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Luke 12:49-56; Hebrews 11:29-12:2
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Well, now.
Isn't that a great Gospel reading for the times we live in?
—these polarized and high-conflict times?
"I came to bring fire to the earth."
"I came not to bring peace, but rather division."
"From now on, even close family members
will be set against each other."
Jesus, what were you thinking?
Things are already in a mess around here.
Help us out here, Jesus!
Aren't you called the "Prince of Peace"?
Aren't you the Great Reconciler?
Were you just having a bad day, there in Luke 12?
I mean . . . we'll give you that.
We'll let you go on a rant every now and then.
After all, we do affirm your full humanity, so you're allowed.
But please, and soon, turn back the dial!
Come back to your soft and gentle and accepting Jesus
that we have come to love so well,
that artists have painted on the pretty pictures
we have hanging on our walls.
Come back to your safe self . . . please?
The one we sing songs about:
"What a friend we have in Jesus . . ."
"Healer of our every ill, light of each tomorrow,
give us peace beyond our fear . . .
"Jesus, help us live in peace,
from our blindness set us free,
fill us with your healing love,
help us live in unity . . ."
Where is that Jesus in our Gospel reading today?
Isn't that the Jesus we really need?
Yes, of course, Jesus was in favor of peace.
Old Testament prophets like Isaiah predicted a Messiah of peace.
"For to us a child is born . . . and he will be called
Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,
Everlasting Father . . . Prince of Peace."
Jesus self-identified as a reconciler and peace-bringer.
How many times did Jesus pronounce peace on someone,
as a blessing, "Peace be with you"?
To his disciples, he said,
"Blessed are the peacemakers," and,
"Be at peace with each other,"
Just two chapters earlier in Luke,
he sent out his disciples in pairs,
urging them to find a home that would take them in,
and then say to that household, "Peace to this house."
And he said, "If someone who promotes peace is there,
your peace will rest on them;
if not, it will return to you."
Peace. Reconciliation. Shalom.
Those are at the heart of Jesus' mission and identity.
So how do we understand the harsh words of Luke 12?
I think there are at least two specific reasons
this text jars us.
And we have to come to terms with those
if we want to understand and embrace the real Gospel,
the real Good News in this text.
One reason is simply cross-cultural.
Jesus inhabited another culture and language and rhetoric—
far removed from us,
foreign to our experience,
not the way we talk or think.
In the rhetoric of first-century rabbinic Judaism
in the Middle East,
speaking in hyperbole—exaggeration—was normal,
as way to make an important point.
Like when Jesus said elsewhere that to be his disciple,
we had to hate our brother and sister and mother.
No, not really, not the way we talk.
So let's not just take words like this at face value,
as if they came from 21st-century Westerners.
Jesus is not advocating that we square off
and go to battle against our own family members.
But the more significant reason his words jar us,
and maybe harder-to-swallow reason,
is that we have tamed Jesus to fit our own sensibilities.
We are almost deaf to this hard-edged voice of Jesus,
because we have re-created Jesus in our image.
We don't want a judg-y Jesus.
Our religious life is easier to navigate,
if we worship a Jesus with the same value system
we already have,
if we worship a Jesus who underwrites our morality,
and does not challenge it.
However, that's kind of hard to maintain when we remember
the kingdom of God Jesus came to announce
is an upside-down kingdom.
The reign of God
that Jesus declared in words and embodied in action,
was essentially an inverted system of power,
an inverted moral framework.
Whereas the Roman Empire—
and every other imperial system of power,
including the iron-fisted leaders at the top of
Jesus' religious community, the Jewish hierarchy—
whereas they were formed and shaped by coercive power,
and led the masses through superior strength
greater political power,
and the threat of violence,
Jesus offered up himself in humility and self-sacrificing love,
and "became obedient unto death, even death on a cross."
Jesus lifted up the lowly, and shamed the high and mighty.
Of all the Gospel writers, Luke spells this out the most clearly,
from the beginning.
It's Luke that records Mary's song:
He has brought down rulers from their thrones
but has lifted up the humble.
He has filled the hungry with good things
but has sent the rich away empty.
It's Luke that tells about Jesus' dedication in the temple,
when that wise old man that hung around the temple, Simeon,
took baby Jesus in his arms and said to his parents,
"This child is destined to cause
the falling and rising of many in Israel,
and to be a sign that will be spoken against,
so that the thoughts of many hearts will be revealed."
And a sword will pierce your own soul too."
Luke doesn't hold back when summarizing the preaching of
John the Baptist, preparing the way for Jesus,
"You brood of vipers!
Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath? . . .
The ax is already at the root of the trees . . .
trees will be cut down and thrown into the fire."
It's Luke that records Jesus' first one-sentence sermon in ch. 4.
After reading from the scroll of Isaiah,
"The Spirit of the Lord is on me,
because he has anointed me
to proclaim good news to the poor . . .
freedom for the prisoners
recovery of sight for the blind,
to set the oppressed free,
to proclaim Jubilee."
He then turned to the congregation,
"Today this scripture is fulfilled in your hearing."
And after a few more words
that challenged their narrow view of God's love,
the synagogue became furious,
and a mob nearly threw him off a cliff.
It's Luke that gives the flip-side of the Beatitudes—
the woes against the rich, and powerful, and happy,
and well-fed.
Luke records Jesus' sayings that
"Foxes have dens and birds have nests,
but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head."
"Whoever does not carry their cross and follow me
cannot be my disciple."
And there's plenty more where those came from.
And it's not just those few years of Jesus' active ministry in Judea,
that were so high-conflict and high-cost.
They continued into and through the apostolic period.
1 Peter 3 quotes Isaiah, calling Jesus,
"A stone that causes people to stumble
and a rock that makes them fall."
Paul says in 1 Corinthians, "We preach Christ crucified:
a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles."
And let's not forget, maybe the most shocking one of all,
the text from Hebrews in today's lectionary, that we just read.
We easily hone in on that poetic conclusion of the text,
that uses the metaphor of a race,
to talk about the life of faith.
See, we have fans cheering us on as we run—
"surrounded by a great cloud of witnesses . . .
we throw off any extra weight that slows us down,
and run with perseverance the race that is set before us."
But we spend less time with the verses that precede that,
that describe the obstacles on the race of faith.
Drawing from stories in Israel's own history,
the writer mentions, that by faith,
many "were tortured . . . suffered mocking and flogging . . .
even chains and imprisonment.
They were stoned to death, they were sawn in two,
they were killed by the sword;
they went about in skins of sheep and goats,
destitute, persecuted, tormented . . .
They wandered in deserts and mountains,
and in caves and holes in the ground.
And, the world was not worthy of them."
So tell me again why we are so shocked and surprised,
when Jesus suggests that if we follow in his footsteps,
there will be some resistance and division.
Faith in God, trust in Jesus, submission to the Holy Spirit—
these are not for the faint of heart;
these are not to be taken lightly.
Following Jesus in life
is not merely an invitation to be a nicer person,
and to be kind to the poor and destitute,
and show respect to everyone.
