The technology behind it has been widely adopted as a production-class orchestration system. It has seen a steady increase in usage in the relatively short amount of time it has been available.
There are many reasons why so many teams have integrated k8s into their environment:
- Automation of Deployments: Kubernetes allows for repeatable and consistent deployments. Kubernetes takes the application and deploys it in a way that handles all the aspects of bringing the service online. Using a number of configurations, the containerized applications are deployed with a predefined number of replicas. These replicas utilize many functions of the Kubernetes Control Plane to instruct the nodes how to come online. The advantage of this over other methods becomes clear when the level of orchestration available is truly realized.
- Scalability: For cost control, running an application in Kubernetes can lead to much better usage of cloud and hybrid cloud resources. In the same regard, the ability for an application to grow based on its own internal feedback is a huge advantage of Kubernetes. This scalability aspect allows for the increase of available replicas with appropriate access to shared volumes, configuration, and security intact.
- Management: DevOps of this type of environment extends beyond just deploying an application. The management layer of Kubernetes allows for very complex deployments that are backed by additional aspects of monitoring and self-healing capabilities. For example, using a series of probes, can give instructions to: Determine Readiness, Verify State, and Pause for Startup.
While many developers work tirelessly on the initial setup, many are recognizing the benefits of using a better-managed approach to Kubernetes orchestration. Cloudify helps orchestrate all aspects of your container solution.
Read more on Kubernetes Lifecycle Management here.
Is Docker a CI CD Tool?
Docker sits tall as the original containerization technology that has helped stability and ease of deployment for many applications. Running on multiple operating systems has allowed Docker to gain a solid foothold for development projects.
The Docker tool was designed for developers and system administrators, an essential part of DevOps. With Docker, developers can focus on application development rather than being worried about the platform where it will run.
Docker containers were created to help enable the fast, and reliable deployment of application components or tiers, by creating a container that holds a self-contained ready to deploy parts of applications, with the middleware and the app business logic needed to run them successfully. For example, a Spring application within a Tomcat container.


By design, Docker is purposely an isolated self-contained part of the application, typically one tier or even one node in a tier.
However, an application is typically multi-tier in its architecture and that means you have tiers with dependencies between them, where the nature of the dependencies can be anything from network connections and remote API invocations, to exchange of messages between application tiers. And hence an app is a set of different containers with specific configurations. This is why you need a way to glue the pieces of your app together. This is where Cloudify comes in.
Examples of CI CD Tools
With many CI/CD tools available, teams may struggle to find the right tool for their work.
- Jenkins is one of the most popular free open-source automation servers. It helps automate the parts of software development related to building, testing, and deploying, facilitating continuous integration and continuous delivery. It is a server-based system that runs in servlet containers such as Apache Tomcat.
- Easy installation and upgrade on various OSs
- Simple and user-friendly interface
- Local application
- Completely free
- Deep workflow customization
- Rich in features and plugins
- Made by developers for developers
- A well-established product with an excellent reputation
- TeamCity (from JetBrains) is a build management and continuous integration tool that helps build and deploy different types of projects
- Can run parallel builds at the same time, mark your builds and identify the hung ones
- First 100 configurations free
- Easy to install
- User-friendly interface
- Excellent community and professional support
- Bamboo is a CI server (from Atlassian) that automates the management of software application releases. Bamboo covers building and functional testing, assigning versions, tagging releases, deploying and activating new versions on production. This tool is a popular choice among developers who already use other Atlassian services.
- Supports up to 100 remote build agents
- User-friendly UI with drag-and-drop functionality
- Easy administration for enterprise CI scaling
- Manages build artifacts automatically through every pipeline run
- Buddy is a CI/CD software that builds, tests, deploys websites and applications with code from GitHub, Bitbucket, and GitLab. It employs Docker containers with pre-installed languages and frameworks to build on, along with DevOps, monitoring and notifying actions.


- Create, customize, and reuse builds and test environments
- Monitor with real-time progress and logs, unlimited history
- First-class Git support and integrations
- Docker support
- Offers advanced automation while requiring basic knowledge
- Ability to make corrections to the developed code
- GitLab CI is the open-core company that provides GitLab, the DevOps software that combines the ability to develop, secure, and operate software in a single application. GitLab is a suite of tools for managing different aspects of the software development lifecycle.
- Docker support
- Runs parallel builds across multiple machines
- Provides a single source of truth and scalability for collaborating on projects and code
- Easy configuration of the build server
- Available APIs for numerous features allow deep product integration
- Helps automate and shorten releases and delivery of applications
- CircleCI is a continuous integration and continuous delivery platform that can be used to implement DevOps practices. It supports multiple coding languages, can be installed locally or used in the cloud. CircleCI allows automation across the user’s pipeline, from code building, testing to deployment. CircleCI also hosts continuous integration under the cloud-managed option or runs behind a firewall on private infrastructure.
- Straightforward user interface
- Numerous customization features
- Integrates with Bitbucket, GitHub, and GitHub Enterprise
- Fast setup and unlimited builds
- Easy debugging
- Parallel testing
- TravisCI is a hosted continuous integration service used to build and test software projects. This tool offers a wide range of options for CI automation and since it is a cloud-hosted service, there is no need for a server.
- Offers an enterprise-oriented on-premises version of TravisCI
- Backs up the latest build each time you run a new one
- Deployment to multiple cloud services
- Parallel testing
- Multiple languages and platforms support
- Quick setup
- Pre-installed database services
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First up- great job to the EBR folks for making such a lovely first offering for those of us with bank accounts reflecting our status as mere mortals.
Second- thank you to EBR and Rod's Ride-On Powersports for a great event- it went smoothly for my group, and that's the way to do it.
First impression? The 1190RX is much like a smoother, more powerful 1125R, with a higher-quality fit, finish, and feel. I like how it feels more stable, but is still noticeably lighter- like, a remarkable amount lighter. The throttle pull is ridiculously light, which I think will take some getting used to, but it's livable. The clutch...seriously- I want to know why anyone thinks this bike has a 'hard' clutch pull; I'm quite positive I've ridden trials bikes with the same effort required
I liked it, but not as much as the RX. Not even as much as my 1125R, to be honest. I didn't care for the handlebars vs. clip-ons (feels too wide and motocross-y) and the more-upright position just doesn't make me froth at the hips. The SX felt like a toy compared to the RX, which is exactly how it's supposed to be, I reckon. It's just not for me.
There will be more videos on my channel eventually
I had the ride of my life Friday ....twice and once again today!! These bikes are so so much more then these videos show. I used the bikes up in their power zone and had a blast. I went from a fan to saving my nickels to get one in one hour. This bikes are a rolling masterpiece anywhere above 4000 rpms. If you get a chance ride them!!!
LOL. I like how pickup truck pulling trailer went By you guys on right. Demo leader riding a tad bit slow.
Yeah...but to be perfectly honest, on a rainy Saturday morning, with riders I've never been around, on unknown roads, I'm cool with it. I like a spirited pace, but this was a sub-optimal set of circumstances for hooliganism, I think.
the SX vid...that was what, 62 in first?
I can't tell if that's disapproval or admiration.


There wasn't any other opportunity to actually open the bikes up in anything other than 1st gear, so I figured I needed to evaluate the efficacy of the secondary injectors at least a little bit
Ratbuell, I test rode an SX this weekend (see the Buells in the Alps thread on the Quickboard). I owned a CR for about a year. You just can't imagine how far beyond the CR the SX is. It's more comfortable, it keeps heat away from the rider, it's much more tractable at low RPM, and it steers as light as a bicycle. The demo route was actually pretty sweet; it was the section of NC-226 from intersection with NC-226A near the Blue Ridge Parkway down the mountain to the second intersection with NC-226A and then back up. NICE curves with passing lanes on the steep sections and Randy picked a decent pace. After having spent most of the week on my Uly it was beyond belief how easily that thing handled. I'm sure I didn't use a fraction of the available power, but I'm sure there are gobs of it there.
I didn't see anyone all weekend who get off the RX or the SX after a test ride that wasn't grinning ear-to-ear. That included a broad section of Buell and non-Buell riders aged from 20-something to well over 60 (!).


KHS College & Career Planning: Over the course of four years, the KHS College & Career Counselors assist students in course planning, career options, and college admissions. While students will meet with their College & Career Counselors individually and in group settings, other resources such as the KHS College Planning Guide (PDF) are provided to KHS families.
Types of Schools: Not all, but most career choices require some type of postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree. Due to the cost and time commitments of the various postsecondary education options, it is important to know what type of career interests you wish to pursue and how much training is required to work in that particular field.
Technical Schools: Often two-year institutions preparing students for jobs in skilled trades or modern technology. Automotive, construction, electrical, informational technology and manufacturing are few examples of the specialized training a technical school may offer. State Technical College and Ranken Technical College are two examples of technical schools located in Missouri.
Community College: Community Colleges offer an Associates Degree. After completing a two-year course of study, students may earn an Associate of Arts degree or an Associate of Science degree. The credits you earn at a community college can often be transferred and applied to to a bachelor's degree at a 4-year school. However, check with the 4-year school you plan to attend to maximize the amout of credits that will transfer.
College or University: A College is an institution that offers a Bachelor's Degree. A University is an institution that offers a Bachelor's Degree plus a Master's Degree or Doctoral Degree(PhD). There are two general types of Bachelor's Degrees: Bachelor of Arts (BA) and Bachelor of Science (BS). A Bachelor's Degree, also known as an undergraduate degree, usually takes four years to complete.


