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As General Counsel and Corporate Secretary for a large public sector organization, Brenda provided advice and guidance on strategic, legal, regulatory, compliance and governance matters. Over the past ten years, Brenda has held a variety of volunteer roles and currently serves as Chair of the Board of Directors of the Children's Wish Foundation of Canada and Vice-Chair of the Board of Directors of Toronto North Support Services.
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Kathy is a retired Registered Nurse, with a Master of Nursing from the University of Calgary. Most of her career focused on working with children with complex chronic illnesses and their families. She spent six years as the Manager of Redevelopment for the IWK Health Centre. During this time, she oversaw the renovation of several patient care units. Kathy volunteers with a weekly supper program for marginalized individuals, an organization working with woman and girls involved with the criminal justice system and Sexual Health Services of Nova Scotia.
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Melissa is a Senior Policy Advisor with the Ontario government's Ministry of Government and Consumer Services where she develops consumer protection and business law policy. Melissa holds a Juris Doctor from Osgoode Hall Law School, a Master of Business Administration from the Schulich School of Business, and a Master of Public Administration from Queen's University.
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Obtaining her Certified General Accountant designation in 1995, Robyn has used her accounting and financial background in various positions on District council – as secretary, treasurer, and Deputy Co-Commissioner. She has been a volunteer treasurer of many community societies, as well as controller and finance/accounting administrator for non-governmental organizations. Outside of Guiding and her accounting practice, Robyn is a concert and jazz musician, and enjoys travel.
Alexandra was elected as a Director of the Board in June 2016. She was a Brownie, a Guide, and a Spark Girl Assistant while growing up in Ontario. Since joining as an adult member in 2013 she has been a Brownie and Ranger Guider in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, a Link member, and a member of the Nova Scotia Camping Advisory Committee.
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Alexandra holds a Bachelor of Mathematics from the University of Waterloo and is obtaining her professional designation as an Associate of the Society of Actuaries (ASA), working with quantifying and modeling various types of organizational risks. She is currently working in group benefits consulting at a national human resources consulting firm.
As a longtime GGC member, Jill is committed to the Mission of the organization. She has previous GGC experience as a past Board Director and has chaired several national committees including Audit and Finance, and Governance. Jill brings international Guiding experience to her role as CEO, having served as Trustee on the World Board of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS), and held positions of Chair, Membership Growth Work Group, and Chair, Advocacy Task Group. Additionally, Jill has been a member of the Membership Services Working Group, the Global Engagement Group, and the Technology Work Group.
A bilingual lawyer, Jill was a commercial litigator at a Bay Street law firm before working for Legal Aid Ontario at a number of Community Legal Clinics. Most recently, she was head of the Housing Department and a Staff Lawyer at West Scarborough Community Legal Services.


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text: Hydrocele Definition A hydrocele is a fluid-filled sac in the scrotum. Alternative Names Processus vaginalis; Patent processus vaginalis Causes Hydroceles are common in newborn infants.During a baby's development in the womb, the testicles descend from the abdomen through tube into the scrotum. Hydroceles occur when this tube does not close. Fluid drains from the abdomen through the open tube and gets trapped in the scrotum. This causes the scrotum to swell.Most hydroceles go away a few months after birth. Sometimes, a hydrocele may occur with an inguinal hernia.Hydroceles may also be caused by:Buildup of the normal fluid around the testicle. This may occur because the body makes too much of the fluid or it does not drain well. (This type of hydrocele is more common in older men.)Inflammation or injury of the testicle or epididymis Symptoms The main symptom is a painless, swollen testicle, which feels like a water balloon. A hydrocele may occur on one or both sides. Exams and Tests You will have a physical exam. The health care provider will find that the scrotum is swollen, but not painful to the touch. Often, the testicle cannot be felt because of the fluid around it. The size of the fluid-filled sac can sometimes be increased and decreased by putting pressure on the abdomen or the scrotum.If the size of the fluid collection changes, it is more likely to be due to an inguinal hernia.Hydroceles can be easily seen by shining a flashlight through the swollen part of the scrotum. If the scrotum is full of clear fluid, the scrotum will light up.You may need an ultrasound to confirm the diagnosis. Treatment Hydroceles are not harmful most of the time. They are treated only when they cause infection or discomfort.Hydroceles from an inguinal hernia should be fixed with surgery as soon as possible. Hydroceles that do not go away on their own after a few months may need surgery. A surgical procedure called a hydrocelectomy (removal of sac lining) is often done to correct the problem. Needle drainage does not work well because the fluid will come back. Outlook (Prognosis) Simple hydroceles in children often go away without surgery. In adults, hydroceles usually do not go away on their own. If surgery is needed, it is an easy procedure with very good outcomes. Possible Complications Risks from hydrocele surgery may include:Blood clotsInfectionInjury to the scrotum When to Contact a Medical Professional Call your provider if you have symptoms of hydrocele. It is important to rule out other causes of a testicular lump.Pain in the scrotum or testicles is an emergency. If you have pain and your scrotum is enlarged, seek medical help right away to prevent the loss of the testicle. References Barthold JS. Abnormalities of the testes and scrotum and their surgical management. In: Wein AJ, ed. Campbell-Walsh Urology. 10th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier Saunders; 2012:chap 132.Elder JS. Disorders and anomalies of the scrotal contents. In: Kliegman RM, Stanton BF, St Geme JW III, Schor NF, eds. Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics. 20th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier; 2016:chap 545.Kavoussi PK, Costabile RA. Surgery of the scrotum and seminal vesicles. In: Wein AJ, ed. Campbell-Walsh Urology. 10th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier Saunders; 2012:chap 37.Wampler SM, Llanes M. Common scrotal and testicular problems. Prim Care. 2010;37:613-626. PMID: 20705202 www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20705202. Images Male reproductive anatomy Hydrocele Close Image 1 of 2 Maximize imageRestore image Read More Hernia Scrotum Transillumination


