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However, it can also be very, very cheap... if you plan, stick to the basics, and buy what's on sale and seasonal. Think about it, what are some of the cheapest, most filling, and most nutritious foods? Rice, beans, potatoes, bananas, etc. These are all plant foods!
So to show you just how affordable a whole foods plant-based vegan diet can be I decided to create a little challenge for myself (with the added benefit of making up for our epic splurge week last week). I wanted to create a full week's meal plan and spend under $50 for it.
Here's how I did it, what I got, and what I ate.
Focus On Whole-FoodsThe main reason why I spent so much on groceries the week prior to this challenge and why many people have the misconception that being vegan in general is expensive is because of expensive processed foods. As delicious as they are they're not budget friendly. When eating a plant-based diet on a budget be sure to focus your meals around whole-foods such as beans, legumes, fruits, vegetables, and starches. Cooking from scratch will take more time but it's cheaper and better for your health too!
Buy What's On SaleThe first thing I did was to check out my grocery store's website to see what was on sale for the week. I do most of my grocery shopping at Aldi because it's very affordable and they also only sell the basics (as opposed to last week when I went to a larger grocery store which sells mock meats and I went absolutely crazy). I wrote down all of the items which were on sale for the week and built my meal plan around them. This particular week happened to have Cinco de Mayo fall in it so a lot of salsas, tomatoes, and the sort were on sale. Berry season is also coming so blueberries were on sale so I knew I had to get some for blueberry pancakes/waffles. Yum!
The next step was to make my meal plan for the week so I'd know exactly what I'd be making and eating all week. I made sure to keep in mind the things I knew were on sale this week. I wanted to choose things that could utilize some of the same ingredients (tacos and chili will use the same veggies, my pasta salad and veggies wraps will have the same things in them, etc.) so I could feel like I was eating a variety of meals without having to buy too large of a variety of ingredients. I also wanted to make sure I planned for a decent variety of fruits and veggies for optimal nutrition!
Create A Meal Plan
Create A List
Once you have your meal plan created it's time to make a list. Don't buy anything that's not on the list! This is key to sticking to your budget. No adding chips or candies that look good; not if they weren't planned into your budget and your meals.
Here's what was on my list:
- blueberries
- bananas (3 bags - approximately 2lbs each bag)
- cucumber
- cantaloupe
- bell peppers (bag of 3)
- mushrooms (2 bundles - 1lb each bundle)
- roma tomatoes (one 1lb bag)
- lettuce (one 9oz bag)
- baby carrots (one 1lb bag)
- zucchini (one 2lbs bundle)
- mango
- cilantro
- flour (5lb bag)
- peanut butter
- canned pumpkin
- almond milk (half gallon)
- canned white beans (2 cans)
- canned kidney beans (2 cans)
- canned black beans (2 cans)
- tortillas (small, 20 total)
- canned refried beans
- jarred salsa
- hummus
- small can of tomatoes w/ green chilies
- pasta (1lb box)
- coffee
I was also planning to use a few things I had left in the cupboards including rice, oatmeal, onions, potatoes, spices, sugar, oil, and a can of fire roasted tomatoes.
My Total
My total for all the items I bought for the week was $38.35! However, since I used several things that I already had in the cupboard I decided to title this article "Under $50 A Week" rather than "Under $40 A Week" because I figured I'd have to spend around another $10 max to buy the extra items I used that I already had. Since we're going on vacation the day this experiment ends I want the fridge and cupboards completely cleaned out (so we don't come home to moldy food or ants!).
|Our haul! It looks a bit sparse since all the produce is piled up in the front basket but rest assured, we'll be eating good this week!
How To Make It CheaperMy goal for this week was to keep it under $50 (including items used in my pantry) but this challenge could be made even cheaper by cutting a few corners and putting in a little extra work. For example, using dry beans instead of canned beans would save a little more in the long run. Beans are economical no matter how you slice it but per bean dried is the way to go on a tight budget. You just have to remember to soak them ahead of time and take the time to cook them. You could also make your own refried beans from dried pinto beans you cook yourself. Making your own tortillas from scratch is another way to save a little dough (haha get it, dough?). I thought about doing this myself since I needed to buy flour this week but decided that $1.79 was worth it for me to save a bit of time this week. I love homemade tortillas but I'm not the very best at making them just yet (I really should practice more). I also got a few "luxury" items like cilantro and coffee which could easily be cut out to save an extra $5. As far as coffee goes though Aldi has the most affordable of anywhere I've seen. It cost just $3.99 for fair trade coffee!
What I AteI followed my meal plan all week and mixed and matched what I ate each day so I wouldn't get bored. Here's an example of what I ate in a day. (My husband ate the same meals as me each day!)
Example Day 1-
|Blueberry banana waffles!
- two blueberry waffles made with mashed banana (same ingredients as we'd use to make pancakes but we decided to throw them in the waffle iron this morning)
- two large cups of coffee each with sugar and almond milk
- pasta salad made with tomato, sliced cucumbers, white beans, and salad dressing
- tacos made with tortillas, refried beans, bell pepper, onion, potatoes, mushrooms, zucchini, salsa, lettuce, and cilantro
- banana ice cream made with frozen bananas, almond milk, peanut butter, and sugar
Example Day 2-
- oatmeal made with banana and peanut butter
|Veggie wraps
- veggie wraps made with tortillas, hummus, tomato, cucumber, and white beans
- cantaloupe
- black beans and rice with mango and cilantro
- banana bread with peanut butter (I also ate this for breakfast a few days)
I also drank copious amounts of water throughout the day!
So that's it! We successfully ate for a full week on a modest budget and it went surprisingly well. So well in fact that when we get back from vacation I think I may want to try an "Under $40" challenge (because goodness knows we'll be eating out a lot and blowing through cash fast while out of town!). What do you think, would you be interested in some more cheap eating ideas? Let me know in the comments below! And if you're interested in learning about any of the recipes I used to eat this week let me know so I can be sure to do a future blog post about it.
So that's it! We successfully ate for a full week on a modest budget and it went surprisingly well. So well in fact that when we get back from vacation I think I may want to try an "Under $40" challenge (because goodness knows we'll be eating out a lot and blowing through cash fast while out of town!). What do you think, would you be interested in some more cheap eating ideas? Let me know in the comments below! And if you're interested in learning about any of the recipes I used to eat this week let me know so I can be sure to do a future blog post about it.


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PITTSBURGH — And so the questions will begin: Are the Giants not what they seemed to be during their six-game winning streak, which expired unceremoniously in Pittsburgh on Sunday?
The Giants had been trouncing mostly laggards lately. On Sunday, when the level of opposition ramped up a notch, the Giants collapsed in a clumsy 24-14 loss to the Steelers. A bad day for the Giants (8-4) turned worse after the final whistle, when the team's best player, wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr., suggested that the game's officials had been so one-sided that they should not be allowed to work Giants games.
Beckham has been in the midst of several other firestorms in his brief N.F.L. career, and he was joined in a brewing tempest by his usually placid fellow receiver Victor Cruz, who did not have a pass thrown in his direction all day. An upset Cruz wanted an explanation.
"I'm going to talk to somebody," he told reporters. "Somebody's got to give me an answer as to why."
On the injury front, the Giants' best defender, Jason Pierre-Paul, left the game in the first half with a groin injury and did not return to play.
With all this, the Giants' late-season quest for a playoff berth has become even more arduous. Arriving at MetLife Stadium for the next game will be the Dallas Cowboys, who, at 11-1, have the N.F.L.'s best record.
Ben McAdoo, the Giants' first-year coach, did not appear rattled. He has often referred to his job leading this year's young Giants as "putting out Dumpster fires."
On Sunday he said: "We are who we are right now. I'm not worried; we've just got to put work into it."
The video of the Pittsburgh game will be a good tutorial in the Giants' weaknesses, because the Steelers (7-5) vividly exposed a few.
Over and over on Sunday, Pittsburgh quarterback Ben Roethlisberger held the football behind the line of scrimmage waiting for a receiver to break open. He saw that the Giants' secondary was devoting several defenders to cover the Steelers' fleet wide receivers deep down the field.
Waiting in the passing pocket, Roethlisberger must have been wearing a Cheshire cat's grin. He had the perfect countermove for the Giants' defensive strategy.
From the first play of the game, Roethlisberger seemed more than happy to flick short passes and create mismatches that revealed the inadequate coverage skills of the Giants' linebackers. The team's previously reliable safeties were victimized as well.
