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By assembling and integrating best-in-class software and hardware, the SPEED Kit reduces manufacturers time-to-market for products including consumer electronics, monitoring and intelligent industrial controllers. Through the two products uniquely frugal resource requirements, the kit adds the critical advantage of lower component cost, both for prototypes and for mass-produced end-user devices.
Priced at $950, the SPEED Kit includes one developers license for McObjects tiny-footprint eXtremeDB database with XML extensions, mycables XXS1500 hardware platform based on AMDs Alchemy Au1500 MIPS32 architecture system-on-chip processor, as well as a complete tool chain, rugged open source Linux MIPS OS, and reference applications with source code. The SPEED Kit is available through both companies existing distribution channels.
Even when offered separately-at a higher price-these components technical capabilities place them on the short list of components for sophisticated embedded devices. eXtremeDBs support for transactions safeguards data integrity, and a design optimized for in-memory deployment provides the responsiveness lacking in traditional, disk-based databases. eXtremeDBs minimal RAM and CPU demands reduce hardware costs for devices, giving manufacturers an important marketplace edge.
mycables XXS1500 similarly reduces devices manufacturing and operational costs, through passive cooling and a power requirement of just three watts. Yet the system provides for powerful and feature-rich devices, offering up to 128 MB of SDRAM, 16MB flash memory, 2 Fast Ethernet ports, USB 1.1 host port, USB 1.1 device port, 2 RS232 ports, CompactFlash slot, stereo audio in/out (AC97-codec), and a PCI expansion bus.
mycable also offers a device case with room for up to three XXS modules, connected through an integrated backplane. The case includes an additional Mini PCI slot for use with a wireless LAN card. The case and configurations based on it target highly integrated prototyping as well as end-user products for consumer electronics, multimedia infotainment, and wireless networking applications. Recent enhancements to the XXS1500 include an optional graphics card based on Fujitsu's Coral-P 2D/3D graphics accelerator with geometry engine and alpha blending.
Companies have recognized eXtremeDBs and the XXS1500s value by choosing them for demanding, high-profile applications. Genesis Microchip, a leading provider of display image processors, selected McObjects database for its flat panel television applications. Boeing recently chose the XML-enabled, High Availability version of eXtremeDB for R&D-stage improvements to its industry-leading AH-64D Apache Longbow combat helicopter.
Manufacturers using mycables XSS1500 include Bosch IT (industrial and office router), NetBeat AG (SOHO router), and AMD (reference design kit/development platform for car navigation and multimedia).
"The XXS1500 from mycable is an exceptionally well-conceived hardware platform for implementation of new embedded system prototypes and OEM devices. The SPEED Kit, with included eXtremeDB reference designs for consumer electronics, monitoring, and industrial control, gives designers a head start that can determine an embedded systems products market success," said Steve Graves, CEO of McObject.
McObjects eXtremeDB fills a significant gap that we have observed in high-end embedded multimedia and control productsa need for sophisticated and proven data management that is, unfortunately, often recognized late in a project. eXtremeDB has also achieved in software what mycable's XXS1500 has in hardware: the combination of high performance, system integration, and reliability with an absolute minimum use of resources. So the SPEED kit offers potential to developers that is unique in the embedded systems area," said Michael Carstens-Behrens, managing director of mycable.
About mycable
As an expert in high-end embedded multimedia, networking, and control systems, mycable provides consulting services, system development and production services up to turnkey designs. mycable's modular XSS development and prototyping platform enables rapid and cost-efficient system development and prototyping, and solves today's major challenge in product development: the exponentially increasing project complexity against shorter time-to-market. mycable counts among its customers semiconductor manufacturers such as AMD and Fujitsu as well as OEMs including Bosch, Blaupunkt and 4G Systems. mycable can be reached at +49 4873 901 954, or visit www.mycable.de.
About McObject
Founded by embedded database and real-time systems experts, McObject offers proven data management technology that makes intelligent devices smarter, more reliable and more cost-effective to develop and maintain. McObject counts among its customers industry leaders such as DaimlerChrysler, Tyco Thermal Controls, Genesis Microchip and Boeing. McObject, based in Issaquah, WA, is committed to providing innovative technology and first rate services to customers and partners. The company can be reached at +1-425-831-5964, or visit www.mcobject.com.
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This past week+ the kids and I have been suffering from the dreaded Back to School cold. How we get it as homeschoolers is by participating in several different classes where we do things like, gasp!, socialize. =) The kids missed one of their farm school classes while ill, but were better in time for music and Spanish class, which is new this year and they are really enjoying! The theme is Mother Nature and Father Time so they are learning all sorts of autumn words right now.
Big kid tried Mapping the World by Heart at a local co-op for the past few weeks but it wasn't a good fit for him, so we decided to drop out. I love the idea of the curriculum, though, so I purchased it through the Homeschool Buyers Co-op so we can do it at home together instead. This is the first time he has tried a class and not loved it, so I am okay with him deciding it wasn't for him. While home, he finished a book he's been reading for awhile, Wings of Fire, and all of us listened to one of my favorites from childhood: Half Magic! We have started listening to The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe now, it's nice to use audiobooks sometimes and a good skill to work on.
Soccer is in full swing, which Little kid does and loves, and we have been practicing a lot in the backyard! Some other fun stuff we did this week: engineering walls (materials engineering with mortar), handwriting, study of some mid-Atlantic states, finishing up a 1500 piece puzzle (minus two pieces that disappeared) and poring over our new Student Atlas.
Week in Review: 27 September 2014
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We just completed another marathon. My second and Tarah's third. The event was on beautiful Mount Desert Island, home to Bar Harbor and Acadia National Park. The course was amazing and grueling. Yet again, our training fell off quite a bit, read: none at all, but we both survived and we'll be back at it again next year, hopefully in a bit better shape.
The festivities kicked off last evening with a delicious all you could eat pasta and salad dinner, an impromptu auction to raise funds for the Island's new ASPCA, and guest speaker, 1984 Olympic Marathon Champion, Joan Benoit Samuelson.
Before the wedding and honeymoon and job craziness, we were both doing a pretty great job of training for our big scenic run, but alas, our lives caught up with our training pace and put a pretty big damper on our preparation. I thought that I might even be able to qualify for Bean Town's Patriot Day run, but after last year's fiasco of attempting to qualify without training I decided to go out a little more conservatively. I didn't quite get my goal of a sub 4 hour race, but I think that I'll be able to do my job at the Teen Center tomorrow, which is pretty important. Tarah came in just a bit over 6 hours and fortunate enough to be one of the last people to receive a massage at the finish line, though.
All in all, it was a pretty good day. The hills were a little more brutal than I had anticipated, but the sights were even better than I imagined. We knocked off another state and we met some pretty great people.
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Oyster farming is making waves in the oyster world. The ability to control where oysters are cultivated allows for the development of distinct flavors. On Episode 36 of Native with Briana Kurtz, Hangout Oyster Cook-Off & Craft Beer Weekend organizer Sean O'Connell attributes oyster terroir and chef enthusiasm to the boom of this bivalve's boutique industry.
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(I wrote the below two days ago before the blog went live earlier today).
That's apparently the case, according to this Businessweek profile of Deputy Undersecretary for Defense Paul Brinkley:
"Building a culture of business is the only way Brinkley and General David Petraeus, commander of NATO forces in Afghanistan, believe they can counteract the legendary forces of destruction here—from decades of war and deprivation to the brutal rule of the Taliban and a reliance on opium as a chief export. 'It's an infusion of optimism in what can seem like a hopeless situation,' Brinkley says. 'The Afghans say, 'People actually want to do business with us? Maybe there is something at the end of the rainbow.' "
Add that to the list of unconventional Pentagon tasks in Afghanistan at the moment -- from a counterinsurgency strategy focused on protecting the Afghan people from their own often rapacious leaders and police (as well as the Taliban) to digging irrigation canals and helping farmers get their crops to market.
My limited experience with Afghanistan is that many people understand how to do business, but violence, pervasive corruption and a high illiteracy rate (to say nothing of being landlocked with awful transportation infrastructure) conspire to make the country one of the poorest in the world.
International investors beyond the extractive industries (who go wherever the oil or minerals are) tend to shun such places, which mean that Mr. Brinkley has a very difficult job as, in the Businessweek reporter's words, "tour guide, ambassador, fixer, motivational speaker, and leader of the unofficial Afghanistan chamber of commerce. With all of his titles and duties, he prefers to think of himself primarily as a matchmaker, negotiating high-stakes unions between multinational companies like IBM and JPMorgan Chase and Afghan officials and entrepreneurs."
It's a fascinating portrait of a very American, can-do and optimistic approach. But it's hard to see a promotional effort yielding much investment fruit (let alone being a lynchpin in ending the war or addressing Afghanistan's pervasive problems) until, well, Afghanistan is less violent and large bribes on transporting fruit from one town to another or getting permits to build a factory (for starters) become aberations rather than the norm. The development of a skilled and efficient work force would be nice too.
And then there's the question of whether the Pentagon -- frequently derided as having a culture that's hostile to entrepreneurial thinking and famously inneficient in its spending -- is the right body to be trying to address Afghanistan's business climate in the first place.
The price tag? $150 million a year, according to the Businessweek article.


