text:
User talk:Silverchemist

Welcome
Hey there, . Welcome to Wikipedia. Thank you for your contributions. I hope you enjoy being a Wikipedian and decide to stay! Here are a few good links for newcomers (or "oldcomers" for reference):

By the way, you should sign and date your comments on talk and vote pages using four tildes, like this: ~~~~. Three tildes (~~~) produces just your name. If you have any questions, see the help pages, add a question to the village pump or ask me on my talk page. Again, welcome!

Great, just what we need around this place... more chemistry geeks. :) Cheers. --Lord Voldemort (Dark Mark) 19:12, 2 September 2005 (UTC)

Work on Hydrocarbon
Thanks for your contributions! They are much appreciated! However, if possible can you please reference work that you add to the article? It's just that if we encourage new additions or clean-ups to use references, then when it comes to expansion it is a lot easier to add information without having to do lots of work. If you require help with the reference system that's used on the article, please consult this page and this one too!. Thanks very much! ♥♥ ΜÏΠЄSΓRΘΠ€ ♥♥ slurp me! 22:58, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

"References" ?

 * I meant book references; "Hydrocarbon Chemistry", "The properties of hydrocarbons" and other organic chemistry books would be good places to start as they're quite detailed in their approaches to the topic. For the moment, don't worry about the internal links-- quite a lot of the chemistry articles on here are rough around the edges or incomplete, so if you see anything that you can contribute to, add it in by all means, but try to add a book + page reference alongside it.
 * The reason why we tend to do it is, obviously for verifiability, but also so when the article expands, we can choose which bits are suitable and which aren't and obviousy so we keep small minded intermediaries, like Encyclopedia Britannica at bay with regards to press and accuracy on the whole. ♥♥ ΜÏΠЄSΓRΘΠ€ ♥♥ slurp me! 08:51, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

Work on Polyurethane
Thanks for your adds to the Polyurethane article. It needs a ton (tonne) of work. Best Regards. P Cottontail 03:57, 29 June 2007 (UTC)

 * Re your your recent PU edits - well done. Cheers! Sandcherry (talk) 05:18, 11 December 2012 (UTC)

License tagging for Image:Molded polyurethane foam.JPG
Thanks for uploading Image:Molded polyurethane foam.JPG. Wikipedia gets thousands of images uploaded every day, and in order to verify that the images can be legally used on Wikipedia, the source and copyright status must be indicated. Images need to have an image tag applied to the image description page indicating the copyright status of the image. This uniform and easy-to-understand method of indicating the license status allows potential re-users of the images to know what they are allowed to do with the images.

For more information on using images, see the following pages:
 * Image use policy
 * Image copyright tags

This is an automated notice by OrphanBot. If you need help on selecting a tag to use, or in adding the tag to the image description, feel free to post a message at Media copyright questions. 17:11, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

Smile!

WarthogDemon has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling at someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Happy editing! Smile at others by adding {{subst:Smile}} to their talk page with a friendly message. -WarthogDemon 05:43, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

Fight for Long Gull Pond
Apart from a mention that engineers from the base used a beach for equipment storage and that one of the people mentioned in this section was stationed on the base, there is no connection of this section to the main article. This is about a private land dispute that occurred over 50 years ago. Even though storage space may be virtually unlimited, this is not a justifictation for the length and level of detail in this section. For example: What value is there in knowing the size of the camping lots, or where the flower shop and tailor shop were located? This section should be removed. Silverchemist 18:00, 19 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your note, this was orignally a unpublished manuscript written in a more persanlable manner trying to bring in personal stories and local events that people on the base/town would be interested in knowing. I will endeavour to work on it again.I just got back from Stephenville where I gave a photo show and talk on the base and the Long Gull Pond etc and it was well received WayneRay 22:36, 7 August 2007 (UTC)WayneRay

Castor oil
Silverchemist --

No problem; I was happy to give you that little bit of support on the Castor oil page. It strikes me as a bit underhanded to materially change a comment to remove a point that's been responded to. It puts the responder in a false light. I should have asked him to do it, though; it was bad form for me to edit his comment myself. Terry Carroll 21:07, 23 August 2007 (UTC)

Could you please take a look at the section Medicinal use of castor oil and edit as appropriate? See my comments on the talk page. -- Terry Carroll 16:07, 28 August 2007 (UTC)

RE: dominion
Quite frankly, 'dominion' does not need to be capitalised in every instance. All nouns were formally capitalized in British legislative style: e.g., "One Dominion under the Name of Canada." However, you fail to understand that capitalisation should shift with context (so, of course it has a specific meaning in the article): e.g., 'dominion' in usual contemporary parlance, yet 'Dominion of Newfoundland', 'Dominion forces'. As has been demonstrated, numerous dictionaries do not indicate capitalisation in some instances; this has also been discussed at the 'dominion' article before with no clear consensus, and I see no consensus regarding this. Anyhow, there are far more things wrong with that article than not and I have better things to do than to quibble over minutiae. All the power to you. Quizimodo 14:40, 28 August 2007 (UTC)

Fort Amherst (Newfoundland and Labrador)
Hi; I wasn't sure at first to which area your coordinates were pointing out and I wanted to ensure the location is the exact site of the fort. All of the information I could gain on the subject noted the extremity of the point of land as the location of Fort Amherst see NL Heritage website. Then I remembered that there is a plaque in the cove which made a reference to what was established there, for the life of me I can't remember what it said.

I know what you mean by the title coordinates apply extra search criteria and causes an error. I find that when selecting the coordinate and it takes you to the Map Sources/GeoHack page I either select the Satellite hot-link or the Hybrid hot-link and zoom in appropriately. I also find the Google Earth "kml" file very convenient to take you directly to the location using Google Earth. --HJKeats 11:33, 29 August 2007 (UTC)

Fastest Propeller driven aircraft
Well, it's crude but a new page has been established. Take a look. I welcome changes and additions. FWIW Bzuk 02:18, 4 September 2007 (UTC).

Thanks
Hi, I've seen your name popping up in various places in my watchlist recently. I just wanted to thank you for your contributions. A steady stream of referenced content to expand our chemistry articles is very helpful, and we at WP:CHEMS and WP:CHEM certainly appreciate it. Keep up the good work! Walkerma 06:57, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

Duplicate images uploaded
Thanks for uploading Image:Polyester1.PNG. A machine-controlled robot account noticed that you also uploaded the same image under the name Image:Polyester.PNG. The copy called Image:Polyester.PNG has been marked for speedy deletion since it is redundant. If this sounds okay to you, there is no need for you to take any action.

This is an automated message- you have not upset or annoyed anyone, and you do not need to respond. In the future, you may save yourself some confusion if you supply a meaningful file name and refer to 'my contributions' to remind yourself exactly which name you chose (file names are case sensitive, including the extension) so that you won't lose track of your uploads. For tips on good file naming, see Wikipedia's image use policy. If you have any questions about this notice, or feel that the deletion is inappropriate, please contact User:Staecker, who operates the robot account. Staeckerbot 01:45, 14 September 2007 (UTC)

CPI conference
Silverchemist: How was the CPI conference? P Cottontail 13:20, 28 September 2007 (UTC)

Natural oil polyols
Is there something in particular that you want cleaned up in this article? I have just started writing it and I find the clean up tag a bit annoying. Additions yes, but clean up? Silverchemist 03:41, 1 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Now the article looks great. At the time I tagged it it may have needed a bit of work, but it looks fine now. Sorry about how long it took to get back to you.  -jj137 T/C 19:33, 1 October 2007 (UTC)
 * No problem. Glad to hear you think it looks okay now. I still have some material to add. Silverchemist 19:51, 1 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Oh sure- very seldom do you ever see a new article look that nice. It shows you must have put a lot of work, effort, and time into it. (That's probably something I should try harder at in the future). Best of luck with it.  -jj137 T/C 20:02, 1 October 2007 (UTC)

Recent prods
When you add a prod to an article, use the template. That allows the dates to be filled in properly so it's easy to tell when the prods were added. Thanks! --UsaSatsui 14:40, 8 October 2007 (UTC)

Missing chemistry topics
Greetings. Would you have time to check this? - Skysmith 07:43, 9 October 2007 (UTC)

Polyurethane article
Silverchemist: I've added a bit on chain extenders/cross linkers to the Polyurethane article. I'd like to recommend to the WikiProject_Chemicals list this be reviewed and bumped up to B-class. What do you think? Also, is the PU talk page on your watch list? If you prefer, I can post over there regarding the article. Best Regards, P Cottontail 23:20, 16 October 2007 (UTC) P.S. Love the article on the World's Fastest Prop Aircraft. I'd be driving P-38's in another cost-is-no-object life!

Red Rain in Kerala
Hi,

I'm interested in the reference that you added to the Red Rain article, but can't immediately locate anything by DiGregorio on the Analytical Chemistry site, and Cornell's site comes up with 404s when I search for Brenna.

BTW, I'm firmly not in the 'extraterrestrials' camp; just rather surprised that anyone managed to get hold of a sample. Godfrey Louis and Martin Wainwright both seemed more than a little reluctant to share anything, including data.

I'd be interested if you have come across any trace of HPLC or GC-MS analyses of the raindust. It's surprising that no one seems to have done either of these.

Best Regards,Davy p 19:02, 21 October 2007 (UTC)

 * I found the article using ACS SciFinder, a subscription service (which I can't access right now). If I put a block of text into Google it gives one good hit, but won't display the result. PubMed still has a reference to the article, but again it requires a subscription to see tha article. The article itself is nore of a news article rather than a scientific paper in that it doesn't give any experimental conditions or numerical data. It seems to me that it should be reasonably easy to identify the material if a good analytical chemist were to get involved. DCP, XRF or anynumber of techniques would be useful. Silverchemist 20:44, 21 October 2007 (UTC)

Fossil fuel
Can you point me to the place in the reference for Fossil fuel where it supports the statement "It was estimated that in 2005 86% of human-produced energy came from burning fossil fuels"? I saw your change Diff but I am not finding what you are talking about. Jeepday (talk) 03:06, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

 * Got it thanks :) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jeepday (talk • contribs) 01:35, 22 November 2007 (UTC)

DYK
R udget talk 18:37, 25 November 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for posting on Dominion article
I appreciated your input. Could you please when time allows write a paragraph that summarizes the points Morris makes about Canada's military contributions and post confederation autonomy? It would be a great help. The article is somewhat silent on this issue. It would help move the article forward. --soulscanner (talk) 17:29, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

Quizimodo
I've reported this user's uncivil behaviour at Wikiquette alerts. As you're involved in the discussion at Talk:Dominion, you may wish to comment.--Gazzster (talk) 01:30, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

You are invited to a discussion at Requests for comment/Quizimodo.--Gazzster (talk) 23:18, 11 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Would you be interested in co-certifying?--Gazzster (talk) 02:01, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

Recycling merger
Just a heads-up that I moved the discussion to Talk:Recycling, where I ought to have started it originally. --jwandersTalk 08:43, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

Image copyright problem with Image:Osprey in flight.JPG
Thank you for uploading Image:Osprey in flight.JPG. However, it currently is missing information on its copyright status. Wikipedia takes copyright very seriously. It may be deleted soon, unless we can determine the license and the source of the image. If you know this information, then you can add a copyright tag to the image description page.

