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CORRECTING and REPLACING Panasonic Introduces a 1/3 Type Single MOS Full HD Remote Head Camera for Surgical Use

 GP-KH232 Camera Ideal for Microscope Upgrades and other Specialty Medical Applications

Thursday, September 13, 2012
CORRECTING and REPLACING Panasonic Introduces a 1/3 Type Single MOS Full HD Remote Head Camera for Surgical Use19:06 EDT Thursday, September 13, 2012 SECAUCUS, N.J. (Business Wire) -- First bullet point under the section "Select Specifications for the Panasonic GP-KH232 Series" in the release dated September 10, 2012, has been replaced. The corrected release reads: PANASONIC INTRODUCES A 1/3 TYPE SINGLE MOS FULL HD REMOTE HEAD CAMERA FOR SURGICAL USEGP-KH232 Camera Ideal for Microscope Upgrades and other Specialty Medical Applications Panasonic, a provider of professional medical vision and imaging solutions, today announced the GP-KH232 series, a 1/3 type MOS full HD remote head camera system. The remote head camera was designed specifically for the surgical market and delivers exceptional 1080p full-HD image quality. This camera allows hospitals and clinics to upgrade surgical microscopes, such as the popular Zeiss® and Leica® brands, seamlessly from SD to HD. Sharp Image Quality The GP-KH232 compact and lightweight camera head offers a 1/3 type, full HD, single MOS sensor delivering a 1080p resolution image, with true 16x9 multi format, produces sharp, true-color images. A 12-axis matrix control with independent color adjustment results in precise color reproduction. In addition, dynamic range features enable highly contrasted scenes to maintain their color and detail for both dark and bright operating areas. "In this current economy healthcare budgets are tight and providers are looking for ways to best maximize their technology investments," said Scott Thie, Director, Healthcare, Panasonic System Communications Company of North America. "Now with the GP-KH232, hospitals can upgrade existing microscopes to capture full-HD quality footage with a new camera head, and reap the benefits of viewing clear, precise images in a surgical application, without having to buy an entirely new microscope system." Ideal for Various Specialty Applications The GP-KH232H multi-format capabilities make it an ideal remote head camera for a variety of specialty medical applications, including microscopy, industrial endoscopy, research imaging, ophthalmology, neurosurgery, industrial inspections, pathology lab applications, machine visions and ENT. Additional System Features The GP-KH232CU HD camera control unit includes analog & digital HD outputs and simultaneous standard definition outputs. Multi-function controls offer gain selection, scene file selection, and expanded dynamic range. The camera control unit is available with multiple camera head cable lengths, making the camera system a perfect solution in a variety of applications. At its maximum length of almost 50 feet [15 meters], the cable offers clinicians with more space, flexibility to position the control unit without worrying about the restrictions of a short cable. Conversely, at its minimum length, the camera unit offers clinicians in a tight space a short, manageable cable. Select Specifications for the Panasonic GP-KH232 Series *: Compact camera head: 28 (W) x27 (H) x39 (D) mm (1-3/32 (W) x1-1/16 (H) x1-17/32inches), 43g (0.1 lbs) 1/3 type Full HD single MOS sensor 900 TV lines horizontal resolution Multi-format: (59.94Hz) 1080/59.94p, 59.94i, 29.97p (sF), 720/59.94p, 480/59.94p, 59.94i(50Hz) 1080/50p, 50i, 25p (sF), 720/50p, 576/50p, 50i Multiple video outputs: HDMI, RGB/YPbPr, S-video Internal or External Synchronization Camera Head cables available in 2 m (6.6ft.), 4 m (13.1ft.) 6 m (19.7 ft.) &15 m (49.2 ft.) lengths *Specifications subject to change without notice Pricing and Availability The GP-KH232 series is available starting at a suggested retail price of $4,500 from authorized Panasonic System Communications Company of North America (PSCNA) resellers and distributors. Sales inquiries for Panasonic's GP-KH232 series should be directed to Manny Desai at email@example.com or 201-392-6839. Follow Panasonic Solutions for Business Blog The Panasonic for Business Blog delivers insights and opinions about the technology and related issues directly impacting business and government today and discusses how leading organizations can better acquire, manage and interpret information in order to drive innovation. For more information on Panasonic's healthcare solutions go to www.panasonic.com/healthcare. Panasonic Solutions for Business Built on a celebrated engineering foundation, Panasonic architects business technology solutions that help build a better world. Customers in government, healthcare, production, education and a wide variety of commercial enterprises, large and small, depend on integrated solutions from Panasonic to help them acquire, manage and interpret the information that drives innovation. 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David Filner on Classical Music
David Filner assumed the administrative leadership of the San Antonio Symphony in November, 2012. Led by Music Director Sebastian Lang-Lessing, the San Antonio Symphony is celebrating its 73rd year this season.
Yearly Archive for 2012
Brass Camp
The San Antonio Brass hosts their annual Brass Camp from June 11 to 16. From the SA Brass Web Site: The SA Brass Camp is an intensive six days devoted to developing students Musical, Physical, Mental and Leadership abilities through the study of chamber music. Students ages 12 through 21 will have the opportunity to […] [Read More]
Next Season
With the conclusion of the San Antonio Symphony's 72nd season this past weekend, it is time to start thinking about what is coming up in 2012-2013. If you haven't seen it yet, click here to read Mike Greenberg's review of the last concert. He said he was, "struck by the musicality and seamlessness of this […] [Read More]
Copperleaf on Sunday
The San Antonio Symphony concludes its 72nd season on Saturday night with music by Liszt and Bruckner So, what's up next? Music of Christ's Passion As a meditation on Rouault's Miserere prints, the Copperleaf Quintet presents music associated with the passion of Christ. Under the artistic direction of soprano Ruth Moreland, other vocalists are Andrew […] [Read More]
When time stood still
I thought I had this Symphony season all figured out. It has been a season of wonderful concerts highlighted by the wildly successful Beethoven Festival in January and February. I didn't think some Bruckner Symphony I've never heard live before could change my mind. But, tonight (Friday, June 1) the spectacular performance of Bruckner Symphony […] [Read More]
Is Bruckner challenging?