Sure, it includes that; but it's only a start.
Faith in the God of the Universe changes us.
It involves new creation,
and learning how to live into that transformed identity.
Faith moves us, motivates us to be a new person
and to do new things.
We cannot have genuine faith in a God who rules over all things,
great and small,
and then go about business as usual,
as if having such a faith makes no real difference.
Believing God is who we say God is,
turns everything on its head.
When we wholehearted give ourselves to the Jesus way,
it turns our lives upside-down . . .
. . . which puts us at an opposite angle
to those around us who have not made that choice.
Now I am not suggesting that the goal of the life of faith
is to invite suffering,
or that we strive to be different for the sake of being different.
That kind of thinking gets us into trouble.
Because we then fail to notice and appreciate
the wisdom and goodness
of traditions or perspectives beyond our own.
When we declare our loyalty to an upside-down kingdom,
we are not declaring ourselves to be
adversaries and antagonists
to anyone and everyone else out there in the world.
We can, and must, learn from the image of God
that is reflected in others around us,
including those who do not profess our kind of faith.
But what I am trying to point out,
is that when we conform to Christ,
when we call Jesus Lord, and not Caesar,
when we follow the example of Jesus,
predictably, we will be at odds with a world that is bent toward
a very different understanding of power,
and a different view of God, self, and humanity,
than the one embodied in Jesus.
No, it is not our calling to suffer, per se,
but neither is it our calling to run from suffering,
or accommodate to the majority,
whose morality is shaped by the Empire.
In that respect, our world is like the world of Jesus.
Not only was there the Roman Empire itself, and King Herod,
and all the brutal oppressive powers that came with it.
There was Jesus' own religious community, and its leaders,
who were infected by those same coercive values of Empire.
Jesus came proclaiming a whole different moral framework,
that unmasks the coercive and violent powers-that-be.
Both Rome and Jerusalem were offended by Jesus.
He revealed their kind of top-down coercive power
to be hollow, empty, weak—
ultimately unable to defend itself
against the life-giving power that Jesus demonstrated.
God's unconditional love for lepers, outcasts, women,
and for people who didn't follow the letter of the law—
offended religious and civil authorities.
Jesus' warm embrace of these outsiders empowered them,
gave them some agency and control over their lives.
And that undermined the authorities—civil and religious.
It sabotaged their ability to control the borders of society.
As we know, and have seen recently,
the powers quake with fear and anxiety and reactivity,
when they are unable to define and control their borders.
We may as well admit it.
Being worried about immigrants crossing our borders,
is a symptom of infection by the values of Empire.
It does not reflect the kingdom Jesus proclaimed.
The way of Jesus is counter to the way of Empire.
We live in a world dominated by Empire,
and it ways of thinking and behaving.
So, Jesus warned his disciples,
and I think would warn us as well,
follow me but know what you are getting into.
There are forces working against the will and way of God.
And those forces are everywhere.
In Caesar's palace.
In the Jewish temple.
And in your own households.
Follow me, be of courage, but expect push-back.
Yet, despite those dire warnings,
Jesus is not calling us into darkness,
he's calling us into the light.
He also said, "Take my yoke upon you,
for my yoke is easy, and my burden is light."
Ours is a joyful calling,
we who are disciples of Jesus Christ,
who are citizens of the kingdom of heaven,
have a joyful and life-giving calling.
We do not live in fear or dread of push-back.
We are with a community of people
who take their cues from the kingdom of heaven.
Together we create an alternative way of life in this world—
life that is Christ-centered, community-oriented, self-giving,
instead of self-centered, power-oriented, and adversarial.
If you run this race by yourself, against the wind,
you will soon tire, maybe even turn back.
But run in a pack with others,
run out front for a while, then run behind,
in the draft of others,
and you will go farther and faster with less energy.
Yes, in the life of faith there will be some who will resist.
It is to be expected.
In fact, it is to be welcomed, because it will keep us more honest.
But there will also be a community of those who run with us,
as well as those who cheer us on from the sidelines.
Hebrews 11 calls them the "cloud of witnesses."
They are the Abels and Abrahams and Rahabs
and Gideons and Jephthahs,
and all the women and men in every generation since them.
They are those who saw life from this upside-down angle,
who reaped the benefits
and suffered the consequences.
They have now gone on to their reward,
but they are looking down on us and cheering us on.
Yes, running the Jesus race can be daunting.
There are pitfalls and obstacles.
There is resistance along the way.
But there is no other race I would rather run,
and no other pack of runners I'd rather be with.
So to all of you, my running partners, help me stay the course.
And to God who charted the course,
and Jesus, who already ran it and shows the way,
and the Spirit whose wind is at our back,
to this Triune God I pray,
"Guide my feet, while I run this race,
for I don't want to run this race in vain."
—Phil Kniss, August 18, 2019
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When Fox News Chair Roger Ailes, amid multiple accusations of sexual harassment, resigned on the same day the Republican Party welcomed its new presidential candidate, we got reaction from several top TV news hosts who are in Cleveland covering the convention, including Jake Tapper of CNN, Shepard Smith of Fox News, Willie Geist of NBC, John Heilemann of Bloomberg and Chris Matthews of MSNBC.
AMY GOODMAN: This is "Breaking with Convention: War, Peace and the Presidency." We're broadcasting from Cleveland. I'm Amy Goodman. Fox News Chair Roger Ailes has resigned amidst multiple accusations of sexual harassment. Ailes is the most powerful person in conservative media. Fox has announced Rupert Murdoch will take over as chair. Many outlets are reporting Ailes will receive a $40 million severance package. This comes after former Fox News anchor Gretchen Carlson sued Ailes for sexual harassment. Fox anchor Megyn Kelly and a half-dozen other women have also accused him of harassment.
Well, on Thursday, on the floor of the convention, as well as outside before during the day, I had a chance to talk about the fall of Roger Ailes with several of the top TV news hosts across the corporate networks, including Jake Tapper of CNN, Shepard Smith of Fox News, NBC's Willie Geist, Bloomberg's John Heilemann. I first spoke, though, to Chris Matthews of MSNBC.
AMY GOODMAN: Can I ask you about Roger Ailes, your thought on him—
CHRIS MATTHEWS: No, no. I—
AMY GOODMAN: No?
CHRIS MATTHEWS: No, Roger used to be head of our network, MSNBC. He was head of—
AMY GOODMAN: He did?
CHRIS MATTHEWS: He was head of—well, he hired me at—when it was America's Talking. Remember?
AMY GOODMAN: Oh, yeah.
CHRIS MATTHEWS: Oh, yeah, that's when—that's when I started, yeah.
AMY GOODMAN: And so, what do you think of him being out?
CHRIS MATTHEWS: No, I—look, I don't—you know, he hired me. I worked there. You know, I think I'll leave it up to the witnesses, and I'm sure people are being honest here.
AMY GOODMAN: Jake, would you like to say something about Roger Ailes being out? Any thoughts?
