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Partner with Unlock the Past
Why partner with Unlock the Past?
Very simply because Unlock the Past can help promote your organisation, business, service or event in a number of ways. Unlock the Past is part of the Gould group and can bring to bear as appropriate all the major avenues we use including:
- regular Unlock the Past and Gould Genealogy email newsletters
- our cruise and genealogy ebooks newsletters and social media - where appropriate
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- the Unlock the Past web site - general and event directories
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Promote your organisation, business or event to thousands we reach throughout Australia, New Zealand and internationally. This can range from inclusion of leaflets or offers on your products and services in registration packs at events or listing in the resources and services directory through to special presentations on your behalf at events.
- Become a promotional partner with Unlock the Past Cruises - Click here to see our current partners and information about partnering. Cruise partnership brings much more than simply promotion on a cruise. Click here to learn more.
- Partner with us in major Unlock the Past events - usually seminars in key cities in Australia and New Zealand with leading presenters brought here for our cruises. An example of this is the six city British Isles genealogy seminar tour with Paul Milner in February 2013
- Sponsorship of your event - door prizes and publicity in the regular Gould Genealogy and Unlock the Past email newsletters, currently sent to nearly 10,000 subscribers
- Become an Unlock the Past guide book author - Click here to learn more about becoming an Unlock the Past author. See also a full list of current and proposed titles
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None other than a preparedness to assist promotion of Unlock the Past (and sister brands) events and service in whatever way is reasonable for you. This may be include occasional notice in your newsletter or social media, web site links or having our brochures at your event or library.
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Statement of financial or other interests in Council business: As outlined in the Local Authorities (Model Code of Conduct) (Wales) Order 2008, I have committed to declare any personal or financial interest – and the nature of that interest – before a matter is discussed by the Community Council, or as soon as it becomes apparent to me that I have a personal interest in that matter. These interests will be noted in the minutes of council meetings and recorded in the Register of Members Interests.
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The following customers can request a seat in advance without additional fee
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Customers travelling on lower fare types – including Economy Super Saver, Economy Save and Fanfares – can reserve their preferred seats in advance of the check-in period for an additional fee. To understand more, please refer to "Reserve Your Seat" product page.
Simply log into Manage Booking and click on 'Select seat' for each flight sector within your itinerary.
You can select your seat via Manage Booking anytime up to 48 hours prior to your flight departure, subject to flight eligibility and fare type. Certain fare types may require an additional fee for seat selection prior to the online check-in period.
Customers can enjoy more space by reserving an extra legroom seat for an additional fee. To understand more, please refer to "Reserve Your Seat – Extra-legroom Seat" product page.
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The village name's changed to Hampstede Norreys, when the Norreys family bought the manor in 1448. A branch of the family was found in Speke, Lancashire where at one time they held Speke Hall. "The Norris family had, however, before this begun to acquire lands in the township, Alan le Norreys of Speke being apparently the first to do so. A younger son of Alan, John le Norreys, established himself at Woolton. John's elder son John, who succeeded, is mentioned in the settlement made by Sir Henry le Norreys in 1367." [4]CITATION[CLOSE]
'Townships: Scarisbrick', in A History of the County of Lancaster: Volume 3, ed. William Farrer and J Brownbill (London, 1907), pp. 265-276. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/lancs/vol3/pp265-276 [accessed 21 January 2017].
In the 14th century, some of the family were found in West Derby, Lancashire. "The Norris family had an estate here in the fourteenth century, acquired by William, a younger son of John le Norreys of Speke. It descended in the fifteenth century to Thomas Norris, whose daughter and heir Lettice married her distant cousin Thomas Norris of Speke, and so carried the estate back to the parent stock. One of their grandsons, William Norris, was settled here, his estate remaining with his descendants to the end of the seventeenth century. The family remained constant to the Roman Church and had to face loss and suffering in consequence, especially during the Commonwealth; thus the threat of a fresh outbreak of persecution as a result of the Oates plot appears to have broken the resolution of 'Mr. Norris of Derby,' who conformed to the legally established religion in 1681. Norris Green is supposed to indicate the site of their estate." [4]CITATION[CLOSE]
'Townships: Scarisbrick', in A History of the County of Lancaster: Volume 3, ed. William Farrer and J Brownbill (London, 1907), pp. 265-276. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/lancs/vol3/pp265-276 [accessed 21 January 2017].
"From the de Erneys it came, also by marriage, to the family of Norres, of whom was Sir William Norres, who brought from the palace of Holyrood, at Edinburgh, part of the royal library and some curious pieces of fine oak wainscot, to Speke Hall: this mansion was re-erected by Sir Edward Norres. The family retained the manor until the 18th century, when their heiress married Lord Sidney Beauclerk, fifth son of Charles, Duke of St. Alban's; whose grandson, Charles George, sold Speke to the Watt family. The great hall is very lofty, with wainscot and a ceiling of oak, and having a mantelpiece brought from Holyrood: at each angle of the southern wall, within the court, are two spacious corbelled windows, one of which lights the hall. The house was originally surrounded by a moat, of which the outlines remain, and over which a bridge leads to the principal entrance. The whole forms a highly interesting specimen of old English domestic architecture." [5]CITATION[CLOSE]
Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of England. Institute of Historical Research, 1848, Print.
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George Nicholaw, best known for his work as general manager of KNX (1070 AM), passed away Saturday at his home. He was 86.
He started his tenure with CBS — the Columbia Broadcasting System as it was known at the time — in 1955. In 1967, he was named general manager of CBS Radio's KNX; in 1968, he oversaw the station's move to all news from its previous format of news and entertainment-oriented programs.
He remained manager at the station until 2003, the longest tenure of any manager of any news station in the United States.
It was not an amicable separation, however. Infinity Broadcasting, which had bought CBS Radio and its radio stations previously (later the company would take on the CBS Radio name again), brought Patrick Duffy into a new position at the station: vice president and marketing manager for KNX and sister station KRTH. Nicholaw's position was then eliminated, though he was offered another position at a lower salary.
Instead of accepting the lower position, Nicholaw sued Infinity Broadcasting, claiming age discrimination. He lost the suit when a Los Angeles Superior Court judge concluded there was no case.
During his long run as GM, KNX was one of the most honored news stations in the industry with more awards per year than any other: more than 170 Golden Mike Awards, the Peabody Award, the National Association of Broadcasters' Crystal Award and many more.
He also kept up the tradition of daily editorials, once a mainstay of radio but seldom heard after the beginning of deregulation. Nicholaw believed they were important and kept them on the air — voiced by himself — until he left the station in 2003. I don't believe the station has aired an editorial since.
Don Barrett of LARadio.com says Nicholaw was "one of the smartest and nicest Los Angeles radio people ever." Barrett dedicated Monday's edition of LARadio.com to Nicholaw's memory; it included a tribute and a fascinating look at Nicholaw and KNX as an all-news powerhouse.
My favorite Nicholaw quote: "I formatted the station in my own mind to follow a newspaper. A food section was part of a newspaper and there was a drama section. You name it and I tried to do it. I even had a horoscope. We were journalists and I figured that whatever a newspaper was doing, we ought to be doing the same damn thing. That's how that started. The food news hour started with Mike Roy and Denny Bracken."
You can read the tribute in the website's archives.
Rich Retirement
Rich "Brother" Robbin, who made his name in Los Angeles on K-100 (KIQQ, now KSWD 100.3 FM), Ten Q (KTNQ, 1020 AM) and KKDJ (now KIIS-FM, 102.7), as well as in San Diego via KCBQ (1070 AM) and others, has decided to hang up his headphones permanently. His retirement from San Diego's XHPRS (The Walrus, 105.7 FM) was effective Aug. 8.
Robbin is a tremendously talented DJ and programmer, and his retirement is well-deserved. Still, it is a sad reminder of what radio once was and is rarely now — exciting, professional and competitive.
True to form, Robbin is positive about his retirement. "When you get to this point in life you change, emotions shift. I began to see what mattered and what didn't, and what matters now is more time with friends, the beach (both walking and sitting), sometimes doing nothing, but for sure, no more radio," he told me.
His flashback Internet station RichBroRadio.com continues for now, but it's month to month, he says. Check it out now while you still can. It's a fun oldies stream with classic jingles to match.
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By Spc. Roland Hale Combat Aviation Brigade,1st Infantry Division, USD-CApril 9, 2010
BAGHDAD - Something new is buzzing the skies of Iraq.
As Combat Aviation Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, replaces 1st Air Cavalry Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, they bring with them a battalion with one of the Army's newest helicopters, the UH-60M Black Hawk. The CAB is the second active duty unit to receive the UH-60M and the first to use it in Iraq.
