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She's just about conquered the pop world as Lorde, and Ella Yelich-O'Connor is quickly becoming a spokesperson for the youth. She tells Dan Condon how she's dealing with it all.
Ella Yelich-O'Connor, better known to the world as Lorde, is enjoying mainstream pop success at its most immense. She's broken all manner of records with regards to her age, her gender and her country of origin in terms of sales and chart positioning, but nine weeks atop the US singles chart with her track Royals – which has now almost sold five million copies in that country alone – is the ultimate proof that what has happened here is mammoth.
When we speak, she's preparing to fly to LA for the Grammy Awards, where she'll be performing and is nominated for four awards, enjoying some rare time in her own Auckland bedroom.
"It's super messy," she giggles. "I fly out tomorrow, so there's stuff all over the floor."
There aren't many 17-year-olds who could command a headlining slot on the St Jerome's Laneway Festival, but comparatively such an engagement appears almost insignificant. Lorde's signed a publishing deal reportedly worth around four million dollars, appeared on the cover of Rolling Stone in the US and will be a huge fixture on the US and European festival circuit through 2014. But how do you deal with going from being a nobody to the most in-demand artist on the planet?
"I think when it's happening to you it's less weird," she says. "For example, being on the cover of Rolling Stone, you're like 'that never happens to people like me', but then you're among the people who have been on the cover of Rolling Stone and it's not so weird. I've adjusted to things, I think."
It has been Royals that has resonated with audiences around the world so much. That's the song that's topped the charts and has been flogged to death on almost every format of radio with a vaguely youthful orientation, the song that's been lauded and derided (both are very important) ad infinitum and it's simply the song that everyone knows. It's interesting then to hear Yelich-O'Connor's take on the song. Is it her best?
"No!" she exclaims. "I definitely don't think Royals is my best song. I understand why it worked and why it was kind of a hit, I can see those qualities in it, but at the same time there's part of me that's like…" she groans, "'these melodies are just not as good as something I could have written now', or like 'I definitely wouldn't have written this lyric this way if I had've written it now'. But I was 15 when I wrote it and I'm 17 now, so I think you grow a lot in that period. It definitely feels like a bit of a relic now."
Reading certain reports about Lorde's persona, you'd expect an overtly headstrong diva who'll pounce on any chance to belittle you; but the truth is, she's just a very switched on and very polite teenage girl. Hearing her speak about the moment she realised she was going to be allowed to take time away from school to write her album is enough to fill anyone with youthful glee.
"I was so for it, I was kind of freaked out, but I really wanted to do it," she says of following up her early success with her debut album Pure Heroine.
"It was pretty much down to my parents, because obviously I had to take three months out of school. They came home from this meeting with my manager and said 'we're gonna let you make the record' and I was like 'YEEEEAHHH this is gonna be awesome!!!'"
This was not the plan. Royals – and The Love Club EP it came from – were not meant to become this massive. Lorde was not supposed to have an album out yet. Yelich-O'Connor didn't just want to capitalise on the success of the single, she wanted what people heard from her after Royals to be something from the same woman at a similar time in her life.
"I feel like most pop stars have this plan written in stone years before anything happens but the song started taking off and I was like 'Oh, okay…' and then we had to plan for what was gonna come next.
"Before I put The Love Club EP out I was just planning on releasing EPs and messing around and putting stuff on the internet until I finished high school and then I would kind of look at it more seriously. But obviously things went kind of crazy and, what happened to the music once it left my hands was, like, just this insane thing. So I had to rethink and decide when I wanted to write the record; it was important to me that I followed up this big song with material that I felt was relevant to me right now and which felt kinda fresh and did come at the same time as that song, I guess. It wasn't a plan that was thought out well in advance."
Due to Yelich-O'Connor's own personal relationship with music, she couldn't particularly envisage her material resonating with a wide, popular audience. It's not that she didn't have faith in it, it's just that it's her music, largely written by, about and for her.
"For me, I know a record is important to me if I can hear my life in it. If you write super personally, like I do, the worry for me is that if it means so much to me then it's not gonna mean too much to other people because it's going to be too specific or whatever," she explains.
"I feel like a lot of people my age really reacted to it which is so cool for me and is kind of the dream. I was lucky. I feel like teens are a tough audience and I feel like a lot of the art and that a lot of the material aimed at teens is usually super corny and feels patronising or whatever, and I am aware of that. But people I guess didn't feel that about Pure Heroine which is super cool."
She's a relatable voice for the not-so-disenfranchised teen market who aren't necessarily interested in the ersatz world of Bieber, Taylor and Miley. Her brand of cool is certainly defined, but it's accessible. Whether Lorde likes it or not, she has become a role model, and if her success continues then she'll be one for a long time to come.
"That's a crazy one because, obviously I am 17, I'm going to fuck some stuff up at some point, because I think that's a natural part of becoming an adult," she says when asked if she's comfortable with such exemplar status. "But as long as people are willing to accept me as an imperfect role model, then I guess I'm honoured."
Yelich-O'Connor's unwavering commitment to ensuring her creative vision is fulfilled is beyond admirable, particularly given the scale of the success or failure she holds in her hands. As far as how such a young woman gets such a strong say when dealing with multinational record labels and powerful managers goes, she says she just started early.
"Basically from when I was 12 or 13 I've been calling the shots in regard to my own career and my management and label have been super open to that, which is weird because lots of adults who've been doing what they do for a long time don't really want to take direction from someone who is just starting high school," she says. "But I've always known what was best for my art and what I was doing and people have kind of respected that. I guess I've just been saying how things should be for long enough that people don't really question it anymore."
That doesn't mean the 17-year-old doesn't stress about the weight of these decisions. When it comes to the Lorde brand, there are quite literally millions of dollars at stake and the wrong move could see the artist and all those around her lose out immensely. But simple wisdom has helped her get through thus far.
"Some of the stuff I have to decide about isn't creative, it's to do with my brand in a way, which is definitely something which can be hard and something I'm often up all night thinking about," she admits. "At the end of the day – and it sounds so cliché – I just go with my gut. Even if I ask a bunch of people for advice and they say 'do this' or 'don't do this' I usually go with the thing that I first thought."
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Bowling Green, Ky. — Scattered showers and high winds affected several of Western Kentucky University's athletic events Saturday, but Mother Nature couldn't prevent the Hilltopper defense from controlling the second of three spring scrimmages at L.T. Smith Stadium/Jimmy Feix Field.
In addition to recording four turnovers, the unit scored points with both a safety and a fumble recovery for a touchdown while ending the day allowing just 201 total yards on 77 snaps.
Jon Belcher was credited with 2.5 stops for loss among his seven tackles, and Dan Cline added a pair of sacks to go along with two passes defensed to lead the unit. Ben Sowders collected 2.5 tackles in addition to recovering a fumble, while Jihad Morris chipped in with six stops and Travis Watters added five. L.J. Harbison recorded four total tackles — including 1.5 behind the line of scrimmage — and broke up a pass, and Marion Rumph intercepted two passes and broke up another.
"Both of our inside linebackers, L.J. and Darvis McBride, stepped up today," said WKU head coach David Elson. "That's a place where we have to have more productivity. And, the guy who I think has taken the next step and is starting to look like a Division I defensive lineman is Dan Cline — you just see his confidence growing each and every day that he's out here. It all starts with guys getting the job done up front, and I think we are starting to get some good leadership and chemistry from Dan, Chris Walker and Entonia Johnson."
Walker was the Topper who scored on defense after a fumble on a reverse that began at the offense's 24-yard line was kicked into the end zone. Belcher sacked David Wolke in the end zone with the offense starting at its own 3-yard line for the unit's other points. Rumph's first interception ended a first-half drive in which the offense began at midfield, while his second pick came on the next-to-last series of the scrimmage.
In fact, it took the offense five series to record a first down as the defense allowed only 13 yards on the first 12 plays.
Wolke ended the streak when he connected twice with Dustin Boyer for five yards. On the next series, K.J. Black used a big play — a 41-yard pass to Jessie Quinn down the right sideline — to set up the first points of the day. After Quinn was forced out at the 2-yard line, Tyrell Hayden scored on the next snap going around the right end.
