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Topic: World rankings

	Snooker world rankings - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Rankings were first introduced after the 1976 world championship, as a means of determining seedings for subsequent championships.
		Ray Reardon, who had won the championship all three years, thus became the first player to be officially ranked number one in the world, with fifteen ranking points.
		The current rankings for the 2005/06 season were compiled from the results of eight tournaments: the totesport Grand Prix, British Open, UK Championship, Welsh Open, Malta Cup, Irish Masters, China Open and World Championship.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Snooker_world_rankings (425 words)

	FIFA World Rankings - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The FIFA World Rankings were introduced in August 1993 to make it possible to publish comparisons of the relative strengths of internationally active teams at regular intervals.
		The rankings obtained are, unsurprisingly, the subject of considerable debate.
		They are based on performances over an eight year period, which means that teams with a consistent record are highly ranked, but on the other hand the rankings are fairly slow to respond significantly to changes in form.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/FIFA_World_Rankings (172 words)

	I M D - World Competitiveness Center - Ranking 2004
		The World Competitiveness Scoreboard presents the 2005 overall ranking for the 60 countries and regional economies covered by the WCY.
		The economies are ranked from the most to the least competitive and performance can be analyzed on the basis of time-series.
		For example, rankings split by population size, by wealth or by regions (Europe-Middle East-Africa, Asia-Pacific and the Americas).
	www01.imd.ch /wcy/ranking (136 words)

	Reporters sans frontières - Second world press freedom ranking (October 2003)
		They are ranked in 31st and 44th positions respectively as regards respect for freedom of expression on their own territory, but they fall to the 135th and 146th positions as regards behaviour beyond their borders.
		Kuwait (102nd) replaced Lebanon (106th) as the Arab world’s leader as regards respect for freedom of expression because of cases of censorship in Lebanon, together with abusive judicial proceedings and an attack on the television station Futur TV.
		France is ranked as low as 26th because of its archaic defamation legislation, the increasingly frequent challenges to the principle of confidentiality of sources and the repeated abusive detention of journalists by police.
	www.rsf.org /article.php3?id_article=8247 (1220 words)

	EPAA Vol. 10 No. 16 Clarke: U.S. News and World Report Rankings
		While a ranking (e.g., the law rankings) may have experienced a large number of changes relative to other rankings, these changes may be concentrated in a small group of indicators that are constantly being refined.
		Different rankings of schools also use different numbers of indicators to compute their overall score, and thus two rankings that experience the same types and number of changes may differ in the number of indicators left unchanged overall.
		In contrast, the low (relative to the other rankings) correlation between the 1995 and 2000 ranks of the top-fifty schools of education in 1995 is linked to the fact that 16 of the top 50 schools in 1995 had experienced large changes in rank–of ten or more–by the 2000 edition.
	epaa.asu.edu /epaa/v10n16 (6003 words)

	The Validity of the U.S. News and World Report Law School Rankings (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		However, because the US News ranking system inflates small differences in quality among schools, the addition of other factors (and/or slightly changing their weights) could shift a school from the bottom of one broad category of overall quality to the top of another (such as from the second to the third tier).
		The US News rankings also do not consider the educational or career benefits of attending a certain school, such as would be indicated by the percentage of its graduates who receive judicial clerkships or land a good job after graduation relative to the general caliber of the students coming into the school and other factors.
		Specifically, the use of ranks exaggerates small differences in quality among schools, ranks are overly sensitive to careless error, a handful of respondents can rate strategically so as to give a school a higher (or lower) rating than it deserves, and the persons responding may not be representative of the population of lawyers.
	www.aals.org /validity.html (5504 words)