This new model of Black Hawk was first used by 159th Combat Aviation Brigade, 101 Airborne Division. Receiving the aircraft Nov. 7, 2009, the unit used the aircraft during a deployment to Afghanistan.
The CAB became second to receive a shipment of the aircraft April 21, 2009. On March 30, two crews from the CAB's 3rd Assault Helicopter Battalion, 1st Aviation Regiment, made the M-model's pioneer flight into Iraq, with the rest of the battalion's fleet close behind.
"There are a lot of first times for a lot of things in this war. It's really cool to be a part of one of those times," said Spc. Corey Corr, a crew chief from 3-1 AHB who was aboard one of the two first UH-60Ms to cross into Iraq.
"It was a pretty smooth flight," he said. "As we started getting close the berm crossing into Iraq, the aircraft pulled up side-by-side so that one wasn't going in before the other."
Like Corr, many crew chiefs are enthusiastic about the aircrafts' new features. One of the biggest changes impacting the crew chiefs is the moveable crew seats.
"It's changed a lot," said Corr. "I can now move my seat three different ways. On the L-model, it was a fixed-position seat. [This one] provides us the ability to scan and do our job a lot better."
The most notable improvements introduced to the UH-60M are not the crew seats, however.
The new "glass cockpit" features four multi-functional displays, an autopilot system, two electronic flight management systems, dual navigation systems, a digital moving map and an integrated vehicle health management system. Mechanically, the M-model's new blades offer 500 pounds more lift than previous models and it has a strengthened fuselage and infrared suppression. The UH-60M is what many 3-1 pilots call the Cadillac of the sky.
"The M-model made it a smooth flight in (Iraq)," said Chief Warrant Officer 3 Randy Hendrix, a pilot with 3-1. "The moving map display is a huge plus for us. We didn't have to fumble with a paper map up in the cockpit. It really increases situational awareness; right there on the screen you look down and see where you're at as well as other aircraft and units."
The pilots of 3-1 are among the first Army pilots to work with these systems.
Operating them throughout the CAB's year-long deployment, they will pave the way for future pilots of the UH-60M. A tour in Iraq will bring the challenges of extremely hot and sandy conditions, said Chief Warrant Officer 3 Jesse Lee, who also flew one of the first aircraft into Iraq. Communicating with their peers who used the M-model in Afghanistan, CAB pilots will continue to break new ground as they fly the aircraft in an inclement environment.
While CAB pilots can refer to lessons learned by the pilots of 159th CAB, operations in Iraq pose major differences than operations in Afghanistan, such as terrain, heat and elevation.
"It gets hot in Afghanistan, but not quite like this. We'll really be the ones to see how the M-models hold up in this environment," said Lee.
Despite the addition of this new aircraft, 3-1's mission will remain unchanged.
Along with the CAB's four other battalions, each with its own diverse mission, the battalion's UH-60Ms will conduct full spectrum aviation operations from the skies of Iraq in support of U.S. and Iraqi ground forces.


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Furman University and its basketball programs entered a new era in 1998 with the opening of Timmons Arena, the school's on-campus, multi-purpose facility.
The 100,000 square-foot arena, which seats 3,500 people for basketball and 6,000 for concerts and other school and community activities, currently serves as the home of the university's men's and women's basketball programs and men's and women's lacrosse programs.
In addition to featuring two regulation-size basketball courts, the facility includes offices and locker room facilities, offices for sports information, a complete sports medicine facility, and a 7,000 square-foot strength and conditioning center that serves the university's entire 20-sport intercollegiate athletics program. Arena seating is chair-back style and is collapsible to allow the available floor space to be used for a variety of activities.
The lead gift of $4 million for the facility was provided by longtime Furman supporters William R. Timmons, Jr. '49, Jean Timmons Pelham '42, and Charlie and Kitty Wells '48 Timmons. Bill, Jean, and Charlie are children of the late William R. Timmons '14.
At the time of facility dedication, Bill Timmons, chairman of Greenville's Canal Insurance Company, longtime university trustee, and recipient of an honorary degree from Furman, recalled that his family's association with the university dated back from his father's enrollment in 1910. His father's brother, Charles Edward Timmons, Jr., also attended Furman before volunteering for World War I, during which he was killed in action.
The construction of Timmons Arena eased overcrowding in Alley Gymnasium and in the Herman W. Lay Physical Activities Center (PAC), which currently serves as the home of the department of health and exercise science, student recreational and intramural sports, and fitness center.
The decision to move forward with the arena was driven by the closing of Memorial Auditorium, the downtown Greenville facility that served as Furman's basketball home for 38 years.
Located just southeast of the home stands at Paladin Stadium, Timmons Arena features a main entrance and wings made of brick, with the rear constructed of split face block and insulated metal panels. Stanmar Inc. of Stanbury, Mass., which specializes in constructing athletic facilities, was the designer and builder at a cost of $10.9 million.


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The "Brady Bunch" theme song, which begins with the "story of a lovely lady," doesn't bother mentioning Alice Nelson, housekeeper to the blended brood of six. Alice pops up in the now-iconic opening sequence grid at the end, almost as an afterthought.
But she's right where she belongs, in the most important spot – dead center, in the middle of the action.
As earthy Alice on "The Brady Bunch," Ann B. Davis grounded a silly and sweet show so light, it threatened to float off the screen at times. That's a tribute to the talents of Davis, a character actress known more by face than name, who died Sunday at age 88, her modest place in pop culture history well secured.
The Bradys, a family made for television, were already a 1950s anachronism when the gentle sitcom debuted amid turbulent times in 1969. That's the year ABC, which aired the show, infamously turned down "All in the Family," a reality-driven comedy that would go on to upend TV in 1971.
The debut of "The Brady Bunch" also came a month after Woodstock, where Grace Slick and Jefferson Airplane oozed "White Rabbit," the psychedelic drug-and-Lewis Carroll fantasia whose key line is "Go ask Alice."
The phrase took on an entirely different meaning in the more hermetic fantasy world of "The Brady Bunch," where Alice shined as a surrogate mom/big sister – the go-to adult for minor crises heightened by youthful emotion. She rolled reassuring words into no-nonsense quips – nursing the kids through broken noses and bruised feelings, while providing witness to unlikely celebrity cameos (Davy Jones, Joe Namath, Desi Arnaz Jr.) and gamely grinning through one earwig of a song ("It's a Sunshine Day").
Alice served as a stand in for viewers across the Brady spectrum. For the adults – and adults-to-be who eventually would appreciate the show's kitsch value – Davis' sharp, nod-and-a-wink delivery suggested she was in on the joke. For the kids, Alice offered vicarious hope than an outsider could be part of the family.
At least kind of – in TV's caste system, Alice ended up with Sam the Butcher, a fellow working stiff bigger on personality than glamour. But even if Davis was never a traditional star, she was the glue of a sitcom that maintains a strange hold on many, 40 years after its last episode and nearly 20 years after her scene-stealing cameo in "The Brady Bunch Movie," which captured the program's multilevel appeal.
Davis's death offers a bittersweet opportunity to remember a lovely lady in her own right who made us laugh as she stood at the center of a show about childhood that now harkens to lost youth.
Jere Hester is founding director of the award-winning, multi-media NYCity News Service at the City University of New York Graduate School of Journalism. He is also the author of "Raising a Beatle Baby: How John, Paul, George and Ringo Helped us Come Together as a Family." Follow him on Twitter.


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We are an ever growing computer company that has been expanding for the last decade, we are a small company that cares and has the resources to deal with SME's. Unlike many other I.T companies we are not a faceless organisation, but know all our customers on a one-to-one basis.We specialise in all aspects of computer related help from hardware sales to software installation,but our main features are fully managed out-sourced IT solutions and remote back-ups aswell as wireless installations.
Targeting small to medium businesses with up to 50 employee's mainly in Northern Ireland.
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Contact Lens Care & Compliance
We Need Daily Lens Cleaners
By Michael A. Ward, MMSc, FAAO
All-in-one multipurpose (MPS) lens care products dominate the soft lens market. MPS products work well for daily maintenance of cleaning, rinsing, and disinfecting for most patients who use two-week and monthly soft lenses. However, patients wearing specialty lenses that are replaced less frequently (quarterly or longer), and occasionally even disposable lens wearers, may require an additional lens cleaner. The expanding availability of more expensive custom designed HEMA and silicone hydrogel (SiHy) soft lenses will likely create an increasing demand for effective daily lens cleaners.
Environmental contaminants, as well as eyelid and tear chemistries (e.g. meibomian gland dysfunction), may contaminate lens surfaces. This is especially true of SiHy lens materials, which according to the Contact Lens Spectrum Annual Report for 2011 (published in January 2012), account for 67 percent of fits and refits in the United States.
