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This should be a catgeory (or series of categories, one for each grade) not an article, surely? Andy Mabbett 14:12, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * There certainly could be categories, but I think the list is needed as well because there are buildings on it which may never get their own article. -- Kjlewis 16:11, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)

103 Edmund Street
There seems to be a contradiction in the use of 103 Edmund Street. The Land Registry shows a common ownership of this address with 17 & 19 Newhall Street. The Victorian Society in Birmingham lists 103-107 Edmund Street as being the Former Ear, Nose and Throat Hospital, Edmund Street, Grade II, J A Cossins, 1891. This could do with checking. Admitedly the Land Registry only shows land usage and not the buildings upon the land. Oosoom 15:39, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

 * After I noticed your edit earlier this week I walked past the building to try and check the street address (it's near my place of work). There isn't a number on the Edmund St entrance, nor are the next few buildings along numbered. By the time there are obvious numbers on the buildings, they are in the high 120s or low 130s (can't quite recall which). When I get the chance I will walk past again and see if I can match the building to the description on the Victorian Society website.
 * According to the City Council's schedule of listed buildings 105-107 Edmund St is the former ENT hospital and is a Grade II listed building and is cross referenced to 70-78 Barwick Street. IIRC the building on this corner would be Queen Anne style. The misallocation may be mine, but I believe the City Council Schedule has been tweaked since I took the info off there, so it may have been misdescribed on the earlier schedule. As 103 is clearly not the former hospital, I will remove this description and the architect and year, pending clarification, but I am fairly sure you're correct that 103 Edmund St is the other entrance to 17-19 Newhall St. If so, then there's no logic is listing both addresses, so when I've double-checked I'll remove 103 Edmund Street from the list as the article (nice work, btw) is listed as 17-19 Newhall St. Valiantis 13:58, 17 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Actually I just removed 103 Edmund Street completely. I'm certain you're correct. Valiantis 14:01, 17 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Many thanks for your reply. My Land Registry plan (with house numbers) shows 105-107 Edmund St as being the same building as goes around the corner for the whole of one leg of Barwick St (ie 70-78). That would be the paler building with the two gable ends showing to the left on my picture [Image:Bell_Edison_Telephone_Building.jpg][[Image:Bell_Edison_Telephone_Building.jpg] (it's twice as deep into Barwick St as its frontage on Edmund St). I do wish all buildings had to have a visible number! It is still a grade II building though.
 * PS.thanks for adding the missing star to the grading of Highbury Hall. Oosoom 14:31, 17 May 2006 (UTC)
 * I have just discovered the English Heritage Images of England web site of all (eventually) listed buildings with photos, architects, and description . I had to register (free) to get the search by address facility. Marvellous. It says: "EDMUND STREET 1. 5104 (south-east side) City Centre B3 Nos 105 and 107 (The Birmingham and Midland Ear, Nose and Throat Hospital) SP 0687 SE 29/25 16.9.81 GV II 2. Includes Nos 70 to 78 (even) Barwick Street. 1890-1, by Jethro A Cossins and Peacock. Brick and terracotta; tile roof. Not in a local style. Three storeys plus basement and attic; 3 bays, the outer 2 brought forward slightly on volutes at first floor level and crowned by Dutch gables, the centre one with a shallow canted bay window rising through first and second floors beneath a segment-headed arch. Below this, the door; above, a 3-light pedimented dormer window in the roof. On the left-hand return (where the entrance to Nos 70 to 78 Barwick Street is), an arched doorway with a chimney stack soaring through the Dutch gable in a Norman Shaw way." Oosoom 15:15, 17 May 2006 (UTC)
 * I have now discovered the template  which I should have used rather than paste the text above. Oosoom 13:16, 19 May 2006 (UTC)

