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Hi all,
It's time to host a server wide build contest! This contest is open to all players including staff.
The top 3 finalists of the contest will be awarded with a rank or rank upgrade depending on what their current rank is. If you're a $100 donator rank and you win, you'll be given the option to choose who you want to give the rank to. First place will receive $35, second place will receive $25 and third place will receive $10. The contest ends on December 1st and a home page post will mention the winners and showcase their builds.
How to participate?
When you have finished your build you need to make a post on this thread with your username, the server it was built on and the plot ID. You can find your plot id by using /plot info
- Username: SuperMonis
- Server: Creative2
- Plot ID: -22;-115
- Build:
There is no set theme for this contest however there are certain things we'll be looking for which will likely increase your chances of winning.
Criteria that will help you stand out:
- Cohesiveness: The state in which all the parts and assets of a build are ordered in a cohesive and understandable manner and they all fit together in a non-cramped manner which helps the overall build.
- Palette: The blocks used in a build which must be compatible and pleasing to the eye, and benefit the structure in their placement and use, benefiting from the color theory.
- Shape: The different shapes of the build which must benefit the structure as a whole and must be pleasing to the eye.
- Detailing: The details used to bring a build to life, enhancing the theming and style by adding related assets or parts which aren't strictly important for the main build but benefit it immersion-wise.
- Interiors: The existence of interiors to different builds and not just empty spaces, which must be compatible with the style and shape of the buildings.
- Landscape: The natural features of a build, may it be in terraforming, hydroforming or forestry and gardening which must all be well placed and cohesive with the style and palette / color.
- Style: The stylistic choice on which the build is founded and how it is made which may not be broken or tainted with other unrelated styles.
- Extras: The special features of a build such as: banners, particles, commands or command block tricks which enhance a build outside of the architectural field.
- Quality: The existence of a cohesive and standard quality in a build which most permeate all of it and servers to enhance cohesiveness.
- Scale: The scale of a build which must be consistent and standard and can be manipulated in certain cases to enhance the visual experience or structural detailing options.
The Judges are @Darlxx @CookehCrumb and @ThtAwkwardMoment
The build must be on Creative2 or Creative3 (Build CANNOT be on Creative1, sorry Creative1 fanboys/fangirls)
You are not allowed to post a build you have already made before the 3rd of November, only new builds starting from the 3rd of November are allowed
You are allowed to get help from other players however only ONE person can submit the build and only that player will receive the reward if they win. You must also get permission from all those players if you do happen to submit a build where you got help from other players.
WorldEdit is allowed however the use of forge mods are not allowed and will result in disqualification.


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Come meet Frank Hopkins, author of Abandoned Homes: Vietnam Revenge Murders and others, on Friday, July 20th from 6:30pm-8:30pm!
Abandoned Homes: Vietnam Revenge Murders
For the US, the Vietnam war ended in 1975. The hatred between American factions did not. The result: serial murder.
Paul O'Hare, a retired history professor, uncovers a long-hidden domestic impact of the Vietnam War thirty-five years after it ended when he finds a skeleton in the crawl space of an abandoned home in southern Delaware. The investigation team, led by Detective Margaret Hoffman, discovers two more skeletons and the quest for the serial killer begins. Hoffman soon learns the three skeletons had been graduate students at the University of Maryland during the 1970s, as was Paul O'Hare. He soon becomes a major suspect as well as a romantic interest of Detective Hoffman.
The search for a serial killer reveals a complex web of former student interrelationships, questionable student suicides, a crusading newspaper reporter, and CIA agents and double agents told in a fast-paced style.
About Frank
Frank E. Hopkins writes realistic crime novels and short stories portraying social and political issues. He lived in the New York City area while attending Hofstra University in the 1960s, the location and time period of Unplanned Choices. As a consultant he manged proposals in response to Federal government solicitations, the background for The Opportunity. Frank's collection of ten short stories, First Time, is set in East Coast locations he visited that inspired the book's stories.
Frank is active in the Rehoboth Bay Writers Guild, the Eastern Shore Writers Assocation, participates in writer's critique groups in both organizations. He is also a member of the Berlin chaper of the Maryland Writers Association.
In addition to writing, he plays golf and tennis, skis, sials on the Chespaeak Bay, and enjoys the ocean and inland bays of southern Delaware.

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Buckle up anglers.
The next couple of weeks will be a wild ride as biologists juggle depleted salmon runs with restrictive summer and fall fishing season proposals, from the Pacific Ocean to interior rivers across the Pacific Northwest.
The good news for those who bring a cooler on every fishing trip: There will be salmon and steelhead to catch.
And for those who even griped during the 2015-16 bumper runs: That ship has sailed.
Federal fisheries officials are scrambling to cobble together offshore fishing season proposals in the face of low coho and chinook runs in Puget Sound and along the Washington coast, low coho forecasts for the Oregon Coast and continued low chinook returns to the Klamath and Sacramento rivers (although the Klamath forecast is much better than last year's).
Coho fishing offshore - if any - will be at least as restrictive as last year.
In the Columbia River, where biologists are looking at 16,000 to 17,000 chinook for harvest (the 2017 catch was more than 46,000), the restriction-menu includes shorter seasons (time on the water), smaller bag limits (daily and/or season), hatchery-only (fin-clipped), sanctuaries, rack-your-rod (no party fishing at Buoy 10) and even perhaps some Draconian bans on tackle (flashers, spinners, etc.).
"It's not our first choice," said Tucker Jones, Columbia River program manager for the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife when asked about gear restrictions. "It's hard to model tackle restrictions; we don't have a lot of data to show what it might do."
However, Jones is telling callers who respond to the inevitable rumor mill, "There's not going to be a complete closure. We're going to have some fishing."
Buoy 10 is likely to open without a hatchery-only rule for chinook, he said, although managers might enact it in-season to extend fishing where they can.
The Pacific Fishery Management Council is on the road with public meetings over the coming week (closest is Monday evening in Westport, Wash.), then will convene in Portland April 6-11 at the Sheraton Portland Airport Hotel to make final decisions.
Meanwhile, the Columbia River season-setting process will closely match that of the council's. Managers will finish shuffling numbers and rules and ask for public comment April 2 in Ridgefield, Wash. They'll then match the river's numbers with those from the Management Council and announce seasons on or about April 11.
Commercial season-setting for the Columbia River will occur sometime in July.
Have a headache? Try these painkillers:
- Again, there will be salmon to catch, offshore, bays and Columbia River.
- The Pacific Ocean shows
- The forecast for Columbia River
- Walleye and smallmouth bass are biting in the Columbia Gorge despite spring's frigid start.
- Managers will still consider some sturgeon retention in the Columbia.
- Trout season has begun, with new
- The spring chinook salmon season is just beginning, so don't get disappointed before the end of April. Willamette fish have been returning later and later. Last season's best fishing was on the troll through May and even into June.
Sea lions: There's little word on the status of a bill in Congress to allow Oregon and Washington to lethally control sea lions beyond Bonneville Dam and fold sturgeon into the protection umbrella.