The Steelers never trailed in the game, and the Pittsburgh tight ends and running backs combined for more than 206 receiving yards. Roethlisberger, who completed 24 of 36 passes for 289 yards and two touchdowns, spent most of the game targeting the middle of the field to avoid the Giants' elite cornerback, Janoris Jenkins. Poor Giants tackling aided the Steelers' cause.
The Giants' offensive unit, which at times advanced up and down the field effectively, notably failed twice to get the football into the end zone despite being inside the Steelers' 20-yard line.
"Getting no points in those situations can really come back to haunt you," said Giants quarterback Eli Manning, who completed 24 of 39 passes but had two interceptions to match his two touchdowns. "We've been doing pretty well in those situations lately."
But that was during the winning streak, and against lesser opponents.
The Giants trailed by 14-0 after a dismal first half but showed some life early in the third quarter, when Manning became intent on getting the ball to Beckham, who had only one pass thrown in his direction in the first half. Three Beckham receptions and an 18-yard run by the rookie Paul Perkins helped the Giants advance to the Steelers' 3-yard line, where they faced a fourth-and-1.
Manning threw to tight end Will Tye, who appeared to be hit from behind before the ball reached him. The pass fell incomplete, and a promising Giants drive ended with the team still looking for its first points of the game.
On the next Pittsburgh possession, however, Steelers running back Le'Veon Bell fumbled. Giants running back Rashad Jennings later caught a screen pass and ran 13 yards into the end zone to cut the Pittsburgh lead to 14-7.
But it took Roethlisberger little time to exploit the Giants' defensive weaknesses again. With a pump fake, he tricked safety Landon Collins and threw to tight end Ladarius Green for a 20-yard touchdown that restored Pittsburgh's 14-point lead. Green had 110 receiving yards on six catches.
Two Giants drives later, Manning was intercepted as he heaved a desperate fourth-down pass on the run after scrambling out of the pocket. Another crushing Manning interception came as the Giants were trying to score from the Steelers' 9-yard line, although in that case and in many instances, Manning was under pressure from the Pittsburgh defensive line.
The Steelers tacked on a field goal in the fourth quarter, and the Giants also scored in the game's final minute on a 1-yard reception by Sterling Shepard.
"Things will jell, and it will all click at some point," Beckham said. Then, looking ahead to Dallas, he added, "It just needs to be very soon with the team we have coming in, because they are red hot."


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Autumn is sailing in. The cool morning air, teased by the rising sun, forms fast-thinning veils of vapour over the lake. Past, present, and future is carried in these mists. It is where the dreamer awakes. My soul's skin still craves summer's warmth, and there is warmth to be found in a sheltered spot, later, … Continue reading September's Air
Wandering, Wondering and Writing
I decided to take a break from my writer's nest - just a brief ten minutes walk to revitalise mind, body and soul. Way always leads to way and those ten minutes turned into three hours. There was no 'missing time'; I enjoyed every moment - wandering, observing, listening, feeling, wondering... I am definitely a … Continue reading Wandering, Wondering and Writing
This Wild-Hearted Summer
I will remember this summer. I will remember it for the long hot days and clear blue skies from mid-April to mid-July, the likes of which haven't been known here for many years. I will remember it as the summer my skin turned honey-gold and I wore my sun hat and walked bare-legged wearing ditsy … Continue reading This Wild-Hearted Summer
The Kestrel's Gift
A flash of chestnut-brown and black tinted wings followed by an ascending kee-kee-kee call told me that I was sharing my writing contemplation space with a kestrel. From the first sighting of a female in late May, I saw her a couple of times, and then nothing. In June, she returned and I realised that … Continue reading The Kestrel's Gift
Life is But a Dream…
On the summer solstice, on the evening of June 21st, I returned with Fen to one of my favourite spots to wander and dance among the trees while gathering sensory inspiration for writing my new novel. Such wonderful light appeared as the evening deepened revealing glints of insight - a transcedence - that can so … Continue reading Life is But a Dream…
Encounters in the Wild
When you spend time in nature, no matter how fleeting or irregular, chances are you'll see some of the wild and free creatures that live there. Over the years, I've been fortunate to meet and often capture a photo or two of all kinds of wild ones who reside with us on this treasured earth. … Continue reading Encounters in the Wild
A Place I Love…
There is a place I love, which I've been visiting for over 40 years: a place where two rivers meet. I come here to be still when the mainstream world is far too busy, too crazy, and too much for a gentle soul. I'm not sure why this place, in particular, sings to me, and … Continue reading A Place I Love…
Halcyon Days
Several weeks have passed since I moved to my new writer's nest in this spirited place of lakes and meres. I've slowed down since my arrival and yet seem to have enough time to be and do. I feel embraced by nature and there is a strong sense of having stepped back in (or out … Continue reading Halcyon Days
The Mysterious Mere
My immediate surroundings, as beautiful and idyllic as they are, do not contain me. I am a wandering star with a curious heart that finds joy and adventure in exploring. Not too far away from my current abode, there is a gently nurtured wildlife path on the edge of Martin Mere. Fen and I have … Continue reading The Mysterious Mere
Tales from the Riverbank
Lured by an enticing path just a short stroll away and a secret passage through a thicket, I find myself in a kind of Narnia. From a bridge over the sluice, I see that way leads to way. There are private roads flanked by large acres of farmland. Tractors occasionally travel along here kicking up … Continue reading Tales from the Riverbank


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Boy Mom Survival Guide
Raising kids is not for the faint of heart. Raising adventurous kids is definitely not a task to take lightly. This post is written from the perspective of a mom of boys. Some of these things can be transferred to cover raising girls, but some are specifically boy. You'll see what I mean.
Keeping a Clean House on a Budget
I recently learned that I am shockingly cheap. We had a water treatment/filter sales guy come by the house the other day to give us a fancy presentation and try to sell us his filtration system. In exchange for listening to him talk, we were going to get a $20 Home Depot gift card. With all the house projects we have going on, we could happily use that money, so we agreed to have him come, knowing we weren't going to buy his system.
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I did it! 3 months wearing only the same 33 items. It was definitely a learning experience but I'm excited to share what I learned with you.
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I bake when I'm anxious, stressed, in a crappy mood, in a good mood, or just in a baking mood. I enjoy baking, but I try to reign that shit in because I tend to eat all of whatever I baked and that's counterproductive to my fitness and healthy lifestyle journey.
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I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell's Tucker Max Talks With Philly2Philly.com
Some say I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell has got all the makings to be a college cult classic, others criticize the movie as depicting exactly what's wrong with today's youth. Set to open in select theatres on Friday, the new movie is based on the New York Times best-selling book, by the same fitting title, which highlights the adventures and antics of Tucker Max. The movie begins as Max (Matt Czuchry) and his friends Dan (Geoff Stults) and Drew (Jesse Bradford) set out on an impromptu bachelor party, that goes dreadfully wrong thanks to a very interesting cast of characters. The problems only continue to pile-up with an extremely public intoxication ordinance, a visit to the county jail, a brawl and ultimately the consequences of Max's undaunted narcissism.
Instead of doing a premiere in Los Angeles, the movie cast and crew decided to celebrate in true Tucker Max fashion, by embarking on a 31 city premiere tour! During their stop in Philadelphia, Max explains that even he himself, is still shocked about his newfound success.
"I don't know how I did it! I mean I just got drunk and hooked up and wrote a bunch of stupid emails and now here I am." But Max admits that he believes it was always his destiny to become famous, "I mean yeah of course, the only thing for me was that I thought it would happen quicker! I mean I always knew I would be a success. This way and how it happened were not necessarily how I thought. But you can't predict you're going to stumble into writing a genre that didn't exist before you started writing it and make a movie based on your own life and all that, there's just no way, I mean you could never predict that."
As fiction mirrors reality, Max opens opened up to me about his cynical outlook in life, "I don't know, I don't know—I mean, how do dogs get hair? They're born that way I guess. I am who I am, I don't know. If there was some secret to confidence and success, believe me I would have written that book instead of I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell because it would have sold a lot better."
Still, Max has enjoyed success, selling thousands of copies of his book and has been credited with founding "fratire" which is 21st century, non-fiction literature, written politically incorrect for young men. "Listen, if the New York Times wants to say that I invented a new literary genre, then I will accept that!" (laughs)
Max continues to be recognized by adoring fans, including the very anxious and excited college students that were lined up outside the Bridge Cinema Deluxe in Philadelphia. Max says the tour has already exceeded his expectations. "The tour is going great so far," Max explains, "Actually, this was the most tame crowd we've had so far. The reaction has been astounding and overwhelming, so it's been great."