Daily Cleaners
The availability of daily contact lens cleaners has diminished significantly as MPS products have captured the market for use with disposable lenses. Only a few remain available, and there are no new entries of which I am aware. Retail shelf space is competitive, and stores—especially the bigbox retailers—want products that turn over quickly.
Ciba Vision discontinued manufacturing Miraflow Extra Strength Daily Cleaner in 2010. It was unsurpassed in removing lipid-based films and makeup from lens surfaces. Miraflow contained purified water, isopropyl alcohol, 15.7% poloxamer 407 and amphoteric 10. It was preservative-free, could be used with all types of soft and hard (PMMA) lenses, and was noted for its lipolytic properties and its significant antimicrobial activity.
Miraflow had a loyal, albeit limited following. Fortunately, Walgreens offers its house branded substitution Extra Strength Cleaner that lists the same ingredients as Miraflow. In a 2007 FDA 510K submission, Sereine Extra Strength Daily Cleaner for Silicone Hydrogel Soft Contact Lenses by Optikem International is similarly listed as containing "the same solution as cleared in 510(k) KOl 1561, which is substantially equivalent to the Miraflow cleaner by Ciba Vision."
Daily cleaners now available for soft and GP contact lenses include:
Sensitive Eyes Daily Cleaner (Bausch + Lomb) is a sterile, isotonic, buffered solution that contains hydroxypropyl methyl-cellulose, poloxamine, sodium borate and sodium chloride; preserved with edetate disodium (0.5%) and sorbic acid (0.25%).
Opti-Free Daily Cleaner and Opti-Clean II (both Alcon) for soft and GP lenses are buffered, isotonic formulations containing Tween 21 Solubilizer and Microclens special polymeric cleaning agents with edetate disodium 0.1% and Polyquad (polyquaternium-1) 0.001% as preservatives. Both cleaners use small polymeric beads as abrasives to enhance the mechanical stripping of proteins and debris from lens surfaces. Do not use abrasive cleaners on plasma-treated lenses.
Sof/Pro Sterile 'Extra Strength' Cleaner (Lobob) contains three water soluble surfactants and is preserved with sorbic acid 0.1% and trisodium EDTA 0.25%.
Sereine Extra-Strength Daily Cleaner and Walgreens Extra Strength Cleaner have formulations equivalent to Miraflow.
Proper Lens Care
Digitally cleaning contact lenses is well documented to provide enhanced antimicrobial activity, comfort, and clear vision. Daily cleaners are occasionally needed to augment MPS and peroxidebased disinfectants, and daily cleaners will seldom cause ocular irritations if lenses are properly rinsed. CLS
To obtain references for this article, please visit http://www.clspectrum.com/references.asp and click on document #195.
|Mr. Ward is an instructor in ophthalmology at Emory University School of Medicine and Director, Emory Contact Lens Service. You can reach him at email@example.com.


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Dogs In Parks
Dogs are allowed at specific Madison Parks on-leash per City of Madison Ordinance 8.19 and off-leash per City of Madison Ordinance 23.32. A Dog Park Permit is required for any visiting dog. Please know if you are a Madison resident, you will first need to purchase a Dog License, which is required by all City of Madison residents owning a dog over the age of 5 months. You may purchase a Dog License at the City Treasurer's Office. The Dog Park Permit is good for City of Madison on-leash dog parks, off-leash dog parks, Dane County Parks (posted areas only), the City of Middleton and the City of Sun Prairie pet exercise areas. Please see the Dog Parks brochure for details. Fees collected by each agency are used to support their own dog exercise areas and are available for purchase for the following year beginning December 1.
2019 Fees
- Annual Permit Tag: $35
- Senior or Disabled Permit Tag: $17
- Additional or Replacement Permit Tag: $17
- Daily Fee: $5
Annual Permits
Annual Permits are available for purchase:
Please allow up to ten days for delivery via USPS first class.
- Annual Dog Park Permits can be purchased online.
- Please allow up to ten days for delivery via USPS first class.
- Daily or annual permits are available at kiosks in the dog parks.
- Annual permits available at the City of Madison Parks Division:
- 210 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Room 104 Madison, WI 53703
- Or by phone, (608) 266-4711
- Office hours: Monday-Friday, 8:00 am-4:15 pm
Dog Park Cleanup Day
Join other dog-lovers and friends at Dog Park Cleanup Day typically held on the first Saturday in April each year.
In parks allowing dogs, all dogs must be restrained on a maximum 6' leash at all times except in the designated off-leash exercise areas. City of Madison Ordinance 8.19.
Dogs must always be under the control of the owner. Do not allow your dog to disturb wildlife or interfere with other park users. Leaving your dog unattended can be dangerous to your dog and other park users. If you cannot control your dog off-leash, keep your dog leashed at all times.
Be aware that allowing your dog off-leash poses several hazards to your dog:
- Many of the plants, fungi, and water sources in the parks may be poisonous to your dog.
- Vegetation may have burrs or seeds that could get tangled in your dog's coat or lodged in your dog's feet, ears, or eyes.
- Wildlife is common in the parks, and your dog does risk encountering a wild animal. Wild animals, particularly skunks, raccoons and badgers, could injure your dog. Rabies infection is also a risk when dogs encounter these animals.
- Dogs can easily become lost in the parks, especially in winter when their sense of smell is less keen because of the cold and show.
For these reasons it is essential to always keep your dog under supervision and voice control.
Prohibited Areas
Dogs are not allowed in any non-designated park, children's play areas, beaches, athletic fields, conservation parks, Forest Hill Cemetery or in any park building. During the winter dogs are not permitted on groomed cross-country ski trails.
Cleaning up after your dog
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- Always carry equipment sufficient to clean up your dog's feces whenever you and your dog are off your property, Ordinance 7.322(2).
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LATITUDE 2013 - a discussion and excitement thread
Thursday 18th July – Sunday 21st July 2013
Who is heading to the gentling rolling Suffolk countryside (or The Sunrise Coast as absolutely no one ever calls it) this July? Having been in 2010 and 2011, I took a year off in 2012 so does anyone want to provide an update on changes last year?
Current hot rumours for headliners are Kraftwerk, Pet Shop Boys and Portishead which would suit me very well thank you. Suggestions that Atoms For Peace might fit in an appearance around their summer tour – if so, that's a £50 value ticket saved right there! I always look to the 6Music playlist for suggestions as to what the white middle classes are listening to, so presumably we can also expect to see Alt-J, Django Django, The XX, Foals...anyone else? As we all know however, Latitude is so much more than a music festival, it's primarily a 'performing arts' affair – so, any comedians, authors, unicyclists or jugglers you would like to see perform? Daniel Kitson returning to The Lake Stage would be most welcome.
Early bird tickets currently on sale at last year's prices:
What say you all?
Gah. Went last year and loved it.
Would like to go again, but I don't think I will have the holiday, so the only way I will go is if I don't get Glastonbury resale tickets. AGH
Is there much crossover between Reading and Latitude?
I've noticed a lot of crossover in recent years between Glastonbury/Roskilde and Bestival/Berlin, but presumably this is primarily driven by dates and being in different countries - don't know if artists sign any exclusivity deals for festivals.
Also, don't feel too worried about Glastonbury resale tickets - Latitude is a much better festival these days :)
Was the line-up particularly stronger last year than most?
I didn't really peruse much beyond the headliners, but it didn't seem to me that they had accrued a load of band from Glastonbury particularly...
I thought the undercard was a lot stronger
I went in '08/'09/'10 and whilst I was never short of things to do, last year's lineup just looked a whole lot better. I just presumed it was because acts that would hang a tour around festivals went there instead of Glastonbury.
would have to headline if they played wouldn't they? Would be great to get them back to Lat.
Think they headlined the tent in 2011
Either that or they were second on the bill. Either way, they were damn good - I'd not been a fan before, but picked up Total Life Forever shortly afterwards and enjoyed it very much...
I must've be thinking about 2008
I didn't go in 2011
Only out by two years! And a different day! And a much earlier slot!
Just because a fact is made up...
...doesn't make it any less of a fact tbh tbf.JaguarPirate this'd this
Foals headlined the tent in 2011
Totally smashed it, I think they'd be a great pick for main stage headliners on the Friday night.
Won't the line up be the same as the Irish version the same weekend?
Will probably be some crossover...
...but don't think it's the same format as Reading/Leeds in that respect. Chiefly I suspect because Latitude is probably a fair bit bigger than Longitude at the moment.
reckon Phoenix and Kraftwerk will play, as well as Atoms for Peace.
maybe Atoms and Phoenix for headliners even. Are they big enough?
