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June 29

Ochratoxin need some help

I need to know the levels that can be harm for a human health when the the Ochratoxin is present. Thanks Solyluna68 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Solyluna68 (talk • contribs) 04:00, 29 June 2012 (UTC)

This is covered in part in the article for Ochratoxin_A. I don't know about the B and C versions. RudolfRed (talk) 04:25, 29 June 2012 (UTC)

Olympics

I thought the Olympics were meant to be an amateur world championship. Why are there professional athletes in some sports? 176.250.196.132 (talk) 12:12, 29 June 2012 (UTC)

See Olympic_games#Amateurism_and_professionalism. Your thinking is out of date. --Tagishsimon (talk) 12:19, 29 June 2012 (UTC)

If you allow professionals, those nations with professional sports have an unfair advantage, while, if you prohibit them, those nations are at an unfair disadvantage. Given that, shouldn't we allow them, so the Olympic champs really are the best in the world ? StuRat (talk) 05:40, 30 June 2012 (UTC)

All too often in the earlier era, countries like the Soviet Union were sneakily subsidizing their "amateur" athletes anyway. I see that this is mentioned in Tagishsimon's linked section. This just evens the playing field. Clarityfiend (talk) 10:21, 30 June 2012 (UTC)

Not to mention entering suspected males into female sports. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 18:57, 30 June 2012 (UTC)

Her brother sister was a bit suspicious too. And some of the East German athletes around that time who had definitely started out as women developed awfully masculine characteristics. Those "vitamin pills" sure packed a punch. And then there were all those "amateur" American athletes who had very generous college scholarships. There were some suggestions that many had no academic talent at all. HiLo48 (talk) 23:04, 30 June 2012 (UTC)

Signes hats of Spain

Find their home page or web page in Spain — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.233.126.145 (talk) 15:54, 29 June 2012 (UTC)

Looks like http://www.sombrerossignes.com/ is what you need Rojomoke (talk) 16:47, 29 June 2012 (UTC)