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While the major record labels and movie studios do what they can to shutter The Pirate Bay, thousands of lesser known artists are eager to become featured on the site's homepage. Since the start of the "Promo Bay" initiative in January, 10,000 independent artists have signed up to be promoted by the world's largest torrent site. Those who were lucky enough to be featured have enjoyed a healthy career boost and in some cases earned thousands of dollars from file-sharing fans..
In this day and age aspiring artists have access to all the tools they need to create a decent product.
The real challenge is to escape obscurity and get noticed by the public. Previously, this was a task the major record labels and other media distributors fulfilled, but from this year they have a worthy opponent.
At the beginning of 2012 The Pirate Bay rolled out The Promo Bay, a new promotion platform for filmmakers, musicians, writers and all other artists alike. To help them reach an audience of tens of millions of people, The Pirate Bay started offering the artists a prime advertising spot on the site's homepage, replacing the iconic pirate ship logo.
Best-selling author and Pirate Bay supporter Paulo Coelho had the honor of kicking off the project and in the months that followed 25 artists were featured worldwide. In addition, The Pirate Bay also ran many regional promotions.
"The featured artists got thousands of new fans on their Facebook pages and their content was downloaded or played numerous times. For example, Soso got over 100,000 views on her music video during the 72 hours it was featured," The Pirate Bay told TorrentFreak.
Even better perhaps, the promotions also resulted in hard cash for some.
McPixel designer Sos Sosowski, for example, decided to feature his game on The Pirate Bay frontpage which resulted in 3,055 purchases worth $7,824.69 in revenue. Certainly not a bad result for a weekend promotion.
Thus far the Promo Bay has been a great success, so much so that The Pirate Bay team can't keep up with all the requests. "We have about 10,000 submissions in our inbox, with about 2000 unread," they say.
To become more organized the BitTorrent site has called in the help of Aussie entrepreneur Will Dayble who is currently working on a separate website for the Promo Bay.
"Since the workload is way too high for us to cope with, we've asked our new-found friend Will in Australia for help. He and his friends built promobay.org, a site where all the artists will be able to submit their stuff in the future."
The new site is still work in progress, but once it goes live the public will get a vote in what artists will be featured.
"We're hoping that once we get that to work, we'll be able to let the audience vote for a promo each week. We'll still have the right to veto though, so there will be no Justin Bieber on our front page."
While the Pirate Bay can't complain about the volume of artists submissions, they would prefer to have a bit more variety. At the moment 90% of all submissions are music related, and only 5% of these are female artists or groups.
"The typical submission is an American or Swedish male indie pop group. German people on the other hand love bad dubstep," The Pirate Bay says.
While The Pirate Bay may offer promotion services equivalent to that of a "record label," there's also a big difference. The BitTorrent site doesn't ask for a cut of the proceeds and gets its satisfaction from helping to spread great content.
"We do this for fun and for the love of culture, so we're everything the major labels are not," they say.
Artists who are interested in becoming featured are welcome to apply, but due to the overwhelming response getting signed with a major record label might be easier.
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This week I had some fun at school - Mr. D was holding his Puritan Court in Social Studies, so I teamed up to help the students write their cases. I also dressed up one day as Anne Bradstreet, and told the students about America's First Published Author... We read the poem "An Author to Her Book" and discussed her situation during Puritan Times. It was an interesting class - some kids knew a lot about what it meant to be Puritan and most classes were pretty active in the discussion - especially since I surprised them with the costume & all.


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Former Texas Cop with Long History of Forgiven Misconduct Accused of trying to Kill his Son, Daughter and Deputy in Drunken Rampage
Former San Antonio Police Lieutenant Lee Rakun is facing attempted murder charges but is no longer protected by the system.
Since joining the San Antonio Police Department in 1993, Lee Rakun did as he was pleased as he moved up in the ranks; the quintessential dirty cop who would get fired every now and then for his lies, violence and insubordination but who would always win his job back complete with back pay after appealing through arbitration.
He was a lieutenant by the time he retired in February 2020 after seven failed attempts to fire him over the years. He was also the city's highest-paid employee that year with an income of $447,000, more than the city manager who made slightly less.
But karma finally caught up to the 53-year-old former cop this year after he was involved in yet another domestic violence incident but without the Blue Privilege to protect him, leaving him facing a string of attempted murder charges that may send him to prison for decades.
The latest incident took place on July 13, 2021 in Sevierville, Tennessee where he had been living with his family after retiring.
The Sevier County Sheriff's Office said that Rakun was in a drunken rampage when he stabbed his adult son in the back and shot at his adult daughter as they both tried to flee the home for safety.
He also shot at a deputy responding to a 911 call from his children who then fired back, striking the former cop. And he killed his son's dog which had been left behind in the basement after the son and daughter fled the home, according to the Mountain Press in Tennessee.
Raken remained hospitalized from the shooting for a month before he was charged with two counts of aggravated domestic assault, two counts of aggravated kidnapping, aggravated cruelty to animals, and leaving the scene of an accident, the Mountain Press reported. Two weeks later, a grand jury indicted him on first degree attempted murder as well as second-degree attempted murder for the attacks on his children and the deputy.
He remained incarcerated until September 2 which was when he bonded out after paying $500,000 in cash –just over what he made in 2020.
It does not look good for Raken now that he no longer has a rigged arbitration system to protect his dirty deeds. But even if he is convicted and sentenced to prison, he will likely remain protected from the general population who don't take too kindly to former cops turned inmates.
We can only imagine how many lives he has destroyed over the past two decades.
History with San Antonio police
Raken's disciplinary history has long been documented by local media, including the following passage from a 2010 San Antonio Express-News article:
One year after first hitting the streets as a San Antonio police officer, Lee Rakun received his first disciplinary suspension.
It was a dubious beginning to a 17-year career riddled with 13 more suspensions, the latest one just last month, which accused Rakun, by then an SAPD lieutenant, of lying to investigators, disobeying orders and failing to report a domestic violence incident this year.
Police Chief William McManus dismissed Rakun on Sept. 9 with an indefinite suspension in the latest case.
But as Rakun, 41, did with most of his previous suspensions, he is fighting back, saying he was the one wronged by his ex-girlfriend and predicting that the case will fall apart in arbitration.
"It's very frustrating for me to sit here with no job, my kids aren't getting insurance, all because of an angry girlfriend," Rakun said.
He conceded his past has been tarnished with disciplinary problems, but he called this recent case a "soap opera" scripted by a woman he has dated on and off since meeting her in the SAPD records office in 2005.
In 2018 after years of reporting on Raken's mockery of the system, the San Antonio Express-News posted the following timeline outlining the attempted disciplinary action against Raken over more than two decades.
11/4/94: 1-day suspension – Fought with his in-laws while off-duty, requiring police officers to respond.
9/17/95: 5-day suspension – Left work without authorization and returned home to confront his wife. After Live Oak police officers arrived, he became emotional and said he wished he wasn't alive.
7/3/96: 3-day suspension – Asked a nurse at the Bexar County Detention Center where she got her training. "You don't even want to start something with me," he said.
10/19/99: 5-day suspension – Was insubordinate and discourteous after his commander asked him to make corrections to a police report.
4/14/05: 20-day suspension reduced to an agreed 3-day suspension – Told another sergeant he did not have the right skin tone for the shift. Made facial expressions and rolled his eyes during roll call, staff meetings.
4/14/05: Indefinite suspension reduced to an agreed 10-day suspension – Was disrespectful to Kendall County sheriff's deputies who responded to his home after receiving a complaint.
6/13/05: 10-day suspension reduced to 5 days – Left three voicemails for his wife's divorce lawyer that contained vulgar, profane language.
8/2/05: 10-day agreed suspension – Details unavailable.
8/23/05: 5-day suspension – Failed to wear his complete SAPD uniform while working off-duty.
10/19/05: 30-day suspension – Left two threatening and profane voicemails for a former friend. Threatened to make the person's life miserable.
12/1/05: Indefinite suspension later dismissed – Charged by the Kendall County Sheriff's Office with harassment after making obscene comments to a man. He won his job back.
1/20/06: Indefinite suspension reduced to 20 days – Disobeyed a no-contact order after an alleged dating violence incident. He won his job back.
4/4/06: 40-day suspension reduced to an agreed 30-day suspension – Made disparaging comments to a Bexar County sheriff's deputy while appearing as a witness in court.
9/9/10: Indefinite suspension reduced to 125 days – Was involved in two dating violence incidents with his girlfriend. Lied to SAPD detectives and said his girlfriend had been injured during an ATV accident. Also lied and claimed he had been sexually assaulted by his girlfriend. He won his job back.
7/10/12: Indefinite suspension reduced to 45 days – Made obscene comments and used racial slurs when talking to a off-duty Bexar County constable while drunk at a bar. Told the deputy he was a captain at SAPD who would ruin the constable's career. He won his job back.
6/6/18: Indefinite suspension – Left his substation while on duty in his own vehicle, not a patrol vehicle as mandated. He is appealing.
6/11/18: Indefinite suspension – Made a derogatory comment about Police Chief William McManus on social media. He is appealing.
It was after his latest appeal that the city agreed to pay him $150,000 in back pay if he agreed to retire which he did in February and why he received the highest compensation of all city employees that year, the San Antonio Express-News reported earlier this week.
He then moved to Tennessee with his money, pension and family and an opportunity to begin a new life. But karma caught up to him finally and he will probably spend several years behind bars.
Ohio Cops have Seized Thousands of Dollars in Asset Forfeiture over the Years from Paraplegic Man Dragged out of Car in Viral Video
California Deputy Charged with Felony after Attempts to Bribe Victim into Remaining Silent Fail
Joe Murray October 31, 2021 At 2:35 pm
*THIS* is why it's so pointless and stupid 'threatening' to file a complaint! Utterly pathetic thing I hear from auditors and cop-watchers all the time. Like they think it gives them some power? The cops couldn't care less. Under normal circumstances, they'd only 'discipline' the officer if the citizen complaints hit a certain number. This guy committed his offences against the leadership directly!
fckgshtupjohn doe December 1, 2021 At 7:18 am
those complaints mater! they may not hold as much water as the list this POS acquired. but they do count.