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i thought the steelers d played well. only reason scorewas as close as it was. turnovers killed us, you can't blame that all on batch. penalties too. plus the offense was starting out inside the 20 yardline most of the time.
Cleveland Browns suck!
The defense cant be put into positions that they were and expect not to give up points. They played well. It wasnt there fault the offense couldnt get past there own 40 half of the time.
You guys are right D played well all things considered. But still, 5 yard cushions against the Browns and not being able to get to Weeden. Didn't force him to make deep throws. Only forcing 1 turnover if I recall correctly. They got way too conservative imo.
But my main issue is the back up qb's. Nobody thinks Tebow would have been a good pick up??????? and Todd Hailey's game plans.
I agree on the 5 yard cushion, been saying this for years. Certain Qbs pick us apart. We can go back as far as 2001 when jon kitna threw for like 400 yards against us. The Browns didnt do a whole lot offensively on sunday. Most of there points came on turnovers when they got the ball deep in our territory.My issue with the defense is a lack turnovers. Been this way since last year.Tebow might be a good pick up, but at what cost?
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Hermann Günter Grassmann
Born: 15 April 1809 in Stettin, Prussia (now Szczecin, Poland)
Died: 26 September 1877 in Stettin, Germany (now Szczecin, Poland)
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Hermann Grassmann's father was Justus Günter Grassmann and his mother was Johanne Luise Friederike Medenwald, who was the daughter of a minister from Klein-Schönfeld. Justus had been ordained a minister but he had taken a position in the Gymnasium at Stettin as a teacher of mathematics and physics. He was a fine academic who wrote several school books on physics and mathematics, and also undertook research on crystallography. Johanne and Justus had twelve children, Hermann being their third child. Hermann's brother Robert also became a mathematician and the two collaborated on many projects.
When Hermann was young he was taught by his mother, who was a well educated woman. He then attended a private school before entering the Gymnasium in Stettin where his father taught. Most of the mathematicians in this archive impressed their teachers from a young age, but surprisingly, despite having excellent educational opportunities in an educationally minded family, Hermann did not excel during his first few years at the Gymnasium. His father felt that he should aim at a manual job such as a gardener or a craftsman. Hermann did find pleasure in music and learnt to play the piano. As he progressed through the school he did slowly improve and by the time he took his final secondary school examinations at the age of eighteen, he was ranked second in the school. Having proved himself at least a very competent scholar, Hermann decided that he would study theology, and he went to Berlin in 1827 with his eldest brother to study at the University of Berlin. He took courses on theology, classical languages, philosophy, and literature but does not appear to have taken any courses on mathematics or physics.
Although he seems to have had no formal university training in mathematics, it was this topic which interested him on his return to Stettin in the autumn of 1830 after completing his university studies in Berlin. Clearly his father's influence was important in taking him in that direction, and he decided at this time that he would become a school teacher but he was determined to undertake mathematical research on his own. After a year undertaking research in mathematics and preparing himself to take the examinations to teach in gymnasiums, he went to Berlin in December 1831 to take the necessary examinations. His papers could not have been of a good standard, since his examiners only gave him at a pass to teach at the lower levels of a gymnasium. He was told that before he could teach at higher levels he would need to retake the examinations and show a much greater knowledge of the subjects for which he had presented himself. In the spring of 1832 he was appointed to the Gymnasium at Stettin as an assistant teacher.
It was about this time that he made his first significant mathematical discoveries which were to lead him to the important ideas he would develop a few years later. In the Foreword of his Die Lineale Ausdehnungslehre, ein neuer Zweig der Mathematik Ⓣ (1844) Grassmann described how he was led to these ideas starting around 1832.
Here is an extract from the Foreword of Die Lineale Ausdehnungslehre, ein neuer Zweig der Mathematik Ⓣ in which he explained how he made his initial discoveries: 1844 Foreword
In 1834 Grassmann took the theology examinations, at level one, set by the Lutheran Church Council of Stettin but although this might have been his first step towards becoming a minister in the Lutheran Church, instead he went to Berlin in the autumn of that year to take up an appointment as a mathematics teacher at the Gewerbeschule. The vacancy had occurred since the previous teacher, Jacob Steiner, had just been appointed to a mathematics chair at the University of Berlin. Grassmann only spent a year at the Gewerbeschule before a new opportunity arose back in his home town of Stettin. A new school, the Otto Schule, had just opened and Grassmann was appointed to teach mathematics, physics, German, Latin, and religious studies. He had only qualified to teach at a low level, and this explains to some extent the wide range of topics he taught.
Over the next four years Grassmann took his teaching very seriously, yet he was able to find time to devote to mathematical research as well as concentrating on preparing himself for further examinations. In 1839 he passed the theology examinations, at level two, set by the Lutheran Church Council of Stettin, and in 1840 he went to Berlin to take examinations which would allow him to teach certain subjects at the highest gymnasium level. From then on he was able to teach mathematics, physics, chemistry and mineralogy at all secondary school levels.
In fact the examinations that Grassmann took in 1840 were significant for him in another way. He had to submit an essay on the theory of the tides as part of the examination. He took the basic theory from Laplace's Méchanique céleste Ⓣ and from Lagrange's Méchanique analytique Ⓣ but he realised that he was able to apply the vector methods which he had been developing since 1832 (described in the preface to Die Lineale Ausdehnungslehre) to produce an original and simplified approach. His essay Theorie der Ebbe und Flut Ⓣ was 200 pages long and introduced for the first time an analysis based on vectors, including vector addition and subtraction, vector differentiation, and vector function theory. Although his essay was accepted by the examiners they totally failed to see the importance of the innovations which Grassmann had introduced. On the other hand it had shown Grassmann that his theory was widely applicable and he decided to spend as much time as he could spare on further developing his ideas on vector spaces.
Of course Grassmann could not devote too much time to research since he was a dedicated teacher who wanted to put considerable effort into doing that job to the very best of his ability. He wrote a number of textbooks, two of which were published in 1842: one was on spoken German, the other on Latin. After writing these textbooks, he turned his full attention to writing Die lineale Ausdehnungslehre, ein neuer Zweig der Mathematik Ⓣ. He started in the spring of 1842 and by the autumn of 1843 he had completed the manuscript. It was published in the following year. In this work, which must be considered as a masterpiece of originality, he developed the idea of an algebra in which the symbols representing geometric entities such as points, lines and planes, are manipulated using certain rules. He represented subspaces of a space by coordinates leading to point mapping of an algebraic manifold now called the Grassmannian.
Fearnley-Sander writes in [27] about the vector methods which Grassmann set out in this work and then refined further in 1862:-
Beginning with a collection of ''units'' e1, e2 , e3 , ... he effectively defines the free linear space which they generate; that is to say, he considers formal linear combinations a1e1 + a2e2 + a3e3 + ... where the aj are real numbers, defines addition and multiplication by real numbers [in what is now the usual way] and formally proves the linear space properties for these operations. ... He then develops the theory of linear independence in a way which is astonishingly similar to the presentation one finds in modern linear algebra texts.Grassmann also realised that once geometry is put into this algebraic form then the apparent restrictions of 3-dimensional space vanish. Grassmann wrote in the Ausdehnungslehre Ⓣ of 1844:-
He defines the notions of subspace, independence, span, dimension, join and meet of subspaces, and projections of elements onto subspaces. He is aware of the need to prove invariance of dimension under change of basis, and does so. He proves the Steinitz Exchange Theorem, named for the man who published it in 1913 ... Among other such results, he shows that any finite set has an independent subset with the same span and that any independent set extends to a basis, and he proves the important identity
