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Amanda De Santa, formerly Amanda Townley, is a character in the Grand Theft Auto series who appears as a main character in Grand Theft Auto V.
Amanda was working as a stripper and possibly a prostitute (according to Trevor and as implied by her son) when she first met Michael Townley. Her history before that is unknown minus that when Michael first met her she was living in a trailer park in the Midwest. The relationship between Amanda and Michael has become very sour over the last decade and they barely tolerate each other. Michael spends his time drinking, moping, and losing his temper at her. She spends his money freely on expensive clothing, jewelry, and plastic surgery, while verbally abusing him. They have two children together, Jimmy and Tracey.
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Amanda is first seen in the Prologue mission attending Michael's funeral.
Broken relationship
- "Just don't kill him!"
- ―Amanda after Michael goes after Kyle.
She later appears in the mission Complications, while Franklin is invading Michael's House to retrive Jimmy's BeeJay XL. She is in the kitchen with her tennis coach Kyle Chavis, and Kyle is "demonstrating" to Amanda how to properly use a tennis racket. This gives a hint that Amanda is cheating on Michael with her tennis coach.
This is later confirmed in the mission Marriage Counseling, when Michael discovers that both of them are having sex in his own bed, Kyle in panic jumps off the window to escape, but Michael is determined to catch him, he and Franklin chase the tennis coach while Amanda begs Michael to not kill Kyle.
She then appears in her own mission The Good Husband, when she is almost put in jail, after being caught shoplifting from Didier Sachs in Rockford Plaza. Michael needs to rescue her after she calls asking for his help, he takes the police car, with Amanda being restrained and flees from the police. While they are going back to the mansion, they discuss about Amanda's habit of stealing things, Michael's past criminal life and even Michael's investments in the stock market and their house mortgage.
Amanda makes a brief appearance in the mission Mr. Philips if the player starts the mission as Michael. He invites Amanda to go dinner, but she says that she already have to go to a yoga class.
She later appears in the beginning of the mission Fame or Shame, having an discussion about Michael's emotional distance from the family and his change in behavior, when Trevor Philips appears leaving everyone shocked. He and Michael leaves after they discover that Tracey is about to do a audition in the Fame or Shame show and go after her.
Leaving Michael
- "You are ALONE, you pathetic psychopath!"
- ―Amanda, before leaving Michael.
During the mission Did Somebody Say Yoga?, Michael and Amanda are having another argument, this time about Trevor's return. When Fabien LaRouche, Amanda's yoga teacher, arrives and invite both of them to a yoga session, Michael agrees to try a class, much to Amanda's frustration. The session is going well, until Fabien attempts to Amanda into an inappropriate yoga position. This causes Michael to lash out and attempt to punch Fabien, but he misses and falls in the pool. Amanda gets angry with Michael's constant angry behavior and leaves him, takes the children and moves in with Fabien.
While Amanda is gone, she tries to make Michael jealous, by leaving posts on his Lifeinvader page, saying that Fabien satisfies her physically, emotionally and spiritually. However, after some time, she will show that she still worrys about her husband. She will call Franklin after the mission Minor Turbulence, asking if Michael is still alive and let a message in his Lifeinvader page saying to him let her know that he is ok.
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- "Listen, Michael, I'm so glad we're back together and making a go of things. After everything we've been through, I just couldn't give up on our family. Yes, you're awful and clearly you're never going to change, but I guess I want to bury you, when the time comes, as your wife."
- ―Amanda, in an e-mail send to Michael after the mission Reuniting the Family.
After a few weeks, in the mission Reuniting the Family, Jimmy finally visits the house to check up on Michael. He claims that Amanda is not happy with Fabien any longer, and that she is at a Bean Machine café with him. The two then leave to go pick up Tracey, and later show up at Bean Machine. Fabien is shown verbally abusing Amanda, and the two are then surprised to see Michael. Fabien then insults both Michael and Jimmy and Amanda turns on him, calmly asking Michael to hit him. Michael then grabs a laptop and bashes it over Fabien's head, nearly knocking him out. Satisfied, Amanda tells Michael to take himself and the children to Dr. Friedlander's therapy office, then drives off to take Fabien to the E.R. During the therapy session, the couple vent and argue at each other, but by the end they are both satisfied by the release of anger. They both promise to try and make each other happy and no longer cheat on each other, and Amanda and the children move back in.
Later, in the mission Meltdown, she and Tracey are made hostages by Merry Weather soldiers that attacked Michael's house in retaliation of Michael's betrayal of Devin Weston. Michael kills all the Merryweather soldiers and save his family. But Amanda, Jimmy and Tracey once again leaves the mansion, this time to lay low while Devin is still trying to kill Michael.
- "We're stuck with each other. And that's as close to a "I love you" as I've been in very long time."
- ―Amanda about the future of her relationship with Michael.
Ending A and C
After the final mission, Amanda and Michael will no longer be seen fighting and if Michael speaks with Amanda, she will no longer complain or be sarcast with him, being now more friendly. She can also be taken in friend activities with her husband, and they both will be more tolerant with each other while hanging out.
Ending B
Amanda will no longer appear in the game if the player chose this ending, but she will send an e-mail to Franklin, saying that she knows that he has something to do with Michael's death and also warning him to never come close to her family again.
Mission appearances
- Prologue
- Complications
- Father/Son
- Marriage Counseling
- The Good Husband (Boss; optional)
- Mr. Philips
- Fame or Shame
- Did Somebody Say Yoga?
- Minor Turbulence (Post-mission phone-call)
- Reuniting the Family
- Meltdown
- The Time's Come (Post-mission e-mail)
- Amanda holds the position of being the first and only wife to the protagonist in the GTA series.
- The number plate for Amanda's Sentinel is 'KRYST4L'. 'KRYST4L' is a leet-speak of 'crystal'.
- Amanda's favourite radio stations are Space 103.2 and The Lowdown FM.
- While switching back to Michael, there is a chance he'll walk in on Amanda in their bedroom while she's masturbating; she'll throw away a dildo, saying she thought the door was locked, and goes to sleep.
- According to Amanda in the mission The Good Husband, she has a habit of stealing things, which could mean that she is a kleptomaniac.
- Amanda appears to have a drinking problem.
- If the player chooses "The Time's Come" and kills Michael, Amanda mourns his death and will figure out that Franklin had a part in his death and message him, telling him she hopes he'll "rot in hell" and warning him to stay away from her and her children.
