JUNE 30, 2010 (Los Angeles, CA) — From the moment Cenk Uygur decided to broadcast the first progressive radio talk show — and Sirius Satellite Radio’s first original program — around the world, his desire to break boundaries was clear. 10 years and a quarter of a billion YouTube views later, his vision to turn “The Young Turks” talk show into a multi-media radio/podcast/live Internet “TV” show has proven worthwhile.

With 250,616,667 million total views and a June 2010 average of 600,000 views per day on YouTube alone, “The Young Turks” popularity highlights an audience hungry for a new approach to live news and discourse. Hosts Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian discuss politics, current events, sports and pop culture live weekdays from 6-9pm ET with guests ranging from Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and President Jimmy Carter, to Rosario Dawson, Lou Dobbs, and Alan Greenspan.

The irreverent talk show can be seen live on “The Young Turks” website, with additional broadcasting on XM/Sirius Satellite Radio, podcast, and through the show’s YouTube and UStreampartner channels. In addition to “The Young Turks,” Uygur is a prominent blogger on The Huffington Post and Daily Kos.

Cenk Uygur — who will fill in for Dylan Ratigan next Tuesday and Wednesday as guest host of MSNBC’s “The Dylan Ratigan Show” — credits what he calls the “TYT Army” for the continued and expanding popularity in the show. “When you’re a network television show, you’re guaranteed millions of viewers,” explained Uygur. “Then you have to prove yourself after this gift. When you’re an online show, you’re guaranteed nothing. You start with zero viewers. We have now built up a quarter of a billion views for our online show, with no marketing budget and no existing infrastructure. That’s insane. That makes us by leaps and bounds more successful than any show that has ever been on television. Let them know, we’re coming.”

In 2009 the “TYT Army” launched a Facebook campaign to have Uygur considered for a position at MSNBC, drawing the attention of mainstream media outlets and ultimately, cable news’ top brass. The “TYT Army” has also drawn note from top websites and cable news producers who relay the increase in numbers received by the mere mention of “The Young Turks” or Uygur.

“The Young Turks” is a self-sustaining talk show, retaining its own content outside of major corporations. The program premiered on Sirius Satellite Radio in 2002 before transitioning to Air America Radio/XM Satellite Radio. In 2005 “The Young Turks” launched a first of its kind, daily live “TV” style format. In 2007, “The Young Turks” joined YouTube’s partnership program when it was introduced, and established an additional home in 2009 on UStream. Guests on the program include the top power-makers in the field of politics and entertainment, including: Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, Reverend Jesse Jackson, director Michael Moore, former Presidential candidate Ralph Nader, Senator John Kerry, actor Richard Dreyfuss, General Wesley Clark, NBC’s Brian Williams, conservative commentator Mary Matalin, former President Jimmy Carter, Senator Harry Reid, Spiderman creator Stan Lee, professor Noam Chomsky, actor Adam Sandler, NFL superstar Warrick Dunn, the late Senator Edward Kennedy, and more.

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The Bottom Line…
Joe Satriani is suing Coldplay for music plagiarism for the Verse section of their song, “Viva La Vida,” – claiming that the Chorus of his 2005 song, “If I Could Fly,” has the same; melody, harmony & rhythm.

Satriani’s Lawsuit states, “substantial original portions,” of his 2005 instrumental piece, “If I Could Fly,” were copied. The copyright infringement suit was filed in Los Angeles federal court on December 4. Satriani has asked for:

1). A Jury trial.
2). Damages.
3). Profits from Viva La Vida.

The general public’s response has been overwhelming! And, especially from guitar players around the world…

Is the Joe Satriani song too simular to the Coldplay song?
We’ll wait and see what happens…

WHAT DO YOU THINK?

IF THIS GOES TO COURT…

THE COURT’S VIEW WILL BE SOMETHING LIKE:
The music plagiarism trial court judge will need to hear and decide several facts presented by both sides for this case to establish a jury and then go to trial.

