
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OTPQ Facebook Live Concert!
Join the Old Time Preachers Quartet as they host a Facebook Live concert in the great state of Georgia! Tune in to win some great prizes! Be sure to share this event poster and tell all of your friends!
"I Sang Myself Happy" Contest!
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Old Time Preachers Qt- Busy and Blessed!
Nashville, TN (October 23, 2019) The past month for the Old Time Preachers Quartet has been busy and we've experienced huge crowds and full altars all along the way!
We held a 3 day/4 service revival at Pathway BC in…
He Has- The Stories Behind the Song (Adam Borden)
Watch this video as Adam Borden tells the story behind the song, "He Has," the current radio single by the Old Time Preachers Quartet.
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Watch as Tim Owens, tenor for the Old Time Preachers Quartet, shares what the single, "He Has" means to him.
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Mike Holcomb Inducted Into Tri-State Gospel Music Hall of Fame
Nashville, TN (August 7, 2018) On August 4th, Mike Holcomb was inducted in the Tri-State Gospel Music Association Hall of Fame. The induction ceremony was held in Fort Oglethorpe, GA at Parkway Baptist Temple.
Mike Holcomb has made an…
Old Time Preachers Quartet Announcement
Nashville, TN (July 24, 2018) The Old Time Preachers Quartet have announced that Lee McNeill has resigned as lead singer of the group but will remain with them throughout 2018 as they search for a new member.
"Lee took…
Old Time Preachers: "When I Wake Up" - #1 Singing News Pick Hit For August
Nashville, TN (July 10, 2018) Over the last few years, the Old Time Preachers Quartet burst onto the scene and have solidified themselves as one of the most popular quartets in the country. Their first three radio singles all climbed…
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Human brain from Toronto seized by U.S. border officials
The brave officers of U.S. Customs and Border Protection are used to protecting Americans against such Canadian threats as fruit, soil samples and wads of cash over $10,000 (in addition to actual threats like weapons and drugs) — but organs in jars? Those are press release worthy.
America's Department of Homeland Security announced on Wednesday afternoon that border officers had seized a human brain from the mail at Blue Water Bridge in Port Huron, Michigan.
The brain, shipped from Toronto, was found on Valentine's Day in a package destined for Kenosha, Wisconsin.
"On February 14, CBP officers assigned to the Area Port of Port Huron referred a Canadian mail truck that had just crossed the Blue Water Bridge for an inspection at the Centralized Examination Station," reads a release from the border agency.
"During this routine mail operation, a shipment manifested as an 'Antique Teaching Specimen' was targeted for inspection."
NO BRAINER—@CBPGreatLakes officers seized a human brain arriving in an international mail shipment at the Blue Water Bridge. The importation of human tissue is regulated by @CDCgov to ensure it's free of infectious diseases and other hazards: https://t.co/Fz7fFOGZJ0 pic.twitter.com/cbSCU8PalZ
— CBP (@CBP) February 20, 2020
Border officers opened the package to find what they described as "a human brain specimen inside of a clear glass mason jar without any paperwork or documentation in support of its lawful entry into the United States."
It is unclear why the brain was being shipped across the border, but U.S. officials aren't taking any chances.
Agricultural specialists with Customs and Border Protection are consulting the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) regarding potential infectious biological agents and "vectors for final disposition of the specimen."
"Individuals looking to import shipments such as this, need to remember that the Centre for Disease Control and Prevention has a strict Import Permit Program that must be adhered to," said Area Port Director Michael Fox in the U.S. federal government agency release.
"This is just another great example of just one of the many things CBP officers do to protect our nation on a daily basis."
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Following day before yesterday's iOS 11.4 release, that finally brought Messages in iCloud feature to Apple users, the company has today released macOS High Sierra for everyone and it is now available for download through the Mac App Store.
Just like iOS 11.4, this particular release of macOS also brings Messages in iCloud feature to Mac users. This means now you can take advantage of this new Messages functionality on your Mac. With Messages in iCloud you will be able to have all your conversations saved in the cloud and download your previous messages on a new device, without restoring it device from a backup. Another advantage of this feature is that if you delete a particular message from one device, it will automatically get deleted from all other devices connected with that account.
Other than that 10.13.5 brings stability, performance and security improvements to the Mac. Apple recommends this update to all users.
In order to update your Mac to macOS High Sierra 10.13.5 open the Mac App Store and click on the Updates tab. Once the software update has downloaded and installed on your computer, you can also activate the Messages in iCloud feature by going to Preferences > Accounts > Enable Messages in iCloud.


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Power spectrum analysis of bursting cells in area MT in the behaving monkey
W Bair, C Koch, W Newsome and K Britten
Journal of Neuroscience 1 May 1994, 14 (5) 2870-2892; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.14-05-02870.1994
W Bair
Computation and Neural Systems Program, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena 91125.
