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Incidentally, I am very curious about this statement:
'International human rights law absolutely outlaws restrictions on free speech when they are based purely on the notion that others may find the content offensive - regardless of the beat behind the message, or where it's played.'
Really? So international human rights law is cool with the KKK performing in black churches then? Or just when it suits the liberal agenda for people's private space to be disturbed.
And that's the central issue for me. I absolutely support their right to broadcast and publish whatever opinions they come out with. But invading other peoples' space is not a human right.
But never mind about that, good old amnesty will write an email for you saying:
'I am writing to you to ask you to drop the charges of hooliganism against Maria Alekhina, Ekaterina Samutsevich and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, and immediately and unconditionally release them.'
Yes, away with your stinking courts Johny foreigner. Don't you realise I speak English and care not a whit for whatever rule of law exists in your country.
'I believe that Maria, Ekaterina and Nadezhda have been detained solely for exercising their right to freedom of expression, and as such are prisoners of conscience.'
'I believe'? That's really a line in a letter from a supposedly unbiased human rights organisation?
Well, I'd never sign that because it would make me a liar. If there was a petition saying that a lengthy prison sentence was unmerited, sure I'd happily sign that (if they are given one), but this is just profound dishonesty.
Another gem:
'Their crime? Performing a gig in a church.'
I kind of suspect that Amnesty fans would be pretty p***ed off if someone performed 'a gig' without being invited in their homes.
For a genuinely thoughtful and authoritative take on the Pussy Riot, read this excellent blog post by Alexander Mercouris. My one quibble is the Polish comparison as I think that was MUCH WORSE in Poland because the woman was only expressing an opinion on the air. But it really does show how skewed and bigoted Western discourse on free speech is.
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How Happy To Live Here Are You
Happy with the ways things are going in west Michigan.
Does it seem to you that most folks you talk to speak highly of life in west Michigan. Maybe it is the proximity to Lake Michigan, the friendliness of the people, four seasons of weather, great golf courses.... a great place to raise a family... there are many things to like about living here.
Too bad we didn't make the list for happiest places in America to live. What do they have that we don't.
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Cadets receive Grimaldi Award
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The College of Charleston is tearing at the seams as outraged students and alumni protest the selection of its next president – a defender of the Confederacy with a history of championing the Rebel Flag.
The board of trustees' selection of Republican Lt. Gov. Glenn McConnell, a Civil War re-enactor who for years led the fight to keep the Confederate flag hanging over South Carolina's capital building, comes just two years after the college embarked on an ambitious campaign to attract more minority students.
Critics say McConnell's appointment will tarnish the college's reputation and hinder efforts to diversify the student body, which with just 6% black students has one of the lowest student diversity rates in the state.
Both the student government and faculty Senate have issued unanimous votes of no-confidence in the school's board of trustees. The board has not budged, insisting it stands by McConnell's selection.
Critics of the appointment believe that politics, not credentials, played the biggest role in the selection.
McConnell, who has never worked in higher education, beat out a handful of finalists with extensive experience working in colleges and universities, including University of West Florida Provost Martha Saunders and Dennis Encarnation, a consultant and fellow at Harvard University.
"He's been a divisive force in South Carolina for a long time," said the Rev. Joseph Darby, a vice president with the Charleston NAACP, which has joined calls for McConnell's removal. He called McConnell's appointment a "sham" and said the selection is a smack in the face to the college and anyone associated with it.
Hundreds have attended protests and rallies on the college's campus with thousands more signing a petition calling for McConnell's removal. Student groups have joined forces with local civil rights groups to hold press conferences and to lobby sympathetic members of the state legislature, which is responsible for appointing board members at public colleges.
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The sales company reported 371 horses sold for a total 4,559,800 euros, down markedly on the 2007 turnover of 12,035,100 euros when 652 changed hands. The average was 12,291 euros, down 61% on 2006, and the clearance rate was 52.8%.
"Trade this week reflected the increasingly polarized market that was evident in the latter part of 2007 - plenty of demand at the top and upper middle levels but the bottom end struggled," said Goffs CEO Henry Beeby. "We were particularly pleased with the number of overseas buyers present throughout the week, and Goffs will continue to explore any and all foreign markets in our efforts to sell every lot that comes under our hammer.
He noted that last year's sale was somewhat of an anomaly due to the presence of horses from Moyglare farm and that this year's figures, with the exception of the turnover rate, were in line with those from 2006.
"In fact, last year was a slight flash in the pan and the average and median figures are on a par with 2006 although the clearance rate has dropped which clearly reflects the issues facing the industry at present," Beeby said. "So all things considered, this week's sale has continued to build on the growth achieved with our February Sale in recent years. Indeed, it should be remembered that this sale was only a two-day, 500 lot sale as recently as 2001 and it has grown faster than any comparable European alternative."
Thursday's trade was topped by a pair if purchases made by BBA Ireland. The 10-year-old mare First Breeze, offered in foal to Araafa, changed hands for 120,000 euros and 10-year-old Flying Millie, covered by Refuse To Bend, made 115,000 euros.


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In the recent months, Yogi Adityanath has become the target of many in India, who value political correctness over facts. With his no more than less than half a dozen speeches, he has ruffled the feathers of Indian Secularism so badly that the media - without Dispassionately and independently weighting his assertions - is keen to pronounce him a devil. In fact the rhetoric of Indian media is so sharp that it almost seems that one cannot even present a view or opinion contrary to the prevalent o … [Read more...]
