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User talk:Elf/Archive 3

Reduced images
Hello, you may have noticed that I've uploaded new versions of several of the images you scanned from The Clip Art Book. I was able to reduce the file size of most of them by around 20% by running them through a program called pngcrush, with no loss in quality, size, etc. You may be interested in trying it out on future images. Cheers! -- Wapcaplet 20:48, 2 May 2004 (UTC)

 * P.S. - While I don't know of any graphical editing software that uses pngcrush, I have found that The GIMP tends to produce small, size-efficient files that cannot be further optimized with pngcrush. It is freely available for many computing platforms. -- Wapcaplet 22:46, 2 May 2004 (UTC)

Song/humor/namespaces/head spinning
project namespace might explain it a bit. There is a lot of stuff on Wikipedia that should be on Meta for a number of reasons People don't use meta so they don't know where to put things, or it just doesn't occur to them to go there. Also, in the past the distinction between namespaces was less, so we historically have a lot of stuff here that has been here since before Meta was really used. People see that and think it must be the done thing and create new similar pages here rather than at meta.

m:Delete : this page does not belong to meta has some interesting ideas on what Meta should be used for. Basically, the Wikipedia namespace is meant to be for things which aid the building of the encyclopedia (policies and help pages mainly). Meta is more relaxed in accepting personal points of view, and also more focused on cross-project information. There are overlaps, but ideally I think pages listed at Utilities should be moved to Meta at some point. It's probably best to wait until special:import is available so we can move the page history with them though.

The Utilities page is a good place to find them. I think Web Encyclopedia song would be the best place for the song (not necessarily that title, but somewhere on meta) as it isn't related to developing the encyclopedia. I hope that helps and I haven't just confused you even more. Angela. 12:38, 4 Jun 2004 (UTC)

 * I've just got to congratulate you to the wonderful lyrics of the Hotel Wikipedia-song. It made my day! \Mikez 03:23, 23 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Help--or direct to resource
Need your help on two fronts:

1. What is a 'double redirect'? When 'moving' a page one is instructed to check for double redirects. When I moved Clement Moore->Clement Clarke Moore I was so paranoid I went and changed the link at every single occurance of his name (and there were alot of them). Would rather not have to do it again now that I've moved 'Dr. Harry Cooper'->Harry Cooper (veterinarian). Guess laziness (and time constraints, to be fair) is setting in.

2. Is there an easy way to check what categories exist in order to pick the best ones for a new article. E.g., I put 'Harry Spira' in List of dog topics (I think...?) but, since he's a noted Australian vet, he should be in some Australian category, too. There are just thousands, too many to read through the lists one by one. Any way to narrow it down?

Quill 22:51, 19 Aug 2004 (UTC)

 * 1. I've always assumed that they mean a redirect to a redirect but that you don't have to fret too much about single redirects. The former do show up in the What Links Here to the original page as redirects.  Some people spend time finding even single redirects and fixing them; others might change them as they find them or leave them alone, claiming that those aren't the major draw on resources & we shd be spending time writing articles. I dont' believe there's an official policy on that. Elf | Talk 23:09, 19 Aug 2004 (UTC)

 * 2. Guess! ;-) I'm starting to find that it works, as more topics are created.  E.g., I tried "Category:Desserts" and sure enough it existed.  DOesn't work so well for "Category:Australians who write about dogs" kinds of things.  I'm trying to change (but I don't seem to be asking in the right place) where the CATEGORIES text link at the bottom of each page goes. Right now it goes to the full list which, as you say, is completely useless.  I'd like it to go to one of Category, Category:Categories, or Category:Fundamental.  Much better places to start looking.
 * Elf | Talk 23:09, 19 Aug 2004 (UTC)

thanks. elf
how could "elf" NOT be interested in the Xmas article? it's almost "feature quality", if someone is aggressive enough to whack away at that goofy history stuff. I haven't a feel yet for how rough to be on these things. i try to leave at least a kernel of the original. btw, i don't know if i'm performing this "talk" procedure correctly. Sfahey 18:14, 21 Aug 2004 (UTC)

redirect question
Hi Elf. I didn't know where to turn. I just tried to add a new article on the "Yellow-rumped Warbler", which species was formed by merger of "Myrtle" and "Audubon's" Warblers by the Amer.Ornith.Union. It's preserved in my "contributions", but the internal link still gets "redirected" to the pages for "Myrtle Warbler" and "Audubon's Warbler". I (generously) left these kind of outdated pages pretty much intact, as some people still "know" of them as separate. I can't figure out to re-redirect the link so "Yellow-rumped Warbler" gets its long overdue page. Thanks. Sfahey 22:03, 23 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your Elfin input. 'Twas all very confusing, but it appears that there was an old "yellow-rumped warbler" article buried under all the redirects. It resurfaced, with updates, perhaps due to the work of another wiki-birder.  This fellow seems pretty expert, and I'll leave it the way he doctored it up.  BTW, since this comment is entered under the "edit" function, instead of as a "new" message, will it register a "you have a message" message? Sfahey 16:56, 25 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Water
Hi. I left a message for you on Talk:List of British English words not used in American English. If you've got broadband I hope you find the ad amusing. Mintguy (T) 02:45, 26 Aug 2004 (UTC)

anon hr editor
For what it's worth, I've started a status page User:Joy/Anonymous Croatian editor from 6x.y.z.w in an effort to streamline discussions about our mutual acquaintance :)

The last couple of entries from your list on the user page aren't from the same guy, BTW. The 8x.y.z.w IP is from Turkey, while the 193.198.x.y IP is from Croatia. Our guy is from the United States (likely Ohio).

--Joy [shallot]   17:12, 3 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Category N
I changed your redirects for "Category N" (N=1..5) to point at Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale instead of tropical cyclone. It's a bit more specific destination that'll tell people what the category means. -- Cyrius|✎ 04:57, 6 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Slaughter house
I added a message at vfd. I've not only witnessed the game, I've been popped in the head by a mis-thrown tennis ball while I was doing recess duty, resulting in a bruised face and a schoolwide suspension of the game for a 2-week period. I have no idea how widespread the game is, though. Joyous 20:28, Sep 11, 2004 (UTC)

 * Hi, Elf. :) I'm still kind of new here... I added the Slaughter house content to Wall Ball, but I'm unsure about making a redirect. Is it as simple as replacing all content on slaughter-house with #REDIRECT Wall Ball ? I just want to be sure I don't screw anything up. Also, does one lose the history for the redirected article then? func(talk) 02:06, 13 Sep 2004 (UTC)

 * Thanks, Elf. :) I'm just wondering if SEAN FLOWERS is going to come along and try to add his name back into the article. ;-) func(talk) 02:41, 13 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Image:SacredDaturaFx Wb2.jpg
Great photo! And thanks for the edits to Zion National Park. BTW, that article is a featured article candidate. --mav 01:23, 12 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Zion
I removed them because they left blank space on the top (in my browser and/or skin, anyway). Feel free to reinstate them. Thanks. :) [[User:Neutrality|Neutrality (talk)]] 04:29, 13 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Template:Visual System
Elf, I'm working on this (it's one of my areas of expertise) and it's, reasonably enough, locked. Problem is, the list on the template is incomplete; it needs two more items (optic tract and optic radiations) to be a parallel, thorough set. I'm not enough of a Wikipedian to determine who authored the locked item. Can you look into this and use your Magic Administrative Wand, if possible, to fix it? Thanks. jimhutchins 24.170.15.45 23:54, 13 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Nice photo
Yeah, thanks for doing that. I removed the other dogs from the artificial selection article; I think we need some funny-looking sheep, pigs or cows to emphasise the importance to agriculture. Any offers welcome :) Dunc_Harris|☺ 22:33, 14 Sep 2004 (UTC)

move page help
I've been moving the cat breed pages to titles that don't include the word "cat" (since it's a bit redundant). I need Scottish Fold cat moved to Scottish Fold, and British Shorthair cat moved to British Shorthair but there are redirects at the target pages, so the system won't let me move them. Could you assist me in this?
 * Thanks for the help. [[User:Lachatdelarue|Lachatdelarue (talk)]] 18:52, 15 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Response to question
I think it may have been an honest mistake but the user created a page called Parampara. I rollbacked the edit but the page was deleted (hence no edit history). I left a test message with the good intention that it was just a mistake or a misunderstanding rather then vandalism. Here is the log- 06:53, 17 Sep 2004 Stormie deleted "Parampara" (content was: '{delete}hi').

Thanks for the question hope this cleared things up for you. :) Arminius 16:03, 17 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Thanks!
Thanks for your very kind comments! I noticed that there was no section for food either, and thought it was a big gap in our image gallery (which is a great idea, IMO). Anyway, feel free to start more categories/subcategories — or better yet, take more photos (our cheese collection is very bad). ;) [[User:Neutrality|Neutrality (talk)]] 22:38, Sep 18, 2004 (UTC)

User talk:Dennis Valeev
Hi again Elf. I just moved Dennis Valeev to User:Dennis Valeev and think I may have lost your messages to him at the same time (his talk page was a redirect when I came to it). I've restored as I think it should be, but you might want to check. Sorry for any mistake -- sannse (talk) 17:31, 21 Sep 2004 (UTC)

 * Ha, that explains it--I couldn't figure out how I could have messed up the first time I left a message, then I tried to move it and ended up on the wrong page (I thought) and then finally (I thought) ended up in the right place--but I iwasn't even looking for little reidrect games like that. I'll try to track it down.