Council House, Council House Extension, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery
Regarding the three entries in this list only two (Council House, Council House Extension) are buildings. They are both II* listed. The Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery is an institution which occupies part of both of these, but is not a building in its own right (and is therefore not listed). The Council House was built for the corporation, then extended less than a decade later (also by Y Thomason) within the block to incorporate a small art gallery and gas department (now the Water Hall, not today's Gas Hall), and then extended again during WW.I across the 'bridge' where offices, more Art Gallery and Museum, and the current Gas Hall are. Excellent list - keep it up! Oosoom 13:29, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
 * You're quite correct in this. As I recall I made a conscious decision to list the original building (1874-79) as the Council House and the 1880s extension simply as the Museum as the extension was built (primarily) to house the Museum and I wanted to have some links back to existing articles. On reflection I accept the logic of your point and am amending the list. Valiantis 14:53, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
 * You're welcome. I got quite confused at first when researching this as it took some time to realise there were two possible Gas Halls. Once you know that the Gas Dept used the Water Hall you can see that the first extension is part of the original building. Oosoom 15:51, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
 * As I understand it. The ground floor under the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery was used as offices for what I presume would be a company with a title along the lines of "Birmingham Gas & Coke Company" all the directors being Birmingham City Councillors (I have not looked into this, so its just a hypothosis on my part). What is now called "The Waterhall" was, as I understand it, entirely office space for the Gas company with cast iron columns supporting the upper floors. What is now "The Gas Hall" was the payment office for the company and in some way emulates the banking halls along Colmore Row, Temple Row West and Bennetts Hill. Am I right in any of these statements and assumptions? DonBarton 09:03, 10 June 2006 (UTC)
 * I am not sure of the exact legal nature of the gas companies. As I understand it, the Council bought-up the gas and water concerns with the benefits of (a) a better service for the ratepayers, and (b) as a revenue source. Eventually the offsite gas offices were brought into the Council House by it being extended (by Y Thomason) less than a decade after construction of the original Council House. The profits from the gas enterprise paying for the extension as the Arts budget was limited by law even though it was an art gallery that the town really wanted. This extension comprises the BMAG main entrance, staircase, clock tower, a bit of office space under the clock tower, round room, Waterhall (original Gas Department, legal status unknown), and the Industrial Gallery (original Art Gallery) and Edwardian Tea Room above it. This all looks like one building today.

 * The bridge, and the larger building the other side of Edmund Street, date from around WW-I. Its upper floors are the current (paintings) art gallery (same floor as bridge) and the museum (top floor, currently being redeveloped in part). The ground floor consists of various council Education Department offices, and the Gas Hall exhibition space (previously the Gas Dept which had moved out of the old building to make room for the Water Dept (hence Waterhall)). Oosoom 09:38, 10 June 2006 (UTC)

Icknield Street School & 303 Icknield Street (Headmaster's house)
I have merged these two onto one line as they seem to me to be contextually linked.They are both II*. My apologies if you were wanting the table to have one line per listing. If so I will try to separate them again. I have started an article on the school. Oosoom 07:23, 10 June 2006 (UTC)
 * No that seems logical. I've already included a couple of other separately listed structures on the same site as a single line (e.g Aston Hall plus lodge & stables) where the grade is identical. Valiantis 12:25, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

New Street Signal Box
This was granted Grade II listed status last year and is located on Navigation Street, city centre. I dont know the architect as I have searched the net quite a lot and no names have been given but it was built in 1964. - Erebus555 12:18, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

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Elwendia persica

Elwendia persica is a plant species in the family Apiaceae. It is related to cumin (Cuminum cyminum) and sometimes called black cumin, blackseed, or black caraway, and has a smoky, earthy taste. It is often confused with Nigella sativa (which is also called black cumin, black caraway, or black seed ), by which it is often substituted in cooking.

Dried E. persica fruits are used as a culinary spice in northern India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, and Iran. It is practically unknown outside these areas.

Etymology
Local names for that spice are kala zeera (काला ज़ीरा black cumin) or shahi zeera (शाहि ज़ीरा; imperial cumin) in Hindi, as syah zirah (سیاہ زیرہ; black cumin), kaala zirah (کالا زیرہ; black cumin), and zirah kuhi (زيره كوهی; mountain/wild cumin) in Urdu, zireh kuhi (زيره كوهی; wild cumin) in Persian, and siyoh dona (сиёх дона; black seed) in Tajiki, and in Malayalam sahajīrakaṁ (സഹജീരകം).

