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Arif shivji
non-notable — J3ff 03:41, 8 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Non-notable, possible vanity. Agriculture 04:51, 8 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Agree with above. utcursch 06:17, Feb 8, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. at0 06:48, 8 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, not notable - 20 Google hits, possible vanity. Megan1967 07:57, 8 Feb 2005 (UTC)
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Pennybridge Pioneers

Pennybridge Pioneers is the fourth album by Swedish punk rock band Millencolin, released on 22 February 2000 by Epitaph Records. The album was their first album to move away from their ska punk elements in favor of a more alternative rock sound. It was also the band's first album recorded outside their native country of Sweden, and their first to be certified gold in sales after selling over 35,000 copies in Australia.

Its title is derived from the band's home town of Örebro, which jocularly translates to "Pennybridge" in English. "Fox" and "Penguins & Polarbears" were released as singles with accompanying music videos. "No Cigar" was also released as a single and EP and appeared in the soundtracks of the video games Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2, Jeremy McGrath Supercross World, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater HD and Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 + 2. "Pepper" was also included in the soundtrack album Music from and Inspired by Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3, though it was not included in the game itself.

Production
Pennybridge Pioneers was recorded at Westbeach Recorders in Hollywood, California, with producer Brett Gurewitz. Sessions lasted from 28 July to 6 September 1999. Gurewitz and Donell acted as engineers; they were assisted by Jay Gordon. Eddie Schreyer mastered the album at Oasis Mastering.

Release
On 3 November 1999, Pennybridge Pioneers was announced for release in February 2000. "Material Boy" was posted online on 10 November 1999. Pennybridge Pioneers was eventually released on 22 February 2000. Following this, the band appeared on Warped Tour, and the Epitaph Punkorama Tour. The band supported the Offspring on their west coast US tour in July and August 2001. While the band was initially scheduled to appear at Edgefest II in Canada, they instead played two shows with Blink-182.

To coincide with the 10th anniversary of the album, the band initially performed it in its entirety for a Canadian tour in September 2010, and then a South America tour in November 2010.

Reception
Pennybridge Pioneers was met with generally favorable reviews from music critics. It was certified platinum in Australia in May 2001.

Track listing
All songs by Nikola Šarčević, except where noted. All lyrics by Sarcevic.

Personnel
Personnel per booklet.

Millencolin
 * Erik Ohlsson – guitar, backing vocals
 * Mathias Färm – guitar, backing vocals
 * Fredrik Larzon – drums, backing vocals
 * Nikola Šarčević – lead vocals, bass guitar, backing vocals, acoustic guitar (track 14)

Additional musicians
 * Brett Gurewitz – backing vocals, guitar solo (track 11), piano (track 14) , guitar (track 14)

Production and design
 * Brett Gurewitz – producer, engineer
 * Donell Cameron – engineer
 * Eddie Schreyer – mastering
 * Jay Gordon – assistant engineer
 * Erik Ohlsson – oil painting, art, layout, single photo
 * Magnus Sundholm – band photo
 * Greg Truex – single photo
 * Tive – single photo
 * Petter Koubeck – single photo

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RAW
The RAW (magazine) entry says its Japanese artists (all reprints?) had been from the Garo crowd.--Radh (talk) 11:38, 6 January 2010 (UTC)

Garo exhibition
That here from April 14, 2010 to June 26, 2010 --KrebMarkt 20:00, 18 February 2010 (UTC)

Ryan Holmberg on the Early Years of Garo the curator of the Garo exhibition give it a shoot. Note that some fine people made comments in that one. --KrebMarkt 15:34, 11 May 2010 (UTC)

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Talk:Laura Linney

Icon?
Gay icon??? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Cantus (talk • contribs)

Picture?
Can someone get a picture, please? She is fairly high-profile. JackO'Lantern 08:15, 12 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Thank you. JackO'Lantern 16:42, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

Notable roles
How about mentioning some of her notable roles on the first paragraph? Thanks Kvsh5 (talk) 14:46, 5 September 2009 (UTC)

Love Letters 1999
Why do you forget this movie? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.215.188.63 (talk) 12:18, 22 August 2010 (UTC)

"Despite her pedigree"?
Are you kidding me? This reads like a hagiography. I can't be bothered to do the research required to edit this, but I hope someone will. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.117.118.146 (talk) 07:15, 5 March 2012 (UTC)

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Eversole
non-notable family — J3ff 03:45, 8 Feb 2005 (UTC)
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Category:BMT Franklin Avenue Shuttle stations

Stations on the BMT Franklin Avenue Line of the New York City Subway.


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Roy Hui
Born: 21 July 1980

Birth Place: Shanghai, China

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Sarcade

Sarcade (Sarcade) is a town in the southeastern Lower Shebelle (Shabeellaha Hoose) region of Somalia. It is situated 68 metres (226 feet) above sea level.

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For Monkeys

For Monkeys is the third album by Swedish punk rock band Millencolin, released in April 1997 in Sweden by Burning Heart Records and in May 1997 in the United States by Epitaph Records. "Lozin' Must" was released as the album's single, with an accompanying music video. The recordings for the album were engineered by Dan Swanö, who is more well known for his involvement with bands belonging to the Death and Black Metal genres.

Track listing
All songs written by Nikola Šarčević, except where noted.

Japanese edition bonus tracks

 * 1) "An Elf and His Zippo"
 * 2) "Israelites"
 * 3) "Vixen"

Brazilian edition bonus tracks

 * 1) "Puzzle" (live)

Millencolin

 * Nikola Šarčević - lead vocals, bass
 * Erik Ohlsson - guitar
 * Mathias Färm - guitar
 * Fredrik Larzon - drums

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Prime Sentinel

Prime Sentinels are an advanced type of fictional Sentinel appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. They are depicted as a humans-turned-cyborgs that uses nanotechnology from the "Days of Future Past" alternate future. Like the original Sentinels, they are typically depicted as antagonists to the X-Men.

Creation
The Prime Sentinels were created when Bastion initiated the "Operation: Zero Tolerance" program. These Sentinels were actually humans who had been fitted with cybernetic nanotech implants which, upon activation, transformed the humans into armored beings with powerful weapons systems. These altered humans were set up as sleeper agents, unaware of their natures until a signal from the Operation: Zero Tolerance base activated their programming. These Sentinels were used by Bastion to capture Professor X for his own purposes, as well as attack various mutants associated with the X-Men across the country. Bastion and his Prime Sentinels were eventually defeated by the X-Men with help from the government agency S.H.I.E.L.D. who shut down Operation: Zero Tolerance.

Powers and abilities
Prime Sentinels are equipped with several technological enhancements, superpowers bestowed ranging towards: flight, enhanced physicals, optic lasers and force-blasts as well as being able to dampen or disrupt the powers of mutants around them. On board scanning and homing sensors which enable them to detect the presence of Homo Superior within their vicinity, backed by combat computers which allow them to compensate for surprising events (such as the arrival of police cars) faster than normal humans. Finally, their programming may use the natural personality along with the original form of the host to lull unsuspecting targets into conversation, at which point they dampen their powers and kill them.

Omega Prime Sentinels, like Karima Shapandar, are equipped with mechanical regeneration coupled with some level of electromagnetic powers, but these were apparently prototypes, as their designs are clunkier than other Prime Sentinels. Other tools Karima shows that Omega Sentinels are equipped with include adaptive countermeasure facilities which enable them to fabricate specialized weaponry tailored to counter specific mutant adversaries. Able to become resilient towards damage dealt prior to their chassis, as well as produce weaponized solutions angled towards dealing with a specific mutant target.

In X-Men 2000 Annual they, like Omega Sentinels, are shown to have limited nano-mechanical morphing abilities. Able to morph or sprout cannon artillery from their body parts for greater arms fire. One of the deadliest abilities of the Prime Sentinels is displayed to be the lethal injection of nanomachines into another human being that will turn the target into a Prime Sentinel. It can be noticed that in the selfsame episode Rogue tries to use her personality-absorbing powers on one of the Prime Sentinels only to find nothing at all: she then states that nothing of the original host remains once the Prime Sentinel personality has taken over, though this is questionable as Magneto and Professor X were able to restore Karima's personality.

