For a while, it was tough to find a quality highlighter at the drugstore. Nowadays, there are plenty to choose from. A recent one to join the highlighter game is the Physician's Formula Butter Highlighter. If you've been following along on the Prudence Profile, you know that my absolute favorite bronzer is the Physician's Formula Butter Bronzer (case in point, here and here); it's smooth, the perfect shade to warm up and contour the face, is relatively affordable, and can be found at the drugstore. When I found out that PF was releasing highlighters, I had to give them a try. I am pretty picky when it comes to highlighters (…and makeup in general) so read along to see how they stack up against my other favorites.
First, the packaging is reminiscent of the Butter Bronzer and Butter Blush with the palm leaf motif and typography. However, the highlighters are smaller in size with a twist-off cap versus the flip-up compact and bulky mirrored compact of the bronzer. Personally, I prefer to have a lid that is attached so it's less likely to get lost, however, this decision is due to the formula of the highlighter (more later). The silver exterior has a holographic shift. Overall, it's nice for drugstore packaging. They retail for $11 and can be found at drugstores, Ulta, Amazon, and the Physician's Formula website.
The formula of these highlighters are completely different than the bronzer. The highlighters have a cream-to-powder formula and are infused with Murumuru Butter, Cupuacu Butter, and Tucuma Butter from the Amazon. When this claims to be buttery soft, there is no doubt about that. With one touch, the highlighters are incredibly creamy and swatches smoothly onto the skin. They contain a similar coconut scent as the bronzer. They are slightly cool to the touch and do not seem to fully become "powder," but retains its creamy properties when applied on the skin.
The most comparable highlighter I can think of are the ColourPop Super Shock Highlighters, although there are noticeable differences. The ColourPop ones transform to more of a powder formula when applied, unlike the Physician's Formula ones that are wetter and creamier. Due to the creamy formula, the screw lids are important to retain moisture. Make sure to close the lids completely; if you leave them off for extended periods of time, they will dry out.
These highlighters have fine shimmer (noticeable with close examination or under natural lighting) with buildable shine. I wouldn't call this a "natural" highlight; even with a light application, it provides a beaming glow.
Due to this unique formula, finger application will result in the most coverage and shine. If you prefer to use a brush, choose a flat synthetic or dense duo fiber face/foundation brush. The flat synthetic brush will lay down more product than a duo fiber brush.
Next, I break down the color selection from fairest to deepest.
Pearl is the lightest shade, which is an icy tone with a subtle pink-purple shift. This color would look wonderful on fair skin tone. It is almost too pale for my light-medium complexion, but I can pull it off with either a light application or by mixing in the next shade (Champagne) to get the perfect beam. It's nice to find a drugstore highlighter that has a slight duo-chrome finish.
This color looks more like light gold, packing a lot of shine. It is almost too dark for me by itself so I mix in a bit of Pearl. I like the warmth of this shade. It would suit light-medium to medium skin tones.
This is my least favorite shade in the collection, because I personally am not a big fan of pink highlighters. On the skin, it has a cool undertone. This is suitable for medium-tan skin tone. Because of the strong shimmer and fine glitter, it would not be a good blush topper.
I wish I could rock this one! This is the color I look for in my one-shadow eye looks. Rose Gold is a warm, bronze gold. It would look great on medium-tan to tan skin. For those seeking an alternative use, much like the Pink/Rose shade, this is too shimmery to double as a bronzer.
These highlighters are not multi-purposeful. They creased on my eyelids after 3-4 hours, because of its extremely wet and oily formula. I cannot use them as blush or bronzer toppers. Like many companies, shade range can always be expanded. However, I feel like Physician's Formula considered a broader range with this initial release.
Overall, they fall into the "okay/good" category, not great. I love how creamy they are, which helps it glide over the skin without emphasizing texture. The emollient formula is nice, especially during the fall/winter months when skin can experience dryness. However, the highlighters are prone to moving around a little bit throughout the day, because of its creamy formula. A very notable and surprising benefit of these Butter Highlighters is that they have great longevity; they lasted through a 10-hour workday with minimal fading. However, they will last shorter periods for those with oily skin. I'm a natural highlighter type of girl. If you're looking for a buttery formula with glossy shine at a drugstore price, these are definitely for you.
Which shade do you like best? Will you be trying these Physician's Formula Butter Highlighters?


Kentucky Tourism and Aristotle developed a fun, easy way to match the perfect vacation itinerary to travelers based on their interests.
The people of Kentucky are proud of their distinguished history and culture, and they are happy to share it with everyone. A visit to Kentucky comes with such a huge variety of tourism opportunities that even with multiple vacations to the Bluegrass State, very few have experienced all that Kentucky has to offer.
Kentucky is a fertile land steeped in a rich history and heritage reaching back over 200 years. Abraham Lincoln was born here, and the state was the theater of many famous battles during the Civil War that shaped the history of the United States. It's the Horse Capital of the World, The Bluegrass State and famously known as Bourbon Country where 95% of all bourbon is produced.
The Kentucky Department of Travel wanted help raising brand awareness and encouraging people in and around Kentucky to travel within the state. Promoting in-state tourism has been challenging for a land-locked state without the popular draws of ocean, beaches, skiing and winter sports.
Because Kentucky tourism offers a lot of unique opportunities for vacationers looking for an alternative to the norm, Kentucky wanted to raise awareness about the variety of things to see and do in The Bluegrass State.
Aristotle developed and conducted the Match Made in Kentucky integrated marketing campaign to raise awareness of Kentucky as a fun travel destination with something for everyone. The campaign featured a fun, interactive signup process that encouraged visitors to enter to win a free Kentucky vacation valued at $1,500. Participants swiped through a series of compelling graphics featuring Kentucky attractions to find the itinerary most compatible with their interests. Social icons on each graphic encouraged participants to share the sweepstakes with friends.
Aristotle's award-winning designers help our clients create rewarding relationships with graphic elements that go beyond simple customer transactions. Because Aristotle's award-winning designers are involved throughout the entire development process – from strategy to launch, the graphics they create contribute significantly to the success of our clients' campaigns. Each art element is specifically designed to provide an exciting online experience and to establish meaningful relationships with our clients' website visitors.
For the Match Made in Kentucky campaign, attention-grabbing graphics with clear calls to action create a fun interactive user experience. As participants advanced through the contest, they were presented with a colorful showcase of graphics about Kentucky's many vacation attractions.
While advertising targeted Kentucky and its contiguous states, visits to the landing page and contest entries came from all U.S. States and the District of Columbia. The diversity of entries illustrates the viral success of the campaign.
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That was hopless by Courtney.
He is hopeless, might be on his way out soon.
It's interesting that a guy who's actually won a championship, can be so mediocre. Even if you don't have outright pace, you can use your experience and be canny to get ahead. He drove in that moment like he didn't have experience.
Whatever it is (the make up of the car?), it's like PI for supercars is like Albert Park for F1.
He won in a semi mediocre car too, quite remarkable.
When he started out, I'd compare him similar to Lorenzo at Ducati. He wasn't as good as expected when he started. But once he got the hang of it, he was a force. Since he joined HRT/WAU, I think he's become a paycheck driver.
Back to Japan next year I reckon.
They're good gigs though. It's probably what he wants!
Same cause in both , " dirty air "
Being a WAU fan both drives are out of contract at the end of this year I would like to see both of them gone but who do you get the team has been under performing for years. Reynolds and Mostert would go alright but can not see them moving over.
Pye did well last year, the car just doesn't seem quite there.
Only other place Mostert would go in Australia is Penske. Coulthard is an option if Penske do move him on. Maybe Hazelwood if he continues to impress.
So Betty admits she didn't want to sign ADP.
Listen Betty, you pay the bills but you've got little to know knowledge of what talent is available ..... thank **** no one gave a **** what you thought.
I'm trying to think who you could replace Courtney with? Thomas Randle or Richard Muscat? I don't follow Super 2, so don't know their form. Back to Tander?The only other options are just getting pay drivers?
Randle takes Mosterts ride at Tickford at the end of the year IMO.
If Coulthard stays I'd say Chaz heads off to BMW to drive GT.
They'd have no idea what's going on.
They just pretend they don't. They've got the best seat in the house!
The older crew here will recognise the name.