JAKE TAPPER: I mean, I don't really—I don't—I don't have a—
AMY GOODMAN: What it means for Fox?
JAKE TAPPER: I don't know what it means for Fox. I mean, Roger Ailes—I mean, the bottom line is, honestly, like he was the mastermind of that organization, and whatever you think of the politics and the business decision, it was very, very successful. I mean, it was a billion-dollar-a-year business for News Corp. So, beyond the human ramifications and the human rights ramifications, it is a very important business story. And I'm glad I work at CNN.
AMY GOODMAN: We've just come into the Quicken Loans Arena, and I think I see Fox News' Shepard Smith. I want to ask him about his boss being forced out, Roger Ailes, over sexual harassment allegations. Shepard Smith, your thoughts on Mr. Ailes' departure.
SHEPARD SMITH: I'd really rather not talk today. We're just here to cover the convention, and we're doing our job like we've done every day for 20 years. And glad to be here and be part of the process.
AMY GOODMAN: But your newsroom is going through a major change.
SHEPARD SMITH: I really don't have anything to say. I really don't have anything to say. But thanks so much for your interest. We're doing great.
AMY GOODMAN: I wanted to ask you, Willie Geist of NBC, what you think of Roger Ailes being out.
WILLIE GEIST: You know what? I honestly don't know the details of the story. What I do know is it's hard to imagine a media world without him leading Fox, given what they've been for the last 20 years. So, I don't know what happened there. I don't know anything more than I read in the paper. But it's pretty shocking.
AMY GOODMAN: How do you think he's shaped the media?
WILLIE GEIST: Well, he turned the cable news network into something that gave a voice to a section of the country that thought it never had a voice in the media. And I think, politically, he was able to help candidates, help a party, help a movement, help an ideology. So, it makes probably the most powerful guy in the media.
AMY GOODMAN: Do you think there's an interesting convergence of Roger Ailes out, one of the most powerful people in the most conservative network, and what's happening within the Republican Party here?
WILLIE GEIST: I will tell you this: It's a remarkable week, when you have Donald Trump becoming the leader of the Republican Party and Roger Ailes leaving as the leader of Fox News. Those are two earth-shaking things that happened in the space of about 24 hours. It's pretty incredible.
AMY GOODMAN: John Heilemann, can I ask you a question?
JOHN HEILEMANN: Hi. Depends on what it is.
AMY GOODMAN: My name's Amy Goodman from Democracy Now!
JOHN HEILEMANN: Hi. How's it going?
AMY GOODMAN: Hi, good. So, what do you think of Roger Ailes being out?
JOHN HEILEMANN: I think that in the world of conservative politics, the fact that the Republican Party is nominating Donald Trump and the fact that Roger Ailes is out of Fox News on the same day is like, you know, a tectonic shift in our world. Both of them were almost unimaginable, you know, a year ago. You know, Donald Trump was not a Republican two years ago. He doesn't believe in a lot of the things that most Republicans believe in. Roger Ailes has been, in some ways, the most powerful Republican in the country for three decades, four decades.
AMY GOODMAN: From Nixon to Reagan to George H.W. Bush and, of course, beyond.
JOHN HEILEMANN: Yes. And so, we're looking at a new world, which, you know, it's, in a way, exciting, in the sense that it opens up the doors to that which is unpredictable. Fox News could become a much more conventional network under any of the very conventional, very experienced, very professional, but much more conventional television executives who are likely to take over that network. And—
AMY GOODMAN: Isn't Rupert Murdoch taking over right now?
JOHN HEILEMANN: Well, Rupert Murdoch is taking over as interim CEO. But Rupert Murdoch will not be running Fox News three months from now. So, you know, there are five or six possible contenders for that job, and many of them are talented. Some are very conservative, people who were part of the conservative movement. Some of them are much more straightforward news executives. David Rhodes, the president of CBS News right now, is a guy who might get that job and is not particularly ideological at all. If they went that route, Fox News, as we know it, would be a really different thing a year from now than it is now. I make no predictions, but it's an interesting moment.
AMY GOODMAN: And what do you think of all these women saying they were sexually harassed by Roger Ailes?
JOHN HEILEMANN: What do I think of?
AMY GOODMAN: All these women at Fox who said they were sexually harassed by Roger Ailes?
JOHN HEILEMANN: You know, I have read a lot of reporting on it. I've spoken to none of them. You know, there's—clearly, the weight of it and the consistency of some of the stories as reported over generations, like women from the '60s, '70s, '80s, all saying—telling sort of the same story, there's kind of prima facie gravity to those stories. And you look at them, and they're—that makes them—because they're consistent, it makes them seem, on the surface, at least, plausible. But, you know, I'm not judge, and I'm not jury, and I've not spoken to any of them about it, so I can't really make a definitive ruling. But it's disturbing, for sure, if true.
AMY GOODMAN: That is Bloomberg's John Heilemann; before that, NBC's Willie Geist, Shepard Smith of Fox News, Jake Tapper of CNN and Chris Matthews of MSNBC. This is Democracy Now!, democracynow.org. We're "Breaking with Convention: War, Peace and the Presidency." We were speaking to them on the floor of the Quicken Loans Arena.


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I use two Fenix LD20 lights mounted to my handlebars via Twofish Lockblocks as headlights. An old TAD-branded JETBeam Jet 1 MkII is mounted on my helmet. As a result, whenever I have my bike – which is the majority of the time – I have a light. When I'm not around my bike, I tend to be left in the dark. I do carry a Photon Freedom Micro on my keychain, which is a great little device, but no replacement for a hand-held torch. A more substantial light has not been part of my on-body EDC for a few years.
Last month I decided to change that. I wanted to find a small, unobtrusive LED light that I could carry in a pocket. My JETBeam helmet light is powered by a single AA battery. While the height on that light is about right, I felt the diameter was too large for what I had in mind. I decided to look for a light powered by a single AAA. Two options presented themselves: the Maratac AAA Rev 2 and the Foursevens Preon P1. They both have similar specifications and both seem to earn equally positive reviews. The Maratac light is less expensive and features a knurled body, as opposed to the Preon P1's smooth body, which made me initially favor the Maratac. Unfortunately, both lights are twist-activated. One of my requirements for any light is that it can be activated with one hand. That necessitates a clicky tailcap.
A review of the Preon P1 on ITS presented a solution. The Preon P1 is compatible with pieces from the Preon P2, which is a double-AAA flashlight that does have a clicky tailcap. I could purchase a replacement Preon clicky tailcap and install that on a Preon P1 to get the light I wanted. The Preon P1 and the tailcap cost $45. That's a lot for a small light, and quite a bit more than the $25 price of the Maratac light, but it would make for a system that fit my requirements. I chose to purchase the Preon.
I have been carrying the Preon P1 for a couple weeks now. At a height of about 3 inches and a diameter just over half an inch, I can clip it in my pocket and completely forget that it is there until I need it, which is exactly what I was looking for. All the various modes of the light can be cycled through by clicking the tailcap, although I don't particularly care about them – I only use the light with its standard output setting.