 * Elf | Talk 20:48, 21 Sep 2004 (UTC)

 * Nope, it looks fine. Elf | Talk 20:48, 21 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Meta admin request
I am requesting adminship on Meta for the account m:User:Elf. Elf | Talk 22:10, 22 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Can you please contact me?
Dear Elf, someone (IP ...) placed a delete statement to one of the pages I have started. Could you please contact me by private e-mail? You can find mine at my private homepage. Thanks! Regards Gangleri 22:09, 2004 Sep 23 (UTC)
 * Dear Elf, Thank you for your e-mails and sorry that I did not respond earlier. I had to read a lot of documentation and reworked Gangleri 03:13, 2004 Sep 26 (UTC) and also the German and Espernto variants. I am happy getting so far in five days.
 * I placed some my question list in English at on test.wikipedia and hope that some of the people I know already will take a look.
 * I also pointed out an issue at Image Icelandic ... because I discovered Featured_picture_candidates and realised that this particular picture will probably not receive the requested votes. Maybe you find a better wording, spelling of what I tried to say about referencing at Image Icelandic .... There might be no risc for the picture at the ru:russian page if this is a copy and not a link. Maxim put it there and send me a message. It also maight be others task to find a and / or to place an appropriate text or to make a tool handling this issue.

 * I will come back regarding the del msg as soon as I can. Thanks again! Reinhardt Gangleri 03:13, 2004 Sep 26 (UTC)

Do you still need these images?
I've been tagging untagged images, and I came across some screenshots by you that aparently aren't used anywhere. Image:ScreenHistoryAfterMyEdits.png, Image:ScreenHistoryBeforeMyEdits.png, and Image:ScreenHistoryCompare.png. Do you still want these, or can they be deleted? – Quadell (talk) (help)  17:04, Oct 4, 2004 (UTC)

 * They documented an old bug in VP and apparently the text that referred to them has been deleted. So I've deleted these, too. Thanks for pointing them out. Elf | Talk 23:48, 4 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Hi, Elf.
I'm up for adminship, and I'd be pleased to have your support. Warmest regards, [[User:Neutrality|Neutrality (hopefully!)]] 22:46, Oct 12, 2004 (UTC)

Self-block
You won't just a few edits a day? Just one or two? You can stop any time you want to you know ;) ... have a good break, see you when you get back (if you manage to leave :) -- sannse (talk) 22:59, 14 Oct 2004 (UTC)

 * Yup - you got it bad. Still I've got it worse I guess, I'm thinking I've got to edit more - my count is going down worryingly!  Gotta get back into the top 50 most active -- sannse (talk) 09:39, 22 Oct 2004 (UTC)

meta name="KEYWORDS" content="..."
Halló Elf, I want to attract your attention at Wikipedia:Village pump (miscellaneous)#meta name="KEYWORDS" content="...". What do you think about it? Regards Gangleri 21:51, 2004 Oct 19 (UTC) P.S.: See also User talk:Patrick Gangleri 23:12, 2004 Oct 19 (UTC)

nonstub stubs
I actually think this is worthwhile. I find the Stub category to be way too large to browse. It was over 6,000 items before I started categorizing them. Once they are categorized this should help people to update stubs in a particular category, for example only people stubs or movie stubs or science stubs. It also helped me to realize that most of the stubs are either geography related or biography related (others might find this interesting information as well). I have seen some discussions  on this but I took on this endeavour myself. I thought it would be helpful in a small way. --YUL89YYZ 19:52, Oct 26, 2004 (UTC)

Capitol Reef National Park expanded
Take a look and edit away if you like. :) --mav 08:22, 31 Oct 2004 (UTC)

adminship
I have been nominated for adminship. Will you take a look and vote whichever way you feel is right? Thanks. Lachatdelarue [[User talk:Lachatdelarue|(talk)]] 15:57, 4 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Invite
Hi

I'm posting this to invite you to participate in WP:LCOTW, a project you may be interested in. Please consider nominating and/or voting for a suitable article there. Filiocht 12:29, Nov 8, 2004 (UTC)

1st Fam'y
Yes, what you had is better than my "correction", but i bet we can come up w/ better. You are the one who's seen the elephant; will some version of
 * (excerpts from Q skits)

express it, where Q is something like one of the following? --Jerzy(t) 02:24, 2004 Nov 30 (UTC)
 * each
 * many
 * most
 * a few

Way cool, tnx for the collaboration. --Jerzy(t) 19:46, 2004 Dec 2 (UTC)

Flower species
You said: "Yup, so Quadell, if you want one of us to just translate the image names into more complete names for captions, I could just list the names sequentially on your discussion page if you want. Let me/marshman know. I might have time soon."

That would be awesome. Thanks! – Quadell (talk) (help)  18:44, Dec 2, 2004 (UTC)

 * Yes, it was very helpful. It would be better if I had species instead of just genuses, but I'll take what I can get! :)   – Quadell (talk) (help)   15:53, Dec 3, 2004 (UTC)
 * I can help. I'll follow your (Elf's) lead as to how we should do it. And thanks Elf, I never new there was a page "Wikipedians by number of edits" - I'm 215 this month. I really need to cut back. I sympathize - Marshman 04:26, 3 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Article Licensing
Hi, I've started a drive to get users to multi-license all of their contributions that they've made to either (1) all U.S. state, county, and city articles or (2) all articles, using the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike (CC-by-sa) v1.0 and v2.0 Licenses or into the public domain if they prefer. The CC-by-sa license is a true free documentation license that is similar to Wikipedia's license, the GFDL, but it allows other projects, such as WikiTravel, to use our articles. Since you are among the top 1000 Wikipedians by edits, I was wondering if you would be willing to multi-license all of your contributions or at minimum those on the geographic articles. Over 90% of people asked have agreed. For More Information:
 * Multi-Licensing FAQ - Lots of questions answered
 * Multi-Licensing Guide
 * Free the Rambot Articles Project

To allow us to track those users who muli-license their contributions, many users copy and paste the " " template into their user page, but there are other options at Template messages/User namespace. The following examples could also copied and pasted into your user page:

 * Option 1
 * I agree to multi-license all my contributions, with the exception of my user pages, as described below:

OR
 * Option 2
 * I agree to multi-license all my contributions to any U.S. state, county, or city article as described below:

Or if you wanted to place your work into the public domain, you could replace " " with "  ". If you only prefer using the GFDL, I would like to know that too. Please let me know what you think at my talk page. It's important to know either way so no one keeps asking. -- Ram-Man (comment| talk) 18:27, Dec 8, 2004 (UTC)

The Humungous Image Tagging Project
Hi. You've helped with the WikiProject Wiki Syntax, so I thought it worth alerting you to the latest and greatest of Wikipedia fixing project, User:Yann/Untagged Images, which is seeking to put copyright tags on all of the untagged images. There are probably, oh, thirty thousand or so to do (he said, reaching into the air for a large figure). But hey: they're images ... you'll get to see lots of random pretty pictures. That must be better than looking for at at and the the, non? You know you'll love it. best wishes --Tagishsimon (talk)

Fixing links
I'll remove the links on or before Thursday and/or Friday - I've got finals this week :( WhisperToMe 00:02, 15 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Standard user greeting
I've added instructions for making your own to Standard user greeting. Enjoy. Warmest regards --[[User:Neutrality|Neutrality/talk]] 13:31, Dec 15, 2004 (UTC)
 * See User:Elf/welcome. [[User:Neutrality|Neutrality/talk]] 00:55, Dec 16, 2004 (UTC)

Pine edit
Hi Elf - Hope you won't mind, I've restored the redirect to pinyon pine you removed, until the Single-leaf Pinyon page exists (which it will soon!); I reckon it is better to have a redirect to a summary page that gives at least some details of the species, than to a page that doesn't exist yet - MPF 20:37, 17 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Hi Elf; thanks, I see your point, though it shouldn't matter here as they'd see the red link when they got to pinyon pine. You have trouble with your computer logging you out without saying, too? - happens to me occasionally as well :-( MPF 22:20, 17 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Hi Elf - Single-leaf Pinyon done :-) . . . Parry Pinyon next! - MPF 23:01, 17 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Moving pages
I meant that if a page was moved Foo to BarBarBar, then, using the move tab and screen, you can reverse that move - so long as the redirect at Foo hasn't been changed at all. -- Netoholic @ 18:58, 2005 Jan 4 (UTC)

Piracy / Francis Drake query
Okay, I can see why you might not want to list Drake under the pirate list since he was only viewed as a pirate by a particular nation whom he was working against. That being the case, though, shouldn't similar privateers also be knocked off the list, like Sir Andrew Barton?

The only real difference I can see is that Drake was English and only declared a pirate by the Spanish, whereas Barton was Scottish and declared a pirate by the English. Oh, and Drake's probably a little more famous.

 * You're right; I just didn't think about it because they weren't obvious duplications. I moved Barton and I'd have double-checked the others but WP is too slow for me to do that right now. Elf | Talk 20:25, 6 Jan 2005 (UTC)

i laughed at your profile
especially the "mumble years" bit. Ground 13:45, 8 Jan 2005 (UTC)

say, elf ...
... we haven't chatted for a while, but now that you "elfs" are done with your holiday deliveries, can you 'splain something for me. what's going on when you look to see what was just edited on an article, and all you see on the "history" link for the last two edits (y'know, instead of the changes appearing in red) are apparently identical articles, or sections of articles, side-to-side, with a +  sign in the column between them? Thanks. Sfahey 04:06, 13 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * thanks for reply. now i can stop reading the main texts to see what subtle changes i might have missed.

btw, d'ja catch that "Christmas" made "featured article" during (your frenetic) Christmas week, but not fast enough to make it to the Main Page in time. Now we gotta keep it in decent shape for another 50 weeks.

