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The number of Tasmanians in Adult Education has dropped sharply in the past four years
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- August 21, 2014
THE number of Tasmanians enrolled in Adult Education courses has plummeted more than 90 per cent in four years.
In the 2010-11 financial year 15,080 people were enrolled in Adult Education courses statewide but a year later it was down to 5413. By last financial year (2013-14) enrolments had dropped to 1491.
Figures revealed in the Legislative Council yesterday documented the continuing decline in the number of people enjoying leisure and lifestyle classes or improving their life skills through Adult Education courses. The figures were provided by leader of the Government in the Upper House Vanessa Goodwin in response to questions from Windermere MLC Ivan Dean.
Courses in the Adult Education program are held at various sites around the state, including LINCs, schools, community centres and campuses of the University of Tasmania.
Education Minister Jeremy Rockliff said the State Government wanted to revive the Adult Education brand and was looking at ways to make the program more attractive and efficient.
Mr Rockliff said the decline was down to the former Government's bid for a full cost recovery model.
"There was no consultation with tutors or willing learners as to what the scope of the service should be, what if any courses the government would be willing to subsidise and what an appropriate price point would be," he said.
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Ken Wright of Sandy Bay Posted at 11:17 AM August 25, 2014
Why is anyone surprised? This outcome was exactly what David Bartlett wanted when he ripped the guts out of Adult Education and the State Library, aided by some short-sighted empire building by the then Director of Library Services. Now we have LINC, would anyone like to tell me what it stands for without researching it first?
Jill Turner of Hobart Posted at 12:29 PM August 22, 2014
Wow, so cynical (and ill-informed) Leonard. Move with the times. It's time to leave your 'old ways' behind.
Peter Walton of Hobart Posted at 12:20 PM August 22, 2014
Leonard and Lynda - it's definitely declining and it's not a trend. The statistics (freely available) are clear on that. The REASON is solely funding - i.e. all funding was dropped and only a handful of staff kept on (~3 FTE). It had to operate on a full cost recovery model. If you understand the business in running this programme like it used to be run - you will see that it's an impossibility to keep it as it was - wonderful and inexpensive. I agree, it's a shame. Those claiming "just go online" - you completely misunderstand what Adult Ed offered - social interaction and community engagement - as well as learning. It was so much more than just "learning" or "education".


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ST. LOUIS (KSDK) - It wasn't a smooth Friday for St. Louis County Executive Charlie Dooley.
One of his candidates for the embattled county police board announced he's bowing out and the carpenters union says it will not support Dooley in a bid for re-election next year.
Five on Your Side's Mike Rush sat down with the county executive in what was, at times, a contentious exchange.
Rush: Does it concern you that..
Dooley: I'm going to say this again. Listen to what I'm saying.
Rush: I heard what you're saying, but you're not exactly answering what I'm asking.
Dooley: You're not listening to what I'm saying. I'm going to tell you what I'm ...
Rush: I'm going to listen real hard now.
Dooley: All right, listen real hard. There is no one organization or individuals that agree 100 percent of the time.
That was Charlie Dooley getting defensive as Mike Rush asked about longtime supporters who are now wavering.
The Greater St. Louis Labor Council, AFL-CIO says it may not back Dooley in next year's election because of his nomination of Dave Spence to the county police board, someone the organization sees as anti-union.
And the carpenters union has already decided its support of Dooley is over after the FBI investigation into the police board.
"There is no one that runs for office agrees with anybody 100 percent of the time," Dooley said.
Dooley claims the carpenters union and its executive secretary, Terry Nelson, have never supported him and are insignificant.
"He says a lot of crazy things and most people ignore him, exactly what I'm going to do," he said.
Rush reached out to Nelson for comment.
"If you've got ugly children, I'm going to tell you," said Nelson, referring to his penchant for being blunt and plain spoken.
Nelson says the message here is that the union, 24-thousand strong he says, will work to oust the county executive.
"We're one of the big boys and we're breathing down his throat. If I was sitting where he was at I would say ah, they don't mean nothing, they're just a bunch of wind.. Blah, blah, blah, blah," said Nelson.
Friday, one of Dooley's police board nominees, Pastor Freddy Clark said he is dropping out of consideration.
The five member board is currently two members shy and one is on the way out, some gone after St. Louis County Police Chief Tim Finch notified the FBI with concerns over construction contracts for a new crime lab.
Rush asked Dooley about speculation the chief could lose his job over it.
Rush: Will you try to get rid of the chief?
Dooley: Have I indicated as such?
Rush: No, but I'm asking you.
Dooley: I'm asking you have I indicated as such, what did I just say to you?
Rush: Well, I don't think you would tell me.
Dooley: Then why would you ask me that then if you don't think I would?
Rush; I mean, I don't think you would have previously told me.
Dooley: If you don't think I would tell you the truth, why would you ask me that question?
Rush: No, what I mean to say is that I don't think you would have previously told me without me asking, so now I'm asking are you trying to get rid of the chief?
Dooley: No.
Dooley says he supports Chief Fitch and as far as he's concerned, the chief's job is secure.
Rush reached out to Pastor Clark about why he is no longer interested in a position on the police board. He has not returned calls.

