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Re:Battlestar GalacticA category talk
Hi 73 - you wrote: ''Hey. It looks like you deleted Category:Battlestar Galactica stubs yesterday, but left the talk page. Since the talk consists only of cleancat, I was wondering why you left it. '' Very simple really - stub cats rarely if ever have active talk pages, and I didn't notice that ths one had one. Since talk pages are deleted separately from the main pages, I, um... forgot :) It's gone now. Thanks! Grutness...wha?  06:05, 27 April 2006 (UTC)

Please look at the compromise
Hi! Please see my reasoning and act accordingly. Fra nkB 19:55, 3 May 2006 (UTC)

Hi again! I put up some answers for you Cfd:ebooks. Fra nkB 06:21, 5 May 2006 (UTC)

morton plant hospital
Thanks for adding the category tag. Does adding tag automatically populate Category:Hospitals in Florida, or do you have to added the name to the category page? Thanks, User:Mikereichold | User_talk:Mikereichold 01:13, 7 May 2006 (UTC)

 * It automatically adds the page to . That's part of the magic of categories! It sometimes takes a few minutes to show up, but it's all automatic. SeventyThree(Talk) 01:20, 7 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Super and thank you.User:Mikereichold | User_talk:Mikereichold 01:40, 7 May 2006 (UTC)

JGrespan
Just delete the thing then! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by JesseH (talk • contribs).

 * I'm not an admin, so I can't delete the image. SeventyThree(Talk) 20:10, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

speedy delete
I didn't think anyone would be interested in discussing them. Oh well, live and learn. I bet someone tells me I should have speedy deleted them though. I've put them up the usual way -- ProveIt (talk) 23:53, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

 * They probably will point that out, but if they've not been empty for more than 4 days then they're technically not speedyable. Although their deletion is a bit of a no-brainer. SeventyThree(Talk) 00:00, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

 * I don't know how long they have been empty, although I suspect it's probably been long enough. Do you know a way to find out?  -- ProveIt (talk) 01:04, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

 * I've never found a way. Categories don't have a normal history of the contents, because they're generated automagicly. If you know the subject you can check the history of some pages which should have been entries. I don;t think there is a way, sorry. SeventyThree(Talk) 16:09, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

Modifications to the Userbox Sample template
Thanks for your work on the userbox sample template. You did a great job with what really had me stumped. I think it's ready for prime time - I have posted Userbox Sample and Userbox Sample2 based on this test template. BigDT 02:37, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

Category:Fenêtre Records albums
The one remaining article in this category (mentioned in this CfD) has been deleted. Please consider a delete vote for the now-empty category. Thanks! -Big Smooth 20:32, 24 May 2006 (UTC)

 * Thanks for updating me - I've changed my vote. Can you remember the name of the article which used to populate the category? It'd be nice to know so I can check the deletion. Sometimes people remove category tags from articles or misunderstand the CfD process, so it's nice to be able to check. I should have made note earlier, really! Keep up the good work. SeventyThree(Talk) 00:39, 25 May 2006 (UTC)
 * As far as I know, the only article in there was The Skywriter. -Big Smooth 15:42, 25 May 2006 (UTC)
 * OK, thanks. SeventyThree(Talk) 04:57, 26 May 2006 (UTC)

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Bot help
I would like to write a bot that would search for my name (real and user name) being used in an article or talk page because I recently had an incident where a point of view was being discussed about a contribution I had made in regard to its premeditated deletion. Can you help? Thanks. ...IMHO (Talk) 19:41, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

 * There are several ways to do that, but I don't think you need a bot for it. If you want a list of pages you've edited, click "my contributions" at the top right of a page, or visit Special:Contributions/User:Pce3@ij.net - you can narrow down the namespace using the drop-down menu, if that helps. There are other ways as well - if you signed on the page, you could check "What links here" on your userpage (here) or talk page (here).

 * If you want to look for your real name, you could try Googling wikipedia (like this). You could also google your username, to catch places where it's used without being wikilinked. Bear in mind that google is a few days behind wikipedia, so if you're looking for something recent it may not find it. You could try the internal wikipedia search engine as well, but that's not always best (it's case-sensitive, among other things), and not always working.

 * Hope that helps - if not, give me another shout. SeventyThree(Talk) 23:30, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

 * Yeah Google is great for finding older stuff. I was able in fact to find two images that needed to be deleated I probably could not have found as easily any other way. My main reason though for making the request was to be able to come up to speed a lot sooner than it would normally take me to figure out how to write a bot on my own. To be honest even though I am sure that I will eventually come up with a great bot application the truth is that I do not really have one now. Since so much of the things that I have wanted to do over the years since I started programming in the mid sixties that I will have to take my mind back to that point in time to see if there is anything I did not or could not accomplish back then but can accomplish now. If you prefer just to refer me to some directed reading than that would be great too. Thanks. ...IMHO (Talk) 00:58, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

 * I'd love to help, but there's not much I can tell you on the bot front. The only wikipedia 'bot' I use is AWB, which is more of a software tool and involves no programming beyond regexps. I haven't written any code which interfaces with wikipedia myself, so I can't help there - probably best if you point yourself at Bots for inspiration and more experienced users. That said, I know a little of many languages and I'm always willing to learn. If you think I can help despite my inexperience, I'm willing.

 * I hear that the pywiki framework is a good place to start, but it all depends on what languages you know and what you want to do. If you want some ideas, try Bot requests or maybe browse Bots/Requests for approvals for applications which got accepted. SeventyThree(Talk) 01:20, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

 * Okay after a few hours sleep its coming back to me now... one of the uses I have for a bot is to help me build a list of the relevant characteristics of a particular topic or object. The for instance might be the various parts of speech used to define or name or describe an ant. For instance fire would be one and carpenter would be another, etc. The bot would simply produce a location code or link as a reference and maybe even add the descriptor to a spreadsheet list such that I would end up having a pretty complete list over time of all the descriptors used to describe or name an ant. ...IMHO (Talk) 12:36, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

 * For that sort of thing (non-interactive analysis), the best thing to do is probably to get a database dump - here is a good place to start. You probably want the current version of all articles (about 1Gb compressed download). Using a dump will ease the load on the servers considerably, and you can do alsorts with it. Alternatively, I've seen a web interface for running an SQL query on the live database - but my link doesn't seem to have it anymore. SeventyThree(Talk) 14:19, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

 * Looks like the best plan in that case would be to download a list of articles and then do a special export download on each one followed by an offline analysis one at a time. I could easily write a program for my own system to do this in background mode. Do you know off hand where a table of contents or an index of each article is? Also do you know if there is a page or file that lists the articles which have changed during a specified period (the last day or hour) so the problem of keeping my analysis current will be under control? Found it! Thanks. ...IMHO (Talk) 19:40, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

 * I'm guessing you found Special:Allpages and Special:Recentchanges then. You might be able to use Special:Recentchangeslinked/Whatever as well. SeventyThree(Talk) 23:36, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

 * Yes. These should do fine. Together with special export I should be able to write something using the MS Webbrowser control and a simple loop to get both the article name and access the article data to find each keyword modifier and go on to the next. I should also be able to write something to do the same using the list of most recent files. Should be a really interesting project. Thanks. ...IMHO (Talk) 18:38, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