This weekend the San Antonio Symphony and Music Director Sebastian Lang-Lessing conclude the 2011-2012 Classics series with Liszt Piano Concerto No. 2 and Bruckner Symphony No. 7. Olga Scheps is the soloist in the Liszt. Click here to buy tickets from Ticketmaster. The buzz on Bruckner is that his symphonies are too long. The legendary […] [Read More]
Exceeding the Challenge
The San Antonio Symphony League offered the community a $25,000 challenge grant in May. They said they would match new donations to the Symphony one-to-one up to $25,000. (This was in addition to their generous annual support and countless volunteer hours.) We quickly exceed that goal. This so inspired a donor that we received another […] [Read More]
Bruckner 7
The Symphony ends the Classics series this weekend with Bruckner Symphony No. 7 and the Liszt Piano Concerto No. 2. A few months ago, Sebastian Lang-Lessing spoke about Bruckner and this concert. TWO DAYS MEET THE CHALLENGE The San Antonio Symphony League offered the community a $25,000 challenge grant in May. They said they would […] [Read More]
Olga Scheps plays Liszt
The last Symphony Classics concert of the 2011-2012 season starts with the Liszt Piano Concerto No. 2. It is no coincidence that the very first concert of the season included the Liszt Piano Concerto No. 1. This season marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of Liszt and the Symphony has celebrated with several Liszt […] [Read More]
For Bruckner Fans
The last Symphony Classics concert of the season is June 1 & 2. The concert will feature the Liszt Piano Concerto No. 2 with Olga Scheps as the soloist. The second half of the program is Bruckner Symphony No. 7. Sebastian Lang-Lessing will conduct. Bruckner is one of those composers that has a VERY loyal […] [Read More]
On to Bruckner
The San Antonio Symphony divides its 14-concert Classics series into two packages — a 7-concert Ovation series and the 7-concert Applause. Both are performed on Friday and Saturday nights at the Majestic Theatre. There is no musical difference between Ovation and Applause, and since 80% of subscribers don't select all 14, we use these two […] [Read More]
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Banff Mountain Film Festival coming to the Lowcountry
The Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour comes to Charleston at 7 p.m. Saturday with a presentation at the College of Charleston's Physicians Auditorium.
The tour is sponsored by Half-Moon Outfitters and benefits Charleston Waterkeeper and the college's School of Science and Mathematics.
The Banff Mountain Film Festival, a program of The Banff Centre in Alberta, Canada, launches a tour at the conclusion of the fall event, with stops planned in about 400 communities and 35 countries.
The films, about a dozen of them for a total of three hours, feature action and mountain sports as well as environmental concerns.
Tickets are $10 each, $8 for students and available at halfmoonoutfitters.com or any of the retail stores.
Lake City will host 10-day ArtFields extravaganza
Lake City will become a Southern art mecca starting Friday, when ArtFields' Southern Artfest kicks off.
The 10-day festival will shine a spotlight on 400 works by artists in 11 states, including more than 100 artists from the Charleston area.
The artists will compete for a total of $100,000 in prize money. Attendees will vote for their favorites. Artwork will be exhibited in more than 40 downtown businesses and other venues.
This 10-day epic Southern artfest will feature a variety of art events, including an art competition, workshops, lectures, talks, public art and more.
Most events are free, and ticketed events start at $5.
The full calendar and ticketing information as well as voting instructions can be viewed at www.artfieldssc.org.
Claflin University choir to sing at Morris Street Baptist Church
The Claflin University Concert Choir will present a concert at 5 p.m. Saturday featuring music of the English Renaissance period, spirituals and more. The concert, hosted by Morris Street Baptist Church, 25 Morris St. downtown, is sponsored by the Education Committee of the Charleston County Missionary Baptist Association.
The choir is led by Isaiah R. McGee, who also is affiliated with the Charleston Symphony Orchestra Gospel Choir and Spiritual Ensemble. No tickets are required; an offering will be accepted.
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The Windham County Sheriff's Department in collaboration with the Brattleboro Police Department, Brattleboro Fire Department, Dover Police Department, Rescue Inc, and the Vermont State Police are going to be hosting a TOYS FOR TOTS event.
This event will take place on December 14th, 2013 from 10:00am until 4:00pm in the Price Chopper parking lot on Canal Street in Brattleboro.
The mission of the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots Program is to collect new, unwrapped toys and distribute those toys as Christmas gifts to less fortunate children in the community in which the campaign is conducted. Our hope is to receive enough toys to stuff the Windham County Sheriff's Department Humvee and provide for many families in need in the Windham County area.
During the event on December 14th, we will have fire trucks, police cruisers, an ambulance, and other equipment on display! Come visit your local emergency service providers and bring a new, unwrapped toy to donate for a local child to enjoy.
Area residents are invited to donate toys any time between now and the December 14th event at these designated locations...
- Windham County Sheriff's Department - 11 Jail Street, Newfane
- Brattleboro Police Department - 230 Main Street, Brattleboro
- Brattleboro Fire Department - Elliot Street, Brattleboro
- Vermont State Police - 464 Marlboro Road, West Brattleboro
- Dover Police Department - 246 Vermont 100, West Dover
- Rescue Inc. - 541 Canal Street, Brattleboro
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Release: 11/02/2013
By Mike Mulcahy
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — In the first game of his head coaching career in The Pit, Craig Neal was nervous.
But considering his team, he had nothing to worry about.
New Mexico ran away from Eastern New Mexico University in Neal's first game as the UNM head coach, besting the Greyhounds 87-68 Saturday night in The Pit in front of an announced crowd of 14,153 fans.
"It was really good for our guys to get on the floor," Neal said. "I think we all were anxious — not only me as a coach, but I thought our players were a little anxious. I thought they did a good job."
The Lobos received double-digit points from five players, including a game-high 17 from Alex Kirk, and capitalized on the Greyhounds' foul problems en route to winning their 19th straight fall exhibition game.
With a new coach and a bevy of new faces, New Mexico played its entire roster versus ENMU.
"It was the first time in 6 years that we played 14 players," Neal said. "It might be the first time we had 14 players. I thought everyone played hard."
New Mexico was paced by a balanced scoring attack, as 12 of the 14 Lobos scored. Behind Kirk's 17 points, Kendall Williams and Cameron Bairstow both chipped in 14, while Cleveland Thomas and Cullen Neal, the coach's son, added 10 points apiece.
And while the Lobos were able to produce 75 possessions and 87 points, the early-season nerves showed up in the first half. UNM gave up 10 turnovers in the opening frame.
"I think everybody is excited and anxious," Neal said. "I mean when you have three passes that go to in the first row to the guy eating his popcorn, that's a little bit of excitement."
That mix of excitement and anxiety extended to the players, as they had to contend with multiple new lineups in their first game action in nearly eight months with its full roster.
"I think we just had those first game jitters," Hugh Greenwood said. "I think no matter what, you're going to have those pre-game jitters. Guys aren't going to be on the same page."
Nonetheless, New Mexico was able to control the game, going 25-of-53 from the floor (47.2 percent) and 6-of-19 from beyond the three-point line (31.6 percent).
