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Product ID: **NICOTROLNS
IMPORTANT: HOW TO USE THIS INFORMATION: This is a summary and does NOT have all possible information about this product. This information does not assure that this product is safe, effective, or appropriate for you. This information is not individual medical advice and does not substitute for the advice of your health care professional. Always ask your health care professional for complete information about this product and your specific health needs.
COMMON BRAND NAME(S): Nicotrol NS
USES: This medication can help you quit smoking by replacing the nicotine in cigarettes. The nicotine in tobacco is an important part of cigarette addiction. When you stop smoking, your nicotine levels drop quickly. This drop can cause withdrawal symptoms such as craving tobacco, nervousness, irritability, headache, weight gain, and difficulty concentrating. Stopping smoking is hard and your chance of success is best when you are ready and have made a commitment to quit. Nicotine replacement products are part of a total stop-smoking program that includes behavior change, counseling, and support. Smoking causes lung disease, cancer, and heart disease. Stopping smoking is one of the most important things you can do to improve your health and live longer.
HOW TO USE: Read the Patient Information Leaflet provided by your pharmacist before you start using your nicotine nasal spray and each time you get a refill. Follow all the directions for use carefully. If you have any questions, consult your doctor or pharmacist. It is very important to stop smoking completely while using this nicotine product. Tilt your head back and use 1 spray in each nostril or as directed by your doctor. Do not sniff, swallow, or inhale through the nose as you use the spray. Follow all instructions and learn proper technique for use. When you quit smoking, start using your nicotine nasal spray whenever you crave a cigarette, using 2 to 4 sprays per hour. Usually, you will use at least 8 doses (16 sprays) each day when you first start or as directed by your doctor. Do not use more than 40 doses total (80 sprays) in a day. Your doctor may direct you to use this product on a regular schedule as well as at times when you have the urge to smoke. Regular use during the first week can help your body get used to the medication and decrease side effects such as nose irritation. The best dose for you is the dose that decreases the urge to smoke without side effects from too much nicotine. Follow your doctor's orders carefully. Your dose will need to be adjusted to your needs, including smoking history and medical condition. If this drug touches the skin, lips, mouth, or ears, rinse the affected area immediately with water. Do not use soap. If this medication gets into your eyes, flush your eyes with clear water for 20 minutes. Discard used containers with the child-resistant cap on and away from the reach of children and pets. After you have stopped smoking and you have reached the best dose and schedule for you, continue at that dose. Usually, after about 8 weeks, your doctor will help you gradually reduce your dose until you are no longer smoking and no longer need nicotine replacement. Treatment for longer than 6 months is usually not recommended, but consult your doctor. This medication may cause withdrawal reactions, especially if it has been used regularly for a long time or in high doses. In such cases, withdrawal symptoms (such as tobacco cravings, nervousness, irritability, headache) may occur if you suddenly stop using this medication. To prevent withdrawal reactions, your doctor may reduce your dose gradually. Consult your doctor or pharmacist for more details, and report any withdrawal reactions immediately. Tell your doctor if you have not been able to quit smoking after using this product for 4 weeks. Some smokers are unsuccessful the first time they try to quit. You may need to stop using this product and try again later. Many people who cannot quit the first time are successful the next time.
SIDE EFFECTS: Nasal irritation/blistering/tingling, runny or bloody nose, throat irritation, watering eyes, sneezing, cough, or a change in taste or smell may occur. Common nicotine withdrawal symptoms can occur when you stop smoking and include: dizziness, anxiety, depression, or trouble sleeping, among others. If any of these withdrawal symptoms or side effects persist or worsen, tell your doctor or pharmacist promptly. Remember that your doctor has prescribed this medication because he or she has judged that the benefit to you is greater than the risk of side effects. Many people using this medication do not have serious side effects. Serious side effects are more likely if you continue to smoke while using this product. Do not smoke while you are using this medication. Stop using this medication and tell your doctor immediately if any of these unlikely but serious side effects occur: dizziness, mental/mood changes (e.g., irritability, trouble sleeping, vivid dreams), numbness/tingling in hands/feet, swelling hands/ankles/feet. Stop using this medication and seek immediate medical attention if any of these rare but very serious side effects occur: chest pain, confusion, severe headache, fast/irregular/pounding heartbeat, slurred speech, weakness on one side of the body. A very serious allergic reaction to this drug is rare. However, seek immediate medical attention if you notice any symptoms of a serious allergic reaction, including: rash, itching/swelling (especially of the face/tongue/throat), severe dizziness, trouble breathing. This is not a complete list of possible side effects. If you notice other effects not listed above, contact your doctor or pharmacist. In the US - Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You may report side effects to FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088. In Canada - Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You may report side effects to Health Canada at 1-866-234-2345.
PRECAUTIONS: Before using this product, tell your doctor or pharmacist if you are allergic to it; or if you have any other allergies. This product may contain inactive ingredients, which can cause allergic reactions or other problems. Talk to your pharmacist for more details. This medication should not be used if you have certain medical conditions. Before using this medicine, consult your doctor or pharmacist if you have: breathing problems (e.g., asthma, emphysema), uncontrolled/worsening chest pain, recent heart attack, irregular heartbeat (serious arrhythmias), chronic nasal disorders (e.g., nasal allergies, nasal polyps, sinusitis). Before using this medication, tell your doctor or pharmacist your medical history, especially of: blood vessel disease (e.g., Raynaud's disease, stroke), diabetes, heart disease (e.g., chest pain, heart attack), high blood pressure, liver disease, severe kidney disease, stomach/intestinal sores (peptic ulcers), certain adrenal problem (pheochromocytoma), overactive thyroid (hyperthyroidism). Nicotine and smoking may harm an unborn baby. If you are pregnant, try to stop smoking without using a nicotine replacement product if possible. During pregnancy, this medication should be used only when clearly needed. Discuss the risks and benefits with your doctor. Nicotine from smoking and from this medication passes into breast milk and could have undesirable effects on a nursing infant. Smoking near an infant can also harm the infant. Consult your doctor before breast-feeding.
DRUG INTERACTIONS: Your doctor or pharmacist may already be aware of any possible drug interactions and may be monitoring you for them. Do not start, stop, or change the dosage of any medicine before checking with your doctor or pharmacist first. Before using this medication, tell your doctor or pharmacist of all prescription and nonprescription/herbal products you may use, especially of: medications for high blood pressure (e.g., beta blockers such as labetalol, prazosin), bronchodilators (e.g., albuterol, isoproterenol), bupropion, nasal decongestants tablets/sprays (e.g., phenylephrine, oxymetazoline). Stopping smoking can change the way the liver removes certain drugs from the body (e.g., acetaminophen, caffeine, insulin, oxazepam, pentazocine, propoxyphene, propranolol, theophylline, tricyclic antidepressants such as amitriptyline/imipramine, "water pills"/diuretics such as furosemide). Tell all your doctors and pharmacists that you are quitting smoking. This document does not contain all possible interactions. Therefore, before using this product, tell your doctor or pharmacist of all the products you use. Keep a list of all your medications with you, and share the list with your doctor and pharmacist.
OVERDOSE: This product may be harmful if swallowed. If overdose is suspected, contact your local poison control center or emergency room immediately. US residents should call the US National Poison Hotline at 1-800-222-1222. Canada residents should call a provincial poison control center. Symptoms of overdose may include: confusion, drooling, seizure, slow/shallow breathing, hearing problems.
NOTES: Do not share this medication with others.
MISSED DOSE: If you are using this on a regular schedule and you miss a dose, use it as soon as you remember. If it is near the time of the next dose, skip the missed dose and resume your usual dosing schedule. Do not double the dose to catch up.
STORAGE: Store at room temperature at or below 86 degrees F (30 degrees C) away from light and moisture. Do not store in the bathroom. Keep all medicines away from children and pets. Do not flush medications down the toilet or pour them into a drain unless instructed to do so. Properly discard this product when it is expired or no longer needed. Consult your pharmacist or local waste disposal company for more details about how to safely discard your product.
Information last revised May 2010. Copyright(c) 2010 First Databank, Inc.


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We've written before about a climate-related effort in developing countries known as REDD – or Reducing Emissions through Deforestation and Degradation. So one of the outcomes during last month's U.N. climate conference that I found particularly interesting was an announcement from Google.org. During the conference in Copenhagen, the search giant's philanthropic arm introduced the prototype for an online application that will allow monitoring of forests around the planet.
