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University of Victoria Students' Society

The University of Victoria Students' Society (UVSS) is a student union that represents undergraduate students at the University of Victoria. The students' society was founded in 1921 and incorporated in 1964. It provides services and operates business for students through the Student Union Building (SUB), and historically has advocated for special interests on campus.

Board of directors
The Board of Directors is the decision-making body for the Society and directs all work of the Society. The board is composed of student representatives elected from the student body. The board is made up of:

 * Five salaried executives:
 * Director of Outreach & University Relations,
 * Director of Student Affairs,
 * Director of Finance & Operations,
 * Director of Events, and;
 * Director of Campaigns & Community Relations
 * A Director of International Student Relations,
 * 2 Directors at-large,
 * 9 Faculty Directors; and,
 * Five advocacy group representatives:
 * The Native Students' Union,
 * Pride Collective,
 * The Students of Colour Collective,
 * The Society for Students with a Disability, and;
 * Gender Empowerment Centre (GEM)

Elections
Board members are elected annually in March and advocacy representatives are nominated by their groups and approved by the board.

Up until 2009, the elections to the UVSS Board of Directors were run internally by a committee of the Society and staff members. Since that time, the UVSS has changed its by-laws and has given much of its authority to run the elections away to externally hired individuals. Policy for the elections is still determined by the Board of Directors.

Founding
The Students' Society was first incorporated in 1964, just one year after the creation of the University of Victoria (UVic) itself, as the Alma Mater Society of the University of Victoria (AMS). The AMS took its name from student associations like the University of British Columbia and McGill University, to which Victoria College (UVic's predecessor) was affiliated. The name was changed in 1989 to make clearer what the organization actually is, a student society.

Students at the newly founded UVic already had their own building and a ready-made students' society, as students at Victoria College (now the home of Camosun College) were organized well before the UVic campus opened. As early as 1957, students at Victoria College began levying a building fee in anticipation of their new home at UVic. Consequently, the Student Union Building (SUB) was one of the first buildings built on campus. The SUB opened in 1963, built with matching funds made available by the provincial government's building fund program. The building itself only consisted of the SUB Upper Lounge, the wing where the General Office is now located, and a downstairs section which housed the original Felicita's Pub.

Between 1963 and 1970, membership in the Society was around two thousand students. There were only four buildings on campus and in 1967, when the residence buildings went up, only 300 students lived on campus. The Society at that time was mostly operated by volunteers and a very small staff. However, towards the end of the sixties, the Society began to grow more sophisticated. By the seventies, the cafeteria (previously more of a kiosk) began operating regularly, the Society got a liquor license, and the pub increased its hours. What is now Cinecenta got its start with students, working out of an office in the SUB, showing movies using a 16mm projector in the MacLaurin and Elliot buildings.

In 1976 the building expanded, again financed through students. This time, however, the fee referendum to finance the additional 30 000 square feet failed. The Society's operating budget could only finance a smaller addition of 13 000 square feet, which meant that many of the architectural features originally designed for the expansion were lost. The 1976 addition saw the wing where Cinecenta and the Munchie Bar, Medicine Centre Pharmacy, Chiropractor, and On the Fringe are now located. Also the third floor was added as the home of CFUV (now located in the SUB's lower level).

1980s and 1990s
The Society’s organizational structure changed significantly in 1989. At this point, the Society began employing its own general manager. In the fall of 1989, the entire structure of the Society was reorganized into the divisional structure, which exists with some modifications today.

The Student Initiatives Project, approved by referendum in 1991, consisted of a significant fee increase to finance the expansion and renovation of the SUB, to build a campus Day Care building, and to finance an Emergency Student Aid Fund. The completion of the expansion and renovation of the SUB in 1996 was another significant marker in the history of the Society. The SUB as it is known today is a product of that expansion.

2000s
The growth and change of the 1990s led to a worsening financial situation which reached a crisis point in 2001. The Society had been running deficits every year for about 10 years until the cumulative deficit had reached the hundreds of thousands. As if this unsustainable trend wasn’t enough, the Society rang up an over $400,000 deficit in just one year in 2000–2001. The huge deficit was only discovered during the Society’s annual audit in fall 2001, as the corrupt Business & Operations Manager, Vivek Sharma, had been falsifying statements and stealing from the Society. The Board responded swiftly and decisively by pressing charges against the since resigned Sharma, terminating the General Manager, and conducting a forensic audit.

After this crisis unfolded, the Board of Directors embarked on a plan to tighten controls in the SUB’s business operations by such methods as reducing labour costs and food wastage, controlling liquor, and putting locks on freezers and coolers to prevent theft. The Society also secured a half-million dollar loan from UVic against the SUB, which was instrumental in ensuring that the Society was able to meet its financial obligations without interruption. As the 2001–2002 financial year was already half over when the financial crisis was uncovered, the Society could not escape another deficit in the hundreds of thousands. However, beginning in 2002–2003 the Society ran surpluses every year until the Society’s debt of approximately $1 million was repaid in full in 2006–2007.

In 2008 the United Steel Workers union representing staff at the UVSS went on strike for a three months, this in combination with a weak economy, and rising costs pushed the Society back into a $350,000 debt by 2009.

2010-present
To address the growing deficit and put the Society back on its feet the 2010-2011 board put a number of fee referendums to members in November 2010 all of which passed. The Capital Fund was reduced and shifted into the Operations Fund, dedicated fees for events and elections were established, and a modest increase of 40 cents per full-time student per semester, each semester over a three-year period was also established. Besides this, the 2010-2011 board shifted from a three-person senior management structure to a two-person management structure which further reduced costs for the Society.

In 2010-11, the Board moved from a 4-person executive structure to a 5-person executive structure. This change was passed at a Special General Meeting in January 2010 and was largely done in acknowledgement of the fact that certain executive positions had an inordinate amount of work in comparison to other positions.

Major changes on the political front happened in the early twenty-tens as well. After holding a referendum on membership in the Canadian Federation of Students, UVSS members voted to leave the Federation in March 2011 after more than twenty-five years of membership. Following this, the UVSS established the Where's The Funding? campaign in conjunction with a number of other student societies in BC.

In recent years, the divestment movement has been a primary focus for UVSS campaigns.

Clubs
Clubs are interest groups run by students and administered by the UVSS. There are over 150 student groups on a variety of topics.

Clubs receive a small amount of funding each semester from a student levy and are governed by clubs policy and Clubs Council.

Course Unions
Course Unions are department focused student groups run by students from a specific department and administered by the UVSS. There are over 25 Course Unions representing departments across campus, a list of all active clubs can be found on the UVSS Course Union Website. Any student that wants to start a Course Union can do so by talking to the Director of Student Affairs who has an office located in the Students’ Society Centre (SUB B103)

Course Unions receive a small amount of funding each semester from a student levy and are governed by Course Union policy and Course Union council.

Professional Development Unions (PDUs)
There are four active Professional Development Unions at the University of Victoria. Each PDU is run semi-autonomously with funds being raised solely by the students within that department. While each PDU raises its own funds, they are considered under the umbrella of the UVSS for purposes related to the University Act (British Columbia).

Advocacy Groups
Advocacy groups are organizations within the UVSS serve to represent certain special interests on campus or within society. Advocacy groups are funded by imposing fees on students that are created through by referendum. Each of the groups has voting representation on the UVSS Board of Directors.

Affiliate organizations
Affiliate organizations are on-campus groups that receive a student levy that has been approved by referendum. All of the affiliate groups act semi-autonomously with their own governing structures.

The Martlet
The Martlet is a bi-weekly student newspaper at the University of Victoria (UVic) in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. There are over a dozen employees on the payroll, but significant work is done by student volunteers (writing, taking photos, copy editing). The Martlet is funded partially by student fees, and partially by advertisements. The newspaper is distributed freely around the UVic campus and various locations around greater Victoria every second Thursday during the school year, and on a monthly basis in the summer. The paper also maintains a website. The Martlet was a member of the Canadian University Press but ceased membership in 2013.

CFUV 101.9FM
CFUV is a campus/community radio station broadcasting on 101.9 FM in British Columbia, Canada. It serves the University of Victoria, Greater Victoria and, via cable, Vancouver Island and many areas in the Lower Mainland. It is owned and run by the University of Victoria Student Radio Society. The station offers programs that include a diverse range of musical styles and talk shows on political and cultural issues.

Vancouver Island Public Interest Research Group (VIPIRG)
VIPIRG is a non-profit organization dedicated to research, education, advocacy and action in the public interest.

VIPIRG also hosts an alternative research centre with magazines, videos, books and clippings dealing with a wide range of social justice and environmental issues.

UVic Sustainability Project (UVSP)
UVSP is a student-run organization that strives to work with the campus community to achieve a balance between what is ecologically necessary, socially desirable and economically feasible at UVic.

UVic Campus Community Gardens
The Campus Community Garden is a UVSS club that manages the urban agriculture space on campus, with practical support from Facilities Management and the UVic Sustainability Office. The garden is located off of Mckenzie Avenue across from the athletic fields. There are 90 plots at the gardens. Due to the high demand for plots, rentals are restricted to current UVic students, faculty and staff, though volunteers from outside the UVic community are welcome.

Universal Bus Pass (U-PASS)
The Universal Bus Pass (U-PASS), started in 1999, allows students unlimited travel on the Victoria Regional Transit System. The Pass must be renewed each semester at either the University Centre or the Info Booth in the SUB and costs the equivalent of one adult monthly pass.

Anti-Violence Project (AVP)
The Anti-Violence Project (AVP) is the on-campus sexual assault centre. The support services are confidential and available to anyone who has experienced sexualized violence or knows someone who has.