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It is widely held that visual cortical neurons encode information primarily in their mean firing rates. Some proposals, however, emphasize the information potentially available in the temporal structure of spike trains (Optican and Richmond, 1987; Bialek et al., 1991), in particular with respect to stimulus-related synchronized oscillations in the 30–70 Hz range (Eckhorn et al., 1988; Gray et al., 1989; Kreiter and Singer, 1992) as well as via bursting cells (Cattaneo et al., 1981a; Bonds, 1992). We investigate the temporal fine structure of spike trains recorded in extrastriate area MT of the trained macaque monkey, a region that plays a major role in processing motion information. The data were recorded while the monkey performed a near- threshold direction discrimination task so that both physiological and psychophysical data could be obtained on the same set of trials (Britten et al., 1992). We identify bursting cells and quantify their properties, in particular in relation to the behavior of the animal. We compute the power spectrum and the distribution of interspike intervals (ISIs) associated with individual spike trains from 212 cells, averaging these quantities across similar trials. (1) About 33% of the cells have a relatively flat power spectrum with a dip at low temporal frequencies. We analytically derive the power spectrum of a Poisson process with refractory period and show that it matches the observed spectrum of these cells. (2) About 62% of the cells have a peak in the 20–60 Hz frequency band. In about 10% of all cells, this peak is at least twice the height of its base. The presence of such a peak strongly correlates with a tendency of the cell to respond in bursts, that is, two to four spikes within 2–8 msec. For 93% of cells, the shape of the power spectrum did not change dramatically with stimulus conditions. (3) Both the ISI distribution and the power spectrum of the vast majority of bursting cells are compatible with the notion that these cells fire Poisson-distributed bursts, with a burst-related refractory period. Thus, for our stimulus conditions, no explicitly oscillating neuronal process is required to yield a peak in the power spectrum. (4) We found no statistically significant relationship between the peak in the power spectrum and psychophysical measures of the monkeys' performance on the direction discrimination task.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)
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Journal of Neuroscience 1 May 1994, 14 (5) 2870-2892; DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.14-05-02870.1994
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Náměstí Míru (dt. Friedensplatz), benannt nach dem gleichnamigen Platz, bezeichnet eine Station der Prager Metrolinie A. Der U-Bahnhof, der am 12. August 1978 in Betrieb ging, ist mit 53 m unter der Straßenoberfläche die tiefstgelegene Station – nicht jedoch der tiefste Punkt (Tunnel zwischen den Stationen Hradčanská und Malostranská mit 68 m unter der Oberfläche) – des Prager Metronetzes und zudem die Zweittiefste der EU. Ihre 87 m langen Rolltreppen mit 462 Stufen gehören zu den längsten der Europäischen Union. Die Station verfügt über drei Rolltreppen vom Typ Victoria FT 732 5 EK 30, die eine Geschwindigkeit von 0,65 m/s haben. Laut ThyssenKrupp liegt die theoretische Förderkapazität bei 13.500 Personen pro Stunde. Beim Ausbau der Prager Metro ist geplant, die Station als Kreuzung der Linie A mit einer geplanten Linie D zu verbinden.

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 Henrik Jeimke-Karge: Rolltreppen für die Welt, Hamburger Morgenpost, 9. April 2001
 Informationen zur Fahrtreppen im U-Bahnhof Náměstí Míru bei thyssenkrupp-elevator.com
 Bildergalerie auf www.metroweb.cz

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Why am I looking at a rack of lamb?
This past week has been trying to say the least. I also have a lot of tasks I have to complete the next few weeks as I work to move my family from Puerto Rico out west. Yet, the situation there has been more and more infuriating. My little niece got pneumonia and there was barely enough electrical power to help her out with the aid she needed. I'm not even going to go into the harrowing details. Suffice it to say that my niece ended up in her baby carriage with some kind of oxygen mask on in a Kmart aisle that had working electrical outlets.
While the week has been rough, I have been trying to get work done. I worked and worked and answered questions. I ran data and put together reports and powerpoints. Despite how trying the week has been for my family, I was quite productive. My mom raised me right and for that I am always grateful. I try to always keep that in mind.
You know how sometimes you can get lost in an image of fire? That's how I was. I was reminded of a film called "The Men who Stare at Goats" starring George Clooney. The film is about psychic spies. Well, sort of. Perhaps my staring at the rack of lamb was me trying to compel myself. Compel myself for what, I don't know. I have no idea how I reached that conclusion and how it is related to the movie. This is just a rant after all.
It's time to carry forth.
"I did it and it felt good" -That's what she said.
Sounds like autohypnosis to me.
Your week sounds like one that would have had me staring at anything and feeling very overwhelmed. Hoping good things for you and praying for your hardships. Peace be with you.
Thank you for the well wishes. I need them.


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DC to publish 'Before Watchmen' prequels
The unspeakable has happened, a series of prequel for Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons' epic masterpiece the Watchmen have been announced. This can either be astoundingly amazing or the worst decision since someone first spoke the name Jar Jar Binks.
CBR.com has unleashed a barrage of information, interviews and more on the upcoming 'Before Watchmen' mini-series. I strongly recommend visiting their site to read exclusive interviews and editorials on this major event.
