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I am Crishantha Nanayakkara from Sri Lanka. I have a BSc(Hons) in Computing and Information Systems from University of London and a MBA in IT from University of Moratuwa. I have been in the IT industry for nearly 15 years and now working at the IT Apex body of Sri Lanka. (ICTA) My main research interest is e-Government and its evolution in the developing countries.
Home page: http://crishantha.com
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AWS Serverless Application Model (SAM)
Developer Tools for Serverless Applications on AWS
AWS and its ecosystem provide frameworks/ tools, which help you develop serverless applications on AWS Lambda and other AWS services. These will help you rapidly build, test, deploy, and monitor serverless applications.
There are multiple AWS / open source frameworks available in the market today to simplify serverless application development and deployment.
1. AWS Server Application Model (SAM)
2. Open Source third party frameworks (Apex, Chalice, Clauda.js, Serverless Express, Serverless Framework, Serverless Java Container, Sparta, Zappa)
For simple applications it is good to use normal Lambda console. However, for complex applications, it is recommended to use AWS SAM. AWS SAM is an "abstraction" of Cloudformation (Infrastructure As Code), which is optimized for serverless applications. It supports anything that Cloudformation supports and it is an Open Specification under Apache 2.0 License.
AWS SAM Local Client
AWS SAM Local is a complementary CLI tool that lets you locally test Lambda functions defined by AWS SAM templates.You can plug this client tool into any of your favorite IDE for higher fidelity testing and debugging.
AWS Cloud9
Now AWS introduced a new IDE for serverless development called AWS Cloud9. This has integrated all the required components for serverless development and testing without relying on any other tool/ IDE.
However, the deployment aspect was missing in AWS SAM and recently that was also added to the AWS SAM to automate the incremental deployments into AWS Lambda. This further allows to roll-out new versions to production in an incremental manner.
2). Open Source third party frameworks (Serverless Framework)
Please do have a look at my previous blog for an article on the Serverless Framework.
1. Developer Tools for Serverless Applications – https://aws.amazon.com/serverless/developer-tools/
2, Comparing AWS SAM with the Serverless Framework – https://sanderknape.com/2018/02/comparing-aws-sam-with-serverless-framework/
3. AWS SAM – https://github.com/awslabs/serverless-application-model
4. AWS SAM Local – Build and Test Serverless Applications Locally – https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/new-aws-sam-local-beta-build-and-test-serverless-applications-locally/
YouTube References:
1. Authoring and Deploying Serverless Applications with AWS SAM: – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMyniSCOJdA
2. Serverless Architecture Patterns and Best Practices – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mB1JVlhScs
3. Building CI/CD Pipelines for Serverless Applications – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uOl3B88bcY
4. AWS Serverless Application Model (SAM) Implementation is Now Open-Source – Apr 10, 2018 – AWS Launchpad San Francisco – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxv1dOExq5U
Mounting and Unmounting Linux EBS volumes on AWS
You may use following Linux commands to try above. If you are new to Linux especially on a cloud infrastructure like AWS, the following would be useful.
AWS Instance Type: Amazon Linux (Redhat version)
1. lsblk – To check all volumes mounted
2. Then use the following to create a file system within the volume created
>> sudo mke2fs /dev/xvdf
3. Mount the created volume to an existing folder
>> sudo mount /dev/xvdf /mnt
4. Now check lsblk. You can see /mnt directory is mounted to /dev/xdvf folder.
5. Now you can copy files to the mounted folder
6. Id you want to unmount the volume you can use the following
>> sudo umount /mnt
Thats it!
Apache Spark with Python on Ubuntu – Part 01
1.0 Introduction
Spark is a fast and general cluster computing system for Big Data. It is written in Scala Language. It provides high-level APIs in Scala, Java, Python, and R, and an optimized engine that supports general computation graphs for data analysis. It also supports a rich set of higher-level tools including Spark SQL for SQL and DataFrames, MLlib for machine learning, GraphX for graph processing, and Spark Streaming for stream processing. Apache Spark is built on one main concept, which is "Resilient Distributed Data (RDD)".
(Python vs Scala vs Java) with Spark?
The most popular languages that Spark associated are Python and Scala. Both languages follow a similar syntax and compared to Java they are quite easy to follow. However compared to Python, Scala seems more faster mainly Spark is written in Scala and it overcomes the delay of having to go through another set of libraries to interpret if you chose to use Python. However, in general both are capable of doing the task in almost all the use cases.
Installing Apache Spark with Python
In order to complete this task, you are required to follow the following steps one by one.
Step 1: Install Java
- I assume you already have Java Development Kit (JDK) installed in your machines. In March 2018, the Spark supported JDK version is JDK 8.
- You may verify the Java installation
$ java -version
Step 2: Install Scala
- If you do not have Scala installed in your system, use this link to install it.
- Get the "tgz" bundle and extract it to the /usrlocal/scala folder (This is as a best practice)
$ tar xvf scala-2.11.12.tgz // Extract the scala into /usr/local folder $ su - $ mv scala-2.11.12 /usr/local/scala $ exit
- Then update the .bashrc to have SCALA_HOME and $SCALA_HOME/bin to the $PATH.
- After all, verify the scala installation
$ scala -version
Step 3: Install Spark
After installing both Java and Scala, now you are ready to download the Spark version. Use this link to download the "tgz" file.
P.Note: Also when downloading Apache Spark itself, be sure to install the latest version of Spark 2.3
$ tar xvf spark-2.3.0-bin-hadoop2.7.tgz // Extract the Spark into /usr/local/spark $ su - $ mv spark-2.3.0-bin-hadoop2.7 /usr/local/spark $ exit
- Then update the .bashrc to have SPARK_HOME and $SPARK_HOME/bin to the $PATH.
- Now you may verify the Spark installation
$ spark-shell
if all goes well, you will see a Spark prompt being displayed!. (Use :quit OR Ctrl+D to exit from the shell)
Step 4: Install Python
You may install Python using Canopy
Use this link to download the binaries to your system. (Use Linux(64-bit Python 3.5 Download for this blog)
Once you installed,Canopy, you have a Python development environment to work with Spark with all the libraries including PySpark.
Once all these installed you can try PySpark by just typing "pyspark" on the terminal window.
$ pyspark
This will allow you to continue to execute your Python scripts on Spark.
Securing AWS Lambda Functions
The Default Security – (Permissions)
By default Lambda functions are "not" authorized to do access other AWS services. Hence, it is required to explicitly give access (permissions) to each and every AWS service.(i.e. accessing S3 to store images, accessing external databases such as DynamoDB, etc). These permissions are managed by AWS IAM roles.
Changing the Default Security – (Permissions)
If you are using the Serverless Framework you can customize the default settings by changing the serverless.yaml file (in the "iamRoleStatements:" block).
For example,
iamRoleStatements: - Effect: "Allow" Action: - "lambda:*" Resource: - "*"
The above will "Allow" all ("*") to be invoked from the Lambda Function.
The Default Security – (Network)
By default, Lambda functions are not launched in a VPC. But you can change this by creating a Lambda function within a VPC. Furthermore, you can extend further by applying "Security Groups" as an additional layer of security within a VPC.
Changing the Default Security – (Network)
If you are using the Serverless Framework you can customize the default settings by changing the serverless.yaml file. Here is the code snippet that might use for this.
provider: name: aws runtime: python2.7 profile: serverless-admin region: us-east-1 vpc: securityGroupIds: - <security-group-id> subnetIds: - <subnet-1> - <subnet-2>
The Serverless Framework with AWS
The Serverless Framework (https://serverless.com/framework/) is an open-source CLI for building serverless architectures to cloud providers (AWS, Microsoft Azure, IBM OpenWhisk, Google Cloud Platform, etc).
This article will brief you on the important steps you may require to get on with the AWS platform. This Framework works well with CI/CD tools and has the full support of AWS CloudFormation. With this it can provision your AWS Lambda functions,events, and infrastructure resources.
Step 1: Installing NodeJS
Serverless is a Node.js CLI tool so the first thing you need to do is to install Node.js on your machine. Refer the official NodeJS web site and download and follow the instructions to install NodeJS.
Serverless Framework runs on Node v6.5.0 or higher. You can verify that NodeJS is installed successfully by executing node -v in your terminal.
If all fine, we may proceed to the second step.
Step 2: Installing Serverless Framework
$ npm install -g serverless
Once installed, you may verify it.
$ serverless --version
Step 3: Setting up Cloud Provider (AWS) Credentials
The Serverless Framework needs access to your cloud provider's account so that it can create and manage resources on your behalf. You may set it up with this Youtube link
Once above is completed, you may add the AWS credentials to your client machine to work as a CLI. You may use the following command to do that.
