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.NET Application Architecture Guide, 2nd Edition
By Microsoft Patterns & Practices Team, 2009
Drupal: Creating Blogs, Forums, Portals, and Community Websites: How
to Set Up, Configure, and Customize This Powerful PHP/MySQL-based
Open Source CMS
By D. Mercer, 2006
How to Cheat in Photoshop Elements 7: Creating Stunning Photomontages
on a Budget
By D. Asch and S. Caplin, 2009
Microsoft Exchange Server 2010: Administrator’s Pocket Consultant
By W. R. Stanek, 2010
MySQL Administrator's Bible
By S. Cabral and K. Murphy, 2009
Programming 8-Bit PIC Microcontrollers in C: With Interactive
Hardware Simulation
By M. P. Bates, 2008
The CSSLP Prep Guide: Mastering the Certified Secure Software
Lifecycle Professional
By R. L. Krutz and A. J. Fry, 2009
Ubuntu Linux Secrets
By R. Blum, 2009
Windows Internals, Fifth Edition
By M. E. Russinovich, D. A. Solomon and A. Ionescu, 2009
Zenoss Core Network and System Monitoring: A Step-by-Step Guide to
Configuring, Using, and Adapting the Free Open-Source Network
Monitoring System
By M. Badger, 2008
For more information, contact Leslie Forehand at ext. 8505, forehand@ucar.edu, or see the Web page at Books24x7.
System Science: A New Paradigm for Research in Geosciences
Recent results in solar-terrestrial physics have demonstrated the
strong linkages between various parts of the Sun-Earth system. This
has led to an increasing awareness of the importance of systems
level approaches to studying processes in the space environment.
System science has been emphasized in planning activities for
programs such as the National Space Weather Program, Living With a
Star, and CEDAR. In all of these programs, research is focused on
understanding the electromagnetic, dynamic, and chemical coupling
between different regions of the space environment. Advanced
cyberinfrastructure is one of the technologies that has enabled
these types of studies, but even more important is the way in which
the information age has modified the way we think and learn. System
science is changing the scientific method and opening geosciences to
a new era of exploration. It may well be that the most exciting
breakthroughs in geosciences in the 21st century will involve the
discovery of unanticipated linkages among phenomena seemingly
disconnected spatially, temporally, and phenomenologically.
CG-1 South Auditorium
1:30
Thursday November 19, 2009
Recycling at Foothills campus just got easier! We're going "single
stream," which means you can combine all the paper, bottles and cans
you already recycle at Foothills into the same blue hallway recycle
bin - no need to separate into two different bins. (Food items and
compostable cups/utensils do NOT go in the recycle bin.)
"Single stream" recycling is already going strong at Mesa, and will
arrive at Center Green within a week.
Check out the NEW recycling guidance on the Sustainable UCAR website.
NOTE about DESKSIDE RECYLING: We do NOT recommend putting food and
drink containers (soda cans, juice bottles, etc) in your deskside
bin. Deskside bins are NOT lined with a plastic bag or washed, so any
accumlated residue has the potential to attract bugs or smell bad.
Place your recyclable food and drink containers in the blue hallway
bins, which have plastic bag liners.
The 2009 Awards Ceremony and Holiday Party is on 11 December, and
the UCARolers have been invited once again to participate in the pre-
award festivities (go figure). We're looking for anyone who likes to
do a little singing and have a lot of fun to join us this year.
No experience or talent needed. Practices will be once or twice each
week, usually at lunchtime. Come join the fun.
For more information, contact Craig Hartsough at ext. 1335, craigh@ucar.edu.
There are still a couple weeks left for the Smart Choices 2010 Open
Enrollment. The Smart Choices Web site is available for employees to
make Health Insurance, Flexible Spending Account and Health Savings
Account selections through Monday, November 30, 5:00 pm.
Please be aware that each year you have to reenroll in your Health
Care or Dependent Care Flexible Spending and your Health Savings
Account. If you do not go into Connect and indicate how much you
would like to contribute for next year, you will not have a Health
Care or Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account or contribute to a
Health Savings Account for 2010.
To access the Open Enrollment web site, log in to Connect at
https://webapps.fanda.ucar.edu/hrisConnect/employee. Once you enter
the above URL, type in your login ID and password-the same login and
password you use to complete your timecard. Then click on the open
enrollment link.
Recycling at Foothills campus just got easier! We're going "single
stream," which means you can combine all the paper, bottles and cans
you already recycle at Foothills into the same blue hallway recycle
bin - no need to separate into two different bins. (Food items and
compostable cups/utensils do NOT go in the recycle bin.)
"Single stream" recycling is already going strong at Mesa, and will
arrive at Center Green within a week.
Check out the NEW recycling guidance on the Sustainable UCAR website.
NOTE about DESKSIDE RECYLING: We do NOT recommend putting food and
drink containers (soda cans, juice bottles, etc) in your deskside
bin. Deskside bins are NOT lined with a plastic bag or washed, so any
accumlated residue has the potential to attract bugs or smell bad.
Place your recyclable food and drink containers in the blue hallway
bins, which have plastic bag liners.
Now through January, 2010, the works of two NCAR artists, Carlye
Calvin and Jamaica Jones, will be on display in the FL2 Library.
