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Healthy "Fried" Chicken Sandwich with Honey-Lemon Coleslaw
Don't mind that I didn't write "{Makeover Mondays}" in the tittle. This one is already long enough, so I supposed I'd skip it this time.
Hey, does any of you remember my last post where I told you that everybody was down with the flu at home and I was scared that I'd the bug got me and everything.
Now, guess who's miserably laying in bed under lots of blankets cursing her existence and unsuccessfully trying to write a post about better days when these sandwiches were around and she was still able to taste them.
I could go for hours being whiny about how much this flu thing sucks, but I guess most of you are sick in bed right now and aren't really interested in having me complaining, so I'll sent positive vibes your way instead.
Positive vibes in form of fried chicken sandwiches, aka the best kind of vibes ever.
Thanks GOD that I made these and ate them back in the glory days when I was strong and healthy and my poor taste buds were able to actually savour things and not making them taste like poo.
Because there are so many flavors going on this, that it'd be a shame if you can't taste it at all. These sandwiches are like the ones you'd get in a fancy sandwich deli store, only that they're fresher and healthier.
You guys would never tell that those crispy chicken fillets are actually baked instead of fried and that the "breading" is actually oats. It's hard to notice that the creamy slaw is actually made with greek yogurt and not fatty mayo. Besides that, I used center cut bacon instead of a greasier cut, but you bacon purists can go the route you like.
It'll be awesome anyway.
Now add some pickles, sliced tomatoes, fresh greens, aged cheddar and more bacon if you wish.
((I know you do))
And a little bit of bbq sauce has never hurted anyone… Oh well, unless it's squeezed straight into your eyes… Mmm, I suppose it hurts that way.
Finish the whole sandwich bussiness with a loaf of your favorite crusty bread and you're good to go.
Sandwich heaven, everyone!
- 250 grams skinless chicken breasts (cut into 6 fillets)
- 1/2 an egg
- 75 grams rolled oats
- 50 grams whole wheat breadcrumbs
- 1 teaspoon ground parsley
- 1/2 teaspoon ground oregano
- 1 teaspoon ground garlic
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
- 1/8 teaspoon spicy paprika
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 head of cabbage
- 1 carrot
- 1/2 a fuji apple
- 1 red onion
- juice from half a lemon
- 250 grams fat free greek yogurt (really thick AND strained!)
- 2 tablespoons light mayo
- 1 tablespoons dijon mustard
- 1 tablespoon honey
- salt and pepper to taste
- 6 slices center cut bacon
- 1 tomato
- a handful of mixed leafy greens
- 2 sliced sweet gherkins
- 1 tablespoon bbq sauce
- 60 grams aged cheddar
- 6 crusty whole grain rolls
- Whisk egg in a bowl and flours and seasonings in a different one. Dip each fillet in the egg mixture, then roll into the oat one and place it in a baking tray.
- Spray fillets with extra virgin olive oil and bake at 225ºC for 15 minutes. If they don't look golden enough, turn on the broiler and broil for 1 minute more.
- Julienne carrots, cabbage, and onion. Grate the apple. Toss them into a bowl and stir in yogurt, mayo, honey, mustard salt and pepper. Stir to mix.
- Slice bread half-wise, top with bacon and cheese and bake until cheese is gooey and melty, bacon is crispy and bread is golden.
- To assemble, layer some lettucce, sliced tomato, gherkin slices, slaw, a chicken fillet, bacon, melted cheese and a drizzle of bbq sauce on top of half of the bread and top with the other one.
- Enjoy warm!
- Do not even think of using greek yogurt that is not thick or your slaw with turn out watery.
- Chicken fillets are crispy straight out of the oven. If you let them sit for long, thay kind of lose theier crispyness, but they're delicious that way too!
- Drain excess liquid from tomatoes and gherkins or they'll make the bread soggy.
- Choose crusty sturdy bread: a softer one won't be able to hold all the toppings!
I hope you had such a great flu-free weekend. Stay healthy, my friends!


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This was a project that took about a week and a half to finish, for a couple of my friends who were married last summer and who wanted three of each Chinese zodiac animal to adorn the tables during the reception. I also folded three Welsh dragons for the top table (as the groom has Welsh roots).
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Rat: Hoang Tien Quyet, "50 Hours of Origami +"
Ox: Montroll, "Dollar Bill Animals in Origami"
Tiger: Montroll, "Origami Inside-Out"
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SFP 14 – Episode 14: Inspiring others: A reflection with Elfie Czerny & Dominik Godat
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Hosted by: Elfie Czerny & Dominik Godat | Intro: Bibiana Czerny |Music: www.bensound.com
SFP 14 - Episode 14: Inspiring others: A reflection with Elfie Czerny & Dominik Godat
"And in seeing the small things and focusing on the tiny little things that make a huge difference in every day life, because it's the thing that we usually do or maybe little things we change and by that change a conversation, by that change a moment to a more joyful moment and putting the focus on these little things where we can make a difference."Elfie Czerny
"I think it's this constant Solution Focused reflection in terms of, like you said, our preferred future, about looking what works and then amplifying those useful changes."
"Small things, small change that lead to bigger change."
Dominik Godat
Show Notes
In today's episode, we
- talk about where we are right now and where we are heading next
- explore what inspired us in the interview podcasts, we did with Jonathan D. Sherman, Monica Rotner, Pamela King, and Stephen Langer:
- SFP 5 – Episode 5: The GREAT Relationship: Interview with Jonathan D. Sherman, Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist
- SFP 7 – Episode 7: Effective Leadership with Solution Focus: Interview with Monica Rotner, Division Manager of the Community Justice Service, Boulder
- SFP 8 – Episode 8: Let's play…: Interview with Pamela K. King, Author, Speaker, Trainer & Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist
- SFP 9 – Episode 9: Persistent in being curios: Interview with Dr. Stephen Langer, clinical psychologist and president of the Solution Focused Brief Therapy Association (SFBTA)
- added a little extra fun at the end
- Rima Nouri's Website and Blog: Elegant Alchemy
- Pamela K. King's book "Tools for Effective Family Therapy with Children and Families. A Solution Focused Approach"
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Inspiring others inspire others!
Friendpower is stronger than willpower. So, let's inspire each other! Share your ideas and thoughts on what inspired you and what differences this makes for you in your everyday life.
Share as much detail as possible. Your story might be the one making a vital difference for someone else. Your thoughts and ideas matter and might encourage others to keep on going their SF journey.
If you have friends, clients or colleagues who you think might be inspired by this conversation, share this podcast episode. It could give them some practical ideas on how to apply Solution Focus in their daily work and life.
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Ella de Jong on 03/06/2018 at 14:38
Dear Dominik and Elfie,
for me one of the most inspiring moments of every podcast is the voice of Bibiana!!
