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Humanitarian Bridget Shelton blazes her own trail
Alice Springs local Bridget Shelton has always blazed her own trail – and achieved great success while doing it.
by LACHLAN WILLS
11th Nov 2020 6:47 PM
BRIDGET Shelton is a child of the Australian Outback- the daughter of famous musterers, born on a stock camp.
The Royal Flying Doctors Service nursed Bridget through chronic ill-health as a kid, and the School of the Air gave her an education.
Bridg's Mum and Dad gave her the ultimate eduction in life - resilience, persistence and the value of hard work.
Perhaps Bridg's greatest gift is the instinct and drive to fend for herself - she lived out of home and was working by age 16.
Bridg knows how to stand strong on her own two feet and achieve her dreams. And then she looks to help others do the same.
Bridg's dad, 'Doc' Cunningham, and mum, Apples Kemp, ran their own contract mustering business when she was young.
"Dad was one of the first in the NT who had his own aeroplane. And they had a big van, and they'd go from station to station," she said.
"Aunty Mary was an Indigenous Lady, and she looked after all us kids. The kids of the workers lived in the camp too.
"I was really close with my sisters Jody and Lee, and with all of the Aboriginal kids who were in the camp!"
Bridg also has two younger siblings she loves dearly, Jessy and Matt.
"I was a really sick baby. I was allergic to vitamins. I used to get every disease and illness you could imagine," she said.
But Bridget says she still has "great memories of being out in the country, lots of different locations, lots of friends - it was brilliant!"
Bridg even chatted with Princess Diana and Prince Charles.
"I did School of the Air, and they had a competition about who could come up with the best question to ask the Prince and Princess," she said.
Bridg asked them about having an Aussie BBQ! Their answer was … formal.
A young Bridget Shelton in her outback home.
When Bridg was 7, she moved in to town.
"Mum and dad split up, and mum had us three girls. She did a great job as a single parent," she said.
Mum and the three girls became "nomads" and travelled all over Australia together - Darwin, South Australia, Victoria, Queensland - but would "always end up back in Alice."
"I was a pretty moody teenager. Mum said that it was time to 'go and live with your father.'," she said.
Bridg headed down south, but after a few months, "dad caught on to the moody teenager thing," and she was off to live with her aunty in Bendigo.
"My aunty had so many kids, so I ended up having to board with an old lady!," she said.
"That old lady was weird! But no one was telling me what to do - I just had to pay her $70 a week. So I got a job at a butchers. But I was 16, and I was a free agent!
"Her daughter was 21. She just gave me an old driver's license of hers, and I'd go out clubbing!
"I actually went to the opening of the Universal Nightclub. And it turns out my husband Rick was there that night too - but we never met, and we didn't meet for another 15 years!"
After 12 months of free agency in Bendigo - between the butcher shop and the night clubs - Bridg moved to Adelaide to pursue hairdressing.
"I love that whole part of my life, from being 15, it really got me off on a good foot. I grew up quickly, I learnt how to be independent," she said.
"Because I had to survive, there was no being lazy. No bludging. If I wanted to get anywhere, I had to work for it. I'd advise anyone to do the same kind of thing.
Bridg had a relationship and her first son, Chad, in Adelaide. After that relationship didn't work out, Bridg felt like she needed to "come home to Alice."
Through a friend of a friend, Bridg got a job building up a brand new hair salon.
The year was 2000, and three months in, Bridg nailed the job, the business was booming, and she wanted a piece of the action.
Bridget Shelton and her team from iconic local business, Mombassa.
"John Nunan owned the business, and I said I wanted to become business partner. He is an amazing man. He agreed! And we became partners. John has been a massive influence on my life!," she said.
Named 'Dee's Hair Salon', after John's wife, the business grew from strength to strength.