Closed as program error.
Error Message: A SIGSEGV or ABEND occurs in a JIT-compiled method after an inlined method throws an exception which is caught by a handler in the JIT-compiled method. The catch is often implicit, caused by the exception being thrown out of a synchronize block, which requires the JVM to unlock an object before continuing to look for a suitable catch block down the call stack. Hence, in some cases, the crash point can be in the native function jitMonitorExit. . Stack Trace: . This failure only occurs on a z196 system running z/OS or z/Linux.
This issue can be avoided by using the -Xjit:disableZGryphon option.
The crash or ABEND occurs when program execution jumps to a wrong exception handler, due to an incorrectly specified exception range in the exception table of the JIT-compiled method. This problem is caused by a z196-specific optimization that exploits conditional move instructions to eliminate unnecessary branches. When the branch being eliminated comes from a basic block that can throw exceptions, the JIT compiler fails to mark the end of the exception range properly, and eventually generates a corrupt exception table.
This defect will be fixed in: 6.0.1 SR2 FP1 7.0.0 SR2 . The JIT compiler has been updated to generate correct exception ranges in this scenario.
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APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:
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Who Wore it Best: Zooey Deschanel or Cheryl Cole?
Move over sequins! The hottest way to dress up your red carpet ensemble is in a set of ruffles!
While some stars are opting for cascading tiers, both Zooey Deschanel and Cheryl Cole have taken a liking to the same Moschino dress from the Italian designer's Fall 2011 runway that features an oversized ruffle around the collar and at the waist.
Deschanel, 31, first donned the black-and-white knee-length number at the Our Idiot Brother premiere in Los Angeles on August 2nd while Cole, 28, stepped out in the two-tone frock to see Shrek the Musical in London on October 5.
In terms of accessorizing the look, the New Girl actress sported black suede YSL pumps and wore her hair in a pretty, side-swept bun. The ex-X Factor judge rocked black and white Giuseppe Zanotti toe-cap pumps and sported a low, side-parted ponytail.


Wed November 13, 2013
So What Exactly Happened with Fisher v. University of Texas? (Update)
Update (July 15, 2014): The Fifth Circuit has ruled that UT's affirmative action policies can continue.
Read more here: UT Affirmative Action Policies Stand in Fisher Ruling
Update: The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals is hearing arguments today in Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin, the case that questions UT's use of race in its admissions process.
In June, the U.S. Supreme Court punted the case back to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals after deciding the Fifth Circuit didn't apply the strictest scrutiny to UT's admissions policies.
While most UT students are admitted based on whether they’re in the top seven percent of their graduating class, some are admitted based on what the university calls a “holistic review.” An applicant’s race is one element of that review.
Back in 2008, a white student named Abigail Fisher was denied admission to UT under the holistic review. She sued saying she was a victim of reverse discrimination. Lower courts upheld UT’s affirmative action policy.
But in a 7-1 decision this summer, the U.S. Supreme Court said the Fifth Circuit should have used a stricter standard to determine whether UT needs to consider race and ethnicity to achieve diversity – or whether there are other ways to do that.
UT argues the lawsuit is moot since Fisher graduated from Louisiana State University in 2012 and that Fisher would have been denied admission regardless of her race. Arguments begin this at 3:15 this afternoon.
Below, read KUT's explainer on the Supreme Court's decision this summer.
Original Story (June 26, 2013): It's been a few days and a lot has happened since the U.S. Supreme Court remanded the Fisher v. UT at Austin case back to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. But it was a greatly-anticipated ruling that basically ended with a whimper – creating a lot of confusion. And the case still isn't over.
What did the Supreme Court rule?
The Supreme Court ruled the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has to reconsider the case – essentially punting the case to the lower court. When the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals heard the case previously, it upheld the University of Texas at Austin's race based admissions policies.
How did the justices rule?


The court ruled 7-1, with Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg dissenting. Justice Elena Kagen recused herself from the case. Some law experts see the decision as a compromise. UT Law Professor Scott Powe says the court punted because it was split 4-4, with Justice Anthony Kennedy as the swing vote. Powe says Kennedy probably didn't want to be the swing vote in this case.
Why send it back to the Fifth Circuit?
The Supreme Court says when the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals heard the case it didn't apply proper scrutiny to UT's affirmative action policy, as it was supposed to under a 2003 affirmative action case, Grutter v Bollinger. Because the court didn't use "strict scrutiny," the Supreme Court sent it back to the Fifth Circuit to properly consider the case.
What is Grutter v. Bollinger?
Grutter v. Bollinger is a 2003 decision in which the Supreme Court upheld affirmative action at the University of Michigan Law School. The Grutter case says the court must apply “strict scrutiny” to a university’s admissions program, to ensure diversity is not defined as “mere racial balancing," but has a compelling state interest to achieve diversity. In 2003, the court ruled affirmative action is a compelling state interest – something Supreme Court experts say is very rare for the court to declare.
What does this mean for UT?
Right now, UT says it will not change its admissions policies. UT will continue to accept up to 75 percent of its students who graduate in the top ten percent of their class under the statewide Top Ten Percent rule. The other 25 percent will be chosen based on a variety of factors, including GPA and SAT scores, extra curricular activities, and special circumstances, which includes racial and ethnical minorities.
So what exactly is the Top Ten Percent rule?
The Top Ten Percent rule is a provision that originally allowed all Texas students who graduate in the top ten percent of their graduating class to be guaranteed admission to any public university in Texas. It was implemented in 1997 in response to Hopwood v. Texas, which ended affirmative action at Texas universities (until 2003, when the Supreme Court upheld it in Grutter v. Bollinger). In light of that decision, the Top Ten Percent rule aimed to create diversity at state universities.
The provision was amended in 2009 at UT to accept the top eight percent of high school seniors.


That's because the university was overwhelmed with top ten percent applicants. At one point, 81 percent of UT's freshman class was accepted under that rule.
Will this change affirmative action policies across the country?
No, the court did not rule on affirmative action and, in essence, upheld the 2003 case, Grutter v. Bollinger, and other affirmative action cases in the past. But next term, the Supreme Court is expected to hear another case in Michigan concerning affirmative action.
Who is Abigail Fisher, and why did she file a lawsuit against UT?
Abigail Fisher graduated from Austin High School in 2008 and was rejected from UT. She filed a lawsuit against UT with the help of Edward Blum, who directs the Project on Fair Representation. It's a nonprofit that was searching for a plaintiff to bring a case that would overturn affirmative action at public universities. Fisher is white, and says she was rejected from UT because of her race. She did not graduate in the top 10 percent of her class, but her father and sister went to UT. She played the cello, among other activities. She attended Louisiana State University and now works in finance in Austin.
UT contends Fisher wouldn't have been admitted even if race wasn't a factor in the admissions process.
So … what's next?
The future lies in the hands in the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. Law experts say it could take a year before anything is decided. UT has to prove to the Fifth Circuit that it needs an affirmative action policy beyond the Top Ten Percent Rule. UT President Bill Powers contends the university has done that already. Fisher's lawyer, Edward Blum, says the 7-1 decision by the Supreme Court shows the court thinks UT Austin needs to reconsider its policies regarding race based admissions.


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LOS ANGELES – The preliminaries are over.
Gonzaga took care of its last order of business – routing Loyola Marymount 93-60 on Saturday at Gersten Pavilion – and now can turn its complete attention to Thursday’s showdown with Saint Mary’s for first place in the West Coast Conference.
The 23rd-ranked Bulldogs coasted to their sixth straight win, all by double digits and three by 33 points or more. Gonzaga (14-4, 5-0 WCC) made a season-high 12 3-pointers and equaled a season high with 10 blocked shots.
“We knew we had to go on the road and win games (Thursday and Saturday) in other people’s gyms and that’s not always easy to do in college basketball,” Gonzaga coach Mark Few said. “I thought our guys had a very mature approach, and even more so tonight for the full 40 minutes.”
The victory was Few’s 250th in 10 years as GU’s head coach.
“It’s been very rewarding, and to do it with the type of guys we’ve had here, that’s the whole key,” Few said. “We’ve had a great group of guys. Keeping my staff intact has been paramount. And it’s so much more rewarding this way than doing the vagabond thing.”
Four starters scored between 14 and 18 points as the Bulldogs overwhelmed the Lions (1-20, 0-5). Matt Bouldin made 5 of 7 3-pointers and scored 18 points. Josh Heytvelt added 15 points, six rebounds and four blocks. Steven Gray scored all 14 of his points in the first half and Austin Daye had his second straight double-double, finishing with 14 points and 10 rebounds.
Micah Downs added 10 points. Jeremy Pargo finished with nine points, seven rebounds and four assists.
Freshman Kevin Young led LMU with 21 points.
Gonzaga scored the game’s first five points, then had runs of 11-0 and 12-0 to build a 43-17 edge at halftime. Gray connected on three of his four 3-pointers in a 12-0 spurt near the end of the half. LMU shot just 19 percent from the floor in the first half and 25 percent for the game.