Apparently, some believed that the overall topic of REDD may have been one of the few bright spots during the two-week conference. To me, it seems like this forthcoming online monitoring tool is no exception – particularly because Google products are often innovative, easy to use and reliable.
The announcement generated quite bit of media buzz, and Google.org's press release has a nice explanation of why the online application, likely available to the public some time this year, might be so significant:
Traditional forest monitoring is complex and expensive, requiring access to large amounts of satellite data, lots of hard drives to hold the data, lots of computers to process the data, and lots of time while you wait for various computations to finish. … Google supplies data, storage, and computing muscle. As a result, you can visualize forest change in fractions of a second over the web, instead of the minutes or hours that traditional offline systems require for such analysis.
Related posts:
- Online mapping tool gives view of forests in developing countries
- Deforestation in Sumatra, Indonesia – mapping the "thwacking"
- New Google feature lets users quickly search World Bank development data

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Meet Jasmin Goodman, professor and founder of an online TV network!
What is it that you do for a living? Describe in full detail. What are your day-to-day tasks?
I am a professor of Video Production at the Art Institute of Atlanta. I am also the Founder and President of Project Blaq, an online TV network that features high-quality black web series, documentaries and short films.
My schedule changes every. single. day. I typically teach early- to mid-mornings…followed by whatever God brings my way. I get to work early to prep for class before heading in to a two- to four-hour lecture. Most days I'm interrupted by former students dropping by to say hello, ask questions, vent about life and (sometimes) keep my current students in check (which I appreciate!)
For Project Blaq, most of my time is spent surfing the web looking for new film content. We are such a creative people and I love discovering new content.
Describe the absolute coolest part of your workday.
Best part of my workday would have to be interacting with my students–some of the brightest and most creative minds I've ever met! I also enjoy a very flexible schedule. On a good day, I may teach for a couple hours in the morning, meet my line sisters for lunch and then head to a few meetings for Project Blaq….only to meet my friends for drinks!
Was this always what you wanted to do? Did you pursue this sort of work while in school? How did you become what you are today?
I always wanted to teach, but I definitely did not imagine teaching so soon! I am close to my students in age, which makes for a very fun learning experience. I was a TA in graduate school and taught workshops in undergrad–so I was very accustomed to the classroom. I always pictured retiring into teaching, but quite the opposite has happened!
In regards to Project Blaq, I've always wanted to own a TV network, but saw the online space as a more viable option. I started in video production, moved to TV programming (working with TV show schedules ) and now I've managed to combine the two. Balancing two hustles can be tough, but also exhilarating because I know I have an opportunity to do what very few people can–pursue my passion with full force (and still pay the bills).
Oprah once said that at her core, she is a teacher. What do you consider yourself to be at your core?
Although I teach, I would definitely say I'm a motivator at core. Teaching is an avenue that allows me to share my knowledge, but also motivate my students to pursue their passion in life. Motivating and inspiring others is at the very core of not only my business ventures, but my personal relationships as well.
What are some initial reactions when people find out what you do? What do they say? What are their expressions?
No one believes me! I typically say I'm a teacher (because some professors are soooo pretentious!) and people assume I'm a grade school teacher. Trust me, if you ever meet me, nothing about me screams grade school! I think it's interesting for people to see a twenty-something little black girl with glasses, articulate, and educated…teaching college.
Sadly, some people still don't know what I do outside of teaching. They know I own a company but there's always the: "So, what is that you do?? I just know you're always busy!"
Any advice to someone considered in going into your line of work?
Teaching can be a very rewarding (cue the violins) experience! Young educators are needed in the classroom to continue to connect with students and show them what's truly possible within higher education. Have fun, but take it seriously.
About starting a business? Ha! How much space do I have? Starting a business has been the most amazing, exhausting and tumultuous time of my life. A true test of faith. I do believe that any and every idea is a divine inspiration–so who are you to NOT act upon it? Also, if being an entrepreneur is truly what you want, you must be willing to sacrifice in every aspect of your life. Financial, social and spiritual. I literally moved into less than impressive housing to put more money towards my dreams. In the early stages of development for my company, I was MIA from the world. If you found me, I was on the couch, wrapped in a blanket with my MacBook Pro in my lap. Lastly, but most importantly, starting a business requires a spiritual sacrifice. The faith it takes to build your venture and the strength needed to "see it through" will require you to submit your entire plan to God and yield to His leading. It is the only way.
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Answer – A respondent's written reply to a claim.
Arbitration Case Administrator – The person at the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority ("FINRA") who handles administrative matters in arbitration proceedings.
Arbitrator – A person chosen to decide arbitration disputes between parties.
Associated Person – An associated person is any person engaged in the investment banking or securities business who is directly or indirectly controlled by a FINRA member, whether or not they are registered or exempt from registration with FINRA. An associated person includes, but is not limited to, every sole proprietor, partner, officer, director, or branch manager of any FINRA member. This individual may also be referred to as a broker.
Award – A written document provided by the arbitrator(s) stating the disposition of the case.
Broker – See definition of Associated Person.
Brokerage Firm – See definition of Member Firm.
Claim – An allegation or request for monetary or other relief.
Claimant – A party that initiates an arbitration or mediation for monetary or other relief.
Counsel – An attorney or representative who advises and represents a party in an arbitration or mediation.
Counterclaim – A claim filed by a respondent against the claimant.
Cross-Claim – A claim filed by a respondent against another already-named respondent.
Customer Code – The Code of Arbitration Procedure for Customer Disputes is the set of rules that governs disputes involving customers.
Dispute – A disagreement between or controversy involving two or more parties, which may consist of one or more claims.
Filing – A party submits to FINRA a statement of claim, which explains the nature of the dispute, and other accompanying documentation to initiate an arbitration.
Hearing – A hearing is a meeting of the parties and arbitrators in which the parties present facts and evidence and the arbitrators listen to these presentations to resolve the disputes. A hearing is also referred to as the hearing on the merits.
Hearing Session – A hearing session is any meeting between the parties and arbitrator(s) of four hours or less, including a hearing or a prehearing conference.
Industry Code – The Code of Arbitration Procedure for Industry Disputes is the set of rules that governs disputes involving securities industry members only.
Investor – A person or entity (not acting in the capacity of an associated person or member) that transacts business with any member firm and/or associated person.
Mediation Code – The Code of Mediation Procedure is the set of rules that governs the mediation process. Mediation is an option to resolve disputes that could be arbitrated under the Customer or Industry Code.
Mediator – A mediator is an individual who assists and guides the parties toward their own resolution in a mediation, but does not decide the outcome.
Member Firm – A member firm is a brokerage firm that has been admitted to membership in FINRA, whether or not the membership has been terminated or cancelled. A brokerage firm may be a partnership, corporation or other legal entity.
Panel – A panel is the arbitration panel, whether it consists of one or more arbitrators.
Party – A person or member firm making or responding to a claim in an arbitration proceeding.
Pleadings – A pleading is a statement describing a party's causes of action or defenses. Documents that are considered pleadings are: a statement of claim, an answer, counterclaim, a cross-claim, a third-party claim, and any replies.
Prehearing Conference – A prehearing conference is any hearing session, including an Initial Prehearing Conference, that takes place before the hearing on the merits begins.
Respondent – A respondent is a party against whom a statement of claim or third party claim has been filed. A claimant against whom a counterclaim has been filed is not a respondent.
Service – Service is the act of delivering the statement of claim or other pleadings to those parties named in the arbitration.
Statement of Claim – A statement of claim is the initial or amended claim filed by the party or parties initiating the arbitration.
Statutory Disqualification – A person is subject to statutory disqualification concerning the person's membership, participation in, or association with a member of a self-regulatory organization, like FINRA, if, among other things, the person has been or is expelled or suspended from membership or participation in, or barred or suspended from being associated with a member of an SRO, foreign or international securities exchange, contract market or futures exchange. For additional statutory disqualification criteria and more detail on this definition, see Section 3(a)(39) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
Statutory Employment Discrimination Claim – A statutory employment discrimination claim is a claim alleging employment discrimination, including a sexual harassment claim, in violation of a statute. If the parties to the dispute agree, the claim may be arbitrated at FINRA.
Submission Agreement – A Submission Agreement is the FINRA Submission Agreement, which is a document that parties must sign at the outset of an arbitration in which they agree to submit to arbitration under the Customer and Industry Codes. A submission agreement also refers to a FINRA Mediation Submission Agreement, which is a document that parties must sign at the onset of a mediation when they agree to mediate under the Mediation Code.