The defense didn't allow any points when the offense began at the 50, but did surrender six after Chris James hit field goals from 36 and 41 yards out after the offense started at the defense's 25-yard line. On the last series beginning at the 25, Black led a seven-play drive that ended when Jake Gaebler scored on a reverse from 4 yards out.
Those would be the last points the group would muster on the day. Wolke finished with 116 yards of total offense, passing for 65 yards while adding a team-best 51 rushing. Black added 87 yards passing, while K.J. Austin-Bruce chipped in with 30 yards on seven carries. Quinn had three receptions for 59 yards to lead the Toppers, while Boyer caught four passes and Gaebler grabbed three as both finished with 19 yards.
"I was glad to see our offense bounce back and put the ball in the end zone a couple of times when they had good field position, and I thought K.J. threw the ball well," Elson stated. "The concern would be that the offense needs to be able to sustain a long drive. They are doing good things and moving the ball at times, but a couple of bad snaps that have plagued us before hurt their momentum late."
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Overdraft fees have become major revenue source for banks
Most banks and credit unions cover customers' checks that exceed the amount of money in their accounts and charge a "courtesy" overdraft fee. What they don't tell customers is that those fees have become a major revenue source for many financial institutions.
Since 2005, the national average for overdraft fees has jumped from $27.04 for each instance to $28.95, according to Bankrate.com. U.S. banks this year could rake in $38.5 billion in overdrafts fees, according to the research firm Moebs Services. About 75 percent of banks sign up customers automatically for the service, a Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. study reported. For consumers, the manner in which banks handle overdraft payments can be just as important. The FDIC says about one in four banks submit large checks first during nightly processing, depleting the check-writer's account, which can trigger multiple fees for smaller checks that follow. "You're trying to gouge the customer at that point," said one area banker who asked not to be identified. Banks contend that overdraft protection allows customers to avoid other fees and potential criminal penalties associated with bounced checks, and the fees compensate the bank for risks involved in covering the bad checks. Consumers can opt out of the service at nearly all banks, and often can sign up for cheaper services such as automatic transfers from a linked savings account to cover insufficient funds. But consumer advocates claim some overdraft fees and practices go too far. Jennifer Wallis, vice president of Consumer Credit Counseling of Oklahoma, said the banks' courtesy fees "are not that courteous" when a customer writes a series of bad checks. "Payday lenders catch a lot of flack about how high their interest rates are, but when you annualize some of these fees that banks are charging, they're as high as payday loans," Wallis said. A bank charging a $27 fee to cover a $20 purchase made from an overdrawn account is loaning money at an annual percentage rate of 3,520 percent if paid back in two weeks, the FDIC said.
Oklahomans pay lessEach Oklahoma household with a checking account paid an average of $257.32 in overdraft fees last year, according to an analysis by Bretton Woods Inc. That's below the national average of $342.93. In 2008, Oklahomans paid $313 million in fees associated with not-sufficient-funds transactions, according to the Bretton Woods analysis. But overdraft fees are concentrated among those who can least afford it.
IN OKLAHOMAOverdraft fees for Oklahoma's five largest deposit holders. →Bank of America…$35 →Bank of Oklahoma…$28.95 →MidFirst Bank…$27.50 →BancFirst…$23 →Arvest Bank…$17.43 for free checking accounts. →Arvest Bank …$15.93 for all other accounts.


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4 Days and 50 Miles July 2007Tom Harrison Maps: Yosemite High Trail Map Panorama Trail Trail Head at Yosemite's Glacier Point 7214 ft Glacier Point & Half DomeFollowing the Illilouette CreekEasy single track trail, well marked.After 1.5 miles from Glacier Point dramatically fewer people on the trail. Most of the people we met were returning from Lower Ottoway Lake as a point in and out trip. Mt. Starr King NE of the TrailLast Push Up to Upper Merced Pass Lake.Dry year with no water on the push up. Merced Pass Lake was our only hope for water.This frankly kicked my butt...I was bonking out due to being out of shape.13 Miles In From Glacier Point at Upper Merced Pass LakeHenry Shire Squall 2 Tarp Tent in the Background. Tarp tents worked very well. Little wind and condensation to deal with. Water very close by. No bugs. Behind us was Lower Merced Pass Lake, which is considerably bigger. We briefly looked for it, but never found it. Obscured by the terrain.Breakfast at Upper Merced Pass Lake 8920 ftTemperatures that night were warm, high 30's degrees F to mid 40's degrees F. My 15 degree Marmot Helium EQ was too warm.Lower Ottoway Lake 9563 ftWe saw a few groups camping here, well hidden from each other. We passed two teenage boys carrying good sized fish that they had caught from the lake to their campsite.Jeremy Tanking up on Cool WatersDaytime temps were warm, 80 to 85 degrees F. Dunking our hats into the cool waters was a welcome relief and gave us a chance to tank up before going up.Circling Lower Ottoway LakeA Bit of Rock & WaterJeremy Above Lower Ottoway LakeTrail here started out with plenty of snow melt water flowing down and across the trail. A little mucky, but quickly the elevation gain came and water was gone.Upper Ottoway LakeVery windy, but beautiful location. Would not attempt to camp at this barren and exposed location.Switch Backs of Red Peak PassThe thin air, lack of breeze, and ever present sun slowed me down to a crawl. Meeting two young and attractive women who were descending from top, I only could muster a fair smile and hello. Jeremy was in much better physical shape than I was and seemed unaffected by the altitude.Sky & RockTony Top of the Pass SE ViewElevation 11,075 ft.Jeremy at Red Peak Pass NE ViewVery Narrow Pass, not much wider than a small living room.Tony Happy to be at the TopJust Below Red Peak Pass Checking the MapSnow at 11,075 ftRed Rock TrailOne of Many Unnamed Lakes on the DecentTrail of Snow Water LakesRed Devil LakeElevation 9,744 ft.Clear Water & Red PeaksBack to the Tree LineA Perfect Slice of HeavenDown to Triple Peak ForkTrail Crew Campsite at Triple Peak ForkElevation 9,100 ft.View from Campsite along the Triple Peak Fork Trail looking back at Red Peak PassDinner by a Stream after a 15 Mile DayA Well Deserved MealSquall 2 and ContrailTarptents did a good job giving us shelter from a few bugsWe experienced some condensation that night with a beautiful full moon to keep us up at nightWhere the Triple Peak Fork & Merced River MeetCool Waters of the Merced RiverWashburn LakeMy First Time Swimming in a Lake on a Backpacking TripSo nice to be clean and refreshedElevation 7,605 ft.Merced Lake High Sierra CampElevation 7,320 ft.Western Shore of Merced LakeElevation 7,212 ft.An Unexpected SiteCrossing the Merced RiverBunnell Point & CascadeA few miles from this point the trail opens up to Little Yosemite Valley, which was loaded with backpackers and day hikers heading up to Half Dome.Both of us finished the day with big blisters on our feet.My right heel had a blister the size of a Silver Dollar, which was the result of wearing traditional thick hiking socks with trail runners.View of the Valley from Panorama Cliff TrailHalf Dome, Nevada Falls, & Vernal FallsFull Circle to Glacier PointJeremy's Happiest Part of the TripIF YOU HAVE ANY PHOTOS FROM TRIPS THAT YOU HAVE TAKEN IN THIS AREA, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO POST THEM UP ON THIS THREAD...THEY ARE MUCH APPRECIATED!
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Lovely captures, Tony. Thanks!
Great pictures, I look forward to seeing more. How about including your gear list? Thanks again.
Tony,Great photos, can't wait for the rest. Also would like to hear some commentary on the trail, hiking conditions, how gear worked, etc.Tom
Nice pics! Thanks for sharing. What were the temps during day and night?