If you have any questions, please feel free to ask them at the media copyright questions page. Thanks again for your cooperation. Polly (Parrot) 21:57, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
 * I thought I had specified the copyright status of thius image when I uploaded it. It is fixed now Silverchemist (talk) 22:08, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

Pere Marquette trails
I noted your correction and explanation re the [two different] Pere Marquette trails. My thanks for explaining that and clearing it up. Xenophon777 (talk) 16:08, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

Re: Deletion of Great Stuff
Great Stuff was not deleted by me, it was deleted by Andrew c (talk · contribs). And deletions don't show up in Special:Contributions, they show up in Special:Log/delete. Cheers. --MZMcBride (talk) 18:28, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

Re:Stub
I assessed Western Brook Pond a stub because the main body of the text could have sections to make it more reader-friendly, not just the reference section. Seriously, I felt Western Brook Pond was a borderline high stub / weak start, but high stub isn't one of the assessment levels you can enter into the lakes template. I gave stub ratings to many articles because they lacked references (includes proper formatting, footnotes, citation templates), infoboxes, photos, sectioning (one big block of text is reader-unfriendly, very short sections that contain one or two sentences should be merged), needed copyediting / cleanup, comprised of a massive image gallery, and / or had a stub template on the bottom. Yes, I set a high bar for articles, but if you strongly disagree with the initial ratings, go ahead and reassess it yourself and / or improve the article. The ratings are not set in stone. If there are other particular assessments that you don't agree with, feel free to bring it up. Cheers.  Trance addict - Tiesto - Above and Beyond 04:01, 16 June 2008 (UTC)

WPFood
Sorry about the tag, we tried to eliminate as many false-positives as possible, but we are only human. If any thing like this occurs on any other article, please let us know ASAP.

--Jeremy ( Blah blah... ) 00:52, 4 July 2008 (UTC)

GAC - Geography of Newfoundland etc.
Did you give up on this? I didn't specify a specific time limit but as its been over a week let's say that the changes need to be substantially complete by 23rd July. Ben MacDuiTalk /  Walk  17:02, 17 July 2008 (UTC)

Death threat
Dear Silverchemist, thank you VERY much for reporting the threat you found to ANI. I have reported this information to the town's police and they are looking into it. I wanted to personally thank you. Bstone (talk) 19:01, 16 December 2008 (UTC)

Geography of Saskatchewan
Hello there. I saw your note on the talk page, and the modifications to the lead paragraph, which is awesome. I was a bit anxious to try to get an article of SK to GA, and of all the "B" class articles, this was the best, which is not so very good. So after the Geo of SK review, I have practised editing, and have learnt a little bit more over the last year. I have added a new Physical geography section which supports your lead paragraph facts and beefed up the old Water section, now titled Hydrography. I will keep puttering modeling after the GA articles Geography of Newfoundland and Labrador and Geography of South Dakota as well as the FA article Geography of Ireland, which would be a better comparison than other ... I am sad to say ... not as good B SK articles. If you are willing to also edit the article, it would be very wonderful. I will also go through and check the references and convert them all to citation templates for consistency, one of the old GA review points. Kind Regards SriMesh | talk  03:48, 8 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Hello there..I am spreading myself thin. I will return.  There is a silly contest going, and I should stop doing it for a bit.  But thought I would see how it worked initially and the DYK have silly time limits.  I also have only a few days left in a GA review on another article then they will decide on it.  But I really would like to see Geo of SK improve as well, and see you have been busy!!!  I am also a teeny sick so my GA on hold is hard to do with sinuses all stuffy, but I will be better soon, steaming tonite.  But I soon will have another day off work, and will devote more time there to SK Geo as well.  Sorry for the lapse, as it is nice to go at an article when there are a few on it. Thank you again for your efforts on it!!!  I am not leaving you  in the lurch.... Kind Regards SriMesh |  talk  05:18, 13 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Hello I worked a little bit on the Economy section but I am not finished yet. It really was too big for just this article, and the geography article really has too many tables. (IMHO)  Some other sections should be probably smooshed off into see main article and summarised into Geography of SK... which can also be another thingie to do.  I removed the additional info section, and linked to the same facts in an external link, and placed the remaining few on the talk page.  But today, will diverge again, and come back next I have time off work.  Kind Regards, and BTW I notice above you contributed to Geo of Newfoundland etc.  Awesome!!! and great job!!! wow  Kind Regards SriMesh |  talk  02:57, 17 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Hello there. I'm back.  Wrote an article about Geology of Saskatchewan, tried to summarise it's content into a lead paragraph, and drop the lead into Geography of Saskatchewan.. Similarly wrote an article about the Flora of Saskatchewan, again tried to encapsulate its content into a lead, and again drop the flora lead paragraph into Geography of Saskatchewan as a section.  ...Would still like to do that for Fauna as well.  Didn't go back to the main Economy of Saskatchewan article yet, but would like to make it less date reliant so it does not staledate so fast... but maybe the economy is just like that.  Could you please to give these two articles/sections a fresh eye based on your copy editing experiences.SriMesh |  talk  02:08, 26 January 2009 (UTC)

Please advise
Hello Silverchemist,

I'm soliciting objective opinions on a linking issue.

Please visit my talk page, section "Review of links" as a starting point.

Thank you in advance.

Confectus (talk) 11:27, 16 February 2009 (UTC)

Categorization of pharmacology articles
I started WP:PHARM:CAT in hopes of providing better guidance regarding the categorization of pharmacology articles. If available, I have posted an updated draft at WT:PHARM:CAT, and would appreciate your feedback. kilbad (talk) 23:16, 18 February 2009 (UTC)

Flexible Foam
I use a resin which produces density of around 300g/l which is a rigid foam. I'd like to know what sort of resin I would need in order to create a seat mould like the one shown in the polyurethane section of wiki. Any help would be appreciated. N80krr (talk) 17:05, 25 February 2009 (UTC)
 * It depends if you want to use TDI or MDI as the isocyanate. Unless you are familar with the safety precautions required for handling TDI, I would strongly suggest using MDI, perhaps even an MDI propolymer. A typical formulation would contain 85-90 parts polyol (4000 to 6000 mw triol), 2.5 to 4 % water, up to 2% diethanolamine, and smaller amounts of amine catalysts and silicone surfactants. Many chemical companies sell fully formulated resins and isocyanates to make flexible foam. If you want still more detail contact me by email at silverchemist@gmail.com. Silverchemist (talk) 03:33, 26 February 2009 (UTC)

A study on how to cover scientific uncertainties/controversies
Hi. I would like to ask whether you would agree to participate in a short survey on how to cover scientific uncertainties/controversies in articles pertaining to global warming and climate change (survey described here). If interested, please get in touch via my talkpage or email me Encyclopaedia21 (talk) 20:47, 5 June 2009 (UTC)

HMS Calypso (1883)
Hello SC-- I thought you might have some interest in the subject of this article. Feel free to add to it, if you choose. And if you ever get a chance to photograph the ship in her resting place at Embree, or her remains elsewhere, it would be appreciated. Regards, Kablammo (talk) 20:00, 22 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Thank you for your kind note. I wonder if the gun you mentioned may be this one.  While the article does not identify the gun as having come from the ship, I have come across another source that suggests some of her guns were landed and used for harbour defence. I hope to use a couple of the images I link at the article's talk page.
 * Photographs of a gun, her anchor, and the hull would be useful, but the latter two are in the Lewisporte area. And should there be a usable photograph in your own family archives, it could give a human touch.  Regards,  Kablammo (talk) 12:02, 24 August 2009 (UTC)
 * I have come into possession of a scholarly article on the ship and NRNR (I just added the link to the ship article). I see that you do not have e-mail enabled; if you wish to enable it (perhaps a throwaway account, if you do not otherwise want to have it) I will send you a copy.  Regards,  Kablammo (talk) 23:59, 14 September 2009 (UTC)

Red rain
Thank you for your edits and corrections on Red rains in Kerala. It is a pleasure to work with an editor like you. Cheers, BatteryIncluded (talk) 20:50, 31 August 2009 (UTC)

 * P.S: Some Indian physicists just won't let it go: Red rain cell research: A new perspective for interplanetary transfer of life Not peer-reviewed, and presented during an European congress in 2009. BatteryIncluded (talk) 01:47, 1 September 2009 (UTC)

 * When I said 'I have the training' I meant I am a molecular biologist, however, I have not been involved in the Red rain pandemonium in any professional manner. I do have a personal interest in astrobiology as I was involved with a related microbiology project which I could tell you in a private email. I will check the paper you sent me, but I rather don't feed the fringe theory section any further. Cheers, BatteryIncluded (talk) 02:59, 1 September 2009 (UTC)

 * Thank you for the link to their 2008 paper. I see they use plenty of weasel words which ultimately produced an intellectually dishonest pseudo-scientific paper. No wonder why they can't produce a peer-reviewed article. It really makes me wonder their motive to distort facts and their reluctance to grow the spores in algal medium.  The fluoresence bit is interesting, however it is by no means an indication of exobiology; there are plenty of unicellular and complex organisms that fluoresce naturally and under controlled conditions.  Cheers, BatteryIncluded (talk) 15:38, 1 September 2009 (UTC)

Dark dune spots
Hello, I was wondering if you'd be interested to please freely express you opinion, based on the available scientific literature, in the merger proposal I started on Talk:Dark dune spots. Thank you,

BatteryIncluded (talk) 21:38, 2 September 2009 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Reticulated foam
Hello! Your submission of Reticulated foam at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Kieran (talk) 01:17, 1 October 2009 (UTC)

Nice job
The organic chemistry definition is well done (at least to my eyes). Readers need to be presented with the way it is operationally.--Smokefoot (talk) 18:37, 22 November 2009 (UTC)

Republic XF-84H Thunderscreech
Copyedit from the Republic XF-84H Thunderscreech talk page: "As to writing style, for a hoot, I took one paragraph from the article that I had exclusively written and submitted it to a writing style check. The analysis indicated that the style matched precisely that of: David Foster Wallace (February 21, 1962 – September 12, 2008) a professor at Pomona College in Claremont, California, noted as an American author of novels, essays and short stories. He was widely known for his 1996 novel Infinite Jest, which Time included in its All-Time 100 Greatest Novels list (covering the period 1923–2006). So, you can see that writing style can be entirely arbitrary and capricious. I did the same for some of the other notables on this page and got matches of writing style to "Ursula K. Le Guin", "Dan Brown", "Stephen King", "Kurt Vonnegut" and "James Joyce." Now, for the fun: match up: Silverchemist, Mark Sublette, BilCat, AussieLegend and Binksternet to their writing styles! FWiW, the matches are scrambled, guess your style. Bzuk (talk) 12:52, 18 July 2010 (UTC).

