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Animal activists and rescuers speak at BOC meetingCitizens Speak, Community December 5, 2017
BLUE RIDGE, Ga. – Animal activists and members of local animal rescue groups were present to have their voices heard again at the Nov. 28 Fannin County Board of Commissioners (BOC) meeting.
Taking the opportunity to speak during the public commentary portion of the meeting, residents addressed their concerns to the board. One resident spoke of the need for the inside of the animal control facility, located at 1001 Fannin Industrial Park in Blue Ridge, to be painted and updated.
Tri State Pet Rescue founder Jan Eaton spoke to the board regarding equipment currently used by Fannin County Animal Control (FCAC). Holding a tray used in the bottom of an animal crate, Eaton said, "With me tonight, I brought a tray that came out of the bottom of a crate that an animal was being housed in at Fannin Animal Control."
The tray was visibly broken in two. "It is pretty sad that this is the best our county can do for the animals at animal control," Eaton added.
Eaton went on to point out that at all of the meetings she has attended, department heads often speak to the board asking for specific needs for their department, and that she has yet to see FCAC Department Head John Drullinger do so.
Stating that the board spends "millions here and there," Eaton said she thinks that the needs of FCAC are often overshadowed by other projects.
Earlier this year, the Board of Commissioners approved upgrades to the animal control facility. BOC Chairman Stan Helton and Post 2 Commissioner Larry Joe Sosebee voted to install guillotine doors to the existing kennels; Post 1 Commissioner Earl Johnson abstained from voting on this issue.
The approved improvements called for fourteen outdoor runs to the facility, as well as guillotine doors to allow the dogs to access these runs from their indoor kennels.
Helton stated at the time, "Not only will this improve living conditions for the dogs but will also allow animal control staff to safely access kennels for cleaning and feeding."
FetchYourNews asked Eaton how she felt about the improvements that had been approved by the board for the animal control facility. Eaton replied, "They're doing that. There is just a wealth of things that need to be done."
Ralph Garner, of Blue Ridge, also spoke during public commentary. Wanting to see changes take place at FCAC he urged Johnson and Sosebee to take action.
"I really am asking post commissioners to take the initiative regarding any complaints about animal control," Garner pled. "As I look back over the past eight years of the previous chairman, the most significant accomplishments that occurred were done by you two gentlemen."
Garner's appeal did not go unnoticed. As the meeting came to an end, Sosebee spoke up about issues that were raised concerning animal control and addressed Eaton's display of the broken crate tray.
"These trays you brought in … I'm an animal lover, I guess you could say as well," Sosebee continued, turning to the other commissioners, "and guys I would like to find some way to buy some crates for animal control. If we could possibly do so, I don't think it would be too much to ask."
FCAC Department Head John Drullinger addressed the issue of the crate tray brought to the meeting by Eaton. He explained it is not uncommon for FCAC to be filled to capacity. Drullinger stated, "This is because we want to use euthanasia as only an ultimate last resort."
When FCAC is filled beyond capacity, animals that are brought in are sometimes temporarily housed in individual crates instead of kennel runs.
In this case, Drullinger explained, "We were over capacity but had commitments from rescues to pull some of our dogs very soon. Rather than buy a new crate to house this dog for one day, we borrowed one. The crate was not county property."
Drullinger added, "All of our (FCAC) crates are in good condition."
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Animal activists speak at Board of Commissioners meetingCitizens Speak, Community November 19, 2017
BLUE RIDGE, Ga. – Animal activists and concerned citizens had their voices heard at the Nov. 14 Board of Commissioners meeting.
After a viral post on Facebook concerning two at-large German Shepherds ended in the dogs being falsely claimed at Fannin County Animal Control (FCAC), concerns over FCAC policy and procedure became a topic of discussion in the community.
Commissioners were met with several residents ready to voice their concerns over animal control and over allegations made that Commission Chairman Stan Helton showed indifference to the situation.
First to speak in the Public Commentary portion of the meeting was Ralph Garner of Blue Ridge. Garner began by giving a list of items that he felt Helton had positively handled but quickly shifted into the issue of animal control stating, "His oversight of the ongoing problems with animal control is just not acceptable."
Garner went on to defend Tri State Pet Rescue's Founder Jan Eaton over allegations that Helton had made an insulting comment to her during a phone call. Garner said that Helton's insult "to our area's premier companion dog rescuer cannot be overlooked. It needs to be called out and exposed."
Jan Eaton herself spoke out about the indifference she felt she faced when trying to discuss issues regarding animal control. Eaton had asked to be put on the agenda to have more time allotted but had been turned down.
Eaton stated, "I'm researching to see if anybody has ever been put on the agenda that's not a county employee, because if so, that is a definite first amendment violation, in my humble opinion."
FetchYourNews reached out to Helton regarding the public commentary. Helton stated, "I have respect for all of the citizens of Fannin County. I still stand behind our employees at animal control, but I do take the time to look into each concern individually."
Eaton also addressed the mistakes made in following policy at FCAC when it comes to owner reclaims. She stated that the current policy only requires that proof of rabies be brought for dogs to be released.
Jangling a set of rabies tags, Eaton stated, "They come in waving rabies tags and saying that is my dog. That doesn't mean jack squat unless you call those rabies tags in and see if they match those dogs."
A resident of McCaysville also spoke of policy at FCAC. He proposed that animal control make it standard to take a photocopy of the driver's license of the person claiming a dog. He stated that it would be a way, if need arose, to track down the person who picked up the animal.
Fannin County Animal Control Department Head John Drullinger has looked into ways to improve the department's current policy. A few of his suggested changes include:
Ask the person attempting to reclaim the pet if they can provide photographic evidence of ownership.
In cases where the pet is going to be reclaimed after ownership has been verified and the rabies tag has been verified to be current:
1. Make a copy of the driver's license of the owner.
2. Photograph the vehicle the owner is picking up the pet in, regardless if it is the pet owner's car or not, be sure to include an angle showing the license plate or include a separate photo of the license plate.
These revisions to the policy are not finalized and are still under review.
Also stepping up to try to provide a solution is the Humane Society of Blue Ridge (HSBR). A letter was sent out on behalf of HSBR describing their concern for recent events involving FCAC and the ongoing issue of stray and lost dogs in Fannin County.
The letter offered help stating, "After discussing the situation, our board came up with the suggestion that the FCAC officers microchip the dogs that are either reclaimed from, or adopted out of, the animal control facility. This would be a good way to decrease the number of unidentifiable lost dogs in Fannin County and would assist FCAC officers in returning pets to their owners."
The letter went on to say, "Should the county and FCAC decide to initiate such a program, the HSBR would like to work with FCAC to help support a microchipping program for dogs adopted from, and those reclaimed from, the animal control facility."
Fetch Your News is a hyper local news outlet that attracts more than 300,000 page views and 3.5 million impressions per month in Dawson, Lumpkin, White, Fannin, Gilmer, Pickens, Union, Towns and Murray counties as well as Cherokee County in N.C. FYNTV attracts approximately 15,000 viewers per week and reaches between 15,000 to 60,000 per week on our Facebook page. For the most effective, least expensive local advertising, call 706-276-6397 or email us at firstname.lastname@example.com
Furry Football Stars – Puppy Bowl 2014 Includes Georgia RescueCommunity, Featured Stories January 29, 2014
Every dog has its day! This certainly rings true for Parker, the beautiful adopted little ball of fur that was one of Tri State Pet Rescue's very own rescues!!! Parker's in the Puppy Bowl Lineup and here's how that happened. (more…)
Sosebee: "We don't have to explain ourselves to you!"Featured Stories, News July 1, 2013
The citizens of Fannin County that attended the June 11, 2013 Board of Commissioners meeting left the meeting with a clouded mind thinking "Did that really just happen?" (more…)
BOC Rejects Tri-State ContractFeatured Stories, News May 15, 2013
The Fannin County Board of Commissioners rejected Tri-State Pet Rescue's contract to operate animal control during the commissioners meeting tonight. (more…)
Tri-State Makes County Official OfferFeatured Stories, News April 25, 2013
Tri-State Pet Rescue made an official offer to take over operations of the county Animal Control facility this week. (more…)
RESCUED – Saving Lives – One Life at a Time!Community, Featured Stories, News August 31, 2012
Colwell Probation Detention Center and Tri-State Pet Rescue, Inc. held its Ribbon Cutting and Graduation Ceremony Wednesday, August 29th for RESCUED: Detention Center & FAMA Dog Rescue Program, a wonderful program started with Jan Eaton (Director of Tri-State Pet Rescue, Inc) and her dedication to "saving lives!" (more…)


