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Watanobbi, New South Wales

Watanobbi is a suburb of the Central Coast region of New South Wales, Australia. It is part of the local government area, and is part of the Warnervale development precinct. Watanobbi is almost entirely surrounded by the Porters Creek wetlands, which goes to the Tuggerah Lakes catchment, located just west of Tuggerah Lake.

History
Although many  believed the name's origin was Aboriginal, with the old Wyong Shire council originally claiming it meant "hills surrounded by water", since Watanobbi was almost entirely surrounded by wetlands, the Geographic Names Board later confirmed there was no Aboriginal significance to the name, with the two most likely sources being a corruption of the Japanese surname Watanabe, ascribed to a friend of well-travelled pioneer Albert Warner, or a comment made by early landowner Allan Chapman about the "nobby" shape of the surrounding terrain, have been suggested. Landowners, claiming they were the butt of rude jokes and that the suburb's house prices had remained static relative to other areas, attempted unsuccessfully to have the name changed to Chapman Gardens in early 2002.

Watanobbi in the last decade also, has seen the removal of grazing livestock and horses to make way for the local Community Centre. Watanobbi also used to hold two legs of the locally famous Watagan Stages car rally; now modern housing occupy those dirt roads. During its most popular days as "the largest Home Show outside of Sydney" Watanobbi boasted outside public toilets, a Commonwealth Bank lending office and as many as 5 different home builders offices on site. These included Masterton Homes and A.V. Jennings Homes (when A.V. Jennings was alive).

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Customs and Excise Department (Hong Kong)

The Customs and Excise Department (C&ED) is a government agency responsible for the protection of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region against smuggling; the protection and collection of revenue on dutiable goods on behalf of the Hong Kong Government; the detection and deterrence of drug trafficking and abuse of controlled drugs; the protection of intellectual property rights; the protection of consumer interests; and the protection and facilitation of legitimate trade and upholding Hong Kong's trading integrity.

History

Hong Kong Customs, originally known as the Preventive Service, was founded in 1909. Initially it was responsible to collect the newly imposed duties on liquor. As commodities became subject to duties, the scope of the Preventive Service broadened to include tobacco and hydrocarbon oil, as well as duties related to the government opium monopoly. During times of war, the service prevented the export of precious metals and other commodities to the enemies of the United Kingdom and its allies. In 1963, with the passage of the Preventive Service Ordinance, the service gained the legal status to make regulations on its discipline, functions, powers and terms of service. In 1977, it was renamed the Hong Kong Customs and Excise Service. On 1 August 1982, The Hong Kong Customs and Excise Department became independent from the Trade and Industry Department.

The C&ED is an active member of the World Customs Organization (WCO) and the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC). It exchanges intelligence and works closely with overseas Customs administrations and law enforcement agencies.

In the early 2000s, the Computer Forensic Laboratory, the Computer Analysis and Response Team, and the Anti-Internet Piracy Investigation Team were established to tackle cybercrime. In 2013, the Electronic Crime Investigation Centre was set up within the department.

Departmental structure and organisation
The department is headed by the Commissioner of Customs and Excise. From 21 October 2021, this position is held by Louise Ho Pui-shan, its first female occupant and wife of Erick Tsang, Hong Kong's Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs.

As at 1 April 2020, the department has an establishment of 7,317 posts, of which nine are directorate officers, 6,142 are members of the Customs and Excise Service, 493 are Trade Controls Officers and 673 are staff of the General and Common Grades.

There are five branches:

Administration and Human Resource Development Branch
The Administration and Human Resource Development Branch is responsible for matters concerning the overall staff management of the Customs and Excise Service; departmental administration; financial management; staff training; and the housekeeping of the Office of Service Administration, the Office of Departmental Administration, the Office of Financial Administration, the Office of Prosecution and Management Support, the Office of Training and Development and the Complaints Investigation Group.

Boundary and Ports Branch
The Boundary and Ports Branch is responsible for matters relating to import and export controls under the purview of the Security Bureau and the housekeeping of the Airport Command, the Cross-boundary Bridge Command, the Land Boundary Command, the Rail and Ferry Command, and the Ports and Maritime Command.

Excise and Strategic Support Branch
The Excise and Strategic Support Branch is responsible for matters relating to dutiable commodities under the purview of the Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau; taking forward the Hong Kong Authorized Economic Operator Programme and implementation of Mutual Recognition Arrangements with partner customs administrations; international customs liaison and cooperation; project planning and equipment procurement; information technology development; operation of the Trade Single Window and the housekeeping of the Office of Dutiable Commodities Administration, the Office of Supply Chain Security Management, the Office of Customs Affairs and Co-operation, the Office of Project Planning and Development, the Office of Information Technology, the Office of Trade Single Window Operation and the Information Unit.

Intelligence and Investigation Branch
The Intelligence and Investigation Branch   is responsible for matters relating to narcotic drugs and anti- smuggling enforcement under the schedule of the Security Bureau and issues relating to intellectual property under the purview of the Commerce and Economic Development Bureau; the formulation of policies and strategies regarding the application of intelligence and risk management in Customs operations; and the housekeeping of the Customs Drug Investigation Bureau, the Intellectual Property Investigation Bureau, the Intelligence Bureau, the Revenue Crimes Investigation Bureau and the Syndicate Crimes Investigation Bureau.

Trade Controls Branch
The Trade Controls Branch is responsible for trade controls and consumer protection matters under the schedule of the Commerce and Economic Development Bureau and supervision of MSOs under the schedule of the Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau. It comprises the CEPA and Trade Inspection Bureau, the Consumer Protection Bureau, the Trade Descriptions Investigation Bureau, the Trade Declaration and Systems Bureau, the Trade Investigation Bureau and the Money Service Supervision Bureau.

Office of Quality Management and Internal Audit Division
Under the direct charge of the Deputy Commissioner are the Office of Quality Management and the Internal Audit Division. The Office of Quality Management and the Internal Audit Division are responsible for conducting management reviews and money-related examinations respectively, with a view to enhancing the system integrity, efficiency and effectiveness, service quality and performance standard of the department.

Ranks
As with all of the HK Disciplined Services, British-pattern ranks and insignia continue to be utilised, the only change being the exchange of the St. Edward's Crown for the Bauhinia flower crest post-1997.

Customs and Excise Service

 * Commissioner Grade
 * Commissioner (similar insignia to a UK General)
 * Deputy Commissioner (similar insignia to a UK Lieutenant-General)
 * Assistant Commissioner (similar insignia to a UK Major-General)
 * Superintendent Grade
 * Chief Superintendent (similar insignia to a UK Colonel)
 * Senior Superintendent (similar insignia to a UK Lieutenant-Colonel)
 * Superintendent (similar insignia to a UK Major)
 * Assistant Superintendent (similar insignia to a UK Captain)
 * Inspectorate Grade
 * Senior Inspector (similar insignia to a UK Lieutenant with a bar beneath)
 * Inspector (similar insignia to a UK Lieutenant)
 * Probationary Inspector (similar insignia to a UK Second Lieutenant)
 * Customs Officer Grade
 * Chief Customs Officer (Wreathed fouled anchor)
 * Senior Customs Officer (Three chevrons)
 * Customs Officer (ID number)

Trade Controls Officer Grade

 * Head Of Trade Controls / Senior Principal Trade Controls Officer
 * Principal Trade Controls Officer
 * Chief Trade Controls Officer
 * Senior Trade Controls Officer
 * Trade Controls Officer
 * Assistant Trade Controls Officer

Crest
The current crest of the force was adopted in 1997 to replace most of the colonial symbols:
 * St Edward's Crown replaced with Bauhinia
 * Laurel wreath is added to replace the colonial Brunswick star
 * Motto changed from "Customs Hong Kong to Hong Kong Customs and Excise 香港海關
 * Badge theme added with key and sword to replace the words "香港海關"

Protection of revenue
There are no tariffs on goods entering Hong Kong, but excise duties are charged on four groups of commodities: hydrocarbon oil, liquor, methyl alcohol and tobacco. The duties apply equally to imported commodities and those manufactured locally for domestic consumption.