Subpoena – A subpoena is an order for a witness to appear at a particular time and place to testify. A subpoena for production of documents in the control of the witness is called a "subpoena duces tecum."
Third-Party Claim – A third-party claim is a claim by the respondent against a party not already named in the statement of claim or any other previous pleading.
Unspecified Damages – "Unspecified Damages" is a type of relief a party requests when the amount of monetary relief or the form of other relief is unknown or undisclosed.


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The University of Washington: A Promising Practice in User Group Support for Web Accessibility
In an effort to improve the accessibility of University of Washington (UW) online courses and websites, several campus organizations including DO-IT (Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworking, and Technology), C&C Project Consulting, the UW Access Technology Center, and the UW Educational Outreach program, formed a user support group, AccessibleWeb@U. The group promotes taking proactive efforts (universal design), as well as providing effective reactive measures (accommodations), when delivering online content.
The current group leader is a staff member of the technical support staff of Computing & Communications, the central computing organization. Having a leader who is not part of a disability-related service group serves to promote the idea that accessibility is everyone's responsibility. Key activities of the practice at the UW include working with the UW Educational Technology Group to promote accessible tools and course materials, providing stand-alone accessibility presentations, and integrating accessibility into mainstream web and other technology courses. The group meets in person once a month. The meetings are held in a conference room of a different group member every time to encourage the buy-in of all partners.
The group offers members a number of support resources, such as the AccessibleWeb@U website, which contains information on legal mandates, frequently asked questions, and resources. For continued support and information, they offer an electronic discussion list, email@example.com, which is open to UW employees only. However, the DO-IT program offers a similar list, firstname.lastname@example.com, which is open to people outside of the UW.


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Chicano rock trio Los Lonely Boys, Milwaukee roots-rock veterans The BoDeans, New Orleans rock outfit Cowboy Mouth and the Billy Joel cover group The 52nd Street Band will each headline a night at this year's Milwaukee Journal Sentinel a la Carte. While listening to these and other local and national bands at six stages, attendees can enjoy food from more than 25 restaurants, including Café Hollander, Trinity Three Irish Pubs, Café El Sol, Saz's, Sabor and, curiously, Applebee's. Adult attendees can also sample wine at the Giraffe Village Wine Tent while the kids paint, make hats and participate in other arts and crafts at a children's activity area. (Through Sunday, Aug. 19.) <P>
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This year, Eid ul-Adha (The Festival of Sacrifice) begins on Sunday 11 August and end on Thursday 15 August. It is the second Eid occasion during the Islamic year; the first, Eid-ul-Fitr, marks the end of the Holy Month of Ramadan.
Eid ul-Adha signifies the end of the Hajj Pilgrimage — the world's largest annual pilgrimage to Makkah — and is a time for Muslims around the world to share, help others and be thankful, whilst remembering those who are less fortunate.
I was sent many messages from Muslims taking their leave as is the custom before one embarks on the pilgrimage of Hajj. Messages from an affluent Arab, a Syrian woman fighting cancer supported by the generosity of her local community to fulfil her one last wish, a volunteer from the Grenfell tragedy, many constituents from my borough and my own personal farewell to my brother and his wife.
We make this journey of a lifetime to Makkah to remember many things, but in the end we are all human beings and that compassion is the only emotion that can truly build humanity as it should be.
We celebrate Eid with family and friends, gathering to socialise and enjoy food, and we give money to charity to assist those in need. It is also an opportunity to interact with non-Muslims and share the purpose of Eid and its significance, whilst helping to dispel myths surrounding Islam and tackling Islamophobia. True Islam is a peaceful religion, which sadly has been hijacked by a minority of extremists of every faction and has had a hugely negative influence on public perception of Muslims.
Media reporting about Islam and Muslims is also alarming. A 2018 study revealed that 59% of all articles associated Muslims with negative behaviour and over a third of articles misrepresented or generalised about Muslims, with terrorism being the most common theme. 43% of all broadcast clips also associated Muslims with negative behaviour.
Is it any wonder that some Muslim communities are accused of not integrating when they are viewed with suspicion and isolated as a result? To quote the words of former Prime Minister, David Cameron, "Integration is a two-way street." And as Sir Peter Fahy said, "Integration is not about extremism". Nevertheless, the situation is not helped by comments from people like Nigel Farage — one of the most prominent Brexit advocates — who previously made many inflammatory comments about Muslims.
According to the anti-fascist group Hope's annual State of Hate report, more than a third of people in the UK believe that Islam is a threat to the British way of life.
As a Muslim, I have often been told that soon all UK banks will be controlled by Sharia law – this is offensive to me in the same way that a member of the Jewish faith finds the Rothschild bank slur offensive. There is no difference in the hurt caused or the hatred spread.
We should be celebrating the positive impact that Muslims have on our nation. They make a significant contribution to the UK economy and more are emerging as prominent figures in politics, particularly women who have had greater struggles in fighting against stereotypes and adversity to become successful and prominent citizens; people such as Nobel Peace Prize winner, Malala Yousafzai; Great British Bake Off Winner, Nadia Hussain, and Mishal Husain, leading presenter the for BBC. Young British Muslims are also becoming more liberal, but no less religious, as it appears that they are "finding ways to reconcile British culture with religion."1
As a child who grew up in the late 70s and early 80s in Kent where there were very few Muslims, my childhood was a great deal about connecting faith and people. Recollections of harvest time — and the gifts and sharing of food from that harvest — mirrored the giving of alms from my own faith and of my mother getting my basket of food ready for the elderly on our school visit.
I do remember my mother dressing our neighbour in one of her saris for a wedding and celebrations during Eid. I remember that our white neighbours brought food to our home when my mother lost her father. I remember that there were moments that all my identities became submerged into one, of compassion and understanding, that of peace and friendship.
Eid is a time to celebrate life, forget our differences and join together as a community.


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Hello, and welcome! I am so excited that it is my turn to host our Creating Christmas Party! This party will remain open for one week. I had so much fun sharing with Cindy and Tracie. I want to thank them both for joining me.
I will also be sharing this post with Timewashed for Blissful Whites Wednesday.
Next week we will return to our usual "Share Your Cup"
I will be showing both last weeks and this weeks features then.
One of my favorite things to do is mix vintage items with new. Because of that I have them spread throughout my home. For today's party I will be sharing my living room with you.
Since we redid this room last Winter this is the first time I have decorated it for Christmas. I had so much fun! Warning, lots of pics. I am even saving the tree for a separate post. Whew! Thank goodness!
I've mixed Vintage items with mercury glass. Keeping this room in mostly silver and white with a pop of color here and there.
My hammered iron tray was a yard sale find. I love the vintage plate with the picture of a church and mini tart tin.
I made the burlap pillows on the sofa using old trims and buttons passed down from my mother.
This old lamp that I added old doilies, buttons, and lace to the shade makes a fun place to display some of our Christmas cards.
A few of my favorite vintage finds in this corner are, of course, my chippy table, The tiered stand made from old plates holding shiny brites, the star that I dolled up with a bit of paper and trinkets, the Teleflora bowl planted with paper whites, and the felt stocking found at the D.I. for 50 cents. Notice the beaded snowflake?
Love that old frog too! A few of the ornaments are from hubby and I's first Christmas tree.
I just hung my dotted Swiss curtains. Simple and inexpensive from Ikea. The fun ball was made by my hairdressers daughter, Sierra.
Everyone has to have a few Santa items, don't you agree?
A rustic stool holds an old birdcage filled with gorgeous aqua shiny brites. While a pillar is home to my D.I. find Johnson Bros. pitcher. I love anything architectural!
My favorite thing in the room is the shelf my hubby made from half of an old door and three corbels. I purchased the mirror made from salvaged pieces, love it!
I hung this years book page wreath on the mirror.
I made the music sheet tree after seeing so many fun ones in blogland. I found the old shutters for 50 cents ea. Painted them aqua, sanded and glazed them for an older feel. I love my Santa and sleigh!
I made this wreath last year from old rolled book pages. I adorned it with one of my mothers earrings.
I bought the old Christmas card box and the plate from Star Mill Antiques. I love the image of the church and even though I think the plate was originally a wedding plate, Silver Bells is my favorite Christmas song.
My cabinet made from an old window has a few vintage items tucked in amongst my collection of red dishes.
