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{{Refimprove|date=April 2007}} {{notability||date=April 2007}} [[Image:ramsoc.gif|right|Ramsoc]] The '''[[Nottingham University|University of Nottingham]] Rambling Society''' (abbreviated Ramsoc) is a long-established (1960s-) hillwalking club. Its range of walking and social activities make it a significant element of the university experience of many students, as evidenced by the range of "alumni" and "golden oldie" get-togethers of its past members. ==Current activities== The club organises weekly trips for its members. Taking over fifty students walking every Sunday in the Peak District, Ramsoc has become one of the largest outdoor societies in the University with an annual membership of over 350. The club also run six weekends away every year, travelling further afield to places such as Snowdonia, the Lake District and Dartmoor. The club has been featured on the [[BBC Radio 4]] Ramblings programme<ref>http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/schedule/2006/06/16/day/</ref>. There are usually five or six walks offered each Sunday, ranging from leisurely strolls to the longer, more mountainous walks. The weekends away offer two full days of slightly longer walks, and often include the option of scrambles on more challenging terrain. Every walk is led by internally trained leaders, and is provided with maps, compasses and other safety equipment. There is also a healthy programme of socials for members to come along to. Held every Wednesday in various locations around Nottingham, the traditional pub meets are supplemented with annual events such as the cake and ale night, the Christmas and Progressive meals, bowling, ice skating and themed nights. The society prides itself on its accessibility to all with no previous experience of specialist equipment over suitable walking shoes, a waterproof and a rucksack for lunch. This, and a consistently high standard of safety, communication and organisation, has consistently won Ramsoc the prestigious Gold STARS Award from the [[Nottingham University|University of Nottingham]] Students Union<ref>http://www.su.nottingham.ac.uk/~stars/awarded/awarded_gold.php</ref>. ==History== The oldest available records of Ramsoc is in the [[University of Nottingham Students' Union|Students' Union]] yearbook in 1961-2, it shows that Ramsoc was then called the ''Nottingham University Rambling Club''. At this point it was already very well established with a large committee and three Honorary Vice Presidents. The yearbooks up until 1957/8 make no mention of Ramsoc, whilst the three books for 1958-1961 are currently missing<ref>[[University of Nottingham Students' Union]], Admin Office, Archives, Yearbooks (available for public inspection).</ref>. By the mid 1960s the club organised about ten Sunday rambles (some with two or more coaches each), one weekend away (called the Annual Dinner Meet), the Marathon and socials such as the progressive meal. Little is known about the club before this, but it is likely that it had existed for some time to build up this member base and size of committee. For example, the club had existed long enough for the 1973 edition of the Ramsoc Songbook to contain one hundred songs; the songs themselves already being an established Ramsoc tradition. By the late 1960s ''Nottingham University Rambling Club'' had become the ''Nottingham University '''Ram'''bling '''Soc'''iety'' and so the name Ramsoc was born. In the late 1970s there was a trip once a fortnight, bringing the number of annual Sunday rambles to twelve. There were also now four weekends away during the year, plus the Ramsoc Marathon. Over the New Year of 1986/7 Steve Williams (Ramble Sec 1984/5) died in an avalanche in the Scottish mountains<ref>http://www.ramsocalumni.org/19845.htm</ref>. Partly as a result Ramsoc was split into two and birthed a whole new society, the ''[http://www.su.nott.ac.uk/~pineappl/pmwiki2/pmwiki.php Munro Pineapple Society]'', formed to predominantly organise trips to Scotland during the winter. Ramsoc