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Smith Westerns: New LP & Winter Dates

December 15th, 2010 | No Comments

SOPHOMORE ALBUM OUT JAN. 18 ON FAT POSSUM RECORDS


Smith Westerns

Chicago’s Smith Westerns
will release its sophomore LP, Dye It Blonde, on Fat Possum on Jan. 18. The first single from the
record is “Weekend” which fans can listen to here.

The record was produced by Chris Coady (Yeah Yeah Yeahs, !!!, TVOTR, Beach House, etc.) in New York
City. The
band is currently in Europe on tour with MGMT, and today announced a slew of early 2011 dates, including two NYC
dates in Jan and later dates with the UK band and Fat Possum labelmates Yuck.

SMITH WESTERNS

Tue-Dec 14: Lyon, France – Le Transbordeur ^
Wed-Dec 15: Bordeaux, France – Saint EX
Thu-Dec 16: Barcelona, Spain – Razzmatazz ^
Fri-Dec 17: Madrid, Spain – La Riviera ^

Sat-Dec 18: Lisbon, Portugal – Campo Pequeno ^

Tue-Jan 18: Brooklyn, NY – Glasslands
Wed-Jan 19: New York, NY – Pianos
Fri-Jan 28: Nashville, TN – The End*
Sat-Jan 29: Knoxville, TN – Pilot Light*
Sun-Jan 30: Chapel Hill, NC – Local 506*

Mon-Jan 31: Athens, GA – 40 Watt Club*

Tue-Feb 1: Atlanta, GA – Drunken Unicorn*
Thu-Feb 3: Orlando, FL – Backbooth*

Fri-Feb 4: Tallahassee, FL – Club Downunder*
Sun-Feb 6: Houston, TX – Fitzgeralds*

Mon-Feb 7: Austin, TX – Emos*
Tue-Feb 8: Dallas, TX – The Loft*

Thu-Feb 10: Phoenix, AZ – Rhythm Room*
Fri-Feb 11: Los Angeles, CA – Echo*

Sat-Feb 12: Costa Mesa, CA – Detroit Bar*
Sun-Feb 13: San Francisco, CA – Bottom of the Hill*

Tue-Feb 15: Portland, OR – Doug Fir Lounge
Wed-Feb 16: Vancouver, BC – Biltmore Cabaret
Thu-Feb 17: Seattle, WA – Crocodile Cafe
Fri-Feb 18: Boise, ID – Neurolux
Sat-Feb 19: Salt Lake City, UT – Kilby Court
Mon-Feb 21: Denver, CO – Larimer Lounge

Tue-Feb 22: Kansas City, MO – The Record Bar
Wed-Feb 23: Omaha, NE – Waiting Room
Thu-Feb 24: Minneapolis, MN – Triple Rock Social Club
Fri-Feb 25: Madison, WI – The Frequency
Sat-Feb 26: Chicago, IL – Empty Bottle

Mon-Feb 28: Toronto, ON – Legendary Horseshoe Tavern
Tue-Mar 1: Montreal, PQ – La Sala Rossa
Wed-Mar 2: Boston, MA – Great Scott
Fri-Mar 4: Washington, DC – Rock and Roll Hotel


^ = w/ MGMT
* = w/ Yuck

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AuraPortal Continues U.S. Expansion with Certis Posted By : AuraPortal BPMS

December 15th, 2010 | No Comments

AURA is a global BPMS (Business Process Management Suite) provider, delivering a solution that creates Business Process Workflow Execution Models without the need of IT programming. AuraPortal is 100% Web-based, and is complementary to existing ERP and CRM systems.
AuraPortal has a presence in 50 countries with more than 350 customers including, among others: Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, Frito-Lay, Toyota, Yamaha, Petróleos Mexicanos, Carrefour, ArcelorMittal, Eletrobrás, Saras, Royal KPN, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Sodexo, etc., as well as a many Government Agencies and Departments in several countries.