On one second-half possession, the 6-foot-8 Young appeared to be open as he elevated for a 3-pointer, but Daye closed in and blocked the shot. Young gathered the loose ball and tried to drive to the basket, but Heytvelt stepped in to draw a charging foul.
Heytvelt’s dunk on a feed from Daye gave GU a 30-point bulge (47-17). The Bulldogs’ biggest lead was 38, after Downs’ tip-in with 11:44 remaining.
Saint Mary’s (18-1, 5-0), ranked No. 22 in the ESPN/USA Today poll, beat San Diego 65-42 on Thursday to extend its winning streak to 15, the longest in Division I. The Gaels and Bulldogs split last season, each winning on their home floor.
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This year is a significant one because it will be 10 years since we lost the great man, so for this sad anniversary we should make sure that like all the previous #keepingitpeel days it will be one that commemorates and celebrates the memory of John Peel.
Another significance of this next #keepingitpeel is that it will be the last one that I’ll be co-ordinating.
I’ll still be posting the occasional podcast – and I will especially be making sure that the listings for any live John Peel Day/Night events continues, but the #keepingitpeel day on October 25th, as mentioned will be the final one.
My hope is that the hashtag continues and that the people who listened (which is what #keepingitpeel thing was originally about) will keep posting around the time of October 25th, but I also hope that it merges into any John Peel Day events.
So then I am posting this notice for everyone to start thinking NOW about what YOU are going to do this October.
And that means everybody. If you are a blogger. If you run any music website. If you are in a band. If you are a DJ. If you are a radio show. If you are a promoter. If you are a venue. If you are anything. If you want to do something to commemorate the memory of John Peel this year. Then do something.
This website is here and we’ll try to assist you with any type of promotion. If you need to contact a band to book them for a night, if you are a venue and are looking for an event management company, a promoter or anybody to help you run a night. Get in touch.
If you are a journalist, a broadcaster, a blogger. We’ll provide you with material for your outlet. Get in touch.
If you are wondering what to do and need some inspiration have a look at the last year’s John Peel Day events and at last year’s #keepingitpeel. As you will see there were a multitude of events that happened. From live shows with bands that recorded a John Peel session. As well as new bands showcases. (Very important in keeping with the spirit of Peel). There were DJ nights, there were stage show performances, there were radio shows.
What are you doing ?
Below I will post any village notices for anyone who is looking for a band, or a DJ or a venue.


Or anything. Drop me a line and I’ll do my best to help in any way I can.
The #KeepingItPeel Twitter account (@keepingitpeel) has over 5,200 followers. Many of them are bands and radio shows and promoters. We can help you get in contact.
Message from Interesting Music Promotions:
“With the 10th anniversary of John’s passing, we will mark the occasion with a #keepingitpeel in Aberdeen Scotland on Sat 25th Oct. We are speaking to a number of bands who played Peel sessions, along with locals older and newer to make a very special night.
More details to follow.
UPDATE: The details:
IMP PRESENT – #KEEPINGITPEEL
Saturday, October 25th 8:00pm
The Tunnels Aberdeen
“We are delighted to announce a special tribute night, #KeepingItPeel in honour of John Peel. Ten years on from his untimely death, we will honour his memory and legacy by having a whole evening of eclectic music, lots of fun & a dance floor rammed full.
Saturday 25th Oct 2014
8 till late
Early bird tickets £7.50 available from the link below:-
Confirmed line up to date features:-
Autumn Hang (Dub Set)
Kitchen Cynics (special tribute)
Strawberry Wine DJ’s spinning Peel fav’s
PLUS other guest artists/surprises to be added/confirmed ??
All proceeds after artist expenses to appropriate local or Scottish music charities to enhance musical inspiration.”
PEEL REGENERATED – STOCKTON – SATURDAY OCTOBER 25TH
“PEEL REGENERATED is a music festival commemorating the 10th Anniversary of John Peel’s passing.


The gig is taking place at the Georgian Theatre and The Green Room in Stockton on Tees on Saturday, 25th October featuring 12 bands most of whom played Peel Sessions on his show.”
The full-line up is as as follows:
The Georgian Theatre:
The Nightingales 10.50 – 11.50pm
Blue Orchids 9.05 – 9.50pm
Inca Babies 7.30 – 8.10pm
The Wolfhounds 6 – 6.45pm
A Witness 4.55 – 5.25pm
Pellethead 3.40 – 4.15pm
The Green Room:
Eton Crop 10 – 10.45pm
Terry & Gerry 8.20 – 9pm
Terry Edwards (Gallon Drunk) 6.50 – 7.20pm
Ted Chippington 5.30 – 6.00pm
The Great Leap Forward 4.20 – 4.50pm
The Crumplehorns 3.05 – 3.35pm
Diary date! John Peel night. Brighton 9/10/14 Green Door Store with Vic Godard & Subway Sect, Cravats, Fallen Leaves http://t.co/H3WXIYfT6H
— Spinningchilli (@spinningchilli) April 3, 2014
New gig – October 25th, Georgian Theatre, Stockton, for John Peel Day – with The Nightingales, Blue Orchids, Wolfhounds and Pellethead.
— A Witness (@AWitnessBand) April 3, 2014
— Crumplehorns (@Crumplehorns) July 4, 2014
— thepeppermintstore (@peppermintLB) April 14, 2014
Leaving you with a song…
I haven’t had time to create a new John Peel podcast, so here are a couple via Mixcloud. They are both from a previous #keepingitpeel day on October 25th.
This from user TTFB:
And this from our friend Adge:
Please drop us a line with anything.
You can find us via Twitter (@keepingitpeel, or use the contact form below.
Thank you for your time and I look forward to hearing from you.
Webbie – KeepingItPeel (and of Football and Music)


Wednesday, November 16, 2005
Today's Personalized Tantric Extrasensory Astrology Ouija Board Reading
Sorry that I didn't post much of anything, yesterday. I was still too numb (and too tired, for that matter) from the game the night before. As you might imagine... there are no words to describe how empty I felt, watching the end of that game. While I'm usually not one to believe in curses, hoaxes or jinxes... someone give me a better explanation. How does that-- how does any of that happen?
At home? In a must win game? On Monday Night Football, in front of a national audience watching? A game that we are dominating? AGAINST THE GODDAMNED COWBOYS???
Nothing this year has gone right for the Eagles. This season was never meant to be. Curse on not, I just have to accept it, I guess.
Not much else to tell-- things have been "slow" on several fronts (though the week seems to be moving forward nicely). And when I say "things," I mean my contractor. He continues to confound, showing up when he wants to, deliberately misinterpreting my basic requests, being annoying on several different fronts... the guy is trouble with a capital "T." I'd go into it, but it would only result in an even MORE boring and frustrating post for you to read.
And, quite frankly, I care about you too much to put you through that.
You know, I'd had such good luck with contractors in the past...
I guess this is some sort of cosmic balancing going on. Karma, and what-not.
That's two quasi-mystic posts in a row. Thank God I've never been into... oh, I don't know, meditation or anything like that.
Speaking of which... I never heard back from Marissa.
Ordinarily, I'd be slightly upset... but as I've done the same to others, once again, what comes around goes around. I can't whinge about it, as, well, I'm just as guilty of doing it to others.
The only difference is that in my instance, I was ignoring a crazy Croat. Or something like that. Marissa is ignoring a fine, upstanding individual.
Work continues to be busy, but solid.


I've been working with our company president on another pitch, completely different from the main project for him that I've been telling some of you about, and... he seems to be pleased with the results we've been able to get for him to this point.
Let's hope I can keep him satisfied.
More later. Once I have stories to tell, I promise I will.


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What is ankylosing spondylitis?
Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is a type of arthritis that causes inflammation in certain parts of the spine. Ankylosing means stiff or rigid. Spondyl means spine. Itis refers to inflammation. The disease causes inflammation of the spine and large joints, resulting in stiffness and pain. The disease may damage the joint between the spine and the hipbone. This is called the sacroiliac joint. It may also cause bony bridges to form between vertebrae in the spine, fusing those bones. Bones in the chest may also fuse.
What causes ankylosing spondylitis?
The exact cause of AS is unknown. But researchers think that genetics play a role. A gene called HLA-B27 is found in most white Americans who have AS. But this gene is found in only 50% of African Americans who have AS. There are also some people with the HLA-B27 gene that don't develop AS. Less than 5% of people with the HLA-B27 gene have AS.
Who is at risk for ankylosing spondylitis?
AS is more common among people ages 17 to 35. It can happen in children and older adults, as well. The disease affects more young men than women. It tends to run in families.
What are the symptoms of ankylosing spondylitis?
Symptoms of AS tend to come and go over time. Symptoms can occur a bit differently in each person. The symptoms may include:
Back pain, usually most severe at night during rest
Early morning stiffness
Stooped posture in response to back pain (bending forward tends to relieve the pain)
Straight and stiff spine
Inability to take a deep breath, if the joints between the ribs and spine are affected
Mild eye inflammation
Organ damage, such as to the heart, lungs, and eyes
Digestive illness (such as Crohn's or ulcerative colitis)
Many of these symptoms may be caused by other health problems. Make sure to see your healthcare provider for a diagnosis.
How is ankylosing spondylitis diagnosed?