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The United Nations General Assembly room during a break in session. Photo taken by author.
The United Nations in New York City held the 55th Commission on Social Development from February 1st to 10th of 2017. This year's theme was "Strategies for Eradicating Poverty to Achieve Sustainable Development for All." The commission was attended by member state representatives, researchers, NGOs, youth, and a group of eleven McGill undergraduate students represented the International Relations Students' Association of McGill (IRSAM). The group has the goal of bringing home what they learned to the McGill and Montreal community.
McGill students representing IRSAM at CSocD55.
The Commission acts as a forum where member states and organizations can come together to discuss their achievements, set-backs, and failures regarding achieving sustainable development. The McGill representatives hoped to bring a youthful perspective to the United Nations and commence discussion on youth representation, education, and future leadership. An issue distinguished by the students was that youth are disproportionately affected by major issues such as climate change, poverty, and disease. Despite this, current leaders do not actively seek youth representation or worse, young people who bring their concerns to leaders are delegitimized simply due to their age. McGill's delegation of students understood that they are in privileged positions as university students attending the United Nations, and they found it imperative to use the opportunity to speak up for the less fortunate.
Accessibility to the government and international organizations is extremely difficult for the majority of the world's population, many of whom lack even basic access to education, food security, clean water, shelter, and healthcare. Youth in situations of extreme poverty do not necessarily know what services, if any are, available to them. Oftentimes, impoverished people depend on development aid organizations for basic subsistence. In many countries in the Global South, corruption is widespread making, it even more difficult to access aid and employment, as well as causing disillusionment in young citizens due to state inefficiency. Protracted violence is another tragic issue of present generations. Syria has an entire generation of children who were born into conflict, and only know what it is like to live in war. There are ongoing studies attempting to measure the psychological impact of war, human trafficking, and forced migration on children, and it is not difficult to understand that there are extensive inequalities that exist between children in the Global North and South.
The Sustainable Development Goals are considered truly universal, meaning they apply to all countries regardless of GDP. Developing countries are especially vulnerable to climate change, so in order to successfully implement Agenda 2030, all countries must actively work to halt and reverse global warming. The world's youth has a major stake in halting climate change because by the time they become global leaders, it will be too late to reverse the damage that is currently being done. This means it is imperative for international leaders to end the trend of delegitimizing the voices of youth and to commence working honestly with young people to reform policies and protect future generations.


The Daytona Cubs promoted former assistant general manager Josh Lawther to general manager Wednesday.
The Daytona Cubs promoted former assistant general manager Josh Lawther to general manager Wednesday, replacing Brady Ballard, who left the organization to become vice president of Historic Dodgertown in Vero Beach.
Lawther, 33, has been with Daytona for nine seasons as an account executive (2005), director of food and beverage (2006-09) and assistant GM (2010-13).


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Bishop's Stortford solicitors
For expert advice on a diverse range of legal and financial issues, get in touch with our solicitors and advisers in Bishop's Stortford.
Tees House
Hertfordshire CM23 3GW
DX 50404 B/S
See map or call us on 0800 0131165
Easy parking, central locations
You can access any of our services from all of our offices - it's your choice. Or you may choose to meet us online via video-conferencing.
Top-rated expert teams
We are proud to have five departments ranked Tier 1 in the Legal 500: Personal injury and Clinical Negligence, Agriculture and Estates, Commercial Property, Contentious Trusts and Probate and Personal tax, Trusts and Probate.
Helping you to a better future
All our independent financial and legal advisers are experts committed to providing you with top-quality advice.
Tees has been part of its local communities for over 100 years - working for clients generation after generation.
Specialists in Bishop's Stortford
Consultant - Families and Divorce
Bishop's Stortford office
Kay Piper
Partner - Commercial property
Meet Kay
Executive Partner - Employment law
Cathy Izzard
Partner - Wills, trusts, tax & probate
Meet Cathy
What our clients say...
Brenda Green
I wanted to say a big thank you to you Catherine and your team at Bishop's Stortford for your most impressive and responsive service in helping things go smoothly. I've sold a few houses over the years but never had the benefit of such a good conveyancing service and without your help I have a feeling that things would have progressed very slowly. I'm looking to buy my next house very soon and will certainly be knocking on your door again!
Mrs Isabel Corbett
I just wanted to thank you for all your help in the purchase of our apartment. You and your team have made the process much more straight forward and knowing we had your knowledge and expertise behind us, has made our property purchase journey in France so much less stressful.
We would like to thank Abby Westell - her compassionate professionalism, wisdom and support is very much appreciated.
Mr T & Mrs N Smerdon
Kieron was able to explain things to us in simple terms which we understood and even made pensions sound interesting! You can tell that he loves what he does and really knows his stuff. He has a friendly approachable manner and we look forward to working with him again in the future.
Mr G
You did a great job countering barristers engaged by my then wife, to conclude a reasonable settlement for me at the Court. Thanks very much for your help and advice all those years ago - it has proven to be excellent!
Peter Bottery
Before our discussions, I felt a bit like someone who had been parachuted into the middle of a minefield; after our discussions, I feel that at least I have been given a mine detector and a map!
Mr Hugh Birley
We've been clients of Tees all our lives, and my grandmother and great-grandfather before me. We've been looked after by the ever-efficient Allan Wright, Cathy Izzard and Eleanor Worby. Each of them have been efficient, effective, pleasant to deal with and unfazed by our disorganisation!
Mr B
I have often thought back to some of our conversations in 2007 and your wise words on future possibilities. As I approach retirement, I will be left with some choices to make, but am in the fortunate position of being able to make those choices without financial pressure. Thank you.
Ms D
All in all, I still can't thank you enough for all the help, advice and encouragement you gave me at the time of the divorce. I always felt really safe that you would get the best settlement in the nicest possible way.
Alex and Jenny
We were going the through the most challenging appeal process to secure our daughter's Education Health and Care Plan provision. Polly put together a coherent working document which the Tribunal agreed almost all of. Our daughter started a new school and we're thrilled with the outcome.
Thank you for all your advice and work on the sale of the flat. As ever, you were a calm, reassuring and knowledgeable presence throughout the entire sale process. Our estate agents also praised you several times for your efficiency and promptness of response.
V. Smyth
A huge thank you to Caroline. I can't thank you enough. I honestly never thought I would ever see any of my money again. When I told my children last night the first thing they said was "what a wonderful solicitor to have." I'm so very grateful and very happy. You are a real lifesaver.
Mr and Mrs W
We've been very impressed by the foresight the team at Tees have shown, for example, with planning for pensions, in light of the new rules introduced by the government. We've been made to think about our approach to finance in a completely new way and Tees were instrumental in this approach.
Westcliff
Entrusting the accumulated wealth of a lifetime's endeavours is one of the most important decisions a person makes. Our experience with Tees allows us to feel confident that our money is in safe hands.
Mrs Mary Pope
Toni Chalmers-Smith and her colleagues define "where there's a will there's a way". Toni demonstrated tenacity, drive and an ability to think round problems and find solutions to deliver a result. Toni and the team at Tees are a must for anyone considering financial advice.
Getting to our office in Bishop's Stortford
Solicitors and financial advisers in Bishop's Stortford providing services to individuals and businesses from our office in Tanners Wharf. With our office just a brief walk from the Jackson Square Shopping Center at Bishop's Stortford, we are delighted to be part of this old market town offering riverside walks and quick train service to Liverpool Street station.
Car parking (Bishop's Stortford)
We have free visitor parking directly outside our office which you are welcome to use for your visit.
Directions by road (Bishop's Stortford)
From exit A120 (W) of the M11:
Use the two left lanes to exit onto the A120 (W) towards Bishops Stortford
Continue to follow the A120 over the M11
Take the first exit on the roundabout following the services and continue to follow Dunmow Road/A1250 (1.4 miles)
At the junction turn left onto London Road
At the roundabout turn right over the train tracks and our office will be on the left.
From Junction 32 of the A14:
Exit at junction 32
Follow the signs for the A120 over the roundabout
Directions by rail (Bishop's Stortford)
There are regular trains stopping at Bishop's Stortford with services from London Liverpool Street, Cambridge and Stansted.
Directions by foot (Bishop's Stortford)
Exit Bishop's Stortford train station from the London Road exit and walk to the top of the private car park. Then turn right following the road to a mini roundabout, at the roundabout turn right onto the bridge over the railway, our office should then be visible on your left.
Estimated walk time = seven minutes
Wheelchair accessibility (Bishop's Stortford)
This office is fully accessible by wheelchair and we also have a disabled toilet.

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Q: how to add new user username must be in numeric in red hat linux? I want to add new user in red hat linux.Username must be in numeric i.e username 123456.I was trying to add but its given invalid user name so it is possible to add new username only in numeric.

A: my suggestion for accomplishing this which in non conventional, would be to create a valid user such as a23456 using the adduser command, for example:
adduser a23456 --uid 123456 --gid users --groups users --create-home --comment firstname\ lastname

Then manually edit /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow and change the first character on the corresponding line from an a to a 1 for the username to meet your needs.
What may break or not work in RHEL after that I don't know.
Whether you change the home directory name to match is up to you.
double check the /home/a23456 or /home/123456 home directory ownership and make sure it matches what is in /etc/passwd for uid and gid.

A: If you go low level, you can add non-standard names.
Open a terminal (Ctrl-Alt-T is your friend, at least on Debian or Ubuntu), and check the manpage (stop with q):
man useradd

You will find an option --badname, so something like useradd --badname  should work.
Good luck. I'm not accepting any liability.

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This game. Has so much potientional, more then we realize nowadays, I recommend this game for all who had played sid meiers pirates and others who love pirate games. This game offers you to choose between "two sides" which you always can change through (pirates and "good guys?").
You start on a randon generated map which a decent medium sized island.On the island you build your own harbor OR as I would like to call it if you're a villain, a big pirate cove. You build households, taverns and resource fields so you can upgrade your port to higher level to proceed further into the game, yet you also establish defenses in case pirates raid you (good to start of doing early).
There are no speicific missions or campaign for you to make this game senes for you to play if thats what you want, though there are quests that allows you to gain gold.Enough with the base information, not only can you build your base, so can you with ships, there are 3 "classes" of ships with 5 different ship choices. Scouts Warhips Tradeships, They all possess 1 unique abillity that will favour you in battle.If I should dislike anything about this game, is probably that it really feels like early access (limitations) but I really hope that the devs add more features to this game as I said in the beginning, the game has a lot of potientional.


