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This is not what I had in mind. I was told that if I went to college, studied hard, got a good GPA that it wouldn't matter what my major was. I just needed that piece of paper and upon graduation; the world would become my oyster. I would open it take the pearl inside and then slide its briny squishy meat down my gullet. If I then went on to graduate schools and got a Master's degree, the world would be my oyster farm with morning pearl dives and afternoon bourbon cocktails. This isn't what happened: neither the metaphor nor the reality.
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The steroid era is officially over. The two biggest figures, Clemens and Bonds have both been through perjury trials and both acquitted. Juries found both not guilty of lying under oath about using steroids. Attorneys from the United States Department of Justice were unable to show that either man used steroids. In short, there is reasonable doubt that either man ever used steroids despite any other information to the contrary. Baseball's Steroid Era exists in a cloud of loud shouts and quiet disappointments. We will never know definitively just how many major leaguers took PEDs and how it effected their statistics.
If nothing else, the steroid era in baseball reminded us of a few simple truths about the game. The increasing emphasis of numbers by management led players and coaches to abide in them. Fans re-discovered the ugly side of baseball as enterprise. Yet we also enjoyed the potent offense and dominant pitching the steroid era provided. We also had to begin questioning the legacy of the game we loved. Where does this era fit? How do we judge the achievements? Here are the truths we learned and how I think we should view it.
Baseball is more than numbers. The business of baseball is all about stats, but the memory of it disregards them. Bob Costas said recently that Maris and Aaron had "lost their rightful place in history" because of the "inauthentic" numbers put up by McGwire and Bonds. That's not true. Maris and Aaron have a mythic quality to their names, yet no one my age ever saw them play. Our knowledge of them is in grainy television footage and grandpa's recollection. We learned about those men from our mothers, fathers, teachers and coaches. Our forebears cared enough about these ball players to tell stories about them to their offspring. Storytelling creates heroes, not statistics.
Baseball is a business. Professional athletes are just that: professional. Adults need to get paid. Without my job, I can't pay my rent and I'm living with mommy and daddy. The vast majority of professional baseball players live around the poverty line. Most professional ball players are in the minor leagues and live hand to mouth. Hit more homeruns and you'll get more money. The incentive is clear and the assistance is available. Baseball is a boy's game played by men but men aren't boys. Money matters. Being a ball player doesn't make that any less true.
Baseball is entertainment. Baseball, whether watched or played is a diversion from the monotony of the daily grind. Watching a baseball game, no matter how boring, still beats standing on your feet all day taking shit from your boss. During the steroid era, we got to see more homeruns than ever before. Homeruns are awesome. Seeing Pedro Martinez shut down hitters throughout the peak of the steroid era was even more entertaining. Even if we think that steroids are awful and that taking steroids make you a cheater, it doesn't change that baseball was simply fun to watch during their reign in the majors.
The Hall of Fame is Overrated. There are hundreds of players in the Baseball Hall of Fame I've never heard of and dozens more I don't care about. There are a few baseball legends that everyone knows, Ruth, Gehrig, Mays, Aaron, etc. But ask your Average Joe who Christy Mathewson is and he won't have a fucking clue. People remember their personal favorites. Scott Brosius is a god to any Yankee fan under the age of 40. He'll never be in the Hall of Fame, but I'll always know his name.
The Steroid Era is over. We'll be arguing for generations over the authenticity of Barry Bonds's homerun record against Hank Aaron's. We'll still pay top dollar to go see the best baseball players in the world ply their trade and be rewarded for it. The players we've always loved will forever hold a special place in our baseball hearts regardless of their steroid use. No matter what sports writers may say, the steroid era didn't really change anything. Inflated numbers and deflated trust can't stop us from loving baseball. No one statistic, no one player, no one owner, no one scandal is bigger than the game. The greatest truth: Baseball is a game, don't take it too seriously.
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As anyone who is about to read this already knows, for the past year I have been working at a restaurant. I'm a manager/barista (think E from Entourage at Sbarro) at a little place called [name redacted] in Arlington, VA. Anyways, I spend most of my days dealing with customers. 90% of them are some cool ass people and I genuinely enjoy seeing them on a daily basis.
The other 10% are fucking assholes.
Their biggest offense is that they don't tip. These are the type of people who push paper around a desk but won't tip someone who stands on his feet for eight to twelve hours a day. These people expect you to know their food allergies and, by extension, to know every ingredient in every piece of food in the restaurant. They ask for special treatment for their kids who "just won't eat anything". These people have never worked a job requiring manual labor. These people make you understand why al-Qaeda still plans attacks against Americans.
So here is a short list of some of there bullshit that I've had to put up with over the last year. None of this is made up, it's all too real:
-You only have a regular and a large size? Nothing bigger? You should really try to "keep up with the Joneses"…just saying.
-If like anything that even touched shrimp or seafood touches my food, I'll like die…so what can I order?
-When I was in the bathroom the soap just sprayed out on my pants
-Can I get a hot chocolate with whipped cream, but skim milk?
-You're really going to tell a pregnant lady that you're out of bacon?
-Woman: You give away pastries at night to the homeless shelter? So could I have some if I come at closing time?
Me: "Ma'am, no offense, but you're not homeless."
Woman: But I'm black, doesn't that count?
-I want all the things that come in that sandwich, but in a salad…don't worry she (the Salvadorean cook) knows how to make it.
-Iced chai, no ice.
-You guys don't have pumpkin or peppermint lattes? That's lame.
-Sir…sir….(half crying) I just burned my mouth and lips on your tea. Your tea is just far too hot, can I have some ice. You really should look into making your hot water less hot, I've really burned myself and my mouth is starting to blister.
-Well in New Orleans you can get red beans and rice every night, so you should have it here every night too.
-Wait, I can't get a mimosa to go?
-I didn't know it was your yogurt was plain, my husband can't eat plain yogurt, only the flavored stuff.
-Do you have any sugar free pastries? Sugar free syrups?
-Can I get the creole pilgrim sandwich, no bread?
I don't have a good way of concluding this post.
Fuck all of these people.
Yes they deserve to die, and I hope they burn in hell.
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On the scale of 1 to gullible I give myself a 3 or 4. I can usually sniff out bullshit pretty well and just ignore it. This is a story about almost being taken.
I had arrived at work just in time to be asked about a situation the day before involving a cross-eyed German guy and a t-shirt. After being told to never ask someone to explain a sensor laying in a fitting room again, I let my boss take a break and begin to start my day. The phone rings.
