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Outdoors Calendar for July 20-27
• Erie County Federation of Sportsmen's Clubs, Niagara River Station Fishing Club, 355 East River Road, Grand Island, 7:30 p.m., Thursday. Call 440-6995.
Shooting sports
• WNY Outdoor Pistol League, Niagara County Club, 9 a.m.-noon, July 27, walk-on shooters always welcome. For league and equipment details, call Bob Guyder at 695-1725.
• WNY Practical Pistol Outdoor League Match, Tonawanda Sportsmen's Club, 5657 Killian Road, Pendleton, 9 a.m., July 27. For league details, go to wnyppl.net.
Certification classes
To view the Department of Environmental Conservation registration format for certification classes, go to http://www.dec.ny.gov/outdoor/7860.html.
• Niagara Frontier 2014 Summer 3-D League, Wilson Conservation Club, 2934 Wilson-Cambria Road, registrations 2:30-6:30 p.m., Tuesday. Call Mike Hertel at 583-4145.
• Southtowns Walleye, 5895 Southwestern Blvd., Hamburg, 8 a.m.-6 p.m., Saturday. Call 627-0147.
• Middleport Rod & Gun Club Home Study Course, Freeman and Mountain roads, 9 a.m.-noon, Saturday and 8 a.m.-2 p.m., Aug. 16. Call Dave Lavery, evenings, 735-3433.
• Nick's Sporting Goods, 1211 Kenmore Ave., Kenmore, 6-10 p.m., July 29 and 6 p.m.-done, July 30. Call 875-9218.
• 3-F Club, 904 Swann Road, Lewiston, 6-10 p.m., Aug. 4 and 5. Call Dale Shank at 791-3809 or Doug Walck at 282-0625.
• Roy Alfords Little Ridge Archery, 8862 Ridge Road, Gasport, 6-10 p.m., Aug. 5, 6 and 7. Call 772-7598 (1-8 p.m.).
• Getzville Fire Company, 630 Dodge Road, Amherst, 6-10 p.m., Aug. 12 and 14. Register at: email@example.com.
• George Washington Club, 2805 Niagara St., 6-10:30 p.m., Aug. 5, 6, and 7. Call 627-9861 or 874-1206.
• Millgrove Sportsmen, 12 County Line Road, Alden, 7-10 p.m., Aug. 5 and 8 a.m.-4 p.m., Aug. 9. Register and see instructions online.
Waterfowl identification
• Erie County Conservation Society, 13319 Miller Ave., Chaffee, 6-11 p.m., Saturday. Call 655-2328.
• Beaver Island State Park, Casino/Beach House, Grand Island, 8 a.m.-1 p.m., Aug., 2. Call 773-3271 (Ext. 224).
• Middleport Rod & Gun Club, Freeman and Mountain roads, 8 a.m.-done, Saturday and 8 a.m.-2 p.m., Aug. 16. Call Kevin Teeter (evenings) or Aaron Davis at 863-8416.
• Security Weapons & Training Institute, 659 Ridge Road, Lackawanna: "8-Hour Pre-Assignment Class," Thursday; and "NYS Pistol Permit Class," 10 a.m., Saturday. Call 822-1043 or go to swatstore.com.
• Firearms Training of WNY Classes: "NYS Pistol Permit Class," Northtown Center, Amherst, 6-9 p.m., Wednesday; and "Utah-Arizona-Florida Multi-State Pistol Permit Class," Northtown Center, 5:45-9:45 p.m., Thursday. Call 903-2558 or go to email@example.com.
• Jim Carr Class: "Utah-Arizona-Florida Multi-State Pistol Permit Class," Niagara Gun Range, North Tonawanda, 9 a.m., Aug. 9. Call 693-4000 or email email@example.com.
• Crossbow Demonstration Day, Wilson Conservation Club, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Aug. 9 Call 731-9984, 731-1641 or 946-6882.
• NY Crossbow Coalition First Annual Banquet, Ramada Inn, 1305 Buckley Road, Syracuse, 6 p.m., Saturday. Go to nycrossbowcoalition.com.
• "Clays for Heroes" Third Annual Fundraising Shoot, Rochester Brooks International Skeet & Trap Club, Rush, Aug. 9. For details on entry and sponsorship options, check with Ashley Butcher at 698-5892.
• Buffalo Audubon Society/Beaver Meadow Center, 1610 Welch Road, North Java Events: "Bird Banding at Beaver Meadow," 7-11 a.m., Thursday; "BioBlitz-A 24-Hour Taxonomy Survey," 6 a.m., Saturday; "Native Plants in the Suburban Garden with Kathleen Contrino," 1-2 p.m., Saturday; "Bugs by Night with Mark Carra," 9-11 p.m., Saturday; and "Family Walk at Beaver Meadow-Guided Walk with Naturalists," 2 p.m., July 27. Most BAS events require registration. For details, call (585) 457-3228 (Ext. 10) or go to buffaloaudubon.org.
• Tifft Nature Preserve, 1200 Fuhrmann Blvd., Event: "Midsummer's Night Family Nature Hike", 8:30-9:45 p.m., Saturday. Call 825-6397 (Ext. 338).
• Reinstein Woods Nature Preserve (RWNP), 93 Honorine Drive, Depew, Programs: "Jewels of the Sky – Guided Walk," 10:30 a.m., Saturday; and "Summer Institute: Schoolyard Habitats (for grades K-12)," 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m., July 29 and 30. For registration details and all Environmental Education Center programs, call 683-5959.
• Niagara Frontier Region of New York State Parks Programs: "Art in the Park," Evangola State Park, 6:30-8:30 p.m., today, call 549-1050; and "Evening Stroll Along the Rim," Whirlpool State Park, 6:30-8:30 p.m., July 30, call 285-0516.
• Foothills Trail Club Events: "Goat Island Saunter," 10 a.m., Tuesday, call 759-6442; "Stiglmeier Park," 6:30 p.m., Tuesday, call 873-0913 or 439-0062; "Wednesday Night Mini-Hike, Lehigh Memorial Trail," 6:30 p.m., call 548-8039; Houghton Park/Buffalo River," 4:30 a.m., Thursday, call 826-1939; "Chestnut Ridge Park Evening Hike," 6:30 p.m., Thursday, call 548-1401; Friday Evening Riverwalk," 6:30 p.m., Call 833-3851; "Conservation Trail-Carpenter Road to Warner Gulf Road," 8:30 a.m., Saturday, call 826-1939; "Akron Fall County Park," 10 a.m., Saturday, call 439-0062; and "Canalside-Hatch Restaurant at Erie Basin Marina," 10:30 a.m., July 27, call 655-0699.
• Buffalo Ornithological Society Event: "Canada Shorebird Field Trip-Rock Point Provincial Park," 7 a.m., July 27. For details, call Doug Happ at 649-1297.
• Hamburg Natural History Society Events: "Science Adventure Summer Day Camp (for boys and girls ages 8-12)," Monday-Friday; "Astronomy Night at Penn Dixie Site," 7:30 p.m., Saturday; and "Summer Science Safari Day Camp (for boys and girls ages 8-12)," July 28-Aug. 1. For registration forms and event details, call 627-4560 or go to penndixie.org.
• Paths, Peaks and Paddles event: "Monday Evening Paddle on the Buffalo River," 6 p.m., Mutual Riverfront Park, 41 Hamburg St. Call 213-0350 or email: email@example.com.
• Earth Spirit Educational Services "Wild Foods & Medicines Walk", Buffalo Ski Club, West Falls, 10 a.m.-noon, Saturday. Call 941-6267 or go to earthspiritedu.org.
• Letchworth State Park Interpretive Programs: "Learn About Letchworth Series-Letchworth Landscapes with Photographer Larry Tetamore," 7 p.m., Tuesday; "Mushroom Foray-Upper St. Helena Shelter," 10 a.m., Saturday; and "Nature Walk-Genesee Valley Canal Trail (Waterfalls Section)," July 27. For all LSP programs, call (585) 493-3625.
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Man Love: North Korea Joins Facebook, is Male Who's "Interested In: Men"
Jason Mick
August 22, 2010 10:20 PM
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North Korea is apparently a "male" interested in men.
(Source: Facebook)
The nation's Twitter feed says that the country's leader Kim Jong Il is a fashion icon who's earned praise from French designers.
