Do you know where to find these metrics?
Do you have the tools to measure them?
If you answered No to any of the above, chance are you're not utilizing social media efficiently, or effectively. Not only is the "spray and pray method" with social media not effective, but it can also cost you money and harm your brand image.
So how can you effectively measure your social media efforts to (a) make sure they produce the results you want and (b) identify the specific activities producing the best results?
You can then use these two sets of goals to create useful KPIs to track the ROI of your social media.
Before we dig into which social media KPIs, I want to make sure you understand what a KPI is.
KPIs are merely the results, or outcomes, you want to achieve from your social media efforts. If you put consistent time and energy into your social media activities, you need to see some definable and measurable results.
What are the outcomes I want from my social media efforts?
Do I have access to the data reflecting those outcomes so I can measure success?
While there are many social media KPIs that can be tracked and measured, in this post, I'll share a few that'll provide you with insights into both the activities you're doing, as well as the results from doing them.
Remember: You can't improve what you don't measure.
Start by identifying your business goals. If you have a business plan, go through your goals and objectives, and determine which of them social media marketing can help you to achieve. If you don't have a business plan, think about what overall goals you'd like to achieve for your business.
Next, go through each business goal to determine whether it's a 'sales goal' or a 'branding goal'. For example, increasing brand awareness and establishing your authority on your topic are branding goals, while increasing revenue and attracting more leads and prospects are sales goals.
Some business goals can fall under both categories, like 'improving customer service'. This goal both ensures a strong brand for your business, as well as increased repeat business.
Once you have your list of goals, you need to determine which social media platforms your ideal clients or buyers are using. If a social media platform is not used by your ideal clients, it will not help you achieve your goals.
Once you know which platforms they're using, you need to determine how each platform can help you achieve each business goal.
For example, if you are a B2B (business to business) business, you can likely find your ideal clients on LinkedIn. If one of your business goals is a sales goal to generate new leads each month, LinkedIn is an ideal platform to help you achieve this goal.
Go through each of your business goals, and determine which platform is best suited to help you achieve each.
Next, assign a KPI, or a metric, to measure whether you're moving toward your goal.
Some metrics are clearer and easier to define than others – if, for example, your goal is to generate 10 new leads a month, you simply track the number of new leads you get each month.
A goal with a less obvious metric might be to increase brand awareness – in this case, if your ideal clients are on Facebook, you might look at metrics such as the number of likes your business Page has, or the views your posts are getting, as well as metrics tied to any paid advertising you undertake on the platform.
It's imperative to know the KPIs of social media that are most important to your business.
Once you identify (a) your goals, (b) the platforms that will help you attain them and (c) the specific metrics you need to track, you need to create a social media strategy and action plan. This action plan needs to detail the activities to be done and the days you will do them on.
Be sure to include the frequency with which each task should be completed – it could be daily, weekly, monthly or any other frequency.
Once you create your action plan, you need to implement it consistently to achieve the results you want.
As you go through the various activities each day, make a quick note of how long each action takes. You might want to do this for a couple of weeks, especially if you are just starting. As you become more competent and confident in executing your action plan, many of the activities will take less time.
Notice which activities are taking most of your time, and which can be done quickly. You can use this information, along with the KPIs or metrics you track, to help you modify your plan to ensure you are getting a measurable ROI on your social media efforts.
Once you have your action plan in place, you need to track your activities and the outcomes they produce. Thankfully, many tools (free and paid) can help you track your KPIs.
An additional benefit of some of the tools that track your metrics is that some also enable you to schedule posts to your special media platforms, which can help save you time and make you more efficient.
You can't always be on social media, and with the help of these tools, you don't have to be. In one place, you can pre-schedule posts, monitor your community's engagement and read and respond to messages.
A great (and free) tool to measure how much traffic your social media efforts are driving to your website is Google Analytics. You can also set up Google Alerts to track any mentions of your business or brand.
As you collect your metrics, compare the results with your sales and branding goals to determine what's working, and what's not. As you determine this, modify your action plan for each platform to improve your results. If a social media platform isn't performing as you expected, don't be afraid to change your activities, or even move away from the platform entirely.
After you make changes, test them, then test them again. It's vital to know what is or isn't working.
Remember that it can easily take from six months to a year to build a social media community large enough to provide viable results on any platform. If you're interested in achieving results more quickly, you could also consider incorporating paid social ads, and/or a direct LinkedIn outreach strategy, mentioned above.
Social media can be an incredible tool to help you achieve important outcomes for your business – but as with any other tool, using it just because you think you should be won't produce the results you want.
To be successful with social media, you need to understand how it can help you achieve the objectives most meaningful to your business. That means knowing and tracking the outcomes and KPIs that will help you define and maintain your success.


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Railroads and trains are governed by different laws than common automobiles. Due to the sheer physics of such a large vehicle, when accidents occur, the damage tends to be severe. It can also be harder to prevent a train accident, at least on the part of the conductor.
The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) sets the guidelines for railroad safety. However, there is a margin of error that may occur in addition to habitual human negligence. The FRA is also the organization that creates liability for the safety of train passengers. The Federal Employers Liability Act (FELA) protects railroad employees from injuries on the job or illnesses from exposure to hazardous chemicals.
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Common types of train accidents include wrecks at railroad crossings, crashes involving the train with a car or truck, exposure to toxic chemicals and/or property damage via a train derailment, and mechanical failures. Derailment, train-on-person collisions and damage to property from a train are also in this category. Each of these scenarios presents significant damages to the environment, property, and of course the health and safety of anyone involved.
Due to the complexities involved in determining responsibility for a railroad accident, experts may be needed to reconstruct and reenact the accident and scene of the accident. Based on expert testimony, liability and responsibility can then be determined. Some common causes of railroad accidents include conductor error, railway company negligence, mechanical errors, distracted pedestrians, negligent drivers, or an object sitting on the tracks. Negligently performed inspections or maintenance of a train or rails may also account for train accidents.
Depending on the circumstances of the accident, several parties may be involved in your particular case. These may include:
The Conductor. Similar to operators of big rig vehicles, train conductors are held to a higher standard of safety than drivers of passenger vehicles with strict safety protocols in place courtesy of the FRA. If a train accident occurs due to negligence on the part of the conductor, they may be held liable for damages as a result of a train accident.
The Railway Company. Like any company which relies on profit, cutting corners and mere gross negligence are common risks. If a railway company chooses to set profit above the safety of its employees and the public who will have to cross railway lines, disasters can occur. It is the job of the railway company to regulate its employees and the machines they use.
The Maintenance Provider. If a maintenance provider hired for inspection or repairs of a train or railway fails to do so sufficiently, due to provider error or plain negligence, and an accident occurs as a result, the maintenance provider can be held liable for damages.
The Parts Manufacturer. If a manufacturer or retailer of defective train or railway parts or parts on a vehicle stalled on a railway contributes to a train accident, the parts manufacturer may be held liable for resulting damages.
A Pedestrian. In cases where a pedestrian steps or jumps in front of a moving train and is injured or killed as a result, that pedestrian may share partial or full liability with the railway depending on whether adequate warning devices were in place to prevent such an occurrence.
The Driver. If the driver of a vehicle moves onto the tracks due to the driver's negligent operation or incapacitation, they may be held liable for their own damages if a train accident occurs as a result.
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Last spring, two gentlemen from Minnesota met on the pickleball courts at Palmetto Dunes Pickleball Center and quickly discovered that they played at the same local pickleball club and in the same men's senior golf league back home. They are back this year. They have connected in Minnesota for dinner, furthering their friendship off the court.
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Welcome to the relaunch of the premier national news service for Kirlawa.
