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Brandi Cope:
October 19, 2012 at 5:52 am
I thought that whole thing was autocorrected. Some people just don't make any damn sense..... It's called ENGLISH. Give it a try, especially if you grew up hearing and "learning" said language....
Sandi Corona:
October 22, 2012 at 12:16 pm
you are obviously an expert on the English language, hence your imperfect use of elipses, capitalizations, commas
Sam Plank:
October 22, 2012 at 1:08 pm
You are....ellipses, capitalizations and commas.*
Kerry Battle:
October 22, 2012 at 1:53 pm
Ellipses, capitalization, and commas*
October 22, 2012 at 2:57 pm
OMG YOU FORGOT THE PERIOD!!! haha i love being a grammar nazi :)
October 22, 2012 at 4:32 pm
http://oxforddictionaries.com/words/what-is-the-oxford-comma that last comma is optional. I AM JUST SAYING!
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November 7, 2012 at 6:33 am
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I am using the "Clarity Theme" and since upgrading to 3.8.1, I cannot add a new link using the "link" button without adding additional information to the HTML. For example if I wanted to link CNN I'd clink on Link, put in URL "www.cnn.com" and Text as "CNN". Then click on "open in separate page" and click on "add link". This is what is displayed on screen:
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Definition of keeper in English:
1A person who manages or looks after something or someone: I can't stop him—I'm his wife, not his keeper
More example sentences
- As the fairways are rapidly improving from the drought, no doubt the green keepers are managing to get the sprinklers working overtime.
- On the granting of a firearms certificate ownership is lost and the user is simply the licensed keeper.
- Apparently customers are a big hassle to shop keepers and waiters in Europe.
1.1A custodian of a museum or gallery collection: [as title]: he was Keeper of Western Art at the Ashmolean Museum
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- The keeper of special collections there, Richard Ovenden, has been striving mightily to raise the necessary millions.
- The new keeper of the mineral collection at the university, Dr. Bill Minarik, took attendees to view the collection.
- The keeper of the William Morris Gallery, Norah Gillow, took a more positive view.
curator, conservator, custodian, guardian, administrator, overseer;
steward, caretaker, superintendent;
governor, warden, attendant
1.2An animal attendant employed in a zoo.
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- Right now, the animal keepers from the circus stay at the zoo, attending to all the needs of the chimps.
- The animal has been described as looking like a pipe cleaner by his keepers and joins animals including deer and reindeer.
- According to animal keepers, hippos by nature require their 'corner of the pool' in the enclosure.
1.3 short for gamekeeper.
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- Now numerous pairs are established safely in the wild mountain country which was the home of their ancestors, and from which they were driven by the persecution of Victorian keepers and trophy hunters.
- In Scottish winters, while the rest of the country yearns for sun, the keepers on grouse moors pray for a deep, deep frost.
- From the late 18th century, successive dukes commissioned images of members of their households, particularly the keepers and huntsmen.
2 short for goalkeeper or wicketkeeper.
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- It was the Blackburn keeper's second penalty save of the competition.
- Sixty seconds later, he swerved away from the keeper's clawing gloves to stroke home his 21st goal of an astounding debut campaign.
- The Italian has been one of the best keepers in English football for quite a while now and it would be cruel if he were to spend the majority of this season on the bench.
3A plain ring worn to preserve a hole in a pierced ear lobe; a sleeper.
Example sentences
- Occasionally, the patient may require a place keeper for the pierced location.
3.1A ring worn to keep a more valuable one on the finger.
4 [with adjective] A food or drink that remains in a specified condition if stored: hazelnuts are good keepers
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- Bramleys are good keepers so I will lay them out in cardboard boxes, not touching, and store them in the basement where it is cool and dry.
5A fish large enough to be kept when caught: these lakes consistently give up healthy, pound-size keepers
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- Fishermen have made adjustments lately to keep more keepers and feed fewer to sharks.
- And unlike most fishing for trout under the lights, almost all of the fish were keepers, easily measuring more than the 15-inch minimum.
- Today, the bag limit on red snapper is four fish with a 16-inch minimum - sometimes, you're lucky to catch that many keepers.
5.1 informal A person or thing that is valuable and to be cherished: this disc is a keeper and one that belongs on every serious DVD collector's shelf if he's a good communicator and a great listener, he's a keeper
6 American Football A play in which the quarterback receives the ball from the centre and runs with it.
keepership noun
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- Charles I was the last monarch to sleep there, Cromwell wintered there, while the Earl of Linlithgow forfeited his titles and hereditary keepership by supporting the 'Old Pretender'.
- Over the past decade, under the keepership of Julian Treuherz, the Walker has both broadened and focused its collecting policy.
Words that rhyme with keeperArequipa, beeper, bleeper, creeper, Dnieper, leaper, peeper, reaper, sleeper, sweeper, weeper
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My reason for visiting Margate was to see the Tracey Emin exhibition, at the Turner Contemporary. It is located on the sea-front next to the visitor and information centre. The building itself would look more at home in an urban setting, but here it is jutting off the harbour wall like a huge modern art mollusc.
Tracey used to live in Margate and is famous for her unmade bed. But this exhibition focuses on her recent work and although not erotic it certainly contains a lot of nude drawings, mostly of Tracey herself. The media she works in includes watercolours, sculptures, drawings, photographs, tapestries and embroidery.
The exhibition is free but for a small charge there is an audio guide to the exhibition with short commentaries by Tracey.
Opposite the Turner Contemporary is a small area of interesting shops, artists studios, bars and restaurants. Well worth a half days visit.
I walked from the railway station to the Turner Contemporary and found most of the town looking abandoned, with many shops boarded up. All the trappings of Margate as a seaside holiday spot are missing except the lovely beaches of course.
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Lily Lolo Corrector - Blush Away
15 reviews
100% would repurchase
Package Quality: 3.6
Price: $$
Package Quality: 3.6
Price: $$
INGREDIENTSMica, Titanium Dioxide, Iron Oxides, Ultramarine Blue
on 5/23/2015 2:07:00 PM
Age: 36-43
Skin: Sensitive, Fair, Cool
Hair: Brown, Wavy, Other
Eyes: Brown
I love the touchable quality powder make up has and the way it looks on the skin. I also like that you don't have to buy it too often!
I use the corrector pretty much all over my face to neutralise the redness of my roseacea.
It is effective, but so far I'm finding that the colour of my foundation is lightened, and so I look a bit paler than I'd like. Possibly its better to add it to the foundation, mix the two together and then apply? with concealer?
