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Hi, I would like to join the team but I am concerned about how dead the forums are and that I can't seem to reach R5 on the forum, steam or anywhere else. Is anyone actually still working on the project? Because if not I was actually thinking about going off and starting up my own Interstate-based project.
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|Tips for a new vegan?
|Posted at 2012/05/28 1:58am reply to
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I and my wife (who posted recently as TealLikeTheColor) have been vegans since last Thursday. So far we are great with the change and have found some delicious foods at Whole Foods. Overall though I am noticing that much of the vegan food is a lot more expensive than regular groceries. I was hoping some of you might have awesome tips on where to shop or what to buy that may help us cut the cost a bit on that bill.
|Posted at 2012/05/28 3:20am reply to
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Congrats on making the switch! This is totally common for new vegans, so consider your issue to be a normal one. However, it's a myth that being vegan always means spending more for food. It all depends on how you do it.
A big way to save is to do your own cooking. Packaged foods and dining out can be awesome, but they can add up. Vegan cookbooks of all types are out there, plus there are always tons of recipes online (including on here) that are easy to find through Google. Some are pretty fancy with exotic ingredients, but others are geared towards eating on a budget, like this one:
I haven't tried this cookbook, so I can't give a personal recommendation, but it is an option nevertheless.
So find some recipes that sound appealing, and get good at making them. Shopping in bulk might also help. You don't have to shop at Whole Foods all the time either. I do most of my shopping at HEB, and the other natural food stores have some great deals. Whole Foods does as well, surprisingly - their pizza is especially a good deal, particularly on Thursdays. Check out what's on sale each week. Usually their flyers are posted online.
There's also a Facebook group called Austin Vegan Deals, which is updated occasionally. It may help. https://www.facebook.com/groups/austinvegandeals/
Lastly, it's important to note that vegan food is sometimes more expensive. There are a lot of reasons for this. Sometimes it's the subsidies that go towards animal agriculture. Sometimes it's marking up a product because the company is targeting an exclusive, niche market. Other times it's simply supply and demand, or the amount of overhead the company has. Often, though, it's because of the quality of the product and how it's made. Vegan-friendly companies often want to reverse the pattern of "externalization" that most corporate entities are guilty of. In other words, the products are more expensive because the company gives a damn, actually taking into consideration the ethics (animals, environment, health, labor) of production - and in that case, we should happily pay more for them. All that said, I totally understand the need to shop on a budget, and buying expensive items is not necessary to be a vegan at all.
|Posted at 2012/05/28 1:05pm reply to
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Yeah, the best thing for avoiding the vegan tax is to buy bulk foods and prepare everything more or less from scratch. Do it that way, and you can make a lot of food all at once and have it throughout the week. One meal could easily cost less than a dollar. At that point, the items that will add the most cost to your food will be spices and herbs. For those, you have to look at Asian and Indian supermarkets for the best prices on bulk spices and such. Next costliest will be fresh veggies, and for those you can try frozen veggies to save some money. Or if you really must have fresh, you can look at the growing schedules and buy only when veggies are in season - out of season veggies cost twice or three times as much. Fruits are also something you'll want to buy only in season. Bananas are super cheap year-round. Beware of cheap, out of season stuff flown in from other countries, because by the time it arrives in stores, it's already been weeks since picking, and the freshness and flavor may be poor, even if the price is right.
Vegan specialty foods all cost at least two or three times as much as the non-vegan analogs. For example, one of those frozen microwave dinners from Amy's Foods will cost $4.00. It will have half the volume of food that a typical non-vegan microwave dinner will have, and the non-vegan one will cost only $2.00. Yeah, the vegan ones are non-GMO and organic, whereas the non-vegan ones aren't. But that still doesn't make up for the dramatic increase in price. The reason for it is that they know us vegans have little choice and will pay a premium for convenience foods. Sucks, but it's true.
Vegan ice cream is another example. Vegan yogurt. Vegan pies. Vegan cereal. Vegan meatballs. Vegan "chicken". Etc. All cost a lot more than non-vegan versions.
So you can either make stuff yourself or pay the price for getting something convenient.
Oh, and by the way. If you're shopping at Whole Foods, you're already going to be paying a lot. But if you do, try to buy "365 Brand" stuff. That's Whole Foods' own food label brand, and they typically price their stuff much less than the competition for essentially the same stuff.
And, if you want to start making food with bulk foods, you should look at cuisine that uses a lot of legumes and grains in their food. For example, Indian or Ethiopian food.
- Steve
|Posted at 2012/05/28 3:58pm reply to
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Over time you'll get to know your grocery stores and where you can get the cheapest convenience foods (because those convenience foods are sometimes pretty handy to have around, as we all know). For instance, you can buy Amy's products at HEB for a significantly cheaper price. I can get an Amy's dinner for about $3, as opposed to the $4-5 dollars elsewhere. The Amy's soups are cheaper at HEB too. But Whole Foods has a frequent bread buyer card, and their store brand breads are cheaper than buying Rudy's at HEB. They also have cheap frozen pinto bean and rice burritos. Wheatsville sells tofurky slices more than a dollar cheaper than HEB. So, I have found that it's a matter of figuring out which convenience products I prioritize buying and learning where I can get the best deals. Natural Grocer often has a lot of good deals on convenience stuff too. Good luck to you!
|Posted at 2012/05/28 5:52pm reply to
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What sorts of things do you like to eat typically?
|Posted at 2012/05/28 6:13pm reply to
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Breakfast foods was usually tacos or cereal
Lunch was usually sandwiches (pb&j or ham or turkey & cheese)
Dinner foods were usually burgers, pizza, chicken, chili, burritos, or curry.
