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May 15

jung-su lee help!

i know the files only summerize even if there is more info. but i like to thank for all the work that is done on wiki but my question is that of jung-su lee (skater in south korean) i know he was told three years but he has a chance to appeal his case. is it official that he will be doing three years or what? also will he be able to keep his sport pitch'in? i know that both skaters were put in bad sitution from there coach but jung-su lee is suppose to be innocent-i think he is but have never meet him. the summary-story is at the end of his wiki page. please and thank you! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.118.92.6 (talk) 04:27, 15 May 2010 (UTC)

Okay... first of all, "me can baerly understands a thing that you are saying". Second, I'm pretty sure that you can find the infomation you want in Jung-su Lee's article and by using the search engines (such as Google) a little more. 64.75.158.195 (talk) 05:05, 16 May 2010 (UTC)

Chullo Hat

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Where can I get this hat? (I think only the vocalist wears a chullo hat)174.3.123.220 (talk) 06:36, 15 May 2010 (UTC)

Most any clothing store in Vermont. In the winter, I can't swing a dead cat without hitting someone who's wearing one. If you're in the Northern hemisphere, you might have a bit of a hard time considering the fact that it's May. Dismas|^(talk) 06:41, 15 May 2010 (UTC)

What started the Chullo Hat fashion? This video was in the 1990's but Chullo Hats started in like 2007.174.3.123.220 (talk) 06:47, 15 May 2010 (UTC)

The hats have been around in Britain since the 90's. Usually worn by slightly dippy types. DuncanHill (talk) 11:47, 15 May 2010 (UTC)

What did I just see on TCM?

So I just turned on TCM to see the last twenty minutes of something. I thought it was a movie, but it didnt appear on their schedule, so it might be a short or something. It was in black and white and was about an African American advertisement worker who refuses to have anything to do with alcohol, drugs, and anything like that, but apparently his commercials are pretty vulgar. The whole thing was very satirical and ended when he asks his employees to make a commercial for alcohol, which they do out of blind faith. This was a test on their morals, which they failed. Then, an Arab obsessed with money comes and blows up all their money. It was strange and hilarious. Does anyone know what this was? ?EVAUNIT^{神になった人間} 07:39, 15 May 2010 (UTC)

Robert Downey Sr.'s Putney Swope (1969). Pepso2 (talk) 11:44, 15 May 2010 (UTC)

Symphony Fantastique by Hector Berlioz

I've been recently studying Hector Berlioz's work of Symphonie Fantastique, and im quite intrigued with the amount of detail it has, but i have trouble with some of the instructions, like houché avee les cylindres it means stopped with valves with the dynamic of ppp. I'm not familiar with what that means, when i listen to the music i cant hear anything, what does it mean and how is it done? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.169.44.67 (talk) 13:11, 15 May 2010 (UTC)

$ppp$ means "play very very softly". $p$ would mean "piano" or softly, $pp$ would mean "pianissimo" or very softly. $ppp$ is thus pianississimo, meaning play very very softly. See Dynamics (music) for a thorough explanation. --Jayron32 18:29, 15 May 2010 (UTC)

You may also like to know that $mf$ is mezzo-forte ("medium loud" [strong]), $f$ is forte (strong, or loud) while $ff$ is fortissimo, which is very very loud. < is crescendo (become louder) while > is diminuendo or decrescendo (become softer). Tommy2010 18:20, 16 May 2010 (UTC)

Bang Bang Brel

Did Jacques Brel ever record a version of Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)? DuncanHill (talk) 15:40, 15 May 2010 (UTC)

series based on real case

Is there an easy way to find out if Weeds is based on a real case? 71.100.0.29 (talk) 22:21, 15 May 2010 (UTC)

You mean Weeds, the television series? If so, you may find the answer in our comprehensive article on the subject. I skimmed it, but found no mention of it being based on a true story. decltype (talk) 01:07, 16 May 2010 (UTC)