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Linking food security science with policy-creation using future scenarios
Researchers can, and are already, playing a major part in supporting leaders to create new policies that can help improve food security. A new article in Global Environmental Change provides valuable lessons that can be helpful in attempts to better connect food security science with policy-creation.
A new paper, Challenges to scenario-guided adaptive action on food security under climate change, outlines some of the challenges and required steps for researchers to better engage with decision-makers to ensure flexible policies that take uncertainty into consideration.
In order to better influence and support decisions made about a changing and uncertain future by leading profiles, the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) has been using scenarios, which are narratives describing multiple contrasting ways in which the future could develop. Future explorative scenarios can be described in words, numbers or images. CCAFS Scenarios team has been using these pathways as a tool for science-policy dialogue.
Read more about this publication on the CCAFS website:
A step in the right direction: helping decision-makers ensure a food secure future
Read the article [open access]:
Challenges to scenario-guided adaptive action on food security under climate change, Vervoort J, Thornton PK, Kristjanson P, Förch W, Ericksen P, Kok K, Ingram JSI, Herrero M, Palazzo A, Helfgott A, Wilkinson A, Havlik P, Mason-D'Croz D, Jost C. 2014. Challenges to scenario-guided adaptive action on food security under climate change. Global Environmental Change.
Learn more about CCAFS work on Future Scenarios
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A driver twice over the drink driving limit has been arrested after smashing into a car.
The incident in Chorley, saw a 28-year-old female from the Coppull area hit a parked car on a straight road.
The woman was breathalysed and was found to be double the legal limit.
Police say although there were no injuries, both cars were "likely written off".
The woman will now appear at court in the next couple of weeks, police say.


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Hindi songs and videos can be legally downloaded at Hungama.com. The entertainment site has the latest releases for sale along with classics, which can all be purchased individually or by signing up for a monthly subscription.
Hungama.com has a mobile app where Hindi songs and videos can be downloaded or streamed free. Music and videos in other Indian languages are also available on Hungama.
FlipKart.com is another popular site for purchasing Hindi music and videos. The online store was founded in 2007 as a book-selling site, but has since expanded into electronics and media to become one of the biggest online Indian shops.
Saregama.com is an Indian website that legally sells Hindi music. Purchases can be made with U.S. dollars, and songs can be bought in the MP3 format individually or as part of an album.
Hindi music and videos can also be bought at Amazon.com. The site stocks new releases but also has a vast collection of older songs and films.
MyMovieMall.com also stocks Hindi music and videos. The site has a range of recent and older movies, some of which are available in Blu-ray. MyMovieMall.com also allows users to request movies that are not available on the site.


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The essay begins with a definition of possession, "the holding or having of something of one's own." The author refers to a half-waking dream she had of a phrase ("this is the death of the last negro man in the whole entire world") that became the title of a play (see Section 5). She also discusses her process of writing (see "Quotes," p. 3), and why she writes, referring specifically to what writing for the theatre means to her (see "Quotes," p. 4).
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In this collection of mini-essays, the author offers impressions of contemporary theatre (see "Quotes," p. 6), suggests that every playwright begin by asking why a story needs to be expressed in the form of a play, and comments that form defines content and vice versa, using her own identity as an illustration (see "Quotes," p. 8). She discusses her...
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|Brandy, Circa 2012
Human's honesty in its vulnerability made it an easy target for scapegoating, and Norwood, being the sweet, if at times insecure woman she is, bought into it hook, line, and sinker.
The three years separating Human and Two Eleven were filled with speculation. What direction could Norwood take her music in? Desiring a chart score without losing her core (read: adult) audience of 18 years, Norwood had a fine line to walk. A duet with longtime colleague/competitor Monica earlier this year, "It All Belongs to Me," left feelings of fear in the place of anticipation due to its inane nature. Norwood's first RCA outing, Two Eleven takes its name from her birthday and the date her mentor/friend Whitney Houston died.
Norwood requested the assistance of individuals to capture the scene of black music in 2012 and fit it to her. A cross section of the producers and songwriters include: Bangladesh, Chris Brown, Sean Garrett, Dem Jointz, Mario Winans, Danja, The Bizness, Rico Love, Frank Ocean, Mike City, and Warryn Campbell. For those that have been into R&B and hip-hop in the last five years, a bulk of the names on the list will not be unfamiliar. The exciting names to see Norwood bring back aboard were two former Full Moon
(2002) principals (Campbell and City) and Ocean. Ocean already in a big year himself with his debut, his background with Norwood extended to two of Human's shining stars: "1st & Love" and "Locket (Locked in Love)."* Norwood's association with the old and new promised she'd take care of business.
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In fact, her voice is the melody of "Put It Down," its additional seasoning making the track bearable to those not keen on Norwood's most chart aimed song thus far.
Elsewhere, Norwood acquits herself to the luxurious and galactic material that uses everything from up front guitar and rippling synth lines, layered versus superfluous. The discernible edge that characterizes the rugged "Let Me Go" and "So Sick" have their eye on the aggressive sides of Full Moon and Afrodisiac (2004). Closer inspection to the form fitting video game soul of "Slower," courtesy of Chris Brown's production and Norwood's pen, proves Two Eleven as the proper experimental follower to Full Moon in place of Afrodisiac.
The decadent trio of sonic erotica Norwood shares ("Paint This House," "Can You Hear Me Now," "What You Need") might make Janet Jackson envious. The trio position Norwood into tastier waters without reducing her to trash. The only complaint leveled at Two Eleven is that it's too immaculate, a listen to the honey soul of "Music" reveals an icy, detached feeling underneath it. The arctic chill may not bother some, it does immediately set Two Eleven a distance away from Brandy (1994), Never Say Never
(1998), and (of course) Human.
She only gets warmer with two lone numbers, "Wildest Dreams" and "Scared of Beautiful." "Scared," the Ocean/Campbell contribution, is a lovely self-styled duet with herself that Norwood sends into the stratosphere. "Wildest Dreams," the second single, is undeniable with its razor sharp hook of "Ooooh, ne-v-er" snaring ears within the first few moments of play.
"Put It Down" w/ Chris Brown
Directed By: Hype Williams
In all, Two Eleven is a claim for Brandy Norwood as the premier interpreter of her era. Two Eleven also is an anomaly for an artist of Brandy's caliber who readily could have gone into a rightful veteran streak. Somehow, in plunging headfirst into the tepid soundverse of modern R&B, Brandy carved a record that was thoroughly her own and relevant without sacrificing consistency or class. Four and a half out of five stars.-QH
[Editor's Note: Deluxe version of Two Eleven reviewed here. *-"Locket (Locked in Love)" only available (physically) on the Japanese pressing of Human or the U.S. iTunes edition. Blue wash photograph of Brandy courtesy of Andrew Bird. For more information on Brandy and Two Eleven, visit foreverbrandy.com-QH]