"Overpriced clothes for Douchebags, This is Matt"
"Yes Hi is this Matt Shanknasty?"
My back stiffened. You see I'm the only Matt working there. Well there's another but he works less than Andy in the last two minutes. No reason to use last names. This can't be good.
"Yes what can I do for you?" "Well my name is Christy and I'm calling from (some credit collection agency whose name I missed) in regards to your federal student loans"
Calling at work will get anybody's attention. She continued.
"You're aware you are in Federal default currently on the amount of ten thousand dollars?"
"Federal default? Is that like double secret probation?" "What?" "Nevermind, go ahead."
Well she goes on to say that they don't have up to date information for me and were only able to contact me ON A NUMBER THAT I'VE NEVER PUT ON ANY APPLICATION FOR A LOAN EVER. At this point I should have given my cell phone number and ended the conversation but it was just after 2pm on a tuesday at the mall. What else did I have to do?
She goes through the standard anal probe of my finances, starting with my monthly take home pay and subtracting out expenses to arrive at a residual income figure. Presumably to figure out how much she could take me for. But right around the time we're starting to haggle on a monthly payment things started to take a turn for the bullshit.
"Now in order to get involved in the program, you have to put down a down payment and make the agreed upon payments for 9 months. After that we'll stop compounding interest per day, which is about $1.30 per day, and refund collections costs, which are around $2,000."
$3,650. That was the down payment she chucked out. So heavy I'm surprised it fit into the phone line. Who the hell would have that and not be able to make payments I wondered. (sidenote: $3,600 is a years worth of $300 payments, my guess is the extra $50 were for lapdances)
The conversation doesn't get much farther after that and I make her assure me she will not contact me at work again. She asks me not to talk down to her. I hang up.
A few hours later I leave for my hour lunch and check my phone. Voicemail from Chrissy. She's left a number to call and a "reference number" with a letter and numbers attached. This scam is involved.
I call the number, say that I received a call and give my reference number.
"Please verify your social security number" "I just gave you a reference number, verify that"
"Verify your date of birth then" I did it. I figure the worst they can do is send me a card.
I tell her I spoke with Chrissy and we were trying to figure out a payment plan to get my loans out of default.
"You mean you spoke with Christy, I'm Chrissy" "Sure if you say so." "Ok sir well the total balance of this loan is due and the U.S. Department of Education would like to offer you terms to pay off this loan. This is only being done as a courtesy. If you decide to let these loans lapse further, you're looking at a 15% wage garnishment and a deliquency mark on your credit report. Now I have some terms I'd like to discuss with you if you'd like" "Yeah sure go ahead" "Ok so with a down payment of $1,800 you're looking at payments of $249 or with a zero down payment you'd have payments of $300." "Ok so you've got me bent over with a gun to my head here" "Sir you agreed to take these loans out and you have a responsibility to pay them…" I cut her off. "Don't lecture me on responsibility, I have parents for that. And those terms aren't going to work for me. What else ya got?" "Hold on"
She puts me on hold and I put the phone to the side and start going through my accounts in my head. Then as I'm taking another bite my mind wanders. I look at the radio as I'm sitting in my car but realize its off. No way. There was a ton of static and the audio was really low quality but it seemed to fit the music being played…
I'm trying to place the song as she clicks back on. "I just spoke with my supervisor and our client will accept a down payment of $518 with a monthly payment of $109." "Well now you're in the ballpark. Is this the kind of offer that expires when I hang up the phone or can I think about it" "The end of this phone call without an agreement to pay constitutes non-compliance and all deals would be void" "So now I'm bent over, theres a gun to my head AND a ticking clock. I was worried this was going to be high pressure. Sure, what the hell. Let's do it. Game on"
With that she puts me on hold again. No music this time and I'm disappointed. When the line comes alive again I'm told its Christy on the other end and she's ready to fax me a contract, help find me a fax machine ("Staples, Kinkos many places have fax machines") and take my bank account and routing number over the phone. "Well I don't have that information on me right now." "Well do you know your bank account number, I can look up the routing number for you" "No I don't know it off the top of my head"
That's what saved me. Having direct deposit prevents me from writing a deposit slip for my check every other Friday and so its not a number I have memorized. She tells me that I have to call back with the info by 10am tomorrow or they'll take my first born or something. I hang up, finish eating, and remember that the address they kept asking me to verify was my dads. I call and ask if there had been any mail sent there he had forgotten to give me. I explain why I'm asking. "Its a scam son, don't call them again" I curse the fact that I almost fell for it and go back to work. I had to hand it to them though. Calling me at work, using an official tone and all, very professional. There was just one problem: No collections agency has "Houses of the Holy" as hold music.
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It has now been five years since Dave Chappelle left the entertainment world to go chill out on his Ohio farm. At first, his absence from Comedy Central simply meant a lot of unsuccessful sketch shows in his former time slot. Now, the lack of Chappelle in the social commentary is hurting out country. No other black comedian since has had a similar television show, and those that do (Tyler Perry) aren't funny and show white America the "Family Matters" side of black America. Chappelle made us all laugh at the blatant racism and bigotry that still exists in our country despite all the talk of equality and a "post-racial" society. Whether it be the Gay KKK, Friday Night Sissy Fights, Real Real World, The World is Not Meant for Us, or any other sketch, Chappelle was not only making us laugh but also making us think just a little bit.
Alright, I'm not going to go into some diatribe about the socio-economic importance of black comic commentary in America, although I could, but that wouldn't be in line with the Ranty McRanterson policy on seriousness (none is allowed). So, Mr. Chappelle, if you're listening…PLEASE COME BACK. Here is a list of possible sketches I thought of for you. You don't have to pay me for them, just come back. If you don't, the possibility exists that Demetri Martin or Carlos Mencia would get a show again. Do you really want that on your conscience Dave? Do you?
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We all love Chipotle. The soft flour tortilla overflowing with fluffy rice, juicy pepper and onions, mushy beans, succulent tender meats, spicy salsa, gooey guacamole and semi-melted jack cheese. My keyboard is covered in drool just thinking about it. My friend, the Steak Burrito with red salsa (hot), pinto beans and cheese, is probably the stupidest thing to eat the night before a job interview. The song "Tainted Love" springs into my head.
