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The results are in! You'd survive for fifty years after the apocalypse.You'll be around until civilisation rebuilds itself. There'll be legends told about your name. You're basically the dog in Independence Day. All that Boy Scout training will come in useful

ENTJ Extravert(44%) iNtuitive(38%) Thinking(25%) Judging(44%) Moderate all the way - just about as indecicive as you can get, I think (Selected) Famous ENTJs: Jim Carrey (Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, The Mask) Harrison Ford Whoopi Goldberg Al Gore (U.S Vice President, 1993-2001) Steve Jobs Dave Letterman Steve Martin General Norman Schwarzkopf Patrick Stewart (STNG: Jean Luc Picard) Margaret Thatcher Sigourney Weaver Still undecided whether this is good or not?

My missus uses these Sennheiser CX 685 SPORTS - Sport headphones in ear - water and sweat resistant - for running, jogging, workouts, gym, aerobic - waterproof too.

LOL - that's the best joke I've heard this year. Now awaiting another fileset to correct all the problems in the current one.

Throw in a good pub for my kind of camping

This one? ITV Schools Clock - Late 70s - 625.uk.com

With all the warping of space and time that has taken place in this thread it is a little remiss to assume I have just joined in

Cool, you really are Santa bringing me a gift like that. PM sent

Thanks Al, but as an 'umble Data Manager with no budget to spend I do not qualify for the competition . Steve

It's a nano

Jameson 1780 for me - hence the moniker!

Apologies for resurrecting this, but I've just returned from leave. We've had Go for nearly two years, it was already in place when I started 14 months ago. The application we use now has developed significantly from the tools we had when I started. At our school we have decided that the data team (myself & an assistant) will manage the system. We generate all the reports, manage the markbooks and monitor usage. This does take a significant amount of our time but allows for a consistent approach. There is a great deal of flexibility in the way markbooks are set up and this allows us to cater to the differing needs of the departments. Once up and running we have useful data available in real time; extracts and ad-hoc reports are straightforward and the amount of on-screen information is comprehensive. On the down side, developments of the system are not always explained (or even announced) and a lot of self education is often needed. Educating the end-users can be stressful! The support does seem to have deteriorated in the past six months or so, it now often takes two or three explanations of a problem before you get past the "automated response" type reply. @pete to answer your specific queries:- It is a rebrand of Stars4Schools - I believe this was an issue with copyright rather than anything else It has some usage metrics, for example you can see which parents have accessed their child's report and when. This data is downloadable for further analysis in Excel. There is no means of monitoring staff access. The MIS import from SIMS works well, although it is a once per night event and, thus, subject to delays. The feed rules provide a means of manipulating the data from SIMS as it comes across - we use it to build extra-curricular classes etc. It can take some time to get your head around the feed rules and the subject locking system, but we have used it effectively in the past to manage rotations etc. Getting data back into SIMS can be done by exporting from Go into CSV format and using Routines / DataIn / Assessment / Import from Spreadsheet; although we don't do this as we have chosen to use Go as our primary tool for assessment, monitoring and reporting. Your comment on discontinuing the service now has our SLT thinking!! Have they done anything dumb while you've been using them? Not intentionally; there have been days (one or two) where logging into Go has resulted in a message about loss of service / functionality as a result of something they have done, but most of their enhancements have been just that. Site availability is very good, our broadband connection is the weakest link in our connection. I've not seen a problem with the SSL certs. Does their technical support understand their products? - Yes, but they don't always understand your problem using their product. Regards Steve

I enjoyed it too. I did get a bit distracted checking the registration plate on Hartnell's car - I know he travels in time but a 1966 registration in 1963 just bugged me.

I'm not sure you can edit that list; but I too would be interested to find out if you can.

I've just completed my first year having started last October. A lot of the work done setting things up as I wanted them is now paying dividends as we start going through the cycle again, so now I'm at a quiet time and looking forward to some projects (data cleansing on SIMS being No1!). I expect this year it will be quieter from Novemeber to Easter with only the odd exam result coming in and all the reports planned and set up ready to run. From Easter onwards it is, as you said, a whirl of new admissions, exams, results and fresh data. So make your first priority a thorough examination of the best holiday destinations in winter months - I'm off to Cuba in a few weeks for my first holiday since I started here. Steve

I've recently made some progress with similar problems I've had with Orange / EE Since the merger of T-Mobile and Orange they have been consolidating their networks. Since earlier this year they have switched off one of the three transmitters covering my home location, resulting in very poor signal. It has taken me months to get this acknowledged by them but as a result I have now been given a 20% discount on my monthly rental and they are supplying (but have not yet supplied!) a booster for my home. I had to fend off several attempts to distract me from my quest, from the handy "it appears to be a handset problem" to the ridiculous "you don't use the internet enough on your phone to enable us look into the matter" (WTF?). Stick with the complaints; make sure the first line people know you know your stuff; take names of everyone you speak to and try to get it escalated to Level 2 / Network.

Sort original by subject / pupil Copy each pupil / subject / prediction to another area of the sheet Resort original list to Pupil Use VLOOKUP in each column to create table type spreadsheet looking up from the copied subject tables Simples

Get the tracking and alignment seen to; if it's an MX5 it should stick to the road like the proverbial.

Same here! Good chance to delve into the EduGeek archive though

Relays are a few quid - get them from a motor factor rather than Halfrauds. They are located behind a panel in the drivers footwell; just pull the old one and insert the new one. These relays are bright yellow, so you shouldn't have much trouble finding it.

I built the shelves in the background of this picture - all MDF and now supporting over 300 bottle of spirits. The thickness of the shelf edges is because each shelf is 12mm MDF/18mm stripwood batten/9mm MDF - all faced with a strip of 40x6mm strpiwood so you don't see the joins. Woodbridge: The Angel pub hopes its collection of gin will see it break world record - News - East Anglian Daily Times

Other materials are better in this respect, but cost soon goes up. If you can accept a slightly narrower desk you might get an offcut of kitchen worktop cheap from your local factors. I've used MDF to make large shelves and uprights in the past using a "sandwich" technique whereby the MDF is strengthended with battens - a thinner piece of MDF on the underside making a nicer finish and a bit of beading around the edge tidies it all up nicely. If I can find some pics I'll post them to show what I mean

MDF doesn't like being screwed into its edges, and the way you've drawn it the top will collapse as soon at you put you PC on it. Battening the joints is far superior, although less visually appealing. Always screw through the MDF into the battens for a stronger joint. And use a good adhesive.