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Portland beat based trio Hustle and Drone have recently announced the release of their debut full-length album, HOLYLAND- set to drop September 2nd via Red Bull Sound Select (and now available for preorder via iTunes). To tide fans over in the meantime, they've also just dropped album single "The Glow," an anthemic summer jam with plentiful synths & an incredibly catchy chorus- perfect for a day at the beach or a late night out. For a taste of what to expect from the upcoming record, you can give "The Glow" a spin HEREwhere it's available to post & share!
The trio will take to the road this summer, playing a hometown throwdown in Portland, followed by a string of Arizona shows as part of the Red Bull Sound Select Comes to Arizona tour, alongside Classixx, Superhumanoids & The Flavr Blue!
Hustle and Drone was established in February 2012, when keyboardist Ryan Neighbors leftPortugal. the Man to pursue his own songwriting. He teamed up with longtime friend Kirk Ohnstad, and the two immediately began recording & writing. Hustle and Drone released its debut, self-titled EP in July of that year. The band decided to record with producer Sonny DiPerri, which marked the beginning of HOLYLAND- spending time at beach houses & their basement in Portland in order to perfectly craft the record. In the summer of 2013, Kirk made his departure from the group- bringing in bassist Andy Black & Ryan Moore.
Stay tuned for more news from Hustle and Drone coming soon!
HOLYLAND tracklist:
1. Holyland
2. Evaporated
3. Kiddo
4. Bhikshu
5. Night Light
6. Holdin' On To It
7. The Glow
8. I Just Need Some Money
9. The Husband
10. Skinbread
11. Backwards
12. Calling
Kris Menace is well known for being an in-demand producer and remixer working with the likes of Depeche Mode, LCD Soundsystem, Royksopp, Lana Del Rey amongst others, while his musical partner, Simon Lord, has a resume just as impressive. Simon was a member of Simian, with whom he won Best Music Video at the MTV European VMAs, Black Ghosts, and provided the vocals for the incredibly famous "We Are Your Friends," which Justice remixed.
Now the two masterminds have teamed up for a brand new musical project, simply dubbed Menace & Lord, bringing together Kris's unique flair for electronic production and Simon's individual voice and knack for a pop hook, making a feel good album with panoramic scope.
The pair first started working together on a collaboration for Kris' 'Features' album. The resulting track was something special and seemed like the first step on an exciting new path. The music kept flowing and after bonding over late studio nights, the pair decided to become
'Menace & Lord'.
Menace & Lord will release their debut album on 15th of September 2014. Entitled "Sun, Moon and Stars", it will be followed up with artistic and beautiful music videos.
Their first single, the album's title track, is available now as an instant grat download to anyone pre-ordering on iTunes, with an absolutely stunning music video to follow soon. In the meantime, you can hear the song at http://smarturl.it/smspt1sndcld
The song links the city streets to the stars above, and the feelings which take us between the two.
Listen + Share: First Single "My Club"
Danish pop powerhouse The Asteroids Galaxy Tour, consisting of Lars Iversen & Mette Lindberg, have recently announced the release of their highly anticipated third studio album, Bring Us Together- set to drop September 16th via Hot Bus/Rough Trade! Having won audiences across the world over with their unique brand of deliciously fun & edgy pop, the Copenhagen duo will deliver eager fans & new listeners alike ten tracks of pure audio bliss.
Bring Us Together first single "My Club" is an instantly catchy pop masterpiece with a psychedelic vibe punctuated by pulsing club beats. Biting lyrics like "tonight, I'll be the bullet in your gun" are laid atop smooth, melodic horn samples & killer percussion. For a taste of what to expect from the upcoming record, you can give "My Club" a spin HERE where it's available to post & share!
Heavily inspired by the two years of non-stop promotional & touring madness (and subsequent sense of isolation) following their previous album, Bring Us Together finds the duo's desire to explore new musical avenues greater than ever before. As Iversen elaborates,"We wanted to create a heavier and slightly darker atmosphere for this album. The sound is more processed, and less "manual" than before- with more weighting on repetitive beats, bass grooves, chopped-up loops, and a more laidback vocal style." The result is a sound collage & pop symphony created from equal parts of chopped-up danceable beats, spaced-out synths & bright neon green pop hooks.
Immersed within the Copenhagen music scene, producer & multi-instrumentalist Iversen met Lindberg in 2007. The two would go on to record a debut EP (Around The Bend) & two studio albums, 2009's Fruit & 2012's follow-up Out of Frequency. They've quickly become one of Denmark's most prominent musical success stories, selling out venues around the globe & acquiring fans worldwide in the process.
Stay tuned for more news from The Asteroids Galaxy Tour coming soon!
Bring Us Together tracklist:
1. Bring Us Together
2. Navigator
3. My Club
4. Get Connected
5. Choke It
6. Hurricane
7. Rock The Ride
8. I Am The Mountain
9. Zombies
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Brooklyn-based, New Zealanders' Streets of Laredo have announced their first full-length album, Volume I & II on Dine Alone Records, out October 7th. Destined to be a soundtrack for all things Fall, this album is a sing-a-long collision of jangling harmonies, stomping percussion, horns and guitars. Take a listen to their debut track "Slow Train" courtesy of AV Club. The band also premiered a teaser trailer documenting life on the road; check it outhere.
Founded by close-knit family members Daniel, Dave and Sarahjane Gibson and inspired by the fervour and madness of the 70's folk-rock circuit, Streets of Laredo was born out of trying to escape the mundane everyday working life. Older brother Dave tells the story, "Both Dan and I had done the hard yards in bands in New Zealand but we were worn out and a little lost by it all. And broke. I was running this t-shirt company and Dan walks in one day to tell me that he's finished with music and he's gonna go get a real job. All of a sudden my 'big brother' instinct kicks in and rather than see this young songwriter throw it all away, I gave him a job doing t-shirt orders, and we started working on demos and writing songs together, pretty much day and night from then on in."
Refining their sound and songs one holiday weekend at a beach house on the New Zealand coast, the Gibsons started to fashion a sound that was equal parts folk storytelling and psychedelic madness. With just one home-town show under their belt, a handful of demos and a whole lot of hope, they took the plunge and decided to move halfway around the world. Fast forward to the summer of 2012 and Streets of Laredo in a rehearsal space in Brooklyn NY with a guitar, a drum-machine and no money, trying to figure out what comes next.
Quickly adding fellow countryman Thom Darlow and local Brooklynites Sean McMahon and Andrew McGovern to the mix, this now rambling, multi-instrumental, seven-piece started to craft a dance-inducing mix of vocal hooks, beats and wild sounds that saw the New York music scene embrace them as their own - building a firm reputation in the music halls of Brooklyn and the Lower East Side for playing danceable, crazy songs that kept fans coming back for more - not to mention seeing the band feted as a must-see act at both CMJ and SXSW.
A quick trip back to New Zealand saw the band record the bones of 'Volume I & II' - ten songs inspired by their old life in NZ and their new life in NYC - in an old converted Auckland theatre where, courtesy of friendships and favors, they locked down that distinctive Streets of Laredo sound.
Like Bob Dylan running late to a Ramones concert or Paul Simon getting blind drunk with Grizzly Bear, however you describe them the resulting songs and sound have had an instant effect on fans and critics alike. Stay tuned for an upcoming US tour announcement!
