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turning the world's oldest whiskey into water.
You've made the world's most valuable decanter of whiskey.
What do you do with it?
If you're The Macallan and Lalique, you auction it off for charity: water.
Their oldest and rarest bottle of whiskey (64 years!) is going up for bid on Nov. 15 — in the meantime, The Macallan team is touring the world to auction 10cl drams of the whiskey to top bidders.
Last night's stop was in London, where a supporter bought a dram for £6,000 (that's about $9,000). 100% will go directly to fund water projects in developing nations.
Jordan Shea of our UK office stopped by to catch the auction. These photos are coming from her:
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Paris: early April
Madrid: late April
London: early May
Moscow: late May
Hong Kong: early July
Johannesburg: August
Taipei: early September
Shanghai: late September
Singapore: early October
Tokyo: late October
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Wednesday, January 5, 2011
Moniteau County Collector Carlene Petree shows the Dec. 31 mail which arrived at the Collector's Office. To beat the deadline and avoid penalties, property tax payments mailed had to be postmarked by Dec. 31, 2010. Each item must be processed, dated, entered into the computer system, filed, checks deposited and receipts sent. The staff, which is still working on the Dec. 28 and 29 mail, expects to complete the processing task by next week. Petree commented that with so much work ahead of her, she doesn't know why she is smiling. Perhaps because she is due to retire in March.
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From Palm Beach to Bundeena, Helen of Alexandria faces many battles on epic 62km swim
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AN Alexandria resident has swum 62km from Palm Beach to Bundeena, battling an onslaught of challenges including bluebottle stings, an electrical storm and a very close encounter with a container ship.
Helen Conway took only 19 hours, four minutes and 29 seconds to complete the marathon swim, raising awareness for youth mental health organisation, ReachOut.com.
Ms Conway, 36, who is an experienced distance swimmer, underwent extensive training to prepare for the gruelling task.
"I swam the English Channel in 2010 and when I was in training I did cold water acclimatisation so I was prepared for that part of it," she said.
The swimming enthusiast said she was delayed at the finish line for 30-minutes to wait for a container ship to leave Port Botany.
"When I actually got to the finish I had to just tread water for 30-minutes because the ports authority told us there was a container ship coming in," she said.
"It was 3am and it was pitch black so it was a little scary seeing this massive thing moving through the darkness. I was just like an ant next to it bobbing around with my glow sticks on.
"I was exhausted and all I wanted to do was reach the finish line but we got there in the end".
So far Helen Conway has raised $7000 for ReachOut.com.
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The nutritional composition of breast milk is a complex fluid containing more than a 100,000 different elements specialized to support human development and long term health. But can breast milk cure cancer? The Mirror UK is reporting that cancer sufferer Tim Browne pours some of his daughter's breast milk over his morning cereal in hopes it will boost his immune system in his battle with colon and liver cancer. Each morning Georgia expresses some of her breast milk after feeding her son for her ailing dad. Tim has described the taste of his breast milk cancer cure as slightly pungent and oily.
Tim's doctors support his exploration of alternative medicine solutions for curing cancer. His doctors cannot attribute breast milk cure cancer with his improving condition. Tim has also been receiving chemotherapy.
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An Oregon man who led police on a 12-mile, high-speed chase Feb. 27 between Fairview, Ore., and Vancouver was sentenced in Clark County Superior Court on Monday to 60 days in jail for taking a motor vehicle without permission.
Daniel Edstrom, 23, of Gresham, Ore., pleaded guilty to the felony charge in exchange for fewer charges. He was originally arrested on suspicion of possession of a stolen vehicle, unauthorized use of a motor vehicle, attempting to elude police and driving with a suspended license.
Judge Barbara Johnson sentenced him to the prosecuting attorney's recommendation of 60 days in jail with credit for 12 days served, per the plea agreement.
This is likely just the first chapter in Edstrom's legal troubles. He also faces charges in Oregon related to the chase and must pay the owner of the stolen 1989 Acura Integra restitution for damage to her car's tires from spikes police set up to stop Edstrom.
Officers from six agencies were involved in the pursuit. It began at 2:44 a.m. when a Fairview, Ore., police officer spotted the stolen vehicle, according to previous reports by The Columbian. Edstrom ran a red light and then merged onto westbound Interstate 84 as the officer pursued him. Edstrom drove at speeds of more than 100 mph north on Interstate 205, where he drove over spike strips set up by police. The spikes caused the car's tires to disintegrate and 100 feet of sparks to fly behind the vehicle.
The car finally was disabled after it left the freeway via the Mill Plain exit and then spun out in the 400 block of Northeast 112th Avenue.
Edstrom then fled the vehicle on foot and hid in the area. Vancouver police and a canine unit with the Clark County Sheriff's Office responded and set up a perimeter in the area.
Vancouver police eventually found Edstrom in some bushes behind Oscar's Bar & Grill, 400 N.E. 112th Ave., and took him into custody. Nobody was injured.
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We're nearly two weeks away from opening day, and the Yankees haven't designated a third or fourth outfielder yet. In recent days, Zoilo Almonte, Tyler Austin, and Ramon Flores have been optioned down, Adonis Garcia has suffered an injury, Matt Diaz has looked awful, and Ronnier Mustelier and Juan Rivera have been getting looks in the infield. The front office did acquire Ben Francisco earlier this week, but Cashman called him a bench option. Slade Heathcott, Thomas Neal, and Melky Mesa are all that remain.