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Officer written red-light tickets are unconstitutional according to a Florida judge. The ruling issued by a Broward County judge stated that the penalties for officer written tickets were overly harsh when compared to tickets issued automatically by red-light cameras for the exact same offense.
In Florida, the camera-issued tickets have a small fine, whereas the officer-issued tickets have a much higher fine, plus points on the driver's license.
According to the judge, "This violates the Equal Protection Clause of the United States Constitution, as well as the Florida Constitution."
This ruling is not binding on other traffic courts, but it will certainly be used by many a defense attorney as a (very) persuasive argument for their clients'. I expect this case to be appealed by the
Personally, I have never liked the red-light cameras. I've always felt they remove officer discretion, which can make a huge difference. For example, I'm a lot less likely that the automated camera to issue a ticket to a husband trying to get his pregnant wife to the hospital.
When they first started popping up, I thought the cameras may have some positive impact on decreasing fatality accidents, but I have long since determined that local government merely sees them as another revenue stream.
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Matlock Town have this week confirmed three more pre-season friendlies in preparation for the new Evo-Stik LNPL Premier Division campaign which kicks off on Saturday August 15.
The now annual Autoworld Cup meeting with Chesterfield, beaten in the League One play off semi finals by Preston North End and now managed by former Derby County and Wales striker Dean Saunders following Paul Cook's departure to Portsmouth, has been slotted in for Tuesday July 14 at the Autoworld Arena (7.45 pm).
It could be the first opportunity for many Spireites supporters to see their team in action under Saunders' stewardship, and this popular fixture is again likely to attract a four figure crowd.
Another interesting home friendly sees Nigel Clough bring Sheffield United to town on Tuesday 28 July (7.45 pm).
Clough regularly brought his Derby team to Matlock when he was in charge of the Rams and this time three United loanees who made priceless contributions to Matlock's successful battle against relegation last term, could be facing the Gladiators.
Striker Jamie McDonagh, man of the match after netting a stunning hat-trick in the 7-0 Derbyshire Senior Cup final demolition of Gresley, winger Otis Khan and central defender Julian Banton have all had their contracts extended at Bramall Lane.
"This is really good news for Jamie, Otis and Julian who were magnificent for us last season and played a massive part in us staying up" said Matlock Chairman Tom Wright.
"Everyone at Matlock is delighted for the lads and we'd like to thank Sheffield United for the help they gave us and hope that the great relationship we've established with them will continue to prosper."
Matlock's third friendly is a visit to Worksop's Sandy Lane to take on Northern Counties East League Cup winners Handsworth Parramore on Saturday 18 July. The Gladiators had already fixed up what will be their last friendly before the league season begins when they travel to Barnsley based Shaw Lane Aquaforce, promoted to the Evo-Stik First Division South as NCEL champions, on Saturday August 8.
The Football Association have announced the constitution of the various leagues for the forthcoming season and it promises to be another competitive campaign for all clubs in the Evo-Stik League's top tier.
Coming down from the Conference North are Hyde United and Colwyn Bay, whilst making the step up from the First Division North and South are Salford City, Darlington 1883, Mickleover Sports and Sutton Coldfield Town. King's Lynn Town have been transferred to the Southern League.
So the division's twenty four clubs are Ashton United, Barwell, Blyth Spartans, Buxton, Colwyn Bay, Darlington 1883, Frickley Athletic, Grantham Town, Halesowen Town, Hyde United, Ilkeston FC, Marine, Matlock Town, Mickleover Sports, Nantwich Town, Ramsbottom United, Rushall Olympic, Salford City, Skelmersdale United, Stamford, Stourbridge, Sutton Coldfield Town Whitby Town and Workington.
Meanwhile Matlock Town legend and record breaker Ross Hannah suffered a double blow over the weekend.
His Grimsby Town side were beaten by Bristol Rovers after a penalty shoot out in the Conference National Play Off Final at Wembley, Hannah being an unused substitute. Then he was told he was being released by the Mariners along with two more loanees at Matlock from last season, Caine Winfarrah and Ellis Humble.
Hannah broke Bobby Mountain's 49 goals in a season record from 1982/83 when he smashed in an astonishing 52 goals during the 2010/11 campaign before moving to Bradford City in the summer.


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Has it really been over a year? I've really been neglecting this blog even worse than the hobby that spawned it. I could provide excuses in a weighty wall of text but I let it go at, "I'm sorry" and simply accept responsibility for being so neglectful.
I'm motivated largely by the IDEA of playing games. I don't actually have that much interest in playing but when a shiny hobby carrot flashes before my eyes I find it hard to disregard it. It's been a while since something really grabbed me hard by the imagination and pulled me back to the hobby table but here it is; Frostgrave.
I'm a huge fan of Mordheim and still have fond memories of playing in the local game shop (which is on the other side of the country) at the turn of the millennium. The game was perfect for me. The small scale of the game allowed me to lavish detail on a small cast of characters and steadily fed me an evolving narrative that made me want to play again and see what would happen next.
It looks like Osprey Publishing has teamed with Northstar Miniatures to create just such a game. The majority of reviews seem favorable and by and large suggest a game one might like if they enjoyed the D&D delving of yore. Awesome. I missed a Nickstarter program that would have hooked me up with a mountain of sweet gaming swag along with the core miniatures and treasures because the campaign wasn't accepting Paypal but intend to pick up the rules and whatever else attracts my attention in the near future.
At present the damage is already done. I've been searching through a small mountain of forlorn lead, metal and plastics to find appropriate forces to play from my existing collection of models. It's really been refreshing to revisit models that I wouldn't have a place for in games I've considered playing. While Northstar has built a small range to get the game going they are encouraging outsourcing models to play with.
I've also realized I need a city for my intrepid adventurers to explore so I've started playing around with some, "proof of concept" terrain modules. In the coming weeks I will try to document some of what I am up to and see if I can actually develop some nice hobby content to get this blog back under way. Happy gaming and if you are like me happy muddling and procrastinating.


