SevenSeasJim

I don't doubt it for a second my friend.

In fact, I believe he was being "uber-sarcastic."

Actually I was posting it for anybody that's looking for a job (not just you). I'll make sure from now on that I just look for Tim Horton's jobs for you :wink:

Here's one.

POSTING #100-06-55

(Internal/External Posting)

NON UNION POSITION

The Near North District School Board

Requires

1.0 Permanent Database Administrator

(effective immediately)

Location: Information Technology Department at the Head Office in North Bay

Reporting to the Manager of Information Technology, the Database Administrator will play an integral role in maintaining and tuning the Board’s databases, servers and networks for optimum performance.

Duties and Responsibilities:

· Develop, operate and maintain database services

· Ensure operational availability of databases including setup and monitoring of appropriate backup routines, disaster recovery facilities, and the monitoring and tuning of database systems to ensure adequate performance

· Implement and maintain specific databases for collection, tracking, and reporting of data, as well as assisting with SQL programming, data analysis and maintenance

· Recruit, lead, guide, supervise and train employees performing related work as appropriate to the area of operation

Qualifications:

· Minimum 3 year post-secondary degree/diploma in Information Technology

· Minimum 5 years experience with MS SQL, database administration, SQL Programming, system scripting, Visual Basic and Oracle in a VMS and Windows environment

· Proven expertise with database storage structures

· Experience with student information management systems, administrative school board business management systems and ECNO applications would be an asset

Skills Required:

· Strong analytical and organization skills

· Effective problem solving and process analysis skills

· Strong time management skills and the ability to prioritize multiple tasks

· Excellent interpersonal skills, organizational and communication skills

· Ability to work collaboratively as a member of a team

· Ability to develop and utilize various resources to accomplish tasks

Annual Salary: $53,559.00

Qualified applicants should submit a covering letter and resume by 12:00 noon on Monday, February 27, 2006 to:

Chantal Colquhoun, Human Resources Administrator

Near North District School Board

P.O. Box 3110, North Bay, ON P1B 8H1

Fax: (705) 472-5412 Phone: (705) 472-8170

Email: colquhounc@nearnorth.edu.on.ca

greater access to books & computers – the two greatest learning instruments of all time. more dynamic reading lists (even though i’m a shakespeare fan, we could mix it up) and computer classes that specialize in ‘cool’ stuff-- spurring kids to do more with technology. music classes that have a multitude of instruments and encourage improvisation and not just simply play the funeral march or the michigan fight song over and over again.

From an IT point of view (that's what I do for a school board) I find that having the technology (and we do) is great except that so many teachers don't have a clue what to do with it. My wife is a teacher and finished Teacher's College 5 years ago. She learned nothing about technology while in Teacher's College (except the odd small thing). For me this is the most frustrating part. I see kids as young as 5 having to show the teacher what to do or how to do it. And since the teacher doesn't know what to do with them the kids end up just surfing to kill their time. ahhhhhhh

stupid.fucking.idiots.

I think we should send this and the pic of MarcO to the BC government.

Sadly the Cold Hard Cash card wins again.

Do you think Moore could have timed this better?

Vancouver Canucks forward Todd Bertuzzi, currently playing for Team Canada at the Torino Olympics, was served Wednesday with a civil lawsuit filed in Ontario superior court.

The lawsuit, filed by Moore and his parents, Jack and Anna, seeks $15 million in lost wages and millions more in damages.

It also named Orca Bay Ltd. partnership, Orca Bay Hockey Inc., and the Canucks.

Bertuzzi, 30, was reinstated by the NHL last Aug. 8, precisely 17 months after being suspended for sucker-punching Colorado Avalanche rookie forward Steve Moore during a 9-2 Canucks loss at General Motors Place on March 8, 2004.

Bertuzzi's suspension lasted the final 13 regular-season games of the 2003-04 season and the Stanley Cup playoffs, which, for the Canucks, translated into seven more games.

Bertuzzi remained under suspension throughout the 310-day lockout and prohibited from playing in the 2004 World Cup of Hockey , two world championships and any European pro league.

He also forfeited $501,926.39 US in salary and hundreds of thousands more in endorsements.

Bertuzzi not only wound up suspended by the NHL, but charged by Vancouver police.

He was sentenced to a year's probation and 80 hours of community service upon pleading guilty to assault causing bodily harm.

Part of the probation was that Bertuzzi not engage "in any other sporting activity involving Mr. Moore as a participant."

Moore later filed a civil lawsuit in Denver against Bertuzzi and head coach Marc Crawford, ex-Canucks forward Brad May and GM Brian Burke and Orca Bay Sports and Entertainment, which owns the Canucks.

Bertuzzi formally requested to be reinstated April 27 in a seven-hour hearing with NHL officials at the league offices in New York.

Moore, now an unrestricted free agent, sustained a broken neck and cuts and still suffers from post-concussion syndrome which prevented him from exercising until just recently.

Like Italy 0 - Canada 0

The Tim's commercial last winter (or the one before) drove me up the wall. The one where there is a big snow storm.

"Here comes the Pied Piper and his Plow"

"smack"

Tim Horton's sucks.

Tim's is a fetish commodity for the delivery of simple caffeine.

[barney]Just hook it in my veins![/barney]

My nephew was going on last weekend about an urban myth that Tim's lines the rims of their cups with msg or some other pseudo-addictive taste enhancer. Anybody else hear this one?

Maybe that's what causes 1 in every 5 cups to leak.

Speaking of commercials' date=' I vow never to shave again until gillette comes up with at least 10 blades per rasor (5 just isn't enough):wink:[/quote']

not even with TWO strips ?!

Now that's funny.

Speaking of commercials, I vow never to shave again until gillette comes up with at least 10 blades per rasor (5 just isn't enough):wink:

I'm enjoying a Tim Horton's coffee right now.