And now you've made a lovely inspiring ending too 🙂
I hope you will get more and more comments (on any platform … you have many!!).
warm smile, Ella
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SFP 86 – Crazy for Solution Focus: Spreading Solution Focus in Taiwan and mainland China with Prof. Wei-Su Hsu
SFP 85 – Interviewing for Efforts: Exploring Effort Focus and Microanalysis of Face-to-Face Dialogue with Harry Korman
SFP 84 – Trust the Model: A Constant Immersion in Solution-Focused Brief Therapy, Teaching, and Supervision with Jocelyne Lopez-Korman
SFP 83 – A Passion for Empowerment: Giving Young People a Voice with Solution Focus with Tara Gretton
SFP 73 – A Genuine Alternative: Differences Between Solution Focus and Problem Solving with Rayya Ghul
SFP 71 – Facilitating Change With Teams: John Brooker About Collaborating and the DNA of Solution Focus
SFP 68 – Inspiring the Next Generation: Unlearning and Unteaching Solution-Focused Practice with Dr. Biba Rebolj
SFP 67 – Building on What Works: A Different Kind of Conversation in School Counseling with Erin Cusanno
SFP 66 – Towards Collectivising Solution-Focused Practice: Into the Community with Hope and the Ordinary in Action with Guy Shennan
SFP 65 – Nothing special about it – From Mental Health to End of Life and Grief Counseling with Joel K. Simon
SFP 64 – Applying Systemic Structural Constellations SySt® and Solution Focus with Ute Habenicht and Norbert Wandl
SFP 61 – Crossing Paths: Solution Focused Practices and Community Building in Slovakia with Andrea Schovancová and Marek Koreň
SFP 59 – Supporting communication choices: How to use Solution Focused ideas in university teaching with Dr. David Weber
SFP 58 – Celebrating the SFWorldDay: The Three Questions for a Good Life with Sébastien Vernieuwe and members of the Swiss Network for Solution Focused Work (NLA)
SFP 57 – Our Perception matters: How to be minutely curious about clients being at their best with Dr. Adam Froerer
SFP 56 – Don't assume, ask: A unique conversation about common factors, respect, and keeping clients at the center with Prof. John Murphy
SFP 55 – Practice-Based Evidence: Looking at what is effective in what we do with Prof. Frank Thomas
SFP 53 – Solution-Focused Therapy with Children and Adolescents: Creative and Play-Based Approaches with Becky Taylor
SFP 52 – Happy Birthday Simply Focus Podcast: A meaningful conversation about our journey with John Murphy
SFP 51 – Putting differences to work: The Solution Focused Counseling Program at TCU with Becky Taylor, Frank Thomas, Marcella Stark and three of their PH.D. students
SFP 50 – Being out there with Solution Focus: A hopeful perspective for the medical sector and sexual minorities with Benjamin Finlayson
SFP 49 – Living on the streets: A conversation about connection, humanity and the importance of community with Stacy Nelson
SFP 41 – Solution Focus is an Evidence-Based Intervention: The Impact of Research for Solution Focus with Johnny S. Kim
SFP 38 – Exceptional Sessions: Animal-Assisted Solution Focused Brief Therapy & More with Teri Pichot
SFP 32 – Small steps count: A conversation about SF parenting, SF in Japan and more with Keiko Yoneyama
SFP 27 – Hope in Action: A Conversation with Heather Fiske about Solution Focused Suicide Prevention
SFP 26 – Celebrating Half a Year SIMPLY FOCUS Podcast with That Reminds Me Of The Following Story by Hannes Couvreur
SFP 23 – What directions do you choose in your conversations? – A face-to-face dialogue with Dr. Peter de Jong
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One cannot ignore the force that is Bieber fever, am I right? The Canadian popstar's face is everywhere, ALL.THE.TIME!
Well, get this. It seems that the baby-faced teen wants a part on the BBC America comedy, The Inbetweeners.
The Mirror reports that Justin Bieber is a massive fan of the BAFTA award-winning show and its hysterical premise.
"I came across The Inbetweeners and, man, it was the funniest thing I had ever seen," Bieber said. "It was so real to actually what goes on at school. So many high school shows try and glamorize [sic] school, but this was real and that's what made it so funny…"
"If they are going to make a fourth series or a movie, I would make sure I was free to do a cameo. If they want me I'm there," he added.
No no no, Biebs, don't go there. Simon will surely be upset when you woo Carly away from him, while Jay's jealousy is sure to explode as you successfully attain his wannabe status as the BMOC. As for Will, he'll most likely find your hair most utterly annoying, but Neil might actually think you're not such a bad guy. Ugh.
Bieber recently tested his acting chops on the season premiere of CSI in September, playing a troubled teen named Jason who battles a few challenges relating to his only brother. He's expected to appear on the show as his storyline develops.
Would you like to see Justin Bieber make a cameo on The Inbetweeners?
– In related-Inbetweeners news: Will, Simon, Jay, and Neil are NME's cover boys for this week. Tell me, don't you think James Buckley's, who plays the sex-obsessed Jay Cartwright, signature blond bowl cut is eerily similar to The Vines' Craig Nicholls? Whaddya think?
In other news:
– Not everyone in the world is gaga for Glee. Damon Albarn says there's no way in hell he'll allow the hit show to cover a Gorillaz tune. "We wouldn't let that happen," said the former Blur frontman. "And not that they've asked us because they haven't, and now they definitely won't." (Yahoo! via The Associated Press)
– Celebrated BBC talk show host Graham Norton tells The Radio Times that he doesn't fancy himself a good interviewer. He says, "My chat show really is a "chat" show, in that we do just witter on because most questions you come up with you either know the answer to or are never going to be answered." Oh Graham, we think you're tops! (Daily Mail)
– Theater veteran Ruthie Henshall discusses the differences between Broadway and The West End. The brunette beauty explained, "The American audiences are very vocal about their appreciation and we're a lot more reserved. So when you go out there, you kind of go, 'Wow! We must be fabulous' cos you're so used to the English audience going, 'Oh that's very nice.'"
Henshall has been nominated for a host of Olivier Awards, the British equivalent to Broadway's Tony Awards, throughout her 23-year career. She earned her first award for 'Best Actress in a Musical' for her part in She Loves Me in 1995. (BBC)
– The always glamorous Joan Collins doesn't think Jennifer Aniston is that special. The English actress calls her "cute," while harshly criticizing Hollywood for losing sight of the classic beauty from yesteryear.
"I have to say, there aren't that many good looking actresses around today. I mean, there's Angelina Jolie and there's… Angelina Jolie," Collins said. "Jennifer Aniston is cute, but I wouldn't call her beautiful. She's no Ava Gardner or Lana Turner."
I have to agree with the Dynasty actress, for Alexis rules as the absolute bombshell. (Daily Mail)
– Martine McCutcheon is looking to spice things up on Desperate Housewives. The British actress, who portrayed Tiffany on EastEnders for four years before leaving in 1998, is a massive fan of the show, explaining that she'd be a fab fit for the popular American TV drama. "I'm a jobbing actress, I'd do anything I think I'd be good in," she said. Americans will recognize McCutcheon from playing Hugh Grant's assistant and love interest, Natalie, in the 2003 romantic comedy, Love Actually. (Daily Star)
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Double Oscar-winning actress Jodie Foster readily accepts that her latest, record-breaking movie plays upon the anxieties of many who will watch it.
"It was one of the reasons for doing the film - topicality," says Jodie, 39.
"We are talking, in the movie, about law-abiding citizens being threatened by non-law abiding citizens in the supposed safety of their own home. I know a lot of people worry about that kind of scenario."
Panic Room concerns the attempts of a woman and her daughter to avoid the attentions of three intruders in their New York home.
They take refuge in the panic room, a hidden chamber within their property, built to protect the house owners in the event of a break-in.
And the plot of the movie really is as simple as that, with Jodie's character Meg Altman and her young daughter Sarah (Kristen Stewart) playing a deadly game of cat-and-mouse with their would-be attackers, who are desperate to secure items within the panic room.
The movie is a perfect demonstration of why Jodie, an Oscar winner for both Silence Of The Lambs and The Accused, is regarded as one of the shrewdest operators in Hollywood.