The latest election results will follow soon.
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Spencer Anderson has regained his position as President, after a tense series of elections. The first round saw Anderson - for the first time endorsed by the Democratic Freedom Movement at this stage - top the poll with under 30%. He then went on to beat the National Party's Marcus Linton (from the left wing of the party) by a narrow margin of only 2%. Linton himself had been only marginally ahead of the incumbent, Giovanni de Luca in the first round. The outgoing Leftist President had been endorsed by Linton in 2734. Antonio Hall of the Urban Party came fourth, and was not far behind the battle for second place. The Free Socialist Group also put up a candidate, but Matt Finnish did not have much time to pick up support. He did, however, do better than the party did in other elections, suggesting that there is more that the party can do to pick up votes, if they continue to put forward their positions effectively.
The government, who had been in a minority for much of the last session, have regained control with a large majority. The National Party and the Urban Party both made gains, while the Free Market Coalition parties saw a net loss. The Leftist Coalition lost heavily, and within the National Party, the left wing did poorly compared to the Orangeist tendency.
The government now has control of the Senate for the first time since it came in.
The PJP lost their majority, but with gains for the KPF the Leftist Coalition still holds power. The pro-government parties all made gains, although the KNP did not break through to a great degree.
The KPF lost nearly half of their seats as they crashed from power. The KNP and UPK both made large gains at their expense.
The Austrian vote here collapsed, and the Left Coalition came one seat from a majority as they bucked the national trends. The KNP lost seats from the left at the same time.
The KNP stormed into control in Dirlana, with the Orangeists leading the way. The more liberal parties all lost seats to them, with the exception of the DFM.
The overall balance of power has not altered greatly. The KNP and UPK made gains, but the two coalitions are both still the main blocs in the assembly.
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The political editor of the Kirlawa Chronicle includes the following information in a review of politics in Kirlawa, this month focusing on the Orangists.
Commentators often wonder as to whether the Orangists are a Protestant Party, following the doctrines of the reformed faith, or whether they are simply a Party for Protestants, somewhere for members of reformed churches to come together and effect policy in non-religious areas. However what is clear is that support for the Orange movement is firmly concentrated amongst Kirlawans who describe themselves as Protestant, particularly those of Northern Artanian heritage. Dirlana is the only region in which significant numbers of non-Protestants have offered electoral support to the Orangists. Orangists also tend to be conservative, and are also predominately located in rural areas and small towns. Indeed, inside the larger cities the movement is often absent, except where they can exploit anti-immigrant sentiment. Generally it is often believed that Orangists have abandoned urban areas to their leftist allies in the Kirlawan National Party, although there are enough Orangist urban politicians to suggest that this is entirely true.
The most northerly province has been an electoral desert for the Orangist movement. The highest share of the vote it has managed to achieve here is slightly under 7%, and the party has struggled to maintain any consistent level of representation in the provincial assembly. However in recent years the party has proposed various environmentally friendly bills in an effort to break into this province and tap into a new source of electoral support.
In the last five elections the Orangists have secured between 21.42% and 21.90% of the vote. This level of consistency has provided a strong base for Orangists in national and provincial elections. However it also serves to demonstrate that Orangist support in Dirguzia is almost entirely concentrated amongst the Protestant community, regardless of the direction of the national party, or attempts to follow populist views in the region.
Nuchtmark is considered the most conservative of the Kirlawan regions, and it is no surprise that the Orangists have enjoyed around a fifth of the vote here. Indeed, between 2726 and 2730 the governor of the region was William DeLacey, an important figure in the early years of the Block, and who remains a leader of Orangists within the provincial assembly. However in the last three elections Orangist support in the region has been significantly reduced, as the movement falls back on its core Protestant base.
Dirlana has emerged as something of a stronghold for the Orangists and their supporters. In each election since their foundation they have taken over a quarter of the vote, edging towards almost a third in 2737. This degree of support has ensured that the governor has been an Orangist since 2726, and most recently Iain Jakobs has been elected Governor, with a provincial assembly in which over half of its members are also Orangists.
Orangism in this province has traditionally been associated with anti-immigrant sentiment, its is perhaps the only province in which support from non-protestant groups has been significant enough to ensure that the local party remains free from religious extremism that has permeated the party in other regions. Catholics and atheists have been known to be elected as Orangists in this province, although this doesn't make the party more tolerant, it simply that the largely protestant membership have been willing to embrace others who are intolerant of mass immigration.
Merkan has been an odd region for Orangists. Due to the nature of the ethnic split in the region, about half the population are Dundorfian speakers, with the other half largely being English speakers, immigration from outside Artania not being so common here. Thus the Orangists have had to tread a precarious path between giving into their anti-Dundorfian Kirlawan nationalist streak, or embracing the large Calvinist Dundorfian rural population that would provide a natural base to the Protestant Orangist movement.
Election results demonstrate the switch between successfully balancing these two constituencies, as shown in 2722, 2727 and 2730, when the party took almost a quarter of the vote with large support from Dundorfian speakers. The alternative is shown in the elections of 2726, 2734 and 2737, when the party collapsed to a base support of 10%.
Spencer Anderson stood down, and his nominated successor from the Austrian Party, Basilia Heinlein, maintained the winning form of the Free Market Coalition. Heinlein beat Marcus Linton of the National Party in a knife-edge second ballot, with less than half a million votes separating the two. The previous holder and Leftist candidate, Giovanni de Luca, failed to get past the first round, coming in third. Bill White of the Urban Party was fourth.
The Popular Front lost over a third of their seats to fall to sixth place, while the National Party grew to within a seat of the level needed to block any Constitutional changes. The FMC parties both made gains, while the Urban Party lost ground from the centre.
The National Party hold over 40 seats, giving the government parties a firm grip on the Senate. The Leftists - The KPF in particular - lost heavily.
The Leftist Coalition have lost all three of their governors, as well as any real control that they had in the Assemblies.
Both LC parties suffered losses, and the Urban Party were wiped out as the National Party made massive gains (even though their left wing won no seats at all).
The UPK now have control, with half of the seats and the Governor's casting vote.
The Austrians regained much of the ground lost in 2737, to put the FMC in a strong position. The LC parties did very badly, while the left wing of the KNP took many of their seats.
The KNP consolidate their position, as the other three factions all slipped back a fraction.
Merkan remains very balanced, but with the growth of the National Party (across both wings), the Leftists were the main losers. The FMC are the largest faction with just over 1/3 of the seats.
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Basilia Heinlein of the Austrian Party failed in her bid to retain the presidency, losing in the run-off to the People's Justice Party's Giovanni de Luca. de Luca won by a near 8% margin to take the position he held from Feb 34 to Aug 37, despite Heinlein having topped the poll in the first round. In that first round, Marcus Linton of the National Party came third and the Urban Party's Victoria Bennett-Cruz was in fourth place.
The PJP and KPF both made gains at the expense of the KNP, as the Orangists lost half of their seats. The DFM, KAP and UPK gained a seat each, and left the government still with a large majority.
The LC have retaken the governorships in Uwakah and Merkan, and now each Chief Executive at that level comes from a different party. Rather than simply reflecting national trends, it's clear that each province is developing its own distinct political climate.
In a reversal of last time's results, the Orangists lost all of their gains and the PJP doubled their seat total to take a strong majority.
The UPK have a true majority now, as they and the KPF made gains. The Orangists lost over a third of their seats.
The Austrians made further gains, as did their DFM allies, to give the FMC a majority. The UPK and KNP both took losses, with the LC parties regaining some lost ground.