Known Prime Sentinels

 * Agent Boyd
 * Agent Mathers
 * Arvell
 * Curtis
 * Daria
 * Felipe
 * Ginny Mahoney - Known as Unit #1031.
 * Helmut
 * Karima Shapandar
 * Mustang
 * Number 5
 * Sanjit Shaara - Known as Unit #3.
 * Saroyan
 * Tanya

Television

 * A variation of the Prime Sentinels appear in Wolverine and the X-Men. In the Sentinel-dominated future, some people were turned into cyborgs made from human technology and are shown to have a failsafe should their human half get compromised by telepaths.
 * The Prime Sentinels appear in X-Men '97. They consist of various humans, such as Bolivar Trask, Trish Tilby and Rose Gilberti, that were subjected to a techno-organic virus by Mister Sinister, transforming them into Bastion's sleeper agents who remained unaware of their change and new purpose of OZT. When detecting a mutant threat, they would transform into more dangerous versions of traditional Sentinels that could withstand even partial dismemberment and could only be taken out with an electro-magnetic pulse. After Professor X hijacked Magneto to restore Earth's magnetic field, the Prime Sentinels were reactivated and assumed their mission to attack both mutants and humans. The Prime Sentinels' humanity was restored when Jean Grey used the Phoenix Force to attach a Mnemonic Scrambler on Bastion's forehead, severing the connection with the Prime Sentinels.

Video games

 * Prime Sentinels appear as bosses in X-Men: Next Dimension, which is based loosely on the events of Operation: Zero Tolerance. In the game, Prime Sentinels released their leader, Bastion, from S.H.I.E.L.D. custody. During an invasion at the Xavier Institute, they captured Forge after he destroys a Prime Sentinel. Later, they attack Magneto in Genosha, but Magneto destroys them. After the X-Men makes an uneasy alliance with the Brotherhood of Mutants, they attack the Citadel, and several Prime Sentinels were destroyed.
 * Prime Sentinels appear in X-Men Legends. In this version, they are called Bio-Sentinels and they are under control by General William Kincaid. They were destroyed when the X-Men saved a younger version of Bishop from being killed. In the end, it was revealed they were controlled by Master Mold (which is a giant Sentinel in the game). The X-Men defeated Master Mold and the Bio-Sentinels were seemingly destroyed.
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Composite Corridor

The Composite Corridor (or CK) is a railway coach with a number of compartments, some of which are standard class (previously second, né third class) and some first class, linked by a side corridor.

History
The composite coach was a standard coach design going back to the early days of railways, enabling a railway company to provide multi-class passenger accommodation in a single vehicle and so reduce costs. In the book "Red For Danger" by L.T.C Rolt it is mentioned that the train which came to grief at Wigan on the night of 2 August 1873 featured a Caledonian Railway composite coach. Early composite coaches did not feature corridors or gangways between the vehicles.

Gangwayed stock
Once communicating gangways between coaches were introduced, a side corridor was provided to allow passengers and staff to walk up and down the train, while seated passengers in compartments were not disturbed, and thus the various types of side-corridor coaches were developed.

Non-gangwayed stock
Most of the major railway companies also constructed non-gangwayed composite coaches for use on suburban lines, running under the designation of "CL" (as opposed to CK for the gangwayed version). These had a side corridor connecting all the compartments of one class to a central toilet, with a similar corridor connecting the compartments of the other class to a different toilet. Thus first class passengers could therefore move between the first class compartments, and third/second class passengers could likewise move about their area, but there was no communication between the classes or to adjacent coaches. Several of these vehicles from various railway companies have been preserved, with a South Eastern & Chatham vehicle, 1133, at the Isle of Wight Steam Railway, though currently stored as its underframe is overhauled, an LNER Thompson version, 88339, at the North Yorkshire Moors Railway, though also stored pending a full overhaul, and seven BR versions at various lines across Britain, though as of June 2018, only four are in operation, these being 43010 at the Stephenson Railway Museum, 43012 at the Llangollen Railway, 43041 at the North Norfolk Railway, and 43003 at the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway.

Big 4
All of the "Big 4" British railway companies created in the "Grouping" of 1923 operated Corridor Composite coaches.

BR Mk1 version
The British Railways Mark 1 CK, built from 1951 onwards, had four First-class and three Third-class (Second-class from 1956) compartments, with a vestibule separating the 1st and 2nd sections, and a sliding door (usually fixed open) to divide the corridor.

There were two variants; those built to Diagram 126 for the Midland, Scottish, and Eastern / North Eastern regions had six seats per compartment in 2nd class, with fold-up arm-rests which folded into the seat-back, while those built to Diagram 128 for the Southern and Western regions, with their heavy commuter loadings into London, had eight seats in each 2nd class compartment, and no arm-rests. 2nd class seating was of the interior sprung bench type.

All first class compartments sat six passengers, with folding arm rests which lifted into cushion dividers between the seats, using a lower bench with six individual square cushions on top for greater comfort.

In later years, as vehicles were re-allocated between regions, some had their arm-rests fixed in the folded position while on the Western region.

The Mark 1 CK was as common as coaches comprising all standard class (SK), with both types outnumbering all first class (FK) coaches. There was also a Brake Composite Corridor or BCK, but this was not as common.

No coaches of this type are still in daily use on the main line network, since open saloon coaches are now preferred by operating companies. Some do still run on heritage lines, as indicated in the picture of 16071 at the Llangollen Railway above, with the North Yorkshire Moors Railway registering three examples, 15745, 16156 and 16191, for use on the Esk Valley Line between Whitby and Battersby, 16191 being the most recent of these having received a full overhaul during 2017.

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John Mark Ockerbloom

John Mark Ockerbloom (born 1966) is a digital library architect and planner in the library science field. Formerly at Carnegie Mellon University, from which he earned a PhD in computer science, he now works for the University of Pennsylvania. He is the editor of The Online Books Page, which lists over two million books including project Gutenberg titles, all of which are freely available for reading online or by download.

Education
Mark Ockerbloom attended Carnegie Mellon University in the 1990s and earned a PhD in computer science.

Career
Mark Ockerbloom works as a digital library planner and researcher at the University of Pennsylvania.

He is involved in the use of technology by the general public for the public good. He is the chair of the ILS-DI Task Group for the Digital Library Federation.

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In 1994, Mark Ockerbloom created Banned Books On-Line in response to the censoring of usenet newsgroups on Carnegie Mellon's servers. A number of organizations including Electronic Frontier Foundation and the American Civil Liberties Union were opposing the Communications Decency Act around that time and took note of Banned Books On-Line, linking to it from their websites.

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Mark Ockerbloom has pointed out some of the conflicts between web 2.0 and copyright law, describing how multimedia can contain unintended copyright violations. Mark Ockerbloom runs the Online Books Page, which indexes books that are free to read over the Internet. In 1993, while at Carnegie Mellon University, Ockerbloom started the Online Books Page which allows readers to find books by title, subject or author. The site has been described as one of the largest and most popular resources for online books. He has said the Copyright Term Extension Act can have a chilling effect on websites that provide readers easy access to books online and is concerned about the conflict between the public good and the interests of for-profit enterprises.

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Mark Ockerbloom's wife, Mary Mark Ockerbloom, is the editor of A Celebration of Women Writers website, which lists resources about women writers and works written by women that are freely viewable online.

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I would like to say is that Pico-Union is not one of the most poorest area of Los Angeles. Its modestly poor, there are much poorer areas of the city. Pico-Union although falling apart still keeps some of its old antique charm. St. Sphias is not technically in the district, whom ever wrote this obviously does not live in the area.

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When did Pico-Union have a large Jewish population? I've done considerable research into the history of Jewish Los Angeles, and I've never heard Pico-Union mentioned as an area which once had a large Jewish population except in Wikipedia, although Westlake to the north did before World War II. I have known long time residents of the area who did mention the non-Latino whites who shared the area with the Latino population before leaving in the late 1950s and early 1960s, but I've never read anything about the area's Jewish history. Any sources for this bit of information?

In doing some research, I did find that the area did have a large Jewish population from the 1910s through World War II, when the Jewish inhabitants moved west.

Jewish population
At the corner of Alvarado and Hoover, there is a massive synagogue--I mean, this thing is friggin' huge--that has a date stamped into the cornerstone of something like 1902. Research into the Alvarado Terrace HPOZ and conversations with neighbors (I used to live in southeast Koreatown, on the border of P-U) has shown that this area was a very chic address for wealthy Jews in the early 20th century. Once the Fairfax District and Beverlywood got popular in the '30s and '40s, formerly Jewish-heavy areas like Pico-Union, Westlake, and Boyle Heights saw most of their Jewish populations leave. The aforementioned enormo-gogue has now been turned into a Seventh-day Adventist Church.

