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Atsuta-ku, Nagoya

Atsuta (熱田区) is one of the 16 wards of the city of Nagoya in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 October 2019, the ward had an estimated population of 66,318 and a population density of 8,088 persons per km2. The total area was 8.20 km2.

Geography
Atsuta Ward is located near the geographic center of Nagoya city.

Surrounding municipalities

 * Showa Ward
 * Naka Ward
 * Nakagawa Ward
 * Mizuho Ward
 * Minato Ward
 * Minami Ward

History
The area of present-day Atsuta Ward was known since ancient times for its association with Atsuta Shrine. Atsuta Town in Aichi District was incorporated with the establishment of the municipality system in the early Meiji period. It was annexed to the city of Nagoya, initially as part of Minami Ward, and became Atsuta Ward in 1937.

Economy
Atsuta Ward is a major commercial center due to its proximity to the center of Nagoya metropolis. The rolling stock manufacturer Nippon Sharyo has its headquarters in the ward.

Education

 * Nagoya Gakuin University

Railroads

 * Central Japan Railway Company – Tōkaidō Main Line
 * Atsuta
 * Meitetsu – Nagoya Main Line – Tokoname Line
 * Kanayama -Jingū-mae
 * Nagoya Municipal Subway – Meijō Line
 * Temma-chō -Jingū-Nishi -Nishi Takakura
 * Nagoya Municipal Subway – Meikō Line
 * Hibino -Rokuban-chō

Highways

 * Japan National Route 1
 * Japan National Route 19
 * Japan National Route 22
 * Japan National Route 154
 * Japan National Route 19
 * Japan National Route 247

Local attractions

 * Atsuta Shrine – well known Shinto shrine

Noted people

 * Minamoto no Yoritomo – first shōgun of the Kamakura period, born at Seigan-ji
 * Noriyuki Haga –motorcycle racer
 * Yukiko Okada – Idol Singer
 * Tamaasuka Daisuke – Sumo wrestler

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User:Kbdank71

About me

My name is Kris.

I joined Wikipedia February 23, 2005, and became an Admin on June 17, 2005. Admin removed March 2024 for inactivity.

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/PestPatrol

 This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion of the article below. This page is no longer live. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page rather than here so that this page is preserved as an historic record. The result of the debate was KEEP and CLEANUP. —Korath (Talk) 05:18, Mar 2, 2005 (UTC)

PestPatrol
Different content from Pestpatrol (which is already on VfD and was changed into a redirect, original content here), but no less an advertisement. In other words: spam, delete. - Mike Rosoft 17:38, 23 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete that spam. DaveTheRed 20:56, 23 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * I'm convinced. Keep. DaveTheRed 06:47, 24 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. A significant program, and the article is not without merit.  File on cleanup for NPOV. -- John Fader 01:10, 24 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 *  Cleanup and Rewrite, but Keep article. This is a very popular program and having no article would subtract mach from Wikipedia. Tezeti
 * Cleanup. It is a notable software, but the article is pure advertisement. A stub would be better off. --Sn0wflake 01:19, 24 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, cleanup and expand. Megan1967 02:21, 24 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep This gets 805,000 Google hits! Come on, now. Doesn't even need all that much cleanup as far as I can discern. Andrew Lenahan - St ar bli nd  02:33, Feb 24, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep It is totally possible to talk about a software product intelligently without having it as an 'advertisement'. I often look up closed source software / shareware on Wikipedia before downloading it to confirm it isnt malware and to see if there are any negative aspects to it. --ShaunMacPherson 06:03, 27 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * KeepThe Recycling Troll
 * Keep. I have this program here at work.  Absolutely fantastic.  It works in real time blocking spyware and gives an audible notice that it's working.  This article isn't an ad at all unlike the one with the similar title. - Lucky 6.9 20:21, 28 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep (Sort of.) If this article were cleaned up really thoroughly and slotted into an entire category of articles encapsulating anti-malware, it would have a bit of context and look a bit more NPOV (in context). As it is now, it just creeps me out a bit. -- Gnoitall 01:51, 1 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * 850,000 hits? That's all?  Hmmm.  Delete.  And by delete I mean EXTREME KEEP.  —RaD Man (talk) 04:23, 1 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Caesura 05:50, 1 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Cleanup. It is a bit of a 'blow your own trumpet' job. --Haggis 15:03, 1 Mar 2005 (UTC)