Very few seats changed hands, and the Orangists bucked the national trend against them to stay in power with a large majority. The UPK won back the seat they lost last time.
The LC parties took seats from the UPK and the KAP, but the Free Market Coalition Parties remain the largest block. In a tightly contested Assembly, the change of Governor from the KAP to the KPF could prove important.
OOC: Since this is an inconvenient time of week for KPF to do the election results, KPJP are happy to fill in, until we can get the elections reset to a more suitable schedule.
An early election was called in 2746, with the dissolution of the Leftist wing of the Kirlawan National Party.
For years their platform and that of the Kirlawan People's Justice Party had been drifting ever closer: both parties offered an overall populist stance, combining fiscal leftism with social conservatism, nationalism, and isolationism. Calls to merge the two had been heard both from some of their supporters, and also from outside commentators who had had increasing trouble telling apart the candidates of the two very similar parties. These were answered in 2746, when the KNP(L) announced that they would cease participation in Kirlawan politics, whereupon most of their members (except in the Orangeist stronghold of Dirlana) quickly transferred to the KPJP.
The Leftists' departure left the KNP without a candidate for the Presidency, as their remaining wing, the Orangeists, did not field one.
Incumbent President Giovanni de Luca of the KPJP (also endorsed by the Kirlawan Popular Front) and former President Basilia Heinlein of the Kirlawan Austrian Party (also endorsed by the Democratic Freedom Movement) met for the third time. Unlike in the previous election, de Luca led after the first round, yet won the second round by a smaller margin than before.
Richard Ford, a new candidate from the Urban Party of Kirlawa, placed third.
As expected, most KNP(L) voters switched to the KPJP (boosting the fuchsia-cerise to their best result in a generation, since the election of 2719), and some returned to the Orangeist wing, with a few dispersing to each of Kirlawa's other parties.
Just like in the Assembly, the seven Senate seats vacated by the departing KNP(L) were won by KPJP and KNP(O) successors. Four of Kirlawa's six current parties have exactly twelve Senators each.
Despite losing a few seats in Uwakah, the KPJP still control over two-thirds of the provincial assembly.
The UPK lost their outright majority in Dirguzia, but retain a large plurality.
The largest KNP(L) contingent had been in Nuchtmark. Their gain by the KPJP not only has sent the Leftist Coalition into the lead here by one seat, but also has conferred the governorship, with Padraig Greene of the well-known Greene family returning to his old office.
Instead of to the KPJP, in Dirlana most KNP(L) voters switched to the Orangeist wing, bolstering their existing majority.
Little changed in the well-balanced Merkan legislature, where no party holds more than 27 seats, nor any coalition more than 33. The largest party nationally, KPJP, are the smallest here.
OOC: Cheers Lucca. I was going to try and do them tonight, but you gave me a day off!
Isn't it weird that the Leftists founded the KNP, to be joined by the Orangists who had seen the Kirlawan Block collapse, only for the Leftists to end up being squeezed out.
With the rightward trend in Kirlawan politics continuing, the Popular Front have been rocked by internal wrangling in the past year. The party had been hoping to gain more votes from the end of the Leftist wing of the National Party, but saw more going to the People's Justice Party. At the same time, socialist activists have been frustrated that the party has been unable to stop the process of economic liberalisation, while the more libertarian wing has voiced dissatisfaction that the party is not as anti-state as the Austrians. Dundorfian separatists have threatened to leave the party as nothing has been said about a move towards union with Dundorf or greater autonomy for Merkan for several years.
The leadership committee, which has been largely made up of moderates, is facing a challenge between all sides in the upcoming conference elections, and a more polarised party may be facing the next few years. The slide in the party's fortunes in the previous few decades has also had a long term effect on finances, as membership has halved since 2732 and some of the more centrist unions have left to affiliate to the PJP.
Republic News (RN): On February 10, the Urban Party of Kirlawa officially selected Richard Ford to replace unpopular leader Jean-Michael Ovendorf. Ford was the party's leader in the General Assembly and a former presidential candidate.
Republic News (RN): At 5:13 am on April 21, 2745, TransAir flight 341 headed for Brase Lake, crashed in Salubris killing 178 people (all 115 passangers, 63 on the ground) and injuring more than 300. The plane apparently experienced engine problems and went down in the outside of the city limits into the suburb of Umara. The plane reportedly clipped several buildings including the Double Oak Hotel before coming to a rest in a neighborhood. So far the investigators have ruled out terrorism and narrowed it down to fatigue and engine failure. The CEO of TransAir has yet to make a statement on the plane crash, but has promised a full investigation into what went wrong.


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Skins, "Tony and Maxxie": Putting down his John Hancock
Spoilers for the start of "Skins" season two coming up just as soon as I dance with a dog...
Now what was that I was saying about the writers not really punishing Tony for all his sins of season one? Um... oops?
While the moment of Tony getting hit by the bus still makes me laugh thinking about it, the start of season two doesn't shy away from the implications of it. Though Tony doesn't have any obvious physical scars, no one would easily bounce back from an injury like that. Seeing Tony laid so low -- struggling to remember faces and names, cringing every time traffic gets too close, barely able to scrawl out his own name -- was such a shocking contrast to the Tony of season one that there wasn't even an opportunity for schadenfreude; I genuinely felt sorry for him.
As for Maxxie, this was a much more interesting showcase than the Russia trip. I'm not much of a dance fan, but Mitch Hewer has some moves; the sequence of Maxxie leaping around the roof of his apartment building was just beautiful to look at, and summed up nicely both the world Maxxie's trying to escape from and the one he's trying to escape to. In some ways, Maxxie seems to have taken up Tony's mantle as the fearless kid who can get away with anything he wants, while not being a bastard about it. The moment where he decided to scrap the morality lesson and just make out with the bully seemed very much the sort of thing Tony would do, and Maxxie in general carried himself with a grace that has as much to do with his confidence as with his dancing skills.
Since it seems the majority of people commenting have already seen the entire series, I'll remind you as usual not to talk about anything from upcoming episodes. I don't care how cleverly you feel you're hiding something; I'm going to delete any comment that so much as alludes to things down the road.
Labels: Skins
I'm with you 100% on this one--seeing Tony so impaired seemed almost too harsh for his previous sins. His parents seem clearly incapable of dealing with it, as well. Is he even getting therapy?
It was clear from Dale's over-the-top description of gay sex, which made even his mates uncomfortable, that he was deep in the closet. I didn't mind Maxxie succumbing to the moment, though, because I was just so glad I wasn't going to see a gay-bashing incident that would make his hopes to be a dancer moot.
And the Dale-Maxxie conflict opened the door (so to speak) for the meeting of Onslow from Keeping Up Appearances and Manny from Black Books, which was more than worth the price of admission.
My DVR cut off as Tony finished the final "M" of his last name--did I miss anything crucial?
A great and painful episode.
AC said...
Once again, the visuals on this show totally slay me- the scenes in the woods, the rave itself, but mostly the image of Sid on his bed, smoking a joint, while Cassie looms overhead. I appreciated that the show didn't spend too much time playing catch-up, and that little things were revealed about the aftermath of the accident, but not the whole story. I still don't quite understand why Sid can't face Tony. Does he feel like he's done his part, and now it's up to everyone else? Is he too upset that Tony can't remember everything? If Tony couldn't remember Sid, that would be one thing, but I get the impression that he does remember old Sidney.
