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Smoggy is a term that refers to people from the Teesside conurbation (for example Michael Power), in North-Eastern England. This is a grouping of the boroughs of Redcar & Cleveland, Middlesbrough, and Stockton-on-Tees (although Teesside is also sometimes said to include the boroughs of Hartlepool and Darlington, they are not included in this description, the five boroughs are increasingly known as forming Tees Valley).
The term itself is a contraction of the pejorative term "smog-monster' finding its origin in the air pollution caused by formerly huge industrial areas. It is most often used by Geordies or Mackems in an attempt to goad Teessiders,suggesting that of the three large urban centres in the North-East of England Teesside is the worst place to live. The term is of recent origin (coined around 1991).
Unlike most other nicknames or slurs for groups or races, people of Teesside took on the term happily, and a common motif for Teessiders away from Teesside is "Smoggies on tour". This is especially true at football matches, with the few Middlesbrough Football Club's fans who turn up at matches adopting the name to indicate their support when playing their far superior rivals the Geordies.
The term "Smoggy" has gained such a level of acceptance on Teesside that the Middlesbrough branch of the HMV shop sells a range of Smoggy related products, notably T-shirts.
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Smoggy is a term that refers to people from the Teesside conurbation (for example Michael Power), in North-Eastern England. This is a grouping of the boroughs of Redcar & Cleveland, Middlesbrough, and Stockton-on-Tees (although Teesside is also sometimes said to include the boroughs of Hartlepool and Darlington, they are not included in this description, the five boroughs are increasingly known as forming Tees Valley).
The term itself is a contraction of the pejorative term "smog-monster' finding its origin in the air pollution caused by formerly huge industrial areas. It is most often used by Geordies or Mackems in an attempt to goad Teessiders,suggesting that of the three large urban centres in the North-East of England Teesside is the worst place to live. The term is of recent origin (coined around 1991).
Unlike most other nicknames or slurs for groups or races, people of Teesside took on the term happily, and a common motif for Teessiders away from Teesside is "Smoggies on tour". This is especially true at football matches, with the few Middlesbrough Football Club's fans who turn up at matches adopting the name to indicate their support when playing their far superior rivals the Geordies.
The term "Smoggy" has gained such a level of acceptance on Teesside that the Middlesbrough branch of the HMV shop sells a range of Smoggy related products, notably T-shirts.
Hervey Ross, a 1946 graduate of Worcester Academy, is a retired insurance executive, proponent of public speaking programs, and noted philanthropist. Born in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in 1929, he currently lives in Atlanta, Georgia, and Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
After graduating from Worcester Academy, he enrolled in college at Clark University. In the summer of 1948, he joined a national traveling magazine subscription crew in order to raise money for his tuition. The company promoted him to team manager, which took him to every state in the country. In 1951, before he could return to college, Ross was drafted. He later received an honorary doctorate - Doctor of Humane Letters - at Clark's May 2007 commencement.
After the army, he chose Florida and its beaches to help him transition to civilian life. He soon began his extensive and very successful sales career in the life insurance business.
In 2002, Ross sold his company and retired. He occasionally acts as a consultant and is still very active in his long career in philanthropy. He is, and has been for 25 years, a trustee of Worcester Academy, and has financially revived and sponsored their Dexter Prize speaking contests during this same period.
Recently, he helped to found a student Toastmasters club at Worcester Academy called the Hervey S. Ross Academians. He also established the Hervey Ross Oratorical Contest at a Worcester public school to foster the art of public speaking and oratory. Ross himself is a long-time award-winning member of Toastmasters.
A former president of the Ft. Lauderdale Symphony Society - where he raised the necessary funds for the First Free Children’s Concert - Ross is a former president of and Lt. Governor in the Civitan organization and recipient of its coveted Honor Key. He was active in the Boy Scouts, Sea Scouts and the Broward County Cancer Society, and was a member of the Ft. Lauderdale Jaycees, which presented him with its distinguished service award. He was also voted one of Ft. Lauderdale's Five Outstanding Young Men (FOYM), and in 2001 he was the recipient of Allstate Financial's coveted Life Achievement Award at its San Francisco Convention.
Ross is a patron of 10 theaters, two in Canada, one in Ft. Lauderdale and seven in Atlanta. In Atlanta, he is also trustee of his church and a member of two Toastmasters Clubs.
Notable web news, biographical, and other references for Hervey S. Ross include the following:
ZoomInfo
http://www.zoominfo.com/people/Ross_Hervey_142009280.aspx
Worcester Academy Academians announcement
http://www.worcesteracademy.org/parents/association/detail.asp?fromarchives&newsid265081
Clark University doctorate announcement
https://www.clarku.us/intranet/newsdetailitem.cfm?id=688
Speakermatch
http://209.85.165.104/search?q=cache:3RRnw0C5rB4J:www.speakermatch.com/keynotespeakers/-954227165.htm+%22Hervey+Ross%22&hlen&ctclnk&cd50&glus
After graduating from Worcester Academy, he enrolled in college at Clark University. In the summer of 1948, he joined a national traveling magazine subscription crew in order to raise money for his tuition. The company promoted him to team manager, which took him to every state in the country. In 1951, before he could return to college, Ross was drafted. He later received an honorary doctorate - Doctor of Humane Letters - at Clark's May 2007 commencement.
