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Talk:Same-sex marriage in Oregon

Multnomah County
I noticed no mention of the controversial actions of the Multnomah County commissioners (e.g. secret meetings, one commissioner being left in the dark, etc.). Don't you think something about this should be added? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 63.167.159.217 (talk • contribs) 22:53, May 6, 2006

NPOV tag
This page contains serious POV in violation of wiki policy. This page needs serious reworking. This page appears to have been written by those standing on a soapbox, a direct violation of Wiki policy. A serious, NPOV revision is needed. Lest anyone being the personal attacks on me for pointing this out, note I am only interested here in Wiki policy, not the subject matter of this page generally about which I know very little. --SafeLibraries 03:30, 3 September 2006 (UTC)
 * I've edited the Civil Unions section, taking out what seemed to be POV language. "Gut and stuff" is a term defined within the State of Oregon Legislature's official glossary, and refers to a reasonably common strategic maneuver. As far as I am aware, there is no formal term for that maneuver. Comparing the text of the two versions of SB1000, it's clear that a "gut and stuff" did occur, so I left the term in place and supported it with explanation and references. If you have an alternative suggestion, please suggest it. Is there anything else in this article that seems NPOV to you? And if so, could you please be specific enough that we could address it? Sanguinity 21:23, 3 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Okay. Will respond in more detail soon. --SafeLibraries 00:26, 4 September 2006 (UTC)
 * For my convenience, I'll add things here as I see them instead of all in a single post.

 * 1) "Gut and stuff" is defined thusly: "A slang term which refers to removing the text of a measure and inserting entirely new language which, while it may change the nature of the bill completely, still falls under the measure’s 'relating-to' clause." Now I'm not an expert Wikipedian but it is highly likely that slang is not encyclopedic. "Gut and stuff" is defined as slang. Use of slang may reveal POV. I say the slang must be removed. --SafeLibraries 00:54, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

 * 2) "The Republican Speaker of the Oregon House...." The Republican Speaker? Is there a Democrat Speaker? I don't know Oregon governmental structure, but I think there is only one Speaker of the House. Emphasizing the party of the Speaker is likely POV. No?

 * Now as I make these comments, each one separate and alone might be no big deal. Rather, looking at the work as a whole, these little things add up to one big nonencyclopedic picture. More to follow. --SafeLibraries 01:00, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

 * 3) Back to the "Gut and Stuff" issue, it now appears thusly: "On July 21, the House performed a series of moves known as a "gut and stuff"[2], where the bill was amended by removing most of its language and replacing it with different text." So the text explains what happened in plain NPOV text, but, in addition, the slang "gut and stuff" appears as well. This "double explanation" using slang confirms to me the POV nature. A NPOV phrasing might be as follows: "On July 21, the House bill was amended by removing most of its language and replacing that with different text." --SafeLibraries 01:14, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

 * 4) Headings and wording appear thusly: "2004/05 Timeline on Same-Sex Marriage," yet the title of the wiki article is "Same-sex unions." Unions are different than marriages, are they not? It is POV to equate unions and marriages, is it not? Isn't that the whole debate in a nutshell -- unions are not good enough it must be marriages? So this article definitely needs language adjustments accordingly. --SafeLibraries 01:23, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

 * 5) "April 16: Attorneys for the ACLU and Basic Rights Oregon present arguments in favor of the couples, while attorneys for the Oregon Department of Justice and Defense of Marriage Coalition argued against the County's actions before Justice Frank Bearden." In that sentence links are made to the ACLU and Basic Rights Oregon. However, there is no link to Defense of Marriage Coalition. Rather, the link is to DOMA, the Defense of Marriage Act. Honestly now -- is that fair? encyclopedic? NPOV?

 * 6) Speaker of the House appears as a "Republican" who's "gutting and stuffing," but no mention is made that Basic Rights Oregon already has the same rights as anyone else to marry under the law but rather is seeking additional rights -- hence the changes to the law under discussion. Why the double standard? That's POV. --SafeLibraries 01:48, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

 * 7) "November 2: Oregonians voted 57% to 43% to pass Ballot Measure 36, a constitutional amendment defining marriage to be between one man and one woman." In fairness, or rather for encyclopedic value, and to prevent POV by minimizing the importance of this vote, should the article not also include that wave of similar votes sweeping the nation? --SafeLibraries 01:54, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

I'd like to point out that many of the items you've mentioned are not really NPOV issues - you're right that some are good changes to make, but more for the purpose of making things look encyclopedic - I was struck by how NPOV this article WAS - I expected it to be much more biased.

At any rate, I made some changes:
 * moved the "gut and stuff" to parentheticals - this shows that this view is not that of the encyclopedia, but that some people (probably the original author) viewed it as such.
 * Changed the section heading regarding marriage to "unions" - you're completely correct that that is confusing. This is a change that didn't really require discussion (I would have had no problem with you making the changes yourself) - its more a semantics issue.
 * The defense of marriage link is simply a result of linking the exact word - I added a link to the web site of the defense of marriage coalition and changed the wiki-link. Again, it would have been fine for you to do this... Be Bold!

As for the other objections you have: In light of these changes, I think the NPOV can be removed if you have no further objections.
 * I don't understand your objection to stating that the speaker of the house is a republican; this is common practice... I left it in, but if you really think it's unfair, just remove the word "Republican." and let those that are interested follow the link to her biography.
 * "Basic Rights Oregon already has the same rights as anyone else to marry under the law but rather is seeking additional rights" I don't understand what you're saying here; what does that have to do with the topic of this article (you're welcome to edit Basic Rights Oregon)
 * Mentioning the "wave of votes sweeping the nation" is a highly non-NPOV statement - this article is supposed to be about Oregon's status, not the rest of the nation. You can't make something NPOV by making two statements, both with an opposing agenda - the point is none of them are supposed to have an agenda (you just present the facts with as little bias as possible).

--Eteq 06:38, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

 * The timeline is specifically about same-sex marriage in Oregon, not about same-sex unions in general. I think changing the timeline heading to the more general term is more likely to increase confusion than decrease it. Better, perhaps, to add something to the intro explaining that Oregon has gone through two political cycles on same-sex partnership rights, one on civil unions, and one on same-sex marriage. I otherwise agree with your response to SafeLibraries. Sanguinity 07:42, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

 * Great responses so far. I didn't finish critiquing the article yet, due to time reasons, so I'll be willing to lift the NPOV then, but from your responses so far, I see there will be no problems. I just need a little more time if I want to be thorough. Oh, regarding Basic Rights Oregon, I was not so much saying anything about them as I was pointing out that Minnis had a spin attached to her yet no spin was attached to other groups, like BRO, and like the ACLU. --SafeLibraries 21:41, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

Alright, I removed the NPOV - remember that there's nothing keeping you from making changes, either... -Eteq 15:08, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

 * Okay, Eteq, all, I see you removed the tag before I checked it all. Well, okay, it's largely much improved. The whole thing is clearer now, is it not? --SafeLibraries 15:42, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

Willamette Week blog as reliable source
Just a quick note about recent edits -- I disagree with this reversion. Willamette Week's blog is certainly a reliable source for most purposes. There are higher quality publications out there, so it might not always be the best pick; but in this case, where it adds a source to a fact that previously doesn't have one, I think it's best to include it. -Pete (talk) 03:52, 17 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Tthe blog is not a reliable source. I searched the internet via google and I have not found other sources confirming this blog's claim. Ron 1987 (talk) 04:30, 17 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Your ability to corroborate doesn't have any bearing on whether it's a reliable source. But it doesn't matter, somebody else was able to find another high quality source in the meantime. -Pete (talk) 16:21, 17 October 2013 (UTC)
 * *raise hand* <--somebody elseNaraht (talk) 16:40, 17 October 2013 (UTC)

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Uncited Anecdote
Currently, in the section Marriage licenses issued, the third paragraph contains the following uncited anecdote:

On March 16, following public hearings, Benton County commissioners voted 2–1 to begin issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples on March 24, but reversed their decision on March 22 after receiving two letters from the Attorney General and a phone call threatening the arrest of the county clerk, and decided to issue no marriage license at all pending a decision by the Multnomah County Court.

The provided sources mention Benton County and the reversal in general, but do not mention any threat of arrest of the county clerk. That is a bold claim and needs a specific citation. QuintinK (talk) 08:08, 28 December 2022 (UTC)

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Franz Xaver Haberl

Franz Xaver Haberl (12 April 1840, in Oberellenbach (today Mallersdorf-Pfaffenberg), Lower Bavaria – 5 September 1910, in Ratisbon) was a German musicologist, friend of Liszt, Perosi, and Singenberger, cleric, and student of Proske.