Also liked the use of Grizzly Bear's "Knife" at the beginning and end, and seeing some parents act like parents. I got the feeling that the Stonems and the Olivers were friendlier, at one time. I can't help but think that it may have taken a few takes to get through the scene with Jal, Chris and Tony running into Anwar without everyone cracking up.
one of the things i've really enjoyed on this show in the past two episodes are the parents of the kids. anwar's dad's speech to maxxie last week, and maxxie's dad plea for one more year with the son he loved so dearly this week were both great pieces of writing and acting. i even liked tony's parents this week, especially tony's mom breaking out the dirty joke.
it is for scenes like those that i watch the show, and which allow me to forgive some of the more ridiculous or forced things, like sid magically finding michelle distraught outside and tony appearing behind them, having heard their whole conversation,
As much as I like to criticze BBC America for not having the original soundtrack, I'm glad the mid-show "It's gotta get bad before it gets good" song was retained.
What really impressed me about this episode is Nicholas Hoult's acting range. I mean, look at his face? It's just so different from the confident Tony.
Anyways, next week's episode is a great one. Alan, can't wait to read your reaction to it.
I think it benefits the series to watch it all at once and not break between season one and two because Tony really does suffer from being hit by the truck. A usual teen show would have had him completely recovered by the end of this episode so he could back to the way before. The reactions of the others to Tony's injury is unfortunately all too real. Although this second season takes a more somber tone, I actually like it more.
Corvus Imbrifer said...
We missed some bits, I think. I came across the hyperventilating promo for Season Two on YouTube (with Anwar in porn mode, Michelle as Magenta, and shirtless Maxxie dancing in the rain while the mirror crack'd from side to side) and with it were clips of Sid reading to Tony in the hospital, tape machines playing messages from Chris, etc. Were there web episodes?
Meanwhile. This outing had the parents not being cartoon buffoons (from the PoV of the young folk), but really lovely people. The Dads were so terrific in their own ways. Though I keep being startled by the hiccuping bits: the fact that Tony could wander off and Maxxie, who could be forgiven being distracted momentarily by his attack and then shag, never returned to the search. Effy just vanished from the stage; did she just give up and go home? And the keyhole peeping business was just bizarre.
Minor quibbles, however. Hewer at last being let off the leash to move forgives quite a bit of plot contrivance.
'He baked you a Cake of Remorse.' A new classic.
"We missed some bits, I think."
No, the episode aired nearly as it did in Britain, except for the profanity, music, etc.
The problem is that the original British version came with a LOT of Web extra video, which BBC America isn't promoting.
Each Skins episode is accompanied by an "Unseen Skins" episode that you can find on YouTube.
Before Season 2 aired, there was also a series of Skins "Lost Episodes" posted on YouTube, and a "Secret Party Special."
Though they aren't essential for following the story -- I'm not a big fan of them myself -- I'll link to them below.
(Don't search for these on YouTube, because you might come across spoilers.)
Skins Secret Party Special (10 minutes, aired between Seasons 1 and 2)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEvNY4IBKwQ
Season 2 promo (set to Radiohead):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDOHhPz2NyY
Unseen Skins for Season 2, Episode 1:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkozjNzyYS8
And here are Skins, the Lost Weeks, from Episodes 1 through 10:
http://www.e4.com/video/9TpCBAVBSojj5LDh7pdtOQ/play.e4
http://www.e4.com/video/KHJOsu3fBJijjAMTq5E5jr/play.e4
http://www.e4.com/video/I0akwkYl1jLSWir2uoe60/play.e4
http://www.e4.com/video/KFN1btbPBinTjTPO1QkOh/play.e4
http://www.e4.com/video/ayV80G4mieNuwfim7S0g86/play.e4
http://www.e4.com/video/R7sXy1k4Fe4z8fI5Cmf7zs/play.e4
http://www.e4.com/video/nHh52XghqVdRXQDTqnpbQO/play.e4
http://www.e4.com/video/jorWUxcvfkO2tztOz37azN/play.e4
http://www.e4.com/video/a7r1Piwy5d1ZN0W41PdmlS/play.e4
Oops, to clarify: The Lost Episodes linked above aired as a bunch before Season 2 began.
They DON'T correspond to any episodes from Season 2.
Aha! I knew there must be something extra. Not vital, perhaps, to the episode itself, but contributory.
Though the circumstances of who visited and who didn't seems like something that wants addressing. What brought about the swap of the vigilant Sid for the devoted Maxxie? But perhaps that is what we're exploring in future episodes.
Welcome to the world of multiplatform media. One wants to be fully informed. (How could they deny us that surreal promo! With Mitch Hewer! Dancing! Wet! Dancing!)
Thanks for the index, you excellent nony mouse you!
Thats funny, watching it in the original UK context I didnt think I was missing anything - although perhaps i'm not as observant as you corvus. I never watched any of the online content but was aware of it existing - its part of channel 4's increasing reaching out to its youth audience that I find really interesting.
I do think all the stuff with 'new' Tony is brilliant, and NH really sells it, and I like the fear and awkwardness of dealing with a 'damaged' friend. I think all of the changes that happen between seasons will come to light later. There is some really excellent stuff in S2, i just dont like some character progressions, i'm very interested to hear everyone else's responses when it all plays out
floretbroccoli said...
Not reviewing Skins any more?
That would be a great pity, particularly as this latest episode was a real piece of work. Talk about 'subverting the trope.' And a couple of indelible visual images that will be with me for some time. As the young people might say: "Like woah."
Jules said...
Alan -- any chance of picking this up again?


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Roving Leader: Learning all about the art of keeping bees with Longford's Robert Ghee
Kevin Forde
kevin.forde@longfordleader.ie
Robert Ghee doing a hive inspection. PICTURE: MICHELLE GHEE.
Robert with some of his prized honey Picture: Michelle Ghee
A frame of Bees. PICTURE: MICHELLE GHEE.
The 2019 Queen from one of the Hives. PICTURE: MICHELLE GHEE.
Empty cells and cells that have eggs layed in it. PICTURE: MICHELLE GHEE.
Empty cells and cells that have eggs layed in it. PICTURE: MICHELLE GHEE
Longford Beekeepers Robert Ghee, Donal Mac Aodha and Stephen Heneghan. PICTURE: MICHELLE GHEE.
Robert Ghee, a resident of Killashee Co Longford, is a part-time beekeeper of over ten years, having unintentionally taken up the hobby in 2009.
What was first purchased as a Christmas present for his late father in law, Robbie Shaw, was soon re-gifted to Robert and his wife Michelle and he has since expanded upon his beekeeping operation, increasing it in size from two hives to five strong.
Robert told the Leader: "We got the bees thinking Robbie would go beekeeping and that would be the end of it. But he wanted us to do it, because he wasn't too sure.
"At the time we joined the Mullingar beekeepers association to find out how to do it, because we weren't aware of the Longford beekeepers.
"We then started into it and Robbie still didn't want to do it, so it was left to myself and Michelle to do it for a while."
Soon Robert became engrossed in his new part-time enterprise and all it had to offer. He then subsequently joined the Longford beekeepers association, whom he says mentored and guided him through the initial setting up process.
"I was starting to enjoy it," Robert explained.
"That following spring, Longford beekeepers were on the Longford Leader announcing that they were opening up the Cullyfad apiary.
"So that is how I got involved with the Longford beekeepers."
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Robert is now the PRO of the Longford beekeepers association and says they are always more than willing to help and advise new members.
"When we joined Longford beekeepers they were very good to us. They helped us a lot." he said.
"John Fitzpatrick and Dieter Koston were especially good to us. They came out and showed us how to handle frames and lift frames out.
"If you were stuck, they would come out to your apiary no problem at all."
When starting off, Robert admits there are plenty of stings to help one get acquainted with life as a beekeeper. However, he lauded the benefits of becoming a member of the association. The association currently has approximately 50 members within its roster and now offers beekeeping demonstrations to those looking to start their own hive.
