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Councilman Arthur Gerbec has announced that he is a candidate for re-election to the Wheatfield Town Board.
A registered Republican, he has been endorsed by the Republican, Conservative and Independence parties.
"We have accomplished a great deal in the past few years, but work remains to be done," said Gerbec. "Under the leadership of Supervisor Bob Cliffe, we have brought the town back from near financial collapse, and we have restored both financial and personal integrity to town government. The town went from a deficit of $663,000 in the former supervisor's final year in office to our current fund balance of $2.2 million."
Gerbec has been a member of the Town Board for the past five years. He serves as co-chair of the Comprehensive Master Plan Task Force, chairs the Veterans Memorial Focus Group, sits on the Fire Advisory Board and is liaison to the Drainage Committee as well as the Highway, Building, Water and Sewer departments.
As co-chair of the Master Plan Task Force, Gerbec helped update the town's Master Plan, accomplished through the hard work of volunteer committees, which saved the town more than $50,000 in fees for a professional planner and encouraged greater participation by residents.
Gerbec also has worked to obtain grant funding to reduce the burden on local taxpayers.
In 2012, the town received a $1,162,000 grant from the National Scenic By-Ways for work on the Greenway trail and River Road park. This grant was the third highest amount awarded in the entire country. The town also received funding from the state for establishing a Local Waterfront Plan to protect the town's waterfront areas and another grant to prepare an Agricultural Master Plan.
Gerbec served four terms as president and four terms as chief of Bergholz Volunteer Fire Company, in addition to being a past president of the Niagara County Volunteer Chief's Association and an EMT. The insight and experience gained from this service has made Gerbec a key member of the Fire Advisory Board, which meets monthly to review plans for projects before the Planning Board and which facilitates cooperation between the five Wheatfield fire companies.
Gerbec is vice president and a co-owner of Erie Metal Specialties Inc., a nationally recognized firm in the expansion joint industry. His 45 years of experience in business has served to help control town spending and to increase efficiency in town departments. Gerbec's experience in bridge and infrastructure construction has brought a special insight to overseeing town engineering and construction projects.
Gerbec is a graduate of Erie County Community College. He and his wife, Marilyn, have lived in Wheatfield for 35 years, raising two children. They now have two grandchildren who live in Wheatfield.


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MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) — Liberia has petitioned a criminal court to approve the extradition of seven alleged mercenaries arrested along the border with Ivory Coast, justice ministry officials said late Wednesday. But defense lawyers are contesting the move, arguing that it's unclear if the men being deported are actually from the Ivory Coast as the government claims.
Liberia's Deputy Justice Minister Benedict Sannoh said the government of Ivory Coast made the request to extradite the men, who already have been indicted and are being detained at the Monrovia Central Prison. Sannoh said once the alleged Ivorians have been extradited to face trial at home, Liberians detained in connection with cross-border raids will appear in a Liberian court in February next year.
The men facing extradition are among a group of around two dozen being held on suspicion of involvement in cross-border raids along the Liberian-Ivorian border.
The allegations are especially sensitive because Ivory Coast is trying to recover from violence that followed the 2010 election when former President Laurent Gbagbo refused to cede power to Alassane Ouattara. The U.N. estimates at least 3,000 people were killed in the six months of violence that followed. Gbagbo was arrested with the help of U.N. and French forces in April 2011, and is now facing charges of war crimes at The Hague.
Lawyers for the suspected men say the Liberian government is violating their right to due process.
Defense lawyer Arthur Johnson said there is no proof that those the Liberian government is referring to as Ivorian mercenaries are actually Ivorians. "The government needs to understand the geo-political realities of tribes in the two countries sharing border in deciding which side that person actually comes from," he said.
The Liberian government's actions come after criticism from Human Rights Watch and other groups that it has done little to end the presence of armed groups along the border. A few months ago, the country extradited more than 40 Ivorians who were said to have taken part in the Ivory Coast conflict and then fled to Liberia.
One of the Liberians in detention, Ophoree Diah, acknowledged being a rebel commander during Liberia's 1989-2003 civil war. But he said he is being falsely accused of involvement in an ambush in which seven United Nations peacekeepers were killed near the Ivorian border town of Tai.
"This is not true; I don't know anywhere in Ivory Coast; and I don't even speak French," Diah told The Associated Press when he and a few other detainees were escorted from their detention cells to explain their situation Wednesday. "During the Liberian war, I did all my fighting right here in Liberia. If you put me anywhere in Ivory Coast, I will get lost."
But detainee Alfred Julu, a man regarded by the Liberian government as one of the ringleaders in the cross-border raids, told AP that he and hundreds of other Liberians fought in Ivory Coast to keep Gbagbo in power.
"Under duress we fought for Gbagbo because Ivorians were harassing Liberians in their country, accusing them of being against the regime of Gbagbo," he said. "But when we realized that the U.S. and the U.N. were backing the new man — Alassane Ouattara — and that Gbagbo could not win the war, I crossed back into Liberia with 107 men, leaving our arms and ammunition in an Ivorian town."

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6 thick slices crusty bread
12 ounces ground beef
12 ounces ground pork
3/4 cup freshly grated Parmesan, plus more for serving
1/4 cup whole milk
1/4 cup minced fresh flat-leaf parsley, plus more for serving
3 cloves garlic, minced
2 eggs, beaten
1/4 teaspoon salt
Freshly ground black pepper
1/2 cup olive oil
Rigatoni and Sauce:
3 cloves garlic, minced
1 yellow onion, diced
1/2 cup red wine, optional
One 28-ounce can crushed tomatoes
One 28-ounce can whole tomatoes
1 teaspoon sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
Freshly ground black pepper
1/4 cup minced fresh flat-leaf parsley
12 fresh basil leaves, cut in chiffonade, optional
2 pounds rigatoni, cooked al dente
For the meatballs: Preheat the oven to 200 degrees F. Place the bread on a baking sheet. Bake until totally dry, about 30 minutes.
Break the bread into chunks. Pulse in a food processor until the bread turns into crumbs. Throw in the meat into a large mixing bowl. Add the breadcrumbs, Parmesan, milk, parsley, garlic, eggs, salt and some pepper. Use clean hands to mix together until well combined.
Use a scoop to retrieve a small amount of the meat mixture, and roll it in your hands to make meatballs (about 25). Place on a pan and put the pan in the freezer for 10 to 15 minutes, just to firm them up.
Heat the olive oil in a heavy pot over medium-high heat. Working with 8 to 10 meatballs at a time, cook them until brown but not cooked all the way through, 2 to 3 minutes per batch. Remove from the pot to a plate while you make the sauce.
For the sauce: Add the garlic and onions to the meatball pot. Stir and cook until the onion begins to soften, 1 to 2 minutes. Add the wine and cook for another minute. (Just omit this step if you're not using wine.) Add the crushed tomatoes, whole tomatoes, sugar, salt and pepper to taste.
Stir the sauce to combine all the ingredients. Cover and reduce the heat to a simmer. Cook for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally. If sauce needs more liquid, just add in a little water. Then throw in the parsley, basil and the meat-a-balls! Stir gently, then cover and cook for 20 more minutes, stirring once or twice until the meatballs are cooked through.
Heap the rigatoni on a large platter and pile the meatballs and sauce on the top. Sprinkle on some extra minced parsley and serve with extra grated Parmesan.
Recipe from:http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ree-drummond/rigatoni-and-meatballs-recipe.html
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It's easy to underestimate the magnitude of Usher's pop stardom. He doesn't draw attention like Lady Gaga, put out music as often as Rihanna, or boast as rabid a fan base as his protegé Justin Bieber. But Usher is, in fact, a very big pop star, the kind with iconic hits that cut across generations and demographics. Sure, you might think of Usher as the R&B artist behind "Burn," but there are plenty of people who like him better for dance songs like "OMG". Usher has a lot of different people to please. He's that kind of pop star, and it shows on his latest album, "Looking 4 Myself."
The easy critique of "Looking 4 Myself" would jump to the plodding, MGMT-style indie pop of its title track and point out that his wide appeal has left even Usher confused by his place in the pop canon--and that this expansive, genre-hopping mess of an album is the result. A more truthful take, though, is that this album acknowledges the name "Usher" stands for a range of ideas and revels in that fact.
While the eclecticism results in a few missteps, it mostly yields an excellent and diverse set of songs that work to pass as R&B while acknowledging the electronic imperatives of current pop radio. The album – somewhat surprisingly – comes together most brilliantly on the crystalline, Robyn-like synth-pop of the Swedish House Mafia-produced "Numb" and the gorgeous, tension-filled "Climax," a clear standout as one of the best songs of the year. Oh, and don't worry: there's still a fantastic strip-club-ready R&B anthem with Rick Ross ("Lemme See") and one intense, metaphor-heavy sex jam ("Dive").