"I had this business loan, and I just wanted to pay off the money. So I got a second job at Bojangles pulling beers," she said.
"That was a fun time! It's quite funny seeing what happens when you're the sober one!"
Bridget would work Tuesday-Saturday at the hair salon, and Friday and Saturday nights and the pub.
She'd finish at 2am, and then have Chad at his Sunday morning soccer game by 8.
On Sunday afternoons, Bridg worked her third job - washing cars at Avis.
"I was afraid of having a loan and being a single mum. So I did that for the whole year, and smashed out this business loan!," she said.
Amongst all that perpetual motion, Bridg's sister Jody decided to play matchmaker.
"Jody said, 'You're working too hard - take a weekend off and come out to Deep Well," she said.
"Meanwhile, Rick had been out working at the station, and Tracey and Billy Hayes asked him to stay back.
"I took Chad out with me, and when I met Rick, straight away I loved him!
"His humour! He's such a fun guy. He sees the best in people - I've never heard him talk about people in a bad way. That's what I admire.
"He's always positive! He is the best thing! He never takes a day off - he works so hard. That's why we are connected- we are magnets!"
Bridget Shelton and her husband Rick.
Bridg and Rick got married in 2005, and had son Harry at the end of that year.
The following year, Bridg opened her iconic Day Spa and Hair Salon, Mombassa.
"I always set goals- otherwise I get bored! I love achieving!," she said.
"I set myself the goal that I wanted to have the first day spa in Alice Springs. And I wanted it to be unique!
"Then I wanted it to be still open in three years- because most small businesses fail in the first three years.
"Then my next goal was to turn over a million dollars in a year. And my next was to win an award."
Bridg and Mombassa made the top three of the Australian Business Awards, and were invited to Sydney for the ceremony.
"My last goal was to franchise Mombassa. I went to Darwin and Perth. But I just couldn't find the right location. So I thought, 'I'm done now- I'll sell," she said.
Bridg says it was time to pursue what was really at the centre of her heart - humanitarian aid.
"What's important to me is giving to those less fortunate. During those years, my self-care was travel. And seeing all these countries - I wanted to make sure I could help these third world underdeveloped countries!," she said.
Bridg is in the middle of studying a Bachelor of Humanitarian Aid & Development at uni.
"I look at my kids - they have the same streak," she said.
"Chad is 22, he's studying Health Science, to then allow him to get in to medicine."
"Harry is 16. We were overseas and he got a soccer ball he'd always wanted.
"Then we went to an orphanage and he was kicking the ball around with the kids. When we were leaving he said, 'Mum, do you think I could give them my soccer ball?'
"I thought to myself, 'I have done my job with you!'
"He's an amazing musician and wants to get in to the air force after school."
Bridget says she's also immensely proud of her youngest, Bonnie.
"She's at Steiner school. Bonnie is a little cello player and a ballerina!," she said.
Bridget Shelton, centre, with her family: husband Rick, daughter Bonnie and sons Chad and Harry.
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Rick and Bridg also own an earth moving company - Remote Area Machinery Hire.
Bridg says her long-term goal is to work for the United Nations.
And knowing Bridg - she'll be Australia's answer to Kofi Annan, and soon be running the joint!
In the short-term she'd love to find a role with the NT Government.
In the meantime, Bridg and the Sheltons look after a young girl named Bahget, in Nairobi, Kenya.
How on earth does she fit it all in?
"I'm a big believer in balance - and time management is the key," she said.
"Have Plan A, B and C, and that way you don't have any disappointment in life.
"Balance is everything."
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Q: alfresco database How can we extend the Alfresco database? I need to add new tables to the existing database structure.
Does alfresco support this?
thanks in advance,
sri..

