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We considered 20 smart-light-bulb systems and then spent eight weeks testing 10 contenders, confounding a family of four by constantly changing how their lights worked, to determine that the Philips Hue is the best all-around smart LED bulb. The Hue does everything other smart light bulbs do but is part of a larger product and app ecosystem, allowing for more flexibility and creativity than any other smart bulb we tested. The Hue gives you the ability to change color and is compatible with the widest variety of smart-home systems, including Apple's HomeKit, Samsung's SmartThings hub and Amazon's Alexa. It's not the cheapest bulb we tested, but its reliable performance makes it a solid choice for any smart-home enthusiast or newbie.
*At the time of publishing, the price was $200.
Adding a set of smart light bulbs is an easy and relatively inexpensive way to get started building a smart home system. We researched all the standard A19-style smart bulbs (the kind that fit traditional lamps and fixtures), then tested ten models and the systems they work with. In the end, the first popular smart bulb is still the one that outshines (sorry about that) all the others. The Philips Hue setup is simple (we recommend the A19 Starter Kit that packages three bulbs and a Hue hub), and the bulbs' wide interoperability with other apps and smart-home systems make Hue the most flexible and feature-rich smart bulb on the market.
If you're not sold on the ability to change colors, the Belkin WeMo smart light bulb is more affordable than Philips Hue, compatible with a wide range of other products, and able to consistently work well through the WeMo app. Plus, you can operate it from outside the house, which is something you can't do with all Philips Hue bulbs.
If you're set on a color-changing bulb but insist on more light output, the LIFX Color 1000 beats any color-changing bulb we tried. As a brighter bulb than the standard Hue, you might be able to get away with fewer bulbs to color-wash your room. LIFX bulbs connect directly to your Wi-Fi network, so they don't need an additional gateway or hub, which also means you can buy one bulb to get started—no need for a starter set. That's great to a point; because LIFX relies on Wi-Fi, how reliable they are depends a good deal on how reliable your network is. It also makes them less whole-house friendly than Hue, which uses a Zigbee mesh network.
Both Philips Hue and Belkin's WeMo systems allow you to do more, but the GE Link will light up your life for less money. A starter kit of two bulbs and a plug-in gateway usually goes for less than $50, and additional bulbs are only around $15. They're also among the brightest, especially in side illumination, which means they'll be a good fit for a lamp with a lampshade. The downside of the GE bulbs is their light quality—it's a piercing office-quality light when run at full brightness, though you can dim it down to your liking in the app. About that app: GE (which used to partner with Quirky, the developer of the Wink smart hub) doesn't have its own app for the bulbs. You need to use the Wink app, which may be a little confusing at first. However, if you're already a Wink hub user, you can pick up the cheap-ish bulbs and connect them to Wink without needing the gateway (and avoid the starter kit price).
I've been reviewing consumer electronics for more than 15 years and have held top editorial positions at magazines including Electronic House, E-Gear, Dealerscope, and others. I've also reviewed products for Sound & Vision, Big Picture Big Sound, and Consumer Digest. I've been an invited speaker at both the CEDIA and CES expos on the subject of smart home systems. In addition to turning my house into a laboratory for DIY home automation products, I'm also a certified Control4 programmer.
Smart light bulbs are the easiest way to upgrade your home or apartment lighting to wireless control. Smart bulbs can save you money (or at least energy), especially if you're just getting around to replacing incandescent or compact fluorescent bulbs with the significantly more energy-efficent LED bulbs. An LED bulb can last more than 15 years under normal usage. If you're smart about using the smart bulb's scheduling and remote operation features, you can save money by not using them when no one is in the room. However, smart bulbs cost more upfront—sometimes a lot more—than non-smart LED bulbs, so the cost saving over time may be more symbolic than actual.
The main reason to try smart bulbs is that they're fun. It's okay to admit there's a little thrill in tapping your smartphone to turn off a light across the room or across the house. Maybe that thrill decreases over time, but it's still there. Getting up to physically hit a light switch—that's never fun (unless you're stopping at the fridge along the way to grab a beer). And smart bulbs do add convenience to your life. It's easy to shut off downstairs lights when you're upstairs tucked in bed. If you hear a bump in the night, you can turn on multiple lights at once. Want to turn down the lights for watching TV in the evening? All smart bulbs are easily dimmable from their apps. Some apps allow for scheduling, so you can have groups of lights turn on and off based on your daily activities or to simulate occupation when you're away from home.
Smart bulbs that change colors are even more fun. Like a softer, warmer light to ease your way into morning? A color-adjustable bulb can do that. Want to set a relaxing mood for music after dinner? Turn the lights blue, or green, or whatever palette you like. Set in strategic locations, color-adjusting smart bulbs can be an integral part of your home decor, rather than just something to chase the shadows away.
Many smart bulbs, including our top picks, can be integrated with a variety of other smart-home products, including smart-home hubs, switches, cameras, and thermostats, making a light bulb an easy way to start your smart-home system.
If you already have a couple of smart bulbs or a smart-home system installed, however, you may be stuck with a specific brand or technology. Some bulb brands can be mixed and matched in a system, while others can't; we explain that further below.
When selecting bulbs for testing, we first looked at popular models, including Philips Hue, LIFX, Belkin WeMo, and others that had been well reviewed by trusted tech publications. We considered the bulbs' compatibility with other smart-home devices and systems because we believe that smart bulbs are often the gateway product to other smart-home products; we want the bulb we recommend to work with popular products you may either already own or buy down the road. Finally, we looked at brightness and price. Most smart LED bulbs are marketed as equivalent to 60-watt incandescent bulbs, but their actual specs vary greatly. We started out with about 20 models on our list and finally narrowed it down to 10 bulbs for hands-on testing.
We considered two different applications: replacing traditional lighting with basic dimmable white-light bulbs and enhancing ambience or design with more sophisticated color-adjustable units. The color-adjustable models—including Philips Hue color-changing bulbs, which started the smart bulb trend when they launched in 2012, Wi-Fi models from LIFX, and some new Bluetooth smart bulbs from several smaller companies—also perform all the same functions (on/off, dimming) as regular smart bulbs.
We didn't consider bulbs with added features such as speakers (for playing music), sensors (for smart-home applications), and cameras (for security). Generally smart bulbs that do double duty as other gadgets don't excel at either task, especially when lighting isn't their primary purpose. For this guide, we wanted to focus on light bulbs designed to be light bulbs.
We first tested each bulb with a light meter to determine its maximum brightness. Because smart bulbs use an array of LEDs, which are directional in their light output, some bulbs were brighter from the top than from the side. For this reason, we measured brightness from both positions. Depending on your light fixture, you may prefer a bulb that puts out more light from the top over one that casts it out to the sides. An ideal bulb would excel in both directions.
When looking at smart-bulb specifications, you'll notice two things: First, they all claim to be the equivalent of 60 W incandescent bulbs. Second, they state their light output in lumens, and that measurement varies widely among the bulbs we sampled. Measuring in lumens is a good starting point, but it doesn't give you a complete picture, especially when considering real-world use. Lumens is the total amount of light a bulb puts out independent of how it's distributed, but as explained in the preceding paragraph, no LED bulb distributes its light evenly. A hypothetical bulb may put out 1,000 lumens, but only in a one-centimeter wide beam, like a tiny flashlight, while another may also put out 1,000 lumens distributed over 360 degrees. The amount of useful light that reaches the book on your lap will be very different with each of those two bulbs. We used a handheld meter that measures in lux (one lumen per square meter), because that tells us how much light is received at a fixed distance. We measured each bulb from both the top and side at a distance of 18 inches; the lux number we recorded for each bulb was the maximum we could get it to produce. We adjusted the color-changing bulbs to their brightest white until we received the highest number. We simply set plain-white dimmable bulbs at their brightest. You can read more about LED light properties here.
We also considered how easy the bulbs were to set up (some required connection to a hub or gateway, while others only needed to be wirelessly connected to a smartphone), how the accompanying app worked, and how fast the bulb responded to input.
Smart bulbs are more expensive than standard bulbs. A traditional 800-lumen LED bulb costs about $3 to $6 at Lowe's. The cheapest 800-lumen smart bulbs cost $15. Color-adjustable bulbs can cost $40 to $60 each.