As a private equity firm, there is no question that HGGC has garnered its fair share of respect. However, even they were pleased when they were recognized with ten other firms as an organization that is highly devoted to mergers and acquisitions and helping middle market companies with founder-owners to continue to stay relevant in today's ever-changing technological world.
One of the things that HGGC Ceo Richard Lawson adamantly realizes is that technology is invading all of the end markets within every company. For Lawson, the roadmap remains simple: his private equity firm is going to invest in firms that will provide technological solutions for industries that are widely considered to be outdated. For example, car dealerships, retail stores, insurance providers and market research firms could really benefit from improved end market technology.
Lawson realizes that one of the things that tech companies and other organizations are currently on the lookout for would be Amazon. The company founded by Jeff Bezos has totally revolutionized the way commerce is done in this country. Although this is a good thing for consumers, it has proven to be a difficult thing for rival companies. Thus, Lawson knows that any company that is attempting to connect their brands to consumers in out-of-the-box ways is one that is worthy to be invested in.
HGGC believes in a term that is best to be called "Advantaged Investing." This means that they seek to partner with the founders of middle market firms with a total revenue of $100 million or less. They normally will invest in the firm and then provide them with solutions to help them stand out from the pack. Lawson and HGGC are particularly interested in investing in firms that are using technology to change traditional industries. They also will often invest in companies that place a focus on data virtualization. Their dedication to helping these companies is one of the main reasons they were recognized during this forum.


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House To Deliver Trump's Impeachment Article To Senate On Monday
Senate Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer of N.Y., left, and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., right, walk out of a meeting with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows as th... Senate Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer of N.Y., left, and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., right, walk out of a meeting with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows as they continue to negotiate a coronavirus relief package on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Aug. 7, 2020. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) MORE LESS
By Kate Riga
January 22, 2021 10:30 a.m.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and House Speaker Nancy Pelsoi (D-CA) announced that the House will deliver President Donald Trump's article of impeachment to the Senate on Monday.
"I have spoken to Speaker Pelosi who informed me that the articles will be delivered to the Senate on Monday," he said Friday morning, a date she confirmed shortly after.
He also rejected Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell's (R-KY) filibuster demand out of hand, saying that it "won't be accepted."
It is still unclear how closely the trial timeline will ultimately adhere to the loose outline proposed by McConnell on Thursday. By delivering the articles Monday, Pelosi is speeding his timeline up by a few days, a fact he sounded disgruntled about when he made his floor address minutes after Schumer.
"Senate Republicans strongly believe we need a full and fair process where the former President can mount a defense and the Senate can properly consider the factual, legal and constitutional questions at stake," McConnell said. "For that reason, we suggest the House transmit this article next Thursday, but that's apparently going to be next Monday."
Pelosi seemed to dismiss his reaction in a Friday morning statement.
"We are respectful of the Senate's constitutional power over the trial and always attentive to the fairness of the process, noting that the former president will have had the same amount of time to prepare for trial as our Managers. Our Managers are ready to begin to make their case to 100 Senate jurors through the trial process," she wrote.
Democrats have not yet laid out the rest of the trial timeline, including deadlines for Trump and his legal team to respond and file pre-trial briefs. McConnell's timeline kicks the start of the trial to mid-February.
"We received Leader McConnell's proposal that only deals with pre-trial motions late this afternoon," a Schumer spokesperson told TPM Thursday. "We will review it and discuss it with him."
Democrats have signaled openness to a delayed trial, indicating that getting Biden's nominees confirmed rates a higher priority.
When asked on CNN Friday if he'd be willing to let the trial slide for a couple weeks in favor of getting nominees confirmed first, Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) called the confirmations "the first priority."
Senator Chris Coons (D-DE) sang a similar tune on CNN Thursday night.
"I think Democrats will be open to considering a delay that allows former President Trump time to assemble his legal team and his defense for the impeachment trial, if we are making progress on confirming the very talented, seasoned and diverse team that President Joe Biden has nominated to serve in his Cabinet," he said.
Schumer was very decisive about another congressional battle of the first few days of President Joe Biden's administration, the filibuster threat McConnell is wielding by delaying the power-sharing agreement for the evenly split Senate.
McConnell, Schumer said, "has made an extraneous demand that would place additional constraints on the majority, constraints that have never been in place before," he said. "In fact, his proposal would remove a tool that the Republican leader himself used twice in just the last Congress to accelerate the confirmation of Republican nominees."
"Leader McConnell's proposal is unacceptable and it won't be accepted," he added.
It's still unclear how Schumer will wiggle out of the corner McConnell backed him into though. If he's unwilling to accept McConnell's demand, a posture supported by other Democrats over the last couple days, he has few options. He can hope to wear down McConnell by dragging out the standoff — a prospect deeply unattractive to Democrats, since it'll grind the Senate, Biden's nominations and any legislation to a halt — or he can use the "nuclear option" on the filibuster now and take McConnell out of the equation.
The more conservative Democrats, including Sens. Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) have expressed reluctance to do away with the filibuster before, and McConnell is taking the gamble that his power-grab won't change their minds.
Manchin, for one, expressed support for Schumer Thursday, conveying that he has no problem with the Democratic desire to keep the nuclear option on the table as leverage down the road.
"Chuck has the right to do what he's doing," he told reporters on Thursday. "He has the right to use [the filibuster] to leverage in whatever he wants to do."
"They're not going to grind this place to a halt," he added.
Kate Riga (@Kate_Riga24) is a D.C. reporter for TPM and cohost of the Josh Marshall Podcast.
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Prior to this assignment, Carla and husband, Ted, also a missionary, served as coordinators of the United Methodist Volunteers in Mission (UMVIM) program in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
"As the Wellness nurse/coordinator I am privileged to care for the awesome people who serve as United Methodist missionaries around the world," Carla says of her call to service. "Having been molded by the Great Potter, I am able to use my education and experiences in nursing, healthcare administration, in community and international mission, and in life to provide occupational and faith community nursing and nurture to our missionaries. I am privileged to be a missionary to our missionaries."
Carla holds a diploma in Nursing from the Robert Packer Hospital School of Nursing, Sayre, Pennsylvania. As a nurse, she has worked in diverse settings, including community health, intensive care, emergency department, and outpatient settings. While she and Ted were raising their two young daughters, Carla began course work that led to a BSPA/Healthcare Administration and then a master' s degree in Public Administration. In 2009, she earned a Master of Science in Nursing/Parish Nursing. In addition to nursing, Carla serves as a healthcare instructor for the American Red Cross and has worked in several healthcare management positions.
Carla and Ted' s two daughters, now adults, are Cassandra and Ashley. The couple also has a son-in-law, Sam, and two grandsons, Chad and Noah. The Warnocks have been members of the First United Methodist Church of Decatur in the North Georgia Annual Conference for many years. As of September 2011 they are relocating to the Virginia Beach area in the Virginia Conference.
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Top 5 Underrated Michael Jackson Songs!
Michael Jackson is the King of Pop, but not every song that he released has gotten as much appreciation as it deserved! This is a Cereal At Midnight Top 5 list of Underrated Michael Jackson songs that we think deserve a second listen...and then a third! Each of these tracks spans the period from "Off The Wall" (1979) to "Bad" (1987) and comes from his most prolific and iconic years. I hope you have as much fun watching this as I had making it!
If you saw our thrift store video from LAST week (found here: https://youtu.be/irBZ7R9o5w4) then you're in for a treat because this video is A SEQUEL! Yes, that's right, there's continuity between the last thrift store shopping video and this one. The story continues!
This past week brought some really interesting news about a new partnership between DC Comics (a subsidiary of Warner Brothers) and the retail GIANT (pun intended) Walmart. Fans of Batman, Superman, Justice League, Wonder Woman, and Teen Titans will soon have a reason to hit up their neighborhood Walmart for exclusive stories from Brian MIchael Bendis, Tom King, Andy Kubert, Amanda Conner, and Jimmy Palmiotti. Check out the video and weigh in with your thoughts in the comments! This is really interesting news for fans of comics and a bold retail move!
It's Celebration Day inside the TARDIS, because CLASSIC Doctor Who has come to Blu-ray! It's something that many fans thought would never happen, but here we are, unboxing the complete first season of Tom Baker's legendary and unparalleled run as everyone's favorite Timelord, Doctor Who!
Thrift Store Shopping For DVDs, Blu-rays, and CDs!
In this video, we take the camera along with us to actually film IN THE THRIFT STORE for the very first time. Check out the video to see how THAT turns out, and stay tuned as we take it all back to the movie dungeon and show off what we found.
Movie Reviews: Incredibles 2 And More!
You requested more movie reviews, you got it! In this video, I give my thoughts on three movies: Pixar's Incredibles 2, Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, and Atomic Blonde! Cereal At Midnight is now the place where you can find "Laid Back Movie Reviews!"
Did I ever tell you about the time in 1999 when I started collecting autographs through the mail? I didn't? Okay then! There's a method called TTM (through the mail) autograph collecting, and this video is all about how I did it and who responded. On top of everything, I read some embarrassing letters I wrote to movie stars almost 20 years ago!
"Django, have you always be alone?" As a matter of fact, the answer is no! This is just one of dozens of movies featuring Italy's most successful western hero (anti-hero?), coming over a year after the 1966 Spaghetti Western classic from director Sergio Corbucci and starring Franco Nero. Lucky for us, Preparati la bara, which was directed by Ferdinando Baldi, feels like an important and worthy installment in a series of sequels that don't always connect to Corbucci's famous original film. With an alternate origin story, stylish cinematography, and one of my favorite scores in all of the genre, this movie is a Spaghetti Western gem!
Big Lots Blu-ray and DVD Haul!
Big Lots is a surplus and overstock store that can be an incredible resource for finding cheap Blu-rays and DVDs! Check out this haul of movies and see what kind of deals are out there!
Ashley Eckstein, the voice of Ahsoka Tano on Star Wars: The Clone Wars and Star Wars: Rebels, and the founder of the global fashion brand Her Universe, has written a book designed to tell her own story and to empower others. With a voice deeply influenced by the films of Disney and Star Wars, "It's Your Universe" is a fantastic motivator to remind everyone, especially young girls, that they can accomplish anything they set their sights on.