Philly fans were also treated to a surprise visit from the movies star Matt Czuchry, who sat in the audience and took pictures with faithful followers afterwards. Czuchry says playing the role of Tucker Max was a difficult challenge for him. "Tucker is somebody in life who is fearless and he just goes after everything and I'm not necessarily that way as a person, so to read those certain scenes and put myself in that position is a scary thing so when I first read it I was scared."
So want to know how you get served beer in hell? Go to a theatre near you on September 25 and watch all the craziness that ensues in I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell and decide for yourself if it's a hit or just another box office bomb.
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Citrix releases "XenClient 1.0," their client hypervisor. Don't waste your time. It's not ready.
Citrix has officially released their client hypervisor, called "XenClient." While this is something that we've been anticipating for well over a year, it appears that this "v1" has some pretty big limitations, and in fact many of the cool features are marked as "experimental.
Citrix has officially released their client hypervisor, called "XenClient." While this is something that we've been anticipating for well over a year, it appears that this "v1" has some pretty big limitations, and in fact many of the cool features are marked as "experimental."
We've been talking about client hypervisors ad nauseam on BrianMadden.com (including when you don't need them and when I think they'll finally catch on), so there's no need to go into the "what" and "why" right now. Suffice to say, whether you believe in them or not, Citrix releasing XenClient 1.0 is a big deal.
XenClient won't be a standalone product per se; instead it will be bundled into and included free with XenDesktop. There's also a "XenClient Express" which is a free edition that anyone can download and play with. (You can use the free edition on as many clients as you want, but central management, image delivery, and backup is performed by a server component called the Citrix Synchronizer, which is only free for use with up to ten clients.)
XenClient is based on the 64-bit version of the open source Xen hypervisor, and Citrix is officially supporting client VMs running the 32-bit versions of Windows XP, Vista, and 7, as well as the x64 version of Windows 7.
XenClient 1.0: Full of limitations?
Downloading and installing XenClient is pretty straightforward -- just make a boot CD from the ISO, configure some BIOS settings, click "next" a few times and you're done! But after reading the fine print you'll start to notice some weird things.
First is that you should keep in mind that Intel and Citrix have a relationship around XenClient. While details of their partnership are officially secret, word on the street is that Intel paid Citrix a lot of money for Citrix to ensure that XenClient only supports Intel vPro-based machines. And if you look at the meager hardware compatibility list that XenClient will actually run on, you'll see that yes, these are all vPro devices.
What's interesting is that about a month ago I blogged about Intel vPro and basically wondered why Intel forced ISVs like Citrix and RingCube to require it and wondered whether there were any real-world advantages to vPro? The defenders of vPro cited examples like TxT (Trusted eXecution Technology) as example of how vPro is awesome with client hypervisors, but then in the XenClient 1.0 User Guide we learn that TxT and TPM are not supported by XenClient!?! WTF???
And then let's not forget that in order for a laptop to have a vPro sticker on it (and, by extension, for it to work with XenClient), it has to have the complete Intel chipset, which means Intel integrated graphics only instead of Nvidia GPUs. (Although I guess this doesn't really matter since 3D support is classified as "experimental" in this release anyway... <sigh>)
At this point I'd like to re-ask my question from last month: Why does XenClient require vPro? What benefits to customers get from this?
Speaking of "experimental..."
So yeah, 3D graphics support is experimental and not officially supported in XenClient 1.0 at this time. Unfortunately it's not the only experimental feature.
"Secure app sharing" is also experimental. This is the feature that is essentially like seamless windows from one VM to another -- meaning that a user can access apps from multiple VMs via a single desktop instead of having to switch to each full desktop to use that VM's apps. Even if this wasn't experimental, configuration looks like a beast, based on local configuration XML files. Yikes! (Check out the User Guide Page 36... ugg!)
XenClient's "Dynamic Mode" is also released as an experimental feature. Dynamic mode is the "shared master" or "one-to-many" disk mode for XenClient, where a single gold master image on the network can be used by many different users at once. In the world of XenClient, users ought to be able to receive and refresh their base images while retaining their personal settings (documents, etc.), although right now that's not supported. Instead XenClient only supports the "one-to-one" or "persistent" image mode (called "Static Mode") where each user "owns" his or her own image. (So how do you update these things? SCCM? Symantec Client Management Suite? Why exactly are we using XenClient again?)
But before you spend any time trying to get the experimental Dynamic Image Mode to work, check out this little gem from the Admin Guide (p24):
Note: The user must manually join an Active Directory domain if required after downloading a Dynamic VM image mode VM.
By the way, the Dynamic Mode is completely different from Citrix Provisioning Server (PVS), which you could use with XenClient as long as your clients were always LAN-connected to your PVS host (which means desktop only, although in that case I think you'd just use PVS with bare metal since XenClient doesn't support enough different desktop hardware SKUs to necessitate a client hypervisor in the first place)!
And then there's the "known issues" list...
And just in case you still have any remaining excitement about XenClient 1.0, there are a whopping 59 (!) "known issues" in the Release Notes. Fifty-nine! And this is a product with a VERY limited HCL which only supports four different guest OS platforms!
Here's a sample of 10 of the 59 known issues. As you read through this, keep in mind that Citrix is actually trying to sell XenClient to real customers. Do you want to train your end users to look out for these ten "gotchas" (and the 49 others)?
Burning a CD using third-party applications may fail on Windows 7
Workaround: Please use the Microsoft Windows 7 CD-burning utility
Internal speaker may continue to emit sound when speakers are plugged in
Workaround: None available.
Issue: The integrated SD card reader available on some platforms presents itself as a PCI device, and is currently not supported for access by guest VMs.
Workaround: Use a USB SD card reader, if possible.
Windows 7 volume control behaves incorrectly at very low values
Workaround: Use higher volume settings or mute.
Cannot set password using localized characters
Issue: Setting a password via the system settings area of XenClient, does not allow input of localized characters.
Workaround: None available.
Hot-unplug from laptop dock causes screen to go blank, requiring a reboot
Issue: Dell E4310 with a 3D Graphics Support-enabled VM can become unresponsive if hotunplugged from a laptop dock
Workaround: Do not hot-unplug a Dell E4310.
Audio suffers when XenClient has heavy load on CPU
Workaround: None available.
Secure Application Sharing application may fail to launch on Application Subscribing VM
Issue: Intermittently a Secure Application Sharing application may fail to launch in the Application Subscribing VM, with no error message.
Workaround: None available.
Unplugging a USB audio device while it is in use on an XP VM can cause the VM to hang
Issue: Unplugging a USB audio device, such as a set of USB headphones while it is actively in use can cause an XP VM to hang.
Workaround: Ensure that the USB audio device is not currently is use (for example, currently playing music) and unplug the device using the standard XP mechanism.
Accessing a re-writeable optical device that is being written to in one VM from a different VM can trigger a BSOD
Issue: Attempting to read from an optical device that is being written to from a different VM can cause an error to be thrown. Subsequently attempting to write to the re-writeable optical device can trigger a BSOD.
Workaround: Ensure that the writing session in one VM has closed before accessing the optical disk in another VM.
Are your users ready for XenClient 1.0?
Ok, so who's ready for this? Who's going to start deploying it to customers and end users? Honestly I can't believe that Citrix is releasing this as a real product.. I guess this way their marketing people can go nuts telling everyone how awesome it is while in real life it's still a beta-quality product.
And actually I should point out that I still love the concept of XenClient. I'm not frustrated with the idea of it. I'm frustrated that Citrix is selling software that's not ready. Now folks are going to try this, see that it sucks, and be set back another five years before we can get them to try client hypervisors again.
Oh, and by the way, how brilliant does VMware's cancel-type-1-replace-with-type-2 strategy seem now?


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Changshu is a county city under the jurisdiction of Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, located 110 km west from Shanghai, in the heart of the Yangtze River Delta. With a registered population of 1.06 million people, it is still being subjected as a "small town" in China.
Archeological evidence dates Changshu's history to 5,000 BCE, but the earliest written record of Changshu can be traced to around 1,000 BCE. At this time, Tai Bo (太伯) and Zhong Yong (仲雍), the first and second sons of Dan (亶父) and princes of the Zhou tribe (which later became the Zhou Dynasty, BCE 1046 – BCE 256), settled in Gou Wu from northern China (勾吴, an ancient territory largely formed by areas of contemporary Changshu and Wuxi) to avoid a succession crisis with their younger brother Ji Li (季历). The tomb of Zhong Yong is located at the foothill of Yu Mountain.
