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……of 21 inch waist lines!!
Sad, but true, muffin friends, waist lines around the world are expanding, and it's ganna take a miracle to turn back the evolutionary clock. Thanks to the SAD (Standard American Diet) way of eating that has rocked our world over the past 50+ years, we have officially become muffintop nation. From TV dinners to fast food restaurants, to big box stores and coffee houses, American culture has gone from bad to worse when it comes to food and lifestyle choices. Sadly, we have advanced ourselves right into obesity….go figure, literally!
Welcome to Generation MT
Our muffintops tell a story of evolutionary change in America. They are a dead give away of something gone awry, and an important visual barometer of more serious health related issues lurking beneath our belt buckles…..as mid-section fat grows, so does a clustering of other negative health factors, which is why I am on a muffintop mission. I see it as a win, win….You look and feel better, and we save a sick nation, one person at a time…..
Muffintop phenomenon, which involves a high ratio of mid-section fat in comparison to other areas of the body, is a fairly new human physiological trend, and is largely (no pun intended) due to changes in diet and lifestyle over the past 75 years…Blows my mind to think that in less than 100 years of the entire history of mankind, we have created a "sick" culture. To me, that is one of the most serious and profound acknowledgements we can make today.
That muffin you are sporting is the direct result of a culture attempting to do things bigger, faster, and cheaper…..Thank you Uncle Sam!!
Here are some of the main reasons why we have become a Muffintop Nation over the past 50+ years…..
1) Empty calories – due to processed, packaged foods, which deliver very little nutrition…
2) Toxins – from both diet and the environment.
3) Stress – due to higher paced, more competitive lifestyles.
4) Sugar and fake sweeteners- need I say more??
5) Simple carbohydrates- Americans have come to love our pastas, breads, and pastries.
6) Pharmaceutical drugs- Yea, drugs can make you fat, toxic, and cause other health imbalances…. not to say there are not benefits when appropriately prescribed, but drugs are over prescribed and a big part of muffintop nation.
7) Dining out- Fast and convenient is what we want, poor quality food and illness is what we get.
My book goes into these at length, in addition to how to address and reverse their effects on muffintop, but today's take-away for you is related to empty calories.
So here's the skinny on calories…
don't count calories, count the nutrients in the calories
Nutrients per calorie, a very important aspect of muffintop control, and one of the main reasons why we have become generation MT. Americans are the most over fed, under nourished country in the world, and that has happened due to over consumption of calories that deliver little or no nutrition. So when you begin your muffintop makeover program, a big part of what we will be doing is making sure that every calorie you consume counts! You will re-train your body to learn to be sensitive again to the hormones and metabolic functions that support fat burning. If you're reading this, chances are your body has become very efficient in fat storing. The good news, however, is that through diet, exercise, and supplements, we can train it to become efficient at fat burning again, and nutrients per calorie will be an important part of that happening….
The Muffintop Makeover program involves removing toxins stored in your body via a 14 day liver cleanse (can't lose fat very easily if you are toxic) followed by 30 days of fat burning nutrients in addition to a clean nutrient dense diet. There is a 30, 60, or 90 day program for you to choose from… to get started, just email me at email@example.com and we can decide on the program that is right for you.
So glad you stopped by today….please check out our facebook page at www.facebook.com/muffintopmakeover, and join our healthy living book group.
Book group link: http://www.facebook.com/groups/332028896820837/
Yours in good health,
Heather 😉