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2018 GMC Yukon
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Asking Price
Ext. Color
Stock Number
8 Cylinder
Int. Color
Jet Black
Four Wheel Drive
Installed Options
3.23 Rear Axle Ratio
3rd row seats: split-bench
4-Wheel Antilock Disc Brakes
4-Wheel Disc Brakes
5 Auxiliary 12-volt Power Outlets
ABS brakes
Adjustable pedals
Air Conditioning
AM/FM radio: SiriusXM
Auto High-beam Headlights
Auto-dimming door mirrors
Auto-dimming Rear-View mirror
Automatic temperature control
Black Assist Steps w/Chrome Strip
Blind spot sensor: Lane Change Alert with Side Blind Zone Alert warning
Bodyside moldings
Bose Centerpoint Premium 10-Speaker Surround Sound
Brake assist
Bumpers: body-color
CD player
CD Player
Delay-off headlights
Driver door bin
Driver vanity mirror
Dual front impact airbags
Dual front side impact airbags
Electronic Stability Control
Emergency communication system
Enhanced Driver Alert Package
Exterior Parking Camera Rear
Forward Collision Alert
Front anti-roll bar
Front Bucket Seats
Front Center Armrest
Front dual zone A/C
Front fog lights
Front reading lights
Front wheel independent suspension
Full-Feature Reclining Bucket Seats
Fully automatic headlights
Garage door transmitter: HomeLink
Genuine wood console insert
Genuine wood dashboard insert
Genuine wood door panel insert
Hands Free Power Liftgate
Heads-Up Display
Heated & Ventilated Driver & Front Passenger Seats
Heated door mirrors
Heated front seats
Heated Leather-Wrapped Steering Wheel
Heated rear seats
Heated steering wheel
High-Intensity Discharge Headlights
Illuminated entry
Inside Rear-View Auto-Dimming Mirror
Integrated Trailer Brake Controller
IntelliBeam Automatic High Beam On/Off Headlamps
Lane Change Alert w/Side Blind Zone Alert
Lane Keep Assist w/Lane Departure Warning
Low Speed Forward Automatic Braking
Low tire pressure warning
Magnetic Ride Control Suspension Package
Memory Package
Memory seat
Navigation System
Occupant sensing airbag
OnStar 4G LTE
OnStar Basic Plan For 5 Years
Outside temperature display
Overhead airbag
Overhead console
Panic alarm
Passenger door bin
Passenger vanity mirror
Passive Entry System
Pedal memory
Perforated Leather-Appointed Seat Trim
Power door mirrors
Power driver seat
Power Liftgate
Power passenger seat
Power Release Second Row Bucket Seats
Power steering
Power Tilt & Telescopic Steering Column
Power windows
Power-Adjustable Pedals For Accelerator & Brake
Premium audio system: IntelliLink
Push Button Keyless Start
Radio: AM/FM/SiriusXM w/Navigation
Rain sensing wipers
Rear air conditioning
Rear anti-roll bar
Rear Cross-Traffic Alert
Rear reading lights
Rear window defroster
Rear window wiper
Remote keyless entry
Roof rack: rails only
Security system
SiriusXM NavTraffic
SiriusXM Satellite Radio
Speed control
Speed-sensing steering
Split folding rear seat
Steering wheel memory
Steering wheel mounted audio controls
Telescoping steering wheel
Tilt steering wheel
Traction control
Trip computer
Turn signal indicator mirrors
Universal Home Remote
Variably intermittent wipers
Ventilated front seats
Wheels: 20" x 9" Ultra Bright Machined Aluminum
Wireless Charging
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The USCHO and USA Today polls both came out today and both have your BU Terriers at #5 in the country. Once again, these polls are meaningless. The Pairwise is how teams are seeded for the NCAA tournament (BU is t-4) and the new pairwise predictor from USCHO is helpful for fans to see how their team will rise or fall with outcomes this weekend. Here is a breakdown of the rest of the top 10.
1. Newton University (BC)- 27-10-1- They beat UMass with officiating going their way all weekend. Nothing to be bragging about.
2. Minnesota Duluth- 24-8-6- They will go as far as soon to be Hobey Finalist Jack Connolly will take them
3. Michigan-23-11-4- Red Berenson gets his red-hot team ready for another NCAA run
4. Minnesota-26-12-1- The Gophers will be a tough out come NCAA time, especially since they will be placed in St. Paul.
5. BU- This team is the grittiest team in the top 5 and keeps finding ways to dig deep and win games. Still the best team in the nation waiting their time to make a run.
6. Union-22-7-7- If they don't win the EZAC tournament, an at-large team is going to get bumped and not be a huge Union fan anymore.
7.Miami-23-13-2- They are hanging in there and can be anywhere from out of the field to a #1 seed.
8. Ferris State- 23-11-5- Their QF loss to Bowling Green is going to kill their seeding
9. Denver-23-12-4- Beat Wisconsin in 3 games as they finally seem to be getting healthy
10. Lowell-23-12-1- Losing to PC in 3 puts the NCAA tournament faith of this team in the hand of others which you never want
11.Maine- BU's opposition this coming Friday in the HE semis fresh off knocking Merrimack out of the playoffs
15. Merrimack- Look like they will miss the NCAA's barely after their HE QF loss to Maine
- Some other notes from this week....BU junior forward Alex Chiasson was name the Hockey East Player of the Week with his 6 points and +3 rating over the weekend...Kieran Millan also was the obvious choice for Defensive Player of the Week with his 150 saves and .943 save percentage over the weekend...Chris Connolly, Sahir Gill, and Garrett Noonan were also named Top Performers. Chris Connolly also played his 150th career game this weekend while Kieran Millan broke the HE tournament record with 68 saves in Game 3 of the QF series with UNH.


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One-man Kanban
Kanban boards work really well for large amounts of tasks for the team which need an optimised flow. But did you know you could also scale your Kanban board way down and create your own personal system for organising tasks?
A personal Kanban board is great for Product Owners and Project Managers whose work isn't tracked through the team system.
Here's my own board that I've been experimenting with for a while:
I built this board using the lid from a box of copier paper, and created columns:
- Backlog - tasks which aren't completely ready to be done or aren't due for a while
- Queue - tasks which I have a clear idea of what needs to be done, and are high priority enough to be scheduled in to happen asap
- In progress - the key here is that only 4 sticky notes can fit in this box. This limits the amount of work in progress and keeps me focused.
- Done - I have a habit of collecting tasks here because it makes me feel accomplished


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Saying immigrants want to "infest our Country" is straight up Nazi verbiage.
Words matter.
New poll shows Americans are getting sick of the Trump administration scandals and the Republican bullshit.
I kept thinking, "what is this new world that I have entered"? Where I no longer have to carry my black armor on?
Brands like Burberry burn millions of dollars worth of clothes every year to "protect their brand."
Trump told Rouhani to meet him in the schoolyard as soon as the bell rings to settle this ONCE AND FOR ALL.
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The current 'conservative' narrative is that they are persecuted by the social media giants. Surprise. It's not true.
Roe vs Wade has been protecting a woman's right to chose since the 1970s, but what happens if it is overturned?
It's interesting to read Trump's tweets next to Twitter public policy guidelines. They would ban "normal" user for this.
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Kids Craft: Latch Hook Rug
D wanted to share the joys of making latch hook rugs with Ana. So, they did this project together. I simply satisfied my curiosity by doing about half a row and kept my hands off this project.
The kit we bought did not include the latch hook tool, which we had to buy separately.
It is much like cross-stitch, only easier I think, if one masters the working of the latch hook tool.
And, puppies being Ana's favorite, this project got done in about 3 weeks, a few rows a day every few days, with quite a bit of help from Papa.
Now that it is finished, we might make it into a pillow as Ana prefers, or finish it as a rug or, put it up as a wall picture.
If any other pattern catches her fancy as we browse online and she is in the mood to finish one by herself and requests it, maybe we'll do more. Or maybe this satisfied her curiosity for now and we'll move on to other new crafts...
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As a native Californian, I'm wild for See's Candy. I think my love of See's goes back to my childhood when I spent many Sunday mornings at my grandmother's house chatting over countless boxes of chocolate. Those mornings were crucial in imparting an unparalleled knowledge of the identifying marks on each piece of candy and its hidden filling. You may think such knowledge is trivial until Tech Savvy Daddy wants the Raspberry Cream and gets some nut filled chocolate that he despises!
Anyways, the See's stores I grew up with haven't made it out to the East Coast. The temporary mall kiosks don't quite cut it when you are used to creating your custom box of chocolate with your favorites, free of all the ones that, IMHO, aren't worth the space in the box.
Thank goodness for See's custom mix creator that allows you to fill your perfect 1, 2, 3, or 5 pound box with the click of a mouse. I can click check up to 10 delectable favorites to fill my box and have See's appear at my doorstep.
And the rest of the site is a shopping dream. So maybe my monitor doesn't ooze the sweet chocolately goodness that fills the retail stores but there's something to be said for easy online holiday shopping where I can find gifts for everyone on one website.
The site is so full of chocolately goodness that I've devised a list of budget friendly gifts for each of your of potential gift giving needs:
- Need to contribute something to the company office party? See's Party Tray has something to please everyone.
- Gift for your child's overworked teacher? You can't go wrong with a box of the truffles! Or how about some of their new melt-in-your-mouth Egg Nog Truffles with a gift card to your local coffee house?
- Stocking stuffers for Little Miss Techie and Captain Computer? Always the Holiday Friends box sent from my parents in California.
- Hostess gift? The Poinsettia Box is something that can be enjoyed after the guests depart.
- For the eco-conscious? Give the Christmas Memories Tin or the Deluxe Winter Fancy whose reusable containers make an earth friendly gift.
- Kosher gifts for those celebrating Hanukkah? Choose the buttery Peanut Brittle or super yummy lollypops (mmmm…Butterscotch!)
- An entire office staff ? There are corporate rates for gifts too!
- And if you want to give a gift to your child's entire school, organize a See's chocolate fundraiser. I've ordered through See's fundraisers before and while I can't get my custom mix, I can still select from almost all of the great gifts on their website while helping an organization raise money. How great is that?
There are so many great gifts to choose from. If you can't decide…Well, send me an e-mail and I promise to use my knowledge of See's to be your personal advisor! After all, See's just isn't any chocolate. It's the best stuff out there. Trust me!
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Here we have our 'Felicity' metal napkin holder ideal for use in the home or during parties or dining outdoors in the garden. Decorative heart design with a black/grey finish to the metal.
- 'Felicity' napkin holder
- Made from metal with a black/grey finish
- Size 18cm square, 9cm tall
- Hinged leaver to keep the napkins safe
- Ideal for use in the home or garden during summer