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Hamden Hall Country Day School

Hamden Hall Country Day School is a coeducational private day school in Hamden, Connecticut, educating students in preschool through grade 12. Hamden Hall was founded in 1912 as a country day school for boys by John P. Cushing, its first headmaster. It was the nation’s fourth country day school. The school has been coeducational since 1927 and expanded to include classes through grade 12 in 1934. Now split into three separate divisions, Hamden Hall enrolls the majority of its nearly 600 students in the upper and middle schools (Grades 7–12) and the remainder in the lower school (preschool through grade 6).

Tuition (2022–2023 school year) ranges from $20,100 in PreSchool to $46,975 in grades 9–12. Hamden Hall awards need-based financial aid to approximately 30 percent of its student body.

Hamden Hall is accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges and is a member of National Association of Independent Schools and the Connecticut Association of Independent Schools.

School
The school year, from early September to early June, is divided into two semesters, with Thanksgiving, winter, and spring recesses and observances of several national and religious holidays.

In upper school, most classes are held four days a week (1-2 classes dropped per day), and extra-help sessions are incorporated into the schedule.

The Lower School (Grades Preschool through 6)
The World Language Program begins in preschool with instruction in Chinese (Mandarin, Simplified) and continues through grade 1. Spanish is taught in grades 2 through 4, followed by Latin in grades 5 and 6. An extended-day program provides after-school enrichment for students with later pickup times.

The Middle School (Grades 7 through 8)
English classes emphasize classical authors while providing students with opportunities to produce their own creative and expository essays. Beginning in grade 7, students work regularly with faculty advisors once a week.

The Upper School (Grades 9 through 12)
Students in the upper school carry 4 to 6 courses each semester, with the vast majority of students carrying 5 or 5.5 courses.

The upper school divides these required credits into four types of classes, based on academic proficiency required to succeed in the class: Skills (the lowest level), General, Honors, and Advanced Placement. Typically, math, language, and science courses are offered in General, Honors, and AP levels. Multi-Variable Calculus, Linear Algebra, Organic Chemistry, and Advanced Chinese and Latin are offered at a level beyond the AP curriculum.

The upper school's music program includes a concert band and a jazz ensemble instrumentally.

Hamden Hall's theater program has been based in the Taylor Fine Arts Center since its construction in the late 1980s. The Michael and Mary Jane Smith stage, named after Hamden Hall's long-standing theater faculty, has presented numerous productions. The stage was dedicated in 2015 on the occasion of the Smiths' retirement. Hamden Hall had housed a chapter of the International Thespian Society for several decades.

Faculty

 * 85 full and part-time teachers
 * Three quarters of the faculty hold advanced degrees
 * Student / faculty ratio: 6 to 1
 * Average class size: 12

Campus
Hamden Hall's main campus is located on 12 acre in Hamden, Connecticut, overlooking Lake Whitney. Hamden Hall was founded in 1912 by Dr. John P. Cushing and was housed in the hilltop mansion built by music merchant Morris Steinert. The mansion eventually exceeded its practical use and was taken down. The current campus consists of 8 major buildings.

The Cronin Administration Building houses the offices of the Head of School and the Director of the Lower School, with a faculty lounge on the first floor.

The Dolven Admissions Center, built around a Greek Revival house moved to the property, contains administrative and college counseling offices and the large upper school art studio. In front of Dolven, a colorful display of the flags of 14 nations represents the nationalities and ethnic backgrounds of the school’s diverse student body.

The three-story Joseph & Esther Schiavone Science Center houses classrooms, facilities for science and the arts, middle and upper school computer labs, and the cafeteria known as the Lender Refectory.

The Taylor Performing Arts Center features a theater (with the Michael and Mary Jane Smith Stage) and a music suite.

The Taylor Gymnasium includes basketball, wrestling, and weight-training facilities.

