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Will developing in a browser that is zoomed in effect the final design?
Most browsers support this now and I have a large monitor so I was wondering if it mattered or not.
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In my opinion, both responses previous to mine are correct, despite being at opposite ends of the spectrum.
In theory, zooming a page within a browser window only magnifies what you're seeing. So that 200px by 200px box is now 400px tall and wide, and everything else is twice the size as well.
However, not all browsers scale equally. For example, I seem to recall reading that certain browsers (IE, I think it was) will scale everything except text elements styled in pixel heights. (Don't quote me on that; I'm sure that's not entirely accurate.) So in this case, your 200px box is twice the size, but the text is the same.
The difference seems to be that some browsers perform what we would think of as "magnification" while other browsers "scale" the content.
The final answer would seem to be: figure out if it works for you, and if so, do it. However, as a general rule of thumb, I would advise against it unless you can be assured that the browser is performing an accurate "whole-page" magnification.
- Foiled by &@#!'n IE again! When will we ever be rid of this menace to web development? (oh well job security) Thank you for the detailed answer
- Older versions of IE only scales text and elements with a size specified using em or pt, and not elements and text specified using px. Newer versions scale all elements and all text.
Sure it matters. If you have your browser zoomed in as you develop, you will get an altered view of what your site actually looks like. I recommend not having your browser zoomed in as you develop as well as checking multiple browsers in multiple resolutions to make sure that the site is consistent across platforms before you go live.
Remember that browser settings may differ from user to user, but most people leave their browsers at default settings. Also remember that browsers can do a zoom or a text-only zoom and that makes a big difference in how a page will render. Ultimately, you should try to get an idea of who your target audience is so you can best determine how you will serve up your page.
Yes, it matters. How much depends on the browser and your system settings.
Older browsers only changed the font size (em value) for the page, while newer versions zooms all elements. So if you are testing in the latest version, the zooming will make minimal difference.
Scaling text is a bit different from scaling other elements. Due to rounding and kerning, rendering text at the double font size will not result in an exact doubling of the measurements. A text that fits when zoomed might not fit any more at normal size. If you use font smoothing text scales better, so the difference will be less.
As long as you determine your dimensions explicitly it won't matter.
a 200px by 200px div is still the same, zoomed or not.
So in short...
Developing while zoomed changes your perspective of the design, not the design itself.
- I don't know, Derek. It depends on the browser, I think. Not all browsers can do a true zooming. Some do text-only. In any case, while I agree that zoomed-in changes perspective only of the design, perspective can be really important in the design process. Depending on how zoomed in he has his browser set, he may be thinking that something is filling the screen, when it won't or that something is much smaller than it is.


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Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Two sisters battling it out, the one on the left being the younger and the one on the right being the older sister. Prollllly wont finish.
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Griffin Animation
Monday, March 28, 2011
Griffin from Abby Davies on Vimeo.
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Monday, March 21, 2011
He's a fair horse rider though. So he's not completely useless. Owns a palomino kentucky saddler (the one in the game) which he broke himself. Gets money from stealing or catching/breaking horses for other people and trading them.
I dunno what to name him.
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Typography - Snivy
Monday, March 14, 2011
1. Describe your overall thoughts on the final piece.
Fun, time-consuming but overall has a really neat outcome.
2. How successful do you feel this piece is and why?
Successful, it's a good way to use design and art in one project.
3. What worked about this project? What didn't work?
It worked for the most part. Depending on what style of typography you wanted to use, it could have turned out real well. On the downside, it took a long time with typing out individual words and placing them specifically.
4. If you were to do this project over again, what changes would you consider making?
Nothing particularly, I find that although it takes a long time, its overal a good project and one I'd keep using in future classes.
5. What was the most difficult part about completing this piece and why?
It takes a lot of patience, since it's not a quickly-done project.
6. What did you learn from this piece?
Art can be more than just drawing, it can invlve putting text and words into a picture to make it more than it initially appears.
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Financial theory is based on the assumption that money has Time Value. The idea is that a dollar available to you today is worth more than a dollar available to you later. The mechanics are fairly simple:
- Borrowers will pay interest to get money now and repay it later.
- Lenders will be paid to give up money now and be repaid later.
Time Value (Discounted Cash Flow) calculations are used to determine the cost or reward. Following the financial crash of 2008, the concept that money has "Time Value" has been somewhat turned on its head. The Federal Reserve has maintained what has become a 0% interest rate policy since the crash, which effectively makes borrowing to the most "prime" borrowers free, and lenders not being paid for providing capital.
Since 1981, declining interest rates contributed to inflation in the stock market and real estate. As interest rates fell, investors "bid up" the value of income streams.
Compounding this inflation has been an increasing amount of debt used in the capital structure of many investments and companies. Almost all real estate transactions were financed with at least 80% debt. When markets began correcting in 2008 (that is, values of assets began falling) it became clear that real estate values could decline by 20% or more. Given that 20% equity in real estate was considered "strong" the prospect of real asset values falling by more than 20% was catastrophic. It would have led to most real estate loans being greater than the underlying collateral value. This would have led to the insolvency of many financial institutions, as well as material collapses in the value of pension and insurance company portfolios. Similar collapse was faced by many companies with high levels of debt in their capital structure.
Ben Bernanke, the chairman of the Federal Reserve ("The Fed) at the time, took what was probably the only rational course by materially increasing liquidity in the system and materially decreasing interest rates. This resulted in a rapid re-inflation of property and other asset values, thus ending the crisis.
However, as often happens at the end of a long-term cyclical trend, the Fed (likely encouraged by the Treasury Department), has kept this policy in place ever since. For the Fed, it is like a "free lunch, increasing asset values at no cost (although it came with no underlying fundamental growth). An additional bonus from the perspective of the nation's largest borrower (the U.S. government) is that it dropped the cost of borrowing materially, which was attractive during a period of rapidly expanding deficits.
During this current cycle, the Fed appears to have altered its priorities. Rather than the historical mandate of maintaining price stability, many of the governors are focused on maintaining the growth of investment markets. They appear to have accepted the idea that forcing investors to take more risk in order to earn yield was the way to do it.
The perversion in all of this is that those who contributed to the collapse in 2008 prospered from this new policy, while those who "did the right thing," particularly those who had saved and not over-borrowed, bore the brunt. Wall Street and the big banks prospered. Retirees and others living on savings could no longer earn any return on their savings without materially increasing their risk exposure. John Mauldin published an excellent article on this topic on October 9, 2016.
Valuing Investments – the Financial Theory
If you studied this in college, skip this section.
The concept of Time Value of Money is extended into valuing equity investments. As in the case of a borrower and a lender, investors give up money today by investing it in exchange for the expectation of receiving one or more payments totaling a greater amount in the future. Valuing the uncertain future returns is performed using the concept of Discounted Cash Flow (cash flow being the investment returns paid to the investor).
The value of the Discounted Cash Flow is the Present Value. If one knows the amount invested and the amounts and timing of the receipts in the future, one can calculate the Rate of Return on an investment.
Financial academia has stated Present Value of an equal and the Net Present Value of unequal payments over time in algebraic terms as follows, Net is added to present value to reflect the change in the math to include the payment of the initial investment in the formula.
Looks complicated, doesn't it! But it is not. I will attempt to restate this in plain English in the next section.
Valuing Investments – the Financial Theory
Here is a plain English explanation of Discounted Cash Flow. If one knows the amount invested and the amounts and timing of the receipts in the future, one can calculate the Rate of Return on an investment. Based on the estimated amount and timing of Future Earnings, the Present Value of those earnings can be calculated using the assumed Rate of Return required by an investor.
Following is an example:
Investor's required Rate of Return (i.e., Discount Rate) 10%
Future Value(i.e., Payment from Investment to be received 1 year from today) $110
Present Value of Investment Today $100
If the investor invests $100 today, and actually receives his investment of $100 back in a year plus $10 in profit, he will have made 10% on his money ($100 * 10% = $10 + $100 = $110).
To calculate Net Present Value (that is, to calculate the value of an uneven series of payments over time), you do this calculation for each payment to be received over time and add them together. All financial analysis programs and spreadsheets perform this function.
This simple arithmetic is the basis of financial theory, and it is what all of the Greek formulas and algebra above say. This calculation underlies almost every investment evaluation I have ever seen. All of the financial terms used to describe the components – Net Present Value (NPV), Internal Rate of Return (IRR), Discounted Cash Flow and a number of others – describe an attempt to solve for one of the three variables based on assumptions about the other two.
