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User:Sjcarpediem

I'm a newb, THNX IN ADVANCE!

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Always busy, yet nothing ever done....

Personal Credos :
 * Dum Vivimus, Vivamus Latin, 'while we live, let us live'
 * Carpe Diem Latin, 'sieze the day'

Heraldic Credos :
 * Je suis prest Old French (Clan Fraser of Scotland), 'I am ready.'

In current research:

 * Working on gathering information for an article on St. Evrard; fait accompli, now I'm translating amd trying to merge with Eberhard of Friuli; fait accompli aussi!, now it needs some more cleaning and more sourcing...
 * http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=5959
 * http://home.scarlet.be/amdg/sankt/dec16.html
 * Also gathering information for an article on Saint Arnoul of Cysoing; damned obscure Frenchmen...
 * http://nominis.cef.fr/contenus/saint/5382/Saint-Arnoul.html
 * http://home.scarlet.be/amdg/sankt/jan28.html
 * http://home.scarlet.be/amdg/sankt/jan29.html

reference to make my life easier
User:Sjcarepdiem/linkage Category:Ancient_languages

other stuff I've worked on

 * Ubayd-I Zakani
 * CANAL-F

...some other stuff... I don't think it matters tooo much

Quick Autobiography
Born in 1982 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Spent childhood moving from place to place. Generally notable for study, since that's about all that I've done so far, former majors at universtiy level have included : computer science (3 years), neuroscience pre-med (3 years), linguistics (3 years). Currently having finished a BA in International studies, regional specializations include North Africa and the Middle East and Western Europe. Minors include International Economics and the French Language. My thesis (not dissertation, mind you!) was on decolonization of Palestinian territories. I already hold one "BA" although its not from an accredited institution, based on experience and some coursework and test scores in Elementary Education. Currently an English Teacher in Tokyo completing a master's program in TEFL/TESL through the University of Birmingham in Birmingham, U.K.

Language
Formal Study

Native :
 * English (Foreign-Language-Influence American)

Working on :

active :
 * Japanese
 * Hebrew

stalled :
 * Arabic

Studied in years past :
 * German
 * Spanish
 * French (included university study in Provence)

Informal Study and Wishlist
 * Latin
 * Russian
 * Italian
 * Egyptian Hieroglyphics (Middle Kingdom)
 * Ladino
 * Kiswahili

Geographical Biography
in chronological order
 * Born Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America
 * Los Angeles, California, United States of America
 * San Diego, California, United States of America
 * Mesa, Arizona, United States of America
 * Redding, California, United States of America
 * New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America
 * New York City, New York, United States of America
 * Long Beach, California, United States of America
 * Jerusalem, Israel
 * Long Beach, California, United States of America
 * Aix-en-Provence, Provence, Bouches-du-Rhone, Republic of France
 * Long Beach, California, United States of America
 * 妻鳥（めんどり）, Kawanoe, Shikokuchuo, Ehime, Shikoku, Japan
 * Kobe-shi, Hyogo-ken, Japan
 * Otsu-shi, Shiga-ken, Japan
 * 田端新町, Kita-ku, Tokyo-to, Japan
 * Future: elsewhere

Societies and Conventions (NOT complete)

 * A/V Tech staff for Pacific Media Expo since innauguration (2004, 2005, 2006...)
 * A/V Tech staff for Anime Expo (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007...)
 * General Convention Staff for XP/Agile (extreme programming) in New Orleans, 2003
 * Member Phi Beta Delta, international honor society of Califoria State University at Long Beach (since 2005)

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Luther Burger

A Luther Burger, or doughnut burger (among several naming variations), is a hamburger or cheeseburger with one or more glazed doughnuts in place of the bun. These burgers have a disputed origin, and tend to run between approximately 800 and 1500 Cal.

Origins
According to legend, the burger was named for and was a favorite (and possible invention) of singer, songwriter and record producer Luther Vandross. This origin is mentioned in a January 2006 episode of animated series The Boondocks, "The Itis", in which the character Robert Freeman creates a restaurant which serves the burger.

Mulligan's, a suburban bar in Decatur, Georgia, serves the Luther Burger in addition to its hamdog. The Daily Telegraph reported that Mulligan's may be progenitor of the burger when the owner substituted the doughnuts when running out of buns.

In the United States
The Gateway Grizzlies baseball team of Sauget, Illinois have served the Luther Burger at their ballpark. Their version consists of a Krispy Kreme doughnut around a black Angus patty, melted cheese, and two strips of bacon. Dubbed a "cardiologist's worst nightmare" by ABC News, this burger is 1000 Cal. Aside from bringing in revenue from sales, it has drawn more fans to come out to the ballpark: apparently, attendance at games has increased and the burger is one of the most popular aspects of the park. The burger has met with criticism from burger purists and from people who are turned off by the thought of the taste and the health implications.

In Astoria, Queens, a Lebanese burger restaurant began selling a halal-compliant version of the Luther Burger (a Crave Doughnut Burger) with turkey bacon in 2010. The restaurateur added the 1/4 lb burger to the menu after a friend experienced one while traveling through the Southern United States. Restaurant owner Firas Zabib has said he sells 10–20 of the US$6.50 2010 burgers per day, and that his was the first shop in New York City to sell them.

Around the United States, copies and variations of the Luther Burger have appeared at state fairs. The 2010 Wisconsin State Fair variation held a 1/4 lb Angus beef burger, topped with Wisconsin cheddar cheese and two strips of chocolate-covered bacon, on a toasted Krispy Kreme doughnut bun. The burger sold for US$5 2010 and equaled 1,000 Calories. Erika Celeste, for NPR's All Things Considered detailed a "doughnut burger" sold at the 2010 Indiana State Fair when discussing the imaginative and caloric "arms race" at state fairgrounds to devise new "wackier" menu items: "[a] fresh patty of beef and melted cheese sandwiched between two glazed doughnuts". The Indiana vendor explained his impetus to sell the burger after seeing Paula Deen "[do] it on TV". The 800 Cal burger was described as having a salty-sweet taste, and surprisingly ungreasy. The "Krispy Kreme Doughnut Burger" as served at the 2010 Mississippi State Fair was garnished with "lettuce, tomato and a generous slice of raw onion", and was estimated to provide 1500 Cal. The Alabama, Arizona, Louisiana, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tulsa State Fairs also served up Luther Burger variants in 2010.

Outside the US
Epic Burgers and Waffles (EBW) introduced their doughnut cheeseburger to the 2011 Canadian National Exhibition; they were inspired after seeing it at fairs in the Southern United States and noting its popularity at the Calgary Stampede the month before. EBW's version cost CA$8 2011 (or CA$10 2011 to add bacon and a fried egg), and contained 1500 Cal.

During the Jewish festival of Hanukkah, Jews traditionally indulge in eating oily and fried foods—such as the Israeli jelly doughnut sufganiyot (סופגניות)—in connection to the miracle of the cruse of oil. In 2016, Burger King Israel introduced the SufganiKing : a Whopper with two sufganiyot in place of the bun. The SufganiKing was available during Hanukkah 2016 (December 25, 2016 – January 1, 2017), and cost ILS14.90. Burger King Israel's chief executive officer, Steve Ben Shimol, said of the SufganiKing, "This matching of two popular Israeli food items was inevitable for us. We’re proud to be able to end 2016 on a creative, festive note." The Times of Israel reported on Burger King Israel employees who had eaten the SufganiKing and called it "delicious".

license: Creative Commons - Attribution Share-Alike - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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User:Kuohatti

Kuohatti I am a frequent editor of the Finnish Wikipedia. My Finnish user page.

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Summary
Equal Rites cover, from https://www.abebooks.co.uk/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=22450002006

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List of parliamentary constituencies in West Yorkshire

The English ceremonial county of West Yorkshire is divided into 22 parliamentary constituencies: 12 borough constituencies and 10 county constituencies.

Constituencies
Does not included Selby and Wetherby and Easingwold, which are predominantly in North Yorkshire.

2010 boundary changes
Under the Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the Boundary Commission for England decided to reduce the number of seats in West Yorkshire from 23 to 22, leading to significant changes in the Cities of Leeds and Wakefield, with the abolition of Elmet, Morley and Rothwell, Normanton, and Pontefract and Castleford and the creation of Elmet and Rothwell, Morley and Outwood, and Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford. Bradford North was renamed Bradford East.

Proposed boundary changes
See 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for further details.

Following the abandonment of the Sixth Periodic Review (the 2018 review), the Boundary Commission for England formally launched the 2023 Review on 5 January 2021. Initial proposals were published on 8 June 2021 and, following two periods of public consultation, revised proposals were published on 8 November 2022. The final proposals were published on 28 June 2023.