Classrooms for the primary grades (pre-kindergarten - grade 3) are located in the Ethyle R. Alpert Building, while the upper elementary (grades 4-6), middle school (Grades 7-8), and upper school (grades 9-12) are housed in the 1972 Whitson Hall, named for former headmaster M. Jerry Whitson.

The Ellen & Charles Swain Library, built in 1983 and housing the Barbara Olin Taylor Learning Commons, features a collection of more than 25,000 volumes, 60 periodicals, and extensive reference resources. Swain is linked electronically to computer networks via the internet.

1.5 miles away, Hamden Hall operates the Beckerman Athletic Center, a 12.5 million-dollar facility that opened in 2010. In Beckerman are gymnasia, swimming facilities, a weight and exercise room, sports injury resources, and an indoor running track, as well as a small computer lab and conference and study rooms. The Hamden Hall golf team uses outside facilities, including the New Haven Country Club.

On July 16, 2019, the school announced the purchase of the historic Davis Street castle, built in 1906 and situated on 3.4 acres across the street, for $1.75 million. The school initially planned to perform a multimillion-dollar renovation so the 18,000 square foot acquisition would house the school's preschool through Grade 6 elementary program. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, plans were changed resulting in the need for more space to accommodate social distancing. To this day, the Davis Street campus remains in use holding some upper school classes. It is unknown whether or not the school will continue with their plan to relocate the Lower School to Davis Street.

Sports
All students are required to participate in the athletic program.

Lower school students are involved in intramural teams and/or general physical education activities.

In the middle school, all students participate in either interscholastic or non-competitive athletic teams or activities, with the majority choosing the former. Athletics in the middle school are managed on a trimester system with all students participating in athletics all three terms.

In the upper school, the trimester system is again used. Upper school students must participate in only two trimesters per year of school, with mandatory participation in the fall trimester. All freshmen must participate in at least one team sport, the idea behind this being that participating in team sports in the first year of school will help build class unity for the remaining years.

In the middle and upper schools, interscholastic varsity teams are formed in football, soccer, wrestling, basketball, baseball, lacrosse, and tennis for boys; and field hockey, soccer, basketball, lacrosse, hockey, tennis, softball, and volleyball for girls. Cross-country, golf, and swimming squads are coeducational. Non-competitive athletics include weightlifting, yoga, Health and Fitness, and Outdoors Club. Some students participate in independent athletics for credit, which are typically martial arts or dancing.

Most Hamden Hall athletic teams compete under the umbrella of the New England Preparatory School Athletic Council, with some competing in specific leagues such as the Fairchester League.

Hamden Hall maintains two off-campus athletic facilities: a small, soccer-sized field directly adjacent to the main campus, and the 30 acre Skiff Street Athletic Complex 1.5 mi from campus. The latter contains fields and facilities for football, baseball, softball, soccer, lacrosse, field hockey, tennis, and cross country. The Hadelman Family Multipurpose Stadium, featuring a synthetic field, was dedicated in 2012. Also at this complex exists the Beckerman Athletic Center, dedicated in 2010. It is a US$12.5 million, 65000 sqft state-of-the art athletic building featuring 3 collegiate-length basketball courts (one wood, two composite), a 6 lane by 25-yard swimming pool, a large fitness center, conference rooms, and more. It has seating for up to 800 spectators.

Notable alumni

 * Michael Barbaro, reporter and host of The Daily (podcast)
 * Hiram Bingham IV (1903–1988)), American diplomat and WWII hero
 * Jonathan Brewster Bingham (1914–1986), Congressman and diplomat; US delegate to the United Nations General Assemblies
 * Chris Bruno, actor, USA Network series The Dead Zone and the movie The World's Fastest Indian
 * Dylan Bruno, actor, CBS series Numb3rs and movie Saving Private Ryan
 * Ross Douthat (born 1979), New York Times columnist and author
 * Len Fasano (born 1958), politician
 * Mitch Feierstein, British-American investor, banker and writer
 * Gary Greenberg, lead co-writer of Jimmy Kimmel Live
 * Jake Hurwitz, comedian and member of the comedy duo Jake and Amir
 * Samantha Katz (born 1985), designer and arts entrepreneur
 * Bun Lai, chef and owner of Miya's Sushi and a national leader in the sustainability movement
 * Jay Lender, writer and director of the animated TV series SpongeBob SquarePants
 * Richard Wall Lyman, educator and president of Stanford University from 1970 to 1980
 * Jill Medvedow, director of the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston
 * Carlos Parra (born 1977), soccer player
 * Benjamin Spock, doctor and author of the child-rearing guide "Baby and Child Care" and esteemed pediatrician
 * Josh Zeid (born 1987), Major League Baseball pitcher (Houston Astros)
 * Luke Schoonmaker (2018) Professional Football player for the Dallas Cowboys

