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Israel... why is Ehud Olmert still as Prime Minister in the article?. That corrupt resigned and now is Tzipi Livni. Please, can I modify that?, it's a TOP ARTICLE.-- 190.49.99.119 ( talk) 01:22, 19 October 2008 (UTC)
From what I gather, Livni isn't the Prime Minister until she organizes a government. Right now she is Acting Prime Minister. Grsz X 01:27, 19 October 2008 (UTC)
Hi all.
I was reading up on the World population article, and its projections for world population in the future and in the distant past. I was wondering what kind of a number you'd get if you added all those figures together. Granted, a lot of people that were alive in, say, 1750 were also alive in 1800. And some possibly even in 1850.
So I'm curious, how many people would you estimate, are living/have lived as of 2008? And how would you go about calculating that figure?
Much help appreciated ! -=- Xhin -=- ( talk) 04:31, 19 October 2008 (UTC)
This has already been asked.- Ohanian ( talk) 08:20, 20 October 2008 (UTC)
Most of bhajans and shlokas in indian languages talk of ekoter kul. What doed this mean , how it is derived and why ekoter? (ekoter kul means seventy one generations) Refer to Gandhiji's favourite bhajan "vaishnav jana to tene re kahiye" —Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.246.53.226 ( talk) 07:00, 19 October 2008 (UTC)
Death Becomes Her is the title of a movie, but I've got a feeling it's quoting from somewhere/one. Does anyone know the origin of this as a quote? Not sure if it should be at the entertainment desk but since is askiing about a quote, it's here. Julia Rossi ( talk) 09:31, 19 October 2008 (UTC)
1.women's participation in U.N.O
2.WOMEN IN PARLIAMENT —Preceding
unsigned comment added by
121.247.109.216 (
talk) 12:11, 19 October 2008 (UTC)
What is your question? Julia Rossi ( talk) 13:33, 19 October 2008 (UTC)
For these purposes, I will assume that the asker is querying as to whether there have been any women in [I think] the United Nations Organization or [slightly more obviously] in Parliament. For the first 'question', yes, Carmen María Gallardo Hernández, Claudia Blum , Kirsti Lintonen, María Fernanda Espinosa, María Rubiales de Chamorro (Nicaraguan ambassador since July 13, 2007), Paulette Bethel, Rosemary Banks, Susan Waffa-Ogoo (Gambia since August 25, 2008), Sylvie Lucas (Luxembourg since August 25, 2008), and possibly other (I could not find much more information). As to whether there have been woman in Parliament, yes, woman have been in many parliaments. I'm going to assume that you are referring to the UK Parliament, in that case, see this. I hope I helped. ATKX ( talk) 03:57, 25 October 2008 (UTC)
I'm inclined to think Judicial Investigative Committee, Judicial Misconduct Complaint, and Judicial Misconduct are best redirected somewhere, but I can't figure out where. Grsz Review! 13:52, 19 October 2008 (UTC)
I am in an Intro to Business class and I have to write a weekly report on my 3 stocks that I chose. I'm wondering how to write this report. Is there anyone who knows what I'm talking about? I'm so confused. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.119.34.68 ( talk) 16:18, 19 October 2008 (UTC)
Can any country really go bankrupt? Surely all they need to do is to print more money to pay their debts? (This will result in inflation and a depreciated currency, but that's another story). 78.149.192.49 ( talk) 17:33, 19 October 2008 (UTC)
I would like to know more about this constitution and bylaws associated with this organization. I've conducted searches and have come up short, I don't seem to be able to find anything on it. I would be much obliged if you could help me track this information down and provide it for me, thanks in advance,
Jay —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.181.86.97 ( talk) 18:31, 19 October 2008 (UTC)
i am trying to establish a good definition of poverty. one that is considered to be the globally accepted definition. any help? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.180.106.222 ( talk) 19:03, 19 October 2008 (UTC)
