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Hi, I uploaded an image with the same name as (Image:Townhall.jpg) many months ago and it was the Town Hall in Antigonish Nova Scotia however it wasn't the image that is currently there. I guess the user Bigsteeve uploaded the current image and kept the same description for some reason, the description should definately be corrected. --BoyoJonesJr 19:31, 20 May 2006 (UTC)

Mary MacLeod Trump
You didn't complete the AfD procedures, specifically, you didn't open the discussion page and list the reason for the AfD. IrishGuy 21:19, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

Mo Hayder
Hi, can you explain why you think the Mo Hayder article is a possible copyvio? I've just read over the source it supposedly violates, and can't see any real problem apart from one or two vaguely similar sentences. Barbara Osgood 14:13, 29 May 2006 (UTC)

Alexander Masters
I found this link indicating that he was born in New York. Amalas  =^_^=  13:57, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

Template:World Heritage Sites in the United Kingdom
As creator of this template, you may be interested in a deletion vote for a Scottish only template. I listed it for deletion since the UK one is obviously superior and much better for navigation purposes. Astrotrain 19:18, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

Hoy High Lighthouse
Thank you kindly for the information, I have amended my image info accordingly. Richard Harvey 19:42, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

RO-RO
You're welcome! Thanks for noticing. :-) —Steve Summit (talk) 17:29, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

List of Climbers
Thankyou for the correction on Hargreaves, can we agree that 'UK' would be the best thing to use in the climbers list for her? This has the advantage of being shorter than either 'Scottish' or 'English' and covers all contingencies.

I note (I think I note) that you are changing the 'date-' format to 'born date'. I won't argue that it's incorrect, but just to let you know that when I cleaned up all of the dates a few months ago I adopted the shorthand date-dash-date (and date-dash) method in order to economise on space and to keep the 'need to read' to an absolute minimum. Lists are really meant to be scanned (to my mind) and consequently we should be able to afford to 'compress' grammar. Strictly speaking if we say 'born date' we should also say (in all of those other cases) 'born date, died date', and I just don't think there is room for that. But having said that, it's your call.. Regards 01:01, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

Sir John Franklin
Hullo, just wanted to ask why you thought the NOVA companion website wasn't an apt external link for Sir John Franklin. While NOVA is indeed a TV series, it's generally a well-produced and researched one; I'm a bibliophile myself but do enjoy sharing links to useful media in other forms. As for the Channel 5 show, I might agree more, that was not really a top-drawer programme.

Cyril Mango
I just remembered him as an American, but I forgot to check my references. Thanks for telling me. Valentinian (talk) / (contribs) 21:26, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

Website
The website that you gave me won't load for me, so would you do it? Hello32020 11:59, 1 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Still won't load (the website won't load) Hello32020 13:58, 1 October 2006 (UTC)
 * I can't get to the PDF sorry. Hello32020 14:15, 1 October 2006 (UTC)
 * K it works Hello32020 14:52, 1 October 2006 (UTC)

Town/Villages in Scotland.
Okay I will try to fix some of them, but it is not only my article, it is not solely my responsibility. If you see something that could be updated or fixed, you may also want to update or fix it yourself. (If you have updated or fixed some of them, my apoliges.) Hello32020 19:32, 5 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Okay I'll try to check harder next time I create location stubs. Hello32020 20:54, 5 October 2006 (UTC)

Re Ensay, Outer Hebrides
Hi,

I did a fair bit of work on the Ensay, Victoria article. Another user (Fir0002) added the pic of the chapel to that article. Since it was a pic of the Chapel on your island, I shifted it into a new article on the island as it wasn't really relevant to the town of Ensay in Australia. So regarding the pic and the caption, it wasn't actually mine, so I can't really help you much on further details.

However, to try to make sense of it, it says:

"Chapel on the Island of Ensay, so named because St. Columba and his followers used the Island to christen convicts from mainland Scotland early in the sixth century"

Now I took it that this was some type of prison island, and St Columba went across to it periodically to christen the convicts. Re whether such a thing existed in the sixth century, I must say I had asked myself the same question. Where it says 'so named', I took to be from the earlier information that Ensay was a Gaelic form of Jesus, and it was called this because of the christenings happening there. However, you are now saying this is incorrect and the name has a different source, which therefore puts a hole in that explanation.