Throughout the long history of China, Changshu is well known for its culture, art, and numerous scholars of Ke Ju (科举, or imperial examination, was an ancient Chinese Civil Service Examination System lasting from AD 603 to 1905). In modern China, Changshu has contributed a total of 24 distinguished scientists to the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Engineering.
Influenced by its rich cultural and academic tradition, Changshu is also a place full of cultural inheritances, usually incorporated with its natural beauty. The Yu Mountain (虞山) is a perfect example of this: at Yu Mountain one may find practically endless tea farms, beautifully-erected ancient sculptures, incredible buildings, and, above all, the final resting places of many ancient cultural notabilities.
As for the climate, Changshu, which is located in the northern hemisphere, boasts four distinct seasons, which results in a great variation of temperature and humidity. The weather can be as chill and wintry as - 3° Celsius or as sweltering and tropical as 38°.
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Designed by Mo Ping, the protégé of I.M. Pei, the 24-acre campus is built on an island on the northwest side of Kunchen Lake. Although relatively remote, its suburban location provides students of UWC Changshu China the opportunity to contribute to the surrounding natural and social environments. In architectural design, the campus is a reminiscent of a southern Chinese waterside village, where connections between all parts are seamless and unobstructed. The campus is also comprised of several cutting-edge technologies to enhance its sustainability and environmental friendliness, such as a geothermal heating system, rooftop solar panels, hybrid solar panel and windmill street lamps, intelligent central heating and cooling control, etc. The "interconnected environmentally-friendly campus" concept symbolizes UWC's mission to "make education a force to unite people, nations and cultures for peace and a sustainable future".The state-of-the-art campus has currently completed its phase one construction, with entities consisting of:
- A multi-function performing arts center with a 600-seat theater, a black box theater, many music rooms and a recording studio
- A sports center with a heated swimming pool, a basketball court, an indoor running track, a full cardio gym, a full weightlifting gym, a dance studio and an indoor climbing wall
- An outdoor running track with associated basketball, football, tennis and volleyball grounds
- A two-story library with 6 independent study rooms, 4000+ hard copy archives, and access to millions of digital resources (via databases such as Pro Request, Questia School, Press Reader and Cnki)
- A STEM building with ten laboratories for physics, chemistry and biology curriculum
- Two well-equipped, modern academic buildings
- Three student residence buildings capable of accommodating 500 students comfortably
- Two faculty residence buildings
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Official Looks at All-Star Weekend's "UNC" Air Jordan 9
Homage to Home.
This year's NBA all-Star weekend is a big deal for Michael Jordan — It's his first time hosting the event as a franchise owner. And we know Michael. Not wanting to slouch, we know that Mike will put on the biggest and best event yet,
So it's only natural for his beloved sneaker line to celebrate the event, too.
This year, Jordan Brand are paying homage to MJ's Carolina roots in Charlotte, which is also the host city of the 2019 NBA All-Star Game, with a handfull of UNC-inspired retros.
Joining the Women's aIr Jordan 1 Patent Leather is this Air Jordan 9, which draws a striking resemblance to 2002's Air Jordan 9 Low "Pearl Blue". There is also rumors that these will be joined by UNC-flavored Air Jordan 4s, Air Jordan 6s and Jordan Legacy 312s, but all three are yet to be confirmed.
As for this release, the Air Jordan 9 "UNC" is scheduled to drop on February 9th at select Jordan Brand retailers and Nike.com for $190.
Be sure to check out our Release Calendar to stay up to date with every upcoming sneaker release, add reminders directly to your calendar and find direct links for each drop!
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Many musicians suffer failures and false starts. Primus bassist Les Claypool was no different. First, he was a founding member of Primate, a group with guitarist Todd Huth and drummer Jay Lane. This outfit was something less than remarkable. So when news arrived that Metallica was looking for a bass player to replace the late Cliff Burton, Claypool was there.
Claypool chose "Master Of Puppets" as his audition song - a good, if painfully safe, choice. But during the audition Claypool jokingly suggested jamming "on some Isley Brothers tunes."
While Claypool, schooled on Larry Graham's slap-bass Funk, could no doubt handle an Isley track the suggestion was not favorably received. After all, the Isley Brothers are a long, long, long way from Metallica. However unpleasant, the episode seemed indicative of Claypool's future endeavors.
Jason Newsted made the cut with Metallica's James Hetfield diplomatically stating that Claypool was passed over because "he was too good." Well, compliments are nice but don't pay the rent so Claypool went back to Primate.
In '89, three years after the Metallica debacle, Claypool added guitarist Larry LaLonde and drummer Tim Alexander to launch Primus. Warped club shows (odd songs and bizarre stage mannerisms), even for San Francisco, led to the "Primus Sucks!" chant. Taking their cue from their fan's perverse adoration, Primus issued "Suck On This" in '89. The following year they unfurled "Frizzle Fry."
Moving to Interscope, Primus began an impressive run with '91 release "Sailing The Seas Of Cheese." The group's off-kilter humor and musical nonconformity attracted Tom Waits who added vocals on "Tommy The Cat" (as Tommy). There was also the tragic-comic "Jerry Was A Race Car Driver." This set the stage for Primus' big breakthrough, "Pork Soda." The Top 10 album made the group a Lollapalooza headliner in '93. Primus had earlier opened for Jane's Addiction, whose frontman, Perry Farrell, founded the event. There was also the infamous Woodstock '94 appearance where the group, playing "My Name Is Mud" (from "Pork Soda") were mercilessly pelted with mud. Good times.
With everything going their way, now would be the time to kick things into high gear. Nah, too easy. Instead, Claypool reunited with his Primate partners, Huth and Lane, for "Riddles Are Abound Tonight" under the Sausage moniker. Not much came of that venture so Primus returned for '95's "Tales From The Punchbowl." This set was most notable (notorious) for the hit single "Wynona's Big Brown Beaver." The song benefited from impeccable timing. It arrived just when it seemed that every male a couple years beyond puberty had a massive crush on Winona Ryder. But the song wasn't about the actress. Rather, it was a typical piece of Claypool's free association lyrics. He pointed out, repeatedly, that the Wynona of his song was both spelled and pronounced differently. Ryder seemed OK with that but her then-beau David Pirner, of Soul Asylum, managed to get a couple digs in at Claypool's expense. More good times.
Well, hard to top that and Primus never did but they still were game. Though '97's "The Brown Album" and the "Rhinoplasty" EP were good, Primus got far more mileage writing and performing the theme to South Park, the animated television show. Two years later, Activision used "Jerry Was A Race Car Driver" on the Tony Hawk video game.
Any band with a song on the skateboarding legend's video game or playing the theme of one of the most culturally significant programs to roll out of Comedy Central would be enough for any band - but to do both is just damn remarkable. Might as well quit while you're ahead. Claypool put the band on indefinite hiatus in '00 only to officially disband it a few months later.
Subsequent reunions yielded tours and DVDs (including Blame It On The Fish and Animals Should Not Try To Act Like People). Primus' career retrospective "They Can't All Be Zingers" landed in '06.
Primus toured in support of their "Zingers" collection which included select festival appearances in '08 and '09. Despite the activity, there didn't seem to be much interest in recording - rather, the band's debut and Claypool's solo efforts were reissued. "It was more of a nostalgic thing," Claypool said of the tours. "It was great at the time, but it just didn't have that creative spark." One reason was Alexander's desire to leave. As a result, Jay Lane left the band Further to rejoin Primus.
"(Lane) coming back has just breathed life back into the project," said Claypool. "We did some touring, and we decided, "Let's go make a record." Which is what they did. "Green Naugahyde," the band's first set of original material since '99, dropped in September, 11. The album sold 24,000 copies it in debut week to land at #14 on the Billboard 200 albums chart.
Lane left in '13 to focus on RatDog with Bob Weir (formerly of the Grateful Dead) which left the door open for Alexander's return. His first official show with the group was New Year's Eve '13 at The Fox Theater in Oakland. For their second set, Primus (joined by saxophonist Skerik and percussionist Mike Dillon) performed the soundtrack from the '71 film Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory in its entirety.