Volume I & II Track List:
1. Everything To Everyone
2. Lonsdale Line
3. Girlfriend
4. Need A Little Help
5. Homeless
6. Hey Rose
7. Slow Train
8. Laredo
9. Dear Leron
10. I'm Living
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The new solo project High Ends from Yukon Blonde frontman Jeffrey Innes is titled Super Class and will be released October 7th via Dine Alone Records. Having previously revealed lush album cut "The Weight" and the psych-rock single "Intoxicated," NYLON has revealed the video for infectious album track "Downtown" today. Filled with irresistible, '80s-inspired analogue synths & an infectious refrain, the video is an artistic interpretation about relationships and detachment in the modern age. Watch the "Downtown" video HERE and we encourage you to post & share.
Innes explains, "Downtown" is a song I wrote about internet dating. It's actually more about a conversation I had with a friend regarding dating in general. She was finding internet dating hard to escape because less and less people try to meet people the old way now. She explained that in the old days she felt like a club was like a jungle and people behaved like animals. She used to hate being gawked at and treated like an object, but the internet thing doesn't feel like anything at all. I feel like the video interpretation that Sabre has made for the song somewhat fits the modern feel of what it's like to be single and detached from the new way of dating. The girl goes Downtown and still ends up by herself. It looks like she has a clear mind though, which is always nice.
Click Here To Watch "Downtown" Video
The ten-song LP was recorded with producer Colin Stewart (Dan Mangan, The New Pornographers) at his Vancouver Island facility. During the sessions, Gold & Youth drummer Jeff Mitchelmore handled percussion, Louise Burns and The New Pornographers' Kathryn Calder contributed backing vocals, and Ladyhawk's Darcy Hancock laid down guitar. Fan not able to wait until album release can grab the 2-track single featuring "Downtown" and "Intoxicated" available now.
Hailed by SPIN as "high-spirited pop that Haim and Grimes could commend," Lowell's refreshingly rebellious approach is what stands her unique brand of sophisticated synth-infused pop apart from the rest. In addition to writing openly about topics like sexual abuse, rape, abortion, and women's rights, Lowell boldly addresses LGBTQ rights in our society – as heard in the celebratory track "LGBT". Taking a cue from the feminist-punk contemporaries that her messaging has often been compared to (Kathleen Hanna, Beth Ditto), Lowell's brand of pop conveys the urgency of her subject matter, but her melodies keep songs accessible, optimistic and fun. "LBGT" premiered with Rookie and is available to post & share HERE.
Lowell's charmingly earnest yet raucous live show commands audiences to their feet. She has performed alongside Flume, Grimes, Majical Cloudz and will hit the road once again next week in support of her album's release. Lowell's debut full-length record We Loved Her Dearly, is available for pre-order and is set for release September 16 via Arts & Crafts!
Meshell Ndegeocello's first video from her new album Comet, Come to Me, is the groove driven, reflective and melodic "Shopping For Jazz". The video debuted Friday via Entertainment Weekly, who described it as "…combining a bossa nova foundation with a country slide guitar and slinky soul vocals." Watch and share the video HERE.
This is Meshell's 11th release, possibly a culmination of all previous work: lush, vocal, seeking, wise, collaborative, and driven by the signature bounce and precise pocket of Ndegeocello on bass.
The album features special guests Shara Worden (My Brightest Diamond) Detroit soul-funk player Amp Fiddler, Laurel Canyon psychedelicist Jonathan Wilson and Texas blues rocker Doyle Bramhall, along with long-time collaborators Christopher Bruce (guitar) and Jebin Bruni (keys), with Earl Harvin on drums. Assured of her place as an authentic musical thinker and an uncompromising artist, Comet continues to discover, examine, and explore all that music has to offer her and how she can return the gift.
In addition to her own recording, Meshell has been expanding her repertoire as a producer, producing three albums in the past year: British/Trinidadian poet and musician Anthony Joseph's new album, Time; Jason Moran's Fats Waller Tribute, All Rise: A Joyful Elegy For Fats Waller (due Sept 2014); and a new album by Grammy-nominated Ruthie Foster, also set for release this fall. Meshell will also be performing a select number of Midwest and West Coast dates. Head below to check out the dates.
MC Frontalot's full-length album, Question Bedtime, is out today via Level Up. With album artwork by Eisner Award winning and legendary comic book artist Bill Sienkiewicz, each of its ten songs explores a different fairy tale. Some will seem familiar and others obscure, as they hail from all over the globe. This release sees Front aiming, for the first time, to create an entertainment appropriate for the entire family. The songs are clever and catchy enough that the whole family will be rapping along. Check out the full album stream courtesy of Impose here.
About the album, MC Frontalot explains, ""Maybe this is in some way a nerdcore record, because it was seeded by my time reading fairy tales in my middle school library. Maybe because we still read similar stories aloud to children, it is in some way a children's record. But it is definitely a record aimed at a certain kind of inquisitive and enchantable mind, regardless of age or identity. I hope it finds them and connects with them."
Over the past decade, MC Frontalot has taken the musical genre of nerdcore from the obscure and underground to the main stage. He's released five studio albums chock full of ingenious rhyming, witty observations, and incredibly contagious hooks. Now, he's back, but in an entirely different way, and he has brought a ton of awesome guests with him, including Kid Koala, Busdriver, Jean Grae, Sole, John Roderick, The Protomen, MC Chris, Parry Gripp, Kyle Kinane, Paul F. Tompkins, and Open Mike Eagle.
Orange County alt-rockers Kiev released their debut full-length album, Falling Bough Wisdom Teeth, in October of last year. In support of the record, the band just wrapped up a full West Coast tour with fellow Californians Bad Suns.
Having previously unveiled the otherworldly videos for Falling Bough Wisdom Teeth album cuts "Be Gone Dull Cage" & "Solving and Running," the band has now shared its strikingly artistic "Falling Bough" lyric video. Known for their strong connections to the world of visual art, the FBWT LP art was originally a band favorite by renowned contemporary artist Walton Ford- who subsequently gave them his blessing to use it as the cover upon hearing the record & how it spoke to his painting. Additionally, the band is renowned for orchestrating & adding a multi-faceted 3D element to their live performances. The must-see "Falling Bough" lyric video premiered today with PopMatters, and is available to post & share HERE!
Mother Falcon's spirited live set is irresistible - the extravagant stage show includes several sets of strings, a vast horn section, a pedal steel guitar and even a bassoon and has been hailed by NPR as "Sweepingly Majestic" and The Washington Post as "arena-ready." Over the span of their East Coast tour this June, band member (guitar, accordion, vocals) and resident photographer & videographer Tamir Kalifa documented their 120 hours in vans across 7,500 miles with 5 GoPro cameras.
The footage becomes their latest music video for "Marfa," in the form of a stunning tour diary which includes a plethora of live and behind-the-scenes shots. In celebration of their upcoming homecoming shows in Austin, the video was unveiled with the Austin Chronicle. Click HERE to watch, and we encourage you to post and share!
Be sure to catch Mother Falcon live in a city near you- in addition to two homecoming shows in Austin at Long Center for the Arts and The Mohawk, they'll be hitting San Diego, LA, San Francisco, Portland, Seattle, Denver and more!


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Interlochen Center for the Art's virtual leadership initiative, the Logan Arts Leadership Institute, will resume this fall with its innovative curriculum for a cadre of new students. It will also unveil its second phase for returning students. The fall course opens September 27.
The Logan Arts Leadership Institute was launched last spring and introduced an online group of over 200 high school and undergraduate students to the nature of leadership today. A series of online webinars and live chats that connected prominent arts leaders from all generations to the students. Interlochen Arts Camp students also had the opportunity to experience the Logan Arts course through six in-person sessions this past summer.
Due to popular demand, Logan Arts is now offering a new session to address the individual needs and goals of returning students. The second phase will offer six modules that provide resources exploring specific arts leadership skills, such as communication, non-profit management and conflict resolution. These modules will be augmented with webinars, live chats and online forums where students can interact with and support their peers.