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UAST v1 Specification
This page describes the legacy UAST v1 representation that is deprecated and is in the process of being replaced by UAST v2. New drivers and clients should use the new version.
A Universal Abstract Syntax Tree (UAST) is a normalized form of Abstract Syntax Tree (AST) with language-independent annotations. Its structure is as follows:
type Node struct {
InternalType string
Properties map[string]string
Children []*Node
Token string
StartPosition Position
EndPosition Position
Roles []Role
Check out the godoc for the SDK UAST package for the full documentation of the UAST structure and annotations in Go.
For other languages, check the UAST protobuf definition.
Syntax Tree Structure
As a combination of the native AST's tree structure with language-independent annotations, the underlying node, tree structure and properties such as native / internal types are kept unchanged from what it is provided. Thus, even though there are some additions to the nodes such as the completion of offset or line numbers / columns, is not the responsibility of Babelfish's drivers to provide a language independent tree structure (even if that would be possible).
Note that this conservation of the tree structure could be relaxed or changed in future versions of the UAST and native drivers' definitions to provide normalized tree structures for some really common subtree structures.
Internal Type
The internal type is the original node type. It is an arbitrary string and is language-dependent. For example, in Java it is the class of each node. It is meant to be used by annotation rules (e.g. annotate nodes with internal type
*ast.File with the role
Properties is a map of language-dependent properties attached to a node. In some languages, nodes in the AST not only have children, but also other metadata on each node. That metadata is translated to properties. Properties can be used by annotation rules too.
The token field contains a token from the original source code. If it is not an empty string, it means that the node represents a token. In some languages, all tokens correspond to leaves in the tree, while in other languages, tokens can be attached to any node.
It is guaranteed that retrieving all tokens from a UAST by doing a pre-order traversal of the UAST, gives a list of tokens in the same order as in the original source code. The Go uast package provides the Tokens function to perform this operation.
A position has the following structure:
type Position struct {
Offset uint32
Line uint32
Col uint32
Offset is the absolute byte offset of the position in the original source code. It is a 0-based index.
Line is the line number in the original source code. It is a 1-based index.
Col is the column number in the original source code, relative to a line. It is a 1-based index.
A position
(0, 0, 0) means that position is not available. Native parsers MUST provide, at least, offset or line+col for positions when the native parser provides a position for the specific node. The UAST normalization process includes computing offset from line+col or line+col from offset, in cases where native parser does not provide both. So it is guaranteed that nodes in a UAST either have no position attached or they have a position with valid offset, line and col.
There are two possible positions on each node: start position and end position. Nodes with defined token SHOULD have, at least, start position, which correspond to the position of the first character of the token in the original source code. End position, if present in a token node, is the position of the last character of the token in the original source code.
Nodes that have no token might have start or end position, indicating the region of code covered by that node.
- TODO: define relation with encodings
- TODO: disambiguate meaning of start and end position for non-leave nodes with token
UAST is annotated with roles. Roles are language-independent annotations that describe what nodes in the UAST do. You can check the list of all roles.
UAST from different languages have different structures, but role annotations allow to interpret some aspects independently of the language.
For example, let's take an import of a package. If we draw nodes with their role name and token (those with simple quotes), we might have something as the following:
Or we might have the following for a different language:
One way or the other, we can get the package identifier by retrieving all tokens under the
Pathname roles in pre-order.
As it is clear from this example, extracting meaningful information from UAST requires different tree operations for each role. The documentation and reference implementation of these operations are defined in the uast package of the SDK.
Note that each node can (and most will) have multiple roles. For example, a typical
if control flow construct will be represented by a node that will have both an
If role and also either a
Statement role for some languages (e.g. Go, Java) or a
Expression role for others (e.g. Scala). The
If role will also appear in its immediate children, with some additional roles like
Condition for the if condition,
Then for the then clause,
Else for the else clause (if it exists), etc.
- TODO: add more examples
Annotation Rules
Each driver normalizer defines a set of annotation rules. These rules define how to add roles to nodes.
For example, in the Java normalizer,
Import and
Pathname roles are added to nodes that have the internal type
QualifiedName (Java-specific) with a parent with internal type
ImportDeclaration (Java-specific). For a full example, check the annotation rules for the Java driver.

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Free IT suite is open 5 days a week with help from staff and volunteers
Do you need help in gaining basic digital skills or simply need access to the internet to manage your online life? Our Digitally Connected suite is for you. We can help you learn how to search the internet, pay bills online, use Microsoft software, fill out forms, use spreadsheets to budget, as well as set up and run your email accounts.
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Understanding and maintaining your claimant commitment
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I've uploaded another utility to the Miscellaneous Tools section, here's an excerpt:
This simple command line program takes a Half-Life WAD3 file and extracts the highest resolution mipmap of each texture as a bitmap. This program can also be used to list all the textures in a WAD3 file.
For more information click here.
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Friday, 25 February 2011
Bliss Altered Note Book
I decorated the book with my favourite colours. I used Baja Breeze and Crumb Cake colours.
Here is a close up of the ribbon flowers I made. I gathered on one side of the ribbon with a needle and thread. I then put a pearl on each of the flower. I like how it turned out. I didn't use the pearl from SU. They were too small for my flowers.
I also altered a composition book for my sister to use at the Regional. She's not a demonstrator but she can use it to write others things she desire. I'll show you the book another day. Not quite finish.
Thank you for stopping by and have a wonderful weekend. I know I will cause I'll be at the Regional having fun.
Happy Stamping!
18 comments:
- Jeanette said...
What a great notebook. I really like the composition of the entire thing and I really love the flowers. They are so perfect.
- 25 February 2011 at 14:43
- Donika said...
Beautiful, gentle and original!
- 25 February 2011 at 21:20
- Cin said...
Your journal is fabulous!
- 26 February 2011 at 03:36
- Helen said...
Oh, it is so pretty! Love the ribbon flowers, too!
- 26 February 2011 at 05:05
- CHARLOTTE said...
Just beautiful ... I especially love the flowers.
- 26 February 2011 at 06:55
- Romaine said...
Beautiful! Stopping in from the Canada blog hop! This is gorgeous!
- 27 February 2011 at 09:51
- Andrea said...
What a great project. I love those flowers with the pearls. I also love crumb cake and baja breeze together.
- 27 February 2011 at 21:49
- Monika/Buzsy said...
Lovely! Great colors... and I LOVE the ribbon flowers. :o)
- 28 February 2011 at 05:21
- Unknown said...
not quite understanding what you meant when you said you gathered the ribbon on one side with a needle and thread. any chance you could take some pictures and post them? this is the first ribbon flower i've seen that i've really liked, and i'd like to be able to replicate it!
thanks..found you through nancy riley's ipicks!
- 28 February 2011 at 06:24
- Margaret de Witt said...
So beautiful Deanna. Your notebook is gorgeous.
- 28 February 2011 at 08:48
- Kelly Acheson said...
This is just sooooo gorgeous! TFS!
- 28 February 2011 at 10:56
- Unknown said...
I just LOVE this book!!! I will be featuring it on My Crafty Picks #6 on 3-6-11. Let me know if you wish to decline at email@example.com
Take care!!
- 28 February 2011 at 14:10
- Michelle VanWiggeren said...
This is gorgeous!!! Love the colors and those beautiful flowers.
- 3 March 2011 at 11:46
- Marie said...
those flowers are stunning. Love the composition book (I'm a notebook junkie :) )
- 6 March 2011 at 11:41
- Unknown said...
This is really gorgeous! I love those flowers. Awesome!
- 7 March 2011 at 08:09
- Kathy said...
This is so pretty -I bet everyone wanted one !
- 7 March 2011 at 17:34
- Cindy Major said...
Wow, that is one gorgeous notebook!!!! Love the colours and I love the ribbon flowers!!
- 8 March 2011 at 06:39
- joyfuljan said...
Wow - love the flowers!! Caught my eye immediately. Blessings!
- 8 March 2011 at 19:21