I arrived in College Park for a job interview in Arlington. Meeting up with my bros we drank some Buds (heavy, not light), got hungry and went to that old standby: the Greenbelt Chipotle. A straight shot up MD-193 with the omnipresent danger of hitting a day laborer crossing Greenbelt Road makes the sizzling scent of Chipotle all the more enticing. The fact that you may very well murder a Mexican en route to eat Mexican food somehow makes the burrito that much tastier. But I digress… We got our Chipotle, somehow managed not to eat it in the car and made our way back to 8802, a house so filled with empty beer bottles and cans that a homeless man buy his way off the street if he discovered that Shangri-la of recyclables. I forgot, this post is about the dangers of Chipotle…I'll stay on topic. Chipotle finished, some more Bud time followed by bed time. Up early for the long Metro (Green + Orange) to Arlington, VA.
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[Editor's Note: quikstop85 is an old friend but a new ranter, this post is from his Quikstop Blog. He has previously posted on our blog with the Octo-burner. I'm looking forward to material from quikstop85 to suppliment my otherwise weak posting schedule. Enjoy!]
Howdy there folks. Been some time I know and I apologize to the 3 people who actually check this blog. My bad, but I've been busy. I've talked a lot about politics and some of the generally horrible stuff going on in the world, but for this post, I'm going back to the one thing I know really well: sports. This year, the sports world has been shocked by the allegations and confessions that both Alex Rodriguez and Manny Ramirez are (and most likely were) steroid users. Talking heads talk of their "disappointment" and "dismay" that players of their stature would even consider using steroids. When it comes down to it, however, it doesn't really matter. Steroids or no, , the MLB, NFL, NBA, NHL and even the MLS are as exciting as they've been as least in my 23+ years on this planet. Professional sports are, have always been and always will be a diversion; an organized form of entertainment. Regardless of the health and moral issues associated with steroids, have you not been entertained during the so-called "Steroid Era"?
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SL names Chandimal as Test captain, Tharanga for ODIs, T20I
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Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 12 (ANI): Right handed batsman Dinesh Chandimal has been named as the 15th Captain for the Sri Lankan Cricket team in the Tests after Angelo Mathews stepped down following their series defeat against Zimbabwe. Upul Tharanga will don the role of captain for the One Day International and T20 format. 27-year-old Chandimal had served as vice-captain and led the T20 team in the past, while Tharanga led the ODI team in Mathews absence. Delighted over his promotion, Chandimal said, "Firstly, I would like to thank 'Anji' (Mathews). It's not an easy job as a captain in any team so Anji, you have done a great job the last four, five years." "I am really honoured to captain the Test side. Thanks to the SLC and the selectors who are trusting me as Test captain. We have lots of up and downs the last two years but they have really good players, good youngsters and senior players too. I'm going to put my heart and soul in for the future to get us in the right position," cricket.com.cu quoted Chandimal, as saying. Chandimal was dropped for the five-match series against Zimbabwe after a below-par Champions Trophy campaign. He was Sri Lanka's leading run-scorer in ODI cricket last year. On Monday, Mathews admitted that the unexpected home series loss to Zimbabwe was "one of the lowest points" of his career, said that he would discuss his captaincy future with the SLC selectors. "It's one of the lowest points in my career, and a hard one to swallow," Mathews had said. The all-rounder, who took the reins at the age of 25 in 2013, led Sri Lanka in 34 Tests, 98 ODIs and 12 T20Is. The highlight of Mathews' captaincy was the national side whitewashing Australia 3-0 in a Test series last year. Under Mathews, Sri Lanka have won an away Test series against England, and a home Test series against Australia. However, their performance in limited-overs cricket has been dismal since the 2015 World Cup. The Lankan Tigers defeated Ireland and West Indies under Mathews, but lost home series against Pakistan, Australia and now Zimbabwe. (ANI)


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2019 (Sophomore): Started all 53 games on the year including 49 starts at third base, three in left field and one in right field … Finished second on the team with a .355 batting average (third in the SoCon), recording a team-best 75 hits with 11 doubles and 12 home runs – two coming as inside-the-park homers … Recorded hits in 44 of WCU's 53 games (83%) … Finished the season with 21 multiple-hit games including 10, three-hit games and 12 multiple RBI games … Paced the squad with 51 RBI including a team-best 20, 2-out RBI coming on 30, 2-out hits while batting .423 with two outs … Added 29 walks and seven HBPs for a .446 on-base percentage, second in the SoCon … Enjoyed a season-long 12-game hitting streak in the month of March … Finished 3-for-5 with three runs and five RBI in the road win at UNC Asheville (March 3) … Tallied a career-best six RBI in a 3-for-5 outing with two doubles and a home run at UNCG (March 30) … Named the 2019 Southern Conference Baseball Player of the Year by both the league's head coaches and the voting members of the SoCon Sports Media Association (SCSMA) … Was also named to the first-team All-Southern Conference team at third base.
2018 (Freshman): Played in all 58 of the team's games with 57 starts seeing the bulk of his action in the outfield, making 33 starts in right field … Also had 13 starts at second base, eight at third base and three times as the DH … Finished the regular season ranked second on the team among the regulars with a .324 batting average, collecting a team-best 73 hits in 225 at bats with 20 hits going for extra bases – 14 doubles, a triple, and five home runs … Led the team in hitting most of the season until a hand/wrist injury slowed his production over the final month … Led the Catamounts with 46 RBI on the season, finishing with 13, two-out RBI … Tallied a team-leading 14 multi-RBI games while also leading the squad with 22 multiple hit games including 14, two-hit outings and collecting eight, three-hit games … Finished the year ranked third in SoCon-only games with 34 runs driven in during league play … Grounded into 12 double plays – the most on the team and most in the Southern Conference … Garnered SoCon All-Freshman team plaudits … Named Freshman All-America by Collegiate Baseball, WCU's first since 2014 … Collected his first collegiate base hit on a ninth-inning infield single in game two of the season-opening three-game set at East Carolina (Feb. 17) … His first career extra-base hit came five games into the season with a fourth-inning double against Canisius (Feb. 23) … Hit his first collegiate home run in game two of a doubleheader against Ball State (March 9) as a part of a three-RBI outing … Doubled twice two times on the season – at The Citadel (March 24) and against ETSU (April 29) … Was a part of turning seven double plays in the field. Summer League: Played in 36 games for the Madison Mallards of the Northwoods League … Batted .276 on the summer with 34 hits in 123
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- At Bats: 5, 22 times
- Hits: 3, 16 times (MR: at Samford, 5/12/19)
- Runs: 4, twice (MR: at UNCG, 3/30/19)
- Doubles: 2, three times (MR: at UNCG, 3/30/19)
- Home Runs: 1, 15 times (MR: at Samford, 5/11/19)
- RBI: 6, at UNCG (3/30/19)
- Walks: 3, twice (MR: at UNCG, 3/29/19)
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POLITICO Interview: Gov. Tim Pawlenty
POLITICO: Let's start with the town halls — what is it that accounts for all the energy we're seeing on the grass-roots level?