The Lobos also used their considerable size advantage to wallop Eastern New Mexico on the boards, out-rebounding the Greyhounds 52-to-26. Kirk hauled in 16 boards to go with his 17 points, while Greenwood (5 rebounds), Obij Aget (5) and Cullen Neal (6) each nabbed five or more boards.
New Mexico also outscored ENMU in the paint, with 32 points to Eastern's 20.
"It was good to finally get out there and just be in the atmosphere and be with your teammates," Kirk said. "We learned a lot about ourselves tonight. There was definitely a ton of improvement."
UNM's edge in size also helped create mismatch problems for ENMU. Combined with New Mexico's faster style of play and a new NCAA officiating guidelines,the Greyhounds committed 31 personal fouls, which the Lobos were able to parlay into 31 points at the foul line.
Kyle Lantz and Rodney Blackmon led ENMU in scoring, as both tallied 16 points. Devone Davis (11 points) and Rafael Love (10) also scored in double-digits for the Greyhounds, who were held to 36.5 percent shooting from the floor (23-of-63) and 35.7 percent from beyond the arc (10-of-28).
It took over three and half minutes to open scoring the first half, with Eastern New Mexico striking first on a three-point shot by Santa Fe product Jordan Romero.
But the Lobos responded, scoring the next seven points — and 12 of the next 17 — to take a lead they would not relinquish for the rest of the game.
UNM pushed their lead to 13 points after a Hugh Greenwood triple with a little over six minutes remaining, and weathered a five-point run by ENMU to go into the half up 41-32.
New Mexico shot 45.8 percent from the floor in the opening frame, including an 81.3 percent clip from the charity stripe. Eastern New Mexico was able to use the Lobos' 10 first-half miscues to keep the game from getting out of hand before intermission.
The Greyhounds came out quickly in the second half, however, using a 8-2 run to close the close the gap to five points at 45-40.
New Mexico answered with a 13-5 run of their own, converting seven free throws to push the lead to 56-43. The Lobos would not lead by fewer than 10 point the rest of the way, opening up a 19-point lead in the last four minutes of the game.
"I just wanted the guys to play and get some good experience," Neal said. "It was a good night for me."
And with a good night under his belt, the nerves might not be as big the next time.
New Mexico returns to action Wednesday night at 7 p.m. MT to take on Jamestown in its second of two fall exhibition games.


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ReSolute, Blkmarket Membership & Esthetik Present Bpitch Control Showcase
Posted on 31 August 2010
As if the Electric Zoo festival hasn't already gotten us beyond excited for this coming Labor Day weekend, the ambitious minds behind Blkmarket Membership, ReSolute, and Esthetik are putting their heads together to give New York City music lovers yet another reason to strap on our dancing shoes Sunday night – the Bpitch Control Showcase. We're not ashamed to say we quite literally jumped for joy when we first glimpsed this incredible line-up. Ellen Allien, Sascha Funke, Nicolas Jaar, Kiki, Alexi Delano, Taimur & Fahad, and Steven Letigre will all get behind the decks for a no holds barred journey into techno heaven sure to carry you late into the next morning. You better start resting up now, as you will not want to miss a second of this musical event of epic proportions that promises to go even above and beyond the stellar events we are used to seeing from these party facilitators.
As a DJ, producer, label owner and fashion producer, headliner Ellen Allien not only crosses universes, but rather tries connecting multiple genres through the creation of an independent culture. Her label Bpitch Control, which she founded in 1999, is one of the most successful independent labels in Berlin and beyond, and has released a host of boundary pushing techno, electro, and breaks from international producers like Sascha Funke, Kiki, Moderat, Modeselektor, Paul Kalkbrenner, Thomas Muller, Telefon Tel Aviv, Jahcoozi and more. Bpitch's mentality is influenced by Berlin's counterculture, and thus in some ways Bpitch Control represents the musical and thereby cultural and creative movement that has flourished in Berlin over the past ten years.
Ellen Allien – Flashy Flashy (Nicolas Jaar Remix)
Along with Ellen Allien, Bpitch's second in command Sascha Funke will bring his particular brand of techno that sways between the polarity of emotional overload and concrete rationale. In addition, Kiki will be making his long awaited return to New York and will be adding his unique style which encapsulates everything new and exciting about electronic music, and New Yorker Alexi Delano, who has been a very important part of electronic dance music for the past two decades, will also be delivering his trademark sound. Have a listen below to one of Sascha Funke's new collobarations with Nina Kraviz.
Sascha Funke vs Nina Kraviz – Moses
Completing the Bpitch Showcase will be electronic music's new wonderboy Nicolas Jaar, who will be performing a very special live set. Nicolas Jaar was born in New York but quickly relocated to Santiago de Chile in the 90′s only to come back to his birth place as a teenager. Haunted by Mulatu Astatke and Erik Satie, Nico started to make organic electronic music in 2004 at the age of 14. At 17, he made his debut with "The Student EP" on Wolf and Lamb Music with a remix by Seth Troxler who called him "one of the most talented minds dance music is about to see develop". In recent years he has continued producing and played live all around the world, and has even started his own label, Clown and Sunset. Have a listen to one of his mixes below recorded live inside Brookyn's own Bunker.
Nicolas Jaar – Wolf & Lamb Showcase Live at The Bunker 3.13.09 [Download]
RSVP to firstname.lastname@example.com for more information and to learn the location. Advanced tickets through Resident Advisor are sold out, but tickets are still available from Halcyon Records in DUMBO, Brooklyn, or at the door on the night of the event.
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Max Tannone presents Dub Kweli
Posted on 30 August 2010
Monday is immediately made better with the release of Dub Kweli, a new mashed masterpiece from the mind behind Jadiohead and Mos Dub, Max Tannone. Brilliantly layering Talib's rhymes over '60′s reggae and dub plates straight from the Trojan record vault, this creation will make your ears smile. Hit the jump for immediate aural pleasure, and be sure to catch Talib Kweli this Friday when he DJs at Webster Hall with Questlove and Nina Sky. Continue Reading
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Rocking the Highline: Chiddy Bang, Donnis, XV, and 2AM Club
Posted on 30 August 2010
Last Tuesday night, we made our way to Highline Ballroom for Chiddy Bang's Opposite of Adults' Release Party. Featuring Chiddy Bang, Donnis, XV, 2AM Club and Samuel, the night had many surprises in store for eager fans. We arrived just in time to catch 2AM Club's great crowd interaction. As they sang "Worry about you," the audience chimed along. Next up, XV stepped up to the plate, commanding the stage with an awareness as he delivered sharp verses to some heavy beats. Playing several tracks from his mixtape, Everybody is Nobody, the audience took heed to every word. From Smallville, Kansas, XV showed that he has game, and that he can certainly play with the rest.