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a cultural inquiry
HOME, LIKE DYING EMBERS (part 1)
ONE IN A THOUSAND
Arc of the Meridian
Why Haruki Murakami is so Very Japanese
Fear Is A Lost Little Boy on A Bus
Fahrenheit 451 & Bradbury's Foresight of Fire
The Mirror of Young Adult Fiction
The Exodus From Social Media Has Begun
The Static of Alzheimer's Disease
The Importance of Feeling Wonder
Youth Suicide: An Unnecessary Statistic
Prose Detail: Suzette by Gabe Herron
Your Looking-Glass Self
Jakob Ryce June 28, 2018 Essays
by Jakob Ryce / 24rd October, 2017
Young Adult literature has become synonymous with young heroes or heroins. Stories of young people forced into a quest to overcome the odds or face tyrannical forces, often to achieve some form of liberation from the confines of their society or environment. The origins of the genre are still debatable. Novels written for young people could arguably date back to the 1800s – when Sarah Trimmer defined 'young adulthood' as between the ages of 14 – 21 (Wikipedia, 2017). Books, such as 'Oliver Twist' (1838) or 'Adventures of Huckleberry Finn' (1884) all had the hallmarks of books written for young people, yet were really about young people. According to Michael Cart ' … a case could be made that the first young adult novel was actually Maureen Daly's Seventeenth Summer, published in 1942 …' Cart goes on to explain that this was an era when America began recognising adolescents as a separate generation (Cart, Michael 2001, p. 95). J.D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye is often said to be the first true Young Adult classic, and perhaps was partially responsible for the genre gaining momentum in the 1950s.
Nevertheless, it was in the 1960s when the Young Adult Library Services Association decided to market novels of the era (considered suitable for ages between 12-18) and the Young Adult genre found its solidity (Strickland, Ashley 2015). In the The Outsiders, S. E Hinton gives readers a peek into the hardened life of a social outcast. It connected to young people in a direct, authentic way: with its adolescent tones and gritty themes. Moreover, many readers were unaware that Susan Eloise Hinton wrote the book during high school, or that she was even a woman. Caren J. Town states ' … the novel retains the capacity to speak to young adults about masculinity, identity, and the economic forces that drive our society.' Town describes the book as a 'landmark event' that captured audiences with its poignancy, rogue characters and desolation (Town, Caren J. 2015, p. 15). Over the next decade YA novels branched out to become more direct: tackling mature themes of love, betrayal, alienation and desolation. If we consider the natural evolution of society and culture since the early twentieth century, including environmental shifts, then the metamorphosis of archetypes within literature is simply a part of that change. Therefore, each young generation (of the time) can look to Young Adult literature as a mirror of their own lives, and thus, help establish a sense of identity within society.
Quite often Young Adult fiction will depict a character's journey from deprivation, or hegemonic oppression, to resolution. The result can be either overly dystopian or naturalistic – conveying a series of complex emotions or modes. Independence and maternal instincts play a large role in The Hunger Games, by Susanne Collins. Katniss Everdeen has been thrust into adulthood by her environment – having to fend for her broken mother and little sister Prim. The roles have been reversed here, and perhaps for the best. 'It is the women's daughters, in fact, who are perceived to be more successful at retaining female agency in the face of social oppression …' (Curry, Alice 2013, p. 96). We can see this reflected in real-life circumstances – the teenage child forced to become the patriarchal nurse, or the child-become-mother scenario: providing for their young siblings within divorces. Nonetheless, Katniss' resentment at her mother's depression is also indicative of her anger towards her own seceded and resigned District – a disembodied social hierarchy imposed by the Capitol (Curry, Alice 2013, p. 96). 'All I can see is the woman who sat by, blank and unreadable, while her children turned to skin and bones' (Collins, Susanne 2008, p. 16).
Furthermore, it is irrelevant if Katniss is oblivious (or not) as to where her repressed anger towards her mother truly stems from, because it is in turn a vehicle for her eventual quest, as Alice Curry points out: 'Katniss can more successfully undertake her heroic quest if she herself remains unmarred by any inclination towards care-giving' (Curry, Alice 2013, p. 97). One could argue, that her mother represents her own maternal failure as a woman, and she must reshape society in order to reclaim her own humanity. A maternal overtone lingers in her inner dialogue: 'They're not our kids of course, but they might as well be … and you may as well throw in our mothers … how would they live without us?' Nevertheless, Katniss tells Gale that she never wants children, and the idea that he does seems to embitter her (Collins, Susanne 2008, p. 17,18). This is another highlight by the author that Katniss (although has repressed maternal desires) begins powerless and resentful: an archetype of the angst-ridden teen on the edge of rebellion against their own indoctrination – school, family, society or media-glossed (false) role models.
Adolescents internalising their thoughts, feelings or fears – to then eventually find their voice – is one of the most important aspects of growing up, and is masterfully executed in The Hunger Games. Fear is a state of being that all teenagers can identify with. The lack of self expression – a young person being whittled down to polite small talk, head arched over their dinner plate, for fear of their father's (or mother's) wrath – is immediately relatable. Collins understands this, yet instead of the disciplinary parent figure or a democratic government, we have the Capitol. The Capitol will do all it can to control the Districts, and the foreboding games represent that authority. Furthermore, history teaches us that fear tactics are effective: from Nazi Germany, where people lived and died under the Third Reich, to Stalin and his Marxist-Leninist dictatorship. Could the totalitarian Government of Panem be a chance for the author to re-educate a new generation of young readers? Perhaps, and consequently more accessible (education as entertainment) for mild academics. The Capitol are not hiding the fact that they use fear tactics, and this media manipulation keeps the masses in line. Collins is aware of her audience, and that nowadays, teenagers no longer receive or respond to the corporal punishments of the past. In today's world, young people fear online (public) humiliation – for instance: teenage suicides in relation to cyber bullying (via social media) have become common knowledge. The Capitol exploits this fear, through the manipulation and sacrifice of teenage lives, as it attempts to stamp out rebellious autonomy.
The author also uses boundaries as a device. For example, the fences are only electrified at certain points of the day, when they are given the luxury of electricity. But the price of survival seems barely worth it: 'District 12. Where you can starve to death in safety …' Katniss says, and checks if she has been overheard (Collins, Susanne 2008, p. 12). Additionally, when considering the nature of control, there are some comparisons to George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty Four — and although the citizens of Panem are not forced to adapt their language, like Newspeak, they have certainly lost their free will. Winston is arrested for thoughtcrime; whereas Katniss is silenced through the suffering of others – especially the more she becomes a symbol of freedom for the districts. Katniss initially expresses this oppression internally, and young readers may secretly begin to conspire with her – owing to the first-person style of the narrative, which allows for a more intimate experience. Collins uses this close lens effectively – so we can glimpse into the character's past, and consider the consequences that can come from 'blurting out' the truth. 'I learned to hold my tongue and to turn my features into an indifferent mask so that no one could ever read my thoughts' (Collins, Susanne 2008, p. 13).
The Capitol also takes advantage of technology (and adjusts the rules at their leisure), both in the games and real life (guards with machine guns, ships, weapons, monitoring) to enforce their trepidation. In the era of contemporary dystopian fiction, it is technology that we should really fear, as Lisa Kerr points out: 'As technology allows for a vast number of scientific advances, the literature of our world continues to ponder the dangers inherent in our ever increasing ability to play god' (Kerr, Lisa 2013, p. 1). It is only when the Capitol lose their dominion over technology, that the rebellion can begin to flourish.
Overall, The Hunger Games offers a post-modern look at media manipulation, Government oppression, and an enforced diversion from childhood into adulthood – and the emotional turmoil such an evolution encompasses. Iris G. Shepard states: 'Children hold a unique position as a marginalised group because unlike other marginalised populations like racial minorities and women, children literally grow out of their marginalised status into adulthood' (Iris G, Shepard 2012, p. 2). Shepard raises an interesting point, and when reflecting on Katniss' character arc in the story, we see this clearly at work. An array of themes, such as: devotion, trust, courage, self discipline, alienation, survival and unconditional love, are all at the heart of the story— nevertheless, the abolition of childhood could be the most profound theme at work here (consider Rue, who is killed at age 12). The adolescent reader is also Katniss, and they are learning to survive in a world which is simply an inversion of Panem. There are no wars being fought on their doorsteps, however, there are internal battles raging away on a daily basis (and within the family unit) – something that Susanne Collins profoundly acknowledges, respects and executes precisely within her novel.
Collins, Susanne, 2008, The Hunger Games, Scholastic, U.S.A
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Strickland, Ashley, 2015, a brief history of adult literature, CNN, April 15, 2015, <http://edition.cnn.com/2013/10/15/living/young-adult-fiction-evolution>.
Cart, M. (2001). From insider to outsider: The evolution of young adult literature. Voices from the Middle, 9(2), 95-97. Retrieved from https://search-proquest-com.ezproxy.lib.swin.edu.au/docview/213935081?accountid=14205
Town, Caren J.. Unsuitable Books: Young Adult Fiction and Censorship, 15-16, McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers, 2015. ProQuest Ebook Central, https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/swin/detail.action?docID=1743808.
Curry, Alice: Environmental Crisis in Young Adult Fiction, 96-97, Critical Approaches to Children's Literature book series (CRACL), Palgrave Macmillan, London, 2013. Springer Link, https://doi-org.ezproxy.lib.swin.edu.au/10.1057/9781137270115
Shepard, Iris Grace, 'Ideology in Popular Late Twentieth and Twenty-. First Century Children's and Young Adult. Literature and Film' (2012), p 2. Theses and Dissertations. 557. http://scholarworks.uark.edu/etd/557
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Keeley Electronics to launch the Eccos delay/looper on the first day of Winter NAMM 2020
By Jonathan Horsley 2019-11-26T12:53:09Z
The long-awaited stompbox has been revised, revised again, and is nearly ready
Keeley Electronics' much-anticipated and long-awaited flagship delay/looper effects pedal will finally be released on January 16, 2020, the first day of Winter NAMM.
Eccos was originally announced at NAMM 2018 and has been available to preorder online for some time, but ever the perfectionist, Robert Keeley wanted to tweak some more. In a statement, Keeley described the Eccos delay/looper as his flagship pedal.
"It has eclipsed my wildest dreams," said Keeley. "But, I need some more time to finish a couple sounds and features I want included in the product. It has to be perfect. I know you and all other guitar players will be amazed at what a musical instrument it is."
Blending a vintage-style delay with a looping station, and housing all this in a pedalboard-friendly enclosure clearly isn't easy, and while the Eccos has been revised a few times now to upgrade its the looping capability, the final version of the pedal promises to be a doozy.
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The Eccos features true stereo delay with tape-flanged modulation. It has three memory presets, offers subdivisions, trails, and runaway feedback. As for looping, it can record up to two-minute loops in mono, one-minute loops in stereo, and has reverse and half-speed functionality.
The Eccos' "Alt Hold" feature affords you more control over tone and time-based controls while the pedal has an onboard or external tap-tempo feature. Indeed, there is an external expression pedal input that allows you to control any of the Eccos' parameters remotely.
Keeley Electronics promises "endless layers of recording," a 100 per cent analog dry signal and true bypass.
The Eccos requires a 9V DC power supply and is made in Edmond, USA.
Priced $249, it is available on . . . Yup, you guessed it, January 16, 2020. Set your calendar reminders now, just 51 sleeps. See Keeley Electronics for more details.