Next, the group recorded a studio version titled "Primus & The Chocolate Factory With The Fungi Ensemble." Implementing collateral marketing, the group hid five golden tickets for 'free shows for life' in vinyl versions of the set.
But before the '14 album dropped Alexander underwent successful open heart surgery following a heart attack. While he was on the mend, Tool drummer Danny Carey sat in on a handful of Primus dates.
Taking a break from Primus, Claypool and Sean Lennon (John & Yoko's son), formed The Claypool Lennon Delirium. Their '16 debut album was titled "Monolith Of Phobos."
Once again, Primus used an outside source for inspiration. "The Desaturating Seven," their 9th studio album but first original effort since '11's "Green Naugahyde," was inspired by the children's book The Rainbow Goblins, which Claypool used to read to his children.
1990 Frizzle Fry
1991 Sailing The Seas Of Cheese
1993 Pork Soda
1995 Tales From The Punchbowl
1997 Brown Album
1999 Antipop
2011 Green Naugahyde
2014 Primus & The Chocolate Factory With The Fungi Ensemble
2017 The Desaturating Seven
Primus comes off like a funky Rush but instead of science fiction themes there are the streetwise ramblings of a jokester (Claypool), who obviously has a loose screw or two.
Claypool is a monster bass player and his bass lines dominate - as they should. But his vocals have a "take it or leave it" quality. It's an urgent whine where he doesn't so much sing as spit out the words - well suited to setting up off-the-wall punch lines.
Despite "Wynona's Big Brown Beaver," "Tales From The Punchbowl, while a good album, is not the group's best. "Pork Soda," with the surging title track, "My Name Is Mud" and relatively straight-forward "Welcome To This World" is, hands-down, their calling card.


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In 1987, a single mom and her children moved in across the street from Ida Martin. Ida saw the refrigerator was empty, except for a bottle of water. So, she bought them groceries. And I guess once she got started, she couldn't stop. So, last year, the organization she founded answered nearly 22,000 requests for aid," President Obama said. Ida Martin, 84, of Bruin Road, is a Savannah native whose family is from White Hall in Colleton County. In 1979, she moved to the hometown of her husband, Jacob Martin, after his retirement as a Detroit police officer. She began providing food and clothes to those in need from her car trunk and garage. With others help, the nonprofit Bluffton Self Help was born in 1987 to help working families and senior citizens in need of food and other emergency assistance.HER CITATION: Here is Martin's citation: "When Ida Martin realized the needs of working families and senior citizens in her community were not being met, she took matters into her own hands. Out of her garage, she founded Bluffton Self Help to provide aid to community members in urgent need of food, clothing and short-term assistance. Over 20 years later, she continues to be guided by her devotion to helping those who desire to help themselves, and her organization remains a vital resource for those in need. For her remarkable efforts on behalf of those less fortunate, the United States honors Ida Martin." While the citation was read, President Obama embraced Martin with his right hand around her back. When he handed her the medal, which rested in a box, she reached up and hugged him and he hugged her back. She was applauded while another military aide escorted her back to her seat on the stage.The White House selected the recipients from nominations made by the public."I'm happy to say that there was a pretty stiff competition for these medals. Citizens from nearly all walks of life submitted nearly 6,000 nominations online, and it took us four months to select the winners. In the end, these 13 individuals were chosen not just for the work they do, but for the example that they set," President Obama said. Shake it OffBy Sheldon Reynolds, Former Guitarist, Earth Wind and FireAt the age of 51, Parkinson's started to affect me. I first noticed my left hand shaking and sometimes my balance was unsteady. It became frustrating for me. The body didn't want to respond to the signals I was sending it. It was like a delayed reaction from brain to body. For my family, it's been a real test of patience. They see a guy go from someone dancing all over the Internet to someone stumbling and struggling to keep his balance. They see two different people. My family was definitely aware of Parkinson's, yet the funny thing is there is no history of the disease in my family. I'm the reluctant pioneer selected who wanted to do something extraordinary in my life. And I did.I mean music and not Parkinson's. My wife, Marilyn, does a great job taking care of me and I'm grateful for her understanding. For sure, you need to pray for patience, patience and more patience! Something to always keep in mind: your loved ones areliving with this 24 hours andseven days a week, too. My prayer is that someday there is a cure, so no one else has to live feeling disoriented like those of us living with and caring for those with PD. If you care about people, you want to help them.I came to the conclusion that Parkinson's is like a one- way mirror: you can see others, but they can't see what you're dealing with inside. It takes time for the body to catch up to what the brain has instructed it to do.Although I have Parkinson's, the dreams and creative juices are still flowing. I continue to produce music, sing and perform. I have written a book called A Voice from Heaven. I have a radio show called Sheldon Reynolds and Friends, which I hope to continue doing as long as I can. I love to do interviews and speaking engagements, and am seeking opportunities to help others. My team is developing a reality music showfor songwriters and a music talk show for artists and musicians. In the course of my world travels with Earth, Wind and Fire, I've taken many pictures of places all over the world. I would like to share them in a future exhibition. I also check on my longtime friend, Maurice White. Every day I'm grateful to get up in the morning, take a walk in the park, and do what I enjoy doing using my God-given talents. I won't let Parkinson's stop me – and don't let it stop you! Join me and let's shake it off!Sheldon Reynolds is widely known as former lead guitarist and vocalist for the legendary group Earth, Wind and Fire (1987-2002). During that era, Reynolds recorded with the group Chicago. Before joining Earth, Wind and Fire, Reynolds toured with blues performer Millie Jackson. He later played and produced music for Capital recording artist, Sun, and joined The Commodores in 1983
Never worry about your position in life. When you are anointed by God and faith, to serve others do it! Everyone should pray, no one is exempt from prayer. If you are going to survive pray. Everything in life is created with purpose, discovering our purpose is the challenge. Sometimes listening to the ones with nothing to lose, will assist us in gaining wisdom. In every culture on earth the soul is connected to breath, so breathe to connect with the soul and achieve inner peace.Depression is a result of a hole in our psyche, we have lost so many traditions that kept us connected as the human race. Human beings have lost a lot over time, including the ability to connect with others, therefore we are regressing. Human beings are at risk not the earth. Take time every day to notice the beauty around you, everything, the flowers, animals, oceans and their content was designed for your pleasure. So embrace your uniqueness and enjoy the earth.We are still adding content, check back later!


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The ANZAC Medical Research Institute is very focused on delivering relevant and first class research in the ten key areas we support under the ANZAC umbrella. The Boards primary responsibility is to support our scientists and ensure they are well equipped in their endeavours.
One of the exciting developments this year has been the building of a new state of the art Transitional Research Facility (TRF) to house our research animals and provide the best means of advancing our knowledge using these means.
Working in partnership and sharing of resources key to institutes such as ours. The Sydney Local Health district was central to the final stages of this TRF development which started some years ago with a grant from the Federal Government under Kevin Rudd that included our neighbours the Asbestos Diseases Research Institute. With the support of Teresa Anderson the Chief Executive, a firm supporter of medical research, the project was finally completed. Great news for the future of Concord Hospital and ANZAC Research is the announcement from the NSW Government of some $341million for stage 1 of the redevelopment of the Hospital, including space for ANZAC in the new buildings.
One advantage we have is our close proximity to everyday medicine through the Hospital and the ability to address clinical problems. Many of our researchers hold hospital appointments and look to translate their work directly into clinical applications. We also have primary research which often takes a long time to become relevant but is central to the development of scientific knowledge and needs understanding and support.
Fundraising to support the purchase of equipment is most important and a never ending challenge. This year we acquired a very advanced microscope capable of looking at live cells thanks to fundraising effects. Other equipment was also purchased to support research grants which never seem to cover all the costs.
Alice Kang with the support of the hospital and its public relations department was instrumental in raising over $135,000. Contributions came mainly from local groups such as Rotary and the Lions Clubs as well as dinners and the Opera Night supported by hospital staff and the local community. We have been fortunate in the support we have from the local community and their political representatives, not only in our research efforts- the Translational Research Facility for example, but also in convincing Government of the need to continue to develop Concord Hospital. The inclusion of ANZAC in the new development opens new and exciting opportunities and the means to continue our links with the Military in support of Veterans Health.


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Tonight our children and any other families who don't mind venturing out into the country, will be coming by for treats and to enjoy caramel corn and other snacks.
This morning I started popping the corn. I made 2 of the following recipe. Besides I made some with butter and salt; for anyone not wanting the sweet caramel.