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In a rather interesting judgment,Kerala High Court has ruled that Marriage which follows a conversion will be invalid in the eyes of law. In this case, a Muslim man and a Hindu girl married after the Muslim man had converted to Hinduism. Interestingly, it was the girl's father who objected! Not just that, the court also ordered that unless the marriage is complete under the Special Marriage Act, the girl - who is NOT a minor - will have to stay with her parents! The Kerala high court on Tu … [Read more...]
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ALEX Baptiste has blamed the fact he was regularly played out of position for Wanderers last season as the reason his time at the club "didn't work."
The 28-year-old, who was signed on a free transfer from Blackpool last summer, joined Blackburn Rovers on a season-long loan deal yesterday.
He played 43 times under Dougie Freedman last season but was required to play on the left side of defence after Marc Tierney broke his leg in late September last year.
Baptiste considers himself to be a centre-half but said he was also comfortable at right back, and he believes Dougie Freedman's decision to play him on the left was a major contributing factor to him failing to produce his best football for the Whites.
Asked whether it has "worked out" at Bolton, the defender told Blackburn's official website: "Definitely not. I'm an honest lad and for one reason or another it just didn't work.
"It went so well at Blackpool and everywhere else in my career I've done okay but for some reason it just didn't work (at Bolton).
"Playing out of position a lot – I'm not a left back, I'll openly admit that – but like I said, this is a fresh start and I'm really looking forward to it."
The move had been mooted for some time – but Baptiste admits the speed at which it went through came as a surprise.
"It has been hectic to say the least," he said. "I played last night for Bolton in a pre-season friendly and the manager took me to one side and told me Blackburn want me.
"I've been very close before (to signing for Blackburn). At one point I was actually on the motorway and heading here. But it didn't happen.
"There has always been a possibility. My cousin supports Blackburn and he was the first one to text me. Hopefully I can do alright for him."


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Each summer the Flynn Center for the Performing Arts holds a Radio Camp right here at VPR. For a week, dozens of young people fill our studios and learn the techniques of old-fashioned radio dramas - microphones, sound effects, melodramatic voice- overs and all.
The radio play they created this year is called "The Baby Snooks Show". It's about a girl in the 1930s who looks for love by exchanging letters through a lonely hearts club. In this scene, the girl, named Snooks, is about to meet the man she plans to elope with for the first time - but the youngster doesn't realize yet that her dream boy is actually an elderly man. Ah, poor Snooks.


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On September 10, 2013, the World Health Organization and the International Association for Suicide Prevention (IASP) will co-sponsor World Suicide Prevention Day. To commemorate this day, the MSW@USC invites you to participate in our Suicide Awareness Blog Day. Around the world, suicide is a major public health problem and is the leading cause of death for young people. Worldwide, nearly one million people succumb to suicide each year, a number that exceeds deaths from war and homicide combined. Somewhere in the world, someone dies of suicide every 40 seconds.
This is the 11th anniversary of World Suicide Prevention Day. This year's theme is "Stigma: A Major Barrier for Suicide Prevention." Untreated mental illness and substance abuse are at the root of many suicide deaths. Reluctance to seek help for these conditions is often due to stigma. According to the IUSD, the stigma associated with mental illness and suicidal behavior can be caused by ignorance, prejudice, discrimination and other negative attitudes.
Education is one of the most important tools available to eradicate the stigma of mental illness and reduce the global suicide level. One of the goals of World Suicide Prevention Day is to inspire people to get involved to help raise awareness of this critical issue. By working together to help eliminate the stigma, we can help people to feel more empowered to seek support when they need it.
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|Academic Bill of Rights Passes Georgia Senate
|Colorado Colleges Commit to Protect Political Diversity
The state senate education committee had unanimously supported the bill after hearings on the problem of partisan indoctrination in the classroom. The bill is a project of Students for Academic Freedom, founded by David Horowitz. A similar bill was introduced by Rep. Jack Kingston (R-GA) in the U.S. House of Representatives last October and now has 35 co-sponsors. (See Education Reporter, Dec. 2003.)