Diagnosis starts with a health history and physical exam. You may also need tests, such as:
X-ray. This test uses a small amount of radiation to create images of internal tissues, bones, and organs onto film.
Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR or sed rate). This test looks at how quickly red blood cells fall to the bottom of a test tube. When swelling and inflammation are present, the blood's proteins clump together and become heavier than normal. They fall and settle faster at the bottom of the test tube. The faster the blood cells fall, the more severe the inflammation. Up to 7 in 10 people with AS have a high ESR.
Genetic testing. Genetic testing is done to find if a person carries a copy of an altered gene for a disease. The gene HLA-B27 is found in more than 19 in 20 people with AS.
How is ankylosing spondylitis treated?
Treatment will depend on your symptoms, your age, and your general health. It will also depend on how severe the condition is. The goal of treatment is to ease pain and stiffness, prevent deformities, and maintain as normal a lifestyle as possible. Treatment may include:
Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), to ease pain and inflammation
Tumor-necrosis-factor blockers (biologic medicines), to ease inflammation and swelling
Interleukin-17A (IL-17A) inhibitors, to ease inflammation and swelling
Disease-modifying anti-rheumatic medicines (DMARDs), such as sulfasalazine, to ease inflammation and control AS
Short-term use of corticosteroids, to ease inflammation
Short-term use of muscle relaxants and pain relievers, to ease severe pain and muscle spasms
Surgery to replace a joint, place rods in the spine, or remove parts of the thickened and hardened bone
Maintaining of proper posture
Regular exercise, including exercises that strengthen back muscles
Talk with your healthcare provider about the risks, benefits, and possible side effects of all medicines.
What are the possible complications of ankylosing spondylitis?
Over time, a forward curve of the spine can develop in people with AS. People with AS are at great risk of thinning of the bones (osteoporosis). This can result in spinal fractures.


In more advanced cases, inflammation leads to new bone formation in the spine. This causes parts of the spine to fuse together, resulting in immobility. AS can also lead to psoriasis, and inflammation of the eye, aortic valve, and intestinal tract.
Living with ankylosing spondylitis
There is no cure for AS, so it is important to work on a treatment plan with your healthcare provider. Work on lifestyle changes that can improve your quality of life. Stay active and keep up with exercise to reduce pain. A physical therapist can help you design an exercise plan and help you keep a good posture.
When should I call my healthcare provider?
If your symptoms get worse or you have new symptoms, let your healthcare provider know right away.
Key points about ankylosing spondylitis
Ankylosing spondylitis is a type of arthritis that causes inflammation in certain parts of the spine.
A gene may be part of the cause of AS. But an exact cause is unknown.
Symptoms of AS include back pain, early morning stiffness, and a stooped posture.
AS can cause other symptoms such as appetite loss, weight loss, fatigue, fever, anemia, eye inflammation, and digestive illness.
The goal of treatment for AS is to ease pain and stiffness, prevent deformities, and maintain as normal a lifestyle as possible.
Staying active is important in the management of AS.
Tips to help you get the most from a visit to your healthcare provider:
Know the reason for your visit and what you want to happen.
Before your visit, write down questions you want answered.
Bring someone with you to help you ask questions and remember what your provider tells you.
At the visit, write down the name of a new diagnosis, and any new medicines, treatments, or tests. Also write down any new instructions your provider gives you.
Know why a new medicine or treatment is prescribed, and how it will help you. Also know what the side effects are and when they should be reported.
Ask if your condition can be treated in other ways.
Know why a test or procedure is advised and what the results could mean.
Know what to expect if you do not take the medicine or have the test or procedure.
If you have a follow-up appointment, write down the date, time, and purpose for that visit.
Know how you can contact your provider if you have questions.


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A "junior college" is typically a two year school where a student will receive an "Associates Degree" in a certain field. It could be a good place to begin if a student is just not sure what they would like to do or to even see if college is "right" for them. Many students will then go on to a four year college or university to continue their education. The St. Louis Metro area has many Junior Colleges to choose from. Check the list below.


Doha Bank, the leading private commercial bank in Qatar, and an active proponent of Green Banking in the region, received the “Best Corporate Responsibility Programme in the Middle East” award from EMEA Finance Magazine. The EMEA Bank Awards are conferred after a careful scrutiny of various sustainable financial and economic parameters, which are vital in assessing the performance and productivity levels of the Financial Institution.
Commenting on the award, Dr. R. Seetharaman, Group CEO, Doha Bank said “Doha Bank is proud to be recognized as the leading corporate citizen in Middle East for the success of its Corporate Responsibility Programme and overall corporate citizenship initiatives. Doha Bank’s vision in corporate social responsibility is to support the vision of His Highness Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, the ruling Emir of Qatar, to build a sustainable framework for the future of the state based on the core pillars of economic, social, human and environmental development. These are also core tenants of Doha Bank’s sustainability philosophy and drive the Bank’s activities, not because it is something that every corporate entity should do, but because these are core beliefs that Doha Bank fully embodies.”
Doha Bank was the first bank in Qatar to adopt a position of advocating and practicing Green Banking, which is one of the core business philosophies that will support sustainability into the future. Doha Bank is also active in supporting the youth of the nation from a human development perspective and has supported and conducted numerous programs to help develop indigenous talent whilst providing on-going opportunities for development and growth. Doha Bank also supports social integration across various areas of society and actively participates in key economic events including IMF summits, keynote sessions, and other major local and global programmes, acting as advocates for Qatar’s financial sector growth and potential,” he said.
Doha Bank conducts one of Qatar’s leading CSR initiatives - the “ECO-Schools Programme” which works with educational institutions in the country to build awareness of key environmental issues and create action plans that are school-specific to help mitigate the overall impact on the environment. These include programs that aim to conserve resources, as well as actively reuse and recycle materials in clever ways. Most importantly, this programme awards schools for their diligence and builds awareness and promotes initiatives at the grassroots of society, amongst the youth as well as among school staff and administrators.
Doha Bank also hosts the annual Al Dana Green run to generate awareness of environmental preservation and protecting the natural environment.


The Green Run has become one of the Bank’s leading programs and welcomes thousands of men, women and children, as well as members of various socio-cultural groups who actively participate in the event each year.
Among the other programs Doha Bank has actively participated in are the State of Qatar’s ‘Green Qatar Clean Qatar’ campaign, Public Awareness Campaigns through the Bank’s channels, and key community engagement programs such as tree planting, beach clean-ups and recycling activities. The Bank strives to encourage both the development and diffusion of environment-friendly technologies and also supports a proactive approach to meeting environmental challenges.
Doha Bank demonstrates this philosophy at its own headquarters which are designed to Green standards with motion sensing and light, air conditioning and ambient systems that are optimized to reduce the consumption of energy and thereby significantly cutting the Bank’s operational carbon footprint.


Alpine Technical Services and AllChem Donate Potable Clean Water System in Mali, West Africa
By Business Wire News
By Business Wire News
SALT LAKE CITY
Alpine Technical Services, in partnership with AllChem Performance Products Inc., is proud to announce the donation of a potable clean water system to the Empower Mali foundation for installation in the village of Dongorona in the city of Oueléssébougou, Mali, West Africa. The system consists of a Horizon® PTF-100 Chlorine Feeder along with 2 pails of Horizon® 90-PT Trichlor tablets for chlorination of drinking and potable water.
Once installed into the public water supply system, the Horizon® PTF-100 Chlorine Feeder will provide safe and clean potable water to as many as several thousand people in Mali who otherwise would not have access to disinfected water. This will save lives and help prevent the spread of many diseases such as typhoid fever, cholera, hepatitis and dysentery.
The Horizon® PTF-100 Chlorine Feeder uses Horizon® 90-PT tablets, a safe and effective solid form of chlorine called Trichloroisocyanurate (or Trichlor for short) that disinfects the water. Trichlor is 100% soluble in water and carries a low Ph with 90% available chlorine content. These benefits will allow clean operation without scale or sludge in the feeder or the water system. Trichlor is a safe product, highly compressed into a tablet form that keeps it from eroding until it is introduced into the feeder, giving it a long shelf life.
Horizon® 90-PT Tablets and the Horizon PTF-100 Chlorine Feeder are EPA registered and carry NSF-60 and NSF-61 approvals respectively for introduction into drinking water in the United States.
Water sprays horizontally onto the Horizon® 90-PT tablets, producing a constant chlorine residual for delivery to the drinking water system. This spraying action occurs only when chlorine feed is necessary in order to minimize the loss of available chlorine. As the tablets are sprayed, the resulting chlorine solution is collected in a lower basin and injected directly into the water system via a pump.
Mali is one of the poorest nations on earth. Without access to safe water, communities are unable to take their first essential step out of poverty.


With a population of 4.9 million people, Mali doesn’t yet have access to safe water. More than 15,000 children die each year from dysentery and diarrhea caused by unsafe water and poor sanitation.
Dongorona is a remote village within the city of Oueléssébougou, located one and a half hours from the country’s capital city. Empower Mali is currently building a middle school in this village to alleviate the education challenge. This clean water solution will better the lives of the 1,300 families in this area and allow the children and people in the village to lead longer and healthier lives.
About Alpine Technical Services
Operating as a privately-held company in Midvale, Utah, ATS provides custom safety and water treatment solutions. ATS is a leading provider of high-end safety showers for industrial settings where hazardous chemicals exist. ATS is introducing “bundles” that include chemicals, equipment and safety showers as a complete solution to its clients. In addition, the company is currently expanding its focus to address water purification for rural municipalities, in particular. In all, the company is dedicated to providing an increasingly larger spectrum of technology and bioscience solutions to answer the world’s needs for cleaner water, safer manufacturing environments, and more effective solutions towards the creation of a safer environment and better world.
About Empower Mali
Empower Mali (www.empowermali.org) was established to work directly with citizens and local leaders in Mali to improve access to education, healthcare and basic amenities like water. Empower Mali believes that the citizens and communities of Mali have the right to become self-reliant, and works to form a close partnership with the citizens of Mali and the Malian government, believing that no one knows better how to resolve the community needs than the community’s citizens and leaders.