Twitter post proclaims that Kim Jong Il is fashion expert
Self-proclaimed "internet expert"
and "Dear Leader" of North Korea, Kim Jong Il, must get bored pretty frequently. After all, North Korean media proclaims there's not much the beloved dictator hasn't done; they claim he's done everything from compose six operas to regularly scoring three to four holes-in-ones per round of golf.
But the North Korean leader is reportedly setting his eyes on a new challenge -- befriending the world on Facebook. Mr. Jong Il's government has opened a Facebook account as part of its social media propaganda blitz.
The effort began with the launch of a website,
, earlier this year. The word "uriminzokkiri" roughly translates in english to "one nation/people". In July a
YouTube channel
of the same name launched (it currently has 1621 subscribers and 269,246 upload views), and in August a similarly-named Twitter account,
, was launched.
The page and channel were mostly in Korean and look primarily to spread propaganda attacking the U.S./South Korea, while glorifying North Korea and its government.
The latest effort appears to be a
Facebook account
that also bears the "uriminizokkiri" moniker. And the page had a bit of a surprise for the world. Apparently North Korea initially described itself as a "man" who is "Interested In: Men". The entry has since been removed, but not before it spread around the internet.
Some internet writers have voiced support of North Korea's shortlived apparent proclamation of newfound sexuality.
's Steven Jessop quips, "North Korea: he's here, he's queer, get used to it… or else."
Perhaps should have suspected North Korea's interests, given that an earlier post on North Korea's homepage which
praised Kim Jong Il's fashion sense
, commenting, "The august image of the Great General, who is always wearing the modest suit while working, leaves a deep impression on people's minds in the world. That is because his image as a great man is so outstanding."
That post even went on cite a French designer as praising the leader's fashion sense, commenting, "Kim Jong Il mode, which is spreading expeditiously worldwide, is unprecedented in history."
Unfortunately North Korea's Facebook page has received slightly less supportive comments. One follower, David Travis
Kim Jong Il is totally awesome!
by far the cutest woman leader, EVER!
An apparently fake account posing as Hugo Chavez has also left a number of posts on North Korea's wall. The page has been liked by 2,625 as of press time.
South Korea though, is unlikely to be "liking" North Korea's page anytime soon. They already blocked the nation's Twitter feed for containing "illegal" content. South Korean Commission official Han Myung-ho,
, "We are aware of the Facebook account and the police and the National Intelligence Service are currently investigating the site to verify whether it is indeed run by the North Korean government. If we find that this Facebook account also carries content violating the National Security Law, we will do our duty of shutting it down as well."
It looks like if there's one thing Kim Jong Il can't do, it's convincing his Southern neighbors to answer his friend requests. Perhaps those internet skills are slipping.
Of course, this interesting Facebook account, like virtually any user generated content on the internet, may not be from an authentic source. It does seem possible that it's official, though, given the official Twitter and YouTube Channels, and the fact that the Facebook links to the nation's homepage.
"When an individual makes a copy of a song for himself, I suppose we can say he stole a song." -- Sony BMG attorney Jennifer Pariser
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Order to strip Abhisit of rank signed | Bangkok Post: breakingnews
Order to strip Abhisit of rank signed
The committee, set up to investigate Mr Abhisit in connection with alleged draft-dodging, was chaired by chaired by deputy permanent secretary for defence Gen Prasobchai Kasemsant.
It ruled on Tuesday that Mr Abhisit fraudulently applied for and obtained a job as a lecturer at Chulachomklao Royal Military Academy - a position that allowed him to be exempted from military conscription in 1987.
The panel called for ACM Sukumpol to recall Mr Abhisit's salary he received from the academy in addition to stripping him of his rank of acting sub-lieutenant.
The findings declared that Mr Abhisit dodged military conscription.
ACM Sukumpol insisted on Thursday that his order was made without any hidden political agenda as alleged.
He urged Mr Abhisit to submit a letter requesting for justice on this case or send additional evidences to prove his innocent to his ministry and that he was ready to provide justice for him.
Mr Abhisit said on Thursday that ACM Sukumpo's move to strip him of his military rank was politically motivated, aimed at discrediting the opposition party ahead of the censure debate.
In a response to the ruling of the probe panel, Mr Abhisit said the timing of it and its findings come as his opposition is preparing to expose the alleged failure of the Yingluck Shinawatra government in the House debate, scheduled between Nov 25 and 27.
No matter how the panel defends its ruling, he said, "people can sense this is not right".
Pheu Thai: Abhisit should resign as MP | Bangkok Post: breakingnews
P.Thai: Abhisit should resign as MP
The case that Mr Abhisit was accused of draft-dodging was closely followed by the general public who wanted to see whether the former prime minister and opposition leader had really used falsified military document as alleged, said Mr Prompong.
Because the defence panel had ruled that Mr Abhisit had dodged military conscription and the Defence Ministry had stripped him of his rank and pay, he should resign as an MP status to show political responsibility, the spokesman said.
Former Pheu Thai leader Yongyuth Wichaidit had earlier resigned as MP and interior minister after he was found guilty of mishandling the Alpine Golf Course land sale.
He added that Mr Yongyuth had made such decision even though the Election Commission and the Constitution had not yet given their ruling on the case brought by the Democrats, he added.
Mr Prompong said if Mr Abhisit fails to show his political spirit by stepping down, he would take the case to the Constitution Court and ask it to rule whether he is still qualified to be an MP.
He insisted that this is not a political game to discredit the opposition leader, and that he just wanted the former prime minister to show responsibility.
"Slavery is the daughter of darkness; an ignorant people is the blind instrument of its own destruction; ambition and intrigue take advantage of the credulity and inexperience of men who have no political, economic or civil knowledge. They mistake pure illusion for reality, license for freedom, treason for patriotism, vengeance for justice."-Simón Bolívar
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In addition, this charge is not just about not serving....
Then there is the dem/pad coalition accusing this government of being extremely corrupt. This strikes back at that charge.
Now then, I had to laugh at the PTP calling for him to resign ...
I mean isn't that Dem MP still serving who killed a man? I don't recall him resigning, but I could be wrong...
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Sukampol welcomes court showdown with opposition leader - The Nation
Sukampol welcomes court showdown with opposition leader
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Minister defends decision to retroactively dismiss Abhisit from military; says it was based on false documents
Defence Minister Sukampol Suwannathat yesterday shrugged off Democrat Party leader Abhisit Vejjajiva's threat to sue him in the Central Administrative Court over a ministry committee's decision to strip Abhisit of the rank and salary given to him when he worked as military lecturer.
Sukampol said he was ready to explain his decision to endorse the ministry's decision to the court.
"It's good that Abhisit will file a suit with the Administrative Court," Sukampol said.
Abhisit said yesterday that his legal team was drafting a lawsuit to be sent to the Administrative Court because he regarded the decision to strip him of his rank as politically motivated.
Abhisit said the ministry committee had planned from the beginning to penalise him with the goal of undermining the Opposition's planned censure debate against the government.
"I've sent Sukampol a letter opposing the decision; it should reach him today. But he has signed an order to penalise me, so I will have to seek help from the Administrative Court," Abhisit said.
The committee set up by Sukampol concluded that Abhisit used falsified documents to apply for the position as a military lecturer, so it recommended stripping him of his military rank and salary retroactively.
The Defence Ministry would take action to dismiss Abhisit from military service retroactively, effective June 2, 1988, Sukampol said.
The minister said he would gradually issue the necessary orders to strip Abhisit of his rank, adding that the investigative panel had yet to calculate how much Abhisit would have to return to the state.
Pheu Thai spokesman Prompong Nopparit said Abhisit should take responsibility for the issue and show the appropriate spirit by resigning as an MP right away, now that the committee had found that he had committed an offence.
Meanwhile, Opposition chief whip Jurin Laksanawisit said yesterday the Opposition had submitted a motion of impeachment against Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra and no-confidence debate motions targeting three individual ministers to House Speaker Somsak Kiatsuranont.
Supported by 155 Democrat MPs and two MPs from the Rak Thailand Party, the Opposition proposes impeachment of Yingluck on grounds of malfeasance. It proposes that Opposition leader Abhisit Vejjajiva replace Yingluck. The Opposition also proposed a censure debate against three of her Cabinet members. They are Sukampol, Deputy Prime Minister Chalerm Yoobamrung and Deputy Interior Minister Chatt Kuldiloke, Jurin said.
Jurin said 10-20 speakers had prepared information to scrutinise the PM and the ministers but would not reveal the speakers' names for the moment.
