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Talk:Super Saiyan

An Odd Thing about the Legendary Super Saiyan
I agree with VorangorTheDemon. But another puzzling thing is the rumors that the Original Super Saiyan was the first legendary super saiyan. The first (original and legendary) Super Saiyan was Bardock, when he fought Chilled, Frieza's ancestor. This would mean Bardock is the Original Super Saiyan, and yet the first Legendary Super Saiyan. That means he also had a weak power level. According to Son Gohan's journal, Goku's power level was 50 times his regular power level, so it was 6,400,000. Yet Bardock (in regular form) had a power level of 10,000 and yet his power level in Super Saiyan was 30,000 short of being equivalent to Frieza's power level on Namek, so it was 500,000. That means that if Bardock is the "legendary super saiyan", then how is Broly the Legendary Super Saiyan? Norris (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 19:34, 28 February 2012 (UTC).

Ease of transformation for young characters
Wouldn't it be worth mentioning how easily Kid Trunks, and Kid Goten managed to achieve super saiyan? I'm notexplicity explained in the anime other than Gohan being surprised by his younger brother transforming so easily, and Goten explaining that he thought everyone could do it. Could this be because they are sons of saiyans who had transformed before their conception? Grimmie (talk) 12:57, 6 January 2008 (UTC)

 * It could be mentioned, but the part about them being able to achieve Super Saiyan so easily because they were concieved after their fathers reached SSj is purely fan speculation. Also, we can't be sure when exactly Vegeta acheived Super Saiyan, or if he was a Super Saiyan when Trunks was concieved. Toriyama never actually explained why Goten and Trunks had it so easy when the older characters had such a difficult time. The issue with the Dragon Ball series is that the rules and/or details that Toriyama makes earlier in the series are sometimes forgotten, discarded, or changed all together. This creates canon plotholes and inconsistencies, which ultimately makes it harder for us to write these articles. The Super Saiyan concept has been revamped several times by Toriyama himself, as well as other things like Saiyan tails and such. Goten, Trunks, and Bra don't have tails while Gohan did, even though all three characters are of the same percentage of Saiyan heritage. This of course can be contributed to Toriyama's forgetfulness to actually design the characters with tails. It has nothing to do with "human genes being more dominant in those characters" as many fans have fabricated through the years.--VorangorTheDemon (talk) 15:55, 6 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Interesting! Thanks for the reply. Grimmie (talk) 12:40, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

Yeah, I agree, that "dads were Super Saiyan when they were conceived" is just fan speculation, and do I believe that? Well, maybe a little bit, but that couldn't have been the total reason. They got some Super Saiyan genes, but the only reasonable reason is that they just happened to pull it off using the SSJ genes. Toriyama probably thought, "Well, every other Saiyan or half-Saiyan can go Super Saiyan, so I'll just make Goten & Kid Trunks do it too."

In regards to whether Vegeta was able to become Super Saiyan when he concieved trunks or not (I'm talking about both timelines), In the Main Timeline, the Manga doesn't explicitly state how and when he got his Super Saiyan form, (though Vegeta implied that it had to due with being pure evil), but the Anime seems to hint that Vegeta became a SSJ around the time when he was searching for Goku in the year between the Frieza Saga and Trunks Saga.), and in regards to Trunk's/Cell's timeline, I don't know if this was in the Manga, but the Anime seemed to hint that Vegeta also became a Super Saiyan in that Timeline as well (due to the fact that both the opening Narration of the Trunks special AND Future Trunk's recollection of the apocalyptic future in the episode "Ghosts from Tomorrow", so I can't say that it was because of Vegeta being an SSJ when Kid Trunks was concieved, whileas he wasn't an SSJ when Future Trunks was concieved due to that. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.32.223.196 (talk) 00:53, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

Vegeta became a Super Saiyan not too long before the androids appeared. How could you possibly think he was a Super Saiyan between the Frieze and Trunks saga? Did you not see how obssessed with it he was? How much he talked about finding that power one day, how he mentioned to Goku that during their three year training he would achieve this? When Vegeta tells us how he achieved this before fighting #19 you can see he's wearing his recently updated saiyan armour in the flashback, which he didn't have before the android saga. 203.114.164.219 (talk) 09:13, 3 May 2008 (UTC)

Sigh, and yet, at least in the Anime, he first transformed into one IN SPACE, where the only way he could have done it was during the Garlic Jr. Saga, since, 1. He stole the ship in the anime once, and I don't think Bulma or Dr. Briefs would allow him to pull off such a stint again, and 2. the Ship (or at least one of them) was destroyed by Vegeta when he took his training a bit too far (and he was hospitalized as a result.). THAT'S what I meant by that.

And even IF it was just before the Androids saga rather than between the Frieza and Trunks Saga, it was proven in both Future Trunk's flashback of "Ghosts of the Future" AND the opening scene of "the History of trunks" that Vegeta also became a SSJ in his/cell's timeline (Ironically, those same scenes also depicted his death at the hands of the Androids).

Weedle_McHairybug —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.32.223.196 (talk) 12:06, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

Article Structure
The structure of this article is in question. You can help reach a consensus by voting here.  U z EE   (Talk • Contribs) 11:20, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

Info about the Legendary Super Saiyan
I'm not entirely convinced that all the info regarding the Legendary Super Saiyan is accurate. I don't think it's proven that the chi increases as battle continues, and I can't find reference supporting the claim that it does. I also can't find any evidence to support the fact that the form has no chi consumption. I've attempted to edit it several times to where it doesn't make those claims, but someone keeps reverting my edits. Just stating the movies or what Daizenshuu it's in isn't enough, we need to site the exact page or exact original Japanese movie quote. Otherwise it's WP:OR --VorangorTheDemon (talk) 18:22, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Toriyama-drawn Super Saiyan 4
In the SSJ4 section it mentions that Toriyama drew his own version of the form and included it in a DVD set. I think it would be interesting to see this and/or have it in the article, are there any pictures available? - Norse Am Legend (talk) 01:46, 29 January 2008 (UTC)
 * scroll down to see it. There is a better one out there though.-- bullet proof  3:16 03:34, 29 January 2008 (UTC)
 * I think that the article should include it, but I don't think it should be required. O yea, and thanks BulletProof for finding more references about the Legendary SSj. --VorangorTheDemon (talk) 14:10, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

Super Saiyan 4 Full Power
Has that been confirmed? - Kazi22 Talk 29 January 2008
 * No. There are no other "Full Power" SSj forms beyond the first form. --VorangorTheDemon (talk) 18:15, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

False Super Saiyan
In my opinion, this is kaioken. I saw this first on the first duel between Son Goku and Vegeta when Vegeta went to earth. Also, I think the reason of the yellow aura is because of using two times kaioken which haves the equivalent body of a Super Saiyan 2nd Grade. This needs confirmation though so I do not know if this is right yet. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dairyll (talk • contribs) 10:12, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
 * False Super Saiyan was a form invented by Toei for movie 4. It does not appear in the series, other then a filler episode during the Other World Tournament saga. --VorangorTheDemon (talk) 23:08, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