DC ENTERTAINMENT OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCES "BEFORE WATCHMEN"
This summer, DC Entertainment will publish all-new stories expanding on the acclaimed WATCHMEN universe. As highly anticipated as they are controversial, the seven inter-connected prequel mini-series will build on the foundation of the original WATCHMEN, the bestselling graphic novel of all time. BEFORE WATCHMEN will be the collective banner for all seven titles, from DC Comics.
"It's our responsibility as publishers to find new ways to keep all of our characters relevant," said DC Entertainment Co-Publishers Dan DiDio and Jim Lee. "After twenty five years, the Watchmen are classic characters whose time has come for new stories to be told. We sought out the best writers and artists in the industry to build on the complex mythology of the original."
Stepping up to the challenge is a group of the comic book industry's most iconoclastic writers and artists – including Brian Azzarello (100 BULLETS), Lee Bermejo (JOKER), Amanda Conner (POWER GIRL), Darwyn Cooke (JUSTICE LEAGUE: NEW FRONTIER), John Higgins (WATCHMEN), Adam Hughes (CATWOMAN), J.G. Jones (FINAL CRISIS), Andy Kubert (FLASHPOINT), Joe Kubert (SGT. ROCK), Jae Lee (BATMAN: JEKYLL AND HYDE), J. Michael Straczynski (SUPERMAN: EARTH ONE) and Len Wein (SWAMP THING).
BEFORE WATCHMEN includes:
– RORSCHACH (4 issues) – Writer: Brian Azzarello. Artist: Lee Bermejo
– MINUTEMEN (6 issues) – Writer/Artist: Darwyn Cooke
– COMEDIAN (6 issues) – Writer: Brian Azzarello. Artist: J.G. Jones
– DR. MANHATTAN (4 issues) – Writer: J. Michael Straczynski. Artist: Adam Hughes
– NITE OWL (4 issues) – Writer: J. Michael Straczynski. Artists: Andy and Joe Kubert
– OZYMANDIAS (6 issues) – Writer: Len Wein. Artist: Jae Lee
– SILK SPECTRE (4 issues) – Writer: Darwyn Cooke. Artist: Amanda Conner
Each week, a new issue will be released, and will feature a two-page back-up story called CURSE OF THE CRIMSON CORSAIR, written by original series editor Len Wein and with art by original series colorist John Higgins. There will also be a single issue, BEFORE WATCHMEN: EPILOGUE, featuring the work of various writers and artists, and a CRIMSON CORSAIR story by Wein and Higgins.
"The original series of WATCHMEN is the complete story that Alan Moore and I wanted to tell. However, I appreciate DC's reasons for this initiative and the wish of the artists and writers involved to pay tribute to our work. May these new additions have the success they desire," said Dave Gibbons, WATCHMEN co-creator and original series artist.
"Comic books are perhaps the largest and longest running form of collaborative fiction," said DiDio and Lee. "Collaborative storytelling is what keeps these fictional universes current and relevant."
February 1, 2012 by dailypop	3 Comments
So I watched the Watchmen…
I've been fighting the flu for the past two months so missed opening weekend. Today I managed to squeeze in a very quiet matinee of the most talked about comic book movie in ages and… I find it strangely difficult to come up with anything to say about it.
But I'll try…
I should explain that this movie is meant for comic book fans. I mean that in the deepest way possible. If you are not an avid comic book reader you may still enjoy the movie, but if you are a comic book fan this is a full date that picks you up at your door, pays for dinner and brings you home for a night cap. Watchmen really wants to please comic book fans. As such, I should explain where I'm coming from as a fan of the medium.
My comic book addiction began here...
My initial exposure to super heroes is pretty common to most men in my general age group, Super Friends. I leafed through a few comics in my days but if not for my brother I never would have embraced comic books as much as I have. See, my brother has good taste. I snuck into his room and read two key comics books that got me hooked immediately. X-Men #142 by Chris Claremont and John Byrne and Daredevil #179 by Frank Miller and Klaus Janson. It's pure coincidence that these comic books are key examples of how the modern comic had matured at the time. These comics were so sophisticated and full of intelligent craft that my eyes were opened. They've been fixated on the comic page ever since.
... and here
In 1986, Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons collaborated on Watchmen which is regarded as the definitive post-modern statement on comic book super heroes. I've stated recently that since this factor is the strongest theme in the work that it is important that the movie based on the Watchmen be released now at a time when super hero films are a major success at the box office. Whereas the comic book version of Watchmen deconstructed the super hero psychosis, the motion picture does the same thing for the celluloid cousin.
However… it's not all wine and roses.
The book itself, prepare to throw tomatoes, has flaws. The characters are by and large stiff and uninteresting. The poetic license of the comic book is both forced and sometimes cringe-worthy. I mean, this is a comic which concludes it's first issue with the statement that it's difficult to laugh because 'the Comedian is dead.' Taking this in 23 page doses or however much you can read in one sitting is one thing… but being forced to read the entire 12 issue collection in one sitting while your room mate makes a mix tape is a bit much to ask. That is by and large what watching this movie feels like.