DYK for Ryan Premises
The DYK project (nominate) 00:03, 8 October 2010 (UTC)

Happy 10th Anniversary of Wikipedia!
 Happy 10th anniversary of Wikipedia! Hey Bzuk  (contribs) has bought you a whisky! Sharing a whisky is a great way to bond with other editors after a day of hard work. Spread the WikiLove by buying someone else a whisky, whether it be someone with whom you have collaborated or had disagreements. Enjoy!

Spread the good cheer and camaraderie by adding to their talk page with a friendly message. Bzuk (talk) 16:10, 15 January 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Landysh
The DYK project (nominate) 12:04, 20 April 2011 (UTC)

Proposed Image Deletion
A deletion discussion has just been created at Category talk:Unclassified Chemical Structures, which may involve one or more orphaned chemical structures, that has you user name in the upload history. Please feel free to add your comments.  Ron h jones (Talk) 23:06, 10 June 2011 (UTC)

Disambiguation link notification
Hi. When you recently edited National Aboriginal Veterans Monument, you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page Calumet (check to confirm | fix with Dab solver). Such links are almost always unintended, since a disambiguation page is merely a list of "Did you mean..." article titles. Read the FAQ* Join us at the DPL WikiProject.

It's OK to remove this message. Also, to stop receiving these messages, follow these opt-out instructions. Thanks, DPL bot (talk) 11:09, 11 January 2012 (UTC)

War memorial nomination
Neat article! I think the photo is really nice too so I added it to the nomination with my DYK approval. Pumpkin Sky  talk  03:25, 21 January 2012 (UTC)
 * I added WP:Canada to the talk page. Can you other appropriate projects? I don't know what they'd be for this, but there is probably a veteran on military one or two. Pumpkin Sky  talk  03:30, 21 January 2012 (UTC)

DYK for National Aboriginal Veterans Monument
The DYK project (nominate) 08:03, 23 January 2012 (UTC)

Bleach article
I've just read your Bleaching of wood pulp article. It's a model of clarity, whereas the Bleach article seems (to this reader) to be a bit mixed up; it can't seem to make up its mind whether it's talking about "bleach" in its non-specialist meaning of just NaOCl, or as an overview of the bleaches available. In no way would I try to put an obligation to write something in another contributor's way, but if you did have some spare time, at some time in the future, it would be well spent there! All the best. --Old Moonraker (talk) 19:14, 23 February 2012 (UTC)

Sarnia Article
There can be only one...TheKurgan (talk) 23:30, 23 June 2013 (UTC)

Re Chlorine dioxide
I suspect that you aren't aware of the background to my deletion of the material recently added to the chlorine dioxide article. The IP has been making almost-identical changes to the Miracle Mineral Supplement article, and is clearly attempting to negate the well-sourced article material on the obvious dangers of using bleach as a 'cure' for AIDS, cancer, and who-knows-what else. There is a long history of such behaviour regarding the MMS article, and given that MMS is discussed in the chlorine dioxide article too, it isn't surprising that it has spead there. In any case, per WP:MEDRS, we shouldn't be using single primary sources for medical claims in articles, and I have accordingly reverted again. AndyTheGrump (talk) 02:57, 8 December 2012 (UTC)

 * My rewrite of the recently added material was carefully worded to avoid any medical claims. The reference is useful and is completely in line with OSHA PEL for chlorine dioxide in air. I added the OSHA citation, rewrote the section again. I have no liking for medical quackery, but this information is good regardless of the IP who initially put it in. Please do not revert.Silverchemist (talk) 14:56, 8 December 2012 (UTC)

Disambiguation link notification for September 11
Hi. Thank you for your recent edits. Wikipedia appreciates your help. We noticed though that when you edited Alkene, you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page Hydration (check to confirm | fix with Dab solver). Such links are almost always unintended, since a disambiguation page is merely a list of "Did you mean..." article titles. Read the FAQ* Join us at the DPL WikiProject.

It's OK to remove this message. Also, to stop receiving these messages, follow these opt-out instructions. Thanks, DPL bot (talk) 11:20, 11 September 2013 (UTC)

Castor oil
A section of the article Castor oil that you have participated in prior discussions of is the subject of a new discussion Talk:Castor_oil. I thought you might be interested or have input. - - MrBill3 (talk) 14:34, 28 October 2013 (UTC)

Notification of automated file description generation
Your upload of File:Conceptionbay northview.jpg or contribution to its description is noted, and thanks (even if belatedly) for your contribution. In order to help make better use of the media, an attempt has been made by an automated process to identify and add certain information to the media's description page.

This notification is placed on your talk page because a bot has identified you either as the uploader of the file, or as a contributor to its metadata. It would be appreciated if you could carefully review the information the bot added. To opt out of these notifications, please follow the instructions here. Thanks! Message delivered by Theo's Little Bot (opt-out) 15:08, 20 May 2014 (UTC)

 * Another one of your uploads, File:Conceptionbay southview.jpg, has also had some information automatically added. If you get a moment, please review the bot's contributions there as well. Thanks! Message delivered by Theo's Little Bot (opt-out) 15:09, 21 May 2014 (UTC)

ArbCom elections are now open!
MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:06, 23 November 2015 (UTC)

ArbCom elections are now open!
MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:33, 23 November 2015 (UTC)

title: User talk:Silverchemist


text:
Canora, Saskatchewan

Canora is a town at the junction of Highways 5 and 9 in east-central Saskatchewan, about 50 km north of Yorkton. It is centrally located on the corners of four adjacent rural municipalities, including the RM of Good Lake. The community is home to approximately 3,500 residents and is part of the Canora-Pelly electoral district. The community was founded along the Canadian Northern Railway tracks — one of the companies that evolved into the Canadian National Railway (CN), and two CN freight lines (one east-west branch line to Saskatoon and one line going north) still run through Canora. The Canora railway station, downtown on the CN east-west line before the switch to the northbound line, is served by Via Rail on its passenger service from Winnipeg to Churchill, Manitoba. As of 2016, 53% of the town's residents are either from Ukraine or of Ukrainian descent, with the language still widely spoken in the community.

Canora became a village in 1905 and was incorporated as a town in 1910.

Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Canora had a population of $2,092$ living in $981$ of its $1,123$ total private dwellings, a change of NaN% from its 2016 population of $2,024$. With a land area of 7.35 km2, it had a population density of in 2021.

History
The area around Canora was first settled by Europeans in the late 19th century by Doukhobors, Romanians, and Ukrainians. The first ranchers arrived in the area in 1884. Two years later, in 1886, the land was officially surveyed by the Dominion government. The first Ukrainian block settlement in Saskatchewan was established in 1897 when 150 families arrived in the Canora District from Western Ukraine. In 1904, the Canadian Northern Railway laid tracks through the area and in April of that same year, a post office was opened, a school district established, and a town site was surveyed. A year later, in 1905, Canora was incorporated as a hamlet on the site of the train station, which now serves as the town's museum and tourist information centre. In 1908, Canora became a village. The name Canora is derived from the first two letters of the words "Canadian Northern Railway." By 1910, with a growing population of around 400, Canora had officially achieved the status of a town. In 1912, the first Canora Chamber of Commerce was established. Over the next few decades, the community experienced rapid growth with population levels remaining stable even through the Great Depression. Canora's population peaked in 1966 with about 2,734 residents.

Doukhobor Trading Company
Doukhobors in Canora were key to the town's development and, under the auspices of the Doukhobor Trading Company, undertook an ambitious building program on Second Avenue East, where they established several communally-run enterprises from 1907 to 1918.5

Attractions
Canora boasts several community parks, walking trails, a junior Olympic-sized outdoor swimming pool, Civic Centre, the Sylvia Fedoruk Centre, Sports Service Centre, Sports Grounds, a golf course/activity centre, a tennis court and a skate park.

Canora is known as the "Heart of Good Spirit Country" as a result of its proximity to several lakes and parks, including Crystal Lake, Good Spirit Lake and Duck Mountain Provincial Park. The area is home to Saskatchewan's greatest number of golf courses per-capita and boasts one of the highest tee traffic counts in the province.

The Lesia Statue is a 25-foot, 4,000 lb statue that honours the descendants of the Ukrainian and Eastern European settlers who made Canora their home and serves as welcome sign to visitors. The plaque on the base of the statue reads:
 * Lesia Statue

The Lesia statue was created in 1979 by Canora residents Nicholas and Orest Lewchuk and took over a year to complete. The statue features a woman dressed in traditional Ukrainian costume, who is offering visitors "bread-salt" — a loaf of braided bread, called Kolach along with salt. For local Ukrainians and many cultures, bread is a highly respected food, and salt is viewed as a symbol of a long, enduring friendship. As part of a customary greeting, a loaf of bread, crowned with a salt cellar is set upon an embroidered ritual cloth. Guests are then offered a chunk of bread to dip into the salt. Lesia was officially unveiled on September 3, 1980 by Right Honorable Edward Schreyer, Governor General of Canada to honour Saskatchewan's 75th anniversary.