After a bill based on the Academic Bill of Rights was passed by the Colorado house education committee, several state university presidents stepped forward and agreed to ensure that their policies protect political diversity. As a result, the sponsor, Rep. Shawn Mitchell (R-Broomfield), decided to shelve the bill for the time being. "Im hoping schools will take steps to make it unnecessary to reintroduce the bill," Mitchell said. (collegian.com, 3-22-04)
Meanwhile, reports of campus political intolerance to conservative viewpoints continue to mount. At Duke University, where Democratic deans and humanities professors outnumber Republican ones 18 to 1, the philosophy department chairman recently told the student newspaper The Chronicle: "We try to hire the best, smartest people available. If, as John Stuart Mill said, stupid people are generally conservative, then there are lots of conservatives we will never hire. Mills analysis may go some way towards explaining the power of the Republican Party in our society and the scarcity of Republicans in academia." Whole stacks of a conservative magazine at Duke University are tossed into the trash soon after they hit the shelves, according to a conservative student leader there. (heraldsun.com, 2-22-04)
A St. Lawrence University sociology professor maintains a personal blog linked to his departmental homepage, wherein he excoriates "Fascist, Racist College Republicans" in crude, unprintable language. (Wall Street Journal, 3-12-04) Campus womens centers tend to be devoted to pro-abortion and anti-Bush politics and to have no pro-life employees, according to an informal survey by author Mike S. Adams. (townhall.com, 3-8-04)
A Georgia Tech student has filed a grievance against a professor of public policy who rebuked her for her in-class opinion supporting President Bushs health-care policies. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 3-25-04)
A Uniersity of North Carolina student who, in answer to a question in English class, mildly indicated his discomfort with advances from gay men, then found himself the target of an e-mail from his lecturer to all 33 students, accusing him of "completely unacceptable," "violent" "hate speech." After intervention by administrators, the lecturer apologized. Another English professor there distributed a two-page anti-war e-mail and encouraged students to attend an anti-war protest, promising they wouldnt be marked "absent." (heraldsun.com, 2-22-04)
The well-documented evidence of the Democratic tilt in many university faculties received another boost when a student survey at the University of New Mexico concluded that 83% of registered voting professors there are Democrats, versus 11% Republicans. (thenewmexico channel.com, 3-11-04)
Two radical Muslim student organizations disrupted renowned scholar Daniel Pipess February lecture at the University of California at Berkeley, ultimately forcing campus police to eject them from the event. Students for Academic Freedom has filed a complaint calling on the university chancellor to withdraw funding from the offending groups, which allegedly have a history of such tactics. (frontpagemag.com, 2-16-04)
Affirmative-action bake sales sponsored by Republican or conservative student groups have been shut down at a number of universities, including Southern Methodist and Northwestern, for creating a "hostile environment" for minorities. The bake sales satirize affirmative-action policies by charging lower cookie prices to blacks and Hispanics than to whites, among other features. (nationalreview.com, 3-8-04)
Outspoken Cypress Semiconductor chief executive T.J. Rodgers has called on his alma mater, Dartmouth College, to stop wasting money on "diversity" and refocus its resources on fundamentals such as civics, science and history. He is running for a position on the colleges board of trustees in an effort to improve the colleges priorities. (sfgate.com, 3-16-04)


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How To Drink Beer All Night and Not Get Wasted
This is not a "Don't try this at home" scenario.
In fact, you should try it at home before you try it anywhere else.
Jim Koch, the co-founder and chairman of the Boston Beer Company (the guy in all of those Sam Adams commercials) tells Esquire that he has a trick for what to do to keep yourself from getting hammered when you're drinking beer all night.
Before you drink, eat Fleischmann's dry yeast. Koch stirs in yogurt to make it edible. "One teaspoon per beer, right before you start drinking."
Koch drinks beer for a living. He's got to be able to handle it and this is apparently backed by some science. Joseph Owades (AKA Dr. Joe) had a PhD in biochemistry. He knew a lot about fermentation and alcohol metabolism. The science is that the dry yeast has an enzyme called alcohol dehydrogenases which will start breaking down alcohol before it hits your bloodstream.
Koch notes, "It will mitigate, not eliminate, but mitigate the effects of alcohol."
The folks at Esquire tested the theory. Watch this video to see what happens.
The summary is that this may help slow the effects of alcohol, but it won't make them completely go away. Drink responsibly and do not drink and drive.
And pace yourself.


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No there is no fuse you can pull to do this. Also this does not simply alter the fuel economy, an 02 sensor (or air fuel ratio sensor) is one of the primary sensors on the engine, over time you can cause extensive damage to more critical parts on the car, also if this car is subject to emission testing or if you ever plan on selling it this will pose a major issue. I will say that it is rare for an 02 sensor to seize in the manifold on one of these. If cost is your concern here then I recommend you purchase the part cheaper at a online wholesaler such as www.metrotoyotapartsnow.com the sensors normally retail for around $240, but this cheaper and pay the labor to get it installed and you should ge out under $300. If you cannot afford to get it fixed then you should consider parking the car or trading it in before you lead yourself into more costly issues.
The lights have been on for years (but I don't drive the car a lot ~ thus only 69,000 miles). I have had both the 30,000 and 52,500 scheduled maintenances (at Toyota) with no reported problems (lights weren't on then though). But, I have not had the 60,000 maintenance yet. Each year when I have to go for emissions tests, I pull a certin fuse out under the hood, and then immediately replace it. Both warning lights go off. I pass the emissions tests successfully, but within a day or so the lights some back on. Not sure what the fuse I pull is actually resetting or turning off. I just bought a Sienna and I am preping this solara for private party sale. Will Toyota install a sensor that I provide? Any other thoughts with this additional information? Is the traction control disabled because of this O2 sensor being bad?


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Opera singer Gerda Christensen Fiske was born in 1916 to Danish immigrants, and raised in New York City. Her father, a poet and philosopher, and her mother, a suffragist, encouraged her interests in writing and the arts. Her beloved husband, writer and photographer A. Richard Fiske, also inspired Gerda, first in her career a professional opera singer, and then after his untimely death, as a poet, when she began to sing only "silent songs."
These collected poems, many reminiscent of Emily Dickinson, span her reflections from 1960-1990, reading like letters to him and to herself. Her nostalgia and melancholy was privately expressed in her delicate, powerful poetry. She finds solace in the metaphors of nature, expressing her feelings of loss, her desire to love again, and her philosophically curious but unflinching moral vision for humanity.