The Institute has also revamped its curriculum for new students based on the feedback received from its first class. It will feature new content and new guest speakers, as well as some familiar faces. Michael Thurber, Steve Hayden and Chris Gruits, executive director of Interlochen Presents, have been confirmed as speakers for the new session.
Students, parents, educators, and potential guest speakers can learn more about the Logan Arts Leadership Institute on Facebook and Twitter. New and returning students can register by accessing the "Sign Up" tab at www.interlochen.org/lali.
Interlochen recognizes the founding donor of this program, Kay Hardesty Logan, for her vision and generosity. Additional funding for the Logan Arts Leadership Institute is provided through a grant from the E.E. Ford Foundation.

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I got a new computer. farmallcub.com works fine except I cannot get the forum without going thru WIKI. I get the "Internet Explorer cannot open the web page" sign. Any ideas? Thanks
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Hi Dan. I'm not an expert at computers, but did you try this?? Once you're on the internet, go up to the top toolbar and click "Tools". Go down to "Internet Options" and click, make sure you're in the "General" section, the very first box should say home page and you can enter (http://www.farmallcub.com/phpBB2/viewforum.php?f=1) in the block, then click apply, then OK. Copy and paste only the link inside the ( ).
If everything works right, once you go online, the forum will be first up, elliminating all the middle men
When I told my dad I've been misplacing things and doing stupid stuff----His reply---"It only gets better"
You got a new computer, means you probably got a new IE.. most likely IE 7. whatever.... I am not a fan, but we will have to get used to it.
Rick has a good point and on that I use in my IE 6 and in FireFox. I have a primary home page which is Rudi's Farmall Cubs. One of the features in IE 6 and better is the FireFox style tabbed browsing. Follow the instructions in IE 7 to make each successive tab's homepage as part of your initialization routine for IE. Pretty simple.. Tool, - Internet Options, - Tabs -- follow the prompts. Then once that is open, I hit the Open All My Tabs button and the rest:
This should clear all the corrupt data including that which is stored in the virtual ram area. When you reopen, start adding the tabbed data. It will make your browsing experience more enjoyable.
I have been using Tabs for about 2 or 3 years now.. I like it a lot...
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Tried both things with no results. Let me explain further. Farmallcub.com is in the favorites. Click on and the home page comes up just fine. Click on any department except "forums" and it comes right up. Click on "forums" and you get the cannot open this page from Microsoft. Click on WIKI then return to forums and it goes right there. BTW I added Farmallcub.com etc. to the home page list along with CNN.com. Thanks Dan
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Dan, on your bookmark to the forum, make sure it looks like this:
If it has other characters/digits, it may have some session settings embedded in the link that have expired. To fix it, right click on the link and select properties and edit it manually.
Also, be sure you allow cookies to be set on the forum/site page.
Lastly, if the two things above are correct, you may have a corrupted cookie file. Deleting them is dependent on the type and version of the web browser and operating system. holler if you need help by posting your OS and browser/version.
In that case what you have a an inability to communicate with your IE software because one of you pop up blockers or other third party software, possibly your antivirus suite has http://farmallcub.com/phpBB2/index.php which is the main Forum Index, blocked. You will have to search to find it.. unfortunately..
It will be a major PITDerrierre.. for a bit. I had a similar problem with my router. It did not like it. In fact I actually had to put http://farmallcub.com/phpBB2/index.php on my ignore this page for the white list and the black list...
Maybe that might help.
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Before private companies like Sea School were allowed to administer the final test, everyone took his or her test at one of the 17 Coast Guard Regional Exam Centers. Those facilities are still in operation, but the National Maritime Center is now the sole clearinghouse for evaluating and processing licenses. I spoke with Tina Bassett, who is the NMC's Mariner Evaluations division chief.
"Our mission statement is to issue credentials to fully qualified mariners in the most effective and efficient manner possible," Bassett says. The goal of this dedicated processing facility is to turn around "clean" applications within 30 days. Delays are typically caused by improper paperwork or questions about legal matters or qualifications.
"The biggest glitch is when medical forms are not complete. When people get their physicals, they need to make sure the doctors don't leave anything blank or incomplete," Bassett explains. "We're adding more staff to our medical branch to speed up the evaluation process, but it can still be a bottleneck for those reasons.
"Our toll-free call center is a great way to stay abreast of your application status," Bassett adds. "We field 20,000 calls a month for all types of licenses. The operators can answer most routine inquiries or direct applicants to our subject matter experts if the question is more involved."
In addition to license evaluations, the NMC is also responsible for approving courses and developing the bank of questions that exams are randomly pulled from. Once a license has been approved, the center produces and mails it to the applicant. Taking the OUPV test costs $85. There is also a $100 fee for the application evaluation and a $45 fee for the actual license.
Before you start fishing clients professionally, you also have to secure liability and commercial boat insurance (which starts at around $1,000 annually).
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Chargers sign TE Gates to five-year extension
The Chargers announced late Wednesday that they have signed TE Antonio Gates to a five-year contract extension that will keep him in San Diego through 2015. According to ESPN's Chris Mortensen, the deal is worth $36.175 million, including ...
AFC West training-camp reports
In the fourth installment of our series of training-camp reports, we take a look at the AFC West teams.
Coryell's quarterbacks
The late Don Coryell managed to quickly turn a pair of quarterbacks who'd been struggling like hell into All-Pros aerialists — Jim Hart in St. Louis, Dan Fouts in San Diego.
Nose tackle should be Bolts' top camp battle
Following the release of veteran Ian Scott, the Chargers will stage a full-fledged battle for the starting NT spot, one that we hear will be the best of camp.
NFL suspends Chargers WR Jackson for three games
The Chargers have been notified by the NFL that WR Vincent Jackson will miss the first three regular-season games of 2010 for violating the league's substance-abuse policy.
Chargers sign rookies Butler, Thomas
The Chargers announced Friday that they have agreed to four-year contracts with two 2010 draft picks, ILB Donald Butler and DT Cam Thomas.
Innovative Coryell deserves Hall berth
Mike Holbrook makes a case for the selection of former Chargers and Cardinals head coach Don Coryell to the Pro Football Hall of Fame, in a column that was originally posted Dec. 13.
Chargers won't trade McNeill
According to "Whispers," the Chargers don't have any intention of dealing OLT Marcus McNeill, whom they'd like to reward with a contract extension after they've care of several other key players next offseason.
Coryell deserves to get Hall call
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Passing guru Coryell dead at 85
Former Chargers and Cardinals head coach Don Coryell died at 3:15 p.m. PDT Thursday at the age of 85 at Sharp Grossmont Hospital in La Mesa, just outside San Diego. The cause of death wasn't disclosed, but ...
Redskins' interest in Chargers' Jackson unclear
Reports suggest that the Redskins are one of the teams that are interested in acquiring disgruntled Chargers WR Vincent Jackson, but that interest might have changed following Jackson's three-game suspension.
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The NFL has suspended Chargers WR Vincent Jackson for three games for violating the league's personal-conduct policy, according to ESPN and NFL Network.
Bolts will deal Jackson for right price
Just months after going to the Pro Bowl, WR Vincent Jackson might not be a member of the Chargers when the 2010 season begins.
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Since the Chargers drafted him in the first round in 2007, WR Buster Davis has often earned rave reviews for his work in practice. The only problem: His dazzling talent has never carried over into game action, as he has ...
Chargers sign rookies Stuckey, Epps
The Chargers signed two 2010 draft picks late Thursday, S Darrell Stuckey and TE Dedrick Epps, to four-year contracts.