He said the reason Commerce Minister Boonsong Teriyapirom was not among the censure targets was that there was insufficient information to scrutinise him separately.
Asked what would happen if Yingluck asked Boonsong to clarify the government's rice-pledging scheme on her behalf, Jurin said that in principle, Yingluck should clarify the issue by herself.
Jurin said the Opposition was confident of providing checks and balances on the government.
However, it was up to the people to decide whether they would continue to place trust in the government, he said.
Cases of corruption or malfeasance raised in the debate will not die in Parliament if the Opposition loses the no-confidence votes, as they would be submitted to the National Anti-Corruption Commission and the impeachment process would continue, Jurin said.
If the NACC decides to indict someone, the case would be brought to the Senate, where a three-fifths vote would be needed for impeachment. The Supreme Court's Criminal Division for Political Office Holders would handle related criminal cases.
The Constitution requires that cases against the premier be submitted to the NACC if key points in the censure debate against the leader involve corruption or malfeasance.
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Court may be asked to rule on Abhisit | Bangkok Post: news
Court may be asked to rule on Abhisit
Mr Prompong said a proposal would be made at a meeting of the Pheu Thai Party tomorrow for MPs to sign in support of the petition.
Apart from the petition to the Constitution Court, Pheu Thai will ask the Election Commission to review whether Mr Abhisit was qualified to be the opposition leader and to be nominated for the post of prime minister in the no-confidence motion filed against the government Saturday.
Mr Abhisit's plan to file a petition with the Administrative Court after being dismissed from military service was intended only to buy time because he no longer had the right to report to parliament as an MP.
Mr Prompong said Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra and three other cabinet ministers named in the no-confidence motion were confident they would be able to reply to questions raised by the opposition during the censure debate.
No MPs would be assigned to disrupt the opposition's debate or protect the prime minister and the three other ministers while being grilled, the spokesman said.
More action planned against Abhisit | Bangkok Post: news
More action planned against Abhisit
Abhisit Vejjajiva (File Photo)
Former senator Ruangkrai Leekijwattana said on Sunday the EC would be asked to forward a request to the Constitution Court to make the ruling.
Mr Ruangkrai said the Defence Ministry's Order No 1163/2555 to retroactively dismiss Mr Abhisit from military service for draft-dodging was effective and clearly confirmed that the dismissal took effect from June 2, 1988.
The dismissal was a form of disciplinlary action. Mr Abhisit was, therefore, not qualified to run for the House of Representatives, he said.
On Mr Abhisit's plan to petition the Administrative Court to overturn the Defence Ministry's order, the former senator said that according to the law that established the Administrative Court and its procedures, the court did not have the jurisdiction to override disciplinary action taken by the military.
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Abhisit files suit with Administrative Court against Sukampol's order
November 12, 2012
Opposition Democrat Party leader Abhisit Vejjajiva Monday had his lawyer file a suit with the Central Administrative Court accusing Defence Minister Sukampol Suwannathat of illegally issued an order to dismiss him as a military reserve who earns state salary and pension and strip of his military rank and salary.
Sukampol endorsed the decision to dismiss Abhisit on the grounds that he used falsified documents to apply for the position as a military lecturer.
The suit filed by Abhisit said the Defence Ministry has no authority to dismiss a military official who had decommissioned as Abhiit has quit his military post 23 years ago.
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Abhisit petitions Admin Court
Opposition and Democrat Party leader Abhisit Vejjajiva has submitted a petition to the Administrative Court, asking it to rule whether the Defence Ministry's order to retroactively dismiss him from military service and strip him of his rank is against the law.
Democrat Party spokesman Chavanont Intarakomalyasut said Mr Abhisit's case was filed with the Administrative Court by his lawyer on Monday.
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Mr Abhisit has asked the court to rule whether the Defence Ministry can legally retroactively dismiss him and strip him of his military rank since he left the military service a long time ago.
The court was also asked to rule whether the former prime minister had breached military discipline, as mentioned in the Defence Ministry's order.
Mr Chavanont said Mr Abhisit had evidence to confirm that he had never falsified or used fake documents to apply for a teaching job at the Chulachomklao Royal Military Academy -- the job that exempted him from military conscription in 1987.
Bundhit Siriphan, Mr Abhisit's lawyer, said that now the petition was filed with the court the Defence Ministry's order would not affect the censure debate against the government scheduled for Nov 25-26.
Mr Bundhit said the Defence Ministry's order was simply persecution which could lead to Mr Abhisit being disqualified as an MP.
Meanhwile, former senator Ruangkrai Leekijwattana petitioned the Election Commission to seek a Consitution Court ruling that Mr Abhisit was still qualified to serve as an MP after the Defence Ministry retroactively dismissed him from military service.
Mr Ruangkrai said that as a result of the dismissal order, Mr Abhisit might have been disqualified as an MP under Sections 102 (6) and 106 (5) of the constitution.
On Mr Abhisit's petition to the Administrative Court against the Defence Ministry's order, the former senator said he believed the court did not have the jurisdiction to consider a matter concerning military disciplinary action.
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The immediate problem with Abhisit's court case seems to be that he has conceded, or at least is not challenging, the allegation that he was a draft dodger who then used fraudulent documents to obtain his position as a military lecturer. This before the population of Thailand, aka voters. He is merely legally questioning the Jurisdiction of the Defence Minister to strip him of his allegedly corruptly obtained military titles and perquisites.
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It's just part of the tit-for-tat. The amart-sakdina and their Dem facilitators push forward with general no-teeth's non-existent demos, so the PTP attack Abhisit for his non-existent military credentials. Fair is fair I guess.
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Abhisit smear campaign is unnecessary, expert says | Bangkok Post: news
Abhisit smear campaign is unnecessary, expert says
Government attempts to discredit the opposition ahead of next week's censure debate will have little effect, a political analyst has said.
Somchai Srisutthiyakorn, a political scientist at Sripatum University, said the government had embarked on a concerted smear campaign against the Democrat Party ahead of the no-confidence debate on Nov 25-27.
But he warned the campaign is misguided, will not work, and is diverting the government's attention away from more serious issues.
Mr Somchai was referring primarily to a Defence Ministry panel decision last week which recommended Democrat leader Abhisit Vejjajiva be stripped of his military rank and have the salary he earned during his time as a lecturer at Chulachomklao Royal Military Academy recalled.
A former senator now plans to ask the Election Commission (EC) to seek a Constitution Court ruling on whether Mr Abhisit should lose his MP status as a result of being stripped of his rank.
Mr Somchai said the moves are widely viewed as attempts to block the opposition leader from participating in the censure debate by casting doubt on his eligibility as an MP.
But he said the EC would not rush to seek the ruling on Mr Abhisit's MP status. If the ruling came too fast, it would call the EC's credibility into doubt, Mr Somchai said. The agency could be viewed as bowing to pressure from the government.
He said the government is making rash moves to corner the opposition when there are bigger issues at hand.
Even if strong evidence was presented against the government during the censure debate, he said the opposition would still not be able to unseat the government, which commands the overwhelming majority in the House of Representatives.
"What the government should really be worried about is the rally by the Pitak Siam group which will be held one day ahead of the debate [on Nov 24]. The government must find ways to deal with the protest properly," Mr Somchai said.
Mr Abhisit told the Bangkok Post he was unfazed by the government's attempts to discredit him. He was confident he would be able to perform his job as opposition leader during the debate.
Mr Abhisit said he had sent his lawyer to ask the Administrative Court yesterday to consider if the rank-stripping order violates legal or Defence Ministry regulations. He said he will also file a suit with the Criminal Court asking it to rule on whether the defence panel ruling constitutes an act of malfeasance in violation of Section 157 of the Criminal Code.
"What is happening shows which party is more democratically minded," he said. "The government is only thinking of how to block efforts to hold it to account."
The defence panel ruled last Tuesday that Mr Abhisit had fraudulently applied for and obtained a job as a lecturer at Chulachomklao Royal Military Academy _ a position that allowed him to be exempted from conscription in 1987.
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Pongthep: Abhisit not qualified as MP
Mr Pongthep said he voiced this opinion as a member of the Pheu Thai Party's legal team.
Section 102 (6) of the constitution regarding qualifications of MPs prohibits a person who has been sacked from the government service from contesting an election for the House of Representatives. Mr Abhisit was in this category, Mr Pongthep said.
On Mr Abhisit's peition for the Administrative Court to revoke the Defence Ministry's order dismissing him from the military service, saying it was illegal, Mr Pongthep said the Democrat Party leader could not do this.