Llame Me
elf, I need to tell you something regarding a mutual friend -- don't know if you heard. It's private, though. Do you have my email still? I no longer have yours. If you go to my personal webpage, which is my. .name, there is a link there to email me. There. That should be safe from spambots. Jimhutchins 13:18, 14 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Dilema
After reverting a number of the cosmic era pages, I nominated the page Cosmic Era vessels for deletion; however I am not an admin and therefore don't have the power to delete the page. I was wondering if you could keep tabs on the voting and delete the page if that general concensus was reached. TomStar81 05:43, 24 Jan 2005 (UTC)

I've archived dog-related topics
If you think you're missing a dog-related post here, I've archived them all to-date at Archive dogs. Elf | Talk 02:44, 23 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Return of the Untagged Image project
You were kind enough to contribute to the Untagged images project; I beg to draw your attention to part 2 of the project - there are about 12,000 more images in need of tagging. Any assistance you could provide would be most welcome. thanks --Tagishsimon (talk)

Image license
Do you license the photo you took, Image:AnatolianShepherdDogAndPerson wb.jpg, under the GNU Free Documentation License? Thank you. --Ellmist 03:02, 3 Mar 2005 (UTC)

 * Done. Elf | Talk 17:33, 9 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Just so you know...
Your picture of San Jose is currently (as of March 8) on the main page (I wasn't sure if you'd notice in time). →Raul654 04:22, Mar 9, 2005 (UTC)

Watchlist problems?
The watchlist function doesn't always seem to work. For example: it alerted me to the discussion at [Dog park], but upon going there I noticed a lot of additions to the article that I never remember seeing before. I was just wondering if anyone else has this problem (or am I becoming senile)?68.15.201.71 20:26, 15 Mar 2005 (UTC)

 * My guess is that we're all becoming senile and wikipedia is just a drug flashback. Of course, I never used drugs (except codeine for a while) so there goes that theory.  I think every once in a while that I've missed something in my watchlist, but remember if e.g. you don't go through your watchlist for a couple of days (or longer) and there's a lot of activity, you'll see only the latest revision show up in the watchlist.   Elf | Talk 04:35, 16 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Hi Ellen!
Wow, you certainly found me quickly! I look forward to contributing more material to this site. Let me know if you ever need help with anything.

Dogpatch
Yes, I did indeed sell Dogpatch because I didn't quite have the time for it. I haven't forgotten all the work you put into it either! I doubt I'll do much here though, since I now run my own business and it just always seems any time I spend at the computer should go back into that. But it's fun to take some time now and again for something different! --Maryjo313 22:20, 23 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Sparky
Hi. You shifted the content of Sparky to Sparky (comic) as a cut-and-paste job, then created a disambigation page at the old title, where the history of the comic article still existed. I am about to repair the history. In future can you move the article to the new title, then create the disambiguation page over the top of the redirect newly created? That way, the credit for the article content stays with the article itself. Thanks. - Mark 12:28, 25 Mar 2005 (UTC)

 * Or not. I can't split the history of the page, because of the block-compressed-revisions crap that prevents deletion of some articles (including Sparky). So it'll have to wait. :) - Mark 12:35, 25 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Fair enough. I didn't look too closely :) When the deletion is reactivated, we should be able to split that page's history up using the partial undelete feature. - Mark 03:16, 26 Mar 2005 (UTC)

My article has been edited.
Why did you get rid of my image?

Thorpe 14:08, 30 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Stable Master?
Quill is brain dead. I created a stub at Stablemaster but now think it should be Stable Master. Elf is smart. Elf would know. I'll ask Elf. Quill 23:02, 10 Apr 2005 (UTC)

"snafu"
"snafu" is a whole lot cooler name than "Elf", however "snafu" was already taken so I had to aquire "snafuu" instead. LINK REMOVED

Oh yeah, I read about von Braun designing Tomorrowland in my favourite book, Fast Food Nation

common icon for disambiguation pages — vfd

 * Thanks Elf for the information! I am busy with #My contributions.
 * commons:Disambig.png is used in dozens of languages with different alphabets to indicate disambiguation pages. Maybe you remember it was one of the first issues I experienced at Wikipedia. I did not promote it because I work very hard on items related to en:Wikipedia:Template:Interwikiconflict, on the multiline version of GlobalWPSearch and even have no time to run my bot. If you like to start a discussion about inserting an icon in Template:Disambig (see Which disambiguation image do you like most?) it would speed up things. Best regards Gangleri | [ Th] | T 08:44, 2005 Apr 20 (UTC)

Pirate ahoy!
Howdy Elf. A long time ago you suggested I draw a cartoon for the pirate page. Well, I finally did. Go check it out! user:J.J. 8 May 2005

German language
"Ich habe ein Auto in der Hand." Ja nee, is klar! (Oh yes shure, stop smoking that stuff!)

Hihihihi... SCNR! (and never say "Ich stecke meinen Kopf in ein Schwein."!!!) Dickbauch 18:09, 16 May 2005 (UTC)
 * hihihihi...but wash your ears afterwards... Dickbauch 20:19, 18 May 2005 (UTC)

Rubber duck
Thanks for the tip - I'll check it out right now. I think it's rooted in that I use the "Classic" WP skin while you probably use the default. - Brian Kendig 17:03, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Actually, I take that back - I can't reproduce the formatting problem with the default skin. What web browser are you using, and on what OS? It looks fine for me in Safari on Mac OS X. - Brian Kendig 17:04, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Eh, I don't feel strongly enough to edit war over it, if you want to change it, go ahead. RickK 23:25, Jun 15, 2005 (UTC)

Just - Hey!
Your name is all over my watch list right now, and I thought I'd come over to see who you were, and then I saw dogs, and then hemangiosarcoma, and then... well, I just had to say hi. My beloved Irish werewolf died quite unexpectedly of that, less than two months after her greyhound brother died of a more obvious cancer. This was back in 1993-94, but the recollection can still - ack, well, you must know. Anyway, hi. I'm relatively new, and tend to stick around the food areas unless in my wanderings around here I step on broken glass. --Mothperson 22:43, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC) press here to record complaints

Yes. I know exactly what you mean. It doesn't matter how old, or how long you've had them. I'm on my fifth and sixth. I no longer make myself crazy thinking about when they will leave. I just try to enjoy the loan. So, anyway, it's great to meet you - food, dogs, and all. I've only been around a few months, so I haven't really found my place here, if such a thing exists. But I'm still maniacal about the list of foods named after people, and don't ask me to explain why because I don't know. Yet.

I will probably come bugging you for advice, now that you've re-emerged. I hope you don't mind. If you do, you can ignore me. I just created my litter box, but now I'm wondering how to get it onto my user page section, because I know I have seen other people's sandboxes tabbed nicely into their regular user pages. Much to learn. --Mothperson 23:23, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Technicle Communiqueshun

 * What?! You don't think that " A technical communicator is a person whose job involves technical communication" clarifies the job immensely?
 * ROFL! :D -SV|t 23:02, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC)

articles watched
I am a believer in nothing in particular, so it amuses me to (obliquely) bother other people's sense of religion. No actual offense meant, of course. When I first saw your comment, I was scared I was going to be attacked (I've been having a, uh, disagreement with another user over some occult-related pages). I was glad to see it was only a friendly elf :) Lachatdelarue (talk) 22:43, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)

title: User talk:Elf/Archive 3


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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Competence

 This page is an archive of the proposed deletion of the article below. Further comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or on a Votes for Undeletion nomination). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result of the debate was keep. - Mailer Diablo 18:04, 26 August 2005 (UTC)

Competence
Wikipedia is not a dictionary. The article is is essentially just a dictionary definition. A lot of the pages that link here are articles on legal topics. It might be sensible to make this into a disambiguation page, with links to (currently nonexistent) articles Legal competence and Competence (business). Bcrowell 00:01, 20 August 2005 (UTC)

 * Keep, expanded. The individual aspects could be broken out but as of now they are each one paragraph. Christopher Parham (talk) 02:16, 2005 August 20 (UTC)
 * Keep per Christopher Parham. -- DS1953 03:40, August 20, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep Parham is a truly competent editor. BorgQueen 15:59, 24 August 2005 (UTC)

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Pilfers

Pilfers are an American ska band formed in 1997, when former Toasters vocalist, Coolie Ranx, at the urging of Pietaster's vocalist Steve Jackson, joined with former Bim Skala Bim trombonist, Vinny Nobile. To complete the lineup, they recruited the Skinnerbox rhythm section of Anna Milat-Meyer on bass and James Blanck on drums, as well as guitar player, Nick Bacon of The Erratics.

History
The band released one demo tape and played many New York City area shows before self-releasing their debut self-titled album in 1998. Response was positive enough, that the band was signed to Mojo Records, and they released Chawalaleng, one year later.

Soon after their major label debut, Anna Milat-Meyer and James Blanck left the group. Anna Milat-Meyer took a position, playing bass in Latin Jazz band Los Mas Valientes. Carl Barc of the band Ever Since Day One took over on bass and Dave Karcich, formerly of Spring Heeled Jack, took over on drums. The band continued to tour and build a strong fanbase. The band recorded a live show at CBGB's, intending for it to be released on CD. The album would never see release, however, as the band would split up on July 13, 2001.

Soon after the breakup, Coolie Ranx started a solo career, recording and playing shows around the world with back up band Fear Nuttin' Band. Nick Bacon joined Lost City Angels, who were looking for a second guitarist. On December 9, 2001, Nobile, Barc and Karcich, joined with Spring Heeled Jack guitarist, Mike Pellegrino to perform as Cenzo for a Ska For Youth benefit show to raise money for the Twin Tower Orphan Fund after the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center. Karcich also took the drum position in Avoid One Thing, a band fronted by former Mighty Mighty Bosstones bass player, Joe Gittleman.

Karcich suffered a sudden brain aneurysm and died on April 5, 2002. Eight months later, a tribute show was held at Toad's Place in honor of Karcich. During a performance by Cenzo, Nobile and Barc welcomed Coolie Ranx and Nick Bacon onstage for a brief Pilfers reunion.

On November 4, 2005, the original five members of Pilfers reunited at the Knitting Factory in New York City for a sold-out show. Two more reunion shows took place at the same location on May 6, 2007, and January 25, 2008.

Coolie Ranx continued with his solo career as Vinny Nobile continued with Cenzo who promoted their album Maybe Now. Nick Bacon continued to pursue other musical projects in New York City, making his film debut in the 2007 Drew Barrymore and Hugh Grant film, Music and Lyrics. In 2009, he appeared on Rescue Me as a member of Mike Lombardi's band Apache Stone.

