Intrepid Pipeline Solution by Coler & Colantonio Inc

Intrepid Pipeline Solution is an enterprise-wide, fully integrated solution that allows you to seamlessly manage every aspect of your pipeline infrastructure. Coler & Colantonio Inc. utilises decades of experience to deliver a scalable solution that saves both your time and money.

With this experience spanning across several engineering divisions, they have come out with a Pipeline Software which integrates field data acquisition and viewing, allow for effective data maintenance and incorporates a number of analysis tools to meet the complex demands placed upon pipeline operators to ensure the safety and reliability of their networks.

Benefits of using this software includes:

• Offers mapping solutions for complex data management
• Fast-track to implementation
• Scalable
• Dependable/stable environment
• Easily customisable
• Easy to maintain
• Ability to interface with existing digital sources
• Allows for easy integration and implementation of new technology
• Cost-effective

This may be a paid review but that does not mean I will have second thoughts commenting negatively on its site layout. The website is very badly designed. It may look aesthetically good but what's the use of that when getting around the site is such a pain. Navigation is horrible. There are many linkable parts on the website that should be hyperlinked but they are not.

For example, the "Learn More" button stands out very prominently on the start page. If you are to attract potential clients to your service, you definitely would hope they will click on that button and get to know more about your products and services. Unfortunately, it is not hyperlinked. Less tech-savvy clients would have just closed the site and ventured on to a competitor for such user-unfriendliness.

The navigation bar at the bottom of the page doesn't help much especially when some of the pages lack the navigation bar. The navigation bar should be at the top or the side for ease of use. If the website is not ready, they shouldn't launch it yet and definitely shouldn't ask for a review. It's just suicidal.

They may have a functional service/product but with such a website, they will definitely lose many potential customers. At the moment, their minisite on their main corporate website makes more sense visiting if you are interested in their products and services.

Ten Thrifty Ways to Deal with Mosquitoes

Thrifty Mom did some research and came up with some inexpensive ways to combat mosquitoes. Some of the methods include:

5. Wear light colored clothing. Mosquitoes are attracted to dark clothes.

7. Spray garlic powder and water all over the yard.

8. Plant mosquito deterring plants around your yard such as citronella, marigolds, basil, lavender, and catnip.

If all fails, there's of course the mosquito repellent spray/lotion. Not the best option though. You'll understand if you've used one before.

High IQ = Less Sex ?

A study has found that the higher your IQ, the less likelihood of you having sex. Apparently, females suffer more compared to males. To rub it in even further, even an idiot with IQ lower than 70 has higher odds of having sex earlier than those with IQ 120 and above.

[...] Depending on the specific age and gender, an adolescent with an IQ of 100 was 1.5 to 5 times more likely to have had intercourse than a teen with a score of 120 or 130. Each additional point of IQ increased the odds of virginity by 2.7% for males and 1.7% for females. But higher IQ had a similar relationship across the entire range of romantic/sexual interactions, decreasing the odds that teens had ever kissed or even held hands with a member of the opposite sex at each age. [...]

By the age of 19, 80% of US males and 75% of women have lost their virginity, and 87% of college students have had sex. But this number appears to be much lower at elite (i.e. more intelligent) colleges. According to the article, only 56% of Princeton undergraduates have had intercourse. At Harvard 59% of the undergraduates are non-virgins, and at MIT, only a slight majority, 51%, have had intercourse. Further, only 65% of MIT graduate students have had sex.

The student surveys at MIT and Wellesley also compared virginity by academic major. The chart for Wellesley displayed below shows that 0% of studio art majors were virgins, but 72% of biology majors were virgins, and 83% of biochem and math majors were virgins! Similarly, at MIT 20% of 'humanities' majors were virgins, but 73% of biology majors. (Apparently those most likely to read Darwin are also the least Darwinian!) [...]

If you have access to Journal of Adolescent Health, you can read the published article here but
those who do not have access can read up a write-up here. Yes, it is a published article in a reputable journal. ;)