A: Well, it is just a database. So you can create as many new tables as you want just like you would in any other database.
Obviously Alfresco won't use them because it doesn't know them, but you can query the tables as you like.

A: I think changing the alfresco db model is never a good solution. Some alfresco upgrades are made using Schema Upgrade Scripts, and that could get messy.
Have you tried to extend the alfresco content model?
Alfresco support some data types, allowing you to persist data. The Web Script framework allow you manipulate all your data inside your content model.
If your data is not suitable for a "content model", I think you should create a new database to hold your data.

A: Advices from alfresco engineers are do not touch alfresco database. Please take a look at this page.
http://forums.alfresco.com/forum/general/non-technical-alfresco-discussion/where-alfreso-user-details-are-stored-i-alfresco

A: Changing alfresco database is not recommended.Content Model will be the good way.If such requirement is mandatory than,
You can use spring with hibernate for database connection.Properties which is required for connecting database are all ready declared inside alfresco-global.properties which is located inside "tomcat/shared/classes/".
For Spring bean injection you can declare beans inside any file which ends with "-context" which resides inside  "tomcat/shared/classes/alfresco/extension" folder.
I will still recommend developer to use content model.

A: Depending on your use case, you may or may not need to play directly with the[/a] data base. I think your use case should fall in one of the following:
Use case 1:
You need to setup some metadata on folders and/or documents. You may have to nest multiple levels of nodes with different sets of custom metadata on each level.

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*You probably need to extend alfresco models in order to define custom document/folder models that best suits your business requirements. Please check jpotts' tutorial to learn how to do so.

Use case 2:
You need to define multiple lists with different sets of properties, those lists may or may not be linked to some content in your alfresco repo.

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*You probably need to learn more about alfresco sites' datalists, once you do so you may be interested in learning how to extend OOTB alfresco content model, jpotts' tutorial would be a good starting point, and then you should be checking this tutorial in order to learn how to manage datalists in stand alone aikau apps/share pages.

Use case 3:
You need to leverage a relational database in order to define and leverage you complex business logic that do not fall in any of the use cases defined above.

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*Are you sure you do not want to code a brand new app leveraging a technology that you are familiar with and have it communicate with alfresco using RESTfull api/cmis/.... ?

*Are you sure alfresco is THE way to go ? If so, and you still want to have your custom complex business model in a bare relational database:

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*Please consider using a separate database instance / database for your custom extension, this way you would be sure any new patch/upgrade to alfresco that may change database structure won't affect your extension (or at least wont give you hard time upgrading it)

*If you are really tied to only 1 database instance / 1 database schema, you will probably want to precede your table names with some prefix and hope none of alfresco future upgrades would have new tables with the same prefix. You probably also need to make sure to manage your database config wisely (connection pools ..) so neither your alfresco instance nor your custom extension have to starve. (make sure you close the connections you are opening)

A: Alfresco and Activiti come with a database. It is not good to access the database directly. Doing so can cause unexpected locking behavior or exhaust connection pools on the DB. This turns out into performance problems and other kinds of issues are possible too. In case you want to update Alfresco or Activiti you can do it through APIs. Easy to extend, easy to customize and hassle free integration capability are some of the reasons which has made http://loganwinson.doodlekit.com/blog/entry/4249216/top-things-to-know-about-alfresco-development>Alfresco web development popular among businesses.