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Hope everyone is having a fun weekend, mine is going pretty good here. Found a darling little table yesterday at a local sale, just the right size for a DIY idea that I have been dying to try. Maybe I can get her done this week, wish me luck. Here, I have the five top most viewed links from last weeks Nifty Thrifty Tuesday party. Now, let's see who they are. See ya Monday at this weeks party.
Tammy @A Walk in the Countryside
Suzan @Simply Vintageous
Rachel @Joyful Treasure Hunting
Miss Kitty @Miss Kopy Kat
Sunday, March 24, 2013
The Top Five
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7 comments:
- Erica Elia said...
I love the green bottles! Erica
- March 24, 2013 at 2:26 PM
- Suzan Sweatman said...
Thanks SO much Linda - I'm amazed to be included with such talent!
Have wonderful week!
- March 24, 2013 at 2:36 PM
- Tammy @ A Walk in the Countryside said...
Thank you, Linda! I love all the other features, too! I'll be back tomorrow to link up!
- March 24, 2013 at 3:40 PM
- Laura Ingalls Gunn said...
Those green shamrock topped bottles are just wonderful! Thank you for sharing.
- March 24, 2013 at 6:35 PM
- Jane said...
Great features.....good luck with your table project!
- March 24, 2013 at 7:02 PM
- Tuula @ The Thrifty Rebel said...
Thanks so much for hosting! Great bunch of features!!
- March 25, 2013 at 5:22 PM
- Miss Kitty said...
Thanks so very much, Linda, for giving us a way to share our posts with your great "Nifty Thrifty Tuesday" parties! I have never made the "Top" anything list...really makes my day!!!
- March 25, 2013 at 9:25 PM
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Fiorentina fails to keep up pressure on leaders after draw
MILAN (AP) — Fiorentina failed to keep up the pressure on the top two in Serie A as it was held at Bologna to 1-1 after midfielder Mati Fernandez was sent off early in the second half on Saturday.
Fiorentina remained third, seven points behind Napoli and five behind Juventus. Both face teams in the relegation zone on Sunday, with Napoli hosting Carpi, and Juventus visiting Frosinone.
Inter Milan can leapfrog Fiorentina with a win at Hellas Verona, also on Sunday. Then they meet in the next round.
"It's a very important match," Fiorentina midfielder Matias Vecino said. "It will be decisive for the Champions League fight. There are so many teams within a few points of each other, and to remain there we have to not lose a direct battle."
Elsewhere, Lazio captain Stefano Mauri headed a corner onto a crossbar as his side drew an entertaining match 0-0 at relegation-threatened Genoa.
Genoa was six points above the drop zone ahead of the rest of the weekend's fixtures, with Lazio moving level on points with eighth-placed Empoli.
Fiorentina's hopes of a catch-up win appeared to diminish when Fernandez was sent off for a second bookable offence in the 57th minute, less than 10 minutes after receiving his first yellow card.
But the visitors reacted in the best possible way, by immediately taking the lead, with Federico Bernardeschi drilling Cristian Tello's cross into the bottom right corner.
It was Bernardeschi's second ever league goal.
However, Bologna leveled just four minutes later. Godfred Donsah did well to control a ball in the area and turn to cut it back to Emanuele Giaccherini, who rifled in a low shot.
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The Complete Guide to Serging and Decorative Stitching by Julia Hincks
From hemming and seaming, to decorative stitching, get the best from your machine.
For fast and professional edging, hemming, seaming, and decorative stitching, you simply can't beat a serging machine. This all-skill-level book is the perfect guide to make sure you get the most out of your new machine (or out of that old serger that you've never got the hang of!) Photographs and step-by-step instructions guide you through the essential techniques, showing you how to set up your machine, how to adjust the settings to get the best results on a range of different fabrics, and how to edge your fabrics quickly with perfect results. The troubleshooting section provides tips and quick fixes for skipped stitches, snapped threads, and uneven stitching. Also includes a buyer's guide to different sergers, providing you with advice on finding the right machine for you.
Prelims (5 pp)
Introduction (2 pp)
A serger can seem a little daunting at first but once you've used one and got to grips with it you will never look back. No more conventional zig zag to edge your seam allowancesthese machines will give your home sewing projects a more professional finish. In this book you will see just how easy your machine can be to thread up and sew, edging your fabrics quickly and creating a perfect finish to any project. Step-by-step instructions ensure you set your tensions and differential feed dials correctly to get the best results with any fabric. The troubleshooting section provides tips and quick fixes for all serging problems.
Why I love my SergerJulia Hincks on the joy of Serging
Chapter One: What is a Serger? (8 pp)
A serger will trim the edges of your fabric, sew a seam, and overstitch all in one go. It won't replace your conventional sewing machineyou'll still need this for sewing buttonholes, zippers, and regular stitches but the serger will allow you to finish seams quickly and edge fabrics in a way that a normal zig zag or overcasting stitch won't do.
Diagram of an sergerlabeled and explained
Different types of sergers and what they do: 3/4/5 thread/cover hem/chain stitch machines
Why do I need one?
Chapter Two: Serging Basics (16 pp)
Too scared to get your serger out of the box? Think it's impossible to thread? This chapter gives you the confidence to get your machine out and start serging. Step-by-step photographs, diagrams, and illustrations show you the basics and get you started. Chances are your machine is already threaded up and you were worrying over nothing. Many machines even use color coding to make it really easy to thread.
Setting up the machine
Getting comfortable: how to sit and use the foot pedal
Getting Started
How to start and finish
Where do I sew?
Using the cutting blade/adjusting cutting widths
Finishing and securing ends
Fabric Selection
Guide to the different fabrics you might use with a serger
machine SettingS
Thread tensions
Stitch length
Tools & Equipment
Different threads
Spool holder
Spool cap/net
Looper threader
Needle threader
Tray to catch waste
Foot pedal
Chapter Three: Techniques (76 pp)
This section explains all of the core techniques you need for professional serging results, illustrated with clear step-by-step photography for ease of use and clarity.
Basic Serging
Basic stitches (4 thread/3 thread/2 thread)
Serging round corners
Serging in circles
Stabilizing seams
Simple hemming techniques: simple serged hem, blind hem, mock band hem
More seam techniques: french seam, welt seam, fell seam
Fancy Stitching
Decorative serging
Rolled hemming
Picot edging
Narrow hemming
Pin tucks
Chain stitch
Cover hem
Feet & Accessories
Most sergers only come with the standard foot although there are many more useful feet and accessories. Discover how to make sewing jobs easier by using a range of different feet and accessories.
Gathering foot attachmentcreate gathers for ruffles, frills, attaching gathered sleeves
Blind stitch footfor blind hemming any garment
Piping footto add piping to an edge
Corded footadd decorative cording
Taping attachmentsew tape onto garments (ideal for stretch fabrics)
Beading attachmentattach strung beads easily to fabrics
Cloth guidekeeps serging straight, sew even seam widths when creating pin tucks or flatlocking
Elastic attachmentsew elastic more easily
Quick Construction Techniques
Practical serger uses to speed up your dressmaking and project construction time:
Applying front bands
Quick cuffs
Attaching collars
Creating drawstrings and straps
Altering garments
Attaching and finishing waistbands
Serging with elastic
Working with lace
Quick patchwork
Chapter Four: Maintenance and Troubleshooting (10 pp)
To get the most out of your machine and keep it going for longer you'll need to look after it.
Cleaning your machine
Changing the needles
Changing the bulb
Oiling the machine
Trouble Shooting
When things go wrong you'll need some helpthis chapter provides tips, suggestions, and solutions to get your machine serging smoothly again.
Correct tension/adjusting tension
Skipped stitches
Needle breaking
Thread breaking
Fabric not feeding smoothly
Fabric not cutting
Seams puckering
Machine not working
Chapter Five: Buyer's Guide (6 pp)
Choosing your first serger can be difficultthis guide takes you through the questions you should be asking when buying and helps you to think about what you want to get from your machine.
Basic sergers
Multifunction machines
Specialist machines
Glossary (2 pp)
Index and Credits (3 pp)
Julia Hincks is a teacher and textile artist. From an early age she has sewn, knitted, and crocheted, learning these skills from her mother and grandmothers. She has managed what many of us dream and aspire to do and combines her hobbies with a successful career. She began her teaching career in 2002, initially working with primary school children and running an after school craft club. As a mature student, Julia returned to college to study Art and Design at City College Brighton and Hove. She completed her diploma and soon after began working for City College teaching Dressmaking. She currently teaches Dressmaking, Pattern Cutting, Knitting, and Crochet classes at City College and Friends Centre in Brighton, where she has developed a loyal student following and many return time after time to ensure continuous improvement in their skills. She inspires adults to take up these crafts and develop their skills. Julia also undertakes commissions and is currently developing a range of ethically sourced childrenswear for a local upcoming business.
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This is the third of the books that Search Press sent to me for review purposes. I chose to review it because although more and more home sewists are investing in overlockers (or sergers), it seems to me that they are often perceived as scary machines so I thought this book might appeal! I bought my overlocker in 2011 and it probably wasnt until last year that I actually nailed how to rethread the thing quickly. To be perfectly honest, it wasnt the threading that was an issue: although a bit fiddly, I can do that bit in a couple of minutes. No, it was getting the tension of all the threads right that took hours. It became like a jackpot sometimes I would rethread and it would be fine straight away, and other times I would fiddle about for hours. One day last year, out of pure frustration, whilst feeding my test scraps of fabric through and trying to get the right tension, I manually pulled each of the four threads in turn as they were feeding through, making the tension incredibly tight for a short time and then letting go and letting it feed through normally. For some unknown reason, it worked a treat, and this is what I do each time now if it isnt working properly.
So, it took me two years to be able to confidently rethread my machine. I knew my machine had uses other than finishing raw edges and sewing knits, but until a few weeks ago when I sat down in front of the overlocker with this book at hand, I hadnt experimented at all. Why? I suppose time was a factor. Who wants to spend hours on end faffing around with an overlocker? I could make a dress in that time! But this book review was the incentive I needed to get down to business how could I review a book properly without putting it to the test?
Readers I gave this book a thorough test. I worked my way through this book in maybe 5 or 6 hours, starting right at the beginning and working through in order. As I began to work through the book, my main question for the purposes of this review was: how is this book different to my instruction manual? After all, there is no value in buying a book that is the same as the overlockers manual (unless, of course, you dont have the manual for your machine).
The book is divided into three chapters: Overlocking Basics, Techniques and Quick Constructions. Working in conjunction with this book and my overlocker instruction manual, I familiarised myself with what each bit of the overlocker is called and what it is/can be used for. Some of this I already knew, but I did learn some new things and as a result of the exercise I now have quite a thorough understanding of the machine.
In the three years of owning my overlocker, only once have I changed the differential feed I did this to help gather up the hem of a circle skirt. The book taught me that when the differential feed is a higher number than N (normal), the front teeth of the feed dog move more quickly than the back teeth, and this creates gathering. When the differential feed is lower than N, the front teeth move more slowly than the back teeth, to create a stretch effect (depending upon the fabric type, of course).
One thing that I had always found confusing in my overlocker manual was something it referred to as size of bight, and elsewhere in the manual width of bite. This bight/bite': I had no idea what it was only that I could widen it if I wanted. But the book taught me that its the cutting width perhaps this bight/bite is a translation error in my manual or something? Either way, Im glad to have finally got that information straight!
Under the guidance of this book, I learnt how to retract the upper knife, how to adjust the stitch width, and how to remove the stitch finger. This enabled me to stitch a teeny tiny rolled hem! Im so pleased I learnt how to do this, I can definitely see me using this function a lot. I also learnt how to make pin-tucks on the overlocker, French seams, welt seams and fell seams. I would never have considered using my overlocker before for any of these seam finishes. It isnt exactly rocket science, but it was good to learn some alternative methods. The book tells you how to use a variety of different attachments, such as elastic and beading attachments and piping, blind-hemming, gathering, bias binding, taping and cording feet. My machine only has one foot, but this foot doubles up as a cording foot due to the small hole in the top of the foot through which one can feed cord. With the help of the book I learnt how to overlock over a piece of cord or yarn (for decorative purposes), and how to overlock over stabilising tape, which will be useful when constructing seams of knit garments that need extra stabilisation, such as shoulder seams and waist seams. I didnt have any clear elastic to practise with, but I imagine that would work on the same principle as the seam tape. So far so good. The techniques section of this book really did enable me to get to grips with my machine. I learnt new techniques that I will definitely use again, and these techniques were explained in a much clearer way than in my manual, and with clear photographs too.
The Quick Constructions section is comprised of a series of simple projects in which you can test out your newly acquired overlocking skills. The projects are basic, and nothing to write home about. The chapter does finish with a Guide to Fabrics section though giving guidance on different fabrics and what size needles they would be best paired with, what differential feed to use, what stitch length is best, suggested tension settings and tips on hemming techniques. These four pages are very, very useful.
The biggest disappointment of this book was that there was no mention of the care and maintenance of your overlocker for instance how (and where) to oil it, how to remove the needle plate and clean the feed dogs, how to change the bulb, the blades etc. After all the time I spent learning about how to use the machine, I felt so invested in it that I was willing to spend another hour giving it a mini home-service, but the book doesnt touch on this at all, which I think is a great shame. I may have learnt a lot about the functionality of the machine, but Im still a bit nervous about taking it to pieces to clean it properly! Boo!
One other, small, gripe: it suggests overlocking with different types of thread to achieve different effects, for example using thread that changes colour, metallic thread, woolly nylon, embroidery thread, even yarnwhich is all very well and good if these are wound onto a bobbin, but when I attempted to use some metallic pearl cotton from a skein, I was left wondering how on earth to wind it suitably and place it securely onto the bobbin holder??
Overall, this is a good book to have. Ive learnt a lot from it and, although it is not tailored specifically to my exact model of machine, it has been a lot more useful than the manual itself has ever been. I would recommend the book to people who have overlockers with no manual, or to people who want to get more from their machines and try new techniques.
June 14
Whether you have just bought an overlocker for the first time, or you have had one for years but barely used it, this manual will enable you to get the most out of your machine! An in-depth introduction to the basics answers any questions you might have and explains with clear illustrations exactly how to use and adjust your overlocker for professional results. Once you are confi dent overlocking simple seams you can move onto the techniques section which is a comprehensive guide to the more decorative uses of an overlocker, including using different feet for gathering, beading and bias binding amongst others. Each technique is well illustrated with photographs and step-by-step instructions and the quick constructions allow you to practice the techniques you have learnt whilst simultaneously making desirable projects.
May 14
Are you too scared to get an overlocker out of its box? This book for all skills includes photographs, diagrams and illustrations with every basic detail to get started. Once you've got to grips with an overlocker, you'll never look back. It's easy to thread up and sew, edge fabrics quickly and create a perfect finish. Step-by-step instructions ensure you get the best results with any fabric, including knitting.
Feb 14
Want a professional finish to your sewing? An overlocker is the answer. It provides professional seams, hems and edges. This manual provides step-by-step instructions to guide you through the essential techniques. Find out how to get the very best from your overlocker it is more versatile than you think. A range of projects will help hone your skills. Useful for all skill levels; to learn, remind or keep as a resource. Clear instructions and photographs.
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Black's Game
This fast paced Icelandic film set in Reykjavik is not one for the squeamish or faint of heart. Full of jerky freeze frames, collages and throbbing techno it is not wholly original but it does have an appeal of its own despite this. Directed by Oskar Thur Axelsson and featuring a great lead role played by Thor Kristjansen it does not hold back and from the off its statement of intent is clear as we are instantly propelled into a violent storm which results in central protagonist Stebbi-soon to be re-christened Psycho Stebbi-finding himself in prison for aggravated assault. This is only the beginning however of his descent into the tawdry underside of Reykjavik with its buffed up, tattooed drug tsars and their own set of laws and morals.
On his release the morning after he commits the assault Stebbi bumps into an old acquaintance, Toti, who offers to help him find a lawyer whilst at the same time introducing him into the inner circle of the demi-monde controlling the underworld. His ascent within the ranks is instantaneous and soon he is captivated by this lifestyle of designer suits, grade a drugs, liquor and constantly available women. There is, of course, a price to pay for this and in this case it is having to deal with the ever evolving demands of head honcho the darkly malevolent Bruno who is the true psychotic of the piece. .In comparison Stebbi comes across as an innocent deeply out of his depth despite the Psycho prefix to his moniker
A simple act of carelessness on Stebbi's part however leads to the police gaining access to the inner circle and his position is compromised as they ask him to act as informer whilst also letting him know they already have an informer within the ranks already and this merely feeds the paranoia of everyone involved. Things reach a climactic outcome and events rush toward a bloody conclusion taking few prisoners along the way.
As stated before this film does not hold back in any way but this is to its advantage and the characters are all well thought out, and if not all are wholly rounded they are not merely one dimensional. A collage of childhood photos at the beginning of the film is a clever touch and reminds us that even psychopathic, hardened criminals were once children. It is details like this alongside the compelling performances which raise the level of this film above the standard fare of what is fast becoming an overworked genre.


