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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ian Clark

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Ian Clark
A letter to the editor of a newspaper doesn't make for notability I'm afraid. Hard to verify notability with Google too with a name like that. "Ian Clark Global Warming" gets a few hits for petitions he's signed and a course he teaches, etc. Fawcett5 03:34, 8 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep — Published co-author of award-winning book. Page updated with some more info. — RJH 15:34, 8 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Um, so what? Adding where he went to university doesn't make for notability. Hundreds of us here, including myself, are university professors with books and publications to our credit - doesn't make us particularly notable though. Provide information that makes it clear that he has been **influential** in the global warming debate and you might have an argument. And, uh, what award exactly did his book allegedly win?Fawcett5 17:09, 8 Apr 2005 (UTC)

 * "Environmental Isotopes in Hydrogeology was selected by Choice Magazine for their Outstanding Textbook of the Year award in 1998!"
 * What is Choice Magazine, and what makes their textbook decisions notable? RickK 21:49, Apr 10, 2005 (UTC)
 * Seems to be published by the American Library Association. Kappa 21:58, 10 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Weak delete Delete. Not notable for writing a letter; probably notable as prof; would change vote to keep if anyone is interested enough to fill out the article so there is more of prof than letter in it... - William M. Connolley 15:40, 8 Apr 2005 (UTC) (changing vote to delete, since no-one has bothered to fill it out William M. Connolley 11:11, 14 Apr 2005 (UTC)).
 * Delete. Article does not establish  notability.  Is The Hill Times a notable newspaper?  RickK 22:54, Apr 8, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep and expand to include coverage of his notable work in hydrogeology. Most research Professor's are notable enough for a truly great encyclopedia. Klonimus 01:36, 9 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep authors of successful textbooks. Kappa 06:43, 9 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Weak Keep. for textbook and hope for expansion. I don't know that the letter to the editor is worthy of note though. Capitalistroadster 09:36, 9 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Weak delete concurring with Connolley. Radiant_* 09:53, Apr 9, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, does not pass the 'average professor' test--nixie 03:55, 12 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, nn newscruft. ComCat 06:24, 14 Apr 2005 (UTC)
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Talk:Nikolai Medtner

Spelling of his name
Why is there a D in his surname in English? In the Russian (and he was Russian) it's just METHEP (Metner). — Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.56.26.1 (talk) 21:43, 15 November 2018 (UTC)

 * Well, I guess there are two answers. One is that the name is German, not Russian. The other is that it is how Medtner spelled his name in the roman alphabet. JBritnell (talk) 03:28, 12 November 2019 (UTC)

Skazka
Hrm. On the one hand, fairy-tale is the usual translation at least with Medtner and especially with op 25/2. I do note that Rimsky's Skazka is at least sometimes translated as Legend; I believe Tozer suggests translating the Medtner (and the other works he gave this title, both the Russian Round-Dance and the (two dozen or so? Need to check that worklist) various solo-piano Skazki) as either Folk-Tales, Legends or Ballades (the latter is the Dover edition's choice, I see). (It's true he already calls concerto 3 and the sonata op 27 ballades anyway...)

-- (continuation) In part because (they say, I tend to agree?--) fairy-tale seems to imply certain associations and temperament and these works generally differ from those expectations. Thoughts? Schissel : bowl listen 03:35, Apr 8, 2005 (UTC)

 * Is the solution to this to get in touch with a Russian Wikipedian who speaks English (or an English Wikipedian who speaks Russian), and ask? Or at least someone who can understand the Russian entry on Medtner?  I found the Russian entry and added a ref. to it; does that help? --RobertG 11:20, 15 Apr 2005 (UTC)

 * Oops, I notice that's not Medtner - that's Nikolai Petrovich Wagner - :-( will revert... Above comment about Russian speaker still stands, though! I'm new to this, and assumed there would be a Russian page on Medtner! --RobertG 11:24, 15 Apr 2005 (UTC)

It gets a bit more complicated. Medtner felt that the best translation of the term, and his own preference, was the German word "Marchen", which has no exact equivalent in English. His wife was the one who suggested "Faerie Tale" for the English publication. Skazka is the singular, btw, and skazki is the plural. As for Medtner's standing in Russia, he was always considered one of the three great composers of the 20th century, ranked alongside Rachmaninov and Scriabin. So the absence of a Russian article is puzzling. -Mhare40

Somewhere in Holt's book there's a passage saying that when in England, Medtner stipulated that the Skazki should always be called "Tales" and not "Legends" or "Fairy Tales". I'll amend the article. Galltywenallt 10:42, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

Recordings of "Complete Piano Works"
I'm now wondering whether the claims made for Tozer and Milne are strictly correct. Google suggests they've both recorded the complete piano sonatas and sundry other works, but I can't find corroboration that all the piano works without exception were recorded by either. Does anybody know for certain? JackofOz 00:21, 30 January 2006 (UTC)

 * Sorry about the delay. I believe Tozer is working on it, anyway, but don't think he's done. No, I don't think this is true of Milne. I'll look into it. Hopefully the German worklist page is reasonably accurate, but thankfully there's a (well.. also hopefully reasonably accurate) complete works edition here at the university library lacking only a volume or two. Though a newer scholarly edition is always good to have in existence- I wonder if one is in progress? Schissel-nonLop! 18:28, 21 February 2006 (UTC)

 * Thanks. I met Tozer a couple of years ago through a mutual friend, who told me that he (Tozer) had just recently completed recording the complete works.  Either that was an exaggeration, or maybe he really has recorded them but they've not been released yet.  Either way, as far as the world is concerned, until they are released, it seems the "complete works" claim is premature.  JackofOz 20:26, 21 February 2006 (UTC)

 * Hrm. In Tozer's case I'll check to see what he's released at the Chandos site, at least. (Someone's going to drop in and tell me that someone else recorded all of them for some more obscure label decades ago. I just know it. Even though this isn't Fanfare magazine...) Ok. 8 volumes of solo piano works released on Chandos, including the following works - opp 1, 2, 7, 8, 10/2 (vol 4), 14/1, 17, 20, 23, 26, 26/3 spec., 31/1-3 (no. 1 on vol. 3), 34/2, 38, 39, 40, 42/1,  47, 48/1, 49, 51, 51/1 spec., 54, 54/3 spec.,  55, 59 (and parts of opp 10 and 48 are on vol. 7),   Fairy Tale from 1915,  and all the sonatas I believe. Hrm. Comparing that against the page http://www.russisches-musikarchiv.de/werkverzeichnisse/medtner-werkverzeichnis.htm
 * the early works (1896-odd) such as Marche funèbre are lacking, as are some others more nearly contemporary with the opp 1, 2 etc. (op. 4, Vier Stücke isn't present yet either, nor op. 9?, and I'm not sure all three of the op. 10 are in the series, or where the other op. 14 is. Op.26 isn't listed on that page, op.29 is lieder and so is probably a typo when it's listed in the piano section there- they're both vier märchen (see http://www.chandos.net/details05.asp?CNumber=CHAN%209899) (maybe there's a volume or two more to go, indeed...) Schissel-nonLop! 00:48, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

 * Further evidence that the worklist page is accurate (that's not always so) and that op. 29 is lieder- several of the op. 29 songs are included, so identified, on a (now-deleted) EMI set (die Muse op 29/1 and die Rose op 29/6) of the Composers in Person series (Schwarzkopf sings them in English, by the way. And unsurprisingly very well- same can be said for Medtner's piano playing, I believe some of the recordings in that set are still available somewhere. Maybe in the APR series. I think one of the Chandos recordings of Medtner songs - not the Goethe-lieder sets, these are German translations of Pushkin - may have these songs also. A brief motive from op 29/1 was quoted in the piano quintet and op 27- or the other way around- as often noted.) Schissel | Sound the Note! 01:28, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

Not sure about Milne: I think he did intend to record all the solo piano works but I heard a rumour that the CRD series had ran into problems. Perhaps this is why he recently recorded all the Fairy Tales on Hyperion. Can't add anything on Tozer except to confirm that there are gaps in his currently available output. I've amended the sentence anyway. BTW I've listed all recordings on CD that I'm aware of on www.medtner.org.uk - please email me if you know of any others. Galltywenallt 11:17, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

Piano Quintet
The article currently claims that the Piano Quintet (Op. post.) has never been commercially released. A Google search finds a Naxos recording: http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.553390 CraigMiloRogers 06:26, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

 * * blink * I don't know who put that in; I know also of two or three other fairly recent (-ly released, in the case of the Russian Disc) recordings (on Hyperion, and on Russian Disc), one of which (on Russian Disc- Svetlanov/Borodin Quartet) I've been listening to many times in the last few weeks (I think it's a great work, besides being literally song-filled, quoting several other works of his extensively and effectively- the Pushkin songs 'The Muse' and 'The Rose' - and ending with a finale in which a march appears twice in a way that's not very common (not unknown...) in Medtner, I think? - the opus 25/1 sonata with its variations-on-a-march finale does come to mind but the effect is almost the opposite.