On paper, Heathcott seems like an unlikely choice. He's been in the Yankee system since 2009, but he has just 869 plate appearances thanks to a number of injuries. The highest level of the minor leagues he's seen is High-A, where he hit very well this year, but would be in a rare position to jump from such a low level to the major leagues. Regardless, Brian Cashman called him a "dark horse candidate" for the outfield job. Heathcott was briefly sidelined with a thumb injury, but he's still left a lasting impression with his defense in center field. Though he hasn't hit, the outfielder has shown defensive tools that Cashman called major league ready. If Cashman was sincere about the organization's evaluation on Heathcott, the left-hander seems to offer everything you'd want on defense, and upside in the bat. The only problem is that you risk some developmental time in the minor leagues, and there's always worry about a player's confidence if they fail.
Thomas Neal might be the most prepared of the three candidates. The 25 year old has experience at Triple-A, and 24 plate appearances with the Indians. Offensively, he offers a decent amount of upside, good patience at the plate, and a little bit of power, though he did hit 22 home runs in 2009. Neal hit .314/.400/.467 for Double-A Akron last season, in a home ballpark that is very unfriendly to right-handed hitters. Statcorner has his park adjust wOBA at .405, which isn't far off from the .421 wOBA of Double-A prospect Mike Olt. Most fans viewed the Neal pickup in a positive light, but few see how underrated he was due to the ballpark he played in. This Spring, Neal has hit .333/.391/.524 with a home run and two stolen bases in 23 plate appearances. He's looked like the best offensive option in the outfield, but outside of a strong arm, his defense is questionable. If the team does pick Neal, they'll have to move him to the 40-man roster.
Finally, Melky Mesa has seen the most time in the field, yet he's struggled with the bat. In 37 plate appearances, Mesa is hitting just .200/.243/.371. Small sample size is something to keep in mind, but apart from 2 home runs, Mesa has continued his strike out heavy approach. In 2012, Mesa traveled through Trenton, Scranton, and the Bronx, but only saw a combined 135 plate appearances above Double-A. In comparison to Neal, Mesa had a .369 park adjusted wOBA for the Thunder, and a .334 wOBA for Scranton. The outfielder offers much better defense than Neal, and as a center fielder, and Mesa could save a considerable amount of runs with his glove.
Personally, I'm not a huge fan promoting Heathcott so early in his career, but the Yankees have much better resources to work off of than I do. The choice comes down to Mesa and Neal for me, for which each have their own pro's and con's. I would rather have both of these outfielders on the roster than Ben Francisco, who's offense has been barely average, and defense below average. Deciding between Mesa and Neal for the third outfield spot becomes a choice between picking offense or defense, and the team is certainly lacking offense at this point.


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Nu Skin Obtains FDA Clearance Of Facial Spa Device
PROVO, Utah, Sept. 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc. (NYSE: NUS) today announced that it has received FDA clearance to market a facial spa device for over-the-counter cosmetic use. The company's 510(k) application was filed approximately one year ago. The company estimates that the facial spa will become available for sale some time during the first half of 2014. "We have seen great demand for our innovative spa products throughout the world which has helped us to become a global leader in the home-use skin care device market," said Joseph Chang, Ph.D., chief scientific officer. "We are pleased that our U.S. sales leaders and consumers will be able to enjoy the benefits of this skin care device."According to a 2012 Kline & Company report, the market for at-home skin care devices has enjoyed double-digit growth globally, with Nu Skin devices leading the way in Asia. The report points to even greater opportunities for growth in the at-home skin care device market in the future. About Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc.Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc. demonstrates its tradition of innovation through its comprehensive anti-aging product portfolio, independent business opportunity and corporate social responsibility initiatives. The company's scientific leadership in both skin care and nutrition has established Nu Skin as a premier anti-aging company. The company's anti-aging products feature the new ageLOC ® suite of products including the ageLOC ® R 2 nutritional supplement, and ageLOC ® Galvanic Body Spa™, as well as the ageLOC ® Transformation daily skin care system. A global direct selling company, Nu Skin operates in 53 markets worldwide and is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol 'NUS'. More information is available at http://www.nuskin.com. Please Note: This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended that represent the company's current expectations and beliefs. All statements other than statements of historical fact are "forward-looking statements" for purposes of federal and state securities laws and include, but are not limited to, statements of management's expectations and beliefs regarding the availability for sale of the facial spa in the United States. In some cases, you can identify these statements by forward-looking words such as "believe," "expect," "project," "anticipate," "estimate," "intend," "plan," "targets," "likely," "will," "would," "could," "may," "might," the negative of these words and other similar words. The forward-looking statements and related assumptions involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results and outcomes to differ materially from any forward-looking statements or views expressed herein. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, the following:(a) any manufacturing issues that delay the availability of the facial spa for marketing and sale in the United States, and (b) any regulatory or other issues that impact the availability and marketing of the facial spa. The forward-looking statements contained herein are further qualified by a detailed discussion of associated risks set forth in the documents filed by the company with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The forward-looking statements set forth the company's beliefs as of the date that such information was first provided and the company assumes no duty to update the forward-looking statements contained in this release to reflect any change except as required by law. SOURCE Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc.
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For Northern Illinois offensive tackle Matt Krempel, the Orange Bowl experience was kind of like being on a roller-coaster ... that crashed at the end.
It was a great experience, with a not-so-happy ending. Even so, Krempel hopes he can do it again.
"I'm kind of up and down," Krempel said of his emotional state a day after the Huskies lost 31-10 to Florida State in the Orange Bowl at Sun Life Stadium in Miami Gardens, Fla. "But I look at the big picture. How many people can say they've ever been in a situation like that? It was everything that I imagined."