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Discussion in 'France and Belgium' started by TrevAnon, Dec 28, 2012.
The federal prosecutor's after years of research done with his case against the 'Church of Scientology of Belgium. It continues the famous movement, with actor Tom Cruise as figurehead known as "criminal organization".
The Church of Scientology of Belgium and two senior executives are also prosecuted for fraud, illegal medicine, various breaches of privacy and extortion. Learned that Time.
A previous criminal investigation against scientology dragged on for years and years is still the Brussels pantry. This study began in 1997, but the file was about older facts. This is in contrast to the new file that the federal prosecutor now at the Brussels pantry pull. The subpoenas are only just sent to scientology.
The judicial investigation focuses on the internal practices of the Belgian branch of Scientology. The result was a complaint from the Brussels Regional Employment on dubious contracts that Scientology issued it. The case ended up in the Brussels investigating judge Michel Claise, in April 2008 raids had carried.
It would be a lot more incriminating evidence investigators have found. Besides the disguise of employment contracts to recruit volunteers and members, the court believes that there is extortion of members, the illegal use of pseudo-medicine and keeping records on all persons.
While Scientology in several countries, including the United States, recognized as a religion, targeting the Belgian courts are on a strict condemnation. Probably still provide more impact than the conviction in 2009 of Scientology in Paris, where a fine was imposed, but no ban.
The federal prosecutor refused Thursday to comment on the case file. Also at the Church of Scientology of Belgium was nobody willing to respond.
If I have the time, I will do more later.
Short english version. Says they are trying to set an international precedent.
I hope the Belgians don't waffle on this.
I don't suppose The Hole is wired for a land line?
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The federal prosecutor is ready with its case against the 'Church of Scientology of Belgium after years of research. It prosecutes the famous movement, with known actor Tom Cruise as a figurehead, as "criminal organization".
The Church of Scientology of Belgium and two senior executives are also prosecuted for fraud, illegal medicine, various breaches of privacy and extortion. That was what De Tijd learned.
A previous criminal investigation against scientology dragged on for years and years and is still at the Brussels court. This investigation began in 1997, but the file was about older facts. This is in contrast to the new file that the federal prosecutor now pull at the Brussels court. The subpoenas are only just sent to Scientology.
The Scientology Church of Belgium foundation, which three years ago moved from Brussels to Mechelen, exists since 1974. The Belgian department is very active - with all kinds of courses for companies, exhibitions, marathons, etc. - and gets the assistance of the European headquarters in Brussels.
The judicial investigation focuses on the internal practices of the Belgian branch of Scientology. The inducement was a complaint from the Brussels Regional Employment on dubious contracts that Scientology issued. The case ended up at the Brussels investigating judge Michel Claise, who had carried out raids in April 2008.
Investigators are said to have found a lot more incriminating evidence. Besides the disguise of employment contracts to recruit volunteers and members, the court believes that there is extortion of members, the illegal use of pseudo-medicine and keeping records on all persons.
While Scientology in several countries, including the United States, is recognized as a religion, the Belgian courts are targeting for a strict condemnation. Probably this will provide even more impact than the conviction in 2009 of Scientology in Paris, where a fine was imposed, but no ban.
The federal prosecutor refused to comment on the case file at Thursday. Also at the Church of Scientology of Belgium nobody was willing to respond.
It would be wonderful if they finally take effective actions. Justice can be slow in many places, it certainly is in the USA, and my goodness but it is very slow in Belgium. BUT it looks like we may get some real action at last.
About 3 1/2 years ago I had a long brunch with four top Belgium prosecutors. And then spoke with two of them more later.
This was at an event that Ursula's department sponsored in Germany. We spoke at length about many things including religious cloaking, employment fraud, staff member abuse, financal fraud and money laundering, corporate shell games and how the Belgium scientology operations were really run from the USA by Miscavige and those under him.
I also explained to them that no matter how many locals they prosecuted in Belgium, the same stuff would happen again and again until those who really run it from abroad could be held liable.
I answered many of their questions and left with the hope that they may do something to stop organized scientology's fraud and abuse.
These may not even be the same people but it is good to once again have the hope that something is about to be done.
In response to the news a Church of Scientology spokesman in Amsterdam is surprised: "The funny thing is that the church is investigating criminal activity in Belgium within psychiatric institutions and drugs of the pharmaceutical industry."
The spokesman for Scientology Church Amsterdam does not react to the accusation of extortion. But he says that "these accusations about 'criminal' activities have occurred frequently in the past but were ultimately always rejected".
Barbieux is not surprised by the reaction of Scientology. "The reaction is not surprising. If they are emotionally affected in their ego by this action of the court, I understand very well that they respond like the do. If you appeal the authorities of Scientology international or national in Belgium , then they point the blame to someone else. They insist that they have a religious purpose and that we are to consider their activities as such, and that they are not involved in criminal activities."
This is definitive progress and a great way to end 2012.
Wow, Belgium is prosecuting Scientology for the way it treats people, not for what its members believe. Is there hope that, some day, the US government will get a clue and do the same? We have some initial thoughts from our man in Paris, Jonny Jacobsen.
The Belgium Church of Scientology's bait-and-switch strategy of advertising work contracts for job seekers but obliging applicants to instead sign agreements as Scientology volunteers or members was described in a 2008 news report and in a 2009 documentary. The videos below show one of the original complainants, Chadia Moussaoui.
For forfeitures pursuant to the Controlled Substances Act (CSA), Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO), as well as money laundering and obscenity statutes, there is an ancillary hearing for third parties to assert their interest in the property. Once the interests of third parties are addressed, the court issues a final forfeiture order."
"(1) In special circumstances and in his or her sole discretion, the Attorney General is authorized to make payments from funds appropriated to the Department of Justice to persons who furnish information relating to a possible prosecution under this section. The amount of such payment shall not exceed $250,000. Upon application by the Attorney General, the court may order that the Department shall be reimbursed for a payment from a criminal fine imposed under this section. "