UCLA has a page here on the Byzantine-Latino Quarter (which is in Harvard Heights, not P-U).--Slightlyslack 11:48, 30 August 2005 (UTC)

In the heart of Pico Union, on the north west corner of 12th and Valencia Streets is a brick Jewish synagogue constructed in the late 1920s. Today it is home to a largely Latino Christian church, but retains the stain glass Stars of David on its windows. I am told that the congregation that built this synagogue has now moved to a huge fortress-like building on Wilshire Blvd. in Westwood.
 * All the above is beside the point. Wikipedia requires WP:Reliable sources, and personal memories don't fill the bill. GeorgeLouis (talk) 07:26, 24 May 2013 (UTC)

Only if they were from the Los Angeles Times. There are other sources. Ucla90024 (talk) 19:23, 24 May 2013 (UTC)

I agree Pico-Union is not as poor as the article states
Whom ever wrote this article does not live or probably never has lived in the area. For one the boundaries are all wrong, the district encompasses more than what they state. One may even put the boundaries as far west as Vermont along venice and as far north as sixth street. As for the area being the "poorest" I have to strongly disagree. Because of the large influx of immigrants that entered during the 1980's the community did suffer an economical decline. Nevertheless the area is filled with many inhabitants whom have been living here for over forty years, in the very houses they own and maintain. The area today still has areas of its charm with its Victorian and pre-Victorian houses. True however the area is seeing a change due to the development taking place in south park.

 * Not true. Please see the updated reference, which gave the origin of the name "Pico Union". Ucla90024 (talk) 02:00, 31 May 2009 (UTC)

Pico-Union Sign

 * Can anyone see a Pico-Union district sign west of Hoover Avenue? All the signs are east of Hoover and south of Olympic Blvd., within the CRA development area. Ucla90024 (talk) 17:16, 25 May 2013 (UTC)

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 * And we don't need this one anyway. There's no consensus in favor of adding these horrible "compass" things to articles at all. It serves no purpose here, since the information is already in the text.  It's just an ugly waste of space.  — SMcCandlish ☺ ☏ ¢ ≽ʌⱷ҅ᴥⱷʌ≼  01:54, 20 July 2017 (UTC)

Deletion of boundaries

 * If you google “Pico Union, Los Angeles”, google will show you a map with boundaries drawn (I have put a screengrab online for you...).

 * If, after googling, you then click on the small google map, you will see an enlarged version with outlined boundaries. (Again, here is a screengrab...)

 * I have therefore reverted your edit. Phatblackmama (talk) 23:38, 6 November 2017 (UTC)

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Rockefeller State Park Preserve

Rockefeller State Park Preserve is a state park in Mount Pleasant, New York in the eastern foothills of the Hudson River in Westchester County. Common activities in the park include horse-riding, walking, jogging, running, bird-watching, and fishing. The park has a rich history and was donated to the State of New York over time by the Rockefeller family beginning in 1983. A section of the park, the Rockwood Hall property, fronts the Hudson River. It was formerly the private residence of William Rockefeller, and began use as a New York state park in the early 1970s. In 2018, the park was added to New York's State Register of Historic Places.

Features
Rockefeller State Park Preserve is designated by the National Audubon Society as an Important Bird Area with over 180 species, and is known for its wildlife, carriage trails, and scenic vistas. The park's 55 miles of carriage roads allow visitors to view the various habitats of the 1771 acre park, which include open meadows, dense forest, meandering brooks, wetlands, and the 24 acre Swan Lake.

Rockefeller State Park Preserve abuts the Old Croton Aqueduct State Historic Park and Sleepy Hollow Cemetery. The preserve also abuts extensive private land owned by the Rockefeller family which is open to the public. The trails in the private area, still in use by the Rockefeller family and also open to the public, connect with those in the state park. Many of these trails were planned and laid out by John D. Rockefeller (Sr.) and his descendants. Access to these trails, and additional access to the state park trails, is available from Sleepy Hollow Road and Bedford Road/Route 448 in Sleepy Hollow. A section of the State Park is west of the Preserve, along the Hudson River, and is called the Rockwood Hall section.

The Visitor Center in the Preserve also has a small art gallery that frequently displays paintings and photographic art works of local artists.

Stone Barns Center for Food & Agriculture, "a nonprofit farm and educational center designed to demonstrate, teach and promote sustainable, community-based food production," is located within walking distance of the preserve. The pigs from Stone Barns often forage in the woods of the preserve. Cattle also graze the preserve's land.

Raven Rock, a large outcrop in the southeaster corner of the Preserve, is mentioned in Washington Irving's The Legend of Sleepy Hollow as being "[haunted by a woman in white who] was often heard to shriek on winter nights before a storm, having perished there in the snow".

The park is open year-round, from sunrise to sunset, with office hours from 9a.m. to 4:30p.m. There is a $6.00 fee for parking.

Rockwood Hall

Rockwood Hall, a section of the state park, was formerly the site of the home of William Rockefeller, brother of John D. Rockefeller. Laurance Rockefeller donated the land to New York in 1999 for use as a park. One of the early owners of the property was Alexander Slidell Mackenzie, who lived there from 1840 to 1848. Edwin Bartlett obtained the property and build Rockwood, an English Gothic castle of locally quarried stone. Bartlett sold the house to his business partner William Henry Aspinwall in 1860; Aspinwall made it his summer home and improved the property and house, and purchased enough land to make his estate 200 acre. Upon his death in 1875, his son Lloyd Aspinwall lived there until 1886. William Rockefeller then purchased it for $150,000. Rockefeller expanded his property to about 1000 acre and either renovated or rebuilt the castle. The resulting 204-room house measured 174 x 104 feet and was the second-largest private house in the U.S. at the time, only behind the Biltmore mansion in Asheville, North Carolina. After sitting vacant for a time, the mansion was torn down in the 1940s.

In 1971 Representative Otis Pike proposed a bill to expropriate historic Gardiners Island, owned by the Gardiner family since 1639, to turn it into a Federal National Monument. Robert David Lion Gardiner, one of the co-owners, complained that the proposal to expropriate his family's property was unfair, when the Rockefellers had been allowed to continue to own the Pocantico Hills.

The land has been used as part of the park since the 1970s, when Laurance Rockefeller leased the estate to New York for use as a park.

In popular culture

 * The park's entrance on New York State Route 117 and the highway itself were used briefly in the 2002 comedy, Super Troopers.

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List of former UPN affiliates

This is a list of stations that were affiliated with UPN in the United States at the time of network closure on September 15, 2006.

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The Real Janelle

The Real Janelle is an EP by Bratmobile, released in 1994. It would become Bratmobile's last studio recording in six years. Though released before The Peel Session, that was recorded a year prior.

The title "The Real Janelle" was inspired by a Born Against song written by Ben Weasel of Screeching Weasel. The Born Against song and The Real Janelle reference Janelle Hessig, a former Bratmobile roadie and East Bay fanzine creator known for producing "Tales of Blarg" and "Desperate Times." The photo on the cover of the EP is of Hessig.

Track listing

 * 1) "The Real Janelle" – 1:41
 * 2) "Brat Girl" – 1:58
 * 3) "Yeah, Huh?" – 2:00
 * 4) "Die" – 1:48
 * 5) "And I Live in a Town Where the Boys Amputate Their Hearts" – 2:41
 * 6) "Where Eagles Dare" (The Misfits cover) – 2:04

Album credits
Bratmobile
 * Allison Wolfe – Singer/Songwriter
 * Erin Smith – Guitar
 * Molly Neuman – Drums

Recorded July 1993 at Avast, Seattle, Washington. Engineered by Stuart Hallerman. Mixed by Stuart Hallerman, Slim Moon, and Bratmobile. Prints by Tinúviel.

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Welcome to Wikipedia. I see you've started Democratic Candidates for Presidency of United States, 2008. It would probably be better to contribute to the existing article U.S. presidential election, 2008. I hope you have a good experience with Wikipedia.--Pharos 04:17, 8 Feb 2005 (UTC)

U.S. presidential election, 2008
Thanks for your hard work in reorganizing the candidates on the page but they should be alphabetical by last name. I see someone else has already reordered to that state. - Jord 01:31, 9 Feb 2005 (UTC)

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Arthur Lipsett

Arthur Lipsett (May 13, 1936 – May 1, 1986) was a Canadian filmmaker with the National Film Board of Canada. His short, avant-garde collage films, which he described as "neither underground nor conventional”, contain elements of narrative, documentary, experimental collage, and visual essay. His first film, Very Nice, Very Nice, was nominated for an Academy Award.

Early life
Lipsett was born in Montreal into a Jewish family. His father was a chemist, his mother was an immigrant from Kiev who committed suicide in front of Arthur when he was 10. His father remarried without consulting Arthur and his daughter, Marian. Lipsett's teachers recognized him as gifted at age 8 and, after graduating from West Hill High School, he went to the School of Fine Arts in Montreal, where he was named 'best student' three times. His mentor, Group of Seven member Arthur Lismer, recommended him to the National Film Board of Canada (NFB).

Career
Lipsett joined the NFB in 1958 as an editor in the animation department. While he is not credited, two of his earliest projects were as a cameraman on À St-Henri le cinq septembre (Hubert Aquin, 1962) and as a post-production advisor on the 1961 film Wrestling.

