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The Dust Bowl was a period of severe dust storms that greatly damaged the ecology and agriculture of the American and Canadian prairies during the 1930s. Drought and a failure to apply dryland farming methods to prevent wind erosion caused the phenomenon. The drought came in three waves, 1934, 1936, and 1939–1940, but some regions of the high plains experienced drought conditions for as many as eight years. This black-and-white photograph, captioned "Broke, baby sick, and car trouble!", was taken by the American photographer Dorothea Lange in 1937 and depicts the jalopy of a Missouri migrant family of five on U.S. Route 99 near Tracy, California.Photograph credit: Dorothea Lange; restored by Adam Cuerden
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| Uncanny Tales was a Canadian science fiction pulp magazine edited by Melvin R. Colby that ran from November 1940 to September 1943. It was created in response to the wartime reduction of imports on British and American science-fiction pulp magazines. Initially it contained stories only from Canadian authors, with much of its contents supplied by Thomas P. Kelley, but within a few issues Colby began to obtain reprint rights to American stories from Donald A. Wollheim and Sam Moskowitz. Moskowitz reported that he found out via an acquaintance of Wollheim's that Colby had been persuaded by Wollheim to stop buying Moskowitz's submissions. The first issue was digest-sized, and was printed in green ink. For the first four issues the format remained unchanged, and almost all the stories were by Kelley or other Canadian writers. Paper shortages forced the magazine to shut down after less than three years. It is now extremely difficult to find printed copies. (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) |