It wasn't even her movie to begin with - Nicole Kidman was slated to appear as Meg Altman - but she grabbed the chance with both hands when Kidman pulled out.
She seemed to know instinctively that it was likely to be a hit, in the same way that she pulled out of Hannibal, the follow up to Silence Of The Lambs, apparently aware that it was going to be a damp squib, which indeed it was.
Her decision to star in Panic Room has been justified by record takings at the U.S. box office and a similarly enthusiastic response is expected in the UK.
As Jodie says: "The problems raised in Panic Room are universal. I guess the panic room is the modern-day equivalent of the castle keep.
"There's something horribly sinister and threatening about a place like that actually being breached. It's like a personal violation, the crossing of the final border."
The panic room, the one occupied by Jodie's character and her daughter, is seemingly impregnable, with a door made of thick steel, thick, imposing concrete walls and enough supplies of food and drink to last anyone stuck in there for weeks, rather than just hours and days.
But the intruders to Meg's home may have ways of getting inside it.
The reason why Panic Room has created such a buzz in America doubtless has much to do with Jodie's appearance in the film but also because of the number of genuine panic rooms now being built in America.
One Los Angeles builder reported a 600 per cent rise in the number of panic rooms he was being asked to build - the figure rose particularly sharply after the events of September 11 last year.
Jodie says she can "perfectly understand" why people choose to have panic rooms built in their homes, though declines to say whether she has one herself, in the luxurious house she shares with her two young children in Los Angeles.
In fact, much of Jodie's private life is shrouded in mystery and she rarely allows even a glimpse into it. At least not to those she doesn't know and trust implicitly.
Taking time out to give birth to her children in the late 90s and early part of this new century, she has helped protect her privacy by becoming ever more choosy about the roles she takes.
Once prepared to work on films back to back, she now insists on intervals between them and that helps keep media interest in her sporadic, rather than constant.
There is, of course, a huge irony to her appearing in a movie about a panic room when she's spent so much of her adult life creating one all of her own.
It's her private life that's her version of the panic room, a carefully made structure within which she keeps details about her sexuality, her children and even her views on John Hinckley, the man who shot Ronald Reagan in 1981, apparently to prove his love for Jodie, very much to herself.
Hinckley had seen the Jodie/ Robert De Niro movie Taxi Driver 15 times and, since the attempted assassination on the then U.S. President, Jodie has had round-the-clock protection.
She has fought against the idea of being stuck in her very own panic room but maybe the meeting of fiction, as represented by her latest movie, and fact, as represented by her own life, was an added reason for her taking the role of Meg Altman.


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Crafting Sustainable Rum is Largely a Matter of Catch and Release
After a few Mojitos, it's easy to forget that making rum is an industrial process. Photo credit: Distillery Serrallés, USA
In the first part of this series on rum production, we took a look at the environmental impacts and industry pitfalls inherent in traditional distillation. To make a long story short: The manufacture of one of the world's favorite spirits has been everything but clean and responsible.
Fortunately, some producers have begun to address these issues and the innovative systems they have implemented demonstrate that rum can make people feel good while doing some good, too.Recently, TreeHugger had the opportunity to take a look at the art and science—as well as the clean and dirty—of making rum first-hand, thanks to a trip sponsored by Distillery Serrallés for members of the press.Though the basic practice of making rum—or producing alcohol from sugar—is thousands of years old, several distillers—including Distillery Serrallés—are finding that major improvements can be made simply by addressing the impacts of each step of the production chain.
And, as mentioned previously, that chain begins with growing sugar.
Taking the Bull By the Horns
Growing and processing sugar is the first step of making rum—and it's also one of the most environmentally destructive—resulting in soil degradation and erosion, the overuse and pollution of local water resources, the spread of pesticides and fertilizers, emissions of greenhouse gases, and habitat destruction.
These impacts can be minimized, however, through the use of sustainable growing practices.
One notable advance has been the development of the Bonsucro Better Sugar Initiative which was originally designed to reduce the impacts of India and Brazil's burgeoning sugar cane biofuel industries. The standard—which has been ported to sugar-producing operations as well—governs fertilizer inputs, pesticide use, emissions, crop densities, and the treatment of human labor among other things and offers a plan sugar producers can follow to reduce the impact of their operations.
When it comes to rum, however, participation is limited by the economics of the industry. Sugar is more valuable as a fuel or sweetener than it is as high-quality molasses (which, remember, is really a byproduct of the refining process). This means that rum producers are often forced to pay sugar plantations to limit refinement—in addition to the cost of the molasseses—just to acquire a high-quality base.
There is something distilleries can do to counter this: Grow their own sugar cane. Slowly, this practice is returning to the industry. Producers like Verala Hermanos not only grow their own sugar cane, but have begun to implement some of the standards included in Bonsucro including employing local labor, harvesting by hand to reduce fuel consumption, and skipping the pre-harvest burn to reduce emissions.
Though there are obvious issues of scale with this approach, it is realistically the only way distillers can acquire sustainably-produced sugar in a economy that places more value on it when used in other applications.
Catching the Byproducts of Fermentation and Distillation
It's once the distiller has the molasseses that the real rum-making begins. At this stage, the most significant impacts come from energy expenditure and emissions. During fermentation, for example, the yeast emits larges amounts of CO2. What Distillery Serrallés and other producers have done to address this is to capture the CO2 and store it. Once captured, there is no fancy carbon sequestration done. Instead, it is simply sold to local soda manufacturers, who use it to carbonate their beverages.
It is during distillation—when steam is forced through columns to pull the alcohol from the fermented "rum beer"—that most of the energy is consumed. It is also during fermentation when the highly concentrated sludge—called mosto—is created. Dealing with the mosto is a complex process but the first stage—breaking down the remaining organic compounds with anaerobic bacteria—is relevant in that it produces volatile compounds. At Distillery Serrallés, these compounds are captured and concentrated into biogas, which is then used to offset 50 to 70 percent of the distillery's annual energy usage. The excess steam is used to power the distillation process.
Releasing What's Left
The anaerobic bacteria takes care of about 70 percent of the organic matter in the mosto. What remains, however, is far from clean.
What happens next is a unique process in the industry that was developed by Roberto Serrallés who, in addition to being a sixth generation rum maker also holds a PhD in Environmental Sciences from the University of Oregon.
To deal with remaining byproducts, Distillery Serrallés, separates any remaining solids from the liquid wastewater.
The liquids pass on to an open system that circulates and aerates the water. By bombarding the organic material with oxygen, it allows it to be rapidly digested by more bacteria. After this process, the organic content drops from about 1,000 to less than 150 parts per million. The wastewater is then passed through reverse osmosis membranes that further remove organics, dropping the count to nearly zero. The result is irrigation and industrial grade water that is then used to cool distillation equipment and water the grounds.
The solids that are separated from the wastewater follow a different path. They are combined with wood chips—made from broken shipping pallets and retired aging barrels—and made into compost. After some time in on-sight wind rows, the compost is sold to local landscapers, farmers, and gardeners.
Compared to the traditional process—which begins with industrial sugar cane and ends with a polluting sludge being dumped in a landfill or the ocean—these improvements to the rum making process are significant.
Of course, there are still opportunities for improvement, as we will see in the next and final installment of this series.
Read more about green liquor:
The Story of Sustainable Rum Begins With What's Left Behind
How to Go Green: Cocktails
Should You Shop For Organic Spirits?