In 2003, the C&ED collected $6,484 million excise duty. Under the Dutiable Commodities Ordinance, the C&ED controls breweries, distilleries, tobacco factories, oil installations, ship and aircraft duty-free stores, and industrial and commercial establishments dealing with dutiable commodities; and supervises licensed, general bonded and public bonded warehouses.

Licences are issued to those who import, export, manufacture or store dutiable commodities. The C&ED also assesses the First Registration Tax of vehicles under the Motor Vehicle (First Registration Tax) Ordinance. The Anti-illicit Cigarette Investigation Division is specially tasked to detect syndicated smuggling, distribution and peddling of dutiable cigarettes. The Diesel Oil Enforcement Division focuses its efforts on detecting the smuggling and misuse of illicit fuels.

Prevention and detection of smuggling
The C&ED prevents and detects smuggling activities under the Import and Export Ordinance and enforces the licensing controls on prohibited articles by inspecting cargoes imported and exported by air, sea and land; processing passengers and their baggage at entry /exit points; and searching aircraft, vessels and vehicles entering and leaving Hong Kong. The Joint Police/Customs Anti-Smuggling Task Force is dedicated to combating smuggling activities by sea. The Control Points Investigation Division is tasked to strengthen the intelligence collection capability at the land boundary and suppress the cross-boundary smuggling activities.

The smuggling of frozen meat to mainland China, using barges and powerful speedboats off the west coast of Hong Kong, remains a serious problem, with an estimated 600 tonnes being transshipped every day. Despite frequent operations, the department is able to intercept only a fraction - a total of 1,050 tonnes in 2019.

Border control points

 * Man Kam To – customs point handling autos and lorries; 4-lane bridge across Shenzhen River
 * Sha Tau Kok – customs point handling autos and lorries
 * Lok Ma Chau – large customs point handling auto and lorries; multi-lane bridge across Shenzhen
 * Lo Wu – located at the Lo Wu MTR station
 * Hong Kong China Ferry Terminal, Tsim Sha Tsui
 * Hong Kong–Macau Ferry Terminal
 * Hong Kong International Airport
 * Hong Kong West Kowloon Station
 * Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macau Bridge
 * Heung Yuen Wai Control Point

Trade controls and consumer protection
The C&ED safeguards the certification and licensing systems which are of vital importance to Hong Kong's trading integrity. The department deters and investigates offences of origin fraud, circumvention of textiles licensing and quota control. It also investigates offences of import and export of strateg commodities and other prohibited articles not under and in accordance with a licence.

The department carries out cargo examination at control points, factory inspections, factory audit checks and consignment checks. It is also the department's enforcement strategy to administer a monetary reward scheme to encourage the supply of information on textile origin fraud.

The department is a member of the Hong Kong Compliance Office set up to assist the Central People's Government in implementing the Chemical Weapons Convention in Hong Kong. The department enforces licensing control on rice and consumer protection legislation relating to weights and measures, markings on fineness of precious metals, and safety of toys, children's products and consumer goods. The department also verifies import and export declarations to ensure accurate trade statistics and assesses and collects declaration charges and the clothing industry training levy.

In 2002/03, the department collected $848 million in declaration charges and $19.9 million in clothing industry training levies.

Intellectual property rights protection
The C&ED has the mission to defend the interests of intellectual property rights owners and legitimate traders through staunch enforcement of the Copyright Ordinance, the Trade Descriptions Ordinance and the Prevention of Copyright Piracy Ordinance.

The department investigates and prosecutes copyright offences relating to literary, dramatic, musical and artistic works, sound recordings, cinematographic films, broadcasts and other published works under the Copyright Ordinance. It also takes enforcement action against commercial goods with forged trademark or false label under the Trade Descriptions Ordinance.

At the manufacture level, the Prevention of Copyright Piracy Ordinance requires local optical disc and stamper manufacturers to obtain licences from the department and mark on all their products specific identification codes. The Import and Export Ordinance imposes licensing controls on the import and export of optical disc mastering and replication equipment. A 147-strong Special Task Force has also been playing an important role in combating copyright piracy, and serves as a mobile brigade to reinforce the suppression of other customs-related crimes.

Customs co-operation
The C&ED is an active member of the World Customs Organization (WCO) and Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC). It exchanges intelligence and works closely with overseas customs administrations and law enforcement agencies. The department has also entered bilateral Cooperative Arrangements with other customs authorities on administrative assistance. At the working level, the department and the Mainland customs have each established designated liaison officers to facilitate the exchange of intelligence through direct telephone hotlines.


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User talk:Aloft

Welcome
Welcome! (We can't say that loud/big enough!)

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If you have any questions or problems, no matter what they are, leave me a message on my talk page.

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User talk:MellowRen

Welcome
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User talk:Ezeu/Archive4

Archive: 5 April 2006 - 8 June 2006

Kate
Hi Ezeu, I was wondering why you undid my changes to the Kate page without any explanation. Most pages pertaining to a personal name have a section of famous people by that name. Neelix 16:00, 5 April 2006 (UTC)
 * See this Wikipedia listing of articles about people with Kate as a given name. It would be a bit much to start adding them all to the disambiguation page. She is listed on the disambiguation page for Booth, which is more proper. --Ezeu 16:30, 5 April 2006 (UTC)

Irish- dark skinned
Irish people are in fact quite the opposite. They are fair skinned and generally tall. They are a distinct ethnic group within the Aryan group of peoples. They are most closely related to the modern day Scottish and French. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kyuky (talk • contribs) 6 April 2006

A laugh a second
"Scottish and French" - I didn't know there were many blonde Irish people. Did you really flee the LRA? Should I laugh or cry? And what's up with the pronunciation of "Lurds resistance army?" Zyxoas (talk to me - I'll listen) 18:06, 6 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Hello Zyxoas, yes I fled from them. I really should have stayed away from that "white Irish" argument. --Ezeu 18:34, 6 April 2006 (UTC)

!Kung
Hi! There's a suggested merge between !Kung and the Bushmen and I saw your comment there. As I understand, the !Kung are one group within the Bushmen but have their own language and society. I would be inclined then to give them a seperate article but give the Bushmen article an edit to have a section on the !Kung. Remember, Wikipedia is not paper, so we should feel free to keep it granular and have some overlapping data. Do you have any strong objection to this? You clearly know more aobut Africa than I do, so I will cede to your opinion. Avraham 20:08, 6 April 2006 (UTC)
 * No, I do not hold a strong opinion on the issue, and my knowledge of the !kung is limited. My thought was that it is better with one good article that two sub-standard ones. --Ezeu 20:33, 6 April 2006 (UTC)

Guidelines for Wikipedia lists of ethnic groups
Please may I draw your attention to

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump_(policy)#Guidelines_for_Wikipedia_lists_of_ethnic_groups

Your contributions would be very welcome. -- Brownlee 11:48, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

Comments regarding Juba
Pls do not violate your right to edit pages. I see that you have altered vital and factual information on Juba, Sudan.

I know this history well, as this is my city.

Thanks,

GG

 * Give a reference to back your claims of Greek influence in Juba, and your edits will stay. Asserting your knowledge of the town is not enough. --Ezeu 16:59, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

I will do this in due time. I have spent all my life there and I was not expecting someone from Uganda to come and question me. If you keep vandalising Juba I will have to do the same and question Uganda I am afraid... —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ghines (talk • contribs) 11 April 2006

 * When your edits are questioned, you reply by providing proof that you are right. Making silly threats merely stengthens my suspicion that you are a hoaxer. --Ezeu 17:26, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

Things
Hi there. I bet you don't really know me, but you've been showing up on my watchlist and around for a bit now. First, let my say thank you for your wonderful contributions. A little appreciation is often sorely missing from the atmosphere here. I particularly think your Uganda and Africa related work is a great service for Wikipedia. Second, I'm wondering if you would let me nominate you for adminship. I think you would be a good candidate. If you haven't considered it, the info page is at Administrators and I'll gladly answer any questions you have about it. The only real requirement or qualification is good sense. Tell me what you think. :-) Dmcdevit·t 22:41, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Thank you very much for the encouragement. Adminship is really tempting, but I am really enjoying being a regular editor. --Ezeu 23:03, 16 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Hm, I'll respect your opinion, but let me just point out that many administrators do mostly article work. The tools are still helpful in moving over existing pages, rolling back the odd vandal or blocking the odd vandal or protecting the pages that you watch when they become the subject of vandalism or edit wars or what have you. It doesn't entail any real responsibilities. In any case, always be sure to contact me if you change your mind (perhaps by email if you want to be discreet about it). Keep up the good work. Dmcdevit·t 06:43, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

e ezeu
What languages do you speak (Luganda etc)? Fancy a bit of WP:NOR violating? Zyxoas (talk to me - I'll listen) 18:50, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

