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UMAC

In cryptography, a message authentication code based on universal hashing, or UMAC, is a type of message authentication code (MAC) calculated choosing a hash function from a class of hash functions according to some secret (random) process and applying it to the message. The resulting digest or fingerprint is then encrypted to hide the identity of the hash function used. As with any MAC, it may be used to simultaneously verify both the data integrity and the authenticity of a message. In contrast to traditional MACs, which are serializable, UMAC can be executed in parallel. Thus as machines continue to offer more parallel processing capabilities, the speed of implementing UMAC will increase.

A specific type of UMAC, also commonly referred to just UMAC, is specified in RFC 4418, it has provable cryptographic strength and is usually a lot less computationally intensive than other MACs. UMAC's design is optimized for 32-bit architectures with SIMD support, with a performance of 1 CPU cycle per byte (cpb) with SIMD and 2 cpb without SIMD. A closely related variant of UMAC that is optimized for 64-bit architectures is given by VMAC, which has been submitted to the IETF as a draft (draft-krovetz-vmac-01) but never gathered enough attention for becoming a standardized RFC.

Universal hashing
Let's say the hash function is chosen from a class of hash functions H, which maps messages into D, the set of possible message digests. This class is called universal if, for any distinct pair of messages, there are at most |H|/|D| functions that map them to the same member of D.

This means that if an attacker wants to replace one message with another and, from his point of view, the hash function was chosen completely randomly, the probability that the UMAC will not detect his modification is at most 1/|D|.

But this definition is not strong enough — if the possible messages are 0 and 1, D={0,1} and H consists of the identity operation and not, H is universal. But even if the digest is encrypted by modular addition, the attacker can change the message and the digest at the same time and the receiver wouldn't know the difference.

Strongly universal hashing
A class of hash functions H that is good to use will make it difficult for an attacker to guess the correct digest d of a fake message f after intercepting one message a with digest c. In other words,

 * $$\Pr_{h \in H}[h(f)=d|h(a)=c]\,$$

needs to be very small, preferably 1/|D|.

It is easy to construct a class of hash functions when D is field. For example, if |D| is prime, all the operations are taken modulo |D|. The message a is then encoded as an n-dimensional vector over $D (a_{1}, a_{2}, ..., a_{n})$. H then has |D|n+1 members, each corresponding to an $(n + 1)$-dimensional vector over $D (h_{0}, h_{1}, ..., h_{n})$. If we let

 * $$h(a) = h_0 + \sum_{i=1}^n {h_i}{a_i}$$

we can use the rules of probabilities and combinatorics to prove that

 * $$\Pr_{h \in H}[h(f)=d|h(a)=c]={1 \over |D|}$$

If we properly encrypt all the digests (e.g. with a one-time pad), an attacker cannot learn anything from them and the same hash function can be used for all communication between the two parties. This may not be true for ECB encryption because it may be quite likely that two messages produce the same hash value. Then some kind of initialization vector should be used, which is often called the nonce. It has become common practice to set h0 = f(nonce), where f is also secret.

Notice that having massive amounts of computer power does not help the attacker at all. If the recipient limits the amount of forgeries it accepts (by sleeping whenever it detects one), |D| can be 232 or smaller.

Example
The following C function generates a 24 bit UMAC. It assumes that  is a multiple of 24 bits,   is not longer than   and   already contains the 24 secret bits e.g. f(nonce). nonce does not need to be contained in.

NH
Functions in the above unnamed strongly universal hash-function family uses n multiplies to compute a hash value.

The NH family halves the number of multiplications, which roughly translates to a two-fold speed-up in practice. For speed, UMAC uses the NH hash-function family. NH is specifically designed to use SIMD instructions, and hence UMAC is the first MAC function optimized for SIMD.

The following hash family is $$2^{-w}$$-universal:

 * $$\operatorname{NH}_{K}(M) = \left( \sum_{i=0}^{ (n/2)-1 } ((m_{2i} + k_{2i}) \bmod ~ 2^w ) \cdot ((m_{2i+1} + k_{2i+1}) \bmod ~ 2^w ) \right) \bmod ~ 2^{2w} $$.

where

 * The message M is encoded as an n-dimensional vector of w-bit words (m0, m1, m2, ..., mn-1).
 * The intermediate key K is encoded as an n+1-dimensional vector of w-bit words (k0, k1, k2, ..., kn). A pseudorandom generator generates K from a shared secret key.

Practically, NH is done in unsigned integers. All multiplications are mod 2^w, all additions mod 2^w/2, and all inputs as are a vector of half-words ($$w/2 = 32$$-bit integers). The algorithm will then use $$\lceil k/2 \rceil$$ multiplications, where $$k$$ was the number of half-words in the vector. Thus, the algorithm runs at a "rate" of one multiplication per word of input.

RFC 4418
RFC 4418 does a lot to wrap NH to make it a good UMAC. The overall UHASH ("Universal Hash Function") routine produces a variable length of tags, which corresponds to the number of iterations (and the total lengths of keys) needed in all three layers of its hashing. Several calls to an AES-based key derivation function is used to provide keys for all three keyed hashes.
 * Layer 1 (1024 byte chunks -> 8 byte hashes concatenated) uses NH because it is fast.
 * Layer 2 hashes everything down to 16 bytes using a POLY function that performs prime modulus arithmetics, with the prime changing as the size of the input grows.
 * Layer 3 hashes the 16-byte string to a fixed length of 4 bytes. This is what one iteration generates.

In RFC 4418, NH is rearranged to take a form of: Y = 0 for (i = 0; i < t; i += 8) do $$    \begin{align} \mathtt{Y} &= \mathtt{Y +_{64} ((M_{i+0} +_{32} K_{i+0}) *_{64} (M_{i+4} +_{32} K_{i+4}))} \\ \mathtt{Y} &= \mathtt{Y +_{64} ((M_{i+1} +_{32} K_{i+1}) *_{64} (M_{i+5} +_{32} K_{i+5}))} \\ \mathtt{Y} &= \mathtt{Y +_{64} ((M_{i+2} +_{32} K_{i+2}) *_{64} (M_{i+6} +_{32} K_{i+6}))} \\ \mathtt{Y} &= \mathtt{Y +_{64} ((M_{i+3} +_{32} K_{i+3}) *_{64} (M_{i+7} +_{32} K_{i+7}))} \end{align} $$ end for This definition is designed to encourage programmers to use SIMD instructions on the accumulation, since only data with four indices away are likely to not be put in the same SIMD register, and hence faster to multiply in bulk. On a hypothetical machine, it could simply translate to:

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Talk:Joseph Radetzky von Radetz

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The mentioned "scientific" Zach is not the person the link is leading to! Anton Freiherr von Zach was Generalmajor at Marengo and the link points to his brother Franz Xaver Freiherr von Zach, who was an astronomer. Can somebody correct this?

WP:MILHIST Assessment
You've made a very nice start, and I'm glad that there's a picture, and a great number of references and such. But the actual core section of the article, detailing his life and such, is still fairly short. LordAmeth 22:40, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

WikiProject Military history/Assessment/Tag & Assess 2008
Article reassessed and graded as start class. --dashiellx (talk) 11:10, 8 May 2008 (UTC)

Wrong Radetzky
This is not Радецкий, Фёдор Фёдорович for which reason I am demoting him from Russian generaldom Tusbra (talk) 16:46, 1 January 2011 (UTC)

Nationality
One source LIBRI Encyclopedia say, that he was Czech nobleman and Austrian marshal. Other source Britannicasay, that he was Austrian field marshal. Both is right, because he was Czech speaking noble, serving in the Austrian army and there is not contradition.--Yopie (talk) 20:53, 6 March 2016 (UTC)

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Atlus parker
While not nonsense or vanity, I seriously question the notability, usefullness and obviously NPOV of this article Gblaz 19:03, 7 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Note: The article title on this VFD page was previously misspelled, so when it was posted back on the 7 Jun 2005 log, it looked like it had already been speedy deleted. I have corrected the title and have moved it to today's log. Zzyzx11 (Talk) 21:09, 19 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, non-notable. --Tothebarricades 21:43, Jun 19, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete non notable. JamesBurns 07:16, 20 Jun 2005 (UTC)
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Juliet Stuart Poyntz

Juliet Stuart Poyntz (originally 'Points') (25 November 1886 – c. 1937) was an American suffragist, trade unionist and communist spy. As a student and university teacher, Poyntz espoused many radical causes and went on to become a co-founder of the Communist Party of the United States (CPUSA). Later she began working as an intelligence agent for the Soviet Union, travelling secretly to Moscow just as some of her comrades were being executed in Joseph Stalin's Great Purge, after which she resigned from the party. This is widely assumed to have led to her unexplained disappearance in New York City in June 1937 as the likely victim of an assassination squad, possibly because she had been associating with Trotskyists.

Early life and education
Juliet Poyntz was born on November 25, 1886, in Omaha, Nebraska. Her family moved to Jersey City, New Jersey, not long before she entered Barnard College. She was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR).

Poyntz moved to New York City as a young adult, where she earned degrees at Barnard College in 1907. She was class treasurer as a freshman, class president as a sophomore, secretary of the Barnard Union, and finally, president of the Undergraduate Association and chair of the student council as a senior. She served as editor-in-chief of Barnard's Mortarboard yearbook, and was a member of the Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority, the Philosophy Club, the Classical Club, the Athletic Association, the Christian Association, and the Sophomore Dance Committee. In 1904, she acted "Casting the Boomerang," at the Brinckerhoff Theatre (now Minor Latham Playhouse). In 1905, Poyntz took part in Barnard's third annual Greek Games, where she recited the "Invocation to the Gods" and tied first place in wrestling. She partook in the Interclass Debate (class of 1906 versus class of 1907). In her senior year, she was voted most popular both in the college and for 1907. She was valedictorian of her class and was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa. By graduation in June 1907, her interests had expanded from suffragism and feminism to trade unionism, labor rights, and socialism.