Condensing the plot of a massive work like the Watchmen into a single movie is daunting task, no matter how long you end up making the final product. Asking your viewers to sit through it is even more difficult. Combine this with the problematic elements I have already laid out (this is a movie based on a 12 part post-modern deconstructionist comic book) and you've got trouble. This would frankly not be so much of a concern if the movie were helmed by a more experienced director or at least one that was interested in making a statement of his own rather than echoing the intentions of Alan Moore.
If you walk into any comic book shop, almost anyone present would happy to point out any number of X-Men, Spider-Man or Superman comic books that would make for better movies than what we have seen. They would insist that the comic could be used as shooting script and adapted directly. This is almost precisely what was done with the Watchmen and the end result is both stunning and a big 'so what?' Honestly, if I wanted to read the Alan Moore comic, I'd rather just read the Alan Moore comic. Making a movie that so faithfully and stringently adapts the source material line for line makes me wonder why the film makers even bothered. Director Zack Snyder has gone on record as saying that he brought the Absolute Watchmen comic with him to the set every day and if in the end what he has done is nothing more than create an advertisement for the comic he would be happy. Well… job well done.
But does this make for an enjoyable movie? It certainly has its strengths.
Jeffrey Dean Morgan as the Comedian is astounding. His character is a touch stone of sorts that connects several plot threads while also serving as a statement on both American culture and the super hero phenomenon, so it's a lucky thing. The Comedian exemplifies the justified violence of the modern super hero in such starkness that it's startling. As a culture, we trust our heroes to be just and right so seeing one gladly attack protesters with a riot shotgun makes us retract in disgust. But 'we' have put him in this position. By and large, fictional heroes and protectors are called upon to do the very things that we cannot do in order to maintain the status quot. After all, if they are punching someone in the jaw, that must be a 'bad guy.' But who decides who the bad guys are? And who stops our protectors if they are being manipulated by authorities that do not have our greater good in mind? The Comedian plays out the story of the hero turned bad in all of its gory detail in the comic and the screen to great effect.
Rorschach is played to perfection by Jackie Earle Haley. This is also fortunate as he is the best character in the whole movie/comic. Rorshach is a statement on the two-fisted detective/vigilante that we have seen several times in comics. However, this version of the archetype has gone over the edge after witnessing just how evil human beings really are. Rorshach's journal audibly paints the character as a deranged lost soul who is hiding from the ugliness that he sees all around him behind his mask, his 'true face.' The fact that the movie gets this character right alone is worth the price of admission. A relative unknown in film, Haley is well on the way to stardom thanks to this film as it provided him with numerous opportunities to flex his acting muscles.
The comic is full of several key moments that the movie also gets right, including the Dr Manhattan on Mars sequence, a story that plays out like a how-to instruction in sequential art in the source material. The deeply movie koan on cause and effect that plays out through Billy Crudup's delivery is both fascinating and heartbreaking in its beauty. Seeing time as a thread of events made by personal experience is one thing, pulling that thread apart and analyzing the moving parts is just maddening. Zack Snyder may be a young filmmaker but he deserves full props for pulling off the most difficult sequence in the entire work.
So it may sound like I am totally in love with the movie, right? Well… no. There are problems, major problems, with the Watchmen movie.
The film may embrace fans of the comic (and seeing as how Watchmen is one of the most widely read comic books ever that's not a big problem) but it does everything short of kicking the uninitiated in the shins. Alienating and vague, the plot of the movie is never really clear and unless the audience is prepared to dive into an alternate reality, it's also hard to connect to the world it takes place in. While it would be a mistake to set the movie in contemporary America, I can almost sympathize with that idea.
Another problem is the high level of violence. I don't really have a problem with violence if it furthers the plot, but that is not always the case here. Action sequences are graphic (which I am fine with as it makes the violence jarring and upsetting which it should be) but as the film drags on they become glorified sequences of acrobatics.
Also, whereas the characters of the Comedian, Rorschach, Ozymandias and Dr. Manhattan are carefully constructed statements on the super hero psyche, both Silk Spectre and Nite Owl come across as uninteresting in comparison. True, there are moments of inspired genius for these characters. In particular, the absurdity of wearing costumes to feel sane combined with the brutal fight in the alley says volumes about the comic book super hero. Unfortunately this is all done away with in the hilarious sex scene in the owl ship. Don't get me wrong, I'm no prude but everything has its place and their extended love making scene was just excessive.
Additionally, the film had one of the worst soundtracks in recent memory. It started off tastefully with Dylan and devolved to K.C. and the Sunshine Band. I mean, honestly. Do I need to hear a song from a particular time period to know what decade it a scene is set in? It's as idiotic as showing the Eiffel Tower to make sure I know that the action is taking place in France. I wouldn't go on about this so much if it didn't almost single-handedly ruin the experience of the film.
So is the Watchmen a good comic book adaptation? Sure. But is it a good movie? No, not really. In fact, I often found myself wondering why it was made at all, which may be what Alan Moore was upset about all along.