Food Bank
Rising tuition costs and debt loads signalled an increase in the needs of the membership and in September 2000, the Board of Directors began funding and operating an emergency food bank in the SUB. By 2003, demand had increased substantially and a referendum approved a $0.50 per student levy to operate the food bank.

Health and Dental Plan
Established by student referendum, the UVSS Health and Dental Plan is extended health and dental coverage specifically for students. All undergraduate students who are registered in at least 3 units of on-campus classes are automatically enrolled in the health plan.

Ombudsperson
The Office of the Ombudsperson is an independent, impartial, and confidential resource for undergraduate and graduate students (current, former, or prospective) and other members of the University community.

The Office provides information and guidance on students’ rights & responsibilities, and UVic regulations & procedures. The Ombudsperson is also an "agent for change," recommending improvements to policies and advocating for fair procedures. The ombuds office also offers workshops and talks on conflict and communication, fairness, and related issues.

Other services
Though the Student Union Building, the UVSS also offers free phones, a banner room, a darkroom, and study space.

Controversies

 * 2008-2013 Youth Protecting Youth (YPY) was a anti-abortion club at UVic and funded by students. Over the past few years there have been a number of discussions and controversies relating to their activities on-campus.  In 2008 and 2009 funding was cut off as a result of the groups posters and activities.  In 2010 funding and ratification were lost as a result of continuing controversial activities.  In 2010 YPY launched a lawsuit against the UVSS where they were given back their withheld funding and ratification. YPY lost their booking privileges in spring 2012 because of a graphic display held on campus.  YPY has since filed a constitutional lawsuit against UVic in relation to a cancelled booking in February 2013. An out-of-court settlement was agreed and as of 2017, YPY is a regular student club which participates in standard events such as "clubs day".
 * 2010 Fraternities and Sororities were looking to get recognised by UVic and the UVSS. This resulted in one of the largest AGMs in UVSS history where students ultimately decided to not recognize the Fraternities and Sororities. The groups do continue to exist without the University recognition.
 * 2009-2012 From 1985 to 2011 the UVSS was member local 44 of the Canadian Federation of Students. In late 2009, a petition was circulated among the membership to demand a referendum on continued membership. Despite having reached the required number of signatures, the CFS denied that the petition was valid. The UVSS retained a lawyer on behalf of the membership in order to demand a legal referendum. In March 2011, 70.5% of UVic students voted in a referendum to leave the CFS. The UVSS's membership in CFS-National ended on June 30, 2011. The provincial component of the CFS, CFS-BC, has since removed the UVSS as a member.
 * The UVSS received two F's in the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedom's report The State of Campus Free Speech in 2012.
 * The Campus Freedom Index, run by the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedom, ranks universities' and student unions' free speech practices. It gave the UVSS F's in "student union policies" and D's in "student union practices" in 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020.
 * In March 2017 Third Space (the advocacy group for women and transgender students) spent thousands of its student-funded budget to erect a white wall with "How do you challenge white supremacy?" written on it in front of the Student Union Building. There were black markers left for students to write their responses. Overnight the wall was vandalized with white supremacist messages. The wall was removed.


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Norman (crater)

Norman is a small lunar impact crater on the Oceanus Procellarum, to the south and slightly west of the crater Euclides. To the west-southwest is Herigonius. There are few other features of note in the vicinity, apart from some minor wrinkle ridges in the surface of the mare.

Norman is a circular, bowl-shaped formation with a small floor at the midpoint of the sloping inner walls. This feature was previously designated Euclides B prior to being renamed by the IAU.

license: Creative Commons - Attribution Share-Alike - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Lost ball

The Laws of cricket determine how a lost ball is dealt with.

Lost ball per 2017 Law changes
The 2017 Code of the Laws of cricket state that if the ball can not be found or recovered, the umpire will call and signal Dead ball (Law 20.4.2.10). The ball then ceases to be in play. Any penalties and runs completed plus the run in progress if the batsmen had crossed before the call of Dead ball will be added to the score (Law 18.9). If the batsmen had not crossed they would be returned to the ends that they occupied prior to the incomplete run. For instance if batsman A at the north end crosses batsman B before the call that run will count. If batsman A had not crossed batsman B he would be returned to the north end and that run would not count.

The wear on a ball determines how it behaves in the air and when it pitches. As a result of this, when Dead ball is called, Law 4.5 requires the umpires to replace the ball with one in a similar condition.

Lost ball prior to 2017 Law changes
Before the Laws of cricket were rewritten and reordered in 2017, a different procedure applied which was governed by the old Law 20. Any fielder would be able to call "lost ball" upon which the ball would automatically become dead. The batting team would keeps any penalty that would have been declared if the delivery was not fair (see no-ball and wide) plus the greater of 6 runs, or runs completed plus the run in progress if the batsmen had crossed before the call of 'lost ball' was made.

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List of areas in Birmingham

This is a list of the constituent towns, villages and areas of Birmingham (both the city and the metropolitan borough) in England.

Between 1889 and 1995, the city boundaries were expanded to include many places which were once towns or villages in their own right, many of which still retain a distinctive character. The most recent of these additions are Sutton Coldfield, a borough in its own right until 1974, and New Frankley, transferred from Bromsgrove in 1995.

 * Acocks Green
 * Alum Rock
 * Ashted
 * Aston
 * Aston Cross
 * Austin Village
 * Balsall Heath
 * Balti Triangle
 * Bartley Green
 * Beech Lanes
 * Billesley
 * Birches Green
 * Birchfield
 * Birmingham City Centre
 * Boldmere
 * Bordesley
 * Bordesley Green
 * Bournbrook
 * Bournville
 * Brandwood End
 * Brindleyplace
 * Bromford
 * Browns Green
 * Buckland End
 * California
 * Camp Hill
 * Castle Vale
 * Chad Valley
 * Chinese Quarter
 * Churchfield
 * Cofton Common
 * Cotteridge
 * Deritend
 * Digbeth
 * Doe Bank
 * Driffold
 * Druids Heath
 * Duddeston
 * Eastside
 * Edgbaston
 * Erdington
 * Falcon Lodge
 * Five Ways
 * Four Oaks
 * Fox Hollies
 * Frankley
 * Garretts Green
 * Gib Heath
 * Gilbertstone
 * Glebe Farm
 * Gospel Oak
 * Gosta Green
 * Gravelly Hill
 * Great Barr
 * Greet
 * Grimstock Hill
 * Gun Quarter
 * Hall Green
 * Hamstead
 * Handsworth
 * Handsworth Wood
 * Harborne
 * Harts Green
 * Hawkesley
 * Hay Mills
 * High Heath
 * Highgate
 * Highter's Heath
 * Hill Hook
 * Hill Wood
 * Hockley
 * Hodge Hill
 * Jewellery Quarter
 * Kents Moat
 * Kings Heath
 * Kings Norton
 * Kingstanding
 * Kitts Green
 * Ladywood
 * Lea Hall
 * Lee Bank
 * The Leverretts
 * Ley Hill
 * Lifford
 * Little Bromwich
 * Lodge Hill
 * Longbridge
 * Lozells
 * Lyndon Green
 * Maney
 * Maypole
 * Minworth
 * Mere Green
 * Moor Green
 * Moseley
 * Nechells
 * New Frankley
 * New Oscott
 * Newtown
 * New Town Row
 * Northfield
 * Old Oscott
 * Over Green
 * Peddimore
 * Parkhall
 * Pelham
 * Perry Barr
 * Perry Beeches
 * Perry Common
 * Pheasey
 * Pype Hayes
 * Queslett
 * Quinton
 * Reddicap Heath
 * Rednal
 * Ridgacre
 * Rotton Park
 * Roughley
 * Rubery (Mostly in Worcestershire)
 * Saltley
 * Sarehole
 * Selly Oak
 * Selly Park
 * Shard End
 * Sheldon
 * Shenley Fields
 * Shenley Green
 * Short Heath
 * Showell Green
 * Small Heath
 * Smithfield
 * Soho
 * Southside
 * South Yardley
 * South Woodgate
 * Sparkbrook
 * Sparkhill
 * Springfield
 * Spring Vale
 * Stechford
 * Stirchley
 * Stockfield
 * Stockland Green
 * Streetly
 * Sutton Coldfield
 * Ten Acres
 * The Parade
 * Theatreland
 * Thimble End
 * Tile Cross
 * Tower Hill
 * Tudor Hill
 * Turves Green
 * Tyburn
 * Tyseley
 * Vauxhall
 * Wake Green
 * Walker's Heath
 * Walmley
 * Ward End
 * Warstock
 * Washwood Heath
 * Wells Green
 * Weoley Hill
 * Weoley Castle
 * West Heath
 * Westside
 * Wiggins Hill
 * Whitehouse Common
 * Winson Green
 * Witton
 * Woodcock Hill
 * Woodgate
 * Wylde Green
 * Yardley
 * Yardley Wood

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Tlen.pl

Tlen.pl was an adware licensed Polish instant messaging service. It was fully compatible with the main Polish Gadu-Gadu instant messenger. It was launched in 2001 and discontinued in May 2016.

The communication protocol is based on open-source jabberd code, but it was modified significantly, making it incompatible with generic XMPP clients and servers. Among other features, Tlen.pl allows for voice chats, SMS sending and video conferences. The versions later than 4.0 allow for creation and usage of plugins. Since then more than 130 plugins have been created by the community. By April 2008 there were more than 1 500 000 registered users and 780 000 real users of Tlen.pl.

Tlen is also integrated with the o2.pl mail system, which allows users to use mail in three domains: o2.pl; go2.pl and Tlen.pl. It is possible to easily access the mail system from the application. Tlen.pl automatically checks the user's account and if there is any new mail, it displays a notification on their screen.