$ serverless config credentials --provider aws --key XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX --secret XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX --profile serverless-admin
This will basically add an entry to the credentials file, which is located in the $<home-folder>/.aws folder. (assumes the AWS user is serverless-admin)
[serverless-admin] aws_access_key_id = XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX aws_secret_access_key = XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
If all above is OK, you are ready to create your first Serverless function (Lambda Function) with AWS.
Step 3: Creating your Serverless Project
You may build your projects based on the templates/ archetypes given by the framework.
By default, there are multiple templates/ archetypes given. (i.e. "aws-nodejs", "aws-python", "aws-python3″, "aws-groovy-gradle", "aws-java-maven", "aws-java-gradle", "aws-scala-sbt", "aws-csharp", etc)
So lets create a "aws-python" project for fun…
$ serverless create --template aws-python --path hello-world-python
The above will create a folder named "hello-world-python".
Just browse the folder. You would see two files.
1. handler.py – (This is the Serverless Function. Your Business Logic goes here)
Here just edit the handler.py to have a simple output.
def hello(event, context): print "Hello Crishantha" return "Hello World!"
2. serverless.yml – (The Serverless Function Configuration.)
P.Note: You may check the following configuration especially before you executing the rest of the key commands
If you are new to YAML and know JSON well, you may use https://www.jason2yaml.com link to convert JSON to YAML and vice versa.
provider: name: aws runtime: python2.7 profile: serverless-admin region: us-east-1
If all above is ok, you are good to go and deploy the function on AWS. So lets move to the next step. (Step 4)
Step 4: Deploy the Serverless Function
As explained, move to "hello-world-python" folder and execute the following command.
$ serverless deploy -v
The above will run the automated script creating all the background scripts including CloudFormation scripts to deploy the respective application. It is pretty awesome!
Step 5: Invoke the Serverless Function
Use the following to see the output.
$ serverless invoke -f hello -l
The above will return a simple "hello" for you (The output that you have mentioned in the handler.py)
It is that simple!!!
Step 6: Verify
If you want to verify all this, you can log in to the AWS console and see what you have done is reflected in the AWS Lambda area. Sure you will.
Step 7: Remove All
OK. We just did some testing. So probably you want to remove the serverless function and all its dependencies (IAM roles, Cloudwatch Log groups, etc)
- Move to the folder that the function that you want to delete.
- Execute the following
$ serverless remove
The above will clean the whole thing up!…
So, if you are a AWS Developer, you may find it very useful as much as I do at the moment. Happy Coding!
1. Serverless Framework Page – https://serverless.com/framework/docs/providers/aws/guide/services/
2. AWS Provider Documentation – https://serverless.com/framework/docs/providers/aws/
3. Serverless AWS Lambda Guide – https://serverless.com/framework/docs/providers/aws/guide/
4. Serverless Framework GitHub – https://github.com/serverless/serverless
5. YAML to JSON tool – https://www.jason2yaml.com
6. The Serverless Framework: A deep overview of the best AWS Lambda + API Gateway Automation Solution – https://cloudacademy.com/blog/serverless-framework-aws-lambda-api-gateway-python/
Connecting to a remote MYSQL instance on a AWS EC2 instance
If you are having a "self-managed" MySQL EC2 instance, which can be connected to other EC2 instances in the same VPC or even other remote machines. In order to do this, there are a few configuration changes you need to carry out.
Here are the steps:
1. Connect to the remote MySQL remote EC2 instance. – On default you can access the MySQL using "root" user. However it is not advisable to access a MySQL instance remotely using the "root" user for security reasons.
[P.Note: Please make sure the Port 3306 is added to the inbound rules in the EC2 Security Group prior attempting this.]
2. Change the <bind-address> parameter to 0.0.0.0, allowing the access to all remote addresses. This needs to be changed in the /etc/mysql/mysql.conf.d/my.cnf file.
3. Restart the MySQL instance
mysql-ec2-instance>> sudo /etc/init.d/mysqld restart
4. Therefore, create a new MySQL user. – For this, you are required to sign in to the MySQL and execute the following command(s).
mysql-ec2-instance>> mysql -u root -p<root-password> Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the current input statement. mysql> CREATE USER 'user'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'user123'; mysql> CREATE USER 'user'@'%' IDENTIFIED BY 'user123'; mysql> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.* to user@localhost IDENTIFIED BY 'user123' WITH GRANT OPTION; mysql> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.* to user@'%' IDENTIFIED BY 'user123' WITH GRANT OPTION; mysql> FLUSH PRIVILEGES; mysql> EXIT;
5. Now exit from the EC2 MySQL instance and try to log into the MySQL EC2 instance from your local machine.
your-local-machine>> mysql -h <ec2-public-dns-name> -u user -puser123
If all fine, you should be able to sign in to the remote EC2 instance without any issue!!
Docker on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS – [Part 04] Docker Compose
Currently, Docker is the most popular and widely used container management system. In most of our enterprise applications nowadays, we do tend to have components running in separate containers. In such an architecture, the "container orchestration" (starting/ shutting down containers and setting up intra-container linkages) is an important factor and the Docker community came up with a solution called Fig, which basically handled this requirement. This uses a single YAML file to orchestrate all your Docker containers and configurations. The popularity of Fig allowed Docker community to plug into its own Docker code base as separate component called "Docker Compose".
1. Installing Docker Compose
You are required to follow the steps below:
$ sudo curl -o /usr/local/bin/docker-compose -L "https://github.com/docker/compose/releases/download/1.11.2/docker-compose-$(uname -s)-$(uname -m)"
Set the permissions:
$ sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/docker-compose
Now check whether it is installed properly:
$ docker-compose -v
2. Running a Container with Docker Compose
Create a directory called "ubuntu" to download an image from GitHub. This will basically download the latest ubuntu distribution as an image to the local.
$ mkdir ubuntu $ cd ubuntu
Once you do above, create a configuration file (docker-compose.yml) as an guideline to create an image.
docker-compose-test: image: ubuntu
Now execute the following:
$ docker-compose up // As an interactive job $ docker-compose up -d // As a daemon job
The above will read the docker-compose.yml and pull the relevant images and up the respective container.
Pulling docker-compose-test (ubuntu:latest)... latest: Pulling from library/ubuntu e0a742c2abfd: Pull complete 486cb8339a27: Pull complete dc6f0d824617: Pull complete 4f7a5649a30e: Pull complete 672363445ad2: Pull complete Digest: sha256:84c334414e2bfdcae99509a6add166bbb4fa4041dc3fa6af08046a66fed3005f Status: Downloaded newer image for ubuntu:latest Creating ubuntu_docker-compose-test_1 Attaching to ubuntu_docker-compose-test_1 ubuntu_docker-compose-test_1 exited with code 0
Now execute the following to see whether an ubuntu:latest image is downloaded and container is created.
$ docker images REPOSITORY TAG IMAGE ID CREATED SIZE ubuntu latest 14f60031763d 4 days ago 120 MB
$ docker ps -a CONTAINER ID IMAGE COMMAND CREATED STATUS PORTS NAMES 5705871fe7ed ubuntu "/bin/bash" 2 minutes ago Exited (0) 2 minutes ago ubuntu_docker-compose-test_1
1. How to install Docker Compose on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
2. How to install and use Docker Compose on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
3. How To Configure a Continuous Integration Testing Environment with Docker and Docker Compose on Ubuntu 16.04
4. How To Install WordPress and PhpMyAdmin with Docker Compose on Ubuntu 14.04
4. Docker Compose (Official Web URL)
Docker on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS – [Part 03] Docker Networking
In my previous post on Docker images, we were able to run certain containers in the foreground. To recall it, here it is:
$ docker run -d -p 80 --name static_web crishantha/static_web /usr/sbin/apache2ctl -D FOREGROUND
However, this container is not visible to outside since it runs in a private network. If you are to run this allowing to public means, you are required to bind the 80 port to some other port, which runs the container itself. For example, if we map the same port of 80 to the container, we should execute the above command as follows:
$ docker run -d -p 80:80 --name static-web crishantha/static-web /usr/sbin/apache2ctl -D FOREGROUND
Once you do above, you are able to run the container from the outside IP. Hope this is clear now!
Docker on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS – [Part 02] – Images
In my previous article, I stopped at the Docker Container management. In this article basically I will be touching the Docker Images.
A typical traditional Linux system to run, it basically needs two file systems:
- boot file system (bootfs)
- root file system (rootfs)
The bootfs contains the boot loader and the kernel. The user never makes any changes to the boot file system. In fact, soon after the boot process is complete, the entire kernel is in memory, and the boot file system is unmounted to free up the RAM associated with the initrd disk image.