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Jan Birger Medhaug (born 24 September 1951) is a Norwegian politician, formerly representing the Christian Democratic Party.

From 1999 to 2003 he was the deputy county mayor of Rogaland, under Roald Bergsaker. He also served as a deputy representative to the Parliament of Norway from Rogaland during the term 2001–2005. In 2003 he was about to be nominated as his party's candidate for county mayor, but the nomination was withdrawn as Medhaug was accused of a criminal offence. This case made the national news headlines. He was acquitted for this offence in Karmsund District Court in January 2006, and in Gulating Court of Appeal in March 2007. In June 2007 the Appeals Selection Committee of the Supreme Court of Norway refused to try the case for the Supreme Court.

Medhaug remained a member of Karmøy municipal council and Rogaland county council for the rest of the term 2003–2007, but resigned his party membership in 2005 and continued as an independent. Valgerd Svarstad Haugland, the party leader in 2003, was involved in the withdrawal of Medhaug as county mayor candidate. This flawed intervention contributed to her resignation as party leader in 2004.

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Why are sneakers so named?
My insane English teacher gave us this wad of worksheets and there are a few questions that ask for us to describe how overalls, turtlenecks and sneakers got their names. I got the first two all right, but I need help on the sneakers question. Anyone out there?
That same year, Marquis Converse produced the first shoe made just for basketball, called Converse All-Stars. In 1923, an Indiana hoops star named Chuck Taylor endorsed the shoes, and they became known as Chuck Taylor All-Stars. These are the best-selling basketball shoes of all time.
Sneakers went international in 1924. That's when a German man named Adi Dassler created a sneaker that he named after himself: Adidas. This brand became the most popular athletic shoe in the world. Track star Jessie Owens wore Adidas when he won four gold medals at the 1936 Olympics. Adi's brother Rudi started up another famous sports shoe company: Puma.
During the first half of the 20th century, sports shoes were worn mostly to play sports. But in the 1950s, kids began wearing them as fashion statements. Even more teens followed the fad after seeing James Dean in sneakers in the popular movie Rebel Without a Cause.
New sneaker technologies increase performance. Nike's Air Force used little pockets of gas to create better cushioning, while Reebok introduced The Pump—air pumped into shoes to make them fit more snugly. Sneaker surprises continue: Spira Footwear, for example, has built a spring in the soles to reduce foot stress. Of course, innovations like these come with a price: Athletic shoes often cost more than $100 a pair!
Try looking on wikipedia.org and typing in sneakers, or history of sneakers into the search box. Good luck, and keep up the good work!
It's easy to sneak around in them because they hardly make a sound when you walk.
Need a name for my sneakers company?
Can anyone tell me a cool sneaker name for an advertisement?
Whats is the name of the American sneakers?
What are the weirdest sneaker names?
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Mike Stone - The Day of Reckoning is Here
Revelations 18:23 states: "For the merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived."
Look up the word "sorceries" in Strong's Concordance, a reference book which lists the Hebrew and Greek translation of every word in the Bible, and you'll find the original Greek meaning for sorceries is pharmakeia or pharmacy. In other words, drug medications. So what that line from Revelations is really saying is: "For thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy drug medications were all nations deceived."
Excerpted from the book COVID-19 and the Mark of the Beast: What Every Christian Needs to Know About the Trump Vaccine by Mike Stone (available here)
by Mike Stone
Revelations 13:16-18: "And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their character in their foreheads: And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name. Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding, count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man, and his number is six hundred threescore and six."
Does that sound like anything we're going through now?
France has mandated a country-wide vaccine passport. In other words, it's required to buy or sell. Without it, you cannot buy food. Without it, you will starve.
The mayor of Lapu-Lapu in the Philippines is not allowing anyone who is unvaccinated to buy food or groceries.
Australia is close behind and initial trials of a vaccine mandate are currently underway in Los Angeles, San Francisco and New York.
Have you heard of H.R. Bill 6666? If you receive a positive test for the imaginary virus--and the testing protocol is riddled with false positives--you can be hauled away in a "mobile health unit" to an internment camp and locked up for life. Do you think it's a coincidence that the bill is numbered 6666?
Remember Bill Gates? He's the guy who said in 2010, "The world today has 6.8 billion people. That's headed up to about 9 billion. Now if we do a really great job on new vaccines, health care, reproductive health services, we could lower that by perhaps 10 or 15 percent."
To lower the human population by means of vaccines can have only two meanings: sterilization or death.
In 2019, Gates filed a patent application entitled Crypto Currency System Using Human Body Activity Data, a system designed to eliminate cash. And just how will this "human body activity data" be transmitted and processed in order to buy and sell? By an embedded microchip, of course.
Can you guess what this patent application number is? It's WO/2020/060606.
This is the same Bill Gates whose company partnered with "spirit cooking" artist Marina Abramovic, an alleged Satanist, and released a commercial starring her on Good Friday. And this is the same Marina Abramovic who proudly posed with Jacob Rothschild before a painting titled Satan Summoning His Legions.
But I guess those are all just coincidences too.
Are you familiar with Klaus Schwab? He is the founder and chairman of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, which annually brings together the heads of state of the world's major countries to discuss the future of world affairs. In other words, Schwab is a major player on the world stage and one of the most influential men on earth. When he says, "Jump," presidents of major countries say, "How high?"
In an interview with Swiss channel RTS on January 10, 2016, a full four years before our current "pandemic," Schwab explained how every human being on earth will soon be micro-chipped in order to merge with the digital world.
Schwab and others like him envision a future in which natural humans with God-implanted DNA no longer exist, replaced by a population of micro-chipped trans-humanist creatures. This is their future and they can't wait for it to happen.
They want to replace God's creations with their own creations. In essence, they want to become gods themselves.
At this point in time, nothing else matters in the world. This issue is the dividing point between all peoples, between all races and between all political affiliations. You either submit to the jab or you don't.
And for those who don't submit, a sea of tribulations await.
Mike Stone is the author of "Reversing the Side Effects of the COVID-19 Vaccine: How to Heal Yourself from Adverse Reactions to the Trump Vaccine and Protect Yourself from Shedding," available here. And the author of Based, a young adult novel about race, dating and growing up in America, and A New America, the first novel of the Alt-Right, a dark comedy set on Election Day 2016 in Los Angeles - - Available on Amazon.
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The Lupu Lupe order was revoked at the national level. Not that it's not coming, it is, but they said not enough people have had a chance to get the death jab. We could translate literally "...for by thy pharmaceuticals were all nations deceived." In the Philippines they let people bleed out before they give help. All real medical help is cash upfront. Many people don't believe free medical treatment is anything more than an attempt to kill them, And I have had many people here tell me that. They think the government feels there are too many of them. They are not going to willingly take the death shot. They have been guinea pigs before.
It's just too scripted from Revelation it's like setting up a fake tribulation and fake antichrist event. I would prepare for a big event soon like 23 September. This month and if we are lucky they give us more time to prepare. Remember the Deagle death numbers can be achieved by power outages that shut down the distribution of food and lead to starvation. Then the real fake christ will end it and crush globalism and that will be the real NWO. This is all too obvious and the top players are idiots and disposable fools as far as I can tell. The people could be moved out of their trance in a day if the media shifted to exposing the scam and promoting the new hero.
BTW 23 September has been telecasted in moves and cartoons for decades much like 911 only we were not wise to 911 until it happened.
Comments for "Mike Stone - The Day of Reckoning is Here"
George said (September 1, 2021):
Rumor has it that Heir Biden will be gone this month after Frau Harris uses the
25th Amendment in Congress against him. It will take 4 weeks for them to then
seat Frau Harris as "der nova Presidente"; during which time the US military will
have NO Commander-and-Chief. Gee, I wonder what might happen?
On a lighter note, here is a 4-minute video from 2018 depicting the Mike Stone
CIKS (Covid Injection Kill Shot) tracking, entitled: One Card to Rule Them All.
https://www.brighteon.com/05429a8f-dfd2-4688-a817-3869a9107a8b
Best regards and buckle up -- for history to be made soon...
CW said (September 1, 2021):
My understanding of the law is if someone puts something in my body against my will that is rape and assault. I would like to see the mandatory vaccines start to be referred to as vaccine rape as that is what they are. This bullshit about we have a choice is crap if my choice puts me in a disenfranchised underclass of Canadians who can no longer travel, dine out, go shopping etc etc. If an abuser says to someone "If you don't let me stick this in you you won't be allowed to eat" is that a choice to the victim?
DD said (September 1, 2021):
This time of great deceit the devil has developed over a great time. Drugging our youth for a few decades now is also sorcery. Rock music & drugs; what a combo. Go into practically any store or business, even a cafe, and what do you hear? It's usually rock music of some kind playing on their P.A. System. This keeps you embalmed in this music. Sorcery has been a big player along with witchcraft & the occult for centuries. The devil loves to use music as a tool; he was the musical angel in heaven. Mazzini said,'we will corrupt to rule'. And,'do what thou wilt is the whole law', aleister Crowley, occultist, black magic, sex magic, satanist.
HB said (September 1, 2021):
I have known Rappoport for many years and find him to be one of the best investigative reporters anywhere - ever. How do you know what killed Steele? You don't. And that is the point for everyone to understand. As long as you accept the Covid paradigm (which is disinfo on every level possible), you will never understand what is really going on and in fact what is really killing a specific person at a specific place and time.
Those who excoriate the folks who are helping to illuminate vs. those responsible for this OP, are part of the problem not the solution.


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Another interesting aspect of 3D Hubs is the community.
When a city reaches 10 hub is unlocked. In recent months, for example in Italy, where there are some of the most active communities in the world, the cities of Bologna, Venice, Naples, Florence, Turin, Milan and Rome have been unlocked.
Leaving out the commercial aspect of the initiative, it is surely more interesting to highlight the fact that in this way the spread of 3D printing will increase exponentially, thus indirectly allowing the improvement of production technology and the simplification of procedures, as well as decrease of the costs of printing and the introduction of new materials. All this as a result will allow the self production of always more complex objects at the lowest possible cost and with maximum ease.
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Neo-Nazi Has Yet To Pay $14 Million Judgement To Jewish Woman He Harassed
By Aila Slisco On 12/11/20 at 9:58 PM EST
News Neo-Nazi White supremacists Lawsuits Anti-Semitism
A notorious white supremacist who was ordered to pay $14 million for harassing a Jewish woman and her family has failed to pay any of the money and cannot be located.
Andrew Anglin, founder of the neo-Nazi website Daily Stormer, was ordered to pay the money in August 2019 following a harassment lawsuit filed against him two years earlier by Whitefish, Montana real estate agent Tanya Gersh. Anglin's whereabouts are unknown, although he was said to be living abroad last year.
On Friday, court filings by Gersh's attorneys, from the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), revealed that Anglin had not paid and was not responding to any correspondence, according to The Star Tribune. Earlier in the week, the lawyers reportedly asked that Anglin be sanctioned for failing to "cooperate" by providing them with financial documents and other information.
"Obtaining information on Anglin's assets is crucial to the post-judgment phase of litigation, and the benefits of obtaining such information through discovery far outweigh the minimal burden on Anglin that producing this information would entail," the lawyers wrote to the court.
Gersh and her family were the victims of a targeted harassment campaign after she worked on an aborted real estate transaction with the mother of white supremacist Richard Spencer. She became the focus of far-right vitriol after Spencer claimed that she had tried to pressure his mother into selling a building.
A dog is pictured standing near a Nazi flag and other items at a historical reenactment event in Maidstone, England on July 24, 2018. Jack Taylor/Getty
Anglin later instructed his followers to launch an "old fashioned Troll Storm," resulting in a relentless torrent of anti-Semitic abuse and death threats being sent to Gersh, her husband, their 12-year-old son and friends and colleagues.
"I'm never going to be the same person that I was before Anglin and his troll army started to terrorize me," Gersh said in a statement. "As a result of the attacks and threats on my life, I have lost my sense of safety and security and I don't know that I'll ever get it back."
Last year, a federal magistrate judge recommended that $14 million in damages be awarded to Gersh. U.S. District Judge Dana Christensen then adopted the recommendation when issuing a default ruling in Gersh's favor due to Anglin ultimately refusing to respond to the lawsuit.
Neo-Nazi Ordered To Pay $14 Million For 'Troll Storm' Against A Woman
A Black Woman Was Awarded $725,000 In a Lawsuit Against Neo-Nazi
Lawyer Says Neo-Nazi Publisher Protected By Free Speech
Anglin has been on the losing side of several other suits that were decided in default rulings when he failed to respond, owing millions in damages in addition to the amount he owes Gersh. Although they have yet to locate him or collect any money, Gersh's lawyers have insisted that they will eventually find Anglin and make him pay.
"We will go to the ends of the earth to collect the judgment on behalf of our client, Tanya Gersh, whether it's cash, assets or intellectual property," David Dinielli, deputy legal director of the SPLC, said in a statement after Anglin was ordered to pay.
Newsweek reached out to the SPLC for comment.