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Dave's Good Vibration Station - Replay
Dave's Good Vibration Station with Dave Cohen is based around spreading a positive and enlightening message to the world through music, interviewing on- air guest speakers (psychologists, channelers, spiritual advisors, life coaches,musicians, actors etc...), and anything else that makes you think, helps you out, and puts a smile on your face. He also receives your emails and answers your questions on air. This is the station your soul wants to listen to.
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The MTA's TDI Challenge exists to help teachers and lecturers to promote the great work of their D&T and Engineering students and to celebrate the creativity and innovation taking place inside the curriculum. In turn, the competition helps our industry to better understand the challenges that education is facing and how we might be able to assist through collaboration.
The TDI Challenge has four categories, and is open to anyone in the UK who has created an impressive Design & Technology or Engineering project within school.
- Individual student aged 14-16 (GCSE/KS4/BTEC L2)
- Individual student aged 17-19 (A-Level/BTEC L3)
- Student group (3- 6 members) aged 14-16 (GCSE/KS4/BTEC L2)
- Student group (3-6 members) aged 17-19 (A-Level/BTEC L3)
Why not? Students simply submit a summary of their existing coursework/group projects so no extra work is required.
It's free and there's nothing to lose, students can win prizes including an iPad, GoPro, UE Boom Speaker, drone plus many more. The winning school in each category will also win £2000 of credit to spend on D&T equipment for the classroom. Many students enter with their existing coursework projects, so it is not necessary to spend a lot of time creating a new project, although we also welcome projects developed especially for the TDI Challenge! Plus, finalists get a tour of a modern manufacturing plant and the opportunity to build links with their local engineering firms.
Some previous winners and finalists have been offered apprenticeships or scholarships as a result of their work, or have raised over £8,000 in kickstarters to take their product to market. This competition really can help to shape their future.
Follow us on Twitter @MTA_Education #TDIChallenge
Please email firstname.lastname@example.com if you'd like to be reminded of the closing date nearer the time. Be creative! Previous winners have included Stackamals, a high end Chick Brooder, a spherical wheel, a hydroponic lighting system, a sports device for a beep test and an outdoor expedition water boiler. Check out the list at the bottom of the page for all previous winning projects.
There are no restrictions on the project that you enter, as long as it fits with the judging criteria. You can see the group judging criteria and the individual judging criteria at the bottom of this page.
You will need to complete an application form (see downloads at the bottom of this page) and send it to us at email@example.com. No additional documents should be sent with your entry. Alternatively, you can post your entries to:
TDI Challenge, Education & Development Department, Manufacturing Technologies Association, 62 Bayswater Road, London, W2 3PS
Please note the closing date is Wednesday 15 May 2019, and we will only accept one application per student or group. Schools are permitted to enter multiple students. Students cannot enter both the individual and group categories. Finalists will be notified by Friday 7 June 2019. The TDI Challenge is open to any student living in the United Kingdom. Entries must be from current students submitting current coursework, not work from a previous year.
Applications are evaluated by a panel of judges who select the top twenty projects to attend the TDI Challenge Final hosted at Yamazaki Mazak's European Technology Centre in Worcester on Wednesday 3 July 2019. Finalists must be able to attend on this date with their finished project, substitutes from the same school will not be accepted.
The chosen finalists display their portfolio of work in Mazak's atrium, and give a brief presentation to the judging panel who will decide the overall prize winners. All finalists will receive a guided tour of the European Technology Centre, a presentation certificate and goodie bag to take home. Schools are offered press-release templates and photographs from the day to assist in their own local profile-raising.
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There's a little theory we've been working on, which you can feel free to either test out, or disregard completely. I'm just going to come out and say it:
Consider scheduling your Facebook posts for off-peak times.
I know, I know. This runs counter to every bit of common sense you have, which tells you to obviously schedule your posts for the times where most of your readers are online.
Using the chart above, we can see that our blog's fan page gets hit with the most people between three and six in the afternoon. That makes it seem like the ideal time to post, right?
But here's the idea. It's possible, just possible, that more people will eventually see your post if you schedule it for off-peak times. The reasons for this are twofold.
By now, it's pretty widely acknowledged that Facebook is only showing your page posts to between 4-7% of your total number of followers. This is a depressing set of numbers, for sure, but it also makes a bit of sense; with hundreds of millions of pieces of content that could be displayed to you at any time, it makes sense that Facebook would need to establish a means to pick and choose which info to show you, in an effort to either show you the posts that it deems most relevant, or perhaps more accurately, posts which have been paid for.
By this logic, if the overall "pool" of posts and content that Facebook has to sift through in order to show you the bits and pieces it thinks are most relevant to you is smaller, as it would be in the middle of the night, it would seem to make sense that your posts would have a greater chance of being seen by more people.
Again, this is just a theory. We're just talkin', here.
But there's another advantage to posting during times when there is less overall content being published to Facebook. We also know that Facebook's algorithm decides what to show users based in part on how each piece of content has been interacted with. Posts that are liked and shared among users, are generally shown to more people.
This brings us to the second part of the theory: If your post is displayed more frequently in the overnight hours, bored insomniac users will probably also interact with your posts more than they would during the day, when they are distracted by work and home. This means your post gets liked, shared, and commented on more overnight, and presto! Your post is the first thing regular daytime users see when they fire up Facebook in the morning, having been boosted to the top of the newsfeed thanks to all of that overnight activity. From there, liking and sharing continues as normal, but off-peak posts are given a "head start" in Facebook's popularity algorithm.
What do you think? Does the theory have merit, or are we way off-base? Have you tested an overnight or off-peak posting strategy for your Facebook page? Did you see a change in results or post engagement? We want to hear about it! Let us know in the comments.