It is also possible to connect to Tlen.pl from the Tlen.pl homepage with a browser.

Since version 6.0.1.7, Tlen has included the Tlenofon plugin, which enables VoIP functionality for the client. Tlenofon is similar to the Skype service and offers low-priced calls to Poland and other countries.

In the second half of 2009, Tlen 7 Beta was published. There were no longer any advertisements. The popularity of the service has been declining, however. The software has not been updated since 2011, and the server has been shut down on 10 May 2016.

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User talk:Bladeswin

After two comments, I now find it necessary to make this crystal clear right here at the top of my Talk Page. '''I am not an admin. I use the speedy tags because I neither have, nor want the admin power to speedily delete the pages.''' Also: I make mistakes. Such is the way of humanity. If I make a mistake, a kind note will go further than hate. One more thing, a comment was made as to the speed at which I tag things... Well, I use Special:Newpages to clear out the junk...and there are tons of junk new pages.

 * These are the talk articles from October 1, 2006 to the present.
 * All previous messages may be found here.

marist high school
this page is currently underconstruction, it was a fluke that it was like that, sorry about that.

Skyscrapercity.com
This article was requested. Besides, it is one of the most important internet forums dealing with the topic of skyscrapers, architecture and urbanism, so there is no reason to dismiss it as "non-notable". Uaxuctum 05:10, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

OK, I've just read your justification. Anyway, I do not agree, I think you should change the speedy deletion into a Request for Deletion. SSC is a notable forum among those dealing with the topics it deals and has a wide worldwide user-base, so there are arguments in favor of keeping it that I think merit at least discussion. Uaxuctum 05:17, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

Sanjeev Murali Mohan
Am creating this page and will be updating it shortly. Is meant to be humorous, but if its not suitable, kindly go ahead and delete the same. Ramanbnv

Joanie4Jackie
Dear Bladeswin:

I have just barely finished typing and you have already selected this article for deletion. It must have been up for all of ten seconds, I'm suprised you even had time to read it. I would object to your deleting this article on the grounds that several notable women filmmakers were involved with it: Miranda July, Sarah Jacobson, Lisa Hammer, G.B. Jones and Tammy Rae Carland. All these women have pages on Wikipedia: it follows that if they are notable, so is their work, especially on a collaborative project of this scope, ranging over a period of years.

I would like to know why you consider this page deleteable and I would also like the opinion of a few other administrators who, I believe, would find this subject notable.

Intheshadows 03:21, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

Thank you for your reply. I appreciate your response and do understand that there must be many "junk" pages to edit on Wikipedia. I wasn't aware there was a 'New Pages' section, which explains a lot. Good luck with your work on Wikipedia!

Intheshadows 07:02, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

Psyber
Greetings Bladeswin

Responding to your request to delete the Psyber terminology that is a part of the Cyberpunk and online community terminology.

Being new here and seeing other terms here such as Cyber, Cyberspace, noobs and such, which is all tied in with the Cyberpunk and online community and subculture, I felt Psyber which is a structured term involved with this online society would be a valid input to be tied in with the Cyberpunk terminology and structure that exists here in the Wikipedia

I followed the instructions to contest deletion, however if I have “broken” any rules it is not intentionally.

Your original comment for deletion is, that this is not a dictionary, I have modified the Psyber to reflect how it is tied in with the Cyberpunk grouping so as to better fit your formatting requests, Though I am not completely sure what your formatting requirements are.

Any feed back on this would be helpful to help comply with your requirements for me to contribute to the Wikipedia. Thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Psyberwolf (talk • contribs)

SmartDraw
I was wondering if you could clarify why you marked our SmartDraw article as not notable. I realize any editor at Wikipedia has to go through a lot of noise and junk to keep Wikipedia clean, but I don't think SmartDraw is any different than many other articles written about technical software. SmartDraw has been around for 12 years innovating different ways to allow regular business users to draw diagrams without technical or designer know how.

We've added references to some reviews of the older versions of the product and hopefully we will have some new reviews shortly. Just recently the US Department of Justice adopted SmartDraw Legal as their standard diagramming software. More than 10 million people have downloaded SmartDraw. SmartDraw's article is similar to pages like Visio and ConceptDraw as it discusses a specific software with its unique set of tools in a large and growing industry. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Egaal (talk • contribs)

Well...I'm no expert on notability but I suspect that it is not notable. I'm yet to find a single source that is not a secondary resource - with the exception of the smartdraw website and select few others with financial reasons to endorse and market this program. Everything seems to point back there. The point of origin for the statistics seems to be the smartdraw homepage's press releases. The US DOJ adopted Smartdraw Legal as their "standard diagramming software"? I'm not so sure as Egaal. Sure, they supposedly own a lot of licenses for it but who says they paid for them? Ten million product downloads. Free products are products too! Maybe that's 99.99% of their product downloads - upgrades, trial versions, compos etc. Ten million downloads doesn't mean ten million people have purchased licenses. "More than 10 million people" Why write this on your page? Because, you apparently marked the article as not notable and I think you were probably right. I've seen the work you've done on some other articles and I wonder if you have some brilliant idea about how to determine for once and for all... "Is Smartdraw notable? Is the smartdraw article written with a neutral point of view? Are the claims all verifiable?" and so on. Anyway thanks in advance. Really I don't have the commitment or motivation to work on wikipedia articles but this one is rather interesting. I look forward to hearing your thoughts. SneakyWho am i 07:45, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

Stubs (derived from Beau Taylor edit)
Hello,

Thank you for your stub submission. You may wish to note that it is preferable to use a stub template from WikiProject Stub sorting/Stub types instead of using simply, if you can.

Thanks! Ksbrown 18:34, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

User:Samsantiago
I saw that you prodded a number of articles by this fellow, all of which look to me like spam. Mind if I ask why you did not tag them db-spam? I started to, but you beat me to the punch. I think the prod is a waste of time, simply because the article's cannot be improved---they are just blatant advertising. ---Charles 05:29, 18 November 2006 (UTC)
 * To be honest, I didn't think ad was appropriate. It wasn't advertisement for a book far as I could find (google searched one of the titles got nothing), and it wasn't a bio because of the byline. It was Original Research however, which is specifically mentioned in Criteria for Non-Speedying as not a reason for speedying, but prodding. Therefore since I had (in my mind) eliminated speedying as an option, all that was left was prod. - Jake - Bladeswin | Talk to me | 05:32, 18 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Ok, I guess it was just an assumption on my part that he was shilling for a book---those titles sound very much like book titles. I certainly meant no offense in asking the question.  The sooner the articles are gone, the better.  Thanks for your response. ---Charles 05:35, 18 November 2006 (UTC)
 * No prob. I wanted them gone too.  I patrol Newpages more recently than I used to.  I still have to figure out the best was to deal with garbage. - Bladeswin | Talk to me | 05:36, 18 November 2006 (UTC)
 * It can be damn frustrating, I will tell you that. I have been doing newpages patrol for quite some time now, and it can be infuriating.  At other times, it is amusing.  My advice would be not to lose your mind.  Cheers! ---Charles 05:43, 18 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Always is frustrating to get edit conflicts!  But...at least it shows that others care about newpages too. - J - Bladeswin | Talk to me | 05:45, 18 November 2006 (UTC)

Ice Hockey Project discussion of hockey player notability and project scope
Please come join the WikiProject Ice Hockey Notability standards for hockey players discussion. I'd like to see input from all our project members who have an opinion. Thanks! ColtsScore 00:19, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

Dear Bladeswin
Dear Bladeswin, I commend your zeal when searching for possible Candidates for Speedy Deletion. I friendly, and kindly suggest you, tho, to be a little more careful by checking what links to a potential candidate. You tagged Portal:Caribbean/Selected music/Layout as a test page, and thus, Portal:Caribbean and all its Music subpages showed up at WP:CSD. Like I said, I truly, really thank you for your obvious enthusiasm and work, and this is just a friend's advice :) Keep up the good work! Regards,  P h a e d r i e l  - 06:20, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

Ugh
Please stop tampering with the Senate elections in 2008 by calling them bias, or you will be blocked from editing Wikipedia. Politics rulePolitics rule 20:55, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image (Image:FloridaEverbladesLogo.jpg)
Thanks for uploading Image:FloridaEverbladesLogo.jpg. The image description page currently specifies that the image is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently orphaned, meaning that it is not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).

If you have uploaded other unlicensed media, please check whether they're used in any articles or not. You can find a list of 'image' pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "Image" from the dropdown box. Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. fuzzy510 02:35, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

Re: Message
Wow, I almost forgot you messaged me on here. I had no idea that the school uses the Wikipedia page. I have been doing ok. Classes are starting up once again and this semester is going to be a little tough for me but I'll survive. How have you been? Douglasr007 19:21, 27 August 2007 (UTC)

Tropical cyclones WikiProject Newsletter #16
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Tropical cyclones WikiProject Newsletter #17
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Tropical cyclones WikiProject Newsletter #18
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Tropical cyclones WikiProject Newsletter #19
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Tropical cyclones WikiProject Newsletter #20
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Tropical cyclones WikiProject Newsletter #21
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Tropical cyclones WikiProject Newsletter #22
Number 22, November 2, 2008 The Hurricane Herald This is the monthly newsletter of WikiProject Tropical Cyclones. The Hurricane Herald aims to give a summary, both of the activities of the WikiProject and global tropical cyclone activity. If you wish to change how you receive this newsletter, or no longer wish to receive it, please add your username to the appropriate section on the mailing list. This newsletter covers all of October 2008.

