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At age 70, Micky Dolenz is not ready to stop monkeying around.
His slate is full and jam-packed. He's currently touring with Monkee band mate Peter Tork, has a new live album in the works merging rock and Broadway AND a new '70s solo material collection is also on its way.
And if that's not enough, Dolenz is enjoying a successful side career with Dolenz & Daughters, a fine furniture company with his daughter Georgia. Perennially on the go, we caught up with Micky to fill us in on all things, past, present and future.
Rock Cellar Magazine: You're recording a new live album soon, A Little Bit Broadway, A Little Bit Rock & Roll.
Micky Dolenz: It's actually the idea of a Broadway producer named Van Dean. He was a fan of mine and he met with me. He had a company called Broadway Records and they do soundtracks from shows.
He knew about my love for Broadway and theater. He met with me about a year ago and said I'd love to do a live CD at this place in New York called 54 Below. It's below the old Studio 54. It's a cabaret venue, very small, very intimate and a lot of the Broadway stars will go there and do that kind of cabaret.
Initially I told him I didn't know if I could do that because it's so outside my comfort zone. I'm used to a big rock and roll concert with lights and people screaming and a big band covering up all my mistakes. (laughs)
It's not a one-man show but it's close. It's very intimate, obviously, and you have to talk and tell stories which I do occasionally in my rock and roll show. But also he said, "I'd love for you to do some Broadway tunes and mix it up. Let's call it A Little Bit of Broadway, A Little Bit of Rock and Roll" 'cause obviously I've done both. So we've been working on it for months.
I've been to New York two or three times and met with the arranger/band leader and we've gone over a ton of material. Doing the rock and roll stuff is not gonna be a big problem, it's all gonna be mainly the big Monkee hits. But finding Broadway tunes that fit the occasion and fit me is surprisingly not that easy. A lot of songs that I thought would really work that I loved in shows and in some of the shows that I've been in, when you start singing them with just a piano, surprisingly a lot of them just didn't work.
And it was mainly because as Michael Moritz, the MD and arranger said "In this kind of cabaret environment the songs sort of have to stand on their own in context, the narrative and story of the song. Like for instance. One of the songs that I wanted to do was Wonderful from Wicked. We tried it and it's a great song but you really need to be watching the musical and being into the story; the songs have an awful lot to do with musical and the story.
They say the story in musical turns on the songs. So very often they're very specific to the plot and to the characters in the show. So it's not that easy to find songs that work on their own totally out of context of the show. That's one of the reasons why it's very unusual for a song from a show to become a big pop hit. You really need to have some context. So it was interesting and it was tough.
But we found a half a dozen or so that we're doing and we'll just have to see how it works.
Rock Cellar Magazine: You wrote some fine material in the Monkees, from Randy Scouse Git to Mommy & Daddy, Just a Game to Shorty Blackwell, Little Girl to Midnight Train, what self-penned Monkees cut are your most satisfied with?
Micky Dolenz: Well, that's a great question. I've never been asked that. As you know, I wrote a few tunes for the Monkees but I'm certainly not an extremely prolific songwriter, certainly not like Mike Nesmith for example. To this day I can't just sit down with my guitar and say, "Today I'm gonna write a song."
Usually it just comes out of something that happens or some melody in my head or something like that" and that's always how it's been. All of those songs that you mentioned have a little special place in my brain. I've written a few things recently but not a lot. Funnily enough, when I tend to write a song especially these songs they tend to be sort of country. (laughs) and I always have. Look at a song like Midnight Train for instance. I think maybe it has to do with the fact that I usually write on a guitar.
Rock Cellar Magazine: But out of the ones I mentioned is there one you favor?
Micky Dolenz: Well, I'd say it would have to be Randy Scouse Git, which in England was called Alternate Title. They wouldn't let me use that phrase 'cause in England it's kind of rude. It translated into horny Liverpudlian putz. I wrote the song on guitar and I wrote in England about my experiences over there meeting the Beatles and the girl that was gonna be my first wife. (Samantha Juste). So it was sort of a diary, stream of consciousness song.
Rock Cellar Magazine: I love the piano lick in that song.
Micky Dolenz: Peter (Tork) came up with that.
Rock Cellar Magazine: Judging from that work, you're a very talented songwriter. Do you regret not pursuing your songwriting in that band and as a solo artist?
Micky Dolenz: Well no, I don't regret it. Like I said, I like what I've written and Randy Scouse Git was frankly the only song written by one of us that ever was a big hit. It went to number two in the UK and that's the only one that any of us wrote that went that far up the chart.
So I'm very proud of that. I'm just not prolific; it's not something in my case that I can force. At times I wish I could and that includes writing other stuff. I've always had a penchant for writing scripts and TV and film things. But I've never been good about getting up in the morning, having a cup of coffee and going and sitting down at the word processor and writing. I tried that and it just doesn't work for me. The muse has to hold a loaded revolver at my head (laughs) and say, "Alright, write!" (laughs)
Like I say, I'm just not prolific about it but I like it and if I do get an idea then it consumes me. It's the only thing that I'll do (laughs) for a while.
Rock Cellar Magazine: There are plans afoot for the release of your MGM Records solo material, fill us in on the project and the merits of that material that a lot of people have probably not heard.
Micky Dolenz: That was a bit of a prolific time. I had that MGM record deal and I was hanging out with my friend Harry Nilsson.
That was probably the most prolific that I'd been as a songwriter in that area. I had a little recording studio and it was post Monkees. Everybody was excited about hearing new material. But like I say, even back then it was tough for me to just call it up on demand, if you know what I mean.
Rock Cellar Magazine: From mid '80s onward, The Monkees intermittently embarked on tour as a three-piece with Mike Nesmith sitting out. Mike took part in several recent Monkees reunions, what was that like to have Mike back in the mix for those shows?
Micky Dolenz: It was wonderful, absolutely wonderful. Mike was always welcome and always invited and for various reasons, you'd have to ask him he chose not to be part of it in the '80s mainly because he was running a huge video distribution company and it wasn't like he could just take off for a year and tour.
I was really looking forward to it and just jumped all over the opportunity. It just happened not by accident. After Davy (Jones) had passed we all got together for a memorial for David at a house here in L.A. and Mike was there. He and Peter and I started talking. There were a lot of people who were trying to encourage us to have some sort of a public memorial; this was a very private one.
Somebody suggested we do a concert as sort of a memorial concert to David and Mike said, "Yeah, I'd love to do that, that's' no problem." We started putting it together and the question was, 'where are we going to do this?' because David had friends and family and fans in L.A. and of course in New York and also in London. So it quickly turned more than one show; it turned into a little mini-tour.
We worked very hard at it and rehearsed this configuration or a long time. Mike is so musical and so interested in the musicality that it took on a different sort of flavor I don't want to say was better or worse, it was just different. We toured and he must have liked it because he said, "Let's do it again." (laughs) and we did. (laughs) That's him; that's just the way he operates.
Rock Cellar Magazine: Were there plans in the works for a reunion tour with the four before Davy Jones tragically passed away?
Micky Dolenz: Well, over the years it always came up. Every time Peter, David and I would get together or talk about touring the first, one of the first questions that came up was, "Well, what about Nez?" And invariably somebody would get in touch with him and say, "Hey, we're planning on going out, are you interested?"