Hello! Anybody out there? "I speak the language of Silence very well" is not the answer I was looking for, or is this some Zen exercise?... Zyxoas (talk to me - I'll listen) 07:55, 18 April 2006 (UTC) May Fo bless you.
 * I speak a little Luganda. What WP:NOR violating? --Ezeu 13:42, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

A little Luganda? I meant Luganda as an example. What languages do you speak fluently? I'm going to ask you to translate a few phrases to test the language, but you'll need to be fairly fluent to translate some of them 100% perfectly since they are meant to detect very subtle grammatical properties which most 2nd language speakers might neglect. Interested? Zyxoas (talk to me - I'll listen) 19:23, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

A little Luganda and a little ....? Sorry about that! Zyxoas (talk to me - I'll listen) 19:32, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

 * I can only translate to and from English and Swedish. I am astute in one Western Nilotic language, and streetwise, but not fluent in a Luganda and Kiswahili. Excuse me for being vague, but you are being rarther vague yourself. What do you want me to do exactly? --Ezeu 19:56, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

Requests for adminship/Ezeu
You are now nominated. You'll need to go indicate acceptance and answer the questions. One you've done that, add the to WP:RFA. Good luck. Dmcdevit·t 02:37, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

.js simplification
I was looking through some of your old contribs, and I happened to notice you monobook.js had a section for "Force edit summary". I'm not quite sure what that does, but it reminds me greatly of the "Prompt me when entering a blank edit summary" option (which was added a little while ago) in the "Editing" section of preferences. You might want to look into that; would simplify your .js and reduce unreliability. --maru  (talk)  contribs 03:01, 22 April 2006 (UTC)
 * I'll check it out. --Ezeu 09:43, 22 April 2006 (UTC)

Juba was established and built by Greeks in 1923
I would like to draw your attention on the vandalism which most probably came from you in this article. Juba is of high importance to me, as I have lived all my life there (compared to you) and pls do not alter the text with non-sense. If you have any queries, pls feel free to contact me BEFORE altering the text as it is annoying. Thanks —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Ghines (talk • contribs) 24 April 2006.
 * We have been through this issue before. Please read "When to cite sources". --Ezeu 22:20, 24 April 2006 (UTC)

Edit Count
Hi Ezeu,

I'm giving you your edit count, as I thought it might help you in your RfA. I used Flcelloguy's Tool (the others are out of whack), so the information is correct as of 08:18, 25 April 2006 (UTC).

And now (drum roll, please), your stats:

Statistics for: Ezeu (Permissions: N/A) - Total: 8186 - Main: 5607 Talk: 608 User: 514 User talk: 346 Wikipedia: 698 Wikipedia talk: 9 Image: 103 Template: 27 Template talk: 10 Help: 1 Category: 72 Category talk: 6 Portal: 185 --- Total edits: 8186 Minor edits: 972 Edits with edit summary: 5005 Edits with manual edit summary: 3208 Percent minor edits: 11.87% * Percent edit summary use: 61.14% * Percent manual edit summary use: 39.18% * --- ---
 * - percentages are rounded down to the nearest hundredth.

-- Primat e #101  08:34, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks. --Ezeu 22:48, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

Rather weird diff
Could you drop me a line about this diff of yours, which modified my signature's ♫ thing? I kind of like my sig as is... was this an AWB failure, or what? Anyways, take care next time around, alright? Matt Yeager ♫ ( Talk? ) 04:13, 26 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Was certainly not intentional, but some browser issue which I will look into. --Ezeu 04:30, 26 April 2006 (UTC)

Request for Adminship
If you have questions, feel free to leave a talk page message for me or any other admin. Again, congratulations! Essjay ( Talk  • Connect  ) 19:35, 28 April 2006 (UTC)

 * Congratulations! I know you'll be a fine admin! — mark ✎ 19:58, 28 April 2006 (UTC)

 * Congrats from me too. Wizzy… ☎   08:59, 29 April 2006 (UTC)

 * And from me also! I've always felt there were too few admins really dedicated to African topics, it's great to know that there's going to be another one now :-)--Aldux 13:53, 29 April 2006 (UTC)

 * Also congrats. Feel free to come to me for any questions you ever have. :-) Dmcdevit·t 17:38, 29 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Thank you my friends. It was a close call. The RFA was successful only thanks to your positive comments, and one discounted vote. I will do my best as an admin. I will follow your examples and work to improve African related articles. I'll have to thank everyone else tomorrow, if recover (some evil person sneaked some hooch into my juice). --Ezeu 01:58, 30 April 2006 (UTC)

 * Congrats! You deserve this! -- S iva1979 Talk to me  02:01, 30 April 2006 (UTC)

Somaliland
It is an independent country, which should be admitted to full membership of the British Commonwealth along with the Hutt River Province Principality. - (192.190.108.19 07:41, 2 May 2006 (UTC))
 * Your comment, I suppose, is in reply to what I said at Talk:Coins of Somaliland. Somaliland has many (possibly all the) characteristics of an independent country. It may be so that it should be recognised internationally, but it is not. Whether this is unfortunate or not is a matter of opinion. Fact remains that Somaliland is not recognised as an independent state by any country. Yes, it covers the same area of territory as the British Somaliland Protectorate (as you noted at Talk:Coins of Somaliland), and Somaliland's government has released statements stating that Somaliland's borders are recognised by the African Union and the UN, but that is not equivalent to the region being recognised as a country. Comparing Somaliland with Hutt River Province Principality makes me believe you just intended your comment be to be humorous.--Ezeu 15:51, 2 May 2006 (UTC)

Ezeu, Somaliland's declaration of independence in 1991 was based on the fact that it was briefly independent in 1960. Its union into Somalia was supposed to be voluntary, but things went downhill after Said Barre took over. Therefore, it qualifies for British Commonwealth membership. I am sure that [the website of the Government of Somaliland] has information outlining its case for recognition. As to the banknotes of Somaliland and the coins of Somaliland, they will eventually be listed at [The website of the British Commonwealth Numismatic Project].About the Hutt River Province Principality, I was not joking. - (192.190.108.19 06:40, 4 May 2006 (UTC))

Better late than never
Fantastic, so now you are an administrator! I would have come earlier, but could not on account of my sickness from 3rd April to 24th April 2006 resulting into my wiki-absence. I convey my congratulations to you on your elevation as an administrator, and wish you all the best! Have you ever seen me around? I am just curious! --Bhadani 15:26, 6 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Thank you. Your name seems familair. I am ashamed to say so, but I do not remember where I've seen you. --Ezeu 22:34, 6 May 2006 (UTC)

AfD for Right- and Left- wing terrorism articles - have your say
Please take a look at Articles for deletion/Right-wing terrorism and also Articles for deletion/Left-wing terrorism and have your say, if possible.Xemoi 21:09, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the info
Hello Ezeu, Thanks for the info about creating sections, that you put at the end of my article on liposuction. Unfortunately (for me), someone beat me to it. Before I could do it, someone else did. Never mind, it's done, which is the main thing.

You live in Sweden, born in Africa, and have lived in Wales and Australia!! I think that's the most exotic combination of countries I've ever heard of one person living in. I'm Australian, from Sydney, but I live in the US now. I remember going to Carmarthen when I was a child living in London. There was a castle.