New Product Protects Glad Hand And PTO Fittings
By Steve Pollock
WEST PLAINS, MO… Frozen air lines or plugged PTO hydraulic lines can cost you time and money, not to mention a bucket full of pure aggravation. That is why Professional Truck Driver Shan Vanalst invented Dry-Line Covers. It’s a small waterproof pouch that covers your glad hand and PTO fittings, sealing out water, ice, snow and dirt.
Dry-Line Covers are available in black, camo and pink and at $24.99 per pair, plus shipping and handling, are affordable as well. You can even have your logo added for an extra fee. Shan designed the dry-line cover for his own use and he liked it so much, he decided to make them available for his fellow drivers.
You can find Dry-Line Covers at all MHC Kenworth locations and 4 State Trucks (Chrome Shop Mafia) in Joplin. You can also order them direct by logging onto www.drylinecovers.com, email: firstname.lastname@example.org or call 417-274-7510. Part of the proceeds of your purchase will be donated cancer research.


Kevin Kelly, a Team System Product Manager, announced today that at long last the Team System 2008 licensing white paper has been published. I’ve lost track of the number of people who have asked about this important update so I’m sure there are many people interested in this announcement. As Kevin says, we continue to simplify this topic and as a result you can expect an update to this whitepaper in August which will include explanations and examples for both Work Item Web Access (WIWA) and the new data synchronization license.
We’re thinking hard about our licensing for upcoming releases at this time. Your feedback on better ways to simplify and communicate our licensing is welcome and timely.


|Reviews for High Voltage|
| chill13 chapter 4 . 10/6/2011
You know there are advantages to a short-circuiting memory.
"I hate metaphors anyway" No wonder DW annoys him!
Oooh, niiice! Darkwing gave him the battery idea in the first place? When in the beginning he had to keep recharging. Brilliant.
Ahh, and the name-calling battle begins. Their insult fights really are the highlight of the show.
"I guess teehee isn't very villinous...let me try again." that was such a great line!
That was such a great story! Theirs is such an odd friendship but it IS a friendship. (very similar to Maxwell Smart and Siegfried if you ever watch Get Smart) and the last line was perfect.
| chill13 chapter 2 . 10/6/2011
Dangling from a hundred or so story building, I think I'll tell a story. Really, it's a clever setting for a flashback.
It shows you can't blame your actions on the situation. Darkwing and Megavolt's high school experiences were very similar but they chose to deal with them differently. Megavolt decided to take revenge on those who picked on him while DW, although he still holds a bit of a grudge, went so far as to protect them.
| chill13 chapter 1 . 10/6/2011
Your DW and Megavolt banter is PRICELESS! I love Darkwing being so upset about the VCR thing that he can't come up with a 'witty metaphor'. And the bit about a "nice, fresh, clean...smog contaminated city air" had me laughing so hard!
Everyone is perfectly in character and I'm really liking this. Although it looks like their both in a lot of trouble. On the other hand with cartoon physics being so different than our own...
| Belphegor chapter 4 . 9/17/2011
Well-written, well-paced and well-characterised :o) I loved the little nods and winks to the show ("Jim and Cummings", huh? ;o) and the last dialogue (plus Darkwing and Megavolt's last little conversation right before they "go splat", and Darkwing's near-secret identity-reveal) is perfect!


This is a lovely, funny story that has all the humour and soul of the cartoon. Brilliant :o)
| GF chapter 4 . 9/23/2010
Perfect ending to this piece...LOL...it just had to be *him* who saved Darkwing Duck and Megavolt. LOL...poor DW.
| damonika2009 chapter 2 . 6/22/2009
Loved the reference to Jim Cummings. I got it right off the bat when you said "Jim and Cummings". I still think Darkwing Duck is his best role ever.
| Kat chapter 4 . 10/18/2008
I'm not even gonna ruin the moment by saying anything...
EXCEPT...this was a beautiful fic, and I must say it is hands down, no questions asked, the best fanfic I've ever read. PERIOD.
| Invader BeckyandClad chapter 4 . 6/1/2008
This story was funny sweet,it was wonderful D.
| Invader BeckyandClad chapter 3 . 6/1/2008
| Invader BeckyandClad chapter 2 . 6/1/2008
| Invader BeckyandClad chapter 1 . 6/1/2008
I love this faves
| Oustiti chapter 4 . 1/6/2007
I love your story. It's really cute. You're right, although Darkwing and MegaVolt are arch enemy's the still are friends in some kinda way.
| LordNegaduck chapter 4 . 6/23/2006
Love the use of Johnny Nash's "I can see clearly now!" Great and very funny rewrite of Clash Reunion! You're a terrific writer! I felt like I was really watching the cartoon!
It's a shame you won't be writing anymore DW fanfics! You're writing skills is an asset to us fans of the Mighty Masked Mallard!
PHIL AMENT MIKE ROWAVE! That's so funny!
| LordNegaduck chapter 2 . 6/21/2006
Another funny chapter-Darkwing could be a real klutz sometimes! I really am enjoying this trip down memory lane with Darkwing and Megavolt! Who would have thought that those two used to hang around each other in school!


Can't wait to read on!
| LordNegaduck chapter 1 . 6/21/2006
This is a very funny story-Darkwing Duck never could program his VCR! Where is SHUSH's D-2 10 supercomputer when you need it! Time to call Honker!


A friend of mine introduced me to this novel idea (or at least novel to me) – asking for free samples of beauty products.
The first time I saw her do it, I think we were at Sephora. She asked the sales associate if we could have a sample of one of the perfumes. The sales associate then pulled out a small, plastic perfume dispenser from an inconspicuous drawer and filled it up with our scent of choice. Since then, I always carry a sample size of my perfume in my bag in case I need some freshening up.
Another time, the same friend was sleeping over at my place when she pulled out a tiny Clinique container filled with one of their eye-creams from her makeup bag. I asked how she got one in such a small container and she said it was free. “Just ask them for a sample,” she said.
That tip came in handy when I left my makeup bag at my friend’s place recently. I tried to go without my daily moisturizer but after 1 day of using a substitute, my face couldn’t take it anymore and I was contemplating buying a new one even though I still had about half of my old one left. Thankfully I remembered my friend’s advice and stopped by a nearby Macy’s during my lunch break. I asked them for a sample of my favorite face cream and they gave it to me right way (in the same tiny container my friend had) solving my dilemma for free! That tip came in handy once again when I got a huge pimple the week of my birthday and needed a concealer.
I really like this handy little lifehack.


Today the 1921 census of England and Wales was released. It’s the first one that includes my great-grandmother, Marie Louise Courtenay. I had already found her birth record by paging through hundreds of civil status records. I also had to find documents such as her parent’s marriage records before I was able to track down her birth. If I hadn’t already done all of that, I would have found out today that Marie was born in Brussels.
Here’s the record for the household that she was in:
As is often the case, her birth year is off, making her appear five years younger on the census. I’m a bit surprised that she’s listed as “British Born.” I can only imagine that her father had that status and that he got it through his parents, who were both actually born in England (one as an émigré and the other as his servant).
One piece of information that’s hard to accept concerns Marie’s status as married. The census was taken 19 June 1921. Marie didn’t know that her husband would die 22 days later while swimming in a river in Bray-sur-Somme, France. Their six month old son is with her.
I’m also a bit surprised that she’s lodging, as as couple of years later she owned her homes without any known reason for her condition to have improved. Maybe it took a while for a pension to start coming after her father’s death around 1914. I have no evidence that she received a pension, but I know that her 2nd husband, my great-grandfather, was later only able to vote in some elections because of Marie’s status as a homeowner.
By the way, if you’re looking for the address of a census return that you’ve paid for, it’s kind of hard to find. While still looking at the image on FindMyPast, click on “Open filmstrip at the bottom right. Then click on the “Extra materials” icon near the bottom. Five options for extra materials will show up beneath that. Click on “Front,” and you’ll be taken to the front page for the household of interest. Marie Courtenay was living at 27 Oakley Crescent in Chelsea, London, which was the same place she lived at with her husband over a year earlier.
Also listed on the census is her mother, Marie Courtenay (née Lebègue).


Her age has only decreased by three years here. I would’ve found out that she was born in Fourmies, France if I hadn’t already done all of that research.
The whole fascinating story about this family can be found here.
I had waited a long time for this to come out. Since I wanted the answers to my questions, I had already found out most of the information. But there will be a lot of other cases in which this census will be invaluable to me others. And it will be the most recent census we have for a long time. As there was no 1931 or 1941 census, the next one will presumably be available in 2052.
I hope that you’re able to find answers to your questions now that the 1921 census has been released. I also look forward to the time when it’s available via subscription, and especially when we can get it for free at FamilySearch.
If you had access to the most accurate, free, relationship predictor, would you use it? Feel free to ask a question or leave a comment. And make sure to check out these ranges of shared DNA percentages or shared centiMorgans, which are the only published values that match peer-reviewed standard deviations. Or, try a tool that lets you find the amount of an ancestor’s DNA you cover when combining multiple kits. I also have some older articles that are only on Medium.


