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God's Presence is Closer Than You Thought
Note: This article was originally published in 2010.
With four kids, ages seven and under, my husband and I have been exhausted for basically seven years straight. We've found that the best way to manage our sleep deprivation is by taking shifts and fortunately, the division of labor comes naturally in our house.
When darkness falls on nights that he has nothing in particular to do, the moment my husband stops moving – and this can literally be while he's standing – the man will fall asleep. If left alone – and I must confess, I have a hard time leaving him alone if it's before, say, 9pm – he will fall deeper and deeper asleep until he reaches a land that's far, far away.
In other words, I take the night shift. This works out well, since the sound of a door opening or a kid coughing is enough to stir me. My nighttime duties these days involve nursing a newborn every couple hours, but also sometimes include rocking a toddler back to sleep, getting medicine for a sick five-year-old, and comforting a seven-year-old with a bad dream.
By the time morning comes, I dread wakefulness, so my dear husband takes over. The morning shift can start as early as 5AM at times. Nowadays it often begins something like this: "Daddy, Mommy, I need yaw help…Mommy, Daddy, I'm stuck." My husband will then stumble down the hall and open our two-year-old son's door at which point he'll declare, "I wanna watch Dora."
During the periods that I'm nursing a baby, my morning sleep is almost always pierced by the distant sound of crying. At that point, I'll call out to my husband to let him know that I'm awake and that he can bring me the baby.
Many times when this happens the baby is cold to the touch, and there's nothing I love more than taking my cold, crying baby under my covers and enveloping him in the warmth and the comfort that is his mommy.
While nursing him in bed like this the other day, I started thinking about God's feminine traits. In Judaism, we believe that God is gender-neutral, but has attributes that we can relate to from both genders.
We talk about God as a King when we try to conjure up images of power and majesty in our relationship with Him. But God has a feminine side as well which we refer to as the Shechinah. The Shechinah is the mother-like presence of God that is said to dwell upon us.
The wording used in conjunction with the Shechinah is usually resting "upon us" or being "spread over us," which I used to picture as having God's presence be above us like a ceiling. And to tell you the truth, such imagery has always been a bit disappointing to me.
Don't get me wrong, to merit having God's presence as close as my ceiling would be a huge deal, but having God's presence rest only above me seems to lack the nuturing aspect that I assumed would come along with the maternal side of God.
When I brought my baby into bed the other day, though, I realized that my blankets were "spread over" him and "rested upon" him. Suddenly, my ceiling imagery came crashing down and turned into a warm, enveloping blanket.
The next time we are crying out from one of life's challenges, may we feel God's comfort and embrace, like a baby snuggling up close to his mother. And the next time a baby snuggles up close to his mother, may that baby let his mother sleep.
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Rebecca : January 20, 2011 at 1:20 am
Oye- you made me tear up- that is beautiful. I am going to share it with everyone!!!
Jana : January 20, 2011 at 2:32 am
This was such a lovely post. Thank you. 🙂
Elle : January 20, 2011 at 3:12 am
that was beautiful! I have totally teared up.
Simone Shapiro : January 20, 2011 at 5:37 am
Beautiful and very insightful.
Abby : January 20, 2011 at 7:36 am
That was beautiful and inspiring, thank you for that.
Sagol : January 21, 2011 at 2:40 pm
Hmm good perspective to point out and remind us. I recently heard a Rabbi say that women are split from man. We came out of them. Your article reminds me if that. What I like and can so relate to is the wisdom that comes about casually in our daily duties of life when we are G-d focused. HE reveals things to us as HE lives in us!
Debi : January 23, 2011 at 5:53 am
beautiful! thank you!
Lauren : January 23, 2011 at 9:21 am
Amen! Beautiful post. We can totally relate!
flora : October 22, 2012 at 9:37 am
We have a chupah cover made for us by family and friends, with little squares contributed, some with images and words. I have been debating putting it on the wall like a tapestry or using it as a bedspread for the daytime. That settles it!
Batsheva : May 19, 2013 at 12:36 pm
That was so beautiful.
You should know that there is a specific name for God that relates to the maternal, nurturing aspect, besides Shechinah. El Shaddai is traditionally translated as God Almighty or God of the Mountains, but there is evidence that
Shaddai was an attribute of a Semitic goddess, linking the name Shaddai with the Hebrew šad meaning "breast", giving the meaning "the one of the Breast", as Asherah at Ugarit is "the one of the Womb". A similar theory is that the name Shaddai is connected to shadayim, the Hebrew word for "breasts". It may thus be connected to the notion of God's gifts of fertility to the human race. In several instances in the Torah the name is connected with fruitfulness: "May God Almighty [El Shaddai] bless you and make you fruitful and increase your numbers…" (Gen. 28:3). "I am God Almighty [El Shaddai]: be fruitful and increase in number" (Gen. 35:11). "By the Almighty [El Shaddai] who will bless you with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that lies beneath, blessings of the breasts [shadayim] and of the womb [racham]" (Gen. 49:25).
Hannah : May 26, 2013 at 11:23 pm
Why do you write out God and not G-d? My orthodox friends usually put g.d or g-d on facebook or email when they type. Just wondering what your take is on this. Thanks for your help 🙂
Hannah : May 26, 2013 at 11:33 pm
I see. Thank you for your quick response!
Jade : May 29, 2013 at 7:11 am
Beautiful post. Thanks for sharing. Exactly what I needed today!
Stephanie : April 25, 2015 at 12:03 am
I noticed you were talking about nursing. I know Muslim women have a religious obligation to breastfeed for 2 years. Are Jewish women required to as well?
Rabbi Jack Abramowitz : April 26, 2015 at 9:29 pm
There's no obligation to nurse. A woman could choose to bottle-feed if that's her preference.


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As if staying in Savannah isn't theme enough, the city's historic inns offer a period charm that isn't found at a chain hotel. These inns reflect the glamor and hospitality of the Old South, and a few of them go so far as to offer accommodations themed around various aspects of Savannah's gracious past.
Mulberry Inn
A stay in the Mulberry Inn (savannahhotel.com) takes guests back to a time of indulgence and leisure. Furnishings recreate the atmosphere of an English manor house and set the tone for the hotel's English afternoon tea. Enjoy pastries and cakes while sipping tea or coffee and listening to the live pianist. Rooms are individually furnished with the refined elegance of an English country home. The hotel's Courtyard Cafe offers breakfast and a Sunday brunch. City Market and Cotton Exchange Park are both within walking distance.