The court will approach comparing the music in lay terms. They will view only essential elements of what all music is based on. Music elements which establish the essence of a musical composition – making individual songs unique.

1). The music plagiarism trial court judge will hear and decide facts presented on by both sides.

JOE SATRIANI:
- The court will be presented with music plagiarism evidence on: Melody, harmony, rhythm, and to a lesser degree dynamics, (since these are the lay characteristics of music).

(a). First, the plaintiff (Joe) must show that the defendant actually, physically copied the plaintiffs work. (That will be tough). Who witnessed/knew that he, (Coldplay), actually did do it and will testify as to this when Satriani has his day in court?

(b). Second, the plaintiff must show that such copying was improper because it was of elements under copyright protection.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musical_plagiarism

Don’t forget – the court will be viewing Coldplay as innocent when the trial starts. Maybe Coldplay didn’t do it on purpose?

Satriani will more than likely face tough challenges to win his case. The 2008 Coldplay song released to the public is certainly quite a match to Satriani’s piece. However, a court trial for music plagiarism is extremely complex…

Think about this… in 1997, The Rolling Stones were informed, (at a pre-launch party by Keith Richard’s son nonetheless), that they had unintentionally copied KD Lang’s 1992 song, “Constant Craving,” with their tune, “Anybody Seen My Baby.” Before the CD hit stores, The Rolling Stones immediately contacted Lang and worked out a retroactive song credit. K.D. Lang agreed on song publishing royalties with the Stones – since the songs were quite obviously sharing obvious primary elements of musical composition They were lucky – it was caught early on!

ON THE STREETS:
Ouside of court, this argument/lawsuit will probably all boil down to who you are a fan of. I would expect Coldplay fans might not think that the songs are too similar. And Satriani fans, (being made up of primarily guitarists & musicians), are going to be fairly off that the tempo, meter, chorus melody and the bulk of the chord changes of the Coldplay song are pretty much exactly the same as the chorus of a Satriani tune composed three years ago. Guitar players stand behind their fellow axe slingers till death, “You can have my guitar when you pry my cold dead fingers off of it.”

Don’t get mad at me if this video upsets you. (Coldplay fans) I’ve not made any 100% decisions that Coldplay copied anybody, (looks like a judge will decide that). I am only putting a few of the pieces of the music theory associated to these songs out there for people to talk about, think about, and hopefully understand the overall situation a little better.

DEC. 6th, 2008 Announcement:
I have disabled comments due to the increased swearing and vicious fighting between YouTube members, (Coldplay VS. Satriani fans). I have deleted all previously posted comments which had used threatening & vulgar language.

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album website: http://http://www.actmusic.com/product_info.php?products_id=287

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i formed this band when i attended Berklee College of Music in Boston & we’ve played both coasts of the United States & recorded over summer. hopefully we all find the time to record a whole album over the course of next spring.

can’t wait for yall to hear the rest of the stuff.
for more aj rafael band–
search “AJ Rafael Band” on YouTube
go to http://myspace.com/ajrafael and listen to “When We Say”

picture/video credits:
lolo photography
melly lee productions
kevin dichoso

Shiori Takenoshita – Drums
Noah Bartfield – Bass
Andrew Rhim – Guitar

Justin Powell Productions – Sound Engineering/Mixing/Recording for “I Just Want You” band version

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http://youtube.com/noahmusic1

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follow us all on twitter!
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Currently conducting an experiment to prove that psoriasis is a circulation problem rather than a disease. If you know of anyone who has this condition and would help by providing before during and after photographs of affected areas please ask them to read the information about this experiment at:
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Google “Andrew K Fletcher” or “inclined bed therapy” to learn more about this amazing discovery.

Spinal Cord Injury

On Saturday April 15th 2000, John obtained the timber for parallel bars to be erected at his home in Cornwall, On Sunday I went to John’s home and completed the job, for tomorrow was to be a momentous occasion indeed.

John was left paralysed, in 1990, when surgery to his spine went wrong. He was told that after two years any chance of further recovery would be highly unlikely and for the next six years he experienced little if any change in his condition.

