Winter Weather
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Ah, Midwest Winter Weather
Ah, Midwest Winter Weather
12/24/2004 12:37 PMAs Josh notes, there's a lot of snow 'round these parts. My sister
just headed back outside to shovel her driveway. Last night (after it
took way to long to get here from the airport) I joked that I should
have bought them a snow blower for giftmas. Except that I really
wasn't joking. I think she's given up on the idea of shoveling the
whole thing, instead concentrating on making two large "stripes" where
the tires meet the driveway....
Ambient Weather® and Weather
Underground® Launch World's Largest Free
Personal Weather Station Network
Ambient Weather® and Weather
Underground® Launch World's Largest Free
Personal Weather Station Network
07/20/2004 02:44 AMNew Weather Exchange Windows Desktop PC application utilizes exclusive
live personal weather station network to provide up to the minute
worldwide weather conditions. The free desktop application is
available at http://www.AmbientWeather.com . [PRWEB Jul 20, 2004]
Air2Web And The Weather Channel Develop
New Mobile Weather Application
Air2Web And The Weather Channel Develop
New Mobile Weather Application
07/27/2004 05:59 AMSpace Daily Jul 27 2004 8:53AM GMT
Winter Dry
Winter Dry
10/29/2003 12:13 AMmarcus wrote: "I really prefer that to the wet cold they get along the
coast. I remember when I was...
Keeps you warm in winter
Keeps you warm in winter
07/14/2004 10:40 PM
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over 150 years!
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I hate winter
I hate winter
01/10/2004 01:37 AMHoly crap, it feels like -31 Celcius out there apparently. I'm
freezing just sitting here. I have my skating clothes...
Winter Corporation
Winter Corporation
12/13/2003 09:23 AMThe Largest and Most Heavily Used Databases in the World, 2003 .. a
list of humongous databases .. top 10 biggest
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The Tick in Winter
The Tick in Winter
04/12/2004 06:07 PMThis week's question: How do ticks survive winter?
A Walk in Winter
A Walk in Winter
03/06/2004 01:55 AM
A few photos from a walk on a winter
day.
Alan Burlison always has such nice pictures and stories from his own
walks around
the Peak District that I thought I'd have a go with my urban
landscape. No fields of heather or peat bogs here, but it's home. :)
We took a nice walk around the southern edge of Helsinki and I needed
to finish off a roll of film. We wound up walking out on the ice which
made me nervous even though it appeared to be a very popular Sunday
pastime for quite a few people. Where I come from, only stupid people
who want to die walk out on the invariably thin ice, but Finland's ice
is much thicker so that only a few people manage to fall through each
year. :) It's strange to walk on the ice where in summertime there are
only boats. The abandoned fuel station looked out of place and
abandoned in spite of the people with strollers, with pets, with
friends all wandering on the ice around it. It may be winter here, but
we don't let the cold keep us inside all the time.
Winter Gear From REI
Winter Gear From REI
09/03/2004 09:43 PMG4 Tech TV Sep 4 2004 1:12AM GMT
Winter Solstice
Winter Solstice
12/09/2003 06:10 PM Are you miffed that Christmas just isn't about Jesus anymore?
Annoyed that is all seems to be about commercialism and spending
money? You Christians can now empathize with the ancient pagans who
were miffed that Christmas just wasn't about
Mithras
anymore. But don't feel bad about
jacki
ng Christmas from them, Mithras jacked it from Apollo, who
borrowed it from the Etruscan god Sol.
Winter nostalgia
Winter nostalgia
03/08/2004 11:03 PMIt is tough to imagine anyone being nostalgic for this past winter
in New England but perhaps this photo of sammies
in the snow will do the trick. It comes to us from
Willie Stromeyer, whom I met as an 8-year-old son of a friend.
He's now married and living in Upstate New York.