 * The sonate-vocalise, now, that I expect could use a modern recording; it's had one on LP, maybe one on CD but I'm not aware of one. But that's a different beast. Schissel | Sound the Note! 18:34, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

The Ritchie/Medtner Sonata Vocalise is available on CD on the St-Laurent label.

I believe the article is referring to the recording of the quintet that Medtner himself made in the last year of his life. Mhare40 02:55, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

Correct. A few years ago Testament planned to release it on CD, coupled with a transfer of Medtner's recording of the Piano Concerto no. 1. This has not come to fruition.\

 * It's not just that he sketched it out in 1903 and worked on it through 1948. He actually finished the first movement, according to Martyn's biography, in or around 1903, and worked on the rest of the work in the intervening decades (perhaps revising the first movement- but the first movement did exist as a complete movement as early as the first decade!) ELSchissel (talk) 02:16, 28 November 2020 (UTC) (there are at least one, I think, transfers of the Medtner/Aeolian Quartet recording now - one is on the St Laurent Studio label, but possibly others too.)

 * To be picky, antepenultimate year. 1949, not 1950. He died in 1951. ELSchissel (talk) 02:37, 28 November 2020 (UTC)

Composer project review
I've reviewed this article as part of the Composers project review of its B-class articles. This article is a weak B; it has a decent factual basis, but can use more. It also suffers from some structural defects. Read my detailed review on the comments page; questions or comments can be left here or on my talk page.  Magic ♪piano 21:25, 6 December 2008 (UTC)

 * Inconsistencies, too (e.g. Sonata romantica "premiered in 1931" but written "1931-2" - maybe premiered in an early version but revised, but that would need to be made clear... Schissel | Sound the Note! 14:54, 2 February 2010 (UTC)

 * Actually, I wouldn't mind some clarity here. Especially since the sonata romantica, iirc, was the one sonata of his premiered in the USA (the composer in attendance), according to Martyn (Nicolas Medtner: His Life and Music)? ELSchissel (talk) 02:39, 28 November 2020 (UTC)

NPOV and other matters
''Whether Medtner’s music makes inroads into the wider repertoire or remains the territory of a few performers and listeners depends on whether it is true that he sacrificed melodic interest, beauty, and communicativeness (or enough of them) on the altar of complexity, the sonata form, and counterpoint [who is making this claim?]. Nonetheless, it is undeniable that Medtner possessed considerable skill in writing heartfelt melody of rare beauty and an uncanny skill in developing thematic material [this is in opposition to the previous sentence]. Imbued with a restless quality that demands repeated listenings to penetrate [source?], Medtner's music often has a psychologically intense, almost demonic character. The piano works in particular are notoriously difficult to sight-read and require enormous technical and intellectual resources to perform [needs source]. Yet Medtner's best melodies [such as?] speak to the listener on a direct emotional level [source?]. It may be [weasel words] that some of his works are better advocates for him in this respect—his songs and concertos are more directly communicative than the solo piano music, the violin sonatas more extroverted [source?]—but it is also true that his music is now that of a cult composer, at least in reputation and possibly in fact. [Source?]''

The above needs to be revised. --Toccata quarta (talk) 11:42, 13 February 2012 (UTC)
 * I have been bold and removed the whole paragraph.—Toccata quarta (talk) 15:30, 30 June 2012 (UTC)

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Makushina
We don't have an article, but full name apparently Tatiana Alexandrovna Makushina (Татьяна Александровна Макушина) (b.1895 and/or d.1961?). Sources on the net seem to conflict; Russian-domain sources getting increasingly hacked besides, so goes. Schissel | Sound the Note! 04:47, 9 February 2017 (UTC)

(See e.g.) ELSchissel (talk) 02:43, 28 November 2020 (UTC)

Further re composer recordings
There have been several issues of the composer's recordings of his own music over the years. Melodiya in 2014 started a series (with volume 1 on MELCD1002200) for example. (On that disc can be found the mentioned recording of the Tragica, Op.39 No.5 - 10 minutes, briefer than most other recordings?... - and a number of other works: e.g. the two tales Op.20 complete and other sets excerpted.) Volume 2 of this series contains the 3 piano concertos and the sonate-ballade (see .) At least per Worldcat the Melodiya CD series seems to have not proceeded further as of February 2017. An earlier series on Appian Publications & Recordings (APR, Hexham, Northumberland) of the composer's complete solo recordings - his own music and that of others - reached three volumes, starting with a disc of Beethoven Op.57 (and assorted works of Medtner's own : ), a second disc featuring Medtner's first violin sonata amidst other HMV recordings from 1936 and 1946, and a 3rd disc of "unpublished" 1947 recordings (not quite true perhaps, since it seems that according to Medtner.org.uk, some of these performances on disc 3 - eg. the selfsame Op.39 No.5 sonata mentioned earlier- were for example already on (rare) LPs from Melodiya (M10-41169).) ...) Medtner.org.uk seems to have a good (maybe not ultra-up-to-date? but good) discography... Schissel | Sound the Note! 03:12, 18 February 2017 (UTC)

Marriage / Anna
The section about this is unclear. Especially the sentence "Medtner and Anna were married in 1918." Which Medtner? After what has just been said, it should specify whether it means he or his brother, and further explanation would be helpful.--Ericjs (talk) 20:38, 11 January 2022 (UTC)

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Richard Leo Johnson

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Richard Leo Johnson
This lack of music notablility is disturbing. Zzyzx11 | Talk 03:37, 8 Apr 2005 (UTC)

 * Delete: Vandalism, self-promotion, POV, you name it Asriel86 05:21, Apr 8, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, not notable, vanity. Megan1967 11:11, 8 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, gushing drivel with no evidence of success to back it up. Average Earthman 11:53, 8 Apr 2005 (UTC)

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mitch Stone

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Mitch Stone
Delete Non-notable, possibly vanity. 141.211.138.85 03:37, 8 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment: This was apparently never listed on vfd, so I'm putting it on today's page. —Korath (Talk) 02:16, Apr 11, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, not notable. Megan1967 07:38, 11 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, interesting band history. 69.198.26.98 03:58, 12 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, merge with Oasis article. 69.198.26.98 again
 * Keep, little known but true oasis fact. 24.102.42.145
 * Delete, unverifiable. Note suspicious anon votes above. Grue 19:22, 13 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, unverifiable. Wmahan. 20:44, 2005 Apr 15 (UTC)
 * Delete. Vanity, possibly. --Neigel von Teighen 20:45, 15 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete and Merge any noteable infomation to Oasis article. Vegaswikian 06:11, 16 Apr 2005 (UTC)
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Beverly Thomson

Beverly D. Thomson (born April 15, 1966) is a Canadian journalist and correspondent with CTV News Channel. Along with Seamus O'Regan, Thomson was co-host of Canada AM, CTV's former national morning show, from 2003 to 2016. In 2006, she received the Gemini Humanitarian Award.

Early life and education
Thomson was born on April 15 in Toronto, Ontario and attended York University and Seneca College, where she majored in broadcast journalism. After graduating in 1987, she received the school's Distinguished Alumni Award in 2000 and the Ontario Premier's Award for Creative Arts & Design in 2003.

Career
Upon graduating from Seneca College, Thomson worked at a Newmarket radio station and at CFTO Toronto as an anchor on the weekend news program. She then moved to Global affiliate CIII as the anchor of both the 5:30 p.m. and 6:00 p.m from 1997 to 2003 weeknight news broadcasts. It was during this time that Thomson was diagnosed with breast cancer and became the subject of a documentary called There Is No Fear, focusing on her recovery. In July 2003, Thomson was chosen as the replacement for Lisa LaFlamme on CTV's Canada AM, however, was delayed due to a dispute between CTV and Global TV. Her former employer argued that Thomson had three years left on her exclusive contract but was able to settle out of court. As a result of the settlement, Thomson was allowed to make her Canada AM debut on November 3, 2003. Three years after her Canada AM debut, Thompson was the recipient of the 2006 Gemini Humanitarian Award. In 2009, Thomson was appointed by Tom McGrath as the first Canadian National Ambassador for The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award.