A glimpse of my tree and this corner of the room.
And here's looking in through the French doors from the entry.
I'm sure like most of you, I love me a little 'Vintage Christmas'!
Now, I can't wait to see your vintage style. It can be anything old, reproductions, or vintage inspired created by you.
Hugs and wishing you all a very Merry Christmas!
Oh my gosh, I just about forgot about the give away. . .that would not be a good thing.
There's two parts to it. Here's the first one: A darling wreath purchased from my hairdressers Harvest Moon boutique. Held every Christmas at the Emporium Salon. All that makes this wreath Christmas is the jingle bell. Easily removed, or covered with a flower and a gorgeous thing for everyday!
All you have to do is leave a comment and you're in on the give away. Link up (mention that you did in your comment) and I'll toss your name in a second time.
Part #2
I would like to thank those who helped us advertise about our 'Creating Christmas' party. If you put our button on your sidebar tell me in a comment and you will also be included in a drawing for this sweet bottle brush tree. Now folks, you will be on the honor code. I have seen it on a few blogs. And sorry, no it doesn't count if you add it today.
Let's party!!!


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Case Description
Clavir v. Levi is a case brought against the FBI for illegal surveillance activities, and was instrumental in revealing the extent and the danger of FBI surveillance methods, as well as setting a precedent for plaintiff's entitlement to receive statements taken by the government in internal investigations.
In 1976, Judy Clavir and Stew Albert, longtime political activists, filed a federal civil rights action against the FBI charging that they were being illegally surveilled. The FBI admitted using various kinds of surveillance against them, including mail covers, bumper beepers, physical surveillance and wiretapping. Two months later, as a result of a federal grand jury investigation into illegal FBI conduct, the FBI admitted carrying out a series of "black bag jobs" or burglaries against the two and acknowledged the placement of a bug in their home.
The plaintiffs engaged in extensive litigation to recover damages for this government misconduct. Discovery took place, and documents revealed that the FBI gave agents broad authorization for burglaries and illegal bugging.
Shortly after the burglaries at the Clavir and Albert home were discovered, the government conducted its own investigation and took statements from the FBI agents allegedly involved in the burglaries and bugging. When the government agreed to turn these statements over to plaintiffs, the agents themselves went to court to try to prevent it. Setting an important legal precedent, the court ruled that plaintiffs were entitled to the documents.
In addition to detailing the manner in which burglaries were carried out, these documents revealed some of the euphemisms used by the FBI to hide its illegal break-ins. The terms "confidential informant" can be used when the source of the information is burglary and no informant really exists.
In the waning months of the Carter administration, the plaintiffs accepted an award of $20,000 plus the costs of litigation. President Ronald Reagan later pardoned FBI agents for engaging in the same conduct for which plaintiffs won damages.


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Some things that they probably will not teach but you need to learn:machining, soldering, making connectors, and practical design
A lot of good electrical engineering programs will cover basic soldering, at least to some extent. And practice makes perfect when it comes to things like that.
Not in my experience. If you want a class in soldering, look to your local JC for an electronics assembly and fabrication class. The one Im finishing up right now is great, we solder down to microminiature (not my strongsuit), and we got to use our own ideas to design, etch, and solder a pcb. Great experience.
I look at it like this: Everything... I mean everything you take in college can be used as a tool to make yourself a smarter person. Don't discount any part of it.
A few thoughts to help you make your decision . . .I'm a mechanical engineer I wanted to be an electrical engineer since 2nd grade but was rejected from the program at CMU . . . I tend to get rejected from departments at CMU often lol . . .Electrical engineers get paid on average $10k+ year more than mechanical engineers.Mechanical engineers can work on just about anything, from harddrive design, medical equipment, to air/space craft.If you choose one, no one will stop you from taking classes in the other as electives.In fact, I took tons of programming and electrical engineering classes to supplement my mechanical engineering degree.
If you are interested in anything with flight, a ME degree is a must. You'd be pretty lucky to be able to design a stable flying robot without studying flight characteristics and stability.


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The private placement is expected to close on or about July 5, 2012, subject to customary closing conditions.
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Content Marketing for Small Businesses
There's a saying in the marketing world… content is king. This is true, just look at Netflix or Disney Plus. It really is a content game.
The beautiful part about creating content online is that people crave it, and because they crave it, they will share it on the social web, link to it from their own sites and blogs, and search for it on Google. All of this drives traffic, which in turn drives revenue. So how do you write content that gets viewed and shared?
It all starts with the data
The best part about the web is there is so much data. This data tells you what you should be doing. Think of it this way, there are currently over 1 billion blogs on the web. That's roughly 1 blog for every 7 people in this world. There is so much content out on the web that already exists and you can use that data to determine what types of content you should create. But how?
There are actually a lot of tools that can help you do this… some paid and some free… that will give you a better understanding of how to do keyword research.
For this example, let's start off with the free tool that helps you generate content ideas. Once you head over there type in a keyword related to your space and hit "search". Let's say you have a website related to the finance industry so you might type in a keyword like "credit cards" into the search bar.
You'll then see a list of articles from around the web that are related to that topic. This report will break down how many visitors that article gets from Google as well as how many social shares it has on Facebook and Pinterest.
By going through the list of recommended topics that the tool provides, you will then have ideas about what you can create that people want to read.
This way you are only creating content around topics that are interesting and relevant to folks most likely to read your articles, share them on the social web, and even link to them, which will help you generate more traffic and sales.
Is creating content enough?
Even if you create amazing content that has a good chance of becoming popular, it usually won't become popular on its own… you need to give it a kick start. In other words, you have to do some marketing to get it going.
If you go back to that same report from before, you can click on the "links" drop-down button next to the topics you like. This will show you all of the websites that linked out to similar articles to the ones you are writing.
You can reach out to each of those sites and ask if they would link to your article or even share it on social media to their followers.
From the emails you send out, you should aim for 10 to 15% of them to take action and share your content. If you are unable to get that high of a percentage to share your content, it usually means that the email you sent them isn't customized enough. You need to make sure that you are not just copying and pasting something that doesn't resonate with the people you are contacting. It needs to be personal and show them that you are reaching out to them and not just blasting emails to everyone.
What's next?
There are many things you can do to start getting more traffic, but start off with this one tactic I mentioned above.
Start with writing one article per month and see what happens after six months. If you have more time, I recommend writing at least one article per week and eventually ramping up to a few a week. But don't overwhelm yourself… it's not a "quantity" game, it's a quality game.
Remember how there are over 1 billion blogs on the web? Well, most topics have been beaten to death. So the goal isn't to write tons of look-at-me content. You need to write content that stands out and is better than the competition.
That's why you should use the tool that I mentioned above. It will help you find good topic ideas and from there you can go above and beyond by writing better, more detailed, and fresher content than your competition.
That's just one way for you to get traffic without spending money on ads.
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Southwestern Hummus
I only recently discovered hummus. Well, in the last few years anyway. I'm not sure why I never tried it before that, but I'm crazy about it now. Of course, the best hummus is the kind you make at home, and this recipe for Really Smooth Hummus is my favorite. I love it with with pita chips and celery especially.
But sometimes (OK, a lot of the time) I just have to try something new. I had pinned this recipe on Pinterest, and when my friend Jennifer asked me to bring an appetizer when we went over to their house for dinner, I had the perfect opportunity to try it. (Note: when trying new recipes, it's always good to try them when you're taking food to share with lots of people. That way, if it's not good, you don't have to eat it all yourself. And if it is good, everyone thinks you're a great cook. It's a win-win situation, really.)
This was definitely a win! This recipe is one of my new favorites. It's a variation on the traditional hummus, made with Great Northern beans and southwestern spices, and it is yummy and so smooth. The Great Northern beans blend up so nicely, and this comes together quickly and easily.
from an Aldi recipe
- 2 15.5-ounce cans Great Northern beans, drained and rinsed
- Zest of 1 lime
- Juice of 1 lime (about 1/4 cup)
- 1/4 tsp each - garlic powder, onion powder, cumin, paprika, chili powder, salt, black pepper
- 1 T chopped cilantro
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- Garnish:
1/2 Roma tomato, diced
1 tsp chopped cilantro
1 tsp. olive oil
- In a food processor, combine all ingredients except garnish and process until smooth, 1 to 1-1/2 minutes. Transfer hummus to a serving bowl.
- In a small bowl, combine garnish ingredients and place on top of hummus. Serve with vegetables.