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Vellus hair

Vellus hair is short, thin, light-colored, and barely noticeable hair that develops on most of a human's body during childhood. Exceptions include the lips, the back of the ear, the palm of the hand, the sole of the foot, some external genital areas, the navel, and scar tissue. The density of hair – the number of hair follicles per area of skin – varies from person to person. Each strand of vellus hair is usually less than 2 mm (1/13 inch) long and the follicle is not connected to a sebaceous gland.

Vellus hair is most easily observed on children and adult women, who generally have less terminal hair to obscure it. Vellus hair is not lanugo hair. Lanugo hair is a much thicker type of hair that normally grows only on fetuses.

Vellus hair is differentiated from the more visible terminal or androgenic hair, which develops only during and after puberty, usually to a greater extent on men than it does on women.

The Latin language uses the word vellus to designate "a fleece" or "wool." Vellus hair is sometimes colloquially referred to as peach fuzz, due to its resemblance to the downy epidermic growths on the peach fruit.

Development
Vellus hair replaces lanugo hair on a human fetus at 36 to 40 weeks of gestation. The growth cycle of vellus hair is different from the growth cycle of terminal hair. At puberty, androgen hormones cause much of the vellus hair to turn into terminal hair and stimulate the growth of new hair in the armpit and the pubic area. In men, this change in vellus hair also occurs on the face (beard) and the body.

Function
Vellus hair provides both thermal insulation and cooling for the body. This insulation regulates body temperature: the vellus hair functions like a wick for sweat. While a skin pore is open, sweat wets a strand of vellus hair. The sweat on the external part of the strand evaporates. More sweat wets the external part of the vellus strand and then evaporates. This process is called perspiration.

Overgrowth
The unusual growth of vellus hair can be a side effect of some types of disease. An abundance of vellus hair can develop from an increase in the production of the cortisol hormone in a person with Cushing's syndrome. Anorexia nervosa increases vellus hair. Vellus hair can also be found in men with male pattern baldness or with hirsutism. Hormonal fluctuations in pregnant women cause foetal vellus hair to change to terminal hair. The terminal hair is usually shed after the birth of the baby upon the return of the hormones to the normal levels.

 * Trichostasis spinulosa – Diagnosed by observing lesions due to multiple tufts of vellus hair located in a keratinous sheath.
 * Frontal fibrosing alopecia, a clinical variant of lichen planopilaris, is a female scarring alopecia characterized by progressive recession of the frontotemporal hairline. It is characterised by the absence of vellus hair in the hairline.
 * Eruptive vellus hair cyst (EVHC), a benign dermatologic condition in children and young adults.

Undergrowth
The following conditions may affect growth of the vellus hairs:
 * Perioral dermatitis – the hairs may be completely absent in affected facial areas.

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Ty the Tasmanian Tiger

Ty the Tasmanian Tiger is a 2002 platform video game developed by Krome Studios and published by Electronic Arts for the GameCube, PlayStation 2 and Xbox systems. The game was remastered in HD for Microsoft Windows and was made available through Steam in 2016. A remastered version published by Krome Studios was also developed for the Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S. The Nintendo Switch version released in North America in March 2020, and in Europe, Australia, and New Zealand the following month. The PlayStation 4 version was released on 25 July 2020. The Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S version was released on 14 October 2020.