The commission has proposed that West Yorkshire be combined with North Yorkshire as a sub-region of the Yorkshire and the Humber Region, resulting in the creation of two new cross-county boundary constituencies: Selby which comprises the majority of North Yorkshire district of Selby and includes the City of Leeds ward of Kippax and Methley; and a new constituency named Wetherby and Easingwold which includes the City of Leeds wards of Harewood and Wetherby. As a consequence, the following changes are proposed: Elmet and Rothwell is abolished; Wakefield is reconfigured to include the towns of Rothwell and Outwood and is renamed Wakefield and Rothwell; Morley and Outwood becomes Leeds South West and Morley; a new constituency named Ossett and Denby Dale is created; and the town of Normanton is transferred from Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford to Hemsworth, resulting in the two new constituencies of Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley, and Normanton and Hemsworth. Elsewhere, Batley and Spen, and Dewsbury are realigned to form Dewsbury and Batley, and Spen Valley, and Leeds West and Pudsey are abolished, with parts of each forming Leeds West and Pudsey. Leeds Central effectively becomes Leeds South and a new constituency named Leeds Central and Headingley is created. Although its boundaries are unchanged, it is proposed that Keighley is renamed Keighley and Ilkley.

The following constituencies are proposed:

Covering electoral wards within Bradford Covering electoral wards within Calderdale Covering electoral wards within Kirklees Covering electoral wards within Leeds Covering electoral wards within Wakefield
 * Bradford East
 * Bradford South
 * Bradford West
 * Keighley and Ilkley
 * Shipley
 * Calder Valley
 * Halifax
 * Colne Valley
 * Dewsbury and Batley
 * Huddersfield
 * Ossett and Denby Dale (part)
 * Leeds Central and Headingley
 * Leeds East
 * Leeds North East
 * Leeds North West
 * Leeds South
 * Leeds South West and Morley
 * Leeds West and Pudsey
 * Selby (also contains part of the North Yorkshire district of Selby)
 * Wakefield and Rothwell (part)
 * Wetherby and Easingwold (also contains parts of the North Yorkshire borough of Harrogate and districts of Hambleton and Selby)
 * Normanton and Hemsworth
 * Ossett and Denby Dale (part)
 * Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley
 * Wakefield and Rothwell (part)

Results history
Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019

2019
The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising West Yorkshire in the 2019 general election were as follows:

Percentage votes
11983 & 1987 - SDP-Liberal Alliance

* Included in Other

Seats
11983 & 1987 - SDP-Liberal Alliance

Historical representation by party
Data given is for the West Riding of Yorkshire before 1983. A cell marked → (with a different colour background to the preceding cell) indicates that the previous MP continued to sit under a new party name.

2010 to present
1parts transferred in 2024 to the new constituency of Wetherby & Easingwold which is mostly in North Yorkshire


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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Krishnaology

 This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion of the article below. This page is no longer live. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page rather than here so that this page is preserved as an historic record. The result of the debate was - deleted - SimonP 00:01, Jun 14, 2005 (UTC)

Krishnaology
"Krishnaology" gives only one google hit. Besides the study of Krisna should be either at Krishna or at Vaishnavism Andries 17:55, 28 May 2005 (UTC)

Keep - "Krishnaology" is a notable entry. It is a term used by two prominant Vaishnava theologians and is easily distinguished from the historical, literary, and archaelogical study of the Hindu god Krishna. The most distinguished scholar of Hindu Studies at the University of Cambridge, Dr. Julius Lipner, has vouched for this term. There are two quotes from Dr. Lipner that shed some light on this discussion below. The first references Tamala Krishna Gosvami and his work on the Krishnaology of Prabhupada's teachings. The second references the value of his dissertation, the subject matter of which is Krishnaology.

 * "Neither I nor the Faculty ever had reason to regret our decision. Goswami seemed naturally to slip into the academic groove. Accustomed to giving guidance from a position of authority, he also had the ability to place himself with the right attitude at the receiving end educationally. He accepted guidance with grace and humility, read voraciously, worked with great intensity to deadlines, and wrote with clarity and power. His doctoral topic was the 'Krishnaology' of ISKCON's founder, Swami Prabhupada. His personal knowledge of Prabhupada's teaching was vast, he was extremely well-informed about scholarship on the Society, and he had innovative and penetrating ideas. In my view, he succeeded in researching his subject matter with integrity, the requisite criticality, and much originality."

 * "It is my intention to seek to publish the thesis in his name after due formalities have been seen to. If this can be accomplished, the thesis, I am sure, will be of great benefit to ISKCON and the scholarly world."

These statements were published in an academic journal by Dr. Lipner. Such statements by a prominant scholar of Hindu studies (from the University of Cambridge), carry significant weight. If anyone believes that this article is worthy of deletion, they must be able to conter such statements.

MAC 28 May 2005

 * In that case, you might want to put in a vote and back your statement up. Abstain. Mgm|(talk) 20:20, May 28, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. One Google hit says it all.  Somebody's doctoral thesis is not notable.  RickK 23:19, May 28, 2005 (UTC)
 * Weak keep We have an article on Christology, and there is another usage here. Google is not everything. Septentrionalis 18:51, 29 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, neologism. --W(t) 01:14, 2005 May 29 (UTC)
 * Delete, not notable, neologism. Megan1967 04:32, 29 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, this term is too underdeveloped for an article, needs more than two scholars. Buddha, (comment by user:Andries vote made by anon ip user:198.214.51.1)
 * Delete, neology. Imc 20:51, 29 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete neologism. JamesBurns 11:37, 30 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete as not only a neologism, but a chimaera of Sanskrit and Greek, which is really really wrong. Frjwoolley 02:24, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete neologism. JamesBurns 06:44, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * This page is now preserved as an archive of the debate and, like some other VfD subpages, is no longer 'live'. Subsequent comments on the issue, the deletion, or the decision-making process should be placed on the relevant 'live' pages. Please do not edit this page.


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The Box (American TV channel)

The Box, originally named the Video Jukebox Network, was an American broadcast, cable and satellite television network that operated from 1985 to 2001. The network focused on music videos, which through a change in format in the early 1990s, were selected by viewer request via telephone; as such, unlike competing networks (such as MTV and VH1), the videos were not broadcast on a set rotation.

The network was distributed on cable and satellite providers, with additional carriage on over-the-air UHF television stations (mainly on low-power outlets); most of these stations, which later became affiliates of MTV2 following the shutdown of The Box's US operations, have since been sold off as of 2012, while Viacom retains ownership of the other remaining former Box affiliates.

The Box's UK Operations remained on the air until July 1, 2024. The channel was fully owned by London-based Channel Four Television Corporation, (after Channel 4 bought out their partners in The Box Plus Network, Germany's Bauer Media Group in 2019).

History
The network originally launched as the Video Jukebox Network in 1985; it was founded by Steve Peters, who launched it on a television station in Miami, Florida. It was initially a product of the Miami Music scene, and was hosted by a group of local Miami Bass rappers known as Miami Boyz. Peters formed a record company called Peter's Records from the revenue earned by the Video Jukebox Network. Despite having his foot in the local Miami Bass scene, and employing hip-hop producers from abroad, none of its artists managed to produce a hit record; the label was shut down before Peters sold The Box to a group which included cable operator TCI and Island Records founder Chris Blackwell. In 1990, Les Garland, co-founder of both MTV: Music Television and VH-1 was brought in to run the network. From 1990–97, Garland, as Executive VP played an essential role in the domestic and international launch of the interactive music channel. He was responsible for entertainment programming, promotion, ad sales and marketing, and he oversaw the rollout of the channel from a base of 200,000 homes at its inception to more than 30 million U.S. households and 25 million households internationally after, the service – which eventually adopted the shortened name  The Box – began allowing viewers to request videos through a designated telephone number; viewers would be directed to enter a code – which was displayed through an on-screen menu that aired full-screen between videos as well as in a text- and icon-only format on the lower third of the screen during a video broadcast – to request a recent or classic music video to air on the network (this format was reflected in the network's longtime slogan, "Music Television You Control").

At first, all of The Box's request lines used a large block of Miami telephone numbers, and callers were only charged for a long-distance call; however, in order to gain revenue, the network switched to the request line to a 1-900 toll number, with callers being charged from $1.99 to $3.99 per call to make a request of up to three videos. The network was well known for being an "underground" outlet for music videos that were not shown or even banned on MTV, with up to 350 videos selectable at any given time in each of the 170 (by September 1992) different Box affiliates throughout the United States. Each affiliate had a unique playlist, usually customized to the local market, giving great exposure to more local and obscure groups.

Videos cost between 99¢ and $3.99 and, on a national average, took around 20 minutes to be broadcast after being ordered; it was not uncommon for multiple videos to air in succession, nor was it for there to be a gap in videos for several minutes on end (during which time, the request menu was shown). Because the channel's playlist was totally controlled by viewers, anyone could request any video for as many times as they wanted (explaining why some new videos like Bone Thugs-n-Harmony's "Tha Crossroads" could be seen ten times within an hour). The network was known for its rough-around-the-edges and "bootleg"-like feel, sometimes making it appear like it was of low quality. Despite this, The Box was known to have many popular videos appear in heavy rotation on The Box months before appearing on MTV – Britney Spears' "...Baby One More Time" was seen on The Box many months before "breaking out" for example – and was largely responsible in raising the profile of acts such as Sir Mix-A-Lot and Green Jellÿ. In 1998 Greg Willis was recruited to be SVP Sales and Marketing. The channel brand was upgraded in 1998, to The Box – Music Network and Box Fusion – an online service that synched television with the internet.