Certainly, Krempel said his offensive teammates wish they would have done a better job in the first half when Florida State built a 14-3 lead.
"We just had a problem with executing," said Krempel, a Columbus North High School graduate. "We had a lot of little details that were not crisp enough."
Other than a couple of drives in the third quarter, the Huskies struggled to move the ball. But after scoring their only touchdown early in the third quarter, Northern Illinois came right back with another drive that appeared to be headed for the end zone and a tie game. Heralded NIU quarterback Jordan Lynch threw an interception, and the Huskies never got on track offensively after that as the Seminoles took control.
"I kind of think we lost the momentum after that," Krempel said. "But I think we definitely proved we could play with them. Our defense played their hearts out.
"We know now that the only place left for us to be is to get to a BCS game ... and win it."
Personally, Krempel said he felt he played the best game of his life. He went head-to-head against Florida State All-American defensive end Bjoern Werner and held him to two tackles the entire game.
"Physically, I wasn't that tired after the game," Krempel said. "But emotionally, I would have to say I was exhausted."
For Florida State, it was another step toward a national championship. The victory was the first for the Seminoles (12-2) in a BCS bowl since the glory days of 2000, when they beat Virginia Tech for the national title.
After the game, coach Jimbo Fisher's players wore T-shirts that read, "Florida Statement."
"We're knocking on the door," Fisher said. "We feel very confident about where we're going and what we're doing. We've laid a great foundation here, and there's a great team coming back."
The 13th-ranked Seminoles won a bowl game for the fifth season in a row, but the stakes were higher this time. It was their first BCS bowl berth in seven years.
"It's not the national championship, but right below," Werner said. "Not a lot of teams can say that."
The 12-victory season was the first since 1999 for the Seminoles, the Atlantic Coast Conference champions.
"Florida State is almost back," safety Lamarcus Joyner said.
For 16th-ranked Northern Illinois (12-2), playing in a BCS bowl for the first time, the defeat snapped a 12-game winning streak. The Huskies came in as two-touchdown underdogs and fell to 5-28 against top 25 teams.
"Definitely the best defense we played all year," Lynch said of the Seminoles. "They were always in the right spot at the right time, it seemed like. They were hungry out there."
Lynch came into the game leading the nation in rushing and total offense, and he threw or ran on nearly every play for the Huskies. But he completed only 15 of 41 attempts for 176 yards and carried 23 times for 44 yards.
The junior became the first player in NCAA history to surpass 3,000 yards passing and 1,500 rushing in a season.
The loss came in Rod Carey's debut as the Huskies' coach. He was promoted to replace Dave Doeren, who took the North Carolina State job after the regular season.
"I'm upset," Carey said. "Florida State is a well-oiled machine. They beat us, no doubt. That doesn't change the fact I don't like to lose."


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There would be no regular trading session on 03rd November 2013 morning. The Exchange wishes all its Members a Very Happy Diwali and a Prosperous New Samvat Year, 2070.
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Glenn & Rosalie Munsch are both pleased, and saddened, to announce their retirement.
For many years we've traveled from Arizona to the Midwest with some of the finest crafts and jewelry the Southwest has to offer. And, because our customers become our friends, we looked forward to the trip each year with glee.
But the time has come to hang up the banners and conclude a long road trip that has brought us many friends and warm memories.
Thank you for your kind words, firm handshakes, and steady business. We will remember you fondly as time goes by. We hope that our paths cross by chance down the road and we can share a cup of coffee.
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Let's Talk About Furniture – Antarc
At some point in our lives, we have to move out of home. With this move, comes the need for essentials. Like a sufuria, a mwiko, ugali floor, and most importantly, furniture. Yes. A bed, a comfortable sofa a coffee table… you know, the standard ones. Fast forward to the day you will marry or get married. You have a bigger house, you need your family to sit comfortable and feel that when they come home, they have actually come to their favorite haven.
If you are like me, you have experience the frustration and disappointment that carpentry can be! You go order that awesome seat you found at the carpenter's shop. The carpenter tells you 'hiyo ni ya display' (that one is for display purpose only). And the truth is, it is put there on purpose. To attract the unsuspecting you. So you go ahead and order an exact replica of the 'display' furniture. It is a replica alright, but only the top cover! Because a week into your family enjoying (and if you have hyper-active kids like my Junior, jumping up and down), the frame on 'wonderful' seat falls apart! And your heart breaks. You decide to go to the fundi and suddenly, he is not as polite or cordial as he was when you were a potential customer!
Enter Antarc Furniture. Specializing in all sorts of furniture! Me? I am more interested in their awesome home furniture. Even better, the fact the said furniture is affordable and if you point at a seat or a bed, you walk away with that exact piece. Goodbye headache and hello a beautifully furnished home and good quality furniture!
Life is a hustle as it is. Money doesn't grow on trees. If I am going to spend money on furniture, then I want to know that it will outlast Junior till he moves away from home! Truth is, instead of using money to replace or repair furniture, it is best to use this money to grab other pieces of furniture for either your house or for gifting your friends or family (which you can still get from Antarc)! It is time consuming and mentally exhausting to find a good piece of furniture that suits your needs! You should visit these guys. They have stuff that will blow your mind. And with their guaranteed quality, you will never be disappointed! I mean, these guys have been in the furniture business for the last 19 years! Still not impressed? How about they have furniture that caters for people with back issues! Awesome, right?