According to the law on the establishment of the Administrative Court, the court does not have the jurisdiction to consider a case involving a military disciplinary action, he added.
Mr Pongthep said the Pheu Thai Party had not yet considered whether to ask the Election Commission or the Constitution Court to rule on Mr Abhisit's qualifications.
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Thavorn: Abhisit still qualified
Thavorn Senneam, a Songkhla MP, said the process of stripping Mr Abhisit's rank as ordered by Defence Minister Sukumpol Suwanatat had not yet been completed. Therefore, the Democrat Party leader was still qualified.
Moreover, Mr Abhisit had the right to ask the Administrative Court to revoke the order even though it concerned military disciplinary action.
The Administrative Court did not have the jurisdiction to consider a case concerning disciplinary action against an officer who was still in the military service. Since Mr Abhisit was no longer in the service, so this could not be applied in his case, Mr Thavorn said.
The matter would still have to go through a long legal battle, both in the Election Commission and the Constitution Court, which would make a final ruling.
Mr Thavorn said he was confident Mr Abhisit was still qualified and his being nominated for the post of prime minister in the censure motion would not be affected.
"The Democrat Party is gathering names of MPs and drafting a petition for the removal of ACM Sukumpol for having illegally issued the order," he added.
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Motion to impeach Sukampol over Abhisit army row - The Nation
Motion to impeach Sukampol over Abhisit army row
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The Democrat Party on Friday filed an impeachment motion against Defence Minister Sukampol Suwannathat, alleging that he abused his authority in stripping the Democrat leader of his Army rank.
The motion was signed by 153 Democrat MPs and was submitted by partylist MP Pussadee Tamthai to Senate Speaker Nikhom Waiyaratphanich.
Sukampol has signed an order to endorse a decision of a Defence Ministry panel to strip Democrat leader Abhisit Vejjajiva of his Army sub lieutenant rank on allegations that he used fake documents to apply for a job as a military lecturer.
The impeachment motion alleged that Sukampol had committed malfeasance by ordering the rank revocation against Abhisit in violation of the Military Disciplinary Act of 1933. The motion said the act did not allow the defence minister to strip a retired military officer of his or her rank and the Council of State has earlier interpreted that act and announced that the Defence Ministry could not retroactively fire retired military officers.
The motion also alleged that Sukampol intended to abuse his authority to prevent the Democrat leader from carrying out his duty as the opposition leader with the order. The motion noted that Sukampol told the Pheu Thai meeting and Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra that he would take action against Abhisit.
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MCOT report here, basically saying the same stuff.
Democrats put defence minister in hot seat | MCOT.net
So did he abuse his authority or not? It will be interesting to see if he did....
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Same old same old.
1- Senior cop busts a corrupt effort to get a plutocrat (Red Bull heir) off the hook for running over and killing a cop in a hit n run accident. Said plutocrat is later found to have alcohol and cocaine in his system. The senior cop involved in the effort to get him off the hook is suspended, pending disciplinary proceedings.
Democrat response- The honest cop has a picture of Thaksin on his wall! sack him!!!
2- ex-PM (not really) and leader of the Democrats, Abhisit, is found to be a draft dodger, and obtained his job as a military lecturer using forged documents. The Defence Minister strips him of his military title, and suspends his perq's.
Democrat response- Impeach the Defence Minister!!!
I mean, really- and this is just in the last six weeks or so. And you guys accuse Thaksin of being corrupt. The Democrat party is the HQ of corrupt plutocrats. They do not even have the subtlety to disguise it, just the asinine Bangkok 'press' to cheerlead their twisted agenda. I would remind you, the Abhisit administration was the most corrupt since Banharn (perhaps even more so)- even the leader of the PAD pointed this out. They are not fit to run a pissup in a brewery, never mind a nation.
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If the Democrat party had any collective political brainpower (they don't), they would find a face saving way to get rid of Mark as leader. The Thai people will never majority vote for the Dems while he remains in titular charge. They should replace him with another wholesome puppet, heck maybe even bring back Chuan Leekpai- he doesn't look so bad after all these years
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So to be a senior member here, means you have to post the drivel that you do?
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So Mr. World citizen, off you go to The NACC with all your evidence of the corrupt Dems and do your deed for the good of Thailand.
While you are there remind them that a former prime minister managed to do a multi BILLION DOLLAR deal to sell a Thai asset to a foriegn country in 5 days after legitation was changed to permit such a sale.
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Oh, but I think I get it. You don't like Thaksin, so therefore Abhisit should not be held accountable in any way for his cheating. And of course, the Defence Minister should be impeached for daring to hold Abhisit accountable for his fraud, in a modern world that contains that single word "Thaksin". Righto, yeh, that makes a lot of sense mr forever junior poster.
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One of the better reference sites out there is called Texas Leaguers – The Mechanics of Baseball, and is run by Trip Somers. If you haven't been there before, I definitely recommend checking it out. Trip offers mechanical analysis of a lot of pitcher, mainly Rangers, but also has and detailed glossary of a lot of the mechanical terms you sometimes hear, but have no clue what they mean.
One of the coolest features on Texas Leaguers is the online Pitch f/x web tool, which I didn't know existed until Mike Fast brought it up a couple of weeks ago. Unlike Dan Brooks' tool, which only gives you game by game data, Trip's allows you to select the exact time frame that you want the data from for both batters and pitchers, and allows you to view multiple splits. For example, here are some charts about Tim Lincecum's changeup this year. You can see that he consistently locates down and to the first base side of the strike zone. No wonder why it's been one of the best pitches in baseball. You can also view charts for individual gamelogs, found on the sidebar, and some descriptive stats on the pitch.
So check out Texas Leaguers, and especially the Pitch f/x web tool, for some awesome stuff.


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There was some talent in Athens, Ga. Thursday on the first of four 7on7 tournaments the Dawgs will put on over an eight day period.
Georgia had numerous 2015 targets on their campus and the coaches had their eye on them. Here are the prospects that stood out most to Scout Thursday.
1. Darius Slayton | 2015 CB | Greater Atlanta Christian
From game one early Thursday, Slayton stole the show and he did not let up. He took his team to the final four and he made plays all day on offense and defense. He locked down receivers, he made catches in traffic, and he showed speed to stretch the field vertically. He and his mother received consistent attention from the Bulldog staff.
2. Montavious Atkinson | 2015 OLB | Lanston Hughes
This Auburn commitment was arguably the top performer in the afternoon session, and like Slayton, he made plays on both sides of the ball. He worked at outside linebacker, his natural position, and he also made plays at safety and wide receiver. Langston Hughes won the tournament and Atkinson was a big part of that. He showed very good speed to the ball and he is likely a strong safety on the next level. After all was done, UGA offered the Auburn commit.
3. Justin Young | 2015 DT | Grayson
This Georgia commitment went to work for his future coach, Tracy Rocker Thursday morning, and Rocker had to like what he saw. There is very little body fat (6-foot-4, 260 pounds) on Young and he showed quickness off the ball, very violent hands, and great strength. Only Marshall and Georgia had offered when he committed to Dawgs - many others should have pulled the trigger. Do not sleep on this young man.
4. Micah Abernathy | 2015 CB | Greater Atlanta Christian
Slayton created a buzz early and that kept on going until GAC left Athens, but Abernathy was quite impressive in his own right. He is the more physical of the two and he has very good balance in coverage. Like Slayton, UGA had many eyes on him as well.
5. Ruben Garnett | 2015 RB | Aquinas
Garnett is so dangerous in these type of settings. The 5-10, 170 pound running back is very quick and shifty and it was like watching current Georgia player J.J. Green out there today. He made guys miss in space and showed he could stop and go on a dime. Good hands out of the backfield as well.
6. Roquan Smith | 2015 LB | Macon County
Linebackers do not always excel in events like that, but Smith is not your normal linebacker. He also did not only play linebacker, he made many plays at wide receiver too. His play of the day was a touchdown catch where he stole the ball from a defender for a touchdown in the morning. He also broke up his share of passes and he showed he can cover and get to the ball quickly in coverage. He is a true sideline to sideline player.
7. Chris Martin | 2016 DL | Grayson
Rocker wanted to see a lot of Martin today and Martin did not disappoint. He has great flexibility and he would come off the ball low and make it difficult for offensive linemen to get hands on him at times. He really got low, turned the corner well, and showed a burst to the quarterback dummy. He may not be as tall as some of his teammates, but the 6-2, 255 pound rising-junior is one to watch.
