User:EmeraldM78

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This user attends or attended the University of Toronto.

63

This user has visited 63 of the 205 countries in the world.

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Mountains.

This user has climbed
Scafell Pike in the
Lake District National Park.

This user enjoys writing.

This user is interested in the History of Canada.

This user supports the independence of Tibet.

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这个用户对中国历史感兴趣。
This user is interested in Chinese history.

STAR WARS

This user is a Star Wars fan.

This user is interested in The Jedi Order.
My ally is the Force. And a powerful ally it is.

Hello world. I am a teacher with the Toronto District School Board in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. I'm passionate about photography, travel (I've traveled to 60+ countries), philosophy and Star Wars. By day, I teach Geography and Social sciences to a bunch of amazing kids, and by night I am a budding fiction novelist. I also very much enjoy cooking, and reading (or writing) about unique foods, dishes and recipes.

I also contribute to a few Toronto-based newspapers on the topics of Education and writing, which, accidentally, brought me to Wikipedia. I am fascinated by the "academic dialogue" that happens in the community; and would love to be a part of it.

Tomorrow's featured article

1860 bronze farthing, depicting Britannia

Beginning in 1860, Britain replaced its copper coinage with bronze pieces. The existing copper coins (principally the penny, the halfpenny and the farthing) were seen as too large and heavy. Thomas Graham, the master of the Mint, persuaded William Gladstone, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, to replace them. Gladstone secured authorising legislation and a vote of funds in Parliament. Leonard Charles Wyon of the Royal Mint was tasked with rendering designs for the new coinage. He produced an obverse for the new coins depicting Queen Victoria, who modelled for him. The reverse featured Britannia (pictured). With the aid of two outside firms, the Royal Mint struck enough of the new bronze coins that it began calling in the copper pieces in 1861, a process complete after 1877, although less than half in terms of value of the extant coppers were paid in. The new coins remained current until the run-up to decimalisation in 1971, except for the farthing, which was demonetised from 1 January 1961. (Full article...)

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