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Storm of the month

Deep Depression ARB 02 caused the 2008 Yemen floods. On October 19 the IMD noted that an area of low pressure which located to the south east of Salalah, Oman had intensifed in to a tropical depression and was assigned the number ARB 02. On October 21 IMD updated the system to a Deep Depression while it lay 700 km south of Salalah, Oman near the east coast of Somalia. It lost its strength while crossing the Gulf of Aden due to entry of dry air and land interaction as it passed close to the northeastern coast of Somalia. It later was downgraded to a Depression, named TC 03B by the JTWC. On October 24 it made landfall on the south-eastern coast of Yemen, leaving at least 26 civilians and six soldiers dead while trapping hundreds of people due to flooding and torrential rainfalls. The latest figure of casualties is of 184 persons dead and 100 others missing, mostly from the region of Hadhramawt, where the storm made landfall. A total of 733 houses were destroyed in the governorates of Hadhramaut and Al Mahrah, while 22,000 people were displaced. The Yemeni Government declared the two aforementioned governorates as disaster zones.

Other tropical cyclone activity

 * Atlantic Ocean– In the Atlantic, four tropical cyclones formed this October. Tropical Storm Marco formed in the Bay of Campeche on October 6. It made landfall on October 8 and is one of the smallest Atlantic tropical cyclones since 1988. Tropical Storm Nana formed October 12 in the middle of the open Atlantic. It had no impact anywhere and dissipated October 14. Hurricane Omar formed October 13 and dissipated October 18. Eventually peaking as a Category 4 hurricane, Omar passed through the Lesser Antilles twice, including once near peak intensity. Fortunately, it caused only one indirect death. Tropical Depression Sixteen formed on October 16 and dissipated two days later after making landfall. It killed 16 to 20 people in Central America.

 * Eastern Pacific Ocean– In the eastern north Pacific, three tropical cyclones formed this October. Hurricane Norbert formed October 3 and dissipated October 12. The strongest storm thus far this season, Norbert is the first hurricane to strike the west coast of the Baja California Peninsula since 1968. Eight deaths have been blamed on the hurricane.. Tropical Storm Odile formed October 8 and paralleled the coast of Mexico before dissipating on October 12. Tropical Depression Seventeen-E formed on October 23 and dissipated the next day without impacting land.

 * Western Pacific Ocean– In the western north Pacific, two tropical cyclones formed. Tropical Storm Bavi formed October 18 in the open Pacific. It never came near land and dissipated three days later. Tropical Depression Twenty Two-W formed on October 13 in the Gulf of Tonkin and made landfall on October 15. It dissipated inland the next day.

 * North Indian– In the northern Indian Ocean, two cyclones formed. Besides Deep Depression ARB 02, which caused flooding that killed 184 people in Yemen, Cyclonic Storm Rashmi formed October 25 and made landfall three days later. It killed two people.

 * South-West Indian – The 2008-09 South West Indian Ocean Season got off to an early start with two pre season zones of disturbed weather. The first zone of disturbed weather formed on October 6 and did not develop any further. Whilst the second zone of disturbed weather formed on October 16 and developed in to Moderate Tropical Storm Asma.

Member of the month The October member of the month is Hurricanehink. Since joining the project near its inception, Hurricanehink has been involved in bringing forty two articles, eighteen lists and six topics to featured status. Just this month, Hurricanehink was mentioned in the Signpost Dispatch. Hurricanehink has also been the regular distributor for this newsletter.

New members
 * Izmir2
 * Emarsee
 * HairyPerry
 * Dylan620
 * Yellow Evan

New and improved articles
 * There were new pieces of Featured content : Timeline of the 2007 Pacific hurricane season, Tropical Storm Hanna (2002), Timeline of the 2006 Pacific hurricane season
 * New Good articles include: Hurricane Hernan (2008), Effects of Tropical Storm Allison in Texas, Hurricane Joyce (2000), Hurricane Elida (2008), Tropical Storm Lester (2004), Tropical Storm Arlene (1959), Tropical Storm Rosa (2006), Cyclone Daman, Hurricane Donna, Hurricane Rosa (1994), 1994 Pacific hurricane season, Hurricane Fern (1971)
 * New storm articles include: Tropical Storm Dora (2005), Tropical Storm Karina (2008), Hurricane Norbert (2008), Cyclone Cliff, Tropical Storm Arlene (1959), Tropical Storm Rosa (2006), Hurricane Otis (2005), Tropical Storm Kika (2008), Cyclone Elisa (2008), Tropical Storm Lidia (2005), Tropical Depression Fifteen (2007), Tropical Depression Seven (2002)
 * New non-storm articles include: 1966 Pacific hurricane season, 1854 Atlantic hurricane season, Timeline of the 2003 Pacific hurricane season, 2009 North Indian Ocean cyclone season

Main Page content
 * Entries from articles: Tropical Storm Lester (2004), Hurricane Rosa (1994), Tropical Storm Kirsten (1966), 1854 Atlantic hurricane season appeared on the Main Page in the Did you know column during October.
 * Meteorological History of Hurricane Wilma appeared as Today's Featured Article on October 26.
 * 2008 Yemen floods, caused by Deep Depression ARB 02, appeared on the Main Page in the In the News section.

Storm article statistics Project News A discussion concerning sandboxes for next year's articles has begun. Please consider working on sandboxes so they will be ready to publish. As tropical cyclones can form at any time in the western Pacific and northern Indian Oceans, these two season's should be made ready for cyclones by December. Ideally, due to the possibility of pre-season storms, the eastern Pacific and Atlantic seasons should also be ready by then, but they should at least be ready by the northern-Hemisphere antipeak in late February and early March. Seasons for the years 2010 to 2015 should be given the name "Post-2009 {ocean name} {cyclone term} seasons", as in "Post 2009 Atlantic hurricane seasons".

A category for tropical cyclone articles of very-low importance has been introduced. Although discussion is still ongoing, a rating of very-low-importance will generally be given to weak cyclones that do not have impact or set any sort of record.

Editorial This month, our usual editor, Hurricanehink, has been on a semi-wikibreak until further notice. I am filling in as editor and distributor on an interim basis. The newsletter will continue as normal during that time. Thank you. Miss Madeline | Talk to Madeline 00:49, 2 November 2008 (UTC)

Miss Madeline | Talk to Madeline 01:02, 2 November 2008 (UTC)

Tropical cyclones WikiProject Newsletter #23
–Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone  02:53, 4 January 2009 (UTC)

Tropical cyclones WikiProject Newsletter #24
Jason Rees (talk) 01:01, 9 March 2009 (UTC)

Tropical cyclones WikiProject Newsletter #25
Jason Rees (talk) 01:17, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

Tropical cyclone WikiProject newsletter #26
Number 23, June 7 The Hurricane Herald This is the monthly newsletter of WikiProject Tropical Cyclones. The Hurricane Herald aims to give a summary, both of the activities of the WikiProject and global tropical cyclone activity. If you wish to change how you receive this newsletter, or no longer wish to receive it, please add your username to the appropriate section on the mailing list. This newsletter covers all of April and May 2009.

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Storm of the month Cyclone Aila was the second tropical cyclone to form within the Northern Indian Ocean during 2009. The disturbance that was to become Cyclone Aila formed on 21 May 2009 about 950 km to the south of Kolkata, in India. Over the next couple of days the disturbance slowly developed before a Tropical Cyclone Formation Alert was issued by the Joint Typhoon Warning Center early on 23 May 2009 and being designated as a depression by RSMC New Delhi. , 330 people have been killed by Aila and at least 8,208 more are missing, while about 1 million are homeless. Health officials in Bangladesh confirmed a deadly outbreak on diarrhea on 29 May, with more than 7,000 people being infected and four dying. In Bangladesh, an estimated 20 million people were at risk of post-disaster diseases due to Aila. Damage totaled $40.7 million (USD).

Other tropical cyclone activity Tropical Depression One was the first tropical cyclone to develop during the 2009 Atlantic hurricane season. The depression formed on May 28, out of a disorganized area of low pressure off the coast of North Carolina. However after attaining its peak strength the depression began to weaken due to increasing wind shear and cooling sea surface temperatures with the final advisory being issued on May 29.
 * North Atlantic
 * 2009 Pacific typhoon season - In the two month period, there were four tropical cyclones, all within a short time period and small area. Tropical Depression Crising moved through the Philippines but didn't develop. Typhoon Kujira formed over the Philippines, causing 29 deaths and almost $30 million in damage, before becoming the equivalent of a Category 4 hurricane. While Kujira was active, a tropical depression formed and dissipated over the open ocean, while Typhoon Chan-hom developed and organized in the South China Sea, eventually crossing Luzon and causing 60 deaths and heavy damage.
 * North Indian - Aside from Aila, Cyclone Bijli formed in April, making landfall on Bangladesh and killing 7 people.
 * South Indian– Cyclone Jade was the final Cyclone to form. Jade formed on April 5th from a tropical disturbance it quickly intensifed and bcame a category one tropical cyclone on the SSHS before making its first of three landfalls on Madagascar. Jade then dissipated on April 11 after causing fifteen deaths.
 * Australian Region - Cyclone Kirrly formed on April 25 in the Arafura Sea to the north of Australia within 5 degrees of the equator which is an unusual area of formation. It quickly reached its peak before making landfall on eastern Indonesia.
 * South Pacific - As the last newsletter was published Tropical Cyclone Lin was just devloping as Tropical depression 14F. Lin eventually went on to affect Fiji and Tonga causing at least $1000 worth of damage. Tropical Disturbance 15F also formed this month within the Solomon Islands. It moved eventually moved into the Australian Region but was not monitored by TCWC Brisbane as anything higher than an area of low pressure.