This type of make up definitely takes practice to perfect in comparison with creams.
on 4/26/2013 11:15:00 AM
Age: 56 & Over
Skin: Sensitive, Fair-Medium, Cool
Hair: Brown, Wavy, Fine
Eyes: Blue
I'm really, really pink (NW20) with a lot of surface redness from broken capillaries left over from manhandling my Scandinavian/British skin as a teenager. Covering the redness has been a constant frustration until I discovered MA and this fantastic neutralizing powder.
Lily Lolo's Blush Away is a soft, pale white/green that completely neutralizes the redness in my face without leaving a sickly green cast. This is seriously HG worthy and will remain in my overstuffed makeup bag until lasers take care of the capillaries (i.e., when I win the lottery ;) As with all mineral makeups, be prepared to cope with the added fuss of loose powder. That said, the packaging does include a closeable sifter that makes it possible to store the powder without mishap. I'm very late to mineral makeup but Blush Away has converted me. If you struggle with redness of any kind, give this a try; wish I'd discovered it years ago. Thank you, MA, and thank you, Lily Lolo!
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on 1/9/2013 5:07:00 PM
Age: 19-24
Skin: Oily, Fair, Neutral
Hair: Red, Wavy, Medium
Eyes: Brown
Lasts FOREVER as you need so little.
Covers angry red spots, blemishes, acne scars.
Lovely texture, easy to apply.
Can flake up a bit if you have dry skin or if it's used on blemishes that have gone 'scabby' it can look a bit odd if you over-do it.
on 10/25/2012 7:42:00 PM
Age: 19-24
Skin: Combination, Fair, Cool
Hair: Red, Wavy, Coarse
Eyes: Green
I have rosacea and got this product hoping to conceal it. It has a learning curve. The first times I used it, I applied directly onto skin. I needed several layers to conceal redness and ended up with a weird white cast on nose and cheeks. Until one day I had the idea of mixing it with Lily Lolo's foundation and it worked like a dream! I got my redness covered on a really natural way.
on 10/11/2012 4:17:00 PM
Age: 30-35
Skin: Dry, Olive, Not Sure
Hair: Brown, Other, Other
Eyes: Brown
Was advised to try the yellow one Peepo for my dark patches. But this is so much better! Possibly an HG product, it brightens and evens up skin like nothing else. Maybe peepo doesn't work so well on yellow-tan skin, but this is great. Use a light touch though.
on 2/7/2012 7:24:00 AM
Age: 18 & Under
Skin: Acne-prone, Fair, Cool
Hair: Blond, Curly, Medium
Eyes: Blue
I like this, but when I put it on I find it pretty hard to blend it out and I have to put something over to make it blend in to my skin. I like it though, it covers up redness well but it's not that good for covering up acne. When I think about it, no powder foundation or other powder makeup is good for covering up acne.
on 9/7/2010 9:34:00 AM
Age: 30-35
Skin: Dry, Fair, Cool
Hair: Brown, Straight, Medium
Eyes: Brown
I have been a Lily Lolo customer for almost as long as they have been in business and can't believe I didn't try this sooner. You don't need much to cover redness (in my case psoriasis related redness on my forehead) and it lasts all day on me without the need for touch ups. I sometimes wear this without foundation on top, it's that effective. Don't be frightened by the green colour, it won't show up on your skin after blending. Only complaint? Wish they made this in a larger size.
on 7/19/2010 2:54:00 PM
Age: 18 & Under
Skin: Acne-prone, Medium Brown, Warm
Hair: Black, Wavy, Medium
Eyes: Black
This is a great colour corrector. It really cancels out the redness of acne well. But make sure to cover it up or blend well or you'll look really bizarre with green on your face! I wouldn't recommend this to people with dry skin because it can feel a bit drying and it is a powder concealer. Also, if you have like small pimples or a bit of redness I don't think you really need this. A regular concealer or even foundation can usually cover that adequately enough.
on 12/11/2009 10:29:00 PM
Age: 19-24
Skin: Combination, Fair, Neutral
Hair: Red, Straight, Fine
Eyes: Green
- It's a sort of olive tone, a green with yellow undertones, which makes it looks more skinlike so it doesn't show up under foundation or make you look ill.
- Doesn't break out or irritate my senstive acne-prone skin.
- Can be applied with a regular concealer brush like how you would apply cream/liquid concealer for a fuller coverage, or blended in with a fluffy eyeshadow brush (like a MAC 224) for a sheerer natural coverage.
- Actually does conceal redness!
- Cheap, and a large amount of product. I've been using it for 4 years, and I'm only just on my 3rd pot.
- Um... NONE!
on 11/18/2009 3:37:00 PM
Age: 36-43
Skin: Oily, Fair, Warm
Hair: Blond, Other, Other
Eyes: Blue
Love love love this product! I use this underneath my Blondie Foundation and if needed also under Blondie Cover Up Concealer. It instantly lifts my confidence as Blush Away cancels out the redness of my spots and spot scars and the redness of my cheeks and the sides of my nose. I would not be without this. Their sample sizes are deceptive (the cover ups come in mini baggies) and IMO are exceptionally generous and you will get a good month usage out of one. I am still using my sample (daily use, had it 3 weeks) and won't need to order the full size just yet but I will be buying it soon as I never want to be without this now I have discovered Lily Lolo! It lasts all day, does not irritate, does not melt off my oily skin and I am sure it is helping my spots too. Great stuff and a great company. HG stuff.
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Kura - SabotageTRCR043 - April 6th, 2014
Kura built up his career as a performer first, gaining extensive experience as a resident DJ.
His intimate knowledge of what works on the dance floor led to him becoming a stunning producer, and 'Sabotage' represents a deep understanding of the power it takes to move thousands of strangers.
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Final Fantasy Type-0 trailer is five minutes of characters
A new trailer for Final Fantasy Type-0 takes in the team we've already met alongside a number of new supporting characters.
The five minute teaser is embedded below; it's in Japanese, of course, but you can stare at it in mute appeal. You're allowed.
Final Fantasy Type-0, once known as Final Fantasy Agito XIII, is part of the Fabula Nova Crsytallis family of games, and arrives on Japanese PSPs on October 27, following a delay of a few weeks. No Western release has been announced as yet.
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A Quote by zaadzster_1 on books and library
My wife calls me the Imelda Marcos of books. As soon as a book enters our home it is guaranteed a permanent place in our lives. Because I have never been able to part with even one, they have gradually accumulated like sediment.
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This was with WP 3.3.1, luckily I have a daily backup, so it should be restored later today.