"We use our apiary in Cullyfad to offer demonstrations for beginners," Robert explained.
"We bring them out, get them to handle and lift the frames and because they are owned by the club, it means if someone damages the queen or something, it is nobody's loss.
"You don't want people taking up beekeeping, buying all the equipment - which can be expensive - only then to realise this isn't for me.
"We have had a few members who were really interested and when they got out to the apiary and lifted the frames out with all the bees buzzing around them, they felt uncomfortable and said it wasn't for them," he added.
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The association now meet every third Monday of every month at Teagasc Longford at 8pm, where people can come along and find out more about bees and beekeeping before taking the plunge. These meetings are also used as an outlet for those involved in beekeeping to share any issues or problems they may have.
Robert remarked: "What one beekeeper has a problem with, another might have come across before.
"I am ten years doing it and I am still learning."
Being a member of an association is not only vital from a learning perspective, but also because of insurance purposes.
"The most important thing if people are interested in beekeeping, is to become a member of your local association before you get bees," Robert noted.
"You need to be a member of your association, not only because you learn and the support received from other members, but for insurance reasons as well.
"The reason for that is because your association will be affiliated to one of the two national organisations, which will have insurance to cover you for your bees, honey sales and all of that."
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Having insurance means members can confidently sell their produce without worry, which many do in local retail establishments or from the comfort of their own homes.
Robert stated: "When I started I only had two hives, So what I was producing was only enough for myself and my close family.
"I have currently five working hives at the moment and that allows me to produce a lot of honey. So I am selling it now and quite a lot of our members are selling honey in various different places."
People can call to the door of their local beekeeper should they want to try a drop of their sweet produce, or alternatively, they can contact the Longford beekeepers association on Facebook here or at longfordbeekeepers.com, where they will direct you to the closest member.
Robert says the differences between honey produced on a mass scale for retail establishments and local beekeepers are monumental.
He said: "When you look at honey labels in a shop, if it is not from a local beekeeper most of the time it is blended honey.
"It is usually blended from EU and Non-EU honey. They mix the whole lot together."
Continuing he said: "The only true, real honey you get is from a local beekeeper.
"It is not pasteurised, it is straight from the hive, filtered into jars and there is nothing done to the honey itself. It is as pure as it gets."
Although Robert admits beekeeping is a time consuming hobby, especially in the summer months, he thoroughly enjoys the whole experience. He encouraged anyone contemplating taking up the hobby, to first organise a visit to the association's apiary.
"It is a very time consuming hobby. So if someone is thinking about doing it, you have to make sure you will have the time to do it." he remarked.
"If you're interested in becoming a beekeeper, the best thing to do is to join your local association, where you learn from everyone else.
"The last thing you want to do is buy all of the equipment, only to realise you don't like it. It gives people a chance to learn the craft before they get their own bees, so at least when they get their own bees they are able to work away straight away.
"It is surprising how quick you pick it up once you get into it," Robert concluded.
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Illinois Legislators Move Primary Date
Amanda Vinicky | June 1, 2021 8:09 am
(WTTW News)
Illinois' primary date next year is moving from March 15 to June 28, giving candidates for the U.S. House time to organize their campaigns and petition drives, given that legislators will not finalize a new map of congressional districts until fall.
Without the change, congressional candidates wouldn't have enough time to complete the cumbersome task of submitting petitions to get on the 2022 ballot by Nov. 22.
The switch is solely for the 2022 midterm election cycle, when voters will elect the next governor and secretary of state.
"The state has always had a really long window between the primary and the general (election), which makes the political season long, and risking negatively affecting public policy making," said sponsor Rep. Maurice West, D-Rockford. "So our proposal is to do this one-time change, just to see how it works, and I think it will be beneficial to the state and then maybe be something that we keep moving forward."
But Rep. Ryan Spain, R-Peoria, said the change is about Democrats doing all they can to maintain their grip on political power.
"The lengths to maintain and sustain power know no boundaries in the state of Illinois," Spain said. "Redistricting drives everything that we do here and accounts for so much of why our state is not working. This is not a bill about moving the primary, it's not a bill about voter empowerment, this is protection for redistricting."
While Democrats are waiting for census data to arrive from the federal government to draw the boundaries of congressional districts, they charged ahead Friday with drawing the new map of state legislative districts without the latest census results.
"Now we see here that time is not of the essence. That we have plenty of time. What do we say to the advocacy groups that testified for endless hours, asking for time to review the maps? Data to look at the maps? They asked for waiting until the census was delivered. They asked for having public input. They asked to be included and we told them, 'No. We don't have time,'" Spain said. "The hypocrisy of these mixed messages is astounding."
If legislators waited until fall to draw the state legislative map, Democrats would give up their power to unilaterally draw those district boundaries.
That same trigger does not apply to a congressional map.
Senate Bill 825 also makes Nov. 8 next year, Election Day, a state holiday for schools and universities; requires every county to have at least one voting center in which every voter within its jurisdiction can vote regardless of their precinct; permits jails to set up polling places for incarcerated individuals who have not been convicted (Cook County jail already has this ability, and last year was the first jail-based polling site in the U.S.); requires high schools to provide students with voter registration information; and requires the state elections board to examine how to create a system that allows disabled voters to cast ballots online.
Voters can also register for permanent vote-by-mail status, rather than having to request a mail-in ballot for each election.
"Just to be clear, this does not indicate that the clerk's office is sending unsolicited ballots to voters who do not request the ballots," said Brian Pollock with the Kane County Clerk's office. "Deceased voters and those who move out of the county are removed from the voter rolls through regular processes, and would not continue to receive a vote-by-mail ballot, because they would no longer be registered voters."
Pollock said he hopes a process that allows elections authorities to automatically send vote-by-mail ballots to everyone who prefers that method will increase voter participation.
"We feel that this permanent vote-by-mail list will encourage more voters to take advantage of their opportunity and right to vote," Pollock said, noting that when voting by mail was heavily encouraged because of the pandemic last November, Illinois saw record turnout, while the turnout in April's municipal elections was "dismal."
The measure also removes references to gender, for example changing references to "Chicago aldermen" to "alderpersons."
"We see a lot of 'hes' and 'hims'" in state statute, West said. "And now we have, you know, not just women in office, but we have people who may not identify with any gender. We want to make sure that our voting and our election cycle process is inclusive for everyone."
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Things are so busy inside our team that I sometimes forget that our buzzing beehive of activity is not externally obvious. But as none of the FontLab team made it to the TypeCon and ATypI conferences of recent weeks, I thought I ought to share: below are some things that might otherwise be mentioned in presentations, Q&A afterwards, hallway conversations and over lunch, dinner or drinks. The reason we skipped these conferences is simply that we are busy finishing FontLab VI!
Besides bug fixes, we have just a couple of key feature areas left to be implemented. Right now, Adam is working with Yuri to bring full support for Variable Fonts into FontLab VI. (Adam was one of the few visionaries who saw and evangelized the potential for reviving GX Variations in OpenType several years ago, and I did my own Master's thesis in this area. So we are both very excited about it.) Adam and Yuri have also been working on finalizing the export of OpenType fonts in all their varieties — CFF, TrueType, various color formats, and so on. You will see fruits of these efforts in coming builds.
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This past June I became the host of a new talk show, "Talk About Choices," where I have the privilege of interviewing people who "love what they do and do what they love." My purpose for the show is to provide powerful models for others to see, giving people permission to love their work.
