Gold gained on Friday and held near an historic high hit the previous day, while platinum powered to a record high as supply problems in South Africa triggered another round of speculative buying.Gold rose to $948.40/949.20 an ounce from $944.40/945.20 an ounce late in New York. On Thursday, it rallied to $953.60, its highest level ever, before a sharp decline in crude oil erased much of the day's gains.Dealers said the prospect of more rate cuts in the United States supported gold's appeal as an alternative investment and kept the upward momentum intact. Bullion has risen as much as 14.4 percent so far this year.Silver held near a 27-year high and palladium was within sight of a 6-1/2-year high."The next probable stop in gold is around $955 and that is likely to be witnessed in coming days. Beyond that, $970 and $980 also seem possible," said Pradeep Unni, an analyst at Vision Commodities in Dubai.Gold could also undergo a correction but a price dip would attract bargain hunting and b
Pliant today reported sales of $1.1 billion and $96.6 million of EBITDA (adjusted, unaudited). The company's EBITDA rate was 11.4 cents per pound which was above the company's 4 year average. Pliant reported record EBITDA per pound rates in PVC products and in Stretch & Shrink products. The company's net revolver balance (revolver usage plus cash on hand) was roughly unchanged at year-end 2007 versus year-end 2006. The company offset the working capital impact of a 37% increase in PE prices with improved working capital turns of 6.6 turns. The company offset the P&L impact of a 37% increase in PE resin prices with cost containment actions. This 37% increase in PE resin caused $23 million in sales price compression in the company's customer contracts. Pliant set many Records in 2007, including: -- Record Sales in PVC business -- 103 million pounds -- Record Sales in Europe -- Record Sales in Mexico -- Record Sales from New Products -- Top 5 New Products generated an additio
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Platinum hit another record high on Monday on the back of lingering supply concerns in South Africa, which produces four-fifths of the world's metal, while gold firmed near an historic high. -- Platinum rose $1,886/1,894 an ounce from $1,880/1,888 late in New York on Friday. -- South Africa has appealed to mining companies for help in cutting power consumption to ease a power crisis caused by the failure of electricity generation to match economic growth. -- Spot gold firmed to $923.00/924.50 an ounce from $918.00/918.70 an ounce in New York and held near a record high of $936.50 an ounce hit in early February. -- Markets in Tokyo were closed for a holiday. The benchmark platinum futures contract on the Tokyo Commodity Exchange ended 130 yen per gram higher at 6,143 yen on Friday. -- The dollar held mostly steady on Monday after a weekend Group of Seven meeting acknowledged growing risks to the global economy and kept comments on currencies almost unch
Gracias a>>> ConstrumaticaCuando termine su construcción durante este año 2008, el Sutong Bridge albergará el título del puente atirantado de mayor longitud del mundo por ahora construido con 1.088 metros. Su construcción comenzó en Junio de 2003 y tiene el fin de mejorar las condiciones de tráfico de la provincia, así como la de la región entera, mejorando la seguridad de los vehículos al cruzar el río. Hasta el momento la única opción de cruzar el Río Yangtze es mediante un transbordador que emplea en el trayecto una hora; cuando el puente esté terminado ese trayecto se verá reducido a tan sólo 5 minutos.Cuenta con un presupuesto de más de 750 millones de dólares ($).Cruzará el Río Yangtze entre Nantong y Changshu, a través de los 8.206 metros de longitud total del puente.El tablero se ha construido en paneles de acero ortotrópico, de 450 toneladas cada uno y 16 metros de longitud, montados desde unas plataformas alojadas en barcos.
Thousands of people participated in the fourth Airtel Kolkata Marathon here today. The marathon was run over a total distance of 42.2 kms. While the 42.2 km run for men was flagged off by Major General A M Verma, the 10.5 km run for ladies was flagged off by Kolkata Police Commissioner Goutam Mohan Chakraborty. Over 25,000 people participated in the marathon hosted by Bharti Airtel, one of the country's leading mobile service providers. Airtel Chief Executive Officer Ajay Puri said: "Marathon symbolises energy, enthusiasm, endurance and perseverance. We are running a marathon of telecom and I think it's a great event for Kolkata." A wide cross-section of people participated in the marathon. They included corporate executives, school children and physically challenged. "Every year I'm here for the marathon. Marathon events in Bombay and Delhi are such big events. Even we can make it a success here. It is very important for everybody to participate and make it bigger,"
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The Premier League is awash with cash, based on the latest compilation of the January transfer window figures.