She received her A.M. degree from Columbia University.

Political career
From 1907 to 1909, Poyntz was "Special Agent for the U.S. Immigration Commission," working in Chicago, Milwaukee, Philadelphia, Utica (New York), Lawrence (Massachusetts), and other cities. She joined the Socialist Party of America in 1909.

She taught at Barnard College for the 1909–1910 academic year, when she was an assistant to history professor James T. Shotwell, who was well known for his liberal and pacifist views.

In 1912, she wrote Barnard's Class Book, "I am still a woman's suffragist or worse still a Feminist and also a Socialist (also of the worst brand)." She began working in the labor reform movement in 1913. She was instrumental in labor-Left reform organizations such as the US Immigration Commission, the American Association for Labor Legislation, and the Rand School of Social Science.

During the 1910s, Poyntz worked with the International Ladies Garment Workers Union (ILGWU). At Local 25, she met Elias Lieberman, later her attorney. When Poyntz became education director of the ILGWU's Worker's University, she reported to Lieberman as chair of Local 25's Educational Committee. In 1918, she left the ILGWU. She continued to work within the Socialist Party-oriented ILGWU after siding with the fledgling Communist Party USA. During the 1920s, Poyntz was on the staff of the Friends of the Soviet Union and International Labor Defense.

In November 1926, she ran for New York State Comptroller and in November 1928 for New York State Attorney General, both times on the Workers Party ticket.

She later quit her outside work in favor of intelligence activities for the Soviet OGPU during the "Third Period".

According to a book by Benjamin Gitlow, a founding member of the CPUSA, Poyntz was a delegate to several consecutive American Communist Party conventions, and was a member of the Party's Central Executive Committee, besides being on New York's District Executive Committee. She had gone to China on a Comintern (Communist International) mission, and had dropped out of the CPUSA in 1934 in order to work for the OGPU (Soviet military secret police) in gathering scientific information for the Soviet Union. In 1936, Poyntz secretly travelled to Moscow to receive further instructions from Soviet authorities, and was seen there in the company of George Mink (alias Minkoff), an American later implicated in the disappearance of several Trotkskyists during the Spanish Civil War. While there, Poyntz witnessed the Great Purge instigated by Stalin, in which people she had known and worked with were killed. She returned to the US disillusioned and unwilling to continue spying for the OGPU (later the NKVD).

Disappearance
Poyntz disappeared after leaving the American Woman's Association Clubhouse at 353 West 57th Street in Manhattan, New York City on the evening of June 3, 1937. A police investigation turned up no clues to her fate, and her belongings, all of her clothing, and hand luggage in her room appeared to be untouched which suggested that she had not intended to leave the building for very long.

In early 1938, Carlo Tresca, a leading Italian-American anarchist, publicly accused the Soviets of kidnapping Poyntz in order to prevent her defection. He said that before she disappeared, she had come to him to talk over her disgust at what she had seen in Moscow in 1936 in the early stages of Joseph Stalin's Great Purge.

Testimony by former Soviet agent Whittaker Chambers tied Poyntz' disappearance to the shadowy Soviet Comintern agent Josef Peters. As an inside member of the Soviet Comintern and OGPU espionage network, Peters is believed to have participated in the planning of the kidnapping and alleged murder of fellow CPUSA member Poyntz by a Soviet assassination squad.

Chambers later stated that he heard Poyntz had been killed for attempted desertion, and this rumor contributed to his caution when he defected in 1938. Elizabeth Bentley stated she was told by Jacob Golos in the late 1930s, and later by KGB officer Anatoli Gromov in 1945 that Poyntz had been a traitor and was now dead. Both Chambers' and Bentley's defections were probably in part motivated by fear of the example set in the Poyntz case.

Author Benjamin Gitlow wrote that Poyntz was disillusioned by Stalin's purges and was unwilling to continue as an espionage agent for the USSR. Gitlow relates that the OGPU/NKVD used Poyntz's former lover, a man named Shakne Epshtein (Shachno Epstein (1881-1945)), the associate editor of the Communist Yiddish daily Morgen Freiheit (and an OGPU/NKVD agent himself), to lure Poyntz out for a walk in Central Park. "They met at Columbus Circle and proceeded to walk through Central Park...Shachno took her by the arm and led her up a side path, where a large black limousine hugged the edge of the walk ... Two men jumped out, grabbed Miss Poyntz, shoved her into the car and sped away." Gitlow relates that the assassins took Poyntz to the woods near the Roosevelt estate in Dutchess County, and killed and buried her there. "The body was covered with lime and dirt. On top were placed dead leaves and branches which the three killers trampled down with their feet."

Before his own mysterious death, the GRU defector Walter Krivitsky suggested another motive for the NKVD kidnapping of Poyntz. During one of her sojourns in Moscow, Poyntz had become a lover of Red Army Corps Commander Vitovt Putna. In August 1936, the NKVD arrested Putna and accused him of maintaining contacts with Leon Trotsky, from whom he had allegedly received "terrorist directives." Under torture, Putna testified to the existence of a "nation-wide" center of Trotskyists, and to his involvement in a "parallel" military organization. On June 11, 1937, a military tribunal, in camera, condemned Putna and other high-ranking officers to death in the judicial frame-up known as the Moscow Trial of the Trotskyist Anti-Soviet Military Organization. The NKVD, according to Krivitsky, may have abducted Poyntz one week before the trial out of fear that she would defect once the execution of Putna became known, or simply because she was a known friend of the "enemy" Putna.

Personal life
In 1913, Poyntz married Dr. Friedrich Franz Ludwig Glaser, a communist and attache at the German consulate in New York. She kept her maiden name, although she changed the spelling from "Points" to "Poyntz".

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Anyone think that the current image should be replace by one based on his RE2 remake look? Still, I can't find a good one due to the poor light in my monitor.Tintor2 (talk) 00:57, 14 July 2018 (UTC)

 * Wow, I commented this four years ago. After finding commentary about his RE4 look, I added one picture from such incarnation to the creation section. Not sure if there is already commentary about its remake already to warrant a replacement.Tintor2 (talk) 23:20, 25 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Hey Tintor. I don't wanna demolish everything, but PSU ref 38 seems to be unreliable by other peeps and it actually have been cited a lot at the article.  Greenish Pickle!   (🔔) 12:23, 19 March 2024 (UTC)

Image from Resident Evil 4 Remake
Can we use this image of Leon from Resident Evil 4 Remake Kazama16 (talk) 18:06, 6 May 2023 (UTC)

 * Obviously poor quality. GlatorNator  (ᴛ) 21:41, 6 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Would it be fine to use, if I increase the resolution of the image? Kazama16 (talk) 09:51, 7 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Probably, yes. But, its kinda blurry. GlatorNator  (ᴛ) 11:08, 7 May 2023 (UTC)
 * I think you linked the wrong link. But, newly uploaded image is still bad. Why it is orange? Anyway, I think the currebt image for RE2 remake is fine because there is already an image of RE4 remake at concept and design section. Link  GlatorNator  (ᴛ) 11:29, 7 May 2023 (UTC)

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unreferenced sections
- biased tone, not neutral. please remove/ edit Mary.Perry.Panda (talk) 05:07, 21 May 2024 (UTC)

 * It's not biased, and it's definitely neutral writing. Lead sections do not require sources if the text they are summarizing is verified in the article itself, per WP:CITELEAD. Biased or not neutral writing would be if we outright said he WAS among the best video game characters without anything to back it up. This is not the case here, as it's an assertion made by video game publications (even the lead says this) that is definitely true and verified in the body. λ Negative  MP1  05:16, 21 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Again: based on unreliable sources. Mary.Perry.Panda (talk) 17:44, 21 May 2024 (UTC)

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Notah Begay III

Notah Ryan Begay III (born September 14, 1972) is an American professional golfer. He is one of the few Native American golfers to have played in the PGA Tour. Since 2013, Begay has served as an analyst with the Golf Channel and NBC Sports.

Amateur career
Begay was born and raised in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and graduated from a private high school, Albuquerque Academy. He attended Stanford University, where he was a three-time All-American and a teammate of Tiger Woods. He was a member of Stanford's 1994 NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championship team. He was a member of the Sigma Chi Fraternity (Alpha Omega Chapter) while at Stanford. After graduation, Begay turned professional in 1995.

Nike Tour
In 1998, Begay shot a 59 in the second round of the Nike Tour Dominion Open, to join the few golfers to ever shoot a 59 in a professional tournament. He placed 10th on the Nike Tour money list that year, earning a place on the PGA Tour for 1999.

PGA Tour
Begay had a pair of wins in each of his first two seasons on the Tour. From late September 1999 to early July 2000, a period of just over nine months, Begay recorded four PGA Tour wins, with the third and fourth wins coming in successive weeks. Since then, he was plagued by back trouble which put his future as a professional golfer in doubt. In 2005, he played under a "Major Medical Exemption" with little success. In 2006, he played on the Nationwide Tour. At the end of 2006, he successfully earned a card for the European Tour from their qualifying school. In December 2008, he regained his playing card for the 2009 PGA Tour season at Q-school.

Begay has been featured in the top 20 of the Official World Golf Rankings. He successfully utilized a unique putting method. Using a putter with playing faces on both the front and back of the head, he putted right-to-left-breaking putts right-handed, and left-to-right-breaking putts left-handed. Begay is the first top player to use such a technique and putter.

