Riva2008

Riva2008
Nationality	American

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Interests

• History

• Genealogy

Favorite Quotes

"Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction."

— Ronald Wilson Reagan

"Abortion is advocated only by persons who have themselves been born."

— Ronald Wilson Reagan

"Never give in--never, never, never, never, in nothing great or small, large or petty, never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy."

— Sir Winston Churchill

Personal Heroes

• Presidents of the United States
• 
  George Washington, 1st President of the United States
• 
  Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United States
• 
  Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States
• 
  Ronald Reagan, 40th President of the United States

My Contributions

My main contributions will be on Wikipedia pages concerning the Washington County, Ohio area. I will also make some minor edits on other pages as well.

• My 1st edit (March 18, 2008)

Other Projects

• Wikibooks
• Wikiquote
• Wikitonary
• Wikinews
• Wikispecies
• Simple Englsh Wikipedia
• Wikimedia Commons

Wikipedia Stuff

My current Wikistress level.

Tip of the day...

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Picture of the day

Baryte is a mineral consisting of barium sulfate (BaSO₄). Generally white or colorless, it is the main source of the element barium, an alkaline earth metal. It is found across the world and can be deposited through biogenic and hydrothermal processes or evaporation. Early records of baryte date to the 16th century, when a radiating form gained notoriety among alchemists for specimens found near Bologna, Italy. Carl Wilhelm Scheele determined that baryte contained a new element in 1774, but elemental barium was not isolated until 1808 by Humphry Davy, using electrolysis of molten barium salts. Modern uses of baryte include oil and gas drilling, oxygen and sulfur isotopic analysis, and radiometric dating. These crystals of baryte on a dolomite crystal matrix was found at Cerro Warihuyn in Miraflores District, Peru. This photograph was focus-stacked from 24 separate images.Photograph credit: Ivar Leidus

Wikipedia vandalism information
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Level 4

Low to moderate level of vandalism

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“

→ ad astra per aspera
("to the stars through difficulty")

”

— Today's Motto of the Day

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