 * Glad I could help. SeventyThree(Talk) 18:53, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

 * Pce3: I apologize if I offended you with my comment on Talk:Sorting algorithm regarding Rapid sort. I was not attempting to initiate a conspiracy to delete your article, just to invite interested parties to participate in the deletion discussion, both supporters and opposers. I'm sorry that I didn't mention it to you, I really wasn't trying to hide it. To directly answer your question, if you wait long enough you can get a pretty complete picture by either searching the site with Google or downloading a database dump and doing a fulltext search on the articles. Deco 00:27, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

 * Well actually my primary interest in a bot is basically to learn how to do one. The idea to scout for my name or user ID being used was something that just popped into my head I guess because I realised that I only spotted your discussion with Snow by accident. Its no big deal except that it just seems like your reaction to the Rapid sort article was to get rid of it in all possible haste as if it repesented some kind of threat (Please see: Systemic bias). So I guess I was just thinking that instead of constantly monitoring my contributions or watch list and again mainly to learn how to do a bot I'd ask SeventyThree for help. Its not a biggy. I'm sure that once you have a chance to look at the Check sort in particular that you will see why I have concerns about dropping my efforts in regard to eventual publication of the Rapid sort. The fact that it does have a precursor though which I use every day for the original purpose it was created should tell you something. So don't be too worried about the whole thing I'm just trying to do justice to the Rapid sort in terms of sticking up for my part and it's. ...IMHO (Talk) 00:58, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

Images license/source
Hello, you have several images marked for speedy deletion that do not have license and/or source. Please provide the sources and/or source information soon if you do not want them deleted.Thanks.-- Dakota ~ 23:22, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

 * Those would probably be the ones in my sandbox - part of a cleanup I was helping with, so I'm not surprised. I didn't initially upload any, although I reuploaded some to remove whitespace. Either way, I've blanked the page. I wouldn't want to stop any orfud deletions etc. SeventyThree(Talk) 18:57, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks
Regarding the Image on 7th Edition, please feel free to delete it. A better image has replaced it on the article.

The Ronin 01:45, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

 * I'm not an admin, so I can't delete the image myself. I take it the better image is Image:Exp sym SeventhEdition C.gif? Depending, there are several ways to get rid of the image - but at this stage, it's probably easiest to just wait for the seven days to elapse. SeventyThree(Talk) 02:03, 14 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Ok, thanks. Sorry if I've wasted any time. True, the aforementioned image is the better one.The Ronin 21:10, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

Re: Signiature
Yeah, list it for deletion... I was trying something, which didn't work, so my signiature was reverted back to what it is now :-) OwenS | T | C | 21:01, 23 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Gone :) SeventyThree(Talk) 01:26, 27 June 2006 (UTC)

Television series by company
They have been relisted...let's start anew, shall we? —Lady Aleena talk / contribs 18:42, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

Orphaned fair use image (Image:Zat_logo_wiki.gif)
Oh, heavens to Mergatroid, I sure hope I'm doing this right. =)

SeventyThree, thanks much for your reply and advice. I'm-a gonna let the image go bye-bye for now until I get more content to properly showcase it, and re-up it then.

Here we go with that four tilde thing. . . it worked in the preview. . . hope I don't mess it up!

Hoo-cha! → Buddypedia 15:46, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

wikEd

Hi, I have seen that you are using the Cacycle editor extension. This program is no longer actively maintained in favor of its much more powerful successor wikEd.

wikEd has all the functionality of the old editor plus: • syntax highlighting • nifty image buttons • more fixing buttons • paste formatted text from Word or web pages • convert the formatted text into wikicode • adjust the font size • and much, much more.

Switching to wikEd is easy, check the detailed installation description on its project homepage. Often it is as simple as changing every occurrence of editor.js into wikEd.js on your User:YourUsername/monobook.js page.

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Question re: An Góilín
It looks like you supplied the photo for the An Góilín article. If so, do you know in which club that picture was taken? It looks familar. Thanks. -- House of Scandal 17:59, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

 * Actually, I just moved and resized the pictures. The uploader was User:El Gringo, so you might want to ask them. SeventyThree(Talk) 21:41, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

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Swedish Massage
Hi if you would like to come help me out on the massage article that would be much appreciated! Thanks!Bronayur 21:51, 28 September 2007 (UTC)

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Joe Kernen

Joseph Richard Kernen (born January 6, 1956) is an American conservative news anchor who is the co-host of Squawk Box on CNBC.

Early life and education
Kernen grew up in Western Hills, Cincinnati and graduated from St. Xavier High School in 1974. He holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Colorado Boulder and a master's degree in molecular biology from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he worked on cancer research.

Career
Kernen came to CNBC in the 1991 merger with Financial News Network, having joined FNN after a 10-year career as a stockbroker.

In 1995, he became the co-host of Squawk Box.

Imitation of Indian accent
On September 20 of 2013, Kernen imitated an Indian accent on CNBC's "Squawk Box" program while discussing banknotes from India and asked if the Indian rupee is accepted as currency at 7-Eleven stores. He later stated, "Last Friday, I made an inappropriate and insensitive remark on Squawk Box. I apologize for any offense it caused."

Irish geography
In November 2014, during an on-air interview, Kernen asked IDA Ireland chief executive Martin Shanahan why Ireland did not use the pound sterling and asked if Ireland and Scotland were not on the same island. Critics say Kernen appeared to believe that Republic of Ireland was part of the United Kingdom while ignoring the fact that Northern Ireland is indeed part of the UK.

Personal life
Kernen is married to Penelope Scott Kernen, a former commodities trader from Short Hills, New Jersey. They met after she joined CNBC in 1996 and were married in 1998 on a golf course.

His nicknames are "The Kahuna" and "The Hair".

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Wards of cities in Japan.

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Talk:Blue Division

Division 250
This was at "Division 250":
 * Division 250 or also called the Blue Division, was a "Volunteer" spanish military unit that fought for Germany in World War two, mostly in the Russian front. Known as the blue division for the use of blue falangist uniforms.
 * Why should this division article not be titled like the other Wehrmacht divisions with its number? After all, other divisions in Wehrmacht had unofficial names, but none are listed as such.--mrg3105 (comms) ♠ ♥ ♦ ♣ 23:10, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
 * WP:NC(CN). Person who is searching information on division is most likely going to use term "Blue division" not "250th Infantry division (German)".--Staberinde (talk) 10:32, 11 May 2008 (UTC)

Also

 * Also the name of a spanish nationalist Oi! rock music band from Valencia.

--Error 02:12, 21 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Influence of the Blue Division in later Spanish Army history
This whole section seems pretty much opinion-only, it probably should be rewritten or removed entirely by someone with more knowledge.