Royal is active for Sunday's game against the Jets.||||||| Royal had a hamstring injury for the Bolts.
San Diego wide receivers Eddie Royal and Robert Meachem are inactive for the Chargers' game against the Kansas City Chiefs because of hamstring injuries.||||||| Danario Alexander was expected to start in Meachem's place and safety Eric Weddle was expected to return punts for Royal. Curtis Brinkley is expected to return kickoffs for Richard Goodman, who was put on injured reserve on Monday.
Denver will not have Royal against the Chicago Bears on Sunday due to a concussion.||||||| Royal was hurt last weekend in a win over Minnesota when he collided with a teammate on a punt return. He has 18 catches for 153 yards this season.
Royal missed his second straight practice Thursday, still recovering from a concussion.||||||| Royal, who also missed practice time last week with a toe injury, collided with a teammate during a punt return late in Denver's victory over Minnesota last Sunday. Coach John Fox said the team was being cautious with Royal and following the league-mandated medical protocols on concussions.
Royal is recovering from an offseason hip operation, but team spokesman Patrick Smyth says the Broncos are hopeful the wide receiver "will be ready for OTAs in late May."||||||| A key component of Denver's deep receiving corps, Royal had a bounce-back season in 2010 despite dealing with a nagging groin injury all year. The third-year pro caught 59 passes for 627 yards and three touchdowns. He also averaged 11.9 yards on 25 punt returns and 21.4 yards on five kickoff returns. Any setbacks in Royal's recovery could open up more playing time for Demaryius Thomas, the Broncos' top draft pick last year who had an injury-plagued rookie season.


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That both under the erstwhile NDA regime, led by Atal Bihari Vajpai of the right-wing Hindu BJP (1998-2004) and the UPA regime (s) led by Manmohan Singh of the Congress Party (2004-2009, and since) a central feature of India's foreign policy has been to draw closer to both the United States and Israel is not such a hidden feature of India's post-reforms history anymore.
The more than considerate attentiveness to the interests of American corporates of course has been a long-term constant.
What I seek to do here is not so much to detail these histories as to draw a skein related to diverse episodes, one that seems intricately revelatory of a coherent macro policy intent, always latent among the Indian ruling classes but now more than ever in full bloom.
The details of this are by now too well-known to require iteration. Suffice it to say that on the night of December 3, 1984, lethal quantities of Methyl Isocyanate escaped from the Union Carbide factory, as water entered tank no.610.
Within hours, some 2500 citizens, most of them poor Muslims, lost their lives.
Since then, a total of 20,000 are estimated to have perished, and hundreds of thousands either maimed, or rendered permanenly disabled.
The only known antidote to the lethal gas, Sodium Thiosulphate, could not be reached the victims for one disingenuous reason or another. Forensic experts, fudged their reports, causing distortions in investigations over a long period.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) did, however, manage to file a chargesheet against Company officials in 1987. The charges included one under section 304 II of the Penal Code, "culpable homicide not amounting to murder" punishable by upto ten years in jail, a charge based on prior knowledge of the Company management that lacunae in the safety regulations at the plant, which did not correspond to safety features of a similar Carbide plant in West Virginia, could lead to disaster, and on their refusal to rectify the same despite admonitions and demands made that they do so. Ostensibly, to keep the costs of running the plant in check!
Whatever the other details, all in the public eye now several times over, the point of interest here is how Warren Anderson, the then CEO of UCIL was dealt with, and, secondly, how the highest court in India chose to view the matter.
And this we know from no less than the then Collector of the city of Bhopal, Moti Singh., from the officer who manned the airport at Bhopal, and the pilot who flew the plane that brought Anderson to Delhi, literally the very day the disaster happened.
Without mincing matters, the honourable Moti Singh has gone on record to say that on the evening of December 4, while Anderson was in local custody, Shri Singh received a call from the Chief Secretary, the highest ranking bureaucrat within the Indian system of government, to the effect that he wished to confer with Singh and the then Superintendent of Police.
At that meeting, Singh and the S.P were directed to release
It turns out that the state-owned plane was made available by the then Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, Shri Arjun Singh. Arjun Singh, it may be said, has always foregrounded himself in politics as a staunch secularist, and a diehard opponent of Hindutva communalism. Most of the those killed in
Just today, an Arjun Singh acolyte and erstwhile chief minister of Madhya Pradesh, Digvijay Singh, has told the media that Arjun Singh was not to blame for
It is a matter of interest that never in the last quarter century has such a demand been made by anyone,whether in the Congress or the BJP, a clear pointer to the fact that collaboration with American corporate interests cuts across party lines (leaving out the Left) and speaks for the ruling class per se.
One Indian media house claims now to have accessed a CIA file on the issue that records that Anderson's exit was authorised by the then central government inorder not to jeopordise American corporate investments in India at a time when such investments were direly needed.
Were one to think of a parallel to the obscene escape of the Carbide CEO from the country and from liability, what comes to mind is the great escape of the whole Bin Laden clan from
in the wake of 9/11.
Thus, if the Indian rulers obliged the American corporate, the Americans obliged the Saudi oil bigwigs with whom the Bush family had intimate business relations.. Cute, cosy, and consistent with how global Capitalism works.
Thus, although he remains an absconder-accused, prime one at that, and although an extradition treaty exists between
In that endeavour, it now turns out, they also had support from within the government of
Dow chemicals operations continue in the state of Maharashtra, ruled by the Congress, and in
Tail Piece
The sordid conspiracy to favour the corporate found its final expression in a ruling of the Supreme Court which held that the principle of vicarious responsibility did not apply in the case, and proceeded to water down the Chargesheet to " criminal negligence"(Section 304 A) as it quashed the charge of "culpable homicide not amounting to murder." This in 1996.
The then Chief Justice subsequently took over as lifetime chairman of the Carbide –funded
Thus, after a quarter century of the event, some seven or eight of the management of the then UCIL have been found guilty of "negligence" and convicted to a maximum of 2 years in prison!
But, not to fret, they are also promptly out on bail.
One other thing: the medical data from the disaster was consistently sought to be suppressed by the Indian Council of Medical Research
In the meanwhile, thousands of victims in
Not to mention the other perfidy; an out of court settlement with the corporate to the measly tune of some 470 million dollars, amounting at last count to some 300 dollars or less per affected victim! A half of the declared victims yet to receive any.
When the Exxon Valdex spilled oil off the coast of
And now, when after the BP spill in the gulf of Mexico, Obama seeks to "kick some ass" and reverse legislation that caps liability in the US at $75 million after the Alaska event under the oil lobby pressure, and to introduce criminal liability provisions, the Indian government is sought to be pressurized to cap Civil Liability for Nuclear Damages through parliamentary legislation at Rs.500 crores.
In other words, were a Chernobyl or a Three Mile Island to happen at a US corporate nuclear plant in India, the damages would be civil only, and about a half of that which was settled for the Bhopal disaster out of court! And, only the "operator" would be thus liable. Read, the Indian component of the management and not representatives or managers of the supplier company. Not the nuclear
In the proposed new Liability Bill, significantly, section 17(b) which asks for "right to recourse" if a "nuclear incident has resulted from wilful or gross negligence on the part of the supplier or his employee" is sought now to be dropped under pressure from the American nuclear lobby and government.