The bulbs we reviewed use various methods to communicate to base hubs and smartphones including Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Z-wave, and Zigbee. Some light systems use two different wireless technologies at once to communicate with their gateway and to a smartphone. You can sometimes mix and match different brand bulbs with different technologies in the same system, especially if your main point of contact with them is a smart-home hub. Apple's HomeKit addresses some of the interoperability issues, but there aren't yet a lot of HomeKit devices available.
Don't expect smart bulbs to work exactly the same as a traditional bulb. For one thing, they respond slower to the on/off or dim commands from their app than a regular bulb responds to a wired switch or dimmer. For instance, when you tap the off command for a bulb, it might shut off in half a second or in five seconds, depending on how the signal gets to the bulb. Dimming a smart bulb can also be slightly delayed, so getting your bulbs to the correct brightness takes a little getting used to.
Some might ask: Why use smart bulbs when you could use smart switches? For someone planning a complete lighting overhaul to a home, smart switches might make more sense than smart bulbs. Most smart switches cost $40 to $50. That's a bit more upfront than most smart bulbs, but they'll last longer, won't restrict you to a kind of bulb, maintain continuity of function with standard lighting, and can cost less in the long run. But if you want to go beyond the functions provided by plug-in units, adding light switches and dimmers in the house may be a project the average homeowner is unwilling to do, and renters often aren't allowed to replace light switches—if your apartment doesn't give you access to the breakers, you can't safely turn off the electricity to install a switch. If you're looking to improve your ambience and want color-changing lighting, you'll have to go with bulbs.
Finally—and this is a small challenge—smart bulbs require a smartphone or tablet for control. If you're not a smartphone user (is anyone out there?) or prefer not to rely on one when you're at home, this isn't a product for you.
The Philips Hue A19 color-changing smart LEDs are the all-around best smart bulbs you can buy. The Hue does everything its competitors do, but a wider product and app ecosystem allows for more flexibility and creativity than any other smart bulb. It costs a bit more than the average smart bulb, but wide compatibility with other products and systems, such as Apple's HomeKit, Samsung's SmartThings hub, and Amazon's Alexa, mean you'll be able to do more with them than other bulbs; this makes them a more practical long-term investment. The starter kit (which is what you need if this is your first venture into Hue), costs $200 at the time of writing and comes with a bridge unit and three bulbs.
Philips grabbed smart-home enthusiasts' attention in 2012 when it launched the Hue line with the original A19 color-changing bulb, and since then, the company has added several more products to the family, including battery-powered lights, strip lights, light globes, and plain white light smart bulbs. The recent addition of HomeKit compatibility makes Hue lights work with additional products and allows Siri voice control over the lights. This requires the Hue gateway, which comes in the current starter kit.
Setting up Hue lights requires a few simple steps, much like any other smart home device. The gateway connects to your home router or network switch via a wired Ethernet port. This connects the system to your network and allows you to control the lights with a smartphone or tablet connected wirelessly to the same network. The gateway connects to the Hue bulbs themselves over a Zigbee wireless mesh network. A mesh network has the ability to repeat signals through all the connected nodes (in this case, the Hue lights are the nodes) which cuts down on errors and improves reliability. The gateway unit is small enough to be easily tucked out of sight.
Once the gateway is hooked up and you've downloaded the Philips Hue app (available for iOS or Android), you add the bulbs one at a time by screwing them into the lamps or sockets, turning them on and following the app's instructions. With the app you can assign each bulb a name ("table lamp," "kitchen light…") to make it easier to identify them. Altogether, it took us about ten minutes to install the three-bulb starter kit.
Once you're all set up, you can start having fun changing colors and creating scenes. Hue color lights are capable of 16 million colors, including a wide range of white. The 800-lumen White and Color bulb measured 460 lux from the top and 205 lux from the side, making them bright enough for reading, and we found their softer tone made pages look better than the harsher white light of some of the competitors. They're not the brightest bulbs we tested; if you're simply looking for the brightest white light for reading, the WeMo or GE Link bulbs might suit you better and cost less. Like many other LED bulbs, Hue bulbs put out most of their light from the top, making them appropriate for built-in ceiling fixtures or lamps that either aim at the ceiling or can be tilted down toward a specific area, as with a gooseneck reading lamp.
The Hue bulbs react much faster to commands in the app than any other bulb we tried. While all smart bulbs suffer from some delay—a result of having their commands travel over wireless networks—Hue bulbs turned on and off with less than a one-second delay most of the time. Some of the other bulbs take a second, or even two, to respond to commands. Delays happen more often when turning off than when turning on (thankfully). In our testing, both the Cree and the GE Link bulbs could take up to a second of two to catch up with app commands, especially when dimming, which makes setting a precise light level difficult.
Philips recently released the Gen 2 version of the Hue app, which improves upon the original app in several ways. As with the old app, you can control individual bulbs or create custom color scenes that you save for frequent use. You can also set alarms and timers to make the lights come on at predetermined times or activate geofencing to make your Hue lights turn on and off automatically when you come and go. The new app adds the ability to create rooms and assign bulbs to those rooms, which makes it easy to turn on all the lights in the living room, for example, at once. Within a room's controls you can activate a color scene or control individual lights independently. The old version didn't permit users to create rooms, though scene settings offered an awkward way to achieve similar results. Color management of individual lights also improves in the new app, and you can quickly switch between standard color control and white tone control. In the More section of the app, you'll find a list of "Friends of Hue," namely products that Hue will connect directly with such as Nest, SmartThings, and Echo. Another feature is a long and growing list of third-party apps that work with Hue lights and expand the system's functionality. Most of those apps are free, and some of them—like my favorite, OnSwitch—support room grouping and include preset color scenes (which in some cases are in-app purchases).
Philips Hue is the system to start with if you expect to expand your smart-home collection to more devices. Hue is compatible with the widest range of other products of the bulbs we tested, including smart-home hubs like SmartThings, Logitech's Harmony hub remotes, Wink, the Nest thermostats, Amazon's Alexa devices (Echo, Dot and Tap), and Apple's HomeKit. The range of functions you get from Hue with these hubs isn't complete (some don't allow the full range of colors or scenes, for instance) but is more than you get from any other smart bulb.
If you start with the main Hue color ambiance kit, which comes with three color-changing bulbs, and want to add some more standard bulbs for places in the house where indigo or magenta lighting isn't required, Hue also offers a plain white bulb. At a list price around $15, it's an affordable option, but online pricing for that bulb can vary widely, so look for good deals. Unlike the color bulbs, the Hue white bulb is shaped like a more traditional bulb, but like the color bulb, it still throws twice as much light out the the top (420 lux) than the sides (300 lux). You can also add non-Philips smart bulbs (such as those from Cree and GE Link), as long as they communicate on the same Zigbee standard as Hue. It's clearly a popular option, because when in the fall of 2015 Philips blocked third-party bulbs with a firmware update, customer outrage pushed them to reverse that move.
When you don't want to use an app, Philips offers a battery-powered dimmer switch.
Pretty much anyone who's reviewed Philips Hue bulbs loves them. PC Magazine gave the starter kit an Editor's Choice award and says "Hue not only adds the convenience of wireless control, but it adds an element of wonder with its ability to easily recreate scenes and moods." While CNET wishes the bulbs were a little brighter (newer versions are brighter than the originals), the site agrees with me that smart compatibility makes it a winning choice, declaring "If you have a variety of smart-home gadgets, and you want color-changing bulbs that will work with as many of them as possible, Hue can't be beat." Digital Trends' reviewers called the Philips Hue "just plain fun and addictive."
Like all smart bulbs, you can only control Philips Hue lights wirelessly if the power is turned on. If someone switches the lamp off, your app will be useless for that bulb. If the power goes out and comes back on again, the bulbs will all light up in full white mode. Again, this is something common to all smart bulbs. Finally, while a front porch seems like a great place for a wirelessly controlled light, Hue bulbs are not rated for outdoor use (though I have used them that way). Also, like several other smart bulbs reviewed here, Hue bulbs throw more light up (or down, depending on how you hold them) than to the sides, making them poor for standard table lamps.
As we noted above, the original Hue app itself is limited, but the newly released Gen 2 app provides more controls and customization.
While the color-changing Philips Hue bulbs allow for more creative applications, you might just want plain white light. For that, a Belkin WeMo Lighting Starter Set is a smart buy. Selling for about $30 less at the time of this writing than the comparable Hue white bulb starter set, it includes two bulbs and a WeMo Link, which is a small plug-in bridge device that connects to your Wi-Fi network.