Very Nice, Very Nice and Stanley Kubrick
Lipsett's particular passion was sound. He collected pieces of sound from a variety of sources, including garbage bins, and fitted them together to create interesting auditory sensations. After playing one such creation to friends, they suggested that Lipsett combine images with the sound collage. The result was his first short film, a 7-minute film Very Nice, Very Nice which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Short Subject, Live Action Subjects in 1962. Despite not winning the Oscar, the film brought Lipsett considerable praise from critics and directors. Stanley Kubrick was one of Lipsett's fans, writing him to say that the film was "the most imaginative and brilliant uses of the movie screen and soundtrack that I have ever seen." Kubrick also asked him to create a trailer for his upcoming movie Dr. Strangelove. Lipsett declined Kubrick's offer. Kubrick went on to direct the trailer himself; however, Lipsett's influence on Kubrick is clearly visible in the released trailer.

21-87 and George Lucas
Lipsett's meticulous editing and combination of audio and visual montage was both groundbreaking and influential. His 1963 film 21-87 had a profound influence on director George Lucas, who said it was "the kind of movie I wanted to make — a very off the wall, abstract kind of film." Lucas used thematic approaches from 21–87 in THX 1138, his Star Wars films and American Graffiti, stating that his use of the term "The Force" in Star Wars was "an echo of that phrase in 21-87". Lucas never met Lipsett, but tributes to 21–87 appear in several places in Star Wars, e.g. the holding cell of Princess Leia in Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope on the Death Star is cell No. 2187.

A Trip Down Memory Lane
In 1965, Lipsett completed A Trip Down Memory Lane, which used newsreel footage from a fifty-year period, and was intended as a kind of cinematic time capsule. The film won the Lion of St. Mark at the Venice Film Festival.

Mental illness and death
By 1970, Lipsett's mental health had deteriorated to the point where he was forced to resign, citing a phobia of film tape and a loss of creativity. In 1978, he briefly returned to the NFB but, by then, he was chaining up his editing equipment, wearing winter coats in summer and taping his fingers into the Buddhist mantra position for protection from phantom voices. In 1982, he was diagnosed with Schizophrenia. After numerous suicide attempts, which he called “little experiments”, he took his own life on May 1, 1986. He was survived by his partner, artist Judith Sandiford.

Works about Lipsett
In 2006, a feature-length documentary about Lipsett, Remembering Arthur, was produced by Public Pictures in association with the NFB, Bravo! and TVOntario. The Arthur Lipsett Project: A Dot on the Histomap is a 2007 NFB documentary directed by Eric Gaucher. In 2010, the NFB produced the short animated documentary Lipsett Diaries, directed by Theodore Ushev and written by Chris Robinson. In 2012, Amelia Does, a consulting producer on Remembering Arthur, published the biography Do Not Look Away: The Life of Arthur Lipsett.

Legacy
In 2014, the Prism Prize inaugurated the Arthur Lipsett Award "for innovative and unique approaches to music video art".

Filmography
All for the National Film Board of Canada

 * Men Against the Ice - animated short, David Bairstow 1960 - animator
 * Hors-d'oeuvre - animated collection, 1960 - animator, director
 * La Conquête de la liberté – documentary short, James Beveridge and Marcel Martin 1961 – co-animator with Pierre L'Amare and Roy Nolan
 * Les femmes parmi nous - La dignité – documentary short, Jacques Bobet 1961 - co-animator with Evelyn Lambart
 * Les femmes parmi nous - Le bonheur – documentary short, Jacques Bobet 1961 - co-animator with Evelyn Lambart
 * Very Nice, Very Nice - short film, 1961 - editor, director
 * Collèges Classiques in Quebec - documentary short, Pierre Patry, 1961 - co-editor with Robert Verrall
 * 21-87 - documentary short, 1963 - editor, director
 * Experimental Film - documentary short, 1963 - editor, director
 * Free Fall - documentary short, 1964 - editor, sound editor, cinematographer, director
 * Animals and Psychology - documentary short, 1965 - director
 * Fear and Horror - documentary short, 1965 - director
 * Animal Altruism - documentary short, 1965 - director
 * A Trip Down Memory Lane - documentary short, 1965 - editor, producer, director
 * Perceptual Learning - documentary short, 1965 - director
 * The Puzzle of Pain - documentary short, 1965 - director
 * Regards sur l'occultisme - Magie et Miracles – documentary, Guy L. Coté 1965 – co-editor with Guy L. Coté
 * Regards sur l'occultisme - Science et esprits – documentary, Guy L. Coté 1965 – co-editor with Guy L. Coté
 * The Continuing Past - documentary short, Stephen Ford 1966 - editor
 * The Invention of the Adolescent - documentary short, Patricia Watson 1967 - editor, animator
 * North - documentary short, Josef Reeve 1968 - editor
 * Imperial North - documentary short, Josef Reeve 1968 - editor
 * Fluxes - documentary short, 1968 - editor, sound editor, director
 * Data for Decision - documentary short, David Millar, 1968 - editor
 * N-Zone - experimental film, 1970 - writer, editor, cinematographer, director

Awards
Very Nice, Very Nice (1961)
 * 34th Academy Awards, Los Angeles: Nominee, Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film, 1962

21-87 (1963)
 * Ann Arbor Film Festival, Ann Arbor, Michigan: First Prize, 1964
 * Palo Alto Filmmakers’ Festival, Palo Alto: Second Prize, 1964
 * Midwest Film Festival, University of Chicago, Chicago: Most Popular Film, 1964

Free Fall (1964)
 * Golden Gate International Film Festival, San Francisco: Award of Merit, 1964
 * Montreal International Film Festival, Montreal: Honorable Mention, Shorts, 1964

A Trip Down Memory Lane (1965)
 * Venice Film Festival, Venice, Italy: Plaque of the Lion of St. Mark, Teledocumentary, 1966
 * Golden Gate International Film Festival, San Francisco: Certificate of Motion Picture Excellence, 1966

Fluxes (1968)
 * Chicago International Film Festival, Chicago: Certificate of Merit, 1969

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Guti

José María Gutiérrez Hernández (born 31 October 1976), known as Guti, is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder, and is currently a manager.

During his career, he played almost exclusively for Real Madrid – appearing in 542 official games and serving as vice-captain – helping the club to win 15 trophies, most notably three Champions League titles and five La Liga championships. He also competed professionally in Turkey, with Beşiktaş.

Guti played 13 times with Spain, making his debut in 1999.

Real Madrid
Born in Torrejón de Ardoz, Community of Madrid, Guti began playing for Real Madrid's cantera in 1986, initially as a striker but being later moved to midfield, and remained there for the vast majority of his career. On 2 December 1995 he made his first-team debut, in a 4–1 home win against Sevilla FC; he finished the season with one goal in nine appearances. Guti added two trophies to his cabinet in 1997, La Liga and the Supercopa de España, playing 17 competitive games during the campaign. In 1997–98 he helped the Merengues lift the UEFA Champions League and the Intercontinental Cup, while the player himself added the UEFA European Under-21 Championship.

1999–2000 started badly for Guti: struggling with the responsibility of replacing Clarence Seedorf, he was sent off for kicking a fallen adversary in a home fixture against Real Sociedad. This negative trait was often recurrent, as he was given his marching orders eight times during his career in the league alone. In the season, in which he also captured the Champions League, he scored six goals in 28 games. The following year he had his best individual input, netting 14 times and playing mostly as a striker due to injuries to Fernando Morientes, and contributing greatly to the team's 27th league title and subsequently another domestic Supercup.

Guti totalled eight goals in 63 games from 2001 to 2003, contributing three in nine matches as the 2001–02 Champions League ended in conquest. After the purchase of Ronaldo in summer 2002 he returned to midfield, and his scoring rate went down drastically.

Guti had his lowest season in terms of scoring in the 2004–05 season, as he failed to find the net for the first time in seven years with the first team; he only managed one official goal, in an international against San Marino in February 2005. In 2005–06, he played 43 games and netted six times (four in the league and two in European competition).

With the election of Ramón Calderón as club president and his subsequent vow to bring A.C. Milan's Brazilian star Kaká to Real Madrid, Guti's future at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium appeared insecure. He was linked with a move away to cross-town rivals Atlético Madrid but, in the end, decided to stay with Real while Kaká stayed in Italy.

With Zinedine Zidane retired, Guti found himself as the creative playmaker for the 2006–07 campaign, his preferred position. His excellent short and through pass abilities, especially a performance in a 3–2 home win against Sevilla on 6 May 2007 in which he played just 32 minutes from the bench, contributed to many of the goals which helped Real Madrid become league champions for the 30th time.