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Jewelry Making 101 Part 1: Simple Wire Bangle
Let's get back to basics! Our Jewelry Making 101 series is perfect for new beaders who want to get some skills under their belts. Today we are teaching you how to create a simple wire-wrapped bangle blank. This blank is perfect for a stacked look or you can add beads or charms for more customization.
For this project we recommend using 14 gauge wire, as that thickness of wire will help the bangle keep it's shape. For this project we used Beadalon brand wire.
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If you only ever watched terrestrial daytime TV in Britain, you would think we are a nation obsessed with houses, antiques and getting the hell out of Britain. And very much in that order. Starting around 10am we have an abundance of shows aimed at doing up your own home and flogging it. Then, after lunch we switch to shows about selling off family heirlooms, and then to mid afternoon shows about moving abroad.
Basically, the story goes... Someone did up a home to make it look like it was worth more than it was. You foolishly bought it and now can't afford the mortgage repayments. You need to sell that jewelry Gran left you to a man with an orange face. Oh-oh! The man with the orange face really fucked you over there. It's still not enough to pay the mortgage. You could always declare yourself bankrupt? God Lord! Look how cheap property is in France? And now, Deal or No Deal. The whole thing is faintly depressing to me.
If anyone has seen the show I am currently touring, you will know how seldom I feel the desire to praise a multinational company. However, although they are unquestionably otherwise a bunch of total pricks, I am kind of indebted to Sky TV's 'On the Go' facility which allows me a far more broad reaching choice of TV when I am on the road. I can now spend the endless hours in hotel rooms in the afternoon watching shows on my laptop that aren't all about hemming, scamming or emigrating.
I am particularly fond of the Food Network, where I know at any time of the day I can open my laptop and watch a man eat 63 hotdogs in 11 seconds, or something? And if you haven't seen the show 'Man v Food' I heartily recommend it, if only to show you why Americans really love America. Ironically, it's exactly this kind of show which would prove a ratings hit to the early afternoon daytime viewing public in Britain, made up as it is, of depressed, unemployed people. But no! Instead let's watch some poor old lady sell the pride of her mantlepiece to a leathery-faced old crook.
You might think I am being facetious, but I think 'Man V Food' in many ways represents everything that is good about America.


Stuffing a 3lb smoked meat sandwich into your face in under 10 minutes may not seem like an overtly political statement either, but really this is what conservative America is all about. It shows an country unfazed (quite literally) by the belt-tightening pontificating of Europe, and it speaks to the heart (again, quite literally) of Main Street Americans, who see both the inherent value and freedom in a 3lb 'Termeatator' meat sandwich. If the hapless Republican Party had their wits about them, they would book the jovial host of this show to turn up at their conventions with another distinctively American food challenge with a giant banner in the background saying 'Mitt Romney Loves This Shit!'
But, for all the subtly conservative Mom and Pop's diner feel of an episode of 'Man v Food', when you think you might be ever so slightly warming to the misty-eyed, Tea Party nostalgia of a bygone America, you need only flick over to the odious Fox News Channel to instill a very firm kick to the reality bollocks.
Rupert Murdoch had already poisoned the political discourse in Britain before launching the FNC in 1996, with the expressed intention of undermining the Clinton Administration. Since then, Fox has increasingly driven the agenda for the right wing media and politics with its 24-hour diet of mistruths, phoney outrage and conspiracy theories, fronted by hosts so devoid of objectivity and rational intellectual thought you sometimes have to pause and remind yourself that this really is a channel that claims to report actual news.
A recent study by professors Clinton and Enamorado concluded that members of Congress from districts where FNC proliferated became more conservative. No shit. Fox has a modus operandi that would garner a standing ovation from Josef Goebbels, even down to its brazen 'Fair and Balanced' refrain. It's commentators are unapologetically aggressive ideologues: from the cosy casual racism and partisanship of Fox and Friends to the laughable 'No Spin Zone' of Bill O'Reilly, who makes more ill-informed blanket statements than the propaganda arm of the Eiderdown Marketing Board.
And then there's Sean Hannity, who is depriving some local Klan of their Grand Cyclops. Hannity has such a tangential relationship with integrity that it's a surprise he doesn't wear a tea party tricorn hat while broadcasting.


He yearns for Rockwell's America, but not Norman Rockwell, George Lincoln Rockwell. They've got Karl Rove - the 'architect' - the man who dragged political campaigning from the gutter into the sewer; a succession of blonde 'analysts' who have cheerleader looks and the sincerity to match; regular appearances from Ann Coulter and Michelle Malkin, both of whom shamelessly rake in millions by peddling shrill hyperbolic lies and demonstrably false suppositions. Hell, they even offer convicted criminals like Ollie North and G Gordon Liddy the platform to air their inarticulate ramblings.
Probably most insidious is the chorus of dog whistles that permeate each broadcast: whether it's the deliberate/ignorant misinterpretation of terms like 'socialism', 'far left', 'European' or 'urban'; or the more reprehensible hectoring and victimisation of individuals, which can and has led to tragic outcomes - at the very least, O'Reilly owes the family of Dr George Tiller a craven apology.
The result of all this? Did you see the Republican primary debates? You couldn't have selected a more screwball collection of candidates if you'd chosen them randomly from the cast of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - a motley assembly of climate change and evolution deniers, with all the credibility of a Greek pension scheme. Michele Bachmann? Herman Cain? Seriously? In the end, Romney won by being the least bad, the least insane - the shiniest toilet.
The fact that the Republican Party has sealed a Faustian pact with Murdoch, Ailes and the mountebanks at Fox may well ensure that it becomes increasingly marginalised as it drifts further and further out of step with the ideals and demographic changes of modern America, but if Murdoch's record is anything to go by, he will have no qualms about shifting his loyalties if he feels he is backing a lame duck. Fox News has never had to cope with two consecutive presidential defeats, as it may have to in November. This could signal the end of its hegemony in cable news, and with it the last popular outlet for a party so toxic that no amount of reality enemas will allow it to regain a plausible shot at the White House.
Danny Bhoy is currently touring his show 'Dear Epson' round the UK.


His DVD, 'Live At The Festival Theatre' is released on the 26th November. Visit www.dannybhoy.com.
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The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is struggling in its attempts to address the threat of anthropogenic climate change and create an effective post-Kyoto international climate agreement. One substantial part of the problem is con-sensus decision making within the Convention, which effectively gives every party a veto over the process. Majority voting is one potential alternative which is already being dis-cussed within the UNFCCC. A comparative analysis of consensus and majority voting sug-gests that majority voting is superior in terms of both efficiency and effectiveness since it is a better consensus-builder, a speedier decision making process and provides opportuni-ties for a semi-global approach to international climate policy. The objective in this paper is to investigate how majority voting could be implemented in the UNFCCC and to consider politically feasible and effective approaches to voting arrangements for the Convention. Implementing majority voting in the Convention faces legal, political and institutional ob-stacles. While it has growing support from some states, others remain staunchly opposed, with concerns over voting on financial matters being particularly sensitive. A type of Lay-ered Majority Voting with larger majorities for financial and substantial matters is consid- ered to be the optimal approach in balancing political feasibility and effectiveness. A weighted voting system differentiated on the basis of mitigation commitments, vulnerabil-ity and population (Common but Differentiated Voting) is proposed as an ideal approach. Despite these possibilities a change in decision making will likely require a crisis to cata-lyse the necessary political will and break the current path dependency that has been built around consensus.


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Lykaia (The Sophia Katsaros Series)
by Sharon Van Orman
Lykaia, the first book in the Sophia Katsaros Series, was officially released today. It is currently only available in a Kindle Edition, but paperback and audiobook versions will be available soon.
“We are the terrors that hunt the night. And we have never been human.”
In Greek mythology there’s a story of King Lykaonas of Arcadia and his fifty sons who were cursed by the father of the gods, Zeus, to become wolves. The very first Lycanthropes.
Forensic pathologist, Sophia Katsaros, receives a cryptic phone call from Greece telling her that her brothers are missing and leaves to search for them. With the help of Illyanna, her brother’s girlfriend, Sophia examines the evidence but cannot accept a bizarre possibility: Has one or both of her brothers been transformed during the Lykaia, the ceremony where Man is said to become Wolf?
Who is Marcus, a dark stranger that both repels and excites her? And what is the real story behind the 5000 year old curse of King Lykaonas?
This is an amazingly well written story. I really enjoy the strong character development and found myself turning the pages late into each night. It is an interesting and fun tale that kept me riveted. I like how the author spun the tale from legend to reality – yep, that’s all I’m going to say on this, no spoilers. If you like mythology, horror, suspense, intrigue, and just an all around good story, you’ll definitely enjoy this. Buy it… seriously, you will be happy you did.(By J. O’Brien)
About the Author
A tattered copy of Bulfinch’s Mythology inspired a lifetime fascination with the subject. On a research tangent Sharon came across the myth of King Lykaonas who was cursed by Zeus into becoming a wolf. The very first lycanthrope.
Lykaia was written as a flash fiction piece for a writer’s site. The idea took root and demanded to be expanded upon. With that bit of inspiration Sharon entered the National Novel Writers Month contest held in November of 2011. Seven weeks later the book was finished and had blossomed into not only a full length novel, but a series featuring Dr. Sophia Katsaros.


Sharon lives in Nebraska with her family and a collection of animals including ones that were chosen and others that did the choosing. After the birth of her third child she left her job as a commercial risk manager to be a full time mom. In between soccer games, hosting the neighborhood children and taking in stray animals she finds the time to write.