Super Saiyan never appeared in the series. That filler episode during the Other World Torunament Saga, that was just Goku in his base form, just powered-up, not even Super Saiyan or Super Kaio-ken or anything else. Oh, and Kaio-ken x2 - that never had even a spark of yellow. The first time we ever saw a bit of yellow in a Kaio-ken form was when Goku powered up to Kaio-ken against Commander Ginyu. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Super Vegetto (talk • contribs) 12:19, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

 * Per Vorangor, (Nice to see you). False Super Saiyan has confirmed sources, Toei for instance. And using two times Kaio-Ken still doesnt warrant the yellow aura. That would simply be original research which is what we dont want in articles.  U z E E  23:43, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

 * Besides all of that, (excellent arguements in their own rights) we have also seen twenty times Kaio-Ken and Super Kaio-Ken, which both retain the red aura. Sean The Spartan 17:37, 20 February 2008

Super Saiyan 4
Hey, I was just looking up random resaerch to look up, and come to find that SS4 is not on here! I doubt anyone has any objection to even saying that SS4, while it may not have been in the manga (I'm not sure on that, I've never actually read the manga's, but I don't know if it is in there or not), it was at least in the American anime. I would just add it myself, but I'm new to this and it would most likely be taken down due to lack of references on my part. Just my opinion. --TriCheeseSorrow (talk) 02:51, 12 February 2008 (UTC)
 * SSj4 was removed by a vandal several days ago, however those edits have since been reverted. None of Dragon Ball GT was manga, the manga ended at the end of Z. Also, none of the movies were manga either, which explains why there is a separate section with Toei (the animation company who made Dragon Ball) only forms. If you are going to be frequently editing the Dragon Ball articles, might I suggest that you join Wikipedia's Dragon Ball project (WP:DBZ) --VorangorTheDemon (talk) 08:14, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

 * I would also thank you for NOT just going ahead and editing the article. Instead bringing the matter here is a lot more easier for everyone. I'll drop you a welcome note I made for WP:DBZ. It would help you get started. Enjoy.  U z E E  12:52, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

 * Your welcome, UzEE. Also, I saw the updated information. Doesn't SS4 base some of its energy off of the Sayin tail transformation (the giant ape)? I know I read that somewhere, it may have been a magazine. I assume either that idea is just in the American version, or that there just wasn't a reference for it. I will try to find the magazine in which I read it in.--TriCheeseSorrow (talk) 04:31, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

The magazine I was talking about was Beckett Collector DBZ, volume 4 number 7, page 14. I quote, "...This is even not technically Super-Saiyan 4 per say, rather this is actually what would be called Legendary (True) Super-Saiyan 2. In other words, it is not a form that comes after the "normal" Super Saiyan 3 we saw in Dragon Ball Z. Instead it follows Legendary Super-Saiyan, (the Golden Monkey also known as the REAL Super-Saiyan form according to the anime)...". The article was written by Greg Werner and this particular issue was the July 2003 edition. Also, where did all of the pictures on this site go? It looks so naked and unexciting without them.--68.186.217.203 (talk) 07:12, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

Full Power Super Saiyan
I have an argument

I submit that while originally Vegeta may have utilized an inefficient form of Super Saiyan, by the Majin Buu Saga, he gained complete mastery of the form (he did transform into SS2, afterall) and so should be included in the list of confirmed users of Full Power Super Saiyan. Anonymous, well-meaning fan —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.117.26.97 (talk) 00:32, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

 * The issue is that there is no definative pre-requisites for SSj2. And Vegeta has never been confirmed to be a Full Power SSj, so stating that he is would be WP:OR.--VorangorTheDemon (talk) 12:06, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

I also agree that it is never stated that Vegeta went Full Power SSJ, although there is some speculation about him having maintained it in the Majin Buu Saga. However, with the amount of training that he did, it is not impossible.

I have a arguement involving vegeta as well, Vegeta uses the false super saiyan in the first saga —Preceding unsigned comment added by 205.200.50.171 (talk) 23:33, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

Vegeta never used the False Super Saiyan in the first saga, which was the Saiyan Saga. He wasn't even close to going False Super Saiyan, and anyway, he was totally outmatched by Goku in his Kaio-ken x3 form. The only person who ever went False Super Saiyan was Goku in the Lord Slug movie.

When you think about it, Vegeta never went Full Power SSJ, although there is some speculation about it. I mean, when he was training with Trunks in the gravity room at 150 g, he was a Super Saiyan, and he seemed to handle it pretty well. But afterwards, during the World Martials Arts tournament, he never even displayed the ability to become a Full Power SSJ, not like Goku and Gohan anyway, because they were constantly in Super Saiyan form non-stop (until Goku died). Personally, with all the training that he did and his ability to even become a Super Saiyan 2 (Goku & Gohan were the only ones other than Vegeta to get to SSJ2, they were Full Power SSJs), I think he'd have the motivation and commitment to become a Full Power SSJ. But that's just my opinion. Son Gohan (talk) 16:26, 13 June 2008 (UTC)

DBGT Perfect File
The Dragonball GT Perfect File suggests females can transform, and also states Pan had the potential. The latter does contradict Toriyama's statement that Pan's blood is too diluted, but not whether or not females with at least half saiyan blood can or cannot. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.210.32.221 (talk) 17:03, March 13, 2008
 * True, but we use the Daizenshuu, and try to avoid using the Perfect Files whenever possible. The reason we do this is because the Perfect Files is filled with so called "facts" that contradict the Daizenshuu. One example of this is that the Perfect Files lables Majin Vegeta as a SSj2, and not regular Vegeta. Also Gotenks is labled as an SSj2 in the Perfect Files, and not labled in the Daizenshuu, even though we all assume that he had the ability to transform because he had access to the third form. And to be more relevant, another error in the perfect files is the one that you pointed out: stating that Pan could transform even though the Daizenshuu stated that she couldn't. Even though we editors are anal about using the Daizenshuu, we also keep in our minds that the Daizenshuu is not perfect, but it is more reliable then the Perfect Files because of the fact that it was not written by Toei like the Perfect Files were, but by Toriyama's manga team. If you feel that this needs to be noted, I suggest putting it on Pan's page and not here, her page needs to be expanded anyway or else it is going to be merged into a list. --VorangorTheDemon (talk) 21:55, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

 * Good suggestion. Though I've always been curious if females are capable if they have at least half saiyan blood. Should this be brought up or left out due to lack of evidence?