Personal life
Begay is a Native American of the Navajo, San Felipe, and Isleta people. He graduated from Albuquerque Academy in 1990 and earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics in 1995 from Stanford University. His first name in the Navajo language means "almost there." His grandfather, Notah Begay, was a code talker.

On January 19, 2000, Begay was arrested for what he admitted, in court, was actually his second DUI incident. He was sentenced later that month to 364 days in jail with all but seven days suspended.

Begay was named one of Golf Magazine's Innovators of the Year in 2009 and has also been named one of the Top 100 Sports Educators in the world by the Institute for International Sport.

Begay suffered a heart attack in 2014, while practicing on the putting green at Dallas National Golf Club. He was quickly taken by ambulance to Dallas' Methodist Hospital and a stent was placed in his right coronary artery.

Begay is the uncle of Madison Hammond, who in 2020 became the first Native American soccer player to play in the National Women's Soccer League. Hammond cited Begay as one of her inspirations.

NB3 Consulting
In 2002, Begay founded NB3 Consulting, which consults with tribal communities looking to build golf courses for the purpose of economic development. Notable courses the company has built includes Sequoyah National, Firekeeper Golf Course, and Sewailo Golf Club.

Notah Begay III Foundation
In 2005, Begay established the non-profit Notah Begay III Foundation. The immediate goal of the foundation was to provide health and wellness education to Native American youth in the form of soccer and golf programs. The broader purpose of the foundation was to stand as a catalyst for change in the Native American community. On August 26, 2008, the foundation hosted the first Notah Begay III Foundation Challenge at the Turning Stone Resort & Casino, a skins golf match to raise money for the foundation. The five players for the tournament were Begay, Stewart Cink, Vijay Singh, Camilo Villegas and Mike Weir. On August 24, 2009, the foundation hosted its second annual Notah Begay III Foundation Challenge at the Turning Stone Resort & Casino.

KivaSun Foods
In 2010, Begay founded KivaSun Foods, selling various bison-based products. In 2015, the company won a contract to have 520,000 pounds of bison distributed through the Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations.

Amateur wins (1)
this list may be incomplete
 * 1995 Northeast Amateur

PGA Tour wins (4)
PGA Tour playoff record (1–0)

Other wins (1)

 * 1998 New Mexico Open

Playoff record
Nike Tour playoff record (0–1)

Results in major championships
{{legend|yellow|Top 10}} {{legend|#eeeeee|Did not play}} CUT = missed the half-way cut "T" = tied

Summary

 * Most consecutive cuts made – 4 (2000 Masters – 2000 PGA)
 * Longest streak of top-10s – 1

Results in The Players Championship
CUT = missed the halfway cut "T" indicates a tie for a place

Results in World Golf Championships
1Cancelled due to 9/11 {{legend|#eeeeee|Did not play}} "T" = Tied NT = No tournament

U.S. national team appearances
Amateur
 * Walker Cup: 1995

Professional
 * Presidents Cup: 2000 (winners)
 * Wendy's 3-Tour Challenge (representing PGA Tour): 2000 (winners)

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Lake Taymyr

Lake Taymyr (Таймыр, Таймырское озеро) is a lake of the central regions of the Taymyr Peninsula in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russian Federation. It is located south of the Byrranga Mountains.

Geography
Lake Taymyr is large, with a length of 165 km roughly east-to-west. It has an irregular shape with many arms projecting in different directions that cover a wide region. Its maximum width, however, is only about 23 km in its broadest area, towards the lake's eastern end.

Lake Taymyr is covered with ice from late September until June. The main river flowing into its basin, from the west, is the Upper Taymyra. Other rivers flowing into it are the Zapadnaya, Severnaya, Bikada-Nguoma, Yamu-Tarida and Kalamissamo. The Lower Taymyra flows out of the lake northwards across the Byrranga mountain region.

The tundra areas south of Lake Taymyr are full of smaller lakes and marshes. There are two quite large lakes east and southeast of the easternmost part of Lake Taymyr, Yamuneru Bay: 33 km east is Lake Kungusalakh, and 72 km southeast is Lake Portnyagino. Both lakes are about 20 km across.

Ecology
Lake Taymyr is teeming with many kinds of fish typical of cold Arctic waters, such as loach, sig, and muksun. Salvelinus taimyricus, is a char species found in the lake. There is overexploitation of some fish species despite the remoteness of the area.

Slight plutonium contamination has been detected in the sediments of Lake Taymyr. This is perhaps a consequence of wind-carried particles after the numerous atmospheric nuclear tests in Novaya Zemlya during the Cold War.

Water temperatures

 * Average water temperature in August: +7 C
 * During winter, water temperature is slightly above +1 C

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Music scheduling system

Music scheduling systems are employed to sequence music at radio stations. Although these systems were originally implemented by manual index card methods, since the late 1970s they have exploited the efficiency and speed of digital computers. They are essential tools for broadcasting by music radio stations.

These systems are databases of the songs in active rotation at a radio station, plus an ample set of rules for sequencing them in accordance with specific policies. For example, there may be restrictions on how much time must pass between two songs by the same artist, or whether a song played during noontime today may be heard at noontime tomorrow (or not). There are also rules for what kinds of songs may succeed another according to tempos or other characteristics.

Many people believe that disc jockeys at radio stations are responsible for choosing the music which is heard on their shows. In reality, playlists for each hour of the day have usually been generated in advance by a radio station's program director using a music scheduling system. This ensures that the station programming is optimal and adheres to the policies and objectives of the station's management. These policies and objectives are usually designed to please the greatest number of people inside the radio station's demographic target, and garner the best ratings possible for the radio station. However, there are some radio stations, for example those of BBC, which do allow most (but not all) disc jockeys to choose the music themselves without obligations, as these stations cover an eclectic range of genres. In addition, shows from resident/guest disc jockeys (particularly on mainstream stations) also do not need the program director's opinion for their playlists.

Music scheduling is simply the function of generating a playlist. Other systems are responsible for actually reproducing the music.

The first widely used commercial music scheduler for radio is Selector, originally written by Dr. Andrew Economos of Radio Computing Services, Inc, in 1979. A-ware MusicMaster (called Musicscan at the time) followed in 1983. The third most commonly used music scheduler, Powergold, was released in 1988. Today, Selector, MusicMaster and PowerGold are the three most widely used music scheduling applications in broadcasting.

Scheduling, in the general radio broadcasting sense, is the placement of content against a linear timeline for transmission on a broadcast station. This content may include not only music, but also commercial advertisements, station identifiers and promotional jingles. Commercial advertisements, called spots in radio lingo, are scheduled by their own separate scheduling system, called a 'traffic system' which keeps track of monetary considerations. The music schedule, non-music schedule (jingles, promos) and the commercial schedule are later merged into a single schedule (called the log) to guide what must be played on the station on a minute-by-minute basis.

When considering the internet as a new broadcast medium, the definition of scheduling could be broadened "to curate or arrange a linear playlist of video/audio content for live transmission or on-demand distribution." This would apply to both internet distribution and traditional broadcasting.

External links and references

 * Selector web site
 * MusicMaster web site
 * Powergold web site
 * SGP web site

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Talk:Broccoflower

Nutrition
The source listed for the statement of calories, carbs, and protein doesn't make sense. The original source claims 0.19g of fat, 1.88g of protein and 3.9g of carbs. Given carbs and protein are 4 cal/g, and fat is 9 cal/g this should be 25 calories, not the 20 calories they claim. The source is inconsistent.

Origin
In Dutch and German this vegetable is called Romanesco and also in French Chou romanesco, and it is said that its origin is in the neighbourhood of Rome, Italy. Only on the english wiki it is said that it is originating from Holland, which seems to be not true then.

Many sources (although all cited are english language) recognise broccoflower as being of Dutch origin, while non record an origin or even a passing comment of origin in Rome or elsewhere. Broccoli Romanesco on the otherhand does show evidence of roots in "Northern Italy" rather than Rome, but this could just be an anomaly owing to the fact its exact origins are somewhat unclear. Xyhfna 22:38, 18 August 2006 (UTC)

According to the seed company Runåbergs' page about this seed, Broccolo Romanesco has been grown in northern Italy for hundreds of years. The name of this vegetable also implies Italian origins. Hnorbeck 07:35, 17 March 2007 (UTC)

Type
This article states that broccoflower is a cross between broccoli and cauliflower, but other sources on the net states otherwise. This need to be checked and fixed.

--nct 16:40, 6 May 2006 (UTC)

Not only does it state that it is a cross, it also states that it isn't. It seems to me that when it's stating that it is a cross, the intent is, perhaps, that the name is the result of a cross between the other two names, but the vegetable itself is not. Even if that is not the case, the article needs to be cleaned up as it contradicts itself.

Jbramley 11:08, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

The article also claims that it's chartreuse in colour, but shows a photo of a clearly intense green, not particularly yellowy looking specimen. Is this a case of a badly colour-adjusted photo or an inaccurate description?

Regarding the cross/not cross, the page on Cauliflower indicates that broccoflower is, in fact, a hybrid between the two. However, this is another Wikipedia article and cannot be used as an absolute reference. 69.181.120.218 20:56, 17 August 2006 (UTC)

After some investigation, I'm wondering -- is it possible that there are two sources of the word broccoflower? I found which indicates that Broccoflower® is a registered trademark of Tanimura &amp Antle™, sold as a green cauliflower.