Donnis blew the roof off the house when he jumped onto the stage. The Atlanta-based rapper exploded with metaphors and presented a fresh accent of country cool and grammar. One of XXl Magazine's 2010 freshmen class, Donnis exercised crowd control like an experienced pro. Having seen him several times, he has certainly grown up from his freshmen days, but still knows how to play. When he brought up Jim Jones for a number, the audience erupted in fervor and excitement, and it didn't stop there. Following up, the live and instrumental infusion of Chiddy Bang added a fresh touch of indie hip-hop to the music depository of the night. With a hodgepodge of styles, Chiddy Bang has a knack for creating great combination of melodies intertwined with lyrical play. Their live variations and tracks from ther new album, The Opposite Of Adults, was a treat for the audience – especially when they unveiled a new song produced by Pharrell Williams.
Overall, the entire show had a great vibe, and for their first sold-out show in New York City, we'd say Chiddy Bang hit this one out of the park. The audience came for fun, and by the expressions around the room, they certainly got it. Check out photos from the night by Oliver Correa.
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Collaboration Alert: Robyn + Deadmau5 to Perform at VMAs
Posted on 27 August 2010
In today's awesome collaboration news, Robyn will debut a brand-new version of "Dancing On My Own" when she performs with Deadmau5 at this year's MTV Video Music Awards. Deadmau5, the evening's in-house DJ, is also set to collaborate with Travie McCoy and Jason Derülo to rework some of their current hits. Other scheduled performers include Eminem, Usher, Kanye West, Justin Bieber, Drake, B.o.B, and Florence + The Machine. The MTV Video Music Awards will be broadcast live from Los Angeles on September 12 at 9 PM Eastern Time.
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HiFi Chats with Sinden at Sold-Out HARD Summer Tour
Posted on 25 August 2010
Last Saturday, HARD Summer Tour hit New York City's Terminal 5 as the second to last stop on their nationwide journey bringing dance music to the masses. Terminal 5, whose capacity is set at 3,000 heads, was completely sold out; packed wall to wall on every level with enthusiastic partygoers who were nearly bursting at the seams with energetic excitement. New Yorkers JDH & Dave P started off the night with an opening set of disco tinged house music, which provided the perfect appetizer for Destructo's heavily electro influenced set, heating the dancefloor up in earnest. By the time Sinden took the stage, the crowd had been reduced to one heaving organism that was pressed up against the barrier as he spun a set of solid bass music, bring in elements of house, dubstep, and garage. Canadians Crystal Castles closed out the night with their explosive performance of experimental electronic music created through the use of a live band.
Thanks to our good friends over at URB Magazine, we were lucky enough to have the opportunity to sit down and chat with UK producer/DJ Sinden who has revitalized the club scene with his own brand of forward thinking remixes and productions, clever mash ups, and genre-melting DJ sets. Although Sinden's sound is associated with different forms of house music, his original influences while growing up stemmed from hardcore hip-hop, the kind that you have to be over 16 to purchase (in the UK), and that your parents would confiscate and destroy if the records were ever found. He sights Public Enemy and N.W.A. as primary influences, which then lead him to branch into the discovery of electronic music through jungle and garage. Pulp Fiction's "Alex Reece", which he describes as soulful, sparse, quirky, minimal, and different, fundamentally changed his perception of electronic music and inspired him to truly embrace dance music.
His new label, Grizzly, is in many ways set to reflect Sinden's own eclectic taste and his desire to keep things fresh and constantly pushing forward. Although house has always been the unifying focal point for the music Sinden has been involved in with regards to both his own production and DJ sets, Grizzly in many ways represents a move away from the traditional 4×4, and an attempt to create and experiment with new patterns and ways of looking at club music.The direction that the label will take is still very fluid, with Sinden's own innate sense for sound acting as the primary compass – certainly nothing to complain about. Sinden's own transition into UK Funky and more cutting edge sound has mostly stemmed from a boredom with the over-saturation of generic basslines, which stirred up a desire to move forward and keep things interesting, through tapping into unique micro scenes from all around the world, such as guarachero and old go-go rhythms. In this sense, he has never been much of a "genre" artist, preferring to dabble in many different areas and switch up his production, keeping us hanging on his every release.
Sinden will head back to the studio at the end of this year to work on some solo material, but there's plenty from Grizzly to keep your dancing shoes moving until then. You can look forward to the release of a collaborative record between Felix Buxton of Basement Jaxx's disco alias Jon Gionvanni and Sinden, as well as new material from Bassanova (Grahmzilla and Jess Jubilee's project). You should also keep your ears peaked for Sinden's remix of Lone's "Once in a While", which is sure to be a killer track, and as always, future releases from his role as one half of The Count & Sinden.
Check out the full photo gallery from this edition of HARD Summer HERE.
Posted in Concerts, DJ, Interview, Live Music, Photo Gallery
Dan Black to Headline Bowery Ballroom on September 9
Posted on 25 August 2010
Fresh off the "All Hearts" tour with Robyn and Kelis, Dan Black is stepping out on his own with a headlining engagement at Bowery Ballroom on September 9. The British singer-songwriter has been on a bit of a hot streak lately – his new single, "Alone", will be released this week with a remix by MJ Cole, and his video for "Symphonies" has been nominated for two MTV Video Music Awards.
CLICK HERE to buy tickets for his show on September 9th, and in preparation for what is sure to be a fantastic show, check out his Weird Science mixtape HERE and his VMA-nominated video for "Symphonies" after the jump.
Posted in Concerts, New Music, Video
Øya Highlights: Robyn
Posted on 24 August 2010
With the recent release of Body Talk Pt. 1 and the imminent release of Pt. 2, I was eager to see how Robyn's performance has evolved since I last saw her in 2008. The good news: Robyn's headlining performance on Friday was everything I could have hoped for and more. The bad: she left "Konichiwa Bitches" off an otherwise strong set list. But personal gripes aside, Robyn's set was hands-down my favorite of the week.
She started things off with "Fembot" and went straight into "Cry When You Get Older" before kicking back to 2005′s Robyn with a retooled version of "Cobrastyle". The set list was perfectly balanced between old and new songs, and included almost every track from Body Talk Part 1 ("Dancing On My Own", "Dancehall Queen", "None of Dem" and "Don't Fucking Tell Me What to Do"). As with "Cobrastyle", Robyn offered up fresh interpretations of several old favorites, including "Be Mine", "Who's That Girl" and her breakout debut single, "Show Me Love". She also played "Dream On", a collaboration with Swedish musician/producer Christian Falk, and closed the show with an epic rendition of "With Every Heartbeat" in its full original glory.