Four Brands of Organic Booze To Get Your Party Started


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After being escorted to the police car, one of the officers decided to search the car and that was when she popped open the boot. You can see her laughing to herself over the situation and she can't contain herself. When the police officer comes over, he can't help but say how genius they were. What an awesome prank, and even though they nearly got arrested, the end result was clearly well worth it.


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The term Software Defined Storage (SDS) has constituted a variety of different interpretations and meanings from various vendors since VMware introduced the concept of the Software Defined Datacenter (SDDC) in 2012.
The SDDC is an end state reference architecture designed to increase agility and operational efficiency in enterprises transitioning to ITaaS. Think of it as transforming datacenters into the likes of the operational model employeed by Google and Facebook today.
The premise to the SDDC is all about the abstraction and pooling of the 3 main food groups; Compute, Storage and Networking of which is overlapped by a common policy driven management framework. If you ever have a chance to take a look into a Facebook datacenter (simple youtube search will reveal all!) all hardware is very much commoditised – The smarts are delivered via a Control plane in software, which is completely abstracted from the Data/IO Plane
What Part does Software Defined Storage Play?
It's pretty simple – If you look at what we did when we first pioneered the innovative Virtualization Technology, we severed the ties of the Application/OS to the underlying physical hardware. This was seen as a revolutionary breakthrough in the sense that because we completely abstracted the underlying hardware, the Application/OS Container (Virtual Machine) could freely move around from tin to tin (server) irrespective of the make, model, vendor (Yes certain caveats do apply).
Through the means of pooling we were able to consolidate multiple applications onto the one physical server… and with more physical servers; a Clustered resource was developed!
These two key elements; Abstraction and Pooling saved companies billions of dollars worldwide.
Now take the above; if we apply the same operational model of what we did with compute virtualization (abstraction and pooling) and apply that to Storage, then we really start to revolutionise the way we consume and define SLA's for storage – That is we create what's called a Virtual Data plane – This Virtual Data Plane is the same concept of the Distributed Virtual Switch (dvSwitch) and such security advancements we've made with NSX; Separating out the Control and Data plane to a point where we can integrate with existing SAN/NAS devices, but also Hyperconverged Storage (Hello VSAN!) as well as this new form of storage being adopted: Cloud/object Based Storage.
So you're thinking integration… What does this entail and what's next ? – The answer is simple. By integrating with the various forms and elements of storage subsystems to a point where we (VMware) have control; then essentially we are introducing what's called Virtual Machine Centric Data Services- These data services include VMware's vision for Data Protection (VMware Advanced\Data Protection), Availability\DR (Replication/SRM) and Performance (IOPS).
In short, by having such Data Services available, means that we can finally align the demands of the application to the underlying storage subsystem. But it doesn't stop there and this is where the Partner Ecosystem is very important, because not only can we integrate with VMware's Vision for the above Data Services, but also 3rd Party Services provided by our rich ecosystem.
Once these VM Centric Data Services are created and surfaced then we can control everything via a Policy driven management framework (the key ingredient for SDDC) formally refereed to as the Policy Driven Control Plane, thus provisioning Virtual Machines with a defining blueprint of SLA's required for the underlying application.
Couple the above with automated self-service provisioning using VMware's vCloud Automation Centre (vCAC) and suddenly you have a very powerful automation and orchestration engine.
How Does VSAN Deliver SDDS?
If you haven't had a chance to play with VMware's VSAN then test drive it here: VMware Hands On Labs because we are delivering SDDS with VSAN right now!
VSAN works at a cluster level by aggregating the local storage within your servers (1 Flash Device + 1 SAS/SATA Magnetic disk minimum per server) across 3 nodes (minimum amount to get started) thereby presenting a single Datastore for consumption by your vSphere hosts.
The technology can be quite compelling in that for one, the operational complexity has been severely reduced when compared to provisioning storage from a traditional SAN/NAS but also the CAPEX/TCO benefits such that you can pay as you go; scale-up, or scale-out linearly – the choice is yours.
So on the topic of SDDS, VSAN is essentially controlled via the Storage Policy Based Manager. Policies which are defined using the VASA Provider – VSAN can encompass:
- The Number of Failures to tolerate
- Number of stripes per object
- Flash Read Cache Reservation
- Object Space Reservation
- Force Provisioning
So what this translates to, is that during provisioning of a Virtual Machine, a user can select/attach a relevant policy (above) which will serve as a blueprint of how the underlying storage for the VM should be consumed (SLA).
Does the VM require a RAID 1 equivalent ? – Setting the Number of failures to tolerate policy to 1 will ensure that there is another host in your cluster containing the objects related to that VM to mitigate against Host, Network and Disk failure.
If for whatever reason the Policy/SLA can no longer be met by the SPBM, then an "Out Of Compliance" error will be reported within the vSphere client/Virtual Machine.
This is just the start of what VSAN has to offer in it's 1.0 initial release !
What about existing SANs/NAS devices ? – Welcome to vVOLS
The question that I get asked is – How does SDS apply to my existing SAN/NAS based devices – Well the answer to that is Virtual Volumes (vVOLS).
Before we get into what Virtual Volumes are all about, let's take a look at some of the challenges associated with storage today.
Currently when we design/provision storage, we defined SLA's based on the characteristics of storage – Typical customers have been balancing performance vs capacity vs availability and recoverability using the traditional static "bins" or a tiering method of Gold, Silver and Bronze Datastores – Gold would typically serve the highest amount of IOPS capability with lower capacity (Cost per GB $$$), a low RPO and some sort of replication. On the other end of the scale – The lowest tier would include a Higher Capacity (NL-SAS/SATA) disk with a lower cost per GB) and a higher RPO/RTO.
Whilst there are multiple vendor auto-tiering technologies in place to address some of the above challanges – We're still bound to these "static bins" which to the VM Admin/Application owner to decide where their application should live based on what it "might" require rather than what is currently being used. After all, the premise is always "Just in case" as we don't want to get a call at 2am only to be told that our SAP instance is preferably poorly.
Through virtualization, we've learnt that the traditional Storage "one size fits all" isn't always going to work – Kind of like going to your McDonald's Restaurant, where you have a set menu vs going to your favourite Burger place (Five Guys Burgers in NYC ) which offers you choice and customisation – After all every customer is different, just like our VM's
Wouldn't it be nice if it was a two way street – e.g, Our VM requesting what it requires and the Storage reporting what it's capabilities are?
This is what Virtual Volumes are all about – At a high level; no longer will we be creating static LUN's segmented off with a One-Size-fits-all approach. The storage array will report to vSphere what it's underlying capabilities are, which in return will form the VM Centric Data Services (see above).
Once these capabilities surface, then the Policy Driven Control Plane in conduction with the Storage Policy you assign the Virtual Machine(s) will ensure that the appropriate SLA is being met.
By no means are we configuring your storage array! vVOLS is a new Operational Model/Firmware to support SDS!
So you'll still need to check whether vVOLS are on your storage vendors roadmap as well as setup and configure your array and expose those capabilities.
Now, a question that I get is, what about LUNS – How is the above possible when we have legacy LUN's defined – Well the answer to that is that No more LUNS or Volume Management moving forward to support vVOLS – VMDK's will now appear as Native objects on your SAN and NAS devices – This is how we're able to get per VM (VMDK) granularity when it comes to defining specific SLA's – There is never a "one size fits all "approach in today's world .