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Meta descriptions are a much misunderstood weapon in the search arsenal that can have a serious impact on page performance. The meta description field is your first opportunity to set out your stall and tell searchers what's in store if they click on your link in the results. It's a prime piece of online advertising space and one that shouldn't be ignored.
The meta description field allows publishers to describe the contents of a page to help searchers understand what to expect if they click on a link. Google often uses meta descriptions as the descriptive 'snippet' in the results, so it's your chance to convince searchers to click on your result rather than a competitor's.
Do meta descriptions help with SEO?
YES - there's little doubt in the digital marketing community that meta descriptions help performance. However, if you rephrase the question and ask whether meta descriptions are used as a ranking signal, you'll get a resounding "NO". What initially sounds like a contradictory set of statements soon makes sense once unpacked.
In the not too distant past meta descriptions carried direct algorithmic weight (along with meta keywords) and soon became the target of spammers trying to cheat the system. Google responded by devaluing the tags but continued to use meta descriptions as snippets in the search results. Webmasters soon realised they had direct access to valuable advertising space and began to take meta descriptions more seriously.
There's plenty of evidence to show that carefully written meta descriptions can greatly increase Click Through Rate (CTR) and as every SEO knows CTR is an important ranking factor. On one level it's obvious why meta descriptions that mirror search queries increase CTR (the page is likely to contain what the searcher is looking for) but another subtler reason also comes into play.
When a results snippet contains any of the words included in the original search query then Google displays them in bold. For example: if you search for 'Kentico Gold Partner' you'll get the following result for Ridgeway with Kentico Gold Partner in bold (ranking just behind Kentico).
Studies have shown that reinforcing searcher intent in the results substantially increases CTR, which is why it's essential to get your keyword research right. Increased traffic is an obvious win, but you'll also benefit from better click data. Google have acknowledged they use click data to refine their results, hence a low ranking site that receives a lot of clicks will soon climb the SERPS.
While meta descriptions don't directly affect search rankings, they do affect CTR which feeds Google's algorithm, so there are no excuses, they need attention.
A meta description should be a concise and clickable description of the page content.
Meta descriptions should be kept short as search engines rarely display more than 160 characters (920 pixels) which means you have less than 20 words to play with.
Every webpage deserves its own unique meta description so don't cut corners or leave it up to your CMS to decide.
Include primary keywords but don't go overboard and focus on searchers not spiders.
Don't use speech marks (double quotes) as they will truncate the meta description.
If you don't write meta descriptions, or Google thinks they can do a better job, copy will be pulled from somewhere on the page. At best the results will be unfocussed or at worst they will be off-putting, either way they will have a negative impact on CTR.