Therefore, is it possible that there are two things called broccoflower, one a hybrid and the other a brand of green cauliflower? Additionally, a google image search turns up what appear to be at least two very different looking things: 69.181.120.218 21:03, 17 August 2006 (UTC)

Further investigation shows that there are indeed two very distinct forms of Broccoflower which would appear to be of different origins. One shows distinctive nodular conic protrusions from the fractal head, the other resembles the traditional caulifower in all but colour. It is unclear if the term broccoflower is a brandname outside of the United States (although a registered trademark does exist within the US); instances of the same vegetable (the one resembling a cauliflower) appear under the name but are not produced by Tanimura & Antle™. Two distinct cultivars are available "Broccoli Romanesco" and "Cauliflower Verdant", both of which would appear to be natural variations of the species both of which produce various shapes, sizes and colours (including red, purple, green, yellow and white). Xyhfna 22:32, 18 August 2006 (UTC)

http://www.fourmilab.ch/images/Romanesco/ is possibly useful as disambiguation information, although "original source" for this information is still unknown. Xyhfna 23:46, 18 August 2006 (UTC)

I have removed the apparent contradiction by rewording the article and has also removed the need for one of the citations. The article should now conform to the NPOV, this dosen't get us any closer to the classification of this unusual vegetable (the Broccoflower). It is becoming clear that the two "Broccoflowers" should be separated as for one, the "Broccoli Romanesco", it is simply a common misnomer. Xyhfna 16:38, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

The picture illustrating the article is not of Broccolo Romanesco, but rather a green type of cauliflower, which is also common in Italy, e.g. something like this type. As for the colour of Broccolo romanesco, there are several different cultivars, some of them are light green, others are yellow-green. The article says "If left growing, the plant will actually turn white like the commonly known cauliflower", which is totally wrong. I've grown Broccolo Romanesco in my garden for a number of years, and they never turn white. If left growing, they develop into yellow flowers instead. One colour phenomenon though is that the heads may turn purplish if the plants are transplanted into soil which is too cold in spring. I've seen it myself, just need to refind the citation for it. Hnorbeck 07:49, 17 March 2007 (UTC)

Romanesco
Various sites (for example, Fractal Food) I have come across online suggest that plant taxonomists cannot reach an agreement about wether Romanesco belongs to the Broccoli group, or Bortrytis (Cauliflower). I think this article should be edited to reflect this, and perhaps a separate entry on Romanesco (Vegetable) be created.

There are already a couple of other entries: Brocciflower and Romanescu. I added a photo to the former and the latter is a single line - it might be worth building out one or the other. Cowfish 14:47, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

Get the facts straight
I am no botanist, but I know contradiction when I read it, and this article contradicts itself within two paragraphs:
 * There are two cultivars of Brassica oleracea (the cabbage) which commonly share the name Broccoflower. It would appear that they are a result of cross breading broccoli and cauliflower.

...
 * The claim that the Broccoflower is a cross between brocolli and cauliflower cannot be readily substantiated, and may simply be a misconception; The plant being actually a type of cauliflower.

Needless to say, this is highly unprofessional and unencyclopedic. While controversy about this plant's precise taxonomy may well exist, having the article contradict itself is not the way to make it NPOV.

Someone who actually knows about vegetable taxonomy should straighten this mess out and add cited facts.--NeantHumain 22:45, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

Actually this is not as contradictory as you suggest.

An "appearance" is just that, i.e. what something looks like, in this case it looks like a cross between a cauliflower and a broccoli - there is no claim that is is or is not the result of such cross breading.

The statement on the other hand owes its origins to a different author, and simply states (without verification) that either, or both, cultivar(s) may really be just an unusual cauliflower.

The issue lies not in the fact someone may misinterpret them as contradictory (as has evidently been the case here), but in the ambiguity of both the language used and the origins of these unusual vegetables.

The article doesn't give any point of view, and merely states the ambiguity of the vegetables origin, therefore surely IS consistent with the NPOV policy.

The bigger concern surely is that the taxonomy section clearly labels it as a hybrid when no agreement on classification has been agreed - this is inconsistent with the NPOV as it shows bias, and this error of judgement can be seen on all the pages that have a direct relation to this page (i.e. all the pages detailing members of Brassica oleracea). Xyhfna 15:45, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

 * just to add fuel to the fire, the article mentions "the same family as" when actually the cauliflower and broccoli are the same species. A family is a superclass of genus, which is a superclass of species.  brain 13:20, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

Resolving the issue
I have edited the pages: Brocciflower, Broccoflower, Cauliflower and Broccoli to reflect what I believe is the truth.

Brocciflower is a genetically engineered plant that appeared in the 90's. Broccoflower is a naturally occurring plant whose origins are not known. I do not think there exists two cultivars of a Broccoflower as the article states; this simply arised from confusing the natural plant resembling broccoli and cauliflower with the actual human-made cross bread. The term "Romanesco" is a synonym for the unique Broccoflower varient and cannot be realated to the human-made corss bread. XApple 00:54, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
 * There appears to be some sort of wide cross but no genetic engineering was involved Nil Einne 12:28, 22 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Brocciflower is a misspelling that appeared in a publication about biotechnology. That article contains a mistaken description of the origin of Broccoflower.Phytism 21:22, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

Taxonomy
I did some changes in this article before reading this discussion. Sorry! I do broccoli taxonomy for a living, so I could sort out some things that were inaccurate. On reading the comments, I think I helped in a few spots, and may have trodden on toes elsewhere.

"Brocciflower" fans, please see my comment under that heading.

Phytism 22:46, 1 August 2007 (UTC)

 * Could you separate the broccoflower from the romanesco information? If we have a separate article for Romanesco, this page should have no mention of it barring how the two are related.  I'm horribly confused by the article, to the point that I can't figure out what goes where.  Your expertise would be very useful!  WLU 18:51, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

 * Since Romanesco is what people usually mean when they say "broccoflower'" removing discussion of it from the Broccoflower article is tidy, but fails to reflect reality real. In this case, reality is messy. Please put Romanesco back in this article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Phytism (talk • contribs)

 * I didn't remove any text from the article. It does indeed appear very messy, if you can add information that will clarify it further, we could put it up, or versions of it up, on the broccoli, cauliflower, romanesco broccoli, broccoflower and romanescu pages.  If there is one wikipage discussing two 'things', it should really be split up, but if it is a matter of there being two wikipages which many people confuse, the appropriate otheruses template can be added to the top of the page to make navigation easier.  The best thing is to explicitly clear up the confusion, but I am too ignorant to do so properly.  WLU 15:24, 15 August 2007 (UTC)
 * I've tried to clarify the broccoflower/romanesco broccoli as best I understand, please let me know or just correct any mistakes I've made. WLU 16:22, 15 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks! I've cleaned up the articles on broccoli, cauliflower, broccoflower, brocciflower, and romanesco broccoli to have consistent and accurate information. I've tried to reduce duplication and provide wikilinks instead. It is confusing because there are cauliflowers that are called some kind of broccoli and vice versa, plus two kinds of "broccoflower"! I hope the text is clear on these points. Brocciflower can be replaced with a redirect.
 * Phytism 22:54, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

 * I am still confused by this article. I have a question on the first reference cited, Malatesta 1994, as I can see the abstract but not the full article: does it use the term "broccoflower," and say explicitly that both cultivars are properly called broccoflowers? I was under the impression Broccoflower was only a brand name, marketed in the US in 1990, of a green cauliflower. Also, what are the two cultivars the sentence is referring to? I've seen Alverda, Brocoverde, and Broccoflower itself suggested.

 * The Malatesta 1994 article's abstract makes reference to the EEC's Common Catalogue for Vegetables, which I think refers to what is now called the Common Catalogue of Varieties of Vegetable Species. I checked that online, and it doesn't seem to mention common or allowable marketing names. It does list the "Alverda" cultivars of Brassica oleraceae L., Botrytis group, but it just calls members of botrytis "cauliflowers" as a whole, with no common names beneath that, other than the cultivars name. (I think the USDA calls the botrytis group "broccolis" at that level, and calls italica "sprouting broccolis", so that doesn't mean much.) It didn't list a Broccoflower cultivar. The International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants (http://www.ishs.org/icra/index.htm) seems like a promising source if you're an ISHS member. (I'm not.)

 * The part I find most confusing, I'll condense to these two sentences: "The romanesco broccoli is a sub-species of B. oleracea, often confused or erroneously referred to as broccoflower" and "The second form is Romanesco broccoli, which is characterised by the striking and unusual fractal patterns of its flower head." Does that mean that Romanesco is a type of broccoflower, or that it's referred to as a broccoflower, but actually isn't a broccoflower? If it's not a broccoflower, I think that area should be removed; the opening paragraph's explanation seems clear enough. The image of "broccoflower" in the upper right seems to be of Romanesco broccoli, and would also need changing. If it is one of two cultivars of broccoflower, the opening paragraph could use clarification.

 * One last point of confusion: the paragraph on cross-breeding says "Broccoli and cauliflower are closely related and fully cross compatible," and makes other uncontroversial statements. There was certainly a perception, and are plenty of articles, which describe it as a recent hybrid between varieties (botrytis and italica), as if T&A did crossbreeding. Do you know if it was or wasn't the result of modern crossbreeding? -Agyle 12:26, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

 * There is lots of opportunity for confusion on this topic. One thing that may help is that "broccoflower" is a word that was made up recently and applied to a couple of different things. It does not fit in any official hierarchy (ISHS, UPOV, etc.)