Carlye, the UCAR photographer, is best known for her images of
storms, clouds, and scientists roaming unfriendly terrain. In this
new show, she shows off a more colorful side with nostalgic images
taken along Route 66.
Complimenting the photographs is a collection of jewelry by Jamaica
Jones. Once a professional jewelry designer, Jamaica creates delicate
works from vintage glass, vintage lucite, crystal and sparkling gems.
For more information, contact Jamaica Jones at ext. 2674, jamaica@ucar.edu.
Krista Laursen has successfully led some of UCAR/NCAR's most
significant, high profile projects, such as HIAPER, and is the current
Project Director for the NWSC (Wyoming Data Center). As a PMP (Project
Management Professional) with a B.S. in Physics, M.S. in Atmospheric
Science, and over 16 years of NCAR project management experience, she
brings a wealth of knowledge, resources and unique perspective on how
to successfully plan, manage and complete projects
within the UCAR/NCAR environment.
Participants in this class will learn to:
- Identify and take advantage of every resource available to you —
staff, time, money, information, and more!
- Recognize and avoid common planning pitfalls and mistakes that cause
thousands of project managers to stumble.
- Demystify project management methods such as: scope, scheduling,
critical paths, resources, tracking, charting, risk management and
more. It's easier than you think.
- Build-in flexibility to deal with inevitable changes in schedules
and resources and stop wasting time and energy "putting out fires."
- Build a highly effective project team — with the talent, skill, and
motivation to carry your project to completion successfully.
- Use the most up-do-date, hands-on project management techniques
and put them to work immediately!
To register: Visit the Staff Development Catalog via Connect:
https://www.fin.ucar.edu/hrisConnect/employee. Log on using your
UCAS (time card) log in and password. Click the Training & Education
tab on top of page, click Staff Development Catalog and
search by class name. Click Details, and Enroll.
Don't miss this opportunity. Seating is limited, so register soon!
As the holidays approach, here are some novel ways to explain what you're working on to
neighbors, friends, and family.
* Hot Questions about Climate Change: For folks still scratching their heads about global
warming, this site provides quick coverage of four all-too-frequently asked questions plus
ways to go deeper into the answers:
--http://www.ucar.edu/climate
* YouTube: We've posted audio versions of the Hot Questions on the NCAR & UCAR
YouTube channel, plus dozens more interviews, visualizations, animations, and other cool
video. (There's a new EOL channel, too).
--http://youtube.com/ncarucar
* Twitter: The HIAPER Pole-to-Pole Observations project has a Twitter channel, as do
five other groups. Whether you're already tweeting or just curious, you can read updates
from across NCAR & UCAR in one place.
--http://twitter.com/AtmosNews/ncarucar
Find all our social networks at the link below. Happy holidays!
Learning the method of Pilates is like having the owner's manual to
the body. Classes are non-impact, designed to build strength and
flexibility. Pilates mat exercises are perfect for home and travel
as no equipment is necessary.
Christine is Gold Certified by the Pilates Method Alliance
(pilatesmethodalliance.org) and has taught Pilates for over twelve years.
The cost for a six-week session is $50 or $10 drop-in fee.
Save 20% off the ticket price on all Boulder Chamber Orchestra general (adult) ticket orders
for the 2009-2010 season. This discount is brought to you by the Employee Activities
Committee. Please enter the promo code NCAR to receive the discount. For more
information or to purchase tickets online, visit http://boulderchamberorchestra.org.
For more information, contact Janet Scannell at ext. 1093, anstett@ucar.edu.
Purchase discount tickets for the Colorado Ballet and the Colorado
Symphony Orchestra. This discount is brought to you by the Employee
Activities Committee.
Colorado Ballet: Save 15% on any performance for the 2009-2010 season.
Tickets may be purchased by calling the box office at 303.837.8888, ext. 2 or in person at
Colorado Ballet, 1278 Lincoln Street, Denver, CO 80203. Please mention the promo code
NCAR to receive the discount. For more information or to purchase
tickets online, visit http://coloradoballet.org.
Colorado Symphony Orchestra: Save 20% on any performance for the
2009-2010 season. Tickets may be purchased by calling the box office
at 303.623.7876 or in person at Boettcher Concert Hall, 1000 14th
Street, Denver, CO 80202. Please mention the promo code NCAR to
receive the discount. For more information or to purchase tickets
online, visit http://coloradosymphony.org/.
For more information, contact Janet Scannell at ext. 1093, anstett@ucar.edu.
NCAR and EcoArts Connections Present
Visualizing Climate Change:
The Work of GHG Photos
September 17, 2009 - December 31, 2009
Named after the scientific shorthand for “greenhouse gases” the
photographers of GHG Photos have traveled the world to document the
causes and effects, as well as the attempts to mitigate and adapt to a
changing climate. Visualizing Climate Change brings together the work
of the handful of photographers who have dedicated the last couple
years of their life to illustrating the changing climate. The images
capture a range of subjects including forest fires, floods, glacial
retreat, sea level rise, arctic habitat loss, and a myriad of other
effects the world is experiencing.
The show was designed by GHG Photos with the Henry Gregg Gallery and
premiered at the NY Photo Festival. It features the work of Gary
Braasch, Ashley Cooper, Benjamin Drummond, Peter Essick, Steve
Kazlowski, and Joshua Wolfe.
For more information, contact Linda Carbone at ext. 1185, lcarbone@ucar.edu.