	IAAF International Association of Athletics Federations - IAAF.org - World Rankings
		The current rankings released on 4 October 2005 are established with performances received as at 3 October 2005.
		Top 20 in the event rankings and top 100 in the overall rankings are 'clickable' to show the performances used to obtain the Rankings Score for the athlete.
		The IAAF World Rankings are prepared for the IAAF by Elite Ltd. Any queries concerning the IAAF World Rankings should be addressed to the IAAF Communications Department — Dpt.Communications@iaaf.org or to Elite Ltd: spiriev@axelero.hu.
	www.iaaf.org /worldrankings/index.html (381 words)

	England's FIFA World Rankings Overview
		England sank to their lowest-ever ranking, 27th, in February, 1996 under Taylor's successor, national team coach Terry Venables, as they neared the end of a 30-month period in which they played 20 consecutive friendly matches, including three in the minor Umbro Cup International Challenge Tournament in 1995.
		Following their round-of-16 exit from the World Cup 1998 final tournament, their ranking dropped five places, from 5th to 10th, and, after their shaky start in the European Championship 2000 qualifying campaign, to 11th in September of that year.
		They were ranked among the top 10 teams for 22 straight months, by far their longest top-10 streak, and appeared well on the way to entrenching themselves once again as one of the world's top-ranked teams and becoming one of the elite top five teams.
	www.englandfootballonline.com /TeamRank/RankFIFA.html (801 words)

	England's FIFA World Rankings 2001
		Victories in their next two World Cup qualifiers, 2-1 at home against Finland and 3-1 away to Albania in March, boosted them to 14th for the April ranking, and, although they did not play in April, they remained 14th in the May ranking.
		The impressive victories in home friendlies and the narrower wins in World Cup 2002 qualifiers were still balanced in the ranking calculations against several disappointing results from 2000, thus precluding a greater improvement in the rankings.
		And they retained that ranking in October after drawing with Greece, 2-2 in Manchester, taking first place in their qualifying group and thereby clinching their spot in the World Cup 2002 final tournament.
	www.englandfootballonline.com /TeamRank/RankFIFA2001.html (770 words)

	ABC News: Woods stretches ahead of Singh in world rankings (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		In the only changes to the world's top 10, Americans Jim Furyk and David Toms climbed to nine and 10 with compatriot Kenny Perry dropping two spots to 12th and Argentina's Angel Cabrera slipping from ninth to 11th.
		World ranking points are accumulated over a two-year period, with points awarded in the most recent 13-week spell doubled.
		Each player is ranked according to his average points per tournament, points being weighted according to the status of the event and strength of the field.
	abcnews.go.com /Sports/wireStory?id=1199258 (341 words)

	University of Chicago Hospitals: U.S.News & World Report Rankings
		The Hospitals are ranked among the best in the country in 11 specialty areas.
		Six other programs were ranked in the top 25, including neurology and neurosurgery (#14), hormonal disorders (#14), geriatrics (#16), respiratory disorders (#21), gynecology (#22), and kidney disease (#25).
		The U.S.News and World Report rankings are based on a mathematical formula that takes into account the ratio between actual and expected mortality at a hospital; a group of factors such as available technology, procedure volume and nursing care; and each institution's reputation according to a poll of 200 specialists in each field.
	www.uchospitals.edu /about/awards/usnews.html (373 words)

	College Rankings: Bibliography
		Ranks undergraduate programs in over 100 individual disciplines, as well as the top universities in the broader realm of pre-legal and pre-medical education.
		Highly quantitative, the rankings are based on thirteen categories including the total fl student enrollment (graduate and undergraduate), the five-year progress of the university in fl student enrollment, the fl student graduation rate, and the university-wide percentage of fls among the tenured faculty.
		With special attention to the ranking's assessment of research universities, the report analyzes each of the sixteen measures of academic excellence used in the 2002 rankings and suggests alternative measures for improvement.
	www.library.uiuc.edu /edx/rankbib.htm (3868 words)

	College Rankings: Caution and Controversy
		In addition to the print articles listed in our rankings bibliography, many interesting articles may be found on the web concerning what one should make of rankings.
		The AALS called the U.S. News and World Report law school rankings "misleading and dangerous," and released a study questioning the validity of the rankings [15].
		ranking accurately reflects how schools are using information technology to meet their educational and research goals [19].
	www.library.uiuc.edu /edx/rankoversy.htm (1326 words)