Winter Depression
Winter Depression
02/07/2005 01:55 AMWinter Depression
1) Jan. 24
called worst day of year
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/i
d/6847012/
2) Winter Darkness, Season
Depression
h
ttp://my.webmd.com/content/Article/52/50396.htm?pagenumber=3
3) Shed light on SAD to ease winter blues
http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2005-01-28-winter-blues_x.htm
4) Ask the Doctor: Clinical
Chronobiology
http://chaos.cpmc.columbia.edu/nyspi/askthedr/for_
Pt/question4.asp?Departments=sad
5) Norway: A
natural research laboratory
http://www.sv.uit
.no/seksjon/psyk/wd-norw.htm
6) Society for Light
Treatment and Biological Rhythms
http://www.websciences.org/sl
tbr/
7) Psychology Today: Seasonal Affective
Disorder
http://cms.p
sychologytoday.com/conditions/sad.html
A U.K.
psychologist has developed a complex mathematical formula using seven
variables to predict winter's emotional low point. The good news is
the worst day of the year was last week; nonetheless, seasonal
depression remains a problem for many. The first link (1) is to an
article about the equation worked out by Dr. Cliff Arnall, who
specializes in seasonal disorders at the University of Cardiff, Wales.
The second link is to a WebMD page (2) about winter depression, often
referred to as Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD). The next link (3) is
to a recent news story about the results of a five-year study that
found, rather than antidepressant drug therapy or air ionizers, light
box therapy is the best remedy for the seasonal condition. The fourth
link is to a set of Frequently Asked Questions (4) about SAD offered
by Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center in New York City. The fifth
link, to the Winter Depression Research Group at the University of
Tromso in Norway(5), explains why Norway is a natural SAD research
laboratory. The next link is to a international portal site (6)
maintained by medical professionals and researchers in the field of
light therapy and biological rhythms. The final webpage(7), from
Psychology Today, compares the symptoms of winter depression with
summer depression.[From The NSDL Scout Report for the Life Sciences,
Copyright Internet Scout Project 1994-2005.
http://scout.wisc.edu/]
Winter albums
Winter albums
12/29/2003 01:18 AMThe photos from the snow trip a couple of weeks ago are up, sorry for
the delay. Captions are being...
Cold Winter
Cold Winter
06/22/2005 01:56 AM
I got another free product in the mail the other day to review
— a PS2 game called Cold
Winter.
It was rated M (for Mature), but I'm not much of a gamer so I
enlisted my 10-year-old son to play it with me.
It's something of an espionage adventure that starts in a Chinese
prison. You are Andrew Sterling, disavowed secret agent of some kind,
and you have to fight your way out. I gather there's a lot more after
that, but we never found out (keep reading).
Cold Winter earned its M rating: in one of the first cut scenes,
Sterling gets tortured and has his finger bent back until it breaks
(yes, it's as bad as it sounds). Thoughout the rest of the game, when
he's holding a pistol so you can see his hands on the screen, he
flexes his left hand as if it's still stiff from the break however
many months ago. And when you get shot, there's a lot blood.
And...chunks. And then there's the guy who gets killed sitting on the
toilet, and just kind of slumps there. It's not elegant.
Anyway, the storyline didn't hold our interest so much, so we quit
that and just went to two-player mode — you know, Capture the
Flag and all that. It turns out that Cold Winter is a pretty good
first person shooter.
It tends toward the realistic side of combat, rather than the
cinematic. There are a lot of weapons to pick from, and they have
realistic touches: you run really slow while carrying the rocket
launcher (tough to do much but camp), and if you fire anything more
than a short burst from the MP5, the recoil kicks it
up so you're shooting at nothing but air. The controls are good and,
before long, we were running around blowing each other to smithereens
for a couple of hours.
The gas grenades are the best part. You can lob one and seal off
an area with poison gas. Your opponent can only wait until it
dissipates enough to make a run through it (though I'm willing to bet
there's a gas mask in the game somewhere — we were two busy
killing each other to bother looking).
If you get exposed to gas, your vision starts getting blurry and
you may go down for the count, which makes you pretty picky as to
whether you should risk making a run for it. (In fact, you can get
shot in this game, but not die right away — you limp away from a
fire fight only to lose too much blood and go down around the corner
or something.)
There's a poetic joy to trapping your opponent in some alley with a
cloud of poisonous gas, then just firing rocket after rocket blindly
into the cloud until he comes stumbling out.