WeMo bulbs measured 435 lux from the top and 360 from the side, making them a little brighter than both the Hue color and Hue white bulbs. While they throw more light from the top than the sides like the Hue, their side-throw light is almost as bright as a Hue color's brightest top light output. This means that they'll work better than the Hue in a lamp with a traditional shade, though you'll still get more light out of them if used in a lamp or fixture with an interior shape that maximizes the bulb's top illumination.
The light from the WeMo bulbs is whiter than the warmer-looking Hue white light. Some users may prefer the whiter look, though the softer Hue light is a little easier to read by because it doesn't create as much glare from a white page.
Belkin's WeMo app allows you to group bulbs for easier control. If you have three bulbs in one room, you can turn all of them off at once. WeMo bulbs do tend to react slower to commands then Hue bulbs. They turn on almost immediately, but sometimes they take an extra second or two to turn off—though not a dealbreaker, it's noticeable.
As we noted in our review of the WeMo Insight Smart Plug, the WeMo app is well-organized. In fact, it's easier to learn than the Hue app. In addition to tap control of the lights, you can add schedules and timers. And because the WeMo system includes more than just light bulbs, you can group it with WeMo smart plugs and wall switches (plus the somewhat less practical WeMo coffee maker and slow cooker) to make a comprehensive home control system.
I did have some initial trouble setting up the WeMo lights. On first attempts, the bulbs wouldn't connect to my network. I needed to reset the Link before successfully connecting the bulbs. The system also failed a firmware update a few times before finally finishing it. This alone isn't all that unusual with smart-home devices (a little patience goes a long way), and other Wirecutter editors with WeMo lights in their homes report that over time they have been very dependable.
The number of color-changing smart bulbs on the market has increased tremendously since Philips introduced Hue. We tried out several, and the LIFX Color 1000 was easily the next favorite. For one, it's super bright, measuring 860 lux from the top at it's brightest setting compared to Hue's 400 lux. The Color 1000 also outshined Hue in side brightness at 360 lux.
One advantage of LIFX is that the bulbs don't need any hub or gateway. They connect directly to your Wi-Fi network. They cost about the same as Hue color-adjustable bulbs and are compatible with a number of other devices including SmartThings, Nest, Echo, Logitech Harmony hubs, and Scout.
The LIFX app allows you to group bulbs, create scenes and schedules. While the LIFX app is easier to use than the Hue's, it's still not particularly intuitive, though persistence breeds familiarity, or something like that. For instance, to turn the bulb off, you press the bulb icon, but to change the color or brightness, you press the bulb name. Bulbs react quickly to taps on the app, though frequently when you open the app, there's a delay of a second or two before the bulb is available to control. That's not long enough to worry something's wrong, but it's noticeable if you're impatient.
What makes LIFX take second to the Philips Hue in the color-changing light competition is the reliance on Wi-Fi. Hue's Zigbee mesh network gets stronger the more bulbs you connect. LIFX, on the other hand, is more susceptible to the unpredictability of your Wi-Fi, and as anyone with a lot of Wi-Fi devices knows, adding more things to your network can strain its performance. If you have a router that only allows a limited number of Wi-Fi connections, a house full of LIFX bulbs isn't going to work for you. In my home office, sometimes the LIFX bulbs refused to respond reliably. Moving them to the living room helped. This wasn't a problem with Hue bulbs.
Among the all-white smart bulbs, the LIFX White 800 is the brightest, peaking over 1,320 lux from the top and 620 from the side. Aside from light output, what distinguishes this from other all-while smart bulbs is that you can tune the color temperature of white from a harsh 9,000 K to a very warm 2,500 K. It's a nice feature that I like for a desk or reading lamp where colors like red and blue are impractical. Still, it's much more expensive than most plain-white smart bulbs.
Finally, while Philips Hue offers a wireless dimmer switch, LIFX doesn't, so unless you have the lights integrated into another system (such as SmartThings or Echo), you'll need to open the app for all control.
LIFX now offers a new generation of these bulbs, but we think you should get the second-generation bulbs if they're still available. The new version generates 40 lumens more light, but the extra brightness isn't worth the additional price. When the second-generation version finally runs out of stock, however, you shouldn't hesitate to buy the new ones if you're looking for a Wi-Fi–only smart bulb.
In a brightness for bucks contest, GE Link smart bulbs are a clear winner. They put out 520 lux from the top and 380 lux from the side, making them brighter than any bulbs except the LIFX bulbs (which cost several times more). The bulbs sport a clear glass globe, which probably allows them to be brighter than the bulbs with opaque globes. That design also makes them hard on the eye when not covered by a shade—these would look odd, and might be painful, in a fixture that leaves the bulb exposed. The GE Link starter kit comes with two bulbs and, as in the case of the Philips and WeMo systems, a small plug-in gateway that allows the lights to connect to your Wi-Fi network. The gateway is about the same size as the WeMo version, which makes it easy to hide.
The GE Link bulbs respond almost immediately to on and off commands through a smartphone, though dimming was a little slower. It was not irritatingly slow but definitely something a user will need to get accustomed to.
As noted above, GE Link bulbs don't come with their own app. The bulb's instructions say to use the Wink smart home app (though you can also connect them to a Hue hub and the Hue app). If you're already a Wink hub user, the GE Link lights will work well for you, as long as you don't object to the harshness of their light output. Some users have connected them to SmartThings, though they're not officially supported by that platform.
The Ilumi MLA1920W color-changing bulb doesn't connect to your network or a Zigbee bridge. Instead, it connects directly to your smartphone or tablet via Bluetooth. I like the Bluetooth method for its ease—no other bulb connects as easily as a Bluetooth bulb. However, you're stuck with Bluetooth's range, which in a house with walls, doors and stairs, usually means you lose connections when you leave the room. This was the case with Ilumi, and while that's not a problem if you're using it for a little ambiance when you're in the room, it's a dealbreaker for whole-home lighting control. And currently, like the other Bluetooth bulbs I tested, it doesn't integrate with other smart home devices. Expect a slight delay when dimming or changing the color over the app.
The Ilumi was bright, measuring 700 lux from the top and 240 lux from the side, and its colors were considerably richer than any other Bluetooth smart bulbs I used. The Ilumi app allows the creation of groups and scenes, and the app lets you create "experiences," which basically means you can have the light change colors in sync with music—something I don't have any interest in, but you might. I might recommend this bulb if it was cheaper, but at the same price as the LIFX, there's no reason to get this over the that if you're interested in a system that doesn't require a bridge in the first place.
Nyrius's Wireless Smart LED Multicolor Bulb is the cheapest color-adjustable bulb I tested, but it's also the weakest in light output. It peaked at 310 lux from the top and 150 lux from the side. Its dimming capability is also anemic. When dimmed down all the way, it still measured about 50 lux from the top of the bulb.
The Cree Connected smart bulb cost about the same as the GE Link bulbs and also use Zigbee, making them compatible with both the Wink hub and the Philips Hue gateway. It's the only smart LED I tested that puts out more light from the sides (350 lux) than from the top (250 lux). Even so, its side light output was dimmer than the GE Link, so there's no reason to prefer the Cree over the GE. Like the GE, the Cree bulbs suffered from a slight delay to app commands.
LinearLinc Bulbz (also sold under the GoControl brand) is the only Z-Wave bulb I tested and the only one I could find. It works well with both the Wink and SmartThings hubs (and presumably with other Z-Wave smart home hubs). Putting out 520 lux from the top and 360 from the side, it's brighter than many of the bulbs we tested, but also more expensive—twice the price of Cree or GE. Unlike the Cree and GE bulbs, the LinearLinc bulbs responded almost immediately to app commands. If keeping your smart home devices within a Z-Wave ecosystem is important to you, these bulbs will light the way.
The biggest problem with the variety of products in the smart-home arena is that so many of them are incompatible with one another. Smart-home hubs solve some of those issues, as does the crazy-successful Amazon Echo.
You can already find several smart bulbs that include non-lighting features such as music or video cameras. Although we're not huge fans of those, we expect to see more, and if there's interest, we'll check them out.
Philips recently announced a new bulb, the White Ambiance, which differs from the white bulb in this review in that you can tune the color temperature. This model is similar to the LIFX White 800 reviewed above. That tuning feature likely means it's a more expensive bulb than the standard white Hue, but people who prefer a more varied lighting experience and don't need a rainbow of colors all the time will probably find it a good option.
