Hi everyone,
I am just informing you that I had to change my username from Whitechild to Dreamframer, because I had comments from 3 people that my username sounds kinda racist.
I would like to explain what my username means, and then I will change it anyway.
When I was a kid I was blond, and my older brother always had dark hair. That's why older people (neighbors mostly) used to call me "white child", or "white kid".
I have never divide people by any means, including skin color, and I didn't even think someone will ever connect my username with racism. But it seems that Americans still have problem with this.
Most musicians I love to listen are black. I was always amazed by black people's musical talent, which is even more noticable in my case since I sing and compose.
So, I had to change my username, and I came up with Dreamframer.
 

Scientists made an artificial cell. It's alive, and it has completely synthesized genom, made in laboratory.

BBC News - Newsnight - Venter: Artificial living cell will benefit humanity

Maybe it's not very polite to post things like this, but since it has 4 000 000 views I just have to share it with you. It made my day.  

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7oGx2dImE8[/youtube]

I was blind enough no to see that image submission process at FT asks for "location" of the taken photo. So, I was always leaving "Serbia" instead of changing it accordingly with the location where the photo was taken.
Is it important to buyers or they don't pay much attention to it?
BTW, it would be nice if we could edit some data after submission.

Guys, maybe it's a dumb question, but is there any image browser that instantly shows the size of images in megapixels? I mean, I would like something that won't show 3267x2432, but 7.94 Mpix

My first two audio tracks are accepted at PumpAudio. I sent the CD in December and tracks were reviewed and accepted today. One track is instrumental, and another has two versions, vocal and instrumental. They wrote me an email saying that tracks are sent to classification and categorization process.
Denis (goldenangel) wrote lyrics for the vocal version of the song No2 on my CD.
I'm so happy because my audio files sell fine on IS, and now I have my first RM tracks. I was in love with music as long as I remember, and this is like a dream come true for me, so I wanted to share the moment with you guys.

So, I joined www.aquarius.net, the website who connects people who need translations, and people who translate. I was contacted by Mrs. Elvira Ruiz (this is her profile on aquarius http://aquarius.net/expert/54058/) and I translated several documents from Russian and Croatian to English language. The policy of her company www.devinportglobal.com is to pay through paypal 30 days after receipt of translation. She was very polite and we exchanged several emails, but after 40 days of not being paid, I started to call her on the phone. Automatic voice machine is the only thing one can reach there. Then I saw the company already received one bad review on aquarius.
I decided to try tineye, and to check if her profile image is real, and this is what I discovered. The image is fake. It's Yuri Arcurs image:



I was stupid enough not to check it 40 days ago... Should I report this to IS?

I got this email today:



Hi there

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1. Your account is free
2. We offer a 40% commission on all your images, every time one is sold
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Go on! Sign up at http://www.fstockphotos.com, and we will inform you once your account has been activated. This could take up to 24 hours before you will be able to upload your images.

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Hi guys,
I got 2 images rejected at IS due to keywords. But, what is strange is that those words weren't in tags. My workflow is:
1. Keywording image in image editing program
2. Loading image into DeepMeta
3. Correcting keywords and deleting inappropriate keywords
4. Uploading images to IS

Now, even tho I deleted some keywords in DeepMeta I got images rejected exactly because of this keywords... When I open rejected image on IS I can't see problematic words, and when I check the image in DeepMeta there is no these problematic words. But they exist in original IPTC data of the image.
Is it somehow possible that words from IPTC pass DeepMeta even tho they are erased, don't appear on IS website, but appear at reviewers workstation and cause rejection of the image??

Regards,
Ivan

First it was Mostphotos, and now it's Yaymicro.
I uploaded 6 images, and they were pending about 2 days, and then they mysteriously disappeared... I can't find them in accepted, neither in rejected images... 

Hi everybody,
I don't know if you will understand what I'm trying to explain, because of my English, but I will try anyway.
It happened that I have $4,27 payment withheld in my account, and it still counts as my earnings. So, since I reached the payment at the very end of the last month (my payment is set to $100) I didn't get any email that my payment is in the process. So, maybe, I see that I reached payment of $100, but SS deducted those $4,27 from my earnings and I actually didn't reach the payment of $100.
If so, what will happen with the withheld payment in future? If it counts in my earnings, it will get bigger every month, and in several months when it gets to $40-$50 I will start to reach payment every few weeks, but I will start getting less and less money as withheld money grows.
Or, if it doesn't counts in my earnings, where is shown that SS deducted it from my earnings??
Regards,
Ivan

I'd like to share this song with you guys. The song is in some kind of arabian-hebrew-mediterrannean style no matter Armenia and Serbia are orthodox christian countries (basically), and maybe some of you won't like it because it sounds too oriental, but something in this melody really touches my soul and make me weak in some way, and they sing it beautifully.... The music is written by this young Israeli singer Boaz Mauda. The girl who sings first is Serbian singer Jelena Tomasevic, and other girl is Sirusho from Armenia. Lyrics are written by Israeli president and Nobel Peace Prize winner Shimon Peres.
This is the first performance of the song, and here I found lyrics for you.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wUuaeTFJIk&feature=related[/youtube]


Time to pray

Jelena Tomasevic:
O my Lord, it�s time to pray
When a new sun shines, make hay
Save my land from deserts day
Call the oceans, salt to melt away

Sirusho:
Pray blue sky
Pray flower in the field
To make the pain go away
And let the child smile carelessly  

Boaz Mauda:
Wake up, come to our homes
Like eagles we spread our hands
Filled with nightingales and all that is good

Sirusho:
Smile little child

Oh My Lord, it�s time to pray,
When the new sun shines, make hay,
Save my land from deserts day
Call the oceans, salt to melt away

Jelena Tomasevic:
For us, my heart prays,
To grant us peace and to guide us

Sirusho:
Our Lord, we are praying
Clean our souls from the merciless evil

Boaz Mauda:
Wake up, come to our homes
Like eagles we spread our hands

Sirusho:
Our Lord, we are praying
Clean our souls from the merciless evil

Jelena Tomasevic:
Pure heart prays to God
To grant us peace and to guide us
Look at us, save us
Make all the pain go away

Sirusho:
Save my land from deserts day
Call the ocean, salt to melt away

Boaz Mauda:
How pretty the olive trees have become
Like perfumes, the house is wrapped
Daughter of the generous, with beautifull eyes
And I�ll sing to you out loud

Last few days I simply can't upload my images at Veer using ftp. Anyone has similar problem?