The rootfs includes the typical directory structure we associate with Unix-like operating systems:
/dev, /proc, /bin, /etc, /lib, /usr, and
/tmp plus all the configuration files, binaries and libraries required to run user applications.
Here the root file system is mounted read-only and then switched to read-write after boot. In Docker, the root file system stays in read-only mode, and Docker takes advantage of a union mount to add more read-only filesystems onto the root file system and appear as only one file system. This gives the complete control of the all the file systems, which are added to the Docker container. Finally when a container is created/ launched, Docker will mount a read-write file system on top of all the other file system image layers. All the changes made to underneath images are basically stored in this read-write layer. However, the original copy is retained in underneath layers without and changes written to them. This read-write layer + other layers underneath + base layer basically form a Docker container. (See the image below)
In Part 01 of this article, we created a container with an ubuntu image. You can see all the available images by,
$ sudo docker images REPOSITORY TAG IMAGE ID CREATED VIRTUAL SIZE ubuntu latest 07f8e8c5e660 4 weeks ago 188.3 MB
Seems now you have the "latest" ubuntu image with you. If you want a specific version image then you need to specify it as a TAG. i.e. ubuntu:12.04. So lets try that now.
$ sudo docker run -t -i --name new_container ubuntu:12.04 /bin/bash
Now, check the image status
$ sudo docker images REPOSITORY TAG IMAGE ID CREATED VIRTUAL SIZE ubuntu latest 07f8e8c5e660 4 weeks ago 188.3 MB ubuntu 12.04 ac6b0eaa3203 4 weeks ago 132.5 MB
Further, if you want to delete one of the created images you can use,
$ sudo docker rmi <image-id>
While interacting with multiple images, there can be many unnamed and unwanted (dangling) images are being created. These can take a lot of space in the disk. Hence periodically it is required to purge them from the system. Use the following to do the trick:
$ docker rmi $(docker images -q -f dangling=true)
Up to now, we used Docker run command to create containers. While creating it downloads the given image from the Docker Hub. This downloading to the local basically takes some time. If you want to save this time when you are creating the container, you can have the alternate route by first pulling the required template from the Docker Hub and then creating the container using the downloaded image. So here are the steps
// Pulling the image from Docker Hub $ sudo docker pull fedora // Creating a Docker Container using the pulled image $ sudo docker run -i -t fedora /bin/bash
Now if you see, you will have 3 containers.
$ sudo docker ps -a 86476cec9907 fedora:latest --- 4d8b96d1f8b1 ubuntu:12.04 --- c607547adce2 ubuntu:latest ---
Building your own Docker Images
There are two ways to do this.
Method (1). Via docker commit command
Method (2). Via docker build command with a Dockerfile (This is the recommended method)
To test method (1), first create a container using an already pulled image and then do some alteration to the image and then execute docker commit.
// Creating a Docker Container using an image $ sudo docker run -i -t ubuntu:14.04 /bin/bash // Alter the image $ apt-get -yqq update $ apt-get -y install apache2 // Committing the changes to the image // Here, crishantha is the account created // in the Docker Hub repository // you may use Docker Hub or any other Docker repo // 9b48a2b8850f is the Container ID of the contatiner $ sudo docker commit 9b48a2b8850f crishantha/apache2 // List the Docker images // Here the Docker altered image ID is shown $ sudo docker images crishantha/apache2 crishantha/apache2 latest 0a33454e78e4 ....
To test method (2), you may create a Dockerfile at a given directory and specify the required changes needed for the image. For example, the Dockerfile can have the following lines, for an Ubuntu 14.04 image. FROM basically pulls the ubuntu 14.04 image and then RUN commands basically executes and add more layers to the image. EXPOSE will basically expose port 80 from the container.
Before executing the Dockerfile, it is good to create a new directory and create the DockerFile within that directory. Here the directory is called static_web.
FROM ubuntu:14.04 RUN apt-get update RUN apt-get install -y apache2 EXPOSE 80
Once this is done, you can execute the Dockerfile by,
$ sudo docker build -t="crishantha/static_web" .
If all successful, it will return a image ID and further you can see it using docker images crishantha/static_web
Checking the Docker Image History
You can further check the history of the image by executing docker history <image Name/ image ID>
$ sudo docker history crishantha/static_web
Now you can execute the container by,
$ sudo docker run -d -p 80 --name static_web crishantha/static_web /usr/sbin/apache2ctl -D FOREGROUND
The above will run as a detached process and you would see this by executing docker ps and you would see it running in the background as a Docker process.
If you use Nginx instead of Apache2 as the web server, you may add nginx -g "daemon off;" to the command. The
daemon off; directive tells Nginx to stay in the foreground. For containers this is useful as best practice is for one container = one process. One server (container) has only one service.
Pushing Docker Images
Once an image is created we can always push it a Docker repository. If you are registered with Docker Hub, it is quite easy to push your image to it. Since it is a public repository, then if anyone interested can just pull it to his/her own Docker repository.
// If you have not already not logged in, // Here the username is the one you registered // with Docker Hub $ sudo docker login Username: crishantha Password: xxxxxxxxxx // If login is successful $ sudo docker push crishantha/static_web
If all successful, you may see it is available in the Docker Hub.
Pulling Docker Images
Once it is push to Docker Hub, you may pull to to any other instance which runs Docker.
$ sudo docker pull crishantha/static_web
Automated Builds in Docker Hub Repositories
In addition to push our images from our set ups to Docker Hub, it allow us to automate Docker image builds within Docker Hub by connecting to external repositories. (private or public)
You can test this out by connecting your GitHub repository or Bitbucket repositories to Docker Hub. (Use the Add Repository –> Automated Build option in the Docker Hub to follow this process)
However, the Docker Hub automated builds should have a Dockerfile attached to it in the specific build folder. The build will go through based on the Dockerfile build that you specify here. Once the build is completed you can see the build log as well.
Docker on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS – [Part 01] – Installation and Containers
Docker is an open-source engine that automates the deployment of applications into containers released under the Apache 2 License. It adds an application deployment engine on top of a virtualized container execution environment. Docker aims to reduce the cycle time between code being written and code being tested, deployed, and used .
Core components of Docker:
- The Docker client and server
- Docker images
- Registries
- Docker Containers
Docker has client-server architecture. The docker binary acts as both the client and the server. As a client, the docker binary sends requests to docker daemon, process them and return.
Docker images are the building blocks or the the packaging aspect of Docker. Basically containers are launched from Docker images. These Docker images can be shared, stored, updated easily and considered highly portable.
Registries are there to store Docker images that you create in Docker. There are two types of Docker Registries 1) Private 2) Public. Docker Hub is the public Docker Registry maintained by the Docker Inc.
Containers are the running and execution aspect of Docker.
Docker does not care what software resides within the container. Each container is loaded on the same way as any other container. You can map this to a shipping container. A shipping container is not too much bothered about what it basically carries inside. It teats all the goods inside in the same way.
So the Docker containers are interchangeable, stackable, portable, and as generic as possible.
Docker can be run on any x64 host, which is running a modern Linux kernel. (The Recommended kernel version 3.10 and later.)
The native Linux container format that Docker uses is libcontainer
The Linux Kernel Namespaces provides the isolation (file system, processes, network) which is required by Docker containers.
- File System Isolation – Each container is running its own "root" file system
- Process Isolation – Each container is running its own process environment
- Network Isolation – Separate virtual interfaces and IP addressing
Resources like CPU and Memory allocation for each container happens using cgroups.(cgroups is a Linux kernel feature that limits, accounts for and isolates the resource usage (CPU, memory, disk I/O, network, etc.) of a collection of processes)
Installing Docker on Ubuntu
Currently it is supported in wide variety of Linux platforms including Ubuntu, RedHat (RHEL), Dabian, CentOS, Fedora, Oracle Linux, etc.
1. A 64-bit architecture (x86_64 abd amd64 only) 32 bit not supported.
2. Linux 3.8 Kernel or later version.
3. Kernel features such as cgroups and namespaces should be enabled.
Step 1 – Checking the Linux Kernel
In order to check the current Linux Kernel
$ uname -r 4.4.0-64-generic
So my Linux Kernel is 4.4 and should support Docker easily. (Since it is more than 3.8) and it is x86_64.
But if your Ubuntu Linux Kernel is less than 3.8 you may try to install 3.8.
$ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install linux-headers-3.8.0-27-generic linux-image -3.8.0-27-generic linux-headers-3.8.0-27
If above headers are not available, you can try referring the Docker manuals on the web. (https://docs.docker.com/engine/installation/ubuntulinux/)
Once this is done you are required to update the grub and reboot the system
$ sudo update-grub $ sudo reboot
After rebooting pls check the Linux Kernel version by typing uname -a or uname -r
Step 2 – Installing Docker
Make sure the APT works fine with the "https" and the CA certificates are installed
$ sudo apt-get update
Add the new GPG Key
$ curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg | sudo apt-key add -
Add Docker APT repositories to /etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.list file
$ sudo add-apt-repository "deb [arch=amd64] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu $(lsb_release -cs) stable"
Now update the APT sources
$ sudo apt-get update // Make sure you are installing from the Docker repositories and not from the Ubuntu repositories $ apt-cache policy docker-ce
Finally, now you are in a position to install Docker and other additional packages using
$ sudo apt-get install -y docker-ce
Docker now is installed and the daemon must be started. Process also enabled to start on a reboot. You may check its availability using,
$ sudo systemctl status docker
You may get rid of having "sudo" in all the commands by adding the user to the docker group, which has the super user privileges.
$ sudo usermod -aG docker $(whoami)
Once you do above, you have to re-login to the system again.
If all OK, now you should check whether Docker was installed properly using
$ docker info Containers: 0 Running: 0 Paused: 0 Stopped: 0 Images: 0 Server Version: 17.03.0-ce Storage Driver: overlay2 Backing Filesystem: extfs Supports d_type: true Native Overlay Diff: true Logging Driver: json-file Cgroup Driver: cgroupfs Plugins: Volume: local Network: bridge host macvlan null overlay Swarm: inactive Runtimes: runc Default Runtime: runc Init Binary: docker-init containerd version: 977c511eda0925a723debdc94d09459af49d082a runc version: a01dafd48bc1c7cc12bdb01206f9fea7dd6feb70 init version: 949e6fa Security Options: apparmor seccomp Profile: default Kernel Version: 4.4.0-66-generic Operating System: Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS OSType: linux Architecture: x86_64 CPUs: 1 Total Memory: 990.6 MiB
Step 6 – Creating a Docker Container
There are two types of Docker containers.
1. Interactive Docker Containers
2. Demonized Docker Containers.
1. Interactive Docker Container
Once Docker is installed successfully, now we can try an create a Docker container instance. Prior to that it is good to check the Docker status by typing the sudo docker status command.
If everything is alright, you can go ahead and create the Docker "interactive" container instance.
$ sudo docker run --name crish_container -i -t ubuntu /bin/bash $ root@c607547adce2:/#
The above will create a container named crish_container, which is an ubuntu template. If you do not specify a name, the system will create a dummy name along with an unique container ID attached to it. One created you will be given an "interactive shell" like below.
Here the c607547adce2 is the container ID. You can type exit to move away from the containers interactive session. Once exited from the interactive session you can see the container is being stopped. The container only runs as long as the interactive session (/bin/bash) is running. That is the reason why they called as "interactive" docker containers.
Now again you can check the docker status by,
$ docker info Containers: 1 Images: 4 Storage Driver: aufs Root Dir: /var/lib/docker/aufs Backing Filesystem: extfs Dirs: 6 Dirperm1 Supported: false Execution Driver: native-0.2 Kernel Version: 3.13.0-32-generic Operating System: Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS CPUs: 2 Total Memory: 1.955 GiB Name: crishantha ID: QHAR:VN5E:SYKX:5LW4:YOW7:SKUB:SD6I:S4ZG:GEEI:IMU7:6MNI:WYR3 WARNING: No swap limit support
2. Demonized Docker Container
Other than the interactive docker instance, there is another type called "demonized containers". These can be utilized to execute long-running jobs. In this you will not get an interactive session.
You can create a demonized container by,
$ docker run --rm --name crish_daemon -d ubuntu /bin/sh
However, these demonized sessions are ended in the background and you may not be able to reattach as an "interactive" docker session.
If we deviate from the above example, If you want to run a "nginx" container on port 8080 you can execute the following:
$ docker run -d -p 8080:80 --restart=always nginx
Now try docker ps
$ CONTAINER ID IMAGE COMMAND CREATED STATUS PORTS NAMES 65438050ceb8 nginx "nginx -g 'daemon of…" 5 seconds ago Up 2 seconds 0.0.0.0:8080->80/tcp fervent_gates
You can see that the container port 80 is pointing to host port, which is 80 and this container is running as a daemon (background).
The above will run on port 8080 on your web browser. Try localhost:8080.
The same container you can run on any other port that you define as well. For example you can run it on 8000 using the following:
$ docker run -d -p 8000:80 --restart=always nginx
However both the URLs are pointing to the same nginx container.You can again try docker ps and see. You will see two entries for the same container.
P.Note: –restart=always allows the Docker daemon to restart the container once the system is restarted after a shut down. If you do not specify this here, you are required to restart the container manually.
Step 7 – Display the Container List
To show all containers in the system (running and not running)
$ docker ps -a
If you feel that the containers are not required to be around after running, you can use –rm tag while executing the docker run command.
To show all the running containers,
$ docker ps
Step 8 – Attach to a container
The container that you created with docker run command will restart with the same options that we have specified when we reattach to the same container again. The interactive session is basically waiting for the running container. You may use the following to reattach again.
$ docker attach crish_container OR $ docker attach c607547adce2
Here c607547adce2 is the <container_ID>
Note: Sometimes you are required to press ENTER key to show the bash shell once you execute the attach command.
Step 9 – Extract the Container IP
There is no straight forward command to get the Container IP that you are running. You may use the following to get it:
$ docker inspect <CONTAINER ID> | grep -w "IPAddress" | awk '{ print $2 }' | head -n 1 | cut -d "," -f1
Step 10 – Starting and Stopping a container
To start
$ docker start crish_container
To stop
$ docker stop crish_container
Step 11 – Deleting a container
$ docker rm crish_container
Step 12 – Deleting all stopped containers
$ docker system prune


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Traditional Dry Stockfish
Through Sufi, our parent company, we are of course offering traditionally dried stockfish as well.
Although stockfish, or dried cod, is produced in Norway, it is mostly consumed in Southern and Northeastern Italy. The importance of stockfish in Italy dates back to the 15th century when the Venetian navigator Pietro Querini shipwrecked and ended up in Lofoten in the Northern part of Norway
Captain Querini and his crew met islanders who were drying cod in the sun and wind to preserve it. Impressed by the flavour and convenience of the stockfish, Querini decided to bring some stockfish with him when he returned to Venice 8 months later. This started the long commercial relationship between Norway and Italy. Still today, a large percentage of the stockfish from Lofoten is exported to Italy.


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This week we saw more of the market jitters that have been with us since the start of the year. While nothing fundamental has happened yet, fears that something will keep growing, as the list of potential downturn triggers keeps getting longer. Increased speculation over a possible trade war, regulators ending the dominance of the tech giants and Brexit uncertainties remain high on the list. This is fairly normal after such a long period of growth; after each additional good year, the odds on another one keep getting longer. Nevertheless, while any one of these things could happen, the fact remains that there is plenty to worry about but little to act on.
Elsewhere the pushback against Russia over the suspected poisoning of a defector in Salisbury has been surprisingly coordinated. Over a hundred Russian diplomats have been expelled by the UK, EU and US. How much of a blow this will be to Russia remains to be seen but it is a show of unity that few were expecting. Whether this will translate into any more meaningful cooperation remains to be seen.
Read what the team at FE consider to be significant over the current week.


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For more than 30 years now, sharp-eyed New Yorkers have been finding them on ledges, windowsills and store counters — poker-chip-size coins that reveal themselves to be something far more mysterious than loose change.
The inch-wide ceramic discs, painted in iridescent colors, have the rough, weathered feel of ancient treasure. Each is embossed with a short, cryptic message, a year and two humble letters: "bw."
Those, it turns out, are the initials of Beriah Wall, a Brooklyn artist who estimates he has knocked out hundreds of thousands of these handmade tokens since the late 1970s, quietly dropping them in public places or the hands of bewildered strangers. His latest batch, minted over the last few months, carry the message "Stuck in Brkln."
They are anything but. Mr. Wall, 63, said his homemade currency had shown up all over the world. He has passed many of the pieces to friends and relatives, who have scattered them from California to Africa and from the Caribbean to Tibet.
In the realm of the coin, Mr. Wall is a sovereign, producing anonymous art that is encountered in random, intimate moments. The phrases he stamps on the front and back include wordplay like Flee/Flea and Real/Good and political statements like Bush/Gush and Palestine/Israel.