Biography
Haberl made his classical and theological studies at Passau, Bavaria, where he was ordained priest, 12 August 1862. Showing decided aptitude for music, he was given every opportunity for study of the art, and was entrusted with the direction of music in the seminary. From 1867 to 1870 Haberl resided in Rome, where he was active as choirmaster at the German national church, Santa Maria dell'Anima, and also made historical and archæological researches. From 1871 to 1882 he directed the choir at the Ratisbon cathedral.

Working for church music reform, in 1874 Haberl founded a school for church musicians at Regensburg (Ratisbon). This school began with three professors— Haberl, Georg Jakob, and Michael Haller—and only three pupils, and attracted reform-minded church music programs. Haberl not only secured permanency for the school in the shape of endowment, but he built next to it a church, dedicated to St. Cecilia, where pupils are given opportunities for practising the knowledge they have acquired in theory.

He fought for the Editio Medicea against the editions of Solesmes and others. In 1868 Haberl re-edited the Medicæa version of the Gregorian chant, and the Holy See declared his edition authentic and official for the Catholic Church. This form of the chant has since been superseded by the Editio Vaticana.

With Proske, he was a prime mover in the "Caecilia Movement," and helped to edit the fourth volume of Musica Divina.

For thirty years he gathered data and material for a critical edition of the works of Palestrina, completed in 1908 in thirty-three volumes, the first ten of which were prepared by the joint labour of Theodor de Witt, Johannes N. Rauch, Franz Espagne, and Franz Commer. A similar edition of the works of Orlando Lasso, undertaken by him in company with Adolf Sandberger, he left unfinished.

Haberl was president of the Allgemeiner Cäcilien-Verband für Deutschland (Cecilian Society for Germany) from 1899 until his death. He was also editor of Musica sacra and Fliegende Blätter für Kirchenmusik, the official organ of the society. Additionally, he wrote Magister Choralis, now in the twelfth edition, and innumerable articles on historical, theoretical, and scientific subjects. In all these roles, and especially as director of the school he founded, Haberl supported the influence of the Catholic church in musical matters and opposed modernisation.

One of Haberl's most famous students was Lorenzo Perosi.

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User talk:JuliaJ

Devadasi
Hello, JuliaJ. There seems to be a dispute at the Devadasi article. Could you be kind as to tell me the faults you see with Kama's version of the article before reverting it to a previous version? Please reply on my talk page. Thanks very much, Sango  123  16:59, July 18, 2005 (UTC)

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Löhne

Löhne is a town in the district of Herford, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

Geography
Löhne is situated on the river Werre, approx. 8 km north of Herford and 20 km south-west of Minden.

Neighbouring places

 * Hüllhorst
 * Bad Oeynhausen
 * Vlotho
 * Herford
 * Hiddenhausen
 * Kirchlengern

Twin towns – sister cities
Löhne is twinned with:
 * 🇦🇹 Spittal an der Drau, Austria (1973)
 * 🇺🇸 Columbus, United States (1993)
 * 🇳🇮 Condega, Nicaragua (1994)
 * 🇩🇪 Röbel, Germany (1996)
 * 🇵🇱 Mielec, Poland (2002)

Notable people

 * Frederick Louis, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck (1653–1728), Prussian field marshal
 * Philip Louis, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Wiesenburg (1620–1689), founder and first duke of the line Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Wiesenburg

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Talk:The Sash

God Bless Them
Do the words GOD BLESS THEM really follow the lyrics? Arcturus 17:00, 18 July 2005 (UTC)

Alternative Lyrics
Several websites give alternative lyrics. The most popular being as follows:

''For its here I am an Orangeman, just come across the sea For singing and for dancing, I hope that I'll please thee, I can sing or dance with any man As I did in days of yore And its on the Twelfth I long to wear the Sash my Father wore.''

Chorus

''It is old but it is beautiful. Its colours they are fine It was worn at Derry, Aughrim, Enniskillen and the Boyne My Father wore it as a youth in the bygone days of yore And its on the Twelfth I long to wear, the Sash my Father wore.''

''For it's now I'm going to leave you, good luck to you I'll say And when I'm on the ocean deep, I hope for me you'll pray I'm going to my native land, to a place they call Dromore Where on the Twelfth I long to wear the Sash my Father wore.''

Chorus

''Whenever I come back again my brethren here to see I hope to find old Orange style, they will always welcome me My favourite tune's "Boyne Water", but to please me more and more And make my Orange heart full glad with the Sash my Father wore.''

Chorus.

So Which version is correct ???

Irish Molly
The tune "Irish Molly" is classified as tune number 1732, on the website "Irishtune.info Irishtune, also known as "Scotch Mary". It is tune number 1510 in Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill: "O'Neill's Music of Ireland" (1850). I suspect this is a different tune from "The Hat My Father Wore", but I am not sure enough to put it into the article. Ogg 20:19, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

Contested statements removed to talk

 * This song, "Irish Molly-O", was rediscovered and is sung by Tommy Sands on his 1995 CDThe Heart's a Wonder on Green Linnet GLCD 1158..

Please do not return this information to the article without a citation.-- Birgitte SB  05:58, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

I have re-inserted this.......... This song, is also the tune "Irish Molly-O", in Broadside Ballads (1787) titled Irish Molly O http://ballads.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/view/sheet/7421. It has been said to be rediscovered and sung by Tommy Sands on his 1995 CD Tommy Sands and amazon.com amazon.co.uk sell the CD. It exists, and is discussed in the book The Globalization of Irish Traditional Song Performance By Susan H. Motherway on page 133. and see http://www.fresnostate.edu/folklore/ballads/FSC062.html

Earliest date 1842 (Joyce, The Native Music of Ireland)

REFERENCES (10 citations): Greig #111, p. 2, "Irish Molly" (1 text) GreigDuncan6 1088, "Irish Mally, O"; GreigDuncan6 1158, "The Gipsy's Warning" (11 texts, 8 tunes) Ord, p. 131, "Irish Molly, O" (1 text) FSCatskills 62, "My Irish Molly-O" (1 text, 1 tune) Meredith/Covell/Brown, pp. 177-178, "Irish Molly-O" (1 text, 1 tune) O'Conor, p. 52, "Irish Molly O" (1 text) Wiltshire-WSRO Mi 606, "Irish Molly O" (1 text) DT, IRSHMOLL* ADDITIONAL: Charles Gavan Duffy, editor, The Ballad Poetry of Ireland (1845), pp. 214-215, "Irish Molly" H. Halliday Sparling, Irish Minstrelsy (London, 1888), pp. 186-187, 512, "Irish Molly" Roud #2168

BROADSIDES: Bodleian, Harding B 11(1787), "Irish Molly, O!" ("As I walk'd out one morning all in the month of May"), J. Pitts (London), 1819-1844; also Harding B 11(2121), Firth b.28(35) View 2 of 2[some words illegible], Johnson Ballads fol. 114, Harding B 11(4209), Harding B 17(140b), Johnson Ballads 2582, Firth c.26(181), Harding B 20(257), Firth c.26(137), 2806 c.15(243), Firth c.14(204), 2806 b.11(252), "Irish Molly, O[!]"; Johnson Ballads 340, "Irish Molly!" LOCSinging, as106290, "Irish Molly, O," Harris (Philadelphia), 19C NLScotland, L.C.1270(006), "Irish Molly, O," James Kay (Glasgow), c. 1845; also L.C.178.A.2(256), "Irish Molly O," unknown, c. 1860 Davdevalle (talk) 19:56, 13 July 2013 (UTC)

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Frankenhooker

Frankenhooker is a 1990 American black comedy horror film directed by Frank Henenlotter. Very loosely inspired by Mary Shelley's 1818 novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus, the film stars James Lorinz as medical school dropout Jeffrey Franken and former Penthouse Pet Patty Mullen as the title character.

Plot
Jeffrey Franken, a young man who lives in New Jersey, is a worker at a power plant and a scientist who specializes in bioelectricity. He is about to marry his fiancée Elizabeth. At the birthday party of Elizabeth's father, Jeffrey presents him with an automatic lawnmower as a gift, but when Elizabeth tries to demonstrate it, she's caught in its path and gruesomely killed.

Jeffrey, in his grief, begins plotting to use his knowledge of circuits to rebuild Elizabeth and bring her back to life. His grief drives him to have mock dinner dates with the few pieces of Elizabeth he could salvage, as well as performing self-trepanations with a power drill to help himself calm down. He decides to make the perfect new body for Elizabeth, by harvesting the body of a New York City prostitute.