In 2008, Pilfers performed nine shows outside of NYC, including six shows in November with Sonic Boom Six. Pilfers performed two shows on the second leg of the Ska is Dead 4 tour. They played on November 14, 2009, at the Showcase Live in Foxboro, MA, and November 15, 2009, at the Starland Ballroom in Sayreville, NJ. Pilfers performed for a Haiti benefit concert at the Knitting Factory on April 23, 2010, with Karen Gibson Roc, Tsunami Rising, and Across The Aisle.

In November 2011, Connecticut's Asbestos Records and Chicago, IL's Underground Communiqué Records launched a fundraiser together on Kickstarter to release Pilfer's self-titled album on vinyl, among other third-wave ska classics from The Pietasters, Edna's Goldfish, and Suburban Legends. If the funding goal was met by January 18, 2012, the records were scheduled to be released later in the year.

In 2013, Pilfers toured with Reel Big Fish across the U.S. and Canada. Joining for this tour was Ben Basile (bass) and Billy Kottage (trombone/keys). In addition, Pilfers, with their original lineup, headlined a show at The Gramercy Theater on January 19, 2014. This show marked the first time that Coolie Ranx and his son, singer-songwriter/rapper Mark U, will share the same stage.

Current line-up

 * Coolie Ranx - Lead Vocals
 * Dan Wenger - Trombone and Backing Vocals
 * Vic Rosario - Guitar and Backing Vocals
 * Guido Falivene - Bass Guitar and Backing Vocals
 * Phillip Wartell - Drums

2013 Tour line-up

 * Coolie Ranx - Lead Vocals
 * Billy Kottage - Trombone, Vocals and Keys
 * Nick Bacon - Guitar and Vocals
 * Ben Basile - Bass Guitar
 * James Blanck - Drums

2000/2001 line-up

 * Coolie Ranx - Lead Vocals
 * Vinny Nobile - Trombone and Vocals
 * Nick Bacon - Guitar and Backing Vocals
 * Carl Barc - Bass
 * Dave Karchich - Drums

Original line-up

 * Coolie Ranx - Lead Vocals
 * Vinny Nobile - Trombone and Vocals
 * Nick Bacon - Guitar and Backing Vocals
 * Anna Milat-Meyer - Bass Guitar
 * James Blanck - Drums

Discography

 * Pilfers (cassette demo) (1997)
 * Pilfers (1998)
 * Chawalaleng (1999) (Mojo Records)
 * Pilfers (2012, vinyl reissue) (Asbestos Records)
 * From Far (2015)

Critical reception
Writing for AllMusic Curtis Zimmermann described the 1998 debut, Pilfers, as "... an intense hybrid of ska, hardcore, and hip-hop that comes out sounding drastically different from many of the groups contemporaries ..." and as a "ground-breaking album" for the genre.

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Robert Stein (computer pioneer)

Robert Stein (born April 20, 1946) is an American businessman. He is a co-founder of The Voyager Company in 1985, the first commercial multimedia CD-ROM publisher, and The Criterion Collection in 1984, a collection of definitive films on digital media with in-depth background information (including the first films with recorded audio commentary).

Born and raised in New York City, Stein attended Columbia University, majoring in psychology. Later, he earned a master's degree in education from Harvard University.

Stein then worked with Alan Kay at the Atari Research Group on various electronic publishing projects.

After Voyager, Stein founded Night Kitchen to develop authoring tools for experimental electronic publishing, primarily TK3.

Stein is the director of the Institute for the Future of the Book. According to Stein: "The Institute has two principal activities. One is building high-end tools for making complex electronic documents (part of the Mellon Foundation's higher-ed digital infrastructure initiative). The other is exploring and hopefully influencing the evolution of new forms of intellectual expression and discourse." This new scholarly direction is being explored under the umbrella of MediaCommons.

In 2019 Stein donated his archival papers and hard drives to Stanford University.

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Gómez

Gómez (frequently anglicized as Gomez) is a common Spanish patronymic surname of Germanic origin meaning "son of Gome". The Portuguese and Old Galician version is Gomes, while the Catalan form is Gomis. The given name Gome is derived from the Visigothic word guma, "man", with multiple Germanic cognates with the same meaning (Old English guma, Middle English gome /gomo, High Old German gomo, Middle High German gome), which are related to Latin homo, "man".

People
Notable people with the surname include:

A–E

 * Alejandro "Papu" Gómez (born 1988), Argentine footballer
 * Amaranta Gómez Regalado (born 1977), Mexican anthropologist
 * Ana Sofía Gómez (born 1995), Guatemalan artistic gymnast
 * Andrés Gómez (born 1960), Ecuadorian tennis player
 * Arthur Gómez (born 1984), Gambian footballer
 * Beatrice Luigi Gomez (born 1995), Miss Universe Philippines 2021
 * Begoña Gómez Martín (born 1964), Olympic judoka
 * Bolívar Gómez (born 1977), Ecuadorian footballer
 * Camilo Gómez (born 1984), Colombian road cyclist
 * Camilo R. Gomez (born 1960), American physician
 * Carlos Gómez (born 1985), Dominican baseball
 * Carlos A. Gómez (born 1966), Puerto Rican NASA's MAVEN Mission Ops Manager
 * Chief Gómez (fl. 1840–1850), a Mescalero Apache chieftain
 * Daniel Gómez (disambiguation)
 * Eleazar Gómez (born 1986) Mexican actor and model
 * Emmanuel Gómez (born 1990), Gambian footballer
 * Estrella V. Gomez (born 2011), Guatemalan Girl

F–M

 * Francis Gómez (born 1968), Venezuelan judoka
 * Francisco Javier Gómez Noya, Spanish triathlete
 * George Gomez (born 1955), Cuban-American industrial designer
 * Ignacio Gómez (born c. 1962), Colombian journalist
 * Isabella Gomez (born 1998), Colombian-American actress
 * Jaime Luis Gomez, better known as Taboo (rapper) (born 1975), American rapper and actor
 * Jaime P. Gomez, American film and television actor
 * Jeronimo Gomez (born 1976), American musician
 * Joe Gomez (born 1997), English footballer
 * John Paul Gomez (born 1986): Filipino chess grandmaster
 * Jordi Gómez (born 1985), Spanish footballer
 * Jorge Gómez (born 1968), Chilean footballer
 * José Dorángel Vargas Gómez (born 1957), Venezuelan serial killer and cannibal
 * Joshua Gomez (born 1975), American actor
 * Juan Gómez (disambiguation), many individuals
 * Juan Vicente Gómez (1857–1935), ruler of Venezuela in 1908–35
 * Laureano Gómez Colombian president 1950–1951
 * Lefty Gomez (1908–1989), American baseball player
 * Lloyd Gomez (1922–1953), American serial killer
 * Luis Humberto Gómez Gallo (1962−2013), Colombian industrial engineer
 * María Cristina Gómez (1938–1989), Salvadoran murder victim
 * Mariano Gomez (1799–1872), Filipino priest and martyr
 * Mario Gómez (born 1985), German footballer
 * Mauro Gómez (born 1984), Dominican baseball player
 * Máximo Gómez (1836–1905), Dominican soldier in the Cuban War of Independence
 * Melissa Castrillón Gómez (born 1995), Colombian chess player
 * Michelle Gomez (born 1966), Scottish actress
 * Michelle Gómez (born 1992), Colombian pageant titleholder and model
 * Miguel Gómez (photographer) (born 1974), Colombian/American photographer

N–Z

 * Oscar Gómez (disambiguation)
 * Pablo Gomez Sarino, Filipino politician
 * Pat Gomez (artist) (born 1960), American artist
 * Patricia Gómez (born 1971), Bolivian politician
 * Patricio Gómez (born 1981), Argentine footballer
 * Rebecca Marie Gomez (better known for her stage name Becky G) (born 1997), American singer and actress
 * Richard Gomez (born 1966), Filipino actor and politician
 * Rick Gomez (born 1972), American actor
 * Roberto Gómez Bolaños (1929–2014) Mexican screenwriter, actor and comedian
 * Scott Gomez (born 1979), American hockey player
 * Sillvin Gomez (born 1995), Singer and photographer
 * Selena Gomez (born 1992), American actress and singer
 * Sofía Gómez (born 1992), Colombian freediver
 * Sylvana Gómez, Guatemalan beach volleyball player
 * Tamara Gómez Garrido (born 1991), Spanish triathlete
 * Trifón Gómez (1889–1955), Spanish socialist politician
 * Ulysses Gomez (born 1983), Mexican-American mixed martial arts fighter
 * Xochitl Gomez (born 2006), American actress
 * Yolanda Gómez (1962–2012), Mexican astronomer
 * Zoraida Gómez (born 1985), Mexican actress, singer and model

Fictional

 * Felipe Gómez, a character on the American television sitcom Three's Company
 * Go-Go Gomez, a character from The Dick Tracy Show
 * Gomez Addams, the patriarch of The Addams Family
 * Gomez, the protagonist of the game Fez
 * Steven Gomez, a fictional DEA agent in Breaking Bad

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Talk:The Pick of Destiny

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rulez in: The Pick of Destiny is fake as that is the correct name of the movie. -- Corey.spring 00:03, August 20, 2005 (UTC)

BUT that article is for the MOVIE... this article is for the SOUNDTRACK ALBUM. Antmusic 19:44, 16 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Yes, that's why the title of the article should be Tenacious D in: The Pick of Destiny (album) Milchama 17:20, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

Best Buy exclusive
Best Buy's version of the album comes with an Exclusive download too. Should this be added to the article?

It has now been added.

Correct title?
Shouldn't the title be "The Pick of Destiny"? I say this because there is no word "in" in the title for the album. To put it in a different way, the way the album reads is "Tenacious D - The Pick of Destiny" and the way the movie reads is "Tenacious D in: The Pick of Destiny".

Also, MusicBrainz lists the album as "The Pick of Destiny".