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Ambré And Kehlani Stay Off The Grid On "No Service In The Hills"
The game got my attention but it can't have me.
By Ben Dandridge-Lemco
New Orleans native Ambré Perkins and FADER cover star Kehlani have connected for a new loose track entitled "No Service In The Hills." The song finds each singer meditating on their respective come-ups and the reasons why they keep on grinding. "No Service In The Hills" follows Ambré Perkins stellar 2090's mixtape, released in April.
"The song obviously can be interpreted many different ways, but for me, when I was writing I was thinking about friendship, loyalty, and the journey in following my dreams," Ambré told The FADER over email. "A lot of times we think too far ahead into the future and dont appreciate how far we've gotten. So this song is about that. And family. And friends. And being down for your people no matter what happens or who has anything to say about it."
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Q: how to robustly estimate in MATLAB low and up envelope of signal with trend, few level constant steps and noise I am looking for robust estimation method of low and up envelope of the signal consisting from smooth trend component, constant steps between few fixed levels and additive noise (+ outliers of course). This question raised during my current research work on real life signal processing.
Typical example of signal is produced by following script:
  %% signal definition
  % number of samples
  Ns = 10000;
  % sampling period [secs]
  Ts = 1;
  time = (1:Ns)*Ts;
  % trend component
  a = 2;
  b = 0;
  T = 1e4;
  slope = time/Ts * 0.0005;
  trend = a * sin(2*pi*time/T) + b + slope;
  % steps component (4 constant levels)
  step = [zeros(1,1000),linspace(0,1,6),1*ones(1,500),linspace(1,0,6),zeros(1,500),linspace(0,-2,10), -2*ones(1,1200),linspace(-2,1,15),1*ones(1,3000),linspace(1,0,6), zeros(1,3000),linspace(0,-1,6), -1*ones(1,751)];
  % noise component (normal noise)
  noise = 0.2*randn(1,Ns);
  % noise = 0.5*(rand(1,Ns)-0.5);
  %
  %% show signals component
  close all
  figure
  plot(time,trend,'r-')
  hold on
  plot(time,trend+step,'g-')
  plot(time,trend - 2, 'b--')
  plot(time,trend + 1, 'k--')
  plot(time,trend+step+noise,'mo')
  legend('trend','trend+steps','lowenvelope', 'upenvelope','trend+steps+noise')
  title('smooth trend signal with constant steps between 4 levels and noise')
  xlabel('time [sec]')
  ylabel('value [-]')
  hold off

See the following image

The separate signal components are unknown! Steps are always constant and between  small number of fixed levels (typically < 4 or 5), so the estimated envelopes should be parallel to the trend signal. Noise is approximated by normal distribution with sigma ~0.1
Any idea how to solve this surprisingly difficult problem? Any relevant references or matlab code links?

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with a criminal record and an obession with death and violence.
But, at the same time, you know, just because he is the favorite suspect, he can't possibly be the guy who did it so there has to be someone else.
The parts with the cat aren't too bad either.
he puts it in a dead girl's car and the cat pees on the dry cleaning in the back seat.
It was almost as though the cat really was trying to communicate with the cops in an effort to point out the death wasn't a suicide.
This was a decent episode that is worth watching.


Very glad you enjoyed the WW2 recollections, thanks!
Thank you for the feedback today. As the saying goes, "We're all in this together."
Thanks for the Rep Points! All I can say is this: 1) You are already on my team. 2) I may be trouble, but it feels so good being bad. 3) Don't ask, but 12 minutes is only an estimate and it would have to be TEOTWAWKI before I could get it. HINT: It would require the use of my torches.
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Queuing to vote in Kenya's last general election. In a survey, when asked to describe the political party they dislike the most, 59% said it was because that other party was tribal.
The data shows that although Kenyans downplay ethnicity when portraying themselves, 'other' Kenyans are the ones who are tribal. The result is that people tend to vote defensively in ethnic blocs.