I believe Fir0002 said that information/pic was in a book he has on the area in Victoria, so was sourced from there. Perhaps you could ask him.

(BTW I'm not sure I fully understand the second sentence as it currently stands (is there a missing word?), and I think the third sentence is missing a full stop).

--jjron 07:20, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

 * Sorry for the not writing back sooner, anyway I scanned the image from "Echoes from the Mountains" by A.M. Pearson. The full caption under the sketch reads: "The name Ensay was first given to the district by Archibald Macleod. Ensay was so named after an island of the outer Hebrides, which was owned by the Macleod family prior to them migrating to Australia. Ensay Island is Gaelic for “Jesus Island,” so named because St. Columba and his followers used it as the site to christen convicts from the mainland of Scotland early in the sixth century." if that helps at all. --Fir0002 06:03, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

 * A number of books show the original Norse as Engi or Engis, meaning meadow. http://www.google.co.uk/books?lr=&q=ensay+engis&btnG=Search+Books  Also, http://www.majstro.com/Web/Majstro/sdict.php shows no translation for Jesus or Ewe, but it does translate meadow to innis which is not phonectically disimilar from engis.  Yes, it's OR... but it may spur someone else's imagination into finding a citable connection from Old Norse Engis, through Scots Gaelic Innis to the modern Ens (+ ey = isle).  81.179.95.88 14:03, 14 September 2007 (UTC)

Northern Hebrides
I considered changing the Inner Hebrides page, although it does say "The smaller islands include", as opposed to they "are". I also added a note on the Hebrides Talk page: 'Can't think of any reason not to include the Summer Isles and have done so." and another at Talk:Islands of the Clyde (in which I note I am agreeing with you!). Here I say "whilst I can't find a precise definition, the Collins Encyclopaedia of Scotland describes the Inner Hebrides as lying 'east of the Minch'. " If the Summer Isles etc. are not Hebrides I am not sure why that would be the case. The surely have more of a case than St. Kilda. Given the Collins definition above, could I reverse the logic and ask if you know of a source which specifically excludes them and gives a reason? Unfortunately I don't have copy of W.H. Murray's The Hebrides which might be the definitive work. As you have no doubt guessed I am attempting to create a slightly more ordered 'category tree' for the islands, and whilst life does not have to be tidy it would be inconvenient to have several islands which were Hebride-like but did not have a recognisable collective noun. I also put the Summer Isles onto the Hebrides template, and on the above logic they at least should go into the Inner Hebrides page list of smaller islands. Regards, Ben MacDui 09:31, 29 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Hmm. "The Encylopedia Britannica (free bit) says the Inner Hebrides are from from Skye in the north to Islay". Indeed it does. but (and I don't have a good understanding of your geographical whereabouts), if Encylopedia Britannica were to say "cricket is played from Kent in the south, to Northumbria in the north' or if the Encylopaedia Canada were to suggest that 'Canada stretches from the St. Lawrence seaway in the east to Vancouver in the west', would that mean that:
 * a) cricket is unknown in Cornwall or Scotland, or

 * b) that Newfoundland is not part of Canada, or

 * c) that Encylopedia Britannica is occassionally a fraction glib.?
 * It's an interesting problem which I will look into further asap. Ben MacDui 22:36, 29 October 2006 (UTC)
 * PS How did you know about JtR and Gruinard?

 * PPS Islands off the north coast of Sutherland might be 'Northern Isles', (although probably not) and then there are the Islands of Fleet. Good grief!

 * I have unearthed a copy of Encylopedia Britannica (1978). It says “Hebrides -  group of islands of the west coast of Scotland extending in an arc between 55.35 and 58.30 N and 5.26 and 8.40 W.” This includes Gigha, St.Kilda and everything up to Cape Wrath – although not for some reason, North Rona. It’s not unequivocal, but as neither this nor the Collins Encyclopaedia of Scotland exclude the Summer Isles etc. I rest my case. I will copy something similar on the Hebrides Talk page. Ben MacDui 19:31, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

Answer
I have answered you on my talk page. you may delete this message when you get it Inge 22:49, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

Your changes to the Selwyn Hughes article
Thanks for your attempts to improve the Selwyn Hughes article. Unfortunately I've had to revert two of your changes:
 * you changed honorary to honourary, a word that doesn't exist (even in my native British English)
 * you changed amazon.com to amazon.co.uk - but since I did actually get the list of bestselling books from amazon.com, your change undermined the integrity of the article.