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LES FLEURS DU MAL :: We have worked more closely together
Bereits vor einigen Jahren hatte ich ein Interview mit Axel Grim veröffentlicht, welches uns interessante Details dieses Musikprojektes aus Schweden näher brachte. Nach der kürzlichen Veröffentlichung des neusten Werkes "Concrete Ravings" stand dann erneut eine kleine Frage-Antwort-Session statt, dessen Ergebnis ihr euch in den folgenden Zeilen erlesen könnt. Ich habe das Interview bewusst in englischer Sprache gelassen, um die Antworten in ihrer tatsächlichen Form zu lassen. Viel Spaß beim Lesen (michi)
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Hello Axel, how are you?
I'm fine, sipping on coffee waiting for it to turn into ale.
What has happened in the last two years since we made our last interview together?
Apart from the usual gettings up in the morning and goings to bed at day's end, we have recorded and released two digital maxi-singles and recently a new album, Concrete Ravings
Have you had any memorable on-stage experiences with the band.
Well, every time I've been on stage is memorable for some reason or another. We've had some great ones and some not so great ones. However one not so great one actually afterwards revealed itself to have been a great one. We were in a smaller swedish town doing a gig at a 10 year anniversary of an EBM-club. We were the only rock band amongst german EBM stars. The crowd historically have been synth and EBM fans. We started off with technical problems, the guitar not sounding at all at the first part of the opening number. I got nervous. On stage with all our smoke, sunglasses and lights directed at my face, I couldn't see the audience. When the first number finished I waited for the applause and there was just a compact silence. I thought: "Good god! There's nobody here. Then came something that could be interpreted as applause and I could see a few gothicly made up people in front. I got sore and thought: "These synth-guys hate us" and hated them back. I randomly insulted the synth-people, randomly making everybody certain that we were just playing for the five people in front. Lastly we did a cover of a Depeche Mode song and I said: "Ok, you bastards, now we will destroy your favourite song!" Later when we went to the bar and waded through a dense crowd. I was told the room had been packed during our gig, I just hadn't seen or heard the crowd through the smoke and noise. Apparently they liked us aswell. The club asked us back a year later. I felt a bit bad having been a complete arsehole on stage.
How would you describe the creative process of "Concrete Ravings"?
As a mixture of pleasure, agony, self-doubt and being too pleased with oneself. Normally I write the songs in solitary confinement. In that same confinement I record a demo, sometimes with almost finished lyrics, sometimes with incomprehensive jibberish. I then bring that demo to the studio and my brother August. This time around we have worked more closely together with restructuring the songs, adding stuff, subtracting other stuff. We re-record some of the stuff and argue, in a brotherly fashion, about what should be in there and what shouldn't . Then I am told to leave my brother to do the mixing. And then I get to tell him what I think of the mixes. We also had some sort of a focus group in this time. That was great. Thank you guys (as if they're reading this).
Are there distinctive experiences that you have processed in your songs? Or is the song writing based on fictive stories?
The lyrics are definitely based on things that have happened to me or without me, but that actually did happen. Now of course, even though the songs have a narrative side of them, they are not fly-on-the-wall documentaries, but rather put together to describe feelings, society as I see it, or myself in relations to what's happening in, or to, that society. That is when I'm singing that I'm falling into a black abyss, I'm not actually falling into a black abyss. And I haven't actually been a jury member of American Idol neither. And for the record I haven't been envolved in staging fascist entertainment nor served anybody with that perspective on life any refreshments.
Last time you told me about your FILM NOIRE passion. Are there newer movies that have pleased you in the recent times?
I do like film in many genres. It's just that the original film noirs serve as good inspiration for the lFdM-project because of it's bleak and somewhat cynical view of society. Not that I'm very cynical myself, I'm a hopeless romantic. Maybe I have grown old faster than I should, but I'm really sure of what you mean by recent times. I'm very fond of the swedish director Roy Andersson, of his choice of subject matter and general aesthetics. I really like the way in which he allows himself to be consequently conceptual. I also like the british director Ken Loach a lot. I haven't been utterly moved in a movie theatre recently, but our live bass player Luger Haptén tells me he really liked the saudi "The Green Bicycle".
I think the new records orientates more towards classic gothic rock that before. Do you agree with the assessment?
I'm not sure I do, actually. I mean, of course, the foundations of classic gothic rock is still there, but personally I feel we have allowed ourselves to stray somewhat. I know I'm not alone in that interpretation, I might of course be wrong.
One of my highlights is the song "Nothing". What can you tell us about this track?
It's one of my favourites also at the moment. I like the attitude and I'm rather pleased with the lyrical content aswell. It's also quite funny how it started as a song of defiance and ended up as a song of self-deception. But among the deceit I managed to squeeze in something about my fear of not being able to sleep and some class war propaganda. I'm rather pleased with myself come to think of it. By the way, it's not one of the songs we spent the most studio time with and it's not very complicated. But sometimes that seems to work out.
"Celebrity Gala" seems very sad and emotional! Do you agree?
Really? I was trying to write a song of joy. I must have failed. Seriously, the song is about the modern love affair with success. Success is a very ungrateful lover, pathologically fond of one night stands. She is also very cruel to suitors not making the grade. Frankly, the whole idolatry of success, that is the main theological direction in our society, is detestable. It is a child of our economic order in itself just as detestable. No, perhaps even more.
Also, this song is provided with many elements that remind me very much of THE CURE from the early 90th. How do you see this? What do you think about Robert Smith?
He's one handsome guy!
Will we see you Live on the German stages next time?
Hopefully not too far into the future. However at the moment we are waiting for our guitarists daughter to grow some.
Finally, a vision for the future, what will happen to LES FLEURS DU MAL next time?
Oh, I'm not so good with visions. Haven't got the gift, they say. However my plans are to continue doing what we do. We are working on more material, maybe it will be Les Fleurs du Mal: II, maybe it will be another full length album. Who am I kidding? We are going to conquer the world!
LINDSAY SCHOOLCRAFT :: Cradle Of Filth Sängerin mit Debütalbum
THE NEPTUNE POWER FEDERATION :: Exklusives Interview nach dem Probenbesuch in Australien!
ASH OF ASHES :: Skaldic Metal unter Einfluss von Bathory
FROM NORTH :: Die Kraft aus dem Norden
GOLDEN APES :: Der wunderschöne Geschmack schwarzer Galle
EDEN WEINT IM GRAB :: Fiktionale Reise durch die Unterwelt
EDEN WEINT IM GRAB :: Das Thema lautet Mord
KHEMMIS :: Videointerview mit Liveausschnitten
SPIRIT ADRIFT :: Videointerview
ONTBORG :: Von Fans für Fans des skandinavische Sounds
DESASTER :: Ein Pläuschchen mit Kuschke


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Have you ever wondered why God "chose" you? Most of us have, at one time or another in our lives, gone through a time in our walk that we really wondered why on earth God would choose us to be His children. We see ourselves as so insignificant that it's hard to understand why the God of the Universe, the Most High, Almighty, Sovereign, El Elyon, El Shaddai would choose 'me' to serve Him.
Why has He chosen you? "… so that you may know and believe me and understand that I am he." That's why He chose you; that's why He chose me. So we will KNOW Him and BELIEVE Him and UNDERSTAND that He is God.
The word "know" in this verse is the Hebrew word "yadha". It is an ancient term which encompassed a very personal level of familiarity and was often used to depict the close relationship between a husband and wife. One of the greatest reasons you are on this planet is to learn to KNOW God intimately and with reverent familiarity. God wants us to KNOW Him so He chose us to reveal Himself to us.
But, there's more. He not only wants us to KNOW Him but to BELIEVE Him. To believe Him is to trust Him and in order to trust Him we must know Him. The Hebrew word for "believe" is "aman" which means to be firm, to be enduring, to trust.
The "trust issue" with God is a monumental problem in the lives of most Christians. We know the promises of God and yet we don't trust God to fulfill His promises. Why? Because we don't KNOW Him intimately; we don't know Him to be trust worthy on the level of knowing as described in this verse. We cannot trust someone we do not know; conversely, if we know someone to be trustworthy, we will trust them.
Finally, the third reason God has chosen us is to UNDERSTAND that He is God. How can we understand that He is God? By knowing Him and believing Him; by allowing Him to reveal Himself to us through His Word.
We cannot KNOW God on this level by a short devotional like this delivered in your email or posted on a board. To know God on this level requires diligence to become intimately acquainted with His Word. His Word is the written record of who He is, revealing to us His personality, His character, His plan, His purposes, and His love for us.
Study the Word. Develop an insatiable hunger and thirst for the Living Word. Don't allow anything else this world can offer satisfy you. Learn who Your God is and He will reveal Himself to you in ways you never dreamed possible; He will manifest Himself to you through diligent study of His Word.
The mystery is solved. You have been chosen to KNOW Him, to BELIEVE Him, and to UNDERSTAND that He is God. Don't wait another day. Set your mind to search the Word diligently. There isn't a more satisfying and fulfilling goal known to mankind.
Father, show me how to study Your Word; give me a hunger and a thirst for the Living Word. Open my heart to seek after You diligently through Your Word, so I can KNOW You and BELIEVE You and UNDERSTAND that You are who You say You are. Lord, I confess that I NEED more of You. Lead me to the never-drying fountain that more than satisfies my thirsty soul! In Jesus' name, amen and amen.