Determining The Discount Rate
Financial theory then attempts to explain how the Discount Rate should be determined. Broadly stated, the discount rate should be as follows:
Discount Rate = Risk-free Rate + Inflation Rate + a Risk Premium
For example if the Risk-free Time Rate is 4%, the Inflation Rate is 1% and the Risk Premium is 5%, the Discount Rate used to value the future stream of earnings would be 10%. The calculated Net Present Value is the amount that would result in the return from the investment equating to a 10% yield.
Example in Oil Properties
We use Discounted Cash Flow to value oil properties. To calculate future cash flow we estimate future production volume, make an assumption on future prices by year, and subtract our estimates of future expenses per year. We then calculate the present value of each income payment expected to be received using an appropriate Discount Rate.
Fifteen years ago, the Discount Rate used to value mature, fully developed producing properties was around 12%. Backing into the Discount Rate calculation above, we can calculate the Risk Premium as follows:
Risk Premium = Discount Rate – Risk-free Rate – Inflation Rate
So if the:
- Discount Rate = 12%
- Risk-free Rate = 6%
- Inflation Rate = 2%
then the Risk Premium must have been 4% (12% – 6% – 2% = 4%).
It is easy to see how applying this logic led some during the energy boom to decrease their Discount Rate in valuing oil and gas properties into the single digits. If the:
- Risk-free Rate = 0%
- Inflation Rate = 0%
- Risk Premium = 6%
a Discount Rate of 6% is calculated. (0% + 0% + 6% = 6 %).
If an investor buys properties using a 6% discount rate, and borrows 60% of the money to make the purchase at 2%, he can then generate a 12% Return on Equity.
Looks pretty good in an environment of 0% interest rates. But there is a flaw in this "relative return" logic.
What Happened to the Oil & Gas Industry?
During the last decade many of our competitors decreased their discount rates into the single digits. In order to maintain high yields, they borrowed money at low interest rates to achieve yields on equity higher than the return from the producing properties. As I discussed in the prior two issues of The Producer, this combination proved deadly. As oil prices dropped in half, cash flow from producing properties decreased by 75% or more.
Most producing properties continued to generate positive cash flow before debt service. But this is partly because some of the investment is being liquidated every day. However, if oil prices over the next five years average lower than $80-$100 per barrel, which is now widely accepted, many properties will never generate enough cash flow to pay off the debt.
The error made by many investors over the last ten years was assuming that oil prices would remain high. Some argued that "Peak Oil" would result in decreasing supplies outside the U.S. Others argued that the high cost of shale development would create a "floor" for oil prices, and that prices could not fall below the floor.
But oil and natural gas are commodities. They do not behave any different than any other commodity. When supply is tight or decreasing and demand is constant, prices rise. When demand is constant or decreasing and supply is increasing, prices fall.
Absolute Return
"Absolute return is the return that an asset achieves over a certain period of time. This measure looks at the appreciation or depreciation, expressed as a percentage, that an asset, such as a stock or a mutual fund, achieves over a given period of time. Absolute return differs from relative return because it is concerned with the return of a particular asset and does not compare it to any other measure or benchmark."
We are Absolute Return investors at Five States. We believe that the appropriate unleveraged return for owning producing properties is in the 9%-12% range. We therefore use this metric regardless of changes in the risk-free rate. We believe that this is the only way to be a rational value investor in this crazy economy. As the market for oil and natural gas prices continues to rationalize, we are once again high bidder in some cases. Frustratingly, in several recent asset sales in which we were the high bidder, the sales have not closed.
Patience is the most difficult virtue in value investing. But in strange times like these, sticking to fundamental discipline is the only investment methodology that makes since. We believe strongly that financial markets will rationalize, and that oil and gas markets already are doing so. We continue to review hundreds of assets each year for possible acquisition by our funds. We saw a large number of assets that we are interested in owning over the last three months. We have been high bidder on several of these assets, but the sellers are still holding out for more. So they have not sold. As the market rationalizes, market prices for producing properties are approaching our fundamental valuations. Our peers who are long-term investors, with whom we "compare notes", are holding the same valuation metrics. As the market continues to rationalize, we expect to be able to make the best acquisitions of producing properties we have made in over a decade.


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Is Your Diet Hurting Your Gut & Causing Weight Gain?
If you have a long-standing weight problem, you've almost certainly experienced this: The more you diet, the harder it is to lose weight. For years scientists attributed this to a change in metabolism but had no real explanation for the mechanism. Now researchers at the Weitzman Institute in Israel have discovered a compelling explanation. Their research was done in mice, but it's readily translated to humans and, most importantly, it points to a simple dietary treatment. The research deals with one of the most important topics in nutritional medicine today, the interaction between bacteria in your gut (the gut microbiome) and phytonutrients called flavonoids found in the food you eat.
Flavonoids are polyphenols, chemicals naturally produced by plants. There are over 400 flavonoids in the human diet, and the average Western diet supplies about 1,000 milligrams a day. Asian diets supply four to five times that amount, mostly from teas and spices. Best known for their anti-inflammatory and anti-cancer effects, flavonoids can influence almost every system in your body. High intake of flavonoids in the diet has been associated with decreased risk of many chronic diseases and allergies.
The flavonoid-gut bacteria connection you should know about.
Dietary flavonoids have a complex relationship with gut bacteria. Bacteria can liberate flavonoids from the food you eat, increasing their absorption, or they may destroy those flavonoids. Flavonoids, for their part, shape the distribution of gut bacteria; they alter the gut microbiome, increasing its internal diversity, which is generally considered a good thing.
The scientists at the Weitzman Institute did not start out looking at flavonoids. They wanted to study the impact of yo-yo dieting on the gut microbiome. There are two ways to study the microbiome, and these scientists looked at the impact of yo-yo dieting in both ways. The first approach answers the question, "Who's there?" (What bacterial species are present?) There are about a thousand species found normally, and many more if strains and subspecies are studied. The second approach answers the question, "What do they do?" Different bacteria may affect your body in exactly the same way; conversely, different strains of the same species may have drastically different effects.
Yo-yo dieting and its effect on gut health.
To produce yo-yo dieting in mice, the Weitzman researchers first fed them a diet of standard laboratory chow. For mice, this is a vegetarian low-fat diet. Then they started loading the mice up with fat, which made them gain weight. Next, they returned them to standard lab chow with restricted calories, so that they lost weight, and then they kept repeating the cycle of weight gain and weight loss over and over.
What they found will be no surprise to dieters. Each time the overfed mice lost weight, it became easier for them to regain it and harder for them to lose it again. Each cycle of weight loss and weight gain increased this effect. When they studied the gut microbes of the dieting mice, they found an explanation. On the high-fat diet, the mice experienced a loss of diversity among their gut bacteria. When they lost the weight, diversity increased but never returned to where it had been before the weight gain. With each episode of weight gain, the disturbance in gut microbes was greater, and each subsequent round of weight loss was less effective at restoring a normal balance to the gut microbiome. This part of the research was answering the question, "Who's there?"
The critical effect of dieting became obvious with the answer to the second question, "What do they do?" That finding is a real breakthrough in understanding how disturbed gut bacteria cause weight gain. The altered gut bacteria became more efficient at destroying flavonoids. The more cycles of weight gain and loss the mice experienced, the greater the capacity of their gut microbes to destroy flavonoids, so flavonoid levels in the blood of these mice dropped dramatically over time.
Drawing connections between flavonoids, bacteria, and weight management.
Here's what's remarkable about this finding: If you feed bacteria a particular nutrient, they're likely to increase their ability to metabolize that nutrient. But the high-fat weight-gain diet is actually much lower in flavonoids than standard lab chow. So the increased ability of these bacteria to destroy flavonoids was not simply the result of feeding the mice more flavonoids. It paradoxically occurred when they were consuming fewer flavonoids, indicating that this change reflects a deep-seated alteration in the function of the gut microbiome—not just a reversible effect induced by a short-term feeding practice.