I've corrected these two. Don't worry about it - we've all made mistakes in our time :)

Cheers - Euchiasmus 20:47, 16 December 2006 (UTC)

 * Why does this need to refer to two different Amazon sites?--JBellis 16:40, 17 December 2006 (UTC)

 * Sorry, I really messed this one up - your Amazon edit was right all along. I got it all wrong when I read your change, and thought I'd got the booklist from the US site. I should have read my own references section at the bottom before criticising you.

 * I'm embarrasssed for being so absent minded and impolite :(

 * I will do the necessary to the article. Sorry again. Euchiasmus 20:47, 17 December 2006 (UTC)

Articles for deletion/Baile Ailein
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The Island of Runde
Hi,

the island Runde is not a "spam link". Runde is known as the southernmost birdrock of Scandinavia. I don't unterstand, why you deleted all external links to this webside. The webside is mostly written in german, but there are many pictures of birds such as puffins a.s.o to see. So this webside can also be useful for english speaking peoples.

Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Lakes/Articles/all
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Complaint
Why is this guy a moderator, he should not be, his deletions, are not good. He is taking away useful information, there is NO excuse for taking away usefuil information, there is only an excuse for taking pointless stuff. There should be somebody who gets rid of the bad quality moderators like JBELLIS. This JBellis should find something better to do with his time, than these useless edits.

WP:Scottish Island
I am dreaming up a scheme for a WikiProject to co-ordinate island editing efforts. You are welcome to visit the draft project page at User:Ben_MacDui/Sandbox2. Comments, advice and sign-ups are very welcome. Ben MacDui (Talk) 20:30, 23 July 2007 (UTC)

(Edit to add - see Ben MacDui's made comment above - it is now active)
 * I thought from your past edits, you might be interested in

WikiProject Scottish Islands - come on over and have a look. --MacRusgail 21:36, 12 August 2007 (UTC)

Orford Ness
Yes, I noticed the dot supposedly showing the position of Orford Ness was out at sea. I have nudged it across. Do you think it's OK now? Skeptic2 20:39, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

Shetland
Hi i, you from Shetland? If so you should definetly check out wir SHETLAND WIKIPEDIA! http://www.shetlopedia.com

We'd love to have you you join the team and begin adding there JAStewart 10:27, 16 October 2007 (UTC)

Peter Grey (historian)
I hope you are planning to add some more content to the article--at least a list of his published books and book reviews of them. DGG (talk) 20:34, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

Thulean Plateau
I have add a reference stating it existed during the Paleogene period (65.5 ± 0.3 and ended 23.03 ± 0.05 million years ago). Black Tusk 20:45, 10 November 2007 (UTC)

Scarsdale Medical Diet
You moved a previously correct proper name title to an incorrect common name title. We are now going to have to put in a move request to fix this error. I'm sure it was an honest mistake, but please check on things like this before blindly moving articles to common name formats. Roguegeek (talk) 21:52, 13 November 2007 (UTC)

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 * I think we've now got it cracked, having been told a URL formula by a new helpful contact at the CC - please check a few charities and let me know if any problems. Thanks. PamD (talk) 17:43, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

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Aundorach Settlement
Hi JBellis, I create most of this list, by checking maps and ensuring most of them are villages or at least hamlets, but the Aundorach is no doubt a mistake, osmaps reports it a name of an area, so that article will need to come out, as it fails all notability policies. I think it was me that created it, it must have crept in when I was half asleep. I'll give Ben MacDui a shout, and he will get rid of it. Thanks for pointing it out. scope_creep (talk) 22:55, 4 April 2009 (UTC)

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Peter Hinwood

Peter Hinwood (born 17 May 1946) is an English antiques dealer and former actor. He is best known for his role as Rocky in The Rocky Horror Picture Show in 1975.