After meeting several girls and their abusive pimp Zorro, a muscle-bound temperamental crack dealer, Jeffrey tricks Zorro into letting him rent every one of the girls for a single night to find the one with the perfect body for Elizabeth. Inspired by a news report about crack cocaine causing the deaths of many New York prostitutes, he then develops a "super-crack" which he finds causes living beings to explode. Deciding he's doing nothing wrong as crack will probably kill the prostitutes anyway, Jeffrey lures them all into a hotel room under the guise of a "medical examination" and marks the girls with the body parts he wants for Elizabeth. However, as he begins to have second thoughts, the prostitutes all find the bag of super-crack and all smoke it despite Jeffrey's pleas, causing them all to explode into pieces.

Zorro hears the commotion and rushes to the room only to be knocked out by one of the flying heads of his girls. Jeffrey hurriedly puts the body parts into trash bags, promising to restore the girls once he brings Elizabeth back. After picking the perfect body parts and sewing them and Elizabeth's head together into a single body, Jeffrey uses the lightning from a nearby storm to shock Elizabeth's new body to life again. However, her body and face move awkwardly, and she can only repeat what the previous girls said before they died. The "Frankenhooker" escapes the basement and begins looking for customers, who end up exploding from electricity when they try getting intimate with her.

Jeffrey goes looking for Elizabeth and finds her at a bar. Unfortunately, Zorro is there too, and upon hearing her mention his name and recognizing her body parts, he angrily strikes her so hard that her head mostly detaches from her body. Jeffrey evades Zorro and takes Elizabeth home to repair her neck and revive her again.

After bolting her head more securely to her new body, Jeffrey wakes Elizabeth up, finding her memory restored. At first, Elizabeth is impressed that Jeffrey brought her back, but becomes furious when she realizes what her body is now made of and how Jeffrey obtained the parts. Jeffrey tries to explain himself, but he is attacked and decapitated by Zorro, who's followed him home. Zorro then attempts to drag Elizabeth away with him, justifying himself by claiming that most of her new body belongs to him. However, the spare hooker parts have also been reanimated by the storm and merged into multiple grotesque limbed monsters, which overwhelm Zorro and drag him away into their storage cooler to his presumable death, along with his drugs.

Elizabeth decides to revive Jeffrey via the same procedure he used on her, but since the process only works on female bodies, Elizabeth is forced to put Jeffrey's head on a body made of the hookers' body parts to bring him back. As Jeffrey awakens, Elizabeth happily says they'll be together forever as Jeffrey moans in horror at his new female body.

Cast

 * James Lorinz as Jeffrey Franken
 * Patty Mullen as Elizabeth Shelley/Frankenhooker
 * Joanne Ritchie as Mrs. Shelley
 * Paul-Felix Montez as Goldie
 * Joseph Gonzalez as Zorro the Pimp
 * J.J. Clark as Mr. Shelley
 * Gregory Martin as Rufus McClure
 * Carissa Channing as Dolores
 * Shirl Bernheim as Elizabeth's grandmother
 * Hannah York as Mary Jane
 * Helmar Augustus Cooper as Detective Anderson
 * Heather Hunter as Chartreuse
 * Louise Lasser as Mrs. Franken
 * Charlotte Kemp (credited as Charlotte Helmkamp) as Honey
 * Lia Chang as Crystal
 * Kimberly Taylor as Amber
 * Shirley Stoler as Spike
 * Jennifer DeLora as Angel

Release
Frankenhooker's initial release was delayed because of difficulty obtaining an R rating from the MPAA; the director recalls that one representative of the ratings body actually said, in a phone call to the production company's secretary, "Congratulations, you're the first film rated S." And she said, "S? For sex?" And they said, "No, S for shit." To his dismay, Henenlotter's conservative parents insisted on attending the film's premiere in New York City; Henenlotter expressed surprise that they were not offended by the exploitative elements.

Reception
The film has a 60% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 14 reviews, with an average rating of 5.09/10. Variety wrote, "Frankenhooker is a grisly, grotesque horror comedy recommended only for the stout of heart and strong of stomach." Vincent Canby of The New York Times wrote that "there is a legitimate sense of the absurd lurking within Frank Henenlotter's Frankenhooker," but it is "overshadowed by special effects" and elements that recall soft-core pornography. Kevin Thomas of the Los Angeles Times called it a "hilarious, totally outrageous grin-and-gore comedy."

Frankenhooker was named "Killer B Film of the Year for 1990" by E! Entertainment Television's Attack of the Killer B's segment.

Bill Murray was quoted as saying "If you see one movie this year, it should be Frankenhooker." Henenlotter said that Murray had been editing his film Quick Change and hung out with the Frankenhooker crew. After Murray expressed interest in their film, the distributor attempted to get an endorsement from him. Embarrassed that they would abuse Murray's friendliness, Henenlotter attempted to avoid Murray. When they eventually ran into each other, Henenlotter apologized and explained that he was not responsible. Satisfied with the explanation, Murray volunteered a quotation.

Home media
Frankenhooker was released on VHS in 1990, by Shapiro-Glickenhaus Entertainment, and had an interactive box which had the titular character exclaim "wanna date?!" when you pressed a button on the box.

On November 8, 2011, Synapse Films released Frankenhooker on Blu-ray. This edition has reversible cover art, with the original theatrical poster on one side and newly commissioned artwork on the reverse side. The disc contains a 2K high definition transfer of the film and a digitally remastered 5.1 audio mix, as well as an audio commentary track from writer/director Frank Henenlotter and make-up effects designer Gabe Bartalos, three featurettes and the original theatrical trailer. The special features from this release were also available on the DVD version of the film, released on September 10, 2013.

On January 2, 2012, Arrow Films released a special edition Blu-ray of Frankenhooker. Like the Synapse release before it, this edition also has reversible cover art, featuring both the original theatrical poster art and newly commissioned art (different from the Synapse version). This edition includes many UK exclusives, including an audio commentary from Henenlotter and star James Lorinz, a documentary titled "Your Date's on a Plate" and a tour of Gabe Bartalos' effects lab in Los Angeles. It also includes all three featurettes from the Synapse release, as well as trailers for the films Basket Case, Basket Case 2 and Brain Damage, all of which were also directed by Henenlotter.

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Spotlight (Madonna song)

"Spotlight" is a song by American singer Madonna from her first remix album You Can Dance (1987). It was released as a single in Japan on April 25, 1988 by Sire Records and Warner-Pioneer Japan. Initially rejected during her True Blue album recording sessions, the song was written by Madonna, Stephen Bray and Curtis Hudson who had presented the original to the singer. The song was remixed by John "Jellybean" Benitez.

"Spotlight" features instrumentation from drums, bass synths and handclaps, accompanied by vocal echos, a piano segment and violin phrases in the musical interlude. The lyrics talk about how one can be famous if one sings about it. The song received mixed reviews from critics. After its release, it reached number 68 on the Japanese Oricon weekly singles chart, as well as number three on its international singles chart. Although not released in the United States, the song managed to chart on Billboard's Airplay chart peaking at #32 in early 1988. The song was used in a Mitsubishi VCR commercial, in which she appeared.

Background
In 1983, Curtis Hudson and Lisa Stevens of the group Pure Energy had written the song "Holiday", which Madonna recorded and released as the third single from her self-titled debut album. After the single's commercial success, Hudson wrote a song sounding like "Holiday", in case Warner Bros., Madonna's record company, wanted to release a similar sounding single. He named it "Spotlight" and offered it to Madonna, who recorded the song for her 1986 album True Blue but it was ultimately not included on the album.

Composition
"Spotlight was originally produced by Stephen Bray and was remixed by John "Jellybean" Benitez for the You Can Dance compilation. Curtis Hudson, who was given credit as a songwriter since he had the demo copyrighted, recalled that much of the demo's production was changed in the final version, including the rhythm and the basic groove.

"Spotlight" begins with the sound of drums, bass synths and handclaps, followed by Madonna uttering the words "Spotlight, shine bright". After the first verse, the sound of keyboard is heard during the effect. It continues like this through the second verse, which is followed by an interlude featuring vocal echos, a piano segment and violin phrases. Madonna follows the music played by the piano and utters the words "Pa-da-pa-da-pappa pappa pa pa" in the same melody. The lyrics deal with Madonna making the listener remember that "Everybody is a Star" and that if one wants to be famous and be under the "Spotlight", the person should sing about it and reality may catch up with him or her. According to the sheet music for the song, it is set in the time signature of common time, with a tempo of 100 beats per minute. It is set in the key of F major with Madonna's voice spanning from the notes of C5 to B♭5. "Spotlight" has a basic sequence of Am–C–Am–C–G–F as its chord progression.