Obviously usually he said, "No thanks, guys." Very time we talked about getting together every few years that would be one of the first questions. "You think Nez would be interested?" Sometimes he would show up and do a few tunes and of course in '97 we did get back together, all four of us, to do the Justus tour and played some shows in England. So it was always brought up and always up to him and sometimes he said yes and sometimes he said no.
Rock Cellar Magazine: For years the Monkees have been passed over by the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Would being inducted mean anything to you?
Micky Dolenz: I didn't know if you've seen the Wrecking Crew documentary?
Rock Cellar Magazine: Yes, funnily enough I actually wrote the companion book to the documentary.
Micky Dolenz: Well, there you go. So when you find out and realize that the Beach Boys and the Mamas & the Papas, the Association everybody was using the Wrecking Crew on their records. There's not one Beach Boy on Good Vibrations.
As far as the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame I've never been one to chase awards or anything like that; it's never been very important to me. I was very proud to win an Emmy for The Monkees, having come out of television as a kid. When we won the Emmy for best TV show in '66 or '67 that was a huge feather in my cap.
But I've never chased that kind of stuff. I've never done a project and thought, "What do I do here to win an award?" Specifically as far as the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame I've been very flattered that the fans and people have championed The Monkees. Very flattered and honored that they do.
If you know anything about the organization, and I've done charity work for the foundation, the Hall of Fame is a private club.
It's like a private country club. It's not a democratic popular vote in any sense. It's literally these three or four guys got together and said we're gonna start a private club and call it the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and we're gonna have in that club whoever we want and we're not gonna have anyone in that club who we don't want. (laughs)
It's like a country club and they have the right to do that; that's their prerogative. That's their private club. That's kind of how I feel about it.
Rock Cellar Magazine: Next year marks the Monkees' 50th anniversary, are there any plans in the works to celebrate in a special way?
Micky Dolenz: We're just beginning to discuss that. Next year is the 50th anniversary of the original casting. The show didn't actually go onto the air until 1966 and that would be 2016 and the first tour wasn't until 1967. But we have talked about it and it's a little premature to make any kind of announcement but Peter and I are going out and doing shows and of course I do my solo shows too. I would love to do some more musical, theater too; that's a real love of mine.
Rock Cellar Magazine: Away from music, you have a great love of wood working. Tell us about your new company that you started with your daughter. It must be very rewarding sharing this with your daughter and prospering at the same time from a business sense.
Micky Dolenz: It's more a case of her getting me involved if the truth be known. I've always been a big fan of building stuff and using tools. I always had a workshop in my house. As a child my father was very very handy and I suppose it started with that.
But I always had an interest in that. I was never a professional and it was never anything that I made a living at. Before the Monkees, when I got out of high school my friend and I decided we were gonna be architects. I was going to architectural drafting school when the Monkees audition came along. I was gonna be an architect and fall back on show business if I couldn't make it as an architect. (laughs)
That was my plan and then of course the Monkees audition came along and I got the part and the rest is history. But I always had this interest and when I would come home from The Monkees or come home from the road I would immediately go into my shop and build something. Back then I had a complete shop as I do now. I built a gyrocopter once and flew it. It was a proper full size helicopter kind of thing that you sit in and fly.
Also, I built hang gliders and all kinds of furniture and renovations. I put on extensions to my house too, all that kind of stuff. But I never really talked about it much; occasionally someone would take a photo of me doing something but it was purely for my own satisfaction.
So when I lived in England my daughter Georgia grew up watching me. She was quite interested and handy at it even at a young age, more than the other kids. Then fast forward to when she went to university in England and she took theater. Her official capacity is equally as an actor and writer.
But when you get a theater degree you also learn how to use tools 'cause you have to build sets. It's part of the instruction; you actually learn how to build sets too. So she learned how to do that and learned how to use tools. So she moved to L.A. and about a year and a half ago we were in my shop and she said, "I want to build a coffee table. I have the design for it and I want to build this for a friend of mine as her birthday present." I was like, "Cool."
So we got the wood and she designed it and off we went and built this pretty nice glass top solid wood coffee table. You can see it on our web site. While we were going this I said, "Wow, this is really cool and I'm having so much fun, we could start a little company called Dolenz & Daughters Fine Furniture. So we just ran with it. By the next day she had a web site (laughs) and she had the shopping cart, the Pay Pal thing and all this stuff. We came up with two or three other products and off we went. As soon as it went live we got an enormous amount of orders, obviously mainly from Monkees fans (laughs) but that's okay. We got all these orders and suddenly we were up to our butts in saw dust, buying new tools and trying to keep up with the orders.
We do everything together but she does a lot of the design. She's really good at doing that and knowing what milennials of today are gonna like design-wise. I tend to do a lot of the heavy lifting; I do a lot of the big machinery stuff and the joints and the structure. I make sure everything doesn't fall apart, I know an awful lot about that kind of thing. And then we both do finishing work. Like I say, it's pretty much a joint venture but over the months it's divided itself up in that kind of a relationship.
Rock Cellar Magazine: Who were the "Hollywood Vampires?
Micky Dolenz: The Holly Vampires was a softball team that Alice Cooper and I and a couple of other people organized. We were playing softball on the weekends at a local park. Because he's Alice Cooper he came up with the idea of making it a little more official calling it "The Hollywood Vampires." We played charity games for under privileged kids or the police department or the fire department. We would do these charity exhibitions and we'd raise a little money and then we'd go over to the Rainbow and eat and drink. (laughs)
Rock Cellar Magazine: Who were the official "Hollywood Vampire" members?
Micky Dolenz: Well, there were quite a few that drifted in and out, Mark Volman of the Turtles was one, me, Alice, Albert Brooks the comedian, Peter Tork and there were others. Keith Moon was another one. Keith played a couple of times. But I think he did mostly the eating and drinking at the club (laughs) 'case he was English and frankly I don't think he knew how to play baseball that well. (laughs)
Rock Cellar Magazine: Speaking of Keith, he's a very misunderstood character. Can you share a memorable moment with a fellow Vampire and resident wild man Keith Moon?
Micky Dolenz: Oh boy, one that I can talk about? (laughs) I have lots…We became quite good friends over the years. He was misunderstood but he was definitely out there. And it wasn't like he was out there just because he was always on drugs, it wasn't like that.
He was genuinely a very unique person. Today you might say he had a bit of autism or ADHD but back then you just said he was really out there. (laughs) It's also why he was so bloody successful.
Rock Cellar Magazine: Did you think he knew how talented he was as a drummer?
Micky Dolenz: Well, that's a very difficult question to ask anybody. In a way it's not up to the artist to make that sort of a call, it's the audience. It's the audience that lets you know if you're doing it right. (laughs) You do the best you can and you do what you wanna do and you do what you love and hopefully you get a following. And if you get your following then that's your sign that you're doing something right (laughs) and the Who had a huge following so that's your answer right there.


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There's so much to discover in just 10 minutes.
I was reminded of this last week when the publisher of the Creston Valley Advance stopped in at the office.
Lorne Eckersley is a journalism school graduate with 36 years experience at the Advance. He is also a reporter, and writes weekly opinion and wine columns.
I had emailed him a question on an editorial issue, and as he's also a popular freelancer writer for Food and Wine Trails Magazine, I took the opportunity to ask him what his favourite wine is—in a red, a bit on the bold side, and most importantly, under $20.
He had been in the Okanagan last week wearing his wine reviewer hat, and on his way home, he stopped in for a visit; one hand waving hello, the other bearing a bottle of wine.