This would probably also be good with tortilla chips or maybe pita, but the veggies were perfect. I especially loved it with the red pepper, celery, and broccoli. It looked pretty, too! Of course, I won't always put together an entire veggie tray when I make this, but it was a special occasion.
The original recipe called for an entire Roma tomato in the garnish, but 1/2 was enough. I guess it depends on the size of your tomato. This hummus would be good on its own, but that garnish adds a touch of freshness and makes it really special. A bit of finely diced jalapeno might be nice, too - if you're feeding people who like a little spice.
The consensus is that this recipe is a keeper. I'll definitely be making it again.


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I'd be quite helpful to have nightly builds in form of Debian .deb
http://noone.org/talks/vcs-buildd/ (german)
Need to have an automation to get from Hurd upstream Git branches to a branch usable in Debian.
IRC, freenode, #hurd, 2013-12-18:
<teythoon> http://darnassus.sceen.net/~teythoon/hurd-ci/ has hurd and mig and gnumach packages built directly from the upstream git repository
There is infrastructure available to test whole OS installations.
Debian Cross Toolchain for cross-building?
See also nightly builds.
Debian Jenkins Instance
IRC, OFTC, #debian-hurd, 2014-02-24
<pere> hi. can hurd be installed using d-i? If so, what about scripting
the installation on <URL:
http://jenkins.debian.net/view/g-i-installation/ >?
<gnu_srs> pere: d-i works for Hurd, yes, with full graphical interface I
dunno. Maybe you can ask about scripting in #hurd, more people are
present there?
<pere> gnu_srs: the scripts in questions are for jenkins. quite easy to
write (d-i preseed scripts and qemu boot rules).
IRC, OFTC, #debian-hurd, 2014-02-25
<pere> getting a automated test in jenkins running could show the status.
what is needed to boot the hurd d-i image with a preseed file using qemu?
<pere> git://git.debian.org/git/users/holger/jenkins.debian.net.git is the
repo with the jenkins build rules.
<pere> youpi: is it possible to start the hurd d-i installer with a preseed
file from the qemu command line? --append need --kernel, which I suspect
do not make sense with hurd?
<pere> can the d-i hurd installer take a preseed file at all? my initial
try failed. :(
<teythoon> i don't know
<teythoon> there has been talk here the other day about using qemus
multiboot capabilities to directly boot the hurd
For d-i purposes, you'll additionally need:
$ wget https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/ports/stable/hurd-i386/initrd.gz
..., and to the --initrd
option prepend 'initrd.gz $(ramdisk-create)',
before the ext2fs.static
, and refer the latter to gunzip:device:rd0
of device:hd0s1
<pere> I tried adding an url= option to grub when booting the installer,
but it seem to be ignored.
<pere> perhaps the preseed udeb is missing, or the network support was
enabled after preseed looked for the file?
<teythoon> uh, i don't know about that stuff, youpi creates the d-i images
<pere> ok. seem to me that the d-i images do not support preseeding at the
<teythoon> youpi: ^ did you succeed? if so, can you share how?
<pere> teythoon: nope, I concluded it didn't work, and left it to other to
fix. :)
<youpi> pere, teythoon: IIRC preseeding can be put on the gnumach kernel
command line
<youpi> but I'm wondering why you can't simply modify the disk image into
doing what you want
<youpi> or you mean reinstalling the image each time?
<pere> youpi: the point is testing the installer, and that can only be done
by using the installer. :)
<youpi> ok
<pere> I would like to see something like <URL:
> for hurd.
IRC, OFTC, #debian-hurd, 2014-02-26
* gg0 setting up jenkins, almost time to give up
<pere> gg0: why do you set up jenkins?
<gg0> because i want to fail at doing all things, not just something ;)
<gg0> oops seems my setup just sent emails to jenkins+debian-qa
firstname.lastname@example.com :/
<pere> #debian-qa will understand. :)
IRC, OFTC, #debian-hurd, 2014-02-28
<pere> gg0: are you able to feed the installer one of the preseed files at
<URL: http://jenkins.debian.net/d-i-preseed-cfgs/ >?
<gg0> though jenking translates double quotes, need to escape the world
<pere> debian_sid_daily_lxde_preseed.cfg seem like a good candiate. :)
<gg0> pere: i'm working on that, stuck at working around that mandatory
double quote
<gg0> *initrd double quote
<gg0> ok got a g-i-installation_debian_sid_daily_hurd_lxde able to boot
<gg0> let's provide a preseed
<gg0> shouldn't there be some info/debug consoles from tty 2 to 4?
<youpi> there should be
<gg0> maybe i can't send alt+NUM from vlc
<youpi> ah, yes
<youpi> you need to use the menu for that
<youpi> press f8
<gg0> great
<gg0> (found out C+A+{1,2,3} give interesting monitor,serial,parallel
consoles btw)
<gg0> not much options on menu
<gg0> just clipboard management, quit, full screen, send ctrl-alt-del, send
* gg0 takes "great" back
<gg0> i guess it depends on vnc implementation
<gg0> don't ask me how i found out one can switch console with
... left/right arrow keys
<youpi> without alt pressed?
<gg0> without alt pressed
<youpi> I've already seen that with qemu, when focusing into/out from the
qemu window by using alt
<youpi> somehow the alt state gets stuck
<gg0> so you mean if i close viewer then reattach it, it doesn't happen
anymore? let's see
<gg0> you're right
<gg0> though yes alt+left/right switches consoles
<youpi> the last is expected :)
<gg0> it says kbd-udeb doesn't exist so it falls back to
<youpi> that's not a problem
<gg0> no partman-auto?
<youpi> it should be working
<gg0> i meant if it was installed but yes it gets it along with others
IRC, OFTC, #debian-hurd, 2014-03-01
<gg0> partman-auto would need to be patched to be able to discover
available disks
<gg0> worked around by forcing /dev/hd1, jenkins creates disk with index=1
<gg0> stuck at installation-report installed. seems it can't manage to
umount(then remount) /cdrom gracefully
<gg0> or better it gets stuck at apt-cdrom ident
<gg0> something like https://bugs.debian.org/598457
IRC, OFTC, #debian-hurd, 2014-03-02
<gg0> youpi: any chance to have monthly/weekly (daily would be too much i
guess) isos/images? can i help somehow?
<youpi> I am wondering why having that
<youpi> since we have up-to-date mirrors
<gg0> i'd say to install with latest installer/gnumach/hurd/eglibc
<youpi> so that means also rebuilding the d-i image
<gg0> and in general to not have to manually produce them
<pere> youpi: the point is to automatically test the current images using
jenkins.debian.net, I believe. for that to work, current images need to
exist. :)
<gg0> not only. i think saving youpi's time is also important
<youpi> gg0: it doesn't really take me much time to generate images
<youpi> it's about a few command lines to start, and then work on something
else :)
<gg0> well though it still requires manual intervention which is not
scheduled and also error prone btw
<youpi> gg0: I guess the most important help you could provide would be to
actually track when the autobuild breaks :)
<gg0> what pros keeping it manual? i don't think disk space saving
<youpi> it's not really a question of manual, but the frequency
<youpi> I prefer to test manually before uploading something on my
somehow-official directory on people, anyway
<youpi> but that doesn't mean we can't have weekly builds somewhere else
<youpi> it's just that for tests it's good to have several images backlog,
but then it takes disk
<gg0> well we could keeping "official" ones + say 6 monthly and say 4
* gg0 randomizes retention
<gg0> -ing
<teythoon> gg0: check out my hurdtest program
<teythoon> it updates qemu images automatically, and runs a test suite,
creates snapshots
<gg0> youpi: you'd just take actually care of official ones
<teythoon> and it can zero-fill the disk images to compact them for
<youpi> gg0: and have a cron for the others
<youpi> on mirror.ftp-master
<gg0> nice, we already have a disk image generator then
<teythoon> i shall clean it up and merge stuff that i have changed locally
<teythoon> i covered it in my early blog posts
<teythoon> i use it extensively to test the packages from hurd-ci
<gg0> great. so usually at this point /me can't do anything so good work!
<youpi> crontabs are in place, scheduled on monday mornings
<youpi> I have already completed a run, can be seen in weekly-0
<gg0> great!
<gg0> assuming it will work forever without maintenance, how many minutes
you'll save per month? :)
<youpi> I don't think that'll save me time per month
<youpi> since it's just an additional thing
<gg0> youpi: so weekly-0 will always be the latest weekly (same about
monthly) ?
