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==Globie & Harlem Globetrotters==
==Globie & Harlem Globetrotters==
'''''Wikipedians are invited to help expand on this project idea.''''' [[User talk:PoizonMyst|Discussion]].<br>
'''''Wikipedians are invited to help expand on this project idea.
For creation of a main article: [[Globie]]<br/>
And inclusion of new info for article: [[Harlem Globetrotters]]<br/>
'''''Notes/to do:''''' <del>Fix infobox (help at [[Template:Infobox]])</del> possibly even create the Infobox "Template:Infobox Basketball club Mascot". Include more images (help at [[Wikipedia:Images]]) and info sourced from external links. <del>Find <nowiki><ref></nowiki> syntax and add citations.</del> Check out individual articles from [[List of mascots]] for further inspirations.


Please go to the article sandbox at [[User:PoizonMyst/Globie]]
===Draft Article Text===
{{Infobox
| name =Basketball Mascot
| above =Globie
| abovestyle = background:Navy;color:Red;
| image =[[File:Harlem_Globetrotters_mascot_Globie_02.jpg|200px|alt=Globie with fans in Salzburg (March 29, 2007)]]
| caption =Globie with fans in [[Salzburg]] (March 29, 2007)<br/><br/>
| label5 =Team
| data5 =Harlem Globetrotters
| label10 =Description
| data10 =Person with a globe of the Earth for a head
| label15 =First Seen
| data15 =1993
| label30 =Website
| data30 =[http://www.harlemglobetrotters.com/team/globie/ Official Website]
}}

'''Globie''' has been the official [[mascot]] of the [[Harlem Globetrotters]] [[Exhibition_game|exhibition]] [[basketball]] team since 1993. The Globetrotters website states his birthday as April 22nd, recognised internationally as [[Earth Day]].<ref name="Bio">[http://www.harlemglobetrotters.com/team/globie/ Globie bio at Harlem Globetrotters Website]</ref> He is a humanoid figure dressed in the team colors of red, white and blue, with a globe of the Earth as a head.

====Variations====
Big G, Little G, and Mini G are Globie's "posse" and fellow mascots for the Harlem Globetrotters.<ref name="Bio" />

====Career====
Globie was nominated for the [[Mascot Hall of Fame]]'s "Golden Silly String Award" in August 2008. His opponents in the professional division were [[Billy the Marlin]] ([[Florida Marlins]]), [[Hugo_(mascot)|Hugo]] ([[New Orleans Hornets]]), [[Rocky_(mascot)|Rocky the Mountain Lion]] ([[Denver Nuggets]]), and [[Slider_(mascot)|Slider]] ([[Cleveland Indians]]).<ref name="mhof">[http://www.mascothalloffame.com/virtual/ballot Mascot Hall of Fame - 2008 Silly String Award Candidates]</ref> Inductee positions were ultimately awarded to Rocky and Slider.<ref name="mhof inductees">[http://www.mascothalloffame.com/virtual/hall/ Mascot Hall of Fame - Inductees]</ref>

====References====
{{Reflist}}

===External resource links===
*[http://www.harlemglobetrotters.com/team/globie/ Globie team member page at Harlem Globetrooters Website]
*[http://globetrotters.wikia.com/wiki/Globie Globie at Harlem Globetrotters Wiki]
*[http://twitter.com/globies Globies - Harlem Globetrotters Twitter account]
*[http://bhof.squarespace.com/news/2009/8/7/air-ball-harlem-globetrotters-chute-their-way-back-to-hall-o.html Naismith Memorial: Basketball Hall of Fame - Globie presents Hall with ball from Space]
*[http://www.walkaround.com/costumes/custom/cat/other/photo/223 Big G at WalkAround Mascots]


==Cannabis in Australia==
==Cannabis in Australia==
'''''Wikipedians are invited to help expand on this artcle idea.''''' [[User talk:PoizonMyst|Discussion]].<br>
'''''Wikipedians are invited to help expand on this artcle idea.''''' [[User talk:PoizonMyst|Discussion]].<br>
[[Cannabis in Australia]] has now been created, but there may be additional information available to expand on the article.


Please go to my sandbox for this article at [[User:PoizonMyst/Cannabis_in_Australia]]
This section requires CLEAN-UP as the article has now been created ''(see below)''<br>

For addition to one of the main articles:
*[[Cannabis in Australia]] (Woohoo someone's done it! Article created 28 July 2009)
*[[Hemp]] (perhaps in the "History" section)
*[[Cannabis]] (perhaps under the section "Aspects of Cannabis production and use")
*[[Cannabis (drug) cultivation]] (maybe creating a section "History of Cultivatiing Cannabis(drug)")
*[[Joseph Banks|Sir Joseph Banks]] (perhaps an addition to introduction that cannabis was first introduced to Australia by Joseph Banks - historical importance "Hunter Valley crop was intimately linked with the founding of Australia")<sup>(quoted from forum link)</sup>