8. Justin Gibbs | 2017 WR | Aquinas
Gibbs was not the only 2017 prospect who made a strong impression today, but he was the one that made the most big plays. He is a 6-2, 188 pound playmaker who will likely be pursued by the Dawgs down the road. He made plays in traffic, he showed strong hands, and he is a player to know for the future.
9. MyKelle McDaniel | 2016 DL | Grayson
McDaniel passed the eye-test immediately, then he won rep after rep, and not long after Jeremy Pruitt walked up, he had an offer from Georgia. He is a big body who covers a lot of ground quickly. He has great length, he works his hands, and at 6-4 plus and close to 265 pounds, he is still growing. A lot of potential here.
10. D'Andre Walker | 2015 OLB | Langston Hughes
Usually Walker is dominating off the edge at rush end, but he worked at outside linebacker Thursday, and he did not disappoint. He is still learning to make drops in coverage and he got lost at times, but he closes so fast and he can make up ground so fast. He may have taken a bad step and let the receiver get a few yards on him, but before you knew it, Walker was back on his hip. This kid is explosive and obviously he has a lot to learn at this position, but showed so much athleticism Thursday.


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Iraq violence producing a 'damaged generation'
Children and young people are bearing the brunt of the dramatically increased levels of violence in Iraq, with schools not immune to attacks on public places.
Earlier this month a suicide bomber killed 18 children and their head teacher in a school playground.
The immediate impact on the children's lives comes in the form of cancelled school trips and daily safety lessons, but there are also concerns about the psychological damage being done to an entire generation.
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With more than 130 outlets licensed to sell alcohol in Portsmouth alone, along with concert venues, and scores of seaside restaurants from here to Seabrook, how do area police keep the New Hampshire Seacoast a safe, family-oriented resort destination? A Zero Tolerance for DUI, public drunkenness and disorder is one way.
Another reason the New Hampshire seacoast remains inviting is the Seacoast DUI Task Force, which came into being in 2005 for the expressed purpose of impacting DUI accidents numbers, as well as Underage Drinking, and alcohol-related crime and disorder incidents. The media is invited to attend a press conference to be held on Thursday, July 10th at 9:15 a.m. at the New Castle Coast Guard Station. Area Chiefs from several DUI Task Force member towns will update the public on the impact of this regional effort on DUIs in particular, and other alcohol-related crime and disorder as well. Find out what is working and what the concerns are for the future. Chief Mike Magnant of Portsmouth, Chief Eddie Edwards' office at Liquor Enforcement, and the New Hampshire State Police will have input for the press. Other area Police Departments will also be represented.


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By Marc Caviglia, BrunoBoys.net
Fantasy football owners looking to get off to a fast start against their competition in Week 1 should pay attention to these matchups when setting their lineups.
QB Carson Palmer (Oakland Raiders) vs. San Diego
Palmer's tenure with the Raiders got off to a rocky start last season. The veteran gunslinger fired six interceptions over his first two games. However, he turned things around as the season went on.
The pinnacle of his success came in Week 17 against the San Diego Chargers, as he went for 417 passing yards. Expect Palmer to have better chemistry with his receivers and don't be surprised if he chucks the football 35-40 times while the Raiders play catch-up. There are a lot of good quarterback plays in the season opener, however Palmer is worthy of a start in just about any format.
QB Andrew Luck (Indianapolis Colts) @ Chicago
Luck is set for a great career in the NFL, but let's keep the expectations for the rookie in check. While he looked good in the preseason, the stark reality is that he's on a bad team that's in rebuilding mode. The offensive line is a mess. Four of the starters are new, with the only incumbent being left tackle Anthony Castonzo, who is in his second year in the league.
The Chicago Bears are an aggressive and experienced defense, one that forced 20 interceptions last season. Luck's welcome-to-the-NFL moment is going to occur this week, and it's not going to be a pleasant one.
RB Doug Martin (Tampa Bay Buccaneers) vs. Carolina
Martin has generated some buzz as a Rookie of the Year candidate, and he quickly overtook LeGarrette Blount as Tampa Bay's top tailback during the preseason. With a favorable matchup against the Carolina Panthers, who ranked among the worst teams against opposing running backs in 2011, the time is now to get the rookie into your lineup.
Martin is expected to get the majority of the touches out of the Bucs backfield and he should have no problem racking up over 100 total yards against a defense that allowed over 23 fantasy points per game to opposing running backs just a season ago. Some of that can be chalked up to multiple injuries to key players, but Martin is in line to get all the touches he can handle and the Panthers ranked in the bottom part of the league in receptions allowed to running backs last season (88). Martin is worth considering as a low-end RB1 in his NFL debut.
RB Maurice Jones-Drew (Jacksonville Jaguars) @ Minnesota
After holding out during the preseason, Jones-Drew decided to rejoin the team one week before the start of the regular season. He did not get the new contract he was seeking, and for this week's game with the Minnesota Vikings he is going to be the backup and third-down back behind starter Rashad Jennings.
The touches are expected to be limited, so that immediately makes Jones-Drew a very unappealing play. The long-term prospects aren't great either. Remember Tennessee Titans running back Chris Johnson held out before the start of last season and he posted the worst numbers of his career. This is a situation that will require close monitoring.
WR Titus Young (Detroit Lions) vs. St. Louis
Young showed his potential as a rookie last season with 607 yards on 48 catches and six touchdowns. He also finished strong, as he hauled in 17 receptions over the final four games of the season and jumped Nate Burleson on Matthew Stafford's pecking order.
The Rams allowed nearly 22 fantasy points per game to opposing wideouts last season and were particularly vulnerable to prolific passing offenses. The Lions fit into that category with the pieces they have in place, and Young is in line to be a primary part of the offense right out of the gate. If you own Young, feel confident starting him as your high-end WR3 or Flex play this week.
WR Greg Little (Cleveland Browns) vs. Philadelphia
As a rookie, Little played as well as he could. The 61 catches and 706 receiving yards were impressive totals given how bad the quarterback play was in Cleveland. The Browns decided to go in a different direction from previous starter Colt McCoy, drafting Oklahoma State star Brandon Weeden in the first round and naming him the starter early in training camp. However, Weeden looks just as raw as Jacksonville's Blaine Gabbert did last season.
Combine that with a Philadelphia Eagles defense that has arguably the best group of defensive backs in the NFL and the outlook isn't looking too bright for Little. Make sure he is on your bench in Week 1.


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Operator: Good afternoon. My name is Jay, and I will be your conference operator today. At this time, I would like to welcome everyone to the KLA-Tencor Third Quarter Fiscal Year 2013 Conference Call. All lines have been placed on mute to prevent any background noise. After the speakers' remarks, there will be a question-and-answer session.
I'd now like to hand the call over to Ed Lockwood, Senior Director of Investor Relations. Please go ahead, sir.
Ed Lockwood - Senior Director, IR: Thank you, Jay. Good afternoon, everyone, and welcome to our conference call. Joining me on our call today are Rick Wallace, our President and Chief Executive Officer; and Mark Dentinger, our Chief Financial Officer.
We're here to discuss third quarter results for the period ended March 31, 2013. We released these results this afternoon at 1.15 PM Pacific Time. If you haven't seen the release, you can find it on our website at www.kla-tencor.com, or call 408-875-3600 to request a copy. A simulcast of this call will be accessible on demand following its completion on the Investor Relations section of our website. There you'll also find a calendar of future investor events, presentations and conferences, as well as links to KLA-Tencor's SEC filings, including our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended June 30, 2012 and our subsequently filed 10-Q reports. In those filings, you'll find descriptions of risk factors that could impact our future results.
As you know, our future results are subject to risks. Any forward-looking statements, including those we make on this call today, are subject to those risks and KLA-Tencor cannot guarantee those forward-looking statements will come true. Our actual results may differ significantly from those projected in our forward-looking results. More information regarding factors that could cause those differences is contained in the filings we make with the SEC from time-to-time, including our fiscal 2012 Form 10-K and our current reports on Form 8-K. We assume no obligation and do not intend to update those forward-looking statements. However, any updates we do provide will be broadly disseminated and available over the web.
With that, I'll turn the call over to Rick.