So what's the solution? There were two specific flavonoids that were especially depleted after rounds of yo-yo dieting: apigenin and naringenin. Each of these has profound effects in humans. Apigenin has anti-inflammatory and anti-allergic effects and alters the metabolism of fat cells. Naringenin is a powerful antioxidant with anti-inflammatory effects and plays a profound role in detoxification. The Weitzman researchers noted that both flavonoids increase metabolic rate and suppress appetite. When they fed supplements of apigenin and naringenin, their obese yo-yo dieting mice began to lose weight like normal mice. Feeding these flavonoids overcame the effects of yo-yo dieting.
The good news about apigenin is that it's concentrated in parsley and celery leaves. Naringenin is a citrus bioflavonoid, most concentrated in grapefruit. You don't need supplements to duplicate the Weitzman effect. You only need the right foods. Parsley, grapefruit juice and celery (include the leaves) make a tangy and refreshing drink.
If you drink celery juice every day for a month will it heal your gut? Find out here.


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Chapter 47: "It's a Small World (2)"
"Tsk, what's so great about Qing Yun Clan, it's not even worth mentioning." A voice full of disdain came from Jun Wu Xie's side as she turned and saw the unkempt youth muttering under his breath while chewing on a blade of bamboo leaf with his hands behind his head. He gave the surrounding crowd who were admiring Bai Yun Xian a look of contempt.
He had said it very softly but Jun Wu Xie had caught what he said.
When the youth met Jun Wu Xie's gaze, he gave her a grin and he laughed out. "Didn't I say I wasn't interested in elixirs? Naturally I won't be interested in Qing Yun Clan as well."
The youth tried to explain however Jun Wu Xie paid no heed to him as she strode past him.
He helplessly laughed to himself and said no more.
"What do you want to trade for in exchange for these two Spiritual Gems and the nine Eastern Pearls?" Once Mo Xuan Fei saw the smile on his beloved, he had decided to splurge on her.
That time when Mo Xuan Fei brought Jun Wu Xie to Ghost City, not to even a single gold coin was spent. They had only walked a couple of streets and they headed back.
Now with Bai Yun Xian by his side, he was much more generous.
The old man looked up at Mo Xuan Fei, exhaled some smoke from the pipe and casually said: "I only accept elixirs."
Mo Xuan Fei was slightly startled.
As a Second Prince to a nation, he had seen all sorts of treasures and had access to a large portion of them as well. However, in terms of medical advancements and elixirs, State of Qi was not as developed as its counterparts and this was one area he was lacking in. All the valuable potions and elixirs were locked up in a separate vault which he had no access to.
"I'll trade it with you for jade." Mo Xuan Fei countered. He did not want to lose face in front of Bai Yun Xian, as he casually took out a piece of fine jade almost as big as his palm. This jade was indeed a rare treasure. Mo Xuan Fei was determined to impress Bai Yun Xian.
Unfortunately, the old man did not bother to even give it a glance and continued smoking his pipe.
It was clear that he wasn't interested. If this had happened in Imperial City, who would dare to offend Mo Xuan Fei and not give him any face? He was a dignified prince and he actually wanted to buy something from you and that meant that he had placed you in his sight and that itself should be the greatest honour. If you did not comply, the guards will dismantle the stall and the person thrown in the dungeon.
But this was Ghost City.
Although it was opened beneath the Imperial City, it wasn't owned by the Kingdom of Qi. It was opened and managed by a mysterious origin that had brawny guards wearing masks and maintaining the order within the marketplace. It was truly a unique place which was hidden away from the main stream but these guards were not to be trifled with. No matter what you sell, no one bothers. However, if someone wants to stir trouble by not matching the trade, the guards will immediately throw that person out.
There were also those who tried to play dirty tricks were 'invited' out and banned from returning to Ghost City. There was a zero tolerance policy on troublemakers.
There was once when the Prime Minister's son had been thrown out into the streets and had disgraced the entire family. However, the Prime Minister did not dare create any trouble in Ghost City and suffered silently by pretending that no such incident ever happened.
Since then, the people knew that the identity behind Ghost City must be from a powerful background and no one dared to mess around again.
As for Mo Xuan Fei, he did not know who exactly was behind Ghost City but he knew that it was someone he could not afford to offend. If he did, he may end up with the same outcome as the Prime Minister's son!


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We started with highly experienced workers who are veterans in the petroleum industry. Our workforce is vital to our overall success. A total of over 500 staff work in general multi-disciplinary groups, comprising: chemical, electrical and mechanical engineers as well as accountants and economists.
Career development and training programmes are encouraged to allow employees to work in a wide variety of fields. As a company aspiring to play globally, opportunities for overseas training exist. Every effort is made to match the skills available with those required as well as encouraging creativity to improve quality of work. The key human resource objective is to attract, develop and retain quality employees in support of our business.
The Board remains focused on building organisational capacity and improving risk management and corporate governance, without compromising Techno Oil's entrepreneurial culture.
Mrs Nkechi Obi is a distinguished Member of the Order of Niger (MON). She is a seasoned entrepreneur/ business coach and a trained economist. Mrs Obi is gifted with remarkable Managerial skills. She is a core professional in strategy and business development. She had a distinguished career in Mobil Oil Nigeria Plc before venturing into private business. She is an alumnus of Lagos Business School and Harvard school of Business. She is a Fellow of the Nigerian Institute of Management.
Tony is a core tribologist, an enterprising marketer with over 20 years of experience in the Oil & Gas Sector and accomplished manager of men. He is an alumnus of the prestigious Lagos Business School.
Collin is an accomplished financial consultant in the Power sector; he is a consultant to the State of Maryland in the USA among other organizations. He also manages Techno Gas & Power Limited (a subsidiary of Techno Oil) and Techno Oil offshore project financing.
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The ATV Association of Manitoba (ATVMB) is looking forward to an exciting year. With a strategic plan and a strong group of volunteers, the group is working hard to set up a trial area for a trail and change some negative perspectives about the sport.
Donald Eidse, who sits on the board of directors for ATVMB, said Manitoba currently has just one designated trail for ATVers. That trail, called the ITP, is maintained by the South Interlake ATV Club and it runs about 110 kilometres. It is a seasonal trail and a multi-use trail used by snowmobile clubs in the winter.
But that's it—the only official trail in the province. So Eidse and the rest of ATVMB are working hard to change that. The association's goals for 2013 are to develop a trial area for a trail, to work hard to start up the CASI ATV RiderCourse program and to work with rural municipalities; the association would also like to encourage the development of more clubs.
"We finally have a strategic plan and we feel we're achieving success with it," said Eidse. "It feels really good working with ATVMB now that it has its priorities, strategies and indicators in place to measure ourselves and our success. It is still a work in progress and will take us time to complete, but we are moving along."
Defining trail etiquette
Eidse is also working to complete a Trail Etiquette Program, which is quite a lengthy document with his first draft done. The key components of it, according to Eidse, deal with private land access: make sure you have permission from the landowner—whether that's the Province, a private individual or corporation—to ride there. The document also has sections on environmental awareness and safety, and includes a code of ethics.
"The key is (that) motorized trail users and non-motorized trail users have to work together," Eidse said. "We don't want the two sides against each other. If we're talking about a multi-use trail, that means if an ATVer sees someone coming up the trail on a horse, pull over to the side, take your helmet off and say hello. This way we can work to understand each other's concerns."
Instead of making different trails for walkers, cyclists, horseback riders and ATVers, Eidse hopes that multi-use trails can become commonplace in Manitoba.
Spreading a positive message
Eidse said working with rural municipalities (RMs) is also a huge issue. Eidse and ATVMB have been going to the annual municipal show for the last three years working to build a relationship with RMs. ATVMB wants to help change people's attitudes that ATVs should be banned. He hopes that eventually clubs can approach RMs, let them know they are insured and get permission to ride in these rural areas.
"We are tired of talking to certain groups that say they can't do anything about the issue," said Eidse. "We propose people make a plan. Come up with a strategic plan to incorporate ATVs in your community that has a sustainable aspect to it. If you make a small trail with posted speeds and other requirements, most people want to see that. They also want to see you respecting the environment, and in this way you allow tourism into your town. ATVers will come in (and) get gas and food."
Safety will be a key goal
The association already has five ATV clubs in its membership. The CASI ATV RiderCourse, a safety program developed by the Canadian AQCC Safety Institute (CASI), a division of the All-Terrain Quad Council of Canada (AQCC), is a priority as ATVMB grows.