I am more than willing to try lots of new things. I am not a picky eater for the most part. I am going to miss cheese the most, but I have already found that Whole Foods has some decent cheese-like options (if you know of other awesome cheese-like options please share).
|Posted at 2012/05/28 6:15pm reply to
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Thank you everyone for your responses so far. I really appreciate the support and advice.
|Posted at 2012/05/28 7:08pm reply to
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I just want to comment on the "vegan tax". Americans pay so little for food, and it's criminal how we treat farmers. Monocropping requires pesticides and chemical fertilizers, and is subsidized to keep the farms afloat when they're getting paid pennies per bushel. Furthermore, the whole reason factory farming exists is because it cuts costs even more and produces cheaper meat, thus resulting in even more animal suffering. Our whole system is basically fucked.
When we choose organic produce from local farms, we'll notice a price increase. It doesn't last as long in the refrigerator and sometimes has imperfections that make it look weird. But it tastes better, it provides a living wage for the farmers (some of whom you can meet at farmer's markets in town), and it's much better for you and the environment.
Vegan convenience foods tend to cost more than non-vegan foods, but there are many reasons for that. No one is subsidizing the seitan industry. The folks at Upton's aren't rolling around in their millions, and Chris & Crystal aren't flying the country in their private jet that they earned from us vegan suckers paying such a premium for their products.
As a vegan retailer who only sells convenience foods (at the moment), I truly believe that we should be spending our money on the best food we can get our hands on. Humans don't need flat-screen TVs and designer handbags to survive, but we do need good food. One idea would be to increase your food budget by cutting back in other non-essential areas.
I'm not saying that you shouldn't shop around to find the best deals. For example, there are too many pizza places that DON'T charge extra for Daiya for me to patronize the ones who do. Same goes for charging extra for soy milk at coffee shops. Often, vegan food IS cheaper than non-vegan options. For example, the veggie burrito at Freebird's is less expensive, as is the case at many restaurants around town,
|Posted at 2012/05/28 7:15pm reply to
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Here's a recent article that just popped up on my Facebook feed:
|Posted at 2012/05/29 8:33am reply to
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>Thank you everyone for your responses so far. I really appreciate the support and advice.
Daiya cheese is fantastic! You can use it on lots of things. Also Follow My heart has a good cheese alternative that melts great. best thing to do is try different ones and se which you like best. Just be careful because there are some soy cheeses that will b placed with the vegan ones that do contain milk products. read the labels and you should be good.
|Posted at 2012/05/29 9:10am reply to
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Austin has a lot of new vegan places to eat with tons of fancy foods vegans didn't used to have, but back in the day being vegan meant you probably learned to cook.
PBJ, rice and beans, pasta, tacos, veggie burgers, soups, tofurkey sandwiches, and burritos are a huge part of my diet and they're all pretty cheap meals.
It's the splurging on pizza and popcorn tofu subs that ends up costing a lot (but seems worth it most of the time). Whole Foods has $10 large pizzas on Thursdays and doesn't charge extra for Daiya cheese.
|Iron Clad Ben
|Posted at 2012/05/29 11:04am reply to
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Bananas are $0.68/lb organic at HEB. I eat 30+ a day in smoothies (cost ~$5/day). That is pretty much the maximum nutrients/$ you can find.
And I just had to say that seitan is a wheat product, so the government IS subsidizing it. The top 3 foods the government subsidizes are corn, wheat and soybeans. So we really can't complain that the government is shafting vegans. These companies like Amy's just know that veganism is more popular among the affluent so they can charge a premium for their products. They are also smaller than a lot of the really big food corps out there, so their cost structure is higher. Personally for me things are much cheaper (and healthier) on a diet of fresh produce, especially when I buy in bulk.
|Posted at 2012/05/29 11:50am reply to
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>Breakfast foods was usually tacos or cereal
>Lunch was usually sandwiches (pb&j or ham or turkey & cheese)
>Dinner foods were usually burgers, pizza, chicken, chili, burritos, or curry.
If you're making pizza at home, just going without the cheese and using dollops of homemade pesto or a drizzle of olive oil and a sprinkle of salt can be really nice.
Chili, burritos, and curry are all easy to do vegan and are pretty cheap. This is the chili we make most often, and it costs just a few cents to make. But there are a million vegan chili recipes out there. http://scratch-sniff.blogspot.com/2009/05/vegan-texas-chili.html
My family loves these chickpea cutlets. They're inexpensive, easy to make in batches, and freeze well. They might be a good sub for those chicken dinners. http://www.theppk.com/2010/11/doublebatch-chickpea-cutlets/
For sandwiches, I like hummus; tomato and avocado; and tempeh bacon, lettuce, and tomato. Chickpea salad is good as well. And almost any salad is good in a wrap.
Good luck finding new favorites!
|Posted at 2012/05/29 5:14pm reply to
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Hmmm, 30 bananas a day? That's about 3000+ calories. Most of which is sugar. Not enough protein. Not enough vitamins and minerals, except for vitamin C and potassium. Not a great choice for the bulk of your calories in my opinion.
Totally agree that these are subsidized crops. It's not the subsidization that's the problem. The high price of vegan convenience foods isn't from the higher cost of raw ingredients (even after adjusting for the fact that they're non-GMO and organic) . It's from the companies (like Amy's) that know vegans have less choice and will buy their food at the higher price point.
