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  1. Sep 2025
    1. The beds of the rivers are generally composed of clean, compacted gravel and flints, which provide good spawning grounds for Salmonidae fish species.[3] Since they are primarily fed by aquifers, the flow rate, mineral content and temperature range of chalk streams shows less seasonal variation than other rivers.[3][4] They are mildly alkaline[5] and contain high levels of nitrate, phosphate, potassium and silicate.[3] In addition to algae and diatoms, the streams provide a suitable habitat for macrophytes (including water crowfoot)[6] and oxygen levels are generally supportive of coarse fish populations.

      the rivers run clear because the chalk deposits that the water runs through cleans it.

    1. The market for initial public offerings cooled in the mid-1980s before collapsing after the stock market crash in 1987, and foreign corporations, particularly from Japan and Korea, flooded early-stage companies with capital.

      Just as Softbank has done in 2020s

    1. Neighbourhoods and former municipalities Main articles: History of neighbourhoods in Toronto and List of neighbourhoods in Toronto

      Good: This link is an example of good accessibility practice because it uses descriptive text (‘History of neighbourhoods in Toronto’). Users, including those with screen readers, can understand the destination of the link without guessing.

    2. Throughout the city, there exist hundreds of small neighbourhoods and some larger neighbourhoods covering a few square kilometres.[citation needed]

      Bad: Citation needed. This isn’t strictly a motor/visual disability issue, but it impacts accessibility of content in terms of reliability. Users need to trust what they read; unsourced claims can reduce clarity and credibility.

    3. Toronto Climate chart (explanation) J F M A M J J A S O N D     65     0 −7     54     1 −6     53     5 −2     78     12 4     76     19 10     82     24 15     77     27 18     72     26 18     69     22 14     69     15 8     71     8 2     58     3 −3 █ Average max. and min. temperatures in °C █ Precipitation totals in mmSource: Environment Canada[131] showImperial conversion

      Bad: Low contrast in parts of the climate chart (pale colours and small labels). For people with low vision or colour-vision issues, pale colours + small text make reading hard. The chart needs stronger contrast and legible fonts.

    4. Early history

      Good: headings let people using keyboards or screen readers jump to relevant sections easily without having to scroll through everything. It improves navigation.

    5. Skyline of downtown Toronto and the CN Tower

      Good: These images help users who use screen readers because the alt text or captions give a description of what’s shown. Without that, a lot of visual info is lost for them.

    1. Carlton's 'Bring The Magic Home' - Thunderbirds, Annabelle's Wish, A Monkey's Tale, Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer, Jellikins, Bananas In Pyjamas, Tots TV, The World Of Beatrix Potter, Casper's Haunted Christmas

    1. The company agreed to be acquired by Bank of America on September 14, 2008, at the height of the 2008 financial crisis, the same weekend that Lehman Brothers was allowed to fail. The acquisition was completed in January 2009[2] and Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. was merged into Bank of America Corporation in October 2013.

      isn't that the golden parachute

    1. former NCAA swimmer Riley Gaines as a speaker. Gaines' speech campaigned to exclude trans women from women's sports. After her speech she was met with protestors, which prompted campus police to escort her to a computer room where they remained for several hours. Gaines says that she was physically assaulted twice by one person and missed her flight due to being barricaded in a classroom

      On the other hand

    1. A gaggle of friendly characters: Kipper, Franklin, Little Bear, Llama Llama, Bear, Winnie The Pooh & Piglet, Oswald, Blue (Blue's Room), Percy The Park Keeper, Noddy, Postman Pat, Fireman Sam, Pingu, Joshua Jones, Oakie Doke

    1. It was a dark and stormy night; the rain fell in torrents – except at occasional intervals, when it was checked by a violent gust of wind which swept up the streets (for it is in London that our scene lies), rattling along the housetops, and fiercely agitating the scanty flame of the lamps that struggled against the darkness.

      The incipit line of Edward Bulwer-Lytton's 1830 novel Paul Clifford.

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Bulwer-Lytton

    1. Wikimedia Foundation is the only non-profit organization to have a website on this list. All of the other website owners are profit-oriented companies.

      This is my comment