In May 1999, The Box was acquired by MTV Networks division of Viacom. The Box ceased operations in the United States just over 1½ years later on January 1, 2001, moving operations to the UK; MTV2, which featured a mix of set rotation and viewer request music video blocks at the time, replaced the network on its affiliates, before eventually withdrawing broadcast carriage of MTV2 in the 2010s to return to a cable-only distribution model (the same strategy was pursued with Más Música TeVe a few years later to launch MTV Tres). The concept behind The Box was later revived in 2010 when cable music service Music Choice launched SWRV (now Music Choice Play).

The Box's UK operations (now owned by Channel 4) remained on the air until its closure on July 1, 2024, with the channel run on satellite and via streaming, alongside a number of TV music channels based on Bauer Radio station brands.

Technology
Headends incorporated a video server which allowed for localized content mixes – local demographics could be taken into account for selecting the list of videos available for request or frequently requested genres/bands could be queued automatically. The video server had up to a 64GB HDD and the video programs were compressed in the MPEG2 format. In 2000, The Box had approximately 1,800 music videos in its inventory, 150 to 300 of which were queued across the network, at any given time. Subscribers could call the Interactive Voice Response at The Box's central office to request videos over the phone, which was typical, but could also request over the internet or via set-top box. The central office would then send the data to the individual headends regarding what was ordered.

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User talk:Rimush

George Bacovia
Hi, I have restarted the article on George Bacovia. I know nothing of this person and so I was only able to include basic information found via Google. I have placed it in the poet, Romanian writer, Romanian-related stubs, and people stubs categories so hopefully someone who knows more about this poet will add more. JeremyA 17:56, 28 May 2005 (UTC)

Our forum
Welcome to the Romanian Wikipedia notice board! This page is a portal for all Romanian-related topics and a place for Romanian editors to gather and socialize and debate. Discussions are encouraged, in both English and Romanian. Post any inquiry under their relevant cathegory.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Romanian_Wikipedian%27s_notice_board

--Anittas 19:35, 4 December 2005 (UTC)

romanian Alexander for Admin
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Alexander_007 ,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship#Alexander_007. I've nominated User:Alexander_007 as admin. Let's vote for him! -- Bonaparte  talk  &  contribs  20:12, 4 December 2005 (UTC)

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Thanks for the Barnstar!
It is certainly nice to feel appreciated! So thanks! Your thoughtfulness is appreciated in return!! --Justanother 21:36, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

Re: Please help
I am User:Rimush. I have added an anti-vandalism tool to my monobook, and since then my computer freezes whenever I try to log in to my account. Please remove the tool from my monobook, since it's a protected page and only administrators can edit it (and you were the first on the "list of administrators" thing). I don't have any real way of proving that I am User:Rimush (if you can think of a way, I'll be happy to do it), but, then again, if I'm not, deleting the tool will do him no harm, since he can just add it right back (so it's completely safe for you to do it, even if you don't believe me). Please help, I don't want my account to be lost. Thank you in advance. 89.120.193.125 18:50, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

 * Done. (aeropagitica) 20:59, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

Armata Romana
Salut, si scuze de intarziere, dar nu am putut sa-ti raspund pentru ca am fost plecat in vacanta. In primul vreau sa iti multumesc pentru ca mi-ai atras atentia asupra acelor lucruri. Cred ca cel mai bine ar fi sa vorbim cu cel care a facut tabelele de la bun inceput, pentru ca eu unul nu prea stiu cum sa le modific. Toate cele bune! --Eurocopter tigre 20:07, 3 August 2007 (UTC)

Your Sandbox
He,he, Sorry about that, I have noted your IP addresses and next time I see them I will add then to my ignore list on Huggle. Cheers and Happy Editing. :) Andy (talk) 13:41, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

Greetings!
Hello Rimush! I have noticed your interested in Romanian Armed Forces - related articles. As a coordinator of the Military history WikiProject and creator of the Romanian Military history task force I invite you to join both our project and task force. Thanks and best regards, --Eurocopter (talk) 17:09, 20 September 2009 (UTC)

Flag of Switzerland
Yes, the flag is Pantone 485, but if the flag and arms needs to be used for Internet purposes, the color needs to be CMYK 0/100/100/0 or #ff0000 according to the Swiss Government. User:Zscout370 (Return Fire) 13:34, 17 February 2010 (UTC)

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Serbo-Croatian it is!
Felicitare, dear Rimush, and thanks for pitching in on my current Language Ref Desk query. I greatly appreciate your swift and informative input, and look forward to seeing more of you on future mutual endeavors and roundabout the Wiki-environment. -- Cheers, Deborahjay (talk) 11:49, 20 May 2010 (UTC)

Villach
Thanks very much for the reply. Villach sounds just what I'm looking for. I'm sure it wouldn't be a problem if you named the Gasthaus you have in mind on my talk page. Best wishes, --Richardrj talkemail 15:32, 25 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Great, thanks! --Richardrj talkemail 16:55, 25 May 2010 (UTC)

My bad
= what I referred to, when phrasing my Language RD query, as "my rusty IPA. In trying to indicate the stressed syllable and not knowing the use of the colon, I innocently used an apostrophe - which if I understand you correctly (?), indicates a secondary stress. Perhaps I should go back and fix the query, which I wrote hurriedly {blush} . I want to be sure I get this right, and of course not to abuse, even inadvertently, those kind and knowledgeable folks who come to my assistance. -- Cheers, Deborahjay (talk) 12:58, 30 May 2010 (UTC)

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More on St Paulin translation?
Hallo, it is she here, :) Your response made me think that maybe you wouldn't be opposed to helping me smooth and tidy the translation once I've finished?  The sentence you helped me with was particularly painful, but I've struggled with others and am not very confident of being able to make the final result both correct and readable!  Some of my difficulties and musings are recorded in the page history,, but that's only a small portion of my concerns about the translation overall.  I'm about halfway through it now and moving slowly, but would you be okay with me hitting you up for help when I'm done?  I know it's a long piece of text and I don't want to burden you, so feel free to say no, I won't mind, :)  Thanks!  Mae din\ talk 12:01, 28 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Goody, thank you!  Mae din\ talk 12:18, 28 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Hi Rimush, User:Ehrenkater has gone through and translated and polished the whole thing, following your suggestion. All done and in a fraction of the time, :)  Thanks for your involvement and willingness to help.   Mae din\ talk 10:16, 2 August 2010 (UTC)