River Street Inn
The five-story River Street Inn (riverstreetinn.com), overlookng the Savannah River, offers themed rooms that suggest the traditional South of the past and the historic city of New Orleans. Some of the floors are hardwood while others are lushly carpeted. The beds vary from wood to wrought iron, and many are available in four posters and canopies. Wrought iron French balconies overlook the river, where guests can watch paddleboats, commercial freighters, barges and tugboats passing by. The on-premises Huey's Southern Café offers delights such as red beans and rice, crab cakes, crawfish etouffee and fried green tomatoes.
Planters Inn
Expect such amenities as four poster beds, fireplaces, draperies with sheers, period furniture and drop-leaf side tables when you stay at Planters Inn (plantersinnsavannah.com) on Reynolds Square. This hotel sits in the Historic District and carries the theme in its accommodations. Planters Inn offers a wine and cheese social each evening before dinner. The Olde Pink House restaurant next door has such old Southern favorites as she-crab soup and shrimp and grits as well as upscale selections like bourbon molasses grilled pork chops and roasted lamb loin. Walk to Paula Deen's The Lady & Sons (ladyandsons.com) restaurant on Congress Street less than five minutes away.
Mansion on Forsyth Park
The Mansion on Forsyth Park (mansiononforsythpark.com) offers refined elegance in its period rooms with ornate headboards, skirted vanities, floor-to-ceiling draperies and button-tufted sofas. Have dinner at the hotel's exotic 700 Drayton, where your eating area is defined by white draperies suspended from the ceiling. Socialize in the rooftop Casimir Lounge. Visit the Poseidon Spa and opt for your choice of massages, body treatments, manicures and pedicures in an underwater-themed spa. If you are a budding cook, indulge in a cooking class in the 700 Drayton restaurant. For art lovers, the on-premises Grand Bohemian Gallery offers more than 400 works of art.
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Last week I looked at the biggest problems facing each Top 25 team. Now I'm in a more positive frame of mind.
Today, I want to consider teams and players that could look much better than they did last season. Get in on all these ground floors while you can and you'll look smart come March.
Team: Notre Dame Fighting Irish
It's been a quiet couple of years for the Fighting Irish, but this season the men from South Bend project to make a run at an NCAA tournament bid. Bear in mind this team's problem last season was that it was drop-dead awful at making shots, marking the first time in at least a decade when that sequence of words could be written about a Mike Brey offense. Those numbers may well correct toward normalcy this season, however, with all five starters from ND's 2019 ACC tournament rotation plus a healthy Robby Carmody returning.
To be sure, the league office did Brey no favors by handing him a nine-day sequence in which the Irish will play at Clemson, at Virginia, at Duke and at home against North Carolina. So, no, Notre Dame won't win the ACC, but the Irish have a shot at leaping from 3-15 in conference play one year to dancing the next. Not bad.
Player: Xavier Johnson, Pittsburgh Panthers
Even as a 6-foot-3 freshman for a 14-19 team, Johnson recorded an excellent assist rate, made a decent number of 3s and played solid D. This season as the lead creator in a stronger rotation, Johnson may well improve on all of the above while also addressing his issues finishing at the rim.


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Setting up camp (with deer!) from our 2008 trip to Glacier Ntl. Park.
As I've mentioned, Andy and I get out almost every chance we get. Whether it's just for a day hike, or for a long trip, we've learned a lot along the way about how to maximize our time, and minimize our stress. Here are a few tips that apply no matter how long you're planning to go >>
1 // Leave the night before. If you're going out for at least a full day, leave the night before. If you're planning a day trip a couple of hours away, waking up at your destination will make it seem like you've gone so much further, and will really extend the day. This applies for longer trips, too. If you can get a Friday off, but leave on Thursday night, it will seem like a properly long trip. The day you leave, drive as far as possible and get as close as possible to your destination. Which brings me to the next tip...
2 // Embrace the cheap motel. Cheap, no-name motels are the best. Don't be afraid of a little outdated-ness or shabbiness. I have stayed at MANY hole-in-the-wall motels in many hole-in-the-wall towns, and have never had a bad experience (knock on wood). All you need is a clean, safe place to sleep and maybe shower. Use your best judgement, of course, but most motels not in major cities will give you just that. Plus, I've found that the cheaper motels are a much better value than mid-range motels: they often have free WiFi and free continental breakfast.
3 // Have everything ready to go. Keep your gear as ready to go as possible. Keep first aid kits stocked, replace batteries as needed, air dry the tent as soon as you get home, etc. When you get home from one trip, make everything is right again before you put it away and while it's still fresh in your mind. Then you'll know that everything's ready the next time you want to go. The less you have to do pre-trip, the less stress and the less excuses you'll make.
4 // The bucket system. A couple of years ago, Andy picked me up from work to leave for the Grand Canyon. We were driving from Northern California for a long weekend and leaving the night before. He had done the packing that afternoon so we could hit the road ASAP, and when he showed up all of my clothes were in a plastic tote. I looked at him like he was dumb. But, after that weekend, I was a believer. We had a plastic tote with clothes which made them easy to rummage through on the road, and a tote with gear and supplies. A third tote held food. Travelling this way keeps everything simple and organized, and super easy to go out the next time. Everything is already packed and ready to go!
5 // Do more with less. This is sorta standard trip advice, but it really cannot be emphasized enough. One of my favorite examples are black leggings/running tights. Get just plain black ones, and they won't look as dirty as they likely are. You can wear them to hike in, to sleep in, as a base layer when it's chilly, and under dresses while in town. Another is Dr. Bronner's Soap, a camp classic. Good for laundry, hair, dishes, hand wash, and even toothpaste (haven't tried, but I'm curious). There are tons more ways you can do double (or triple, or quadruple!) duty with your stuff; just think creatively and don't be afraid to not have it be the BEST solution. Remember, it's only for a few days!
I hope you find these tips useful! If you have any of your own pointers for how to get out the door as fast and pain-free as possible, I'd love to hear them.
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Neurons that Fire Together Wire Together
What does THAT mean for you? How can you retrain your brain cells to work more in your favor towards happiness and ease?
In 2013 Dr. Thomas Sudhof won the Nobel Prize in Medicine for the discovery of synaptic transmission–how brain cells communicate via chemicals. He credits his childhood Bassoon teacher with being his most influential teacher. Think about THAT! He currently works in the School for Medicine at Stanford. He is Professor of Molecular & Cellular Neurology, Psychiatry and Physiology. Pretty impressive CV.