- After Michael hangs out with Jimmy for the first time, it's possible to call Amanda, she will ask Michael what the deal with Franklin is and Michael will respond that he is just an "personal assistant".
- On the website "Hushsmush.com", the player has the possibility of running into a page with a user dubbed foxymama21 that very clearly indicates that it is her, even though it is never explicitly said. In her description, she indicates that she "has the mind and body of a girl half [her] age" (She is 43, according to her info), but her husband ignores her and he spends his time drinking in the pool, and is looking for someone to satisfy her in her "prime". It also mentions that she loves yoga.
- Her phone number is 346-555-0118.
- Trevor and Amanda's dialogue, when playing Tennis at the mansion indicates they might have been friends, before Michael's "death".
- There is a rare glitch where she, Tracey De Santa, Eva and Carlos will randomly clone themselves within Michael's mansion. Some random Pedestrians can also appear cloning in his mansion as well. The cause of this is unknown.
- During friend activities Amanda tells Michael that she wants to get a job. When Michael jokes about stripping being a business of the young, Amanda reveals that she wants to teach yoga and tennis to homeless.


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=== Tools ===
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Revision as of 19:33, 11 December 2012
- 1 Choosing a name: recommendations
- 2 Extension names at JED
- 3 How is the name created at JED?
- 4 Joomla as a word
- 5 Special cases
- 6 JED entry name: Do's and donts
- 7 Alias Disclaimer
To name your extension its an art and part of a marketing strategy. But you also need to stay away of name conflicts with extensions already listed at JED.
Extension names will impact in the extension structure and URLs after installed, so plan ahead!
Choosing a name: recommendations
Using a name similar to another extension?
- Users could be confused and send bad reports or reviews to your extension but that was intended to the other
- Security reports for an extension with similar names could confuse users
- Just adding your company name couldn't be sufficient to make users aware of the differences
- You should stay away from brand disputes with other developers
How to create a good extension name?
Be creative and think on a brand: think about marketing for your extension, not for others brand!
- Try to make up a new word for your brand name
- Choose a name thats easy and cool to pronounce
- Needs to be short as your XML and PHP files will be named after extension name. URLs on Joomla! sites will suffer too!
- Avoid descriptive names as they are longer and more difficult to promote
- To make it easy to search use your description text at JED, not the name!
Extension names at JED
JED its a directory and each submission gets its own ID (the number at the end of the URL on the edit page).
- This ID its the single identifier for each entry at JED.
- Each entry will get an alias, also called Name, to be easy to remember.
Different extensions, different names
The JED entry name its approved by JED Editors in a first-submitted, first-served system.
- Your extension name needs to be different from any extension already submitted to JED (company names not included)
- The extension name must be stated at the XML file tag NAME
- You should use the same name in your site when referring to the extension, especially in the download page
Extension names conflict
An extension name will be considered in conflict when its too similar to other extension.
This is a JED Editors call, but you are able to create a report for that.
- When extension names are found in conflict, JED will consider the oldest extension submitted, even if not currently published.
- The more recent ones will be required to change their names.
- This will be done case by case with each extension developer.
How is the name created at JED?
The alias (name) its created by a JED editor, using:
- Proposal of developer in the field called "name".
- The proposal must be the same to install name in the xml manifest tag "NAME".
- Some words are not allowed. ie Refrain from using 'plugin' or 'module' in names.
- Some words can be added by JED editors, acting as tags.
Name registered
Where will JED look for extension names?
- In the XML tags and code file names. Some special tags need to be the same (spaces not included).
as in:
* <name>jedilightsaber</name> * <menu>Jedi Lightsaber</menu>
File names
as in:
* mod_jedilightsaber.xml * mod_jedilightsaber.php
Light and Pro versions
The word "Light"and/or "Pro" can be added to differentiate two extensions from the same developer but with different features and distribution plans (as in non-commercial Lite version and commercial Pro version ) The word "Free" is considered promotional text and cannot be used.
Where to add the LIGHT/PRO tag?
- Components: in the XML name tag and file names or just to the menu tag name and JED Alias name.
- Modules and plugins: in the XML name tag and file names or just at JED Alias name.
Joomla as a word
Word "Joomla" and the extensions name
We at the Joomla Extensions Directory have a direct interest in maintaining the integrity of the Joomla brand.
As such, we cannot allow violations of the Joomla trademark, logo, brand, etc., to be placed in or linked from the Joomla Extensions Directory.
- An extension name can't start with the word "Joomla".
- Extensions that use "Joomla" or a derivative of Joomla in the extension name need to be licensed by OSM.
- Extensions that use "Joomla" or a derivative of Joomla in the domain name need to be licensed by OSM.
Please note that extensions should not be named Joomla! XXX. Rather they should be named XXX for Joomla! or some other similar variation that will not cause confusion with Joomla!.
- Its a good practice to completely avoid the full word Joomla.
Derivative of Joomla string
What are the strings considered related with Joomla string?
- please read: JED_Entries_Trademark_Checklist
Joomla! Licensed
How can your extensions be licensed?
- please read: JED_Entries_Trademark_Checklist
Special cases
Extension Specific Extensions
Extension Specific Extensions are considered extensions that require another extension to be installed in order to run.
- Specific extensions to an individual extension will have "for MAIN-EXTENSION-NAME" at the end of its name, and included as part of the XML name.
Example: "Category filter for K2" or "Product search for Virtuemart"
If you need to re-brand an old extension and avoid conflicts in installed sites please talk with JED team first. After choosing the new name:
- Update your XML file tags NAME and MENU
- Rename your files to reflect the new extension name
- Repack and re-attach the file to your actual JED entry
- Revise the mentions to the extension at your website
Note: If #1 or #2 are not possible on compatibility with installed sites please include the new name in the description tag or in a comments line at your XML file.
Forked extensions have special rules to be listed at JED.
- The extension name also needs to be changed and cannot use the old one so it is very clear that this is a separate project.
Please read: TOS - Extensions and Forks http://extensions.joomla.org/tos Also read: Forked Extensions http://docs.joomla.org/Forked_Extensions
The name must be included at the main or EXE file name.
- A TXT file must be included with the tool name, copyright, license and URL to download
Scripts or libraries
The name must be included at the main file.