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October 21, 2012
California Sea Bass
chanterelles, young ginger root, tomato, soy nut
Devil's Gulch Salad
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Agnolotti of Quail
black trumpets, brussels sprouts, quail egg emulsion
Rouelle of Devil's Gulch Ranch Rabbit
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What Ricker also has going for him is his obsessive nature—and his take on the cuisine of Northern Thailand.
"I never met a guy more driven," says his friend Willy Vlautin, a musician and novelist who worked for Ricker as a house painter in the '90s. "He grew up pretty poor, and I think he wanted to not be that way. He's one of those guys who had to work twice as hard to get where other people were in the first place."
A native of Vermont, Ricker had been cooking since he was 16, working in restaurants in order to make money to ski. Later he got into rock climbing, and took cooking jobs on sailboats so he could climb all around the world.
In 1987, when he was 24, Ricker went to Chiang Mai, the largest city in Northern Thailand, where he ate a curry that changed his life. The bowl was filled with hed top, seasonal mushrooms that he remembers "look like puffballs—dark brown, slightly bitter."
He thought Thai food was supposed to be sweet, like the sugary pad kee mao served stateside. But this was a bounty of distinct flavors—bitter and earthy and sour and sweet—combined to make hearty mountain food served as snack-sized bits, often with a the undercurrent of fish-sauce funk. It was seemingly contradictory items like "beef salad." It was great.
When Ricker moved to Portland in 1990, he worked as a sous chef under Chris Israel at Zefiro—a training ground for many of Portland's best cooks—and worked as a commercial painter, eventually giving new paint jobs to several restaurants where he'd worked.
But he kept making Northern Thai recipes. His best friend, photographer Adam Levy, liked Thai food, but the kind that most Americans know. "He always used to harsh my buzz, " Levy says. "He knew what I was eating was the insipid honky formulation—Chinese food with a few different ingredients. We'd actually have fights about it."
In 2005, Ricker bought a house on Southeast Division Street, and out front built a wooden shack with a kitchen and to-go window. He maxed out several credit cards and borrowed money from his mother to make payroll.
He rejected the conventional fare—no pad Thai on his menu.
"Think about how alienating Pok Pok could have been," says Kurt Huffman, who later co-opened restaurants Ping and Foster Burger with Ricker. "Nothing you can pronounce. Nothing you recognize. Weird flavors. You don't go out and say, 'Let's open up an Italian place that refuses to serve spaghetti, and everything on the menu's gonna be in Italian.'"
But Pok Pok wasn't off-putting. Actually, it was a food cart before Portland's cart scene got big, and it served finger-licking chicken. People started telling each other immediately: Ricker had been to Thailand, and he'd brought back something out of a dream. "The charcoal-roasted game hen is killer," wrote Oregonian food critic Karen Brooks six months after Pok Pok opened, "full of juiciness and crisp skin, with a tart, garlic-dizzy dipping sauce to kick it higher."
What saved Ricker were those rotisserie game hens and Ike's wings—a dish named for Ich Truong, an employee who helped perfect the recipe that made Pok Pok famous.
With Ike's wings, Ricker hit upon a trifecta of food cravings: meat, spice and sweetness. The wings are huge: Each one includes the full extension of the bird's appendage—drumstick, flat and end joint—making them far larger than the typical Buffalo wing.
They're marinated in garlic, sugar and fish sauce, tossed in tempura batter, and fried in hot oil. Then they're painted with garlic and a fish-sauce caramel. They play to Portland's love of artisan quality, exotic snobbery and decadent indulgence. They're a recipe for addiction.
The Oregonian named Pok Pok its Restaurant of the Year in 2007. The same year, Food & Wine magazine declared Ike's wings one of the 10 best restaurant dishes in America. Pok Pok has been featured on TV shows Diners, Drive-ins and Dives; Unique Eats; and The Best Thing I Ever Ate.
A 45-minute wait for a Pok Pok table soon became typical, and Ricker expanded. He opened Whiskey Soda Lounge across Division Street in 2009, serving dried cuttlefish and cocktails made with Thai drinking vinegars.
He also opened Southeast Asian pub-grub restaurant Ping in Chinatown in 2009 with Huffman, and they launched Foster Burger a year later with Sel Gris' Daniel Mondok. There's a second takeout joint, Pok Pok Noi, in the Sabin neighborhood, and Ricker is working on a third Division Street restaurant dedicated solely to the curry-on-rice dishes called khao kaeng.
He has 120 people on his payroll.
Ricker soon found himself acclaimed as one of the nation's best Thai chefs. He has become an evangelist for obscure Northern Thai favorites like laap, a duck dish, and khao soi, a curry-broth and noodle bowl.
"To this date," Ricker says, "the vast majority of the Thai community in Portland believe I have a Thai wife. Either here in the United States or in Thailand, behind the scenes, running all this."
Some bridle at Ricker's presumption. Chawadee Nualkhair, a food journalist based in Thailand, berated him for calling yam samun phrai—lemongrass spicy salad—a Northern Thai dish. She says it's actually from Central Thailand.
"I don't have a problem with any Westerner presenting himself or herself as an authority on Northern Thai cuisine," she says. "But that person—Western or Thai, it doesn't matter—has to be right. It's like if someone is a football commentator and they confuse Ben Roethlisberger with Tom Brady."
In New York's Lower East Side, customers flow in and out of Pok Pok Wing on a Thursday night as Matthew Adams eavesdrops on every conversation at the counter. He knows exactly what he wants to hear.