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Saturday, October 12, 2013
Saturday Snapshots
The belly part seemed to be moving. Don't know if it was its lungs breathing or its full of babies? If babies, hope it goes somewhere else to have them!
This post is linked to Saturday Snapshots @West Metro Mommy Reads. Stop over and see what everyone else has shared today or share a pic yourself!
Peggy Ann
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- AnonymousOctober 12, 2013 at 2:47 PM
I don't know, looks a bit wise and serene to me...but I think I'm thinking of the Praying Mantis from A Bug's Life!ReplyDelete
Wow! I love him, or her. I'm a bit weird about bugs.ReplyDelete
Interesting! I'm not really a bug person, but ya gotta love the green color!ReplyDelete
That does look a lot like an egg sack. Praying mantis are good for eating other bugs. I always think of them fondly... maybe it's the praying thing?ReplyDelete
Great shot! It looks like an egg sack to me, hopefully it will go somewhere else to have the babies if it is!ReplyDelete
You found this bug in Pennsylvania? It looks like something from the tropics. Anne's Snapshot SaturdayReplyDelete
It's beautiful. Great shot!ReplyDelete
I love seen praying mantis- you don't get to see them that often though. I've never seen one shaped like that though! Not very streamlined.ReplyDelete
Great capture - looks like eggs to me too :-)ReplyDelete
This is a nice shot. You need to embrace the praying mantis, especially this year. Here in Ohio we have so many stink bugs that I think the praying mantises are having a field day eating them. Even if it is babies, I don't think they stick around together. You rarely see more than one.ReplyDelete
Beautiful shot! I like praying mantis and walking sticks. I usually only see them late in the summer and into the fall.ReplyDelete
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I love praying mantises...wonder for sure what is in that belly. :)ReplyDelete
THANKS for sharing.
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Cyber Europe is a campaign book for Cyberspace which comes with a 17 inch by 22 inch full-color map of Europe, a wealth of source material on the European Community, numerous non-player characters and organizations, information on warfare and law enforcement, and a complete epic quest adventure.
It is interesting note that the game map for futuristic Europe includes Czechoslovakia which split into two countries soon after the book was published.
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Our football match prediction:
The match between Ecuador and Uruguay will be a game between the number 1 Uruguay against number 2 Ecuador. Both teams managed to win their first 2 games; Uruguay was able to beat Bolivia and Colombia meanwhile Ecuador surprisingly beat Argentina away and Bolivia at home. Despite Ecuador's current form we predict the game between the teams to end in a tie. The Uruguayan team is stronger and consist of a lot of players that are active in Europe, the home advantage is in favor of Ecuador; the team plays on 3000 meters high which gives the team a lot of advantages to set a good result at home. This might be a opportunity for Valencia to show why he should play in the starting eleven of Manchester United.
Highlighted Player (Luis Suarez):
Luis Suarez is a controversial footballer who plays for La Liga side Barcelona as a striker. The Uruguayan forward moved to Europe in 2006, signing a deal with Groningen. After scoring 10 goals in 27 league appearances for the club in the 2006/2007 Eredivisie campaign, he joined Ajax at the end of the season. The prolific striker scored no less than 81 goals in 110 appearances for Ajax and, as a result, Liverpool chiefs decided to sign him on 31 January 2011. Suarez became the club's most expensive signing and he was producing thrilling performances with the Anfield outfit between 2011 and 2014. Liverpool were on the verge of winning the 2013/2014 Premier League trophy, but Steven Gerrard slipped in the decider against Chelsea and they eventually finished the season in second place in the standings. In 2014 Suarez joined Barcelona and he was the top scorer in the 2015/2016 La Liga campaign. He won the 2013/2014 Premier League Golden Boot as well and in 2011 he clinched the Copa America trophy with Uruguay.


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Sometimes staying awake at the keyboard can be a tremendous struggle like the battle between good and evil, chocolate and vanilla, appolo creed and rocky. After a nice lunch it's normal to want to zonk out for a few minutes. Rest your eyes.
One afternoon at my old job I was working with my project director on some data checking thing. He was going over some numbers and I was cross checking them and then entering them into a database on my computer. Sitting behind me he had a view of the screen and the back of my head.
It was post lunch and I was tired. As I typed away I felt my eyes growing heavier and heavier. The pace of my typing slowed.
"Daniel you get that?"
"Daniel are you sleeping?"
I had fallen asleep while he sat there reading and didn't wake up again until I heard him calling my name. I was caught. No denying this one. It wasn't like when your boss comes into your office and you jump up pretending to yawn and stretch your arms out. That's an easy one to get out of.
"Uh yeah must have fallen asleep for a minute there," I mumbled like a moron.
I think he was caught off guard even more so than myself. I was just upset that the beginning of what would have been a beautiful slumber had been interrupted. He was dumbfounded at the idea that an employee would fall asleep at the keyboard especially with a supervisor sitting two feet behind him.
I've gotten much better at my new job. I avoid all this by taking my naps in the supplies closet.


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Are you eating enough cabbage?
Oven Roasted Slaw combines the assets of cole slaw with easy roast cabbage. It's quick to cook, ideal for cold weather eating and CHEAP! Instead of just oil and salt, add a little sugar to the shredded cabbage before roasting. After 20 minutes in the oven, the cabbage is crisp tender, not soft and mushy. Now it's ready for a little tangy vinegar. Toss with poppy seeds, celery seeds, cumin seeds or fennel seeds. Now you've got a serviceable side dish for roast chicken, any kind of pork or duck. Serve it warm or at room temp.
We take our slaw seriously and hopefully you do to. There is no end to the variations and easy additions to the basic recipe. The important thing to remember is that making slaw is all about balance-sweet, tangy, savory, salty, creamy. And you don't always need all those depending on what you are serving it with. My advice is to start with equal amounts of vinegar and sugar and go from there. Here are a few of our other favorites (especially PICO SLAW!) that are useful all year-long, not just to serve with warm weather barbecue:
Pico Slaw–The best of salsa and slaw together. Ideal for any Mexican menu.
Jalapeno Slaw–Another fav for jazzing up tacos.
Secondary Slaw–A mix of purple cabbage and carrots cause a riot of color.
Alabama Hot Slaw–Not temperature hot, this mustard slaw is spicy hot and fantastic on hotdogs.
Tartar Slaw–You guessed it. What else would you want to serve with fried catfish!?
Cranberry Slaw–This kills with pulled duck!
Napa Orange Salad with Walnuts–Sure this is slaw. Napa cabbage kicks it up a notch.
Cool Napa Indian Slaw–OMG. This with grilled chicken. YES! Tandoori all the way.
Overnight Slaw–Is our answer for a quick chow chow. Serve as a tangy counterpart to a bowl of beans and cornbread. Or actually with anything that needs some zing. It just keeps getting better in the fridge.
- 1 head of cabbage (about 12 cups)
- 2-3 tablespoons oil
- 2 teaspoons sugar
- Kosher salt, to taste
- About 2 teaspoons vinegar or fresh lemon juice, or to taste
- Sprinkle with celery seeds or poppy seeds
- Heat the oven to 425F.
- Remove the outer layer of the cabbage, cut it in half, and slice the halves into ½-inch sections. Discard the thick core section.
- Place the cabbage on a half sheet and drizzle with the oil, tossing to coat with your hands for a glassy look, but not swimming in oil.
- Season the cabbage with the sugar and salt. Roast for about 20 minutes, until crisp tender with golden brown edges.
- Toss the warm cabbage with the vinegar and celery seed or poppy seed.
- You can substitute seasoned salt for the kosher salt and add any other seasonings you like. Sometimes less is more!
Slice the cabbage halves into roughly ½-inch sections. Discard any chunky sections near the core.