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APPEARS IN News NATIONAL MATCHES
2017 NRA National Police Shooting Championships Results
by John Parker - Wednesday, December 13, 2017
The 55th NRA National Police Shooting Championships (NPSC) were held in Albuquerque, NM, this past September. At the match, over 140,000 rounds were fired at approximately 15,000 targets for 18 individual and eight team championship matches. Hundreds of law enforcement officers from across the country and the world gathered in Albuquerque, NM, to take part in this premier law enforcement competitive shooting event.
U.S. Senior Border Patrol Agent Robert Vadasz once again took the top honors at the championship. For his ammo, Vadasz was shooting Atlanta Arms Elite 9 mm 115-grain for semi-automatic, and for revolver he used the company's .38 148-grain wadcutter round.
2017 NPSC Champion Robert Vadasz.
Vadasz's nine total NPSC wins are certainly impressive, but he has extraordinary company at the top and has his work cut out for him to achieve the most wins in history. Step by step, he's been working for years to surpass the 10-win NPSC record held by legendary pistol shooter and mentor Philip Hemphill. The finish line is now within sight.
"This victory was the latest step in my ultimate goal of having the most NPSC wins in history. This was the ninth step for me, I have at least two more to go to achieve my goal" said Vadasz. He added, "Philip Hemphill has the record with 10, which is a huge feat. He's a big mentor of mine—somebody that I really look up to."
NPSC High Woman Overall Maite Ferrer of the U.S. Border Patrol Pistol Team.
About the Championship
NPSC shooters can participate in four separate categories: Open Class Revolver, Open Class Semi-Automatic Pistol, Individual Service Pistol, and Law Enforcement Shotgun.
The NRA National Police Shooting Championship celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2012.
A few years back there was a change in the format of NPSC to only one gun. The law enforcement competitors were vocal with their dissatisfaction, and the NRA gave them what they were asking for, returning to the more popular two-gun format in 2016. It is a difficult act to balance: the history of over 50 previous NRA Police Shooting Championships with the need to move the sport into the future.
NRA Police Pistol Combat competition, including NPSC, utilizes the B-27 target.
Vadasz elaborated: "This is a tough sport to run with all the moving parts. The NRA listened to competitors and made the change back to two guns last year. They have been respectful of the history of the sport, while at the same time working on new innovations to move Police Pistol Combat competition forward. They are doing a good job of giving the competitors what they want and bringing new things when possible."
In the spirit of innovation, the Distinguished Production Championship Match was introduced this year at NPSC. Fired using the NRA National Police Course with an approved production semi-automatic pistol, competitors can earn Distinguished points and after earning 30, they will receive the brand new Distinguished Production Medal.
Acting Deputy Commissioner of Customs and Border Protection, Ronald Vitiello and Robert Vadasz.
The keynote speaker this year was Ronald Vitiello, the acting deputy commissioner of Customs and Border Protection (this agency oversees the Border Patrol). In his speech, Vitiello highlighted the close association between the Border Patrol Pistol Team, NPSC and competitive shooting in general. In fact, the history of the Border Patrol and competition goes far back, beginning when the Pistol Team was founded to compete in bullseye back in the 1930s. This experience is evident in this year's leaderboard, with a staggering 15 individual NPSC matches won by U.S. Border Patrol Pistol Team shooters.
The NRA Law Enforcement Expo was essentially a vendor show—open daily with booths from some of the companies that make NPSC possible—including GLOCK, Smith & Wesson, Remington Law Enforcement, Ruger and Springfield Armory. Additionally, there were free armorer schools sponsored by GLOCK, Smith & Wesson, Double Star and SIG Sauer.
The NPSC Shotgun Championship requires competitors to use their duty shotguns.
The City of Albuquerque and the Albuquerque Police Department were hosts for this year's NPSC, as they have been for many years. The quality of today's NPSC would not be possible without their dedicated support. The match itself is conducted at Shooting Range Park operated by the City of Albuquerque. NPSC utilizes a dedicated 100-plus point firing line that was specifically designed for use during NPSC. The City of Albuquerque and the Albuquerque Police Department also hosted the 2017 PPC Regional Tournament, a popular warm-up match for competitors held just before NPSC begins.
PPC Competition
NPSC is the highest level of Police Pistol Combat (PPC) competition. Law enforcement activities such as NPSC encourage officers to practice and enhance their firearm skills through the thrill of competition. The participants use their duty revolvers, semi-automatic pistols and shotguns. Law enforcement officers can assess their skill levels and evaluate the effectiveness of their training programs in competition.
U.S. Border Patrol Pistol team members shooting the Revolver Championship.
One of the goals of PPC competition is to assist officers at becoming more mentally confident at their jobs. Vadasz was recently named to both the NRA Law Enforcement and Pistol committees, and he hopes to utilize this new role as a platform to continue spreading the word about how PPC (and competition in general) can aid law enforcement.
"I want to impart to my fellow law enforcement officers just how big of a benefit PPC competition can be to them. It's extremely difficult to be precise when shooting a pistol offhand at 50 yards. When we operate at this level of accuracy, it makes us so much better at what we do. There's no better way to become more mentally confident and calm. If you know you are confident with your firearm, then you have one less thing to worry about."
Next year's NPSC begins with Practice Day on Sunday, September 23, 2018. The Opening Ceremonies will be Monday, September 24, and the championship will conclude on Wednesday, September 26. Learn more about NRA PPC competition and NPSC at lecompetitions.nra.org.
All photos by Peter Fountain
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Q: To remove #ifdef DEBUG parts for release or not? When releasing source code for someone else to see, when coding style is not well defined
(no pun intended)
do you remove the #ifdef DEBUG parts?
(that is the parts that are compiled only when DEBUG is defined)
If I remove it, it makes the code looks better (or me look better - do I really want someone to know I've debugged, and how I've done it? ), but then I'll lose my debug parts, or have to keep two (or more) versions of the code.
What is to be done?

A: I think if your debug code is clean and has "professional" language in any logging statements, it's okay to leave it in.  If the debug code is sloppy or has debug messages like "I'm here...," "Now I'm here..." you should take it out.
If your debug statements reflect the fact that there are issues that you can't figure out, it might be best to take them out, if you're trying to "sell" your software to someone.  (Hopefully you can fix them later...)

A: You should leave the code as is, unless you make use of non-recomadable language in your commentary. If someone is to use your code, chances are they'll need those, or it will help them understand your code. (this is also true for commentaries)
Edit: I worked on drop of other studio code often in the past. I have seen debug code, dead path and many other stuff, still the only thing I hated, was people that strip their code of debug and commentary, this makes their code real hard to maintain

A: I also vote to leave it in. If/when you start work on your first patch, you'll likely need those DEBUG-blocked pieces. Also, QA won't love it that you removed the code, even if it is blocked in a directive.

A: If you do decide to remove them, just filter them out with a script when exporting the code, no need to maintain two versions.

A: Maintain your base version with everything in your source code management system.
Then if you want to distribute source code filtered in one or more ways, make a script that will make a release version of your source code.
Do not maintain these secondary filtered repositories, make them always generated.
But is it worth the time? Probably not, and you should probably just distribute everything including the #ifdef DEBUG parts.

A: Maintaining multiple versions of ANYTHING is undesireable.
Only do so if you must.


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Within these 15-20 hours, we examine Google Analytics (set up, goals, funnels, tracking…), Google Webmaster Tools, Magento admin, on-site SEO and look for other SEO improvements. Identifying most common Magento issues related to SEO (layered navigation, duplicate URLs, etc.) is also included here.
We often add descriptions and advice on how to use particular parts of these services, if we see that the set-up is not correct and not providing results.
The entire process is based on clients' industry specific project set-up and also covers examination of all the steps of purchase process from customers' point of view (usability analysis). These investigations are covered with improvements suggestions and estimated scope of work to implement all these correctly.
@Dave: Insane amount? Really? From reading the client's briefing to delivering a detailed report including problem areas and possible solutions? If you go to a doctor's office you pay for his diagnosis, not just the medicine he prescribes.
I'm sure the work includes analyzing Analytics data, server logs, Magento templates, seo reports, etc.
This seems like an insane amount of hours for the scope of work on just an assessment without actually coding or testing anything. Can you break down in more detail how you are spending 15-20 hours for example just looking at SEO/Usability?


In the 2010/11 Budget, the Government announced an increase to $50,000 in the concessional contributions (contributions claimed as a tax deduction) caps for individuals over 50 with low superannuation balances. This measure has been deferred by two (2) years to 1 July 2014. Therefore, individuals will only be able to make concessional contributions of $25,000per year.
The tax concession which high income earners receive on their concessional contributions will be reduced. From 1 July 2012, individuals with a taxable income plus concessional contributions greater than $300,000, will effectively pay a 30% contributions tax.