See, I knew if I tried hard enough I'd manage to say something about the movie.
March 16, 2009 by dailypop	9 Comments
Why You Should Watch The Watchmen
The little 12 part maxi-series that could known as the Watchmen is about to play out to an audience that has never even heard of Alan Moore (perish the thought). Yet an even more avid audience waits in the wings with tickets purchased online and dog-eared copies of the first printing trade paperback gripped firmly in anticipation, the comic book fanatic. The Watchmen series arrived at a time when the comic book readers were graduating to sterner material. No longer satisfied with the simple four-colored exploits of Spider-Man, readers wanted to see their heroes beset with problems… big problems. Swamp Thing was an Earth deity that produced mind-bending fruit on a very pedestrian world that could never understand him. Over at Marvel, the X-Men became more adult and Frank Miller sharpened his quills with Klaus Janson on Daredevil, turning it into a comic book that rivaled the films of Scorsese and DePalma. Comic books were growing up.
Many moons later, the comic book industry is rife with frustrated novelists and former indie scene darlings writing the adventures of corporate-owned properties. Not to knock these works as they are very well done, but the day of the innovator and maverick that so enthralled comic book readers in the 1980's is much harder to find these days. Comic books used to worry about losing readers to video games but have since taken up the very nature of that rival and look slicker and more dynamic than the 65 cent comics they evolved from.
However, it's a very different world for the comic book fanatic of today compared to 1986.
The post-modern touch of the Watchmen arrived at the perfect time, when readers finally realized that guys in tights could be written in new, more sophisticated stories. Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons mutated this idea into a story that spoke as much to the state of America as to the state of comic books at the time. But what of the state of America today? After suffering eight years under President Bush, the average citizen has to hope and pray that the job market will bounce back and that the family home will not have to go on the market. Businesses are closing left and right or being swallowed up by opportunistic corporations.
In short, it's a bleak picture.
More importantly, the state of the comic book industry has seen many once popular and highly acclaimed creators working on flagship titles rather than their own creations. I hate to beat a dead horse with this one, but working for DC and Marvel is where the money is and frankly Captain America has never been better than under Ed Brubaker's reign, so everyone wins. The flipside of course is that Grant Morrison is far better at delicate works like 'We 3' and 'The Invisibles' than bombastic disasters like Batman R.I.P. or Final Crisis, but they just don't bring in the same money. But you take the rough with the smooth, I suppose. The bottom line is that there are not as many intelligent comic books that take chances as there once were.
The motion picture based on the Watchmen has been in development almost as long as the collected edition has sat on the shelves of Borders and Barnes and Noble bookshops. Many different approaches have been considered but surprisingly 300 director Zack Snyder has been given free reign to make a rumored shot-for-shot adaptation of the classic work. A dark and foreboding tale of a world run down by war and societal and economic collapse, even the heroes of Watchmen are scarred and damaged goods.
After seeing Spider-Man swing to safety three films in a row, the X-Men duke it out in special effects glory and Iron Man slyly entertain the masses, is there a place for such a grim and gritty film? Personally, I think that there is a very real need. The comic book super hero chic has ascended to acceptance by the everyman for the first time since the Golden Age of the medium in the 30's where everyone read Superman (of course the actual readership of comic books has shrunken to a cult following). What better time to show vigilantes are mentally unbalanced lunatics and supermen as god-like creatures untouched by petty human concerns and emotions? When the country so desperately needs a helping hand to pick us up and yank us out of a cultural depression, what better time to hear Rorscharch's gruff answer, 'NO'?
Dave Gibbons proudly stated in a recent interview: "If I could just go back to this point, when we did the original graphic novel, Alan (Moore) and John (Higgins) and I were just left alone to do it, and we kind of did it. And it's great that Zack has found himself in the position where he's been able to make his movie largely with out a lot of editorial micro-management. I think that is to the great benefit of the movie."
I hope that this rings true because for all of the fun and exciting comic book films that have been made there has yet to be one that has actually had something new to say. The American comic book has always acted as a mirror to our world which may be why so many long time readers have dropped certain comics in frustration, claiming that they want things to go back to the way they were. The influx of remakes and repackagings of film in the cinema is a desperate attempt to appease this need for escape to a simpler time… but you have to be shaken up some times and Watchmen certainly does just that. While the trailers look like X-Men, the actual movie will possibly leave many casual movie goers expecting Spider-Man or some other action-packed flick confused and dismayed at what they just saw.
Hopefully these people won't bring their kids.
Watchmen opens this Friday 3.6.09 with the director's cut running in select LA and New York cinemas. If you still haven't read the trade paperback, you can always watch the entire thing as a limited animation 'motion comic' available on DVD.
March 4, 2009 by dailypop	1 Comment
Nite Owls at the Diner
For the most important comic book to be adapted into a feature film, I'm actually surprised that there are not more promotional items to drum up interest like Taco Bell cups, graphic T-Shirts and the like. This could easily be down to the fact that Watchmen is going to be such a niche movie and that the reportedly high level of violence and nudity could make this one of the first comic book movies that is not littered with children. I think the first flash of Dr Manhattan's nude groin will get many teen boys screaming for the door. However, a limited run of organic coffee has got to be one of the weirdest movie tie-ins I've seen in a long long time and speaks volumes as to how different this film is.
