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China LED Market Opportunities and Challenges Showcased in New LED Report
Global LED Capital Spending Impacted by LED TV Sales Slowdown
SEMI has released a new report, The China LED Fab Industry Report, which provides a comprehensive summary on the rapidly-growing China LED industry, including the latest data on capital and equipment spending, fab capacity, sales rankings of Chinese LED manufacturers, and other valuable information. The report is prepared by SEMI China-based market analysts and is based on the SEMI Opto/LED Fab Watch and Forecast service that monitors LED capital spending at over 160 fabs worldwide. The latest update of the Opto/LED Fab Watch also reflects current LED capital and equipment spending dynamics resulting in the slowdown of LCD TV sales worldwide.
Recognizing the long-term potential of solid state lighting and high-brightness LEDs, the Chinese government has supported both demand and supply sectors of the industry, estimated by some analysts to grow from approximately $10 billion in 2010 to over $100 billion worldwide by 2020. In recent years, China and various local governments have adopted a series of industrial planning policies and incentives to promote the development of solid state lighting. China has become the world's leading consumer of solid state lighting and the leading producer of LCD TVs, today's leading demand driver of high-brightness LEDs.
In response to these market developments, LED production investments have rapidly escalated. From 2010 to 2012, the report forecasts GaN epitaxial wafer production capacity will grow over 300 percent to 1,282,000 wafers per month (2-inch equivalents) with MOCVD tool installations growing from a cumulative total 323 tools in 2010 to over 1,000 tools by the end 2012. Capitalizing on this growth, ten new sapphire substrate projects (a market currently dominated by non-Chinese suppliers) have been announced.
Global LED Market Dynamics
The China LED market both drives and reflects global LED demand and capital spending. Sales of LCD TVs, the primary application for LEDs today, are expected to be down to 32 million units from expected 40 million. LG, Sony, Samsung and Panasonic all have cut sales forecasts for the year. Taiwan-based LED firms reported July revenues down 6.35% for the month and 18.8% for the year (Digitimes). IMS Research forecasts $8.4 billion in GaN devices in 2011, up only 4% from 2011.
The Opto/LED Fab Watch and Forecast service reflects the impact of the forces on LED capital and equipment spending and capacity on a global, regional and fab-by-fab basis. The latest August update of the report reduces the equipment spending forecast by 13% from the May report, but still a 23% increase over 2010 spending. The report provides details on these changes to the fab level, including the movement of some spending by Taiwan LED manufacturers to their China joint venture projects.
The China LED Fab Industry Report serves as a useful business tool to understand, monitor and plan business activity in the dynamic China LED market. The 38-page report provides the latest summary of LED wafer and sapphire substrate manufacturing projects, government incentive programs, MOCVD tool forecasts, and emerging China manufacturing. Prices for the report are US$ 2,500 for SEMI members and US$ 3,500 for non-SEMI members. Copies of the report may be purchased from the SEMI website (http://www.semi.org/node/38486 or by contacting SEMI directly at firstname.lastname@example.com or by calling 1.408.943.6901. Information on the SEMI global Opto/LED Fabwatch and Forecast service is also available on the SEMI website at http://www.semi.org/en/Store/Marketinformation/photovoltaics/CTR_032195
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Wednesday, March 10, 2010
One Skein Cowl
We all have those days where you simply cannot find the perfect accessories , this happened recently.I didn't have the right cowl, I grabbed a ball of chunky yarn and a hook to create a warm and cosy very easy cowl .I wanted large stitches that are in keeping with the chunky knits all over the shops I wanted mine to be crocheted.
.My cowl covers that part of the neck you need warmth but without all the bulk you often get from scarves made in super bulky yarn. Make in an hour or two. Ready for wearing the next day
If your yarn is significantly different you will obviously have to chain a different number of stitches to achieve the best fit for your neck . Every ones neck size is different and we all know our likes and dislikes in a scarf/cowl.For my needs I wanted a warm cosy fit. cowl. I suggest you measure around your neck and ch that length ,test the fit by putting it around your neck add or subract accordingly.
Whenever I get yarn I like to play around with it by using different hook sizes I can achieve different textures, different size of stitch. You should only change stitch size and hook when the pattern does not have gauge, if it does you will not achieve the same results as pattern . I wanted a cowl in treble st I decided Id cross the stitches it adds interest and texture.
Cosy Cowl
1 skein of rowan big
10mm hook
Stitches use; ch, tr ,crossed treble,
Chain 22 sts. 3 ch (acts as 1tr) ,tr in every ch to the end of row., 3ch turn.
Rows 2,3,; tr to end
Row 4; 3ch. 1tr in next tr, miss the next tr, tr next tr , then go back to missed tr and tr in this st, ( this means tr in the 3rd st and then go back to 2nd ch and tr in this, you have now created a crossed tr.) I hope this makes sense.. Now , tr in the next tr and rep the crossed tr stitch, always tr after the crossed tr , continue crossing tr and 1 tr to end of row. 3ch, turn
Row 5; tr to end
Row 6; as row 5
Row 7; as row 4
Row 8; tr to end.
Row 9 tr to end
The pattern is one row crossed trebles ,followed by two rows of treble until you run out of yarn.
Bind off the weave any ends. At the top edge fold down 2 inches and pin. Pin to the end and then sew/ tack on the inside to end . Sew a button , I have not created a button hole as the tr is large enough to accommodate a button ,simply push the button through the gaps between trebles.
I hope you enjoy making this , it you spot any mistakes please add comments. Use this pattern freely all I ask is please don't claim this pattern is yours.
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2010 Award Winner Profile
Donna Caterini
Hershey and Harrisburg (Penn.)
Support Group Leader
Lantos Award Turned My Dream into Reality
One day while visiting my sisters, our dogs began panting with anticipation of the mailman's imminent arrival. My sister said, "They're huffing and puffing. That must be what the Big Bad Wolf was doing." The thought then hit me that I huff and puff all the time because of my pulmonary hypertension. Being a professional communicator, I realized I had just struck gold. Why not use the Big Bad Wolf's image on a poster to spread the word about this disease? I knew the Wolf's likeness would draw the attention of passersby.
So I gave the wolf a canister of portable oxygen and a bedraggled look to show how PH had sapped his energy. The Three Little Pigs appeared carefree because they knew the wolf could not harm them anymore.
The members of my support group — which serves the Hershey/Harrisburg area of Pennsylvania — not only liked the idea of the poster as a November Awareness Month project, but suggested that the poster could be put to good use to promote PHA support groups. So I included space at the bottom of the poster for a support group's name and contact number, and the poster became one that could be used nationwide.
Once I learned about the Lantos awards program, it became very easy to turn the idea of the poster into reality. After just a couple hours of my time completing the application and calling printers for estimates, my request for funding was ready and in the hands of PHA's Lantos Grants review board. I worried that the committee would have questions or wouldn't accept my application because some vital piece of information was missing. But I was assured by PHA's Senior Vice President Adrienne Dern that the committee was working with applicants to understand their requests fully and wouldn't simply reject an application because it "wasn't done right."
Imagine my excitement when I learned that not only had I been selected to receive the grant, but that PHA and the grant committee loved the suggestion to make quantities of the poster available to PHA's more than 230 support groups. And I was pleased that PHA wanted the poster available in time for distribution to support group leaders at PHA's International Conference in June.
My portion of the work was done on a volunteer basis, but the grant allowed me to provide a small stipend to the graphic artist who turned my idea into the colorful and attractive poster you see here, and sufficient funds to produce 5,000 copies.
Finally, I was thrilled to hear from PHA's Director of Volunteer Services Debbie Castro that the posters were being enthusiastically snatched up at PHA's Conference. Now let's hope the posters do their trick of telling the story of PH and its symptoms, and of providing information about PHA and its local support groups, so that more people can be diagnosed early and live happily ever after!


