text:
I'M LATE AGAIN, I know it. Internet was down at the abode for the whole first part of the month, but it's back now, not that it makes such a good excuse. I've also been busily doing my homework for the Writing from the Chakras class I'm taking for the second time. You may recall I took the class last year at this time. I got so much out of it, I decided to take it again.
Not entirely sure how to do it, but not wanting to disappoint myself by having less dramatic breakthroughs this time around, I have resolved to go deep. Week #1 was about the Root Chakra, and I used the occasion to explore the origin of my fears. In particular, I wanted to know better what drives my lifelong search for love and sex and deep, intimate connection, and more than that, my search for peace of mind and contentment around it all.
This took me on an inward journey back through time to try and uncover those early memories of trying to feel loved and happy, traveling back through a parade of relationships including my "trying-to-be-normal-and-accepted" girlfriend excursions, which I took quite seriously at the time.
I didn't stop there. I kept rewinding, deeper, reeling in the years to a time before sex and dating and junior prom, to a time of pure innocence, a time when I felt no shame and no compulsion to be anyone other than my true self because I knew no better.
My roots have soaked up and hold the memories I have long forgotten, body memories and feelings I cannot explain but feel strongly still. I had no words for what I felt, my attraction as natural as the weather, love and desire without even knowing it. What did I know?
And I was able to pinpoint the moment when that changed, when all of a sudden I got the message that something was wrong, I was wrong. I got the words that day in the 6th-grade locker room for something I had no idea was a problem, had no idea was anything at all. My natural way of being stopped that day in the fall of 1970.
It took an action, a bringing together of witnesses, a sharing of these sensations with other fellow beings, classmates naked in a school gym locker room, all of us still mere children and dumb, but I somehow dumber, sheltered maybe from knowing what most boys my age already knew; or maybe it was just that they were different from me, strengthened by their being united in feeling what I didn't, or in not feeling what I did.
And this is when my root was severed, cut from all nourishment, feelings left to wither and die, a sprout buried under heaps of too much pungent, dark, rich soil. Dirt. Dirty, yes, dirty and shameful. Soiled. I hadn't a clue, really, until that point. I hadn't a word for it, hadn't even thought of needing a word for this completely natural sensation of excitement, attraction, and lust. It seems strange to speak of an 11-year-old's lust, but that's what it was.
Suddenly I had a whole new vocabulary of epithets to describe myself—faggot, fairy, homo, queer. I wanted to die. Welcome to middle school, where our cohort of innocents split into tribes, warring factions, splinterings. Middle school, all new, with its budding adolescent bodies, mouths, and minds, nakedness in the group showers, jockstraps and gym uniforms, cliques and dances and fumbling dates, night moves and cigarettes, and, hovering above it all, popular music, all these ways to judge and rank and pressure, to cast out the weak ones, evolution theory in action.
Hormones raging and no way to release any of that pent-up spunk and energy, no outlet and no privacy and no one to talk to about all this, much less kiss or touch or take a stab at sex with, at least I had a good record collection.


text:
It's the weekend, which means it's Netflix time. Time to don your sweats and curl up with a new show or movie (or many movies) to watch. Check out all the new titles streaming on Netflix now!
Photos: Check out the best celebrity Throwback Thursday posts of all time.
Cottage Country
What was mean to be the venue for a perfect proposal turns into the scene of a far-from-perfect crime when the groom-to-be's brother ends up dead. Homicidal honeys Todd and Cammie only make matter worse by trying to cover up the "accident."
Primates of the Seven Seas
In a crazy, animated world of monkeys, beach officer Marco Macao finds himself facing a dangerous mission after he discovers a casino owner's evil plans. Joining a band of monkey pirates, Marco sets out to save his island home and his sweetheart.
Saving General Yang
In northeast China, 986 AD, the Khitan army abducts a general, leaving his wife and seven sons to rescue him—and fall into their deadly trap. The young men set out with a band of fighters to face an army of thousands and bring their father home.
The Rooftop
Song and dance meet Kung Fu fighting in this over-the-top musical action flick written and directed by Jay Chou, who also stars. In the fantasy world of the film, two communities try to coexist with mixed results and many musical numbers.
Bridezillas: Season 10
Some weddings may be fairy tales come true, but these ceremonies are more like nightmares due to the unreasonable demands, temper tantrums and explosive behavior of the brides involved, as revealed in this addictive reality series.
Photos: Here are 21 perfect Valentine's Day gift ideas for your boyfriend.
Dan Lear has become famous for creating amateur porn films that swap flashiness for rough, unimaginative sex. This documentary examines Lear's psychology and what prompted him to leave his white-collar lifestyle for a far more unorthodox profession.
The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec
On a mission in Egypt, adventurer Adèle must retrieve a sarcophagus and tote it back to Europe, while fending off her nemesis, archaeologist Dieuleveult. But her efforts are complicated by a scientist who has let loose a Pterodactyl above Paris.
The Network
This documentary tells the story of TOLO, Afghanistan's first independent TV network, and the family that grew it into the nation's largest broadcaster. The film follows the expansive staff, which faces an uncertain future as foreign troops withdraw.
The Summit
Combining interviews, archival footage and re-creations, filmmaker Nick Ryan sets out to uncover what went wrong when 11 people died on their way up the infamous K2 — the deadliest day in modern mountaineering history.
Were the World Mine
When his drama teacher casts him as Puck in his school's upcoming production of "A Midsummer Night's Dream," Timothy turns in an inspired performance, whipping up a fittingly Shakespearean love potion with the power to turn people gay.
Photos: See all the photos of Blue Ivy Carter—with her face hidden!
After years of failure, an off-the-wall inventor and his fast-talking salesman friend watch their business go belly up. Convinced one of their gadgets will be the key to riches, the partners bank on one last brainstorm to change their fortunes.
Lab Rats: Season 2
When high schooler Leo moves into his stepfather's home, he's surprised to learn he has three stepsiblings—each with bionic powers. Leo decides to help the previously isolated "special" siblings learn how to operate in the outside world.
What are your plans for the weekend? Are there any shows you're planning to watch? What's your favorite movie on Netflix? Tell us in the comments below or tweet us @OKMagazine.

subset: commoncrawl


text:
by Dr. Jeffrey Lant
Author's program note. In 1894 Captain Alfred Dreyfus, artillery
captain for the General Staff of France, was charged with treason and
espionage… thereby inaugurating one of the most outrageous and ignoble
events in the entire history of France.
It was a story of lies… but not by Dreyfus.
It was the story of evidence made up… evidence tampered with… evidence destroyed… but not by Dreyfus.
It was the story of grave injustice… deliberately done and with malice… but not by Dreyfus.
It was the story of a man attacked, mauled, censored, imprisoned,
humiliated, villified because of his religion… but not by Dreyfus.
And above all it is the story of how one man with brilliant, slashing
language changed the entire debate… securing at long last freedom,
restitution and justice for Dreyfus.
This man was celebrated novelist Emile Zola who took just two words
and transformed them into the most powerful weapon on earth… two words
that galvanized a nation, securing the attention and support of the good
people of France who, because of Zola, were outraged by the terrible
and enduring blot on the honor of France… and who joined their voices to
his in the service of truth.
These are the words — I accuse — which by making the outrages clear —
began the healing process that saved France from ignominy and redeemed
her. Now I intend to use the great model created by Zola and to save you
from business ignominy… to redeem you… and enable you to profit online…
for you have been doing everything possible to fail… and little or
nothing to succeed.
To help you on your way I have selected the soaring 1937 score Max
Steiner wrote for the Best Picture of the Year; "The Life of Emile Zola"
starring Paul Muni. Such grand music must enable success… so go to any
search engine now and play it. We are ready to begin the transforming
process that starts with "I accuse…" and ends with "I salute…", wafted
on our way by the grandeur of Steiner's composition.
I accuse you of not understanding what business is… of understanding
that business is now and always will be about two things and two things
only: the generation of prospect leads… and following up with each and
every one of these leads to make offers and close business.
I accuse you of engaging in endless trivia every day, focusing on
anything and everything instead of generating prospects… and calling
these prospects, to work with them and begin the development of the
business relationships necessary to secure success.
I accuse you of trying to run a business solely by email… trying that
is to motivate people to buy without doing the most important thing to
profit: picking up the phone, calling prospects, engaging prospects,
building relations with prospects.
I accuse you of sloth, laziness, of sitting around and waiting for
success, instead of doing what is necessary — everything that's
necessary — to build the business you say you want… but for which there
is absolutely no evidence that you have ever done on its behalf any
meaningful thing at all.
I accuse you of the sin of inertia… of waiting, waiting, waiting,
for, what?, a sign from Heaven, an email from God? I accuse you of not
knowing what needs to be done, of not educating yourself so that you
know how to do it, and not doing the least thing to secure your success.
I accuse you of spending more time gossiping on the phone with people
who cannot make you richer (your best friend, your bowling buddies, the
chick you met bar hopping last week) instead of using the phone to do
what it does so well… connecting with the people who can buy from you,
buy now, and make you money every single day.
I accuse you of trying to build your online business alone, all by
yourself, when all the evidence says this is not possible, is absolutely
impossible, because there is too much to do…too many things to master…
and insufficient time to learn them, then do them. You need a team… and
you need it at once.
I accuse you of the sin of talking about success far more than doing
the necessary deeds and actions that ensure success. You have become,
thereby, a specialist in the endless rhetoric and bombastic language of
success, while achieving nothing. It is time, therefore, past time, to
cease and censure the flatulent babble and get on with the doing.
I accuse you of not staying at your post every day until you have
achieved the financial objective you have set for yourself for this day,
focusing, persisting until you have achieved this goal… every penny of
this goal.
I accuse you of coddling yourself, of a too prompt tendency to
forgive your inadequacies, overlook the negatives, whitewash your poor
performances, rationalize your failings, pooh pooh each and every
peccadillo, extol too greatly minor triumphs instead of pushing on to
make the insignificant significant.
The words used by Zola to end his famous declamation to French president Felix Faure, January 13, 1898:
"I have but one passion: to enlighten those who have been kept in the
dark, in the name of humanity which has suffered too much and is
entitled to happiness. My fiery protest is simply the cry of my very
I couldn't say it better myself, so won't try. Zola's letter changed the world… my hope is that this changes yours.
** We invite you to post your comments to this article below.