AuraPortal Headquarters are located in North America (Boston) and Europe (Holland) whereas the software development facilities are located in Spain and India.

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Spain: Protests over WikiLeaks founder arrest

December 12th, 2010 | No Comments

Protests have taken place across Spain calling for the release of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. He is facing extradition from the UK to Sweden for alleged sexual offenses.

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The Economy Cannot Recover Until the Big Banks Are Broken Up

December 11th, 2010 | No Comments

A lot of people still haven’t heard that the economy cannot recover until the big banks are broken up.But virtually all independent economists and financial experts say that it is vital to break up the giant banks, including:Nobel prize-winning economi…

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China: U.S. In Worse Shape than Europe | Rogers: “Britain is totally insolvent”

December 8th, 2010 | No Comments

Reuters notes:Li Daokui, an academic member of the central bank’s monetary policy committee, said that U.S. bond prices and the dollar would fall when the European economic situation stabilized.”For now, market attention is still on Europe and for t…

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Nouriel Roubini Confirms Double Dip In Housing

December 6th, 2010 | No Comments

I noted last week that there is a double-dip in housing.Today, Nouriel Roubini agreed:The country’s real estate problems are “underappreciated,” and banks could face another $1 trillion in housing-related losses, Mr. Roubini said in a phone int…

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Spain’s military takes over air traffic control

December 4th, 2010 | No Comments

Spain’s military has taken over the country’s air traffic control after civilian staff called in sick en masse.

The move, ordered by the government, comes after several airports across Spain were shut after traffic controllers’ unauthorized walkout.

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Replay Delivers Continuous Monitoring Solution for HP Quality Center

December 3rd, 2010 | No Comments

At the premier HP enterprise software show, HP Software Universe in Barcelona, Replay Solutions delivers a continuous monitoring solution for HP Quality Center that links application recordings into quality workflow. – BARCELONA,
Spain At the HP Software Universe 2010 conference
here, Replay Solutions, maker of
software quality tools, launched ReplayDIRECTOR for HP Quality Center.
ReplayDIRECTOR
for HP Quality Center is an integrated software record/replay solution for HP
Quality Center, which itself is a ke…


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HP Is Serious About Software: 25 Reasons Why

December 2nd, 2010 | No Comments

By releasing its new Application Lifecycle Management 11 platform at its HP Software Universe 2010 conference in Barcelona, Spain, Nov. 30, Hewlett-Packard made a major statement about its plans to continue to move aggressively to address the software needs of enterprise customers in a way it previously has not. The ALM 11 software includes technology that has been two years in the making. HP Software, a business unit within HP’s Technology Solutions Group, has dramatically transformed in the past three years& from being one of the least profitable to one of the most profitable and fastest-growing business units within HP. Over the past several years, HP Software has invested both organically through R&D and through acquisitions in growing its portfolio to better meet customer needs. In addition, HP, for the first time, became a true software organization with a high-performing enterprise software sales force. The HP Software portfolio addresses several areas of need, including IT management software, application quality management, business service automation, IT service management, business service management, demand and portfolio management, and more. The company has made key hires and acquisitions designed to focus more specifically on the software market. Move over IBM and Oracle. To HP, software now means business. – …


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Russia will host 2018 World Cup

December 2nd, 2010 | No Comments

Russia has been selected to host the 2018 World Cup by the decision of the FIFA Executive Committee in Switzerland’s Zurich on Thursday. Russia won the right to host the Cup in a tight race with bids from England, Portugal and Spain (jointly), and Belgium and the Netherlands (jointly).