"Looking 4 Myself" tries out a lot of different ideas – it's definitely an album made for the singles-driven iTunes era – and it's a credit to Usher's pop star pedigree that he mostly makes them work.


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The UC385 is a low dropout linear regulator providing a quick response to fast load changes. Combined with its precision onboard reference, the UC385 excels at driving GTL and BTL buses. Due to its fast response to load transients, the total capacitance required to decouple the regulators output can be significantly decreased when compared to standard LDO linear regulators.
Dropout voltage (VIN to VOUT) is only 490 mV maximum and 350 mV typical at 5-A load (0°C to 100°C).
The onboard bandgap reference is stable with temperature and scaled for a 1.2 V input to the internal power amplifier. The UC385 is available in fixed output voltages of 1.5 V, 2.1 V, or 2.5 V. The output voltage of the adjustable version can be set with two external resistors. If the external resistors are omitted, the output voltage defaults to 1.2 V.


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Operation: Endgame (US - BD RA)
Gabe watches ten little top secret operatives kill the crap out of each other
Miles beneath the streets of Los Angeles lies the heavily fortified headquarters of 'The Factory', an elite espionage cell divided into two factions. The latest, codenamed 'The Fool' (Joe Anderson), enters the underground headquarters, and is introduced to a rogue's gallery of crazy operatives, none of whom seem to like each other very much. Just before The Fool's first official group meeting the cell's head, The Devil (Jeffrey Tambor), is murdered, and the base's lockdown self-destruct sequence is activated. The Alpha and Omega teams decide to break into pairs to find an exit, but due to a massive case of underlying mistrust they end up murdering each other violently instead.
I'm immediately weary of Operation: Endgame based on its celebrity talent pool. There aren't any definitely big stars in the cast, but there is an overload of B and B+ talent, which is usually a pretty good indicator of bad news to come when a film isn't given a wide release. The distinct lack of any word of mouth doesn't instill much more confidence. The film begins with a mouthful of exposition from the woefully miscast Rob Corddry. The massive cast is laid out, as is screenwriter Sam Levinson's awkward sense of humour, but it takes almost 20 of the brief 82 minute runtime to actually start up a plot. Funnily enough, even with the excessive explication the roles are flatly realized (the actors not giving much of an effort doesn't help), and the narrative doesn't really go anywhere. These characters are amusing enough (even if I didn't find myself chuckling even once), but are mostly utilized as listless filler for this elongated short subject. At most Operation: Endgame is an attempt at Ten Little Indians enacted by action heroes, but we're given no reason to root for or against anyone, so it mostly comes down to waiting for the next brief action vignette on the short road to the end credits.
It's hard to tell if Operation: Endgame is meant to be a spoof of espionage action flicks, or a genuine attempt at mixing slasher and action tropes. A set of blasé surveillance guys (it's never clear where they're sitting in the geographically deficient underground bunker) commenting on the bloody action seems to point to the former, but more likely are just another piece of filler. The dramatic scenes are played with a pretty straight face, and there is an attempt to weight the plot twists, so I'm leaning more towards legitimate action possibility (let's just ignore the dopey political side of the film altogether). Director Fouad Mikati doesn't have much to work with, including, apparently, budget, so it's hard to gage his actual abilities (he certainly knows how to use the 2.35:1 frame). The fight scenes, which are relatively remarkable considering the relative inexperience of most of the actors, are captured effectively enough, and would likely make Jason Voorhees proud in terms of creative kills.
Assuming Operation: Endgame is shot to look steely, blown-out, and fluorescent baked, this is an ace 1080p transfer. The image is crisp, the edges and contrast levels are sharp, and the excessive white levels are clean. There is some minor grain throughout the proceedings, and some minor issues with edge-enhancement, but I didn't notice any major compression issues. When the fluorescents eventually go out the whole transfer gets a bit fuzzy, and details get lost in the darkness, but the increase in grain is actually aesthetically interesting following an hour of blow-out whiteness. There isn't a lot of colour in the film. The first two acts look like an ode to Schindler's List – practically black and white with the occasional red costume to brighten things up. These costumes, and blood, are clean and strong, with no major blocking or bleeding. The darker scenes feature orange highlights thanks to fire being a consistent source of lighting, and though caked in a decent amount of grain, these are warm and consistent in hue.
Once again Anchor Bay opts for a name brandless PCM 5.1, and backs it up with a compressed Dolby Digital 5.1 track for viewers without the appropriate equipment. The sound here steps above and beyond the film's low budget, but never quite reaches reference level, or even major release heights. The bulk of the track is centered around the spitfire dialogue, and vague environmental noise. The fight scenes feature a bit of swooping directional action, and some impressive pits of LFE bounce, but the bulk of the on-screen action is centered. Occasionally the movement from an off-screen source (specifically a character making his way through ducts) works its way into the rear channels, but mostly the stereo and surround are devoted to the more abstract sound effects made as part of the musical soundtrack. The music gives the LFE a more consistent rumble thanks to throbbing electric bass and pumping percussion, but it's a brief bit of explosive fire that really vibrates the room.
The extras here are brief, which is too bad since I'm curious about the inception and history of this particular project. 'Behind the Scenes of Operation: Endgame' (10:30, SD) is a catch all collection of on set video footage, cut together rather randomly with some footage from the film. It gives no real insight to the production history, but is a decent look at the behind the scenes relationships, and gives the stunt doubles some face time. This is followed by an alternate opening (3:00, SD), which gives away a little bit too soon (and includes the alternate title, Rouges Gallery), and an alternate ending (0:30, SD), which is really no different than the one already included in the film. The disc also features a trailer and trailers for other Anchor Bay releases.
Operation: Endgame isn't a very good movie, and frankly I'm surprised the script and first time director attracted such an impressive cast (which is, of course, the major selling point), but it isn't an outwardly bad film either, and if might find an audience on home video. It's an interesting melding of slasher and espionage tropes in theory, but would've worked much better as a rough little short than a feature experience. It's the kind of movie it'd be fine to catch on television some lazy Sunday, but I don't recommend spending real money to see it unless you're a die hard fan of one of the cast members. This Blu-ray release looks and sounds about as good as a modest production with a lot of blown-out visuals can, and features a very light smattering of extras.
*Note: The images on this page are not representative of the Blu-ray image quality.
Review by Gabriel Powers
Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian
Disc Details
Release Date: 27th July 2010
Discs: 1
Disc Type: Blu-ray Disc
RCE: No
Video: 1080p
Aspect: 2.40:1
Anamorphic: No
Colour: Yes
Audio: PCM 5.1 English, Dolby Digital 5.1 English
Subtitles: English SDH
Extras: Behind the Scenes of Operation: Endgame, Alternate Opening, Alternate Ending
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Fouad Mikati
Cast: Joe Anderson, Rob Corddry, Ellen Barkin, Odette Yustman, Maggie Q, Zach Galifianakis, Adam Scott, Brandon T. Jackson, Emilie de Ravin, Bob Odenkirk, Ving Rhames, Jeffrey Tambor
Genre: Action and Comedy
Length: 82 minutes
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Normally an experienced veteran who is dominant on the field is classified as a leader of a team, but I don't know who could be classified as that.
Also, you don't always have to be experienced or dominant. Rookies have been known to be leaders in a sense.
I believe that Chad Henne has the best shot at being a team captain.
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NEW YORK (AP) — The publisher of Newsday is retiring at the end of the year.
The newspaper (http://bit.ly/15rPB3d ) reports that Fred Groser said in an email to employees that he would retire effective Dec. 31.
Groser said the paper's owner, Cablevision Systems Corp., would be conducting a search for a new publisher.
The 58-year-old Groser became publisher in 2010 after serving as the paper's advertising chief.
He said retiring was a difficult decision but would allow him to pursue new ventures and spend more time with his family.
During his tenure, Newsday expanded desktop, tablet and smartphone offerings for readers and advertisers.
Groser also serves on the board of directors of the Long Island Associate business group.


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(AP) — The Senate has again approved a plan to address so-called Smart Grid technology over the objection of Gov. Pat Quinn.
Senators voted 44-11 Tuesday to override Quinn's veto earlier this month. Quinn claimed the bill undermined oversight and would force automatic rate hikes.
Senate President John Cullerton disputed those claims. A three-fifths majority was needed. It now heads to the House.
(See related story: "ComEd rates are set to surge.")