Object Based Storage and Virtual Volumes (vVols)
Object base storage is a new storage architecture which manages data as "objects" rather than traditional file systems (NFS) which employee a hierarchy or Block-Based storage, which treats data as blocks, Sectors and Tracks – Object based storage don't reference a heirachy, in fact every object exists at the SAME level in a flat address space called a storage pool
Each vSphere storage object can include:
- The Virtual Machine home or "namespace directory,
- A swap object (if the virtual machine is powered on),
- Virtual disks/VMDKs,
- Delta-disks created for snapshots (Each delta-disk is an object).
Objects carry a variable amount of metadata and a globally unique identifier (GUI) – To better understand what object storage is; take for instance the 'chaotic storage' policy employed by Amazon in their warehouses today – With warehouses spanning over 1 million square feet and over 65000 employees, items are not stacked in a traditional manner where you would have a certain Row dedicated to Books and a shelf purely dedicated to a VMware Press Book on VSAN (It just came out.. get it here); What happens when that books stock depletes ? Well wasted space for instance, until the stock replenishes…But what about when that book becomes super popular and a warehouse staff needs to walk over a KM or Mile just to retrieve it ? Wasted time and Operator Resources! So what Amazon do (quiet clever) is that they dynamically move stock around the warehouse to better utilise warehouse space (whitespace) as well as improve order/operator efficiency.
Using the above analogy, products (objects) are stored in the warehouse (Storage Pool) and referenced by a barcode (Global Unique Identifier). At any point in time, the product(s)\item(s) can be retrieved by referencing the metadata associated with item, which determines its exact location – It doesn't matter if that product moves into a different physical location ( row, shelf or warehouse) – the item can still be retrieved! Pretty fancy hey ?
Brining it all together – The End Goal!
In today's storage market, there are so many new storage vendors popping up, each with their own unique value proposition. We're seeing the Hyper converged storage market (VSAN), Flash based caching mechanisms, different flavours of SAN.. NAS.. all SSD…and the new craze – Cloud Based Storage.
In fact most customers that I visit have more than 1 Storage subsystem\vendor as well as strategy (short/long term) employed.
With Software Defined Storage coupled with Cloud Automation (SDDC) the automated provisioning and placement of applications becomes very compelling.Imagine having our Virtual Machine(s)\files\objects move between storage devices, based on cost, performance, capacity…anywhere… anytime?
This is what Software Defined Storage is all about.


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Today heard a Very strange view of the financial situation in America from one of the top radio financial advsiors.
Without mentioning any names, he stated how the stock market has had its best run of any president while President Obama has been in office. The 18% overall increase during his four plus years is higher than any other president in history. In one breath he credits Obama but then he and his partner say that it's really just a matter of luck and that Presidents have little to do with the success of the stock market during their terms in office. Which is it now – make up your minds!
Isnt' there something to the fact that the Obama administration has artificially kept interest rates low and printed more money to stimulate the economy in the short term? Sure, it's immediate gratification that will see some immediate growth now as overall debt goes through the roof but down the line there's sure to be a major 'correcton' (as they say) or two or three.
People have short memories and may forget the numerous downturns in the market such as the dot.com burst; we're very likely to see a similar thing happen soon, after such a long run of growth – and artificially stimulated, much like the dot.com period had been, where internet companies were riding high for awhile without producing any real capital, and then…BOOM! Lots of former millionaires.
Had Romney been in office the stock market might not have done so well in the short term but we'd probably have more dollars in our government coffers now and lower debt. It's a GENERAL tendency for democrats to spend (tax) now and for Republicans to save for tomorrow. For sure our financial planning friend is benefitting by the more people who go into the market, so, no doubt he can take the view he does. But, it doesn't seem like a sound one to us.
He also said that the market success primarily benefits conservatives since they have most of the money and do most of the investing. that may or may not be true but there are a lot of liberals, like Warren Buffett and the silicon Valley Techie crowd that has benefitted, so one can't make a blanket statement on this.
Then, this finanical person went on to say that despite the success of the market we've had one of the lowest turnouts in spending and that 'it's a shame' more people haven't taken advantage of the upswing in the stock market. I wonder if he stopped to think that with the down economy outside of the stock market that a lot of people who might like to invest can't afford it.
It's amazing how easy it is for views to get so twisted, just like we see in the adminsitration. Fortunately, we've finally seen some die hard liberals like Chris Matthews start coming around , financial or otherwise to the other side. But to hear something like this re. the economy is scary. A financial advisor like this could destroy people. I hope a lot of people don't follow this financial person's advice and invest what little savings they might have only to see a big market drop in the near future.
He feels there's no reason the stock market won't just keep going up as it's been formore than six years since Bush was in office; hasn't he heard of trents and that most stock markets don't go much longer than four or five years without a reversal, especially with an economy in the precarious position it is. Sure , homes are finally selling, too, but that's also an inevitable trend after a long downturn. The market is certainly not likely to continue it's long ascent forever or even for very long, as these guys would have you believe
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Use a crossover cable to easily transfer files between two computers. Crossover cables allow two computers to create their own personal, wired network to share files and folders. Each computer can share only the files and folders they choose, or share all the files on the computer. Unlike creating a typical network, the only equipment needed is a crossover cable since most computers are already equipped with a network card.
Turn off each computer.
Connect each end of the crossover cable into the network card on each computer.
Restart the computers.
Right-click "My Computer," choose "Properties" and click the "Computer Name" tab.
Write down the name beside "Workgroup."
Repeat Step 4 on the second computer.
Press "Change" and enter the workgroup name from Step 5 in the "Workgroup" textbox. Press "OK" to save the changes.
Press "OK" when the welcome message appears.
Press "OK" when prompted to restart the computer.
Click "Start" and select "My Computer" on the first computer after boot up.
Right-click the drive letter that you want to transfer files from. You can select individual files and folders after the drive itself is shared.
Choose "Sharing and Security."
Click the following two warning messages, which appear as blue links: "If you understand the risk, but still want to share the root of the drive, click here." And "If you understand the security risks but want to share files without running the wizard, click here."
Click the radio button beside "Just enable file sharing" and press "OK."
Check the box "Share this folder on the network." Either accept the default share name or enter one of your own in the "Share Name" box.
Check "Allow network users to change my files" if you want to allow full access to your shared files. Press "OK."
Double-click the drive letter you just shared and browse to the first file or folder you want to share.
Right-click the folder you want to share and choose "Sharing and Security."
Un-check "Make this folder private" and check "Share this folder on the network." Enter a share name or accept the default name.
Check "Allow network users to change my files" if you want to allow full access. Press "OK."
Repeat Steps 10 through 20 on the second computer to share the files and folders on that computer.
Go to "Start," select "Control Panel" and choose "Network Connections" on the computer you want to transfer files to.
Choose "Network Places," select "View workgroup computers" and choose the name of the computer you want to copy files from.
Copy files as if the folder was located on your own computer.
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- Crossover cables are commonly used when transferring files between an old computer and a new one.
- Do not allow full access if you do not want other users to change files on your computer. Only allow full access if you fully trust the other user.
- Do not try to use a regular Ethernet cable. These are not crossover cables, even though the two look extremely similar.


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Tourists crossing a new bridge built across Venice's Grand Canal have stumbled across a possible flaw, which has landed 10 of them in casualty with twisted ankles and other minor injuries.
The 10 tourists were treated after taking a tumble on the 94-metre long Constitution Bridge, designed by the Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava, which opened on September 11.
