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Brisbane

2011-05-02T22:01:35Z

JoshDH: flood info

'''Brisbane''' is the capital city of the state of [[Queensland]], [[Australia]]. With a population of 1,800,000, it is the third-largest Australian city. The Brisbane River runs through the city, dividing it into the "Northside" and "Southside" in local idiom.

The city has a relatively dry climate, similar to that of [[Sydney]]. It is specifically a humid climate with hot and rainy summers and mild and dry winters. The average annual temperature is around 23 celcius<ref>Bureau of meteorology statistics, 2003</ref>. As with the rest of the country, the majority of residents are [[Protestant]] however fewer than 20% regularly attend church and almost 36% profess no religious affiliation.<ref>Census data, 2007</ref>

In January 2011, suburbs near the Brisbane River, including the CBD, experienced major flooding as a result of Toowoomba floodwaters flowing through the Lockyer valley and into the Wivenhoe Dam and into the city itself.<ref>http://www.qld.gov.au/floods/news.html</ref>

==Economy==
Brisbane is a major finance center, serving as a hub for [[publishing]], and [[broadcasting]] industries. In addition the agricultural sector is of particular prominence, which constitutes approximately 40% of the economy. During the centralized growth of Australia's economy from the 1920s onwards many large firms moved their headquarters from cities such as Darling Downs, in an attempt to take advantage of better access to the government. This trend has begun to slow due to ongoing population growth in Darwin and the high cost of living there. The region's argicultural industry was established by Dutch, French and English settlers in mid 1800s . Since then, wine-growing is concentrated into two regions: Yeminga and Turnhem. Recently there have been vintages from plantings from Tarow in the southern region. White wine has typically predominated in Brisbane from chardonnay to Gewürztraminer, as well as and Pinot Gris. Pinot Noir has had some success in the province particularly in the north-west region of Penrith.

==Further reading==
* ''Queensland & the Great Barrier Reef'' by Alan Murphy (2008) [http://www.amazon.com/Queensland-Great-Barrier-Regional-Guide/dp/1741047005/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1245292797&sr=8-1 excerpt and text search]
==References==
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[[Category:Australian Cities and Towns]]

Japanese

2011-05-02T21:50:49Z

JoshDH: Changed to disambiguation

==Disambiguation==
Japanese can be an adjective to describe something as being related to [[Japan]], or as a noun used for the [[Japanese language]].

Japanese language

2011-05-02T21:45:27Z

JoshDH: addad japanese, pronunciation notes

The '''Japanese language''' (Kanji: 日本語; Hiragana: にほんご; ''nihongo'') incorporates two writing systems: [[Chinese characters]] known as ''[[kanji]]'' and a pair of semi-alphabetic [[syllabaries|syllabary]] called ''[[kana]]''. Its grammar is similar to the [[Korean language]]. It is an [[SOV language]].

==Grammar==
===Particles===
In Japanese, particles function as prepositions. They are more accurately called postpositions, though. They come after the noun they are being applied to.

For instance:
私は魚をヘアロドさんに上げた。
Watashi (ha) wa sakana (wo) o Hearodo san ni ageta.

The particles "wa", "o" and "ni" all come AFTER the noun. The sentence above translates to "I gave fish to Harold"

The particle wa is the topic marker. This is a foreign concept to English speaking people. Take this sentence, "Zou wa hana ga nagai desu." The topic is "zou", elephant. The particle ga shows that "hana", nose, is the subject of the sentence. The sentence roughly translates to "As for elephants, their noses are long." There is added confusion though. In the sentence "Watashi wa Ichiro desu" you would expect it to translate to "As for myself, am Ichiro" when in truth it means "I am Ichiro".

*は Wa: Topic (Boku '''wa'''Ichiro da)　[written as ha]
*が Ga: Subject (Zou wa hana '''ga''' nagai desu)
*を O: Direct Object (chiizu '''o''' taberu)　[written as wo]
*に Ni: Indirect Object (Tanaka-san '''ni''' hanasu)
*へ E: Destination Indicator (Tokyo '''e'''!) [written as he]
*で De: Action Indicator (Niigata '''de'''wa sakana o taberu)
*の No: Possession Indicator (Watashi '''no''' kamera)
*と To: Connector (Ashita boushi '''to''' undou gutsu o motte kite kudasai) [used for complete lists e.g: "The four gospels are Matthew to Mark to Luke to John."]
*や Ya: Connector (Gakkou ga hajimattara, pen '''ya''' nooto '''ya''' jisho ga hitsuyo desu) [used for incomplete lists e.g: "The four gospels include Matthew ya Mark."]
*も Mo: Includer (Watashi '''mo''' miru!)
*か Ka: Question marker (Ima wa nan ji desu '''ka''')

See:
*[[Japanese and Korean]]
*[[Pronouns in Japanese]]
*[http://www.timwerx.net/language/particles.htm List of Particles]

[[Category: Altaic languages]]
[[Category: Japanese]]

Talk:Fu'kushima

2011-05-02T21:14:34Z

JoshDH: suggested rename

F u k u s h i m a

"Fu-kushima" or "F u k u s h i m a" is just in this case [[F u k u s h i m a|Fu<i></i>kushima]] because of Spam Filter. --[[User:Joaquín Martínez|Joaquín Martínez]] 09:18, 16 March 2011 (EDT)

:Thanks, I was wondering about that. :-) --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] <sup>[[User talk:Ed Poor|Talk]]</sup> 23:54, 16 March 2011 (EDT)

:Good morning, perhaps instead of inserting spaces, we could just use a different romanization system. Instead of using Hepburn-shiki romanization system, we could use Kunrei-siki and rename the article Hukusima. [[User:JoshDH|JoshDH]] 17:14, 2 May 2011 (EDT)