could not support this type of trip having an already full calendar of rambles and an ethos of walking for all abilities. The annual Ramsoc calendar now consists of sixteen Sunday rambles (usually with just one coach), six weekends away (including the Annual Dinner Meet), a Night Hike, the Ramsoc Marathon, seven days of leader training and nearly thirty social events (still including the progressive meal). ===Committee=== In the early 60s the committee consisted of a ''President'', ''Vice-President'', ''Secretary'', ''Treasurer'' and ''Committee Member(s)'' . There was a tradition of having a male president and female vice-president (although nothing was officially laid down in writing) and so the ''Vice-President'' position was usually called ''Lady Vice-President''. The office of ''Map Librarian'' was seemingly created in 1964. The ''Committee Member'' organised socials and admin (before these positions were created) along with publicity and general helping out, in 1973 the Committee member became ''Publicity Officer''. 1974 also saw the march of equality, when Sue Harper became the first female president of Ramsoc, which meant a position of ''Lady Vice-President'' was out-dated and the prefix was dropped. The ambitious ladies of Ramsoc could now go for the top job and the less ambitious men could go for vice-president. The ''Secretary'' position became ''Rambling Secretary'' when the ''Admin Secretary'' position was created (1974) to free up the Secretary from booking buses and hostels so that they could concentrate on planning walks - and the committee expanded to seven people. As the club began to carry safety equipment in the late 70s ''Map Librarian'' became ''Equipment Officer''. In 1989, as health and safety arose, ''Safety and Equipment Officer''. In 1997 this had become such a large role that it split into ''Equipment Officer'' and a new role of ''Safety Officer'', which freed up other members of the club to absorb the ''Publicity Officer'' role. In 1991 the ''Social Secretary'' position was created, bringing the committee to eight. Finally in 2003 with the rising role of web communication, increasing competition for SU resources and the necessity for outside sponsorship, ''Publicity Officer'' was resurrected as an additional position bringing the committee to nine people. The ''Honorary Vice-President'' has always existed and is an accolade given to people who have served Ramsoc above and beyond the call of duty. {| class="wikitable" style="width:100%" border="1" |+'''Past Ramsoc Committees''' |- | '''Year''' | '''President''' | '''Vice-President / Lady Vice-President''' | '''Ramble Sec. / Secretary''' | '''Treasurer''' | '''Safety Officer''' | '''Social Sec.''' | '''Equipment Officer / Map Librarian''' | '''Admin Secretary''' | '''Publicity Officer / Committee Member''' | '''Honorary Vice-President''' |- | ''2007/8'' | Tim Knight | Chris Herbert | Rob Woodman / Will Grainger | Will Swales | Simon Gibson | Kelly Reddington | Ryan Skilton | Jen Smith | Laura Trotter | Gary Mirams, David Balfour |- | ''2006/7'' | Helen Tattam | Rob Woodman | Will Grainger | Tim Knight | Kelly Reddington | Cathy Corden, Toby O'Hanlon | Chris Herbert | Claire Eustace | Mike Wood | David Roberts |- | ''2005/6'' | Richard Muscat | David Balfour | David Roberts | Will Payling | Helen Tattam | Anna Wiles / Lucie Svandelikova | Rob Woodman | Lucy Gratwick | Francis Mooney | Steve Chadbund |- | ''2004/5'' | Jamie Buxton | Mark Maunsell | David Roberts | Stephanie Chong | Nikki Spencer | Sarah Atkins | Mark Chadwick | Rachael Visick | Laura Bamford | - |- | ''2003/4'' | Matt Cowan | Jamie Buxton | Gareth Moore | Laura Gee | Richard Muscat | Richard Catton | David Balfour | Katie Hamer | Tim Newbold | Dale Rodgers, James Theobald |- | ''2002/3'' | Gary Mirams | Steve Woolley | Matt Cowan | Liz Martin | Genna Campbell | Phil Earl | Dan Forth | Caroline Thurston | - | George Broderick |- | ''2001/2'' | Rowena Clifton | Liz Renshaw | Helen Sinclair | David Roberts | Gary Mirams | Clive Harrison | Jill Bates | Jo Batty | - | - |- | ''2000/1'' | Andries Bentley | James Burke | Chris Hicks | Chris Plumb | Rowena Clifton | Kate Dobbin | Amy Williamson | Liz Renshaw | - | - |- | ''1999/0'' | Ros Wood | Stella Gordon | Jon Earl | James Burke | Adam Eckersley | Jo Buckingham | Charlie Crockford | Carl Davis | - | - |- | ''1998/9'' | Lucy Davidson | Beccy Moor | James Theobald | Tom Finley | Jill Bishop | Ed McGough | Emma George | Muly Tham | - | - |- | ''1997/8'' | Karen Linfield | Robert Pryer | Rob Jessop | Lucy Davidson | Colin Taylor | Fiona Turner | Beccy Moor | Sarah Davies | - | - |- | ''1996/7'' | Ashley Hunter | Ian Brown | Steve Backhouse | Robert Pryer | - | Clare Spriggings | Rory Donnelly | Ben Ashton | Rob Smith | - |- | ''1995/6'' | Twiggy Marsden | Phil Bamber | Steve Sims | Ian Brown | - | Ben Olney | Caroline Short | Kathryn Wilkinson | Rob Smith | - |- | ''1994/5'' | Richard Hobbs | Christian Hampshire | Chris Wardle | Liz Wren | - | Sarah Goldsmith | Alexia Flowerday | Anna Murphy | Jason Webb | - |- | ''1993/4'' | Tim Morgan | Kevin Robotham | Caroline Anderson | Adrian Spencer | - | Jo Ayerst | ? | Alex Clark | ? | ? |- | ''1992/3'' | Duncan Harper | Matt Ling | Dave Hill | Tim Morgan | - | Jim Farnell | Vanessa Pinfold | Geoff Gosling | Kevin Robotham | - |- | ''1991/2'' | Andy Sheppard | Duncan Harper | John Maddock | Becky Flower | - | - | Mike Hart | Simon Ashby | Matt Ling | - |- | ''1990/1'' | Sue Dyson | Nick White | Chris Smartt | Dave Sorenson | - | - | Melinda Walker | Andy Sheppard | Simon Waddicor | - |- | ''1989/0'' | Lorna Horsley | Andy Relf | Simon Waddicor | Alison Dymond | - | - | Chris Smartt | Rupert Weare | Sue Dyson | - |- | ''1988/9'' | Justin Henly | Phil Williams | Dan Cadman | Andy Relf | - | - | Malcolm Lockie, Chris Smartt | Jessica Stock | Lorna Horsley | ? |- | ''1987/8'' | Mark Jelpke | Graham Illing | Robin Hanley | Colin Jones | - | - | Janet Gillard | Emma Bliss | Jenny Haworth | ? |- | ''1986/7'' | Jim Dickson | Anne Young | Robin Hanley | Mark Jelpke | - | - | Emma Whitlock | Emma Bliss | Alison Goode | ? |- | ''1985/6'' | David Holmes | Phil Leicester | Graham Stevens | Jim Dickinson | - | - | Neil Tiffin | Mary Anne Timms | Mike Ford | ? |- | ''1984/5'' | Janet Murray | Jan King | Steve Williams | Mark Wood | - | - | David Holmes | Robin Hanley | Phil Jones | ? |- | ''1983/4'' | Keith Craig | Janet Murray | Nigel Martin | Mark Wood | - | - | Robin Hanley | Jan King | Nigel Howard | - |- | ''1982/3'' | Ian Triccas | Liz Strange | Will Harper | Keith Craig | - | - | Jackie Garnham | Nicky Newlove | Fiona Walter | ? |- | ''1981/2'' | Stewart Newlove | Mary Preston | Ian Triccas | Graham Molyneaux | - | - | Will Harper | Christine Reed | Chris Dent | Ken Wareing |- | ''1980/1'' | Lynne ? | Dot Mattinson | Stewart Newlove | ? | - | - | John Smart | ? | ? | ? |- | ''1979/0'' | ? | ? | ? | ? | - | - | ? | ? | ? | ? |- | ''1978/9'' | ? | ? | ? | ? | - | - | ? | ? | ? | ? |- | ''1977/8'' | Anne Farley | Ian Dickinson | Steve Wingrove | Russell Ward | - | - | John Walker | Helen Perks | Mike De La Haye | - |- | ''1976/7'' | Paul Niblock | Margaret Gordon | Nigel Kinge | Ian Dickinson | - | - | Chris Dent | Margaret Atkin | Brian Jarvis | Peter Ansell, Ray Dawson |- | ''1975/6'' | Andy Harris | Jane Horsley | - | Tim Shaw | - | - | Jeff Baker | Denise Cook | Paul Niblock | Sue Harper, Dave Joynes, Ruth White |- | ''1974/5'' | Sue Harper | Phil Sidwell | Andy Harris | Mick Smith | - | - | Trev Watts | Ruth White | Chris Hall | Colin Hughes |- | ''1973/4'' | Colin Hughes | Sue Harper | Ruth White | Ray Dawson | - | - | Meg van der Boon | - | Anne Farley | Philip Miller (posthumous) |- | ''1972/3'' | Colin Hughes | Sue Maude | Sue Harper | Tony Meachin | - | - | Sheila Alderson | - | Chris Wardale | - |- | ''1971/2'' | Brian Hughes | Jenny Temple | Colin Hughes | Sue Maude | - | - | Di Haswell | - | Mary Fowler | Susan Andrew, Richard Combs |- | ''1970/1'' | Richard Combs | Lisa Elliott | George Broderick | Jenny Temple | - | - | Colin Hughes | - | Brian Fitzsimmons | Dick