Also, any sources to the statement that Luis Garcia Berlanga went to the Blue Division "in order to help their relatives in Franco's prisons"? Other than himself saying this in interviews, of course. Looks suspiciously like revisionism. Jope 14:01, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

Other prominent today person that were erased (of list don't think badly) by obvious reasons. oTHER ARTICLE WITH ONLY FOREIGN VOLUNTEER DIVISIONS???¿ —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.155.45.166 (talk) 20:08, 21 September 2008 (UTC)

Portuguese volunteers in the Blue Division?
I heard that a band of Portuguese volunteers, several hundreds strong, served in the Blue Division under the name "Green Legion". Any information on it and should it be included in the article as well?123.123.202.233 (talk) 05:26, 31 October 2009 (UTC)

Explanation
Hello, onebody could to explain me why the country of the Blue Division is "Spain", and "Nazi Germany" is the alliegerance? Thanks.--Capitán Simio (talk) 18:54, 28 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Favor de leer este mismo articulo en la Wikipedia España a:    ES.WIKIPEDIA.ORG/WIKI/DIVISIÓN_AZUL    K. Kellogg-Smith (talk) 19:10, 14 March 2010 (UTC)

Should not be, it should be considered a german unit, spain was "neutral" during the war. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Elloza (talk • contribs) 21:26, 7 June 2010 (UTC)

German medals on religious statues
It may be too lateral for the article but some Iron Crosses were donated by Division veterans to their favourite images of Mary. --Error (talk) 17:32, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

Blue Squadron
There should be a separate article on the Blue Squadron. (2A00:23C7:CF07:C300:E929:7180:CED2:FE61 (talk) 10:22, 2 August 2019 (UTC))

Foreigners in the Blue Division
If you pick any book on the topic "Blue Division" you will not find much on non Spanish volunteers. Pick for example the book "La Division Azul" by Carlos Caballero Jurado which was considered by historian Stanley G. Payne as the definitive work on the topic. In more than 600 pages the book hardly talks about foreign volunteers. What this book says is that some Portuguese Fascists connected with Francisco Rolão Preto (the leader of the Portuguese Fascist movement that was imprisoned and exiled by Salazar) tried to connect the Portuguese Legion with the Blue Division, to fight against communism, but that Salazar did not allow it. The also book briefly talks about a few foreigners from a few nationalities (e.g. one Estonian).

Now according to some minor sources (a blog, a doctoral thesis, and a paper presented at a congress) it looks like there were between 150 and 200 Portuguese volunteers that fought in the Blue Division. According to these same minor sources most of these Portuguese volunteers had been living in Spain for a long time and had developed roots in Spain. The same way the sources also say that there were also volunteers from many other countries such as Russia, France etc. and that these volunteers had also developed roots in Spain and most of them had acquired Spanish Citizenship. In my opinion neither the topic nor the sources are relevant enough to be part of a serious enciclopedia article. However if the article is going to mention foreigners it will have to mention all of them, including those that later in their lives have acquired Spanish Citizenship, because that is exactly what the source say ( See the source: Extranjeos en La Division Azul". And, as to the Portuguese, if they are going to be mentioned it will have to be said what Carlos Caballero did say, that they were not backed up by Salazar.--J Pratas (talk) 22:32, 13 October 2019 (UTC)

May 2020 edit
Preserving here by providing this link; my rationale was: "unreliably sourced and / or undue". --K.e.coffman (talk) 18:44, 25 May 2020 (UTC)

Non-Germans in the Wehrmacht?
I have read elsewhere that non-Germans could not join the German Armed Forces (any branch)

This is why there were so many different nationalities in the SS. They would have joined the Heer, but were not allowed to, so the SS was their only option.

So how did Spanish citizens join the Heer?

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Withdrawal
The Blue Division was not fully withdrawn from the Eastern Front until 21 March 1944. Franco did not return to full neutrality until August 1944 when the Germans withdrew from the Spanish frontier. (Westerhaley (talk) 17:05, 27 April 2021 (UTC))
 * Do you have any WP:RS to support your claim that the Blue Division, rather than Spanish volunteers generally, continued to exist in any legal form after October 1943? —Brigade Piron (talk) 17:12, 27 April 2021 (UTC)
 * It was not fully disbanded until 1944. Franco continued to believe the Axis could win after the German victory in the Dodecanese campaign in November 1943. (Westerhaley (talk) 17:18, 27 April 2021 (UTC))
 * Again, do you have a WP:RS to support your contention? —Brigade Piron (talk) 10:01, 28 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Every biography of Franco that I have read mentions the Blue Division was not fully withdrawn until March 1944. (Westerhaley (talk) 10:46, 29 April 2021 (UTC))
 * Please cite some evidence here before making these edits. Brown's Spain During World War II, for example, states at p 53 "In the late summer of 1943, Spain began asking for the withdrawal of the Blue Division, to which the Germans finally agreed in October. On October 1, Franco announced a shift from nonbelligerency to neutrality and a few weeks later the Blue Division withdrew from the Eastern Front." I do not doubt that some Spaniards who had previously served in the Division stayed in German-occupied Europe before entering other Spanish formations, but, barring actual evidence to the contrary, it's simply wrong to state that the Blue Division was not withdrawn.—Brigade Piron (talk) 15:17, 1 May 2021 (UTC)
 * It was withdrawn on 21 March 1944. The pressure was mainly from the United States. Spain did not return to neutrality until August 1944: https://www.econstor.eu/bitstream/10419/94297/1/2000-08.pdf (Westerhaley (talk) 11:58, 2 May 2021 (UTC))
 * I quote from p 46 of your own source (!) which states, for 2 August 1943, that "Spain withdraws the Blue Division from the Eastern Front, although an element, the Blue Legion, remains behind." Your other two remarks also directly contradict the extract from the WP:RS I quoted above. —Brigade Piron (talk) 12:59, 2 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Franco was under intense pressure from the United States, which had even imposed an oil embargo. The source I used does not mention the 121st Infantry Division. It is misleading to say the Blue Division returned in 1943, or that the pressure was only from Spain. In any case Franco continued to believe the Axis would win after the Dodecanese campaign of September-November 1943, and Spain continued to trade wolfram with Nazi Germany until August 1944. (Westerhaley (talk) 13:56, 2 May 2021 (UTC))
 * I think you are missing the issue here. You have yet to provide a single piece of evidence to support your convention that the Blue Division was not "withdrawn" in October 1943. Also, the fact that the US may have been putting pressure on Spain does not distract from the fact that the Blue Division was recalled on Spain's request... —Brigade Piron (talk) 14:00, 2 May 2021 (UTC)

Regimetal names of the division & Order of Battle.
Isn't that Regiment 262 named Barcelona? I just know it from other historic documents that i partly forgot. If it's correct, then someone fix it ok? Also it needs order of battle article to understand. Minhdead2205 (talk) 13:11, 19 July 2022 (UTC)

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Torah reading
Needs references; needs more inclusion of non-Orthodox practices; needs a section on history and origin of the practice; can doubtless use some fixes throughout. —msh210 02:13, 21 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Well thats the kind of observations you are expected to help implement fixes for, not list it and expect others to. See the guidelines above. - Taxman 19:40, Feb 21, 2005 (UTC)
 * So should I try adding to the article, adding  to the Origins/History section, and adding the article to PNA — instead of listing the article here?   —msh210 20:10, 24 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Yes basically. Or better yet, just commit to implimenting fixes of problems you see and ask for advice and observations from other editors, and implement those as best you can. Not that many people are familiar with the subject enough to fix all the issues, so if you are, please do so. What I have described is what PR is for. - Taxman 15:03, Feb 25, 2005 (UTC)