Some congress members appear intent on relaxing marine mammal protection to allow expanded offshore drilling for oil.
That could sour the taste test for Pacific Northwest lawmakers and potentially kill the legislative effort to save the Willamette River's wild winter steelhead.
Meanwhile, sea lions are again working their way into smaller rivers such as the Clackamas, where hazing has begun.
Cheers: To Corbett Grade School fourth and fifth graders studying keystone species in relation to the nearby Columbia River Gorge.
One class composed essays on whether or not to remove sea lions to protect salmon, with more than half supporting the removal.
Regardless of the result, hats off to the school's localized approach to outdoor education, the natural order and the challenges humans create - and face.
Cheers: To the Oregon Bass and Panfish Club, which celebrated its 60th anniversary Thursday evening with a strong showing from its 230-plus membership.
The club has tirelessly bolstered and improved fish, fishing and habitat since 1958.
- Bill Monroe


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"It Came to Pass"/
The KJV Bible uses the term "It came to pass" some 453 times. A devotion I read several weeks ago brought this to my attention and it's stuck with me. History is important in God's Word. Winston Churchill is often quoted as saying, "Those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it." (The quote actually originated with George Santayana and Mr. Churchill was quoting him! It's one of my very favorite Churchill quotes and I know you've heard me use it before.) Not to put Churchill's wisdom on-par with divinely inspired scripture, but maybe it's something we all need to learn – history matters.
The Bible gives us fully twelve books of history – there's a ton of history throughout God's Word, but these books are solely devoted to recording historic events and consequences in the national life of The Children of Israel. History really seems to matter to The Lord.
I know I'm hammering this point home and maybe this whole article is justification for the hours I spend at this keyboard composing articles and even books inspired by our history. I had the opportunity to speak to a group of genealogists a couple of years ago and chose to urge them to preserve not just facts but stories. And that's what we see in God's word – we get to know the characters of these books of history. Nehemiah served a Persian king and Esther would be a Persian queen. We see in their stories the anguish of life in a pagan land, torn from the land divinely promised to their ancestors and to them. We can see the real people behind the heroic acts – Esther is terrified when she approaches her husband without being summoned and while Nehemiah doesn't detail his fears it's not hard to understand fear as well as anger as he is taunted and ridiculed while rebuilding Jerusalem's walls.
Maybe the stories of the Cumberland Plateau don't have the eternal application of those biblical accounts but they can still be inspiring. I've said before that the people of the mountain not only survived but thrived in a time and place that would have simply killed most of us. They faced down disease and famine with the same staunch heroism we envision in the Shepherd David before a lion or a giant.
As I trace genealogical roots I get so excited to see a picture behind the numbers and dates presented in census records or death certificates. I've recently been researching a mystery-man in my family tree. He was born in 1877 and more skilled researchers than I have attributed him to my Great-great-great grandfather's family. That man was born in Virginia and came to Tennessee with his parents and many of his 15 siblings. I've always known of that Virginia history but never considered relatives left there. Well in researching Calip Todd, I found one of his daughters on the 1920 census, living with her "cousin" – that's the relationship given to the head of the household – back in Virginia. I still can't find much information on Calip but I began to see a story there. The family came to Tennessee but 2 or 3 of the children were grown and already married so they opted to stay in Virginia and watch their whole family ride into the western horizon – just like a good ole' Western movie, huh? But they kept in touch, as much as they could in that day anyway. Both those left in Virginia as well as the ones in Tennessee raised children and told them about their family living in another part of the country. What took Bessie back to Virginia I don't yet know but just like generations before and after she found a home with her cousin.
I'll keep working on that story and many others that peek out at me from among the data I'm mining from old records. And I keep listening to the stories – and remembering stories I heard before like we talked about last week when a recent story reminded me of something from a man who passed away 13 years ago had told me.
I want to end today's blog with 2 challenges for you. If you have not picked up your Bible today, do so now. Or just click here to go to www.BibleStudyTools.com. If you don't know where to start, read one of the stories from the books of history, Joshua through Esther – they are the best stories ever written and never grow old.
Secondly I challenge you to share a story with someone else. You've got 'em, I know you do. Stories you're granny told you as she patted out biscuits for supper or your Mama as you sat breaking beans together. Maybe you heard it from an old friend as he lay abed in his last days. If it came to pass then it's probably worth sharing and someone in this world would love to hear it. If you can't think of anyone, click on comments below and TELL ME – I always want to hear the stories.


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Just Got Started on This Page
I made the decision a couple years ago to postpone study on connectivity, such as phone/internet/tv until we got closer to going full time. Because the technology would surely have changed. I'm just getting started now. These are just a few general notes for now.
Wifiranger Elite: External antenna increases reception of WIFI. It has ports to plug in a cellular device such as a smart phone or similar. Then the wifiranger brings all the connections together and manages it like a fancy router. Watch the video at their site. Here is a link by RV Geeks on installation. Lots of reputable travelers are using it to include Technomadia, Wheelingit and more. (8//17/17) Cost around $625
Technomadia overview (G0 Here First) on available options. This 24 minute video gives provides a bunch of ideas which might be usable given your unique needs. You can drift around on their website or go directly to the device review page here.
Weboost: Cell signal boosting. The Wifiranger does not boost cell signal and they recommend Weboost. (8//17/17) Cost around $500.
Peplink appears to be another popular vendor for mobile routers and such.
I'll be going with a portable satellite dish if we decide to purchase one. Dish Network appears to be popular for travelers.
For cell service, a part time job I'm keeping on the road pays for T-Mobile that has no data limits. Karen's phone in on the AT&T network with a 2 gig limit. My current full time job provides me a Verizon phone and has no data limit. Once we go full time we will most likely keep two different network phone to increase potential coverage. We are going to vacation before that for longer periods so will have the three networks until retirement.
Wifi boosting and router: Perhaps a usable approach is an antenna hooked to an inside router. From the router you connect computer wirelessly and password protected. Then have a setup for cellular independently where the booster is connected or communicates to a standalone cellular hot spot. Some devises allow everything to hook to one router and controls which signal it uses for various reasons.


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Category Archives: Conferences
Best Practices for Operating at the "Speed of Culture" – sparks&honey and Reebok Break it Down
As a part of Advertising Week 2014, the 4A's hosted its Competitive Edge series on Sept. 29, bringing together top agency and brand executives to debate the value of operating at the intersection of cultural intelligence and business innovation.
The session kicked off with a video clip from the new HBO show, "Last Week Tonight," in which anchorman John Oliver explored recent examples of brands' Twitter #fails. From the DiGiorno mixup with the trending #WhyIStayed hashtag to various brands tweeting misguided 9/11 content, the clip raised some very interesting points about when it is the right time for a brand to engage in real-time social practices.
Terry Young, CEO/Founder of ad newsroom sparks&honey, and his colleague Imari Oliver, VP, Director of Creative Strategy, and good friend, David Oksman, U.S. Marketing Director at Reebok, spoke about best practices for brands that want to operate at the "speed of culture" in a session entitled, Leading Culture and Collaboration.