The Israeli-Indian State-Hindutva Connect:
The total trade between
The most recent evidence of the closeness has come in the form of the statement issued by the Indian foreign office on the Gaza-aid flotilla event. The statement, while deploring violent means to settle the dispute, does not name
But an even more sinister link has thus far been invisible to the pubic eye—one that concerns a connect between Hindu terrorist organizations and counterparts in
Between 2002 (the year of the Gujarat carnage) and 2009, a series of bomb blasts took place in
–2002: IED found at
–2003: bomb blast at Mohammadiya mosque in Parbhani, Maharashtra; and a bomb again found at
–2004: blasts at mosques and a Madarasa in Purna, and Jalna in
–2006: two Bajrang Dal activists killed in Nanded,
——– blasts at three places in
–2007: Feb.,18, 68 killed in a double suitcase bomb blast on the Samjhauta Express, a friendship train between
———in May (16th) blast at the Mecca Masjid in
———-October, 11: blast at the eight hundred year old Chishti Dargah in
–2008: a blast again at
–2009: two die while carrying a bomb on the eve of the festival of Diwali in Margao, Goa.
In all these cases, the investigating agencies promptly named one Muslim organization or the other as the culprit., hauled up hundreds of young Muslims, and used torture to draw "confessions."
Until, that is, thanks to the exemplary and fair-minded efforts of the late Hemant Karkare, investigations revealed the hand of Hindu organizations in the
Karkare's team now began to see that evidence of linkages between this blast and the others surfaced during investigations, such as common source of SIM cards used, common explosive materials and detonative techniques, and so on. A man named Rakesh Dhawre, a counterfeit arms dealer, is discovered to be the link between the
Karkare was thus able to implicate several Hindu organizations in the shenanigans, chiefly, Hindu Jagran Manch, Ahinav Bharat, Sanatan Sanstha. ( (Since then, in May, 2010, the involvement of two workers of the RSS, Devendra Gupta and Chandrashekhar, in the
Karkare begins to receive threats to his life, including on the eve of 26/11.
Three of the best Mumbai police officers, Hemant Karkare, Ashok Kamte, and Vijay Salaskar are gunned down as they are asked to proceed to the Cama hospital, all in the same vehicle, wearing sub-standard bullet-proof jackets that have no protection above the chest as statutorily expected and required.
This while the main terrorist battle-ground has shifted elsewhere.
Ajmal Kasab and his companion terrorist, Ismail are held guilty of shooting the three.
Smelling a rat, and distrusting the official account of their deaths, Kavita Karkare and Vinita Kamle, wives of two of the slain officers, launch their independent investigations.
Vinita Kamle records in her book To The Last Bullet, how in response to persistent Right To Information (RTI) applications she is told that, the three were advised to proceed to Cama hospital on the fateful day by Rakesh Maria, incharge of the control room during the terrorist episode.
Kavita Karkare and Vinita Kamle also find out that Karkare received shots in the neck and along the shoulder, precisely the spots where the bullet-proof vests did not protect him. Somebody had to know that the vests were defective and vulnerable in those areas.
It may be noted that the vests worn by the officers went missing, until under persistent pressure, they were discovered in some garbage bin. All were found defective.
During the Ajmal Kasab trial, Judge Tahaliyani asks pointedly of the Mumbai police as to what happened to the two bullets which passed through Karkare's body?
Not having the fatal bullets, the judge asked, how do we know whose gun killed Karkare? A speculation that continues to rankle.
Now, here is what: the chargesheet filed by the Maharashtra ATS detailed links between Abhinav Bharat and right-wing Jewish organizations in Israel, and that this Hindu organization had been soliciting the approval of those Jewish organizations for its terrorist work.
Hardnews, June, 2010 issue, notes in its cover story:
"Israeli covert outfits have been accused even by Americans for triggering off blasts in
. Those allegations found expression even in one of the big Israeli newspapers, Ha'aretz: 'the purpose and intent of these blasts, as perfected by agent provocateurs in different theatres of violence, is to deepen the divide between communities, create a sense of anarchy and revenge, and provide retaliation. Hindu terror groups since 2002 have also followed the same model.'"
That, however, Hindu terrorist groups in India have had such close contact with Israeli counterparts, that the activities of these groups have been sought to be kept under wraps or to be deflected to the usual suspects, or that it was Rakesh Maria who advised Karkare to go to Cama Hospital, Karkare who had boldly refuted the pavlovian instinct to blame HUJI and SIMI and other Muslim groups for the blast at Malegaon, and then found other evidences of Hindu terrorist involvements in the preceding blasts, that this spelt a highly undesirable turn of events for a particular version of "nationalism" in India, one closely analogous to a Zionist variety, these things suggest that the Indian embrace of Israel has been far tighter than anyone speculated. As well as collaboration on the ground.
Indeed, reading S.M.Mushrif, Who Killed Karkare?., Delhi, 2009, and Vinita Kamle's To the Last Bullet, keeping in mind the trenchant observation of the Judge (who has sentenced the terrorist Ajmal Kasab just the other day) on the death of Karkare, recalling how the police fiasco of 26/11 was strenuously sought to be pasted on the senior police officer, Hasan Gafoor rather than on Rakesh Maria and others, and noting what the Israeli newspaper, Ha'aretz has commented without fanfare on the Hindu/Jewish collaboration in terrorism, the favour routinely shown to Israel should hardly come as any surprise.
It therefore should not seem an excessive inference that the three amigos are indeed joined at various hips together—in a general attitude to seek dominance and privilege, in taking the military route to that dominance, in a barely concealed espousal of "nationalism" as a chauvinist/racialist idea at bottom, in designating a common enemy, and in collaborating in anti-terrorist mechanisms that include a Hindu/Jewish axis as well, and of a terrorist kind, and as the Anderson case previously and the nuclear-cap issue now suggests, in protecting each other's tactical and material assets and interests every which way.
All that informed and propelled by the interests of market-fundamentalist corporates in a deadly package to fend off the rest of the world, especially the Muslim world (notice India's continued reluctance to join the Iran/Pakistan Gas pipeline project, one that potentially bears enormous dividends to the Indian consumer at low cost) and a still-one-party-socialist China.
The dime-a-dozen military exercises among forces, including the navies and the airforces, of the three countries are thus meant to convey to the world that the three amigos intend to encircle the oceans, and aid and abet one another in ground warfare. The Inter-Operability draft agreements are on the table, whereby such forces must come to each other's aid in wars that will be designated common wars, and indeed carry identical uniforms and weapons for facilitating such warfare, besides helping American arms manufacturers to make yet more killings.
Such amigos clearly must be seen to be bad news.
It will remain to be seen how, public opinion in the three countries shapes in the near future. And how that opinion is marshaled by political forces that both see the tri-junctional coordinates shaping up, and recognize the dangers that lurk therein for the common good.
Inputs from
Inputs from
1. Hardnews, june, 2010.
1. Hardnews, june, 2010.
2.Hindustan Times, Sitaram Yechury, June 8; Sunita Narain, June 10.
2.Hindustan Times, Sitaram Yechury, June 8; Sunita Narain, June 10.


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The stepfather of the man who's body was found in Horsepen Creek on Tybee Island Sunday afternoon says this is the fifth death the family has had to endure this year.
According to Stephen Magune, 31-year-old Charles Daniel Cason's body was found before 4 p.m. behind their house.
Magune and a friend went to look for Cason Saturday night, after he didn't return home from fishing.
"Right after the rain, we figured he'd be coming home so we went and jumped in a friends boat and went down the river and found an empty boat," he said.
Which was Cason's.
Magune wasn't suspicious at first, because thought Cason left the boat to go hang with his friends. But, when he hadn't heard from him on Sunday, Magune and his friend went back out to search for Caseon, and that's when his body was found.
"Sometime after 3. We had found what we didn't want to find," Magune said, "We found him in the marsh, passed away."
Tough loss for Magune, and Cason's mother, especially after dealing with the death of their parents and Magune's sister -- all this year.
Magune says love and remembering the good things about Cason will get them through this loss.