Premier League clubs spent 150 million pounds on new players in the January transfer...
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According to MEPS it is going to be a difficult year for steel users:-
They report:
Although US inventories are down at the distributors, they report that business is not robust. However, margins are holding. Supplyside tightness and ongoing escalating costs for raw materials, energy and freight are driving transaction prices up as producers announce a series [...]
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Platinum hit another record high on Tuesday on a weaker dollar and a power crisis in South Africa which halted mining production, while silver touched a 27-year high to track firmness in gold. Spot platinum rose as high as $1,735 an ounce, up from $1,720/1,725 late in New York on Monday. Silver hit an intraday high of $16.75, its best level since December 1980, up from $16.67/16.72 late in New York. Precious metals rallied this week on supply concerns as well as expectations the U.S. Federal Reserve would cut interest rates aggressively to boost the U.S. economy. South African mining companies hope to resume production later this week after being allowed to carry out underground maintenance work in mines across the country that have been crippled by a power crisis. Spot gold firmed to $928.60/929.40 an ounce from $927.50/928.20 late in New York on Monday, when it struck a record high of $929.20 an ounce. Palladium rose to $387.00/391.00 ounce from $384.0
Microsoft Claims 360 Has 'Record' Attach Rate According to Microsoft CFO Chris Liddell, the 360 has a phenomenal attach rate, one "that's a record certainly for any console and relative to history." In an interview with CNBC, Liddell described the console's success by saying, "We're now at a stage where we sell about 7 games per console...So people are now actually spending more on the games and accessories than they are on the underlying console." Which, says, Liddell, was the plan all along: "[T]hat business model that we put in place the last couple of years is certainly starting to fire." Liddell's comments followed the company's announcement that Microsoft's entertainment division made a profit for a second consecutive quarter. This time last year, Microsoft said that the 360 had an attach rate of 5.3. Microsoft CFO Liddell talks about jaw-dropping earnings [CNBC] Link - Mon, 28 Jan 2008 08:38:45 GMT - Feed (1 subs) Sent using
This project is based on ISD2560P IC which allows us to record 60 seconds voice and playback it with very high quality. As shown in the schematic, we input the voice by using an electret microphone. If a dynamic microphone is used, R2,R3,R4 resistors and C3,C5,C7 capacitors will be omitted and microphone will be [...]
The RIAA says it’s going to offer a special deal to certain college students, letting them off easy instead of suing them for hundreds of thousands of dollars for illegally downloading music. The recording industry Gestapo said letters were going out offering “discounted settlements” to 400 students at 13 universities across the United States.
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The Yasaka-Saigon-Nhatrang Hotel will make a new record banh tet, a cylindrical glutinous rice cake filled with green bean paste and fat pork, following its annual traditional activity of making this record Vietnamese rice cake. The cake this year will be 33m long, cooked and cut following traditional practices. It will have different kinds of stuffing according to regional customs.The 2008 celebrations will include a cake procession and cooking ceremony at 4 p.m. on February 5 and the cake will be fished out of the boiling pot at 9 a.m. on February 6 and cake-cutting ceremony and "Loc Xuan May Man" (Spring Luck) program win take place at 7p.m. on February 6.The cake will then be served to tourists and locals. Many traditional games will be organized on the beach in front of the hotel, such as o an quan (similar to Mancala game), water-carrying, rowing on sand, tug-of-war, walking on stilts, calligraphy, and more.From the first to the fourth day of The Lunar Year, a Vietnamese cuisine
-Day 24. In my house I'm the boss, my wife is just the decision maker.- Woody Allen So…“Slap my ass and call me a monkey’s uncle!”.I was listening to my radio show (not mine as in I own it or am on it, just mine as in I listen to it every morning) and they said there is a law in 7 states, Illinois is one of them, that says a wife is a husband’s property… SAY-FREAKIN’-WHAT???[Picture me doing the neck roll pointing finger move]I ain’t nobody’s property! [Okay, I can't pull off the neck roll thing. I admit it.]I don’t belong to my mom, my government much less MY HUSBAND!!.It seems this is a law that was around in olden times and nobody has removed it from the books. How about we do that now? So much for woman’s liberation! Remove these shackles from me before I strangle someone with them..I think the law should be amended as follows:“In the year of male-chauvinistic-asinine-rules, a decision was made to declare a wife as part of a man’s property. Now that we as
On April 8th, Kill Rock Stars will release Colin Meloy Sings Live! – a 14-song set documenting The Decemberists’ lead singer/songwriter’s 2006 solo tour. Meloy’s two-week trek across the U.S. coincided with the release of Colin Meloy Sings Shirley Collins, his six-song EP paying homage to the revered British folksinger. While the latter collection (and its predecessor, Colin Meloy Sings Morrissey) were only sold on tour, Colin Meloy Sings Live! will be available at retail in both CD and double-gatefold LP configurations.