Gerda and Richard had two children, Christina and Stephen, also vocalists and poets. After Gerda was widowed, she moved to San Francisco to be closer to them. A tireless and cheerful activist for half a century, Gerda was given numerous awards for her lifelong dedication to social justice through the Unitarian Church and the Democratic Party.
She wrote and publicly performed poetry into her early eighties, and lived to be ninety-two. Gerda gave this collection of original poems to her granddaughter, Ivory Madison, sixteen years before her death. In this volume, published by Ivory with an introduction that serves as a brief biography of the poet, the work is accompanied by numerous stunning photographs from her life, many taken by her husband, without whom there would be no poetry.
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SLEEP: Sex While Sleeping Is Real, and May Be No Joke
SLEEP: Sex While Sleeping Is Real, and May Be No Joke
SALT LAKE CITY, June 19 — An extreme form of sleep-walking - having sex while asleep - is probably much more common than physicians have previously suspected, researchers reported here.
"The important message is that this is a real entity," said Colin Shapiro, M.B., ChB, Ph.D., of the University Health Network in Toronto at Sleep 2006, the joint meeting of the Sleep Research Society and the American Academy of Sleep Medicine.
Doctors and others, including prosecutors, need to take this reality into account, he added. "It's a more common problem than people have hitherto recognized."
"I look at it as one form of parasomnia," he said in an interview. "People walk in their sleep, they talk in their sleep, they drive their motorbikes in their sleep, they eat in their sleep, and they have sex in their sleep."


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Does anyone have info. on America Gately,father? Her Mother was Narcissa Downs.
America married, Marry Madison Cornelius at the age of 14, in Blount Co. Al. She is buried at Rock Spring Church Marshall Co. Al.
Help if you can. WHO WAS AMERICA GATELY FATHER ?
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NEW ORLEANS - Bragging rights in the Bluegrass State are mighty nice.
Kentucky has its sights set higher. Much higher.
Anthony Davis and top-seeded Kentucky are right where they planned to be all along, playing for the national title after finally putting away Louisville 69-61 in Saturday's national semifinals.
"I have a team that's had teams come at them all year," coach John Calipari said, "and they responded again today."
It will be Kentucky's first appearance in the title game since winning a seventh NCAA crown back in 1998 and gives Calipari another shot at the title that has eluded him. The Wildcats (37-2) will face Kansas, a 64-62 winner over Ohio State, on Monday.
Kentucky was the top seed in the tournament and a heavy favorite to cut down the nets when the tournament was over. Calipari wouldn't let his young players consider anything else by repeatedly saying this was "just another game."
But playing in-state rival Louisville (30-10) never is just that, and the Cardinals made Kentucky work deep into the second half for the victory.
Louisville out-rebounded Kentucky 40-33, including a 19-6 advantage on the offensive glass - the sole reason the Cardinals made a game of it.
"To tell you the truth, I haven't always liked some of the Kentucky teams. I'm not going to lie to you," said Louisville coach Rick Pitino, who counts as something of an expert after spending eight years in Lexington and the last 11 with the Cardinals. "But I really like this team a lot because of their attitude and the way they play.
"I'll certainly be rooting for them hard to bring the trophy back to Kentucky. They're a great group of guys, doing a tremendous job."
So tremendous it led to a thawing, however briefly, in the frosty relationship between Calipari and Pitino. When they shook hands after the game, Pitino congratulated Calipari and told him he'd be rooting for the Wildcats on Monday.
"I think that's neat," Calipari said. "When I was at UMass, I can remember hugging him and telling him, `I'm happy for you and I really want you to win the national title.'
"He did the same to me tonight, so I think it's kind of neat."
Calipari had taken another phenom-laden roster to the Final Four last year, only to see them come unglued against eventual national champion Connecticut. The Wildcats said all week they weren't going to let the same thing happen again, and it showed in their workmanlike effort. No matter how close Louisville got, the Cardinals never were able to control the game. When they made a run, Kentucky found a way to stop it. When one of the Wildcats ran into foul trouble, the others picked him up.
"They made runs, and we made our runs. That's what coach always says," said Terrence Jones, who finished with six points and seven rebounds. "We never get rattled."
The Wildcats looked like playground bullies as they pushed Louisville around on their way to a 13-point lead early in the second half. But the Cardinals know a thing about rallies after coming from 11 points down to beat Florida in last weekend's West Regional final and definitely made Kentucky sweat.
Russ Smith made back-to-back baskets to start a 15-3 run, and Peyton Siva capped it with a 3-pointer that tied the game at 49 with 9:11 to play. But Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, who played just 23 minutes because of foul trouble, made back-to-back scored to give the Wildcats some breathing room.
After Siva made a pair of free throws, Jones scored on a jumper and Darius Miller sank a 3-pointer - only Kentucky's second of the game - to give the Wildcats control for good.
"They were the better team today," Siva said.
Just to make sure Louisville didn't get any notions about another late comeback, Kidd-Gilchrist dunked with 1:05 to play that had Kentucky fans on their feet.
Kentucky shot a dazzling 57 percent with Davis leading the way. He missed just one of eight shots and finished with 18 points and 14 rebounds.