While with CTV News, Thomson co-hosted their Olympic Morning program during the 2010 Winter Olympics and reported on the First inauguration of Barack Obama. After Canada AM was canceled in 2016, she continued with the network. In 2019, Thomson was appointed a Member of the Order of Canada for "outstanding contributions to Canada’s broadcasting industry and volunteerism."

She also made a cameo appearance on Corner Gas episode "Gopher It" (Season 4, Episode 19 ) as the co-host of Canada AM where she and Wanda were shown to have clear dislike for each other on live tv.

Personal life
Thomson and her ex-husband Rob Dale have two children together.

Upon her diagnosis with breast cancer, Thomson became an active figure with several Canadian charities. She was appointed the official spokesperson for the Ontario branch of the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation and received their Voice of the Foundation Award.

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Jeremy Mayfield

Jeremy Allen Mayfield (born May 27, 1969) is a former American stock car racing driver. He drove cars for the Sadler brothers, T.W. Taylor, Cale Yarborough, Michael Kranefuss, Roger Penske, Ray Evernham, Bill Davis, and Gene Haas. In 2009, he drove for his own team, Mayfield Motorsports.

On May 9, 2009, Mayfield was suspended indefinitely as both owner and driver by NASCAR following what NASCAR said was a positive test for methamphetamine. A federal judge weighed the evidence and temporarily lifted the suspension on July 1 of that same year. On July 15, NASCAR said Mayfield had tested positive for methamphetamine for the second time after failing a random drug test on July 6. On July 24, a federal appeals court overturned the previous injunction Mayfield had been awarded, leaving him suspended from the sport.

Beginnings
Mayfield began racing in his hometown of Owensboro, Kentucky, racing BMX bicycles. He then proceeded to race go-karts at local Short tracks; moving to Nashville Speedway USA at the age of 19. He soon went to work for Sadler Brothers Racing as a fabricator, and became their driver, winning Late Model Rookie of the Year at Kentucky Motor Speedway in 1987.

In 1993, he joined the ARCA series, and was named Rookie of the Year.

NASCAR
Mayfield made his Cup debut in the 1993 Mello Yello 500; starting 30th and finishing 29th in the No. 95 Earl Sadler-owned Ford Thunderbird. In 1994, Mayfield declared he would run for NASCAR Winston Cup Series Rookie of the Year, and signed to drive the Sadler Brothers' No. 95 Ford. He resumed his role as that team's sheetmetal man in 1995, and signed to drive the No. 02 for T.W. Taylor, for four races before completing the year in the No. 98 Fingerhut-sponsored Ford for Cale Yarborough. He ran 20 starts in his inaugural season, his best finish a 19th at Rockingham. In 1995, he stayed with Yarborough full-time, and had an eighth-place run at the Miller Genuine Draft 500, with a 31st-place finish in the points standings after qualifying for 27 out of 31 races. The next season, he had two top-fives and earned his first career pole at the DieHard 500 Later that season, he and John Andretti of the No. 37 Ford owned by Michael Kranefuss and Carl Haas, negotiated to begin their next year's contracts (in each other's then rides) early. Mayfield ended the year 26th in points.

Mayfield formally joined the Kranefuss-Haas team in 1997. He had eight top tens, including two fifth-place runs, and finished a then career-high 13th place in points. After the season, Carl Haas' interests in the team were sold to Penske Racing South, and the team's identity was changed, with a new number (No. 12). Mayfield took the points lead early in the season, and won his first career race at the Pocono 500. At the end of the season, he ranked a career best seventh in the point standings, with 1 win, 12 top five finishes, 16 top 10 finishes, and a pole. In 1999, he dropped four spots in the standings, despite twelve top-tens. In 2000, he won four poles and two races. Mayfield's 3rd Cup series win and his 2nd of 2000 is probably the most famous of all his wins, as he bumped Dale Earnhardt out of the lead in the last turn and then used Earnhardt's famous "Rattle his cage" line against Earnhardt in victory lane.

One of the poles, however, was at the DieHard 500, and the car was found to have violated the rules and penalties resulted in the team earning -25 points from the race (his 126 points, earned by finishing 14th and leading a lap, were offset by the 151-point penalty NASCAR handed down). Later, while practicing for the Brickyard 400, he crashed hard into the wall. He suffered a concussion and was forced to miss the next two races. He finished 24th in points that season as a result of also having eleven DNFs (including six in a row).

He began 2001 with two consecutive third-place finishes, but was released after the Protection One 400. Rumors circulated around the garage that he had burned bridges with Roger Penske in order to sign a new deal with Ray Evernham's team. Rusty Wallace added the next year, that he did not see head to head with Jeremy Mayfield as teammates and that they feuded several times. He later provided Jeremy Mayfield with a driving contract in Wallace's lower-tier team in 2005 as a sign of his regret.

In 2002, Mayfield signed to Evernham Motorsports, replacing Casey Atwood. In his first year, Mayfield had four top-tens and finished 26th in points. He improved in 2003, winning the pole at the Aaron's 499 and posting 12 top-tens, finishing nineteenth in points. In 2004, Mayfield returned to victory lane at the Chevy Rock and Roll 400 to move his team into the ninth spot in the inaugural Chase for the Cup, and finished tenth in points. For a while, winning a race to get into the Chase was referred by the moniker "pulling a Jeremy Mayfield." In 2005, he won the GFS Marketplace 400, and finished ninth in the standings. In August 2006 he was released from Evernham (see below). Evernham used Bill Elliott and then Elliott Sadler for the remainder of the season.

Mayfield signed a contract with Bill Davis Racing for 2007, driving the No. 36 Toyota Camry. He ran a total of 13 races for Bill Davis Racing in 32 attempts with a best finish of 22nd at Kansas Speedway. In August 2007, it was announced that Mayfield and Davis would part ways at the end of the season.

Later in the season, he would take over driving the No. 66 car for Haas CNC Racing (then wholly owned by Gene Haas, no relation to Carl Haas, above) starting with Atlanta 2007. Late in 2007, he and teammate Scott Riggs would switch rides putting Mayfield in the No. 70 car (later to become the Stewart-Haas No. 14 car) at the beginning the 2008 season.

Mayfield completed seven races in the No. 70 with a best finish of sixteenth before he was released from the team. After July 9, 2008, Tony Stewart was able to announce his purchase into the Haas CNC team and the lineup of drivers to replace Riggs and Mayfield.

Mayfield would complete one additional race at Dover in the No. 40 Dodge, filling in for the injured Dario Franchitti. He would start tenth and finish twenty-fifth.

After failing to get a ride for the 2009 season, on January 19, 2009, Mayfield and his wife announced that he started his own team, Mayfield Motorsports. Mayfield would attempt the full season in a self-owned Toyota, using the number 41 (the number and owner points was purchased from Chip Ganassi Racing) and borrowing the Evernham-style of numbering. He raced his way into the Daytona 500 successfully. After ten races in the 2009 season, Mayfield qualified for just five. He was then embroiled in a substance abuse dispute that, for all intents and purposes, ended his NASCAR career. By July 2009, Mayfield had sold his race team and operations due to lack of sponsorship, and all members of the race team either resigned or were laid off.

During his NASCAR career, Mayfield had 36 career Busch Series starts. He had five top tens, his best finish being a fourth at Rockingham in 2003. He also had three Craftsman Truck Series starts, with a best finish of 6th at the 2003 Hardee's 200 for Green Light Racing. After his release from Evernham in 2006, he drove for Billy Ballew Motorsports in a pair of truck races.

Life after NASCAR
Mayfield was working as a delivery person while waiting for word on his appeals. By 2011, tax officials in Catawba County, North Carolina were on the verge of foreclosing on Mayfield's 388-acre spread there because he owed $82,000 in back taxes. In 2012, Mayfield was evicted from his home and was planned to drive in the ARCA series for Carter 2 Motorsports, although this deal fell through. On January 6, 2014, Mayfield was convicted on two counts of possession of drug paraphernalia and one count for possessing stolen items, receiving 18 months of unsupervised probation, and was ordered to pay $88,124.41, adding an extra $1,100 in court costs.

Mayfield currently races in the Grand National Super Series & also in the KOMA Unwind Modified Madness Tour, making his debut in the series' inaugural race at Hickory Motor Speedway. In May 2014, Mayfield released a video, titled The Mayfield Story, to explain the substance abuse controversy from his point of view.

In July 2014, Mayfield returned to organized racing competition, driving in a Pro Cup Series event at Tri-County Motor Speedway and finishing seventh of the ten cars that started. On September 29, 2014, Mayfield announced he would compete full-time in dirt and Super Late Model racing for 2015. On October 8, 2014, Mayfield started a Dirt Late Model team with plans to compete full-time in the World of Outlaws, with Mayfield as driver of the J2 car and Aaron Thomas as owner; former Charlotte Motor Speedway president Humpy Wheeler is an assistant for Mayfield.

