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BEVERLY, Mass. (taken from an Endicott College press release)– Facing each other for the first time since the 2012 ECAC DIII New England Championship, the Endicott (7-13) and Brandeis (17-10) softball teams split a pair of non-conference games on Thursday afternoon as the Gulls took game one 8-1 before the Judges answered in game two, 4-2 (6 inn.).
The Gulls and Judges met five times in 2012, twice during the regular season and three times in the ECAC Tournament. Brandeis won both regular season games in early April, but Endicott took two out of three tournament match-ups, including the deciding title game 7-6 to win their first ever ECAC trophy.
Game One: Endicott 8, Brandeis 1
Endicott freshman outfielder Jamie Corda (Higganum, Conn.) cleared the wall in left field with two runners on base in the bottom of the second to give the Gulls a 3-0 lead and junior pitcher Nell O'Connor (Harwich, Mass.) made it stand up with a one-run, six-strikeout complete game to improve to 4-2 on the season.
Brandeis put up a run in the top of the third, taking advantage of an Endicott error as junior RF Leah McWilliams (Billerica, Mass./Billerica Memorial) crossed home plate to cut the lead to 3-1. The Gulls tacked on two runs in the fourth and three more in the fifth to take a commanding 8-1 lead.
In the bottom of the fourth, Endicott loaded the bases with one out which led to a sacrifice fly for senior Jocelyn Russo (Middletown, Conn.) to make it t 4-1 Gulls. With runners on first and third, sophomore Jess Linden(Stratford, Conn.) broke from first base and got herself in a rundown which allowed Corda to scamper home from third.
Gulls senior first baseman Colleen Martin (Cape Elizabeth, Maine) doubled to left field in the bottom of the fifth to score Alexis Page (Agawam, Mass.), who had reached on a single to center to lead off the inning. Later in the frame, junior shortstop Kelley Michael (Ipswich, Mass.) hit a long single to the wall in right center, bringing home Byrne Katz (Trumbull, Conn.) and Martin.
O'Connor went the distance for Endicott, pitching seven strong innings of one-run ball allowing five hits while punching out six.
For the Judges, sophomore CF Amanda Genovese (North Haven, Conn./Genovese) went 2-for-4 at the dish and McWilliams scored Brandeis' lone run while walking twice.
Game Two: Endicott 2, Brandeis 4 (6 inn., called due to darkness)
Genovese followed up her game-one effort with a 3-for-4 performance with two runs, a RBI, and three stolen bases in game two to lead Brandeis to victory. Genovese finished the day with a 5-for-8 performance to improve her batting average to .475 (47-99) on the season, while her three steals give her 37 for the campaign.
In the top of the first, Genovese reached on an error and stole second to get into scoring position. A single by rookie LF Danielle Novotny (Milford, N.J./Delaware Valley) moved Genovese along to third where she eventually would score on a first and third situation with Novotny ending up safe back at first base.
One inning later, Genovese roped a single down the right field line to score rookie DP Madison Sullivan (Dover, N.H./Dover) to put the Judges up 2-0. Later in the top of the fourth, Brandeis added to their lead as senior RF Casey Ducinski (Duxbury, Mass./Duxbury) cracked a solo shot over the centerfield wall to lead off the inning - her second of the season - and with two outs, junior pitcher Melissa Nolan (Windsor, Conn./Loomis Chafee) helped her own cause, finding a gap in left-center to plate Genovese.
Endicott finally got on the board in the bottom of the fifth by scoring two runs with two outs against them trailing 4-0 in the game. A bases loaded passed ball allowed freshman Emily Hoffman (Malden, Mass.) to score and a Fales RBI single brought home sophomore Amanda Campbell (Billerica, Mass.).
Nolan (6-2) earned the win for Brandeis by going six innings, allowing two unearned runs on six hits and a walk, while striking out six batters. Gulls sophomore Cameron Sprague (Clifton Park, N.Y.) also struck out six but dropped to 1-5 on the year.
Endicott travels to CCC opponent Wentworth on Saturday, April 13th for a doubleheader starting at 12:00 pm in Boston. Brandeis plays WPI, at Clark University, on Saturday for two games also starting at noon.

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I was never a big fan of Wal-Mart before going gluten-free, but I can't help but shop there now, at least for certain items. We do our main weekly grocery shopping at Meijer, mainly b/c they have low prices and they double coupons and DH is a big fan of that. 😉 He is my coupon King. I go to Wal-Mart for my generic drugs, just can't beat the prices. I also go for some toiletries and some of the Great Value brand items. A huge positive of the Great Value brand is that they clearly mark tons of their stuff "Gluten-Free" on the label. I am a huge supporter of companies that make my life easier and also offer those items at competitive prices. The chicken broth is $1.48 for a quart. Another bonus? I can't eat onions, onion powder or any derivative and the Great Value Chicken Broth has no onion in it! Most other broths, even GF, contain some kind of onion flavoring. They also have my all-time favorite peanut butter, Dark Chocolate Dreams, made by Peanut Butter & Co for $3.56!! OH.MY.GOSH. That is a steal! Shhhhh….don't tell the peeps at Wal-Mart that! Oh, they also have Rice Chex cereal for $1.66/box! Need I say more?
Okay, onto why I am writing this post. Aside from the Great Value brand being labeled GF or the other mainstream GF items, Wal-Mart has not had much in the way of GF specialty items. Last year they added a version of Gluten-Free Pantry's Muffin Mix & Brownie Mix for under $3.00/each. That is a nice deal. Muffins are good. I have a box of the brownies to try in my pantry that I haven't got around to yet. Yesterday, my neighbor told me that they now have a GF section at Wal-Mart. WOOHOO!! I had to head up there today to check it out. I have to say that I was impressed. Not only is there a section in the baking aisle, but there were some Pamela's Chocolate Chunk Cookies in the cookie section, along with some Mi-Del GF cookies. In the pasta section, they had 2 varieties of DeBole's GF Rice Pasta, penne & spaghetti. I also found Envirokids Bars in the clearance section for $2.35/box. Now, for the baking mixes, here is what I saw:
Pamela's Chocolate Cake
Pamela's Pancake & Baking Mix (a personal fav)
Kinnickinnick Mixes (several different kinds, including pancake & waffle mix)
Bob's Red Mill Mixes (about 10 different kinds, including bread, cookies, brownies, etc.)
Wow. I am sure that you can identify what a joy this is to have items like this in a mainstream store. Not only does it make it easier to eat when you are away from home, but it offers more competitive prices on some of these very $$ items.
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Alternative fuels for transport
Transport has been the sector most resilient to efforts to reduce CO2 emissions due to its strong dependence on fossil energy sources and its steady growth despite the considerable efficiency gains that have already been made. Emissions can be reduced by improving energy efficiency, transport efficiency, and effective transport demand management. But the ultimate solution to decarbonising transport is the substitution of fossil fuels by CO2-lean energy supply to transport.
What is the current situation of transport in relation to fuel supply and climate protection?
Transport fuel supply today, especially road transport, is dominated by oil. Combustion of mineral oil derived fuels gives rise to CO2 emissions and, despite the fact that new vehicles emit significantly less CO2, emissions from transport have increased, representing today almost 20% of total European Union greenhouse gas emissions. The EU objective is an overall reduction of CO2 emissions of 80-95% by the year 2050, with respect to the 1990 level.