Ziggy the Hamster 15:55, 20 November 2006 (UTC)
 * It appears that i had made a mistake, and have undone my move. Sorry.  Milchama 18:09, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

Editions of the CD?
Should we add information that the special edition of the CD comes with poster, 6 "tarot cards", 3D cover, presentation box and The Pick Of Destiny? JebJoya 15:18, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

 * Yes, I definitely think that's pertinent. Joltman 17:20, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

The Metal
I don't remember that one being in the movie either. Unless I missed it, it should be mentioned with "The Government Totally Sucks".--69.210.97.81 00:11, 25 December 2006 (UTC)

That song(the Metal) was at the end of the credits, after the POD played. The govt totally sucks is an extra track that was supposed to be on the first CD, but they didn't, so it's on this one.

The goverment totally sucks was originally in the movie but was cut

Incorrect or Not?
""History", a song that originated on the band's TV show, Tenacious D, was re-recorded for this album, with additional lyrics.[3] "The Government Totally Sucks" is the only song not to be featured in the final cut of the movie. It is, however, featured in the deleted scenes section of the DVD release."

While Kyle and Jables are in their car, doesn't JB sing The Goverment Totally Sucks?Talk User:Fissionfox 11:41, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

Master Exploder
Can someone put in some information on the custom guitar in the movie for master exploder? You know, the one that looks like legs? --Sherwood-Nightshade 16:53, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

No, as this is about the soundtrack. If it should go anywere, it should go into the movie page at least. And i think they are icecream cones that guitar shape. 203.160.119.198 (talk) 21:13, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

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Laugh in the metal
Interesting theory. The tracks weren't recorded 'live', ie Dr G wasn't present when they performed it. I am guessing he laughs at the headphone feed. Also, anyone notice the audible "fuck" at the end of Lee? Tenacious D Fan (talk) 17:50, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

I think it's the echo or reverb effect on the voice of Jack. And right, they recorded it part-for-part (see the special features on the DVD from "The Pick of Destiny").

That part of the article is wholly unnecessary. It contains no cited sources, has nothing to do with the recording or production of the album. If anything, put it in a "Trivia" section. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.159.205.132 (talk) 17:58, 8 September 2007 (UTC)

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Talk:Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny

Supernatural vs. supranatural
The Pick of Destiny is described as having "supranatural" powers - powers that are a whole level above supernatural. Later, the pick is described as "supernatural." Wouldn't it make more sense to use "supranatural" in this case? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2620:91:0:4206:3AF3:ABFF:FE1C:BA1E (talk) 17:53, 21 September 2023 (UTC)

Implied ending?
It seems to me that at the end it was implied they were about to play the song "Tribute". What do you guys think? Tikalal (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 13:27, 17 August 2009 (UTC).

Excellent site
Please take a look around this. It's insane. The production notes are the most useful, with a lot of quotes, so it's all good for cites. Tenacious D Fan (talk) 20:42, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

Additions/restructuring

 * Maybe a paragraph discussing how the film was performed on the D Tour.
 * Removing trivia. Tenacious D Fan (talk) 20:44, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

Power slide
Why can't I find anything on Wikipedia about the amazing "power slide" from the movie.. I have only seen it in The Pick of Destiny and done by Pete Townshend in The Who - Won't get fooled again (that's the clip we see in The Pick of Destiny). --Nielssonnich (talk) 18:13, 4 June 2009 (UTC)

Power slide
Does this film really have a cult following? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.60.162.39 (talk) 05:48, 30 March 2012 (UTC)

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Florida State Road 54

State Road 54 (SR 54) is located in the Tampa Bay Area, north of Tampa itself, and runs from US 19 in Elfers in the west to US 301 in Zephyrhills, in the east. In between it passes through Wesley Chapel, Land o' Lakes, and Elfers.

Route description
SR 54 is a six-lane divided highway from its western terminus at US 19. In between County Roads 77 and 1 in Seven Springs, the road moves southeast along the Mitchell Bypass, which crosses over the Anclote River the moment it moves away from Old CR 54. The segment between Trinity Boulevard and Gunn Highway in Odessa was rebuilt and relocated along a former Atlantic Coast Line Railroad right-of-way that ran from Pinellas County where much of the Pinellas Trail exists today into Trilby. Pasco County created a gap in this route between the western terminus of State Road 56 and the northern terminus of State Road 581 by exchanging maintenance responsibilities with FDOT for those caused by the newly created SR 56. This western segment of SR 54 became CR 54. This western CR 54 segment has been widened to six lanes from just west of Interstate 75 to the resumption of State Road 54 at State Road 581, and the six lane highway continues eastward as State Road 54 from that point to a point east of Curley Road, where the highway currently (as of 2012) ends. A West Zephyrhills Bypass has been proposed between a location east of the intersection with CR 577 (Curley Road) and the north end of the merger of CR 579 and the eastern segment of CR 54, also known as Eiland Boulevard, near Zephyrhills. In the meantime, State Road 54 remains a two-lane undivided highway from the end of the newer highway to SR 54's eastern terminus at US 301 in downtown Zephyrhills.

Former segments
Seven Springs:
 * Old County Road 54(Fifth Avenue), Little Road(CR 1), Gunn Highway

Odessa:
 * Abandoned State Road 54 R.O.W.: Gunn Highway from CR 996 to Old Gunn Highway.
 * Black Lake Road

Land o' Lakes:
 * Catfish Lake Lane

Cypress Creek:
 * Cabbage Swamp Road
 * Memorial Drive

Wesley Chapel:
 * County Road 54 (Western segment), left as a gap in the state road when State Road 56 was constructed.

Zephyrhills:
 * State Road 54 continued from its present terminus at US 301 along a concurrency with 301 to the present-day eastern segment of County Road 54, where it followed present CR 54 eastward to US 98 and the Pasco-Polk County line(see below).

County Road 54 (Zephyrhills-Branchborough)
Besides the gap between SR 56 and SR 581 in Wesley Chapel, County Road 54 is a county extension of SR 54 south of Dade City. It begins at County Road 579 (Morris Bridge Road) west of downtown Zephyrhills and runs north in a short overlap with that road until it curves east, and runs east along Eiland Boulevard, while CR 579 continues north along Handcart Road. This intersection is also the site of the eastern terminus of the proposed West Zephyrhills Bypass. Turning briefly to the southeast it then moves straight east and west along a former segment of North Avenue, only to turn northeast again at the intersection with the existing North Avenue, then turns straight before encountering County Road 41, and then an intersection with U.S. Route 301, where it catches hidden SR 54.

East of US 301 the road runs towards the northeastern outskirts of Zephyrhills. Before this it encounters an intersection with 12th Street and Wire Road, which is where a former segment of SR 54 used to turn north from 12th Street then east to the present CR 54 until that route was relocated to the hidden route along US 301. Once CR 54 leaves the city north of Zephyrhills Municipal Airport it has an intersection with the western terminus of County Road 54 Alternate (see below) on the northwest corner of an at-grade crossing with the CSX Yeoman Subdivision, and east of that crossing encounters a major county road known as CR 535 (Zephyrhills Bypass). From there, the road takes a slight turn to the northeast as it crosses another CSX railroad line known as the Vitis Subdivision, and then runs along the northern border of the Upper Hillsborough Wildlife Management Area. Shifting back straight east and west again, it approaches the southern terminus of Alternate CR 35 in Lumberton, although ALT CR 35 may have overlapped CR 54 east of here at one time. Beyond this point it passes through the aforementioned wildlife management area where it approaches a narrow bridge over the Hillsborough River, thus running along the Pasco-Polk County line, both side of which consist of private property once again until it finally reaches US 98 in Branchborough.

State Road 54A
State Road 54A, known locally as Black Lake Road, is a road located in Odessa, Florida totaling 1.097 mi. Portions of the road were once part of State Road 54 until it was realigned to bypass the suburbs it runs along. Despite the realignment, Black Lake Road is still maintained by FDOT. It consists of two separate roads, both named Black Lake Road, as well as a cul de sac, originally connecting to the current SR 54.

County Road 54 Alternate
County Road 54 Alternate is a bannered alternate of CR 54 east of the Zephyrhills City Limits. It begins on the west side of the CR 54 at-grade crossing of the CSX Yeoman Subdivision, as Forbes Road and almost immediately turns straight north From there it curves east onto Lynbrook Drive and crosses the very same railroad line with an at-grade crossing of its own. The only other road that passes for a major intersection at this point is CR 535 (Zephyrhills Bypass).

Before Lynbrook Road becomes a dead end street in Lumberton, ALT CR 54 makes another north turn onto Elwood Road. It briefly turns northeast onto Merrick Road where it crosses another CSX railroad line known as the Vitis Subdivision, and after passing two dirt roads such as Lena Circle and Bayleaf Street finally turns straight east and west once again. ALT CR 54 remains at this trajectory until it officially ends at Alternate County Road 35, although as with its parent route, ALT CR 54 may have overlapped ALT CR 35 going south back to CR 54 at one time.

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Yolanda King

Yolanda Denise King (November 17, 1955 – May 15, 2007) was an activist for African-American rights and first-born child of civil rights leaders Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King, who pursued artistic and entertainment endeavors and public speaking. Her childhood experience was greatly influenced by her father's highly public activism.

She was born two weeks before Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a public transit bus in Montgomery, Alabama. She occasionally experienced threats to her life, designed to intimidate her parents, and was bullied at school. When her father was assassinated on April 4, 1968, the 12-year-old King showed her composure during the public funeral and mourning events. King joined her mother and siblings in marches and was lauded by such figures as Harry Belafonte, who established a trust fund for her and her siblings. She became a secondary caregiver to her younger siblings.

In her teenage years, she became an effective leader of her high school class and was covered by the magazines Jet and Ebony. Her teenage years were filled with more tragedies, specifically the sudden death of her uncle Alfred Daniel Williams King and the murder of her grandmother, Alberta Williams King. While in high school, she gained lifelong friends. It was the first and only institution where King was not harassed or mistreated because of who her father was. However, she was still misjudged and mistrusted because of her skin color, based on perceptions founded solely upon her relationship with her father. Despite this, King managed to keep up her grades and became involved in high school politics, serving as class president for two years. King aroused controversy in high school for her role in a play. She was credited with having her father's sense of humor.