- Steve
|Posted at 2012/05/30 12:01pm reply to
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I don't think Amy's has higher prices for their vegan products compared to their non-vegan products. Amy's cost more than most brands because they use quality organic ingredients.
|Posted at 2012/05/30 5:25pm reply to
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Well, let me do a little math. Correct me if I'm wrong with any of the following...
First, the cost of organic raw ingredients is typically about 50% more than non-organic:
Let's compare a typical vegan microwave dinner with a typical non-vegan one...
An Amy's vegan Asian Noodle Stir-fry is 300 calories total, contains 9 grams of protein, and contains 10 ounces of food. It typically costs around $4.00-$4.50 at the local Whole Foods Market. I've seen it go for $5.00 sometimes also... This is a pretty typical example of vegan microwave dinners. You get about that many number of calories, protein, and weight for the price point of about $4-$5.
For the non-vegan comparison, take Marie Callendar's Spaghetti and Meatballs. It is 490 calories total, contains 23 grams of protein, and about 15 ounces of food. It typically costs around $2.00 to $2.50 at the local HEB and Randall's... This is also pretty typical of non-vegan microwave dinners on price, weight, calorie and protein count.
Note that you're getting more food, more calories, and more protein when you buy the non-vegan food. And you're paying a lot less.
Comparing them both for quantity of food (by weight) vs. price:
Amy's: $4 / 10 ounces = 40 cents per ounce
Marie Callendar's: $2.50 / 15 ounces = 16.7 cents per ounce
And so you're effectively paying 140% more for the vegan food. And yet, the cost of the raw organic ingredients should be in the neighborhood of just 50% more on average (see link above) . The difference is 140%-50% = 90%.
And so that is the vegan tax, 90%. That is how much more we pay just because it's vegan, after adjusting for the higher cost of organic ingredients.
CONCLUSION: Yes, this is just looking at two products I found more or less at random. And it's just using the average cost of organic ingredients, not specific costs (I don't have access to that info) . And I'm sure you can find examples where there may be a vegan microwave dinner that's as cheap as a non-vegan one. But on average, I believe you'll find that the vegan tax exists. A broader and more rigorous analysis would be welcome.
- Steve
|Posted at 2012/05/30 8:52pm reply to
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Convenience foods cost more. The "tax" is not because it's vegan, it's for the convenience of somebody else making food for you. Buy ingredients in bulk and cook at home for the most economical approach. Cooking meals for the week and refrigerating/freezing saves time during the week.
Amy's (the example repeatedly mentioned here) sources higher quality ingredients from close to their production facilities (most come from within 200 miles according to their website) to reduce the environmental impact. They're supporting organic, domestic farms all along the west coast. That costs more than cheap commodity produce from dubious sources around the world, and is a necessary premium borne out in the retail price at your grocery store. I would venture to guess that ConAgra (makers of Marie Callendars) is making a heckuva lot more money than Amy's despite the alleged vegan tax Amy's piles onto their goods.
To Jessica's point: it costs a lot more to source responsibly produced ingredients. Amy's - and many other vegan/vegetarian/natural foods makers - has strict requirements for how their suppliers treat the the people who work on the farms and processing plants. That oversight by Amy's and the additional steps required of producers adds costs to the product.
Small, vegan businesses don't have the scale and buying power (as Ben mentioned) and don't command the kind of tax breaks/ incentives/write offs that big consumer packaged goods companies are the beneficiaries of. So it costs more to get the final product out to consumers.
Organic, fair trade, rain forest alliance, and non-GMO (etc.) certifications costs more to produce and drives up the retail but means that it's better for the planet, the air we breathe and water we drink; for the animals in reduced exposure to toxic pesticides; better for the farmers/field workers/producers who are not exploited, earn a fair wage for their day's work and aren't exposed to harmful chemical pesticides. Reducing the impact on the environment and bettering the lives of animals (including humans).
Sounds like veganism to me.
|Posted at 2012/05/30 8:55pm reply to
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A few random things:
Some prices depend on the size of the company. Of course Pilsbury cookie dough is going to be way cheaper than Celeste's Best Vegan cookie dough. But, Pilsbury is a national company with giant factories, and Celeste's Best is a local company working on a much smaller scale, and selling to local retail shops.
Where the food is manufactured/produced has an effect on the price. Some companies use dedicated vegan equipment in factories, so that automatically drives up the price because there is not as much demand for those products. Same for things made in a dedicated gluten-free facility.
Some veg companies are more invested in their workers and suppliers and the quality that comes with it. That means a higher price, too. This is from the Amy's website:
"As part of this commitment, Amy's Kitchen uses natural, and organically-grown vegetarian ingredients from environmentally responsible supplies and ensures that employees and contractors work safely and comply with company policies and the law, to prevent pollution and to protect the environment. Training is provided to our employees on these company policies and legal requirements."
Those extra steps take time and money on the companies part.
You'd be hard pressed to find a vegan ice cream that isn't made in a dairy on their off-processing days. There's simply not a financial way that a small vegan company could afford to build their own "dairy" that could produce the volume of product that an already-in-place commercial dairy can. The only one I know of that uses their own equipment is the Chicago Vegan Foods people.