The clicky tailcap could be improved. I'm accustomed to tailcaps being inset into the light slightly. The Preon tailcap juts out from the top of the body of the light, which I think increases the chances of it accidentally being clicked on and draining the battery. It also has an amount of free movement in it. The button can be depressed about halfway before it actually hits the clicky part of the mechanism, which makes the button feel a bit loose. I don't know that this affects the functionality of the tailcap, but it does make it feel cheaper.
Despite the less-than-perfect tailcap, I'm happy with the light. The runtime isn't incredible, but that's acceptable for my use. I intend to use the light only as a backup to those on my bike. When the battery does die, I just throw it in the charger and install another Eneloop. If you're looking for a small EDC light, the Preon P1 is worth consideration.


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Maybe you started gaining some momentum but then life got in the way and you lost focus and now you don't know how to begin again?
Maybe you're scared to even just get started? I mean, isn't the market oversaturated now...how are you supposed to stand out from the pack?
Hold on just a sec before you decide being an influencer isn't for you…
You have what it takes to be a success. It's time to be bold and take a chance on your dream. Even if you think the market is oversaturated. Even if you think Instagram is too hard to grow on in 2023. Even if you're starting today with like, 200 followers. You have a unique voice and your dream audience needs to hear it. You have this dream for a reason. It's not going to disappear. So honor it. Start now. You're ready. Let me help guide the way.
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Ah, the dreaded algorithm! This is actually my FAVORITE topic. Believe it or not, the algorithm doesn't dictate IF you'll be able to grow an audience on Instagram, it simply dictates how. You'll find all the strategies you need to grow organically (no bots or gross follow/unfollow methods) in Module 3+5 so you'll be able to work WITH the algorithm instead of against it.
Look, it doesn't matter what you do, your actions will always make other people aware of where they are in life. So ask yourself, what's the alternative? Living a life of people-pleasing and staying quiet? We need your voice! The most influential people in the world were once in your position. Don't let fear hold you back in life.
Everyone has something unique to share. Even if you think your life is boring, to someone else your story will be fascinating. I'll help you identify what it is about you and your story that is UNIQUE TO YOU in Modules 2 & 6!
Nope, you don't! You can start out as a micro or nano Influencer with as little as 500 followers. I'll teach you how to approach and land collaborations right where you are in Module 6.
I've been there. Working a 9-5 WITH a two-hour commute both ways. I would be lucky if I had the energy to do anything on the weekends...yet here I am. I see what you're saying but what I'm hearing is "finding my happiness and creating the life I love isn't a priority to me". Listen, no one wants to be on Instagram 24/7. Heck, I don't! That's why in Module 1 we set boundaries around Instagram. With my methods, even if you can only give 30 minutes a day, GROWTH IS STILL POSSIBLE FOR YOU.
To help aspiring Influencers how to build a strong online presence that evolves WITH social media so they can make a living doing what they love without getting overworked or burnt out.
After taking my course, you'll have all the tools you need to grow your business organically in the shortest amount of time with my proven step-by-step techniques and training.
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⟶ Welcome to The Modern Influencer
⟶ TMI Best Practices (Community + Thinkific Overview)
⟶ Recommended Course Schedule
⟶ Deal with these 7 Things That Are Stopping You From Reaching Success FIRST
⟶ Most People Skip These Steps...Here's Why You Shouldn't
⟶ How To ACTUALLY Define Your Niche (and when to NOT pick a niche)
⟶ Developing Who Your Target Audience & Personas Are
⟶ Creating Solid Content Pillars For Your Instagram
⟶ Crafting Your Elevator Pitch
⟶ Why Brand Colors Are Important and How You Can Pick Colors That Are Uniquely Yours
⟶ Instagram Account Settings: Creator or business account? Same or new account?
⟶ Breaking Down Each Instagram Feature: The purpose of each feature and how you can use them to communicate your brand
⟶ The Magic of The H.U.B.B: Setting your Instagram up for success
⟶ The Instagram Algorithm: Understanding how it works so you can use it to your advantage
⟶ Getting In Front of the Camera: Confidence & Practical Tips
⟶ Photography: Posing, Editing, and Creating a Cohesive Feed
⟶ Design101: How to create "thumb-stopping" graphics for Instagram in each dimension!
⟶ Writing Captions: 6 Strategies that receive high engagement & ONE formula to write a caption that sells!
⟶Content Research: Never run out of posting ideas again!
⟶ How To Make A Content Calendar & Post Consistently
⟶ Your "VIRAL" Reels Strategy
⟶ Filming & Editing in the Instagram App
⟶ Check these off EVERY time you post a Reel | How to Study Your Analytics
⟶ The 2 Main Instagram Strategies You Need To Know
⟶ What NOT To Do On Instagram
⟶ Taking Growth Action: How To GROW On Instagram & Reels Best Practices
⟶ Taking Nurture Action: How To Increase Engagement On Instagram
⟶ The Ultimate Hashtag Strategy
⟶ Learn To Understand Your Analytics So You Can Always Be Improving Your Content
⟶ All of Instagram's Monetization Features
⟶ Getting Started with Affiliate Marketing
⟶ How to Create & Sell Digital Products
⟶ Setting Up a Successful Link-In-Bio
⟶ Money Management: Income, Expenses, Taxes
⟶ Identifying your Unique Pitching Promise: The "unique to you" offer, no brand could say no to
⟶ Finding Your Dream Brands + Brand Directory Access!
⟶ Prepare Your Tool Belt: Media Kit, W-9, Grabs folder, and setting your rates
⟶ Pitching: Breaking Down The Structure of The Perfect Pitch
⟶ Negotiating & Getting Paid: Set your rates, charge your worth and make money!
⟶ BONUS VIDEO: Real Email Negotiation Examples
⟶ Your Brand Experience Framework: This system will save you so much time!
⟶ STANDING OUT: How To Stand Out With EVERY Collaboration You Do
⟶The Legal Side of Being An Influencer
From pitch templates to content calendars, there are plenty of resources here.
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You struggle to even give your dreams a voice, worried about what other people might think of you. Girl, I've been right there where you're at!
Maybe you're dissatisfied with your career, feeling stuck and wishing you could make a change...
but how?
Millie makes what feels unmanageable, manageable. I find myself walking away from her training feeling inspired, even on my most burnt-out days. When you work with Millie you will not only learn so much about modern entrepreneurship, but you will gain a belief in yourself that you can do it.. your dreams are reachable.
This Modern Influencer is designed to be taken at your own pace, so go through it as quickly or as slowly as you like! No overwhelm here.
These strategies and tactics are for anyone who is 'the face' of their business. So even if you're not interested in becoming a Professional Influencer, you can still learn a lot about growing your personal brand and online presence. However, if you run an ecommerce business that you're looking to grow, then this course is probably not for you.