Critical response
Mark Bego, author of Madonna: Blonde Ambition wrote that "Spotlight" was a "typical Madonna 'look-at-me' dance routine, that sounds flat besides the heavy remixes in You Can Dance." Stephen Thomas Erlewine from Allmusic said that the song "sounds dated—this is quite clearly extended mixes from the mid 80's—but that's part of the charm." Dave Barry from The Miami Herald commented that although You Can Dance sounds like "old Madonna", "Spotlight" sounds surprisingly fresh to his ears. Joe Brown from The Washington Post commented that the song should have been a "flat reject". Don McLeese from Chicago Sun-Times called the song "exuberant". From the Dallas Observer, Hunter Hauk deemed it "the bastard brother of 'Into the Groove'. It's just as infectious, but it didn't get the support it deserved".

Dennis Hunt from Los Angeles Times commented that "[You Can Dance] is an attractive package for dance fans—particularly with the inclusion of a new cut, 'Spotlight'". He went on to add that the "lyrics of 'Spotlight' aren't great, but they're still more interesting than the others. Still, the words, like those of most dance songs, are just window dressing that's secondary to the beat. The big attraction of 'Spotlight' is a long, hard-driving, closing passage that's guaranteed to turn dancers on." Jan DeKnock, while writing for Orlando Sentinel, noted that the song was already receiving airplay from radio stations. In March 2023, Billboard ranked the song as Madonna's 94th greatest ever, as Joe Lynch called it a "lyrically simplistic affair that’s elevated by a pounding opener, sparkling keys and a charmingly earnest vocal that makes even the silliest sentiment sound like a viable philosophy for conquering the world".

Chart performance
"Spotlight" was not officially released as a single in the United States; therefore it was not eligible at the time to appear on Billboard's Hot 100. Even so, it managed to garner enough airplay to appear on the publication's Hot 100 Airplay survey in early 1988. It debuted on the Airplay chart at 37 on the issue dated January 16, 1988. After three weeks, "Spotlight" reached a peak of 32, but fell to 40 the next week before exiting the chart. It had also reached the Hot Crossover 30 chart beginning on the issue dated December 12, 1987, peaking at 15 for two consecutive weeks beginning January 9, 1988 and spending eight total weeks on the chart. The song was released commercially in Japan on April 25, 1988. "Spotlight" peaked at number 68 on the Oricon weekly singles chart, remaining on the chart for five weeks. It also charted on the Oricon international singles chart, reaching a peak of three on May 19, 1988, staying on the chart for ten weeks.

Media appearance
"Spotlight" was featured in the last of a series of Japanese TV commercials Madonna filmed for electronics company Mitsubishi. The commercial promoted their VCR model F-5.3. In the commercial, Madonna was featured as coming out of a car and sitting down on a sofa, while watching a film on the VCR, as "Spotlight" is played in the background. The song was also used as cross-promotion for the Japanese leg of her 1987 Who's That Girl World Tour under the campaign name of "Dreams Come True".

Track listings and formats

 * JPN / PHI 7" single, JPN 3" CD single
 * 1) "Spotlight" (Single Edit) – 4:32
 * 2) "Where's The Party" (Remix Single Edit) – 4:13

 * US 12" Vinyl Promo
 * 1) "Where's The Party" (Extended Remix) – 7:11
 * 2) "Where's The Party" (Dub) – 6:22
 * 3) "Spotlight" (Extended Remix) – 6:34
 * 4) "Spotlight" (Dub) – 4:49

Credits and personnel
Credits adapted from You Can Dance liner notes.
 * Madonna – vocals, songwriter
 * Stephen Bray – songwriter, production
 * Curtis Hudson – songwriter
 * Shep Pettibone – audio mixing
 * John "Jellybean" Benitez – additional mixing

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I found November 2003 as a release date on http://gaming.trekpulse.com/judgmentrites/, which I picked since it appears to be more specific than just 2004 or 2005 as I have seen on other sites. --ADeveria 17:01, 18 July 2005 (UTC)

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I removed Chris DeSalvo from the list of scenario designers and included Mark O'Green. Chris did not write scenarios, he was a programmer who implemented them (in the parlance of credits affected by Interplay, he "directed" the scenario). It should also be noted that the credit as "Rusty" Buchert should technically be Jacob R. Buchert III, since that was his official credit, but since Rusty edited that entry himself, I left it as is. Two-Tonic Knight (talk) 14:58, 14 June 2010 (UTC)

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Yellow-necked mouse

The yellow-necked mouse (Apodemus flavicollis), also called yellow-necked field mouse, yellow-necked wood mouse, and South China field mouse, is closely related to the wood mouse, with which it was long confused. It was only recognised as a separate species in 1894. It differs in its band of yellow fur around the neck and in having slightly larger ears and usually being slightly larger overall. Around 100 mm in length, it can climb trees and sometimes overwinters in houses. It is found mostly in mountainous areas of southern Europe, but extends north into parts of Scandinavia and Britain. It facilitates the spread of tick-borne encephalitis to humans and is a reservoir species for the Dobrava virus, a hantavirus that is responsible for causing haemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome.

Taxonomy
Apodemus ponticus is probably a synonym of Apodemus flavicollis. The former is found in the former Soviet Union with the boundary between the two being the political boundary between Russia and Western Europe. For many years direct comparison of the two species was not possible because of political tensions but it is now accepted that they are in reality the same species.

Description
The yellow-necked mouse is very similar to the wood mouse but differs in having a slightly longer tail and larger ears, and a complete band of yellow fur across the neck area. The adult head and body length is 3.5 to(-) with a tail about as long again, and the weight varies between 1 and(-). The upperparts are brownish-grey, a rather more brown shade than the wood mouse. The underparts are white and there is a sharp demarcation line between the two colours. This mouse gets its common name from the ochre-coloured patch of fur between its forelegs but this is often inconspicuous. The upperside of juveniles is a rather paler shade of greyish-brown than the adults.

Distribution and habitat
The yellow-necked mouse is native to Europe and western Asia. Its range includes the more mountainous parts of Western Europe with the exception of northern Scandinavia, southern Spain and western France. This mouse occurs in Great Britain but not in Ireland, and it is also absent from a number of Mediterranean islands. In Asia, its range extends eastward to the Ural Mountains and it is also found in Turkey, Armenia, Iran, Syria, Lebanon and Israel. It is mostly a woodland species, often living near the forest verge, but in mountainous regions, it occupies any part of the forest. It is usually found in mature deciduous woodland is also found in scrubby areas, hedgerows, orchards and plantations. It favours areas where there are large, nut-bearing trees such as the oak and the hazel. It is also found in parks and gardens and beside alder-fringed streams.

Behaviour
The yellow-necked mouse is active all year round and does not hibernate. Sometimes several mice will huddle together during the winter to preserve heat. It is an excellent climber and scrambles around in trees and bushes. It lives in crevices, burrows at the base of trees, holes in tree trunks, hollow logs and bird nesting boxes and sometimes enters buildings. The burrows are often extensive with many entrances and complex layouts. It makes extensive stores of food such as acorns and beechmast in storage chambers and uses other chambers for nesting, bringing in dry plant material for this purpose. There are often mounds of earth outside the entrances to the burrow. It also makes larders of food in holes in trees away from the burrow. The shade is very dense under a beech tree in summer and it has been found that beech nuts hidden in caches by the yellow-necked mouse, and not subsequently eaten, can later germinate and help with dispersal of the parent tree.

The yellow-necked mouse is nocturnal. It is active on the ground and in the tree canopy and has a home range rather smaller than half a hectare. Besides nuts, it feeds on buds, shoots, fruit, seedling plants and sometimes small invertebrates. Breeding takes place at any time between February and October with successive pregnancies occurring at short intervals. The gestation period is about twenty six days and females can remate while still feeding the previous litter. A litter of young is born in a nesting chamber lined with dry plant material and consists of two to eleven (usually five) altricial young born naked, blind, and helpless. The eyes of the young open after about a fortnight and their yellow collars are visible by then as grey patches. They are weaned at about eighteen days old. If they are born early in the year, they may start breeding in the same year, but late-born young become sexually mature in the following spring.

The yellow-necked mouse is preyed on by owls, foxes, weasels and other predators. It can leap to evade attackers and the skin of its tail is readily detachable and slides off if grasped by a predator.

Research
It has been found that the yellow-necked mouse can transmit the virus causing tick-borne encephalitis while being immune to the virus itself. It has also been found that the yellow-necked mouse together with the striped field mouse (Apodemus agrarius) are the natural reservoir for an Orthohantavirus, the Dobrava virus, which causes a severe form of haemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome in humans.

Status
The yellow-necked mouse has a very wide range and is common in suitable habitat within that range. In Eastern Europe, densities of up to a hundred individuals per hectare have been recorded. The population is stable and this species faces no specific threats so the IUCN has listed it as being of "Least Concern" in its Red List of Threatened Species.

