text:
|ADA Policy
ADA Policy
The University of Texas at Dallas is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action university. Students with disabilities needing assistance to attend an event, please call the Career Center, at 972.883.2943, three business days before the event. Texas Relay Operator: 1-800-RELAYTX.
|EEO Policy
EEO Policy
The University of Texas at Dallas is committed to providing an educational, living and working environment that is welcoming, respectful and inclusive of all members of the university community. An environment that is free of discrimination and harassment allows members of the university community to excel in their academic and professional careers. To that end, to the extent provided by applicable federal and state law, the University prohibits unlawful discrimination against a person because of their race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, sexual orientation or gender identity. The University's commitment to equal opportunity extends its nondiscrimination protections to include gender expression.
The Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), 8 U.S.C.?1324b(a)(1)(B) prohibits citizenship status and national origin discrimination with respect to hiring, termination, and recruiting or referring for a fee. Employers may not treat individuals differently because they are, or are not, U.S. citizens or work authorized individuals. U.S. citizens, asylees, refugees, recent permanent residents and temporary residents are protected from citizenship status discrimination.
Employers may not reject valid employment eligibility documents or require more or different documents on the basis of a person's national origin or citizenship status. For further reference, click on the Office of Special Counsel for Immigration-Related Unfair Employment Practices(OSC).
|Email Correspondence Policy
Email Correspondence Policy
The UT Dallas Career Center recognizes the value and efficiency of communication to students through electronic mail. At the same time, email raises some issues concerning security and the identity of each individual in an email exchange. For this reason, UT Dallas provides each student with a free email account. This allows the university to maintain a high degree of confidence in the identity of all individuals corresponding and the security of the transmitted information.
For all official business, the UT Dallas Career Center staff will send email correspondance through students' @UTDallas.edu email address. The Department of Information Resources at UT Dallas provides a method for students to forward their U.T. Dallas email to other accounts. Students may access Galaxy to establish or maintain their official UT Dallas computer account.
|Link Disclaimer
Link Disclaimer
Links to any resource should not be interpreted as an endorsement of or contractual relation with any product, viewpoint, organization, or individual and the UT Dallas Career Center. Upon creation of this informational resource, links to other locations were up to date and accurate. This information is, however, subject to change without notice. Please notify us if your selections route you to an invalid web address.
|Privacy Policy
Privacy Policy
With few exceptions, you are entitled on your request to be informed about the information U. T. Dallas collects about you. Under Sections 552.021 and 552.023 of the Texas Government Code, you are entitled to receive and review the information. Under Section 559.004 of the Texas Government Code, you are entitled to have UTD correct information about you that is held by us and that is incorrect, according to the UTD Privacy Statement.


text:
suede Body Cream
Sold out.
Type: Unknown Type
Vendor: Bath Body & Home
- suede
Buy direct from Australia's Leading exclusive importer of Bath and Body Works products
Infused with luxuriously rich Shea Butter, our New Ultra Shea provides 24 hours of nourishing moisture to soften even the driest skin. With soothing Aloe Butter, pampering Cocoa Butter and more Shea than ever before, our non-greasy formula melts into skin to provide beautiful fragrance and all day, all night hydration.
- · Project confidence with this classic combination of smooth suede, warm cedar & oakmoss
- · A delightful blend of natural ingredients come together to produce this amazing fragrance. Perfect for use day or night.
- · Not tested on animals

subset: commoncrawl


text:
How do I love thee, British Library? Let me count the ways. (I know it's a cheap move paraphrasing these lines from Elizabeth Barrett Browning but it's a compromise since it can take me years to come up with the perfect poetic line by which time this news will be ancient history.)
The British Library has announced an iPad application (app) which will make over 60,000 19th century titles from their collection available through Apple's iTunes store later this summer. At this point, there are approximately 1000 titles available in the app they are calling the 19th Century Historical Collection. Neal Ungerleider on the Fast Company website writes in his June 15, 2011 article,
The British Library is launching a new library-in-an-iPad application that gives tablet users access to tens of thousands of 19th-century books in their original form. The app, called the 19th Century Historical Collection, is taking a notably different tack to putting classic literature online than rivals such as the Kindle platform: Antiquarian books viewed through the British Library application will come in their original form–complete with illustrations, typefaces, pull-out maps and even the occasional paper wear.
This project follows from the British Library's previous mobile app project, Treasures. Here's a video about that one,
Getting back to the most recent project the 19th Century Historical Collection (from the British Library June 7, 2011 news release),
The British Library 19th Century Historical Collection App forms a treasure trove of classics and lesser known titles in fields ranging from travel writing and natural history to fiction and philosophy. The app represents the latest landmark in the British Library's progress towards its long-term vision of making more of its historic collections available to many more users through innovative technology. [emphasis mine]
I'm happy to see that the staff at the British Library remain open to ideas and experimentation. As I noted in my July 29, 2010 posting (Love letter to the British Library) about copyright, I've been having an affair with the British Library since 2000. Here's an excerpt from that posting which relates directly to these latest initiatives,
Dame Lynne Brindley, the Chief Executive Officer for the British Library had this to say in her introduction to the [British Library's] paper [Driving UK Research — Is copyright a help or a hindrance?],
There is a supreme irony that just as technology is allowing greater access to books and other creative works than ever before for education and research, new restrictions threaten to lock away digital content in a way we would never countenance for printed material.
Let's not wake up in five years' time and realise we have unwittingly lost a fundamental building block for innovation, education and research in the UK. Who is protecting the public interest in the digital world? We need to redefine copyright in the digital age and find a balance to benefit creators, educators, researchers, the creative industries – and the knowledge economy. (p. 3)
In this case, the action matches what's been said. Bravo!
ETA June 21, 2011: The British Library has recently made a deal with Google to digitize 250,000 texts. All of the books are in the public domain. You can read more about the project/deal in Kit Eaton's June 20, 2011 article for Fast Company, Pulp, Non-Fiction: On The British Library's Book-Digitizing Deal With Google. From the article,
Google's got several other high-profile deals with other libraries, but the British Library deal is significant because the BL is the second biggest library in the world, after the Library of Congress (if you're counting books, rather than periodicals). There are 14 million books among 150 million texts in a variety of formats and three million are added every year–because the BL is a legal deposit library, so it gets a copy of all books produced in the U.K. and Ireland, including many books from overseas that are published in Britain.
The Library's chief executive Dame Lynne Brindley has commented on the new deal, highlighting the original mission of the Library to make knowledge accessible to everyone–the Google deal is "building on this proud tradition." Since anyone with a browser can now access the material for free from anywhere in the world, the deal sets an important precedent that may be expanded in the future.
Making 60,000 texts immediately readable on your iPad is one thing, and adding another 250,000 is another. The British Library is sending a big signal out about historic texts, and it could subtly change how you think about books. For one thing, student's essays are going to be peppered with even more esoteric quotes from obscure publications as they ill-advisedly Google their way through writing term papers. It also boosts Google's standing in the "free" books stakes compared to competitors like Amazon, and it does imply that in the future even more of the 150 million texts in the British Library may make it online.
Interesting development!


text:
This resource is no longer available
Roadmap to the Wired/Wireless Future
With new technologies on the brink of release and the many mobile devices already in use, the future of wireless is uncertain. The driving force behind all of this is certainly the smartphones, tablets and apps that are sure to continue to grow in hungriness for bandwidth, power, mobility and usability.
In this Network Evolution University lesson, Roadmap to the wired/wireless future, join Philip Clarke, research analyst at Nemertes Research, as he discusses what's driving wireless, what may be in store for the future of wireless, new wireless standards, the effect of 4G, and more.


text:
Access our international network.
Not yet registered? Register now and become part of our international network. Publish your company on Exportpages and advertise your products and services globally - or sign up as buyer and gain full access to our data pool containing over 25,000 exporters.
By using this website you agree to our use of cookies as described in our Privacy Policy.


text:
« Upcoming Gifted Education Webinars | Main | An Administrator's Toolbox for Gifted Education »
Join the Gifted Education Outreach Corps
I have a challenge to issue to you. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to apply to present about gifted learners for a non-gifted-education-focused conference or group. Yes - the librarians, the principals, the science teachers, the homeschoolers, the psychologists, the Lions Club and Rotary Club, the Soroptomists and church ladies... All are potential audiences ripe for opened eyes soaking up new knowledge about a group of kids they hadn't considered before.
I used to never attend our state educators' conference because (among other reasons) as a Gifted Education Specialist, there was very little there for me. At the same time, though, I loved our state gifted conference because it was there that I could cross paths with so many others who spoke the same language I did. But then I got into presenting... and while I love presenting at gifted education conferences (again: same language), it soon occurred to me that the people who most needed to learn about gifted students were the ones who weren't coming to the gifted education conferences. "Preaching to the choir" is a heck of a lot of fun, but you don't often find potential new converts there. I decided I needed to go to them. So (almost) every year since, I have presented at our state educators' conference, and while the crowd is sometimes small in the gifted ed room, it's still a group that is taking the first steps to becoming more aware of the gifted learners in their classrooms. Local organizations have proven to be a viable audience for the message, too. The Indian Education Committee, the county Republican Women's Caucus, the Rotary Club, and others have all heartened me with their newly enlightened curiosity and passion for the needs of gifted learners.
So, with this continued effort in mind, I recently applied to present about gifted Native American learners at the annual conference of the Native American Student Advocacy Institute (NASAI) of the College Board. (Their conference rotates around the country and will be in Montana this year.)
Who will you choose? I'm truly serious. There are thousands of you out there with great knowledge and insight about gifted learners. And hopefully you have already shared your knowledge and ideas at a gifted education conference. But this year let's all break out of that box and reach out to the grand and obscure groups who need to hear what we have to say. This will help to broaden awareness and knowledge of gifted and advanced learners... which in turn will help to increase the number of people and places that are better equipped to reach and understand gifted kids.
If you don't have an idea of your own, please steal one of mine:
"Perspectives on Parenting the Advanced Reader" (librarians, PTA, language arts teachers, etc.)
"Five Easy Things Administrators Can Do for the Gifted Learners in Their Schools" (principals and other administrators)
"Opening the Door for Independent Science Investigations" (STEM, science teachers)
"Differentiation Strategies for Math Students Who Already Know X" (STEM, math teachers)
"I'm Teaching the Letters, But (S)He's Already Reading Chapter Books!" (early childhood, primary general education teachers)
"At the Root of the Problem: Could It Be Giftedness?" (school counselors, administrators, psychologists, general classroom teachers)
"Acceleration: Not Just for NASCAR" (administrators, school counselors)
"RTI for Gifted? Are You Sure?" (special education, administrators)
"Your Tax Dollars at Work: Stretching the Least-Stretched Student" (local groups)
(Do you have a topic/audience idea that you don't mind others using? Post it in the comments section.)
Will you join me in the Outreach Corps? Yes, you can do it. Whether it's a national conference for a national organization or a local group with five members, we can all find someone to reach out to, someone who just might be curious enough to let us talk a bit. Think about what your areas of expertise in gifted education are. Then, how can you connect that to another group's purpose? Google them and find out what the process is for applying to present at their conference. Or, particularly in the case of more local groups, pick up the phone and offer your availability. It might be a bit like fishing... you may have to keep trying until you get a bite. But give it a whirl. If one-fourth, or even one-tenth, of you do this, that'll be a sizable Gifted Education Outreach Corps. Together, we can reach thousands (dare I hope for many thousands?) of new people with a message that brings them insight, awareness, strategies, and understanding regarding gifted learners.
This blog post will not self-destruct in five seconds. So get to it! Then come back and let me know how it went. I'm setting a goal for you: Within a year, I'd love to hear from 100 of you about your outreach efforts. Thank you for joining me on this vital mission!