"Anthony Davis is just the No. 1 player in the draft," Pitino said of the 19-year-old freshman. "When you're playing against Bill Russell on the pro level, you realize why the Celtics won 11 world championships."
Miller added 13 points and Doron Lamb had 10. Kidd-Gilchrist had nine points, all in the second half.
Siva led the Cardinals with 11 points, and Gorgui Dieng had 12 rebounds.
The Cardinals had skidded into the Big East tournament with four losses in their last six games, including back-to-back defeats to end the regular season. Pitino told his players they either could go home after the first week of the tournament or they could do something special.
There's a reason Pitino has taken three teams to the Final Four. He pulled out every trick he had in switching strategies, begging the referees for calls and finding a way - finally - to calm his team down.
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Are you a MySpace fans and do you often listen to Myspace music? Do you ever want to download and play Myspace music on iPad for enjoyment? If the answer is Yes, then this article is for you. It introduces two methods to enhance your MySpace Music iPad experience:
Part 1: How to Download and Play MySpace Music to iPad
To save MySpace Music for iPad entertainment, a MySpace Video Downloader like iSkysoft iTube Studio for Mac (and iSkysoft iTube Studio for Windows) is required. This is an application running on Mac(OS X EL Capitan, Yosemite, Mavericks, Mountain Lion included) and Windows 10, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows XP, and Windows Vista. This Myspace music downloader lets you download most online videos and music videos including Myspace music videos, YouTube video, Google video, Yahoo video and 1000 more. And you can convert the Myspace music to any format or directly to iPad, iPhone, iPod and Android devices.
Guide to Download and Play Myspace Music on iPad
To download music Video from MySpace for iPad playback, follow these steps (take Mac download task for example here):
What You Will Need:
A Computer;
iSkysoft iTube Studio
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Very fast (Variable depending on the video file size)
After downloaded iTube Studio for Mac, double click the downloaded file to open the installation wizard. You'll install it in few clicks. When done, a download button will be added to every Myspace music video. Of course, you can choose to ignore any video you want.
Then visit MySpace, and find your the MySpace music video you want to download, play it. When the "Download" button appears at the top right corner of the video. Click it to download video from Mysapce.
Once downloaded, the MySpace music video will appear in the "Downloaded" tab. To convert Myspace video, click the "Convert" button to the right of the item, and select the iPad preset in the Apple category of resulting window. At last, click "OK" to start the MySpace Music to iPad conversion. This is a must step because the MySpace music video is downloaded in FLV format which is not supported by all iPad devices.
Tips: If you only want the audio file, just choose MP3 under the Audio category at the output format.
Now you need to transfer MySpace music to iPad, import the output music video file into the iTunes library then sync to your iPad after connected your iPad to the Mac. If you've chosen the "Export to iTunes" option before conversion, the converted Myspace video will be added to iTunes automatically. What you need to do is just to click the Sync button.
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If you want to download Myspace music only, you can use iSkysoft Audio Recorder for Mac (or iSkysoft Audio Recorder for Windows) to record the music. This music recorder can record any music and sound from Internet and your computer with the help of the virtual sound card. You can download Myspace music to MP3 with original quality.
- You can download music from 500+ music sites.
- You can record music and audio from any video sites.
- It will automatically filter ads and split tracks for you.
- You can export music to iTunes, burn to CD or make ringtones.
Part 2: How to play MySpace Music on iPad with App
Lots of music service centers including MySpace have launched apps to use their service on the new iPad. Music Romeo is such an iPad app to play Myspace Music on iPad. It lets users set their mood with music as happy or sad. Therefore, you can easily listen to music that is suitable for your current mood. Nice. If you come across a music video you love, you can love it simply clicking the Love button.
Note: Music Romeo is only available in US App store. Also it doesn't download the music videos even you have bookmarked on your new iPad. It requires an internet connection to enjoy Myspace music videos online. If you want to download and play MySpace Music on iPad offline, go to Part 1.
Part 3: Tips to Create an Effective MySpace Music Page
As an aspiring musician the first and the most important thing to do to promote your music online is to showcase your music and band on the internet. One of the best ways of self-promotion is creating your own MySpace Music Page.
How to create an effective MySpace Music Page?
Setting up a Musician profile on MySpace is pretty straightforward. Step one, start with the right type of account. MySpace offers two types of accounts. 'Personal' account and 'Musician' account. You will be able to share your music on MySpace with both accounts. However, if you want your fans to find you easily and also take advantage of all the features that MySpace offers to promote your music, you need to create a 'Musician' account. Step two, be prepared with all required information. Like any other account creation, MySpace requires you to share some important information about you and your band. When you sign-up you need to provide details like, artist name, genre, label type, email address, band bio, official website, cover image, etc. Next step, create and customize the look and feel of your page. As a musician you will have your unique style while composing music, but you might have some great musicians as inspiration. You can add blog, songs, graphics, videos, and photos to your page.
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Ferris is near a diverse collection of Waxahachie's attractions. Two attractions that should top every visitor's to-do list is the fabulous Old Brickyard Golf Course and the much-loved Red Oak Valley Golf Club. Two other interesting attractions that are within a short distance of Ferris are the Thorntree Country Club and the Ennis Railroad and Cultural Heritage Museum.