<youpi> yes
<gg0> how about adding -YYYYMMDD after -1 CD/DVD/NETINST number?
<youpi> that'd mean more scripting
<gg0> just to distinguish them
<youpi> we already have timestamps from the server
<gg0> unfortunately i can't script myself, i can suggest though :)
<gg0> or scripts are available somewhere?
<gg0> so current/ should be a link to weekly-0?
<youpi> on mirror.ftp-master.debian.org, but I guess you don't have access
to it
<youpi> no
<youpi> definitely no
<youpi> the point of current/ is to have something tested
<gg0> ok
<youpi> while weekly/monthly are most probably to get broken
<youpi> so let's not point people at that
<gg0> same story about diskimage? how do you generate them?
<gg0> how about teythoon's way?
<youpi> I do it by hand at the moment, but scripts would be welcome indeed
<youpi> http://people.debian.org/~sthibault/hurd-i386/debian-hurd.img.txt
<gg0> ok now stuck at grub install
IRC, OFTC, #debian-hurd, 2014-03-03
<gg0> i probably should force /dev/hd0 as i did for /dev/hd0s1 as root
<gg0> if it's possible
<youpi> what do you mean by forcing /dev/hd0s1 as root device ?
<youpi> you shouldn't have to do that
<youpi> my fear is that these additional images will mostly just bring
additionnal reports
<gg0> i had to specify it in preseed
<youpi> which won't really decrease the amount of work
<gg0> as partman-auto/disk
<gg0> it can recognize available disks
<gg0> that's also because it can't list root partitions on rescue mode
<youpi> well, all I can say without having (again) to spend time on it, is
that you're not supposed to have to do that
<youpi> why are you using rescue mode?
<youpi> if it can't list root partitions, then of course partman can't work
<gg0> well, rescue mode should work
<youpi> if you delve into non-tested parts of d-i, you'll surely encounter
<youpi> well, less "should" than plain "d-i"
<youpi> in that I've never really tested it
<youpi> so don't be surprised that some bugs remain
<gg0> no problem
<youpi> but again, we don't really need more bug reports
<youpi> but rather bug fixing
<youpi> we already have enough to fix, no need to delve into advanced
<gg0> sure, i'm just trying to make it work with all its limitations
<gg0> it autopartition the disk well, it can't just make one choose among
disks because it can't probe and list them
<youpi> then fix the probe & list
<gg0> i'd like doing it, i'm better at working around for now though :)
<gg0> one blocker is mount/umount stuff
<youpi> well, you'll have to get into fixing bugs for real someday
<youpi> otherwise this is just adding to TODO lists
<youpi> what mount/umount stuff?
<gg0> (took a quick look at partconf)
<gg0> non-existent mount.h for instance
<gg0> do we have replacements?
<youpi> not that I know of
<gg0> 21:53 < teythoon> gnu_srs1: i put a small hacks entry in the list
about moving the mount/umount functionality from our utilities to the
<youpi> ok
<gg0> another thing i'd really like to see would be a physical shutdown,
halt-hurd which actually poweroffs the system
<gg0> how to switch to sysvinit by default? next sysvinit upload?
<youpi> physical shutdown means implementing APM or ACPI
<gg0> have to teach jenkins it can shut it down :/
<youpi> I'm extremely far from having the will for this
<youpi> switching to sysvinit by default is a matter of saying that we want
to do it
<youpi> I already asked for this on the list without answer IIRC
<gg0> i can't find anything
<youpi> anyway, just propose on the list
<gg0> d-i grub-installer/bootdev string /dev/hd0 - here it is
<gg0> next run should not need any interaction, though it needs 20 mins to
understand it has to destroy it and run won't be successful :/
<gg0> due to missing acpi/apm
<gg0> first graphical automated install http://postimg.org/image/vgagj06q7/
<gg0> it seems 720x400
<gg0> though jenkins passes video=vesa:ywrap,mtrr vga=788
<gg0> by reconnecting it switched to 800x600
<gg0> but seems stuck now and i can't even switch from graphical to
<gg0> unusually stuck at scanning cdrom
<gg0> i'll check text install to see if it gets stuck there too
<gg0> text install switches from 720x400 to 640x400
<gg0> i confirm it gets stuck on scanning cdrom, i guess because of this
one https://bugs.debian.org/728153 which already broke load-install-cd i
already had to workaround
<pere> gg0: are you in contact with h01ger to update jenkins.debian.net
with your cool installation code?
<gg0> pere: still trying to have something working
<gg0> plus with new weekly cd, apt-cdrom bug makes install getting stuck at
first Scanning cdrom:
<gg0> 03:44 < gg0> i confirm it gets stuck on scanning cdrom, i guess
because of this one https://bugs.debian.org/728153 which already broke
load-install-cd i already had to workaround
<youpi> do we really need the CD-1 image in weekly builds?
<gg0> just netinst?
<youpi> yes
<gg0> well, i don't know debian installer well. what's the difference
between CD and NETINST besides that CD has more packages user doesn't
need to download?
<gg0> has CD anything not in NETINST which is worth to continously test?
(talking about jenkins)
<youpi> that's only it, yes
<gg0> btw new ACPI on hurd consists of serial console to file + looping
grep "In tight loop: hit ctl-alt-del to reboot" && kill qemu
<gg0> anything better?
<gg0> filed http://bugs.debian.org/740673
<gg0> without a patch just to express my great laziness :p
<youpi> well, I'm afraid nobody in the debian-boot team will attempt
anything at this
<youpi> is it reproducible on linux?
<gg0> nope
<gg0> my guess is that's due to udev, need a deeper check btw
<gg0> i mean non-udev cases like hurd maybe are not handled well
<youpi> maybe try on kfreebsd then?
<gg0> just guessing
* gg0 trying on kfreebsd
IRC, OFTC, #debian-hurd, 2014-03-04
<gg0> hurd install started getting stuck running os-prober, final grub
install phase
<gg0> youpi: yes i confirm it affects kfreebsd too
<youpi> then please say so in the bug
<youpi> otherwise most probably but me in the debian-boot team will care
<youpi> +nobody
<gg0> that might get more attention from d-boot team?
<gg0> ok
<youpi> also Cc debian-bsd@
<youpi> they will care
<youpi> and tell about the hint as being the non-udev case
<youpi> too much information or ideas is never a bad thing :)
<gg0> done
<gg0> (now i know notfound does remove found versions instead of adding
notfound versions)
<gg0> crazy things. to unblock os-prober i had to settrans -fg
<gg0> it was mounting /dev/hd0s1 ...
<gg0> i suspect apt-cdrom is to blame again
<gg0> ok now jenkins just managed to start the installed system
<gg0> and it's configured to make vncdo testing it
<gg0> i'd need a graphical-working cd with old-apt to continue
<gg0> let's try to install old apt on weekly-0
<gg0> "cdrom drive contains a cd which cannot be used for installation"
<gg0> i think a sort of non-authenticated anymore
<gg0> ehm.. http://paste.debian.net/plain/85224/
<pere> gg0: nice. :)
<gg0> with apt 0.9.15.1 which should be good
<gg0> pere: it did mount /dev/hd0s1 under /media/cdrom0
<gg0> 0.9.15.5, correctly i think, asks to insert it cdrom. but finally
both mount /dev/hd0s1 instead of /dev/hd2
<gg0> -it
<gg0> cause they both can't detect where cdrom is i guess
IRC, freenode, #hurd, 2014-03-04
<gg0> we could talk about apt-cdrom https://bugs.debian.org/740673
<gg0> how should system recognize cdrom device?
<gg0> there's no /dev/cdrom link to actual cdrom device
<gg0> /dev/cd[01] are scsi devices if i'm not wrong
IRC, OFTC, #debian-hurd, 2014-03-05
<gg0> installer gets stuck running os-prober, seems because
/target/proc/mounts gets unreadable, sometimes Resource lost sometimes it
gets stuck reading it
<gg0> youpi: could you publish script to rebuild CDs you scheduled? with
last official CD (20140212) mtab on /target dies and that seems getting
os-prober stuck. last (and only) weekly has recent apt-cdrom so it gets
stuck wrongly asking to change cdrom
<youpi> see the readme file
<youpi> err, you say it's the 0212 build which fails?
<youpi> I had tested that before uploading
<youpi> so the issue comes form the installed packages, not from the CD
<youpi> did you test with no network mirror?