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Two Little Girls in Blue by Mary Higgins Clark
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
This was such an elegantly simple story, beautifully written and always moving forward.
With a scattering of red herrings and false leads, plus the thrill of knowing things the characters don't, Higgins Clark hardly leaves me any time to try to second-guess the suspects. Of course, I did have my pick and yes, my crest fell when I was wrong.
There were still some questions unanswered – like how did The Pied Piper know everyone's phone numbers – but these just added to the mystery. Questions in real life go unanswered all the time.
Anyone interested in studying the format for a whodunnit, this is a great turn-to story. A nice, easy, compelling read.


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Previous New Zealand and Australian Pipe Band Champions and Grade 1 Finalists at the 2003 World Pipe Band Championships.
Highly innovative and original arrangements make this a very listenable pipe band album.
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Vandals Cut Down Historic Town Tree
Douglas Fir in Washington found on the ground
The 30-foot Douglas Fir that used to stand on the town green in Washington Depot is no more. State police said it appears someone took a chainsaw to the tree late Friday night or early Saturday morning.
The tree was still wrapped in holiday lights when it was found laying on its side on the town green, which is at the intersection of Bee Brook Road and Green Hill Road.
Police said they are investigating the case as an act of vandalism and they do not have any suspects. They are asking anyone with information to contact the state police barracks in Litchfield at 860-626-7900.


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It seems like every week you hear about some giant company running amuck, messing with customers, or mistreating their employees. The ramifications of those actions can run into the millions of dollars, not to mention all the potential clients and customers that are lost. Here's a pro tip, don't be like that. Creating an environment in your small business where you not only respect the customer, but your coworkers and employees as well, will save you money in the long run. A positive work culture makes your business a more attractive destination. Companies like Uber and Equifax have recently been on the receiving end of terrible PR due to the lack of healthy work culture they fostered in their companies. Whether you are counting your conscious, or counting every last cent, keeping up a positive work culture is only ever going to benefit your business. Let's take a look and see how you can foster such an environment
If your employees and customers feel like they aren't being heard, then chances are they aren't too happy either. Having open and easily accessible ways for people to communicate issues they are having is absolutely essential to growing your business. Many owners and managers claim to have an 'open door policy' but never seem to make real time to discuss the problems their employees are facing. Problems never get solved, and end up become festering wounds in the workplace, causing divides and inefficiency.
Too often we rely on intermediate ways of communicating, such as email or text, instead of talking face to face. While emailing can be convenient at times, meeting with people in person adds an extra touch. It shows that you care a lot more about hearing someone else's opinion than a quick e-mail or suggestion box. Talking in person removes any ambiguities that might occur over an email or text, and allows you and the person you are talking to, a chance to clearly express themselves. Be careful of body language, as you don't want to seem like you are commandeering the conversation. Having an open posture, and a relaxed attitude will put the people you are talking to at ease, allowing for a more natural conversation.
Clear Rules and Guidelines
Having well established guidelines in your office as to what is and what isn't acceptable behavior will also go a long way to creating a positive work environment. Employees who feel safe and secure at work are far more likely to work hard and feel like they are part of the team. You don't need to be a dictator, but enforcing the rules of the office, or business environment consistently will garner respect amongst your employees, even if they are occasionally the ones bending the rules. You want to have your rules and guidelines written down somewhere as well, and in a space where all employees or customers can access. There should be no ambiguities in what your company policies are. Similarly, when accidents happen, such as someone getting injured on a construction site, you are prepared to handle the fallout.
Little Things
I used to work in restaurants. There was nothing better at the end of a long shift than a free beer or some food from the kitchen to keep you going. It was those little gestures of kindness that not only increased and maintained work moral but helped forge relationships. Some businesses have done as much as hiring a professional chef to cook for their employees. The same goes for any business. The cliché of bringing in donuts to the office has been done a million times and yet it never gets old. If you create a culture of generosity at your business, it will naturally extend down to your customers as well. It doesn't have to be something every day. It doesn't have to be something big. It could be as much as letting everyone go 10 minutes early on a Friday. The important thing is to see beyond the bottom line for a second, and connect on a personal level.
Wrap Up
You don't want your businesses name plastered all over the New York Times because the culture you created was one of harassment and stress. Creating a positive work environment will benefit all parties involved, and lead to a healthier business. Taking the time to open up communication, check on your rules and guidelines, and give a little more for your employees is a great start. In the end you will not only gain the respect of your customers and employees, but probably also save yourself some money down the road.


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Hi Charlie
Dare I ask have you managed to compose your Christmas Wish List? We have a tradition in our house that everyone has to write a letter to santa with what we would like for Christmas. My letter is normally my birthday and Christmas likes combined – my birthday is a week before Christmas.
I'm off to write my letter – take care
We're half way through November, so how's all the Christmas planning going?!
My other half has been asking me what I'd like for Christmas. Well, I was on air last Sunday presenting a kitchen show and along came the Ninja Today's Special Value (it's a cracking blender). I loved it and promptly said on air I'd love this as my Christmas gift. So off air I came and ordered it. I got home later that evening and I showed the Ninja to my other half and without hesitation she said "oooh no, that can't be your gift, we can use that right away!!"
So back to the drawing board – infact,while I'm online I'll have a little peruse through our website!
I was chatting with Debbie Flint a few days ago and we were both reeling off the purchases we've made with QVC this year (so many!)… My most indulgent is the BOSE sound system – just fabulous! Then there's L'Occitanne, a signed book by Lee Child, Diamonique, Charlie Bears (of course!), Click Free…the list goes on!
Right, I was going to browse our website but that'll have to go on hold…. I'm going to dash now because, just like last week, while typing my blog I've realised I'm really hungry! I'm writing this at home. I made some ham rolls earlier which are sat on the dining room table waiting for me! They look sooooo good!
See you soon (I'm back on air Monday evening 21st Nov with Taxco Silver)
Take care,
P.S…. rolls are divine… mmmm x
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Hi Charlie
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Hi Charlie, I think the best pressie for you would be a HAMPER, and a big one at that!!!!!!!!