Member of the month The member of the month is Jason Rees, who joined Wikipedia in 2007, and has written nine tropical cyclone GA's. Jason primarily focuses on Southern Hemisphere storms, as well as the Western Pacific. He has plans for featured topics for several seasons, but for now, he is a regular member of the project who adds his input in discussions on the talk page. We thank Jason for his work, and we look forward to more articles!

New members
 * User:Kyle1278
 * User:Bbabybear02
 * User:Darren23

New and improved articles
 * There were no new pieces of Featured content
 * New Good articles include: 1973 Pacific hurricane season, Hurricane Kiko (1989), Tropical Storm Carlos (2003)
 * New storm articles include: Hurricane Dalilia (1989), Typhoon Wipha (2007)
 * New non-storm articles include: 1972 Hurricane Agnes tornado outbreak, Meteorological history of Hurricane Luis, Effects of Hurricane Georges in Louisiana, Timeline of the 2002 Pacific hurricane season

Main Page content
 * Hurricane Ismael was Today's Featured Article on April 25
 * Facts from the 1924 Cuba hurricane, Hurricane Lily (1971), Hurricane Tara (1961), and Hurricane Cora (1978) appeared in the Did You Know? section of the Main Page during April and May.
 * Typhoon Chan-hom (2009) and Cyclone Aila appeared on the Main Page in the In the News section.

Storm article statistics Project News There is debate as usual with regards to notability, as well as the status of the project in general, but nothing new is going on.

During the last week, some editors have organized a page — WikiProject Tropical cyclones/Viewed stats — that has a listing of monthly page views within the project. It is under construction, although it is complete for all Eastern Pacific tropical cyclones, as well as all Atlantic tropical cyclones from 1979 to the present. Interestingly, the top 6 viewed EPAC articles are all featured, and all of the top 16 in the basin are GA's. Unfortunately, the Atlantic, at least from 1979 to the present, is much worse, despite being viewed much, much more. The top eight-viewed Atlantic articles all are viewed more than 10,000 times per month, for a total of 363889 views per month, but only two of them are featured, and none of the others are GA. As always, any help in the retired storms would be greatly appreciated.

Somewhat tying into the bettering of project articles, the basin article challenge is still ongoing. Hurricanehink is currently in the lead with a GA in 2 basins. Cyclonebiskit is in 2nd, with one GA in the EPAC. The challenge is still open to anyone, and it is not so much a race, rather a challenge just to get a fairly important GA in each basin.

Tropical cyclones WikiProject Newsletter #27
– Juliancolton  | Talk 02:06, 4 July 2009 (UTC)

Tropical cyclones WikiProject Newsletter #28
– Juliancolton  | Talk 02:55, 2 August 2009 (UTC)

Tropical cyclones WikiProject Newsletter #29
JCbot (talk) 14:11, 13 April 2010 (UTC)

The WikiProject Tropical Cyclones Newsletter #31
Number 31, September 10, 2010 The Hurricane Herald This is the monthly newsletter of WikiProject Tropical Cyclones. The Hurricane Herald aims to give a summary, both of the activities of the WikiProject and global tropical cyclone activity. If you wish to change how you receive this newsletter, or no longer wish to receive it, please add your username to the appropriate section on the mailing list. This newsletter covers all of August 2010.

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Storm of the month Hurricane Frank is the storm of the Month. Tropical Depression Nine-E formed on August 21 south of the Gulf of Tehuantepec. It developed into a tropical storm the following morning. On August 23, Frank continued to intensify, but later faced shear and entered a period of weakening. However, on August 24, as shear decreased, it began to reorganize and strengthen again, becoming a hurricane on August 25. Two days later, Frank weakened into a tropical storm. Rapidly weakening overnight, NHC issued that it have been degraded into an remnant low. The area of low pressure associated with Frank was absorbed with another area of disturbed weather which later developed into Tropical Depression Ten-E.

Throughout Central America, Hurricane Frank produced torrential rain that resulted in at least 30 fatalities, most of which took place in Nicaragua and Honduras. In Guatemala alone, damage from the system was estimated to be up to $500 million. In Mexico, six deaths were reported. A total 30 homes were destroyed with 26 others damaged. Two major roads were damaged with another road blocked due to a landslides. Several rivers overflowed their banks as well. Losses from the storms totaled millions of dollars. Water Currents form a nearby volcano were damaged as well.

Other tropical cyclone activity

 * Atlantic Ocean– In the Atlantic Ocean, around three storms and one depression formed. Tropical Depression Four early on August 2. Early the next day, the depression strengthened further into a tropical storm and was named "Colin". Tropical Storm Colin was downgraded to a tropical depression late morning on August 8. Tropical Depression 5 formed on August 10, with no improvement, it dissipated within 24 hours. Tropical Depression Six developed near the Cape Verde Islands on August 21, the first of the series of Cape Verde-type storms. On August 22 the system attained tropical storm status, thus earning the name "Danielle" The next day it attained hurricane status, becoming the second of the season and strengthened further to a Category 2 hurricane. On August 27, Hurricane Danielle strengthened to a Category 3 hurricane, becoming the first major hurricane of the season, and further strengthened to a Category 4 hurricane shortly after.Danielle later weakened to a Category 3, then Category 2 hurricane, and later became a Category 1 Hurricane due to an eyewall replacement cycle, while avoiding land areas. It became extratropical early on August 31 southeast of Newfoundland without having directly impacted land. It was fully absorbed by a larger extratropical low on September 4 over Greenland. On August 25, Tropical Depression 7 formed east of Hurricane Danielle. Later that day it was upgraded to Tropical Storm Earl. On August 29, 2010 Earl strengthened to become the season's third hurricane. Earl then quickly intensified to become the season's second major hurricane on August 30. The hurricane weakened to a Category 3 hurricane after an eyewall replacement cycle before becoming a Category 4 again. Earl made landfall in the Canadian Maritime Provinces, twice in Nova Scotia and once in Prince Edward Island (PEI) at hurricane intensity. On August 30, when gale-force winds and better organization resulted in the development of Tropical Storm Fiona, skipping tropical depression status. It struggled to develop further, however, as it was hindered by high wind shear from the outflow of the much larger and stronger Earl.

 * Eastern Pacific Ocean– Three depressions formed in the Month of August. A tropical depression formed on August 5. slowly intensified, reaching tropical storm status on August 6.  On August 9, it was downgraded into a tropical depression. On August 10th Estelle dissipated. Tropical Depression Eight-E formed on August 20. However, the depression weakened slightly overnight. The depression continued to weaken and the National Hurricane Center issued its final advisory on August 22. Tropical Depression Nine-E formed on August 21 south of the Gulf of Tehuantepec. It developed into a tropical storm the following morning. On August 25 it became a hurricane.  Two days later, Frank weakened into a tropical storm. Rapidly weakening overnight, NHC issued that it have been degraded into an remnant low. Throughout Central America, Hurricane Frank produced torrential rain that resulted in at least 30 fatalities, most of which took place in Nicaragua and Honduras. In Guatemala alone, damage from the system was estimated to be up to $500 million. In Mexico, six deaths were reported. A total 30 homes were destroyed with 26 others damaged. Two major roads were damaged with another road blocked due to a landslides. Several rivers overflowed their banks as well. Losses from the storms totaled millions of dollars. Water Currents form a nearby volcano were damaged as well.