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Phillip Fulmer

Phillip Edward Fulmer Sr. (born September 1, 1950) is a former American football player, coach, and athletic director at the University of Tennessee. He served as head coach of the Tennessee Volunteers football team from 1992 to 2008, compiling a 152–52 record. He is best known for coaching the Volunteers in the first BCS National Championship Game in 1998, defeating the Florida State Seminoles. Fulmer was the Volunteers' 22nd head football coach.

At the end of his tenure at Tennessee, Fulmer had the second-highest number of wins of any head coach in Tennessee history, 21 behind Robert Neyland. Fulmer also was the third coach in Tennessee history to win a claimed national championship. His 1997 and 1998 teams won consecutive SEC championships. Despite a decline in the later years of his career, he is considered to be an icon of Tennessee football, noted for his loyalty to the institution. In recognition of his accomplishments at Tennessee, Fulmer was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2012.

Fulmer served as a special assistant to the athletic director at East Tennessee State University. On June 20, 2017, Fulmer was named as a special advisor to the University of Tennessee president. On December 1, 2017, Fulmer became the athletic director at the University of Tennessee, a position he held until his retirement in 2021.

Playing career
Fulmer was born in Winchester, Tennessee, where he attended Franklin County High School. While at Franklin, Fulmer played football and starred for the Rebels. Fulmer enrolled at the University of Tennessee as a student in 1968. He promptly joined the football team as an offensive guard and would later be named as a co-captain. While playing for the Volunteers, Fulmer garnered All-Southeastern Conference honors at offensive guard. Fulmer contributed to Tennessee's 30–5 record from 1969 to 1971, where he played for head coaches Doug Dickey (who returned to Tennessee as athletic director and hired Fulmer as the Volunteers' coach) and Bill Battle. The Volunteers captured the SEC championship with a 9–2 record in 1969, went 11–1 and won the Sugar Bowl in 1970, and finished as Liberty Bowl champions with a 10–2 record in 1971.

Early coaching career
Fulmer served as linebacker coach and defensive coordinator for the Vols freshman team in 1973 before moving to Wichita State University the following season. He spent five years at Wichita State, where he coached the offensive line in 1974 and 1977–1978 and served as linebacker coach in 1975–1976. He followed those years with a one-season stint at Vanderbilt, serving as an assistant to Commodores head coach George MacIntyre.

University of Tennessee
Beginning in 1980, Fulmer served 13 years as a Vols assistant coach, initially as the offensive line coach, and then as the offensive coordinator and offensive line coach. Linemen coached by Fulmer during this period include Bill Mayo, Raleigh McKenzie, Bruce Wilkerson, Harry Galbreath, Charles McRae, Antone Davis, and Tom Myslinski.

1992 season
Johnny Majors was the coach of the Volunteers going into the 1992 season. However, a couple of weeks before the first game, Majors underwent quintuple-bypass heart surgery. Fulmer took over the role as interim head coach with Heath Shuler as his quarterback. Fulmer helped lead the team to a 3–0 start with a 38–3 victory over Southwestern Louisiana, a 34–31 victory over #14 Georgia, and a 31–14 victory over #4 Florida. Majors returned for the Cincinnati game, a 40–0 victory, and the LSU game, a 20–0 victory. However, the Vols dropped their next three games, a 25–24 loss to Arkansas, a 17–10 loss to #4 Alabama, and a 24–23 loss to South Carolina. Among growing dissent among the fanbase, Majors resigned due to his contract being bought out and Fulmer became the 20th head football coach in Tennessee history at the end of the season. The team recorded three wins, a 26–21 victory over Memphis, a 34–13 victory over Kentucky, a 29–25 victory over Vanderbilt to close out the regular season. The team recorded a 38–23 victory over #16 Boston College in the Hall of Fame Bowl to finish with a 9–3 record and a #12 ranking in the AP Poll.

1993 season
Going into his first full season as the Vols' head coach, Fulmer's Vols were ranked #10 going into the season opener against Louisiana Tech. On September 4, the Vols defeated the Bulldogs by a score of 50–0. The next week, the Vols defeated the #22 Georgia Bulldogs by a score of 38–6. The first setback came in the next game against #9 Florida, a 41–34 loss in The Swamp. The Vols won their next three games, a 42–20 victory over LSU, a 52–19 victory over Duke, and a 28–14 victory over Arkansas to move to a 5–1 record. The next game, against #3 Alabama, was a rare 17–17 tie. Fulmer led the team to victories in the next four games against South Carolina, #13 Louisville, Kentucky, and Vanderbilt to finish the regular season with a 9–1–1 record. In the Citrus Bowl against #13 Penn State, the Volunteers fell 31–13 to finish Heath Shuler's final season with a 9–2–1 record and #12 in the AP Poll.

1994 season
Going into the 1994 season, Fulmer's Vols were the preseason #13 team. The season started off with a 25–23 loss to UCLA, the first season-opening loss of Fulmer's head coaching career. The Vols got their first win, a 41–23 win over the #23 Georgia Bulldogs, in the next game. The Vols faced a tough task in the next game against #1 Florida and fell 31–0. The Vols' struggles continued in the next game, a 24–21 loss to Mississippi State to fall to 1–3 and unranked for the first time with Fulmer at the helm. However, despite the loss, Fulmer had a young Peyton Manning as his quarterback due to injuries of previous starters Jerry Colquitt and Todd Helton. The Vols won their next two games, a 10–9 victory over #17 Washington State and a 38–21 victory over Arkansas to get to 3–3 on the season. A rough 17–13 loss to #10 Alabama followed before a four-game winning streak, which included a 52–0 victory over Kentucky and a 65–0 victory over Vanderbilt to close out the season brought the Vols to a 7–4 record and a bowl game. The Vols faced off against #17 Virginia Tech in the Gator Bowl and defeated them 45–23. The Vols finished 8–4 and #22 in the AP Poll despite their rough start to the season.

1995 season
The Volunteers started the season with a #8 ranking, the highest to start a season under Fulmer to that point. The season started with back-to-back victories over East Carolina (27–7) and Georgia (30–27). The Vols suffered their first setback in a 62–37 defeat to #4 Florida. Fulmer lead the team to eight straight victories to close out the regular season. In the winning streak was Fulmer's first victory over Alabama, a 41–14 win in Birmingham, Alabama. With a 10–1 record, the Vols played #4 Ohio State in the Citrus Bowl and defeated the Buckeyes by a score of 20–14. The Vols finished with an 11–1 record and #3 in the final AP Poll for their best finish with Fulmer to that point.

1996 season
The Vols started the 1996 season ranked #2 in the nation. Fulmer led the team to two victories over UNLV (62–3) and UCLA (35–20) to start the season. Similar to the previous season, the Vols' first setback came to the #4 Florida Gators, this time by a score of 35–29. The Vols rolled off four straight victories, including another victory for Fulmer over #7 Alabama. The Vols faced Memphis and were shocked by the Tigers by a score of 21–17. To close out the regular season, the Vols ran the table to finish 9–2. They faced the Northwestern Wildcats in the Citrus Bowl and won 48–28 to finish 10–2 and #9 in the final AP Poll. Fulmer led the team to consecutive 10-win seasons for the first time since 1971–1972 under Bill Battle.

1997 season
Fulmer's Vols started the 1997 season #5 in the nation and eventually finished in uncharted territory. With Peyton Manning, the Vols started with two victories over Texas Tech (52–17) and UCLA (30–24). Once again, the #3 Florida Gators defeated the Vols 33–20 for the first setback of the year. The Volunteers did recover from the defeat and won out in the regular season to finish with a 10–1 record. The Volunteers qualified for the SEC Championship and faced off against the Auburn Tigers and won 30–29 for their first conference championship since 1990. The Vols played against No. 2 Nebraska with a potential national championship at stake. However, the Vols fell 42–17 and finished with an 11–2 record and #7 in the final AP Poll. Despite the disappointing ending, Fulmer had brought the Volunteers to and sustained national prominence and greater things were on the horizon.

1998 season: national championship
Due to the loss of Peyton Manning to the NFL, the Vols might not have been as respected going into the 1998 season. However, Fulmer had a new quarterback ready to go in Tee Martin. The season started with a close 34–33 victory over the Donovan McNabb-led Syracuse Orangemen. Two weeks later, after years of defeat, the Vols finally overcame the #2 Florida Gators in a 20–17 overtime victory. The following game was a 42–7 victory over Houston. On October 3, the Vols survived a close game with the Auburn Tigers by a score of 17–9. Against the #7 Georgia Bulldogs in the next game, the Vols won 22–3. Fulmer continued his winning streak over Alabama with a 35–18 victory. After two more wins against South Carolina and UAB, the top-ranked Vols faced off against #10 Arkansas. The Vols escaped with a 28–24 victory after recovering a late fumble by the Razorbacks to get the go-ahead score. The Vols closed out the regular season undefeated with wins over Kentucky and Vanderbilt. In the SEC Championship, the Vols defeated the #23 Mississippi State Bulldogs by a score of 24–14. The Vols made the BCS National Championship game and faced off against the #2 Florida State Seminoles in the 1999 Fiesta Bowl. The Vols defeated the Seminoles by a score of 23–16. With the victory, the Volunteers won their first National Championship since 1967. Fulmer's senior class of the 1998 team compiled a record of 45–5, losing only to Florida (three times), Nebraska, and Memphis. As a result of the 1998 season, Fulmer was named National Coach of the Year and SEC Coach of the Year.