On 10 February 2008, Guti scored two goals and provided four assists in a home game against Real Valladolid, for which he was named Player of the match – his team won the game 7–0 and ultimately lifted another champions trophy. On 14 September he netted their 5,000th league goal, in a 4–3 win over CD Numancia.

In 2009–10, already with Kaká on board, Guti still managed to appear significantly in the early stages, netting twice in the league. However, in late October, following the 4–0 shock defeat at AD Alcorcón in the round of 32 of the Copa del Rey, he allegedly insulted coach Manuel Pellegrini at half-time, being then left out of the playing squads for a lengthy period; after being reinstated he suffered with some injuries but, due to the Brazilian also having physical problems, managed to appear regularly until the season's end.

Beşiktaş
On 25 July 2010, Guti left Real Madrid after nearly 25 years of service; he said: "I have an offer from Beşiktaş JK, but I haven't decided yet". The deal was concluded the following day, with the player signing a two-year contract. He started in his first competitive match for the Istanbul-based club, assisting in the game's only goal against Bucaspor.

Guti contributed to Beşiktaş' victory against Galatasaray SK with one goal and one assist on 28 November 2010; it was the team's first win at the Ali Sami Yen Stadium in six years. On 11 May 2011, he started as they won the Turkish Cup against İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyespor on penalties (4–3, 2–2 after extra time); it was the first domestic cup of his professional career.

Guti was deemed surplus to requirements at Beşiktaş for 2011–12, following the appointment of new manager Carlos Carvalhal. On 15 November 2011, the 35-year-old was released.

International career
A Spain international since 5 May 1999 (Spain–Croatia, 3–1), Guti nevertheless failed to appear in any tournament's final stage for his country, winning a total of 13 caps in approximately six years.

Previously, he won the UEFA European Under-18 Championship in 1995, followed by the under-21 one in 1998.

Coaching career
Guti announced his retirement from football on 21 September 2012, and said "I'm going to train to become a sporting director or a coach and I'd like to train youngsters... I'd really like to coach the Real Madrid youth team. That's my dream." He started working as a manager in 2013, going on to work with Real Madrid's youths for several years.

On 4 July 2018, Guti was named Şenol Güneş's assistant at former club Beşiktaş. On 5 November 2019, he was appointed head coach of Spanish Segunda División's UD Almería. The following February, he offered to resign and to refund his salary if rumours that he attended a nightclub with players after a defeat could be proven; on 26 June, he was sacked after a 0–1 home defeat to AD Alcorcón and replaced by Mário Silva.

Style of play
Originally a striker, Guti later developed into a talented playmaker, who was known in particular for his vision, technique, creativity, passing range and ability to provide assists for teammates; he also possessed an eye for goal courtesy of his ability to make late runs into the box. A versatile player, he was usually deployed as an attacking midfielder behind the forwards, which was his preferred position, but was also capable of playing as a second striker, a winger or in a defensive midfield role as a deep-lying playmaker.

Despite his talent, Guti was known to be injury prone and also had a controversial character, which along with his turbulent personal life off the pitch led him to have difficulties with several of his managers throughout his career. He was also accused by certain pundits of being inconsistent and of having a poor work-rate.

Personal life
Guti married Arancha de Benito, a Spanish television celebrity, on 22 June 1999. The couple divorced after almost ten years of marriage and two children, Zayra and Aitor, but remained close friends; on 14 July 2016, he married Argentine TV presenter Romina Belluscio, who gave birth to his youngest son Enzo in 2013.

Guti's cousin, Javi Hernández, also played youth football for Real Madrid.

Other ventures
Guti played himself in two motion pictures, Torrente 3: El Protector and Goal II: Living the Dream. He also appeared in a 2005 documentary/movie about Real Madrid called Real, The Movie. He was a judge on the 2013 Spanish version of Celebrity Splash! on Antena 3.

International

 * Scores and results list Spain's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Guti goal.

Player
Real Madrid
 * La Liga: 1996–97, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2006–07, 2007–08
 * Supercopa de España: 1997, 2001, 2003, 2008
 * UEFA Champions League: 1997–98, 1999–2000, 2001–02
 * UEFA Super Cup: 2002
 * Intercontinental Cup: 1998, 2002

Beşiktaş
 * Turkish Cup: 2010–11

Spain U18
 * UEFA European Under-18 Championship: 1995

Spain U21
 * UEFA European Under-21 Championship: 1998

Individual
 * Copa del Rey top scorer: 2001–02
 * La Liga top assister: 2007–08

Manager
Real Madrid youth
 * División de Honor Juvenil de Fútbol: 2016–17
 * Copa de Campeones Juvenil de Fútbol: 2016–17
 * Copa del Rey Juvenil de Fútbol: 2016–17

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Phytic acid

Phytic acid is a six-fold dihydrogenphosphate ester of inositol (specifically, of the myo isomer), also called inositol hexaphosphate, inositol hexakisphosphate (IP6) or inositol polyphosphate. At physiological pH, the phosphates are partially ionized, resulting in the phytate anion.

The (myo) phytate anion is a colorless species that has significant nutritional role as the principal storage form of phosphorus in many plant tissues, especially bran and seeds. It is also present in many legumes, cereals, and grains. Phytic acid and phytate have a strong binding affinity to the dietary minerals calcium, iron, and zinc, inhibiting their absorption in the small intestine.

The lower inositol polyphosphates are inositol esters with less than six phosphates, such as inositol penta- (IP5), tetra- (IP4), and triphosphate (IP3). These occur in nature as catabolites of phytic acid.

Significance in agriculture
Phytic acid was discovered in 1903.

Generally, phosphorus and inositol in phytate form are not bioavailable to non-ruminant animals because these animals lack the enzyme phytase required to hydrolyze the inositol-phosphate linkages. Ruminants are able to digest phytate because of the phytase produced by rumen microorganisms.

In most commercial agriculture, non-ruminant livestock, such as swine, fowl, and fish, are fed mainly grains, such as maize, legumes, and soybeans. Because phytate from these grains and beans is unavailable for absorption, the unabsorbed phytate passes through the gastrointestinal tract, elevating the amount of phosphorus in the manure. Excess phosphorus excretion can lead to environmental problems, such as eutrophication. The use of sprouted grains may reduce the quantity of phytic acids in feed, with no significant reduction of nutritional value.

Also, viable low-phytic acid mutant lines have been developed in several crop species in which the seeds have drastically reduced levels of phytic acid and concomitant increases in inorganic phosphorus. However, germination problems have reportedly hindered the use of these cultivars thus far. This may be due to phytic acid's critical role in both phosphorus and metal ion storage. Phytate variants also have the potential to be used in soil remediation, to immobilize uranium, nickel, and other inorganic contaminants.

Plants
Although indigestible for many animals as they occur in seeds and grains, phytic acid and its metabolites have several important roles for the seedling plant.

Most notably, phytic acid functions as a phosphorus store, as an energy store, as a source of cations and as a source of myo-inositol (a cell wall precursor). Phytic acid is the principal storage form of phosphorus in plant seeds.

In vitro
In animal cells, myo-inositol polyphosphates are ubiquitous, and phytic acid (myo-inositol hexakisphosphate) is the most abundant, with its concentration ranging from 10 to 100 μM in mammalian cells, depending on cell type and developmental stage.

Phytic acid is not obtained from the animal diet, but must be synthesized inside the cell from phosphate and inositol (which in turn is produced from glucose, usually in the kidneys). The interaction of intracellular phytic acid with specific intracellular proteins has been investigated in vitro, and these interactions have been found to result in the inhibition or potentiation of the activities of those proteins.

Inositol hexaphosphate facilitates the formation of the six-helix bundle and assembly of the immature HIV-1 Gag lattice. IP6 makes ionic contacts with two rings of lysine residues at the centre of the Gag hexamer. Proteolytic cleavage then unmasks an alternative binding site, where IP6 interaction promotes the assembly of the mature capsid lattice. These studies identify IP6 as a naturally occurring small molecule that promotes both assembly and maturation of HIV-1.

Dentistry
IP6 has potential use in endodontics, adhesive, preventive, and regenerative dentistry, and in improving the characteristics and performance of dental materials.

Food science
Phytic acid, mostly as phytate in the form of phytin, is found within the hulls and kernels of seeds, including nuts, grains, and pulses.

In-home food preparation techniques may break down the phytic acid in all of these foods. Simply cooking the food will reduce the phytic acid to some degree. More effective methods are soaking in an acid medium, sprouting, and lactic acid fermentation such as in sourdough and pickling.

No detectable phytate (less than 0.02% of wet weight) was observed in vegetables such as scallion and cabbage leaves or in fruits such as apples, oranges, bananas, or pears.