His advice on topics for columns?
"I can talk to someone for 10 minutes and walk away with a column," he said. "I don't always know how it's going to end, but I have the beginning."
Several years ago we published a full-page feature on a regular basis. We called it Meet Your Neighbour. The articles were about everyday people–the idea being that you could look down your street and talk to any neighbour and discover that they have a story to tell.
The senior in the second house, perhaps he was in the war; the stay-at-home mom in the green house is a master gardener; the teenager at the end of the street is a musician sending beautiful notes out to the neighbourhood. Whatever age, everyone has a story.
My neighbourhood doesn't have traditional paved streets aligned in a grid but I look around at neighbouring rural acreages and it's no different. In fact, I hope you enjoy reading about Kyra Hogan. Jacob Noseworthy brings us a peak into her life, on page A13.
We published a similar set of stories just a few years ago, called Reminiscences. Those features had a slightly different focus but again, word windows gave us a glimpse into an everyday person's life.
I will never forget Lorne's comments about how to come up with a column topic. Whether it's a person's story or the story they tell, I reckon I need to listen first.
So how will this column end? At the beginning.
His favourite red wine? The best values on the shelves these days are often from Spain, he said. And he and his wife always enjoy The Grinder, a pinotage from South Africa.
But the bottle he carried in was a B.C. wine from Kaleden called SKAHA Vineyard Impulsion 2012.
It's a mix of Merlot and Cabernet Franc grapes, aged 20 months in French oak barrels. In winespeak: "Rich and balanced with bold layers of black cherry, raspberry and ripe plum. Sultry notes of crème brule, espresso and dark chocolate extend the finish."
I'll find out for myself once this week's paper has been put to bed.
If you're interested in becoming a freelancer writing human-interest articles, please give me a call (250-442-2191) or email me at email@example.com. You won't get rich, but I will guarantee your life will be enriched.

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The most comprehensive controlled trial of diet and mood finds that a plant-based nutrition program in a workplace setting across ten corporate sites significantly improves depression, anxiety, and productivity.
Flashback Friday: Plant-Based Diets for Improved Mood and Productivity
Doctor's Note
Here's the link for the video I mentioned about the original randomized controlled trial, Improving Mood Through Diet, and the pilot data on workplace interventions can be found in Slimming the Gecko and Plant-Based Workplace Intervention.
Diet can help at home too! See:
- Fighting the Blues with Greens?
- Exercise vs. Drugs for Depression
- Do Antidepressant Drugs Really Work?
- Antioxidants and Depression
- Can Dehydration Affect Our Mood?
- Anti-inflammatory Diet for Depression
- Fish Consumption and Suicide
- Which Foods Increase Happiness?
- Are Happier People Actually Healthier?
- Benefits of Blueberries for Mood and Mobility
Arachidonic what? For background on the inflammatory fatty acid see:
- Inflammatory Remarks About Arachidonic Acid
- Chicken, Eggs, and Inflammation
- Chicken's Fate Is Sealed
2019 Update: I just did a new series on the CHIP program. Check it out:
- What Is the Optimal Diet?
- The Weight Loss Program that Got Better with Time
- CHIP: the Complete Health Improvement Program
- A Workplace Wellness Program that Works
If you haven't yet, you can subscribe to my videos for free by clicking here and to my audio podcast here (subscribe by clicking on your mobile device's icon).
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This information is very interesting to me because of a theory I developed as a teen regarding vegetarian diets and mood. What I noticed around me at that time was other people who would do strange things like get mad at uncooperative inanimate objects they were trying to work on, often wrecking hours of effort only to have to fix it later anyway. Then on the other-hand, there were different people I knew who would did not fly of the handle so easily. The only thing different I could tell was the ones who got upset easily were all heavy meat eaters. The others preferred more of a vegetarian diet. My theory at the time, and to this day something I still do not think studies have been done on, is that the various hormones and such in the animals was affecting the people eating it.
Just think about it, animals are fighting for their lives their final moments. Many smell death in the air and are panicked. I think about how I feel in severe situations with all the adrenaline and hormones pumping through my veins. Blood is removed which would take away the adrenaline and hormones in something most people do not eat anyhow, but there is no technology to remove what was already deposited throughout the animals flesh. It is not like the meat industry even acknowledge its presence…..or how it affects humans eating it.
how would they smell death and know it is the smell of death,i'm curious
Animals have a much better sense of smell than we do, in general. They can certainly sense the fear and death present in slaughterhouses.
Jimbo, good point! Animals are so much more aware of their environment than most people think.
They have abilities that we are only becoming aware of, like that elephants can communicate at distance in tones too low for humans to hear. We need to appreciate and respect them more.
They may not cognitively know the smell is of death but they can FEEL panicked.
Blood is removed which would take away the adrenaline and hormones in something most people do not eat anyhow, but there is no technology to remove what was already deposited throughout the animals flesh.
Interesting theory Jimbo. In thinking about it, I can see a way to possibly prove or disprove your theory if we have the tools to tease out any difference. That would be to compare the meat from a wild animal (deer, elk for instance) that was killed with a clean shot and one that was hit and died later on.
Sounds cruel I know but these are real life situations and we may as well get the (essentially) free science from the act.
Which reminds me… I was discussing death with a friend a few days ago and he did not want to be cremated as he didn't want to feel the burn… as if he could do that after being dead. '-) (I blame writers for this misconception as they write ghost stories that have the dead coming back to avenge a horrible death.)
I then made the comment that if death came in a short time span it didn't matter if you died traumatically or peacefully… 'cause a short time later you weren't going to remember it anyway.
I have captured some of the workers' meals.
Mostly, the cook isn't competent enough to feed everybody yet.
I failed today. I was trying to do the lentil loaf and got through the lentils and sauteed some vegetables, but really couldn't have pulled it all together in time for lunch, so I put it in the fridge. I will be eating some tomorrow. If it is not good, I will try a different recipe.
I heard someone on NPR who gets traumatized by decisions and I have a glass loaf pan and a metal loaf pan. I have recipes with oat flour versus bread crumbs. I have some with parsley and some with cilantro and some with other spices.
I looked around the kitchen and because I don't know which way would be better, I had my immersion blender and my food processors and multiple instapots and my rice cooker and it seems that I can't cook if I close the instapot cover. I blew pasta. It said, "12" and I wanted "12" and I couldn't get it to open and the supergreen rotini was sloop. I have decided that for most of the dishes, having some sloop usually helps the dish become comfort food, but sloop is waaay past al dente.
Trying to be a good employer and get everybody healthy, but this is going to take a while.
The good news from today is that my brother's surgery is a month and 2 days from now and that is enough time to still try to shrink his tumor. Though, currently, I am not sure whether alkaline water with lemon maybe would be a way to go? Or coffee?
My brother and sister-in-law are willing to do WFPB-ish came through tonight, but neither of them wants the extra stress of finding meals or doing meal prep, etcetera. I got two more ideas from them.
Deb, re-read the link below to see if it can help with your meal preparation.
I don't know Deb, but it is my impression that you are making this more complicated than it needs to be. If I was in your brother's shoes, I would be eating a baked or boiled bright orange sweet potatoe and steamed broccoli plus a big salad with garlicky dressing on it every day. porridge oats in the morning for the butyrate. Maybe a squash cubes / beans chili or soup de jour at lunch that I cooked on weekend. no stress, just pure cancer fighting veggies. Actually, it's similar to what
dr McDougall said he would do too.. and he's an internist. Just a thought anyway..