Adams is Ricker's operations manager, first hired at Ping and running three of his boss's Portland restaurants. He's in New York to supervise Pok Pok Wing's opening weeks. He knows working in Ricker's restaurants is hazardous: In his first year at Ping, Adams gained 20 pounds.
Adams listens as cashier Taylor Warden takes orders.
"Would you like sticky rice?" Warden asks a customer.
Adams pulls him aside later to correct his delivery: "Would you like to order sticky rice?" Otherwise, Adams says, customers might think the rice is free.
Warden hands a mother and daughter at the counter their drinking vinegars—like a tart fruit syrup in soda water—and says, "Stir it a little."
This is part of Ricker's plan: close supervision and tight control over every aspect of the Pok Pok meal.
"To be able to come to one of the most difficult cities to open a restaurant, and to do it in two months, that's pretty impressive," Ricker says. "And it's not because of any Herculean strength on my part. Everything we do has been about minimizing or eliminating everything that can go wrong."
For example, take the chilies used in the restaurant's namesake dish, Papaya Pok Pok. The name comes from the sound the chef's mortar on pestle—pok pok, pok pok—as it crushes long beans, tamarind, Thai chili, garlic, fish sauce, palm sugar and peanuts with green papaya shavings.
The heat of the chilies changes seasonally, and they come from a dozen or more places in Asia. That means the dish requires a constant rebalancing of the recipe.
"And the only one who's capable of doing that is Andy," Levy says.
Ricker's dreams are moving beyond the place where that kind of control is possible.
He has a cookbook coming out this year—still untitled—and is retailing the drinking vinegars under the name Som. He wants to open a shop to sell ingredients and equipment—laap spice, steamers, rice baskets—to go with the recipes. He talks of opening Pok Pok Wing outlets across New York, like a Thai version of Shake Shack.
"You could potentially open these all over the city," he says of Pok Pok Wing. "You could have a central commissary that functions as a particle accelerator. This place on the Lower East Side is totally a science experiment."
Yet as Ricker stretches himself further and further, he remains fundamentally alone in understanding his operation. He sold his share of Ping and Foster Burger last year, to solely focus on Pok Pok.
"That's also, I think, why he's so attached to the idea of the wing shack," Huffman says. "It allows you to be excellent. The question is, can he get enough people to help him build this thing as big as he wants?"
Ricker is trying to spread the expertise. He has taken at least six members of his staff to Thailand with him. And among his employees, he inspires fierce loyalty. When Pok Pok threw a Christmas party last year, nearly all of his 120 employees wore temporary tattoos of the illustration that ran with the Bon Appétit article: Ricker riding a fish.
When it comes to Pok Pok, Huffman says of Ricker, "He is the source of truth. The only way to scale that is to have people who work for him who are also a source of truth."
Ricker knows he's got to back away from the kitchen.
"You don't see a lot of old chefs," he says. "I'd like to live to at least 60. There's plenty of people out there who can do this. I know I'm not the only person in the whole world who's interested."
To achieve the national brand he wants, Ricker will have to release control of his cooking. But sometimes it seems like Pok Pok won't let go of him.
Near midnight, Ricker returns to Pok Pok Wing after dealing with problems at the unopened shop in Brooklyn. He and Adams look proudly over the pile of receipts. Adams spots an anomaly. "There's a Portland number on here," he says.
Ricker looks closer at the receipts. The two men reach a realization simultaneously, and start to laugh.
For Pok Pok Wing's first 10 days in business, Ricker has been giving the citizens of New York his personal cellphone number.


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Creepers with leaves that retain color and form in the winter are ideal. Consider the minicarnations known as cheddar pinks (Dianthus gratianopolitanus and hybrids). They are known for their charming, fragrant flowers, but their leaves are wonderfully hardy and remain the color of a blue spruce year- ound. Plumbago (Ceratostigma plumbaginoides) will give you electric blue flowers late in the summer and bronze foliage throughout winter. Good old moss phlox (P. subulata) is a spring classic, but the foliage remains year round, becoming purplish in winter. Best of all may be the sedums. Many of the low-growing varieties like 'Weihenstephaner Gold,' 'Dragon's Blood,' and 'Vera Jameson' have nice foliage color through the winter. Good taller varieties are 'Autumn Joy' and 'Matrona.'
Even some herbs might work. Try gray-green kitchen sage (Salvia officinalis). And there are many good varieties of thyme with interesting foliage that lasts all year. As for taller shrubs, such as azaleas, yews, and taller junipers, I strongly suggest that you keep them considerably farther away from the house than is traditional — at least 8 feet from the foundation and maybe farther, depending on how tall your house is. The idea is to keep a clear area all around the building, creating enough space for you to walk comfortably and wide enough for you to set a ladder that can reach the roof anywhere. From a distance, your house will look comfortably nestled among the greenery, but up close you will have a private zone where you can walk, work, and enjoy a tapestry of low-growing plants.


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Okay so i have been working on a very simple game engine in order to ease my development on games. So far it has been going well, until I discovered a bug. I have a texture manager that can create or add textures to a vector that contains all of the texture objects. It works perfectly when I only add 1 texture to the game, but when i try to add multiple textures the game window pops up and disappears which leads me to believe something is either wrong in my Texture class or my TextureManager Draw function or it's AddTexture function. I have been stuck on this for days, and would really appreciate some help. I have attached the code so you could possibly take a peek.