ComEd pushed the bill as a way to clarify 2011 legislation allowing utilities to raise rates to fund a high-tech system. But executing it has been tricky.
The Illinois Commerce Commission and ComEd disagreed over implementation. ComEd filed a court appeal over technical matters and faces a class-action lawsuit over installation delays.
The proposal clarifies some of those issues and hastens installation.
The bill is SB9.


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Tool Test: Makita PJ7000 Biscuit Joiner
The biscuit or plate joiner category of the hand-held power tool world has been pretty sleepy over the past few years. But Makita has introduced a new model that, while not revolutionary, adds some nice, user-friendly features.
The PJ7000 packs plenty of power in its 5.6-amp motor, yet the motor has a relatively small circumference making it comfortable to grip, even for smaller hands. The top handle is comfortable as well. Combined, these holding features provide solid control and less user fatigue. And at just 5.5 pounds, it's relatively lightweight – about 20 percent less than most competitor models.
The fence system for this biscuit joiner consists of two parts: the fence itself and a removable angle guide. The angle guide moves up and down on a rack-and-pinion gear system to make height adjustments for various thicknesses of material. The fence pivots in a fixed position to make angle cut adjustments. Three detents are built in for 0°, 45° and 90˚ angles. With the fence in the usual 90˚ position, the 4″ slot-cutting blade is centered for material approximately 3⁄4″ thick (20mm). When using both the fence and the fence with the angle guide, setup was quick and accurate with easy-to-read scales.
The tool also comes with a set plate that snaps on to the fence to cut a slot centered on 1⁄2″-thick material.
Like other plate joiners, an easily adjusted, on-board depth stop makes the switch between #0, #10 and #20 biscuits a snap. There are three additional settings, Max (20mm), D (14.7mm) and S (13mm) for use with other Lamello fasteners and hinges.
At $179, the price, combined with the nice features, makes it a good buy.
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Sen. Accountability
Until his celebrated charity boxing match with Justin Trudeau last March, all most Canadians knew about Sen. Patrick Brazeau was that he was supposed to be a black belt in karate, and that everyone (including himself) predicted he'd clobber Justin.
We know a little more about him now, and from his record one can see what is wrong with Canada's policies for aboriginals.
What is difficult to understand is why Prime Minister Stephen Harper ever appointed him a senator (Canada's youngest at age 38), unless it was the PM's way of showing how antiquated and unnecessary the institution has become.
He was hopelessly outmatched in his boxing match with Justin (he exhausted himself in the first round trying for a knockout, and suffered a technical knockout when the referee halted Justin's windmill assaults).
A lot of things have since come to public attention about Brazeau.
An Algonquin, born in Quebec's Kitigan Zibi reserve (population 1,100) near Maniwaki, Brazeau was national chief of the Congress of Aboriginal Peoples (CAP) until appointed to the Senate.
The first inkling of his ethical values came when he sought to hold both positions at once — senator and national chief — thus drawing two six-figure salaries.
He was told that was a no-no.
He chose the Senate, average salary $132,000, compared to the average of $29,000 on the reserve. The Senate job is his until 2049, when he hits age 75.
There were allegations of employees drinking on the job during Brazeau's tenure at the Congress, as well as a complaint of sexual harassment.
The Globe and Mail has reported that auditors found more than half of $462,000 allocated to CAP by Health Canada for aboriginal health issues had been spent on board meetings where health wasn't a topic.
The latest development in the unfolding Brazeau saga is a CTV report that between 2004 and 2008 (before being appointed to the Senate) Brazeau used his father-in-law's address on the reserve to avoid paying income tax.
The father-in-law was unaware his address was being used by Brazeau to escape income tax.
Others on the reserve can't recall him living there.
There's irony in this because Brazeau has championed more accountability among aboriginal chiefs.
Kitigan Zibi Chief Gilbert Whiteduck seemed somewhat jaundiced at Brazeau's exemption: "I'm not sure how he would have done that," he told CTV.
"Normally you have income tax exemption when you live on a reserve and you are employed by a reserve.
"To put all the focus on accountability, he'd better be looking in the mirror."
It seems Brazeau has also been delinquent on child-support payments.
Revenue Quebec ordered a salary garnishee of some $800 a month for child support.
There's limited sympathy for Brazeau, especially since he's on record questioning Attawapiskat Chief Theresa Spence's so-called 44-day hunger strike, from which she emerged looking plumper than when she started it.
Brazeau has one of the worst attendance records in the Senate — skipping 25% of the sessions between June 2011 and April 2012, and away for 65% of the Aboriginal People's Committee, of which he is a member, and missing 30% of the Human Rights Committee, of which he is deputy chair.
It's all academic now.
He's been bounced from the Tory caucus after police were called to his home in the Gatineau Hills, and he was carted off to jail.
Details will make lively reading, but all things considered, Brazeau has not been a shining role model for aboriginals — or for Harper's judgment.


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Arsenault boyfriend's expenses billed to dioceseBy MARK HAYWARD
New Hampshire Union Leader
April 23. 2014 8:50PM
MANCHESTER — Luke Parkin, the man involved in an "inappropriate adult relationship" with the Rev. Msgr. Ed Arsenault III, is a gay recording artist/composor with 70 albums to his credit, according to Internet websites.
In interviews with music sites and gay-oriented sites, Parkin talks about his music, growing up gay and his dating habits. He never mentions romantic interests by name.
"Dating is fun when it's not called 'dating,'" he tells Chicago.GoPride.com in an interview. He said he'd favor a man who looks like Tom Brady, writes like Proust and can preach self-reliance like Ralph Waldo Emerson.
Assistant New Hampshire Attorney General Jane Young on Wednesday said the investigation into Arsenault's thefts of funds from the Manchester Catholic diocese and Catholic Medical Center found that the priest spent much of the stolen funds on Parkin.
Young called the relationship between the two consensual.
The diocese put Arsenault on administrative leave last year, citing financial improprieties and "an inappropriate adult relationship."
The Diocese of Manchester on Wednesday released a timeline that details investigations into Arsenault.
The Diocese said that in January 2013 it was informed that Arsenault was in an inappropriate relationship. While that tip involved allegations of blackmail, no evidence surfaced of blackmail, the Diocese said. Young said Parkin is facing no criminal charges.
The Diocese said the attorney general's investigation found that between 2007 and early 2009, Arsenault billed the Diocese for numerous expenses related to the relationship:
• $2,500 for a cell phone.
• $3,200 for a trip to Santa Fe, New York and San Francisco, which included a $159 breakfast at the Four Seasons in San Francisco.
• Forty-eight nights at an extended stay hotel in Amesbury, Mass. Arsenault initially told Diocesan investigators the hotel was for a "homeless international priest," the Diocese said.
The New Hampshire Union Leader could not reach Parkin Wednesday through email or a former publicist. Investigators said Parkin lives in Florida.
Parkin's Est MMIX albumn is his 70th album, according to the website WeirdMusic. It appears to have been released in 2012. Some Luke Parkin music videos are on You Tube, and albums can be purchased through iTunes.
His work is instrumental, slow-moving, somewhat hypnotic, with a heavy emphasis on rhythm and synthesizers.
"I move between the classical (art traditions) and commercial worlds; I suppose that's weird as well albeit in the best possible way," he told WeirdMusic.
A 2008 work, Lustre, features a cross, dove and serpent on the cover. Musical renditions include a cut for each Station of the Cross, a Catholic prayer said during Lent.
Parkin told WeirdMusic he is religious, but did not elaborate.


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Regular maintenance is essential for the smooth, successful operation of your databases. This maintenance includes making backups to protect against data loss, performing consistency and integrity checks to ensure your data and indexes aren't corrupted, and regularly rebuilding indexes to help you compact and defragment your data. SQL Server database maintenance plans help define, automate, and monitor these maintenance operations. The Database Maintenance Plan Wizard, which walks you through the creation of a maintenance plan, usually selects suitable defaults for each maintenance area. However, to ensure that the wizard's instructions match your intention, you need to understand how each option works, which T-SQL commands SQL Server will execute when the plan is running, how these commands can affect database and server performance, and what effect the plan will have on disk-space requirements.
Database Maintenance Plans Architecture
To create database maintenance plans, you can use the Database Maintenance Plan Wizard. The wizard walks you through the process of selecting one or more databases, then lets you select maintenance actions to include in the plan. Several system tables in the msdb database store most of the details about the plans and their maintenance actions. When you create a database maintenance plan, SQL Server creates an entry in the sysdbmaintplan table. Each time you execute an action (e.g., an integrity check, an optimization, a backup) that you defined in the plan, SQL Server makes an entry in the sysdbmaintplan_history table. The first step in the wizard lets you define which databases the plan should operate on. The sysdbmaintplan_databases table stores the databases you select. This table contains one row for each database associated with the maintenance plan. If you select a multidatabase option, the table stores only one row, which contains one of three entries in the database_name column: All Databases, All User Databases, or All System Databases.