 * I'll go over a couple of basic concepts here that are probably clear to you. First, there are two meanings for the word "variety". First is the botanical variety (aka subspecies), e.g. Brassica olercea var. italica, then there is the cultivated variety (aka cultivar), e.g. 'Marathon' broccoli. The Wiki convention seems to be to use the words "subspecies" and "cultivar", and that is an excellent idea for any discussion of Brassica oleracea.

 * Broccoli and cauliflower have been crossed many times in the course of breeding modern cultivars. What you buy in the store as broccoli has some cauliflower parentage. Green cauliflower has some broccoli parentage. Because of this complex genetic history, Brassica oleracea is organized into "Cultivar Groups," a separate hierarchy that has the philosophy, if it walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, it's a duck. That is, if it is labelled broccoli in the store, it's broccoli.

 * The same idea really applies to broccoflower. If they are labelled (or referred to as) broccoflower in the store,  that makes them broccoflowers (unless you do it in the US and T&A sues you for trademark infringement). I think Romanesco is becoming a cultivar group, and I think colored cauliflower in general will either become accepted variants within the cauliflower cultivar group, or one of their own, or, each color individually. We'll see how that goes. The process is about as structured as Wikipedia!

 * Because most modern varieties have a complex genetic background, far from exclusively B. oleracea var. italica, it seems inappropriate to make a big deal about a "hybrid" origin for a particular cultivar.

 * The two phenotypes called broccoflower are novelties that don't fit easily into the traditional market classes. I've chosen to use the word "form," essentially English for phenotype, to identify them. There are many genotypes in each form, and new ones appearing every couple of years. My hope is that the use of this simple word that does not imply genetics or classification will reduce the confusion.

 * For each of the two broccoflower forms, I've listed a couple of cultivar names as examples. Broccoflower itself is not a cultivar name.

 * The sentence, "The romanesco broccoli is a sub-species of B. oleracea, often confused or erroneously referred to as broccoflower" is wrong, and I changed it.

 * I hope that helps somewhat.

Phytism 21:56, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

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Web page
This website, though not fitting our RS guidelines completely, seems to have enough info to be worth adding to the page as a reference. WLU 17:08, 15 August 2007 (UTC)

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Ventura Pons

Ventura Pons Sala (25 July 1945 – 8 January 2024) was a Spanish film director. He mainly directed films in Catalan but also in Spanish and English. Pons directed 32 feature films and is one of the best-known Catalan film directors. His films are continuously programmed in the most prestigious international festivals, almost 810 up to now, and distributed in many countries around the world.

Life and career
Pons was vice-president of the Spanish Film Academy and the subject of more than 34 international homages and retrospectives: London's ICA (Institute of Contemporary Arts), New York's Lincoln Center and in the world's foremost cinematheques, such as those in Los Angeles, Mexico, Buenos Aires, Santiago, Caracas, Belgrade, Istanbul, Warsaw, Tel-Aviv, Jerusalem, and Haifa, among many others.

Pons also received international "Lifetime Achievement Awards" at film festivals in Chicago, Galway, Piešťany, Lima, Turin, and Montpellier.

In Spain, he received the Catalan National Film Award, the Spanish Fine Arts Gold Medal, the Catalan Sant Jordi Cross, the Catalan Film Academy's Gaudi Honorary Award, the Ondas Award, the City of Huesca Award, the Count Jaume d’Urgell Award, and the Jordi Dauder Award, among many others.

In 2012, the University of Colorado at Denver held an academic Conference on his cinema. Vervuert has published a book about this conference: Ventura Pons: An Exceptional Gaze from the Catalan Cinema.

Pons published a book of memoirs, Mine (and the Others), written in 2011, and in 2017, he published I Have Tasted the Fruits of the Tree of Life. He also published a world tour diary, entitled 54 Days and a Bit More in 2012.

Pons died on 8 January 2024, at the age of 78.

Filmography

 * 2018: Be Happy!
 * 2018: Univers(o) Pecanins
 * 2017: Miss Dalí
 * 2017: Universal i Faraona ("Universal and Pharaoh")
 * 2016: Sabates Grosses ("The Bigger, the Better")
 * 2016: Oh, quina joia! ("Oh, What a Joy!")
 * 2015: Cola, Colita, Colassa ("Ode to Barcelona")
 * 2015: El virus de la por ("Virus of Fear")
 * 2013: Ignasi M.
 * 2013: Un berenar a Ginebra("An afternoon at Geneva")
 * 2011: Year of Grace ("Any de Gràcia")
 * 2010: A Thousand fools (Mil cretins)
 * 2009: A la deriva
 * 2008: Strangers (Forasters)
 * 2007: Barcelona (un mapa)
 * 2006: Life on the Edge (La vida abismal)
 * 2005: Wounded Animals (Animals ferits)
 * 2004: Idiot Love (Amor idiota)
 * 2002: El Gran Gato
 * 2001: Food of Love (Menja d'amor)
 * 2000: Anita Takes a Chance (Anita no perd el tren)
 * 1999: To Die (Or Not) (Morir (o no))

 * 1998: Beloved/Friend (Amic / Amat)
 * 1997: Caresses (Carícies)
 * 1996: Actresses (Actrius)
 * 1994: What It's All About (El perquè de tot plegat)
 * 1993: Rosita, Please!
 * 1992: Tonight Or Never (Aquesta nit o mai)
 * 1990: What's Your Bet, Mari Pili? (Què t'hi jugues, Mari Pili?)
 * 1989: Dammed Misery! (Puta misèria!)
 * 1986: The Blonde at the Bar (La rossa del bar)
 * 1981: The Vicary of Olot (El vicari d'Olot)
 * 1979: Informe sobre el FAGC
 * 1978: Ocana, an Intermittent Portrait (Ocaña, retrat intermitent),

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Disturbing Behavior

Disturbing Behavior is a 1998 teen science fiction psychological horror film starring James Marsden, Katie Holmes, and Nick Stahl. The film was directed by David Nutter, who was a director and producer on The X-Files, and the screenplay was written by Scott Rosenberg. The plot follows a group of high school outcasts who discover their seemingly perfect "Blue Ribbon" classmates are part of an elaborate mind control experiment.

The film, which contains nods to 1975 thriller The Stepford Wives, premiered on July 24, 1998, and received negative reviews. The film went through numerous studio-mandated cuts from MGM prior to theatrical release in response to negative test screenings. There has been considerable fan support for the release of a director's cut version that restores deleted scenes.

Plot
High school senior Steve Clark is new to Cradle Bay, a picturesque island community in Washington state's Puget Sound. His family has moved from Chicago after the suicide of eldest son Allen, a loss Steve still struggles with. On his first day of school, Steve befriends three outcast students: Gavin Strick, U.V., and Rachel Wagner. He also meets school psychologist Dr. Edgar Caldicott, who suggests he join the Blue Ribbons program, a "motivational workshop."

The Blue Ribbons, a clique of preppy, clean-cut overachievers, attempt to recruit Steve, but Gavin steers him away, claiming they are a murderous cult that has been "lobotomized and brainwashed" by Caldicott. Steve is skeptical of the theory but keeps his distance from the Ribbons.

Outside a grocery store, Rachel is approached by Chug, a Blue Ribbon who is attracted to her. When he catches sight of Rachel in her midriff-baring outfit, he flies into a rage and savagely beats up a guy inside the store. Chug nearly kills him while the town's police chief, Officer Cox, simply looks on. When Steve asks what just happened, Rachel claims it must be 'roid rage. Gavin again insists on his mind control theory, producing photos of former burnout friends who were "reprogrammed" into Blue Ribbons.

Gavin takes Steve to a school hideout where they eavesdrop on a parents’ meeting hosted by Caldicott. After Gavin hears his parents signed him up for the Blue Ribbons, he shows Steve a gun that he plans to use on potential brainwashers. Steve calls him paranoid and wrestles the gun away from him. The next day, Gavin shows up to school with a totally transformed look and attitude befitting the Blue Ribbons.

Steve tries to reach Gavin, but other Blue Ribbons impede. He is beaten up by the clique, with Gavin landing the final blow. At home, he finds Blue Ribbon member Lorna in his living room, having just tutored his younger sister Lindsay. Lorna attempts to seduce him, but in her arousal, she flies into a violent rage. Repeating the words "wrong, bad", she smashes a wall mirror with her head and attacks Steve with a shard, but he subdues her, and she snaps out of her episode.

One day, Rachel is cornered in the school boiler room by Chug, when a device that is used to repel rats by emitting a soft, high-pitched whine goes off, sending Chug into a frenzy. Rachel escapes as Chug finds the device and destroys it. The incident is witnessed by Mr. Newberry, a janitor who has befriended Steve.

Steve and Rachel venture to a nearby mental hospital in search of answers. They learn Gavin was right: Caldicott is implanting brain microchips on teenagers with the approval of their parents, who want to reprogram their kids from juvenile delinquents into well-behaved model citizens. However, Caldicott could not turn off the kids’ hormones, resulting in violent fits whenever the subjects’ sexual urges act up. Steve and Rachel return home to get Lindsay, but they are ambushed by Caldicott and Steve's parents, who reveal their intention to sign Steve up for the program. Steve and Rachel are incapacitated and wake up at the programming place. Before he can be reprogrammed, Steve gets hold of a scalpel and injures a technician, escaping with Rachel.

On their way out, they encounter Chug, but Rachel strikes and kills him with a pipe. U.V. and Lindsay arrive in a truck and the group rushes to catch an outgoing ferry, but run into a roadblock where Caldicott and the Blue Ribbons are assembled. Newberry drives up in his car and activates the multiple rat-catching devices strapped to his vehicle, scrambling the mind control tech inside the Blue Ribbons’ heads and sending them chasing after him.

