The To The Top Expedition was a project undertaken by Canadian Chris Robertson, who became the first person to travel over land from the bottom of mainland Canada 6,520 kilometres to the top. He professed a desire to promote positive citizenship, and enroute in media appearances, he asked, “What will you do in your life to make Canada a better country than when you found it?”
The expedition began on March 1, 1997 from Point Pelee (Canada’s most southern mainland point), and ended in Tuktoyaktuk on the Arctic Ocean on January 8, 1998. He later published To The Top Canada, based on his diary, which was also excerpted in Chicken Soup For The Canadian Soul.
The expedition began on March 1, 1997 from Point Pelee (Canada’s most southern mainland point), and ended in Tuktoyaktuk on the Arctic Ocean on January 8, 1998. He later published To The Top Canada, based on his diary, which was also excerpted in Chicken Soup For The Canadian Soul.
TinyPortal is a extension script for the forum software Simple Machines Forum (SMF) and will add functions not normally included in SMF. As SMF its using PHP / MySQL and is currently developed by the original main developer.
History
TinyPortal started out as a small project in 2004 and slowly grew with more features during the following year. A 0.5 beta version was placed on the SMF modsite, but due to many bugs was later removed by the author pending a more stable version. During the next 3 years the main site tinyportal.net was used as the main development site and still is today. The development cycles were at times slow, but it finally reached its v1.0 in 2008, and was re-added to the SMF mod site in 2009.
Articles
The main feature of Tinyportal is its articles serving as separate pages within SMF. They can be of several types (HTML, PHP, import) and have many visibility options deciding how the article will look.The frontpage is the new entry point, taking over that role from SMF itself which normally showed the forum boards.
Blocks
Blocks are small areas of information located within larger areas called panels. These are placed around the main content and can be turned on and off depending on which page is shown. Many preset types have been added, allowing different kinds of forum-related info or user specific info to be shown.
Modules
A relative new addition to the script is modules, small extensions of TinyPortal itself. Currently a Shoutbox and a Download Manager comes as default in the package, but more are expected.
The TP team
The support team offer support for issues around TinyPortal and often also SMF, and use a bugtracker for the easy follow-up on the development. The development site also serves as main repository for many SMF themes and TP (TinyPortal) themes and files.
History
TinyPortal started out as a small project in 2004 and slowly grew with more features during the following year. A 0.5 beta version was placed on the SMF modsite, but due to many bugs was later removed by the author pending a more stable version. During the next 3 years the main site tinyportal.net was used as the main development site and still is today. The development cycles were at times slow, but it finally reached its v1.0 in 2008, and was re-added to the SMF mod site in 2009.
Articles
The main feature of Tinyportal is its articles serving as separate pages within SMF. They can be of several types (HTML, PHP, import) and have many visibility options deciding how the article will look.The frontpage is the new entry point, taking over that role from SMF itself which normally showed the forum boards.
Blocks
Blocks are small areas of information located within larger areas called panels. These are placed around the main content and can be turned on and off depending on which page is shown. Many preset types have been added, allowing different kinds of forum-related info or user specific info to be shown.
Modules
A relative new addition to the script is modules, small extensions of TinyPortal itself. Currently a Shoutbox and a Download Manager comes as default in the package, but more are expected.
The TP team
The support team offer support for issues around TinyPortal and often also SMF, and use a bugtracker for the easy follow-up on the development. The development site also serves as main repository for many SMF themes and TP (TinyPortal) themes and files.
There are a number of names used to describe the United Kingdom. Its legal name is United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, however there are some other names used.
Legal name
The legal name is United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. The name dates from 1927, six years after the Irish Free State left the union it is said because it contains Great Britain and Northern Ireland around the world. This is the name that most people use and it is its official name.
Un-official names
A lot of un-official names are used.
Great Britain/Britain
In reference to the island containing Scotland, England, and Wales, it is used to describe things such as British citizens and the British Olympic Association. It is controversial because it excludes Northern Ireland.
England
England is one of the four countries that make up the union. This name is used by American people and American news organizations. It is disliked by the rest of the UK because it doesn't include anything about them.
Legal name
The legal name is United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. The name dates from 1927, six years after the Irish Free State left the union it is said because it contains Great Britain and Northern Ireland around the world. This is the name that most people use and it is its official name.
Un-official names
A lot of un-official names are used.
Great Britain/Britain
In reference to the island containing Scotland, England, and Wales, it is used to describe things such as British citizens and the British Olympic Association. It is controversial because it excludes Northern Ireland.
England
England is one of the four countries that make up the union. This name is used by American people and American news organizations. It is disliked by the rest of the UK because it doesn't include anything about them.
Crofton Cougars ARLFC is an amateur Rugby League club from Crofton village near Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England.
The club is currently playing in CMS Yorkshire league Unison Division 1. Crofton village is situated deep in the heart of Rugby League country and a number of Yorkshires professional teams are located within a very short distance of our home ground at the Crofton Community Centre. In 2006, the club celebrated 10 years as an amateur rugby league club and hopes to build on past performances and strive ever forwards.
How It All Started
Crofton Cougars Amateur Rugby League Football Club was formed in the village of Crofton near Wakefield in 1996 by Pete Storey and Andy Reed with a helping hand from Shoana Muir (Secretary), Graham Dodson, Lesley Reed and Sam Markey (Chairperson). The initial plan was to merge with Crofton ARLFC but this proved unacceptable and Crofton Cougars junior ARLFC came in to fruition as a separate concern.
Recent Success
With Stu Moran as coach 2007 proved to be a great year for the Cougars with the year seeing the club being promoted from CMS Yorkshire League Unison Division 2 as champions and as the Wakefield Buildbase Cup 2007 winners.
Club Honours
Wakefield Buildbase Cup Winners 2007
CMS Yorkshire League Unison Division 2 Champions 2006/2007
The club is currently playing in CMS Yorkshire league Unison Division 1. Crofton village is situated deep in the heart of Rugby League country and a number of Yorkshires professional teams are located within a very short distance of our home ground at the Crofton Community Centre. In 2006, the club celebrated 10 years as an amateur rugby league club and hopes to build on past performances and strive ever forwards.
How It All Started
Crofton Cougars Amateur Rugby League Football Club was formed in the village of Crofton near Wakefield in 1996 by Pete Storey and Andy Reed with a helping hand from Shoana Muir (Secretary), Graham Dodson, Lesley Reed and Sam Markey (Chairperson). The initial plan was to merge with Crofton ARLFC but this proved unacceptable and Crofton Cougars junior ARLFC came in to fruition as a separate concern.
Recent Success
With Stu Moran as coach 2007 proved to be a great year for the Cougars with the year seeing the club being promoted from CMS Yorkshire League Unison Division 2 as champions and as the Wakefield Buildbase Cup 2007 winners.
Club Honours
Wakefield Buildbase Cup Winners 2007
CMS Yorkshire League Unison Division 2 Champions 2006/2007