Canora's Ukrainian Heritage Museum explores all aspects of Ukrainian culture including history, arts folklore. Displays include exhibits of early settlers' artifacts from the area, books by renowned Ukrainian writers, Ukrainian regional costumes and embroideries, as well as traditional Ukrainian arts and crafts, culinary arts and festive events. The museum is run by volunteers and includes a small gift shop.
 * Ukrainian Heritage Museum

Canora's Visitor Information Centre and the CN Station House Museum is located in the oldest Class 3 railway station still operating in Saskatchewan. It was erected in 1904 and its exhibits include displays of CN Rail memorabilia, pioneer artifacts, local art and souvenirs  Information regarding rail tours to Churchill, Manitoba is available at the museum with Via Rail service to Winnipeg and Churchill available twice weekly.
 * Station House Museum

Canora is home to Canada's Only Toy & Autograph Museum. The museum features a one-of-a-kind collection of over 1,000 toys and autographed photos including Stephen Harper as well as Laurel and Hardy.
 * Toy & Autograph Museum

A Municipal Heritage Property and Ukrainian Orthodox church that was originally constructed in 1928. The heritage value of Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church resides in its connection with the congregation. Desiring to continue their cultural and spiritual practices in their adopted homeland, a Ukrainian Greek Orthodox parish was organised here in 1919. A desire to have their own place of worship led to the construction of this church in 1928. Although the parish built a larger church in 1963, this church is still periodically used and remains a landmark in the community. The heritage value of Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church also lies in its Byzantine architecture. Designed by Temish Pavlychenko, the form, particularly the three domes set atop towers, are inspired by the Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Churches of Kiev. The interior is ornately decorated in the Byzantine tradition. Installed in 1944, the iconostasis is richly decorated with Ukrainian Orthodox iconography. The church closed in 1963, was designated a heritage site in 1984, and underwent a major restoration that was completed in 2000.
 * Holy Trinity Ukrainian Orthodox Heritage Church

Hugh Waddell Memorial is a cairn dedicated to Canora's first hospital. Mary Waddell of Peterborough, Ont., donated $25,000 to the Presbyterian Church for construction of a hospital in her husband's name. In 1913, the Hugh Waddell Memorial Hospital was built on land donated by Christian R. Graham. It was erected by the Presbyterian Home Mission Society, one of two mission hospitals in Saskatchewan. Admitting patients in March, the hospital was officially opened on June 18, 1914, with 60 beds. It operated as a mission hospital until 1944 when it was purchased by the Canora Union Hospital Board. In 1950, a new wing was added, increasing its capacity to 82 beds. The hospital closed on July 4, 1968, and a commemorative cairn was erected in 2000.
 * Hugh Waddell Memorial (Canora Hospital) Site

Canora has more than 150 km of trails, including over 144 km of marked and groomed snowmobile trails and more than 10 km of walking, cycling, jogging, and cross-country ski trails. Trail surfaces vary from pavement to gravel and even include a foot bridge. These trails include; the Trans Canada Snowmobile Trail, with over ninety miles of signed and groomed trails in the immediate area and access to numerous other snowmobile trails, the Trans-Canada Trail, which f will take you to some of the most popular out-of-town attractions. Westward travellers will come upon the Good Spirit Lake Provincial Park, Burgis Beach and Canora Beach; while eastward travellers will discover Duck Mountain Lake Provincial Park and the National Doukhobor Heritage Village. The Urban Habitat Trail that was created by the River Ridge Wildlife Club and formed in-cooperation with the town of Canora, Ducks Unlimited Canada and the PFRA. This trail is an educational and interpretive trail that highlights the natural habitat, wildlife and plant species of the area. The 8.6 km long Walking Trail that winds through Canora's natural landscape.
 * Trails

The Nicholas Lewchuk Property is a Municipal Heritage Property that features a house, a ferris wheel, an airplane swing and two midway trailers. The Lewchuk family emigrated from the Ukraine when Nicholas was a child and homesteaded near Canora in 1902. Lewchuk's eclectic interests came to include vaudeville, publishing, magic, photography, design, recording, and horticulture. In the 1920s, he founded a travelling vaudeville show and carnival that toured the prairies and western Ontario for the next five decades. Lewchuk designed and built the carnival rides himself, the "airplane swing" being the first. Around 1908, Lewchuk's father built the house and Nicholas lived here during the "off-season" for most of his life. From an office off the main entrance, he wrote and edited English and Ukrainian periodicals and ran the seed catalogue business founded by his mother. In 1968 the rides, trailers, and animal pens from the travelling carnival were set up permanently in the yard behind the house. Known as the "Fun Spot", Lewchuk operated his midway intermittently for the next few years. Lewchuk continued his publishing, editing, and horticultural activities intermittently until his death in 1990.
 * Nicholas Lewchuk Property

 * Canora Attractions Gallery

Annual events
Canora hosts two week-long festivals that celebrate both winter and summer.

Canora's week-long annual summer festival that takes place in July and features family-friendly activities, including pool activities, movie nights, golf nights, an old fashioned picnic with local musicians, and numerous dinners and suppers hosted by local groups and organizations.
 * Canora in Bloom

Winter Lights Festival
Canora's week-long annual winter festival that features events such as a family skate with Santa, family movie night, youth events, a children's carnival, an evening parade followed by a community bonfire and fireworks display, as well as numerous dinners hosted by local community groups and organizations.

Notable people

 * Sylvia Fedoruk, Saskatchewan's first woman Lieutenant-Governor, was born in Canora in 1927.
 * Harry Fain, a lawyer who represented clients such as Elvis Presley, Carey Grant, Lee Majors, Rod Steiger and Ali MacGraw, was born in Canora in 1908.
 * Florence Storgoff, a political and Freedomite activist, was born in Canora in 1908.
 * Allan McKinnon, a Canadian politician, was born in Canora in 1917.
 * Warner Jorgenson, a Canadian politician, was born in Canora in 1918.
 * Lorne Kopelchuk, a Canadian politician, was born in Canora in 1938.
 * Cliff Koroll, a National Hockey League player and coach and Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Famer was born in Canora in 1946.
 * Harold Phillipoff, a National Hockey League player, was raised in Canora.
 * Tyler Wright, a National Hockey League player and coach, was born in Canora in 1973.
 * Terry Dennis, a Saskatchewan politician, was born in Canora.

Protective services
Canora is protected by the Canora-Sturgis RCMP detachment. The detachment has 8 members, between Canora and Sturgis.

Canora and area is served by a full-time Ambulance service – consisting of 3 PCP's, 3 ICP's, and two ACP's.

Canora's fire protection is provided by 21 professionally trained and certified paid-per-call staff. Along with fire protection they also provide rescue services such as vehicle extrication. Their services are also utilised in surrounding Rural Municipalities.

Transportation
Canora is located at the junction of east-west Saskatchewan Highway 5 and north-south Saskatchewan Highway 9. The town also serves as a hub for two freight lines of the Canadian National Railway. The downtown Canora railway station is served by Via Rail passenger service as a stop on the Winnipeg–Churchill train.

The Canora Airport is a grass landing strip located adjacent to the town with no permanent terminal facilities.

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

title: Canora, Saskatchewan


text:
Mario Masuku

Mario Thembeka Masuku (October 1951 – 11 January 2021) was a Swazi politician who was the leader of the People's United Democratic Movement (PUDEMO), Eswatini's banned opposition party.

Early life and education
He was born in the village of Makhosini located in Nhlangano Eswatini and attended Evelyn Baring High School.

Imprisonment for political activity
The Royal Swazi Police arrested and imprisoned Masuku at Matsapha maximum security prison on charges of sedition in 2001.

He was arrested again on November 15, 2008, under the Suppression of Terrorism Act of 2008. At the funeral of Musa Dlamini, who died while supposedly trying to bomb the Lozitha bridge, Masuku is alleged to have verbally supported recent bombings of government institutions. He was acquitted and discharged at the High Court on September 21, 2009 after spending 340 days in prison.

On 1 May 2014, Masuku, after a making a speech at a May day rally in Manzini, was arrested together with student activist Maxwell Dlamini. They were charged with terrorism and sedition. A widely supported   international campaign for their release was started shortly thereafter.

He died on 11 January 2021, from COVID-19.

title: Mario Masuku


text: File:Parasolstars box.jpg

title: File:Parasolstars box.jpg


text:
Ludzidzini Royal Village

The Ludzidzini Royal Village is the home to the House of Dlamini, the royal family of Eswatini, currently led by Ngwenyama (King) Mswati III (born 1968) and Ndlovukati (Queen Mother) Ntfombi (born c. 1950). The village is also known for the annual Umhlanga reed dance ceremony. It is currently the royal residence and the administrative headquarters of the Queen Mother Ntfombi Tfwala.

title: Ludzidzini Royal Village


text:
Tallahassee (disambiguation)

Tallahassee is the capital of the U.S. state of Florida.

Tallahassee may also refer to:

Arts and entertainment

 * Tallahassee, a fictional character in the 2009 film Zombieland
 * "Tallahassee" (The Office), an episode of the U.S. TV series
 * "Tallahassee" (Once Upon a Time), a TV episode
 * Tallahassee (album), by the Mountain Goats, 2002

Places

 * Tallahassee metropolitan area, centred on Tallahassee, Florida, U.S.
 * Tallahassee, Georgia, U.S.
 * Tallahassee Creek, a stream

Other uses

 * CSS Tallahassee, a steamer in the Confederate States Navy
 * USS Tallahassee, the name of several U.S. Navy ships
 * Tallahassee SC, an American soccer club

title: Tallahassee (disambiguation)


text:
User:Kmill

I am a graduate student studying mathematics. https://math.berkeley.edu/~kmill/

title: User:Kmill


text:
User talk:Kertbryblanche

Welcome
Hey there, . Welcome to Wikipedia. Thank you for your contributions. I hope you enjoy being a Wikipedian and decide to stay! Here are a few good links for newcomers (or "oldcomers" for reference):

By the way, you should sign and date your comments on talk and vote pages using four tildes, like this: ~~~~. Three tildes (~~~) produces just your name. If you have any questions, see the help pages, add a question to the village pump or ask me on my talk page. Again, welcome!

Great, just what we need around this place... more people whith a lack of vowels in their name. :) Cheers. --Lord Voldemort (Dark Mark) 19:14, 2 September 2005 (UTC)

Please do not add commercial links or links to your own private websites to Wikipedia. Wikipedia is not a vehicle for advertising or a mere collection of external links. See the welcome page if you would like to learn more about contributing to our encyclopedia. Thanks. JesseW, the juggling janitor 18:13, 29 September 2005 (UTC)

title: User talk:Kertbryblanche


text:
Tibiyo Taka Ngwane

Tibiyo Taka Ngwane, meaning wealth of the nation, is a Swazi sovereign wealth fund which was created through royal charter under the reign of King Sobhuza II in 1968. The company is currently held by King Mswati III in trust for the Swazi nation and is separate from the government.

It was formed by King Sobhuza II at independence in 1968 by Royal Charter to promote and encourage peace and stability, to preserve culture and tradition and to promote a high standard of living for the Swazi Nation through provision of employment. It has stakes in agriculture, property, a printing company, and it is the sole owner of the Eswatini Observer. Tibiyo is a shareholder in many companies such as the Royal Eswatini Sugar Corporation (RES Corporation), Maloma Colliery Limited, Lubombo Sugar, Parmalat Swaziland, Simunye Plaza, Bhuna Mall, Swazi Spar Holdings, Eswatini Beverages, Alexander Forbes, Fincorp, Tibiyo Leisure Resorts trading as Royal Villas and many subsidiaries across the country.