While U.V., Lindsay, and Rachel head for the ferry, Newberry, fatally wounded by a gunshot from Caldicott, drives his car off a cliff and takes most of the Ribbons down with him. Steve and Caldicott engage in a struggle, ending with the doctor being pushed off a cliff. After defeating Caldicott, Steve rejoins his friends, and the four teens leave Cradle Bay to begin a new life.

In a final scene, a class at an unnamed high school is acting rowdily and playing loud music when a principal walks in to introduce a new student teacher. The teacher reveals himself as a survived Gavin, still programmed with the Blue Ribbon technology.

Production
An international co-production between Australia, The United States and Canada. Scott Rosenberg's script for Disturbing Behavior was acquired by MGM in August 1997, with Beacon Pictures signing on to produce. James Marsden was cast in December of that year.

Principal photography occurred from January 1998 to late March in the Vancouver area.

Studio cuts
The film underwent numerous studio-mandated recuts and a reshoot of the original ending due to negative test screenings. Many of the cuts were to scenes providing plot and character development. After the first test audience screening, Nutter cut the backstory for Steve's brother Allen as well as a love scene between Steve and Rachel, but when the film again tested below studios’ expectations, MGM proceeded to take full control of the film and hired another editor, George Folsey Jr., to make further cuts. Nutter was instructed to shoot a new ending in which the character of Gavin survives, as test audiences had disliked the plot line where Gavin dies. Cuts made to the film were so severe that Nutter considered having his name removed from the credits, but decided not to out of respect for his cast and crew.

Director David Nutter said he envisioned the film as an atmospheric X-Files-style thriller, but the studio wanted a Scream-style teen horror. He commented, "Their attitude was 'Let’s just get to the fright beats.' They felt teenagers wouldn’t sit through a picture that was more than 90 minutes."

The studio ultimately cut 31 minutes' worth of film from Nutter's 115-minute version, resulting in an 84-minute theatrical cut.

Reception
On Rotten Tomatoes the film has a 33% rating based on reviews from 39 critics. Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave it a grade C−.

Negative reviews cited the film's derivative feel, with many claiming it appeared to take well-worn tropes from other horror and science-fiction films like The Stepford Wives, A Clockwork Orange, and Village of the Damned. Stephen Holden of The New York Times said the film "could have worked as an eerie fable about teen-age identity and social stratification in the age of Prozac" but descends into "a paint-by-numbers creep show that can't muster enough energy to be the tiniest bit scary." Multiple reviews said the film lacked in scares.

Positive reviews praised parts of the dialogue, particularly the cafeteria scene where the different school cliques are introduced. The performance of Nick Stahl as rebel outsider Gavin was also cited as being one of the film's highlights. Lisa Schwarzbaum of Entertainment Weekly wrote, "But for all its influences, Disturbing Behavior establishes a semi-real, semi-supernatural, part-mocking, part-commiserating genre of its own—a state so precarious that those expecting chillier frights or warmer laughs may be disappointed."

Other reviews noted a lack of coherence in the story and unevenness in tone. Sight & Sound wrote “Ultimately, the same schizophrenic impulse pervades the entire film: it's too pompous to be camp, but too silly to be genuinely engaging.”

Box office
The film opened at No. 7 at the North American box office making $7 million USD in its opening weekend. It had a 57% decline in earnings the following week, falling to No. 12.

Home media
According to an interview with Fangoria, David Nutter was close to getting a director's cut release on DVD, but MGM prevented him from finishing the restoration. In 2000, MGM released Disturbing Behavior on DVD. Included are a director's audio commentary in addition to eleven deleted scenes not seen in the theatrical version, which includes the original ending where Gavin meets a different fate than the one used in the theatrical release. The deleted scenes exist as an extra feature and are not reinserted into the film.

A Blu-ray version which carries over existing extras was released by Shout! Factory on March 22, 2016. This version of the film has subsequently gone out of print. The film was eventually re-released on Blu-Ray through the MVD Rewind Collection on October 11, 2022. This version again carries over existing extras from the original DVD release.

Alternate versions
The United States cable networks Syfy Universal and Comet have been known to air a somewhat unofficial director's cut of the film, with the deleted scenes reinstated, although the film is still shown with the theatrical ending.

Although a director's cut was never released, there has been online circulation of fan edit versions which use the DVD's deleted scenes including the film's original ending.

Retrospective
A 2019 review for Gizmodo noted the film "really wants to offer a youthful new twist on some classic sci-fi themes [and] had the potential to be something more." Cinapse also stated, "In spite of all the hacking the studio inflicted upon Disturbing Behavior, many of the filmmakers’ core themes of high school life in the late ’90s manage to shine through. The film does indeed speak to teen conformity, the pressures to fit in amongst peers and to live up to parental expectations."

Soundtrack
The soundtrack for the film was released July 28, 1998 and features 12 songs from the genres of alternative rock and post-grunge. The music video for the song "Got You (Where I Want You)” by The Flys contains scenes from the film and features Katie Holmes and James Marsden. Not included in the soundtrack is the song “Flagpole Sitta” by Harvey Danger, which can be heard in the film's mental hospital scene and was used in trailers and TV spots for the film. A soundtrack of the film's score composed by Mark Snow was also released.

 * 1) “Every Little Thing Counts" – Janus Stark
 * 2) "Got You (Where I Want You)" – The Flys
 * 3) “Hole In My Soul" – Hutt
 * 4) “Monster Side" – Addict
 * 5) “Hello" – Once Upon A Time
 * 6) “Blown" – F.O.S.
 * 7) “Million Rappers" – Phunk Junkeez
 * 8) “Sometimes" – Driver
 * 9) “Drivertime Radio" – Eva Trout
 * 10) “Ever She Flows" – Treble Charger
 * 11) “Psycho Clogs" – Jack Drag
 * 12) “Hail Mary” – Skold

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I'm in the process of cleaning up this article a bit. As far as I understand, the Zanon quote "keep Argentina safe for invertions" refers to foreign (US) investments (inversión is Spanish for investment). - 81.154.210.233 21:53, 8 August 2005 (UTC)

"Sin Patron: Stories from Argentina's Work-Run Collectives" (The Lavaca Collective) covers Zanon and a number of other recovered factories. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.150.103.192 (talk) 16:48, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

Shouldn't the obrerosdezanon link be http://www.obrerosdezanon.com.ar/html/index1.html ? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.197.107.58 (talk) 20:55, 29 August 2009 (UTC)

This factory was shown in the canadian film "The Take" (Avi Lewis, Naomi Klein), please add this info. --95.56.56.98 (talk) 14:06, 8 October 2009 (UTC)

Guys, I think the factory is not doing so well latelly. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 190.245.151.10 (talk) 16:37, 13 October 2011 (UTC)

I fleshed out some of the existing section, and added a section about the workers' union. I thought this was important since it played a huge role in the factory's success and was started by the workers. Tomasflaster (talk) 20:44, 22 May 2013 (UTC)

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KTMD

KTMD (channel 47) is a television station licensed to Galveston, Texas, United States, serving as the Houston area outlet for the Spanish-language network Telemundo. Owned and operated by NBCUniversal's Telemundo Station Group, the station maintains studios on I-610 (North Loop) and Bevis Street on Houston's northwest side, and its transmitter is located near Missouri City, in unincorporated northeastern Fort Bend County.

History
Beginning in 1978, several applications were made for what was originally channel 48 in Galveston. Proposals were made by the Old Time Religion Hour (OTRH), Alden Communications of Texas, and Bluebonnet Television, a local consortium that included the former general manager of KDOG-TV in Houston as well as two Hispanic principals. However, after the FCC decided to grant the permit to Bluebonnet in 1983, OTRH and Alden jointly lodged an appeal. The primary issue that had cost them the permit was twofold. A television studio had been donated to the group, which aired the program of the same name, in Friendswood, near Houston, and FCC administrative law judge Joseph P. Gonzalez found that OTRH had failed to show good cause for the station's main studio to not be located in Galveston.

After the FCC reaffirmed the award of the construction permit to Bluebonnet in 1987, KTMD began broadcasting on February 1, 1988, as a Telemundo affiliate. Broadcasting from the former tower of KUHT, the station was the second new full-power Spanish-language outlet in Houston, as KXLN-TV had begun the year before. The original studios were located on Stoney Brook in Houston, with further offices in Galveston staffed by two full-time employees. Telemundo had become a minority investor in Bluebonnet and purchased the remainder of the station that April. In addition to its Hispanic programming, KTMD in its early years brokered two hours a week to the publisher of the Southern Chinese Daily newspaper to air programs in Chinese. It also produced a variety of local programs, including the weekly talk show Nuestra Gente (Our People), the Galveston affairs program Cita con Galveston, and a weekly Catholic Mass.

In 2002, KTMD was granted permission to move its analog signal to channel 47 in order to operate its digital signal on channel 48, which would operate from a transmitter located in Missouri City rather than Friendswood. The station also cited interference from a station in Bryan for its reasoning to change its channel allocation. KTMD officially moved to channel 47 on November 9, 2002. In 2005, KTMD moved to new studio facilities.

KXLN remained the dominant Spanish-language station for some time, in news, ratings, and revenue, after KTMD signed on. In 2004, estimates showed that KXLN received $37.8 million in revenue compared to $9.8 million at KTMD, and there continues to be a large gap in news ratings between KXLN and KTMD.