The next few steps in the wizard let you define one of four maintenance actions: optimizations, integrity checks, database backup, or transaction log backup. The wizard creates a SQL Server Agent job for each action you include in the plan and stores these jobs in the sysjobs table. The wizard stores the link between the maintenance plan and each job in the sysdbmaintplan_jobs table. Each job contains one step, which is a call to the xp_sqlmaint extended stored procedure along with a parameter containing utility switches. You can think of utility switches as the equivalent of command-line parameters for executable files that have no user interface. SQL Server executes database maintenance plans as background processes with no user interaction, so these utility switches function as parameters that define what the plan should do when executed. The wizard generates these switches for the options you selected for each plan action. The job command in Figure 1 contains a sample call to xp_sqlmaint, which invokes the sqlmaint utility and passes along the utility switches. Sqlmaint is the core of SQL Server database maintenance plans: It processes the utility switches, generates T-SQL commands, and sends them to SQL Server. It can also delete old backup files and generate text and HTML report files. SQL Server Books Online (BOL) contains the complete list of sqlmaint utility switches.
While examining the maintenance-plan system tables, I noticed something interesting. None of the system tables stores which actions you included in the plan or which options you selected for each action. The system tables contain only links between a plan and each of its scheduled jobs. When you open a maintenance plan for editing, Enterprise Manager reads each associated job and parses the call to xp_sqlmaint to extract the options you selected at plan creation. For example, if your plan includes the Optimizations action and you selected the Change free space per page percentage to: 10% option, as Figure 2 shows, the call to xp_sqlmaint includes "-RebldIdx 10" as one of the action definitions. "RebldIdx 10" is translated at runtime to T-SQL commands that rebuild all indexes in the database and leave 10 percent of each index page free. Note that SQL Server doesn't store this definition in the maintenance-plan system tables. This implementation makes a lot of sense. If these definitions were stored in the system tables, you might find that the definitions in the system tables no longer match the definitions in the scheduled jobs because nothing prevents someone from manually modifying a maintenance plan's scheduled jobs.
When you run the sqlmaint utility and specify the plan name or plan ID, the only thing that SQL Server retrieves from the system tables is the list of databases you included in the plan. This means that when you manually execute a maintenance plan, sqlmaint executes the actions you specify as parameters at runtime, not the actions you specified when you used the wizard to create the plan. For example, let's assume you have a wizard-created plan that includes all databases, performs a full backup to the C:\BACKUP folder, and deletes backup files older than 1 week. The wizard generates a job whose definition looks like this:
EXECUTE master.dbo.xp_sqlmaint N'-PlanID 54442E44-EF8D-488A- AF39-FFBB3CE62D1D -BkUpMedia DISK -BkUpDB "C:\BACKUP" -DelBkUps 1WEEKS '
Copy the above code to Query Analyzer and replace the backup switches with the -CkDB switch, which tells SQL Server to perform only the DBCC CHECKDB command for each database in the plan:
EXECUTE master.dbo.xp_sqlmaint N'-PlanID 54442E44-EF8D-488A- AF39-FFBB3CE62D1D -CkDB '
When you run the modified code, sqlmaint executes the maintenance plan, but the plan doesn't perform full backups even though that's how you defined it. It performs only integrity checks because those are the only switches you passed in at runtime.
Once you're familiar with maintenance-plan architecture and sqlmaint's utility switches, you can start manually creating maintenance tasks to gain greater control over which options execute under what conditions. You can also dynamically generate sqlmaint switches in code and execute existing plans after slightly modifying the options. For example, you could alternate backup locations every day so that you store your backups on two hard disks instead of one. You can implement maintenance tasks as scheduled jobs just like the wizard does, you can call them from T-SQL through the xp_sqlmaint extended stored procedure, or you can call the sqlmaint utility from a batch file or an application.
Creating a Maintenance Plan
The easiest way to create a maintenance plan is to run the Database Maintenance Plan Wizard in Enterprise Manager. To start the wizard, expand the Management node, right-click on Database Maintenance Plans, and select the New Maintenance Plan option. The first screen lets you select databases for the plan to operate on. You can select databases individually or use one of the predefined multidatabase options: All databases, All system databases, or All user databases. Using these options is convenient but isn't suitable for every environment because the maintenance needs of each database on a server often differ vastly. I usually create one plan that uses the All system databases option on every server and another plan that uses All user databases on development and staging servers. For production environments, I create a unique plan for each mission-critical database. However, the All databases and All user databases options provide one big benefit: Any new database you add to the server is included in the plan. So, for example, if the plan includes backups, you don't need to worry about the new databases; they'll automatically be backed up.
The next few steps in the wizard let you define maintenance-plan actions such as optimizations, integrity checks, database backups, and transaction log backups. Let's examine the options for each action. Figure 2 shows options for defining database optimizations. Selecting the first option, Reorganize data and index pages, tells SQL Server to rebuild all indexes on all tables. Depending on the existing fragmentation, regular index rebuilding can reduce the size of data and index pages. Regular defragmentation by rebuilding indexes helps speed database queries. Because defragmentation decreases the number of data and index pages in the database, SQL Server has to perform fewer reads during data retrievals. You can choose to rebuild indexes with the original index fill factor or specify a new fill factor. If, for example, you select to leave 10 percent of each page as free space, the sqlmaint utility executes DBCC DBREINDEX (TableName,", 90, sorted_data_ reorg) for each table in the database. The amount of space you can recover depends on existing fragmentation and the fill factor you use. Because index rebuilding results in table locks, reindexing a database can interfere with regular database activities, so make sure to schedule this activity when database use is lowest. Creating or rebuilding an index is a logged operation on databases that use the Full or Bulk-Logged Recovery model, so when you rebuild all of a database's indexes, you can expect the size of the next transaction log backup to be very large—sometimes close to the size of a full backup.
Because SQL Server automatically updates index statistics when it rebuilds an index, the second optimization option, Update the statistics used by the query optimizer, is available only when you don't choose to reorganize data and indexes. Selecting this option is usually unnecessary because unless you change the default database setting for the AUTO_UPDATE_STATISTICS option, SQL Server periodically updates index statistics. I recommend updating database statistics as a part of the maintenance plan only when the AUTO_UPDATE_STATISTICS option is off.
You should use the third option, Remove unused space from database files, only in special scenarios (such as when disk space is a concern) because database shrinking typically isn't recommended. When you shrink a database, SQL Server must move all used pages to the beginning of the data files and release the free space back to the OS, causing a lot of CPU and disk I/O activity. Then, as soon as your database starts growing again, SQL Server must expand the same data files. But because the files no longer occupy contiguous space in the OS, your data pages become fragmented.
Database integrity checks are the second plan action you can set up in the wizard. On the Integrity tab, which Figure 3 shows, you can specify whether you want to check just the data or both the data and the indexes. When you select the Attempt to repair any minor problems check box, the sqlmaint utility includes the REPAIR_FAST clause in the DBCC CHECKDB command. Be aware that SQL Server can make database repairs only when the database is in single-user mode. The maintenance plan tries to set the database to single-user mode before running the repair command, but if any users are in the database, the statement fails and the scheduled job reports an error and doesn't execute. Once the database is in single-user mode, no other users can connect to the database while the DBCC command with REPAIR_FAST is running, so users might not be able to use the database for a couple of minutes for each gigabyte of data in your database. Also, no other scheduled jobs can run until sqlmaint sets the database back to multiuser mode. So although BOL recommends including the repair option, you need to evaluate your database's usage patterns and schedule maintenance for times you're sure the database isn't in use or run the repair option manually if the DBCC command reports an error.
Selecting Perform these tests before backing up the database or transaction log results in execution of the DBCC CHECKDB command before every full backup or log backup. If the DBCC check finds a problem, sqlmaint won't proceed with the backup. This behavior is designed to prevent backups of a possibly corrupted database, but something as simple as a corrupt index or sqlmaint being unable to get into single-user mode will leave backups undone and put data at risk. If you choose this option, make sure you monitor the status of the integrity-check job so that you can fix the database immediately if necessary and resume performing backups.