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Gig review: Shadows over Tokyo as Dark Funeral and Naglfar return to Japan
Lord Ahriman of Dark Funeral on stage in Tokyo. Photo: Stefan Nilsson, Roppongi Rocks
Dark Funeral and Naglfar prove that Swedish extreme metal still rules with a triumphant return to Japan to spread darkness.
Dark Funeral, Naglfar, Ethereal Sin and Nox Vorago at Shimokitazawa Garden, Tokyo, 16th June 2018
Kristoffer "Wrath" Olivius of Naglfar on stage in Tokyo. Photo: Stefan Nilsson, Roppongi Rocks
In 2016, Swedish black metal band Dark Funeral released their latest album, "Where Shadows Forever Reign", and they last performed in Japan that same year. They are still touring that album as they now mark their 25th anniversary as a band. This time they have fellow Swedish black metal veterans Naglfar with them as a double headliner for the Japan gigs. What a treat! Two of Sweden's best extreme metal bands together on stage in Japan.
J.N Uduun of Nox Vorago on stage in Tokyo. Photo: Stefan Nilsson, Roppongi Rocks
The evening kicks off with Swedish hopefuls Nox Vorago as the opening act. Their stage clothes and masks make them kind of look like Ghost's Nameless Ghouls. But Nox Vorago is much better than that. This is no pop act. This is quality extreme metal from Gothenburg. And, unlike Ghost, Nox Vorago's members take off their masks and reveal their faces at the end of the set. Their short set is exemplary. They hit the stage, giving us their all with a quality execution of great material and it's all finished before anyone gets bored. This band has a bright future and no doubt they will be back in Japan.
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Yama Darkblaze of Ethereal Sin on stage in Tokyo. Photo: Stefan Nilsson, Roppongi Rocks
The second support act of the evening is Ethereal Sin, a Japanese band combining avant-garde black metal with folk metal, some big Cradle of Filth influences and other bits and pieces. They're different to most things out there and they put on a good show. The frontman Yama Darkblaze, who founded the band back in 1997, is a character and he knows how to handle and entertain his audience.
The Swedish band Naglfar, perhaps best described as a hard-hitting but melodic black metal band, formed in 1992. Despite having been around for many years and having released some terrific albums, they have never toured much. Founding member Kristoffer "Wrath" Olivius leads the solid current line-up of the band. Having originally been the band's bassist, he is nowadays its lead singer. A very smart move as he is a great frontman. He is hardworking and sweating buckets as he gives it his all on stage. At times he's so into the music and the performance that he appears possessed. That's not a bad thing when you're fronting a black metal band. Bass duties are now handled by Alex "Impaler Friberg of Firespawn and Necrophobic fame. Naglfar hasn't released an album since 2012's "Téras" (on which current Megadeth man Dirk Verbeuren played the drums) but the band has a great catalogue of brutal music. They open the set this evening with "Feeding Moloch" from 2007's "Harvest" album (a song that has only been performed live a couple of times over the years) and continue with the magnificent "Black God Aftermath". During this splendid show, we get to hear a few more rare numbers in the form of "The Mirrors of My Soul" and "And the World Shall Be Your Grave", in addition to expected favourites such as "A Swarm of Plagues" and "The Perpetual Horrors". A very strong set is finished off with the magnificent "I am Vengeance" and "The Brimstone Gate". What a return by a great band!
Alex "Impaler" Friberg of Naglfar on stage in Tokyo. Photo: Stefan Nilsson, Roppongi Rocks
Dark Funeral on stage in Tokyo. Photo: Stefan Nilsson, Roppongi Rocks
Flawless is how I would describe the terrific Dark Funeral set in Tokyo this evening. Dark Funeral's music is dark, dark and darker, yet often very melodic. They know what their strengths are and they focus on them. This evening we get to hear some of their early output but also a fair bit of the newer material from their most recent album, 2016's "Where Shadows Forever Reign".
Adra Melek of Dark Funeral on stage in Tokyo. Photo: Caroline Misokane, Roppongi Rocks
Since they last played Japan in 2016, they have two new members on stage. But despite the many changes in the Dark Funeral line-up over the years, founding guitarist Lord Ahriman always manage to deliver, both on stage and in the studio. His long-time guitar partner Chaq Mol and fierce frontman Heljarmadr make this more than good, while new drummer Jalomaah and bassist Adra Melek are rock solid. This version of the band is fantastic. Let's hope that we now will see some stability with this line-up.
Heljarmadr of Dark Funeral on stage in Tokyo. Photo: Caroline Misokane, Roppongi Rocks
They open with "Unchain My Soul" from the latest album and continue with "The Arrival of Satan's Empire" and "Vobiscum Satanas". As expected, we get a career-spanning set of songs from 1996's debut album "The Secrets of the Black Arts" up until the latest album "Where Shadows Forever Reign". The strength of the latest album is evident as we get quite a few songs from it this evening. They close a great evening of darkness with the title track from the latest album. What a showcase of splendid extreme and dark music! Thank you to the fantastic team at Evoken de Valhall Production for continuing to bring so many great bands to Japan.
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