1999 season
Fresh off the National Championship, Fulmer's Vols started the season as the #2 team in the country. After a 42–17 victory against the Wyoming Cowboys, the Vols dropped a game to the #4 Florida Gators by a score of 23–21. The Vols then won their next six games including another victory over #10 Alabama and a 38–14 victory over Notre Dame. On November 13, the Vols lost 28–24 to Arkansas before closing out the regular season with two wins to finish 9–2. In the Fiesta Bowl, the Vols lost 31–21 to #3 Nebraska. Fulmer's streak of 10-win seasons was snapped, but the Vols finished #9 in the nation going into 2000. Fulmer was honored with the State Farm Eddie Robinson Coach of Distinction Award in December 1999.

2000 season
The 2000 season brought Fulmer and the Vols some struggles early on in the season. The season started off with a narrow victory 19–16 victory over #22 Southern Miss. After the game, the City of Knoxville proclaimed September 9, 2000, as "Phillip Fulmer Day" in honor of the coach. However, the Vols lost the next game 27–23 to #6 Florida. After a 70–3 victory over Louisiana–Monroe, the Vols dropped their next two games to LSU by a score of 38–31 and #19 Georgia by a score of 21–10 to drop to 2–3 and unranked for the first time in several years under Fulmer. The Vols recovered and won their next six games, which included a 20–10 victory over Alabama and a 17–14 victory over #17 South Carolina, to finish with an 8–3 record and qualified for a bowl game. In the Cotton Bowl against Kansas State, the Vols fell 35–21 and finished unranked for the first time under Fulmer.

2001 season
Despite the disappointing ending to the 2000 season, the Vols started the 2001 season ranked #8 in the nation. The Vols started the season off with two wins over Syracuse (33–9) and Arkansas (13–3). Due to the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the Florida game had to be moved to later in the season. The Vols faced off against #14 LSU without having played in three weeks. The Vols won 26–18 to move Fulmer to 3–0 on the season. The Vols suffered their first setback against Georgia in the next game, a 26–24 loss. The Vols followed the loss with a six-game winning streak to move to #5 in the nation and faced off with the #2 Florida Gators on December 1. The Vols won a close game against their rivals, 34–32, to go up against #21 LSU in the SEC Championship. The Vols controlled their own destiny in the National Championship race, but fell 31–20 to the Nick Saban-led Tigers. In the Citrus Bowl against #17 Michigan, the Vols won 45–17 to finish 11–2 and #4 in the country in the AP Poll. In 2001, Fulmer has named to the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame.

2002 season
Fulmer and the Vols had high expectations as a result of their #5 ranking to start the 2002 season. However, the season was inconsistent for the Vols. After two wins against Wyoming and Middle Tennessee State, the Vols dropped a game to the Florida Gators by a score of 30–13. After two victories over Rutgers and Arkansas, the Vols dropped two games to #6 Georgia and #19 Alabama. The unranked Vols finished out the season with a 3–1 stretch to make a bowl game against Maryland in the 2002 Peach Bowl. The Vols fell to the Terrapins by a score of 30–3 and finished with an 8–5 record.

2003 season
Fulmer's Vols came into the 2003 season with a #14 ranking. The Vols started off the season with four straight victories to move to #8 in the country going into the Auburn game. The Vols fell to the Tigers 28–21 for their first setback. The Vols dropped the next game to #8 Georgia by a score of 41–14. The Vols won their next six games, including a 5OT 51–43 victory over Alabama, to finish with a 10–2 record. In the 2004 Peach Bowl against Clemson, the Vols fell 27–14 to finish 10–3 and #15 in the final AP Poll.

2004 season
Fulmer's Vols started the 2004 season #14 in the country. The Vols started off 3–0, including a 30–28 victory over the #11 Florida Gators in the last matchup with Gator head coach Ron Zook. The Vols lost the next game against the #8 Auburn Tigers by a score of 34–10 before winning four straight, including a 19–14 over #3 Georgia. On November 6, the Vols lost to Notre Dame by a score of 17–13 before winning out to finish 9–2. In a rematch with the #3 Auburn Tigers in the SEC Championship, the Vols fell 38–28. In the 2005 Cotton Bowl against #22 Texas A&M, Fulmer led the Vols to a 38–7 victory to finish 10–3 and 13th in the final AP Poll.

2005 season
In 2005, Fulmer's pre-season #3 Volunteers had very high expectations. However, for the first time in his tenure, Fulmer's Volunteers struggled mightily by the standards that were established. After a close 17–10 victory over UAB, the Vols fell to the #6 Florida by a score of 16–7. After a 30–27 victory over #3 LSU and a 27–10 victory over Ole Miss, the Vols lost four straight games to stand at 3–5. The Vols ended up 5–6, losing to in-state SEC rival Vanderbilt for the first time in his 14-year tenure. The losing season also kept Tennessee out of a bowl game for the first time since 1988, a streak of 16 years, which was the third-longest in the NCAA.

2006 season
Despite their abysmal finish to the 2005 season, Fulmer's Vols started the 2006 season ranked #23. The team started with two straight wins over #9 California and Air Force before dropping a game to #7 Florida Gators by score of 21–20. The Vols reeled off five straight wins before dropping two games to #13 LSU and #11 Arkansas. The Vols won their last two regular season games to finish 9–3 and face Penn State in the 2007 Outback Bowl. The Vols fell to the Nittany Lions by a score of 20–10 to finish 9–4 and #25 in the final poll.

2007 season
Fulmer's Vols started the season ranked #15. The Vols dropped their opening game to the #12 California Golden Bears by a score of 45–31. After a 39–19 win over Southern Miss, the Vols dropped a game to #5 Florida Gators by a score of 59–20. They won their next three games, a 48–27 victory over Arkansas State, a 35–14 upset against #12 Georgia, and a 33–21 victory over Mississippi State. The next week, Tennessee suffered a setback in a 41–17 loss to Alabama. Tennessee went on a five-game winning streak to close out the season, which included a 27–24 victory over #15 South Carolina. The Vols finished with a 9–3 record, won the SEC East, and qualified for the SEC Championship. Against #5 LSU, the Vols fell 21–14. In the 2008 Outback Bowl against Wisconsin, the Vols won 21–17 to finish 10–4 and #12 in the final AP Poll.

2008 season
The Vols started the 2008 season as #18 in the country. The team dropped their season opener to UCLA by a score of 27–24 in overtime and fell out of the rankings. In the next game, the Vols got their first victory of the a season, a 35–3 result against UAB. Tennessee dropped their next two games against #4 Florida by a score of 30–6 and #15 Auburn by a score of 14–12. After a narrow 13–9 victory over Northern Illinois, the Vols dropped a game by a score of 26–14 to #10 Georgia. The Vols recorded their first conference win in the next game against Mississippi State 34–3 before dropping a 29–9 result to #2 Alabama and a 27–6 result to South Carolina to fall to 3–6. After the 3–6 start, Fulmer came under increased scrutiny from Tennessee fans, leaving skepticism about how long he would remain Tennessee's head football coach despite having just received a contract extension after the 2007 season. Tennessee athletic director Mike Hamilton finally notified Fulmer of his dismissal on November 2, 2008. The next day, he agreed to step down as head coach following the season. That week, the Vols suffered a loss at the hands of Wyoming, a 26-point underdog. Fulmer completed his long tenure at the University of Tennessee with a 28–10 win over Kentucky on November 29, 2008.

Lane Kiffin was hired by Mike Hamilton to succeed Fulmer as the head coach of the Tennessee Volunteers.

Legacy
Fulmer had a reputation as an ace recruiter, leading many analysts to praise him as one of the game's top head coach recruiters. Despite his decline over the last several years of his career, Fulmer's winning percentage was still among the top in the country for head coaches who had over ten years' experience.

After winning the National Championship in 1998, a street near Neyland Stadium was renamed "Phillip Fulmer Way".

During Fulmer's tenure, Tennessee had a seven-game winning streak over longtime rival Alabama from 1995 to 2001. The winning streak marked the longest for a Tennessee coach in the Third Saturday in October.