Biography
Hinwood worked as both a photographer and a professional model while he was pursuing his acting career. Hinwood is mostly noted for his film appearance as the well-oiled, muscular and mostly mute creation Rocky in the 1975 cult movie The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Rocky's singing voice was dubbed in post-production by Australian singer Trevor White. Both Hinwood and White were interviewed by Scott Michaels for his 2002 book Rocky Horror: From Concept to Cult.

His portrayal of Dr. Frank-N-Furter's "creation" was the most significant role of Hinwood's acting career. Hinwood had played the Greek god Hermes in the Adventures of Ulysses mini-series on British television in the late 1960s. Before Rocky Horror, he performed as Guy in Roddy McDowall's macabre Tam Lin. After Rocky Horror, he also had a bit role in Paul Humfress and Derek Jarman's homoerotic Roman historical drama Sebastiane.

Hinwood is now an antiques dealer in London and lives most of the time in Tangier. He told People magazine in 2000 that there were three reasons why he chose not to continue to milk his Horror moment. "One, I can't act. Two, I cringe with embarrassment every time I see myself on film. Three, I relish a quiet, peaceful life." Hinwood revealed that in 1994 he had rediscovered the gold hot pants he wore in the film and sold them through an auction house for nearly US$1,000. They are now part of the Hard Rock memorabilia collection and were for a time displayed in its restaurant in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, United States. The shorts can be viewed at the Orlando Hard Rock in Florida.

Personal life
His "life and business partner" was Christopher Gibbs, antiques dealer and collector, until Gibbs' death in July 2018.

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Yarra Scenic Drive

Yarra Scenic Drive is a tourist drive following the Yarra River, in Victoria, Australia. The route traverses approximately 60 km from Williamstown – where the Yarra empties into Port Phillip Bay – to Warrandyte – Melbourne's first goldfield site on the banks of the Yarra.

Warrandyte to Bulleen
Through these outer north-eastern suburbs, the route winds near to the Yarra River, but rarely can the driver see the river itself. The roads do, however, pass by a number of Yarraside parks, including Pound Bend, Westerfolds Park, Finns Reserve, Birrarung Park and Banksia Park, which are all well-liked serene picnic locations with a view of the outer-suburban Yarra River, where it is still safe to swim and canoe.

Heidelberg to Alphington
There is little in the way of a Yarra view along this section of the drive. The best Yarra vantage point is found alongside the Boulevarde, but there are many stores and some industry through these middle-northern suburbs.

Yarra Boulevard, Kew
A winding but road on the edge of a hill which provides a marvellous view of both the Yarra and the inner suburbs. It also runs alongside several golf courses.

Burnley to Southbank
For most of this section, the road runs directly alongside the Yarra River after it widens past Dights Falls, with a clean view of the bridges and surroundings. Alexandra Avenue also provides access to the Royal Botanic Gardens and Birrarung Marr. Alexandra Avenue, however, is an important thoroughfare in inner-eastern Melbourne, and so traffic can often be unpleasant.

City
Route 2 briefly takes in the CBD, driving directly past Crown Casino and the Melbourne Aquarium.

West Gate Bridge
The famous West Gate Bridge spans the Yarra at its widest, and gives a panoramic view of the city, the docks, the industrial western suburbs, and Port Phillip Bay. Traffic is chaotic during peak hour.

Yarraville to Williamstown
This is a drive along the inner-western beachfront to the end of the mini-peninsula at Williamstown, finishing the route alongside a scenery of blue skies, yellow sand and marinas - a far cry from the leafy green beginnings of Warrandyte. This section coincides with the newer Bay West Trail, signed as Tourist Route 11.

History
The drive was originally signed as Metropolitan Route 2 in 1965, and was signed accordingly with the standard blue and white curved shield signs. When the route was extended from Ivanhoe East to Warrandyte, it was re-signed using the brown five-sided shield in 1989, usually shown in the centre of a small green and white sign bearing the words Yarra Scenic Drive.

