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...heat of performance, though, it can be difficult to give the mind sufficient distance to understand what the body may be doing incorrectly. That's where a new generation of video software technology can make a vital difference. When Tara Kirk, a swimmer at Stanford University and Olympic-medal hopeful, was competing in races in 2003, she thought she was keeping her body straight in the water as she swam. Then she had a chance to look at herself on a laptop screen. Using a software program called Dartswim, her coach superimposed a picture of Kirk's technique from...
...industry of abandoning children, he laid out some suggestions for re-capturing what used to be the medium's core audience, including putting actual kid characters into kids comics. In spite of its critical nature, the speech was met with strong applause. Highlights of the awards included Derek Kirk Kim's Talent Deserving Wider Recognition (see TIME.comix review), Vertical Inc.'s "Buddha" for Best U.S. Edition of Foreign Material (see TIME.comix review), and Craig Thompson's "Blankets" for Best Graphic Album - New (see TIME.comix review). The jaw-dropping lowlight had to have been the award for Best Graphic Album - Reprint...
Vegas doesn't have to give anything away right now. It's so hot, even the people who own the town are spending money here. Last month, 87-year-old multibillionaire Kirk Kerkorian cut a deal to merge his MGM Mirage with Mandalay Resort Group to form the world's largest gaming company--until last week, when Harrah's Entertainment agreed to buy Caesars Entertainment in a $9.25 billion deal (including cash, stock and debt) that would create an even bigger company. Sheldon Adelson, the 70-year-old owner of the Venetian, is contemplating an IPO to score some cash...
...MIRAGE Kirk Kerkorian...
...other casino impresarios have brought sophistication to the new Las Vegas, MGM Mirage majority shareholder Kirk Kerkorian, 87, has supplied the scale. On three separate occasions over the past 35 years, the low-key billionaire investor has built the world's largest hotel on the Strip, most recently the mammoth 5,034-room MGM Grand in 1993. In the past five years, Kerkorian has ushered in a wave of consolidation, snapping up Steve Wynn's Mirage Resorts in 2000 and just last month agreeing to buy Mandalay Resort Group for $7.9 billion, including debt. A World War II pilot...