- In the headers script you need to include comments with the script name, copyright and license
- A TXT file must be included with the name, copyright, license and URL to download
JED entry name: Do's and donts
The Do's
- XML file tag NAME needs to be the same as the extension entry name
- Components Admin menu (the tag MENU in the XML) needs to be the same as the Extension name
The Don'ts
- Offensive words, political or religious statements.
- Extension types as they are not considered part of the extension name.
- This will be used only for the same developer extensions if required (module and plugin versions)
- Version number (there is a field for that)
- Price tags, commercial promotions or URL domains
- Company name or author name (there is a field for that)
Alias Disclaimer
Alias (names) can be edited by Jed editors at any time if its considered necessary for the maintainance of the directory.
- The alias names used at JED does not represent an endorsement of trademarks used by the product by Joomla.org or OSM
- JED will not be involved in trademarks disputes as they need to be addressed by the users.


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Montana valley and foothill grasslands
Choteau, Montana, USA. Photograph by David Olson
The Montana valley and foothill grasslands ecoregion occupies high valleys and foothill regions in the central Rocky Mountains of Montana in the USA and Alberta, Canada. The ecoregion, part of the Nearctic realm, occupies the Rocky Mountain Front, the uppermost flatland reaches of the Missouri River drainage involving part of the Yellowstone River basin, and extends into the Clark Fork-Bitterroot drainage of the Columbia River system. The ecoregion, consisting of three chief disjunctive units, also extends marginally into a small portion of northern Wyoming. Having moderate vertebrate species richness, 321 different vertebrate taxa have been recorded in the Montana valley and foothill grasslands. The Montana valley and foothill grasslands is deemed an element of the Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, Shrublands Biome.
The Canadian component of this ecoregion is characterized by undulating to rolling topography, and surface deposits are composed of loamy glacial till and clayey lacustrine deposits. It should be noted that there are smaller outliers of this region nested within some of the major river valleys (e.g. Bow River Valley) west of the ecoregion that are not shown on the coarse-scaled North American map.
Located in the Chinook belt, this ecoregion is characterized by dry, warm summers and mild winters. Mean annual temperature is 3.5°C, mean summer temperature is 14°C, and mean winter temperature is -8°C. Annual precipitation is approximately 425 millimeters (mm).
Biological Distinctiveness
The dominant vegetation type of this ecoregion varies somewhat, but consists mainly of wheatgrass (Agropyron spp.) and fescue (Festuca spp.). Certain valleys, notably the upper Madison, Ruby, and Red Rock drainages of southwestern Montana, are distinguished by extensive sagebrush (Artemisia spp.) communities as well. This is a reflection of semi-arid conditions caused by pronounced rain shadow effects and high elevation. Thus, near the Continental Divide in southwestern Montana, the ecoregion closely resembles the nearby Snake/Columbia shrub steppe.
Ruby River/ Beaverhead River confluence. Source: Mike Cline While other sites may experience similar rain-shadow effects, lower elevation, greater overall precipitation, and edaphic variations impede sagebrush growth. Along the Rocky Mountain Front, glaciated potholes in the foothills prairie create extensive wetlands and much more mesic grassland conditions than in the high valleys. The western segments of the ecoregion are within the range of moist air masses from the Pacific.
In Canada, the grassland community is dominated by rough fescue, with lesser quantities of Parry oat grass, Junegrass (Koelaria sp.) and Wheatgrass (Agropyron spp.). Forbs are also abundant, and include sticky geranium (Geranium viscosissimum), Bedstraw (Galium sp.), and Yellow Bean (Thermopsis spp.). Moist sites support shrub communities, with the most arid areas manifesting an increased amount of Needle-and-thread Grass (Stipa comata). Trees are found only in very sheltered locations along waterways.
In addition to the vegetative palette, there are 321 recorded vertebrate taxa in the Montana valley and foothill grasslands.
A number of mammalian species are found in the ecoregion, including: American Pika (Ochotona princeps), a herbivore preferring talus habitat; Bighorn Sheep (Ovis canadensis), Black-tailed Prairie Dog (Cynomys ludovicianus), who live in underground towns that may occupy vast areas; Brown Bear (Ursos arctos); Hoary Marmot (Marmota caligata), a species who selects treeless meadows and talus as habitat; and the Northern River Otter (Lontra canadensis), a species that can tolerate fresh or brackish water and builds its den in the disused burrows of other animals.
Historically, heavy grazing by native herbivores-chiefly American Bison (Bison bison)–was a major influence on most of this ecoregion. Periodic wildfires were also part of the disturbance regime. Some characteristic wildlife species of the Foothill Grasslands include White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus), Pronghorn Antelope (Antilocapra americana), Coyote (Canis latrans), rabbit (Sylvilagus sp.) and grouse (Dendragapus sp.).
There are six distinct anuran species that can be found in the Montana valleys and foothills grasslands, including: Canadian Toad (Anaxyrus hemiophrys); Western Toad (Anaxyrus boreas); Northern Leopard Frog (Lithobates pipiens); Plains Spadefoot Toad (Spea bombifrons); Columbia Spotted Frog (Rana luteiventris), an anuran that typically breeds in shallow quiet ponds; and the Boreal Chorus Frog (Pseudacris maculata).
Exactly two amphibian taxa occurr in the ecoregion: Long-toed Salamander (Ambystoma macrodactylum), a species who prefers lentic waters and spends most of its life hidden under bark or soil; Tiger Salamander (Ambystoma tigrinum)
Yellow-bellied Racer. Source: Todd Pierson/EoL Reptilian species within the ecoregion are: Milk Snake (Lampropeltis triangulum), an adaptable taxon that can be found on rocky slopes, prairie and near streambeds; Painted Turtle (Chrysemys picta); Western Plains Garter Snake (Thamnophis radix), a taxon that can hibernate in the burrows of rodents or crayfish or even hibernate underwater; Yellow-bellied Racer (Coluber constrictor); Spiny Softshell Turtle (Apalone spinifera); Western Terrestrial Garter Snake (Thamnophis elegans); Rubber Boa (Charina bottae); Western Skink (Plestiodon skiltonianus); and the Western Rattlesnake (Crotalis viridis).
The ecoregion supports endemic and relict fisheries: Westslope Cutthroat Trout (Oncorhynchus clarki lewisi), Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout (Oncorhynchus clarkii bouvieri), and fluvial Arctic Grayling (Thymallus arcticus), a relict species from past glaciation.