Monday morning I am on my way to John’s home in Cornwall, to meet with Tim Iredale, who is a news reporter for Carlton Television Southwest. We intended to witness something truly magical. But could not have imagined what was in store for us.

John was about walk in front of a television camera and crew for the first time in close to ten years. John had told me that he had regained the ability to move his legs, but I had grossly underestimated how much function John had regained.

During the interview, John was asked to show how he manages to get out of bed now and he transferred with ease both in and out of bed, leaning back and lifting his legs. He was then asked to raise his legs while lying on the bed and he obliged with ease. When asked if he could feel when touched on his legs, he replied my legs feel like normal legs instead of heavy weights. John then went on to explain how much of the swelling in his legs had gone-and that this flies in the face of the current act of elevating the legs above the heart. Advise from the medical profession, which John duly ignored in favour of sleeping with his legs down.

Fortunately for John this meant that he could now wear ankle braces and special shoes, which would, provided support for his substantially weakened and as yet unresponsive ankles.

John approached the parallel bars in his wheel chair and applied the brakes when he was in position. He grasped the two ends of the parallel bars and using his legs he pushed himself into a vertical position. Towering some six feet four inches, John moved one leg in front of the other, bending the knees as he lifted each leg to walk 12 feet to the end of the bars. I turned and looked at Tim and saw disbelief and astonishment flash across his face, I bet my face was a sight to behold too. John then turned his powerful 19 stone body around and walked, yes walked back to his chair. Struggling and somewhat weakened by the experience, he lowered his body into the chair and his face had the expression of a boxer who had just knocked down his opponent. He said casually: ‘Was that alright’? John had indeed delivered a powerful blow to his opponent.
Fortunately heavy rain prevented us from doing a retake and the rest of the interview took place in John’s bedroom.

When the story was finished and everyone was ready to leave, I turned and thanked the camera man and Tim Iredale, who turned and said that this is one of those days that you will always remember, one of those days when you know exactly what you were doing.

The cameraman said while shaking my hand that: ‘ it has been a privilege to work with me and witness the results from such a simple application’.

I drove home the richest man alive that day and will remember it for the rest of my days.

On Monday the 17th April 2000 I waited for the local news on Carlton TV and saw the opening news which pictured me looking down my Naturesway Sleep System, a simple bed designed for to take us into the new millennium. After the interlude the fun really started. John was walking for everyone in the South West of England to see, at least. The news stayed focused on the remarkable effects of two eight-inch blocks tucked under the head end of John’s bed. No $billion research, no waiting for the next ten years to see if it works and no room for any refutation of the results, which were plain for everyone to see on Carlton Television, News, Language Science Park, Plympton, Plymouth, Devon, UK. But John is not the only person with a spinal cord injury, who is benefiting from the effects of gravity, in fact there are two more people in the Torbay Area of Devon who are making steady progress.

Sunday Independent April 16th,2000 page 4 Burrington Way, Plymouth PL5 3LN UK

Heading: RAISING HIS BED TOWARDS THE SKIES, BY ANTHONY ABBOTT.

WHEELCHAIR-BOUND Julian Boustead is taking to the skies for a parachute jump to raise awareness about a simple bed treatment that’s given him a new lease of life.
The 37 year old – who was left paralysed after breaking his neck during a charity assault course run. Struggling to get out of bed in the morning and always felt the cold until he took the simple step of raising the head of his bed on blocks of wood by a matter of inches. Julian, who lives near Torquay, has urged everyone to try the Naturesway Sleep System, Pioneered by West-Country Inventor Andrew Fletcher, and first revealed in the Sunday Independent nearly three years ago.
He said; ‘I used to feel dizzy when I got up and I couldn’t stay outdoors for long because I always felt the cold. ‘After the first night, I got out of bed straight away with the help of the nurses and I did not feel faint, My circulation has also improved. I would never put the bed back again and all my family are sleeping on raised beds.’
Now Julian, a former professional boxer and equestrian expert who still teaches youngsters riding, has premised Andrew Fletcher he will do a parachute jump this summer to show other sufferers the benefit of the bed treatment.