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You'll never believe this: The trainhop-related charge was dropped... before my mom even called the prosecutor on my behalf. More later maybe.
An eternal headache
Oh Jesus Christ, where to begin? First, I'm not gonna make it to Eloy and I really don't care. So I'll be in contempt of court, eh? Yeah, well Eloy is in contempt of Ryan. They've already taken a month from my life and they've probably cut some time off the end of it, too. I've been punished enough; they're not gonna get a cent from me. I might have gotten a ride if I'd been quicker to realize that some guy at the truck stop is way beyond a compulsive liar. I can't even begin to tell that story here. --> Today I watched a big truck push a BMW sideways about 300 feet, with the front of the truck against the BMW's driver's-side door. Got some of it on tape, too. The lady in the BMW was seriously freaked out and crying when the truck finally stopped, right in front of me. I really felt for her; I can't imagine the terror of what she went through. The trucker had no idea she'd even hit the
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Lawyers, judges jockey for Houston U.S. attorney spot
Prosecutors, judges jockey for U.S. attorney spot
When U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder took office Tuesday, the dozen or so judges, prosecutors and ex-prosecutors who want to be his next Houston-based U.S. attorney started itching for job interviews.
They all know strong experience is necessary and some political savvy is very helpful. Some have already started lobbying the Texas congressional delegation, and others are wondering just how to properly get in the race.
"It's a political appointment," said former Houston U.S. Attorney Ron Woods. He said it's a long-standing tradition that a state's top federal lawmakers pick the top prosecutors and send the names to the White House.
"This job is important to every citizen because federal law enforcement covers everything from taxes to narcotics to immigration to white collar crime to voting rights," Woods said.
The U.S. attorney wannabes who confirmed for the Houston Chronicle that they are interested are Harris County District Judge Marc Carter, Galveston County District Judge Susan Criss, lawyer and ex-prosecutor Philip Hilder, Assistant U.S. Attorney Cedric Joubert, Assistant U.S. Attorney Ken Magidson, lawyer and ex-prosecutor Ricky Raven, lawyer and ex-prosecutor Eric Reed, lawyer Larry Veselka and lawyer and ex-prosecutor Susan Strawn.
U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett, D-Austin, is collecting applications. His office confirmed that Assistant U.S. Attorney Mark White III and Cameron County District Attorney Armando Villalobos have expressed interest in the job.
Some others whose names are being discussed have pulled themselves off or seem equivocal.
Brownsville lawyer Benigno "Trey" Martinez said he is out of the race since he decided not to uproot his family. Ex-Houston Police Chief Clarence Bradford said he was encouraged to seek the position but probably won't.
The U.S. Southern District of Texas, headquartered in Houston, covers 43 counties and runs down the coast from Galveston to Brownsville and as far west as Laredo. The Houston-based U.S. attorney is one of four top federal prosecutors in Texas .
Houston's current acting U.S. Attorney Tim Johnson took the job temporarily when Don DeGabrielle left for private practice. Johnson's temporary appointment will end in June but could be extended. He is not seeking the permanent appointment.
Most of those seeking the job are Democrats, though Magidson just finished filling a Republican term as Harris County district attorney. White's father was the former Democratic Texas governor. Hilder and Veselka were active in President Barack Obama's campaign.