"Because we don't have a trail system yet, we are just getting everything lined up for now," said Eidse. "At first, we are going to focus on getting one trainer and that way the program can be up and running when we do get a trial area for a trail. As soon as we have a trail system or more need for trainers, we will upgrade as the demands are there."
Doing good things
Another exciting initiative for ATVMB is holding the first annual ATV Ride for Dad in September. The motorcycle community holds a similar event in spring and it is about four or five years old in Manitoba. The ride raises awareness and funds for prostate cancer. Eidse is excited for the ATV community to show the general public that ATVing is a wonderful thing while supporting a good cause.
"We want to change the general public's perspective so they are not against ATVing," said Eidse. "I think a charity event is a great way to do so. I think clubs need to get away from poker derbies and do more fundraisers. It shows the community their willingness to work together. We want to build common ground, and what better way to do that than a charity event. It will bring attention to the ATV community while serving an extremely good cause."
ATVMB is hopeful that its goals can be reached. Eidse is confident in the goals of the association, and the hard work of the association's volunteers is extremely evident. Riding in Manitoba on a trail system is a dream they share and will hopefully become a reality in the near future.
"I love the freedom of ATVing, going into unknown areas and unknown terrain," said Eidse. "My second favourite part of ATVing is group riding. It's really where my heart lies in ATVing. You see people out for the first time with huge smiles and the shock and awe on their faces . . . it's absolutely priceless."


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Player Profile
Ryszard Kowenicki (1979-81) was Athletic's first overseas signing and will always be remembered for his spectacular throw-ins. His technique left him lying face down on the field with his toes still behind the touchline! An experience never seen since. It was reported by the Oldham Chronicle that Ryszard died in the 1990's but it was later found out that he is alive and well and living in Denmark! Follow this link
Frank Large (1965-66) was an enthusiastic goalscorer for the Latics. The much travelled player scored 18 goals in 34 matches and his transfer fee of £ 7,500 was almost doubled when he eventually moved on to Northampton. When Frank retired from the game he and his wife, Aileen, were the owners of a bed and breakfast establishment in Co.Mayo, Republic of Ireland. Big Frank passed away in August 2003, aged 63.
John Liddell (1960-62) moved to Oldham following a transfer from St. Johnstone for an 'undisclosed' four figure fee. He scored 36 goals and helped the Saints to promotion but moved so that he could become a full time player instead of part time. He used to tell of the time they played Burnley at the opening game with floodlights when he scored a goal in the 3-3 draw. What nobody knows is that the ball went in off his hand. He always had a good laugh at that. After leaving Oldham he went on to play with Worcester and Mossley. He then moved back to Scotland and played for Sunday league teams before finally giving up the game. After that he became a lorry driver working for practically the same company for around 30 -35 years until he retired in 1998 but sadly he died of a heart attack 13 weeks later just walking to the paper shop. He used to keep in touch with John Colquhoun, John Hardie and Jimmy Rollo. - Biography by John's son.
Bert Lister (1960-65) was one of the best goalscorers ever to put on an Oldham shirt. As a centre-forward he would have gone through a brick wall to score with one of his brilliant diving headers. In 1963 he almost broke the all time record for goals in a season and his six goals against Southport on Boxing Day 1962 will always be remembered. Bert later played for Rochdale and finished his playing career at Stockport County. After football Bert became a part-time taxi driver in Blackpool but sadly died in July 2007, at the age of 67, after suffering a heart attack.
Andy Lochhead (1973-79) who once devastated the Latics with an illustrious performance at Boundary Park for Aston Villa, and then won a third division championship medal with them in 1974 is now Project Director for New Earth Water Services.
Billy McGlen (1953-56) was a player with great experience, and was renown as a utility player who always gave 100%. His contribution was instrumental in Athletic winning the Third Division North title. He went on to train at Lincoln City and was player coach/manager of Skegness Town in 1967. In his career for Oldham he used to catch the bus from outside the Smutt Inn on match days. Billy passed away in 1999.
Mick McGuire (1985-87) was an experienced midfielder when he helped to guide Oldham out of the relegation area. Illness and injury forced him to retire in his second campaign with the Latics. He now has a full-time job with the PFA.
Peter McKennan (1951-54) was a powerful forward and an inspirational leader for Athletic. He won a Third Division N. championship medal with the club in 1953 but unfortunately, he passed away.
Ian McMahon (1980-1984) made his debut against Burnley on 12th. April 83. He only made two appearances for Oldham before being released on a free transfer to Rochdale who were then managed by Vic Halom, another former Oldham player. He was generally a first teamer at Rochdale and made 91 appearances (8 goals) before injury ended his career. He is now the Chief Executive at Doncaster Rovers.
Paul Moulden (1989-93) signed from AFC Bournemouth for Ł225,000, after starting his career with Manchester City, and had the canny nack of hitting the buttocks of every defender whenever he passed or shot. His greatest claim to fame is scoring nearly 300 goals in one season for a Bolton youth club - it is apparently in the Guinness Book of Records. He also featured in the team that beat Sheffield Wednesday 3-2 to clinch the Second Division title but only appeared four times in the 92-93 season. Paul was released to Bolton and when he retired he used to play in an Oldham District 5 a-side league. Now he owns a chip shop in Glossop
Dick Mulvaney (1971-74) was snapped up on a free transfer from Blackburn after being in dispute. He was club captain of the 73-74 Third Division Championship side. One of the most consitant centre backs of that era, in his two years at the club he also helped the Latics establish themselves in the Second Division. Dick then moved on to Rochdale and when he retired he went back home to Sunderland to work in the dockyards. Now retired, he still lives in Sunderland.
Jimmy Munro (1950-53) was a popular player at Boundary Park who was renown for being a quick and tricky player. He won a Third Division N. championship medal with the club in 1953 and made a total of 346 appearances with the four clubs which he represented. He has now passed away.
Billy Ormond (1949-54) played on the wing for Athletic after his demob from the services and won a Third Division N. championship medal with the club in 1953. Billy has now passed away.
Roger Palmer (1980-94) became the Latics all time record goalscorer before his retirement from the game. A great favourite of the fans who endeared the now famous chant of "Oooooohhhhhh!!! Roger Palmer". A great opportunist who will always be remembered fondly as he helped the Latics return to the First Division after their long absence. Roger disappeared for many years after he finished playing and rumours abounded that he was the proprietor of a fish & chip shop in Bacup but he is now living on the Racecourse Estate in Sale. He always was famous for his chips though!
Peter Phoenix (1958-62) was a versatile player who was the Latics leading scorer in 58-59 with 13 goals. Not bad for a wing-half! Recent information suggests that Peter has passed away. Any confirmation would be appreciated.
John Platt (1971-81) was a brave goalkeeper who had to retire from the game due to injury. He went on to be in charge of the Latics "Football in the Community" scheme.
Andy Ritchie (1987-95 & 1997-2001) affectionately known as 'Stitch' was a firm fan's favourite both as a player and later as a manager. He joined the Latics from Leeds in August 1987 after serving his apprenticeship at Manchester Utd. and then spending three years at Brighton. Although he missed eight matches in his first season he still managed to score 19 league goals and amassed 105 goals in 250 games for the Latics. Ritchie left the club in 1995 to join Scarborough but returned to Boundary Park a couple of years later and he took on the manager's position in 1998 before leaving the club in 2001. Andy went on to be Youth Academy Director at Leeds United and then manager at Barnsley. He is currently working as a TV pundit.
Andy Rhodes (1988-90) was a spectacular goalie. After initial problems with the pace of the artificial pitch he adapted well and his first 11 games resulted in 7 wins, 3 draws and one defeat. Andy went on to be the goalkeeping coach at Boundary Park.
Jimmy Rollo (1960-63) was born less than 50 miles from John O'Groats and was a baker and confectioner by trade. His career at Boundary Park was hampered by the fierce competition with John Hardie and Johnny Bollands. Jimmy was a competant keeper who's strengths were dealing with high shots and crosses. He spent the last of his three years mainly in the reserves and only made 10 appearances in the promotion winning side. He then moved to Southport, Bradford and Scarborough. Jimmy lost his right leg in an accident in 1989 but he made a remarkable recovery and moved back to live in his homeland in Scotland. When he regained his strength he took to travelling the world but unfortunalely his health was failing and he suffered a minor stroke in the summer of 2004 which resulted in him losing his eyesight. This was obviously quite a lot to come to terms with when you have been a sportsman, however his spirit is strong and he now keeps his two grand-daughters mesmerised with his stories. Biography by Jimmy's daughter. Jimmy has subsequently passed away.