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Roll Call is reporting that in September, soon to be former Congressman Dan Lungren (R-CA) secretly approved a $500,000 increase in a contract with a private law firm to defend the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). This is the second increase in funding allocated to Bancroft PLLC and former Solicitor General, Republican Paul Clement, to spend up to $2 million to defend the law in federal court. The contract was originally set at $500,000 and was raised on September 29, 2011 to $1.5 million and again on September 28, 2012 to its current level.
Despite the raise in the contract cap taking place nearly three months ago, House Democrats and the public were not informed until December 13.
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Archive for the Category: Breton
My Breton studies are progressing and so far I've learnt a bit more everyday. Last week I worked through the first five lessons of my textbook (Le Breton, par Assimil) and today I got to the seventh lesson, which summerises what you're learnt in the previous six lessons. The lessons are all short and don't […]
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My language studies
This week I decided to start learning Russian and Breton again. I've learnt bits and pieces of them before but haven't managed to get back into the habit of studying any language regularly for quite a while. I keep on making plans, and then due to inertia, laziness and procrastination don't implement them. So I […]
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Sentence bank
I've decided to learn some more Breton and have found a very useful website – the Breizh-Llydaw Sentence Bank (y Cronfa Frawddegau Breizh-Llydaw / Ar gevredigezh Kembre-Breizh) – a bilingual corpus of sentences in Breton and Welsh from the magazine Breizh-Llydaw. I can understand the Welsh sentences and can more or less work out the […]
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Yezhoù, kanaouennoù ha sonerezh
The Breton couchsurfers arrived yesterday, with an Austrian friend, and we're having a great time. They've taught me a bit of Breton, we've also talked in French, English, Welsh, Irish and German – I love having opportunities to use my languages like this. I've learnt more about Brittany and Breton and have shown them round […]
Couchsurfing and languages
Last week when looking for people in Bangor to practise my languages with I found mention of a polyglot conversation group on couchsurfing.org. I'm not sure if it's still going, but after looking around the site I thought I'd register. A few days later I got a couch request for this coming weekend from some […]
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Menhirs, dolmens and cromlechs
The word menhir come up in discussion yesterday and I posted it on Facebook today along with the the Welsh translation maen hir, which is what I found in this dictionary. This provoked further discussion about whether the two terms mean the same thing. So I thought I'd find out. A menhir is a standing […]
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Cars, carts and chariots
Last week I was told that the English word car originally comes from the Irish word carr (donkey cart). Apparently when cars came to Ireland Irish speakers thought it was better to come up with a new word for them than to name them after the humble donkey cart, so the term gluaisteán ('moving thing') […]
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Yn Chruinnaght
Tomorrow I'm off to the Isle of Man for Yn Chruinnaght ('the gathering') – a celebration of Manx and Celtic music and culture featuring performers and participants from the Isle of Man, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, Cornwall and Brittany. I'm really looking forward to it as it's a great opportunity to see old friends and make […]
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The French words baragouin and baragouiner came up in conversation yesterday and I thought I'd write about them today as they have an interesting etymology. According to Reverso baragouin means 'gibberish, gabble or double Dutch' and baragouiner 'means 'to gibber, jabber, gabble'. The Larousse Dictionary defines baragouin as language that is incomprehensible due to poor […]
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In the Celtic languages when you want to say that you have/own/possess something, you say that the thing is at/by/with you, often with the prepositions merging with the pronouns. For example, this is how to say 'I have a book' in those languages: – Irish: Tá leabhar agam [lit. "is book at-me] – Scottish Gaelic: […]
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text: Operating income for the first nine months of fiscal 2013 increased 29% to $98.5 million, or 8.5% of sales, compared to $76.5 million, or 7.2% of sales, for the same period in fiscal 2012.Balance Sheet and Share Repurchase Programs As of the end of the third quarter, the Company remained in strong financial condition with $120.8 million of cash and cash equivalents. Inventory totaled $417.5 million, up 13.5% versus the end of last year's third quarter. The planned increase was primarily due to additional inventory for the Company's new e-Commerce business and slightly larger purchases of merchandise in select categories, including seasonal goods, to support higher sales. Capital expenditures for the first nine months totaled $57.7 million and were primarily used for new store openings, existing store fixtures and improvements, and infrastructure and technology development, including the Company's new e-Commerce platform and point-of-sale system. The Company reported today it has effectively completed its $100 million share repurchase program, which was announced on October 14, 2011. As of December 12, 2012, the Company had repurchased a total of 5,805,250 shares of its common stock under this share repurchase program at a weighted average cost of $17.17 per share for a total cost of approximately $99.7 million. During the third quarter ended November 24, 2012, the Company repurchased a total of 546,835 shares of its common stock at a weighted average cost of $19.14 per share for a total cost of approximately $10.5 million. Under this share repurchase program, the Company repurchased approximately 5.3% of its common stock outstanding. The Company today announced its Board of Directors has authorized a new $100 million share repurchase program. The new share repurchase program is effective immediately and authorizes the repurchase of up to $100 million of the Company's common stock in open market or private transactions. The timing of the repurchases will depend on several factors, including prevailing market conditions and prices.


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Hernias are generally considered as a weakness, defect, or "hole" in the abdominal wall or other structure through which tissue or organs can move outside their normal location. Each hernia and its treatment should be individualized according to its location, contents, the age and medical status of the patient, symptoms it may be causing (including pain or intestinal issues), and a physician's assessment of the hernia's risk to the patient and the risk of surgery to repair it. The key reasons to repair a hernia in an adult is that they do not heal or repair themselves, they tend to get larger with time, they often become painful or develop other problems, and tissue or organs pushed through the hernia can become trapped and require an emergency operation. All of these considerations, especially the latter one, should be assessed by and discussed with your doctor or surgeon.