Not sure...
If we look at the headliners from the previous three years (ie when it became one of the bigger mainstream fesivals) then you've had:
2010: Florence & Her Machine - Belle & Sebastian - Vampire Weekend
2011: The National - Paolo Nutini - Suede
2012: Bon Iver - Elbow - Paul Weller
Not sure that either Atoms For Peace or Phoenix would quite have the widespread appeal to headline based on the above. Thom Yorke played the main stage back around when The Eraser came out, but was down the billing.
It was a weird one alright
Probably half the comedians I saw play that year made reference to it during their set...
I know...
Bit disappointing as apparently I was next on this list :(
Phoenix headlined Brixton Academy on their last album. Sold it out. The National aren't much bigger than that.
Phoenix could be the smaller headliner i guess. I think they'd fit in under Kraftwerk well though.
I'm hoping for Portishead/Atoms for Peace to be the Friday headliner and sub, but probably too much to ask for!
Phoenix are headlining Coachella, remember
so they would headline Latitude if they were to play
Thom Yorke did the midday opening slot thing
not really "down the billing" as such
kraftwerk won't
unless T in the park are lying about the Uk festival exclusive. phoenix might. don't think flaming lips have played there before.
You guys might want to grab the last of the early bird tickets as those babies are going to fly once this news filters out...
...I Am Kloot have self-confirmed.
That's right people
Last day for tickets at pre-sale prices
First line up announcement tomorrow. From rumours flying around the internets I think we can expect to see a selection from the following:
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Pet Shop Boys
My Bloody Valentine
Bloc Party
Atoms For Peace
Stealing Sheep
Django Django
Hot Chip
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Everything Everything
If someone managed to book a festival bill with all of those bands
I would pretty much drop everything to go.
really surprised Primal Scream aren't being heavily rumoured.
think them, MBV and Phoenix will play.
Good point^
They are back knocking around at the moment aren't they - and presumably their new album will be out by then as well. Reckon they are the right type of band to maybe headline one of the nights...
Had a really great time last year, line up was crazy good
Longitude looks the nuts.
However my mate is getting married on the Friday so no Latitude for me
However, as much as a I enjoyed it, I have to say I was surprised by some stuff given its rep as a botique festival
- The corporate presence was loud and proud(2/3rds of the wrist band being taken up by PORPOERTY OF FESTIVAL REPUBLIC, man in a pig costume and an M&S shirt handing out packets of Percy Pigs)
- Some of the facilities were pretty rubs
- The bar system were you got charged each time for the cups then had to get a refund afterwards was infuriating, especially on Elbow day where you basically couldn't get near the bars
- There was one bar that sold nothing but cigarettes. Bit iffy
- I loved Huw Stephens' DJ set because he was the only DJ all weekend bar Norman Jay who didn't just play Generic Indie Disco 2005
I didn't really mind the corporatism that much.
Was nothing compared to Festival Republics other festivals, and they had some good beer.
The Cup system was an absolute joke though. couldn't believe it...
What was the problem with the cup system?
Don't you just hand back an old one for a new one?
You had to pay £3 for each drink every time you bought one, then go to a refund point and hand them back for the money back. Proper palaver.
Also on the last night the refund points shit before the bars so I got landed with a tenner's worth of cups I couldn't hand back
Was this new for last year?
I don't remember it being a problem in previous years...
So you had a perfect storm of new people like myself being stunned when asked for £21 for a round of three drinks and regulars who couldn't fathom the changes.
On Sunday they caved and went back to the just handing your cup back at the bar
Why change a system that had worked perfectly in previous years?
I would like to hope that it wasn't a cynical attempt to wring money from punters not being bothered to return their cups. Do V Festival still do the beer tickets thing, where you can only buy tickets for a specific day? Fuck. That. Shit.
Hopefully they will have learnt from last year. I like the cup deposit idea as it means that you're not wading through litter all the time.
We had some local 18 year olds camped by us
All with really plum accents who got up at the crack of dawn eahc day to have BAHRNTER. Which was annoying as we went to bed at 4am every night. The STATE they left their campsite in was appalling
Oh yeah, also I forgot
The food was properly crap
Really was disappointing.
Ill give yoy that.
That does surprise me...
...as in 2010 and 2011 I thought the food was pretty good. Stone baked pizzas for £6 - nom nom nom.
Hoping for Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Be nice to have Nicolas Jaar back over, and maybe a Sunday hangover set from Max Richter?
In case you didn't see it (and the playcounts would suggest not many of you did) there's loads of footage from our backstage cabin last year over on http://youtube.com/drownedinsound
the DiS cabin and everything else was fun last year
really don't see how this years can top it.
Don't be coy sean...
...no way does a big nob like yourself not have insider information.
Per the other thread, headliners are foals, Kraftwerk and Bloc Party...
How certain is that - sauce?
zahidf is DiS' efestivals correspondent
Posting their news here so you don't have to read them
sold out earls court last month
- oojimaflop this'd this
Ah okay,
I know, and have listened to Four a bit, but had no idea what their current impact is. Guess it's been a mixture of diminished returns and overexposure for me with them.
gah wanna know.
Not sure if I should have bought tickets already or not
The answer is...
I know but
Glastonbury and lack of holiday :/
Pfft. Cancel Glastonbury
Then your job...
#1 no
#2 maybe
email that I just got said official announcement at 7:30
So you might be staring at your watch a while if nothing happens at 4.
just saw what Latitude tweeted, what a dope.
Maybe headliners on the radio at 4, full lineup at 7:30?
I have to head for a meeting for an hour...
...when I return I expect to hear confirmations regarding Kraftwerk, Portishead, Nick Cave, Daft Punk, Boards Of Canada, The Avalanches and a reformation of the Stuart Sutcliffe era Beatles.
6 music clues
Lights Out , All Out (4, 4, 4) = ???
Regal Fence Sealant = ???
Scorching Potato - (3, 4) =
Also, James Blake and Willy Mason self confirmed.
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Beach House!
Cat Power
Daughter (or Girls?)
MBV headlining the first night,
according to Latitude's twitter feed.
To summarise...
Beach House
Cat Power
Dark Dark Dark
Hot Chip
King Creosote
Modest Mouse
Moon Duo
Stealing Sheep
The Tallest Man On Earth
White Denim
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Whatsamatteryou eh?
Self confirms from:
Beth Orton
I Am Kloot
James Blake
Willy Mason
A bit boring innit
Literally just reads like a 6 Music playlist to me.
Patience young Puds...
...plenty of bands to be announce yet. I would give short odds on Kraftwerk and Phoenix both being announced.
festival in reflecting popular music demographic shocker!
don't worry, I'm sure they'll announce <whatever> soon enough
pretty good, like
presuming Foals and YYYs are two of the headliners.
Here it all is
- Puds this'd this
Yeah, below Hot Chip is a bit weird
Hot Chip did do 2 nights at Brixton last year, but I still feel YYYs are a bigger draw in Summer 2013.
really like the look of this
presuming Japandroids will be headlining the stage in the Woods (if that's still there?), Purity Ring as well.
bo ningen
on the lake stage - nothing to stop them being heard in ipswichAnthonyc this'd this
Jesus there are some unpleasant clashes there.
Bloc Party & Modest Mouse! Yeah Yeah Yeahs & EVerything Everything. Overall I'd say it looks pretty great but some of those are quite unfortunate.
Foals/Beach House clash is harsh
Wonder who the special guests are? Atoms for Peace?
Really like the look of this
actually. It makes a bit more sense on the poster. Hate the Beach House/Foals clash though.
Considering a Saturday day ticket
But it's quite a haul from Birmingham if it doesn't continue into the wee small hours. Is it a 2am finish usually?
3am finish
Thanks everyone.
Can't imagine doing a day ticket at Latitude - it's in the middle of fucking nowhere.
Even with a car and a designated driver it must be an absolute mission.
also, Norfolk is the most boring place to drive though in the world.
stuck behind lorries, trying not to fall asleep at the wheel, and there isn't even anything nice to look at, except perhaps a canal every so often. (Sorry if anyone here is from Norfolk)
I am, and fuck you
nah not really, but compared to Fens Lincolnshire/Cambridgeshire, we do OK, that place literally makes me think dark thoughts
Fens Lincolnshire Reprazent!
(Nah, it's gash).
Hang on, what?
You're NOT scotch?!?TheWza this'd this
Its disappointing
Foals and Bloc Party are poor headliners and there are not enough cool rocking/fun live acts. Booooo.
Foals are really great live
Their headline set in the tent a few years ago was spot on, would definitely not mark them down as a poor choice at all.
Is this a full announcement?