He currently competes around the northwest of the state of Georgia at local dirt tracks.

He earned his first career Late Model win on November 26, 2018, at Lavonia Speedway, which was his first race win in any division of motorsports, since his final Cup victory of his racing career in 2005. Afterwards, an emotional Mayfield called it the "biggest win of my life."

"It feels great to get these guys into victory lane," said Mayfield afterwards. "We've come close several times, and finally we get to snap that win drought. These guys put a great car under me today, and I couldn't be happier."

As of 2020, Mayfield has mended his bridges with Ray Evernham and has shown an interest as a possible participant in the Superstar Racing Experience (SRX) series created by Evernham and Tony Stewart.

Personal life
He currently lives in Denver, North Carolina. Mayfield has been married twice and has no children.

Release from Evernham Motorsports
On August 8, 2006, Mayfield learned through NASCAR.com that he was not placed onto the entry list for Watkins Glen, instead replaced by former Evernham driver Bill Elliott. The No. 19 team falling out of the top 35 in points was initially given as the reason for Mayfield's release. Evernham later confirmed that Mayfield had been released from his contract after making comments about Evernham not being at the track often. Mayfield later stated that the problems with the 19 car stemmed from lack of attention from the team owner due to a "close personal relationship" with developmental driver Erin Crocker. Mayfield stated that Evernham was not with the Cup cars most weeks because of the extensive attention that he was giving Crocker and her No. 98 truck team. Evernham later admitted that he was seriously involved in an affair with Crocker, whom he married in 2009.

Substance abuse violation
On May 9, 2009, Mayfield was suspended indefinitely by NASCAR for violating NASCAR's substance abuse policy. Owing to NASCAR policy, David Black, whose company (Aegis Sciences Corporation) oversees NASCAR's testing program, refused to specify the substance for which Mayfield tested positive, instead saying it was "a drug of concern."

Mayfield stated: "I believe that the combination of a prescribed medicine and an over the counter medicine reacted together and resulted in a positive drug test. My doctor and I are working with both NASCAR consultant Dr. David Black and NASCAR to resolve this matter."

Black disputed Mayfield's claims, stating: "What we have is a clear violation of policy. In my many years of experience, I have never seen a violation like this due to the combination of over-the-counter or prescription products."

However, the week after his suspension, Mayfield stated that he had only taken two tablets of Claritin-D and the prescription drug Adderall, which he stated was prescribed to assist his attention deficit disorder, and that he had never used any sort of illegal drug. His wife, family, friends, fans, crew chief and other team members, drug store receipts, and signed prescription from his care provider backed these claims.

Afterwards, criticism of NASCAR's testing policy became rampant, and several suggested that NASCAR's secrecy over Mayfield's results was politically motivated, so as to not smear the reputation of Claritin, who was a sponsor of Carl Edwards and NASCAR on Fox at the time.

For the Coca-Cola 600 and Sprint All-Star Race Mayfield Motorsports named former Hall of Fame Racing team driver J. J. Yeley as interim driver and Jeremy's wife Shana as the interim owner.

On June 9, 2009, ESPN.com stated that during the random drug screening on May 1 at Richmond International Raceway, Mayfield tested positive for methamphetamine.

A doctor from Florida stated that it was impossible for Mayfield to use the levels of methamphetamine NASCAR claimed he did, or else he would be dead or a chronic user. According to another medical professional in Central Florida, the combination of medications cited by Mayfield has a 15% chance of a false positive being obtained.

On July 1, 2009, US District Court Judge Graham Mullen granted a temporary injunction, lifting Mayfield's suspension. Mullen concluded that the "likelihood of a false positive in this case is quite substantial." In granting the injunction, Mullen ruled that the "harm to Mr. Mayfield significantly outweighs the harm to NASCAR". Even with the injunction, Mayfield was forced to sit out the Coke Zero 400 and LifeLock.com 400 for want of a sponsor.

On July 15, 2009, NASCAR stated that Mayfield had again tested positive for methamphetamine during testing conducted outside of a NASCAR event, at and by entering Jeremy Mayfield's home on July 6, five days after his suspension was lifted. Mayfield continued to deny ever using the drug, and to account for the results by proper use of the OTC drug Claritin D combined with prescription treatment including Adderall. Additionally, Mayfield took a drug test 40 minutes after NASCAR's, this time administered by and at a certified drug-testing laboratory not affiliated with NASCAR, and it was negative.

Lisa Mayfield, the widow of Jeremy Mayfield's father, stated that she was his mother and had seen him use methamphetamines many times since 1998. Jeremy Mayfield rejected these allegations; refuting statements cited the inability for Lisa to have adopted an adult, and adoption being a condition for the claimed relationship. Lisa Mayfield later trespassed on Jeremy's property and assaulted persons whom she found there, resulting in the arrest of Lisa Mayfield. The disputes were settled out of court, and Lisa Mayfield withdrew her claims concerning Jeremy Mayfield.

A federal appeals court reversed Mayfield's injunction on July 24, 2009. On May 18, 2010, Mullen threw out Mayfield's suit, saying that Mayfield waived his right to sue NASCAR for defamation, when he agreed to take part in NASCAR events. Accounts and documents submitted for the case between the two dates, are public record and can be found on PACER.

Mayfield could theoretically return to NASCAR if he completes NASCAR's "Road to Recovery" treatment program and submits to drug testing with a non-WADA-approved lab belonging to Black, the only lab accepted by NASCAR at the time (NASCAR has since replaced their approved drug testing lab in 2017). On the January 8, 2013 episode of the MRN radio show NASCAR Live, hosted by Eli Gold, then-NASCAR CEO Brian France alluded to other options (in addition to the documented "Road to Recovery" plan) that had previously been discussed outside of public knowledge, when Mayfield reached him; these options were not clarified publicly. On the show France continued with statements that Mayfield must follow examples of other re-instated drivers that, as of June 28, 2016, are not participants in NASCAR. Mayfield is adamant about his innocence from NASCAR's charges. In an interview with Sporting News in 2014, Mayfield said he was willing to take a drug test "as long as I can pee in a cup for LabCorp or some other credible lab."

Dog attack
On April 22, 2011, five dogs owned by Mayfield attacked a mail carrier who drove through the entrance gate past "Beware of Dogs" signs to deliver a package too large for the roadside mailbox. She received several scratches and bite marks on her legs. The dogs were immediately taken, then euthanized. On May 10, 2012, Mayfield was ordered to pay $1 million in the lawsuit of the dog attacks after failing to respond to a lawsuit.

2011 arrest
On November 1, 2011, sheriff deputies searched Mayfield's home in Catawba based on an informant's statement that Mayfield and four accomplices were staging burglaries to support Mayfield's methamphetamine habit. Mayfield was taken into custody after deputies claimed to find 1.5 grams of meth residue on a plastic bag in a gun safe.

Authorities later found $100,000 worth of stolen goods on a little-used area of Mayfield's property. Among the recovered items were heavy machinery that had been reported stolen from two businesses in neighboring Lincoln County in late 2010 and early 2011, as well as audiovisual equipment that was later reported stolen from the then-defunct Red Bull Racing Team in nearby Mooresville in February 2011.

The informant whose statement led to the original search, died with his passenger in 2012 in a motorcycle crash while evading police pursuit in the jurisdiction of a different law enforcement agency.

Almost all the charges were eventually dropped or thrown out, with Mayfield pleading to two counts of misdemeanor possession of stolen property and one count possession of drug paraphernalia in 2014.

In popular media
Mayfield is featured in the video for "Drowning (Face Down)" by the band Saving Abel. He was also featured in Alan Jackson's 1997 music video "Who's Cheatin' Who". And, in 2004, Mayfield participated in a Family Feud NASCAR special, hosted by then-host Richard Karn. In the special, Mayfield and his Evernham team faced off against Kevin Harvick on behalf of both drivers' foundations, with Mayfield and his team winning the game.

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The Inspectors are not usually counted as clients. You could put "the police" though, I suppose.