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Drying apricots intensifies their sweet-tart flavors, and the addition of a little honey balances out the overall taste of this fruit leather. It's a nice way to turn extra apricots into a healthy and portable snack.
Special equipment: You will need a nonstick silicone baking mat.
Game plan: The fruit leather has a 6- to 7-hour baking time, so plan accordingly.
This recipe was featured as part of our Make Your Own Fruit Leather project.


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Health chiefs have raised concerns about the dangers of taking so-called 'legal highs' after 10 people in Doncaster were hospitalised in just one month.
Doncaster police are also cracking down on the 'steady increase' of people across the borough taking Novel Psychoactive Substances as it as seen as one of the catalysts of antisocial behaviour in the town.
Officers took steps to restrict the procurement of NPS in the town centre by serving 'head shop' Heads of Donny – which sold legal highs and paraphernalia – with a closure notice earlier this year.
The move came after some 10 people were admitted to Doncaster Royal Infirmary in March after taking NPS, which are often referred to as 'legal highs.'
Doncaster Council and the police are now hoping to make taking NPS in the town an offence through the introduction of a Public Spaces Protection Order, the primary aim of which is to prevent anti-social behaviour and related problems from occurring in a specific area.
Chief Inspector Lynne Lancaster, of the Doncaster central local policing team, has warned legal highs are far more dangerous than people realise.
She said: "They can be very dangerous. We don't like to use the term legal highs because that gives the impression they're safe, when they're anything but.
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Should it go ahead, the PSPO, which is in the consultation stage, would mean people would be prohibited from taking legal highs, as well as illegal drugs, anywhere in the town centre.
Anyone who is found to be in breach of the order could be issued an on-the-spot fine of up to £100, or could have criminal charges brought,
A spokesman for Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust said the trust is attempting to tackle the issue of people taking NPS.
He told The Star: "Using NPS is something we are seeing steadily increase.
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Young people using NPS can access Project 3 for support.
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In a mountainous corner of the Eastern Cape of South Africa, an age-old Xhosa ritual introducing adolescent boys to manhood continues to this day. This is the backdrop for the stark and stirring first feature by John Trengove, in which Xolani, a quiet and sensitive factory worker (played by musician Nakhane Touré), guides one of the boys, Kwanda, an urban transplant sent against his will from Johannesburg to be toughened up, through this rite of passage. In an environment where machismo rules, Kwanda negotiates his own identity while discovering the secret of Xolani's sexuality. Brimming with fear and violence, The Wound is an exploration of tradition and masculinity.
Director: John Trengove
Writer: Malusi Bengu, Thando Mgqolozana and John Trengrove
Cast: Nakhane Touré, Bongile Mantsai, Niza Jay, Thobani Mseleni, Gamelihle Bovana, Halalisani Bradley Cebekhulu, Inga Qwede, Sibabalwe Ngqayana and Siphosethu Ngcetane
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A journalist and a government press officer are being detained in the tiny West African country Gambia, despite a court order releasing them on bail. The media watchdog, Reporters Without Borders, has called for their immediate and unconditional release saying President Yahya Jammeh, who has often cracked down on media in the country, is acting above the law. Selah Hennessy reports from the VOA West Africa bureau in Dakar.
Malick Jones, producer of a state-owned television and radio service and presidential press officer Mam Sait Ceesay have been charged with harming the security of the state by giving "false information" to a foreign journalist. They have both pleaded not guilty.
The two were first released on bail and then were re-arrested as they walked away from the court.
The media watchdog, Reporters Without Borders, says sources in Gambia say the men were arrested for telling a pro-government newspaper that the press director for President Yahya Jammeh was fired. The information turned out to be wrong.
Reporters Without Borders spokesman Vincent Brossel says imprisoning the men is a denial of justice.
"We found very shocking that these two persons are detained," he said. "I think it is a matter of principle that people cannot be put in jail just for these types of non-criminal offenses. So let us give a chance to these people to defend themselves in court and not put them in jail."
Local journalists have reported that the prosecutor claims the two men cannot be released from jail because they may interfere with the investigation, which he says is intensive and involves Gambia and countries abroad.
Demba Jawo was news editor of a daily paper in Gambia until he was fired in 1999 for, he says, publishing articles critical of the government.
He says the arrest of journalists has become routine in Gambia. He says the case shows that the government's paranoia is turning on those who work for the state.
"The government has hounded out all the critical journalists of the private press so they have now to turn on their own people," he said.
He says the constitution in Gambia supports press freedom, but the government works outside the law. He says anyone who criticizes the government is punished.
"Anybody who wants to criticize them in any way, you are definitely regarded as an enemy of the government or even of the country, so they will find ways and means of getting rid of you in one way or the other," he added.
The U.S. press freedom organization The Committee to Protect Journalists has named Gambia among five countries where press freedom has deteriorated the most in the last five years.