PAWLENTY: They're ticked off, and they're frightened, and they're showing up at town halls and expressing themselves. That's democracy. And for a former community organizer to complain about that seems a little odd.
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POLITICO: What is your main objection to the Democrats' health care plan?
PAWLENTY: First, if they are going to go forward with the public option, that's a really bad idea. We have an economy and a country here that prizes the private sector approach and to have the government directly competing with the private sector interests is an unwise and misguided direction.
Second, I don't like the fact that there would be a massive tax increase on small and medium-sized businesses across this country at a time when the economy can't afford it. They'll be penalized up to 8 percent if you don't provide health insurance to your employees. Many employers are saying that if they do provide insurance currently, they'll just dump it because they'd rather pay the 8 percent rather than continue to pay the insurance for their employees. So you'd see this offloading of private insurance onto the government roll.
And then, if you'd indulge me with a third one, this thing is a massive spending disaster. The CBO is saying this could cost between a trillion and 2 trillion dollars, depending on which version they ultimately pass. They have no ability pay for it. Even their tax -the-wealthy scheme isn't going to pay for part of it, and then the rest they say they are going to wring out with a bunch of savings and efficiency. I think that's a bunch of hooey. They're not going to do that.
POLITICO: The thing that seems to be resonating right now in terms of a Republican message on health care is this kind of town hall anger and the so-called 'death panels.' Are you worried that that blocks any other sort of message in terms of presenting reform ideas and real Republican plans?
PAWLENTY: Barack Obama's health care plan should have an appearance before its own policy end-of -life panel, to be put out of business. But yeah, we're concerned. I think it is a concern in the sense that if we don't have the money to pay for this, there is going to be rationing whether it's at a panel or a bureaucratic level.
POLITICO: Do you think that Sarah Palin is driving the conversation on health care?
PAWLENTY: Well I think she was focused on one aspect of it, I think that the debate is much broader than that. But I think that the concern that she raised got a lot of attention, and of course people responded to it.
POLITICO: A lot of the national Republicans, whether it's her or Gingrich or a lot of the guys in Congress are throwing bombs every day.
PAWLENTY: Well, I've been throwing my share of bombs also. (laughter)
POLITICO: But you're critical, in that you have partisan arguments, but they don't seem to be as over-the-top.
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POLITICO: But do you think there is a more constructive way to go about this? Because it seems that what is getting through right now, at least in terms of sound bites, there's not really any sort of talk about what Republicans might do.


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ReefBlitz 2014, held at Cannonvale Beach in the Whitsundays, has come to a successful conclusion with the wrap-up of the two day event on Saturday night, with around 450 people attending, including more than 200 local school children. In total, 179 species of animals and plants were identified from 629 observations recorded by ReefBlitz'ers.
Amongst the more interesting species spotted was a pair of Golden Plovers. The Golden Plover is a migratory bird, which stops over in Cannonvale Beach on their migration from Siberia where they nest each year. In addition the team spotted spotted a Beach stone-curlew which has been listed as a vulnerable species.
The event was officially launched by the Minister for Environment and Heritage Protection, Hon. Andrew Powell. The Assistant Minister for Natural Resources and Mines, Seath Holswich MP, along with Jason Costigan, the Local Member for Whitsundays and Councillor Jan Clifford were also in attendance.
A big thank you to all the volunteers that helped make ReefBlitz such a success and also to our ReefBlitz partners – Queensland Government, Earthwatch Institute, Qantas, Bendigo Bank, Tourism & Events Queensland, Eco Bananas and the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority.
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Mac Lipsticks are one of my favourite and go to lipstick's of choice on a daily basis. Their wide range of shades from nudes to reds always makes it hard to not want to buy more. Although my collection is only small compared to so many others, I thought I would share with you my current beloved beauties.
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This shade was actually my very first Mac lipstick which I kindly received from my bestfriend Chloe last year. It has a soft satin finish, that nourishes your lips while also adding a gorgeous muted brownish-pink colour to them. It is most definitely my favourite Mac lipstick shade in which I own, this is because it compliments my skin tone well and is such a pretty colour that I always tend to reach for more than others.
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Mac 'Diva' is a beautiful intense matte reddish-burgundy shade, which I received from my boyfriend Ben this year on my birthday. It's such a daring colour and bold colour, which would be perfect for any party or special event. It isn't too drying on your lips and it tends to last quite a while before needing to re-apply again.
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Pretty Irresistible is a bright matte raspberry red, which I received in the Enchanted Gift Set alongside a lip liner and lip-gloss for Christmas off my parents. It's the perfect red lip shade, so why not check out this post to find out why I love this shade so much!
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Velvet teddy is a pretty matte deep-tone beige shade, which is such a natural nude colour. I kindly received this lipstick for my birthday off Ben as well as Diva. It's such a well known shade in which I'm sure every beauty guru has heard of or raved about, ever since Kylie Jenner mentioned her love for it. However, we all have to agree that she was right!
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At this time of year when harvest is upon us and the family are working long hours, this coupled with the difference in time zones (where I am), you have to thank modern technology for applications like Facebook, Twitter and internet websites.
These electronic mediums allow me to keep upto date with what is going on at home. I know Jennie and Lucy regularly contribute in order to keep the online thread going and thus keep people informed. Me being one! The photos that are posted are worth a thousand words (as they say), especially when it's a picture of me stuffing a cream cake in my mouth! Lucy has a penchant for having a camera in her hands at the most opportune (or should I say inopportune!!) moments.
I can't help but notice from my distant location, the ever spreading influence of the Yorkshire Rapeseed Oil Brand. This is always heart warming news as the good people of Yorkshire and the UK, lest I forget all of you who support us at the shows we do around the country, favour us with their custom. Thank you. The YRS tentacles are also spreading further afield, only in my small world however. It would be easy to say the product is known in Japan or China when the bottle onboard is noted by one of my officers as being used by his family at home. It is very nice to have the product recognised and supported.
Apart from work, the other main conversation topic at the dinner table in the officer's dining room is food. Inevitably it leads to discussions about local markets in the officer's home countries. The inescapable conclusion is that the fresh produce, no matter where you are from, is preferable to other options available. To some it is a ritual to visit the market on a daily basis and collect items fresh from the sea or the land for meals later that day. There is also the added bonus of enjoying the atmosphere and sitting out with a cup of coffee and letting the world go by. It is a time to meet friends and soak up the atmosphere. In the UK we are seeing a boom in farm shops and delicatessens selling fresh local produce, they also provide some of the nicest cups of coffee around. You only have to read Lucy's YRS twitter feed to note her favourite stop off places.