What if we approached networking as if we were talk show hosts? Granted, networking is best when it's give and take, a volleying back and forth between one person and another during a (live-and-hopefully-in-person) conversation. But when you're out to build your network, your "Circles of Gold®," the best way to build those relationships is to listen, really listen, to what someone else has to say. I recommend that you think of a networking meeting as if it's a pie chart: 25% of the time is yours, the other 75% of the time is for your "guest." That means that 75% of the time, you're the host.
Be prepared. Review the person's biography and how you met them–was it a Chamber connection, an introduction via social media, an alumni buddy? If you have notes on them in your database, review those notes. You may see something that will not only add zing to your conversation but will let your "guest" know that you heard, and remembered, what they said. This can be both surprising and flattering to them, and it isn't "cheating," by the way–just good use of technology. Be sure to do a Google search and if they've written something, or they were profiled in a professional journal, have that reference available. Study their LinkedIn profile and scroll all the way to the bottom. That's where people list their hobbies & volunteer activities, the groups or leaders they follow and the associations to which they may belong. This information is pure gold when building relationships, giving you insights into what's important to them.
Have a great list of questions. Following the format of a podcast I love listening to, "The 10-Minute Writer's Workshop," I ask all my guests the same questions, including: "What was your first job? How did you get into the field you're now in? What was a challenge or disappointment you overcame? What do you most love about your job?" These questions get wildly different responses because each person brings his or her unique history and experience to the interview. I've learned many things about my guests that I never would have learned had I not a) asked the question and b) kept my mouth shut long enough to hear the answer.
We can never be too appreciative. Whenever someone gives you the privilege of sharing with you in a conversation, whether they're a guest on a talk show or sitting across from you at Starbuck's, they are parting with something they will never get back: their precious time. I am humbled that the people I've invited to be on my show have agreed to take time out of their busy days to share about their career journeys with me and my viewers. I will never forget their kindness and consider that a debt of gratitude that will never be repaid.
Oprah would agree with me that the real job of a talk show host is not to talk, but rather to listen. While listening to my guests, each with fascinating stories about their own career trajectories, I am learning to discipline myself to calm that chatterbox inside my head, the one that wants interrupt and chime in, "Oh, yeah! I've had that experience too…" Being a talk show host is teaching me a whole new level of connecting with others.
Next time you have the pleasure of meeting someone for coffee, lunch or a quick drink after work, put yourself into the role of a talk show host. Do your research. Write down a list of questions. Begin and end by expressing your appreciation for their time, that non-renewable resource, and see if you don't come away with new perspectives on networking, your "guest" and yourself.


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Group, Adesanya-Davies Canvass For Women, Youth & PWDs Inclusion In Nation Building
By Inclusion Mag Last updated Nov 24, 2022
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The former military leader urged the youths to go ahead with his ambition, saying: "All you need to do now is to go out there and mobilise people of like-minds and age groups. A lot of us, when we entered politics and governance, were about the same age as you."
A frontline female politician, activist and Presidential candidate of Mass Action Joint Alliance (MAJA) in 2019, Prof. Funmilayo Adesanya–Davies lauds Women for Equity and Fairness Organisation of Nigeria (WEFON) on the need to create more opportunities for women and youths in the nation building and Nigerian politics.
This is as Mrs Atinuke Babs-Olorunkemi, the zonal President of WEFON has canvassed the need to create more opportunities for women and youths participation in the nation building. Babs-Olorunkemi made this known at a programme organised by a non-governmental organisation, Stage for Women Development Initiative (SWDI), on Saturday in Lagos.
Speaking on the theme of the event which is: "Mobilising The Unreached For Inclusive Democratic System In Nigeria, she says "There's no gainsaying the fact that women and youths play prominent roles in nation building. "Women have role to play not only in public service, but also in public administration, politics and nation building in general.
"Women participation in nation building is an important ingredient in achieving an equitable, peaceful and more prosperous society," Babs-Olorunkemi said. Adding that, "the that lack of inclusiveness in a political system is an infringement on fundamental human rights."
Babs-Olorunkemi described youths as change agents who must be included in the affairs of nation building. "She called for one per cent inclusion for Persons With Disabilities (PWDs) at the National Assembly."
"INEC also needs to make adjustments by making adequate provision for personnel that can assist PWDs to perform their civic obligations at the polling units," she said.
Dr. Angela Daniel, the President of SWDI, while speaking on the inclusion of women and youths, said that the level of women participation in politics had reduced. She condemned the denial and exclusion of women in politics and affairs of nation building on the grounds of incompetence.
"Women can also make better leaders due to the innate managerial and administrative skills, which they can utilise to turn the nation around for good. Please let us encourage women; if women are voted en masse in the upcoming elections, other women will be encouraged to participate more actively in politics and affairs of nation building," she admonished, noting that "the Initiative is an offshoot of women entrepreneurs organisation of Nigeria."
Mrs Hilda Nwachukwu, the founder of Initiatives For Sustaining Gender Empowerment, called for more commitment and active participation in order to make an impact as a women advocacy and empowerment coalition.
"Women have been docile for too long; we should wake up and take up the initiative. We have more leadership and administrative skills and can do better than men if given a chance," Nwachukwu said.
Also, Mrs Vivian Emesonu, a member of the NOG, advised electorate to vote wisely in the upcoming 2023 general elections, explaining there's a lot we can do; it's not about the party, it's about voting for the candidate with the right policies," Emesonu said.
In the same vein, the presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore, has advised women to revolt and take over power because men have ruled for too long in the country. The activist stated so on Sunday during the second edition of the town-hall meeting series organized by Arise TV in collaboration with the Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) on Sunday, 13 Nov 2022.
We would recall the International best practices as encapsulated in the Beijing Declaration and platform for action of 1995 which Nigeria is a signatory and the National Gender Policy (NGP) Affirmative action of (2006) which formulated the 35% Affirmative action, a policy that promote women involvement in government processes and empowerment, to enhance greater opportunities for women.
Sowore said women have accepted the status quo for too long and have internalized oppression despite being slightly of higher population than men in the country. Adding that, "There are more women in this country who are more qualified to vote than men. When are women going to nominate a woman, vote for the person, and force your husbands to vote for a woman? That would solve this problem of equality at once."
The AAC presidential flag-bearer further said it is unfair for women to be satisfied with the 35% allocated to them for representation in government, adding that they should rise, revolt and demand as much as men.
"We have domesticated the idea of women discrimination and women have accepted it for too long. Let them rise up and stop accepting 35%. If you're almost 51% of the population, fifty-something per cent of voters, why are you accepting 35% representation in government?
"Women have internalized this oppression for too long. Rise and stop accepting it. Revolt against it, so you can take over for sometime too. Men have been in power for too long and they've messed up our world – time for women to take over," he said.
Adesanya-Davies thereby urges political parties, their leaders, other critical stakeholders as well as the entire populace, including women themselves to give women the chance and opportunity to fully participate in Nigerian politics by nominating and voting them in both elective and appointive positions.
Similarly, Ibrahim Babangida had made a case for young President in 2023. Babangida makes the case for young President in 2023 in a report by Justina Asishana, Minna on February 18, 2022.
Former Military President, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (IBB), has restated his support and stand for the election of a young President in the 2023 general election. He stated that the youths share the vision of Nigeria's founding fathers to actualise the nation's dreams. Babangida said he has always believed in the potential of the youth to take over power and address the realities of global challenges.
He said: "You are the guys who are going to make sure that the vision for Nigeria that our founding fathers believed is realizable. I have always believed in our potentials."