Why do so many brands struggle with creating authentic social conversations? According to Young, brands need to identify places, trends, dialogue and topics that they want to be attached to as a first step. When thinking about everything that is happening in social – it can seem overwhelming and random, so brands need to sort through everything and zero in on the select areas of opportunities, he said. Moving at the "speed of culture" isn't an easy feat but it's essential for brands that want to be successful in today's world.
Oksman's advice: Brands need to be strategic rather than opportunistic. Just like an athlete, brands can develop muscle memory when it comes to identifying trends/cultural elements to attach to – that is what drives nimbleness, Oksman said.
Culture is the pulse of the social world and there are two types – "slow culture" and "fast culture," according to Young. 3D printing, autonomous cars, and the sharing economy are examples of "slow culture" – these affect companies and brands over a long term. Memes and viral videos though are examples of "fast culture" that impacts culture and consumers in the short term.
The panelists concluded that when brands are looking to operate at the "speed of culture" they should be asking themselves three things:
- What makes sense for their brand?
- Which aspects of real-time trends and culture are a fit with the brand's core messaging and essence?
- Does the brand want to enter an existing conversation or create a new one?
Because isn't creating conversations what it's all about?
AWXI: Authentic Storytelling with Data
Day one at Advertising Week saw a consistent theme from the advertisers that descended upon New York City. The kickoff keynote panel was moderated by WPP's Sir Martin Sorrell with executives from Live Nation, Amazon CBS, and ESPN to talk about data, storytelling, distribution and more.
"Consumers don't think about branded content, they ask if it changed the experience for them," said Russell Wallach, President of Live Nation's Media & Sponsorship division. "They feel good about brands that enhance experiences for them."
Mr. Sorrell pushed the panelists to discuss how they work with data and agencies. Most everyone on the panel agreed that first party data was their primary resource for talking to marketers, but agencies had an unusual role in the middle.
"We see that our agencies tell different things, so it can be hard for us to understand exactly what is going on. Some of our longest partnerships, the ones that have gone on for years, have been direct with the brand's marketing team," said Wallach.
A panel later in the day hosted by DDB focused on how to build an influential brand, and the panel continued the morning's session with a focus on data.
"We've almost become data poets," said Nancy Hill, CEO of the 4A's. "We take the data that we want and use it to tell stories to our audiences."
"Brands need to understand the influence they can bring and make a long-term commitment," said Jeremy Levine, SVP of Digital Sales at Live Nation. "To market with music, they need to be in for the long haul, not a one-off event. We have the data to help that partnership"
Much credit was given to Omnicom agency sparks & honey for hosting daily "culture briefs" that look at the pulse of the conversation by consumers, with an eye towards social media trends.
"You have to have a fluid strategy with an ear to the ground, because things change so rapidly and you need to be ready," said DDB President Mark O'Brien.
Several hiccups from brand's real time social campaigns were discussed and the agreement was that global brands want to have an influence everywhere, but they must feel authentic.
"Global brand, local touch," said Hill.
Financial Times Future of Marketing – Millennials, Music, and Data
Russell Wallach, President of Media and Sponsorship at Live Nation, spoke on how the world's largest live-entertainment company uses data to reach consumers at the second annual Financial Times Future of Marketing Conference on Sept. 17, which brought together executives across a variety of industries.
"The journey of the fan experience, from ticket purchase to the end of the show months later, can be improved by data, and fans welcome anything they can to enhance those moments," said Wallach.
And what is the future of marketing? The answer is Millennials, known as the most "social" generation ever because of their global, digital connectedness. Many agreed that music is at the intersection of marketing to this group.
"We have first party data from our over 200million-plus user database," said Wallach. "So that presents a great opportunity for our brand and agency partners to develop unique properties."
Wallach listed examples that included a recent investment in electronic dance music (EDM) by 7Up to target millennials and Hispanics and working with Kellogg's to create a summer concert series targeted towards tweens.
To close out the day, Bruce Flohr, co-founder of GreenLight Media & Marketing, sat down with Marc Roberge, lead singer of O.A.R. to talk about how they market themselves to brands. "Music is worthless, yet everyone loves music," said Flohr. "Everyone walks around with earbuds on, you can't escape it, but the music has no tangible value."
"The U2 deal with Apple really put the nail in the coffin for selling albums and completely devalues music," said Roberge. "We now look for brands who want to partner with us. We want to understand why a brand chose us, and make sure it fits for everyone involved."
Everyone agreed that the future for marketing is bright but cluttered as brands try to navigate every channel to reach their audience.
Audience Measurement 2014: The Leadership Mandate
This year's the Advertising Research Foundation's Audience Measurement (AM) 2014 focused on the Measurement Mandate and an immediate call-to-action for analysts to embrace the future of programmatic buying and cross platform measurement and lead their respective organizations through the considerable changes brought by today's complex media environment.
Gayle Fuguitt, President and CEO of The ARF's opening address set the tone for the event. In it, she explained there is a code red problem facing the industry. For example, the ARF's research found that less than 10 percent of marketers say that mix models help them understand cross-platform advertising. Fuguitt emphasized that analysts must recognize this to be a transformative moment.
"This is not a measurement mandate, but rather a leadership mandate," said Fuguitt. "We need to collaborate within our organizations, across organizations and across the world and we need to listen to each other and converge."
In his address Bob Lord, Global CEO of AOL Platforms, delved into the power of convergence and how it can transform industries at the intersection of business and technology. Lord believes that measurement is key to truly understanding consumers and creating a brand strategy that meets consumers' needs.
"Convergence of technology, media and creativity allows us to imagine and enable customer experiences like never before," said Lord. "Technology, media, and creativity operating within the context of business strategy can transform a marketing problem."
Lord also discussed his five principles when using data to better the consumer experience. He explained that brands need to put the consumer at the center and understand what motivates them and their journey to trying or using a product. Marketers must start thinking of their brand as a service and be aware of the fact that they are in the business of fulfilling consumer needs. It is also crucial to reject silos; consumers don't care about inter-department issues and neither should businesses. Brands also need to act like a startup and employ agile methodology and prototyping. Finally, brands must embrace diversity in order to raise ROI's on company performance.
AM 2014 wasn't only a discussion of big data and ways to improve audience measurement across platforms. It was also a look at those who are solving measurement challenges and generating significant business results. In that spirit, the first annual Erwin Ephron Demystification Award was announced at the conference, an award that honors the legacy of media leader, Erwin Ephron.
Bill Harvey, Co-Founder and Strategic Advisor of TiVo Research and Analytics, was the first winner of this prestigious award. He has spent over 35 years in the media research industry and has pioneered thinking in New Media, industry data, and audience measurement standards.
"Bill challenges conventional thinking, and has a rare ability to translate ideas into action," said Fuguitt. "The Erwin Ephron Demystification Award was part of the greater goal of AM 2014 to support, inspire, and promote the analytical minds that will lead organizations through this period of dynamic change."
