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Philippe Keyaerts

Philippe Keyaerts is a Belgian designer of German-style board games. His two first published games are Vinci and Evo. Those two games use the mechanism of allowing the players to spend victory points to improve the characteristics of their play. He also invented Space Blast, a small space battle game. Philippe Keyaerts is best known as the designer of Small World, a 2009 fantasy-themed board game based upon a remake of Vinci.

Keyaerts is also active in the organisation of board game conventions in Belgium.

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Talk:Darryl White

What a legend!

Overpraise...
Nicely written article. One criticism I'd have is that it occasionally veers very close to overpraising him; while any 250-game AFL player is almost by definition a "rare talent" he never won a Brownlow or his club Best and Fairest (admittedly, he might well have won his club B&F had he not been playing in the most star-laden lineup of the era). Actually, if you can dig up some historical data as to how he went in his club's best and fairest it would be a useful indication of how the club itself rated his relative contribution to the team --Robert Merkel 01:28, 1 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your comments, Robert. I've no doubt that there have been many better players than White inside and outside of his career span. I'm not sure I completely agree with you about the "rare talent" comment though. The full context for that is:
 * His first season of football was an announcement of a rare talent, leading the Brownlow Medal count after three rounds with two best-on-ground performances and kicking the official goal of the year with his first-ever goal.
 * I very much doubt that many (if any) players have replicated that sort of start to their careers, hence the reference to "rare".
 * I think you've hit the nail on the head in relation to best-and-fairest counts - even when his side wasn't winning premierships he was still playing alongside some of the game's greatest ever players, including Michael Voss (who's got five or six B&F wins I think). So I'm not convinced such a comparison is useful. I'll have a think about how such data might be included though.--The Brain of Morbius 02:01, 1 September 2005 (UTC)
 * A further thought - I don't think it's overpraise to describe someone as a "rare talent" if they can be made captain of a side such as the Indigenous All-Stars or be included in the Indigenous Team of the Century. And I've also made sure that some aspects of his life of which he'd be less proud were given some mention.--The Brain of Morbius 02:12, 1 September 2005 (UTC)

Voss has won 3 Merrett-Murray Medals, as it says on his page that I've updated. Anyway, Brain, let me just say, great article. Over at WP:AFL we really don't have many articles that are anywhere near this quality. Rogerthat 10:55, 9 January 2006 (UTC)

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Josée Blouin is a fabulous intellectual capable of nothing but the most profound and accurate thought. She is an advocate for peace and generosity. She is an author, a political activist and a perpetual optimist.

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Talk:High Icelandic

NPOV/Category
This whole edifice is basically the construct of one man: Jozef Van Tongerloo. It has received some attention in Iceland and is sort of interesting in its own right and as a sort of reductio ad absurdum of language purism. I would vote to keep it on AfD but it needs to be rewritten to make clear what it really is. I'm slapping an NPOV tag on it for the time being. - Haukur Þorgeirsson 15:42, 20 November 2005 (UTC)
 * The new version doesn't really deserve a NPOV, since it now incorporates additions from the author in a surprisingly moderate language. I'd say let the article be as is, unless someone objects to the somewhat excessive use of pictures. Readers may have their own opinion, and this reader certainly has, but as the article stands, it is a relatively fair description of Braekmans' creation, and I agree with Haukur that the phenomenon has a certain interest in itself. That High Icelandic will never catch on is, I think, beyond question. Cheers Io 19:47, 25 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Agreed that we don't need the NPOV tag anymore (it has already been removed) and the use of pictures is excessive but that is not terrible at all. Also, I removed it from the category Languages of Iceland as it is not spoken by a single person there. Category:Languages of Belgium would be much better suited although I am certainly not going to make that change :) Stefán Ingi 21:01, 25 November 2005 (UTC)
 * AFAIK, the author doesn't speak it himself, so Languages of Belgium would also be inappropriate. :) Io 16:25, 26 November 2005 (UTC)
 * I think it probably does fit under the rubric of a conlang... Tom e rTALK 02:14, 30 November 2005 (UTC)

Vanity page
I'm putting the NPOV tag back on this page, mainly because it is a vanity page. It is about a creation of its sole contributor. The text also plays up the subject as more relevant than it really is. Frankly I also disagree with removing it in the first place, the page was far from neutral at the time the tag was removed. --Sindri 12:02, 7 January 2006 (UTC)
 * I disagree that the text of the article is not neutral, it describes the project and does not hide the fact that it, and its creator, is unpopular with many people. I would like to see that NPOV tag removed. If anybody thinks its a vanity article then it should be nominated for deletion. I, for one, would oppose its deletion. Stefán Ingi 16:46, 7 January 2006 (UTC)

Wikification
I went through and wikified about half the article. I may get back to it some more later. Meanwhile, someone else might ought could take a look at doing the oder haff? Tom e rTALK 02:14, 30 November 2005 (UTC)

Article balance
Apart from WP:CITE -- if this is notable then presumably others are interested too. Who are they? I don;t know icelandic, but I am going to attempt to address the two concerns that are apparent -- it is a pet project (although perhaps notable?) and a linguistic exercise, and it contains enough material to by itself change the shape of the debate, a breach of NPOV.

Someone else will have to add details on dissenting views and criticisms, majority views and the place this holds in the debate; I'm not qualified. FT2 01:02, 6 December 2005 (UTC)

 * Update - I have balanced much of the article as best I can. Three things bother me still:
 * The number of examples. That's unnecessary. Is there not an external link of examples we can point people to, and keep a half dozen of neologisms and places?
 * The number of images that when all said and done are just promotional imagery used. They could have a dozen or a hundred of these; they simply aren't notable. Pick one, or at most two.
 * The lack of authoritative views, critical view or simply opposing views, citations and the like. Who thinks what about it? Who accepts or rejects or has a formal opinion on it? Where has it been formally and authoritatively discussed? How much attebntion and agreement does it have? The article needs this balance.
 * FT2 01:27, 6 December 2005 (UTC)

Usenet
This article really needs to cite some Usenet posts, this language is largely a Usenet phenomena, when was it first mentioned on Usenet, some highlights from the posts at is.islenska etc. —Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason 08:18, 6 December 2005 (UTC)

Dear Ævar, Yes you're right. I added the following to the article: Braekmans first made mention of the name on november 23, 2004 on the newsgroup is.islenska. Before that date he used to refer to it as 'frónska' or 'Hypericelandic'. So there's no need for a neutrality tag anymore.

Vanity Page
This article IS indeed a vanity. It is translated to all wikipedia's, by a few IP's in Belgium in a few days time, or by registered users (sockpuppets).

On de dutch wiki, the article is nominated for deletion, and indeed, two users tried to convince us of the importance of the article, by claiming the popularity of the subject... It are however newly registered sockpuppet users, which does indeed make it seems like manipulation and vanity... If you read Dutch, here the article is nominated for Deletion nl:Wikipedia:Te_verwijderen_pagina%27s/Toegevoegd_20060223, nl:Gebruiker:Maximiliaan en nl:Gebruiker:Deruyterm are two sockpuppets as you can see by their edits and.

If fear this is just manipulation of a marginal subject and hobby project on different wiki's on the same time --LimoWreck 00:03, 24 February 2006 (UTC)
 * This is an one-man project vanity page. This man is trying the same thig at different wiki's referring to other wiki's. on the dutch wiki we had him to. He's using unfair methods, such as sockpuppets and media attention that is at least unclear. My advice? Remove. Migdejong 00:32, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

NPOV again
While the vote for deletion went keep, in the dissucssion dissucssion on deleting this page there was a clear consensus on this article needing a more neutral point of view.