So what are you waiting for? Kuona ni bure. Go check them out.
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ANAHEIM – Before tourists start flocking to Disney California Adventure to experience the newly unveiled Cars Land and other upgrades, media types from across the U.S. and at least four countries took a spin through the revamped resort.
Correspondents – representing national and local TV and radio stations and websites – have spent the better part of the week broadcasting, writing, blogging, and tweeting about the resort's new attractions and $1 billion expansion.
"Since Cars Land was inspired by the Disney-Pixar film 'Cars,' the land has generated interest from a wide range of media, from automotive writers to film and entertainment journalists," Disney spokeswoman Michele Himmelberg said in a statement.
The Good Year Blimp, Spirit of America, has been hovering in the Anaheim sky and providing aerial coverage; ABC's Good Morning America on Thursday guided viewers through attractions in the Cars Land town of Radiator Springs.
Esteban and Danitza Villanueva, husband-and-wife publishing team of Giving Back magazine (gbsan.com), which they said caters to high-income Latinos from San Diego, were among dozens of media crews on hand for a red-carpet, celebrity-laden event at the park Wednesday.
The Disney resort is a weekend getaway, or escapadita, for Giving Back readers, Esteban said.
"Our readers have impact on attendance numbers in Disneyland," he said. "We are always about sharing new and exciting stories."
Also covering the Cars Land unveiling was a blogger named Robert, who declined to give his last name, but said he is known simply as "Mr. Daps" to followers of his site, dapsmagic.com. The site caters to annual pass holders, he said.
"We won't get into as much of the general details, but more into the insider stuff, (such as) the best food and ways around the lines," Robert said of his coverage plan. "We usually assume they know something about Disneyland."
Because of Cars Land's tie-in with Route 66 – roadside stops along the historic national highway were the inspiration for the land's layout and attractions – websites such as route66news.com have also shown interest.
Westways, the magazine available to members of the Automobile Club of Southern California, featured Cars Land in its June issue.
When Disneyland opened in 1955, the only three TV stations that existed covered the event along with radio and print outlets, Himmelberg said.
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A Closer Look: A Celebration of German Shorts
The Goethe-Institut, a German cultural center, is presenting both anexhibition and a screening of nine new German animated short films in LosAngeles, California. The program includes films from Thomas Meyer-Hermann,Heinrich Sabl, Thomas Stellmach, Tyron Montgomery and Kirsten Winter. Inconjunction with this event, visual effects specialist, Volker Engel --whose credits include "Godzilla" and "Independence Day," for which he wonthe Academy Award -- will be speaking on the exhibition's selections anddiscuss animation and special effects in general. The Goethe Instituteregularly promotes German animation throughout the world, creating variousevents such as this upcoming one in Los Angeles, and the non-competitiveanimation festival called Metamorfosi in Rome (Italy) last year, whichfeatured the work of Raimund Krumme, among others. These initiativescomplement the promotional work done by animation festivals in Germany. TheInternational Festival for Documentary and Animated Films, which takesplace every year in Leipzig, and the biannual International Festival ofAnimated Film in Stuttgart, are two major animation events. In addition topromoting both domestic and international animation, the latter gives cashawards to support independent productions. One of the festival prizes, theInternational Mercedes-Benz Sponsorship Prize for Animated Film (40,000DM), includes the completion of an independent production in conjunctionwith a one-year scholarship at the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg. [Frenchanimator Marie Paccou won this coveted award at the festival's 1998 editionfor her short film "Un Jour."] German animation is also supported byworld-renowned schools such as Kassel University (where Academy-Awardwinner Tyron Montgomery studied and did "Quest"), in addition to theaforementioned Filmakademie Baden-Wurttemberg, making Germany a producer ofhigh quality animated shorts.
Tyron Montgomery's "Quest," an 11 1/2 minute short featuring a puppet madeout of sand in pursuit of water, won the Oscar for Best Animated ShortFilm, as well as the Cartoon d'Or Award in 1996. In the February 1999 issueof Animation World Magazine, Tyron Montgomery leads us through theproduction process of "Our Garden," a stop-motion theatrical piece hecompleted utilizing digital technology. The article includes a Quicktimemovie clip.
In the March 1998 issue of Animation World Magazine, Kirsten Winterdiscusses how she incorporates music into the pre-production of her films.
The Raimund Krumme Gallery on AWN highlights drawings that Raimund uses asan exercise before starting his films. You can enjoy a series of 16exercise drawings, and then view a more detailed version of one ofRaimund's drawings.
Read Don Perro's review of Marie Paccou's "Un Jour" in the December 1997issue of Animation World Magazine.
In the October 1998 issue, Animation World Magazine featured the uniquefilmmaking process of Bärbel Neubauer, another famous German artist, whothe Goethe-Institut has highlighted.
In June 1997, in "Kassel: The Little School With a Big Name," ProfessorPaul Driessen relates his experience at the animation school of KasselUniversity.
William Moritz reviewed the ninth Stuttgart Animation Festival in our May1998 issue as well.


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The Poet Laureate and the Fraygrants
Robert Pinsky goes toe-to-toe with participants in "The Fray."
Let me clarify: To say it is a vocal art does not mean that it is a performative art. I am not thinking of the expert actor or poet or orator performing in a hall so much as I am the person muttering a few lines or a whole memorized poem while in the shower, or driving--or the person reading the poem aloud to a lover, child, one or two friends. "Do you know these lines of Whitman ..." and then the reading. Or just the way I comfort my mind with a few snatches of "Sailing to Byzantium" or whatever ... that's near the center of the art, for me.