"My work has been in millions of hands," he said. "It's a little free object that sort of floats around. It's about small endeavors, the edge of meaning or significance. If you'd like some to take wherever, I got a carload for you."Continue reading the main story
Mr. Wall was a potter in Vermont when he conceived the idea of giving away small chunks of ceramics. He was manning the parking lot at a crafts fair, charging $2 per car. The fee did not go over well with customers, who wondered why they had to pay anything to park in a field.
"I sliced out little pieces of clay squares and gave them to people," he said. "And they all liked it. They smiled. It was immediate. So, bada-bing, I ran with it."
The coins started coming soon after he married his wife, Janice, in 1977. (The ceramic hearts that announced their wedding lasted longer than the union.) They moved to New York and settled into a loft on Franklin Street — and no, he did not name the place the Franklin Mint. As he pursued his dream of becoming an artist, painting oils and creating large sculptures, he found that the coins set him apart.
"Back then people were doing big stuff on a grand scale," he said. "The only way to compete was to go the other way. Think of the intimacy. You can go to a gallery to look at a piece of art. Here, you have a little gallery in your palm."
He tosses away most of the coins, simply dropping them along the way wherever his day takes him. His gifts to strangers almost always elicit a smile.
Peter Frank, a critic for The Huffington Post who first came across Mr. Wall's handiwork in TriBeCa in the 1970s, said the coins were more than lighthearted knickknacks.
"They upend your expectations, with an aspect of positive subversion," said Mr. Frank, who is also the senior curator at the Riverside Art Museum in California. "That's my favorite kind of art. They do not redefine art. They redefine life. They don't make you think about ceramics in a new way. They make you think about coins in new ways."
They have not, however, put any real money into Mr. Wall's bank account. To finance his art, he has worked as a plasterer, doing high-end work in Manhattan and on Long Island. His walls have washes of color — some bold, others faded. The inspiration for the look came to him by accident, when some pigment fell into a bucket of plaster.
"You have a wall, you have color, so why not do color on the wall?" he said. "It was a good way to get fired."
But slowly the style caught on, as clients looking for something different were referred to him. Some of the apartments Mr. Wall plastered are now featured in shelter magazines, where the walls look like minimalist paintings.
"Is it art?" he asked. "What else would it be? Art is to make, and I like to make. To step back from a glistening, fresh wall is satisfaction. Why argue?"
Now semiretired from plastering, Mr. Wall continues to strike his coins — he can make 2,000 in a week — in the basement studio of his Red Hook home. Little clay blanks rest in a bucket on the table, where a plank is splattered with green and yellow streaks of paint. A kiln that looks like a coffee maker on steroids is off to the side. When he has something new to say, he carves his message into a cup-shaped plaster mold, then stamps each clay disc by hand.
Upstairs, coins are piled into buckets and bowls, all the easier to grab on the way out the door. Words peek out from the pile: Bling, Made, Good, Real, Pro, To Have, To Hold. Somehow, he said, they add up to one big statement.
"In the long run, there is a kind of unity," he said. "It's like the blind man touching the elephant. I've touched the elephant in a lot of places. I'm just not sure what it looks like yet."
The big phrase last year was a nod to the economy: Income/Outcome. This year he has been playing with Stuck in/Brkln.
"I had an uncle who said there were two things he never wanted — to be a banker and to live in Brooklyn," Mr. Wall explained. "He ended up doing both. I came to New York with stars in my eyes thinking I'd hit it big, and here I am, stuck in Brooklyn."Continue reading the main story


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Reese Witherspoon's Daughter Ava Phillippe Makes Her Solo Red Carpet Debut and Totally Rocks It
No, we haven't gone back in time to Reese Witherspoon's early days on the red carpet…It's just her totally adorable, look-alike daughter, Ava Phillippe!
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Liv Ullmann, in full Liv Johanne Ullmann, (born December 16, 1939, Tokyo, Japan), Norwegian actress known for her natural beauty and intelligent, complex performances. Her name is closely linked to that of Swedish director Ingmar Bergman, with whom she worked in several films.
Ullmann's father was a Norwegian engineer whose work demanded extensive travel. As a result, Liv was born in Japan and reared and educated in Norway, Canada, and the United States. During her teenage years, she studied acting in London and Norway and performed in several plays for Oslo's National Theatre.
Ullmann appeared in small roles in four minor films before meeting Ingmar Bergman in 1966. When he cast her in the principal role of his complex psychological drama Persona (1966), they began a long-standing professional and personal relationship. Ullmann's work with Bergman received widespread acclaim and made the actress an international star. Their collaborations—nearly all of which are regarded as masterpieces by film scholars—included Vargtimmen (1968; Hour of the Wolf); Skammen (1968; Shame); Viskningar och rop (1972; Cries & Whispers); Scener ur ett äktenskap (1973; Scenes from a Marriage), a TV miniseries; and Höstsonaten (1978; Autumn Sonata). Their other credits included Ansikte mot ansikte (1976; Face to Face), for which Ullmann received an Academy Award nomination, and the TV movie Saraband (2003). Ullmann also garnered an Oscar nod for her performance in the historical drama Utvandrarna (1971; The Emigrants), which was directed by Jan Troell.
Throughout her career, Ullmann worked onstage as well as onscreen. She demonstrated great versatility in works by William Shakespeare, Henrik Ibsen, Anton Chekhov, George Bernard Shaw, Bertolt Brecht, Eugene O'Neill, and George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart. Her best-known stage role was that of Nora in Ibsen's A Doll's House. It was also the only part she ever repeated, performing the role on radio as well as onstage in both Oslo and New York City. She also worked often with the famed theatrical director José Quintero: as Josie in A Moon for the Misbegotten (1976), in the title role of Anna Christie (1977), in the Chekhov comedy The Bear (1978), and in The Human Voice (1979), in which she turned in a riveting 45-minute soliloquy.
Although her later films received little American distribution, Ullmann remained among the world's most respected actresses. Her credits from the early 21st century included I et speil i en gåte (2008; Through a Glass, Darkly) and Zwei leben (2012; Two Lives). In addition, Ullmann directed the films Sofie (1992); Kristin Lavransdatter (1995); Trolösa (1999; Faithless), for which Bergman wrote the screenplay; and Miss Julie (2014), which she adapted from August Strindberg's play of the same name.
Ullmann wrote the autobiographies Changing (1976) and Choices (1984).


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From Beth: Lisa's back, with this variation on her first tutorial for a basic strap style. Enjoy!
For a variation on the basic strap style, cut the fabric at least 5″ (no less, but you can do it wider if you want). Because the strap will eventually be sewn up folded length-wise, to reduce bulk, I always cut the interfacing a bit narrower. The formula I use is this: For a 5 inch wide fabric strip, I divide it by 4, which comes to 1.25″ and subtract that from the total width. So for a 5 inch strip, you want a 3.75″ strip of interfacing. For a 6″ wide strip, you want a 4.5″ wide strip of interfacing, and so on. Fuse.
Sew strap as you normally would for the basic style. Then I generally mark off 2″ from either end, but you could do more if you want a wider tab.
Fold in half lengthwise and stitch down the edge, following the previous stitching line.
At the ends for extra reinforcement, I backstitch crosswise between the 2 side stitching lines.
Your completed straps.
Here's another bag making tip I use: I like to quilt my fabric before sewing into bags, because sometimes I find after the bag is completed no matter how well you fuse the interfacing, the fabric tends to pull away underneath, or wrinkle. Quilting the fabric generally avoids this, and also lends a more substantial feel to it instead of feeling "crispy". What I usually do is fuse the interfacing first then, using a Hera Marker (a plastic tool used by quilt makers to crease and indent the fabric), I indicate a grid pattern on the fabric. Then I pin batting underneath that, and quilt it. You don't need a walking foot on your sewing machine for this because the interfacing stabilizes the fabric and the layers won't shift. Plus the interfacing first really makes for a smooth looking finished product.


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Program Time: Pick-Up Time:
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What is Kidz@Work all about?
Kidz@Work is the first and only proprietary real-life work experience program for kids (Currently opening to 5-6yrs old) in Singapore. The program enriches kids the value of hard work where they learn about various useful skills, put them to practice and embed a sense of responsibility working in the happiest working environment – The Polliwogs! All parents will also be invited to the graduation party planned by your very own darlings. Don't miss out this chance to be part of the family!
Program Outline: (2hrs session, 4PM – 6PM)
Lesson 1 – Teamwork (1st December 2017, Friday)
"No Man is an Island." Appreciate why working as a team is important through team-building games and developing sense of responsibility.