On the other hand, oil production is expected to start declining in the coming decade and reach depletion by 2050. Substitution of oil therefore needs to start as soon as possible and increase rapidly in order to ensure the security of energy supply.
How is the Commission addressing this situation?
The Commission is currently revising existing policies and launching new strategic initiatives for more sustainable transport in the EU. In the context of the so-called initiative on clean transport systems, the Commission established in March 2010 a stakeholder "expert group on future transport fuels", with the objective of providing advice to the Commission on the development of political strategies and specific actions aiming towards the substitution of fossil oil as transport fuel in the long term. The Commission has also launched a study on clean transport systems for a quantitative assessment of scenarios potentially capable of fully meeting the long-term energy demand with sustainable and secure transport systems. The objective of the Commission is to develop a consistent long-term European fuel strategy for transport, in a communication foreseen for the end of 2011.
Is there a single-fuel solution covering all transport modes?
A single solution covering all transport modes could be technically possible with liquid biofuels and synthetic fuels. But feedstock availability and sustainability considerations constrain their supply potential. Thus the expected future energy demand in transport can most likely not be met by one single fuel. Fuel demand and greenhouse gas challenges will require the use of a variety of primary energies. There is widespread agreement that all sustainable fuels will be needed to meet the expected demand.
What are the alternative fuel options for substituting oil in transport?
According to the report of the Expert Group on Future Transport Fuels, the main alternative fuels for propulsion in transport are the following:
Which options of alternative fuels for the different transport modes?
Electricity and hydrogen solutions
Electricity and hydrogen are universal energy carriers and can be produced from all primary energy sources. Both can in principle be made CO2 free, depending on the energy mix for production. Propulsion uses electric motors and energy can be supplied via three main pathways:
Biofuels could technically substitute oil in all transport modes, using existing power train technologies and existing re-fuelling infrastructure. First generation biofuels are based on traditional crops and animal fats. They include biodiesel, bioethanol, and biomethane. Advanced and second generation biofuels are produced from ligno-cellulosic feedstock and wastes. The production of biofuels from both food and energy crops is limited by the availability of land, energy and co-product yields, and sustainability considerations. Second generation biofuels are limited by the availability of raw materials.
The development of feedstock potential and of optimised production processes is the highest priority. A supportive policy framework at EU level and harmonised standards for biofuels across the EU are key elements for the future uptake of sustainable biofuels.
Synthetic fuels
Synthetic fuels, substituting diesel and jet fuel, can be produced from different feedstock, converting biomass to liquid, coal to liquid or gas to liquid. Hydrotreated vegetable oils (HVO) are of similar nature. Di-Methyl Ether (DME) is another synthetic fuel produced from fossil or biomass resources via gasification, requiring moderate engine modifications. Synthetic fuels can be distributed, stored and used with existing infrastructure and existing internal combustion engines. They thus offer a non-disruptive option to replace oil-based fuels, with the perspective of further improved system performance with engines specifically adapted to synthetic fuels.
The development of industrial scale plants for the production of synthetic fuels derived from biomass is a key priority, while efforts should be continued to improve the CO2 balance.
Methane can be sourced from fossil natural gas or from biomass and waste such as biomethane. Biomethane should preferentially be fed into the general gas grid. Methane-powered vehicles should then be supplied from a single grid. Additional refuelling infrastructure has to be built up to ensure widespread supply. Propulsion uses internal combustion engines similar to those for liquid hydrocarbon fuels. Liquefied methane (LNG) could be a possible option where high energy density is required. Harmonised standards for biomethane injection into the gas grid and the build-up of EU-wide refuelling infrastructure are the highest priority.
LPG (liquefied petroleum gas) is a by-product of the hydrocarbon fuel chain, currently resulting from oil and natural gas, in future possibly also from biomass. LPG is currently the most widely used alternative fuel in Europe, powering five million cars and accounting for a 3% share of the fuel consumed by passenger cars. The core infrastructure is established, with more than 27,000 public filling stations.
Are EU policies required for the harmonisation of alternative fuels?
All main alternative fuels should be available EU-wide with harmonised standards, to ensure the free circulation of all vehicles throughout the EU. Incentives for the main alternative fuels and the corresponding vehicles should be harmonised EU-wide to prevent market distortions and to ensure economies of scale supporting rapid and broad market introduction of alternative fuels.
How can energy policies and transport policies co-operate supporting alternative fuels?
The main alternative fuels considered should be produced from low-carbon, and finally from carbon-free sources. Substitution of oil in transport by these main alternative fuels leads then inherently to a decarbonisation of transport if the energy system is decarbonised. Decarbonisation of transport and decarbonisation of energy should be considered as two complementary strategic lines, closely related, but decoupled and requiring different technical approaches.
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Following well-established guidelines used in ESML programs across the nation, and facilitated by an MSW graduate, The Gathering Place incorporates problem solving and discussion, creative arts, exercise, intellectual stimulation, and refreshments. Throughout the day, participants may be found reading a play from the local Taproot Theatre, baking muffins, writing poetry, doing yoga, offering each other stress management tips, or playing games that encourage brain health.
Benefits from these kinds of programs include increased knowledge of how to cope with ESML, improved mood, enhanced social connections, and increased sense of structure and purpose.
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Proposed changes to Chase format: Twitter reaction
A sampling of reaction on Twitter to NASCAR's proposed changes to its Chase playoff format:
Jeff Burton @JeffBurton
The millions of viewers of the Super Bowl seem to enjoy a playoff system with eliminations.
Denny Hamlin @dennyhamlin
Every race will be a fight to get out of the bottom 4 of the standings. Races will play out like Richmond each race. Minus the arm scratching
Darrell Waltrip @AllWaltrip
1/2 time break, 15 min, playoff system, final 4 race for championship, seems pretty simple to me! A championship race for the championship
brant james @brantjames
Do the Four drivers eliminated each cutoff in the Chase get a farewell burnout like on american idol?
Matt Arcara @mattarcara
this is why we should do away with the chase completely. The champion should be the season's best team.
Ben Bowers @bfbowers
winner take all at homestead is a travesty. The rest is interesting though.
Kris @Speed505
The PGA tried this when they Tiger proofed the golf courses.
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KISSIMMEE, Fla. - Dillon Gee stayed positive despite his tough spring for the New York Mets. The type of outing he had Monday against the Atlanta Braves should make him feel even better.
Gee pitched six scoreless innings and struck out seven as the Mets topped the Braves 7-4.
Gee had allowed 11 earned runs in his previous two starts and missed the second half of last season with a blood clot in his right shoulder.
"I've never gotten caught up in spring training," Gee said. "I am just trying to be aggressive. To do well in a big lineup like I did today makes me feel good."
Even though Gee allowed five earned runs in four innings in his previous outing against Houston, Mets manager Terry Collins
felt the right-hander turned a corner during that rocky outing.
"He got hit in that last inning, but he finished strong," Collins said. "He came back to the dugout after it was over and said, 'I'm back.' He showed that today."
Gee went 6-7 with a 4.10 ERA in 17 starts last season and is being counted on to be a mainstay in the starting rotation this season.
"I've been pitching well this spring and had some good bullpens, but it isn't what it is until you
have to face a real batter," Gee said. "It's coming around."