text:
The magnificent Audi R8 is a masterpiece of design and innovation. This top of the range sports car comes with two impressive engines; a 4.2 V8 or a 5.2 V10. Safety features include four-wheel drive, advanced traction control and Electronic Stability Control. Available as a hardtop Coupe or soft top Spyder version, the R8 offers the ultimate driving experience and has become the benchmark in terms of style and performance for supercars.
At Lookers Audi showrooms across the UK - including Ayr, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Hamilton and Stirling in Scotland and Basingstoke, Camberley, Guildford, Newcastle, Teesside, Tyneside and Wearside in England, we offer a number of approved used Audi R8 models for sale, including the Coupe and Spyder - all at great prices. Visit or call today for further information or to arrange a test drive.
All calls may be recorded for training, monitoring and quality purposes.
Calls to 03 numbers cost no more than a national rate call to an 01 or 02 number and must count towards any inclusive minutes in the same way as 01 and 02 calls. These rules apply to calls from any type of line including mobile, BT, other fixed line or payphone.
Calls to 0844 numbers cost £0.06 per minute plus your phone company's access charge.See T&Cs


text:
The Plumbing Group Ltd are one of the UK's largest leading independent privately British owned and operated installation and repair specialists of thermal stores. With 7 group businesses covering 81,000km² of the UK, we offer unrivalled career opportunities in our sector. We are proud of the fact that our Engineers have a 98% fixed first visit success rate.
Businesses within the Group
The Plumbing Group of Companies provide out of warranty thermal store repair and replacement services to individuals, local authorities and businesses. The Group is made up of ThermaCoil, PulsaCoil 3, PulsaCoil 2000, PulsaCoil A Class, PulsaCoil BP, PulsaCoil London and PulsaCoil Birmingham. We offer a diverse mix of specialist skills with a client-focused approach.
Each and every one of our employees is intrinsically quality-driven. This ensures that all our services and repairs are delivered efficiently, cost effectively and to the high standards we set ourselves.


text:
Well, for the entire month of February anybody who purchases an annual subscription will receive a FREE 'Curlicue Crush' quilt pattern from Chasing Cottons.
here and we will send you the FREE quilt pattern in a separate email.
If your subscription started with Issue 1 of Fat Quarterly, you will have received your last issue as part of that subscription. We will be sending out renewal notices before the next issue of Fat Quarterly is released.
However, if you would like to take advantage of this fabulous offer you can visit our etsy shop and buy a subscription starting with Issue 5.


text:
Dr. Christopher Staecker
Associate Professor of Mathematics
o: Bannow Science Center Rm 16
P. Christopher Staecker,
Maps on graphs can be deformed to be coincidence-free
To appear in Topological Methods in Nonlinear Analysis.
P. Christopher Staecker,
Remnant inequalities and doubly-twisted conjugacy in free groups
To appear in Journal of Pure and Applied Algebra.
P. Christopher Staecker,
Typical elements in free groups are in different doubly-twisted conjugacy classes Topology and its Applications 157, 2010, p. 1736-1741.
P. Christopher Staecker,
A formula for the coincidence Reidemeister trace of selfmaps on bouquets of circles Topological Methods in Nonlinear Analysis 33, 2009, p. 41-50.
P. Christopher Staecker,
Axioms for a local Reidemeister trace in fixed point and coincidence theory
Journal of Fixed Point Theory and Applications 5, 2009, p. 237-247.
P. Christopher Staecker,
On the uniqueness of the coincidence index on orientable differentiable manifolds
Topology and its Applications 154, May 2007, p. 1961-1970.


text:
|Recipe Name:
|Ancho Chile And Orange Marinade
|Submitted by:
|Source Description:
|Last Modified:
|Preparation Time:
|Number of Servings:
1/4 Teaspoon(s) Whole cumin seeds
1/4 Teaspoon(s) Whole coriander seeds
1/2 Onion, thickly sliced
8 Cloves, large garlic
8 Dried Ancho chilies
1 Pinch(s) Cinnamon, generous
1/4 Teaspoon(s) Freshly ground black pepper
1 Orange, shredded zest of
1/2 Teaspoon(s) Dried oregano
Hot water
1 Orange, juice of
1/2 Lime, Juice of
Salt to taste
Date: Fri, 8 Mar 1996 14:44:40 -0600 (CST) From: Chris Kaufman
<email@example.com> In my typical prompt and timely manner
I've wrangled some recipes from the Minneapolis Hotluck participants
and am finally posting them for your pleasure. From: Alison and John
Krufka. (I got this recipe from Minnesota Public Radio's "The
Splendid Table") This marinade is warm and flavorable, but not hot. It
should work well with chicken, seafood, prok [and euks!] and vegtables
for grilling, braising or sauteing. It should keep about 1 month in
the Frig. Makes about 1 cup. In a heavy skillet over medium heat toast
the cumin and coriander about 5 minutes, or until aromatic. Grind to
a powder in a coffee mill or with a morter and pestle. Add onion,
garlic, and chilies to pan, roasting chilies 3 to 5 minutes until
aromatic. Remove immediately. Take onion slices to golden and garlic
to slightley softened, about 10 minutes. Stem and seed chilies, then
cover with hot water and let soak 30 minutes. Meanwhile toast the
cinnamon, pepper and orange zest 10 seconds over medium heat. Combine
all ingredients in a blender (peeling garlic first), including chilies
and a few tablespoons of their liquid. Puree, season to taste, and
refrigerate until needed. Marinate larger pieces of meat or poultry
from several hours to overnight. Fish needs only an hour or so while
vegetables are ready to cook within the hour. Always refrigerate
marinating foods. CHILE-HEADS DIGEST V2 #263 From the Chile-Heads
recipe list. Downloaded from Glen's MM Recipe Archive,
Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients)
Calories: 50
Calories From Fat: 3
Total Fat: <1g
Cholesterol: 0mg
Sodium: 297.2mg
Potassium: 163.9mg
Carbohydrates: 11.9g
Fiber: 1.3g
Sugar: <1g
Protein: 1.9g


text: Page ContentVTT Memsfab Ltd operates as part of Micronova's manufacturing services, in the 'Knowledge intensive products and services' business area. The company started as a contract manufacture of micro and nano-electronics components and materials in early 2011. The final product is typically a silicon disc processed and characterised in line with the customer's specifications, and containing sensors and detectors or the related parts. Future growth is primarily expected to come from optical components. HTML 2 HTML 3 HTML 4 HTML 5 HTML 6


text:
<< Back
Dandelion Flower Cookies
Dandelion Flower Cookies
1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
1 tsp baking powder
1 cup flour
1 cup dry oatmeal (I used quick oats)
1/2 cup dandelion flowers (no green or stems)
Pull dandelion flower petals out of the green base. Cream butter and sugar. Stir in vanilla, baking powder, flour, oatmeal and flower petals. Drop by spoonfuls onto an oiled cookie sheet. Bake at 350 degrees for 13 minutes. Remove from sheet and cool. Makes approximately 24 delicious cookies.
Note: harvest dandelions well away from a roadway, and in a spot where you are sure no chemicals sprays have been applied.


text:
Self Help - Some Common Career Myths
Myth: Everyone must climb the ladder of success, even if it means doing things that do not interest me.
Truth: Success is subjective. Each individual creates his or her own definition of success. However, happiness or satisfaction is often part of the definition of success, and it is difficult to be happy in a career that is not interesting. If a career is uninteresting to you, will you really be happy?
Myth: If I say no to what others expect of me, I am insensitive and unlovable.
Truth: You have the right to say no to others' expectations of you and make your own career choices.
Myth: The choice of a major or occupation is irreversible. Once I make a decision, I cannot change my mind.
Truth: Most people (75%) change their majors at least once during college.
Myth: There is one right career for me.
Truth: There are probably several careers that match your interests, abilities, personality, and values. Over half of college graduates obtain employment in areas unrelated to their college major.
Myth: Nobody else is undecided. I am all alone.
Truth: If you are undecided on a career choice, you are not alone. This is a big decision that requires time and exploration.
Myth: Somewhere there is a test that can tell me what to do with the rest of my life.
Truth: No test can tell you what career path to follow. Testing provides some of the information that aids in career planning, but not all of it.
Myth: Others know what is best for me.
Truth: Only you know what is best for you. What others say is best for you is often a reflection of their value system, not yours.
Myth: Somewhere there is an expert who can tell me what to do.
Truth: You are the only expert on yourself. Career counselors can help you in the planning process, but only you can determine the best choice for you.
Myth: If things do not go the way I expect or plan, it means that I am a failure.
Truth: Life is full of unexpected events and set-backs. This doesn't mean you are a failure--only human. Often what we view as setbacks are opportunities in disguise.
Myth: People are either successful or complete failures in their career pursuits. There is no in-between.
Truth: Success can be viewed as an on-going process, whereas failure is a single event or experience. In general, the more successful the person, the more failures he or she has experienced.
Myth: If I get away from the pressure to decide, perhaps by taking a year or two off from college, I will be able to make a better decision.
Truth: Making a good decision requires time and research, but not necessarily time away from college. And, the passing of time by itself will not make the decision any easier to reach. However, taking away the pressure for an immediate decision is wise. Allow yourself a semester to take several exploratory classes, conduct information interviews, and gather the information you need to reach a satisfying decision.
Myth: I must choose between having a career and having a family.
Truth: You can have both a family and career; it will require careful planning, setting priorities, time management, and flexibility.
Myth: It is not OK to be undecided because being undecided is a sign of immaturity.
Truth: Being undecided is normal. Interests do not become firmly established until you are in your mid-20s. Well-defined career interests and direction have more to do with experience than maturity level.
Myth: Life is always fair.
Truth: Unfortunately, life is not always fair. Dealing with the unfairness of life can teach you the skills necessary to deal with adversity, which is part of the human condition.
Myth: Life is always unfair.
Truth: Fortunately, life sometimes is fair. Generally, effort determines outcome, and you have a reasonable amount of control over your career success.


text:
14 May
ice skates ……….
Posted by: madeleine lee Posted in: Home with Madeleine Comments: 0
I love making the most of unused spaces, even if they are quite hidden, its like walking into little surprise installations …….. I picked these antique ice skates up at a vintage shop at the weekend, hung them in front of mirror with a fur scarf and some lace ……………. makes me smile when I walk past – one of the design tips from swedish interior design……….
wonder whose skates they were once upon a time
Leave a Comment
Logged in as - Log out


text:
The IBM developerWorks blog has a new tutorial posted today about using the combination of PHP and Ajax to create a simple chat application (with a database backend).
Learn to build a chat system into your Web application with Asynchronous JavaScript + XML (Ajax) and PHP. Your customers can talk to you and to each other about the content of the site without having to download or install any special instant-messaging software.
Complete code is included (even the database table schemas) to create the simple application. They make the four pages to get it working and call that part of it good. The second part of the article, though, builds on this base and adds a fix for performance issues caused by constant polling of the database by the ajax request.