<gg0> no i didn't. should it find all packages it needs from cd?
<youpi> sure, that's what netinst and dvd-1 are, as opposed to netboot
<gg0> lxde desktop probably not
<youpi> indeed
<youpi> though with the dvd in principle it should
<youpi> (if all deps were avaijlable at image build time)
<youpi> gg0: btw if you haven't noticed, there's a daily too
<gg0> youpi: till apt-cdrom is not fixed, they all will be broken, stuck at
"Scanning cdrom"
<youpi> gg0: did you try to bisect which git change produces the apt-cdrom
<gg0> youpi: all in bug in question
<gg0> youpi: https://bugs.debian.org/740673
<youpi> is there the precise git commit id in the bug log?
<youpi> well, don't tell that to just me, but the bug report...
<gg0> bug report says "See <bug>" where bug is
<youpi> gg0: bug report doesn't say it was *tested* that it is that changes
which broke things
<gg0> i don't think we could get it reverted just because it breaks hurd
(+kfreebsd to check) debian installer
<youpi> of course, but that's at least where developers can have a look at
<gg0> well ok i could have been more clear
<youpi> it's *WAY* better than having no idea where to have a look at
<youpi> gg0: btw, that's why the README file advises not to use a network
mirror, to avoid such kind of issues
<youpi> you can't expect sid not to be not-broken :)
<gg0> one gets Resource lost even when install is just started, no packages
from any mirror
<gg0> https://bugs.debian.org/740673#19
* gg0 installing without mirrors, without desktop, without lxde
<gg0> same problem
<gg0> so problem has nothing to do with installing from mirrors
<youpi> what's odd is that I don't get this issue at all with the 20140212
upload at least
<youpi> kvm -cdrom debian-7.0-hurd-i386-NETINST-1.iso -drive
file=blip,cache=unsafe -m 1G
<youpi> no more, no less
<gg0> it must depend on preseed and/or kernel append options
<youpi> possibly
<gg0> oh wait here qemu multiboot
<youpi> that shouldn't have any impact
<gg0> 5€ on qemu multiboot as the culprit
<gg0> you should also see it sometimes double-mounts /dev/hd0s1 under
/target and /target/./media/cdrom(!)
<gg0> but that's due to new apt it in-targets (= installs under /target)
<gg0> any luck reproducing mtab issue?
<youpi> still not
IRC, OFTC, #debian-hurd, 2014-03-06
<youpi> http://paste.debian.net/85535/
<youpi> no issue
<youpi> (no network mirror)
<gg0> full install till grub-installer?
<youpi> yes
<youpi> and reboot
<gg0> -append 'auto=true mirror/suite=sid console=com0 priority=critical
locale=en_US keymap=us
video=vesa:ywrap,mtrr vga=788 -- quiet'
<gg0> i should provide preseed too
<youpi> well, of course
<youpi> always provide as much information as possible
<youpi> so there's also your preseed file
<gg0> not much different from
<gg0> but you need to force a couple of things + ugly workaround for broken
apt-cdrom ident
<youpi> well, I didn't even know that jenkins had that pressed file
<youpi> well, here apt-cdrom is not needed
<youpi> +hacks
<youpi> since that's the old image we're checking
<gg0> well ok, given you take everything from cd only, yes
<gg0> here no mirror, no desktop, no lxde
<gg0> i'm trying this one too
<gg0> main difference seems to be i usually use CD-1, not NETINST
<gg0> had to add -net nic,vlan=0 -net
<gg0> here target mtab is already crashed
<gg0> because some package already tried to read /target/proc/mounts
<gg0> youpi: reproduced there?
<gg0> .o(well, maybe he's been sleeping for ~50 mins)
<youpi> nope, I'm working on upgrading servers
<youpi> I'm sorry, but your testcase is not really easy to reproduce :)
<gg0> do you have apache on your host? just put preseed in the root, vm
will take it
<gg0> full command line is what you pasted + -net nic,vlan=0 -net
<gg0> what else? when it starts debstrapping, open a console and check
procfs and mtab processes
<gg0> err, what you paster + -append i pasted + -net nic,vlan=0 -net
<gg0> *pasted
<gg0> which is http://paste.debian.net/plain/85554/
<gg0> surely keyboard layout doesn't help, here at least
* gg0 tries to reproduce without preseed
<gg0> i can't reproduce it
<gg0> it doesn't crash
* gg0 enabling all options but preseed
<gg0> need to wait 31% of Installing base system to have the second procfs
<gg0> ok got Resource lost even without preseed
<gg0> youpi: you can reproduce it by adding -append console=com0 to what
you pasted. that breaks grub-installer, it gets stuck at 66%, while runs
<youpi> ah
<gg0> how can that affect /target/proc/mounts?
<youpi> no idea
<gg0> couldn't daily be here? http://d-i.debian.org/daily-images/
<youpi> if I knew how to push files there, sure
<gg0> asking on #debian-boot would be a starting point i guess
<youpi> probably
<gg0> me asking on behalf of youpi would not a good one i think, given
whatever will the answer i can't do anything
<gg0> +be
<youpi> you can still trasmit me
<youpi> never understimate the little time you can save other people by
doing some bits of work
<gg0> well, i would not even have to repaste lines here given you joined
there too
<gg0> never understimate what "help with laziness" means :)
<youpi> not necessarily repasting, but at least highlighting me
<youpi> so I know where to read in the #d-b logs
<gg0> there are no isos there, i'm missing something
<youpi> there are no daily isos
<youpi> only weekly isos
<gg0> so seems i have to reask initial question with this url
<gg0> oh wait they are from testing, that's why no hurd ones
<gg0> i guess they could be here though
* gg0 asking on #debian-cd
* gg0 would ignore non-DD gg0 asking whatever
<youpi> people don't really ask themselves who is a DD and who is not
<youpi> as long as you provide information in your question, it'll get
<gg0> teythoon: interested in reproducing mtab-dying-under-chroot?
<gg0> oh just realized it's not only under a chroot, chroot is on another
disk. might that make the difference?
<gg0> i didn't try to reproduce it by creating a chroot on a different
disk, which is what installer does
* gg0 wonders if it would have been better filing a bug against
<gg0> if no one fixes console=com0 thing, i have to think about a new acpi
<gg0> ok managed to workaround apt bug in installer, i can graphically
install last weekly
<gg0> no console=com0 means no vm shutdown though
<pere> gg0: wow. impressed!
<gg0> patching CI to make CI workaround bugs CI spots is not so good
<gg0> any idea about another shutdown trick without console=com0 till
teythoon or youpi fix it?
<pere> nope
<gg0> current one: vm writes serial console to file and host loops grepping
"In tight loop: hit ctl-alt-del to reboot"
<gg0> -watchdog might be an alternative
<gg0> if there are watchdog agents that can run on hurd
<gg0> "watchdog" for instance doesn't build on hurd
<pere> it need kernel support
* gg0 testing -add-fd
IRC, freenode, #hurd, 2014-03-07
<gg0> teythoon: just mounted an additional fs, it's mounted but not present
in proc/mounts
<braunr> gg0: how did you mount it ?
<gg0> i was under /root, sid-chroot is the mountpoint. i did mount /dev/hd3
sid-chroot (relative path)
<braunr> does fsysopts confirm a new translator is running on sid-chroot ?
<gg0> i shut down vm, working on another one by mounting the same disk
which hosts a debchroot
<gg0> i'm trying to reproduce the mtab-dying-on-chroot issue i get with
debian installer
<gg0> at the end, os-prober gets stuck by reading /target/proc/mounts
(target is the installed system)
<gg0> to be precise it gets stuck at second access. at first it gives
Resource lost
<gg0> didn't manage to reproduce so far
<gg0> environment is pretty the same: booting with qemu multiboot
<gg0> so root on initrd + chroot on real disk
<gg0> what's weird is that issue vanishes by removing console=com0 from
-append options
IRC, freenode, #hurd, 2014-03-08
<gg0> os-prober doesn't get stuck anymore and grub can install
<gg0> my guess is that without console=com0 /target/proc/mounts is just
accessed once
IRC, OFTC, #debian-hurd, 2014-03-08
<gg0> youpi: from #debian-cd http://paste.debian.net/plainh/559f669b
<gg0> any quick way to recreate initrd?
<teythoon> gg0: i'm working on that
<gg0> teythoon: that what?