 * FYI, the same discussion had place on the Dutch Wikipedia. At some point, the article was rewritten into something which was both NPOV and acceptable to a majority. In my opinion, wikipedia.nl has an excellent article right now. It might serve as an inspiration for the English version. Because I agree, it is pretty much the same as the propagandistic original version... —IJzeren Jan In mij legge alle fogultjes een ij  20:02, 4 March 2006 (UTC)
 * I agree with Jan. The rewritten version is very much to be called an encyclopedic article, in contrast with earlier versions. Migdejong 23:57, 4 March 2006 (UTC)
 * If anyone who speaks Dutch can be bothered with it could you make a translation of the rewritten article and place it here as a suggestion for a rewrite? --Sindri 13:54, 5 March 2006 (UTC)

I disagree. High Icelandic is also an artform and has its own symbolism which is a logical extrapolation of Icelandic symbolism. It's is true that the pictures make it look like a vanity page, but it isn't: High Icelandic isn't but a variant of Icelandic, It is also an artform and a subculture, with its own fashion, like the nýyrðaskáldshúfa. There's nothing wrong with the pictures. I regret that on the Dutch wikipedia people obliterated the part about High Icelandic symbolism and even the link with the Fjallbarn-page (containing the Fjallbarnssaga written by Albert Bergsteinsson, Pétur Þorsteinsson and Sigurður Hreiðar, where the whole symbolism is explained). The symbolism is the core of High Icelandic. It's like making an article about Paris without mentioning the Seine and the Eiffeltower.

 * "It is also true that the pictures make it look like a vanity page", thats because it is a vanity page. "There's nothing wrong with the pictures.", maybe not, but that does not mean they should be on Wikipedia. --Sindri 14:07, 5 March 2006 (UTC)

 * Enough of this crap!!! Sindri Traustason is as biased as can be.  He is the one who started the insults on me and my work in 2003 on USenet and would do everything that lies in his power that gets the webpage deleted and the High Icelandic project destroyed.  Take a look on Usenet and see for yourself.  HE hasn't the slightest respect for the sincere efforts of the neologists poets of the High Icelandic language movement and tried to discredit me in all kind of ways, even with cheap tricks like calling me a neonazi.  He even calls a respectable man like Bobby Fisher a nazi, obviously without any good reason.  He hates the policy of linguistic purism in his country and everything that has to do with it.  HE was almost the only Icelander who voted for deletion.  If you want to harm Icelandic as much as you can, please make him president of the Icelandic language commission.  He will be astonished to hear that many Icelandic scholars like and encourage our neologistic endeavours.

 * Speaking of insults... the usenet history of our anonymous friend who posted above aka Braekmans aka Hermanson aka the author of this icelandic thing and this article  etc...
 * Anyway, @Jan: i agree this article should be edited, many people voted a conditional "keep": if the article was edited to meet wiki conventions... maybe the dutch article can indeed be used as a starting point. Perhaps we could translate some of it --LimoWreck 02:15, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

 * I think the almost unanimous majority of the Icelanders who voted for keeping this page (most of them unconditional) have a decisive say about this, and not sindri, the only one of them who voted for deletion (only for the sake of revenge for the fights on the newsgroups, let this be clear). My immeasurable love for the Icelandic language and culture seems to have found its way to the hearts of many Icelanders, to sindri's great dissatisfaction.  Icelanders, who feel the same way about it, something that does not apply to mr sindri traustason.  I'm a jerk, yes, but that's only due to the fact that I have run too often into incredibly disrespectful and bullyish people like sindri in my life.  He undoubtedly doesn't give jack sxxx whether Icelandic is pumped up unto explosion with foreignisms or not, not a single very single neutrino.  And this is a very small particle, as he hopefully knows.  But I do care, Mr sindri traustason.  The care for Icelandic is a quite serious matter, not a silly PLASTIC MODEL HOBBY in the hands of linguisticly unempathic people like you.  Migdejong and Limowreck are GANDHI and MARTIN LUTHER KING compared to you.  Timbur-Helgi Hermannsson

You know what true love is, sindri? Believe me, I know: "The lady of the mountains". She does exist whether you believe it or not. She speaks to me and I understand her. True love is like feeling a knive running your chest when one of her tears impact on icelandic soil, tears from the sorrow she has to go through because the effects of modern age slowly starts to make her feel estranged from her people. She is my everlasting muze, my undying source of inspiration. She was in the mind of all those people who cherished her. Also in those of the great poets like Jónas Hallgrímsson. He did write his 'ég bið að heilsa' for her, that is simply unquestionable. Bjarni Thorarensen saw her in a vision when he wrote 'Eldgamla Ísafold'. I may look like a hot-tempered lunatic, but that's not how she knows me. She will always support me, watch over me like a caring mother and the neologisms I coin are my ode to her. Timbur-Helgi Hermannsson

Recently, I have succeeded in impregnating the mind of a very talented naturally born Icelandic poet with my unearthly enthusiasm for coining Icelandic neologisms. Before this decade is over I'm sure he will make the neologistic work of the 20th century in Iceland look like a game of scrabble. Timbur-Helgi Hermannsson

This is unacceptable. Most Icelanders chose for an unconditional keep. The part about the symbolism is an inextricable part of High Icelandic. THE CHOICE WAS KEEP, NOT BEHEAD THE ARTICLE.

 * 1/ This wiki isn't should about Icelanders, and even they didn't vote unconditionnal keep. I quote from the discussion.:
 * "That Braekmans seems to behave irrationally at times and not corteously shouldn't deter from the actual content of the articles, once it has been cleaned up to remove obvious bias" User:Stalfur
 * "be to make the article as NPOV as we can, possibly removing crufty details such as some of the examples or the large pictures." User:DenisMoskowitz
 * "I dó believe the most propagandistic elements need to be removed from the article." User:IJzeren Jan
 * "Weak keep per majority of local Icelanders . Delete the stupid pictures please." USer:Pavel Vozenilek
 * "There is no reason to delete this. However, I suggest that Jozef Braekmans be barred from further editing of this page, whereas he is unable of taking a neutral stance with regards to this page - he will continue to edit and improve on this page indefinatly if allowed to do so. Likewise, this page should be cleaned up and made more verifiable. In this case verifiability is tough since the entire language was created by one man, however lengthy Usenet discussions on is.islenska should provide some level of verification," User:Spm
 * "Cut down to appropriate size and rewrite to reflect that this project is basically a word game played by a small group. Otherwise, weak delete." User:Palnatoke
 * Clear ? Now be so polite to register and edit and discuss as a registered user instead of anonymous POV edits --LimoWreck 09:46, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

I say the paragraph about High Icelandic symbolism is NO vanity. It is almost as important as the language itself. Also the following; Not a single neologism is mentioned. Even in the article about Icelandic neologisms are mentioned. What's the reaon of this. High Icelandic is both a language varinat and concept art on the subject of linguistic purism, and the symbols are an inextricable part of that. Your crusade against the subject already damaged enough Limowreck: the French, German and Swedish articles are deleted. It was a disappointment for you and migdejong that High Icelandic was known and discussed in the media, isn't it? The only reason of your crusade was rancune against my person and disapproval of the subject. Don't you think I'm a moron. Ik weet hoe de vork in de steel zit hoor vriendje!! Denk maar niet dat ik dit vergeet!
 * Sigh, again. I have no crusade at all against the subject; however, as far as I know, Wikipedia as an Encyclopedia, not a free webspace. It's not a platform to promote local football clubs, musical bands, or similarly, personnal projects. However, it IS a platform to give a neutral, balanced, encyclopedic, concise, objective overview of those clubs, bands or projects. Therefore, High Icelandic DOES deserve it's own article know, but it should still be a neutral view of the subject, not a one-sided story by it's creaters. You CAN however write a whole text on High Icelandic on WikiBooks] however, a sister project of Wikipedia, you are even encouraged to try creating a text or book over there. However WikiPedia should have some encyclopedic article ... --LimoWreck 13:25, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