Julian Colour Picture: Sub heading: Wheelchair-bound Julian Boustead will jump from the skies this summer. Picture Steve Porter

It was former engineer Andrew who contacted Julian two years ago after learning of his plight and suggested he tried the bed method.

Gravity

Andrew was fascinated by the way water moved up trees through roots and wandered how the gravity and the flow of water would effect the human body.
He put some bricks under the head of his own bed and within four weeks, his wife’s varicose veins had disappeared. Since then he has discovered his treatment has helped MS sufferers get some feeling back in their legs and arthritis sufferers.

John’s story

In 1990 I had two slipped discs, and had a lamenectomy which ended up with
me being unable to walk. It is thought that a delay of 39 hours for surgery to what was found to be a compression of the spinal cord was responsible for my paralysis.
I was lucky enough to get a bed at ROOKWOOD Hospital, a place that I cannot
thank or speak highly enough of, they gave me back the will to live.

After two years all the slow progress stopped as I had been informed to expect. I
had no feeling from the hips down and no movement of the legs at all. Luckily my
arms were o.k so transfers to the wheelchair were more of a throw which usually
ended with my coccyx hitting the wheel, but as there was no feeling, so it didn’t
bother me too much. After a few months came the most horrendous phantom pains
like a knife attached to the mains that struck anywhere in the legs or feet, for
this I was on strong painkillers or if it was too bad injections.
When driving my car around a corner, I had to wedge my head against the roof of the car to stop my body from falling over. This was due to damage to the nerves, which used to control the nerves which held my upper body erect, something I used to take for granted as everyone else does.
Getting into bed would involve tremendous effort. I would throw my rear onto the bed and then with my right hand holding the wheel, I would pull my left leg up, with my left hand, holding my trouser leg. Then holding the bedding with my left hand, I would pull my right leg up with my right hand. At one stage I had even asked for my legs to be amputated, as they were useless and hung heavily. In addition my toenails would fall out on a regular basis, predominantly the big toe nails, often coming away when I removed my socks.

I often bumped my coccyx while transferring from my wheelchair, though I could not tell if I had injured myself, due to the absence of pain.

About two years ago a cutting from a paper was sent to me, it was about Andrew
Fletcher’s raised bed. I rang Andrew and he explained his theory and told me how
to raise the bed. The bed was raised eight inches that day, when I saw the bed
it looked impossible not to end up on the floor at the foot. However that night
was wonderful, the phantom pains stopped and I had a full nights sleep. Slowly
things started to improve, improvements such as instead of having to grab my sock
or trouser leg to lift my legs onto the bed I could lean back and swing them up, muscles in
my thighs started to twitch, turning over in bed became possible without having to
grab the side of the bed and pull myself over, not having to pull my legs over
by hand.
I have experienced so many improvements that creep up and are not noticed until days
later.

Pains started again and I thought here we go again, but it soon became obvious
to me that it was nerve regeneration pains that I was experiencing. Although they felt like
previous pains, these stayed in the same place anything from six to twenty four hours.
The next time the pains moved further down the leg, now I am glad to say those
pains have gone the last ones were in my toes. The present pains are in the
feet again but generated from the nerve that runs under the buttocks, now the
feeling has come back to that area it makes sitting in the wheelchair most
uncomfortable, but that is the next problem to get over, but I will, in the knowledge
that something else will improve when the new pains subside.

Now, what I would like to say to everyone who reads this is; if you have any medical problem try it, and more importantly “stick with it”!
Most of all have faith in the healing power of gravity, it has worked for me, AND WHEN I WALK AGAIN!
I will first thank Andrew, and secondly I will let everyone that reads this web page know about it.

John Cann

Spinal Cord Injury Inclined Bed Study:
Location to Post your diary: http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=43
Main Information Thread:
http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/showthread.php?t=53673
Diary of a person already testing the theory:
http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/showthread.php?t=81606

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