The first installment in the Ty the Tasmanian Tiger series, the game is set on a fictional Australian island and follows the titular character Ty as he searches for "Thunder Eggs" to power a machine to locate five scattered talismans and free his family, who are trapped in an alternate realm known as "The Dreaming" by the series antagonist Boss Cass, a cassowary plotting world domination. Development of Ty the Tasmanian Tiger began in 2000 with five developers from Krome Studios. The development team was later expanded to 45 people. For the levels in the game, the developers got inspiration from the Australian Outback.

The game was initially revealed in 2002 at the Electronic Entertainment Expo convention in Los Angeles, California. Ty the Tasmanian Tiger received mixed reviews from critics. The game sold over one million copies worldwide. Three sequels were produced: Ty the Tasmanian Tiger 2: Bush Rescue, Ty the Tasmanian Tiger 3: Night of the Quinkan and Ty the Tasmanian Tiger 4.

Gameplay
Ty the Tasmanian Tiger is a platform game in which the player controls the titular character Ty, who is tasked with gathering mystical artifacts known as "Thunder Eggs" in order to power the Talisman Machine, a teleportation device that will locate five mystical talismans which will in turn have the power to free his family from the Dreaming, which an evil character named Boss Cass opened to seal all mammals. The game takes place in "Rainbow Cliffs", which is divided into a series of "zones", each of which act as the hub areas of the game. Each zone contains three portals which lead to a level, similar to Crash Bandicoot. The goal of each level is to obtain Thunder Eggs, which can be retrieved by either performing a certain task, completing a "Time Attack" challenge that can be unlocked upon a level's completion, freeing five bilbies (a group of animals who raised Ty after his parents were imprisoned), or by being found alongside the level's set path. A level is cleared either by collecting a select number of Thunder Eggs and reaching the end of the path, or beating certain mini-games, each will return Ty to Rainbow Cliffs. Retrieving a Thunder Egg in a level will cause it to appear on the game's pause menu. When at least 17 Thunder Eggs in a zone are obtained, the player navigates their way to the Talisman Machine; after the machine manages to locate a talisman, it opens another portal leading to their original locations; inside these portals, the player must fight and defeat a boss before gaining access to a new zone.

The player is given four units of health, although this can be increased with power-ups, which are lost when Ty is attacked by an enemy or falls from a great height. When all units of health are lost the player loses a life and is returned to the last checkpoint passed. Losing all lives results in a game over, returning the player to the hubword, where they can restart the last level. Ty has the ability to jump into the air and uses both biting and throwing his trademark dual boomerangs as his primary means of defense. The player begins the game with two wooden boomerangs, but can gradually increase their collection by finding secret areas, or collecting 15 "Golden Cogs" scattered throughout each level and trading them to Ty's scientist koala friend Julius, who creates a new "techno-rang" for the player to use. Another method of retrieving a new boomerang is to complete a boss level, after which Julius will harness the excess energy of the Talisman Machine in order to create a new "elemental boomerang", each of which possess elemental powers that can be used to gain access to a new zone. Like elemental-rangs, each techno-rang possesses a unique ability, and can alternatively be used to defeat enemies or retrieve Golden Cogs or Thunder Eggs more efficiently. In early levels of the game, Ty can swim via doggie paddle; however, following the third level, "Ship Rex", the player gains the ability to swim faster and more efficiently as well as dive underwater from lifeguard platypus character Rex; in addition, Rex gives the player "Aquarangs", boomerangs used exclusively for attacking underwater.

Plot
In Australia, the evil cassowary, Boss Cass, enters the Outback to steal the 5 mystical talismans so he can become the country's ruler, but is confronted by a family of boomerang-wielding Tasmanian tigers and they fight for control of the talismans. When Cass opens a portal to the Dreaming to imprison the tigers, Ty's father throws his Doomarang to dislodge the talismans, destroying the portal and scattering the talismans. Having become the last of his kind, Ty is adopted as an orphan by the bilbies. Several years later, Ty inadvertently falls into a cave while playing with the bilbies and encounters the Bunyip elder Nandu Gili, who informs him about his true heritage and Cass's plans to obtain the talismans again. Ty resolves to finding the missing talismans, rescue his family and defeat Cass. He is aided in his mission by Maurice, his cockatoo friend.