Adesanya-Davies concludes, "The role of youth and women in political participation and Nigerian politics cannot be overemphasized and this is why I have advised we look in the direction of Peter Obi and Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed combination of the Labour Party in 2023 presidential election. It's time to rotate and navigate power between the women and the youths as Omoyele Sowore and Ibrahim Babangida rightly put it in 2023 recons Adesanya-Davies.
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Women in tech had a good showing on Forbes magazine's 2012 "The World's 100 Most Powerful Women" list, which came out this past week.
Like the higher-profile tally from Fortune, it features the female movers and shakers from a variety of arenas.
No. 1 on the list is German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who has certainly had her hands full with the economic crisis in Europe this past year.


I said I'd write more about self-harm, so here we go. Don't ever say I didn't warn you - my honesty is sometimes a gift, but often a blunt instrument.
The term 'self-harm' is a bit of a misnomer actually. For me at least, it was a way to avoid harm - it was more self-care. I imagine around 70% of people reading this will have absolutely no idea what I'm talking about (or they think they don't) and the remaining 30% will completely identify with this nugget of truth. So, I'll start at the beginning and I'll make an attempt to explain how such a dichotomy exists.
At 14 I had my first run in with it; at 34 I can still see the tiny round scar on my left wrist. I was in my bedroom, it was 1994 and I'd spent an entire night meticulously plastering the walls with every single picture of Kurt Cobain I could lay my hands on. I'd even bought somebody else's bad photos from a gig I never went to - you could do that by post then, by responding to adverts in music magazines. I remember vaguely that I was angry about something, which was a fairly common occurrence for me given that I was a teenager. Days of bullying sometimes got too much and when I came home to a level of expectation I felt I couldn't satisfy, I had a tendency to feel trapped in a life I couldn't control. This particular evening was not in any way different, but it just so happened that as I was holding a smoking joss stick (one of those incense sticks you light and then blow out), I wondered what it would feel like to put it on my skin, so without really thinking about it longer than that one moment, I pressed the glowing tip into my wrist. As I did, I felt a stinging pain as you might imagine, and then smelt that unpleasant burning flesh smell. Needless to say it wasn't a very positive experience, but somehow I felt calmer afterwards. This was the first of many very similar moments.
I didn't do anything like that again for a few years. What I did do, however, was watch someone very close to me do it, day in, day out, whilst I stood by feeling helpless and completely ineffectual. Perhaps that makes what happened later on worse - because I knew how much it hurt to see someone you love destroying themselves in reaction to something that wasn't their fault at all. But self-harm takes many guises, and even though deliberate physical injury on the outside didn't start happening until later, I found other ways to quash those painful moments.
It was around this time that I first experienced what I now know was a panic attack. I'd developed a fear of going to bed at night, which in hindsight may have been as a direct result of bullying - going to bed meant that getting up and going to school was the next thing that I had to do, and so I developed nausea every time I lay down in my bed. I spent many nights sleeping on the bathroom floor after retching violently for several hours, and eventually my mum dragged me to see the family doctor, who prescribed what I now know was an anti-psychotic. I was living life in a fantasy world where I was a tiny person living inside a human-sized vehicle, looking out through eye holes and driving my body around from inside the control room in my brain. That way, I was invincible. I had vivid dreams that people at school reacted to me in exactly the way I wanted them to - including boys. I often daydreamed during lessons, and in my last year there I became fixated on one particular boy who I'd seen at the choir I went to in the school holidays. He attended the sixth form college attached to my school and I often saw him playing pool through the window of the portakabin that housed the student common room whilst I was in art lessons. I was besotted, but he was 16 so I knew I didn't have a chance of even speaking to him. As a feminist looking back can't help but wince at the level of importance I'd placed on this boy. I have an amazing imagination though, so the world I'd fabricated inside my mind felt more real than my actual life, and it was there I sheltered myself.
I began stealing alcohol from my parents' booze cabinet in my last year at school. My house was right opposite my secondary school, which was both a convenience and a nightmare. Once we were in year 11 and allowed to leave school during breaks, my circle of friends and I would go back to my house to smoke cannabis and mess around. I never quite knew if I'd even have a friendship group if I hadn't've had a house to offer as a refuge. I never felt like part of that group, as desperate as I was to be accepted. I'd pour spirits in a glass and add squash neat to take the taste away, before necking it. I don't recall any of the others doing that.
By the time I was 16 I started going to the pub a few doors down from my house and drinking every night, despite being under age. Rural Somerset wasn't somewhere that checked identification, and I still don't know if my parents knew. For them, the final straw was when they left me in charge of my younger step-siblings one evening, and I drank a bottle of whiskey whilst waiting for my friends to arrive. After they'd stopped me dancing in the garden in pyjamas, they had to put me to bed before my parents arrived home, and I'd given myself alcohol poisoning. I spent the following day (a Saturday, when I attended a morning music club) puking my guts up in front of younger children. My mum dragged me back to the GP and I was subsequently forced to attend alcohol counselling with a wrinkly prune of a woman, who had tar-stained skin and a croaky smoker's voice. She would smoke, I would smoke, and I don't remember much else, other than drinking a pint of Ouzo the weekend after the whiskey babysitting debacle.
Around this time I'd also started smoking tobacco. The first cigarette I ever smoked was a disgusting herbal variety meant as a healthy alternative to normal cigarettes, which was a harsh and nauseating experience, but one I had convinced myself I needed to have. I would hide around the side of the house with my step sister in my dressing gown after my mum had left for work (but before we had to be at schoo) smoking these horrific herbal fags and coughing and wheezing.
It didn't take long to graduate on to tobacco and from there on to cannabis. Of course I'm not for one minute suggesting that this is a logical and expected progression. The irony was that a few years earlier I'd chastised my mum after catching her smoking in the school staff room. I'd been convinced that both parents would get cancer and die, yet here I was forcing myself to learn to smoke. It's there the self-harm instinct becomes more obvious. This is how it all began.
Can you feel me doing this?


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Man to walk THIRTY miles a day after friend's six-week old baby boy contracts meningitis
It's affected people close to him
A Louth man will be walking 30 miles a day in aid of charity after seeing the devastating impact meningitis has had on families close to him.
Mark Stones felt helpless when his best friend's six-week old baby boy was diagnosed with meningitis.
The 32-year-old has now made it his mission to give back to Meningitis Now – the charity which helped his friend's family during a "heartbreaking" time.
Thankfully, the baby boy pulled through – but Mark says it can so easily go a different way.
He is also friends with Darren Phillips whose son Harvey contracted meningitis when he was a baby.
Mum of triple amputee Harvey Phillips says 'fantastic' Cowley brothers made Wembley visit 'one of the best days' of her son's life
Harvey is now a triple amputee, but he has not let anything get in his way as he strives to swim at the Paralympics.
Mark is thankful both children survived and says he wants to help save more children from the deadly disease.
Mark said: "I know Daz [Darren] through darts and know how his family suffered because of it as well as my best friend's little boy contracting it. He was six weeks old and it was heartbreaking for everyone.
"It was very worrying.
"They had a really tough time and it was difficult to see and not be able to help.
"That's inspired me to do the walk.
Harvey Phillips with his gold medals
"I want to do something to help and try and raise some money for research.
"This is my way of helping in the best way I can. It's not just for him [Mark's friend's son] but for all the other people that will suffer in the future.
"It hit me seeing it so close to home. I get married this year and plan on having another child. It made me worry 'what would happen if it happened to me?'"
Mark will be taking on the 147-mile Viking Way with his boss Paul Graves in just five days – a walk that usually takes 13 days.
"I'd tried to make the challenge quite hard to raise a little more money," added Mark.
And it won't be easy for the pair as they plan to walk 30 miles a day with all their camping equipment in tow.