Or more to come?
(PS. Absolutely weaksauce headliners)
Quite a bit more to come from the look of it...
...particularly Friday and Sunday main stage bands.
Are Kraftwerk going to give out 30,000 pairs of 3D glasses?
Bemused at YYY being frittered away so far down the bill, they probably have more songs that normal people know than Foals and Bloc Party (though fair play to Foals, they're a popular band etc)
Bloc party are a proper arena band. Foals are the smaller headliner, but still big.
I guess they played Earl's Court, didn't they?
Anyone know how that went? I still think of them as a pretty much one album band...
As much as chart positions are an indicator of anything these days...
...the album hit number 3 in the UK charts plus, maybe more surprisingly, was also top 40 in the US. I wonder if, while they have lost their indie credibility, these days they are a recognisable enough name to shift units in a kind of Keane type manner.
wow, I didn't know that about the States
fair enough. I still think YYY would have been a credible headliner but no shame in an embarrassment of riches
Really weird isn't it?
I've listened to their latest (which Is decent), but don't remember any press about it. Given previous headliners though, a band who has done second billing at Leeds could definitely do Latitude.
Overall I would say it's a pretty good initial announcement...
Bloc Party - Kraftwerk - Foals
Modest Mouse - Alt-J - Beach House
With decent size bands like The Yeah, Yeah, Yeahs on the undercard and more to come. Anyone have any feelings about Sunday's 'special guests'? Are we still thinking Atoms For Peace?
So were all the Portishead rumours unfounded?
They're the announcement that would put me into ticket buying territory.
yeah, they'd be headlining if they were playing
They are playing Germany on the Sunday, so no.
I reckon Goldfrapp.
Pretty lazy that they can't be bothered to do both tbf...
Do you have any basis for Goldfrapp, or just an educated punt?
a guess based on them playing London on the Sat.
Goldfrapp would make sense
Really hoping for The Knife though, since the line-up seems to be a lot younger/more 'yoof' than in previous years. Just got to convince people that watching four elderly German blokes not do much for two hours will be worth the money...
Although doesn't it look like they've paired the two top bands on the previous days? Maccabees w/Bloc Party. Hot Chip w/Kraftwerk (as per my thinking on why Hot Chip are above The Yeah Yeah Yeahs). Therefore I'm not sure that Goldfrapp would necessarily dovetail quite so well.
Who would be a suitable warm up for Foals do we think? Maybe someone a bit like Atoms For Peace perhaps?
Since Atoms for Peace are headlining that German Melt festival on the SUnday, i'd say they werre 100% out
Like my Portishead comment above...
...if they can't be bothered to do both then fuck em anyway.
I'm surprised YYYs don't have better billing. Maybe would have made more sense headlining in a tent?
becuase of i'll be your mirror, and lack of other offers maybe?
Think it could be a pretty great slot for them
They'll be on, what, about 6pm, so a nice dose of late arvo/early evening sun. New album to promote, assuming there are no big clashes they could have a pretty monster crowd. Then Hot Chip can do the more electric stuff to warm up for Kraftwerk.
Overall I would predict a win/10...
Also bedwetters...
...no mention of the fact that DiS's favourite cardigan wearing comedian is on the bill no less then 3 (THREE) times?
He's doing loads
I think four times. He's doing the new show in comedy arena, a show with gavin osborne in poetry, a showing and Q and A of his new documentary live show in Film and Music and a new show in the theatre arena.
You mean Daniel Kitson btw?
No, I was talking about John Bishop
Who the fuck is Daniel Kitson?
With the way the running order is structured it feels as if they're maybe aiming for a younger audience than in previous years
I really want to go to this.
You should really come :)
I haven't got much leave from work
but Hot Chip followed by Kraftwerk? Hello, Saturday day ticket.
James Blake is below Local Natives
you wha?
Local Natives headlining Brixton in October
Could James Blake do that? (genuine question - I think no)
I'm not sure that James Blake on the main stage is a good idea full stop
I saw his set in 2011 on, err, the small stage whose name I can't remember and it didn't seem that his music was particularly suited to being performed outside...
I saw him at the Park Stage at Glasto
And it was perfectly suited.
Not sure a big stage is good though...
Dunno, 2009 Glastonbury they played a late evening slot on the Other Stage as they had touring commitments and had to play earlier
And they drew a headliner sized crowd
As I mentioned above^...
...depending on the buzz that their new album generates, I reckon they could draw a monster crowd on the Saturday. At around 6pm when they'll be on, a lot of people will be settling in for the evening session. Think that the scheduling makes sense this way round, with Hot Chip a decent warm up for Kraftwerk.
some great names on there.
Kraftwerk, cat power, yo la tengo, efterklang, modest mouse, calexico, James Blake, Akron/family, beach house, mark lanegan,eltham this'd this
They've now added Ed Harcourt (who I now manage, etc)
He's going to be playing a special secret gig for Latitude in London on April 8th. Apply for free tickets here: http://www.latitudefestival.com/news/fancy-seeing-ed-harcourt-marcel-lucont-vikki-stone-and-sam-fletcher-april
From the sound of tings...
...Foals are set to play second on the bill to Phoenix at Longtitude. Could we see a swap of the running order for the Sunday at Latitude?
Some good new additions just added
Grizzly Bear playing the slot before Foals, British Sea Power playing their From The Sea To The Land Beyond soundtrack, + more
There's still the Sunday lunchtime special guest slot to be announced
which will probably be the last 'big name' to be added. Second stage will probably have a couple more names added for Sat and Sun, then a smattering of names across the other stages. It's looking pretty full though now
Yeah thast what im thinking!
Wanna know what the Sunday gig is!
Any idea based on previous years...
...when these sort of things are announced?
Latitude mix
This has a twinge of JAG (rip) to it but here's an 8tracks mix I made for Latitude this year
so who's actually going to this?
this mejopzorz, pentargo, seedler, Juninho10, lovelessrapture, Pentago, sadballadman, shimmetry, and ardack this'd this
Bobby Womack doing the Sunday lunchtime slot
plus Eddie Izzard in comedy
That is two MASSIVE additions
Any fancy doing the cycle ride there?
Full lineup starting to settle down now
That^ is an unreal number of quality acts right there - how to fit it all into three days?
Although Texas replacing Modest Mouse :/
The full line up poster is starting to look frankly ridiculous now
*scroll* *scroll* *scroll*
"Oh cool, Melt Yourself Down are playing..."
I'm selling 2 full weekend tickets for this...
as we now have 2 spares for various complicated reasons.
Will accept £250 for the pair for a quick sale. Festival is not sold out, but this would save you some cash...
Message me if interested.
I DM'd you re. 1
cool if you say no though
Prefer to sell them as a pair, but if anyone else is just looking for one, drop me a message!
You can still get day tickets for Sunday
Kraftwerk (3D)/Hot Chip/the rest of the day's bill, and I wouldn't need to get a day off work.
Sorely tempted.
Around £20 less and I'd be sorely tempted,
but £84 is really really steep.
Given where Latitiude is...
...can you realistically do a day if you don't live quite close by?
I live in Bristol
There's a Travelodge about 30 miles from it, for about £30 on both nights. So... travel up on Friday after work, spend the Saturday there, drive home Sunday.
And now it turns out that the Neon Neon/Praxis Makes Perfect show is going to take place there on that day as well, at such a time that it should end just as we can then go and watch Hot Chip and Kraftwerk. Plus anything I can get up to in the five or so hours before that.
Really tempted but haven't done anything about it yet and probably won't now. I can afford to do it, but if I do then I probably won't be able to afford a holiday, which I could really use sometime soon.
Staying 30 miles from the festival?
Drag. Still, sounds like it could be quite the adventure...
We are driving from Birmingham on the Friday
To Cambridge, staying there Friday night then driving to Latitude on Saturday morning. If you look hard enough on the website it does say there is camping for one day ticket holders, even though the actual ticket says not. I am hoping that there is, otherwise I am likely to die on the drive back on Sunday. :(
I wouldn't necessarily want to rely on the fact...
...but the security from the campsite to the arena tends to only work in that particular direction rather than vice versa.
Bit of a pain
that there's no stage times or day splits for the smaller stages up yet. Wanna plan around what to go see before I show up at the event.
fucking wish i could go this year :(EndlessWindow this'd this
Smaller stage day splits announced
As if there wasn't enough want to sees already.
...some good runs in there. On the Friday do I fancy the pulling power of Yo La Tengo/Cat Power/The Maccabees/ Bloc Party on the main stage or would that make me miss the folky stylings of John Grant/Beth Orton/Villagers in the tent?