The other consideration for this option is the frequency of integrity checks. Integrity checks are resource-intensive; they result in table locks and therefore can affect database and server performance and interfere with the applications accessing the database. You should perform them only when the database usage is at a minimum. Unfortunately, the wizard doesn't let you choose to perform integrity checks before full backups but not before log backups. This limitation makes this option unsuitable for production databases that use frequent log backups. I've seen a large production database with this option turned on performing integrity checks and log backups every hour. The DBCC command took about 20 minutes to finish, so the database server was running resource-intensive integrity checks about one-third of the time.
To work around this problem, DBAs often create two maintenance plans for each database, one to perform full backups with integrity checks and another to perform just log backups. While I was researching this article, I discovered another workaround. If you select the wizard option to perform integrity checks before backups, the scheduled jobs for full backups and log backups include the following two switches in the call to xp_sqlmaint:
-BkUpOnlyIfClean -CkDB
If you manually remove these two switches from the definition of the wizard-created transaction log backup job, the integrity checks won't execute before log backups, but they'll still execute before full backups. To find the transaction log backup job, expand the Management node in Enterprise Manager and go to Jobs under the SQL Server Agent node, as Figure 4 shows. If you haven't manually changed the job name since the wizard created it, the name is Transaction Log Backup Job for DB Maintenance Plan 'PlanName'.
You can use the same technique to fix the problem resulting from a bug that the Microsoft article "BUG: DB Maintenance Plan Cannot Be Modified to Include/Exclude Integrity Checks Before Backups" (http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=264194) describes. This bug prevents you from modifying an existing plan to include or exclude integrity checks before backups, so you're stuck with the option you select when you create the plan. Given the limitation of the options screen and the behavior resulting from the bug, your best option is probably to maintain these two switches manually in the scheduled job commands.
Database Backup Options
After you configure the integrity checks, the wizard lets you set up the most important database-maintenance plan actions: complete backup and transaction log backup. The backup options, which Figure 5 shows, are identical for full and log backup actions. Unfortunately, maintenance plans don't support differential backups, even though they've been around since SQL Server 7.0. Maintenance plans don't support file backups or filegroup backups, either, so the full backup part of the maintenance plan isn't always suitable for large databases that would benefit from using file or filegroup backups. You can configure your plan to verify whether the backup set is complete and readable by selecting the Verify the integrity of the backup upon completion check box. If you have a tape drive, you can specify it as the backup location, but for performance reasons, experts generally recommend that you direct SQL Server backups to a local hard disk and back up the files from the hard disk to a tape. One of my favorite features of the sqlmaint utility is the option to automatically remove old files; you can set up retention periods ranging from minutes to months.
I ran into a few problems with transaction log backups in maintenance plans. If you include a log backup for a database that uses the Simple Recovery model, the wizard doesn't warn you that this operation is illegal, and the scheduled job correctly reports failure—but only in SQL Server 2000. SQL Server 7.0 has a bug that the Microsoft article "BUG: Sqlmaint Does Not Report Error on BACKUP LOG When Truncate Log on Checkpoint is Set" (http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=242500) describes. It doesn't report this error as a failure. You might need to fix this problem when you upgrade to SQL Server 2000 if jobs that used to run with no errors start generating errors. This bug is somewhat related to a SQL Server 2000 bug documented in the Microsoft article "BUG: Expired Transaction Log Backups May Not Be Deleted by Maintenance Plan" (http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=303292). According to this article, if a maintenance plan performs log backups on multiple databases and at least one of the databases uses the Simple Recovery model, the sqlmaint utility doesn't remove expired backups for all databases. If you run into this problem, you must either configure all databases in the plan to use the Full or Bulk-Logged Recovery model or create a second maintenance plan for all databases that use the Simple Recovery model. You'd need to configure the plan to not perform transaction log backups.
Monitoring and Notifications
The Reporting tab, which Figure 6 shows, lets you define several reporting options for the maintenance plan. You can output status reports to text files and have SQL Server automatically delete them when they expire. The sqlmaint utility can alternatively output reports to HTML files, but the Reporting tab doesn't let you set up this option. Instead, you need to modify the calls to xp_sqlmaint in the scheduled jobs to include the -HtmlRpt and -DelHtmlRpt switches. You can also choose to log plan history to the sysdbmaintplan_history table either on the local or a remote server.
The easiest way to examine the history of maintenance-plan executions is to use the Database Maintenance Plan History dialog box, which Figure 7 shows. You open this dialog box by right-clicking the Database Maintenance Plans node in Enterprise Manager and selecting Maintenance Plans History. Because this form provides comprehensive filters, drilling down through the thousands of rows in the sysdbmaintplan_history table is easy. You can also write views to provide custom reports. If you manage multiple servers, you can set up all servers to write to the sysdbmaintplan_history table on just one server. Another option is to create a view that uses the UNION clause to read the sysdbmaintplan_history table on multiple linked servers. The history table and sqlmaint text reports provide more details about task failures than you can gather from the scheduled job history. When I notice in Enterprise Manager that a maintenance-plan job failed, I prefer to view the maintenance plan history because the scheduled job history often reports only "sqlmaint.exe failed" in the error description.
In mission-critical environments, you can't rely solely on someone regularly reviewing the history table or reading the plan reports to find out something went wrong. If a backup failure occurs, you want to be notified immediately so that you can take corrective action. Neither the wizard nor the maintenance-plan screen lets you set up notifications for maintenance-plan failures. To define notifications, you need to edit the scheduled jobs the wizard generated. SQL Server modifies the job schedule and the job command when you edit the maintenance plan, but it leaves the job's Notifications section intact. A scheduled job gives you three notification options: Email operator, Page operator, and Net send operator. If you later drop and recreate a maintenance plan, you need to set up these notifications again.
SQL Server database maintenance plans give you a powerful and flexible mechanism for defining and providing for your databases' maintenance needs. By creating optimal plans, you can vastly reduce the time you need to spend maintaining and monitoring your databases.


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Kim Martin writes about it in Newsday today.
Seattle coach Pete Carroll said Wednesday that the Seahawks released the recently signed Jet because they believed Edwards would be sidelined for a while with a hamstring injury.
"We thought he had a three-week injury or so and it was going to be a while before he was back and we weren't sure if he would make it back," Carroll said during a news conference. "So we didn't know."
The Seahawks cut the receiver last week with a waived/injured designation, meaning he didn't pass their exit physical, and then waived him from injured reserve on Monday. The Jets -- the only team to put in a claim for Edwards -- were awarded the 29-year-old wideout the next day.
I'm happy that Braylon is with the Jets again, but Carroll isn't telling the whole tale here.
Since Braylon has been cut, the Seahawks have yet to make a companion move to fill back the roster. My point is, the Seahawks weren't itching to get someone else on the active roster and needed to move him to do it. There's a reason that they cut Braylon and while I'm sure the fact that Braylon has been suffering from a hamstring injury has something to do with it. He's been unproductive, he's been dealing with a minor injury, but there's an unspoken factor at play.
Edwards called the Jets front office idiots and then in a response tweet to a Jets fan, Edwards used a pejorative term for a mentally challenged person. Pete Carroll isn't going to go out publicly and say that was part of the reason, as it would create a whole firestorm with which two teams would have to deal. Carroll has been known as a media-friendly coach and he rarely looks to make statements that turn into controversies, I think that talking about the injury might raise some concerns, but less than if he went into all the details.


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A visit from Mr. Writer Person is long overdue. He has graced us with his presence to answer the piles of mail that I know you faithful readers intend to write, but want to give more thought to your profound and lofty questions.
One letter that arrived weeks ago from an anonymous writer who comes from an obscure town somewhere in the Midwest says: "I understand that many writers use pseudonyms, a nom de plume or pen name. What is the difference between them and why are they used?"
Mr. Writer Person: "All three mean the same thing. The author is using a fake name because he or she does not want readers to know the real name of the person responsible for writing their drivel."
Anonymous also wants to know if using a pen name is a good idea, and if Mr. Writer Person thinks Cantaloupe Melonhead is an appropriate choice?
Mr. Writer Person: "In your case, I think using a pen name is a very good idea. Cantaloupe Melonhead is an appropriate choice if you're considering making a living writing grocery lists for the chronically obese.
"However, Cantaloupe Melonhead is an excellent name for a zydeco band that plays in retirement homes for aging rockers who swallowed too much acid during their heyday in the 1960s. You should consider forming one if your writing career doesn't work out."
Harriet Fleawhistle of Gravelswitch Flats wants to know if being a columnist was a lifelong ambition of Mr. Writer Person.
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Morris Dweeble asks, "Exactly what is syntax? I never have understood the meaning of the word."
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Maureen Lipsod wants to know the difference between "train of thought" and "stream of consciousness."