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PS. I am 14 so i might have made some stupid mistakes.
Code: (Just the Texture and TextureManager header/source files, everything else works fine)
[source lang="cpp"]namespace Smitty{ class cTexture { public: cTexture(); cTexture(string filename, string Name); ~cTexture(); int GetX(); int GetY(); int GetW(); int GetH(); void SetX(int x); void SetY(int y); string GetFilename(); void SetFilename(string name); string GetName(); void SetName(string Name); SDL_Surface* GetTexture(); SDL_Surface *texture; void DrawTexture(SDL_Surface *Surface, int x, int y); void DrawTextureSection(SDL_Surface *Surface, SDL_Rect *rect, int x, int y); private: int Width; int Height; int X,Y; string Filename; string name; };}[/source]
(This is just the Draw Texture function
void cTexture::DrawTexture(SDL_Surface *Surface, int x, int y)
SDL_Rect dest;
dest.x = x;
dest.y = y;
dest.w = Width;
dest.h = Height;
SDL_BlitSurface(texture,NULL,Surface, &dest);
Alright so here is the TextureManager Class
[source lang="cpp"]namespace Smitty{class cTextureManager{ public: cTextureManager(); ~cTextureManager(); SDL_Surface *LoadTexture(string filename); void ReloadAllTextures(); void CreateTexture(string filename, string texName); //Creates a new texture and adds it to the Textures vector void AddTexture(cTexture &texture); void FreeTexture(string texName); void FreeAllTextures(); void DrawTexture(string texName, SDL_Surface *Destination, int x, int y); //Draws one texture void DrawTexture(string texName, SDL_Surface *Destination); void DrawAllTextures(SDL_Surface *Destination); //Draws all textures int GetTextureWidth(cTexture texName); int GetTextureHeight(cTexture texName); int GetTextureX(string texName); int GetTextureY(string texName); void SetTextureX(string texName, int value); void SetTextureY(string texName, int value); void GetSize(); protected: vector<cTexture> Textures; };[/source]
Now here are the problematic functions in the TextureManager class
[source lang="cpp"]SDL_Surface *cTextureManager::LoadTexture(string filename){ SDL_Surface *temp = NULL; SDL_Surface *optimized = NULL; temp = SDL_LoadBMP(filename.c_str()); if(temp != NULL) { optimized = SDL_DisplayFormat( temp ); SDL_FreeSurface( temp ); cout << "Optimized Image Created." << endl; } return optimized;} //Creates a new cTexture and adds it to the Textures vectorvoid cTextureManager::CreateTexture(string filename, string texName){ cTexture temp; temp.SetFilename(filename.c_str()); temp.SetName(texName); AddTexture(temp); cout << "Texture Added." << endl;}//Adds a already instiated cTexture to the Textures vectorvoid cTextureManager::AddTexture(cTexture &texture){ // CreateTexture(texture.GetFilename(), texture.GetName()); string filename; string name; filename = texture.GetFilename(); name = texture.GetName(); texture.texture = LoadTexture(filename.c_str()); texture.SetName(name.c_str()); Textures.push_back(texture); cout << "Texture Added." << endl;}[/source]
//Draws a texture at user specified coordinates
void cTextureManager::DrawTexture(string texName, SDL_Surface *Destination, int x, int y)
vector<cTexture>::iterator it;
for(it = Textures.begin(); it < Textures.end(); it++)
if(it->GetName() == texName)
//Draws texture at textures coordinates instead of user specified cords.
void cTextureManager::DrawTexture(string texName, SDL_Surface *Destination)
vector<cTexture>::iterator it;
for(it = Textures.begin(); it < Textures.end(); it++)
if(it->GetName() == texName)
//Draws all textures at thier coordinates
void cTextureManager::DrawAllTextures(SDL_Surface *Destination)
vector<cTexture>::iterator it;
for(it = Textures.begin(); it < Textures.end(); it++)
Game Engine Problem with loading multiple textures- HELP!
Started by Ars7c3, Jun 25 2012 08:18 AM
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Posted 25 June 2012 - 08:12 PM
Hello? I would really appreciate a response... Still stuck on this dumb problem .
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Posted 25 June 2012 - 10:50 PM
At what line exactly does the application crash?
I think you need to post ALL of the method/function/constructor definitions for both classes if you want anyone to solve your problem.
I think you need to post ALL of the method/function/constructor definitions for both classes if you want anyone to solve your problem.
Edited by thecoast47, 25 June 2012 - 10:52 PM.
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Posted 27 June 2012 - 10:07 AM
Whenever I get stuck on this kind of thing, I reach for printf and put it after every line with something like printf("draw texture 1\n"), printf("draw texture 2\n") etc etc.. Then I know where the game crashes because I can see what the last line printed out was. Not the best way to do it I imagine (a proper debugger would be the professional way), but it might help you to realise what line your issue is caused by.
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Posted 27 June 2012 - 11:29 AM
From what i see, your texture list is vector<cTexture>, so your textures are held by value. If you add a new one, you might reallocate the vector's buffer which will copy then destroy all your existing textures. I don't know how your cTexture class handles being copied, but it has a good chance to be the issue. You should insert the textures in the manager by pointer, by dynamically allocating them with new/delete (or something that wraps those, I won't get in the smart pointer topic here ) This way reallocating the vector will only move the pointers around, which won't destroy/affect the texture objects themselves.