News operation
The station's news department was founded upon the station's 1988 sign-on; KTMD was the first to produce full-length local newscasts in Spanish, as KXLN did not begin doing so until 1990. However, by 1995, KXLN was recognized as having the higher-rated and higher-quality news product; Richard Vara of the Houston Chronicle commented, "Until more money is earmarked for news, channel 48 will have a death grip on second place." In 1998, under the leadership of ex-KTRK news director Richard Longoria, the station began to air its late newscast live for the first time, and it also became the first Spanish-language television station in the U.S. to add closed captioning to its newscasts.

In 2001, the station debuted a morning newscast from 6 a.m. to 7 a.m; it was the area's only Spanish-language morning newscast. Later that year, KTMD hired former KXLN anchor Roberto Repreza. While KTMD was experiencing some news momentum, circumstances in the rest of 2001 led to layoffs. Tropical Storm Allison's strike on Houston in June 2001 caused lost revenue for all of the city's television stations, but the recession after the September 11 attacks would have more severe impacts. In October, citing low advertising revenues, KTMD canceled the morning newscast and laid off 14 staffers; some of the morning newscasts' on-air personnel were moved to the evening newscasts as reporters.

While production of local news for KTMD was moved to a new regional production center in Fort Worth in 2006, the hub was unwound by 2010, with local newscasts once again originating from Houston. Beginning in 2014, a series of local news expansions at Telemundo have added hours of news to KTMD's output. A 4:30 p.m. show debuted at KVEA and 13 other Telemundo stations in 2014. In 2018, a noon newscast was added at 10 Telemundo stations, including KTMD. However, KXLN continues to be far stronger in ratings; in January 2022, KXLN's late newscast beat all stations in English and Spanish and attracted more than double the ratings of KTMD.

In September 2022, Telemundo started the regional morning newscast Noticiero Telemundo Texas, originating in Fort Worth and airing on Telemundo's owned-and-operated stations in the state and most of its affiliates. Additionally, KTMD's late news block was extended with the addition of a new 10:30 p.m. half hour.

Notable former on-air staff

 * Martin Berlanga (anchor, 2012–2018)
 * Patricia Gras (later with KUHT)
 * Daniella Guzman (now with KPRC-TV)

Subchannels
The station's signal is multiplexed: {{legend|#DFEBF6|Broadcast on behalf of another station}}

One subchannel is used to broadcast a subchannel of KIAH as part of Houston's ATSC 3.0 (NextGen TV) deployment plan; KIAH in turn broadcasts KTMD in ATSC 3.0.

Analog-to-digital conversion
KTMD discontinued regular programming on its analog signal, over UHF channel 47, on June 12, 2009, as part of the federally mandated transition from analog to digital television. The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 48, using virtual channel 47.

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Tony Twist

Anthony Rory Twist (born May 9, 1968) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. He played left wing in the NHL for the St. Louis Blues and Quebec Nordiques between 1989 and 1999, and was a feared enforcer. Twist penned a foreword to the Ross Bernstein book The Code: The Unwritten Rules Of Fighting And Retaliation In The NHL. He also owned a chain of bars named Twister's Iron Bar Saloon, with locations in St. Charles and Imperial Missouri. Twist was co-host of the Smash and Twist show on 590 the Fan in St. Louis. Currently he owns and operates Missouri Windshield Repair and Replacement

Playing career
Twist was selected by the St. Louis Blues in the ninth round of the 1988 NHL Entry Draft, No. 177 overall. After skating with the Blues for the 1989–1990 season, he played four seasons with the Quebec Nordiques (later relocated to Colorado). Twist became a free agent in 1994 and returned to the Blues, playing there until July 1999, when he broke his pelvis in a motorcycle accident in St. Louis and was unable to resume his NHL career. Known for his devastating punches, he battled many of the league's top enforcers during his career.

Lawsuit against Todd McFarlane
In the Spawn comic book series, Todd McFarlane created a mob enforcer character named Antonio "Tony Twist" Twistelli, whom McFarlane acknowledged was named after Tony Twist. Twist learned about the character through his mother in British Columbia, who had a group of boys arrive to her house with Tony Twist-related Spawn items in 1997. After this incident, Twist viewed the Spawn animated series that had earlier aired on HBO from May to June 1997, he subsequently remarked "I'm in pink thong underwear, smoking a cigar, ordering the kidnapping of a child while two women are naked on the couch making love to each other. I obviously didn't want any part of that. Even if I was a good guy I wouldn’t have participated. You’ve got kids being kidnapped, you’ve got nudity, you’ve got police raping women. It’s nothing I want to be affiliated with." On October 31, 1997, Twist filed an anonymous John Doe lawsuit against Todd McFarlane Productions, and related parties such as HBO, for appropriation of his name without permission. The lawsuit was filed anonymously in order to keep publicity surrounding it to a minimum.

He was initially awarded $24.5 million by a St. Louis, Missouri judge in 2000. Sean Phillips, a former executive of a sports nutrition company, testified for Twist, stating that he withdrew a $100,000 endorsement deal, only after learning about the despicable nature of the Tony Twist character. However, the $24.5 million ruling would be reversed in November 2000, with McFarlane joking to journalists "He's got to return that yacht now." The trial continued, and Twist later won $15 million in 2004 when a St. Louis jury found Todd McFarlane Productions had profited from Twist's likeness. The verdict was upheld after two appeals in June 2006. In 2007, Twist and McFarlane settled the lawsuit out of court for $5 million.

Twist reflected on the lawsuit in a 2020 interview, saying "I did not despise Todd in any way shape or form. Not at all. He thought this was a first amendment issue where he had the right to do whatever."

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User:Nroets

=Nic Roets=
 * Started the UMAC page
 * Wrote Pohlig-Hellman algorithm page.
 * Rewrote the AA tree page

I would like to know where on wikipedia.org can maintain a list of all the online GPS tracklog repositories. So far the list includes GPSies (good with OSM support), bikemap (good with OSM support), Nokia Sports Tracker (popular), Garmin Connect / Motionbased, Endomondo, Gps-sport (OSM support), mapmyride, runkeeper, strava, everytrail,wikiloc, gpsed, openstreetmap, mapmytracks, track-n-share and magnalox. It's useful for finding exercise routes etc.

The following sites are focused on hiking: Hiking and climbing in France, Worldwide Hiking reports and

[mailto:nroets@gmail.com nroets@gmail.com]

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Brookline (Pittsburgh)

Brookline is a neighborhood in the South Hills of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Its name is from a town in Massachusetts; early settlers felt that it bore a resemblance to the place in Massachusetts.

Early settlement
Brookline was a part of the larger West Liberty Borough before its absorption into Pittsburgh in 1908. Early in its history, the area was mostly inhabited by miners and farmers. At the turn of the century when the mining industry in the area declined, only farms were left.

Dawn of the 20th century
The dawn of the 20th century brought many technological advances which helped the South Hills of Pittsburgh flourish. First, the transportation of coal from the area allowed the Pittsburgh & Castle Shannon Railroad Co. to install lines going to the area. That included a tunnel being bored from downtown Pittsburgh, through Mt. Washington exiting directly above South Hills Junction. With the age of automobiles looming, a few decades later the Liberty Tunnel was completed which helped create a boom in the South Hills areas.

Trolley service
Brookline was linked by streetcar to downtown Pittsburgh in 1905 by Pittsburgh Railways who built a single line south along West Liberty Avenue. It turns east on a private right of way and follows Brookline Boulevard to Saw Mill Run. The initial line was cut back to Edgebrook Avenue a year later, but in 1909 the track was doubled and a loop put in near the end of Witt Street. In 1915 the line was extended south along West Liberty Avenue to Dormont where it linked with the 42 Dormont line. The 39 Brookline service closed in 1966.

Surrounding communities
Brookline has seven borders including the Pittsburgh neighborhoods of Beechview to the northwest, Bon Air to the northeast, Carrick to the east, Overbrook to the southeast, Baldwin Township to the south, Mt. Lebanon to the southwest and Dormont to the west.

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/McDonalds fruit and walnut salad

 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 Keep Zzyzx11 (Talk) 16:11, 19 Jun 2005 (UTC)