Gee is convinced that he simply needs to stop overthinking his pitches.
"I have been thinking too much out there," Gee said. "That's when I start to struggle. There's too much on my mind, so I just decided to be aggressive and just let it go. I have to keep it all out of my head and see what happens."
Mike Minor allowed five runs in five innings for the Braves on Monday as his ERA climbed to 6.26. He also walked two and allowed three home runs.
Minor, who has been hit hard this spring, allowed homers to Andrew Brown, Jamie Hoffmann and Collin Cowgill.
Minor is scheduled for one more start before the team breaks camp. He said he isn't worried about his spring struggles.
"I think I did better today than I have been," Minor said. "I just threw a few that went straight, and they ended up going straight out of the ballpark."
Minor said he brought a new attitude to camp this year and that his struggles aren't getting to him.
"I feel like I'm a whole different pitcher than I was last year," said Minor, who went 11-10 for the Braves in 2012. "If I got hit like this last spring, it would have been completely different. This year, I am just thinking about the next pitch."
Cowgill and Hoffman each had two hits for New York.
Atlanta's Jason Heyward and Justin Upton hit back-to-back homers off Robert Carson.
Braves closer Craig Kimbrel, who has been hit hard this spring, pitched a scoreless inning.


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Mari Kushibuchi is an energy bunny.
Even at the end of a hard day on the campaign trail Friday, two days before Japan's parliamentary elections, she was racing around the railroad station forecourt in this Tokyo suburb, clutching the hands of anyone who showed even passing interest in her manifesto.
The display of hyperactivity was deliberate, and not just because Ms. Kushibuchi is anxious to win every last vote she can. Her party, the opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), is "projecting a new image compared to the old politics," she says, "an image of energy."
In her hot-pink T-shirt and white slacks, first-time candidate Ms. Kushibuchi, who is 41, says her key talking points with voters are that "I'm a woman, I'm fresh, and I'm new."
That message seems to be going over well with the Japanese electorate, fed up with the cliquish Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) after almost 55 years of unbroken rule, according to opinion polls. The DPJ is slated to win a landslide victory in Sunday's elections to the lower house of parliament.
Kushibuchi is one of a raft of younger candidates that the DPJ has put up (60 percent are under 50), signaling a generational sea change in Japanese politics.
"The LDP has dominated postwar politics, and it has a strong tendency to find new candidates in its own world," says Noriaki Tsuchiya, deputy director of the Matsushita Institute of Government and Management. "Young politicians had to wait around for 100 years" before they got a chance to run for office.
"The DPJ is much more flexible," he adds. "There will be far more opportunities for young people than in LDP days."
The women and young hopefuls whom the DPJ has fielded, often against ruling party heavyweights (Kushibuchi's opponent has held the seat in this prosperous western suburb of the capital for nine terms), are a big part of the party's appeal.
For years, Japanese voters have put up with a system in which some LDP grandees would not even deign to visit their constituencies during election campaigns, leaving it up to supportive lobby groups to rally the troops.
"Many Japanese people want a new kind of candidate, that's why people like her," says Makiko Sugiura, a young woman who stopped briefly at Kushibuchi's campaign event Friday to take a manifesto. "She looks new."
Also in the firing line nowadays are the so-called "hereditary politicians," scions of political families who have controlled their constituencies for generations. They have lost some of their luster since the past three Japanese prime ministers, all regarded as failures, came from such political families.
So will the next one, in fact, suggesting that the tradition is by no means dead. DPJ leader Yukio Hatoyama's grandfather took over as prime minister from LDP leader Taro Aso's grandfather in 1954, just as Mr. Hatoyama hopes to take over from Mr. Aso next week.
But this election has brought a new sort of politician to the fore, candidates who have nothing to do with the three traditional sources of Japanese parliamentary contenders – the civil service, the labor unions, and the hereditary families.
"We are getting a lot of response, especially from young people," says Kushibuchi. "It's unprecedented."
She is not the only new DPJ politician to try to shake young Japanese voters out of their traditional apathy.
Zenko Kurishita, a US-educated, 26-year-old salesman for Oracle, stood for election to the Tokyo city government last month because "I think young people themselves can change the situation," he says, "and I want to get people like me more interested."
The power of that message, and the scale of voters' disaffection with the ruling LDP, showed in the municipal election results. The untested Mr. Kurishita announced his bid to unseat the six-term LDP incumbent only nine days before the vote. He won.
"We may not have experience of politics," he says of his cohorts now entering national political life, "and that is a weak point. But it is also a strong point, because we see things through citizens' eyes."
That link with ordinary voters, often lacking in traditional LDP politicians, is something that Kushibuchi, too, sees as key. One of the things about her that goes over well with voters, she says, is that she worked for 17 years for a nongovernmental organization involved in peace and development education.
"I'm part of a new civil society," she says, "and civil society groups always work with the people."
"A new breed is entering the political world and they will change the Japanese political system," predicts Mr. Tsuchiya, whose institute trains young people hoping for a career in politics. "That will be good for Japan."
•Takehiko Kambayashi contributed reporting to this article.
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Adorned with sanctity of soul, as a pure vessel of divine vision, thou didst prove to be a reflection of the angelic life. Wherefore, thou dost shine forth spiritually, with radiance of the virtues, O our father Gregory, godly boast of Sinai and Athos; and glory of the Slavic lands, and thou dost guide us unerringly unto the salvation of our souls.
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A man has been arrested following the stabbing of a couple on Sydney's north shore.
Emergency services were called to a unit block on the Pacific Highway in Lane Cove North just before 1pm on Friday to find a man and woman with stab wounds, police say.
They have been taken to Royal North Shore Hospital for treatment.
It's believed the woman is in a serious condition with stabs wounds to her back, while the man is stable and has wounds to his arm, Fairfax Radio reports.
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The westbound lanes of U.S. 36 from Sheridan Boulevard to west of Church Ranch Boulevard will be realigned Thursday evening, weather permitting. The realignment will move drivers to the new temporary westbound lanes through April 2014, allowing construction crews to widen and reconstruct the permanent eastbound lanes as part of the U.S. 36 Express Lanes project.
The realignment is scheduled to start at 8 p.m. and will be completed by 5:30 a.m. Traffic will be reduced to a single lane on westbound U.S. 36 from Sheridan to Church Ranch Boulevard, but all exits will remain open.
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Incredibly, no one was seriously injured after a motorist inadvertently crossed two lanes of traffic and slammed his vehicle into a house on Dobbin Road in Westbank Wednesday morning.
RCMP Cst. Hall says the motorist was parked across the street in the Quality Greens parking lot prior to the incident.
"As he was starting his car it looks like he had some sort of misunderstanding about which pedal was the gas and which pedal was the brake," says Hall.
"He ended up coming across the two lanes of highway here on Dobbin Road. He flew across the highway and miraculously didn't collide with any crossing vehicles."
Hall says the vehicle came up on the curb and the lawn, through a cedar and hit the house.
"It looks like the curb substantially slowed down his rate of speed."
The driver didn't appear to sustain any injuries. The air bag wasn't deployed.
"His speed wasn't that great and the cedar may have helped with deceleration which would have lessened his chance for injuries."