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January 26 – May 19, 2013
A story about learning responsibility
The Cat in the Hat is the perfect friend for a boring rainy afternoon. From games and mischief to Thing One and Thing Two, The Cat brings all sorts of trouble to this grey day— but will Sally and her brother be able to explain the mess to Mother? This Dr. Seuss classic leaps onto the stage with chaotic exuberance in this adaptation from the National Theatre in London.
Fun & Games with The Cat!
The Cat in the Hat runs about 35 minutes, and will be directly followed by a short, interactive session of Fun & Games with The Cat himself! See the show, and then explore the theme of responsibility with the world's most famous feline.
Please arrive early to take part in the pre-show activity, which is lots of good fun that is funny! If you do arrive late, we will be happy to seat you as soon as the aisles are clear of shenanigans.
Single Tickets
Tickets for The Cat in the Hat are $10-$16 before fees. For the best all inclusive ticket price, call the Apollo Box Office at 773.935.6100.
"Kids, you should definitely take your parents to see this show."
–Jonathan Messinger, Time Out Chicago Kids
"It was a joyful, colorful experience with the actors using all parts of the Apollo Theatre as their playground."
–Shari Schmidt, The Chicago Moms
Birthday Party at the Show
The Emerald City Birthday at the Show Package includes signs in the lobby, a crown for the birthday child, a birthday card signed by the cast, a gift certificate good for an item of choice from the Emerald City Theatre Shoppe and a special announcement of the birthday party at the show.
With group ticket purchase (as low as $12 per ticket!) Birthday at the Show Packages are $50
With single ticket purchase Birthday at the Show packages are $75
To book your birthday party at the show, please call 773.529.2690
The Cat in The Hat is a story about learning responsibility.
To start conversations before or after the show about learning responsibility, you can use our Grown-up Guide from the playbill or our Study Guide for educators.
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Game #1: Rhyming Zoo
Game #2: Be It or Use It
The Cat in the Hat
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Performances of The Cat in The Hat are at the Apollo Theater in Lincoln Park.
Directions and information for the Apollo Theater
Looking lunch before or after the show? Check out Maid-Rite Diner on Lincoln Ave., just south of the Apollo Theater.


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Whether you've got ants in your kitchen or mouse infestations are in your garage, sprays, insecticides and traps are used by pest technicians in Rushden.
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Rushden pest management methods
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Rats, small mammals and mice, can be responsible for destruction of buildings and belongings being stored in attics, garages, garden sheds and outbuildings. Rushden pest control specialists, though, can give you the pest control solution. From setting traps to catch mice and rats to capturing foxes humanely, capturing squirrels accessing attics to using hawks or snares to catch rabbits, pest infestations can track down pest control professionals in Rushden who have the answer to your infestation or pest issues.
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Different techniques are used by expert pest control companies in Rushden to eradicate pests. Whether there are pests in your house, garden shed or land around your home, Rushden pest control firms have the solution. From eradicating fleas using pesticide sprays to laying commercial poison traps using water based woodworm treatments to relocating captured foxes from urban gardens pest infestations has the industry specialists who are experienced and knowledgeable enough to provide the pest control answer you need.


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A career as a freelance writer is not easy to set up nor is finding steady work as a freelance writer. The job provides you with the luxury of working from anywhere in the world at any time of your choice but it comes with the risk of not being able to generate a steady income. Freelance writers are more often faced with the dilemma of taking up the job full time or part time. The key is of learning that one-time jobs will not keep you on your feet. A steady income can be generated only from a reliable client who will keep coming back to you in search of unique and quality content. To garner these steady income jobs there are things one can do and steps to follow that will assure enough income.
A freelance writer needs to be able to keep up with deadlines. They will also be required to cater to several different niches as per the requirement of the client. Being available online during a specific time with the client is also crucial to discuss ongoing projects and future projects.
A sure shot way to ensure steady freelance writing jobs is to strike a deal with a market that complements yours. For example web designers and graphic designers are always on the lookout for good writers for their clients. In such cases strike a deal with them such that both your businesses can benefit. While they will refer you to their clients for copy writing jobs you can do the same for them. This is one way to gain new clients and set up a friendly and healthy working relationship with people from the same niche.
Zero in on your target audience and then market your services. In this way you can make sure that clients providing freelance writing jobs can find you easily enough. Keep aside a certain amount of time every week to target clients and freelance writing forums to know what is on the market currently. Learn the art of using the right keywords while searching for freelance writing jobs. Every time you visit a forum or job board for freelancers watch out for words like on-going, full time writers, long term basis etc.. This will help you meet the right kind of client who can provide you with enough work to keep you busy.
Do not be disheartened when you can't find steady clients immediately. As with all jobs it is just a matter of time before you find stability. Freelancers are often carried away by a large number of short term projects but the key is to impress your clients with good quality work. Being prompt with your work can again mean a level of trust that is developed among you and your client. Ensure that all of the content you provide is unique and has no duplicated content in it. A breach in a client's trust can mean the end of most writers' careers.
Try and learn more about the websites you are writing for before you go out there and start writing. It is preferable to stick to a particular genre of topics as you know what you are writing about. However research is the key and out of experience the highest paid writers are those who are willing to write on any topic given to them. Make sure you get the gist of what your client requires before you start writing. Read through all the documents the client provides you with before you submit your articles. Do a double check on all your articles to eliminate unwanted worries like typing errors and spelling errors etc. Be sure to ask for more work from reliable clients to make sure there is enough work coming in.