In August 2016, Philips unveiled a new accessory for its Hue system, the Hue Motion Sensor. This small white box, powered by two AAA batteries, works with the Philips smartphone app, so you can determine which lights you'd like to turn on when the sensor detects movement (from up to 16.5 feet away). It features an adjustable light sensor, too, so you can make sure your lights aren't turning on and off in the middle of the day. Philips will release the Hue Motion Sensor in October.
In September 2016, TP-Link introduced three new Smart Wi-Fi LED Bulbs: the LB100, the LB110, and the LB120. After connecting them to your Wi-Fi, you can manage the smart bulbs via TP-Link's Kasa app (available for iOS and Android), including adjusting the bulbs' brightness and scheduling your smart bulbs to turn on or off at a specific time. The bulbs are also Amazon Alexa–compatible. Later, in October, TP-Link added the color-adjustable LB130 to its family of smart bulbs; in addition to working with the Kasa app, the LB130 offers 16 million colors to choose from, plus the ability to save your favorite lighting configurations.
Overall, the biggest trend we expect and hope for is declining prices. Though smart LED bulbs may last you 15 to 20 years, they're still expensive. As they grow in popularity, they'll inevitably become cheaper, and more people will get to enjoy their benefits.
(Photos by Grant Clauser.)
*At the time of publishing, the price was $200
Originally published: April 26, 2016
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Friday, December 30, 2011
NZ Launch Party!
The long-awaited NZ launch for 'Head Full of Snakes' issue #1 will be held in Lyttelton on Friday the 13th of January. My advice would be to do your best to be there. These zines have been selling like hot-cakes following our launch in Melbourne, and this may be your best chance of actually getting your hands on a copy! (We have kept a bunch aside especially for this launch party and for NZ customers).
It'll be part bike show, part BBQ, part beer drinkin, part gig, and ALL mongrel-motorcycle-magazine action. A bunch of us will be riding over together from Christchurch, if you wanna join us meet up at Johnny Moore's new joint, Smash Palace, on the corner of Victoria St. and Bealey Ave. at 5.30pm. All welcome, you don't need any fancy kinda bike to join in.
The actual launch will be at 6.30pm at 'The Roastery' (the garage where Oscar Guerrero cooks up the coffee beans for the Lyttelton Coffee Company... there's a big carpark all around it that we can fill up with bikes) at approximately No.10 Canterbury St., Lyttelton. (In case of bad weather we will move into the rebuilt Lyttelton Coffee Company cafe building.)
Bands will start about 8pm and run til late... bring your dancing shoes, and if you get too drunk we can lock up your bike in the Roastery over night so you can pick it up the next day. So no excuse not to party!
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How Matt Damon Lost That Role To Joaquin Phoenix
At last night's TimesTalk, Matt Damon and Gus Van Sant spoke about the first time they culturally collided.
Matt was trying out for the role of the dim-witted student Jimmy in Van Sant's 1995 black comedy To Die For.
Van Sant said that at the audition, he gave Damon some vague direction and Damon managed to figure out exactly what he meant and do it with awesome precision.
But Matt didn't get the job because he was too all-American looking and they were trying to find someone more offbeat.
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"Joaquin was perfect for the part," decided Van Sant.
But the two went on to collaborate on Good Will Hunting, Gerry, and their imminent Promised Land, a fracking drama co-written by and co-starring John Krasinski.
Krasinski joined the panel discussion to say that with the film, he wanted to start a conversation about fracking and he doesn't care which side of the fence you're on (though reports say the film is more anti than pro).
Damon chimed in that it's a way smaller budget film than a Bourne, and with less marketing money to promote it, he's doing Q&As and even schmoozing sessions to pump up extra interest.
He joked that he even calls distributors and says, "Come on, you don't want Lincoln!
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"Spielberg, shmielberg!"
The guy has a wickedly fun sense of humor.
In fact, he would have been great in To Die For!
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text: He's sailing a 35foot Halberg Rassi called Neeltje(Pictured). When you ask him how long he will keep sailing, his answer is fairly typical: 'Until I reach the next port.' However, he also says he now can't imagine living any other way. Super-friendly like most Canadians, David is having a great experience, and likes Oman. 'This is my first experience of Arabia, and the people here are really friendly; all our yachts headed for the Red Sea arrive within a few weeks of each other, and the Port of Salalah has been great the way they have looked after us.' Well, it's good that David is enjoying a little hospitality. The Oasis Club is very well named. In a country where drinking alcohol is forbidden, and the food is strange to the western palate, this club has been put there as part of the Port facilities, a haven of western food and familiar drinks from the bar. Between here and Abu Tig in Egypt, both poverty and the Muslim rules against drinking will mean there are no such familiar 'oases'. www.sail-world.com/send_message.cfm!Click_Here!same to write to the Cruising Editor about this article


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DudeSean wrote:
Chrono_Crossing wrote:
It's called Metroid Fusion.
Who are you talking to? Are you talking to me? I love Fusion, but that's not a sequel to Other M.
Yes it is a sequel to Other M. Chronologically at least. Probably more accurate to call Other M a Metroid Fusion prequel otherwise but same difference. I mean (and some SPOILERS!!!! about both games guys):
1. It is more linear for the sake of more traditional narrative than you normally see in other games in the series.
2. There is focus on an important figure in Samus' life named Adam.
3. A powerful weapon that you are told you cannot use but do end up using to kill the final boss (Power Bomb, Ice Beam).
4. Samus' narrating in the epilogue.
5. The setting is a space station that somehow has Space Pirates (Zebesians, WHATEVER) and Metroids.
6. A major plot point involves a segment of the Galactic Federation breeding Metroids for their own use as a secret area that is quickly destroyed near the end game.
7. An advanced Metroid is the final boss.
8. Adam as a whole.
9. The navigation rooms.
10. Having someone order you at all.
Beyond Good and Evil 2 better be happening! In the meanwhile though, here's a fun little Let's Play of the original. Think you'll like the game if you like Zelda!
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Senior Value Cell Phone by TracFone
The prepaid cell phone market is really stepping up to the plate. When it comes to cell phone technology (whether contract or prepaid), most of the phone and gadget marketing has been geared towards the younger generation. Fortunately services like Jitterbug and AARP spent a little extra time marketing to seniors.
Senior Value Cell Phone Costs
Since their tag line is about cost, we'll start this review looking at how much it will cost to sign up for the program. Keep in mind, the Senior Value Cell Phone program is geared for folks 55 and older.
Currently, on the TracFone website they offer the Samsung T155G phone for seniors. This is a flip phone that comes with the usual features of text messaging, caller ID, call waiting and voice mail. For the savvier phone user, you can take advantage of the web access feature, hands free speaker and even download ringtones.
The Samsung T155G has a hearing aid compatibility rating of M3/T3. It also has large number keys, large number display and an easy menu navigation. The phone only costs $14.99. The phone is available at major retail stores such as Kmart and smaller regional stores such as Shopko, Meijer and Pamida. Or, you can purchase the phone online through the SeniorValueCellphone.com website (aka TracFone). Phones may vary by location.
Funding: Senior Value Plan Air Time Pay as You Go Plan
You can use the Senior Value Cell Phone program for less than $7 a month (depending on the value of the airtime card purchased). Just like TracFone, you must purchase air time and activate your phone before using it. TracFone air time minutes range in price from $9.99 to $199 depending on the amount of time you purchase.
Airtime | Cost | Activation Time |
30 Minutes | $9.99 | 30 Days |
60 Minutes | $19.99 | 90 Days |
120 Minutes | $29.99 | 90 Days |
200 Minutes | $39.99 | 90 Days |
450 Minutes | $79.99 | 90 Days |
400 Minutes | $99.99 | 365 Days |
There are also web exclusives (discount air time) and double air time minute cards available on the TracFone website. You should always check out the deals before purchasing airtime.
SVC Funding: Monthly Payment Plans (no contract)
If you're not crazy about buying air time and keeping track of the amount of activation time your Senior Value Cell Phone has left, you can register at TracFone website and sign up for automatic refills. On the monthly automatic refill plan you'll be billed each month to add additional airtime to your SVC phone.
The three individual monthly billing options are as follows:
Airtime | Cost |
50 Minutes | $9.99/month |
125 Minutes | $19.99/month |
200 minutes | $29.99/month |
Keep in mind that this is a no contract plan and you can switch or cancel the monthly billing option at any time.