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My name is Lorraine Forsyth and for the last 20 years (cannot believe it has been that long!) I have worked as a Chartered Occupational Psychologist. My work centered mainly around recruitment and talent & management development and I loved my job very much. I worked for the Scottish Fire & Rescue Service for 7 years during this time and I can honestly say that they were the best years of my professional life as a psychologist. However, although I am a very organised and structured person, I felt more and more that there was a creative side to my personality that had been contained for too long. As my eldest child went to High School, I began to feel more discontented with my life and felt that I needed something to nourish and grow and develop for myself.
So Daisy Blue Candles was born in late October 2014 and it has been a whirlwind ever since. It was very much a 'let's just do this' situation – I literally jumped in without thinking. That is my personality type though. I am one of those people who buys furniture from Ikea and immediately starts building without looking at the instructions. I need to fish them out of the bin 2 hours later when I eventually admit defeat! I have written some blogs on the website over the last 12 months about taking chances and following your dream. If I had really analysed the pros and cons and truly known how challenging it would be to make this business successful I probably wouldn't have done it. But I jumped in all guns blazing and it's been the best thing I could have done.
I still do consultancy work as a psychologist but the majority of my time is now hand making luxury candles and reed diffusers. I am often asked how the name Daisy Blue came about and my husband likes to take credit for it. We sat for many hours as a family sounding words and phrases together, seeing if anything felt right. I wanted Daisy in it somewhere because when I was pregnant with my second child I was sure it would be a girl and we were going to call her Daisy. However, my little boy appeared so no Daisy for me - at that time. My husband is a huge music fan and has thousands of old vinyl records. He listens to a lot of jazz and blues but the only jazz album I like is 'Kind Of Blue' by Miles Davis. So one night, during another brainstorming session, Jim put Daisy and Blue together and that was that.
The other thing that I am always asked is if I make the candles by myself which I do. People often seem surprised by this but I make them all individually and to order and that way I am able to guarantee the quality and standard of all of Daisy Blue's products. Whether this changes or not in the future remains to be seen but at the moment everything is handmade.
I started with 3 scents in glass jars, then quickly added a fourth and some silver tins. I wanted to consolidate and see how they sold for a while but within 4 months, due to customer and stockist demands, the range had grown to 12 fragrances in the candles, and 4 for reed diffusers. I added another 2 at Christmas time 2015, but to be honest, the original fragrances actually were more popular with my customers. My design has always been classic and simple, a clear glass in a white gloss box or a silver tin. The label is black and white, with a hint of blue in the little flower to symbolise the brand. I wanted the product to fit seamlessly into any home and not clash with other décor. Very chic and timeless.
Daisy Blue products are now sold in 22 stockists across the country from Kent to Insch and we sell online through the Daisy Blue website and through facebook. In addition to our signature range, we will design bespoke candle labels for a client. Over the last 12 months we have designed unique labels for birthdays, weddings, thank you presents and wedding anniversaries. Customer service is our number one priority at Daisy Blue so whatever the customer wants, we will find a way to get it to them.
I also write a blog on the Daisy Blue website and try to post some new content and detail every 2 days. There is always something happening so it's not that difficult to find something to write about. I have a passion for fashion and homewares so sometimes the posts are not always about candles! I hope by doing this that our customers and potential new customers will get to know me and feel more confident about buying some of the Daisy Blue products.
It has been a huge learning curve, not only about how to make good quality luxury candles but how to establish a viable business, social media, marketing and PR – the list is endless. The challenge is huge but completely worthwhile. It is exciting and terrifying all at the same time. If you would like to find out more about Daisy Blue you can:
For the next 2 weeks we have a special offer for all of our new ScotBloggers friends – 20% off all products purchased through the website with the code Daisy01.
Please get in touch if you want to design any of your own candle labels for a particular occasion, or want wedding favours made up to reflect your special day – whatever you want, we are here to deliver.
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Regenia Brabham gave props (17 Nov 2011):
This is sooooooo low down. LOL!!! I love it!!
Susan Littlefield gave props (17 Nov 2011):
The ubiquitous Dawn shot!! One of these must be captured and posted for every meet-up!!
Litz Go gave props (17 Nov 2011):
perfect! and my fave color, too!
Carlo Pagan gave props (17 Nov 2011):
Superb!! Superb!! Superb!!!
elfriede fulda (Deleted) gave props (17 Nov 2011):
Excellent, love this, Dawn
The Man Who Isn't There (Deleted) gave props (17 Nov 2011):
Great perspective. Love it.
Donald Garrett gave props (17 Nov 2011):
Susan stole my word "ubiquitous!" What a gorgeous eyefull!
Richard Knight gave props (17 Nov 2011):
This would be a perfect illustration for the magazine "Arizona Highways." (I can now say that I have dragged Dawn Duffield off the highway in TWO states!)
stuart s gave props (18 Nov 2011):
Wonderful POV.
Maura Wolfson-Foster gave props (18 Nov 2011):
Far beyond ubiquitous ;)
John Linton gave props (18 Nov 2011):
E X Q U I S I T E n t r y !
Rachelle Crockett gave props (18 Nov 2011):
Great perspective!
Ann Reece gave props (18 Nov 2011):
You gotta 'do a Dawn' to get a POV like this : ). Excellent shot, my friend!!!
Mary Brown gave props (19 Nov 2011):
I love the way the yellow lines lead the eyes to the red mountains! Perfect!
Pete Jeffers gave props (22 Nov 2011):
Fantastic shot Dawn, I would use the same word as susan but i can't pronounce it!!! :-)
Donna Mullins (Deleted) gave props (22 Nov 2011):
awesome shot. would be worth the trip! beautiful scenery ahead!
Shirley Valencia said (23 Nov 2011):
what can I say , this is so Dawn......... grandiose pov.....
daniele castellucchio gave props (28 Nov 2011):
excellent POV.....!!!!!
Matthew Hunziker said (29 Nov 2011):
The pathway to infinity
Deborah Downes gave props (30 Nov 2011):
Truly a signature Dawn shot. Love it!
Nancy Richard gave props (6 Dec 2011):
I see that you "hit the road" again, Dawn. Hope Dick was there to get you off. LOL
Chelsea Cook gave props (18 Jan 2012):
I love how you took this from the ground, must not be a busy road lol, great shot!
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Saddle the horses! Sharpen the swords! The crusades are back on!
The Pope has endorsed stopping the Islamic nationalist group ISIL in Iraq. At least that's the way the media put it. If you read his actual comments, they're far more diplomatic. But don't let that stop you from heading to the Levant armed to the teeth. No doubt Tony Abbott won't cut your welfare if you're on the Christians' side.
We favour sending in David Attenborough to quell the unrest in the Middle East. Years ago, he tackled an African tribe on the warpath head on by introducing himself politely. It worked brilliantly.
Of course, in the end the trouble in the Middle East isn't about religion. Or the vast amounts of oil and gas recently discovered just off the coast of Gaza. It isn't even about the kind of economic warfare our conference World War D was about. It's all about nationalism. And yes, nationalism does impact your superannuation balance.
Mix nationalism with anything and you get a problem. Whether its religious nationalism like ISIL and Zionism, National Socialism like the Nazis, currency nationalism like the currency wars or economic nationalism like protectionism. Even retirement nationalism like superannuation is dangerous. The day when an Australian treasurer declares your super assets as a national asset is coming. Actually, it's creeping in the form of new taxes.
But there are far more amusing clashes between nationalism and investing to chat about today. Just take Clive Palmer. He mixes his business interests with nationalism. That concoction blew up on the TV show Q&A last night, by all accounts. Clive allegedly stole funds from a Chinese company to pay for $12 million of his Palmer United Party (PUP) campaign efforts. The matter is before the Supreme Court, which is the arm of government that allows politicians to say 'I can't comment on matters before the courts.'
Anyway, Clive's power as a politician (apparently he keeps his PUPs on a tight leash) mixed with his business interests came to a boil on live TV. He went on a tirade about Chinese mongrels and communists, and pointed out that the Chinese shoot their own people. Sort of like the Americans did in Ferguson, Missouri, recently. But the Chinese do it with far less bullets per person.
Of course, the Chinese are just as bad at mixing business interests and politics as Clive. Local governments and property developers made a lot of money in each other's company (pun intended). Now that Chinese investors are holding the bag after buying the houses, it's going rotten. Chinese house prices fell for the third month in a row in July, and twice as a fast as in June. Volume is down 10% for the first seven months of the calendar year compared to last year.
More interesting are the rumours that properties were put together in extraordinarily poor quality. It's not as if the developers designed the high rises for people to live in. Who would want to live in the ghost cities that dot the Chinese countryside? We can't remember the source, but Western analysts reckon many apartment buildings are so dodgy, it will be cheaper to knock them down than fix them up. That probably suits construction companies just fine. More stimulus. And more demand for the resources the shares in your super fund dig up.
Of course, the developers and local government officials don't care about the crumbling buildings. They're amongst the rich now. And 64% of the rich have plans to leave China, according to research from a Shanghai think tank. Many of the cashed up escapees are headed for Australia. Wait, that means more demand for our property too! It's a win-win situation!
Clive didn't stop with bashing the Chinese though. He's also confusing how the government works with how business works. He pointed out the Australian government could run an eternal deficit because the Americans have pulled it off. (No mention of Greece, Spain, Portugal, Ireland, Iceland, Italy, Argentina…)
Sure, the two years of surplus the Americans have managed out of the last 50 isn't exactly John Howard-like. But the fat lady has barely made an appearance during the overture, when it comes to the consequences of American government deficits.
The US government's debt is the basis of the financial system. And its currency is the basis of international trade. That creates a vast amount of demand for both. As the global financial system and world trade grow, the demand for US treasuries and dollars grows with it. That allows the US to keep running its deficits and printing money. The increase in supply is balanced by the increase in demand.
But over time, the size of the US government's debt begins to look pretty dodgy compared to its revenue source (taxes). You can only tax Americans so much. And treasuries do need to be repaid to be worth anything. Eventually they have to be repaid with printed money. But that devalues the dollars used in trade.
Many countries have begun opting out of the dollar system in preparation for a crash in the value of the dollar. Forced out of international trade by the US using sanctions, Iran led that charge. Now currency arrangements are popping up left right and centre. Even Australia is involved in one with China. All this means the demand for dollars and treasuries could tumble just as the US government's deficit is out of control as well. The supply of treasuries is massive and the demand is looking fragile. Meanwhile, money printing is continuing as well. It's the perfect set up for a crash.
The test of whether the US government can maintain a 50 year deficit will come when its reserve status disappears and its credit and currency are judged on their merits. Given their merits already, the time will come when the US government deficit and money printing will turn the country into a combination of Greece and Argentina, depending on who resides at the Federal Reserve at the time. We can't see them hiring a German to run the Fed anytime soon, so Argentina it is.
Hopefully the world will have weaned itself off the dollar and treasuries by then. Otherwise, the global financial and trade systems will be in serious trouble. The only Western contender for reserve status would've been the euro. But jumping out of the frying pan and into the fire seems like a bad idea.
If you can't make the connection between all this and our usual haunt, the stock market, you will on Saturday when we release a video explaining the investment implications of all this growing nationalism.
For example, in the video, Jim Rickards, author of the book Currency Wars, discusses why we have entered an era of 'mutually assured financial destruction' and what this means for your investments. Not to mention why a new global economic downturn is coming and will lead to a 'sudden, instantaneous loss of confidence in the US dollar'.
Most of the speakers at WWD expected the transition away from the US dollar to be pretty rough. But maybe Australia will learn from their mistakes and pretend nobody ever took Clive's deficit comments seriously.
Nick Hubble
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|The killing IS the point
Here's the problem. No one ever 'owns' a religion's holy scriptures. They are intended to be interpreted, re-published, translated, preached and taught by all adherents. You can claim they say one thing, but it simply doesn't matter. They say what the believers believe they say. And in a harsh interpretation like the Takfiri Wahabism that is driving so much brutal violence around the world today, those holy books describe anything but a "religion of peace".
This is one of the reasons that religious mythology is such a toxic overlay on modern societies. A particular belief system can exist for centuries, growing and spreading in peaceful coexistence, and then, in the blink of an eye metastasize into something horrible that appeals to people who are poor, oppressed and/or illiterate or marginalized. And just like that, neighbors are slaughtering neighbors over mythical slights or historical events going back generations. Just like that, "God" becomes something vengeful, hateful and intolerant.
You can believe whatever idiocy you choose. I have no investment in how you live your life. But when you decide that your ridiculous taboos extend to me, that your pathetic "fatwas" become a life or death crisis for people who don't share your faith, when freedoms are constrained by violent coercion, well, that's the point where we ARE going to have to go to war. It doesn't matter if Charlie Hebdo was crude, or racist. The thing that matters is they're dead. A belief in Islamic doctrine, as interpreted by many adherents, killed them. And that cannot be apologized for, that cannot be justified, that cannot be "yes, butted". That has to be resisted.