text:
One of a series of compact Agastaches, this favorite for front-of-the-border spots or containers attracts pollinators with a nonstop supply of lavender blossoms with peach accents. The flowers keep coming over a long season on bushy, carefree plants.
Agastache is a genus of about 30 aromatic species native to central and eastern Asia, Mexico, and the United States. Careful breeding and selection have given us newcomers that offer exceptional garden performance and a long season of bloom. In full sun and well-drained soil, they happily shrug off summer heat and early frosts.
For more information on Agastache, click Growing Guide.
The size of the plants we ship has been selected to reduce the shock of transplanting. For some, this means a large, bareroot crown. Others cannot travel bareroot or transplant best if grown in containers. We ship these perennials and annuals in 1 pint pots, except as noted. We must point out that many perennials will not bloom the first year after planting, but will the following year, amply rewarding your patience. We ship bulbs as dormant, bare bulbs, sometimes with some wood shavings or moss. Shrubs, Roses, vines, and other woody plants may be shipped bareroot or in pots. The size of the pot is noted in the quick facts for each item.
We ship our bulbs and plants at the right time for planting in your area, except as noted, with orders dispatched on a first-come, first-served basis by climate zone. Estimated dates for shipping are indicated in the Shipping Details box for each item. Please refer to the Shipping Details box to determine the earliest shipping time. Unless you specify otherwise, fertilizers, tools, and other non-plant items are shipped with your plants or bulbs. Please supply a street address for delivery. Kindly contact us with two weeks notice, if you'll be away at expected time of delivery.
We guarantee to ship plants that are in prime condition for growing. If your order is damaged or fails to meet your expectations, we will cheerfully replace or refund it. Please contact our Customer Service Department at 1-800-503-9624 or email us at [email protected]. Please include your order number or customer number when contacting us.
There are no reviews yet. Be first to Write a Review.


text:
I am active to go done the proven instructions to commence a home
based commercial on the cyberspace. Many empire chew over it is
complicated to enter upon a hole supported enterprise on the internet,
but it is if truth be told a lot more than natural than what you estimate.
However, commonly what happens family just do three or four
steps and consequently impart up. Now if you do all the stairs that I
am more or less to transmission you and track and check all one to make
sure that you have optimized and tweaked all for maximum
performance you categorically will come through at your hole based
business on the computer network.
There are vitally v staircase that you need to locomote to
start a surroundings supported business concern on the net. You necessitate to
find a niche. Once you have recovered this place you call for to
develop your web spot in the region of this station and determine whether
you are active to use a mini parcel of land or a entry web site where
you speech act a thick salmagundi of services and sort a extended part
of your yield from advertizement. If you devise a mini site
then you want to put a press page on it instead if
you fabricate a entry website after you have need of to formulate an
unblockable popup on the web setting to seizure your visitor's
Once you have created your web base camp you obligation to compose an
ebook, package or body payment that you can
sell on your web place. Finally you necessitate to get an
autoresponder and goods it up near emails to physique a
relationship up near your subscribers and you too necessitate to
load your rear legs end offers to maximise your income.
Quinny Buzz, Zapp Xtra and Moodd Compatibility Parasol, / Skip Hop Zoo Backpack and Lunchie- Dog / Luvs Premium Stretch Diapers with Ultra Leakguards / Holle Organic baby infant Formula stage 1 (0 to 6 months - / Aden and Anais - Bamboo Swaddles - Mela / Justice League Child's Robin Tutu Dress / Osh Kosh Baby-Girls Infant 2 Piece Snowsuit / Fun Stuff 4 Babies Daddy Diaper Changing Toolbox, Baby / Quinny Buzz, Zapp Xtra and Moodd Compatibility Parasol, / LittleLife Animal Toddler Daysack, Dinosaur / NASA Jr. Astronaut Suit Toddler/Child Costume / Family Travel Organizer / Vertical Wood Slat Gate, 53"-96" W, 24" H / aden + anais Rayon From Bamboo Fiber Muslin, Pyara / Toastess MSC-570 Multipot Stainless-Steel 5-Quart Digital / Skip Hop Backpack and Lunchie Set- Hippo / Summer Infant Take Two Booster Seat / Cocalo Sugar Plum Hamper / TrendyKid Totseat, Black
Follow all of these stairway and instrumentality all methods till
you have them working decently. Often when I started an
internet commercial I would dwell on active everything to be
perfect earlier I got active. However, this will actually
prevent you from undermentioned. Do all the stairway then track
and test each section dirt you have tweaked it to obtain by threat the
maximum out. So when I first of all do thing I do
everything in one go and then go final then to increase the
squeeze pages, and gross revenue written account etc... I also have data
available to see if my changes have built performance
and this makes the function easier. To creation a dwelling based
business on the cyberspace is certainly a lot easier than what
you mull over.
Reed & Barton Silver Safari 3-Piece Baby Flatware Set / PumpEase Classic Collection hands-free pumping bra - / Stroller Seat Lining Color: Silver / The Gro Company Grobag Baby Sleeping Bag Scribble, 1.0 / aden + anais 4 Pack Muslin Swaddle Wrap, Baby Cakes / Osh Kosh Baby-Girls InfantToggle Jacket / Stork Craft Rocking Horse, Espresso / Adiri Breastbottle Nurser: Adiri Breastbottle Nurser 3 / AMJ Dresses Inc White Infant Flower Girl Christening Dress / Tadpoles Organic Flannel Fitted Crib Sheets - Set of 2, / Chewbeads Hudson Necklace - Stormy Grey / LED Bar Light - Pivoting, Water resistant, 12" Lamp, 12 / UPPABaby Vista/Cruz Snack Tray / Kidz Delight Smithsonian Kids Dino Tablet, Green / Dooney Bourke IT Clear Lunch Bag Tote / Sashas Rain and Wind Cover for Combi Twin Side by Side / Toddler Little Red Riding Hood Costume / Nickelodeon Yo Gabba Gabba Toddler Bedding Set / Infant Baby Lobster Costume - Includes Red Tights 6-18


text:
Hal Rogers
Harold Dallas "Hal" Rogers is the U.S. Representative for KY-5, serving since 1981. Wikipedia*
On the C-SPAN Networks:
Hal Rogers has 557 videos in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance was a 1984 House Proceeding. The year with the most videos was 2013 with 47 videos. The year with the highest average number of views per program was 2011 with an average of 10,242 views per program. Most appearances with Greta Brawner (5), Thad Cochran (3), David Ross Obey (3). Most common tags: Federal Budget, Drugs (Pharmaceuticals), Department of Justice.


text:
The Derm-Index : Lips
Make-up for sensitive skin
All you ever wanted to know about skin and dermatological disorders.
View available information by dermatological disorder
Your face skin
Your skin in the sun
Your scalp
Make-up for sensitive skin
Golden rules > [1] result
10 habits for healthy, effective make-up
Putting on make-up is no haphazard matter, especially when you have sensitive skin. Here are 10 tips to help you.
Focus on... > [1] result
Damaged and dry lips
Thin and precious, lips must receive numerous forms of attention. Because this area is less protected than the rest of the face, they are regularly subject to dryness.
3 questions to an expert > [1] result
Prevention is the best way to combat cheilitis
Interview with a dermatologist who discusses the causes of cheilitis and how to fight it.
Testimonies > [1] result
For make-up, I no longer hold back
When lips are dry, they no longer tolerate much... But Capucine makes no beauty compromises.
Key Figure > [1] result
Key Figure - 25 : From delicate pink to intense velvety red ...
25 : From delicate pink to intense velvety red, there is a full palette of shades in the range of lipsticks for sensitive skin.
True or False ? > [1] result
Lips are dryer in the winter than in the summer
In both summer and winter, lips are confronted with external stress: sun, seawater, dust and chlorine on the one hand and cold, wind and pollution on the other. Unlike the rest of the body, lips have no corneal layer, sebaceous glands or melanin supply to protect them.


text:
< Go to Prosperity Hens
Prosperity Hens, Small
$24.00 – $48.00
Hens symbolize prosperity.
In the stark desert of Northern India women have formed a crafts' cooperative, creating an economy where none existed.
These colourful hens, crafted from scraps of fabric brighten and uplift any space.
Carefully chosen glass beads and silver ornaments give each strand its unique beauty.
The 45″ strand has approximately 30 small multicoloured hens.
The 90″ strand has approximately 60 small multicoloured hens.
Lengths vary slightly, as they are handmade.
Photo Credit: Pam Lott


text:
How the IoT is making cities smarter and more efficient
- 10Shares
IoT and sensing technologies are improving our quality of life in many ways, from intelligent transportation, to smart street lighting, to smart medical services, to smart metering; making cities into smarter, more efficient cities that offer new convenience and innovative services.
Smart Metering Underway
Riding the digital tide, many public utilities have started to test smart metering of power, water, gas or other energies, using integrated sensors and communication devices that enable real time data acquisition, automatic billing, cloud-based management, and event-triggered notifications.
Cloud-monitored Energy Consumption
With smart meters, the utilities can monitor energy consumption from a remote dashboard, visualizing data collected from households, companies, and other users, without on-site visits and manual recording. Bills can be generated automatically and efficiently while cumulative data can be analyzed and historical trends can be graphed to provide insights for decision-making on energy-saving plans in pursuing a smarter and greener city.
Value Added Services Can Be Built Up
Further innovative services can be developed by system developers or 3rd party application providers. For example, specific users may review their power/water/gas usage bills with a dashboard displayed on web browser-based devices such as computers, smartphones or iPads. Control algorithms can also be implemented at the device-end to enhance safety–for instance, a digital gas meter can trigger a supply shutdown if it detects gas leakage or wildly abnormal use.
Advantech-Arm Partnership Provides IoT Solutions
As a leading supplier in the embedded computing market, the Advantech Embedded-IoT Group not only delivers a wide range of embedded design-in services, but also develops integrated IoT solutions and services that assist customers in minimizing uncertainty and risk as they enter the IoT market. Advantech has initiated an IoT partnership program with ecosystem partners including Arm.
Advantech will be exhibiting at the IoT Tech Expo North America in Santa Clara, CA on November 29-30 – visit them at booth #430 to learn more about our IoT solutions. Gus Molina, IoT Solutions Architect at Advantech will also be joining the panel 'Creating a seamless connected building ecosystem: in the home, hospitality and the workplace' on the IoT Innovations & Technologies track on November 29 at 1:30pm. This conference track is free to attend – simply register for a Free Expo Pass.
(c) istockphoto.com/ tawanlubfah