In 2009 a group of Swazi organisations called for Tibiyo Taka Ngwane to be converted to a government department that would be open for public scrutiny.

title: Tibiyo Taka Ngwane


text:
User:Krickert

Programmer, writer, photographer.. reads wiki a lot.

title: User:Krickert


text: User talk:167.181.247.6

title: User talk:167.181.247.6


text:
Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Josh Cooke

 This page is an archive of the proposed deletion of the article below. Further comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or on a Votes for Undeletion nomination). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result of the debate was KEEP. -Splash 23:11, 10 September 2005 (UTC)

Josh Cooke
Is one sitcom appearance enough for notability? Seems thin to me. Delete or establish notability. Cje 19:15, 2 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Lead role is notable, so Keep Cje 07:15, 4 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep; had the lead role in the TV series and has had several other appearances. -- DS1953 02:29, September 3, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep per DS1953. --Metropolitan90 02:54, September 3, 2005 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in an undeletion request). No further edits should be made to this page.


text:
Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Abebooks

 This page is an archive of the proposed deletion of the article below. Further comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or on a Votes for Undeletion nomination). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result of the debate was Keep. NSR (talk) 12:15, 10 September 2005 (UTC)

Abebooks
Badvertising. Nothing particularly worthy of a Wikipedia entry.-- GraemeL (talk) 19:15, 2 September 2005 (UTC)

Withdrawn. thanks for the re-write. --GraemeL (talk) 19:56, 2 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Copyvio from their website. Tagged and bagged. See WP:CP. -Splash 19:22, 2 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Apparently not copyvio. The author released it by email. check the history. My fault, I should have mentioned this in the initial AfD message. --GraemeL (talk) 19:26, 2 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Untagged and debagged. My bad. -Splash 19:33, 2 September 2005 (UTC)

 * Weak keep and cleanup a lot: If kept, this needs massive cleaning. I struggle to believe their claims: I'll bet good money that Amazon are bigger. Abebooks' Alexa rank is about 1800th, Amazon's is 13th. I don't like the tone of the article, or the linkspam all the way through it. As written this is pure promotion. I might even give it a go myself. -Splash 19:33, 2 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Deserves an article, but don't keep this one. It's one of the biggest names in the used-book market (along with eBay, Amazon, and Alibris) and gets 1,440,000 Google hits.  But this article reads like an ad and is unacceptable for an encyclopedia.  Andrew Lenahan - St ar bli nd  19:39, September 2, 2005 (UTC)
 * UPDATE Keep as rewritten. Original article was pretty bad though. Andrew Lenahan - St ar bli nd  21:09, September 2, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Is sufficiently notable for inclusion in Wikipedia. The article needs a lot of cleaning up though, and fact-checking. KeithD (talk) 19:42, 2 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment. I've rewritten it, just keeping the encylopaedic content. The article still needs improvement, but it's better than it was. KeithD (talk) 19:53, 2 September 2005 (UTC)

 * Keep but drastically rewrite. i agree with User:Starblind's statemetns, but not his conclusion. DES (talk) 19:44, 2 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Now a clear keep. Rewrite has created a fine article. DES (talk) 19:59, 2 September 2005 (UTC)
 * I just edit-conflicted on the rewrite! I expanded it a little. -Splash 19:55, 2 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep the rewrite. Meelar (talk) 20:12, September 2, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, notable business. Tone down the advert qualities. -- BD2412 talk 20:19, 2 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep as rewritten. Crypticfirefly 22:01, 2 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep the rewritten article. Mindmatrix 13:51, 3 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Thanks, KeithD. Best used-book Web bookseller I know. (I used to like Bibliofind, but they folded). Amazon rarely has anything not listed in Abebooks and their prices are usually higher. I've probably bought twenty books from their network of booksellers. Very reliable. Dpbsmith (talk) 23:30, 3 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep Notable bookseller. Capitalistroadster 23:33, 4 September 2005 (UTC)

 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in an undeletion request). No further edits should be made to this page.


text:
The March of Democracy

The March of Democracy is a five-volume book by James Truslow Adams, published in 1932 and 1933 by C. Scribner's Sons. It is a chronicle with full title The March of Democracy: A History of the United States.

The first volume covers America from its discovery and early settlement to the American Revolution to 1800.

The second volume begins with the election of Thomas Jefferson as U.S. president in 1801, the War of 1812, the election of Andrew Jackson, the Mexican–American War through to the period before the American Civil War.

The third volume begins with the election of Abraham Lincoln, the states seceding, the Civil War and its aftermath, the industrial revolution, railroad growth and cattle kingdoms on through Grover Cleveland's term.

The fourth volume begins with the election of Benjamin Harrison, the Spanish–American War, the building of the Panama Canal, World War I, the era of great prosperity and then Great Depression and the election of Franklin D. Roosevelt.

The fifth volume picks up with Roosevelt's New Deal, financial changes and manipulations, the great Dust Bowl, the Social Security Act, the "G" men, the Supreme Court expansion attempt, the Neutrality Bill, the recession to depression era, build-up of defense and involvement with foreign issues and entry into World War II.

title: The March of Democracy


text:
Wes Westrum

Wesley Noreen Westrum (November 28, 1922 – May 28, 2002) was an American professional baseball player, coach, manager, and scout. He played for 11 seasons as a catcher in Major League Baseball for the New York Giants from 1947 to 1957 and was known as a superb defensive catcher. He served as the second manager in the history of the New York Mets, replacing Casey Stengel in 1965 after the latter fractured his hip and was forced to retire.

Major League playing career
A native of Clearbrook, Minnesota, Westrum was a stalwart defensive player for the New York Giants (1947–57) and, in his prime, a powerful right-handed hitter, although he had trouble making contact and hit for a low .217 career batting average. He began his major league career as the Giants' reserve catcher, playing behind Walker Cooper. When Cooper was traded in 1949, Westrum shared the catching duties with Ray Mueller for the remainder of the season. He became the full-time catcher for the Giants in 1950, leading National League catchers with a .999 fielding percentage, 31 baserunners caught stealing, a 54.4% caught stealing percentage and 71 assists, and finished second to Roy Campanella with 608 putouts.

Westrum was a key player for the Giants’ during the remarkable 1951 pennant race in which the Giants, 13 games behind the Brooklyn Dodgers on August 12, fought back to win 16 games in a row and finished the season tied with the Dodgers for first place. His two-run, eighth-inning home run against Ralph Branca on August 13 snapped a 1–1 tie and gave the Giants a 3–1 victory over the Dodgers. Westrum contributed 20 home runs with 70 runs batted in, and led National League catchers in baserunners caught stealing. The two teams met in the 1951 National League tie-breaker series in which the Giants' season was climaxed by Bobby Thomson's Shot Heard 'Round the World, a three-run home run in the bottom of the ninth inning for a 5–4 win of the third and final playoff game. Afterwards, the Giants would lose to the New York Yankees in the 1951 World Series.

His 1952 season was plagued by injuries and he only managed to hit for a .220 batting average in 114 games, although he still managed to finish second to Del Rice among catchers in assists. Westrum remained the Giants' starting catcher throughout the 1954 season, catching all four games in the 1954 World Series against the Cleveland Indians. Injuries continued to take their toll, and by 1955, Ray Katt had replaced him as the starting catcher. Westrum lasted three more seasons but never played more than 70 games a year. On September 29, manager Bill Rigney started all the Giants who had been on the 1954 World Series team in the ballclub's final game at the Polo Grounds; Westrum caught during the 9–1 loss to Pittsburgh. When the Giants moved to San Francisco in 1958, he was offered a role as a third-string catcher or as a coach. He decided to retire as a player at the age of 34, and accepted the coaching job.

Career statistics

In his biography of Willie Mays, entitled Willie Mays: The Life, The Legend, writer James S. Hirsch described Westrum as being "built like a block of granite" and praised his defensive abilities.

In an eleven-year major league career, Westrum played in 919 games, accumulating 503 hits in 2,322 at bats for a .217 career batting average along with 96 home runs, 315 runs batted in, and a .356 on-base percentage. He ended his career with a .985 fielding percentage. He made the National League All-Star teams in 1952 and 1953.

In the 1950 season, Westrum committed only one error in 139 games played, and had 21 double plays, the 11th highest season total for a catcher. His .999 fielding percentage for that season stood as a National League record for catchers, until it was surpassed by Charles Johnson in. Westrum's 49.29% career caught stealing percentage ranks 21st all-time among major league catchers. He played more games as a catcher than any other player in Giants history (902).

Westrum was pictured on the cover of the first issue of Sports Illustrated on August 16, 1954, along with Milwaukee Braves star Eddie Mathews and umpire Augie Donatelli.

Coach and manager
Westrum served as the Giants' bullpen coach and then became their first base coach through the 1963 season. He joined the Mets as a coach in 1964, working at first base and then in the bullpen, and became pitching coach on July 14, 1965, after the release of pitcher-coach Warren Spahn. But only 11 days later, Westrum was named the Mets' interim manager when Stengel, 75, fractured his left hip getting out of a car on July 25. On that day, the Mets were 31–64, in tenth and last place in the National League. They fared no better under Westrum for the rest of 1965, losing 48 of the 67 games under his leadership. The hip fracture would end Stengel's Hall of Fame managerial career.

Westrum then was appointed the second full-time manager in the history of the perennial last-place club. But his 1966 Mets escaped the basement for the first time in the franchise's five-year history when they finished ninth, one notch above the cellar, posting a record of 66 wins and 95 losses, a 16-game improvement over the previous season. The Mets were slowly developing an array of young pitchers in the minor leagues; however, apart from Tom Seaver, none arrived in time to help Westrum in 1967, when New York again finished tenth and last. Westrum resigned with 11 games to go in the season. Coach Salty Parker took over the team for the remaining games of the 1967 season, and Gil Hodges was named manager for 1968.

Westrum then rejoined the Giants as a coach (1968–71) and scout. They eventually gave him a second managing opportunity on June 28, 1974, when he succeeded Charlie Fox with the club in fifth place. He was not able to post a winning record in his 1½ years as San Francisco's manager, although he came close when his team finished one game under .500 in 1975 and in third place in the National League Western Division. That marked his last year as a major league manager, although Westrum stayed in the game as a scout for the Atlanta Braves for many years. His final record as a manager: 260 wins and 366 losses (.415).