Hall says the structural integrity of the house didn't appear to be compromised, however, authorities were going to give it a closer inspection once the vehicle was removed.
People were in the house at the time of the crash but didn't want to speak on the incident.


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Authenticity in Los Angeles
I just got back from Los Angeles and boy are my brains tired.
I always find that shorter distances are more difficult than longer ones when it comes to jet lag. I can usually recover from a trip from LA to Tokyo, with a time difference of ten hours, in a couple days. But it always seems like it takes me a week to recover from the three hour time difference between Ohio and California. So I'm all spaced out right now.
And, of course, as soon as I leave Ohio, the weather gets nice here. I think the temperatures were warmer on average in Akron last week than they were in Los Angeles.
I did two Zen events while in California, one all-day zazen micro-retreat at the Hill Street Center in Santa Monica and a talk at Against The Stream, Noah Levine's place in Hollywood. I also appeared on Suicide Girls radio with hosts Nicole Powers and Darrah De Jour. The other guests were two women who work at The Dominion, an S&M club on Venice Blvd. in LA. Snow Mercy was a tall dominant and Koko was a teeny little submissive. It was a pretty interesting chat.
We also filmed some more of the documentary they're making about me. I'm determined that this will not be the standard type of reverential fluff-piece that usually comes out when people are doing documentaries about so-called "spiritual teachers." So I've been doing my best to try and trash any hint of that. Hopefully the finished product will at least be funny and entertaining. The photos on this post are stills from last week's shoot.
I think it's really vital to destroy the image that has been built up of what a "spiritual teacher" is supposed to be. I feel like no good can possibly come of the belief in supposedly perfected beings. They simply do not exist.
On the other hand I have no doubt I'd be far more successful in the way that term is usually defined if I just played the role that's expected of someone in my position rather than constantly questioning it. I just don't see that as a way to do anyone any good. And not only that, I wouldn't enjoy it as much as I enjoy acting like an idiot in front of a camera or an audience.
People in this Eastern spirituality business often talk a lot about something they call "authenticity." But usually what they call authenticity seems to me more like fitting into a mold of what someone else imagines authenticity ought to look like. I think it's time someone tried being truly authentic for a change. It's more fun that way anyhow.


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Few R&B singers have endured tragic travails on the monumental level that Etta James has and remain on earth to talk about it. The lady's no shrinking violet; her autobiography, Rage to Survive, describes her past (including numerous drug addictions) in sordid detail.
But her personal problems have seldom affected her singing. James has hung in there from the age of R&B and doo wop in the mid-'50s through soul's late-'60s heyday and right up to today (where her 1994 disc Mystery Lady paid loving jazz-based tribute to one of her idols, Billie Holiday). Etta James's voice has deepened over the years, coarsened more than a little, but still conveys remarkable passion and pain.
Jamesetta Hawkins was a child gospel prodigy, singing in her Los Angeles Baptist church choir (and over the radio) when she was only five years old under the tutelage of Professor James Earle Hines. She moved to San Francisco in 1950, soon teaming with two other girls to form a singing group. When she was 14, bandleader Johnny Otis gave the trio an audition. He particularly dug their answer song to Hank Ballard & the Midnighters' "Work with Me Annie."
Against her mother's wishes, the young singer embarked for L.A. to record "Roll with Me Henry" with the Otis band and vocalist Richard Berry in 1954 for Modern Records. Otis inverted her first name to devise her stage handle and dubbed her vocal group the Peaches (also Etta's nickname). "Roll with Me Henry," renamed "The Wallflower" when some radio programmers objected to the original title's connotations, topped the R&B charts in 1955.
The Peaches dropped from the tree shortly thereafter, but Etta James kept on singing for Modern throughout much of the decade (often under the supervision of saxist Maxwell Davis). "Good Rockin' Daddy" also did quite well for her later in 1955, but deserving follow-ups such as "W-O-M-A-N" and "Tough Lover" (the latter a torrid rocker cut in New Orleans with Lee Allen on sax) failed to catch on.
James landed at Chicago's Chess Records in 1960, signing with their Argo subsidiary. Immediately, her recording career kicked into high gear; not only did a pair of duets with her then-boyfriend (Moonglows lead singer Harvey Fuqua) chart, her own sides (beginning with the tortured ballad "All I Could Do Was Cry") chased each other up the R&B lists as well. Leonard Chess viewed James as a classy ballad singer with pop crossover potential, backing her with lush violin orchestrations for 1961's luscious "At Last" and "Trust in Me." But James's rougher side wasn't forsaken -- the gospel-charged "Something's Got a Hold On Me" in 1962, a kinetic 1963 live LP (Etta James Rocks the House) cut at Nashville's New Era Club and a blues-soaked 1966 duet with childhood pal Sugar Pie De Santo,"In The Basement," ensured that.
Although Chess hosted its own killer house band, James traveled to Rick Hall's Fame studios in Muscle Shoals in 1967 and emerged with one of her all-time classics. "Tell Mama" was a searing slice of upbeat southern soul that contrasted markedly with another standout from the same sessions, the spine-chilling ballad "I'd Rather Go Blind." Despite the death of Leonard Chess, Etta James remained at the label into 1975, experimenting toward the end with a more rock-based approach.
There were some mighty lean years, both personally and professionally, for Miss Peaches. But she got back on track recording-wise in 1988 with a set for Island, Seven Year Itch, that reaffirmed her southern soul mastery. Her last few albums have been a varied lot -- 1990's Sticking to My Guns was contemporary in the extreme; 1992's Jerry Wexler-produced The Right Time for Elektra was slickly soulful, and her most recent outings have explored jazz directions. In 1998, she also issued a holiday album, Etta James Christmas.
In concert, Etta James is a sassy, no-holds-barred performer whose suggestive stage antics sometimes border on the obscene. She's paid her dues many times over as an R&B and soul pioneer; long may she continue to shock the uninitiated.
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Obama on State of the Union: 'We can fix this'
President Barack Obama returned to the unfinished business of a still struggling economy Tuesday night, outlining a second-term agenda with proposals designed to create jobs, expand the middle class and spur financial growth.
"We can fix this – and we will," the president said repeatedly.
In his annual State of the Union address, Obama laid out plans in four main areas – manufacturing, education, clean energy and infrastructure – to try to help the nation recover from the worst recession in decades at what he said would be no additional cost.
"A growing economy that creates good, middle-class jobs – that must be the North Star that guides our efforts," Obama said. "Every day, we should ask ourselves three questions as a nation: How do we attract more jobs to our shores? How do we equip our people with the skills they need to get those jobs? And how do we make sure that hard work leads to a decent living?"
Obama described a nation that has made progress, ending long wars in Afghanistan and Iraq while clearing away "the rubble" of the Great Recession, but one that still needs additional help to prosper. He declared that the state of the union is stronger, but not strong.
"It is our generation's task, then, to reignite the true engine of America's economic growth – a rising, thriving middle class," he said.
"It is our unfinished task to restore the basic bargain that built this country – the idea that if you work hard and meet your responsibilities, you can get ahead, no matter where you come from, no matter what you look like, or who you love. It is our unfinished task to make sure that this government works on behalf of the many, and not just the few; that it encourages free enterprise, rewards individual initiative, and opens the doors of opportunity to every child across this great nation of ours," he said.