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Jasmine Morgan, winner of Cellar Door Person of the Year at the 2017 Australian Women in Wine Awards (AWIWA), talks to Ray Ruano about diversity and navigating the wine business.
As cellar door manager and an events coordinator, Jasmine Morgan has coordinated 18 weddings, two proposals, and her very own wedding day at Caudo Vineyards.
Along the way, she's also forged a successful career, which she attributes to her creativity and a passion for the Australian wine industry.
Discovering her passion and moving forward
Morgan planned on becoming an architect after high school, but once she took a gap year to save money to move to the city, she got a job as a cellar hand at a local winery, and fell in love with the dynamics of winemaking.
"I moved to the city and was halfway through my architectural bachelor degree [when] an opportunity presented itself to move back to the Riverland (my home region) and work in a new cellar door, Caudo Vineyard, that was growing and fast becoming popular," said Morgan.
She decided to take the position and a new career was born.
"Dropping out of my degree felt like the worst thing to do at the time but looking back now, I don't regret a thing!" Morgan said.
Working in and navigating the wine business
Caudo Vineyard is located on the Murray River in Riverland.
"I love the people, the river, [and] my wine," said Morgan. "Selling wine is only one part of my job. I am also showcasing the region, the environment and the Riverland lifestyle."
As cellar door manager, Morgan continues to learn about the wine industry and grow her skill set.
"Leadership skills are incredibly important to run a successful team." Morgan said. "You must be organised, efficient, [and] social. Friendly, social interactive customer skills are essential in the drinks industry."
As a wedding coordinator, Morgan admits she's a bit of a romantic and has perfected the art of organising weddings through the gradual gain of insight and knowledge.
"Weddings are such a beautiful and unforgettable day and playing a part in creating the perfect day is so rewarding," said Morgan. "Caudo Vineyard is a beautiful cellar door on the Murray River, and it really is an easy choice as a wedding destination."
Although Morgan is relatively new to the wine business, she continues to grow, create, and welcome new opportunities.
"As a young person with little experience, opportunity is rare and you can't sit back, you need to create them yourself," Morgan said.
"I am always continually learning and growing my skill set. I have learnt so much from my employers and their business skills."
Diversity and inclusion in the workplace
Women continue to be underrepresented and underappreciated throughout the wine industry, but by making diversity and inclusion a priority in any business, great things can be achieved.
"Caudo Vineyard has done an excellent job of maintaining a diverse and inclusive team of staff," said Morgan. "There is a real family vibe that runs from the family business owners through to their staff, and it makes for a great [and] successful work environment.
As for women who are interested in a career in the wine industry, Morgan believes in the power of effective and constant networking.
"Meet like-minded industry people to build contacts [and] get to know your customers," said Morgan. "You need to take these opportunities and make the most of them."
Morgan encourages others to 'throw yourself out there' as she did when she applied for the Australian Women in Wine Awards.
"Receiving this award has given me so much pride and confidence that I know is going to keep me on my wine journey," said Morgan. "Recognition is very important, so put yourself in the spotlight to be seen."
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At an event in San Francisco, Facebook executives discussed the goggles, called Oculus Rift. While the device is initially designed to be tethered to a high-end gaming computer, Facebook said the product would in time employ microphones for communication, voice recognition software to recognize computing commands and laser-based high-speed wireless data transfers.
"This is a teleportation device," said Michael Schroepfer, Facebook's vice president for engineering. "What people are missing is that we have a clear path of research and development."
Teleportation and its ilk have been in the wings of technology for decades, with few results and many failed virtual reality products. Oculus Rift, which Facebook got last year in a $2 billion acquisition of Oculus VR, will not be available until the first quarter of 2016.
At the event, Facebook did not give a demonstration of the actual product, settling instead for standard projections of several games that are expected to appear on Oculus Rift.
Facebook did not say what Oculus Rift might cost, but the goggles will work only on expensive computers running Microsoft's Windows 10 operating system, supported with several kinds of costly processors. The wire between the computer and Rift is necessary because of data inputs about half as big as the already demanding level of existing VR goggles.
Facebook held the event in advance of next week's Electronic Entertainment Expo, or E3, the gaming industry's largest annual event. If the company had had nothing to show for Oculus after a year, it would have been a black eye.
To showcase Oculus Rift's gaming possibilities, Facebook said the device would work with the gaming controller made by Microsoft for its Xbox One console. This could make the goggles easier for established gamers to get used to, and raises the prospect that lots of Xbox games - like "Halo" and "Minecraft" - could be played on Oculus and upgraded to a more immersive kind of 3-D.
Facebook also showed off its own controller, called Oculus Touch, which looks like a pair of half-moons that fit over the hands and can be used to manipulate objects with a button and a trigger.
Palmer Luckey, the founder of Oculus, described Touch as "an input device that allows people to interact." Touch, he said, would be available in the second half of 2016; its cost was not disclosed.
Oculus Rift has several subtle but important design changes compared with the heavyweight model that Oculus VR initially produced. Besides weighing less, images are produced by two round screens that are adjusted to be the right distance from a user's eyes. Facebook reduced the size of the headphones and employed fuller 3-D audio, so objects sound as if they are moving in the right relationship to distance.
The head strap is somewhat heavier in the back, so the goggles feel less as if they are hanging on a user's face. The changes, along with better software, are designed to help people wear the goggles for hours at a time.
Nate Mitchell, the head of product at Oculus, said the Rift's fabric covering is to help a user's skin breathe better under the goggles and make the device feel like a piece of clothing. A microphone for Oculus will allow gamers to talk to each other and eventually might be used for commands, he said, adding that this may be announced as early as September.
Facebook appears to be spending significant resources trying to make the Rift a success.
"They fly engineers to our offices and give us tips on new ways to do things," said Eric Nofsinger, the chief creative officer at High Voltage Software of Hoffman Estates, Illinois, which is developing a game for Rift.


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The story of the photos was first broken on the blog Little Green Footballs and has become a cause celebre, especially among conservative and pro-Israel bloggers, who see evidence of anti-Israel bias in the media. They have a point well, half a point, anyway. The principle of not faking anything in the news is absolute. But the effects of particular fakeries are relative. It was much more pernicious if we're to be totally honest here when a TIME cover of O.J. Simpson after his arrest was doctored to make his skin look darker. The manipulation made an accused man seem more sinister before he had gone to trial, and it did so by playing off the language of racial stereotype. Hajj's manipulations are gratuitous and almost pointless: whichever side you take in the war, the devastation in Lebanon and Israel is real and well-documented, faked photos or not. A bomb leaves you just as dead, however dark a cloud it kicks up over your remains.
That said, the gratuitousness of the altered Reuters photos just makes them that much worse. Mainstream media will do itself no favors by downplaying this as a controversy hyped up by opinionated bloggers. It is a controversy hyped up by opinionated bloggers, of course, but so what? That's the world we live in, and in many ways it's a good thing: whatever their motives, partisan bloggers have kept the media honest, even if after the fact.
And every time a straight-news journalist alters a fact even something as picayune as the color of a bomb blast or the number of flares fired from a plane it convinces people that the media must lie about big things as well. All facts become suspect, all information becomes relative, and you might as well believe whatever your gut tells you, because the news is invariably driven by its own bias, which is, invariably, against you. We become a nation of Stephen Colberts, believing that facts are sketchy and overrated and should never be allowed to get in the way of what we want to believe.
We can argue till we pass out over Adnan Hajj's motives politics? drama? careerism? and those of the bloggers who pounced on the photos. In the end, they don't matter. What does matter is that every time something like this happens, the winners are the people of every political stripe who believe it's their calling to, to paraphrase another war, destroy the truth in order to save it.