As to the villain, Straker cannot truly be called the villain since Holmes is investigating his murder, which turns out to be a death by misadventure. He is a villainous character, to be sure, but I don't think you can call him "The Villain". Kelisi 03:42, 8 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Apostrophe
From Apostrophe: "In general, a good practice is to follow whichever spoken form is judged best: Boss's shoes, Mrs. Jones' hat (or Mrs. Jones's hat, if that spoken form is preferred). In many cases, both spoken and written forms will differ between people." I was always taught that a possessive ending in a hard 's' (or 'z', if you prefer, like 'Charles') takes just an apostrophe to form its possessive. (So titles such as Bridget Jones's Diary (in my opinion) should have been written Bridget Jones' Diary — but then this may have been deliberate to reflect the quirks of the character.) However, obviously everyone has a preference on this so I'm not getting into an edit war — except to state that I think "Holmes's" is an awkward way of saying something that could be communicated with one fewer letter (and indeed syllable). Thus we'll have to agree to disagree. Chris 42 10:53, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

Eille Norwood film version
The article says a short film starring Eille Norwood was released in 2001. However, according to IMDB, Norwood's version was released in 1923 and Norwood himself died in 1948. Was there a restoration/re-release in 2001 or is this a simple mistake? I don't have any original research to back up the earlier dates though I have a book with photos of Norwood as Holmes that clearly date from the early 20th century. --Pergish1 (talk) 22:57, 19 December 2013 (UTC)

Based on a "true" story?
see: [this page] and the DNA evidence from 2012 :) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.141.61.241 (talk) 07:19, 10 June 2015 (UTC)

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time
This article mentions that the title of Mark Haddon's book "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time" is a quote from Sherlock Holmes in this short story. This is clearly true, but is there a definitive reference for this?

The article also states that the protagonist (in Mark's book - Christopher) mentions Silver Blaze repeatedly in the book. This I believe is false. I cannot find a single mention of the Silver Blaze story in Mark's book, or an explicit reference to the title of either book (though there are many references to Sherlock Holmes).

I propose adjusting the comments regarding the connection between these stories to reflect this. Sparkytheteacher (talk) 11:46, 24 December 2015 (UTC)

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Concordia Lutheran Conference

The Concordia Lutheran Conference (CLC) is a small organization of Lutheran churches in the United States which formed in 1956. It was a reorganization of some of the churches of the Orthodox Lutheran Conference (OLC), which had been formed in September 1951, in Okabena, Minnesota, following a break with Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod (LCMS). It is the remaining successor of the Orthodox Lutheran Conference. The current president is David T. Mensing, pastor of Peace Evangelical Lutheran Church in Oak Forest, Illinois. All members of the board of directors serve one year terms. The CLC has five congregations and is in fellowship with nine mission congregations in Russia and Nigeria.

History
In the 1930s, some theologians and leaders in the LCMS began advocating the establishment of altar and pulpit fellowship with the American Lutheran Church (ALC). One of these was Dr. Theodore Graebner, a professor at Concordia Seminary in St. Louis, Missouri. Graebner gave a lecture to a Texas pastors conference in 1934 that criticized what he saw as unnecessary legalism in the synod; it was published as a book, The Borderland of Right and Wrong, in 1935. In subsequent revisions of the book, Graebner took an increasingly less restrictive view of church union. Nevertheless, in 1943, he and a colleague at the seminary, Dr. Paul E. Kretzmann, co-authored a book against unionism, Toward Lutheran Union: A Scriptural and Historical Approach. However, in 1944, Graebner signed the "Statement of the Forty-four" which openly repudiated the synod's stand on church fellowship. Kretzmann, who staunchly supported the LCMS position, filed charges of false doctrine against Graebner. When nothing was done, Kretzmann resigned from the seminary and began organizing opposition.

Among those pastors who supported Kretzmann were Wallace McLaughlin, who eventually became, with Kretzmann, one of the founders of the OLC, and Harold Romoser, who was well connected to the president of the LCMS, John Behnken, but did not join the OLC. The synod's 1950 convention provided additional impetus to the eventual split when it approved the Common Confession that had been drawn up with the ALC.

However, the big issue that drove the split was the question of whether breaking an engagement should be considered the same as getting a divorce. Historically, betrothal had been seen as the equivalent of marriage and was legally binding; however, the modern view of engagement had become prevalent in the United States in the twentieth century. The two views led to extended debate within the LCMS. On May 24, 1949, the faculty of Concordia Seminary issued a theological opinion that the modern practice of engagement was not the same as betrothal and that an engagement could be broken without sinning. In response, a group of laymen and a few pastors in St. Louis formed a study group and produced the "Confession of Faith Professed and Practiced by All True Lutherans". This document served as the basis for the OLC when it was founded on September 25, 1951, at St. John's Lutheran Church in Okabena, Minnesota. Originally the OLC consisted of ten pastors (one of whom later withdrew) and six laymen.

About four years later, the OLC split. Some of its members joined the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod, some remained independent, and the remainder formed the CLC. Kretzmann, who taught at the OLC's seminary, had been accused of teaching false doctrine by another pastor, resulting in Kretzmann and those who supported him breaking fellowship with several of the congregations in the OLC; those congregations then formed the CLC.

In 2004, the CLC absorbed the congregations of the Fellowship of Lutheran Congregations. The FLC was organized in 1979, when a group of Lutheran congregations left the Lutheran Churches of the Reformation over issues of excommunication.

Scriptural Publications, the publishing arm of the CLC, has published an anthology, Historical Essays by David T. Mensing: The Missouri Synod's Slide into Heterodoxy, 1932–1947; The Establishment of Heterodoxy in the Missouri Synod, 1950; and The Founding of the Orthodox Lutheran Conference, 1951.

Teachings
The CLC describes itself as "orthodox," with special emphasis on the inerrant, literal interpretation of the Christian Bible. It subscribes to the Book of Concord and the Brief Statement of the Doctoral Position of the Missouri Synod in its doctrinal stance.

Purpose
The CLC is a gathering of churches to engage in tasks that would be hard for any one church to perform. This includes the training of future pastors in their seminary program.

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I mainly edit articles relating to cryptographic voting techniques, as this is the topic of my dissertation. I have created the Punchscan and Scantegrity articles and have done some work on End-to-end auditable voting systems, which I view as a work in progress. Pulpspy (talk) 18:11, 10 September 2008 (UTC)

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Category: Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada
What about a category ? Fawcett5 03:43, 8 Apr 2005 (UTC

Fellowship
I fail to grasp the significance of this paragraph. Is it to indicate who is eligible for Fellowship? But then, what is the significance of the 5 people named? --dunnhaupt 15:30, 26 November 2006 (UTC)

Copyright concern
The opening paragraph of this article duplicates this source, which includes a clearly incompatible license with "all rights reserved". Barring some showing of permission, this material will need to be rewritten or removed to address these concerns. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 12:54, 26 June 2008 (UTC)

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Saanen goat

The Saanen is a Swiss breed of domestic goat. It takes its name from the Saanental in the Bernese Oberland, in the southern part of the Canton of Bern, in western Switzerland. It is a highly productive dairy goat and is distributed in more than eighty countries worldwide.

History
The Saanen originates in the historic region of Saanen (Comté de Gessenay) and in the neighbouring Simmental, both in the Bernese Oberland, in the southern part of the Canton of Bern, in western Switzerland.

It is reported from more than eighty countries. The total world population is reported to be over 900,000 head. Of these, some 14,000 are in Switzerland.

It has since the nineteenth century been exported to many countries of the world, and has given rise to many local sub-breeds, often through cross-breeding with local goats. Among these local variants are the Banat White in Romania, the British Saanen, the French Saanen, the Israeli Saanen, the Russian White, the Weiße Deutsche Edelziege in Germany, and the Yugoslav Saanen.

A black variant, the Sable Saanen, was recognised as a breed in New Zealand in the 1980s.

Characteristics
The Saanen is the largest breed of Swiss goat: billies stand about 90 cm at the withers and weigh a minimum of 85 kg. It has white skin and a short white coat; some small pigmented areas may be tolerated. It may be horned or hornless, and tassels may be present. The profile may be straight or somewhat concave; the ears are erect and point upwards and forwards.

Use and management
The Saanen is the most productive milk goat of Switzerland, which has the most productive milking goats in the world. Average milk yield is in a lactation of. The milk should have a minimum of 3.2% fat and 2.7% protein.

It is not well suited to extensive management, and is usually raised intensively. Being pale-skinned, it does not tolerate strong sun.

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Crystal Kay

Crystal Kay Williams (クリスタル・ケイ・ウィリアムズ) is a Japanese-American singer, songwriter, actress and radio host.

After releasing her first single, "Eternal Memories" (1999), Crystal Kay gained fame for her third studio album, Almost Seventeen (2002), which debuted at number 2 on the Japanese Oricon charts. Almost Seventeen eventually sold over 400,000 copies and was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of Japan. Crystal Kay, formerly signed to Epic Records, a sub-label of Sony Music Japan for 12 years, suddenly transferred to Delicious Deli Records, a sub-label of Universal Music Japan in 2011.