That is a perfect clarification. Thank you.
I also do not want anyone to go away with the image that I look down upon the practice of reading poetry aloud. I think what you are trying to do with your "Favorite" poem project is excellent, and very important. Especially for, though not limited to, children. Now here is an area where I know reading poetry aloud has a meaningful and lasting effect. Having spent uncountable hours reciting too many rhymes, riddles, and tattered Golden Books to my kids, I am well aware that it does make a difference. In any case, thanks for dropping in this evening, and I really think you should just pop into the other poetry thread from time to time (you do lurk there, I hope?) and let us pick your brain or vice versa. Ciao.
"The Unseen" is a devastating poem about your visit to Krakow--the concentration camps. The title is perfect--because it's almost what you didn't see that evokes the pain and anger. This kind of poem seems so hard to write. I've tried and failed for the most part.
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posted at 4/13/2011 4:18 PM EDTI got to watch it this morning on my DVR and enjoyed it because I did not know all the details on his college days at Michigan. Heck, I did not know who Brady was until he came in for Drew. I was still in the military and was keeping track of the team and watching every game I could but I was not on the interenet at all then and had no clue who the backup was and didn't care because we had the "man" Drew Bledsoe (who I still appreciate what he did for the Pats franchise by the way). It was a nice suprise when Tom came in and took over!!!!!!!!!! The crying stuff I could care less about as long as he keeps trying to prove all those teams messed up not drafting him. Go Pats!!!


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I'm in a local unsigned band. Basically, I was wondering if anyone could tell me how I can sell my recordings, preferably over Facebook without signing up to a service like CDBaby or similar.
My reasoning is that our band will hardly break into the charts and the total amount of money we'd ever receive is minimal. I just want a way to link people to a check out page which then will give them a link to the tracks they have bought to download. Essentially the online version of selling CDs at a gig.
Has anyone got any experience in this field? Or is anyone in the same situation?
This is my band if you were interested: https://www.facebook.com/theunderdogsofficial
I read the name as 'Thunder Dogs' as first.
Man that would be a way better name.
I think what you need is a bandcamp-account.
Wrong forum. If you wanna post your FB link, go to 'Promote YOUR Band'.
If you want advice regarding working in the music industry, go to 'Musician Talk' or preferably 'Bandleading'. The people in the 'Recordings' forum will probably know a lot about digital distribution, too.
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Cheers for the bandcamp suggestion, I'm setting up an account now, seems to offer eveything I need, thanks a lot!
Mackelmore recently became the first artist to reach #1 on U.S. Charts without a signing
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Riot breaks out after Zoabi hearing
Aviel Magnezi
1. Is it just my imagination or do Israeli Arabs...
want their cake and eat it also?
Noodles ,
Coney Island
2. Zoabi - I did no wrong!
OMG!!! Is she for real???? She should be tried as a traitor - good heavens if she is convinced that she did no wrong - then she shouldn't be allowed back into the Knesset (though she will be receiving a "pension" from the Zionist government - I don't hear her complaining about the oppressors money....)
Shsohieb ,
Migdal, Israel
3. Ban & Deport her!
Let her be deported to Gaza or to Syria. May her name be cursed through eternity.
I'm a Jew ,
4. It all boils down to
Wether or not she has broken the law - however obnoxious her views But it certainly begs the question Is she too embroiled and preoccupied representing the PA and Hamas to have time and commitment representing her own electorate in Israel? And do her loyalties to the PA and Hamas colour her judgement in representing her constituents? Well if you look at her actions and inflammatory statements that serve only to divide Israeli Society, that serve only to distort facts, that hinder Israeli Arab progress, that undermine multiculturasm - and the sheer arrogance with which she has behaved... At the very least she has failed and betrayed the very people who matter the people who voted her in
Tim ,
5. #4
If she has failed the people who voted for her, as you proclaim, then let the vote her out of office. Makes perfect sense to me...To you ?!
Ali ,
State of PALESTINE
6. This woman was in the Flotilla
Where an Israeli soldier was stabbed in his back in order to be kidnapped and later negotiated on, so terrorists will be freed, and not only she did nothing about it, she praised his stabbers! She is not pro-Palestinian, she is anti-Israeli, and no anti-Israeli should server in the Israeli parliament. Sorry for any English mistakes.
Chen ,
Ariel, Israel
7. Ban and deport the Knesset
back to Brooklyn from whence it came
BDSforever ,
8. Zoabi
The woman is a traitor. Trying to destroy a legal blocade that Israel has instituted in order to protect its citizens from terrorist action, puts Zoabi directly in line with the terrorists. As such, being that Israel is in a state of war, she is nothing more than a traitor to the country in which she lives and prospers and should not only be thrown out of the Knesset, but should, in fact, be tried for treason.
Joe ,
9. Proud Israeli
She is innocent. She has the right to say whatever she wants granted she represents her constituency. This is a democracy, this is not an obscure, Middle-East Arab country. We should be proud of our Legal system. The right wing is trying to convert us into an authoritarian regime, but Jewish values of democracy and human rights are stronger. We may not like Zoabi, but she lives in a free society and can say whatever she wants.
Keren BR-IL ,
10. Treason
Section 3. Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying war against them, or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort.
Sidney ,
11. I don't like Zoabi
Kahane was rightfully banned from the Knesset, today there are extremest in the Knesset and running for the Knesset that make Kahane look moderate. Excluding Zoabi is the wrong thing to do.