text:
I have just about recovered from my fabulous trip to Synergy and I'm working on changes here.
I have a web designer working on a proper website! There will be a blog as part of that website. I intend to maintain this blog for the foreseeable future and it will have the same content as the new blog. But in order to facilitate that the web addess for this blog will change so I apologise if that causes any disruption at your end! http://carajaneuk.blogspot.com will be where you will find this blog soon.
I am about to update my spring workshop schedule. If you are interested in more details either get in touch or sign up to my mailing list as I shall publish a list of dates by email soon. If you are interested in me running a workshop for your group or in your town please feel free to get in touch!
I am working on a new tutorial - can't wait to share it with you! Might take a while as I have a lot of other stuff going on at the moment too.
I am lucky enough to be going to 2 workshops this weekend with Sarah Shriver with the London Polymer Clay Group. I hope you can have some collective creative time soon - you can't beat it!
Moss Covered Easter Basket With Bulbs
10 hours ago


text:
Jason and Roslyn open an extreme water ski segment called 'The Waters Edge' produced by The Gary Paul Agency shot on 35mm film during a trans U.S. H2O ski tour. See wild bare foot ski jumping, wake and knee boarding, water hand stands, stilt skiing, boom ski wars and an Elvis museum tour all cut to music from the 'Outcast' song 'Bombs over Baghdad'.
the Action Sports event half pipe BMX legend 'Man in Black' Rick Thorne does a huge 'Superman' and sexy Xcorps host Roslyn Bradle gets mobbed by autograph seekers! Go Jason and Roz who then preview the new Tony Hawk Pro Skater video game with a little tip from Tony. Cool game action footage here from Activision - the makers of the game - cut to music from the game soundtrack featuring Tony's cut picks from the bands 'Sum 41', 'Pennywise', 'Papa Roach', 'Soul Hooligan', 'Drowning Pool', 'Ozomatli' and others to keep things rolling!
More invert event action with Jason talking to pro skater Scott Taylor from Activision about Tony and the new skate game followed with Jason's intro of the new music video 'Cadillac' from the band 'Mest'. It's all about the music, cars and girls on the beach in this fun video.
Jason and the Xcorps Girls are back in Irvine California at an extreme sports event called the 'Invert Carnival' where insane Moto X pro's from the 'Metal Mulisha' are going HUGE on their motor bikes!
Xcorps TV reporter Jason Lazo and Fred Croshal are back at Maverick Records for a 'Maverick Minute' previewing the new song and video from Marilyn Manson 'Tainted Love'...COOL sounding version of the classic tune!
After that in an XC 'Coming Soon' segment scenes from the new mountain board video 'Flirt With Dirt' and the new 'Flowlab' skateboard. Very fun rides!


text:
Brand new collection on show by Andrew Tozer. Meet Andrew in person and learn about his creative nature.
Inspired by the beauty of the Roseland Peninsula, this series of paintings by one of Cornwall's most renowned artists has been created especially for this unique exhibition.
Meet Andrew at The Old Paraffin Store at St Anthony on the tip of the Roseland.
Friday 23 August - Drinks evening - 7-9pm
Saturday 24 - Monday 26 August 11am-4pm - Showings.
Come and meet Andrew Tozer in person. Everyone welcome to all showings.


text: Fourchue island is a small place between Saint Barth and Saint Maartens. A cool destination when you are sailing around the islands of the archipelago. Nature here is wild and under preservation of the Natural reserve of St Barth. You can see a lot of different wild birds typical of the caribbean sea.


text:
Favorite Free Standing Pergolas
Creating the perfect outdoor space is all about adding structures that are both useful to you and your family, and aesthetically pleasing. Some of our most popular products at Walpole Outdoors is our wide array of pergolas.
If you are looking to make an outdoor splash without touching the exterior of your home a free standing pergola is the right option for you. Our options are vast with pergola selections made from wood and vinyl, some that look classic and clean and some that look worn and beautifully rustic. You can add one large enough to fit a few tables and chairs under or you could add one that suits only a bench. We work with you from start to finish to create the best structure for your space and needs.
Add a free standing pergola to your pool area and create a beautiful shaded area to relax in the summer. Add a pergola to your outdoor patio space and entertain friends and family outdoors. Add a pergola to your garden area to create a sanctuary, colorful with climbing plants.
To make your shopping simpler we will show you examples of some of our beautiful free standing pergolas in all shapes, sizes, and materials.
Sizes are measured on-center of the posts and have a 1 1/2' overhang. Tapered Tuscan fiberglass columns with capital and decorative base. Crafted in low maintenance cellular PVC. Factory primed and painted. Shades offered with manual rope drive in Black, Heather Beige, Forest Green, Burgundy and Taupe. Crated and shipped motor freight. Arrives ready to install. ShadesFX Canopy sold separately.
Retract the canopy and let the sunshine in as family or friends relax before or after a dip in the pool. Our standard solid cellular vinyl arch top pergola will likely become your favorite outdoor retreat throughout the warmer months of the year.
This kit feature stunning, select grade and knot-free kiln dried Western Red Cedar. The Walpole "E" end cut style is standard. Your kit is unstained and will weather to a beautiful silver gray. Add a canopy and extend your outdoor enjoyment significantly.
Charm meets formal elegance in this cellular PVC pergola that presents an inviting walk from driveway to doorway. Handcrafted in vinyl with two 5 1/2″ sq. posts define a 6′ opening. The single 5 1/2″ sq. carrying beam supports six 1 1/2″ x 5 1/2″ joists which are 3′ long. These are notched for style, stability, and easy assembly. the three laths are 1 1/2″ sq. Prefinished white.
An expansive handcrafted double column pergola defines this outdoor kitchen, which will surely whet the appetite of those who delight in socializing outdoors. Note that the columns are secured atop stone bases, so that the pergola works harmoniously with the customer's chosen outdoor motif. Allow us to raise your expectations with a Walpole custom pergola design configures precisely the way you want it. We can also help you create your outdoor kitchen with first quality appliances.
To learn more, call 800-343-6948.


text:
They tell me how, through my shared experiences, they have been inspired to travel. To open up their minds. To take the jump to experience the world and make their dreams of adventure happen.
Every time I hear these things and see people taking on the world and creating their own journey, I am so deeply thankful for the opportunity I had to influence someone else in such a positive and life changing way.
It's one thing to experience something for yourself. It is something entirely different to be a part of the spark that was ignited within someone else to do something so meaningful for their life. It is satisfying in a completely selfless way. I am overwhelmed with happiness just thinking about how their lives will be, or have been, changed - because I've experienced it. I continue to experience what the world has to offer. I know how amazing it is, and the fact people I love are able to feel these feelings and have their own experience MAKES ME HAPPY.
Also, it reminds me of the people who inspired me. I didn't just wake up one day and say to myself, "I'm gonna jump on a plane to Europe alone with no plans and no money for three months before moving to England to study abroad."
I can't pinpoint one person, or one blog, or one shared experience. My desire to travel was accumulated over an extensive "dreaming" period. For the longest time, it was only that. Just a dream. Something I kept saying I wanted to do, with no real plan of action. I feel like this is the case for many people. It is so easy to want things. Practically effortless. It is much harder to actually put yourself out into the world and make things happen, which is really all it takes sometimes.
I am lucky enough to be surrounded by amazing people, friends that motivate me and challenge me. Many of my best friends had experiences traveling that definitely helped me make the push. Christian went wild in Europe before studying abroad. She was the main reason I wanted to participate in the international student teaching program. Jessica, the free spirited love of my life, traveled for a few months in Europe. She will be moving to Thailand soon to look for a job. Morgan studied abroad in France a few years ago. She just recently landed a Au Pair job with an awesome family on an island there. Lillie studied in Germany the summer I was in Europe. We had quite the adventure once she was done, and she ended up going back this summer. Now she's picking up and moving to Hawaii. Lucky girls.
Even though my friends and I are rarely in the same place at the same time, we all share a passion for discovering the world. We understand that about each other. I am thankful, every damn day, to know that regardless of where I am in the world - I have people that I can always reconnect with that have the ability to give me an overwhelming sense of comfort, of "home".
All it takes is the dream. The desire to do something, and the realization that the world is at your fingertips, you just gotta go out there and grab it.
It's not always going happen the way it's supposed to. I was aiming to teach summer camps in Italy before moving to England. Two weeks before I was supposed to leave, that opportunity fell through. But I was determined and willing to let things fall into place, and what I was left with was the best summer of my life. It was filled with unexpected adventures - things that you can't plan into your travel itinerary. Things that aren't outlined in your Lonely Planet travel guide.
So, in conclusion... stop making excuses and go see the world with your own eyes. It's better than any picture you can re-post. Better than any lame blog you can read, telling you to get off your ass :) It's time!


text:
Tommy the Clock Tick Tocks Today and Tomorrow
Emergent Literacy Design
Evelyn Griffin
Rationale: Recognizing the relationship of songs and written words is very important for beginning readers. As Marilyn Adams states, "Just as cars will not start without spark plugs, reading cannot begin with the spark of recognition." In this lesson, students will learn about the phoneme /t/. Students will hear the sound, mimic what mouth movement makes the sound, and see how the phoneme appears on paper.
Primary Paper
Items that have the phoneme /t/ (toilet paper, tangerine, tape, tarantula)
Items that don't have the phoneme /t/ (pencil, drink, etc.)
A clock
1. Today we are going to learn about the /t/ sound. In writing, it is represented by the letter t. If you listen closely to the clock, you can hear the /t/ sound while it tick-tocks.
2. Let's mimic the clock by making the sound and moving our arms. When you say tick tock, what happens to your tongue on the /t/ sound? It touches your two top front teeth very quickly.
3. Lets see if you hear /t/ in some treasures I have.
Toilet Paper- yes..... tttttttt oilet paper
Pencil- no
Drink- no
Tangerine- yes...... ttttttt angerine
Tape- yes...... ttttt ape
Magnet- yes ......magne ttttt
4. Repeat chant:
Do what I do and say what I say. Tommy the Clock Tick-Tocks Today and Tomorrow. Class: Tommy the Clock Tick-Tocks Today and Tomorrow.
Do what I do and say what I say. Tommy the Clock Tick-Tocks Today and Tomorrow.
Class:Tommy the Clock Tick-Tocks Today and Tomorrow.
Do what I do and say what I say. TTTommy the Clock TTTick-TTTTocks TTTToday and TTTTomorrow.
Class: TTTommy the Clock TTTick-TTTTocks TTTToday and TTTTomorrow.
Can you hear the /t/ sound?
5. Teach students how to make lower case and capital "t" 's on paper. With a lower case "t", start in between the roof and the fence and go straight down to the sidewalk. Then, make a smaller line crossing at the fence. For the capital "T," begin at the roof and make a straight line down to the sidewalk. Then, make a horizontal line on the roof.
6. Ask students to compare words you say aloud. Do you hear /t/ in tug or pull? light or dark? ten or nine? cute or ugly? hot or cold?
7. Let's read Tick Tock by Eileen Browne. Raise your hand when you hear words with the /t/ sound.
8. For an assessment, students will do a worksheet. They will color the pictures that have the /t/ sound in them.
Browne, Eileen. Tick-Tock. Walker, 1996.
Marilyn Jager Adams (1990). Beginning to Read: Thinking and Learning About Print, A Summary by Steven A.Stahl, Jean Osborn, and Fran Lehr. Urbana, IL: Center for the Study of Reading.
Return to
Invitations Index
Return to Invitations Index