 * Western Pacific Ocean– Eight depression formed in the Month of August. Early on August 4, After Domeng, had merged with the low pressure area PAGASA reported that Domeng had intensified into a tropical storm and reached its 10-minute peak sustained windspeeds of 65 km/h (40 mph). In Luzon, heavy rain produced by the storm led to a few landslides, prompting road closures. Offshore, three people drowned after their boat capsized amidst rough seas produced by Domeng. Later that day PAGASA reported that Domeng had weakened into a tropical depression, before reporting early the next day that after it had passed through the Babuyan Islands, Domeng had weakened into an area of low pressure. Early on August 6, the JTWC reported that a tropical disturbance formed within the monsoon gyre about 800 km (500 mi) southeast of Taipei, Taiwan. During that day the JMA started to monitor the depression before the JTWC designated it as Tropical Depression 05W. The depression was then upgraded into a tropical storm by the JMA and named "Dianmu".  After moving northward for several days, it turned northeastward and struck southern South Korea. Dianmu weakened as it crossed the Korean peninsula and emerged into the Sea of Japan. Heavy rains produced by the storm resulted in one fatality after a cargo ship sank amidst rough seas produced by the storm. This marked the first time in nine years that a rain-related fatality took place in the capital city of Seoul. More than 3,000 homes were destroyed in eastern China after heavy rains from the outer bands of Dianmu struck the region.  The storm made landfall on Japan; exiting the country within five hours. Heavy rains were reported through out the islands. Nearly a week after the two ships sank off the coast of the Philippines, 31 crew members remain missing and are presumed dead after numerous coast guard rescue attempts. Damage from the storm on Jeju Island amounted to 5 billion won ($4.2 million USD). Early on August 17, an area of low pressure formed about 415 km (260 mi), northeast of Tuguegarao City, Cagayan. On the evening of August 18, as it crossed Babuyan Islands, the disturbance's low level center (LLC) weakened due to land interaction and high vertical wind shear. It regenerated on August 20 when it was located about 280 km (175 miles), to the west of Dagupan City, Pangasinan. Early on the next day, the LLCC of the disturbance became partially exposed due to a Tropical Upper Tropospheric Trough (TUTT) that was developing off Luzon at that time. On the afternoon of that day, Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) upgraded the system into a tropical depression. The next day, they further upgraded the depression into a tropical storm and named it "Mindulle". At the same time, the JTWC reported that Tropical Depression 06W has intensified into a tropical storm. Thousands of fishermen were urged to return to port. According to Vietnamese officials, contact was lost with 10 vessels on August 24 and the 137 fishermen on the ships were listed as missing. Rainfall, peaking at 297 mm (11.7 in),[59] led to significant flooding and agricultural losses. A Tropical depression formed on August 26, it survived for three days with no change in strength. it rapidly traveled northwest and dissipated on August 29. On August 28, the JMA upgraded the system to a Tropical Storm and was named "Lionrock". Early of september 1, Lionrock made a Fujiwhara effect with Namtheun, whilst Lionrock maintained it's strength while Namtheun was absorbed. Lionrock made landfall on the east coast of Guangdong Province, China, just north of the city of Shantou. It then started to dissipate and weaken into a tropical storm and moved over Guangzhou, Guangdong's capital. Lionrock soon lost it's intensity as it went over Guangdong. Midday of August 29, the Joint Typhoon Warning Centre (JTWC) issued a Tropical Cyclone Formation Alert (TCFA) on the system as a Low Level Circulation Centre had become organized. On the morning of that same day, the JTWC announced that the system had quickly developed into a tropical storm and assigned the designation "08W". Intensification continued, then by midday of August 30, the JMA reported that the depression had intensified into a tropical storm and assigned it the international designation "Kompasu". In addition, PAGASA also announced that the low pressure in the northeast of Batanes had formed and assigned it a local name, "Glenda". At the same time, the JTWC also upgraded Kompasu into a category 1 typhoon. On the next day, Kompasu crossed the island of Kadena and rapidly intensified into a category 2 typhoon equivalent. On September 1, Kompasu was upgraded by JTWC as a category 3 typhoon equivalent, becoming the strongest typhoon of the season. The storm later weakened to a category one typhoon in the Yellow Sea, before veering northeast and making landfall on Ganghwa Island, northwest of Incheon and Seoul, killing at least four people.[61] Kompasu was the strongest tropical storm to hit the Seoul metropolitan area in 15 years. On August 27, an extensive cloud formed in the waters east of Taiwan. On August 28, it developed into a low pressure. At 18:00, near Yaeyama Islands, the Japan Meteorological Agency upgraded the low pressure into a tropical depression. There were two tropical cyclones developing on both sides of 09W (namely Lionrock and Kompasu), and Typhoon Kompasu had a relatively stronger intensity, causing 09W moved southwest to Taiwan Strait. On August 30, it caused heavy rain in northern Taiwan. Taiwan's Central Weather Bureau could only issue a tropical depression warning since it had not strengthened to a tropical storm. At 20:00, 09W suddenly intensified into a tropical storm, and was named Namtheun. However, due to the development of another stronger tropical storm Lionrock at South China Sea, the increase of intensity of Namtheun was difficult. In the evening hours of August 31, Namtheun weakened into a tropical depression north of Taiwan Strait. Whilst Lionrock maintained it's strength while Namtheun was absorbed. Late on August 28, the Central Pacific Hurricane Center reported that an area of low pressure system associated with a tropical disturbance had developed about 1,000 mi (1,600 km) to the southwest of Honolulu in Hawaii. Isolated thunderstorms were developing in association with the small low-level circulation. During the next day the disturbance moved towards the west and moved into the western Pacific where the JMA immediately designated it as a tropical depression. The depression was expected to bring inclement weather to Majauro and nearby atolls, although the system significantly weakened before reaching the area.

Member of the month The October member of the month is CrazyC83. Since joining the project near its inception, CrazyC83 has been involved in bringing twenty two articles to Good Article status and one article to Featured Article Status. Not only this, he is been working with the Jason Rees looks like he has gone on a short break with the west, but he still continues with the east.

New members
 * Marcusmax
 * Nascar1996
 * Knowledgekid87
 * Pookeo9
 * Cucurbitaceae
 * Anirudh Emani

New and improved articles
 * Hurricane Edith (1963)
 * Timeline of the 1990–91 South Pacific cyclone season
 * Timeline of the 1989–90 South Pacific cyclone season
 * Timeline of the 2003–04 South Pacific cyclone season
 * 1776 Pointe-à-Pitre hurricane
 * Typhoon Linda (1997)
 * Tropical Storm Irma (1978)
 * Hurricane Fernanda (1993)
 * Tropical Depression One (1993)
 * Tropical Storm Laura (1971)
 * Tropical Depression Sixteen-E (2004)
 * Cyclone Clare
 * Hurricane Debbie (1969)
 * Hurricane Inga (1969)
 * Typhoon Angela (1989)
 * Hurricane Paine (1986)
 * Tropical Storm Alice (1953)

Storm Basics
 * A tropical cyclone is a storm system characterized by a large low-pressure center and numerous thunderstorms that produce strong winds and heavy rain.
 * While tropical cyclones can produce extremely powerful winds and torrential rain, they are also able to produce high waves and damaging storm surge as well as spawning tornadoes.
 * The term "tropical" refers to both the geographic origin of these systems, which form almost exclusively in tropical regions of the globe, and their formation in maritime tropical air masses.
 * Many tropical cyclones develop when the atmospheric conditions around a weak disturbance in the atmosphere are favorable. The background environment is modulated by climatological cycles and patterns such as the Madden-Julian oscillation, El Niño-Southern Oscillation, and the Atlantic multidecadal oscillation.

Storm article statistics

Project News The Newsletter has been properly restarted by Anirudh Emani.

Editorial Member Award This month the editorial member award has been disputed to CrazyC83 & Jason Rees. CrazyC83 has been working mainly with the 2010 Atlantic hurricane season while Jason Rees is working with the 2010 Pacific typhoon season. Jason has also created sandboxes for western Pacific Typhoons and North Indian ocean cyclones, Rashmi and Dianmu are a few good examples of this work. Anirudh Emani (talk) 08:35, 10 September 2010 (UTC)

Former Featured Articles
 * Cyclone Tracy – October 18, 2004 TFA
 * Galveston Hurricane of 1900 – April 16, 2005 TFA
 * 2004 Atlantic hurricane season
 * Hurricane Floyd – June 17, 2006 TFA
 * Hurricane Katrina – September 29, 2006 TFA

Former Featured Pictures
 * Image:Cyclone Gafilo.jpeg – August 6, 2006 POD
 * Image:Global tropical cyclone tracks-edit2.jpg – October 3, 2006 POD
 * Image:Felix from ISS 03 sept 2007 1138Z.jpg – July 18, 2008 POD
 * Image:Hurricane Isabel 18 sept 2003 1555Z.jpg – September 18, 2008 POD
 * Image:Hurricane Isabel eye from ISS (edit 1).jpg – September 18, 2009 POD
 * Image:Hurricane Katrina Eye viewed from Hurricane Hunter.jpg – November 24, 2005 POD
 * Image:KatrinaNewOrleansFlooded edit2.jpg – August 29, 2008 POD
 * Image:Searching for bodies, Galveston 1900.ogg – September 8, 2009 POD
 * Image:A big tip in Galveston2.jpg – September 8, 2010 POD
 * Image:Effects of Hurricane Charley from FEMA Photo Library 7.jpg
 * Image:ParmaMelor AMO TMO 2009279 lrg.jpg

Anirudh Emani (talk) 11:06, 13 September 2010 (UTC)

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You keep adding broken URLs. The slash after the .html is not needed. Example: external link at the Battle of the Trebia: yours, correct Paranoid 19:50, 17 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Also, there is no need to remove links that lead to yet unwritten articles. Leave them, they will be created in the future. The very existence of the link means that someone might notice the lack of an aritcle and step in. Paranoid 19:53, 17 Oct 2004 (UTC)

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Hedgehog

 * Until someone comes up with some proof re: Harold the Hedgehog, I think we can safely take the reference out.

Birthplace

 * Apparently, Bob was born simultaneously in England and South Africa. Can someone please confirm which? sugarfish 08:38, 3 January 2006 (UTC)

He was born in South Africa, but grew up in Kent in the United Kingdom. ACEOREVIVED (talk) 16:02, 10 January 2012 (UTC)

School

 * there is no Ashford Grammer school. the Closest thing to that would be Ashford Girls school and I'm sure he didn't attend. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Morcus (talk • contribs) 02:07, 19 October 2007 (UTC)

On the contrary! Ashford Grammar School was founded over 350 years ago by Sir Norton Knatchbull (scholar and M.P. for New Romney, Kent). However, the school has been known as The Norton Knatchbull School for many years (I know this because I live just down the road from said school). Bob Holness attended here. Edited as appropriate--80.4.6.146 (talk) 02:38, 21 December 2007 (UTC) db1987db

Bob's health
What's this "Bob is alive and well despite rumours to the contrary?" Citations surely needed.