Later, as we were cycling through the game options to play, we
found an interesting one called "Headmatch." It's like the flag-based
games where you get a point for every second or so you're holding the
flag. Except there's no flag. It's the "decapitated head of an
unknown man." Seriously.
When you start a headmatch, first you have to find the head, which
could be anywhere. So me and the boy are running around the rooftops
of some Morrocan
town, looking for a decapitated head, which was pretty funny,
actually.
He finds it first and yells, "I've got the head! I've got the
head!" I tell him to wait so I can come over to look at it. Then I
tell him to turn around so my guy can crouch down and look under it
while he holds it aloft by its hair.
Then, suddenly, it hit me: I'm the worst parent ever.
Now is the winter of SCO discontent
Now is the winter of SCO discontent
12/15/2003 10:30 AMwinter break
winter break
12/22/2004 01:53 AMRyan and Nolan start their Winter break today, and I have decided
to take a Winter break of my own. I'm dangerously close to getting
burn out, so I'm taking this week off, to spend time with my family.
I'm thinking about maybe doing some geocaching, probably watching some
Return of the King extended edition, and definitely a lot of playing
Magic with Nolan.
I can't believe that there are just eleven days left in 2004, and
for the first time in years I'm not looking back in frustration on the
year that could have been, I'm looking back fondly on the year that
was . . . and excitedly looking toward the year to come.
Merry, Happy, Joy, and Peace everyone.
Especially Peace.
Ah, Copenhagen in the depths of winter
Ah, Copenhagen in the depths of winter
01/01/2004 01:30 PMWell, class materials are in, tickets are bought, and I'm off to
Copenhagen for NordU in a few weeks. (I get in on the 25th, and leave
on the 29th, with the class the afternoon of the 28th) Should be
interesting to wander around Copenhagen for a few days, too--I've
never been there. (Anyone with recommendations as to what to do, feel
free to let fly...)...
Winter blast causes problems
Winter blast causes problems
01/28/2004 03:36 PMParts of Scotland are hit by ice and snow resulting in school closures
and transport disruption.
Premiership set for winter break
Premiership set for winter break
01/28/2004 06:39 PMPremier League chairmen vote in favour of introducing a winter break
next season.
Winter Wonderland Icons 1.0
Winter Wonderland Icons 1.0
12/23/2003 04:29 PMIconic symbols of the holiday season.
Winter holidays in Russia.
Winter holidays in Russia.
12/22/2003 10:06 PMIn Russia, winter holidays are celebrated somewhat differently than in
the United States and most of the West. Although the underlying
substance of the winter holidays -- presents, trees, family
gatherings -- is the same, it corresponds to different holidays and
customs. This results from a blend of Russian national tradition,
the influence of Eastern Orthodox heritage and of course, Soviet
secularisation. There is a lot more to be said about this than is
actually practical, so I would like to focus on two axial aspects
that sit comfortably within my sphere of knowledge: New Year and the
custom of giving presents. The latter topic is a little more
editorial than encyclopedic, but please bear with me. Also, please
understand that none of this information is in any way
"authoritative." I tell you all this as a Russian immigrant, not as a
cultural anthropologist or otherwise a person bearing any
credentials or officialdom.
Winter Storm Reaches From Kan. to S.C.
(AP)
Winter Storm Reaches From Kan. to S.C.
(AP)
01/25/2004 08:44 PMAP - Winter storms dumped freezing rain, sleet and snow from the
Plains to the East Coast on Sunday, making traveling treacherous along
ice-slicked roads.
Random winter photos
Random winter photos
04/09/2004 04:12 PM
I had a bunch of photos that didn't really have a theme or a home so
I put them together in a random winter 2004 photo
collection.
There is also a new craneporn
gallery since I can't seem to stop taking pictures of cranes now that
Paul craneporn Mison got me
hooked. :)
Shark Tank: Enough With Winter Already!
Shark Tank: Enough With Winter Already!
03/22/2005 03:47 PMEnvironmental sensor goes off on Monday at 8:25 a.m.: water in the
computer room. But when help arrives, no water is to be seen.
Wednesday, it happens again -- and again, no water. Maybe it's a bad
sensor?