The commonly used Hindi term shahi zeera may be a distortion of syahi (black in Persian) zeera. However, in the Hindustani language, the term syahi also means "inky black". In Bengali, kalo zeera also means black cumin, but refers to Nigella, not E. persica. Nigella is widely used as a spice in Bengali food.

Uses
The plant bears slender, elongate, ribbed fruits which are harvested once the plant has become very dry. Not more than 5 to 8 g can be plucked from each plant, contributing to their high price.

The seeds are most valued as a garnish to high value, very special Indian dishes; they should not be ground, as their flavour would be reduced.

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Myra De Groot

Myra Tania De Groot (4 July 1937 – 4 April 1988) was a British-born theatre and television actress, and agent. She performed in the United Kingdom, United States, New Zealand and Australia.

Professional career
De Groot was born in Westminster, London, England, and performed as a child, from everything from a magician's assistant to a dancer, eventually appearing in West End comedy. Arriving in America from Britain in 1958 she appeared in roles for most of the 1960s there, appearing on TV series including Bewitched, The Monkees, Perry Mason, and Here Come the Brides. She performed at the noted New York cabaret "Upstairs at The Downstairs" in Ben Bagley's last review (Seven Come Eleven) in 1962 with Hal Buckley, Nancy Preiser and Cy Young. She left America and then resided in New Zealand between 1972–1980, where she appeared in many theatre roles and the 1978 film Angel Mine. She also directed stage plays. Her latter career was based in Australia, after having emigrated there in 1980, with roles in serials The Sullivans, two roles in Prisoner, a few telemovies and the film Norman Loves Rose. Her final role was in Neighbours as Eileen Clarke - a role in which De Groot appeared onscreen in the UK for fifteen months after she had died due to the fact the show aired significantly far behind the Australian airdate.

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FILM

TELEVISION

Theatre
De Groot acted in the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Australia in a variety of roles on stage:

 * Frome Here and There - Royal Court Theatre, London (1955)
 * Mister Venus - Prince of Wales Theatre, London (1958) - as "Married woman"
 * Ulysses in Nighttown - Arts Theatre, London (May 1959) - as Kitty
 * Pieces of Eight - Apollo Theatre, London (September 1959)
 * Seven Come Eleven - Upstairs at The Downstairs, New York (August 1962)
 * Riverwind - Westport Country Playhouse, Wesport, CT (July 1966)
 * Mame - Honolulu Concert Hall, HI (June 1968) - as Agnes Gooch
 * Mame - San Bernardino, CA (November 1970) - as Agnes Gooch
 * There's a Leek in your Hat - Mercury Theatre, Auckland (October 1972)
 * Tarantara! taranatara! - Mercury Theatre, Auckland (February 1976)
 * Viva Mexico - North Shore Operatic Society, Auckland (March 1977)
 * Noel & Cole - The Blue Cockatoo, Sydney (1982)
 * Torch Song Trilogy - Her Majesty's Theatre, Sydney (1984) - as Mrs Beckoff
 * Spookhouse - Playbox Theatre, Melbourne (1987)
 * Nunsense - Comedy Theatre, Melbourne (1987) - as Sister Hubert

Personal life
Three times married, De Groot died from cancer, aged 50 on 4 April 1988. She is survived by five children and nine grandchildren.

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Australia Yearly Meeting

Australia Yearly Meeting is the body of members of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in Australia. Quakers within Australia Yearly Meeting generally follow the unprogrammed style of worship.

Australia Yearly Meeting comprises seven Regional Meetings: New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia, Canberra, Queensland and West Australia Regional Meetings. Regional Meetings, in turn, comprise Local Meetings, Recognised Meetings and Worshipping Groups. There are approximately 1,000 members of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in Australia and an additional 1,000 people (not in membership) are estimated to attend meetings in Australia.

The annual meetings of Australia Yearly Meeting rotate among the seven Regional Meetings. The Australia Yearly Meeting office is based near the Australia Yearly Meeting Secretary, the only full-time employee, at any given time.