Shifting
Ahoy. I think a few things have to be said regarding the conservative nature of this article after "NPOV" modifications by LimoWreck and others. That is to say, instead of modifying towards a neutral point of view from an overly positive one, the article has been shifted over to the other side of the spectrum leaving it decisively negative towards the language, viz. sentances in the liking to "[...] most of which have failed to gain acceptance by the general public and were in danger of being lost." I believe that the mission of Wikipedia is to report the truth in a neutral way, but that is not being done at the moment. Twice the article states that the language has no official standing, and downplays the media attention it has recieved. I shall make the appropriate changes, moving towards a less political and opinionated and more scientific view on the subject matter. I'm glad those ghastly pictures are gone though. Furthermore, I have been in e-mail contact with Jef Braekmans, and he agreed to discontinue all further editing of the article, which I expect him to comply with. Furthermore, Jef, please note that this is the English Wikipedia, not the Dutch one. Making empty threats in Dutch is not any better tolerated than threats of any nature in any language. Please be civil! --Smári McCarthy 12:02, 9 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Hmm, that "most of which have failed to gain acceptance by the general public and were in danger of being lost." sentence was added in before, before I made any edits.... should check the history how it got in there. I just re-added that unofficial part before I saw your comment here, sorry, it was just a section in the "history" of the language, showing it's current status, attention and activities... let's see how that could be reworded --LimoWreck 13:30, 9 March 2006 (UTC)
 * It seems that we're getting there. I noticed that the bit about media attention is repeated; I recommend removing it from the "one man project" section and moving it to the "praise" section entirely. I got an e-mail from Jef just a moment ago in which he said: Dear Smári, I'm very happy. It is OK like this. Best Regards, Jef. Although keeping Jef happy is in no way our purpose, it can't be a bad side effect. --Smári McCarthy 13:43, 9 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Oh, d*mn, I hadn't even noticed that new "praise" section either... well "praise" is a bit a strange word... perhaps "media" or so would cover it better. And agree, the details about media attention (including the ref's / notes I tried to add) should be moved over there... In the section about the evolution of project, one sentence mentioning the media attention should suffice indeed) --LimoWreck 13:48, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

symbolism
Omitting the part about High Icelanidic symbolism is beheading the article. The symbolism is as important as the language. High Icelandic is a both a language variant and concepta art on the subject of linguistic purism. This artform is based upon these four symbols. It's like writing an article about Paris without mentioning the eiffeltower. That's no neutrality! If that important paragraph about the symbolism is rejected I can't keep my promise to stop further editing. This is inacceptable!! Sindri Traustason is enjoying this extremely much. If he can hurt me he is all ears! He has certainly been having some intresting conversations with the crusaders Limowreck and Migdejong. Sindri Traustason is luitenant in the anti-icelandic forces of General Algjör Bjáni: a.bjani@complex.is, the prime mother-tongue hater of Iceland.

 * Jef. Stop it. You're not making any sense. Look at the revised version, in which I aimed at neutrality. And stop posting anonymously. Sign your edits by typing --~ at the end. Edit your preferences (the "my preferences" button at the top right when you're logged in) and put your right name in the appropriate field. --Smári McCarthy 12:32, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

Dear Smári. That's OK! Very good! But I think the crusaders Limowreck, Migdejong and Luitenant Sindri Traustason will remove it soon. Timbur-Helgi --~
 * Haha. You weren't supposed to include the "nowiki" tags. Just two dashes and four tildes. You can also click the third button from the right on the button bar at the top of the editor. --Smári McCarthy 12:52, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

Dear Smári, I'm a user now. And I'm on a new drug. My dopamine level was extremely low and then I get all kinds delusions. I've go the best of both worlds: The intelligence of my father and the nuttishness of my grand-mother. --Fronkrakki 13:56, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

Neutrality
Isn't it time to remove the "Neutrality disputed" tag from this article? The article has shrunk to proper proportions, and the original fanaticism of the author has visibly softented. Do we need an admin to remove the tag? If so, please do. Cheers Io 20:34, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

Removed NPOV tag
As it happens, regular users can remove tags. I removed the NPOV tag from this article. Shoot me or reinsert it if you must. :) And, to make it clear I am Io 20:38, 11 March 2006 (UTC), not Jozef Braekmans. Cheers Io 20:38, 11 March 2006 (UTC)
 * I doubt anyone will object to removing the tag now. The article has been totally rewritten. --Sindri 20:45, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

life-egg
"It is a familiar motif in Icelandic folklore, where one can destroy trolls, giants, etc., by finding where their 'life-egg'"

It is not unique to Icelandic folklore. Finding antagonist's life-egg in order to destroy it is the most popular motif in Russian folklore. Netrat (talk) 02:14, 17 January 2009 (UTC)

Sources dead
Most of the sources have died. That is one of the problems with using internet sites as sources. 85.178.190.250 (talk) 11:02, 20 May 2012 (UTC)
 * If they are references, they can stay whether they're dead or not. If they are in the external links section, dead links should be removed IMO. —IJzeren Jan Uszkiełtu?  19:01, 21 May 2012 (UTC)

That's right, I don't pay for the website anymore. I take my project with me. I don't care anymore. It was all one piece of crap. Jef Braekmans — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.82.96.237 (talk) 01:19, 18 June 2012 (UTC)

The whole thing is eery
'Ultrapurism'? Removing any possibly foreign origined words? The whole thing have a far-right crazy feel, honestly. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 184.163.21.122 (talk) 12:45, 4 October 2012 (UTC)

 * Good, sounds based. Supevan (talk) 14:44, 27 June 2022 (UTC)

It's just a private project, this has no place on Wikipedia. Of course there is actual linguistic purism in actual Iceland, this is covered at linguistic purism in Icelandic. This article was created by Braekmans aka Timburhelgi himself back in 2006 and as such falls under WP:VANITY. The thing saw some minor newspaper coverage in 2005/6 and has been forgotten since, even Braekman's own website is down by now, it now only survives on wikimedia servers. --dab (𒁳) 10:34, 18 July 2013 (UTC)

ah, I have just seen the author's note above, ''I don't care anymore. It was all one piece of crap. Jef Braekmans''. I seriously think there is no conceivable reason for keeping this stuff around any longer. --dab (𒁳) 10:35, 18 July 2013 (UTC)

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Cascade–Siskiyou National Monument

The Cascade–Siskiyou National Monument is a United States national monument that protects 114,000 acre of forest and grasslands at the junction of the Cascade Range and the Siskiyou Mountains in Southwestern Oregon and Northwestern California, United States. The monument is managed by the Bureau of Land Management as part of the National Landscape Conservation System. It was established in a presidential proclamation by President Bill Clinton on June 9, 2000 and expanded by President Barack Obama on January 12, 2017.

History
Native Americans are known from archaeological excavations to have inhabited the region for thousands of years. Nearly 100 dwelling and root-gathering sites belonging to the Modoc, Klamath, and Shasta tribes have been uncovered to date. By the 1880s, their lands were taken by white settlers, whose mining cabins still dot the region. Natural features in the monument include Pilot Rock, a volcanic neck or interior of an extinct volcano, similarly formed as Devils Tower in Wyoming, and the Soda Mountain Wilderness.

Monument boundaries
The Pacific Crest Trail runs through the monument area. There is a fire lookout tower on the top of Soda Mountain built in 1962 to replace the original 1933 structure. Although the top of the mountain is also the site of dozens of television and radio broadcast and relay dishes, the view from the fire lookout of the surrounding mountains is unobstructed. From the lookout, one can see Mount Shasta, Mount Ashland, Mount McLoughlin, as well as on clear days, the rim of Crater Lake.

The Cascade–Siskiyou National Monument land use plan has been the source of local and national controversy over multi-use planning for wilderness and roadless areas. The plan currently strives for a balance between managing rare natural habitat, recreational activities, and agricultural activities including cattle grazing and timber. Numerous private land inholdings remain within the boundaries of the Monument. The Southern Oregon Land Conservancy holds a conservation easement on a 1312 acre private property near Siskiyou Summit.