Our brain cells communicate with one another via synaptic transmission–one brain cell releases a chemical (neurotransmitter) that the next brain cell absorbs. This communication process is known as "neuronal firing." When brain cells communicate frequently, the connection between them strengthens. Messages that travel the same pathway in the brain over & over begin to transmit faster & faster. With enough repetition, they become automatic. That's why we practice things like hitting a golf ball–with enough practice, we can go on automatic pilot.
Psychologists have long known that negative thought processes follow this same pattern–the more we think about, or "ruminate," on a negative thought, the more entrenched the thought becomes. Negative and traumatic thoughts also tend to "loop"–they play themselves over and over until we do something consciously to stop them.
The more these negative thoughts loop, the stronger the neural pathways become, and the more difficult it becomes to stop them! This is why thoughts that cause depression, anxiety, panic, obsessions, and compulsions can become so difficult to combat. And along the way, these thoughts stir up emotional as well as physiological reactions.
Psychotherapy, regardless of the orientation, attempts to stop this process. Neurofeedback gets to the heart of the issue. A brain map can identify where there are too many or too few synapses firing and give you real time information on how to either quiet or encourage firing in specific regions of the brain so that you can have a better operating system.
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Everquest II Entering New Age Of Free Play
Another day, another gobbet of news about pricing options in an MMO. This time it's Everquest II, which has been running two parallel worlds, one for subscribers and a lesser world for those who want their fantasy for free. Confusingly, the slimline free world is called Everquest II Extended, presumably because Everquest II Shrivelled didn't focus test well. Soon, that world shall be no more and subscribers will find themselves playing alongside all manner of freeloaders as the playerbase is merged. Non-subscribers will find some features limited, including access to the new Age of Discovery expansion. More details and a trailer below.
See, it used to be enough just to say "free to play". That was quite an exciting proposition. Not anymore. People are often scandalised by the very idea of playing a game for free, collapsing to the ground, struck down by the vapours at the very idea. After all, what did that game ever do for them?
That's why Everquest II is "Free to play. Your Way.™" They really have trademarked that, which makes me wish other less flexible free play systems were forced to use the phrase: "Free to play but don't get any big ideas, poverty-face."
'Your way' refers to the option of purchasing additional content and opting for a one-off payment to activate a silver membership, which allows the forming of guilds, four character slots as opposed to two and extra inventory slots, among other bits and bobs. The full details are all here, but a swift bullet point list of the limitations that jump out is below for those who don't ever like to leave the warm halls of RPS.
I'm not sure if this will be enough to tempt people (back) in but there is a huge amount of content to play, built up over the years. Maybe worth a dabble. It'll be interesting to see how much impact these changes have on subscriber numbers in various games over the coming months.


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Nitrofurantoin is an antibiotic available as first-line treatment to treat uncomplicated urinary tract infections (including cystitis) in females in those who can tolerate it. It is available as a short 3 day course at a dose of one 50mg tablet four times a day.
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A steward of our environment, David Hadley also voted for greater enforcement restrictions that protect our state's marine areas as well as improved standards for measuring air pollution--and, he was the deciding committee vote to ban bullhooks used to inhumanely control elephants.
As a member of the Advisory Council for the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, Jimmy has witnessed the importance of the collaboration between our marine research institutions and the health and well being of our oceans and marine life. Jimmy will build upon the work of Congressman Sam Farr to establish a recreation trail that will border the entire Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary.
Nanette will continue to fight to protect our public health. We need a representative who will not pander to big corporate polluters who put the health and safety of our communities at risk--raising asthma rates and respiratory illness and making climate change impacts worse. We owe it to our children to leave them a better planet than the one we inherited. We can and will move towards a sustainable future for our community by ending tax breaks for these polluters and using that money to create new, good-paying, renewable energy jobs and taking the positive steps to protect our community's health currently harmed by pollution.
Coal is the source that brings 45% of America's electricity. What we're seeing is that a political agenda is being advanced instead of a scientific agenda. And this is leading to massive numbers of jobs being lost.
The president told us he wanted to be like Spain when it came to green job creation, and yet Spain has one of the highest levels of unemployment. The president is bringing that here in the United States. And I think tomorrow night, when the nation tunes in to the president, I'm afraid that we won't be seeing permanent solution. I'm afraid what we'll be seeing are temporary gimmicks and more of the same that he's given before.
PERRY: Let me tell you what I find compelling, is what we've done in Texas, using our ability to regulate our clean air. We cleaned up our air in the state of Texas, more than any other state in the nation during the decade. Nitrous oxide levels, down by 57%. Ozone levels down by 27%. That's the way you need to do it, not by some scientist somewhere saying, "Here is what we think is happening out there."
Fiorina: Well certainly there are many reasons for a rational regulatory policy. But unfortunately we see too many cases where regulations have run amok, and they are costing us jobs. Let us just start with the most obvious example: that of water in our great Central Valley. In 2008, a nameless, faceless bureaucrat decided that the smelt was endangered. The remedy for this was to turn the water off flowing through the pumps in the delta, and with that decision, hundreds of thousands of acres lay fallow, tens of thousands of people at the height of it were out of work. Of course it is important to protect our environment, it is important to protect our fish and our flies and our frogs, all which are endangered in California, but it's important to protect our families as well.
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American Photographic Artists (APA), a premier photography trade association, is very pleased to announce that RJ Muna has joined the National Board of Directors as Executive Vice President.
The APA board is made up of professional photographers who generously donate their time to further the causes facing photographers today. Additionally, officers guide the National APA association as the National Executive Committee.
APA is proud to introduce the 2016 National Executive Board, listed as follows:
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With this announcement, Michael Grecco steps down as Executive Vice President after serving six years on the National board. He will continue helping as EVP Emeritus, working with APA on Federal Legislative initiatives and establishing a new Collective Rights Licensing Society as suggested by the Copyright Office.
RJ Muna has been an important part of APA's San Francisco chapter for years and his gorgeous 23,000-foot rental studio has hosted many APA events. "Helping associations like APA and staying involved in our community is not only personally rewarding, it's a vital part of understanding where we've come from as an industry and where we are headed together next," says Muna, a longtime APA member and volunteer. "There is more to photography than pulling out a camera and shooting," he adds.
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We kicked off again at 9:30 Sunday morning, which was nice as I needed a sleep in after a hard windsurfing session the night before !