text:
RentalCompare recently purchased RentStuff and you may "keyword search" for your rentals. Fill in the search bar above and you will be connected to RentalCompare's vast rental listing inventory of over 500,000 event/equipment rentals from over 1,000 rental companies. RentalCompare's listings are by specific rental item, not category and you will also be able to view the contact information for the rental company so you can arrange for your rental directly.
We hope you enjoy this new search experience!
To find your rentals:
1.Choose the location where you wish to rent
2.Enter the keyword(s) that describe your rentals: "red sofa", "chair cover", etc.
3.Press the "Search now" button
4.Choose your rental from the search results page then click the photo for complete details about your rental item


text:
The Mattress Stitch is a finishing technique for vertical seaming. It creates an invisible join between pieces worked in stockinette stitch or ribbing, perfect for so many things, such as sewing the front and back of a sweater together. For demonstration purposes, we have used a different yarn in a contrasting color, but typically you would use the same yarn as your knit pieces.
First, align the two pieces you wish to seam. Bring your threaded tapestry needle from the back of your work to the front at the location where you wish your seam to start. (I began with the knit piece to the right and brought my needle to the front just above my cast on edge.)
For Mattress Stitch you sew two knit pieces together by grabbing a strand of yarn from each edge, alternating back and forth, working vertically along the edges. The strand of yarn you grab is a horizontal bar that runs between the knit stitches (or "V"s). If you gently tug on the right and left edge of your knit piece, you can see these horizontal bars (or "ladder") between the Vs. Picking up a bar from each side draws the edges together, making it appear as though it is one knit piece.
Next, draw the needle under the bar between the two most outer Vs of the second knit piece, right across your entry of the first edge. Beware of the outermost column of knit stitches; it tends to curl to the back. The farther in from the edge that you work, the bulkier the seam will be.
Take the tapestry needle back to the first piece and pick up the bar just above your initial entry point.
Now, take the needle back to the second piece and pick up the bar above the last one your picked up on this side.
NOTE: Depending on the gauge or density of the fabrics, sometimes it is just as effective to pick up every other bar, rather than ever bar. It is a personal choice.
Continue working vertically along the two edges, drawing the tapestry needle under each bar of each piece.
Above you can see the many red stitches connecting the two columns of Vs. The goal is to bring those Vs together.
Just as with knitting, the more even you can keep your tension, the better. An even tension will prevent pulling and puckering along the seam.
To close the seam, gently pull the length of yarn from either the top or the bottom. If you are working a long seam, it is best to sew a few inches, then pull to close, again sew a few inches and pull, continuing in this fashion to the end of the seam, being careful to maintain a consistent tension throughout.
It's like magic.
If you turn your work over so the wrong side is facing, you'll see the seam.


text:
We are the Returned Peace Corps Volunteers of Northeastern New York.
Fulfilling the third goal of Peace Corps: To educate and inform people here in the US about the countries in which we volunteered. This can happen in big and small ways and is possible everyday.
We are affiliated with the National Peace Corps Association. Our members span the globe with Peace Corps service and include international friends who share the spirit of encouraging understanding of world cultures and supporting a world view on topics such as the environment, health, social justice, and peace.
Here is our 2018 Annual Report.
Our catchment area includes a large portion of New York's North Country, Capital Region, and Hudson Valley.


text:
Could it be true? Three blog entries in four weeks, instead of my typical month-long lulls of silence? Has this blog been hijacked by an evil but prolific employee of Minger, Inc.?
Don't worry; I'll vanish again soon. I'm mostly here to pass on the link to a guest post I wrote for Mark's Daily Apple about the "fatty food gives you diabetes!" study that came out this month:
If you read the link above, you'll notice that a major component of the "high fat" mouse diet was hydrogenated coconut oil. After the article went up on MDA, I got an email from Sally Fallon with some neat background on the role of this ingredient rodent studies:
Just a clarification on fully hydrogenated coconut oil. This is used in experiments because it is the only fat that can be fully hydrogenated and still be soft enough to eat–because the fatty acids are short. If you fully hdrogenate lard, it will be hard as a rock, even at room temperature.
Full hydrogenation just produces saturated fatty acids–partial hydrogenation produces trans fats. So technically fully hydrogenated fats are not such a bad thing, they are just saturated fatty acids (usually esterified with unsaturated fatty acids). But of course, there will be lots of impurities and chemicals from the processing, so this begs the question of why not just eat regular saturated fats.
Fully hydrogenated coconut oil was developed so researchers could test fatty acid deficiency. . . . not the effects of saturated fats. If the only fat given to rats or mice is fully hydrogenated coconut oil, researchers can bring on EFA deficiency. Today most researchers don't have a clue about what the product was developed for, and fully hydrogenated coconut oil is sold and used in all sorts of experiments that have nothing to do with fatty acid deficiency.
How interesting! Hydrogenated coconut oil is incredibly common in lab diets for rodents, but its original purpose was to induce EFA deficiency—not to represent the effects of saturated fat in the diet. (In the context of this particular study, Chris Masterjohn noted that EFA deficiency probably wasn't a factor because the mouse diet was supplemented with soybean oil. But it's good info for future reference, nonetheless.)
Ancestral Health Symposium videos are up!
In case you haven't seen 'em yet, the presentations from the Ancestral Health Symposium are now viewable on Vimeo. Check 'em out here, and see the accompanying PowerPoint slides here. (My "How to win an argument with a vegetarian" speech is here. In retrospect, especially after reading the comments on an article that summarized my talk, a more appropriate title might've been "How to win an argument with a vegetarian who thinks they're healthier than you because they don't eat meat, but not with vegetarians who only avoid meat for ethical reasons and think you're scum no matter what you tell them about health." Alas.)
As I understand it, the current videos will be edited sometime in the future to incorporate the PowerPoint slides.
AHS, meet WFF.
To balance out the paleo-ness that rocked the West Coast this month, New York just hosted the week-long Woodstock Fruit Festival—essentially the low-fat, raw vegan counterpart of the Ancestral Health Symposium, featuring less beef jerky and a whole lot more durian. Dietary disagreements aside, there seems to be a shared paleo/fruity emphasis on fitness—and after perusing some photos of the event, I noticed at least one person wearing Vibram FiveFingers. Will minimalist footwear be the bridge that unites these rival communities? Only time (and forefoot strikes) will tell.
Sinister Involvement in Wikipedia!
Despite what it may seem, I honestly don't spend all day refreshing the China Study Wikipedia page, hungrily waiting for drama to emerge. But I do snoop around there whenever I see blog traffic coming from Wikipedia.com, since it usually means someone added my critique and the vegan moderators haven't yanked it out yet.
Indeed, a wave of Wiki traffic last night led me to a new "Criticism" section with this interesting blurb (that link will probably stop being valid very quickly):
There is some criticism for the book, as well. Dinise Minger has written several times, including her Formal Analysis and Response, about her interpretation of the data presented in the book, and makes the claim that many of the conclusions drawn by Campbell are ill-founded.
I don't know who Dinise is, but apparently she's trying to pass this blog off as her own. But that's not the exciting part. I also checked out the China Study "talk" page and found a paragraph full of impeccable insight and wisdom. I don't trust things to not magically disappear from Wikipedia, so I took a screen to preserve this epic moment:
If you don't feel like adding an extra mouse click to your day, here's the relevant bit; emphasis mine:
Sinister involvement in Wikipedia
I think there is something seriously wrong going on with regard to this article. It has been put up for deletion and has also been marked as relatively unimportant. This is quite surprising, since the book talks about the most important epidemiological study ever undertaken. I hate to be a conspiracy theorist, but there is a deeper issue her [sic] of sinister interests manipulating Wikipedia articles. In particular, in the case of this article, Wikipedia is highly vulnerable to sophisticated manipulation by the pharmaceutical industry and the meat industry. Such anti-vegetarian economic interests may be subtly suppressing this article. —Westwind273 (talk) 21:52, 22 August 2011 (UTC)
Now it all makes sense. The nomination for deletion, the removal of all China-Study-related criticism, the seemingly biased patrolling of vegan moderators… it's all been carefully orchestrated by the meat industry! Such an elaborate scheme must be financially draining, though. I wonder if that's why Farmer Bob stopped sending me my checks?