text:
"If you can walk you can dance. If you can talk you can sing."
~ African proverb
See the
page for Info on continuing classes
At SING FOR YOUR LIFE we believe that every person can benefit from the aerobic, uplifting and deeply satisfying activity of singing, and particularly from singing with others. In addition to private offerings
a group singing experience that requires no prior skill and has no performance expectations. Singing purely for the love of singing allows relaxed, deep breathing and releases stress.
Singing freely, without muscle tension using the breath well is always our goal.
Researchers over the past thirty years have documented the positive effects of singing, finding that it can improve mood, lower blood pressure, help with pain management and more. Importantly, this is true
even for those who describe themselves as "non-singers".
Mary Pat Graham,
Vocal Coach, Choral Conductor, Music Director
and developer of
has been helping people find their voices for forty years. Her life long experience as a pastoral musician helped form her passion for helping individuals find increased well-being through singing.
As a Vocal Coach, Choral Conductor and Pianist Mary Pat has worked extensively with both professional and amateur voices. Her rehearsals for people of every age and ability are energizing and affirming. She knows from experience how group singing can relieve anxiety and alleviate chronic stress ~ an important tool in every person's life.
Individual Vocal Coaching or Group sessions with Mary Pat are designed to meet your goals, whether for personal growth or performance preparation.
for more information
" I had always wanted to sing with a group, but for so long, I was too afraid to even take the first step. Mary Pat's wonderful Sing for Your Life and Singing With Friends opened a whole new world for me. Her style is inclusive, supportive, educational and, above all, great fun. Thank you for putting song in my life!" ~ Jessica G.
Relieve Stress, Enhance Energy, Hum a tune.....
Singing is fun! It also offers important and tangible health benefits.
At SING FOR YOUR LIFE we believe that every person can gain better health in mind and body through singing. We are dedicated to helping people gain the confidence they need to use their voices joyfully.
Visit the
page to see current offerings and rates.
"Music-making with Mary Pat seemed to renew energy and spirit in a remarkable way....I could see choir members almost dance out the door at the end of rehearsals, with a lilt in their step and a new sparkle in their eyes." ~S.C.
If you are already a singer you know that there is no better way to reduce stress. And with increased understanding of the mind-body connection we have a new appreciation of very old common knowledge: music has healing properties. Research conducted in several countries over the past 40 years has shown that singing,
particularly singing with others
can relieve depression, lower blood pressure, help manage pain, decrease rehabilitation time, boost immunity and enhance memory. In the U.K. there is a move towards "singing on prescription" for developing and maintaining better health.
And here in the U.S. the field of music therapy is continually growing.
For research quotes find Too Much Information at our
"Mary Pat is an extremely enthusiastic teacher who encourages and empowers you on your journey into singing. Singing in front of others can be a very vulnerable thing, but Mary Pat promoted a positive environment that allowed all students to fully grasp their hidden voice & talents. I really enjoyed taking this class and looked forward to it each week."
~North Seattle Community College Class Member Evaluation
At any stage of life,
singing is good for you.
And t
he good news is that whether you consider yourself a singer or a "non-singer" the activity of singing holds health benefits
for you.
Not only is using your voice one of the best things you can do for yourself, it's one of the easiest. Singing requires no equipment, no great investment of time or money, and no commitment to a demanding schedule. All you need is your self and a tune in your head. It's never too late. Go ahead,
Sing, you'll feel better!
Go to the
page for current offerings and rates and see how you can get started.


text:
[an error occurred while processing this directive] [an error occurred while processing this directive] [an error occurred while processing this directive] [an error occurred while processing this directive] [an error occurred while processing this directive] [an error occurred while processing this directive] [an error occurred while processing this directive]
CAJICA, Colombia - Long experienced in fighting cocaine cartels and Marxist guerrillas, Colombia is training thousands of Mexican policemen as well as soldiers and court officers to help contain drug gangs that have turned parts of Mexico into virtual combat zones.
Most of the training has taken place in Mexico, Colombian and American officials said. But in a sign of how serious the threat posed by the Mexican cartels has become, an increasing number of Mexican soldiers and policemen are traveling here to train with Colombia's battle-tested police commandos.
"Mexico has what we had some years ago, which are very powerful cartels," Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said in a recent interview. "What we can provide is the experience that we have had dismantling those cartels, training intelligence officers, training judicial police."
Colombia's new role provides the Obama administration, which pays for part of the training and has a close alliance with Colombia, with a politically viable way to improve Mexican security forces without a substantial American military or police presence in Mexico. Placing U.S. forces there would be politically contentious in Mexico even as Washington commits hundreds of millions of dollars to help smash powerful drug cartels.
"The American military can indirectly do a lot more through the Colombians than they politically would be able to do directly," said Roderic Ai Camp, an expert on Mexico's military at Claremont McKenna College in California. "Given the loss of half of Mexico's national territory to the United States in the 19th century, and the Mexican army's hesitant cooperation with their American counterparts, the Colombians are a logical proxy."
Colombia's shift reflects its desire to demonstrate an ability to help resolve regional problems instead of being seen as simply a recipient of U.S. aid, which totals $9 billion, mostly in military hardware, going back to the Clinton administration.
Colombia is still the No. 1 producer of cocaine, much of which passes through Mexico en route to American consumers. Colombian drug gangs still battle it out over cocaine routes while guerrillas engage security forces in a conflict now in its 47th year. But things were far worse a generation ago, when the city of Medellin had the world's highest homicide rate.
Back then, Pablo Escobar's notoriously violent cocaine cartel in that northern city bombed shopping malls, killed high-profile politicians and even blew an airliner out of the sky, before his death when police hunted him down in 1993. A decade ago, another force appeared to be an even greater threat: the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, a rebel group that controlled huge swaths of territory and regularly defeated military forces.
These days, though, Colombia's homicide rate has dropped substantially, and the government has wrested control of territory where the FARC once held sway. In the past decade, the size of Colombia's drug crop has been reduced by more than half through an American-funded aerial fumigation program, U.N. officials said. And the country's economy is considered one of the most dynamic in Latin America.
It is now Mexico that, to some observers, appears like that previous Colombia, with ruthless narcos beheading adversaries and innocent civilians often killed in the crossfire.
Mexico's ambassador to Colombia, Florencio Salazar, said Colombia's complex conflict, which at its root is political, is far different from the crisis in his country, where drug gangs are in it solely for the money.
But "the capacity that the armed forces and police have in Colombia is very useful," Salazar said. "We are looking to work together on solutions."
Colombia's national police force collects forensic evidence, like any police department. But it is also unique in the Americas in that it operates like an army light infantry unit.
View subscription options


text:
Film to show US healthcare flaws
By John Wharton
Imagine you're a single mother in a dead-end, minimum-wage job. It's bad enough to struggle every month to pay the rent and buy groceries, but now your child needs to see a doctor.
And you have no health insurance.
Film and discussion
The Waiting Room: 24 hours, 271 patients, 1 stretched ER
Wed, Nov 6, 7pm
Shelter Theater
Vicente Guerrero 4
50 pesos
Today's political struggle revolves around finding a way to help just such Americans gain reasonable access to decent health care for their families. The current system of the uninsured depending on the country's emergency rooms, most Americans agree, is simply unworkable, even cruel. Something must be done.
How bad is a visit to an overworked, understaffed emergency room today?
The Purple Solutions Forum invites you to see for yourself with the San Miguel de Allende debut of The Waiting Room: 24 hours, 271 patients, 1 stretched ER… a 2012 documentary, called by the Washington Post one of the year's top three films and rated "100 percent fresh" by the Rotten Tomatoes film website.
If you have never experienced the frustration of waiting hours, even days, for health care in the world's richest country, we urge you to see the first-hand reality for yourself in The Waiting Room: 24 hours, 271 patients, 1 stretched ER.
A discussion of the film, the health care crisis, and possible solutions will follow the film, shown at 7pm, Wednesday, November 6 at Shelter Theater, Vicente Guerrero 4. Doors open at 6:30pm. 50 pesos.
The Purple Solutions Forum is a non-partisan group dedicated to addressing current issues and finding consensus for progress. Interested members and expert speakers are encouraged to join the "Purple Solutions" Google Group.


text:
This video dates back to January 2015. From the 2015 NSSF SHOT Show Media Day at the Range: New Gen 2 Kel-Tec Sub 2000 Re-Design of a favorite "Truck Gun" with Hank Strange & Chad from Kel-Tec Weapons. The Model featured here uses a Glock 17 version magazine in 9mm, however more models and colors are soon to come.Throwback Thursdays are now "Throwback Gunsday's" and we're posting our most popular YouTube videos here on full30 so that real died in the wool gun folks can discover or rediscover The Hank Strange Situation. #throwbackgunsday
Show Your Support for the Hank Strange Situation, Visit Our Patreon Page: http://www.patreon.com/hankstrange
http://www.opticsplanet.com/ Use Coupon Code "STRANGE5" to get 5% off your ENTIRE order!
Sponsors of The Hank Strange Situation:
PTP Tactical "Innovation of Evolution" http://ptptactical.com https://www.facebook.com/ptptactical
Andrews Custom Leather http://www.andrewsleather.com http://instagram.com/andrewscustomleather (386) 462-0576
Safety Harbor Firearms http://www.safetyharborfirearms.com https://www.facebook.com/safetyharborfirearms (727) 726-2500
The Hank Strange Situation : Lifestyles of the Locked & Loaded
Passionately Pursuing The Lifestyles Of The Locked And Loaded: Hank Strange is an Enthusiastic Supporter of The Second Amendment, Guns in America and Inalienable Firearms Rights for All People Around the World. https://www.hankstrange.com