Mr. Writer Person: "It's questions like this that make my brains hurt. After extensive research on the subject, I learned that train of thought is the way in which a conclusion is reached through reasoning, a novel concept at best. Stream of consciousness is a psychological term referring to a person's thoughts and conscious reactions to events, perceived as a continuous flow.
"Stream of consciousness is also a literary style where a character's thoughts, feelings and reactions are depicted in a continuous flow uninterrupted by objective description or conventional dialogue. Writers of the modernist movement initiated the use of this style.
"The James Joyce book 'Ulysses' is a good example. He wrote it without using traditional punctuation. Each section was written as one continuous sentence that went on for pages and finally ended with a period.
"The following is an excerpt from the book: 'he didnt recognise me either when I half frowned at him outside Westland row chapel where does their great intelligence come in Id like to know grey matter they have it all'
"Many thought he was crazy. Then a few literary critics took the high road and said that those who didn't understand Joyce's brilliant creation were not sophisticated enough in their thinking to appreciate his genius.
"The scenario took on the mindset of the old tale of the Emperor's New Clothes. People were praising Joyce's work when they hadn't the foggiest idea what he was talking about.
"Stream of consciousness can be written in a more conventional manner using standard punctuation. Just include all thoughts that lead to a conclusion through the subject's line of logic or illogic.
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October 20. 2013 8:37PM
GOFFSTOWN — Police arrested two men Saturday in connection with a burglary last week.
Goffstown police responded to a home on Glenwood Drive at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 15, on a report of a residential burglary in progress. The caller reported several items taken from the residence, and an eyewitness told police they saw two men leaving the home, one on foot and one on a mountain bike.
On Saturday, Goffstown police arrested Robert A. Ruggiero, 19, of New Bedford and Jeremy Poirier, 19, of Goffstown, and charged both men with burglary. They were held through the weekend on $10,000 cash bail, and are scheduled to be arraigned today.
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Mid-Career Crisis? 8 Fresh Ideas For Beyonce's "Delayed" Album
Queen Beysus (reportedly) scrapped 50 records for her new album and pushed it back to 2014 prompting widespread panic and confusion among the BeyHive. Struggling to find a HIT without the mastermind behind her stardom (Matthew Knowles), we decided to step in and offer a few suggestions to the struggling Pop icon.
Here are eight fresh ideas for the struggling Pop Goddess. Take a look.
Bring timeless R&B/Soul back
Her BEST album ("Dangerously In Love") dropped 10 years ago (before her evolution into a white woman) and provided the golden musical blueprint for modern R&B that she, herself, has ignored.
Rather than get high off glowstick fluid like Ursher, Chris Brown and every other ex-R&B artist, she should seriously consider making a wildly-funky and energetic Amerie "Touch"-esque album.
Copy & Paste Rihanna's style
Let's be real, Rihanna makes better music than Bey Bey and has an impeccable ear for hits. At some point, Bey needs to accept this and follow Rih's winning formula.
Fun Fact: Rih-Rih has dropped two platinum albums since Beyonce's last full-length release in 2011.
Re-hire Poppa Knowles as Manager
With Matthew Knowles running her empire, she always seemed to make the right moves at the perfect time which ended when she dropped him.
Pop starlet on tour without any new single or album? Pepsi commercial featuring a single that her label refuses to officially release? A$AP Bey/"Bow Down?" Scrapping of highly-anticipated album? Not on Poppa Knowles watch.
Let go, and let Mike Will
Future + Mike Will Made It saved Ciara from being a high school dance team coach/Zumba instructor and made her pop again with ONE record ("Body Party"). If Bey's smart (which is…debatable based on her infamous letters), she'll reach out to both hitmakers. ASAP.
STOP being so SAFE and actually TAKE A CHANCE
There are too many incredible artists/producers in the game to be creatively-lost. TAKE A CHANCE. Do something provocative and different. Collab with Prince, The Roots or Tyler, the Creator. Sky's the limit.
Swallow her pride and call Keri Hilson
You may despise everything about R&B's most hated—how she sings, how she breathes, how she tweets—but her pen game is undeniable and could provide something fresh for Beyonce.
Don't front, you know you liked Keri's debut album ("In a Perfect World…")
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Dig up Rich Harrison
Before falling off Earth, he was R&B's go-to producer for funk-splashed JAMS who blessed Bey with her most iconic smash "Crazy In Love." IF he's still alive, Bey should find him and scrape together his best tracks.
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Tito Vilanova has urged critics of his Barcelona reign to judge him next season after watching his side record a 4-2 victory over Real Betis in La Liga on Sunday.
The Blaugrana are only two points short of clinching the league title with four matches remaining, but they have faced criticism from various sections of the media for their perceived defensive frailties and elimination from the Champions League at the hands of Bayern Munich.
However, the Barca boss is the first to admit that he may have made mistakes during his first term in charge of the Catalans since succeeding Pep Guardiola last year and has vowed to "do things differently" in the forthcoming campaign.
"One must improve and be self-critical. It's been a tough year for injuries. The coach has not been around for over two months and it's not been easy," he told reporters.
"Next year, we'll do things differently, but it is normal because it is only my first year. If we had not managed [Lionel] Messi's injury well, he would not have reached the same match against Betis to help.
"Tomorrow [on Monday] I'm off to New York and back on Thursday. It was all planned, and during this process you have to be in control of everything."
Vilanova then reflected on FCB's victory over the Andalusians and felt that they displayed "character" to come back from going a goal down inside the first two minutes at Camp Nou, before challenging his players to wrap up the championship next week.
"We needed tranquility and this was the game to find it. The players were convinced too and to concede a goal in just the second minute is not easy, but we showed character," the 44-year-old added.
"Especially when they [Betis] score a second before the break. It was a matter of not losing our heads.
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C-3PO (See-Threepio)
C-3PO is a droid programmed for etiquette and protocol, built by the heroic Jedi Anakin Skywalker, and a constant companion to astromech R2-D2. Over the years, he was involved in some of the galaxy's most defining moments and thrilling battles -- and is fluent in more than seven million forms of communication. In the years after the Empire's defeat C-3PO served Leia Organa, becoming the head of a Resistance spy ring aimed at undermining the First Order.
- Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith,
- Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace,
- Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope,
- Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi,
- Star Wars: Episode VII The Force Awakens,
- Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones,
- Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back,
- Rogue One: A Star Wars Story,
- Star Wars: Episode VIII The Last Jedi,
- Star Wars Rebels,
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars,
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Anakin Skywalker, a Tatooine slave boy, was gifted in engineering -- and was strong with the Force. To help his mother, Shmi, he secretly built a droid: C-3PO. In his earliest form, Threepio had no outside covering, and so appeared "naked," with his internal parts and motors showing. When Anakin befriended a group of stranded travelers, C-3PO was introduced to R2-D2, their heroic astromech. The two quickly became a duo, though when Anakin departed Tatooine to become a Jedi, he left his droid behind.
C-3PO continued to serve Shmi, as well as her new husband, Cliegg Lars, and their son Owen. Ten years after Anakin had left Tatooine to become a Jedi, he returned home due to visions that his mother was in distress. C-3PO met Anakin outside the Lars homestead; though they both had changed -- Threepio now had a gray outer casing, and Anakin had grown up -- they recognized each other. "The Maker!" Threepio exclaimed. But this was not a happy reunion, as Shmi had been kidnapped by Sand People and would later die from wounds suffered at the hands of the Tuskens.
C-3PO left with Anakin (and his old friend R2-D2) for Geonosis, where Obi-Wan Kenobi was held as prisoner. Geonosis was home to a massive droid factory, and inside it, Threepio had a bit of a misadventure -- accidentally swapping heads with a battle droid. Both his body and his head found themselves on the wrong side of the first battle of the Clone Wars, though R2-D2 finally made things right.
After the Battle of Geonosis, C-3PO assisted his friends and the clone army on certain missions. In one adventure on Aleen, the droid and his counterpart, R2-D2, found themselves lost beneath the planet's surface in a subterranean world. They encountered the Kindalo, strange creatures resembling trees come to life, who were angry with Aleen's surface dwellers. This led C-3PO and Artoo to Orphne, a beautiful reptilian nymph; she informed the duo that a divide between the surface and underground had been breached, poisoning the subsurface. Threepio and Artoo offered to seal the breach, moving a heavy door back into place that restored the planetary balance.
C-3PO served Senator Padmé Amidala, Anakin Skywalker's secret wife, on Coruscant throughout the Clone Wars. As the calamitous events of Order 66 erupted around them, Threepio felt helpless. He bore witness to everything: the decimation of the Jedi, the fall of Anakin, and the birth of the Skywalker twins. When the dust settled, he and R2-D2 were assigned to Captain Antilles aboard the Tantive IV -- but Threepio had seen too much. Senator Bail Organa ordered that C-3PO's mind be wiped, a development which R2-D2 found just a little humorous.