As a food additive, phytic acid is used as the preservative E391.

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! rowspan=2 | Food ! colspan=2 | Proportion by weight (g/100 g) ! Min. ! Max.
 * + Dry food sources of phytic acid
 * Hulled Hemp Seed
 * 4.5
 * 4.5
 * Pumpkin seed || 4.3 || 4.3
 * Linseed || 2.15 || 2.78
 * Sesame seeds flour || 5.36 || 5.36
 * Chia seeds || 0.96 || 1.16
 * Almonds || 1.35 || 3.22
 * Brazil nuts || 1.97 || 6.34
 * Coconut || 0.36 || 0.36
 * Hazelnut || 0.65 || 0.65
 * Peanut || 0.95 || 1.76
 * Walnut || 0.98 || 0.98
 * Maize (corn) || 0.75 || 2.22
 * Oat || 0.42 || 1.16
 * Oat meal || 0.89 || 2.40
 * Brown rice || 0.84 || 0.99
 * Polished rice || 0.14 || 0.60
 * Wheat || 0.39 || 1.35
 * Wheat flour || 0.25 || 1.37
 * Wheat germ || 0.08 || 1.14
 * Whole wheat bread || 0.43 || 1.05
 * Beans, pinto || 2.38 || 2.38
 * Buckwheat || 1.00 || 1.00
 * Chickpeas || 0.56 || 0.56
 * Lentils || 0.44 || 0.50
 * Soybeans || 1.00 || 2.22
 * Tofu || 1.46 || 2.90
 * Soy beverage || 1.24 || 1.24
 * Soy protein concentrate || 1.24 || 2.17
 * New potato || 0.18 || 0.34
 * Spinach || 0.22 || NR
 * Avocado fruit || 0.51 || 0.51
 * Chestnuts
 * colspan=2 | 0.47
 * Sunflower seeds || colspan=2 | 1.60
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 * Wheat germ || 0.08 || 1.14
 * Whole wheat bread || 0.43 || 1.05
 * Beans, pinto || 2.38 || 2.38
 * Buckwheat || 1.00 || 1.00
 * Chickpeas || 0.56 || 0.56
 * Lentils || 0.44 || 0.50
 * Soybeans || 1.00 || 2.22
 * Tofu || 1.46 || 2.90
 * Soy beverage || 1.24 || 1.24
 * Soy protein concentrate || 1.24 || 2.17
 * New potato || 0.18 || 0.34
 * Spinach || 0.22 || NR
 * Avocado fruit || 0.51 || 0.51
 * Chestnuts
 * colspan=2 | 0.47
 * Sunflower seeds || colspan=2 | 1.60
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 * Soy protein concentrate || 1.24 || 2.17
 * New potato || 0.18 || 0.34
 * Spinach || 0.22 || NR
 * Avocado fruit || 0.51 || 0.51
 * Chestnuts
 * colspan=2 | 0.47
 * Sunflower seeds || colspan=2 | 1.60
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 * Chestnuts
 * colspan=2 | 0.47
 * Sunflower seeds || colspan=2 | 1.60
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! rowspan=2 | Food ! colspan=2 | Proportion by weight (%) ! Min. ! Max.
 * + Fresh food sources of phytic acid
 * Taro || 0.143 || 0.195
 * Cassava || 0.114 || 0.152
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 * Cassava || 0.114 || 0.152
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Dietary mineral absorption
Phytic acid has a strong affinity to the dietary trace elements, calcium, iron, and zinc, inhibiting their absorption from the small intestine. Phytochemicals such as polyphenols and tannins also influence the binding. When iron and zinc bind to phytic acid, they form insoluble precipitates and are far less absorbable in the intestines.

Because phytic acid also can affect the absorption of iron, "dephytinization should be considered as a major strategy to improve iron nutrition during the weaning period". Dephytinization by exogenous phytase to phytate-containing food is an approach being investigated to improve nutritional health in populations that are vulnerable to mineral deficiency due to their reliance on phytate-laden food staples. Crop breeding to increase mineral density (biofortification) or reducing phytate content are under preliminary research.

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Tiberius Bede

British Library, MS Cotton Tiberius C. II, or the Tiberius Bede, is an 8th-century illuminated manuscript of Bede's Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum. It is one of only four surviving 8th-century manuscripts of Bede, another of which happens to be MS Cotton Tiberius A. XIV, produced at Monkwearmouth–Jarrow Abbey. As such it is one of the closest texts to Bede's autograph. The manuscript has 155 vellum folios. This manuscript may have been the Latin text on which the Alfredian Old English translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History was based. The manuscript is decorated with zoomorphic initials in a partly Insular and partly Continental style.

The manuscript has given its name to the 'Tiberius' group of manuscripts, connected on stylistic grounds and sometimes also known as the 'Canterbury' group, though the region of their production remains unknown – Mercia has also been suggested. Apart from the Tiberius Bede, the group includes: Vespasian Psalter, Stockholm Codex Aureus, Barberini Gospels, Book of Cerne, Blickling Psalter, Codex Bigotianus (BnF MS lat. 281, 298), Royal Bible (British Library MS Royal 1.E.vi), Royal Prayerbook, Book of Nunnaminster, Harleian Prayerbook, Saint Petersburg Gospels, Anglian collection manuscript V (British Library MS Cotton Vespasian B.vi, folios 104–109), BnF MS lat. 10861, Bodleian Library MS Hatton 93, Salisbury Cathedral Library MS 117, and a number of other manuscripts.

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Internet Public Library

The Virtual library (IPL, ipl2) was a non-profit, largely student-run website managed by a consortium, headed by Drexel University. Visitors could ask reference questions, and volunteer librarians and graduate students in library and information science formed collections and answered questions. The IPL opened on March 17, 1995. On January 1, 2010 it merged with the Librarians' Internet Index to become ipl2. It ceased operations completely on June 30, 2015.

The digital collections on the site were divided into five broad categories, and include Resources by Subject, Newspapers & Magazines, Special Collections Created By the ipl2, and Special Collections for Kids and Teens. As of March 2011 it had about 40,000 searchable resources. As of 2020 IPL has been purchased by Barnes and Noble Education and the above layout has been replaced; it now resembles an essay repository for students.

History
The IPL originated at the University of Michigan’s School of Information. Michigan SI students almost exclusively generated its content. They also managed the Ask a Question reference service. In 2006 the University of Michigan opened up management of the IPL to other information science and library schools. They stopped hosting the IPL and moved the servers and staff positions to Drexel University, and by January 2007 the "IPL Consortium" that ran the IPL comprised a group of 15 colleges, including the University of Michigan. Drexel's College of Computing and Informatics hosted the site. With a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, Drexel also used the site as a "'technological training center' for digital librarians."

In 2009 the Internet Public Library merged with the Librarians' Internet Index, a publicly funded website that until then was managed by the Califa Library group; the new web presence, which continued to be hosted by Drexel University, was dubbed "ipl2".

According to Joseph Janes of the University of Washington, ipl2 would no longer be supported as of the end of 2014. The last ipl2 monthly newsletter was February 2014. All operations officially ended on June 30, 2015.

As of January 2020 the site has reopened with a different design as well as changing its name from IPL2 to simply IPL. Barnes & Noble Education now owns IPL, although this is not obvious at first because it still operates as IPL and the contact email remains support@ipl.org. However, the 'Terms of use' page mentions that it is a subsidiary of BNED since at least November 2019. The tone of the site has changed considerably; it now appears to be an essay mill for high school and undergraduate students.

Reviews
The Internet Public Library was generally highly regarded. It was noted for its "clean design" and depth of resources as well as its reference service that by 2011 had answered more than 100,000 queries.

Elimination of site suggestions
IPL has been closed, with regard to website suggestions from outsiders, since 2010. At that time, the site had more than 21,000 suggestions, of which more than 85% were deemed inappropriate, based on the site's inclusion criteria.

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mike Naso

 This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion of the article below. This page is no longer live. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page rather than here so that this page is preserved as an historic record. The result of the debate was DELETE. dbenbenn | talk 19:48, 18 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Mike Naso
Vanity. Gamaliel 03:58, 8 Feb 2005 (UTC)

 * Comment: See also the attached Image:Floydbuster 2.JPG and the linked article Keystone Phil. 68.81.231.127 04:35, 8 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep --Newprogressive 04:54, 8 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Above user is author of the article.