text:
I have been a SAHM for 3 1/2 years now and one of the things I miss, along with a paycheck and adult interaction :) , is a sense of accomplishement. A "way to go", "good job", or a nice little pat on the back would make my day...but 3 year olds and hubbies apparently don't think of this. (Don't get me wrong...the smiles, giggles, hugs and kisses make it all worth it). Well.......today I got just that...some nice and encouraging words about something that I made.
"I must say, this hat is the cutest ever. Not only was my request granted, it was done with great speed and and craftsmanship. I will be returning for another for my son. This shop is highly recommended. Communication was awesome which is also at the top of my list. A big thank you from me to you, it was a pleasure to do business with you."
MsAngie's beautiful little girl in her new hat!! (picture provided by MsAngie)
I just want to thank MsAngie for the beautiful feedback that she gave me!!
I also received another wonderful compliment from Bundle Me Boutique on her blog:
"Okay I know alot of freaking talented girls on CEM but this one is takes the cake! I love crochet but all I can do is a straight line. I really believe it is a lost art along with cross stitch. Crochet blankets just don't really impress me but they things this girl can do is amazing! I'm talking about Flutter Baby Gifts. Totally unique gifts. You have got to check her at. Her shop is awesome!"
Check out the entire post here: http://bundlemeboutique.blogspot.com/2008/10/most-talented-person-i-know.html
It has been a good week for FlutterBaby and for myself!!! Thanks everyone who encourages me and believe in me!!
Sweetest Feedback!!
Author: FlutterBaby Gifts | | at 2:37 PM |
4 comments:
- TurtleMommy on November 3, 2008 at 3:53 PM said...
That was really nice!!! Congrats on the great feedback!
- Holly on November 3, 2008 at 5:34 PM said...
That is great! You totally deserve it!!
- Anonymous said...
Pat Pat Pat!!!
- Ms. Angie on December 7, 2008 at 2:16 AM said...
Showing some CEM love
Tag you are it! (read my blog)
Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)


text:
Morning Glory Antiques &
at the
and on the
internet since 1996
12815 Central NE, Albuquerque, New
Mexico, 87123 USA
Jane Haley Clarke,
Copyright 1994-2018 All rights Reserved
Welcome to the
beauty, history and art that is vintage jewelry. We
buy and sell vintage
rhinestone, costume, designer, bakelite, and antique Georgian &
Victorian jewelry, sterling, and accessories.
To be alerted when NEW ITEMS are added to
the site, please e-mail
and we will be glad to add you to the contact list.
All jewelry is in excellent vintage
condition unless specified otherwise. All items are subject to
prior sale.
We work constantly to offer
extensive jewelry research, pictures and information on our reference
site " Jewel Chat
" and gallery " Morning
Glory Collects ".
We share our reference material free of
charge and work hard to make it accurate, but as with any research,
mistakes can be made. We are not responsible for the use you make of the
information here or the honest mistakes that may occur from time to
We do not offer identification,
valuation or appraisal services.
You are on a reference page of Morning Glory Antiques & Jewelry. Many of
these items were photographed from private collections, and are for
reference only, but you are always welcome to ask.
that is available TO BUY can be accessed by
clicking HERE.
© 1994-2018 All Rights Reserved
Morning Glory Antiques &
Costume Jewelry Magazine
E.V. Roddin
1887-1889 Catalogue
Established in 1855, this original E.V. Roddin catalogue from 1887-1889
includes, "Diamonds, Watches, Fine Jewelry & Silverware" as well as rolled
gold and silver jewelry. This company both manufactured and sold goods as
well as importing them. A note in the catalogue states, "The engravings in
this Catalogue are correct and accurate illustrations of the goods... [and]
having studied carefully to call everything by it's proper name and avoid
all exaggerations, we can safely say that all articles in this book will
look even better than the illustrations." These are excerpts from
this wonderful 200 page catalogue.
Real pieces shown as examples for reference are close proximities to the
items shown in the catalogue.
E.V. RODDIN & Co.
Manufacturing Jewelers, Importers of Diamonds
151 State Street, Chicago, Ill.
VICTORIAN gold tone
embossed links bracelet with various intaglios and watch fobs as charms, circa 1890's.
"Coin with engraved monogram."
E.V. RODDIN & Co. Catalogue, 1887-9
page 110.
VICTORIAN 7-1/2" by 1-1/2" gold tone engraved links bracelet with crystal watch fobs as charms,
circa 1890.
"Solid gold lockets, cuff pins, thimbles, baby pins, etc."
Also includes crystal lockets and engraved bird, fan and scenic lockets.
VICTORIAN gold filled
engraved "baby" pin, 1-1/4".
View #V23865
"Fine solid gold bracelets"
Prices per pair,
Polished stiffened wire and flexible wire in side hinged, adjustable and
flexible styles.
VICTORIAN Etruscan revival baby
bracelet in gold tone and garnet, circa 1885, 5-1/4". See the
1887 E.V. Roddin Catalogue page
with bracelets like this, and also Bell's "Collecting Victorian
Jewelry" page 133.
View #V32310
"Adjustable fancy engraved"
"Fine rolled gold plate bracelets".
Hinged and cross over bangles and bracelets.
14k yellow gold tone hinged bangle with etched fruit, leaves and flowers on
front, 6" by 5/8".
View #V25958
"Roman, bright cut finish".
VICTORIAN yellow gold filled artists palette earrings with
red stone, 1" wide.
View #V27588
RODDIN 1888 Catalogue page 154
Fine rolled gold plate bangle bracelets, full engraved, Roman and nugget
finish, imitation onyx satin finished adjustable, polished garnet and pearl
settings. Hinged bangles and crepe stone bracelets.
RODDIN 1888 Catalogue page 152
Fine rolled gold bracelets, polished coil, polished wire and lock, polished
flexible coil, Roman and gold front ornaments, adjustable trace chain, Roman
ball ends, garnet settings. Cross over bracelets, padlock bangles
S.F. Myers & Co. Jewelry Catalogue, circa 1889
Rolled gold plate bangle bracelets.
S.F. Myers & Co. Jewelry Catalogue, circa 1889
Fine rolled gold plate bracelets.
S.F. Myers & Co. Jewelry Catalogue, circa 1889
Rolled gold plate and silver bracelets. Cross over bracelets, pad lock
S.F. Myers & Co. Jewelry Catalogue, circa 1889
Rolled gold plate bracelets, safety chain bracelets..
VICTORIAN 1887 Roddin Catalogue page 109
"The material in which the above goods are mounted cannot be called gold, but it
is a very fine composition metal, particularly adapted to the settings, and made
especially for the mounting of Bohemian garnets."
BOHEMIAN rose cut garnet brooch with pendant loop
on back, circa 1900, 1-1/3". See Romero's "Warman's Jewelry, Ed.
2" page 69.
View #Q27930
S.F. Myers & Co. Jewelry Catalogue, circa 1878
White metal curb vest watch chains, solid silver chains.
Rope link, fancy link, double curb.
S.F. Myers & Co. Jewelry Catalogue, circa 1878
Rolled gold plate bracelets, cross over bracelets with pad locks and charms.
S.F. Myers & Co. Jewelry Catalogue, circa 1889
Fine gold and real onyx sets, some with seed pearls.
"Fine solid gold and stone rings."
Onyx, Intaglio, Cameo, Amethyst, Blood Stone, Tiger Eye
E.V. Roddin Catalogue,
VICTORIAN 14k yellow gold
hard stone cameo ring (one side with tiny chip) with diamonds, size 8-1/4.
View #K28038
"Fine solid gold and stone rings".
E.V. Roddin Catalogue,
VICTORIAN 14k yellow gold amethyst ring with inset rose and diamond,
size 7-1/4. View
"Fine rolled gold plate guard chains."
WATCH chain. men's 11" with
slide. #V23375
"Fine rolled gold plate neck chains."
Roman polished; Roller engraved links, capped edge; Polished and engraved.
Shows a nice selection of collars for lockets.
"Gold front and Roman nugget finish; Roman nugget finish;
Polished and engraved; Ornaments."
Bar pins with charms and pad locks.
"Fine rolled gold plate sets"
of brooches, bar pins and earrings
VICTORIAN sterling silver and gilt double buckles pin hallmarked
Birmingham 1890, 1-7/8".
View #V28801
"Polished and engraved garnet
VICTORIAN gold
filled branch coral pin with pendant loop on the back, circa 1890, 1-1/2".
View #V4417
"Fine rolled gold plate lace pins."
Bird, hand, key, horseshoe motifs and bar pins.
ivory hand pin with ring and bracelet, 1-7/8". #V27847
"Quadruple Plated Silver Ware, Plated on Pure White Metal"
Card stand, Berry or fruit dish, Fruit stand with ruby glass bowl.
"Berry or fruit dish with spoon, blue, ruby or amber
colored bowl".
"Quadruple Plated Silver Ware, Plated on Pure White Metal"
Patent Jewel Box, satin lined, cut glass bottle;
Sugar Bowl and Spoon Holder.
"Quadruple Plated Silver Ware, Plated on Pure White Metal"
Toilet sets with square black decorated glass bottles.
"Fine clocks and bronzes".
Glory Antiques & Jewelry
TO PURCHASE: You are on a reference page of
Morning Glory Antiques & Jewelry. These items were photographed from
private collections, and are for reference only.
that is available TO BUY can be accessed by
clicking HERE.
We accept PayPal
PLEASE NOTE: Regretfully, it
is no longer possible to respond to individual questions regarding
jewelry history, identification or value, or to offer written or verbal
appraisals or opinions. The demand for this kind of information is
absolutely too overwhelming for one dealer to fill.
I love jewelry, but appraising and selling are two
entirely different businesses, and I choose selling and research as my
Instead, articles are added on a regular basis to
JEWEL CHAT on line Magazine, a
wonderful reference for information on many makers and styles of
vintage jewelry.
For information on valuing your jewelry, click


text: Why do my stitches look horrible? What am I doing wrong? Chances are, it's nothing more than adjusting your thread tension. So what the heck is thread tension? I'm going to break it down and make it totally understandable. But know this truth, Thread Tension confuses people who've been sewing for decades so don't get so do me a favor ~ Don't get so tense over thread … [Read more...] about Confused about thread tension? We're here to help!


text:
The term "narcotic" was developed from the Greek word for stupor and refers to the drug opium and its man-made substitutes.
The effects of the drug depend heavily on the dose, how it is taken, if it has been taken before, and the expectation of the user.
However, in general, the drug produces a sense of well-being by reducing tension, anxiety, and aggression.
A common physical side effect of narcotics includes addiction, which can lead to taking deadly doses of the drug.
Types of Narcotics
Back to top
Written By: Teens participating in the Summer Wellness Programs
Reviewed By: Nancy Brown, Ph.D.
Last Reviewed: October 2013
Below are links PAMF accessed when researching this topic. PAMF does not sponsor or endorse any of these sites, nor does PAMF guarantee the accuracy of the information contained on them.
The Science Behind Drug Abuse, National Institute on Drug Abuse.