Expansion
In May 2015, 70 scientists endorsed the April 2011 Cascade–Siskiyou Scientific Report and the need for monument expansion bringing the total number of scientists speaking out on expansion to 85. Additionally, science-based expansion of the Cascade–Siskiyou National Monument is formally endorsed in writing by: The monument expansion is opposed by the Boards of Commissioners of Jackson County and Klamath County (both in Oregon); and the Siskiyou County Board of Supervisors (in California). A group of local people calling themselves the "No Monument Tribe" opposes the monument in its entirety, both the initial establishment and the expansion.
 * The Ashland Chamber of Commerce board (June 2015)
 * The Talent Chamber of Commerce board (July/August 2016)
 * The Ashland City Council (June 2015)
 * The Talent City Council (August 2016)
 * The Mayor of Ashland (March /July 2016)
 * The Mayor of Talent (August 2016)
 * Oregon State Representative Peter Buckley (July 2015)
 * Oregon State Senator Alan Bates (August 2015; deceased August 2016)
 * Private landowners accounting for over 14000 acre within the general scientists' recommended monument expansion area (2015 and 2016)

On January 12, 2017, President Barack Obama expanded the monument by 48000 acre. The expansion contains 5000 acre in Northern California, in addition to 43000 acre in Oregon.

Federal judges in Washington, DC and Oregon issued conflicting decisions in 2019 over the legality of the expansion into O&C Lands. In 2023 both the 9th and DC Circuit Courts of Appeals upheld the expanded national monument designation. The Supreme Court declined to take up the two decisions in 2024.

Flora and fauna
The Cascade–Siskiyou National Monument is the first U.S. national monument set aside solely for the preservation of biodiversity. It has one of the most diverse ecosystems found in the Cascade Range. Two hundred species of birds are known to exist in the monument including some threatened and endangered species. Amphibians found in the National Monument include the rough-skinned newt.

Cascade–Siskiyou National Monument is noted for its significant botanical diversity. The range of elevations and diversity of habitat types provides for a spectacular flora that includes many endemics to the immediate Siskiyou crest area, such as Green's mariposa lily (Calochortus greenei). The federally endangered Gentner's fritillary (Fritillaria gentneri) is known to occur in the monument.

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Canarium ovatum

Canarium ovatum, the pili (Central Bikol and Filipino: pili, ;), is a species of tropical tree belonging to the genus Canarium. It is one of approximately 600 species in the family Burseraceae. C. ovatum are native to the Philippines. They are commercially cultivated in the Philippines for their edible nuts and is believed to be indigenous to that country. The fruit and tree are often vulgarized with the umbrella term of "Java almond" which mixes multiple species of the same genus, Canarium.

Description
The C. ovatum tree is a symmetrically shaped evergreen, averaging 20 m tall with resinous wood and resistance to strong winds. It is dioecious, with flowers borne on cymose inflorescence at the leaf axils of young shoots. As in papaya and rambutan, functional hermaphrodites exist in C. ovatum. Pollination is by insects. Flowering is frequent and fruits ripen through a prolonged period of time. The ovary contains three locules, each with two ovules; most of the time only one ovule develops.

The fruit of C. ovatum is a drupe, 4 to 7 cm long, 2.3 to 3.8 cm in diameter, and weighs 15.7 to 45.7 g. The skin (exocarp) is smooth, thin, shiny, and turns purplish black when the fruit ripens; the pulp (mesocarp) is fibrous, fleshy, and greenish yellow in color, and the hard shell (endocarp) within protects a normally dicotyledonous embryo. The basal end of the shell (endocarp) is pointed and the apical end is more or less blunt; between the seed and the hard shell (endocarp) is a thin, brownish, fibrous seed coat developed from the inner layer of the endocarp. This thin coat usually adheres tightly to the shell and/or the seed. Much of the kernel weight is made up of the cotyledons, which are about 4.1–16.6% of the whole fruit; it is composed of approximately 8% carbohydrate, 11.5–13.9% protein, and 70% fat. Kernels from some trees may be bitter, fibrous or have a turpentine odor.

Distribution and habitat
C. ovatum's distribution range is the Philippines.

C. ovatum is a tropical tree preferring deep, fertile, well drained soil, warm temperatures, and well distributed rainfall. It cannot tolerate the slightest frost or low temperature. Refrigeration of seeds at 4 to 13 °C resulted in loss of viability after 5 days. Seed germination is highly recalcitrant, reduced from 98 to 19% after 12 weeks of storage at room temperature; seeds stored for more than 137 days did not germinate. Asexual propagations using marcotting, budding, and grafting were too inconsistent to be used in commercial production. Young shoots of C. ovatum were believed to have functional internal phloems, which rendered bark ringing ineffective as a way of building up carbohydrate levels in the wood. Success in marcottage may be cultivar-dependent. The production standard for a mature C. ovatum tree is between 100 and 150 kg of in-shell nut, with the harvest season from May to October and peaking between June and August. There are high variations in kernel qualities and production between seedling trees.

Most C. ovatum kernels tend to stick to the shell when fresh, but come off easily after being dried to 3–5% moisture (30 °C for 27 to 28 h). Shelled nuts, with a moisture content of 2.5–4.6%, can be stored in the shade for one year without deterioration of quality.

Cultivation and uses
In the Philippines, production centers are located in the Bicol region, provinces of Sorsogon, Albay, and Camarines Sur, southern Tagalog, and eastern Visayas. The species is considered a flagship commodity of the Bicol region, the primary location of the pili nut trade. There is almost no commercial planting of this crop; fruits are collected from natural stands in the mountains near these provinces. In 1977, the Philippines exported approximately 3.8 t of pili preparation to Guam and Australia.

The young shoots and the fruit pulp are edible. The shoots are used in salads, and the pulp is eaten after it is boiled and seasoned. Boiled pili pulp resembles the sweet potato in texture; it is oily (about 12%) and is considered to have food value similar to the avocado. Pulp oil can be extracted and used for cooking or as a substitute for cottonseed oil in the manufacture of soap and edible products. The stony shells are excellent as fuel or as porous, inert growth media for orchids and anthurium.

The tree's sap is also used for igniting fire, substituting for gasoline. Fresh saps were gathered from slashed tree trunk or shallow cuts, then gathered before it dries up completely.

The most important product from pili is the kernel. A testa (seed coat) is between the shell and the kernel. When raw, its flavor resembles that of roasted pumpkin seed, and when roasted, its nutty flavor and waxy texture make it similar to the pine nut. Research from the Institute of Plant Breeding, University of the Philippines Los Baños, describes pili nuts of high quality as large, round kernel, and a thin pulp and shell. The contents should have a white pulp, high in protein and oils with mild nutty flavor.

In the Philippines, pili is used in candies and brittle.

As "Java almond" tree
Often called "Java almond", Canarium ovatum's fruit can be found bunched with other species of the same genus. These can be: Canarium vulgare, Canarium indicum which are not cultivated in the Philippines. The nickname "Java almond" is a name casually given to the fruits of Canarium species members where their range includes maritime Southeast Asia, Papua New Guinea, and Northern Australia.

Although they are grown as ornamental trees in many areas of the Old World tropics of Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines, Indonesia and the Philippines harvest and use it commercially. However, the latter's natives were believed to be the first to cultivate the aforesaid nut by boiling the pulp to make them edible. It is also sold commercially in the United States of America under the Pili Hunters Brand.

In Indonesia and Malaysia, their "Java almond" is called kenari from Canarium vulgare and C. indicum trees (syn.: C. commune, C. amboinense).

In Indonesia, especially in Minahasa and Moluccas islands, the kernels are used for making cake, bobengka in Minahasan or bubengka in Maluku. Java almond kernel is also used in chocolate, ice cream, and baked goods. The largest buyers of pili nuts are in Hong Kong and Taiwan; the kernel is one of the major ingredients in one type of the famous Chinese festive desserts known as the "moon cake".