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HP Goes Agile

December 2nd, 2010 | No Comments

HP launches a new Agile Accelerator to help enterprise organizations develop software using Agile development methodologies. – BARCELONA, Spain – HP has announced a set of new solutions aimed at helping enterprise organizations build software in a more agile way, using Agile development methodologies.
Expanding the companys HP Software Applications portfolio to enhance Agile methods are HP Sprinter and HP Agile Accelerator…


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HP’s New TruClient, Sprinter Simplify Software Testing

December 2nd, 2010 | No Comments

HP’s new TruClient and Sprinter testing technologies enable enterprises to test Web 2.0 and rich Internet application technologies and to automate manual testing, respectively. – BARCELONA, Spain – As part of its new Application Lifecycle Management solution, HP has introduced its new TruClient technology, which reduces application test cycles by simplifying various time-consuming tasks, while the new Sprinter technology “automates” manual testing.
Introduced as part of HPs…


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Tasktop Launches Enterprise 1.8 Solution for New HP ALM 11

November 30th, 2010 | No Comments

At the HP Software Universe 2010 in Barcelona, Tasktop launches the next version of its Application lifecycle Management (ALM) integration suite. – BARCELONA, Spain — At the HP Software Universe 2010 conference here, Tasktop Technologies, creators of the popular Eclipse Mylyn project and a leader in Agile Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) integration and productivity, announced Tasktop Enterprise 1.8, a new version of its ALM integration …


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HP`s New ALM 11 to Boost Services, Security

November 30th, 2010 | No Comments

With the release of its new Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) 11 technology, HP is further enabling its services team to pursue new service and pricing models, and also making its security team take notice. – BARCELONA, Spain – As HP places its stake deeper into the software business with its new Application Lifecycle management (ALM) 11 offering, the company also is making a stronger play with its services component, branching into the cloud and beefing up its security solutions.
HP announced its new A…


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It’s Not Just the “Peripheral” European Countries … Financial Contagion Could Spread to “Core” Eurozone Countries and the U.S.

November 27th, 2010 | No Comments

It’s not just the “peripheral” European countries which are in trouble.As Ambrose Evans-Pritchard reported yesterday:The escalating debt crisis on the eurozone periphery is starting to contaminate the creditworthiness of Germany and the core states of …

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Sugar-sweetened coffee ‘boosts memory, attention span’

November 27th, 2010 | No Comments

Sugar-sweetened coffee may be the best way to prepare the brain for a busy day ahead, say scientists. Researchers at the University of Barcelona in Spain found that taking caffeine and sugar at the same time boosted the brain’s performance more than taking them on their own. They now believe each one boosts the effect [...]

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Greece → Ireland → Portugal → Spain → Italy → UK → ?

November 26th, 2010 | No Comments

It is now common knowledge that there is a potential domino effect of European sovereign debt contagion in roughly the following order:Greece → Ireland → Portugal → Spain → Italy → UKWhile some people have been writing about this for well ove…

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Ronaldo”s girlfriend Irina Shayk in nude photo row

November 25th, 2010 | No Comments

Footballer Cristiano Ronaldo”s girlfriend Irina Shayk is upset with Spanish GQ after nude photos of her were published in the magazine. The 24-year-old Russian beauty”s agents threatened to sue the mag over the pictures, which they claim have been digitally altered. However, the magazine insists the underwear model happily stripped off — and has threatened [...]

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Raffles Education Corp launches Raffles European Dual Academy

November 22nd, 2010 | No Comments

Private education provider Raffles Education Corporation says it has launched the Raffles European Dual Academy (REDA) and signed a collaborative agreement with Germany’s Baden-Württemberg Cooperative State University and Spain’s University Alcalá.

REDA will be the first academy in Asia to introduce the “Duale Hochschule” or Dual Education System which combines both theory and practical education and is practised in Germany, Spain, Switzerland and Denmark.

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Eating a variety of fruit cuts lung cancer risk by up to 23pc

November 20th, 2010 | No Comments

Consuming a variety of fruit may reduce the risk of lung cancer by up to 23 percent, according to a new study. Eating five portions of fruit and vegetables per day is one of the means that experts most frequently recommend for preventing cancer. Now, the European EPIC study carried out by researchers from 10 [...]

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