text:
Author Q&A: Laura Barcella
26/07/2012 by Zest Books one comment
Laura Barcella, author of The End, is here to talk with us about writing, her peculiar dining habits, and the reason why she always carries an extra pair of shoes around with her.
(And by the way, if you're curious about apocalyptic pop culture, or just want to know how to prepare for the end of the world, get over to the book page for The End and click "Buy Now"—because really, who knows how much time we've got left!)
Zest Books: Welcome to the Zest Books blog, Laura Barcella! Tell us a little bit about yourself.
Laura: Well, I'm a 35-year-old Washington DC native who's been living in San Francisco since 2005 (I lived in NYC for 5 years before that). I've wanted to be a writer since I was a wee one. When I was in grade school, I used to write and illustrate my own versions of teen magazines. I was obsessed with Sassy magazine and wanted nothing more than to work at a teen magazine one day. It finally happened—my first job out of college was as an editor for Teen Beat magazine, where I got to write stories about Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake (they were dating then!) and why the Backstreet Boys were, like, IT.
Zest Books: Oh wow, I was a huuuuuuuuge Backstreet Boys fan back in the day. I wanted to marry Brian Littrell. Anyway…why write about the apocalypse?
Laura: Well, why not? It can be kind of a morbid subject, but it's also pretty universally fascinating. I think everyone has wondered, at one point or another, when the world might end and how it might go down. Also, there are so many awesome apocalyptic cultural works out there, so it was really exciting to be able to pick and choose the best of the best.
Zest Books: So you've written about teen idols and apocalyptic pop culture. Do you write about anything else?
Laura: Yes, I write a variety of other stuff—personal essays, feature articles, reviews, all kinds of things. You can learn more about me and check out some of my other work at my website, www.LauraBarcella.com. An anthology I edited, Madonna & Me, just came out in March. It's a collection of nonfiction essays about Madonna, all written by female writers (I have an essay in there, too). I was a huge Madonna fan growing up.
Zest Books: Sounds like you're one busy lady. What is it that you love about writing?
Laura: I like having an outlet to express my thoughts and feelings. I was a big diarist from childhood through college; I still keep a journal now, but I don't write in it nearly as much as I did when I was younger. Sometimes the writing process can be difficult and, to be honest, my favorite moment is when I've finished writing something! That proud, relieved feeling of having finished a piece is pretty awesome.
Zest Books: Well, completing any piece of writing is a huge accomplishment. You should feel proud!
Laura: Aw, thanks!
Zest Books: What's your favorite piece of apocalyptic pop culture? Did it make it into the book?
Laura: I'm a horror-film junkie and I'm especially fond of the zombie-apocalypse film genre. Night of the Living Dead is a perennial fave, as are Shaun of the Dead (omg so funny) and 28 Days Later. And yep, they all made it into the book!
Zest Books: Did writing this book freak you out at all? Any crazy apocalyptic dreams?
Laura: I never had any apocalyptic dreams, but yeah, I did become a pretty paranoid apoca-nerd while I was writing.
But that reminds me: I did have one really scary moment after leaving a movie theater late one night. The streets were busy but they were all dark and the power had randomly gone out in one part of the city. I had a brief panicky fear that something epic and horrible had happened while my friend and I were sitting obliviously in the movie theater. I felt better—though slightly silly—when I got home and found the power was still on at my place. Phew!
Zest Books: What do you do when you aren't writing?
Laura: My non-writing-related hobbies are pretty average and probably not super-exciting (alas). I love animals (I have two cats and a dog—all rescues), and I'm also pretty into going to the movies, listening to music, going out to eat (I'm a pescetarian, which means a vegetarian who eats seafood), exploring the city, reading, going on weekend jaunts, and of course I love self-serve frozen yogurt, and imported gummy candy. I also tend to waste too much time on the internets—like most people I know.
Zest Books: What's coming up next for Laura Barcella? Are you working on anything exciting?
Laura: I haven't started working on another book yet, but I'm hoping to do that soon! In the meantime, I'm experimenting with some book ideas, doing some freelance writing, and considering moving back to my native East Coast from my adopted home of San Francisco.
Zest Books: Don't leave San Francisco! The city wouldn't be the same without you.
But thanks so much for stopping by and chatting! Before you go, do you have any advice for people if the world truly does end in 2012?
Laura: Carry flats in your purse so you can run like hell if and when the time comes. 🙂
by Zest Books / BLOG


text:
The day after I came home from Leeuwarden, I went to Haarlem. It sounds like a lot of train time, but this trip was much shorter than the trip to Leeuwarden. What's a forty minute round trip journey when you've just completed a six hour round-trip journey?
From the station, I walked to the Grote Markt and picked up a map of Haarlem before setting out on my merry way. After that, I went to visit Sint-Bavoskerk, which can be seem looming in the background in the picture below:
It's a very astonishing building and the inside was even more beautiful:
|Holy giant organ, batman.
|How would you like to preach in this pulpit?
|I found a very sad lion thing. I had to laugh when I saw him-- it was not the face I expected to see on a lion thing.
After exploring the church all that I could, I walked across town to the Haarlem historical center. This was actually one of the highlights of my trip to Haarlem. Lots of incredibly interesting things to look at and (try to) read.
|Artist: Kees Verwey. His description said that he is a "true Haarlemmer" heart and soul.
|The Grote Markt and Sint-Bavoskerk "back in the day." I thought it was cool because I'd just walked there and now I'm seeing it as it was years and years ago.
|The guy at the front desk of the history center told me that Haarlem used to be the biggest producer of vinyl in Europe-- vinyl for LPs and records which made me love this city so much more!
|Around this part of the museum, there were record players playing and headphones were plugged in so you could sit in the chair and listen.
|What you need to make a record/LP
|More headphones-- also I really liked this chair. Look below.
|The chair that I love and would really like to have one day (birthday/Christmas ideas? Kidding...)
After the history center, I walked down the street a little farther and visited the Frans Hals museum, which is an art museum. I really liked this place because for most of the museum, there was an overarching theme: emotions. I like art museums, but usually I don't have a clue what I'm supposed to be focusing on. I look at a painting and say, "Well that's looks nice," and move on to the next painting to repeat the process. With the audio tour I had, my attention was drawn to different parts of the paintings I was interested in and my eye was always drawn to the facial expressions and body language of the subjects. It was nice.
After the Frans Hals museum, I raced across town to go and see Het Dolhuys (there's a lot to see between Frans Hals and Het Dolhuys, but it was getting late (museums usually close around 5) and I didn't want to leave Haarlem without seeing it that day). This place has quite an interesting history, I think. The museum is situated outside what used to be the city walls. This is because this house used to be where those with leprosy were kept (I hesitate to say that they lived there, because I'm not sure how they felt about their experience there). Later, a mental ward was added and (I believe) thirty people with mental illnesses moved in. After leprosy wasn't a problem any more, it officially became a mental hospital. Now, it's the museum of psychiatry. It's a study of mental illness and how it was handled throughout the ages. It was also an examination of what "crazy" is and what "normal" is. I could never be a psychology major, but I thoroughly enjoy learning and reading about the human psyche and mental illness.
|Faces flashed on the screen and you're meant to look and think, "Who's normal?" and "Is there something wrong with this person?" It set the stage for the whole museum.
|This was a video playing in one of the old isolation chambers. The more violent patients were restrained to their beds, like this man.
|Some psychologists/psychiatrists believed that you could really study a face and know that something was "wrong" with someone-- you would know if they were mentally unstable or not. This is not true, however.
There was a special exhibit on prisoner brains as well. I couldn't understand everything because recordings were in Dutch and there was no translation in my English-speaking visitor packet, since this is a temporary exhibit, but some things I could understand and decipher. There were videos of prisoners/former prisoners and they all said that they felt different and their lives were different because they'd spent time in prison. Two of the prisoners had been locked up for 25 years while the third prisoner was locked up for 4 years and had been in trouble all of her life.
|You could take a test to see how crazy you really are.
|A machine used for electro-shock "therapy."
After I went through the entire museum, I came outside and I met a cat friend. I have a lot of cat friends in the Netherlands. Most cats are really friendly here. A lot of them live outside...
Then I went to sit in the nearby park before going to catch my train back to Leiden. It was a perfect day to be outside. I'm incredibly fortunate.
Thus ends my day trip to Haarlem! I know that I'll have to go back. There's still a lot to see here. I picked Haarlem for my city report for European Context. I'm really glad that I did. It's a beautiful place and has a very different feel to it than Leiden does. I don't really know how to explain it. I really love this city though.
This is a scheduled post. If you're reading this on the day it is posted, I'm either still in London, in the process of coming back to the Netherlands, or have just arrived at home in Leiden. It's my first trip outside of the Netherlands and I'm really excited to share my pictures and experiences with you! But that won't be until next weekend. So you have that to look forward to, if you're interested in London!
Until next time, Tot Ziens!


text:
Caity Lotz as Annie in The Pact (2012)
Source: The Official Trailer.
This photo, entitled "Caity Lotz as Annie in The Pact (2012)", has been posted on Saturday, June 16th, 2012 in the fan-made gallery dedicated to "C. Lotz".
Posted by G32706 - Saturday, June 16th, 2012
Caity Lotz as Annie in The Pact (2012)
(Source: The Official Trailer)
One comment
As an actress, C. Lotz worked on The Pact, released in 2012 (Annie).
Details about this picture:
Part of a fan-made tribute gallery for "C. Lotz", this image ("Caity Lotz as Annie in The Pact (2012)") has been uploaded on Sat, 16 Jun 12 16:39:20 +0000, considering that the poster has done it in a responsible and legal manner. This poster certainly thought doing something well by sharing this picture, however, if you consider that this image has not conformed to a fair-use or is inappropriate, please report this to Theiapolis.com immediately, and we will delete it as soon as possible. Thank you for your help.
Source: The Official Trailer.
Go further:
- This picture has been posted in the fan-made tribute gallery for "C. Lotz"
Do not hesitate to reply to this post, this can be about additional information, anecdotes, corrections, comments or anything else.