The overarching message of AM 2014 was the need for analysts to embrace new ways of thinking in order to keep their seat as the C-suite's most trusted advisor, a mission that the ARF will continue in future events and research.
Creating a Mo'vement at Erwin Penland's Food For Thought
At Erwin Penland's seventh annual Food For Thought, an "unconventional convention" in Greenville, S.C., we were treated to amazing, inspirational speakers – from the Mayor of New Orleans to the founder of Movember and so much more. In addition to being served delicious food the content has really given us something to think about.
On Wednesday, April 30, the first full day of the event, Adam Garone, CEO/co-founder of Movember took the stage to tell us about his mission to raise awareness of men's health and eventually cure prostate and testicular cancer. Movember had humble beginnings—it started among a group of friends in Australia, grew to 30 supporters, and within the first year, had 450 participants.
Today, Movember is an established, global organization that has used the power of conversation starters – yes, those crazy mustaches we see throughout November – to create change and support men's health issues.
Garone shared his Top 10 tips and lessons in creating a thriving organization:
1.Do something you love. Passion creates persistence and infectious enthusiasm
2.Naivety is a good thing.
3.Be disruptive
4.Strong leadership with a clear vision and great team are essential
5.Technology is a core asset and key accelerator
6. Word of mouth is the most effective way to build a brand people love
7. Inspire your customers to be your ambassadors
8. What you say 'no' to defines you more than what you say 'yes' to
9. The art of storytelling is key
10. Never underestimate the power of a room full of people
Blurred Lines: The Fine Line between Ads and Editorial at Advertising Week Europe
As part of DGC's annual exchange program with Eulogy! – in which one DGC'er and one Eulogite have the opportunity to work from each other's offices for a full week – I've been lucky enough to not only be in London, but also attend Advertising Week Europe.
I am less than 48 hours into being in London and have already experienced a couple of sessions with the likes of News Corp and Mashable execs. Here is a brief snapshot:
The Future of News & Advertising
This unique fireside chat between Robert Thomson, CEO of News Corporation, and Sir Martin Sorrell, CEO of WPP Global, brought two luminaries to the stage. They spoke to numerous pressing topics today from the future of traditional media, to who's to blame for failing with digital advertising.
Native advertising was definitely one of the hot topics of discussion. Sorrell explained how the boundaries between the editorial and business sides are breaking down and that it's fine as long as there is transparency along the way. In fact, both executives agreed that, in an ideal world, consumers would prefer to opt-out rather than opt-in, and people will pay for content if it is good. Thomson also admitted that quality content can be expensive, so it's critical to identify more ways to increase the monetization of such content. He further explained that the value of content creation proves more than ever that distribution is important.
The session wrapped up with Thomson and Sorrell debating over whether numerous industries, including that of public relations and public affairs, have been creatively or destructively disrupted by digital. Only time will tell…
Fast Company Founder's Conversation
This much anticipated session shed a new light on the editorial direction of Mashable. The fireside chat featured Bob Safian, Editor of Fast Company, casually asking questions of Pete Cashmore, the very well-known CEO and Founder of Mashable. And once again, native advertising was a hot topic. Pete agreed that it's a good thing as long as it's a win-win for all involved, and that a reader's best interest is always kept in mind.
The message Pete drove home throughout the session was Mashable's seemingly transformed focus on its editorial content – no longer restricting its walls to social media and other such related topics. His vision is to bring forth what the world cares about across the board on various topics – even weather.
Pete called out that journalism is a part of Mashable's DNA. It was evident that the outlet wants to shift its perception of being more like a New York Times than that of say a BuzzFeed or The Huffington Post. That said, Pete still feels strongly that Mashable will always target its core audience of early adopters as they are "likely at the cutting edge of everything – not just technology."
Something Pete Cashmore mentioned in his session was proven true today: the proliferation of technology has changed the playing field, with anyone and everyone having the ability to be successful from anywhere – not just Madison Avenue and Silicon Valley. It's safe to say that Advertising Week Europe will continue to grow in its presence over the coming years.
It was a whirlwind of a first day! I'm looking forward to attending additional sessions during my trip and will be back at week's end with more key takeaways and learnings. In the meantime, follow the conversation @digennaro and check out some pics here to get a snapshot of my week in London and Advertising Week Europe.
Closing Remarks from Re:Think 2014
Following an exciting few days at the New York Marriott Marquis, the Advertising Research Foundation's Re:Think 2014 conference has come to a close, after more than 168 paper submissions were presented from the top companies in business. With key insights from industry luminaries like Keith Reinhard, Carolyn Everson and Lee Garfinkel, the days were jam-packed with valuable insights and takeaways for attendees to take back to their desks and influence their work.
We caught up with Gayle Fuguitt, CEO and President of the ARF, for her biggest takeaway from the conference and how Re:Think 2014 ushered in a new era for the ARF.
For more Re:Think 2014 highlights, see below for a small sampling of the great coverage that ran this week:
Advertising Age: How Big Data Shapes AT&T's Advertising Creative
Direct Marketing News: Video: Three Questions with the ARF's Gayle Fuguitt
The Makegood: Why the Best Advertising is Formed When Art Meets Science
Re:Think 2014: Great Insights, Great Innovation, Great Results
Day Two at the Advertising Research Foundation's Re:Think 2014 conference was about rethinking ideas to derive better insights, and ultimately better creative executions and results.
Lee Garfinkel, CEO of FCB Garfinkel, gave the first keynote of the day said the industry needs more clarity and simplicity in using smart research to inform smart advertising. Rather than wasting time thinking outside of the box, he encourages people to think about how to get out of the corner. "Science won't get you great ideas alone. You need the gut instinct of great thinkers."
Garfinkel's other call to action was to come up with the great idea that will change the mind of the consumer. Demonstrated by his own iconic Diet Coke example from 1994, he explained how the soft drink faced several challenges — from being too generic to being seen as for "women on a diet." Garfinkel realized they couldn't fix all of Diet Coke's needs at once. "We asked the right question to get the right answer. The question was 'which one of these should we address first?" Diet Coke's response? "Make us relevant again.'"
Garfinkel and his team did just that, creating a spot that alleviated many of these issues and helped Diet Coke re-gain market share. The spot speaks for itself:
The second session keynote of the day was a fireside chat between Kim Brink, VP Marketing at NASCAR, and 4A's EVP Michael Donahue, titled "Branding 180% Turnaround." One of NASCAR's marketing challenges is that people perceive it as a sport only popular in the South, without a huge reach. Conversely, the race car brand is second to the NFL in terms of recognition and hosts as many as 70 million fans at their events every year.
NASCAR's goal was to have consumers rethink the brand. By tapping into insights around what its most rabid fans love about the sport, NASCAR was able to exact that passion and leverage it for new fans. The exercise allowed NASCAR to find its brand voice, which Brink acknowledged they didn't previously have. NASCAR then signed their first ad agency, Ogilvy + Mather, and leveraged the insights about what rabid and casual fans love most, to create a dynamic spot that went on to be listed as the "Best Sports Commercial of the Year" in 2013.
