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In part two of DiS's epic interview with ex-Grandaddy frontman Jason Lytle, we turn away from his old band's glory days and move on to his current career, as a solo artist touring debut album Yours Truly, The Commuter, which came out last week.
DiS: Seeing as how you wrote all the songs in Grandaddy, it seems natural for you to also play songs from that era now. Do you worry about blending the two together, as opposed to keeping them separate entities?
Jason Lytle: I think I gave that whole idea about 30 seconds of thought, and I gave it about 10 seconds of concern. And then I started putting together a set list that I thought would be fun to play, and it's pretty much Grandaddy songs and my songs. And I'm okay with it. Totally okay with it.
DiS: Do you feel in any way that you're playing cover songs by yourself?
JL: No, no. Absolutely not. It might be easier to explain if you heard some of the rehearsals. Rusty [Miller, multi-instrumentalist]'s an old friend of mine, and I'm playing with Aaron [Burtch, former Grandaddy drummer]. So that's half the battle. And Rusty's in this great band, too, [Jackpot] and I've been a fan of it forever. I don't know, I'm just playing my songs. I start strumming the chords, and I start seeing the stories in my head – the same stories that began when I started making the songs. You know, they're my songs. And the ones that don't sound like what Grandaddy used to do, that's not necessarily a bad thing. They're mutating in ways that are actually pretty interesting to me.
DiS: How about Grandaddy's biggest hits, like 'The Crystal Lake', 'AM 180', 'Now It's On' and songs like that – are you gonna continue playing the most recognizable songs?
JL: What I have been trying to do – being the scheming strategist that I am – is to kind of break it down to three categories. I'm trying to play some of the more recognizable stuff – Grandaddy songs – and it's a big bonus if they're still fun and we're having a good time playing them. They tend to be some of the more energetic ones. And then that of my new stuff that I think sounds good being played live - 'cause I haven't figured out how to play all of it – although some of it I have, and I'm kind of surprised at how it's coming across. And then there's the more obscure Grandaddy stuff that I didn't quite get enough of an opportunity to play when I was in Grandaddy. Every now and then, I'd get the opportunity – an encore here or a radio show there. A lot of those songs I really love, but there was this pressure to make the show this hard-hitting thing, and there wasn't a lot of wiggle room as far as that kind of 'guilty pleasure' stuff. It's really enjoyable for me now to do some of the b-sidey kind of stuff.
DiS: How strong is your awareness of what people expect from you – versus simply doing what you want?
JL: [thinks for a long time] I don't really care what people expect of me. Getting into the heart of the matter, it's 'make yourself happy', and in the back of your mind you realize that you are like a lot of other people, so if you're making yourself happy, there's a good chance you're making a lot of other people happy, too. That's how I try to approach that. Once you start imagining scenarios and second-guessing things, that's when you get less-than-accurate results.
DiS: Your new album is quite a clear continuation of Grandaddy-like themes. Which is fair enough, as you wrote Grandaddy's songs, but did you know within yourself that there was an expectation to do songs that are a mixture of these certain things and have animal metaphors and stuff like that?
JL: Computers and robots…
DiS: Yeah, although I was going to say that you didn't include a lot of robots on this one, though, did you?
JL: They just helped me with the recording, but they were in the backseat this time.
DiS: Right. But you know what I mean, right?
JL: Yeah. In this line of work, it's pretty impossible to leave out the concept of self-perception and being perceived and expectation stuff. But usually I think I've done a pretty good job at trying to come at things with a clear head. It got really, really hard towards the end of Grandaddy, but this time in particular it wasn't so much of a concern. I did find myself pretty swooped up in the idea of making a record. It felt good working on these songs. It self-perpetuated. Although, I will honestly say – I felt so free and excited by everything! "I can do anything!" And I was thinking of going in all these directions with it. I had some noisy stuff, and I also had a lot of insane shit. I kind of ran the gamut. But it helps for me to have an overall focus, like "this is what the album is gonna sound like, this is what I'm gonna shoot for". At one point it was pretty all over the map, and I had quite vivid conversations in my mind about it. Like, "alright, listen… Not trying to totally influence you here or steer your head, but you've got one opportunity to make a debut solo record!". And that's good advice. But then the other voice goes "nooo, grrrr, arrgh!". But I get a bit like that. I get super excited. And it may be kind of a manic thing. But I'm not making a big compromise by making the album more listenable. Like, "I'm gonna make the songs under 15 minutes long, and it's not gonna be like playing a yawny record backwards". And after a while you start making the songs, and it starts making you happy, so I really narrowed the album down to my strongest songs. But one that I felt I could do a lot of justice to sonically. And I've probably said this with other records, too, but I just wanted a good front-to-back listening experience. I've gotten to the point where I've already started bragging – "well, you think this one sounds like Grandaddy? Well, I'm gonna show all you guys on this next one!". And I'm probably gonna go into it saying the same thing. I don't like it when listening to an album is a chore.
DiS: I said before that the album continues the line of the Grandaddy material. Are you disappointed in a comment like that?
JL: No, no… I would like to do the ultimate escapist album. But I think I do story songs well. But I really like the moody, transporty, "let's leave this world for three and a half minutes" kind of songs. I would like to put more emphasis on the happy accident, but that doesn't happen as much when you worry too much about all the guitars being tuned and all the gear working right – oops, that microphone is in the sink, or it's outside, when I thought it was actually facing this direction, picking up that instrument…
DiS: You talked, years ago, about being able to use all your gear on autopilot while being drunk or whatever. Is that still an approach that you use?
JL: I probably drink a little too much red wine when I'm recording. I have red wine ring stains all over the mixing console to prove that. But I've cut back a bit. It used to get a bit ridiculous. It got to the point where all of it was painful. That just sounds pathetic… but making a record – it's hard. It's really hard! And especially if you really want it to be good! [laughs] It sounds so simple, but the more you build it up in your head and the better you want it to be, the more difficult it is. And then it's like, "fuck, I'm in pain – how can I make myself not in pain?", so you take things to trick yourself into thinking that you're not really in that much pain, and then you just end up being in more pain later. That was a strategy that I had to develop. A: I knew I had to keep making records, and B: I had these problems, so I was trying to make the two worlds co-exist. But now I get my best results early in the morning. When I've woken up and the rest of the world is asleep and I've had eight cups of coffee and my brain is going a thousand miles an hour. And I've been lying in bed the night before, trying to figure out where this chorus is gonna go. Like, there's a missing piece of the puzzle, and I'm just not sure what it is. And then I wake up in the morning, and that's when I start really knocking out the good stuff. I don't really like having been up too late. Sometimes I get some good results out of the sloppiness. But… I don't like being fucking sloppy.