 * There was a piece in one of the Sunday papers a while back which said that he had a stroke a few years ago but didn't go public with it at the time (he's recovered now). He'd also had a number of TIAs (so-called "mini-strokes") going back several years, which his wife thought might account for his occasional lapses in concentration when hosting "Call My Bluff". It seems that his bouts of forgetfulness weren't completely an act after all. -88.111.60.124 22:27, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

 * I am uncomfortable with leaving issues about Bob's health without any citations. If nobody can provide any, then I believe any statements about his health should be removed. Andy4226uk 00:26, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

 * Well said. Jamestaylor 12:12, 3 August 2007 (UTC)

Generation game announcer
In this recent edit an anonymous user removed the sentence about Holness being the announcer on The Generation Game. Googling it provides quite a few references, from what would usually be considered reliable sources - but because they're all recent and seem to contain much the same information as this article I'm slightly dubious as it seems many news agencies have just used Wikipedia info in their coverage. Can anyone clarify, or find a genuinely reliable source, for this information? waggers (talk) 15:58, 6 January 2012 (UTC)

The Fiction that he played the Saxophone
The news reports of his death on BBC Radio Four said that there was at one time a non-true story in circulation going around that he played the saxophone. I did wonder whether this might have stemmed from an act of vandalism on Wikipedia - a bit like the legend that Ronnie Hazelhurst wrote a song for S Club 7! I am not saying it did, although I expect that the story stemmed from something somewhere on the world wide web. The story dates back to 2006. Does any one know anything about it? ACEOREVIVED (talk) 16:05, 10 January 2012 (UTC)
 * See Stuart Maconie. Martinevans123 (talk) 16:13, 10 January 2012 (UTC)
 * So it started off as a joke, and any fool could see it's a joke, but nonetheless it began to be circulated as fact. A bit like the way Internet hoaxes start, except that they usually continue to circulate in a way in which any fool could see that it needs to be taken with a cup of salt.
 * Still, the rumour and the debunking of it must have made people wonder whether Bob did ever play the saxophone, or indeed any musical instrument, either professionally or as a hobby. The answer might have come out as part of a statement by Bob about the rumour, or there might have been other investigation into it.  Can anyone enlighten? — Smjg (talk) 12:28, 2 April 2012 (UTC)
 * It's not hard, read the references. From #9:
 * Years later, he said: "I would have loved to have been responsible for that tremendous sax solo but I can't play a note."
 * waggers (talk) 18:16, 2 April 2012 (UTC)
 * ... on the sax, that is. Martinevans123 (talk) 20:07, 2 April 2012 (UTC)

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LIAT

LIAT (1974) Ltd, also known as Leeward Islands Air Transport Services and operating as LIAT, was a regional airline headquartered in Antigua and Barbuda that operated high-frequency inter-island scheduled services to 15 destinations in the Caribbean. The airline's main base was V.C. Bird International Airport, Antigua and Barbuda, with a secondary base at Grantley Adams International Airport, Barbados.

On 27 June 2020, the Antiguan prime minister Gaston Browne announced that LIAT would be liquidated following increased debt and the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The airline will be reformed into a new entity Liat (2020) which will continue to provide connections between the Caribbean islands.

On 24 July 2020, the Government of Antigua and Barbuda secured an order for administration for LIAT and named Cleveland Seaforth of BDO as administrator of the company. Seaforth was given a 120-day deadline to devise a restructuring plan and present it to the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court.

LIAT ceased operations on 24 January 2024.

Early years
Leeward Islands Air Transport Services was founded by the late Kittitian (now Sir) Frank Delisle in Montserrat on 20 October 1956 and began flying with a single Piper Apache operating between Antigua and Montserrat. With the acquisition in 1957, of 75 percent of the airline by the larger, better known BWIA, LIAT was able to expand to other Caribbean destinations and to obtain new aircraft types, such as the Beechcraft Bonanza and de Havilland Heron. Hawker Siddeley HS 748s came in 1965, due to the airline's decision to phase out the Herons. In 1968, LIAT was operating some flights via an agreement with Eastern Air Lines to provide passenger feed at this U.S.-based air carrier's hub located in San Juan, Puerto Rico and was flying "Eastern Partner" service between San Juan and Antigua, St. Kitts and St. Maarten.

LIAT was not always an all-propeller aircraft airline. After Court Line, a UK-based air carrier, obtained 75 percent of the airline in 1971, LIAT entered the jet age, using stretched British Aircraft Corporation BAC One-Eleven series 500 twin jets provided by Court Line for their busier Caribbean routes. Smaller Britten-Norman Islander STOL-capable (short take-off and landing) twin prop aircraft were operated during this time as well as 48-passenger seat Hawker Siddeley HS 748 "Avro" turboprops. LIAT operated the stretched version of the British-manufactured BAC One-Eleven, being the series 500 model, which was comparable to McDonnell Douglas DC-9-30 being flown during the late 1960s and early 1970s, by a competing airline, Puerto Rico-based Caribair (Puerto Rico). The BAC One-Eleven jets were supplied to LIAT by U.K.-based Court Line. According to a 1973 LIAT route map, the airline was operating scheduled BAC One-Eleven series 500 jet service at this time from Antigua, Barbados, Caracas, Venezuela, Fort-de-France, Martinique, Kingston, Jamaica, Port of Spain, Trinidad, St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, St. Lucia (via Vigie Airport which is now George F.L. Charles Airport), St. Maarten, San Juan, Puerto Rico, and Tobago.

Court Line went bankrupt in August 1974, and the BAC One-Elevens were removed from the LIAT fleet. In order to keep the airline flying, the governments of 11 Caribbean nations stepped in and acquired the airline. The jets were replaced with a series of smaller types, such as the de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter STOL (short take-off and landing) turboprop. By late 1979, LIAT was operating three aircraft types including the 48-passenger seat Hawker Siddeley HS 748 "Avro" turboprop as well as the 9-passenger seat Britten-Norman Islander and the 18-passenger seat Britten-Norman Trislander with the latter two aircraft having STOL capability for short runways.

The 1980s were a decade of growth for the airline. By 1986, many daily flights were operated to Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport in San Juan, Puerto Rico, as well as other regions that the airline had never flown to. Faster de Havilland Canada DHC-8-100 Dash 8 turboprops were acquired to reduce flight times systemwide.

In November 1995, LIAT was partially privatized, to save it from bankruptcy once again. LIAT also began operating the larger 50-seater de Havilland Canada DHC-8-300 Dash 8 turboprop.

Development since the 2000s
In June 2013, LIAT received its first ATR 72 series 600 aircraft (registration V2-LIA). The airline completed its transition from the Dash 8 fleet to an all ATR fleet in 2016.

In January 2007, the airline announced an intended merger with Caribbean Star Airlines, and they entered into a commercial alliance, involving the flying of a combined schedule. All flights were marketed as LIAT, although the airlines continued to operate separately using their own air operators' certificates, until after completion of the merger. The merged airline was planning to use the LIAT brand with a merged fleet which is standardized on the Bombardier Dash 8 Q300. However, in June 2007, the shareholder governments of Barbados, Antigua, and St. Vincent gave the go-ahead to the board of directors to buy out the assets of Caribbean Star instead. LIAT purchased Caribbean Star Airlines on 24 October 2007, and five of the Caribbean Star's DHC-8 aircraft were then transferred to LIAT. As another result of the merger, LIAT changed its slogan to "LIAT, Star of the Caribbean", which was used as the slogan for a short time, and was then changed back to "The Caribbean Airline".

On 27 June 2020, the Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda announced that LIAT would be liquidated following a series of unsuccessful months due to COVID-19. The airline was reformed as a new entity that provides vital connections between the Caribbean islands.

LIAT suspended all their operations on 24 January 2024, resulting in the layoffs of more than 90 employees.

Ownership
The airline is owned by eleven Caribbean governments, with three being the major shareholders: Barbados, Antigua & Barbuda, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines along with Dominica (94.7%); other Caribbean governments, private shareholders, and employees (5.3%). It has 667 employees (in December 2018). The government of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, which also is the majority shareholder along with Jamaica of another regional carrier, Caribbean Airlines, the national airline of Trinidad and Tobago, is a minority shareholder in LIAT. However, it allows the Government of Barbados to use these shares by proxy.

The airline is currently in Administration as the Government of Antigua and Barbuda seeks to take over and restructure the airline. However, the ownership has not changed as of March 2021.

CEOs
On April 22, 2014, British aviation executive David Evans was appointed as CEO of LIAT. Evans' appointment came weeks after the shareholders mandated Chairman Jean Holder to study the future of the airline for 100 days, and shareholder Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves had boasted that more than 200 people had applied for the position. Evans resigned on April 13, 2016, amidst a heated meeting with the board of directors, leaving LIAT yet again without a CEO. In August 2017, Julie Reifer-Jones was appointed CEO of the company. She was the first female CEO of the airline and the only female CEO of an airline in the Caribbean. On 31 July 2020, Reifer-Jones announced her departure in a letter to employees. The airline is currently in administration so a CEO has not been appointed.

Headquarters
The airline is headquartered in Antigua. The engineering and flight operations department are located at the V. C. Bird International Airport in Saint George Parish, Antigua. The corporate headquarters which includes the call centre and customer relations departments are located at the Sealy Building on Sir George Walter Highway. The commercial department is located in St. Michael, Barbados.

Criticism
LIAT has a mixed reputation among both locals and visitors to and from the Caribbean Islands. Their flights often operate irregularly, with inconsistent arrival and departure. Baggage is often misdirected or not loaded entirely. They are known for having very poor customer service, late departures, flights cancellation, and their staff are criticized as surly and unhelpful. These problems were exacerbated with the 2010 strikes and again during the labor disputes in 2013 and 2017 – with many flights canceled and passengers stranded and unable to receive refunds. The management and head operators of the airline make it clear that they are not responsible for any flight cancellations or stranded passengers. West Indies cricket players used to call LIAT, "Luggage In Another Town."

Awards

 * 2007 – The "Caribbean's Leading Budget / No Frills Airline" – by the World Travel Awards

Destinations
LIAT provided service in the Eastern Caribbean region from Puerto Rico in the north to Georgetown, Guyana, in the south, linking the chain of islands in between.

Codeshare agreements
Until 2008, LIAT's services to Anguilla, Antigua, Dominica, St. Lucia, St. Kitts, Nevis, Montserrat, and St. Vincent were codeshared with Carib Aviation, which also used Antigua and Barbuda as its hub. The agreement was canceled due to Carib Aviation's discontinuation of all flights effective September 30, 2008.

LIAT in 2018, announced that it would join the Caribsky Alliance with Air Antilles and WINAIR. The alliance would make it easier for travel by having codeshare agreements between the three carriers.