Jack Rowley (1960-63 & 1968-69) was appointed manager of Oldham on August 2nd. 1960 and the rejuvination of the Latics began. He brought in players of the calibre of Colquhoun, Williams, Greaves, Scott and Johnston. Remembered as one of the best forwards ever for Manchester United, Jack guided the Latics to promotion in 1962-63, which included the 11-0 hammering of Southport on Boxing Day when Bert Lister scored six goals. A crowd of 41,733 also saw the Latics play Liverpool in the ever to be remembered F.A. cup game in the 4th. Round in January. Jack died at the age of 79 in 1998.
Joe Royle (1982-94) was surely Oldham's most successful manager, taking them to the F.A. Cup semi-finals and to their first ever appearance at Wembley in the L.C. final. When Joe resigned as Everton manager, he accepted the same post at Manchester City but was fired at the end of the 2000-01 season after City got relegated. He was also commentating on football matches for Channel Five and did reports on the opposition for England manager Glen Hoddle. Joe then went to manage Ipswich Town until he was fired but he now coaches the under 21s team at Everton.
Matthew Rush (1997-98) was an experienced, natural wide-player who was forced to retire through injury. His loss was a huge blow to Athletic as he looked to have a bright future in the game. Since his retirement, Matthew is concentrating on taking up a career as a Physical Education teacher.
George Sievwright (1963-64) was signed for Ł500 from Dundee United and was a strong and forceful Scot who made the left-half spot his own in his short stay at Athletic. He made 37 appearances and scored 4 goals before moving on to Tranmere Rovers. He never made the first team at Tranmere and move on to Rochdale before ending his playing career at Macclesfield. He worked as a Manager with an electrical company before retiring and coached football for school kids. He now lives in Marsden.
Graeme Sharp (1991-97) joined Athletic as a pedigree striker and was made manager when Joe Royle left for Everton during the 1994-95 season. When he left the hot seat in 1997 he had a short spell in charge at Bangor City. Sharp now works for the local press and radio in Liverpool and enjoys his media work so much that he has no ambitions of returning to the competitive world of football management.
David Shaw (1969-73 & 1975-78) was a firm favourite with the Boundary Park faithful. He had tremendous pace and had a knack for scoring spectacular and important goals. He forged a magnificent partnership with Jim Fryatt and help the Latics to promotion as well as winning the Ford Sporting League outright in the 1970-71 season. He was last heard of as a licensee at a pub on Rochdale Road, Newhey.
Nick Sinclair (1978-84) had a good turn of speed and was best remembered as an overlapping full back. His autobiography for the LSC: "I made 76 appearances which was restricted due to many injuries. Most memorable and important games included playing at Newcastle to a capacity crowd against Keegan and Waddle, and also playing against Manchester City again to a capacity crowd at Maine road in a local derby. Whilst at Oldham I had a spell at Wolves for three months but this was also interrupted by injury. I left Oldham in 1984 and joined Tranmere and played at Prenton Park for two seasons under Brian Hamilton and Frank Worthington. I unfortunately finished my playing days in 1986 due to a Pelvic injury related to a Knee ligament injury experienced years before. Since my footballing days I have worked for several companies including The BBC in Manchester where I was involved in programme research. I joined EDS (a computer services company, Stockport) in 1998".
Bill Spurdle (1948-50 & 1957-63) was signed second time around from Port Vale for a fee of £1,000 in 1957. He came to Oldham as an evacuee from Guernsey during the war and appeared as a cup finalist for Manchester City in 1955. Most of his apperances were from the right-half position and he was remembered for his long stride which game him his speed. When he retired from the game he set up a family business with his wife in Oldham but later moved back to Guernsey with his family to start a tomato growing business. He became involved with football once again and worked with the Island team. Bill was 80 in January 2006 and remained in good health until he passed away suddenly. He remembers fondly his association with the late Bobby Johnston, his favourite playing team-mate, and they became close personal friends spending a lot of time together at Bill's home.
Simon Stainrod (1979-80) was a classy player with lots of individual flair. He was well liked by the Oldham fans and Athletic made a £ 190,000 profit when they sold him on to QPR. Simon recently departing from the hot seat at Ayr United and is now believed to be a player's agent.
Peter Taylor (1983) only made four appearances on loan for Athletic near the end of his career. A former England international, he was the first Third Division player for 15 years to be capped when he made his full debut. His debut for Athletic at Rotherham coincided with their first win in eight games in Joe Royle's first season as manager. Peter went on to manage England as caretaker manager but for one match only and was the England under 21 team coach. He was inducted into the FA Hall of Fame in 2002 and went on to manage Southend, Gillingham, Leicester, Brighton and Hull City at club level. He went on to manage Crystal Palace.
Steve Taylor (1977-79) was a much travelled striker and played for 11 different clubs winning the Third Division Championship with Burnley in 1981-82. He knew where the net was and scored in his first seven games for Oldham. He was the last striker to score 20 goals in a season for Athletic until Chris Porter did it in the 2006-07 season. Steve is now a gym manager in the prison service.
David Teece (1956-59) joined Athletic from Hull having previously been at Hyde United and he made 91 appearances in goal for Athletic after he finally forced his way into the team. He was a qualified FA coach who also played for Buxton and Chadderton. He coached AVRO in the Manchester League. When he retired from football he became a draughtsman and fitter at British Aerospace. David died in 2007.
Carl Valentine (1976-80) started as a 17 year old with the Latics, and the exciting young winger caught the eye of Vancouver Whitecaps' Tony Waiters, who signed him to help spark the club to a thrilling defeat of the New York Cosmos on their way to the club's first NASL championship. After a successful stint back in England with the West Brom Baggies, Carl returned to Canada and played for his new country (he became a citizen in 1983) in 1986, setting up the two Canadian goals on corner kicks to defeat Honduras 2-1 and move Canada for the first time ever into the finals of the World Cup. He was a solid performer for the Vancouver 86ers, scoring the first ever goal for the club, and sinking the first goal in the 1988 final during their powerhouse years as reigning CSL champions from 1988 to 1992, when he retired as a full time player. Carl continued as the Vancouver 86ers' player manager, retiring in 1999. Since then he has been coaching youth soccer in North Vancouver, helping to bring a new approach to youth soccer on the North Shore that combines professional coaching with a holistic approach to young athletes. Carl Valentine was elected to the Canadian Soccer League's Player Hall of Fame in 2003.
Tommy Walker (1954-59) joined the Latics from Newcastle United for Ł2,500 (a large fee at the time) in a bid to keep them in the old second division. The right winger had joined the Magpies at 17 and won two FA Cup winner's medals with them. Tommy was also a Methodist lay preacher for many years and settled in Chadderton with his wife Lily and young son Tom. When he retired from the game, Tommy ran a successful newsagents in Middleton for almost 30 years. Tommy died in 2005 at the age of 81.
Colin Whitaker (1962-64) scored 29 goals in 72 league appearances for Latics. He was a true 'wizard of the wing' who scored over one hundred goals, including eight hat-tricks. A wonderful trapper of the ball, Colin played for Sheffield Wednesday, Shrewsbury Town, QPR and Rochdale, before moving to Oldham. After leaving the Latics he played at Barrow and became player-manager at Stalybridge Celtic. A strange tale from Colin, "I was playing at Oldham in 1964 when I damaged my cartilage and I ended up going to Old Trafford for treatment where I got to know Sir Matt Busby. I got up off a treatment table and started to hobble on one leg, so Sir Matt told me to take the crutches he'd used when he left hospital in Munich. I used them for about a month before putting them in my garage. It never entered my head how important they might be until the 40th. anniversary of the Munich crash, when I offered the crutches to United for a display in the club museum." Now retired, Colin spends six months of the year on Spain's Costa Del Sol.
Alan Williams (1961-65) was fearless and resolute and was remembered as Athletic's best centre-half of the 60's. He was an ever present in the promotion year of 62-63 and was team captain. Williams made over 550 league appearances in his 18 years in the game and was a great servant to all his clubs. Alan later worked as a caretaker in a complex of flats in Bristol and also helped out behind his son's bar when needed (see below).