Pedestrians who lost their footing have blamed the bridge's irregularly spaced steps, some of which act as viewing points, and the disorienting optical effect of the sectioned stone and glass flooring. "People miss a step and then they come and moan at us," a police guard on 24-hour security watch at the sleek steel and glass bridge told the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera. But one of the city's doctors, Paolo Pennarelli, suggested the mishaps were partly due to tourists marvelling at the bridge's impressive views over the lagoon city rather than paying attention to their feet. "We have quite a lot of this type of accident every week. In Venice, falls like this are natural," he said.
Venice city council has asked Calatrava for suggestions to remedy the problem, but has so far ruled out closing the bridge for structural modifications.
"We'll intervene with some sort of signalling system for distracted tourists, perhaps with stickers on the ground," Salvatore Vento, Venice's head of public works, told Corriere.
This is the latest in a series of setbacks for the bridge, which has been criticised for delays and cost overruns.


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Mourinho suggests Man City 'education' to blame for derby bust up
Jose Mourinho believes the alleged fracas between Manchester United and City players after Sunday's derby came down to a "diversity in behaviour" and "education".
City left Old Trafford with a 2-1 win thanks to goals from David Silva and Nicolas Otamendi, opening up an 11-point lead ahead of United at the top of the table.
But news later broke about an incident in the tunnel after the match, with reports suggesting Mourinho and several members of United's team and coaching staff reacted angrily to apparently disrespectful celebrations.
The FA confirmed they had contacted both clubs for their versions of events, with City coach Mikel Arteta suffering a head wound and Mourinho said to have been struck by a bottle.
The controversy understandably dominated the questions in Mourinho's pre-match news conference ahead of Wednesday's visit of Bournemouth and, although United's press officer eventually shut things down, the Portuguese coach did give a fairly cryptic response to why tempers flared.
When informed that Pep Guardiola spoke of his respect for United but defended his side for their part in the bust up in his news conference, Mourinho said: "He says, he says. I'm not there to comment on his words.
"The only thing I can say is it was just a question of diversity; diversity in behaviours, diversity in education.
"Nothing more than that. That's all I'm going to say."
United will be eager to bounce back from their derby disappointment when Bournemouth visit, and Mourinho expects that he will see extra desire from his players.
"As always when you lose, you probably have a little bit more desire to win," he said.
"Nobody wants to lose once or twice; I think it's something that belongs to every team in the world.
"When you lose, you want to win your next game – you have better desire. The motivation is based on we want to try to win all the time.
"When you have a bad result, you don't want to have two bad results. We lost against Chelsea and then the next match we had a little extra to try to win.
"Chelsea lost this weekend, so for sure they're going to give more in their next match. I think its something every team has."


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The emergence of epic, multimillion dollar, blockbuster films produced by major studios based off of comic book super heroes happened to occur just during my early teenage and high school years, and it's an artistic and cultural trend that has endured throughout my college years and into my early adulthood. Because of my age, watching the trend unfold has been a great personal delight, and seeing super heroes on the big screen was always especially inspiring to my lost and confused adolescent mind. But what does this trend say about an entire culture of people spanning all age groups who have been similarly delighted by so many cinematic presentations of comic book super heroes and their storylines? The X-Men trilogy, Spider-Man, The Hulk, Daredevil, The Hulk again like two years later, 300, V for Vendetta, Christopher Nolan's Batman reboot, Iron Man, X-Men First Class, Wolverine Origins, The Green Latern, Spider-Man all over again too, and plenty of others…
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Uttarakhand Tourist Places :: Almora (Part 1)
Uttarakhand Tourist Places :: Almora
Uttarakhand Best Tour Operator "Dada Boudir Tour and Travels (Regd.)" present the complete information on one of the most popular tourist spot in Uttarakhand "Almora".
Background :
The ancient town of Almora, before it's establishment was under the possession of Katyuri king Baichaldeo. He donated major part of this land to a Gujrati Brahmin Sri Chand Tiwari. Later on when Chand kingdom was founded in Baramandal, the town of Almora was founded at this centrally located place in 1560 by Kalyan Chand.
In the days of the Chand Kings it was called Rajapur. The name 'Rajpur' is also mentioned over a number of ancient copper plates. The town of Almora is situated over a horse saddle shaped ridge of a mountain. The eastern portion of the ridge is known as Talifat and the western one is known as Selifat. The market is at the top of the ridge where these two, Talifat and Selifat jointly terminate.
Swami Vivekanada had this to say about Almora. "These mountains are associated with the best memories of our race : Here, therefore, must be one of centers, not merely of activity, but more of calmness of meditation, and of peace and I hope some one day to realize it." In fact he expressed a desire to have a meditation center established here and the Ramakrishna Mission at Bright End Corner is a not an active ashram but is a quiet retreat for monks.
General Information:
Area : 11.9sq.kms. (city area)
Altitude : 1646 meters (5400feet)
Temperature : 4.4ºC to 29.4ºC
Best Season : March to June & September to November


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When my editor, Victoria Curran mentioned Super readers like twin swaps, I thought, 'Perfect. I've read some great twin swap stories (my favourite's by Daphne Clair - Wife to a Stranger - which had a plot twist that caught me completely by surprise).
My twin heroine, impetuous, impulsive Viv, had no problem writing herself into the story and I already had her hero - alpha soldier Ross Coltrane, friend to the hero (Viv's brother) from Here Comes The Groom. All about control and economy of emotion, the Iceman needed a topsy-turvy ride through a book with a heroine who pretty much railroaded over him.
Then I hit a snag. Plausibility. How do you make a twin swap believable in a contemporary line like SuperRomance, which has a brand promise - Romance has never felt so real!
Gee, you'd think I'd have thought it through, right?
As usual, other writers had made it seem easy.
My swap was of more than twin sisters, it was of lifestyles, of a single career woman with a separated mother of two. I had to come up with a good reason for the exchange for both of them. I mean why would a mom leave her two kids in the care of a sister who'd never shown much interest in them?
Also families tend to be able to tell each other apart. So do husbands - ex or otherwise. I had to make it plausible that at least some of the twins' family bought the swap....which led to even more plot twists. Turned out it wasn't only the hero who got a topsy-turvy ride.
And speaking of heroes, I had to deal with the fact that my hero couldn't find my heroine attractive as long as he thought she was his brother's ex wife. Doh!
Eventually I answered all these questions and have hopefully added another great story to the twins' sub genre. I guess you'll let me know. G>
So what's the draw of twin stories? There's intrigue and suspense - can they pull off a swap? Multiple happy endings, not just in the romance but between the siblings themselves as they solve longstanding differences. And there's the chaotic fun of watching someone live a very different life. One of my favorite sayings is, 'You can't solve a problem at the same level you created it.' A twin swap automatically throws a different perspective and approach to a situation that might have stymied her twin.
Romantic Times describes twin stories as "hilariously funny what-ifs. There is a dramatic interplay between the twins, who appear to be mirror images, but in reality are far from similar, and the reader is the only one besides the pair that is aware of a charade….Inherent in all twin romances is the opportunity for another chance."
The chance to do things differently…don't we all want that sometimes?
And lo and behold, I discovered some SuperRomance authors have trodden this path before me and will be hunting out their stories: Kathryn Shay with The Unknown Twin, Barbara McMahon with Cinderella Twin and C. J. Carmichael with A Sister Would Know.