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In the Netherlands we don't have a big 'going-out-for-breakfast culture' but as most of the hotels here will probably serve the same English breakfast buffet with an additional fruit and yogurt station as they would anywhere, you will probably need one. Just like I sometimes need a proper breakfast or just a place for a Sunday brunch date. The place to go? Bakers and Roasters!
The two main ingredients of Bakers and Roasters are really good (and strong) coffee and organic free range eggs that you can get fried, scrambled but preferably poached! You can make your own choice if you want the eggs as part of a dish with salmon and hollandaise sauce, a spicy huevos rancheros dish or, my favorite, the Navajo eggs with pulled pork, mango salsa, avocado and chipotle cream.
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Curtain Call: Family secrets revealed
Sherman Playhouse, Sherman: It never fails. Eventually, even the most guarded family secrets have a way of coming out and when they do, there's no telling what the ramifications might be. Take Jon Robin Baitz's play Other Desert Cities as an example. Brooke Wyeth, played by Reesa Nestor is a fierce rival. She has returned home to her upscale home in Palm Springs (a desert city if ever there was one) to join her family for Christmas. She is a talented writer who already has a novel to her credit, but this time she has written a memoir and her parents are worried. She has not told them anything about her book as she has with her other book in the past. That's because this time, she plans to expose her parents' role in her older brother's suicide.
Brooke is as smart as she is determined and nothing is going to stop her from publishing her memoir. This even though her Republican conservative father Lyman, played by Steve Schroko, is a former actor and celebrity as well as a U.S. ambassador; she doesn't care what it will do to his reputation or future career. Even her writer mother Polly who is the disciplinarian in the family cannot sway Brooke to change her publishing decision. After all, it has already been accepted by a major publishing house and "The New Yorker" is going to run an excerpt from it.
Brooke is a liberal as was her older brother. She cannot understand why he would leave a suicide note for his mother Polly, played by Kit Colbourn, rather than to her. "We were friends," she insists. Her other brother Trip, played by John Squires, tries to keep a balance between his sister and his parents. He keeps reminding everyone that it is Christmas. His recovering alcoholic aunt, Silda, played by Eileen Epperson, instigates and encourages Brooke not to give in.
Brooke is certain that her radical liberal brother died because of his parents' wealthy lifestyle, conservative views, and pro-war sentiments. He did turn to drugs and hung around with a group of radicals that set off a bomb in a recruiting center killing some people. Still, mom didn't want all of the publicity brought up again and Brooke's book is sure to do that. As anger once ignited continues to burn hotter and hotter, there is a sudden unexpected twist. However, I will not ruin this for my readers. I do encourage readers to see this outstanding production.
This is an ensemble effort and every member of this cast performs well. Director Katherine Almquist's exceptionally astute direction along with her dream cast makes the rather wordy play move along at a good pace. She also brings a sense of the human to the characters that actors develop fully. The actors' take on their characters' descriptions perfectly. That means that Schroko as Lyman looks and acts like a handsome former movie star, but is also as sophisticated as a U.S. ambassador. Colbourn comes across as a smart and edgy Polly and Squires as a writer for television sitcoms adds humor to the production. Epperson wears the Aunt Silda mask well, concealing well her role in Brooke's book. Nestor's performance could have registered on the Richter scale. It shakes things up and nearly fractures the family.
Paul Tines' set design definitely emphasizes the time and place with a large decorated Christmas tree and a elegant upscale living room. Accenting the role that art plays in this dramatic production as two gorgeous paintings flanking the living room. One of the questions asked repeatedly in the play is whether art takes precedence over life. Lisa Bonnelli's costumes are character appropriate and Al Chiapetta's lighting and Robin Frome's sound design function well.
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Defending Champion: Apple Valley (2013 State Champion)
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On 2017-04-20 08:51, Wei Wang wrote: > On 04/19/2017 10:52 PM, Jan Kiszka wrote: >> On 2017-04-19 16:33, Wang, Wei W wrote: >>> On 04/19/2017 07:21 PM, Jan Kiszka wrote: >>>> On 2017-04-19 13:11, Wei Wang wrote: >>>>> On 04/19/2017 06:36 PM, Jan Kiszka wrote: >>>>>> On 2017-04-19 12:02, Wei Wang wrote: >>>>>>>>>>> The design presented here intends to use only one BAR to expose >>>>>>>>>>> both TX and RX. The two VMs share an intermediate memory here, >>>>>>>>>>> why couldn't we give the same permission to TX and RX? >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> For security and/or safety reasons: the TX side can then safely >>>>>>>>>> prepare and sign a message in-place because the RX side cannot >>>>>>>>>> mess around with it while not yet being signed (or check-summed). >>>>>>>>>> Saves one copy from a secure place into the shared memory. >>>>>>>>> If we allow guest1 to write to RX, what safety issue would it >>>>>>>>> cause to guest2? >>>>>>>> This way, guest1 could trick guest2, in a race condition, to sign a >>>>>>>> modified message instead of the original one. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> Just align the context that we are talking about: RX is the >>>>>>> intermediate shared ring that guest1 uses to receive packets and >>>>>>> guest2 uses to send packet. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Seems the issue is that guest1 will receive a hacked message from RX >>>>>>> (modified by itself). How would it affect guest2? >>>>>> Retry: guest2 wants to send a signed/hashed message to guest1. For >>>>>> that purpose, it starts to build that message inside the shared >>>>>> memory that >>>>>> guest1 can at least read, then guest2 signs that message, also >>>>>> in-place. >>>>>> If guest1 can modify the message inside the ring while guest2 has not >>>>>> yet signed it, the result is invalid. >>>>>> >>>>>> Now, if guest2 is the final receiver of the message, nothing is lost, >>>>>> guest2 just shot itself into the foot. However, if guest2 is just a >>>>>> router (gray channel) and the message travels further, guest2 now has >>>>>> corrupted that channel without allowing the final receive to detect >>>>>> that. That's the scenario. >>>>> If guest2 has been a malicious guest, I think it wouldn't make a >>>>> difference whether we protect the shared RX or not. As a router, >>>>> guest2 can play tricks on the messages after read it and then send the >>>>> modified message to a third man, right? >>>> It can swallow it, "steal" it (redirect), but it can't manipulate >>>> the signed content >>>> without being caught, that's the idea. It's particularly relevant >>>> for safety-critical >>>> traffic from one safe application to another over unreliable >>>> channels, but it may >>>> also be relevant for the integrity of messages in a secure setup. >>>> >>> OK, I see most of your story, thanks. To get to the bottom of it, is >>> it possible to >>> Sign the packet before put it onto the unreliable channel (e.g. the >>> shared RX), >>> Instead of signing in-place? If that's doable, we can have a simpler >>> shared channel. >> Of course, you can always add another copy... But as it was trivial to >> add unidirectional shared memory support to ivshmem [1], I see no reason >> this shouldn't be possible for vhost-pci as well. >> > > IIUC, this requires the ring and it's head/tail to be put into different > regions, it would > be hard to fit the existing virtqueue into the shared the channel, since > the vring and > its pointers (e.g. idx) and flags are on the same page. > So, probably will need to use another ring type. The current virtio spec allows this split already - though it may not be lived by existing implementations (we do, though, in ivshmem-net). Future virtio spec (1.1 IIRC) will require a third region that holds the meta data and has to be writable by both sides. But it will remain possible to keep outgoing and incoming payload in separate pages, thus with different access permissions. Jan -- Siemens AG, Corporate Technology, CT RDA ITP SES-DE Corporate Competence Center Embedded Linux
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MILWAUKEE – Sophomore Matthew Kirmse has been named the Ian's Pizza Raider of the Week for Jan. 1.
Kirmse led Men's Basketball team to a split of two games at the Cru Classic hosted by Mary Hardin-Baylor. In a tight victory over Louisiana College, he scored 19 points with five 3-pointers. He followed that up with a double-double of 22 points, 13 rebounds, and another six 3's as the Raiders pushed UMHB down to the wire on its home court.
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Once we are into our 50s and 60s most of us start to give a lot more thought to where and how we are going to live as we continue to age. Retirement living and making decisions of where you are going to possibly spend your final years is a scary thought, but something you should address for yourself while you still can. Who would have thought how fast the years would go by and that the time would come when these things would have to be considered?
Like me you have probably watched friends and relatives dealing with issues with their aging parents or you may have even been dealing with your own parent's loss of independence. It is a constant reminder of how life changes as we get old and what our own ability will be to stay living at home and being independent. Planning retirement living is a big consideration.
As we consider what is best for our aging parent sometimes it just isn't possible to do what they or we would really like to for them. Sometimes heath issues dictate the decisions, also finances or physical location can play a factor.
Over the years I have seen families dealing with their aging parents, having the worry of making retirement living decisions on what's the best accommodation option for them in their old age when they are no longer able to be independent. As well they are often dealing with the guilt of having to make less than ideal decisions for their parents.
Things have changed a lot in recent years, where at one time many elderly were determined to stay in their house or apartment, often living alone. They stayed until they were just not able to care for themselves any longer. From there they had to go into a home, stay with family or just passed away.
Today many seniors are taking the initiative and making their own decisions of where and how they will live through their retirement years, and making that decision much sooner. Often they will decide to live in a retirement community of their own choosing in order to have a better way of life as they age. There are so many lovely places around that offer excellent accommodation, companionship, and a social life. They can be self sufficient, cooking for themselves, or they can join others in the dining room where meals are prepared for them. They have outings and lots of entertainment.
Of course making a decision to leave your home is a huge one, and a big part of this is the realization that for many it will probably be their last move before they die. Some people put off making the decision to move much too late and find it distressing as they are too old to adjust and end up not getting the enjoyment and company that they could have.
My Aunt and Uncle lived in a small community; to get to the nearest town or city they had to drive for almost an hour on quite treacherous roads. Being in such a small community had driven my aunt crazy for years, so she was always driving to the city to shop and to visit other relatives. This got to be a lot more of a challenge as she aged, especially the driving. She wanted to sell their house and move to something more suitable for a number of years but her husband, my uncle didn't want to leave the house and the garden that they had lived in for over 30 years. Besides my aunts wish to move my uncle was beginning to have a problem coping with all the work in the garden that he had once loved . Eventually he gave in and agreed to look into retirement living communities and agreed to making a move.
They purchased a new condo in a senior community and like so many people discover, they wished they had made the move years earlier. The complex had a club house where they got together with their neighbors to have parties, play cards etc. They made great friends, took trips and everything they needed from shopping to medical services was so convenient. It was the perfect situation for them.
Another couple that had been disabled for years but had still managed to stay living in their home on a large piece of property eventually decided to go into a senior facility. They too wished that they had made their move sooner. They had their own small apartment in the facility, they were free to come and go whenever they wanted, there's always medical help available for those that need it. They have nice grounds that they can appreciate without having to worry about looking after it. They love their life there and have a blast. They are so busy living life these days. They have special events that family members can attend and a family barbeque every couple of months.
When you think about it, it makes much more sense to make some sensible decisions while you are still able to and not put this type of decision on your family. Make up your mind how and where you want to live and start checking out the options.


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The trend of engaging in ecological lifestyle and gardening is becoming increasingly popular and for more and more people gardening is not just a hobby but more like a full-time passion to practice. Of course this requires investing your time to obtain all that relevant knowledge and exchange the experience with other, more professional gardeners.
While you can spend endless hours surfing different on-line sources and piling up the stacks of gardening books, you can also engage in real activities and competitions that bring together thousands of gardening fanatics from all around the U.K. There are numerous events and competitions being held nearly each month and they provide wonderful opportunity to learn and discuss everything gardening-related as well as display your own achievements and compete with other peeps. Sometimes it feels like there is no better reward for all that effort and time as acknowledgement by other gardening enthusiasts, doesn't it? Listed below you will find some of the most significant upcoming gardening events and competitions around the U.K. for 2016.
24-28 May. Chelsea Flower Show, London. Innovative show gardens by the world's leading designers and the finest displays of plants.
June 3-5. Show gardens, exhibitors, outdoor living festival and plant fair at Gardening Scotland, Royal Highland Showground, Ingliston.
June 5-6. Toby Buckland's Garden Festival. 10am-5pm at Bowood House, Wilts. Includes specialist nurseries, live music, local food and garden speakers.
11-12 June. Ornamental Plant Competition featuring roses at RHS Garden Hyde Hall.
June 24-26. Grow London, the contemporary garden fair, London. Lectures, talks and discussions on how to transform urban spaces.
20-24 July. Summer Fruit and Vegetable Competition at RHS Flower Show Tatton Park.
17 September. Hillingdon Council Autumn Show – Fruit and vegetable competition. (Last date of entries 9 September)
4-5 October. Autumn Fruit and Vegetable Competition, Giant Pumpkin Competition t RHS London Harvest Festival.
28-29 October. Autumn Ornamental Plant Competition at RHS London Shades of Autumn Show.
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Anyway the playful ME decided this is no time for serious finished drawing / painting work. I'm going to cheat a little by just showing you one of my drawing exercises. (Apologize of the glare in the pix.)
The exercise is prescribed by Matthew Archambault from Drawing Tutorials Online (DTO)- a wonderful place to learn about figure drawing. As it is Matt's teaching method, I won't be telling you exactly what we are doing. The only thing I'm going to tell you is that it is all about hand eye co-ordination. (Oh, and just so you know, this is my 2nd try with DTO. Not that there was anything wrong with them the 1st time. It was ME who took up more than I could handle the first round.)
After about 2 years of self-taught myself to draw and paint, I have gained lots of insight of my creative preferences, directions and goals. I think it is time to give myself a challenge, I mean A Challenge. So apart from joining DTO, I also joined its sister site, Painting Tutorial Online (PTO), to learn about oil painting.
During this learning period, I hope that I could still keep up with my weekly (or more like biweekly) sketchbook pages here. Not sure if I'll be ready to post any oil painting study / exercise here yet. We'll see how things go.
So, my dear fellow creatives, wish me luck!
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Cheers and have a fantastic weekend! xxoo
(The sketch is also for Paint Party Friday - hosted by Eva and Kristin. All are welcomed! Do join in to share and support each other!)