A Winter Garden in Spring
A Winter Garden in Spring
04/17/2004 04:41 PM
A few photos from a trip to the Helsinki
Winter Garden just before Easter. The garden is enclosed in a
Victorian era greenhouse and hosts quite a nice succulent room, palm
room and room for various seasonal plants. Easter brings little baby
chicks to the Win
ter Garden that little kids press their faces up to the glass to
watch intently as they cheep and hop around. Tulips and daffodils also
add a splash of colour to the landscape inside the green canopy. It's
free to visit during its rather limited hours of operation and the
outdoor garden is beautiful during the summer when the flowers are in
bloom. It reminds me a lot of the Jewel
Box, an art deco conservatory, and Tower Grove
Park, a Victorian walking park, in St. Louis quite a bit since
they were all built during a time that building public gardens for all
people to enjoy was popular. I still miss living next to Tower Grove
Park as it was one of the most beautiful spots in the city.
Preparing for the Winter Garden
Preparing for the Winter Garden
10/29/2003 12:10 AMElliot Coleman is a farmer and gardener on the coast of Maine. He
wrote
Four-Season
Harvest, a lovely and remarkable book about year-round
gardening in
snowy climates. (You definitely want to
look at
the drawings.) Even in the middle of January, he's harvesting
fresh salad greens and sweet carrots from old-fashioned cold
frames.
Coleman relies on low-tech solar heating and cold-tolerant
vegetables.
Winter Break for Web Site
Winter Break for Web Site
12/22/2004 01:47 AMLJ Web site on hiatus this week.
Winter approaches in Alaska
Winter approaches in Alaska
12/17/2004 06:36 PMA friend in Alaska sent this email in response to a postcard from
warm sunny Greece:
"So, you are there...and... well...we are here... in the snow,
sleet, rain, pestilence, fog, and darkness. What more can be
said? The dogs are howling, the bears are hibernating, and we
are hunkered in our camp, slowly cooking cassoulet while riding out
the storm. In fact, it has been so bad here that one of our
local judges, Sam Adams, age 47, died of a heart attack while on a
moose hunt a week ago, and he had to stay put with his hunting party
for a few days before the clouds could clear and the plane could
land. Can you imagine being one of the guys around the fire,
wondering whether to put cards in Sam's hand, or look for another
moose, etc."
Bad winter 'threatens gas supply'
Bad winter 'threatens gas supply'
06/23/2004 08:52 PMGas supplies in the UK have little spare capacity and could be
threatened if there was an extreme winter, peers warn.
UK gamers suffer in winter heats
UK gamers suffer in winter heats
12/23/2003 09:32 AMBBC Dec 23 2003 8:37AM ET
New! The Winter Scenery for Microsoft
Windows
New! The Winter Scenery for Microsoft
Windows
12/30/2004 09:18 AMWindows XP users: Spice up your music, photos and more with holiday
visualizations, power toys and other add-ons from the free Winter Fun
Pack from Microsoft. With a wide range of winter-themed goodies, the
pack includes enhancements and tools for adding fun to Windows XP
during the holiday season. For Windows Media Player, you'll find three
new visualizations: White Cap Holiday Edition includes nearly 20
holiday images; Ice Storm simulates the kind of weather only a
Northerner could love; and Yule Log's flames dance and pop in time to
your music.
Man Creates Winter Wonderland for
Beloved (AP)
Man Creates Winter Wonderland for
Beloved (AP)
01/09/2004 09:55 PMAP - Jackie Shelton woke up to a front yard covered in snow. But hers
was the only such one in town.
WINTER SMOG ALERT IN MID-WEST
WINTER SMOG ALERT IN MID-WEST
02/06/2005 03:07 AMMinneapolis
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Rovers May Survive Martian Winter
Rovers May Survive Martian Winter
06/09/2004 05:42 AMWinter snap causes travel chaos
Winter snap causes travel chaos
01/28/2004 03:36 PM
Icy conditions and snow disrupt air, rail and road transport around
the UK as the cold snap continues.
Ryanair warns of winter shake-out
Ryanair warns of winter shake-out
08/03/2004 07:35 AMLow-cost airline Ryanair repeats its warning of "more airline
casualties" as it reports rising profits and falling yields.