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DiS: It might just be my reading of you, but you seem more at ease now than you have been previously – but do you think it will affect your music in the long run?
JL: I'm never gonna lose that. Still to this day, there are times when I can't leave the house for two days, 'cause I'm so disgusted by humans. I don't get it… I don't get any of it. I think I have some passed-down, familial, clinical depression sort of stuff. And I always stay away from medication. I don't have the kind of ability to shut down sometimes. And on the super highway in my brain, all the lanes are going a thousand miles an hour, and there's nothing I can do about it. It's sort of turning into sedation. I just need to have two or three glasses of wine every night to shut it all down.
DiS: What's the aspect of other people that you don't get?
JL: It's just details. I don't know. They remind me of myself and all the things I don't like about myself. But it's not just people. It's details. I really look up to people who go with the flow. Me and Rusty travelling together is a pretty good combination, 'cause he sees how wound up I get, and I'm like "I'm not this type of person!" and I'm fucking stressed, and I worry. And he sort of has this approach of 'hey, woah, go with the flow, it's all gonna be alright!', and I'm like 'ahhh… That makes a lot of sense'. It's probably easily remedied with some perfect doses of some sort of medication at some point, but it's just the way I am.
DiS: How are you anticipating the release of this album? What do you think is going to happen once it hits the market?
JL: I'm almost cheating right now, 'cause I just talked to my management company, and they say that the press is really, really good. But all that is is a nice validation. When I'm making my own records, nothing leaves the house until I'm really proud of it and happy to say 'hey, I made this record and I'm going to be able to play these songs for a while!'. There's nothing I'm going to have to be ashamed of. We'll see. I don't mind that x-factor that you have no control of. I'll just put it out there and see how much and to what level people like it.
DiS: Do you know that there's a talent show over here called X-Factor?
JL: No.
DiS: Just to get your connotations straight. It's kind of like American Idol.
JL: American Lytle. I love that show!
DiS: Among fans, Grandaddy was as celebrated as much for the vast amount of high quality b-sides as the actual albums. Are you gonna continue such extracurricular activities?
JL: On one hand, it was nice to have something to do with all those recordings that existed. But on the other, it was a little annoying, 'cause it became one of those singles games, where they needed more b-sides for all the different formats they put out. So there are actually some pretty crappy ones out there that could have been a lot better.
DiS: Dare you mention one?
JL: One crappy one? There's this one called 'Phone Conversation With Chris' [an iTunes bonus track for Just Like The Fambly Cat]. It's an old-timey mellotron beat, and I'm pretending I'm leaving a phone message for my friend. And it's just not good. Everything that I read by somebody who'd heard that song – they fucking hated it. Whenever I do read about this stuff, it's 50-50, but everybody hated this thing. But I have a lot of good stuff lying around where I just need to add drums. Some half-baked ideas.
DiS: Considering how the music market's working now, I'm guessing the pressure to put out b-sides is not as big anymore. I mean, you put out the title track from your album on iTunes, and then that was the single. So, what is the format of releasing what used to be released as b-sides?
JL: I don't know. If anything, you don't waste your time making a bunch of crap, and you just spend your time on the good stuff. I love making albums, something that is a group of songs. That's what I really get into. So when I have to do these one-off things – I put work into it, obviously, but I don't think I'm as fully dedicated.
DiS: Is the new album representative of how you think you'll keep on working? Doing the album on your own, and then touring with a band under your own name?
JL: I considered maybe coming up with a new name, or even doing some kind of Grandaddy-derivative name. For a second. But it really came down to Google. If you google my name, Grandaddy pops up, and when people google Grandaddy, Jason Lytle comes up. If anything, the only inconvenience of the whole thing is that 80 per cent of the people I talk to pronounce my name wrong. Everyone thinks it's 'Little'! L-Y-T-L-E! But I have a very practical view of things. It's a matter of finding the right information. But Grandaddy was Grandaddy, and it was the whole band, this entity, and it was a period of my life, and it can never be recreated.
DiS: Did you have any band names that you considered?
JL: Yeah, hold on. You gotta give me some time here. I've got a few… The Assholes. The Turds. The Pukers. The Fuckfaces… [laughs]
DiS: Why didn't you go with any of those?
JL: You're not gonna get a good answer here! [laughs]
DiS: Alright. So in terms of touring, your enthusiasm wasn't always super high. But how do you feel about it now?
JL: Well, I will admit that it's still kind of an experiment, 'cause I don't wanna count my chickens before they hatch. But the emphasis has shifted. I want the focus to be on the records and the enjoyment of the creative part of it. And to tour it – to promote it just enough, so people know it exists. But even with Grandaddy, the label was like "aaargh!". With every opportunity that came around, they were just "go, go, go, go!". There was just all this pressure for the next album to blow the last one away. And I'm more – make a record, go out, sell some copies of it, have some experiences, come home not being broke and make another record. At some point there were all these outside forces that had convinced me that it's just not worth it. And I wasn't trying to skip out of the work of promoting the music, but I didn't want to beat it into the ground and waste all my energy on all this other stuff.
DiS: Are you more comfortable on stage now, than you were four or five years ago?
JL: Regardless, it's weird. It's like getting nervous before going up in front of the class and having to give a report. I used to do skateboard contests, and there's all this crazy anxiety, while you're working out your lines and getting your routine down. And then when it comes down to the performance – you step up. And there's a bit of a high that comes along with that. And I'm a worrier. I worry a lot. I want things to go right, and I'm not the most confident guy in the world, but when you get that rush and it's time to make it happen – I do get off on that, a little bit. But it's definitely much funner to be sharing that with other people on stage. And let's just say that I got some big record deal, and I had some big hit song, and the label's like "okay, well, we can get you anybody to play with! Anybody you want!" – and I could never do that. I wouldn't wanna do that. Rusty is such a key component, 'cause I'm so comfortable around him, and he's a good friend of mine, and obviously the Aaron thing is huge. And Rob [Murdock, bass] is a good friend of mine, although I won't have him for very long, 'cause he's taking off to medical school in August. And I'm not sure how it's gonna go after that. I'm really kind of winging it.
DiS: Why was it huge to be playing with Aaron again?