A degree in English or a PhD is preferable. Good knowledge of written English is mandatory along with sufficient knowledge of how to use the computer and the internet. Another requirement is an excellent command over the English language and proficiency in using the computer and the internet. A certain amount of technical knowledge is also necessary. Basic training in writing, editing, and typing is required. Experience as a writer, editor or experience as a tutor will be helpful. A freelance writer can work from anywhere in the world with just a computer and an internet connection. The global prospects of this career are humongous. The salaries of this job are around $50,000 to $56,000 annually.
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Today they are doing revisionist history at its best...saying how everyone thought that the pats got an unbelievable free agent class last year, headlined by Joseph Addai, Anthony Gonzalez, Robert Gallery, Jonathan Fanene, Trevor Scott, Stallworth, Fells, Caldwell, Brandon Lloyd, et al.
Um...I really don't think anyone expected Gonzalez or Addai to even have a sniff of making the team. If those two and Gallery were playing significant playing time, the Pats would be in trouble, everyone knew that.
Fanene was a big disappointment for me, but he was hurt and had to be cut.
Both Stallworth and Caldwell were no going to both make the team and play.
Fells, eh, can't win them all, same with Trevor Scott.
Lloyd, while not a game changer, had a fine season, IMO.


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This solar house is situated on about 0.5 acre in the city of Ann Arbor. Completed in 1999, it was designed by Wayne Appleyard of Sunstructures Architects in Ann Arbor, and built by Calvin C. Hoeft Building Inc., of Dexter.
The contemporary house has about 2350 ft² on the upper two floors and 3800 ft² including the unfinished, but conditioned basement. The house has all the usual amenities found in a custom design and features fine craftmanship and materials. But by designing conservation, passive and active solar features into the house from the beginning, a reduction in energy use of about 60% compared to a standard house that meets energy efficient codes is achieved.
The highlights in this website describe interesting features of the house in detail.


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Fossil Alter Ego: Julie Norine
Oct 24, 2013
There's no shortage of talented people that work at Fossil, and we are excited to feature the Alter Ego of Julie Norine! This customer care representative puts her patience and people skills to use in the office and when she's shooting wedding photography with her husband Matt. We're in awe of Julie's talent (evidence below via her gorgeous images), and hope you all like getting to know more about her! Don't forget to check out Matt & Julie Weddings when you are finished reading so you can see even more of the duo's work.
Q: What do you do at Fossil and how long have you been here?
A: "I am a Customer Care Representative. I started as a seasonal rep just before Christmas last year. I provide all of our Fossil customers with a radical customer experience, whether it be helping them pick out their new timepiece, or assisting them with warranty and repairs."
Q: How does your Alter Ego talent align with what you do at your day job? (communicating with people, flexibility)
A: "Fossil provides excellent customer service to our customers. Everything about the Fossil customer care philosophy has taught me how be attentive to the needs of our clients. Communication, follow through, and problem solving are things I have to do all day every day, and they definitely relate to photography which is also a service based industry."
Q: When did you become interested in photography and how did you launch Matt and Julie Weddings?
A: "My husband Matt introduced me to photography when we first started dating about four years ago. I was going with Matt to all of his weddings as his second shooter. Once we got married we launched our new logo and website and branded ourselves as a husband and wife photography team, and Matt Norine Photography became Matt and Julie Weddings in 2012."
Q: What are some milestone moments you've had as a professional photographer thus far?
A: "We get really pumped every time our work is featured on a wedding blog. The first time our work was published online was for Style Me Pretty, and I am pretty sure I clicked on that feature10 times that day! Something unique we got to experience recently is a volunteer story we photographed for a non-profit organization called Fotolanthropy. We told the story of a dad who was dying of cancer and surprised his daughters with a walk down the aisle of the chapel in our church. It was heart-wrenching, encouraging, and life changing to be a part of. Since then, national media publications have picked up the story. it's been fun to see everyone's response to it."
Q: How do you balance both your Alter Ego persona and your 9 to 5 job?
A: "Thankfully, most brides also work during the day, too. I meet with brides and respond to emails when I get home from work, and reserve most of my weekends for weddings and portrait sessions."
Q: What inspires you about photography?
A: "The feelings I get when I relive moments, events and experiences in my own life through photography. This inspires me when documenting life for others. I take a photojournalistic approach to my wedding photography, and my goal is for our couples to be able to relive their wedding day when viewing their photographs. Not just for the first time, but five, 10, hopefully, 50 years into their marriage!"
Q: What's the most challenging part of having a photography business outside of the office?
A: "Finding time to sit and be still. I wear quite a few hats as a wife, employee, photographer and business owner. I am always switching brains and it is a challenge having all of those different roles in their own compartments."
Q: Do you have any exciting projects/shoots coming up?
A: "Next year we are already looking forward to two destination weddings. We're headed to Sedona, Arizona and Rivera Maya, Mexico next year!"
Q: What is your dream of where your photography could go, and what are your plans on the horizon to expand your Alter Ego business?
A: "We hope to work towards more destination weddings. It is so fun to get to go to places we've never been together, it refreshes our relationship and also inspires our photography."