This is an article, not a guide
The reason why I erased the forms is because this is an article about the Super Saiyan, not a guide, therefore there is no reason to point out the different physical traits of every Super Saiyan form. We need to talk more about the evolution of the concept from OOU instead of how each form looks and is achieved in the series. There's also a reason why there's a box now at the top of the page that states that there's alot of unimportant information regarding this subject. Arguments? --VorangorTheDemon (talk) 11:47, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

 * I agree that the forms don't need their own sections, but I think the least we could do is give a short description of each in the Appearence part. I don't really see what would be uncyclopedic about it.- Koji Dude  (Contributions) 15:17, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

Yeah, the lack of description is what turned me off about the article as well, so I added that Gotenks too achieved Super Saiyan 3 and how draining it was for Goku, please do not delete since I tried to keep it at minimum length whenever possible, as with the Super Saiyan advanced grades descriptions. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 218.153.93.123 (talk) 08:17, 8 November 2008 (UTC)

Reception data
I'm sure we're able to get this section filled up. Removing it won't help it's case. Any ideas? Lord Sesshomaru (talk • edits) 03:50, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
 * You could leave it removed until you have something to actually write. It doesn't make a whole lot of sense to have a blank section. Get a starting sentence at least.-- Koji Dude  (Contributions) 18:00, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Couldn't find much of any reception on the net, save for a few action figures. You? Lord Sesshomaru (talk • edits) 18:52, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
 * I suppose (if you had a cite) there's the wide range of parodies. I always thought of a Reception section as stating more of how fans reacted to whatever the article is about.-- Koji Dude  (Contributions) 19:07, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Parodies ... you must mean Neko Majin? Lord Sesshomaru (talk • edits) 19:16, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Yeah. You could probably merge it with the "In other Media" section, too.-- Koji Dude  (Contributions) 22:50, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

Power of Super Saiyan forms 2 and 3.
The Daizenshuu have already revealed that the first SSJ form has 50 times the ki or power level of the base form, but now, what's been going around is that the Official Super Exciting Guide has revealed that SSJ2 has two times the strength of the SSJ form and that SSJ3 has four times the strength of the SSJ2 form. Shouldn't this info be verified, and if so, included in the article? Mekhatronic
 * There's nothing that states that, it's simply an observation that it is fifty fold for Goku's first transformation. No one is sure if that increase is consistent for all Saiyans, and there's several theories that the power ratio of Saiyan to Super Saiyan decreases as time continues.-71.192.19.78 (talk) 05:55, 10 July 2009 (UTC)

Merge with Saiyan Article
There is no need for a Saiyan page and a Super Saiyan page. They should be merged together. Does anyone agree? A lot of Dragon Ball pages are being merged so this should be, too. DBZfan29 (talk) 17:36, 1 September 2009 (UTC)

 * If they are merged, Super Saiyan should be merged in Saiyan since Saiyan is the primary term. If you want more responses, ask in the wikiproject and add the merge tag. Still none of these articles pass WP: notability.Tintor2 (talk) 17:02, 2 September 2009 (UTC)

 * I think both should be redirected to Dragon Ball, with perhaps a brief merging of one or two sentences in the plot section to explain the concept at first mention. Neither is a notable term nor concept on its own. Both articles are primarily original research and plot regurgitation which is simply unnecessary. Only one has even a single reliable, third-party source and then only for a minor point. -- AnmaFinotera  (talk · contribs) 17:13, 2 September 2009 (UTC)
 * I agree with what you're saying... well, if I could understand most of it! Anyway, an old page named Dragon Ball (artifact) was merged so this should be, too (there isn't even a page for the main idea of the series so why should "Saiyan?). DBZfan29 (talk) 17:19, 2 September 2009 (UTC)

 * That can be simply explained in th characters articles.Tintor2 (talk) 17:29, 2 September 2009 (UTC)

 * Redirect 'em both to Dragon Ball, per AnmaFinotera. 「 ダイノ ガイ 千？！ 」? · Talk⇒Dinoguy1000 18:26, 3 September 2009 (UTC)

I don't know. Super Saiyan has become at least a little bit notable. Katsura Hoshino, author of D.Gray-man, has said that the main protagonist of that series has hair of the same style as a Super Saiyan. On the other hand, one source does not account for notability as pertaining to wikipedia. I have no strong feelings either way, and am willing to abide by whatever consensus comes out, provided that it is not a full on redirect to both pages, as a simple merge into one or the other might just be what is needed. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sasuke9031 (talk • contribs) 01:12, September 4, 2009

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 * Cayambe (volcano), a stratovolcano in the Central Cordillera of the Ecuadorian Andes
 * Cayambe, Ecuador, a town located at the foot of the volcano
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Bournemouth railway station

Bournemouth railway station is the main railway station serving the seaside town of Bournemouth, Dorset, England. It was previously known as Bournemouth East (1885 to 1899) and then Bournemouth Central (1899 to 1967). It has long been treated as an obligatory stop (major stop) on the South West Main Line from London Waterloo to Weymouth. It is 108 mi down the main line from Waterloo and is situated between Pokesdown and Branksome.

A previous incarnation of Bournemouth East station was on another site. Ticket barriers were installed in 2008 and British Transport Police have a Bournemouth office at the station which acts as a regional hub.

History
The station was designed by William Jacob, chief engineer of the London and South Western Railway, and opened on 20 July 1885 as Bournemouth East replacing the original station of the same name on the other side of Holdenhurst Road from 1870 to 1885, see Bournemouth East railway station (Ringwood, Christchurch and Bournemouth Railway). The station was over 1 km from the town centre on the insistence of town authorities of the time. It was renamed Bournemouth Central on 1 May 1899 and became Bournemouth on 10 July 1967 following the closure of Bournemouth West. By 1967 third rail electrification had reached Bournemouth and continued beyond to Branksome and Bournemouth Train & Rolling Stock Maintenance Depot but no further. From the end of steam most trains were formed of 4REP EMUs coupled up with one or more unpowered 4TC units. The 4TC units would be uncoupled at Bournemouth and attached to a Class 33/1 diesel locomotive for the onward journey to Weymouth. This continued until the electrification of the line from Branksome to Weymouth and the introduction of Class 442 units in 1988. The end of steam also saw the removal of the station's centre tracks which ran between the up and down lines serving platforms 2 and 3 respectively and the demolition of the locomotive sheds to the west; the station car park took over their site.

The station roof was severely damaged by the Great Storm of 1987 that hit the South of England. It was extensively refurbished in 2000 by Railtrack after many years of disrepair and being surrounded by scaffolding to protect people from falling debris.

Ticket barriers were installed in 2008.

Bournemouth railway station was once served by services and goods deliveries across five railways, the South West Main Line, Southampton and Dorchester Railway, Ringwood, Christchurch and Bournemouth Railway, Salisbury and Dorset Junction Railway and Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway.

Accidents and incidents
On 2 September 1961, a train, hauled by SR West Country Class 4-6-2 No. 34045 Ottery St. Mary, was derailed by trap points at the west end of the down platform.

Layout
The station has four platforms: Platforms 3 and 4 are continuous, and both can accommodate full-length trains. This means Bournemouth has one of the longest platforms in the country. Other stations with this arrangement include Gloucester, Cambridge, Bristol Temple Meads and Edinburgh Waverley.
 * Platform 1 – east facing bay platform capable of accommodating trains of up to four 20-metre coaches. As of April 2024, trains to Winchester depart from this platform.
 * Platform 2 – for through services to the east towards Southampton & London Waterloo.
 * Platform 3 – for terminating services from London Waterloo & Manchester Piccadilly and through services to Weymouth.
 * Platform 4 - rarely used by trains in passenger service.

Motive power depot
A small locomotive depot was opened at Bournemouth East in 1870, but closed in 1883. This was replaced by a larger shed, adjacent to Bournemouth Central station, in 1883. This in turn was supplemented by another shed nearby in 1888. In 1921, the 1883 shed was closed and the 1888 one was extended to increase capacity, and between 1936 and 1938 this was rebuilt and enlarged. The new shed included a 65 ft turntable and a 50 lt hoist. However the facilities remained cramped and awkwardly sited; there were proposals to move the depot to Branksome which were never implemented. This site therefore remained in use until June 1967 when the site was cleared.