Gary Williams (1985-91) son of Alan (see above) was a cultured midfielder who made a century of league appearances. He was an unused substitute in the 1990 Littlewoods Cup final. Gary later had spells with Hearts, Bristol Rovers and Swansea and ended his career in Hong Kong. He later ran a pub and a shop in Bristol city centre but has sinced moved to live in Spain.
Ray Wilson (1969-70) was a member of Englands world cup winning team of 1966 and was remembered as one of the best full backs of his time. When he signed for Athletic he was immediately made team captain but injury eventually meant that he would lose his place to Maurice Whittle. He was granted a free transfer to Bradford City but retired the same season. Ray is now an undertaker!
Rodger Wylde (1980-83) was signed to replace Vic Halom as Athletic's main striker and he didn't let the team down as he finished leading goalscorer in each of his three seasons at Boundary Park. Good on the floor as well as in the air, Rodger had a knack of breaking through even the most tight of defences. When he qualified as a physiotherapist around 1990 he opened his own treatment centre/gymnasium near Sheffield. He is now the physiotherapist for Stockport County.
Alan Young (1974-79) will be remembered as a gutsy, detemined and sometimes classy striker in his time at Boundary Park. The hat-trick he scored against Leicester City in the FA Cup in 1979 tempted the Foxes to buy him. He went on to gain a Second Division Championship medal with Leicester and was an ever present in their promotion season. He went on to be the Youth Development Officer at Chesterfield FC.
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Cheltenham's controversial second-last fence is to be dug up and moved in time for the track's next meeting in October.
The obstacle on the Old Course has become known as "the death fence" and produces the highest number of falls at the track. Remedial work has twice been carried out to the fence in recent years, but still it has been responsible for some horrific incidents, including the death of 2007 Paddy Power Gold Cup favourite Granit Jack and the falls in consecutive years of Latalomne in the Queen Mother Champion Chase in 2002 and 2003.
The fence comes at the bottom of a short downhill gradient and the momentum which horses carry into the fence has produced a characteristic fall where a horse takes off too early and the jockey gets fired into the turf on the landing side.
Edward Gillespie, the course's managing director, confirmed the fence will be repositioned in the home straight, in a bid to reduce the number of falls at the obstacle and in the process improve the spectacle for the crowd, who will get a clearer view of the fence from the stands.
"We have done everything that we believed possible to make the fence safer, but we have identified a new location, about 90 metres after the bend," he said. "It will change things and we make no bones about that. The second-last fence and last fence will be closer together but the action will be easier to watch. "Work is already underway to level off the ground at the original site and we had a deputation of jockeys, including the safety officers from the Professional Jockeys Association, visit about 10 days ago who gave us their approval."
The repositioning of the fence will lead to the Queen Mother Champion Chase and other two-mile contests on the Old Course now being held over 13 fences rather than 12, but Gillespie is encouraged by the support of the jockeys and trainers who have visited the course.
"Despite the fact that there will now be an extra fence, all of the jockey believed that this is a positive step for safety," he said.
The champion trainer, Paul Nicholls has given his approval to the decision, saying: "I'm very positive about this. lf we can improve safety then I'm all for it."


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Shockmancy is one of the three disciplines of the Magic class Naughtymancy; it is aligned with the axis of Erf and composed of the two elements of Motion and Matter. Erf-b1-p038a
Proposed Canon
Storms produce lightning, which is a natural form of Shockmancy.WB2014 Digdoug - Episode 1
A city's tower turns juice into Shockmancy, though non-Shockmancers have a penalty when aiming these shocks unless they carefully load spells into the tower.WB2014 Digdoug - Episode 14
Shockmancy attacks can be redirected and grounded by the right items, such as miracle poles.
Shockmancy is directed through conduits of some form by Charlie to provide an improved connection to the Arkendish where physical contact is not required, referred to by Charlie as shocked connections. It is implied that other functions of Charlescomm (city) also run off Shockmancy. These conduits were created by Dirtamancer Ivan Poe.
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- Stunning
- Stunning Spells that disable units.
- Flash
- Flash mobs, which make units outside a given hex unable to see what is happening in it besides the flash. Note that this is not a flash of light, but a flash of pure naughtymancy, using the ability of shockamancy to "shock" (ie, outrage or astound) the mind or morals of targets.
- Shock Spells
- Spells that inflict direct damage.
- Machinery
- Much like Stupidworld's electricity, there are certain forms of machinery that can be powered by Shockmancy, including lights and the ability to transmit Thinkamancy over cables. For the most part, only Charlescomm has demonstrated the skill needed to do this.
Natural Shockmancy
Falls are treated as Natural Shockmancy. You can be injured, incapacitated, or croaked as a result of a fall (distance fallen has an effect on this). When not directed by a caster, tower defense spells consist of Shockmancy. LIAB Text 43 Damaging weather effects also count as Natural Shockmancy, though they are also within the purview of Dirtamancers to control.
Shockmancy Scrolls
A Shockmancy scroll was used near the end of the Battle for Gobwin Knob.Erf-b1-p126 Sizemore stunned a large number of Royal Crown Coalition forces before detonating a Crap Golem.
Known Shockmancers
- Rusty Trombone, formerly of Faq before its fall.
- Caesar mentions that Carpool has a Shockmancer and he visited the city of Chocula before it was attacked by Transylvito. The Carpudlian Shockmancer bulked up the tower air defenses prior to the battle. These air defenses may have resembled those in place at the Tower of Efdup in the Battle for Gobwin KnobErf-b1-p097, but they may also have been merely large-scale stunning spells that would have left Transylvito's airborne force immobilized and thus fatally vulnerable to the city's defenders.
What remains of Charlie's health is maintained by machinery that apparently leaves a feel of Shockmancy. It is possible that Shockmancy can be used as an equivalent to stupidworld's electricity for certain kinds of magic items.
Real World References
When casting the SpellErf-b1-p126 Sizemore mentions names of well known pictures or videos on the Internet, which are disturbing for viewers, and difficult to get out of one's head; colloquially, these pages are known as shock sites. NSFW sound effect is an abbreviation for Not Safe for Work, which would certainly apply to shock sites in general. 4Chan sound effect as a secondary sound effect accompanying the explosion is an image site well known its "execrable" standards as well as for posting and producing shock images.
The "Flash mob" ability used by the Archons is a double-entendre of Real World references. The term refers to any group of people who assemble suddenly in a single location to perform some action, as a group of Archons did over Expository Bridge. Once assembled, the Archons "flashed" (i.e. exposed parts of their bodies to) the forces of Jetstone to stun them into not noticing the casting of a veil in the adjacent hex. Thus the tactic was both a flash mob and a mob that flashed. The effect of stunning a target could also be a reference to a "flash-bang" grenade which is used by law enforcement and military to blind, disorient, and stun opponents.


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September Soy #2 . Watercolor . 12" x 16"
... early morning... looking south... the sun has just cleared the east ridge... Lehigh County, Pennsylvania.
This is the same field, as painted in
July Alfalfa
.... now planted in soybeans...
viewed from a little farther up the hill.
A Giclee Print
is available of this watercolor painting / farm art.
farm art
james mann art farm
©2005 all rights reserved
url: http://www.jamesmannartfarm.com


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The EDU-RAND Rankings are intended to guide you, the student, seeking admission to an engineering college or university based on the stream of interest to you. Like the college rankings, the streamwise rankings are based on four components: employability (weighted 50%), research productivity (25%), faculty qualifications (15%) and fill rate (10%).Each component is scored on a zero to ten scale (as explained in the main methodology section). The faculty qualifications and research productivity components are measured at the college level, not specifically for each stream, using the same values as in the college rankings. Employability and fill rate are measured specifically in each stream where data are available. The top 10 colleges in each stream are ranked individually, but colleges that lack employability data for the stream are not considered in reporting the top 10. The EDU-RAND scores and rankings are a tool to help you select a college that best meets your educational objectives. Owing to a number of reasons like faculty and industrial backing among others, it may happen that a college ends up being very good for one particular program or another. Conversely a college that might have a better overall ranking, may lag behind others when it comes to a specific program. In this list we feature India's best colleges by specializations.