Ethan Schwartz ,
12. #9
Keren (#9), Zoabi is NOT "innocent". Not because of what she said/says, but because of her ACTIONS. You can curse Israel all you want, but when you participate in deed against Israel (her participation in the "Flotilla") you give up your right to be in the Knesset (at the very least). Don't you think?!?!
Mitchell Cohen ,
Gush Etzion, Israel
13. #5. Agreed
Assuming she has broken no laws Ali - let her electorate decide That said it is frustrating to the many people on both sides of the divide who are genuinely and quietly trying to bridge divisions, promote a peaceful resolution to the conflict, find common ground, teach our children respect for all....when she relishes in her finger pointing notoriety in doing quite the opposite
Tim ,
14. #5
Of course, Ali. Let the people of Israel simply vote her out of office. That's what we're all used to seeing in Arab countries, aren't we, including the "State of Palestine"? I don't support Zoabi's actions nor her opinions but I think preventing her from speaking at the Knesset was a mistake by some MK and Reuven Rivlin did well in standing up for her rights. My biggest criticism of Hanin Zoabi is her criticizing Israeli policies from outside rather than from the inside. She is definitely not loyal to the country.
Marcel ,
San Jose, Costa Rica
15. We are not yet Russia-put her on trial or shut up!
miki ,
16. 15- miki, TAMPA, what do you mean be we?
You're in Tampa If tthis were Russian, she would have been put in the Gulag ages ago
17. zoabi should NOT be in the next Kesset, ben-ari MUST abide
by the LAW.
Big Mouth ,
On the face
18. #2 Shsohieb
Anyone with half a brain can see from Zoabi's actions that she is a trator who should be charged with treason, however nothing has been done. No charges have been filed. Then along comes Lieberman who did nothing but his job in appointing an Ambassador and he is charged with a crime. Can anyone smell the stench of corrupt left wing politics here? If not, you need to see a doctor. You have lost your sense of smell. You were correct in saying she is a traitor.
DavidR ,
19. #5 ignorant
not only do you claim to live in a non-existent "state" (there has never, ever been an arab state of "palestine"), but you don't understand anything about the Israeli system of proportional representation. (israel has more *arab* political parties than the palestinian anarchy, by the way, you silly troll.) NOBODY voted for zoabi - in israel you vote for the party, not the politician. and so long as zoabi is on the balad list, it is impossible to vote for balad without voting for the treasonous b*tch. (supporting your country's enemies is the definition of treason.) the next time she joins in an anti-israel flotilla, i hope she goes down with the ship.
red ,
toronto, canada
20. In most nations Zoabi would charged with treason
However in Israel traitors are allowed to run for parliment.
Chaim Ben Kahan ,
Efrat, Israel
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Hearthfire, the next downloadable expansion to The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, will let players purchase land and build houses from the ground up. The add-on is set to release for the Xbox 360 on September 4 for 400 Microsoft points. There's no set date at this point for a PC or PS3 version.
It's a step in a different direction for Bethesda, which has previously focused a bit heavier on the action elements of Skyrim. Beyond building a house, you'll also be able to adopt children with this expansion — an addendum to the game's marriage system.
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Although it may not interest you in the least, Mr. President, I want to try and convey to my friends' and fellow thinkers at least the acute misery that is affecting me this New Year. I took the customary leave from my work, with a view to taking the family on a holiday and subsequently observing the rituals of the New Year.
I had some doubts regarding the affordability of the holiday after the price hikes on fuel and all food items but the final nail on the coffin was a letter from my bank informing me that the interest rates on my loan had been further increased. Of course there was no mention of any corresponding increase on the interest rates on deposits!
So the holiday was cancelled and I saw a request from you that we should minimize on power usage. Anyway the usage of power is becoming increasingly beyond our meager budgets, therefore we now sit in darkness and have dinner by candlelight. A candle lit dinner is associated with romance and fine food but alas your middle class subjects have neither romance nor fine food unless of course you consider Parrippu and rice fine food. No doubt there will be a minister who will say so, soon enough!
The much vaunted PEACE that you have purportedly brought to our country should have facilitated travel and allowed me to take my children to places in their own Country that they have NEVER visited. However this is not possible for two reasons. The first being the prohibitive costs that your regime has bestowed upon us but the second and much more important one being the fact that all you have brought about is a ceasefire ( due to the annihilation of the militant wing of the LTTE) and not PEACE as it is known in other parts of the world. There is an air of uneasiness prevailing in the North and East of the Country that does not allow any right thinking, remotely sensitive person to enjoy a holiday in what is essentially a captured land. A land where the needs and wants of the people are not being addressed adequately, here too your brilliant strategists have missed another golden opportunity.
Since I am not going anywhere, not running my vehicle and spending a lot of time in darkness I have chosen not to shave ( in any case there is a shortage of blades in the market bringing back memories of an era mismanaged by your party predecessors) therefore a certain bedraggled appearance now compliments my mood of dejection and despair.
On the subject of vehicles I used to run two as I work away from my family and there was one vehicle for use of my family. That too cannot be afforded anymore and there again I may be unwittingly contributing to you brilliant economic policies by using less imported fuel. My travel to work is by public transport and when I get to work I am in no mood t work (for reasons that you will NEVER understand as even if you have ever used public transport in this Country, it would have been in a bygone era when the levels of service and the courtesy standards were beyond recognition) and the resulting loss in productivity have undoubtedly not been taken into consideration by genius's who run your economy.