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William Rehnquist was not an odds-on favorite for a seat on the Supreme Court. The man who put him there, Richard Nixon, was unimpressed after their first meeting, asking an aide in July 1971: "Who the hell is that clown?" At the time, Rehnquist was a Justice Department lawyer known for wearing loud psychedelic neckties with clashing shirts, Hush Puppies and mutton-chop sideburns. A few weeks later, Nixon asked again after the clown, whose name he butchered as "Rehnchburg." But mere months after that—in the wake of the American Bar Association's vocal disapproval of several of his potential Supreme Court nominees—Nixon nominated Rehnquist to the Court as a dark horse. Rehnquist was in the right place at the right time: the man Nixon had planned to nominate, Senator Howard Baker, hesitated over accepting an appointment. As head of the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel, Rehnquist had helped vet Nixon's previous nominees; as a former editor in chief of the Stanford Law Review and law clerk to Justice Robert Jackson, he had a pedigree that dazzled the president. After making his last-minute decision, Nixon instructed the attorney general to "be sure to emphasize to all the southerners that Rehnquist is a reactionary bastard, which I hope to Christ he is."
He was. The nomination that almost didn't happen proved to be one of Nixon's most consequential acts as president. Rehnquist, who was born in 1924 and died in 2005, ended up serving on the Court for thirty-three years, far longer than any other Nixon appointee; he spent nineteen of those years as chief justice. When Rehnquist joined the Court, he was easily its most conservative member; by the time of his death in office, there were two justices to the right of him (Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas), and two more fitting out their robes (John Roberts and Samuel Alito). Rehnquist therefore serves at the very least as a valuable point of reference—a conservative stalwart who nevertheless migrated through attrition from the far right to the middle right of the Supreme Court, a journey that demonstrates just how extreme the Court's conservative wing has become. Yet it would be a grave mistake to view Rehnquist as nothing more than a vote, a dogma and a pair of chunky glasses. He was enormously influential and, like his former boss Barry Goldwater, changed the parameters of public conversation about the role of government in the United States. Through tenacity, patience and at times guile, he channeled fringe positions into mainstream judicial conservatism.
John Jenkins, a journalist who in 1985 wrote a major profile of Rehnquist for The New York Times Magazine, has published what purports to be "the first full biography" of the late chief justice, The Partisan. The book doesn't even try to live up to its billing. Any biography of a judge must confront not only the life but also the work. Jenkins writes here and there about Rehnquist's jurisprudence, but never at any length or with much analysis; mainly, he snipes in one-off lines that Rehnquist reached politically conservative—and therefore incorrect—results. The vast majority of The Partisan covers other facets of Rehnquist's life. Many of Jenkins's explorations are fascinating and break new ground; they fill out the profile of an enormously powerful and significant man. But a complete scholarly biography that pinpoints Rehnquist's legacy as chief justice must await another day.
The Partisan is a polemic rather than a disinterested study. Jenkins is consistently hostile to Rehnquist, calling him a judicial nihilist and writing hardly a civil word in his favor. Many of his criticisms seem justified, although they feel less trustworthy for their predictability. Rehnquist was, after all, a results-driven justice with unapologetically far-right views; his life's work was to turn the Bill of Rights into a thinner, flimsier document. He was a man of petty bigotries, calling immigrant children "wetbacks" among his brethren and fighting integration at every turn. Rehnquist aggressively pushed to scale back what he perceived to be the excesses of the Warren Court, in the process undermining the rights of the criminally accused, immigrants, women, blacks, gays and the disabled. He was one of the most consistent votes in favor of capital punishment on a Court not known for its sympathy toward criminals. As Professor Geoffrey Stone demonstrated in an empirical analysis in 2006, Rehnquist was, "by an impressive margin, the member of the Supreme Court least likely to invalidate a law as violating 'the freedom of speech, or of the press.'" And, of course, Rehnquist led the Court in the "federalism revolution" by protecting the states from lawsuits and by reducing the national government's power—often when it was trying to do something progressive.


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Almost 2000 types of the plants known across the globe contain rubber material. However, only some of these are used as source for rubber production. Guayule (Parthenium argentatum), which is one of these plants, is found in the semi-arid regions of North America and commonly used as an alternate source of rubber. Guayule, which is especially used to manufacture rubber tires, is a durable, long-lived, bush-like plant and generally 60 cm in height. It lives for 30-40 years in deserts where rainfall supply per year is very low.
These plants have roots that can go down to 6 meters and have thickly fibrous lateral roots on top of these. Thanks to the network of roots that can spread for 3 meters to the sides, guayule can collect moist from the desert soil and thus survives in seasonal droughts. Thus in the time of a drought, the plant employs another of its protective mechanisms; remaining in a state of sleep. In some parts of Mexico, the guayule survives even in times when no rain falls for years. The rubber is in the thin cell membranes of the guayule. Two third of the rubber is in the body and branches and the rest is in the cells.
When dry, 10% of natural guaye's average weight contains rubber. If the plant is under pressure, growth slows down and products of photosynthesis are transformed into rubber production. In this way, when growth slows down in cold weather or very low moist, the content of rubber begins to increase. In addition, it is observed that the rubber is not used and metabolized by the plant but kept in the plant's system for at least ten years.
No doubt the guayule plant's flawless features are created by our Almighty Lord, Who is the Creator of the heavens and the Earth, and eveything in between them without any prior example and is only one of the signs of Creation. Allah is the Creator of all and He is Guardian over everything.
Allah is the Creator of everything and He is Guardian over everything. (Surat az-Zumar, 62)


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April 20, 2013
Rock Tavern, NY
Rozelle James Noble, 86, of Rock Tavern, NY, passed peacefully into eternity to be with the Lord on April 20, 2013, due to complications of pneumonia.
She is survived by four children, six grandchildren, two great-grandchildren and a host of relatives and friends.
A Homegoing Service will be celebrated from 2 to 4 p.m., Saturday, May 4th at Applebee-McPhillips Funeral Home, Inc., 130 Highland Avenue, Middletown, NY, 10940.
In lieu of flowers, donations in Rozelle Noble's name to Hospice of Orange and Sullivan Counties, 800 Stony Brook Court, Newburgh, NY 12550, (845-561-6111) would be greatly appreciated.
Arrangements by Applebee-McPhillips Funeral Home, Inc., 845-343-6309, www.applebee-mcphillips.com.


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I ran out to eat something at nearby Bedouin Tent, 405 Atlantic Ave. This picture has me munching hummos and carrots as I post. Back to face the flowers and finally choose a few ranunculas... And one tight pink peonie bud...
Friday, April 22, 2011
Flower School NY
I ran out to eat something at nearby Bedouin Tent, 405 Atlantic Ave. This picture has me munching hummos and carrots as I post. Back to face the flowers and finally choose a few ranunculas... And one tight pink peonie bud...
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Well you may not be able to arrange them yet but you can definitely paint them!ReplyDelete
Flower arranging in NY, what a lovely day that seemed to be.
The Wanderfull Traveler
With flowers like those, you can hardly go wrong! Gorgeous!ReplyDelete
Wow, I think I have to go here! And how auspicious that you ended up going in late April, with the poppies, peonies & ranunculas - my favorite flowers. Middle Eastern lunch... all in all, another super day (and post), mon amie!ReplyDelete
What gorgeous flowers! They are such pretty colours too.ReplyDelete
Enjoy painting them!
Bonjour PB~ReplyDelete
What a perfectly perfect day~
"flower school" it sounds so inviting... (I'm now on an Imaginary Trip to the Garden)...so very Spring-like.
The blooms are incredible. I'd be intimidated attempting an 'arrangement' but how could you go wrong.
You chose well...one perfect peony.