Or should I just spend the whole day at the woods stage for Malcolm Middleton/Deptford Goth/Chvrches/Widowspeak/DIIV/Japandroids?
Decisions, decisions.
Friday Woods
is the place to be surely, all day!
I think you're probably right
That's my favourite stage too :)
wow, Matt Tong out of Bloc Party is looking pretty different these days
That link won't open for me for some reason...
...but is that Sarah Jones from New Young Pony Club?
If so, in addition to drumming for Bloc Party on the Friday she was back on the main stage playing for Hot Chip on the Saturday.
Yes. Yes it was.
Don't think I've ever seen so many superb performances at a festival before. Bobby Womack, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Cat Power, Kraftwerk and Melt Yourself Down were my absolute highlights though.
one of the best weekends i've had in ages. great times.
Kraftwerk probably one of if not the best thing i've ever seen
Hot Chip
Praxis Makes Perfect
Richard Dawson
Beach House
Melt Yourself Down
etc etc etc
Richard Dawson is amazing
deserves wider attention, I hope you're taking note other DiSers!
It was absolutely incredible. I really enjoyed the first album but had no idea he would be so good live. The acapella stuff was really affective.
we're lucky to see him loads up here
a nice chap as well to boot
also Flower/Corsano played as well? Mint
I only went for the Saturday
But the opening trio of Bo Ningen, White Denim and Efterklang was the best start to a festival I can remember. Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Hot Chip and Kraftwerk to finish the music was very strong too. Karen O is marvellous, Hot Chip had a perfect setlist and Kraftwerk didn't disappoint. Even Russell Kane was funny. Chock full of Shoreditch though.
Great weekend
Thursday – Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars documentary concert played in full. Followed by an interview with the drummer Mick Woodmansey.
Friday – Coves on the Lake Stage. Absolutely nailed it. Also Diiv were great. Their new music sounded good.
Saturday – Screening of 'From the Sea to the Land Beyond' with British Sea Power playing the soundtrack live. Jagwar Ma, Hot Chip & Kraftwerk. Melt Yourself Down were brilliant on a little stage in the woods.
Sunday – iamamiwhoami and Friends were good, if a little under attended. Foals were good value for the headline slot.
Probably one of the best weekends of my life
Loved every second of it.
-The Tour de Latitude M&S welcome area where I ate my weight in chicken and grapes and got absolutely smazzled on cider. Very welcome after cycling 120 miles. Melvin Benn was sitting on our table, he is a top top bloke.
- Daniel Kitson
- Cat Power
- Deptford Goth
- Hot Chip
- Melt Yourself Down
- White Denim
- Richard Herring
- Diiv
- Hookworms
- The atmosphere in the woods/i arena after midnight on Friday and Saturday was electric, had a lovely time dancing with mates and new mates
- Bo Ningen
- Valerie June
- Dealing with the Kraftwerk/Purity Ring/Alt-J clash by seeing all of them and managing to hear my fave PR song and Alt-J's one good song
- Bloc Party. Really don't care for their new stuff but they were really good fun.
- Foals were a bit quiet
Amazing weekend.
Pretty much everyone I saw were good to outstanding. YYYs/Hot Chip/Kraftwerk on Saturday night was magical. Opted for Beach House over Foals, and glad I did - they were mesmorising (as ever) and managed to get to the front as the tent cleared after Disclosure. Praxis Makes Perfect was hugely entertaining. Even Bloc Party, who I find a bit meh (save for Silent Alarm), were a worthy headliner (even if Kele decided to have a hissyfit halfway through the set).
Other highlights: pottering around the woods at night, Guilty Pleasures on Friday night (hammered), Chvrches (despite all the kids trying to start a circle pit), Local Natives/Grizzly Bear back to back in the evening sun etc.
Whole thing was brilliant. Now bed.
I don't remember a Kele hissyfit?
Remind me
Big Jeff was there
which was excellentlordscopie and jcg_100 this'd this
Saw him during Willy Mason
then later on saw he was camping by where I was so had a chat with him, lovely guy, basically a walking musical encyclopedia.
Yeah, spoke to him a few times over the weekend
He really knows his stuff!
Good times
Great fun throughout.
+Daniel Kitson's film (despite the hour delay whilst they found a new projector)
+Kitson's work-in-progress (well five minutes work-in-progress, plus about 70 minutes of him building up to that five minutes and being very funny whilst doing so).
+Tamikrest & Moon Duo playing in the i Arena in the woods late on Sunday - could have done with fewer crane flys knocking about but both great sets.
+Kraftwerk - alright the 3-D isn't as impressive when watching from the back of a field rather than a relatively small art gallery but love hearing those sounds through a massive PA.
+Hot Chip - good fun as ever.
+Neon Neo/National Theatre of Wales - few techincal issues but it's a captivating show and the tunes are great.
+The Humble Quest for Universal Genius - game show thing with perfect silliness for a festival situation in the Literary tent.
+Sweet Baboo
+Jeffrey Lewis & The Rain. Not to sure about his 'After Dark' 'film' though.
+getting to the festival in time for John Grant despite the problems at Ipswich station requiring a last minute car hire from Colchester
-David Schneider's show about Twitter use wasn't nearly as good as I would have hoped from a chap of his pedigree
-John Grant coming to the end of his slot before he could play 'GMF'.
I'd given up on it in 2008 when the atmosphere was fairly unbearable.
So I went back this year with some trepidation. I needn't of worried, I had a great time.
Kraftwerk were wonderful.
Japandroids finishing off with a Gun Club tune.
Cat Power.
Hookworms were fantastic on Sunday.
Bo Ningen.
Missing far too many things.
Best festival I've been to in awhile...
Obviously helped in no small part by the weather, and not just the sunshine either - the cooler mornings on Saturday and Sunday meant that I could get a bit of sleep and not have to burst from my tent on fire as soon as the sun's rays hit.
Saw quite a lot of marquee comedy in the end - Eddie Izzard, Dylan Moran, Richard Herring, Marcel Lucont, Sean Lock, Marcus Brigstocke, plus a load of smaller names.
Watched all three headliners on the main stage, which is the first time I've done that in years. Enjoyed Foals, and was pleased to see a relatively new band given a shot at the big stage. Possibly a bad thing to have got to the point of being a bit blase about Kraftwerk, but as it was the fourth time I've seen them live over the past few years I didn't think it was their best performance (although still great obviously). Bloc Party were very disappointing - whatever spark they once had seems to have dimmed to almost nothing.
Other highlights - Bo Ningen, Melt Yourself Down, Jagwar Ma Hookworms, too many others to mention.
Lowlights - aside from the aforementioed decline of Bloc Party, getting there late on the Friday so that I didn't have the opportunity to agonise over whether to catch John Grant or Deptford Goth. And taking a chunk out of my hand on the helter skelter.
Went saturday and sunday
Torres, Kraftwerk, Rhye, YYYs were all excellent
Daughter not so much.
Bobby Womack, Local Natives, Grizzly Bear, James Blake again were all excellent
Austra were a bit boring.
Had a great weekend
Foals - as always were great
MØ - surprise package of the weekend for me, great stage presence.
Daniel Kitson - Both morning and night shows were very funny
White Denim - although they played a good few new tracks, i'll never tire of watching them live
my girlfriend getting her wallet nicked from our tent whilst we were asleep in it through the night.
Thought Cat Power seemed really distracted throughout her set.
Splendid time
Kraftwerk were fucking amazing. One of the best things I've ever seen. Moved from serene synth pop to techno to industrial with ease.
Other highlights were Austra, Cat Power (amazing voice though she seemed really nervous, as I'd heard), Torres, James Holden, Daniel Kitson, James Blake, Don Letts DJing in the woods, Hot Chip making a whole field dance, YYY's, Calexico.
Thought Daughter was pretty boring, though the crowd seemed to like it. Might have seemed interesting in 2009, but y'know, The XX came along and did the whole thing a lot better.