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I've been asked a few times to get my sister-in-law a computer so she can email. She reiceved a 'MailStation' as a gift. I never had the heart to tell her it was junk.
Since I've arrived at Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger) for the iMac G3 I salvaged for free from Craigslist, I need to lock down the UI. Sure, in Tiger, there are plenty of 'Parental Controls' but selecting the most restrictive setting of: 'This user can only use these applications', adds several Folders to the Dock such as Documents, Applications. Given this particular user, I felt it would confuse more then it would help.
So, I decided I'd select 'Simple Finder', but restrict the UI and the Dock. I did consider removing the Dock, and found buried online a good reference on removing the Dock from OS X.
So, here are the steps I took.
- Create a new user in System Preferences, leaving it as a 'standard user' (for the time being)
- Log in as that user and trim down the Dock (click and drag Dock icons into the trashcan). I only left FireFox (see my post on child proofing FireFox) and an AppleScript to Shutdown the Mac.
- Disable the OS X Dashboard [In Terminal run:
defaults write com.apple.dashboard mcx-disabled -boolean YES](activates at next login, test by pressing F12 key)
- Locking the OS X Dock [In Terminal run:
defaults write com.apple.dock contents-immutable -bool true] [Then also run in terminal:
osascript -e 'tell application "Dock" to quit'] (this applies the change by killing the Dock)
- Last step is to change the user type to 'Simple Finder' [In Terminal run:
defaults write com.apple.finder InterfaceLevel simple
- Now, log off and back in. Time to lock down FireFox.
Note: This method does not prevent other applications from running. An example would be iTunes. If an audio CD is inserted, iTunes runs. I felt 'helper applications' running would be pleasant, but at the same time, I'm not advertising that they exist or can be run.
Clearly, this leaves the system open and exposed at several levels. If you follow my approach, I recommend that you put in an audio disc, run and configure iTunes with defaults, and adjust the Parental Controls in the Preferences section.
A major benefit of selecting the 'Simple Finder' lockdown approach is that a menu option exists in Finder (Finder -> Run Full Finder), which when authenticated as a System Administrator, will let you run Terminal or any other application in this profile to further tweak the OS or perform some other administative tasks without logging out.