text:
O&O SafeErase Professional 12.5.168 Crack allows you to for all time erase your information utilizing recognized methods so that a recovery is never possible, not notwithstanding when using the particular software. Your photos and confidential documents can without much of a stretch fall into the wrong hands when you offer, give away or dispose of your old PC or hard drives. Data fraud is now a significant security risk. This is because tapping on "Erase" does not mean your documents are for all time erased. Notwithstanding formatting, the hard plate isn't enough to forever delete information. O&O SafeErase Professional 12.5.168 Crack License Key for all time erases your confidential documents utilizing recognized methods so that a recovery is never possible, not notwithstanding when using the best record recovery Revo Uninstaller Pro Crack
O&O SafeErase Professional 12.5.168 Crack License Key Full Version Free Download
New and upgraded functions
In addition to numerous minor upgrades, O&O SafeErase Professional 12.5.168 Crack Download incorporates an expository tool that outputs your computer for temporary and dangerously erased records. With only a couple of snaps, you can clean your computer so that unauthorized gatherings never have an opportunity to spy out old documents for possible abuse. SSDs can also be identifying, and deletions made on them will be done saving resources. Progressed and improved administration of reports make utilizing O&O SafeErase Professional License Key much more AVG Internet Security 2019 License Key
Web security
When surfing the Internet, your browser, as a rule, stores Internet documents unnoticed on your hard drive. These documents can provide information about sites you've visited or the passwords you've entered. It does not affect whether it involves cookies, news came on forms, or browsing history – O&O SafeErase Professional Download records all the info put something aside for every browser you utilize, and you would then be able to erase them exclusively or together. Once deleted, nobody will have the capacity to recognize your Internet follows, and your online accounts are protecting from information hoodlums or programmers. Version 12 supports Microsoft Edge, the successor to Internet Explorer, and additionally Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Audio hijack pro 3 Serial number
Safe delete your whole computer
Erasing the entire network allows you to for all time erase every single confidential document before you dispose of, offer, or give your computer away. All records, settings, applications and the operating framework itself are erasing so that a document recovery is impossible. You can make sure that nobody will ever restore your confidential information and abuse it, protecting yourself against data fraud. With O&O SafeErase you can even erase your whole computer without a begin medium (e.g., a Boot CD).
Six deletion methods for most extreme security
Audio Hijack Pro for Mac you to choose from among six unique deletion methods. The purposes of deletion contrast in the number of runs and the kind of overwriting process. These methods guarantee most extreme security, whatever your necessities. In addition to traditional deletion methods of the U. S. Bureau of Defense (DoD) and the German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI), you can also choose a complicated numerical method (the Gutmann method), which complies with the most exceptional security levels. In this deductively approved method of information deletion, corresponding zones of the hard plate are overwriting 35 times utilizing precisely characterized runs along with settled and random qualities. Along these lines, O&O SafeErase surpasses even the prerequisites of the DoD and the BSI. Brisk deletion can also be made by merely overwriting information with Audio Hijack Pro 3.3.7 DMG License Key
As of version 12, O&O SafeErase incorporates the element SolidErase, which was developed particularly for the deletion of SSDs. SolidErase utilizes resources sparingly and thoroughly so that the information isn't recoverable and the SSD is exposing to the slightest possible strain.
O&O SafeErase Professional 12.5.168 Crack Full Version License Key Free Download
O&O SafeErase Professional Full Crack Features:
- "Instant Erase": Selecting documents over the context menu prompts a smaller than normal dialog from where deletion can quickly occur
- Permanent deletion of records, folders, Memory cards and USB sticks
- Delete a whole computer, no boot medium vital
- Delete web follows and temporary program records
- Six methods to for all time erase confidential information
- Detailed reports as proof of deletion
- Analysis tool to scan for hazardous erased records
- Adapted deletion method for SSDs (TRIM)
- Enhanced report and movement administration
- Supports Windows 10, Windows 8.1, Windows 7, Vista and XP
- Important Features at a Glance
- New and improved functions
- Internet Security
- SafeErasing your whole computer
- Six methods for your security
Operating System of O&O SafeErase Professional 12.5.168:
- Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit only), 8.1 (32-bit and 64-bit), or 7 SP1 (32-bit and 64-bit)
- 1 GHz or speedier processor
- RAM, 32-bit: 2 GB, 64-bit: 4 GB
- Disk space: 4.0 GB
- 1360 x 768 show resolution with True Color
How to Activate?
- Install O&O SafeErase Professional Trial
- Launch it
- Use Serial Key for registration
- That's it in a nutshell


text:
Careers - Beyond The Blue
Supporting our students to achieve successful futures.
We believe every student should be inspired to achieve a successful future and that our Careers Education, Information, Advice and Guidance will support them in securing positive destinations.
A student's career is their pathway through learning and work.
From Year 7 onwards, a planned programme with a variety of experiences and events helps students to develop decision making, to gain confidence in organising their own lives and also helps them to evaluate their skills and the criteria for making positive choices for the future.
The Careers Team
At the Blue School we have a team of staff who work together to deliver quality and impartial Careers Education, Information, Advice and Guidance.
- Miss Bridget Cox - Careers Leader (firstname.lastname@example.com)
- Mrs Jennifer Warnock - Link for Governors
- Mrs Sarah Barnes - Work Related Learning Co-ordinator (firstname.lastname@example.com)
- Mr Robert Brown - Independent Careers Advisor (email@example.com)
- Mrs Jane McKinley - Independent Careers Advisor (email@example.com)
- Mrs Lisa Tomkins - Enterprise Co-ordinator (firstname.lastname@example.com)
- Mrs Lindsey Taylor - Enterprise Advisor
- Miss Gill Buratta - Job Centre Plus Support for Schools Advisor (email@example.com)
The Blue School Careers Programme
Government strategy underpins our own careers programme.
"The Government's careers strategy, published on 4th December 2017, sets out a long term plan to build a world class careers system that will help young people and adults choose the career that is right for them. This statutory guidance has been updated to expand on the aims set out in the strategy to make sure that all young people in secondary school get a programme of advice and guidance that is stable, structured and delivered by individuals with the right skills and experience. To achieve this aim, the careers strategy sets out that every school and academy providing secondary education should use the Gatsby Charitable Foundation's Benchmarks to develop and improve their careers provision. The Gatsby Benchmarks are not a statutory framework but by adopting them schools can be confident that they are fulfilling their legal duties: the existing duty to secure independent careers guidance and the new duty to provide opportunities to a range of providers of technical education and apprenticeships to access pupils to inform them about technical education qualifications and apprenticeships."
Click on the links for information on the Gatsby Benchmarks and our whole School Careers Programme.


text:
Make Time to Update Technology
Trees are only one component in today's landscapes, yet they require frequent checkups and maintenance. Tree maintenance can be as simple as applying a bag of mulch or as complex as installing cabling systems and lightning protection. Because trees have become such valuable assets to our landscapes, monitoring and ensuring their health and existence has also become important. There have been many technological advances over the past several years that make scheduling tree maintenance much easier. At the same time, many technological advances make scheduling tree work a real problem, oftentimes a bigger problem than performing the actual work. To avoid the pitfalls of the latter, there are some important considerations to make. The first is to understand that there are benefits to using technology. The second is to understand the technology. Finally, we must bridge the gap between the technology available and the benefits it can provide to you, the end user.
The first question to ask yourself when weighing the benefits of using technology is: "Am I managing or simply reacting to problems?" Reacting to problems is a mode that all of us fall into from time to time. To optimize our time over the long term, we must take a proactive approach to management. This means we need to dictate our circumstances and not the other way around. Technology can help by allowing us to do the following:
Maintain accurate records
Track activities such as chemical usage
Maintain historical information
Generate accurate, timely reports to provide to other interested parties
Reduce duplication of effort
Eliminate performing maintenance to the wrong tree
Save time and money
One of the first topics I like to talk about when I discuss scheduling is flexibility. Too many times we think of scheduling as good for other types of businesses but not for our business. We think that maintaining trees sometimes has too many variables to allow for effective scheduling. That may be true, but only if you build a schedule that will not allow you to address the variables. By tracking and monitoring work, you will find that over time the number of variables and the severity of the variables will be greatly reduced.
The simplest type of system (and some might even question whether or not it is even considered technology anymore) is a PC (personal computer) and a database. Although this sounds simple enough, there are some important considerations to make. The database is the brains of the entire system. Bad data and unorganized data can lead to bad decisions. This is not to say that good, organized data guarantees a good decision, but at least there is a better chance for a good decision. The quality of the decision will still rest on the shoulders of the decision maker. Many times managers think that once they have their system in place that they can take a ride on easy street. Remember that no matter how much technology you incorporate into your program, the electronics are only intended to be used for decision support.
Another database trap grounds care professionals fall into is that of trying to manage too much data. In the field they try to collect more data than is needed, but they figure they might as well collect it in case they may want it some day. Although this is something to consider, it is important to weigh the cost of data collection and data obstruction. You can have so much data that you can't ever find what you need. The amount of information computers can store is sometimes overwhelming. Pretend you do not have a computer and you only have your old filing cabinet and files. In those days, we were much better at database management because it was a matter of survival. The filing cabinet only had so much space, and we only had so much time to look for the data we needed. It is helpful to take that attitude forward to our current computer age. If you have some data that you don't use now but think you may some day, separate it out and put it somewhere that it won't get in your way.
The next step beyond databases is GIS (Geographical Information System). A GIS is simply adding a map to your database so that you have graphical representation of the location of your data. Figure 3, right, is a sample screen of TreeScape by Natural Resource Technologies, LLC. TreeScape and other similar user-friendly products are now available and have a relatively low start-up cost. Many years ago building a GIS was quite costly and time consuming. Today, map information is more readily available (especially on the Internet) in digital format. Figure 1, on page C12, is an aerial photograph, which provides a good base for a GIS.
Another way in which map attributes are brought into a GIS is through GPS (Global Positioning System). A GPS can range in price from several hundred dollars to more than $10,000. Prices vary based on accuracy of location, amount of data the GPS can store, and the format in which data is taken and stored. The low end of a professional type GPS is around $3,500. GPS is not only helpful in building a GIS, but also it can be helpful in locating trees in the field. This is where accuracy can be very important.
The latest step in technology has been the advancement of PDAs (personal digital assistant). These are great devices for taking to the field and updating information. They can also be used with a GPS receiver to help navigate to a point. There are a few important considerations when looking at PDAs. First, unlike most of us who use Microsoft Windows on our PCs, there has not yet been one "standard" operating system with PDAs, and because of this there can be compatibility issues. There is a close tie between the hardware and the software that you use. Collecting data and database management generally doesn't involve compatibility issues, but there are still a few bugs when dealing with the mapping side.
The first step in bridging the gap is that you must be willing to have an understanding of the technology. This does not require you to become an expert, but it will require a little reading to learn the terminology. It is also helpful to know other uses of the technology even if it is in a different field altogether.
The second step is to understand the immediate need. What would make your job better? (Note that I did not say easier.) This is an important concept that often gets lost somewhere along the way. That is, we somehow thought that technology would make our lives easier. All of us who have turned on a computer quickly found that they were not going to make anything easier. Computers can, however, make us more proficient.
Finally, the end user must have a vision for the future. What will your needs look like 3, 5 or 10 years from now?
Trees are valuable assets in your landscapes. Oftentimes, trees require a different level of maintenance than other vegetation in the landscape. Some of the maintenance that trees require must be periodically checked and adjusted — such as cabling. Because of these complexities often associated with trees, technology can offer great benefits.
George Barker is president of Natural Resource Consulting, Inc. (Tallassee, Ala.).
Want to use this article? Click here for options!
© 2020 Penton Media Inc.