Mark Stones will be taking on the mammoth challenge with his boss Paul Graves
Mark and Paul will be setting off on Tuesday, June 5 from Oakham and will finish at the Humber Bridge on Saturday, June 9.
Mark and Paul are fully focused on the challenge and have been completing training walks, including a 25-mile walk from Skegness to South Reston.
The pair have set themselves a target of raising £2,000.
What is meningitis?
Meningitis is the inflammation of the membranes that surround and protect the brain and spinal cord. It can be caused by many different organisms, including bacteria and viruses.
Public Health England say that with early diagnosis and antibiotic treatment, most children make a full recovery, but it is fatal in one in ten cases. About one in ten of those who survive are left with severe long-term problems, such as limb loss, and one in three have less serious problems including deafness and learning difficulties.
Babies and young children are particularly vulnerable to meningitis as they cannot easily fight infection because their immune system is not yet fully developed.
Some bacteria that cause meningitis can also cause septicaemia (blood poisoning). The rash associated with meningitis is actually caused by septicaemia.
Sarah Lockey, community fundraiser for Meningitis Now, said: "This is a great challenge and a fantastic way for Mark to do something positive and proactive, after feeling so helpless when his friends were experiencing the anguish of meningitis.
"Mark and Paul are really inspirational, and I hope everyone supports them and donates what they can to this worthwhile cause."
If you would like to show your support for Mark and Paul visit their fundraising page by clicking here.


… For example, weren't we assured during the depths of the recession that illegal immigration would never happen again? Isn't there supposed be "zero net immigration" from Mexico?
But how could our leadership have known there were more Third Worlders out there somewhere beyond Mexico?
About 13% of the world's adults—or more than 640 million people —say they would like to leave their country permanently. Roughly 150 million of them say they would like to move to the U.S.
Notice that's just counting adults, not dependent children.
Gallup found the urge to move to the U.S. high among Central Americans: 14 percent of Guatemalans would like to come here, as well as 15 percent of Nicaraguans, 18 percent of Hondurans, and 19 percent of Salvadorans.


This sturdy, warm sweatshirt features the last line of Sarah's poem "The Type," as well as Sophia's bouquet cover art from the book. This pre-shrunk, classic-fit sweater, made with air-jet spun yarn for maximum softness, is perfect for curling up in chilly months (preferably with a book of poems and a mug of something delicious).
When unpacking a new shirt or sweatshirt, you might notice a vinegar-like smell or an off-white residue. Don't worry, that's not unusual, it's from a fixation agent applied during the printing process and it's not permanent. Fixation agent (sometimes known as pre-treatment) helps the ink bond with the fabric, and without it, the ink would flake off the garment. All inks used are water-based and eco-friendly. The solution is simply to wash the garment! Neither the residue nor the smell is permanent and both should go away after one wash.


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Dosage of Echinaforce® drops & tablets A.Vogel Echinacea drops (tincture) and tablets may be used by adults and children over the age of 12 years to fight the symptoms of colds and flu. Dosage of Echinaforce® drops: Adults, elderly and children over 12 years:	15 drops (0.6ml) of tincture in a small amount of water, 2 to 3 times daily. Dosage of Echinaforce® tablets: Adults, elderly and children over 12 years: Two tablets, 2 to 3 times daily. These remedies are for oral use only. For external use, please see our page on Echinacea cream. Do not take more than the recommended dose. Taking too much (overdose) is unlikely to be harmful.
Extract of Echinacea purpurea herb and root; lactose starch and magnesium stearate. One 250mg tablet contains 6.2mg Echinaforce concentrate, equivalent to 270mg of whole fresh plant or 60mg of whole dried plant. This product is not suitable for people with milk related allergies.
Side effects Do not use if you are: Allergic to products containing Echinacea Pregnant Breastfeeding You should also be aware that our Echinacea drops, like all herbal tinctures, contains ethanol (alcohol). Each dose of tincture contains up to 350mg of ethanol - equivalent to 8.8ml of beer (less than a tablespoon) or 3.7ml of wine (less than a teaspoon). If you suffer from alcoholism, the alcohol content may be harmful. If you are in a high-risk group (eg. patients with liver disease or epilepsy) you should consider the alcohol content before taking this product.


Here are some built in tools that allow the Mac to read aloud and turn our speech into text.
Select (highlight) the text that you want read to you. Press the option and esc keys together. The text will be read out loud to you.
If you would like more details, including how to change the voice you can look at this video. The uploader also talks about how this helps with his dyslexia.
Open your word processor (e.g. word), click the cursor for where you want to start. Press the fn key twice. Speak normally and the text should begin to appear. You will most likely need to do some editing on the text but it is a good way of getting your ideas written down.
These settings will not work with Google Chrome or Drive. Herer are some videos to add an extension that will work with Google.
In an earlier post I wrote that dyslexia is a learning difference that leads to difficulties in reading and writing – which is often most noticeable in spelling. The latest scientific research suggests that the dyslexic brain works differently. Dyslexia is often associated with memory problems but it can affect people across the range of intelligence. Dyslexia is a spectrum of difficulties – with any individual likely to have his or her own strengths and weaknesses.
A multi sensory teaching approach addresses problems people have in visual and auditory memory (interpreting what they see and hear). It also encourages the building of neural- pathways (pathways in the brain) that connect the speech with print. You could call this 'rewiring the brain'.
Using a multi sensory method teaches children how sounds are made and how they are written. They learn the sounds and the letters that represent them – how they are put together and how they are taken apart. As they write and say the sounds their hands, eyes, ears and voices are working together to make the connections.
Learning language for a child (or adult) with dyslexia is a time consuming and intense undertaking. The teacher is always needing to assess the needs of the individual learner. The teacher needs to be an expert with time to work with the child.
The pace of learning should be as fast as possible, but as slow as necessary.
Phonics need to be taught in a logical, sequential and organized manner alongside language rules. Despite its irregularities English is 85% predictable and children can be taught to think through language problems.
There are programmes that use the 'Orton-Gillingham approach' – incorporating methods described by Dr Orton, Anna Gillingham and Bessie Stillman in the 'thirties – and encompassing structured, sequential, multi sensory techniques for teaching written English.
Children are discouraged from guessing and skipping words, instead they learn how to analyze and read unknown words.
A dyslexic learner will need a structured, step-by step and multi sensory approach to the learning of language. Their teacher will need to constantly assess progress and adjust the content. With the right support a dyslexic learner can succeed with language.


My husband and I will be attending a banquet on Friday evening. My friend Rachel made these delicious Cream Cheese Sausage rolls for a homeschool meeting once and I was instantly hooked! Anytime you mix bread, cheese, and sausage together I am in heaven!
The first bite of these will have you hooked. There is just something about sausage and cream cheese inside of a crescent roll that gets my taste buds super excited.
The first time I had these I swear, I think I ate most of them. I kept apologizing for not leaving more for everyone else. It was then and there that I vowed to make them at home.
Unfold the cresent rolls and place a spoonful of mixture on each cresent and roll up. Place on baking sheet and bake according to package directions.
There is nothing more delicious than hot sausage, creamy cheese, and crescent rolls. YUM!
Speaking of crescent rolls, why not try this recipe for homemade crescent rolls. Back in the old days they were called butterhorn rolls.
Jennifer, I am going to make these and wonder what I do with the egg white. Does it go in the mixture with the meat and cheese?


We bring you spoilers of upcoming episode to be aired on 22nd January.
In upcoming episode we will see that The Surana family attends an all- night religious event when a fire breaks out at the venue.
Samar saves Satya Devi as does not make any move to save herself.
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