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Grails 3 Metrics and Path Variables
Grails 3 is built on top of SpringBoot on of the key components of SpringBoot is Actuator. Actuator sets up Metrics and healthchecks all the things modern services are expected to just have. Grails 3 ships with the
/metrics endpoint turned on meaning every request gets tracked by default the endpoint will be available to all logged in users assuming you are using some security.
Most of the time this wouldn't be an issue and would be very nice to have those metrics the problem comes to the fact that currently all requests with Path Variables are treated as different endpoints. So requests to
/items/$id of
/items/123 and
/items/333 will end up listed as two different metrics with the value of the path variable for everyone to see. This exposes more data than intended and doesn't provide really useful metrics. Its due to an issue in Actuator GH Issue 5875. So until this is fixed I recommend turning off metrics collection all together for Grails 3.
You can do that with the following config in your
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I just keep the metrics endpoint off since the health-checks are useful and something we depend on others may want to just shut of Actuator fully which can be done with:
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Thanks to Ryan Vanderwerf for help on this issue.
RxJava and Ratpack Testing Gotcha
Ratpack tends to stay out of the way when building out functionality so there are times you may make classes that use RxJava and Guice without anything from Ratpack. But there is one caveat during testing, if you are using RxJava in a unit test without any Ratpack integration that will work just fine. As soon as there is another test in the same execution that uses Ratpacks integration (
ratpack.dependency("rx")) with RxJava such as a functional test you will start seeing the following error in the standard out:
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Many of your functional tests will start failing with very unpredictable results. What is happening is any use of RxJava that runs before the Ratpacks integration will set up an execution hook meaning the strong guarantees about execution Ratpack provides will not be available leading to unpredictable behavior. This is an easy fix for the test, we just need Ratpack to setup the hook in these other tests we can simply add the following to a Spock spec:
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The same initialize can be used in your favorite testing tools, it just needs to happen before the tests are run once and thats what
setupSpec gives us in Spock.
Grails 3 and JaCoCo
Now that we have Gradle as our build system we have a whole range of plugins we can use directly in Gradle. For code coverage I am using the JaCoCo plugin. To use it with Grails we just apply the plugin to the build. By default you will get a HTML report, in the
build/report/jacoco directory.
But Grails 3 has it's test phases split up, out of the box you will have
test and
integrationTest. Starting with the JaCoCo gradle plugin, you will get coverage for just your
test phase.
We can easily fix this by letting JaCoCo know about the phases we want reported on so we just adjust the config for the jacocoTestReport task.
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Vertx3 and Gradle Application Plugin
Vertx 3 is a great step forward you can now work with Vertx without having to install a command line tool to run it. Now you can use standard Maven or Gradle to run your application.
With Gradle the samples given all are based on the use of the great Shadow Plugin. While this is good for deployments and most local development I missed a few of the features of the application plugin.
Set up your
build.gradle with the following:
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In this case we are deploying Vertx with verticles. So we set the main verticle which does our setup. I define that as variable since we will need to use it in two places once as an argument to the Vertx starter and again in the Jar manifest. You will note the main verticle includes the type in our case it is Groovy but if you are doing JavaScript you would change it there.
Now we can take advantage of the application plugin allowing us to use the simple
gradle run instead of depending on the Shadow plugin it is also faster then rebuilding the whole fat jar.
But the main reason I wanted to use the application plugin was the ability to debug easily.
That command will allow us to attach a debugger to 5005 default. With these changes Vertx 3 development fits in along side my other Grails 3 and Java 8 projects easily.
Grails 3 and Spring Java Config
The Spring Java config is a great way to work with Spring configuration. It feels similar to Google Guice, which I personally enjoy. Mr. Haki did a great write up on using it with Grails 2.4.
While working with Grails 3 there are a few areas that don't have plugins yet but do have Spring modules we can leverage. So I started out with the same path given for Grails 2.X.
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I found that while the beans were all wired correctly and
@Autowired all worked correctly, but any mappings with
@RequestMapping where always returning a 404. Everything looked wired correctly but Grails wasn't letting any requests through.
So I switched over to using
@ComponentScan then the requests were properly mapped and everything started working.
Using ComponentScan with Grails 3 is very easy:
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This will scan the package of
example.config for any Spring components so your Spring Java configs can all live in this package and easily get picked up.
This post is the blog form of this SO Question.
SpringSecurity Impersonate Users Custom Roles
The Grails SpringSecurity plugin has the ability to allow user impersonation which is a really great tool for support. But many times it makes sense to allow your support user to see different things than a user. We use a special role to achieve this behavior we can also have different roles for tiers of support.
By default even impersonation or user switching is turned off in the plugin by default. You can easily turn it on with a config flag:
Spring Security by default will add a new role of ROLE_PREVIOUS_ADMINISTRATOR for the user while impersonating the other user. This will work in most cases but for us it was hard to reason about since we had an idea of admin which was separate from our support team who would mostly be using this tool.
So for our use we wanted our own roles. The ability to do this is exposed in the SwitchUserFilter calling SwitchUserAuthorityChanger. With an implementation of the interface you can add any roles you would like.
Example authority changer:
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In Grails we set our authority changer during bootstrap.
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The switch user filter is already exposed as a bean so we can just get that injected and we also exposed the authority changer as a bean so we could just inject it in bootstrap.
There are many other options to think about when allowing impersonation of users, it may even make sense to remove some roles from an impersonated user. That is easily done by simply removing roles from the list retuned from the authority changer.
Cassandra Stale Snapshots
While working with Cassandra we found that sometimes snapshots get left around after repairs fail or have issues. These can cause 100's of Gigs of space to just be wasted. This can add up quickly and cause issues. On a node with low disk space we can check for stale snapshots the following way.
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If you see large or multiple directories under columnFamily/snapshots/ that may indicate there are stale snapshots that can be cleaned up. We will want to check when these snapshots where created so inside the snapshots directory of the column family run
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Each of those are snapshots but you will notice 4f37dcd0-c7fa-11e4-b5ae-5f969a9b23c8 is stale, we can now clean that up with the nodetool clearsnapshot command.
That will take care of removing the stale snapshot you should see disk space recovered immediately.
You can also look in the logs for failed repairs we see something like the following:
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In that case the bad snapshot would be 72e69720-b959-11e4-9b55-39152d07d3bf.
Grails Integration Testing of Complex Transactions
Integration testing complex transactions in grails can be tricky due to the default behavior of wrapping integration tests in transactions and rolling them back when complete.