"He was a great fisherman. He just loved the water," he said. "He was a very good person, and hardworker. "
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Spotlight on Faculty: Douglas Klahr, Ph.D
Douglas Klahr, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor in the School of Architecture.
In an effort to push for greater awareness of sustainability issues the book Teaching Sustainability/Teaching Sustainably incorporates a dual approach not found in many textbooks: it first addresses how to teach the subject of sustainability and then pivots to examine the sustainability of teaching itself. The book therefore transcends any usual approach to sustainability, and essays by twenty scholars underscore the interdisciplinary essence of the topic. The book's four parts guide the reader through these different approaches:
- Sustainability as a Core Value in Education
- Teaching Sustainability in the Academic Disciplines
- Education as a Sustainable Practice
- Leadership and Reform Strategies for Long-Term Institutional Change
UT Arlington Associate Professor Douglas Klahr (School of Architecture) wrote the opening chapter for the book, "Sustainability for Everyone: Trespassing Disciplinary Boundaries". Teaching Sustainability/Teaching Sustainably is published by Stylus Press and is available in hardcover and paperback versions.
Sustainability and Food Management
Below are two links that will provide you with information on Fostering Sustainability in Higher Education and Food Management in Action
Air North Texas Be Air Aware and Clean Air Action Day
Air North Texas Be Air Aware and Clean Air Action Day
On 6.21.13 between 7 am and 7 pm, North Texans will join in doing at least one extra thing for clean air. Previously on July 7, Clean Air Action Day will now be the first Friday of summer every year. Incorporate a clean air strategy when traveling to work, making Friday night plans, getting the weekend started early with a trip to the lake or in another way.
We are asking UTA community to pledge what they will do this summer to help promote good air quality. Make your pledge go to http://www.airnorthtexas.org/beairaware.asp
Click here for additional ways help promote Be Air Aware strategies throughout ozone season.
Civil engineers increase energy created from solid waste
Two UT Arlington civil engineering professors are working with a new imaging system that has doubled the amount of methane gas produced by the city of Denton landfill that is converted to energy.
The landfill is the first in Texas to implement the Enhanced Leachate Recirculation system. The gas now provides power for about 1,500 Denton households. However, with increased efficiency of ELR operation, the system will be able to power 3,000 homes in the city of 117,000, officials say.
Sahadat Hossain and Melanie Sattler, associate professors of civil engineering, helped the city of Denton increase the efficiency of its landfill operation.
Jean-Pierre Bardet, dean of the College of Engineering, says the work by Hossain and Sattler holds promising results for municipalities worldwide.
"This is the kind of innovation that will help cities harness available energy resources and maximize the utilization of available spaces at a time of unprecedented urban growth," Dr. Bardet says.Read more about the new imaging system.
Travel Support Grants
The University Sustainability Committee announces Travel Support Grants available to students, faculty and staff at UT Arlington working to enhance sustainability in the University's affairs. Specifically these grants will support (A) faculty and staff travel relating to curriculum, research, and public engagement and (B) student engagement in activities related to sustainability and the environment.
Travel Support Grants of up to $500 for one event will be awarded to members of the university community to attend conferences, seminars or workshops relevant to sustainability and environmental stewardship. Funds may be used to support transportation, registration, or other costs allowed under University travel policy. Cost-sharing with other funding sources is strongly encouraged.
All expenditures must comply with relevant University regulations concerning travel expenditures. Awardees will be responsible for all travel arrangements. There is a limit of one award per person per year. Also, the total amount per year granted to students representing a single student organization is limited to $1,000. The total amount per year granted to faculty or students from a single research group is limited to $1,000. For this purpose, a research group consists of a faculty member and the students they advise as major professor.
Applications are due on October 18, 2013. Applicants may either request funds for travel to take place after that date, or for reimbursement for travel that has taken place between September 1, 2013 and October 18, 2013. Applications should be submitted on the proper form.
Requests for an application form and any questions should go to:
Dr. Chris Morris, Chair, Working Group on Curriculum, Research and Community Engagement, email@example.com.
Sustainable Food Management in Action
How can the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency challenge others to reduce as much of their food waste as possible? That's the goal of the agency's Food Recovery Challenge (FRC), an initiative piloted in 2010 and fully launched in 2011. Along with reducing waste, the added benefits of the FRC are the potential for saving money, helping communities and protecting the environment — the triple bottom line.
The Challenge raises awareness about the amount of food unnecessarily thrown in the trash and educates about how to divert this food to its best use. In 2010, Americans generated 250 million tons of municipal solid waste (MSW). Organic materials continue to be the largest component of MSW, a total of 56.3 percent. This includes paper and paperboard (29%), food scraps (13.9%) and yard trimmings (13.4%). The 13.9 percent translates into 34 million tons of food "waste" thrown away by U.S. homes and businesses — 97 percent of the total generated. No significant progress was made in diverting food waste from 2009. Amazingly, food waste is now the number one material sent to landfills and incinerators.
Click here to read the complete article and how UT Arlington is participating in this venture.
UT Arlington Among First to Receive Sustainability Certification for Landscape
The Sustainable Sites Initiative™, a new rating system for sustainable design in landscape and site development, has named UT Arlington's The Green at College Park one of the first three projects in the world to be certified according to the organization's rigorous benchmarks.
To read the complete article click hereAlso read about it in the LAND E-News from ASLA. Click here to go to the story.
Announcement Sustainability Speaker Grants University Sustainability Committee
The University Sustainability Committee announces Sustainability Speaker Grants available to students, faculty and staff at UT Arlington working to enhance environmental and sustainability studies and programs in the curriculum and the University's affairs.
Environmental and sustainability studies traverse the sciences, politics, economics, culture, the arts, humanities, and ethics. Environmental studies examines how individuals, communities, societies, and cultures interact with the non-humans and ecosystems around them, so that we can better understand how these interactions might take place in ways that permit non-humans and ecosystems to thrive. Sustainability studies builds on environmental studies to recognize accelerating environmental destruction and to seek development of practices, ideas, and values that repair past damage, prevent ongoing damage, promote social justice, and enhance human and non-human welfare.
Sustainability Speaker Grants of up to $500 for one speaker will be awarded to support engagement of speakers addressing sustainability and environmental stewardship. Speakers may address regularly scheduled academic colloquia, meetings of student organizations, or special events associated with the University. Priority will be given to events expected to reach large and diverse audiences. Cost-sharing with other funding sources is strongly encouraged.
All expenditures must comply with relevant University regulations concerning travel and event expenditures. Awardees will be responsible for all travel and event arrangements and logistics. The Working Group on Communications of the University Sustainability Committee will be available to assist with publicity of events for which these awards are made.
Applications will be considered at any time but must be submitted at least 8 weeks prior to the proposed event to allow time for evaluation of the application and award processing. Applications should be submitted on the proper form.
Requests for an application form and any questions should go to:
Dr. Christopher Morris, Chair, Working Group on Curriculum, Research and Community Engagement, firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Announcement Faculty Fellowships for 2014-2015 Sustainability in the Curriculum
The University Sustainability Committee announces that Faculty Fellowships on Sustainability in the Curriculum will be awarded for the 2013-2014 Academic Year. The Committee's Working Group on Curriculum, Research and Community Engagement solicits applications from faculty to support the integration of environmental and sustainability studies content into courses that they teach.
Environmental and sustainability studies traverse the sciences, politics, economics, culture, the arts, humanities, and ethics. Environmental studies examines how individuals, communities, societies, and cultures interact with the non-humans and ecosystems around them, so that we can better understand how these interactions might take place in ways that permit non-humans and ecosystems to thrive. Sustainability studies builds on environmental studies to recognize accelerating environmental destruction and to seek development of practices, ideas, and values that repair past damage, prevent ongoing damage, promote social justice, and enhance human and non-human welfare.