At Bli-Bli Station, Ty befriends Julius, a koala scientist who has invented a device that will find the Talismans. Because Thunder Eggs are required to power the device, Ty must find the Thunder Eggs by visiting portals to other worlds. With Maurie's help, Ty finds a second boomerang at a billabong. At a rainforest, he helps save his dingo girlfriend, Shazza, and helps Ranger Ken by clearing the bats out of a cave, as well as learning to swim from the lifeguard Rex and find a wrecked ship on a tropical island. When Julius finds the first talisman, Ty encounters Bull, a boar. He tames Bull by luring him into the rocks and rescues the first talisman. At Julius' laboratory, Ty learns that Julius has developed elemental boomerangs by diverting the excess energy from the Fire Thunder Eggs through his Hyper Techno Boomerang Maker.

Ty makes his way through Pippy Beach by using his Flamerangs. He uses Bull to travel around the outback and helps Shazza and Ken once more. Ty also befriends Dennis, a cowardly green tree frog, and helps him get to his home by lighting up the path along the way with his Flamerangs. In the Snowy Mountains, he also rescues a group of koala children who are lost in the snow. As Julius finds the second talisman, Cass stations another one of his henchmen, the mechanical shark Crikey, to intercept Ty. Ty jumps across a group of platforms and, after using the oxygen tanks, defeats Crikey. Using the remaining energy from the ice Thunder Eggs, Julius constructs a new set of boomerangs for Ty, the "Frostyrangs".

Ty puts out a group of bushfires using the Frostyrangs and enters Lake Burril. Having discovered that Ty is the one collecting the talismans and Thunder Eggs, Cass deploys Sly, another one of his high-ranking henchmen and fellow Tasmanian Tiger, to eliminate him. As Ty makes his way through another rain forest (while being continually misguided by a lyrebird named Lenny), he confronts and defeats Sly inside the rainforest's factory. Ty later saves the koala children again and puts out more bushfires on a snowy mountain, as well as passing through a group of tropical islands. When the third talisman is located, Ty finds and battles a female thorny devil (later revealed to be Fluffy), another of Cass's henchmen. Despite attacking with her giant mechanical Yeti, Ty manages defeats her and acquires the third talisman. Julius then constructs mighty "Thunderangs" from the excess Thunder Egg energy, giving the new boomerangs to Ty.

After gathering enough golden cogs and Thunder Eggs, as well as being told that the last two talismans are presumably in Cass's possession, Ty enters a rainforest leading to Cass's lair while avoiding booby traps and Cass's minions. Inside the lair, Ty encounters Shazza again. Cass has another of his henchmen, Shadow the bat, capture Shazza. Ty defeats Shadow, rescues Shazza, and acquires the fourth talisman. After another confrontation with Sly, Ty defeats him and rescues him from falling into a pit of lava, but Sly vows to exact revenge. Ty finds Boss Cass and his massive robot, the Neo Fluffy X, and the two battle. Using his father's Doomarang given to him by Sly, Ty destroys the robot and sends Cass falling out of the sky. After giving the Bunyip elder the last talisman, his parents arrive from the Dreaming.

Development
Development of Ty the Tasmanian Tiger began in December 2000, originally consisting of five developers at Krome Studios. The development team was later expanded to 40 people and also included a quality assurance team of 15 members. In designing the 16 large levels, the team drew inspiration from the Australian landscapes. According to designer John Passfield, he said that his favorite boomerang in the game was the Kaboomerang. The team also implemented real time lighting effects, and Passfield cited that it "affects Ty [throughout the game] and changes the direction of his shadow, plus the world reflects in ice cubes and shiny surfaces" and he also loved the animation system used in the game. He also cited that he was proud of the "Emergent Game Play" system used throughout the game, and said that "during focus testing [of the game] it was great when players had 'stumbled across' a new way to solve a problem".

Ty the Tasmanian Tiger was first announced by Electronic Arts on 10 May 2002, and the game was later unveiled at the 2002 Electronic Entertainment Expo convention to positive response. On 17 July 2002, Electronic Arts announced that the game would also be developed for the Xbox.