JL: When Grandaddy ended, it was awkward for everybody. I kept in contact with some guys, more so than others. I talk to Jim [Fairchild]. But the thing is – I don't talk to Tim [Dryden] and Kevin [Garcia], but it's not for negative reasons. It's just… people move on. And Aaron I kept in contact with, but not a lot. And to tell you the truth, I didn't keep in contact with a lot of people. I was kind of figuring out some stuff on my own. But once I realized that I was making a bunch of songs that were gonna become a record, my management company said "hey, it looks like you might have to go play some shows". So I was like "hmm, okay…". So at some point I'm trying to figure out how I'm gonna do this, and my first thought was "who do I wanna hang out with?". And I had already done some stuff with Rusty, so I planned on asking him. And I had a couple of drummers, who were offering their services, but I wrote to Aaron, and went "hey, listen. I don't know where we stand on a social level, but I would rather play with you than I would anybody else, so I'm just giving you the opportunity. And you can write me back and tell me to go fuck myself". And I had no idea what his response was going to be. But he wrote back and said "yeah, sounds great. Just give me the dates." And I was like, "well, that was easy!". Obviously I was super stoked and flattered. Then I had this weird opportunity come up. They were doing these shows at the San Francisco airport. Just like people playing for change, but it was very structured with people positioned throughout the airport. And I thought it would be a good opportunity to play with Aaron. So I contacted him and said "hey listen, we're not going to be able to rehearse, but do you wanna play together at the San Francisco airport?". And this was after not only having not seen him in two years, but after not having played with him in… ages. And he said yes, and we met at the airport and gave each other a hug, and within 45 minutes we'd gone through all the security and put our stuff up. I went "one-two-the-four", and we played for an hour, an hour and a half.
DiS: Did he pull off the songs he didn't even know?
JL: Actually, I'd sent him the album, but mostly I said "don't worry, it's gonna be a no-brainer, kind of Grandaddy set and old country standards or whatever". And as you can imagine, it was a very strange crowd at the San Francisco airport. But it was awesome. It was incredible. I felt like a baby that had been abandoned, and then all of a sudden, I'd been put back into my mother's lap. Playing with Aaron was such a relief. It was good.


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The deal expands the existing partnership between the two companies and will in part be exclusive, said Marius Haas, president of Dell's Enterprise Solutions business. He announced the partnership in a keynote address at the Dell Enterprise Forum in San Jose, California.
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Through collaboration and training, Dell would be able to provide most support for the joint systems, with a "warm handoff" to Oracle when necessary for third-level or fourth-level support, he said. The arrangement would give the customer "a single throat to choke" on support issues, Haas said.
Stephen Lawson covers mobile, storage and networking technologies for The IDG News Service. Follow Stephen on Twitter at @sdlawsonmedia. Stephen's e-mail address is email@example.com
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Starting October 1st, the Adams Avenue Grill in University Heights will be expanding breakfast service, formerly available only on weekends (9AM-2PM), to seven days a week. The current brunch menu is somewhat indulgent, featuring plates like a turkey hash with scambled eggs, cucumber-yogurt sauce, bacon, potatoes, and fruit.
Or the Spanish omelet that's ripely stuffed with tomatoes, chilis, chorizo, cheese, and avocado; likewise served with fruit and potatoes.
The brunch menu also has four separate eggs Benedict dishes (chipotle chicken and crab cake among them), pancakes, elaborate French toast preparations (lavender "creme brulee" French toast served with berries and whipped cream), and scrambled meat dishes of all stripes.
A Bloody Mary, made with soju instead of regular vodka because the restaurant seems to be licensed only for beer and wine, is practically required for an Adams Avenue Grill brunch. Getting it served in a pint glass that declares "fizzy yellow beer is for wussies" is an agreeable touch.
As a breakfast destination, the Grill is more conducive to languid brunching than hurried eating. The tables are covered in white paper that begs to be drawn on (crayons are available) and the decor is more evocative of a country villa than an uptown cafe; the kind of place where one sits in the sun rather than eats on the run.
Because of those two factors, it's unlikely that weekday breakfast will mirror weekend brunch because the on-the-go weekday morning customer isn't likely to want to stop, drink three cups of coffee and two mimosas, work through a massive breakfast, and linger for the sake of digestion. I would expect portable food, smaller portions, and speedy service to compete for the midweek dollar.
A stripped down version of the Grill's menu will be delightful if the creative flair and affordable, upscale touches that characterize the extant brunch and dinner offerings carry over to weekday breakfast. Ideally, the restaurant will occupy a breakfast middle ground: a little too nice for every day, but accessible enough for a once-a-week treat.
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There is an endless variety of Custom Leagues because of the many different options available, including the era in which the league is set, the salary cap, weekly income, and other parameters for team budgets; whether teams will be selected by manual or automated draft; the effect of weather and injuries, trading rules, etc. If you don't find a Custom League that suits you, you can create one yourself. Once you've joined or created a league, the real fun begins: putting together your team!
Your Team
Having joined a league, it's time to choose a park and players for your team. Unless you are playing in an unlimited Custom League, you'll have to fit your roster (25 active and 3 inactive players) within your salary cap. The salary cap in Standard Leagues is $100 million. In Custom Leagues it can be any amount from $50 million up.
Players have set salaries, which are adjusted periodically based on their usage. The minimum is $500,000, and there are many replacement level type minimum salary players. Babe Ruth presently is the highest salaried player at over $29 million.
Will you build your team around an ace rotation in a pitchers' park, or around sluggers in a band box? A highly paid superstar complemented by role players, or a more balanced roster? It's your choice!
Your Player
If there's one thing baseball fans love, it's statistics, and Diamond Mind Online has practically every stat imaginable. To help you find just the player you're looking for, the stats from players' careers are searchable and sortable in virtually any conceivable combination.
We even keep track of the stats from every simulated game in each player's Diamond Mind Online career. You can search, sort and filter those stats as well, for information like how a player performed in simulated games in particular parks or a particular era of play.
And during the season, the statistical performance of your team and league is tracked and reported from every possible angle.
The Season
You've joined a league, chosen a park, and selected your team. Finally it's Opening Day!
Games are played 3 times a day (from 3 a.m., noon, and 6 p.m. ET), 6 days a week, so it takes 9 weeks to complete the 162 game regular season schedule.
You can follow your team by checking your box scores and team stats. For a more complete account of each game there is a batter-by-batter game log linked to each box score. Or, for the ultimate simulated experience, you can choose suspense mode and watch each of your games unfold in our unique play-by-play, designed to allow you to watch each of your team's games from start to finish in just a few minutes.
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We run all kinds of tournaments and continuing leagues. We're constantly adding new features, so you'll never run out of things to try.
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Our international credit management solutions have helped brands gain a foothold both domestically and in the fashion export business. We offer advice as well as practical solutions, and act as a credit insurance intermediary. This allows brands to work with non-guaranteed clients, because we propose alternative solutions which facilitate payments.
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As a brand invested in your own success, you can't allow late payments to affect your production. However, it is imperative that your business relationships are not compromised.