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Demo Music/ EPK:
What to Include/ Leave Out
Demo Music/ EPK - What to Include / Leave out
Demo Music is the sampling of your music that you use to try to get a manager, agent, lawyer, recording contract, booking agency, etc. The music you place on this demo will make it or break it for you. You can be ruled out in under 10 seconds. You can be ruled out on the basis of the cover photo alone. If you make it past the photo and 10 seconds, you actually have a good chance of getting someone to listen seriously to the first 5 seconds of the first 4 songs. If they make it that far, they might be interested enough to listen and get in contact with you.
Some places still want a CD, so you will have to burn some demo CDs. You can get these from a dupe place or do them at home. The most important things are the quality of the music and the main photo.
MANY places deal only with lawyers or agents. If you send anything yourself, it gets tossed in the trash or deleted. There are legal and practical reasons for this.
Most places don't want a CD, but want you to create an EPK page with music player and have your lawyer or manager or agent send them a link. An EPK is an "electronic press kit," meaning it is online, and includes mp3 music, jpg photos, a bio, links to press, and videos. You can get a free page on Reverbnation or Bandcamp. Neither of these is ideal, but the music players are good, so they are okay. I suggest a Soundcloud page, because the sound quality is good and the player is excellent. But there is no place for photos and bio. SonicBids would be good, but it has no direct URL to the EPK. Myspace used to be a good choice, but it is too messed up now. Do not use it as your EPK.
In theory, you could link to your own music website. I only once saw a band website with a good enough music player and a cohesive enough design. That band is booked solid, mostly from the website. It's the Ivas John Band. Their site was designed by a small company is Carbondale, Illinois. Note how well the site works. If yours does not work as well as this, do not subject a potential dealmaker to it. Check out their Upcoming Events page. It's always full. It's because they market themselves well. When they show up, they look and sound as they do on the website. They are polished music professionals. They may not be famous, but they are consistently working making music. If you have a site that functions this well, include it as your link. If not, use Bandcamp, Reverbnation, or some such site. Just be sure that to listen, a person is not required to join, have an account, "like" it, join a mailing list, or any such thing. To test this, log yourself out of the site, come back, and see if the music player is fully functioning for all songs. Make sure it is set so each listener each time can hear each song in full without joining or doing anything. Otherwise, do not use that music player as your link.
I love this website for We Are Augustines. It creates such a vibe. It is somewhat hard to maneuver -- to get to the desired song, see the whole Story, find the right lyrics. But it brings you deep into the sound and vibe of the band right away. You see this website and hear the songs and you know they are about something important and genuine.
WHAT TO INCLUDE IN YOUR DEMO MUSIC:
1) Pick your 4 best songs. Of those 4, one should be a cover song.
2) Think of music as textures. Choose songs that have interesting texture in the first 10 seconds. You need to capture the listener immediately.
3) Pick songs that sound different from each other.
WHAT NOT TO INCLUDE IN YOUR DEMO MUSIC:
1) Do not have any dead space. I have been given demos where the song did not start until 12 seconds in. Do not let there be even one second of silence at the head or tail of any song.
2) Do not include any introductions, audience sound, shout outs, producer shout outs or announcements. And especially do not include any songs that include such things within them. This is the mark of an amateur. If you say "So and so Productions" in your song, it sounds dated, amateur, and ghetto.
3) Do not include any songs that start with a long musical intro or build-up. The interesting part of the song must begin right away. People who listen to samples of new music constantly do not spend 20 seconds getting into the right ambient mood to hear your song. They click it off.
4) Do not include any songs that start with sound effects such as waves, city sounds, crickets, coughing, dogs barking, crowd sounds, etc.
5) Do not include any songs that are extra long or extra short.
6) DO NOT include any song that is not in your current repertoire.
7) If you are looking for a record label or agent, or anyone that will represent you, include only music that has been recorded within the past two years. This simple thing always astounds me. I am looking for people making good music NOW, as is everyone else. Don't show me what you did in the past. Show me what you are doing now. If you are not doing anything now, do not waste my time.
CHOOSING YOUR MAIN PHOTO
You should have one main photo for your band or self as an artist. This photo should be on the demo CD cover and the main photo of the EPK. This photo should show what you are all about. You can be ruled in or out based on the photo. It should look like you and give the right vibe for the music you make. The photo you choose says so much about you.
Obviously, the best ways to look are: Physically fit, stylish for your genre, appropriate for your genre, like you put some effort into it. If your photo does not reflect your music genre, you need a new photo. Urban pop should not look ghetto thug. Alternative country is different from country rock, which is much different from country. Pop dance is different from electronica. Work with a photographer that understands this.
Also, use a photo that was taken within the past 6 months. I have people send me photos taken 2, 5, or even 10 years ago. They tell me they still look the same. Well, no, you don't.
The best videos are recent, live, unedited performances. These show that you can in fact play your instruments and sing in person. If you are doing this in front of a happy audience, so much the better.
Other good videos are one or two music videos, if you have any.
Videos that are not good to include are: Old performance videos that show people that are not in the band now; videos with bad audio; videos with bad picture/ lighting; videos that show anything questionable; heavily edited performance videos.
WRITING A BIO
I have read some of the most ridiculous bios. They're too long. They're misspelled. They include details no one cares about. No one cares where you went to high school or when you first started playing guitar. No one really cares who influences you. No one wants a list of all the bands you were in since 6th grade. No one wants to know about your struggles with addiction, prison stint, or the bad car crash. Keep it your little secret.
Keep your whole bio to 4 sentences maximum. Tell where you are from, what kind of music you make, a bit about your recordings and shows, and a nugget of interest. Shorter is better. Keep the audience wanting to know more, not laughing about the details you have included.
Think of a short description ( a few words) of who and what you are and include that. Examples: Electronic pop from London. Nashville Country singer. Rebellious Teen Girl Rock. Harmonizing Acoustic duo. Chicago Blues Legend. Dixieland Jazz Band. Electronic Dance DJ. Jazz Trombonist. Suburban Hip-hop Schemers. Scratchers and Synth.
It is nice to include some links or quotes (depending on the format) to press or reviews. The more prestigious the source, the better, but any nice review will do, even if it is from Itunes or a blog. The quotes or snippets you choose should give the essence of you and your music.
Labels: CD cover, demo music, EPK, music demo, sue basko, susan basko, website
Today, there are many ambitious children (and/or their ambitious parents) wanting to be famous singers and/or songwriters. They've seen the TV character Hannah Montana and her real life counterpart, Miley Cyrus, or Taylor Swift, or the Jonas Brothers -- and they imagine themselves with that kind of fame. For every dream, there is a scam just looking for suckers.
EMAIL (the names of the people and websites have been removed)