The Decemberists will be playing four shows in the Pacific Northwest later this month – January 22nd and 23rd at Portland’s Crystal Ballroom, and January 30th and 31st at Seattle’s The Moore Theatre. Meloy will launch a solo acoustic tour this spring; further details will be announced shortly.
A new report has indicated that 2007 has been the second warmest year on record since 1880, with a global average of 14.73 degrees Celsius (58.5 degrees Fahrenheit). The report, issued by the Earth Policy Institute, has stated that the year 2007 fits into a pattern of steadily increasing global temperature, with the eight warmest years on record all occurring in the last decade. In fact, according to ENN, by looking at the northern hemisphere alone, 2007 temperatures averaged 15.04 degrees Celsius (59.1 degrees Fahrenheit) - easily the hottest year in the northern half of the globe since the record began in 1880. Although 2007 did not post a new record high, the year stands out as being extremely warm despite several factors that usually cool the planet. For example, the bygone year saw the development of La Niña, which usually depresses global temperature. In addition, solar intensity in 2007 was slightly lower than average because the year was a mi
From the boston globe:A surge of support from women voters and a record-breaking turnout propelled Hillary Clinton's late rally that derailed Barack Obama in yesterday's New Hampshire Democratic primary.Meanwhile, John McCain rocketed to a comeback triumph in the Republican primary over Mitt Romney with help from voters who admire his straight talk and say he is most qualified to be commander-in-chief.With turnout shattering records, exit polls yesterday indicated that independents made up 43 percent of the Democratic turnout and broke for Obama over Clinton. But among registered Democrats, Clinton was the clear-cut favorite.Eight years ago, in what was then a historic overall turnout, New Hampshire independents accounted for 30 percent of the Democratic primary electorate.NH is an odd place, so this really is not a good inditator of where the American voters stand. I mean loo at who voted fro McCain. Republicans that describe themselves as "Moderate or Liberal"!!! How can you be a Rep
?' ???? ???"?Imbolgen 2In follow-up to my previous entry, Lashes Of Fire, here are additional "coincidental" data for the record:1. Lead-Pouring, Fire & "The End Of Orthodox Judaism?" - see linked article2. There was a funeral this past Monday for a woman who recently passed away in the local Jewish community.3. "Handle her"4. The Jewitch's Flame Tells A StoryAre these things all connected? I don't know, but here are the real world data.