First up was the painting beauty pageant, or as it was called ... the Biggest Beards and Shiniest Axe Competition. There were a few armies that stood out for me, clearly in front and received my vote was Rob Curry's Normans - very well painted and based. Also Bede's Normans and Russell's Vikings were very nice as well. As was Andrews Pagan Rus army (like the winter theme and shields)
Game 4 - Clash of Warlords mission.against Nick's Franks
I had Nick quickly run through his battle board with me as it look rather complicated at first glance, and I found they do look interesting but maybe a little hard to use / master. For those who don't know what the key of this mission is - Hunt down and kill the opposing side's Warlord, if neither killed, its down to VP's
Nick formed his army into one massive unit of 12 mounted Hearthguard !! (not sure what to do against this)
He also had 3 units of 8 Warriors and his mounted warlord. I stuck to my plan from day one and had 3 units of 12 Levy, a unit of 12 warriors, a 8 man unit and one 4 man unit of warriors. Upon deploying I realised that I had made a mistake of making such big units of Levy - I should of had 4 units of 9 Levy each ... this would of helped me keep my units above ten a lot longer for the "Fyrd" skill, and with his 12 man horse unit these could be quickly eliminated. Having some bowmen would of helped as well.
Just want to point out I was very lucky in this game ... very lucky indeed.
Things started as I had expected and I didn't get the first turn ...again.
Nick filled his 'Battle Pool' skill (and incidentally never removed them for the course of the game, as the Franks battle board evolves around these dice in that space. Using the Exploitation (4 extra saga dice) and Oppression skills (activate x amount of units without fatigue with X being the dice in the battle pool) Nick maneuvered his horse all around my right flank and his warriors up, forming a formidable bunch on my right. Nice !
I had to move my Levy unit across to the right to hold up his horse unit, the warriors positioned themselves nicely for a counter charge. I also put a few defensive skills up such as defenders of Realm as I knew Nicks next turn was going to be decisive.
Nicks turn saw his horsie unit and Warlord charge full on into my Levy and with his "protection" skill in place - disregard X amount of hits taken with X being 3 ... and his combat pool dice, this would be hard going.
The Mounted Hearthguard got 18 hits in total and to Nick's horror (my delight) I had managed to save 12 of them !! so only suffered 6 casualties ... I caused one or two of his horse to fall over.
My next turn and I was unable to use my Fyrd skill as Nick had used his Interdiction skill on it, as this allows him to place X fatigue on a unit(s) if I have used this skill he had Interdicted.
So it was my turn to push my Levy into melee being against a unit of his warriors, with both my combat skills in place I manage to kill 5 of his for 4 of mine. I also push a unit into the tail end of his horse unit to good effect and kill one of them.
His next turn and once again activates and smashes his mounted Hearthguard into my small warrior unit, with a grand total of 13 hits..... he should of killed them all, but I had saved 11 of them ....... Nick took it well, while I was laughing at the situation, was hard not to ........silly dice
The following couple of turns saw Nick's horse turn my unit of 12 Levy and 8 warriors down to 1 or 2 stands left (never quite enough to kill them all) then I had a lucky break and managed to retreat his warriors enough away from his warlord, so I charged in with my warlord and unit of warriors, with Nick having only one warrior there and not being able to take sufficient hits on them to cancel the 4 hits on his warlord, I manage to kill him.
A very unlucky game for Nick as my saving throws were against him, not sure how I managed to win that one, but I will take it. I did like the Franks skills, but a little too complicated/calculated for my style of play.
Result Win.
Game 5 - Wooden Oaths mission
Next up was a 4 player game - Wooden Oaths game. Seeing as there was 16 of us, we had split in to tables of 4, with myself playing with Simon's Scots, Damien's JomsVikings and Reg's Normans.
The mission is all about having alliances that allows the option in the next turn to either break that alliance and join another or stay true to your original oath. There are two teams, being Red and Black, each with their respective dead pile- once a player kills a man, you place the dead in the teams colour you are on at the that time. The winner is the side(red or black) with the most kills ..... sounds like fun - as the mission is setup so there is a lot of shafting and swapping of sides that can take place to benefit players.
Each player has a red and a black card, and at the end of each turn, he then chooses which side by placing it face down on the table and then simultaneously you all turn over to reveal the side you are on.
This happens each turn until the end of turn 4, where upon you have to keep that alliance until the end of the game in turn 6. Also each turn you have to roll off who starts the turn with the highest going first, then after he has finished you have to roll off again, this way you don't know who's going next.
I am randomly teamed with Reg's Norman's on Team Red (thank you - as he has a lot of shooting) which makes Damien and Simon our enemies in team black ... well for the time being that is.
Simon places his force in the top right corner with Damien in the top left, Reg places his 2 bow units facing Simon's bowmen, with his crossbowmen in a central wood, with two units of knights on either side of the wood. I am in bottom left corner, with over half my army facing Damien's JomsVikings and 2 units in the center half close to Reg's men in the woods.
The first turn saw Simon go first, where upon he charged his knights somewhat recklessly into Reg's bowmen unit and they dismissed the knights by killing them all for only 3 of their own losses ... Simon's dice were horrible - enough said.
My turn and I move my warrior unit up into building opposite the Jomsvikings with Levy next door (love buildings and will be taking more of them to tournaments), my troops in center edge closer to unsuspectingly towards Reg's knights and crossbowmen. Reg shoots at Simon's spear-men and takes killing a few, also charges his knights in and kills another small amount and then activates them again to retreat back to his line (nice) At the end of turn one there was a lot of dead in the red teams pile. The next turn I picked to be in the Black team (as I wanted to pick on Reg's Knights and well I felt like being traitorous) but to my horror Damien had picked the red team, damn, but lucky for me Simon stayed Black so I was now teamed up with him. That turn saw Simon charge into Damien's warriors, Damien charging into my Levy and counter charging Simon's spear-men, with more cross bolts and arrows firing across the field between the Scots and the Norman's, and myself charging into Norman knights and Damien's Hearthguard to some effect, the Red pile is growing ever larger .... time to change back to the Red side.
At the end of this turn we (after Simon had suggested it) thought it would be funnier if we randomly choose what sides we were on, so the next turn saw all of us on the same side !!! so all we could do was better position ourselves and rest units that needed too ....... the next turn saw the black team have Simon, Damien and myself against the lonely Norman player ... haha , I charge his knights then his cross bowmen taking a few from each. Damien is too far away to do anything useful and Simon throws some javelins due to his Scottish Reach skill.
In the end the Red teams dead pile was counted out to points value and then split between Simon, Damien and myself being in the red team This was not good, because even though the red pile was significantly larger than the black pile, Reg didn't have to split any points - so Reg came out the winner .. well deserved
Anyone who plays Saga and hasn't played this mission before, has to give it a go. The game was a real hoot to play, with everyone swapping sides to begin with and then us switching to a random draw, making it quite funny indeed.