Rick Wallace - President and CEO: Thanks, Ed. Thank you all for joining us on our call today. The March quarter results for KLA-Tencor were in line with the Company's expectations. New bookings in the March quarter were $738 million, down about 3% compared with December. Orders were concentrated among our foundry and logic customers with particular strength from logic customers in the period. Third quarter revenue was $729 million and non-GAAP EPS was $1.01 per share, applying an effective tax rate of 14%, resulting from a one-time R&D tax credit taken in the quarter. Non-GAAP earnings would have been $0.89 at our modeled tax rate of 24%.
So, a good start for KLA-Tencor in calendar year 2013, following the year a very strong relative performance for the Company in calendar 2012. In fact, according to Gartner's recently published industry report, KLA-Tencor sustained its strong relative market position in calendar 2012, in an environment in which overall process control market revenues were flat in 2012 and the industry CapEx was down approximately 10%. These results highlight a continuation of the trend we've seen in this cycle of increasing adoption of process control, as the mobility markets fuel growth in foundry and logic demand and the increasing cost and complexity associated with managing yields makes process control critical to our customers' success at the leading-edge.
Turning now to our view of the current business environment; consumer demand for mobile technology continues to be the primary force behind semiconductor industry demand, with strong smartphone and tablet unit growth, competition in increasing device cost and complexity, driving our markets today.
For KLA-Tencor, the Q3 bookings profile was highlighted by strength in logic demand with these customers accounting for 25% of bookings in March. We expect logic orders to comprise 32% of our orders next quarter and to be strong into the second half of calendar year 2013, though below the first half levels.
Foundry customers accounted for 47% of new orders in March. We expect foundry orders to comprise 35% of the orders next quarter and our foundry customer forecast for the second half of 2013, show growth over the first half of the year with more breadth of demand among these customers, because foundries tend to be the highest adopters of process control, the sustained high level of foundry investment we've experienced is favorable to KLA-Tencor and a key contributor to our strong relative performance.
Finally, orders from memory customers represented 28% of total orders in March, nearly double the percentage from the December quarter. We expect that memory will be 33% of new orders in the June quarter and that memory demand will strengthen in the second half of calendar 2013. Although, we are not currently forecasting significant capacity investment from memory customers in the year, we're encouraged by signs of higher relative adoption of process control and strengthening market share for KLA-Tencor among the leading-edge memory customers.
Looking ahead to the remainder of 2013, our outlook for the industry CapEx investment in the year has moderated somewhat from our initial commentary in January. As our customers adopt to more measured outlook for new wafer capacity investment in the near-term and prepare for the next node. We believe some of the major factors impacting the timing of equipment demand in the near-term include uncertainty as the potential magnitude and breadth of participation among fabless customers for the 20-nanometer node. Challenges associated with the transition from planar to 3D device architectures and a persistently weak global economy. As a result our current market outlook for modest incremental improvements in overall equipment demand in the second half of the year, driven more by the breath of foundry demand, sustained levels of investment from logic and a strong resurgence of demand from Korea both for logic and memory applications.
That said, given the factors I just mentioned are biased today as per industry CapEx in 2013 to trend toward the lower end of our original down 5% to 10% range for the year. The driving force behind KLA-Tencor's market leadership continues to be our focus on the customer. With each successive generation of new technology, our customers are facing increased process complexity, shorter market windows and more challenging yield requirements.
Process control is on the critical path to successful management of these complex technical challenges and as the market leader, KLA-Tencor is positioned to continue to benefit from strong relative adoption of inspection and measurement technologies as our customers move ahead with their advanced technology roadmaps.
Turning now to guidance for the June quarter; gross bookings are projected to be in the range of $625 million to $775 million. Revenue in the June quarter is expected to be in the range of $670 million to $730 million and non-GAAP earnings per share in the range of $0.66 to $0.86 per share.
With that I'll turn the call over to Mark Dentinger for his review of the numbers. Mark?
Mark Dentinger - EVP and CFO: Good afternoon, everyone. As most of you know, we present our income statement in two formats. One under U.S. GAAP and the other in a non-GAAP format, which excludes amortization and write-downs of intangible assets associated with acquisitions, restructuring related charges and credits, and any costs or credits which are outside of our core operations including unusual tax items. There was a $0.03 after-tax difference between this quarter's GAAP and non-GAAP EPS. Our balance sheet and cash flow statements are presented in GAAP format only. Most of my prepared remarks on operations will refer to non-GAAP information. A reconciliation of our GAAP to non-GAAP income statement is attached to our press release and available at our website.
Q3 new orders were $738 million, down slightly from $760 million Q2. Q3 net orders were $736 million. The regional distribution of new systems orders and the quarter-to-quarter change in distribution were as follows. The U.S. was 17% of new systems orders in Q3, down from 33% in December quarter; Europe was also 17% of new systems orders, up from 1% in Q2; Japan was 9%, up from 7% last quarter; Korea was 10%, down from 13% last quarter; Taiwan was 35%, down slightly from 39% last quarter; and the rest of Asia was 12%, up from 7% in Q2.
The distribution of new orders by product group and the quarter-to-quarter change in distribution were as follows; wafer inspection was 51%, compared with 48% last quarter; reticle inspection of 6%, down from 10% last quarter; metrology was 20%, up slightly from 19% Q2; our non-semi businesses were 3%, even with last quarter; and service was 20% of new orders in Q3, the same as Q2.
Finally for semiconductor systems, the distribution in new orders by segment and the quarter-to-quarter change in distribution were as follows; 47% of new systems orders in Q3 were from foundry customers, compared with 67% in Q2; logic customers were 25% of new orders in Q3, up from 16% in Q2; and memory orders were 28% in Q3, versus 17% last quarter.
Looking forward, we expect that new orders for fiscal Q4 will be within the range of $625 million to $775 million.
In Q3, we shipped $694 million, up from $673 million last quarter. The shipment numbers include both system shipments and services revenue and we expect shipments between $740 million and $800 million in Q4. Total backlog at the end of Q3 increased slightly from the end of December, and we ended the quarter with about $1.1 billion in systems backlog. The backlog at March 31, 2013 included $218 million of revenue backlog for products that have been shipped in invoice but had not yet been recognized as revenue, and $880 million in systems orders that have not yet shipped.
Total revenue for Q3 was $729 million, up 8% from $673 million last quarter. Systems revenue in Q3 was $580 million and services revenue was $149 million. Our expectation for total revenue in Q4 is a range between $670 million and $730 million. Non-GAAP gross margin was 57.9% this quarter, up from 55.1% last quarter. The major contributors to the quarter-over-quarter improvement to gross margin percentage were higher systems revenues and lower reserve requirements. For Q4, we are expecting gross margins between 56% and 57.5%. Operating expenses were $213 million in Q3 almost even with the $214 million we posted in Q2. We expect operating expenses in Q4 to be up between $3 million and $7 million from Q3.
OIE was a net $10.1 million expense in Q3, up about $1.7 million from Q2. Most of the quarter-over-quarter increase in OIE was due to a gain on the sale of a non-operating investment during Q2. For modeling purposes, we expect OIE to be a net expense of about $10 million in Q4. In Q3, our non-GAAP income tax expense was $28 million or 14% of pretax income, versus 29% rate in Q2. The Q3 rate drop was mostly due to the current quarter and catch up effect from the reinstatement of the U.S. federal R&D tax credit in January. Our estimate for the non-GAAP tax rate for Q4 is about 24%. Non-GAAP net income was $171 million or $1.01 per share in Q3. Using our planning tax rate of 24%, our Q2 EPS would've been $0.89. At the revenue range I'd previously mentioned and applying our tax rate of 24% we would expect our Q4 non-GAAP earnings to be somewhere between $0.66 and $0.86 per share.
The weighted average share count used to compute EPS in Q3 was 169.2 million versus 169.1 million in Q2. During Q3 we spent $68 million repurchasing about 1.3 million shares and as of March 31, 2013, we had approximately 7.1 million shares available under our current authorization. For guidance purposes, we are modeling an average share count of about 169 million for Q4. We also paid $67 million in dividends in Q3. We anticipate continuing to repurchase shares, as well as paying a quarterly dividend of $0.40 per share in Q4.
On our balance sheet, cash and investments ended the quarter at $2.9 billion, up $301 million from December 31st. Cash generated from operations was $415 million in Q3 compared with $77 million in Q2. The significant improvement in quarterly cash flow from operations was largely attributable to an increase of $190 million in customer collections, as well as lower outlays for trade payables, income taxes and interest on our debt. In all likelihood Q4 operating cash flow will revert to a more typical result.