The biggest price spike is for packaging. If you're a crafty shopper with a little extra time, you can buy most things in bulk (even fig bars, shampoo, cereal - you name it!) and save money that way. Hit up farmers markets for cheaper veggies, and look into volunteering at local farms for volunteer/trade. Johnson's Backyard Garden is currently looking for volunteers to pick tomatoes. You can email them and reserve a spot - time slots are 8am-1pm.
However, for things you can't easily buy in bulk, expect to pay an inflated price. Cookies aren't really a part of a "sensible" vegan diet, but we all want one now and then!
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All great points. Just a note from what I saw at HEB today in regards to Amy's, their burritos are just a tad over 2 bucks, and vegan enchilada/tamale dinners are only $3.28.
An idea for what I personally do for breakfast, is I just buy bulk organic rolled oats(which is pretty cheap in itself), and a bag of puffed kamut ($1.99), mix those together in a bowl with some almond/coconut milk(I think it was $2.68 at HEB for a half gallon), and then drizzle a little maple syrup on top with some raisins. Pretty hearty breakfast and quite cheap Of course you can add fruit/seeds/etc. as you desire.
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We live in south Austin and venturing to Whole Foods is something we do only every 4-6 months or so, and even then only for something we can't get elsewhere. We love shopping at Sprouts- they typically have great sales on produce and their organic is often reasonably priced. They don't have a huge variety of vegan prepackaged foods, but they do have the more popular items (faux meats, non dairy yogurt and ice cream, non dairy milks, frozen foods) but their bakery is awful. We get our bread and tortillas from Central Market, right down the road.
I second all of those who say cook your own food. My husband and I used to spend several hundred dollars a month on food when we purchased things like veggie burgers, Field Roast sausages, seitan, etc. Now that I've learned how to make most of it myself from scratch (and with fewer ingredients) we spend half of that and still eat well.
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Personally I am not a huge fan of processed convenience vegan foods. Everything seems laden with salt and other strange things in an attempt to make it taste like "real" food. It took me a while to figure this out but as soon as I stopped trying to imitate animal products my whole outlook to food changed.
This is what I ate today and it was all pretty cheap and yummy.
- Two slices of whole grain toast with marmalade and a scrape of soy margarine
- Fistful of raw almonds
- Black tea with dash of soymilk (my carton of soymilk could last me a month since I use so little)
Second breakfast (really!):
- Green smoothie with a handful of spinach, one overripe banana, a large leaf of chard, one heaping tbs of hemp powder, half an apple, 8 oz of water, and lots of ice. (If you can afford it a Blendtec blender makes delicious green smoothies. Worth the investment in my opinion.)
Late lunch:
- Daal (lentils) and rice with mango pickle
- Avocado and curried potato burrito with Louisiana hot sauce. (I had an Amy's burrito once and it was nowhere as delish. Try making your own burritos and freezing them for later.)
Before sleeping I will take my supplements: flaxseed oil, Deva vegan one a day pill, and one b12 spray under the tongue.
I guess I am used to cooking for myself since where I lived before I had nowhere to buy "vegan" groceries. Once you get through the first couple of months I assure you it will all seem a breeze. You just need to get your bearings and gather fave recipes for now. Like Georgianne I barely visit Whole Foods myself. I prefer Sprouts and the little Natural Grocer near me. HEB always has a good selection of organic produce in a pinch.
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There's no end to the good things people have to say about independent bookstores. Some of it is teary-eyed hyperbole—they reflect the soul of a community; they offer the comforts of a second home—but even if such appraisals are sentimental, they're always sincere. The local bookstore may be a repository for literary history, an instrument for social change, or a place to meet neighbors. That and a nice place to buy books.
Bookstore love isn't always so abstract. In 2002, threatened by the looming prospect of a Borders across the street, Austin's BookPeople hired consultancy Civic Economics. The firm found that for every $100 spent at the bookstore, the homegrown shop put $45 back into the local economy, compared to just $13 for the national chain. The Borders development, which had been set to receive about $2 million in incentives from the city, eventually fell through.
So the recent news that online bookselling giant Amazon will shift its strategy toward offering same-day shipping—investing hundreds of millions of dollars in supply centers near urban areas and conceding to pay sales taxes for that privilege—has spawned widespread concern, and at least one doomsday scenario in which brick-and-mortar bookstores (and maybe a lot more) will all finally go the way of the dinosaur. With Borders gone and Barnes and Noble flailing, what chance does your local bookstore stand?
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Last month, the Israeli government passed a similar law in an attempt to stop price-gouging at chain bookstores which, according to a report from the Trade and Labor Ministry, was forcing locally owned bookstores out of business. Israeli author Meir Shalev, one of several prominent writers who pushed for the legislation, did not mince his words: "We must struggle against the belligerent, crude and culture-less gangs—the two largest bookstore chains."
There has been bookstore protectionism at the municipal level as well. Paris offers subsidies to independent bookstores, and the French planning agency Semaeste—in collaboration with city hall—reserves and discounts certain commercial spaces for bookstores to maintain the city's retail diversity and literary tradition. Shanghai bookstores receive government subsidies, and similar efforts may be underway in Taipei.
Here in the U.S., most bookstores survive in tales of grassroots preservation or community campaigns. Price-fixing is undoubtedly the least likely American solution, though as Jason Boog has pointed out at NPR, booksellers and publishers actually did persuade FDR to enforce a price floor to prevent Macy's from undercutting small book retailers with loss-leader pricing on Gone with the Wind during the Great Depression. (That policy was later declared unconstitutional, but it did throw a wrench in the Macy's strategy.) This April, though, the U.S. Department of Justice filed a lawsuit accusing Apple and several publishers of colluding to raise the price of e-books to compete with Amazon's price-discounting. Don't expect to see federal protection of local bookstores via price-setting anytime soon.