Below I did a carb count just to see how many carbs are in one small sandwich bag of the caramel corn.
4 cups popping corn
Pop the corn and place into a large container
In prior years I would use less popped corn so the result was sweeter. This year I decided to use more popped corn (as in the recipe below) just because we are trying to cut back on sugar and syrup. It still turned out very tasty.
1 cup butter
2 cups brown sugar
1/2 cup corn syrup
1 tablespoon blackstrap molasses
1 teaspoon salt
Boil the above for 5 minutes.
Remove from heat and stir in:
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon vanilla
Pour over popped corn, stirring well to cover as well as possible.
Spread into baking pans or roasters and bake at 250 ° F for 30 minutes. Stir every 10 minutes.
Remove from oven and separate kernels as you dump this into flat pans to cool. Once they are cool, they will not stick together.
I measured the finished caramel corn of one batch and had 30 packages with 2 cups in each.
The brown sugar, corn syrup, and butter in each small sandwich bag had 30 grams of carbs.
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If you're drinking, don't drive.
Alcohol is a major cause of serious road accidents. One in five people injured or killed on our roads are affected by alcohol, with men making up the largest share of drink drivers involved in fatal crashes.
In Strathfield LGA, alcohol accounted for 3% of crashes, lower than both Sydney and NSW regions. This issue is being addressed through state-wide multimedia campaigns and via initiatives from meetings of Flemington Liquor Accord.
Alcohol related crashes can be avoided by planning ahead of time not to drive. Consider using public transport or appointing a designated driver. You can also take a taxi or arrange for a friend or relative to give you a lift.
The Plan B campaign is specifically aimed at young male drivers aged 17-25, who are over represented in crash statistics. It encourages making positive choices to get home after a night out. Plan B is supported by range of transport options as well as RBT – mobile random breath testing police operations that can happen anytime and anywhere
By changing attitudes to drink driving, the campaign aims for reduction in road toll and awareness around enforcement.
Additionally double demerit points and stringent penalties apply for drink driving during stipulated periods.
For further information visit www.rms.nsw.gov.au or http://roadsafety.transport.nsw.gov.au/campaigns/planb.html


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Angles Theatre stages classic comedy in aid of Scotty's Little Soldiers
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A Wisbech theatre is set to put on a spectacular show in aid of charity.
As part of their upcoming production 'Blackadder Goes Forth', The Angles have announced they will be donating all proceeds to Scotty's Little Soldiers.
For every programme sold at each show, profits will be donated back into Scotty's Little Soldiers, which was set up in memory of Corporal Lee Scott.
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The charity helps support bereaved children of armed forces personnel, providing a practical and personal way for the public to show their appreciation for those who make the ultimate sacrifice for their country.
Set in the British trenches on the western front in 1917, the classic television comedy chronicles Captain Blackadder's attempts to escape the madness of war and the profoundly obnoxious Private Baldrick and his cunning plans.
The Angles will be staging the production between Wednesday, June 26 and Saturday, June 29, starting at 7.30pm.
To book tickets or for more information, please visit: www.anglestheatre.co.uk/blackadder-goes-forth.html.


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This is the second of two articles. The first article is about Marketing.
Many companies have developed great technology and associated products. A year later, they still have relatively little sales to show for it. This, of course, is very demoralizing and can put the financial position of the company into jeopardy. The first thing people come to realize is that in general, technology doesn't sell itself. You need a well-thought-out marketing and sales program to succeed.
This is just as important as the product itself. In addition, you should consider support and other operational issues upfront to be ready for when you do become successful. This area is often ignored, and if success comes quickly, operational aspects are not prepared which could lead to bad product reviews and lack of customer satisfaction.
Having discussed Marketing, let's discuss Sales itself.
First thing as part of product management is to decide who the customer is. The answer to that will drive the sales model. The second question relates to funding. That alone may drive the sales model. Some of the models to consider are:
If your customers are large companies, the direct sales model is mandatory. You need to hire people that have sold to these customers and have a Rolodex of companies and people to visit. The challenge is that sales cycles are usually longer with these companies, customization might be needed, and all the while the sales reps are prospecting, you're paying them. If funding is tight or nonexistent, this model would not work unless you find good people willing to work on commission-only and maybe some equity. In general, people want to get paid while prospecting and thus share the risk with your company. If a large enterprise really is your target market, you need to find funding, but the payoff is in larger dollar sales.
An inside sales model is good for lead generation and ultimate deal closing. It can be used for small-medium businesses, and sometimes for larger companies depending on the product. The upside is that compensation and salaries are less than for direct sales, but this only will work for products with short sales cycles and no customization that can be sold this way. Many companies engage an overseas call center approach which can handle the lead generation, and even closing business by themselves, or forwarding the lead to a US-based closer. Use of an overseas call center is a lot cheaper, but you have to be careful that they can be well-trained in the product and speak English without much of an accent. The Philippines has become popular for call centers in that they have technical skills, work hard, and speak English without an accent.
In general, startup companies should consider a reseller model. It doesn't cost very much and gets you to market very quickly. There is no need for outside sales and potentially high salaries and resellers already have customers, so the sales cycle is generally shorter as a result. It also helps in terms of competition as resellers have decent account control and are a trusted entity by their customers. Given that your company probably does not have a significant brand or name recognition, trying to sell the product via direct sales or even via inside sales will be initially difficult. This is especially true if your marketing program (described in the first paper I wrote) hasn't fully kicked in.
How do you find these resellers? One way is to buy market research of companies selling products in your target market, or that are selling products that compliment your product. Start with an email campaign to them expressing why your product or service is important, and why they should be reselling it. Follow up with subsequent emails sort of like a newsletter where you highlight a key feature and benefit (see first paper) and other market or relevant news to keep your company's name and product fresh in their mind. Subsequent calls won't be ignored since the prospect has read several emails already. They know who you are what you sell.
E-Commerce is viable once brand name recognition is in place and that the product makes sense to order this way. Products that require explanation or some amount of configuration or customization need a sales rep of some sort to sell the product. E-Commerce is effective where the product is known and human interaction is not generally required. It could also be used to compliment sales where the prospect agrees to buy and then goes to the E-Commerce site to order it. It also can be part of the product where besides ordering the product, customers can configure it as well.
In my previous article, I discussed marketing and sales via Features, Advantages, Benefits. Here's what I wrote: Don't just place your great product features out there. The way to do it is to follow the Solution Sales formula used in actual selling, i,e., Features, Advantages, Benefits. Features are product or service features you want to highlight. Advantages answer the "so what" question, that is, what's so great about the feature. Many companies forget to explain this and assume the reader will see this for themselves. Don't assume anything. Benefits are key. They explain how the customer will benefit in their business from this feature. Use this approach as well to differentiate your product from the competition.
Call to action: Contact me via this site (Advisory Cloud). I'll be pleased to work with you to develop the right marketing and sales programs and website content for maximum effectiveness and sales.
Abe Levine
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Benefits: My advice and work for you will increase sales and brand recognition, define a smooth operation for increased customer satisfaction, and significantly improve your finances
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In the US, fleet owners use diesel exhaust fluid according to the current EPA requirements. The regulations are in place to lower the volume of nitrous oxide gas emissions. Nitrous oxide emissions are harmful to the environment and increase pollution in local areas. Suppliers offer diesel exhaust fluid to control the emissions.
How Often Should They Use It?
The drivers are required to use the diesel exhaust fluid throughout their travels. According to the current standard, the drivers use two and a half gallons of the fluid for every 800 miles they travel. It's not an exact science, but the fluid must be at the required levels for the vehicles at all times.
Are There Requirements for Storing the Fluid?
Yes, it is recommended that the fleet owner store the fluid in a space that is climate-controlled. The fluid won't become damaged if it freezes, but it is more difficult to use in temperatures below freezing. Storage containers are used that are designed specifically for storing the fluid.
How Do Drivers Add More Fluid?
Fleet owners are required to install containers and pumps on the vehicles for adding the fluid. A selective catalytic reduction system controls the diesel exhaust fluid levels, and an indicator light appears on the dashboard when more fluid is needed. Drivers are advised to keep a close eye on the indicator lights and stop whenever the levels are too low.
What Happens if the Fluid Levels are Too Low?
If the fluid levels become too low, the vehicle shuts down. As long as the fleet owner installs the selective catalytic reduction system, the vehicle will stop operating before damage occurs. Drivers will need to restore the fluid levels appropriately before the vehicle restarts. The safety features prevent a financial loss for the fleet owners.