The moderating effects of strong chinook winds results in a high diversity of vegetation communities in close proximity to one another. Certain sites contain relatively high levels of species richness. The Centennial Valley of southwestern Montana supports 487 vascular plant taxa. This valley supports large breeding populations of the Trumpeter Swan (Cygnus buccinator) and Sandhill Crane (Grus canadensis). Owing to its highly productive wetlands and juxtaposition to nearby montane habitats, the Centennial Valley may also be a candidate site for Grizzly Bear (Ursus arctos) recolonization of grassland habitat. This valley and other undeveloped valleys provide critical linkage habitat for grizzlies and other species moving between separate mountain ranges. Such areas also provide critical seasonal range for ungulates like Elk (Cervus elaphus) and Bighorn Sheep (Ovis canadensis).
Conservation Status
Habitat Loss and Degradation
Approximately 25 percent of the ecoregion remains as intact habitat. Less than 10 percent of the Canadian portion of this ecoregion is estimated to remain as intact habitat. Most of the ecoregion has been heavily altered. Domestic livestock overgrazing, draining of wetlands, and conversion to row crops have been major anthropogenic changes to the ecoregion. Replacement of native species with exotic grasses, and noxious weed invasions, are serious problems.
More recently, development for residential homes has been a major threat to the ecoregion. Much of the very high human population growth in the Rocky Mountains region naturally finds its way to this ecoregion, because land is largely privately-owned and lends itself to conversion to residential uses.
Long-term environmental pollution from hard rock mining is a major concern. The ecoregion contains the nation's largest national Superfund toxic waste site, stretching along the Clark Fork and Blackfoot Rivers from the Continental Divide west to Missoula, Montana.
Remaining Blocks of Intact Habitat
There are still major tracts of relatively intact habitat in the ecoregion. Along the East Front of the Rockies, from Great Falls to near Calgary, it is possible to find large tracts of grassland that have only experienced grazing. Key areas include:
- The Pine Butte Swamp Reserve, a TNC site near Choteau, southwestern Montana
- Extensive wetland areas on the Blackfeet Indian Homeland.
- Whaleback, Alberta
- In the southwestern corner of Montana, there are vast expanses of undeveloped foothills and valley bottoms. In these remote areas, homebuilding is not an immediate large-scale threat, although some key riparian areas are being subdivided and developed.
- The Centennial Valley, the Big Hole Valley, and undeveloped parts of the Madison Valley are relatively pristine sites that are tremendously important to the health of adjacent montane systems.
Degree of Fragmentation
Rapid subdivision in some locales is contributing to wholesale fragmentation of habitat. With subdivision and homebuilding come new beachheads for exotic plant invasions, whether intentional or not. Homebuilding also leads to loss of travel routes and winter range for ungulates and other fauna. This process is most serious in the Paradise Valley, Bitterroot Valley, and the Gallatin Valley around Bozeman. Similar trends may take hold in the Madison Valley in the near future.
Possible oil and gas development on the Rocky Mountain Front in Montana and Alberta could have direct habitat impacts as well as impair connectivity between mountains and grasslands for ungulates, large predators, and other species.
Degree of Protection
The following areas are protected:
- Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge and Wilderness, southwestern Montana
- Pine Butte Swamp Reserve, southwestern Montana
- National Bison Range, western Montana
- Various BLM Wilderness Study Areas in southwestern Montana
- Ross Lake Natural Area, Alberta - 48 km2
Types and Severity of Threats
Conversion of native habitat to homesites has been a serious localized threat in the late twentieth century, although the boom appears to be levelling off. The loss of undeveloped riparian forest linkages across valley bottoms could have severe impacts on the long-term viability of sensitive species like the grizzly bear. Spread of alien and noxious plant species could be a major long-term threat. Conversion of forest to grazing lands has a major impact on forest species; moreover, the continuing leasing of public lands at below market rates for livestock grazing produces gratuitous pressure on grassland habitat.
Priority Activities to Enhance Biodiversity Conservation
- Priority sites need to be identified in a timely manner. Three essential components should be protected: 1) rare plant communities/associations (e.g. dune communities, fen bogs, wetlands); 2) biological corridor habitat for large carnivores and other species; and 3) seasonal range for ungulates.
- Any opportunities to encourage or preserve the phenomenon of Grizzly Bears using grassland/wetland habitat should be a high priority. These opportunities are present on the Rocky Mountain Front and in the Centennial Valley, in particular.
- Protection for the Whaleback holding in Alberta.
Conservation Partners
- Alberta Wilderness Association
- Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society, Calgary/Banff Chapter
- Castle Crown Wilderness Coalition
- Federation of Alberta Naturalists
- Greater Yellowstone Coalition
- The Nature Conservancy of Montana
- The Nature Conservancy, Alberta
- Waterton Natural History Association
- The Wilderness Society
Relationship to Other Classification Schemes
The ecoregion boundary closely follows Omernik. Bailey lacks a distinctive counterpart to this ecoregion, since his classification of the same geographic area amalgamates the entire elevational gradient, with the exception of M332C, corresponding to the Rocky Mountain Front portion of this ecoregion. This ecoregion follows Küchler's 56 and 57; Küchler classifies the Beaverhead, Red Rock, and Big Hole drainages as Küchler unit 49, distinguishing it markedly from other Montana valleys.
The Canadian portion of the Montana valley and foothill grasslands is made up of Fescue Grassland (TEC 158) along the face of the Rocky Mountain foothills. This narrow region is characterized by Grassland, Aspen Grove Boreal Forest, as well as Douglas-fir and Lodgepole Pine Montane forests.
Neighboring ecoregions
The following ecoregions share direct tangent borders with the Montana valley and foothill grasslands:
- North Central Rockies forests, to the west
- Alberta British Columbia foothills forests, to the north.
- Northern mixed grasslands, to the northeast
- Northern short grasslands, to the east.
- South Central Rockies forests, to the south
- Aubrey L. Haines. 2000. The Lewis and Clark Era (1805–1814). Yellowstone National Park: Its Exploration and Establishment. U.S. Department of the Interior. Washington DC
- Verne Huser. 2004. On the river with Lewis and Clark. Texas A&M University Press. ISBN 1-58544-344-1
- Matthew Jaeger, Ken Frazer, Clark Nelson, Mike Vaughn, Brad Schmitz, Jim Darling. 2005. Movements and habitat use of Yellowstone native fishes and reptiles and nesting distributions of native birds. T2-25-2 Report. Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks. Miles City, MT
- Adrienne Mayor. 2005. Fossil Legends of the First Americans. ISBN 0-691-11345-9
Disclaimer: This article contains some information that was originally published by the World Wildlife Fund. Topic editors and authors for the Encyclopedia of Earth have edited its content and added new information. The use of information from the World Wildlife Fund should not be construed as support for or endorsement by that organization for the new information added by EoE personnel.