Westrum died from cancer at the age of 79 in Clearbrook, Minnesota on May 28, 2002.

title: Wes Westrum


text: User talk:204.234.247.21

title: User talk:204.234.247.21


text:
Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Nazi literature

Delete or else completely rewrite from top to bottom This is somebody's personal essay about the Nazi handling of children's literature. - DavidWBrooks 19:17, 2 September 2005 (UTC)
 * I haven't gone through the contents of the essay. If the article cannot be saved Redirect to Nazi propaganda. Jay 12:50, 26 September 2005 (UTC)


text:
Prime Minister of Belarus

The prime minister of the Republic of Belarus (Прэм’ер-міністр Рэспублікі Беларусь; Премьер-министр Республики Беларусь) is the deputy head of government of Belarus. Until 1991, it was known as the Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic as the head of the government of the constituent republic of the Soviet Union.

The prime minister leads the Council of Ministers of Belarus, the central government body, and is accountable to the president. The prime minister is appointed by the president of Belarus. Once the prime minister is appointed they form a 30-member cabinet which consists of ministers and chairmen, the latter of which is a non-ministerial post. As Belarus is a presidential republic the prime minister has no real power or control over government affairs and it is ultimately under direct control of the president who has the real power over government and its activities.

Duties

The activities of the prime minister in managing the government include:

 * Signing government legislation
 * Inform the President on the basic guidelines of the government
 * Draft budget
 * Enforce a uniform financial, monetary, education, health care, and labour policy
 * Ensure the implementation of decrees and instructions of the president
 * To substitute for the president on temporary and absolute absences

The constitution was drafted by the Supreme Council of Belarus, the former legislative body of the country and is heavily influenced by Western constitutions. The constitution has been amended thrice under controversial circumstances since the original adoption, in 1996, in 2004 and in 2022. Two referendums that were disputed by independent observers and government opposition leaders increased the power of the presidency over the government and eliminated the term limits for the presidency.

title: Prime Minister of Belarus


text:
Anthony Reyes

Anthony Loza Reyes (born October 16, 1981) is an American former professional baseball pitcher who played five seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB). He pitched primarily as a starting pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals and Cleveland Indians. Reyes attended the University of Southern California (USC), before the Cardinals selected him in the 15th round of the 2003 MLB draft, and made his major league debut on August 9, 2005. During his playing career, Reyes threw and batted right-handed, stood 6 ft tall, and weighed 230 lb.

A native of Whittier, California, Reyes became the Cardinals' top prospect in their minor league system. As a rookie, he was a member of the Cardinals' 2006 World Series championship team, including starting Game 1. Following his playing career, he became a firefighter for the Los Angeles County Fire Department.

High school
Reyes attended California High School in Whittier, California. He was once considered too small to be a pitcher, but proved the coaches wrong and played varsity and went on to USC. He goes back to California High during the off season to practice and stays in touch with the coaches.

College career
Reyes spent his college years at the University of Southern California from 2000 to 2003, and though he was selected by the Detroit Tigers in the 13th round of the amateur draft, he elected to return to school for his senior year. He was on several USC teams with San Diego Padres pitcher Mark Prior. In four seasons with the Trojans, Reyes compiled a 17–16 record and earned Pac-10 honors three times. He was drafted in the 15th round by the St. Louis Cardinals in.

Professional career
Reyes was eventually considered the top pitching prospect in the St. Louis farm system. He spent the 2004 season initially with the Palm Beach Cardinals, where he compiled a 3-0 record with a 4.66 ERA, and then later with the Tennessee Smokies, where he achieved a 6-2 record with a 2.91 ERA.

After a solid 2005 season with the Triple-A Memphis Redbirds, Reyes was given a chance to prove himself in the major leagues. On August 9, at Miller Park, Reyes threw 6$1⁄3$ innings in his debut start against the Milwaukee Brewers, earning the win and giving up just two runs on two hits. He was demoted immediately after the game, having fulfilled his role of giving the regular rotation an extra day's rest by manager Tony La Russa.

Reyes opened the 2006 season with Memphis. He was recalled to St. Louis June 23 when Mark Mulder was placed on the disabled list. As a result, Reyes was asked to start the final game of a three-game series against the Chicago White Sox. In the previous two games, the White Sox scored 33 runs against the Cardinals. In the third game Reyes threw 90 pitches, 67 for strikes, had six strikeouts and no walks, and carried a no-hitter into the seventh inning. The only White Sox hit was a home run by Jim Thome. The Cardinals offense could not respond in kind and the White Sox won, 1–0. Reyes pitched an eight inning complete game and took the loss despite giving up only the one hit (albeit a home run) to Thome.

During the Cardinals' 2006 playoff run, Reyes was left off the roster for the National League Division Series against the San Diego Padres. However, after advancing to the National League Championship Series against the New York Mets, the Cardinals added him to the roster in place of starting pitcher Jason Marquis. Reyes started Game 4 of the series and pitched four innings, taking a no-decision. He started the first game of the 2006 World Series against fellow rookie Justin Verlander and earned the win, pitching eight innings and retiring 17 consecutive batters from the first through the sixth inning; a World Series record for a rookie. Reyes gave up two runs and earned player of the game honors. The Cardinals went on to win the series, defeating the Detroit Tigers four games to one.

After starting the season 0–8 with a 6.08 ERA (although he had the worst run support in the majors), the Cardinals optioned him to Memphis on May 27. Todd Wellemeyer replaced him in the Cardinals starting rotation. He made three strong starts for the Redbirds and was recalled to St. Louis June 16, but was optioned back to Memphis again on July 2. Reyes was called up again from Memphis to make a spot start in a doubleheader against Milwaukee. He pitched well allowing 2 runs on two hits.

Reyes began the season in St. Louis's bullpen, going 2–1 with a 4.91 ERA before being demoted to Triple-A Memphis. He went 2–3 with a 3.25 ERA in 11 starts at Memphis.

On July 26, 2008, Reyes was traded to the Cleveland Indians for right-handed reliever Luis Perdomo and cash.

On August 8, 2008, the Indians promoted Reyes from Triple-A Buffalo. That same day, he made his first start for Cleveland, going 6$1⁄3$ innings, allowing just 1 run, and picked up the win.

Reyes was non-tendered by the Indians on December 12, 2009, making him a free agent. He was re-signed to a minor league contract on December 13. During spring training his contract was purchased by the Indians, at which time he was placed on the 60-day disabled list, while recovering from Tommy John surgery. After spending the entire 2010 season on the disabled list, Reyes was outrighted to the Triple-A Columbus Clippers on October 29, 2010. After electing free agency, Reyes signed a one-year minor league contract with the Indians on November 15. His contract includes a non-roster invitation to the Indians' 2011 spring training camp.

Reyes spent the 2011 season rehabbing his injured elbow, never appearing on the 40-man roster. He was released by the Indians on August 5, 2011.

On May 7, 2012, Reyes signed a minor league contract with the San Diego Padres. He became a free agent following the season on November 2, he subsequently retired.

Personal life
Reyes has a younger brother, Erik, who pitched for Concordia University Irvine in 2007.

Reyes became a Los Angeles County firefighter in March 2017, and was pressed into action to combat the wildfires in California later that year.

title: Anthony Reyes


text: Talk:Yellow Dog River

title: Talk:Yellow Dog River


text:
Team Lotus

Team Lotus was the motorsport sister company of English sports car manufacturer Lotus Cars. The team ran cars in many motorsport categories including Formula One, Formula Two, Formula Ford, Formula Junior, IndyCar, and sports car racing. More than ten years after its last race, Team Lotus remained one of the most successful racing teams of all time, winning seven Formula One Constructors' titles, six Drivers' Championships, and the Indianapolis 500 in the United States between 1962 and 1978. Under the direction of founder and chief designer Colin Chapman, Lotus was responsible for many innovative and experimental developments in critical motorsport, in both technical and commercial arenas.

The Lotus name returned to Formula One in 2010 as Tony Fernandes's Lotus Racing team. In 2011, Team Lotus's iconic black-and-gold livery returned to F1 as the livery of the Lotus Renault GP team, sponsored by Lotus Cars, and in 2012 the team was re-branded completely as Lotus F1 Team.

1950s – Lotus's origins
Colin Chapman established Lotus Engineering Ltd in 1952 at Hornsey, UK. Lotus achieved rapid success with the 1953 Mk 6 and the 1954 Mk 8 sports cars. Team Lotus was split off from Lotus Engineering in 1954. A new Formula Two regulation was announced for 1957, and in Britain, several organizers ran races for the new regulations during the course of 1956. Most of the cars entered that year were sports cars, and they included a large number of Lotus 11s, the definitive Coventry Climax-powered sports racer, led by the Team Lotus entries for Chapman, driven by Cliff Allison and Reg Bicknell.

The following year, the Lotus 12 appeared. Driving one in 1958, Allison won the F2 class in the International Trophy at Silverstone, beating Stuart Lewis-Evans's Cooper. The remarkable Coventry Climax-powered Type 14, the Lotus Cars production version of which was the original Lotus Elite, won six class victories, plus the "Index of Performance" several times at the 24 Hours of Le Mans race.

As the Coventry Climax engines were enlarged in 1952 to 2.2-litres, Chapman decided to enter Grand Prix racing, running a pair of Lotus 12s at Monaco in 1958 for Graham Hill and Cliff Allison. These were replaced later that year by Lotus 16s.

In 1959 – by which time the Coventry Climax engines had been stretched to 2.5-litres inline with Formula rules – Chapman continued with front-engined F1 cars, but achieved little, so in 1960 Chapman switched to the milestone mid-engined Lotus 18. By then, the company's success had caused it to expand to such an extent that it had to move to new premises at Cheshunt.

Domination in 1960s and 1970s
The first Formula One victory for the Lotus works team came when Innes Ireland won the 1961 United States Grand Prix. A year earlier, Stirling Moss had recorded the first victory for a Lotus car at Monaco in his Lotus 18 car entered by the privateer team Rob Walker Racing Team.

There were successes in Formula Two and Formula Junior. The road car business was doing well with the Lotus Seven and the Lotus Elite and this was followed by the Lotus Elan in 1962. More racing success followed with the 26R, the racing version of the Elan, and in 1963 with the Lotus Cortina, which Jack Sears drove to the British Saloon Car Championship title, a feat repeated by Jim Clark in 1964 and Alan Mann in the 1965 European Touring car Championship.

In 1963, Clark drove the Lotus 25 to a remarkable seven wins in the season and won the World Championship. The 1964 title was still for the taking by the time of the last race in Mexico but problems with Clark's Lotus and Hill's BRM gave it to Surtees in his Ferrari. However, in 1965, Clark dominated again, six wins in his Lotus 33 gave him the championship.