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WASHINGTON — There isn't the same crush of humanity as four years ago, but the crowd for President Barack Obama's second inauguration is extending along the National Mall to a giant tent and screen in front of the Washington Monument.
A heavy and steady stream of people flooded the Mall on Monday, stretching out around the reflecting pool.
People snapped pictures with a flag-draped Capitol building in the background.
Betsy Seeber of Doylestown, Pa., said, "I'm not a crowd person, and I was pretty astounded when they estimated there would only be 800,000."
The weather is cool with a steady breeze. Hand-warmers are being sold by street vendors three for $5. In 2009, when temperatures were in the 20s, vendors got $5 for each one.
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Ariane 5's first liftoff of 2013
The first Ariane 5 heavy-lift mission of the year has delivered the Azerspace/Africasat-1a and Amazonas-3 telecom satellites into their planned transfer orbits.
Liftoff of flight VA212 from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana came at 21:36 GMT (22:36 CET; 18:36 French Guiana) right at the opening of the launch window. The target injection orbit had a perigee altitude of 246.9 km, an apogee altitude of 35 895 km with an inclination of 6°.
Both satellites were accurately injected into their transfer orbits 27 and 36 minutes after launch, respectively.
Amazonas-3 is the first high-power telecom satellite to offer services in Ka-band over Latin America. It will provide telecommunications and broadband connectivity in Europe, as well as America and North Africa, from its geostationary position over 61°W.
Azerspace/Africasat will provide a wide range of telecommunications services for Azerbaijan, Central Asia, Europe, the Middle East and Africa from 46°E.
Payload mass for Ariane's 68th launch was 10 350 kg, including the auxiliary payload adaptors, which is a new record for Ariane 5 GTO missions.
Flight VA212 was Ariane 5's 54th successful launch in a row since December 2002.


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Java- two strings that equal separate math functions output when user enters either word?
Up to the strings, everything is fine. I am VERY new to java. I'm looking to see if I'm heading in the right direction. I would like the user to either enter 'total' or 'person' to get the grand total or total per person. If the enter neither, I want it to say 'Please enter either one'. I want that to loop until they enter the right word. When they do, I want it to output the answer. I have the formulas below but I'm not sure if the formatting is correct. I have to use two loops. I'm preferring a while and if else loop. Thank you!!!!!
import java.util.Scanner;
import java.util.Properties;
public class Un {
public static void main ( String[] args ) {
System.out.println("This program calculates the cost of a class reunion event.");
System.out.println("It gives back the total cost and the cost per person.");
Scanner in = new Scanner(System.in);
int rent = 200;
double hour;
double totalrent;
System.out.println("Please enter the number of hours you would like to rent a room: ");
hour= in.nextDouble();
totalrent= rent * hour;
System.out.printf("Your total cost for renting a room is: $%3.0f\n", totalrent);
System.out.println("Enter number of guests for cost of dinner plates: ");
int plate = 40;
int guest;
int totalplate;
guest= in.nextInt();
totalplate= plate * guest;
System.out.printf("Your total cost for dinner plates is: $%d%n", totalplate);
System.out.println("Enter 'total' for grand total, which includes hourly rent, dinner, and band.");
System.out.println("Enter 'person' to get total for each person; dividing the grand total evenly.");
String.total = int total;
String.person = int person;
int band = 350;
int total;
total = band + totalplate + totalrent;
person = total/guest;
while(!String.total.equals("total") && !String.person.equals("person")) {
System.out.println("Please only enter 'total' or 'person'.");
System.out.printf("Your grand total is: $%3.0f\n", total);
else if(input.equals("person")){
System.out.printf("Your total per person is: $%3.2f\n", person);
System.out.println("End of program");


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The Classique 6 Light Glazed White doors are a stylish yet light weight internal door and are perfect for painting. Our white moulded doors have additional flaxboard strips to both sides and the centre rails (where applicable) this adds weight to the door. Polystyrene pads are inserted between the the panels to aid stability.
These doors feature a flush beading, giving an understated and clean look.
These doors are supplied pre-glazed with Clear toughened safety glass.
Supplied with a white primer coat, these White moulded doors will require further undercoat & top coats to finish the product.
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We've heard rumours of an even cheaper version of the Nexus 7 before, and now another member of the supply chain has said it exists.
Asia-based display component maker O-Film Tech has said it started shipping parts for the cheaper Nexus 7 this month. The company's touchscreen technology, known as glass-glass film, will mean lower production costs and help make the device thinner, according to Digitimes.
$99, but not at first
The cheaper Nexus 7 could cost as little as $99 - as we previously heard - though maybe not at first. It could initially be priced around $129 to $149, according to the report. Which isn't that much cheaper than the current Nexus 7.
The usual caveats apply, this being Digitimes. It's not renowned for its accuracy, let's put it that way.
Between 500,000 to 600,000 cheaper Nexus 7 tablets are expected to ship in the first three months.
We first heard about the super cheap Nexus 7 back in September. It was originally thought to be out in time for Christmas, but that doesn't look too likely now. Last month an analyst thought the device could well be made real.
Asus - which makes the Nexus 7 for Google - is also rumoured to be working on an affordable tablet, possibly to be unveiled at CES in January.
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Apothecary's Balance (Weights & Measures T&E)
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Used in Dai Song Tong herbalist shop operated by Wong Kee (a.k.a. Wong Wah Soon) at 10 Pine Street. Wong Kee was a practitioner of traditional Chinese medicine. He operated Dai Song Tong until the early 1920s. The balancing scale was used to we...
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Silicon Knights, Epic Continue Legal Sparring
Filed by Silicon Knights on September 7, the 29-page document specifically addresses Epic's attempt to get the case thrown out and its claims that the company has nothing to gain if it delivers lacking technology to licensees.
"For Epic to attempt to dispute the merit of those allegations [of the original suit] under the auspices of a motion to dismiss is improper," it reads, according to Next-Gen.biz. "Therefore, EpicÂ's Motion to dismiss should be denied in its entirety, Epic should be ordered to answer the Complaint, and this case should proceed to discovery and trial.
"The profits Epic assured for itself by having Gears of War as the marquee title for the Xbox 360 dwarf any gain Epic would receive from Silicon Knights purchasing a subsequent licenses for the Engine," it continues. Silicon Knights has accused Epic of holding back Unreal Engine 3 optimizations and features until after Epic's Gears of War was released, as to guarantee it would be among the most technically impressive, and therefore best selling, titles on the platform at the time.
As part of its lawsuit--the allegations of which include Fraud, Negligent Misrepresentation, and Breach of Contract--Silicon Knights has demanded that Epic hand over all of its profits from Gears of War.