Thom, Thomas, and George,Thanks for the positive feed back.I have added comments to the photos to try to give you a sense of the conditions on the trip.Temps in July were warm...I probably could have gotten away with a summer 40 degree F bag, though there was one night on the 2nd night where it was cool enough for me to appreciate my 15 degree bag.Night time may have been as low as the high 30's to high 40's, but I sleep cold and am not a great judge of these things.Daytime temps were in the 80's for sure.As for posting a gear list, I would hesitate to post up my list as I am relatively new at this.Highlights of my gear list:Gregory Z55 Backpack...very comfortable and no sweaty backMarmot Helium EQ 15 Down Bag...silky smooth interior fabricHenry Shire Contrail Tarptent...perfect bug refugeeThermarest Prolite 4...heavy, but comfortable and warmSawyer Inline Water Filter/Gravity Filter...light & easyMSR Titan Kettle...versatile mug, bowl, wash basinMSR Pocket RocketBear Vault, large size. Evil, bulky, heavy, but required This was my longest trip to date when I did this.The longest trip I had previously done was the Ohlone Trail in the Bay Area, which was 20 miles in 2 days.Jeremy is a slave driver and sets a good pace to push me. :)-Tony
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Tony,I know I requested some commentary, but I wasn't actually expecting a dicussion of Jeremy's chest hairs. Guess I gotta take the good with the bad.I must have skipped over the Red Rock photos, but wow! Those red rocks framing that alpine lake really look great.Tom
As much as I enjoy posting these pictures, it a slow pain in the butt to get them sorted, uploaded, and captioned.Enjoy!-Tony
Tony,It may be a pain, but it's nice for others to see these photos when we don't get to see those shots where we live. I've spent most of my life in the SE US and I think the only time I was ever above tree line was when I was in an airplane.Thanks!Chris
Chris,I am glad that you liked the pictures.I have to admit that I do enjoy the feed back.I have some Yosemite Winter Photos that I will start posting up and a few other trips that are around the Bay Area.Thanks again.-Tony
Tony,Thanks for adding the additional pictures and your list of gear. You've set the bar high for other members posting trip reports - good job.
Great report and pics!We did the High Passes Loop last year, spending one night at upper Ottoway and crossing over Red Peak Pass and heading out in a loop through the Ansel Adams Wilderness. That pass is something, no? We had a traffic jam at the top, with a trail crew (shovels in hand) plus several groups of hikers congregating in that living-room sized space.Stunningly beautiful, either way - thanks again for sharing your experiences.
Edited by slnsf on 08/31/2008 22:51:59 MDT.
Tony: Thanks for posting the pics. Sorry I complain on every trip about you taking too many pictures (gotta keep moving, another picture? . . .). You don't listen to me anyway. I do appreciate having them available online. Good picture of my beer. -Jeremy.
Looks like an ace ace trip = some lovely photos; I like the final beer one best!
Tony,Hi again and "wow" again. It seems you have a knack for good weather and finding mind blowing views to look at on your trips. As always it is appreciated.
Great pictures! I'm gonna have to organise a hiking trip to the US!
But where Mike, they are lost for choice. I have a few US maps I got a while back as I am planning to go sometime. The deciding where is the bit I am working on. It sure is an amazing place.
Tony,I see you added more photos and commetns since I last checked in. I know it always takes more time than expected, but we appreciate it. I'm still diggin' that Red Rock Trail. During a trip to Vogelsang I had planned to go down to Merced High Sierra camp, but had a change of plans due to the weather, so it's nice to see it.Tom
Tom,Thanks again.There are so many photos that it takes me a few days to weeks to get them all uploaded.Work, family, and life gets in the way of me just uploading 50 photos at a time. :)Did you check you my "High Sierra Trail to Mt .Whitney 2007" photos?That one took me a week or two to get uploaded.I am currently sorting and cleaning up Yosemite Photos of Lake Vernon from May, which I hope to start uploading this upcoming week.Then I have s bunch of photos from August North of Yosemite from the Immigrant Wilderness.Plenty of photos to keep me busy between trips.Anyway, to everyone...thank you for taking the time to view my photos and to post your appreciative comments.Motivates me to get off my lazy butt and get some more photos done. :)-Tony
Tony,Yeah, I saw those photos and for a second thought this group was the same trip. I think that's great country that you two went through, and would love to get out there more. I understand about the time thing...I shold on my way to work right now, but haven't gotten my blinders on yet.You might want to post your next report in the "Trip Report" section since you have obviously put more into this than just posting a few pics.The trip reports and techniques section are really what I most enjoy in the forums. Tom
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You're sure this isn't some random extra from an INXS video?
Black leather, on the beach, in the summer. What a douchebag.
You obviously never been to a buckles and zippers theme party at the beach, hater.
You obviously have been to said party and think it's okay to dress this way daily at the beach, pretentious poser.
Felix is lost.
He's creepy.
Requiem for a dweeb.
Another LA meth head serial killer. There are just so many of them in LA, as you can see, even grandma and the kid don't notice them anymore.
the kid is obviously disappointed because he was hoping for "most oddly dressed guy at the beach".
And then Jared went incognito to follow young Biff and get back the sports almanac, thus restoring the real 1985
Got the hat…just walk real casual and maybe grandma won't see me…
This was not the Bladerunner-themed come-down he hoped for…
Hang onto your purses ladies!
All the toughies walk around Malibu.
ps I LOVE KIDS
"There's Waldo"
From the Ministry of Silly Walks….
Still running for that role in the remake of "The Crow". Silly method actors…
They told him, "Don't you ever come around here."
Raine Maida wannabe.
"Just poop on the beach, then walk away…" (that kid is scarred for life)


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CANTON Well after St. Lawrences game against Clarkson had ended on Wednesday night, Greg Carey was among a handful of Saints still sitting in their locker stalls.
After a suffering a decisive 4-1 loss to their archrival, Carey was still processing the setback in ECAC Hockey play.
That was a tough one, said Carey, a junior winger. Its always tough when you lose to Clarkson, but we still get to play them twice more. Were going to put this behind us and were definitely looking for redemption.
Now the Saints (7-6-2) will try and accomplish this goal when they tangle with the Golden Knights (3-7-5) again in a nonleague meeting in the Festivus Face-Off at 7:30 p.m, Saturday at the Herb Brooks Arena in Lake Placid.
We were obviously frustrated with the way we played, St. Lawrence senior captain Kyle Flanagan said. You dont want to lose in your own barn to your rival, especially like that. So were going to be geared up and ready for Saturday.
Despite winning five of its first six games, St. Lawrence is still striving to find consistency this season.
Weve got to find a way to be more consistent, St. Lawrence coach Greg Carvel said. Its unacceptable the way we started the game, but they came out and played real well in the first period.
But how can we play so poorly in the first period and then play so well in the second period? They were aggressive and played physical from the start and we didnt start doing that until the second period.
Wednesdays outcome was the fifth consecutive loss by St. Lawrence to Clarkson in conference play.
That was real tough, Saints junior goalie Matt Weninger said. We havent beaten then in the league since I got here. This is frustrating because we know were a better team.
While the loss to Clarkson marks the first time the Saints have been beaten in two straight games this campaign, theyve fared only 2-5-2 since starting league play in early November.
Weve got to find a way to step it up right now, Weninger said. Weve done things in spurts, like two periods here, two periods there or game here, a game there. Weve got to get that consistency back.
While the Golden Knights are tied for fourth place in the ECAC, St. Lawrence has gotten off to a disappointing 1-4-2 start in the league, sitting in 10th place.
The Saints fell behind 3-0 on Wednesday, including yielding two goals in the first period.
We had a lot of positives from the game last night, Flanagan said. Other than the first period and a couple lapses, we felt we played 45 good minutes of hockey. But obviously you cant come out flat like that in the first period and let them get two goals. They played well for 60 minutes and weve got to match that.
St. Lawrence, which prides itself on special teams, was only 1-for-6 on the power play against Clarkson, and failed to convert on all three of its man-advantages in the third period.
Their penalty kill did a real nice job against us, Carvel said. We were trying to be a little too pretty on our power play and weve got to get in a focus of getting more pucks to the net.