TracFone Network Coverage Availability
The SVC Senior Value Cell Phone plan runs on the TracFone nationwide service network. Since TracFone does not have their own network, they contract with all of the major cell phone service providers to carry the TracFone service. That means TracFone's service can reach 99% of the US population.
If you are a senior (or you know a senior) and this sounds like something you or someone you love can use, check out the Senior Value Cell Phone website. Make sure to watch their video starring Alan and Anita Sklar. It's informative and humorous (depending on your sense of humor). $7 per month for a cell phone is something worth looking into.
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"If you're always racing to the next moment, what happens to the moment you're in? Enjoy the ride." ~unknown Yes, two weeks into the kids' school year and I'm just now blogging about it…there's a shocker for those of you who have been following my blog. I've been blogging since before Hope ever began school […]
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It's been a busy few weeks since the last time I wrote on my blog. So I suppose a bit of an update is overdue. First, my baby boy is finally showing an interest in writing. I've tried several times this year but he's always been disinterested in coloring or writing and if he'd join […]
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Happy or Sad your blogs make me cry! You amaze me Amanda.
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Hi Amanda: You have a beautiful family! As I look through your pictures, I just realized I don't take enough pictures of my son. I must start doing that now.
Thanks for sharing!
"There is a strength in vulnerability and exposing your scars to the world." ~unknown This time last year my life was still amidst quite a bit of uncertainty, fear, and filled with overwhelming moments as we had come so close to giving up on my baby boy. It seems like many more days in the […]
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"Don't run through life so fast that you forget not only where you've been, but also where you're going." ~Nancye Sims Hopefully those of you reading my blog often aren't in withdrawals. It's been just over a week and we've managed to stay out of the hospital. Yes, it's reason to celebrate that a lack […]
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"One day your life will flash before your eyes. Make sure it's worth watching" ~unknown It seems like I've blinked and my baby boy has grown so much…he's just over six months old and boy is he growing a lot lately. He's definitely the most "social" of my kids at his age. He wakes up […]
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5.4: Equations of Parallel and Perpendicular Lines
Learning Objectives
At the end of this lesson, students will be able to:
- Determine whether lines are parallel or perpendicular.
- Write equations of perpendicular lines.
- Write equations of parallel lines.
- Investigate families of lines.
Terms introduced in this lesson:
- parallel lines
- perpendicular lines
- family of lines
- vertical shift
Teaching Strategies and Tips
Use the introduction to make observations such as:
- Parallel lines have different \begin{align*}y-\end{align*}intercepts.
- Parallel lines have the same slope. Allow students to come to this conclusion using a rise-over-run argument: If one line runs (or rises) more than another line, then the lines cannot be parallel; they will eventually meet.
- Perpendicular lines have opposite reciprocal slopes. Encourage students to draw two perpendicular lines. Since one line will be increasing and the other decreasing, this shows that the slopes have opposite signs. Have students also construct the rise-over-run triangles for each line. This will demonstrate that the rise of one line is the run of the other and vice-versa; the slopes are also reciprocal.
Have students recognize in Example 5 that \begin{align*}y=-2\end{align*} is the equation of a horizontal line. The problem can then be recast as finding the equation of a vertical line through \begin{align*}(4,-2)\end{align*}.
Additional Examples:
What is the equation of a line parallel to the \begin{align*}x-\end{align*}axis and passing through \begin{align*}(2, -1)\end{align*}?
Solution: A line parallel to the \begin{align*}x-\end{align*}axis is horizontal and therefore has equation, \begin{align*}y = k\end{align*}. Since it passes through \begin{align*}(2, -1), y = -1\end{align*}.
Find the equation of a line perpendicular to \begin{align*}x = 3\end{align*}.
Solution: Since \begin{align*}x = 3\end{align*} is a vertical line, a perpendicular line will be horizontal. Therefore any equation of the form \begin{align*}y = k\end{align*} is perpendicular to \begin{align*}x = 3\end{align*}.
Find the equation of a line perpendicular to \begin{align*}x = 3\end{align*} that passes through the point \begin{align*}(14, 15)\end{align*}.
Solution: \begin{align*}y = 15\end{align*}.
Use Example 9 and a graphing utility to investigate families of lines.
- Fixing the slope \begin{align*}m\end{align*} and varying the \begin{align*}y-\end{align*}intercept b in \begin{align*}y = mx + b\end{align*} results in a set of parallel lines; one through each point on the \begin{align*}y-\end{align*}axis.
- Fixing the \begin{align*}y-\end{align*}intercept and varying the slope results in all possible lines through that \begin{align*}y-\end{align*}intercept; one for every real number angle.
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By Gen. P.X. Kelly, former Marine Commandant
One of the most critical issues that members of Congress must address is the wisdom of setting a schedule for our continued presence in Iraq. In this regard, I would hope that they would look back to September 1983, when both houses of Congress held War Powers Act hearings on our presence in Beirut as part of a multinational force.
I asked Congress then not to set a schedule for our withdrawal from war-torn Lebanon. I said, "If the time is too short, our enemies will wait us out; if it is too long, they will drive us out."
My warning was ignored, and Congress passed a law that said that Marines would stay for 18 more months. That in essence told the Iranians, the Syrians, the Druze and the newly organized Hezbollah: "Put your plans on hold for a year and a half."
On Oct. 23, 1983, they gave us their answer — an 18-ton truck carrying the equivalent of 18,000 pounds of TNT smashed into the headquarters of Battalion Landing Team 2/8, and 241 of our most precious sons, who had done nothing more than try to restore peace to a troubled country, were murdered.
My message to Congress is simple: Never tell your enemies your plans. Ambiguity in war is essential.
My personal message to our enemies is equally simple: If you continue your barbaric acts of terrorism, you eventually will be punished — count on it.
Let me close by reminding all Americans of the mission given to Muslim terrorists by Osama bin Laden in 2001: "By God's leave, we call on every Muslim who believes in God and hopes for reward to obey God's command to kill the Americans and plunder their possessions wherever he finds them and whenever he can."
Lest we forget!


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Second hand this module would be a good buy say £300 ish.
I am definitely not into trance/club/house and all the other types of commercial rubbish which give the rest of electronic music a bad name. So when i tested out some of the presets i was rather annoyed to find them mostly dance orientated, like for instance the cheesy euro synth. the demos are rubbish, unless you'e into making cheesy dance music.
Since then i have wiped the offending patches off, or mutilated them to my liking.. and i realised despite the cheap orange plastic fascia, the "instant dance music"/"groovebox" feel of it (i dont use the superbeats either), this synth has some great potential.. especailly pads, and other thick sounds.. it has four layers of a great number of prefabbed samples, so you can make some sublime pads.. yeah, thats what i like best about the xl1.
As far as the other sounds go.. the basses, i feel, lack meat.. or maybe i havent made a decent one yet.. only a few of the preset basses are good, but they're not very "sub-end" type basses. leads.. ok, actually.. some cool sounds, also some miscellaneous synthy noises, useful. drums - I dont really use them.. superbeats i feel is a waste of time.
A feature of this synth I love is the Z plane filter... there are fifty types! more than just your average band, low and high pass.. you can really change a sound by adding a different filter, which increases the possiblities..
Effects.. Ok.. pretty standard, not too keen on the distortion, but the reverb is ok, although the delay can be a bit annoying to program
What also convinced me to keep this synth, and that it was not simply another "dance module" was the patchcords.. basically they tie different sections of the synth architecture for a certain patch together, a bit like modular snynthesis (but not as versatile).. still this is really useful.
For a while i considered selling the xl-1 because of it's generic dance factor.. but i found that you can customise it to your liking, and you can make some good sounds from it. Remember it is a PCM synth, so dont expect any really extreme sounds, despite its name!!
If you want to hear some of my creations with the synth, then go to http://www.electromancer.com/Artists/Sinehurtz/index.htm Most of the songs on there have involved the xl-1 in one way or another.. the track "Digistella" was made 90% with it.. feel free to send me any comments.


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As promised earlier today, here is the post I would have put up long ago, but for Blogger's hiccup last night that didn't get resolved until late this past morning.
Enough about that. I want to share with you my initial impressions on this new commuter tire from Geax called the "Evolution 29"" (Notice: The link takes you to the 26"er version because this tire isn't quite available yet.)