In the intervening 19 years after the rise of the Empire, C-3PO and R2-D2 stayed in the service of their master, Captain Antilles. Antilles was a Rebel, however, and his ship was boarded by Imperials upon the theft of Death Star plans. C-3PO and R2-D2 made a daring escape in a life pod, landing on the desert world Tatooine. The two droids bickered -- Artoo called Threepio a "mindless philosopher" -- and separated, but both were eventually recovered by Jawas. The scavengers sold the droids to Owen Lars, a moisture farmer, who charged his nephew Luke Skywalker with care of the droids. Then, an adventure unfolded: R2-D2 was actually the custodian of the stolen Death Star plans, and Luke, along with new companions Obi-Wan Kenobi, Han Solo, Chewbacca, and the droids left to bring them to Princess Leia on Alderaan.
By the time this new group had arrived at Alderaan, however, it was too late. The planet was gone, destroyed by the Death Star -- which now held Leia captive. Instead, the small band's ship, the Millennium Falcon, had been caught in the space station's tractor beam. Through some smart trickery, they evaded capture and rescued Leia; and during the heroes' escape, C-3PO and R2-D2 saved their friends from being crushed in a trash compactor. Back on the Falcon, they fled to the Rebel base on Yavin 4. The plans were delivered and the Rebels launched on attack on the Death Star, with Luke taking R2-D2 in his X-wing. While the massive weapon was destroyed, Artoo suffered devastating injuries; C-3PO volunteered to donate parts for his friend's restoration, but he needn't have worried -- the astromech was fully repaired, and both were included in the Alliance's medal ceremony that celebrated this important victory over the Empire.
In the wake of the Battle of Yavin, the Rebel Alliance relocated to the ice planet Hoth. C-3PO remained with his masters and friend R2-D2, serving as an interpreter and performing various other functions. When the Empire dispatched a probe droid to the world's surface, it was Threepio who identified the signal as foreign and possibly an Imperial code. In the resulting evacuation, he left with Han, Leia, and Chewbacca aboard the Millennium Falcon. The droid often found himself at odds with and perplexed by Han, who had no patience for C-3PO's statistics, odds-quoting, and worrying.
When the group later landed on Cloud City, believing they'd found safe haven, Threepio was the first to discover the truth. Encountering a stormtrooper, he was blasted at point blank range and his limbs were scattered; when partially reassembled by Chewbacca, his internal memory banks revealed that just before he was shot, C-3PO had planned to warn his friends. While Han was ultimately frozen in carbonite and turned over to bounty hunter Boba Fett, C-3PO and his friends managed to escape. He was reassembled, and a plan was put in place to rescue Han.
With Han frozen in carbonite and held in Jabba the Hutt's palace, C-3PO and R2-D2 were dispatched by Luke to deliver a message to the crime lord. They walked together, once again, through the Tatooine desert before arriving at a massive gated entrance. C-3PO was visibly nervous. He wanted to leave -- but the door was answered, and the droids entered the lair. Standing before the mighty Jabba, R2-D2 played a holographic projection of Luke, now a Jedi Knight, asking to bargain for Han's life and offering the droids as token of goodwill. C-3PO was shocked at this turn of events. Indeed, Jabba turned down the offer but accepted the protocol droid and astromech, and quickly put C-3PO to work as an interpreter. It was trying for Threepio, but in time, the truth behind Luke's plan was revealed: his lightsaber was hidden inside R2-D2, and after his arrival, used it to destroy the gangster's henchmen. Han was rescued, Leia killed Jabba, and they all left to continue the fight against the Empire.
After regrouping with the Rebel Alliance, C-3PO joined Han, Luke, Leia, Chewbacca, and R2-D2 on a mission to Endor. The goal: destroy the shield generator protecting Death Star II, the Empire's new battle station. The group traveled the moon's forests looking for the bunker, but Chewbacca's ill-advised curiosity over a dead animal triggered a trap: they were caught in a net, and hoisted high above the ground. As they escaped, short furry creatures surrounded them. Called Ewoks, they appeared somewhat hostile -- until they glimpsed C-3PO. Immediately, they knelt before him and began chanting; the Ewoks believed the gold droid was some sort of god.
The primitive creatures took everyone captive except for Threepio, who they carried and worshiped. Back in their village, the Ewoks planned to hold a banquet in C-3PO's honor. The main course: Han, Luke, and Chewbacca. With some quick thinking, Luke told the droid to inform the creatures that if they did not free his friends, he would become angry and use his magic. C-3PO was confused, but did as told. Reaching out through the Force, Luke levitated Threepio above the villagers, which sent them into a panic. The Ewoks quickly freed the heroes, and once everything calmed down, C-3PO expertly told the Ewoks the story of his friends and the Rebellion. They were officially adopted into the tribe, which proved to be an important alliance; in the attack on the Empire's shield generator, the Ewoks turned the tide of battle. As a result, the Death Star II was destroyed and the galaxy became free once again.
After the Battle of Endor, C-3PO served Leia Organa during the fight to defeat the Empire's remnants and the uneasy peace that followed. Following the rise of the First Order, C-3PO assisted Leia in her role as founder and leader of the Resistance. The protocol droid's duties have expanded to include overseeing the movement's network of spy droids, which operate across the galaxy.
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Anakin Skywalker
Discovered as a slave on Tatooine by Qui-Gon Jinn and Obi-Wan Kenobi, Anakin Skywalker had the potential to become one of the most powerful Jedi ever, and was believed by some to be the prophesied Chosen One who would bring balance to the Force. A hero of the Clone Wars, Anakin was caring and compassionate, but also had a fear of loss that would prove to be his downfall.
A resourceful astromech droid, R2-D2 served Padmé Amidala, Anakin Skywalker and Luke Skywalker in turn, showing great bravery in rescuing his masters and their friends from many perils. A skilled starship mechanic and fighter pilot's assistant, he formed an unlikely but enduring friendship with the fussy protocol droid C-3PO.
Luke Skywalker
Luke Skywalker was a Tatooine farmboy who rose from humble beginnings to become one of the greatest Jedi the galaxy has ever known. Along with his friends Princess Leia and Han Solo, Luke battled the evil Empire, discovered the truth of his parentage, and ended the tyranny of the Sith. A generation later, the location of the famed Jedi master was one of the galaxy's greatest mysteries. Haunted by Ben Solo's fall to evil and convinced the Jedi had to end, Luke sought exile on a distant world, ignoring the galaxy's pleas for help. But his solitude would be interrupted – and Luke Skywalker had one final, momentous role to play in the struggle between good and evil.
Leia Organa
Princess Leia Organa was one of the Rebel Alliance's greatest leaders, fearless on the battlefield and dedicated to ending the tyranny of the Empire. Daughter of Padmé Amidala and Anakin Skywalker, sister of Luke Skywalker, and with a soft spot for scoundrels, Leia ranks among the galaxy's great heroes. But life under the New Republic has not been easy for Leia. Sidelined by a new generation of political leaders, she struck out on her own to oppose the First Order as founder of the Resistance. These setbacks in her political career have been accompanied by more personal losses.
The Resistance
A small, secretive private military force, the Resistance was founded by rebel hero Leia Organa to monitor the actions of the First Order. Most New Republic power brokers tolerate the Resistance while regarding Organa and her fighters as dead-enders with an unfortunate fixation on the past. Organa's cash-strapped movement relies on credits, ships and equipment quietly funneled to it from the few senators who share her concerns. Resistance starfighters destroyed Starkiller Base, but the First Order's retaliatory attack on D'Qar reduced its forces to a handful of brave freedom fighters.


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... Viscount Younger of Leckie has been made a junior business minister, replacing Lord Marland ...Viscount Younger of Leckie is that curious creature of British politics, an elected hereditary peer, and deputy chairman of the Buckingham Constituency Conservative Association. You can peruse his Lords biography here.
5 comments:
- Mark said...
His father was a heavy-hitter in previous Conservative Govt. Let's hope he is too. There are other politicians' offspring doing well in the HL, eg Lord Attlee.
- Wednesday, 9 January 2013 at 15:03:00 GMT
Mark, you say Viscount Younger's father was a heavy-hitter and the blog says he's a hereditary peer. Are minor British ministers the result of some sort of selective breeding programme?
- Wednesday, 9 January 2013 at 15:26:00 GMT
The Viscount even has a Polish Wikipedia entry. Very promising!
