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Where can i buy a wedding dress for my dear friend getting married?

Next month ,Julia is going to have her very special day in her life.I want to give her a unique gift,could you anybody tell me where can i buy an splendid wedding dress for my best julia. thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by Yuki2011 (talk • contribs) 01:15, 9 November 2011 (UTC)

Depends on what you want to spend. But, I'd try a local, independent bridal store; they might have used dresses they're selling for clients on consignment. I would also normally suggest the Running of the Brides, but I think the last one of those, period, has occurred since Filene's Basement is shutting down (let alone knowing if you live near one of its current and soon-to-be former locations). --McDoobAU93 05:45, 9 November 2011 (UTC)

A wedding dress is not suitable as a gift. The bride will want to choose her own dress and will have to spend a lot of time making sure that it fits. In fact, if the wedding is only a month away she has probably bought it already. I suggest you think of another idea for a gift. --Viennese Waltz 08:28, 9 November 2011 (UTC)

All true, but let me tell you a little story. I know someone who had chosen her own dress, made all the other preparations, and was looking forward to a lovely wedding. But 2 days before the big day her mother presented her with a dress that she had chosen for her, and did it in a way that made my friend feel unable to say thanks but no thanks. She disliked the dress her mother chose, it clashed with the bridesmaids' outfits, and the whole thing was wrong on every level, but ... To top that, her father, who was very ill and unable to attend, died on the evening of the wedding. Apart from that, it went off without a hitch and they're still together 30 years on. -- Jack of Oz ^{[your turn]} 08:52, 9 November 2011 (UTC)

Buying a surprise wedding dress for a bride, who no doubt has her particular wants and wishes very much in mind, is not a good idea at all. To put it mildly. However, the bride might very well appreciate the OP's kind offer to pay for the bride's own choice of a wedding dress, or at least to contribute what the OP can afford to give. Textorus (talk) 01:29, 10 November 2011 (UTC)

There's a TV show called "Say Yes to the Dress". In general, it's rather sappy. But it does make the point, in the few episodes I've seen anyway, that the bride has to decide what works for her. An offer to buy a friend her wedding dress would be a good gift. Trying to impose an already-selected dress on her would be bad - very bad. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 05:32, 10 November 2011 (UTC)

That show, OMG. Tears, tantrums, and ten grand plus for something to wear only one time. One proud papa even promised to sell his Harley so baby girl could have her dream dress. Their privilege, of course, but to me - madness. Textorus (talk) 16:19, 10 November 2011 (UTC)

Yep. I would contrast that obscene extravagance with the story Alan King told. He said his wife-to-be tipped him off as to what he was in for, in their marriage: Wedding gowns were on sale, so she bought two of them. [insert rimshot here] ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 06:38, 12 November 2011 (UTC)

Yale Elis

Where does the nickname of "Elis" come from when referring to Yale University? Our article and the Yale web sites are of no help. Dismas|^(talk) 08:37, 9 November 2011 (UTC)

From Elihu Yale, founder of Yale. --Colapeninsula (talk) 10:30, 9 November 2011 (UTC)

Minor correction: he was not actually the founder, he was just a benefactor who happened to get it named after him. --Colapeninsula (talk) 10:32, 9 November 2011 (UTC)

Yep. That locked it in. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 15:30, 9 November 2011 (UTC)

find the tamil song from its unknown title of the movie

"en kangal sollum kathal sethi" this is the song which im searching — Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.247.204.125 (talk) 09:50, 9 November 2011 (UTC)

The song's title is "Iru Kangal" (the lyrics are usually transcribed as "Iru Kangal Sollum Kadhal Seithi"). The composer is Yuvan Shankar Raja. The film is Kadhal Samrajyam, it was never released, but its soundtrack was (see article). ---Sluzzelin talk 06:30, 10 November 2011 (UTC)

Urge to kill

In Heart of Darkness, I didn't quite understand why Marlow wanted to kill Kurtz when he was crawling in the grass. Why was this? 81.68.255.36 (talk) 20:22, 7 November 2011 (UTC)

There are many analysis for Hear of Darkness (including one in Wikipedia [HERE]

But one of these may be of more help to you:

[Sparknotes Heart of Darkness] [e-notes Heart of Darkness] [Delving into the Darkness]

Who owns IPs from dissolved companies?

When a software company that owns original IPs goes "belly up" but doesn't sell itself off, who usually retains the rights to that company's intellectual property (IE: software)? Mostly curious for the sake of determining the authenticity of abandonware. Aozgolo (talk) 12:48, 9 November 2011 (UTC)

I'm not sure there is a "usual case" answer here. It depends on how the IP was assigned (what the work for hire contracts said), it depends on how the company went belly up. It's extremely difficult to prove with any assurance that IP has ever totally dissolved. --Mr.98 (talk) 13:48, 9 November 2011 (UTC)

In England, such assets pass to the Crown (if they've not been sold or distributed to shareholders or creditors).[1] I suspect the law will vary depending on jurisdiction; if you know where the company was incorporated that might help. --Colapeninsula (talk) 13:50, 9 November 2011 (UTC)