Since this New Year is dawning on Friday the 13th, a day believed to be singularly unlucky in most parts of the world, any good fortune may be diluted. Furthermore the auspicious times for carrying out the rituals are in the middle of the nonagathaya (the period when the sun transits between Pisces and Aries) a time when it was once the practice not to carry out any auspicious activities your Astrologers' too seem to have reached peaks of knowledge that was not available to our ancient civilization.
I try to practice Maithree as is preached by the Gauthama Buddha and such I try to bestow the blessings of the triple gem upon you. I wish the triple Gem gives you the knowledge to realize that you have failed, the wisdom to gather your clan and leave and the courage to avert further bloodshed and misery in this country by doing so peaceably.


text: Although it surprises many people, rugby is increasing in popularity in China. I spent Sunday at the Shanghai Sevens wearing a fluffy Panda mask, got sunburnt anyway, and laughed and cheered all day. Unreasonable amounts of beer were consumed and there was even a display by a streaker before the final between Korea and Japan, which Korea won. The guy scored a try at each end of the pitch, watched by bemused Chinese officials who looked at each other as if this was the only eventuality they hadn't been brushing up on in anticipation of the tournament. So all in all, it was pretty much home from home. Last year, my life revolved around the local expat team, the Shanghai Hairy Crabs. They are named after the Shanghai delicacy – a mutant-looking crab that grows fur on its claws and is the only crustacean of its small size that can live in highly polluted lakes and rivers. Everywhere else in the world, people go to great lengths to eradicate them, here they are glorified - and the local team is pretty dear to our hearts too. Over the weekend, expat teams including the Crabs, the Chengdu Pandas and Beijing Devils battled it out alongside national teams such as Sri Lanka, Thailand, India, Singapore and China. On Sunday evening, I stood away from the crowds, watching bats swooping over the pitch, a running commentary, music and the sound of a crowd in the background. I realised the pace of change in Shanghai must be infectious. The group behind the development of this tournament have achieved so much so quickly. Last year, the lone field in the middle of nowhere with two industrial chimneys as its backdrop could only politely be called a pitch. Metal scraps from the field's previous industrial incarnation would leave gashes on the players' arms and legs. If there were posts, I seem to remember they were the bamboo-canes-attached-to-goalposts variety. The only other person stupid enough to turn up at the ground, other than the players and supporters, was a woman selling cooked meat on a stick who found her profit margins grew overnight, until everyone got sick. Soon two pitches will become five and there will be six tennis courts and a clubhouse at the ground too. Maybe it's the steely determination to survive and prosper that endears Shanghainese to the hairy crab. Maybe it is literally something in the water that makes everyone in Shanghai, expats and locals alike, dig deep to make things happen. Back to Expat front page


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Two Soviet icebreakers were expected to join the effort to save two stranded whales today an effort that has cost close to $1 million and "may be out of control, " according to a top federal official on the scene.
The Soviets were scheduled to arrive about midnight Monday. To prepare for them, National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration officials in Barrow were granted a request to close air space in the vicinity today, according to Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Paul Steucke.
The icebreakers may have arrived just in time, as rescuers at the scene lost ground in their efforts to coax the imprisoned mammals toward freedom. Biologists stopped cutting new breathing holes through the Beaufort Sea ice Monday evening after the whales, apparently reluctant to approach a shoal, headed back toward the shoreline where they have been trapped more than two weeks.
Biologists switched tactics in the frustrating effort to get the whales through the shallow water. With Eskimo crews providing the backbreaking labor, they connected a series of intermittent breathing holes to form
a single open channel some 600 yards long. Instead of pushing the ice blocks back under the adjacent ice, the Eskimos used long poles to guide the miniature icebergs to the rear of the slot.
The idea was to try to keep the whales from reversing their course toward the nearest open water. Initially, the strategy worked. The whales would swim back and forth between the edge of the shoal and the rear of the iceclogged channel.
"They're doing what they're supposed to, " said federal whale biologist David Withrow, as the backfilling operation forced the whales toward the shoal. But when the channel behind them was almost completely filled, the whales reversed course, struggling up through the large slabs of ice and thick slush.
"It's discouraging, " Withrow said as the whales began surfacing farther and farther back from the shoal. "Why come back here when they know it's open up there?"
National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration biologist Ron Morris said the Soviets were confident that at least one of the Soviet vessels would be able to breach the ice ridge, called a pressure ridge, at its narrowest point. The larger of the two vessels, the Admiral Makorov, is 443 feet long and needs about 35 feet of water to operate, he said. The smaller vessel, the icebreaking cargo ship Vladimir Arseniev, needs about 22 feet. Charts indicate the water depth at the ridge is about 30 feet.
Meanwhile, specialists determined through soundings that there is about 40 feet of water beneath the pressure ridge, a jumbled mass of ice chunks about 30 feet high and as wide as two football fields.
"There is a lot of water flowing beneath the ridge, which should mean it will be easier (for the Soviet icebreakers) to break through" than had been expected, Morris said.
NOAA Rear Admiral Sigmund Petersen, Morris, Coast Guard Capt. Jim McClelland of the U.S. icebreaker Polar Sea, and NOAA interpreter Lt. Salina Andreeva were to board the Soviet vessel today to assist in the operation.
NOAA officials asked for a temporary airspace closure to keep a fleet of aircraft from startling the Soviet visitors, Morris said. FAA spokesman Steucke said the restriction was granted for safety reasons. It would extend for a radius of four miles and was to begin at 9 a.m. today.