 * Keep --User:MikeAssad 12:20, 8 Feb 2005 (EST)
 * Above user is also a subject of the article.
 * To be fair, he also helped write quite a bit of it --Newprogressive 06:20, 8 Feb 2005 (UTC)

 * Delete this bad role playing game. Samaritan 05:34, 8 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete--nixie 05:38, 8 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep
 * The above by User:Scpivo21, in his/her first day of editing, whose only other edits are to Idjut crew. RickK 07:35, Feb 8, 2005 (UTC)
 * Micronationcruft. And of the utmost nonsensical epitome of it.  Delete.  RickK 06:22, Feb 8, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. gives appearance of notability that is not deserved. not-notable. RJFJR 06:25, Feb 8, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep
 * The above by User:4.4.52.153. RickK 07:34, Feb 8, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. ComCat.
 * Keep Anyone against this denys Mike Nasos landslide abilities.
 * The above from User:4.4.52.153. RickK 08:00, Feb 8, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, not notable, vanity, and mostly nonsense. Megan1967 08:01, 8 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Non notable, vanity, nonsense, sockpuppets. Jayjg (talk)  21:18, 8 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete Has no real information value what so ever. JimmyShelter 09:28, 8 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Vanity. If he's really that important someone who doesn't know him personally will write the article. Not notable, no clear explanation of what Atlasia really is. Mgm|(talk) 09:36, Feb 8, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Egotistical nonsensical delusional fictional micronation cruft. Average Earthman 10:23, 8 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete; and to think that all this furthers entropy...Lectonar 10:38, 8 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete as micronation-related. Andrew Lenahan - St ar bli nd 12:45, Feb 8, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Nonsensical vanity. jni 13:47, 8 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * I denys Mike Nasos (where's the apostrophe?) landslide abilities. Does that mean he's capable of starting landslides?  No big whoop. :^P Delete as vanity, though better written than most. - Lucky 6.9 19:18, 8 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Nonsense, vanity, sockpuppets...this page has it all. Carrp | Talk 19:20, 8 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete this prankish vanity, note the heavy smell of socks. Wyss 19:57, 8 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment: This will likely now be deleted, though I would like to thank Lucky 6.9 for saying that its well written. I would also ask why there is a heavy smell of socks. I would also like to challenge the defintion "vanity", since this isn't written by the person it pertains to. Vanity has many definitions under the dictionary, and I believe that this particular page is better fitted by "total and utter b****ks" or similar. --New Progressive 20:33, 8 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * See Vanity.
 * Read that, but it really is so vague as to encompass all manner of sin. You people really ought to come up with something a little more specific --New Progressive 00:43, 9 Feb 2005 (UTC)

 * Keep Don't deny his vigour and decisiveness. He will destroy you with an exploding ballot.Dubya 2004 19:55 8 Feb 2005
 * (User has 1 edit.) Please don't do that. You've been good sports, but Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not a chatroom, a collaborative art form, or a stage. 68.81.231.127 04:02, 9 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Please don't do what? There's no plan to troll over wikipedia or any such action. BTW we are fine for you to delete it now since we have acquired our own wiki site; I hope this meets with the approval of the guy who has a problem with entropy. With Vigour and Decisiveness --New Progressive 15:47, 9 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Create accounts for frivolous or fradulent reasons. Sock puppet may also explain some earlier references. 68.81.231.127 01:03, 11 Feb 2005 (UTC)

 * Delete. Vanity. Non-encyclopaedic. Also possibly criminal for impersonating the White House Chief of Staff? The article should at least stop inappropriately using the succession box. --bainer 04:06, 10 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete Totally irrelevent and pure vanity. Plus, we have to keep egos in check, there's only so much space in the world afterall. --Kross 8:55, 10 Feb 2005 (EST)
 * Delete I am aware of the community surrounding this article. There are no sock puppets involved, I don't think. It is just a number of people conspiring for a joke and should be deleted. I don't see malicious intent. --131.191.48.179 01:01, 12 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete -his hair is enough for a deletion vote on its own -nonsense Brookie 15:02, 12 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, pure vanity, not notable GeneralPatton 01:41, 13 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete already. (It is funny, though.) Rlw 17:05, Feb 16, 2005 (UTC)

This page is now preserved as an archive of the debate and, like some other VfD subpages, is no longer 'live'. Subsequent comments on the issue, the deletion, or the decision-making process should be placed on the relevant 'live' pages. Please do not edit this page.


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Wikipedia talk:Articles for deletion/List of Early Music Ensembles

Uncle G, with the stated purpose of removing personal attacks, edited a lot of people's comments here. I have taken the liberty of reverting this, as (a) I don't believe his choices were personal attacks; and (b) I don't think it's appropriate to corrupt a conversation. Strong language is not a personal attack. Saying something should not have been nominated is not a personal attack. --jpgordon∇∆∇∆ 03:58, 8 Feb 2005 (UTC)


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Did he die in 1820 or 1821? It says two different things. Everyking 03:59, 8 Feb 2005 (UTC)

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Waka (canoe)

Waka are Māori watercraft, usually canoes ranging in size from small, unornamented canoes (waka tīwai) used for fishing and river travel to large, decorated war canoes (waka taua) up to 40 m long.

The earliest remains of a canoe in New Zealand were found near the Anaweka estuary in a remote part of the Tasman District and radiocarbon-dated to about 1400. The canoe was constructed in New Zealand, but was a sophisticated canoe, compatible with the style of other Polynesian voyaging canoes at that time.

Since the 1970s about eight large double-hulled canoes of about 20 metres have been constructed for oceanic voyaging to other parts of the Pacific. They are made of a blend of modern and traditional materials, incorporating features from ancient Melanesia, as well as Polynesia.

Waka taua (war canoes)
Waka taua (in Māori, waka means "canoe" and taua means "army" or "war party") are large canoes manned by up to 80 paddlers and are up to 40 m in length. Large waka, such as Ngā Toki Matawhaorua which are usually elaborately carved and decorated, consist of a main hull formed from a single hollowed-out log, along with a carved upright head and tailboard. The gunwale is raised in some by a continuous plank, which gives increased freeboard and prevents distortion of the main hull components when used in a rough seas. Sometimes the hull is further strengthened, as in the case of Te Winika, a 200-year-old design, by a batten or stringer running lengthwise both inside and outside the hull just above the loaded waterline. The resurgence of Māori culture has seen an increase in the numbers of waka taua built, generally on behalf of a tribal group, for use on ceremonial occasions.

Traditionally the war canoe was highly tapu (sacred). No cooked food was allowed in the craft and the waka had to be entered over the gunwales, not the bow or stern, which were highly decorated with powerful symbols. Canoes were often painted with black or white with black representing death. The main colour was red which stood for tapu. Sometimes a waka would be placed upright as a marker for a dead chief with the curved bottom of the hull carved. Māori told missionaries during the Musket Wars that battles between waka took place at sea with the aim being to ram an enemy's waka amidships at high speed. The ramming vessel would ride up over the gunwale and either force it under water or cause it to roll over. The enemies were either killed, left to drown or captured to be used in cannibal feasts or as slaves if they were female. This description matches the attack on the ship's boat of Abel Tasman in Golden Bay in 1642 when a Māori catamaran rammed a cock boat and four Dutch sailors were killed.

Traditional construction
During the classic period (about 1500 to 1770) a hapū would select a tōtara tree and prepare it years ahead for felling. Tōtara is a lightweight wood with a high natural oil content that helps prevent rot. This would include the removal of bark from one side of the trunk and the clearing of the ground and the planting of food crops for workers. After chants and prayers, the tree would be felled by a combination of fires around the base and chopping with hand adzes. On an especially large tree with aerial roots a stage about 3 m high was built of wood. On this was built a framework on which was suspended a giant upside-down toki (axe), about 2.5 m long. The long axis of the toki was tied to the crossmember of the upper framework so that it could pivot back and forth, like a swing. Heavy rocks were tied to each side of the long axis at its lowest point to give momentum. The toki was pulled back and released so that the cutting edge bit into the wood that was weakened by fire. It could take two to three weeks to cut down a large tree in this manner.

Once felled, the head of the tree and branches were removed, then the hull was roughly shaped in situ, using fire and hand adzes, under the guidance of the chief designer. A stone adze was used by relatively gentle, but regular and repeated blows. The head was soaked in water to make the binding swell and hold the stone blade more firmly. Once the shaping was complete, the log of 3–4 tonnes was pulled by teams of men to a stream or river, using multiple ropes made from raupō. Some men pulled the waka forward while others restrained it on downhill slopes. Accidents at this stage were apparently common. Saplings were used as skids and rollers over uneven ground.

The final shaping was done closer to the papakainga to be nearer to food. A waka could take a year to make if the construction went smoothly, but it could be abandoned if there was an accident or a death of an important person. Such abandoned, uncompleted waka have been found in post-contact times. Most large waka were built in several main interlocking sections and stitched together with flax rope. Small pegs were put into the holes, which swelled and sealed when wet. Tree gum could also seal the holes. A large finished waka weighed about three tonnes and could remain in use for many decades. All large waka had names and were objects of pride and admiration.