The results of the Weekends gaming.
1st place on 4 wins was Damien's JomVikings (After a very close game with Andy's Pagan Rus)
2nd equal with 3 wins each was Bede's Normans, Andy and Myself.
Best painted went to Rob Curry's Normans.
Most Warlord kills (with over 30 kills) went to Alex Byzantine's - he also came in last place with no wins.
(My Warlord could only manage a meager 7 kills !)
So all in all a great weekend.
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Using more than one monitor has a number of advantages, offering a lot of desktop space without the prohibitive cost of the largest monitors. To create an effective multi-monitor setup, you need to follow a few simple guidelines.
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Although it is possible to use two different monitors together, it is preferable to use two identical monitors, as they are more likely to have matching on-screen colors. However, if you are upgrading to a new monitor, there is no reason not to keep the old monitor connected and use it as a secondary display. That way, you can put less-often used things like music controls or email programs on the smaller monitor, and put the more important stuff on the bigger, newer one.
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Just a few days after their wedding — and the stunning photos that came along with it — Chris Pratt and Katherine Schwarzenegger have a little more to share. While many fans oohed and ahhed over Schwarzenegger's strapless Armani Privé gown, the bride had a second look for her reception that's just as show-stopping.
Just as everyone was settling into the fact that Pratt and Schwarzenegger are legally wed, the couple released new images from their ceremony, which involved big names like the wife's parents (Maria Shriver and Arnold Schwarzenegger); Pratt's six-year-old son with ex Anna Faris, Jack; and Pratt's former Parks and Rec costar Rob Lowe and his sons.
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"Katherine and Chris are truly the ultimate beautiful bride and handsome groom. I am proud to have played a role in this couple's wedding. For them and for the bridal party, I designed elegant and sophisticated outfits, that would highlight their radiant personalities," designer Giorgio Armani said in a statement, according to Just Jared.
For the reception, however, Schwarzenegger changed into something a little sleeker. In true Armani fashion, the second dress was clean and crisp, but the long lines were tempered by soft, romantic draped sleeves and a row of covered buttons down the back. The bride was snapped by John & Joseph Photography embracing her new husband in the silky gown.
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Armani described the creation as a "silk satin gown with delicately draped sleeves and covered-button detailing along the back of the plunging back gown" and added that "the dress was complemented by Armani Privé ivory satin heels."
The storied Italian designer dressed just about everyone in the wedding party — Pratt included. The bridesmaids, including maid of honor Christina Schwarzenegger, all wore Armani Privé dresses. Not everything was designer, however. Katherine's veil was the one her mother, Shriver, wore when she got married. It wasn't the only "something old" or "something borrowed," either. The bride also wore her grandmother's earrings for the ceremony.


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Top with crumbled bacon if you would like, or better yet, serve with sausage. It's especially good with Italian style sausage, and if you've never had sausages and grapes for supper, then you're missing out.
The only thing this picture is missing is the sprouts and the pine nuts!
Brussels Sprouts are a variety of cabbage that grows on a stalk, and the sprout itself is actually a "bud", like a flower bud. They're not "baby cabbages" like I once thought, but an actual type that originally came from the Mediterranean region and then moved north through Europe.
One cup of these sprouts has 120% of the recommended daily allowance of Vitamin C. And you know what my favorite dessert is to have after this meal?
A couple of mandarin oranges. More Vitamin C. And the other part of a good dessert? The almost forgotten and lesser known Vitamin C – Conversation.
This entire meal can be on the table in about 30 minutes, leaving plenty of time to enjoy each others company.
Roasted Brussels Sprouts with Red Grapes and Pine Nuts
1/2 pound Brussels Sprouts, sliced in 1/2 lengthwise through the core
olive oil
salt, pepper, garlic powder, red pepper flakes
1/2 C red grapes, sliced in 1/2
2 t pine nuts
Iron skillet
Preheat oven to 400F. In a small mixing bowl, drizzle some olive oil over the sprouts and add in the seasonings. I don't measure. Mix to make sure everything is coated and then put into your skillet. Don't crowd them too much or they'll steam instead of roast. Set timer for 15 minutes.
Take out pan and flip the sprouts. Add the grapes and nuts to the pan. Return to oven for 5 minutes.
Transfer to plate immediately so those little nuts don't get too brown! Top with bacon, or some additional salt and pepper and a drizzle of good olive oil.
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The new channel boss has 27 years' channel leadership experience. He most recently led the NetApp's channel, alliance and marketing organisation in greater China, and has held channel roles at Digital Equipment, Oracle and Symantec.
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So ya's all missed me in my stained VB singlet swilling the said next to to the Jeepy on the right?
forgot to mention the banana lounge!!
I think the vehicle gaps were possibly something to do with a change in the way they're treated and the cost of visitors who come with them....there appears to be some kind of contribution system (financially) towards the cost of taking BIG vehicles down (fuel costs? reduced entry? ????) and from what I heard the number of people per vehicle "package" may have changed. I know my mates didn't take the Challenger 1 down this year nor did they take the CVRTs that they usually have...we have to remember that the second field, which I believe was for camping this year, always used to be full of vehicles too BUT the quality of the vehicles which were there was high...Marder, Stug, Hetzers, that HUGE Russia amphibian etc...but, by number, the BIG stuff was down again. And, whilst I find this hard to understand, having talked to a number of dealers, hot weather aint good for attendance numbers at outdoor shows.....who knew??!...it's almost a pre-requisite for me!
The fact remains that this is a business...it HAS to make money and the costs must be considerable.....if we aren't going through the gates because "it's too hot" or no longer take vehicles because Joe-has-to-pay-now-but-never-used-to we won't be able to complain when we learn it's not going to happen one year
so, where are we going to meet next year?...it's someone else's turn to launch a book!
oh...and I've just noticed that the "official" W&P Forum badge (with Abe Lincoln) now appears in Google Images...I wonder what the world is making of that!
My parents said for my 18th next year that they will take me down to W&P
So then, that's good news!
That being said not sure how I would introduce any of you guys to my parents
....that's simple....we're all members of your online Bible Class...you've only got to look at us to know that's true (except for the guy in the Stovepipe hat....we'll need to work on him! :-) )
...haven't posted the lids acquired yet.....here's the pile.......3 Mk2-ish things, 3 sweet camo'd Mk7s, a nice camo'd 6, a camo'd M80, Brit riot and a very special SA Compo....