Tucker |- | ''1969/0'' | Dick Tucker | Anne Gray | Richard Combs | Lisa Elliott | - | - | Trevor Parry | - | Susan Andrew | Bryan Starkey, Mark Collier |- | ''1968/9'' | Bryan Starkey | Hilary Kitcat | Mark Collier | Dick Tucker | - | - | Richard Sumner | - | Jane Civil | - |- | ''1967/8'' | Paul Styles | Ann Bourne | Bryan Starkey | Ian Appleton | - | - | Brian Hughes | - | Nan Brindley | Ray Rumbelow, John Pinkney |- | ''1966/7'' | John Pinkney | Nan Brindley | Pete Fagg | Les Medcalf | - | - | Phil Vowles | - | Sheila Field, Paul Styles | Ray Rumbelow |- | ''1965/6'' | Mike Hilson | Iris Pape | John Pinkney | Andrew Battye | - | - | Mike Brown | - | Martin Bell, John Richardson | Ray Rumbelow, John Fletcher |- | ''1964/5'' | Mike Hilson | Penny Mell | Martin Bell | Richard Biggin | - | - | John Fletcher | - | Frances Tyler, Dave Gent | R. Rumbelow |- | ''1963/4'' | J. R. Fletcher | Anne Bedford | M. Hilson | J. Johnson | - | - | - | - | Penny Mell, Joyce Boon | R. Rumbelow |- | ''1962/3'' | ? | ? | ? | ? | - | - | - | - | ? | ? |- | ''1961/2'' | J. G. Taylor | - | J. Fletcher | R. A. Lyall | - | - | - | - | S. B. Boekmann, Miss P. Rayment | A. Poole, B. Lace, G. Thomas |- |} ==References== <references /> ==External links== * [http://www.ramsoc.co.uk/ Ramsoc Website] * [http://www.ramsoc-alumni.org/ Ramsoc Alumni Website] * [http://www.su.nott.ac.uk/~pineappl/pmwiki2/pmwiki.php Munro Pineapple Society] [[Category:University of Nottingham]] [[Category:Hiking organizations]]
Skitt's law edit
deleted version from Jan 2007
Skitt's Law is an adage in Internet culture that originated on Usenet. Its precise wording is a matter of debate, but its general intent is that someone who corrects another's grammar or spelling mistake is bound to make such a mistake in the very post that makes the correction. In one phrasing, "Spelling or grammar flames always contain spelling or grammar errors."
Some view the law as a curse. Many cases could be explained through the psychoanalytical concept of parapraxis, or Freudian slip: writers who are over-anxious to assert themselves by correcting other people's mistakes express their own repressed insecurity by committing similar mistakes themselves.
The earliest recorded use of the name Skitt's Law appears to have been by G. Bryan Lord, posting to Usenet as Perchprism, in a post in October 1998 to the newsgroup alt.usage.english[1] The formulation used in that message was, "The mistake you're correcting in another's post will appear in yours."
Similar laws are known by a variety of alternative names; in several cases, the law was coined independently by people with no knowledge of previous coinages. Alternate names include:
- Bell's First Law of Usenet (Andrew Bell in alt.sex, May 15, 1990): "Bell's First Law of USENET: Flames of spelling and/or grammar will have spelling and/or grammatical errors."[2]
- Hartman's Law of Prescriptivist Retaliation (Jed Hartman, April 1998): "Any article or statement about correct grammar, punctuation, or spelling is bound to contain at least one eror."[3]
- Tober's Lor (in the Usenet group uk.local.birmingham, 1998, after T. Bruce Tober who postulated it)
- McKean's Law (lexicographer Erin McKean, 1999)
- Gaudere's Law on the Straight Dope message board (2000)
- Naruki's Law in the User Friendly forums
- Greenrd's Law on Kuro5hin (2002) [4]
One Usenet participant, Eric Kehr, jokingly referred to it as Merphy's Law (sic).
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Millionaire text edit
The term "multimillionaire", defined by the Oxford English Dictionary as "A person with assets worth several or many millions (of dollars, pounds, etc.)", was used as early as 1858 by Oliver Wendell Holmes: "The multi-millionaires sent him a trifle, it was said, to buy another eye with." It has also sometimes been defined as requiring ownership of ten million units of currency: "The multi-millionaires, by which we mean men with the uncontrolled disposal of more than ten millions sterling apiece{em}are coming even in Europe." from New Atlantic Age 1906.