McDonalds fruit and walnut salad
I can't really see this page going anywhere, certainly not more than a dictdef, and it's not at all encyclopedic as it stands. UkPaolo 19:08, 7 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Nothing to keep. -- BD2412 talk 19:25, 2005 Jun 7 (UTC)
 * Going nowhere. Delete. Similar to the Mashed potatoes and gravy article. Comment made by Celestianpower (talk • contribs)
 * Yes, one of a series of pointless articles by User:Historicperson -- UkPaolo 19:46, 7 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * Keep. Several hundred hits on Google, launched by Venus Williams , commented on MSNBC , the Seattle Times . --Edcolins 20:01, Jun 7, 2005 (UTC)
 * hmm... it does appear you've actually re-formatted it into a decent stub! It could stay on as such, I suppose, but given it's got little chance of future expansion, surely the info can be merged to the McDonalds page? I'll stick with a delete vote. UkPaolo 20:17, 7 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Well, it seems Kappa didn't like your prediction: "it's got little chance of future expansion." --Edcolins 20:20, Jun 8, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete Even as a fast food item, I don't see it as notable. --Xcali 20:37, 7 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Redirect to McDonald's. Ridethefire3211 21:42, 7 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, notable menu item, with a significant impact on nutrition for many Americans, and on apple, grape, walnut and dairy producers. Kappa 22:30, 7 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Or let's just delete ALL articles about food! How's that? Ketsuban (is 1337) 23:26, 7 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * fallacy of the excluded middle Uncle G 00:08, 2005 Jun 8 (UTC)
 * I think the implication is that Ketsuban sees no reasonable criteria allowing deletion of this article but retention of any other articles about food. Kappa 00:11, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * That would be unimaginative, if true. Reasonable criteria that would do so are relatively easy to imagine.  ("Keep basic foodstuffs like peach and meals that have existed for over 100 years but not fast food restaurant menu items" would be one such criterion, for example.)  I'm not convinced that that was the implication, however.  It's certainly hard to read such an implication into the actual words there before us, which read more plainly as a straight dichotomy comprising "keep all articles about food" and "delete all articles about food", with no middle allowed. Uncle G 01:11, 2005 Jun 8 (UTC)
 * Keep Notable item on the menu of the world's most notorious restaurant, part of a major marketing campaign. Xoloz 00:12, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Its an interesting little article. Capitalistroadster 00:41, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep per what Xoloz said -CunningLinguist 01:03, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep despite the hyperbole of some other keep votes. Gamaliel 03:17, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete Unless MacDonald's is paying for the advertising. --Wetman 03:41, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * (reluctant) Keep. As a generic item, I'd vote delete, but this is pretty specific, and does seem to represent an actual change in direction for McD.  Too tangental for inclusion in the main article, and we're not running out of paper.  -- Un focused 05:23, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete non notable and free advertising for McDonalds. JamesBurns 05:48, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * I really don't think McDonalds has the only "fruit and walnut salad" in the world, so having their concoction under the title is basically an ad for their product. I mean, isn't Waldorf Salad a fruit and walnut salad (with another ingredient or two)? This really should not stay as is, but some of this could be mentioned somewhere. I don't really know what to call this vote except a not keep. -R. fiend 05:51, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * After some thought, I'm starting to lean towards a redirect to Waldorf Salad as the most notable form of a fruit and walnut salad. Since this is rather similar to Waldorf Salad, and clearly inspired by it, we could include a mention of it there and a link to McDonalds menu items where most of this article could be moved (although it currently reads sort of Consumer Reports-like, which I'm not so sure is ideal). Such an article could also house the current contents of the likes of Big Mac and Chicken McNuggets, as well as others. -R. fiend 15:34, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment R. fiend has a good point; this really should be moved to a McDonalds-specific title. Or moved/merged into an article McDonalds menu items, which could catalog the various menu items around the world.  This could be very interesting to see, all in one place, how fast food translates across different cultures.   Un focused 05:56, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment The Waldorf Salad contains mayo and celery, and also began as a commercial product, bearing the name of a famous serving establishment. This is a distinct salad, also a commercial product, sold by a merchant as famous (or infamous) today as Waldorf's was in the past.  To me, the Waldorf precedent supports a keep, and I stand by my vote above. Xoloz 17:20, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * This one has a mayo substitute, albeit no celery; it is clearly an adaptation of the other. And to compare a product that was released a month ago with something that has been around for a century is just plain ridiculous. The Waldorf Salad has entered the lexicon; McDonalds fruit and walnut salad has not, and likely never will. At the very least this needs to be moved to a McDonalds specific title and disambiguated, because having a general food item like this indicate a specific menu item at a spcific restaurant is basically promoting McDonalds. -R. fiend 17:38, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * As you'd expect, I don't find my contention "ridiculous." :) To my mind, McDonald's is (unfortunately) sufficiently powerful and ubiquitous such that any product they release, with major fanfare as a new marketing strategy centerpiece, is almost immediately notable (even if it fails -- see New Coke.) This article isn't advertising; it reflects the (sad) reality that these commercial product releases are notable in American life, pathetic though that may be. Xoloz 18:15, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * I hardly think anything Mcdonalds sells in inherently encyclopedic (and just about every product they release is marketed with great fanfare). The notion that if someone advertizes something sufficiently it belongs in an encyclopedia is a flawed notion: it would make an encyclopia would be be just another ad. I'm sure it took many years for Waldorf Salad (something quite new) to become widely known and popular enough to warrant an inclusion in an encyclopedia, and I hardly think McDonalds stealing the idea 100 years later puts them on the fast track. I've watched quite a bit of TV recently, I'm sorry to say, and I had not yet heard of this new item. That's hardly surprising, as fast food chains put out about a new item every few minutes and it's easy to ignore them. I think this article is indicitive of the tendency for people to write articles on everything as it appears without any regard of greater significance, while disregarding more important things of the past. Nevertheless, I would not entirely object to much of the content of this article being mentioned elsewhere, but currently it's the equivalent of finding an article on the KFC bucket meal when one types "fried chicken". -R. fiend 18:52, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * I'm sad to say that, together with Adorno, I do think that a powerful capitalist entity can make something encyclopedic just by advertising it potently and widely. Advertising works -- as any propagandist in history can attest.  The article can be revised to mention the salad is a partial response to Super Size Me and its backlash.  See also this article http://money.cnn.com/2005/06/08/news/fortune500/mcdonalds.reut/index.htm?section=money_latest for more on McDonald's "health initiative." Xoloz 19:35, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment I wouldn't mind a separate article on McDonald's Coporate Response to Health Concerns, although with a much better title. I don't think that just putting this in a general menu article does justice to the circumstances surrounding its creation -- that McDonald's has been  publicly embarrassed/pressured into altering their marketing. Xoloz 19:46, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Merge to the main article or create a new article to hold all of McDonalds menu choices. Is the feelings of providers verifiable? Vegaswikian 06:21, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Has been improved greatly. Andrew pmk 20:41, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. To be honest, I find the idea of articles on one month old fast food restaurant menu items to be absolutely idiotic. I'm sure McDonalds appreciates the advertising, though.  McDonalds has a few items that are culturally important (for example Big Mac and Quarter Pounder) that deserve articles.  The cultural importance of Fruit and walnut salad is zero, and will probably remain zero forever.  Quale 06:23, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment: well, I am amazed to find that people have actually managed to rewrite this article to such a high standard. The current content should, of course, be kept. My one reservation now with leaving the article as is, is as per R. Fiend - this is a global encyclopedia, and McDonalds do not have the only Fruit and walnut salad. That is a generic term, and if the article is to remain, should be made more generic. Maybe what would be more appropriate is to move to a Fruit and walnut salad (McDonalds) page, and create a list of McDonalds menu items (as described above). Fruit and walnut salad could contain generic blurb about what one is, and mention McDo listing it, linking accordingly. I would agree with Quale, however, that this is ultimately rather un-notable, and free advertising for McDo as it stands... he's right that the cultural importance is probably zero. However, we're not exactly runnin out of space, so I see no reason to totally remove this content now it's been re-written... we just need to decide where to put it! UkPaolo 07:45, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * How about McDonalds fruit and walnut salad, fruit and walnut salad could then disambig with waldorf salad. Kappa 08:06, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * I like the idea, Kappa. UkPaolo 08:58, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * It works for Windows. I think you should go ahead and do it.  There's still no harm if it gets deleted.  If you do it by first moving this article to the McD specific one, then editing the redirect to change it to a disambig, I think that preserves the edit record properly.  -- Un focused 14:16, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * Yay for Kappa! I also like this idea. Xoloz 15:09, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * Moved as per Kappa, Unfocused & Xoloz to McDonalds fruit and walnut salad... I hope no-one objects to this. It's still got it's VfD box, and can still be deleted depending on the outcome of the vote. I'll create a disambig page at Fruit and walnut salad... perhaps people might like to re-consider their votes now? I was certainly proved wrong in saying that there was "little chance for future expansion" UkPaolo 15:57, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Thanks for doing that UkPaolo, I think that answers one of the main objections. Kappa 22:17, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * Even the Neanderthals knew fruit and walnuts, and ate them, I suppose. Why should homo sapiens sapiens (the wisest man of all times) need an encyclopedic explanation? I hope, Fast Food hasn´t made man that stupid, yet. Delete. Mami 16:08, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * I doubt if the Neanderthals used calcium ascorbate to preserve their fruit, but I could be wrong. Kappa 16:27, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * heh :o) UkPaolo 19:39, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * Delete. McDonalds didn't invent the fruit and walnut salad like they did the Big Mac, and we shouldn't be providing them with free advertising space. What's next, McDonalds large Coke? Eliot 19:14, 13 Jun 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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User:Cavaraba

Cavaraba is a doctoral candidate at Old Dominion University

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Croatian Popular Party

Croatian Popular Party (Hrvatska pučka stranka, HPS) is a right-wing political party in Croatia.

The party was founded in 1997 by Tomislav Merčep after his departure from Croatian Democratic Union.

Merčep was the party candidate in the 2000 Croatian presidential election, and was eliminated in the first round as the seventh of nine candidates, winning 22,672 votes or 0.85% of the vote.

Tomislav Petrak (born 1946), a Ph.D. in veterinary science a professor at the Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology in Zagreb, member of the Party since its founding in 1997, was its candidate in the 2005 Croatian presidential election.

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Asian salad

 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. — Xezbeth 08:16, Jun 17, 2005 (UTC)

Asian salad
dictdef at best Gblaz 19:10, 7 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete - pointless article, agreed with Gblaz. UkPaolo 19:18, 7 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Nothing to keep. -- BD2412 talk 19:25, 2005 Jun 7 (UTC)
 * Keep asian salad real. -- Historicperson (unsigned, signature added, implied vote made explicit,     22:43, 7 Jun 2005 (UTC))
 * It doesnt really matter if it exists, articles need to be about notable things, and have enough content and context to be descriptive.     22:43, 7 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * This would be a valid speedy: short article with little content. Delete. DJ Clayworth 03:16, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * Delete this should have been speedied as little or no content. JamesBurns 05:49, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Speedy Delete Vegaswikian 06:24, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete Waste of space.--Herrhav0k 14:11, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)

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