text: (Mod notes in posts 16 and 17.) I just thought I'd post this as an "FYI", not really looking for feedback or anything. I received my first Evo 3D through the mail from Sprint on June 23rd, and immediately noticed how warm it got while charging. I AM aware phones get warm when Wi-Fi, GPS, etc. are on, but it was getting VERY warm. Eventually I looked into the voltage the phone was charging at, and it was at 4.385 Volts! The MAX voltage a LiIon (1 cell) battery can charge at is 4.1/4.2 Volts (depending on quality of cell and if nominal voltage is 3.6 or 3.7). The Evo 3D battery is a 3.7 Volt (Nominal) LiIon battery, as is the battery in the Evo Shift, Evo 4G, and majority of other phones on the market. This means the MAX voltage the battery can take without danger of leakage, bursting, explosion, over-heating and DRASTIC/FAST life span reduction is 4.2 Volts.... not 4.21, 4.3, 4.385. The size of the battery doesn't matter... it can be 1500, 1750, 5000 mah... the max voltage per cell is 4.2 Volts. And this is exactly what my prior phone, the Evo 4G, used to reach and stay at until completely charged. After playing with the phones settings, switching chargers, and going to lower amp-hour charging rates with no change, I contacted Sprint. I spoke with several representatives, including an "Advanced Technician", who agreed the phone should not be getting as warm as it was (105+ in a 68 degree room) OR charge beyond 4.2 Volts... the phone was obviously broken and a new replacement Evo 3D was Next Day aired to me. It arrived Friday, July 1st. I plugged the new phone in and several hours later checked it's charge... it was at 97% and hovering in that area (as the 1st Evo 3D had done) and the Voltage was reading 4.350.... not as high as the previous phone, but way too high. It does not dropped below 4.2 Volts until the phone is unplugged and lost 15-20% of it's charge. This is a huge problem, because I did notice a LARGE reduction in battery life with the previous Evo 3D in only a period of ONE WEEK, because the battery was literally getting cooked. I live in a area with good coverage (3 to 4 bars) and past phones have never had to "work" to get signal. Both Evo 3D's have. Time to call Sprint again, and I did several hours ago. After describing the issue, I was transferred to another "Advanced Technical" agent. We spoke for awhile, and he did some basic trouble shooting, etc. Eventually what he said was pretty shocking... coming from the mouth of a Sprint Employee... he said he can't believe there hasn't been any "accidents" yet with the Evo 3D's battery heating and charging issues. He said there IS an issue with the Evo 3D over-heating, although no "official" releases or acknowledgements have come from Sprint or HTC because of the limited time the phone has been out, and complaints just starting to come in. He did not know if it was all of the Evo 3D phones or just a certain percentage of them, but over the past week he spoke to seven other Evo 3D customers, all of them having major issues with the phone getting very hot, some complaining about the battery life getting shorter in addition to the heat. The technician felt it was hardware issue with the phone, and not a software issue. He also commented on a customer who had called in with an Evo 3D, and while the phone was charging in his car, it started power-cycling repeatedly, even when unplugged. He was not able to stop it until pulling the battery, which was almost to hot to handle. The Technician wasn't able to tell me if there would be a fix or if an Over-The-Air fix is even possible (being that this is not an officially recognized problem AS OF YET, and that it is likely a hardware issue)... but strongly suggested I not let my 30 day return period elapse. This is no accusation, and I have nothing against Sprint... I've been a customer with them for 9 years, and I think the Evo 3D is a great phone (I really could care less about it's 3D capability... but the rest of the phone is great). I will happily keep the phone if this issue can be resolved... otherwise, I'll have to pull the 4G out of the drawer. So, that is just my experience. My apologies if I sound defensive in the comments at all.... I just ran into a few other people's comments on the forum who were commenting on the excess heat and the battery life of the phone dropping fast, and many responses they got blamed the OWNER of the phone for the problem (too many apps running, GPS, Wi-Fi and/or 4G running with other combos, etc.) I don't want to hear negative responses.... I'm just putting this out there so the problem with the phone can be addressed. Good luck... and if you have any doubts, check your phones voltage, and then check out the chemistry of LiIon/LiPo cells. I've worked and played with these battery cells for years, and believe you'll be experiencing the same problems if your BATTERY is getting more than 4.2 Volts (The chargers put out 5 or more volts to the PHONE.... the phone should only allow 4.2 of those volts to reach the phone). And one last thing... this occurs with the supplied HTC charger, as well as previous HTC chargers, and aftermarket chargers with lower amperage that I've tried. I took the battery out of the phone and charged it on a digital charger at 4.2 Volts..... it stayed cool and took a full charge.


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Health Care
All the lonely people: how we live alone past 65
Clydie Pugh-Myers, one of the state's first black licensed practical nurses, once drove a red Cadillac around Durham, sang in the choir at her church, and generally stayed busy.
These days, living with two knee replacements, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and other ailments, she can no longer drive and sits at home alone a lot. She says even people from her church don't come to see her much.
"Since I've gotten 84, it's gotten tough," Pugh-Myers said in her South Durham home.
Like Pugh-Myers, roughly three out of 10 North Carolinians older than 65 live alone, as do 12 million people nationally. As the state's over-65 population reaches a million, the percentage and raw numbers of older people living alone will also increase, the result of the flood of baby boomers, many of whom have divorced, never married or will outlive spouses.
Researchers at the Washington, D.C.-based AARP Foundation have pinpointed social isolation as a factor, along with housing, income and hunger, that can lead to catastrophe for older people. Stacks of medical studies tie living alone to increased rates of physical and mental illness, another indication that rising Medicare costs will be even tougher to contain.
Faced with the alternative of long-term care, most older people prefer to live alone, but it's not easy and there are emotional and physical risks. The keys to successful "aging in community" involve support from family and sometimes government, advocacy in health care, keeping up mobility, access to transportation and social involvement.
For example, Pugh-Myers has a background in health care and help from family and government-paid caregivers to protect her from some of the worst consequences of living alone.
"I stay alone so far," she said. "It's a tough life, but God's good. I've got two or three friends. When I was working, I had a whole lot of friends."
Daniel Rodriquez, 87, in North Raleigh, has family members living nearby who check on him daily, and family in his native Puerto Rico he talks with regularly.
Martha Driver, 85, of Garner, also has supportive family and a deep religious faith.
Professionals who work with older people say they need either to have strong advocates for them in dealing with health care and other vital matters. Or, like Clydie Pugh-Myers, an older person can speak up for herself, as she felt compelled to do during a recent hospital visit.
"I said, 'What kind of antibiotic am I on? I've been on that long enough – I would change that,'" she said. "Everything I told them to do, they did it, and I got better."
Thin network of care
The guardianship files on the 11th floor of the Wake County Courthouse are checkered with older people for whom the system didn't work until a crisis arose and the county's Adult Protective Services stepped in.
A 61-year-old Cary man was living alone in June 2011 when he came to the attention of Wake Adult Protective Services after a fall. The stark tale of his struggles with mental illness and substance abuse emerge in his file.
"Exam by physician found patient to be disheveled, appears homeless, non-compliant with medications and prolonged alcohol abuse, referred to neurology and psychiatry for patient's ability to make decisions," a WakeMed Cary emergency department doctor wrote in admission documents.
A psychiatric examination found the man had memory impairment, poor attention and concentration and could not remember conversations from the previous day.
"He has a brother who reportedly takes care of him, but it does not appear the brother is able to take care of the patient and prevent injury," the hospital report said. After a psychiatric evaluation, the man had a guardian appointed and was placed in a Harnett County assisted-living home for safekeeping.
Conditions can turn grim for older people in a society where people are living longer, husbands usually die before wives, relatives aren't always nearby and social services are shrinking relative to the growing number of aging baby boomers.
"They have no children. Their siblings have died," said Alan Winstead, executive director of Meals on Wheels of Wake County. "And they are alone."
Myers, Driver and Rodriquez each get visits from Meals on Wheels or in-home caregivers, part of a set of state, local and federal services that are mostly maxed out and face static or decreasing funding. Federal sequestration cuts have trimmed $1.9 million this year from North Carolina counties' ability to offer this help. Meals on Wheels of Wake County, for example, will serve 12,000 fewer meals this year because of sequestration cuts.
Gov. Pat McCrory's budget calls for no increase for such services, despite waiting lists of more than 13,000 people statewide.
'I used to have a good time'
Daniel Rodriquez is one of the more fortunate solo seniors, practicing what experts call "aging in community." He lives alone in North Raleigh and no longer drives, but remains close to family, with one daughter in the same apartment complex. Rodriquez spent his career as a plant manager in New England, then came to North Carolina after his adult children moved here.
"My daughter comes every day," Rodriquez said. "I've got another one in Wake Forest; she comes every Saturday."
For daughter Lydia Menzel, 57, the weekly trip from Wake Forest is a Saturday reward as well as a chance to fix food and prepare medication for Rodriquez.
"I'm finding it to be a blessing," Menzel said. "It's great every week."
For exercise, Rodriquez takes his dog, constant companion Tess, out for a walk three or four times a day. He used to go to church, but doesn't go as often now because it involves a trip to Wake Forest. Neatly dressed in jeans, a flannel shirt and flip-flops, he spends much of the day in his tidy apartment thinking of his late wife, Rosa, who died in August 2011 at 83.
"Since my wife died, I've been with the feelings that I would like God to take care of me," Rodriquez said. "I've got friends here, but not friends too close. Not like I had when I was working.