This is from The Onion or something; right?

ScrappleFace.com

Some interesting takes on the news.

This one is good..

Snow Blankets East Coast Causing Global Warming

[color:red]by Scott Ott

(2006-02-12) — A thick blanket of snow that covered much of the northeastern United States this weekend may increase global warming by preventing the heat that radiates from earth’s molten core from escaping into the atmosphere, according to former vice president Al Gore.

Mr. Gore, a noted global warming expert who also once ran for president, dismissed suggestions that the biggest snowstorm in New York City history diminishes his case that the planet is warming at an alarming rate.

“First of all,†Mr. Gore said, “the reason for all of this snow is that greenhouse gasses trap reflected solar heat causing the polar ice caps to melt, increasing the volume of oceanic water that evaporates, then freezes to become snow. The warmer the planet gets, the more massive snow storms we’ll see.â€

The former vice president, former senator and founder of the red-hot Current TV Network, said the only solution is to remove the snow, not just from the ground, but from earth’s water cycle.

“We must pack the snow into giant containers and launch it into outer space,†Mr. Gore said. “Every day that George Bush fails to do this, the threat to Mother Earth grows exponentially.â€

Cheney Shoots Hunter, Repeals 2nd Amendment

[color:red]by Scott Ott

(2006-02-12) — Vice President Dick Cheney today accidentally peppered a 78-year-old hunting buddy with shotgun pellets during a quail hunt in Texas, injuring attorney Harry Whittington.

Filled with remorse over the incident, the vice president immediately repealed the Second Amendment to the Constitution, which guarantees “the right to bear arms.â€

“I’m truly sorry that I winged Harry when he blocked my shot at the quail,†said Mr. Cheney. “I now realize that gun violence is not just an inner-city poor problem, but rather an epidemic that can spill out of the ghetto and affect wealthy and powerful, elderly Americans.â€

The vice president said he has “directed President Bush to declare martial law and to repeal the Second Amendment temporarily, until we can get a federal court to declare the right to bear arms unconstitutional.â€

If the courts fail to rule in his favor, Mr. Cheney said he would at least pressure Congress to enact more stringent gun-sales background checks.

I thnk there should be some overlap. Some topics are just too big to be left in here only.

Some excellent points of view may never be known because people just don't check here.

oh ya, and to support all the family members that come out of the woodwork when you're rich :wink:

- $100000000000000 is not enough. They want more.

- It's an ego thing. "I love seeing my name and face everywhere."

- It's done for a friend to help their business.

Bus driver tosses complaining rider into traffic

Thursday, February 9, 2006 Posted: 2223 GMT (0623 HKT)

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania (AP) -- A transit bus driver grabbed a woman by the hair, knocked her head into a pole, opened the door and tossed her into traffic after she yelled at him for missing her stop, police said.

The 52-year-old woman, who was not identified, suffered a broken shoulder.

Bus driver Mario Edney, 53, was arraigned Thursday on aggravated assault and other charges, said Officer Jillian Russell, a police spokeswoman. He was being held on $2,000 bail.

Edney said he had to skip the woman's stop Wednesday morning because of a detour, police said.

Transit officials intend to fire Edney, who has been suspended without pay, following a hearing, said Richard Maloney, a spokesman for the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority.

The Montreal Canadiens announced that goaltender Jose Theodore tested positive for a substance on the WADA banned substance list, at a Thursday evening news conference.

A buddy of mine got his picture taken with Randy and Leahey in North Bay. Friggin hilarious.

(CNN) -- An Iranian newspaper says it is going to hold a competition for cartoons on the Holocaust to test whether the West will apply the same principles of freedom of expression to the Nazi genocide against Jews as it did to the caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed, The Associated Press reports.

Entire Story

ssociated Press

2/7/2006 1:05:43 PM

EWING, N.J. (AP) - Phoenix Coyotes assistant coach Rick Tocchet is accused of financing a nationwide sports gambling ring in which about a dozen current NHL players placed bets, authorities said Tuesday.

Tocchet, a former NHL star, was served with a criminal complaint Monday and was expected to travel from his Arizona home to answer charges of promoting gambling, money laundering and conspiracy, state police Col. Rick Fuentes said.

Fuentes said an investigation into the New Jersey-based ring discovered the processing of more than 1,000 wagers, exceeding $1.7 million US, on professional and college sports, mostly football and baseball. He declined to identify the NHL players who reportedly made wagers.

Authorities allege Tocchet and state police Trooper James J. Harney were partners in the operation and that the ex-NHL forward provided the financing.

A message left with the Coyotes' media office in Arizona was not immediately returned. The Coyotes were home Tuesday night against Chicago.

Tocchet, one of three associate coaches on the Coyotes' staff, took over the head coaching duties for 10 days in December while Wayne Gretzky was away to be with his dying mother.

The 41-year-old Tocchet played 18 years with six teams, including three seasons with the Coyotes from 1997-2000. He is one of only two players in NHL history to collect 400 goals and 2,000 penalty minutes during his career.

The 40-year-old Harney was arrested Monday. The eight-year police veteran was charged in an arrest warrant with official misconduct, promoting gambling, money laundering and conspiracy.

Another man accused of taking bets is James A. Ulmer, 40, who was charged with promoting gambling, money laundering and conspiracy.

Both men were free on bail. They are expected to be arraigned within two weeks.

Let's not forget about "2-tier Tony" as the Health Minister.

Heavy snow took down half of my front bird haven (tree) and knocked the power out for 6 hours.

I've been close to doing this several times before (trash and still burning cigarettes), but always refrained. I usually just get their attention and say politely "Sir, you just dropped something". I usually get the "Deer in the headlight look" and realize that I'm wasting my time with the jackass.