I know that everything I've laid out for you in this course works when you put in the work. These are the EXACT steps I've used to grow my own brand online and my private coaching students for the past two years...the results have been fantastic. I've refined my approach to figure out what really WORKS vs. what's a waste of time! Listen, at the end of the day, all I can do is give you the information, it's up to you what you do with it. But if you apply what I teach you strategically and consistently, you are guaranteed to see growth in your online presence.
You'll have lifetime access to the course so you can return to it again and again. You'll also receive new updates and bonuses automatically as the course evolves over time! As long as this course is on the internet, you will have access to it!
I'm confident that you're absolutely going to love The Modern Influencer and see tangible results in your business! But if for any reason you are not satisfied with your purchase we're happy to give you a refund within 30 days of purchasing. In order to qualify for a refund, you must submit proof that you did the work in The Modern Influencer, applied the recommended strategies and it did not work for you. Please submit a refund request to our support team at email@example.com by the 30th day at 11:59 pm PST. After 30 days, all payments are non-refundable and you are responsible for full payment of the fees for the program.
I've been there. Working a 9-5 WITH a two-hour commute both ways. I would be lucky if I had the energy to do anything on the weekends...yet here I am. I see what you're saying but what I'm hearing is "finding my happiness and creating the life I love isn't a priority to me". Listen, no one wants to be on Instagram 24/7. Heck, I don't! That's why in Module 1 we set boundaries around Instagram. With my methods, even if you can only give 30 minutes a day, GROWTH IS STILL POSSIBLE FOR YOU.


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Ένα ήδη γεμάτο παιχνίδι εμπλουτίζεται ακόμη περισσότερο, η Ubisoft δούλεψε πολύ για να φέρει τόσο σύντομα νέο περιεχόμενο σε ένα εξαιρετικό και γεμάτο παιχνίδι όπως αποδείχθηκε. Οι αλλαγές είναι αρκετές στο endgame, όπως επίσης φέρνει διάφορες αλλαγές στο loot, στο damage των όπλων και άλλα, προσπαθώντας να το κάνει ακόμη πιο balance.
Παρακάτω θα δείτε αναλυτικά όλες τις αλλαγές που φέρνει αυτό το νέο patch στο The Division 2.
Weapons, Mods and Gear:
- Overhauled the Weapon mod system, see the table at the end of the patch notes for detailed information.
- Fixed a wrong long-range damage value for M4 (super 90) and P416. Previously, they could sometimes increase damage over longer ranges instead of the other way around.
- Rifles:
- Damage on the MK17 rifle reduced by 14%, also corrected this weapon not having a damage falloff over distance.
- LW M4 damage increased by 5%, RPM increased from 240 to 360.
- LVOA-C RPM increased from 240 to 380.
- Marksman Rifles
- Model 700 damage reduced by 13%.
- Shotguns
- AA12 damage increased by 16%.
- LMGs
- MG5 damage increased by 12% and fixed reversed falloff, causing the weapon to do more damage over a longer range.
- Updated initial accuracy on the Sig Sniper MCmillan T1. It should now be much more reliable to shoot as soon as it's shouldered and the transition to scoped view is over.
- Reduced the amount of Critical Damage and Headshot Damage that can roll on Gear, including the amount on existing Gear. The actual values will differ depending on the level and quality of the gear it occurs on. This is partially in preparation for another world tier, where we felt these values were already at the limit of what was healthy in WT4.
- Complete overhaul of skill mods to give more achievable requirements and more reasonable bonuses.
- A closer equivalence between required skill power and the bonuses granted.
- Changed the amount of skill power on gear to not increase exponentially with level, but instead more linearly. This results in most skill power values on gear being lower, but in accordance with the lowered requirements.
- Tweaked the ranges of bonuses to be within acceptable bounds where they had extreme values before due to scaling errors. Most notably radius and ammo/charges values.
- Players will see both the bonuses and the requirements of almost all skill mods change as a result of this overhaul.
- In end game, both Superior and High-End skill mods exist to cover the different needs of different builds. They can overlap in power, but High-End mods have a higher maximum roll potential.
- We are looking at ways to provide lower value/quality mods in end
game world tiers in the future to provide a solution to the fact that on
very low skill power builds, there would be room for those mods, and
currently we are aware that means you have to save mods from your
leveling experience.
Player Skills:
- Fixed an issue which caused the Bombardier Drone to get destroyed while climbing up/down a ladder or rope.
- Improved feedback of Bombardier Drone crashing into obstacles during the bombing phase.
- Fixed an issue with Firefly payload sometimes failing to activate when reaching its target.
- Fixed an issue where Revive hive would not self-deploy if the agent was busy performing a different action such as using different skill when it triggered.
- Revamped the Sniper Turret version of the turret skill.
- It now will automatically target the hostile nearest to the players' center-of-screen (the same method it uses to pick other turret targets) and will fire at that target when the button is pressed, without a lock-on order needed.
- If a player aims at a hostile, the sniper turret will attempt to match their aim, allowing precision shots using the sniper turret.
- An issue where the sniper turret wasn't correctly getting bonus damage when hitting headshots has been fixed.
- Revamped the Chem launcher skill platform.
- Pressing the skill button will now equip the chem launcher similar to swapping to a weapon. The player can aim and shoot with normal weapon controls, as well as run with the skill and blindfire it.
- Quick deploy at the agents own position is still available for the repair version of the chem launcher, using the same controls as before.
- Unequipping the Chem launcher can be done using the skill button, the B (XBOX) / Circle (PS4) button or just using the weapon swap controls.


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Today, the Palestinian Center for Development and Media Freedoms (MADA) issued its monthly report documenting violations against journalists in the Palestinian territories.
According to the report there were 17 violations against journalists and two against their property. The offenses were committed by both the Israeli army and the Palestinian security services in the West Bank and Gaza. These attacks are all in clear violation of the right to freedom of expression under both Palestinian Basic Law and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Compared with figures from last year, violations have more than doubled this winter: just 7 violations were reported in December 2009.
Palestinian Security Service Violations
• The Al-Jazeera English crew were detained by government police in the Gaza Strip.
• Palestine Public TV's Fouád Jaradeh was summoned for investigation by the Internal Security Service and questioned while blindfolded for 7 hours.
• A'lam radio presenter Samer Ruweishid was arrested by the Palestinian Intelligence Services in Hebron city; he remains in custody.
• Quds TV program coordinator Nawaf Al-Amer was repeatedly summoned for investigation by the Palestinian Preventative Service in Nablus city.
• Quds TV correspondent Mamdouh Hamamreh and cameraman Akram Alnatshe were arrested following a raid on The Pal Media agency's headquarters in Hebron.
• Quds TV correspondent Mamdouh Hamamreh and Pal Media cameraman Abdul Ghane Natshe were followed and apprehended by the Palestinian Preventative Service following a report on Christmas celebrations in Bethlehem.
• Columnist Ala' Rimawi was released by the Palestinian Security Service on the 12th of December after 42 days of detention.
• Freelance journalist Sami Alási was released by the Palestinian Security Service on the 21st of December after 23 days of detention.