The overarching message today was that marketers need to challenge their creative thinking by starting the process with smart research and clear insights.
Insights from Day One at ARF Re:Think 2014
The DGC team has been live from Advertising Research Foundation (ARF) Re:Think conference in New York City this week, soaking up all of the intelligent conversations and insights being shared around analytics and insights.
Day One focused explicitly on consumer engagement and how to make better decisions across platforms. Here are some of our key learnings from the first day:
Mobile is now. Carolyn Everson, VP of Global Marketing Solutions at Facebook, admitted that even the largest social network in the world was caught off guard by the rise of mobile. But the reality is, that with over five billion phones currently in use, consumers are constantly on the go – and usually active on more than one device. More than one-third of those five billion people are using at least three or more devices in a given day, and 60 percent of consumers start a task on one device and end on another. So what's the next step in mobile's evolution? Personalization.
Understand your fans. Peter Espersen, head of co-creation at LEGO, shared how the brand sought to understand the fans, tap into their passion for LEGOs, and then in fact produce what the fans want. After several petitions, LEGO created several limited edition series, including the infamous DeLorean Time Machine from Back to the Future, a Minecraft series, and the very first fan-petitioned LEGO, the Shinkai 6500, a Japanese submarine. Espersen explained that no one would have seen the fan demand for Shinkai or Minecraft but, given that LEGO allowed its fans' voices to be heard, it created what was wanted.
Insights can help create the story. When you leverage insights in the right way, you can tell the story the consumer actually wants to hear. That was the takeaway from ad legend Keith Reinhard, Chairman Emeritus of DDB Worldwide. Reinhard showed a famous State Farm ad from the 1960s, featuring the still-iconic "Like a good neighbor, State Farm is there" jingle, and a real State Farm insurance agent based in Hawaii. "The insight was that the hometown neighbor is always there, which led to the "Like a Good Neighbor,'" said Reinhard, "Consumers could get their own personal neighborhood State Farm agent." The tagline is still used today.
The conversation was positive and encouraged the audience to question how brands are engaging with consumers. Even if you're doing something right, you can always look at new data or find another angle that resonates in a new way, generating more insightful campaigns and buzz.


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November Offline Happenings!
Thursday, November 6, 10:00 a.m.
61% of the tri-state 10th graders have not been around other teens using alcohol in the past year. This is a 22% improvement in the last 5 years!
Source: Siouxland CARES' Youth Survey taken in April/May 2014
Looking for some helpful websites?
Other Resources
If you think someone is a victim of human trafficking, call the National Human Trafficking Resource Center, 1-888-3737.888, yo obtain information and to access supportive services for the victim. www.acf.hhs.gov/trafficking
Tri-State Curfew
The following curfew is now in effect in Sioux City, Sergeant Bluff, and Woodbury County, Iowa, North Sioux City, South Dakota, South Sioux City, Nebraska, and Dakota County, Nebraska. Please enforce these times in your home.
10:00 p.m. for minors under the age of 14
11:00 p.m. for minors ages 14 and 15
Midnight for minors ages 16 and 17
About Siouxland CARES
Siouxland CARES (Community-wide Awareness, Resources, Education and Support) About Substance Abuse is a community coalition comprised of 350 volunteers. Volunteers for Siouxland CARES (representing 12 community systems) and staff contributed 13,996.25 hours in 2013 to CARES programs and services. The mission of CARES is to improve the quality of life in Siouxland by eliminating the abuse of alcohol and other drugs and related violence.
The Anti-Drug is Communication.
Ask Who? Ask What? Ask Where?
It's not pestering, it's parenting!
Trustworthiness: Think it. Be it.
Respect: Give it. Get it.
Responsibility: Take it. Teach It.
Fairness: Share it. Practice it.
Caring: Show it. Receive it.
Citizenship: Have it. Honor it.
Make Your Character Count in Siouxland!!


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Tyrese Gibson has revealed he is expecting a baby girl.
The 39-year-old actor - who already has 10-year-old daughter Shayla with his ex-wife Norma - is set to become a father for the second time, as he has revealed his wife Samantha is pregnant with the pair's first child, a daughter.
He said: "Both of our love and energy and magic and families are bonded forever because we're going to have this child. It's unbelievable."
The 29-year-old social worker discovered she was pregnant in January, not long after the pair began trying to conceive, and the 'Fast and Furious' star has admitted he was "overly excited" by the news.
Recalling the moment he found out he was to be a father again, Tyrese said: "It was me screaming and just being overly excited and just fired up about the news."
It's not a rumor. So proud to share the news - were #pregnant! "Take my hand and never let go, I will love you and stand with you through thick and thin from my heart, our love will inspire others to lovers to love deeper... Take my hand and where ever you lead me I will follow you around the world".. -Samantha Gibson I love you too.......... Truly.. I guess the world knows now.......
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The 'Baby Boy' actor added: "There was no greater reaction than her mom's reaction. Samantha is her only daughter, and this has been prayers for years and years, for her to get married and find the right one and start a family."
Samantha is due to give birth in September, and has said she's glad the pair were able to conceive "at the right time", after Tyrese ended his bitter court battle with his ex-wife over custody of their daughter in November last year.
She said: "We were able to conceive at the right time, I believe. There was a lot that happened last year - everyone is aware of that - and so to have the opportunity to … really start a new chapter in the way that has happened, I just look to God and I'm like, 'Wow, I can't believe that you would plan it this way and you do it so perfectly.'"
And Tyrese is now looking to put the court feud - in which he was eventually granted joint custody of Shayla - behind him as he starts the next stage of his life with Samantha.
Speaking in a joint interview with People magazine, he said: "Unfortunately as entertainers and public figures, you have to go through very private matters publicly sometimes … I'm just happy to be on the other side of it and have my daughter back home with us."
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305 789 Drake Street, Vancouver Listing #: R2356919
The perfect 1 bedroom layout. Great for investors or first time home buyers. The home was renovated in 2012 and more upgrades in the last year. Corner suite home with a large patio in this fully rain screened renovated building boasting new lobby, elevators & hallways also new roof and re-piped all in the last 10 years. This suite has been fully updated and is move-in ready. Renos include new white lacquer kitchen cabinets, appliances, granite counters, Grohe faucet, Faber built in exhaust fan & laminate floors. Home also has in suite storage. Rentals allowed (no short term), no pets allowed. Open house Saturday August 17th and Sunday Aug 18th from 11am to 1pm.
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In case I've not mentioned it anywhere else, I've been to Oahu twice now. The first time was years ago when I rented a condo on the north shore and basically hung out with a friend for a week or so. It was a great time, we rented a jeep from a place by the college stadium and drove down to Waikiki for the night to get a feel for the place. This was when it was first becoming commercialized and the place I stayed at was across from Don Ho's place. It was all quite beautiful and since I'd never been to anything tropical up to that point I absolutely loved it. We basically drove around the island on a continuous sightseeing tour, meeting people and hanging out on the beach. I was young and it was a great time which is why I ended up returning this last time. I was working but since I had visited before and by this time I was an experienced traveler I managed to make more effective use of my time.