	Law Specialty Rankings in USN&WR
		The effect that might have had on the rankings published in 2004 is unknown.
		In 1995, respondents were not asked to rank their choices in any way.
		Rankings Caution and Controversy (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
	www.fplc.edu /tfield/usnwr.htm (875 words)

	Sailing World's Guide To College Sailing
		But the North/South has always been much more than the sum of the race scores, and while-as the last big regatta of the fall season-the competition is fierce, often the memories people take away from this event have only a little to do with how they crossed the finish line.
		Sailing World is looking for energetic, creative, and dependable college sailors to do some writing for the 2002 College Sailing Guide and to comprise a network of "correspondents" who will contribute stories, ideas, and photos to this website, www.campuscourses.com.
		Website correspondents will be rewarded with top-shelf editing of your copy and the opportunity to publish stories that will be read by many interested sailors from around the country.
	www.campuscourses.com (189 words)

	Rankings: U.Va. Facts at a Glance (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The University also continues to be ranked in the Top 25 in the Great School, Great Value category, this year coming in at No. 17, up from No. 21 last year.
		The survey ranks schools based on "return on investment," which is determined by compensation five years after graduation minus tuition and the forgone salary during school.
		Kiplinger's rankings were based on a combination of quality, cost, and financial aid measures, with quality accounting for two-thirds of the rating.
	www.virginia.edu /Facts/Glance_Rankings.htm (987 words)

	Track and Field News: Rankings
		The Track and Field News World Rankings, the definitive work on the subject for more than a half-century, are coordinated by TandFN's Editor, E. Garry Hill.
		Current members of the Rankings team are R.L. Quercetani, Nejat Kök, Dave Johnson, Richard Hymans, Jeff Hollobaugh and Jonathan Berenbom.
		Special thanks to Jim Rorick for his assistance with the indexing and all-time scoring of the World Rankings.
	www.trackandfieldnews.com /archive/rankings (119 words)

	Information about Countries & World Rankings
		One of the world's few remaining absolute monarchies
		world almanac- Quickly find facts and figures for over 190 countries
		Countries to have won the most Beauty Pageants
	www.aneki.com (38 words)

	The International Fantasy Football Computer Rankings
		The week 6 rankings will be delayed probably until Sunday October 23.
		(Note that your teams will not get a rating or a ranking for the week you missed, however those scores still must be entered to get future rankings/ratings that are correct).
		Deadline to signup for the International Rankings is September 30!
	www.fflrankings.com (558 words)

	AdmissionsBoards.com - 2004 U.S. News and World Report Rankings
		We firmly believe that there is an ideal college out there for every applicant and we work very hard to ensure our clients attend a best-fit school for their particular needs.
		With this disclaimer out of the way, U.S. News and World Report’s college rankings are the most widely cited.
		Again, please take these -- and all rankings for that matter -- with a grain of salt.
	www.admissionsboards.com /topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=30 (95 words)

	GotFrag - Counter-Strike Rankings (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		One of the most intriguing World Rankings in a long time as people really didn’t know where to go.
		The Norwegian fans were growing after Team9 and Catch-Gamer surprised the CS World at CPL UK and followed it up at WEG European Qualifier.
		The bottom of the rankings has a newcomer, Serious Gaming (aka Wings), who earned the 10th spot spot after a solid performance at WEG Europe.
	www.gotfrag.com /cs/rankings (350 words)

	The NORC Report on U.S. News and World Report
		A common technique for smoothing out such "noise" in the ratings is to use threeyear moving averages in which the ratings for the current and past two years are averaged and this average is reported as the score of the institution.
		It may not be sufficient to base the valueadded measure on a simple regression of all institutions, or even on separate ones, for the present major groups of institutions.
		U.S. News should undertake statistical analysis of the data it has been using to understand more completely the statistical structure of the data, the sensitivity of the data to different weighting algorithms, and to look for possible anomalies that may point to limitations in the interpretation of different measures.
	www.washingtonmonthly.com /features/2000/norc.html (4001 words)