In its initial response, Epic stressed the significance of Silicon Knights founder Denis Dyack signing the Unreal Engine 3 License Agreement, which states that Epic "[does] not include any warranty that (i) the functions performed by the Unreal Engine... will meet [Silicon Knights'] requirements, nor (ii) that the operations of the Unreal Engine... will be bug free or error free in all circumstances, nor (iii) that any defects in the Unreal Engine... can or will be corrected."
In the days following the the lawsuit's original filing, Shacknews polled multiple developers with Unreal Engine experience. Responses ranged from positive to negative, though none claimed to experience problems as severe as those of Silicon Knights.


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Whether your sister is turning eighteen or eighty-five, this birthday card is a can't-miss! It so perfectly captures the relationship between sisters, while also having an element of fun and humor. Just look at those smiles! This candid picture is sure to bring a smile to anyone's face, and the speech bubble is just the icing on top of the cake.
You can never go wrong with compliments, especially on someone's birthday! After all, who doesn't love a good compliment?! This is a great option for the little sister in your life, especially if she's studious or more of an academic type. The flowers offer a fun element and pop of color, perfect for your sister's birthday in the spring time!
Is there anything more adorable than this picture of two sisters frolicking in the sun? Maybe just the verbiage on the birthday card! If you have trouble finding the words to let your sister know how thankful you are for her, this is the perfect birthday card. It lets your sister know how thankful you are to have her in your life, and the sweet picture only solidifies that. This is a great pick!


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LSU Beats Iowa in the Outback Bowl
TAMPA, Fla. -- Jeremy Hill rushed for 216 yards and two touchdowns, helping No. 14 LSU and inexperienced quarterback Anthony Jennings hold off Iowa, 21-14, in the Outback Bowl on Wednesday.
Craig Loston's interception stopped a potential game-tying drive, giving Hill a chance to put the game out of reach by carrying four times for 87 yards on a six-play, 92 yard march that gave the Tigers (10-3) a 21-7 lead.
Iowa (8-5) again pulled within a touchdown after Jordan Cotton returned the ensuing kickoff to the Tigers' 4.
Jennings rushed for a touchdown but only threw for 82 yards while standing in for the injuredZach Mettenberger in the freshman's first college start.
Backup quarterback C.J. Beathard `s fourth-down interception stopped one promising drive for Iowa, but he also tossed a 4-yard TD pass to Kevonte Martin-Manley to trim the Hawkeyes' deficit to 21-14 with 1:42 remaining.


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Former "Baywatch" bombshell, Pamela Anderson, has filed for divorce from husband Rick Salomon after six months of marriage. According to court documents obtained by E! News, it turns out they tied the knot on Jan. 9 and their date of separation is listed as July 3.
Their first go-round kicked off in October 2007 when they swapped vows in Las Vegas and was over by the following February when Pam filed to have the marriage annulled.
There's no word on what went wrong this time, other than "irreconcilable differences," but perhaps the issues that plagued them in the past just came back to haunt them.
U.S. & World
All seemed pretty well when the couple were spotted in the South of France during the Cannes Film Festival in May--and they were spotted riding a bicycle together just last month.
Maybe Pam was tired of doing all the pedaling. (Maybe they'll just date the next time they feel like reconciling.)
This was the third marriage for her and second for him, not including their previously annulled union and Salomon's marriage to Shannen Doherty, which was also annulled. Anderson has two sons with first ex-husband Tommy Lee, while Salomon has two daughters with his first wife, Elizabeth Daily.


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7 AP / 5 Coaches] Duke (10-1) vs. Western Michigan (5-7)
Friday, December 30, 2011 • 7:02 p.m. (ET) • ESPN2
The Opening Tip
• Duke (10-1) faces Western Michigan (5-7) on Friday, Dec. 30 at Cameron Indoor Stadium. Tipoff is set for 7:02 p.m. (ET).
• The game will be televised by ESPN2 with Mike Patrick (play-by-play) and Len Elmore (analyst) calling the action.
• Duke is ranked No. 7 in the AP Poll and No. 5 in the ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll. Western Michigan is unranked in both polls. The Blue Devils are 75-20 all-time when ranked seventh in the AP Poll.
• Duke will be playing its first game in 10 days and just its second contest in the last 19 days.
• The Blue Devils have won 41 consecutive games at Cameron Indoor Stadium, tied for the second-longest home winning streak in school history.
• Duke is looking for its 14th consecutive win in the month of December.
Duke-Western Michigan Series
• Friday's contest marks the first meeting between the two schools.
Duke vs. the Mid-American Conference
• Duke is 7-1 all-time against teams currently in the Mid-American Conference.
• The Blue Devils have won five straight games against MAC opponents.
• Mike Krzyzewski has led the Blue Devils to a 6-1 record against schools currently in the Mid-American Conference.
• Duke is 4-0 all-time (with a +22.2 scoring margin) against MAC opponents at Cameron Indoor Stadium.
• Duke has won five of the seven games against MAC schools by 10 or more points.
• The Blue Devils are 1-1 all-time against MAC schools in NCAA Tournament play.
Numbers Game
l Duke has won 91 straight non-conference home games, the longest current streak in the NCAA. The last home loss against a non-conference opponent for the Blue Devils was on Feb. 26, 2000 against St. John's, 83-82.
l The Blue Devils have won 85 straight games at Cameron Indoor Stadium against unranked non-conference opponents.
l Duke is 55-1 at home since the start of the 2008-09 season.
l The Blue Devils have won 41 consecutive games in Cameron Indoor Stadium with 35 of the victories coming by 10 or more points.
l Duke has won 47 consecutive games against teams outside the traditional power conferences (Big Ten, Big East, SEC, ACC, PAC 12, Big 12).
l The Blue Devils have won 33 of their last 36 non-conference contests. Duke is 61-7 in non-league games since the start of the 2008-09 season.
l Duke has won 14 straight games in December with 11 of those wins coming by double digits.
l The Blue Devils are 53-3 in December games since the 2001-02 season and are 170-26 all-time in the month under Mike Krzyzewski.
l Duke is one of seven teams in the NCAA with five or more players averaging in double-figures this season. Duke has finished the year with five double-figure scorers six times under Coach K.
l Mason Plumlee is one of two players (North Carolina's John Henson is the other) in the ACC averaging a double-double this season. Plumlee has five double-doubles and is averaging 12.5 points and 10.0 rebounds per game.
l Seth Curry is 34-of-36 (.944) from the free throw line and currently leads the ACC in free throw percentage. He enters Monday's game with a string of 23 consecutive made free throws.