Deb, you GOTTA read the link below in re: kidney cancer and cystine!!!
Forgot to post the link:
Lonie, re your post on cysteine, soy foods and oats are very high in cysteine. Maybe avoid those, and meats of course, in kidney cancer?
soy foods and oats are very high in cysteine.
Marylin, sounds like a good starting point. I noticed thought that they spell the culprit as cystine rather than cysteine… wondering if they are the same thing spelled differently or if they are something altogether different.
Also, I'm curious about the (apparent) approved drug they mentioned (sulfasalazine) could be of benefit to Deb's brother as they mentioned it as a drug that blocks cystine uptake.
Granted this is research done on mice some two years ago, but surely they have continued with this research since then. But even if it has, you've still got to find a Dr. that will take you seriously when you come into his or her office with a paper printed out that tells the Dr. about the research.
Most Dr's seem to not want to be told how to treat a disease by someone who hasn't spent 8 or more years becoming a Dr… you know… ego thing.
Cysteine is an amino acid and is regarded as a non-essential amino acid. Cystine is an oxidised form of it and is regarded as a semi-essential amino acid
A list of the foods highest in cystine is here
What works in mice doesn't alway work in people though and, to be fair, trained professionals are often better able to assess the implications of research papers than laypeople. Just look at the number of people who see papers that show that bleach, laetrile and hydrogen peroxide kill cancer cells in a petrie dish and then conclude that these prove that consuming the stuff prevents and/or cures cancer. I suspect that doctors see that sort of thing all too often which is why they are cautious about patients waving around studies about eg rats or in vitro trials. It's not always because of massive egos. It's often because we their patients are exhibiting the Dunning-Kruger Effect at worst or we simply overestimate our understanding of the totality of evidence at best.
That's interesting… the list is primarily pages of animal products, particularly meats of all kinds, fish and seafood, soy and milk. Also, they have coffee listed at 400 mg. and oat and wheat bran too, but no other types of oats made the list. Cystine must just be concentrated in the outer bran layer.
What works in mice doesn't alway work in people though and, to be fair, trained professionals are often better able to assess the implications of research papers than laypeople.
True Tom, but if I read Deb's posts accurately, her brother doesn't have the years necessary to wait for irrefutable proof before undergoing his surgery. Sometimes you just gotta weigh the risk/reward and make an informed decision. I've done that many times concerning my health and supplementation and treatments and so far… no regrets.
Yes I think avoiding foods high in cystine is unlikely to do any harm
Also it is worth bearing in mind that that particular drug may interact with other medications that Deb's brother is being given. WebMD advises:
Before using this medication, tell your doctor or pharmacist your medical history, especially of: intestinal blockage, urinary blockage, kidney disease, liver disease, blood disorders (such as aplastic anemia, porphyria), a certain genetic condition (G6PD deficiency), asthma, severe allergies, current/recent/returning infections.'
Not sure – does your brother have renal cell carcinoma (RCC)? This might be of interest if he does
' Statins (inhibitors of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase) that are used for the treatment of lipid disorders, especially hypercholesterolemia, appear to protect against the development of RCC. Horiguchi et al. reported that fluvastatin had a notable inhibitory effect in vitro on tumor growth, invasion, angiogenesis, and metastasis of RCC cells [44],'
I would like it if a researcher did this kind of study. Put people on diets based on the proportion of calories coming from whole animals and whole foods. No oil used. Supplements as required. Put people into eleven categories. Animal:Plant ratios of 0:100, 5:95, 15:85, 30:70, 40:60, 50:50, 60:40, 70:30, 85:15, 95:5, 100:0. Or less categories because it's more practical. Have a break-in period so that each person can adjust to the new diet. Try it for 12 weeks. See what happens. Customize each person's calorie requirements according to best practice. Calorie restriction will be built in when eating the calories from whole plants because of the effects of fibre and what not. Hard to adjust for this; maybe add 10-20% more plant food calories for each animal food calorie. Evaluate results and if some proportions are clearly harmful, eliminate those groups. Migrate those groups to the remaining groups and continue the study for as long as possible. See if people genuinely have problems with certain ratios. It would be nice to find out which ratio is practical, sustainable, optimal etc.
Arthur, I 'spect a project like this would have to be funded by somebody or an outfit of some sort.
"If you've got the money, honey, I've got the time." *tra-la*
I have watched historical movies and it always was about the money. Money might have looked like salt sometimes, but the human response was the same.
Preaching to the choir but any athletes out there needing re-enforcement for being WFPB, here's a link:
Bob, I'm no teenybopper, and I eat fish at least once a week. I also "feel better." :-)
Shirley you can't be serious. '-)
Although it seems even the much maligned fish oil supplements can be the acorn that a blind squirrel stumbles upon.
Lonie, I don't know how my reply to Bob ended up under your post. It wanted to, I guess.
I'd rather just eat the fish. Am not a fan of gulping pills of any sort.
"And don't call me Shirley." :-)
Perhaps you just picked the wrong week to quit eating fish?
Which do you want more…to feel better or to have a better brain?
Elderly fish eaters have better brains
"There are two main findings to this study," the researchers wrote. "First, consuming baked or broiled fish at least weekly is related to larger grey mass volumes (4.3% and 14%, respectively) in areas of the brain responsible for memory and cognition in cognitively normal elderly individuals. Second, although the volumes in these brain regions were significantly related to fish consumption, they were not significantly associated with plasma omega-3 fatty acids."
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I doubt if any of the comparison group were WFPB dieters – they were probably more likely to be eating the SAD, in which case the results would be unsurprising.
As the researchers themselves noted:
"It may also be the case that eating baked or broiled fish with some regularity is a marker of a healthier lifestyle, of which consuming fish is only one part. The fact that the participants who consumed fish were more educated than those who were not may also indicate that this study could be measuring a general lifestyle effect, and not necessarily a diet-specific effect."
"The fact that the participants who consumed fish were more educated than those who were not.."
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That should tell us something right there. Intelligent people know that fish can be good for us.
Compared to burgers, hot dogs, cheese and bacon it probably is.
You are equating educated people with intelligent people. Are they necessarily the same thing?
Also, you eat fish and you apparently believe that Anthony William and Abraham-Hicks are just as good sources of nutritional guidance as the scientific literature discussed on this site. What does that tell us?
Yes, I occasionally eat fish. I also do yoga exercises, bounce on my rebounder and manage to get out every day whatever the weather. Do you? Apples and oranges.
The latest so-called scientific findings are indeed of some interest — keeping in mind that the research may show other "findings" a month or two from now. One must be flexible as to what one reads or hears via the internet.
(Hey, "Seth" — via Jane Roberts — had a lot of intriguing things to say too!)
Groan ———- my first wife had a collection of 'Seth' books
:-D Smart lady!
YR, Edward Casey said to eat fish with the fire coming from above vs below ie broiling vs baking. It was the first thing I thought of when I read the 4.3% vs 14% increase in brain size .. sounded fishy to me!
Edward Casey? You mean this guy? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_S._Casey
Maybe you were thinking of Edgar Cayce. :-)
'eat fish with the fire coming from above vs below ie broiling vs baking'
Sorry Barb but that doesn't sound anything like broiling vs baking to me. Grilling vs frying or BBQing perhaps. That's the problem with psychic prophecies and predictions – they are usually so deiberately vague and ambiguous that they coud be interpreted to mean anything
Yes ty YR ! See? My brain is shrinking already! :( That was probably the only thing i remembered him saying, (re broiling) plus the 5 to 1 rule for losing weight.. 5 above ground veggies to each below ground veggie. (which was not news to anyone really, even at the time)
Yes, some of our brains have shrunk more than others.