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Talk:Micro Machines

I'm fairly certain that Micro Machines were a line of tiny metal/plastic cars made in the 1980s (and probably the early 1990s), upon which the games are ostensibly based. I was expecting this page to be about those, not the games. Does anyone have any information on those? --Milkmandan 06:31, 2005 Feb 14 (UTC)

 * You can always add to the article and re-do it, but you are correct, micromachines were n scale cars made of plastic, sold back in the late 80s early 90s

Yea. Some of the later series included new city zones that were either compact(all single piece city and foldable) or separate pieces of locations that could be used whatever way the player wished and the "Micro Machines Military"(Tanks, military jeeps, soldiers and fighters etc...). I used to be an avid collector of Military and city series. Might be good to mention those at the site as the video games were inspired by them.

Can someone see if they can find any information about the upcoming PS2 and PSP Micro Machines game? It was featured in a brochure of Codemasters' upcoming games but their website doesn't say anything about it. --DK 03:45, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

Micro Machines
Hi there, I added some information hoping to clarify some things, and adding additional info. I tried to keep the information concise. I also added a link to my webpage that is devoted to the micro scale cars.

I added a Wiki page for the Speedeez brand as well. --15:10, 1 May 2006 (UTC)Donald (www.puremicros.com webmaster)

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This article should be added to some stub category not sure which, also I think article should be split  in at least two articles. One about games, one about toys...--Defufna 10:02, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

Logo
Thanks to whoever added the logo. We now need someone to add more info. I wouldn't know how do do it myself. 67.188.172.165 18:57, 25 November 2006 (UTC)

Reposted my website
Not sure why it was deleted.. but if it was because of the link on my website to my storefront, I have deleted that link. I feel that I had added enough relevant information to include my website as a reference link. If whoever deleted the link still does not like the link there, let me know and I will also delete all the other relevant info I have added as well.--209.168.33.16 08:40, 1 January 2007 (UTC)PureMicros
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Commercials
If I recall, the commercials all contained the words "just like the real thing, only smaller", but ended with "If it doesn't say Micro Machines, it's not the real thing" Can anyone back me up on that? --Othernash 07:45, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

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What about Macro Machines?
Toward the end they sold out and made a line called Macro Machines. I was hoping to read more about them here. Anyone have more info about Macro Machines? Shouldn't the article have a mention? On-line info was scant. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 4.254.87.190 (talk) 03:45, 21 October 2009 (UTC)

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how can I get my equiveillance article back? please let me know where the last copy is so i can put the article up in another journal: I recieved no notification of the removal: not all wikipedians had a chance to vote.

so please send me my last edit of the article: stefanos pantagis, MD —Comment by User:67.85.122.204.

 * Please create an account (which only takes a few seconds and is free) and include your email address in the appropriate field. I'll be happy to email you the last version of equiveillance.  dbenbenn | talk 03:27, 1 Mar 2005 (UTC)

my email is stefanospan@msn.com

or my user name is culturejam

if you can get this to me as soon as possible due to a magazine we are putting together that will need this idea delineated.

I am planning to add to several other wikipedia articles that i am "expert in" to work out how i undermined my self with the equiveillance term.

thank you for any advise and I hope to figure out how to advocate for undelete, but first we need to have more google hits on the term.

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Simplot

The J. R. Simplot Company (commonly referred to as Simplot) is an agribusiness company headquartered in Boise, Idaho, United States.

History
Simplot was founded in 1929 by 20-year-old John Richard Simplot near the agricultural community of Declo in south central Idaho, United States. During the early 1940s, the business expanded, providing the military with dehydrated onions and potatoes during World War II. The firm was incorporated as the J. R. Simplot Company in 1955.

Simplot made billions from the commercialization of frozen French fries by one of its scientists, chemist Ray L. Dunlap. By the early 1970s, it was the primary supplier of French fries to McDonald's. By 2005 it supplied more than half of all French fries for the fast food chain. Simplot also produces fertilizers for agriculture the mining of which has been a cause of recent environmental concerns.

Simplot is now one of the largest privately owned companies in the world (ranked 54th in Private Companies by Forbes magazine in 2020),  with $7.6B in revenue and 13,000 employees. It has branches in Australia, Canada, Mexico, China, and several other regions. One of the major plants is in Caldwell, Idaho.