Congratulations on your beautiful awards! Pinkgalah 04:12, 16 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks. The people of Carmarthen were very hospitable. Wouldn't mind going back there sometime soon. --Ezeu 18:56, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

Cricu
Hi -- I noticed you prod'ed this article. I marked it for speedy deletion (CSD A7). Speedy deletion is preferable to prod when it applies, at least, I think so. Mango juice talk 05:56, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

RfC
Hi, just FYI, User:Dr1819 (the Male unbifurcated garment guy) is apparently trying to bring an RfC against you for deleting his article. Rather incompetently, though. See Requests for comment/Ezeu, if you're interested. Looks like a case of WP:SNOW, if you ask me, but I just thought you'd like to know. Fut.Perf. ☼ 10:29, 18 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks for informing me. --Ezeu 10:33, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

And this same guy is now commending Ezeu for attempting to bring back at least a form of this term, which is far more widely used than many other less controversal terms that have found their way into Wiki. More: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:About#Wiki_is_a_great_concept_but_._._. Dr1819 18:09, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

Dee Patterson
Could you tell me why you redirected Dee Patterson to the Fear Street page? They are not related and by setting up this redirect you could be misleading people to a page.--Dleav 03:27, 21 May 2006 (UTC)
 * The discussion that led to the redirect is at Articles for deletion/Dee Peterson. But you are right, it shouldnt redirect to Fear Street.--Ezeu 05:14, 22 May 2006 (UTC)

Re spam
Yes, thanks for deleting the links. You're so powerful... —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bigbear590 (talk • contribs) 23 May 2006

Haha!
Thanks, that edit summary made me laugh out loud! :) dewet|✉ 23:53, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

Me too. Amaas120 23:54, 23 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Glad to please. Just so you know, Dewet, I wrote those good things about you before I read your comment above. :)--Ezeu 00:08, 24 May 2006 (UTC)

 * Thanks very much for the support; you'd know, but I'm astonished by the amount of stress an RfA generates. Anyway, c'est la vie!  dewet|✉ 00:53, 24 May 2006 (UTC)

Jamison Parker
Hello, Ezeu. AfD nominations are listed on subpages for each day, the current page is Articles for deletion/Log/2006 May 24 (scroll down to "current discussions" on Articles for deletion to find the current day in the future). The nomination of Jamison Parker has been removed from the main page. Thanks, Kjkolb 10:57, 24 May 2006 (UTC)
 * I am aware of that. It was done in error. --Ezeu 11:07, 24 May 2006 (UTC)

from Blake10500
Well, according to the Prentice Hall World Geography Textbook it is. Oh yes, and according to my professor of world studies it is also. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Blake10500 (talk • contribs) 25 May 2006.

Thanks!
Hey, thanks for helping out with the "YubNub Command" page, but I was wanting to keep all of the mentioned commands links. I may be putting some of them back if you don't mind. You did a nice job cleaning it up though, thanks.

Jake jjefferydesign.com —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Magicjj (talk • contribs) 26 May 2006.

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Question
Ezeu,

Two quick things; firstly I wanted to thank you for helping to maintain the Wikipedia Site, and in particular, the Bob Marley section. You have done a very good job, and I hope to see, and assist in the growth of this area.

Secondly, I am the webmaster of Thirdfield.com, a fan site that a friend and I created in 1999, which has blossomed and taken on many functions, and a broad base of fans and associates.I recently attempted to add my site to the category, and found that it was no longer there when I returned. Whilst I am new to the Wikipedia editor functions, I am curious as to what might have gone wrong?

Hopefully you can assist me!

One love,

Thirdfield 18:25, 26 May 2006 (UTC)

simon@thirdfield.com
 * Links added by someone affiliated with the website, unless it is the official site of the subject of the article, is usually frowned upon. Proclaming the site as "The Largest Bob Marley Fansite" and putting it prominently, before all other links (except bobmarley.com) looked to me like the behaviour of someone attempting to promote a website, rather than improve the encyclopedia. I will not remove the link again to avoid edit warring, which could lead to one of us being blocked per the WP:3RR rule. We can use our time to improve the article instead. --Ezeu 20:50, 26 May 2006 (UTC)

 * I appreciate the explanation. It appears someone else has already deleted the link again :( . I can also appreciate the unknown, but this site has been in existence for 7 years, and promotes the same values that this area on Bob Marley does. We often refer to the immense value of wikipedia in our forums. As for having affiliations I can clearly see how that would interfere with any unbiased addition, so I will not re-add the link, and simply continue to add to the information on the site, and hope that at some point, someone will re-add the thirdfield.com link seeing it's value to wikipedia users.

Thank you for the assistance, and courteous manner in which you approached it.

Thirdfield 13:23, 29 May 2006 (UTC)

Meadow (programming)
I'm don't want to second-guess you, but isn't two days a bit short before closing the Afd on the above article as a non-speedy keep ? -- Hirudo 02:34, 30 May 2006 (UTC)
 * You are absolutely right, I happened to miss that it was relisted. It should have been removed from the May 22 log and put into the May 28 log. I am reopening it. --Ezeu 02:41, 30 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks -- Hirudo 02:42, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

Removed May 22 AfD link
Hi Ezeu,

Just wanted you to know that I removed the May 22 AfD log from Articles for deletion/Old. It's definitely very confusing, considering that we also have Articles for deletion/old. :-P --Deathphoenix ʕ 18:04, 30 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Yes, it is somewhat confusing. I'm still trying to get a hang of the AfD nitty-gritty.--Ezeu 18:15, 30 May 2006 (UTC)
 * No problems, a lot of people do that. Oh, now that I think of it, I'm not sure which way is correct, but when relisting an article, I noticed that you remove it from the AfD log page. I don't know which way is correct, but I copied Johnleemk's method, which is to comment out the AfD and note the date to which it is relisted, so it looks something like this (assuming that you relisted the following AfD on May 30):

 * Like I said, it really doesn't matter, and the end effect is the same, but that's just the way I've seen one AfD veteran do it, so I've been doing it that way as well. :-) --Deathphoenix ʕ 21:07, 30 May 2006 (UTC)
 * So thats how the others do it. Thanks for the tip.--Ezeu 21:13, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

One minute please
I'll source the info in a second though... Working on archiving my talk page. Why not just put This article needs help citing sources etc. It is a real episode and the info is important. ForestH2
 * Because that article has gone through the AfD, and AfD decisions must be respected. --Ezeu 23:38, 30 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Having trouble with my computer. It goes blank and then comes back up. Don't want to mess anything up. Now it's up. Check the note I added on the page. ForestH2
 * Its alright, take your time. --Ezeu 23:45, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

Newbie
Hello, I am fairly new to Wikipedia, I am a newbie. I am still reading guidelines and starting to put together an article. You have marked it for deletion. Dramapod is the article and I am Daveb74. If it is not too much trouble, could you take the time to let me know why?? Daveb74 18:55, 1 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Replied there. --Ezeu 22:45, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

Apartheid AFD
Thanks for voting on the Israeli apartheid article. You may also be interested in the following AFDs:

fullsome prison 14:49, 3 June 2006 (UTC)
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Iraq war blog
I was following the three steps for deletion; the reason I listed on the page is the subst:afd2, after which the afd3 puts in my reason for deletion. I'm going to recopy my afd2. T e  k  e  03:00, 6 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Er wait, no, ha! Sorry, I haven't done an AfD in a month or so.  Thanks!  T  e  k  e  03:01, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

Just curious about the function of Wikipedia
Hello Ezue, Yesterday I made an edit to this page:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Ugandan_writers

giving your readers a link to the page on our site where we interview Ugandan writers at the Literature Channel on UGPulse.com. http://www.ugpulse.com/channels/literature_index.asp?channel=Literature

According to your edit, this was regarded as spam. Our literature channel is the only place on the web interviewing Ugandan Authors on a weekly basis... So how can this be regarded as spam? I am slightly confused. How are we supposed to contribute to Wikipedia?

Please take a look at our site and you sill see that we are probably the best source, if not becoming the best up-to-date source on a variety of topics on Uganda and East Africa.

Peter

UGPulse.com —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.236.128.14 (talk • contribs) 7 June 2006

Ezue why do you have no love for UGPulse.com
We have a section on our site where we interview Ugandan Musicians... one or two musicians everyweek. I tried to link the section of our site to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Ugandan_musicians

Talk about relevancy... Our sites interviews these musicians and we currently have a long line waiting to be interviewed:

http://www.ugpulse.com/channels/ent_index.asp?channel=Entertainment

We interview Ugandan Musicians weekly(1 or 2 a week).... I don't see how you can brush us off as spam when I try to edit your pages yesterday. How can the two or three links i added be considered as spam?