Nite Owl Coffee
It's a small moment in the film WATCHMEN – Dan and Laurie save a group from a tenement fire. Once inside the Owl Ship, the survivors are offered what else? Coffee. Among all that hardware, there's an airplane-style coffee maker. And Veidt Enterprise's Nite Owl Dark Roast is the imaginary brand of coffee they brew. What better name for the quintessential caffeinated beverage when served in the context of nocturnal crime-fighting? In truth, this is 100% organic specialty coffee from WATCHMEN unit photographer Clay Enos and his Organic Coffee Cartel.
Designed on one side to resemble something straight out of the WATCHMEN universe, the other side features a striking black & white portrait of Nite Owl as captured by Enos. With just one run of 10,000 cans produced, this is sure to be a distinctive and unusual collectible.
As a coffee aficionado, I'm of course curious, but is it any good? Sure, I bag and board my comics but I'll be damned if I'm about to leave a canister of coffee unopened! Drink up, The Watchmen opens 3.6.09.
Nite Owl Dark Roast
February 21, 2009 by dailypop	3 Comments
After Watchmen, Now What?
Seeing as how a major motion picture is due out next month based on Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons' Watchmen mini-series, DC Comics is anxious to grab any viewers jazzed from the experience. Given the limited nature of the Watchmen comic, however, there's not exactly much more to read beyond the 12 issues.
So, DC is offering the next best thing, five budget-priced comics that may appeal to a viewer who thoroughly enjoyed Watchmen.
Saga of the Swamp Thing #21, March 11
Transmetropolitan #1, March 18
Planetary #1, March 25
Preacher #1, April 1
Identity Crisis #1, April 8
The Saga of the Swamp Thing issue is kind of a no-brainer as it is a classic. The Anatomy Lesson not only stood the entire Swamp Thing series on its head, but it also paved the way for one of the most impressive horror/suspense comics on the market to date. Swamp Thing was such a success that it introduced a new readership that DC could sell on Sandman, Hellblazer and later spawn the entire Vertigo line.
Transmetropolitan and Preacher are frankly 'also rans' in the Vertigo line that were once impressive but have not aged well. Both read like stilted juvenile attacks on authority and frankly I cannot see a fan of Watchmen getting interested in either of them. If nothing else, an issue of Preacher may encourage someone to research Bill Hicks. Transmetropolitan will just make readers confused as to why DC published a Hunter S. Thompson sci-fi series.
Planetary was a once hopeful new spin on the super hero/super science genre that became plagued with publishing delays and a lack of original ideas. For every brilliant issue there was the inevitable homage to 'x' (be it Godzilla movies, Doc Samson, Wonder Woman or what have you) issue that became tiresome real fast. It's a shame because the artwork by John Cassiday is stunning.
Identity Crisis may seem like the oddest addition but stacked up against the others it is actually the most appropriate for a fan of Watchmen. The first part of a major event comic written by Brad Meltzer, Identity Crisis took characters that readers had gotten bored with and added new facets to their personae. A gripping tale that really did have a lasting impact on the monthly comics, this could be the perfect read for a novice in the comics field. It also utilizes characters most everyone knows into telling a sophisticated story.
Looking past the obvious problem that in order to sell these issues movie viewers will have to set foot in a comic shop, each copy will only cost a slim dollar. So… maybe it's the task of the already initiated to buy up these comics and distribute to those unfettered by the Wednesday new release habit?
For more recommendations, I suggest the following for those looking for very well done super hero fare and one book that I just think everyone should read:
The Twelve, Vol. 1
Supreme Power Vol. 1: Contact
Life in the Big City (Astro City, Vol. 1)
Saga of the Swamp Thing, Book 1 (nice new edition)
Watchmen- Tales of the Black Freighter
To build up interest in the Watchmen feature film due in theaters in a scant month or so, Warner Bros. is releasing a pair of DVDs that will present additional views on the nearly immortal work of Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons. One is the digital 'motion comic' which I have covered elsewhere, but the second release is a far more important in my opinion. A full animated version of the comic-within-a-comic 'Tales of the Black Freighter.' Piggy-backed on this DVD will be 'Under the Hood,' the fictional auto-biography of Hollis Mason, the first Nite Owl, chronicling the rise and fall of the masked vigilante phenomenon.
Watchmen: Tales of the Black Freighter & Under the Hood offers audiences two essential Watchmen background stories on one disc
Burbank, CA, February 2, 2009 – Experience the exclusive and dramatic origin stories essential to the Watchmen experience as the comic-within-the-comic and Nite Owl's autobiography are brought to life as Warner Premiere's Watchmen: Tales of the Black Freighter & Under the Hood arrives on Blu-ray and DVD on March 24th from Warner Home Video.