What kind of references are we looking for - it seems that this article was written based on personal experience, not based on sources. Once history and origins are included, references will probably be required. I think there is a midrash that Moshe/Moses instituted Monday and Thursday Torah reading, but I'm not sure of a source - if someone can verify, it can be included in the article. chaitov 05:48, 21 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Even personal experience of halacha-based events can have sources in halachic works. —msh210 14:47, 23 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * All articles on Wikipedia should be based on research of the most reliable resources on a given subject. We are a reference work, not a catologue of personal opinion. - Taxman 15:03, Feb 25, 2005 (UTC)


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Talk:Torah reading

Hebrew naming conventions
Urgent: see Naming conventions (Hebrew) to add your opinions about this important matter. Thank you. IZAK 18:05, 11 November 2005 (UTC)

Torah portion
FYI: (1) The weekly Torah reading on Shabbat and on Monday and Thursday mornings in all synagogues is based on that week's Parsha (Torah portion). (2) The template Torah portion is at the bottom of the Torah reading article's page, so essentially it's part of the "See also" section which is a legitimate way of connecting related and connected topics on an article. (3) If a reader finds the Torah portion to be "too intrusive" then any reader is free to click "Hide" on the top right section of the template's heading which shrinks it to an unobtrusive one liner. Finally, (4) the Torah portion is presently diligently updated weekly by User:Dauster early each Sunday so that any readers may learn more about the weekly Parsha. User:Dauster summarizes each week's Parsha and adds some interesting graphics which surely adds life and color to a page that may gain the attention of readers who don't know much about this subject and may want to learn more. Please refer all further comments and discussions to one centralized location at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Judaism Thank you. IZAK 09:02, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

Identifying a Kohen or Levite
Suggest that info about Kohen and Levite names go in their respective articles. Seems a bit peripheral to this Torah reading article. --Shirahadasha 23:45, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

2 Aliyot?
Technically aren't there only 2 aliyot on Tisha B'Av morning and afternoon as well as the afternoon of minor fast days and Yom Kippur? Instead of a third aliyah we have a maftir, which like Shabbat and Yom Tov mornings, doesn't count toward the number of Aliyot. Anyone agree or disagree with that statement? --  Valley   2   city   ₪‽ 18:15, 2 May 2007 (UTC)
 * The maftir is an aliyah, as an aliyah is (strictly speaking) going up to the Torah and bimah. --A More Perfect Onion (talk) 16:32, 31 October 2008 (UTC)

¶ First, I'd like to point out that there is a separate Wiki article, Aliyah (Torah), which is virtually identical to what it here in the Aliyah segment. Second, this (or that) article might want to mention the blessings before and after the Torah reading. I will add as an aside that I have been a member of a (Reform) congregation where the aliyot of a Sabbath Torah reading are regularly monopolized by the bar mitzvah's family, distributed amongst his or her various relatives (this is contrary to traditional rules about the distribution of Aliyot), the relatives saying the blessings and the bar mitzvah or someone else doing the actual leining: It is, week after week, very conspicuously and painfully obvious that some (occasionally all) of those relative given aliyot have never recited the blessings before - nor, maybe, even heard them recited by someone else - as they stumble through the recitation by reading the English transliteration of the Hebrew. For goodness sake people, rehearse the blessings! On the internet, more than a dozen youtubes of people doing the blessings properly, more than a dozen websites with the blessings - in Hebrew and in transliteration - set forth with instructions. Rehearse! Sussmanbern (talk) 12:03, 5 July 2014 (UTC)

Triennial cycle
Good stuff here but a blog not suitable as an article reference. Has a good summary of the US history of this. Kaisershatner 13:13, 19 October 2007 (UTC)

Discussion about the 54 parshas

 * REQUEST: Please see the centralized discussion about this subject, relating to sources, links, content, etc at Talk:Chayei Sarah (parsha). Thank you, IZAK (talk) 09:42, 30 July 2012 (UTC)

Blessings of the Aliyah
¶ I added the benedictions of the oleh because, I discovered, the link provided in the text led to a Wiki article which did NOT include those benedictions. As they seemed not to be within Wiki, I took it upon myself to insert them here. I hope this meets with general approval. Sussmanbern (talk) 23:17, 9 August 2014 (UTC)

¶ I included the comment encouraging people to rehearse the blessing because of my own experience as a member of a large Reform congregation, which has bar mitzvahs every Shabbos, with the aliyot reserved for distribution among the families of the bar mitzvah boys (this is very contrary to Orthodox practice) - and almost every one of those relatives of almost every one of those bar mitzvah boys butcher the benedictions even reading the transliteration in English lettering - not merely showing an ignorance of Hebrew but demonstrating painfully that they never set foot inside a synagogue because, even just sitting inertly one would hear the benedictions properly recited week after week and thereby acquire some familiarity with how they are supposed to sound. So I included this unsubtle hint to encourage people to practice saying the blessings. Sussmanbern (talk) 03:46, 10 August 2014 (UTC)

¶ I notice that my references to Barehu in the first benediction have been deleted. I included them because the Barehu is embodied in the first benediction. Perhaps someone will think it worthwhile to restore my references. PS: Thanks to the editor who corrected my glaring typo. Sussmanbern (talk) 21:15, 17 August 2014 (UTC)

¶ I would appreciate some comments added about the ritual of removing the scroll from the ark. It isn't simply picked up and then plopped down on the desk, there's a ceremony of moving the wrapped scroll around the congregation and the congregants kissing the scroll, and various chants (particularly B'rich shemaya) being recited while this is happening. Sussmanbern (talk) 16:38, 14 October 2015 (UTC)

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"Adonai" abbreviated in Hebrew script
In the section on Aliyot, the word Adonai is not written out in the Hebrew script -- i.e., it's abbreviated as יְיָ instead of אֲדֹנָי. As a religiously neutral encyclopedia, WP should spell out what's said in the service. Wegesrand (talk) 12:41, 20 July 2021 (UTC)

pinky
Not all congregations point with pinky (Chabad) 99.252.159.174 (talk) 00:48, 5 November 2023 (UTC)

 * Well we say "near-universal" right now. Can you point to a source re: Chabad? GordonGlottal (talk) 15:25, 6 November 2023 (UTC)

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2006 United States gubernatorial elections

United States gubernatorial elections were held on November 7, 2006, in 36 states and two territories. The elections coincided with the midterm elections of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives.

Democrats won open Republican-held governorships in Arkansas, Colorado, Massachusetts, New York, and Ohio; and they defeated Republican incumbent Bob Ehrlich in Maryland while retaining all of their seats, including their lone open seat in Iowa. Meanwhile, Republicans held open seats in Florida, Idaho, and Nevada, as well as Alaska, where incumbent governor Frank Murkowski was defeated in the primary. Voters in the United States territories of Guam (then-Republican) and the United States Virgin Islands (then-Democratic, but term-limited) also chose their governors and voters elected a new mayor for the District of Columbia, the District's chief executive.