Were still a top-10 power play in the country, Flanagan said. And our penalty kill is still doing real well. So our special teams are still going well and we count on our power play to cash in when we get chances. Watching some video, there were some openings that we didnt take advantage of, so we have to do better on Saturday night.
The Saints get another crack at the Golden Knights, who have won five of the past six meetings.
After losing to Clarkson, 5-3, in an ECAC encounter last season on Dec. 6, the Saints rebounded with a 4-1 victory over their rival on Dec. 10 in Lake Placid.
We need to be the team that weve shown we can be, Weninger said.
St. Lawrence has struggled on Saturday nights, faring 2-5-0, including four straight losses.
All five losses have come to national-ranked teams Western Michigan (tied for seventh in the country), Yale (15th), Quinnipiac (13th), Boston University (tied for 7th) and Cornell (11th).
In contrast, the Saints are unbeaten on Friday nights at 5-0-2.
While St. Lawrence and Clarkson have split the past two meetings in Lake Placid, the Golden Knights edged the Saints, 4-3, in the 1999 ECAC championship game at the Olympic arena.
Saturdays game will be the 191st meeting between the two programs, with the Golden Knights holding a 117-65-9 advantage.
The Golden Knights are the Saints most played opponent in St. Lawrence history, with the rivalry dating back to 1925.
Clarkson holds a 10-5-0 edge in games played on neutral ice.
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I am not seeing the Rated Range displayed as the green bar on the digital speedometer reflect what the Energy Tab shows for Projected Range.
My Rated Range reflects very closely the actual miles driven no matter how I drive the car. I would have expected that driving aggressively (380+ Whr/mi) would be cause the Rated Range to decrease faster than actual miles driven and the Rated Range to decrease less than actual miles if driving conservatively (240Whr/mi).
I am wondering if I need a 100+ mile trip to observe this better. Ie the adjustment to Rated Range kicks in at 50% change level or something?
Rated is the EPA MPGe estimate applied to your remaining charge, no matter how you've been driving. The Projected adapts to your recent style and usage.
From what I've learned driving the S is that RATED comes out to be around 308 Wh/mi. PROJECTED on the energy tab takes an average usage of selected scale you have chosen... 5, 15, or 30. The avg Wh/mi number is on the left and your range from that equation is on the right.
That being said, RATED does use the amount of energy left in the pack and factors in the 308Wh/mi to give you that range number. If you are efficient, (say, on a downhill drive) that number will decrease slower than you cover the miles. On the other hand it will decrease faster than the miles if you are climbing.
As an example, I drive 26 miles to work. It's a loss of about 800 ft. I only 'use' 12 miles of rated range getting to work with a Wh/mi of about 200. By the time I get back home, the wh/mi climb and everything averages out again. I usually finish my round trip with a wh/mi of around 300, and my rated mileage ends up being 1:1 with actual miles driven.
Hope that helps... You'll figure out your own way of seeing the 'gas gauge' and get comfortable with it. Everybody does. Just drive :)
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This blog highlights the development,concerns and problems lying ahead of our beloved India and takes an insight into the views of a common man regarding this.
Tuesday, December 25, 2012
Wolves Within Few Fallen Men Of Our Country
Why do they rape? How do they rape? What they think when they rape? Who they think they are when they rape? What they think of the unfortunate soul they rape?
When a normal person tries to find answers to these questions they will find themselves boiling with anger,crying with grief,suffocate with helplessness and each and every erector pili muscle of their body in action.Most of us can't even dare to imagine the plight and magnitude of all these which a victim actually has to undergo.What has happened to mankind? Why some humans have undergone retrogressive metamorphosis to turn into wolves? Why has the moral values gone down the drain? All of these needs a deep analysis.Sometimes it is power,sometimes it is lust,sometimes it is alcohol,sometimes it is anger,sometimes revenge,but whatever be the reason this thing needs to stop.We are humans and we cannot coexist with wolves so its better not to turn into one and not let others turn too.
We are also somewhere and to some extent responsible for letting the already turned wolves blood soak our lives and the prime reason is the selfishness that has creeped into our thinking system.We do feel sorry for the victim,but that is all we do.Then we return back to ourselves with the illusion that it will never happen to our family.Do we care if the culprit got punished or not and if they got punished then was the punishment adequate? Has an example been set for future? No we rarely think about all of these,just because it has not happened to us.One person alone,that too a victim cannot simply stop this dirty crime,We all as a human society regardless we are victim or not need to stand together and announce we have zero tolerance for such wolves.We need a society where zero tolerance to rape prevails in all the sections and among all the sections of the society.Neither a rich or powerful person dares to touch a poor woman nor a drunk bus driver or cab driver dares to rape a woman returning from a movie or a party.You just cant rape a woman and get away with it.You will be hanged if you do it.
This thing has now existed for a long time and has not been taken seriously the way it should have been.Our government can make amendments to the constitution to facilitate quota in promotions inorder to create votebanks, but is least interested in arranging capital punishments for those bloody rapists who bring shame to our society.The police has been forced into polishing shoes of big people instead of protecting common people who need them more. This Delhi gang rape incident which has shaken the whole country may not be the last if we continue our state of denial.Today the country boils with anger and rightly so,but let us not let this anger die and eventually fade out with time so that we return to the same state of denial.I very much support capital punishment following a long prison term for these wolves of our society along with emasculation so that they can experience even a fraction of, if not less, the physical and psychological trauma which an innocent had to undergo because of them.Let us make this thing crystal clear to each and every section of our society that it will not be tolerated and there is no getting away.Recently I was very surprised and disappointed to hear a female parliamentarian say that capital punishment for rapists will drive them to kill their victims.She may well have her concerns for the fellow women's lives but is it not a too defensive approach to counter an extremely aggressive offence.Are you trying to give the victim a consolation prize in the form of her life?Don't you understand that each day till the end of her life that incident will haunt her and will keep draining the so called 'Life' from within her whereas that offender will be set free after a maximum of 7 years(which can be less too).Until and unless he knows what's coming for him nothing much will stop him from turning into a wolf.So what should we do? Let them turn into wolves occasionally in return that they will spare the lives of the victims which is never guaranteed,or let them know that if you do such a thing,we will show you hell on earth and later.Why should an unfortunate innocent soul undergo emotional and physical punishment which she never deserved,whereas the culprit wolf undergoes not even a fraction of what he actually deserves?You have to be a human to avail human rights,wolves have no place amongst us.
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Wednesday, May 2, 2012
Why Congress fears BJP
The general election of November 1989 marked the end of an era. Never again has a political party won a majority on its own in the Lok Sabha. And not since 1989 has the political air been as putrid as it is today.
When Bofors struck in April 1987, there was no 24x7 news TV, no Internet and no social media. The press played a significant role in uncovering the scam. But Bofors was a relatively uncomplicated scam with half-a-dozen pivotal players and kickbacks - siphoned off through proxies in Europe - totalling Rs. 64 crore. Adjusted for inflation, that would be equivalent to around Rs. 950 crore today.
The 2G spectrum case is more complex - and more diabolical. Whatever the actual loss to the public exchequer, the manner in which the 2G spectrum scam was plotted right from May 2007 by a cabal of UPA ministers, civil servants and corporate executives, as the special CBI court has observed, shows how brazen our political, business and bureaucratic class has become in the two decades since Bofors.
But will the 2G spectrum trial - which, along with appeals in various higher courts, could easily stretch to beyond 2014 - undermine the Congress in the next Lok Sabha poll as dramatically as Bofors did in 1989 - decimating the party's parliamentary seat tally from 404 to 197? Public memory is short but not as short as politicians would like it to be. Despite taking ownership of a flurry of anti-corruption and pro-poor legislation over the next two years, the Congress will be punished electorally in 2014. The top leadership of the Congress knows this. The only question is: how severely?
The UPA government is up against an opponent - Anna Hazare - who has a track record of fighting corruption cutting across party lines. He has battled and defeated both Congress and BJP-Shiv Sena leaders in Maharashtra and, despite controversies dogging his team, continues to enjoy wide public support. The accusation that Anna is a mask for the BJP-RSS is so palpably false that UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi must herself be embarrassed to hear her general secretary, Digvijay Singh, spew such nonsense.