You have two forms of poverty, which are economicly acceptable definitions. Relative, and absoloute. absoloute, is $1-2 a day. relative is a certain % of a the average income in a country. 90.242.193.191 ( talk) 21:12, 20 October 2008 (UTC)
Half-joke: The definition for relative poverty in the "West" is there mainly, to keep people in "poverty" and thus the social workers and esp. the social state bureaucracy in bread and power. There is of course also real poverty here, some people I knew were dead poor. Inflation is a problem for everybody, of course is a nice clean way to rob the population of its money and create the illusion of growth at the same time. Inflation hits the poorer people hard and makes them realy poor, then you have to increase Welfare and bingo! another victory for state power-- Radh ( talk) 07:55, 21 October 2008 (UTC)
Can the American Democratic or Republican parties expel members? Do they have any way of responding to entryism from the left or right? Can sections of the party be expelled over differences in ideology? If a party member with significant differences in beliefs from the local, state or national leadership, wins a primary can the party do anything to respond? -- Gary123 ( talk) 22:47, 19 October 2008 (UTC)
There isn't really membership in parties in the US like in other countries. A party can refuse to endorse a candidate, and refuse to provide party funding. See David Duke. Little Red Riding Hood talk 04:08, 20 October 2008 (UTC)
Yes, this can happen, but appears to be very rare. There was a movement to expel Joe Lieberman when he lost his state's Democratic primary and ran as an independent [2]. "New Haven Democratic Registrar of Voters Sharon Ferrucci plans to research the request, which she said was the first of its kind in her two decades on the job." Edmund V. Bobrowicz was expelled from the dems after being accused of being a communist. A much more important historical example of something similar is the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party. According to [3] Henry L. Stimson was expelled from the Republican Party for supporting FDR's aid to Britain, and Edwin F. Ladd was expelled from the Republicans for supporting Robert M. La Follette for president. [4] John Z ( talk) 05:57, 20 October 2008 (UTC)
If someone said "I am a Republican, but I disagree with every major tenet of the party's elected representatives, and with every part of their platform" the party cannot prevent the person from registering and voting in the Republican primary. If the person were an elected official, the Republican National Committee or other Republican organizations could find someone to run against him in the primary and fund the opponent so well that the dissident would lose the primary and not appear on the ballot as a Republican, or they could support his Democratic opponent in the general election. If he were in congress, they could deny him committee appointments and restrict his opportunities to speak on the floor or to get any of his legislation to a vote. Edison ( talk) 00:34, 21 October 2008 (UTC)
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Israel... why is Ehud Olmert still as Prime Minister in the article?. That corrupt resigned and now is Tzipi Livni. Please, can I modify that?, it's a TOP ARTICLE.-- 190.49.99.119 ( talk) 01:22, 19 October 2008 (UTC)
From what I gather, Livni isn't the Prime Minister until she organizes a government. Right now she is Acting Prime Minister. Grsz X 01:27, 19 October 2008 (UTC)
Hi all.
I was reading up on the World population article, and its projections for world population in the future and in the distant past. I was wondering what kind of a number you'd get if you added all those figures together. Granted, a lot of people that were alive in, say, 1750 were also alive in 1800. And some possibly even in 1850.
So I'm curious, how many people would you estimate, are living/have lived as of 2008? And how would you go about calculating that figure?