dim(U + W) = dim U + dimW - dim (U ∩ W).
He obtains the formula for change of coordinates under change of basis, defines elementary transformations of bases, and shows that every change of basis (equivalently, in modern terms, every invertible linear transformation) is a product of elementaries.
If two different rules of change are applied, then the collection of elements produced... forms a system of the second step.... If still a third independent rule is added, then a system of the third step is attained, and so forth. Space theory may serve here as an example.... The plane is the system of the second step.... If one adds a third independent direction, then the whole infinite space (system of the third step) is produced.... One cannot here go further than up to three independent directions (rules of change), while in the pure theory of extension their quantity can increase up to infinity.Grassmann invented what is now called exterior algebra. This was joined to Hamilton's quaternions by Clifford in 1878. Clifford replaced Grassmann's rules
ep∧ep = 0 and ep∧eq = -eq∧ep for p not qby the rules
ep ep = 1 and ep eq = -eq ep for p not q.Clifford algebras are used today in the theory of quadratic forms and in relativistic quantum mechanics. Clifford algebras appear together with Grassmann's exterior algebra in differential geometry. See [66].
What did mathematicians make of this revolutionary text? Sadly it was far too much ahead of its time to be appreciated. Möbius did not understand the significance of Grassmann's approach and declined to write a review. As a consequence the book was largely ignored. Grassmann, however, went on to apply his new concepts to other situations, feeling that once people saw how the theory could be applied they would take it seriously. He published Neue Theorie der Elektrodynamik Ⓣ in 1845 and wrote various papers with applications to algebraic curves and surfaces over the next ten years. He received most recognition for a work he produced in 1846. Möbius suggested that he enter for the prize proposed by the Fürstliche Jablonowski'schen Gesellschaft for entries which solved a problem, first proposed by Leibniz, to establish geometric characteristic without using metric properties. Grassmann submitted Die Geometrische Analyse geknüpft und die von Leibniz Characteristik Ⓣ which received the award on 1 July 1846. However, it was not all good news for Grassmann since his was the only entry and Möbius, who was one of the judges, criticised the way that Grassmann introduced abstract ideas without providing the reader with an intuitive hook on which to hang them.
Grassmann felt somewhat aggrieved that he was producing highly innovative mathematics which he felt was important yet he was still teaching in secondary schools. In fact although he had been in Stettin since first appointed to the Otto Schule, he had been moved first to the Stettin Gymnasium, then to the Friedrich Wilhelm Schule due to educational reorganisation in the town. In May 1847 he received the title Oberlehrer at the Friedrich Wilhelm Schule and in the same month he wrote to the Prussian Ministry of Education requesting that he be put on a list of those to be considered for university positions. The Ministry of Education asked Kummer for his opinion of Grassmann who read his prize winning essay Geometrische Analyse Ⓣ and reported that it contained:-
... commendably good material expressed in a deficient form.Kummer's report ended any hopes that Grassmann might have had to obtain a university post. It is interesting to see just how many leading mathematicians failed to recognise that the mathematics Grassmann presented would become the basic foundation of the subject in 100 years time.
The years 1848-49 were marked by revolutions. The overthrow of King Louis-Philippe of France in February 1848 was the signal for revolutions in the German Confederation. Moves were made towards political unification of Germany but bitter disputes followed as to the way the country should be governed. During this revolutionary period of 1848-49 Grassmann, together with his brother Robert, published a political weekly newspaper. Their political position was one of pressing for the unification of Germany as a constitutional monarchy. After writing a series of articles on constitutional law, Grassmann became increasingly at odds with the political direction the newspaper was going and withdrew form it.
Earlier in 1849 he had married Therese Knappe, the daughter of a landowner, on 12 April. They had eleven children of whom seven reached adulthood. One of their sons, Hermann Ernst Grassmann, received a doctorate in 1893 for his thesis Anwendung der Ausdehnungslehre auf die Allgemeine Theorie der Raumkurven und Krummen Flächen Ⓣ written under Albert Wangerin's supervision at the University of Halle-Wittenberg. He went on to become professor of mathematics at the University of Giessen.
In March 1852 Grassmann's father Justus died and later that year Grassmann was appointed to fill his father's former position at Stettin Gymnasium. This meant that, although still teaching in a secondary school, he now had the title of professor. It is worth noting that two of Grassmann's sons, Justus and Max, eventually became teachers at Stettin Gymnasium. Having failed to gain recognition for his mathematics, Grassmann turned to one of his other favourite subjects, the study of Sanskrit and Gothic. In fact during his life it is fair to say that he gained more recognition for his study of languages:-
By demonstrating that Germanic actually was "older" in one phonological pattern than was Sanskrit, Grassmann undermined the position of Sanskrit as the language which was the earliest attainable in Indo-European linguistics. By this demonstration Grassmann also undermined the notion that language developed from an analytic to a synthetic structure through [combining simple words without changing their form to make new words].But Grassmann also studied problems in physics, in particular publishing a theory of the mixing of colours in 1853 which contradicted that proposed by Helmholtz. By the middle of the following year, however, he had returned to mathematics and his theory of extension deciding that rather than write a second volume, as he had originally intended, he would completely rewrite the work in an attempt to have its significance recognised. In fact, despite writing a work which appears to us today to be in the style of a modern textbook, Grassmann failed to convince mathematicians of his own time. Perhaps he was just so assured of the importance of the topic that he could not bring himself to set out to sell it to sceptical readers. Certainly the book Die Ausdehnungslehre: Vollständig und in strenger Form bearbeitet Ⓣ published by Grassmann in 1862 fared no better that the first version of 1844.
You can read part of the Foreword to the 1862 book: 1862 preface
Disappointed that he could not convince mathematicians, he turned again to research in linguistics. Here he did indeed fare much better and he was honoured for his contributions to this area of scholarship by being elected to the American Oriental Society, and with the award of an honorary degree by the University of Tübingen. He did return to mathematics in the last couple of years of his life and, despite failing health, prepared another edition of the 1844 Ausdehnungslehre for publication. It did appear, but only after his death. Grassmann died of heart problems after a period of slowly failing health.
Grassmann's mathematical methods were slow to be adopted but eventually they inspired the work of Élie Cartan and have since been used in studying differential forms and their application to analysis and geometry. Other who were directly influenced included Hankel, Peano, Whitehead, and Klein. Much of Peano's contributions were, as he acknowledges himself, based on the ideas of Grassmann. As A C Lewis writes:-
It seems to be Grassmann's fate to be rediscovered from time to time, each time as if he had been virtually forgotten since his death in 1879.Fearnley-Sander writes in [27]:-
All mathematicians stand, as Newton said he did, on the shoulders of giants, but few have come closer than Hermann Grassmann to creating, single-handedly, a new subject.
Article by: J J O'Connor and E F Robertson
Click on this link to see a list of the Glossary entries for this page
List of References (97 books/articles)
Some Quotations (2)
A Poster of Hermann Grassmann
Mathematicians born in the same country
Additional Material in MacTutor
- Grassmann 1862 extract
- Grassmann 1844 foreword
Cross-references in MacTutor
- History Topics: An overview of the history of mathematics
- History Topics: Abstract linear spaces
- History Topics: Bourbaki: the post-war years
- Chronology: 1840 to 1850
- Quaternion Association
Other Web sites
- Dictionary of Scientific Biography
- Encyclopaedia Britannica
- Tasmania Australia
- Mathematical Genealogy Project
- MathSciNet Author profile
- zbMATH entry
- ERAM Jahrbuch entry