In the 1990s, she supported a retrial of James Earl Ray and publicly stated that she did not hate him. That decade saw King's acting career take off as she appeared in ten separate projects, including Ghosts of Mississippi (1996), Our Friend, Martin (1999) and Selma, Lord, Selma (1999). By the time she was an adult, she had grown to become a supporter of gay rights and an ally to the LGBT community, as was her mother. She was involved in a sibling feud that pitted her and her brother Dexter against their brother Martin Luther King III and sister Bernice King for the sale of the King Center in Atlanta, Georgia. King served as a spokesperson for her mother during the illness that would eventually lead to her death. King outlived her mother by only 16 months, succumbing to complications related to a chronic heart condition on May 15, 2007.

Early childhood: 1955–1963
Yolanda was born at St. Jude's Hospital in Montgomery, Alabama to Coretta Scott King and Martin Luther King Jr ., she was only two weeks old when Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus. Even in her infancy, Yolanda was faced with the threats her father was given when they extended to his family. In 1956, a number of white supremacists bombed the King household. Yolanda and her mother were not harmed. She and her mother, at the time of the bomb's detonation, were in the rear section of their home. Despite this, the front porch was damaged and glass broke in the home. She kept her father busy when walking on their home's floors. While her mother liked her name, her father had reservations about naming her "Yolanda", due to the possibility that the name would be mispronounced. During the course of her lifetime, King's name was mispronounced to the point that it bothered her. King's father eventually was satisfied with the nickname "Yoki", and wished that if they had a second daughter, they would name her something simpler. The Kings would have another daughter, almost eight years later, named Bernice (born 1963). King recalled that her mother had been the main parent and dominant figure in their home, while her father was often away. Decision-making towards what school she would attend in first grade was done primarily by her mother, since her father expressed disinterest to her early in the decision-making. Her mother referred to her as being a confidant during the time following her husband's assassination. She complimented her mother on her achievements and her mother spoke of her in a positive light, as well. When asked by a young boy what she remembered most about her father, she admitted that her father was not able to spend much time with her and the rest of her family. When he did, she would play and swim with him. King cried when she found out her father had been imprisoned. Her father admitted that he had never adjusted to bringing up children under "inexplicable conditions". When she was 6 years old, she was saddened by classmates' remarks that her father was a "jailbird". An important early memory was that she wanted to go to Funtown, a local amusement park, with the rest of her class, but was barred from doing so due to her race. She did not understand, and asked her mother Coretta why she was not able to go. When she replied "Your father is going to jail so that you can go to Funtown." after numerous attempts to explain the issue to her, Yolanda finally understood. After having not seen her father for five weeks while he was in jail, she finally was able to meet with him alongside both of her brothers for less than half an hour. Her father also addressed the issue himself. He told her that there were many whites who were not racist and wanted her to go but there were many who were and did not want her to go. However, her father reassured her as she began to cry that she was "just as good" as anyone who went to Funtown, and that, one day in the "not too distant future", she was going to be able to go to "any town" along with "all of God's children".

Assassination of John F. Kennedy and Nobel Peace Prize: 1963–1964
On November 22, 1963, when U.S. President John F. Kennedy was assassinated, she learned of his death at school. When she returned home, she rushed to confront her mother about his death and even ignored her grandfather, Martin Luther King, Sr., to tell her mother what she had heard and that they would not get their "freedom now." Her mother tried to debunk this, insisting that they would still get it. She predicted at that time that all of the "Negro leaders" would be killed and the non-leading African-Americans would agree to segregation. Her mother started to realize that Yolanda had become more aware of the possibility that her father could be killed as well. For Christmas 1963, King and her siblings accepted a sacrificial Christmas as appealed by their parents and only received a single gift. King and her brother Martin III bragged about their selflessness at school. In 1964, upon learning her father would receive the Nobel Peace Prize, she asked her mother what her father was going to do with the money he was receiving in addition to the award. After she suggested that he would most likely give it all away, King laughed with her mother.

Enrollment at Spring Street Elementary School and last years with father: 1965–1968
King, and her brother "Marty", were enrolled in the fall semester of 1965 at Spring Street Elementary School, in Midtown Atlanta, Georgia. Soon thereafter, they would be joined by their younger brother Dexter. In 1966, Yolanda listened to a speech her father gave when he was addressing a rally. At the age of eight after writing her first play, she also enrolled in the only integrated drama school of that time. The head of the school was Walt Roberts, father of the actors Eric and Julia Roberts. She began speaking publicly at the age of ten and even filled in for her parents on occasion. Her memories of her father prompted her to state that he "believed we were all divine. I have chosen to continue to promote 'we're one, the oneness of us, and shine the spotlight,' as my father did." Coretta King wrote in her memoirs, My Life with Martin Luther King, Jr., that "Martin always said that Yoki came at a time in his life when he needed something to take his mind off the tremendous pressures that bore down upon him."

Father's death: 1968
On the evening of April 4, 1968, when she was 12, Yolanda returned with her mother from Easter-dress shopping when Jesse Jackson called the family and reported that her father had been shot. Soon after, she heard of the event when a news bulletin popped up while she was washing dishes. While her siblings were trying to find out what it meant, Yolanda already knew. She ran out of the room, screamed "I don't want to hear it," and prayed that he would not die. She asked her mother at this time, if she should hate the man who killed her father. Her mother told her not to, since her father would not want that. King complimented her mother as a "brave and strong lady," leading to a hug between them. Four days later, she and her family accompanied their mother to Memphis City Hall on her own terms, as she and her brothers had wanted to come. King flew to Memphis, Tennessee with her brothers and mother and participated in leading a march in Memphis with sanitation workers and civil rights leaders.

King was visited by Mrs. Kennedy before her father's funeral. After the funeral, she was visited by classmates from Spring Street Middle School with flowers and cards. At that time, she was also called by Andrea Young, whose own father had insisted that she should. The two were the same age. Bill Cosby flew to Atlanta after the funeral and entertained King and her siblings. King and her siblings were assured an education thanks to the help of Harry Belafonte, who set up a trust fund for them years prior to their father's death.

In regards to the possibility that her father could have been saved, King said she doubted that her father could have lived much longer given all the stress he had during his tenure as a leader of the Civil Rights Movement. She did admit that, had he lived or he been listened to more, "we would be in a far better place." King openly stated years later that she did not hate James Earl Ray.

Teenage years and high school: 1968–1972
In the fall of 1968, King attended Henry Grady High School in Midtown Atlanta, Georgia, where she was president of her sophomore and junior class and vice president of her senior class. She ranked in the top 10 percent of her class. She was active in student government and drama. She made lifelong friends while in the institution that would collectively be called the "Grady Girls". She was also on the student council. At that time, King still did not know what she wanted to do with her life, but acknowledged that many wanted her to be a preacher. Her inclinations were driven to be artistic, which did not suit the political aspects of her father's life. Of the King children, Yolanda was the only one to attend Grady High School, as her siblings would go to different high schools following her graduation.

During the family's interview with Mike Wallace in December 1968, Yolanda was introduced by her mother and revealed her role in keeping the family together. Being the oldest, she had to watch her three younger siblings; Martin Luther King III, Dexter King and Bernice King and referred to the three as independent when she watched them whenever their mother went out of town. Sometime after Martin Luther King's assassination, King told her mother "Mom, I'm not going to cry because my dad is not dead. He may be dead physically, and one day I am going to see him again".

On July 21, 1969, King's uncle and father's brother Alfred Daniel Williams King was found dead in the swimming pool of his home. His youngest two children, Esther and Vernon, were vacationing with King and her family in Jamaica when they heard of his death. On April 4, 1970, the second anniversary of her father's death, she and her sister Bernice attended their grandfather Martin Luther King, Sr.'s silent prayer for their father at his gravesite. The practice of going to her father's grave on the anniversary of either his birth or assassination became an annual ritual for the King family to mourn his death.

In her teenage years, King preferred to go by her nickname "Yoki." As she said during an interview, "I prefer Yoki. Maybe when I'm older I won't be able to stand Yoki, but Yolanda sounds so formal!" She felt teenagers were confused and were using drugs as a method to escape their problems.

At 15 she was subject to controversy when she appeared in the play The Owl and the Pussycat with a white male lead. Though her mother kept her naïve to the controversies so she could "fulfill [her] objective, which was to do the play", that did not stop her from learning of the negativity implemented from her role years later. Her grandfather Martin Luther King Sr. initially was not going to go to her performance due to opposition by locals, but changed his mind afterward. During a Sunday visit to Church, King was forced to stand before the congregation and explain her actions. In response to her role in the play and her own response to the role, a man wrote to Jet predicting that she would marry a white person before she was eighteen. Despite statements such as these, King did not become aware of the public discomfort with her role until years later, citing her mother's involvement in her knowledge of the criticism.

When King was 16, she received attention in Jet in 1972, where she talked about what her father's famous name was doing for her life. In the interview with the magazine, she related how people expected her to be "stuck up" and referred to it as one of the "handicaps" of being Martin Luther King's child. She recalled having met a friend that was scared of being acquainted with her, because of her father's identity and expressed her thoughts in the colleges she wished to attend. King would ultimately attend Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts, after graduating from high school.

King called her father's name and having to live up to it a "challenge" and recalled a friend when she first met a friend of hers, who believed she could not say anything to King but after beginning to know her, realized that she was "no worse than my other friends" and she "could say anything" to her. King also voiced her dislike of the assumption that she would behave just like her mother and father, and the difficulty of being perceived as not being someone others could talk to. When asked what kind of world she would like to live in, King said she wished "people could love everybody". Despite this wish, she acknowledged that this was of no ease and expressed happiness that her father had changed many things, and even made some people gain self-esteem. Positive reception came to this interview, and Yolanda was even called the "leader of the 16-year-olds" for her "calmness, her concern," and "her vision".