...will probably post some individually when the summer madness is over.....or I could post a picture of a M35 strap end and get a lot more views....and LOADS more "s"....which looks like a one eyed simpleton with a giant Russian frag grenade on his left shoulder....
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FILE - In this Sept. 26, 2015 file photo, Secretary of State John Kerry meets with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif at United Nations headquarters. As Iran races to satisfy the terms of last summer's nuclear deal and the U.S. prepares to suspend sanctions on Tehran as early as Friday, Kerry is talking to Zarif more than any other foreign leader, including an emergency call Tuesday to secure the release of 10 U.S. sailors after they were detained by Iran in the Persian Gulf. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle, File)


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The new German electronic scene is nicely showcased on this compilation sequenced by Nonplace Urban Field's Bernd ?Burnt? Friedmann.
While the music is not necessarily ?funk? in the traditional sense, what these groups have in common is an experimentally-minded branching off from their techno roots and an incorporation of strains of electro hip-hop, dub, jazz and industrial electronix (as in the case of General Magic & Pita's live recording from Berlin's Interference Festival).
The use of guitar, by Pluramon, and Nonplace Urban Field, may draw some comparisons with the American post-rockers (who are basically recovering European sounds of the ?70s and ?80s) but that texture is just one amongst the many electronic sources. And this generation of German electricians knows more about groove than those Americans, a track like FX Randomiz' "Dirtum"'s is about as processed and leftfield as you can get while still maintaining some kind of micro-funk momentum. Any electro-acoustically minded nerd or post-adolescent post-rocker can create a soundscape, but can they dance to it?


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This year's event honored 20 outstanding teachers from kindergartens, primary schools, secondary and high schools, vocational schools and colleges in Da Nang City.
20 award-winning teachers who have had innovative teaching methods and great contributions for the education sector, besides having gained the trust and respect of colleagues, students and parents were awarded on the occasion of Vietnam Teacher's Day (November 20).
The Vo Truong Toan Prize honoring outstanding teachers in the field of education was launched for the first time in the central coastal city of Da Nang in 2016.
The event is co-organized by Da Nang's Department of Education and Training, the Sai Gon Giai Phong Newspaper and Prudential Vietnam Company.
Da Nang City's leaders offer flowers to representative of the organizing board.
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Check out NYC Food Guy's latest video, on which he takes you on a tour of some of the best cheap eats in the Village. First stop — Bleecker Street Pizza (69 7th Avenue South) where $3 gets you one of his favorite slices in the city.
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This week we are listening to a selection of music by two key English composers of the late 19th and early 20th century.
Gustav Theodore Holst was an English composer, arranger and teacher. Best known for his orchestral suite The Planets, he composed a large number of other works across a range of genres, although none achieved comparable success. His distinctive compositional style was the product of many influences, Richard Wagner and Richard Strauss being most crucial early in his development. The subsequent inspiration of the English folksong revival of the early 20th century, and the example of such rising modern composers as Maurice Ravel, led Holst to develop and refine an individual style


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Driving through the Park is a greater experience to perceive and comprehend the African Wild life
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Are you tired? Do you feel sad all the time? Do you feel down and you just can't put your finger on the reason why? Have you ever been diagnosed with depression? Perhaps a friend or loved one suffers from depression? Depression is a serious disease that has no cure. Depression has a wide variety of symptoms and therefore finding the right course of treatment can be difficult and frustrating. Each person experiences different symptoms of depression and there is not one "textbook" form. When treating depression it is important to stay in constant contact with your doctor. Some symptoms of depression can be more severe and even life threatening than others. Depression doesn't effect just your mind as most people think. Depression effects every aspect of your life.
There is a great difference between feeling sad or lonely. If you've experienced the loss of a loved one, a job loss or perhaps suffered an injury, these events can cause you to feel melancholy. That doesn't mean you will be diagnosed with depression though. Depression is a number of chronic symptoms. Recognizing the symptoms of depression and being properly diagnosed is often the biggest hurdle of the process. Unfortunately, suicide is a product of depression. More than one out of ten people who suffer from depression will commit suicide when left untreated.
1. Symptoms Of Depression According To The National Institute Of Mental Health
Difficulty concentrating, remembering details, and making decisions
Persistent sad, anxious, or "empty" feelings
Feelings of guilt, worthlessness, and/or helplessness
Overeating or appetite loss
Feelings of hopelessness and/or pessimism
Fatigue and decreased energy
Insomnia, early-morning wakefulness, or excessive sleeping
Irritability, restlessness
Persistent aches or pains, headaches, cramps, or digestive problems that do not ease even with treatment
Loss of interest in activities or hobbies once pleasurable, including sex
Thoughts of suicide, suicide attempts
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There is talk or psycho therapy. You go to your psychiatrist, psychologist or counselor and talk to them. Most of the time you are in complete control of the conversation while they give you little bits of insight or suggestions on how to deal with or handle certain situations that effect your depression.
There are also medications that help treat depression. Often times finding the right course of medication can take some time.
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Currently, I have a SSD on my computer, I install my OS Windows 7 on it. Unfortunately, it's capability is too small (32GB), it gets full easily, I need to clean up files periodically, it's quite annoying. To solve the problem, I want to buy another SSD which has larger capability, but I don't want to reinstall Windows 7 on the new SSD and all other softwares on it. I prefer to copy everything on my old SSD to the new one.
Here comes the problem, to do a low level SSD copy, I have no idea how to do, what kind of tool I can use, what kind of problem I may encounter. I'm worrying about the original configuration in Windows 7, it tells which disk windows be installed, if Windows 7 found itself is in a different disk after boot, what will happen? Will something go wrong?
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Primacom, Germany's fourth-largest cable operator, wants an active role in the market's consolidation, according to its managing director, and has already made bids for certain assets of Tele Columbus and for Deutsche Telekabel.
"We are hunters not hunted. We are ready to be a consolidator", Wolf Waschkuhn, managing director and supervisory board member of Primacom told Reuters. "We have put in bids for the Berlin assets of Tele Columbus and for Deutsche Telekabel."
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Energy Cloud
PSE&G has filed a proposal with the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities to create such a network, known as the Energy Cloud – a system that would help transform PSE&G into a smart energy services company and change the way we serve our customers.
The Energy Cloud, enabled by the system-wide implementation of smart-meter technology, would create a real-time digital communication network linking PSE&G with all 2.2 million of its customers.
Such a network could:
- Provide real-time outage detection and dispatch restoration crews automatically – eliminating the need for customers to self-report power disruptions.