The simple solution is to simply turn off transactions for integration tests, that solution will work but tends to lead to data pollution in downstream tests. Burt Beckwith has a solution in his post An Alternative Approach for Grails Integration Tests. Using this solution we can rebuild the database for each test.
In general most of the time you can use the default transactional testing behavior, therefore we want to only use this method some of the time. To achieve this effect we will modify Burt's original solution slightly.
- Rebuild the database after each test
- Depend on the configured data source
- Update to Spock
Updated Solution
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You'll notice we extend a company.IntegrationSpec there isn't anything special in that just a base integration spec class that can hold our shared testing code such as bootstrapping methods and security methods. Since our data bootstrap logic is set up there we can share the same initial setup across both our normal integration test and our new non-transactional integration specs.
When to Use
The main time we started to need this new testing method was when doing custom propagation of hibernate transactions.
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Since this will require a new transaction we will not be able to see the inserts that have happened in the default transaction. We do many of our reads as read only and force a new transaction when we are more read heavy during an operation.
In general anytime you are working directly with transaction rollbacks or propagation it best to test those things directly without having Grails inject an extra transaction in there for you.
Memcached Tomcat Sessions and Grails App Info Plugin
The App Info Plugin for Grails is a great tool. We use it in most of our Grails deployments. One of the great features offered is the ability to view all current sessions and their details. Another tool we are using is Memcached Session Manager which allows shared sessions between our Tomcat servers, great for rolling deploys and high availability.
We found an issue while running both of these in production. Over time the number of sessions reported by App Info would grow extremely large. It turns out that having the App Info plugin track sessions for you when the sessions are shared via memcached can lead to the plugin holding onto references to sessions that have been destroyed on other severs.
So at this time we can't use the App Info plugin session tracking with the Memcached Session Manager, since it leads to a memory leak as all those sessions have references inside the plugin and can never be garbage collected.
We can simply turn off the session tracking with the following code:
But note this config change effect will effect how a war is made so you can't simply override this in production you will need a new war built.
Below is our memory graph before and after the change:
Ratpack Promise
Ratpack has a core class that is the center of the great asynchronous support, Promise.
Ratpack Promises are very easy to work with, there are just a few key points:
- Only attach to a promise one time
- If dealing with the error case it must be done before the success case
- They are Lazy
- In Groovy we depend on Implicit Closure Coercion to change our closures to an Action.
Happy Path
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What we are doing here is giving a closure to the promise that once the value is ready the closure will be called with the value passed in as a parameter. We can also be very explicit in what we are getting back from the promise.
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If some error occurs while trying to get the value for the
then block the exception will be thrown. Which can be picked up by some error handler down the chain.
Error Callback
So for this works great when dealing with the happy path and wanting exceptions. But we also may want to deal with failures to fulfill the promise. So to do this we start with
onError instead of
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onError will pass in a throwable to the closure that you can log or do whatever work you would like in the case of a failure.
Lazy Promises
Ratpack promises won't actually try to generate the value until the
then block is called at the end of the current execution. This is done to allow for deterministic asynchronous operations.
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What will happen in Ratpack is we will always get the exception "bang!", because the get request will not even get started until the
doWork block of execution is finished. Once finished having a
then{} will trigger a background thread to start generating the value.
What not to do
You shouldn't try to attach more than once to a Promise, as what ends up happening is two different promise instances will execute in the background and what we want is only to deal with that value once. So don't do the following:
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Starting in Ratpack 0.9.9 the above code should actually throw an error.


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NEW YORK (May 14, 2014) The Oprah Winfrey Network plans to produce a documentary series that follows the life of Michael Sam, the first openly gay player drafted by an NFL team.
The documentary will follows Sams as he works to earn a spot with the St. Louis Rams while under the media microscope.
Sam says it would be great if his story can lead others to accept who they are and go for their dreams.
OWN did not specify a premiere date for the as-yet-untitled series or say how many episodes it will produce.


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No plans to shut jewellery business: Reliance Retail
Terming as "incorrect and speculative" reports of Reliance shutting down jewellery business, the spokesperson said the company has opened seven new stores in recent times.
Reliance Retail may wind up jewellery biz
Reliance Retail, the retail arm of Reliance Industries, has shut around 10 Reliance Jewels stores, ...
Renaissance Jewellery glitters on stable growth, zero debt
The company exhibits financial discipline, cost and risk controls, constantly impr...
Salman Khan's brand to venture into jewellery business next month
Arpita Khan said: "I'm here because we are launching Being Human jewellery next month and that's really close to our hearts. So I decided to come out and support this as well."
Flora and fauna jewellery collections rule at the haute Couture Fashion Week in Paris
Dior's largest-ever jewellery range provided glimpses into the elements of the palace, like the chandeliers and mirrors.
Splurge on stylish two-tone jewellery
The blush collection launched by Gehna Jewellers uses champagne or rose gold and continues to make waves across platforms & is loved by women.
ICRA lowers jewellery industry growth to 3% even as rural demand rises
Emphasis on boosting rural economy in the Union Budget 2016-17 is also likely to spur demand which could augur well for the industry over the next 3 years.
A fashionable affair! The launch of a new line of jewellery by Kichu Dandiya
Among those who attended the do were Dimple Kapadia, Twinkle Khanna, Mayank Anand and Divya Thakur.
3D printing jewellery powers Melorra to record $5 million seed round
"The industry has always designed jewellery in a silo without being in touch with the changing needs of Indian women," says Yeramilli.
Stocks of jewellery firms shine after government relaxes rules on excise duty
The government announced that jewellers with turnover of up to Rs 15 crore will be exempt from the excise duty.
Jewellery stocks jump as govt relaxes excise duty rules
Tara Jewels Ltd soars as much as 10.74 pct, Shree Ganesh Jewellery House Ltd rises as much as 6.38 pct, PC Jeweller Ltd gains as much as 3.05 pct, Tribhovandas Bhimji Zaveri up 2.68 pct.
A jewellery company has beaten India's Navratna firm ONGC in Fortune list
Among Indian cos, 4 are from public sector while Reliance Industries is the top-ranked among private firms, followed by Tata Motors & Rajesh Exports.
Smart jewellery startup Leaf wants to keep women safe
With security as the prime objective, five geeks got together to integrate technology with regular wearables to create a unique product that promises to keep you safe on the go. Takers, anyone?
Jewellery portal VelvetCase strengthens leadership team
It will also concentrate on establishing a robust marketing analytics setup, in order to have a sound understanding of various consumer segments and their behaviours.