Q: Are there things you've learned from Fossil that have influenced the way you approach your Alter Ego?
A: "Definitely! Fossil has done a great job at creating a global brand that people love and recognize. This helps remind me to keep our product consistent and fresh."
(All images c/o Matt & Julie Weddings)


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Happy New Year also from big busted legend Chloe Vevrier-Latest Updates, Big Boobs, Busty Babes, Chloe Vevrier January 7th, 2012
Happy New Year also from super busty legend Chloe Vevrier. She made whole 2 updates in the beginning of the year: first part in 47 of photo gallery "Silky Moans" and a new update in "Diary" section, where she plays with a cute little puppy. Its pictures are not much, but in contrast, are exquisite, with lots of warm colors and Chloe, like always, as dazzling as the sun.
The site of big natural boobed Chloe Vevrier is the only model's official website, worth to have a permanent account in, as we have for years and never regretted a single penny we spent!
There is something divine in Chloe, which she continues to enchant us with day after day!
Enter the official website of all-natural absolutely gorgeous 36GG Chloe Vevrier
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3 Responses to "Happy New Year also from big busted legend Chloe Vevrier"
Frank Says:
January 12th, 2012 at 6:36 am
She is cool.
I signed her site since I had too much money to throw out the window. And I must say: not bad! I like the way she writes her diary.
And then: Just look at this picture
She is by far the best looking girl in the business.
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May 29th, 2012 at 3:35 pm
I first saw her in a video in the early 1990s. She was beautiful then, she's beautiful now, and remains my favorite model of all time.
lovejoca Says:
January 5th, 2013 at 9:44 pm
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The Four Boat Anchors Holding Back Permaculture
Where does the future of Permaculture lie? Well, I would like to start off with where it doesn't lie as that may lead us along faster if we are open and honest about it. These are areas where I feel we are wasting time if we put any real effort into them…
- Influencing the individual politics of others
- Bitching about what is wrong with the current system
- Doing everything for free or as a "nonprofit"
- Focusing on PDCs over on the ground "workshops" and multiple income sources
I honestly believe each of the above represents no less than a series of boat anchors that hold back permaculture from moving forward at a much faster pace and gaining broader main stream acceptance. Indeed if each is examined with a basic analysis of what it creates versus what it impedes the true way to move Permaculture into broader acceptance becomes clear in my opinion.
Boat Anchor One – Influencing the Individual Politics of Others
Let me be clear, I feel we are largely past the point of political solutions to most of mankind's problems. I classify myself as an anarcho libertarian but I really don't care what you call yourself, I really don't. You can be a liberal, a conservative, a centrist, whatever, as long as you are using and practicing permaculture, I feel we are going in the right direction. Make no mistake I am happy to debate politics with you, just not as a permaculture teacher or evangelist.
It is my personal contention that permaculture is an anti-political movement, one that is more anarchist than anything else. Yet I will admit I am not an authority when it comes to this claim, I prefer to cite permaculture's founder, Bill Mollison in making this claim. Bill said the following in an interview you can view at this link http://www.scottlondon.com/interviews/mollison.html
"Permaculture is anti-political. There is no room for politicians or administrators or priests. And there are no laws either. The only ethics we obey are: care of the earth, care of people, and reinvestment in those ends."
Friends, I just don't think it gets clearer than that! Too many permaculturists seem obsessed with solutions through legislation, "We need the government to _________". I laugh at this because what we in Permaculture most need from government is for them to get the hell out of our way. Doubt me? Try to set up an ecovillage and really live fully off grid. When you do, the first real problem you will encounter is the government, along with a mile of codes. Frankly urban farmers and front yard gardens are assaulted almost daily in many parts of the US. Hell, why do you think Joel Salitan wrote a book called, "Everything I Want to do is Illegal"?
To me Permaculture is our best solution because it calls for action rather than committees and endless discussions about why the other side is the problem. Let me put it this way, if you are worried about carbon, leave taxes out of it when spreading the permaculture message. Stick to how to build self-sufficiency and less carbon will go in the air and more will go in the soil. One hugul bed will put more carbon in the soil then a hundred CFL bulbs will prevent from going into the atmosphere. You want social justice and food for the poor, go plant a garden where it will feed the poor. It is that simple. Now the truth is, when you plant that garden, likely the only problem you will tend to encounter is government obstruction. You may want to consider that the next time you put your faith in a state based solution. The key is though none of this is important if what you really want is more permaculture systems, permaculture businesses and permaculture living.
Teach permaculture thinking, and by that I mean the design science of permaculture. Once people have that it will influence them, it will lead them to better choices. You don't have to tell them where they are wrong in your view, just show them how to be productive and you will accomplish more. There have been thousands of people turned off by what most would call "leftist ideology" in permaculture. Frankly, if you choose one side of the current political spectrum as your platform, you just shut down 50% of your market. I'd call that cutting off your nose to spite your face. Let me be clear, it doesn't matter which side you choose, you cost yourself 50% of your potential market, either way.
The big reason to get off the politics though in permaculture is it works, it converts the unconverted. To be blunt, when taught pragmatically, permaculture converts the heathens! Preaching to the converted about things you all agree about does almost nothing to further permaculture thinking and design implementation. Teaching things like technique, design and function stacking is what does that. Does it really work? In early 2013, Geoff Lawton approached me and asked that I promote his online PDC to my audience. I was happy to do so, well, the results were over 500 registrations out of my audience alone. The majority of these people are either politically right leaning or are libertarian oriented such as myself. In other words not the usual suspects.The rest of this article is available for our dedicated Brink of Freedom members. If you are already a member please LoginorBecome a Member to read the rest of this article.