But if she were embarrassed, wouldn't she call off this particularly foolish line of attack on Anna? She could. The fact that she hasn't speaks volumes for how deeply the Congress fears the BJP electorally and the RSS ideologically - and how far it will go to demonise them.
The strategy used by the Congress to "partner" sections of the media in villifying Anna's campaign has already proved counter-productive. The newspapers, TV channels and senior editors who act as surrogate mouthpieces of the Congress have succeeded only in damaging their own reputations built over decades. That damage is irreparable.
For the UPA government, the loss of faith among voters will not lessen with the passage of time. The 16th Lok Sabha election, which will probably be held over five phases, must be completed before early-May 2014. Voting in the first phase will therefore begin in March 2014. By September 2013 the Election Commission's model code of conduct would kick in. That is just 22 months away - around the time several skeletons would have tumbled out of the UPA's closet during the course of the 2G spectrum trial.
In 2014, given the problems of coalition adharma it has faced over the past few years, the Congress could well choose to sit in the Opposition if it wins less than 160 seats. If it wins more than 180 seats and decides to form a minority government, such a government will be inherently unstable. In such an eventuality, Rahul Gandhi may opt to take his ailing mother's place as Congress president/UPA chairperson and let a new CEO-PM do the thankless job Manmohan Singh has now done for over seven years. Power without direct accountability is an acquired taste.
Sonia and Rahul's long-term problem is that the Congress' national voteshare has been stuck in a narrow range between 25% and 28% since the 1996 Lok Sabha poll. The Muslim vote contributes at least 10% (over a third) to this voteshare and hands the Congress more than a third of its Lok Sabha seats. The mainstream Hindu vote has deserted the Congress - only around 16% of the 83% majority (around one in five) now vote for it. Following Anna's movement, the erosion in majority support to the Congress is set to deepen. The Muslim vote, as a consequence, has become even more critical to the Congress's future electoral viability.
This is the background against which Digvijay Singh's anti-BJP/RSS tirade has to be seen. As the Gandhi family's unofficial ventriloquist, he is tasked with pandering to the most regressive symbolisms in the Muslim votebank - Batla House, Azamgarh, saffron terror, etc. This cynically exploits Muslim paranoia and heightens the community's siege mentality.
Instead of encouraging Muslims to join the mainstream, the Congress's strategy keeps Muslims on the margins of Indian society. It also makes them easy vote fodder. Obviously, this strategy will fail in the long run. Apart from alienating Hindu voters, Muslims too will - as education seeps through the community - see through the secular duplicity that keeps them imprisoned in their socio-economic ghettos in order to keep the Congress in power.
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Monday, April 23, 2012
Sunday, April 22, 2012
From a single-stage, liquid-propelled, surface-to-surface Prithvi missile with a 150-km range, which was first launched in 1988, to a three-stage Agni-V that can take out targets 5,000 km away, it has been a "giant leap" for India in less than 25 years.India already has nuclear-capable missiles that can reach all of Pakistan and Agni V is clearly intended to provide a similar deterrent capability with respect to China.
Agni-V, with all its three stages powered by solid propellants, is a "game-changer" for India in its missile technology capability. Agni III and V are the first Indian missiles that can potentially be equipped with several warheads each (known as Multiple Independently Targeted Re-entry Vehicles or MIRV).Having acquired mature mastery in missile technology&demonstrated MIRV capability INDIA has put on notice those adversaries who might have looked down on our R&D&deployability.With our sincere "NO FIRST STRIKE"declared nuclear policy all SECURITY COUNCIL nations now are forced to not only take notice but respond openly and honestly when INDIA inspite of her non-NPT status questions the discriminatory policy of both CTBT&NSG.
Prithvi was the first of the missiles developed under the Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme (IGMDP), which was initiated in 1983 and wound up in 2007 after most of its objectives were met. However, the path to indigenous development from Prithvi to Agni-V was not smooth, as India had to overcome technology-denial regimes.
After the successful launch of Prithvi-1 in February 1988 and Agni in May 1989, the United States and other developed countries imposed technology embargoes on India under the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR), adversely affecting the availability of electronic devices such as computer processor chips, radio frequency devices, electro-hydraulic components, maraging steel and composite materials such as carbon fibre.
Undeterred, the DRDO embarked on a massive programme to overcome denial of scores of items. Adopting a consortium approach by roping in many of its laboratories, private industries and universities, the DRDO developed critical components such as phase shifters for phased array radars for the Akash missile; magnesium alloys for Prithvi; and servo-valves, resins and carbon fibres for re-entry systems of Agni.
From the first generation anti-tank missiles in the 1960s to Prithvi, Agni, Akash, Trishul and Nag, the DRDO has designed and developed a variety of missiles that could be launched from different platforms, including a canister. The missiles that have been inducted into the armed forces include Prithvi-1, Prithvi-II, anti-ship Dhanush, surface-to-air Akash and surface-to-surface Agni-1 (700 km), Agni-II (2,500 km) and Agni-III (3,500 km).With Supersonic cruise missile Brahmos already inducted into the Army and the Navy, The Akash in the service of the IAF, The Nuclear-Powered submarine Arihant boasting of K-15 underwater-launched missile we have a complete range of missiles to take care of various threats from different quarters.
Among the strategic systems, the Agni missiles form the bulwark of India's nuclear deterrence strategy, which is based on the no-first-use of nuclear weapons policy.Agni V is set to provide a much needed start of deterrence against Chinese aggression. China's rise has been coupled with an imperialist mindset that has brought it into conflict with neighbouring countries. China has now started allying with some of the most repressive regimes in the world for purposes of stealing valuable national resources from the people of those nations. Who can forget the war inflicted upon a friendly India in 1962? It is even harder to understand China's claims over Arunachal Pradesh today in any historical or modern context. It can also be not forgot how China threatened to attack India in 1965, a war that was thrust upon India by Pakistan.
India also realised the need for a ballistic missile defence system in the late 1990s after Pakistan tested the Ghauri missile with a range of more than 900 km with a capability to carry a nuclear warhead weighing one tonne.To protect vital assets in the shortest possible time, A two-layered air defence system was conceived. The very first Interceptor missile test was an unalloyed success: An incoming ballistic missile, mimicking the trajectory of an enemy missile,was intercepted and destroyed in exo-atmosphere at an altitude of 48 km in November 2006. the second Interceptor test in endo-atmosphere at an altitude of 15km in december 2007 was also a grand success,validating INDIA'S BMD capability.
At the outset,Kudos to our DRDO Officials and may god bless them in their future endeavours. The indigenous development of Agni V shows India's profess in developing ICBMs which are second to none in a group of five nations.This will reduce our reliance on foreign defence equipment which is wasting tax payers money,reduce corruption in defence deals. Also, this would enable us to develop &foster technical knowledge internally, create a good manufacturing base in the country for our defence and thereby create lot of jobs in our Country. Our self reliance would also earn us the respect of our neighbours and the Western countries as well.
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Wednesday, April 18, 2012
India, the country of mysterious paradoxes; the land where civilizations and times intermix, a mysterious place which attracts people from all over the world.Presenting a little showcase of this astonishing contrast between wealth and misery, contemporary technologies and ancient historical monuments, plenty of languages, cultures and traditions.
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Monday, April 16, 2012
Poverty and Education - India
We got our Independence from the British in 1947. We are in the 65th year of Independence. From then we have managed to gallop with a pace; I would call a "Lame Horse Pace". While the Indian industry has moved at some pace, this could have been much faster. We should have, by now had 100% literacy, but we still lag behind. We only have 59% who can read and write.