The tires are listed as "prototypes", so if changes occur that don't line up with the website, don't be shocked. I will say these tires I received from Geax to test are very "production" looking examples though. They have a wire bead, and don't seem overly heavy for a commuter type tire at just a bit over 800 grams each. These are listed as being 1.9" in width, but on my 24mm wide Alex TD-17 disc rims, I am getting a measurement of 49.5mm/1.95", and that with tubes in place. This is measuring the widest part of the casing, as the tread width is much narrower, obviously.
The tread itself is made up of many triangular shaped, very shallow blocks, with little open space between the tread blocks. When the tires are inflated on my rims, the casing forms a very rounded shape, and these tread blocks are very rounded in profile, not flattish in the middle as shown here. (Un-mounted tire in the image)
I also noted that the sidewalls of the casing were fairly flexible, and that the treaded area felt softer in compound than many urban/commuter/recreational tires I handle at the shop. Geax uses a "XC Casing" on the Evolution 26", which they claim is more supple for a livelier ride feel. The compound used in the 26"er is their "3D Aramid" compound, which has particles of Aramid fibers interspersed throughout the casing to help prevent punctures. Does this 29"er tire feature these same technologies? Geax hasn't gotten back to me on that yet, but I have no reasons to believe that it doesn't.
So, how do they ride? Well, pretty dang nicely! I am still experimenting with pressures, so I haven't had a chance to ferret out what I think will work best there yet, but these tires are smooooth at lower pressures! They still roll well too. How low? How about 26psi front, 30psi rear? I could detect a bit of a draggy feeling from the back, so I've bumped up pressures some, and I'll let ya'all know later.
I should add that I replaced a set of Gen I Specialized Fast Traks that have to be some of the highest rolling resistance 29"er tires I've ridden. Certainly for their class, they are the worst. So, anything feels better than those tires, but that said, the Geax Evolutions are nice. I also will add that I am not an advocate for high tire pressures. I'll get into that another time though.
Hope you enjoyed that sneak peek at these tires I am reviewing for Twenty Nine Inches. I'll have some more things to say about these after I get some time on some gravel roads with them, so stay tuned.
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text: Great Condo for rent - 2502 E 5th PL Tempe, AZ 85281 By Megan Izdebska & Hanna Manoufar Chandler, Scottsdale Real Estate Agent Real Estate Agent with United Brokers Group Email Short URL Share: July 28, 2012 05:31 AM Megan Izdebska | United Brokers Group | (480) 213-5758 2502 E 5th Pl, Tempe, AZ Great Condo in Tempe! 2BR/2BA Townhouse $875/month Bedrooms 2 Bathrooms 2 full, 0 partial Sq Footage 900 Parking 2 dedicated Pet Policy Dogs Deposit $800 DESCRIPTION Location, Location, Location!!!This is 2bd+2bt nice home near ASU, 101 and 202. Huge, private front patio for entertainments and hang out. Good size family room and dining with fireplace, with decorative wood beams . Kitchen with breakfast room opens to a family room. Big storage room and laundry off the front patio. Skylights in both bathrooms. Additional patio off master bedroom. Tiles in all wet areas except bedrooms. Nice neighborhood with pool, clubhouse and tennis court. see additional photos below RENTAL FEATURES - Family room - Laundry room - Storage space - Dishwasher - Dryer - Garbage disposal - Refrigerator - Stove/Oven - Washer - Porch - Air conditioning - Double pane windows - Cable-ready - High-speed internet - Covered parking - Fireplace - Tile floor COMMUNITY FEATURES - Sports court - Swimming pool - Tennis court - On-street parking LEASE TERMS Minimum 1 year lease required. ADDITIONAL PHOTOS Photo 1Photo 2Photo 3Photo 4Photo 5Photo 6Photo 7 Contact info: Megan Izdebska United Brokers Group (480) 213-5758 Posted: Jul 28, 2012, 6:55am PDT


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Monday, December 20, 2010
eBay Buys German Shopping Site Brands4Friends
San Jose-based eBay said this morning that it is in a definitive agreement to acquire brands4friends, a German online fashion shopping site. eBay said it would pay approximately $200M in cash from brands4friends. eBay said the move will strengthen its position as an online fashion destination in Europe. brands4friends offers up "flash" sales of fashion and lifestyle brands via daily deals. eBay said brands4friends employes 200 people in Berlin, and has approximately 3.5 million members in Germany.


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Olympus GIF-HQ190 EVIS EXERA III Gastroscope – Certified Pre-Owned
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Warranty: 90 Days Parts and Labor.
The GIF-HQ190 Gastroscope is a versatile workhorse scope that includes an array of advanced features to support both upper and intra-operative endoscopy. The scope's improved image quality results from increased resolving power, which is achieved with significantly less halation and noise, and dual focus functionality delivers the optimal depth of field at the touch of a button. For further efficiency, a new connector design minimizes the effort required for setup prior to and in between cases and eliminates the need for a water-resistant cap.
Olympus GIF-HQ190 EVIS EXERA III Gastroscope Benefits:
- State of the Art Design: Loaded with advanced technologies, the GIF-HQ190 raises the bar for routine gastroscopes.
- Brighter, more Powerful Imaging: Narrow Band Imaging (NBI) now delivers significantly increased brightness, providing twice the viewable distance compared to earlier scope models.
- Optimal Depth of Field at the Touch of a Button: Dual focus, an Olympus optical innovation, allows the user to select between 2 focus settings to achieve the desired depth of field for optimal observation.
- Easier Setup: A new waterproof connector design minimizes the effort required for setup prior to and in between cases and eliminates the need for a water-resistant cap.
Olympus GIF-HQ190 EVIS EXERA III Gastroscope Specifications:
- Channel Width: 2.8 mm.
- Working Length: 1030 cm.
- Field of View: 140°.
- Direction of View: Forward viewing.
- Depth of Field: Normal 5 - 100 mm, Near 2 - 6 mm.
- Outer Diameter: 9.9 mm.
- Outer Diameter Insertion Tube: 9.9 mm.
- Max Angulation Up: 210°.
- Max Angulation Down: 90°.
- Max Angulation Right: 100°.
- Max Angulation Left: 100°.
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Orange Saffron Mashed Sweet Potatoes
Author Notes: I made these potatoes originally to go with steamed fish that was scented with fennel and saffron. I worried that the sweet potatoes' flavoring - orange and nutmeg - would be too much, but in fact it matched so perfectly that I've actually been adding a pinch of saffron to the potatoes ever since. —Cara Eisenpress
Serves 2
- 2 medium sweet potatoes
- 1 tablespoon good-tasting olive oil
- 2-3 tablespoons orange juice, preferably fresh
- 1 pinch nutmeg
- 1 pinch saffron threads, ground between your fingers
- 1/2 teaspoon salt, or more to taste
- Preheat the oven to 400°F.
- Roast the sweet potatoes on the oven rack for 45 minutes to an hour, until they're quite soft. Set aside until they're cool enough to handle.
- When the potatoes have cooled slightly, scoop the flesh out of the skin, add the orange juice, nutmeg, saffron, and salt, and gently mash so the potatoes are nearly smooth but not gluey. Taste for citrus flavor and salt, then warm in the microwave or on the stovetop if they've cooled and serve hot
- This recipe was entered in the contest for Your Best Sweet Potato Recipe
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Happy Easter early bird!
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Early morning run. Woke up at 4:20 to get this one in before our family sunrise Easter service and work at 8.
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Take the chore out of cleaning, with the compact and versatile MultiReach 18V Cordless Vacuum Cleaner. EdgeReach Technology For powerful cleaning along the edges of carpets and furniture, you can divert the MultiReachs suction to the side of the vacuum foot. Pick up more debris and dust without the need for a hand tool. The MultiReach 18V also features suction power control with a high boost setting - so you can pick up more dirt effortlessly. Dedicated cleaning With a range of special features, the MultiReach Vacuum Cleaner lets you target hard-to-reach places. The removable hand vacuum is ideal for above the floor cleaning and lets you suck up dust from corners or behind furniture. Brush roll on/off Whether youre on tiles, wooden floors or carpet, the MultiReachs brush can be on or off for customised cleaning whatever the surface. The edge bristles also let you sweep dirt out of the edges and corners with ease. Powerful battery With a built-in 18 V Lithium-ion battery, the MultiReach delivers powerful cordless cleaning. Tackle all the cleaning in one go with a battery life up to 30 minutes. There is a charge indicator to let you know how much battery is left and a charging dock for easy charging when the vacuums not in use. With a two-way folding handle, the Bissell MultiReach 18V Cordless Vacuum Cleaner is as easy to store as it is to clean - for versatile cleaning across your home.