Israeli Occupation Forces Violations
• A'lam radio presenter Samer Rweishid was summoned for interrogation about his new job by the Israeli Intelligence Service.
• Alhayat Aljadedah newspaper photographer Muheeb Barghouti and Palestine Public TV cameraman Najeeb Sharawneh were prevented from covering the events of the weekly Nabi Saleh march near Ramallah by Israeli forces.
• Al-Quds newspaper photographer Mahmud A'lian was beaten by Israeli forces during his coverage of a solidarity march to Qalandia checkpoint.
• Israeli settlers damaged the tires of vehicles belonging to Reuters, Pal Media agency, and the photographer of a French agency Nasser Al-Shoukhi in Hebron.


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Originally posted on Long Awkward Pause:SOCHI, RUSSIA — Already being referred to as the "Ow-lympics" by many athletes, the Sochi games officially became the most injury-ridden winter Olympics ever when, late last night, Ukranian hockey player Watta Jerkoph broke his ankle. According to reports, the incident occurred when Bob Costas was returning to his room with a bucket of ice.
"From what we've been able to piece together, Mr. Costas, who was supposed to be confined to his room with an eye infection, accidentally spilled some cubes in the hallway," said an investigator. "Several of the cubes landed near the room of Russian figure skater Ineeda Cleavitch, who Jerkoph had been visiting to discuss his slap shot. When the athlete was returning to his room, he encountered the melting ice and slipped."
While the injury wasn't immediately life threatening, one Olympic physician expressed the need for caution. "You never know how these injuries will go. Especially once his wife finds out."
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AUSTIN (KXAN) – On Sunday, May 15, the Earth will cast its shadow over the moon. Weather depending, you'll be able to see this total lunar eclipse.
What is a lunar eclipse?
A lunar eclipse is when the Earth comes between the sun and the moon. This means the full rays of the sun get blocked by the Earth causing the shadow of the Earth to darken the moon.
A total lunar eclipse means the whole of the moon gets cast in darkness.
The moon isn't exactly invisible, however. While the Earth's atmosphere scatters away blue light, the red light passes through the Earth's atmosphere and refracts toward the moon causing a reddish glow. The more clouds or dust in the Earth's atmosphere, the redder the moon will be.
When can I see it?
According to NASA, the moon will start entering the Earth's partial shadow shortly after 9:30 p.m. ET on Sunday night. You'll be able to see a slight darkening of the Moon at around 10:28 p.m. ET. The Earth's full shadow will cover the Moon an hour later.
The eclipse will peak at 12:11 a.m. ET Monday. NASA says the Moon will start leaving the Earth's shadow at 12:54 a.m. and emerge completely at 1:55 a.m.
You can observe lunar eclipses without protective equipment. You will get a much better view looking with binoculars or, better yet, a telescope.
What if I miss it?
The next total lunar eclipse visible from the U.S. happens later this year on November 8, 2022.
May 15's eclipse is the second of the year but the first visible from the U.S. – a partial eclipse of the sun already happened on April 30. Another will take place on October 25, but the U.S. won't be able to see it.


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SPECIAL SECTION/RESOURCE MANAGEMENT: Recycled Glass Options for Tile
October 1, 2007
With the growth of "single stream" glass collection systems, an increasing number of communities are burdened with piles of valueless mixed color glass. High-value markets can be created to use this glass, but the challenge is to develop processing systems and manufacturing processes using post-consumer recycled glass that create products with enough value to support recycling collections.
Glass recycling is one of the oldest types of recycling programs. Turning used bottles into clean, crushed glass cullet that can be added to a molten glass mix and molded into new bottles is a proven process with good value. Every community used to boast a glass blower, but bottle manufacturing (like many industries) has consolidated, resulting in fewer and larger manufacturing facilities. The cost of shipping glass to the bottle manufacturers has therefore increased. In addition, recycling programs in many communities are producing more mixed broken glass, which requires significant, costly processing to make it acceptable for re-melt into new glass products.
The recycling industry is searching for good value markets that involve cost-effective processing, as well as local markets for the recycled glass. Over the last 20 years, many communities have been processing, or simply breaking, their mixed color glass locally and using it as construction fill or daily landfill cover. While these applications can be effective alternatives to disposal, and can help to keep collection programs going, they generate no positive cash flow and are not long-term solutions to glass markets.
A few companies have been processing glass as granular products like abrasives and filtration media, but progress is slow. With economic development and job creation being the mandate for all local agencies from departments of trade to ecology, garnering the highest value per pound for the glass is critical.
Tile OpportunitiesWith U.S. consumption of ceramic tile exceeding 3 billion square feet per year, assuming an average 4 lbs per square foot, that equals 12 billion lbs, or 6 million tons of tile per year. If a competitive tile manufacturing process using recycled glass as a raw material could be developed, the potential for recycled glass markets would be tremendous.
Even the least expensive tile, retailing at $2 per square foot, translates into $800 per ton. Higher-end designer tile, at $20 per square foot or more, can assign values of $8000 per ton to the finished product. An increasing number of tile products are being manufactured using recycled glass. Current products separate themselves into five categories: poured glass; glass/ceramic; glass terrazzo; sintered (or fused) glass; and cut, enameled and slumped tile.
In poured glass products, glass is melted and poured into molds in an energy-intensive process. The tiles are beautiful, but labor and energy costs are high; the only substantial manufacturer involved with this process has moved its main production outside of the U.S. Poured glass requires clarity, so the glass needs to be clean and color sorted.
Glass/ceramic products combine glass with clay in conventional ceramic tile manufacturing processes to make ceramic-looking tiles. The glass acts primarily as a body flux. The largest manufacturer of this kind of tile uses only finely crushed and graded plate glass that has been specially processed. The glass needs to be fine (less than 100 mesh) to work with conventional clay equipment like presses and extruders. Since clay is the binder in this tile, a drying step is required to gain the green strength needed for firing. Uniformly processing glass into fines is a considerable expense.
Glass terrazzo products use glass rather than the traditional stone chips in a cement-derived base. After curing, the surfaces of the terrazzo tile are ground to expose the glass pieces. The grinding is a labor- and materials-intensive process, but one advantage of using cement as a binder is that it cures in the air without drying equipment. A disadvantage is that-as with all cement products-sealers are required. If owners don't maintain the sealer, terrazzo products can absorb stains.
In sintered (or fused) glass products, clean granular glass is fired in a mold. The glass needs to be clean because any contaminants will show up as flaws in the tile. Since the mold weighs as much as the glass, this process also consumes more energy than is desirable. A number of small studios are selling tiles like these fired in batch kilns.
The process for making cut, enameled and slumped tile begins with pieces of plate glass large enough for cutting, so this method is only possible starting with pieces of post-industrial plate glass. A number of products sold as "recycled" through this method are only recycled in the sense that the glass was already made when the business that did the slumping purchased it.