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 * The results of balloting conducted amongst 545 members of the Baseball Writers' Association of America to elect Major League Baseball players to the United States National Baseball Hall of Fame are announced. Cal Ripken, Junior, having, across twenty-one seasons as a shortstop and third baseman with the Baltimore Orioles, stricken 3184 hits and 431 home runs, made 8214 assists and compiled on defense a 4.14 range factor; been named twice the Most Valuable Player of the American League (AL), twice the most valuable player of the league's All-Star Game, and the AL Rookie of the Year in 1982; claimed two Gold Glove and eight Silver Slugger Awards and honors as the Orioles DHL Hometown Hero; earned selection nineteen times to the All-Star Game and to the Major League Baseball All-Century Team; and played in 2632 consecutive games, 502 more than Lou Gehrig, theretofore the MLB record holder, and 417 more than Sachio Kinugasa, theretofore the holder across leagues of fully professional baseball; garners 537 votes to post the third-best percentage of votes (98.5 per cent) ever achieved and the best of any position player to win induction.  Ripken and St. Louis Post-Dispatch sportswriter Rick Hummel, the winner of the J. G. Taylor Spink Award, are joined in the 2007 induction class by Tony Gwynn, who, having, across his twenty MLB seasons as a right fielder with the San Diego Padres, stricken 3141 hits, stolen 319 bases, scored 1383 runs, and compiled a .338 batting average; claimed five Gold Glove and seven Silver Slugger Awards, honors as the Padres DHL Hometown Hero, and, in 1998, as Ripken in 1992, the Lou Gehrig Memorial Award; earned selection fifteen times to the All-Star Game; and been eight times—including four times consecutively—the National League batting titlist; receives 532 votes to post the fifth-best per centage of any elected player.  Three other players—relief pitcher Rich Gossage, left fielder Jim Rice, and right fielder Andre Dawson—receive at least 50 per cent of the vote, whilst starting pitcher Bert Blyleven, having been named on 53.3 per cent of ballots one year thither, is named on just 47.7 per cent of those cast; amongst players eligible for the first time, only two—first baseman and designated hitter Mark McGwire, a member of the 50- and 500-home run clubs, and right fielder and designated hitter Harold Baines, winners respectively of 128 and 29 votes—are chosen by at least five per cent of voters.
 * Left-handed starting pitcher Barry Zito, by the Oakland Athletics a first-round choice in the 2000 Major League Baseball (MLB) First-Year Player Draft, having across his first seven seasons with the Athletics been thrice a selection to the league's All-Star Game, having in 2002 earned the American League Cy Young Awards, and having finished amongst the American League's top ten in earned run average, walks plus hits per inning pitched, strikeouts four times and in wins and shutouts three times and as the league's leader in games started four times, agrees as a free agent to a seven-year, US$126 million contract with the San Francisco Giants to become, ahead of Mike Hampton, in 2001 the signer of an eight-year, US$120 million contract with the Colorado Rockies, the highest-paid pitcher ever and, after Hampton and Kevin Brown, in 1999 the signer of a seven-year, US$105 million contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers, just the third MLB pitcher and fourteenth MLB player to have signed a super-US$100 million contract.
 * Having across his fifteen seasons in Major League Baseball earned selection to the All-Star Game on four occasions, garnered the 1991 National League rookie of the year and 1994 National League most valuable player awards, earned thrice a Silver Slugger Award and once a Gold Glove Award, and been recognized five times as the National League Player of the Month, Houston Astros first baseman Jeff Bagwell, aged 38 years, announces his retirement from professional play; he completes his career having compiled a .297 batting average, having stricken 449 home runs, and having tallied 1,529 runs batted in.
 * The New York Yankees, having twenty-nine days thither in sealed bidding won the exclusive right to negotiate with left-handed starting pitcher Kei Igawa–in 2003 the Central League most valuable player and Sawamura Award winner and in 2002, 2004, and 2006 the Central League season strikeouts leader–last of the Pacific League's Seibu Lions, onto which, under the Major League Baseball-Nippon Professional Baseball posting system, a US$26,000,914 transfer fee, by nearly a factor of two over that paid in 2000 by the Seattle Mariners to the Orix Blue Wave for right fielder Ichiro Suzuki and behind only that paid ten days thither by the Boston Red Sox to the Pacific League's Seibu Lions upon the Red Sox's agreeing to a six-year, US$52 million contract with right-handed starting pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka–with the Japan national team thrice a winner at the 2006 World Baseball Classic and in view of such performance an all-WBC selection and the Classic most valuable player–the second greatest-ever, reach agreement with Igawa on a five-year US$20 million contract.
 * The recipients of the player and manager awards for the 2006 Major League Baseball (MLB) regular season are announced.
 * Minnesota Twins first baseman Justin Morneau, who finishes the season having stricken 34 home runs, batted in 130 runs, and posted a batting average of .321, receives fifteen of the thirty-two first-place votes cast by a panel of the Baseball Writers' Association of America and, in the award's Borda count system, outscores by fourteen points New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter to earn the American League Most Valuable Player Award, whilst Philadelphia Phillies first baseman Ryan Howard, in 2005 the National League Rookie of the Year, earns, in view of his having tallied 58 home runs, 149 runs batted in, and 108 walks, that league's most valuable player award; Howard totals twenty first-place votes to outpoint, 388-347, Saint Louis Cardinals first baseman Albert Pujols, the 2005 award winner.
 * In view of his becoming the first MLB player since Dwight Gooden (1985) to complete a league-wide triple crown by leading Major League Baseball in earned run average (2.77), wins (19), and strikeouts (245), Minnesota Twins starting pitcher Johan Santana wins unanimously, as in 2004 the American League Cy Young Award; New York Yankees starting pitcher Chien-Ming Wang, who, in his second MLB season, wins 19 games and posts a 3.63 earned run average, outpoints in the Borda count voting of twenty-eight members of the Baseball Writers' Association of America, 51-48, Toronto Blue Jays starting pitcher Roy Halladay, the 2003 Cy Young winner, for second place, whilst Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim relief pitcher Francisco Rodríguez, who, for his having recorded 47 saves and tallied a 1.73 earned run average and 1.10 walks plus hits per innings pitched average, is recognized as the American League Rolaids Relief Man of the Year, is the only other player to record a second-place vote and finishes with five points. Arizona Diamondbacks starting pitcher Brandon Webb, who wins 16 games, posts a 3.10 earned run average, and pitches 235 innings, more than any other pitcher save one, receives fifteen of thirty-two first place and seven of thirty-two second place votes cast to win the National League (NL) Cy Young Award by twenty-six points over San Diego Padres relief pitcher Trevor Hoffman, who tallies 46 saves during a season in which he displaces sixteen-year closer Lee Smith from first place on the enumeration of MLBers by career saves and who ultimately earns–as in 1998–the NL Relief Man of the Year Award, and by forty points over Saint Louis Cardinals starting pitcher Chris Carpenter, the 2005 honoree.
 * Having finished the regular season having won 17 games and having posted the seventh-best earned run average (3.63) amongst all American League (AL) starting pitchers, the Detroit Tigers' Justin Verlander, the second overall selection in the 2004 first-year player draft, who three days thither finishes seventh in voting for the AL Cy Young Award, earns twenty-six of twenty-eight first-place votes cast by members of the Baseball Writers' Association of America (BBWAA), and, in the award's Borda count voting system, earns the AL Rookie of the Year Award by 70 points over Boston Red Sox relief pitcher Jonathan Papelbon, who records 35 saves but does plays in just 59 games, and by 103 over Minnesota Twins starting pitcher Francisco Liriano, who tallies 144 strikeouts and wins 12 games but, having sustained an elbow injury, pitches just 121 innings, and who, as Baltimore Orioles right fielder Nick Markakis, earns one first-place vote. Each of six players receives at least one first- or second-place vote from amongst the 32 of either cast by members of the BBWAA for the National League Rookie of the Year Award, and shortstop Hanley Ramirez—with second baseman Dan Uggla (55 points in the Borda count system); starting pitcher Josh Johnson (11); starting pitcher Scott Olsen; starting pitcher Anibal Sánchez, the sole MLB pitcher to have posted a complete game no-hitter since 18 May 2004; and left fielder Josh Willingham one of six Florida Marlins players to have earned a vote—having, across the 2006 regular season, hit 17 home runs, scored 119 runs, and stolen 51 bases, outpoints by four, 105-101, Washington Nationals third baseman Ryan Zimmerman–who, on the season, totals 20 home runs and 110 runs batted in and compiles a .965 fielding percentage–to win the award.
 * Although his team lose the 2006 World Series in five games to the Saint Louis Cardinals, Detroit Tigers manager Jim Leyland, having assumed control of the Tigers from Alan Trammell upon the team's completing the 2005 regular season having won but 71 games and having helped his side to 95 wins in the 2006 season, earns nineteen of twenty-eight first-place votes cast by members of the Baseball Writers' Association of America (BBWAA) to outpoint, in the Borda count voting system employed by the BBWAA, by twenty-five, 118-93, Minnesota Twins manager Ron Gardenhire–who earns nine first-place votes–to claim the American League Manager of the Year Award and to become, after Bobby Cox and Tony LaRussa, just the third manager to have won the award in the American and National Leagues and, after Cox, LaRussa, and Dusty Baker, just the fourth manager to have won at least three Manager of the Year Awards across his career. Joe Girardi, having been discharged as Florida Marlins manager despite his having helped the squad, in the starting lineup of which regularly were four rookies and in the rotation of which were regularly three rookies, to an overall record of 79-84, earns eighteen of thirty-two first-place votes cast and tallies 111 points in the Borda count voting to finish thirty points clear of New York Mets manager Willie Randolph–whose team, having captured the National League (NL) East Division, ultimately falls to the Saint Louis Cardinals in the decisive seventh game of the NL Championship Series–for the National League Manager of the Year Award; Bruce Bochy (San Diego Padres) and Grady Little (Los Angeles Dodgers), who lead teams to the playoffs, also earn first-place votes and finish, respectively, 61 and 81 points adrift of Girardi.
 * Chicago White Sox designated hitter Jim Thome, having across the league's 2005 regular season played in only 59 games and having across 193 at-bats recorded a batting average of just .207 but having in the 2006 season stricken 42 home runs, tallied 109 runs batted in, and earned selection to the 2006 All-Star Game, wins the American League Comeback Player of the Year Award ahead, in voting undertaken online by fans, of Oakland Athletics designated hitter Frank Thomas, whilst Los Angeles Dodgers first baseman Nomar Garciaparra wins the National League honor in view of his having completed the 2006 season having stricken 20 home runs, tallied 93 runs batted in and earned All-Star Game selection despite having contested just 62 games during the 2005 season–and having recorded nine home runs therein–and having played in 143 games total across the 2004 and 2005 seasons.
 * Amongst the eighteen players to be honored with Rawlings Gold Glove Awards for individual fielding performance are five American Leaguers—Detroit Tigers starting pitcher Kenny Rogers (five), Detroit Tigers catcher Iván Rodríguez (twelve, more than any other catcher), Oakland Athletics third baseman Eric Chavez (six), Seattle Mariners right fielder Ichiro Suzuki (six), and Minnesota Twins center fielder Torii Hunter—and three National Leaguers—Chicago Cubs and Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Greg Maddux (sixteen, as many as Jim Kaat and more than any other pitcher), San Francisco Giants shortstop Omar Vizquel (eleven, more than any other shortstop save Ozzie Smith), Saint Louis Cardinals third baseman Scott Rolen, and Atlanta Braves center fielder Andruw Jones—of whom each wins a Gold Glove Award for at least the fifth time is his career, but amongst those eighteen honored for overall offensive performance with Louisville Silver Slugger Awards, is just one—Boston Red Sox left fielder Manny Ramírez (nine, more than any other outfielder save Barry Bonds)—who wins for at least the fifth time as thirteen players—including American League (AL) Most Valuable Player Minnesota Twins first baseman Justin Morneau, AL Most Valuable Player Award runner-up New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter (who also wins his third consecutive Gold Glove), Chicago Cubs starting pitcher Carlos Zambrano (who, in 73 at-bats in the 2006 regular season, strikes six home runs and bats in 11 runs), and National League Most Valuable Player Philadelphia Phillies first baseman Ryan Howard—win for the first time.