He proposed raising the minimum wage from $7.25 to $9 an hour. He recommended spending $65 billion on road, bridge and building repairs. He unveiled a plan to save eligible homeowners $3,000 annually by refinancing at lower interest rates.
Obama starts his second term with a stubbornly high unemployment rate – higher for women and blacks than when he first took office – falling consumer confidence and a mounting deficit as he faces often uncooperative lawmakers on Capitol Hill. He insisted that Democrats and Republicans put aside their differences and take action, mostly immediately to find an alternative to looming across-the-board budget cuts that could harm the economy in weeks.
"The American people don't expect government to solve every problem," he said. "They don't expect those of us in this chamber to agree on every issue. But they do expect us to put the nation's interests before party. They do expect us to forge reasonable compromise where we can."
Tens of millions watched the hour-long address, delivered to a joint session of Congress. The applause mostly fell along partisan lines, with House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, sitting behind Obama often with a solemn expression while Vice President Joe Biden beside him stood to applaud.
Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida, a rising Republican star, offered his party's response in English and Spanish. Rubio said the "free enterprise economy" will create jobs and, not as Obama has suggested, the collection and spending of new revenue.
"The idea that more taxes and more government spending is the best way to help hardworking middle-class taxpayers – that's an old idea that's failed every time it's been tried," he said. "More government isn't going to help you get ahead. It's going to hold you back. More government isn't going to create more opportunities. It's going to limit them."
Obama spoke about other issues Tuesday – including rewriting the nation's immigration laws and combating climate change – but mostly in the context of the economy.
There were a few exceptions: Obama pressed for the most aggressive gun-control plan in generations. In the most emotional moment of the speech, he delivered an impassioned call for a vote on gun control bills by listing the "communities ripped open by gun violence" – from Aurora, Colo., to Newtown, Conn. As he spoke, cameras cut to people in the visitors galleries, some crying, some holding up photos of people presumably slain in mass shootings.
"They deserve a simple vote," he said. The room erupted in sustained applause.
Obama announced that he will form a nonpartisan commission to study changes in the voting system after Americans endured long lines and administrative problems at the polls by singling out 102-year-old Desiline Victor, a North Miami woman who waited six hours in line to vote in November.
He said that by this time next year more than half the U.S. troops in Afghanistan – 34,000 – will have returned home as the Afghans take responsibility for security. He condemned North Korea for conducting its third nuclear test hours earlier, warning that it undermines regional stability, violates North Korea's United Nations obligations and increases the risk of proliferation. He called for a reduction in nuclear weapons worldwide.
Obama will fly to Asheville, N.C., on Wednesday to begin selling his plans to the nation. Later in the week, he will continue the campaign-style pitch with stops in Atlanta and Chicago.
"He's going to take his press conference out to the country," said Rep. Sander Levin of Michigan, the highest-ranking Democrat on the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee. "The president learned from his first term, you need to have a major dialogue."
He pressed for cuts in projected deficits by eliminating tax loopholes and deductions benefiting certain industries or the wealthy as well as by cutting projected spending.
And he urged Congress to pass a package of modest cuts and tax changes as a way to delay drastic, across-the-board federal spending reductions that are scheduled to take effect March 1.
White House officials said the president will pay for his spending proposals by re-prioritizing items in the budget. His proposed budget will be released in mid-March.
"Tonight, I'll lay out additional proposals that are fully paid for and fully consistent with the budget framework both parties agreed to just 18 months ago," he said. "Let me repeat – nothing I'm proposing tonight should increase our deficit by a single dime. It's not a bigger government we need, but a smarter government that sets priorities and invests in broad-based growth."
Obama announced that he issued executive orders, which do not require congressional approval, to open three manufacturing institutes and to improve the security of the computer networks that direct the nation's crucial infrastructure systems – such as electricity, finance and transportation. And he threatened to sign more if Congress does not pass changes to prepare for climate change.
Kevin G. Hall and David Lightman of the Washington Bureau contributed.


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By Fanbelt1 on Saturday, March 10, 2018I have had my car about a week and a half. I really like it, although I am used to a V-6 and there is a little less power. There is enough power to get on the road and the fuel economy is really awesome. I love the features from blind spot monitoring to Android Auto. The ride quality is excellent and the car has a somewhat sporty feel. For the money the Limited Trim is a good value.
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By PA_Guy_2018 on Saturday, January 13, 2018This is my second Hyundai and the span of 5 years. The previous Sonata I owned was a great car, great value, and I was happy with its reliability, fuel economy, etc. Now that I have the 2018, all I keep asking myself is when did Hyundai get even better? l feel like I have switched car brands and this is a whole new adventure all over again. The beauty of the design stands out from other cars on the road It looks agressive and stylish. Excellent quality materials inside and out. I purchased this car with all the options (except for the Turbo engine). I have to say the technology in this car is hands down some of the best Ive seen or used in any brand. I have friends with high end cars just as new and the features of my Hyundai are envied by my friends with Acura and Audi vehicles. Sure, those vehicles accelerate a couple seconds faster than the Hyundai, but in the real world there are other cars all around and I have no trouble keeping up with other cars on the highway, back roads, city streets. Stop and go is always smooth and quiet. Ride in nice as well. Overall, this is a great car, excellent value, and just plain fun. I can use my Amazon Alexa to start, unlock, or lock my car. I can ask her to do anything Bluelink allows, which is great The app for mobile devices has lots of cool features and settings so you can get as many (or as few) notifications about the car and its performance. You can also start the car, set the temperature, lock and unlock doors, and more with the app. The tech in this car is great and easy to use. Bluelink is responsive and performs better than most other vehicles with infotainment systems and navigation. Did I mention the value? I cant get over the fact that my car has ALL (and more) features and options than another friends luxury brand car. He cant get over my in car wireless charging... something he cant get in his car yet. Knowing I spent almost 20,000 less and have a car with great features, excellent style, and better than boring performance. I think most reviewers test both the Turbo and the 4 cylinder. I chose not to go near the turbo, because I didnt want to spoil my impression of the 4 cylinder. I must say its not as bad as a lot of reviews make it sound. The car accelerates just fine when getting onto highways, passing, and your average rush hour stop and go and stop and dont go traffic. I dont mind spending time in my car and actually enjoy the upscale feeling the car has. Anyone who doesnt know car brands or styles is shocked to know my car is a Hyundai. Some days, Im just as shocked. But very happy with this car.
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By Alfred on Monday, July 15, 2019Reluable, affordable and has a good performance.
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CFPB Unveils New Mortgage Rules to Protect Borrowers
(WASHINGTON) -- The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced on Thursday new rules for mortgages designed to protect consumers and banks from the kind of lending that contributed to the 2008 housing collapse.
The new rules, which will go into effect next year, say people who want to buy houses have to prove they have the ability to repay their mortgages, providing complete financial information banks can verify.
"Lenders must look at a consumer's financial information" and "evaluate and conclude that the borrower can repay the loan," the CFPB said in a statement.
"Lenders can't base their evaluation of a consumer's ability to repay on teaser rates. Lenders will have to determine the consumer's ability to repay both the principal and the interest over the long term -- not just during an introductory period when the rate may be lower," the agency added.
Lenders will have to offer loans that don't trap home buyers. That means no more excessive points and fees, and no more "toxic" loan features like interest-only payments or negative-amortization payments that drive up the principal amount.