There are some beautiful Flower arrangements here. You do seem to do a lot of fun things and we love you sharing them with us.ReplyDelete
What a fantastic thing to do. I would be in heaven in another florists studio, the styling here is so nice. Rinnunculas and anemones are two of my favorites, theynremind me of my mothers garden.ReplyDelete
As for your arranging , practice makes perfect, you have skills in areas I could never master x
Thank you for coming to my blog. In the Atlanta suburbs I only see flowers if they are in the garden of my neighbors (our yard is "au naturel" with just a few flowers.) I miss all the flower shops in Paris (but I'll be there next week.) I miss lilac – I don't think it grows well here in the south. In our house in France we used to have gorgeous lilac bushes and some pivoines too (peonies.) The flowers you show in your post are lovely as well as your little drawing.ReplyDelete
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Interesting tangent from the above sites (maybe this was posted before - play rock paper scissors with a computer that looks for either your patterns, or a compiled collection of human patterns: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/science/rock-paper-scissors.html?_r=1&
Religions need books because they don't have gods.
rationality, n.Forms: 15–16 rationalitie, 15– rationality. Etymology: < post-classical Latin rationalitas faculty of reasoning (early 3rd cent. in Tertullian), property of being rational (1267 in a British source) < classical Latin rati?n?lis rational adj. + -t?s2. a. The quality or condition of possessing reason; the ability to exercise reason.1628 T. Spencer Art of Logick 49 Rationalitie is the intrinsecall part of man.[…]1964 M. McLuhan Understanding Media (1967) i. vi. 71 This image of a unified ratio among the senses was long held to be the mark of our rationality and may in the computer age become so again. 3. a. The fact or condition of being based on, or in accordance with, reason or rationalism.1908 Jrnl. Abnormal Psychol. 3 166 Any act..is immediately justified by distorting the mental processes concerned and providing a false explanation that has a plausible ring of rationality.
rational, adj. and adv. 3. a. Based on or derived from reason or reasoning, esp. as opposed to emotion, intuition, instinct, etc.1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour iii. xxv. sig. hvv, That parte of phisike called rationall, wherby is declared the faculties or powers of the body, the causis, accidentes, and tokens of sikenessis.[…]1990 A. S. Byatt Possession xvii. 299 The poet went to the seances in a spirit of rational enquiry, rather than with any predisposition to believe what he saw.


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A Pair of AutoArt Chrome DRL Daytime Running Lights (Audi R8-style) Headlights to fit:
AUDI A4 B7 Saloon (8EC): Avant (8ED) (2005 to 2008): NOT for Cabrio (8HE)
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LED rings are not user-replaceable but are covered under the manufacturer's 12 month repair or replace warranty.
Original indicator bulb-holders will need to be transferred
Can also be fitted to cars with electric levelling, but this function will be lost - will NOT cause MOT failure as it is not a legal requirement
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The TLV2252 and TLV2254 are dual and quadruple low-voltage operational amplifiers from Texas Instruments. Both devices exhibit rail-to-rail output performance for increased dynamic range in single- or split-supply applications. The TLV225x family consumes only 34 µA of supply current per channel. This micropower operation makes them good choices for battery-powered applications. This family is fully characterized at 3 V and 5 V and is optimized for low-voltage applications. The noise performance has been dramatically improved over previous generations of CMOS amplifiers. The TLV225x has a noise level of 19 nV/Hz at 1kHz, four times lower than competitive micropower solutions.
The TLV225x, exhibiting high input impedance and low noise, are excellent for small-signal conditioning for high-impedance sources, such as piezoelectric transducers. Because of the micropower dissipation levels combined with 3-V operation, these devices work well in hand-held monitoring and remote-sensing applications. In addition, the rail-to-rail output feature with single or split supplies makes this family a great choice when interfacing with analog-to-digital converters (ADCs). For precision applications, the TLV225xA family is available and has a maximum input offset voltage of 850 µV.
The TLV2252/22544 also make great upgrades to the TLV2322/2424 in standard designs. They offer increased output dynamic range, lower noise voltage, and lower input offset voltage. This enhanced feature set allows them to be used in a wider range of applications. For applications that require higher output drive and wider input voltage range, see the TLV2432 and TLV2442 devices. If your design requires single amplifiers, please see the TLV2211/21/31 family. These devices are single rail-to-rail operational amplifiers in the SOT-23 package. Their small size and low power consumption, make them ideal for high density, battery-powered equipment.


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0.57 Carat Round Brilliant Diamond H SI3
0.57 carat round brilliant diamond H color and SI3 clarity with a diamond certificate from the EGLUSA #US915926902d. The diamond is laser inscribed 915926902.
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Basic Specs
- Shape Round
- Clarity SI3
- Color F
- Weight in Carats 0.57
- Independent Grading Report Number 915926602D
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- Length 5.39
- Width 5.35
- Depth (mm) 3.2
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Abstract, unique, clear and powerful drops sounds that transform into a musical effects composition.
Such rare sounds are ideal and perfect intros, movie-scenes and much more in which you want to express an abstract, even psychedelic* mood. This is just my interpretation, but it is totally up to you!
Ideal for:
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For 37 years, I have made Owen County my home. It is a home by choice, having decided all those years ago to leave the home of my childhood and the home of my young adult life. From New York to Owen County – followed by many instances of having to address the question posed by all of my family and each of my friends in the North, "Why Kentucky?" And from my new-found friends and neighbors in Kentucky the question, "Why here, why Owen County?"
"Everyone has a story to tell, and everyone can learn from the stories of others. These stories, taken together, are the stories of our communities, our counties, our regions, and unique Kentucky culture and heritage."
– The Kentucky Humanities Council
A wise man once uttered four words that have changed my life. While talking to him about his life and the successes he had enjoyed, he offered me some marital advice that I try and live by. Notice I said "try." He said, Brian, if you want to find happiness then you need to remember this phrase: "Happy wife, happy life."eeBefore I go any further let me just say, I love you, honey. eeSaturday night was my 20-year class reunion from Campbell County High School.
Edith Rose Stewart was born on Dec. 14, 1923. She was raised on a farm on Stewart's Ridge Road in Owen County with her parents and nine siblings.
I would like to commend the Owen County Board of Education in its choice for interim superintendent for Owen County Schools.
In the course of my tenure at Grant County Schools, Mr. Don Martin was an exceptional superintendent for that school district.
When I was a young boy, one of my most treasured possessions was my stuffed frog.
I remember stalking around the Harrison County Fair – probably sometime around 1971 or 1972 – with my older sister, looking atone of those games where you toss a dart at a balloon and the tag behind it tells you what you won.
It was always my favorite game at the county fair. Boys seem to have an innate love of things that go "POP."
I've always had a bit of a jaded attitude toward the world we live in.
My parents, both part of the baby boom era, were older than the parents of the other kids in school. Both grew up on farms where work was something you did if you wanted to keep food on the table and clothes on your back.
From the stories they've told all my life, neighbors were an integral part of day-to-day life. You shared what you had with your neighbor, though it may not be much, and you helped each other in whatever way you could.
For those who say nothing ever happens in Owen County ... I almost knocked down William Shatner at Elk Creek Winery a few weeks ago.
I was there to have lunch with Benjy Hamm, editorial director for Landmark Community Newspapers, the parent company of the News-Herald.
We discussed business and, as always, had a great meal at the winery.
After lunch, we walked around and visited the store.
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This is a series of tributes to Molly Ivins, a writer of passion and principle and a longtime friend of the magazine. Also, listen to Molly Ivins's last interview with Laura Flanders on RadioNation.
Anthony D. Romero
executive director, American Civil Liberties Union
I was personally and deeply saddened by the death of legendary journalist and columnist Molly Ivins, who passed away on January 31 after a long battle with cancer.
Molly was a much-loved member of the ACLU family, a steadfast supporter of civil liberties, and I had the highest respect for her staunch commitment to the protection of individual freedoms. Her cutting wit, remarkable intellect and down-home wisdom will be terribly missed by everyone at the ACLU.
Molly, in her ever-folksy style, used her recent columns to point out how the Bush Administration, in the name of national security and patriotism, has curtailed Americans' constitutional rights and usurped excessive power. In a July 2005 column, she wrote: "We suffer the worst attack on this country since Pearl Harbor, and the Bush administration sends the FBI after the American Civil Liberties Union. The ACLU exists to protect every citizen's rights as defined in the Bill of Rights in the Constitution of the United States. The ACLU works solely through the legal system: It does not advocate violence, terrorism or any other damn thing except the Bill of Rights. Since when is that extremist?… We are living in a time when our government is investigating an organization that stands for the highest and best American ideals."
In an interview for a documentary on the ACLU, Molly commented on the ACLU's unrelenting persistence in defending religious liberty: "That principle," she said, "is so important that it's worth being a pain in the ass about. And that's what the ACLU is." Ironically, the New York Times wouldn't let us print that quote in Molly's death announcement because of the word "ass." I'm sure Molly would have laughed out loud.