Reception
Ty the Tasmanian Tiger received "mixed or average" reviews, according to review aggregator Metacritic. Matthew Gallant of GameSpot concluded that the game is "great for younger players and can provide a satisfying experience for teens and adults as long as they don't mind their replay value coming from finding every last collectible in the game." In reviewing the PlayStation 2 version of the game, Jeremy Dunham and Kaiser Hwang of IGN concluded that the game is "a Crash Bandicoot clone through and through" and also said that "Krome Studios own attempt at platforming is still enough to warrant a purchase from diehard genre fans." In a review of the Xbox version, Hwang said that it "makes no effort in hiding its influences" and that the game "is a Mario clone through and through, just done really well."

The gameplay received mixed responses. Kaiser Hwang commented that the game "borrows heavily from the Mario series." However he complained that one of the "irritating things about the game is that every time you start your game and begin a level, the game insists on showing you the same cutscene and voiceover." He also said that the game has "clever puzzles, and the levels have a good variety to them." Kilo Watt of GamePro said that controlling Ty is "a bit cumbersome with jumping being particularly tough to get a handle on." He also cited the camera angles as problematic, as well as detecting collisions in the game.

The game sold over one million copies worldwide. The PlayStation 2 version of the game was re-released for the Greatest Hits budget lineup in 2003.

Remaster
Krome Studios organized a successful Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign for a remastered version of the original game titled Ty the Tasmanian Tiger HD. It was released on the Nintendo Switch in North America, available from the Nintendo eShop on 31 March 2020. It was released in Europe on 3 April and in Australia and New Zealand on 4 April. It was also released for the PlayStation 4 on 25 July 2020 and for the Xbox One on 14 October 2020. It was announced to be playable on the upcoming Xbox Series X/S as well.

A physical version of the remaster was released for Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch on 15 October 2021. A special edition for Nintendo Switch containing Ty the Tasmanian Tiger 2: Bush Rescue HD was released on the same day.

Sequels
Ty the Tasmanian Tiger was followed by two sequels, Ty the Tasmanian Tiger 2: Bush Rescue and Ty the Tasmanian Tiger 3: Night of the Quinkan, for the PlayStation 2, GameCube, Xbox and Game Boy Advance and developed by Krome Studios. In May 2005, Activision and Krome Studios signed a co-publishing agreement for the third installment of the series: Ty the Tasmanian Tiger 3: Night of the Quinkan. It was released in October the next year.

On 27 July 2012, Krome announced plans for a new Ty The Tasmanian Tiger game to be developed for the iOS to coincide with the series's 10th anniversary, this game was revealed to be Ty the Tasmanian Tiger: Boomerang Blast, released late 2012. On 11 March 2013, Krome Studios announced a 2D Ty title to be released on 24 July 2013 on Xbox Games for Windows 8 PC and/or Tablet. Ty the Tasmanian Tiger 4 was originally released on Xbox Games for Windows 8 PC and tablets titled Ty the Tasmanian Tiger in 2013 then ported to Steam for Microsoft Windows as Ty the Tasmanian Tiger 4 in 2015. It was released on 18 September 2015.

Canceled television series
It was announced in 2004 that Film Roman and Krome Studios was developing an animated series based on the video game series. No further reports, however, have been made since then, and the project is believed to be cancelled.

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Eldey

Eldey is a small, uninhabited island about 13 km off the coast of the Reykjanes Peninsula in southwest Iceland. Located west-southwest of Reykjavík, the island of Eldey covers an area of about 3 ha, and rises to a height of 77 m. Its sheer cliffs are home to large numbers of birds, including one of the largest northern gannet colonies in the world, with around 16,000 pairs. This colony can now be watched live via two webcams that are located on top of the island.

Volcanic system
The Eldey and Geirfuglasker volcanic systems together form the 40 km long Eldey volcanic system on the Reykjanes Ridge. The erupted rocks are from the tholeiitic magma series and picrite basalt. There is not a central volcano, but rather a number of flat-topped, elongated ridges arranged in enechelon fashion. Conical-, fissure- or shield-like volcanoes are superimposed on these ridges. Eldey, and the smaller skerries of Eldeyjardrangur, Geirfugladrangur and Geirfuglasker are the tops of historic volcanoes in the system.