The kernel is composed of about 70% fat, 11.5–13.9% protein, and 8% carbohydrate. The light yellowish kernel oil is composed of about 44% oleic acid, 35% palmitic acid, 10% linoleic acid, and 10% stearic acid. The java almond kernal mineral content is highest in potassium, phosphorus, magnesium, and calcium (in that order). But high levels of phytic acid and tannic acid can prevent mineral absorption during digestion.

Propagation
The pili nut tree can be propagated by seed, marcotting, patch budding, cleft grafting, air layering, and inarching. Germination by seed takes about 30 to 80 days, and in about three to four years, the sapling can reach a juvenile height of about 2 meters. The trees are expected to start fruiting after 5 to 6 years from seedlings, reaching economic yield in the 10th year. Though propagation by seedlings is most common, asexual propagation is becoming preferred, for production of more female plants, removal of the juvenile period, and uniformity of the genetics, though to preserve genetic variability, seedlings are still created by sexual reproduction. Marcotting and air layering are the simplest of asexual propagation methods for pili, though success can vary. This issue comes from the branch unsuccessfully rooting after severing from the mother tree. Commercially, in the Philippines, cleft or wedge grafting with defoliated budsticks is used with rootstocks in large containers or directly in the field during the months between November and February, when the weather is cool and dry. This has an average success rate of 85%. Patch budding is found to be the most efficient for large-scale propagation work. Similarly to cleft or wedge grafting, the rootstocks are well watered and fertilized and the defoliated budwoods are cultivated from young, actively growing trees. This is also done in the months between November and February in the Philippines, having a success rate as high as 75–80%.

Future prospects
The immediate concern in C. ovatum production is the difficulty of propagation. The lack of an effective clonal propagation method not only hampers the collection of superior germplasm but also makes it almost impossible to conduct feasibility trials of this crop. C. ovatum cultivars such as 'Red', 'Albay', and 'Katutubo' were selected in the Philippines. The Department of Agriculture has been working to synthesize a tree that is commercially viable. The National Clonal Germplasm Repository at Hilo, USDA-ARS, has initiated studies of in vitro and vegetative propagation for the multiplication and long-term preservation of pili. A recently released pili nut tree cultivar in Hawaii, 'Poamoho', may further stimulate the interest in this crop. Besides the desirable production and quality attributes, its kernels separate easily from the hard shell without the need of prior drying (30 °C for 27 to 28 hours).

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Wikipedia:Peer review/Darryl White/archive1

Darryl White
I wrote this article recently and think it's pretty good. I'd be interested in others' comments. Note that I've deliberately not broken it up into sections as I feel it would disrupt the flow of the article, but see what you think.--The Brain of Morbius 00:27, 1 September 2005 (UTC)
 * It's pretty decent, but relies on a strong knowledge of the sport and includes some vernacular expressions. I suppose that is to be expected to some degree. "Desperate" is spelled incorrectly. There are a number of statements bordering on hyperbole. It says, for example, that "The Lions were thrashed". Does that mean 3,921 to 15 or some such score? You could be more specific. Generalizations such as "White's shellshocked teammates", "White was devastated", "an inspiration to other indigenous players", and "strict disciplinarian" could use quotes or references to back them up. Paragraph 4, sentence 3 is missing an "and". Is he married? Does he have children? Any family at all? Thanks. — RJH 15:02, 2 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the feedback, I'll consider your comments and see what I can do.--The Brain of Morbius 22:24, 2 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Can't see any instance of "Desperate" being spelt incorrectly, can you be more specific?--The Brain of Morbius 23:14, 2 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Sorry, my bad. Please ignore that spelling issue. Thanks. — RJH 19:28, 3 September 2005 (UTC)


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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Laptop class

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The result of the debate was delete. Woohookitty 10:10, 7 September 2005 (UTC)

Laptop class
short stub, does not explain itself at all clearly. No indication that this technique is in wide use, or that this term is notable. Delete. DES (talk) 00:29, 1 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Compound dictdef, delete on a laptop. --fvw *  00:42, September 1, 2005 (UTC)
 * delete no content DV8 2XL 00:52, 1 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete per above. Jaxl | talk 02:59, 1 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Weak delete, because I do think that the term is in use, to teach Information Technology to students in developing countries, with little or no facilities. If this article is not deleted, I vote for it to be stubbed.  -x42bn6 03:13, 1 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, bad dic def. - Mgm|(talk) 07:59, September 1, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete I have no idea how this could be expanded... Amren (talk)  16:42, 1 September 2005 (UTC)
 * delete, the use of projectors is hardly new. And laptops not much better.  It's really just a bad dic. def.  Dismas 17:19, 1 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete Pointless and can't be expanded.   JChamberlin 19:21, 1 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete  Journalist C./ Holla @ me!

 * Delete Intentionally disruptive addition by constant vandal. --!!!!
 * Delete; no real usable content. --Nlu 15:34, 6 September 2005 (UTC)
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User:Tomrex1

Hi! I'm Tom from Tucson, AZ, USA.

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User talk:Bunno14

Unless you'd like this account permanently banned as an apparent sockpuppet, I suggest the following reading material:

 * Sockpuppets
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I would further suggest that if you'd like to add info on this band, you are more than free to do so on your user page, not the main article space. - Lucky 6.9 00:33, 1 September 2005 (UTC)

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Welcome!

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Welcome and I hope you do contribute articles about the gfeneral rock scene or anythign you know somehting about. DES (talk) 13:51, 1 September 2005 (UTC)

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José dos Santos Ferreira

José dos Santos Ferreira, better known as Adé (28 July 1919, in Portuguese Macau – 24 March 1993, in Hong Kong), was a Macanese poet. He was a son of Portuguese father and a Cantonese mother. He was the last poet of distinction to write in Macanese (Patuá), the Portuguese-Cantonese creole.

Adé lived all his life in Macau and left behind a great body of work consisting of 18 books of poetry, prose, plays, operettas, and radio shows in Patua. Adé wrote, directed, and acted in his own productions.

Partial bibliography

 * Escandinávia, Região de Encantos Mil (1960).
 * Macau sa Assi (in patois) (1968).
 * Qui-nova chencho. Macau: Tipografia da Missão do Padroado (1974).
 * Papiá cristá di Macau: Epitome de gramática comparada e vocabulário : dialecto macaense. Macau: [s.n.] (1978).
 * Bilhar e Caridade (poetry) (1982)
 * Macau di tempo antigo: Poesia e prosa: dialecto macaense.  Macau: author's edition (1985).
 * Poéma di Macau (poetry, em patois)(1983)
 * 'Nhum Vêlo' (in patois) (1986)
 * Poéma na língu maquista (Poesia em papel-de-arroz). Macau:  Livros do Oriente (1992).  ISBN 972-9418-10-1

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Elizabeth Zarubina

Elizaveta Yulyevna Zarubina (Елизавета Юлиевна Зарубина; 1 January 1900 – 14 May 1987; Ester Yoelevna Rosentsveig (Эстер Иоэльевна Розенцвейг)) was a Soviet spy, podpolkovnik of the MGB. She was known as Elizabeth Zubilin while serving in the United States. Another alias was Elizaveta Gorskaya.

Early years
Born in Rzhavyntsi, in the Khotinsky Uyezd of the Bessarabia Governorate of the Russian Empire (present-day Ukraine) to Jewish parents, Yoel and Ita Rosentsveig. She studied history and philology at universities in Romania, France, and Austria, and spoke in English, French, German, Romanian, Russian and Yiddish.

Career
Zarubina was one of the most successful agent recruiters, establishing her own illegal network of Jewish migrants from Poland, and recruiting one of Leó Szilárd's secretaries, who provided technical data. She was the wife of Soviet Intelligence Resident Vasily Zarubin. She was an active participant in the revolutionary movement in Bessarabia after World War I. In 1919, she became a member of the Komsomol of Bessarabia. She became part of the Soviet intelligence system in 1924.