So twin stories…love 'em or hate 'em? Got any recommendations? Opinions? Make a comment and go into a draw for any two books (except Mr Imperfect, I'm down to my last copies) from my backlist. Or, if you can stand to wait a couple of months, an autographed copy of Stand-In Wife.


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Andrey Pravda
Andrey studied Manual Therapy at Vasyl Karazin Kharkov National University in Ukraine, where he learned healing techniques for both humans and animals. He was a horse trainer and gave equine massage for many years.
Colleen Baehr
Colleen is passionate for the health and well-being of others. She began her career in healthcare as a certified nursing assistant over a decade ago. She decided she wanted to do more for people and went back to school to become a massage therapist in order to expand her skills and experience in helping others.
Colleen graduated from RCC's massage therapy program and enjoys incorporating deep tissue massage for muscle tension and soreness, cranial sacral therapy for relaxation and stress relief, as well as integrated therapy and sports massage for athletes. Colleen is always eager to learn and enhance her skills to make her clients' experience epic!
Kirsty Hicks
Kirsty was born and raised in the Rogue Valley. She has always had a passion for learning about the human body and how it worked. While attending RCC's Massage Therapy program, Kirsty interned with Blake Knight to further develop her skills.
Kirsty combines modalities for an integrated therapeutic approach to give each client customized bodywork. Kirsty specializes in deep tissue massage.
In the words of one of her clients, "Kirsty is outstanding at 'deep tissue'. Not only does she identify problem areas, she strategically attacks them."
Katie Schmidt (Bennett)
Katie is a graduate of the Cincinnati School of Medical Massage in Ohio. Originally from the Rogue Valley, she is excited to be back to share her passion for total body wellness with her community. Katie focuses on the mind-body connection by incorporating relaxation techniques with various modalities such as deep tissue and therapeutic massage.
She has worked with many clients who experience chronic and acute pain from various issues including work related holding patterns, cervical/lumbar herniations, and trigger points, as well as specializing in the treatment of low back, hip, and leg pain. Katie works with clients to determine an individualized treatment plan through her dynamic approach to therapy – and allowing the flow of each service to evolve with her client's changing needs.
Rick Dowling
Rick uses a mixture of Therapeutic, Deep Tissue and Myofascial Release techniques, and has experience with clients who are post-surgical, have had a joint replacement, or suffer with arthritis. He specializes in returning balance and proper function to muscles that are over- or under-working.
Because of Rick's past injuries and experiences with massage, he can relate to many problems that clients are having, both physical and emotional. He uses techniques that he feels will help the individual client so each visit might not be the same as the previous session.
Rick has taken advanced training classes in Myofascial Release for head/neck, headaches, spine, ribs, and TMJ.
Bekah White
Bekah graduated from the Ashland Institute of Massage. She is a therapeutic LMT who specializes in deep tissue and myofascial release. She uses these modalities, along with Swedish techniques, to help increase range of motion, and decrease pain and discomfort. Bekah has been voted one of Medford's top five favorite Massage Therapists since 2017.
Bekah often incorporates Cupping therapy into her treatments. Cupping relaxes your muscles and is great for stimulating the flow of blood and lymph to problem areas. It is often helpful for our clients with back and muscle pain, poor circulation, anxiety, or other aches.
Blake Knight
Blake specializes in deep tissue and myofascial release techniques. His work is a great asset to our clients who are overcoming chronic postural and pain patterns, as well as acute injuries. Blake is known for his use of Gua Sha (instrument-assisted soft tissue manipulation) to help break down scar tissue, increase range of motion, and decrease pain. He is also an FMT Certified RockDoc offering RockTape kinesiotaping as an integral or stand-alone treatment.
Massage has always been a pillar in Blake's life. He has personally experienced life-changing results from massage therapy and has developed a passion for helping others attain a greater level of fitness and enjoy a healthier and happier body. Blake has won Medford's #1 Favorite Massage Therapist every year since 2014.
*******Blake is currently not accepting new clients*******
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How much money can I make with a blog?
The best way I have found to calculate approximately how much money you can make with a blog, is to look at conversion rates. There are typical conversion rates in the marketing industry for the different types of promotion. It's basically a numbers game!
An important aspect of marketing and especially conversion rates is relevance. If your blog provides useful information about a subject that your visitors are interested in, then they are likely to be repeat visitors to your blog, sign up to your email list and probably buy the products you are promoting. This is why it is best to research what people are interested in and also the subjects that are easier to promote. Then you can focus your blog on what visitors want to read and want to buy.
If someone is looking for a battery powered car tire inflator and your blog talks about different models and people's experience with them and then you show them an advert for a highly rated one, there is a better chance that they will buy a foot pump through your affiliate link than if you suddenly tried to sell them a book on gardening!
Google AdSense:
With google AdSense it is common to get a 5% conversion rate. Which means for every 100 visitors, 5 should click on an advert in the google AdSense ad block. By dividing 100 visitors by 5 clicks, you get one click per 20 visitors on average. If the payment to you per click is $2 then you can work out the conversion rate per visitor. In this case $2 divided by 20 visitors equals 10 cents per visitor on average. Therefore, if you have 2000 visitors per day to your blog, you should be averaging $200 per day with google AdSense.
It is possible to get a higher AdSense click than 5%. I have found a very relevant blog post gets more like 15% but the advantage of working with the industry average of 5% is that if this makes your blog profitable, anything else is a bonus.
Selling a product:
This can be your own product or someone else's product where you get an affiliate commission.
If subject of your blog is relevant to the product, or at least to the blog post the product advert is about, the conversion rate is typically 0.5%. This means you need 200 visitors to view that advert to average one sale. If that sale pays you $50, then $50 divided by 200 visitors equals an average income per visitor of 50 cents.
If you have 2000 visitors per day then the average sales per day would be 2000 visitors divided by 200 equals 10 sales per day. If the commission is $50 per sale then that would be $500 per day.
An important point here though is if your entire blog gets 2000 visitors a day then unless the product advert is relevant to your whole blog then you might only have a fraction of those visitors considering purchasing. For example, maybe only 500 of those 2000 have seriously considered that product advert, so now you might only make $125 per day.
This is why selecting the right adverts for your blog is so important. If you have a product that everyone would be interested in, it stands to reason that it would have greater potential.
Email marketing:
If you have an email list and you send an email to the people on your list and that email is relevant to what they are interested in, then the conversion rate is typically 3%. If you have a good relationship with a proven track record where everything you sell through your email list gets great feedback, then the conversion rate is typically 7%.
Therefore, if you have an email list of a 100 people that are interested in what you are promoting, then you should get 3 sales every time you send out an email promoting a product you are selling. If this is a product that pays you $50 commission then that is $150 per 100 subscribers on your email list.
This is why email lists are so important and why people want to grow their lists. If an email list of only 100 brings you $150 every time you send out a promotion, imagine how much more a bigger email list will make you. It's not difficult to have an email list of 10,000 subscribers.
This would make on average, with a 3% conversion rate per promotion of 10000 divide by 3% equals 333 sales on average.
333x $50 commission makes you $16,650 every time you send out a promotion with a $50 commission. Now of course if you send out too many promotions, your subscribers might stop opening your emails. It's important to keep your subscribers happy. The best way is to send occasional emails with a promotion but other times to send out useful informative emails so they will be opening your emails every time you send one.
The correct way to do email marketing is in my email marketing guide. Coming soon
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Once you have a test it will take approximately 5 working days for the results to reach us. You will be contacted if your GP feels there is any action necessary.