For other baseball news, see 2006 in baseball, current sports events, and the Wikinews baseball portal.
 * For the second consecutive year, the champion of the Japan Series wins the Konami Cup Asia Series as the Hokkaidō Nippon Ham Fighters, two-and-one-half weeks thither the Japan Series titlist as victor of the Pacific League, having completed round robin pool play undefeated and having scored fifteen runs and permitted just three, defeat the La New Bears—winner of the Chinese Professional Baseball League 2006 regular season and Taiwan Series titlist—1-0 in a championship round game to garner the 2006 iteration of the Asia Series; for his having recorded ten strikeouts across seven shutout innings to win the championship game, Hokkaidō starting pitcher Yu Darvish is named Series most valuable player. The Bears, having lost to the Fighters in round robin play, 2-1, reach the final by virtue of the squad's 3-2 day three victory over the Samsung Lions—champion, as in 2005, of the Korea Baseball Organization, three weeks thither in five games over the Hanhwa Eagles, and the 2005 Asia Series runner-up to the Chiba Lotte Marines—which side finish, having won only a day two tie against the China Stars, in third place overall; the Stars, composed of players selected from amongst the six China Baseball League (CBL) constituent teams–including from the Tianjin Lions, three months thither over the Guangdong Dragons in three consecutive playoff games, CBL champions–finish, as in 2005, last overall, having scored just four runs and having conceded thirty-two.
 * At the Sapporo Dome in the eponymous city in Japan, the Hokkaidō Nippon Ham Fighters, champion of the Pacific League in three consecutive games over the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks, having lost, at the Nagoya Dome, the first game of the series, 4-2, and having thereafter claimed three straight victories, defeat the Chunichi Dragons, champion, by three-and-one-half games over 2005 league titlist Hanshin Tigers, of the Central League, which does not hold a playoff, 4-1, to earn, in five games, the best-of-seven-game 2006 Japan Series pennant; the franchise captures its second-ever Series and becomes the fourth consecutive Pacific League side to garner the championship of Nippon Professional Baseball and second consecutive such side, after the Chiba Lotte Marines (Bobby Valentine) to be managed by a native of the United States (Trey Hillman). The Fighters are led by right fielder Atsunori Inaba, who compiles a .353 batting average, bats in seven runs, and strikes two home runs across the Series to earn most valuable player honors, and relief pitcher Micheal Nakamura, who saves three games, whilst the Dragons are paced in defeat by right fielder Kosuke Fukudome, the Central League most valuable player and batting champion, who bats in two of the three runs the team scores against the second, third, and fourth games of the Series.

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Norm Bulaich

Norman Batton Bulaich (born December 25, 1946) is an American former professional football player who was a running back in the National Football League (NFL).

Professional career
After playing college football at Texas Christian University, Bulaich was selected in the first round (18th overall) in the 1970 NFL draft by the Baltimore Colts, for whom he wore number 36.

The 6'1", 217-pound running back/fullback held the Colts single-game rushing record, 198 yards against the New York Jets on September 19, 1971, until the 2000 season when Edgerrin James broke the record by rushing for 219 yards.  Later in that 1971 season, Bulaich was named to the AFC Pro Bowl squad. He was also featured on the cover of the November 8, 1971 issue of Sports Illustrated. He was traded from the Colts to the Philadelphia Eagles for a 1973 fourth-round selection (83rd overall–Kansas defensive end Gery Palmer) and a 1974 second-round pick (37th overall–Ed Shuttlesworth) on January 29, 1973.

In 120 career games with the Colts (1970–72), Eagles (1973–74) and Miami Dolphins (1975–79), Bulaich rushed for 3,362 yards and 30 touchdowns with a 4.1 rushing average. He also made 224 receptions for 1,766 yards and 11 touchdowns.

Bulaich currently lives in Hurst, Texas, and worked as an executive for IESI-BFC Ltd., a waste management company, in Haltom City, Texas.

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User talk:Xiong/tagging

It's not all black and white
There are cases where tagging is good. For instance, when usercomment was put for deletion, it was the tagging that made me know about it (it wasn't on my watchlist back then).

There are cases where tagging is bad. For instance, if someone added a to IPA fonts, the template would break (since it's used in the midle of an attribute).

A borderline case would be tfd itself; while it being tagged was what made me notice it was up for deletion, it led to a confusing effect (but of course nobody would put itself for deletion ☺).

Tagging templates for deletion works best with boxes or boilerplate messages, where it just adds a small extra box above it (in CSS talk, it works best with block elements). It doesn't work well with text formatting or other special effects templates (in CSS talk, inline elements). It doesn't work at all and has harmful effects with structural templates (for instance, templates meant as attribute values, or in some cases where multiple templates are used to create a single box).

My recommendation would be to use tfd only on block-like situations (colored boxes, stub notices, other paragraph-looking templates), create a new to use in inline-like situations (for instance, on a user signature template or emoticon template;  would be an inline element to prevent breaking paragraphs), and to put the notice on the talk page (possibly with a third kind of template ) when it's a "structural" template.

--cesarb 17:59, 28 May 2005 (UTC)

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User talk:Io'ana

WikiProject Theatre
Hi! This is a note to let you know that I have just established WikiProject Theatre. Please come and join us in building up Wiipedia’s articles relating to theatre! Ganymead 18:00, 28 May 2005 (UTC)

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Precentral gyrus

The precentral gyrus is a prominent gyrus on the surface of the posterior frontal lobe of the brain. It is the site of the primary motor cortex that in humans is cytoarchitecturally defined as Brodmann area 4.

Structure
The precentral gyrus lies in front of the postcentral gyrus - mostly on the lateral (convex) side of each cerebral hemisphere - from which it is separated by the central sulcus. Its anterior border is represented by the precentral sulcus, while inferiorly it borders to the lateral sulcus (Sylvian fissure). Medially, it is contiguous with the paracentral lobule.

The internal pyramidal layer (layer V) of the precentral cortex contains giant (70-100 micrometers) pyramidal neurons called Betz cells, which send long axons to the contralateral motor nuclei of the cranial nerves and to the lower motor neurons in the ventral horn of the spinal cord. These axons form the corticospinal tract. The Betz cells along with their long axons are referred to as upper motor neurons (UMN).

There is a precise somatotopic representation of the different body parts in the primary motor cortex, with the leg area located medially (close to the midline), and the head and face area located laterally on the convex side of the cerebral hemisphere (cortical homunculus). The arm and hand motor area is the largest and occupies the part of precentral gyrus, located inbetween the leg and face area.

Function
The precentral gyrus is specialised for sending signals down to the spinal cord for movement. As they travel down through the cerebral white matter, the motor axons move closer together and form part of the posterior limb of the internal capsule. They continue down into the brainstem, where some of them, after crossing over to the contralateral side, distribute to the cranial nerve motor nuclei. (Note: a few motor fibers synapse with lower motor neurons on the same side of the brainstem). After crossing over to the contralateral side in the medulla oblongata (pyramidal decussation), the axons travel down the spinal cord as the lateral corticospinal tract. Fibers that do not cross over in the brainstem travel down the separate ventral corticospinal tract and most of them cross over to the contralateral side in the spinal cord, shortly before reaching the lower motor neurons.

Blood supply
Branches of the middle cerebral artery provide most of the arterial blood supply for the primary motor cortex. The medial aspect (leg areas) is supplied by branches of the anterior cerebral artery.

Clinical significance
Lesions of the precentral gyrus result in paralysis of the contralateral side of the body (facial palsy, arm-/leg monoparesis, hemiparesis) - see upper motor neuron. New research has identified this as the part of the brain that makes sure our words are being properly articulated. This knowledge could help treat speech disorders and neural disorders in the future, the researchers say.

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John Pluthero

John Pluthero (born 1964) is a British businessman.

Born in Chelmsford, Essex, in 1964, Pluthero was educated at Colchester Royal Grammar School and graduated with a First in Economics from the London School of Economics. On graduating he joined the accounting firm Coopers and Lybrand and qualified as a Chartered Accountant three years later. He later worked for P&O and served as director of the Chelsea Harbour development.

His held senior positions at Dixons, Bass PLC and was the founder of Freeserve, Europe's first dotcom IPO, listing on the London Stock Exchange a year after start-up at a valuation of £1.5Bn. After the sale of Freeserve to France Telecom he was asked by Archie Norman and a consortium of banks to lead the turnaround of Energis after its financial collapse. In 2006, after 4 years the business was sold to Cable and Wireless with restored growth, profitability and cashflow. On acquisition Pluthero became the CEO of Cable and Wireless's non-incumbent businesses to perform a similar turnaround to those businesses. Over four years profitability had improved by >£500m and cashflow by >£700m.

In 2011 Pluthero became Group CEO to prepare the businesses for demerger of the Cable and Wireless group. On demerger Pluthero became the Chairman of Cable and Wireless Worldwide.

Pluthero has subsequently advised on several start-ups in the tech space and has held chairman and Board positions at Essensys, CODE Investing and MyAppConverter.

He founded an Art charity, Abstract Critical, with renowned British sculptor Robin Greenwood.