In 1923, she joined the ranks of the Austrian Communist Party. From 1924 through 1925, she worked in the embassy and trade delegation of the USSR. From 1925 to 1928, she worked in the Vienna Rezidentura.

In 1929, Zarubina and Yakov Blumkin were posted as illegals in Turkey, where he sold Hasidic manuscripts from the Central Library in Moscow to support illegal operations in Turkey and the Middle East. Soviet intelligence officer Pavel Sudoplatov, who later organized Leon Trotsky's murder, claims in his autobiography that Blumkin gave part of the sale proceeds to Trotsky, who was then in exile in Turkey.

According to his account, Zarubina had an affair with Blumkin and that was the reason why he was recalled to Moscow and executed. Shortly thereafter (1929), she married Vasily Zarubin, and they traveled and spied together for many years, using the cover of a Czechoslovakian and USA business couple for work in Denmark, Germany, France and the United States.

In the USA
In 1941, the Zarubins were sent to the US, where Vasily was to serve as the first secretary to the Embassy of the Soviet Union, while Zarubina was responsible for collecting information about the development of nuclear weapons in the US, as well as to recruit engineers working close to the Manhattan Project as their agents.

In August 1942, Paul Massing notified NKVD that his friend, Franz Neumann, had recently joined the Office of Strategic Services (OSS). Massing reported to Moscow that Neumann had told him he had produced a study of the Soviet economy for the OSS's Russian Department.

In April 1943, Zarubina met with Neumann, "(Zarubina) met for the first time with (Neumann) who promised to pass us all the data coming through his hands. According to (Neumann), he is getting many copies of reports from American ambassadors ... and has access to materials referring to Germany."

According to Jerrold and Leona Schecter, Zarubina was "one of the most successful operators in stealing atomic bomb secrets from the United States". Together with Gregory Kheifetz (the Soviet vice-consul in San Francisco from 1941 to 1944), she supposedly set up a social ring of young communist physicists around Robert Oppenheimer at Los Alamos to transmit nuclear weapon plans to Moscow, and befriended him in order to achieve her goal.

In 1944, the NKVD agent Vassili Mironov accused the Zarubins of being in secret contact with the FBI. In August 1944, Zarubina and her husband were recalled to Moscow to be investigated. It was found that the accusations from Mironov were false; he was later arrested for slander. Later that same year, she was awarded the Order of the Red Star, after recruiting a total of 22 agents in her network.

Death
Zarubina died in a traffic accident in Moscow on 14 May 1987, aged 87. She was buried at Kalitnikovsky Cemetery.

In Film
Zarubina's life as a spy is told in the 2015 video, "Cold War Secrets: Stealing the Atomic Bomb", directed by Gerard Puechmorel.

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Bartang

The Bartang (Russian and Tajik: Бартанг) is a river of Central Asia, and is a tributary to the Panj which itself is a tributary to the Amu Darya. In its upper reaches, it is also known as the Murghab and Aksu; it flows through the Wakhan in Afghanistan, then through the Rushon District of the Gorno-Badakhshan autonomous region, Tajikistan. The river is 528 km long (133 km excluding Aksu and Murghab) and has a basin area of 24700 km2.

Course
The river rises in Chaqmaqtin Lake in the Little Pamir in the Wakhan, where it is known as the Aksu or Oksu ("white water"). It then flows east and crosses into Tajikistan, then turns north to the city of Murghab passing the village of Shaimak.

Below the city of Murghab the river is called the Murghab (Мурғоб, Murghob meaning "Bird River", Мургаб - Murgab). . A few kilometres below Murghab is Sarez Lake, formed by a landslide during the 1911 Sarez earthquake, which created the world's highest natural dam, Usoi Dam. The river is joined by the Ghudara river just below Sarez Lake. From the junction the river is known as the Bartang. The Bartang traces a route down the western Pamir Mountains, flowing 132 km before becoming a tributary to the Panj at the border of Tajikistan and Afghanistan. Much of the river lies within the boundaries of Tajik National Park. The Bartang is fed mostly by glacier and snow melt. It is the only river to cross Gorno-Badakhshan from east to west.

The Bartang enters the Panj just upstream from the town of Rushon.

Access
'Bartang' means 'narrow passage'. Before the 20th century travel required fords, ladders and platforms set into the sides of cliffs. There were three paths, one along the river, usable only in autumn when the water was low, the second along the cliffs and the third, much longer, where pack animals could be led along the mountain ridges. The modern road can become impassable beyond Basid due to rockslides. Above Basid is the large village of Roshov. Above that the Ghudara River and the Murghab Rivers join to form the Bartang. The road follows the Ghudata northeast to its junction with the Tanimas which leads west to the Fedchenko Glacier. A road of sorts continues east to lake Karakul.

The Murghab is generally not passable except as an adventure. There is a dirt road for the last 37 km to Murghab town. Above Murghab a jeep road, of decreasing quality, follows the river southeast to Tokhtamish and Shaimak.

Sarez Lake
On 18 February 1911, the 1911 Sarez earthquake, estimated at 7.4 on the Richter magnitude scale, caused a large landslide which completely blocked the flow of the Murghab and buried a local village. The landslide, estimated at two cubic kilometers of rock, formed a natural dam called the Usoi Dam. Over the following months the Murghab filled the space behind the Usoi to form Sarez Lake, which now fills about 60 kilometers in length of the Murghab river valley and contains 17 cubic kilometers of water. Geologists believe that the dam may be unstable and could collapse during a future strong earthquake, either from structural failure of the earthen dam itself or liquefaction of the soil & rock debris making up the dam. The Usoi Dam wall survived a localised 7.2 magnitude earthquake, the 2015 Tajikistan earthquake, on 7 December 2015 with no visible signs of deterioration.

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Queanbeyan River

The Queanbeyan River, a perennial stream that is part of the Molonglo catchment within the Murray–Darling basin, is located in the Monaro and Capital Country regions of New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory, in Australia. The river is 104 km in length with a catchment area of 96000 ha. The Queanbeyan River and the Cotter River meet the potable water supply needs of the Canberra and Queanbeyan region and whose water quality is specifically protected under Federal legislation.

It is believed that the local Aboriginal Ngarigo people used a word that sounded like queanbeyan to describe the river, said to mean "clearwater".

River course
The headwaters of the Queanbeyan River rise 70 km east-southeast of Queanbeyan and about 40 km northeast of the township of Bredbo, near the village of Jerangle. Fourteen tributaries upstream of the Googong Dam contribute to the river flow including the Burra, Urialla, Tinderry, Ballinafad, Groggy, Woolpack, Sherlock, Lyons, Towneys and Mile Creeks. The major river crossings above Googong Dam are the Boolboolma causeway on the Tinderry Road and a road bridge on the Captain's Flat-Jerangle Road.

Once inside the city precinct of Queanbeyan, the river is crossed by several bridges, including the Canberra-Goulburn railway, Morisset Street bridge, the Queens Bridge on Monaro Street (which becomes Bungendore Road or Kings Highway), and by a pedestrian footbridge near Isabella Street in East Queanbeyan. Queens Bridge was opened by Wal Fife MP, Minister for Transport and Highways on 21 July 1975, according to a plaque on the bridge. The Queanbeyan River meets the Molonglo River at a confluence located in Oaks Estate, within the boundary of the Australian Capital Territory. The river descends 697 m over its 104 km course. The river's catchment area is 920 km2, more than double that of the Cotter River.

Damming
The Queanbeyan Weir was constructed originally in 1901-2 which provided a pool in the Queanbeyan River near the centre of the town for the town's water supply. It is now a place for town beautification with several parks located along the river, such as Blundell Park, Queen Elizabeth Park, and Ray Morton Park. The weir also provides for minor irrigation requirements. A buttressed concrete gravity wall which was 58 m long, raised an extra 1 m to the height of 4 m in 1951–1952. The weir has had serious impacts on native fish migration in the Queanbeyan River.