l Andre Dawkins is averaging 14.3 points per game in the last three contests. He is 15-of-27 (.556) from the field, including 8-of-19 (.421) from three-point range, in that span.
l Austin Rivers has scored in double-figures in eight straight games, leading the team in scoring in six of those contests. He is averaging a team-high 17.0 points per game in that span, while shooting 46.6 percent (48-of-103) from the field and 44.1 percent (15-of-34) from three-point range.
l Miles Plumlee grabbed 13 rebounds in the win over UNC Greensboro without scoring a point to set a Duke record for rebounds in a scoreless game. Plumlee took just one shot from the field in the contest.
l Mason Plumlee is averaging 14.8 points, 10.4 rebounds, 2.6 blocks and 2.0


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Meatless Monday: Butternut Squash With Quinoa, Spinach and Walnuts
There's a strategy to my weeknight cooking. I like my weeknight meals to be easy-to-make, fairly healthy and with leftovers enough to either take to lunch the next day, or versatile enough to transform into another dish later in the week (think pasta sauce becoming Eggs in Purgatory). Bobby Deen's Butternut Squash With Quinoa, Spinach and Walnuts meets all of these qualifications -- it's super healthy (quinoa is a superfood you should be eating more of), ready in under an hour, plus it's great hot or cold so if there's a line at the microwave at work, I don't really have to wait. Bonus: it's made in one pot so there are fewer dirty dishes.
The quinoa is great on its own as a light meal, or paired with a easy and fast lentil soup for a heartier dinner.
Regarding the nuts: Nuts taste better toasted and they don't taste as great when mushy. So don't skip the step of toasting the walnuts (you can brown them in a dry skillet, shaking occasionally so they don't burn, or in the oven) and if you are planning on leftovers, sprinkle the nuts over individual servings of the quinoa instead of the whole finished dish. The next day, pack the quinoa and nuts separately and add the walnuts before you eat.
Butternut Squash With Quinoa, Spinach and Walnuts
Serves 4
1 medium leek, white and light green parts only, cleaned and thinly sliced
Heat the oil in a large saucepan over medium-high heat. Add the garlic and leeks and cook, stirring occasionally, until softened, about 5 minutes. Add the broth, squash, quinoa and raisins and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat and simmer, covered, until the liquid is absorbed and the squash and quinoa are tender, 15 to 20 minutes. Gently stir in the spinach and cook until it just begins to wilt, 2 to 3 minutes. Remove from the heat. Sprinkle with the walnuts.
Per Serving: 345 Cal; 14 g Protein; 8 g Tot Fat; 1 g Sat Fat; 3 g Mono Fat; 60 g Carb; 9 g Fiber; 11 g Sugar; 239 mg Calcium; 7 mg Iron; 147 mg Sodium; 0 mg Cholesterol
Vegan bodybuilders, what?! One of the most common questions a vegetarian or vegan hears is, " But how do you get your protein?" We all need it, and bodybuilders especially need to bulk up on this essential nutrient. So is it possible to get all the nutrients you need from going meatless on Mondays, or always? Athletes like Jimi Sitko and a handful of other top bodybuilders think so; they've adopted a vegan diet to improve their health and strength, loading up on plant sources for protein and other nutrients instead of beef, chicken and eggs. Did you know that oat bran has 16 grams of protein per cup and chickpeas have 18 grams? Important facts to know if you're looking to clean up your diet . . . or bench press your body weight.


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Bartender's Choice: What to Order at Midnight Cowboy in Austin0
VIEW SLIDESHOW: Bartender's Choice: What to Order at Midnight Cowboy in Austin
What was once East Sixth Street's worst kept secret has become a serious drinking spot. Except this time around, it's no longer a seedy operation. Midnight Cowboy Oriental Massage was originally a massage parlor with mattresses in place of massage tables. After a tip off to the FBI, it was busted for prostitution last spring.
Tim League, the founder of Alamo Drafthouse, took hold of the opportunity and bought the space. He decided to transform it into a speakeasy style cocktail bar that's "not limited to prohibition style cocktails." He invited Bill Norris, who subsequently brought on Brian Dressel as bar manager, to bring his idea to life.
After ripping everything up (including the floorboards), the newly designed space suggests a Victorian-era brothel, with antique mirrors, plush leather booths, and lush wallpapers. A sultry vibe lingers in the private rooms in the back. Flick on the signal light switch and someone will come to your service.
Bartender Stephen Robbins explained that the cocktail are meant to be "well rounded, refreshing, and well balanced. We use obscure, housemade ingredients but make it approachable." They strive to have drinks that "appeal to everyone but try to push people's comfort envelope slightly."
The initial menu featured only original concoctions, but they've since expanded the list to include what they're calling "true classics." You'll find the obligatory Martini and the Old Fashioned here, but .the team chose to "move towards the unfamiliar" with lesser-known classic cocktails as well. The oddest of the bunch is The Alamagoozlum, made with a kooky combination of genever, Navy-strength rum, Chartreuse, curaçao, Angostura bitters, Demerara syrup, and egg white. (They suggest sharing this beast between 2 or 3 thirsty people.)
Several cocktails are made tableside on a trolley wheeled to the table. Dressel emphasizes the importance of customer interaction: "it's not something we commonly get at bars." Though several of the tableside cocktails involve flame, Robbins warns that they're not really putting on a show: "We're not flair bartenders," he says.
So how do you get access to this modern-day speakeasy? Easy: reservations for a 2-hour visit can be made on their website. If you see the vacancy sign lit outside, that means that walk-ins are welcomed, but we've been warned that that's pretty rare. Once you arrive, buzz "Harry Craddock" and a hostess will escort you into the space.
We asked Midnight Cowboy's bartenders to recommend a few drinks from their current cocktail menu. Check out their picks in the slideshow »
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313 E. 6th Street, Austin, TX
512-843-2715; midnightcowboymodeling.com
About the author: Melody Fury is a writer and food photographer that shares her time between Austin, TX and Vancouver BC. See what she's consuming @GourmetFury on Twitter.


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Senior Director with Rockwell Collins Named First Female President of JETSby GDN Shared Post April 12, 2010
Linda Snow-Solum, a senior director with Rockwell Collins, a leading provider of communication and aviation electronic solutions, has been named President of the Board of Directors of JETS, one of the nation's leading non-profit educational organizations based in the Washington, D.C.- area dedicated to promoting engineering and technology careers to America's youth.
As the first female President of the organization, Linda will guide JETS through its next phase of providing quality educational resources and programs aimed at increasing student interest in engineering. Through the JETS three-prong approach—Explore, Assess, Experience—students are given the opportunity to discover engineering by showing them how it impacts everyday life and how engineers help solve social and community problems.