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Break of Hearts

Break of Hearts is a 1935 RKO film starring Katharine Hepburn and Charles Boyer. The screenplay was written by the team of Sarah Y. Mason and Victor Heerman, with Anthony Veiller, from a story by Lester Cohen, specifically for Hepburn.

Originally Break of Hearts was intended as a vehicle for Hepburn and John Barrymore. The film was promoted by RKO's advertising department with the catch phrase: "The star of a million moods together with the new idol of the screen." (Francis Lederer actually was first signed-up lead, but the producers replaced him with Charles Boyer.)

Plot
Franz Roberti is a passionate and eminent musical conductor; Constance Dane is an aspiring but unknown composer. She wants to see his concert, but it is all sold out. When she sneaks into his rehearsal he is smitten by her devotion and gets his orchestra to get it right as they play just for her. Constance marries Franz: he says she is "a most exciting creature" and she has been in love with him for a long time (i.e., "since late this afternoon").

Not long after they get married Constance finds Franz having dinner with a female friend. So Constance responds by going out with her own friend, Johnny Lawrence. Johnny wants to marry Constance, but she cannot forget her husband. Franz has been hitting the bottle and pretty much throwing away his career, although exactly which of his many sins is driving him to drink is not really clear. Fortunately, Constance has been working on her concerto.

Constance grows bitter at Franz's drinking and apparent infidelity, and tells him at a New Year's Eve party that she has learned from him and plans to live it up too. She is clearly not really enjoying dancing with other men, but Franz loses it and shows up late and drunk for a concert. He collapses on the podium as the orchestra tries to play a Bach piece with his increasingly erratic guidance; Constance, in the audience, is overcome by pity and rushes to his dressing room, but he furiously invites all the other men there to socialize with her, and walks out.

Constance goes to Reno and gets a divorce. Johnny shows up on the train on the way back, and proposes to her, accepting the fact that she does not love him but only likes him. She accepts, and they plan to sail to Europe for a honeymoon. But Franz and Constance's friend Professor Thalma tells Constance about Franz being down and out. She goes to the bar where he is collapsed, and brings him back to consciousness by playing the music they shared on the bar piano. She takes him home and gets medical attention for him, and, when Johnny comes, tells him nothing, including her own music, is as important as caring for Franz. Johnny sadly accepts this and goes.

Later, a revived and healthy Franz triumphantly finishes conducting Wagner's Meistersinger overture, with Constance watching him from the wings. When he walks off stage and embraces her, he tells her the applause they can hear from the audience is really hers.

Cast

 * Katharine Hepburn as Constance Dane Roberti
 * Charles Boyer as Franz Roberti
 * John Beal as Johnny Lawrence
 * Jean Hersholt as Professor Thalma
 * Sam Hardy as Marx
 * Inez Courtney as Miss Wilson
 * Helene Millard as Sylvia DeWitt
 * Ferdinand Gottschalk as Enrico Pazzini
 * Susan Fleming as Elise
 * Lee Kohlmar as Schubert
 * Jean Howard as Didi Smith-Lennox
 * Anne Grey as Lady Phyllis Cameron

Reception
Writing for The Spectator, Graham Greene praised the acting of Boyer and Hepburn which he described as "talented enough to keep some of our interest even in a story of this kind". Concerning Hepburn in particular, Greene observed she "always makes her young women quite horrifyingly lifelike with their girlish intuitions, their intensity, their ideals which destroy the edge of human pleasure".

This film made a slim profit of $16,000.

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Let Me Go, Lover!

"Let Me Go, Lover!", a popular song, was written by Jenny Lou Carson and Al Hill, a pen name used by Fred Wise, Kathleen Twomey, and Ben Weisman. It is based on an earlier song called "Let Me Go, Devil", about alcoholism.

Background
"Let Me Go, Lover!" was first featured on the television program Studio One on November 15, 1954, and caught the fancy of the public. The episode was a murder mystery that revolved around a hit record and a disc jockey. Producer Felix Jackson asked Columbia Records' Mitch Miller for a recording to use in the show, and Miller provided Joan Weber's version of "Let Me Go, Lover!" Miller took advantage of the recording's exposure on national television and sent copies of the record to 2,000 disc jockeys, who began to play it on their radio stations.

Weber was pregnant when she recorded the song. A result of the program was to illustrate how efficiently a song could be promoted by introducing it to the public via radio or a TV production. The recording was released by Columbia Records as catalog number 40366. Mitch Miller stocked national record stores the week before the program and because of its availability the record sold over 100,000 in the first week of its release.

Chart performance
Weber's record of the song first reached the Billboard magazine charts on December 4, 1954. By January 1955, it had hit No. 1 on all the Billboard charts (the Disk Jockey chart, the Best Seller chart, and the Juke Box chart). The song reached No. 16 in the UK Singles Chart, and was awarded a gold record.

Other versions
It was also covered by a number of other singers:
 * Among the cover versions was one by Patti Page. This recording was released by Mercury Records as catalog number 70511. It first reached the Billboard charts on December 18, 1954. On the Disk Jockey chart, it peaked at No. 8; on the Best Seller chart, at No. 24; on the Juke Box chart, at No. 12.
 * Another cover, by Teresa Brewer and The Lancers, was recorded on November 18, 1954, and released by Coral Records as catalog number 61315. It reached No. 6 on the Billboard chart and No. 9 on the UK Singles Chart.
 * Peggy Lee also released the song in 1954, reaching No. 26. On the Cash Box Best-Selling Records chart, all the versions were combined, and the song was also a No. 1 hit on that chart.
 * Hank Snow's version ("Let Me Go, Woman") went to No. 1 on the country music charts in 1955.
 * Dean Martin had the song released as a single in 1955, reaching No. 3 in the UK Singles Chart.
 * In March 1955, Ruby Murray reached No. 5 in the UK Singles Chart with her version.
 * Ann-Margret recorded a version on her 1962 album On the Way Up
 * Kathy Kirby's version of the song went to No. 10 on the UK Singles Chart in 1964.
 * It was also covered by Billy Fury, and turned out to one of the last songs he recorded before his death in 1983.
 * Sunny Gale recorded a version in January 1955 that reached No. 17 on the Billboard chart.

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Talk:Seven Years' War with Sweden

This title is obviously POV (from a Swedish POV, the war would have been "with Denmark") and needs to be changed. Uppland 18:01, 28 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Fully agree - will fix - thanks. Williamborg 19:05, 28 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Please delete - sorry I don't know how. I've replaced with Nordic Seven Years' War and tied all links there instead. Williamborg 19:31, 28 May 2005 (UTC)

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Phonological history of English close back vowels

Most dialects of modern English have two close back vowels: the near-close near-back rounded vowel found in words like foot, and the close back rounded vowel  (realized as central  in many dialects) found in words like goose. The vowel, which historically was back, is often central  as well. This article discusses the history of these vowels in various dialects of English, focusing in particular on phonemic splits and mergers involving these sounds.

Historical development
The Old English vowels included a pair of short and long close back vowels, and, both written $⟨u⟩$ (the longer vowel is often distinguished as $⟨ū⟩$ in modern editions of Old English texts). There was also a pair of back vowels of mid-height, and, both of which were written $⟨o⟩$ (the longer vowel is often $⟨ō⟩$ in modern editions).

The same four vowels existed in the Middle English system. The short vowels were still written $⟨u⟩$ and $⟨o⟩$, but long came to be spelt as $⟨ou⟩$, and  as $⟨oo⟩$. Generally, the Middle English vowels descended from the corresponding Old English ones, but there were certain alternative developments.

The Middle English open syllable lengthening caused short to be mostly lengthened to  (an opener back vowel) in open syllables, a development that can be seen in words like nose. During the Great Vowel Shift, Middle English long was raised to  in words like moon; Middle English long  was diphthongised, becoming the present-day, as in mouse; and Middle English  of nose was raised and later diphthongized, leading to present-day.

At some point, short developed into a lax, near-close near-back rounded vowel,, as found in words like put. (Similarly, short has become .) According to Roger Lass, the laxing occurred in the 17th century, but other linguists have suggested that it may have taken place much earlier. The short remaining in words like lot has also been lowered and, in some accents, unrounded (see open back vowels).

Shortening of to
In a handful of words, some of which are very common, the vowel was shortened to. In a few of those words, notably blood and flood, the shortening happened early enough that the resulting underwent the "foot–strut split" (see next section) and are now pronounced with. Other words that underwent shortening later consistently have, such as good and foot. Still other words, such as roof, hoof, and root, are variable, with some speakers preferring and others preferring  in such words, such as in Texan English. For some speakers in Northern England, words ending in -ook that have undergone shortening to  elsewhere, such as book and cook, still have the long  vowel.

– split
The – split is the split of Middle English short into two distinct phonemes:  (as in foot) and  (as in strut). The split occurs in most varieties of English, the most notable exceptions being most of Northern England and the English Midlands and some varieties of Hiberno-English. In Welsh English, the split is also absent in parts of North Wales under influence from Merseyside and Cheshire accents and in the south of Pembrokeshire, where English overtook Welsh long before that occurred in the rest of Wales.

The origin of the split is the unrounding of in Early Modern English, resulting in the phoneme. Usually, unrounding to did not occur if  was preceded by a labial consonant, such as, , , or was followed by , , or , leaving the modern. Because of the inconsistency of the split, put and putt became a minimal pair that were distinguished as and. The first clear description of the split dates from 1644.