As part of the 2006 Democratic sweep, Democrats did not lose a single incumbent or open seat to the Republicans in any congressional or gubernatorial contest. The results of the 2006 elections gave Republicans 22 governors to the Democrats' 28, a reversal of the numbers held by the respective parties prior to the elections. Republicans held the majority of governorships from 1995 until 2007.

As of 2024, this election marked the last time that the Democratic Party won gubernatorial elections in Iowa, Ohio, Oklahoma, Tennessee, or Wyoming. This is also the very last gubernatorial election cycle in which the Republican Party won governorships in California, Connecticut, Hawaii, Minnesota, and Rhode Island to date.

Closest races
States where the margin of victory was under 5%:
 * 1)  Minnesota, 1.0%
 * 2)  Rhode Island, 2.0%
 * 3)  Guam, 2.3%
 * 4)  Nevada, 4.0%

States where the margin of victory was under 10%:
 * 1)  Maryland, 6.5%
 * 2)  Florida, 7.1%
 * 3)  Alaska, 7.4%
 * 4)  Wisconsin, 7.5%
 * 5)  Maine, 7.7%
 * 6)  Oregon, 8.1%
 * 7)  Idaho, 8.6%
 * 8)  Texas, 9.2%
 * 9)  Iowa, 9.4%

Red denotes states won by Republicans. Blue denotes states won by Democrats.

Alabama
Incumbent Republican Bob Riley defeated Democratic Lieutenant Governor Lucy Baxley. Riley garnered 21% of African Americans' votes.

Alaska
Governor Frank Murkowski, suffering poor approval ratings, was not favored to win renomination. An August 8 poll by Rasmussen Reports showed that going into the primary election his approval rating was at 27%, while his disapproval rating stood at 72%. Former Wasilla Mayor Sarah Palin and former state Railroad Commissioner John Binkley challenged Murkowski in the Republican primary. Former governor Tony Knowles was widely considered the favorite to win the Democratic nomination. In the primary held on August 22, Palin won the Republican nomination for governor with 51.1% of the vote, Binkley received 29.6%, and Murkowski received just 18.9% of the vote. Knowles won the Democratic nomination with 68.6% of the vote; state representative Eric Croft, who received 23.1% of the vote, was his nearest competitor.

Palin campaigned on a clean government platform in a state with a history of corruption. An October 15 CRG Research poll had the candidates tied at 43%. An October 28 Rasmussen Reports poll showed Palin leading Knowles by a single percentage point.

Republican nominee Sarah Palin was elected with 48.3% of the vote, a plurality.

Arizona
Incumbent Democratic Governor Janet Napolitano was re-elected in a landslide. Napolitano's widespread popularity contributed to her easy re-election; her general approval rating in October 2006, one month before the election, was at 58%.

Arkansas
Governor Mike Huckabee was term-limited. The Republican Party nominated Asa Hutchinson, a former congressman, U.S. Attorney, DEA head, and Undersecretary of Homeland Security. The Democratic nominee was Arkansas Attorney General Mike Beebe. Beebe's campaign centered on what his campaign called his "Believe in Arkansas Plan", which outlined his plans for improving access to affordable healthcare, improving education, and stimulating economic development and job growth. Beebe led in most statewide polls, although his margin of victory in those polls varied wildly. Just days before the election, a Rasmussen Reports poll showed Beebe winning by just 8%, while a SurveyUSA poll showed him winning by 20%.

Democratic nominee Mike Beebe was elected with about 55.6% of the vote.

California
Arnold Schwarzenegger won the 2003 recall election and replaced Gray Davis. Despite his failed special election and budget cuts, Arnold Schwarzenegger seemed to be ahead in the polls against Phil Angelides. Schwarzenegger's aggressive push for environment-friendly legislation, his support for stem cell research, gay rights and opposition to sending the National Guard to the border has made him very popular among the voters. Republican incumbent Arnold Schwarzenegger was re-elected.

Colorado
The retirement of term-limited Governor Bill Owens revealed divisions among the state's Republicans. Republican Congressman Bob Beauprez, widely regarded as a conservative, was attacked by his primary opponent, former University of Denver President Marc Holtzman for compromising with Democrats in Congress. Beauprez became the nominee when Holtzman failed to submit enough valid signatures to qualify for the ballot, but the negative attacks they exchanged damaged Beauprez's campaign. The Democratic nominee was former Denver District Attorney Bill Ritter, an anti-abortion Catholic and a political centrist who could not easily be portrayed as a liberal. Ritter did, however, support Referendum I and oppose Amendment 43; conversely, the public defeated the former and passed the latter. Ritter's campaign was boosted when he was endorsed by a group of Larimer County Republicans. During the period of January through August, Ritter raised almost twice as much as Beauprez. According to an October 16 Zogby poll, Ritter led Beauprez 47% to 45%. An October 22 SurveyUSA poll showed Ritter leading Beauprez by a larger margin, 56% to 38%. Similarly, an October 22 Rasmussen Reports poll showed Ritter leading Beauprez, 51% to 39%.

Democratic nominee Bill Ritter was elected with 57.0% of the vote.

Connecticut
Incumbent Republican Jodi Rell became governor when John G. Rowland resigned on corruption charges in 2004. Rell had an approval rating of 70% as of October 19, 2006, and polls showed her leading the Democratic nominee, New Haven mayor John DeStefano by a near 30-point margin. As expected, she won the election to a full term in a landslide. DeStefano defeated Stamford Mayor Dannel Malloy in the Connecticut Democratic gubernatorial primary on August 8.

Florida
Governor Jeb Bush was term-limited. Florida Attorney General Charlie Crist, a moderate, won the Republican primary with 64%, defeating the Chief Financial Officer of Florida, Tom Gallagher, who received only 34%. Congressman Jim Davis of Tampa won the Democratic primary with 47% of the vote, defeating State Senator Rod Smith of Alachua, who received 41% of the vote. In addition to Crist and Davis, Reform Party nominee Max Linn also appeared on the ballot in the general election.

Crist came out of the September 12 primary with momentum, but as the election drew closer, polls began to show a more competitive race. An October 23 Quinnipiac poll October 23 showed Crist's lead down to 2%. However, an October 26 Rasmussen Reports poll had Crist leading Davis 52% to 41%.

Republican nominee Charlie Crist was elected with 52.2% of the vote.

Georgia
Incumbent Republican Governor Sonny Perdue ran for re-election to a second and final term as governor. Governor Perdue was renominated by the Republican Party, defeating a minor opponent in the process, while Lieutenant Governor Mark Taylor narrowly emerged victorious from a competitive Democratic primary. In the general election, though Taylor ran a spirited campaign, Perdue was aided by the increasing tendency of the state to vote for Republicans and by his popularity with the public; polling showed his approval ratings above sixty percent. In the end, Perdue was overwhelmingly re-elected as governor, defeating Taylor in a landslide, becoming the first Republican Governor of Georgia to ever be reelected.

Exit polls showed that Perdue won white voters (68% to 27%) while Taylor won black voters (81% to 17%). Perdue's 17% of the African-American vote was the highest showing of any Republican seeking statewide office in Georgia.

Hawaii
Although 2006 was a strong election year for Democrats, Incumbent Republican Governor Lingle won re-election by a landslide owing to an economic rebound in the state that occurred during her tenure after a shaky decade for the state economy during the 1990s and early 2000s.