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N9GJR brauchte ein neues Logo Design und hat einen Wettbewerb auf 99designs gestartet.
Aus 128 Designs von 35 Designern wurde eine Gewinner gewählt.
Textileme.com will be a social network site in much the same vein as facebook but will be aimed specifically at people who work in the textile industry and need to swap information, contacts, services and products as well as searching for jobs etc. Main markets will be pakistan, india and china
Want a logo for "Textileme.com" This will be used on the site and in any marketing and advertising. The textile industry websites are very boring and old fashioned so we want textileme to be more contemporary to appeal to the younger generation of textile workers and professionals.
Logo can be just text or with an icon. No fixed ideas on colours but the site will have to follow a colour scheme so bear this in mind.
Needs to be cool rather than corporate, after all it is a social networking site, just industry specific so not just for fun.
The only idea I had was to have something similar to "Frasier" the TV comedy but have the outline of a mill rather than cityscape over the letters.
As you can tell i am not very artisticmyself so I am waiting to be blown away by someone!!!
No fixed no no's - let your creative juices flow :-)
Finden Sie heraus, wie ein Designwettbewerb funktioniert, oder lernen Sie mehr über unsere Logo-Design-Angebote.


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BALTIMORE (AP) The Baltimore Ravens feel as if they've already started the playoffs.
It's a sensation the New York Giants may not experience this year.
In a duel between two slumping teams desperate for a victory, the Ravens beat the Giants 33-14 on Sunday to win the AFC North for the second straight season.
``The difference was, for us, I just think we had a little bit more sense of urgency because we knew what was at stake,'' Baltimore running back Ray Rice said. ``This was a championship game for us. Solidify the home playoff game, back-to-back division champs. That's huge around here.''
The Ravens (10-5) were already assured a fifth straight trip to the playoffs, but by winning the division crown, they are guaranteed to open the playoffs at home during the first weekend in January.
``I am as proud of this team right now as ever,'' coach John Harbaugh said.
The defending champion Giants, meanwhile, are simply hard to figure out. This game was more important to them than it was to the Ravens because New York (8-7) had not secured a playoff berth. Now, after their second straight lopsided loss, the Giants need a win over Philadelphia next week and a whole lot of help to get back into the postseason.
``I just don't have any answers,'' defensive tackle Chris Canty said. ``I just don't know. It's been tough. We just haven't been consistent, and it shows in our play and where we are at right now.''
Joe Flacco threw for 309 yards and two touchdowns for the Ravens, who led 24-7 at halftime and cruised to the finish behind a short-handed defense that harassed quarterback Eli Manning and limited New York to 186 yards.
Playing its second game with Jim Caldwell as offensive coordinator, Baltimore scored touchdowns on its first two possessions and amassed a season-high 533 yards - including 289 in the first half alone.
``It's about execution, man. It's a simple word, but it's a very tough task to do,'' said Rice, who ran for 107 yards and caught six passes for 51 yards and a touchdown.
``We know what's at stake. We want the AFC championship and it starts tonight,'' safety James Ihedigbo said. ``Playoffs started for us. We're not looking at regular season. Playoffs started for us and we're going to keep on playing.''
The Giants, on the other hand, have lost five of seven and were coming off a 34-0 loss to Atlanta. This one was just as ugly.
``You saw the scoreboard,'' Manning said. ``It wasn't real pretty, but that's what can happen in football.''
Flacco rebounded from a stretch in which he committed two turnovers in each of Baltimore's three straight defeats. He completed 25 of 36 passes, ran for a score and did not throw an interception or lose a fumble.
He repeatedly picked on New York cornerback Corey Webster, who simply couldn't contain Torrey Smith or Anquan Boldin. Smith caught five passes for 88 yards and a touchdown, and Boldin finished with seven receptions for 93 yards.
Bernard Pierce ran for 123 yards as part of a running attack that generated 224 yards.
The Giants struggled on offense and were just as shaky on defense, a horrible combination for a team looking to stay tied atop the NFC East.
``What has happened over the course of the last couple of weeks is very difficult to explain,'' coach Tom Coughlin said. We just don't look like a well-oiled machine offensively at all.''
Said Manning: ``We knew we had to play our best football at the end of the season to get into the playoffs and we haven't done that. When you're not playing your best, teams can come out and embarrass you.''
Baltimore scored on its first two possessions to take a 14-0 lead, upped the margin to 17 points at halftime and kept the Giants at bay throughout the final 30 minutes. The Ravens held the ball for 39 minutes, 21 seconds compared to 20:39 for New York.
Unless they get very lucky, the Giants will wrap up a disappointing season next Sunday. Some of the players, however, already seem to be thinking about next year.
``We have to fight. There are jobs at stake and there is pride at stake,'' linebacker Chase Blackburn said. ``Nine-and-seven versus 8-8 is a big difference. Hopefully we have enough pride ... to come out and give our best effort.''
NOTES: Flacco has thrown for a career-high 3,783 yards this season. ... New York defensive linemen Marvin Austin and Canty both left with knee injuries. ... Boldin hurt his shoulder in the third quarter and did not return. ... Baltimore has won 10 straight regular-season home finales and has 13 consecutive home victories over NFC foes. ... It was only the fifth time in 47 games that New York did not force a turnover.
Online:http://pro32.ap.org/poll andhttp://twitter.com/AP-NFL