Low wages a bane for gems and jewellery industry: Report
Unorganised players not known to use cutting-edge technology and high-quality materials in the manufacturing process, also pull down the industry growth.
Gold jewellery losing sheen with high gold price, mandate to quote PAN on purchases above Rs 2 lakh
Jewellers said that even hefty discounts of 20-50% on making charges for jewellery have failed to spur sales.
Fresh measures announced for gold jewellery sector, SSI eligibility limit upped to Rs 15 crore
Records maintained for state VAT and other private records, showing details of inputs, stocks, manufactured goods, sold/exported goods will be accepted for excise purposes.
Govt announces relief for gold jewellery industry to offset excise duty levied in Budget
The sub-committee under Lahiri, was set up after protests from jewellers on imposition of 1% excise duty on gold and precious jewellery in budget.
Online jewellery market may swell to $3.6 billion in 3 years
With focus on increasing job opportunities and creating skilled work force, the portal is facilitating opportunities of interaction between employers and job-seekers.
Online jewellery market may swell to $3.6 bn in 3 yrs
With focus on increasing job opportunities and creating skilled work force, the portal is facilitating opportunities of interaction between employers.
Omar Mateen bought jewellery worth $ 9000 days before shooting
Mateen made the expensive purchases on June 6 at a Kay Jewelers in Jensen Beach, Florida, which is near the Lotus Gun Shop where he attempted to buy body armor.
Gems, jewellery exports up 25.5% during Apr-May
In April-May last year, exports from the sector were USD 4.60 billion, according to the data from Gems and Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC).
Indian Institute of Gems & Jewellery launches graduate programme in jewellery design
The institute, a project of the Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council of India, will be the first in the country to offer a complete graduate course on the subject.
Rs 50-crore 'jewellery park' set to come up in Mumbai in bid to boost exports
The initiative comes at a time when India's jewellery sector faces a crisis of skilled labour, inadequate infrastructure and lack of technology.
Online jewellery marketplace VelvetCase.com raises $1.5 million in second round of funding
VelvetCase will use the money to expand its technology, marketing and seller acquisition services, the company said.
Extend incentives in gems and jewellery exports: Assocham urges government
Exports of jewellery have also fallen by about 17 per cent i.e. from $13.2 bn in 2014-15 to $11 bn in 2015-16. Dubai and Thailand are fast emerging as major jewellery manufacturing hub.
Senco to sell jewellery on Flipkart
Senco Gold & Diamonds has tied up with etailer Flipkart to sell a wide variety of light-weight, gold and diamond jewellery priced between Rs 7,000 and Rs 1, 50,000.
Jewellery makers rally as government rolls back 1% TCS
Stocks of Shree Ganesh Jewellers surged 9.6 per cent, Gitanjali Gems 4.24 per cent, Shrenuj & Company 3.92 and Tribhovandas Zaveri Bhimji 2.27 per cent.
TCS threshold on cash purchase of jewellery kept at Rs 5 lakh and above
The decision comes at a time when jewellers are finding it difficult to offload their inventory that piled up following a 42-day strike.
GJEPC proposes jewellery park near Mumbai
"We have proposed to govt to allow goods on consignment basis for manufacturing purposes, thus creating more jobs for artisans in the country," Pandya said.
Government refuses recall of 1% excise duty on jewellery
Asserting that there was absolutely no harassment of artisans, Jaitley said corporate jewellers with upto Rs 12 crore turnover last year came under its ambit and upto Rs 6 crore turnover in a fiscal later are exempt from it.
Indian temple awarded for lending deity jewellery in Singapore
The jewellery which includes a necklace made of rubies, emeralds, diamonds and a gem-studded crown was loaned by Saigon Chettiars Temple Trust and came from Thendayuthapani Temple.
Government clarifies stand on jewellery excise, levy only on principal jewellery makers
The Budget had imposed a 1% excise duty without input tax credit and 12.5% with input tax credit on articles of jewellery.
India Pavilion debuts at Vicenzaoro Dubai jewellery show
The show is being organised by Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council at the Dubai World Trade Centre from April 14 to April 17.
A sparkling evening: Jewellery designer Poonam Soni's party in Mumbai
The evening also featured a preview of Soni's jewellery collection.
Jewellery stocks shine as traders call off strike
Jewellery companies' extended their rally from Monday, surging as much as 6% in trade after jewellery traders lifted a shutdown after a 43-day strike.
Titan to acquire majority stake in online jewellery retailer Caratlane
Titan said in a filing that the exact stake and price to be paid for the stake is still under discussion, with a transaction expected to close in June 2015.
FM Arun Jaitley rules out rollback of excise duty on jewellery
"Tax will have to be paid. But we will ensure that there is no harassment of jewellers," Jaitley said during his reply to a discussion on the Finance Bill.
Platinum jewellery demand to stay high this year
PGI's Vasihali Banerjee said a price drop in platinum is helping Indian consumers upgrade from 18-carat studded gold jewellery to platinum jewellery.
Orra, TBZ launch new jewellery products ahead of Akshaya Tritiya
With Akshaya Tritiya just a few days away, jewellers such as Orra and Tribhovandas Bhimji Zaveri are launching new products to increase their sales.
Jewellery industry fears losing out on festive cheer
The jewellers have been on a pan-India strike since March 2 to protest against imposition of excise levy, demanding withdrawal of the budgetary proposal.
Jewellery stocks melt as strike nears one month
Jewellery stocks fell by up to 8.5 per cent as a large number of jewellers and bullion traders in the country continued their strike for 27th day to protest the proposed 1 per cent excise duty on non-silver jewellery.
Excise duty on jewellery: Jewellers not to withdraw strike
Meanwhile, Jaitley has offered to walk the extra mile to ensure that small traders are not harassed but made it plain that luxury items cannot go untaxed.
Online jewellery portal VelvetCase set to double headcount over next one and a half year
The startup, which currently has about 40 employees, will be hiring from institutes like NIFT, NID, and SP Jain Institute of Management and Research.
Iran the only bright spot in Middle Eastern region for gold jewellery in Q1
The remaining Middle Eastern markets saw double-digit losses, beset as they were by a mix of ongoing geo-political issues, low oil prices and weak tourism revenues.
Excise duty on jewellery not conducive for industry: GJEPC
GJEPC has already approached the government to persuade them to rollback their decision of imposition of excise duty on jewellery.
Premium on gold plummets; traders' strike impacts jewellery sales
'Let us see how things go. But there will be hardly an sales during Gudi Padwa this year." Gudi Padwa is considered as an auspicious day in Hindu calendar when Indians prefer to buy gold.'