Unfortunately, "greenwashing" is becoming increasingly popular in marketing some of these products. Greenwashing is the colloquial term for presenting products as having recycled content when they actually use specially prepared glass or glass from art glass manufacturers. The U.S. Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building Rating SystemTM, which is the primary certification system for green buildings, requires that products be manufactured within 500 miles of their use. However, the system cannot track the fact that, in many instances, specially prepared glass is shipped across the country before entering the manufacturing process. Ideally, post-consumer glass should be collected and processed in or near the same community where it is manufactured into end products.
Developing a New ProcessA variety of equipment and systems is available that can be located in a community to accept and process all types of post-consumer and post-industrial waste glass. Options include a small bottle crusher used in a restaurant or bottle return center, a glass crusher or windshield recycling system for industrial waste glass, or a system that pulverizes and screens the mixed glass that has been separated at a material recovery facility after consumers put it on the curb for recycling. Finally, a glass processing plant would receive all types of glass for final cleaning, milling, mixing and packaging.
This processing is a necessary step in making a local supply of recycled glass available. A tile manufacturing process combining the best aspects of current products would:
- Use post-consumer glass with minimal processing
- Have low energy input for manufacturing
- Have the appearance of glass and a sealed surface
- Be air-curing without needing drying
- Fire very quickly
- Not require grinding or sealers to attain a beautiful finished surface
- Not use molds in the kiln or furnace
The new process under development takes a similar approach, but uses inorganic air-curing binders to achieve green strength. The tile can be glazed, or surface fluxes can be added, to achieve a sealed, glossy surface (see Figure 1). Since the surfaces can be modified, low-grade post-consumer glass can make up the majority of the body. Using an inorganic binder instead of clay keeps the pores open during most of the firing, enabling faster firing cycles without bloating or black coring.
Building BridgesBridges must be built between different industries so that partnerships between local collection and recycling companies, and tile, brick or paver manufacturers, can form for the benefit of the companies and the community as a whole. Innovations in recycling practices, processing and product manufacturing all come together when manufacturing tile with recycled glass content.
Today, the average consumer-along with the corporate purchaser and LEED architect-has a new-found or renewed interest in buying products with genuine recycled content. The product must provide good value, quality and function. Tile produced with recycled glass offers a genuine "green" product that is pleasing to the eye and the budget.
For additional information regarding glass recycling, contact Andela Products, Ltd., 493 State Route 28, Richfield Springs, NY 13439; (315) 858-0055; fax (315) 858-2669; e-mail email@example.com; or visit www.candelaproducts.com. Robert Kirby can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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From here on out I'm referring to the shooter as That Asshole because he really doesn't deserve to have his name remembered.There's a meme going around on Facebook where Morgan Freeman (supposedly -- I haven't taken the time to confirm it) issued a statement where nutjobs like this guy in CT decided to go berserk by mowing down a bunch of school kids instead of simply offing themselves in their basement like they used to because they want to go out in a blaze of glory and the news media, by mentioning their name and such ad nauseum, is contributing to this problem. He also said we shouldn't even remember this guy's name and that instead we should try to remember at least one victim's name.
Still, a good sentiment, however.I sort of disagree.
Whst I find ironic is that articles coming out of the autism community sound exactly like the arguments used by gun owners, 'don't judge us because of one bad apple.'Both are correct. However, the high frequency of bad apples warrants evaluation of the society and culture within which they occur.
People who react to mad memes in a dangerous fashion in the real world are the problem: not the memes themselves. We need to evolve to where general society is immune to these memes, as they cannot be eliminated.On the other hand, perhaps such memes can be mitigated by counter-memes, as long as people don't assume in advance that the counter-memes are doomed to failure?
*sigh* They are just asking questions..... stupid questions.....but heyThey're only ever "Just asking questions", because if they make a statement, people can say "You're wrong, and that's dumb." If they're "Just asking the question", and your answer contradicts the answer they're putting forward in the question, then they're not wrong about their paranoid delusions, it's just that they asked the "wrong question."
I want guns heavily regulated and controlled, while still retaining necessary and prudent access to them.Can you quantify these broad statements?
I know the DMV is not a shining example of government, but does anyone have a problem with issuing a gun license like you would a driver's license? Prove you know how to use it safely, store it securely, and aren't a nutjob, all through a strict test at a government facility?Thing is, all but the absolute hardest core gun nuts I know of are okay with this, and some of these people are quite pro gun themselves.
I know the DMV is not a shining example of government, but does anyone have a problem with issuing a gun license like you would a driver's license? Prove you know how to use it safely, store it securely, and aren't a nutjob, all through a strict test at a government facility?What would the age restrictions be? When can you get your "learners permit," so to speak?


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Hi Olli, thanks for meeting up with Midlands Rocks ahead of your gig tonight.
Hey, nice to be here back in the UK, absolutely.
You've played 16 dates since the end of January on the We Ride Together tour and are now in the UK for what will undoubtedly be another 5 awesome gigs. How has the tour been received so far?
Quite nice, it's always nice to tour during the winter time, I get to wear my long johns and have a nice time. We went through Germany, Switzerland, Austria and then I think the warmest day must have been maybe Barcelona or Madrid, it was fun. Good audience reception, nice crowds, it was lovely I can't complain.
You have Starkill in tow as well, how are you guys all getting along? Any funny moments you wish to share?
Apart from their bassist left to go to Calais in France last night because of some weird work permit stuff or something like that, I think they actually have a bass player for tonight. So they will play. It's been good, I've not met them before but the band are from Century Media so it's good. I must admit I know nothing about Husk. Are they good?
Yes they are, I had a listen to some of their tracks this afternoon.
Yeah I know nothing so I expect to be surprised in quite a positive way.
The album Turisas 2013 was released last August, so it was time to bring the amazing folk/ symphonic metal sound to the masses in Europe. How does that make you feel?
It certainly is different stuff and we showcased maybe 4 or 5 songs live on the tour last Fall and this Spring so it's been nice to play some fresh tunes. There is a lot of new stuff, Mathias Nygård is the main songwriter and he produced the album, like the previous two as well. Yeah it must have been puzzling for quite a few fans because it takes the sound to kind of a different territory from maybe what they expected.
I must admit I heard that as well. I have been listening to the more recent stuff and wondered if you set out to achieve a slightly different sound for the last album or was it a gradual evolution?
I guess there was somewhat like an intended step into an uncharted territory for us. It was on purpose to not try to do this massive orchestra sound and instead rely on more of a band sound.
Did you find it very challenging or were the band full of ideas to achieve this new sound?
Well I guess it was an interesting experiment. There was a bit more song writing collaboration now between the different band members. I think I have two songs and Jussi, our guitar player, has three songs whereas before it was mainly Nygård writing most of the stuff. Yeah we decided to kind of like to keep it a bit in the air of not trying to on purpose push it to certain sounds. For example there is a very punky take on No Good Story Ever Starts With Drinking Tea. I had the feeling it would be fun to start with [clapping] more upbeat, uplifting stuff to play in the live set. I was listening to something like 90s pop punk, Bad Religion, Offspring, fucking Blink 182 live yeah.
