Merge pull request #202 from mikedewar/master

meh
ticker now sends time
trying a different approach to polling a state block
Merge pull request #205 from mikedewar/bang

trying a different approach to polling a state block
Merge pull request #204 from nikhan/ticker_fix

ticker now sends time
Merge pull request #206 from mikedewar/bang

more count
more count
New block sends messages to Elasticsearch
updated histogram
Ditched the debugging log message
Merge pull request #211 from mikedewar/bang

updated histogram
Ditched the 'index: OK' message, only logging errors
Merge pull request #210 from jacqui/master

New block sends messages to Elasticsearch
Fixed issue with unused 'response' var
Merge pull request #213 from jacqui/master

Fixed issue with unused 'response' var
Update README.md
added BMsg structure to http stream block
Merge pull request #214 from mikedewar/httpstreamfix

added BMsg structure to http stream block
addressed Nik's comment about hte error
continue ftw