Accessibility
The station is fully accessible, with an underpass going from Platform 3 to Platform 2.

Rail
The station is primarily served by South Western Railway, who operate fast and semi-fast trains from London Waterloo to Weymouth or Poole, and stopping services from Winchester to Bournemouth.

CrossCountry operate services from Bournemouth to Manchester Piccadilly via Birmingham New Street. All CrossCountry services at Bournemouth use Voyagers. Before the CrossCountry service was standardised in 2007 there were for many years CrossCountry services to many other destinations, including the Dorset Scot, Pines Express and Wessex Scot and other trains to Scotland via both the West Coast Main Line and East Coast Main Line, along with trains to Leeds and to Liverpool Lime Street.

As of 2024, the typical off peak stopping pattern at the station is as follows:
 * Monday to Saturday:
 * 2 tph to London Waterloo (1 of these is semi-fast to Southampton Central, 1 fast to Southampton Central, calling only at Brockenhurst, both fast after Southampton Central)
 * 2 tph to Weymouth (1 of these runs non-stop to Poole, dividing here from the all-stations service to Poole, and one of these calls at all stations)
 * 1 tph to Poole (stopping)
 * 1 tph to Winchester (stopping)
 * 1 tph to Manchester Piccadilly via Southampton Central and Birmingham New Street (fast)
 * Sunday:
 * 2 tph to London Waterloo 1 of is stopping to Southampton Central, 1 semi-fast to Southampton Central, both semi-fast after Southampton Central)
 * 1 tph to Weymouth (Calling at all stations except Holton Heath)
 * 1 tph to Poole (fast)
 * 1 tph to Manchester Piccadilly via Southampton Central and Birmingham New Street (fast)

In May 1994, Network SouthEast extended its service London Victoria to Southampton Central service to terminate at Bournemouth. It was truncated back to Southampton Central in the 2000s by Southern. The service was one of the few regular services to use platform 1.

Bus
Bournemouth railway station also serves as a hub for local bus services. On the down side of the station is Bournemouth Travel Interchange which is served by morebus, operating frequent buses to the town centre. A regular bus service to Bournemouth Airport, the 737, is operated by morebus. It is also a stop on National Express coach routes which serve the town. The station was served by Yellow Buses until their collapse on 4 August 2022.

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False-color view of Saturn's moon Enceladus

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A fresh look at Enceladus (505 kilometers, 314 miles across) reveals tempting new details about the brightest real estate in the Solar System. This falsely-colored image shows that some of the linear features on Enceladus have a slightly different color from their surroundings. Different colors of ice may be caused by different compositions or different ice crystal sizes, either of which can indicate different formation mechanisms or different ages.

The new view shows some of the smooth plains noted in Voyager and earlier Cassini images. At about the 7 o’clock position are interwoven lineament patterns that are reminiscent of the wispy-terrain features on Dione and Rhea.

Imaging scientists are unsure as to whether these brighter markings are evidence for contamination of the ice in the linear features by some other material. Analysis of high resolution images of Enceladus should also show whether, like the surprising terrain seen on Dione, the "wisps" are curvilinear fractures that are not quite resolved at this scale.

This false color view combines images obtained using filters sensitive to polarized green and infrared light. The images were obtained with the narrow angle camera on February 16, 2005, from distances ranging from 179,727 to 179,601 kilometers (111,677 to 111,599 miles) from Enceladus and at a Sun-Enceladus-spacecraft, or phase, angle of 22 degrees. Resolution in the image is about 1 kilometer (0.6 mile) per pixel.


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Endo (band)

Endo was a four-piece nu metal group from Miami, Florida. The band formed in 1995, released two major record label albums in 2001 and 2003, and worked on songs for a third before disbanding in 2007. In 2012, the band got back together with Gil, Eli and Joel, with their new bass player, Derek Gormley. Recording on their new album began early in 2013 with B-Team Records in Miami, Florida. The album was released in July 2013.

History
The band was formed in 1995 by Gil Bitton and bassist Zelick. In 1996 drummer Joel Suarez joined the group, followed by Eli Parker. New York-based company, "Concrete Management" (Pantera, Ministry, Anthrax), signed the band in the late 1990s, where they opened for such bands as the Foo Fighters, Static-X, and Megadeth. They were later signed to DV8/Columbia Records, and released two major albums.

Their first major album Evolve was released in 2001, and featured more of a rap-metal and nu metal sound. The band released a follow-up album, Songs for the Restless in 2003, but the band featured more of a post-grunge, straight rock sound, without rapping. They played at the Ozzfest Tour in 2003 in support of the album and opened for bands such as Korn, Chevelle and Marilyn Manson. In that same year their song "Simple Lies" appeared on Daredevil: The Album, released in conjunction with the movie Daredevil, starring Ben Affleck.

The band parted ways with DV8/Columbia in April 2004, and at the time were working on the recording of five new tracks. A year and a half later, in November 2005, they announced on their MySpace blog that a new album was close to being finished. In February 2006, they announced they were performing at a contest in their hometown of Miami, Florida, but no further news on the album.

About a year later the band finally made another statement, on January 1, 2007, that they were disbanding due to inner turmoil.

In 2012, the band got back together. They began playing live shows again in their hometown, Miami, FL. News of their new album began surfacing on the band's new Facebook page, and the first track from the upcoming release, "Get Low," has appeared on the band's YouTube channel. Also, the band added a new drummer named Grover L. Norton III to the line up for the upcoming tour.

As of Summer 2013, Endo has disbanded once again.

Members

 * Final line-up
 * Gil Bitton – lead vocals (1995–2007, 2012–2013)
 * Eli Parker – guitar (1996–2007, 2012–2013)
 * Derek Gormley – bass (2012–2013)
 * Grover Norton III – drums (2013)

 * Former members
 * Joel Suarez – drums (1996–2001, 2012)
 * Joe Eshkenazi – drums (2003–2007)
 * Zelick – bass (1995–2007)
 * Lou Orenstein – guitar (1995–2000)

Wake the Fuck Up

 * 1) Get Low
 * 2) Windows
 * 3) Cold in the Prison
 * 4) Addicted
 * 5) Guilty Room
 * 6) No One Listens
 * 7) Wasted Time
 * 8) When Doves Cry

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Cherubs (UK band)

Cherubs were a five-piece rock band from the United Kingdom and Norway. The band comprised Staale Krantz Bruland, Espen Dahl, Matthew Orchard, Jørgen Raa and Glenn Wange. The band formed in 2003, and disbanded in September 2007.

History
The band came together in December 2003, and in a short period of time gigged and toured all over the UK and abroad with bands such as The Libertines, Bloc Party, The Cribs, The Rakes, Razorlight, Maxïmo Park, The Departure, Moving Units, The Others, Art Brut and many more.

Debut single "Hey Bunny" was out October 2004, and their second single was the non-album track "Club Hoola Hoop's Walls", released in February 2005. Their debut album Uncovered by Heartbeat was released 18 April 2005 on Cargo Records. The album was produced by Howard Gray and engineered by Ashley Krajewski at Apollo Control Studios. The band played an album release show to a capacity crowd at the Camden Barfly 23 April 2005.