MS memo claims 360's record success in '07 and a next-gen victoryFiled under: NewsDean Takahashi over at the Mercury News posted a memo he received from Microsoft games head Dan Mattrick, one that is far from ordinary and reeks of success, pride and optimism. Actually, the memo is so optimisticlly enjoyable it goes as far as to claim that the "Xbox 360 is on track to register the biggest year in video game history" for 2007. Yeah, it's that good.In the memo, Mattrick goes on to gloat about the 360's success in North America including figures like $3.5 billion in Xbox 360 hardware, accessories and software were sold in 2007, which is $1 billion more than the Wii and $2 billion more than the PS3. And the goods don't stop there. Mattrick also talks about the 360's third party revenue eclipsing both the Wii and PS3's totals combined and that the 360 should break the record for most revenue generated in a year, breaking the PS2's record. Wowzaz!Dan Mattrick continues his celebration me
The weakening of the dollar is making California a bargain for international tourists. The greenback in 2007, fell 7 percent against the Japanese yen and 10 percent versus the euro, the currency of 13 European Union countries. San Francisco, Los Angeles and San Diego can expect an influx of visitors taking advantage of the weak dollar. Foreign visitors are spending dollars in stores, hotels. restaurants and tourist sites. With so much to see and do in the state of California it's no wonder that the Golden State is a top tourist destination.
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Gold stabilised on Thursday, hovering near a record high above $861 an ounce hit the previous day, as record high crude oil price triggered fears of inflation and a possible recession in the United States. -- Spot gold was at $855.10/855.90 an ounce, steady from $855.70/856.50 an ounce late in New York. It hit $861.10 an ounce earlier on Wednesday, surpassing its previous peak of $850 set in January 1980. -- Oil vaulted to a record $100 a barrel on Wednesday, boosting gold's appeal as a hedge against inflation. Violence in Nigeria, tight energy stockpiles and a weaker dollar triggered a surge of speculative buying in crude oil. -- Tokyo's gold futures market was closed for a holiday. -- The euro dipped to $1.4716. -- Platinum dipped to $1,538/1,544 an ounce from $1,539/1,544 an ounce late in New York but held near Wednesday's record high of $1,544 an ounce. -- Silver eased to $15.16/15.21 an ounce from $15.17/15.22 late in New York. -- Palladiu
By Lewa Pardomuan SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Gold slipped on Thursday after touching a record high above $861 an ounce the previous day, but dealers said the metal may test new peaks in coming weeks as oil's surge to $100 a barrel ignited fears of inflation. Gold soared more than 30 percent in 2007, its biggest annual gain since 1979. The metal's allure as an inflation hedge and a safe-haven investment increased as the dollar tumbled to successive record lows, financial markets reeled from a global credit crunch and crude prices scaled new highs. "To say we target $1,000 is a little bit optimistic, but there's potential I think in the days or weeks ahead for us to head towards the $880s region," said Darren Heathcote of Investec Australia. "With all the reallocation of fund money that will be going on in the next week or so, I believe the potential is now for gold to push even higher still. I think we'll probably find support just below the $850 level, probably around
By Atul Prakash and Veronica Brown LONDON (Reuters) - Gold prices swept to a record high on Wednesday above the key $850-an-ounce mark, driven by surging oil, a weaker dollar and simmering geopolitical tensions that polished its safe-haven credentials. Other metals jumped on bullion's bandwagon, with platinum scoring a record high, silver at its highest since mid November and palladium at two-month highs. Spot gold surged to a record $861.10 an ounce -- surpassing the $850 fixing high of January 1980. It later backtracked slightly to $855.70/$856.50 in New York at 2:25 p.m. EST (1925 GMT), compared with $832.70/833.50 quoted late in New York on Monday. Most-active gold futures for February delivery settled up $22, or 2.6 percent, at $860 an ounce on the COMEX metals division of the New York Mercantile Exchange, after surging to $864.90, a contract high. "It's not surprising, given that gold's a safe-haven asset. It's reflective of the fact there is risk aversion in th
By Richard Valdmanis NEW YORK (Reuters) - Oil vaulted to a record $100 a barrel on Wednesday as violence in Nigeria, tight energy stockpiles and a weaker dollar triggered a surge of speculative buying, dealers said. Oil's climb to the psychological triple-digit price sent stocks tumbling on Wall Street and darkened an already gloomy economic outlook in the United States, battered by a housing crisis and credit crunch. "Oil hitting $100 a barrel has sparked some concerns about the consumer and inflation," said Todd Salamone, vice president of research at Schaeffer's Investment Research. U.S. crude traded once at $100 a barrel, up $4.02, then eased back to $99.32 by 1:52 EST (1830 GMT). London Brent crude rose $3.78 to $97.63. "Oil could rise further from here. It's simple supply and demand fundamentals," said Kris Voorspools, energy analyst at Fortis in Brussels. The White House said it would not open up the emergency crude oil reserve to lower prices, whi
Murder rate linked to illegal guns:
By KRYSTEL ROLLE and INDERIA SAUNDERS, Guardian Staff Reporters -
Nassau, Bahamas:
The sale of illegal firearms on the nation's streets has been directly linked to the record-breaking murder count of 2007, a senior police officer revealed yesterday.