Today I was contacted by someone from --- (a website using "casting" in its name) claiming that she saw my daughter's video on --- (a website / Facebook selling Skype acting "lessons" to children) and YouTube and that she works with --- (a website claiming to be of a supposedly famous music producer), someone by the name of R------ who is interested in producing and writing original songs for my daughter, who is unsigned. She talked to me at length today about his interests and told me there is an upfront fee of $5000 (deposit 1k included in that price) for the investment on our part. She claims it is to pay the song writers, recording studios, personnel, etc and that he would cover all other out of pocket expenses if we paid the 5k. Sounds really fishy. Have you heard of them and are they legit or a scam?
LET'S LOOK AT THIS:
There are a gezillion studios that will record you singing a song for $5000. Of course, most will do this for far less than $5,000. The twist here is that this producer is supposedly famous and supposedly has great hit-making credentials and supposedly has listened to this child sing online and wants to record her so she can be famous, if the parents fork over $5,000.
REALITY CHECK #1: The websites give no addresses or phone numbers. They don't even list a last name for R---, the supposed producer. There is no way to check them out, check out their company, check him out, etc. How do you know this is not just a con artist waiting for you to pay your downpayment of $1,000, never to heard from again?
A base level thing I look at in websites, to judge the professionalism of those involved, is to simply READ the website. These two websites were loaded with misspellings, poor grammar, and misuse of words. They seem to be written by someone that flunked out of 4th grade. Okay, so R--- is so famous, but cannot do basic writing and cannot pay a public relations person to write for him? Use your sense. If it looks stupid, it IS stupid. One of the hallmarks of scam emails and scam websites is that they are so often written this way.
REALITY CHECK #2: One of the websites says it is of a talent agency. It does not give its location or phone number. Talent agencies are licensed and are usually only allowed to operate within the state of licensure. When we check the state registry where this family lives, there is no license for this talent agency. It is just a fake.
REALITY CHECK #3: Although R--- claims by implication (photos, songs playing, video montages that juxtapose a photo of him with a photo of a famous singer) that he has important credentials, none of this pans out when you check it out against other sources. He's the only one that knows he's famous. He's the only one that knows he has recorded with famous people. He's the only one that knows he has won awards.
REALITY CHECK #4: All of his credits are very vague. If he said "I was the Chief Engineer on (name of album or song) recorded by (name of singer) in (year) -- you could check that out.
REALITY CHECK #5: It is very easy to make any level of singer sound kind of okay for a pop song sound. You just add a lot of reverb, overdubs, autotune, put in a lot of backing vocals. I personally can do this using ProTools or Garage Band. It does not take a recording genius and it does not cost $5,000.
REALITY CHECK #6: A recorded song is a beginning. What are you going to do with it? How are you going to market it? Ark Entertainment, a company that sells such recording services to parents for their tweens, recorded Rebecca Black singing "Friday." She and the song became famous because it was touted as "the worst song in the world." A lot of money was made by people checking it out to see just how bad it was. Rebecca Black now has a starring role in a (very terrible) Katy Perry music video.
So much money was made that Rebecca Black's mother is now fighting over it with Ark.
What shall the next young girl singer do? Claim that her song is even worse than "Friday"?
What I am getting at is that any level of singer can record a pop song, but the song cannot make money without marketing.
And a child cannot be a star unless they:
a) live in or near Los Angeles to be a pop singer, or Nashville to be a country music singer;
b) have natural charisma;
c) can perform in person to put on shows;
d) have a repertoire of songs;
e) have at least one parent willing and able to spend full-time on making the child a star;
f) have plenty of cash to spend on this goal.
REALITY CHECK #7: In the situation above, the girl had pretty looks with average presence and skills and the voice of a 12 year old beginning to play guitar and sing. In other words, she was average, a beginner, a typical 12 year old with a budding interest in playing music. If she works on her skills and develops over time, she might one day be ready to perform for an audience. My advice was for her to take singing lessons and guitar lessons and practice really hard for a few years, then try playing some local open mics that allow kids, and in a few years, see if she is ready to record. Then, the family can find a recording studio and producer that match the kind of music the girl likes to make, at a price they can afford.
Young fame that is earned is for those truly talented beyond the ordinary. The story is that Justin Timberlake sang in perfect harmony and danced to the radio at 2 and a half years old. Taylor Swift began writing songs at age 12 and developed a huge Youtube following. Miley Cyrus began her professional career at age 9 and began heavily auditioning at age 11, to win the Disney role of "Hannah Montana" at age twelve. Her career is full-time hard work. Part of the reason she was picked by Disney is because her father agreed to play her father on the show, and thus, be present to oversee her on a regular basis.
IS your child really star material? If you appear to have money to spend, many people will tell you that your child is star material. Flattery is an easy way to your checkbook. The idea behind every scam or con is that you are being offered something a little too good to be true.
These "child star" scams have been going around for decades - for modeling, acting, and singing. They start when you get an email or letter stating that your baby has been referred for being beautiful and could be a model. Today with the internet, it is easier than ever to find and contact scam prey. You have been chosen, you are so lucky, you have such talent, you must agree and pay us quickly before we give this chance to someone else.
WHAT TYPE OF SCAM? The scenario above could be simply a flatter-fame scam, where the parents are being sold a fantasy, and where the recording studio exists, the parents pay their money, and the child records a song.
OR -- it could be a situation where it is a total a scam, the parents pay their money and the studio and producer do not even exist and "someone" runs off with $5,000, or at least with the $1000 deposit.
That's how this one sounded like it would go down. The producer did not have a last name, there were no addresses or phone numbers. Only a sucker would send off $1000 to something like this.
SINGER-PRODUCER SCAMS FOR ADULTS: Maybe these are scams. Or maybe it is just marketing. But this is how it goes: A singer or rock band has some music up online. They are contacted by a person saying that a famous producer wants to work with them, record their music: It is the chance of a lifetime. You will go on to fame if he records you. You will be signed with whatever record label you want if he produces your music. It won't be cheap, but it will be worth it.
My advice on picking a studio:
1) Have a music lawyer check out any such deal and any contract.
2) Work with a producer/ studio whose work you know and love. If you are not familiar with any producers and do not have sounds you like and sounds you do not like, you are really not ready to record.
3) To get ready to record, listen to a lot of music. When you hear sounds you like, try to look up the credits to find out where it was recorded and who worked as the engineer, producer, and mixer. Go to the websites of different recording studios and listen to their music samples. What do you like or not like?
4) Look into local studios, wherever you live. There may be a wonderful place close to home.
5) Record at home. You can do this with a computer or basic equipment. Or make singing videos with a little video camera. Practice, practice, practice. This will get you ready for a studio.
Labels: child singer, disney, producer, recording studio, scams, sue basko, susan basko