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can't someone train themselves to send chakra through their palms and use it to damage the heart? everyone knows where the heart is so can't someone outside of the hyuga clan damage it with chakra control training alone? --188.8.131.52 (talk) 19:44, December 31, 2009 (UTC)
No, the point of Gentle Fist is to attack the chakra points, not the organs, and damaging the chakra points around these organs is what causes the damage. And since Byakugan is required to see the chakra points, that leaves the conclusion that no not anyone can learn it. -Perschbacher
- Actually the basic point of Gentle Fist IS to target the organs. Skilled practicioners (i.e. Neji) can take it further and attack the chakra points. So, yes a regular person can use Gentle Fist.
- No, Gentle Fist basic useage is to target the chakra network..to damage it and the organ's it's associated with. A skilled Juuken user probably knows where to attack someone's chakra network to damage their heart. A normal person cannot see the chakra network, so no, they can't use Gentle Fist. --Alexdhamp (talk) 22:47, June 5, 2011 (UTC)
Fiighting style
I think we could add these two paragraphs to the gentil fist page. They come from the fighting style page and I thing they complement well this article.
¨Another example of a fighting style is the Taijutsu style known as Gentle Fist, which is a both an 'Internal' style and a 'Soft' style martial art:
An 'Internal' martial arts style is a fighting style which is characterized by its emphasis on the use of the practitioner's mind to coordinate the leverage of the relaxed body, (as opposed to the use of brute strength,) and the internal development, circulation, and expression of their chakra. A practitioner of a internal style understands that an opponent is only as strong as their weakest joint. Training regimes for internal styles include meditation and exercising control over their internal chakra flow. A 'Soft' martial arts style is a fighting style is characterized by its approach by receiving the aggressor's force and momentum and turning it against him by leading the attack in another direction. In these styles, the user seeks to turn their opponents own strength against them, to bring them off-balance, diffusing the energy of the incoming attack, and, in the case of the Gentle Fist, to take them down from the inside. A 'soft' style is less about ones physical strength and more about ones internal power, in the case of of a Gentle Fist practitioner, its the user's superior chakra control and precision that brings success. This fighting style emphasizes control and defense.¨ Neji uchiha (talk) 06:46, March 12, 2010 (UTC)
Parent jutsu
Since this is the most basic thing the Byakugan allows, should we consider it a parent technique to the other Byakugan techniques, similar to what we do with Destruction Bug Host Technique? Omnibender - Talk - Contributions 21:28, December 18, 2010 (UTC)
- I don't think the Byakugan is actually necessary for the Gentle Fist style. It just makes it a lot more easy. —ShounenSuki (talk | contribs | translations) 21:37, December 18, 2010 (UTC)
- Sorry, I meant listing Gentle Fist as a parent jutsu to other Gentle Fist techniques, for example Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms and Eight Trigrams Vacuum Palm. Omnibender - Talk - Contributions 22:44, December 23, 2010 (UTC)
- Oh, well, in that case, yeah of course. It wasn't already? —ShounenSuki (talk | contribs | translations) 22:53, December 23, 2010 (UTC)
- No, it wasn't. Omnibender - Talk - Contributions 22:54, December 23, 2010 (UTC)
- Oh, well, in that case, yeah of course. It wasn't already? —ShounenSuki (talk | contribs | translations) 22:53, December 23, 2010 (UTC)
- Sorry, I meant listing Gentle Fist as a parent jutsu to other Gentle Fist techniques, for example Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms and Eight Trigrams Vacuum Palm. Omnibender - Talk - Contributions 22:44, December 23, 2010 (UTC)
Gentle Fist Style
Wouldn't "Gentle Fist Art" or "Art of Gentle Fist" more litera translation of "Jūkenpō"?--LeafShinobi (talk) 11:44, January 30, 2011 (UTC)
- That would bring it in line with our translations of ninpō and senpō. 'Art' does come closer to the meaning of 法. —ShounenSuki (talk | contribs | translations) 16:38, January 30, 2011 (UTC)
- So should we change it? —This unsigned comment was made by LeafShinobi (talk • contribs) .
OK, if no one has something against it, I will change it to "Gentle Fist Art".--LeafShinobi (talk) 14:53, May 26, 2011 (UTC)
- OK, I changed it.--LeafShinobi (talk) 18:35, May 27, 2011 (UTC)
Gentle Fist Style
When is it called like that except of Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms and Gentle Fist Style One Blow Body?--LeafShinobi (talk) 21:15, January 30, 2011 (UTC)
Dim Mak?
Could the Gentle Fist techniques have anything to do with the martial art Dim Mak or is it based off it? 18.104.22.168 (talk) 06:59, March 17, 2011 (UTC)
- It certainly is related to it. What you call a martial art is really nothing more than a simple concept: the using of acupuncture points in attacks, sometimes leading to instant death. Dim Mak (點脈, diǎnmài) is generally called diǎnxuè (點穴) in Chinese; a word that translates to tenketsu in Japanese. —ShounenSuki (talk | contribs | translations) 08:38, March 17, 2011 (UTC)
- I'd say it's probably a combination of Dim Mak and Baguazhang(Eight Trigrams Palm). --Alexdhamp (talk) 22:54, June 5, 2011 (UTC)
Hyūga Elder
In Neji Chronicles we can briefly see him when fightibg Oto Ninja but can we assume that he can use Gentle Fist?--LeafShinobi (talk) 21:32, March 22, 2011 (UTC)
- Honestly I believe this wouldn't be a stretch but we never saw him using it so it's still an assumption but i'd be all for adding him though. --Cerez™☺ 23:36, March 30, 2011 (UTC)
The Gentle Fist style is sending chakra into the body of your opponent to attack the chakra network, subsequently injuring surrounding internal organs due to their close proximity. I changed it because this article defined striking the tenketsu as the Gentle Fist style, which is untrue; that is merely a variation of the Gentle Fist style. I believe that my change should be kept.