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Sick Penrith woman 'dropped' in 'ice cold' sea
A seriously ill Cumbrian woman was dropped into near-freezing sea waters from a cruise ship as paramedics tried to transfer her to a waiting vessel.
Grandmother Janet Richardson, 73, was on a cruise along the coast of Norway when she became ill.
After being treated onboard, local paramedics were called. As they tried to transfer her to the lifeboat she fell into the sea.
She is currently being treated at Carlisle's Cumberland Infirmary.
It is believed Mrs Richardson was submerged in near-freezing temperatures for several minutes before she was rescued.
Mrs Richardson became ill on board the Ocean Countess after sailing from Hull on 20 March.
After being assessed it was decided she should be taken to hospital on shore.
Boats moved apart
Despite the ship being equipped with a helipad, a sea rescue was launched.
According to eyewitness reports, as the paramedics were moving her from the ship to the lifeboat, the boats moved apart and Mrs Richardson fell into the sea.
Colin Prescott, from Burscough, Lancashire, was with his wife Sheila on board the ship with the Richardsons.
He said: "The vessels, which hadn't been latched together, suddenly moved apart by several feet just as they were transferring her, which caused the rescue crews to drop the stretcher into the sea.
"We had been told the sea was about minus three degrees that day.
"The rescue boat came back round to pick her up and she was taken to hospital, but she was in the water for about eight minutes or so."
A spokesman for Cruise and Maritime Voyages, which operates the service, said Mrs Richardson was suffering from internal bleeding and an emergency call was made by the ship to the Norwegian Rescue Authorities.
He said: "A rescue craft was provided by the authorities and whilst the rescue crews were seeking to transfer the stretcher into the rescue craft Mrs Richardson fell into the water.
"Mrs Richardson was rescued and immediately transferred to the Norwegian port of Bodo, approximately two nautical miles away and was transferred to the local hospital."
Michael Tipton, a professor of human and applied physiology at the University of Portsmouth and an expert in cold shock immersion, said it was a "remarkable" survival.
"That she fell in that condition without any warning into ice cold, pretty rough sea and survived is an exception," he said.
He said 60% of people who died in cold water died in the first few minutes and the cause then was cold shock rather than hypothermia.
Cold shock is when skin temperature plummets, hyperventilation and heart rate and blood pressure shoot up which may cause cardiac problems or drowning.
Prof Tipton said there were a wide range of factors in someone surviving cold water immersion such as a person's health, age, body size and if they were used to being in cold water.
He said he would not expect long-term or physiological effects from the immersion but there could be psychological effects.
Cruise and Maritime Voyages said they did not own the ship, but confirmed a full investigation was taking place.
The Ocean Countess is part of the Majestic International Cruises fleet and is on charter to Cruise and Maritime Voyages in the UK.


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Just because it can be done in an app, doesn't mean it can be done in a website
of course, apps have an additional barrier of persuading the user to download them
Apps have access to almost all features and resources of the device including camera, sensors, Wifi, Bluetooth, full internal storage capacity, and user's data such as contacts or photos.
Websites are restricted both by the limited functions offered by HTML5 and JavaScript, and the limited speed with which programs written in JavaScript can be run, meaning that anything involving intensive mathematics or large amounts of RAM such as realtime analysis of video is simply not possible.
HTML5 offers some limited access to device features, such as location and user data, but this is always limited. For example, access to photo library is by one image at a time from user selection. Access to location requires user permission and can only be retrieved when the website is in the foreground of the UI, not when other apps are being used.
Not all Photoshop effects can be reproduced in CSS
Photoshop is designed to allow unlimited graphic design possibilities. As much as possible, we seek to implement designs using CSS rather than rasterised bitmaps, this helps with scaling, device independence, SEO, interactivity and more. Therefore when using Photoshop to design for websites it makes sense to limit what you use to a subset of effects achievable in CSS. Even the drop shadows and font smoothing algorithms are different. Similarly, be conscious of fonts, for example one of the world's most popular fonts for graphic design, Gotham, is not a 'websafe font', i.e. it is not included as standard on most people's computers. Therefore the user may not even see your design as intended, or we would need to include the font in our website code, incurring both a license fee, and dramatically increasing page weight.
There are plenty of things that computers find hard
and thus require millions of pounds of research
Computer vision – knowing what an image is of or about. Optical Character Recognition is about the only viable technology in this space, and that only works by comparing to existing known fonts.
Voice recognition – although some operating systems now do it for you so you don't have to roll your own (notably, Android)
Learning and self improvement through analysis of historical performance – this can be done but is hugely complex
Augmented Reality does not mean scanning QR codes
Augmented Reality means adding augmentation to your view of reality – such as a heads up display that tells you which direction you're facing, or a PlayStation EyePet who responds to being kicked or petted even though he doesn't exist in the real world. Magic Leap and Google Glass are examples of augmented reality. As is Wikitude or LayAR. Scanning reality to figure out what's in reality, such as scanning a QR code or other symbol, does not make it augmented reality, unless you then use the information gleaned from the scanning to add a layer over reality that complements what you just scanned. Mobile Medic is not really augmented reality, as the view on the phone does not include any element of reality.
All software development takes a long time
Of the following activities, software development ones have the longest lead time. The absolute minimum viable time for a software project of any substance to be done to sufficient quality is 6 weeks. Most campaign work can be expected to take 2 to 3 months. Most enterprise grade work will take 6 to 18 months.
In order of increasing complexity, cost and duration.
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