The single "A Man of No Importance" is another non-album track, and was out 15 August on CD single and ltd. edition 7". It was produced by Mercury Prize nominee producer Gareth Parton (Ikara Colt, The Go! Team, The Killers, The Futureheads, Shellac, The Breeders, Foals).

In the summer of 2005 the band played at the Wireless Festival, T in the Park, and at the Reading and Leeds Festivals.

In Autumn 2005, Glenn Wange informed the band he intended to leave at the end of the year to continue his studies, and he played his last gig with the band 24 November at the Barfly in London. In February 2006, Glenn Fryatt joined as the new drummer.

Cherubs' record label was the London-based Cargo Records.

The band broke up in September 2007.

Albums

 * Uncovered by Heartbeat (April 2005)

Singles

 * "Hey Bunny" (October 2004)
 * "Club Hoola Hoop's Walls" (aka "I Go to Whom I'm Dressed For") (February 2005)
 * "A Man Of No Importance" (August 2005)
 * "Paper Cut Moon" (February 2006)

Other appearances

 * Jørgen Raa joined the band XX Teens post Cherubs.
 * Espen Dahl appears on The Sailor Sessions recordings by The Libertines (2005), and joined the band Stricken City post Cherubs.
 * Glenn Fryatt played drums and recorded for Ten Benson post Cherubs before joining London based 1960s surf group Oh! Gun Quit in 2010. Fryatt went on to play with Roman Remains, featuring Liela Moss and Toby Butler of The Duke Spirit, and is currently the drummer for the critically acclaimed, two-piece rock group The Diamond Lights, LA-based Happy Hollows, and Chief White Lightning
 * Matthew Orchard formed The Bela Lugosi Blues post Cherubs (2008-2010), joined garage punk band Thee Cuss Words (2010-11) and currently plays guitar in These Guilty Men.
 * Staale Krantz Bruland has had lyrics/vocals in the project Moist Tiger, and is currently (2019) the leadsinger in both the norwegian garage rock hybrid The Hiveminds and in the electro-cool soloproject Brusk. He has also his own microstudiolabel "XU Records" together with his wife.

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World Market Center Las Vegas

World Market Center Las Vegas is a furniture showroom complex in downtown Las Vegas, Nevada, serving domestic and international sellers and buyers. It contains 5.3 e6sqft across four buildings, part of a 57 acres site. The project was proposed in 2001, and the first building opened on July 25, 2005. Subsequent additions opened in January 2007, July 2008, and April 2021.

History
The World Market Center was conceived by Shawn Samson and Jack Kashani, both of Los Angeles-based Furniture Mart Enterprises. Las Vegas mayor Oscar Goodman met with the company in 2000 to discuss its plans for a wholesale furniture center in downtown Las Vegas. It was originally proposed as a 5 e6sqft project. It would be built on 57 acres, located beside Interstate 15. The land, owned by Union Pacific Railroad, had been for sale since 1992. Speaking of any proposed project for the site, Goodman said, "I want people when they're driving by it on the freeway to say they've never seen anything like it."

The project, known as the World Market Center, was officially unveiled in February 2001. The land purchase was finalized that year, and the proposed project was expanded to 7.5 e6sqft. At that time, it was planned as a 10-building complex, with the added 2.5 e6sqft consisting of hotel, residential and office space. The project was to be constructed in three phases, with completion expected in 2010. Goodman and Furniture Mart Enterprises believed that the project would establish Las Vegas as the furniture capital of the world. Although San Francisco and High Point, North Carolina were known for their furniture industries, Las Vegas was viewed as a superior city for its abundance of hotel rooms, as well as its popularity as a convention city.

The World Market Center sought a $115 million property tax rebate, although the Las Vegas Redevelopment Agency recommended against this, as it would drain the agency of funding for future projects. The city denied the request in 2001, but approved a $40 million rebate the following year, after lengthy negotiations. The Related Companies also provided financing.

Furniture Mart Enterprises broke ground on the project on March 21, 2003, with The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company as general contractor. It was set to open in 2004, although this was pushed back due to permitting issues. The foundation for the first structure, Building A, was eventually poured in January 2004. It was fully leased more than a year prior to its opening, signing on 230 tenants.

The World Market Center opened on July 25, 2005, with Building A hosting the Las Vegas Market show as its first event. The twice-annual Las Vegas Market brought an estimated 62,000 people during its first two shows. The World Market Center's early success had a negative impact on the San Francisco Mart, while High Point remained a viable competitor. The World Market Center also led to renewed interest in downtown redevelopment.

New expansion plans for the market were announced several months prior to its opening, the final goal being a $2 billion, eight-building complex featuring 12 e6sqft, with completion expected by 2015. These plans never fully materialized, although two more buildings would be added within a few years of the initial opening. Whiting-Turner returned as the contractor for Building B, which opened on January 29, 2007. Building C was constructed by Penta Building Group. It was topped off in October 2007, and opened on July 28, 2008. During its first three years, the center attracted an estimated 300,000 people.

Plans for future buildings were shelved in 2008, amid concerns about the Great Recession; these also prompted the World Market Center to diversify itself beyond furniture, expanding to cover the home accent and gift markets. Occupancy and sales at the World Market Center dropped because of the recession, and the center defaulted on mortgages covering two of its buildings. As a result of the recession and financial problems, ownership of the World Market Center was merged with its rivals in High Point, forming the new company International Market Centers (IMC) in 2011. Blackstone Group later partnered with Fireside Investments to purchase IMC, a deal that was completed on September 26, 2017.

The closure of Cashman Center in 2017 left downtown Las Vegas with only 106000 sqft of convention space, spread across 10 different resorts. In 2018, IMC proposed an addition to the World Market Center that would add to downtown's convention space. The city approved the project and contributed $30 million in tax increment financing. The ultimate cost of the facility was $103 million. The addition, known as the Expo at World Market Center building, began construction in August 2019. It was topped off on December 19, 2019, and was completed the following year, although its opening was delayed because of the COVID-19 pandemic. It eventually debuted on April 9, 2021.

Features
The World Market Center has 5.3 e6sqft of space. It includes three primary buildings:
 * Building A is a 10-story structure containing 1.3 e6sqft. It was designed by Jerde Partnership International, in association with Las Vegas-based JMA Architecture Studios. Its facade features a swooping arc made of reflective metal panels, reminiscent of a half-moon or happy face. The structure cost $230 million to construct.
 * Building B is 16 stories and contains 1.6 e6sqft, and was built at a cost of $345 million.
 * Building C is also 16 stories, and was designed by JMA as well. It cost $550 million, and contains 2.1 e6sqft. Building C was accompanied by a seven-level parking garage, located directly north.

In addition to Building A, the World Market Center also opened with three large tent structures, known as the Pavilions. Each one measured 41 feet high and contained approximately 150000 sqft of space. The structures included heating, cooling, restrooms, and wireless Internet access. They cost a total of $15 million.

The Expo at World Market Center is a 315000 sqft facility that connects to Building C. Because of limited acreage, a large portion of the Expo facility was constructed within the first floor of the parking garage. The Pavilion tents, located across the street, were dismantled following completion of the Expo facility.