There is more to Uganda than New Vision and Monitor. :)

 * ) Ezeu... please tell me its a script error...lol... i will understand. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.236.128.14 (talk • contribs) 7 June 2006

 * It is unstandard to add external links to category pages. Add your link where it is relevant, eg. at Music of Uganda and it may stay. --Ezeu 22:46, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

 * Cool... :) ... Thanks for the response. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.236.128.14 (talk • contribs) 7 June 2006

Articles for deletion/CineMasters Studios
I seriously ask you to reconsider your closure of this AFD as a no consensus. Not only was the piece a Vanity article by User:TheVortex, but looking through the contributions to the very few keep votes it attained, I don't think there was a single valid Keep vote. How it could be classed as a no-consensus, I'm not sure. - Hahnch e n 04:31, 8 June 2006 (UTC)
 * If it were up to me I'd delete it pronto, but it aint up to me. I didn't see a clear consensus to keep or delete. Praxis is to keep rather than delete where consensus unclear – hence my decision. But having revisited the AfD, and having reckoned with the suspect socks, I suppose "delete" should have been the right decision. So I will change the closing thereafter. --Ezeu 05:05, 8 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks for that, it saves me the trouble of sending the article through AfD again in a few weeks when its author and sockpuppets would have forgotten all about it. Equendil Talk 05:26, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

Heinen's Delete
I was just wondering what your final reason for deleting the Heinen's stub was and if you could please comment on the numerous posts in defense of the stub about how it actually passes WP:CORP. Thank you. Laximus 05:24, 8 June 2006 (UTC)
 * The "delete" arguments were plenty and well argued. The posts in defense of the article were neither numerous nor convincing. Closing AfDs is not an exact science, so if you disagree with my decision, then you can take the case to Deletion review. --Ezeu 05:50, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

Appreciation
hallo Ezeu, thanks for promoting the Ugandan spirits thats Waragi. my email is princepaulw@fsmail.net and I have found this information on the wiki page which is really very interesting please keep it up.

regards

prince paul c/o User:Charles Matthews
 * Cheers :) --Ezeu 14:14, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

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Ludowika Jakobsson
I corrected the spellings in your article Ludowika Jakobsson. The word meaning inhabitant of Finland is spelled "Finnish" with two n's. "Finish" means to stop. I also deleted the category Finish figure skaters and replaced it with Finnish figure skaters.

Hello fellow wiki!
Hi! I have seen some of your work on Wikipedia and I just wanted to thank you for your input in here! Keep on the good work! Iniminimagimo 01:36, 30 March 2006 (UTC) (working mostly on the French wikipedia)

Thank you very much! Merci! Uwe Langer 23:03, 1 April 2006 (UTC)

WikiProject Figure Skating
--F a ng Aili 說嗎? 19:16, 24 May 2006 (UTC)

Done. Uwe Langer 18:12, 28 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks! =) --F a ng Aili talk 18:15, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

Herma Szabo
Hello Uwe. Could you help me with this article? I have a few questions about Herma's mother and father, questions you may be able to answer because you understand German better than I do.

Are Christine von Szabo and Christine Schäfer the same person? (See Karl Schäfer.) Is Herma their child? I have been referencing all the relevant articles in English and German, as well as http://www.engelmann.co.at/k_history.htm, but I can't figure it out.

Also, am I missing anything major from Herma Szabo?

Thank you for any help you can give! --Fang Aili talk 18:17, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

The wife of Karl Schäfer was Christine Schäfer. She was the daughter of Eduard Engelmann jr., the owner of the Vienna-Hernals ice rink. Christine von Szabo is the sister of him, Eduard Englemann jr., so both women are two different persons. Christine von Szabo is the mother of Herma Szabo. I have no clue why the "von" got lost. Herma Szabo was obviously several times merried, thats why there are so many permutations of her name. So in the German article I decided to put her just under Herma Szabo. Eduard Engelmann jr. is son of Eduard Engelmann senior. What else do you need to know about Herma Szabo? I do not really understand your question. The link is refering to the correct German article. Uwe Langer 21:09, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Sorry, I missed your response. I'll look at this thing again later on. Good job with the junior worlds page! --Fang Aili talk 14:40, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

Great translation on figure skater. wow. Could you alos translate Hermann Schulz? and expand Ingrid Lehmann Ernst Stavro Blofeld 15:20, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

Not particularly interested like to broaden my interests! Ernst Stavro Blofeld 20:34, 2 September 2006 (UTC) Sure I can translate, however Hermann did not win any international medal. He is certainly interesting from the German perspective. Are you sure I shoud add him to the english wiki? I would love to expand the article about Ingrid Lehmann, but do not have really more material. End of September I will be at the Nebelhorntrophy in Oberstdorf. Unlikely but hopefully I can collect some facts. Uwe Langer 15:30, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

Janina Wirth
Hi Uwe Langer,

I noticed you recently created the article about Janina Wirth. I just wanted to inform you that you can post any new Germany-related articles at Portal:Germany/New article announcements and Portal:Germany/New articles. Happy editing--CarabinieriTTaallkk 19:34, 24 September 2006 (UTC)

WikiProject Germany
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re: German Figure Skating Championships
I'm not calling you a monster. :) Saying in the edit summary (and so in the history) what the source is doesn't count as citing the source. Please put a ==References== section at the bottom of the page with the information about the brochure. See WP:Cite for more information. Awartha 22:10, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

 * Fabulous sources. Thanks. :) Cheers, Awartha 07:57, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

Historical Eastern Germany
Perhaps you'd be interested in this:Talk:Historical_Eastern_Germany. -- Hrödberäht (gespräch) 05:07, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Thank you for the tip. I did not know the article but I do know the history. My family came from this area the article talks about. I said my piece. However, I am probably not really neutral. .... But I could not find your opinion. Uwe Langer 21:17, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

re: Help for figure skating bios requested
Hi. I'm not sure what you're asking. There's nothing wrong with stubs, it just means that the article is short and should be expanded. Kolindigo 21:48, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

re: Figure Skating
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re: United States flag
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Unreferenced BLPs
Hello Uwe Langer! Thank you for your contributions. I am a bot alerting you that 13 of the articles that you created  are tagged as Unreferenced Biographies of Living Persons. The biographies of living persons policy requires that all personal or potentially controversial information be sourced. In addition, to ensure verifiability, all biographies should be based on reliable sources. If you were to bring these articles up to standards, it would greatly help us with the current Category:All_unreferenced_BLPs article backlog. Once the articles are adequately referenced, please remove the unreferencedBLP tag. Here is the list:

 * 1) Isabel de Navarre -  done Uwe Langer (talk) 20:08, 27 January 2010 (UTC)
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 * 3) Erich Buck -  done Uwe Langer (talk) 20:53, 27 January 2010 (UTC)
 * 4) Angelika Buck -  done Uwe Langer (talk) 20:56, 27 January 2010 (UTC)
 * 5) Hans-Jürgen Bäumler -  done Uwe Langer (talk) 21:04, 27 January 2010 (UTC)
 * 6) Marika Kilius -  done Uwe Langer (talk) 21:17, 27 January 2010 (UTC)
 * 7) Romy Kermer -  done Uwe Langer (talk) 21:23, 27 January 2010 (UTC)
 * 8) Evelyn Großmann -  done Uwe Langer (talk) 20:00, 27 January 2010 (UTC)
 * 9) Emmerich Danzer -  done Uwe Langer (talk) 21:33, 27 January 2010 (UTC)
 * 10) Paul Falk -  done Uwe Langer (talk) 19:39, 27 January 2010 (UTC)
 * 11) Gundi Busch done Uwe Langer (talk) 21:30, 27 January 2010 (UTC)
 * 12) Gabriele Seyfert doneUwe Langer (talk) 19:34, 27 January 2010 (UTC)

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 * Even though I am in the process adding the references, please also check wether external links, books or any other given remarks in the article are actually the requested reference. Uwe Langer (talk) 20:11, 27 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Listed are only 12, but in the text is mentioned 13. Sorry but I can not find number 13. Uwe Langer (talk) 21:30, 27 January 2010 (UTC)

