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'''The Regional Municipality of Durham''', commonly called Durham Region (2003 population 525,000), is a regional political area located east of [[Toronto, Ontario]]. It has an area of approximately 2,500 square kilometers and includes the municipalities of [[Pickering, Ontario|Pickering]], [[Ajax, Ontario|Ajax]], [[Oshawa, Ontario|Oshawa]], [[Whitby, Ontario|Whitby]], [[Clarington, Ontario|Clarington]], [[Uxbridge, Ontario|Uxbridge Township]], [[Scugog, Ontario|Scugog Township]] and [[Brock, Ontario|Brock Township]]. Durham Region is considered part of the [[Greater Toronto Area]]. The regional seat is in [[Whitby, Ontario|Whitby]].
The region of Durham was established in [[1974]] as one of several new "regional" governments in the Province of [[Ontario]]--primarily in fast-growing urban and suburban areas. Durham Region encompasses areas that were previously part of Ontario County and Durham County.
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The southern portion of the region, adjacent to Lake Ontario is primarily suburban in nature, forming the eastern flank of the "905" belt of suburbs and exurbs around Toronto. The northern area encompasses rural areas and small towns.
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Major employers include [[General Motors of Canada]], [[Ontario Power Generation]], [[Lakeridge Health System]], [[Durham College]], [[University of Ontario Institute of Technology]] and many smaller component and transportation firms supplying the automotive industry.
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The Canadian headquarters of [[General Motors]], [[Volkswagen]], and [[BMW]] are all located in the region. The automotive industry is especially concentrated in Oshawa.
==Featured articles missing pictures==
The following featured articles lack copyleft pictures and would greatly benefit from having one added:
* [[Isaac Asimov]] - I replaced a crappy-unsourced-low quality-possibly non free image with a crappy-low quality-sourced-fair use picture. Copyleft would be much prefered. I suggest looking for a convention pic.
**How about http://www.sfhub.ac.uk/Offprints/Asimov%20brochure.jpg
**That is (IMHO) even worse than the one that's there now, and it's still fair use. [[User:Raul654|→Raul654]] 07:50, Mar 10, 2005 (UTC)
* [[Action potential]] - Current diagram is totally unrelated. I'd prefer a diagram of the depolarization regions as the potential passes down the length of an axon.
**Totally unrelated? The graph shown is what an action potential typically looks like when measured at a single point with a recording electrode. Similar diagrams appear in almost every textbook and reveiw article on action potentials (see Kandel et al. ''Principles of Neural Science''; Bear et al. ''Neuroscience: Exploring the Brain''; Purves, et al. ''Neuroscience 2nd ed.''). A diagram of the movement of APs down the axon might be nice, but this illustration is not totally unrelated. [[User:Sayeth|Sayeth]] 23:18, Mar 4, 2005 (UTC)
***No, the graph is related (and yes, it's in my textbooks), but graphs do not make good main page pictures. I was referring to the cell membrane picture, which is totally unrelated except to illustrate what a membrane is. [[User:Raul654|→Raul654]] 17:58, Mar 6, 2005 (UTC)
* [[Menstrual cycle]] - has a graph, but could use a picture (please keep it tasteful).
**I'd have to disagree here, since I think the graph is the most representative of the topic possible. The article is about the cycle, not about menstruation in general. - [[User:Taxman|Taxman]] 16:09, Feb 16, 2005 (UTC)
***I agree with Taxman. [[User:Jengod|jengod]] 07:49, Mar 3, 2005 (UTC)
****I also agree, but the current table is cluttered to hell and back, and should be 4 seperate images not 1 cluttered mess. {{User:Alkivar/sig}} 08:14, 3 Mar 2005 (UTC)
* [[Garry Kasparov]] - two pics (one of good quality, one of low quality). Neither has any information on the source at all. [[User:Raul654|→Raul654]] 19:21, Mar 6, 2005 (UTC)
The four separate [[public transit]] systems in the region, operated by various municipalities, are set to be amalgamated under the Region's administration at the beginning of [[2006]].
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Durham also has one [[Indian reserve]], [[Mississaugas of Scugog Island, Ontario|Mississaugas of Scugog Island]]
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== External Link ==
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*[http://www.region.durham.on.ca Region of Durham] The Region of Durham.
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*[http://www.durhamtourism.ca DurhamTourism.ca] Tourism guide to the region.
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*[http://www.groups.yahoo.com/group/freecycledurhamregion/ Freecycle Durham Region] Home page of the Durham Region chapter of the worldwide [http://www.freecycle.org Freecycle Network]
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