While very innovative, Chapman also came under criticism for the structural fragility of his designs. The number of top drivers seriously injured or killed in Lotus machinery was considerable – notably Stirling Moss, Alan Stacey, Mike Taylor, Jim Clark, Mike Spence, Bobby Marshman, Graham Hill, Jochen Rindt and Ronnie Peterson. In Dave Friedman's book "Indianapolis Memories 1961–1969", Dan Gurney is quoted as saying, "Did I think the Lotus way of doing things was good? No. We had several structural failures in those cars [Indianapolis Lotus 34 and 38]. But at the time, I felt it was the price you paid for getting something significantly better."

When the Formula One engine size increased to three litres in 1966, Lotus was caught unprepared partly because of the surprising failure of the Coventry Climax 1.5-Litre FWMW Flat-16 project, which prevented Climax from developing a 3-Litre successor. They started the season fielding the hastily prepared and uncompetitive two-litre Coventry-Climax FWMV V8 engine, only switching to the BRM P75 H16 engine in time for the Italian Grand Prix, with the new engine proving to be overweight and unreliable. A switch to the new Ford Cosworth DFV, designed by former Lotus employee Keith Duckworth, in 1967 returned the team to winning form.

Although they failed to win the title in, by the end of the season, the Lotus 49 car and the DFV engine were mature enough to make the Lotus team dominant again. However, for the season Lotus had lost its exclusive right to use the DFV. The season-opening 1968 South African Grand Prix confirmed Lotus's superiority, with Jim Clark and Graham Hill finishing 1–2. It would be Clark's last win. On 7 April 1968, Clark, one of the most successful and popular drivers of all time, was killed driving a Lotus 48 car at Hockenheimring in a non-championship Formula Two event. The season saw the introduction of wings as seen previously on various cars, including the Chaparral sports car, and a Lotus car became the first Formula One car with wings. Colin Chapman introduced modest front wings and a spoiler on Hill's Lotus 49B at the 1968 Monaco Grand Prix. Graham Hill won the F1 World Championship in 1968 driving the Lotus 49.

Around the same time, Chapman moved Lotus to new premises at Hethel in Norfolk. A new factory was built on the site, the former RAF Hethel bomber base, and the old runways were converted into a testing facility. The offices and design studios were based at nearby Ketteringham Hall, which became the headquarters of both Team Lotus and Lotus Cars. Additional car testing was carried out at Snetterton, a few miles from Hethel.

In 1969, the team spent a lot of time experimenting with a gas turbine powered car, and, after four wet races in 1968, with four wheel drive. Both were unsuccessful, especially as every race was dry. They penned a revolutionary new car for 1970 – the wedge-shaped Lotus 72.

The new Lotus 72 was a very innovative car, featuring torsion bar suspension, hip-mounted radiators, inboard front brakes and an overhanging rear wing. The 72 originally had suspension problems, and Jochen Rindt took a lucky victory in Monaco in the old 49 when Jack Brabham crashed on the last lap while leading. But when antidive and antisquat were designed out of the suspension, the car quickly showed its superiority, and Rindt dominated the championship until he was killed at Monza when a brake shaft broke. Rindt had only recently begun to wear a shoulder harness, but refused to wear crotch straps because he felt they slowed his exit from the car in the event of fire. When the car hit the barrier head-on, Rindt submarined forward and the lap belt inflicted fatal head and neck injuries.

The rest of the 1970 season was nailbiting, as Ferrari closed in on Rindt's undefended lead. A brilliant victory in the US GP by rookie driver Emerson Fittipaldi, who had made his debut in the British GP in a 49, sealed the championship for Rindt, who became the only man in history to win the world championship posthumously.

Lotus's 1971 experiments did not bring any serious advance in technology, but allowed Chapman to test several drivers. For 1972, the team focused again on the type 72 chassis, with Imperial Tobacco continuing its sponsorship of the team under its new John Player Special brand. The cars, now often referred to as 'JPS', were fielded in a new black and gold livery – a new brand developed to make the most of the promotional power of motorsport. Lotus took the championship by surprise in 1972 with 25-year-old Brazilian driver Emerson Fittipaldi, who became at the time the youngest world champion, a distinction he held until 2005, when 24-year-old Fernando Alonso took the accolade. Team Lotus also won the F1 World Championship for Manufacturers for a sixth time in 1973. The 72 raced in Formula 1 for five years, proving to be more successful than its supposed replacement, the Lotus 76. It was finally retired at the end of the 1975 season, as the Lotus 77 was prepared for the 1976 season.

The first-ever Formula Ford car was built around a Formula 3 Lotus, the Type 51.

Chapman was also successful at Indianapolis with the Lotus 29, almost winning the 500 at its first attempt in 1963 with Clark at the wheel. The race marked the beginning of the end for the old front-engined Indianapolis roadsters. Clark was leading when he retired from the 1964 event with suspension failure, but in 1965, he won the biggest prize in US racing driving his Lotus 38 and winning by a lap; it was the first mid-engined car to win the Indianapolis 500.

Many of Chapman's successes came from innovation. The Lotus 25 was the first monocoque chassis in F1, the 49 was the first car of note to use the engine as a stressed member, the Lotus 56 Indycar was powered by a gas turbine engine and was fitted with four-wheel drive, the Lotus 63 was the first mid-engined F1 car to race with four-wheel drive, and the 72 broke new ground in aerodynamics.

Chapman was also an innovator as a team boss. For the season, the FIA decided to permit sponsorship after the withdrawal of support from automotive-related firms, such as BP, Shell and Firestone. In April, Team Lotus, initially using the British racing green, became the first works team (second only to Team Gunston entering a private Brabham car at the 1968 South African Grand Prix) to paint their cars in the livery of their sponsors, with Clark's Lotus 48 Formula Two car appearing at Hockenheim in the red, gold and white colors of the Imperial Tobacco's Gold Leaf brand. The first Formula One car in this livery was Graham Hill's Lotus 49B car entered at the 1968 Spanish Grand Prix in Jarama.

Team Lotus as a constructor was first to achieve 50 Grand Prix victories. (Ferrari was the second to do so, having won their first Formula One race in 1951, seven years before the first Lotus F1 car.)

In the mid-to-late 1970s, Lotus experienced a resurgence with Mario Andretti joining the team. This came about the morning after the 1976 U.S. Grand Prix West at Long Beach, when Andretti's VPJ-Parnelli had proven uncompetitive. Bob Evans did not qualify his Lotus and Gunnar Nilsson, in the other Lotus 77, qualified 8th only to fall out with suspension failure before completing a lap. Chapman and Andretti ran into each other in a hotel coffee shop the morning after the race, and decided to join forces. Andretti's development expertise helped give new life to the then-moribund Lotus 77. Engineers began to investigate aerodynamic ground effects. The Lotus 78, and then the Lotus 79 of 1978 were extraordinarily successful, with Mario Andretti winning the F1 World Championship. Lotus attempted to take ground effects further with the Lotus 80 and Lotus 88. The team developed an all-carbon-fibre car, the Lotus 88, in 1981. The 88 was banned from racing for its 'twin chassis' technology where the driver had separate suspension from the aerodynamic parts of the car. McLaren's MP4/1 beat it as the first all-carbon-fibre car to race. Chapman was beginning work on an active suspension development programme when he died of a heart attack in December 1982 at the age of 54.

1980s
After Chapman's death, the racing team was continued by his widow, Hazel, and managed by Peter Warr, but a series of F1 designs proved unsuccessful since then. Midway through 1983 Lotus hired French designer Gérard Ducarouge and, in five weeks, he built the Renault turbo powered 94T. A switch to Goodyear tyres in 1984 enabled Elio de Angelis to finish third in the World Championship, despite the fact that the Italian did not win a race. The team also finished in 3rd place in the Constructors' Championship.

When Nigel Mansell departed at the end of the year the team hired Ayrton Senna. The Lotus 97T scored victories with de Angelis at Imola and Senna in Portugal and Belgium. The team, although it had now won three races instead of none, lost 3rd in the Constructors' Championship to Williams (who beat them on countback with 4 wins). Senna scored eight pole positions, with two wins (Spain and Detroit) in 1986 driving the evolutionary Lotus 98T. Lotus regained 3rd in the Constructors' Championship, passing Ferrari. At the end of the year the team lost its long-time backing from John Player & Sons and found new sponsorship with Camel. Senna's skills attracted the attention of the Honda Motor Company and when Lotus agreed to run Satoru Nakajima as its second driver a deal for engines was agreed. The Ducarouge-designed 99T featured active suspension, but Senna was able to win just twice: at Monaco and Detroit, with the team again finishing 3rd in the Constructors' Championship, like the previous year behind British rivals Williams and McLaren, but ahead of Ferrari.

The Brazilian moved to McLaren in 1988, and Lotus signed Senna's countryman and then World Champion Nelson Piquet from Williams. Both Piquet and Nakajima failed to make any impressions in terms of fighting for victories. However the team still managed to finish 4th in the Constructors' Championship. Lotus showed in 1988 that it took more than a Honda engine to win races. 1988 was the year in which McLaren (with Senna and Alain Prost) won 15 of the season's 16 races with the same specification Honda engines as Lotus were using. The best results for the team were three 3rd places for Piquet in Brazil, San Marino and Australia. Lotus at times were hard-pressed fighting off the less powerful naturally-aspirated V8 cars during the season, and rarely challenged either McLaren or Ferrari.

The Lotus-Honda 100T was not a success and Ducarouge returned to France in mid-1989. Lotus hired Frank Dernie to replace him. With the new engine regulations in 1989, Lotus lost its turbocharged Honda engines and used the normally-aspirated Judd V8 instead. In the middle of the year Warr departed and was replaced as team manager by Rupert Manwaring, while long time Lotus senior executive Tony Rudd was brought in as chairman. The best results for the team in 1989 was 4th places for Piquet in the British, Canadian and Japanese races, and 4th place and fastest lap for Nakajima in Australia. At the end of the season Piquet left for Benetton, and Nakajima moved to Tyrrell.

1990s and demise
A deal was organized for Lamborghini V12 engines and Derek Warwick and Martin Donnelly were hired to drive for 1990. The Dernie design was not a success with Warwick scoring all the three points for a 6th in the 1990 Canadian Grand Prix and a 5th in the 1990 Hungarian Grand Prix; Donnelly was nearly killed in a violent accident at Jerez. At the end of the year Camel withdrew their sponsorship.