How much of a borrower's income can go towards paying a mortgage will also be taken into consideration.
"Qualified Mortgages generally will be provided to people who have debt-to-income ratios less than or equal to 43 percent. This requirement helps ensure consumers are only getting what they can likely afford," the CFPB said.
The agency says under these rules borrowers won't be set up to fail and banks will be protected against lawsuits over bad lending practices.
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zh-CN:i3 i3 is a dynamic tiling window manager inspired by wmii that is primarily targeted at developers and advanced users.
Clients (windows) are organized in a tree data structure within containers. The tree branches via horizontal or vertical splits, and containers can also be set to tabbed or stacked layouts. Floating windows are available for corner cases that don't mix well with tiling, and remain on a separate layer above the tiled windows.
- 1 Installation
- 2 Configuration
- 2.1 Status bar
- 2.2 Quickly jumping to open window
- 2.3 i3statusbar
- 2.4 Volume Manager
- 2.5 Network Manager
- 2.6 Workspace Names
- 2.7 Launching programs on specific workspaces
- 2.8 Desktop Wallpaper
- 2.9 Terminal Emulator
- 2.10 Scratchpad
- 2.11 Shutdown, Reboot, Lock Screen
- 2.12 Screensaver and Power Management
- 3 Suspending with i3lock
- 4 Usage
- 5 See also
Install the i3 package group from the official repositories, which includes: i3-wm, the window manager; i3status, a package to write a status line to i3bar through stdout; and i3lock, an improved screenlocker.
Additional packages are available in the Arch User Repository. Install i3-gitAUR for the development version.
Install i3-gnomeAUR to add GNOME and X-sessions with i3 running as the window manager. An Xsession starting just the window manager is included in i3.
Edit your
~/.xinitrc and add:
exec i3
If you want i3 to log its output (useful for debugging), add this line to
exec i3 -V >> ~/.i3/i3log 2>&1
If you use the Nvidia binary driver <302.17 you need to add the
--force-xinerama flag to
~/.xinitrc. A detailed explanation can be found at i3wm.org.
exec i3 --force-xinerama
If you have trouble with mapping keys (ie ; as semicolon), use xorg-xev or see Extra Keyboard Keys.
$ xev | grep -A2 --line-buffered '^KeyRelease' | sed -n '/keycode /s/^.*keycode \([0-9]*\).* (.*, \(.*\)).*$/\1 \2/p'
Status bar
The internal status bar, i3-wsbar, was deprecated and replaced by i3bar in i3 v4.0.
New method: i3bar
Unlike i3-wsbar, which requires dzen2, i3bar does not have any dependencies other than i3-wm. It can be used to view information generated by conky or i3status. For example (as of version 4.1):
bar { output LVDS1 status_command i3status position top mode hide workspace_buttons yes tray_output none font -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--13-120-75-75-C-70-iso10646-1 colors { background #000000 statusline #ffffff focused_workspace #ffffff #285577 active_workspace #ffffff #333333 inactive_workspace #888888 #222222 urgent_workspace #ffffff #900000 } }
For further information see the Configuring i3bar section of the official User Guide.
Alternatives to i3status
- i3situation – a pure python 3 replacement with features provided by multithreaded plugins.
- i3pystatus - extensible i3status replacement with many modules and very flexible configuration. Multi-threaded and lock-up free. (AUR: i3pystatus-gitAUR)
- py3status – an extensible i3status wrapper written in python
- dzen – often used with conky to create completely custom status bars
- j4status - j4status provides a status line using several plugin to retrieve information from your computer. j4status is a part of the j4tools - tools set to use with i3.
Panel Alternatives to Status Bar
Some users may prefer panels such as those provided by conventional Desktop Environments. This can be achieved within i3 by launching the panel application of choice during startup.
For the XFCE panel, add the following line to
exec --no-startup-id xfce4-panel
Disabling i3bar is as simple as commenting out the
bar{ } section of
Quickly jumping to open window
- quickswitch-for-i3 – A Python utility to quickly change to and locate windows in i3
- i3-wm-scripts – search for and jump to windows with particular names matching regexp
- winmenupy launches dmenu with a list of clients, sorted after workspaces. Selecting a client jumps to that window.
First we need to copy over the default configuration files that we will be working with to our home directory.
cp /etc/i3/config ~/.i3/config cp /etc/i3status.conf ~/.i3status.conf
Network Interface Status
Now we can fix the status bar (i3status) at the bottom of the screen. If you recently installed Arch Linux then you will be using the new systemd/udev Predictable Network Interface Naming scheme. As a result we need to change the references for eth0 (ethernet) and wlan0 (wireless) to match your system. To view your available network interfaces use the command
ip link
Here is an example output of what you will see:
1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN mode DEFAULT link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00 2: enp6s0: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state DOWN mode DEFAULT qlen 1000 link/ether aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff 3: wlp3s0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq state UP mode DORMANT qlen 1000 link/ether aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
From the example we can see that ethernet interface is labelled enp6s0 and the wireless interface is wlp3s0. Your interface names may vary. Edit the file
Replace the lines:
order += "wireless wlan0" order += "ethernet eth0" wireless wlan0 { wireless eth0 {
To match your corresponding network interface names:
order += "wireless wlp3s0" order += "ethernet enp6s0" wireless wlp3s0 { ethernet enp6s0 {
Temperature Status
If you would like to add your CPU temperature to the i3status bar simply add these lines to
order += "cpu_temperature 0" cpu_temperature 0 { format = "T: %degrees °C" max_threshold = 65 path = "/sys/devices/platform/coretemp.0/temp1_input" }
If the temperature column complains that it cannot get the temperature value then change the path line to:
path = "/sys/class/thermal/thermal_zone0/temp"
Volume Manager
To enable easy management of your system volume, you can install a volume manager applet such as pa-applet-gitAUR from the AUR. This should also allow you to use your keyboards volume up, volume down, and mute keys as well as using the applet directly to manage your volume. Once it is installed add the following line to your
~/.i3/config to auto start the applet:
exec /usr/bin/pa-applet
Network Manager
If you would like to use network-manager-applet to manage your network connections, follow the instructions in NetworkManager.
Then add the the following line to your
~/.i3/config to automatically start the Network Manager applet in your system tray
exec /usr/bin/nm-applet
Workspace Names
Although it is not required, many people prefer naming frequently used workspaces. First you need to determine which monitor you want the workspace to open to. Simply type
xrandr into a terminal and it will show you the available display ports. Some common ones are LVDS1 for laptops or VGA1, HDMI1, HDMI2, etc for external monitors. If you are using Xinerama instead use the outputs xinerama-0, xinerama-1, etc. Add your workspace names to
~/.i3/config You also need to modify the corresponding lines to switch to your workspaces as well as moving focused containers to those workspaces.