Max de Arriz
In Max's professional life he designs in-house automated solutions for manufacturing. The assemblies range from small machines and tools through robotic cells. His job exposes him to many applications in which CAD, CAE, and CAM come into play. Outside of work Max moonlights as a SOLIDWORKS man, cramming knowledge into the heads of students and users alike. He is also the founder and current leader of the Eastern Shore SOLIDWORKS User Group (ESSWUG), and has the pleasure of coordinating fun and enlightening meetings for designers and engineers in his region.


HAMMARBY EXTENDS OFFER TO BANKS
Young Amercian JC Banks will have at least offer in his pocket to start 2011 as Swedish Superettan club Hammarby has offered the midfielder a contract.
Banks' representative indicated that an offer has been made by Charlie Davies' former club after Banks impressed club officials during a trial two months ago.
"[Hammarby] will be offering a contract this week," confirmed Banks' agent, Eddie Rock, to YA. "He was on trial there in November."
Banks, the son of former US national team player Jimmy Banks and a Wisconsin native, had recently undergone a round of trials with various Swedish clubs in addition to Hammarby.
In the last few weeks the former University of Wisconsin-Green Bay standout trialed at Superettan club Degerfors and Allsvenskan group Trelleborgs.
Should Banks not come to terms with Hammarby, he will also have an opportunity to show his game stateside after being invited to the 2011 MLS combine next month in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
"He is still planning on attending the MLS combine," concluded Rock.


ROCK ISLAND, Ill. – An iconic Colt revolver started a recent auction off with a bang, with an opening bid of $900,000 and ending with a final price of $1.67 million.
The Millikin Dragoon, which has been in and out of the world’s finest collections for the last century, was the star lot at Rock Island’s Premiere Firearms Auction that saw a total of $20 million.
“It gave all in attendance a jump-start when the bidding began at $900,000! After a back-and-forth battle for the right to own this extraordinary, artisan Colt, the bidding gradually slowed until only one remained,” said Rock Island.
The Colt’s total price was $1,667,500; it had a pre-auction estimate between $1.2-$2 million.
The historic and well-documented Colt third model Dragoon percussion revolver with inscribed grip strap was master engraved by Gustave Young. Rock Island said it “is a virtual superstar even amongst an elite category of antique firearms recognized by the collector fraternity by its nickname. It is a type of revolver with an unprecedented level of historical pedigree, ownership pedigree, artistic merit and condition that collectors usually can only fantasize about owning.”
According to the auction house, “The Millikin Dragoon served as flagship and was flanked by powerful military vehicles, lifelong collections, pristine condition pieces, and inconceivable rarity in nearly every genre. It was an event absolutely jam-packed with exciting pieces collectors could not wait to get their hands on,” the auction house said.
Other big sellers
Other auction highlights included a near-mint Colt Baby Paterson that sold for $644,000; a presentation 1902 gold-inlaid Luger carbine, given from inventor Georg Luger to machine gun inventor Hiram Maxim, that went 12 times above its low estimate of $35,000 and pulled in $425,500; a factory engraved and chromed Walther PP, bearing Germanic pagan runes and an “HH” monogram attributed to SS Chief Heinrich Himmler, which far surpassed its $250,000 high estimate before reaching $356,500; and a classic Winchester 1866 “flatside” carbine for $92,000.


Rock Island said another surprise lot was a superb-condition 1941-dated police Luger with two matching magazines, all bearing the serial number 3y, that had an estimate of $8,500-$14,000 and sold for $63,250 – more than seven times its low estimate.


Are representations of the Prophet Muhammad permitted in Islam? To make or not to make images of the Prophet: that is the question I will try to answer. It is an unexpectedly burning question, as the newspapers regularly demonstrate. But both the answer to the question and the reasons for raising it require a broader introduction. There have been many times in recent years when one bemoaned the explosion of media that have provided public forums for so much incompetence and ignorance, not to speak of prejudice. Matters became worse after September 11, for two additional reasons.
Bernard Kerik, former New York City Policy Commissioner, Interim Interior Minister of Iraq, and nominee for Secretary of Homeland Security, will now be serving time in a Westchester County prison. Already facing charges of conspiracy and tax fraud, Kerik was sent upstate after the judge reviewing his case revoked his bail for leaking private information about the upcoming case to the public.
Responding to the $20,000 fine a federal judge imposed on her for repeated, frivolous court filings, Birther Orly Taitz explains: Judge Land's remarks amounted to nothing short of political lynching, which turned into feast and celebration by the media mob. Because nothing whets the appetite like a good hanging! Taitz's full response, sprinkled with her distinctive blend of boldface and all-caps accents, is here.
The point is made in a piece by John Bolton in this morning's Wall Street Journal. No, not the point about fobbing it off on Susan Rice. But the point about how the U.S. joining up with the U.N. Human Rights Council opened us up to diplomatic defeat after diplomatic defeat. There were two disasters in and around the Goldstone Report. The first was the irretrievable conclusion of the Report that countries and their proper armies (that is, armies according to the Geneva Convention) are actually and factually prohibited from fighting terror groups that meld into the civilian population.
Now, two people will have to choose. The fate of the health care bill is largely in the hands of Barack Obama and Olympia Snowe. The Finance Committee's vote on Tuesday to send its bill to the Senate floor vindicated President Obama's strategy of giving Congress wide latitude to write the early drafts. Major health reform has advanced further than it ever has before. But Obama must now abandon his preference for intervening forcefully only after House and Senate bills go to a conference committee.


I think Calvin Trillin--or at least his bar-room companion--is really on to something here: “The financial system nearly collapsed,” he said, “because smart guys had started working on Wall Street.” ... I reflected on my own college class, of roughly the same era. The top student had been appointed a federal appeals court judge — earning, by Wall Street standards, tip money. A lot of the people with similarly impressive academic records became professors.
I. In 2006, the Sunlight Foundation launched a campaign to get members of Congress to post their daily calendars on the Internet. "The Punch-Clock Campaign" collected pledges from ninety-two candidates for Congress, and one of them was elected. I remember when the project was described to me by one of its developers. She assumed that I would be struck by its brilliance. I was not. It seemed to me that there were too many legitimate reasons why someone might not want his or her "daily official work schedule" available to anyone with an Internet connection. Still, I didn’t challenge her.
For any interested in witnessing the willfully slipshod and malevolent manner in which the state of Texas applies the death penalty, "Nightline" has done a follow-up segment to David Grann's New Yorker piece on the wrongful execution of Cameron Todd Willingham.
The Thing Around Your Neck By Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (Knopf, 218 pp., $24.95) In “Jumping Monkey Hill,” the most wicked story in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s new collection, a group of young writers selected from all over Africa have gathered for a workshop at a fancy resort outside Cape Town--”the kind of place,” thinks Ujunwa, the representative Nigerian, “where . . .
I hope that I'm not being too haughty. But these articles are provocative, trenchant and convincing. They will give some of you heartburn. 1.


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This village community of Mill Spring is in Wayne County, MO, USA. The racial makeup is a mix of Whites, African Americans and Hispanics.
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Mill Spring has convenience stores and few churches as well.


After Republican presidential candidate Carly Fiorina’s SuperPAC released an ad responding to Donald Trump criticizing her looks, View co-host Joy Behar attacked Fiorina for daring to invoke “women’s suffrage” given that she is pro-life and opposes ObamaCare.
The liberal ABC host lectured Fiorina on women’s issues and proclaimed she should “be ashamed of herself. It’s not your face honey, it’s your policy.”
Behar’s anti-Fiorina rant included a laundry list of liberal issues that Fiorina does not support, and the View host asserted that the GOPer had the “nerve” to say she was pro-women’s rights simply for being conservative:
She has the nerve to use the term women's suffrage when she's against Planned Parenthood and women's maternity leave. She’s against ObamaCare. She’s anti-choice. She uses the term women’s suffrage. She should be ashamed of herself. It's not your face honey, it's your policy.


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Location: Memphis TN
Company Name: Restaurant Depot
Occupational Category: 53-7062.00,Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
Date Posted: 2020-02-17
Valid Through: 2020-03-18
Employment Type: FULL_TIME
Position Title: Loader
Department: Front End
Supervisor: Front End Supervisor/Manager
Responsible for assisting customers with transfer of merchandise can be from one cart to another or loading into a customer’s vehicle. Maintain the parking lot clean and organized. Assist as back-up to Porter.
• Assist customers in loading merchandise into vehichles
• Assist Cashiers and customers with cart to cart transfers as needed.
• Maintains parking lot clean and organized by removing garbage such as empty boxes, and plastic containers customers may leave behind and by returning carts to their assigned areas.
• Performs minor repairs on carts such as tightening nuts and bolts.
• Backs-up Porter when needed. This includes cleaning restrooms, restocking paper in bathrooms and breakrooms, assisting with spills, emptying garbage and other such duties.
• May be called upon to assist in stocking and moving merchandise
• Performs other work-related duties as required and assigned.
Education, Experience and Skills Required:
• Commitment to company values and strong customer orientation.
• Lift/Carry Abilities (measured for maximum or average load)
• Lift – 100 lbs
• Carry strength (50’ or less) – 50 lbs
• Frequent lift/carry (> 12x/hour) – 50 lbs
• Constant lift/carry (> 30x/hr) – 20 lbs
• Push/Pull – 500lbs
• Physical Aptitudes (rated based on level of skill involved)
• Agility/dynamic balance 80-100%
• Finger dexterity – 80-100%
• Manual dexterity – 80 – 100%
• Posture Tolerance (rated based on frequency or time involved)
• Stand/walk – constantly
• Reach above shoulder level – occasionally
• Twist/turn head – constantly
• Bend over/stoop – frequently
• Climb steps/ladder – occasionally
• Kneel/squat - occasionally
• Requires frequent exposure to ambient temperatures as most work is performed outdoors.
• Equipment in motion (forklifts, electric pallet jacks, scooters, floor scrubbers)
I fully understand the responsibilities and qualifications required for this job.