My helper elf, who is helping try to keep my brother alive, was given one set of instructions, make Whole Food Plant Based, no sodium, low to no oil, no sugar, no processed foods, make it spicy, and the main instructions from my brother are: no cauliflower or lettuce and she just texted me saying that she made some buffalo cauliflower for him for tomorrow. Yes, cauliflower was in the instructions and that made it confusing.
Friday, she made curried vegetables with coconut milk for my sister-in-law who hates coconut.
My grandmother used to do that process, too.
Just don't tell them what you hate.
Anyone who has you on their team is very fortunate indeed Deb. Here is a recipe I make often.
https://under500calories.com/recipe/13cd2-spiced-red-lentil-tomato-and-kale-soup As I mentioned before, I don't use oil at the beginning. No cauliflower, but there is kale (or spinach) swirled through it at the end. If he hates leafy greens period, I will keep looking.
Thank you so much!
He likes spinach for sure and didn't notice the kale I used in the vegetable stew, but I used baby kale which is so much easier to not notice. He likes spice so it is easy to not notice greens entirely.
I used a lot of the adult kale in my wraps. Not sure he could handle raw greens. Cooked greens are fine.
Iceberg lettuce is what he can't handle.
You just touched my heart.
I love that you did that.
My helper is asking me what to make and I am doing my own dishes but it is hard coming up with enough ideas.
He is so easy to please as long as things have enough flavor, but he and his wife are doing a process I don't understand.
My sister-in-law doesn't want to change her own eating, so she doesn't want my brother changing his eating. It is confusing because she doesn't mind us cooking him meals and she doesn't mind people cooking them both meals, but she seriously feels threatened by us trying to help him eat this way. She is generally a "take responsibility" and "don't make excuses" generally, but the other day she made a list of excuses a mile long as to why this isn't a good idea and none of the reasons were that she didn't want it. It was "the Bears might eat it" and "our freezer is full" at a food delivery suggestion. She is overwhelmed, but it is like trying to get a 10 year old to take a bath when they don't want to.
My sister-in-law doesn't want to change her own eating, so she doesn't want my brother changing his eating. It is confusing because she doesn't mind us cooking him meals and she doesn't mind people cooking them both meals, but she seriously feels threatened by us trying to help him eat this way. She is generally a "take responsibility" and "don't make excuses" generally, but the other day she made a list of excuses a mile long as to why this isn't a good idea and none of the reasons were that she didn't want it. It was "the Bears might eat it" and "our freezer is full" at a food delivery suggestion. She is overwhelmed, but it is like trying to get a 10 year old to take a bath when they don't want to.
Or it may be that she is feeling pushed aside in her own house and is being displaced as her husband's care-giver?
Obviously this type of "medicine" is new to her and she may not yet be a believer. Can you think of anything that might make her feel included in the hoped for cure for your brother?
Just trying to see all sides in the hope it might help the most important person in this undertaking… your brother.
"Or it may be that she is feeling pushed aside in her own house and is being displaced as her husband's care-giver?"
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Agree with Lonie. Sometimes sisters-in-law — like some mothers-in-law — are eyed suspiciously, and considered to be meddlers.
There's a saying that goes something like "The faults we see in others are the faults we see in ourselves."
I'm back again. I feel like the elusive stepchild. What kept me away this time? I have had a lung cancer scare and a heart failure scare. Both hypotheses have now been discarded, but not without a hell of a lot of long drawn out commotion and anxiety. I'm almost giddy with relief right now.
When you go looking intently for things wrong in the body, it seems there's a good chance you're gonna find stuff; and it may well not even be related to what started the investigation in the first place. You also might well be falsely alarmed about the potential of having some rather grave conditions. So it was with me.
You see, I have been trying without success to get to the bottom of a mysterious case of rather debilitating fatigue. It seemingly came out of the blue and it is persistent. It has plagued me for months. It's like I have a bad hangover all the time. It is not at all likely to be the prostate cancer, as there are no signs of recurrence. Is it possible that my vegan diet is to blame for this? You can probably guess that a lot of "well meaning" others are asserting this. You might also guess that my tendency is to want to choke them. If it IS the diet, how could I have pretty much thrived on it for a good 2 years, including through 9 weeks of pelvic radiation treatments? My PCP doesn't think it's my diet, but in full disclosure, I sought him out because he is one of the rare MDs that advocates a WFPB lifestyle.
I can't help but wonder if I should introduce a small amount of animal products back into my diet to see if the fatigue abates. So far, I stop short of doing so. To tie this into the current lively (and in places, hilarious) conversation, if I were to add some animal products in, it would definitely be fish. I'd eat fish (the more recommended kinds, like small and fatty) way before I ate dairy or eggs. I don't have any studies to reference, but I've seen a lot of them. That is my somewhat educated but lay opinion. Can "somewhat educated" be dangerous? Undoubtedly!
So pleased that some of the beloved cast of characters here remains the same. I really value this forum, and in a lot of different ways. I don't intend to go away again. Just try to get rid of me and see what happens.
Hi Scott, welcome back yet again! Just a quickie. Our minds can lead us into all sorts of trouble, can't they! Thoughts are SO powerful…"Our cells are always listening" and all that.
Shhhh….I hope nobody else reads this. :-( Just wanted to say there are many, many former WFPB/"vegan" eaters out there who decided to throw in the towel at some point. Yes, they "did it right," followed all the so-called rules, but poor health ensued, nevertheless. Just google around, you'll see what I mean.
If I were you, yes, I'd definitely introduce some animal foods (fish?) back in your diet. Shhhhhhh….I'll probably be banned now! :-)
Deb, sounds like I'm too late, but Vegan Richa has an amazingly good lentil loaf recipe. Leave the oil out and it appears to approximate WFPB:


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Introduction: Polish Borscht Soup
This is a traditional recipe from my Polish family passed down from my Pra Babci (great-grandmother) and shared by my Babci (grandmother) Viola Sherowski. Unlike beet borscht this is a white borscht made with the juices from cooking kielbasa and vinegar. We have been eating this soup every year on Easter Sunday since I can remember and Babci at 96 still makes a delicious soup every Easter.
Step 1: Ingredients
These ingredients are for a small batch of soup that makes 3-4 servings. Traditionally, Babci makes a very large pot that serves around 30 people.
1 polish sausage (kielbasa)
4 cups water
3 Tblsp. vinegar
1 tsp. salt
dash of pepper
2 Tblsp. flour and 2 Tblsp. water (roux to thicken)
1 cup milk
1 egg
1 onion
2 Tblsp. butter
2 boiled eggs
Step 2: Start With Kielbasa
Start with well washed Polish sausage (kielbasa). Cut into chunk size pieces.
Step 3: Boil Kielbasa
Boil your kielbasa in 3 cups of water for about 20 mins on medium low. Take the pieces of kielbasa out and reserve the liquid.
Step 4: Add Vinegar
Add 1 cup water, 3 tlbsp. vinegar (white or red cider), 1 tsp of salt and dash of pepper to the kielbasa juices. Bring to a boil.