Molly believed so strongly about defending our freedoms and our liberties, even–or perhaps especially–if it meant raising hell or being a pain in the ass, that she named the ACLU in her will, and she encouraged others to do the same. "I am writing to you on the cheerful topic of croaking," she began a 2004 letter to ACLU members. "Think about the hell the ACLU can raise with your money. They'll be out there beating those in power over the head with the Bill of Rights when we all lie a-moldering. I can't think of anything I'd rather do with my worldly goods than fund folks who will be a pain in the ass to whatever powers come to be."


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[Intro: 50 Cent]
Yo, this is 50 cent, yaknawsaying?
I'm here with my man Whoo Kid
You know how I put it down. nigga
It's not safe around here as soon as the street lights
G-Unit. nigga
[Hook: 50 Cent]
We can't get money selling weed - (we gon' sell coke)
Ain't no money selling coke - (we gon' sell dope)
Ain't no money selling dope - (we gon' sell X)
And if niggas won't buy the X - (then we gon' sell tech's
[Verse 1]
My advice for y'all niggas is stop frontin'
Cause if 50 say "pop something" I'm gon pop something, what up?
[50 Cent]
Don't make me send a nigga to you, 16 shot ruger
Send twelve shots to you, run four in the clip
Get in the whip, it's a wrap
Nah, fuck that
[50 Cent]
Man, you done hit the nigga twice in the head, that's that
Niggas running with the steel out, now it's time to peel out
[Tony Yayo]
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A jury found Pedro Bravo guilty of first-degree murder and other charges Friday night in the death of University of Florida student Christian Aguilar and he was sentenced to life in prison without parole.
A jury found Pedro Bravo guilty of first-degree murder and other charges Friday night in the death of University of Florida student Christian Aguilar, and he was sentenced to life in prison without parole.
However, the jury found him guilty of the lesser offense of false imprisonment rather than kidnapping as charged.
Carlos Aguilar, Christian's father, asked Circuit Judge James Colaw for the maximum sentence. The death penalty was not sought, so life in prison was the harshest sentence that could be handed down.
"I cannot express how our lives were destroyed on Sept. 20 by the acts of Mr. Bravo. I cannot tell you of the pain we have gone through … My wife, son cry — my entire family," Christian's father said. "I ask you for the maximum amount of penalty. I also ask that he not contact my family again."
Carlos Aguilar's wife, Claudia Aguilar, broke down in tears when he was addressing Colaw.
Bravo spoke to the judge before sentencing, denying he killed Aguilar but saying he would accept his fate.
"There are no … words to explain this, no … words to explain two years of heartbreak … to his family, my family and anyone involved in this," Bravo said. "But I know in my heart, and I know God knows, that I did not kill Christian Aguilar. I will face my sentence. I will do my time."
At a news conference after the sentencing, Carlos Aguilar said he could not forgive Bravo because he has not acknowledged what he did.
"I am not ready to forgive. Pedro Bravo did not show any signs of repenting," he said. "He is the murderer of my son."
The jury's decision capped a two-year effort to bring Bravo to trial, which culminated in a two-week trial.
Bravo, 20, was found to have murdered Aguilar by strangling him in a Wal-Mart parking lot on Sept. 20, 2012, and burying Aguilar's body in a Levy County forest. The motive: jealousy and anger toward Aguilar because he was dating the young woman Bravo dated when they all attended Doral Academy high school in Miami.
In addition to the life sentence, Bravo was ordered to serve five years for false imprisonment, 30 years for poisoning, five years for tampering with evidence and five years for making a false police report. He was sentenced to time served in jail for obstructing an investigation and for mishandling a body.
The verdict came after several hours of closing arguments in which Assistant State Attorney Bill Ezzell said that Bravo's many journal entries that were read during the trial could be construed as referring to suicide or to murder.
"What tips it are his actions," Ezzell told jurors Friday morning. "He literally bought the murder starter pack."
Defense attorney Michael Ruppert countered that Bravo truly was suicidal and that the state's case dismisses that.
"It is imperative that the state's case convince you that Pedro Bravo never had suicidal ideations and that he never acted on those ideations," Ruppert said in his two-hour closing argument. "These were true and genuine thoughts in the mind of Pedro Bravo."
Ezzell took about three hours to lay out the state's case that Bravo murdered Aguilar.
His statement was essentially a recap of evidence — surveillance video showing Bravo buying a shovel and drugs, cellphone records tracking his movements and Internet searches, computer searches, his statements to police and to an Alachua County jail inmate.
Also recapped were Bravo's many journal entries regarding his suicidal intentions, his desire to win back his former girlfriend, and what the state contends was Bravo's murder plan.
"He is going to plan a murder," Ezzell said.
One comment by Ezzell prompted Ruppert to call for a mistrial.
Ezzell said an earlier statement from Assistant State Attorney Brian Kramer that it is "not smart to commit murder with a smartphone" had gone viral on Twitter.
Ruppert argued to Judge Colaw that the statement accomplished what Colaw and lawyers had sought to avoid — exposing jurors to media on the case.
"He essentially told the jury what we are trying not to do," Ruppert said.
Colaw denied the motion, saying the statement did not rise to the level of a mistrial. Colaw later told the jury that closing statements are not evidence.
Ezzell explained to the jury the definitions of all seven charges that Bravo is facing and how the facts of the case meet those definitions. He also covered lesser included offenses to the charges.
"The whole story is that (Aguilar) was murdered and lost his life," Ezzell said. "To find lesser included offenses that don't account for his death makes no sense. Tell the whole story."
Authorities allege Bravo strangled Aguilar, an 18-year-old University of Florida student, and buried his body in a shallow grave in a 30,000-acre tract owned by Plum Creek off State Road 24 near Cedar Key in Levy County.
Bravo testified Thursday that he and Aguilar argued in the Wal-Mart parking lot and later fought outside Streit's Motorsports of Northwest 13th Street. He said that Aguilar was alive when he left him.
Journal writings and Internet searches that the state contends indicate Bravo planned Aguilar's murder referred to his own intention to commit suicide, Bravo testified.
Ruppert recapped much of Bravo's testimony in his closing statement — that Bravo and Aguilar had a long, intense discussion in the Wal-Mart parking lot, that he punched Aguilar when he said Bravo should just kill himself and that a fight occurred at Streit's. Later that night, Ruppert said, Bravo drove to northern Alachua County and drank a mix of drugs and pesticide in Gatorade.
"It was a very intense fight, a fist fight. There were no weapons," Ruppert said. "He drinks this concoction and threw up all over himself almost immediately. He took it as a sign from God that 'I shouldn't do this' so he composes himself."
Ruppert said police never looked for another suspect. Ruppert also cast doubt on the credibility of a jail inmate who provided prosecutors with conversations he allegedly had with Bravo in which Bravo detailed the murder. Ruppert also focused on the legal definitions of second-degree murder, manslaughter and excusable homicide.
Bravo and Aguilar attended the same Miami high school and were friends. Also attending the school was Erika Friman, who dated Bravo in high school but had started dating Aguilar when he came to Gainesville to attend UF and she to attend Santa Fe College.
Bravo had enrolled in Florida International University in Miami but moved to Gainesville to try to reunite with Friman.


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Keeping up with an organization's changing SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS) security needs can be time consuming. I work for a hospital organization, so there's a lot of focus on "appropriate use" and "need-to-know" data access. Our team is sometimes required to implement complex SSAS security definitions for a large number of cubes to meet users' business needs. Reporting on who has access to certain data sets can be time consuming, and it's sometimes difficult to communicate a complex security structure to leadership and data stewards. I developed an extraction and reporting system for our SSAS cubes (an SSAS security metadata cube) to reduce the effort needed to report on these security definitions.
One approach to keeping up with cube security changes is to delegate the ownership of who should and shouldn't have access to a particular data set to the appropriate data owners (data stewards). This solution provides users with a tool they can use to audit the security for the data they own. With this approach, authorization for access can be confirmed by the appropriate data steward before the cube administrator is involved. The security metadata cube enables the data steward to quickly identify and analyze which users have access to the cubes, dimensions, and roles they're responsible for. With this information easily available, the data steward can more efficiently communicate a security update to the cube administrator. Here, I'll show you how to create the SSAS security metadata cube with minimal effort and time.