Australia Yearly Meeting was established as an autonomous Yearly Meeting in 1964. Australia Yearly Meeting grew out of the previous Australia General Meeting which first met in 1902 as a component of London Yearly Meeting.

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Hougang MRT station

Hougang MRT station is an underground Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station on the North East line (NEL) in Hougang, Singapore. Underneath Hougang Central and Hougang Central Bus Interchange, the station serves various landmarks, including Hougang Mall and Hougang Sports Hall.

Hougang was first announced along with the 16 NEL stations in March 1996 and was completed on 20 June 2003. Constructing the NEL station required the relocation of Hougang Bus Interchange and a retirement home. In January 2019, it was announced that the station will interchange with the future Cross Island line (CRL). As with most NEL stations, it is a designated Civil Defence shelter. Hougang station features a public artwork Hands Up For Hougang by Seck Yok Ying, a series of 3000 handprints.

North East line
The North East line (NEL) project, which was first proposed in 1984, received government approval in January 1996. Hougang station was among the sixteen NEL stations announced by communications minister Mah Bow Tan in March that year. The contract for the design and construction of the Hougang and Kovan stations was awarded to Samsung Corporation Engineering & Construction Group (later Samsung C&T Corporation) for S$214.8 million (US$ million) in May 1997. The contract included the construction of 1.3 km twin-bored tunnels and 700 m of cut-and-cover tunnels. The station opened on 20 June 2003 along with the other NEL stations.

To excavate the site needed for the station's construction, the Hougang Bus Interchange had to be relocated. This also required multiple route diversions of bus services and new bus stops, including three temporary ones leading to the interchange. The bus interchange moved back to its original site on 20 May 2001. The Home for the Aged Sick, a retirement home near the station site, also had to be relocated as the Land Transport Authority (LTA) feared the noise and dust would impact the residents' health. Many residents moved to a block at the Kwong Wai Shiu Hospital on Serangoon Road, although some had to be sent to other homes due to limited capacity. All residents eventually moved to its present site at Hougang Avenue 1 in 1999. Part of the construction works included tunnelling underneath terrace houses in Realty Park 13 m underground. LTA installed various instruments to closely monitor any ground settlement, preventing structural damage to the surrounding buildings.

Cross Island line

On 25 January 2019, the LTA announced that Hougang station would interchange with the proposed Cross Island Line (CRL). The station will be constructed as part of Phase 1 (CRL1), which will consist of 12 stations between Aviation Park and Bright Hill. CRL1 was expected to be completed in 2029. However, the restrictions imposed on construction works due to the COVID-19 pandemic led to delays and the CRL1 completion date was pushed by one year to 2030.

The contract for the design and construction of Hougang CRL Station and it associated tunnels was awarded to Samsung C&T Corporation for S$604million(US$million) in March 2021. Besides the construction of the new station and tunnels, the works include alteration works to the existing NEL station. Construction began in the third quarter of 2021, with a scheduled completion date of 2030. A segment of Hougang Central was closed from 28 August 2022 to facilitate construction works for the CRL.

Details
Hougang station serves the North East line (NEL) between the Buangkok and Kovan stations. The official station code is NE14. The station operates between 5.48am and 12.25am daily with headways of 2.5 to 5 minutes depending on peak hours.

Located underneath Hougang Central, the station is directly integrated with Hougang Central Bus Interchange. The two-level station has three entrances, one of which has a circular roof to give the station a modern look. Other public amenities surrounding the station include Hougang Polyclinic, Hougang Sports Hall and Aljunied–Hougang Town Council. The station is also near Hougang Mall and residential developments such as Midtown Residences.

The NEL station is designated as a Civil Defence shelter. It is designed to accommodate at least 7,500 people and can withstand airstrikes and chemical attacks. Equipment essential for the operations in the Civil Defence shelter is mounted on shock absorbers to prevent damage during a bombing. When the electrical supply to the shelter is disrupted, there are backup generators to keep operations going. The shelter has dedicated built-in decontamination chambers and dry toilets with collection bins that will send human waste out of the shelter.