Fulmer never lost to the Kentucky Wildcats, winning 17 straight games.

Post-coaching career
Fulmer was a sports analyst on CBS's SEC Postgame Show, as well as various programming on the CBS College Sports Network.

Fulmer was a strong candidate for the University of Louisville head coaching job. He stated in many interviews that he was interested in the job and had a phone interview with Louisville athletic director Tom Jurich. However, the job was eventually offered to Charlie Strong. After UConn head coach Randy Edsall left for Maryland in January 2011, sources confirmed that Fulmer expressed interest in the coaching vacancy at Connecticut. After Mike Hamilton stepped down as University of Tennessee athletic director, Fulmer was frequently brought up by Tennessee fans as a potential replacement, but said that he did not consider himself a likely candidate.

Fulmer appeared as himself in the 2009 biographical sports drama film The Blind Side.

On May 15, 2012, Fulmer was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.

Fulmer served as a consultant and special assistant to athletic director Richard Sander at East Tennessee State University, which relaunched a football program it had shut down for financial reasons in 2003.

Fulmer became a founding partner at BPV Capital Management in Knoxville. He serves as part of the business development team.

On June 20, 2017, it was announced that Fulmer will serve as a special advisor to the University of Tennessee president.

On December 1, 2017, following the suspension of John Currie, the previous athletic director at the University of Tennessee, Fulmer was named the new athletic director for the university. In April 2018, Fulmer signed a four-year contract extension. In 2018, Fulmer was able to achieve getting the University of Tennessee to #35 in the NACDA Directors' Cup. In 2019, he helped improve Tennessee's standing to #25, their best finish since 2011. Fulmer retired as athletic director in 2021.

In 2018, Fulmer was named to the 2018 SEC Legends Class, honored at that year's SEC Championship game.

In 2019, Fulmer was named East Tennessean of the Year by the East Tennessee Historical Society.

In December 2019, Fulmer was named to ESPN's list of their top 150 college football coaches to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the sport. He was named #94.

Family
Fulmer and his wife have three daughters. In addition, Fulmer has a son.

Head coaching record
* Fulmer served as interim coach for the first three games of the 1992 season while Johnny Majors recovered from heart surgery. He was named full-time coach after the 1992 season, and led the team in the 1993 Hall of Fame Bowl. Tennessee credits the first three games of the 1992 regular season and the Hall of Fame Bowl to Fulmer, and the eight games in between to Majors. ^ Fulmer's 1993 Tennessee team finished 9–2–1 (6–1–1), but Alabama subsequently forfeited the tie to Tennessee.

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Vicar capitular
Despite the Catholic Encyclopedia article, the requirements for the vicar capitular after the 1983 Code of Canon Law are less stringient. Canons 416-430 discuss the vacancy, and only 425 #1 talks about the requirements of the vicar, which is 35 years of age and must not be succeeding to the see at the time of election. #2 mentions oustanding in doctrine and prudence, but that is all. Thus, licenses or doctorates are no longer required of the vicar capitular. Pmadrid 17:02, 18 July 2005 (UTC)

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Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras

Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras (CYSO) is an orchestral music education organization in Chicago, Illinois that was founded in 1946 to provide music education and instrumental training of the highest quality to Chicago area youth.

Organization
Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras (CYSO) is located in the Chicago Fine Arts Building on S. Michigan Avenue. CYSO serves more than 9,700 students ages 6–18 in on-site ensembles including four full orchestras, three string orchestras, jazz orchestra, multiple steel orchestras, and enrichment opportunities including chamber music, masterclasses, and music composition.

CYSO Community Partnership Programs support instrumental music training and music access, reaching 8,500 young people during the 2017–2018 season. The organization works with students in underserved neighborhoods through the Ambassador Program, which brings Chamber Music ensembles to neighborhood schools to perform interactive concerts; after-school ensembles; free community and education concerts; and partners with institutions including Chicago Public Schools (CPS) and The People's Music School.

Programs
On-site Ensembles:
 * Symphony Orchestra
 * Philharmonic Orchestra
 * Concert Orchestra
 * Debut Orchestra
 * Accelerando Strings
 * Preparatory Strings
 * Overture Strings
 * Steel Orchestras
 * Jazz Orchestra

Enrichment Programs
 * Chamber Music
 * Composition Seminar
 * International Tours
 * Chamber Orchestra
 * Conducting Fellowship
 * Ambassadors

Organizational History
CYSO was founded in 1946 by a group of students who, energized by a summer music camp, wanted to explore music closer to home throughout the school year. They first met on Saturday mornings at the Wurlitzer Music Store on South Wabash Avenue, and in November 1947, 100 young musicians held the first performance at Chicago's Orchestra Hall, featuring a program of Frescobaldi, Beethoven, MacDowell, and Kodaly. In 1960, CYSO moved to the historic Fine Arts Building, a center for arts and culture since 1898.

Notable alumni

 * Laurie Anderson, performance artist
 * Anthony McGill, Principal Clarinet, New York Philharmonic
 * Sheila Johnson, co-founder of BET and CEO of Salamander Hotels and Resorts
 * Andrew Bird, Singer/Songwriter
 * Richard Davis (bassist), Bassist, Educator, Activist
 * Demarre McGill, Principal Flute, Seattle Symphony
 * Gordon Peters, Former Principal Percussion, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
 * Austin Huntington, Principal Cello, Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra
 * Emma Gerstein, Second Flute, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
 * Robin Kesselman, Principal Bass, Houston Symphony
 * Emma Steele, Concertmaster, Royal Danish Orchestra
 * Ian Ding, Former Principal Percussion, Detroit Symphony Orchestra

Artistic Staff
2017-2018 Season:
 * Allen Tinkham - Musical Director and Symphony Orchestra conductor
 * Steve Gooden - Symphony Orchestra Assistant Conductor
 * Terrance Gray - Associate Conductor and Philharmonic Orchestra conductor
 * Daniella Valdez - Director of String Ensembles
 * Dr. Donald Deroche - Director of Chamber Music
 * Malika Green - Director of Steel Orchestras
 * Pharez Whitted - Jazz Orchestra Director
 * Michael Mascari - Concert Orchestra Conductor
 * Dana Green - Debut Orchestra Conductor
 * Anne McTighe - Overture Strings Conductor, Preparatory Strings Assistant Conductor
 * Scott McConnell - Steel Orchestras Assistant

Performances
CYSO's various ensembles perform at places including Symphony Center's Orchestra Hall, the Chicago Cultural Center, the South Shore Cultural Center, University of Chicago's Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts, The Studebaker Theater located in the Fine Arts Building Chicago, Chicago's Grant Park, and Pick-Staiger Hall. CYSO's Symphony Orchestra also performs regularly at Millennium Park's Jay Pritzker Pavilion, appearing in the past at the Grant Park Music Festival Independence Day Salute and with Blue Man Group.

International tours
During the 2009 South American Tour to Argentina and Uruguay, the CYSO Symphony Orchestra performed at Teatro Coliseo Podesta in La Plata, La Facultad de Derecho in Buenos Aires, Teatro El Circulo in Rosario, and Teatro Solis in Montevideo. On the 2012 Tour of Spain, students performed in Madrid, in Cuenca in a joint concert with the Joven Orquesta de la Mancha, at Valencia's Palau de la Música Catalana, and Barcelona's Conservatori Superior de Música del Liceu. During the 2014 Tour of China, CYSO's Symphony Orchestra students performed in Beijin at the National Centre for the Performing Arts (China), Xi'an Concert Hall, in Hangzhou at the Opera Hall of the Hangzhou Grand Theater, and at the Shanghai Oriental Art Center. On the most recent tour of Central Europe in 2017, CYSO performed at Belgrade's Kolarac Hall, Budapest's Béla Bartók National Concert Hall, at the Jihlava Mahler Festival at the Church of the Holy Cross, and in a sold-out joint concert with the Symphony Orchestra of the Music High Schools of Prague at Dvorak Hall of the Rudolfinum.

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Spyderco

Spyderco is an American cutlery company based in Golden, Colorado, producing knives and knife sharpeners. Spyderco pioneered many features that are now common in folding knives, including the pocket clip, serrations, and the opening hole. Spyderco has collaborated with 30 custom knife makers, athletes, and self-defense instructors for designs and innovated the usage of 20 different blade materials.