I again rented a car and the first place I stayed was at the Hilton complex down on Waikiki. Talk about luxury, the place is amazing. I rented a room near the top floor and after checking in and grabbing a place to park made my way to the room. The room was the most luxurious place I'd ever rented and still to this day I've not stayed in anything more plush. The beds were incredibly thick and comfortable, everything appeared new and I was on the ocean side so the views were magnificent. I did spend several hours at the complex as there are stores and restaurants, the beach is there as well as myriad activities you can engage in. A paradise in paradise I felt. Right on the main drag, you can easily head north or south to discover the island, that is if you can drag yourself away from the complex. It's designed to keep you satisfied and remain there and I have to say, they do a great job.
It was however much more expensive than I am accustomed to so the next day I moved to the outskirts of Waikiki and rented something a little more my style. It was a mid-range hotel with a pool and since I normally spend most of my time outside the room traveling, it was suitable for me.
The first place I visited once I had my bearings and had unpacked was the USS Arizona memorial. This is one of a few places dedicated to veterans who died during World War II. I purchased a ticked and took the boat out to the memorial and although the trip is short I enjoyed it. There is a narrator that rides along and you hear a bit of a story and some facts as you make your way. We hopped out onto the site and looked around at the wreck, the surrounding area and read the plaques and short stories emblazoned on the walls. No doubt the people that survived the attack must've been through some hellish times. This event precipitated the war and after seeing the memorials and hearing from the historians on site, rightly so. Oh, before you depart on the boat to the memorial there is a store, small museum and a walk where you can learn about events surrounding the bombing and world war in general. A fascinating must see if I do say so myself.
I was on a memorial kick so after the tour I jumped in my car and headed to the Punch Bowl Memorial aka National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific. It lies in the Punch Bowl crater and I must say it is astonishingly well maintained, immaculate even. I walked through it to learn a bit about the war in the Pacific and did indeed accomplish this end.
There's a chapel which is a solemn place as you can appreciate that dedicates itself to those lost during the war. The walls of the memorial are etched with names of those who were never recovered from battle. I also learned there's a memorial pathway with 56 memorials dedicated by various veterans organizations. Inside the building there are huge murals, maps and scripts inlaid on the walls that tell a story surrounding a few of the events from the war. It was a magnificent place and words can't possible do it justice, especially my small command of the English language. If you ever have the chance, I suggest you visit.
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The MTA is asking the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education to deny a waiver request that could allow the New Heights Charter School to open in Brockton this year. If the charter application is allowed to go forward, the MTA will once again join the Brockton Education Association and the Brockton Public Schools, as well as many parents and elected officials in Brockton, in asking the board to deny the application.
Background. Earlier this year, BESE adopted policies to bring the charter authorization process in line with the 2010 Achievement Gap Act. That law emphasizes three key policies relevant to this debate:
· DESE must take student growth (i.e., MCAS student growth percentiles), not just achievement (i.e., absolute score levels on the MCAS), into consideration in school accountability ratings.
· DESE must use a similar approach for calculating which districts have student performance in the bottom 10 percent.
· DESE staff determined that the first two applicants in any year have to be in districts whose students were in the bottom 10 percent.
Why include "growth"?The argument for including growth measures was that achievement scores are closely correlated with socioeconomic status. To put it simply, on average, poor children don't do as well as more affluent children on standardized tests. Districts with low-income students argued that they shouldn't be penalized simply for educating poor children; they should be given some relief from burdensome mandates if their student growth rates are strong.
How do charter schools hurt these districts? One "penalty" most districts want to avoid is being forced to accept and pay for a charter school against the will of a majority of the elected officials and taxpayers in a community. The negative impacts of a charter school include:
· Financial: After an initial reimbursement period, the charter school drains money from district schools.
· Uneven playing field: Most charter schools use enrollment practices that keep them from serving as many special needs students, English language learners and low-income students as the sending districts.
· Undermines local control: Once a charter is authorized by the state, decisions about how children will be educated there are taken away from local elected officials and are given to an unelected board, with oversight by state officials.
In short, when a Commonwealth charter school comes to town, districts have to serve a higher-need population with fewer resources.
DESE adopts new formula. DESE implemented a new achievement-plus-growth formula for school accountability purposes in 2011, initially choosing a ratio of 80 percent achievement to 20 percent growth. This year, DESE began the process of taking the same approach in calculating the bottom 10 percent of districts for purposes of meeting the new charter school requirements. DESE determined that the ratio should be the same for both school accountability and for determining the bottom 10 percent of districts, and revisited what that ratio should be. In the course of that debate, some argued that growth should be given even more weight, such as a 70/30 split. Others, including leaders of the charter school industry, argued that the calculation should be based 100 percent on achievement. After much debate, BESE approved a revised split of 75/25.
2014 charter applicants affected. Meanwhile, the charter application process was moving forward on a separate track and DESE advanced just two applications: one for the New Heights Charter School in Brockton and the other for a regional school to be based in Fitchburg. In early October, DESE staff realized that neither Brockton nor, collectively, the Fitchburg regional districts were in the bottom 10 percent. Their growth scores elevated them out of that pool. (Indeed, they would have been out of the bottom 10 percent based on the 80/20 split as well as the 75/25 split that was ultimately adopted.) DESE staff told the applicants they couldn't move forward this year because the first two of any new charters approved in a given year must be located in districts in the bottom 10 percent.
Waivers filed.Both applicants filed for a waiver, saying they should be allowed to proceed. The Fitchburg applicant subsequently followed a different route, changing the makeup of the districts to be included in the regional pool to create a new configuration of districts that falls into the bottom 10 percent. With that change, the Fitchburg applicants were told they could proceed and the waiver request was dropped. The Brockton applicant is proceeding with the waiver request.
Hearing set. On Oct. 30, DESE set a date of Nov. 5 for a hearing on the New Heights Charter School waiver. The MTA is opposing that request based on a belief that the intent of the Legislature was to disfavor locating charter schools in districts, such as Brockton, that have worked very hard to provide their students with a high-quality education even in the face of high poverty and limited school resources and that are, in fact, showing improvement. If the application is allowed to go forward, the MTA will join the BEA and others in publicizing the many innovative and effective programs Brockton has implemented, and will show how those efforts would be undermined by locating a charter school in that community.
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'No centrist lane' in Democratic primary, Trump campaign says
The battle for 2020: Possible Democratic presidential candidates
President Donald Trump's reelection strategy will cast the entire Democratic primary field as an "unprecedented lurch to the left," with every candidate captive to the party's extreme wing, two senior campaign officials told McClatchy.
The Trump team is already working to corner historically moderate Democrats in policy positions they believe are nonstarters in a general election, beginning with former Vice President Joe Biden, who formally entered the race on Thursday.