Superintendent Glen Miller, officer in charge of the Central Detective Unit, said there is definitely a correlation between the proliferation of firearms and last year's high murder count, as statistics show that more than half of the murders were committed using guns.
"We've seen that in 40 of these murders a handgun was used, and seven used shotguns. So we're talking about 47 matters with firearms alone. That certainly is an indication that the illegal guns are being used to commit serious crimes such as murder."
Last year approximately 59 percent of the murders were committed with guns listed as the weapon of choice. The Guardian's records also showed that 47 of the 79 murders recorded in 200
KIEV, Ukraine -- Inflation in the former Soviet republic Ukraine has hit a seven-year high, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko said at a Friday cabinet meeting.
Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko blames the previous government for cost increases.
Strong GDP growth combined with record fuel prices and a weakening dollar made for average price rises of 17 per cent in 2007 she said, according to a
By Hiral Vora MUMBAI (Reuters) - Indian shares shrugged off early losses to surge to a record high on Wednesday, boosted by Reliance Power Ltd's proposed initial public offering (IPO) and led by Housing Development Finance Corp and ICICI Bank. Reliance Power Ltd, a utility which is 50 percent owned by power producer Reliance Energy Ltd, is set to raise up to $2.97 billion in the country's biggest-ever IPO, three investment banking sources told Reuters. Analysts said the news on the IPO, which had been expected last year, lifted market sentiment. Shares in Reliance Energy hit a record high of 2,378.70 rupees before ending up 3.8 percent up at 2,365.50 rupees. The benchmark BSE 30-share index ended up 0.81 percent, or 164.59 points, at a record close of 20,465.30, with half of its components gaining. The index hit a record high of 20,529.48 in afternoon trade, surpassing the previous peak of 20,498.11 set on Dec. 13, in a strong recovery from a morning fall of more than 1 percen
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Pixies are set to begin work on their first studio album in 15 years. Frank Black has confirmed the band will start work in January on their first record since 1991’s “Trompe Le Monde”.
“”We’re rehearsing in January, if we can persuade Kim to come out of her house”"
Sounds like Kim Deal is holding out, [...]
According to them, it's illegal to transfer your CD's to your computer. What all this comes down to is, the record companies have diluted the music world and less people want to buy their junk. There is so many crappy bands/singers now and they all sound the same. Even some of my favorite bands are rushing to get music out and that is even crap. There may be one or two songs on an entire album that I want to hear. I use iTunes (I know, but there isn't a better alternative with a large selection) and rarely download an entire album. There's no way I will spend $15 or so dollars on a CD for at most, two songs. I can buy and download the songs I want for 99 cents or an album for $9.90. I'm waiting for the RIAA to come up with self-destructing CD's that explode after 10 plays. On with the article. Now, in an unusual case in which an Arizona recipient of an RIAA letter has fought back in court rather than write a check to avoid hefty legal fees, the industry is taking its argument agai
Stripped to the essentials, it's just a throw and a catch.
But toss in a handful of large, angry pass-rushing Giants planning to hold a reunion on Tom Brady's chest, then sprinkle in a dose of defensive backs and the occasional linebacker trying to glue themselves to Randy Moss, and the hookup begins to approach the complexity of a military operation.
Even so, nobody has done it better. The
First things first: Overall album sales for the January 1-April 2 period are down 16.6% to 117.1 million units, led — or perhaps misled — by a 20.5% decline in CD album sales.
The Record Industry is dying because they promote nothing but shitty bands.
The biggest concert bands in the world are now very old:
U2, The [...]