In the US, fleet owners follow federal regulations to lower the risk of nitrous oxide emissions. The regulations define how often diesel exhaust fluid is used and contained. Drivers are required to add fluid according to the dashboard indicator lights, and fleet owners must store the fluid properly. Fleet owners who want to learn more about the DEF contact a supplier for more information right now.


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| Diwan Special issue|
Alija H. Dubočanin
Born in 1945 in Bosanski Dubočac (B&H), lives in Sarajevo (B&H).
I have to go to the beginning again. To my childhood. Except that, for me the time of childhood is not some mysterious beginning, nor is it somewhere far away in time, but instead it is here, it is an integral part of my wholeness, and I enter these spaces easily and without looking for something that does not exist in them, but trying to clearly see what they truly contain. And there is all sorts of sorrow and beauty, from morning till night, from dusk till dawn, from the cradle to the gravestone, from mother's milk to elderly silence. Images swarm, and that is the first sign that they must be tamed, sounds must be muffled in order not to become lost in that polyphony, and the motley of impressions must not be spilled like a summer rain shower. Someone quick to judge would quickly determine: a common Bosnian impoverished childhood. The north of Bosnia. The Sava river. Bosanski Dubočac. Everything is worn and torn, so that even the families seem somehow incomplete, as if each lacks somebody. The čaršija1 with its bay-windowed houses, its mosque, the ragged cultural centre, everything crooked and old, and you try to get a breath of joy out of all that. Nothing to it, for everything there is joy itself. It is there that I first found out, and clearly saw, that there are more of us under the ground then above it. There I was clearly taught that there is no definite border between the living and the dead, and that is where I saw a man sitting with his back up against a gravestone for the first time. To this day I don't know who supported whom, there. And everything that was said and done then and there went in all directions, both under the ground and into the sky. I later wrote many pages about the faces, the remarkable human faces. For a long, long time I could not understand a pair of hands that crumbled the earth with particular care, as if that earth were made of human bones.
1 Old town centre usually dating from the Ottoman rule.
A child, desirous of everything, as everything is desirous of a child, with a book in his hand is looking for a quiet place in the yard to sit and read, and he finds that place in the garden underneath the old plum-tree that nobody is allowed to chop down. He reads. His mother sees him and joyously exclaims: "Remember yourself, son! Remember!" Later, in my early student days, writing my young stories, I often talked to that sentence of my mother, and the incentives were various. Remember yourself, son! Everything was there in those clear words of my mother, closed up like an extraordinary chest, only I did not have the key to unlock it. Remember yourself, son! When I heard for the first time that I was a "damned Bosnian" followed closely by: "Pejt v svojo Bosno!", at the same moment I heard from somewhere inside of me – Remember yourself, son! And I remembered. But, let us return to that first memory. A child studies and remembers himself. It doesn't matter what he studies, perhaps geography, perhaps science, the child remembers himself. He remembers himself in everything. In the plants, in the green corn leaves, in the calm flow of the Sava, in the rustle of the sister's songs and the mother's skirts, in the flight of the turtle-dove over the orchard in May. On the feeble, but young paths, the mud rose and ran away when it heard those wondrous words: remember yourself, son!
But remembering yourself does not mean forgetting others by any means. On the contrary! You cannot remember yourself extricated from the world, from the entirety of objects and phenomena that surround you. The one who remembers himself best is the one whose roots soak up healthy sustenance, whose roots branch out richly and provide their stalk, their rememberer, with the best. When remembering, it is not good to look solely at the ground. The sky above the young head also has some tales to tell.
And today?!… "Values are dying, and malice and evil are on the rise. It seems that good is wilting and evil is swelling, that reason is being eclipsed, that the truth is retreating, defeated, before evil, that the judges have been given the task to judge with prejudice and be the gravediggers of justice. The oppressed are accepting violence, and the assailant has his nose high up in the clouds. It seems that greed has cleaved its jaws and wants to swallow both what is at hand and what is removed from it, it
seems that the pulse of joyful living has ceased, that the wicked are climbing reach the sky, and the good are hiding underground. Human dignity has been cut down and thrown into a deep gorge, the value of human shallowness is rising and power passes from the hands of the honest and capable into the hands of the incompetent. This world seems joyful and happy, but from the depths of human souls, a voice whispers: There is no more happiness, evil has risen like a vampire!" It's as if you have already read these words somewhere. Perhaps in yesterday's newspaper? No, these young words, from the citation, are old. They stem from "Panchatantra", and in the Arabic version of "Kelil and Dimn", and the book was written by the wise Bejdeba, and translated into Arabic by Abdulah ibn El-Mukafa in the eighth century. No, by the way, El-Mukafa dies in torturous pains in his 32nd year. And that was the "language" of power. And these words from the citation reached us thanks to the learned Besim Korkut.
So, with some rosy sorrow, I spread the curtains before my eyes, I open the window and look out at the world and the age I live in, at the day I breathe in, and the unhappy human faces, and clearly, still a boy in that garden, I hear the words of my mother: "Remember yourself, son! Remember!"
Muslimanski glas (The Muslim Voice), May 24, 1991
Translated by Ulvija Tanović
There is a beautiful house in Sarajevo that they call the Lodge. They say that it is no myth nor legend, whoever spends the night in that house dreams such fantastic, such simply glorious dreams. In any case, these days, some invisible people spent their nights and days in that house. They are invisible because they are driven up to the Lodge in those dark limousines, and for the few steps from the limousine to the door of the house they hide behind some broad-shouldered men, so they are, really hard to spot. As I said, invisible. But, think about it, with some friends from Europe (I wonder where we're from), and the wide world, in that Lodge, they dreamt a completely visible dream. So, they dream that, God forbid, you, inhabitants of Bosnia and Herzegovina, you, townsfolk, and you, peasants, can no longer live together. Next to each other you can, but together you can't. It appeared to them thus in their dreams, so now you Serbs, Croats and Muslims, be patient a while longer, you will have instead of this cramped and impoverished, this degraded beyond all limits, but also this collective Bosnia in which even your sons mixed, you will now each have your own Bosnia, your own religion. That will solve all the problems. We are entering the "golden age of Bosnia", because from one cramped Bosnia we will make three spacious ones in which everyone will be able to breathe deeply, and nobody will in that primitive, backward Bosnian way come over for coffee whenever they feel like it and interpret their own dreams on top o that. Knowing Herzegovinians, they won't tarry behind the Bosnians, so we'll have three Herzegovinas, too. Wonderful, we'll have three Bosnias and three Herzegovinas, and it will all be just wonderful. Because, they interpret their dream, each village will say which Bosnia they want to be in. So, my dears, don't be surprised if one golden morning you see a whole village in the sky, floating towards its religion and freely choosing where it will land. True, those that dreamt this wonderful dream did not say what would happen with our Jews, Romanies, Czechs, Turks, Yugoslavs, Italians, Albanians and all the other people that breath in this Bosnia. That, I suppose, they'll dream up later.
So, I got a bit frightened, because I'm not used to such beauty. Nothing will chafe me any longer, but I had already befriended each stone that chafed me. Yes, there will be no more stones, not even kidney-stones, and no more nationalism, no more terrorism, no more protectionism, no more separatism, no rheumatism, etc. Each person, each beast, each fruit and even each weed will attend a referendum and say where it wants to live. We will peer underneath each ballot, examine its roots a thousand kilometres far and deep, and then place it on the appropriate reservation. We will live next to each other. Furthermore, as a surplus of beauty, if we are good and obedient, if we don't breathe too deeply, we will have at least three of everything: three Sarajevos, three Banja Lukas, Mostars, Varešes, Zenicas, Dobojs, Derventas, oh, it will be a unique case in the world, by dividing, we'll add ourselves up. We'll also have three Neretva rivers. Yes, it will be Muslim for a bit, then a bit Serb and then a bit Croat. Here, you can choose the order yourselves. For, the people will learn to divide everything that can be divided, and we must show the world this remarkable ability. We'll hoard money from tourism, because people will no longer have to go to those black Africas on safari and on research trips to reservations, we'll arrange all of that for them here. Whoever discovers anything undivided, even if it is just an atom of anything at all, that person should immediately bring or report that insubordination, that insolent atom that has no intention of dividing, to the nearest academy of sciences. Now, since each reservation will be inhabited by nothing but kin and in-laws, there will be no more armies, nor police, nor courts, because who's going to fight whom when they are surrounded by utter safety, so academies and schools of all kinds of artificial and artistic skills will blossom. Of course, not even birds will be permitted to behave destructively any longer, and that means: no more of building a nest, say, on a Croat poplar and then going off to catch and feed on Muslim worms. You won't be able to pass through Bosnia from all the orderliness and beauty.