Lesson 2 – Customer Service (5th December 2017, Tuesday)
"My pleasure to serve you!" Body Language, expression and gesture define a person. Learn about the do's & don'ts when dealing with people and the act of taking care customer's needs.
Lesson 3 – Health, Safety & Hygiene (8th December 2017, Friday)
"Think before you act!" Basic hygiene and health practice is essential for a growing child. Acquire knowledge of good grooming etiquette, basic hygiene and first-aid practice and how to lead a healthy lifestyle.
Lesson 4 – E-commerce (12th December 2017, Tuesday)
"Coping with the World of Technology." Learn about the good & bad in the Internet world and get familiar with Basic Email Management (kids will be creating their very first email account!) along with simple E-Party Invitations to be sent to their friends.
Lesson 5 – Money Matters $$$ (15th December 2017, Friday)
"Let's talk about money, kaching!" From learning about money calculations to basic addition/substraction. Children will also understand the "Wants VS Needs" through interactive activities and know the true value of savings.
Lesson 6 – Entrepreneurship (19th December 2017, Tuesday)
"If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door!" Get into the process of designing, launching and running their little donut making business! Acquire lifelong skills and become a creative individual.
Lesson 7 – Talent Development (22nd December 2017, Friday)
"Let the kids shine with their hidden talent." Instilling confidence in the little ones thru a drama skit. Learn about Voice & Movement and how their confidence can rock the stage.
Lesson 8 – Events & Birthday Planning (26th December 2017, Tuesday)
"Make it happen!" Be aware of their surroundings when setting up an event space. Picking up Basic Budgeting and Time-Management skills to make an event successful.
Lesson 9 – GRADUATION PARTY! (29th December 2017, Friday)
"You're a True Polliwogians, it's Party Time!" Presenting the Graduation Party brought to you by the students from Kidz@Work! Also be there to witness the Prize Giving Award Ceremony!


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One of Melbourne's great annual sporting traditions has been given the boot amid a ban on parking outside the MCG for the AFL grand final.
The time-honoured MCG car boot barbecue has been given the chop for Saturday due to security and safety concerns, MCC venue and events services general manager Gerard Griffin confirmed on Thursday.
"There's no public parking in Yarra Park so as a consequence there's no option of bringing gas barbecues in," he said, adding fans could still use fixed cook-tops in the area.


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Back to School means NEW backpacks. This year I bought the girls backpacks that are suppose to take them from "grade school to grad school". Abby really wanted a Rapunzel backpack and lunch box but I could not find either at a price I was willing to pay. I debated about getting the girls more grown up backpacks verse a character one this year. I know that there will be a day when they no longer want a character backpack so why not buy them while I can. Since I could not find the Rapunzel one Abby wanted I talked the girls into a pink and a pink floral backpack from LLBean with pink lunchboxes. They look so cute.
Abby wants to donate her old backpack from last year to someone in need. So we talked with Ms. Mindy and she is going to take Abby's old Jessie and Minnie Mouse backpack to LaRose Elem for teachers to use as special give-a-ways. Allie is giving her old Minnie Mouse backpack.


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Students prepare to scare: Holland haunts with 8 spooky themes
By Anna Bongardino | Contributing Editor
October 31, 2017
Students covered in blood shrieked cries for help in the tunnels beneath the Schenley Quad residence halls Sunday night. Other students filed through the tunnels, anxiously clutching each other's hands and screaming in fear as they awaited lurking figures around each corner. About 800 student...
Being a good roommate is easy: just be open
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There's the roommate that has super loud FaceTime conversations with their significant other, the one who never showers and spews an unfavorable odor wherever they go, the one who is too clingy and over-involved in your life and the one that snores like a chainsaw or talks in their sleep through th...


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Lawisoly | Soph.Curates
Describe yourself like an Instagram/Twitter bio:
Recovering junk food addict who likes to take pictures, especially of the things I draw on my face.
What do you do?
Although I post makeup-heavy content, I wouldn't say my Instagram is strictly focused. My feed shows a medley of different areas of my life ranging from travel photos to memories with friends and just everyday life shenanigans.
How and why did you start?
As a child, I would watch my cousins, aunts, mother etc. put on makeup and I would sit on the side, fascinated by what they were doing. One day I went into my mother's bathroom while she was at work and tried on all her makeup. Needless to say, I made a huge mess of the bathroom and my face. My 'smokey' eye looked not far off of a black eye. I decided right there and then, through the likes of my panda eyes, that the art of makeup was not for me.
Then, I distinctly remember around 6/7 years ago, I was on Google looking up photo inspirations for Halloween (who hasn't done that), when I saw 'before and after' images of people using makeup to transform themselves. I fell in love with makeup right there and then. I remember being amazed at the variety of looks that you could do and how they would give off a different vibe or persona.
I would always practise in my room or my bathroom, making sure to remove every trace of it before I left the room so that nobody else would see. Sure enough the black eye, with practice, slowly became a smokey eye. Over the past 5/6 years, I was always too nervous to post anything or share anything about it publicly. Call me foolish; I was self-conscious and valued myself almost entirely based upon what and how others thought of me.
After having left the packed city I grew up in, where judgements about other people were so readily available, I soon came to realise how silly I was to let other people's opinions hinder my capacity to share what I love doing. I started to share my passion with my close friends and relatives. I did their makeup for different occasions and by word of mouth, more people were requesting for me to do their makeup. I got the opportunity to practise makeup on models, my friends and my friends' friends.
Over the past year, I've been battling my brain to let go over the social chains that I thought I was restricted by. I posted my first makeup photo just under a month ago and at the same time, discovered a whole community of people who do exactly what I love doing. It made it easier for me to compare how my style of makeup was different, how I could improve and what I lacked. Now, here is where I stand.
I love putting on makeup; it's really therapeutic to me, I can spend hours on end just scrutinising over the little details of the face. I also love putting makeup on other people, watching their faces transform and seeing their reaction when they see themselves in the mirror. Nothing brings me more joy than to know that I was able to make someone else feel a certain way about themselves. Makeup isn't all about masking a face (although I am not opposed to a 'cake face' every once in a while). In my opinion, it's more about bringing forward a kind of beauty that already exists and to be able to instil that confidence in someone, makes me incredibly happy.
What are you currently working on/what should we be looking forward to?
Right now, I'm trying to bring forward more diverse looks with different techniques and colours and providing content that caters to a greater audience. I love fitness and exercise, so hopefully I can incorporate some aspects of that in my Instagram posts soon as well.
What's your advice for people who want to get started?
As simple as it sounds, I would say just go for it. If you always second-guess yourself, you will never do it. The first step is always the hardest, but you'll see that the fears and anxieties are more in your head than anything else.
Don't let other people affect you.
There is a huge difference between asking for other people's opinions or constructive criticism and people who intentionally try to bring you down. If you do what you love, it will show and you will be able to attract people who do appreciate what you do, because your passion will shine through brighter than anything else.
Lastly, shamelessly plug yourself!


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The Art Critic
In early May, after the opening of Lost In My Bedroom, Brian Murnion approached me about doing a film in the space. Of course I said yes. Brian wrote, and directed The Art Critic. I play a characterized version of myself. Please watch and enjoy!
"The Art Critic or: How To Break Up My Bedroom and Not Question Everything" .
Written & Directed by Brian Murnion
Produced by Chute Media
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Grant Jones
Kenneth Jarecke
Jeremiah Young
Andrew Rae
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Snowy mountain peaks, miles and miles of apple trees growing right on the hills, cute tiny houses in Tyrolean style, the smell of apple strudel, hot wine and cinnamon… These are the images that come to one's mind when thinking about the Italian city we would like to tell you about today. Wait, an Italian city with houses in Tyrolean style? Exactly! As usually Italy is full of surprises and apart from sea, good wine and delicious pizza it has also such untypical for the Mediterranean area places as Merano – the city we would like to present you today.
Actually this place does not belong to the Mediterranean area because it is located in the very north of Italy, in a couple of kilometres from the Austrian border. The two equally recognized local languages exist here: the classic Italian language and the South Tyrolean dialect of German. As already stated above, the culture in Merano hardly has something in common with the Italian one and is very close to Austrian or German. So where to go and what to see in Merano?
A joyful walk in the town centre
Merano is surrounded by mountains. Walking around the historic centre of the city you can see typical buildings in Neoclassical style and Liberty (Puccini Theatre and Hotel Emma) as well as German Gothic style (Duomo of St. Nicolas). Don't miss the original "Portici" street which is both a touristic attraction and a shopping area of the city.