Ventral or abdominal hernias occur when the intestine or other abdominal contents push through a weakness or "hole" in the abdominal wall. If the bulge occurs in the area of a previous surgical incision, these hernias are referred to as incisional hernias. The area of any surgical opening will always remain somewhat weakened throughout a person's lifetime. Hernias can develop in these incisions during the weeks, months or even years after the initial operation. There are many factors that can affect the formation of an incisional hernia including smoking, being overweight, other medical problems, and a person's genetics which dictates the type of healing tissue the patient naturally forms after a surgical incision.
An umbilical hernia occurs in the naturally weakened area of the navel or belly button where the umbilical cord was attached as an infant. When seen in babies or small children, these hernias frequently get smaller close on their own as the child ages. In adults these hernia do not close on their own and the only way to treat them is through surgery.
An inguinal hernia is the most common type of hernia - about two percent of all men will develop this type of hernia during their lifetime. They occur in woman as well, just not as often. These hernias tend to form in the area where the blood vessels to the testicle move through the abdominal wall in men or where a small ligament to the uterus attaches in women. This area is a persistent area of potential weakness throughout someone's life. Inguinal hernias can also arise right beside this area, in the floor of the groin. The exact location of the hernia does not impact how the repair is initiated. The operation to repair both types is very similar.
Femoral hernias are often categorized with and compared to inguinal hernias, but they occur just under the groin. They are most common in women, but men do develop them as well. They occur when there is a weakness near the blood vessels travelling from the abdomen to the upper thigh. They are hard to distinguish from inguinal hernias on physical exam.
Hiatal hernias occur when the stomach slides up through the diaphragm into the chest. Common symptoms are heartburn or Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease, which is sometimes called GERD. Paraesophageal hernias are considered to be more dangerous and occur when part of the stomach is free enough to move up into the chest beside the esophagus. The stomach can be floppy enough to twist on it self. This can lead to significant symptoms and even to strangulation, which would require emergency medical care and surgical correction. These hernias are not abdominal wall hernias and are treated in a very different way from inguinal and ventral or incisional hernias. These hernias are not part of the study or application we have developed.
A hernia is a weakness or tear in the abdominal muscles or diaphragm that allows organs, such as intestines or fatty tissue, to extend through the weakened area. This can cause a noticeable bulge under the skin or symptoms of pain or discomfort, cosmetic concerns, and intestinal issues. Symptoms can worsen when standing for long periods or straining the abdominal muscles, such as when lifting heavy objects.
Many hernias are the result of a defect or weakness in the abdominal wall that was present at birth. The area can be further weakened by age, injury, pregnancy, weight gain and especially by a previous surgical incision. Although some hernias are more common in men, they can develop in anyone. Risk factors for a hernia include:
Think of a hernia as a bulge in a tire. The outer wall of the tire is like your abdominal wall. The inner tube of the tire is like your intestines. Most of the time, the outer wall of the tire is strong enough to hold the inner tube, but if the wall weakens, a bulge may occur. This is similar to the way a hernia might form in the abdominal wall or groin. Many hernias will present with symptoms. Often, however, a hernia may not be noticed until your doctor discovers it during a medical exam. Symptoms that people often report include:
If you have any symptoms of a hernia or are concerned you might have one, see your primary care doctor. After listening to your history and symptoms, he or she can decide if you need to have any tests done or if you need to see a surgeon. Symptoms from a hernia usually get worse over time, but sometimes the hernia has no symptoms until it becomes trapped. A trapped or "incarcerated" hernia could become an emergency and should not be ignored.
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On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 2:32 PM, Kevin Grittner <Kevin(dot)Grittner(at)wicourts(dot)gov> wrote: >>> Would you feel comfortable with a patch which threw an error on >>> the DELETE case, as it does on the UPDATE case? >> >> Yes, though with a little additional twist. The twist being that >> I'd like the error to be thrown earlier, at the time of the >> offending UPDATE or DELETE, not later, when the original UPDATE or >> DELETE which caused the BEFORE trigger invocation stumbles over >> the updated row. It not only seems more logical that way, but it >> also makes it possible for the trigger to catch the error, and >> react accordingly. > > I hadn't thought of that. It does seem better in every way except > for how much work it takes to do it and how much testing it needs to > have confidence in it. Definitely not 9.1 material. IMHO, none of this is 9.1 material. It's been like this forever, and it sucks, but it doesn't suck particularly more than any of the other things that we didn't get around to fixing in 9.1. In fact, I'd go so far as to argue that this would be just about the worst imaginable type of patch to slip into a release at the last minute. On the one hand, I think there's a real chance of breaking things in subtle ways that are difficult to detect; and on the other hand, a significant percentage of users will get no benefit from any change we make here, just because this is something that most people don't do. People who would otherwise be tempted to write their applications this way will end up not doing so precisely because it currently does not work. So I think we should focus on getting the right semantics here, rather than trying to minimize the scope of the change. I'm not sure I understand the justification for throwing an error. Updating a row twice is not an error under any other circumstances; nor is deleting a row you've updated. Why should it be here? -- Robert Haas EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company
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Early references show the township as Quitstan (1245); Wystan, Quystan (1278); Whystan, Whytstan, Whyghstan (1292); Quistan (1346); eventually reaching its present spelling of Whiston around 1355.