Faculty Fellowships in the amount of $2,000 - $5,000 for one semester will be awarded to support development of modules on sustainability for existing courses, laboratory exercises, service learning exercises, field trips, development of new courses, or development of other curriculum products. The minimum award is $2,000 and the maximum is $5,000. Funds may be used as a salary supplement for the Fellow, to support purchase or production of materials and resources, development of service learning projects, attending relevant conferences or workshops, conducting evaluations or surveys that support the curricular activity, or other relevant expenses. Dissemination of products via scholarly publications or other venues is encouraged but not required. Cost-sharing with other funding sources is encouraged but not required. Tenured and tenure-track faculty as well as Lecturers are encouraged to apply.
All expenditures must comply with relevant University regulations and must be made during the semester of the Fellowship.
Upon completion of the Fellowship, Fellows will be expected to:
- Submit within one semester a 1-page summary and evaluation of the activities undertaken, suitable for communication to the public (e.g. on the University Sustainability web site, http://www.uta.edu/sustainability/ ).
- Submit a 1-page summary of funds expended.
- Make a brief oral presentation about Fellowship activities to the University Sustainability Committee, when a meeting is held at a convenient time.
Applications for Fellowships during the Fall Semester 2014 or Spring Semester 2015 should be submitted by April 15, 2014. (Award of Fellowships will be contingent upon approval of the program budget).
Requests for an application form and any questions should be sent to:
Dr. Christopher Morris, Chair, Working Group on Curriculum, Research and Community Engagement, firstname.lastname@example.com.
Community Garden at UT Arlington
The Community Garden at UT Arlington Campus will support the University's commitment to sustainability and preserving green space. The garden offers a place where all people can gain ideas for their own gardens, volunteer, or just sit, relax and enjoy the gardens. The 0.5 acre garden is located at UTA Blvd and Summit (next to the SWEET center).
The garden enriches our learning about the natural world, and educates our community about sustainable choices. The community garden also compliments the UT Arlington compost site and incorporates rainwater harvesting techniques to promote water conservation.
There are many ways to contribute; you can adopt a plot and become a gardener; you can volunteer and help us harvest; and/or you can be a supporter by making a donation to the garden.
Join us on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/pages/Keep-Arlington-Beautiful/193449240673806
Click Here for WFAA's Critical Mention about the Community Garden
University Receives Silver Sustainability Rating from STARS Report
UT Arlington received a silver rating in the Sustainability Tracking, Assessment, and Rating System report to the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education.
STARS is a transparent, self-reporting framework for colleges and universities to gauge relative progress toward sustainability. STARS was developed by AASHE with broad participation from the higher education community.
As members of AASHE, the University is actively engaged in greening facility operations, promoting innovative research, supporting and encouraging student initiatives, implementing sustainability focused curriculum, and sponsoring public service initiatives.
University Shows Savings by Reducing Energy Usage Through Renovations, Upgrades
UT Arlington has saved nearly $3 million in energy and maintenance costs through a recently completed program aimed at upgrading equipment to make the campus more environmentally friendly. Other changes are expected to net another million dollars annually when completed next year.
UT System officials recently announced that the 15-institution system has cut energy use by 16 percent since 2001, resulting in a savings of $196 million and surpassing a goal to reduce energy consumption by 15 percent by fiscal year 2011. UT Arlington has played a significant role in those efforts.
"The University takes seriously its commitment to reducing energy use on campus," says John Hall, vice president for administration and campus operations. "Most recently, energy performance contracts with Siemens Building Technologies and TDIndustries will allow the University to further enhance operational efficiencies and create a better living, working, and sustainable environment for students, faculty, and staff."
Savings over the past year-and-a-half come primarily from improvements made as part of an energy conservation project UT Arlington initiated with Siemens Industry Inc. The project was funded through an $18 million loan from the UT System.
Between 2006 and 2009, Siemens evaluated the campus for energy saving opportunities and then implemented the improvements. Some of those included retrofitting inefficient lighting systems in several campus buildings; transformer upgrades; steam trap replacements; and a recommissioning of the campus's energy management system.
UT Arlington realized a savings of $2,754,103 million in energy and maintenance costs from May 2009 through April 2010 – the first year that the changes were fully in place. The savings represent a reduction of more than 19 million kilowatt hours and are expected to continue at a similar or greater rate.
"UT Arlington has proven to have the foresight into energy reduction measures to ensure true energy cost savings are realized," said Kelly Baxley, the UT Arlington account manager for Siemens. "Their commitment to providing energy efficient facilities that do not sacrifice comfort can only enhance the educational experience of students that come from all around the world to study at UTA."
The University also recently embarked on a similar energy conservation project with TDIndustries Inc. The $9.9 million project is being funded through a low-interest loan provided by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
The changes planned as part of that project – including replacing two thermal plant chillers as well as upgrades to heating and air conditioning and other systems – are expected to save the university $1,133,488 annually and decrease energy usage by 9,831,232 kilowatt hours annually. That project is scheduled for completion in December 2011.
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- Tengo que ir al bus stop para pick up mi hija. (Overheard in the U.S. West.)
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The most extreme cases of Spanglish can be heard in the United States, where some Spanish-speaking immigrants and their descendants use Spanish and English interchangeably, even in the same sentence. Such Spanglish can be heard not only on the streets and in the supermarkets, but also on some radio and television stations, although its use in writing seems to be limited mainly to the trendy young. Less extreme examples can be seen all over la Internet, where English words, especially those related to technology, sometimes replace their Spanish equivalents. English words also are creeping into everyday speech in Spain and Latin America, spread through advertising, movies, and the other media of popular culture.
Despite some grumbling from editors and professors, among others, the incursion of English into Spanish hasn't yet generated the intense reaction that it has for French. Most of the linguistic battles in Spanish-speaking countries involve minorities such as Basques in Spain or indigenous Mayan and Incan groups in Latin America. So far, no countries have taken the extreme step of banning or limiting English words in advertising, as has been done in France and part of French-speaking Canada.
But then again, while French has declined from being a contender as a true international language to its sometimes embattled position today, the number of people speaking Spanish is increasing, if only because of relatively high birth rates in Latin America. In fact, there are more people who speak Spanish as a first language than speak English as a first language. In short, Spanish is in no danger of dying out.


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RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication. It is a service that delivers to you the latest news headlines, saving you the time and trouble of having to click from one area to another to get what you want.
For example, if you're a Carlisle United fan and all you want is to read the latest United headlines, you could use RSS to give you the Carlisle headlines.
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Is there an easy way to resize a pc flashgame to mobile resolution or is there a software that can do this job?...
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Is there an easy way to resize a pc flashgame to mobile resolution or is there a software that can do this job?...
Thanks for help....
Hi Tech-Adik,
Few things that help you understanding the answer of this question :
1- It depends upon the design of the game. If the developer make the game by keeping multiple screens in his mind then the same game may works without modification of screen resolution on mobile and PC.
2- Flash Lite (that is installed on our mobile phones) is a light-weight version of Flash Player on PC. It means that the APIs available to Flash Lite are less then that of Flash Player on PC. Thus, the developer has to care about that as well and its the main reason that many games of PC doenst work on mobile phone at all.
3- Mobile Phones have low-computing power as compared to PCs,thus,games having heavy 2D frameworks (like Box2D) works very slow at mobile phones.
However, some (light) games work without any editing. Hope it helps you...