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Google cofounder Sergey Brin, focused on research and development these days, is working particularly hard on a product called Google Glass.
In a video embedded below, he tells California's lieutenant governor that he hopes the product will come out in 2013.
Google Glass is a computerized glasses gadget. It will work kind of like a personal version of the "heads-up display" you see in fighter jets in the movies.
The glasses are very controversial.
Around our newsroom, some people will say they would never wear them, others – like me – can't wait to try them out.
If the right kind of third-party applications are built, these things are going to make life more fun, safer, and less expensive. Imagine the enhancements they might be able to bring to walking through new cities, shopping, going to sporting events, and even playing games like golf, bocce ball, or laser tag.
On the other hand, there is a valid viewpoint that Google, a search engine company, shouldn't be wasting resources trying to build strange hardware products.
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Bullies Are Harassing The Little Girl Who Was In 'Avengers: Endgame'
In Avengers: Endgame, seven-year-old Lexi Rabe didn't see as much time on-screen as co-stars like Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett Johansson, Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth or Jeremy Renner, but she still made her presence known alongside those A-listers. Rabe nailed her role as "Tony Stark's" daughter in the Marvel flick, so much so that when people now encounter her on the street, they want her autograph. However, since Lexi is just seven, she's not always able to interact with fans. Based on a recent Instagram post, it seems something like that happened and it resulted in the little girl getting bullied.
The post, which was put up by Lexi's mom, is a video of the young actress explaining that she is "only seven years old." She says, "I mess up sometimes... If I go anywhere and am acting a little silly or mess up or anything like that, I'm just seven years old. Please don't bully my family, or me."
In the caption, her mom wrote, "I hate that we even have to post this. But yet again Lexi's getting bullied. And this kind of thing makes celebrities never want to leave the house, never want to meet people."
While she never explicitly says what happened, she states, "Please keep your opinions to yourself so Lexi can grow up in the free world. She's a normal human being and she's a child." Rabe's mother continues to say that she knows how to parent and her kids are good and well behaved, implying that someone likely posted a comment that said otherwise. Lexi's mom followed up her post with another one about online bullying featuring a photo of "Tony Stark" himself, Robert Downey, Jr.
Not surprisingly, Lexi's many fans had her back:
You can stay up to date with Lexi here.
Photo: Getty Images/Marvel Studios/Disney


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- Field Notes: A Writing Workshop in the Metolius Preserve with Katie Eberhart
When: Aug 09, 2014 from 10:00 AM until Noon
Where: Metolius Preserve, Oregon
What to Bring: Paper/notebook, pens/pencils, and, if you wish, a lightweight chair or pad.
Rating: Read more...
- Release Party for "Unbound: Alaska Poems"
Release Party for Unbound: Alaska Poems by Uttered Chaos Press in Eugene, Oregon.
Saturday June 28, 2014 — 2:00 – 4:00 PM
Quinton Hallett and Roy R. Seitz will also be reading from their works.


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What does leadership look like in early childhood settings?
… the context of early childhood is continually changing and becoming increasingly complex. Roles are changing and expanding. Old solutions to issues and problems do not always work. These 'change challenges' suggest a real imperative for the field to develop new and robust frameworks for leadership that can support people in facing, grappling with, initiating and facilitating change rather than simply reacting (Fasoli, Scrivens & Woodrow, 2007, pp. 232—233).
It is recognised that effective leadership is vital to the success of education and care settings. Without skilled and committed leaders to help shape teaching and learning, the opportunity to create and sustain high-quality learning environments is minimal. Research also shows that leadership is second only to teaching as an influence on learning, and that the quality and practice of leadership is linked in a consistent and demonstrable way to improved student outcomes and educational equity (Leithwood et al., 2006, p. 4; Mitgang, 2012, p. 3).
ECA has recognised this research, and that the sector requires all who work within it to build on their professional knowledge base and engage in ongoing learning and development. Thus, over the past two years, ECA has researched what leadership looks like in early childhood settings and developed a set of capabilities on which early childhood and school care leaders can frame their professional leadership plans. These capabilities encourage a leader to reflect personally and with others how they:
- make children's learning, development and wellbeing the core focus
- address children's rights and honour diversity of all kinds in positive, constructive and courageous ways
- build respectful, trusting, nurturing and equitable relationships
- build respectful and genuine connections with families and communities
- collaboratively develop a culture of ethical inquiry
- collaboratively create a community of learners.
The leadership capabilities have been developed as part of ECA's desire to articulate for itself, and the profession, a view of leadership that aligns with the quest for children's care and education and a sector characterised among other things by:
… the physical intensity of working with young children; the necessity to develop relationships that are emotionally and cognitively intimate; the need for early childhood professionals to regard themselves as learners … ; adaptability across a wide range of developmental levels and institutional settings; the need to take very seriously the family and sociocultural context; the ability to read the child, using highly developed skills of observation and interpretation; the significance of the community context in all aspects of work; and the development of a knowledge base that is grounded in child development (Fasoli, Scrivens & Woodrow, 2007, p. 215).
These capabilities have been packaged as The Leadership Capability Framework for Early Childhood Education and Care and School Age Care. They are built upon a set of values, attributes, skills, knowledge and dispositions, and practices that support effective leadership in early childhood education and care.
These practices include: identifying and articulating a vision; ensuring shared understandings, meanings and goals; effective communication; encouraging reflection; monitoring and assessing practice; commitment to ongoing professional development; distributive leadership; building a learning community and team culture; encouraging and facilitating genuine family and community partnerships; and striking the balance between leading and managing (adapted from Siraj-Blatchford & Manni, 2007).
The completion of extensive research and national consultations has led to a number of understandings about leadership in ECEC settings that include:
- Leadership is about identity—it starts from within.
- Leadership is about influence (both directly and indirectly) and responsibility, and is therefore potentially open to everyone.
- Leadership demonstrates respect as an enactment of ethical commitments.
- Leadership is about qualities and values rather than position.
- There is not just one way to enact leadership—it is complex, dynamic and varies from situation to situation and from culture to culture.
- Leadership is about purpose.
- Leadership capabilities can be professionally developed.
Leadership in ECEC settings requires deep human qualities that include but go beyond conventional notions of authority.
The traditional concept of a leader as being an individual at the top of a hierarchy is an incomplete appreciation of what true leadership must be. Leadership is an influence process enacted by individuals and teams as one connects with one another, to make the changes that reflect shared vision and purpose. Leadership is both an individual and collective ethical responsibility.
Leadership is about purpose, and for ECEC settings that purpose is embodied in pedagogical leadership. While strong pedagogical leadership underpins the way a setting operates, it is also acknowledged that effective leaders do many other things, such as organising and managing resources and time, hiring and managing staff, and making genuine connections with children and staff, families, communities and other organisations.
In the end, leadership within the ECEC setting ' … is a journey of joint inquiry, exploration and reflection that can involve everyone who believes in making a difference for children' (Waniganayake & Semann, 2011, p. 24), and we at ECA look forward to being partners in this journey.


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Hi Everyone! Today I am sharing some tags I created with the glassine bags from Gina's Designs. I have been inspired by the fabulous Melissa Phillips (LOVE her work) and saw some glassine bags she had embossed and thought I would add that feature to my bags. This tag would make a beautiful gift as well as hold one. You could fit a gift card, jewelry, treats etc. in that little pocket.
I used a floral stamp with embossing ink and silver powder. The embossing looks fabulous on the glassine.
I cut my own tag and made it large about 10 x 5 1/2.
The white flowers were ones I had on hand and I added some white die cut leaves from crepe paper. I love the delicate look the lend. These Cardstock Doilies Set Intricate are from Gina's as well.
This is a little close up of the embossing. So many possibilities with these bags!
This tag was created with the Pink Paislee papers. I LOVE the colors here.
On this glassine bag I used a gold embossing powder with the same flower stamp.
I have added buttons, charms, lace and florals to enhance my tag.
Have you checked out Gina's shop to see what new beauties she has added? Don't forget to take a peek. Thanks so much for stopping by. I'll be back soon with more projects to share.