text:
eCLUTCHMASTER STAGE IV Racing Clutch Kit® is a brand new heavy duty racing2300lbs pressure plate with 6 puck solid rigid racing disc setup can hold up to 398HP / Rated 349lb-ft of torque and 120% more pressure increase over stock. The eCM® Stage IV racing clutch system uses eCM® Stage IV Heavy duty pressure plate with 6 puck solid rigid ceramic disc. This is ultimate extreme-duty street or road / drag racing system. It is built using a special 6-wing ceramic button design disc for long life, outstanding holding capacity and high heat dissipation.
All eCLUTCHMASTER Racing pressure plates are made from ductile iron (2300 LBS CLAMPING LOAD) which is about 2 times stronger than conventional cast iron pressure plates other racing clutch manufactures use. It is recommended for use with 'modified' vehicles used for "street and strip". This unit has also proven itself to be very capable for four wheel drive and off-road use, also heavy duty towing and commercial applications.
It offers 120% more holding capacity than a stock 'OEM' clutch while maintaining a stock pedal feel.
About eCLUTCHMASTER 6 Puck Solid Racing Disc®-
If you want the best the industry has to offer -- Ask for eCLUTCHMASTER 6 Puck Solid Racing Disc. The eCM Racing 6 puck strip disc also uses our high torque internal assembly, but goes one step further in terms of friction. This disc uses an advanced hybrid iron and carbon combination delivering aggressive bite and increased thermal capacity. Uncharacteristic of the typical aggressive racing disc, the eCM disc provides outstanding stability, smooth engagement, and less wear on opposing plates. This combination has proven to be premier unit with regards to both performance and drivability for the daily driver with serious torque holding requirement. This system is recommended as the finest quality 'upgrade' from the original equipment clutch.
This kit comes with everything you need for a new clutch job or clutch upgrade.
Lastly, resurface and rebalance the flywheel prior to installation for best performance and result!
Features of eCLUTCHMASTER STAGE IV RACING CLUTCH SYSTEM:
Street or Long life of clutch BREAK-IN required.


text:
"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, from those who are cold and are not clothed. The world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children."
–Dwight D. Eisenhower, President and five-star general (1890-1969), April 16, 1953
Filed under: Tennessee | Tagged: blood money, budget deficit, Dwight D. Eisenhower, food not bombs, I was hungry and ye fed me not, justified mass murder, killing, Murder, peace, power and money, war, war money, wasteful government spending | Leave a comment »


text:
Pronunciation: (ih-pih-LIH-myoo-mab)
A drug used to treat melanoma that has spread to other parts of the body or that cannot be removed by surgery. It is also being studied in the treatment of other types of cancer. Ipilimumab binds to a substance called CTLA-4, which is found on the surface of T cells (a type of white blood cell). Ipilimumab may block CTLA-4 and help the immune system kill cancer cells. It is a type of monoclonal antibody. Also called MDX-010 and Yervoy.
Source: NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms2007-02-16 Date last modified: 2011-04-11Ipilimumab


text:
This is a guest post by Sientina discussing earning gold in WoW as a healer.
I'm Sientina, and I heal things to death. You see that warrior over there? He's been trying to kill me for the last 4 minutes and I'm healing away all his damage, waiting for help to arrive. Sure, I could probably kill him… eventually, but I rolled a healing class for a reason. I don't kill things. I don't grind elementals for eternals. The thing is, raiding takes its toll. I have reagents to buy, armor to repair, and hair to cut when my old style isn't working for me anymore. What's a girl to do when she has money issues and no sugar daddy?
I could just heal the daily heroic for cash but if I don't want to commit to a full heroic run, I can do a few dailies instead and still have the gold for the raid tonight. Besides, have you seen those dungeons? They need to fire their cleaning staff. I end up with more cobwebs in my hair then hair products, and I use a lot of hair products. For a style this good, there needs to be money rolling in. These dailies keep my hair free of cobwebs and my gear free of blood and gore.
Stop by your respective airships and pick these quests up.
Capture More Dispatches / Keeping the Alliance Blind – shoot down 6 scouts just west of Aldur'thar.
That's Abominable! / That's Abominable! – Kill an abom in the broken front for his guts and use your newly made Frankenstein creation to blow the undead to pieces.
The Solution Solution / Volatility – Loot some helms, armor, and bones and blow a Frostbrood Skytalon sky-high.
If you've unlocked enough quests to have the tabard of the Knights of the Ebon Blade, head to the Shadow Vault for 2 more dailies.
Vile Like Fire! – Grab a proto-drake and burn 8 buildings. You can re-burn something already on fire, so it doesn't matter how many others are around.
Shoot 'Em Up – There are two buildings with harpoon launchers on the balcony. Pick a weapon and kill 15 drakes. Make sure to grab group with anyone else at a harpoon, you'll both be done sooner.
Both Alliance and Horde have their own assault point in Ymirhiem. Join them to help their cause in a non-killing sort of fashion. Horde, you'll report to the northern edge while Alliance will be on the eastern side.
Assault by Air / Assault by Air – Grab the transport and hit the spear guns with the blinding shot to stay alive til all four of your infiltrators are dropped.
King of the Mountain / King of the Mountain – Jump up the mountain and plant the flag. You can click for your next jump before you land so you can scale vertical walls with ease.
Sholazar Basin
For those Honored with Oracles:
Appeasing the Great Rain Stone – Hop around with your little green friend and look for sparklies on the ground. After he digs them up, loot them.
Song of Fecundity – Go west to the Maker's shelf and blow the horn around 8 piles of dirt.
Song of Reflection – Go to the top of each Pillar and use the digeridoo at each crystal.
For those Honored with Frenzyheart…
Chicken Party! – Click on 12 chickens or net big groups of them. You don't have to dismount to net or gather the chickens up, so catch them rodeo style.
Storm Peaks
You will have to unlock the Sons of Hodir quests to get these. Part of them are Sons of Hodir Dailies, and will give you rep towards your shoulder enchants. Others are from Brunnhildar. Talk to Gretta the Arbiter to start them.
Thrusting Hodir's Spear – Only available at Honored. Find a wyrm and slay him using the special cast bar. Once you get the hang of killing the wyrm, it'll take you about 5 minutes tops for 16 gold and 500 rep.
Everfrost – This isn't a daily, but when you're out and about and you see an everfrost chip, loot it. Its a free 13 gold and then 7 gold for repeats. You can do this as many times as you find chips and sometimes someone in general chat will be willing to pay you for the location of one. If not… more rep for you.
Back to the Pit – Grab a warbear and beat 6 other bear-back riders in combat.
Maintaining Discipline – Beating slaves couldn't be easier. If they choose to fight back, you might have to kill one or two.
Grizzly Hills
The Alliance and Horde fight over the Blue Sky Logging Grounds. Thankfully we can assist.
Pieces Parts / Making Repairs – Loot gears and springs off the ground. The opposite factions npc's won't attack you, but enemy players might.
Life or Death / Overwhelmed! – Bandage 15 of your forces.
Shredder Repair / Shred the Alliance – Shredder time! Use the speed boost and get your machine out of there. As a note, the keys you get from the quest reward will let you use shredders down in Venture Bay.
Defending Wyrmrest Temple – Fly to the shrine, disable it and kill all opposing dragonflight in your way. Simple? Yes… but you can up the ante by trying to complete Rapid Defense as well.
With dailies to keep this girl independent and her hair the best in Dalaran, I'm as carefree as bird. If you're needing a break from that dreary old dungeon crawl, try a different way to get the gold you need. Unless the main tank is cute and available. That's a different situation.


text:
It's warm, you want to climb though, some higher altitudes might help : pics.
Recent News:
François PEYRON
François first became fascinated by mountains on seeing La Meije as a child. He went on to follow his dream of climbing, skiing, living and working in the mountains by qualifying as an IFMGA mountain guide, and he has been guiding in the Alps for more than 15 years. François is passionate about sharing his knowledge and enthusiasm for mountain sports with other people.


text:
Abuja - West Africa's regional bloc Ecowas agreed on Sunday to commit 3 300 troops to help recapture northern Mali, part of battle plans that will be sent for United Nations approval by the end of November, the group's chairperson said.
The troops would mostly come from Nigeria, Niger and Burkina Faso, but other West African countries and two or three non-African states may also contribute forces, Ivory Coast President Alassane Outtara told reporters in Nigeria's capital.
He said the soldiers could be deployed as soon as the UN approved the military plan, which was drawn up by experts from Africa, the UN and Europe in Mali's capital Bamako last week.
*Burkina Faso President Boni Yayi
The plan covers a six-month period, with a preparatory phase for training and the establishment of bases in Mali's south, followed by combat operations in the north, Malian army sources told Reuters.
Ecowas signed off on the latest draft on Sunday but said it still hoped to avoid conflict through negotiations.
"Authority reiterates that dialogue remains the preferred option," said a communique released after the meeting of West African leaders in Nigeria's capital Abuja on Sunday.
"However, recourse to force may be indispensable in order to dismantle terrorist and transnational criminal networks that pose a threat to international peace and security."
The UN Security Council gave African leaders 45 days from October 12 to draw up a plan for military intervention to retake the north, but diplomats say any such operation is months away.
Once viewed as an example of progress towards democracy in Africa, Mali fell into chaos after a coup in March that toppled the president and left a power vacuum that was quickly exploited by rebels to take over the north.
ECOWAS leaders Photo:osun
Foreign powers are divided on the pace of an intervention. Regional powerhouse Algeria says it prefers a negotiated solution, while former colonial master France - which has several citizens held hostage by al-Qaeda-linked groups in the Sahara - wants a swift war.
Delegates from Islamist group Ansar Dine are holding talks with regional mediator Blaise Compaore, the president of Burkina Faso, and members of the Tuareg rebel movement MNLA have sought to join efforts to solve the crisis. - Reuters


text:
PBS dropped Fred Willard as the narrator of its new antiques series Thursday in the wake of the actor's arrest for lewd conduct at an adult theater in Hollywood.
"Given the the unfortunate news reported today, effective immediately, Fred Willard no longer will be involved with the 'Market Warrior' series," the network said in a statement.
The program, a spinoff of the PBS' popular "Antiques Roadshow" premiered last week. Willard's voice will be removed from the remaining episodes, and "Antiques Roadshow" host Mark Walberg will re-record them.
U.S. & World
Willard, 72, was arrested Wednesday night and booked on suspicion of lewd conduct at the Tiki Theater on Santa Monica Boulevard in Hollywood, police said Thursday.
His attorney, Paul Takakjian, was quoted by a website owned by USA Today as saying that Willard had broken no laws. However, he later told NBC4 that he was "in the process of gathering facts on the case," and had no further comment.
The 72-year-old Willard, who appeared in such films as "Best in Show" and "Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy," was released on his own recognizance, LAPD Sgt. Chuck Slater told NBC4.
Vice officers arrested Willard at about 8:50 p.m. on Wednesday, Slater said.