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Call of the Curlew
Conserving breeding Curlews in southern and lowland Britain
Curlew Sites
Ireland, November 2016
Slimbridge, February 2017
Wales, January 2018
Scotland, September 2018
Curlew Forum Newsletter 4, 23 January 2018
23rd January 2018 in Newsletters by curladmin
Coombe Hill Meadows (Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust reserve), 14 January 2018 (Andy Jayne).
Introduction (from Mike Smart)
The Curlew Forum Newsletters issued since the "Call of the Curlew" workshop held at the Wetlands and Wildfowl Trust, Slimbridge, on World Wetlands Day, 2 February 2017, have dealt with breeding Curlews in southern England. The Slimbridge workshop brought together groups of enthusiasts, both professionals and volunteers, who have been studying and conserving breeding Curlews in the lowlands of southern England; the outcome of the meeting was a consensus that, against the background of detailed investigations into the breeding behaviour and conservation status of Curlews currently under way in upland areas of Scotland, northern England and Ireland, the remaining relatively small breeding populations in southern England were equally worthy of study and conservation action. As a result, each of these regional groups in southern England contributed reports on the breeding status in their area to the Newsletters, and a 'Southern Curlews' website has been set up at www.curlewcall.org ; the website includes the texts of previous Newsletters, references to the major literature on breeding Curlews and a host of other information besides; there is also a section entitled 'Feedback' which allows anyone consulting the website to make comments, ask questions or post their thoughts; it hasn't been very widely used yet, so please feel free to use it!
It should be noted that, while the Curlew Forum is mainly concerned with breeding birds in Southern England, it aims to maintain links with those studying Curlews in other areas. Thus, several Forum members attended the first Irish "Curlews in Crisis" conference in November 2016, and are participating in the preparations for the workshop on the "Status and Future of Curlew in Wales" to be held at the Royal Welsh Agricultural Showground at Builth Wells on 24 January 2018, and for a Scottish Curlew workshop planned on 27 September 2018. Reports from Ireland and notes on the Welsh workshop feature on the website.
After the end of the 2017 breeding season, a meeting of the Curlew Forum was held at Slimbridge, attended by the Steering Group (Mary Colwell, Geoff Hilton, Phil Sheldrake and Mike Smart) together with representatives of most of the regional groups in southern England, to review the situation after the breeding season. An account of this meeting appears below, together with notes on a variety of mainly policy and administrative matters. Not much about breeding Curlews out in the wild in this Newsletter, then, but the 2018 breeding season is almost upon us, and future Newsletters will report on the 2018 breeding season as it progresses. I shall be inviting regional representatives of the Forum to contribute notes from their areas, with a view to number 5 of the Newsletter in early spring 2018.
International Wader Study Group Conference, Prague
The regular IWSG meeting in Prague in September 2017 included a one-day workshop on Curlews, attended by several members of the Curlew Forum. An interim account of the meeting appears on the Southern Curlews website; the official report is in preparation by Natalie Meyer of NABU in Germany (who attended the Slimbridge workshop in February 2017) and will be posted on the website as soon as it becomes available.
Curlew Forum Meeting at Slimbridge
The meeting was held on 11 October 2017, and was timed so that the Forum could brief Geoff Hilton, who represents the Southern Curlew Forum on the official UK and Ireland Curlew Recovery Group, which was to meet the following week. Among the 20 people present were representative of the regional Curlew groups in southern England (from Dartmoor, Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Worcestershire, Shropshire, Upper Thames Valley, North Wiltshire, Salisbury Plain), together with participants from BTO (British Trust for Ornithology), GWCT (the Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust), the Irish Curlew Group, JNCC (Joint National Conservation Committee), Natural England, RSPB and, of course, the Southern Curlews webmaster.
The topics discussed were as follows:
Summary review of the 2017 season breeding season (basically a reiteration of the results in southern England, as presented in Newsletter 3).
Agreement of Curlew Forum mission statement
Communications – Updates & Website (an opportunity for the webmaster to explain the working of the website)
"Curlew Country", a review of the work in Shropshire by Amanda Perkins and Tony Cross; practical measures, successes & failures, tagging and radio-tracking
"Head starting", a presentation by Geoff Hilton on work done by the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust on their population recovery work, involving incubation of eggs taken from wild nests, and raising of chicks for release; work currently ongoing on Spoon-billed Sandpiper and Black-tailed Godwit – possibility of extension to Curlew.
"Measuring success"; a review of data collection needs; it was to have been presented by Jennifer Smart, who because of an accident could only participate by Skype, but the follow-up work has been led by Phil Sheldrake.
The principal conclusions reached were as follows:
Curlew Forum Mission Statement
"Our goal is to work with farmers and land managers to reverse the current decline, and continue monitoring the status of breeding Curlew across southern England. We will do this by sharing knowledge and experience, raising awareness, offering advice, and securing funding to implement effective conservation measures".
By way of further background to the Mission Statement, it should be noted that Curlews occur in Britain all year round. There are more in the winter, when numbers are boosted with birds which breed in continental Europe. The Curlew breeding population is in steep decline; most of these are in the uplands, but there are also small breeding populations spread across lowland southern England. These are particularly at risk and the fear is that they will go extinct. Many, if not most, breeding attempts fail during the nest stage because of predation, disturbance, or inadvertent destruction during agricultural activities. The young, as soon as they hatch, are able to feed themselves, but are protected for a further month by at least one parent bird. At this stage too, they are at risk from predators and particularly during grass cutting when they lie flat on the ground, hiding rather than running to avoid the machinery. Once flying, they are relatively safe; the adult survival rate is very good; according to the BTO, the typical lifespan is five years, oldest known bird from ringing 32 years. Taking eggs for artificial incubation, then putting back the chicks or fledglings (known as "head starting"), has been tried, mainly on other wader species, with encouraging results. Although this cannot be the answer in the long term, it can buy time through bolstering the population, whilst conservation work continues on building a self-sustaining and growing population. The Curlew Forum aims to address these issues.
It was thought useful to provide clear definitions, as follows, of certain commonly used terms:
"Territorial pair": a pair of adult Curlews holding territory, often at a traditional breeding site and normally early in the breeding season (March or early April). Important to recognise such birds as potential breeders, either in current or future years; just before the nest is established, courtship chasing is likely to occur.
"Passage bird": a bird on spring migration, on its way to breeding areas further to the north and east, which may occur in breeding sites from February to April, alongside territorial pairs. Important to distinguish them from territorial pairs (often by different behaviour, more likely to flock, less likely to defend territories), so that they are not counted as breeding birds.
"Breeding pair" or "Nesting pair": a pair of adult Curlews with a nest (generally begun in late April or early May) or young (from the very end of May onwards. Important to distinguish breeding adults from any non-breeding birds (either non-breeding adults, or immatures aged one year), in order to make an accurate calculation of the number of breeding pairs.
"Head starting": removing the eggs from a nest and incubating them artificially before returning them to the nest at hatching time. This technique. Used by the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust on other wader species, and successfully used in 2017 by the Curlew Country project in Shropshire, avoids egg predation, and produces larger numbers of chicks.
Key information required
It was thought useful to standardise information collection, so that results across southern England may be comparable. The following information is considered necessary for each of the populations in southern England.
Population size = Number of breeding pairs
Breeding success = Number of fledglings
Productivity = Number of fledglings per breeding pair
Causes of breeding failure:
at egg stage: predation; desertion; eggs infertile; damage by agricultural activities
at chick stage: predation; disturbance; damage by agricultural activities
Factors influencing breeding success:
lack of disturbance; protection against predation; sympathetic management by land managers
Information on habitat (e.g. height of vegetation round nest)
Phil Sheldrake is drawing up an Excel spreadsheet template to facilitate consistent reporting of fieldwork data. It will list all the information collected on breeding Curlews from the 2018 season onwards against the breeding status of each pair observed. This will allow standardized recording, and comparisons between breeding populations in different areas of southern England. A 'Curlew amended' version of the BTO breeding evidence codes is shown below (any comments welcome!), a copy of the Excel sheet will be circulated along with the final version of this to the various regional groups in the Curlew Forum before April.
BTO Breeding evidence codes – curlew.
The most relevant descriptor will indicate under which breeding category an observation should be recorded
Non-breeding (Non)
Single, pair or number of birds flying over
Observed but suspected to be still on migration
Observed but suspected to be summering non-breeder
Possible breeding (Po)
Pair observed in suitable nesting habitat in breeding season on just one occasion (beware double counting)
Male present (or bubbling calls heard) in breeding season in suitable breeding habitat
Probable breeding pair (Pr)
Pair observed in suitable nesting habitat in breeding season on more than one occasion
Permanent territory presumed through registration of territorial behaviour (song etc) on at least two different days a week or more apart at the same place or many individuals on one day
Courtship and display judged to be in or near potential breeding habitat
Pair visiting probable nest site
Agitated behaviour or anxiety calls from adults, suggesting probable presence of nest or young nearby
Pair nest scraping
Confirmed breeding pair (Br)
Used nest or eggshells found
Downy young seen
Adults entering or leaving nest-site in circumstances indicating occupied nest or adults seen incubating – sitting is often followed by lowering of the head (disappearing in tall vegetation) followed by periodic raising and looking around
Nest containing eggs
Nest with young seen or heard
Incubation change-over seen – when approaching the nest curlews appear to 'move with purpose', without actively feeding although not necessarily faster or slower than normal
Actions proposed for 2018 breeding season
NB: Conditions will vary from one area to another, and not all areas will have the facilities to carry out all actions mentioned below. Cooperation and exchange of information between areas, together with good communications, are essential for success.
Census of territorial pairs
Census of breeding pairs
Finding of nests; despite risk of disturbing breeding birds during nest finding, it is considered best to find as many nests as possible, thus permitting better monitoring and conservation measures.
Monitoring of nests: clutch size; BTO Nest Record Cards to be completed for all nests found; use of BTO system to identify breeding actions; use of temperature loggers (unobtrusive, allows exact calculation of timing of any nest failure); weighing of eggs – for which a licence will be required – (use of digital balance essential; allows precise calculation of hatching date; no need for additional nest visits); recording of reason for any nest failure.