After the army, he chose Florida and its beaches to help him transition to civilian life. He soon began his extensive and very successful sales career in the life insurance business.
In 2002, Ross sold his company and retired. He occasionally acts as a consultant and is still very active in his long career in philanthropy. He is, and has been for 25 years, a trustee of Worcester Academy, and has financially revived and sponsored their Dexter Prize speaking contests during this same period.
Recently, he helped to found a student Toastmasters club at Worcester Academy called the Hervey S. Ross Academians. He also established the Hervey Ross Oratorical Contest at a Worcester public school to foster the art of public speaking and oratory. Ross himself is a long-time award-winning member of Toastmasters.
A former president of the Ft. Lauderdale Symphony Society - where he raised the necessary funds for the First Free Children’s Concert - Ross is a former president of and Lt. Governor in the Civitan organization and recipient of its coveted Honor Key. He was active in the Boy Scouts, Sea Scouts and the Broward County Cancer Society, and was a member of the Ft. Lauderdale Jaycees, which presented him with its distinguished service award. He was also voted one of Ft. Lauderdale's Five Outstanding Young Men (FOYM), and in 2001 he was the recipient of Allstate Financial's coveted Life Achievement Award at its San Francisco Convention.
Ross is a patron of 10 theaters, two in Canada, one in Ft. Lauderdale and seven in Atlanta. In Atlanta, he is also trustee of his church and a member of two Toastmasters Clubs.
Notable web news, biographical, and other references for Hervey S. Ross include the following:
ZoomInfo
http://www.zoominfo.com/people/Ross_Hervey_142009280.aspx
Worcester Academy Academians announcement
http://www.worcesteracademy.org/parents/association/detail.asp?fromarchives&newsid265081
Clark University doctorate announcement
https://www.clarku.us/intranet/newsdetailitem.cfm?id=688
Speakermatch
http://209.85.165.104/search?q=cache:3RRnw0C5rB4J:www.speakermatch.com/keynotespeakers/-954227165.htm+%22Hervey+Ross%22&hlen&ctclnk&cd50&glus
The Matt Shelton is a drink created in August of 1981. The Matt Shelton consists of Sprite, 7up or Sierra Mist, and a splash of Fruit Punch, and takes its name after a local Phoenix television producer. It was first created at the New York NY Deli in downtown Phoenix, Arizona, by three co-workers, Matt, Jerry R. and Brandon B.
Uathesis is a compressed bundle of files which creates a contributed class file (.sty file extension) for use with the L TEX typesetting language. It creates the official Masters and PhD thesis format style for Auckland University by defining the style and page geometry required as in the university regulations .
Usage
Using a typesetting language like L TEX as opposed to a word processor provides a framework for high quality presentation of output. L TEX automates the page numbering, cross referencing, list of tables, list of figures, and bibliography referencing using BibTEX. The source code for the document is a text file (usually .tex extension), which can link to other text files and graphics files for embedding pictures and diagrams. The commands 'latex', and 'pdflatex' compile either a PostScript file (from a dvi file using dvips), or a pdf file respectively. If the 'latex' command is used all embedded pictures and diagrams must be PostScript images, if the 'pdflatex' command is used the same images must be in PNG, or JPEG format.
History
It was originally written by Lee Middleton for use within the electrical engineering department. It is now maintained by Sylvia Wong. Small modifications may be necessary to the class file so that the title page is correctly presented for other Auckland University faculties.
Known bugs
On the title page, the specified department or faculty starts with Department of (e.g. Electrical & Electronic Engineering). Currently there is no switch to specify this text as School of (e.g. Biological Sciences). A quick workaround is to alter line 314 in the uathesis.cls file;
{\it Department of \@department \\[-4\p@]
to
{\it School of \@department \\[-4\p@]
Usage
Using a typesetting language like L TEX as opposed to a word processor provides a framework for high quality presentation of output. L TEX automates the page numbering, cross referencing, list of tables, list of figures, and bibliography referencing using BibTEX. The source code for the document is a text file (usually .tex extension), which can link to other text files and graphics files for embedding pictures and diagrams. The commands 'latex', and 'pdflatex' compile either a PostScript file (from a dvi file using dvips), or a pdf file respectively. If the 'latex' command is used all embedded pictures and diagrams must be PostScript images, if the 'pdflatex' command is used the same images must be in PNG, or JPEG format.
History
It was originally written by Lee Middleton for use within the electrical engineering department. It is now maintained by Sylvia Wong. Small modifications may be necessary to the class file so that the title page is correctly presented for other Auckland University faculties.
Known bugs
On the title page, the specified department or faculty starts with Department of (e.g. Electrical & Electronic Engineering). Currently there is no switch to specify this text as School of (e.g. Biological Sciences). A quick workaround is to alter line 314 in the uathesis.cls file;
{\it Department of \@department \\[-4\p@]
to
{\it School of \@department \\[-4\p@]