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There's an old story about a famous religious scholar who went to see a Zen master about becoming the master's student. The scholar went on and on about the books he'd studied, and everything he knew about Buddhism, until the master interrupted him, asking if wanted some tea. Then the master set two cups on the table, and began pouring tea for the scholar; and he kept pouring, as the cup filled and tea started spilling all over the table. The surprised scholar exclaimed: "Stop! The cup is full! There's no room for more tea!" The master replied: "So is your mind full of learning. I can't help you unless you empty your mind to make room for teaching."
Although he's not a Zen master (that I know of), that story always reminds me of James Wilson, a financial planner and a former NAPFA chairman in Columbia, S.C. Years ago, James told me that he doesn't take clients who are under 50 years of age because "younger people just aren't ready to take advice yet. They have lots of ideas about their finances and investing, and they haven't yet had the experiences to teach them how wrong those ideas are."
One of Wilson's other gems of wisdom was that "the biggest threats to most folks' finances are not picking the wrong mutual funds, down markets, or even the lack of a financial plan. They very the very costly life events—such as divorce, a business partnership split, a career change, a serious under-insured illness or investing in some long-shot scheme." Wilson saw his primary role as a financial advisor to keep his clients from making these kinds of mistakes.
I was again reminded of Mr. Wilson yesterday, as I read the results of Ameriprise Financial's new investor survey called "Retirement Derailers," which was conducted last February and released on May 14. The survey, conducted by Koski Research, talked to 1,000 Americans (between the ages of 50 and 70, with at least $100,000 in investable assets) about events that have "derailed" their retirement plans.
As you might expect, the major derailers came from the aftermath of the 2008-'09 Mortgage Meltdown: low interest rates impacting the growth of retirement assets (63% of respondents), that lowered their retirement savings (55%), home equity not going to help as much as anticipated (33%) and pension plans that are not worth as much as planned or have been discontinued (23%). But more than a few retirement portfolios were derailed by non-market-related events: supporting a grown child or grandchild (23%), bad investments (22%), job loss 18%, higher expenses due to caring for a family member 15%, medical bills not covered by insurance 11%.
Altogether, the Ameriprise survey found that the average respondent has experienced four retirement "derailers," which "cost them an average of $117,500." The 55% of the respondents who have experienced at least one derailing event say the impact on their retirement plans has been extremely or somewhat serious. And 83% of those who have experienced five or more of these unexpected life events say the impact has been extremely or somewhat serious. The impact: 42% of all respondents admitted they are behind where they thought they would be.
The takeaway for financial advisors? Keep in mind that while you're creating financial plans and designing asset allocations, what will probably derail your clients' retirement are the things you haven't thought of. Some of those, such as under insurance or over-reliance on home equity, are easy fixes. But others are self-inflicted: bad investments or divorce.
If the average client is looking at four "derailers" in the course of their lifetimes, the biggest service you can offer is to keep them from making these BIG mistakes. And don't forget to think twice about taking on clients who aren't ready to take advice.


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lloydten necesitaba un nuevo diseño de otro y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 25 diseños de 4 diseñadores freelance.
We are appsto.re - a short URL for iPhone applications and a hub of services for iPhone developers. We are fun, creative and effective and are looking for a design to complement that.
We're looking for a clean, esthetically pleasing and effective design that would work well with most website its embedded into. We're there to provide pure value in way of giving informative details in a pleasant way.
The design is for a widget that shows details about an iPhone app, it will be used to complement our short URLs by popping-up and displaying additional information like App name, developer, icon, screenshot/t, price, etc.
It will be used by our partners (for the purpose of this discussion that would be any website with quality content about iPhone apps).
We need a design for a Widget that will be overlaid on any web-page. This calls for an elegant and 'naturally blending' design. Opacity and round corners may work well. Experiment and be creative, maintain clarity and quality.
We expect a clean PSD file and supporting materials.
The widget will contain information about an iPhone/iPad application, and as such will be dynamic. Please design it around your favorite iPhone app but consider that we will make it dynamic so that it can showcase any iPhone/iPad app. Consider having the border point in some way to the link it is related to.
Here's the information the widget needs to contain: App name, App Icon, Developer name, partial description, A screenshot, price, a call-to-action button/link for buying/opening-itunes, a share button. try that the purest info like developer/desc/rating/etc would be a property-list which we can later modify if we find that we want to display other properties. our small logo needs to be somewhere too.
good interaction example - http://mashable.com/2010/04/12/shaz…n-tagging/
Notice how the word 'Shazam' in the 2'nd paragraph has a small smiley Icon next to it, hovering over that Icon reveals the widget.
Here's another good example of how the interaction-design would be: http://appsfire.com/
Hover over any of the iPhone app icons on the top right corner to see the widget come up.