Extracting SSAS Security Metadata
There are many ways to create an SSAS security metadata cube to allow data stewards to audit cube security. I've chosen to use SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) and the Script task to extract the necessary security metadata by leveraging the Analysis Management Objects (AMO) API. The AMO API is well documented and contains a roadmap for extracting security metadata from SSAS. To get started, you might want to download the SSIS project (Load_CubeSecurity_ISPackage) that loads the metadata security cube. (You can download this project by clicking the 103267.zip file at the top of the article page.) You'll also need to create a table in a database to persist your cube metadata.
Figure 1 shows the high-level control flow of the SSIS package.
First, it extracts the AMO security definition using the Script task. Next, it deposits the records from the SSIS DataTable object created in the Script task into a table (AMOSecurityUDM.bAMOSecurityDefinition) using the Foreach loop container. Finally, we process the cube, which I'll explain in more detail later. Let's walk through the details of each control flow task.
Web Listing 1 provides the script used to extract the security metadata from AMO and pass the results back into a read/write SSIS variable, user::varDataTable. After defining the necessary objects and variables, the script creates a memory table with attributes to contain the security metadata. The script continues to do four nested loops to traverse the security portion of the AMO. Specifically, it's looping through the AMO API Cube, Role, and Role Member security objects. At the innermost loop, the script adds a record to the DataTable variable. After walking through the security objects, the script writes the resulting data table to the user::varDataTable variable.
The Foreach loop container iterates over the records of the user::varDataTable memory object table populated from the Script task that's shown in Figure 1. Each iteration of the Foreach loop container executes a single Execute SQL task. The script in Listing 1 deposits user::varDataTable records into a table one-by-one using an OLE DB connection. Now, let's look at how to build the cube.
Creating the Security Metadata Cube
You can use the code in Web Listing 2 to create and publish the metadata security reporting cube, and the complete SSAS cube project, CubeSecurity_AnalysisServicesCube, is available for download in the 103267.zip file. You might want to have the project open as a reference as we outline the design details. You'll need to update the data source connection settings for the project and the connection settings using the script in Web Listing 1.
To keep this process as simple as possible, the security metadata cube is sourced exclusively from the table (AMOSecurityUDM.bAMOSecurityDefinition) we populated in the SSIS package. All of the dimensions will be sourced from the fact table. You might choose to create independent dimension tables, but for the purpose of this article, we'll use a single table to keep things easy. Figure 2 shows the data source view containing the single source table for the security cube.
I created attribute hierarchies from the columns in our AMOSecurityUDM.bAMOSecurityDefinition source table for Cube, CubeRoleSecurity, User, CubeAccessCode, and CubeRole. Each of these attributes represent objects in SSAS where security can be defined. I rolled these attribute hierarchies into two dimensions called UserAccess and AllowedCubeAccess. The UserAccess dimension will allow users of the security metadata cube to identify which cubeDatabase, Cube, Role, and roleMember they're interested in for security reporting. The AllowedCubeAccess dimension is a simple yes/no qualification that states if a specific cube role has access to a particular cube. For example, a role called Testers might be created for a cube, but in production the Testers role might be disabled. The AllowedCubeAccess dimension has been hidden and its default member set to allowed to keep things as simple as possible for users of the security metadata cube. The AllowedCubeAccess dimension is a somewhat unnecessary dimension, but I included it because someone might want to know all the roles in a cube regardless of whether the roles are enabled.
Extending This Approach
This approach to reporting on SSAS security can be significantly expanded and modified based on your needs. The following are three additions you might consider for your security cube:
- Dimensional security is a very powerful security tool in SSAS. Dimensional security allows a role to be granted access to a subset of a cube based on a dimension using MDX. For example, you might want payroll in a specific location to have access to all quality indicators for a specific region and all of its subordinate departments. By utilizing dimensional security, reports can be created to dynamically include or exclude subordinate departments in a region. If you're using dimensional security, include another nested loop in the extraction, transformation, and loading (ETL) Script task to pick up the dimensional security metadata. For the security cube, add another attribute for the new dimension field.
- Adding Active Directory (AD) groups to SSAS roles is often a better security approach than adding users directly to SSAS roles. The code in Listing 2 uses the xp_enumgroups extended stored procedure to extract local group membership from the local server security. This stored procedure can also be leveraged to extract AD domain user group memberships with some additional modifications.
- Consider adding a date dimension to the security cube to report when a user was granted access. To add this dimension, you'll need to modify the ETL to incrementally load the fact table each time you pull AMO security information.
Audit Cube Security
Using a cube to report on the security metadata for SSAS has been very helpful for my organization. The security metadata cube is intuitive to navigate, and minimal time can be spent educating data owners about how to answer nearly all of their "who has access to that" questions, giving you more time to develop and implement data mart cubes.
Author's Note: I'd like to thank Clarke Morris for his VBScript assistance and for creating the code in Listing 2 to extract Active Directory group information.
Web Listing 1: Code to Extract Security Metadata from AMO
'Add a reference to Microsoft.AnalysisServices 'May need to copy the "Microsoft.AnalysisServices.DLL" into your SDK\Assemblies folder Imports System Imports System.Data Imports AMO = Microsoft.AnalysisServices Public Class ScriptMain Public Sub Main() Dim amoServer As New AMO.Server Dim amoDatabase As New AMO.Database Dim amoRole As New AMO.Role Dim amoRoleMember As New AMO.RoleMember Dim amoCube As New AMO.Cube Dim amoCubePermission As New AMO.CubePermission Dim amoCubeDimensionPermissionCollection As AMO.CubeDimensionPermissionCollection Dim amoCubeDimensionPermission As New AMO.CubeDimensionPermission Dim DimensionReadPermission As String Dim tblDataTable As Data.DataTable 'create datatable tblDataTable = New DataTable("AmoSecurityTable") 'create attributes for mapping security metadata tblDataTable.Columns.Add(New DataColumn("Role", GetType(String))) tblDataTable.Columns.Add(New DataColumn("CubeDatabase", GetType(String))) tblDataTable.Columns.Add(New DataColumn("Cube", GetType(String))) tblDataTable.Columns.Add(New DataColumn("CubeAccessCode", GetType(String))) tblDataTable.Columns.Add(New DataColumn("Rolemember", GetType(String))) ''''''''''''''''' 'Establish a connection to the Analysis Server. '**** FILL IN > and >. The 'Adventureworks DW' catalog works well. The purpose is to simply establish a connection to the server. amoServer.Connect("Data Source=>;Initial Catalog=>;Provider=MSOLAP.3;Integrated Security=SSPI;Impersonation Level=Impersonate;") For Each amoDatabase In amoServer.Databases 'traverse Analysis Services databases For Each amoRole In amoDatabase.Roles 'traverse Analysis Services database roles For Each amoCube In amoDatabase.Cubes 'traverse Analysis Services cubes For Each amoRoleMember In amoRole.Members 'traverse Analysis Services RoleMembers Try 'Create DataRow based on tblDataTable Object Dim dr As DataRow = tblDataTable.NewRow() 'Assign AMO security values to DataRow attributes dr("Role") = amoRole.Name dr("CubeDatabase") = amoDatabase.Name dr("Cube") = amoCube.Name dr("CubeAccessCode") = amoCube.CubePermissions.GetByRole(amoRole.ID).Read.ToString() dr("RoleMember") = amoRoleMember.Name 'Add DataRow row to tblDataTable tblDataTable.Rows.Add(dr) Catch ex As Exception End Try Next 'traverse Analysis Services RoleMembers Next 'traverse Analysis Services cubes Next 'traverse Analysis Services database roles Next 'traverse Analysis Services databases ' Assign memory table to Integration services variable "user::varDataTable" Dts.Variables("varDataTable").Value = tblDataTable 'Disconnect from server amoServer.Disconnect() 'report task success Dts.TaskResult = Dts.Results.Success End Sub End Class
Listing 1: Code to Place user::varDataTable Records into a Table
DECLARE @role as varchar(50) DECLARE @cubeDatabase as varchar(50) DECLARE @cube as varchar(50) DECLARE @cubeAccessCode as varchar(50) DECLARE @roleMember as varchar(50) SET @role = ? SET @cubeDatabase = ? SET @cube = ? SET @cubeAccessCode = ? SET @roleMember = ? insert AMOSecurityUDM.bAMOSecurityDefinition (role, CubeDatabase, cube, CubeAccessCode, roleMember) values (@role, @cubeDatabase, @cube, @cubeAccessCode, @roleMember)
Web Listing 2: Code to Create the Security Metadata Table
--- create list of local groups and insert into table truncate table AMOSecurityUDM.localgroupmembers create table #localmembers(members varchar(300)) create table #localgroups(\[group\] varchar(300), comment varchar(300)) declare @enumstring varchar(300) create table #localmembers2c(\[Localgroup\] \[varchar\](200) NULL, \[Members\] \[varchar\](200) NULL) set @enumstring = 'execute xp_enumgroups '>'' select @enumstring insert into #localgroups(\[group\],comment) exec(@enumstring) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --run each group name through net localgroup command –insert unfiltered data into table declare @group varchar(100) declare localgroup cursor for select \[group\] from #localgroups open localgroup fetch next from localgroup into @group while @@fetch_status = '0' BEGIN declare @netcommand varchar(300) declare @xpcommand varchar(300) set @netcommand = 'net localgroup ' + @group + ' select @netcommand set @xpcommand = 'xp_cmdshell ''+ @netcommand + '' select @xpcommand insert into #localmembers(members) exec(@xpcommand) declare @membersc varchar(200) declare cursor_column cursor for select members from #localmembers
Listing 2: xp_enumgroups Stored Procedure Used to Extract Local Group Membership
SET ANSI_NULLS ON GO SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER ON GO SET ANSI_PADDING ON GO CREATE TABLE \[AMOSecurityUDM\].\[bAMOSecurityDefinition\]( \[role\] \[varchar\](50) NULL, \[CubeDatabase\] \[varchar\](50) NULL, \[Cube\] \[varchar\](50) NULL, \[CubeAccessCode\] \[varchar\](50) NULL, \[RoleMember\] \[varchar\](50) NULL )


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Wilzig's eccentric and hedonistic lifestyle is the setting for his lavishly decorated 15,000-square-foot medieval-style estate in Water Mill on Long Island, New York. It is known as"the Castle", it is considered by many as the "Playboy Mansion of the East Coast". Although built in the late 1990s the Castle has been featured in various television shows, including the Travel Channel's "Grand Castles of America".
