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Comment Strange comments (Score 1) 146

Most of the posts above believe the artist gets to set the price of tickets.

The artist gets paid their minimum amount when the contract is signed with the promoter. They may have a clause to get a % of the door, they may not. In many cases there is a deposit and a payment delivered to the artists before they go on stage.

This is independent of the promoter who is on the hook for the act in question. They are responsible for paying the artist, the location of the event, and all costs associated.

Scalpers make their living off of the difference between the promoter and the buying public - not directly to the artist.

The industry is full of "promoters" who have lost their shirts on sold out shows....

Comment Re:How much does a Utah legislator cost? (Score 5, Informative) 202

Utah is only ~65% LDS (Mormon), but holds more than 80% of the state legislature. Salt Lake City is close to 76% non LDS, but gerrymandering and just flat out population distributions make it so that outside of Salt Lake City and Park City any year with voter turn-out of more than 65% guarantees the Republican candidate wins.

A typical Republican State House race, is around $7-$10k for actual 'needed' expenses in a race. Democratic candidates usually struggle to raise more than $4-$9k.

State Senate is around $40k-$50k, but few Democratic candidates reach that amount.

Most Utah House Republicans get between $20-$30k from 'fundraising' depending on their committee assignments. They usually have enough to fund their next re-election before they even start fundraising for the next cycle.

Even if you are able to buy one, but there is the invisible guiding light from Temple Square about how and what bills will be brought to a vote and how they pass/fail. Add to the part-time nature of the legislature and lax conflict of interest laws there is also the inherent corruption for each elected representative to make sure the bills benefit themselves or their employers (both R's and D's)

The big problem for Tesla is that the wealthiest family in Utah, the LH Miller family, owns most of the auto dealerships for all manufactures and are LDS. They also control most of the entertainment venues and professional sports teams.

They lobby well and pretty much control what/how/when cars are sold. The Miller family shut down legislation proposing Sunday car sales a few years ago and have been successful in stopping legislation that would change the # of car dealers in a geographic area.
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Battlestar Galactica Props Are For Sale 65

Posted by kdawson from the where-the-auction-is dept.
will_die writes "The SciFi Channel's Battlestar Galactica will be holding multiple auctions to sell off props and costumes. The first auction will be Jan. 16-18, with a print and online catalogs coming out in December; the second will be in April, catalogs at a future date. The auction site is the Pasadena Convention Center but they will be offering Internet bidding, with live Internet broadcasting, and will handle world-wide shipping at extra cost. These auction are for the key items on the show such as Adama's lighter, Arrow of Athena, and maybe even a Viper. During the final ten weeks of the show they will be holding Internet auctions on items of lesser importance (and price). Until the auction begins, they are highlighting items as they catalog them and posting them on the website where you can subscribe to receive notifications by RSS feed or email. So far the posts have been interesting, with pictures of the items, screenshots of the item in the show, a history of the item, and how it was made."
Space

Wreck of Australian Warship HMAS Sydney Found? 193

Posted by kdawson from the frieght-and-salvage dept.
Mendy writes "Tim Ankers, a British archaeologist, claims to have found the wreck of the HMAS Sydney, lost with all hands in the Indian Ocean during World War II. He says that he's done this from the comfort of his home using software he wrote called Merlindown, which can analyze satellite photographs at different wavelengths to 'peer 75 meters into the earth and 16,000 meters beneath the seas.'"

Comment Re:Too mature of an indrustry. (Score 1) 342

by littlewiggler (#15474838) Attached to: Not Your Daddy's IT Force Anymore
One thing to remember is that in most large companies, an HR person is doing nothing but scoring resumes (or using an autoscoring tool) based on the job posting requirements. A degree gets more points with most HR departments than experience (it is one more tick on score box).
The resumes that the actual Technical manager (IT or otherwise) receives are filtered...

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