The Uday Samudra Leisure Resort in Kovalam has claimed to set a world record with 29.1-feet tall Christmas cake. “With this we have broken the previous record of 27.6 feet held by Mercury Hotel in Bangkok,” said Rajgopal Iyer, the Corporate Director of the resort. Ten chefs worked eight hours a day for three weeks to bake the gigantic cake weighing around 2500 kilograms, Iyer said. The cake was cut down into 22,000 pieces, and distributed among charity homes in the city. The previous best was only 19,212 pieces, Iyer added. “We wanted to mark the Christmas celebration innovative and interesting. We also wanted to create two world records before completion of this year," said Iyer. The hotel also broke a world record for the world’s tallest sandwich, a few months back. Meanwhile, hotels and restaurants across the country have invited international bands and singers to woo customers on this festive occasion. A Jaipur hotel flew in a band from Ukraine to cash
Domenica 23 Dicembre 2007 abbiamo registrato il nuovo record di utenti connessi contemporaneamente alla versione full del blog di tvgratis.net dopo quello ottenuti settimana scorsa. In particolare nel pomeriggio si sono registrati in media 220 utenti connessi contemporaneamente con punte che superano i 283 per un totale di quasi 5.000 visitatori unici nelle due ore pomeridiane. La giornata si è conclusa con oltre 100.000 contatti e più di 10.000 visitatori unici.Anche la visualizzazione dell'home page del portale (tvgratis.net) contenente solo le informazioni che portano agli altri servizi di tvgratis e la versione lite del blog (ancora da sistemare) ne ha tratto beneficio grazie agli 20.000 contatti ricevuti ieri e a quasi 2 Gb di banda occupati. Spero che tutti gli utenti che sono stati connessi con noi siano riusciti a collegarsi senza problemi.Anche gli accessi agli altri servizi di TV GRATIS.net sono raddoppiati e oltre alla consuetudine di Highlights Sports Video (
Would you believe this simple paintingcosts 11.6 million euros or 16.7 million dollars?Joan Miro the spanish artist ,the highest price ever for one of his works, the auctioneers Drouot said.afp.google.com
DS Breaks UK Sales Record Twice In DecemberForget about breaking a sales record, the all-conquering DS has done it twice in the UK in December. The DS broke the weekly UK hardware sales record two weeks ago with 185,000 units sold, and then broke its own record by selling 200,000 units last week. Talk about domination. The Wii sold over 100,000 units last week in the UK, and has (unofficially) surpassed the Xbox 360 in sales in the UK. Global sales for the DS are reaching 60 million, while the Wii has official sales of just over 16 million units. Related PostsWii Breaks Record in UKContinuing to swim in pools full of money, Nintendo today announced that it has sold over one millio…Wii Breaks Australian Sales Records Wii in Australia is a break out success, like the rest of the world, it is breaking all sorts of sa…Wii Breaks Amazon UK Pre-order RecordNintendo’s Wii became the fastest selling pre-order item on Amazon.co.uk when it went on sale earlie…Game Sales
Domenica 16 Dicembre 2007 abbiamo registrato il record di utenti connessi contemporaneamente alla versione full del blog di tvgratis.net. In particolare dalle 11 alle 13 di mattina si sono registrati in media 150 utenti connessi contemporaneamente con punte che superano i 200 per un totale di 3.000 visitatori unici in quelle due ore. La giornata si è conclusa con oltre 90.000 contatti e quasi 10.000 visitatori unici.Anche la visualizzazione dell'home page del portale (tvgratis.net) contenente solo le informazioni che portano agli altri servizi di tvgratis e la versione lite del blog (ancora da sistemare) ne ha tratto beneficio grazie ai 20.000 contatti ricevuti ieri e oltre 1,5 Gb di banda occupati (cifra abbastanza considerevole dato che contiene solo 3 pagine html).Infine anche gli accessi agli altri servizi di TV GRATIS.net sono raddoppiati e in particolare quello di Highlights Sports Video (servizio avente poco più di 3 mesi di vita ma con già oltre 1.000 video
If the momentum keeps going at the current rate he'll crack eighteen million for the quarter by midnight pacific standard time.From the Boston Globe:On Nov. 5, supporters of Ron Paul raked in more than $4.2 million in donations in 24 hours, mostly of them collected over the Internet.Today, they're at it again. Hoping to detonate what they call a "money bomb," the supporters started fundraising at midnight Saturday and have already raised $2 million as of about 10:30 a.m. today, more than at this point on Nov. 5, according to figures they posted online. They hope to collect a total of $10 million by midnight Sunday.Last time, they tied their fundraising to Guy Fawkes Day, which commemorates a British mercenary who tried unsuccesfully to kill King James I on Nov. 5, 1605. This time, they're seizing on the 234th aniversary of the Boston Tea Party and converging on this snowy city to rally.The WaPo confirms that this money bomb has met its goal and adds that he is the only candidate to ach
The RIAA says it’s going to offer a special deal to certain college students, letting them off easy instead of suing them for hundreds of thousands of dollars for illegally downloading music. The recording industry Gestapo said letters were going out offering “discounted settlements” to 400 students at 13 universities across the United States.
