Tuesday, July 31, 2012

How to create free iPhone ringtones

1. Download your favourite song, usually in mp3 format, to your computer
2. Drag it to iTunes Music Library
3. Right click the song in iTunes Music Library, make sure that it is shorter than 30 seconds, then choose 'Create AAC Version'
4. Drag the new AAC version to your computer
5. Rename the file extension from '.m4a' to '.m4r'
6. Drag the m4r file to iTunes > Library > Tones. If you don't see the Tones folder check the Preference > General > Show:, check 'Tones'.
7. Plug in your iPhone. Confirm that you have checked "Sync Tones" on the Tones tab of your iTunes sync settings.
8. Sync
9. You will find the new ring tone in your iPhone ringtones.

Monday, July 16, 2012

Glasgow fair

The Glasgow Fair is a holiday during the second and third week in July in the city of Glasgow. 'The Fair' is the oldest of a number of similar holidays, dating from the 12th century.

Crowds of holiday-makers in Central Station at the beginning of the Glasgow Fair, 1925

Until as recently as the 1960s, most local businesses and factories would close on 'Fair Friday' and workers and their families would use the opportunity to travel for holidays in the local area, typically in the Firth of Clyde or Ayrshire coast. This practice became known as going "doon the watter" (literally "down the water" in Glasgow dialect).

Glasgow Fair has been historically associated with the holding of an actual fair in the city of Glasgow. From the 1800s, this event was held on Glasgow Green. Originally the fair focused on the sale of horses, cattle and the hiring of servants. In later times, the fair became better known for its amusements, with circus and theatre shows popular. Glasgow City Council has attempted to re-introduce the fair on the Green, albeit with more modern attractions.

Tuesday, July 10, 2012

Uk university league table 2013


2013
2012

1
 1
Cambridge
2
 4
London School of Economics
3
 2
Oxford
4
 3
Imperial College London
5
 5
Durham
6
 6
St Andrews
6
 8
Warwick
8
 7
University College London
9
 9
Lancaster
10
 10
Bath
11
 11
Bristol
12
 12
York
13
 15
Exeter
14
 19
Loughborough
15
 14
Southampton
16
 13
Edinburgh
17
 21
Glasgow
18
 16
King's College London
19
 17
Nottingham
20
 23
Leicester
21
 19
Sussex
22
 28
Surrey
23
 22
Birmingham
23
 24
Newcastle
25
 31
Queen's, Belfast
26
 33
Royal Holloway
27
 27
East Anglia
28
 26
Sheffield
29
 29
Manchester
30
 18
SOAS
31
 30
Liverpool
32
 34
Reading
33
 34
Kent
34
 25
Aston
34
 32
Leeds
36
 37
Cardiff
37
 40
Strathclyde
38
 41
City
39
 38
Essex
40
 38
Heriot-Watt
41
 50
Brunel
42
 36
Queen Mary
43
 43
Dundee
44
 46
Aberdeen
45
 46
Oxford Brookes
46
 44
Keele
47
 48
Hertfordshire
48
 59
University of the Arts, London
49
 54
Swansea
50
 57
Goldsmiths College
50
 45
Stirling
52
 51
Robert Gordon
53
 67
Lincoln
54
 60
Northumbria
55
 42
Buckingham
56
 62
Hull
57
 58
Huddersfield
58
 49
Aberystwyth
58
 61
West of England, Bristol
60
 52
Ulster
61
 62
Bournemouth
62
 55
Nottingham Trent
63
 66
Birmingham City
63
 53
Plymouth
65
 72
Coventry
66
 78
Bangor
67
 56
Chichester
68
 80
Chester
69
 65
Central Lancashire
70
 68
Brighton
71
 73
Bradford
72
 62
Sheffield Hallam
73
 77
Westminster
74
 75
Gloucestershire
75
 85
Bath Spa
76
 70
Winchester
77
 81
Portsmouth
78
 97
Salford
79
 68
Cardiff Metropolitan
80
 81
De Montfort
81
 76
Glasgow Caledonian
82
 103
Bedfordshire
83
 71
Middlesex
84
 87
Queen Margaret
85
 88
Kingston
86
 93
Manchester Metropolitan
87
 100
Canterbury Christ Church
88
 73
Roehampton
89
 91
Sunderland
90
 101
Liverpool John Moores
91
 84
Edinburgh Napier
91
 83
Glamorgan
93
 107
Buckinghamshire New
94
 98
Edge Hill
95
 95
Leeds Metropolitan
95
 79
University for the Creative Arts
97
 90
Teesside
98
 86
Cumbria
98
 108
Derby
100
 104
Glyndwr
101
 105
Northampton
102
 109
Greenwich
103
 102
York St John
104
 92
Trinity Saint David
105
 89
University of Wales, Newport
106
 110
Anglia Ruskin
107
 106
Worcester
108
 99
Staffordshire
109
 116
London South Bank
109
 93
West London
111
 95
Abertay Dundee
112
 111
Southampton Solent
113
 112
West of Scotland
114
 115
London Metropolitan
115
 113
East London
116
 114
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