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Originally Appeared in The Times of Israel. Go THERE
Two years ago as a struggling filmmaker in LA, I was blessed with a fellowship providing me with the funds to make a film about anything I wanted. Anything, of course, as long as it was Jewish. I panicked because I, like many of my contemporaries, considered myself devoutly ambivalent toward a religion that always seemed more like my grandma's thing. I didn't need to pray, I had a shrink! My passionate apathy inspired the search to find my authentic relationship with Judaism, eventually becoming my web series, "Dude, Where's My Chutzpah?" I dove in head first, interviewing more than 30 esteemed Los Angeles rabbis all of whom carried a universal confidence that I found puzzling, and at times smug. It was like God was one of those paintings from the mall with the hidden messages and I was the only one who couldn't see the stupid sand castle. After a few months of false starts in LA and the deadline for my project looming, I knew I had to go straight to the source. I needed to find the organic, grass feed, fresh off the tap Jewwyness: I needed to get my tuchus to Israel.
After cross-dressing at the Western Wall and almost getting tear-gassed to death in Palestine my "character"(me with better clothes) mistakenly stumbles onto a bus headed for Tsfat, the most holy city in Israel and also the gravesite of the legendary Rabbi Yonatan Ben Uziel. Legend has it if you visit the Rabbi's grave you will immediately find your BESHERT aka kosher Soul mate – only a Jew could be a matchmaker from beyond the grave. This mysticism causes thousands of Israeli's each week to shell out 49.99 shekels to schlep on a sweaty bus, in the hopes of finding someone of their very own to scream at for not loading the dishwasher correctly. Obviously, I figured this would make for an Oscar worthy episode so we set out to Tsfat. I would get on the bus, say 'sup to the dead rebbe get my hilarious footage and if art happened to imitate life and my soul mate (Ryan Golslingezberg) was waiting for me at the gift shop, who was I to argue?
I should back up a bit to my first journey to Israel: on my 2007 Birthright trip, aka discovering my deep and meaningful Jewish identity by eating shawarma and giving hand jobs to an Israeli soldier. At 5'4, his name couldn't be further from the truth: Tal He accompanied us on the trip to serve as cultural exchange. After two weeks of "exchanging each others cultures" I decided to extend my stay a two weeks and bum around Israel with my own personal tour guide. Our adventures included skinny dipping in the Dead Sea at 3am(ouch), playing "house" at his parents cottage outside Jerusalem and getting stones thrown at us in the Ultra Orthodox neighborhoods after I bent over to tie my shoe (I know it doesn't sound fun but Tal was being all knight-like protecting me and I was wearing a killer trench coat and a red hear scarf and–) I felt like he really got me before I even knew what it meant to get myself. Falling for Tal was like when your foot falls asleep, you know it's going to hurt like shit when you stand up but you can't help it, you just keep leaning on that foot…harder.
For our last night together we ate shawarma, got drunk, rented a seedy motel room, and proceeded to have drunken shawarma seedy motel room sex which, it turns out, is kind of the only sex worth having. After we (HE) finished I looked everywhere for the condom…the bed, the floor, the bathroom, the ceiling only to realize with horror that yes the condom was still suck inside me! Shit got real fast. Nervous laughter led to panic led to a trip to the ER and eventually climaxed in an Israeli Doctor pulling a condom out from deep inside me as he told me all about his 2nd cousin Udi who lived in La Jolla. And had I ever been to La Jolla? Tal held my hand but I couldn't hold his back, I couldn't even look at him for fear I'd start crying. And that just couldn't happen because back then I was still the Jessie who thought crying meant that life was bad, or more so THAT I WAS BAD AT LIFE. When we finally left the hospital Tel Aviv was already in the middle of its bustling morning, our romantic last night together gone before it ever came. Tal kept checking his watch reminding me that HE was the one who had a plane to catch. He was headed out on his year of traveling around the world as most soldiers do after their army service is up. He was going to find himself; I was going to throw up. We stood frozen on the corner right in the middle of a Fellini movie as I choked down the morning after pill insisting, "I'm okay". He grabbed me cupping my face assuring me "You don't have to be okay Jessie" Everything poured out of me as I melted into him, finally for the first time in my life, I let the fuck go. It took a real Nimrod to show me how to feel loved.
Cut to now, and I'm on the bus after our shoot riding from Tsfat back to Tel Aviv, and who gets on the bus…. Who gets on the motherfucking bus? TAL!!! I know, I know it's some "When Harry met Sally" bullshit but our chance encounter was the closest I'd ever come to a miracle. We freak out and hug and suddenly it all comes together: the years of numbing loneliness, the douche nugget excuses for men in L.A., the film project that brought me back to Israel, the dead matchmaker Rabbi. I just had to shut up and let him find me…again. He sits down next to me on the bus and I realize this is the man I'm going to sit next to forever.
But first we had to eat. We made our way to a café in Florentine, like Brooklyn but Jewish…so like Brooklyn. I gazed at him from across the table, his eyes still too close together, his teeth still too far apart: he was perfect. But then…my eyes caught on a glowing hoop coming from his right ear. It couldn't be. he'd been…pierced. I was surprised by how much he looked like a tool and even more surprised that as my soul mate I would even be bothered by something so superficial as a pierced lobe. Whatever, no big deal. I'll forget about it after a beer or two just like I won't notice the Tevas he's wearing…with socks.
"So are you um seeing anyone?" I asked knowing very well after faithfully stalking his Facebook profile that he'd just broken up with someone. Yes I knew Maya intimately: her love of dolphins and Hello Kitty and that every single one of her ribs that stuck out when she posed in a bikini. "Bitch put on a shirt, you're an X –ray, we fucking get it!" was a phrase I'd often utter to my glowing computer screen after finishing off a bottle of—cake. "No, I had a girlfriend but she just wasn't right. She got depressed and turned into a real fatass." Maybe he mixed up his English and meant to say she wasn't intellectually stimulating him anymore? Oy…
"How was your amazing world adventure? Did you make it to Greece? Africa? Tell me everything!" I asked excited for him to confirm all the fantasies I'd had of his Indiana Jones style-escapades. " Oh I stayed in Australia and partied. Ran out of money pretty quick so I wound up selling some tacky art just bumming around." "Cool" I screamed over the shitty techno though it sounded like the opposite of cool to me. I began telling him about my film shoot but he quickly interrupted me leaning in only to whisper those magic words that let me know you're going to be my future ex boyfriend "So…when are you going to put me in one of your movies? You know, I'm a really good actor. I mean probably am." Is this what my mom meant by being able to love someone long after you stop liking them?
Dinner was fine. Dancing was fine. The kiss on the walk home…it was all fine. But fine wasn't what had kept my heart fluttering all these years, and it certainly wasn't what I had masturbated to all these years. Tal was the guy I compared to all the schmucks I dated; he was never supposed to be one of them. As the sun began to wake up I found myself once again wandering the streets of Tel Aviv at dawn with nothing but a short dude named Tal to guide me. As we turned a corner we passed by "our" seedy hotel from that fateful night. Its neon signs buzzing and mirrored hallway starring back at me as I paused waiting for him to remember as well. Instead he just starred blankly mumbling "What are you looking at?" like a cranky husband who never notices his wife's new hairdo. "Nothing at all" I mumbled as I picked up the pace.
We stood outside my apartment and I quickly said goodnight and that I'd call him tomorrow, hoping he wouldn't realize I didn't have his number. It wasn't until I crawled into bed that I realized he'd never asked for my number either.
A few months ago I got an email from Tal "Jess! I'll be in Tampa, selling paintings for a few weeks. I can come visit you up in L.A. Yes?" I didn't respond, the Tal I like to imagine is way too busy on his epic around the world adventures for a visit with this schmuck.
As I sat down to write this piece I got my Google on and guess what I discovered? The Jewish Cupid himself, Rabbi Yonatan Ben Uziel, never married. He died single and alone. I could just see him living in a studio apartment next to the shul getting drunk on Manischewitz and mouth kissing his forty-four cats. But good ole' Rebbe Yonatan Benny Boy taught me a lot: that you should always get on the bus, that nothing beats a good cry and that REAL love is worth fighting for even if you're still not really sure how to throw a punch.