Googong Dam
The Googong Dam is located 5 km upstream of the town of Queanbeyan. The dam was completed in 1979 and has a maximum carrying capacity of 124500 ML. The Commonwealth Government owns the dam, which is operated by ACTEW Corporation, the water utility provider, that is an ACT government-owned corporation. ACTEW also manages the dam foreshores. Lower flows in the river downstream of the dam since its construction, together with below average rainfall for the past decade, have modified the river channel and led to an increase in colonisation by willows and river plants which enjoy low flows. Management of the river includes eradication of these weeds.

History
The Queanbeyan region is the traditional home of the Ngunnawal and the Ngarigo peoples. The first Europeans visitors to the area were led by Charles Throsby. While searching for the Murrumbidgee River in 1820, his party followed the course of the Queanbeyan River into a valley at the eastern end of the Limestone Plains near present-day Canberra.

The Queanbeyan River was the main water supply for the towns of Queanbeyan and during its early history it was an integral element to its economy. Wool scouring (cleaning) was carried out in the river near presentday Oaks Estate, formerly a part of Queanbeyan.

Flooding
The first significant flood after European settlement of the site of Queanbeyan City was in 1851: others followed twice in 1852, twice in 1861, twice in 1870, 1891, 1910, 1922, 1925, 1952, 1974, 1975 and 1976. A timeline compiled by a member of the Queanbeyan and District Historical Museum Society gives similar dates, extending to 2012. It is yet to be updated to record another 6-metre (19.7 feet) flood on 6 June 2016.

During the 1976 flood the half completed Googong Dam was at risk of collapse under the weight of water behind it. In this eventuality low-lying parts of Queanbeyan and Canberra would have been inundated. The Queanbeyan Cemetery was flooded, with scores of bodies washed downstream into Lake Burley Griffin.

In December 2010 the Queanbeyan River peaked at 8.4 m and broke its banks, flooding the Queanbeyan Riverside tourist park. All schools in the area were closed and some local schools were used as shelter for evacuated residents of around 100 houses and businesses. Following extensive rains in the catchment, in March 2012 there were flooding alerts, however the river did not breach its banks.

Fishing
The Queanbeyan River was renowned as a beautiful river abounding in native Murray Cod, which once extended to the vicinity of Googong Dam, and native Macquarie perch, which extended to at least the headwaters of Googong Dam. Due to this abundance of native fish, the Queanbeyan River, along with the Molonglo River, was often known as the "Fish River" in the early days of settlement. Sometimes the Queanbeyan River was further distinguished by being called the "South Fish River". On more than one occasion in the late 19th and early 20th centuries floods deposited live Murray Cod in the main streets of Queanbeyan. A variety of ills including introduction of exotic fish such as trout, overfishing, willow encroachment, siltation, and weirs blocking migration saw native fish populations in the Queanbeyan River close to extinction by the time Googong Dam was built.

Water quality
Under the, the Government of New South Wales guaranteed the Australian Capital Territory access to resources including water by protecting and not polluting the waters of the Queanbeyan River.

The condition of the river as a native habitat below Googong Dam has been seen as unhealthy in recent years by the Queanbeyan City Council, with the river being overrun with carp and reeds. The Queanbeyan Council has put in place a resource development scheme to clean out the river, including a 'catch a carp' competition where the winners won $500 or fishing gear.

European carp have not penetrated the river above Googong Dam, providing an excellent trout and native fish catchery in both the dam and the river upstream. Carp are present the entire length of the river, but in small quantities. Since construction of Googong Dam in 1979, the endangered Macquarie perch has been very occasionally reported in the reservoir, and rarely beyond the first waterfall upstream of Googong Dam, despite the introduction of 57 Macquarie perch in the 1980s.

Other wildlife
The Queanbeyan River has a range of native wildlife ranging from wombats and kangaroos which are often found grazing on the banks to the not commonly seen platypus. The area surrounding the Queanbeyan River supports a large population of Eastern grey Kangaroos. There is also a small number of platypuses.

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mystic Fox

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The result of the debate was delete. Woohookitty 10:11, 7 September 2005 (UTC)

Mystic Fox
Delete: Looks like a ad plug. Karmafist 00:35, 1 September 2005 (UTC)
 * delete policy violation on linkpage articles DV8 2XL 00:53, 1 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete Massively. Hamster Sandwich 01:41, 1 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete; non-notable fansite. Jaxl | talk 02:56, 1 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete; nn fansite, Alexa rank: 1,794,543. Maybe it can be included as a link on Miles "Tails" Prower which doesn't seem to have any external links (or sources). Was Miles broken out of a bigger Sonic article? - Mgm|(talk) 08:02, September 1, 2005 (UTC)
 *  Speedy delete— nonnotable.  Journalist C./ Holla @ me!
 * Delete Non-notable. Amren (talk) 16:43, 1 September 2005 (UTC)
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User:Kumar agent

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 * Name: R.Kumar
 * Age: 296 (a ripe old age)
 * Gender: Male
 * Favourite food: Chocolate]]

My contributions so far :

 * New Zealand dollar
 * I provided info on the Proposal to Modernise the New Zealand Coinage

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Talk:José dos Santos Ferreira

Untitled
The content is based on the inscription found on a statue of Jose dos Santos Ferreira in Macau. As such I believe it is in the public domain.

Deletion
I have deleted the proposal for deletion tag placed on this page by User:Oo7565.

I admit that the article is skimpy and does not give sufficient sources. These are both glaring faults with the article.

However, the grounds given for deletion are WP:Bio -- that is, lack of notability -- not lack of sources or poor writing.

José dos Santos Ferreira may not be well known in the halls of Hollywood or other bastions of Western entertainment or culture. To say that he is "non-notable", however, is quite clearly a misapprehension. The man has a statue erected to him in a public place in the Macau SAR. It is difficult to see that there is a prima facie case for deletion of a biography when the person in question is notable enough to have a statue erected in a public place. Ade may have been writing in a language that is not very well known and is probably dying, in a territory that does not make a very big splash in the Western world. He is, however, an important symbol of a cultural tradition in Macau, and for those who care about Macau's culture and history, his memory is worth keeping alive.

It is for this reason that I have deleted the proposal for deletion tag.

Bathrobe (talk) 06:00, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

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BioEssays

BioEssays is a monthly peer-reviewed review journal covering molecular and cellular biology. Areas covered include genetics, genomics, epigenetics, evolution, developmental biology, neuroscience, human biology, physiology, systems biology, and plant biology. The journal also publishes commentaries on aspects of science communication, education, policy, and current affairs.

History
The journal was established in December 1984 by founding editor-in-chief William J. Whelan under the auspices of the International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. Adam S. Wilkins became editor in January 1990. Originally published by ICSU Press and The Company of Biologists, BioEssays has been published by John Wiley & Sons since January 1998. Andrew Moore became editor-in-chief in August 2008. Kerstin Brachhold is current editor-in-chief.

Abstracting and indexing
The journal is abstracted and indexed in: • AGRICOLA

• Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts

• BIOBASE

• BIOSIS

• CAB Abstracts

• Cambridge Scientific Abstracts

• Chemical Abstracts Service

• CSA Biological Sciences Database

• Current Awareness in Biological Sciences

• Current Contents (Life Sciences)

• EMBASE/Excerpta Medica

• Institute for Scientific Information

• MEDLINE/Index Medicus

• Scopus

• The Zoological Record According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2012 impact factor of 5.423.

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Hovertravel

Hovertravel is a ferry company operating from Southsea, Portsmouth to Ryde, Isle of Wight, UK. It is the largest passenger hovercraft company currently operating in the world since Hoverspeed stopped using its craft in favour of catamarans and subsequently ceased all ferry operations in 2005.