As of April 2021, she has released thirteen albums. Her seventh studio album, All Yours (2007) became Crystal Kay's only number-one release in her career when it debuted on top of the Oricon chart in June 2007. Crystal Kay has sold over two million records in Japan as of 2009. Throughout her career, Crystal Kay has collaborated with M-Flo and BoA, Chemistry as well as other well-known recording artists.

Early life and education
Crystal Kay was born and raised in Yokohama in Kanagawa Prefecture to a Korean-Japanese mother and an African-American father. Her father was a bassist from New Jersey and a sailor in the United States Navy stationed in Yokosuka, Japan. Her mother was a 23-year-old professional singer with one album while her father played music as a hobby. As a child, Crystal Kay met artists such as Diana Ross and Bobby Brown through her parents taking her to shows.

Crystal Kay attended Kinnick High School at the Yokosuka military base, and Sophia University. She briefly studied the Korean language in Seoul, learning how to read and write hangul, but does not speak Korean fluently and considers herself to be Japanese. Crystal Kay is fluent in English and Japanese, the latter influencing and making a regular appearance in her songs. She has also studied French. Crystal Kay has cited Janet Jackson, Aaliyah and Michael Jackson as her biggest influences. In Japan she cites the acts of producer Tetsuya Komuro as her J-pop influences, particularly Speed and Namie Amuro.

1999–2001: Debut and subsequent image change
Crystal Kay began singing for TV commercials as child from the age of 4. At the age of 11 years old, Crystal Kay signed to the label Epic Records in Japan when a jingle she recorded for TV CM for Vitamin water garnered attention. One year later the jingle was expanded into her debut single "Eternal Memories", on July 1, 1999. Despite peaking at number 47, "Eternal Memories" has since become Crystal Kay's eighth best-selling single. 1999 saw the release of two more singles, "Teenage Universe (Chewing Gum Baby)" on September 8 and "Komichi no Hana" on November 3, the former peaking at number 47 and the latter at number 80.

Crystal Kay's first studio album, C.L.L Crystal Lover Light was released on March 23, 2000. This album is noted by fans to have a more indie and acoustic feel as opposed to her later albums which mainly come under the genres of pop and R&B. Crystal Kay was only 13 years old when this album was released.

C.L.L Crystal Lover Light debuted at number 60 on the Oricon charts. A fourth single was released on the same day as C.L.L Crystal Lover Light, "Shadows of Desire". Because of its release date it became Crystal Kay's first single to fail to chart. "Shadows of Desire" was Crystal Kay's first A-side to be sung entirely in English.

After a year-long period of inactivity, Crystal Kay returned to the music scene with the single "Lost Child". The single, which was a collaboration with Shinichi Osawa and Hiroshi Fujiwara was released on February 15, 2001, and reached number 55 on its debut week. Despite Crystal Kay only being credited as a featured artist on the song, it was still featured on her next album, 637: Always and Forever. Her fifth single "Girl's Night" came three months later on May 9, 2001. The single saw the introduction of urban influences in Crystal Kay's music. Despite this new style, the single peaked at number 100. One of the b-sides, "Make Me Whole" was a cover of the Amel Larrieux song of the same name. Crystal Kay's next single, "Ex-Boyfriend", was released on July 4, 2001. It featured rapper Verbal of M-Flo. The single was a success for Crystal Kay, peaking at number 44, and became her best selling single at the time of its release. Crystal Kay released her sophomore effort on August 22, 2001, 637: Always and Forever. The album became Crystal Kay's first album to reach the top twenty of the Oricon chart when it debuted at number 19, and sold 15,640 copies in its first week. Crystal Kay finished off 2001 with her seventh single, "Think of U", released on November 28, 2001. The single was Christmas-themed. It debuted and peaked at number 60.

2002–2006: Rise in popularity
Nine months after her last single, Crystal Kay released her eighth single, "Hard to Say", on August 7, 2002, and sold over double than her previous best selling single, "Ex-Boyfriend". It became her first top thirty single when it debuted peaked at number 26 on the Oricon chart. The single was followed by the release of Crystal Kay's next single "Girl U Love" and her third studio album Almost Seventeen, on October 23, 2002. Almost Seventeen became Crystal Kay's breakthrough album, exceeding expectations and debuting at number 2 on the charts behind Mai Kuraki, selling 51,360 in its first week. The album spent a year on the charts, quickly being certified platinum by RIAJ. Three months later Crystal Kay released "Boyfriend (Part II)" on January 22, 2003. It peaked at number 23. Her next single came five months later, and was another collaboration with M-Flo. The single, called "I Like It", was released as "Crystal Kay loves m-flo" and was notably the first in a long-running hit series for m-flo. It was also Crystal Kay's first top ten hit.

"I Like It" peaked at number 8, becoming Crystal Kay's first top ten hit and eventually sold around 50,000 copies. Another single, "Candy" was released a month before her fourth studio album, 4 Real, on October 22, 2003. "Candy" debuted inside the top thirty of the Oricon charts at number 21, her fourth single in-a-row to do so. 4 Real was released on November 27, 2003, along with Crystal Kay's thirteenth single, "Can't Be Stopped". 4 Real debuted at number 6 on the charts behind household names in Japan such as Aiko, Do As Infinity and Mika Nakashima and sold 86,310 copies in its first week.

Crystal Kay's first English-language album, Crystal Kay (released as Natural: World Premiere Album in Japan), was released several weeks before 4 Real on November 7, 2003, in Asian territories including South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Thailand. The album was her first to be released outside Japan, and compiled English language songs from her previously released albums and singles, such covers of Gladys Knight, Cyndi Lauper and Judy Garland songs.

On May 12, 2004, released her fourteenth single, "Motherland", the first of two that year. "Motherland" was used as the third ending theme for the anime adaption of Fullmetal Alchemist. It was the ending theme from episodes 26 to 41. The single debuted at number 9 on the Oricon chart, her second single to debut in the top ten. Just under two months after "Motherland", Crystal Kay released her first compilation album, CK5, which was released on June 30, 2004, featuring a selection of tracks from Crystal Kay's four previous studio albums, as well as her latest single, "Motherland". The album celebrates Crystal Kay's fifth anniversary since the release of her debut single "Eternal Memories" in 1999, hence the title. CK5 peaked at number 2 on the weekly chart and charted for 49 weeks, eventually being certified platinum by RIAJ. Another single, "Bye My Darling!" was released on November 17, and peaked at number 40 on the Oricon chart. It was Crystal Kay's final release of 2004.

The single "Kiss" started off 2005 for Crystal Kay. It was released on January 26, 2005, and peaked at number 10 on the Oricon chart. The single had longevity at eventually became her second best-selling single. "Kiss" was the CM song for NTT DoCoMo "Music Porter". "Kiss" was written by the same songwriter of the ballad "Yuki no Hana" by Mika Nakashima. Crystal Kay's fifth studio album, Crystal Style followed two months later on March 2, 2005. The album debuted at number 2 and sold 296,756 copies. The album was the 44th best-selling album of 2005 in Japan. Crystal Kay released her seventeenth single, "Koi ni Ochitara", on May 18, 2005, which was used as the theme song for the drama Koi ni Ochitara: Boku no Seikō no Himitsu. The single is currently the best-selling single of her career, selling 295,456 copies, and Crystal Kay has sai that it changed the focus of her career away from R&B and towards J-Pop. In its first week it sold 73,717 copies, in its second week it dropped to number 4 and sold 51,546 copies, and in the third week it fell one place to number 5, selling a further 38,302 copies. Crystal Kay's next single was a collaboration with the R&B duo Chemistry called "Two as One". The single was released on October 5, 2005, and peaked at number 2 on the Oricon charts, much like "Koi ni Ochitara" earlier that year. "Two as One" was released as Crystal Kay × Chemistry.

On February 8, 2006, Crystal Kay released "Kirakuni" / "Together", her nineteenth single and the second A-side to be sung entirely in English. This single was recorded in the U.S. with producers Jam & Lewis, who are known for working with the likes of Crystal Kay's idol Janet Jackson and Mariah Carey. Crystal Kay has stated that working with them was the personal highlight of her career and was landed on Crystal Kay as a surprise by her management. The recording took place over a hectic 3 nights in Los Angeles. The second A-side "Together" was used as the theme song in Japan for the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin. The single debuted at number 27. Two weeks later Crystal Kay released her sixth studio album Call Me Miss... on February 22, 2006. In its first week, Call Me Miss... debuted at number 2 on the Oricon chart as well as number 9 on the World Album Chart, selling 116,050 copies that week. It has since been certified platinum by RIAJ and was the 50th best selling album of 2006 in Japan.