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Matthew Bourne returns to BAM with a stage adaptation of Tim Burton's film, "Edward Scissorhands," March 14 -31. A huge hit at its London premiere, audience members called it "amazing." This video (make sure you have your speakers on) is pretty amazing itself.
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Carolina in Crisis: Cherokees, Colonists, and Slaves in the American Southeast, 1756–1763, by Daniel J. Tortora (University of North Carolina Press)
Stinking Stones and Rocks of Gold: Phosphate, Fertilizer, and Industrialization in Postbellum South Carolina, by Shepherd W. McKinley (University Press of Florida)
The Charleston Orphan House: Children's Lives in the First Public Orphanage in America, by John E. Murray (University of Chicago Press)
The Strange Career of Porgy and Bess: Race, Culture, and America's Most Famous Opera, by Ellen Noonan (University of North Carolina Press)
Forging Freedom: Black Women and the Pursuit of Liberty in Antebellum Charleston, by Amrita Chakrabarti Myers (University of North Carolina Press)
Freedom's Teacher: The Life of Septima Clark, by Katherine Mellen Charron (University of North Carolina Press)
Entangled by White Supremacy: Reform in World War I-era South Carolina, by Janet G. Hudson (University Press of Kentucky)
The Yamasee War: A Study of Culture, Economy, and Conflict in the Colonial South, by William L. Ramsey (University of Nebraska Press)
World of Toil and Strife: Community Transformation in Backcountry South Carolina, 1750-1805, by Peter N. Moore (University of South Carolina Press)
Plantation Enterprise in Colonial South Carolina, by S. Max Edelson (Harvard University Press)
The Politics of Taste in Antebellum Charleston, by Maurie D. McInnis (University of North Carolina Press)
Never Surrender: Confederate Memory and Conservatism in the South Carolina Upcountry, by W. Scott Poole (University of Georgia Press)
A Gallant Defense: The Siege of Charleston, 1780, by Carl P. Borick (University of South Carolina Press)
Rhett: The Turbulent Life and Times of a Fire-Eater, by William C. Davis (University of South Carolina Press)
Long Green: The Rise and Fall of Tobacco in South Carolina, by Eldred E. Prince Jr. (University of Georgia Press)
Ben Tillman and the Reconstruction of White Supremacy, by Stephen Kantrowitz (University of North Carolina Press)
Domesticating Slavery: The Master Class in Georgia and South Carolina, 1670-1837, by Jeffrey Robert Young (University of North Carolina Press)
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Monday, December 5, 2011
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I've always admired Pottery Barn's metal 'Noel' sign, but it's a bit out of my price range ($149, ouch) and it's apparently unavailable now. Sadness. I've seen lots of creative blog types make their own version, so when I stumbled across 12" MDF letters at Michaels in a similar style, I had to grab them and get my seasonal DIY on.
The original sign is about 3' square, and so my version isn't quite as large but it's still nice and big.
I admit, it was a bit touch and go figuring out how to connect the letters - the MDF was too thin for wood joiners, and because my letters E and L don't touch I had to make sure everything else was really strong. I finally had the best luck with pieces of 1/4" scrap and Gorilla Glue, weighed down with heavy buckets of rocks. I also made sure to add bits of scrap all around to help stabilize the letters and keep them from wobbling/weakening the joints.
I finished it up with some Rustoleum's hammered metal spray paint..
Then I simply hung my new Noel art where it could be admired! I might spray it again the spring when it's warmer, since temperature really seems to affect the hammered effect and I'd like bigger 'dimples' on the letters. (but we already know I'm a tad neurotic and get caught up in details...)
Each of the letters was $3.99, but I used a 25% off coupon so I got all four for $12, and I already had the spray paint. Twelve dollars is much more justifiable in my little world than $150!
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one more hour to fix the last piece of rust on the front shroud and the piece from the donor inner fender
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4 hrs today ....I really took my time to make sure i didnt screw up
heres how you can make lines that are transferrable you can get the idea of how the splice will work really taking my time so i dont have an accidental over cut slowly you can see the gap getting smaller so heres the big gap that needs to be made smaller getting close and i used a 1/4" rod to transfer the cut line so i used those alinging pieces inside the bonnet frame support and you can see the gap getting closer at this point both sides are really close so to make the final cut its all clamped in and i very slowly use the cut off wheel and make a cut right in the middle of splice line close to the final splice the rest of the trimming will be done with a hand file final gaps and i need to tweak this alittle here i am using copper in between my temp splice and the two sections of the bonnet so i can weld the outer drip rail all tacked in place and time to stop, everything went very well so some times you need to know when to stop |
spent an hour or two fiddling with putting the hood on and tweaking the drivers side area where the two halves meet
I needed to elongate the bonnet hinge holes a little bit so I conjured up this idea. |
I think your doing great ,I can give you a few time saving tips if your interested...
I still find it hard to believe theres someone else out there that has the courage to take on the dead ones... keep up the good fight...I almost bought this one last year.thought it was a Healy... |
I am always up for tips, I do this for fun so some times the easier ways of doing things i have to discover....I had a big Healy I really liked it.
496...That is a later model MGA I would settle for having the body off by spring time... spent a couple hours this am and I welded up the two halves today there is a lot of tension in those joints, I think I will not grind them until after the body is taken off so I can weld the bottom side with a nice seam. and then after grinding If I need to touch them up I will use a TIG on it. here is my handy dandy anti burn through gizmo made out of Bonnet scraps i definitely got the gaps where they should be |
The gaps look great...That was an old 62 MGA .A bit too rough even for me. when I saw how you cut the nose of it remended me of it (first pic),,,it's still there...
well finished up a little this weekend and welded the last repair panel on the front pass side where the bottom of the inner fender atraches to the end of the inner sill. and worked on finte tuning the Bonnet gap and putting the bonnet catch on. i think it took me longer to adjust the bonnet then it did to graft the front end on....
well finished up a little this weekend and welded the last repair panel on the front pass side where the bottom of the inner fender atraches to the end of the inner sill. and worked on finte tuning the Bonnet gap and putting the bonnet catch on. i think it took me longer to adjust the bonnet then it did to graft the front end on....
not too motivated today I have cold or something so we are picking low hanging fruit....kind of the crap work that you never like to do anyway, I force myself on days like this to do an hour or so just to get it out of the way.
so i primed the welds on the front end graft and removed the divers door and had to drill out all but three of the hinge and catch bolts. there were a spacer on each door hinge |
picked up my youngest son from college to day for spring break .....my goal is to have the body pulled off before he goes back to school. 4hrs working on the drivers side sill repair. i decided to start at the front and work my way back.
heres the donor panel the salvaged repair piece same method of grinding off the spot welds and peeling off the metal the repaired repair panel trimmed and primed rough welded in place, grinding will come on another day |
4 hrs today kicking some butt.....
cut away the rust the template to make the part, i am not sweating the bottom length and i am making to too long on purpose and will trim it later this is the offset flange here is the back side primed with cold galvanizing compound you can weld through this but it really sparks alot while the paint is drying i removed all the body bolts and was surprised how easily they came out and the rear body mount is in great shape the front needs some work though made up new piece and primed it with weld through primer while thats drying i went ahead and removed the rusted out section same trick i ground off the old spot welds. what looks like holes is actually shiney metal after everything is cut away the new piece is made and flanged and primed and welded in place one step closer to being done... |
1 more hr needed to wrap things up
i used a piece of angle iron to make sure that i had a nice straight and tight seam that thin line is the middle piece nice and straight and of course you need to have a mock set up admittedly this was for my satisfaction so i paint the inside of the inner sill i had to move some stuff around to get the welding cart over behind the MGA where this use to taking up residence... what would a garage be with out a sons custom motorcycle project?? |
3 more hrs of work..had my son helping me..I welded up the inner sill, while he removed the rear bumper horns and the 6 inner boot body/frame attaching bolts.one of the rear bumper horn extension bolts was a major PITA and we wound up cutting it off. i drilled two 1/8 aligning holes in the bonnet hinge mounting plate. cant believe so little work took so much time
2 more hours tonight wrapping up the door posts, all of the grinding and making the welds look pretty will happen after the bodys off the car
and i added an extra support brace for good measure |
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