Idaho
Governor Jim Risch was elected Lieutenant Governor in 2002; in May 2006, he succeeded to the governorship when his predecessor, Dirk Kempthorne, resigned to become United States Secretary of the Interior. Before Kempthorne's appointment, Risch, a former Ada County District Attorney and state Senator, had committed to a reelection campaign for Lieutenant Governor, which meant the campaign for the governorship remained open.

Republican Congressman C.L. "Butch" Otter, a former lieutenant governor himself, was heavily favored to succeed Risch. On May 23 he easily won a four-way Republican primary, receiving 70% of the vote. In the general election, he faced newspaper publisher Jerry Brady, who was the Democratic nominee for the second consecutive gubernatorial election. Although Brady won the state's most populous county (Ada County, the location of Boise) in 2002, he was decisively defeated by Kempthorne statewide. He was expected to fare similarly against Otter; however, the race became fairly competitive, possibly due to a national trend towards the Democratic party.

Republican nominee Butch Otter was elected with 52.7% of the vote. Brady received 44.1%, making this gubernatorial election the closest in Idaho since 1994.

Illinois
Incumbent Rod Blagojevich proven to be an incredible fundraiser, and governed a relatively strong blue state. But recent opinion polling showed that his approval rating at a rather dismal 44%. Blagojevich initially had the advantage in the general election, leading his Republican challenger, state Treasurer Judy Baar Topinka by eight percentage points in polls, although not reaching the fifty percent "safe zone" for incumbents. In March, Topinka won the GOP primary by 38% to 32% over dairy magnate Jim Oberweis. Meanwhile, a former Chicago Alderman named Edwin Eisendrath won a surprising 30% in the Democratic primary. During the election United States Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald was looking into the hiring practices of Governor Blagojevich.

An October 15 Rasmussen Reports poll showed Blagojevich dropping 4 points, to end with 44% and Topinka staying at 36%. An October 22 SurveyUSA poll had Blagojevich leading Topinka 44% to 34% with 8% undecided. However, an October 31 Mason-Dixon poll showed Blagojevich leading Topinka only 44% to 40% with 9% undecided.

Democratic incumbent Rod Blagojevich was re-elected. Green Party candidate Rich Whitney showed one of the best showings of a third-party candidate in the 2006 election. Whitney received 361,336 votes, or 10% of the ballot share. This made the Green party an official major party in the state of Illinois.

Iowa
Congressman Jim Nussle was the Republican nominee, while the Democratic Party nominated Iowa Secretary of State Chet Culver, a progressive whose father was a U.S. Senator. An October 11 poll by Rasmussen Reports showed the candidates tied at 42% each. An October 19 Rasmussen Reports poll had Culver leading Nussle 47% to 44%.

The Democratic nominee, Chet Culver, was elected with 54.0% of the vote.

Kansas
Incumbent Democratic Governor Kathleen Sebelius, who sported high approval ratings ran for re-election to serve a second and final term. Governor Sebelius was unopposed for the Democratic nomination and she faced the Republican nominee, State Senator Jim Barnett, who emerged from a crowded primary. Sebelius soundly defeated Barnett and cruised to re-election, which was quite a considerable feat for a Democrat in staunchly conservative Kansas.

Maine
In February 2006, Baldacci was given a mere 41% approval rating by the voters of Maine in one poll. But when the GOP unexpectedly nominated conservative state Senator Chandler Woodcock over the more moderate state Senator Peter Mills and former Congressman Dave Emery, Baldacci was handed a huge boost.

Polls consistently showed Baldacci with a small lead. An October 17 Rasmussen Reports poll had Baldacci with 44% and Woodcock at 34%. Meanwhile, a Voice of the Voter poll announced by WCSH on November 6, one day before the election, gave John Baldacci his smallest lead yet with only 36%, with Senator Chandler Woodcock 30% and the now leading independent Barbara Merrill 22%, more than doubling her share. Green Independent candidate Pat LaMarche polled at 11%.

Baldacci was reelected with 38% of the vote compared to Woodcock's 30%, with 21.55% going to independent Barbara Merrill.

Maryland
Bob Ehrlich's approval rating was 48%, which suggested a close election. Martin O'Malley, Mayor of Baltimore City, who was expected to run for governor almost as soon as the 2002 election was over, was initially expected to be a shoo-in for the Democratic nomination, but he was challenged by Montgomery County Executive Doug Duncan, who then unexpectedly dropped out of the race, citing a recent diagnosis of clinical depression, saving Democrats from a costly and potentially divisive primary.

A November 2 SurveyUSA poll had O'Malley leading Ehrlich 48% to 47% with 2% undecided. A November 3 Mason-Dixon poll has O'Malley and Ehrlich tied at 45% with 9% undecided. Democratic nominee Martin O'Malley was elected.

When Ehrlich unexpectedly beat his Democratic challenger, Lt. Governor Kathleen Kennedy in 2002, and became first Republican Governor of Maryland since Spiro T. Agnew, he was regarded by many as potential presidential candidate for 2008.

O'Malley defeated Ehrlich in the general election, 52.7% to 46.2%.

Massachusetts
With his approval ratings down, Governor Mitt Romney opted not to seek a second term. Romney endorsed his lieutenant governor, Kerry Healey, in her bid to succeed him. Healey was unopposed in the Republican primary. Deval Patrick, a former U.S. Assistant Attorney General who headed the Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division, won the Democratic primary with 50% of the vote against Thomas Reilly and Chris Gabrieli. Third-party candidates included Grace Ross of the Green-Rainbow Party and independent Christy Mihos, a former Republican and board member on the state Turnpike Authority. Over the course of the campaign, Patrick was the victim of several smears by the Healey campaign, including reports of his brother-in-law's criminal history that were leaked to the press.

On November 7, Deval Patrick was elected with 56% of the vote. He became the first African American governor ever elected in the history of the state, and just the second in the nation's history (the first was Douglas Wilder, a Democrat from Virginia, who served as Governor of Virginia from 1990 to 1994). Patrick was also the first Democratic governor of Massachusetts since Michael Dukakis left office in 1991.

Michigan
Michigan, like many other Midwestern states, had been unable to take advantage of reported national economic and job growth. A string of plant and factory closings by big name companies such as General Motors in Granholm's state led to growing disapproval of her among voters. Opposing her was wealthy Republican businessman Dick DeVos. Throughout the race polls showed the election to be close, but in the last days Granholm pulled ahead. According to a November 1 EPIC-MRA poll, Granholm led DeVos 52% to 43% with 5% undecided. A November 4 SurveyUSA poll had Granholm leading DeVos 51% to 45%. Ultimately, Democratic incumbent Jennifer Granholm was re-elected with 56.4 percent of the vote.