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PUC duo take major construction photos
PHOTOGRAPHY PUC staffers take pictures of all major pipeline progress
Just before closing one winter afternoon, Katherine Du Tiel was at her desk at the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission when the phone rang with instructions to be on the Menlo Park bayfront before sunrise the next morning. She sprang into action, grabbing her safety field equipment - hard hat, glasses, vest and steel-toed boots - along with her digital and video cameras, and loaded them into a city car.
Twelve hours later, she stepped into a steel cage, and was lowered 141 feet down a freezing cold shaft where a tunnel-boring machine had just poked through from the other side of the bay. She came out of the cage and into the mud, her Canon clicking. It was midday before she rose back to daylight, wet and cold.
Du Tiel is the chief staff photographer for the PUC, and her job is to photograph the Hetch Hetchy Water System, from O'Shaughnessy Dam (in the Hetch Hetchy Valley of the Sierra Nevada) to the faucet in your home. It is a long job, 167 miles and $4.6 billion long. Officially called the Water System Improvement Program, the project is spread across 15 years, and between Du Tiel and fellow staff photographer Robin Scheswohl, they haven't missed a mile of new pipe, from the Central Valley to the Peninsula.
"We're down in tunnels, we're in pump stations, reservoirs, cisterns, treatment facilities, storage tanks and pump stations," says Du Tiel, who has been on the job for nine years now, with five years to go. "We're everywhere that they are doing construction."
Du Tiel, 51, has a master of fine arts in photography from the San Francisco Art Institute, and Scheswohl, 35, has a bachelor's in history from San Francisco State. Those degrees meet in their office job, which is to curate the historical collection of the PUC, which consists of 40,000 images going back to brittle negatives shot for the Spring Valley Water Works in the late 1880s.
If you saw the Ken Burns series "The National Parks: America's Best Idea," you saw footage of Hetch Hetchy and construction of the dam supplied by Du Tiel.
Last year, she and Scheswohl spent half their time in the field. If that half is in the morning, "you go back to the office all muddy," says Du Tiel. "One time I was covered in fine dust head to toe, plus my camera."
When workers tunneled through in Fremont, she caught them at the breakthrough moment. That image and a close-up of a tunnel welder were both winners in an international contest sponsored by Engineering News-Record. Scheswohl also won, with a picture of a Mission District cistern. This gave them three of the 38 winning photos from among more than 1,500 entries.
Their work is on public display in the lobby of the new PUC headquarters in the Civic Center. In the cafe is an interactive digital wall, with their work on rotation. For deeper study, you can sign up for a tour of the 13-floor building, where their pictures are enlarged and framed throughout.
Sam Whiting is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com Twitter: @samwhitingsf


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Many of you read my blogger-buddies blogs too. (Steve and Ginger) They are two of the most kind-hearted people I will truly ever have the gracious luck of knowing. They have encouraged me to tell a little of this story here (I'm a little shy, believe it or not.). So, I'm not only going to take their advice but rather completely steal Ginger's picture-story telling idea (see this GREAT post about her baby, Jeffery, all grown up and loved by his mom from the depths of her toes!). I don't think Ginger will mind my thievery. I hope you all will forgive me too. LOL
That's me in the middle – leaning on the bike handle – circa 1977, with my siblings. (You can see more about this "treasure" of a photo by clicking here.) I grew up with the world at my fingertips (we were NOT wealthy with finances but with love and imagination) and not very tethered to the earth, if you must know. My family is wonderful, loving, strong-willed, filled with diverse personalities and desires, and fun. (Okay.. and loud. We can be loud too. LOL) I was fortunate to be able to meet many people, go on trips with my family, and spend my summers fishing, bike-riding, camping, canoing, playing sports, creating imaginary nations/flags and holding parades for them, and being a part of a bundle of kid-commotion that was always filled with energy and imagination. It was wonderful!
As I got older, I became a camp counselor (OH MY! Did I learn a LOT about kids those summers!) and eventually an elementary school teacher in Chicago. I wondered where life would take me and if a family of my own was in the future… and where? when?
And when I finally met my love, I knew.
I would be with him always.
(On our honeymoon in Rome.)
We (my love and I) met during the summer that I had sworn off men completely. Life was getting too busy and I was traveling for work (an amazing thing and virtually unheard of for teachers) and enjoying my newly earned responsibilities. And men? Nope. No time for that. Too stressful. Too much anxiety. Too much heartache. I was done. And when my friend told me she knew this guy… blah blah blah… I think I cut her off after the "I know this guy who would be perfect for….". Stop right there. Not happening.
But I'm a sucker (thankfully). I told her if he wanted to email/call while I was moving (apartments) and traveling for the next two weeks, well then fine. Call. Email. But we are not, I repeated "NOT!", going on a date.
After nearly 6 weeks of emails (which were tender and funny) and calls, I finally agreed to meet him for a casual -NON-DATE – dinner on a Saturday night. He was picking me up at 7PM. No problem. I went out with friends to a street fair that same day and had a blast! And they introduced me to a new Margarita place. BAD BAD BAD! The margaritas were so strong (and I am virtually a non-drinker) that I was feeling woozy. I told them I was thinking about calling my "friend" to change the date of our dinner. And then they started pressing me for details about where we were going etc. When I told them that we were going to a restaurant I had not heard of, they pushed for more details. I told them the name of the place and asked what I should wear.
The table got silent. All 8 friends just smiled at me.
"Uh oh. Um. Guys? What's the deal? Do you guys know this place?" I asked.
"Duh!" was the response. "How do you NOT know this place?"
The place? Geja's Cafe in Chicago. It's billed as the most "Romantic Fondue and Wine Restaurant". Oh boy. I was so going to reschedule. Whatever happened between our "this is not a date" and his picking the restaurant, I'm not sure. To this day, he swears it was "not a date" and "just dinner". Whatever.
He showed up with a huge bouquet of flowers, a teddy bear (totally cute, not a creepy one) and a beautiful card. Dinner was amazing. No, it wasn't the wine + my margarita from several hours earlier. Nor was it the classical guitarists that roamed the room. And the food? That was good. But my love was the amazing part. Truly. We spent hours talking over dinner, then walking and talking in the evening light. By the time he brought me home, I felt that I had known him all my life. And to be honest, I know that on some level we have known each other that long.
We were married a little more than a year after our first date. We actually had two weddings – one American and one Chinese. (The date we chose for our wedding was not an auspicious day on the Chinese calendar for a large celebration – so we had two. Lucky us, huh?) We got married over Thanksgiving. We knew our family could be there then and that was what we both felt was most important.
We were married at the Baha'i Temple (pronounced "bah'HIGH") in Wilmette, IL (just outside of Chicago). (Neither of us are Baha'i. The Baha'i Faith acknowledges and celebrates diversity of humanity and was very welcoming to our interracial and interreligious marriage. Here's a little bit about the Baha'i faith if you are curious. It's quite beautiful.)
We've been lucky to have many adventures in our 8 short years of marriage. We've learned a lot about life and love. And fully understand the joys and work that comes with marriage and family. It's wonderful.
- That life holds surprises at bay until you are ready for them.
- Laugh often.
- Dance frequently (even in the kitchen while the chicken burns on the grill outside).
- Hold each other in your heart and minds with honor, love, respect and joy.
- Have faith and believe.
- Be prepared for the curve balls. But not so prepared that you forget to live.
- Rejoice in the little things.
- … and there are lessons yet to come…
And for those of you who have offered guidance, I cannot thank you enough. It certainly is a nebulous endeavor. The heartache of not knowing when/what/etc and the wait are killers.
While the road has taken us on a few curvy paths (first international adoption from China (maybe) or Russia (hmm?) or Ethiopia (possibly!)… and then domestic open adoption… and now back to international.) We at least know that we are on the road to adopt a child from Seoul, South Korea. And we are knee-deep in the paperwork. And more importantly, we are really getting excited. We can feel our joy coming. It hits us in waves of anticipation and faith. Oh, MAN! is this going to be exciting! And life changing! Hooray!
But we could use all the help you are able to offer.
I will have a couple auctions coming up (as soon as I figure out HOW to do this exactly….I'm thinking ebay?). I have a signed copy of Shauna's book to auction and a new (published next week, actually) gluten free dessert book. I will put them up for auction and all funds raised will help us with our adoption expenses.
I promise to keep on food blogging. (Recipes to come this week and a menu too! OMG! A menu!) But this is a HUGE part of me and my soul right now. I will keep you all posted on our adoption process too. I can't wait for our little one to come home.
For now, we are just sending our love, prayers and wishes to the wind. May it rest on the mother-to-be's heart and let her know that we promise our love to our shared child. From one mother-to-be to another: Thank you.
Flags: US (Kate), Hong Kong/UK (my Love) and South Korea (our incoming! family member)