As a colleague of mine says, he may have no idea how to cook but he knows how to appreciate good food and the people who produce it.
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The MFCA Hands Team is comprised of Missouri high school student-athletes and a coach who make outstanding contributions in the areas of volunteerism and civic involvement and embody the true spirit of "teamwork" and "giving back" through commendable acts of kindness.
The 11 student-athletes and coach named to the MFCA Hands Team will be selected from nominations submitted by Missouri high school Head Football Coaches and/or members of the coaching staff, or high school principals and guidance counselors. The team will be selected at the MFCA State Convention.
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COACH SCOTT GUTHRIE – Pembroke Hill
MO BLAKLEY – St. Joseph Benton
JACOB DODD – Raytown South
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Join host Maureen Kedes with special guest, Dean Brenner, President and Founder of The Latimer Group and an internationally recognized expert in persuasive communication. Brenner is an executive coach, public speaker, speechwriter & author (Move the World: Persuade Your Audience, Change Minds and Achieve Your Goals). Dean is a sailor with seven national championships and five international team-racing championships. He was a member of the US National Sailing Team for three years. Brenner holds an MBA in Finance, an MA in Shakespearian Literature, and a BA in English Literature and Government.
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Albany, NY – The Sage Colleges has announced the addition of Kelly Brennan (Saratoga Springs, NY) to serve as an assistant women's lacrosse coach for the women's program for the coming season. Also joining Sage's team this spring is Lauren Rosenberg (Smithtown, NY), who will serve as a graduate assistant coach this year. Both join head coach Lauren Marois this coming year as the Gators will compete this spring as the newest member of the Empire 8 Conference.
Head Coach Marois noted, "Kelly brings a lot to the table for us this season." She added, "Going into the Empire 8 Conference I think this is the perfect time for her to join us. She has a wide variety of experience from playing to coaching at many different levels. I am excited for her high knowledge of the game and willingness to learn."
A 2013 graduate of St. Lawrence University, Brennan is a former coach of girls' lacrosse as well as boys' ice hockey, and volleyball at the Forman School (Litchfield, CT). She played collegiate field hockey having attended Connecticut College before graduating from St. Lawrence University in 2013 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in government. She has also earned a Master of Science degree in 2016 from Green Mountain College in sustainable Food Systems. She has extensive experience as a player having played on the Northwest Corner Women's Lacrosse Team as well as ice hockey with the Connecticut Northern Light Team.
Rosenberg arrives at Sage having played four seasons at Hartwick College. She earned her Bachelor of Arts degree from Hartwick in 2017 after excelling as a student-athlete for the Hawks. A two-time team captain, she earned two citations as a member of the IWLCA Academic Honor Roll after also collecting Empire 8 Second Team honors as a junior and a senior. Twice named the team MVP, she was an Empire 8 Honorable Mention All-star as a freshman and sophomore at Hartwick after wrapping her stellar career 231 career points. She ranked sixth all-time at Hartwick in career points, while her 185 career goals is seventh all-time. A former SAAC president, she was also active with the Empire 8 SAAC and is a former Empire 8 SAAC Summit attendee. She is currently a student at The Sage Colleges and is working on her doctoral of Physical Therapy degree with an anticipated graduation date of 2020.
Marois continued, "I am very excited to have Lauren Rosenberg joining us as well this year. "With joining the Empire 8 Conference, her successful playing experience at Hartwick is going to give us some insight on our new conference. She has many things to offer to our attackers and midfielders."


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Some final words
The end of an era. Mission accomplished?
It is with regret that I have made the decision that Solar Designs will cease installing new systems. It was interesting, it was fun, but every good thing has to come to an end.
When Solar Designs started in early 2008 it was out of the need for good value grid connected systems. Back then the industry was very small and prices were high. Indeed, in 2007 I wanted to get a system for my own house and was shocked by some of the quotes I received. That made me take matters into my own hands: I completed the accreditation requirements and started Solar Designs.
Now at the end of 2010, some 200 installations later, the PV industry has changed tremendously. There are literally hundreds of companies with thousands of accredited installers. Lack of competition is no longer a problem. In that respect the mission is accomplished. Solar Designs is no longer needed to bring prices down. Time to take the burden off my own back and to stop lugging panels around, I'm not getting younger.
Unfortunately a trend has emerged that makes it tougher than ever for customers to find a good value system. Large parts of the industry now install panels and inverters from manufacturers that have a very limited track record of just a few years. Most of those components come from China and the manufacturers have only just started making them. While they may last there is no assurance that they will, many are expected to fail prematurely. For a 20 year investment that is not good enough in my view.
At the same time big name installers with huge advertising budgets swamp letterboxes and make unsolicited calls. While the names are big so are their margins. The components they use are usually only average, but prices are top of the range, capitalising on the big name. Often high pressure sales tactics coerce home owners into signing up on the spot, taking away any chance to shop around.
Those two developments are very worrying. They both have the potential to damage this very important industry in the long run. Components that fail after a few years, with manufacturers no longer around to honour their warranty, will mean a waste of thousands of dollars not only of customers but also of taxpayers money. Paying thousands more for a system from a big name company that does not perform any better than that of your neighbours can be just as discouraging.
While I am actively competing in the market there is nothing I can do about it. Why would anyone believe me more than the other guy? A marketing exaggeration by a slick sales rep is easy to make and hard to disprove. The truth is usually complicated, sometimes it involves lengthy calculations. Which customer has the time to get familiar with all the technical terms and to look into that level of detail?
Being no longer involved in installations might add to my credibility. I am not completely unbiased, experiences during the last few years have of course left impressions with me. I have not worked with all the available materials, so there might be some good products that I know nothing of. That said: I have spent lots of time researching materials and it would be a waste to just let that knowledge disappear. So here is my parting present, some advice, to the best of my ability:
Some advice for people thinking about PV
The main components in a PV system are panels and inverter, they deserve very close scrutiny. Wiring and mounting frame are important too, but so is installation quality, those last all come down to the individual installer.