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Friday, November 11, 2011
© Copyright 2015 Clayton News Daily
Police from Morrow and McDonough arrested a McDonough man Thursday night on several charges, alleging that he was the driver of a 2008 Cadillac Escalade that hit a vehicle driven by Morrow Mayor-elect Joseph "J.B." Burke in a hit-and-run accident last month.Morrow Police Sgt. Harry Hess, who had been working the case, said he went with McDonough Police officers, who took Reginald D. Dunson, 42, into custody at approximately 9 p.m., Thursday. Hess said Dunson was taken into custody "without incident." He added that the suspect was being kept in the Henry County Jail until he could be transferred to the Clayton County Jail, by Clayton County Sheriff's deputies. The accident left Burke, 62, who won Morrow's mayoral election this week by a single vote, in Grady Memorial Hospital for nearly a month, with much of that time being spent in the hospital's Intensive Care Unit, as he recovered from his injuries. "We have made an arrest, and — in a nutshell — we arrested the registered owner of the vehicle," Hess told the Clayton News Daily late Thursday night. "Through witness statements, and videos that we obtained, we were definitely able to show his vehicle was not stolen [as initially reported], and he was driving the vehicle at the time of the accident." Hess said Dunson faces two counts of felony serious injury by a motor vehicle, one count of felony hit and run, one count of reckless driving, one count of a stop sign violation, and one count of failure to use due care when operating a cellular device. The police sergeant added that Morrow police were able to identify Dunson as a suspect, and arrest him, in part because of cooperation between units within the police department, and — on a broader scale —among the Morrow, Fulton County and McDonough police departments. "Really, this is a perfect example of multiple units within the same department working together for the good of the community, because I had assistance from our criminal investigation division in investigating this accident," Hess said. "This is also a perfect example of multiple [law enforcement] departments working together for the greater good. I was able to solve this case with help from multiple people." Burke was driving his 2006 Toyota Scion on Morrow Road, in Morrow, on Oct. 16, when it was hit by Dunson's Cadillac Escalade. The Escalade had run a stop sign on Clearbrook Drive, where it intersects with Morrow Road, according to police. A witness previously said the driver of the Escalade stopped briefly, opened Burke's car door, looked at the injured Burke, and then left the scene, after the accident occurred. The suspect had left the scene, allegedly on foot, before police arrived. After the accident, Burke's family members initially told a Clayton News Daily reporter that his injuries included a broken left hand, fractured ribs and a punctured lung. He initially stayed in Grady's Intensive Care Unit for nearly a week. His family later told the reporter that Burke's doctors discovered, about a week after the accident, after his transfer out of ICU, that he also suffered a ruptured spleen. He was sent back to ICU, and remained there until early last week. Hess said he had identified Dunson as a person of interest early in his investigation, after he discovered that the McDonough resident had reported his Escalade stolen in Fulton County, on Oct. 17, at approximately 1:30 a.m. — six hours after the accident occurred. He added that Dunson came to Morrow Police, looking for his car, the day after the accident, before it was revealed — through media reports — that the department had the vehicle. "He said he had left his keys on the table at a restaurant in Fulton County," Hess said. "We were able to determine, through a receipt that he was, indeed, at the restaurant, but that he left at 7:15 p.m., which gave him plenty of time to get back to Morrow before the accident occurred." The investigator said Dunson was cooperating with Morrow police early in the investigation, but the cooperation stopped at some point, while the case was still open. It was video surveillance footage, the receipt from the restaurant, and Dunson's own cell phone records, which led to him becoming a suspect in the hit-and-run case, according to Hess. The investigator said Dunson's cell phone had been left in the Escalade after the accident, and he was able to receive a search warrant to check the phone's call log. "I was able to determine that his call log put him, at the time of the accident, on a phone call," Hess said. The investigator declined to say where the video footage came from on Thursday, but earlier in the investigation, he had said he was seeking surveillance footage from a convenience store located near the scene of the accident. Hess added that he took out warrants for Dunson's arrest on Tuesday, and spent the next two days — in conjunction with Fulton County and McDonough police — searching the for the suspect. Burke said, on Wednesday, he was relieved to hear police had a suspect in the case. He was released that same day from Grady Memorial Hospital, in Atlanta. He explained hours after his release, however, that he still has several more weeks of recovery to go. "My doctors have told me I have about another three, to four weeks to go in my recovery," he said. Morrow's mayor-elect said he was not sure if would be able to attend the Morrow City Council's Nov. 22 meeting, where city councilman-elect Larry Ferguson is expected to be sworn in to fill the remaining month of the unexpired term of his predecessor, former City Councilman Mason Barfield. "I'll try," Burke said, when asked about the possibility of him making an appearance at the meeting. Hess said Fulton County still has an open investigation on Dunson's report that his vehicle was stolen, and that charges may be pending in that jurisdiction. He added that he did not know exactly what charges Dunson could face in Fulton County, but he did not rule out the possibility that filing a false report could be one possible charge. The Morrow police sergeant said he has given a copy of his case file to investigators in Fulton County.
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