Museums of Merano
For the lovers of history the Civil Museum of Merano is a highly recommended place to visit. Another interesting place is Castello Principesco – the residence of Tyrol princes. We would also advise you to visit the Hebrew Museum located in the synagogue of Merano and the Museum of Women Evelyn Ortner (a unique place with no analogues in the world). Touriseum is a museum that talks about the history of Alpine tourism looked at from a local Tyrolean point of view.
Terme of Merano
Terme is a bathing establishment, an open air swimming pool filled with hot thermal water that comes directly from the natural fonts. After a sightseeing tour in the city centre you would appreciate a lot some water relax. Being a popular place both among tourists and local people the Terme of Merano is also an impressive example of a modern architecture and design.
Wine degustation in Merano
If you come to Merano in autumn don't miss the Merano Wine Festival – one of the most prestigious events for the wine connoisseurs all over the world. The festival takes place in a beautiful building right on the river side. More than 300 local producers and 120 foreign winemakers offer their production both for degustation and for sale at the festival.
The Christmas market in Merano
In case you visit Merano some weeks later, from the early December to the first days of January you are lucky to see another typical South Tyrolean occasion: the local Christmas market. Here you can find everything you may need: from cute handmade toys and typical Christmas sweets to wooden furniture and useful devises for kitchen. But first of all the Christmas market would let you feel the real Christmas atmosphere. Don't miss an occasion to learn to dance the typical Tyrolean dances and if you feel cold, warm yourself with a glass of hot wine!


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The 2012 East Anglia Show was the largest since it moved to Norfolk 12 years ago. Statistics indicate that entries had significantly increased when compared with 2011, particularly in the Open Section. In some years this event clashes with another AGS Show elsewhere in the country. But not always and not last year, so the comparison is valid. John Foster and his team are to be congratulated.
Lee & Julie Martin exhibited two large plants of Androsace studiosorum 'Doksa' in adjacent classes at the top of the schedule. Since both were potential Farrer contenders, judging for the premier award became a two stage process; judges were given an initial task of deciding which one should take on the rest of the field. The favoured plant went on to triumph in stage two, making it Lee & Julie's fourth Farrer Medal with this clone (other exhibitors have also won the medal with 'Doksa'). For a plant that has not been around for that long (Henry & Margaret Taylor introduced it in 1991), this is clearly one with a strong pedigree.
Cecilia Coller won both six-pan, AGS Medal classes, each entry incorporating Pleione El Pico gx. Pleiones are enjoying something of a revival on the benches but often struggle outside of their own dedicated classes. Cecilia however showed that they can contribute very usefully to multi-pan classes, with other (single pan) entries elsewhere in the schedule. Purchased from the members plant stall at one of the shows some years ago, this Pleione proved its value beyond the constraints of dedicated classes.
She also gained a Certificate of Merit and the Bill Tubbs Trophy (for the best pan of Ericaceae) with Rhododendron keiskei var. ozawae 'Yaku Fairy'. A great favourite for both exhibition and for the garden, this very showy form shows no sign of losing its popularity.
Two plants unfamiliar to me, both from the southern hemisphere and both sourced from County Park Nursery in Essex, were also from the Coller stable. Rulingia hermanniifolia is a prostrate shrub with small, starry white flowers and very crinkled leaves (the specific epithet means the foliage is similar to the genus Hermannia). This species (indeed the entire genus) receives no mention in the AGS Encyclopaedia, nor the index of the AGS journal. Wikipedia says that it has been recently transferred to the genus Commersonia but that's not in our encyclopaedia either. A quick web search tells me it requires well-drained soils and tolerates at least moderate frost. Cecilia grows it in a lime-free compost and says its only vice is that the stems are brittle and easily broken. Take that as a positive and say that it's self-pruning.
The other southern hemisphere plant was Pelargonium havlasae. Again, there is little coverage in our own publications. Being native to Western Australia, this paucity of references may well stem from doubts about its hardiness and lack of 'alpine' credentials. The delicate flowers, here white, but reportedly sometimes pinkish, have a tracery of black lines and freckles on their upper two petals.
Alan Newton received a Certificate of Merit for a plant of Cypripedium fasciolatum, which was then given an Award of Merit by the RHS Joint Rock Plant Committee. Alan had initially labelled his plant C. farreri, having consulted his reference books, but the consensus amongst the assembled experts was that it represented the former, more often cultivated species. Its label changed, it won its plaudits under that name. However Alan remained far from convinced, pointing to its much shorter stature and the narrowness of its flower 'pouches'. I have to say that a trawl of the web makes me incline towards his viewpoint. Whatever its true identity, it was a splendid plant.
The trophy for the best bulb was awarded to a very dark form of Fritillaria pyrenaica grown by Don Peace. This clump represented the only surviving seedling following a 1998 sowing from the well-known clone 'Cedric Morris'. In common with several versions of F. pyrenaica, 'Cedric Morris' will often produce twin flowers very close together, jostling shoulder to shoulder, at the top of the stem, sometimes even fusing into a Siamese twin arrangement. While this increases flower power, it often spoils the symmetry and can detract from the overall impression. This seedling offspring has always yielded just one flower per stem and so provides a more balanced display. Left to its own devices it bulks up very slowly; fortunately it responds well to 'cracking' (at repotting time − August − the bulbs are simply broken into two halves: two for the price of one!)
The class for one dwarf rhododendron often pits rather blousy hybrids against the quieter sophistication of the (often smaller flowered) species. On this occasion the judges selected an exceedingly well flowered Rhododendron 'Wren' whereas I preferred Dave Mountford's Rhododendron hanceanum 'Nanum'. Exhibitors often grow rhododendrons in the garden, lifting them very briefly for exhibition before returning them to the open ground. But Dave has always grown this particular plant in a pot, its slow growth and dwarf stature making it an ideal candidate for those of us whose garden conditions do not suit many of the genus.
Bigeneric hybrids between Anacamptis (formerly Orchis) and Serapias have been assigned to x Serapicamptis. In every case, Serapias is the dominating parent and the resulting plants look much like a member of that genus. A number have been described, some occurring in the wild. Ray Drew showed us an example of a (as yet un-named) man-made cross. All are summer dormant, emerging in late summer to flower in spring to early summer. Grown in equal parts loam, perlite and sandy grit, it receives regular watering during the growing period. Ray's instructions are to reduce watering with the onset of the flowers, stopping altogether as the leaves die back. Keep dry during dormancy with an occasional light spray of water for small plants to prevent dehydration. Move the plants temporarily outside in late summer (cool nights and rain stimulate them into new growth). It is frost hardy to -10°C.
Michael Sullivan won the Suffolk Trophy for the best plant in flower in the Intermediate Section with Narcissus bulbocodium 'Golden Bells'. References suggest this is a seed strain (perhaps with hybrid content) rather than a clone but its impact was undeniable. Bold and spectacular with a very rich colour, Michael's plant would have easily stood its ground had it been given the challenge of competition in the Open Section.
Dactylorhiza fuchsii grows wild very close to my garden, even appearing as an occasional 'weed' in my lawn, though never as lusty as the ones used by Diane Clement in a three pan foliage class. Dug from her garden last year for similar duty on the show bench, then by default left in the pot all year, they demonstrated lateral thinking: orchids as foliage plants!
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Between the holiday, announcing our pregnancy, and having an activity every night this week, Friday got here FAST! AND today marks three days that I've posted this week, so I'll call that a win! I'm excited to jump back into this space and share more about what the Lord is doing in my life and in our family. Here's a little round-up of some pregnancy questions we've been asked lately!
1. "How far along are you?"
I am coming up on 13 weeks this weekend! Our official due date as of now is January 15,2017! We found out at 5.5 weeks, started to tell our close friends shortly after, told family at 10 weeks, and announced to you after our 12 week appointment. We heard baby's heart beating strong and steady. I cry through every single appointment! I'm just so humbled that I get to grow this baby.
2. "How are you feeling?"
morning sickness became all day sickness, but I started taking some meds at 8 weeks and it's helped so much! Most days I'm just nauseous most of the day instead of vomiting, which is a win for me! I've also been extremely tired and naps are my new best friend. Tyler laughs because I've always been a non-napper. And now I nap every chance I get! Ha! Each symptom has been so sweet. I'm incredibly thankful for the sickness as it reminds me daily that I have the privilege of growing this life. I've struggled a little with anxiety (a post for another day) through these weeks and the sickness always gives me hope that there's really a baby growing in there.
3. "Will you find out the gender?"