Ivan's medieval castle has all the trimmings; a multi-tiered moat with seven waterfalls, secret passages, gargoyles and dragons, a gold leaf gate, chain and wood drawbridge.
Wilzig has been a regular on lifestyle and reality shows on American and international television since the year 2000. The dating shows Single in the Hamptons and Manhattan on the Beach were syndicated around the world. Ivan appeared for the first time on German network television ProSieben introducing his Billboard hit "Imagine" right after September 11th, 2001 terrorist attacks. That segment also featured Wilzig's Japanese girlfriend Mina Otsuka, who escaped the attacks from her office on the 79th floor of Two World Trade Center.
In early 2004 the ProSieben network broadcast the five-part reality-short-series So lebt ein Milliardaer! ("Lifestyle of a Billionaire!") featuring Ivan dressed as Peaceman next to supermodel Naomi Campbell, DJ Paul Oakenfold and tennis world champion Venus Williams. In 2006 ProSieben featured him in the five-part mini-docu-soap Die Maedchen und der Milliardaer ("The Girls and the Billionaire"). VH1 featured Wilzig in 2003 (Hopelessly Rich) and in 2007 (The Fabulous Life of the Hamptons).
Wilzig filmed a television pilot for his Peaceman character. Wilzig says the pilot is a combination of reality, scripted material and animation. It is not known whether or not this pilot has ever been aired.
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CHARLESTON COUNTY, SC (WCSC) - A judge set bond at $40,000 Tuesday for the 911 operator accused of botching 45 calls over the last few months at the Charleston County Consolidated Dispatch Center.
Charleston County Sheriff's Major Jim Brady said deputies arrested 27-year-old Dezerea Shelton, of Hanahan, around 10 a.m. Tuesday and charged her with obstruction of justice and misconduct in office.
She was granted a $40,000 bond on the charges during a 2 p.m. hearing.
Brady said investigators found that Shelton improperly handled 45 calls made to the 911 center between Jan. 8 and Aug. 25 this year. The sheriff's office says Shelton either failed to enter information for the calls, or deleted information. Furthermore, the calls were not passed on for dispatching, according to investigators.
Of those calls, Brady said one of them was a call for medical service and the others were request for law enforcement assistance in North Charleston, Mt. Pleasant, and other unincorporated areas in the county. Brady said those agencies were notified of the issues and follow-ups with callers affected were initiated.
In one such instance, a Mt. Pleasant resident said she was watching a group of kids jumping fences and going house to house with a flashlight near Cummings Circle. The kids then got into a car and drove away. The caller said the neighborhood recently experienced a string of break-ins. After hanging up, the same person called back later and told the dispatcher the car returned with the kids.
The dispatcher is then heard telling the caller she would reopen the previous call.
Jim Lake, the Charleston County 911 Center Director, says he doesn't want the public to lose trust in the county's ability to handle emergencies.
"We don't take an oath of office, however, we have a code of ethics, and our code of ethics prompts us, requires us, our mission, our job is to answer 911 calls and send the appropriate services to answer those calls for help. This was not done. That's a violation of our basic standards and codes."
No other 911 employees were found to have been involved, according to Brady. The investigation began on Aug. 28, at the behest of Charleston County Government. A press release states county officials requested the sheriff's office to investigate after being informed of complaints that Shelton improperly handled calls for service.
According to county officials, no personal injuries have been reported as a result of Shelton's actions, and the county has increased the level of internal reviews for 911 calls.
"Emergency call taking is one of the most critical operations of county government," Charleston County Administrator Kurt Taylor said. "It is crucial that the public have confidence that when they call for help, it will be sent immediately. I will not tolerate any employee's failure to perform duties that could affect public safety. We have a great 9-1-1 team with outstanding leadership and training. It is unfortunate that this individual failed to do her job."
"Although all calls have been stored for potential review, we have added end-of-shift reports that would more immediately show blank incidents. Each shift supervisor is now reviewing these reports at the end of their shift on a daily basis," said Lake. "Also, we will be conducting our random audits more frequently."
Investigators say Shelton has no criminal record.
"We've not been provided a reason why she did what she did," said Brady.
Shelton had been working at the dispatch center for less than two years, and had not been on duty since the beginning of the investigation. County officials say Shelton was hired in September of 2011 and released from county employment on Sept. 5.
The dispatch center handles approximately 2,200 calls per day.
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Refer to WAG 18-04-12 when the change in a TANF or FHP unit requires a change in benefit status.
Example: A child is removed from a TANF case due to receipt of SSI. A new SNAP income calculation is completed and the case remains eligible. The SNAP unit becomes a multiple unit case and the child receiving SSI is coded as an SNAP component member. Code Item 78, Type of Benefit, with a 7 or 8.


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Harry Potter author JK Rowling spent the day "trying to avoid newspapers" as her first novel for grown-ups hit the bookshops, she told fans Thursday night.
But she is confident the book is "the best I can do," she added.
"The book is what I wanted it to be," she told about 900 fans at London's Southbank Centre on the day "The Casual Vacancy", a black comedy of village life, was published — having already sold one million advance copies.
Kept closely under wraps until publication day, the book is a gritty tale involving sex and drug addiction that is widely expected to be Britain's best-selling fiction title this year. It is already topping the Amazon charts.
Set in the fictional village of Pagford in southwest England, it tells the story of the fight to fill a slot on the parish council after the incumbent's sudden death, and hinges on the fate of a squalid housing estate.
It took Rowling, 47, five years to complete and required another half-written children's novel to be put on the back burner, she told fans.
But writing it was "a lovely place to be — there was so much pressure for the Potter books".
"I kept telling myself 'you don't have to publish this,'" Rowling said.
The book has met with a mixed reception from critics. Several of whom said it was dull in parts despite scenes of sex and drugs, and that Rowling's most vivid writing was on the familiar ground of children pitted against the power of adults.
Famously tough critic Michiko Kakutani wrote in the New York Times that "there is no magic in this book — in terms of wizarding or in terms of narrative sorcery.