There are, however, other ideas. Jack McKeown, former president and CEO of the Perseus Books Group, proposed in 2009 (and re-proposed in Publisher's Lunch last year) the creation of a Neighborhood Bookstore Development Bank (NBDB) to invest in bookstores and promote their importance to developers and city officials. His inspiration came in part from special-purpose investment vehicles like the Fresh Food Financing Initiative, which provided loans for independent neighborhood grocery stores (in 2010, the Obama administration committed over $400 million to invest in grocery stores and eradicate food deserts). It's hard to argue that bookstores are as important as groceries—you can't eat books, you can only devour them—but as an endangered small business and, often, de facto community center, they might deserve some of the same advantages.
Top image: While Away Books in Roseburg, Oregon, courtesy Flickr user brewbooks.
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Mike Angley Interviews Best-Selling Author Frank Fiore
MA: Please help me welcome best-selling author, Frank Fiore. Frank has sold over 50,000 copies of his non-fiction books. He has now turned his talents to writing fiction. His first novel, CyberKill, is a techno-thriller that answers the question "How far will an artificial intelligence go for revenge". CyberKill has garnered five star reviews on Amazon. Frank's writing experience also includes guest columns on social commentary and future trends published in the Arizona Republic and the Tribune papers in the metro Phoenix area. Through his writings, he has shown an ability to explain in a simplified manner, complex issues and trends. He and his wife of 30 years have one son. They live in Paradise Valley, AZ.
It sounds like writing has been a passion for many years, and you've been quite successful at it. Is this something you've always done professionally?
FF: I started out as an entrepreneur. During his college years, I started, wrote and edited the New Times newspaper which is now a multi-state operation. From there I went on to start several business and retired to take on writing full-time.
My interests in future patterns and trends range over many years and many projects. I co-wrote the Terran Project, a self-published book on community futures design processes, and worked as a researcher for Alvin Toffler on a series of high school texts on the future. I designed and taught courses and seminars on the future of society, technology and business and was appointed by the Mayor of Phoenix to serve on the Phoenix Futures Forum as co-chairperson and served on several vital committees.
MA: I've always enjoyed reading the Tofflers' works. When I was in the USAF, Alvin and his wife visited the Air Command and Staff College when I was a student there to talk about future trends. Fascinating stuff! With your background, why the transition to novels?
FF: I've always wanted to be novelist. I wrote my first novel in high school then another when I was in my late 20s. Both were not very good. Like many novelists, I write to entertain but also to make a point – to try and educate the reader in something they might not have been aware of.
MA: Tell us about CyberKill.
FF: My first novel is CyberKill. Fans of Tom Clancy, James Patterson and Clive Cussler, would enjoy this twist on the Frankenstein myth.
A brilliant programmer, Travis Cole, inadvertently creates "Dorian," an artificial intelligence that lives on the Internet. After Cole attempts to terminate his creation, Dorian stalks his young daughter through cyberspace in an attempt to reach Cole to seek revenge. When cyber-terrorism events threaten the United States, they turn out to stem from the forsaken and bitter Dorian.
In the final conflict, Dorian seeks to kill his creator – even if it has to destroy all of humanity to do it.
MA: Where did you come up with the idea for the story?
FF: Many years ago I read an article in Time magazine about a young artificial intelligence (AI) programmer. He had created a series of AI agents and sent them out over the internet to see if they would evolve. I thought to myself, what if the programmer terminated his experiment? If the Artificial Intelligence evolved into a real intelligence, would they take his act of shutting down the experiment as attempted murder? From there, I thought "How far would an artificial intelligence go for revenge?" and stalk Travis Cole, my protagonist, through cyberspace to kill him. The end result was CyberKill. (cyberkill.frankfiore.com)
MA: Tell us more about Travis Cole.
FF: Travis is an intelligent and gifted programmer but he's into shortcuts. That provides the opening that AI agent can exploit and reach Cole.
Readers are not interested in a main character that can do or know everything. It's not only unreal but it makes for boring story telling. The main hero has to have his sidekicks – people who know what he doesn't know – and that builds a relationship and makes the characters feel more real to the reader. It also lets the author play one off the other to create interesting dialogue and an interesting story.
I try and combine the male and female leads into what one character would be. Between them, they know enough to drive the story forward with the help of secondary characters. Besides a little flirting and possible love interest adds to the story.
MA: I take it that Dorian is the antagonist?
FF: The 'bad guy' is the AI software agent he created. The AI agent becomes super-intelligent and names himself Dorian.
MA: I don't know if you've dabbled with AI at all, but from your background you've certainly had an interest in related studies. Any real life influences in the story?
FF: All my life I have been interested in many, many subjects – from the social sciences to the human sciences to science itself. All of this interest has helped me develop interesting and believable characters and stories. Also, CyberKill is speculative fiction with a science bent. That means the technology the geographic locations, government and military installations and organizations, information warfare scenarios, artificial intelligence, robots, and the information and communications technology in this book all exist.
As for the genetic weapon, pieces of the technology are either in existence or in the research and development stage. Now, according to the Department of Defense, it doesn't exist. But the Fars News Agency of Iran reported otherwise last year.