	WORLD FOOTBALL
		The local Tehran derby with Persepolis (Pirouzi) attracts over 100,000 fans and is one of the World's great, and most passionate, derbies.
		Includes World Cup and International players in the NRL that have represented Russia, France, New Zealand, PNG, Fiji, Lebanon, Great Britain etc. 690 Pages of Player statistics and records with excellent career histories.
		Part of the massive, sprawling, Penrith Panthers (2003 Australian Rugby League champions) Football club, the largest football club complex in the World.
	www.worldfootballrankings.com (296 words)

	SnookerUSA.com - 2002-03 World Snooker Embassy World Rankings (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		SnookerUSA.com - 2002-03 World Snooker Embassy World Rankings
		PETER Ebdon's victory at the 2002 Embassy World Championship has boosted him to number three in the rankings for next season, but outgoing champion Ronnie O’Sullivan takes over as the new world number one.
		Ebdon's first world title lifted him four places up the rankings and the 31-year-old is now targeting the number one spot.
	www.snookerusa.com /menu/worldofsnooker/02-03wsmaintour/rankings.html (392 words)

	World Tourism Rankings -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		World Tourism Rankings -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
		The (Click link for more info and facts about World Tourism Organization) World Tourism Organization compiles the World Tourism Rankings.
		(A communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia; the most populous country in the world) China
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/W/Wo/World_Tourism_Rankings.htm (736 words)

	4barsrest.com \| world rankings \| how they work
		Since the establishment of 4barsrest.com in 2001, many of the biggest talking points have been on the subject of World Rankings.
		Naturally, they haven't been met with universal approval, but we are delighted with the overall response to them and slightly flattered that they are now being spoken about as the 'Official' World Rankings in many quarters, including some high-profile contest organisers.
		The system was initially developed using contest results between 1994 and 2001, with the major contests from 1990 being used as the reference point to help us establish an initial top 50, upon which subsequent rankings would be based.
	www.4barsrest.com /rankings/system.asp (559 words)

	USNews.com: Rankings & Guides (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Browse the newly released 2006 rankings, find your ideal school, and then get all the details you need to get in.
		Extensive rankings, a school directory, plus exclusive U.S. News articles, new trend tables, search and comparison tools, and much more.
		Our online directory covers more than 500 plans, with a complete list by category, state-by-state rankings, and the ability to compare up to four plans at once.
	www.usnews.com /usnews/rankguide/rghome.htm (347 words)

	Pongsaklek keeps WBC title!
		However, Balbi’s world class prevailed as he cornered Díaz against the ropes and landed a barrage of punches that prompted Puerto Rican ref Luis Pabón to wisely halt the actions in the sixth chapter.
		Balbi now expects to face a WBA high ranked opponent in his next fight, as he is willing to have a new world title shot soon.
		In a fight marked by a dearth of action, two judges gave it to Byrd 116-112 while a third made it 115-113 for the champion, who was fighting for the first time in nearly a year.
	www.wbaonline.com (3816 words)

	"The Other College Rankings" by Joshua Green
		Think of them as college rankings that measure what the other guys don't---schools' commitment to community service, the Peace Corps, and the Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC).
		Of the top 20 liberal arts schools in the U.S. News & World Report college rankings, 70 percent fall below the national average for performing work-study service---also known as "serve-study." (click here) The top 20 universities do even worse; 75 percent trail the average.
		Increasingly, the nation's top schools are beefing up merit scholarships---tuition discounts for the students with the highest SAT scores, who boost a school's ranking and prestige, but typically come from affluent families.
	www.washingtonmonthly.com /features/2001/0201.green.html (3430 words)

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