Indian platinum jewellery retail sales grew by 24% in 2015: PGI
The report says that platinum jewekllery is on a growth curve with growing consumer acceptance, increasing distribution and successful branded programmes.
ET in the Classroom: The repercussions of excise duty on jewellery
This is causing inconvenience for those wanting to buy jewellery to meet wedding or occasion-based demand, besides making jewellery costlier by 1%.


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The ATL Northern Irish Acts Of The Year!!
So here we are then - the top twenty Northern Irish bands of the year, as voted for by the ATL team.
From our ridiculous Ulster Hall show in March, to The Answer, General Fiasco and ASIWYFA all headlining the same venue in the last few weeks, via the biggest Glasgowbury ever and the Nordie takeover at Oxegen, the past twelve months have been an absolute gift for everyone at ATL. There's been so much to enthuse about we've struggled to fit everything we love into a mere two hour radio show every week.
Before we post the chart up, it seems like a good idea to explain exactly how we come up with our top twenty. Basically, everyone involved with Across the Line was asked to vote. Myself, producer Paul, assistant producer Amy, webguy Warren, ATL pals/fellow Radio Ulster presenters Joe Lindsay and Donna Legge and Radio One's Rory & Stephen were joined by seven of our regular web and on-air reviewers. Everyone supplied their own top twenty, with the number one act getting 20 points, the number two act 19 points... and so on. The points were added up and... voila, our overall chart.
It is what it is - a bunch of people who love local music collaborating on a vote. It's certainly not definitive in any way - but it is an interesting snapshot of our scene in 2009. Myself and Paul also reckon it would look very different if it was just the core ATL team voting! It should also be noted that certain acts were deemed too established for such a chart - Snow Patrol, The Answer, In Case of Fire and Therapy? for a start. Again, it was quite a vague ruling who should 'qualify', but a decision had to be made.
So, if you end up wondering just why your favourite local act are so far down (or maybe not featured at all), you can rest assured there's almost certainly at least one member of the ATL team who feels the exact same frustration. We could all name a few acts we believe should feature much higher on the list, but that's just the way these charts end up sometimes!
ANYWAY! Make of this what you will...
Brackets indicate 2008 and 2007 placings. N means 'new' and N.A. means band were not included in previous years' votes.
1. (1,5) And So I Watch You From Afar
2. (2, N) Cashier No.9
3. (17, 10) Two Door Cinema Club
4. (3, 1) Lafaro
5. (5, 6) General Fiasco
6. (10, N) Cutaways
6. (7, 20) Panama Kings
8. (20, N) A Plastic Rose
9. (N) Yes Cadets
10. (12, N) Not Squares
11. (N) Mojo Fury
12. (N) Robyn G Sheils
13. (N) Space Dimension Controller
14. (N) Nakatomi Towers
15. (N) Pocket Promise
16. (6, 2) The Jane Bradfords
17. (N.A.) Fighting with Wire
18. (4, N) Lowly Knights
19. (N) Boxcutter
20. (N.A) Oppenheimer
Congratulations then to ASIWYFA who wrap up a remarkable year by topping our chart for the second year running. Cashier No.9 are runners up once again while Yes Cadets are the highest new entry. A Plastic Rose are the biggest 'jumpers' while Cutaways, General Fiasco, Panama Kings and Lafaro enjoy a second year in our top ten!
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Sun, Heat, Scattered Storms
TIS THE SEASON: While many in the national media are pushing "dangerous heat", "heat domes", and "heat emergency" type verbiage, around here we just call it summer. Temperatures are generally in the low 90s this afternoon, right at seasonal averages. The sky is partly sunny, and a few showers and storms have developed, but they are fewer in number compared to recent days…
REST OF THE WEEK: The upper ridge over Alabama will weaken slightly in coming days, opening the door for an increase in the number of scattered showers and storms, especially Wednesday through Friday. Otherwise, the classic mid-summer pattern continues with partly sunny days and highs at or just over 90 degrees. Best chance of showers and storms will come from about 1:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m… and we can't rule out a few late night or morning showers late in the week.
And, of course, in summer there is no way of knowing in advance exactly when or where the storms pop up. You just have to keep an eye on radar.
THE ALABAMA WEEKEND: We continue to roll with a persistence forecast. Mixed sun and clouds Saturday and Sunday with scattered showers and storms, most active during the afternoon and evening hours. Highs generally in the low 90s.
And, next week, as we begin August, the weather just won't change much. No reason to depart from the routine summer forecast. See the Weather Xtreme video for maps, graphics, and more details.
TROPICS: The Atlantic basin remains very quietly, and tropical storm formation is not expected through the week.
AT THE BEACH: About 7 to 9 hours of sunshine daily through the weekend from Gulf Shores to Panama City Beach, and of course you will deal with a passing storm from time to time. Highs on the immediate coast 87-90, with mid 90s inland. Sea water temperatures are in the mid to upper 80s. See a very detailed Gulf Coast forecast here.
Photo below is from Panama City Beach… via @lhinton125
WEATHER BRAINS: Don't forget you can listen to our weekly 90 minute netcast anytime on the web, or on iTunes. This is the show all about weather featuring many familiar voices, including our meteorologists here at ABC 33/40. We will produce this week's show tonight at 8:30 CT… you can watch it live here.
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I enjoyed seeing the kids at the Boys and Girls Club of Alabama in Hueytown today… be looking for them on the Pepsi KIDCAM today at 5:00 on ABC 33/40 News! The next Weather Xtreme video will be posted here by 7:00 a.m. tomorrow…
Midday Nowcast: We Need Rain, But Hard To Find On Radar
Skies across Central Alabama are mostly clear with just a few cumulus clouds floating around. Not much in the way of rain on the radar at this hour in the area. There are a few very isolated showers that have popped up around the Alexander City and Auburn areas, and they are mainly moving to the west. Otherwise, high and dry for everyone else.
TEMPERATURES AT THIS HOUR: Heat is building as we start to reach the daytime maximum temperatures for the day across the area. Here is a list of temperature observations from across the area:
Birmingham 91
Tuscaloosa 89
Gadsden 91
Anniston 90
Cullman 90
Hamilton 89
Clanton 91
Alexander City 93
Montgomery 91
WHAT TO EXPECT FOR TODAY: Looks like another typical late July day here in Central Alabama. Partly to mostly sunny skies across the area with the risk of scattered afternoon showers and thunderstorms. Afternoon highs will be in the low to mid 90s, with the heat index in the upper 90s. Best chance of rain will be from 12PM to 9PM, and will probably be east of I-65 (but one could pop up anywhere). Odds of any one spot getting rain will be around 1 in 4.