Minnesota
Pawlenty's approval rating was measured at 56% on September 21, 2006. In 2002, Pawlenty won the governor's mansion with only 44% of the vote, facing a strong challenge from DFL Party candidate Roger Moe and Independence Party candidate Tim Penny, a former DFLer himself. Pawlenty has been criticized by some Minnesotans for budget cuts to programs such as MinnesotaCare to balance the budget (and controversial moves such as deferring required payments to the state's education and health care funds to later budget biennia to make the budget appear balanced when it was actually not). Pawlenty faces another strong DFL challenge this year in state Attorney General Mike Hatch, who fended off a liberal primary challenge from State Senator Becky Lourey. Pawlenty and Hatch were virtually neck and neck, with between 40-45% support for both candidates as recently as September, until the Mark Foley scandal hit the papers late that month, and 5-6% for Independence Party candidate Peter Hutchinson.

An October 23 SurveyUSA poll has Hatch leading Pawlenty 45% to 44% and Hutchinson with 7%. A November 1 Saint Cloud Times poll has Hatch at 46% and Pawlenty at 36%. Republican incumbent Tim Pawlenty was re-elected.

Nebraska
Primary elections were held on May 9, 2006. Republican incumbent Dave Heineman was elected to a full term, defeating Democrat David Hahn.

Nevada
Governor Kenny Guinn, a moderate Republican, was term-limited. His retirement resulted in competitive primaries in both parties. The Democratic nominee was State Senate Minority Leader Dina Titus, who won the primary with 54% of the vote over Henderson mayor Jim Gibson. The Republican nominee was Congressman Jim Gibbons, who won the primary with 48% of the vote, defeating state senator Bob Beers and Lieutenant Governor Lorraine Hunt. Gibbons, who then represented Nevada's 2nd congressional district, had a strong base in northern Nevada. Titus had a strong base in the Las Vegas Valley due to her legislative and education careers. An October 17 Rasmussen Reports poll put Gibbons ahead of Titus with a 51% to 43% lead. Polls in late October conducted by Mason-Dixon and Research 2000 indicated that Gibbons was on track to win the election.

Republican nominee Jim Gibbons was elected with 48% of the vote, a plurality. Titus received 44% of the vote and Christopher H. Hansen, the nominee of the Independent American Party of Nevada, received about 3%.

New Hampshire
Incumbent Democrat John Lynch defeated Republican James B. Coburn and won a second term as Governor of New Hampshire.

New Mexico
Incumbent Democratic Governor Bill Richardson was running for re-election. He faced Republican John Dendahl in the general election and won by a landslide.

New York
Governor George Pataki, a moderate Republican, opted not to seek a fourth term in office. Without an incumbent in the race, the Democratic nominee was heavily favored to win the election. New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer won the Democratic primary with 81% of the vote, defeating Nassau County Executive Tom Suozzi. As attorney general, Spitzer became well known for prosecuting cases relating to corporate white-collar crime, securities fraud, internet fraud and environmental protection. The Republican nominee was attorney John Faso, a former New York State Assembly minority leader. Throughout the race, polls showed Spitzer defeating Faso by a large margin.

Democratic nominee Eliot Spitzer was elected in a landslide, winning 58 out of the state's 62 counties and taking 65.3% of the vote.

Ohio
Term-limited incumbent Governor Bob Taft was viewed as one of the most unpopular Governors in the history of Ohio. Polls showed his approval rating in the vicinity of 10% to 25%. Congressman Ted Strickland won the Democratic primary with 79% of the vote, defeating state representative Bryan Flannery. The Republican primary, between Ohio Secretary of State Ken Blackwell and Ohio Attorney General Jim Petro, was more competitive by far. Petro came under fire for switching positions on same-sex marriage and abortion, as well as allegedly taking business from lawyers who refused to give him campaign contributions. Blackwell and Petro also split over proposals to reduce state spending. Blackwell ultimately won the primary with 56% of the vote.

Blackwell was not a close ally of disgraced Governor Taft, but Taft's unpopularity still damaged his campaign. The negativity of the Republican primary also damaged Blackwell's general election campaign. In addition, in 2006 there was a nationwide trend towards the Democratic Party. An October 6 poll by Rasmussen Reports showed that Strickland led by 52% to 40%, a decline from September. By contrast, an October 12 SurveyUSA poll had Strickland leading Blackwell 60% to 32%.

Democratic nominee Ted Strickland was elected with 60.5% of the vote. He became the first Democratic Governor of Ohio since Dick Celeste.

Oklahoma
Incumbent Democratic Governor Brad Henry won re-election to a second term in a landslide, defeating Republican U.S. Representative Ernest Istook. Henry took 66.5% of the vote to Istook's 33.5% and swept all but three counties in the state.

Oregon
Democratic Governor Ted Kulongoski was elected in 2002 barely defeating former State Representative Kevin Mannix. Kulongoski leads his challenger, former Portland Public School Board member Ron Saxton 51% to 44%. Oregon has not elected a Republican as governor since 1982, when Kulongoski lost to then-Governor Victor Atiyeh. Democratic incumbent Ted Kulongoski was re-elected.

Pennsylvania
Incumbent Democratic Governor Ed Rendell successfully ran for re-election. Pennsylvania's first female lieutenant governor, Catherine Baker Knoll, was also running for re-election.

Rhode Island
Polling in the race showed Donald Carcieri, Republican governor in one of the most liberal states in the country, running even with his Democratic challenger, Lieutenant Governor Charles J. Fogarty. Carcieri was re-elected with 51% of the vote.

South Carolina
Incumbent Republican Governor Mark Sanford won re-election against Democratic State Senator Tommy Moore, becoming only the third Republican governor in South Carolina to win a second term (Robert Kingston Scott and Carroll A. Campbell Jr. were the others). Sanford started the campaign with a double-digit edge over Moore and he maintained that lead to election day. During the course of the campaign, Sanford's approval rating averaged in the mid-fifties. In Sanford's re-election victory, he also garnered 22% of the African American vote.

South Dakota
Incumbent Republican Governor Mike Rounds defeated Democrat Jack Billion to serve a second term as governor.

Tennessee
Incumbent Democratic Governor Phil Bredesen defeated Republican State Senator Jim Bryson in a landslide with 68.6% of the vote, winning every county in the state.

Primary elections were held on August 3, 2006.

As of 2024, this was the last time a Democrat won a majority of counties in the state, the last time a Democrat won any statewide race in Tennessee, and the most recent statewide election in Tennessee in which 88 of the state's 95 counties, including Knox County and Hamilton County, went to the Democratic candidate. Only Davidson, Shelby, Haywood, Hardeman, Houston, Jackson, and Lake counties have voted for a Democratic candidate in a Presidential, Senate, or gubernatorial race since 2006, with Jackson and Lake only going Democratic once. Eight years later, Republican Governor Bill Haslam won every county in the state when he won re-election. This marked a sharp political shift in Tennessee.

Texas
Challenges from two popular independents, coupled with Perry's mediocre approval ratings, made the race interesting. Populist state Comptroller Carole Keeton Strayhorn decided to defect from the GOP and run against Perry, her bitter political foe, as an independent. Six weeks after the announcement of her candidacy, she moved to within single digits of Perry in polls. In addition to Perry and Strayhorn, former Congressman Chris Bell ran as the Democratic candidate, with country singer and Texas icon Kinky Friedman as another independent. This resulted in a peculiar four-way race (technically, a six-way race including the Libertarian candidate and a write-in candidate) in which no run-off would take place. Perry was elected to a second full term with just 39% of the vote.