"Instead, this novel for adults is filled with a variety of people like Harry's aunt and uncle, Petunia and Vernon Dursley: self-absorbed, small-minded, snobbish and judgmental folks, whose stories neither engage nor transport us."
But in Britain, Allison Pearson wrote in the Daily Telegraph that "The Casual Vacancy" was "sometimes funny, often startlingly well observed, and full of cruelty and despair".
And Boyd Tonkin in the Independent called it a "song of freedom" as Rowling was able to abandon the constraints of children's writing following her seven books about the boy wizard.
Rowling revealed Thursday that her favourite characters in her own books were Fats — a foul-mouthed schoolboy in the new novel — and Dumbledore, the bearded wizard, wise but troubled, who is headmaster of Hogwarts in the Harry books.
She said that she would change "quite a few things" about the Harry Potter books if she could, and that the actors who played Harry and his friends Ron and Hermione in the blockbuster films were "all too good-looking".
In advice for budding writers, she said they should "get an agent!" and not always expect to feel inspired.
"Inspiration is clearly necessary, but then comes the long and hard work of writing," she said. "I definitely don't wake up and ask myself, 'Am I inspired today?'"
Danielle Salvatore, 19, a student from North Carolina, had paid £200 ($325, 250 euros) for a resold ticket to the event.
"It's worth it because JK Rowling inspired a lifetime of magic for me," she said.
Earlier in the day, as fans eagerly bought copies of the novel at Foyles bookshop in London's Charing Cross Road, general manager Sion Hamilton said the name alone would sell the book.
"Comparing it with other JK Rowling novels is difficult," she told AFP. "But even if we are far from Potter's universe, it's still from her pen."
Rowling told fans she had spent Thursday watching "Men in Black 3" with her children in an effort to avoid reviews, and that she "hated" the intense secrecy which has surrounded each of her books before publication day.
But the risk of online leaks had forced her publisher's hand, she said.
Rowling has previously said she left "the door ajar" for a return to the world of Harry Potter, although she said she was not intending to write any more books about the young wizard.
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Thread: Bullshidoka Arguments
3/07/2007 3:55pm, #1
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Bullshidoka Arguments
In another thread, someone mentioned putting together a list of arguments that we've seen from Bullshidoka about why they can't/won't provide information. The idea was to put together a numbered list so the Bullshido investigator can respond to an attempted argument by simply saying, "Your last post is #12 on the Bullshidoka Arguments page" rather than clutter the thread.
I put this in MABS because it is directly relevant to any number of Bullshido investigations. I believe the user knowledge base here can identify certain patterns of behavior among the subjects of our investigations (and their supporters) who make every effort to avoid posting reasonable answers to our questions.
For example, I'll quote Is It Fake?? from the comba-tai thread:
Originally Posted by Is It Fake??
Bullshidoka Argument #1 - Demanding that we train with or under the subject of the investigation before we make any conclusions about his claims.
Counter - An experienced martial artist can make reasonable judgments about someone else's level of skill or expertise. Although first hand experience is effective, informed judgments can be drawn from video clips and other media. This may not stand alone as conclusive proof of anything, but it can be a factor that raises the red flag of bullshido.
Bullshidoka Argument #2 - Questioning the ability of posters here to make informed judgments.
Counter - Similar to the counter for argument #1. The presence of skilled practioners of a variety of styles is one of Bullshido.net's greatest assests. That said, you don't have to be able to sing to identify someone who can't (American Idol, anyone?).
Bullshidoka Argument #3 - Refusal to provide information because people were not polite.
This argument also sets the stage for a future refusal to provide information even to a polite request - the Bullshidoka need merely say, "I am not providing information to any of you because you were mean to me."
Counter - Subtance over form. If the person is willing and able to provide information that would help prove their point, it is reasonable to assume that they would do so in most situations.
Bullshidoka Argument #4 - Claims that the investigation has gone beyond its original purpose. For example, a man who claims an impressive but unverified tournament record is also found to have claimed military or law enforcement experience, but the subject or his supporters get upset because that wasn't the original point of the investigation.
Counter - The investigative process involves gathering as much relevant information as possible, forming a preliminary hypothesis, and then finding evidence that will substantiate or unsubstantiate that hypothesis. Throughout the entire process, the hypothesis is reviewed, updated, and modified, based on new information. Supplemental information may be relevant to the hypothesis that the person has lied about or misrepresented parts of his history to bolster his own authority (usually as it relates to MA).
Bullshidoka Argument #5 - Makes a number of suggestions about additional questions which are not relevant to the issues at hand. Takes the position that a lack of interest in following up irrelevant information reveals an intentional double-standard in the investigative process. The "suggestions" can also be accusatory - "Why didn't you ask Jane if Jack's karate made him a better family man?"
Counter - Simple explanation about why that line of questions isn't relevant."Reason is a choice. Wishes and whims are not facts, nor are they a means to discovering them. Reason is our only way to grasping reality -- it's our basic tool of survival. We are free to evade the effort of thinking, to reject reason, but we are not free to avoid the penalty of the abyss we refuse to see."
- Terry Goodkind, "Faith of the Fallen"
3/07/2007 4:13pm, #2
#6: Argument by Repitition (also an informal fallacy). Operating under the assumption that saying something over and over again will make it true.
Counter: Point it out, and refer them back to your previous responses.
#7: Strawman. I think we all know what this looks like.
Counter: Point it out, and make fun of them for it.
#8: Needling. Making annoying remarks designed to cause others to become angry.
Counter: Point it out, and don't play their game.
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3/07/2007 4:25pm, #3
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BackFistMonkey posted a fantanstic reference for fallacious arguments that I'm going to link to here:
#9 - Argument by Distraction. This category includes claims to have made people angry/upset, claims of a conpiracy against the subject, or anything else that tries to distract posters from the issue at hand.
Counter - Ignore it. If you react to it, you only clutter the thread. I suppose we could repeat the motivation for the investigation as often as necessary, or at least reference it. Example, "No, we're not trying to bring down the man out of jealousy. If you read post #1 and the rest of this thread, you can see that he has made exceptional claims without providing any envidence to support them.""Reason is a choice. Wishes and whims are not facts, nor are they a means to discovering them. Reason is our only way to grasping reality -- it's our basic tool of survival. We are free to evade the effort of thinking, to reject reason, but we are not free to avoid the penalty of the abyss we refuse to see."
- Terry Goodkind, "Faith of the Fallen"
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Bullshidoka Argument # 10 - Requesting that those who are investigating, provide the same information that is being asked for them.
This tactic is used to "throw the dogs off your scent" so to speak. It makes everyone look at the accuser and not the accused. Nothing wrong with making sure that the person acting as the accuser is not doing so in a malicious way but in an honest attempt to gather important facts but it shouldn't allow the accused a free ride just because the accuser was dishonest in his/her investigative intent.
Counter - If the accused does bring up important information about the accuser then start a new thread about the accuser but keep the original thread on track with regards to the accused.
This one may seem similar to one mentioned above about the ability of other posters to judge the one being investigated but it is not. This one is pointed more towards the investigated individual accusing the originator of the investigation of wrongdoing as a means of removing pressure from him/herself.
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3/07/2007 6:28pm, #5
#11- Multiple Personalities
This argument tactic can vary along the continuum from the literal, in the form of the shared account, to the tag-team approach (typically teacher/student), to a shotgun approach, with multiple posters from the same school/dojo posting different messages with widely divergent styles (crude and threatening, pleading, conciliatory, wordy) hoping that one succeeds. A good cop/bad cop variation of this is to have the crazy, unhinged student poster says "u guyz r gonna die" and the apologetic "let's just forget all of this" teacher. Also includes multiple accounts, although this tactic is crude and obvious.
Counter- Demand to know who is who as precisely as possible, and clarify the situation. Are you Sifu X? Are you a student of Sifu X? If it is the sifu/sensei/subject of the investigation, ask them what their precise stance or relationship is to the other posts or statements of their friends and students.
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Shouldn't this be in the BBC so the newbs will think we have magic powers ?
They are some more awesome links around I just can't find them right now .Hopefully I can edit in something use full here soon .I don't mean to sound bitter, cold, or cruel, but I am, so that's how it comes out.