CODE GREEN AIR QUALITY: The Air Quality Index for the Birmingham Metropolitan Area will be in the "Code Green" for ozone. No actions needed for today.
TODAY'S CLIMATOLOGY FOR BIRMINGHAM: The normal high for July 25th is 91, while the normal low is 70. The record high for today was set back in 1952 at 106. The record low was set back in 1911 at 60.
TUESDAY'S OUTLOOK: The "Carbon Copy Forecast" can be used for this weekend. Partly to mostly sunny skies with a risk of scattered afternoon and evening showers and thunderstorms. Afternoon highs will be in the low to mid 90s, with the heat index near 100. The odds of any one spot getting rain each day is 1 in 3. Overnight lows will be in the 70s.
HEADED TO THE BEACH: It will be the usual summer setup this week on the coast from Gulf Shores over to Panama City Beach. About 7 to 9 hours of sunshine daily, but a passing thunderstorm is likely from time to time. Highs on the immediate coast 87-90, with mid 90s inland. The sea water temperature early this morning at the Dauphin Island Sea Lab is 86 degrees. See a very detailed Gulf Coast forecast here.
THE TROPICS: The Atlantic basin remains very quiet, and tropical storm formation is not expected through the next five days.
ON THIS DAY IN 1956: Off the coast of Massachusetts, near Nantucket Lightship, the Swedish-American liner called the Stockholm, rammed the Andrea Doria in dense fog. 52 people perished in the accident.
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Muggy Summer Days/Scattered Storms
AN OCEAN OF HUMIDITY: Alabama's weather won't be changing much this week. After all, it is late July, so you know it will be hot, humid, and we will deal with scattered thunderstorms during the afternoon and evening hours.
Today we project a partly sunny sky, a high in the mid 90s, and the best chance of a shower or storm between the hours of 1 and 8 p.m. Chance of any one spot getting wet is about one in four, and the high resolution HRRR model suggests the highest coverage of afternoon showers will be east of I-65 (but, one could pop up anywhere).
TOMORROW THROUGH FRIDAY: The upper ridge is forecast to weaken slightly, meaning a gradual increase in the coverage of scattered showers and storms, and heat levels a bit lower. In fact, the GFS model is suggesting highs in the upper 80s here Thursday and Friday, but considering this is the end of July, and the typical peak of summer heat, we will keep highs in the low 90s. Thankfully no sign of any triple digit heat for us.
THE ALABAMA WEEKEND: Mixed sun and clouds Saturday and Sunday, scattered showers and storms (mainly during the afternoon and evening hours), and highs at or just over 90 degrees.
And, no reason to change this "persistence forecast" into next week. Classic mid-summer weather here across the Deep South. See the Weather Xtreme video for maps, graphics, and more details.
TROPICS: We are getting closer to the peak of the Atlantic hurricane season (August and September), but things remain very quiet due to a large amount of dry air. Tropical storm formation is not expected this week.
GULF COAST WEATHER: It will be the usual summer setup this week on the coast from Gulf Shores over to Panama City Beach. About 7 to 9 hours of sunshine daily, but a passing thunderstorm is likely from time to time. Highs on the immediate coast 87-90, with mid 90s inland. The sea water temperature early this morning at the Dauphin Island Sea Lab is 86 degrees. See a very detailed Gulf Coast forecast here.
WEATHER BRAINS: Don't forget you can listen to our weekly 90 minute netcast anytime on the web, or on iTunes. This is the show all about weather featuring many familiar voices, including our meteorologists here at ABC 33/40. We will produce this week's show tonight at 8:30p CT… you can watch it live here.
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I will be speaking this morning at an event in Clanton, and later today at the Boys and Girls Clubs of Alabama in Hueytown. Look for the next Weather Xtreme video here by 4:00 this afternoon… enjoy the day!
Best Storms Are In The 5 County Metro Birmingham Area For Now
Showers and thunderstorms are trying to get their act together at mid-afternoon across Central Alabama. Small pulse storms are bubbling up in a environment of moderate instability and almost no wind shear. They rise up and fall back to earth just as quickly.
At 305 p.m. lightning was beginning near downtown Birmingham and over southern Walker County. Other lightning strikes have occurred in the past few minutes in the storm along the Jefferson/St. Clair County line near Argo.
The storms near downtown Birmingham and near West Jefferson appear to the best candidates to hold together right now.
These storms will continue to develop and push slowly west all afternoon and into the early evening.
The stronger storms will have gusty winds, heavy rain and deadly lightning.
Storms will continue to be rather scarce through Tuesday, with little hope for widespread relief from our growing drought. The outlook should improve from midweek into the weekend as we get more troughing over Alabama and the Southeast.
Heat, Humidity, Isolated Storms
Satellite imagery shows a few clouds across the Alabama sky this morning with temperatures running in the middle and upper 70s. I expect to see a mixture of sun and clouds today with isolated showers and thunderstorms developing in the heat of the afternoon. The weakness at 500 millibars is still evident over the Lower Mississippi River Valley, so I would expect to see thunderstorms more numerous to our west today. Radar was clear for Alabama this morning, but there were a few thunderstorms occurring in the vicinity of Memphis.
The typical summer forecast for the beaches of the Northern Gulf Coast from Dauphin Island east to Panama City includes plenty of sunshine each day, but with the threat of a passing storm from time to time. Highs are around 90 on the beaches while just inland you can expect low to mid 90s. The sea water temperature at the Dauphin Island Sea Lab was 87 degrees. See the complete Gulf Coast 7 Day Planner here.
The tropical Atlantic was quiet and is expected to remain quiet for the next several days. Be sure to see the GFS outlook for voodoo country. In the Eastern North Pacific, Tropical Storm Frank and Hurricane Georgette were spinning away from land. In the Central North Pacific, Tropical Storm Darby was bringing some wind and heavy rain to the Hawaiian Islands.
SPC has no specific areas outlooked for severe weather for the next several days with just some marginal areas along and ahead of the frontal system moving through the northern tier of the US.
The upper air pattern remains in a ridge into the first of the week, but a series of upper troughs manage to split the ridge with centers over the Four Corners area and just off the Southeast US coast by Tuesday. The one off the South Carolina coast pushes into the Southeast US on Wednesday, but another strong trough is forecast to dig into the Great Lakes area on Thursday and Friday potentially bringing a front into Tennessee by Friday. And the overall troughiness is forecast to stick with us into the weekend.