I'm telling all of this to a dear acquaintance of mine, whom I had-n't seen in months and he's just looking at me, quiet, and then he seems to wink at me. I take a closer look and find out that he isn't winking, but he can't open both eyes all the way, and then again, the left one he can't keep closed in broad daylight. He keeps blinking and blinking! I ask him what's the matter, why he doesn't believe me, and why doesn't he look with eyes wide open. And you know what he says: man, I just got back from the front lines, for months I just kept aiming and aiming and aiming… and now I can't open my eyes wide, so that's why I walk like this, still aiming at people a little bit. So I see that it's no joking matter, whatever the man looks at, to him it's a target.
Truly, people, there is a wondrous Lodge in Sarajevo and whoever stays there for longer starts to dream even when awake, and when he wakes up completely, he starts to tell us about his glorious dreams. And there are people who are very gentle, so those dreams make even their children shiver in the cradle.
Still, do you know, because I don't, who's lodging with whom tonight in that wondrous Lodge. Because, it may be that we, the so-called common, little people never wake up in their dreams. Never!
Muslimanski glas (The Muslim Voice), March 27, 1992, No. 49, year III
Translated by Ulvija Tanović
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We consistently get told that we are, of ourselves, not good enough. We get told not to trust our own worth, that we must have not only the right clothes and accessories, but lots and lots of them in order to be worthy. When we add into this the ever more massive machine of the Attire industry, we get an outpouring of goods so immense that no person could ever possibly comprehend it all.
I do not believe we have gotten to the glossolalia point as yet. But we are headed there. It surprises me not at all that some folks resort to a personal uniform so that they can manage to navigate their lives without getting lost in the too much of too much that Attire is becoming. And this all makes me sad on one level because I see the validity of the Attire language and what it can accomplish so readily.
In days gone by it was enough to relate that one was wealthy, or cultivated, or smart, or proficient at something. Rarely if ever were all these things and more required of a person to put across in their clothing statement. Now, with the way communications have expanded and changed, it isn't enough anymore to state those bald declaratives. There has to be more, because our lives are more complex, and our personal realities are more complex on many levels than our forbears.
What this means in the long run for Attire as an expressive vehicle for us I cannot say. I will say that observing and taking part in the process is going to be exhilarating, (at least, to me).


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I'm sorry, Mama.
I never meant to hurt you.
I never meant to make you cry. So, tonight, I'm cleaning out my closet.
I never meant to hurt you.
I never meant to make you cry. So, tonight, I'm cleaning out my closet.
Made some from scratch cookies in Molly's easy bake oven.
They came out awesome.
Recieved some homemade trail mix from a friend. Equally as awesome.
The kids prepared a special dinner for Thom and I. Ultimately the most awesome.
{and shh. Thom made some awesome pasta vodka as well. http://thomkingston.com/2013/01/14/wheres-smell-o-vision-when-you-need-it/ }
If I had one word to sum up today, it would have to be yum. {and coincidentally? Awesome.}
Marcus was feeling better today. He had a full night's rest and was up and at 'em bright and early. He came downstairs in his "summaman" pj's to find me taping the hallway. Immediately, he ran and got a dry brush, climbed up onto the ladder and exclaimed, "Mommy! I pain 10!"
It seemed like there was a reoccurring theme going on today. Poor Marcus was not feeling well so he was extra huggie, mixed with quiet moments where I snuck to prime and paint.
It looked either like this:
Or this:
Thankfully, it was also mixed with bouts of this:
Resulting in this:
Today was a crazy busy day. We came to discover at around 8:15 am that the doorbell chime no longer worked. The poor guy that had come over to finish up the drywall texturing for Molly's new wall tried to ring the bell, and then decided to wait in his car while calling my husband to see why no one was letting him in. Silly me watched for a good 10 minutes trying to figure out why he'd unload his stuff on the front porch, only to await in his car.
Apparently, it imploded. As I took the cover off to see if I could fix anything these parts just sprung out, literally.
By day's end we had it all worked out, though.
A working doorbell for us, thanks to a trip to Lowes with my dad and Marcus, and a newly textured wall for Molly.
Oh, and a homemade apple pie for our bellies.
What? A girl's gotta bake to deal with all that.
May the new year bring you fresh starts to explore, higher summits to climb, and new stories to create.
Today, Marcus decided he was in a coloring type mood.
Seems like that sorta thing is going around in my house.
I may have purchased some more paint to aide in that. Photos to follow, I'm sure.
Thomas got the gift of sight today. 😉 He was so excited looking around when he first put them on, and has been pointing out things he's been missing ever since.
It's so amazing to see him see.
It's a perfect day to paint your bedroom.
In a tutu.
Don't you think?
Why would the clumsiest, loudest Santa in the history of man think it was a great idea for Elfie to wrap the kids doors with their coordinating Santa present wrapping paper??
… I can think of three really good reasons.
Merry Christmas everyone!


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This is an original screenprint by contemporary artist, Kyle Brown.
"Every red dot in a field of blue is a star in Andromeda Galaxy".
Hand-pulled screen print, unframed
30 x 22 inches, ink on cotton paper - Arches Rives BFK 250g, mouldmade in France, 100% cotton rag, neutral pH, deckled edges
Signed edition of 10
Kyle Brown, 2019


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2019 saw us back in The Netherlands once again. On top of our usual visit to Duinrell, we arranged a week in Hulshorst, in the province of Gelderland. Continue reading "Netherlands 19"
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Netherlands 18
2018 saw us return to The Netherlands once again. On top of our usual trip to Duinrell, we arranged to spend a week in Bovenkarspel, in the region of West-Frisia, North Holland. Continue reading "Netherlands 18"
Netherlands 17
At the end of May, we made what seems to be our annual visit to The Netherlands. On top of our usual trip to Duinrell, we arranged to spend a week in Utrecht in an Airbnb apartment. Continue reading "Netherlands 17"
Netherlands 17: The route to Leiden
In my view, no stay at Duinrell is complete without a trip to Leiden. We've been there plenty of times and I've covered the route previously in 2015. Though it deserves another post, as there's changes on the way and we chose a different route on the way back. Continue reading "Netherlands 17: The route to Leiden"
Netherlands 17: The route to Stoomtrein Katwijk Leiden
During our 2017 stay at Duinrell, we arranged a visit Stoomtrein Katwijk Leiden. We've been to Stoomtrein Katwijk Leiden once before and had a great time. This time, we were going with the other families we were staying with at Duinrell. Continue reading "Netherlands 17: The route to Stoomtrein Katwijk Leiden"
Netherlands 17: The route to Wassenaarse Slag
2017 saw us back in Duinrell for what was our seventh visit. I've covered Wassenaarse Slag previously in a post from 2015, though that was the route from The Hague. This time we were heading there from Duinrell, with five families in total, and with seven adults and six kids getting there on bikes. Continue reading "Netherlands 17: The route to Wassenaarse Slag"
Duinrell, a family and cycling friendly holiday park in The Netherlands
We've been going to Duinrell now for quite a few years, since our first visit back in 2012. We have been to The Netherlands on a number of occasions previously, mostly in and around Amsterdam. We came across Duinrell while looking for places to go, we'd previously had a day trip to The Hague and it looked like a nice place to spend a bit more time, so we decided to give it a go.
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Netherlands 16: The route to Katwijk aan Zee
This year marks the sixth time we've visited Duinrell. We spent the second week of our holiday here, after spending the first week in Vlissingen. Given the number of times we've been, it's surprising that we've never been to Katwijk before. We decided to remedy this with a ride there on quite a sunny day.
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Netherlands 15: The route to Leiden
Leiden is a university city about 20km north of The Hague and about 10km away from Duinrell by bike. The route from Duinrell is a great example of Dutch bike infrastructure, with most of the route being on segregated cycle paths away from the road. The points at which you have to share the road are generally pretty quiet and you can expect to see very few cars.
Netherlands 15: Around Duinrell
The second week of our recent trip to The Netherlands, we spent at Duinrell. This was actually the fifth time we've stayed at Duinrell in one form or another, in the last four year, so as you can probably guess, we're big fans! We've also persuaded a number of friends to go there, who on the whole have loved it.