J. R. Simplot retired from his role as president of his company in 1973 but remained actively involved for numerous years thereafter. He later relinquished his position as chairman of the board in 1994 and held the title of Chairman Emeritus until his passing in 2008.

Philanthropy
Since its founding, J. R. Simplot Company has contributed to numerous local organizations and causes, including Ronald McDonald House, WWF-Australia, Boys and Girls Clubs, Future Farmers of America, St. Luke's Children's Hospital, and the Special Olympics. Much of the company's philanthropic efforts are directed by employees serving on the company's volunteer service committee. The Simplot Company has donated thousands of pounds of potatoes to the Idaho Foodbank and the Boise Rescue Mission. They have also provided monetary support for the arts throughout Idaho including Ballet Idaho, Opera Idaho, and the Boise Philharmonic.

In 2009, Simplot Company was awarded the Spirit of Treasure Valley award by the United Way of Treasure Valley.

Environmental record
In February 2002, Simplot agreed to buy equipment and pay penalties related to an unreported release of 80,000 pounds of sulphur dioxide from a facility in Pocatello, Idaho. The company violated the Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act by failing to immediately notify the Power and Bannock Counties' Local Emergency Planning Committees or the State Emergency Response Commission of the release.

In February 2004, J.R. Simplot Company agreed to pay the United States Environmental Protection Agency $525,000 and install $2 million in air pollution control equipment to resolve violations of the federal Clean Air Act at its silica sand mining facility in Overton, Nevada. The violation occurred in 1988 when the company removed equipment required by the federal Clean Air Act to control emissions of air pollutants.

In early 2012, Simplot submitted a report to the Environmental Protection Agency to explain its view regarding how and why pollution limits could be eased in phosphate mine areas, and linking to livestock die-offs of sheep and cattle in other areas.

Simplot is one of six major companies to join the Obama Administration in an effort to significantly reduce energy use over the next 10 years. The company has received a number of awards, including the Utah Board of Oil, Gas and Mining's Earth Day award for the environmental work completed in Nevada.

In June 2012, Simplot partnered with two conservation groups and three phosphate mining companies in an effort to improve the water quality of the Blackfoot River in Eastern Idaho. The parties are: J.R. Simplot Company, Monsanto and Agrium/Nu-West Industries, the Idaho Conservation League and Trout Unlimited.

More recently, Simplot settled with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Department of Justice resolving alleged Clean Air Act violations related to modifications made at Simplot's five sulfuric acid plants near Lathrop, Calif., Pocatello, Idaho and Rock Springs, Wyo. Under the settlement, Simplot was required to spend an estimated $42 million to install, upgrade and operate pollution controls that significantly cut sulfur dioxide emissions at all five plants, fund a wood stove replacement project in the area surrounding the Lathrop plant, and pay an amount of $899,000 as civil penalty. The company settled with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Department of Justice resolving Simplot's liability for alleged violations at the Rock Springs, Wyoming facility under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), including failure to determine if a solid waste is a hazardous waste (40 C.F.R. § 262.11); treatment, storage or disposal of hazardous waste in the phosphogypsum (gypsum) stack without a permit or interim status (42 U.S.C. § 6925(a) and 40 C.F.R. Parts 264/265 and 270); failure to perform land disposal determinations and to meet land disposal restrictions for hazardous wastes (40 C.F.R. Part 268); and failure to submit complete Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) annual toxic release reports (42 U.S.C. § 11023 and the implementing regulations at 40 C.F.R. Part 372). Simplot agree to pay a civil penalty of $775,000 to resolve the alleged past violations of RCRA and EPCRA. In 2021, Simplot agreed to pay a $65,248 penalty for violations of federal pesticide handling and storage requirements at its storage and retail facilities in Umatilla, Oregon and Moreland, Idaho.

Genetically modified potatoes
Simplot developed the genetically modified Innate potato, which was approved by the USDA in 2014 and the FDA in 2015. It is designed to resist blackspot bruising, browning and to contain less of the amino acid asparagine.