Chemical Engineering encompasses diverse fields like petroleum refining, fertilizer technology, processing of food and agricultural products, synthetic food, petrochemicals, synthetic fibres, coal and mineral based industries, and the prevention and control of environmental pollution. Know more about the program wise methodology here
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Computer Science and Engineering covers theoretical and systems (also called applied) courses. Theoretical computer science courses include data structures, algorithm design and analysis, formal languages and automata theory, discrete mathematics, theoretical computer science, etc. The systems' side includes courses on computer architecture, system and application software (including operating systems, compilers, database management systems, etc.), computer networks, internet technology and mobile computing. Know more about the program wise methodology here
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Travel to Andorra
Andorra overview
Located between France and Spain under the protection of the Pyrenees, Andorra offers the best conditions for winter sports, as well as stunning mountain scenery and cultural heritage inheritance of its Roman past. In the warm season, geography attracts hikers and those who need to escape the noise and tensions of the cities. Its cities became tempting to reflect on their windows all the good prices of their products relative to their neighbors.
best time travel to Andorra
The ski season usually starts in December and continue until March, although many stations contribute to slow during the spring snow. The time for hiking is between the last snow until October. The feasts of the Andorran people are held between July and September, and the highest hotel business is concentrated in July and August and December to March
Andorra Mean festivals and Holidays
In local festivals, cities and villages Andoran show their ancestral roots and traditions, are often held between July and September, and they meet people to enjoy music, dancing, food and wine. In Andorra la Vella, the festival, which begins the first Saturday in August, was developed during three days. La Mare de Deu de Meritxell, the national holiday honoring the Virgin Mary is celebrated on September 8 with a pilgrimage to Meritxell, 7 km northeast of the capital. In Andorra, there are also various international music festivals of great importance as the Festival International de Jazz de Escaldes-Engordany, in July, or the International Music Festival in Ordino in September
Andorra Most Attraction Places to Travel
Andorra la Vella
The capital of the principality, the country's largest city, is located 1,000 m above sea level and surrounded by mountains up to 2,400 m altitude. At present, Andorra la Vella focuses its business in the retail electronics and luxury goods tax free. Despite the buzz that fills the streets himself from the most crowded, Andorra la Vella has lost the remnants of its 1100 years of history.
Barri Antique (old town) was the epicenter of the population, and is distinguished by its short and narrow cobbled streets lined with beautiful stone houses of the people own the Pyrenees. The country's most famous building is the Casa de la Vall (house of the valley), seat of the Consell de les Valls (Andorra parliament) since 1702. The stone building has three floors and was built in 1580 as a private house in a wealthy family, the arms of the door dates from 1761. The ground floor is the Hall of Justice, for the whole country, and on the first floor, the Sala del Consell, where meetings are held in parliament. Set Panys (chest of the seven keys) contained within a document most relevant to Andorra, it could only open if this was one of the representatives of each parish in possession of a key.
Cultural events are held in the Plaça del Poble, a public plaza surrounded by theater and music conservatory in the city, usually in the evenings where people congregate.
The huge complex Caldea spa is located in Les Escaldes, east of the outskirts of Andorra la Vella. Fed by natural hot springs, the spa consists of a lake of 600 m², which is maintained at a constant temperature of 32 ° C. It is the ideal way to end the day's skiing. You can also enjoy the whirlpool or Turkish baths, both included in the ticket price, which provides a stay of three hours in the complex.
Caldea spa is open every day, his address is Parc de la Mola # 10, about 2 km from Piazza Guillem in Andorra la Vella. Tickets can be purchased at the tourist offices.
Considering the average size of the populations Andorra, Ordino is one of the most extensive that, despite the recent increase in tourism (an abundance of holiday homes and British travelers), maintains its traditional character and serene. The most prominent attraction of the city is the Museu d'Areny i Plandolit, an ancient manor house belonging to the family Areny Plandolit, perhaps the most famous of the country. Their rough design, and interior furnishings are typically Andorrans.
In the parish located in the northwest, is the ski-Ordino Arcalís, where you can also do some of the most interesting hiking trails when the warm weather arrives. Some of the highest peaks reach 2800 m.
Throughout the year, maintains and operates a daily bus from Andorra la Vella and covers the 10 km that separate Ordino. In the snow season, there is a free shuttle to the lifts of Ordino-Arcalís from the vicinity, the only way to get the rest of the year is by car.
This town is home to one of Andorra's best known museums, the Museu Nacional de l'Automobile, which displays more than two hundred cars from 1898 to 1950 years, as well as hundreds of motorcycles and bicycles. To the north, is the church Sant Romà de les Bons, and construction of the tenth century Lombard Romanesque style, the frescoes in the apse are reproductions of the originals, that moved to the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya in Barcelona.
The two ski resorts of Encamp, Soldeu-El Tarter and Pas de la Casa-Grau Roig, are considered among the best facilities Andoran to practice this sport, and they come mainly British and French tourists.
There is a bus line that connects daily and Encamp Andorra la Vella, 5 km and is addressed to the terminal stations French Ax-les-Thermes, L'Hospitalet and La Tour de Carol.
Llorts village of one hundred inhabitants, lies between fields of snuff, and is protected behind their backs by pristine mountains. This is one of the least exploited of the country, ideal for hiking. One of the most popular marches, of three hours and a half, is the valley that runs west of the population along the river l'Angonella, path leading to the group of lakes Estanys de l'Angonella. North of El Serrat, about 3 km from the valley Llorts, there is a secondary road leading to the mountain hostel Sorteny edge at 1970 m altitude. From here you can restart another path that goes to the lake Estany de l'Estany and a mountain of 2915 m known as the Pic de l'Estany. In the tiny church of Sant Martí, Romanesque building erected in the curtain, 2 km south of Llorts, you can admire some frescoes of the twelfth century in excellent condition. From Andorra la Vella, part of a daily bus service to and Llorts El Serrat, 16 km, another 6 km line runs between them in Ordino.
Seu d'Urgell
Seu d'Urgell is the gateway to Spain from Andorra, a beautiful enclave where refuel overnight. Since the ninth century was established as the seat of the bishop of Urgell and the Count, the Spanish fraction of the co-of Andorra.
Located south of the central Plaça dels Oms, the cathedral of Santa Maria, the twelfth century, is one of the most outstanding Romanesque buildings in Catalonia, despite having undergone several renovations throughout the years. Its interior houses the Museu Diocesà, which has a large number of mural paintings, writings and altar pieces, plus a Beatus, illustrated manuscript on Revelation, very unusual, dating back to the X. Century
Seu d'Urgell is located 9 km south of the road Andorra CG1; a frequent bus service connects with the principality.
Toulouse, student center very dynamic and lively, is one of the fastest growing urban population of France and has many museums, churches, gardens and galleries. Besides being the city closest to Andorra and enjoy a lively nightlife, its inhabitants have a reputation for being more friendly to the French region.
The Place du Capitole is the main square of the city, there are the town hall building, the eighteenth century, and the Théâtre du Capitole, one of the opera houses of France's most prestigious. South of the square is the Vieux Quartier (Old Quarter) with its streets and lanes intact from the eighteenth century.
The city is full of notable churches to delight all lovers of religious architecture. Saint Sernin Basilica, the eleventh century French Romanesque structure is larger, in which the frescoes of the twelfth century the north arm of the cruise. The church of Notre Dame du Taur is a Gothic building which was built in honor of St. Sernin, a child martyr of the city who died in 257 AD to be tied to the tail of a bull. The madona black interior of the chapel dates from the sixteenth century. It also highlights the church des Jacobins, Gothic, and the relics of St. Thomas Aquinas, now buried under the new and ornate altar.
To enjoy leisure, you are advised to approach the area of bars around the Place Saint Georges, where you can choose between a score of clubs. The large population of gay meets in Toulouse premises to the south of the Place du Capitole and the west bank of the river Garonne.
Toulouse is situated 180 km northwest of Andorra la Vella following the road CG2 French and then the N20. There are trains and buses that connect Toulouse and the French border towns of L'Hospitalet, La Tour de Carol and Ax-les-Thermes, where one can travel by bus to Andorra la Vella.
activities in Andorra
Andorra is the most affordable enclave in the Pyrenees for skiing and snowboarding. Pas de la Casa-Grau Roig and Soldeu-El Tarter size, height and number of lifts, are the best seasons, but also more expensive. The ski season usually extended from December to March depending on snow conditions. Most stations use snow machines to improve the quality of the tracks.
Andorra is a beautiful, quiet and relatively little used, features that make it an ideal place for excursions. Notable tracks are located in the parish of Ordino, Northwest, and the path GR11, which crosses the Pyrenees from the Mediterranean to the Atlantic and crosses southern Andorra. Walkers can stay free in Refugis (shelters) available along the trail.