3/07/2007 6:40pm, #7
My default fallacy site has always been: http://onegoodmove.org/fallacy/welcome.htm, but BFM's is at least as good.
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Here are some rebuttals to the list, as posted by Mantis in the Comba-Tai thread (http://www.bullshido.net/forums/show...postcount=701). I've edited the quote below to cut out some length, but the content he added is intact:
Originally Posted by Mantis
Notice how his first rebuttal is almost exactly the point of the counter.
Same with the second.
His rebuttal to the third argument is essentially the third argument over again - you were mean, so people aren't going to give you information.
The fourth rebuttal is indicative of a lack of understanding about the investigative process. Yet again, the rebuttal is the argument itself.
The fifth rebuttal seems to indicate that we should be glad to get any information, even if it isn't relevant to the investigation. I agree that no one should (ideally) feel bullied into providing information, but that's the way an investigation works. If you make a claim, it's your responsibility to support it."Reason is a choice. Wishes and whims are not facts, nor are they a means to discovering them. Reason is our only way to grasping reality -- it's our basic tool of survival. We are free to evade the effort of thinking, to reject reason, but we are not free to avoid the penalty of the abyss we refuse to see."
- Terry Goodkind, "Faith of the Fallen"
3/08/2007 10:50am, #9
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Excellent thread. Once we come up with every single excuse we'll put a copy of this on Bullshido.com or .org.
3/08/2007 11:00am, #10
You forgot my favorite:
Bullshidoka Argument #XX
He used to be a great fighter but is now injured/fat usually do to one of the unverifiable d34dly martial arts bouts in his past. This goes along with he used to be a violent and dangerous person but now sees that martial arts are meant for peace. I'm using the third person because this argument is most often supplied by a student.
Bullshido answer: Then he should be able to produce a student that can fight or else he has no business teaching at all.
This may fit into the general category of resting on one's unverifiable laurels.


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Dani Alves has praised the resilience of Sevilla after Barcelona had to come from a goal behind before emerging 2-1 winners on Saturday.
David Villa and Lionel Messi both scored following Alberto Botia's first-half strike for the visitors, as the Blaugrana extended their lead at the top the table to 15 points over Atletico Madrid, who play on Sunday.
Speaking after the game, Alves revealed that he was satisfied with the Catalans' reaction to going behind and also praised the visitors' resolve.
"It was a strange match especially because of how cold it was, but in the end we managed to win," the 29-year-old Brazilian was quoted by Mundo Deportivo.
"Sevilla forced us to work hard to win the three points. They are not just any team, they are great rivals and have a lot of quality."
Alves played 186 times for Sevilla before moving to Barcelona in 2008 and, while he was quick to praise los Rojiblancos for their effort, he was also critical when asked about his side going into half-time 1-0 down.
"We have to improve in this regard," the Brazil international confessed.
"But we can concede goals if we win. This is a game and we have to remember that other teams are also playing. We reacted well and we deserved the win.
"It's an important week, and that's how we're approaching it. These are the types of matches that we like to play," he added, referring to Tuesday's Copa del Rey semi-final clash with Real Madrid.
Barca have now amassed 68 points from their 25 league games this season.


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VATICAN CITY – Members of Pope Francis' sexual abuse advisory board said Saturday they will develop "clear and effective" protocols to hold bishops and other church authorities accountable if they fail to report suspected abuse or protect children from pedophile priests.
Victims groups have long blasted the Vatican for refusing to sanction any bishop or superior who covered up for priests who raped and molested children. They have listed accountability as one of the core issues facing Francis and a key test for his new advisory board.
Francis announced the creation of the commission last December and named its members in March after coming under initial criticism for having ignored the sex abuse issue. The commission's eight members – four of whom are women – met for the first time this week at the pope's Vatican hotel to discuss the scope of their work and future members.
Briefing reporters Saturday, Cardinal Sean O'Malley, the archbishop of Boston, said current church laws could hold bishops accountable if they failed to protect children. But he said those laws hadn't been sufficient to date and that new protocols were needed.
"Obviously our concern is to make sure that there are clear and effective protocols to deal with the situations where superiors of the church have not fulfilled their obligations to protect children," O'Malley said.
Victims groups have long cited the case of O'Malley's predecessor in Boston, Cardinal Bernard Law, who resigned in disgrace as archbishop after the sex abuse scandal exploded publicly there in 2002 and Law was shown to have covered up for notorious child rapists. But Pope John Paul II then appointed Law to the plum assignment as archpriest of one of the Vatican's four major basilicas in Rome. Even today, another U.S. bishop remains in office despite having been convicted of misdemeanor failure to report suspected child abuse.
Marie Collins, a committee member and Irish survivor of sexual abuse, said she came away from the inaugural meeting of the commission "hopeful," primarily because the issue of accountability was addressed straight on.
"I know there are many survivors around the world who are hoping, and have great expectations of this commission," Collins said. "And what I can say so far is you can't make concrete promises. But as a survivor myself, I am hopeful that we are going to achieve what is hoped for."
That said, much remains to be done. The commission still has no founding statutes. Its independence within the Vatican bureaucracy is unclear. Neither a new date for a future meeting nor a timeline for drafting the protocols were set. And commission members hail mostly from the industrialized world, whereas comprehensive church abuse policies lag largely in the developing world.
O'Malley said he hoped to broaden the membership to reflect the universal church, specifically because so much of what the commission must do is educate church officials about the problem in places where the scandal hasn't yet exploded.
"There is so much ignorance around this topic, so much denial," O'Malley said.
He said the commission might also offer advice to national bishops' conferences to improve their own guidelines for handling abuse cases. Recently, the Italian bishops' conference released their guidelines and said they had no legal obligation to report suspected abuse to police. O'Malley said the church's response shouldn't depend on legal obligations, but rather "moral obligations" to report suspected abuse.
The commission met on the eve of a U.N. committee meeting in Geneva in which the Vatican is expected to come under a second round of criticism for its handling of abuse. A U.N. committee monitoring implementation of a key treaty on children's rights blasted the Holy See earlier this year, accusing it of systematically placing its own interests over those of victims by enabling priests to rape and molest tens of thousands of children through its own policies and code of silence.


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One of the first Lindenwood graduates to become a physician, Patricia A. Penkoske, M.D. ('69), was presented with the University's 2012 Alumni Merit Award at graduate Commencement ceremonies in May.
"At the end of high school my father suggested I go to Lindenwood, live at home and give college a try," Penkoske said. "As a day student, I earned a B.A. in biology and chemistry in 1969. I credit my Lindenwood professors for providing the mentoring I needed to gain the self confidence that stood me well in medical school and in my career as a cardiac surgeon."
Penkoske says that Lindenwood was a place where academic success was emphasized and valued. She has especially fond memories of two professors, Harry Hendren in art history and Dr. John Bornman in chemistry. Both of them took a special interest in her education and convinced her that with hard work she could accomplish great things. Dr. Bornman attended her medical school graduation. She says that "the combination of a solid liberal arts program and professors who served as mentors made my Lindenwood educational experience special.
"In the summer of my sophomore year, Dr. Tessie Welch, a faculty member in Lindenwood's chemistry department, helped me get a job in her husband's research lab at Washington University," Penkoske said. "I continued in that assignment with Dr. Michael Welch throughout my undergraduate years."
She credits her apprenticeship for exposing her to the medical profession because she worked with medical students and residents and was permitted to go on rounds and attend lectures. It was this experience that made her determined to become a physician.
After graduation from Lindenwood, she attended Washington University's School of Medicine, graduating in 1974.
"I was competing with students from some of the most prestigious schools in the country but I always felt comfortable with my undergraduate academic preparation," she said.
As a medical student she was one of 10 in her class named to Alpha Omega Alpha, the national medical honor society, which recognizes a physician's dedication to the profession and art of healing.
Penkoske went on to a distinguished career as a pediatric cardio-thoracic surgeon, completing her internship and residency at Barnes Hospital in St. Louis. She has practiced locally and in Boston and Canada. A member of numerous professional societies, she has published more than 60 peer-reviewed articles and also holds a patent.
The mother of three daughters, Penkoske is currently an intensive care physician for Midwest Acute Care; she also works at Barnes Jewish Hospital in St. Peters, Mo.


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