- Wednesday, 9 January 2013 at 17:06:00 GMT
- Mark said...
There's a special intellectual property right - a bit like plant breeders' rights - called Primogeniture Right. Holders of the right have something called "father's privilege". Unfortunately, genetic mutation often causes degradation of the seed stock, making investment in the right a highly risky business. Not suitable for unsophisticated investors.
- Wednesday, 9 January 2013 at 21:16:00 GMT
Posh Spice might be better qualified.
- Thursday, 10 January 2013 at 13:52:00 GMT


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STOCKTON - Diamond Marshall enjoys taking things apart and putting them back together. Saturday, the 12-year-old took on an ambitious project as she helped dismantle a desktop computer and reassemble it.
STOCKTON - Diamond Marshall enjoys taking things apart and putting them back together. Saturday, the 12-year-old took on an ambitious project as she helped dismantle a desktop computer and reassemble it.
The exercise gave her a chance to see the inner workings of the machine and how it operates.
"It only took about 10 minutes, but making sure all the power was disconnected was the hardest part," Marshall said.
She, along with hundreds of other girls from the region, participated in Expanding Your Horizons at University of the Pacific this weekend. The event is coordinated by a nonprofit organization that hosts conferences throughout the nation. The movement targets girls, who historically are less likely to pursue careers in science, mathematics and robotics.
Marshall's passion for math and science helped her earn a chance to participate. Although she's far more intrigued by electrical engineering, Marshall said she enjoyed some of the biological experiments she participated in.
The girl smiled as she pulled out a necklace decorated by a small pink container filled with a cloudy mixture.
"That's my DNA," she said.
She extracted it by gargling salt water and spitting the liquid into a cup. Dish soap and isopropyl alcohol were then added, creating small lumps in the mixture. The resulting lumps are thousands of DNA molecules banding together.
Experiments related to the body's senses were conducted as well. Leanne Haner, 12, said one test saw them use their fingertips to grade the coarseness of various types of sandpaper.
The students were then tasked with running their fingers along Braille letters to see if they could distinguish the subtle differences in the patterns.
Haner and 14-year-old Faith Allen concluded their day by constructing a Lego Mindstorms robot. When finished, the robot rolled along the floor, changing directions by sensing vibrations from the girls as they stomped their feet.
Several girls at the table next to them laughed and congratulated each other on the project while filming the robot on their camera phones.
Although college remains years away for Marshall, she says Saturday's event helped her realize what she's passionate about.
"I know math and science are my passions," she said. "And I want to be in electrical engineering."
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About SmartWool Hiking Crew Socks - Merino Wool (For Women)
2nds. Efficient moisture wicking and evaporation are just a few benefits of SmartWool hiking socks. Aside from keeping your feet dry, these midweight socks feature flat-knit side panels to reduce bunching and maximize ventilation.
- Non-itchy merino wool is naturally moisture wicking, quick drying, breathable and temperature regulating
- Elastic arch brace adds an enhanced fit
- Flat-knit toe seams for durability and comfort
- Midweight
- Crew height
- Limit 12 per year
- Midweight
- Height: Crew
- Made in United States of America (yarn imported)
- Visit our Wool Guide
- US shipments only
Specs about SmartWool Hiking Crew Socks - Merino Wool (For Women)
- Midweight
- Height: Crew
- Fabric: At least 50% merino wool the remainder nylon and elastane
- Care: Machine wash, tumble dry
- Made in United States of America (yarn imported)
- Visit our Wool Guide
- US shipments only
Do you own this product? Write a review and help others with their buying decisions!
4.716621 5 Overall Rating: 4.7 Based on 734 reviews
Most Helpful 5-Star Review
My new favorite socks!
Verified Buyer Reviewed by moving mom from appalachia on Sunday, November 18, 2012
These are so comfortable and so well made. I got them in pink even though I know this is not my favorite color. I have reynaud's syndrome which makes my hands and feet cold very easily. These help a lot and I wear them at home, to sleep in, and sometimes with boots. Very nice!
Not badVerified Buyer Reviewed by Sk8Runner from Northwest PA on Sunday, August 5, 2018I'm a big fan of SmartWool socks. I like these less than most because of the loopy texture inside the socks. I prefer socks that are smooth inside.
NOT for Backpacking!!!Reviewed by rmcpdx from Oregon on Thursday, August 2, 2018Tried these for backpacking and was blistered across entire back of heels within half hour of hitting the trail on a four day wilderness trip! I have NEVER blistered in 30 years of backpacking and hiking. This was WITH molefoam on my heels to ensure happy feet going uphill with weight on. Light hiking only for these socks...at best. Thank goodness I had my Tevas with me and could backpack in them instead...otherwise I would have been in huge trouble. Never again. These are not serious hiking socks. Even with two pair doubled up plus more molefoam I was screwed.
great pair of socksVerified Buyer Reviewed by Mary the gardener from North Carolina on Wednesday, July 25, 2018I only buy and wear smart wool socks. My sock drawer is full of them. These hiking socks have great cushioning, which is good to have when you're hiking or walking. I highly recommend them
Super SocksVerified Buyer Reviewed by Karen n Kansas from Kansas on Thursday, July 19, 2018I was having an issue with my feel sweating so much that after I took my shoes off at the end of the day, it looked like I had soaked my feet in water all day. These are definitely are moisture wicking and they work for me!
Smartwool is the bestVerified Buyer Reviewed by TsAmma from Florida on Monday, May 28, 2018Cushiony, soft warm, perfect socks for hiking
Winter socksVerified Buyer Reviewed by MARSHA from Kansas on Tuesday, May 1, 2018Have not worn but very nice quality. Perfect color for Wichita State Shocker gold.
GoodVerified Buyer Reviewed by Khyun shawn from New Jersey on Monday, April 30, 2018Good
Very Warm, a Bit too TallVerified Buyer Reviewed by jrm29 from Wisconsin on Friday, April 27, 2018These socks are wonderful and suited the end of the winter needs for me. However, I wasn't pleased with how tall the sock was. I am a tall individual but these socks seem to be at an awkward tall height, even for me.
Thicker than I expectedVerified Buyer Reviewed by Lacie from Pennsylvania on Monday, March 19, 2018I really love Smart Wool. These are great socks for wearing with hiking boots.
I have a larger foot so I am so happy that these come in different sizes and I don't end ep with the heal of my sock working its way down like many other brands I have worn.
ComfortableVerified Buyer Reviewed by Kristy from Utah on Wednesday, February 7, 2018This sock is very comfortable & soft, but loses its shape quickly.
Question & Answer
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"Do these socks have the wool that comes all the way up to the crew part of the socks and not just to the heal?"
Yes, the entire sock is constructed of wool. Smartwool socks used to have higher percentages of wool but currently many are made with less than 70%. Be sure to check the amount of wool as each pair varies. I have been wearing Smartwool socks for years and occasionally try other brands. None compare!
"Would these socks work well as running socks?"
If you don't mind having a higher sock, this would work. They are a medium weight so will be warmer but wool wicks the moisture away from your foot to keep it dry.
Dear fellow sock wearer,||I am not a runner so cant give you really precise info, however, they have a well cushioned interior, and the merino wool is resilient and gives a bit of bounce. Apart from the bright bright yellow colour ( possibly invaluable if you are running in one of those dark Northern winters ) I would say these would be just right for your purpose.
"Is this sock tighter around the cuff like the SmartWool I've seen in stores?"
I wouldn't say it's tighter but it stays up.
"how long are crew size socks?>"
The socks I measured are 7" from thetop of the heel seam.
Approximately 5 1/2" is the length of the ankle portion of the sock.
Mid Calf
roughly 2 inches above your ankle bone
"Are these light or medium Hiking Socks? Thanks!"
These are a medium weight sock.
The label says Hiking - Medium Cushion
I would consider them a medium.
I would classify them as medium.... but they don't feel bulky!
I'd characterize them as medium weight. Not too thin, not too thick.
These are medium hiking socks
Definitely medium weight. Long enough they fit up over the top of hiking boots.
These socks are a nice midweight. Work well by themselves in regular shoes or boots.
"I'm interested in knowing about sizing. If you wear a 8.5 women's boot what size sock would you order?"
Socks are sized by shoe size.
I wear a 9 and they were true to their sizing. I got the medium.
"Are these AUTHENTIC SmartWool brand socks?"
Yes, these are Smartwool socks.
"Is this product sized by shoe size or sock size?"
Socks are sized by shoe size.
I would say by shoe size. I wear size 8 shoe/hiker and a med (7-9 1/2 by listed sizing) in this sock is a perfect fit for me.