In general: the rated output in W is the number to compare. Systems from different manufacturers will produce very similar amounts of power if they have the same rated number of W. Variations in temperature performance might make a small difference of around 2-3%, hardly enough to worry given all the other losses in a system (rating tolerance, panel mismatch, wire losses, inverter efficiency). Output estimates given to you by sales reps can be more or less optimistic, sometimes outright misleading. Compare apples with apples: compare rated W with rated W.Manufacturers:
Yes, warranties are important. But they are only as good as the company that gives them to you. If an unknown manufacturer disappears and the importer can't be found, your manufacturer's warranty is not worth the paper it is printed on.
Most panels have two different warranties, an output warranty, usually 25 years, that promises a certain minimum output from the solar cells. And a product warranty, in most cases 5 years, sometimes 10, sometimes just 1 or 2 years. The product warranty covers the whole panel. The output warranty is of very little use if the panel is no longer in working order i.e. after the back has de-laminated or water has entered the junction box.
SMA are the clear market leader with about 40% market share. Their Sunny Boys are made in Germany and built to last. I have not had a single warranty case from the over 100 units I installed. Compare that to 6 repairs out of 36 installations with another well know European inverter brand.
The best inverter and the best panels are of little use if they are not matched to form a well performing system. A common mistake is to ignore variations in voltage at different temperatures. Each inverter has a limited input voltage range:
The DC side (power coming from the panels to the inverter) will often run at a higher voltage than AC. If a wiring fault causes arcing in a DC system that is seriously dangerous. That's why the current standard recommends the use of single core double insulated wires. Ask your installer if he follows the recommendation or tries to save a few dollars by using TPS.
Mounting Frame:
Several brands offer good off the shelf solutions. It is important that enough supports are used. For tile roofs some framing systems require drilling holes in tiles, I don't think that is a good idea. Silicone will seal it for now, but for 20+ years, really?
Offer for assistance
If the above is not enough information and you have a hard time deciding between different quotes you can send me an email and ask for my opinion.
Please note: this is a free service, I can not guarantee that I will reply or how quickly I will reply. If one of the companies that quoted for you forces you to make a quick decision, rule them out. In almost all cases the only reason to make a quick decision is to lock your business in for them, taking away your right to shop around.
By sending information to me you agree that I may keep the information to build up a comparison database that will allow me to see 'what is out there in the market'. At a later stage I might or might not publish summaries of this information. If I publish I will of course ensure that all personally identifiable information is removed.
What I need to know to evaluate a quote is:
Good bye and thanks to all!
All right, that's it. Thanks to all customers for their trust, all suppliers for their support, all electricians for the good jobs they did and all government agencies for keeping up the challenge to run a viable business in an environment with constantly changing goal posts.
p.s.: customers who already signed up will of course get their systems installed as scheduled over the next few months, no worries I am not running away with your deposits


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Shopping Spreeon November 1, 2013 at 00:00
Here is a comic strip for the internet! Be sure to check out this guy's previous shopping adventures as well.
Oh no, too expensive!
Hm, maybe a "SED" tag on the previous one as well?
Reminds me of this piece: http://www.viruscomix.com/page427.html With less words but the hidden malicious intent is still there :D
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Hah, thanks for the link! I haven't read too many of the early Subnormalities yet.
Oh man, that is scary, a helpful shop assistant who know his product


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About a year ago, I switched my broadband provider over to AT&T U-verse and have been relatively happy with it. One of my to-do items that was constantly de-prioritized was:
- Turn off U-verse broadband router wireless (802.11b/g) and re-enable Apple AirPort Extreme wireless (802.11n)
A year later, I finally got around to it.
However, all was not rainbows and unicorns. What? How could my 802.11n wireless network be slower than the 802.11b/g network? This made no sense. And it wasn't just a little bit slower. Oh, no. It was noticeably slower, almost by a factor of 3.
I tried changing the wireless channel and physically moved the unit assuming there was some kind of interference, but neither resolved the problem. My ping times to the AirPort Extreme were wacky. I was getting huge deltas ranging from 1 ms through 900 ms. They should have all been around the 1-5 ms range.
I browsed all of the AirPort Extreme's settings using Apple's AirPort Utility program and that's where I noticed the problem. It's a sneaky little bugger and one that I'll have to admit, I didn't really understand at first. Shhhh, don't tell anyone.
There's a setting under the Wireless Options called Multicast rate and it defaults to 2 Mbps but has options for 1, 2, 5.5 and 11 Mbps. Mine was set for 11 Mbps. Most people, including myself, would think that higher is better. But in this case, you'd be very, very wrong.
I remember the factory default setting for this option was 2 Mbps, not 11 Mbps. I'm not sure how or when this option changed, but I assume that I thought what most people would think when they see this option; a higher number meant more bandwidth. I hate not knowing what an option does, so I read up on it.
What exactly does the multicast rate do and what affect do the different settings have on your wireless network?
Essentially, the multicast rate is the minimum speed that a wireless device must be able to communicate at in order to connect to the router. It's a Quality of Service (QoS) setting that only allows devices to connect to it based on this criteria. So, the lower the multicast rate, the further away, or more accurately, the weaker the wireless signal, are allowed to connect. Higher multicast rates mean that only close, strong signals are allowed. Multicast is asking what's the minimum quality that is needed to allow a device and your AirPort Extreme to maintain a connection.
Therefore, turning up your multicast rate will decrease the range of your wireless network.
If you are experiencing your wireless devices constantly losing their wireless connections, and then restoring those connections automagically seconds later; check this setting. It's probably too high.
I changed this option back to 2 Mbps and my screaming fast network is back.


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From: http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/shyam-saran-rising-indonesia/395353/Few people in India are aware that India and Indonesia are geographically contiguous, sharing a settled maritime boundary. The last island in the Andaman and Nicobar chain is only 80 kilometres from the first island of the Indonesian archipelago. This narrow gap guards the entry into the Bay of Bengal and is also the gateway to the Arabian Sea and the Gulf, from the East. This geography imparts a special importance and role to the two countries as maritime powers.
By Shyam Saran
By Shyam Saran
India regards the Asean as the pivot in any emerging economic and security architecture in Asia. In this context,too, Indonesia has a special place as the largest and most influential country in Asean. India's trade with and investment in Asean is already the most dynamic component of our external economic relations. India-Indonesia economic relations have been a significant part of this rapidly growing economic partnership and Indian business has a substantial presence in that country. But China dwarfs the Indian presence, which must increase substantially to make a visible impact. Indian investment does not create the same anxiety in Indonesia that Chinese investment does. The presence of a highly respected and well-adapted community of Indian professionals in virtually every sector of the country is a major plus point which can be leveraged advantageously.