The creativity that Robyn displays in her impressive body of work has already set her apart from the droves of pop stars that have come and gone over the course of her fifteen-year career. Add her showmanship to the mix and she is completely untouchable. Robyn had me captivated from the moment she took the stage for her first-ever U.S. show at Highline Ballroom in February 2008. She began the show with "Cobrastyle", delivering the first four lines with a rigidity that matched the form of the song, then suddenly broke into a dance so uninhibited and natural, I can still remember the audience's collective awe and delight.
What I find so admirable about Robyn (aside from her music, of course) is how high she set the bar back in 2008, and how easily she cleared it two years later. Almost all of the artists I've seen on multiple occasions have failed to live up to magic of the first time, but Robyn is a clear exception. Not only did she wisely wait until she had new material before embarking on a major tour, her effervescent personality is so infectious, it makes you wish she was your best friend.
Body Talk Pt. 2 will be released in the U.S. on September 7 with Pt. 3 on the horizon, also slated for a 2010 release. Click through for photos of Robyn's amazing Øya performance, and CLICK HERE to see more photos from the festival.
Posted in Festivals, Live Music, Photo Gallery, Travel
Claude VonStroke's dirtybird Turns Five
Posted on 24 August 2010
According to his own description, Claude VonStroke does not scowl and look mean while he DJs. He does not pretend to know everything and he will be nice to you and your friends. He is grateful to be doing music for a living and he knows that the reason people go to parties is to have fun. If you want to act cool and not have any fun then please do not book him.
It's probably due to this attitude that dirtybird has always been synonymous with sweaty bass-lines, quirky ideas, bumpin' funk, and most importantly, FUN. It is therefore only fitting that a label based on a philosophy of bringing smiles to the dance-floor was created by a party. Claude VonStroke's enigmatic tech funk label released its first record in Janaury 2005, but the idea actually began in 2002 during the production of "Intellect," one of the most intensive studies on DJs and producers of house and techno music ever filmed. Director Claude VonStroke (aka Barclay Crenshaw) created the concept of the label in order to supply tracks for the DVD soundtrack, and in 2003 his friend Christian Martin purchased a massive portable sound system and began throwing outdoor parties in San Francisco called "dirtybird" with the grand idea of changing the landscape of San Francisco house music by throwing an epic free party in the park based on a new sound.
In 2005, "dirtybird" the record label began releasing vinyl. At the same time, the DJ alias "Claude VonStroke" was created as a joke, but the name stuck forever after the debut record "Deep Throat" sold through more than 11,000 vinyl copies worldwide. Since then, both the label and the dirtybird party have enjoyed great success, particularly through the release of classic dirtybird records such as "Deep Throat," "Stoopit," "Who's Afraid of Detroit?," and "The Whistler." Artists on the label are mostly from San Francisco (like Justin Martin, Worthy, and Claude VonStroke), but the label has recently been expanding beyond its West Coast home base to include a more diverse roster of talent.
As for the man himself, since 2005, VonStroke has released two artist albums as well as a Fabric mix and over 25 remixes for a wide range of commercial and underground artists from Indy rock group "The Rapture" to Detroit techno legend Kevin Saunderson. Tour wise, Claude has headlined almost every major club, festival and basement after-party in the world. He will be appearing Saturday, September 4th on the Sunday School Grove stage at Electric Zoo Festival, an opportunity to experience the tech house master for yourself that you definitely do not want to miss.
To celebrate the five year anniversary of one of America's quirkiest labels, a 3 CD package with over 50 tracks has been put together representing the past, present, and future of the label.
Disc One – The Past: Includes all the greatest hits and most loved dirtybird tracks including everthing from Claude VonStroke's classic "Who's Afraid of Detroit?" to the Martin Brothers hyphy-house anthem, "Stoopit."
Disc Two – The Present: Justin Martin, the man behind DB001, one half of the Martin Brothers, and one of the original founders of the dirtybird party represents the full catalog with a superb DJ mix using bit, pieces, and parts from over 30 dirtybird classic and future tracks.
Disc Three – The Future: Claude VonStroke spent almost a full year A&R-ing this cd filled with new classics and crazy cuts representing the future of the dirtybird sound, further expanding the label from SF to Europe, Canada and beyond.
Visit the dirtybird WEBSITE to pick up a copy of Five Years of dirtybird, as well as other releases from the label's impressive array of talent, and to see what else the dirtybird gang is up to.
Just remember, Claude VonStroke is only coming to see you if you want to enjoy yourself and get sweaty and nasty. If you want to wear a sweater and frown in the VIP section, he is not the right DJ for you. With that in mind, we'll see you Saturday at Electric Zoo, stage front and center.
Posted in DJ, Festivals, Music News
New Forthcoming EP From Flying Lotus – Stream "Camera Day"
Posted on 21 August 2010
Just in time for his appearance at Electric Zoo this Labor Day weekend, pioneer beat master Flying Lotus has announced a September 21 release date for his new EP, Pattern+Grid World, through Warp Records. Still riding the wave of epic success that was Cosmogramma as well as touring all over the globe, it's astounding to think the man had time to produce a new EP so soon – not that we're complaining. Flying Lotus' abstract and jazz-tinted style of electronic music pushes boundaries and challenges listeners in the best possible way, creating an aural journey that is thought provoking, inspirational, and often downright extraordinary. Judging by the evolution of his talent for production and his artistic vision, this new EP promises to be just as incredible and forward looking as his other releases, if not more so.
Make sure to catch FlyLo's set Saturday September 4th at the Red Bull Music Academy Riverside Stage during Electric Zoo. You can also pre-order the EP in either CD or 12″ vinyl form here, as well as other material from the innovative artist.
Just in case you're not excited enough about the prospect of this, FlyLo has released his first track "Camera Day" off the new EP, which you can stream below. Feel free to dance around the room, we know we are.
Check out the over art by Theo Ellsworth pictured above, and the EP's full tracklist after the jump…
Posted in Festivals, Music News, New Music
Øya Highlights: Major Lazer
Posted on 20 August 2010
What's left to say about Major Lazer? After attending every single NYC appearance, I thought I'd tire of seeing them live. Not so. Diplo and Skerrit Bwoy took over Øya's Vika stage with lazers blazing for one of the most explosive sets of the week. Though there were familiar elements I'd come to expect from a Major Lazer show – Skerrit Bwoy's "Pon De Floor" moves, girls dancing on stage, and a touch of Ace of Base – there were definitely some surprises in store.