"Being part of a national organization that impacts students' lives and helps them see the value of an engineering career is extremely important to me," said Linda. "I am honored to serve as President of the JETS Board and hope my leadership role will be an example to young women that they, too, can impact the engineering community and society at-large."
Linda has worked for 30 years at Rockwell Collins in product development and engineering leadership. In her current position, Linda provides leadership of the overall engineering development process, engineering tools, and key productivity and performance improvement initiatives at Rockwell Collins. She is responsible for rolling out an efficient and effective process to over 5000 engineers in 16 locations, for selecting tools that will work across the enterprise, and for the strategic development of engineering talent that will enable a world class engineering workforce for Rockwell Collins.
"As JETS embarks on its 60th anniversary, Linda's transition to President is a natural fit," said Pete Carrato, immediate past president of JETS and Bechtel Fellow. "Her dedication to creating a pipeline of engineers is exemplified by her work with secondary schools, both locally and nationally, to promote the profession. The entire JETS Board is honored to have her leadership."
JETS was established in 1950 as one of the nation's first organizations to solely promote engineering and technology to high school students. Organized first as state engineering clubs, JETS has reinvented and revamped itself throughout its 60-year history. From creating the only student assessment tool strictly for engineering to developing top competitions that paint a real-world picture of the profession, JETS successful ventures have provided multiple pathways for students to discover their potential for engineering.
About JETS
JETS is a national non-profit educational organization dedicated to promoting engineering and technology careers to our nation's young people. As a prominent force at the secondary school level, JETS engages students in various engineering education programs that are an essential part of fostering the engineering profession.
Students in JETS programs are presented the opportunities to: understand how engineers make a difference in our world (Explore); see how their own talents and skills align to engineering majors and occupations (Assess); and participate in exciting real-world based competitions and activities (Experience). JETS programs touch more than 40,000 students and 10,000 educators from 6,000 high schools across the country every year. JETS participants are a diverse group – more than 50 percent are from groups that are traditionally underrepresented in engineering and technology fields, including one-third who are female.
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What would a Baby Boomer be most likely to "bum"?
The classic term was "bumming a smoke." The latter, of course, meant "cigarette."
By: Torrance Grey
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Millennials and even Gen-Xers tend to make fun of Boomers for not knowing the slang of today ("Ghosting? Do you mean paranormal investigation?"). But the younger generations tend to forget that Boomers had a slang all their own, much of it associated with the hippies and flower children of the 1960s, and some of it with the Beatniks, who were the early Boomers of the 1950s.
Some of these expressions are evergreen, like "cool" or "square." Others, like "groovy," are showing their age. And some, like "quail hunting," you might not recognize at all. But Boomer slang helped the young of the '60s speak in a code that their parents and other authority figures couldn't follow ... which was important, because rarely has there been a generation gap so wide as that between the conservative "Silent Generation" that came of age in the 1940s, and their children, who sought to change the world in the 1960s.
Whatever generation you were born in, you're likely to know some of these classic phrases ... but others might stump you. Do you know what was measured in "lids" and "keys"? Do you know your "bread" from your "threads"? Don't be a drag -- come and test your knowledge of Boomer-speak with our quiz!
The classic term was "bumming a smoke." The latter, of course, meant "cigarette."
Nowadays, "gas" has unpleasant associations. But back in the day, it meant to have a good time.
"Thongs" were what millennials now call "flip flops" and Hawaiians call "rubber slippers." Meanwhile, a "thong" now is a very brief undergarment, worn under revealing clothing so as to not make a visible panty line.
If Bart Simpson had been a Boomer, he might have said, "Don't flip your wig, man!" (Instead, of course, of "Don't have a cow!")
For maximum effect, you'd draw a square in the air with two fingers. It was the Boomer equivalent of holding a thumb-and-forefinger "L" in front of your forehead.
Apparently this passed for great fun in the '60s. (Also, on behalf of our Boomer forebears, we apologize to all Chinese people about the name).
"Bread" is one of many slang terms for money. "Argent," meaning "silver," is French slang for money.
"Cop a feel" meant to touch a girl in a sneaky way, without literal or implied consent. Well, *usually* the aggressor was a guy and the recipient a girl, but we suppose there were exceptions!
To "toke" was to have a drag on a marijuana cigarette. The line above is, of course, from the song, "The Joker," by The Steve Miller Band.
Boomer fun: Yell, "Hey, chrome dome!" at your bald principal or teacher and then hide in the bushes. (Seriously, had fun not been invented yet?)
"Chronic" arose in the late-Generation-X to early-millennial days. It started out to mean strong marijuana, but has become more general.
"Crash" means to go to bed and promptly go to sleep. Because of this, it's also a term for staying at somebody's house, because the key part of being a guest is that you're sleeping there, not just dropping by for a visit.
The term "pusher" is slightly derogatory, suggesting the person influences others to use drugs, getting people turned on to them, in order to ensure regular "customers." It's mostly been replaced by the less loaded term "dealer."
"Boss" was still around in the early 1980s, as evidenced by the cult novel, "The Grounding of Group Six." One character decides he has met a "boss chick" at boarding school.
Our favorite use of this word comes from Stephen King, who candidly said in an interview, "I was a head in the '60s. I don't mean I was ahead of everybody else; I was a HEAD."
A roach was the very butt of a joint, smoked down to the end. You could re-light one if you were desperate.
"Key" was simply short for "kilogram" (which is, frankly, a lot of any kind of drug). A "lid" was an ounce bag of marijuana.
This one probably wasn't too difficult to guess. "Threads" is still used to mean clothing.
This expression was immortalized by the Commodores song of the same name. "Thirty-six, twenty-four, thirty-six/What a winning hand!"
"Bug out" got its start as military slang and spread to the general population. Nowadays you also hear "bang out," from the military term to eject from a fighter jet or flee a situation going downhill.
"Hangups" were the hallmark of the older generation. The holy grail of enlightenment was to have no hangups at all.
The full name of the show was "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In." Its name was a homage to the "be-ins" and "love-ins" of the '60s.
We kind of like "quail" as a synonym for "females." More dignified than "chicks," at least!
Your parents and other authority figures were uptight. You and your friends were "laid back."
"Cat" just meant a male person. But it was strongly implied that he was young and hip.
"Coming down" is the classic expression for the feeling of drugs wearing off. It's the equivalent of "sobering up" for alcohol.
Of course, you can't really watch submarines race (if there was such a thing), they're underwater. So inviting a girl to the submarine races was a way to invite her to park by a body of water and make out.