===External resource links===
*[http://www.leapaustralia.org/history/history_of_prohibition L.E.A.P Australia - History of Prohibition] includes a History of Drugs in Australia - confirms material discussed at Cannagraphic Forums.
*[http://www.icmag.com/ic/showpost.php?s=64b72e1cc8cf0dd24cebb5f3325b33e9&p=1559580&postcount=15 International Cannagraphic Magazine Forums] (Get research links for the history shown in this post)
*Herer, Jack. [http://www.jackherer.com/chapters.html Internet edition of ''The Emperor Wears No Clothes'']
*[http://hightimes.com/grow/ht_admin/733 High Times - Global Harvest Report - Australia]
*Jiggens, Dr John. [http://eprints.qut.edu.au/15949/ ''Marijuana Australiana: Cannabis use, popular culture and the Americanisation of drugs policy in Australia, 1938-1988''] QUT Thesis.
*[http://lee.greens.org.au/index.php/content/view/1271/58/ Speech transcript] Lee Rhiannan MLC of the NSW Greens at the launch of Dr John Jiggens book [http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/4367788 ''The Sydney Connection''] on 04 May 2004.
*[http://drjiggens.com/index.html Dr J Jiggens' personal website].
*[http://www2.sl.nsw.gov.au/banks/series_80/80_23.cfm Hemp cultivation Contract] between Sir Joseph Banks, Edward Porter and others. 1st April 1801. Further primary source papers can be accessed at this site.
*[http://bendigolive.com/australia/tmc/ Australia as a Hemp colony]

===Further reading===
Campbell, Dr. Francis. 1846. ''A Treatise on the Culture of Flax and Hemp'' Sydney.

===Draft article text===
The origin of cannabis cultivation and use in [[Australia]] began with acclaimed botanist [[Joseph Banks|Sir Joseph Banks]] who arranged to have [[hemp]] seed sent to Australia from East India for the production of sails, uniforms, [[oakum]], and rope.<ref>[http://www2.sl.nsw.gov.au/images/banks/digitised/830487.jpg Scans of Banks Journal]</ref> "The British government encouraged the hemp industry with bounties, grants of land, and free seed in all its colonies." {{fact}} <sup>(quoted from forum link)</sup> In 1803 Governer King wrote to Joseph Banks stating, "From a pint of hemp-seed, sent from India in 1802, I have now sown 10 acres for Government. A specimen of the rope is round the box that Cayley sends you, which I have desired may be carefully preserved. It grows with the utmost luxuriance, and is generally from 6 to 10 feet in height." {{fact}} <sup>(quoted from forum link)</sup>

The reference to "hemp-seed, sent from India" suggests that Governer King was in fact growing ''C. indica'' rather than'' C. sativa'' (preferred for its fibre quality) for his [[Hemp|hemp]] production, as a distinction between cannabis varieties was yet to be made.

"Cannabis cigarettes, known variously as Joy’s Cigarettes or Cannadonna cigarettes, were also widely advertised in colonial Australia as a cure for asthma." {{fact}} <sup>(quoted from forum link)</sup>

On November 16, 1964 media reported that "the dreaded sex drug, marihuana" had been discovered growing wild along a 65km stretch of the Hunter River. {{fact}} It is now believed this prolific crop had resulted from colonial cultivation by the "Bell brothers — Archibald Bell and William Sims Bell — the first white settlers of Singleton in the Upper Hunter in 1823." {{fact}} <sup>(quoted from forum link)</sup> "Their father, Archibald Bell, believed that Australia should be a colony for the production of hemp and argued this case before the Bigge Royal Commission in 1819." {{fact}} <sup>(quoted from forum link)</sup> "In those days the view that Australia should be a hemp colony was widespread."<sup>(quoted from forum link)</sup>

Where historically the cultivation of hemp had been important to the colonisation of Australia, the Hunter Valley discovery became a catalyst for marijuana prohibition in the country.

The ''Maitland Mercury'', a local newspaper, revealed that “the plant did not need any special preparation. Flowering tops of the female plant or the leaves could be cut and dried and used immediately.” {{fact}} <sup>(quoted from forum link)</sup> Emboldened with curiosity, people began to search out the wild Hunter Valley cannabis for recreational use.