Whiston is located 1 1/2 miles south of Prescot, 3/4 mile east of Huyton Quarry, 4 miles south-west from St. Helens and 1 1/2 miles west from Rainhill.
Over the centuries, Whiston had many changes in land ownership. The Lords of Whiston and Halsnead were the heads of very influential, powerful families which included: Gernet; Dacre; Travers; Bold; Ogle; Case; Le Norreys; Pemberton; and latterly the Willis family whose descendants owned the Halsnead estate continuously from 1684 until 1929 when it was sold by auction. The Willis family were also the chief landowners within the Whiston district as a whole. The historical building of Halsnead Hall (WH92/1DUP) built in the 17th Century, stood until 1932 within the huge wooded area known as Halsnead Park. In recent years, part of the park was converted into a static Caravan Park.
Obviously agriculture was the main employment over many centuries changing little in the process and in 1955 part of Whiston's past was unearthed by the discovery of a medieval spade (WH41). Gradually, other industries developed to provide local employment.
The township of Whiston is historically linked with coal mining, the first reference to which appeared in 1521. Many shafts were sunk around the area including those at Carr Colliery of 1760's; Whiston Colliery of 1802 (closed 1890); Halsnead Colliery of 1802 (closed 1895); but the most familiar pit within the area was at Cronton Colliery (WH93/20) which was begun in 1913, the first coal from which was raised in April 1915 (this was originally called the Hulton Colliery Co.). The collieries made good use of branch lines constructed for ease of transportation to a widening market.
In the late 19th Century, the site of the former Whiston Colliery was developed. It opened in 1898 as the Whiston Metallic Brick Works, known as Tushingham's, manufacturing bricks made from a mixture of local clay and shale until its closure in the early 1970's.
Whiston township was also known for its pottery: the earliest reference being in the late 18th Century. The main area for this industry was in the west of the township leading into Huyton Quarry where one can find a present day reminder in the old street name of Pottery Lane. Smaller industries included file and tool makers who provided items for the clock and watch industry in nearby Prescot.
Until the 19th Century, the religious faithful attended the churches in either Huyton or Prescot but eventually a number of small chapels were built in Whiston to cater for those of a non-conformist persuasion. Firstly a traditional Wesleyan Methodist Chapel was erected in 1832, followed by a Free United Methodist Chapel in 1879, and later a Welsh Methodist Chapel was erected in 1890 to provide a place of worship for the families of the Welsh miners who had settled here in large numbers.
Although the ancient Cross of the township has not survived, it presumably occupied the site on the high ground at the junction of Dragon Lane and Cross Lane (formerly Stank Lane). This area became historically known as Whiston Cross.
The consecration of the parish church of St. Nicholas (WH92/14) took place 30th July 1868 on a site purchased and given by the then vicar of Huyton, the Rev. Ellis Ashton. The road on which it stands was originally called Tarbock Road but is now known as Windy Arbor Road. The following year in June 1869, part of the Whiston township together with part of the township of Tarbock, was formed into its own parish. The formation of the Whiston Rural District Council in 1874 brought about greater control of local affairs which had previously been dealt with by governing bodies in Prescot.
The local Roman Catholic Church of St. Luke in Shaw Lane, was built in 1937 and a second one dedicated to St. Leo in Lickers Lane, although consecrated in 1977, contains pews from the old church of St. Augustine's, Great Howard Street, Liverpool which are over 100 years old. Prior to these churches construction, the Catholic population would have attended either the Portico Chapel, Eccleston, or Our Lady Immaculate and St Joseph, in Prescot.
The Village School (Msc/94:A1/16) originally built in 1840 was enlarged in 1900 to accommodate the education of the children of the growing population.
Following the Great War, a War Memorial (WH92/4) was erected in the grounds of St. Nicholas Church to commemorate those connected with the parish who had lost their lives. But, in 1928, it was struck by lightning and was replaced with a new War Memorial (WH92/20) unveiled with ceremony in 1932.
The most widely known present-day location in the township is Whiston Hospital (WH14) the main buildings of which are sited on the corner of Warrington Road (formerly Turnpike Road), and Dragon Lane. The original buildings here of 1843 housed the Poor Law Institution - the Prescot Union Workhouse and Infirmary. From the time of initial construction to the present day, the site has been enlarged on numerous occasions, the most recent additions being a new maternity block and a new accident/emergency unit.
Close to the hospital in Stoney Lane, is the site of Stoves Ltd. (WFN179), gas appliance manufacturers who began production in 1925. Although for periods trading under the names Newhome, Valor, and Valor-Newhome, it has always been known locally by its original name and the company has in recent years reverted back to Stoves Ltd.
The construction of the M57 and M62 motorways brought greater accessibility to the area and with it a need for developments in the hotel trade. Old place names have been used in recent times with the opening of new hotels around the area: The Chapel Brook and the Logwood Mill (now known as the Village) are prime examples of local links to the past.
Local government re-organisation in 1974 brought Whiston into the newly created Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley (WFN176).
(figures in brackets are reference numbers of photos in the main site)