I wanted to show the reader that what happens in the book could very well happen today. So I had to take what was known, combine it with other knowns and then stretch the facts a little.
MA: (chuckling) That pesky Department of Defense! So what's next in your writing journey?
FF: I've just completed the first two novels of a three book series called the Chronicles of Jeremy Nash.
The Chronicles of Jeremy Nash is a new thriller series about a noted debunker and skeptic of conspiracy theories, urban legends and myths. Jeremy Nash is pressed into pursuing them by threats to himself, family and reputation. The Chronicles of Jeremy Nash capitalizes on the continuing interest of the reading public in conspiracy theories, unsolved mysteries, urban myths, New Age beliefs and paranormal events. I also feeds the growing appetite of the public for 'puzzle stories' in the vein of National Treasure and Indiana Jones with a little of the X-Files thrown in. The formula of the chronicles consists of a conspiracy theory, unsolved mystery, urban myth, New Age belief or paranormal practice that Nash is forced to pursue; combined with an underlying real world event, organization or persons that is somehow connected to what he is pursuing. This provides the thriller aspect of the stories.
MA: Fascinating. Anything else you'd like to add?
FF: I watch movies because I write my novels as movies. Movie scripts have a structure that is shared by novels. Both have a similar 3 or 4 act structure (spine/skeleton) that involves a hook, generally with the main character involved, then the ordinary world (who they are, etc) the first turning point, tests and trials, reversals, black moment when all seems lost, climax, the epiphany and reward. This is not a formula, it's classic mythic structure and it's used in both mediums. Current contemporary commercial novels are much faster paced than in the past, no matter what genre. Some genres (action and thrillers) move faster than others but the whole market has shifted. We are a USA Today society that deals in sound bites and Tweets, and that doesn't bode well for the slow moving novel. Read More


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Arc Launches OurNewNeighborhood.org - Incorporating Microsoft and Joomla Technology
Joomla and Content Management Leader Announces Open Source Solutions for Microsoft and Joomla Content Management System (CMS)
Chicago, IL, July 18, 2011 -- Arc Technology Group, a leader in content management announces the release of OurNewNeighborhood.org, which delivers custom open source extensions to the Joomla community for integrating Microsoft services. OurNewNeighborhood.org is a proof-of-concept Joomla site running on Microsoft Windows, SQL Server with Reporting Services and IIS.
OurNewNeighborhood.org is built on an open source content management system, Joomla, and integrates Microsoft services including Live ID, Bing Video, Bing News, Bing Search, Bing Maps and SQL Server Reporting Services. Arc created and released to the open source community free extensions that enable interoperability for Joomla and Microsoft services and are available via OurNewNeighborhood.org.
"With the release of OurNewNeighborhood.org we look to extend the world's most popular open source CMS to the Microsoft platform," said Robert Jacobi, President of Arc Technology Group. "The site demonstrates to Microsoft users that the most effective CMS can be easily deployed and integrated on their existing infrastructure with current staff and resources. It's very exciting to leverage all of these technologies which will improve the customer experience, reduce costs and promote adoption of open source and Microsoft together."
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Telephone connected to FRITZ!Box is dead and/or PBX indicates a malfunction
A telephone connected to the FRITZ!Box is dead and/or a PBX indicates a malfunction:
- When you pick up the handset of a telephone connected to an analog extension or the "FON S0" port on the FRITZ!Box, it does not make a sound (for example a dial tone or busy signal). The telephone is "dead".
- The display of an ISDN PBX connected to the "FON S0" port indicates that there is a malfunction.
Note:All instructions on configuration and settings given in this guide refer to the latest FRITZ!OS for the FRITZ!Box.
Simply proceed as described below. After each measure, check whether the problem is solved.
1 Plugging the FRITZ!Box in
- Plug the FRITZ!Box into an electrical outlet where other devices work.
2 Installing the latest FRITZ!OS for the FRITZ!Box
- Install the latest FRITZ!OS on the FRITZ!Box.
3 Configuring an analog telephone
Using only one connection option
"FON 1" and "FON 2" both have two options for connecting devices: An RJ11 socket and a TAE socket for the respective port. Only one connection option can be used at a time:
If you connected a telephone to the RJ11 socket for "FON 1", you cannot connect a device (for example a telephone, answering machine) to the TAE socket for "FON 1".
- If devices are connected to both of the sockets for the same extension, remove one of the devices from the FRITZ!Box.
Testing a different analog telephone
- Disconnect the telephone from the FRITZ!Box.
- Connect a different telephone to the same port on the FRITZ!Box.
- If you hear a sound, then the first telephone is defective or the cable of the telephone is damaged or incorrectly wired. Try using a different cable or contact the manufacturer of the telephone.
- If you do not hear a sound, check whether the plug of your telephone is correctly wired. The two inner pins carry the analog signal of the RJ11 sockets "FON 1" and "FON 2".
4 Configuring ISDN devices
Properly connecting ISDN telephones and other ISDN devices
- Always connect ISDN devices to the "FON S0" port of the FRITZ!Box.
- Do not use ISDN cables that exceed a length of 10 m.
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- Only use ISDN devices that are suitable for use on a point-to-multipoint line.
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Connecting ISDN telephones and other ISDN devices individually
The following steps are only necessary if two or more devices are connected to the "FON S0" port:
- Remove the ISDN hub and all ISDN devices including their cables from the FRITZ!Box.