For the first half of the week ahead, I expect to see isolated thunderstorms driven by the heat of the day with highs in the lower and middle 90s. But as we head into the latter part of the week from Thursday into the weekend, rain chances appear likely to go up with the combination of the upper troughiness and the presence of the weak front edging into the northern part of the Southeast US. The lowering of the heights along with the presence of more clouds and more thunderstorms should combine to drop our temperatures back to around 90. The GFS MOS guidance takes the high Friday all the way into the middle 80s, and I'm just not buying that much of a change.
It is interesting to note that the ECMWF 500 millibar pattern is in fairly close agreement to the pattern of the GFS, but the ECMWF only drops temperatures back to around 90.
The really big surprise comes as we venture out into voodoo country. The GFS builds the upper ridge back into the Central and eastern US from Sunday through Wednesday. The surprise is the appearance of what appears to be a tropical system in the Bahamas. By Friday, August 5th, the tropical system strengthens and moves northward into the Carolinas while the upper ridge is pushed back to the west. The ridge builds east again by August 8th as the tropical system heads northeastward into the northern Atlantic. But remember, this is voodoo. By the time James has the next Weather Xtreme Video on Monday morning, this whole notion of a tropical system for early August may be completely gone.
I appreciate you tuning into the blog for the Weather Xtreme Video. Mr. Spann is taking some additional time off, so I believe my next video will come next Thursday morning. Remember, it continues to be hot, so just use some common sense and don't overdo it whether working or playing in the outdoors. Have a great day and Godspeed.
Strong Storms Over East Alabama
Several clusters of storms are impacting portions of East Alabama late this afternoon and these storms are meandering about in different directions. The most intense storms currently are affecting portions of Calhoun, Etowah, Cleburne, Blount and Jefferson counties.
No storms are currently severe, but storms are producing tremendous amounts of lightning, torrential tropical downpours, and gusty winds. These storms will continue to next several hours, before winding down with the loss of daytime heating.
Strong Storm Over Eastern Jefferson County…Lot of Heavy Rain, Lightning
A strong thunderstorm developed near the Birmingham Airport before 2:30 and has been pulsing up and down as it has moved slowly southwestward.
At 415 p.m. it was affecting areas from Woodlawn and Irondale back to Cahaba Heights and Liberty Park then over to Inverness and Meadowbrook.
The lightning is not especially heavy, but it only takes one bolt. 1-2 inches of rain has fallen in areas between I-20 and I-459. An areal flood advisory has been issued for eastern Jefferson County, including places inside the green polygon.
Summer Marches On
Hot, humid weather continues for the weekend with scattered showers and thunderstorms. Best chance of storms comes during the afternoon and evening hours, but with the moisture-rich air mass in place, a late night or morning shower can not be completely ruled out either. Highs today and tomorrow will range from 90-95 degrees, pretty much what we expect in late July around here.
HEAT ADVISORY: The NWS maintains the heat advisory again today, as heat index values will be at or just over 105° at times through out Central Alabama. This should be the last day an advisory is needed for Alabama for the next week or so, but there is still plenty of summer left.
RADAR CHECK: Early this afternoon, we are watching a few showers and storms that are ongoing, but these are rather isolated and confined to northern portions of the state. Through the afternoon, we will continue to see pockets of convection, that will be producing a lot of lightning, heavy rainfall, and gusty winds. General storm motion is towards the south. Typical of this time of year, what storms that are out there, should wind down after sunset.
Heat and Showers in Forecast
Traveling weather systems remain well north of the Southeast US, so we are looking at a weather pattern that will not be changing much over the next seven days. There will be minor changes, but they will be subtle and we really won't see any drastic changes to the weather with heat and showers holding spots in the forecast.
There is a subtle weakness in the 500 millibar pattern in the vicinity of West Tennessee early this morning which was helping to generate showers over Northeast Mississippi and Northwest Alabama. Movement of these showers was southeastward and the motion should gradually become more southward during the late morning. A heat advisory remained in place this morning for the northern two thirds of Alabama, but the presence of the weakness aloft along with the presence of additional clouds could mean that we won't quite reach heat index values of 105. While we might not reach the "official" criteria for the heat advisory, it will remain hot and steamy. I expect highs today to generally top out in the middle 90s, but the upper 90s are possible generally south and southeast of Birmingham.
For beachgoers, summer weather continues along the Gulf Coast from Dauphin Island to Panama City Beach this weekend and into next week. There will be about 7 to 9 hours of sunshine each day with an occasional passing thunderstorm. Highs will be around 89 on the immediate coast with mid to upper 90s inland. See a very detailed Gulf Coast forecast here.
Looking southward, the Atlantic Basin remains quiet, while Frank and Georgette, both tropical storms, were spinning in the Eastern Pacific, neither a threat to land areas.
And as you might expect, the SPC has the risk for organized severe storms confined to the northern tier of the US from the Great Lakes to New England for the next three days. And there is little likelihood that this pattern will change through the week ahead.
Ridging remains the primary feature across the southern tier of the US through the week ahead with only some subtle changes to the pattern. As short waves move across Canada, they will have at least some effect on the ridging by pushing the bulk of the ridge back west beginning Monday and continuing through the middle of the week and into next weekend. The influence of this weak troughiness should be enough to lower our high temperatures some as highs stick in the lower and middle 90s. Morning lows will remain steady, too, with values in the 70 to 75 degree range. And while I would love to say something different than "chance of thunderstorms" in the daily forecast, there is no real pattern change which would warrant saying anything different. Due to the spotty nature of these storms, there is no real relief seen for the drought conditions affecting the northern two-thirds of Alabama during the next week.
Looking into voodoo country, the GFS is big on bringing the ridge back into the Central US as we head into the first few days of August. And the GFS holds the ridge there once again as we head out to August 7th.
I expect to have the next Weather Xtreme Video posted here first thing on Sunday morning. You can check back here regularly for updates on how the Alabama weather scene is changing. Enjoy your day and Godspeed.
Strong Storms Over Marion, Lamar and Fayette Counties…Pushing Generally Southward
Thunderstorms are strong over parts of Central Alabama this afternoon. The strongest ones can be found over Marion, Lamar and Fayette Counties.
Others are over Cullman and Walker Counties as well as Lauderdale and Colbert Counties of Northwest Alabama.
None of the storms are severe at this time, but there could be a couple of isolated warnings through the evening hours.
Any of the storms will be capable of producing dangerous lightning, heavy rain and gusty winds to 40 mph.
Everything is pushing generally to the south.
The storms will die out later this evening.


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