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Q: Save the rendered Zend barcode in a variable CodeIgniter Yes I know I am using CodeIgniter Lol
the Zend Barcode readers fine but I want to save the rendered barcode in a variable so only when I call the variable in the view (e.g. echo $myvar ) the barcode will be displayed
my code
    public function find_rma_authorization() {

        // get the posted term
        $rmaNumber = $this->input->post('con_rma_number');

        // use the model
        $data['results'] = $this->search_model->get_rma_authorization_data($rmaNumber);
        $data['barcode'] = $this->set_barcode($rmaNumber);

        $this->load->view('templates/header');
        $this->load->view('posts/rma_request_window', $data);
        $this->load->view('templates/footer');

    }

    private function set_barcode($code)
    {
        //load library
        $this->load->library('zend');
        //load in folder Zend
        $this->zend->load('Zend/Barcode');
        //generate barcode
        Zend_Barcode::render('code128', 'image', array('text'=>$code), array());

    }

A: You need to return the barcode from the function:
return Zend_Barcode::render('code128', 'image', array('text'=>$code), array());

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Sorry, I misunderstood your question. You can try this:
Controller
//load library
$this->load->library('zend');
//load in folder Zend
$this->zend->load('Zend/Barcode');
//create barcode object
$barcode = Zend_Barcode::factory('code128', 'image', $barcodeOptions, $rendererOptions);
$data['barcode'] = $barcode;
$this->load->view('posts/rma_request_window', $data);

View
// render
$barcode->render();

A: try use this code on view
<img src="<?php echo site_url(); ?>/controller_name/set_barcode/<?php echo $rmaNumber; ?>">