2007–2008: First number-one and decline in sales
After about a year's break, Crystal Kay released the single "Kitto Eien ni" on January 17, 2007. "Kitto Eien ni" was used as the ending theme of the film Boku wa Imōto ni Koi o Suru, starring Jun Matsumoto. The single debuted at number 12 and charted for seven weeks, selling 19,615 copies. Crystal Kay's twenty-first single, "Konna ni Chikaku de...", was released on February 28, 2007. It was used as the ending theme to the anime adaption of the manga Nodame Cantabile. The single debuted at number 14 on the Oricon chart and charted for eight weeks, selling 15,158 copies to date. "Konna ni Chikaku de..." was performed live for the special Nodame Orchestra concert at the Tokyo International Forum on the single's release date. Another single, "Anata no Soba de", was released on May 16, 2007. The single only featured one track and thus was sold at the lower price of ¥525 in Japan. This single was the CM song for Menard Facial Salon. Crystal Kay released her seventh studio album All Yours a month later on June 20, 2007.

The album's theme was love. The track "Lonely Girl" was featured on the Japanese airings of the American dramatic television series Lost and featured on the soundtrack to the third series in Japan. The second track on All Yours, "Dream World", was used to promote the "Barista's Special" for Tully's Coffee. The album debuted at number 1, selling 51,211 copies in its first week. All Yours was Crystal Kay's first number one release. The album has sold 136,841 copies and charted for nine weeks.

On November 28, 2007, Crystal Kay released her first EP, Shining. The EP had a Christmas theme and featured the title track "Shining" as well as a second new track "Snowflake" and the previously released tracks "Happy 045 Xmas" and "No More Blue Christmas", originally featured on Natural: World Premiere Album. It debuted at number 21 on the Oricon chart. "Shining" was used as the CM song for "PARCO X'MAS 2007" throughout the Christmas period. Crystal Kay also starred in the commercial, in which she was seen "flying" on a reindeer.

On March 3, 2008, it was revealed that Crystal Kay was chosen to sing the theme song to the 2008 Pokémon film Giratina to Sora no Hanataba: Sheimi. She also played the voice of "Nurse Joy's Chansey" in the film. The film's producers had apparently been considering the singer since 2001, when she sang "Lost Child" with Shinichi Osawa and Hiroshi Fujiwara for the soundtrack of the film Satorare. As expected a single was released. However, it was not the recently announced Pokémon theme song, but a different single entitled "Namida no Saki ni". "Namida no Saki ni" was released on June 11, 2008. It was Crystal Kay's first single in over a year, since the release of the single "Anata no Soba de" on May 16, 2007. "Namida no Saki" was used as the CM song for Tully's Coffee commercials throughout June 2008. This song exhibited a new, pop-rock sound for the singer. The single debuted at number 29 on the Oricon daily chart and eventually debuted at number 42 on the weekly chart. To date, the single has sold 3,587 copies. One month later on July 16, 2008, the Pokémon single, "One", was finally released. "One" debuted at number 25 on the daily chart and debuted at number 32 on the weekly chart, selling 2,237 copies. To date, "One" has sold 6,522 copies. Crystal Kay graduated in sociology from Sophia University in 2008, allowing her to concentrate on her career full-time. For her eighth studio album Color Change! Crystal Kay had songs produced by Bloodshy & Avant and Jam & Lewis. Crystal Kay had previously worked with Jam & Lewis in 2006. The album was released on August 6, 2008. The title Color Change! reflected from Crystal Kay's graduation from Sophia University that year. Color Change! peaked at number 6 on the Oricon daily chart and number 8 on the weekly chart, selling 15,519 copies in its first week. The album sold 33,290 copies after seven weeks on the charts. Color Change! was eventually certified gold by RIAJ. Color Change! was the 289th best selling album of 2008 in Japan.

2009–2010: Ten years in the industry
On February 18, 2009, Crystal Kay was a featured artist with Verbal of M-Flo on the song "Universe" with South Korean singer BoA from her single Eien/Universe/Believe in Love. The single peaked at number 8 and has sold 21,789 copies. On May 15, 2009, it was announced that Crystal Kay and Jin Akanishi, from the boyband KAT-TUN, had written a duet called "Wonder". The song was first performed by Akanishi on the KAT-TUN's concert tour in 2009. This was the second time that Crystal Kay sang with him, the first being during her second appearance on KAT-TUN's variety show, Cartoon KAT-TUN. On August 12, Crystal Kay released her twenty-fourth single, "After Love (First Boyfriend)" / "Girlfriend". The single was announced on Crystal Kay's official website on July 1, 2009, which marks the tenth anniversary since the release of Crystal Kay's debut single in 1999. "After Love (First Boyfriend)" features Kaname from the J-pop duo Chemistry. "After Love (First Boyfriend)" is a follow-up to Crystal Kay's 2003 single "Boyfriend (Part II)" and used as the CM song for Tully's Coffee commercials throughout July 2009. "After Love" was written by Craig McConnell and Canadian artist Shobha, with Japanese lyrics by Crystal Kay. "Girlfriend", featuring the Korean artist BoA with whom Crystal Kay is reportedly close friends, was used as the image song for the Japanese dubbed release of the feature film He's Just Not That Into You starring Jennifer Aniston and Ben Affleck. The single's b-side, "Deaeta Kiseki", was released digitally in December 2008 and was also used as the CM song for Tully's Coffee that month. "After Love (First Boyfriend)" / "Girlfriend" was Crystal Kay's second double A-side single, and her first since "Kirakuni" / "Together" in 2006. The single landed on the Oricon Daily Chart at peak position number 21 and on the Oricon Weekly Chart at number 31. On September 2, 2009, Crystal Kay released her second compilation album, entitled Best of Crystal Kay. The collection featured over thirty tracks from her discography. Best of Crystal Kay was also released with a "limited edition" disc containing four new songs, including "Step by Step", produced by Yasutaka Nakata of Capsule. It was used as the theme song for "Janguru Taitei" which aired from September 5, 2009. Another new song, entitled "Over and Over" will also be in the CD. It is currently used in a commercial for NTT's "Live On FLET'S". Crystal Kay did not star in this advert. "Over and Over" was produced by Taku Takahashi of M-Flo. The fourth track "Helpless Night" is a collaboration between Crystal Kay and Jin Akanishi of KAT-TUN and is performed almost entirely in English. The collection debuted at number 2 on the Oricon Daily Chart, and sold almost 30,000 copies that day alone, and ultimately dropped to number 3 on the Weekly Chart, behind Superfly's Box Emotions and the second week sales of Arashi's All the Best! 1999–2009. It sold 87,669 copies that week. This is Crystal Kay's best peak position on the Oricon Chart since All Yours in 2007, as well as her best first week sales since Call Me Miss... in 2006. Crystal Kay finished off the year by releasing her first remix album The Best Remixes of CK on December 16, 2006.

In 2010, Crystal Kay starred in her first role in a drama series. She played the character of Kokusho Akira, a genius hacker who has carried out many crimes all over the world in the Nippon Television drama Hidarime Tantei Eye, which stars Hey! Say! JUMP member Ryosuke Yamada. The drama began airing on January 23, 2010. On February 24, Crystal Kay released a brand new song, "Flash" on Recochoku Chaku-Uta. "Flash" was featured in the commercial for Canon IXY Digital cameras, which began airing on February 19. Crystal Kay also released a new song called "Victoria". It was being used as the commercial song for Tully's Coffee. Both of these new songs were featured in Crystal Kay's second mini album Flash, which was released on June 16. The mini album also included a tribute to Michael Jackson, and a song written by herself. She also released Crystal Kay Live In NHK Hall: 10th Anniversary Tour CK10 on the same day. It will be her first concert DVD. On June 22, it was announced that Crystal Kay would sing both the opening and ending theme songs, "Time of Love" and "Cannonball" respectively, to the NHK drama Jūnen Saki mo Kimi ni Koishite, starring Aya Ueto. The drama began airing on August 31. Crystal Kay released her next single "Journey (Kimi to Futari de)" on November 24, followed by her ninth studio album on December 8.

2011–present: Transfer to Universal
Crystal Kay's Spin the Music tour was planned to have nine shows across Japan starting February 5 and ending March 29, 2011. Her tour was cancelled after she went to the hospital complaining of sickness and was diagnosed with Acute Nephritis. Crystal Kay was advised not to go on with the tour in order to rest and recover from her illness. Her record label offered refunds through the tour's website. Crystal Kay later performed at the August 2011 MTV Zushi Fes music festival. On April 29, Crystal Kay held a Q&A on her blog and answered her fans' questions, with one question regarding a possible Korean debut. Considering her mother is of Korean ancestry, she has stated: "I can speak just a teeny bit of Korean (lol). My reading and writing are perfect, but learning vocabulary is sooo hard! It's no good that I don't do listening or speaking. I'll think about a Korean debut! I'd like to be able to sing in Korean." On October 5, Universal Music Group subsidiary label Delicious Deli Records posted an announcement that after twelve years Crystal Kay had left Sony Music Japan and signed to them.