The strategy marks a new phase in the 2020 race. The president's campaign plans to wade into the Democratic primary fight at opportune moments, tying more moderate candidates to policies they describe as socialist.
"The Green New Deal, Medicare for All – piece by piece they will all have to sign on to these proposals required of the wing of their party calling the shots," one senior campaign official said. "They require purity of policy, purity of thought, purity of ideology."
Trump campaign aides hope that candidates such as Biden, one of the Democratic Party's most recognizable establishment figures, will be forced leftward by their peers and an invigorated progressive base over the course of a grueling 14-month fight for the nomination.
"You run as a centrist, you cannot win," the campaign official added. "You can call yourself a moderate if you want to, but by the policies you'll have to adopt you won't be one."
Biden plans to run as an "Obama-Biden Democrat," casting himself as a pragmatic liberal, according to his aides. But the Trump campaign is already collecting material to present the elder statesman as radicalized, undercutting what they had viewed as his most potent asset: his reputation as a moderate.
It's a long-game strategy characteristic of a traditional incumbent campaign. But even for a reelection campaign at this early stage, Trump's aides are expressing exceptional zeal, confident that Democrats are headed toward a vicious internal battle over democratic socialism that will all but guarantee Trump's victory.
"It doesn't matter who comes out of the Democrat convention next year, because whoever it is will be beat up, broke, without a national operation, with a DNC that's in debt, and saddled with all of the socialist policies they will have adopted in order to win the nomination," Tim Murtaugh, communications director for the Trump campaign, told McClatchy.
"There is no centrist lane in the Democrat primary, and Joe Biden admitted as much when he said he had the most 'progressive' record of anybody in the field, and claimed he had never been labeled a moderate in Delaware," he said. "The entire Democrat field is hopelessly leftist, and that's the kind of candidate who will emerge."
When Julián Castro, former secretary of Housing and Urban Development in the Obama administration and a declared candidate, said earlier this month that he supports the decriminalization of border crossing – a policy Republicans characterize as open borders – Trump's team saw an opportunity to force a question on the rest of the field: "Do you agree with your buddy over here?"
That will be the tactic going forward, campaign staff said, brushing off reports that they are particularly concerned with one candidate over another.
"We view them as ideologically homogeneous," a senior staffer said. "We know where the Democrats are going to end up, and we can begin painting that contrast now."
But John Anzalone, a veteran Democratic pollster who is expected to advise Biden, pushed back against the Trump campaign's message, arguing that Biden remained Trump's most formidable threat.
"The good thing is that the Trump campaign doesn't get to decide what the rules are for any Democratic candidate, and Joe Biden like anyone else is going to take a stand on issues on his own," said Anzalone. "People throw around the term progressive– the fact is, he is a progressive with broad appeal. But you can be a progressive in this large field and not be in the far left of the party."
Trump benefits from the traditional advantages of incumbency: He controls the country's biggest bully pulpit from the White House and has more time to raise campaign funds that he can preserve for the general election fight. To that end, Trump's reelection team began raising campaign dollars a full year before Barack Obama did during the 2012 race and has already net more than $129 million.
As with past incumbents, Trump has also synergized his campaign team with the national party. The Republican National Committee is sharing resources and staff with campaign headquarters, and its massive data operation, based on troves of consumer data, will provide the president with precision-guided tools to target voters.
It is a far cry from Trump's first campaign, famously understaffed and dogged by infighting and short tenures. Trump's staff and the national political environment are now entirely different, one campaign official said.
"I'll tell you what's the same – it's Donald Trump," he added. "Trump is the captain of the ship, he's the campaign manager, he's the communications director, he's the finance director, he's the political director. He has a team here in place to manage the day to day. But all the major decisions are his."
The president's campaign manager, Brad Parscale, has so far succeeded in building a conventional campaign infrastructure that can mobilize what they claim to be an unprecedented number of volunteers across must-win states. They aim to recruit and train two million volunteers who can each contact 13 low-propensity or swing voters – 23 million to 26 million in total.
"They know who these people are," a campaign official said, referencing the RNC's extensive data operation. "They know their names, they know their voting history, they know what magazines they like, they know what websites they visit. It's the voter file from the RNC and the data operation is unmatched – the DNC doesn't have it."
Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, is the primary White House intermediary with the campaign and handpicked Parscale as campaign head. He has major policy initiatives of his own to pursue before the general election arrives, chief among them his long-awaited Middle East peace plan.
Parscale and Kushner speak daily, while Parscale speaks with the president weekly, "or whenever he calls," one campaign official said.
The campaign believes it has a "long runway," up until the Democratic national convention in July 2020, to recruit staff, volunteers and donors – a gift of time Trump's staffers insist they will not waste. And White House aides also told McClatchy they see breathing room to strategize and put a few more wins on the board through a competitive Democratic primary schedule likely to last a full year.
Their moves on high-profile, highly contested subjects such as healthcare and immigration are inextricably tied to the president's reelection hopes — the administration is expected to push legislation designed to highlight divisions within Democratic ranks in sync with congressional Republicans.
But the White House also considers the coming year an opportunity to conclude policy projects they have been pursuing since the beginning of the administration, unshackled from the weight of a special counsel investigation.
"There's definitely a clock," one senior administration official said. "But everyone here is comfortable with where we're at. We have runway."
"Ask me again in the fall," the official added, "and I'll probably have a different answer."


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Attorney Brendan Flaherty held a roundtable discussion about current trends and issues in foodborne illness litigation. He presented with Chris Lee, a well-known and experienced lawyer who represents restaurants and other food producers.
"I've faced Chris in litigation many times," Brendan said. "He is a great advocate for his clients and we have mutual respect for each other, even when we disagree and are on opposite sides. We do presentations like this because both sides can agree and speak to the importance of safe food."
The roundtable was entitled "Food Safety from Farm to Fork: Litigation Perspectives" and was hosted by the ABA Section of Litigation, Food and Supplements Subcommittee."
The roundtable offered an overview of foodborne illness litigation from both the plaintiff's and defendant's perspective and outlined the major hurdles faced by plaintiffs as well as the potential pitfalls awaiting food sellers, distributors and producers.


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Dear developpers, Please find attached a svn diff made against revision 800059 of http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpd/httpd/trunk This diff fixes the Bug 29744 on the Bugzilla (https://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=29744) The fix attempts to solve a problem with mod_proxy_connect not using the layered output model as it should, thus breaking the connection when used over SSL for instance... Additionnally, other users commented on the bugzilla 'forum' that the patch also fixes (please see bugzilla Comment #84 From evanc at nortel dot com): - reporting issues when mod_proxy_connect was used with mod_logio - other reporting problems mod_proxy_connect was used with mod_log_config AFAIK no body reported failures after applying this patch. I am pushing this patch here in the hope that someone from the official dev team can push it on next releases of apache httpd. The bugzilla page for this bug is turning to a forum where people mostly complain about the patch not being integrated... Though I'm not the patch maker, I hope that my attempt will help either closing the bug or returning a clear status on bugzilla that explains why the patch isn't accepted in the main stream. Hope it helps cheers and thanx for your time !