College: 1972–1976
After graduating from high school, she went to Smith College. She took classes taught by Manning Marable and Johnnella Butler, and became satisfied with her choice of a college. But after finishing her sophomore year and returning home so she could work over the summer, her grandmother Alberta Williams King was killed on June 30, 1974. With her death, the only remaining members of King's father's immediate family were her grandfather Martin Luther King, Sr. and aunt Christine King Ferris. She was also subject to some harassment by her classmates, describing it as the "era when students were making demands and many black students were closer to the teachings of Malcolm X, or what they thought were his teachings." The children referred to her father as an "Uncle Tom" and she was scared that he would go down in history as such. She reflected "I had never read his works. I was just someone who loved someone, and I knew he had done great things and now people didn't appreciate it." She proceeded to read his books, and started to believe that her father had been correct all along.

When asked about what pressures emerged from being a daughter of Martin Luther King Jr., King stated that "as soon as people heard me speak, they would compare me to my father ... My siblings had the same kind of pressure. There was such a need, like they were looking for a miracle." At the time of her turmoil in college, King recalled having not known Malcolm X and "didn't understand daddy, so here I was trying to defend something I thought I knew about but really didn't." On April 4, 1975, King joined her family in placing azaleas over her father's crypt, marking the seventh anniversary of his assassination.

Immediate life after Smith College: 1976–1978
An alumna of Smith College after graduating in 1976, she was the subject of an essay among the "remarkable women" during a celebration during the college's one hundred and twenty-fifth year and she was a member of the board of directors of the Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change, Inc. (the official national memorial to her father) and was founding Director of the King Center's Cultural Affairs Program. King became a human rights activist and actress. She stated in 2000 to USA Today, that her acting "allowed me to find an expression and outlet for the pain and anger I felt about losing my father,". Her mother's support helped in starting her acting career. Despite some early opposition to acting that she received during her controversial play in high school, King still tried to get roles and actively tried performing.

She served on the Partnership Council of Habitat for Humanity, was the first national Ambassador for the American Stroke Association's "Power to End Stroke" Campaign, a member of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, a sponsor of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, Human Rights Campaign, and held a lifetime membership in the NAACP. King received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts, a master's degree in theater from New York University, and an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Marywood University. In 1978, she starred as Rosa Parks in the TV miniseries King (based on her father's life and released on DVD in 2005).

Meeting Attallah Shabazz: 1979
In 1979, Yolanda met Attallah Shabazz, the eldest daughter of Malcolm X, after arrangements had been made by Ebony Magazine to take a photograph of the two women together. Both were worried that they would not like each other due to their fathers' legacies. Instead, the two quickly found common ground in their activism and in their positive outlook towards the future of African-Americans. The two were young adults at the time and had a mutual friend who noticed they were both studying theater in New York and arranged for them to meet. A few months after King and Shabazz met, the pair decided to collaborate on a theatrical work, resulting in Stepping into Tomorrow. The play was directed towards teens and focused on the 10th year reunion of six high school friends. Stepping into Tomorrow led to the formation of Nucleus in the 1980s, a theater company which King and Shabazz founded. The theater company was based in New York City and Los Angeles and focused on addressing the issues that their fathers, Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X, spoke of in their lifetimes. The pair performed in around 50 cities a year and did lectures together, typically in school settings.

King holiday, arrests, and return to Smith College: 1980–1989
When presenting herself in 1980 to the GSA staff members, she stated: "Jim Crow [segregation] is dead, but his sophisticated cousin James Crow, Esq., is very much alive. We must cease our premature celebration [about civil rights already achieved] and get back to the struggle. We cannot be satisfied with a few black faces in high places when millions of our people have been locked out." She received a standing ovation afterwards, alongside a thunderous applause. In February 1982, King was a speaker during the centennial of Anne Spencer's birth. In 1984, she was arrested in the view of her mother for having protested in front of the South African Embassy, in support of anti-apartheid views. It was the first time she had ever been arrested. On January 7, 1986, Yolanda, her brother Martin Luther King III and her sister Bernice were arrested for "disorderly conduct" by officers responding to a call from a Winn Dixie market, which had had an ongoing protest against it since September of the previous year.

She showed dissatisfaction with her "generation" on January 20, 1985, and referred to them as being "laid-back and unconcerned", and "forgetting the sacrifices that allowed them to get away with being so laid-back". That same year, she presented the Martin Luther King Jr. Award for Public Service to Chicago Mayor Harold Washington during the fifth annual Ebony American Black Achievement Awards.

She celebrated her father's holiday on January 16, 1986, and attended a breakfast in Chicago with Mayor Harold Washington. She stated that her father had a "magnificent dream", but admitted that "it still is only a dream." King started Black History Month of 1986 by giving a speech in Santa Ana, which called for the study of African-American history to not be "relegated to the shortest and coldest month of the year." After having been a public speaker for over twenty years, Yolanda recalled her talents having "happened very naturally growing up in a house like mine". She also found "great irony" in President Ronald Reagan having signed a bill to make Martin Luther King Jr. Day a national holiday.

She kicked off Martin Luther King Jr. Day by starting a week-long celebration on January 12, 1987, and talked to students about opportunities that they had at that point which their parents and grandparents did not have. On April 8, 1988, King and Shabazz were honored by Los Angeles County supervisors for their "unifying" performance and message on stage at the Los Angeles Theater Center the previous night. Their play Stepping into Tomorrow was praised by supervisors as being "entertaining and enlightening." At the time of the honor, King said that their production company had been approached by organizations seeking to arrange special staging of the play for gang members before May 1, when the show's run would end. Supervisor Kenneth Hahn said to King that he "sensed I was in the presence of a great man when I met your father." She returned to Smith College on January 26, 1989. There, she gave a speech and made references to her past difficult experiences when first coming to the college. King made it clear that while she had not been "endeared" to the institution, she was still "grateful" for her experience. She called for Americans to memorialize those who gave their lives for "the struggle for peace and justice." At this point in her life, King also served as director of cultural affairs for the King Center for Nonviolent Social Change and was tasked with raising and directing funds for all artistic events.

She was the godmother of acclaimed actress RaéVen Larrymore Kelly. King and Kelly starred in three films together, HBO's "America's Dream" starring Danny Glover and Wesley Snipes, award-winning period film "Odessa," that deals with racial unrest in which King gives a stellar performance as a nanny who lost her son to racial violence, and in Rob Reiner's film "Ghosts of Mississippi" about the assassination of civil rights leader Medgar Evers starring Whoopi Goldberg and Alec Baldwin; King and Kelly played the adult and child versions of Reena Evers.

Arizona boycott and James Earl Ray retrial: 1990–1999
On December 9, 1990, she canceled a planned appearance in a play in Tucson, Arizona and ignored a boycott going on at the time by civil rights groups and other activists for Arizona voters rejected the proposal of Martin Luther King Jr. Day being celebrated there. King and Shabazz had planned the play months before the voters of the state rejecting the holiday, and King prepared a statement which solidified her reasons for supporting the boycott. Despite this, Shabazz still appeared in the state and performed in the play. On January 17, 1991, Yolanda spoke before a crowd of students at Edmonds Community College, around 200 in number. She debunked complacency in having any role in progression of her father's dream. She joined her mother in placing a wreath around her father's crypt. King stressed in 1992 that love would help people make their mark on the world. That same year, she also spoke at Indiana University. In October, King gave support for a Cabrini-Green family that wants to escape the violence, and a fundraiser for their cause.

25 years after her father's assassination, she went to his gravesite. There, she joined hands with her siblings and mother along with other civil rights activists, singing We Shall Overcome. During July 1993, she agreed to speak at the Coral Springs City Centre for airfare and a fee in January 1994. She originally wanted $8,000, but negotiated down to $6,500. During her speech, she mentioned that the fact that the poverty line in America among children had nearly tripled and urged people to "reach out" and "do what you can". In October, she uttered her belief that her father's dream of integration was not fully understood.

On February 1, 1994, King attempted to speak before a diverse class of students at North Central College. She stated, "It is entirely appropriate that you would choose to focus on multiculturalism as the opening activity of Black History Month. The only reason why Black History Month was created and still exists is because America is still struggling and trying to come to grips, come to terms with the diversity of its people." In July 1994, after seeing some photographs of her father prior to his death, Yolanda lamented that "this [had] brought back a lot of memories. It's often hard for young people to understand the fear and terror so many people felt and how bold they were to get involved in the marches. But walking through the first part of the exhibit I felt that terror." She honored her father in 1995 by performing in the Chicago Sinfonietta in the play "A Lincoln Portrait", in which she was the narrator. The "commitment" to diverse members in the audience and the play itself, was what represented the opportunities for which King fought.

In the fall of 1995, at age 39, she joined Ilyasah Shabazz and Reena Evers in saluting their mothers as they chaired an attempt at registering one million African-American women to vote in the presidential election of 1996. King joined the rest of her family in February 1997, in advocating a retrial for James Earl Ray, the man convicted of her father's murder, having realized that "without our direct involvement, the truth will never come out." In an interview with People magazine in 1999, she recalled when she first learned of her father's death and stated in her words that "to this day, my heart skips a beat every time I hear one of those special bulletins." King appeared in the film Selma, Lord, Selma, based on the 1965 Selma to Montgomery marches as Miss Bright. Prior to the film's release, King expressed belief in children of the time knowing that "Martin Luther King Jr. was killed, but when it is time to talk about the facts and the history, there is not a lot of knowledge. They look at me when I'm talking as if this is science fiction."

Final years: 2000–2007
King attended and spoke at the Human Rights Campaign Detroit Gala Dinner of 2000. In a twenty-four-minute-long speech, she brought up the presidential election of that year, and also quoted the words of Bobby Kennedy by recalling his line which he took from George Bernard Shaw, that "some men see things as they are and say why? I dream things that never were and say why not?". During a presentation in May 2000, King was asked if the human race would ever become "color blind". In response, she pushed for "the goal" to be "color acceptance." Following the September 11 attacks, King spoke in North Chicago in 2002 and related that her father's wisdom during the crisis would have been of great aid to her. She mentioned the possibility that the event could have been a calling for Americans to put their loyalty towards "their race, tribe and nation", as her father once said. She, her brother Martin Luther King III and Al Sharpton sang We Shall Overcome in front of "The Sphere", which stood atop the World Trade Center prior to the September 11 attacks.