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Thank you Tim for inviting me to this network.
Dar-al-Islam seems applying strongly in the Middle East, not here in Indonesia due to our national constitution of Pancasila. Pancasila is our ideological foundation to embrace five principles of living in Indonesia. The first one is the Great Unity of Deity. The second principle is Humanity. The third is The Unity of Indonesia. The fourth is Consultation to reach consensus and representation. The fifth is Social justice to all Indonesians.
Due to the struggles of the separation movement and the emergence for solving the tsunami disaster, Aceh got its own special status to apply the Islamic law but not the rest of Indonesia. We are still struggling to shape our new democratic process post reformation movement. Some areas, especially in regencies or distric leves have applied local regulations to reflect the practice of Islamic law but the policies have gained lots of nationwide protests. They do not work out, except only for the budgeting purposes as I can see.
Indonesia is not the source of origins as what the claims have made for Abrahamic religions which were borned in Middle East. All religions in Indonesia were alien which had to be contextualized into the local cultures. Competition to the control of trading brought out from traders who conquered and colonized, used the religions for dividing power, especially in the several transitional periodes like from Hinduism-Budhism to Islam to Catholicism to Protestanism. This historical richness of religious landscapes inspired our founding father to conceive the principles of Pancasila as the ways Indonesians have to live in this freed world. Annouced the independence after the second war world along with the reality of ideological competition between communism and capitalism as well as the long period of colonial history, the creation of Pancasila for the new Indonesia was a genuine to image a country to live in harmony and peace for the world. At the time East Timor was not a part of Indonesia yet. It was given by the State after the crisis occured in Angkola which was a part of a colony of the Portuguese. The rise of communism in the area was scare to the USA. However, it stayed shortly for East Timor in a part of Indonesia because of many factors, one might be relating to the historical colonizer and religious identity. However, I think it might be relate to the practice of justice due to the centralizing sytems, not like in the USA which applies federalism.
So I think, Israeli nation state has to be existed in its original site. However, as you said, can Israeli and Palestine and the rest of Dar-al-Islam get out from their prejudies, stereotypes etc to recognise each other rights to live. For the areas I guess the model of reconciliation has to go deeply. I see you have thought about the solution, however, I think perhaps the economical choices have to be integreted into the peace process systematically.
Thanks for sharing your skepticism, while the dillema of the making decision had to be made. Hope it worked well especially to serve the goal of the peacebuilding in the area of conflict like in Israel and Palestine. The process in which the program was conducted to include both the representation of parties especially those on the level of elites to engage into a peaceful negogiation seems becoming very important to be explored. I wonder whether this effort was a part of the interests of the Israeli government. Salam.
Perhaps Seeds for Peace could design a special program for those in this context. I wonder whether you have thought before. Thanks for your inspiring answer. salam
Dear Tim, I would have to look on the history of the area when a particular group to appear such as called extremists. Everything has its roots, including the rise of radicalism.
I visited Aceh to learn its own history which has helped me to understand as an Indonesian on how important to reflect pluralism from their point of view. Among the moslem in Aceh, the implementation of Islamic syariah eventually only accomodate the mayority views not the marginal sub-ethnic groups which have started to question the authority.
The same case happens with the struggles among different groups in Papua where the majority is Christian in the eastern part of Indonesia. Learning from this case, I think the best thing to happen is to keep educating ourselves, our people, our government on the equal sharing to all citizens in the nation.
I know the impacts of natural exploitation will affect to our country. It is political issues because in many cases the environment problems have involved globally many nations. The mining exploration in Papua is the example to mention due to the involvement of the biggest gold company in the world based in the State, Freeport. The economical factors which lead to the conflict in North Moluccas, where I did my research and worked during my youth, actually linked to the mining policies in the area and other developmental roots. Can we understand the middle east conflict from this perspective? I guess we can.
My big concern on how to explain the situation on conflict area like Palestine where the local people have left their country? I can see your points to explain the difficulties to develop the local economics out of a natural exploration. Thanks for your willingness to share your knowledge with me. Salam.
Dear Tim, it is good to hear that you had been here, in Jakarta. But Jakarta is not Indonesia. We have thousands of islands which are rich in culture, religions and people. As a nation state, Indonesia is newest than that of USA. However, it is an ancient nation. By the way, Indonesia also does not have yet a diplomatic relation with Israel. At the presidency of Abdurrahman Wahid (Gus Dur) there was an effort to begin the diplomatic relation, but it gained lots of criticism. Your point is right. Perhaps you can develop more deep argument to support your assumption that Dar-al-Islam is a solution to the middle east conflict when all nations open to rebuild the formal diplomatic relation with Israeli government.
Regarding to the discussion, I enjoyed reading your explanation on the direction taking by the youths after the program of Seeds of Peace. The impact of peace can transform the idea of militarism then? I never know before. It seems so contradictory. Now I can remember a friend who studied together me at ASSR in the Netherlands, her research was about the Israeli army and gender, however, she did not deal with the notion on peace within militarism. Taking my research in Indonesia, many conflicts which involve mass violence might relate with imaginary militarism. We never know how people get guns etc. What I feel is the common people tend to be blamed as inisiators of mass violence. So your experiences with Seeds for Peace which help transforming somebody life is a blessing story for me.
Do you have a special program for those who are extremists? Many things to explore more from your previous answer, but I have to stop here. Many thanks for your gracious answer too. Gladly you have worked with some Indonesian women in the State. Salam.
Dear Tim, I believe all the teenagers both the Israeli and Palestinian who were with your program, Seeds of peace are now young adults. I wonder whether they have transformed their life to involve with a peaceful effort throughout trading as we have discussed. I would like you to explore little bit on this development to which has effected in the peaceful process between Israelies and Palestinians. Terima kasih (this means thank you in Indonesian). Salaam.
Thanks Tim for taking your time to explain in detail on the efforts and difficulties to facilitate economic products of peace to link the Palestines and Israelis. You mentioned other factors beside economical aspects have involved in influencing to the peace process. We are not taking about the political aspects, but the polical mentality as you referred. I wonder to what extend this fact can be transformed by using the economical approaches to break down the conventional ways of solving the problem. I mean the two state solutions only can work when the two types of people in their nations can go passing their limitation by seeing a creative way with an entrepreneur eye to transform their stagnate claims. If you have any experiences to share, it will help all of us to think another way for filling in the content of the two states of the solution. Salaam.
Access for the people to the cash to build their own business needs to be followed with their capabilities to create their unique product that can be marketing. I hope this is going to be part of your important assistance to them. Would be thankful for me to learn from your case of service. To what extend you find difficulties to imply the idea for getting more people to be succeeded in their business. Otherwise loans can become a challenge for a peaceful trading among the local people with others.
Dear Tim Upham, thanks for sharing about your dream to see an economical justice to be conducted among the Palestines..Hope you will be one of the inspirator for their economical achievement.. salaam from Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
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As you start looking around for a training course for SEO you need to ask yourself what style of training suits you best. If online SEO training is something that appeals to you, there are many options available.
One of the main benefits of online training is you can learn at your own pace. You also don't have to worry about travel costs or what to wear to class. In some of the in-person, instructor-led courses, travel costs alone can be a significant expense.
On the other hand, online courses do not provide the classroom style that provides an instructor to ask questions, clarify principles, or share personal experiences. If in-person learning is your preference, then tune in to my next column, when I'll take a look at those options.
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SEMPO Institute
A great place to get a gain an education about search marketing is the SEMPO Institute. One of the mandates of the organization is education. Last year, SEMPO embarked on developing a distance learning program for both beginners and practitioners of search. It originally came from the need for more educational resources to be available for its members.
Today the SEMPO Institute is available to members and non-members worldwide. Although if you are considering taking the course, you should know that there are discounts up to 30 percent for SEMPO members. Current pricing is $399 for the "Insiders Guide to Search Marketing" course on SEO and PPC fundamentals, and $1399 each for the Advanced SEO and Advanced PPC courses.
Recently Jeffrey Pruitt, SEMPO's president, and Fionn Downhill, chair of the SEMPO Institute, were interviewed on Online Marketing with RSS Ray. These two segments, Part 1 and Part 2, provide more insight into SEMPO and the SEMPO Institute. They even bring in a recent "graduate" of the institute to share his views on the course.
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Search Engine College, run by Kalena Jordan, is another great place for online training. There are several courses to choose from: you can take an individual course or a full program they call "Certified Pathways." Their Certified PPC Marketer Pathway is $695, as is their Certified Search Engine Optimizer Pathway. The Certified Search Engine Marketer Pathway, combining SEO and PPC, is $1,195.
On their site, they offer a sample course and a sneak peak into the online classroom structure. For those looking for expansion in specific areas of SEO, they also offer specific classes in Keyword Research, Linkbuilding, Copywriting, and other areas.
Online Web Training from Search Engine Workshops
Online SEO Training from Search Engine Workshops approaches the training process from the same angle as the previous two sources mentioned, with a $149 Beginner SEO Course and $179 Advanced SEO course. However, they also add a new dimension by offering – for about $100 more for each module – 32 weeks of access to an instructor to help you through the course. Search Engine Workshops also holds yearly refresher courses, both online and in an in-person workshop format at locations all over the country.
GNC Web Creations
GNC Web Creations is a web design, graphics, and SEO company based out of Mississippi that takes SEO Training into a new methodology by building it into Yahoo Groups. By signing up for the private group, you will receive emails through the group that will guide you through the basics of SEO. This is also the first offering we've covered that is completely free. That's right: free. As in no cost is involved. If this is linkbait, it's very good linkbait. They also offer eBooks on SEO and other topics at a modest price.
Computer Geek Books
Computer Geek Books offers a highly interactive, six week (12 lesson) SEO course delivered online. This offering goes for $250 and is very much in the same tradition as the first few classes we've discussed.
Different Rabbit Holes
We've been able to hit on online SEO courses that range from free to over $1,000. Some offer certificates of completion and some do not. This is by no means an exhaustive list. Because the world of SEO training – like the world of SEO – is always changing and growing, we encourage you do further research on getting a good base in SEO by taking an online SEO Training Course.
Next time: Taking classes in person. What are your options, and what are the ups and downs?
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The program is connecting the mental health field to the men and women who see incredibly difficult situations on the job.
It's a real life simulation at Titusville Fire's training facility — two firefighters pulling a hose into a burning building with the goal of putting it out.
But under one of the heavy, protective suits isn't a real firefighter.
"Firefighting is a real high stress occupation," said mental health counselor Christina Principe.
Principe runs a counseling service in Suntree under all that gear. She and more than a dozen other fellow clinicians are seeing firsthand what men and women in the fire service deal with.
"I had no idea before this training the continuous stresses they encounter," she said.
It's part of a statewide program through the Florida Health and Safety Collaborative, which is first for Brevard County.
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(I am trying to make a blue with saffron lettering ribbon, but until I finish debugging Compy, it's just refusing. Right now, this is the best I can do.)(Saffron just wouldn't print, but this still looks pretty good, eh?)
I suppose by now most everyone has heard about the 'news' story broadcast on CBC's The National last night. It is full of lies, half-lies, innuendos and distortions , painting us Khalistan supporters as half-baked, disloyal Canadians, and seemed to paint the whole Sikh community in Canada as a bunch of thugs and terrorists. Before I go any further, I suggest you look at this report:
(I notice this video is about ten minutes long. The piece I saw last night was almost twice that length. I haven't seen the YouTube version, since I have a very slow connexion.)
Here is the link to the CBC, where they have the video posted
You can leave a comment at this site. Please be calm, peaceful, reasonable in any comment you leave, but also please br firm and determined. Remember that there are those out there who will judge all Sikhs by what you say! After watching this nonsense, you may also feel moved to leave a comment at the CBC 'your view' line. The link to that is:
This from Google Alerts alerted me to the 'news' cast.
After watching this bit of nonsense - I am in the Pacific time zone and this blog was posted before the story aired here - I left this comment:
After watching this bit of nonsense - I am in the Pacific time zone and this blog was posted before the story aired here - I left this comment:
Dear Mr. Dowling,
Please don't believe everything you hear. I would first suggest you go to
Baseless fear mongering by the CBCBy Japnaam Singh(Japnaam Singh) :http://www.japnaamsingh.com/2007/06/baseless-fear-mongering-by-cbc.html
Then if you are up to hearing an opposing view on Khalistan, feel free to
visit our blog, The Road To Khalistan, http://roadtokhalistan.blogspot.com/.
We are three rather ordinary Sikh women caught up in extraordinary events; we
are not violent, raving lunatics, we are loving, concerned wives and mothers.
That CBC piece was a complete hatchet job. Please seek other opinions before you
condemn all us Khalistanis as terrorists!
Thank you.
Mai, Vini and
I checked this morning and found that Mr. Tarek Fatah has left a comment suggesting that maybe we aren't very good Canadians. Please go read for yourself!
This blogpost mentioned in my comment above is one response. It is well worth reading, Baseless Fear Mongering by the CBC
I am going to publish this now because I want to get it out as quickly as possible. I'll pretty it up as the day goes on. Sorry for all these naked links, but my computer is acting up. For some reason, it seems to need to be debugged.
Sisters and Brothers, Kaurs and Singhs, other most welcome visitors, I have chosen not to delete obscene comments as I believe we can learn from our enemies as well as from our friends. But I will warn you, the first comment here contains strong(weak?) language.