# Workspace names workspace "1:Web" output LVDS1 workspace "2:Mail" output LVDS1 workspace "3:Irc" output LVDS1 workspace "4:Shell" output LVDS1
# switch to workspace bindsym $mod+1 workspace 1:Web bindsym $mod+2 workspace 2:Mail bindsym $mod+3 workspace 3:Irc bindsym $mod+4 workspace 4:Shell
# move focused container to workspace bindsym $mod+Shift+1 move container to workspace 1:Web bindsym $mod+Shift+2 move container to workspace 2:Mail bindsym $mod+Shift+3 move container to workspace 3:Irc bindsym $mod+Shift+4 move container to workspace 4:Shell
Launching programs on specific workspaces
To maximize efficiency you can setup certain programs to automatically launch to a specific workspace. This can be accomplished one of two ways. You could use the
assign command so when you manually launch a program it is directed to a the workspace you assigned. An example would be:
# Assign URxvt terminals to workspace 2 assign [class="URxvt"] 2
Or if you have renamed the workspaces like the above examples then you must set the new workspace name instead of the number:
# Assign URxvt terminals to workspace 4:Shell assign [class="URxvt"] 4:Shell
xprop by installing the package xorg-xprop from the Extra repository.
Alternatively you can change to your target workspace with
i3-msg then have your frequently used programs start automatically with the
exec command:
exec --no-startup-id i3-msg 'workspace 1:Web; exec /usr/bin/firefox' exec --no-startup-id i3-msg 'workspace 2:Mail; exec urxvt -name Mail -e /usr/bin/mutt' exec --no-startup-id i3-msg 'workspace 3:Irc; exec /usr/bin/urxvt -name irssi -e /usr/bin/irssi' exec --no-startup-id i3-msg 'workspace 4:Shell; exec /usr/bin/urxvt'
Desktop Wallpaper
To be able to manage the desktop wallpaper, you need a lightweight image viewer like Feh or Nitrogen. Install feh with the command
# pacman -S feh. Then you can set your wallpaper with the following command:
$ feh --bg-scale /path/to/image.file
To have feh set your image to the Desktop Wallpaper add the following line to your
exec --no-startup-id sh ~/.fehbg
Terminal Emulator
By default when you press $mod+Return it launches the i3-sensible-terminal which is a script that invokes a terminal. It attempts to start one of these terminals in the following order: $TERMINAL urxvt rxvt terminator Eterm aterm xterm gnome-terminal roxterm xfce4-terminal. You can force it to launch your terminal of choice by modifying the line
bindsym $mod+Return exec i3-sensible-terminal
Having a scratchpad to jot down or paste notes quickly is very handy! i3 has a feature that allows you to move a window to a scratchpad workspace. Basically it will be hidden from view until you recall it with the
scratchpad show command. To send a focused window to the scratchpad with $mod+Shift+minus or to recall it with $mod+minus enter these lines into your
# Make the currently focused window a scratchpad bindsym $mod+Shift+minus move scratchpad # Show the first scratchpad window bindsym $mod+minus scratchpad show
You can start your favorite editor (ie Gedit, vim, nano, etc) on startup and have it automatically moved to the scratchpad workspace to quickly recall it when needed. The following example when placed in
~/.i3/config shows how you can start the urxvt terminal, have it launch the nano editor, and then move it to the scratchpad:
# starting a specially named term automatically exec --no-startup-id urxvt -name scratchpad -e /usr/bin/nano # move this to scratchpad, if active for_window [class="URxvt" instance="scratchpad"] move scratchpad
Shutdown, Reboot, Lock Screen
As there are no Shutdown, Reboot, or Lock Screen buttons, we can add some hotkey combinations to help us out. First we need to create this script and save it as
i3exit. Remember to make it executable with
chmod +x and to place it somewhere in your $PATH.
#!/bin/sh lock() { ## if you are running xss-lock use xset instead and remove i3lock here # xset s activate i3lock } case "$1" in lock) lock ;; logout) i3-msg exit ;; suspend) lock && systemctl suspend ;; hibernate) lock && systemctl hibernate ;; reboot) systemctl reboot ;; shutdown) systemctl poweroff ;; *) echo "Usage: $0 {lock|logout|suspend|hibernate|reboot|shutdown}" exit 2 esac exit 0
Now add the following lines to your
~/.i3/config Once completed you will be presented with a prompt whenever you press $mod+pause.
set $mode_system System (l) lock, (e) logout, (s) suspend, (h) hibernate, (r) reboot, (Shift+s) shutdown mode "$mode_system" { bindsym l exec --no-startup-id i3exit lock, mode "default" bindsym e exec --no-startup-id i3exit logout, mode "default" bindsym s exec --no-startup-id i3exit suspend, mode "default" bindsym h exec --no-startup-id i3exit hibernate, mode "default" bindsym r exec --no-startup-id i3exit reboot, mode "default" bindsym Shift+s exec --no-startup-id i3exit shutdown, mode "default" # back to normal: Enter or Escape bindsym Return mode "default" bindsym Escape mode "default" } bindsym $mod+Pause mode "$mode_system"
Screensaver and Power Management
You can use DPMS to blank your screen or to suspend/poweroff your monitor. Adding the following line to your
~/.i3/config will suspend your monitor after 10 minutes.
exec --no-startup-id xset dpms 600
Suspending with i3lock
xss-lock (has also autolock)
xss-lockAUR manages a screen locker for the current x-session. It reacts to suspend, hibernate, lock-session events and the X screensaver. You need to run it in your desktop autostart like this:
xss-lock -- i3lock -i /path/to/background.image &
Application launcher
i3 currently uses dmenu as a application launcher, which is bound by default to
By default i3-dmenu-desktop is used as a wrapper for dmenu. i3-dmenu-desktop creates a list of all installed applications via their .desktop files. There is a rewrite of this perl script called j4-dmenu-desktop-gitAUR, which is a near-drop-in replacement for the script shipped with i3, but much faster.
Clipboard (copy & paste issues)
By default, when you close a window, the buffer with the clipboard info will disappear. You have to use a clipboard manager like clipit to avoid that.
See also
Arch Linux Forums
- The i3 thread - A general discussion about i3
- i3 desktop screenshots and config sharing


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London: Football Against Racism in Europe (FARE) have sent a complaint to Fifa over alleged racist chants by England fans during their nation`s World Cup qualifier against San Marino on Friday.
The chants were directed at Anton Ferdinand and his brother Rio, who rejected Roy Hodgson`s call up and instead appeared as a pundit on Qatari television.
Offensive songs referring to the IRA and the Second World War were also heard, but FARE insist that it is the Ferdinand chants that are under the microscope.
"We have sent a report in relation to racist chanting towards Ferdinand and his brother," a FARE spokesperson said.
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England now face the prospect of a large fine, while Hungary and Bulgaria were forced to play recent qualifiers behind closed doors as punishment for offensive chants.
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Momma's Boy
Undertaking this mission will require you to go up to Luis' mother's house, which is located at the far northern end of Algonquin. More specifically, the apartment is located at Frankfort Avenue, near Xenotime Street. When you arrive, you'll walk into Luis' mother's apartment only to find another young man in there, drinking a cup of coffee. Don't worry though -- Luis' mom isn't dating a younger man. No, this is a loan shark, and his name is Santo. It appears that Luis' mom fell on hard times and approached him for some money, and now she can't pay it back. After some words are exchanged between the two men, Luis agrees to help Santo out in order to pay off his mother's debt.
