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El Tatio is a geothermal field with many geysers located in the Andes Mountains of northern Chile at 4,320 metres (14,170 ft) above mean sea level. It is the third-largest geyser field in the world and the largest in the Southern Hemisphere. The geothermal field has many geysers, hot springs, and associated sinter deposits. These hot springs eventually form the Rio Salado, a major tributary of the Rio Loa, and are a major source of arsenic pollution in the river. The vents are sites of populations of extremophile microorganisms such as hyperthermophiles, and El Tatio has been studied as an analogue for the early Earth and possible past life on Mars.Photograph credit: Diego Delso
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 Margaret Sanger (September 14, 1879 – September 6, 1966) was an American birth control activist, sex educator, and nurse. She opened the first birth control clinic in the United States, founded Planned Parenthood, and was instrumental in the development of the first birth control pill. She was an important first-wave feminist and believed that women should be able to decide if and when to have children. Sanger campaigned for the legalization of contraceptives by giving speeches, writing books, and breaking laws – leading to eight arrests. She endorsed both the Malthusianism and eugenics movements, believing that they would generate support for birth control. She established a network of dozens of birth control clinics, which provided services to hundreds of thousands of patients. She discouraged abortion, and her clinics never offered abortion services during her lifetime. Her activism led to the Griswold v. Connecticut decision, which legalized contraception. (Full article...)
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 | On 24 February 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Sri Lanka Eye Donation Society, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the Sri Lanka Eye Donation Society has donated over 60,000 corneas for transplantation in 57 countries, including those of the late President of Sri Lanka, J. R. Jayewardene? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Sri Lanka Eye Donation Society. |
| On 31 March 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Arthur C. Clarke Institute for Modern Technologies, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Arthur C. Clarke Institute for Modern Technologies is the home to the largest optical telescope in Sri Lanka? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Arthur C. Clarke Institute for Modern Technologies. |
| On 21 April 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article 1989 Temple of the Tooth attack, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Temple of the Tooth, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Sri Lanka that houses the relic of the tooth of the Buddha, was attacked twice; first in 1989 and then in 1998? |
| On 21 April 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article 1998 Temple of the Tooth attack, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Temple of the Tooth, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Sri Lanka that houses the relic of the tooth of the Buddha, was attacked twice; first in 1989 and then in 1998? |
| On 18 May 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Sunday Observer (Sri Lanka), which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the Government Gazette (1802) and Sunday Observer (1834) are the oldest newspapers in Sri Lanka? |
| On 18 May 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article The Sri Lanka Gazette, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the Government Gazette (1802) and Sunday Observer (1834) are the oldest newspapers in Sri Lanka? |
| On 26 May 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Uthayan, which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that Uthayan is the only newspaper in Jaffna which did not cease publication during the Sri Lankan Civil War, amid numerous attacks and threats? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Uthayan. |
| On 29 May 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Angampora, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Angampora (pictured), a martial art native to Sri Lanka which incorporates pressure point attacks, was banned by the British who gained control of the island in the early 19th century? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Angampora. |
| On 5 August 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Ridi Viharaya, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Ridi Viharaya (pictured), a Buddhist cave temple in Sri Lanka, was built by Dutthagamani of Anuradhapura in gratitude that the cave's silver helped him achieve one of his dreams? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Ridi Viharaya. |
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| For your thorough and highly researched, as well as neutral, additions to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam article and LTTE and civil war spin offs. You are a valued and limited member of WikiProject Sri Lanka and I hope you continue for a long time to come. :) Blackknight12 (talk) 09:34, 12 August 2011 (UTC) | ||
| this WikiAward was given to Astronomyinertia by Blackknight12 (talk) on 09:34, 12 August 2011 (UTC) |
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| Thanks for collaborating and promoting the article List of international cricket centuries by Kumar Sangakkara to a FL. Absolutely brilliant work. Dipankan (Have a chat?) 05:59, 7 July 2012 (UTC) |
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| Thank you for the awesome article Ridi Viharaya! Zanhe (talk) 17:52, 3 August 2012 (UTC) |