History

Spyderco was founded by Sal Glesser. The name Spyderco was coined after Glesser noticed that many high-performance sports cars had 'Spyder' in the name, which inspired the name Spyderco to signify high performance cutting tools. The first product Spyderco produced was the Portable Hand in 1976, this "spider-shaped device", was a series of angles, ball joints and alligator clips that helped people such as jewelers and hobbyists to work with small parts. Spyderco's founder, Sal Glesser, and his wife Gail, converted an old bread delivery truck into a motorhome and traveled to shows. As they became more successful, they graduated from the bread truck to a truck and trailer. They settled in Golden in November 1978. The firm began producing knife sharpeners in 1978 and produced their first folding knife, the C01 Worker, in 1981; this was the first to feature a round hole in the blade designed for fast, one-handed and ambidextrous opening, which is now the company's trademark. Additionally, the company claims that this was the first knife to feature a pocket clip on the right side of the handle.

Products

Most knives produced by Spyderco are folding knives of various designs, blade steels, handle materials, and locking mechanisms (including two patented proprietary locks); however, they have also produced fixed-blade knives for various purposes.

The firm's knives are made with a plain edge, a partially serrated edge, or a fully serrated "Spyder Edge" configuration. Their most common handle material is FRN (Fiberglass Reinforced Nylon) and G10, although they make knives with steel handles as well as some limited editions with handles from various other materials.

A large part of the firm's knife production is outsourced to foreign contractors in countries such as Japan, Taiwan, Italy, and China. (though many of their flagship knives are made in the US) Knives made with CPM S30V steel were previously all made in Golden, Colorado; however, Spyderco began shipping CPM-S30V to Taiwan to have their highest end knives produced there using this steel.

Spyderco knives are popular with many markets including private citizens, fire and rescue personnel and law enforcement officers.

For his many influences in tactical knife design (most notably the pocket clip, serrations, and opening hole) and many collaborations with custom knife makers, Spyderco's President, Sal Glesser, was inducted into the Blade magazine Cutlery Hall of Fame at the 2000 Blade Show in Atlanta, Georgia.

Blade steels

Spyderco has experimented with new blade steels over the years. In 1994, it was the first company to use powder metallurgy in a production knife (in the form of Crucible's S60V tool steel), and the first knife company to use H-1 steel in a folding knife. The Mule Team Project offers end users fixed-blade knife in various steels for the performance testing.

Spyderco's current Steel Chart PDF.

The blade steels used by the company over the years include:

154CM an American stainless cutlery steel

52100, a ball bearing steel used in the first run of the Mule project.

8Cr13MoV, a Chinese stainless steel tempered at the RC56 to RC58 range and used in the Tenacious, Persistence, Ambitious, Resilience, Grasshopper, Kiwi3 and Byrd lines of knives. Often compared to AUS-8, but with slightly more carbon.

9Cr18Mo, a Chinese stainless steel used mostly in high-end barbering scissors and surgical tools.

440C, a stainless steel known for corrosion resistance and ease of sharpening.

Aogami Super Blue (青紙スーパー), a Japanese high-end steel made by Hitachi. The "Blue" refers not to the color of the steel itself, but the color of the paper in which the raw steel comes wrapped.

ATS-55, a performance stainless steel similar to ATS-34 with the molybdenum reduced, used only by Spyderco for knife steels until the early 2000s.

AUS-6, similar in quality to 440a, used as a "budget" steel in early Spyderco models.

AUS-8, a frequently used Japanese steel, which is known for taking a very fine edge, due to the inclusion of vanadium. Sharpens easily, and has moderate edge holding and corrosion resistance.

AUS-10, a Japanese stainless steel series made by Aichi with the same carbon content as 440C but with slightly less chromium.

BG-42, a high performance stainless steel formulated for ball bearings, similar to ATS-34 (same composition, but with added vanadium), which has similar properties.

CPM S30V steel an American powder-metallurgy, high-carbide steel developed for the cutlery market.

CPM-M4 (aka AISI M4), usually tempered to 62-65 HRC, a high-speed steel with combination of high carbon, molybdenum, vanadium, and tungsten for excellent wear resistance and toughness; a powder-metallurgical, non-stainless steel.

CPM-S60V, (a.k.a. 440V, a.k.a. CPMT440V), a modern American super-steel that is wear resistant, but difficult to sharpen. The low level of toughness means that it can only be hardened to around 56 RC, causing the edge-holding performance to be diminished.

CPM-S90V (a.k.a. 420V), similar to Crucible's S60V but designed to be more wear resistant with a very high carbide volume and high vanadium content. Appreciated for extreme edge-holding. S90V was featured in a sprint run of Spyderco's Military in 2004. Since then it has been used in several sprint runs in knives like the Manix 2 and Paramilitary 2. While S90V holds an edge better than S30V, both are usually hardened to about 59–61 RC.

CTS-20CP, Carpenter Technology's version of S90V, with slightly reduced chromium. Features high wear-resistance and edge-holding, hardened to about 60 RC.

CTS-BD1, Carpenter's versions of Gin-1 with improved chemistry. Originally featured in a Mule Team fixed blade.

CTS-XHP, made by Carpenter Technology. Often referred to as a stainless version of D2.

D2, a high performance tool steel that features high wear resistance. Spyderco uses Crucible's version of D2, which is a powder metallurgy version. CPM-D2 is found in a sprint run version of the Military model.

G2, a.k.a. GIN-1 (銀紙１号), a Hitachi-made low cost stainless steel comparable to, but softer than, AUS-8. Generally hardened in the mid to high RC 50s. A tough, corrosion-resistant steel.

H-1, a steel which is well suited for marine applications, because it substitutes nitrogen for carbon and thus is completely rust-proof in any normal environment such as saltwater exposure, though can still oxidize if exposed to extreme heat and chemical attack. It grinds, scratches and has edge retention similar to the low carbide steels such as AUS-6. It is a precipitation hardening steel, which means it hardens by the mechanical process of grinding the steel, rather than by heat treating.

MBS-26, a Japanese [stainless] steel, very fine grained with high corrosion resistance used in the Catcherman and in most kitchen knives by Spyderco.

N690CO, an Austrian stainless steel similar to VG-10. Currently found in the Squeak and previously used in Spydercos manufactured by Fox Cutlery.

VG-10 (V金10号), a Japanese steel developed for the horticulture industry by Takefu, often hardened around the RC60 range. Reported to have better corrosion resistance but less edge retention than S30V. Appreciated for taking a fine edge, and being easy to sharpen, while still holding an edge well. Used in most of the firm's Japanese-made knives.

ZDP-189, a Japanese powdered super-steel made by Hitachi, hardened to RC 62–67, with very high carbide volume. Has inferior edge-holding ability to S90V and S110V.

Collaborations
Through the years, Spyderco has collaborated with numerous custom knife makers in the design of various models.

List of collaborators

 * Jens Anso
 * Massad Ayoob
 * Eduard Bradichansky
 * Gayle Bradley
 * Darriel Caston
 * Peter Carrey
 * Frank Centofante
 * Chris Claycombe
 * Alexandru Diaconescu
 * Ernest Emerson
 * Bram Frank
 * Wayne Goddard
 * Peter Herbst
 * D'Alton Holder
 * Jess Horn
 * Michael Janich
 * James A. Keating
 * Szabo Laszlo
 * Chad Los Banos
 * Bob Lum
 * R. J. Martin
 * William F. Moran
 * Ken Onion
 * Philippe Perotti
 * Fred Perrin
 * Peter Rassenti
 * Ed Schempp
 * Ed Scott
 * Jot Singh Khalsa
 * Marcin Slysz
 * JD Smith
 * Mike Snody
 * Brad Southard
 * Laci Szabo
 * Bob Terzuola
 * Sacha Thiel
 * Warren Thomas
 * Ralph Turnbull
 * Ulrich Hennicke Germany/Ulize C161GP
 * Butch Vallotton
 * Howard Viele
 * Michael Walker
 * Tim Wegner
 * Tim Zowada

Sprint runs
Spyderco often produces limited edition models, referred to as sprint runs. These limited runs are generally versions of discontinued models with different blade and handle materials, though some are completely new models, such as the Kopa; a "dress knife" with several variants, each with a different handle material such as micarta, evrina, and tiger coral.

Byrd brand

Spyderco designs and produces knives under the Byrd brand. These knives use high quality materials and are manufactured in China, allowing much lower prices while retaining most of Spyderco's quality. To differentiate the brands, Byrd knives have a "comet" shaped opening hole in the blade, rather than the trademark round hole found on Spyderco models.

To date, Byrd knives have featured 8Cr13MoV as their blade steel except for the Byrd Catbyrd titanium which uses 9Cr18Mo steel. The brand's early knives were marked 440C, but tests found that the steel was something entirely different from American 440C. This steel was closer to AUS-8 than American 440C, and also went by the name 8Cr13MoV.

The first Byrd models, the Cara Cara, Meadowlark, Flight, Pelican, and Crossbill, initially featured stainless steel handles. Newer Byrds have featured aluminum, fiberglass reinforced nylon (FRN), and G10 handles.

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