Assigned the sunset time slot, Major Lazer ushered in the night with a full-blown party, transforming the stage into outdoor dancehall. Flaming Lips lead singer Wayne Coyne joined us in the photo pit to take some choice shots of his own, a testament to Major Lazer's growing popularity. Coyne wasn't the only one who made a guest appearance – Die Antwoord joined the action and clearly had a blast on stage, wearing Pokemon and Stitch onesies, no less. Unpredictable as always, Skerrit Bwoy took advantage of the scenic atmosphere, disappearing for a moment only to emerge in one of the trees surrounding the stage.
All in all, it was one of my favorite Major Lazer performances to date. I had to take off a little early to catch Robyn, but given their recent collaboration, I have to wonder if La Roux made a cameo after I left.
Catch some snaps of Major Lazer's set after the jump… and CLICK HERE for more photos from the festival.


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BALTIMORE –- Brian Roberts fulfilled one of his dreams on Friday night. His wife, Diana gave birth to the couple's first child, a baby boy, Jax Isaac. He's 6 pounds, seven ounces.
Roberts was put on the paternity list on Friday. Steve Johnson was activated from the 15-day disabled list.
Manager Buck Showalter said that Roberts could return on Sunday, but expects him to be on the team flight to San Diego on Monday.
He'll be removed from the paternity list by Tuesday's game.
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Rev Stephen Sizer has undertaken to be more careful about antisemitism in future. Soupy One comments.
Rev Stephen Sizer has undertaken to be more careful about antisemitism in future. Soupy One comments.
Rudolph Slansky was the Stalinist leader of post war Czechosolovakia who ended up being deposed in an antisemitic purge and accused of Zionism and bourgeois Jewish nationalism in 1952. Slansky's confession was written by the antisemites and beaten into him:
"I deliberately shielded Zionism by publicly speaking out against the people who pointed to the hostile activities of Zionists and by describing these people as anti-Semites so that these people were in the end prosecuted and persecuted. I thus created an atmosphere in which people were afraid to oppose Zionism."
From pp.145-6 of Colin Shindler's new book "Israel and the European Left". The source Shindler gives is the Jewish Chronicle, 28 November 1952.
some background on the Slansky trial from Stan Crooke.
More on the Livingstone Formulation.
NB some more examples of the Livingstone Formulation and some interesting discussion in the comments box here
NB an article about the Livingstone Formulation from z-word is here
[from Dave R]
This is a guest post by Eve Garrard.
Deborah Orr recently wrote a piece about the exchange of one Israeli prisoner for 1,000 Palestinian ones, from which exchange she infers that Israelis regard one Israeli life as being worth 1,000 Palestinian lives, and she also infers what she claims to believe is the corollary: a Zionist belief in the importance of the 'chosen' over other members of the human race. Many people have rightly commented on the grotesque illogic of Orr's calculation about equivalences, and her appalling assumption, in the teeth of the evidence, that it was Israel rather than Hamas that set the numbers so high. However what I want to concentrate on here is another aspect of her piece: her reference to the 'chosen'.
The 'chosen' ones are meant to be Jews, of course, notwithstanding Orr's fig-leaf reference to Zionists; the phrase long predates the State of Israel. The 'Chosen People': that's how Jews are supposed to think of themselves. Now it so happens that during my childhood, I never once heard Jews refer to themselves as the Chosen People. I was aware in some imprecise way that there was a theological view about chosen-ness, but this was primarily a matter of the burden of observation and practice which orthodox Jews were required to carry by a covenant with God. It was nothing to do with the lives of Jews being worth more than those of other people, and in any case the view in question didn't resonate at all with those Jews who weren't religious, and was never held by them. Indeed, it was never very likely that European Jews, in the shuddering aftermath of the mid-century genocide, would regard themselves as being extraordinarily important or strong or powerful – any use by them of the 'Chosen People' trope would have been bitterly and painfully ironic. But although I can't of course speak for others, I myself never heard it used by Jews; the only contexts in which I came across this phrase were ones in which it was deployed by those who disliked Jews, who wanted to sneer at or denigrate them. And even in that usage I didn't come across it too often – in the first two or three decades after the Second World War people who didn't like Jews were often ashamed to reveal their hostile feelings in public.
Things are different now, and this trope has been resurrected for the same old use: to denigrate Jews and stir up dislike, or worse, against them. In fact it's very effective for that purpose: most people (very understandably) dislike anyone who claims to be inherently superior to everyone else; and so to attribute such a claim to Jews is a very economical way of making people dislike and distrust them. By referring to the Chosen People you can, without saying another word, tell your listener that Jews are an arrogant supercilious bunch who despise the rest of the human race, and that you yourself don't much like that kind of thing; and indeed your listener (or reader, as the case may be) probably doesn't much like that kind of thing either, being a decent honest person; and so you and she together can enjoyably agree that there's something pretty obnoxious about Jews, or they wouldn't be claiming to be 'chosen', would they, or insisting that one Jew is worth 1,000 other people, which of course they must believe, since Gilad Shalit was exchanged for 1,000 Palestinian prisoners, and there's no other possible explanation of that ratio, is there, eh?
All that hostile implication from just two well-chosen (so to speak) words, or even in Orr's case one word alone – she writes with casual familiarity about 'the chosen', apparently assuming that her Guardian readers use the term so readily that no misunderstanding can arise from the informal contraction. This is indeed real economy of effort in the business of producing Jew-hatred. Orr herself may not, of course, have intended to stir up dislike of Jews; but the language which she chose to use did all the work that was needed for that unlovely task.
What's worrying about this use of the Chosen People trope is not so much its appearance in a little piece by Deborah Orr: a minor journalist making derogatory insinuations about Jews isn't anything so very special. But with Orr as with Mearsheimer it's the silence of the others, of those in the wider context – the colleagues, the editors, the readers at large – that's the really chilling thing.
For further excellent discussion of this, see Alan Johnson's recent piece.
Writing on Comment Is Free, Andy Newman warns well-meaning people against the antisemites stalking the pro-Palestinian movement.
Paul Donnachie and his friend, students at St Andrews University, turned up at Chanan Reitblat's flat in a university hall of residence in the small hours of 12th March to check up on their friend, Reitblat's flatmate. Donnachie saw an Israeli flag above Reitblat's bed and flew into a rage. There followed a court case which saw Donnachie found guilty of racially aggravated breach of the peace (i.e. that he acted a manner which was racially aggravated and which caused, or was intended to cause, a person alarm or distress), sentenced to community service and fined. Through his tears Donnachie protested in all sincerity that he was an anti-racist. St Andrews was unimpressed and expelled him.