Net accounts receivable ended the quarter at $454 million, down from $606 million at the end of December. DSO was 57 days at March 31 versus 82 days at December 31. Both DSO figures are net of allowance for uncollectible accounts and factoring. Net inventories were down $13 million from Q2 and ended the quarter at $650 million. Inventory turnover based upon GAAP cost of revenues was 1.9 turns in Q3, slightly higher than 1.8 turns in Q2. Capital expenditures were $18 million in Q3, up slightly from $17 million in Q2.
Full-time headcount at March 31st was 5,830 versus 5,816 at December 31, 2012. We expect our headcount to remain about flat in Q4. In summary our guidance for Q4 is new orders between $625 million and $775 million, total revenue between $670 million and $739 million and non-GAAP earnings between $0.66 and $0.86 per share, applying a 24% tax rate.
This concludes our prepared remarks on the quarter. I will now turn the call back over to Ed to begin Q&A.
Ed Lockwood - Senior Director, IR: Thank you, Mark. At this point, we'd like to open up the call up to Q&A, and we do once again request that you limit yourself to one question given the limited time that we have for today's call. Please feel free to re-queue for your follow-up questions, and we'll do our best to get everyone a chance for follow-ups as time permits. So, Jay, we're ready for the first question.
Operator: Satya Kumar, Credit Suisse.
Satya Kumar - Credit Suisse: I guess I was wondering – there is a fair bit of disconnect between what you gave regarding for the year and what we saw from one of your peers yesterday and also what you're looking into June. Is this a segment concentration type situation that's going on or are there any market share changes that's happening – that's affecting your outlook?
Rick Wallace - President and CEO: Yeah Satya, it's Rick. I don't see any particular segment difference. I think that was just about our perspective on the year. When we look out and talk to customers, we do see some improvement in the second half, but still we see, as we said, a little bit trending down based on all the factors we cited. I think that if you go case-by-case, I think you've got memory is a technology but not a lot of investment for capacity. I think foundry continues to be relatively strong and we'll see logic probably continuing, although probably cooling off a little bit in the second half. That's how we roll up to the annual. As far as share, our share continues to be very strong. I think that we see, from overall perspective, some opportunity actually to gain share this calendar year. We've got some really strong product positions and making pretty good investments in close collaboration with our customers. So, we don't see share overall for KLA-Tencor to be – obviously we have to work for it, but we're not modeling any share loss through this year. As we talked about last year, we actually did quite well in share 2012.
Operator: Timothy Arcuri, Cowen & Co.
Timothy Arcuri - Cowen & Co.: I just wanted to dive into that a little more, because there's just such a difference between what you're saying and what others are seeing. Rick, do you think that there's been any change in your view that process diagnostic is still 15% of wafer fab? Can you maybe discuss what could push that up from here and what might be pushing that down if only in the short-term?
Rick Wallace - President and CEO: Sure Tim, I think that the – I guess overall, we model memory to be improving in terms of adoption or process control, but not at the level of what we see for foundry and logic. So, the degree there is a mix change in the near term that would mean that process control overall would probably not see as much appreciation as somebody that was more exposed to memory. However, for the overall, for the year, we think that foundry continues to invest, although the build out of 20 nanometers is – largely people are making those investments, but we think that will possibly be light participation with more customers gearing up for the transition to below 20 nanometer whether its 16 nanometer or 14 nanometer depending on who. So yes, there is a bit of a mix in the near-term scenario but long-term overall capital intensity for foundries I think probably we are modeling it pretty consistent with others. I think that process control for foundries continues to be very strong.
Operator: Krish Sankar, Banc of America Merrill Lynch.
Krish Sankar - Banc of America Securities-Merrill Lynch: Rick just to follow-up on that. Your foundry booking for June quarter it looks like it would be the lowest over the last three years and is it just purely a timing issue or do you see your foundry customers actually stalling the spending because of the planar FinFET transition or maybe they have not decided which way to go?
Rick Wallace - President and CEO: No. I think right now what we're saying is in the June quarter that we do see some, a bit of pause in some of the foundry business. There is another factor, which may be we talked about in the prepared remarks and I can address a little bit. We did guide shipments to be quite a bit up in this quarter, up to in the $740 million to $800 million and part of what that is, is there a number of tools in that that are really in development and that will – it'll take us a little while to revenue recognize those. Those will probably not fall under the June quarter and in some cases what we are at looking at for those tools is, those are more oriented to our future development process technology nodes. So there may be investment leading into the FinFET development in the foundry space that maybe offsets that a little bit. But we don't expect to see that necessarily be as large in the June quarter, as what we see in the last couple of quarters. Then we see resumption of that spending in the later part of the calendar year.
Operator: Edwin Mok, Needham & Company.
Edwin Mok - Needham & Company: Just a follow-up to that, for those developments that you're talking, well, are you saying those are targeting 20-nanometer or are they 40-nanometer? Are they specifically for foundry? I guess, on your outlook for the year, are you not factoring in much 20-nanometer investment in the second half of this year?
Rick Wallace - President and CEO: No. Not a lot of investment on the second half for 20-nanometer, still some, but I would say a little broader participation. So maybe some of the players that haven't been as active in 20-nanometer already will participate. But we're modeling relatively modest on a compared basis. Towards the end of the year, more investment associated with the – maybe the later phases of 20-nanometer and some of the sub-20-nanometer work.
Operator: Stephen Chin, UBS.
Stephen Chin - UBS: Just a question on your view on the order trends for the second half of the year. It sounds like you said you're still planning for orders in the second half to increase from foundry and also to be up for memory, but logic might be down a bit. So, I just want to clarify, despite your more cautious view on CapEx this year, are you still planning for total second half orders to be flat or slightly up versus the first half?
Rick Wallace - President and CEO: We see second half being better, but I'd say when we modeled earlier in the year, and we were – the bias was a little bit more toward down 5%, our bias for the year is still down but a little bit toward the down 10%, which I think is consistent with actually most of our peers, but one, and what we see in that is that, you see a second half comeback as we said, a little bit more investment happening primarily on a broad-based foundry investment on the second half. So, memory, but not a lot of capacity in memory, more capacity related and logic perhaps cooling in the second half. The other thing that affects us a little bit too is we're looking at some of the ancillary markets like the wafer manufacturers, which we have not seen a lot of investment out of them. Historically, if you look at past cycles, we would have seen more investment on our wafer guys. We just don't see that happening and that's usually an early indicator on overall capacity buys. So, we don't see it happening and that kind of aligns with our thinking of overall trends for the year.
Operator: Vishal Shah, Deutsche Bank.
Vishal Shah - Deutsche Bank: Rick, just wanted to get a sense from you. You made a comment around second half growth in the foundry bookings, but just wanted to understand the magnitude of upside or growth that you're expecting. If you look at the first half bookings run rate, I mean, your booking would have to almost double in order for overall bookings to be down slightly compared to last year's and I'm just wondering, what kind of magnitude of bookings growth, you're expecting in the second half?
Rick Wallace - President and CEO: Yeah, well obviously, we don't guide beyond the quarter but I can tell you as we modeled the overall year and you could do the math on as you said on how you look at it, as you model the overall year, we think the capital intensity investment for the industry is on a relative basis pretty flattish and the overall CapEx down anywhere from flat to down 10%, and we're saying it's more the down 10%, but we do see mix coming back a little bit and a little bit strength in the foundries and breadth in the foundries and strength in memory. So that's kind of how we get that memory more on technology than on overall capacity buys at this point. Logic flattish but maybe a little bit more first half loaded than the second half. Obviously if you want to walk through the models our guys can do that with you.
Operator: Mehdi Hosseini, SIG.
Mehdi Hosseini - Susquehanna Financial Group, LLP: Rick your September quarter has historically been a down quarter given how your fiscal year ends in June. Given the kind of picture that you painted for us and I appreciate all the details and sincerity, how should we think about seasonality and historical trend playing into the September quarter?
Rick Wallace - President and CEO: Again, I appreciate the desire to get that. We don't have a good view of September, right now. We are still working on finalizing what June looks like and that's why there is such a large range on there. I'd also offer that at SEMICON West we will have a much better picture and be able to talk in more detail. But you're right we do view – September historically has been seasonably softer for KT and counterbalanced by what's often a very strong end of the calendar year. So we don't know exactly where we are going to get it in the calendar year quarter-by-quarter, but we are modeling. If we see this overall CapEx down 10 then it kind of fits with our thesis that process control will at least hold our overall intensity and probably outperform. But it will come later in the calendar year.