The political system of our country has deteriorated, with cheap vote bank dependent ideologies sprayed all around. Most of the politicians look for opportunities to pull the rug from those in authority. While the ideology of the leaders during the early period was to abolish caste and maintain a harmony between different religions, the vote bank politics has created a divide between sections of the society. After sixty five years of independence we should have forgotten what a low caste is; however the identification of individuals by caste is only increasing. And communal divide is getting stronger. In every application that we fill in, we still have that caste and religion titles to be filled up. This is worsening day by day and a time seems very near, of another division of this great country unless something positive is done in this direction. While we should have taken incomes as criteria for giving concessions, we have been encouraging this divide of caste and religion. Unfortunately every government has been shortsighted. The extent of corruption is visible every where right from the politicians to the babus. But yes there are regions where development is seen…Do we attribute it to the Governments? Or the credit worthy are the industry leaders and the common man who works for the industry.
41% uneducated…25% Indians live below the poverty line. And there are these politicians who live and travel in luxury, gift cars and gizmos to rich, spend millions in marriages of their kins, and have the best of security. That is what India is. It's a shame we carry.
How do we educate the uneducated? How do we eradicate this poverty? How do we change this India?
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Sunday, April 15, 2012
देश में हड़तालें हैं,
चक्का जाम हैं,
सड़कें बंद हैं,
रेल बंद है,
बसें फूँकी जाती हैं..
टायर जलायें जाते हैं
पुतले फूँके जाते हैं
सबसे बड़ा लोकतंत्र है...
ये देश स्वतंत्र है..
स्कूल में गोली चलती है
बच्चे आत्महत्या करते हैं
एम.एम.एस बनते हैं,
ये देश के भविष्य हैं(?)
स्कूल कालेज की
दुकान लगती है,
सरेआम विद्या बिकती है
सबसे बड़ा लोकतंत्र है...
ये देश स्वतंत्र है...
कानून तोड़े जाते हैं
दुकानें जलाई जाती हैं
दंगे-फसाद आम हैं
आतंकवाद है,
हर राज्य में वाद-विवाद है
६१ सालों का आरक्षण खास है
सब निकालते भडास हैं
सबसे बड़ा लोकतंत्र है...
ये देश स्वतंत्र है...
इज्जत पर परमाणु करार है
नोटों पर बनती सरकार है
आतंकवादियों पर रूख नरम है
देश तोड़ना भाषा का करम है
राज ठाकरे का 'राज' है
ये नेताओं के हाल हैं
ये कैसा तंत्र है (?)
'नोट' या 'वोट' तंत्र है
सबसे बड़ा लोकतंत्र है...
ये देश स्वतंत्र है...
३० प्रतिशत अशिक्षित हैं
खाना खिलाने वाला किसान
मजबूर है
बिना छत के मजदूर हैं
पीने को पानी नहीं
नदियों के पानी पर लडाई है
एकता की होती बड़ाई है
६१ सालों में बुराइयाँ
जस की तस हैं
ढीठ देश आज भी
बेबस है,
कमजोर है
जाने देश किस ओर है
सबसे बड़ा लोकतंत्र है!!!
ये देश स्वतंत्र है???
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Some would argue that the slip dress is Moss' most iconic look, but today, we're highlighting another wardrobe staple approved by the beautiful Brit—a sleek black jacket. Over the years, the supermodel's proved that a classic black jacket is the key to polishing any outfit in a snap.
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The much anticipated UFC 175 card from Las Vegas, Nevada, transpires this weekend (July 5, 2014) and with only three days to go before the event, the buzz and tensions are beginning to come to a boil.
Today (July 2, 2014), Bantamweight Champion Ronda Rousey was on hand at the Fashion Show Mall in "Sin City" for an open workout, and to put on display some of her tremendous judo skills, ground attack, and boxing chops.
By viewing of the – MMA Heat – video, "Rowdy" looks to be in great shape and focused. Her jab appears crisp, her combinations fluid, and her ground game impressive. Regarding the champ's judo, fans can get a sense of just how much torque the 27-year-old Olympic judoka generates when she steps in to throw an opponent.
Rousey will be taking on the No. 2 ranked Alexis Davis on Saturday night, as the champion defends her title for the fourth consecutive time. Rousey is expecting a tough fight from the well-rounded Canadian, however, in watching Rousey in her warm up, it's hard to imagine "Rowdy" being stopped. Yet, if it can be done, then perhaps the 29-year-old jiu-jitsu black belt and stand-up fighter is the one to do it.
Happily, fans will get to find out on Saturday night.
Here's Ronda Rousey's open workout.
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Hi-Liter Graphics LLC of Burlington has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Inland Press of Menomonee Falls. With the purchase, Hi-Liter is forming a wholly owned subsidiary to be known as Inland Book LLC. The financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. The combined entities are expected to have annual sales of more than $29 million in fiscal 2004. Hi-Liter Graphics will continue to operate the Inland specialty binding and fulfillment operations in the Menomonee Falls plant. Hi-Liter Graphics officials are expecting the majority of the Inland Press employees to remain with the new company. Jim Lacy, the owner and president of Inland Press, will become the executive vice president of the combined entity, which brings together two successful Wisconsin printing and bind organizations. "Properly leveraged, our combined assets will provide significant growth opportunities by offering a more complete product line to our customer base," said Craig Faust, president of Hi-Liter Graphics. Faust continues to hold a majority interest in Hi-Liter Graphics.
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Amy Williams wins historic gold medal at Winter Olympics
Posted: February 20, 2010|
Bath's Amy Williams has made history by becoming Great Britain's first individual gold medallist at a Winter Olympic Games for 30 years.
The 27-year-old, who lives in the city centre and attended Bathwick St Mary, Hayesfield and Beechen Cliff schools, clinched the Vancouver 2010 women's skeleton title at after a dominant performance over the two days of the competition at the Whistler Sliding Centre.
And Williams' life-changing achievement on her Olympic debut saw her complete a full set of medals for the University of Bath-based British Skeleton programme, which produced 2002 bronze medallist Alex Coomber and Shelley Rudman, who won silver four years ago.
She had a 24-hour wait before receiving her medal - the first won by any British athlete at the 2010 Games - at around 3am GMT on Sunday morning.
Williams said: "It's absolutely brilliant. It's out of this world. Never in a million years did I think I'd come here and win gold.
"I don't think it will sink in for weeks and weeks.
"It's amazing to do this for my country. I had nothing to lose here and I just went for it. I enjoyed every minute.
"I knew I had to just keep it together. I can't remember what I did on the last run, half of the track is just a blur.
"I've done everything I possibly could in the last four years to get here and to put in my best performance."
Williams, who has never won a World Cup race, went into the event in Rudman's shadow and was up against a trio of Canadian athletes – including world number one Mellisa Hollingsworth – who had controversially enjoyed 10 times as much practise time on the super-fast Whistler track.
But, having posted some impressive times in practice, the former Wessex & Bath AC 400m runner led the competition from start to finish, opening with a track record and then breaking it on her third run - clocking 53.68secs. Despite carrying the hopes of a nation on her shoulders, Williams remained ice cool and finished the job with a fourth run of 54.00 to end the competition with a combined time of 3mins 35.64secs.
That was some 0.56secs - a massive margin in skeleton - quicker than silver medalist Kerstin Szymkowiak, of Germany, whose team-mate Anja Huber took bronze.
Rudman finished sixth after an impressive final day, while Hollingsworth ended up out of the medals in fifth spot.
After a near-flawless display on the ice, the only drama for Williams came off it.
In the wake of her blistering start to the competition, the United States, Canada and Germany conspired, together with two other unnamed teams, to file a protest to the International Bobsleigh and Toboggan Federation (FIBT) against the helmet she was wearing. They claimed it gave her an illegal aerodynamic advantage but the protest was thrown out.
The hst nation submitted a more detailed written objection after the event ended, leaving Williams with a four-hour wait before the result was finally confirmed.
Williams said: "When someone's extra quick everyone always finds something to pull out.
"My helmet is checked by the jury days before like everyone else and has the sticker on the side saying it's passed, so I'm not worried about it."
Williams was cheered on by parents Jan, a former midwife, and Ian, a chemistry professor at the University of Bath at Whistler, together with an army of noisy British fans. Four male supporters watched the finale of the skeleton competition with A, M, Y and ! written on their bare torsos.