- Analyze a customer's energy usage and recommend adjustments to thermostat settings or appliance use in order to help save energy and money.
- Work with smart home assistants such as Amazon's Alexa to give customers the ability to manage their energy spending or reduce their household's carbon footprint.
The core of the Energy Cloud is the implementation of smart meters – safe, state-of-the-art hardware and software that will provide two-way communications between the customer and PSE&G, allowing for real-time data gathering and analysis. Today, New Jersey ranks 47th among states in smart meter use. PSE&G hopes to convert all 2.2 million existing electric customers to smart meters by the end of 2024.
In addition to improved reliability and outage restoration, the Energy Cloud also would reduce customers' costs by providing more accurate billing and usage data to help customers be more energy efficient; improve safety by increasing the ability to detect and fix issues – such as outages, voltage or meter conditions – before they become problems; and improve customer service by providing more detailed outage, power quality and usage data.
The Energy Cloud represents a digital transformation that reimagines today's energy grid as a network connecting homes and businesses with a universe of clean energy sources and services, using data to help customers to customize their energy use in whatever manner suits their needs.


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One more thought on the Supreme Court ruling that corporations have the 1st Amendment right to free expression and are therefore able to spend on campaigns as if they were individuals.
It's a human right. Right? Actually that's the flaw in the decision: Humans have hearts. Corporations decidedly do not. As we've witnessed in the massive waves of layoffs to protect profits, in the despicable tactics of those in the big bank and finance companies, in the contemptible treatment of customers with health problems by the insurance companies, they are heart-LESS.
Their interest is not the common good. Their only concern is hoarding as much as they can for the few at the top of their executive garbage pile. Everyone else be damned.
And if any upstarts in government try to make any waves, the company lobbyist enforcers can calm the turbulence and drown the troublemakers with money that's now even easier to spread over the waters.
So what are the rest of us to do? There is only one answer. That would be to unite in outrage and organize mass pressure groups to scare the hell out of those in power.. to let those desperate to keep political office know that they will be thrown out if they don't pay attention to the true needs of their populations.
We've already seen it work with the "Tea Party" movement. The problem is that one is fueled largely by right-wing, simple-minded ignorance. It is organized by people who want to keep any meaningful protest DISorganized and maintain the status quo that pays them so well.
It's a classic "Divide and Conquer" strategy, backed by those who want to divide their riches with as few others as possible. To accomplish that they keep those fed up fighting among themselves, calling each other names, instead of coming together and channeling "I'm Mad as Hell and I'm Not Going to Take It Anymore" passion into meaningful action.
The Massachusetts election certainly represented that kind of valid resentment. The sad thing is the voters there may have added another person to the Senate who is part of the problem, someone who can be counted on to thwart desperately needed health care reform, for instance.
Ben Bernanke's reappointment to head the Fed looked for awhile like it might go down in flames because of the widespread bitter feelings about way the fat cats are once again gobbling public trillions, while everyone else starves.
Bernanke is an interesting case. Should he be celebrated as a main engineer of the economic rescue, or scorned and tossed out as one of those who helped cause the calamity? At the moment, it looks more and more like he can accumulate enough support from Republicans and Democrats to save his new term and in the process save the face of the President who has cast much of our economic fate with Bernanke
What about the two guys that President Obama relies upon to shape financial policy, Timothy Geither and Lawrence Summers? They raise the same questions. Are they the best public protectors, or are they the foxes in the henhouse and far too cozy with those who want to keep stealing the golden eggs?
What about the members of Congress? Can we take a real close look to see which ones go to the highest bidder when they make their decisions about laws to bring effective controls to what is the lawless frontier of finance?
After that, can we organize to "Throw the Rascals Out", as they say? Can we work hard to make sure that their replacements are qualified and committed to rescuing our system, as opposed to demagogues and those who come up with catchy slogans and phony promises? "YES WE CAN!!" (I made that up)
Remember that, as they have with the Tea Party movement, the bad guys will muddy the debates. Thanks to the Supremes they can more easily spend even greater amounts of their ill gotten gains on TV ads and other propaganda, deigned to distort the issues and confuse everyone. So a national Peoples' Rescue won't be easy. In fact the chances are slim there will actually be "Change You Can Believe In". (Made that up too. )
If there is not, it won't long before the voters' apathy will be complete as nearly everyone will have taken a "What's the Use?" attitude.
No one will even bother to present alternatives to the ones our wealthy rulers put in charge to do their bidding. It's up to us to prevent that from happening. To the extent it hasn't already.
The time will come when the corporations won't even have to spend on campaign ads.


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Brownfields Coalition
Do you know of any properties in your neighborhood that are not being used to their full potential? Are you a property owner wondering what resources are available to address environmental issues on your site?
In 2017, the Eugene/Springfield/Lane County Brownfields Coalition received funding from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to help property owners evaluate sites for hazardous substances and petroleum contamination, assess clean-up options and costs, and identify the potential value and market for their property. By providing financial assistance for environmental assessments, the Coalition can help property owners better understand whether there are actual environmental issues on the site, and connect them to tools for cleanup and redevelopment.
What's a Brownfield?
A brownfield is a property, the expansion, redevelopment, or reuse of which may be complicated by the presence or potential presence of a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant. Brownfields can have an impact on the livelihood, health, and welfare of a community, but also serve as opportunity sites that can support the development of parks, housing, and businesses. Cleaning up and reinvesting in these properties increases local tax bases, facilitates job growth, utilizes existing infrastructure, takes development pressures off of undeveloped, open land, and both improves and protects the environment.
Environmental Assessment Opportunity
The available EPA grant funds allow the Coalition to work with property owners and other stakeholders to take the first step towards redevelopment and reuse of brownfield sites by assessing whether or not they are actually contaminated and creating a clean-up plan as needed, both of which can be hurdles to development.
Participation in the program is voluntary and has the potential to create new jobs, improve the environment, and significantly increase property values by enhancing development potential.
How to Request an Assessment
Property owners who are interested in applying for a free environmental assessment download an Environmental Assessment Application.
Applications are accepted on a rolling basis and can be sent to Amanda D'Souza via e-mail or mail (99 W. 10th Ave, Eugene, OR 97401).
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How to Get Ahead of Zika – and the Next One | Source: OOSKAnews Voices, Aug 16 2016 |
At a recent forum on global development in Washington DC, the United States Deputy Homeland Security Advisor asserted that the U.S. government cannot merely react or respond to Zika. She is right. The U.S. and the entire global community must find ways to get ahead of its spread, and look for opportunities to prevent, or at least mitigate the severity of, the next such water-related infectious disease.