"The day after the story of the Hunter Valley crop broke, Inspector Blake of the Maitland Police warned “would-be marihuana hunters” that they would be charged with “possession of a narcotic”. As the Maitland Mercury reported: ‘Police fear that Maitland’s wild marihuana will fall into the hands of narcotic agents or teenagers “out for kicks.”’" {{fact}} <sup>(quoted from forum link)</sup>

"The day after the Hunter Valley crop was discovered, the NSW Department of Agriculture announced it would immediately begin a campaign of eradication: cannabis was classified as a noxious weed under the Local Government Act, and all hemp plants were to be destroyed." {{fact}} <sup>(quoted from forum link)</sup> The Customs Department eventually "estimated that 200 hectares of the Hunter Valley were heavily infested with cannabis, and the largest patch was over 40 hectares in size." {{fact}} <sup>(quoted from forum link)</sup>

Reports published by the Department of Customs and Excise confirm "farmers were being paid a bounty if they successfully dobbed in a weed raider." {{fact}} <sup>(quoted from forum link)</sup>

"The first busts of any size in Australia happened in the Hunter." {{fact}} <sup>(quoted from forum link)</sup>

Ultimately it took five years to exterminate the wild Hunter Valley crop {{fact}} in which time recreational use of cannabis became widespread over the east coast of Australia.

The eradication of the Hunter valley crop in the late 1960's meant recreational cannabis could only be sourced from international import of the drug or outdoor cultivation. In the 1980's indoor cultivation of cannabis for recreational use became popular in Australia.

"Now, the annual report of the Australian Bureau of Criminal Intelligence states: "Domestic production of hydroponically grown cannabis appears to have reduced the demand for imported herbal cannabis."<sup>(source High Times link)</sup>

====References====
{{reflist}}


==Multiple birth==
==Multiple birth==
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Globie & Harlem Globetrotters

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Wikipedians are invited to help expand on this project idea.

Please go to the article sandbox at User:PoizonMyst/Globie

Cannabis in Australia

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Wikipedians are invited to help expand on this artcle idea. Discussion.
Cannabis in Australia has now been created, but there may be additional information available to expand on the article.

Please go to my sandbox for this article at User:PoizonMyst/Cannabis_in_Australia

Multiple birth

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For addition to the main article: Multiple birth

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Terminology

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  • One - Singleton
  • Three or more - Higher Order Multiples (specify further terminology for HOMs in animal kingdom, such as Litter.)

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  • Why more modern deliveries of HOMs by caesarian section?

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Cultural aspects

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Wiki resource links and notes
  • Maya Hero Twins (2nd generation twins)
  • Popol Vuh
  • Hun Hunahpu (One Hunahpu, 1st generation twin, father of Hero Twins and their half-brother's the Howler Monkey Gods - also twins)
  • Seven Hunahpu (Vucub Hunahpu), twin of One Hunahpu, had no children.
  • Research simularities, inconsistancies, and repetitions in the stories of Hero Twins, One and Seven Hunahpu, and the Howler Monkey Gods.
  • XQuic (Blood Moon or Blood Woman) is the mother of the second generation Hero Twins, Hunahpu and Xbalanque, who ultimately become the sun and the moon, respectively.
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Australian republic referendum, 1999

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For re-addition to the main article: Australian republic referendum, 1999

Removed from section entitled Preamble question, just prior to the heading Results was the following text:

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This question was particularly important since the Constitution was never approved by the majority of the Australian people. In the original constitutional referenda of 1899-1900 no more than 15.9% have voted (based on the assumption of one vote per person, but since the number of votes allowed per person depended on his land holdings the actual number of voters was likely to be significantly lower). The assertion that the Constitution represents the will of the Australian people was therefore demonstrably false, leading to allegations of illegitimacy of the Australian Government and statutory law created under the Constitution. The preamble question was an attempt to put an end to this growing controversy through a democratically legitimate referendum, asking the people to endorse the Australian Constitution by accepting the phrase:We the Australian people commit ourselves to this Constitution.[citation needed]
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Notes/todo:

  • Reason for removal - "Questionable section removed. Happy to discuss if anyone thinks it should go back" - by User:Robert Brockway
  • However, if correct, this is extremely important information that should be included in the article, and possibly other related articles, such as - Constitution of Australia, Australian Constitutional Convention 1998, Australian constitutional law, Constitutional history of Australia
  • Search the above listed articles (and others - there is a complete template here) for any info relating to the deleted text.
  • Is removal of the section correct as it may be classed Original Research or even Fringe Theory?
  • Is it possible to find reliable source references for this removed text?
  • Is the stated 1899-1900 voter turnout percentage of 15.9% correct? Yes? No? Correct info and cite refs.
  • Is there any reliable source for allegations of illegitimacy of the Australian Commonwealth Govt, the Constitution, and Laws created since 1900 Federation?
  • Is there a reliable source to state that the inclusion of the Pre-Amble Question "was an attempt to put an end to this growing controversy through a democratically legitimate referendum." and to have a majority vote of the Australian people accept the Constituition by a vote of 'Yes' - note: we voted 'No'.

References

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Note: The following sources may not fall into Reliable Source definition.

  • Voter Turnout for 1899 Referendum on Federation at South Sea Republic.
  • Australian Constitution Today
  • Australian Govt Inavalid
  • UN Rule Imminent in Australia?
  • Botsman, Peter. (2001). The Great Constitutional Swindle: A Citizen's View of the Australian Constitution. Pluto Press. ISBN 1864030623.



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