--Skipperdoo32 (talk) 23:13, March 30, 2011 (UTC)
(Sorry; the above comment should be under a new topic)
--Skipperdoo32 (talk) 23:14, March 30, 2011 (UTC)
No words you changed speak of tenketsu. Most Hyūga attack the chakra network without targeting the tenketsu, only a few can target those. Nothing about the way the article is written says that it's all just tenketsu attack. Omnibender - Talk - Contributions 23:27, March 30, 2011 (UTC)
But that what I was trying to specify; the article had listed attacking the chakra network, "disrupting or diverting" the flow of chakra. This is the description used for when one attacks the tenketsu, not generally for gentle fist style fighting. I was just specifying that, for the article suggested that striking the tenketsu was a common aspect of Gentle Fist. —This unsigned comment was made by Skipperdoo32 (talk • contribs) .
I was under the impression that general attack to the chakra network would account for chakra flow being affected. I'll have to look for the chapters again. Thanks for pointing it out. Omnibender - Talk - Contributions 23:46, March 30, 2011 (UTC)
why this technique can only be used by the hyuga can is this a hidden technique. —This unsigned comment was made by Tentenofthebashosen (talk • contribs) .
- Sign your posts. The answer to your question is in the article. This style is about attacking the chakra network, something which requires the Byakugan to see. The term you want to use is hiden, not hidden, and this isn't hiden, it's a kekkei genkai taijutsu style. Omnibender - Talk - Contributions 02:58, April 17, 2011 (UTC)
- Couldn't the Main House techniques like Eight Trigrams Palms Heavenly Spin and Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms be considered a Hiden within the Hyuuga clan, itself?--Alexdhamp (talk) 07:01, June 6, 2011 (UTC)
Does it really have to be fists?
I was just wondering, would it be possible for someone to be able to close or open a tenketsu using something other than their hands? Like, maybe, an elbow or something? Or is it just not possible in any other way? I'm writing something and I'd appreciate the input. Thanks in advance! --Marael (talk) 23:49, March 25, 2012 (UTC)
Of course, Hyuga can control all their Tenketsu. The taijutsu fighting style uses their hands though. --Elveonora (talk) 23:50, March 25, 2012 (UTC)


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Health effects of nickel
Pure nickel is a hard, silvery-white metal, which has properties that make it very desirable for combining with other metals to form mixtures called alloys. Some of the metals that nickel can be alloyed with are iron, copper, chromium, and zinc. These alloys are used in making metal coins and jewelry and in industry for making items such as valves and heat exchangers. Most nickel is used to make stainless steel. There are also compounds consisting of nickel combined with many other elements, including chlorine, sulfur, and oxygen. Many of these nickel compounds are water soluble (dissolve fairly easily in water) and have a characteristic green color. Nickel and its compounds have no characteristic odor or taste. Nickel compounds are used for nickel plating, to color ceramics, to make some batteries, and as substances known as catalysts that increase the rate of chemical reactions.
Nickel combined with other elements occurs naturally in the earth's crust. It is found in all soil, and is also emitted from volcanoes. Nickel is the 24th most abundant element. In the environment, it is primarily found combined with oxygen or sulfur as oxides or sulfides. Nickel is also found in meteorites and on the ocean floor in lumps of minerals called sea floor nodules. The earth's core is composed of 6% nickel. Nickel is released into the atmosphere during nickel mining and by industries that make or use nickel, nickel alloys, or nickel compounds. These industries also might discharge nickel in waste water. Nickel is also released into the atmosphere by oil-burning power plants, coal-burning power plants, and trash incinerators.
There are no nickel mining operations in the United States. Much of our nickel used in industries comes from recycling nickel-containing alloys or is imported mainly from Canada and Russia.
Pathways for nickel in the environment
Nickel may be released to the environment from the stacks of large furnaces used to make alloys or from power plants and trash incinerators. The nickel that comes out of the stacks of fossil fuel power plants attaches to small particles of dust that settle to the ground or are taken out of the air in rain or snow. It usually takes many days for nickel to be removed from the air. If the nickel is attached to very small particles, it can take more than a month to settle out of the air. Nickel can also be released in industrial waste water. A lot of nickel released into the environment ends up in soil or sediment where it strongly attaches to particles containing iron or manganese. Under acidic conditions, nickel is more mobile in soil and might seep into groundwater. Nickel does not appear to concentrate in fish. Studies show that some plant species can take up and accumulate nickel. However, it has been shown that nickel does not accumulate in small animals living on land that has been treated with nickel-containing sludge.
Exposure to nickel
Nickel normally occurs at very low levels in the environment, so very sensitive methods are needed to detect nickel in most environmental samples. Food is the major source of exposure to nickel. You may also be exposed to nickel by breathing air, drinking water, or smoking tobacco containing nickel. Skin contact with soil, bath or shower water, or metals containing nickel, as well as, metals plated with nickel can also result in exposure. Stainless steel and coins contain nickel. Some jewelry is plated with nickel or made from nickel alloys. Patients may be exposed to nickel in artificial body parts made from nickel-containing alloys. Exposure of an unborn child to nickel is through the transfer of nickel from the mother's blood to fetal blood. Likewise, nursing infants are exposed to nickel through the transfer of nickel from the mother to breast milk. However, the concentration of nickel in breast milk is either similar or less than the concentration of nickel in infant formulas and cow's milk.
We often do not know the exact form of nickel we are exposed to, including at most hazardous waste sites. Much of the nickel found in air, soil, sediment, and rock is so strongly attached to dust and soil particles or embedded in minerals that it is not readily taken up by plants and animals and, therefore, cannot easily affect your health. In water and waste water, nickel can exist either dissolved in water or attached to material suspended in water.
Nickel in air is attached to small particles. Over a 6-year period (1977-1982) in the United States, average nickel concentrations in cities and in the country ranged from 7 to 12 nanograms per cubic meter (ng/m³; 1 ng/m³ is equivalent to 1 billionth of a gram in a cubic meter of air). More recently, EPA estimates that the average nickel concentration in air in the United States has decreased to 2.2 ng/m³, based on air quality information obtained from 1996.
The concentration of nickel in the water of rivers and lakes is very low, with the average concentration usually less than 10 parts of nickel in a billion parts of water (ppb). The level of nickel in water is often so low that we cannot measure it unless we use very sensitive instruments. The average concentration of nickel in drinking water in the United States is between 2 and 4.3 ppb. However, you may be exposed to higher-than-average levels of nickel in drinking water if you live near industries that process or use nickel. The highest levels of nickel in drinking water, about 72 ppb, were found near areas of a large natural nickel deposit where nickel is mined and refined.