Furthermore, I find that I am capable of performing the required functions.
Benefits: 100% Company Paid Medical/Dental Plan and Annuity Program


Alana Quick is a talented sky surgeon – a fixer and mender of spaceships – but despite her skills, her life is anything but easy. Ever since the Othersiders and their fantastic technology appeared through a rift in space, regular businesses have been taking a succession of hard economic hits, leading to a decline in demand for sky surgeons. Alana also has Mel’s Disease: a degenerative genetic condition that, if left untreated, causes her intense pain that could potentially cause her permanent, even lethal physical damage. But business is bad, and medicine is expensive, forcing Alana to live hand to mouth. Even so, and despite the repeated urgings of her sister, Nova – a wealthy and successful spirit guide – Alana can’t bear to give up working the ships she loves for the sake of a steady paycheck. So when a gorgeous Gartik transport ship, the Tangled Axon, lands at Alana’s shop, she leaps at the opportunity for work, only to find that the captain, one Tev Helix, is looking for Nova instead.
Alana makes a snap decision and stows away on the Tangled Axon, hoping to prove her capabilities as a sky surgeon by fixing a ship which every instinct tells her is damaged.
Desperate to get off-planet and encouraged by the ship’s medic, Alana makes a snap decision and stows away on the Tangled Axon, hoping to prove her capabilities as a sky surgeon by fixing a ship which every instinct tells her is damaged, but to which she nonetheless feels a powerful connection. Yet once they discover Alana’s presence, the crew soon prove to be equally as intriguing: along with the sexy, mysterious Tev, there’s Slip, the medic with a past, Ovie, an engineer who’s also a wolf, and Marre, a pilot who drifts in and out of reality, and for all this strangeness, Alana has never felt so at home. But shortly after she convinces Nova to take up a spirit guide contract with Tev, catastrophe strikes in the most horrific way imaginable. On the run and pursued for a crime they didn’t commit, Alana and the crew of the Tanlged Axon have to try and unravel the truth of the Othersiders, not only in order to prove their innocence, but to save their ship – and themselves.


From the very first moment I saw the cover art for Ascension and read the blurb, I knew it was something I wanted to read – I mean, an SFF story whose narrator/protagonist is a queer WOC dealing with chronic illness? Those sort of novels don’t just grow on trees! As such, I was fairly nervous when I finally obtained a copy, because raising your expectations beforehand is always a dangerous move. Thankfully, Ascension didn’t disappoint: despite the fact that a particular continuity error niggled at me the whole way through (we’re told Alana spent time off-planet as a child, but also that she’s never left Heliodor) and even though the pacing lagged a little around the 40% mark, overall, I was so enamoured of everything else – the gorgeous, occasionally outright poetic prose; the excellent characterisation; the chemistry between Tev and Alana; the complex sisterly relationship between Alana and Nova; the narrative themes; the world itself – that my few complaints all paled into insignificance. Let there be no doubt: I genuinely loved this book, and can’t wait to read the next volume in the series.
Ascension left me feeling like Jacqueline Koyanagi had come along and wrapped me in a big, warm blanket composed of my favourite SFFnal tropes.
However – and as much as the characterisation was refreshingly non-default, in terms of the cast being exclusively composed of queer, polyamorous, disabled, otherkin and POC characters, all of whom were well-written, well-rounded people – there was also something very familiar about the actual worldbuilding. Not that this is a strike against the book: reading Ascension left me feeling like Jacqueline Koyanagi had come along and wrapped me in a big, warm blanket composed of my favourite SFFnal tropes, but without the problematic elements, which is basically the best thing ever. Still, it’s worth mentioning that, as a ship, the Tangled Axon bears more than a passing resemblance to Firefly’s Serenity – just as Marre, the pilot who drifts in and out of reality, kept reminding me of River Tam (and especially the River we see in Objects in Space).


The role of spirit guides and their particular type of thought-and-willpower magic felt very akin to that of Jedi wielding the Force, minus the lightsabers, while the early destruction of the planet Adul left me thinking of the respective deaths of Alderan and Vulcan in Star Wars and Star Trek. Throw in the fact that my mental casting for the Axon’s crew kept skewing heavily towards SFFnal actors (Gina Torres as Alana, Katee Sackhoff as Tev, Zhang Ziyi as Marre, Jennifer Lopez as Slip, Tamara Taylor as Nova and Lenny Kravitz as Ovie, if you were wondering) and it was hard to get away from the cinematic connections.
And then I realised: not just in terms of tropage, but the actual narrative structure, Ascension really does feel like a movie born in book-form. The pacing-lag, for instance, feels more like the practical upshot of being forced to render in words the sort of emotional gear-shifting that works perfectly on screen than the result of poor plotting. As the crew recover from Adul’s destruction, we go from one intensely powerful action scene to a series of vignettes depicting the internality of Alana’s recovery and her slow acceptance as part of the crew, and while the transition felt slightly jarring on paper, the instant I pictured how the scene would work in film – specifically, the way camera angles, music and sweeping shots would convey in seconds a mood that Koyanagi has to build with paragraphs and pages of explanation – the whole thing clicked into place. And while that’s arguably a flaw of a different sort, it’s not one that irked me in the least.
Ascension feels simultaneously like a heartfelt subversion of, and tribute to, the classic SF films and shows we all know and love.


At its core, then, Ascension feels simultaneously like a heartfelt subversion of, and tribute to, the classic SF films and shows we all know and love: subversion, in that Koyanagi replaces the traditional straight white male dominance of such narrative with, as she says in her author bio, diverse characters resembling “herself and the people she loves”; tribute, in the sense that her influences are rendered both clearly and lovingly in her own creation, so that if we squint a bit at Tev Helix, with her cattle-droving origins and transformative love of her outmoded cargo ship, it’s not too hard to see a genderbent Mal Reynolds. (There’s even a gentle nod to this particular influence near the end of the book, where a beacon set free by the Axon’s crew is described by Alana as “just one more firefly glittering in the black.”) It is, in other words, exactly the sort of book we need more of; and I can only hope the marketplace agrees with me.


Darius, you're correct, the book calls for a 50/50 mix, but I only have Flora Danica. I really should pick up something else, but this works ok. So far, all my cheese making has used only two cultures (FD for meso, and a thermo, whose name escapes me at the moment).
Hi Fied. I've tended to get more mechanical holes in my caerphilly (but made by salting the curds, and stacking and milling, etc), so I tend to go for heavier weights than the books call. This still only ends up at around 1.4 psi once I'm up to 20 kg, so it's still quite low pressure. That reminds me, must pick up another 10 kg worth of weights.
And Ian. It is possible to make cheese with a little one. A lot of cheesemaking, as you know, is waiting time. So, during the waiting (as apposed to weighting) you look after little one, then during the make times, you hand off. It is best to concentrate on relatively simple, hard pressed cheeses I think, as the more attention demanding cheeses (stiltons, etc) are probably not a great idea.
Oh, and here's the cheese. It weighed in at 1438g after the press, but before the brining. That's very typical for the weights I've had before (which were roughly 1.3, 1.5, and 1.4 kg). So, it's not retained more moisture than other makes. Should be interesting when the final results are in.


Outside Christmas Decor Ideas
Four Super Inviting Christmas Porches!We are honored that four bloggers are sharing their outside Christmas decor ideas with us. Their porches are whimsical, natural, inviting and colorful!
You will get to enjoy Dawn's, Jane and Leos, Ann's and Debbie's Christmas porch decorations. So let us take a peek at what each of them did.
What a treat! Four bloggers sharing their Christmas porches with us!
Pastel Christmas ~ Creative Cain CabinWe begin with Dawn's pastel Christmas porch. Actually it is beautifully done in gem tones. Dawn is the author of Creative Cain Cabin, an endearing blog with all sorts of rustic and country DIY projects.
We enjoy Dawn's country cabin and how she decorates her porches year round.
I knew I would love Dawn's Christmas decorations soon as I saw this tree. It's very old-fashioned looking - the shape and the gem tones of the ornaments. Perfect and nostalgic.
A better view of Dawn's snowy front porch looking so vintage for Christmas. The red and white doormat is a cozy and colorful touch.
Do you see how she put pine branches and colorful ornaments into the wire basket on the wall? What a pretty exclamation point to her front entrance.
Blue mason jars tied with red and white gingham ribbons - then filled with sand and votives.
We like how she sat the vintage mason jars on a cute side table next to the rocking chair.
If you like rustic and vintage, you will also enjoy Dawn's country fall porch that she shared with us. Take a look at how pretty!
About Creative Cain CabinPlease stop by Dawn's blog, Creative Cain Cabin, to see more of her Christmas porch. If you love simple country style, Dawn's blog is the place to be. You might just see some of your favorite things there.
Christmas Porch Decorating ~ Cottage at the CrossroadsJane and Leo, authors of Cottage at the Crossroads, are sharing their whimsical Christmas porch with us.
Pretty red and white theme! Jane and Leo's South Carolina screened porch extends all the way across the front of their home. We especially like the red lanterns on either side of their front door. Jane says she will keep those lanterns on the porch year-round.
The grapevine garland around their front door is sweet.