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And the Opsis Distributor of the Year 2009-2010 award goes to...Enviro Technology
World class supplier and leading UK exporter specialising in air pollution monitoring systems Enviro Technology Services Plc has been awarded 'Distributor of the Year 2009- 2010' by Opsis.
The company's CEMS (Continuous Emissions and Monitoring Systems) Sales and Engineering team were presented with the award at the Opsis distributors' annual sales meeting held recently in Paris.
Enviro Technology beat off stiff competition from distributors based across the globe to win the award, which was based on their outstanding sales with several major projects being won, built and delivered during 2009/10. These included:
21 CEMS systems being supplied to GDF Suez Teesside Power Station, Lancashire Waste, United Utilities and Beatson Clark glass works.
Jim Budd, CEMS Sales Manager, was particularly pleased with the upturn in business which this represented, and commented: "This shows that we are able to compete with some of the older CEMS companies on both technical specification and price. We have spent a long time building confidence in cross-stack CEMS technology and we are now seeing the marketplace ready for a change from maintenance-intensive extractive systems to systems that really can deliver reliable data capture and reduce maintenance issues."
Duncan Mounsor, Sales and Marketing Director, added: "To receive this award from Opsis gives us a real feeling of satisfaction. We have been working with them for over 20 years and we are now at a place where we can share our experiences with other Opsis distributors to help them in their regions".
He continued: "We have a highly skilled sales and engineering team able to tailor our systems to suit our clients' needs, without trotting out the same old solutions. We know it is important to recognise that each site is different, and each has its own challenges as we have definitely seen this year."


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East-central MN Species Lists
This report includes species lists for 31 native plant communities that occur in the greater Twin Cities metropolitan area and were developed by Hannah Dunevitz of the Minnesota DNR and Cynthia Lane, formerly of Great River Greening and now with Ecological Strategies, LLC. The species lists were derived from vegetation plot data, now available for the first time. They can be used as reference lists for planning ecological restoration projects, and will also help with the identification and understanding of native plant communities.
Additional benefits include the introduction of the DNR's revised native plant community classification system, lists of invasive exotic plants that occur in each community, and lists of rare plants that occur in each community. The text that accompanies the lists provides ample information about the new plant community classification and how to use the species lists.
Complete Species Lists for Terrestrial and Palustrine Native Plant Communities in East-central Minnesota This document has a detailed explanation of the project and descriptions of native plant communities. Please read this before exploring the lists.
Central Dry Oak-Aspen (Pine) Woodland (21KB)
Southern Dry-Mesic Oak (Maple) Woodland (59KB)
Central Mesic Hardwood Forest (Eastern) (25KB)
Southern Dry Mesic Oak Forest (25KB)
Southern Mesic Maple-Basswood Forest (30KB)
Southern Dry-Mesic Oak Forest (31KB)
Southern Wet-Mesic Hardwood Forest (.26KB)
Southern Floodplain Forest (38KB)
Southern Terrace Forest (23KB)
Northern Very Wet Ash Swamp (27KB)
Northern Wet Ash Swamp (22KB)
Northern Wet Cedar Forest (24KB)
Southern Wet Ash Swamp (27KB)
Southern Rich Conifer Swamp (29KB)
Northern Poor Conifer Swamp (18KB)
Northern Rich Alder Swamp (44KB)
Sedge Meadow (27KB)
Willow Dogwood Shrub Swamp (25KB)
Southern Seepage Meadow Carr (28KB)
Northern Poor Fen (18KB)
Northern Rich Fen Basin (23KB)
Prairie Extremely Rich Fen (24KB)
Northern Mixed Cattail Marsh (41KB)
Northern Bulrush Spikerush Marsh (42KB)
Southern Wet Prairie (28KB)
Dry Sand Gravel Prairie Southern (55KB)
Dry Bedrock Bluff Prairie Southern (26KB)
Dry Barrens Prairie Southern (48KB)
Dry Sand Gravel Oak Savanna (27KB)
Dry Barrens Oak Savanna Southern (54KB)
Mesic Prairie Southern (30KB)
There is also more information on native plant communities through the DNR's website at: http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/npc
For more information about this project, or for hard copies of this report, contact:
Hannah Dunevitz Texler, Regional Plant Ecologist
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Ecological and Water Resources Division
1200 Warner Road, Saint Paul, MN 55106
Phone: 651-259-5811
Cynthia Lane, Conservation Ecologist
Ecological Strategies, LLC
P.O. Box 3, Maiden Rock, WI 54750
Phone: 715-448-4331
Descriptions of Natural Communities in the River Valleys
Natural Communities:
Deciduous Forest
Mixed Coniferous-Deciduous Forest
Deciduous Woodland
Deciduous Savanna
Upland Prairie
Floodplain Forest
Hardwood Swamp Forest
Shrub Swamp
Emergent Marsh
Wet Meadow / Fen
Primary Community
Aquatic Community
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|megpie71 (megpie71) wrote,
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|explaining the inexplicable, i aten't dead, living with: my jerk-brain, looking for work, unemployment sucks
Why Do I Do This To Myself?
I've just finished doing my weekly job search. Which is depressing and sucks rocks through a straw.
It is also about 60% more complicated than it actually has to be, for a number of reasons.
Firstly, I grew up in a dysfunctional family, which means I still (even after twenty years safely away from the lot of 'em) feel the ingrained need to justify my every action, in order to ensure I don't wind up getting squashed by people and/or institutions which have power over me. (If I do not Document Everything and Justify Everything, I will inevitably wind up In The Wrong. Yes, I know this is fscked up. You don't need to tell me). In terms of job search, this translates to me carefully noting down the following:
* What my search terms were on Seek.com.au each week.
* How many jobs were on offer
* Relevant details from each of those job ads, complete with highlighting various things, such as hours of work offered, skills/experience/education required, due dates for applications, conditions and so forth.
* Which jobs I applied for and with which employers
* How I applied for them.
Okay, so far, so neurotic. Reasonable justification of choices achieved. Now this is the rest of what I do:
* Keep another record of every single job offered by Employer, Job description and date.
* Keep track of whether I received any response to the job applications I sent out, and what that response was.
* Keep statistics on the proportion of my job applications I receive responses to.
* Collate and keep statistics on the amount and type of experience employers are asking for.
* Collate and keep statistics on the types of qualifications, clearances, and personal qualities employers are asking for.
* Collate and keep statistics on whether the work being offered is permanent or temporary, and how many hours are being offered.
* Collate and keep statistics on the kinds of software employers are asking for experience with.
Part of the reason I do all of this is because my brain says "maybe there's some patterns in here we could pull out if we just had the stats; maybe if we just assembled enough information we could craft the Perfect Application and get ourselves a job!". It also says "ooh, numbers cool!" and "I like playing with data", not to mention "hey, let's hyper-focus on this useless aspect of things in order to try to convince ourselves all this pointless effort could maybe, possibly, have a purpose other than wasting our time in futile hoop-jumping".
Which is why looking for work, for me, occupies the better part of about four to five hours every Sunday. I keep records of all of this. They are updated religiously. Who knows? Maybe someday, someone will be demanding that I justify my choices in the same old way my family used to (and the way my bully of a boss in the agency responsible for administering our social security system here in Australia used to...) and I will be able to pull out five or more years of records explaining each and every single damn choice I've made all the way along my job search history, and why I made those choices.
In the mean time, I'm starting to build up a pretty good picture of what employers in Perth, Western Australia are looking for with regards to part-time administrative and office support workers. (Email me if you want the full autism-spectrum inspired brain dump).
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In some circumstances we understand that the applicant may need payments to be made straight to their landlord. These circumstances could be that the applicant has:
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With the emergence of social media, it is playing a key role in marketing activities. Social media sites like twitter, Facebook tumblr, YouTube LinkedIn & others are growing rapidly. Now facebook has more than 1 billion members. This has made the companies to use social data for market research activities. People share their purchase experience through social media sites. Data can also be obtained from Customer Rep chat, ratings, polls, surveys, voting, review sites & others.
Consumer ratings are used by people before deciding about the product. All this data helps market research lower costs, fasten the decision making process & others.Many analytic service providers have started including social media data in reports & this can also be used for research purposes. Top brands are mentioned by users regularly in conversation & this helps them uncover many insights. Social media listening is playing an important role in research. With the use of smartphones, more people are using social media & this helps tapping into data related to localization.