Asparagine can become acrylamide during the frying of potatoes and is a probable human carcinogen, so reduced levels of it are desirable. The 'Innate' name comes from the fact that this variety does not contain any genetic material from other species (the genes used are “innate” to potatoes). RNA interference is used to “switch off” genes in this case. Simplot hopes that not including genes from other species will assuage consumer fears about biotechnology.

The “Innate” potato is not a single cultivar, rather, it is a group of potato varieties that have had the same genetic alterations applied using the same process. Five different potato varieties have been transformed, thus creating "innate" versions with all of the original traits plus the engineered ones. Ranger Russet, Russet Burbank, and Atlantic potatoes have all been transformed by Simplot, as well as two proprietary varieties. Modifications of each variety involved two transformations, one for each of the two new traits.

Food and Water Watch successfully petitioned McDonald's to reject Innate potatoes.

Brands

 * Edgell (frozen vegetables)
 * Leggo's (Italian dishes)
 * Ally (salmon)
 * Seakist (tuna)
 * John West - Australia (tuna and salmon)
 * Harvest (heat and eat)
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 * Innate (potatoes)
 * Chicken Tonight (Australia and New Zealand)
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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Megaboy

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Megaboy
This appears to be a vanity page. It doesn't seem to any actual content that would be useful for understanding who megaboy is or if I'd really want to know who megaboy is. --Hedgeman 06:38, 14 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Seems like this page was never posted to VfD. I'm finishing the process. I vote Delete. —Mar·ka·ci: 2005-02-16 15:37 Z

 * Delete. This guy probably thought he'd hacked Wikipedia by managing to edit the page. — Trilobite (Talk) 16:18, 16 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, vanity with a cherry on top. Wyss 18:31, 16 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Oh Megaboy, what will you hack next? Carrp | Talk 18:35, 16 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, Ph33r. Inter 19:15, 16 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete -- 133t Longhair 18:43, 19 Feb 2005 (UTC)

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DAPI

DAPI (pronounced 'DAPPY', /ˈdæpiː/), or 4′,6-diamidino-2-phenylindole, is a fluorescent stain that binds strongly to adenine–thymine-rich regions in DNA. It is used extensively in fluorescence microscopy. As DAPI can pass through an intact cell membrane, it can be used to stain both live and fixed cells, though it passes through the membrane less efficiently in live cells and therefore provides a marker for membrane viability.

History
DAPI was first synthesised in 1971 in the laboratory of Otto Dann as part of a search for drugs to treat trypanosomiasis. Although it was unsuccessful as a drug, further investigation indicated it bound strongly to DNA and became more fluorescent when bound. This led to its use in identifying mitochondrial DNA in ultracentrifugation in 1975, the first recorded use of DAPI as a fluorescent DNA stain.

Strong fluorescence when bound to DNA led to the rapid adoption of DAPI for fluorescent staining of DNA for fluorescence microscopy. Its use for detecting DNA in plant, metazoa and bacteria cells and virus particles was demonstrated in the late 1970s, and quantitative staining of DNA inside cells was demonstrated in 1977. Use of DAPI as a DNA stain for flow cytometry was also demonstrated around this time.

Fluorescence properties
When bound to double-stranded DNA, DAPI has an absorption maximum at a wavelength of 358 nm (ultraviolet) and its emission maximum is at 461 nm (blue). Therefore, for fluorescence microscopy, DAPI is excited with ultraviolet light and is detected through a blue/cyan filter. The emission peak is fairly broad. DAPI will also bind to RNA, though it is not as strongly fluorescent. Its emission shifts to around 500 nm when bound to RNA.

DAPI's blue emission is convenient for microscopists who wish to use multiple fluorescent stains in a single sample. There is some fluorescence overlap between DAPI and green-fluorescent molecules like fluorescein and green fluorescent protein (GFP) but the effect of this is small. Use of spectral unmixing can account for this effect if extremely precise image analysis is required.

Outside of analytical fluorescence light microscopy DAPI is also popular for labeling of cell cultures to detect the DNA of contaminating Mycoplasma or virus. The labelled Mycoplasma or virus particles in the growth medium fluoresce once stained by DAPI making them easy to detect.