“discounted settlements” [...]
A record number of soldiers have killed themselves this year–109–according to Army statistics. The sharp rise in the number of suicides is partially attributed to longer deployments which create additional stress upon individuals and families. The highest previous number of Army suicides since 1990 was in 1992– a period when the army was twenty percent [...]
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Blame the feedback loops: In 2007, Arctic ice hit a new low, Greenland ice melted for longer, and the Arctic Sea temperature was 'off the charts.' Warmth may not be an attribute you associate with a place where the sun doesn't shine in the winter and the
Since 2001 record sales have staggered in decline at an estimated 25%. Record labels invest a large amount of money into acts, and for the past few years it has not being paying off. What once was a deal of artists agreeing to hand over about 85% of album shares, but pocketing profit from tours, merchandising and publishing has been morphed into what is called the “360-Deal” or the “Multi-Rights Deal”. What this means is that not only do record labels get about 70-85% of album sales, they will also receive a cut of tour sales, merchandising, and publishing. The 360 Deal allows labels to capitalize on artists as a brand and push more paths of revenue, thus giving the label more incentive to push the success of an act and market them in every way possible( this is due to the growing "mogul" trend amongst most current artists). The label will now own the act in everything they do and pocket a rough estimate of 30-50% of net earnings. Well what exactly does that mean? Here
Patriotic, outspoken and high-spirited R&B artist, Mario has a new installment ready for public digestion. His third album, Go has finally been released today! After pondering several release dates, the decision was made for 'Go' to be discharged to the masses.
In what is widely expressed to be his most mature album, the critics are welcoming it with open arms.
"Mario's distinctive voice is earthier and more mature with the underlying power of a young Luther Vandross. Be very surprised if one of Go's many treats doesn't earn him a long overdue chart topper on this side of the pond." (bbc.co.uk)
"Go's the platform for a mature voice that competes with Usher, and surpasses him in its range and capacity of really hitting the gut-wrenching notes." (allhiphop.com)
"Ultra sweet arrangements and solid production...both erotic AND eclectic, Go! reached systemic volumes, the album had some great Uptempo and Downbeat on it." (think2wice.org)
Or do record labels need artists?In 2007 we are in the age of the Internet where everything is just a mouse click away. Music distribution readily available 24 hours on the Internet, and burned into our I-Pods within seconds from the comfort of our homes. We the consumer are more inconvenienced to actually go out and purchase a disc and as a result albums sales have taken a nosedive and major artists have noticed.Prince left his label years ago and has successfully continued his career. Paul McCartney broke ties with his label and has signed a deal with Starbucks to promote and distribute his records. Trent Reznor has commented that Nine Inch Nails is delighted to have the freedom to take their career into their own hands and develop a direct relationship with the fans. Now Madonna has left Warner and signed a multi-million deal with concert promoter, Live Inc.The smartest, and most internet-savvy idea was that of Radiohead who took their new album, In Rainbow and released it online fo
The One Campaign has a tool up that you can use to compare the presidential candidates' plans to fight extreme poverty and global disease.
Give it a try. See what they say (and then hold them to it when they get elected).
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