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King's Cross Central Limited Partnership
At 67 acres, King's Cross is the most significant development in central London. An extraordinary piece of city is taking shape; with a brand new postcode, N1C. With six tube lines, two mainline stations, Eurostar and direct links to London's main airports, it's the best connected part of London. Set around tree-lined streets and outstanding public spaces, the lively events programme and renowned food destination makes King's Cross a great place to live, work and visit. The location, connections, canal-side setting, rich industrial heritage, eclectic cultural scene and thriving community all come together at King's Cross to make it a diverse and exciting part of the capital.
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- King's Cross Central Limited Partnership Website


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Hey Chief!
Want to win a trip to ClashCon 2015 for you and one (1) friend?
Here's the challenge: create a poster for the ClashCon 2015! Anything goes: the art style, tools and content is completely up to you!
Only submissions posted to this thread will be taken into consideration, and edited posts will not be accepted (this is important to keep the contest fair for everyone), so please double check your entry before submitting it!
Submissions will be accepted until Tuesday August 11th at 12pm (noon) GMT. After that, this thread will be closed and members of the Supercell Staff will choose their favorite entries. The finalist submissions will be posted in the Official Facebook page for Clash of Clans (https://www.facebook.com/ClashofClans) and all members of the Community will be able to vote with Facebook "Likes" on their favorite poster.
The poster that gets the most "Likes" by Thursday, August 13th at 12pm (noon) GMT will be the winner! Winning poster will be announced on Facebook and contacted via Private Message here on the Forums by a Supercell Staff.
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The first of its kind, ClashCon unites Clashers from around the world like never before. The event will take place in Helsinki, Finland, on October 24th 2015.
For more info about ClashCon visit: http://clashcon.clashofclans.com
Contest rules:
- In order to win the contest and win a trip to ClashCon 2015 you must be old enough to travel. The minimum age is 18 but please note that the age limit for traveling abroad might be higher in your Country/State.
- You must also have a valid passport and other possibly required travel documents (like a Visa).
- ClashCon is on October 24th, so you need to be able to travel to Finland around October 22nd - 25th.
- These requirements are the same also for the friend you choose to take with you.
- Supercell employees, moderators and partners are not eligible to win.
Dates in a nutshell:
- Aug 4: contest starts
- Aug 11: contest ends, voting begins on Facebook
- Aug 13: Winner announced
- Oct 22-25: travel dates
May the best poster win and see you in ClashCon, Chief!!


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C.K. NG necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 158 diseños de 59 diseñadores freelance.
TC Corporation
We are a property development company which has been in town since 1975.Due to diversification of business lately,we need a new corporate logo for our company .
Our Business Includes
1) Property Development
2) Trading House
3) Construction
4) Telco
6) Gaming
7) Fashion
8) Mini Market
Please visit http://www.tc.my for better understanding of the company.
Business & consumer clients
Ages : ALL
We've been using the current logo since 1975 and we think that it's time to change the logo and improve the company image to fit in to the modern society. We prefer a simple, modern and comtemporary design.
Please logo will consist on the word "TC" on top and "Corporation" at the bottom (it can be TC on the left and Corporation on the right too). Please emphasize on the word "TC", the bottom wording will be changed according to the type of business we venture into. These are some of the examples:
For example :
Corp---GROUP---MARK----I T-----GAMING
By looking at the logo we want our client to know that the business is under the same corporation.
I have also attach an existing Logo of the company which is done in 1975.
Preferred Colour :
Note: The colour is just our preference, however we are open to new concept/design so if you can think of a better colour combination feel free to submit your design.
Print File Format : .ai(CMYK)
Web file format - .jpg , .png , .tiff , .psd
Logo will be used on our website, catalogue, highway signage, businescard, etc...
Looking forward for you to submit your design! Thank you!
Descubre cómo funciona un concurso de diseño u obtén más información sobre nuestros servicios de diseño de logo.