Hovertravel is now the world's oldest hovercraft operator, and this service is believed to be unique in western Europe. Although Hovertravel has claimed that it is the world's only commercial passenger hovercraft service, there is a regular winter-only operator in Estonia. The operator's principal service operates between Southsea Common on the English mainland and Ryde Transport Interchange on the Isle of Wight : the crossing time of less than 10 minutes makes it the fastest route across The Solent from land to land. This service commenced operations in 1965, Hovertravel currently operates two 12000TD hovercraft on a single route between Ryde and Southsea. Additionally, Hovertravel has frequently operated other routes throughout the United Kingdom, typically as charter services.

History
During the late 1950s and early 1960s, British inventor Sir Christopher Cockerell had, in cooperation with British aerospace manufacturer Saunders-Roe, developed a pioneering new form of transportation, embodied in the form of the experimental SR.N1 vehicle, which became widely known as the hovercraft. British manufacturer Saunders-Roe proceeded with work on various hovercraft designs, successfully developing multiple commercially viable vehicles in the mid-1960s. These included the SR.N4, a large cross-Channel ferry capable of seating up to 418 passengers along with 60 cars, and the SR.N5, the first commercially-active hovercraft.

Hovertravel first commenced operations during July 1965, initially leasing a pair of SR.N6 hovercraft, a stretched model of the SR.N5 capable of seating up to 38 passengers, from the British Hovercraft Corporation (BHC). An initial service between Ryde, Southsea and Stokes Bay, Gosport, was established. At its onset, it was planned to run a seasonal summer service to provide a unique experience orientated towards tourists visiting the region; despite this intention, a high level of regular travellers and commuters used the service to the extent that a year-round service became viable.

Early on, Hovertravel faced direct competition from another hovercraft operator, the British Rail-owned Seaspeed with its rival Cowes-Southampton route. Eventually, Hovertravel took over running of the route on behalf of Seaspeed; however, in 1980, the decision was taken to discontinue the Cowes-Southampton service due to rising costs and increased competition from Red Funnel's hydrofoils, instead concentrating its resources on the Ryde-Southsea service, which was viewed as being more viable.

In addition to its scheduled services, Hovertravel was also quick to enter the charter market. Its hovercraft proved to be of particular value to hydrocarbon exploration and seismographic surveys, which would see Hovertravel craft deployed to barren deserts, frozen arctic conditions, and previously unexplored areas of the world. During 1968, one such expedition by a single SR.N6 successfully traversed the perilous Orinoco river during an exploratory mission deep into the Amazon rainforest. While the SR.N6 had helped to prove the value of hovercraft, it was not without its flaws; due to its dependency on aviation-derived technologies, Hovertravel's fleet became increasingly expensive to maintain over time, while its high noise output was not an attractive feature either.

As a result of high oil prices following the 1973 oil crisis and the 1979 energy crisis, the economics of the first generation of commercial hovercraft was badly hit, undermining operators' profitability and provoking customer requests for vehicles with greater fuel efficiency. The BHC achieved several advances throughout the 1970s, improving its skirt technology to increase durability and require less power, while propulsion changes helped to drive down operating costs and thereby improve the hovercraft's commercial viability. While early craft had been powered by gas turbine engines, which were frequently similar to the turboshaft engines used on helicopters; advances in diesel engines enabled their application to a new generation of hovercraft. Hovertravel elected to procure the newly developed British Hovercraft Corporation AP1-88, a medium-size diesel-powered hovercraft.

Prior to the delivery of Hovertravel's first AP1-88 hovercraft in 1983, extensive trials were performed of the vehicle to evaluate it. It was found to be considerably more economic to operate and to purchase, costing half the price of the older SR.N6 in both respects. The quieter and more economical AP1-88 was credited by Hovertravel as having revitalised the industry; the type soon entirely replaced the SR.N6 and form the bulk of the company's hovercraft fleet into the 21st century.

By the turn of the century, Hovertravel was reportedly transporting almost 1 million passengers per year across its fleet, while its services were sometimes running at an interval of every 15 minutes at particularly busy points of the day. In order to cope of demand, the company sought a suitable replacement for its aging AP1-88s. While a single BHT-130 hovercraft was operated for four years, it proved to be un-economical for on the relatively short Isle of Wight route, being better suited to longer routes, such as around Edinburgh. Thus, another type of hovercraft was sought to serve the Isle of Wight service.

Hovertravel's close relationship with hovercraft manufacturer Griffon Hoverwork has facilitated its preferences and requirements to shape the development of new hovercraft. During 2010s, while defining what would become the 12000TD hovercraft, Griffon Hoverwork drew on passenger-orientated analysis supplied by Hovertravel. Hovercraft would later acquire this vehicle, on which the passenger experience was enhanced over earlier vehicles in multiple ways; such enhancements included the incorporation of noise-minimisation measures, increased external visibility, and accessibility accommodations. Production of this new twin-diesel engine hovercraft, designated 12000TD commenced in 2015 with deliveries starting during the following year. The type has been hailed as Hovertravel's quietest and most economically viable hovercraft to date.

During the COVID-19 pandemic two of the company's hovercraft were modified to take stretchers and a temporary landing point was opened in Southampton to allow patients to be transferred to its hospital.

Services
For several decades, Hovertravel had operated a hovercraft ferry route between the mainland of the United Kingdom (UK) from Southsea across the Solent to Ryde on the Isle of Wight. During low tide, the hovercraft travels over sand flat at a distance of a mile to reach Ryde's hover port. By 2008, this service was the last regular route served by hovercraft anywhere in the UK. That same year, Southsea Terminal was refurbished to extend its lifetime and improve its facilities; alterations included a new wall separating the hoverport and the esplanade, as well as new lighting, toilet blocks, and a clean up of the site.

During October 2017, both of the Griffon Hoverwork 12000TD hovercraft were temporarily taken out of service due to several technical and reliability issues, including instances of engine failure. A pair of AP1-88s were taken out of reserve to operate the service in their place. The 12000TD returned to regular service three weeks later.

Hovertravel has occasionally been chartered to operate temporary hovercraft services across the Firth of Tay between Carnoustie and St Andrews, typically in connection with major golf tournaments, demand being amplified by insufficient hotel accommodation available at Carnoustie. Additionally, between 16 July and 28 July 2007, the Solent Express was chartered to operate an experimental service across the Firth of Forth (marketed as "Forthfast") between Portobello, Edinburgh, and Kirkcaldy in conjunction with Scottish transport firm Stagecoach Group.

1972 accident
On 4 March 1972, Hovertravel's SR-N6 012 capsized off Southsea, with a loss of five lives, including a single missing person who was presumed drowned. The craft had been en route from Ryde to Southsea with 26 people on board, including the crew; it had been about a quarter of a mile (400 metres) offshore when it was hit by an unusually large wave, causing the vehicle to capsize. All visible survivors were rescued from the sea, while the hovercraft itself was towed ashore at Southsea. The captain of the SR.N6 was praised for his prompt efforts to rescue the people on board. This incident was the world's first fatal accident involving a commercially operated hovercraft, and the first fatal accident involving a hovercraft in the United Kingdom.

Fleet
Presently, Hovertravel operates a pair of 12000TDs, produced by sister company Griffon Hoverwork, called Solent Flyer and Island Flyer. Each craft is outfitted with 78 seats, access to the passenger cabin is provided via two doorways located on the bow of the vehicle. The pilot operates the craft from a central wheelhouse. Powered by a pair of diesel engines, the 12000TD can travel at speeds of up to 40 knots while hovering around 1.5 metres above the surface.

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I am wondering about the "Notes" section- the information seems strange. Humboldt penguins are similar to a lot of amphibians? If the idea they were going for was to emphasizeth penguins' swimming ability, then that could just be stated. The reference to amphibians is unclear and incorrect. hello me name is shagy

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