Step 5: Thicken With Roux
In a small bowl stir 2 Tblsp. flour and 2 Tblsp.water to use as a roux to thicken your soup. Add the roux while boiling and stirring constantly. Boil long enough to cook the roux, about 8 minutes.
Step 6: Whisk Egg and Milk
In another small bowl whisk 1 egg into 1 cup of milk.
Step 7: Add Milk and Egg
Turn your soup on low and using a very thin and slow stream add your milk mixture being very careful to keep your temperature low enough so that your milk doesn't curdle. This is important! Continue to whisk so soup doesn't curdle.
Step 8: Whisk
Continually whisk and cook until it thickens lightly - not like pudding
Step 9: Slice Kielbasa Into Pieces and Add to Soup.
Slice the sausage you cooked in the beginning. Add half of the sliced sausage to soup and reserve the rest of the sausage to serve on the side. Taste and add more salt if needed . Your borscht soup should have a slightly sour taste.
Step 10: Boil Eggs
Cook hard boiled eggs for 8-10 minutes and cool in cold water. Peel and slice.
Step 11: Slice and Cook Onion
Slice an onion and saute in 2 Tblsp. butter.
Step 12: Add Onion
Add onion to soup. Add more salt to taste. Keep soup on low to keep warm. Do not let it boil or the milk will curdle.
Step 13: Serve With Egg, Kielbasa and Horseradish
Serve with sliced hard boiled egg, your extra sliced kielbasa, and a side of horseradish
Step 14: Happy Easter!
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Your making your roux wrong a roux is equal amounts flour and fat. So if you have 2 tbls flour you need 2 tbls fat I personally use clarified butter. Heat the butter in a pan and add the flour a little at a time whisk the roux cook for 3-5 minutes then add to ur soul to thicken let the roux simmer in the soup for at least 20 minutes to cook out the flour taste. Have fun and never use water to make a roux yuck use a fat the roux will taste so much better i promise.
Glad to know my family isn't the only ones who do this easter tradition! I have never found anyone who knows what our borscht is. Ours is slightly different! Instead of onions we put rye bread in before you eat it
So cool!! Thanks for sharing. ❤
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The usefulness of not knowing.
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Medieval legal process : Physical, spoken and written performance in the Middle Ages.
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In Medieval legal transactions the use of the written word was only one of many ways of conducting business. Important roles were played by the spoken word and by the 'action' of ritual. The relationship between 'rituals' and literacy has been the focus of much recent research. Medieval societies which made extensive use of written instruments in legal transactions have been shown to employ rituals as well. This has led to investigation of the respective functions of written instruments and legal rituals. What is the nature of legal rituals? If they included oral verbalization, how did the spoken words relate to those of the written instruments that played a role in the same legal transactions? Usually, we only have the written documents to answer these questions, and they are often silent about the rituals and oral elements of the transactions they document.
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Looks like a Toronto officer said that women should avoid dressing like "sluts" in order to NOT be victimized?
Then over 2000 sluts got together and marched their slutty asses in protest.
Good for them for not allowing cops to blame the victim.
Making a remark such as the one the officer made is like saying that gay bashing or trans bashing is ok because the victim brought attention to themselves with what they were wearing.
I'm all for freedom of expression through your own personal fashion style. Let's not forget that my alter-ego did look like a two cent whore in the subway system not too long ago.... but for the most part I like to adhere to Time, Place, Manner as I discussed in a previous post titled "How to Crossdress in Public," so I can see good intentions behind what the officer said. Still, I think the officer probably should have phrased it a bit differently.
Maybe the officer should have said something like "Sluts, you are brave, daring, fearless, and in some cases even sexy... and a few of you smell good too. These qualities in a woman can drive a douche bag crazy enough to want to rape your ass. So please be careful of douche bags that are out to rape your slutty asses. I love sluts. Not because they are easy but because they show off their goods with confidence. And everyone likes confidence. I watch sluts the same way sluts go window shopping. That's why I want them to be aware of their surroundings and how douche bags may get the wrong signals from your sluttiness. It's true, No means No, but please sluts, be safe. Douche bags will be douche bags and you shouldn't stop being yourself...but please be safe. "
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may be will be helpful for anybody: https://github.com/shapotkin/NanoPi_neo_double-spi
where to read about it? in forum information is sketchy
I mean: now in /boot/armbianEnv.txt no "fdtfile" field only "overlay_prefix=sun8i-h3" Original DTB file which loadaed by the system is /boot/dtb/sun8i-h3-nanopi-neo.dtb (board is NanoPI Neo Core) I'd like to keep /boot/dtb/sun8i-h3-nanopi-neo.dtb as is and create /boot/dtb/sun8i-h3-nanopi-neo-core.dtb with all modifications described above. But in this case I have to direct the system to use a new DTB file.
Hello martinayotte done. Double SPI is working 1. decompile /boot/dtb/sun8i-h3-nanopi-neo.dtb by command dtc -b 0 -O dts -I dtb -o sun8i-h3-nanopi-neo.dts sun8i-h3-nanopi-neo.dtb all warnings ignored 2. remove all rows with UART3 because pins conflict (https://docs.armbian.com/User-Guide_Allwinner_overlays/ Overlay pinmux conflicts) 3. backup a old .dtb and compile a new .dtb dtc -b 0 -O dtb -I dts -o sun8i-h3-nanopi-neo.dtb sun8i-h3-nanopi-neo.dts all warnings ignored 4. create a new double-spi.dts as you wrote before (similar to https://github.com/armbian/sunxi-DT-overlays/blob/master/sun8i-h3/sun8i-h3-spi-spidev.dts) 5. compile a double-spi.dts with armbian-add-overlay double-spi.dts (refer to https://docs.armbian.com/User-Guide_Allwinner_overlays/) after that checked /boot/overlay-user for double-spi.dtbo presenting 6. in /boot/armbianEnv.txt remove from "overlay=...." all parameters about spi and all rows with "param_spi_xxx" 7. reboot 8. both spidev0.0 and spidev1.0 in /dev presents 9. in armbian-config load all kermel sources and compile spidev_test in /usr/src/linux-source-xxx/tools/spi 10. MISO_0 and MOSI_0 are connected, MISO_1 and MOSI_1 are connected (refer to https://github.com/rm-hull/spidev-test) spidev_test --device /dev/spidev0.0 -v spidev_test --device /dev/spidev1.0 -v all responds are identical PS. how to use a new sun8i-h3-nanopi-neo-core.dtb with all modufucations which I need instead sun8i-h3-nanopi-neo.dtb?
martinayotte, I've tried to use a SPI1 only. /dev/spidev1.0 presents. tried to use a standard IO C functions (open(), read()....) and with wiringPI lib - no result tried to analyse a phisical levels with PulseView - looks like confusion between pins and signals and wrong timing of signal. checked pins deffinition in .dts file - all according pin names from datasheeet tried to assign pins in .dts according results of signals from PulseView... no result because of urgent I wrote SPI "driver" manually - now all works please advice how to check what's wrong with hardware SPI1?
martinayotte, I've decompile original ...nanopi-neo.dtb file and found there are both spi's are enabled in .dtb file the question is about correct parameter in armbianEnv.txt: param_spidev_spi_bus=0 param_spidev_spi_bus=1 or param_spidev_spi_bus=0 1 or how? I didn't find any examples for using both SPIs. The most examples about SPI0 only. at present project SPI1 will be used as well (it's a hardware connections of the shield) and SPI0 pins wil be used as GPIO pins. later, I'd like to have possibility to use SPI0 also. upd.: param_spidev_spi_bus=1 - doesn't work .....upd2: conflict with serial because pin PA15 already requested by 1c28cc00.serial..... PA15 is used bu uart3_rts_cts also (according original .dts file) but no UART3 interfaces on pinout: http://wiki.friendlyarm.com/wiki/index.php/NanoPi_NEO_Core I'm not going to use uart3 with rts_cts. udp3: I've remove all uart3 sections from decompiled .dts now "param_spidev_spi_bus=1" is working and I can see /dev/spidev1.0 last question: for both SPIs using how I must setup a "param_spidev_bus"?