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text: Colleen Everett is a native of Maryland's eastern shore, but has lived in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado for more than 15 years. She lives in the town of Eagle, a village that is less than 10 miles from Vail. She maintains an active home studio, where she spends anywhere from 6 to 8 hours daily, under the strict supervision of drying clay and firing kilns. "As a craftsman you are tied to the process and schedules of your media. Clay is a strict task master, but in the day to day 'doing' comes a profound meditation. The action brings a clarity to your inventions."


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The bankruptcy filing of a couple from another state may be of interest to our readers in New Jersey. The couple is well known in their community because they are the Principal and CFO of a growing charter school there. The personal bankruptcy came, at least in part, after the pair found that their home had significantly dropped in value during the most recent economic recession.
New Jersey Chapter 7 bankruptcy can offer financial relief
Readers in New Jersey may be interested to hear about the recent bankruptcy of a mayor of a small city in another state. It typifies the problems of many individuals and families across the country. The mayor filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy after suffering economic difficulties brought on by the continuing national recession. In addition to serving his city, he has worked as a real estate developer in the past.
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COLLEGE ENGLISH SKILLS (Formerly English 15)
Students who have taken the Cerritos College Assessment Test and placed in English 15 will enroll in a noncredit English class in the Adult Education Department.
Upon successful completion of noncredit Adult Education class, students will be able
to enroll in the next credit level of English (English 20).
This beginning course is designed for native English speakers already able to understand and speak the language. It is intended to reduce beginning writing students' fear and anxiety about writing. It develops writing fluency through written activities and assignments designed to teach and reinforce conventions to standard English. This course focuses on sentence structure and development and sentence combining. Students will work toward developing short paragraphs.


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Those coming out of prison or even those with friends or families in prison need to pay close attention to this. Prison canteens only sell food and drinks that have high sugar content. A canteen in a quad of 340 inmates can make an average of $3,000 a week. That is a lot of candy bars, cokes and cookies.
There is a price for these sugar highs aside from the normal diabetes which is dementia. It is well worth the effort to find some sort of medical authority to take a close look at your sugar levels to prevent a host of sugar related problems of which diabetes and dementia are only two.


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Need a simple zingy dessert you can make with minimal fuss? Try this creamy lemon cheesecake, made with just a few basic storecupboard ingredients
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Oval in shape, with a pronouced bulge on one end, lemons are one of the most versatile fruits…
- 2-3 lemons, juiced (you need about 90ml)
Oval in shape, with a pronouced bulge on one end, lemons are one of the most versatile fruits…
To make the base, crush 110g digestive biscuits in a food bag with a rolling pin or in the food processor.
Melt 50g butter in a saucepan, take off heat and stir in 25g light soft brown sugar and the biscuit crumbs.
Line the base of a 20cm loose bottomed cake tin with baking parchment. Press the biscuit into the bottom of the tin and chill in the fridge while making the topping.
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Squiggle Group is a bunch of radically cool techno-savvy believers who are skilled at broadcasting ideas ranging from the quietest thoughts to the most demonstrative movements through systems that are familiar and shockingly easy to use.
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We have been meaning to get started on this new curriculum. We had been eyeballing this book for a while and I overheard another mom talking about this class that her kids were signed up for… I thought, well, WE can get the book and do this… And so far, WE LOVE IT!
The book is divided into 3 different sections.
- The first is a section includes histories and photos. Day 1 talks about Mesopotamia and shows different types of maps from up to 2500 years BC. It has photos of stone maps, papyrus maps and even a drawing of a Polynesian map.
- Section 2 is a MAP DRAWING Section. It is a step by step on drawing a map of certain area of the world. Lesson one is drawing Mesopotamia including the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. Even my 7 year-olds could follow long with the drawings.
- Section 3 is extra activities… in this activity, you could make a dough and draw a map in it.
We just began this book. I had several old rolls of butcher paper that I had picked up at a yard sale. So, my supplies were very inexpensive. WE LOVED starting this book. I can't wait until we get through more of it.
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Saturday, January 18, 2014
laughing matters
I think the articles worth reading posts are a pretty great and unpretentious way to share good readings, thoughts and inspiration. But I have been saving up a whole lot of those since last August and don't feel very inclined to look through them and sort the really special ones into a post.
Thus I will only share a few reads/photos which all either, in their own crazy ways, made me laugh until I cried or made me go all soft and mushy due to sweetness galore. Ie they're not thoughtprovoking or enlightening as such, they are simply hilarious or very endearing. And all of us need a regular dose of hilarious and/or heartwarming in our lives.
A really good laugh makes an already great day even better and gives a blue one a silver lining of light. So does sweetness. Enjoy!
~ Dog shaming - hilarious
~ Cat shaming - since cats are generally more well-behaved than dogs (well...) you might not cry just as much of laughter over this one, still great fun though
~ Big bag of gummy bears customer reviews - overdosing on sugar free candy does have a laxative effect, in case you didn't know...
~ Men and cats in similar poses - something for everyone here
~ Grandma and her odd eyed cat - precious
~ Child animal whisperers photos - magical
Labels: animals, cats, commercials, dogs, heart, humour, life, photography
2 comments:
- Unknown said...
Hi Pia,
thank you for the articels! Just the "dog shaming" doesn´t work (missing "v" at the beginning).
- 10:30 am
- Marie said...
I absolutely loved the dog with a sign saying "It's 2 am. Let me sing you the song of my people". I laughed and laughed (and was glad that I lived nowhere near the dog!)
- 7:48 pm
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The Catalan parliament voted on Tuesday to reject a Spanish Supreme Court ruling that suspended former Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont and five other pro-independence politicians from public office, marking a new standoff with Madrid.
The assembly also backed a motion allowing all six parliament members, who have either fled Spain or are in jail, to delegate their voting rights to a party member, a spokesman for the Catalan parliament said.
In July, Spain's Supreme Court effectively stripped Carles Puigdemont and the other separatist politicians of their public duties due to their role in organising an independence referendum on Oct 1, 2017.
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Madrid imposed direct rule on Catalonia after the referendum, which it branded as unconstitutional. It then called fresh regional elections in December in a bid to curb the independence movement, but the plan backfired and the secessionists retained a slim majority in the Catalan assembly.
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