In non-splitting accents, cut and put rhyme, putt and put are homophonous as, and pudding and budding rhyme. However, luck and look may not necessarily be homophones since many accents in the area concerned have look as, with the vowel of goose.

The absence of the split is a less common feature of educated Northern English speech than the absence of the trap–bath split. The absence of the foot–strut split is sometimes stigmatized, and speakers of non-splitting accents may try to introduce it into their speech, which sometimes results in hypercorrection such as by pronouncing butcher.

In Birmingham and the Black Country, the realisation of the and  vowels is somewhat like a neutralisation between Northern and Southern dialects. may be pronounced with a Close-mid back unrounded vowel, and may be pronounced with a Close-mid back rounded vowel. However, both may also be pronounced with a phonetically intermediate which is also present further north in Tyneside. There is also variation in some non-splitting dialects, as while most words use, some words such as none, one, once, nothing, tongue and among(st) may instead be pronounced with Open back rounded vowel in dialects such as parts of Yorkshire.

The name "- split" refers to the lexical sets introduced by and identifies the vowel phonemes in the words. From a historical point of view, however, the name is inappropriate because the word foot did not have short when the split happened, but it underwent shortening only later. In modern standard varieties of English, such as Received Pronunciation (RP) and General American (GA), the vowel  is a fairly rare phoneme. It occurs most regularly in words in -ook (like book, cook, hook etc.). It is also spelt -oo- in foot, good, hood, soot, stood, wood, wool, and -oul- in could, should, would. Otherwise, it is spelt -u- (but -o- after w-); such words include bull, bush, butcher, cushion, full, pudding, pull, push, puss, put, sugar, wolf, woman. More frequent use is found in recent borrowings though sometimes in alternation with (as in Muslim) or  (as in Buddha).

– merger
The – merger or the –schwa merger is a merger of  with  that occurs in Welsh English, some higher-prestige Northern England English and some General American. The merger causes minimal pairs such as unorthodoxy and an orthodoxy  to be merged. The phonetic quality of the merged vowel depends on the accent. For instance, merging General American accents have as the stressed variant and  as the word-final  variant. Elsewhere, the vowel surfaces as or even  (GA features the weak vowel merger). That can cause words such as hubbub ( in RP) to have two different vowels even though both syllables contain the same phoneme in both merging and non-merging accents. On the other hand, in Birmingham, Swansea and Miami, at least the non-final variant of the merged vowel is consistently realized as mid-central, with no noticeable difference between the stressed and the unstressed allophones.

The merged vowel is typically written with ⟨ə⟩ regardless of its phonetic realization. That largely matches an older canonical phonetic range of the IPA symbol ⟨ə⟩, which used to be described as covering a vast central area from near-close to near-open.

Because in unmerged accents, appears only in unstressed syllables, the merger occurs only in unstressed syllables. Word-finally, there is no contrast between the vowels in any accent of English (in Middle English,, the vowel from which was split, could not occur in that position), and the vowel that occurs in that position approaches  (the main allophone of  in many accents). However, there is some dialectal variation, with varieties such as broad Cockney using variants that are strikingly more open than in other dialects. The vowel is usually identified as belonging to the phoneme even in accents without the  merger, but native speakers may perceive the phonemic makeup of words such as comma to be, rather than. The open variety of occurs even in some Northern English dialects (such as Geordie), none of which has undergone the foot–strut split, but in Geordie, it can be generalised to other positions and so not only comma but also commas may be pronounced with  in the second syllable, which is rare in other accents. In contemporary Standard Southern British English, the final is often mid, rather than open.

All speakers of General American neutralise, and  (the  vowel) before , which results in an r-colored vowel. GA lacks a truly contrastive phoneme (furry, hurry, letters and transfer (n.), which are distinguished in RP as, ,  and , all have the same r-colored  in GA), and the symbol is used only to facilitate comparisons with other accents. See hurry–furry merger for more information.

Some other minimal pairs apart from unorthodoxy–an orthodoxy include unequal vs. an equal  and a large untidy room  vs. a large and tidy room. However, there are few minimal pairs like that, and their use as such has been criticised by scholars such as Geoff Lindsey because the members of such minimal pairs are structurally different. Even so, pairs of words belonging to the same lexical category exist as well such as append vs up-end  and aneath  vs uneath. There also are words for which RP always used in the unstressed syllable, such as pick-up, goosebumps  or sawbuck , that have merging accents use the same  as the second vowel of balance. In RP, there is a consistent difference in vowel height; the unstressed vowel in the first three words is a near-open (traditionally written with ⟨ʌ⟩) but in balance, it is a mid.

Development of /juː/
Earlier Middle English distinguished the close front rounded vowel (occurring in loanwords from Anglo-Norman like duke) and the diphthongs  (occurring in words like new),  (occurring in words like few) and  (occurring in words like dew).

By Late Middle English,, , and all merged as. In Early Modern English, merged into  as well.

has remained as such in some Welsh, some northern English and a few American accents. Thus, those varieties of Welsh English keep threw distinct from through. In most accents, however, the falling diphthong turned into a rising diphthong, which became the sequence. The change had taken place in London by the late 1800s. Depending on the preceding consonant and on the dialect, it either remained as or developed into  by the processes of yod-dropping or yod-coalescence. That has caused the standard pronunciations of duke (or ), new, few  and rude.

– merger
The – merger is a phenomenon in Scottish English, Northern Irish English, Malaysian English, and Singapore English, in which the modern English phonemes  and  have merged into a single phoneme. As a result, word pairs like look and Luke, pull and pool, full and fool are homophones, and pairs like good and food and foot and boot rhyme.

The history of the merger dates back to two Middle English phonemes: the long vowel (which shoot traces back to) and the short vowel  (which put traces back to). As a result of the Great Vowel Shift, raised to, which continues to be the pronunciation of shoot today. Meanwhile, the Middle English later adjusted to, as put is pronounced today. However, the of shoot next underwent a phonemic split in which some words retained  (like mood) while the vowel of other words shortened to  (like good). Therefore, the two processes (→→ and →) resulted in a merger of the vowels in certain words, like good and put, to, which is now typical of how all English dialects pronounce those two words. (See the table in the section "– split" above for more information about these early shifts.) The final step, however, was for certain English dialects under the influence of foreign languages (the Scots language influencing Scottish English, for example) to merge the newly united vowel with the  vowel (of mood and shoot): the – merger. Again, this is not an internally motivated phonemic merger but the appliance of different languages' vowel systems to English lexical incidence. The quality of this final merged vowel is usually in Scotland and Northern Ireland but  in Singapore.

The full–fool merger is a conditioned merger of the same two vowels specifically before, which causes pairs like pull/pool and full/fool to be homophones; it appears in many other dialects of English and is particularly gaining attention in several American English varieties.

Other changes
In Geordie, the vowel undergoes an allophonic split, with the monophthong  being used in morphologically-closed syllables (as in bruise ) and the diphthong  being used in morphologically-open syllables word-finally (as in brew ) but also word-internally at the end of a morpheme (as in brews ).

Most dialects of English turn into a diphthong, and the monophthongal  is in free variation with the diphthongal, particularly word-internally. Word-finally, diphthongs are more usual. Compare the identical development of the close front vowel.

The change of to  is a process that occurs in many varieties of British English in which bisyllabic  has become the diphthong  in certain words. As a result, "ruin" is pronounced as monosyllabic and "fluid" is pronounced.


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-- Wikipedia:Once upon a time...
 * Chapter 1

 * Please put suggestions and comments relating to the ongoing Chapter below on the discussion page.

 * As of late afternoon 29 May 2005, I'm putting a hold on any future developments in this chapter until we decide when the murder took place -- the first night or the second?

Points I've added to the general story:
 * Ethelynn Strand is a young local woman, and a new maid employed by Mr. Winter.
 * The Cook (Mrs Harper) was called away to her "old" father before the storm and is not in the story. This is true of young Blake (teenage male -- job consists of lifting and hauling around the house?) as well, who is from the "village."
 * I've named Lady Margret "Janine" (although I considered Adell), unless there are objections.
 * I've narrowed our time setting, I'm afraid. They have a wireless and motor vehicles -- but how many grooms and carriage drivers could we have added to the story?  So, 1920's??

Ethelynn's Account
"Well, sir." The tall young woman wrapped her large bony hands in a sacking dish cloth. "I'm new, you know....an I don't know much yet about the household an' nothin' about the master's guests."

"Please sit down, Ethelynn." Christopher pointed to a chair. "You have not been with Mr. Winter long, I know. You came in autumn, October wasn't it?"

"Yes, sir. I heard about the position from my Gram, down in the village.  She said it was a quiet household, just Mr. Winter most of the time.  And that Cook, Mrs. Harper, would be good to work with.  And she's looked after me, it's true."

"I would like to talk about what happened that day and what you might have noticed. After all, you were about all day helping people."

"It was a busy day, sir. With the weather, an' Cook snowed out, an' all." Ethelynn sat on the edge of the red brocade seat. "But, I can't be long, sir. I just put pies into the oven."

"I must tell you, Ethelynn, you have done a fine job with the food. Everything has been delicious."

"Thank you, sir. But, Cook, she did a job of stocking things up for the guests, and had many of the dishes already prepared.  So, it has been easy to keep things goin'."