NanoPi Neo WiringNP missing /sunxi_info/sys_info
Serge replied to Epyon's topic in Allwinner H5 & A64if you are working with NanoPi Neo Core you have to change sunxi_board_id: 5(0) please refer to boardtype_friendlyelec.c for BoardHardwareInfo gAllBoardHardwareInfo[]
does it mean the way to ./build/patch/kernel/sunxi-dev/my-super-2spi.patch?
NanoPI Neo Core. How to activate a second SPI
Serge posted a topic in Allwinner H2 & H3board: http://nanopi.io/nanopi-neo-core.html image: Armbian Bionic mainline based kernel 4.19.38 from https://www.armbian.com/nanopi-neo/ There are two SPI separated buses with separated pins on NanoPi Core: SPI0 and SPI1 /boot/armbianEnv.txt: ... overlay-prefix=sun8i-h3 overlays=analog-codec i2c0 spi-spidev uart1 usbhost3 param_spidev_spi_bus=0 ... /dev/spidev0.0 presents How to activate a SPI1?
eMMC device not Detected by armbian on nanoPi duo core
Serge replied to Antony Abi Rached's topic in Allwinner H2 & H3let me some time for cooling down. there are many steps have been taken for the first time and need to be realized "directly to the build sript" - with "config-default.conf"or ./lib/compilation.sh? ...OFFTOPIC: now brain braking with HW connection between Core and SFP..
eMMC device not Detected by armbian on nanoPi duo core
Serge replied to Antony Abi Rached's topic in Allwinner H2 & H3martinayotte: now it's clear. thank you. Igor: please check attahed files u-boot-sunxi-with-spl.bin my-neo-emmc.patch
eMMC device not Detected by armbian on nanoPi duo core
Serge replied to Antony Abi Rached's topic in Allwinner H2 & H3added &mmc2 section into ****nanopi-neo.dts from folder /usr/src/build/cache/sources/u-boot/v2019.04 run "git diff arch/arm/dts/sun8i-h3-nanopi-neo.dts > /usr/src/build/patch/kernel/sunxi-dev/my-neo-emmc.patch" from /usr/src/buid run ./compile.sh ... "dd if=/tmp/u-boot-sunxi-with-spl.bin of=/dev/mmcblk1 bs=1024 seek=8" reboot without SD - fault BTW. ***nanopi-neo.dts hasn't &mmc2 section again. Looks like patch wasn't applied. I've copied .diff file to the same folder as Igor's destination: ./patch/u-boot/u-boot-sunxi from /usr/src/buid run ./compile.sh ... "dd if=/tmp/u-boot-sunxi-with-spl.bin of=/dev/mmcblk1 bs=1024 seek=8" and "dd if=/tmp/u-boot-sunxi-with-spl.bin of=/dev/mmcblk1p1 bs=1024 seek=8" (I'm not sure but I did it) reboot without SD - SUCCESS!!! Thank you martinayotte&Igor for your support P.S. last (I hope) doubt.... "dd if=/tmp/u-boot-sunxi-with-spl.bin of=/dev/mmcblk1 bs=1024 seek=8" this command will copy a .bin file into the root folder on eMMC... how it will be read by system during the load? no .bin files in SD-card's nor "/boot" folder nor "/ "folder current configuration: ls /dev | grep mmcblk mmcblk0 mmcblk0p1 mmcblk1 mmcblk1boot0 mmcblk1boot1 mmcblk1p1
eMMC device not Detected by armbian on nanoPi duo core
Serge replied to Antony Abi Rached's topic in Allwinner H2 & H3martinayotte, something wrong I'm doing... attached .dts file - I've added a &mmc2 section only attached .dtb file - result after compilation all that files from ./cache/sources/u-boot/v2019.04/arch/arm/dts folder in virtual machine start script ./compile.sh again "U-boot and kernel package" selected "Do not change kernel configuration" selected "nanopineo" selected "next Mainline" seleted .... what is strange the script is cheking the git for orangepi board... anyhow let's wait.... ..continue for a long time.... ... finish .deb files have been prepared in ./output/debs a new "u-boot-sunxi-with-spl.bin" copied from Virtual machine to the /tmp folder of NanoPi in NanoPI shell runs "dd if=/tmp/u-boot-sunxi-with-spl.bin of=/dev/mmcblk1 bs=1024 seek=8" (also I've run "dd if=/tmp/u-boot-sunxi-with-spl.bin of=/dev/mmcblk1p1 bs=1024 seek=8" because system copied to /dev/mmcblk1p1) SD-card removed result?.... - no result. still u-boot shell available.... ((( Questions: may be some files must be renamed? may be .deb files must be copied also? what else could be wrong? Thank you in advance sun8i-h3-nanopi-neo.dtb sun8i-h3-nanopi-neo.dts
eMMC device not Detected by armbian on nanoPi duo core
Serge replied to Antony Abi Rached's topic in Allwinner H2 & H3martinayottte, I've install a virtual ubuntu machine acoding https://github.com/armbian/build on my PC run ./compile.sh script has loaded a sources for kernel and u-boot. After revision results I found that patch applied for sun8i-h3-nanopi-r1.dts and ..du2.dts only sun8i-h3-nanopi-neo.dts (I'm using nanopi neo core so I suppose that file will be used for u-boot/kernel compilation) wasn't changed for mmc. So I suppose I have to add similar rows about &emac and &mmc2 into sun8i-h3-nanopi-neo.dts Then compile.sh again and what then? copy a binary u-boot to to the SD-card of NanoPi Neo Core board, "nand-sata-install". Right? Please confirm.
eMMC device not Detected by armbian on nanoPi duo core
Serge replied to Antony Abi Rached's topic in Allwinner H2 & H3thank you for quick respond, Igor as I understod that patch must be applied to the some src of u-boot program and then image must be rebuilt, isn't it? Actually I didn't try it before. or can I decompie a current .dtb file for nanopi-neo from /boot/dtb/ folder to the *.dts file, then some modifiations similar to your patch and then comile a .dts file to the new .dtb file. Possible?


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The study 'Hepatitis C elimination in marginalised settings as a pathway for primary liver cancer prevention' is led by Professor Jacob George, a member of Sydney West Translational Cancer Research Centre.
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He is a hepatologist and liver research scientist who studies the causes of and mechanisms for the development of liver disease and liver cancer.
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Hepatitis is an inflammation of the liver. Hepatitis B and C are the types most prevalent in Australia, and related to liver cancer.
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It is responsible for a third of primary liver cancer cases in Australia. It usually occurs in the setting of advanced liver fibrosis or cirrhosis.
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A phone system is the backbone of voice communication in an enterprise, managing the incoming and outgoing calls of a business. While the role of a phone system is changing with new technologies, it remains essential for everyday communication.