"Sentencing Donnachie, a history student and member of the Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign, sheriff Charlie Macnair said: "This flag was his personal property. I consider that your behaviour did evince malice towards Mr Reitblat because of his presumed membership of Israel.
"I'm satisfied that you said Israel was a terrorist state and the flag was a terrorist symbol and I also hold that you said that Mr Reitblat was a terrorist.""
An account of the incident and its aftermath, with particular focus on the vindictive fury of the Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign and the anti-Israel fellowship, by Stan Crooke at the AWL.
A very smart piece from Phoebe Maltz, read the whole thing:
… Being on the left has always been about supporting the downtrodden, and since anti-Semitism is and always was about accusing Jews of being insufficiently downtrodden, there are only these rare moments when the obvious left-wing position is to get worked up about anti-Semitism – moments when anti-Semitism's on-the-ground influence is so great (think the Dreyfus Affair, the Holocaust) that thinking of Jews as victims becomes uncontroversial.
Where does Israel fit into this? The idea that Zionism was and continues to be the national liberation movement of the Jewish people, a flawed movement but a legitimate liberation movement akin to the postcolonial ones all the same, this gets lost because Israel is a wealthy enough country with a white-ish population. The fact that Israel was founded by those Europe had rejected on account of their "Oriental" "race" and told to "go back to Palestine" gets lost and replaced by the idea that Israel's a country dominated by a bunch of white Europeans – with all the global privilege that entails – who have no place in the Middle East. But the issue isn't really Israel, or even the fact that the Palestinians are indisputably suffering, somewhat more disputably the non-white party in the conflict (disputably because, Ohad Knoller aside, Jewish Israeli's aren't all that white) – it's about how Jews are perceived at home. I suspect that many in America picture Israel as basically a wealthy American suburb, a great big West End Avenue by the sea….
Read it all at What would Phoebe do?
And of course, Moishe Postone:
… The extensive and intensive spread of such global conspiratorial thought was dramatically revealed recently by the Egyptian television series Horseman without a Horse, which made use of the Protocols of the Elders of Zion as a historical source, and the spread in the Arab media of medieval Christian blood libel charges — that Jews kill non-Jewish children in order to use their blood for ritual purposes.
This development should be taken seriously. It should neither be treated as a somewhat exaggerated manifestation of an understandable reaction to Israeli and American policies, nor should it be bracketed as a result of the dualistically grounded fear that focusing on it can only further Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza. Grasping its political significance, however, requires understanding modern anti-Semitism. On the one hand, modern anti-Semitism is a form of
essentializing discourse that, like all such forms, understands social and historical phenomena in biologistic or culturalistic terms. On the other hand, anti-Semitism can be distinguished from other essentializing forms, such as most forms of racism, by its populist and apparently antihegemonic, antiglobal character. Whereas most forms of race thinking commonly impute concrete bodily and sexual power to the Other, modern anti-Semitism attributes enormous power to Jews, which is abstract, universal, global, and intangible. At the heart of modern anti-Semitism is a notion of the Jews as an immensely powerful, secret international conspiracy.
I have argued elsewhere that the modern anti-Semitic worldview understands the abstract domination of capital — which subjects people to the compulsion of mysterious forces they cannot perceive — as the domination of International Jewry.
Anti-Semitism, consequently, can appear to be antihegemonic. This is the reason why a century ago August Bebel, the German Social Democratic leader, characterized it as the socialism of fools. Given its subsequent development, it could also have been called the anti-imperialism of fools. As a fetishized form of oppositional consciousness, it is particularly dangerous because it appears to be antihegemonic, the expression of a movement of the little people against an intangible, global form of domination. It is as a fetishized, profoundly reactionary form of anti-capitalism that I would like to begin discussing the recent surge of modern anti-Semitism in the Arab World….
The whole piece by Moishe Postone is worth a read.
Ronnie Fraser, a Jewish UCU member who has been bullied, scorned, ridiculed and treated as though he was a supporter of racism and apartheid for ten years, is going to sue the UCU. His letter to Sally Hunt, written by Anthony Julius, says that UCU has breached ss. 26 and 57 (3) of the Equality Act 2010:
That is to say, the UCU has "harassed" him by "engaging in unwanted conduct" relating to his Jewish identity (a "relevant protected characteristic"), the "purpose and/or effect" of which has been, and continues to be, to "violate his dignity" and/or create "an intimidating, hostile, degrading humiliating" and/or "offensive environment" for him.
The letter alleges a course of action by the union which amounts to institutional antisemitism and it gives examples: annual boycott resolutions against only Israel; the conduct of these debates; the moderating of the activist list and the penalising of anti-boycott activists; the failure to engage with people who raised concerns; the failure to address resignations; the refusal to meet the OSCE's special represenative on antisemitism; the hosting of Bongani Masuku; the repudiation of the EUMC working definition of antisemitism.
The Equality Act 2010 codifies our society's rejection of racism even in its subtle and unconscious forms; it is one of the most important victories of the trade union movement and of antiracist struggle. The Equality Act is our Act, passed by a Labour government, a weapon designed to help antiracist trade unionists to defend workers who are subjected to racism.
How is it that a union is itself charged with its violation? The story begins with the campaign to boycott Israeli academia. It began to take root in the predecessor unions AUT and Natfhe after the collapse of the peace process between Israel and Palestine. By 2005, AUT Congress passed motions to boycott Haifa and Bar Ilan Universities on spurious grounds. There was a mass membership revolt in the union, an unprecedented recall conference was called, there was a whole day of debate, following debates on campuses up and down the country and the boycott movement was democratically defeated. But then Congress shrunk back to its usual size, the hard core activists reasserted their control and the mood to single out Israelis for punishment gained ground on the British left more generally.
There has been an unhappy and unstable stalemate in the union since. UCU Congress passes resolutions to support boycotts of Israel and only Israel; the boycotters and the Socialist Worker Party are allowed their demagogy, but they know that the leadership of UCU won't ever implement a boycott because they all know that it would violate antiracist law in the UK. The rhetoric ratchets up, the Jews are bullied out and the union does nothing at all to help Israelis or Palestinians.
With the boycott campaign, which is antisemitic in its effect though not in its intent, comes an antisemitic poltical culture. Anyone who opposes the boycott is accused of being an apologist for Israeli human rights abuses; Jews who do not define themselves as antizionists are suspected of being Zionists; Zionists are denounced as supporters of racism, oppression, war, apartheid. Nazism and imperialism. People who are concerned about antisemitism are routinely accused of raising the issue in bad faith in order to try to de-legitimise what is always called "criticism of Israel".
Now we have reached a tipping point. The government has found UCU's weak spot, its institutional racism, and it has begun targetting it.