In honor of her father, King promoted a show in Los Angeles entitled "Achieving the Dream" in 2001. During the play, she changed costume numerous times and adjusted her voice and body language when changing roles. King and Elodia Tate co-edited the book Open My Eyes, Open My Soul: Celebrating Our Common Humanity, published by McGraw-Hill in 2003. In January 2004, King referred to her father as a king, but not as one who "sat on a throne, but one who sat in a dark Birmingham jail." While in Dallas in March 2004, King related; "It's only in the past half-dozen years or so that I have felt comfortable in my own skin. I don't have to try and prove anything to anyone anymore." "I struggled with a lot of the legacy for a long time, probably actually into my 30s before I really made peace with it," Yolanda stated in 2005 on "Western Skies", a public radio show based in Colorado. During the fall of 2004 she played Mama in "A Raisin in the Sun" at the Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts at Cornell University.

Mother's death, sibling dispute and final months: 2006–2007
Coretta Scott King began to decline in health after suffering a stroke in August 2005. She also was diagnosed with ovarian cancer. The four children of the civil rights activist noticed "something was happening". King was having a conversation with her mother in her home when she stopped talking. Coretta had a blood clot move from her heart and lodge in an artery in her brain. She was hospitalized on August 16, 2005, and was set to come home as well. Alongside the physician that took care of her mother, Dr. Maggie Mermin and her sister, Yolanda told the press that her mother was making progress on a daily basis and was expected to make a full recovery. She became a spokesperson for the American Heart Association after her mother's stroke, promoting a campaign to raise awareness about strokes.

That year, she and her brother Dexter came to oppose their other brother and sister, Martin Luther King III and Bernice King, on the matter of selling the King Center. King and Dexter were in favor of sale, but their other siblings were not. After Coretta died on January 30, 2006, Yolanda, like her siblings, attended her funeral. When asked about how she was faring following her mother's death, Yolanda responded: "I connected with her spirit so strongly. I am in direct contact with her spirit, and that has given me so much peace and so much strength." She found her mother's personal papers in her home.

She preached in January 2007 to an audience in Ebenezer Baptist Church urging them to be an oasis for peace and love, as well as to use her father's holiday as starting ground for their own interpretations of prejudice. She spoke on Martin Luther King Jr. Day 2007 to attendees at the Ebenezer Baptist Church and stated: "We must keep reaching across the table and, in the tradition of Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King, feed each other,". After her hour-long presentation, she joined her sister and her aunt, Christine King Farris, in signing books. On May 12, 2007, days before her death, she spoke at St. Mary Medical Center in Langhorne, Pennsylvania, on behalf of the American Stroke Association.

Death
On May 15, 2007, King told her brother Dexter, that she was tired, though he thought nothing of it because of her "hectic" schedule. Around an hour later, King collapsed in the Santa Monica, California home of Philip Madison Jones, her brother Dexter King's best friend, and could not be revived. Her death came a year after her mother died. Her family has speculated that her death was caused by a heart condition. In the early hours of May 19, 2007, King's body was brought to Atlanta, Georgia by private plane belonging to Bishop Eddie Long. A public memorial for Yolanda King was held on May 24, 2007, at Ebenezer Baptist Church Horizon Sanctuary in Atlanta, Georgia. Many in attendance did not know her, but came out of respect for the King family's history of peace protests and social justice. King was cremated, in accordance with her wishes. She was 51. Her three siblings lit a candle in her memory.

Bernice King said it was "very difficult standing here blessed as her one and only sister. Yolanda, from your one and only, I thank you for being a sister and for being a friend." Martin Luther King III uttered that "Yolanda is still in business. She just moved upstairs." Maya Angelou wrote a tribute to her, which was read during the memorial service. She wrote "Yolanda proved daily that it was possible to smile while wreathed in sadness. In fact, she proved that the smile was more powerful and sweeter because it had to press itself through mournfulness to be seen, force itself through cruelty to show that the light of survival shines for us all." Many former classmates of both Grady High School and Smith College attended to remember her. Raphael Warnock stated; "She dealt with the difficulty of personal pain and public responsibility and yet ... she emerged from it all victorious. Thank you for her voice."

Ideas, influence, and political stances
To the time of her death, King continued to deny that her father's dreams and ideals would be fulfilled during her lifetime. In 1993, she debunked the thought that her father's "dream" had been anything but a dream, and was quoted as saying "It's easier to build monuments than to make a better world. It seems we've stood still and in many ways gone backward since Martin Luther King Jr. was alive.", during a celebration that marked what would have been her father's sixty-fourth birthday.

Despite this, she was quoted in January 2003 of saying that she was "a 100 percent, dyed-in-the-wool, card-carrying believer in 'The Dream'. It's a dream about freedom—freedom from oppression, from exploitation, from poverty ... the dream of a nation and a world where each and every child will have the opportunity to simply be the very best that they can be." The statement was made while she was in the presence of 800 people who gathered to honor her father at the Everett Theatre. She made it clear that month that she was not trying to fill her father's footsteps, noting jokingly that "They're too big" and that she would "fall and break [her] neck". She also advocated for her father's holiday to be used as a day for helping others, and also expressed dissatisfaction on the basis of people relaxing on his day. On January 15, 1997, she spoke at Florida Memorial College and expressed what she believed her father would feel if "he knew that people were taking a day off in his memory to do nothing". She disliked cliches used to define her father and expressed this to Attallah Shabazz, and recalled having seen a play where her father was a "wimp" and carried The Bible with him everywhere.

King was an ardent activist for gay rights, as was her mother; Coretta Scott protested many times over gay rights. She was among 187 people arrested during a demonstration by lesbian and gay rights activists. She stated at the Chicago's Out and Equal Workplace Summit in 2006 "If you are gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender, you do not have the same rights as other Americans, you cannot marry, ... you still face discrimination in the workplace, and in our armed forces. For a nation that prides itself on liberty, justice and equality for all, this is totally unacceptable." Like her parents and siblings, King did not publicly affiliate with a political party. Despite this, she did voice opposition to President Ronald Reagan's reluctance to sign the law establishing Martin Luther King Jr. Day, her father's national holiday.

Legacy
Dexter King said of his sister, "She gave me permission. She allowed me to give myself permission to be me." Jesse Jackson stated that King "lived with a lot of the trauma of our struggle. The movement was in her DNA." Joseph Lowery stated; "She was a princess and she walked and carried herself like a princess. She was a reserved and quiet person who loved acting." January 2008's issue of Ebony, her relationship with Rev. Suzan Johnson Cook was highlighted in an article written by the minister, as she dubbed her deceased longtime friend a "queen whose name was King". On May 25, 2008, her brother Martin Luther III and his wife, Arndrea, became the parents of a baby girl and named her Yolanda Renee King, after King herself. During a 2009 reunion at her alma mater Smith College, a walk was done in her memory by fellow alumnae.

Portrayals in film
Yolanda has mostly been portrayed in films that revolve around her parents.
 * Felecia Hunter, in the 1978 television miniseries King.
 * Melina Nzeza as a child and Ronda Louis-Jeune as an adult, in the 2013 television movie Betty and Coretta.

Filmography

 * King (1978, television mini-series) as Rosa Parks
 * Hopscotch (1980) as Coffee Shop Manager
 * Death of a Prophet (1981, television film) as Betty Shabazz
 * No Big Deal (1983, television movie) as Miss Karnisian's Class
 * Talkin' Dirty After Dark (1991) as Woman #2
 * America's Dream (1996, television series) starred with her goddaughter RaéVen Larrymore Kelly
 * Fluke (1996, television film) as Mrs. Crawford (segment "The Boy Who Painted Christ Black")
 * Ghosts of Mississippi (1996) as Reena Evers (with her goddaughter RaéVen Larrymore Kelly)
 * Drive by: A Love Story (1997, Short) as Dee
 * Our Friend, Martin (1999, Video) as Christine King (voice)
 * Selma, Lord, Selma (1999, television series) as Miss Bright
 * Funny Valentines (1999) as Usher Lady #2
 * The Secret Path (1999, television movie) as Ms. Evelyn
 * Odessa (2000, short) as Odessa
 * JAG (2000, television series) as Federal Judge Esther Green
 * Any Day Now (2001, television series) as Marilyn Scott
 * Liberty's Kids (2002, television series) as Elizabeth Freeman (voice)
 * The Still Life (2006) as Herself / Art Buyer
 * Jim Henson's Construction Site Movie (2007, film) as Charlene (voice, final film role)

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The azure jay (Cyanocorax caeruleus) (Brazilian Portuguese: Gralha-azul, meaning blue jackdaw) is a passeriform bird of the crow family, Corvidae. It is found in the Atlantic Forest, especially with Araucaria angustifolia, in south-eastern Brazil (São Paulo to Rio Grande do Sul), far eastern Paraguay and far north-eastern Argentina. It is the state bird of Paraná.

Description
The azure jay has a total length of approximately 40 cm and it weighs about 270 g, and is the largest South American corvid. Its plumage is intensely blue with a contrasting black head and upper chest. Males and females are similar, although the females typically are smaller.

Its breeding season is from October to January. This bird is a social breeder. It lays 2–4 eggs and its nest is made of sticks. It is placed 10 - 20 m above the ground in an Araucaria tree.

Diet
It feeds extensively on the nut-like seeds of Araucaria angustifolia, but it is not strictly limited to this, and also feeds on insects and fruit. Like other corvids, azure jays are highly intelligent. Their communication is complex, consisting of at least 14 distinct vocalizations. They form groups of 4 to 15 individuals that are well organized in hierarchies. These groups remain stable for up to two generations.

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