Eugene Turner complex plagiarism issue
Details here:. Yakushima (talk) 05:04, 24 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Sorry, but I have not participated writing the article. Uwe Langer (talk) 19:41, 1 May 2010 (UTC)

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Question
Hello Uwe Langer, i liked to ask you a question, hopefully you know the right answer (forgive me if mine English isn’t very good, as a Dutchman i didn’t use English very much)
 * About the competitorslist of pairs of the WCH figureskating 1959 in Colorado Springs: on skatabase they mention a number of 8, you in your article 1959 World Figure Skating Championships a number of 7, the USA pair Maribel Owen / Dudley Richards is the different pair (+ vs. -). Do you know what’s right in these? 86.85.150.20 (talk) 13:03, 13 April 2011 (UTC)

 * Sorry, i forgot that. 8th was the pair from Austria Hinko/Dopfl. Uwe Langer (talk) 20:17, 31 May 2011 (UTC)

 * I forgot place no. 6th Owen/Richards (USA). I just added them. Thank you very much for the tip. Uwe Langer (talk) 20:23, 31 May 2011 (UTC)

Question II
Hello Uwe Langer, i liked to ask you another question, hopefully you know the right answer again.
 * About the competitorslist of pairs of the WCH figureskating 1966 in Davos: on skatabase they mention a number of 14, you in your article 1966 World Figure Skating Championships a number of 15.
 * The AUT pair Schönbauer / Bietak ranked 14 (with a placingscore of 124) is the different pair. Do you know what’s right in these? Are you right (as following the: Result List provided by the ISU) or eskatefans?
 * Note: At their personel articles on en:wikipedia, both competitors are only competed in 1964 and 1965. Thank you for your attention to this (as time being). 86.85.150.20 (talk) 13:35, 1 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Hello, sorry for being not online for so long. I have checked the ISU result list. The Austrians Schönbauer / Bietak were 14th and Csordás / Kondi from Hungary were place 15th. The editor of Skatabase must have forgottem them. However i found a mistake in the placings of the Canadiens (It was obviously not 1118, it was 118) in my article, so i had a chance to correct that. Keep asking, i am quite equipped with result lists, I go to libraries and search for old results. Europeans and Worlds of Figure skating are also published by the ISU (International Skating Union). Uwe Langer (talk) 18:23, 8 January 2012 (UTC)

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Georgioupoli

Georgioupoli (Γεωργιούπολη) is a resort village and former municipality in the Chania regional unit, Crete, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Apokoronas, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 53.498 km2. It is located 39 km east of Chania, about 23 km west of Rethymno and about 100 km west of Heraklio. It was named after Prince George of Greece, high commissioner of the island in the last years of Ottoman occupation.

Geography
Georgioupolis is found at the apex of Almiros Bay on the Sea of Crete, with Cape Drapano and its rocky coast to the north and the long sandy beaches towards Rethimno in the east, just 20 km away. Three rivers meet the sea at the village; the largest, Almiros, creates a small harbour for fishing and tourist boats. The entrance to the village on the old road from Vrisses is a long avenue of eucalyptus trees. Formerly a small fishing village, Georgioupolis is very much a tourist town now, with many cafés, tavernas and small hotels and apartment blocks. The town square is surrounded by outdoor seating used by tourists enjoying their drinks and ice creams. The 9 km beach is the main attraction of the area, with Kalyvaki beach on the other side of the river as well. Nearby Lake Kournas is also a popular excursion by foot, bicycle or tourist 'train'. Georgioupolis is a well-located base for exploring the traditional villages of the area towards Vamos or into the White Mountains to the south.

Archaeological evidence points to Georgioupoli as the site of ancient Amphimalla (Amfimala or Amfimalion), the port of Lappa, a classical city at modern Argyroupoli.

Municipal unit
Georgioupolis, with 513 residents at the 2001 census, is the largest village of the municipal unit of the same name, covering several other villages inland as far as Kournas. The town hall of Georgioupoli municipality is at Kavros-Kournas. The mayor until 2006 was Georgios Papadakis. Ferdinandos Marikakis was elected as mayor on 15 October 2006. The office was renamed "Deputy Mayor" at the 2010 elections, at which time the office was won by Iosifis (Joseph) "Sifi" Stavroulakis. Since August 2012, he has also held responsibility for all sewerage works in the Apokoronas region.

In 2010 the new Kalikratis plan was introduced, bringing all municipalities in Apokoronas, including Georgioupoli, together. On 14 November 2010 Grigoris Markakis was elected mayor of Apokoronas, at the head of the DEKA party, winning after the second round of voting.

Notable residents

 * Priest Demetrios of Agioi Isidoroi Church Athens: from Argyromouri, Exopoli

Twin towns – Sister cities
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City Jumper
Not the speedy it was tagged to be. Got 30600 google hits on "City Jumper" -"wikipedia". May be noteworthy. No vote here. - Mgm|(talk) 08:49, July 12, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete gamescruft. JamesBurns 08:59, 12 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete as per JamesBurns. Benna 09:21, 12 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, 30,600 google hits indicates a popular game. Kappa 10:02, 12 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Can't be that popular of a game -- Google only lists 74 inbound links.  "city jumper" isn't a useful phrase for Googling on.  --Carnildo 21:40, 12 July 2005 (UTC)
 * 74 inbound links to what? And if "city jumper" isn't a useful phrase for googling, why are all the hits in the first three pages for this game? Did you even look? Kappa 10:34, 15 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete nn gamecruft. --Scimitar 23:24, 12 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete nn gamecruft. Relying on Google here is false as Carnildo points out. Also, Amazon does not find it in any of their categories. -Splash 01:39, 13 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Flash games are rarely considered notable here.  Almafeta 07:44, 15 July 2005 (UTC)
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Pinelands, Cape Town

Pinelands is an affluent garden city suburb located on the edge of the southern suburbs of Cape Town, South Africa, neighbouring the suburb of Thornton, and is known for its large thatched houses and green spaces. The suburb is primarily residential and is often praised for its peacefulness and abundance of trees. Pinelands is one of the few areas in Cape Town in which sale of alcohol to the public is prohibited, but some clubs have private liquor licenses. It is a popular place for senior citizens to retire to. While there are several retirement homes in the suburb, younger people are increasingly moving in.

The main road is called Forest Drive and the suburb contains two small shopping centres, namely Howard Centre (named after Ebenezer Howard who led the garden city movement) and Central Square. Dutch Reformed, Anglican, Presbyterian, Methodist and Catholic (Society of St. Pius X) churches are located near to Central Square, while Baptist, Church of England in South Africa and mainstream Catholic churches are located elsewhere in the suburb. Pinelands is served by two Metrorail railway stations: Pinelands station on the western edge of the suburb and Mutual station on the northern edge. The suburb is bisected from the north east to the south west by the Elsieskraal River, which has flowed through a large concrete drainage canal since the 1970s. Elsieskraal River also flows through the neighbouring suburb of Thornton, which is a similar residential suburb with an abundance of trees.

The postcodes for Pinelands are 7405 for street addresses and 7430 or 7450 for post office boxes. The telephone exchange codes for Pinelands are predominantly 531 and 532 (within the 021 dialling code for Cape Town).

History
The layout of Pinelands is based on the then revolutionary Garden Cities methodology of town planning by the British town-planner, Sir Ebenezer Howard. It was originally a Victorian era farm named Uitvlugt that had thousands of pine trees planted in it, and was later deemed an economic failure by the Department of Forestry. In the aftermath of the outbreak of the bubonic plague in Cape Town in February 1901, the colonial health authorities invoked Public Health Act of 1897 and quickly established a location in Uitvlugt forest station (modern day Pinelands). Black Africans living in District Six were rounded up under armed guard and taken to the location of Uitvlugt. This area was initially established primarily to quarantine Black Africans who were forcibly relocated after the outbreak of the disease, furthering efforts of the government at the time to push Black and Coloured communities to the outskirts of the city. This marked the beginning of forced removals in Cape Town in the twentieth century.

