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This site directs you to cybersafety week activities planned for Deepark Independent School District. Includes downloadable materials for GR K-2, 3-5 and middle school.

If you are anything like me who has one of those jobs that require travel, you're in this business - first and foremost - to make money and secure your financial future; everything after that comes in second. Traveling around the country is great, helping others in times of need is fantastic, even being able to attend this conference and write it off as a taxable expense is a beneficial experience. All of these wonderful perks are nothing more than that: perks.

Errors and Omissions ("E/O") Liability Insurance is a must-have for independent adjusters. No matter how good you are at your job, and no matter how meticulous your records, you can't escape the fact that you're still human and bound to make a mistake every now and again. To protect yourself and your company from financial disaster it is incredibly important to be prepared with E/O Liability Insurance.

Independent adjusters are sometimes required to meet with a contractor to review damages. An adjuster's goal is to reach an agreement with the contractor and work toward a speedy claim closure. Many contractors are reasonable professionals but, sometimes their goal is to increase their profit margin. In this article, you will learn a few tips to improve contractor inspections.

As a self-employed, independent adjuster, one of the first things to do for your business should be setting up a bank account. Most people already have a personal checking account but you should establish yourself the right way with the right checking account. There are a lot of benefits to having a business account but here are some of the top reasons you must have a separate account for your adjusting business.

It happens more often than you may think - a brick chimney suddenly collapses, resulting in thousands of dollars in repair and cleanup costs. As an independent adjuster, you may find yourself face to face with a distraught homeowner. What will you tell them?

Independent insurance adjusters go through periods of heavy work loads and need to practice self care to stay healthy and calm.

Most Americans will not endure the stresses of an IRS audit. As an independent adjuster, however, you may be more vulnerable to the investigation. Research shows that individuals who earn more than $250,000 and/or file a Schedule C to report business expenses and losses are among those most likely to be targeted in an IRS audit. If you've received a notice from the IRS, you may start to panic - don't! The process is usually straightforward and, with the right information and assistance, you can make it through painlessly.

One of the main qualities that insurance adjusters or an independent claims adjuster needs to have is to be trustworthy. Ethics play a major role in any business, and especially when it comes to insurance claims. Fraud in this industry can sometimes be written off as a "victimless" crime which is not necessarily true, as other insureds are footing the bill for the insurance companies' losses. If an adjuster is committing fraud or trying to scam the system and earn extra money, he is hurting everyone who uses that insurance company

Knowing how to seem more professional looking as an IA can give your independent adjusting career a big boost. Get that professional look today.

Technology Honor Code from Castilleja Independent School for Girls (Palo Alto, CA).

Sony Creative Software Contest- Winner, Independent Video Category [Cyberbullyiing Public Service Announcement ]

Background info from Josh Borugeois. "I wanted to try and create something that would stick out on a very low budget. I got the light bulb idea from "The Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind." I thought it created sort of an "all alone in someone's head feeling". I wrote the dialog thinking of some of the things teenagers would never say, or never think. I believe there are lot of messed up people online looking to prey on clueless individuals. I thought if I could create a spot that made teenagers being careful look like the cool thing to do, then maybe some would try it. Teenagers like to see a peer taking control of a situation. This generation is all about owning decisions."

Obama Works is an independent grassroots organization that helps Obama supporters in neighborhoods across the country to organize community service events. The group was founded in early 2008 by a group of Yale students who were inspired by Barack Obama and felt that the energy surrounding his campaign could be channeled to do more than generate votes.

Obama Works is an independent grassroots organization that helps Obama supporters in neighborhoods across the country to organize community service events. The group was founded in early 2008 by a group of Yale students who were inspired by Barack Obama and felt that the energy surrounding his campaign could be channeled to do more than generate votes.

Citation Machine is an interactive web tool designed by David Warlick to assist high school, college, and university students, their teachers, and independent researchers in their effort to respect other people's intellectual properties. The updated version 3.0 [Dec 2007] allows for multiple authors and remembers your citations for later bibliographies.

Media literacy is the process of accessing, analyzing, evaluating and creating messages in a wide variety of forms. It uses an inquiry-based instructional model that encourages people to ask questions about what they watch, see and read. Media literacy aims to enable people to be skillful creators and producers of media messages, both to facilitate an understanding as to the strengths and limitations of each medium, as well as to create independent media.

How will you prove your students meet NCLB requirements to be "technology literate" by 8th Grade? This free assessment is based on the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) National Educational Technology Standards for Students (NETS-S). The assessment questions are available in both Mac and PC versions. In other words, the screen shots used in the assessment questions match those of a Mac or PC. (The actual assessment is web-based and platform-independent).

ImageStamper is a free tool for keeping dated, independently verified copies of license conditions associated with creative commons images. You can use it to safeguard your use of free images from license changes, or to prove you are the original image creator.

These resource links were reviewed for relevance, quality, and interest at the time of this page's publication. Many of these links go to independent Web properties with no direct connection to ISTE.

Google has teamed up with the Citizens Advice Bureau in the UK to launch a new initiative that will see the search giant and the independent charity launch a adverts in newspapers, on public transport and online to promote safer Internet use and help users adopt safer practices when online