Vermont
Incumbent Republican Governor Jim Douglas won re-election to a third term, defeating Democratic nominee Scudder Parker.

Wisconsin
In 2002, Doyle was elected with only 45 percent of the vote because of an unusually strong challenge from the Libertarian party. Although his early 2006 approval rating was a mildly unfavorable 45 percent, he led both Republican challengers, Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker and Congressman Mark Green by six to nine points in polls; he has not been able to poll greater than fifty percent. Green got a big break when Walker dropped out of the race. And more recent polls show that Green has pulled even. Wisconsin is a swing state in the strongest sense, with George W. Bush losing the state by some 5,700 votes in 2000 and around 12,400 votes in 2004, although they hadn't voted for a Republican for president since 1984, and they hadn't had a Republican senator since 1993. An October 18 Rasmussen Reports poll has Doyle leading Green 48% to 44% and an October 31 Research 2000 poll has Doyle leading Green 50% to 44%. Democratic incumbent Jim Doyle was re-elected.

Wyoming
Incumbent Democratic Governor Dave Freudenthal won re-election in a landslide over Republican Ray Hunkins, becoming the first Democrat since 1910 to win every county in the state. To date this was the last time a Democrat was elected to statewide office in Wyoming, the last time a Democrat carried every county in the state, the last gubernatorial election in which a Democrat received more than 30% of the vote, and the last statewide election in which a Democrat received more than 45% of the vote.

District of Columbia
The Democratic primary was held on September 12. The winner of that and general election was Adrian Fenty, the representative for Ward 4 on the D.C. Council. He took office on January 2, 2007, becoming the sixth directly elected mayor since the establishment of home rule in the District, and — at 35 — the youngest elected mayor of a major American city in U.S. history.

Guam
In the U.S. territory of Guam, in the western Pacific Ocean, Republican Governor Felix P. Camacho was challenged by Democrat Robert Underwood. A former Guam Delegate-at-Large in the U.S. House of Representatives, Underwood had previously represented Guam from 1993 to 2003. The race was a rematch of the 2002 gubernatorial election in which Camacho handily defeated Underwood and won his first term in office by 10 points (see Politics of Guam). However, the race was significantly more close and competitive in 2006, with Camacho narrowly winning re-election by a 2-point margin over Underwood.


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I came across this article with the intention of wikifying it, but after reading it I'm of the opinion that it's not useful. It's a very short first-person account of a Civil Air Patrol training event that offers no new information worth merging into the existing CAP article. It's an unremarkable boot camp story, not an encyclopedia article. Fernando Rizo 02:14, 21 Feb 2005 (UTC)
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 * Delete. Concur with Fernando. --Smithfarm
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Atso Almila

Atso Almila (born 13 June 1953, in Helsinki ) is a Finnish orchestral conductor, music director, composer, trombonist and teacher.

He has worked with most Finnish orchestras as a guest conductor or otherwise. Though he primarily operates in Finland he also works heavily in Sweden and Estonia. His composition style may be deemed neo-classical though he has been seen to be sometimes chromatic and expressive (as in his 1985 Flute Concerto and his 1989 Violin Concerto). His works show appreciation for the individual instrument and for natural musicianship.

He studied the trombone and orchestral conducting at the Sibelius Academy of Helsinki under Jorma Panula graduating in orchestral conducting in 1979. He would later work in the institution as the senior assistant in conducting between 1991 and 2002 and a lecturer in orchestral conducting since 2002. He has been the conductor of several choirs including the Radio Symphony Choir (1975–1976), Sibelius Academy chamber choir Cantemus (1979–1984) and the Akateeminen Laulu choir (1991–1995). He has also served as the conductor of the Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra (1987–1989) and the Joensuu Municipal Orchestra between 1993 and 2000 (of which he also been the artistic chief). He was the music director and the artistic director of the Kuopio Symphony Orchestra between 1995 and 2000 after which he became the Principal Guest Conductor of the Seinäjoki City Orchestra where he has been since. He was also the musical director of the National Theatre of Finland between 1982 and 1995 and has been the conductor of the Finnish National Opera (1980–1987 and 1989–1995). At the FNO he has conducted Einojuhani Rautavaara's Vincent, Markus Fagerudd's Gaia, Vajda's Mario and the Magician and Igor Stravinsky's The Nightingale. In 1982 he won the Norrköping Nordic Conducting Competition along with Jukka-Pekka Saraste.

His compositions include four operas: Kolmekymmentä hopearahaa (Thirty Pieces of Silver) in 1988, Ameriikka (America) in 1992, Isontaloon Antti (Antti Isotalo) in 2000, and Pohjanmaan kautta (Bottoms Up!) in 2002. They are usually based around folk plots and often incorporate folk music - though they are not folk opera due to the presence of musical development and structural spans. His harmonies are reminiscent of Sergei Prokofiev and Les Six - with the influence of Italian melody in his last two opera. The plot of Kolmekymmentä hopearahaa studies the relationship between a revivalist minister and those around him (both lay and clergy) and is based upon a play by Heikki Ylikangas. Ameriikka is a study of love and long-distance relationships: a miner goes to America leaving his fiancée behind - her imagination leads her to jealousy and she decides to pursue him across the Atlantic Ocean. Isontaloon Antti follows a recruiting Jägare who, after returning from training in Germany, is pursued by the police for this allegiance. The libretti of both Ameriikka and Isontaloon Antti's were written by Antti Tuuri. Pohjanmaan kautta, which had a libretto written by Tiina Puumalainen, is a story of Prohibition in Ostrobothnia (the title is literally translated as "through Ostrobothnia", a Finnish toast). They have all been premiered in Ilmajoki and are usually performed outside.

His music is characterised as being wistful and restless, featuring playful melodies and brusque ostinatos. They often emphasise brass instruments, and include two symphonies including one for brass quintet and orchestra (notable for its aleatoric counterpoint), concerti (double bass in 1979, flute in 1985, tuba in 1986, violin in 1989 and trombone in 1994) and chamber music (importantly, a Wind Quartet and a String Quintet, both of 1993; also Taikalamppu for brass quartet, Dedications, Memories (1985) for brass quintet, the Wind Nonet (1985) and the Brass Quintet (1991)). His wind band work is traditional and tonal which may be described as Gebrauchsmusik and he sometimes borrows from popular music. These works include Concert March (1979), Allegro agitato (1986) and Fanfare (1987), the larger-scale Concerto for Two Clarinets and Wind Band (1980) and Visions from the North (1997). This work includes some for theatre (roughly 40 plays), television and film. His screen work includes Da Capo in 1985 and Kotia päin in 1989.

For many years he has been teaching in Sibelius Academy. Almost all conducting students who have studied there in 1980-s, 1990-s and in 21st century have also studied with him. He also has many masterclasses, the annual one is in August in Seinäjoki.

Selected discography

 * Concertos for Tuba, French Horn and Trombone (Oulu symphony Orchestra 1996)
 * Contrabasso concertante - Finalndia (Jorma Katrama and Kuopio Symphony 1998)
 * Sibelius Rarities (Kuopio Symphony 1999 - Finlandia)
 * Piazzolla - Finlandia (Mika Vayrynen and Kuopio Symphony 2000)

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