Soil usually contains between 4 and 80 parts of nickel in a million parts of soil (ppm; 1 ppm=1,000 ppb). The highest soil concentrations (up to 9,000 ppm) are found near industries that extract nickel from ore. High concentrations of nickel occur as dust that is released into air from stacks during processing and settles on the ground. You may be exposed to nickel in soil by skin contact. Children may also be exposed to nickel by eating soil.
Food contains nickel and is the major source of nickel exposure for the general population. You eat about 170 micrograms (µg; 1 µg=1 millionth of a gram) of nickel in your food every day. Foods naturally high in nickel include chocolate, soybeans, nuts, and oatmeal. Our daily intake of nickel from drinking water is only about 2 µg. We breathe in between 0.1 and 1 µg nickel/day, excluding nickel in tobacco smoke. We are exposed to nickel when we handle coins and touch other metals containing nickel.
You may be exposed to higher levels of nickel if you work in industries that process or use nickel. You also may be exposed to nickel by breathing dust or fumes (as from welding) or by skin contact with nickel-containing metal and dust or solutions containing dissolved nickel compounds. A national survey conducted from 1980 to 1983 estimated that 727,240 workers are potentially exposed to nickel metal, nickel alloys, or nickel compounds.
Pathways for nickel in the body
Nickel can enter your body when you breathe air containing nickel, when you drink water or eat food that contains nickel, and when your skin comes into contact with nickel. If you breathe air that contains nickel, the amount of nickel you inhale that reaches your lungs and enters your blood depends on the size of the nickel particles. If the particles are large, they stay in your nose. If the particles are small, they can enter deep into your lungs. More nickel is absorbed from your lungs into your body when the nickel particles can dissolve easily in water. When the particles do not dissolve easily in water, the nickel may remain in your lungs for a long time. Some of these nickel particles can leave the lungs with mucus that you spit out or swallow. More nickel will pass into your body through your stomach and intestines if you drink water containing nickel than if you eat food containing the same amount of nickel. A small amount of nickel can enter your bloodstream from skin contact. After nickel gets into your body, it can go to all organs, but it mainly goes to the kidneys. The nickel that gets into your bloodstream leaves in the urine. After nickel is eaten, most of it leaves quickly in the feces, and the small amount that gets into your blood leaves in the urine.
Health effects of nickel
Scientists use many tests to protect the public from harmful effects of toxic chemicals and to find ways for treating persons who have been harmed.
One way to learn whether a chemical will harm people is to determine how the body absorbs, uses, and releases the chemical. For some chemicals, animal testing may be necessary. Animal testing may also help identify health effects such as cancer or birth defects. Without laboratory animals, scientists would lose a basic method for getting information needed to make wise decisions that protect public health. Scientists have the responsibility to treat research animals with care and compassion. Scientists must comply with strict animal care guidelines because laws today protect the welfare of research animals.
The most common harmful health effect of nickel in humans is an allergic reaction. Approximately 10-20% of the population is sensitive to nickel. A person can become sensitive to nickel when jewelry or other items containing nickel are in direct contact and prolonged contact with the skin. Wearing jewelry containing nickel in ears or other body parts that have been newly pierced may also sensitize a person to nickel. However, not all jewelry containing nickel releases enough of the nickel ion to sensitize a person. Once a person is sensitized to nickel, further contact with the metal may produce a reaction. The most common reaction is a skin rash at the site of contact. In some sensitized people, dermatitis (a type of skin rash) may develop in an area of the skin that is away from the site of contact. For example, hand eczema (another type of skin rash) is fairly common among people sensitized to nickel. Some workers exposed to nickel by inhalation can become sensitized and have asthma attacks, but this is rare. People who are sensitive to nickel have reactions when nickel comes into prolonged contact with the skin. Some sensitized individuals react when they eat nickel in food or water or breathe dust containing nickel. More women are sensitive to nickel than men. This difference between men and women is thought to be a result of greater exposure of women to nickel through jewelry and other metal items.
People who are not sensitive to nickel must eat very large amounts of nickel to suffer harmful health effects. Workers who accidentally drank light-green water containing 250 ppm of nickel from a contaminated drinking fountain had stomach aches and suffered adverse effects in their blood (increased red blood cells) and kidneys (increased protein in the urine). This concentration of nickel is more than 100,000 times greater than the amount usually found in drinking water.
The most serious harmful health effects from exposure to nickel, such as chronic bronchitis, reduced lung function, and cancer of the lung and nasal sinus, have occurred in people who have breathed dust containing certain nickel compounds while working in nickel refineries or nickel-processing plants. The levels of nickel in these workplaces were much higher than usual (background) levels in the environment. Lung and nasal sinus cancers occurred in workers who were exposed to more than 10 mg nickel/m³ as nickel compounds that were hard to dissolve (such as nickel subsulfide). Exposure to high levels of nickel compounds that dissolve easily in water (soluble) may also result in cancer when nickel compounds that are hard to dissolve (less soluble) are present, or when other chemicals that can produce cancer are present. The concentrations of soluble and less-soluble nickel compounds that were found to have produced cancers were 100,000 to 1 million times greater than the usual level of nickel in the air in the United States. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) has determined that nickel metal may reasonably be anticipated to be a carcinogen and nickel compounds are known human carcinogens. The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) has determined that some nickel compounds are carcinogenic to humans and that metallic nickel may possibly be carcinogenic to humans. The EPA has determined that nickel refinery dust and nickel subsulfide are human carcinogens. These cancer classifications were based on studies of nickel workers and laboratory animals.
Lung inflammation and damage to the nasal cavity have been observed in animals exposed to nickel compounds. At high concentrations, the lung damage is severe enough to affect lung function. Long-term exposure to lower levels of a nickel compound that dissolves easily in water did not produce cancer in animals. Lung cancer developed in rats exposed for a long time to nickel compounds that do not dissolve easily in water.
Oral exposure of humans to high levels of soluble nickel compounds through the environment is extremely unlikely. Because humans have only rarely been exposed to high levels of nickel in water or food, much of our knowledge of the harmful effects of nickel is based on animal studies. Eating or drinking levels of nickel much greater than the levels normally found in food and water have been reported to produce lung disease in dogs and rats and to affect the stomach, blood, liver, kidneys, and immune system in rats and mice, as well as their reproduction and development.