What will UCU do? There are two factions inside the decision making structures of the union. There are the hard core antizionists and then there are the grownups.
The antizionists will storm with anger that UCU is being sued. They will say that it is a matter of principle that UCU should defend its independence from the courts and that it should defend its own democratic structures and its right to make whatever policy it chooses. They will say that the Israel lobby is conspiring against the union, that it is hugely powerful, that it is in cahoots with those who want to privatise education, that it is playing the antisemitism card in bad faith and that it is putting trade union solidarity at risk. They will say that there is no question of antisemitism in the union and they will at all times try to construct the question as a debate about Israel and Palestine. The antizionists will be tempted to treat their right to demonize Israel as more important than building a united defence of education. They will say that the fight against the Zionists is the same fight as the fight against the education cuts.
The grownups in the union, including the trustees, and including the lawyers who will advise the leadership, will want to settle this court action and to make it go away. They will be worried about the immense cost to the union of defending its antisemtic record in front of a tribunal, both in terms of money and also in terms of humiliating publicity. They will be worried about the rules of disclosure. They will wonder what the emails between Tom Hickey and Matt Waddup and Sally Hunt and Mike Cushman might reveal if they were made available to Ronnie Fraser. They will remember that the union's legal advice was withheld even from the National Executive Committee. They will remember that internal complaints by members of the UCU regarding institutional antisemtism were passed to a committee chaired by Tom Hickey, one of the central people responsible for the antisemitic culture in the union.
But what are Ronnie's terms? The reinstatement of the EUMC definition; an apology from the union for its record of institutional antisemitism; a new code of conduct concerning Jewish members; an ongoing campaign of education within the union about the relationship between antisemitism and antizionism.
It would appear that Ronnie is ready to go to a tribunal. He must know that it will be difficult for the leadership of the union to agree to these terms. Evidently he wants his day in court and he wants to prove his case.
The antizionists will also believe they can win in court. And they will believe that they can blame the Zionists for the huge cost of defending their antisemitic record and for the disruption to UCU unity which will become even worse than it is now. They will think that it is enough to parade a couple of dozen Jewish antizionist academics before the tribunal who will say that the union has an unblemished record on the question of antisemitism.
The grownups will not believe that they can successfully defend UCU's record on antisemitism before a tribunal and they will know that there is a good chance that UCU will be found by an antiracist tribunal to have breached our own hard-won equality legislation. They will imagine how the antizionist Jews will cope with unrelenting and forensic cross-examination as to the relationship between criticism of Israel, demonization and antisemitism. They will understand that the usual demagogy will fail to impress a tribunal.
The leadership of the union is now between a rock and a hard place.
Will UCU allow itself to be led into a train-wreck in court by the antizionists? Or will the grownups be allowed to open negotiations over how they will recognize, apologze for, and deal with UCU's problem of institutional antisemitism? But this course of action would be greeted by antisemitic howls from the conspiracy theorists, who would say that Zionist power has forced the union to admit to that of which it is not guilty. Who in the union has either the power or the authority to lead UCU out of this predicament?
David Hirsh
Goldsmiths UCU
Here is Ronnie Fraser's speech to UCU Congress 2011.
Here are links to some of the evidence concerning institutional racism in UCU.


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Summer stroll at Northycote Tudor farm
Posted: August 16, 2013|
Countryside rangers will be leading a summer stroll around the picturesque surroundings of Northycote Farm on Sunday, 25 August, 2013.
Visitors will be able to discover the history of the farm and more about the animals that live there – which include Norfolk black turkeys, pigs, geese, chickens, ducks, guinea fowl, sheep and Hereford cattle.
They will also be able to find out more about some of the conservation issues being tackled by rangers at Northycote.
The stroll, which will take approximately two hours, is free and to take part people should meet by the tea rooms in the courtyard just before 11am. Please bring suitable clothing and footwear.
Northycote Farm, which is off Underhill Lane, Bushbury, is a Tudor farmhouse steeped in history. It also has 36.42 hectares (90 acres) of parkland, woodland and pasture.
For more details, and to reserve a place, please phone 01902 397906. More information about Wolverhampton's parks can also be found online atwww.twitter.com/wolvesparkies and by searching for "Wolverhampton parks" on Facebook.


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I feel like I'm always traveling somewhere and while I'm excited about a new road trip, the packing is definitely my least favorite part. I tend to feel like I'm packing a lot more than I need to when I'm dealing with my toiletries. I found a simple solution on pinterest, where the travel "bag" is actually a towel transformed into one with pockets that you can even throw in the wash when you get home so it's always nice and clean! Here's what you need to do:
- Small hand towel
- 1 ribbon
- Needle
- Thread
1. Grab the small hand towel and fold it about 1/3 of the way up and sew it together on both of the left and right edges.
2. Sew this same pattern three more times, creating four sections that resemble pockets.
3. Sew the ribbon to the middle of the back of the towel.
4. Now that you're finished making it, to store it simply roll one side towards the other and secure it with the ribbon.
This project was easy to make and took less than an hour. Now you have an easy way to store your toiletries on trips that can be cleaned efficiently as soon as you get home.
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moreThis book presents a new front of research in conformal geometry, on sign-changing Yamabe-type problems and contact form geometry in particular. New ground is broken with the establishment of a Morse lemma at infinity for sign-changing Yamabe-type problems. This family of problems, thought to be out of reach a few years ago, becomes a family of problems which can be studied: the book lays the foundation for a program of research in this direction.
In contact form geometry, a cousin of symplectic geometry, the authors prove a fundamental result of compactness in a variational problem on Legrendrian curves, which allows one to define a homology associated to a contact structure and a vector field of its kernel on a three-dimensional manifold. The homology is invariant under deformation of the contact form, and can be read on a sub-Morse complex of the Morse complex of the variational problem built with the periodic orbits of the Reeb vector-field. This book introduces, therefore, a practical tool in the field, and this homology becomes computable.
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We have been advised by the Manufacturer of our Lyth Valley Damson Jam that due to reducing their output they are no longer in a position to continue making our Jam. Up to now the Jam has been made outside the County and it is felt that it would be more appropriate if we could have the Jam made in the Lyth or Winster Valleys.
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Charges of homicide by vehicle have been dismissed against a New Tripoli area man involved in a triple fatal crash in Berks County in April.
District Justice Carol Stoudt in Strausstown dismissed the charges against Samuel C. Miller for lack of evidence.
Miller, 53, of New Tripoli R.3 was traveling east on Strausstown Road April 16, when he ran a stop sign in his van and struck a southbound car on Route 419, state police said.