In 2012, Crystal Kay recorded a cover of "Eyes on Me" for the "FINAL FANTASY Orchestra Album", becoming the latest in a series of notable artists to cover the song, including Angela Aki, MayBee and Kanon.

In 2013, the singer participated in DANCE EARTH PARTY's debut single "Inochi no Rhythm", part of DANCE EARTH's project DANCE EARTH ~Seimei no Kodo~. In March of the same year, she moved to New York, United States, in order to start her international career.

On February 14, 2014, she officially released her US debut music video via MTV Iggy, "Busy Doing Nothing". On July 1, she celebrated her 15th debut anniversary. In November of the same year, the singer announced that she moved her management to LDH.

In January 2015, the singer returned to Japan after a final acoustic concert in New York. Looking back at the time she lived in the United States, she described the experience as a turning point in her life: "It was the first time I lived alone in New York and the first time I lived abroad. I went there because I wanted to try my hand at music, and although it didn't lead to my debut in the end, I think I learned a lot there and was able to plant some seeds. Anyway, it was a journey to face myself and become stronger. Going to New York was the first time I was able to face my identity crisis, which I had been dealing with since I was a child. I think it was a good thing that I was able to think, 'I should have more confidence in my identity'. The other thing is that people in their late twenties have unique problems. Especially for women, it's the age when they have to worry about work, marriage, and childbirth." In terms of music, she succeeded in refining her skills despite not being able to make her international debut: "''My goal was to get a record deal there, but I thought it would be better to actually live there, join the local community, and get to know the producers, so I decided to take the plunge. But it was difficult because I didn't have any connections. I went into the studio every day and wrote over 60 songs, but I was an unknown singer over there. For two years, I went back and forth to Japan, meeting with producers, doing sessions, voice training, dancing, and so on." Besides working on her musical career, she also went to acting classes and took an "overcoming anthropophobia course" in New York. On June 3, she released her first single under LDH's management and 30th single overall, "Kimi ga Ita Kara", being also her first single after three years since the release of "Forever". On September 16, she released her 31st single "REVOLUTION", with its title track featuring Amuro Namie. On December 16, Crystal Kay released her 11th studio album Shine''.

From February 12 to March 23, 2016, she held her 9th live tour Crystal Kay LIVE TOUR 2016 "Shine". On March 23, Crystal Kay released her 32nd single "Sakura". On September 14, she released her 33rd single "Lovin' You".

On February 13, 25 and March 13, 2017, she held her first Billboard Live concerts in Tokyo and Osaka.

On June 13, 2018, she released her 12th studio album For You.In 2019, she starred as "Leading Player" in the Japanese version of the Broadway musical Pippin, for which she was awarded by the 27th Yomiyuri Theater Awards as best actress.

In spring 2020, played the role of "Motormouth Maybelle" in the Japanese version of the musical Hairspray. On March 17, Kay released her first cover album in fall 2020. "March 9", a beloved graduation song in Japan, was pre-released on March 18 as the first track of the album. On April 24, the musical Hairspray was cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Japan. In the same year, she launched the mental health support project "All FOUR ONE PROJECT" together with musicians whom she is close with in order to provide a place where people who are having difficulty living with the COVID-19 pandemic can talk about it in peace. As for the origin of the project, she explained: "With the Corona disaster, I learned about the sad situation of the increasing number of suicides among women in their 20s to 40s. I thought that there are a lot of people who have something on their mind but can't talk about it with anyone. This is because in Japan, mental health care itself is considered taboo, or rather, it is still a bit closed off. I think the mentality of the Japanese people is to work hard until the very last minute, thinking that they shouldn't bother anyone.", "I thought it would be nice if there was a place where people who are having a hard time living in the present moment, people who are interested in mental health but don't know how to learn about it, and people who don't know much about mental health itself could participate in a safe environment."

On April 21, 2021, she released her first cover album I SING, which celebrates the 20th anniversary since her debut. Previously, three songs of the album, "Sangatsu Kokonoka", "Utautai no Ballad" and "I LOVE...", had been released as digital singles over the course of 2020. In the same month as the release of the cover album, she was appointed as the brand ambassador to celebrate the 75th anniversary of JBL. Later that year, she participated in the first season of The Masked Singer Japan under the stage name "Miss Television" and finished the show as the runner-up. On November 5, she released her 12th digital single "Hitori ja nai Kara", which was used as the theme song for the movie DANCING MARY. On November 18, she released her 5th English digital single "Say My Name" in collaboration with the producer TETSU.

On March 29, 2022, Crystal Kay performed the national anthem and halftime show for the NBA match "Washington Wizards vs Chicago Bulls" together with the professional dance team RIZE Dancers at Capital One Arena, the home of the Washington Wizards, for an event called "JAPAN NIGHT". RIZE, a Japanese NBA tour planning and dance team production company, was approached by the Washington Wizards about "JAPAN NIGHT" and offered the event to Crystal Kay. Kay, who herself played on the basketball team in junior high and high school and actively performs at basketball events, including singing the national anthem at NBA games in Japan, decided to participate in this special event because of her passion for the NBA. On July 6, she released the collaboration single "Gimme Some" together with Japanese Hip-Hop artist Daichi Yamamoto. From August to September, she reprised her role as "Leading Player" in the Japanese version of the Broadway musical Pippin. On November 11, she released the collaboration single "No Pressure" together with singer-songwriter and producer VivaOla. On December 7, she released her 15th digital single "Love me".

On January 29, 2024, Crystal Kay will release her 16th digital single "That Girl" produced by ☆Taku Takahashi (M-Flo).

Influence
Crystal Kay is considered a pioneer for interracial acts in Japan. She debuted in 1999 when R&B began to take off in Japan thanks to local acts MISIA, Double and Hikaru Utada. Her success paved the way for the mainstream success of many mixed-race artists in the mid-2000s (decade) such as Thelma Aoyama and African-American/Japanese enka singer Jero.

Personal life
In 2009, Crystal Kay said, "There is still some racial thing going on, [but] people are getting used to it. You can see a lot more mixed people on TV, and even (among) models in magazines." At a summer festival that year, the half-Japanese half-Papua New Guinean singer Emi Maria left Crystal Kay a demo and a note saying, "You're my idol, I'm sad I couldn't meet you in person." Nevertheless, Crystal Kay has said, "I consider myself a Japanese artist because I was born and raised here, but nationality-wise I look, and am, foreign."

In her life, Crystal Kay had been struggling with her identity and didn't want to stand out: "I was born and raised in Japan, but I don't have any Japanese blood in my veins (my father is American and my mother is Korean), so I had always had a complex.", "There was only one senior I knew who was Korean and Black [...]. They (the others) were all Black and Japanese, or white and Japanese, or half-Japanese. [...] I thought of myself as a minority among the majority." However, living in New York between 2013 and 2015 helped her accept her multi-ethnical identity: "I had this complex that made me shrink back. But when I talked about it in New York, people would say, 'What are you talking about? You're carrying three cultures on your shoulders, and you're building a good career in Japan, isn't that great? You should be more proud of yourself.' I thought, 'That's right'." As for her future, she dreams of becoming a "bridge between countries": "''It could be through music, a musical, or a movie. I'm also very interested in acting, so I want to be a bridge through entertainment in any genre.''"

Crystal Kay holds American citizenship.

Discography

 * C.L.L Crystal Lover Light (2000)
 * 637: Always and Forever (2001)
 * Almost Seventeen (2002)
 * ''4 Real (2003)
 * Crystal Style (2005)
 * Call Me Miss... (2006)
 * All Yours (2007)
 * Color Change! (2008)
 * Spin the Music (2010)
 * Vivid (2012)
 * Shine (2015)
 * For You (2018)
 * I Sing (2021)

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The edit http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dining_cryptographers_protocol&diff=prev&oldid=59572201 deleted an explanation of why we need at least 5 dining cryptographers for perfect anonymity.

I think the "5 needed" assumed that, after one person picked a random number, that person showed the number to *both* neighbors (left and right) -- so 3 people know that number.

The protocol on that page has that person show the number to only one neighbor -- only 2 people know that number. So do we really need only 3 in that case? -- User:DavidCary --70.189.77.59 19:48, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

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