Operator: Mahesh Sanganeria, RBC Capital Markets.
Mahesh Sanganeria - RBC Capital Markets: Rick, so in terms of your incremental flat to minus 5% to flat to minus 10%, is there one specific segment which has – you've become more incrementally more cautious on?
Rick Wallace - President and CEO: What we really haven't seen is any strength in the stuff that's outside of the core. So some of the manufacturers' wafers, for example, we do see that overall being softer. The first half was probably lower than we thought it would be in January. So you still have some come back in the second half, but it won't compensate for some of the softness we're seeing now.
Mahesh Sanganeria - RBC Capital Markets: One more question is, I mean, how much of your – the difference between you and your competitors is timing of ordering? I see that your guidance is pretty similar to lithos, where the guidance for the full year is down, whereas I think the (DAP) and Etch, those segments seems to be stronger. Is there some kind of a timing issue that litho and process control, order has happened earlier and there is probably some capacity out there and there's more of capacity orders right now which is making some of your competitor looks better?
Rick Wallace - President and CEO: Well there's certainly – there are players that are more attuned to capacity bias and then in the regard of – I would say that it is probably more similar to litho, our profile looks a little bit like it, but perhaps for slightly different reasons. From our standpoint, it is true that if you look on balanced, there's more investment at the very front end of a node than there is in the later parts of the node until they get on to the next node and that's what we're suggesting, as we're seeing more investment continuing and probably phase shifts it a bit. That's not true of all our products and some of our products are sensitive to capacity and those we do not see a lot of capacity being added. For example, I'll go back to the wafer manufacturers, but on balance that's true. The other thing that's happened is we're in a relatively soft period for reticle inspection which historically would've been stronger through a period of technology development and that has been softer due to this continuation in double patterning and quad patterning, not stressing the mask shops as much. So, that's the other counterbalance to it.
Mahesh Sanganeria - RBC Capital Markets: One final question on ASML suggesting that they have integrated metrology on CD measurement and overlay, and I'm just wondering, to what extent that is an additive market or how much of that cannibalizes your overlay market? I think CD measurement is probably not that significant, because it's only for FICD, but it's definitely on overlay, you have a very strong market share. I'm wondering if you're seeing any kind of impact in that part of the business?
Rick Wallace - President and CEO: Yeah, I think, as far as integrated go, customers are interested, and have been for many years in the concept of integrated metrology, but still not very clear on exactly how to use it and that comes from the fact that you're then at basically one unit per track, step repair, which is a higher concentration and it's not clear that, that's either economical or feasible from a production worthiness perspective, because if it goes down, you can bring down the line, but there is certainly interest in increasing the capability around registration control as people push multiple patterning. So we do think that the market is growing significantly and there's going to be plenty of room for alternative approaches to dealing with that. As far as the CD control, we actually are very happy and have made tremendous progress in terms of market share there, where we did not have a stronger position and have recently won (kind of record buys) and a number of key customers for providing optical CD control. So we are really pleased with that part of our business.
Operator: Jagadish Iyer, Piper Jaffray.
Jagadish Iyer - Piper Jaffray: Just wanted to – had a question. There is a view out there Rick, that 28 nanometer could have more longevity as customers seem to be at the cusp of deciding on 20 nanometer or sub-16 nanometer by skipping a node. So as they try to debug some of the processes, do you think is this – this flux is causing you to be more biased towards the negative side? Hopefully if they get more clarity on it that probably we could see much more uptick from the foundries?
Rick Wallace - President and CEO: That is a very good observation. Two thoughts on that; one is, I think in many ways you are saying the same thing is that we do see some question about the strength of 20 nanometer based on interest we are seeing in sub-20 nanometer which would, by extension, extend the life of 28 nanometer. The other thing is that, even though 28 nanometer has been – there are people that are successful with 28 nanometer, there is still a broader market – broader participation by other foundries in 28 nanometer that creates other opportunities. So we do see some strength in that build out and I suspect that there is still some process changes even on 28 nanometer that will create some opportunity for us as well. But yes, that is the question is, how big the participation and how quick people go to 20 nanometer or if they skip it or not. Should that change? I think it does improve our prospects for the calendar year.
Operator: Patrick Ho, Stifel Nicolaus.
Patrick Ho - Stifel Nicolaus: Rick, maybe if you could give a little bit of color in terms of the 3D NAND opportunity, whether you see that transition as being, I guess an inflection point or a step up in terms of the memory adoption of more process control, given some of the challenges in that type of manufacturing?
Rick Wallace - President and CEO: Yes, there's a couple of opportunities that 3D presents, and some are less obvious than others. One is obviously, as you can imagine, trying to find defects requires some new capabilities for people as they deal with 3D and finding them is just one part of it, then validating that they actually found them. So, there's been a lot of work going on to try to support customers as they do that, as they try to make that manufacturing process production worthy. The other thing is there's plenty of opportunity there for some of this optical CD measurement that I talked about and we're doing well in that regard. The third one is because many of these structures of are multilayer within a process tool, there's actually a pretty good opportunity for bare wafer inspection to make sure that the cleanliness of those tools is at higher level than historically. So we are seeing increased opportunity for bare wafer inspection to support 3D, which is an additive bonus and perhaps counter-intuitive to the opportunities of 3D.
Patrick Ho - Stifel Nicolaus: Maybe just a real quick follow-up; what kind of percentage in terms of dollar opportunity from what you're doing today in planar versus what 3D could be I guess on a percentage basis of the increase in the TAM?
Rick Wallace - President and CEO: Well I think if you think about process control intensity being – I don't want to get into specific numbers, but let's say memory process control intensity is 50% of what foundry is, this probably takes it to 70%, 75% of what foundry is.
Operator: Ben Pang, Caris & Company.
Ben Pang - B. Riley & Co.: Yeah, it's B. Riley & Co. now. First, you commented on the capital intensity, that memory adoption is not as high as logic and foundry, but isn't the capital spending still much greater than 50% for foundry and logic this year?
Rick Wallace - President and CEO: Yes, overall that's right. I think that the memory investment for the year is certainly not – you go back in time and it was actually driving a lot of the CapEx, but we are in a momentary point in time where there's probably on a relative basis even for us, we're seeing – we're looking at June and thinking 30%, 33%, a third of our business is going to come from memory and you have to go back several years till the market split used to be a third, a third, a third and now, I think we're in this temporary phase where memory is a third of what we're going to see in terms of opportunity, which means it's probably more than that of the overall market and we think that reverts as we get to the second half of the year, which is why we think we'll see more strength in the second half.
Ben Pang - B. Riley & Co.: Then, usually, I think we're always worried about utilization rates for other types of tools. Is there any kind of situation where, there was too much buying of your equipment, early like 2012?
Rick Wallace - President and CEO: Not really, I think that the question often becomes, can it get redeployed on additional nodes, and so part of what drives our product road map is a slight difference, is you could redeploy inspection and metrology capacity towards advanced nodes with some level of success. So part of our challenge is always to create more capability in the next generation to make a compelling case for customers to upgrade or go to new products. Otherwise you would see that, you would see the transition of some of that, especially as yields got very high on the older nodes. So I would say that we are constantly – and from the other products we just introduced, for example, the NanoPoint is to extend the capability, provide a motivation for our customers to go to the next generation technology. We are seeing that bear out but usually there's an adoption cycle of that.
Ben Pang - B. Riley & Co.: Just to clarify that answer as my last question. If your tools were utilized for the manufacturing node, you had see more redeployment to the next generation, is that what I am hearing?
Rick Wallace - President and CEO: It depends how big a transition the technology change is. For example, 28 nanometer to 20 nanometer, is too big a change. So if they were at 28 nanometer they are not going to do a great job at 20 nanometer, except in the case where they – it is probably more like litho. The very critical layers on 28 nanometer probably correspond better to the non-critical layers on 20 nanometer. So there will be some – but that cycle has been going on for a while. But even in that case, if you can provide compelling reasons to upgrade you can often get customers to make the transition.
Operator: There are no further questions at this time. I turn the call back over to Mr. Lockwood.
Ed Lockwood - Senior Director, IR: Thank you, Jay. I'd like to thank everyone on behalf of the management team today for joining us. An audio replay of today's call will be available on our website later this afternoon. Once again, we appreciate your interest in KLA-Tencor.
Operator: This concludes today's conference call. You may now disconnect.


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