Asia is home to several emerging and globalising powers, including India,China and Indonesia. An important consequence of this is the increasing density of maritime communications from the Pacific to the Indian Oceans in which all major Asian powers have a growing stake. Given their location and capabilities, India and Indonesia have a critical role to play as sentinels guarding these vital lifelines. This is important to their own security. It will also enable them to play a key role together in shaping the emerging security architecture in the region. It is not in our interest that this architecture is shaped mainly by China or assumes a character detrimental to our interests.
The reported offer to US Admiral Keating by his Chinese counterpart, to divide the responsibilities for the Indian and Pacific Oceans between China and the US, respectively, reflects a certain negative trend of thinking. Chinese assertion of territorial sovereignty over the whole of the South China Sea and describing this as a core Chinese concern is also ominous. Such ambitions need to be countered and firmly put aside by other major powers in the region and by Asean as a whole. The major responsibility, however, will be of India and Indonesia, for reasons already mentioned. The two countries should take the lead in pursuing what should be a preferred objective of all major countries in the region, and this includes China and the US, that is, the creation of an open, inclusive and loosely structured architecture in which all work together to keep the sea lanes safe and secure. One component of this exercise will involve much closer and regular engagement with all the major players in the region. The other will need to focus on building up the naval capabilities of countries like India and Indonesia and their ability to work together in a closely coordinated manner. A beginning has been made with joint maritime patrols as part of the strategic partnership established between the two countries in 2005, but there is still a long way to go.
There is another reason why Indonesia and developments in that country should be of major concern to India. Here is the largest Muslim country in the world, but the Islam practised by the vast majority of its people is liberal, tolerant and accommodative. It blends comfortably with a pride and even delight in the country's extremely rich and diverse cultural legacy, including Hindu, Buddhist, Sufi and even animist origins. Like India, Indonesia is a mosaic of different ethnic and religious groups and this makes Indonesian secularism, like India's, a natural political arrangement. Over the last decade, Indonesia has emerged as a vibrant and plural democracy. Its economy is buoyant and a new sense of confidence is evident both within its political leadership as well as its large and growing civil society. It is important to India that this plural, diverse, moderate and secular democracy is not only able to survive but flourish. It would be a nightmare if the forces of Islamic fundamentalism and religious extremism, that are buffeting our borders to the West, spread to our eastern flank. Liberal Islam is under attack in Indonesia as it is in India. The activities of groups such as the Jemaih Islamiya, responsible for several terrorist attacks in Indonesia, are a major concern. These groups have links with South Asian terrorist networks. India and Indonesia must work together to consolidate and strengthen their plural democracies and defeat terrorism.
The very obvious cultural affinities which India and Indonesia enjoy are a valuable asset. The colours and sounds of India are evident throughout the archipelago, but have been transformed and refined through the innate aesthetic genius of the Indonesian people. These hark back to an earlier age of flourishing commerce and a parallel traffic of cultures, religions and ideas between the two countries. But there is a more contemporary delight that Indonesians have in India's popular culture, in particular, Bollywood. Shah Rukh Khan is probably better known in Indonesia than the Indian Prime Minister.
It was in the 1950's that Nehru and Soekarno together stressed the importance of India and Indonesia working together to lead Asia's resurgence. The Bandung Conference of 1955 represented their first effort to create a new global order, anchored in an emergent Asia. Perhaps that effort was premature. It was in any case swept aside by the divisive winds of the Cold War. Today, a new moment has arrived with the geopolitical centre shifting to Asia. India and Indonesia can together put their own imprint on the emerging Asian landscape, preventing a politically authoritarian and culturally monochromatic alternative. India needs to make relations with Indonesia the centrepiece of its Look East policy.
The author was India's Foreign Secretary and until recently the Prime Minister's Special Envoy


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Vivaldi Browsercast: The making of the new theming engine (episode 3)
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You can now customize Vivaldi browser more than ever before. In the third episode of our Browsercast series, designer Henrik and QA engineer Ruarí talk about how they made the new theming engine for Vivaldi 1.3.
They discuss the technology and frameworks that were used and the overall design philosophy behind it.
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How come? It's working over here. Isn't Soundcloud a good alternative otherwise? https://soundcloud.com/vivaldibrowser/browsercast-3-themes
No, because the ogg source (src=) is closed with a different quotation mark and the type attribute for ogg is not closed at all:
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Thanks a mil! It's corrected, all good now?
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many thanks for the transcript it's a really hard work to do!
well, almost
just change the line:
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nice podcast btw (sound could be a bit louder though)
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And thank you from me too. Reading the transcript takes mere minutes and we can focus on the part we like.
The most important part of Vivaldi is the Speed Dial, but I won't keep looking at it all the time. It is there for the user to open an important web page. Top panel and tab colouring is nice, but once they are set, it'd that way for a long time.
In windows, if you change the system wide theme colour, Google Chrome and Chromium based browsers would take that theme, but Firefox and Edge won't. In Linux, sky is the limit for themes, all browsers would take the user chosen theme.
Vivaldi is quite pretty. I'd be happy, if there is a way to change the font contrast, or to have default high contrast fonts. The fonts on the tabs are somewhat fuzzy.
Cqoicebordel Vivaldi Translator last edited by
Just for info, I'm on Linux, and only Konqueror and Otter are using the system wide colors, not Firefox, not Chromium or Opera. Vivaldi neither but I can set them.
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Thanks for 1.3! It's the version that I think "did it" for me. I already recognized the tons of features in Vivaldi that set it apart before, but now that I can customize it just how I like even the colors and look down to rounded corners or not (or how much!), it feels like it fits me better than any other browser… should I say bother to fit me. I know there are theme support in other browsers, but then you are always in the hands of the theme designer. Isn't that weird? There is surprisingly little attention to catering to the user today. A certain big company starting with "G" develops their browser to push their platform more than anything else, for example. I hope you can find a good business model and rake in these tasty profits for long term visions. You have sure deserved that.
Opera can, if undecorated, Chromium can't in Linux, Just checked. Using Chromium 54. Opened the same page in Vivaldi and in Chromium. There is a time lag in Vivaldi. Maybe the colours and themes are adding time.
(This was meant as reply to Cqoicebordel, but placed here)
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Hey guys could you release these on Pocketcasts as well? Thanks
Vivaldi for Windows has a EULA, while not for Linux. For the first time, I read a eula to the end. Quite interesting.
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"So if I pick a light purple on pink…" –> aha!!!!!!!!!!! oh yessssssssssssssssss
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Hah, I love pink though I have a thing for magenta/pink hybrid , I guess it's a designer's thing?