This was sometimes done as a political protest. This makes us think of Mel Gibson's line in "Signs": "I know you're trying to make a point. I just don't know what it is."
To hold onto a marijuana cigarette long after you should have passed it on was called "bogarting." Why? Because in his movies, Humphrey Bogart often had a cigarette clamped in his mouth, for long periods of time.
Naturally, this term was adopted by parents and teachers trying to get through to their kids. Example: "You know I'm always available if you want to rap, Johnny."
In the 1960s, most drug users believed that group use led to more profound experiences. The term "acid test" was immortalized by the book, "The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test."
Synchronicity is a relationship between two seemingly unrelated things, or two people having the same thought at the same time without contact with each other. It's hard to explain succinctly, but you can find good summaries of Jung's idea online.
You don't hear this one much anymore. It's been replaced by "large" or "a K."
"You dig?" was the classic way to ask someone if they followed what you were saying. But you could also say that you "dug" the philosophy of Epicurus.
Yup, "pearl diving" sounds like an exotic sex practice, but it was just washing dishes for pay. At least, according to the Beatniks, those early forerunners of the hippies.
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The Government of Thailand has issued a warning for possible flash floods and mudslides in 15 southern provinces in the coming days as three more deaths were reported from rising waters. The floods, the worst to hit parts of Thailand in decades, have left at least 59 people dead since October 10. The authorities estimate that 3.2 million people across the country have been affected by the floods, with homes submerged and farmland or cattle destroyed. The situation is expected to continue for weeks.
Status Update: 03 November 2010, 11:25 UTC/GMT +1
Email: un-spider [at] unoosa.org
Link: http://www.un-spider.org
Contact Points in Thailand:
Dr. Chaowalit Silapathong, Director
GISTDA Geo-informatics Center
Phone: +662-141-4554
Fax: +662-143-9605
Mobile: +668-9204-6947
Email: chaow [at] gisdta.or.th
Ms. Niramon Sripumin, Director
GISDTA User Services and Business Development Office
Phone: +662-141-4560
Fax: +662-143-9593
Mobile: +668-1906-2173
Email: niramon [at] gisdta.or.th
Coordinates of affected areas (AOI)
Geographical Coordinates for Charter activation request:
Upper left
Lat 16.3 N
Long 99.2 E
Lower right
Lat 13.3 N
Long 101.4 E
Upper left
Lat 16.8 N
Long 101.4 E
Lower right
Lat 14.05 N
Long 105.5 E
International Charter Space and Major Disasters
International Charter:
Activation requested on 28/10/2010
Activation Request accepted: 29/10/2010
Requested by: ARDC for Geo-Informatics and Space Development Agency of Thailand (GISTDA)
Link: http://www.disasterscharter.org/web/charter/activation_details?p_r_p_1415474252_assetId=ACT-340
Project Manager: UNOSAT
Space-based resources
UNOSAT Maps: http://unosat.web.cern.ch/unosat/asp/prod_free.asp?id=57
NASA TERRA MODIS Imagery: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=46693
NASA Google Earth file: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/imagerecords/46000/46693/thailand_tmo_2010302.kmz
GISTDA Thailand Monitoring System TMS: http://flood.gistda.or.th/ (Language: Thai)
GISTDA Storm Tracker: http://eo.gistda.or.th/stormtracker/
IFRC: http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/fullmaps_sa.nsf/luFullMap/5611AA01EF0D6C82852577CA0065A7BB/$File/map.pdf?OpenElement
Satellite Tasking
Vector Files
Link: http://flood.gistda.or.th/
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Pre-Disaster Data
NASA Aqua/MODIS 2003: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=18975
NASA TERRA MODIS 2002: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=3920
Situation Reports:
reliefweb.int: http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/dbc.nsf/doc108?OpenForm&rc=3&emid=FL-2010-000152-THA
Other Information
AFP: http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gfn6lU8XexPfJa5SKg_kM1wC3wAA?docId=CNG.0f6098cead7826f4cfd587d03d20ca0d.671


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WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday said the government cannot force private health organizations to denounce prostitution as a condition to get taxpayer money to fight AIDS around the world.
Chief Justice John Roberts, writing for the court, said the anti-prostitution pledge in a 2003 AIDS funding law improperly restricts the groups' First Amendment rights.
Four organizations that work in Africa, Asia and South America challenged the provision in the law, arguing their work has nothing to do with prostitution.
The Obama administration countered that it is reasonable for the government to give money only to groups that oppose prostitution and sex trafficking because they contribute to the spread of HIV and AIDS. It said that if groups were not held to a pledge to oppose prostitution and sex trafficking, they could spend private funds in a way that might undermine the government's mission.
But in the 6-2 decision, Roberts wrote that the pledge "goes beyond preventing recipients from using private funds in a way that would undermine the federal government."
"It requires them to pledge allegiance to the government's policy of eradicating prostitution," he wrote. That, Roberts wrote, the government cannot do.
Justices Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas dissented. Scalia said the pledge "is nothing more than a means of selecting suitable agents to implement the government's chosen strategy to eradicate HIV/AIDS."
"That is perfectly permissible under the Constitution," Scalia wrote.
Roberts noted that Congress has made available billions of dollars for private groups to combat the spread of HIV and AIDS through the law, formally known as the United States Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria Act of 2003.
Another condition of funding that was not at issue in this case prohibits those groups from doing anything to promote the legalization of prostitution or sex trafficking.
A federal appeals court in New York struck down the pledge as an unacceptable intrusion on the groups' right to speak freely. Another appeals court, in Washington, upheld the provision against a similar challenge.
Two groups — Alliance for Open Society International Inc., which runs a program in Central Asia to prevent the spread of HIV and AIDS by reducing drug use, and Pathfinder International, which provides family planning and reproductive health services in more than 20 countries — went to the courts after they adopted policy statements opposing prostitution in order to keep their eligibility for funding intact.
The other two groups are Global Health Council and Interaction.
The organizations "fear that adopting a policy explicitly opposing prostitution may alienate certain host governments, and may diminish the effectiveness of some of their programs by making it more difficult to work with prostitutes in the fight against HIV/AIDS," Roberts said.
The groups pointed out in court papers that the World Health Organization and other international organizations receive U.S funds to fight AIDS and do not have to comply with the anti-prostitution pledge. Indeed, some of the international agencies support lesser penalties for prostitution as part of their AIDS-fighting strategy.
Justice Elena Kagan did not take part in the case, presumably because she worked on it while serving in the Justice Department as the Obama administration's top Supreme Court lawyer.
The case is United States Agency for International Development v. Alliance for Open Society International, 12-10.