Yes! With all the changes coming to our family, we feel like the more we can prepare... the better! Ha! We should find out early August, and we promise we'll share the news as quickly as we can. ;) I STRONGLY feel like this baby is a boy. As in, I have ZERO doubt it's a boy. I'm so interested to see if my Mama instinct is right! I truly feel like our bio AND adopted baby are boys. There have been several times I've been talking to someone about the babies and said "the boys". I can't wait to know what the Lord has planned for our family!
4. "have y'all picked out names?"
We have picked out names! We were pretty set on names for our adopted baby, but adding a second one changed a few things! We really wanted their names to sound good together, so we've finally come up with a few combos we like. We'll probably share a name once we know gender! However, we won't share any information about our adopted baby (race, gender, name, etc) until we are home with him/her! It'll be the sweetest surprise for our family and friends!
our baby this week via the Sprout app!
5. "What are your favorite resources?"
Okay, no one has asked me this. Haha! I just wanted to share a few things I've been loving. :) The Sprout app is amazing! It gives you a 4D view of baby at each week and you can even hear the heartbeat! Obviously it's not OUR baby's heartbeat, but it still encourages me each time I hear it! Ha! Another app I love is Ovia Pregnancy. It has lots of good, random information and updates on baby's growth. I just ordered a pregnancy journal from Val Marie Paper and I cannot wait for it to come in. I know it'll be an incredible resource!
We really are so humbled and excited to be able to walk through this pregnancy. Every day is a gift and we are so thankful.


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Lord, someone today needs to hear this message. Equip me to share with them that they do not have to feel burdened by the need to appease You. They need to know that their sins should not keep them from coming to You because they feel that they need to do something good first to make up for what they have done. Your truth tells me that You, Jesus, invites all of us to rest in You. You didn't come into the world to condemn us, but to save us. We don't – I don't need to earn Your approval. It's already given to all those who trust, believe and depend on You, Lord Jesus. It has been given to me!
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By Erin Perkins, Charleston Eater
The Park Café is just over six months old and is quietly making a name for itself in the Wagener Terrace neighborhood. Co-owners Karalee Nielsen Fallert and Xan McLaughlin had the idea to create an atmosphere to welcome in residents and keep them coming back for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Executive chef John Amato translates their vision in the kitchen with approachable, classic cuisine. Curious about the progress of the Rutledge Street café, Eater stops in to talk with McLaughlin and Amato about the midyear mark.
How did you and Karalee come together?
McLaughlin: I was looking to make a new move. I worked as a bartender for a long time and loved it, but I was ready for a change. John Kenney, at Royal American, is a friend of mine. He knew there was a new project going on with Karalee and passed it on that I was looking for something new. A few weeks later, I got a call about it. It was a sort of random, happy coincidence.
When she contacted you, was the space already picked out?
McLaughlin: She was working on it. During our first meeting, she told me this is where she wanted to put it in and I said, "I'm in." I've always loved the location. I've always thought someone should do something with this space.
What was your elevator speech for the concept when you were putting it together.
McLaughlin: Honestly, just really delicious food in a relaxed manner. I love new things, but I think a lot of places do well when they don't deviate from the classics. A lot of our dishes have been around for years, but we have our own modern spin. We try to keep it simple with tried and true items that have been around forever and are good and will always be good.
Why was it important to be in this neighborhood?
McLaughlin: I just love it. And Karalee and I discussed that this neighborhood needed something like Park Café. I've always said this is my favorite part of downtown. The neighborhood has been really receiving and made us feel welcome.
How did you (chef Amato) get involved?
Amato: I was initially contacted by a friend of Xan's. I got a text one day that said Xan was opening a restaurant and asked if I was interested. At the time, I was in a pickle. I didn't know what I was going to do. My truck had stopped services, but I wasn't ready to shut it down. [Ed. note: Amato ran Foodie Truck before joining The Park Café.] I was considering a big move or working in a hotel, but once I saw a rough draft of the menu, the concept, and their ideas—and the fact that it's in this neighborhood that I love—I started shooting ideas back and the rest is history.
What are uniquely Amato touches to the menu?
Amato: A long time ago, a chef told me to "just put the food on the plate," because I was manipulating it too much. I like to let the ingredients be what they are and not overmanipulate or make it too confusing. That's kind of my thing—well-seasoned, hot (if it's supposed to be), and delicious approachable, comforting, tasty stuff. I try to be a purist in a way by going back to traditional plates done in a modern, refined way. The whole menu is like that. They had a strong concept and idea and dishes on paper when I came in, but I think I found a way to make everything my own and the Park Café's own.
McLaughlin: We love what John does, and if he wants to make changes, I say go for it.
The kitchen here is pretty small. I'm guessing it's not too different than your previous work in a food truck.
Amato: Well, we do get consistent running water and electricity here, which is different than the truck. It's close quarters, and you have to watch your step, but we've been fortunate that we get to spread out a bit with the back prep room. We make it work. We can do pretty much anything out of our small kitchen. I don't look at it as a hindrance.
What have been some early contenders for the most popular dishes?
Amato: When we were writing the menu, I would have never guessed that the fried egg sandwich would have been the number one selling dish. It's just a fried egg sandwich, but is it really? It's become our own little masterpiece. We sell more of those than anything else. Breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
I think my favorites, that don't get ordered as much, are the country pâté and mushroom pâté sandwiches. The pork hoagie is one that I recommend.
Has it been a fairly smooth first six months?
McLaughlin: It's been a fun first six months. There's always challenges, but the steps we've made in the past six months have been astronomical compared to some places I've been. We're stepping forward every day. We've had a lot of challenges. Now, I feel like things have settled. I like seeing smooth days.
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The FT reports that up to 800 jobs will go in the shake up that follows Dresdner Bank's decision to more closely integrate the bank's traditional lending operations with its investment banking activities. Up to 400 of the jobs are likely to be lost in Frankfurt.
Dresdner lost almost $1bn in the third quarter and is in the middle of a severe cost reduction exercise. In total, around 11,000 jobs will go in the group by the end of next year as the business seeks to return to profitability some time in 2003.
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Bjarke Ingels is a Dane and a world class architect. In talking about Copenhagen, he referenced the Danes and their love of architectural rules. There is a certain way you do things. Yet, he said, the things that make the Copenhagen skyline the skyline it is, are the buildings where the rules were broken.
It's what stands out. It's what makes the city unique and what it is.
Yesterday I was driving downtown when I noticed headlights. There was a car coming directly toward me in my lane and I was in the far right lane. I swerved, honked, and eventually the driver realized what he was doing and pulled off into a yard.
He too was breaking the rules, but not the kind of rules that should be.
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A minivan crashed into a coffee shop on King Street in Cohasset Friday morning, narrowly missing three employees working inside, police said.
A woman said her Toyota minivan accelerated suddenly, sending it crashing through Marylou's coffee shop on King Street Friday morning and narrowly missing three employees working inside, police said.
A 2004 Toyota Sienna driven by Joan Herrity, 42, of Weymouth, went through the front of the shop at 7:22 a.m., rolled past three female employees who were at the counter brewing coffee then struck and knocked over a soda machine that was against the rear wall, Cohasset Police Lt. William Quigley said.
No customers were in the store, and neither the driver nor the employees were injured, he said.
"With the large amount of damage to the building, I am both surprised and thankful that no one was injured or killed," Quigley said.
Six other shops in the Jonathan Livingston Square strip mall where the coffee shop is located were not allowed to open this morning until the building is checked by the town building inspector.
Police were still investigating the incident and no charges had been filed against Herrity. Police seized the minivan to investigate the cause of the crash.
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Detox Salad One of my favourite things to do after visiting Whole Foods is to re-create salad bar foods or specialty products at home for much less money. Or at least, that's my good intention until I get home and I can't remember the ingredient list! Not last night. :) Thanks Eric! After we dined – Eric on pizza and me on the hot & cold salad bar – I picked up the ingredients for the Detox Salad and vowed to make it when I got home that night.
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Arthur Miller's play examines the American Dream at its heart: the family. We talk about the author then why the play is banned and get into it a little.
1974 - Texas - Challenged at the Dallas Independent School District high school libraries
1981 - Indiana - Spring Valley Community High School English in French Lick banned the play from English classes for using the words "goddamn," "son of a bitch," and "bastard."
1987 - Kentucky - Pulaski County High School in Sinking Valley challenged it as "junk" from a required reading assignment
1997 - Illinois - Egyptian High School in Tamms challenged but retained the play as offensive because of "profanity."
Doyle, Robert P. Banned Books: Challenging Our Freedom to Read. ALA. 2014.
Miller, Arthur. Death of a Salesman. Viking Press. New York, 1949.
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