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This would be so much easier if:
1) I had hand milked before (I merely sucked the machines on to the teets at my g'pa's farm)
2) Hendrika had been milked, or tamed
3) I knew at least one other person who had a personal milk maker.
Instead, what we have here is the common philosophical conundrum known as "The Crisis of Two Virgins" wherein one of us is clumsily fumbling around the teets and the other is tied up and mooing.
But I wasn't going for easy. Whatever I was going for is buried deep in my subconscious. But is wasn't anything called "easy". Easy involves a car, a grocery store, and a Winnebago-sized fridge with all the homogenized, pasteurized, and fat reduced (or not) pink, brown, and white options of milk products ever imagined in the history of mankind.
My first week of milking will hence forth be known as: Enormous Challenge Week. Mark your calendars.
My interactions with Hendrika always start out the same: "Hi, my name is Hendrika, and I weigh 700 pounds. And you are?" "Yes, my name is Sarajoy and you weigh about 5 times more than me. Would you please go stand over there, now? I mean, if you're not busy and you're feeling up to it and all. Would you like some oats or alfalfa?"
I have to cajole her with food and patience to do anything I want. I've tried coaxing her twice with buckets of goodies. This is a very bad idea. One should never stand between Hendrika and food, it turns out. The first time she tried to gore me, I dodged like a mighty matador. The second time, I was very thankful she's polled, meaning naturally hornless, otherwise I would be dead, or at least missing most of my stomach. She took that head of hers and tossed me up onto the side of the barn.
She's a SMALL cow! And generally gentle, except where it comes to food and bribery.
She'll stand for milking, or my mangled attempts at it. But when she's done with the grain she suddenly notices she's tied up and she has a "moment" during which I stand very far away.
We are waiting to ween Sukey until we get back from our vacation. So this month is all about getting down the routine and learning that most awkward and unnatural movement called hand milking.
A couple of goat milker friends have stopped by and donated tutorials to my cause. One even confessed that learning to hand milk was the hardest physical skill he'd ever had to learn. It's a bit like patting the tummy and rubbing the head (or vice versa).
I'm at the middle part, the discouraged and disheartened stage of learning something new. Every morning, I sigh deeply, and trudge out to the barn with my buckets. I'll slave away for my 1/4 cup anyway. One day I did get about two cups, but then she plopped a perfectly poopy hoof right into the bucket. Bah! I'll show YOU kick the bucket, girl friend!!
Sukey's a cute little escape artist. She's gotten out 7 times at least. Getting her back in usually involves accidentally springing Hendrika. She's got four acres to mow, and the grass is NOT greener on the other side of the fence. We put up another wire last night, and tried to electrify it. But she was out this morning again. So I put a halter on her. Yes, I was calf roping at 6 am this morning! I've never roped a calf before. It took about 20 minutes and now she's tethered. Now Hendrika is a free mom. She's got childcare and she's off on the other side. Poor Sukey, wants to nurse, but mom has her own agenda. Will she ween before we want her too?
So, I joined a web chat group about family cows. Apparently there are enough of us to warrant such a thing. Too bad it's useless. No answers, just rumors and gossip and no way to find your question, but that's okay because there are no real answers, just a lot of real know-it-alls supposing they know more than you, and you, and you.
Too bad for me, I said Blue might get a pony. I bought her a horse care book in hopes that would stall the begging. But she's read it through twice. She knows way too much about horses now. She's been visiting the neighbor's bay. She was commenting on how well behaved it was even though it was a mare and it was so hot out. Huh? Oh... yeah... I haven't really cleared up that "in heat" misunderstanding yet.
During this past week, it's also been my great pleasure to host a couple of friends passing through town. Before now, before this life, we would have hosted anyone and shared anything. But, alas, we were holed up in the corner pocket of Pullman, not a thoroughfare like Spokane. And even if someone did take us up on our hospitality, it would have been obvious we had little space, or food, or time to share. For all our feelings of generosity, we had precious little to give.
Here, we have a guest room and bathroom, private, tucked away in the new basement. Our guests have all commented on how they don't feel like they are imposing on us down there.
It feels so good to have something to share, and enough of it so people don't feel bad receiving it. This too is something I've wanted. I've had it in mind all this time... a dream to have enough, so that there's enough left over to accommodate my impulse toward generosity. Enough so that what I give flows over, from the top of my full cup, and not from the last drop in the bottom.
Hey, Hendrika! How 'bout you return the favor!!
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
The Crisis of Two Virgins
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Oh the joys of milking. It is by far one of the most challenging skills I have learned to do. I was a goat milker for a short period... short because I had a hard time having the strength to milk fully and the poor goats would be in pain. All that hitting the udder to release the milk and showing who was boss when the goats would start to fuss,did my head in. The biggest help I ever got was just by watching how the kids fed (goat kids I mean). Then I tried to mimic it.ReplyDelete
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On the way to dropping the kids off to school this morning, I had the radio on and couldn't believe my ears when I heard that Michael Jackson had passed away. What?!? THE Michael Jackson?
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For me, his song, "Beat It", is one of my very first pop song memories from when I was 8. I remember our family was on holiday in Hong Kong in 1983. Our hotel had some sort of tinny daggy piped music system and the song that had most rotation was "Beat It". It became the "theme song" for that family holiday!
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Then one year, he came to Perth. We HAD to go. It was over the top – MJ coming out of a rocket in a spacesuit. But thinking back, I remember was that his concert was a bit of a letdown because even though we were seated on the floor right in front of the stage, security made sure no-one stood up at all. It was a pop concert of major dance tracks… with no dancing allowed. No fault of MJ – just stupid concert promoters. But I remember thinking, "OMG! Is that really MJ? Is he here performing in Perth? Wow!"
A few weeks ago, Rage had one of their video theme specials where the theme was like cool dance choreography clips. "Bad" came on and I was so excited!
I yelled to the kids, "Hey kids! You gotta see this! It's Michael Jackson and there's really cool dancing in this clip."
They watched for a seconds over their cereal. And then tuned out.
I watched the clip again… it was a bit 80s. The clip IS a bit dated. The dancing isn't as fantastic as some other more modern ones.
Oh well, I continued to watch and tried to remember why I wanted to be a dancing gangster when I was 12.
May he rest in peace… his immense collection of hit tunes will definitely live on for centuries..
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Day #2
Feel fine. Energy level is moderate.
Weight loss the first day was 6.6 pounds...mostly water weight...and a reason I don't get too excited when I lose five pounds.
That first juice of the whole thing is kind of sobering, but you just have to stick it out. I've missed the "going to bed hungry" feeling...Jenn thinks I'm crazy.
I've had hot lemon water the last two days as well. Had lunch at Pappadeaux today and just had water and hot lemon water...no biggie.
Can feel the "cleanse" beginning throughout my digestive tract.
Wondering if Day 4 will be as tough as the last Day 4...