"Can you tell me what you remember the evening before the murder? Just what you did and what you saw?"

Ethelynn pulled the chair closer to the desk and leaned toward him. "Well, before Cook left to look in after her old father, she asked me to put on a clean apron and help Mr. Adams with the guests. So I was downstairs when the Lord an' Lady Margret arrived."

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Ethelynn stood erectly against the left wall of the entry way while Adams answered the door. She straightened her apron, as the finely dressed lady strolled through the door and was followed by a solidly built gentleman carrying a worn leather bag.

"Good evening, my Lady. My Lord." Adams said respectfully, before he closed the door behind them. "I'm glad you arrived safely in this storm. We've heard reports on the wireless that roads to the south are beginning to be closed." Adams helped the lady off with her fur coat and handed it to Ethelynn.

"It is getting bad. I have good tires, but it was a near thing on occasion." Lord Margret gave his coat, hat and the bag to Adams. "Please put this in my room, if you would. But easily to hand.  It's my medical bag."

Adams passed the bag to Ethelynn. "Ethelynn will take it to your room while I gather in your luggage, my Lord. If you would like to freshen up after your journey, she will show you the way.  We have prepared a light supper for you.  And Mr. Winter and some of the guests are still in the livingroom, if you would like to join them."

"I would, thank you." Lord Margret turned to his wife. "If you would like to freshen up, my dear, I will pour you a drink. What would you like?"

"A glass of brandy, please." the Lady's voice was low and pleasant. "I'll join you in a few moments."

Lady Margret followed Ethelynn up the stairs to a room near the end of the hallway. Ethelynn opened her door for her, made a small bow, and went on to the next room. Setting the bag on the bedside table, she doublechecked the towels and soap next to the washbasin, and turned down the bed. Carrying the damp fur coat, she knocked on her Ladyship's door.

"Come in." The low voice carried through the heavy wood.

Ethelynn stepped just inside the door. "I'll be takin' your coat downstairs to air out the damp, if that's alright with you, my Lady."

Lady Janine Margret turned from the window. "Yes, that would be fine. Tell me, Evelyn, --is it?  Did Miss Winter arrive safely from the United States?"

"Yes, Miss Johanna arrived the day before yesterday. And it's Ethelynn, my Lady, thank you."

"Ethelynn, of course. Thank you.  I will be joining my husband downstairs for dinner and then Mr. Winter and his guests for a few moments.  Please let me know when the luggage has been unpacked."

Ethelynn made a small curtsy and closed the door behind her. She took the smaller staircase at the end of the hall to the lower floor. In the laundry area, she wiped the fur down with a small linen towel and carefully emptied the pockets. Gloves, a small notebook and several other items went into a rough fir box. The damp coat was shaken, and then carefully straightened on an appropriately sized hanger where it would slowly dry in the airy room.

"Strand!" Adams' voice snapped down the narrow hallway.

"Yes, Mr. Adams." Ethelynn stepped to the door to meet the older man. "I've just hung her Ladyship's coat to dry. Is it sable, sir?"

"Yes, Strand, a fine one. Take good care of it and return it to her room in the morning.  I've taken the luggage up and showed Lord and Lady Margret to the cold buffet.  Once you get them unpacked, take the buffet down and do the washing up." Taking her elbow, Adams drew her from the laundry room and closed the door.

"Yes, sir." Ethelynn nodded briskly. "It shouldn't take very long to do those last things. I've only the one roasting pan left soaking."

"I'll go through the living areas and gather any glasswear and cigarette trays. You can do any remaining glass in the morning." They reached the narrow stairs. "The storm seems to have worsened. I don't know what time we will see Mrs. Harper tomorrow, Strand.  And young Blake may not make it up from the village.  I'll ring the bell early so both breakfast and the upstairs rooms can be done in a timely manner.  Check the coal shuttle for the morning." He looked at her rather sternly. "Make good use of your time, Strand."

"Yes, Mr. Adams." Ethelynn hurried up the stairs to the upper floor. It was late, and tomorrow would arrive very early.

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"''And you saw no one other than Mr. Adams for the rest of the night?" '' Sir Christopher asked gently.

"That's right, sir." She folded the dish cloth and draped it over her arm. "While I was upstairs, I turned down all the beds and added coal to the fires. I heard a gentleman speak out in the hallway, but it wasn't Mr. Adams or Mr. Winter.  An' there was no one in the hallway when I came back to the kitchen.  When he brought in some glassware, I asked Mr. Adams to tell Lady Margret that I had unpacked her things.  I did the washing up, gathered in some coal an' went to my bed."

Ethelynn stood up. "If you'll excuse me. sir. My pies." As she reached the door, she stopped and turned. "But, it is strange, now. In the morning, when I took that sable coat upstairs, I couldn't find that little notebook.  It wasn't in the wooden box or on the floor.  Green it was, with a gold pencil."  She closed the door gently behind her.

Ethelynn lined the six apple pies up into two rows on the center island to cool. Nicely browned and fragrant. She had the pork roast simmering in Cook's sauce and yeast rolls rising. Just the potatoes to worry about, but there would be something to eat this evening anyway.

"Strand," Adams walked to the counter, eyeing the pies. "are things well in hand for dinner?"

"I believe so, Mr. Adams. The bread is a country recipe and might not suit these toffs, but it will be filling and hot.  Those fancy potato puffs o' Cooks.  Well, mine won't look as pretty."

"Please, Strand, ladies and gentlemen, not toffs." Adams' voice tried to be stern, but simply sounded tired. "I don't believe anyone will be in a mood to criticize as long as the meal is warm and flavorful. For the dessert presentation, we'll cut the pies in very narrow wedges, serving three on a plate, with some thin ribbons of cheddar, slightly warmed.  That will be soothing at the end of the meal.  I'll have to find a good wine, however.  They will notice that."

Adams walked over and checked the coal shuttle. "We'll need several more loads in before dinner, and coal will be needed upstairs before the guests retire. I've laid the fire in the dining room for dinner."

"Miss Joanna," Adams voice softened, "should be made more comfortable. I opened the rose room in the other wing, next to Miss Inglewood, cleaned out the grate and laid a fire.  Please take up some bedding and towels and get the room presentable.  If you would move some of her clothes and toiletry items, she may be able to settle in and take some rest." He picked up the coal bucket. "I'll move some coal in while you work upstairs."

"Thank you, Mr. Adams. As flightly as he is, we surely miss Blake's hands, don't we?"

"And his back." Adams sighed as he moved toward the rear door.

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Let Me Go, Devil

"Let Me Go, Devil" is a song written in 1953 by Jenny Lou Carson. Carson greatly admired the talents of Hank Williams. Williams' battle with alcoholism and subsequent death inspired her to write the song.

It was first recorded on July 2, 1953, by Wade Ray, followed a few weeks later by Georgie Shaw, Johnny Bond and Tex Ritter.

In 1954, then Columbia Records producer Mitch Miller felt the song as written was too depressing for pop audiences and suggested that "Devil" be changed to "Lover". The pop song writing team of Fred Wise, Kay Twomey, and Ben Weisman writing under the pseudonym Al Hill, were hired to rewrite the lyrics. The song became the major 1954-1955 hit, "Let Me Go, Lover!."

In 1954, it was also recorded By Hank Snow, on RCA Victor 47-5960. The 45rpm label showed "Let Me Go, Lover"; however the lyrics heard on the piece were "Let Me Go, Woman", following closely the Mitch Miller revised lyrics.

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Non-notable commercial Denni ☯ 18:06, 2005 May 28 (UTC)
 * Keep Company seems fairly well known within its field. I get over 90k hits on Google for +Stillen +Nissan. --Lee Hunter 18:43, 28 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep and expand - company is a major producer of aftermarket performance parts for Nissans. --FCYTravis 19:56, 28 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep per LeeHunter and FCYTravis. WebLuis 12:58, 30 May 2005 (UTC)

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When you enclose certain codes in double curly braces, you get all sorts of interesting results:

- the title of current page, with regular spaces between each word of it

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Lauren Anderson (model)

Lauren Anderson is an American model who was chosen as Playboy's Playmate of the Month in July 2002 and has appeared in numerous Playboy videos. Lauren was the winner of the TV special Who Wants to Be a Playboy Centerfold?, broadcast on Fox in May 2002. She starred in the variety production "Headlights and Tailpipes" in Las Vegas at the Stardust Resort & Casino.

Anderson appeared in the March 2008 issue of Playboy Spain, on the cover as well as in a pictorial and an interview.

PETA Activist
Anderson originally hoped to open an animal rescue shelter, and became a PETA member in 2007. In multiple years she has joined protests against the American Meat Institute's Annual Hot Dog Day on Capitol Hill by dressing in a lettuce bikini and handing out vegetarian hot dogs, including 2002, 2005, and 2007.

Personal
Anderson is from a small town in Florida. Anderson married former baseball player Reid Brignac in 2010. They have two children together.

Filmography

 * Playboy: Who Wants to Be a Playboy Centerfold? (2002)
 * Playboy Video Playmate Calendar 2003 (2002)

Television appearances
Anderson has appeared on The Girls Next Door, Fear Factor, The Howard Stern Show, and The Two Coreys.

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