Almost 22 years later, the land was then granted to "The Garden Cities Trust" and the founding Deed of Trust was signed in 1919. One of the first members of the trust, Richard Stuttaford (head of the department store Stuttafords), made a £10,000 gift donation to serve as capital, and a loan of £15,000 from the government was invested in Pinelands. The trust brought in an overseas expert, Albert John Thompson, in 1920 to design the area.

The first (thatched) house in Pinelands to be occupied was 3 Mead Way and was built in February 1922. The house and entire street, including The Mead were declared a national monument in 1983. The original township area is currently a proposed heritage area. Pinelands converted to a municipality in 1948 and in 1996 merged into the City of Cape Town metropolitan municipality. The old Pinelands Town Council offices now accommodate the Pinelands Subcouncil.

Demographics
According to the 2011 census, the population of Pinelands was 14,198 people in 4,917 households. The following tables show various demographic data about Pinelands from that census.

 * Gender

 * Ethnic Group

 * Home Language

 * Age

Politics
Pinelands is part of ward 53 of the City of Cape Town. The ward also includes Thornton, Maitland Garden Village, Epping Industria 1, Ndabeni and part of Maitland; the current ward councillor is Riad Davids of the Democratic Alliance. Of the six voting districts in this ward, three of them cover Pinelands: the voting stations are at the Pinelands Primary School, Pinelands High School, and Pinehurst Primary School. Generally, the majority of voters in the Pinelands area of the Ward vote for the Democratic Alliance.

The following tables show the sum of the votes cast in the three Pinelands voting districts at the most recent national, provincial and local elections.

Road names
Many of the road names in Pinelands have originated from local history or from places in England. One such road is named Uitvlugt (original Dutch) after the historical farm of the same name that covered what is now Pinelands. There are also roads named Letchworth and Welwyn after the first two garden cities in England. Other roads in Pinelands are named after places in the Lake District in England, the Royal Family as well as the names of birds, trees and flowers. Curiously, despite the attitude displayed to the sale of alcohol in Pinelands, there is a section where all the roads are named after well known wine farms.

Schools
In Pinelands there are three public primary schools, each of which is commonly known in the community by a colour: Pinelands Primary School ("The Blue School"), Pinelands North Primary School ("The Red School") and Pinehurst Primary School ("The Green School"). Pinelands High School is a public high school, centrally located in the suburb. Cannons Creek Independent School is a private combined primary and high school. Grace Primary School is a Christian primary school embracing a Charlotte Mason education philosophy. There are three private pre-primaries in Pinelands: Meerendal Pre-Primary,  La Gratitude Pre-Primary, Learn and Play Centre Pre-School and Old Mutual for their employees. The high school campus of Vista Nova (a school for children with cerebral palsy and other special needs) is located in the suburb. The Pinelands Campus of the College of Cape Town while located in Maitland is on the northern edge of Pinelands and draws students from all over Cape Town.

Sports
Pinelands has sporting facilities including tennis and lawn bowling clubs. Other sports include the cricket and hockey clubs situated at The Oval sports grounds situated on St. Stephens Road just off Forest Drive. Pinelands hockey club was founded in 1937 and is currently one of the largest clubs in the country fielding 12 men’s teams and 7 ladies teams in the Western Province Hockey Union league. Both the men’s and ladies’ first teams play in the Grand Challenge league with the men's team having won the title for the first time in 2006. In 2008 Pinelands Hockey Club produced three Olympians – Marvin Bam, Paul Blake and Austin Smith. Austin Smith was made the South African Men's Captain, having first played hockey for the Red School and the Pinelands High School.

Coat of arms
In January 1949, the municipal council assumed a coat of arms, designed by F. de Beaumont Beech. It registered the arms with the Cape Provincial Administration in July 1954 and at the Bureau of Heraldry in July 1979.

The arms were : Or, on a chevron Gules, between three fir-cones Sable, slipped and leaved Vert, three annulets Or (i.e. a golden shield depicting, from top to bottom, two black fir-cones with green leaves, a red chevron displaying three golden rings, and another black fir-cone with green leaves). The crest was a squirrel holding an acorn, and the motto was Fides – prudentia – labor.

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Lomaria

Lomaria is a genus of ferns belonging to the family Blechnaceae.

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In the circumscription used in the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I), the genus contains six species:
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 * Lomaria nuda (Labill.) Willd. (syn. Blechnum nudum (Labill.) Mett. )
 * Lomaria oceanica (Rosenst.) Gasper & V.A.O.Dittrich (syn. Blechnum oceanicum (Rosenst.) Brownlie
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The Ratings Game

The Ratings Game is a 1984 comedy cable television film directed by Danny DeVito and produced by David Jablin. The Showtime comedy stars DeVito and Rhea Perlman, and features Huntz Hall, Michael Richards, George Wendt and Jerry Seinfeld.

Plot
Vic DeSalvo and his brother Goody are successful New Jersey trucking magnates, but Vic has a desire to make it big as a Hollywood producer. He hawks his scripts and ideas from one network executive to another, but he is turned down at each attempt.

Finally, he meets an executive at a second-rate company who has just been fired for promoting a show that attracted zero viewers. To avenge himself, he accepts Vic's script and arranges for a pilot episode of Sittin' Pretty, to be filmed. The resultant episode is abysmally awful, both in acting and story, but Vic is only inspired to greater heights. The director and star actor walk out and Vic decides to act as well as write and direct.

He throws a huge party to make himself known to "le tout Hollywood", but no one comes, except Francine, a statistician at a ratings agency. They fall in love.

When Francine is passed over for a promotion by her philandering and incompetent boss, she reveals to Vic how the ratings system can be bypassed and results fixed by setting up confederates in Nielsen-ratings households to skew the results. They conspire to run a scam that will make Vic's program the most-watched on television.

The scam works and Vic is voted the best new actor at a grand awards ceremony, showing that many viewers (in addition to the confederates) watched his shows. But the agency has now discovered the scam, and as soon as Vic has accepted his award, he is arrested by the police.

Francine and Vic are married in jail.

Cast

 * Danny DeVito as Vic DeSalvo
 * Rhea Perlman as Francine Kester
 * Gerrit Graham as Parker Braithwaite
 * Kevin McCarthy as Wes Vandergelder
 * Huntz Hall as Benny Bentson
 * Barry Corbin as The Colonel
 * Louis Giambalvo as "Goody" DeSalvo
 * Basil Hoffman as Frank Friedlander
 * Michael Richards as Sal
 * Joe Santos as Tony
 * Vincent Schiavelli as Skip Imperiali
 * George Wendt as Carl Sweeney
 * Bernadette Birkett as Mrs. Sweeney
 * Jason Hervey as Todd Sweeney
 * Steve Allen as himself
 * Jayne Meadows as herself
 * Allyce Beasley as Paisan Receptionist
 * Robert Costanzo as Nunzio
 * Selma Diamond as Francine's Mother (voice only)
 * Kenneth Kimmins as Network Spokesman
 * Ron Rifkin as TV Director
 * Jerry Seinfeld as Network Rep
 * J. Alan Thomas as Cop at Awards Ceremony

Production
The Ratings Game was the first original movie financed by Showtime. The feature also marks Danny DeVito's film directing debut. The film garnered a WGA Award for Best Original TV Comedy Movie, and an International TV Movie Festival Award for Best Comedy. Writers Michael Barrie and Jim Mulholland also won a Writers Guild Award for their script.

Jerry Seinfeld makes an early appearance in the cast of the film in a one-line part. (His future Seinfeld co-star Michael Richards also appears in a slightly larger role; the two share no scenes together.)

Home media
The Ratings Game was issued on VHS and Laserdisc by Paramount Home Video.

On July 19, 2016, Olive Films, a boutique distributor of classic and independent films, released The Ratings Game on DVD and Blu-Ray. It is a premium packaged "Special Edition" that has been restored in full HD from the one print in existence. The discs also include as extras the four short films directed by Danny DeVito prior to making his feature directing debut with The Ratings Game. Other special features include a behind-the-scenes featurette, the original trailer and some deleted scenes. It also includes a 28-page collectors booklet with detailed liner notes and art from the film.

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Raphael Pumpelly

Raphael Pumpelly (September 8, 1837 – August 10, 1923) was an American geologist and explorer.