text:
Palladium Series
It's born with an unfair advantage. It's a Klipsch.
In 1946, a ballistics expert turned his attention to faithful sound reproduction and invented the Klipschorn. When he did, Paul W. Klipsch laid the groundwork for what would become the pinnacle in listening. Today, Palladium stands as the rightful heir to the Klipsch throne.
Proceed With Reverence.
An industry-redefining project of this magnitude begins with a vision - not a budget. That's why it took nearly a decade to actualize. A decade of late nights, extra pots of coffee and an obsession over each and every detail imaginable.
A single glance speaks volumes about the series. But sealed outside of the zebrawood casing is the sweat that went into conceiving, engineering and building Palladium.
The speed of flawless is about 60 years.
Every Moment Is Defining.
Proper placement is important. But it just so happens that wherever these marvels stand will become a focal point. From the P-37F to the P-38F to the imposing P-39F, the unique boat-tail design boldly showcases the power, detail and emotion that pours out every opening and immediately mesmerizes anyone who encounters the speaker.
Select from three furniture-grade, exotic zebra-grain Linea veneer finishes: dark sophisticated espresso; rich, vibrant merlot; or clean, contemporary natural.
View the Palladium Floorstanding Models >
The Best Venues Are The Ones Nobody Knows About.
The passion and attention to detail that go into each floorstander spill over to the P-17B bookshelf speaker. It showcases the same dual horn arrangement -- one horn for high-frequency response and one for midrange.
It also displays the same contemporary silhouette and immerses itself in the room as much as it pulls you into the sound -- ensuring that compromise is never an option with Palladium.
View the P-17B Bookshelf Model >
Close Your Eyes And Watch.
The P-27C center channel speaker delivers dialogue as flawlessly as any leading actor. But the spaces between the words are just as important. And it's all delivered through the signature Palladium design. Not to mention the dual horns flanked by 7-inch woofer cones. The edge of your seat better be comfortable.
View the P-27C Center Model >
Featuring a dark smoked nickel satin finish and zebra-grain end caps, the P-27S surround sound speaker offers a slim profile and an even slimmer chance of going unnoticed.
View the P-27S Surround Model >
There To Pick Up The Beats Your Heart Skips.
The high-end of the bottom-end has arrived. The P-312W subwoofer emanates tight, undistored bass reflex via dual side-firing passive radiators. It transmits power, detail and emotion through the floor joists to the foundation of your soul.
View the P-312W Subwoofer Model >
Passion In, Passion Out
Palladium is built on the collective expertise of a global network of partners. From our headquarters in Indianapolis, Indiana, we went to the corners of the Earth in our quest for the perfect speaker Design consultants in Munich and Los Angeles, manufacturing partners in Dongguan and Shenzhen, China and build specialists at our original Klipsch factory in Hope Arkansas, all collaborated on this masterpiece.
Innovation doesn't come easy.
Unlike other high-end audio speakers that rely on off-the-shell driver systems, we opted to build every Palladium driver the ground up. But the ingenuity didn't stop there. Each Palladium LCR comes complete with revolutionary carbon-infused thermoset composite material and an unprecedented dual horn arrangement. Inside the proprietary tweeter assembly, a uniquely chambered phase plug Tractrix horn combination delivers extended high frequency response. A second 90° x 60° acoustically dampened Tractrix horn is coupled to the midrange driver for optimal performance over midrange frequencies.
Strategically placed neodymium magnets inside the titanium diaphragm tweeter and midrange are also used to increase efficiency, maintain dynamic range and drive power, detail and emotion.
Consider the ante upped.
Featuring no parallel walls and an extensive internal bracing system, the Palladium speaker's side panels combine with an angled top panel and a steel-reinforced front baffle to ensure minimal cabinet resonance and maximum acoustic performance. But rest assured, there's plenty of style to go with all that substance.
The show-stopping design was born out of a unique partnership with BMW Group DesignworksUSA. Drawing from experience in premium automotive, transportation and product design and factoring in modern home interior and furniture trends, they were able to create a true signature look that flawlessly blends classic Klipsch audio with a clean, contemporary sensibility that enhances any living space.


text:
Bottle Girl From Diesel Extravaganza Is Getting Charges Pressed For Public Nudity After Her Video Gets Out
"A local woman was charged with public nudity Thursday after a video went viral showing explicit acts with a bottle last week. The 24-year-old woman, on August 24th, stripped down naked in the bed of a truck and then performed sexual explicit acts with a bottle. The acts were recorded on digital devices as spectators watched. The incident happened in a parking lot located in Terre Haute during after hours of the Scheid Diesel Extravaganza outside the fairgrounds" - Brittany Earl Of 10 News
Please click the "Report" button below if the video on this page is not working properly.
Comments will only be displayed by verified emails. No Spamming or Racism.


text:
The "Castello Sforzesco", Sforza' Castle, is one of the most important monuments in Milan. Built by the Viscontis in the middle of 14th centry with a defensive scope, it was then variously reworked in particular in 15th century by order of Francesco Sforza and Ludovico il Moro. The castle became so one of the most important courts in Europe, hosting top artists like Bramante and Leonardo da Vinci. In the 360 photo is the S/W wall with the round tower and the "Porta dello Spirito Santo", the Gate of Holy Spirit.
Italy's and perhaps the world's capital of fashion and design, Milano is home to the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele, which is possibly the world's oldest shopping mall. The city is currently undergoing an architectural renaissance, which will culminate in a new skyline for the Expo 2015, which will be hosted in Milano. Visitors can take advantage of an extensive public transportation system, which includes metro, buses, trolleys and trams.


text: Most believe prostitution is a local crime. The reality is that victims of prostitution, children and adults, are trafficked by violent pimps to lucrative markets. They utilize false identification, are taught how to avoid police, and to fear law enforcement. Victims are moved frequently making it difficult for law enforcement to identify and investigate the enterprises that exploit them. Assistant U.S. Attorney Jordan Ginsberg and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent Jennifer Terry joined local attorney Holly Wiseman and Laura Schneidau, a Child Abuse Screener for the Jefferson Parish District Attorney's Office, to discuss "Human Trafficking: Heightening Awareness and Exploring Solutions" on Thursday, August 15th. Sponsored by the Women in the Profession Committee, the panel discussed both local and federal efforts to address the growing problem of trafficking of children for the commercial sex industry in New Orleans and nationwide.


text:
Las Vegas will never be the same as the world's most iconic rock band, Guns N' Roses, takes over Sin City with their first-ever residency Appetite for Democracy at The Joint inside Hard Rock Hotel & Casino this fall. The band will play 12 mind-blowing shows starting Wednesday, October 31 through Saturday, November 24.
Guns N' Roses has teamed up with Hard Rock Hotel & Casino to invade Las Vegas with a never-before-seen, one-of-a-kind music experience. Each night, the band will perform an electrifying show featuring a set list created exclusively for The Joint. Appetite for Democracy will span the band's biggest hits from their debut album Appetite for Destruction (1987) through their platinum-selling record Chinese Democracy (2008). Exact details about the show are being kept under wraps but fans can expect the raw and gritty heavy metal Guns N' Roses is known for along with a few surprise elements. Produced exclusively by AEG Live, Appetite for Democracy is unlike any show the band has ever done before or will ever do again.
The history-making residency comes on the heels of Appetite for Destruction's 25th anniversary. The groundbreaking record propelled Guns N' Roses into rock music history with songs including "Welcome to the Jungle," "Sweet Child O' Mine," and "Paradise City." Named as one of the "500 Greatest Albums of All Time" by Rolling Stone, Appetite for Destruction enjoyed one of the longest runs of any hard rock record, remaining on Billboard's "Hot 100" for nearly three years. To date, the album has sold more than 18 million copies in the United States, with worldwide sales in excess of 30 million.
"We are ecstatic to announce Guns N' Roses as our newest residency at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino," said Paul Davis, vice president of entertainment at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino. "This is what The Joint is all about, bringing fans up close and personal with one of the most iconic bands in the world. It will be a truly unique Guns N' Roses experience!"
"This past New Year's Eve, Guns N' Roses tore the roof off The Joint with two sold-out shows. They were incredible; we watched them perform their timeless hits and soon-to-be legendary songs off Chinese Democracy. Immediately following, AEG Live and Hard Rock began turning our fantasy of having them as a resident artist into a reality," added Bobby Reynolds, vice president of booking at AEG Live, Las Vegas. "To hear one of the biggest bands in the world rip through their catalog of hits is going to be amazing. There is no better way to celebrate the anniversary of their iconic album Appetite for Destruction than to present Appetite for Democracy at The Joint."
Started by Axl Rose in 1985, Guns N' Roses is one of the most popular music acts in history and has sold more than 100 million albums worldwide. The band consists of frontman and founder Axl Rose, DJ Ashba (guitar), Dizzy Reed (keyboards), Tommy Stinson (bass), Richard Fortus (guitar), Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal (guitar), Chris Pitman (keyboards) and Frank Ferrer (drums). In addition to Appetite for Destruction and Chinese Democracy, Guns N' Roses has released albums including GN'R Lies (1988), double album Use Your Illusion I and Use Your Illusion II (1991) and The Spaghetti Incident? (1993).
Ticket prices start at $45 (plus applicable services fees) and go on sale to the public at 10 a.m. on Friday, Aug. 17. To purchase tickets or for more information, visit the Hard Rock Box Office, all Ticketmaster locations, www.ticketmaster.com, www.thejointlasvegas.com or charge-by-phone at 800.745.3000. Ticket and room packages are available at www.hardrockhotel.com.
Appetite for Democracy schedule:
- Wednesday, Oct. 31
- Friday, Nov. 2
- Saturday, Nov. 3
- Wednesday, Nov. 7
- Friday, Nov. 9
- Saturday, Nov. 10
- Wednesday, Nov. 14
- Saturday, Nov. 17
- Sunday, Nov. 18
- Wednesday, Nov. 21
- Friday, Nov. 23
- Saturday, Nov. 24