<teythoon> gg0: there is genext2fs, i have some patches that allows one to
create nodes with passive translator records
<gg0> recreating initrd?
<teythoon> yes
<teythoon> in the meantime, you can mount the existing initrd and modify it
<gg0> well i'm following this one to rebuild whole cd then take an updated
initrd to test with your repo
<gg0> http://people.debian.org/~sthibault/hurd-i386/installer/README-d-i
<gg0> probably too much work to get that
<gg0> copying current /hurd to new initrd would be enough?
<youpi> just copy the precise translator you need
<youpi> also, no need to rebuild the whole cd just to replace the initrd
<youpi> simply copy the content of an existing is
<youpi> iso
<youpi> replace the initrd.gz there
<youpi> and then use grub-mkrescue to rebuild the ios
<youpi> development would be horrible if you had to rebuild everything from
zero everytime
<youpi> first thing to do when developping is first take the time to find
ways to work efficiently
<youpi> unfortunately I had to apply some patches
<youpi> first in d-i because isc-dhcp doens't work -> use the debian-ports
<youpi> then in d-i to automatically enable the debian-ports mirror
<youpi> and last in the debian-cd to include debian-ports-archive-keyring
<gg0> anything missing here?
<gg0> mini.iso doesn't like any mirror
<gg0> "mirror does not support the specified release"
<gg0> something wrong/missing in my rebuilt
<gg0> youpi: anything wrong in http://paste.debian.net/plain/86258 ?
<gg0> i have/had problems with name resolution
<youpi> gg0: the patch makes sense for -bsd too, Cc them too
<gg0> i was wondering how many hunks in your patches are upstreamable
<youpi> normally it's zero
<gg0> why "release" instead on "main" by default? sid is never released
<youpi> only because my mirror directory is hacked one
<youpi> that merges debian.org, debian-ports.org, and my repo
<youpi> and I don't rebuild Release files, just Packages files
<gg0> i keep getting gpgv: BAD signature from "Debian Archive Automatic
Signing Key (7.0/Wheezy) <firstname.lastname@example.com>
<gg0> just before creating debootstrap chroot
<gg0> i applied hunk #2 only, installed modified debootstrap and put debs
under localdebs/
<gg0> trying a different mirror
<youpi> I don't know what issue you are encountering
<youpi> but again, it's way simpler and faster to just patch existing
images, rather than rebuilding them from zero
<gg0> ok just read i'd need a local mirror to build isos
<gg0> better using netinst and proxy cache
IRC, freenode, #hurd, 2014-03-09
<gg0> teythoon: shouldn't there be a patch which shows pid instead of task?
<gg0> 20:43 < teythoon> task /hurd/procfs(19) <EF><BF><BD>O<EF><BF><BD>
deallocating an invalid port 1049744, most probably a bug.
<teythoon> there is
<teythoon> i placed the functionality in proc first, but the wiki suggested
to put it in the exec server instead
<teythoon> i did that, it has the advantage, that the argv vector is easily
<teythoon> so i can also include the program name
<teythoon> but there are two programs, that are not started using the exec
<teythoon> the root filesystem and the exec server itself
<teythoon> so for these two processes, the approach does not work
<gg0> i see. so here we got two which could come from
ext2fs.static(initrd), exec(initrd) and ext2fs(chroot)
http://postimg.org/image/e3qyafd0b/ right?
<gg0> i also noticed that once mtab dies, by killing its procfs parent,
they both restart, but /target/proc is not in /proc/mounts anymore
<youpi> teythoon: for those we could use the first word of the module
command line
<gg0> restart doesn't means that by accessing /target/proc/mounts again it
works btw, it'll give Resource lost again
<teythoon> youpi: indeed
<teythoon> gg0: no, the ext2fs for /target will be started by the exec
<gg0> ok two invalid ports one from ext2fs.static and one exec then
<teythoon> gg0: what makes you attribute one to the exec server ?
<teythoon> i'm pretty sure that there is a bug in libfshelp, it's easily
triggered by killing an translator like procfs
<teythoon> i must have introduced it with the translator list work i've
done for the mtab translator
<gg0> teythoon: a totally wrong task-is-a-process reasoning probably
<gg0> just mounted another procfs which seems to work
<gg0> http://postimg.org/image/q6w9xzo2j/
<teythoon> gg0: the mtab translators in your screenshots are oldish, what's
the point exactly ?
<teythoon> gg0: also, all tasks are processes. task is a mach concept,
whereas process is a posix concept implemented by hurds proc server. it
creates a process object for every mach task.
<gg0> my guess was that given we got two messages with different taskid:
<gg0> 16:01 < gg0> ok two invalid ports one from ext2fs.static and one exec
<gg0> screenshot is this one http://postimg.org/image/e3qyafd0b/
<gg0> btw what do you mean by oldish. except first one 01:18 < gg0>
http://postimg.org/image/oca8ormaj/ the only with current debian
packages, remaining are done with your latest packages
<gg0> in all cases i boot using qemu multiboot
<gg0> root@hurd01:~# cat /proc/version
<gg0> Linux version 2.6.1 (GNU 0.5 GNU-Mach 1.4-486-dbg/Hurd-0.5
<gg0> it wouldn't be bad customizing version somehow, last commit id for
<gg0> or build date
<gg0> user01@jessie01 ~$ cat /proc/version
<gg0> Linux version 3.11-2-686-pae (firstname.lastname@example.com) (gcc
version 4.8.2 (Debian 4.8.2-7) ) #1 SMP Debian 3.11.10-1 (2013-12-04)
<gg0> user01@jessie01 ~$ uname -v
<gg0> #1 SMP Debian 3.11.10-1 (2013-12-04)
IRC, OFTC, #debian-hurd, 2014-03-10
<gg0> tschwinge: i just meant Debian Jenkins provides (hopefully for hurd
too) continuos testing of debian installer, it doesn't produce .debs


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Tell all the details. What size is your creation? What color? What fabric or wood is it made of? What makes your piece special? Why is your quality so great? These are the things that potential customers need to know.
Stock up your shop. The more you have to offer, the better. Not only does it up your chances of making a sale, it also helps your SEO, because more pages makes it easier for shoppers to find you.
Name your products exactly what they are. How can you find curtains with French script on them? Google "French Script Curtains". Your product names are what people are searching. Want to up the ante? Here's a tip: use the Google Keyword search to find the absolute best names for your products by finding out the exact terms that people search the most.
Spread the word and advertise where your customers are. Do you sell children's clothes? Then advertise on blogs that share kid's craft projects. Do you sell aprons? Advertise on food blogs. I love blog advertising, because the blogger builds a relationship with their readers and it is the best way to spread the word about your great products/company.
You may not get a sale directly from that site every single day – but you are building brand recognition. Pepsi does not advertise so that you stop what you're doing and go directly to buy a drink – but when you do need to quench your thirst and you are shopping for a drink, Pepsi is going to be recognizable to you. Bottom line, you need to build your brand!
Be consistent. If you have a blog and a shop, make the jump between the two seamless. Also be consistent with your packaging, shipping and even curate your products to fit your brand.
Have great customer service. Return customers are essential. They know you, know your brand and know what to expect. Thank them, be good to them, and they will appreciate it and spread the word. {*CG Note, Gina has earned a 100% customer service rating!}
Thanks Kate for inviting me to share my story here today. I am extremely blessed to have a spot in blogland and the handmade world. It truly is one of my great passions."
Gina, you are inspiring! I love her story, how Gina continually challenges her own innate creativity by taking risks, but also applies the business sense she's acquired through the years to her decision making. Gina's story is about to appear in a well known resource for moms starting a business too! Read about it here.
Here are a few of my favorite picks from Gina's shop.
1. medallion pillow cover; 2. butterfly paperweight 3. french script tapers; 4. white votive holder; 5. red baker's twine; script pillow cover.
Here's another true story. Remember that wine barrel theme I was so focused on a few weeks back? I was contemplating creating a wine stave or reclaimed wood votive candle holder. I saw it in my head and started shopping for spade drill bits and hole saw attachments to recreate it. Literally a day later I was talking to Gina via email about this guest post, went to visit her shop, and there they were, rustic wood votive holders. Exactly what I was trying to recreate! I laughed out loud, they were the perfect source for the look I love.
Thanks again Gina for sharing your hard earned knowledge and inspiring story. You can catch up with Gina at her blog and don't miss a visit to her shop filled with her handmade creations.