text:
"Stephine is an outstanding educator and truly an instructional hero."
Stephine Schmeltzer, 2nd Grade Teacher, Wadsworth City Schools
The following testimonial was shared by Wadsworth City Schools in selecting Stephine Schmeltzer as a 2016 Celebrate Teaching Distinguished Educator.
Stephine Schmeltzer is a consummate professional. She seeks instruction and resources that maximize her students' learning and graciously shares what she has learned and developed with colleagues across the district. Stephine is extremely knowledgeable about instruction in the English Language Arts and strives for excellence daily in her classroom. She serves as the chair for her building RTI team and has often taken on leadership at the district level in RTI. She seeks professional development that furthers her own knowledge and skills. Her classroom is warm and inviting, and it is obvious that her students enjoy being there.
Stephine IS the Wadsworth City Schools—a proud member of our community and regular supporter of community events. Stephine loves what she does daily, and it is a joy to work with Stephine on any project—she always produces outstanding work. Our elementary teachers are often the unsung heroes of our district. Recognizing Stephine for her efforts would be recognizing an outstanding educator and truly an instructional hero.


text:
Gregory Carter (credit: Denver Police Department)
DENVER (CBS4) – A jaywalking stop may be the key to closing an old rape case.
Gregory Carter, 46, is now charged with two counts of sexual assault. DNA evidence linked him to a 2012 case when a woman was raped in a Denver alley.
While Carter has been a suspect for a while, police didn't find him until last week when he was stopped for jaywalking. He was then arrested on the outstanding warrant.
Carter is scheduled to appear in court on Thursday for his second advisement of the charges.


text:
So now that I had a Home-Assistant (HA) setup working, an esp8266 booting and that I can write software for, it was time to start making the two talk to each other and make something that can become unseful based on all this.
The choice went to the simplest element I had at hand, a DHT22 temperature and humidity sensor.
There were 5 steps to do this:
So let's get to this step by step
It can be pretty simple, without pullup resistors and capacitor, I found this on instructable
I simply put this to another GPIO on my esp12f, but that's pretty much it. The result on the breadboard looks like this:
That's about it, for testing of course, for a final sensors, I'll have to make it cleaner than that...
I started looking up for code on how to use homie with the dht22, there are libs to make use of it, running:
platformio lib search dht
Showed me the DHT sensor library that is esspressif compatible, I simply installed it via:
platformio lib install 19
After that I looked online at examples to use it, and actually found this code which does exactly what I expected. At first I started writting each lines trying to include only the needed one. But I think this is really close to the bare minimum to get something fully working, so I simply renamed it to raton-dht and switch the version to 0.0.1.
Jumping a little off-topic, the version number has an interest, because Homie support OTA, using the pretty cool homie-ota, which includes a listing of firmware and an inventory of devices, which is pretty awesome for handling yor homie devices and update them if need be. I haven't tried it yet myself, but I definitely will once I get real devices up and running in the house. This really looks like a must-have to me. Once again, thanks jpmens!
Back on tracks, not having the OTA setup yes, I simply switched my GPIO0 to low and ran:
platformio run -t upload
And the next boot the dht sensors firmware was sitting in configuration mode.
In the previous post, I didn't explain how to configure the homie devices, I actually did not discover it at this step, I played with this on the previous useless firmware to understand how it works.
First it is worth noting that the homie-esp8266 documentation has been moved from github to readme.io, there on the http json api page, you can find the 3 options that you can use to configure your device in configuration mode:
In any case, you'll need to be connected to the AP the homie device will create when in configuration mode, for me, working on a workstation, and not having my laptop at hand (and feeling too lazy to grab it, plug it as it isn't charged right now, configure another wireless device via wpa_supplicant), that only left me with my android phone... But there is a catch: android checks that it can reach outside to actually let you use your wifi connection.
I found here that on a rooted device you can run:
settings put global captive_portal_detection_enabled 0
This did the trick for me, so I ran that, connected to the Homie-XXXXX AP, and fired the android app, which found the device, and allow me to configure it, the configuration is pretty straightforward and short, once this is done, you can finally reboot the homie device in normal mode, where it connects to your AP/router and start trying to talk to the mqtt broker. Now on to the HA setup.
As said in the previous post, I was planning on using the embedded MQTT broker in HA. According to the MQTT component page, to enable MQTT support in HA, we have to add
To the configuration file, other parameters are for specifying the broker, to use the embedded one, without further configuration, that's it. Restarting HA with that enables the MQTT broker.
Next we need to configure the sensors, but when I started to look to add this I realized how messy my HA configuration had become, with so few things it looked already pretty cluttered with useless things, comments that are only usefull when beginning to use it. So i decided to go for a huge cleanup and rewrite.
First step, version control, I planned on splitting it in multiple files, and this won't be any easy to handle and maintain if not in git, so I created a ha-cfg github repo
It took some fiddling to understand the !include which is not totally obvious to use, but I'm pretty happy with the final result.
Now in my sensors.yaml I simply added
# temperature test - platform: mqtt state_topic: devices/01397be0/temperature/degrees name: "Test temperature" qos: 0 unit_of_measurement: "°C" # humidity test - platform: mqtt state_topic: devices/01397be0/humidity/relative name: "Test humidity" qos: 0 unit_of_measurement: "%"
And I was all set.
After that and restarting HA with the new configuration, I booted the esp again and could see:
** Booting into normal mode ** {} Stored configuration: • Hardware device ID: 01397be0 • Device ID: 01397be0 • Boot mode: normal • Name: dht#1 • Wi-Fi ◦ SSID: SFR-5458 ◦ Password not shown • MQTT ◦ Host: 192.168.0.6 ◦ Port: 1883 ◦ Base topic: devices/ ◦ Auth? no ◦ SSL? no • OTA ◦ Enabled? yes ◦ Host: 192.168.0.17 ◦ Port: 80 ◦ Path: /ota ◦ SSL? no ↕ Attempting to connect to Wi-Fi... ✔ Wi-Fi connected Triggering HOMIE_WIFI_CONNECTED event... ↕ Attempting to connect to MQTT... Connected Sending initial information... OK Subscribing to topics... OK ✔ MQTT ready Triggering HOMIE_MQTT_CONNECTED event... Calling setup function... Sending Wi-Fi signal quality (100%)... OK Sending uptime (8s)... OK
And on HA web-ui I know have test humidity and test temperature sensors showing up on the top row.
And that's it!
21 août 2016 12:39:25 -- tags [ esp8266 , dht22 , home-assistant , homie ]
As I talked about in previous posts, I got some ESP8266 devices I wanted to play with, one has been setup on a breadboard for testing for a while, able to boot, but never got to try anything more on it yet.
As my goal is to do some connected devices for home automation, I wanted to make firmwares for these that could talk to Home-Assistant. Even through HA supports quite a lot of way to talk to devices, there were 2 main options I considered:
That's when I realized HA MQTT component has an embedded broker. Which apparently is not getting much love as everyone is using mqtt with HA for owntracks, and the embedded broken is incompatible with it. But given I don't plan on using owntracks myself for now, that should be sufficient for my need.
A large part of my fiddling for home automation has been triggered by Jan-Piet Mens and he actually loves MQTT, and played around with clients and told a few times (on twitter if my memory is any good) that Homie for esp8266 was well thought and stable, as I generally find his choices, advices and tastes to match pretty well mine, I decided to go for this.
So here we are, if all goes well, my esp8266 will be running a Homie based firmware to talk to home-assistant via MQTT.
Then the question of the tools arised, most of the things I read about esps were all talking about Arduino IDE, which I found comments before even trying it, saying to sum it up, as working, but not great. For those who know me, you know I don't like UI, graphical interfaces, and mouse compliant interfaces. I was not trilled to have to use this.
There is quite some talk about esptool which apparently is a great command line tool written in python to flash you esps. That could have done it, but as a complete beginner in all this, I had no clue how to build a project to create the firmware before flashing it with esptool.
Homie github README talks about PlatformIO. I had no clue what this was, and one of the first thing you notice on their webpage is the IDE word, and screenshot of Atom sporting a toolbar to interact with PlatformIO. But after discading it in the first place, and coming back to their website and taking some time to actually read things, I noticed: PlatformIO is an open source ecosystem for IoT development. There is an IDE, but it is more an ecosystem, and everything can be done from the command line, and that was a lot more appealing to me, so I went for it.
Being a python project, you can install it via pip, some python -c directly from curl as suggested in the Super-Quick Installation Guide.
I went with archlinux's AUR package, there also is a -git one, if need arises later on.
Once installed I went through this page and followed their example:
platformio init --board nodemcu
The nodemcu are based on ESP12s, as I own an esp12f, and I read somewhere it was generally working pretty fine with nocemcu as a board, I decided to go for it.
The previous command create an .ini and a lib and src folders. There also is a .pioenvs folder that contains everything PlatformIO will need to build your project, libs, the output binaries etc.
Then as explained on Homie's getting started guide I installed the lib, given I'm a bit curious I looked it up before typing what the doc suggests.
platformio lib search homie platformio lib install 555
I then dropped the so called Bare mininum sketch
#include <Homie.h> void setup() { Homie.setup(); } void loop() { Homie.loop(); }
in src/test.c, and tried to compile using the command:
platformio run
But that failed because of missing PubSubClient.h in Homie includes, as PlatformIO is said to handle depedancies, that surprised me but well, whatever:
platformio lib search pubsubclient platformio lib install 89
Then tried to compile again... this time a real compilation error arised:
In file included from .pioenvs/nodemcu/Homie_ID555/Homie/MqttClient.hpp:3:0, from .pioenvs/nodemcu/Homie_ID555/Homie.hpp:3, from .pioenvs/nodemcu/Homie_ID555/Homie.h:4, from src/test.c:1: .pioenvs/nodemcu/ESP8266WiFi/ESP8266WiFi.h:27:8: error: expected identifier or '(' before string constant extern "C" { ^
Given the presence of .hpp in the error, and the extern "C" section I guess I should not be assume I'm writing C, so I move src/test.c to src/test.cpp, launched the compilation, and this time it built fine.
If you have your FTDI adapter plugged in, and your ESP in flash mode, you can add --target upload to the run command line, and PlatformIO will flash your device for you.
I simply wired GPIO0 to GND and rebooted the esp, launch the run with upload flag, and my esp was flashed. I then rewired GPIO to VCC and rebooted, and the AP from Homie's configuration mode showed up in my phone wifi... I didn't yet took the time to configure it via json and test it further.
But that's already a good starting point, and that's it for now!
18 août 2016 22:59:54 -- tags [ esp8266 , wifi , homie , platformio , IoT , MQTT ]


text:
Please upgrade your browser.
The popular 'Learn Samskritam' lessons shown on Doordarshan now captured on DVD format; a total of 40 half-hour lessons (81 to 120); ideal for individual or family learning; good for intermediate and advanced students. Also a great teaching tool.
Please be advised that this DVD may not play on all DVD players particularly brand name DVD players from Sony etc., This particular set (lessons 81-120), has two lessons - lessons 91 and 108 that do not work and there is nothing we can do about it.
Developed by - Pansoft Technology
Copyright © 2017 Samskrita Bharati USA.