You can view many results online if you have a Systmonline account. If you would like to call us about a result, please contact us after 14:00.
Our reception staff are not qualified to comment on results therefore it is your responsibility to check them and make any necessary follow-up appointment with the doctor.
Please note that we do have a strict policy regarding confidentiality and data protection. In this respect we will only give out results to the person they relate to unless that person has given prior permission for their release or if they are not capable of understanding them.
Specimens can be accepted up to 16:30 Monday to Friday. We CANNOT accept or test any specimen bottle handed in without an accompanying form from the doctor/nurse.
Please write your name and date on the label of the specimen bottle and ensure the specimen bottle is secure and place it in the plastic bag provided.
A blood test is when a sample of blood is taken for testing in a laboratory. Blood tests have a wide range of uses and are one of the most common types of medical test. For example, a blood test can be used to:
An X-ray is a widely used diagnostic test to examine the inside of the body. X-rays are a very effective way of detecting problems with bones, such as fractures. They can also often identify problems with soft tissue, such as pneumonia or breast cancer.
If you have a X-ray, you will be asked to lie on a table or stand against a surface so that the part of your body being X-rayed is between the X-ray tube and the photographic plate.
An X-ray is usually carried out by a radiographer, a healthcare professional who specialises in using imaging technology, such as X-rays and ultrasound scanners.
You can find out more about x-ray tests, how they are performed, their function and the risks by visiting the NHS Choices website.
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They say never to meet your heroes, but boy am I glad I did get to talk to Kat DeLuna!
This Dominican born, American raised popstar's 2008 album '9 Lives' marked the start of the pop/R&B craze that has taken over the charts since. 'Whine Up' and 'Run The Show' were huge and songs like the amazing 'In The End' proved that there was more to the album than just the first two singles.
I got a chance to talk to Kat about 'Push Push', the first single from her second album 'Inside Out'. Kat was brilliant to interview. We ended up having more of a conversation rather than a dry Q&A. Read all about meeting producers over social network sites, sampling songs she's loved since fifth grade and even covering Celine Dion after the jump!
Kat: Hello Charley!
Charley: Hello Kat! How are you?
Kat: Good. Sorry for the wait, it's been a very, very, very, very long day.
Charley: So I hear! It was very hard to get a hold of you, but I'm glad to hear you.
Kat: Aw, thank you. I'm honoured that you wanted to interview me, so thank you!
Charley: I'm very excited, because I love your music and I'm very glad that you wanted to talk to me.
Kat: Aw… I'm ready for you.
Charley: Ok, how are you feeling about the release of 'Push Push'?
Kat: Oh wow, very excited. You know, 'Push Push' is the first single from my sophomore album, entitled 'Inside Out'. It's amazing because it has a dance! You can tell fans to get to www.youtube.com/katdeluna and see the instructional that I've done. A lot of fans have already started showing off their moves to 'Push Push'. And it's with Akon! Amazing, a good, great friend and he's had so much success. The video comes out the first week of June.
Charley: I can imagine that it being the proper lead single of your second album brings extra pressure, are you nervous about that?
Kat: I'm not nervous at all. I know I have fans, I know my fans have been waiting for this time and I feel in my heart this is amazing. It's a hit. What I'm most excited about is for what's coming up next, the album itself, 'Inside Out'. It is basically what it's saying. It came from inside me, within me, to give all of me to my fans. There's no collaborations on the album besides the one I've done with Akon. Vocally the album is stronger than the first one, musically it's stronger, lyrically it's stronger. I mean, Charley, it's been three years. I've grown as a woman, as a musician.
Charley: I look forward to hearing that. Is there any date you can tell us?
Kat: Well definitely it is scheduled to come out early fall. I don't have the exact date yet, but we'll decide it very, very soon, Charley.
Charley: You were one of the first people to mix pop, dance and R&B in a certain kind of way. How does it feel now more and more artists are releasing this kind of music?
Kat: Amazing, you know, that lets me know that I was doing something right. I had an idea where music was going. RedOne and I got together to make both of our first albums. I was his first artist ever in the United States. He was my first producer ever. We got together and made this album '9 Lives' out of which came 'Whine Up', 'Run The Show', 'In The End' and so on. We had so much success with the sound and look how much he's grown now. From Lady Gaga to Sean Kingston and Enrique. He's worked with so many people. My sound has become concrete for me, but has also helped other artists come out and become, if not bigger than me, as big. That's really good to know, to know that I was a part of a musical movement. That I was, if not the first, one of the first.
Charley: As you said yourself, RedOne is producing for so much artists these days. Do you fear there may come a point when it gets too much?
Kat: What do you mean, specify?
Charley: That people might get tired of that sound or do you feel that he keeps reinventing himself?
Kat: Oh well, I think he himself and the artists he works with… You know, it's different with every artist. I feel music is music. Me myself I don't believe that people get tired of a sound. People get tired style wise, but not music.
Charley: Yes, especially when the music is this good.
Kat: I love RedOne, we have a great relationship, but this album, believe it or not, it was produced by a Belgian!
Charley: Yes, so I read!
Kat: I actually met him in my tour that I did last year, when I stopped in Belgium. His name is Andras Vleminckx. He came to my show backstage. He had asked me on MySpace and I let him come. He showed me his music and I was amazed with what I heard, Charley. After that, we kept on recording and recording, so we realised that we were recording an album. That's how 'Inside Out' came about. Everything else that I was recording with other producers I put aside, because I wanted to have a fresh sound. Andras, whose producer name is Eightysix, brought something amazing, dance, electronica with a little bit of Latin infused pop. He's a young boy, he's 22, just like me…
Charley: I'm 22 as well!
Kat: You see, I feel like Belgium is a very important place for me in 2008 and 2009. There I met the producer who would eventually lead to recording my sophomore album, which I know will be one of the biggest albums in my career.
Charley: You've also had some big hits here, won some awards, did some major performances like the TMF Awards performance.
Kat: Yes, yes, exciting!
Charley: That was amazing, with the thing coming down on stage… That was an amazing performance.
Kat: I know, I was like 30 feet up high! I was so scared, but I said "Let's do it!" I feel like when I'm in Belgium it's another home for me.
Charley: That's so good to hear. Your performance there started with the sample that comes back in 'Dance Bailalo'. Who comes up with those ideas?
Kat: Well, for that one I came up with it. Actually, 'Magalenha' by Sergio Mendes is one of my favourite songs ever since I was in the fifth grade. While I was touring I wanted to do songs… My production team GMB, which is where Andras is part of right now, and I wanted songs to put out there for my fans and that's how 'Unstoppable' came about as well. Lil' Wayne got on the song and once he was on it we were like "Oh my God, we need to do a video for this". That's how the big craziness and loudness of 'Unstoppable' came about.
Charley: Are there other songs you'd love to sample or maybe cover? Or do you prefer writing your own stories?
Kat: Most of the time I prefer writing my own stories. I am a writer, I write my music, but I would definitely would want to makeover 'The Power Of Love' by Celine Dion. Or I would probably… Hmm… 'A Sunday Kinda Love'.
Charley: I'm not familiar with that one.
Kat: Ok, let me think of something you're familiar with. Or what about… Oh my God, you know, there's so many songs… I'm sorry, there's just so many beautiful songs. 'Summertime'! How Ella did it, Ella Fitzgerald. I like a lot of old songs.
Check back tomorrow for part two of my Kat DeLuna interview on Charley says POP!
See also: Charley says INTERVIEW! Kat DeLuna (Part 2)
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