The image above shows a waka taua with unusually high freeboard. A noticeable feature of a loaded waka taua was its very low freeboard of 400–500 mm, which made the vessel unseaworthy in all but good weather, despite the presence of one or two young men on board dedicated to bailing. The normal timber used, totara, is a lightweight native podocarp, which retains its natural oils even when cut down. This prevented the timber opening up and splitting. Angela Ballara noted that they only put to sea when it was fine. One voyage across the stormy Cook Strait was delayed for a week while the travellers waited for fine weather. The missionary William Williams, son of Henry Williams, noted that the voyage of a waka taua was a leisurely affair due to the requirements of foraging for food and waiting for fine weather.

The 1974 National Film Unit documentary - Taahere Tikitiki - the making of a Maori canoe - records the 18 month long construction of a waka taua - the Taahere Tikitiki. The waka was commissioned by the Māori Queen, Te Arikinui Dame Te Atairangikaahu, and constructed at Tūrangawaewae Marae by master carver Piri Poutapu. The film, directed by David Sims, is a visual insight into the building of this cultural taonga.

Traditional sails
Tasman noted that two of the waka which attacked his ships in Golden Bay in today's Tasman District in December 1642, had a sail that Tasman referred to as a Tingang sail—a small triangular sail often temporarily hoisted. Later, early Europeans from the 1830s onwards gave detailed descriptions of the use, appearance and materials used in Māori sails. Although there were regional variations within New Zealand, most sails were temporary and could be hoisted or struck in a few minutes. The roughly triangular sail, usually made from either flax, tī leaves or raupō (bulrushes) or a combination, was set about one-third back from the bow. The raupō sail was much lighter. The mast and yard spars were small diameter, with the yard being thinner, about 5 m high, long, and permanently attached to the sail so the rig was raised as a single unit. Loops were woven into both the luff and the leech of the sail for attachment to the spars. Tanekaha (celery pine) branches were favoured, as it was common, as far south as Nelson. It was a straight, strong and flexible wood. An added advantage may have been that the wood bled red tannin, a colour strongly favoured by Māori. The head of the triangle sail was the shortest—about 2 m—and often decorated with tufts of feathers that may have served as wind indicators. The mast was held in place by a forestay, a backstay and two side stays. The sheet to control the sail angle led from the top of the yard directly to the sheet handler, although early British sailors were critical of the sheet being tied off. The sail was only used downwind, as the waka lacked a keel or centre-board to prevent leeway, therefore preventing windward sailing. Rarely, two sails of the same size, were used in larger waka.

Due to its slim hull the waka could sail at considerable speed down wind. When struck, the sail was wrapped around the two spars and laid along the centre of the waka thwarts, between the paddlers. Sometimes a pattern was woven into the sail, using a different material. The only known example of a traditional waka sail is in the British Museum. Capsizes were not unknown, with the hull being tipped to get rid of water, then bailed out. This type of triangular sail, with straight mast and high angled sprit, is identical to that used in the Marquesan Islands. Although there are references to the use of the Society Island–type crescent-shaped sail in New Zealand, these appear to have been rare and no examples exist.

Technology changes
From the arrival of James Cook in 1769 and especially Marion Du Fresne's longer stay in New Zealand in 1772, Māori were able to obtain iron and steel, which did not exist in pre-contact Māori culture. Māori quickly learned the superiority of this material, especially for carving. Māori learnt to ask sailors to sharpen 8 inch ships' nails to a chisel point on a ship's wheel in exchange for fish. This period between 1779 and 1820 has been called the golden age of Māori wood carving. Much of the carving was confined to waka taua.

During the middle 19th century, from 1835, the arrival of large numbers of European settlers and ships meant that ship's boats were far more commonly available and were increasingly used by Māori in preference to waka. In 1839 100 ships visited The Bay of Islands. This was a trend that the missionaries such as Marsden and Williams had noted had begun in the 1830s. The beamier, lighter, ship's boat was a better load carrier with more stability and was sometimes equipped with sails for windward sailing. Use of ship's boats became common, as many Māori worked on a wide variety of sealing, whaling and trading sailing vessels, both in New Zealand and in the Pacific.

Few waka were used for movement of warriors during the Land Wars: When the Waikato campaign started in 1863, the government forces made a point of sinking all the waka they could find on the Waikato River and its tributaries to slow rebel communication. Later, some fine examples of these were placed in the Auckland War Memorial Museum.

Ocean-going canoes

Ocean-going waka, whatever their size, could be paddled, but achieved their best speeds when propelled by sail. The Polynesian settlers of New Zealand migrated to New Zealand in large waka; according to legend, some of these were possibly waka hourua, double-hulled vessels. The names and stories associated with those waka were passed on in oral history (kōrero o mua), but dates, names, times, and routes were frequently muddled as the descendants of the settlers multiplied and separated into iwi (tribes) and hapū (sub-tribes). Consequently, the word waka is used to denote a confederation of iwi descended from the people of one migratory canoe.

In 1992, Hekenukumai Busby built Te Aurere, a waka hourua, using traditional methods and materials. It has since voyaged across the Pacific, to Hawaii, Tahiti, the Marquesas, New Caledonia and Norfolk Island, as well as repeatedly circumnavigating Te Ika-a-Māui using Polynesian navigation methods.

Waka ama (outrigger canoes)
Early European explorers saw Māori using waka ama (outrigger canoes). "Sydney Parkinson, an artist on Captain James Cook's first voyage to New Zealand in 1769, and the German scientist Johann Reinhold Forster, who sailed with Cook in 1773, described waka fitted with outriggers (ama, amatiatia or korewa)". Already rare in Cook's time, waka ama had largely faded from memory by the early 19th century. However, the term waka ama occurs in old stories, such as the story of Māui published by Grey in 1854 and in a few old waiata; Tregear also mentions the waka ama as "a possession of the Māori", adding that "It was beneath the outrigger of such a canoe that the famous Maui crushed his wife's brother Irawaru before turning him into a dog. Both the double canoe and the outrigger have entirely disappeared from among the Māoris, and it is doubtful if any native now alive has seen either of them in New Zealand".

Two outrigger floats were found in swamps along the Horowhenua coast of Cook Strait, and another float was found in Moncks Cave near Christchurch. All three floats were short, suggesting that Māori outriggers were small and used only in sheltered waters.

The Māori words for the parts of the outrigger, such as ama and kiato, recorded in the early years of European settlement, suggest that Māori outrigger canoes were similar in form to those known from central Polynesia.

Since the 1990s, waka ama racing, introduced from Pasifika nations into New Zealand during the 1980s and 1990s, using high-tech canoes of Hawaiian or Tahitian design and with the ingenious support of work schemes, has become an increasingly popular sport among Māori, often performed as part of cultural festivals held in summer.

Other materials used
Some waka, particularly in the Chatham Islands, were not conventional canoes, but were constructed from raupō (bulrushes) or flax stalks.

In 2009, the Okeanos Foundation for the Sea and Salthouse Boatbuilders built a fleet of vaka moana / waka hourua with fibreglass hulls. One of these, the Haunui, was gifted to the Te Toki Voyaging Trust in New Zealand.

In April 2011 Te Puni Kokiri, The Māori Development Agency, announced a joint venture with an Auckland tribe to build a PVC plastic pavilion in the shape of a waka as a promotion for local Māori. The "Tupper waka", as it was called in the media, was a small conference facility for well-off visitors during the world rugby competition held in New Zealand in September 2011. Most of the $2 million funding came from the government, but the tribe was contributing $100,000 and would retain ownership after the event. The graphic on television showed that it is largely a promotional device with seating, tables and a bar. It will not be open to the general public, according to the media briefing.

The waka taua Te Tuhono in the National Museum of Scotland was restored and partially reconstructed by the Māori craftsman George Nuku, using carved poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) to recreate missing sections.

Related meanings
The word "waka" is also used in broader senses that can be translated as "vessel", "container", or "vehicle".

A waka huia is a hollowed and carved vessel used for storing of taonga (treasures) such as the prized tail feathers of the now extinct huia (Heteralocha acutirostris) that are worn as ornaments in the hair.

In current Māori language usage, waka is used to refer to cars, (along with the transliterated term motokā), waka-rere-rangi for aircraft and a waka hari hinu is an oil tanker – a waka niho (gear container) is a car's gearbox. Waka can be used to refer transport in general, such as in "Te Manatū Waka" (Ministry of Transport) and "Waka Kotahi" (NZ Transport Agency).

Waka may also refer to a kinship group descended from the crew of a canoe which migrated to New Zealand and occupying a set territory. A waka in this sense may comprise several iwi (tribes).

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