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Interesting Lipstick Facts
Lipstick has very long and quite interesting history. It has been rung the bell with fashionistas since ancient times. The first lipstick is considered to have been invented in the Ancient Egypt more than 4 thousand years ago! And then it was used all the way from common women to empresses. All the more it is hard to imagine today's woman with no lipstick glitter on her lips. But have you ever thought that this miraculous inhabitant of every makeup bag is more than meets the eye. Thus I'd like to bring forward some interesting lipstick facts for you to keep up.
Let's start with the history of lipstick origin. As I've already mentioned lipstick was invented as far back as 4 thousand years ago. At that time lipstick of dark shades was in common use. For instance Nefertiti preferred to use lipstick made of mollusc shell nacre, while Cleopatra opted for the one made of red ochre. But unfortunately such lipsticks were very toxicant. (Apparently right then the expression "kiss of death" really came into use.)
The Middle Ages can be marked as hard times for lipstick fans, as lipstick was proscribed by the Church. It was thought that women who used to wear lipstick would be taken for witches and cast into the hell on the Day of Last Judgment. Women surely were very frightened and therefore everybody forgot about lipstick until the Renaissance.
The Renaissance placed itself on the record as the time when lipstick was used not only by women but by men as well! At the court of Ludwig XVI (France) men applied lipstick in order to make their lip contour more noticeable against moustache and beard.
But the present lipstick appearance dates back to the 1903 year. The novelty, set for appliance to lips appeared at the World Fair having made a real boom as the first lipstick! Women were enchanted with new beauty invention.
Later in 1915 the world cosmetic brand Guerlain presented a new lipstick made in the present form of stick, which became the most popular cosmetic product. In the 1920s the lipstick firmly came into use thanks to Marlene Dietrich, Greta Garbo, and Joan Crawford.
Henceforth the magical lipstick has become an absolute must-have for every woman. And in contrast to that ancient unvaried lipstick, now we can enjoy various kinds and shades of it to fit any fastidious taste. Here are some lipstick types:
- Moisturizing lipstick
- Chapstick
- Lipstick, visually bleaching teeth
- Glossy lipstick
- Glittery lipstick and etc.
Some more interesting facts about lipstick:
- French scientists calculated that a man swallows up to 6 pounds of lipstick during his life, while a woman up to 17!!!
- Most lipsticks have fish scales as the component.
- One can judge a woman's character by the lipstick color she opts for:
Red lipstick is the choice of cheerful women.
Pink lipstick is for romantic women.
Bright orange lipstick color is for eccentric women who like to be in the spotlight.
Lipstick of pearl shades is an option of careerist.
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The Accounting Historians Journal Vol. 11, No. 2 Fall 1984 Robert W. Gibson DEAKIN UNIVERSITY EPISODES IN THE AUSTRALIAN TAX ACCOUNTING SAGA Abstract: Tax effect accounting was introduced into Australia a little over a decade ago. The treatment of the tax effect of losses carried forward and the trading stock valuation adjustment introduced further complications to this new aspect of corporate accounting and reporting. This paper presents an account of the resolution of these accounting issues. It covers the role of professional bodies, companies, and regulatory authorities and the conflicts which arose among them. The treatment of taxation in the published reports of companies listed on the Australian Stock Exchange (AASE)1 provides a fasci-nating saga, in the course of which a number of features of Aus-tralian accounting have been highlighted. These may be grouped conveniently under three headings. The first is the adoption of tax effect accounting; the second, the treatment in financial statements of the carryforward of tax losses; and the third, the short-lived trading stock2 valuation adjustment (TSVA). The circumstances in which tax effect accounting (the inter-period allocation of income taxes) was adopted demonstrate Ameri-can influence over Australian accountancy practice. They also demonstrate that it is possible for a reluctant profession suddenly to embrace tax effect accounting because it suits the immediate economic conditions. The treatment of the future tax benefit of tax losses confirms the American influence already referred to, because it was adopted largely through a failure to distinguish the differences in the tax laws of the two countries when the tax effect accounting standard was drawn up. This episode, more importantly demonstrated the power of the Commissioners for Corporate Affairs of the several States and the Commonwealth, to influence and/or determine accounting standards. The adoption of the TSVA is im-portant because it demonstrates the interaction between account-ing practice and politics, and the potential consequences of ac-countants failing to recognize this relationship and its application to what was a very political issue,


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Kim Kardashian is a Hit for Carl's Jr. and its New Line of Grilled Chicken Salads
Jan 11, 2010
Public Can't Get Enough of Popular Celebrity, Both Online and Off
CARPINTERIA, California - January 11, 2010 - Carl's Jr.® knew that partnering with Kim Kardashian to promote its new line of Grilled Chicken Salads would help raise awareness for the delicious, sit-down restaurant quality creations, but they were thrilled at how much buzz the young celebrity could generate. Through Jan. 8, interest in Kim Kardashian's salad commercial has received unparalleled press coverage, garnering 258 million media impressions (potential viewers/readers), more than three times the quantity achieved by any one of the chain's previous celebrity commercial stars and, amazingly, more than all of them combined.
Media coverage has ranged from People magazine and The Jay Leno Show, to CNBC's FastMoney and USA Today. There has been an additional 1.8 million views on YouTube for the :30 commercial and a combined 2.1 million views for all of the other salad- and Kim-related videos.