The platforms are wheelchair-accessible. A tactile system, consisting of tiles with rounded or elongated raised studs, guides visually impaired commuters through the station. Dedicated routes connect the station entrances to the platforms or between the lines.

Artwork
"Hands Up For Hougang" by Seck Yok Ying is displayed at this station as part of the Art-in-Transit programme. It consists of 3,000 handprints of diverse backgrounds, including Hougang residents, LTA management and contractors, the artist hoped to connect with people through this artwork. Having worked in the construction industry, Seok also wanted those behind the station's construction to be remembered and hence conceived this artwork so that they could leave their imprint on the work. Seok also designed the platform seats in various shapes, intended to establish a welcoming atmosphere for commuters.

The LTA invited 2500 residents for the project conducted through twenty sessions in April 2001. Each hand was soaked in olive oil before imprinting into the clay. For entire families joining the project, their handprints were all collected on a shared slab. The collected prints were transformed into rubber moulds sourced from the National University of Singapore before being rendered on glass-reinforced cement that can be moulded into panels. These panels were then arranged together in cohesive rows of hands.

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Blitz (video game)

Blitz is an action game published by Commodore for its VIC-20 home computer in 1981. The game is based on the 1977 arcade video game Canyon Bomber from Atari, Inc., with the goal of clearing boulders replaced with bombing closely packed skyscrapers. Several later clones of the concept also use the urban setting. The game is played with a single button which drops a bomb.

Taylor originally self-published the game as Vic New York. Blitz was later sold by Mastertronic as New York Blitz. He also wrote Blitz-64 for the Commodore 64 and Blitz-16 for the Commodore 16.

Gameplay
A plane flies across a single-screen cityscape at a steady speed. When it reaches the edge of the screen, it wraps to the other side at a lower altitude, with its speed increasing each pass. The player drops bombs from the plane, and each bomb removes one or more segments of the structure it hits. As the plane descends, it risks colliding with remaining buildings. The level is complete when all buildings are destroyed, and the plane has descended safely to the bottom of the screen.

Development
The game was prompted by a verbal description of Canyon Bomber, originally released as an arcade video game by Atari, Inc. in 1977 and ported to the Atari VCS. The change from a canyon filled with rock pillars to a city of skyscrapers was copied by later clones including Blitz (ZX Spectrum), City Bomber (C64), and City Lander (ZX81).

Simon Taylor wrote the game as Vic New York before he contracted with Commodore in 1982. Taylor later produced versions for the Commodore 64, Commodore 16, and Epson HX-20 portable computer.

Legacy
Mastertronic later sold the game as the budget-priced New York Blitz.

Jeff Minter wrote a 1982 ZX Spectrum game inspired by Blitz called Bomber (also published as City Bomber).

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ROF Bridgend

ROF Bridgend, (Filling Factory No. 2), located in Bridgend, South Wales, was one of the largest of sixteen World War II, UK government-owned, Royal Ordnance Factory munitions Filling Factories. Of great significance to the Britain's war effort, at its peak of production it employed around 40,000 people — said to be the largest ever factory in Britain's history.

Background
At the end of World War I, much of Britain's armaments manufacturing capacity was run down, as its capacity was no longer needed. In the period leading up to World War II, consideration was given to Britain's war capability. As shown in the Spanish Civil War, the Luftwaffe were more than capable of accurately bombing many of Britain's key installations, which were also undersized to meet forecast required volumes.

In 1935, it was therefore agreed to keep armaments research at the Woolwich Arsenal in south-east London, while production would be transferred to two new factories at ROF Chorley in Lancashire (Filling Factory No.1) and ROF Bridgend in Glamorgan (Filling Factory No.2). As war planning progressed, it would be realised that this plan was flawed in both sustainability and capacity, and additional facilities would have to be built. Staff from the Royal Arsenal helped design and, in some cases, managed the construction of many of the new Royal Ordnance Factories (ROFs) and ROF Filling Factories. Just over 40 ROFs were opened by the end of World War II, nearly half of them Filling Factories, together with a similar number of factories built and run by private companies, such as ICI's Nobel Explosives (although these explosive factories were not called ROFs).