In the large ski resorts, mountain bikes can be rented during the summer months in the area of Soldeu-El Tarter, Canillo in the parish, is very popular practice of hang gliding
Andorra History
Tradition attributes the origins of Andorra to Charlemagne, who liberated the region from the Muslim occupation in the year 803 AD and his son, Louis the Pious, granted the residents an independent status. The first existing document where the name of Andorra is an order of 843 years which produced Charles II, grandson of Charlemagne, and which gave way to the valleys of Andorra Sunifred, Count of Urgell, from the nearby Spanish town of La Seu d'Urgell. The act of consecration of the cathedral of La Seu, which dates back approximately 860 years, including membership of the parishes Andorran territory dominated by the count. From the twelfth century the valleys of Andorra became a lordship under the aegis of the Episcopal diocese of Urgell.
The first constitutional documents of the country, Pariatges (agreements between equals), were drafted in 1278 and 1288, by which to resolve the differences between the Church of Urgell and the house of Foix (who would later be absorbed by the Royal House of France). These agreements, which both the bishop and the counts agreed to share sovereignty of Andorra, have formed the basis of the government of Andorra to the present day and are among the oldest documents of this type are still in force.
A distinctive political balance created by this agreement freed the country from being absorbed by its powerful neighbors, despite the periodic tensions that occurred between the co and the powers they represented. After the French Revolution, France, as heir to the territories and the prerogatives of the Count of Foix, renounced all feudal rights over Andorra, but Napoleon, at the express request of Andorrans and who feared Spanish hegemony, he returned to accept the sovereignty in 1806.
His documentation of tax arose from the smuggling of French goods to Spain during the Spanish Civil War and Spanish goods to France during World War II. Andorra kept its neutrality during the two world wars and the Spanish contest.
In March 1993, its citizens approved the first Andorran Constitution, turning the country into a parliamentary co-law, democratic and social, but also maintained the role of French and Spanish co-princes as heads of state together with much reduced powers. In July 1994 Andorra joined the Council of Europe and the UN.
Andorra has become a center for skiing and duty free shopping. Apart from these activities bring welfare, foreign businesses and around 11 million visitors a year, have a development without regard and several kilometers of traffic jams on both sides of the border.
Andorra Culture and people
Until the fifties, the Andorran population was 6,000. At present, only a quarter of its residents, almost two thirds live in Andorra la Vella and its environs are Andorran nationals. The rest comes mainly from Spain, France and Portugal.
The official language is Catalan, a Romance language closely related to Occitan, but Spanish and French influences. While it is believed that all of its inhabitants speak Catalan, Spanish and French, in fact many of their citizens know the French language.
The cuisine is mainly Catalan, although it has adopted many features of the French and Italian cuisines. Meat and fish are served with traditional sauce, the pasta is also very common. Among the dishes are the Conill (rabbit with tomato), the Xai (roast lamb), the trinxat (bacon, potatoes and cabbage) and escudella (stew of chicken, sausage and meatballs)
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Monitoring the New Jersey Clean Election Pilot Projects
The New Jersey Project has provided information about Clean Elections and specifically Clean Elections in New Jersey since 2004 when the then-Majority Leader Joseph Roberts included it as a part of a 25 point ethics agenda.
Looking Ahead to a Clean Election Program for 2009
In June 2008, following the work of a bi-partisan task group of Assembly members and senators, a bill was considered by the Assembly State Government Committee.
Testimony was presented by Ingrid W. Reed, director of the New Jersey Project, summarizing the proposals for a 2009 Clean Election proposal based on the monitoring study and the advice of the Citizen Advisory Committee.
The proposals were summarized in a chart comparing the proposal, the bill, A-100, with the previous pilots projects and 2006 recommendations of the New Jersey Citizens Clean Elections Commission.
The bill did not advance and is scheduled for reconsideration by the legislative task group in September 2009.
2008 Report
Results of 2008 Clean Elections Around the Country, A Report from Public Campaign
2007 Pilot Project Study
For the 2007 study, a Citizen Advisory Committee provides perspectives, advice and informed evaluation of the second pilot project. Funding was provided for the Clean Elections monitoring studies by the Fund for New Jersey and additional support from the New Jersey Chamber of Commerce.
Information about the New Jersey Clean Election Pilot Project can be found in:
New Jersey Citizens' Clean Elections Commission Final Report, May 2006
2007 Fair and Clean Elections Report, March 28, 2008 (New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission)
Clean Elections and the Supreme Court in 2008 - A Decision on the Case of Davis v. Federal Election Commission
This case, decided on June 26, 2008, addressed the constitutionality of mitigating the effects of self-financing of elections by wealthy candidates. Since this decision was rendered, opinions have been written on its relevance to Clean Elections.
The N.J. Office of Legislative Service in a letter opinion of July 21,2008 said that "relying on .... "Davis decision, would likely find the rescue money provisions to violate the First Amendment."
A July 23, 2008 statement from The Campaign Legal Center that analyzed the Davis decision for its relevance to Clean Elections concluded that "the Davis Court did not decide the issue and public financing program trigger provisions can be distinguished from the Millionaire's Amendment invalidated in Davis."
2005 Pilot Project
The first Clean Election Pilot Project took place in 2005 and focused on candidates for election to the General Assembly from two districts. The second Clean Election Pilot Project included candidates for the General Assembly and Senate and was expanded to three districts.
Included in the Eagleton monitoring study of these pilot projects were opinion surveys conducted jointly by the Eagleton Center for Public Interest Polling and the Fairleigh Dickenson University Public Mind Poll. Voters were polled state-wide and in the pilot project districts to determine citizen attitudes and knowledge about clean elections and campaign finance reform.
The monitoring study also conducted analyses of newspaper coverage of legislative races with a focus on Clean Elections districts campaigns and as well as campaign materials of the clean election districts.


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I thought I found the perfect atheletic shoes -- for walking, running, and more importantly, for doing wushu and tai chi. The Nike Free. When it first came out, I brought a pair online from Finish Line. It was great. I was happy. Until about a month and half later...
The mesh material started tearing from the heel, on both shoes. Since it happened at about the same time, and on both feet, I am pretty sure that it is not damaged by me hitting something. (Especially not on the heel)! Examining the tear, it is obvious that the glued attachment at that point is not very strong.
I emailed customer service, and they told me that if I think it's a manufacturer defect, I can bring it back to the physical store and exchange them within 90 days. I took them back to the store, and they were nice about it -- exchanging them for a new pair. However --
They said the reason for the tear is that I must have stepped on the heel to take the shoes off, which I do sometimes. They said Nike actually will not take the shoes back from the store because they do not believe that is normal wear and tear. The store must have gotten a lot of return/exchange requests, they said now they tell the customers not to step on the heel to remove the shoes when they buy them.
What do you think? The shoes are great. You can even use the Nike iD system to customize a pair for yourself. But for $105 a pair, would you think you need to remember to not step on the heel when removing the shoes?


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Competitors cars in the hotel car park. Main Time Control One first thing tomorrow at the Great Wall of China. We've passed scrutineering; got Jonathan's missing luggage; got the maps and Jonathan is busy preparing the road book (Volume One takes us to Minsk). It all starts on Sunday.
I took this photo after "patting the horse", Geen is going to go great on this event and Jonathan is super pumped. I had a good feeling in the sauna (in spite of the number of Chinese bottoms on display – and I thought the Swedes were relaxed about Sauna)
As my friend Bill suggests:
"Dab of oppo, bring it back to Blighty"
Many thanks to all of you sending good wishes it's great having your support.


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In this feature article, EDC Principal Research Scientist Leslie Goodyear, the newly-elected President of the American Evaluation Association, shares her insights on the critical role that evaluation plays in building capacity to ensure that programs meet the needs of the people they serve: "Evaluation is about learning, reflecting, and making things better. I think some people see evaluation as a very stern, judgmental, impersonal process, but I don't see it like that. The programs that I evaluate have a lot of knowledge about what works within the context of their field and in their communities. As an evaluator, my job is more than measuring outcomes. It's also helping those programs apply that practical knowledge in the service of programmatic improvement. There are lots of ways to do this, and I work in collaboration with program staff to develop the most appropriate evaluation plan."
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