Early life and ancestors
He was born on September 8, 1837, in Owego, New York, into a family with deep New England roots that trace back to Thomas Welles (1590–1659), who arrived in Massachusetts in 1635 and was the only man in Connecticut's history to hold all four top offices: governor, deputy governor, treasurer, and secretary; John Deming, (1615–1705) an early Puritan settler and original patentee of the Connecticut Colony; and Honor Treat, the daughter of Richard Treat (1584–1669) an early New England settler, Deputy to the Connecticut Legislature and also a Patentee of the Royal Charter of Connecticut, 1662.

He was also a descendant of William Pynchon, a colonial assistant treasurer and original patentee of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. He led the 1635 settlement of Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, which was named after his home village, now a suburb of Chelmsford in Essex, England; and Captain Elizur Holyoke, the namesake of the mountain, Mount Holyoke, and (indirectly), of the city of Holyoke, Massachusetts.

His father was William Pumpelly, son of John Pumpelly and Hannah Bushnell. His father was a great-grandson of Jean Pompilie, a sea captain who settled at Plymouth, Massachusetts. He was a French Huguenot refugee from Avignon, France, originally from Spoleto, Italy.

His mother, Mary Hollenbeck Welles (born in Athens, Pennsylvania, 6 May 1803; died in Paris, France, 4 December 1879), was a poet. She was the daughter of Prudence Talcott and George Welles (a 1779 graduate of Yale College.) She wrote religious historical poems, including "Belshazar's Feast," "Pilate's Wife's Dream," "Herod's Feast," and "An Ode to Shakespeare." Some of these were collected and published in a volume (New York, 1852).

Education
Pumpelly attended common schools and graduated from Owego Academy in Owego, Tioga County, New York. Against his parents objections, he decided against attending Yale University and chose to study and travel in Europe. He graduated in 1859 from the "Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg" (Translation from the German: Freiberg University of Mining and Technology or Freiberg Mining Academy, University of Technology; TUBAF). He also attended the polytechnic school in Hanover. After graduating, he traveled extensively through the mining districts of Europe for the purpose of studying geology and metallurgy by direct observation.

After graduating, Pumpelly moved to Tioga Point, now Athens, in Bradford County, Pennsylvania, where he was soon appointed a Justice of the Peace, and became land agent for the Hon. Charles Carroll of Carrollton, Maryland. Carroll held a license as innkeeper in Athens from 1798 to 1809. It was said of him that he was a man of ability, and became possessed of large amount of property.

Career
In 1860 Pumpelly was engaged in mining operations in Arizona. Invited by the respective governments, from 1861 to 1863 he surveyed Yesso Island of Japan. and the coalfields of northern China After this, he made the first extensive survey of the Gobi Desert, and explored Mongolia and Siberia.

From 1866 to 1875, he was Professor of Mining Science at Harvard University. Among his scientific accomplishments was a theory of secular rock disintegration. He was influenced by Louis Agassiz.

In June 1870, he was living in a rooming house in Cambridge, Mass., where former slave and abolitionist author Harriet Jacobs also resided.

From 1870 to 1871, he conducted the geological survey of the copper region of Michigan, for which he prepared "Copper-Bearing Rocks," being part ii of volume i of the Geological Survey of Michigan (New York, 1873). He was called upon in 1871 to conduct the geological survey of Missouri, and for three years devoted his energies to that task, preparing "A Preliminary Report on the Iron Ores and Coal Fields," with an atlas, for the report of the Geological Survey of Missouri (New York, 1873). He was elected as a member to the American Philosophical Society in 1874.

When the U. S. Geological Survey was established in 1879, Pumpelly organized the division of economic geology, and as a special agent of the Tenth Census he planned and directed the investigations on the mining industries, exclusive of the precious metals, and prepared volume xv of the Census Reports on "The Mining Industries of the United States" (Washington, 1886). From 1879 to 1880, he conducted at Newport, Rhode Island, an elaborate investigation for the National Board of Health as to the ability of various soils to filter spores from liquids and from air. He became a resident of Newport in 1879, and lived there for 44 years.

In 1879 Pumpelly introduced the idea that the numerous lakes of the Canadian Shield are the result of the creation of basins due to the stripping of an irregular mantle of weathered rock by glacier erosion. This idea was subsequently adopted by Alfred Gabriel Nathorst used it to explain the great number of lakes existing in southern Sweden.

In 1881, he organized the Northern Transcontinental Survey for the Northern Pacific Railroad and published parts of his report in the Tenth Census. This survey collected information concerning the topographical and economic features of Dakota, Montana, and Washington territories. He had charge of this work until its cessation in 1884, and also edited the reports of the survey. He was appointed the Director of the U.S. Geological Survey, New England branch, in 1884.

Pumpelly spent his summers in Dublin, New Hampshire, near Mount Monadnock, and in 1884 he blazed a trail from his summer house to the summit along a ridge that carries his name. The Pumpelly Trail is considered one of the most scenic on the mountain.

In 1903, he mounted a Carnegie-funded archeological dig with his son at the Anau mounds in Turkmenistan. (Not far from the site of Gonur Tepe, famously excavated over 60 years later.)

He was a member of the New Hampshire Society of the Sons of the Revolution. He was president of the Geological Society of America in 1905.

Pumpelly died at the age of 86 on August 10, 1923, in Newport, Rhode Island.

Publications

 * Pumpelly, A Mining Adventure in Arizona, Putnam's monthly magazine, page 494. (1869)
 * Across America and Asia: Notes of a Five Years' Journey Around the World, and of Residence in ... (1870)
 * Iron ores of Missouri and Michigan (1874)
 * Explorations in Turkestan: With an Account of the Basin of Eastern Persia and Sistan. Expedition ... Explorations in Turkestan: With an Account of the Basin of Eastern Persia and Sistan. Expedition of 1903] Carnegie Institution Publication No. 26 (Washington, D.C.: Carnegie Institution, 1905)
 * Explorations in Turkestan : Prehistoric Civilizations of Anau. Expedition of 1904, Carnegie Institution Publication No. 73, 2 vols. (Washington, D.C.:  Carnegie Institution, 1908) Vol. 1 Vol. 2
 * Travels and adventures of Raphael Pumpelly: Mining Engineer, Geologist, Archaeologist and Explorer (1920)
 * My Reminiscences, Volume 1 (1918)
 * My Reminiscences, Volume 2 (1918)
 * Digital versions (page images) of books by Raphael Pumpelly are available at the Toyo Bunko Rare Books Archive of the Digital Silk Roads Project

Marriage and family

He married on October 20, 1869, at Dorchester, Massachusetts, Eliza Frances Shepard, born March 14, 1840, in Dorchester, Massachusetts and died on February 5, 1915, in Newport, Rhode Island. She was the daughter of Otis Shepard and Ann Pope. Her sister, Rebecca Kettell Shepard married author and publisher George Haven Putnam, the eldest son of publisher George Palmer Putnam and Victorine Haven Putnam. Rebecca and George were the parents of medieval historian Bertha Haven Putnam. Another sister of hers, Lucy Elizabeth Shepard, married the Rev. Dr. Thomas Hill, the son of Thomas Hill, president of Antioch College from 1860 to 1862, and then of Harvard University from 1862 to 1868 and Henrietta Barker.

Raphael and Eliza were the parents of five children. Their daughter, Elise Pumpelly, married Thomas Handasyd Cabot, the son of James Elliot Cabot and Elizabeth Dwight. He was the great-grandson of Thomas Handasyd Perkins; and a grand nephew of William Morris Hunt, an American painter. Elise and Thomas were the parents of three children: Thomas Handasyd Cabot, Jr. Elizabeth Dwight Cabot who married Henry Holt, Jr., the son of Henry Holt, founder of Henry Holt and Company and Florence Taber, and Pauline Cabot who married George Pierce Metcalf, son of Stephen Olney Metcalf.

Legacy

 * The mineral pumpellyite, first described in Keweenaw County in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, was named in his honor.
 * The Pumpelly Trail on Mount Monadnock is named after him.
 * A house in New Hampshire on his former summer estate remains known as Pumpelly Studio.

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