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Current region > Ireland
Subcontractors & Suppliers
It is the policy of John Sisk & Son when dealing with Subcontractors and Suppliers to treat them as partners in winning and carrying out the works .We believe it is in the best interest of all concerned to treat all subcontractors in a fair and dignified manner on the basis that their quality performance can only be achieved if they are treated in this manner.
It is the policy of John Sisk & Son to pay the subcontractors on a regular agreed basis following agreement with the relevant parties and it is not in our long term interest to compromise this arrangement as it would be detrimental to the working relationships and future development of both ourselves and our Subcontractors.
We strive to imbue our Subcontractors with a spirit of close co-operation and trust , and assist and co-operate in establishing a mutual sense of fair play and reasonableness .
Confrontation and an adversarial approach to the resolution of issues is not part of our culture and is actively discouraged in our Subcontracter and Supplier relationships.


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Point your camera in any direction while exploring Philmont, and you're bound to get an image worth keeping.
Natural beauty envelops you there.
But hand your camera to a trained photographer, and the resulting images beg to be framed and prominently placed on your living room walls.
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These perfect pictures come from last month's inaugural Philmont Photographic Workshop (read my posts about the event here and here).
Like you, I'm bummed I wasn't there in person, but thanks to BSA photographer Randy Piland, we get the next best thing.
Randy collected 150 of the greatest images from that weeklong workshop. The slideshow features a mix of magazine-worthy portraits, compelling detail shots, and, of course, incredible landscapes.
If photography is your passion, you'll want to keep an eye on Bryan on Scouting next year for info on the second edition of the Philmont Photographic Workshop.
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This week, columnist Gene Grant called for African-Americans to speak up against injustices in New Mexico. In particular, he looked at the case of 16-year Journal photographer Adolphe Pierre-Louis, who spent 30 minutes cuffed on the side of I-40, though he committed no crime. Grant also pointed to the case of state trooper Dexter Brock, who was cuffed to a telephone pole by coworkers in 2000. Grant writes:
What happened to these two New Mexico brothers would not stand in many other states, and it should not stand here. It's time to put disapproval from African-Americans on the record for all to witness.
The piece reminded me of a brilliant essay we ran in 2007 called "Can I Touch Your Hair?" by Virginia Lovliere Hampton. It's really one of the better discussions of race in our state that's been published, and it's one of my favorite articles that's run in the paper. She writes about the positive aspects of living in New Mexico, as well as the downside of being in a region where African-Americans are a small percentage of the population.
One of those common experiences is having our hair "touched" if we have or wear our hair "nappy." In Albuquerque—and, I hear, in Santa Fe, too—"nappy-headed" people of African descent are confronted regularly with having perfect strangers reach toward us to touch our hair or, worse, that of our young children—often without asking—like we're dolls or other merchandise to be handled. It's unsettling, objectifying and rude, especially for those of us who, like me, are from the South, where, apparently, white folks are raised a little better.
I hear all the time that racism isn't so prevalent in New Mexico—particularly against African-Americans. But it's worth considering the insidious problems ignoring these issues can create.


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Journey on our steam locomotives
Climb aboard Yorkshire's Great Little Steam Trains for a fantastic family day out!
Travel behind one of our six steam locomotives in beautiful hand-painted carriages for three and-a-half miles from Clayton West Station to Shelley Station.
Glorious views await as you steam through the South Pennine Foothills, passing through Cuckoo's Nest, the ancient Blacker Woods, Skelmanthorpe and the Shelley Woodhouse Tunnel (the longest tunnel on any 15-inch narrow gauge railway line in Britain!).
The journey one way takes approximately 25 minutes and a return trip can be completed in 65 minutes.
If you're not in a hurry, take advantage of our standard Day Rover tickets which allow unlimited travel on the day you visit (not applicable to special events).
Recommended by roughguides.com as one of the best places to visit in Yorkshire.
Play Areas
We have outdoor adventure playgrounds at both Clayton West Station and Shelley Station – perfect for young visitors to let off some steam!
The playground at Clayton West opened in 2018 and is the larger of the two playgrounds at the railway. It is securely fenced off, features a wooden train, swings, climbing frames and slides and is situated near to the picnic area and also close to the car park.
The playground at Shelley is brand new (October 2019) and based around a train theme (what else?!) with a sandpit for the children to enjoy on sunnier days! It is securely fenced off and overlooks the platform so you can watch the trains come and go as you play.
Please note: the playgrounds are for the use of paying customers only and are only open when the railway is open to the public (unless you are on a scheduled group/school visit).
Miniature Railway
Redeveloped for 2019, the Clayton Flyer outside Clayton West Station is our 7.25-inch miniature railway which whizzes around the duck pond.
Enjoy a lap of the two loops for just £1 per person and see if you can spot any of our resident ducks or newts on the way around.
Gift Shop
Our well-stocked gift shop is located inside Clayton West Station. Selling an abundance of souvenirs, trinkets, toys, clothing, books and starter model railway sets!
The railway allows access to numerous walks in and around the surrounding countryside and villages.
Take advantage of our "ride all day" fares and access one of the many walks from one of our stations/stops.
Single tickets are available from our Ticket Office if you would like to start or end your walk with a trip on the railway.
Walking routes around Clayton West, Skelmanthorpe and Shelley are accessible from the railway and can also be accessed from our intermediate stations at Cuckoo's Nest and Skelmanthorpe.
For a guide to walking the line in three sections, please CLICK HERE.
If you would like to board or leave the train at one of the intermediate stations, please speak to the guard or driver before your journey starts or give a clear signal to the guard to stop the train.
If you would like to walk a little further afield, such as to Denby Dale or Emley, this is possible using the vast footpath network surrounding the railway.
To download walking routes surrounding the railway, please visit the Denby Dale Walkers Are Welcome website: CLICK HERE.
Shepley Station - Shelley Station Link
A walking route between the mainline railway station at Shepley and our station at Shelley has been created, allowing passengers who are travelling by train to easily access our station at Shelley. The walking route was developed by the Penistone Line Partnership and is signposted by way-markers
Download a copy of the walking route.
Well-behaved pooches are very welcome at the railway on standard operating days and are permitted to travel free-of-charge. All we ask is that you let the Ticket Office know if you are travelling with your dog and they will be given their very own Rover Day Rover ticket!
Dogs are allowed inside the station buildings and cafe.
For the safety & comfort of all our canine & human guests, we respectfully request that dogs are left at home on special event days (unless specifically stated otherwise on the event page).
Guide dogs & other dogs used by our visitors for special reasons (autism dogs etc.) are welcome at all times.


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