Produced in association with Legendary Pictures, both titles are executive produced by Watchmen director Zack Snyder, Lawrence Gordon, Lloyd Levin, Deborah Snyder, Thomas Tull and Wesley Coller.
Tales of the Black Freighter, the story-within-the-story in the acclaimed Watchmen features the voices of Gerard Butler (300) and Jared Harris (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button) and is directed by Daniel DelPurgatorio and Mike Smith and written by Alex Tse (Watchmen) and Zack Snyder. Tales of the Black Freighter is produced by Brian McNulty and Karen Mayeda-Vranek.
Tales of the Black Freighter brings to strikingly animated life the graphic novel's richly layered story-within-a-story. Within the graphic novel, Tales of the Black Freighter, appears as a comic book read by a young man in New York City while the city is being destroyed. This daring pirate saga chronicles a sailor's journey home from being marooned. During his journey, the young seaman is "forced by the urgency of his mission to shed one inhibition after another" and experience horrible events along the way. The turbulent events the sailor endures seem to mirror those in the Watchmen's world.
Hollis Mason's tell-all autobiography, Under the Hood, chronicles the events in Hollis Mason's life that led to him to become the masked avenger Nite Owl and discusses how the Minutemen were formed. It features the original Sally Spectre, the Comedian, Moloch the Mystic, along with Hollis Mason, the original Nite Owl.
Under the Hood is directed by Eric Matthies, written by Hans Rodionoff and produced by Eric Matthies and Wesley Coller. Stars Carla Gugino, Matt Frewer, Stephen McHattie and Jeffrey Dean Morgan appear as their characters from the theatrical Watchmen film in this live-action documentary style special.
Watchmen: Tales from the Black Freighter and Under the Hood will be available on standard definition disc for $27.95 SRP and Blu-ray disc for $35.99 SRP.
The DVD will also feature exclusive content not seen in the feature film.
Make sure to reserve a copy today!
Watchmen: Tales of the Black Freighter & Under the Hood (+ Digital Copy) [Blu-ray]
February 6, 2009 by dailypop	Leave a comment
Watchmen, Dylan and My Chemical Romance
Gerard Way must be the happiest guy right now. Not only is he singing for My Chemical Romance and working on the great comic book series 'Umbrella Academy,' but he is also getting to combine his great loves by performing a cover of Bob Dylan's Desolation Row on the Watchmen soundtrack.
Interviewed on MTV
I'm not a big fan of his music, but Umbrella Academy hit a lot of the right buttons for me as a fan of super hero comics. That being said, he must be over the moon to be part of what is gearing up to be the most important comic book movie ever made.
Official Press Release:
BURBANK, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–A 12" vinyl picture disc of My Chemical Romance's powerful cover of Bob Dylan's "Desolation Row," recorded exclusively for the upcoming feature film Watchmen, will be released by Warner Sunset / Reprise Records on January 27th, 2009. Fans will be able to pre-order the disc through the band's website, www.mychemicalromance.com, as well as via www.watchmenmusic.com and www.becausesoundmatters.com beginning today.
The disc's A-side is My Chemical Romance's "Desolation Row," featured in the film and on Watchmen: Music From the Motion Picture. The B-side is "Prison Fight," taken from Watchmen: Original Motion Picture Score, composed by Tyler Bates. Both albums are due from Warner Sunset / Reprise Records in anticipation of the film hitting theatres March 6th.
A complex, multi-layered mystery adventure, Watchmen is set in an alternate 1985 America in which costumed superheroes are part of the fabric of everyday society, and the "Doomsday Clock" — which charts the USA's tension with the Soviet Union — is set at five minutes to midnight. When one of his former colleagues is murdered, the washed-up but no less determined masked vigilante Rorschach sets out to uncover a plot to kill and discredit all past and present superheroes. As he reconnects with his former crime-fighting legion — a ragtag group of retired superheroes, only one of whom has true powers — Rorschach glimpses a wide-ranging and disturbing conspiracy with links to their shared past and catastrophic consequences for the future. Their mission is to watch over humanity…but who is watching the Watchmen?
Desolation Row Live
The Watchmen movie is currently still tied up in legal battles between 20th Century Fox and Warner Bros., making many fans wonder if the March 2009 release date is firm or not.
Fox Wins Battle Over 'Watchmen' Adaptation
LOS ANGELES — The comic book movie "Watchmen" will be released by Warner Brothers on March 6, as planned, after a settlement between that studio and 20th Century Fox in a court battle over which one owned the rights to the story. But the legal drama surrounding the picture is probably only beginning.
Watching the Watchmen: The Definitive Companion
Watchmen and Philosophy: A Rorschach Test
The Umbrella Academy: Apocalypse Suite Limited Edition
January 16, 2009 by dailypop	Leave a comment
Watchmen Motion Comics
In preparation for the Spring 2009 release of the motion picture, DC Comics has released a weekly 'motion comic' project to drum up support. Using the original artwork from the 12 part mini-series combined with music and voice acting, the motion comic attempts to introduce a new audience to one of the most celebrated comic books of the 20th Century.