Her brother, Simon, and twin sister Ruth were among those watching back in Bath, at the Pulteney Arms, as the girl nicknamed 'Curly Wurly' because of her hairstyle delivered the goods in stunning style just before 2am.
Williams' gold medal is Britain's first since the women's curling team triumphed at Salt Lake City eight years ago. The last individual Olympic champion from these shores was Bristol ice skater Robin Cousins, who was victorious in 1980 - before Williams was even born.
It is also the first in a sliding event since Tony Nash and Robin Dixon won the two-man bobsleigh in 1964.
The last British woman to win an individual gold was Jeannette Altwegg, who won the figure skating title in Oslo in 1952.


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South Bend, IN – Joey Rickard drove in three runs and Jeff Ames hurled five impressive innings to lead the Bowling Green Hot Rods (1-0) to an 8-2, Opening Day victory over the South Bend Silver Hawks (0-1) on Thursday night at Coveleski Stadium. Bowling Green brought ten men to the plate in a five-run seventh inning to storm past the Silver Hawks. Reinaldo Lopez spun two scoreless innings of relief to pick up the win.
Both starters, Ames for Bowling Green and Jesse Darrah for South Bend, were able to dominate the early portion of the game. Darrah retired the first 12 men that faced, while Ames was not far behind, retiring his first ten men that he faced. Patrick Leonard's double to leadoff the fifth inning was not only the first Hot Rod hit of the season, but it contributed to the Hot Rods first run. Luke Maile followed Leonard's double by grounding a ball to third base. That ball was booted, and Leonard came in to score.
South Bend immediately tied the score on a Socrates Brito solo shot off Ames. Lopez escaped a jam in the bottom of the sixth, and the Hot Rods used that momentum to break the game open in the top of the seventh. After a Marty Gantt RBI-infield single, Rickard tripled home two runs. Later in the inning, Andrew Toles and Tyler Goeddel contributed by driving in a run each.
Firmly in control of the game, the Bowling Green offense added on two more runs in the top of the eighth inning on RBI-singles from Rickard and Leonard. Jose Molina pitched the final two frames for Bowling Green, allowing a lone run.
The Hot Rods are now 4-1 all-time on Opening Days and have now won two straight Opening Days against South Bend. Ames finished the night allowing just one run on two hits in five frames. Eight of nine Hot Rods starters recorded hits, and four players put together multi-hit games (Rickard, Toles, Leonard, Gantt).
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Limestone pilasters of Horemheb
From Saqqara, Egypt
18th Dynasty, around 1320 BC
Horemheb was one of the most powerful figures in the reign of Tutankhamun (about 1336-1327 BC). He would have supported the general return to the religious practices of the mainstream Eighteenth Dynasty following the interlude of the Amarna Period. He was a general, and, along with many of his important contemporaries, such as the treasurer Maya, chose to be buried in the necropolis (cemetery) of the capital city of Memphis, at Saqqara. The location of the tomb of Horemheb was lost until 1975. When Tutankhamun died childless, another important official, Ay, took the throne. On his death, the throne passed to Horemheb; as king, it was not appropriate that he be buried in Saqqara, and he constructed a tomb instead in the Valley of the Kings.
These pilasters were
placed in the second court of the tomb of Horemheb, punctuating a
series of reliefs. Each bears a hymn of adoration, one to
The reliefs were adjusted once he became king, as a small uraeus (the royal serpent) was carved on the general's brow, marking the change in his status, although there is no evidence that this tomb was used for his burial.
More information
G.T. Martin, The Memphite tomb of Horemheb (London, Egypt Exporation Society, 1989)
R.E. Freed, Y.J. Markowitz and S.H. D'Auria (eds.), Pharaohs of the sun: Akhenaten (London, Thames & Hudson, 1999)
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Not sure this is a killer-feature, but this sounds cool anyway.
Making it easy to spot code differences, instead of playing "what's different between these two" all day long. Even with git GUI programs, it isn't as clean and easy.
As @Drew and @Dave said earlier, there are very practical applications for this type of functionality--things that people would love to be able to do with ST2!
Twilight.tmTheme for example has "<key>lineHighlight</key><string>#FFFFFF08</string>" which is truly not an #ffffff white when I enable line highlighting. I also used this for my own scope definitions.
The first would be quite easy to achieve, the latter is tough. Still, they both require some OS-specific tweaks while the latter would require even more. On Windows I assume you'd have to either use a multi-layered window and a bunch of layers on that window and stuff (I never completely got it) or capture the to-be-rendered area behind it and draw it below the actual program's output. If you can even do that.
And that's only one OS.
This isn't something you'd program application-based for multiple plattforms. Try some methods espacially made for your OS (there are a bunch of programs that can set window's transparencys) if you really need it.
I don't see why it couldn't be done. At least in both OS X and Linux (gnome-terminal, even when not using compiz) the window managers support it... and ST2 is already compiled for different platforms. There must be OS-specific stuff in the code already. If ST2 were open source this probably would've been done already. : )
Would love to have transparency like in iTerm2, having a hotkey to toggle between transparency would be awesome as well.
Yes, I want it very much.
So, is this feature being considered for upcoming releases, if so, when? If not, why?
Ditto. I am curious why @Jon Skinner hasn't said anything in this thread...? It's been over two years and we haven't heard a peep. Jon, what's up? If there is some serious issue in doing this, please let us know! If not, let us know why it's either taking so long, or you are unwilling to do it. Thanks!
That's his style. He works more or less on lone wolf mode, following a roadmap that we have no idea of. But he did create a high quality product that thousands love.
The community is suffering though. We have absolutely no idea of what is his long term view for Subilme, what is in the future for Sublime, what is important and what is superfluous in his opinion...
+1 - really need to be able to see windows in the background (it helps to observe terminal output, progress bars, and the like)
+1 Yes please. Totally useful feature, especially on smaller screens, when observing terminal output, color hex values, text on websites, emails, you name it. Plus it looks cool when you've got a nice wallpaper in the background :-)
It's shameful that such a feature-rich app doesn't support this already!
This is the only reason I have not switched to ST2 because it doesn't support transparency. My Textmate theme uses transparency for almost all syntax (for example HTML attributes), and since ST ignores these it just ends up being a big grey blob.
Add this and I purchase ST2. I won't be switching until I can use my TM theme properly.
+1 for me too!!
Subtle but really opens up the desktop like mirrors in a room :)
Being able to set transparency for the background colour would be very nice. And as some other commented - I'd also prefer that the foreground colour (text colour) remains opaque.
Where's the vote button. I WANT.
Background transparancy and a hot key to toggle it would be money in this app.
This would make the shift from emacs on a transparent terminal to sublime text soo much easier...
Would love this feature!
+1... I was searching for this feature on net and landed here. If it can possible then please make it happen.
I also want a transparent bg!, it's very productive to be able to see your browser behind your editor.
Yup.. me too please +1
+1 I'm interested in this as well
+1 miss transparent background. everything else has it!
Would love to have ftp in the background and be able to see confirm auto uploading on saves. This feature would be especially useful to me when working remotely on my laptop, where screen space is limited.
+1 for background transparency!
+1 for background transparency!
Btw, I just found this plugin adjusting the transparency for Windows users posted by @SublimePackages: https://github.com/vhanla/SublimeTextTrans
This is nice and helpful for interim, but just to be nitpicky -- this plugin uses the Win API to set the opacity of the entire application, not just the background.
Apparently, you are right about that. Judging by the screenshot in the readme it looked like it only affects the background but after downloading and trying for myself I saw it was affecting all the windows. Still, worth being mentioned.
I belive it is possible to create such plugin for linux/mac but I'm not familiar with what DLL's look like in these OS.
+1 The only thing I miss from Textmate.
You know, there is this awsome "up arrow" next to the issue where you can "upvote" an issue. This makes it absolutely obsolete to post "+1" in the comments and spam my inbox when I am waiting for helpful comments on an issue.