From here, you can wrap this mission up quickly, and with very little effort. All you have to do is walk southward down Frankfort Avenue with Santo, as he talks to you and tells you what you need to do. You'll eventually approach and walk down an alleyway, which leads to a door that itself leads to a secret cage fighting location. You have to fight and defeat the first two fighters, and then take an intentional dive in the third fight. Doing this is rather easy -- follow the on-screen instructions to fight effectively, and then follow the on-screen instructions again to take a dive. Be certain you take a dive only when your health is more than half gone, or you will fail the mission and have to try again!
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Bumper Cars
Newton's third law of motion comes into play on the bumper cars.
This law, the law of interaction, says that if one body exerts
a force on a second body, the second body exerts a force equal
in magnitude and opposite in direction on the first body. It's
the law of action-reaction, and it helps to explain why you feel
a jolt when you collide with another bumper car.
How do bumper cars work?
Bumper car rides are designed so that the cars can collide without
much danger to the riders. Each car has a large rubber bumper
all around it, which prolongs the impact and diffuses the force
of the collision.
The bumper cars run on electricity, carried by a pole on the
back of the car that leads up to a wire grid in the ride's ceiling.
This grid carries the electricity that runs the car. Electrical
energy carried to the cars from the grid is converted to kinetic
energy, some of which is converted to heat.
What happens to the drivers?
When bumper cars collide, the drivers feel a change in their motion
and become aware of their inertia. Though the cars themselves
may stop or change direction, the drivers continue in the direction
they were moving before the collision. This is why it's important
to wear a seat belt while driving a real car, since otherwise
you could suffer injury being thrown forward in a collision.
The masses of the drivers also affect the collisions. A difference
in mass between two bumper car riders will mean that one rider
experiences more change in motion than the other (or more of a
jolt). The type of collision, velocity of the cars, and mass of
the individual drivers all come into play in bumper car collisions.
How did Newton come up with
his laws? Read more about Newton and the laws
of motion.
"Amusement Park Physics" is inspired by programs from The Mechanical Universe...and Beyond.
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If you've been to any sort of SPL contest over the last few years, you'll recognize the name Incriminator Audio. The company began in 2002 with the mission of breaking the mold 1that most car audio companies follow. When I asked company president, Nick Wright, what makes Incriminator Audio different, he said, "Our idea of a successful business is not the bottom line. While it's important, it does not dictate what we define as success. A successful car audio manufacturer must create exceptional product on all levels – from quality to durability to customer satisfaction."
The brand has built a strong reputation for rugged performance in extreme applications, and for innovation at a fair price without resorting to cookie cutter ways. They like to stand out from the crowd too. In today's hype-filled, latest trend marketplace, Incriminator Audio's motto is: "No chrome, no carbon fiber, no B.S. period!"
And to prove that they aren't just into subwoofers and huge amplifiers, Nick sent us one of their new IA6.4 high performance full range, four channel amps. Let's have a closer look.
The new IA6.4 four-channel, full range Class D amplifier is quite compact when you consider it's rather prodigious power rating. Rated at 100 x 4 at 4 ohms, and 150 x 4 at 2 ohms, the amp measures only 12" x 7" x 2.25". The connections for power, ground and speakers are all made on one end of the chassis, with the signal input and control functions on the opposite end. The power and ground terminals accept 4 gauge wire, and all the other terminals will accept 8 gauge cables. The set screws use a Phillips style head, rather than the ubiquitous metric hex keys.
A pair of 25A ATC fuses provide protection from short circuits, although I found it interesting that the owner's manual specifies a pair of 30A fuses. However, throughout my testing, the 25's did not blow even once, so they are probably adequate. Also on the power panel end of the chassis is a blue power LED and a red protection LED.The opposite end of the amp is home to the RCA input connections, and all of the gain, signal steering and control adjustments.
A 2ch/4ch mode switch allows you to drive all the channels with a single pair of RCA's, or have full balance and fader functionality by using the 4 channel mode. No need for Y splitters here. The crossover section of the amp uses separate controls for high pass and low pass function, and each section is also equipped with an x10 frequency multiplier button, which takes the 50-500Hz range to 500Hz-5kHz, for a truly flexible design. Filter slopes are fixed at -24dB/Oct. A subsonic filter featuring very wide range of adjustment (10-500Hz) is provided, and could help build a bandpass filter when used in conjunction with the high pass networks.
Of course, I had to have a look inside the IA6.4, and found an elaborate display of technology. As mentioned previously, the IA6.4 is a full range Class D design, and in these designs, parts tolerances and PCB layout are critical for a good sounding result. To control parts tolerance issues, the Incriminator Audio team chose to use 0% tolerance laser trimmed surface mount devices. These parts are much smaller in physical size than standard "through hole" parts. The smaller size allows for better layout solutions, and the choice of a double-sided PCB furnishes more room for high current carrying traces.
It was evident too, that Incriminator Audio intends these amps to last, as all of the high mass parts like transformers and output inductors are further secured with non-conductive silicone adhesive, which will reduce vibration induced failures.
The power supply draws energy from three 1000µF high-temp capacitors, and provides high voltage energy to a pair of 50V 4700µF electrolytics. All in all, pretty impressive inside!
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Only one former president is confirmed to attend Trump's inauguration: Jimmy Carter
As Donald Trump defied political convention and captured a stunning victory in November's presidential election, he did so without the support of any living U.S. president.
Now, he might have to assume the office with the support of just one, and an unusual one at that.
According to media reports, Democrat and Hillary Clinton supporter Jimmy Carter is the only former president who has confirmed he will be attending Trump's inauguration on Jan. 20. Carter announced he would be attending the ceremony in early December before his Sunday school class, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Beyond that, however, it is unclear if any of the four other presidents will be present when Trump takes the oath of office.
Carter's successor, George H.W. Bush, has said he will not attend due to his age, a family spokesperson told CBS. Bush is 92 and broke a bone in his neck in 2015 due to a fall. He is the oldest living president.
Bush's son, George W. Bush, is still considering whether he will attend, according to Politico and U.S. News and World Report. Both outlets report that he will announce his decision after the new year.
The Bushes are Trump's only fellow Republicans still alive who have held the highest office in the land. However, they refused to endorse the billionaire in his White House bid, and rumors even swirled that they would vote for Democrat Hillary Clinton instead, though a family spokesperson said the younger Bush left his ballot blank, according to the Los Angeles Times.
But perhaps the most scrutinized potential attendee is Bill Clinton. Whether or not Clinton and his wife, who fell short against Trump in the 2016 election, will attend is still being debated, according to Politico.
Given the bitter nature of the 2016 campaign and the number of personal attacks the candidates launched at each other, Politico reports that the Clinton family is leaning towards not attending, though they are considering the invitation as a show of support for a smooth transition of power. However, the invitation is traditionally extended only to past presidents, not their spouses, so Hillary Clinton could theoretically skip the even while Bill attends.
It is also tradition for the outgoing president to attend his successor's swearing-in ceremony, and President Obama is unlikely to break that tradition though he has yet to officially confirm this, according to media reports. His administration has stressed the importance of a smooth transition since the election.
Spotty attendance records for previous presidents are nothing new, however. Both Bushes skipped Obama's second inauguration, citing the elder Bush's health, and Gerald Ford did not attend Bush's second inauguration. Still, every former president alive attended Obama's first inauguration, and the possibility of broad bipartisan attendance at the event would have reflected well upon Trump, who has already reportedly struggled to attract top-level performers.