Las Vegas Market
The Las Vegas Market is a major trade show held at the World Market Center twice a year. The first event was held during July 25-29, 2005. It was launched as a West Coast rival to the twice-yearly International Home Furnishings Market in High Point. The show is open only to designers, retail buyers, and wholesalers.

Las Vegas Design Center
When not hosting trade shows, the first two floors of Building A are open to the public as the Las Vegas Design Center, featuring numerous showrooms. It has operated since 2005, but was not opened to the public until 2009.

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Demographics of the Empire of Japan

The population of Japan at the time of the Meiji Restoration was estimated to be 34,985,000 on January 1, 1873, while the official original family registries (本籍) and de facto (or present registries (現住)) populations on the same day were 33,300,644 and 33,416,939, respectively. These were comparable to the population of the United Kingdom (31,000,000), France (38,000,000), and Austria-Hungary (38,000,000).

Total Population
Meiji government established the uniformed registered system of koseki (戸籍) in 1872, which is called Jinshin koseki (壬申戸籍).

The first national census based on a full sampling of inhabitants was conducted in Japan in 1920 and was conducted every five years thereafter. Per the Statistics Bureau of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, the population distribution of Japan proper from 1920 to 1945 is as follows

The above figures include Hokkaidō, the northernmost island; the central island of Honshū, site of the most important cities and industrial centers; and the smaller islands of Kyūshū, Shikoku, and Okinawa (except for the 1945 census values).

Total Fertility Rate from 1874 to 1950
The total fertility rate is the number of children born per woman. It is based on fairly good data for the entire period. Sources: Our World In Data and Gapminder Foundation.

The above figures include Hokkaidō, the northernmost island; the central island of Honshū, site of the most important cities and industrial centers; and the smaller islands of Kyūshū, Shikoku, and Okinawa (except for the 1945 census values).

Urban Population
In Japan proper, the population of major cities was as follows:

In 1937 Japanese demographers projected the Japanese population in 1980 to reach 100,000,000, in accordance with observed growth rates.

Japanese overseas possessions
Japan annexed Taiwan after the First Sino-Japanese War, while victory in the Russo-Japanese War gained Japan the Kwantung Leased Territory, Karafuto, and Chōsen. These acquisitions increased the area controlled by Japanese to 262912 sqmi.

The total population of the Empire of Japan, including Taiwan, Chōsen, and Karafuto was 64,940,034 on Dec 31, 1908, which could be broken down as follows:

 * Japan proper: 51,742,486
 * Chōsen: 9,918,566
 * Taiwan: 3,252,589
 * Karafuto: 26,393

And the population of concessions as of Dec 31, 1908, was as follows:

 * Kwantung: 427,117
 * South Manchuria Railway Zone: 28,307

The census population in 1940

 * Japan proper: 73,114,308 (of whom 71,810,022 were Japanese, 1,241,315 were Koreans, 22,499 were Taiwanese, 986 were Karafuto natives, 249 were South Pacific natives and 39,237 of other nationalities).
 * Manchukuo: 41,080,907 inhabitants, including 38,880,542 Hans and Manchurian, 1,309,000 Koreans, 819,582 Japanese, 5,000 Taiwanese and 66,783 of other nationalities;
 * Chōsen: 24,326,327 (of whom 707,742 were Japanese, 23,547,465 were Koreans, 226 were Taiwanese, 2 were South Pacific natives and 70,892 of other nationalities).
 * Taiwan: 5,872,083 (of whom 312,386 were Japanese, 5,510,259 were Taiwanese, 2,376 were Koreans, and 46,834 Hans and 228 of other nationalities).
 * Mengjiang: 5,525,833 with 5,019,987 Han, while the population of Mongolia was 154,203.
 * Karafuto: 414,892 (of whom 394,603 were Japanese, 19,505 were Koreans, 396 were Karafuto natives, 35 were Taiwanese, and 352 of other nationalities).
 * Chishima Islands: 10,972
 * Kwantung: 1,367,334 (of whom 198,188 were Japanese, 6,384 were Koreans, 550 were Taiwanese, 1,158,083 were of Manchurian nationality, and 4,129 of other nationalities).
 * South Seas Mandate: 131,258 (of whom 77,011 were Japanese, 50,648 were South Pacific natives, 3,472 were Koreans, 7 were Taiwanese, and 120 of other nationalities).

Total: 151,481,298 (of whom 74,319,534 were Japanese, 26,129,517 were Koreans, 5,538,576 were Taiwanese, 50,899 were South Pacific natives, 1,382 were Karafuto natives, 45,105,446 were of Manchurian and Han, and 154,203 of other nationalities).

Estimated populations in 1940 in other occupied territories
China-Nanking Republic: 182,604,000

Hainan Island: 2,200,000

Kwangchow: 1,238,000

Shantou: 237,000

Fuzhou: 223,000

Amoy: 113,000

Kinmen Island: 50,000

Urban population in overseas territories
In terms of cities, the population of major cities:

Manchukuo
By the time of 1908, the population of Manchuria was 15.83 million people and on October 1, 1932, when Manchukuo was founded, it had become 29,280,008 people. The population of Manchuria in early 1934 was estimated at 30,880,000. These numbers included 30,190,000 Chinese, 590,760 Japanese and 98,431 other nationalities (Russians, Mongols etc.). Chinese numbers included 680,000 ethnic Koreans. Approximately 300,000 men were added to the Japanese military garrison in 1937. Between 1938 and 1942, a contingent of 200,000 young farmers arrived in Manchukuo;  joining this group after 1936, there were 20,000 complete families. In Shinkyō, the Japanese made up 25% of the population.

At the end of 1938, the total population of Manchukuo was estimated at 36,933,000, including approximately 1 million Japanese civilians and 500,000 Japanese military personnel. These figures exclude the rented territory of Kwantung and Dalian, which were included in Japanese territories abroad.

In 1940, the Manchurian State Council census had a population of 41,080,907 inhabitants, including 38,880,542 Hans and Manchurian, 1,309,000 Koreans, 819,582 Japanese, 5,000 Taiwanese and 66,783 of other nationalists; the proportion of men to women was 123.8 / 100.

As of October 1, 1942, the population had increased to 44,240,002 people.

At the end of the war, 850,000 Japanese migrants were arrested when the Soviet Union invaded Manchuria. Basically, with the exception of public and military officers, these people were repatriated in stages from 1946 to 1947 to Japan under Allied occupation.

Books

 * Taeuber Irene B., and Beal, Edwin G. The Demographic Heritage of the Japanese Empire,
 * Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Vol. 237, World Population in Transition (Jan. 1945), pp. 64–71

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Most countries, including both unitary states and those with federal constitutions, are made up of a number of Administrative divisions and subnational entities called federated states or provinces. In many cases, these are creations of the national government, rather than sovereign states or administrative divisions. In other cases, as with the U.S. states, the national government arose from a union of the states, which delegated some of their sovereignty to the national government, while retaining the remaining part of their sovereignty.

As well as the usage of the term in English-speaking countries, a similar term that can be directly translated into English as state or province is found in countries using other languages.