Here, I made a small illustration: http://i.imgur.com/nCOTMAA.png
Seems like every single issue tracking system I've ever seen has led to endless +1's. The onus is probably on issue systems to do a better job of channeling human nature. Perhaps a comment beginning with "+1" could just strip out the +1 and upvote the issue - and if it's just a +1, don't post the comment at all (just upvote). Or, overhaul the comment entering system to hit people over the head with "upvote rather than '+1'".
+1, do want, will do terrible, terrible things to get
Sublime Text 3 Beta is out. Does it work now? If not, maybe we can help get it in there before release?
+1..... I miss my wallpaper.
+1 ... just because I think it looks badass.
This would be an awesome feature.
+1, would love to see this in 3.
+1.5 :)
Please, stop with +1, it only makes people get notified about your useless comment. Instead, upvote this topic by clicking on the green counter's arrow at the top.
PS : For windows users that want this feature, check SublimeTextTrans by vhanla and apply my fix :
+1 really craving this feature!
Under any linux with Compiz, you can use Opacity, Brightness and Saturation Setting to make an application transparent.
compiz is heavily bugged though
+1 - I'd find this useful.
I would dig this, especially if you had the browser underneath you could instantly watch changes...
Usually I never bother to vote any of these up and check up every so often to see if the feature has emerged.
But in this rare case, this happens to be the only feature stopping me from switching to Sublime. I currently use TextMate.
On a daily basis, I have various code windows and terminals overlapping one another. While coding, at the same time I'm monitoring what's going on in the background for activity. This is a deal breaker for me. Implement this, and consider me a user.
+100 It is VERY important for developers :)
+1 — This would be awesome for my workflow.
+1 This is literally the only feature keeping me from investing fully into sublime text. I love everything else.
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I have transparency set up in all of my terminal windows and apps (i.e. PAC Manager). This is very useful when overlaying terminal windows on top of other windows to check commands or differences in files. I would love this feature to be in sublime.
+1 This will be really cool! Thanks!
+1 Exactly like how iTerm2 works would be great.
Is there any way to do this under Windows?
Yes, there is a plugin created by vhanla and posted in these comments 8 months ago by FichteFoll that allows you to use a Windows specific DLL to set the transparency. I answered to the post here to give a fix for an error it had on Windows XP but vhanla still didn't update the plugin to reflect the change as this might also cause problems on other versions of windows. Still, you can get the plugin from the above link and check my post to resolve the issue (you only have to edit one line in a file).
It seems to me that nobody cares anymore about this feature as not even the Mac and Linux users are willing to look for or try to adapt the way this plugin works although i'm not sure if it is possible.
There are many of us that still care about this feature. It remains the sole roadblock between me and Sublime as my primary text editor (also a roadblock between me and purchasing it).
As people stated when that plugin was posted, it does not provide the functionality we are looking for. It makes the entire window (text included) transparent. It is hard to imagine anything at the OS level will be able to do anything short of making the entire window transparent. The desired feature is background transparency, so that the text is still entirely opaque. This likely will have to come from Sublime text itself.
I understand, I was expecting my post to cause some reactions because of how little votes this feature has gained over these past 8 months (not even 100).
I'm ok with how the plug-in works on windows as I set up the transparency to about 90% which is enough to still make the text clearly visible on the black background while the menus are completely opaque (not sure if it's related to the dll).
It's not perfect but at least I don't have to alt+tab to check my updates anymore, (that cube is rotating).
I do hope a more viable solution comes up though. : s
I can speak for most Linux users in that, although this is a very desirable feature, we can make the entire window transparent easily with a compositor like xcompmgr or compton, and bind that to a keystroke--so the plugin is of no interest to us, only the feature as specified in the first post.
Thanks so much! I'm using the same exact version of Windows that supposedly was used to create this plugin, Win7 64bit. However, I think I'm doing something wrong. After I install/load this plugin, I do see the new menu options for the plugin; unfortunately, all the Opacity level settings are greyed out/disabled. Even the plugin's "About" info is greyed out.
I also tried changing like 78 to "HDesktop = GetDesktopWindow()". However, that didn't help any.
Is there something I need to do in addition to just placing the package file in my user "packages" directory?
Well, I don't know why but you should probably try to re-download it and be sure to have the following folder structure "Sublime Text x.y.z\Data\Packages\SublimeTextTrans\" containing all the plug-in files. I don't remember doing anything else.
@TheSlider2, I dont have a directory called "Data" anywhere under, "C:\Program Files\Sublime Text 3\*" or under, "%appdata%\Sublime Text 3"
I already tried putting the, "SublimeTextTrans.sublime-package" package file under my, "%appdata%\Sublime Text 3\Installed Packages\" directory. However, all the opacity submenu options are still greyed out/disabled.
All I did was copy the "SublimeTextTrans.sublime-package" package file into the same directory as all my other Sublime Text 3 packages that I added.
I've tried this on two separate PC's (Win7 64bit) with full transparency/Aero Glass support; however under both cases, the menu options are greyed out for this package.
It appears something fundamental is missing or wrong. Im pretty sure I put the package in the right directory; or, I wouldnt have seen the newly added Opacity menu options.
Does it go without saying that this package works for both Sublime Text 3 and Sublime Text 2? I dont have Sublime Text 2 installed. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Oh, I don't know about ST3, i'm using ST2 so there might be an incompatibility there. You can try looking for the problem by comparing file contents with a different plug-in and checking is the right packages are imported in SublimeTrans.py. I can't help you much with that. : s
If you want to try with ST2, be sure to wait a few seconds that it generates it's basic folder structure on the first launch (mainly the contents of the DATA folder) before copying the plugin in there.
sometimes i use Vim instead of Sublime just for the transparent background.
It looks different. The whole window isn't transparent just certain areas/controls. I could be wrong though, I've never used it.
This is currently not feasible in ST.
You can make your caret wide by using, say, "caret_extra_width": 6
However, having a caret that completely hides the character beneath it, is... pointless.
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In the first place, the FRA stipulates that in advance of a financial year, the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation should draw up the year's annual cash plan, setting out the projected monthly cash flows, which would be revised periodically to reflect the actual cash flows.
To further support good implementation practices and improve achievement of budget targets, the FRA mandates the Minister of Finance to prepare and publish, within 30 days of the enactment of the Appropriations Act, a disbursement schedule derived from the annual cash plan for the purposes of implementing the Appropriations Act.
A corollary of this is that early in the financial year (or, ideally, before the commencement of the year), each spending institution has a dashboard showing the funds that are planned to be disbursed to it at scheduled periods through the year. This predictability eliminates the knee-jerk approach to managing revenue/expenditure. It also enables institutions to work more deliberately and, one dares say, more prudently, towards the achievement of their budget targets.
Historically, the culprits-in-chief of imprudent implementation have centered on these notorious four – virement (a situation in which money assigned in the budget is applied to ends other than those specified. Again, the budget may be so poorly planned that it is hardly implementable in the first place. Worse still, cash may not be released on time or not released at all; and then there is the lack of capacity/intention on the part of MDAs to expend according to the rule and earn good value-for-money;
Because a vired expenditure is an alteration to the originally well thought through plan, it upsets both the plan and its inbuilt metrics. It challenges the integrity of the prudence assurance process and is capable of engendering confusion in the assessment of budget implementation. Recognising, however, that there may be exceptional situations where, in the overall public interest, virement could become necessary in the course of the implementation of a budget, Section 27 of the Act vests the power to recommend such virement to the National Assembly only in the Minister of Finance. Even at that, virements can only be between sub-heads of accounts, without exceeding the amount appropriated to such head of account. The fact that the National Assembly's approval is required reinforces the transparency and accountability elements, which are the key drivers of fiscal prudence.
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To ensure that fiscal prudence remains on the radar throughout the life of an Appropriations Act, the FRA, in Section 30, insists that the Minister of Finance, through the Budget Office of the Federation, not only monitors and evaluates the implementation of annual budgets, but also publish reports quarterly in public media, including its website, for all to see. Based on this, value-for-money can be assessed and verified by simply comparing the published claims of budget implementation with actual observations. The net effect is to create an atmosphere where fiscal impunity is discouraged.
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