So, it's no surprise that Carl's Jr. has lined up a host of additional activities to make the most of Kardashian's immense popularity in both the offline and online realms. This Wednesday, Jan. 13, Kim will be hosting a live streaming lunch date on the Carl's Jr. Facebook page (www.facebook.com/carlsjr) at Noon PST and everyone is invited. Fans who buy a salad in advance will receive a special code to unlock additional access to the virtual lunch date, allowing them to interact and ask questions with Kim in chat format. Kim's invitation to the event can be viewed in virtual 3-D under the "Salads Are Hot" tab on the Carl's Jr. Facebook page.
"Kim Kardashian has been an absolute joy to work with and her genuine charm, charisma, beauty and brains have endeared her to a huge base of fans," said Brad Haley, executive vice president of marketing for Carl's Jr. "Because of Kim's immense popularity, her commercial is not only a hit on television, its a hit in the digital space as well. And, the result is that the new salads, particularly Kim's favorite the Cranberry Apple Walnut Grilled Chicken Salad, have been selling at record pace. As the commercial says, 'Who says salads can't be hot?'"
"This has been a terrific partnership," said Kim Kardashian. "The commercial was fun to shoot, the salad is delicious and I'm thrilled so many fans are enjoying both. I hope they all join me for the Ultimate Salad Lunch Date on Wednesday, too."
Carl's Jr. Facebook fans will also be able to see the exclusive "too-hot for TV" director's cut of the commercial beginning today at 11 a.m. PST. The Carl's Jr. Facebook page will be the only place to view the :45 internet-only ad for the first 24 hours.
About Carl's Jr.
Carl's Jr. is celebrating more than 65 years in the quick-service industry. What began as a lone hot dog cart in Los Angeles, Calif. in 1941 is today an international organization that employs nearly 30,000 people worldwide. Carl's Jr. is a wholly owned subsidiary of CKE Restaurants, Inc. (NYSE: CKR) of Carpinteria, Calif. As of the end of its fiscal 2010 third quarter, CKE Restaurants, Inc., through its subsidiaries, had a total of 3,147 franchised, licensed or company-operated restaurants in 42 states and in 14 countries, including 1,221 Carl's Jr. restaurants and 1,913 Hardee's restaurants. For more information, or to find a Carl's Jr. near you, go to www.ckr.com or www.carlsjr.com. Carl's Jr. social media sites include www.facebook.com/carlsjr, www.twitter.com/carlsjr, and www.youtube.com/carlsjr.
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Alumni, current and former staff, Governors and guests gathered in the Leverhulme Suite of the Riley Sixth Form Centre for the launch of The Best of Both Worlds: A Portrait of Bolton School. This book, which was commissioned to commemorate the centenary of the Foundation as it exists today, charts the history of the School and provides a great insight into the ethos of opportunity for all that began with Lord Leverhulme and still continues today.
Chairman of Governors, Michael Griffiths, welcomed the guests to the event, noting that most if not all had in some way contributed to the creation of The Best of Both Worlds. He thanked everyone for their input, and went on to name a number of individuals to whom the School is particularly grateful for the huge amount of work they put into the book.
He made particular mention of the editor, Deborah Coleman, for the way she has approached the project and so deftly drawn a portrait of the ethos of the school; to the designer, Susan Pugsley, who has ensured that the book is visually stunning; and to Neil Titman, Publishing Director at Profile Books, who oversaw the completion of the project. A number of other contributors were thanked in his speech: the School Archivist, Eric Fairweather, who in recent years has done a marvellous job of organising the school archive, and whose knowledge has been invaluable in creating the book and sourcing historical images; Margaret Dickinson, Veronica Millington and Charles Winder, three former members of staff who were kind enough to work as proof readers on the final drafts of the book over the summer; Old Boy Mark Power, who provided many of the contemporary photos for the book; and John Newbould and Alice Bradshaw, from the School's Marketing Department, who collated other contemporary photography. Finally, he thanked Laura Firth, the School's Development Manager, who has been instrumental in ensuring that the project came together and was a success.
Philip Britton, the Headmaster of the Boys' Division, noted that the Old Boys and Old Girls who gave material have captured so well what Bolton School is all about. He also stated that one of the important functions of the anniversary has been to think about the ethos of the School and solidify what it means, and the creation of The Best of Both Worlds has assisted with this process. Finally, he proposed a toast to the book on the occasion of its launch.
Copies of the book were available for guests to browse and made for excellent talking points throughout the evening.
Speaking at the launch, Laura Firth said, "I was delighted when I saw the finished product, it's beautiful, and illustrates the many unique factors that combine to make Bolton School so special. The book is a wonderful celebration of the School as we celebrate the centenary, and will be enjoyed for many years to come."
The book is arranged thematically, linking together and exploring every aspect of School life. It includes many personal memories and reflections from teachers and Alumni, which help to chart the evolution of the Foundation from its beginnings to the present day, as do numerous archive and contemporary photographs. It is amazing to look back at the long history of certain activities, notably outdoor pursuits, drama, volunteering and fundraising, sport and music, which show the wealth of experiences open to Bolton School's students over the years. The architecture of the School is also chronicled, from the start of building works on the Great Halls and Libraries in 1924 to the completion of the latest project, the Riley Sixth Form Centre, which was finished in September 2013.
Those who had pre-ordered copies of the book were able to collect them on the evening of the launch.
The Best of Both Worlds: A Portrait of Bolton School is now available to purchase through the School's merchandise website.
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Philip Britton, Neil Titman, Deborah Coleman, Michael Griffiths and Sue Hincks with a copy of 'The Best of Both Worlds'
Guests enjoyed talking about the book during the launch
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