text:
Photosmart D7155
Why we like this printer? Because it can use a CIS, CISS, or bulk ink system. A perfect printer for continuous inking system. Compatible cartridges may be available for about half what HP charges, however HP has been battling to ban compatible cartridges for your HP inkjet printer – apparently, HP 02 carts are an HP invention, and they do not want cheap knock-offs from China to compete with.
These printers are incredibly confusing when trying to identify the correct cartridges required. This printer uses six (6) individual ink cartridges, and there are two choices for some of the cartridges – full of ink, and half full of ink. HP sells the 02 series of cartridges in either the standard, or XL version of the cartridge (for the primary colors). Within those classifications, there is also variance in the amounts of ink inside each of the individual cartridges. Take a look:
- HP 02 – Black – C8721WN – 660 pages* $17.99
- HP 02 – Cyan – 400 pages* $10.99
- HP 02 – Magenta – C8772WN – 370 pages* $10.99
- HP 02 – Yellow – C8773WN – 500 pages* $10.99
- HP 02 – Light Cyan – C8774WN – 240 pages* $10.99
- HP 02 – Photo Magenta – C8775WN – 240 pages* $10.99
The cartridges are all the same physical size and shape (with the exception of the black which is about double the size of the other 5 color cartridges). That said, a full set of ink cartridges is going to cost you $85.00! That is crazy, and what is with all those differing page counts for each cartridge? They do have a chip on the end of the cartridge to monitor estimated ink usage, as well as to prevent refilling.
Then there is the "XL" version of just the cyan, magenta, and yellow – full of ink?
- HP 02 XL – Cyan – C8730WN – 600 pages* $14.99
- HP 02 XL – Magenta – C8731WN – 535 pages* $14.99
- HP 02 XL – Yellow – C8732WN – 750 pages* $14.99
So that is almost $100.00 for a set of ink that includes the XL series cartridges? Wow. If you are not printing photos on this printer, you might want to re-think that purchase. This printer is not designed with the office, or small office in mind.
As you can tell from the image above, the XL cartridges are wider than the standard capacity 02 cartridges – which means one thing, it contains more ink. Cartridges range in price from $19.99 to $10.99 each. Of course the XL cartridges are $14.99, and the black cartridge alone is $20.00.
Pet Peeves:
- Cartridges are expensive – contain low amounts of ink
- Uses an external power supply (brick), not just any power cord will work
6-Color Photo Printer – All-In-One:
Very nice printer from HP, but the catch is the cartridges. With a full replacement set of ink costing a minimum of $74.94, this becomes a very expensive printer to operate. Even if you give HP the benefit of the doubt, and estimate that your $75.00 ink investment will get you at least 500 pages per month (a single ream of paper), that would come to $900.00 per year to operate this printer in a business or home office environment. Very expensive, and not economical at all. The features on this printer are nice enough, however we suggest you look in to a quality CI system for this printer.
One simple solution:
Continuous Inking System (CIS, CISS)
This printer is perfect for a CI system:
The cartridges in these printers do not move. Ink is fed from the cartridges to a print head that is buried inside the printer. It makes these printers (ones that will use the HP 02 series inkjet cartridges) perfectly set-up to use a CI system. Since the cartridges never move, and just feed the printer ink when it needs it, installation is simple, and no additional hardware or modifications to the printer are necessary. Just plug and play printing for fractions of a cent.
How does it work?
With a CI system, ink is fed from a conveniently refillable external reservoir container (all one piece), to the cartridges as the printer needs ink. When the printer tells you the cartridge is empty, simply remove and re-install to reset the page count chip.


text:
A few weeks back I wrote about access to sexual information and how social privilege informs the sexual conversations we can access. The current controversy over OSU, Tristan Taormino and the Modern Sex Conference contains an excellent example of this dynamic in play.
You may have heard the hullabaloo over OSU's decision to uninvite Tristan Taormino from delivering the Modern Sex Conference keynote speech. In response to public criticism OSU sent out a press release and today their spokesperson, Todd Simmons, commented on the situation in an Examiner article. In that article, part of his defense for the decision rests on the assumption that taxpayer dollars cannot be used to pay "somebody who describes herself as a pornographer".
The thing is, pornography is not illegal and there is no statute I am aware of in Oregon state law that restricts the use of taxpayer fees in this way. He goes on to say that private universities such as Yale and Harvard had every right to book her because they are using private monies.
Welcome to the privilege of pleasure and sexuality.
This is the same general dynamic in sex education. Any groups using public money or grants (outreach organizations, public schools) restrict their conversations to the most conservative common denominator. Never mind that many OSU students want her to speak. Why should public university students have a choice in their education? That right is apparently reserved for private university students.
The way social hierarchies and privilege play out in every aspect of our lives never fails to amaze me. Private high school students can have unquestioned access to issues about sexual orientation, gender, pleasure and agency while programs in public schools are vulnerable to moral panics and content restrictions. This serves to reinforce a sense of access and privilege in the world.
In a way, I understand why OSU administrators made this decision. Social conservatives don't usually attack private universities on curricula or education issues. These are institutions for grooming the social elites and their attacks would go nowhere. But a public university is a much easier target to grapple with because of who they serve: the general public, the middle and working class.
At this juncture, I highly doubt they will rescind and reinvite Tristan. The only thing I can hope is the next public university that wrestles with a decision like this will take a chance and defend the intellectual freedom of their student population.


text:
Review: iStabilizer Dolly creates smooth, stable tracking shots with your phone or camera
Today's Best Tech Deals
Picked by Macworld's Editors
Top Deals On Great Products
Picked by Techconnect's Editors
iStabilizer Dolly
A while back, while shooting a video, I wanted to execute a dolly move—a smooth pan across a scene, made possible by mounting a camera onto a wheeled platform and rolling that platform sideways. I had neither the right equipment nor the necessary crew, so I improvised by balancing the camera on top of a wooden toy bus belonging to my daughter.
If no rolling toys are underfoot, iStabilizer's $60 Dolly is an actual tool for the job, designed for shooters using small devices such as an iPhone, iPod touch, or compact camera. This small, configurable platform features four wheels and an articulating arm that lets you move the camera smoothly—on a flat surface, of course.
I attached my iPhone 4S to the included iStabilizer Mount, a spring-loaded clamp that securely grips the phone's sides. Any phone up to roughly 2.8 inches wide (including the case if you use one for your phone) will fit. One thing to watch out for: You need to be careful when inserting an iPhone not to position the Dolly's clamp over the phone's volume buttons—especially considering that these buttons act as shutter releases when using the Camera app.
Alternatively, you can remove the iStabilizer Mount and use the Dolly with any small camera that accepts a standard 1/4-inch threaded mount. My Nikon D90 DSLR was too heavy for the arm to support in any position other than straight vertical, but my more-compact Canon PowerShot G12 did fine unless I extended it too far to the side (which caused the Dolly to tip from the weight).
Whether you use the Mount or a camera's threaded mount, your phone or camera attaches to an 8-inch jointed arm that offers many different positions for your photo-shooting device. You can even put the iStabilizer on a raised track or table edge and hang the iPhone down below that surface. The joints are really tight, which is great for stability, but they mean that the arm isn't always easy to move—you should expect some wrangling as you set up your shots. (I also recommend getting a leveler app, or using a physical level, to ensure that your phone or camera is lined up parallel to the surface.)
You could, of course, achieve the same effect by setting your camera on a skateboard, but you'd be limited to moving back and forth in a straight line. One of the Dolly's best features is the capability to pivot the wheel axles. Degrees are marked on the Dolly's base, and those markings line up with an arrow on each axle. This configuration lets you film, for example, a 360-degree pan around a subject, or to make tight or loose curves as the scene warrants.
So how does the Dolly roll? The wheels, which look and feel like inline-skate wheels, roll smoothly and quietly, two requirements for this kind of accessory. In fact, my biggest criticism surrounding the Dolly is directed at myself: It takes practice to move the Dolly fluidly at a constant speed. (In Hollywood, dollies are usually large, mounted on rails, and pushed by skilled drivers.)
Bottom line
A bit of cinéma vérité-style camera shake is expected when you're capturing spontaneous video moments on an iPhone or iPod touch, or a compact camera, but that bouncy footage can also come off as amateurish, revealing that your little indie movie is actually being shot using a phone. The iStabilizer Dolly is a compact, configurable device for those times when you need smooth, stable tracking shots.
This story, "Review: iStabilizer Dolly creates smooth, stable tracking shots with your phone or camera" was originally published by TechHive.
iStabilizer Dolly


text:
send a shiver up (one's) spine(redirected from send a shiver up one's spine)
send a shiver up (one's) spine
To cause an intense feeling of excitement, exhilaration, nervousness, or fear in someone. The way that sonata swells always sends a shiver up my spine. It sent a shiver up my spine when Dorothy gave me such an amorous look. Can we get out of here? This creepy old house is sending a shiver up my spine!