Former Team Lotus employees Peter Collins and Peter Wright organized a deal to take over the team from the Chapman family and in December the new Team Lotus was launched with Mika Häkkinen and Julian Bailey being signed for the 1991 season to drive updated Lotus 102Bs with Judd engines. At the 1991 San Marino Grand Prix, the team scored its first double points finish since the 1988 Brazilian Grand Prix, with Häkkinen in fifth and Bailey in sixth. Despite this, Bailey was soon replaced by Johnny Herbert for the balance of the season. For the following year, the team signed a deal to use Ford's HB V8 in their new Lotus 107s, designed by Chris Murphy. The team was now short on money and this affected performance, but the car allowed Häkkinen to score 11 points, including two fourth places at the 1992 French Grand Prix (where he had failed to qualify the previous year) and the 1992 Hungarian Grand Prix, while Herbert scored two points for 6th Places at the 1992 South African Grand Prix and 1992 French Grand Prix. The team finished 5th in the Constructors' Championship. Häkkinen, who finished 8th in the 1992 Drivers' Championship, moved to McLaren as a test driver in 1993. He was replaced by Alessandro Zanardi, who was himself replaced by Pedro Lamy after crashing heavily at the 1993 Belgian Grand Prix, where Herbert scored the last two points for Team Lotus. Over the year, the team scored 12 points despite the tight budget and finished 6th in the 1993 Constructors' Championship. Herbert finished 9th in the Drivers' Championship with three 4th placements: the 1993 Brazilian Grand Prix, where he lost 3rd to Benetton's Michael Schumacher shortly before the end of the race; the 1993 European Grand Prix, where he made only one pit stop for tyres; and the 1993 British Grand Prix, where he was not far behind Riccardo Patrese's 3rd placed Benetton at the end, having benefited from the retirements of Ayrton Senna, Martin Brundle and Damon Hill. Zanardi scored one 6th place at the 1993 Brazilian Grand Prix, the last race with both Lotus cars in the points.

Debts were mounting and the team was unable to develop the Lotus 107. For the 1994 season, the team gambled on success with Mugen Honda engines. Herbert and Lamy struggled on with the old car for the first few races. The Portuguese driver was seriously injured in an accident in testing at Silverstone and Zanardi returned. The team's new car, the Lotus 109, was introduced at the 1994 Spanish Grand Prix, five races into the season, but only one car was available until the French Grand Prix two races later. In an effort to survive the team took on pay-driver Philippe Adams at the 1994 Belgian Grand Prix, but by the time of the Italian Grand Prix Zanardi was back in the car. Herbert qualified fourth in the 109, but at the first corner he was punted off by the Jordan of Eddie Irvine. Herbert later commented that he felt he could have won the race. The following day the team applied for an Administration Order to protect itself from creditors. Tom Walkinshaw pounced and bought Johnny Herbert's contract, moving him into Ligier and then Benetton.

An Administration Order was made in respect of the Company on 12 September 1994, and it was compulsorily wound up by the Court on 13 February 1995. A sworn statement of affairs showed that the company had an estimated deficiency of £12,050,000. Disqualification Orders were made against Peter Collins, and Peter Wright on 15 October 1998 for nine years, and seven years respectively.

Before the end of the 1994 season, the team had been sold to David Hunt, brother of 1976 World Champion James, and Mika Salo was hired to replace Herbert for the last two races of the season. In December, however, work on the design of a new car (the Lotus 112) was halted and the staff laid off. In February 1995 Hunt announced an alliance with Pacific Grand Prix, who like Lotus were also based in Norfolk in the UK, and Team Lotus came to an end. Pacific were initially referred to as Pacific Team Lotus and their car featured a green stripe with the Lotus logo.

Pacific left Formula One after the 1995 Australian Grand Prix. The last race for Lotus was the 1994 Australian Grand Prix.

2010: return of Lotus name in Formula One
Following the 1994 collapse – but before the end of that season – the rights to the name Team Lotus were purchased by David Hunt, brother of former F1 champion James Hunt. In 2009, when the FIA announced an intention to invite entries for a budget-limited championship in 2010, Litespeed acquired the right to submit an entry under the historic name. Lotus Cars, the sister company of the original Team Lotus, distanced itself from the new entry and announced its willingness to take action to protect its name and reputation if necessary. When the 2010 entry list was released on 12 June 2009, the Litespeed Team Lotus entry was not one of those selected. In September 2009, reports emerged of plans for the Malaysian Government to back a Lotus named entry for the 2010 championship to promote the Malaysian car manufacturer Proton, which at that time owned Lotus Cars. On 15 September 2009 the FIA announced that the Malaysian backed team Lotus Racing had been granted admission into the 2010 season. Group Lotus later terminated the licence for future seasons as a result of what it called "flagrant and persistent breaches of the licence by the team". A little over one year later, on 24 September 2010, it was announced that Tony Fernandes (Lotus Racing) had acquired the name rights of Team Lotus from David Hunt, marking the official rebirth of Team Lotus in Formula One. Then on 8 December 2010, Genii Capital and Group Lotus plc announced the creation of "Lotus Renault GP", the successor to the Renault F1 Team that would contest the 2011 FIA Formula One World Championship. The announcement came as part of a 'strategic alliance' between the two companies and at the time meant there would be two teams running as Lotus that season. Although neither had any physical links to the pre-1994 Team Lotus Formula 1 team, only Fernandes's "Team Lotus" had the name, while Lotus-Renault was backed by Group Lotus plc.

On 23 December 2010, the Chapman family released a statement in which they unequivocally backed Group Lotus in the dispute over the use of the Lotus name in Formula One, and made it clear that they would prefer that the Team Lotus name did not return to F1.

On 27 May 2011, Justice Peter Smith finally made his verdict public in High Court, giving permission to Tony Fernandes to naming his F1 team Team Lotus after purchasing the rights to the name from previous owner David Hunt. Added to that, Group Lotus are entitled to race in F1 using the historic black and gold livery and have the right to use the Lotus marque on cars for road use. In summary, the 2011 Formula One season had two teams running the Lotus name with Group Lotus entitled to use the name "Lotus" on its own while Fernandes's team used "Team Lotus".

In 2012, Lotus-Renault GP was given the rights to the Lotus name and was renamed Lotus F1, whereas Fernandes's team was renamed Caterham F1 following his purchase of Caterham Cars. The team was active for 4 seasons, then it returned to the French constructor Renault.

title: Team Lotus


text:
File:Xiong-gaslighter.png

I took it. It's me. It's free. — Xiong 熊 talk * 18:44, 15 May 2019 (UTC)

title: File:Xiong-gaslighter.png


text:
Sde Ya'akov

Sde Ya'akov (שְׂדֵה יַעֲקֹב, lit. Ya'akov Field) is a religious moshav in northern Israel. Located near Kiryat Tiv'on, it falls under the jurisdiction of Jezreel Valley Regional Council. In it had a population of.

History
Sde Ya'akov was established in 1927, largely from pioneers who had settled in Sheikh Abreik after its purchase by the Jewish Agency. It was the first settlement founded by Hapoel HaMizrachi and was named for Yitzchak Yaacov Reines, founder of the Mizrachi movement.

Ancient site of Tel Yizhaki
Several kilometers to the southwest, lies an unexcavated tell named Tel Yizhaki or Hurvat Izhaqia. Among the discoveries at this site is a column base featuring an Aramaic inscription in the Jewish script, mentioning a donor named "Yudah son of Sardah". It is believed that the inscription was part of an ancient synagogue.

title: Sde Ya'akov


text:
User:AceTracer

This is my user page; there are many like it, but this one is mine.

title: User:AceTracer


text:
User:Amir85/Permission from Iran Chamber

Here is the reply letter from iranchamber.com

Dear Amir,

Thank you for your concern. We do not have any objection for using information from our site as long as the source is mentioned, and of course being used for non-commercial purposes.

Best regards,

Shahrzad Editor of Iran Chamber Society http://www.iranchamber.com/

-Original Message- From: Amir Yaghoubi [mailto:amzyair@yahoo.com] Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2005 7:57 AM To: editor@iranchamber.com Subject: contact_form

Below is the result of submitted form. It was submitted by: Amir Jacobi (amzyair@yahoo.com) on Wednesday, April 13, 2005 at 22:56:35

---

comments: Hi dear Iran Chamber Society

Can I have your permission regarding to usage of texts and photos in history section of your site to edit some articles in english wikipedia.

Yours sincerely


text:
User talk:Henrin

Welcome!

Hello,, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few good links for newcomers: I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you need help, check out Where to ask a question, ask me on my talk page, or place  on your talk page and someone will show up shortly to answer your questions. Again, welcome!
 * The five pillars of Wikipedia
 * How to edit a page
 * Help pages
 * Tutorial
 * How to write a great article
 * Manual of Style

Image Tagging Image:Russian Shashka.jpg
Thanks for uploading Image:Russian Shashka.jpg. I notice the 'image' page currently doesn't specify who created the content, so the copyright status is unclear. If you have not created this media yourself then there needs to be an argument why we have the right to use the media on Wikipedia (see copyright tagging below). If you have not created the media yourself then it needs to be specified where it was found, i.e., in most cases link to the website where it was taken from, and the terms of use for content from that page.

If the media also doesn't have a copyright tag then one should be added. If you created/took the picture, audio, or video then the GFDL-self tag can be used to release it under the GFDL. If you believe the media qualifies as fair use, consider reading fair use, and then use a tag such as or one of the other tags listed at Image copyright tags. See Image copyright tags for the full list of copyright tags that you can use.

If you have uploaded other media, consider checking that you have specified their source and copyright tagged them, too. You can find a list of 'image' pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "Image" from the dropdown box. Note that any unsourced and untagged images will be deleted one week after they have been uploaded, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. — Rebelguys2 talk 00:59, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

Image Tagging Image:Russian Kindjal.jpg
Thanks for uploading Image:Russian Kindjal.jpg. I notice the 'image' page currently doesn't specify who created the content, so the copyright status is unclear. If you have not created this media yourself then there needs to be an argument why we have the right to use the media on Wikipedia (see copyright tagging below). If you have not created the media yourself then it needs to be specified where it was found, i.e., in most cases link to the website where it was taken from, and the terms of use for content from that page.

If the media also doesn't have a copyright tag then one should be added. If you created/took the picture, audio, or video then the GFDL-self tag can be used to release it under the GFDL. If you believe the media qualifies as fair use, consider reading fair use, and then use a tag such as or one of the other tags listed at Image copyright tags. See Image copyright tags for the full list of copyright tags that you can use.

If you have uploaded other media, consider checking that you have specified their source and copyright tagged them, too. You can find a list of 'image' pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "Image" from the dropdown box. Note that any unsourced and untagged images will be deleted one week after they have been uploaded, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. — Rebelguys2 talk 01:00, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

title: User talk:Henrin