Development
Bridgend was chosen for three main reasons:
 * It was remote from the areas most vulnerable to enemy bombing in south and east England
 * Bridgend was located in a national development area, having a plentiful supply of unemployed labour at the time
 * The area enjoyed excellent logistics, being close to three major ports (Cardiff, Swansea, Barry), and close to the massive South Wales coalfield to supply power and Port Talbot for steel

In April 1936, 900 acre of land in Waterton was compulsorily purchased. The site chosen was farmland next to the Great Western Railway South Wales Main Line, which offered additional benefits. Located on what was a reclaimed marshland, a persistent local legend has it that the resultant dampness often resulted in the area being covered in a light mist or fog, which further protected it from bombing. Even if so, the drainage of the marshes caused the mist to cease. Further acreage was purchased in Brackla, leading to the development of ROF 11 and ROF 41.

In April 1937, the Great Western Railway began constructing the 24 mi of internal railway needed to supply the sites. This included a marshalling yard at the main site, sidings at Brackla Ridge, and the construction of Tremains halt near Waterton for worker access. A footbridge was also constructed here, the remnants of which can be seen today. Gee Walker & Slater Ltd, and Sir Lindsay Parkinson & Co. Ltd were the contractors awarded the project to build ROF 53. Sir Robert McAlpine won the contract to build ROF 11 and ROF 41, and the magazine tunnels. In all, the complex consisted of over 1000 buildings, serviced by 60 mi of roads.

By 1940, the sites were in full production, with nearly 40,000 people working at the factory, the largest single-site employer in the country.

Closure
ROF Bridgend stopped production in 1945, having been designated a War Duration Only ROF. It remained open as a store until it was closed in 1946, when it was broken up and sold to property developers.

Many of the specialised buildings were simply bulldozed, and like many of the former ROFs it became an industrial estate, now designated as Bridgend Industrial Estate. The administration buildings were taken over after the war to become the Glamorgan County Police Headquarters, which are now the South Wales Police headquarters.

The land between the two former facilities to the south of Brackla Hill, was developed as a large housing complex, now simply called Brackla.

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Shawn J. Freeman
<20 Google hits for this person. Shoplifting from a trade show hardly seems like a notable event. --Xcali 14:17, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete infinitely forgettable. --Scimitar 15:47, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete - Theft is so incredibly lame anyway... -- Phroziac (talk) 16:51, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, if he'd been successful, a mention in the Star Fox article might've been an option, but in that case we probably wouldn't even now his name... - Mgm|(talk) 17:57, Jun 15, 2005 (UTC)
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 * Delete nn vanity, not that there's anything here to be vain about. --Etacar11 22:45, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)
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(from my talk page welcoming me as a new user: Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date.) Jawz 06:39, 17 January 2006 (UTC)

New Look (policy)
You're welcome. Glad you approve. It hit me on Feb. 3 that I might be able to recast a 30-year-old paper into an article. Then I found that you had split off the New Look (policy) entry into a stub article only a couple of days before. I wanted to do the article in a single sitting, but it wasn't feasible. I've also been trying to update my earlier work with new information, which has led to some errors in aligning dates. I plan to keep fine-tuning it. I've decided that the New Look was real, but that Massive Retaliation was mostly dangerous blather. Also, Ike was a lot more hands-on that he generally gets credit for. -- Cuppysfriend 24:18, 9 February 2006 (UTC)

Canola
I've replied on the cottonseed oil page to your comment re GM canola. In short - the assertion wasn't (to my reading, at least) that Canola was invented by genetic engineering, but that it is now widely subject to GM - a fact that's not really contestable. Waitak 15:02, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

 * Actually, I was also wondering if there could be a citation as to "who says it's one of the big four GM crops?" -HiFiGuy 17:18, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

 * Found a reference for you. Take a look at cottonseed oil now and see what you think. Waitak 11:32, 9 July 2006 (UTC)