text:
Click Here to Get a Quote from a Landscaping professional who services El Paso / El Paso County TX. We're your LOCAL SOURCE!
Click for a Quote from a Landscaping contractor who services El Paso TX. Over 10,000 homeowners served!
2014 ROIwebsites.com | sitemap | Landscaping
Contractors Directory |
El Paso TX Landscaping Mulch


text:
Less winter runoff has allowed visitors to enjoy mostly clean water at California beaches, according to a report released Thursday.
An estimated 93 percent of the 445 beaches along the state's coast that were tested for bacterial pollution from Memorial Day through Labor Day had good to excellent water quality.
It was the fifth consecutive year that beachgoers have seen incremental improvement in beach water quality during summer months.
Three percent or 14 beaches that were monitored during the same period last year received poor marks.
The annual beach report card, issued by the Santa Monica-based environmental group Heal the Bay, studied bacteria levels found in water samples taken by local agencies from near the Oregon state line to the Mexican border. Heal the Bay attributed the improved water quality to back-to-back dry winters in Southern California and infrastructure upgrades.
Scant rainfall means less urban runoff into the ocean. Most bacterial contamination occurs during winter, when heavy rains overload storm drains and sewage systems, washing pollutants into the sea. Swimming in polluted waters can cause ear infections and gastrointestinal problems.
Among the state's 10 beaches with the worst water quality, four were in Los Angeles County, the report found.
Testing showed the dirtiest beach was at the city of Avalon on Santa Catalina Island off Southern California.
The environmental group said it expects water quality to improve once Avalon completes an upgrade of an aging sewer system that has been blamed for persistent high pollution levels.
The second-most polluted beach in the state was Cowell Beach in Santa Cruz County.
The top 10 "Beach Bummers," these coastal spots received F grades:
- Avalon, Catalina Island
- Cowell Beach, Santa Cruz
- Poche Beach, Orange County
- Cabrillo Beach (harborside), LA County
- Malibu Pier, LA County
- Marina Lagoon, San Mateo County
- Doheny State Beach, Dana Point
- Redondo Beach Pier, LA County
- Windsurfer Circle, San Francisco County
- Tijuana River Mouth, San Diego County
Heal the Bay has been lobbying for the restoration of $10 million in federal funds used to monitor beach water quality.
The group said many counties in the state depend on those funds to do testing.
The latest report also includes beaches in the Pacific Northwest where the water quality was excellent in the vast majority of cases.
Santa Cruz summary:
The County of Santa Cruz Environmental Health Services monitored 13 shoreline loca - tions frequently enough (at least weekly) to be included in this report, spanning the area from Natural Bridges State Beach downcoast to Rio del Mar Beach.
Ten of the 13 (77%) beaches in Santa Cruz County received A grades during the summer dry weather period this past year. Capitola Beach west of the jetty scored a fair grade (C grade) during the summer dry period, with poor grades at Cowell Beach at the wharf (F grade) and Cowell Beach Lifeguard Tower (F grade).
Winter dry weather grades in Santa Cruz County were excellent overall with only one lo - cation receiving lower than a B grade: Capitola Beach west of the jetty (D grade), which also has a history of chronically polluted beach water. Potential pollution sources are currently under investigation.
San Mateo County summary:
San Mateo County's summer dry grades were excellent this past year with 91% A or B grades, and just slightly below the county's five-year average of 93%. During winter dry weather this past year, 89% of monitoring Malibu Pier Summer Dry Winter Dry Wet Weather F D C 13 locations re ceived an A or B grade. Wet weather water quality was poor this year with 44% A or B grades, well below the county's five-year (63%) and statewide (69%) averages. Two locations in San Mateo's Marina Lagoon (Aquatic Park and Lakeshore Park) share the No. 6 spot on this year's Beach Bummer list.
San Francisco County summary:
This year San Francisco County earned very good water quality grades during summer dry weather with 86% of locations receiving A or B grades. Winter dry weather grades were fair with 71% of monitoring locations receiving A or B grades (5% below the county's five-year average). Wet weather grades were poor with only six of 14 beaches (43%) earning an A or B grade. Windsurfer Circle at Candlestick Point earned the No. 9 spot on this year's list of statewide Beach Bummers.
Contra Costa and Alameda Counties summary:
Water quality grades for East Bay beaches were excellent this past year during summer dry weather, with all locations receiving an A grade. Wet weather water quality was poor with only 40% of locations earning an A or B grade, (29% below the state average).
Marin County summary:
Marin County earned excellent water quality grades this past year during summer dry weather with all loca - tions receiving A grades. Monitoring locations were not sampled through the winter.


text:
Garden Detective: Pruning trees and shrubs
It's late winter, and you know what that means: It's time to prune your trees, shrubs and woody plants.
It's important to do this while plants are dormant and you can see what you're doing. Wait until they leaf out, and your view of the branches will be obstructed. Worse, pruning during the growing phase will stress plants, because energy that should be used for growing and forming leaves and flowers will be halfheartedly redirected to healing. You might sacrifice vigor and blooms for the season, and the plants might not heal properly.
So bundle up, grab your pruners and saws, and head out now.
There are two types of pruning: selective and rejuvenative.
Selective is exactly what it sounds like: You select certain branches to remove, and you have a reason for doing so (branches are crooked and overlapping, broken, crowded).
Rejuvenative pruning is the extreme cutting back of overgrown, unproductive shrubs so they'll regrow stronger, healthier and with a better appearance.
There are three ways to rejuvenate woody plants by pruning: Sever the whole plant at the crown, just above ground level; prune every branch individually, at uneven heights, in one session; or cut back about one-third of the branches each year for three years. The latter is the least severe but requires the most patience. You'll need to weigh aesthetics versus time and decide what's right for your garden.
Most plants can handle selective pruning with ease; only healthy plants should be subjected to drastic rejuvenation. And when you're done, be sure to fertilize to help the healing along.
Here's a primer for pruning the most common types of landscape plants.
Broad-leaved evergreen shrubs (laurels, rhododendrons, etc.) should undergo only selective pruning. They're the exception in that they can handle pruning easily at any time of year.
Narrow-leaf (needled) evergreens should undergo selective pruning only. Always remove more from the top than from the bottom, which will allow sunlight to reach the base of the plant. Take care not to overshear or cut holes into narrow-leaf evergreens; with the exception of yews, they won't ever fill back in.
Hedge pruning has only one basic rule: The bottom must remain wider than the top. If the plant thins out at the bottom, the only way to correct it is to cut the entire hedge down to 6 to 8 inches from the ground and wait for it to grow back. You don't want to go there.
Thin-branched trees and shrubs should be pruned using hand-held pruners to remove dead wood, crisscrossed limbs and branches that are growing into the tree's canopy.
Branches with a diameter of more than one inch should never be cut right up to the trunk. That would remove the branch collar and create a bigger wound. Instead, use a saw and employ the three-cut method:
1. Cut the branch halfway through from underneath, a few inches from the trunk.
2. Move your saw a few inches farther out on the branch, away from the trunk, and cut the whole branch off from the top. This eliminates the weight of the branch and prevents tearing.
3. Make the third and final cut just outside the branch-bark ridge, sawing through the entire branch to the outside of the collar. If you were to make this complete cut without having done steps 1 and 2, the weight of the branch would cause it to rip just before separating, and the tree would have a difficult recovery and a larger area through which disease could enter.
For lilacs and other spring bloomers, wait until after flowers fall so as not to remove buds and spoil the season's show. Forsythia should be pruned every year right after flowering.
Spirea and weigela should be pruned every two to three years.
Clethra and cotoneasters should seldom be pruned. Butterfly bush (Buddleia) should never be pruned in fall. Cut it all the way to the ground every year in early spring. Don't worry; it'll grow back quickly.
Deadhead rhododendrons and mountain laurels only if they aren't full enough, and do it immediately after flowering. Waiting even a week will defeat the purpose, and the plants will remain leggy.
Hydrangeas are in a class all their own; actually, in several classes. Here are the basics:
Hydrangea macrophylla: Prune in late summer, as soon as flowers fade, but never after September. Remove weaker stems from the base of the plant, being careful to retain several stems of old wood, which will produce buds for next year's flowers. Pruning in late winter will not harm the plant, but it will cost you flowers this year.
Hydrangea arborescens Grandiflora: Cut to the ground in late winter or early spring. If it survived the winter nicely, however, and you'd like it to grow better, do a light selective pruning, cutting branches at varying heights.
Hydrangea paniculata Grandiflora (Peegee): Simply remove spent flowers; thin or cut back last year's growth in late winter/early spring.
Hydrangea quercifolia (Oak-leaf hydrangea): Remove dead wood at the base of the plant in early spring.
Hydrangea anomala petiolaris (climbing hydrangea): Unruly vines can be shortened in summer. Otherwise, pruning is seldom necessary.
Suffolk Orchid Society Meets: 7:30 p.m. on the second Monday of each month from September through June
Location: Emma Clark Library, 120 Main St., Setauket
Dues: $15 annually; $22 family
Contact: suffolkorchids.com; 631-473-8726
This self-described "fun-loving group of orchid enthusiasts" has a simple goal: to "promote and improve the growing of orchids, and aid in every possible way in the conservation of all native orchids." Meetings include member show-and-tell sessions, raffles and sales, and presentations by guest speakers. Plant auctions are held in June and November.