Listening to For Your Own Good and watching the video for Ten More Miles, has shown this evolution to a slightly more "poppy" theme, whilst keeping your story telling anthem style lyrics, are you looking to appeal to a different audience now?
Yeah, well we have been drifting away from the folk metal approach already. I think that The Varangian Way album from 2007 was kind of very… people always want to put us in this kind of Viking metal box so I guess that was pretty much that and I think it's been pretty clear for us that we wanted to try different stuff as well but I think most people expect us to wear the Viking hats on stage and "where's the accordion blah blah blah?" It's been five years since we had the accordion in the band. I play violin still but there's not much of folk jig stuff or anything like that on the album so yeah may be that was also about doing a bit of, if you want to say, "pop" sound. I don't think it sounds like your average Lady Gaga or anything like that still but yes there is definitely a kind of push to that. I don't think it's like a carbon copy of anything like Top 40 chart stuff or anything like that but I guess that we have a unique sound. So yeah I guess in that sense I think you are right, that was just the feeling we had when we were doing the album. It wasn't a push from the label to be "poppy" or anything of that kind. I think that they would love us to do Viking metal stuff.
You have 4 acclaimed albums in the bag. Was it difficult to decide what songs to use for this tour?
Yeah, we actually thought about it quite a lot. If we play say, Newcastle or London or somewhere we played before then maybe we go back and check from Setlist FM or somewhere like that so we can showcase a bit more stuff we haven't played before. Of course there are always a couple of those songs that we are kind of obliged to play but not always like that either. We dropped this very well-known drinking song, One More and stuff like that, we haven't played on this tour and some of the old classics but for example, from the debut album, Battlemetal, we bought some lesser played tracks as well.
And they are always good to hear…
Yeah I think it is for the fans as well – there is somebody who has coming to see 12 shows on this tour so we want to keep it alive from a day to day basis as well, so that we are not playing strictly the same set list from day one of the tour.
That's good. I note that your albums releases tend to come out every 2-3 years, at what stage do you think "time for another album"? Or is this something that you work on all the time?
No, it's hard to write stuff in a very conscious way when you are on tour and, well if depending on me, then 2015 or 2016 might sound good but let's see how inspired people feel about doing an album. I don't think we would be touring this album for more than this year maybe year and a half. I would be motivated to go into the studio pretty soon yeah.
You have a few festivals lined up this year already like Paganfest and Hellfest scheduled for the Summer, do you enjoy travelling in for what could only be a 30 minute set?
Mmmmm well it depends. Paganfest is a package tour that we are doing on the US side and I think we are probably do a 50-60 minutes set each day but if you are doing something like Hellfest in France or somewhere like that, then it's always fun to play for people who don't know you, I guess that's the point of doing festival shows as well, it's a different type of challenge and of course there's limitations if you travel light and what kind of stage gear you bring and other show stuff. We have our own lights here and a pretty nice set up so yeah festivals are fun as well but of course, on tour is on tour so you have the whole day to prepare. I remember at Hellfest in France, doing a planned 40 minute set but there were technical issues and we played something like 15 minutes because we could not get the stuff working.
Now that would have been an absolute tragedy.
Yeah, so its kinda like ok let's erase tracks from the set list and play three songs that kind of, probably, not surprising anybody.
So with the miles that you travel, and you are on this tour now until the end of March, what do you guys do in your down time?
Just wait, I went to army and that's one of the things you learn in the army is to wait. Its killing time, I went to HMV and bought an Emeli Sande DVD of live concert footage, so stuff like that…
And sleep…
Yeah sleep or end up on Facebook doing too much of the same and news sites… stuff like that.
And I have to ask one last question for all the ladies, who does your stage make-up and how long does it take?
[Laughing] we do the stage make-up ourselves and I guess we reserve like an hour to do it but as the tour goes on, everybody gets more bored of doing a really good job, so then it's like 35 minutes before we go on stage and we should start and then you put on your wet disgusting stage clothes and you are starting 5 minutes too late… pissing your tour manager off and stuff… That's how it is.
Thanks once again for spending time with me in your busy schedule. Is there anything you'd like to say to the Midlands Rocks readers?
It's absolutely great to be in the land of two taps and single women. No, I really like touring the UK and hope people will find their way to our shows. I've looked forward to these dates definitely and hopefully we will return to the UK again soon.


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Born in Havana, Cuba in 1948.
The connexion between "images" and "projection" is the key of Abelardo Morell's works. He is interested in the historical photographic techniques: tintype, glass negative, collodion process, and other mediums. This technique gives to his images a pictorical effect.
Cámara oscura serie explores the technique of the origin of photography; a projection of an open space in the wall of a room, with everyday objects (chairs, tables, a wardrobe…) each image is almost a recreation of those constructions that "used to capture" the exterior image to a dark room, where everything appears inverted. This projection tries to create a vertical effect and the paradox of seeing enormous spaces in small rooms.
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He moved to the United States with his parents in 1962. He lives with his wife, the filmmaker Lisa McElaney, and his children Brady and Laura in Brookline, Massachusetts.
He has received a number of awards and grants, which include a Cintas grant in 1992, a Guggenheim fellowship in 1994, a Rappaport Prize in 2006 and an Alturas Foundation grant in 2009 to photograph the landscape of West Texas. He received by the International Center of Photography the 2011 Infinity award in Art.
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His publications include photographic illustrations of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1998) by Dutton Children's Books, A Camera in a Room (1995) by Smithsonian Press, A Book of Books (2002) and Camera Obscura (2004) by Bulfinch Press and Abelardo Morell (2005), published by Phaidon Press. Recent publications include a limited edition book by MoMA of his 'Cliché Verre' images with a text by Oliver Sacks.
The filmmaker Allie Humenuk has directed 'Shadow of the House', an in-depth documentary about Morell's work and experience as an artist.
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TF Editores, Madrid (Spain); Phaidon Press, London (UK); 2005.
Retrospective artist monograph.
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Camera Obscura.
Bulfinch Press, New York (USA), 2004.
Artist monograph.
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A Book of Books.
Bulfinch Press, New York (USA), 2002.
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Abelardo Morell and the Camera Eye.
Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, CA (USA), 1999.
Artist monograph.
Essay by Diana Gaston.
English; 60 pages; 30 x 22 cm; paperback.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
Dutton Children's Books, New York (USA), 1998.
By Lewis Carroll, Photo-Illustrations by Abelardo Morell.
Introduction by Leonard S. Marcus.
English; 128 pages; 22,5 x 27,5 cm; hardcover.
Abelardo Morell: Face to Face.
Isabella Stewart Gardener Museum, Boston MA (USA),1998.
Artist monograph.
Essays by Charles Simic and Jennifer Gross.
English; 64 pages; 30 x 24,5 cm; paperback.
A Camera in a Room: Photographs by Abelardo Morell.
Smithsonian "Photographers at Work" Series, Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D.C. (USA), 1995.
Artist monograph.
Interview and Essay by Richard B. Woodward.
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