Winter Storm in Texas Kills at Least 5
(AP)
Winter Storm in Texas Kills at Least 5
(AP)
02/15/2004 02:21 AMAP - At least five people died on icy roads in an unusual winter storm
that also caused power outages and flight cancellations.
Summer or Winter, the Yankees Show the
Red Sox How to Win
Summer or Winter, the Yankees Show the
Red Sox How to Win
02/16/2004 01:07 AMIn the end, the Yankees' trade for Alex Rodriguez is just another
instance in which the Yankees beat the Red Sox.
Grok Description matches for Winter Weather
GrokA matches for Winter Weather
Using BroadVoice with Asterisk How-To
Using BroadVoice with Asterisk How-To
03/22/2005 04:42 PMSlashdot Mar 20 2005 1:16PM GMT
BroadVoice to Exhibit at the
International Consumer Electronics Show
(CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada January 6 –
9, 2005
BroadVoice to Exhibit at the
International Consumer Electronics Show
(CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada January 6 –
9, 2005
12/30/2004 05:10 AMBroadVoice, Inc., a leading provider of VoIP telephony to home and
small business users, will be exhibiting at the International Consumer
Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada, January 6 – 9, 2005 in
Innovations Plus booth 70747G. BroadVoice President David Epstein
will speak at the Consumer VoIP Summit, Wednesday, January 5, 2005
10:45 – 12:00 PM in the North Hall, room N253 [PRWEB Dec 30, 2004]
Crack the Pepsi iTunes Promo Code
Crack the Pepsi iTunes Promo Code
02/18/2004 06:57 PMRights Managed Pairing :Olympics 2004
Live Video promo & Puffbox - PROMO
Athens sponsors/Davis
Rights Managed Pairing :Olympics 2004
Live Video promo & Puffbox - PROMO
Athens sponsors/Davis
08/15/2004 01:55 AMRights Managed Pairing :Olympics 2004 Live Video promo & Puffbox -
PROMO Athens sponsors/Davis
Rights Managed Pairing :Olympics 2004
Live Video promo & Puffbox - PROMO Greek
drugs reaction
Rights Managed Pairing :Olympics 2004
Live Video promo & Puffbox - PROMO Greek
drugs reaction
08/13/2004 12:26 PMRights Managed Pairing :Olympics 2004 Live Video promo & Puffbox -
PROMO Greek drugs reaction
Rocker Tommy Lee Sets The Trend – Lee's
Promotion Team Requests Promo Only MPE
Exclusively To Distribute New Single
"Tryin To Be Me" to Radio
Rocker Tommy Lee Sets The Trend – Lee's
Promotion Team Requests Promo Only MPE
Exclusively To Distribute New Single
"Tryin To Be Me" to Radio
06/06/2005 12:02 AMTommy Lee issues first single from new album "Tommy Lee Presents:
Tommyland the Ride" via Promo Only MPE first. [PRWEB Jun 1, 2005]
"Code Access Security (CAS) ? "Guilty
until proven Innocent" (Partially
Trusted Code) "
"Code Access Security (CAS) ? "Guilty
until proven Innocent" (Partially
Trusted Code) "
06/22/2004 04:03 AM"Code Snippets: Store, sort and share
source code, with tag goodness"
"Code Snippets: Store, sort and share
source code, with tag goodness"
04/09/2005 09:08 AMCode Snippets: Store, sort and share
source code, with tag goodness
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04/08/2005 07:52 PMCode Snippets: Store, sort and share source code, with tag
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Wrens promo out
Wrens promo out
03/14/2005 05:37 PMI was happy to see Kathryn's documentary project just released a preview.
Merlin turned me onto The
Wrens a year or so ago (and it
looks like he'll be opening for them next month), and I've grown
to love their music. The preview gives a good insight into the band
and really does start to tell the story that basically boils down to
"The Hoop
Dreams of indie rock."
Congrats to the crew on
getting this out.
Panther Promo
Panther Promo
10/28/2003 11:08 PMApple have posted a Panther
promotional movie presented by
an annoyingly over-enthusiastic chap called Omar. Where the hell did
they get this guy?