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Agriculture in the Empire of Japan

Agriculture in the Empire of Japan was an important component of the pre-war Japanese economy. Although Japan had only 16% of its land area under cultivation before the Pacific War, over 45% of households made a living from farming. Japanese cultivated land was mostly dedicated to rice, which accounted for 15% of world rice production in 1937.

Meiji period
After the end of the Tokugawa shogunate with the Meiji Restoration of 1868, Japanese agriculture was dominated by a tenant farming system. The Meiji government based its industrialization program on tax revenues from private land ownership, and the Land Tax Reform of 1873 increased the process of landlordism, with many farmers having their land confiscated due to inability to pay the new taxes.

This situation was worsened by the deflationary Matsukata Fiscal Policy of 1881–1885, which severely depressed rice prices, leading to further bankruptcies, and even to large scale rural uprisings against the government. By the end of the Meiji period, over 67% of all peasant families were driven into tenancy, and farm productivity stagnated. As tenants were forced to pay over half their crop as rent, they were often forced to send wives and daughters to textile mills or to sell daughters into prostitution to pay for taxes.

In the early Meiji period, landowners collected a high rate of rent in kind, rather than cash and consequently played a major role in the development of agriculture, since the tenant farmers found it difficult to obtain capital. Gradually, with the development of cash crops to supplement the mainstay of rice, and the growth of capitalism in general from the turn of the twentieth century onwards, agricultural cooperatives and the government took over the role by providing farm subsidies, loans, and education in new agricultural techniques.

The first agricultural cooperatives were established in 1900, after their creation was debated in the Diet of Japan by Shinagawa Yajirō and Hirata Tosuke as a means of modernizing Japanese agriculture and adapting it to a cash economy. These cooperatives served in rural areas as credit unions, purchasing cooperatives and assisted in the marketing and sales of farm products.

Taishō period
The Imperial Agricultural Association (帝国農会) was a central organization for agricultural cooperatives in the Empire of Japan. It was established in 1910, and provided assistance to individual cooperatives through transmission of agricultural research and facilitating the sales of farm products. The Imperial Agricultural Association was at the peak of a three tier structure of national-prefectural-local system of agricultural.

This organization was of vital importance after nationwide markets were consolidated under government control in the aftermath of the Rice Riots of 1918 and increasing economic crisis from the late 1920s. Increasing tenant farmer disputes and issues with landlordism also led to increasing government regulation.

After the Rice Riots of 1918, many peasants came under the influence of the urban labor movement with socialist, communist and/or agrarian ideas, which created serious political issues. Not only were the Imperial Family of Japan and the zaibatsu major landowners, but until 1928, an income tax requirement severely limited the right to vote, limiting seats in the Diet of Japan only to people of wealth. In 1922, the Nihon Nomin Kumiai (Japan Farmer's Union) was formed for collective bargaining for cultivator rights and reduced rents.

Shōwa period
By the 1930s, the growth of the urban economy and flight of farmers to the cities gradually weakened the hold of the landlords. The interwar years also saw the rapid introduction of mechanized agriculture, and the supplementation of natural animal fertilizers with chemical fertilizers and imported phosphates.

With the growth of the wartime economy, the government recognized that landlordism was an impediment to increased agricultural productivity, and took steps to increase control over the rural sector through the formation of the Central Agricultural Association (中央農会) in 1943, which was a compulsory organization under the wartime command economy to force the implementation of government farming policies. Another duty of the organization was to secure food supply to local markets and the military. It was dissolved after World War II.

Farming
Farmed land in 1937 was 14,940,000 acre, which represented 15.8% of the total Japanese surface area, compared with 10,615,000 acre or 40% in Ohio (USA), or 12,881,000 acre or 21% in England. The proportion of farmed land rose from 11.8% in 1887 to 13.7% in 1902, and 14.4% in 1912 to 15.7% in 1919. This fell to 15.4% in 1929. There were 5,374,897 farmers at an average 2.67 acre per family, in comparison with any American farmer family with 155 acre. These were larger in Hokkaidō and Karafuto and reduced by 2 acre in southwest area. The intense culture, fertilizers and scientific development, raised the yield to 43 bushels per acre (2.89 t/ha) in 1936.

In Japan there now is only 6,9% of farmed land.

Northern territories
The sparsely populated Chishima Islands had an inclement climate for anything other than small-scale agriculture; the economy was based the fishing, whaling, and harvest of furs and reindeer meat.

Karafuto likewise had a severe climate made cultivation difficult, along with unsuitable podzolic soils. Small scale farming was developed in the south, where land was suitable for potatoes, oats, rye, forage, and vegetables. Only 7% of Karafuto was arable. The livestock raising was quite important. Farming experiments with rice were partially successful. Through government policies, capable farmers from Hokkaidō and northern Honshū received 12.5 to 25 acre of land and a house to settle in Karafuto, and thus the amount of land under cultivation and the Japanese population rose steadily through the 1920s and 1930s. By 1937, 10,811 families were cultivating 86,175 acre, as opposed to 8,755 families cultivating 179.9 km2 in 1926.

Hokkaidō
Hokkaidō was a target area for agricultural development since the start of the Meiji period, with the establishment of the Hokkaidō colonization Office, and with the assistance of numerous foreign advisors who introduced new crops and new agricultural techniques. Hokkaidō farms averaged 11 acre, more than four times others in Japan. Despite efforts to cultivate rice on about 60% of the arable land in the territory, climate and soils were not favorable and yields were low. Other crops included oats, potatoes, vegetables, rye and wheat as well as extensive horticulture. The dairy industry was important, as was the raising of horses for use by the Imperial Japanese Army cavalry.

Farmer households numbered 2,000,000 and the government mentioned the possibility to establish another 1,000,000.

Honshū
The farms were 3.5 to 4 acres (14,000 to 16,000 m2), for rice, potatoes, and rye. Northern Honshū produced 75% of apples of Japan; other products included cherries and horses. Central Honshū cultivated rice and special products including white mulberry (for silkworms) in Suwa, tea, (in Shizuoka), daikon in Aichi, and also rye, rice, grapes for wine, etc.

Shikoku & Kyūshū
Due to subtropical conditions, Shikoku and Kyūshū islands were dominated by traditional rice and sweet potato crops. Other important crops included sugar cane, bananas, Japanese citrus, tobacco, taro, and beans. Other products obtained in the highlands included rye, wheat, morel, silk and livestock raising (horses and cows).

Ryūkyūs
The tropical Ryūkyū Islands with their limited cultivatable area had a largely subsistence agriculture based on rice, sweet potatoes, sugar cane and fruits.

Taiwan
With a large ethnic Chinese population, agricultural methods and products in Taiwan were in the Chinese-style, with rice cultivation and sweet potatoes dominating. Cash crops included fruits and tea and jute & ramie. (The cultivated land was 2,116,174 acre at a density of 1,576 inhabitants per square mile in 1937.

The central government gave strong emphasis on development of the sugar cane industry, and Taiwan satisfied 42% of the crude sugar demand of Japan. The consumption of sugar in Japan grew from 15 lb in 1918 to 30 lb in 1928.

The central government also placed strong emphasis on the development of forestry products. Camphor wood was collected from forests or plantations under a government-monopoly (the "Formosa Manufacturing Company" from 1899).