text:
Montego Bay
Discover Jamaica: Your hammock hang-out awaits.
Jamaica is a big Caribbean island with a huge personality, Outwardly, it's famous for spicy city culture, reggae, jerk and a relaxed party atmosphere, but the island also has hidden depths.
Explore the cool and misty Blue Mountains, The highest peaks of the Caribbean or tread your choice of 200 miles of rock and white sand beaches, including Seven Mile beach at Negril and the James Bond beach at Ocho Rios. Follow the crowds to pluming waterfalls at Dunn's River Falls and then seek hidden inland rivers. Ian Fleming wrote many of the best Bond books whilst languishing in "the gorgeous vacuum of a Jamaican holiday"- write your own adventure here. Choose your transport: rustic raft, unlikely bobsled, horseback or intrepid trek on foot and then make sure you think of some excellent theme music. Flights to Jamaica are a couple of clicks away.
Book flight + hotel together and save
This hotel is the epitome of romance; a sophisticated and luxurious Jamaican hideaway, with a great All Inclusive offering. Couples Sans Souci is an award winning, adults-only boutique resort, with sp ...
BA Star Rating
TripAdvisor rating
4810 reviews
Flights + 7 nights hotel
from £1501 pp 16 Sep - 23 SepChoose hotel
Scenic Ocho Rios, call it 'Ochi', on Jamaica's verdant north coast, is host to many luxury hotels including the Jamaica Inn and the trendy Sandals Ochi Resort. The spectacular Dunn's River Falls should feature on any visitor's sightseeing itinerary. Or head west to picturesque Discovery Bay, named after Christopher Columbus, who was thought to have made first landfall there. Learn about the famous explorer at the Columbus Park open-air museum.
Find a British Airways flight for less, we'll refund the difference.
Low price finder and low initial deposits.
Ensure your next holiday is extra special by talking to one of our Caribbean travel specialists.
Fly with British Airways and enjoy award-winning service, excellent value for money and no hidden charges:


text:
Tomorrow, January 19, is Beaver Day. I know, you are probably thinking to yourself, "Kelsey, what the heck is Beaver Day?" Well, obviously, it is a very important holiday here in Canada, celebrating one of our most beloved creatures. There is a significant amount of legend surrounding the holiday, and I don't think I can do the story justice, so I will just reiterate that it is a really important and fun holiday.
In honour of Beaver Day, I wanted to create a cocktail to represent all that is good and wonderful about this holiday. My inspiration would be the BeaverTail treats served here in Ottawa. BeaverTails are a delicious fried dough pastry, often topped with cinnamon and sugar or Nutella. In other parts of the world, they are known as Elephant Ears. One of the popular, though albeit strange, variations of the BeaverTail has lemon, cinnamon and sugar. So that was where I would start. My love of bourbon is well documented, so of course the drink would be bourbon based. And there would be maple syrup, because what is a drink celebrating a Canadian holiday without maple syrup. I figured that I would call it a Beaver-tail as a play on the word cocktail. Sometimes, when I think I've stumbled upon a brilliant idea for a recipe, I do a quick Google search to see if I'm the only one with this idea. Apparently in this case, I was not the only one to think of combining bourbon, lemon, and maple syrup. There is a well known drink that consists of these elements, and wouldn't you know it, it is called the Maple Leaf!! So Canadian, it was perfect! And the drink itself is perfection.
Happy Beaver Day!
The Maple Leaf Cocktail (aka the Beaver-tail)As seen on the Kitchn, Leite's Culinaria, etc.
2 ounces Bourbon
1 ounce freshly squeezed and strained lemon juice
3/4 ounce pure maple syrup
Dash of cinnamon (or a cinnamon stick)
Combine the bourbon, maple syrup, lemon juice, and cinnamon (unless you have a cinnamon stick) in a cocktail shaker filled with ice. Shake and strain into a cocktail glass. (You can pour the drink over ice if you wish).


text:
This publication is out of print and is unavailable in electronic format.
Based on the sharing that took place at the 1999 WLUML Outreach Strategies Exchange Programme meeting, this tool documents some of the network's experiences of outreach and identifies the basic principles that underlie outreach activities – no matter how diverse the actual activities have been across the Network With the aim of inspiring experimentation and dialogue among groups conducting outreach activities, it shared strategies at both general and specific illustrative levels.
Interview and articles from Riffat Hassan, the progressive theologian and academic specialized in Islamic sciences. Riffat Hassan defends a more humane, democratic and feminist interpretation of Islam in general and of the Quran and other sacred texts in particular (in French).


text:
I want to list all the broken links in all mxds in a server drive. But whenever I try I get an error come up. Can someone use a specific example, say the drive is D drive, how would I put it into ESRIs script here:
import arcpy, os
path = r"C:\Project"
for fileName in os.listdir(path):
fullPath = os.path.join(path, fileName)
if os.path.isfile(fullPath):
basename, extension = os.path.splitext(fullPath)
if extension == ".mxd":
mxd = arcpy.mapping.MapDocument(fullPath)
print "MXD: " + fileName
brknList = arcpy.mapping.ListBrokenDataSources(mxd)
for brknItem in brknList:
print "\t" + brknItem.name
del mxd
Also I'm not used to not having pythonwin, does anyone know where to d/l it? I googled it but it kept telling me to install it from the ArcMap cd (I'm just using a work computer).


text:
Pro cycling team Cervelo Test Team announced today that Heinrich Haussler will not be participating in the 2010 Tour de France due to knee problems exacerbated by his crash in the Tour de Suise (see cyclingnews.com for more details on that.) This, along with a similar announcement by Tom Boonen of Quickstep, represents two strong sprinters that will not be participating in the Tour de France, and site that nasty Tour de Suisse crash as part of the cause.
Mark Cavendish – who was penalized for causing that Tour de Suise crash – ultimately pulled out of the Tour de Suise due not to inuuries, but repoted "family reasons" in addition to his injuries. However, riders on the very next stage after the Tour de Suise crash did make a gesture of protest by delaying the race. Still unannounced at the time of this writing is the final roster for Columbia in the Tour de France.
In light of all of these events, it seems assured that right or wrong, any successful performance by Mark Cavendish in this year's Tour de France will be met with voices of frustration and protest given the unfortunate absences of Boonen and Haussler.


text:
Dauphin County residents scammed in door-to-door sale
Police taking action
Cindy Lynch never thought it would happen to her and certainly not from a young man who seemed so nice, who knocked on her door selling magazines.
"Yeah, it was really slick and really well done and I'm really embarrassed that I fell for it," said Lynch.
She said she never questioned the man because he said he was a college student who grew up in a nearby neighborhood and even mentioned her neighbor's name.
She wrote him a check for more than $100. Up the street, Leo Berzinski also wrote the man a check, thinking he was paying for a magazine subscription for the children's hospital cancer unit.
"That bothers me, when I think someone wants something for children's cancer and I think of those kids…it was absolutely convincing," said Berzinski.
Dozens of the neighbors exchanged messages that night, wondering if they'd all been scammed. None of them asked if the man had a permit to sell door-to-door.
"In today's society, they should be asking every time someone knocks at their door. They should be suspicious of everybody. It's a shame we've come to that, but you can't allow yourself to become victimized," said Derry Township Police Chief Pat O'Rouke.
Derry Township police received similar complaints about salesmen in other neighborhoods and caught a handful of them in the act near downtown Hershey.
Police cited three salesmen for not having required permits and forced them to give the money back to the homeowners.
"In this case, we wanted to make sure we did right by the residents and protected their interests so that was probably the most prudent thing the officers on scene came up with," said O'Rouke.
The experience taught Berzinski a lesson and he wants everyone else to learn from him.
"I will check the organization out first because that's what I usually do. I'll see who's the keeper of their organization. I'll turn them down and tell them why and I'm going to stay firm to that from here on in," said Berzinski.
So as a consumer and homeowner, the takeaway is to check on the solicitation ordinance for your community.
They can vary a lot from town to town. And special exceptions are occasionally made for nonprofits like the Girl Scouts selling cookies.
If a solicitation permit is required in your town and the person knocking at your door doesn't have one, then you're covered.


text:
This unusual flavor combination makes a salad with a difference!
Preparation Time: 15 mins
Cooking Time: 10 mins
Steam, boil or microwave squash cubes until tender. Combine squash, apples, cashews, coriander and coconut in a serving bowl.
Place ginger, coconut milk, lemon juice and soy sauce in a separate bowl. Mix well. Pour dressing over salad. Toss well to combine.
Serve as an accompaniment to grilled or baked chicken or fish.
Serving suggestion is not included in nutritional information.


text:
I know some of you are having trouble with installing a new ROM on your Nexus S or Nexus S 4G, so let me go over it again.
Before we begin, copy over the ROM zip file you want install over to the internal storage of your Nexus S or Nexus S 4G.
Step 1. Install ROM Manager from the Market.
Step 2. Choose "Flash ClockworkMod Recovery" to update to the latest ClockworkMod Recovery. You only have to do this once or whenever there's new versions.
Step 3. Choose "Google Nexus S" for regular Nexus S and "Nexus S 4G" for Nexus S 4G.
Step 4. You should get a successful screen like above.
Step 5. Choose "Reboot into Recovery" to boot into recovery. You can also install a new ROM using "Install ROM from SD Card" but just in case something goes wrong, let me show you how to do it manually or if you have to zip Google apps separately.
Step 6. Choose "wipe data/factory reset" using Volume keys and hit the Power button to choose.
Step 7. Choose "Yes" and hit the Power button.
Step 8. Choose "install zip from sdcard" and hit the Power button.
Step 9. Choose "choose zip from sdcard" and hit the Power button.
Step 10. Choose the ROM zip file you copied over to your internal storage and hit the Power button.
Step 11. Choose "Yes" and hit the Power button.
Step 12. Choose "choose zip from sdcard" and hit the Power button.
Step 13. Optionally, if your ROM requires you to flash Google apps separately, go and flash the gapps zip file also.
Step 14. When everything is done, go back to main menu and choose "reboot system now".
Step 15. Your phone should reboot and you should see the new ROM come up.
Congratulations, you've installed a new ROM on your Nexus S or Nexus S 4G.
If this is first time, please watch the tutorial video!Need Help? Follow/add me on Google+, Facebook, or Twitter!
Want to stay updated on latest Nexus S Root news?
Sign up for our Nexus S Root Newsletter here so you don't miss a single tip and get personal help via e-mail! Nexus S Reference
You will need a rooted Nexus S to install all ROM/kernels.
NOTE: PLEASE ONLY INSTALL ROMS INTENDED FOR YOUR VERSION OF Nexus S! Otherwise you WILL BRICK YOUR PHONE and I will not be responsible!
How to Root Nexus S!
First time to rooting and custom ROMs? Please see our Nexus S FAQ FIRST! Nexus S ROMs
Nexus S ROMs
Nexus S 4G ROMs


text:
LSAT - Accommodated Testing
The LSAT is used by all American Bar Association-approved law schools as part of their admission process. It provides a standard measure of acquired reading and verbal reasoning skills.
The LSAT is a half-day, standardized test that is administered several times each year. More details are available online at www.lsac.org/.
Registration and Payment
Students register and pay online at www.lsac.org/. The fee for the LSAT is $190.


text:
Jenseits, Zurich
Manon paints landscapes for your ears. The palette of the Zurich singer-songwriter is full of contrasting tone colors: light and shadow collide in a universe that is as alien as it is earthbound. Her pictures captivate with filigree lines, wide surfaces and powerful accents.Composed by Manon, the music unites infinity and intimacy. They are pieces apart from classical structures. Sometimes they float slightly, the next moment they break out of a volcano. Lovely melodies flow into menacing abysses. Yet the result always feels organic and authentic.The new songs were recorded by Manon at Greenhouse Studios in Reykjavik and produced with Francesco Fabris.