[via
2lmc]
OpenBase acquires Code Builder, RB
database code generator
OpenBase acquires Code Builder, RB
database code generator
03/23/2005 12:25 AMCONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE, USA -- March 22, 2005 -- OpenBase
International, Ltd., has acquired Code Builder, developed by Open
Minded Solutions. Code Builder is a database application code
generator for REALbasic, a cross-platform development environment for
MacOS X, Windows and Linux platforms.
ROTS Promo Card P5
ROTS Promo Card P5
03/31/2005 11:54 PMWizard: The Comics Magazine #163 also includs a promo card for
the Topps
Revenge of the Sith card series. More details on the
series can be found in our
Jedi
Archives.
BT punts another broadband promo
BT punts another broadband promo
06/03/2004 06:48 AM'Sign of a competitive marketplace' apparently
Other News: Pepsi Promo 2?
Other News: Pepsi Promo 2?
07/29/2004 10:09 AMSteve Jobs reportedly gets Apple's ad agency involved in planning the
next Super Bowl Pepsi promo.
Other News: New Apple Promo
Other News: New Apple Promo
05/28/2004 11:11 AMBuy MX2004 and DVD Studio Pro 3, and you can submit coupons for some
money back from Apple.
Other News: Pepsi Promo
Other News: Pepsi Promo
01/22/2004 02:12 AMHere are the sugar water sales promotion rules for iTunes.
Madasafish in 2Mb ADSL promo
Madasafish in 2Mb ADSL promo
02/01/2005 09:18 PMCosts £17.99 a month
Another Promo Card From Topps
Another Promo Card From Topps
07/25/2004 05:47 PMHere's a look at another promo card (P4) for Topps' upcoming
Heritage line. This card is being given away by Topps at
Comic-Con this weekend.
Tiscali UK in BB price promo
Tiscali UK in BB price promo
01/06/2004 11:59 AMIsn't it mild for the time of year?
Other News: HP Printer Promo
Other News: HP Printer Promo
06/29/2004 10:41 AMYet another coupon promotion arrives from Apple marketers....
WOTC Miniature Promo
WOTC Miniature Promo
06/29/2004 02:38 AMRebelscum reader Barry Bradfield sends word, and a few scans, of the
very first piece made available for Wizards of the Coast's new Star
Wars Miniatures Game.
Apple, HP kick off new promo
Apple, HP kick off new promo
06/28/2004 06:36 PMApple has launched a new promotion titled, "Great Looking Deal."...
Pepsi Promo Purchases
Pepsi Promo Purchases
04/09/2004 03:56 PMSince it's now April 1st here's my complete list of songs obtained
from the iTMS via Pepsi caps.ATB - You're Not AloneConjure One -
Redemption...
Returning Your Available Character Code
Sets And Code Pages Via T-SQL
Returning Your Available Character Code
Sets And Code Pages Via T-SQL
08/18/2004 10:37 AMBasaOne promo price nears end
BasaOne promo price nears end
02/05/2005 09:53 PMBasasoft has announced that its special first anniversary promo
pricing for BasaOne, its Web Application Development Environment will
end February, 10th. Until that day the price remains reduced on
€...
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New Report: iTunes Pepsi Promo
New Report: iTunes Pepsi Promo
02/11/2004 11:00 AMWhere *are* those "100 million" free iTunes, exactly?
BT in broadband free flight promo
BT in broadband free flight promo
05/10/2004 08:35 AMGet connected, then leave country
Cussin'-est winnebago promo film, ever
Cussin'-est winnebago promo film, ever
08/12/2004 11:58 PMThis is a (not-worksafe) video of a guy shooting an industrial film
promoting a winnebago. He can't remember his lines, and every time he
blows a line, he curses like a sailor. I'v enever heard the eff-word
used so much in the course of describing a wholesome family vehicle.
Link
(
Thanks Joshua!)
Other News: iTunes Countdown Promo
Other News: iTunes Countdown Promo
07/01/2004 10:14 AMMaybe you, YOU, could be the grand prize winner in Apple's latest
promotion!
Winter Weather