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flash will automatically scale the game down (if is larger). however the game controls can be difficult to access as your finger on the phone is more larger than a mouse cursor on a monitor...
just put the .swf file (and any asserts used by game) in the phone and see what happens.
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1- If you used Vector shapes , they get resized very well.
2- If you used Images (png/bmp/jpg), they get somewhat blurred when resized and with blurred images its hard to pass QA in Nokia Store.
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Blackstar geocaching app for Blackberry
BlackStar is a free geocaching app for Blackberries.
Check out the picture on the right. I was travelling on a TGV (high speed train) between Paris and Lyon in November 2010. The waypoint is a cache in Lyon. It's 258 km away but we are going to be there is less than an hour at this speed!
It's a good demonstration of the capabilities of Blackstar, and a more interesting screen shot than a static one.
Blackstar is not as pretty as Android apps like c:geo or Groundspeak's geocaching app, but I have found that it works much better. This may be due to superior GPS electronics used in Blackberries and the way the software interacts with it. Also those pretty coloured features need a lot of processing power which tends to make them very slow.
It's so good that while my Blackberry Bold was still working, I rarely used my Garmin.
Compared to the Android it's faster and works better under trees etc. When you are near GZ the display updates much quicker making it much more usable.
The other advantage of using a Blackberry is having a real physical keyboard. It makes entering logs a breeze compared to the touch screen on the Android. The Android is so painful and time consuming for log entries, that I normally wait until I get home and enter them on the computer.
BlackStar keeps track of your current Latitude, Longitude, Altitude, Speed, Direction and the distance to your destination. You can record, save, and export your track as you use BlackStar. This is useful for recording a trip, exercise, or just to see where you've been.
Geocaching features include:
- Displaying a list caches closest to your location,
- Importing GPX files from Pocket Queries
- Ability to log finds immediately online
- View the cache description and hint
- Locate the cache on Google Maps.
Don't under estimate the ability to import GPX files. To upload files to the previous generations of Garmins (e.g. GPSMAP 76Csx, 60Csx), you need to convert a GPX file to a WPT format and upload it using a piece of software like GSAK, OziExplorer or Mapsource. On Blackstar it imports the GPX file directly from a folder on your BB.
However, one of the biggest downsides of Blackstar is that it takes a several minutes to import and convert a GPX file if it contains a few hundred caches. When you receive your Pocket Query email you have to save the GPX file to a folder on the Blackberry so that it can be imported into Blackstar. This is where the Android apps are much more streamlined. They can display nearby caches by downloading them directly from geocaching.com. They can also import a GPX file directly from the Pocket Query email that arrives on your Android.
Another downside compared to the Android apps is that it doesn't have turn-by-turn navigation for when you're driving. The Android apps use that feature of Google Maps.
Apart from these drawbacks, Blackstar is otherwise an excellent piece of geocaching software. Highly recommended if you own a GPS enabled Blackberry especially since it's free!
For more information go to the Blackstar site here or download it from the Blackberry apps market.
Note: Be aware that as with most smartphones Blackberries are not ruggedized like dedicated GPS devices, so you need to be careful not to get them wet in less than ideal weather conditions.
Review of Groundspeak's Geocaching for Android App
Groundspeak, the organization behind Geocaching.com has released a geocaching app for Android platforms 1.5 and up. It's available for about US$9.35 from the Android market.
In the old days we used to print out cache pages and take them with us. What a hassle! With the technologies available today you need to become familiar with how to geocache in a paperless manner.
This Groundspeak app promises to be the ultimate in paperless geocaching because everything you need to find, navigate to and log caches is all in one unit.
The question is, does it live up to the promise? Is it time to retire your Garmin or Magellan and go paperless with your Android? I installed the app on my Samsung Galaxy and used it to find out.
Here is a summary of my experiences...
- As you'd expect it's tightly linked to the geocaching.com database.
- You can search for caches in a similar manner to the way you do searches on geocaching.com
- An Advanced Search facility has a range of useful filters e.g. terrain, difficulty, size, type.
- Caches can be displayed on Google maps and selected from the map;
- It will allow you to navigate to the cache in three ways - compass, map or turn-by-turn instructions using the Android Google map system.
- Active Pocket Queries are automatically downloaded (for Premium Members)
- Logs can be entered on your Android device, although it can be very time consuming.
- If you are out of communication range you can save logs for later upload.
- All recent logs can be displayed online.
- Battery life!! With both the GPS and screen running, this thing drains your battery like emptying a bath. Don't expect to do more than a couple of hours of caching with it. It certainly won't go all day like a Garmin.
- The compass feature is slow... on the Samsung Galaxy at least. The Samsung does not have an electronic compass, so the app relies on updates from the GPS. Therefore it only updates the display if you are moving, making it quite useless when you are approaching GZ. Some smartphones have an electronic compass so they may work better.
- Low sensitivity. I think one of the most important features of a GPS for geocaching is sensitivity, because we often work under tree canopies or in among buildings. The GPS used in the Samsung does not work well in these situations and I often found myself wandering in circles within a 20 - 30 metre radius, exacerbated even more by the slow updates of the compass display. Although this is not the fault of the app, it is a problem with the system. I used the Samsung side by side with the Garmin. In open the two pretty much agreed with each other - although the Samsung did not update as quickly. As soon as I got under light tree cover the Samsung lost the plot and started giving readings that were up to 30m off. The Garmin kept on giving accurate readings.
- Adding waypoints not obvious. It took me a while to figure out how to enter new Waypoints because it is not obvious. You may want to add new waypoints for example if you are doing multis or simply want to add a new co-ordinate. To add a waypoint, you need to bury down through the menus to Map Mode then select Add New Waypoint from the menu. You can then click on the waypoint and navigate to it. However this should be on the main menu, not buried down about 3 levels, because it is a fundamental thing that you do when you go geocaching.
- Not rugged. Unless you get one of those Motorola Defy's, Android devices are not built for outdoor activities where you might be in the rain, or wading rivers, or out on boats. One "oops" moment and it's all over. Although this is not a fault of the app, it is a problem if you are geocaching on a smarphone.
Many of the above comments relate to the app being used with the Samsung Galaxy. You may have a different result if you use it on another type of smartphone.
I'd call this a "pinch hitter" geocaching solution i.e. it's OK if you don't have another option. For example if you can't afford a real GPS, or have left your proper GPS at home, then this is "OK". If you'd like to know how to geocache paperlessly then take your real GPS to find the geocache, and use the Smartphone for descriptions, hints etc.
The app is pretty good but is hamstrung by the hardware limitations of the Samsung Galaxy. I also have c:geo installed on my phone. It also suffers from the same limitations. I may do a comparison review sometime.
In my opinion, the best smartphone geoaching app is Blackstar - but you have to own a Blackberry to use that.
So what is the Groundspeak Geocaching app good for? It's a good complement to a real GPS device like a Garmin or Magellan. Use your real GPS to do the grunt work with high sensitivity, accuracy, speed and ruggedness. The Android allows you to read the cache descriptions, recent logs and submit log entries.
In terms of doing paperless caching in a single unit, yes, sort of...but not quite.
I still use it if I have to but don't like it as much as my Garmin.


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What do you think? Should I go with something different in the front?
I love love love the back of your hair! I think it looks great parted the way it is, but agree it's a little more mature look.
I say keep the same general style and part like the other pics you showed. The Carrie underwood is gorgeous!
Beautiful! It looks so nice! Love it with the veil. I think a little pouf or style in the front would be really nice too!
My hair trial is in a couple weeks! Excited!
It looks great! I think people only talk about the brides hair if it is bad but you obviously won't run into that. I think it looks too mature because it looks kind of stiff in the front. I think your right that maybe a little poof or side bang would be divine.
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