Modelling of absorption and fluorescence properties
This DNA fluorescent probe has been effectively modeled using the time-dependent density functional theory, coupled with the IEF version of the polarizable continuum model. This quantum-mechanical modeling has rationalized the absorption and fluorescence behavior given by minor groove binding and intercalation in the DNA pocket, in term of a reduced structural flexibility and polarization.

Live cells and toxicity
DAPI can be used for fixed cell staining. The concentration of DAPI needed for live cell staining is generally very high; it is rarely used for live cells. It is labeled non-toxic in its MSDS and though it was not shown to have mutagenicity to E. coli, it is labelled as a known mutagen in manufacturer information. As it is a small DNA binding compound, it is likely to have some carcinogenic effects and care should be taken in its handling and disposal.

Alternatives

The Hoechst stains are similar to DAPI in that they are also blue-fluorescent DNA stains which are compatible with both live- and fixed-cell applications, as well as visible using the same equipment filter settings as for DAPI.

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Nevin zehr
Fake bio that begins "Nevin Zehr (March 28, 1989 - June 17, 2063)". - BanyanTree 06:39, 14 Feb 2005 (UTC) This page is now preserved as an archive of the debate and, like some other VfD subpages, is no longer 'live'. Subsequent comments on the issue, the deletion, or the decision-making process should be placed on the relevant 'live' pages. Please do not edit this page.
 * Unless this is some kind of book review - Delete as psychic vanity. Radiant! 08:45, 14 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, not notable, possible vanity. Megan1967 08:46, 14 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Not notable vanity. Mgm|(talk) 09:13, Feb 14, 2005 (UTC)
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Lihi

In Philippine folk culture, lihí is a condition of pregnancy food craving. A notable characteristic is that pregnant women usually desire food such as sour, unripe mango with bagoong. While it is a cultural concept restricted among Filipinos, analogous cultural phenomena of pregnancy food cravings have been observed in various cultures. It is still debatable whether lihí can be classified and established as either a biological or psychological condition or a purely social and cultural one.

Superstitions
Lihí also broadly encompasses a folk belief that whatever a woman craves during pregnancy will imprint characteristics on the child. The period of the lihi is usually the first trimester of the pregnancy. When a child resembles a manatee, for example, it is said that the mother enjoyed looking at that particular animal during the gestational period. The lihi period is also the time when the expectant mother is allegedly susceptible to supernatural creatures which might play pranks on her. She might also develop a strong dislike for her husband.

In other regions, lihí refers to the belief that any sensory stimuli imbibed by a pregnant woman influences her child development. Among some ethnic groups in the northern Philippines, it is taboo to mention anything about animals such as rats or pigs near a pregnant woman for fear that her child may acquire the features of the mentioned animals.

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Your account will be renamed
Hello,

The developer team at Wikimedia is making some changes to how accounts work, as part of our on-going efforts to provide new and better tools for our users like cross-wiki notifications. These changes will mean you have the same account name everywhere. This will let us give you new features that will help you edit and discuss better, and allow more flexible user permissions for tools. One of the side-effects of this is that user accounts will now have to be unique across all 900 Wikimedia wikis. See the announcement for more information.

Unfortunately, your account clashes with another account also called Uniandes. To make sure that both of you can use all Wikimedia projects in future, we have reserved the name Uniandes~enwiki that only you will have. If you like it, you don't have to do anything. If you do not like it, you can pick out a different name. If you think you might own all of the accounts with this name and this message is in error, please visit Special:MergeAccount to check and attach all of your accounts to prevent them from being renamed.

Your account will still work as before, and you will be credited for all your edits made so far, but you will have to use the new account name when you log in.

Sorry for the inconvenience.

Yours, Keegan Peterzell Community Liaison, Wikimedia Foundation 03:15, 20 March 2015 (UTC)

Renamed
 This account has been renamed as part of single-user login finalisation. If you own this account you can |log in using your previous username and password for more information. If you do not like this account's new name, you can choose your own using this form after logging in: . -- Keegan (WMF) (talk) 20:05, 22 April 2015 (UTC)

title: User talk:Uniandes~enwiki