Children health effects of nickel
This section discusses potential health effects in humans from exposures during the period from conception to maturity at 18 years of age.
It is likely that the health effects seen in children exposed to nickel will be similar to the effects seen in adults. We do not know whether children differ from adults in their susceptibility to nickel. Human studies that examined whether nickel can harm the developing fetus are inconclusive. Animal studies have found increases in newborn deaths and decreases in newborn weight after ingesting nickel.
These doses are 1,000 times higher than levels typically found in drinking water. It is likely that nickel can be transferred from the mother to an infant in breast milk and can cross the placenta. The nickel levels in breast milk are likely to be similar to the levels in cow's milk-based or soy-milk-based infant formula.
Reducing risk of exposure to nickel
If your doctor finds that you have been exposed to substantial amounts of nickel, ask whether your children might also have been exposed. Your doctor might need to ask your state health department to investigate.
People may be exposed to nickel by wearing jewelry that contains nickel. In some people, wearing jewelry that contains nickel produces skin irritation. Avoiding jewelry containing nickel will eliminate risks of exposure to this source of this metal.
Other sources of nickel exposure are through foods that you eat and drinking water. However, the amount of nickel in foods and drinking water are too low to be of concern.
Medical tests
Measurements of the amount of nickel in your blood, feces, and urine can be used to estimate your exposure to nickel. More nickel was found in the urine of workers who were exposed to nickel compounds that dissolve easily in water (soluble) than in the urine of workers exposed to compounds that are hard to dissolve (less soluble). This means that it is easier to tell if you have been exposed to soluble nickel compounds than less-soluble compounds. The nickel measurements do not accurately predict potential health effects from exposure to nickel.
Further Reading
Disclaimer: This article contains information that was originally published by the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. Topic editors and authors for the Encyclopedia of Earth have edited its content and added new information. The use of information from the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry should not be construed as support for or endorsement by that organization for any new information added by EoE personnel, or for any editing of the original content.
CitationRegistry, A. (2011). Health effects of nickel. Retrieved from http://www.eoearth.org/view/article/51cbedfe7896bb431f69553b
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Sidney Draggan wrote: 01-27-2011 00:01:44
Information of the type you seek is available likely from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Check FDA's website for: "Device Advice: Device Regulation and Guidance".
theresa stegkemper wrote: 01-26-2011 15:35:45
i would like to know the harm that orthopedic hardware could do to a person over a period of 8 yrs if they have a reaction to nickel


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Given a bit of an increase in scammer reports this month I feel that it's the right time to just remind users of the safest procedures when it comes to buying and selling on dropzone.com and address some of the frequently asked questions.
First of all:
Be sure to check our listed scammers database before any transaction. In fact, check it as soon as you receive an e-mail response to any ad of yours. If the person is listed in the database, cut all contact immediately. You can see the list here:
How can I tell if the person who contacted me is a scammer?
More often than not it will be fairly easy to see whether the user is a scammer or a legitimate buyer from the way they phrase their e-mail.
Nine times out of ten they will not do any research into skydiving prior to messaging you and as such their message will be generic and could apply to any sale item on any site.
They will often refer to it as "the item" or "your item", they will also copy/paste the name of the ad when referring to it. eg: "I saw your ad for the Velocity 90 - brand new lines and wanted to know your lowest price"
Another indication from the above example that it could be a scam, is the double spacing just before the gear item's name. This is caused from the copy and paste process. Now it's not to say every time someone copy and pastes the title that they're going to be a scammer, but it's another thing to look out for.
You should also note the language used in the e-mails, if the person is listed as being from America or England, you can generally expect decent English. Phrases like "I saw you canopy online and want buy it" from English speaking countries is another alert that it may be a scammer.
A big red flag is the buyer saying that he will send someone to collect the item or has a courier service that will pick it up. Most of the time this will be a scammer. But of course there are legitimate users who use this method, so as long as you can verify that they're a skydiver, the chances are much less that it's a scammer.
Check their username on the dropzone.com, while there are a lot of buyers who are not active on the forum, you can use it as a way to unflag people who may seem dodgy. If a user has thousands of posts on the forum the chances are that they are not a scammer.
Finally, if you end up failing to spot the scammer before he sends you payment, you should be easily able to recognize one once the payment arrives. They will often send a cheque for an amount greater than the item.
Someone suspicious has said he'd like to pay with paypal, that's safe then right?
Paypal is a lot safer than the cheques that most of the scammers use, but as of late there have been scammers targeting Craig's List and a couple here too who claim to be willing to pay via paypal. Some times these scammers are using stolen credit cards to make the payments through paypal, which are then reverted later on when the theft is reported. Be equally as careful here.
I think a scammer contacted me, what should I do?
If you receive an e-mail from what looks to be a scammer, you can forward the e-mail to email@example.com - I check this account daily and perform any necessary actions on scam users involved. This usually involves disabling the username from the account, investigating their IP address and blocking the IP from the site.
If you are not quite sure if it's a scam or not, you can always contact the buyer and ask them for a reference to their dropzone and their skydiving license number. Scammers will typically back off completely when asked such a question but should they provide a response and you still feel it's a scammer, give the dropzone a call and get a reference.
I received a cheque in the mail and it is from a scammer, what do I do?
If you have the misfortune of being contacted by a scammer and receiving a cheque from them for the sale, only to realize upon receiving it that it was indeed a scammer. We recommend firstly that you cut all contact with the scammer. Secondly, while I'm not too sure of the laws regarding the handling of fraudulent cheques, the best thing to do would probably be to take it to the bank and explain the situation or take it to the police.
It's a certified cheque, does that make it trustworthy?
Nope. Some of these scammers are using fraudulent cheques which can even clear the original bank clearance process, only to be noted as fraud at a later time, where-after you will be the one responsible for it. Be carefully with certified cheques too.
We do our best to keep the list of scammers as up to date as possible, and make any additions as soon as a scammer is identified.
We also make sure that we disable the scammers account and have recently resorted to blocking their IPs too. Unfortunately some of the scammers send out mass responses in a short period of time and by the time we have listed them a couple of hours later, some users are already having an e-mail exchange for them.
The best idea is to check the scammers database on receiving a response and again before sending out the item.
Hopefully this will help some of the classified users.
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