Increased focus on global water security provides such an opportunity.
In 2012, the United States intelligence community produced an Intelligence Community Assessment on Global Water Security. The report asserts that "during the next 10 years, many countries important to the United States will experience water problems — shortages, poor water quality, or floods — that will risk instability and state failure, increase regional tensions, and distract them from working with the United States on important US policy objectives."
Water scarcity leads to water hoarding, and families often hoard water in such a way as to facilitate the breeding of mosquitoes. More mosquitoes may lead to a more rapid transmission of Zika, malaria and the next water-related infectious disease. Importantly, as this progression holds true, so does its inverse. Headlines scream that water will cause wars, but the opposite has historically held true. Water brings parties together before conflict erupts. Headlines declare that unsafe water kills millions of people each year. What they don't say is that safe water (and proper disposal of human waste) keeps billions alive, healthy, and in school or at work.
We can predict the future of water. We know when and where water scarcity will occur with increasingly accurate, granular, and long-term forecasts, even accounting for a changing climate and population growth and movement. Donor and developing country governments along with private sector stakeholders should combine this stronger forecasting ability with deployable assets – people, technology, money – to:
- identify shared river basins where a lack of institutional capacity is likely to lead to conflict over water resources, then strengthen the capacity of those riparian states and subnational stakeholders to prevent conflict;
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How Brands Can Tap China's Unique Social Media Culture
In China, the internet plays a uniquely powerful role in popular culture. Witty content, often involving Chinese-language puns or plays on words on social media, can make a huge impact here.
That's partly because people in China have a relative dearth of exciting mainstream entertainment choices and trusted information sources, and because the one-child policy has left young people looking for opportunities to socialize.
So how are foreign brands tapping into China's vibrant internet and social media culture? Take Mizone, a popular drink brand from Danone.
During the World Cup, Mizone used Weibo, China's Twitter-like platform, to reach football fans with a series of creative comics.
After England's surprisingly early exit, Mizone created a comic featuring a tearful Queen's Guard that referred to England as the "Three Kitty Cats" instead of the usual nickname "Three Lions." It read: "Don't cry, Three Kitty Cats. At least you were in the tournament. We [China] were just spectators."
Mizone's Weibo post comforted World Cup-crazy Chinese fans' disappointment in seeing a favorite team bow out of the tournament early, by humorously referencing the failure of China's own football team to even qualify. The brand said its message came from the "Mai Meng" team, a pun that integrated Mizone's Chinese name with a current slang term that is hot online and means "playing cute."
The Mizone Mai Meng team created similarly mocking Weibo posts for 17 losing teams, each with the hashtag #Don'tCry#, accompanied by cartoons depicting crying icons representative of each country.
The creative campaign generated massive buzz. Various forms of the #Don'tCry# hashtag were mentioned by netizens 355,000 times, surpassing Nike's World Cup Weibo hashtag #Risk Everything#, which had 93,000 mentions, and Adidas' #All In Or Nothing# which had 113,000 mentions. In terms of reposts, Mizone's hashtag was reposted 143,000 times on Weibo compared to Nike's 61,000 and Adidas' 95,000.
Mizone's performance in China far exceeded the most famous example of responsive marketing in the West, Oreo's famous 2013 Super Bowl "You can still dunk in the dark" message, retweeted about 16,000 times on Twitter.
How could Mizone find such great success? If you are not a fluent Chinese speaker familiar with what goes on in Chinese social media, you probably don't get it. And that is exactly the point.
Nike and Adidas made the most of their massive investments in various World Cup sponsorships online and off, with impressive creative and universal messages. Mizone's relatively lower-spend, social media-focused effort tapped into China's unique cyberculture and was very local.
Michael Griffiths, global expert in cultural insight and strategy at TNS, says that creating such a "movement" taps into the zeitgeist of Chinese youth, which is all about potential, emergence and actualization, but also connectivity and sociality, so that netizens are part of a movement and identity bigger than themselves. The Mizone campaign was energetic yet entirely unthreatening, friendly, accessible and cute.
But Mizone is not only being "punny." With its real-time effort to restore the mood of World Cup fans after disappointing losses, it also reinforced its brand message (the drink touts its restorative powers).
"Don't Cry" has now worked its way into the netizen vernacular as a means to counter disappointment. Writing about exams, one netizen posted: "Don't cry if you fail the National College Entrance Exams. Next year you can apply to technical schools (tears)."
By providing netizens a platform to articulate emotion, while at the same time offering a sort of condolence, Mizone reinforced its brand positioning in a unique and locally relevant way. While typically it is key opinion leaders, or netizens on creative online communities like Douban, who drive cyberculture products, Mizone's success shows that brands are welcome in the discussion as well.
In the end, if brands can work with the internet as a cultural force, not just a medium, there is an incredible opportunity for real and deep impact in a uniquely local and relevant way.


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How to Remove Mold From Reeds
Reeds are small pieces of shaped wood used in musical instruments to produce vibrations against a mouthpiece. These vibrations create sound that goes through the instrument's bell and into the air. Most musicians use a reed case to keep their reeds clean and dry.
Things You Will Need
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But when a case is not used, mold can grow on the wooden surface. This is dangerous because the ingestion of mold can cause respiratory issues. Cleaning mold off of your reeds can be done easily using common cleaning products.
Run hot water over an old, clean toothbrush. Dip the toothbrush bristles into a box of baking soda.
Scrub the reed with the toothbrush and baking soda until you see the mold start coming off. Scrub the reed from the widest point to the thinnest point with a downward motion.
Use warm water to rinse the reed off.
Fill a small bowl with vinegar and dip the toothbrush bristles into the vinegar. Brush the reed downward from the widest point to the thinnest point with the wet toothbrush.
Use warm water to wash the reed off.
Use a cloth to dry the reed.
Place a small amount of silica gel into your reed case to absorb moisture. This will prevent any future mold growth on your reed.
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HÀ TĨNH — The provincial museum in Hà Tĩnh has just announced its latest discovery of 83 rare antiques.
Among the objects, around 30 are from the Trần - Lê dynasties (1225-1789), mostly unearthed in the districts of Can Lộc and Thạch Hà in March this year, according to Trần Phi Công, head of the Research and Collection Department of the museum.
There are some Sino-Nôm documents on land-use rights from the Nguyễn Dynasty (1802-1945) and household utensils used by people in the same period.
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Bold with a playful edge, this Sesame Street tee is perfect for any young athlete. Dynamic colour blocking and a branded graphic at the front gives this tee a modern feel.
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