Academic fencing
I saw on the talk page of Academic fencing that you were interested in completing and/or improving that article. Apparently User:Kresspahl did not dare to do so. I have just started. It would be nice if someone who is interested in that exotic subject would polish up my English (it is not my native language) and check if this can be understood by someone who was not born in Central Europe. Best regards, --Rabe! 20:18, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

Founders College
I'm sorry if you were disappointed that the article was deleted. However, let me explain the procedure. A user called Angusmclellan had placed a notice on it saying "(prod: crystall ballism, even the site of the college is not decided)". When such a notice is placed and remains there for five days, administrators have a duty to decide whether the article should be deleted. I looked at the article and decided, on the evidence in front of me, that it seemed worthy of deletion. I was influenced by the fact that in the six days since the notice had been placed, there had been no edits attempting to address the deficiencies in the article (indeed, no edits at all other than an automatic one by a robot editor). If you feel that you can now write an article worthy of retention on Wikipedia, please do so. If you want me to extract the text of the article and send it to you as a basis for this, I am happy to do so.--Runcorn 13:23, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

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Jerez (disambiguation)

Jerez de la Frontera is a city in Andalusia, Spain.

Jerez also may refer to:

Geography

 * Jaén, Peru, formerly known as "Jerez de la Frontera"
 * Jerez de García Salinas, Mexico
 * Jerez (river), Serbia

Spain

 * Jerez de los Caballeros, Extremadura
 * Jérez del Marquesado, Granada
 * Taifa of Jerez, a small independent emirate created c. 1145

Other uses

 * Sherry (Spanish: Jerez), a fortified wine
 * Circuito de Jerez, a racetrack near Jerez de la Frontera

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Astringent

An astringent (sometimes called adstringent) is a chemical that shrinks or constricts body tissues. The word derives from the Latin adstringere, which means "to bind fast". Astringency, the dry, puckering or numbing mouthfeel caused by the tannins in unripe fruits, lets the fruit mature by deterring eating. Tannins, being a kind of polyphenol, bind salivary proteins and make them precipitate and aggregate,  producing a rough, "sandpapery", or dry sensation in the mouth.

Smoking tobacco is also reported to have an astringent effect.

In a scientific study, astringency was still detectable by subjects who had local anesthesia applied to their taste nerves, but not when both these and the trigeminal nerves were disabled.

Uses
In medicine, astringents cause constriction or contraction of mucous membranes and exposed tissues and are often used internally to reduce discharge of blood serum and mucous secretions. This can happen with a sore throat, hemorrhages, diarrhea, and peptic ulcers. Externally applied astringents, which cause mild coagulation of skin proteins, dry, harden, and protect the skin. People with acne are often advised to use astringents if they have oily skin. Mild astringents relieve such minor skin irritations as those resulting from superficial cuts; allergies; insect bites; anal hemorrhoids; and fungal infections such as athlete's foot. Redness-reducing eye drops contain an astringent. Use of Goulard's Extract has been discontinued due to lead poisoning.

Examples
Some common astringents are alum, acacia, sage, yarrow, witch hazel, bayberry, distilled vinegar, very cold water, and rubbing alcohol. Astringent preparations include silver nitrate, potassium permanganate, zinc oxide, zinc sulfate, Burow's solution, tincture of benzoin, and such vegetable substances as tannic and gallic acids. Balaustines are the red rose-like flowers of the pomegranate, which are very bitter to the taste. In medicine, their dried form has been used as an astringent. Some metal salts and acids have also been used as astringents.

Calamine lotion, witch hazel, and yerba mansa, are astringents, as are the powdered leaves of the myrtle. Ripe fruits and fruit parts including blackthorn (sloe berries), Aronia chokeberry, chokecherry, bird cherry, rhubarb, quince, jabuticaba and persimmon fruits (especially when unripe), banana skins (or unripe bananas), cashew fruits and acorns are astringent. Citrus fruits, like lemons, are somewhat astringent. The tannins in some teas, coffee, and red grape wines like Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot produce mild astringency. Astringency is used in classifications of white wine.

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