For those in the know, the 'motion comic' format is actually no different than that used by Grantray-Lawrence Animation back in 1966. A simple process of taking comic book art and slightly animating specific parts to give the vague feel of animation, this is a very primitive type of cartoon (an an easy way to get around hiring an animation team).
The more modern 'motion comic' has even less animation than the Grantray-Lawrence toons, however. In the end, the motion comics look more respectable… but frankly I prefer the 66 cartoons (because I'm crazy).
Even so, the Watchmen motion comic is a worthy experiment that will surely generate good word of mouth for the average guy who can't be bothered to read a book.
While the voice over work is decent, one excited comic fan has incorporated the spooky tones of Watchmen author Alan Moore himself into the 'Rorschach's Journal' narration… and it's free!
The entire Watchmen motion comic can be purchased as a $19.99 season download via iTunes.
Watching the Watchmen: The Definitive Companion to the Ultimate Graphic Novel
Watchmen: The Official Film Companion (Hardcover Edition)
Watchmen and Philosophy: A Rorschach Test (The Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Series)
Watchmen: The Art of the Film
December 20, 2008 by dailypop	Leave a comment
A preview of Watchmen
Comicbookrsources.com recently sat down with director Zack Snyder and got a few tidbits of information on the upcoming Watchmen movie.
From the sound of things, the film is going to be a faithful adaptation of Alan Moore and Dave Gibbon's incredible series. From the setting (an alternate 1980's) to the visuals (Doctor Manhattan's stunning clockwork construction), this sounds like the real deal so far.
From a montage opening sequence set to Dylan's 'The Times They Are A-Changin' to a breathtaking array of key scenes.
Also screened was Snyder's adaptation of the memorable fourth chapter of "Watchmen," in which Dr. Manhattan relates his origin in his uniquely non-linear fashion. Save for Mars being not bright pink but rather a dull brown, the sequence of events plays out and is depicted more or less precisely as it is in Moore & Gibbons' graphic novel, although certainly more graphically in moments where Osterman is moved to explode people. Also intact is Osterman's stoic narration, although, interestingly, Dr. Manhattan speaks with no vocal processing whatsoever, despite his memorably blue word balloons. Snyder later explained that actor Billy Crudup has a "very calming" voice, and that he interprets Dr. Manhattan as trying to make everyone around him feel as at ease as possible, and would thusly not modify his voice. However, Snyder did note that careful listeners will hear recurring ambient sound effects in scenes featuring Dr. Manhattan, such as modified whale song in close camera shots.
The final segment to be screened was Nite Owl II and Laurie Juspeczyk's daring rescue of Rorshach from prison. Though events play out as they do in the graphic novel — including a decidedly R-rated moment in which a naked Dreiberg and Juspeczyk formulate their plan, following what was obviously some exhaustive superhero sexing– and Snyder and his team amplify the jail break with intense, stylized fighting as Nite Owl and Silk Spectre make their way through the prison to find their comrade. The film diverges from the novel upon finding Rorshach, who is in full costume when he dispatches the Big Figure in the men's room.
The presentation concluded with a montage of mostly action footage cut to "Take A Bow" by Muse, including Dr. Manhattan's giant hand smashing through the ceiling of Adrian Veidt's Antarctic headquarters and Nite Owl and Silk Sprectre kissing while an atomic bomb explodes in the distance.
The film will also serve as a kind of time capsule playing to the whims of nostalgia-hungry viewers… which ironically fits into the theme of the movie perfectly.
Paradoxically, had the "Watchmen" film been produced in the 1980s, Snyder and company feel it wouldn't have worked nearly as well, either. Snyder was keen to note that in 1985, 'They never would have put [Nena's] '99 Luftballoons' in the movie. But we certainly will!"
Um… I hope that the rest of the soundtrack is decent.
An adaptation of such a grand comic book has long been a near nightmare of most comic book readers and film makers alike simply due to the brilliance of the source material. A post-modern comioc book that makes a statement on super hero comics and modern American culture, Watchmen has remained one of the finest offerings in the comic book medium.
Can it be a good film, though?
October 2, 2008 by dailypop	Leave a comment
Alan Moore – pre-Watchmen
Viewed as the maestro of the comic book medium, Alan Moore came from somewhat inauspicious beginnings on 2000 AD strips. In fact, were it not for DC Comics tapping him to revamp their Swamp Thing series, the writer may have never gained such acclaim as he has today. Alan Moore has been referred to as the best artist of our generation in any medium… which Moore himself would certainly question. His taste in jewelry may be remarkable and his collaboration with David J of Love and Rockets interesting, but I have yet to see him dance or sculpt.
It is of course his career-making Watchmen series that made him the super star of the 4-color world, which makes this video that much more interesting. The first major post-modern comic book series that placed super heroes in the unflattering light of critical examination, the world is just months away from seeing a feature film version. But in this 1985 appearance, Alan Moore is still awaiting the release of his maxi-series in monthly form and more interested in sharing his mammoth scripts.
So take a break from your busy Sunday and visit with the once humble and unknown Alan Moore, funny book writer.