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How we collaborated with The Sense Network to develop the first ever set of buyer personas for high growth fashion start up Depop.
App-based social marketplace Depop came to us to collaborate with The Sense Network to build a better and more robust understanding of its potential target audiences across the UK and US. Armed with a wealth of internal knowledge and experience they had great hunches about who their buyers might be… And who they wanted them to be. But are they really all hip trendsetters?
A high growth venture with ambitious growth targets and currently in the process of strengthening internal business structures, Depop was looking to zoom out and take a big picture view. With the aim to increase platform penetration of 16-24 year-old mobile fashion buyers, the Network was tasked to bring to life and provide texture to Depop's buyer personas in an effort to help internal teams and get to the heart of what makes their consumers tick; their values, motivations, lifestyle attitudes and behaviours. As well as bringing their segments to life we were asked to identify segment size, gauge the total addressable market and diagnose spending power and brand awareness.
To find out, we took them on a collaborative eight weeks journey that consisted of two phases of research with respondents based in London, NYC and LA.
Going Wide: Defining The Audience
First up we ran an exploratory quantitative survey with a sample of 900 respondents to explore category and spending behaviours and attitudes from which we identified distinct buyer personas with statistical robustness.
Going Deep: Empathising With The Personas
We then ran diary-style deep dives and conducted in-depth interviews to bring to life archetypes for each of the personas. Collaborating with select members from The Sense Network who epitomise the different buyer personas allowed us to add colour and empathise with the segments. Inviting us into their lives and allow us to step into their worlds – their bedrooms, wardrobes and shopping journeys – we were able to develop the human story behind the personas.
In developing Depop's Foundational Buyer Personas we laid a strong foundation to build upon and help generate insights that will inspire and underpin the company's marketing strategy for the future.


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As NewsBusters previously reported, HBO's Real Time this past Friday once again featured some truly disgusting attacks on the Pope, priests, and the Catholic Church. This has led the Catholic League to formally request HBO and Time Warner fire host Bill Maher and cancel the show.
On Tuesday, after Newsmax TV's Steve Malzberg played a clip of Maher and guest Dan Savage from Friday's program to Catholic League president Bill Donohue, Donohue responded (video follows with transcript and commentary):
BILL DONOHUE, PRESIDENT CATHOLIC LEAGUE: Here's what's happening. Last Friday, I wrote to Richard Plepler, who's not a bad guy. I know Richard.
STEVE MALZBERG, HOST: Who is?
DONOHUE: He's the president of HBO - saying you have to sit down with Maher. It's gone too far. Bashir is paying a price for what he said on MSNBC, Alec Baldwin, many other people.
MALZBERG: Well, Bashir paid no price, really.
DONOHUE: Well, at least he apologized to Sarah Palin, which is more than you're going to get from these people. What happened last Friday was just unbelievable, and so what I've done now – and I don't do this on a regular basis, believe me. I've only done it once before – I wrote to over 400 bishops in the United States telling them where they can get a copy online of the 54 vicious anti-Catholic statements painting the Pope and priests and cardinals as child rapists that Maher has said since 1998. He does it every single Friday night. There's no other demographic group in this country that you can get away with this kind of impugnity, and enough is enough.
I do think that once you get all the cardinals, bishops writing to Jeff Bewkes over at Time Warner and the Board of Directors at Time Warner, that hopefully they will try to put the reins on this man. It's, they don't need to bring him back to the show. It doesn't, the season has ended, the next show doesn't start up until January 17. Hopefully they'll just cancel the show.
You cannot reform Bill Maher. He's an inveterate bigot.
MALZBERG: So you're looking for them to let Bill Maher go.
DONOHUE: They ought to just simply dump the whole show. There's no defensible argument, they could not come on your show today and make a principled argument as to why Bill Maher deserves to get a pass when other people when they say untoward comments – which are not even half as bad as what he does in a relentless obscene way every single week – they couldn't make that argument.
Bill Maher, the time has come to let this guy go.
MALZBERG: And your take on Dan Savage?
DONOHUE: Well, Dan Savage would be probably the number two anti-Catholic bigot in popular culture. So, the fact that they picked him to take this stab, again, I mean, you know, most people love the Pope. To paint him again as a child rapist is something that only Bill Maher would do, and only HBO/Time Warner seems to tolerate it.
MALZBERG: Alright, well, listen, you know, good luck with your effort. I mean, I don't like to call for people to be fired, but all I could tell you is I will not pay any, not a penny to his salary.
DONOHUE: This is not my natural step, but when you have 54 vile comments over all these years, something's got to be done.
Here were Donohue's published comments Monday:
The board of directors at Time Warner cannot distance themselves from Bill Maher any longer. On Friday night, Maher teed up Dan Savage, another anti-Catholic bigot. What happened was particularly vicious.
Maher commented on gay couples who adopt children, alleging that a Hawaiian bishop said these kids had a greater chance of committing suicide. Here is how Savage responded: "That's total bulls***. He's confusing children of gay parents with children who are raped by Catholic priests. Sorry, I am just done being lectured about children and their safety by Catholic-f***ing bishops, priests, cardinals." Shortly thereafter, Savage again remarked about "kiddie-f***ing Catholic priests."
We are sending to every member of Time Warner's board of directors a copy of 54 anti-Catholic statements made by Bill Maher on TV [click here to read the report]. Friday's show concluded the season. The time has come to close this show once and for all.
Here is the list of the 54 vile anti-Catholic attacks Maher has made since 1998.
For those that can stand it, here's the straw that broke the camel's back Friday:


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Mayor's State of the City Address
Once again, it is my honor to serve as your Mayor and to provide you with a "State of the City" report. In looking back on 2016, it was another year of significant accomplishment and progress for Little Canada. As we move forward through 2017, more exciting opportunities are on the horizon that will help us make our community an even better place to live and work.
Before highlighting recent accomplishments and new possibilities, I want thank Council Members Rick Montour, Mike McGraw, Christian Torkelson, and Tom Fischer for their commitment to our community. Little Canada's elected officials have continued to work well together focusing on the City's best interests. I also want to thank City staff for their day-to-day service to Little Canada. Last, but not least, I want to commend the volunteers of the Little Canada Fire Department, Little Canada Historical Society, the Canadian Days Committee, the Little Canada Recreation Association, and the Veterans Committee for their tireless efforts on behalf of our city.
The following summary highlights some of the main issues and activities we have been addressing:
City Finances
City finances continue to be a key area of emphasis for the City Council and staff. We continue to be in excellent financial condition as evidenced by our AA+ bond rating and financial reserves. In 2016, we applied for and were awarded our first ever Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting by the Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA) for our 2015 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report.
For our 2017 Budget, we approved a levy increase of 2.88%. This is the 6th year in a row where the City's levy has been 3.0% or less with an average annual levy over that same period of time equaling 2.20%. Given the City's tax base growth, the tax rate has fallen from 30.305 in 2016 to 28.903 in 2017; or a 4.6% reduction.
Goal Setting
Our 2017 Goal Setting took place on February 13. The following goals were adopted for 2017:
- Increase Community Engagement - This goal has identified the following areas of focus in implementing this goal: increasing voter turnout, obtaining community input on comprehensive plan update, re-establish our Community Pride Committee, provide outreach to diverse populations, youth engagement/involvement as well as creating more youth activities, provide for intergenerational connections, provide a website link for local resources to help seniors in the community, promote a Little Canada Business Registry Listing, and ensure public input on county road improvement projects.
- Update our Parks Master Plan - This goal also has some focal points to specifically address that include rehab/reconstruction of the Spooner Park playground, increase Wi-Fi availability in city parks, construct a dog park, and evaluate the current use of park equipment and playgrounds.
- Work with Ramsey County Sheriff's Department to learn more about hiring practices and training, prepare a response action plan should a race-involved police event occur within the contract jurisdictions, and discuss opportunities for improving race relations.
- Undertake 2018 Comprehensive Plan Update with special emphasis on the zoning of Mobile Home Parks, a discussion of residential property development, and plans to develop city-owned properties.
- Increase efforts on crime prevention focused on areas with higher crime rates.
Action plans are being prepared to implement these goals that should be approved by the end of April. A complete copy of the goal setting report will also be available on our website.
Economic Development
Economic Development with an emphasis on redevelopment continues to be a key component of our City's vitality. Major projects taking place in 2017 include Hearth Development's completion of the 120-unit Cardigan Ridge senior housing project and the new retail project at the corner of Country Drive and Rice Street that currently houses Taco John's and soon will add a Subway restaurant. Work will also be completed on the new Capitol View School that is operated by the 916 School District. Finally, Tri-State Bobcat will be finishing up their renovation of the former Bally's Fitness site on Minnesota Avenue to house its operation. The City is also working on the sale of five acres of City-owned land off of Twin Lake Boulevard. While still in the early planning stages, we anticipate a new townhome development of between 12-14 units at this site.
Transportation & Road Improvements
Transportation and road improvements will continue to impact us in 2016. We continue to experience regional road construction projects in 2017. The Corridors of Commerce project that will add a lane in each direction on I-694 from Rice Street to Lexington Avenue will be completed. Additional Sound Barrier Walls will be completed in 2017 associated with the second phase of MnPASS We are also hopeful that the legislature will provide funding for a new bridge on Rice Street over I-694. While a final design has not been decided upon, it appears a series of three or four roundabouts will be used as part of this project. According to the consultants working on this project, that is the only way to get significant improvements in traffic flow and provide for future traffic growth given the constraints that exist in this area. Data review to date projects faster trips through the interchange in rush hour while also reducing wait times for connecting roads that want to access Rice Street. While the roundabout concept is not universally favored, survey data collected from 225 attendees at Ramsey County's Open House held on February 21 indicates the following:
- 77.4% experience traffic challenges through this interchange.
- 86.2% feel roadway improvements are needed
- 59.6% had a positive or neutral opinion of roundabouts.
More information regarding roundabouts and the specifics of this project can be found in the Rice Street/I-694 Interchange Analysis and Design information.
Locally, the City completed the reconstruction of Centerville Road on behalf of Ramsey County. In 2017, the County will be resurfacing Keller Parkway while the City will be working on Spruce Street, Ryan Drive, and Ryan Lane in Ryan Industrial Park to improve the road surface and drainage in the area. We will also be reconstructing Rose Lane and Lakeshore Avenue (Old C to Lake Street). Finally, Vanderbie Street will see curb and gutter corrections and a new road surface.
Quiet Zones
A 24-hour Quiet Zone involving six Little Canada at-grade railroad crossings plus two additional crossings in Shoreview were implemented last summer. The bulk of the costs have been paid for from bonding money provided by the Legislature. While this hasn't solved all train issues we experience, it has definitely made things quieter for Little Canada residents.
Parks & Recreation
Some big changes have taken place in the Park and Recreation area starting with the retirement of our long-time Director, Jim Morelan. We are currently in the process of filling a new position that will deal with Parks and Recreation as well as social media and other community services. In 2016, the Parks and Recreation Commission also completed their visioning process
to clarify their direction for the future. They also developed a capital expenditure program that focuses on upgrades to the Spooner Park playground, converting one tennis court to four pickle ball courts, renovations to the Gervais Mill Park parking lot and garden area, and establishment of a dog park within the Demont Rink during nonskating months.
Other Items of Interest
- We will be joining the social media world in 2017 with the implementation of a new Facebook page. We also plan on upgrading the City's website to make it "mobile friendly" and generally easier to navigate for all users.
- We will be dedicating the 2nd Phase of the Veterans Memorial on June 14. This phase added a "Freedom Wall," including a water
feature, a war dog memorial, a Killed-In-Action paver area, recognition pavers for significant donors, and some interpretative signage. Opportunities still exist to purchase pavers for past or present veterans to commemorate their service to our country.
- Final grading and restoration work will be completed by early summer on the four houses that were demolished early last winter.
- The Council will be discussing possible ordinance changes to allow backyard chickens based on the request of some citizens.
- A new fire truck should arrive around the end of the year to replace a pumper purchased in 1994. The cost of the truck itself is $636,786 and is being funded by our Fire Equipment Replacement Fund that is made up of tax levy dollars and contributions from the Little Canada Fire Department's charitable gaming operation.
- As mentioned elsewhere in this article, the City is embarking on an update to its Comprehensive Plan as mandated by State Law. We will be seeking public input into this process to ensure our long-term development plans meet the community's objectives and
desires. Please watch our website, Channel 16, the newsletter, and our new Facebook page for more information on how to provide input into this process.
As you can tell from reading this report, the City will be intensifying our efforts to enhance communications and engagement with our residents through the use of social media, a new website, and other public input processes. With greater public input, the City Council will be in a better position to provide for community needs going forward.
Little Canada is a great place to live and work because of our excellent location in the metropolitan area, and more importantly, because of our strong sense of community pride. That sentiment is unique within the metropolitan area. Speaking on behalf of your City Council, fostering a strong sense of community pride helps us move the City forward in a manner that citizens can be proud of.
Thank you for the honor of serving as your Mayor.


text: 'Night at the Museum' was a cool movie. Now here is the Zookeeper. The animals at zoo decide to break their code of silence in order to help their lovable zookeeper to gain the attention of one particular woman he loves. This comedy movie is going to be the big one.


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As you are driving towards majestic Mt Buffalo, you
might not be able to see it, but hidden away and sitting up above the road on
the side of a hill, looking out over the Ovens Valley and with the magical
mountain as its backdrop, you will find 215 Mt Buffalo Rd. Here you will find a
4 bedroom home, a 2 bedroom guest house plus the "King Buffalo Studio" that are
all visually stunning both inside and out, offering lots of wow factor, are impeccably
finished, have been architecturally designed and built by a craftsman.
http://dickensrealestate.com.au/1957511/ Click here to view more details of about this property and click on the link below to get a bird's eye view.


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From Irish and Scottish folklore, the bean-sidhe (literally, "woman of the fairyfolk") is the spirit of a woman who acts as a messenger of death.
She appears outside of the houses of the five oldest Gaelic families (O'Connor, O'Grady, O'Neill, O'Brian, Kavanagh), sobbing and crying through the night towarn the family that death is near for one of them. The wailing of many banshees signifies that death is near for someone of great importance.
The bean-nighe ("washerwoman"), her Scottish counterpart, can be seen by a lake or river, washing the bloodstained clothes of the one who will soon die.
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text: BURLINGTON -- Flynn Center Executive Director Andrea Rogers especially enjoys Brazilian contralto Virginia Rodrigues performances. She is not alone. In reviewing Rodrigues 2003 CD, Mares Profundos, Matt Cibula of PopMatters gushed that Rodrigues voice is as close to [beauty] as we are afforded in the world of musica voice that transcends language and class and racial barriers, a voice that could save lives. Cibula could not imagine anyone hearing Rodrigues sing and not falling completely under her spell. Rodrigues cast her spell over a disappointingly small but easily enchanted Flynn Center audience on Oct. 25. Accompanied by Bernardo Bosisio (guitar), Raul Mascarenhas (sax & flute), and Marco Lobo (percussion), Rodrigues presented a hauntingly beautiful mix from all three of her albums (Mares Profundos, Sol Negro, and Nos) at the Flynn Center. Marco Lobo, Rodrigues percussionist, is credited with playing the drums, cymbals, tambourine, timbales, pandeiro, surdo, ganza, and moringa on Mares Profundos. He fluidly played all those instruments on Oct. 25, and he also clapped, strummed a berimbau, and jingled the tiny bells on his colorful boots in timely fashion. He was a one-man percussion band, the pleasant surprise of the night. Rodrigues is proud of her Afro-Bahian roots and is a fierce critic of racism in Brazil. For almost 20 years, she has been a member of the polytheist Afro-Bahian Candombl_ult. Four of the Afro-Sambas she sang on Oct. 25 were written by Baden Powell and Vinicius de Moraes, often described as Brazils vibrant answer to Burt Bacharach and Hal David. One of the songs, Canto de Xango, is an homage to Xango, the Candombl_od of Fire. All the songs are on the Mares Profundos album, and you can watch a sometimes-jumpy version of Canto de Xango on YouTube.com where Rodrigues is accompanied by noted percussionist Nan_asconcelos. Despite the modest crowd, Rodrigues seemed to enjoy languorously waving her shawl, dancing sensuously around the microphone, and impressing the audience with her semi-operatic voice. Neil Strauss of the N.Y. Times said that Rodrigues voice reverberates from a throat that seems to have the acoustical properties of a large church. Which may be another way to say that Rodrigues singing is divine. The next program in the Flynns World Music & Dance series will be Yamato: The Drummers of Japan on Dec. 5 at 7:30 p.m. These drummers communicate the ancestral belief that the drumbeat, like the heartbeat, is the very pulse of life. Tickets ($36/$29) and info are available at the Flynn Box Office, 153 Main St, Burlington, 802-863-5966, www.flynntix.org .