Protection of nests: use of electric fencing, when nest is found, to deter predators.
Head starting: use of this technique, the hatchlings either being returned to the parents' nest, or released without reference to the parents.
Monitoring of hatching: number of eggs hatched; use of radio tags so that chicks can be followed and relocated; number of chicks fledged; recording of reason for any loss of chicks.
Workshop on 'Status and Future of the Curlew in Wales'
At the invitation of Natural Resources Wales, the Welsh Ornithological Society, Curlew Media, Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust Cymru, RSPB Cymru and Ecology Matters Trust are organizing a workshop at the Royal Welsh Agricultural Showground in Builth Wells on 24 January 2018. The agenda involves sections on 'Setting the Scene', on 'Curlew Conservation' (which will include reports from Ireland, from the Curlew Country project in Shropshire and the Welsh Marches, and from the Curlew Forum), followed by a broad discussion on 'Learning from Experience to deliver Success' which will examine the questions: What do we need to initiate a programme for recovery? And What are the key themes emerging, and what are the solutions/ programmes of work? Over 100 participants are expected from all aspects of Curlew conservation: not just conservationists, but farmers and land managers, gamekeepers and Sheep farming specialists. We hope to include reports on the workshop on the Southern Curlew Forum website and in future Newsletters.
Curlew cake baked for the Welsh workshop
Westminster Hall Debate on Lowland Curlews
Hard upon the heels of the meeting of the Forum in Slimbridge, the Curlew Forum learnt – with enormous surprise and considerable satisfaction – that a Westminster Hall debate was to be held on Tuesday 17 October on the topic of 'Lowland Curlews'. (Westminster Hall debates are held – as the name suggests! – when an MP asks for a short debate on a specific topic, and there is not time or space in the main debating chamber of the House of Commons; and the responsible Minister has to attend to respond to the debate). So Mary Colwell and Mike Smart dashed off to Westminster to listen to the debate from the public gallery, along with observers from RSPB and the Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust.
In this instance the debate had been requested by the MP for Newbury, Mr Richard Beynon, who had been Parliamentary Under Secretary State for the Environment from 2010 to 2013. Mr Beynon was concerned at the loss of breeding Curlews from the Berkshire Downs, in his area. (The full Hansard account of the debate has been published in the 'News' section of the www.curlewcall.org website.) In his speech Mr Benyon emphasized the failure of breeding Curlews to produce chicks, which he attributed to lack of predator control. In reply, Dr Thérèse Coffey, the current Parliamentary Under Secretary of State outlined measures being taken both by official bodies, and non-governmental organizations, notably RSPB, for breeding Curlews in the UK. After the debate Dr Coffey spoke briefly to the four observers, and asked what – if they had a magic wand – they would do for lowland Curlews: basing their response on the discussions at the Curlew Forum a few days previously, they replied with a four-point plan: better monitoring; fencing of nests against predators and mowing accidents; more support for farmers; and head starting. Mary Colwell and Mike Smart followed this up with an email letter to Dr Coffey, setting out this plan in more detail. Several other members of the Curlew Forum approached their own MPs, asking them to intervene on the topic. Sadly, the response to the message was a catalogue of disasters: the message got lost for some time in cyberspace, and a response, as follows, was received only just before Christmas:
"As the Minister said in her speech, the Government recognises that curlews have declined significantly and we are committed to halting the decline of these iconic birds. In order to deliver this, a range of actions are required, such as protecting important sites, working with farmers and other land managers to manage these habitats carefully and effective predator control.
You are aware of two of the projects Natural England is funding: the Shropshire-based Curlew Country project and the RSPB Action for Birds in England partnership. In addition to these projects, the UK is a signatory to the African-Eurasian Waterbird Agreement and is committed to the international conservation plan for curlews. The long-term goal of this plan is to restore the favourable conservation status of the Eurasian Curlew with the aim of an assessment of Least Concern against IUCN Red List criteria by 2025.
We also have agri-environment schemes that have been designed with the aim of encouraging habitat management to promote conservation in targeted areas. Around 600,000 hectares from the predecessor schemes are managed for wading birds and since 2016 Countryside Stewardship has provided 10,000 hectares under the new schemes.
Thank you for taking the time to send in your suggestions on a four point approach for lowland curlews. Unfortunately the Minister is unable to take up your kind offer to meet and discuss this in further detail at this time. I have of course shared your suggestions with the relevant policy officials in Defra and would like to assure you that the Government remains committed to being the first generation to leave the environment in a better state than we inherited it."
The response was thought disappointing, concentrating on existing plans for upland Curlews, and failing to address the specific problems of lowland English Curlews. We intend to go back to DEFRA, to press the points originally raised with officials.
BTO Dilys Breese Medal
Photo © Nick Caro
In October 2017, the BTO awarded its Dilys Breese Medal to Mary Colwell. The medal is awarded annually to an outstanding communicator who has opened up science and nature to new audiences. Dilys Breese was a BBC producer with strong links to the BTO, so the presentation to Mary Colwell was very appropriate.
Emma Douglas, Head of Fundraising at the BTO, commented:
"The Dilys Breese Medal, created in memory of and named after the great natural history broadcaster, was made possible thanks to a gift in her Will. We are delighted to acknowledge Mary's amazing support by presenting her with this prestigious award, guaranteeing that Dilys's legacy lives on through people like Mary, who are determined to communicate the importance of birds and the science of ornithology to everyone. We are incredibly grateful to Mary for raising the profile of BTO and for choosing BTO's Curlew Appeal as a beneficiary of the funds raised from her epic fundraising trek."
Congratulations to Mary, whose new book 'Curlew Moon' is published by Harper Collins on 19 April.
World Curlew Day
Plans are in hand to declare 21 April as World Curlew Day. This will raise awareness of curlews worldwide and focus attention on their plight. Out of the 8 species of curlew in the world, 2 are already thought to be extinct (Eskimo and slender-billed) and the other 6 are endangered. This date has been chosen for two reasons: it is the average first laying date in Europe, and it is St Beuno's Day – St Beuno being a Welsh saint and the first curlew conservationist. Legend has it that his religious text was saved from the waves by a Curlew and so he deemed they should always be protected. Please support World Curlew Day by organising an activity and let us know so that we can post information and inspire others: a Curlew Watch? a Curlew Coffee Morning? a Curlew Talk? All can raise money for projects.
The logo is being finalised but here is a sneaky preview of work in progress:
Scottish Curlew Workshop
The Curlew Workshops are proving to be very productive and really getting action on the ground. The Irish Workshop produced the Curlew Task Force, the Southern England Workshop resulted in the Curlew Forum. What will Wales do? On 27 September 2018 the Scottish Workshop will take place in a venue yet to be confirmed. Watch this space.
Plans for the 2018 breeding season in the Severn and Avon Vales
Building on the outcomes of the October 2017 meeting of the Curlew Forum (see above), we are making plans in Gloucestershire and Worcestershire for the 2018 Curlew breeding season. We are anxious to move on from simply monitoring the situation (which a pessimist might describe as 'monitoring extinction') to a more active engagement in conservation of existing breeding Curlew sites. In Gloucestershire, we hope to implement at least part of the four-point plan (better monitoring, use of electric fencing round nests, working with farmers and land-owners; and if possible, head-starting). These activities will be based on observations in previous years, and in particular a growing understanding of the extreme site-fidelity of Curlews, so that we can predict with some confidence which fields they will use for nesting. Arrangements are in hand to mist-net and colour-ring breeding Curlews before the breeding season starts, so that individual breeding birds can be recognised, with the support of the Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust. And the Gloucestershire Naturalists' Society has offered a sizeable grant to cover the costs, with a view to conserving not just the birds themselves, but their floodplain meadow habitats, hence the title of the project 'Curlew meadows'.
The Worcestershire Wildlife Trust have supported efforts to improve monitoring this year, and it is planned to extend the monitoring from sites in the Severn and Avon Vales to other sites on higher ground (more like the sites found in Shropshire by the Curlew Country project, where small populations of nesting Curlews are still just hanging on. The Worcestershire Wildlife Trust too is keen not simply to monitor, but also to take action to conserve the birds and their habitats.
It has recently been announced that a Facilitation Fund project has been approved for the Severn Vale under the title 'Severn Guardians', with the participation of a large number of Severn Vale farmers, and administered by South West FWAG (Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group) and the Wetlands and Wildfowl Trust. The project will bring together farmers and wildlife experts, allowing them to discuss and implement measures for conservation of Curlews and their riverside habitats.
Mike Smart (Gloucestershire)
Ian Duncan (Worcestershire)
And finally, something about Curlews in the field
Coombe Hill GWT reserve, Gloucestershire (Andy Jayne)
In darkest midwinter, the Severn Vale fulfils its function as a floodplain (see Andy Jayne's picture of Coombe Hill at the head of this newsletter and above). These pictures show areas which are breeding sites for Curlews in the summer months, but look highly unsuitable for breeding Curlews right now.
Breeding Curlews from the Severn Vale leave their hay meadow breeding grounds in late June or July, and spend the winter at coastal sites such as the Severn estuary. They are very rarely observed inland between August and the beginning of spring. Autumn 2017 had been very dry in the Severn Vale, with no flooding and very little surface water until the snowfall round 10 December. From mid-December and especially after the second snowfall on Boxing Day, flooding in all the riverside meadows became quite extensive, and was fairly deep in the first week of January.,
It was therefore something of a surprise to find the first Curlew of the year on the early date of 5 January on the Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust reserve at Coombe Hill; what appears to be the same bird has been seen there again almost daily until 21 January. The meadows were clearly far from the state in which the bird might be nesting, yet it returned this early. The bird in fact went to sleep on one of the small areas of grass emerging from the flood, then went to feed at the edge of the floodwater, clearly catching earthworms as it probed with its long beak. It is likely to have been a male, returning early to claim its traditional territory; but it was one of those birds with a medium-length bill, so not possible to be sure.
By way of comparison: in 2015, the first of the year had been a bird feeding actively around the edge of the flood on 31 January; in 2016 the first bird was heard over the Severn Ham at Tewkesbury on 23 January, then one was seen at Coombe Hill on 30 January (also in conditions of high flood); in 2017 (a year of limited flooding) the earliest bird was noted at Coombe Hill on 4 February, but was thought to be a migrant, as it didn't stay.
So the nesting Curlews are back already; time for action!
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