The Mid-Atlantic Ridge becomes at the Bight transform fault near 56.5°N the Reykjanes Ridge which extends 900 km north to Iceland's Reykjanes Peninsula at 63.87°N As it approaches Iceland the ridge becomes shallower, with a thickening of the oceanic crust beneath as it approaches the mantle plume associated with the Iceland hotspot. The Reykjanes Ridge has an average spreading rate of about 20 mm/year.

The latest confirmed eruption of the Eldey axial volcanic ridge occurred at its northern extremity in 1926 and it may have been active in 1970. A tephra eruption northwest of Eldey dusted the western shore of the Reykjanes Peninsula of Iceland occurred in June 1879. Geirfuglasker erupted in 1879 and there were 3 eruptions near Eldey between 1211 and 1422. A small geothermal area is located at 60 - 80 m depth east of Eldey.

The last of the great auks
The island formerly supported the last remnant population of the flightless great auks, after the birds moved there from Geirfuglasker following a volcanic eruption in 1830. When the colony was discovered in 1835, almost fifty birds were counted. Museums, desiring the skins of the auk for preservation and display, quickly began collecting birds from the colony. The last pair, found incubating an egg, were killed there in June 1844, when Icelandic sailors Jón Brandsson and Sigurður Ísleifsson strangled the adults and Ketill Ketilsson accidentally cracked the last egg of the species with his boot during the struggle.

In literature

 * Eldey, and the fate of the great auk, are mentioned in The Water-Babies, A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby by Charles Kingsley.
 * Eldey is described in detail in The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History by Elizabeth Kolbert.
 * The Great Auk, a novel by Allan W. Eckert, c. 1963, Library of Congress Cat.#63-18215

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Yellow tea

Yellow tea can refer to Chinese huángchá and Korean hwangcha.

Chinese huangcha
It is an increasingly rare and expensive variety of tea. The process for making yellow tea is similar to that of green but with an added step of encasing, or sweltering, giving the leaves a slightly yellow coloring during the drying process. Yellow tea is often placed in the same category with green tea due to its light oxidation. One of the primary aims of making yellow tea is to remove the characteristic grassy smell of green tea.

Varieties

 * Junshan Yinzhen (君山銀針): from Hunan Province, China is a Silver Needle yellow tea. A Chinese Famous Tea.
 * Huoshan Huangya (霍山黃芽): from Mt. Huo, Anhui Province, China.
 * Meng Ding Huangya (蒙頂黃芽): from Mt. Meng, Ya'an, Sichuan Province, China.
 * Mogan Huangya (莫干黃芽): from Mount Mogan, Zhejiang Province, China.
 * Beigang Maojian (北港毛尖): from Yueyang, Hunan Province, China. Also known by the Tang Dynasty-era name Yōnghúchá (邕湖茶).
 * Weishan Maojian (溈山毛尖): from Mt. Wei, Weishan Township, Ningxiang, Hunan Province, China.
 * Haimagong Cha (海馬宮茶): from Dafang County, Guizhou Province, China.
 * Da Ye Qing (大葉青): from Guangdong Province, China. Literally Big Leaf Green.
 * Pingyang Huangtang (平陽黃湯): from Zhejiang Province, China. Could be called one of the Wenzhou Huangtang (溫州黃湯); the latter term is literally translated as Yellow Broth or Yellow Soup.
 * Yuan'an Luyuan (遠安鹿苑): from Yuan'an County, Hubei Province, China.

Korean hwangcha
In Korean tea terminology wherein domestic tea is categorized mainly as either green tea (nokcha; ) or fermented tea (balhyocha; ) – "fermented" practically meaning "oxidized" with this term – "yellow tea" (hwangcha) is used to denote lightly oxidized balhyocha without implications of processing methods or a result that would qualify the tea as "yellow tea" in the Chinese definition. Unlike Chinese huángchá, Korean hwangcha is made similarly to oolong tea or lightly oxidized black tea, depending on who makes it – the key feature is a noticeable but otherwise relatively low level of oxidation which leaves the resulting tea liquor yellow in color.

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