The Coast Guard has two icebreakers of its own, but neither is in a position to help. The Polar Sea is in Seattle. The Polar Star is in Halifox, Nova Scotia, headed for the Panama Canal and a return to Pacific waters. It had been caught in the Arctic Ocean, and separated from the whales, by impassable ice. The vessel was forced to escape east through the Northwest Passage.
Costs of the rescue effort continue to rise and may have already reached $1 million.
Because so many agencies and corporations are involved in the rescue, some of which are reluctant to discuss cost, it is difficult to determine exactly what the tab will be for the rescue. Petersen, of NOAA, said Monday that all agencies involved in the attempt were determined to continue until the whales are free. But he admitted he had personal concerns about the expense.
"There are a lot of expenditures being made, I understand that, " he said. "Somehow, it may have gotten out of control. We decided at the very beginning that there was a need for saving these whales. They were caught here and stranded and NOAA has responsibility for endangered species.
"Ron Morris was asked to come up here to evaluate the situation. An offer was made to move this (hover) barge over here. Then there was one offer after another that wasn't turned down. All of a sudden we were in a massive type of operation."
North Slope Borough officials said that as of Friday, their outlay had topped $300,000 which they need help in paying. Spokeswoman Marie Adams said the borough was asking for donations to a special fund to offset the expenses.
"A lot of people are calling in with their pledges, but they aren't sending checks, " she said. "We're getting the phone calls, but not the checks."
To cut costs, and to make equipment available for emergencies, the borough Monday stopped flying reporters from Barrow to the ice pack to see the whales.
VECO International Inc., an oil field construction and service company, donated use of a $3 million "hoverbarge" first used in the rescue attempt. It was abandoned six miles offshore near Prudhoe Bay when Army National Guard helicopters could not tow it over coastal mud, shallow water and sand bars.
The National Guard has spent "in excess of $400,000" but since the rescue is ongoing it is difficult to estimate total costs, according to the guard's adjutant general, Maj. Gen. John Schaeffer. He said the money probably would have been spent anyway on training missions "boring holes in the sky."
VECO on Saturday donated an icebreaking tractor to the effort. The huge screwonfloats was demonstrated Monday for the 50 or so members of the media in Barrow but had yet to be put to work, according to Staff Sgt. Patricia Owens of the National Guard.
Bill Allen, chairman of VECO, said his company may have spent as much as $200,000. That does not include the costs of VECO employees who have worked on the effort.
There were no cost estimates from ARCO Alaska Inc., which supplied fuel for the "hoverbarge" and the helicopters and provided living quarters for the National Guard in Prudhoe Bay, or Standard Alaska Production Co., which provided heaters, tow cable, manpower and a chainsaw mechanic at Barrow. The company also fabricated poles needed to push ice out of the whales' breathing holes.
Omark Industries Inc. of Oregon has donated at least $10,500 in chain saws and saw chains used to cut air holes for the whales.
The tractor donated by VECO was ferried to Barrow from Prudhoe Bay aboard an Air Force C5A, the largest plane in the U.S. military inventory. "The C5 flew about 41|4 hours carrying the equipment. At almost $6,500 an hour and some change, that makes about $30,000, " said Capt. Tom Dolney of the Military Airlift Command at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois.
NOAA's Petersen estimated his agency has spent about $6,000 on the operation.
As the small war to save the whales escalates, some biologists question the wisdom of the effort. It isn't so much the huge cost of flying in exotic equipment, or the thousands of hours devoted to breaking up the ice trapping the whales that bothers Withrow, the National Marine Mammal Laboratory research biologist.
It is the way man is once again challenging nature.
While acknowledging that he, too, has been touched by their plight, he said the trapped whales are not needed by their species, which is flourishing despite its endangered status.
"It would be appropriate for nature to remove these animals from the general population if these animals are doing so well that the environment can't support them, " Withrow said. "There's no loss from a biological standpoint because they are not breeding animals."
Part of the reason for all the interest in the whales is that they are considered an endangered species. But biologists say the gray whale family is strong and getting stronger. Their numbers are growing, more than 20,000 right now, to about the level they were before commercial whaling nearly wiped them out in the late 1880s.
"They're doing fine. They're doing great. They're doing wonderfully, " said John Sease, a National Marine Fisheries Service biologist in Juneau.
He said there was an attempt several years ago to downgrade the gray whales from endangered to threatened that failed because of public opposition. "As we've seen in Barrow, it's an emotional issue and it gets crazy. But when you look at scientific evidence there is no reason to keep gray whales on any list."
Howard Braham, considered the country's leading gray whale researcher, said from Seattle Monday that there are studies under way that may lead the government to propose taking the grays off the endangered list. Braham, director of the National Marine Mammal Laboratory, said he would not speculate on whether any change would be made when the studies are completed.
The Soviets riding to the rescue add two new odd twists to the saga of the trapped whales. While the Soviets are sending the two ships to save the two whales, it is Siberian Natives who kill nearly every gray whale hunted each year. The International Whaling Commission allows 179 gray whales to be hunted for subsistence each year, with only a handful taken by Alaska Natives.
The environmental group Greenpeace has been active in the whale rescue, and a Soviet|Greenpeace alliance is also a strange turn. The last time the Soviets and the environmentalists met was in 1983 when Greenpeace landed on the Siberian coast to take photographs of what they said was an illegal commercial whaling operation.
After a highseas chase, Greenpeace crew members were taken into custody by the Soviets. They were later released at a meeting on the international date line between the Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior and two Soviet vessels.
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St. Louis (KSDK) -- Football is here, meaning many men will disappear on weekends to watch games.
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