South Seas Mandate
The equatorial tropical conditions of the South Seas Mandate islands supported farming of coconuts, taro, sweet potatoes, tapioca, bananas, pineapples and rice, for local use and export. The sugar cane industry was given strong emphasis by the central government, with principal sugar in Saipan and Palau. However, the very limited cultivable land area of the South Seas Mandate meant that fishing and whaling remained more economically important.

Philippines
Prior to the Pacific War there was a small Japanese settlement in Davao at the south of Mindanao Island which worked with Japanese private companies to cultivate abacá for Manila hemp. This was the main center of cultivation in the region, with farming of sugar cane, pineapple, bananas, sweet potato and other tropical crops. Abaca farming exceeded sugar cane cultivation in area but not in value. 25% was sent to the USA. Sisal was also exported to the US and Japan.

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I have just finished reading the article in the new issue of Time magazine describing Wikipedia. I found it extremely fascinating! Will someone really edit this page??

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Wikipedia:Peer review/Vlad III Dracula/archive1

Vlad III Dracula
I'd like some review of the structure of this page. Are the historical and apocrophical accounts of Dracula well separated enough? Would some other structure be better? Also general style review please. Zeimusu | (Talk page) 00:18, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * First impression - bad prose - too many tiny paras, merge. Sections are ok, you may want to break off the end of 'Reputation' section into a new one ('Fiction' or sth like this) and expand this with info from Dracula. A few more pics would be nice. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus Talk 10:45, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)


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Hi Brandont, all of your uploaded images only say "courtesy of" but don't mention licence or copyright details. Can you do that for the images : Image:Lara-flynn-boyle.jpg, Image:Rabbits.jpg, Image:Lynch-twin-peaks-plan.gif, Image:Tom-waits.jpg, Image:Lisa-marie.jpg, Image:Joanchen.jpg, Image:Fenn.jpg, Image:Dale-cooper.jpg, Image:Rivers-cuomo.jpg, Image:Wong-kar-wai.jpg, Image:Shane-tutmarc-dolour.jpg, Image:Tim-burton.jpg, Image:David-lynch.jpg Jay 11:35, 1 September 2005 (UTC)

Image copyright problem RE: Image:Wong-kar-wai.jpg
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Image:Tom-waits.jpg
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Image:Original-nof.jpg
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User talk:Polly662

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User talk:Dselevan

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Please don't change other people's comments in VFD votes like you did here. Especially when these edits are personal attacks against these users. Mgm|(talk) 00:20, Jun 3, 2005 (UTC)

 * Also, please don't leave posts like your latest one on my talk page. It looks like you pretended to be me. If you want to respond to something someone said on my page either sign your comment or talk to them directly. Mgm|(talk) 04:55, Jun 10, 2005 (UTC)

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User talk:PotalaPalace

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Talk:Saratoga Springs, New York

Disambig
Why does Saratoga Springs link directly to Saratoga Springs, New York instead of the Saratoga Springs (disambiguation) page or one of the others listed? What makes New York's more special? - Indefensible (talk) 02:04, 1 August 2021 (UTC)
 * It’s the original, and also the best known.Peter Flass (talk) 01:07, 20 January 2023 (UTC)

Halfway point
Should we mention that it is considered the halfway point between New York City and Montreal? 208.127.190.114 (talk) 18:48, 19 January 2023 (UTC)

@Mackensen What do you think?208.127.190.114 (talk) 00:10, 22 January 2023 (UTC)

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User talk:Maxiop

Welcome to my user site hope you like ive been here for a long time now so if anyone wants to know about me,go to my talk page.

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List of airports in Latvia

This is a list of airports in Latvia, sorted by location.

Latvia (Latvija), officially the Republic of Latvia (Latvijas Republika), is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by Estonia, to the south by Lithuania, to the east by the Russian Federation, and to the southeast by Belarus. Across the Baltic Sea to the west lies Sweden. The capital of Latvia is Riga. The local time is GMT+2 (GMT+3 DST).

Riga International Airport is the only major airport in Latvia, carrying around 5 million passengers annually. It is the largest airport in the Baltic states and has direct flights to over 80 destinations in 30 countries. It is also the main hub of airBaltic.

In the recent years airBaltic operated also in Liepāja International Airport as well as Ventspils International Airport but operations in both of these airports were soon ceased. In 2017 airBaltic started to fly to Liepāja International Airport again. As of 2019, airBaltic flies between Riga and Liepāja three times weekly in winter and five times weekly in summer.

Currently there are plans for further development in several regional airports, including Jūrmala Airport, Liepāja, Ventspils as well as Daugavpils International Airport.

Airports
Names shown in bold indicate airports with scheduled passenger service on commercial airlines.

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Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Karla Homolka/archive1

Karla Homolka
Read the CNN.com article about this lady today, and thought it was interesting. Came to el pedia, expecting to find a couple of paragraphs; imagine my surprise when I found this massive treatment of the person, case, and common myths. --Golbez 00:27, Jun 3, 2005 (UTC)
 * 'Object. Lead's too short. Dralwik 02:21, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Object the misconceptions section in not really in an appropriate format and all those facts should be refferenced.--nixie 02:23, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Not sure this is comprehensive? Also, she's about to be released, so this may be a bad time to make this a FA (generally right in the midst of a current event is a bad time because we want the article to be relatively stable). Also the "misconception" section gives me a slight impression of a pro-Karla POV...those are just some thoughts, I'm not voting on it. Everyking 05:11, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Object!. Incredibly POV and wishy washy. Consider sentences like: This was an utter failure if it is to be believed. Many of the myths floating about the internet were far more sickening than the actual details of the case (which were, indeed, very upsetting in their own right). Unfortunately, due to the very nature of the internet, many of these tall tales are still to be found, while the factual details -- protected by the publication ban -- are much more difficult to find.; Most of the ban breaking was done on the unfortunately named alt.fan.karla-homolka Usenet newsgroup.; The whole article is also written in a rather informal style, and the single reference (without any footnotes to acompany the external links are insufficient to make this article credible. The "Common misconceptions" section will also have to go (or be completely rewritten in another form) for me to support this FAC; right now, it feels like a sensational tabloid infobox. Phil s 22:00, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Object, highly POV. Neutralitytalk 19:52, Jun 4, 2005 (UTC)
 * Refer to Peer Review. Even having just copy edited the article, I still feel that it is POV, light on sourcing and needs to have the sensational "misconceptions" section rewritten. This is too much to address here. --Theo  (Talk) 21:58, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * object - seems like there is only one reference for quite a lot of material! - Ta bu shi da yu 03:24, 7 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Let's start again I have taken on the reorganization, reediting and rewriting of the articles on both of these adorable killers. It is important that all relevant facts are put on the table so that people can understand what went on and make up their own minds. Because of certain obstacles I have to do this in sections. ALL references will be added after the articles are complete. IF the bot once more deletes my changes and accuses me of being an unidentified vandal, while I am signed in, I will leave if for someone else to pick up. Freiherrin (talk) 23:11, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

PS AGAIN - I am logged in yet am told "You are not currently logged in." Am sick of this. Any suggestions?Freiherrin (talk) 23:11, 15 January 2008 (UTC)


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