Implementing or upgrading an enterprise phone system is a strategic investment. Whatever stage you're at in your buyer's journey you have likely discovered that buying a business phone system is not an easy task.
This Enterprise Phone Systems Buyer's Guide is designed to help decision makers identify their company's communication needs, the core features needed in a phone system, and how to evaluate various vendor offerings.
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Purchasing or upgrading your business phone system is a demanding process. The best approach is to have an overall plan that lists all the assumptions, benefits, cost considerations and other influencing factors.
To build that plan, this checklist will walk you through the process of purchasing or upgrading a phone system.
1. Conduct a comprehensive analysis of your telephony and networking infrastructure. There are a few basic questions you will need to answer before you start looking for an enterprise phone system, like: How many users will you need to support accross how many locations? What sort of network and servers does your current system run on, and will it be able to support a new system? Your answers may be complicated by remote or mobile users.
Define your business requirements. Prepare a list of critical as well as optional business needs. Critical needs include determining how many employees will need desk phones, where else phones will be needed (lobby, meeting rooms, etc.), and what types of phones each type of end user will need.
Optional needs relate more to the specific features you would like supported by the phones, as well as buying scenarios where the phone system could be bundled with other offerings, such as SIP trunking, network infrastructure, video conferencing or headsets. By considering these optional needs, you may be able to negotiate a lower cost for your phone system.
Define your investment timeframe and budget. When estimating the budget, keep in mind that phone systems are less expensive than they used to be, especially if your last investment was for a legacy phone system. Similarly, today's phone systems aren't built to last as long, so your timeframe in terms of lifecycle will be less. While legacy systems often last 15+ years, today's IP-based phone systems should be viewed more like 3-5 year investments.
While it's debatable whether the quality of today's phones is lower, the real issue is technology change. No form of technology stays current for much longer than 3-5 years, so you need to have a realistic timeframe. In terms of planning metrics, much will depend on whether you are remaining premise-based or moving to a cloud-based solution. For the former, this will be a capex investment, so the budget will be based on acquisition cost. If you use a cloud solution, your purchase will be a subscription-based model that usually reflects the cost of both the phone system and the VoIP service. In this case, your budgeting metric will be the cost per user per month.
This distinction is important, since the financial models are quite different. One has an upfront acquisition cost, and the other is an ongoing expense, much like leasing a car.
4. Conduct a cost-benefit analysis to decide if an on-premise or a cloud-based model best meets your requirements. This step follows naturally from the above, and it's a critical decision that goes beyond economics. Ask yourself these questions: Do you want to outsource your telephony support services and focus more on your core business? Are you looking for a long-term integrated business communication solution? Do you want to control your telephony infrastructure?
5. Determine if there are hidden costs. Common hidden costs include licensing of supplementary software like SQL or Windows, upgrading your current environment, and startup costs beyond set-up and equipment fees. Hidden costs could arise because a vendor isn't being fully transparent, but the more important issue is the impact a new phone system will have on your network, especially for compatibility and integration with other applications. Hardware elements such as media gateways and session border controllers could also result in a higher cost solution than expected.
6. Compare vendors and solution options and provide the same set of specifications to base their proposals on. This guide will help you compare offerings across some key features, but more research will be needed to determine which vendors are the best fit for your enterprise. Once you're done that, ask for a demo to assess how it will perform in your environment. With so many offerings to choose from, you should get proposals from at least three or four vendors.
7. Shortlist the final vendors and get clear contracts and service level agreements from each to make your final decision. Based on demos and pilot phase performances, select the final vendor. Contract termination policies and SLAs should be clearly defined, with a focus on the vendor's support policies. Depending on the state of your existing phone system, you could also consider incentives from vendors to swap out now, even if your phones are still performing well.
8. Pilot installation and company-wide rollout and beyond. Get the vendor to deploy the solution over a test network. If the pilot phase goes well, roll out the telephony solution company wide. A rollout should happen in a phased manner, and you should have a clear plan for how the vendor will support that. This is where having a single point of contact will be important, as you shouldn't have to chase different people for different types of problems. After implementation, it is essential to schedule end user on-site training with the help of the vendor.
Once you have determined that your enterprise phone system needs upgrading or replacing, the focus must shift to the phone system requirements. This is more important now, since legacy phone systems weren't competing with voice alternatives such as mobile phones and PC-based VoIP. In today's market, IP telephony should have as many if not more features than legacy phone systems, and as a starting point, they should include the following standard features:
Depending on your business's requirements and your budget, you may want to look for additional features like:
After identifying feature requirements, you must next determine the deployment model. You may choose from two basic models:
1. On-Premise: Choose this model if you are looking for control over your business communication, low maintenance and operating costs, and flexibility of customizing phone system features. However, on-premise solutions can require significant upfront investment and commitment to service and support contracts.
2. Cloud-Based: This model is best if you don't have the requisite internal IT support and/or you are looking for low startup costs and freedom from complex telephony architecture. Cloud solutions can be either hosted or managed. Basically a hosted service is where the provider handles everything, including the service itself and the network management. With a managed service, the vendor hosts the service in their data center, but you retain direct control over the network, including day-to-day management.
While not a tangible feature, the scalability of the phone system is another important consideration. Significant changes in your business' size or scope can occur over time. If that is in your thinking over the next few years, scalability will be a critical feature of your chosen telephone system.
A phone system is a foundational investment for any enterprise, and it must provide a reasonable ROI. While large enterprises tend to be less cost-sensitive than SMBs, cost is still an important consideration, especially since workers now have more options for voice, many of which are either low or no cost to the business.
These options tend to be consumer-grade, and despite being readily accessible for workers, they do not provide as good an experience as a business-grade phone system. As such, a low-end phone system may be more economical for the business, but if it provides a poor user experience, workers may end up favoring these alternatives, and if so, your ROI will suffer.
Total cost of ownership (TCO) for an enterprise phone system depends on several factors, including the number of users, deployment model, and the technology the solution is based on. In terms of calculating the total cost, you must factor in the implementation and support costs along with the system itself, and this will ultimately make the solution cost more than its listed price.
In addition to the standard license fees and implementation, there are other costs to consider, including:
A final cost consideration concerns direct price, which often vary. In almost all cases, enterprise phone systems are not purchased directly from the vendors, rather they're bought through various channels, including dealers, resellers, integrators and agents. Dealing with channels makes pricing difficult to assess in the abstract; different channels have different margins they need to make. However, a single agent may offer options from more than one vendor, making a direct price comparison (at least for that agent) possible.
Of course, specific costs can vary considerably based on capacity, features, support services and other factors. In terms of deployment model, it's important to note that cloud-based services have lower startup costs than on-premise systems. However, large or growing enterprises may find the TCO of a cloud-based solution to be higher than an on-premise system over time. That's because the upfront costs for an on-premise system can be amortized over its multi-year lifespan. Let's look at each model separately:
Startup costs include the initial one-time cost for setting up the system in an enterprise. They can be further divided into the following components:
One-time costs: Includes buying the required hardware (in case of buying a new phone system) and the cost of installation and activation
Monthly costs: Includes the Internet connection, local or toll free numbers, and calling costs
Enterprises are increasingly facing questions related to the future of their telephony infrastructure - whether to buy a new enterprise phone system or to upgrade the existing system. Calculating the potential ROI helps enterprises arrive at a decision.
Consider the following benefits and measurement parameters:
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