"It's a lot different. It's kind of tough."
Rodriquez has a colorful life to reflect on – he spent his teen years in Puerto Rico, then moved to New York City in the 1940s. Before he started climbing the ladder to success in manufacturing, he got a job making brushes for 75 cents a day.
"I used to have a good time," he said of his days working and partying in lower Manhattan, then raising a family. "Now I am suffering myself a little. Sometimes I think I am getting my daughters to work a little bit too much.
"I ask God to let me be with him and stop this type of life."
A new normal
Rodriquez used to supervise dozens of workers in factories. Clydie Pugh-Myers led a crowded life between her family, work in hospitals, in private-duty nursing and in church.
Martha Driver, 85, worked for BellSouth until she was 65, then stayed on past the typical retirement date because the company needed her. Many of today's older seniors have rich lives to remember, but may lack the resources, ability or will get out of the house to shop or see friends and family.
"I think it's up to the person how involved you want to be with activities," Driver said. "I haven't been able to go to church in a little over a year.
"I did real well until the last year and a half. I had double pneumonia and had side effects from that. It seems like I don't have the same energy I did."
Like Rodriquez and Pugh-Myers, Driver has strong religious faith. But like many people living alone, she sometimes finds it hard to keep an even keel. The fatal shooting of 20 children in Newtown, Conn., came as a particular shock, she said.
There are ways that older people living alone can reduce the harmful effects that this life situation can bring. But they often require changes in lifelong habits, acceptance of new ways of doing things and higher levels of dependence.
Use it or lose it
Although Raleigh, Durham and Garner all have senior centers, older people need the will as well as the means to get to the activities.
"If you don't stay active, you start losing your ability to be active," said Winstead, with Meals on Wheels of Wake County.
The agency serves thousands of residents daily, both with home visits and at senior centers or other sites where dozens of seniors can dine and talk together. Meals on Wheels is largely funded through home and community-care block grants.
"If you're going to a congregate meal site, you get to do a few activities with your new friends," Winstead said. "It's very simple if you're at your apartment to say, 'Nah, I don't feel like it.'"
Dan Blazer, a Duke University psychiatrist, said the proximity of other people, particularly a spouse, is typically a sign that an older person will be healthier, physically and emotionally.
"Often you need somebody there to say, 'Did you take your pills tonight?'" he said. "When a spouse dies, with men especially, their mortality increases in the year after their spouse's death.
"When you lose somebody really close to you, like a spouse, not only do you miss the person emotionally, there are routines that you go through, like what you do in the morning. When that other person is gone, that routine is gone and that can be very disruptive."
Even when family members visit regularly, older people can be discovered with quickly developing medical conditions.
"It's certainly something you see not infrequently, a family comes in and sees something that is very disturbing," Blazer said.
Changes in social services and the mental health system mean that more people living alone may see their lives spin out of control, said Craig Burrus, Wake County's program manager of senior and adult services .
"It's on the increase and likely to continue based on the state of the mental health system and the dwindling of services and personal interaction with the people that need help," Burrus said.
Among other county functions, Burrus oversees Adult Protective Services, the staffers who get called in when an adult – such as the Cary man – can clearly no longer maintain an independent life.
If the person is living in a seniors-only complex such as Capital Towers in North Raleigh, management can alert the county that the tenant's situation is desperate.
"They happen to go into somebody's apartment to do a routine check and it's a mess with feces all over the place," Burrus said.
A push to participate
With the increase of solo seniors, the importance of remaining engaged will also grow, whether through senior centers, adult day cares, informal gathering places or churches.
Blazer pointed to telemedicine as a means to bridge gaps between people living at home alone and medical professionals. A physical therapist could, for example, monitor via Skype the progress a patient is making as he learns to use a walker or crutches in a home setting. But the up-close personal visit remains best, whether for professional or personal contacts.
"The most advantaged people can escape isolation – they go into retirement communities," Blazer said, referring to places such as the Forest at Duke, where residents can start in independent cottages and wind up in skilled-nursing care.
Healthier or more mobile acquaintances can help isolated folks by actively encouraging those living alone – especially with memory or hearing problems – to get out and make their customary rounds.
"They tend to say, 'I don't want to do that,'" Blazer said. "It's a matter of really saying something: 'You've been going to the Kiwanis Club for years and years; somebody will come to pick you up.'"
Hazel Logan, 84, works with the senior ministry at Martin Street Baptist Church in Raleigh. Many members of the congregation from the World War II generation, Logan said, keep active and reach out to members living alone who can no longer make it to church.
But they also have an active ministry to younger people in the historically African-American neighborhood around the East Raleigh church.
"We grew together, we had children together and now we are old together," Logan said of her peer group. "We were satisfied with the church membership, but that is not altogether what church is about. We are focusing now on what's outside the walls."
Thomas Goldsmith wrote this article with support from the MetLife Foundation Journalists in Aging Fellows program, a collaboration of New America Media and the Gerontological Society of America.


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US women's soccer coach Tom Sermanni fired
CHICAGO (AP) -- Tom Sermanni coached the U.S. women's soccer team to a 2-0 win over China in Colorado in the afternoon. By evening, he was out of a job.
Sermanni was fired by the U.S. Soccer Federation on Sunday after a disappointing finish last month at the Algarve Cup. The surprising move came just 16 months after he was put in charge.
The dismissal was announced hours after Lauren Holiday and substitute Megan Rapinoe scored in the exhibition victory over China in Commerce City, Colo.
"We felt that we needed to go in a different direction at this time," USSF President Sunil Gulati said.
He said the federation will begin looking for a new coach immediately, with the team looking toward qualifying for the 2015 Women's World Cup.
Jill Ellis, the USSF's director of development, will serve as interim coach. She went 5-0-2 in that role in 2012. The women's team faces China again on Thursday in San Diego.
"I was completely blindsided," Sermanni told SI.com on Sunday night. "Maybe I'm losing my intuitive and perception skills, but I didn't sense a real unease in the team. But I could be wrong in that regard."
Sermanni said he assumes there was "some degree of dissatisfaction among the players, otherwise we wouldn't have gotten to this point so quickly now." He added that the players did what he asked and he has "no qualms with them in the sense of having poor relations with them."
He was hired in October 2012, but Ellis served as interim coach until he took over that January. Sermanni made his debut in a 4-1 win over his native Scotland on Feb. 10, 2013.
He spent the previous eight years coaching Australia's women's team, leading the Matildas to the quarterfinals of the last two Women's World Cups.
Sermanni helped the U.S. to a 13-0-3 record last year, but the Americans went 1-2-1 at the Algarve Cup, the last major tournament for the U.S. before qualifying for next year's World Cup. The seventh-place finish included a 1-0 defeat to Sweden and former U.S. coach Pia Sundhage, ending a two-year, 43-game unbeaten streak. That was the first loss following a 16-0-4 start under Sermanni.
"To put it in a nutshell, they just felt that the way I was managing the team wasn't working," Sermanni told SI.com. "It could be the U.S. team is a unique team that has certain demands that perhaps my management style or my philosophy didn't quite jell with."
His firing came about six months before North and Central American and Caribbean World Cup qualifying, which takes place from Oct. 16-26 at Cancun and Playa del Carmen, Mexico.
On Sunday, Sermanni experimented with a 4-3-3 alignment (four defenders, three midfielders and three forwards) and talked about the team making the most of its offensive opportunities.
"I thought our movement was good, thought our passing was quite incisive," Sermanni said. "What we should've done better is finish the game off a lot earlier. We really need to be finishing these games off when we're creating chances."
The U.S. outshot China 23-1 and ran its unbeaten streak on home turf to 81 games (71-0-10).
Holiday was back in the lineup after missing the Algarve Cup because of a family commitment. She scored in the 39th minute -- the U.S. finally solving goalkeeper Zhang Yue after a flurry of shots. Holiday nearly had another goal early in the second half, only to have it deflected near the goal line.
The defense allowed only one scoring chance to China, which played defensively even after falling behind.
"The most important thing is coming together now and figuring out what works and what doesn't," forward Sydney Leroux said. "We're getting better every single day."
Any further improvement will come under a new coach.


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text: The crew from the usa and Spain has developed a bendy `rectenna` the use of -dimensional molybdenum disulfide. A rectenna is a rectifying antenna, a tool that absorbs electromagnetic power and converts it into direct cutting-edge (DC) energy. The team explain that the hassle with flexible, wearable devices, far off sensors and clinical implants and smart medicine is locating approaches to strength them. the invention of a device that could be embedded into such systems to reap energy from the surroundings gives a simple method to imparting the important wattage for low-energy gadgets.