The one I like it's very close to this tone: http://image.slidesharecdn.com/manualdemarca-100605101237-phpapp01/95/manual-de-marca-sorvetes-pink-1-728.jpg?cb=1275732826
I also have a thing for everything that's 80's, including synthwave. So I normally combine it with cyan, though cyan is a super agressive color and I normally need to tone it down.
BTW, it's a bit ironic that this post about design broke the main blog.
Bring in WordPress already!
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Nice podcast!
My first thought after hearing and reading this was that Henrik is a beast! lol.
The CSS variables sounds amazing. I think he is quite right when saying
when we were working on themes we realized that this system has so much power so we're sort of just scraping the surface of what we can control with variables.
I could imagine using them to scale objects all over the place. Is this possible? It would be so freaking cool if we could use something like that to re-size different objects or parts of the UI at will. For example It would be cool if we could resize/scale the panel, or the extension icons at will. I'm guessing this could be used for the full UI customization you guys are planing.
I think, probably, it wasn't their intention when they added the CSS variables
You bet it wasn't, but good thing we have you guys to show them how to use them ;).
This part is gold right there:
Henrik - I learned quite a bit of color theory while working on themes. To condense it down, the thing that we do is that we use a formula to determine the lightness value of each color and then we compare those lightness values and we ensure that the difference between them is enough that you can actually see the foreground against the background. Then the next step is of course to define which colors should contrast against which colors. That was a big job. Also, [laughs] it can have some interesting effects when you increase the ratio too much, but it works. What it will do is that it will take the color, then it will apply the minimum amount of adjustment necessary in order to make it compliant with the ratio that you have; the minimum contrast…
It is very interesting to see how complicated the behind the scenes really is for themes. Vivaldi gives us tons of options but I just realized that each of those are especially crafted with many use cases and ton of quality in mind. The Color Theory, modern design, contrast ratio and performance are all taken care of and thought out very well. Usually when other developers make customization and multiple features like these, they are not made with that level of scrutiny, instead they try to simplify everything to the point where the software feels very restrictive, something that people call "the easy way out" (looking at chropera where they made changes thinking they were always right).
Also, I agree completely with Ruari, Dark theme in Ubuntu looks so cool. It feels like the native browser for Ubuntu.
I like these podcasts more and more. Have you guys tried using a video format instead? I think, even if it is just talking to us or between the Vivaldi team, it would make things more interesting. Maybe upload them to your Youtube channel so that my subscription to the Vivaldi channel would tell me when there is something new =P. I know it is a lot of work tho, so no pressure just a thought.
Just for info, I'm on Linux, and only Konqueror and Otter are using the system wide colors, not Firefox, not Chromium or Opera. Vivaldi neither but I can set them.
Just installed Chromium 54.0.2829.0 in stock Ubuntu 16.04. The tab and the panel colours change with the system theme. Installed few themes to check this.
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One important thing missing from themes is the choice of font and font size. Regardless of the Direct Write issue, the titles on the tabs are hard to read for us older folk.
I can read the text OK if I zoom the Interface to 150% but that's too big for other elements. To fit six speed dial thumbnails on by 1920 x 1080 monitor I use 115% zoom, but then the text is too small to read comfortably.
Another problem is that the Settings dialogue always defaults to the same size, and does not remember its size and position when reopened. It's designed for 100% interface zoom, and does not work well with anything bigger.
True! And the font contrast is a necessity.


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A documentary screened as part of the first annual Rhode Island Black Film Festival yesterday sparked conversation about the reconstruction of a house in which Rosa Parks once lived that is currently located in Providence. The film, entitled "The White House" and directed by Fabia Mendoza, focuses on a personal artistic endeavor led by Fabia Mendoza's husband Ryan Mendoza.
The house featured in the film belonged to Parks' brother and first caught the attention of Ryan Mendoza in 2016 in Detroit. After he deconstructed the house and rebuilt it in Berlin to save it from demolition, the University offered to bring the house to Providence in February 2018 to feature the life and times of Rosa Parks at the WaterFire Arts Center. But upon the house's arrival in March, the University canceled its support by citing the house as an object of an outside dispute, The Herald previously reported.
"Upon cancellation of the exhibition, we had a contractual obligation to the artist and to WaterFire to disassemble and remove the house from the current space, return it to the artist's care or arrange for shipping at Brown's expense to any location in the U.S. or Germany as determined by the artist," wrote Director of News and Editorial Development Brian Clark in an email to The Herald. "We agreed to provide funding at a level aligned with that commitment and at this point, we have no remaining obligations related to the house."
Without financial support, the house cannot be displayed to the public in a full exhibition, said Barnaby Evans, director of the WaterFire Arts Center.
"My question now is I really want to see this house," said an attendee, Christine Rosa. "I want to see it now. I live here in Providence, I pay my taxes and I think it's my right to see it. Why can't I see the house now, please?"
In response, Evans offered to show Rosa the exhibit, but it remains unopen to the public, Evans said.
Since the University has rescinded its financial support for displaying the house, the WaterFire Arts Center is now constrained by "a big gap in funding" if they decide to go forward with the exhibition, Evans said.
"There's no lights on it, there's no installation," he added. "We don't have personnel to open the museum."
The post-film discussion also featured stories from audience members about a weekend when Rosa Parks came to Providence in 1984. This time alloted for questions evolved into a conversation about race, inequality and need in Providence.
"It's the first black (film) festival in Rhode Island, so we're really a part of history," said audience member Noe Staley. "It's important for black filmmakers to share their talents and voice their opinions."
Festival founder Ann Clanton said she intended for discussion about social and racial issues to take place at her screenings. She also is proud to feature underrepresented artists — a decision appreciated by the audience members present at the event.
Though Fabia Mendoza is not black, she said she is grateful that her film was screened at RIBFF."I'm not black, obviously, and I was just at the Beverly Hills Film Festival, but this means much more to me," she said. "Because my movie was screened in several places, and I also see segregation in the audience a lot, and I would like to have a reaction from people who feel strongly about this thing."
Corrections: An earlier version of this article stated that the documentary directed by Fabia Mendoza is entitled "A White House." In fact, the documentary is entitled "The White House." An earlier version of this article also stated that the film was a personal artistic endeavor led by Fabia Mendoza's husband Ryan Mendoza. In fact, the film focused on a personal artistic endeavor led by Fabia Mendoza's husband Ryan Mendoza. The Herald regrets the errors.


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