The airline formerly maintained codeshare agreements with:
 * BWIA West Indies Airways
 * Carib Aviation
 * Caribbean Helicopters

Cargo services
LIAT also provided cargo services, with its service called Quikpak. This service provided Airport-to-Airport & Door-to-Door, customs-cleared delivery service throughout the Caribbean. The delivery time was typically within one or two days, and it was guaranteed by the LIAT staff.

LIAT would also begin all-cargo services with a Dash 8-100, which was to be converted from a passenger aircraft to a full-fledged cargo aircraft. Once the new cargo service came on stream, customers for the first time would be able to book cargo online on the company's website. The introduction of its new cargo service was planned for later in 2011.

Final fleet
At the time of its closure in January 2024, the LIAT fleet consisted of the following aircraft:

Fleet development
Early in 2013, the airline announced plans to acquire two entirely new types of turboprop aircraft, the 48-seat ATR 42 series 600 and 68-seat ATR 72 series 600 to replace its aging fleet of Dash 8's, both purchased directly by the airline and acquired during their merger with Caribbean Star. The introduction of these new prop-jets would mark the first time that LIAT operated ATR aircraft. LIAT began accepting deliveries in mid-2013. Later in 2013 then CEO, Capt. Ian Brunton apologized for what he described as a 'meltdown' around a re-fleeting exercise, with LIAT changing aircraft from Dash-8 types to ATR 42 and ATR 72 types. The troubles, which stranded thousands of passengers across LIAT's 1,300 miles of network, started in early August and continued for some two months while LIAT struggled with crewing both types and deliveries of the new aircraft. To compound the problems, an engine of one of the new aircraft took a week to be replaced, and one of the new aircraft was chartered to the Prime Minister of Taiwan in the middle of the debacle. The CEO blamed the numerous flight delays and cancellations on "unscheduled maintenance, crew shortages, bad weather, airport limitations, obtaining licenses for operating our new ATR aircraft, Tropical Storm Chantal, strong surface winds, unfavorable weather conditions, airport limitations, and runway lights". Capt. Brunton resigned in late September, with his departure on October 1, 2013.

Previously operated
The LIAT retired fleet includes the following aircraft types:
 * ATR 72-600
 * Beechcraft twin Bonanza
 * de Havilland Canada Dash 8-100
 * Bombardier Dash 8-300
 * BAC 1-11-500 - The BAC One-Eleven series 500 was the only jet aircraft type ever operated by LIAT.
 * Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander
 * Britten-Norman BN-2A-III Trislander
 * de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter
 * de Havilland DH-114 Heron
 * Embraer EMB-110 Bandeirante
 * Hawker Siddeley HS 748

Accidents and incidents

 * On August 23, 1959, a LIAT de Havilland DH-114 Heron 2B crashed on landing in St. Kitts. The aircraft was en route between St. Johns, Antigua, and St. Kitts. After landing, it overran the runway and was damaged beyond repair. No one was seriously injured and there were no fatalities.
 * LIAT Flight 319: On August 4, 1986, a LIAT de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter crashed into the Caribbean Sea. The aircraft was en route between St. Lucia and St. Vincent when it crashed due to poor weather conditions, while on approach. After a full day's search failed to find a trace of the Twin Otter, all of the 11 passengers and two crew were presumed dead.
 * On December 2, 2010, LIAT flight LI362, a Bombardier Dash 8-Q300 (DHC-8-300) carrying 24 passengers, en route to San Juan, Puerto Rico, made an emergency landing at the V.C. Bird International Airport in Antigua after losing a wheel from one of the main landing gear. As a precautionary measure, emergency services were placed on standby. The aircraft landed safely with no major damage or any injuries to the passengers or crew.
 * On August 25, 2013, LIAT flight LI774, a Bombardier Dash 8-Q300 (DHC-8-300) carrying 43 passengers, en route from Guyana to Barbados made an emergency landing at the Grantley Adams International Airport in Barbados after losing a wheel from one of the main landing gear on takeoff from Guyana. The aircraft landed safely with no major damage or any injuries to the passengers or crew.

In popular culture

 * Scenes of the airline are featured in season eight of the television programme Banged Up Abroad.

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Peary (crater)

Peary is the closest large lunar impact crater to the lunar north pole. At this latitude the crater interior receives little sunlight, and portions of the southernmost region of the crater floor remain permanently cloaked in shadow. From the Earth the crater appears on the northern lunar limb, and is seen from the side.

Observation and Etymology
Since Peary is located nearly on the limb of the Moon as viewed from Earth, high-quality images of the crater were not available until space probes started photographing the Moon; the first high-quality images came from the US Lunar Orbiter 4 spacecraft. Since it is located nearly at the lunar north pole, it was named after the polar explorer Robert Peary.

Physical features
Peary is nearly circular, with an outward bulge along the northeast rim. There is a gap in the southwestern rim, where it joins the slightly smaller crater Florey. The outer rim of Peary is worn and eroded, creating a rugged mountainous ring that produces long shadows across the crater floor. The crater floor itself is relatively flat, but is marked by several small craterlets, particularly in the southeastern half. The southern third of the interior remains cloaked in shadows, and so its features can be readily discerned only by means of ranging methods (for example, laser altimetry).

Because of the low sun angle, the average temperature on the crater floor or Peary is between 30 and 40 K, one of the coldest locations in the Solar System.

Illumination
In 2004, a team led by Dr Ben Bussey of Johns Hopkins University, using images taken by the Clementine mission, determined that four mountainous regions on the rim of Peary appeared to remain illuminated for the entire lunar day. These unnamed "peaks of eternal light" are due to the Moon's extremely small axial tilt, which also gives rise to permanent shadow at the bottoms of many polar craters. Clementine's images were taken during the northern lunar hemisphere's summer season, and more detailed lunar topography collected by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) showed that no points on the Moon receive perpetual light during both winter and summer.

The northern rim of Peary is considered a likely site for a future Moon base, due to this near-constant illumination, which would provide both a relatively stable temperature and a nearly uninterrupted solar power supply. It is also near permanently shadowed areas that may contain some quantity of frozen water.

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ZSC Lions

ZSC are a professional ice hockey team located in Zürich, Switzerland, playing in the National League (NL). Their home arena is the 12,000-seat Swiss Life Arena. The team was founded in 1930 and played at the Dolder-Kunsteisbahn from its establishment until 1950.

History
ZSC Lions were formed in 1997 as a result of the merger of the two local teams: the highly popular ZSC - Zürcher Schlittschuh Club (German for "Zürich Skating Club"), who were struggling financially in National League A, and the ice hockey section of Grasshopper Club Zürich of the National League B, backed by entrepreneur and billionaire Walter Frey.

ZSC was the first Swiss team to play in an indoor arena (Hallenstadion). They won the Swiss championship in the years 1936, 1949 and 1961 and the prestigious Spengler Cup in 1944 and 1945. After the merger, the ZSC Lions won the Swiss Championship in 2000, 2001, 2008, 2012, 2014, 2018 and 2024, and moreover won the IIHF Continental Cup in 2001 and 2002.

Champions Hockey League and Victoria Cup
During the 2008–09 Season, the ZSC Lions participated in the first ever Champions Hockey League. For the group stage, they were placed in group D with HC Slavia Praha and Linköpings HC. The Lions qualified for the semi-finals with a 3–1 record, first place in the group. With their defeats of the Finnish Espoo Blues, 6–3 and 4–1 respectively, they qualified for the tournament final. The first leg of the final was held on January 21, 2009 in the Magnitogorsk Arena where the Lions came back from a 0–2 deficit to Metallurg Magnitogorsk to end with a 2–2 tie. The second leg was played a week later, on January 28, 2009, in the Diners Club Arena in Rapperswil-Jona, Switzerland. ZSC Lions won the game and the Silver Stone Trophy with a 5–0 victory.

With their victory in the Champions Hockey League, the ZSC Lions qualified to play the Chicago Blackhawks of the National Hockey League for the 2009 edition of the Victoria Cup challenge. Playing at their home arena, the Lions upset the Blackhawks with a 2–1 victory, winning the trophy. It was the first time since 1991 that the Blackhawks had lost to a club in Europe.

Honors

 * Swiss Champions (10): 1936, 1949, 1961, 2000, 2001, 2008, 2012, 2014, 2018, 2024
 * Victoria Cup (1): 2009
 * Champions Hockey League/Silver Stone Trophy (1): 2009
 * IIHF Continental Cup (2): 2001, 2002
 * Swiss Cup (3): 1960, 1961, 2016
 * Spengler Cup (3): 1944, 1945

Current roster
Updated 5 July 2024.

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Shaler (crater)

Shaler is a lunar impact crater that lies on the southeast interior edge of the Montes Cordillera mountain ring that surrounds the immense Mare Orientale formation. It is located near the southwest limb of the Moon on the near side, and so is viewed nearly from on edge from the Earth. Just to the northwest of the crater is the slightly smaller crater Wright.

The long, irregular Vallis Bouvard valley begins at the southern rim of Shaler, and winds its way to the south-southeast towards the crater Baade. This is one of several such valleys that radiate away from the southeast edge of the Mare Orientale impact basin, the other two being Vallis Inghirami and Vallis Baade.

Shaler has been affected by its location on the southern edge of the Montes Cordillera, as the floor is rough and irregular, particularly toward the southwest where several small, parallel clefts appear in the surface. The rim is nearly circular, although slightly flattened along the south edge, and the edge remains sharply defined with little appearance of erosion.

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Category:Aggression

Aggression in psychology and other social and behavioral sciences, refers to behavior that is intended to cause harm or pain. Aggression can be either physical or verbal. Behavior that accidentally causes harm or pain is not aggression. Property damage and other destructive behavior may also fall under the definition of aggression.

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