Much help appreciated ! -=- Xhin -=- ( talk) 04:31, 19 October 2008 (UTC)
This has already been asked.- Ohanian ( talk) 08:20, 20 October 2008 (UTC)
Most of bhajans and shlokas in indian languages talk of ekoter kul. What doed this mean , how it is derived and why ekoter? (ekoter kul means seventy one generations) Refer to Gandhiji's favourite bhajan "vaishnav jana to tene re kahiye" —Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.246.53.226 ( talk) 07:00, 19 October 2008 (UTC)
Death Becomes Her is the title of a movie, but I've got a feeling it's quoting from somewhere/one. Does anyone know the origin of this as a quote? Not sure if it should be at the entertainment desk but since is askiing about a quote, it's here. Julia Rossi ( talk) 09:31, 19 October 2008 (UTC)
1.women's participation in U.N.O
2.WOMEN IN PARLIAMENT —Preceding
unsigned comment added by
121.247.109.216 (
talk) 12:11, 19 October 2008 (UTC)
What is your question? Julia Rossi ( talk) 13:33, 19 October 2008 (UTC)
For these purposes, I will assume that the asker is querying as to whether there have been any women in [I think] the United Nations Organization or [slightly more obviously] in Parliament. For the first 'question', yes, Carmen María Gallardo Hernández, Claudia Blum , Kirsti Lintonen, María Fernanda Espinosa, María Rubiales de Chamorro (Nicaraguan ambassador since July 13, 2007), Paulette Bethel, Rosemary Banks, Susan Waffa-Ogoo (Gambia since August 25, 2008), Sylvie Lucas (Luxembourg since August 25, 2008), and possibly other (I could not find much more information). As to whether there have been woman in Parliament, yes, woman have been in many parliaments. I'm going to assume that you are referring to the UK Parliament, in that case, see this. I hope I helped. ATKX ( talk) 03:57, 25 October 2008 (UTC)
I'm inclined to think Judicial Investigative Committee, Judicial Misconduct Complaint, and Judicial Misconduct are best redirected somewhere, but I can't figure out where. Grsz Review! 13:52, 19 October 2008 (UTC)
I am in an Intro to Business class and I have to write a weekly report on my 3 stocks that I chose. I'm wondering how to write this report. Is there anyone who knows what I'm talking about? I'm so confused. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.119.34.68 ( talk) 16:18, 19 October 2008 (UTC)
Can any country really go bankrupt? Surely all they need to do is to print more money to pay their debts? (This will result in inflation and a depreciated currency, but that's another story). 78.149.192.49 ( talk) 17:33, 19 October 2008 (UTC)
I would like to know more about this constitution and bylaws associated with this organization. I've conducted searches and have come up short, I don't seem to be able to find anything on it. I would be much obliged if you could help me track this information down and provide it for me, thanks in advance,
Jay —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.181.86.97 ( talk) 18:31, 19 October 2008 (UTC)
i am trying to establish a good definition of poverty. one that is considered to be the globally accepted definition. any help? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.180.106.222 ( talk) 19:03, 19 October 2008 (UTC)
You have two forms of poverty, which are economicly acceptable definitions. Relative, and absoloute. absoloute, is $1-2 a day. relative is a certain % of a the average income in a country. 90.242.193.191 ( talk) 21:12, 20 October 2008 (UTC)
Half-joke: The definition for relative poverty in the "West" is there mainly, to keep people in "poverty" and thus the social workers and esp. the social state bureaucracy in bread and power. There is of course also real poverty here, some people I knew were dead poor. Inflation is a problem for everybody, of course is a nice clean way to rob the population of its money and create the illusion of growth at the same time. Inflation hits the poorer people hard and makes them realy poor, then you have to increase Welfare and bingo! another victory for state power-- Radh ( talk) 07:55, 21 October 2008 (UTC)
Can the American Democratic or Republican parties expel members? Do they have any way of responding to entryism from the left or right? Can sections of the party be expelled over differences in ideology? If a party member with significant differences in beliefs from the local, state or national leadership, wins a primary can the party do anything to respond? -- Gary123 ( talk) 22:47, 19 October 2008 (UTC)
There isn't really membership in parties in the US like in other countries. A party can refuse to endorse a candidate, and refuse to provide party funding. See David Duke. Little Red Riding Hood talk 04:08, 20 October 2008 (UTC)
Yes, this can happen, but appears to be very rare. There was a movement to expel Joe Lieberman when he lost his state's Democratic primary and ran as an independent [2]. "New Haven Democratic Registrar of Voters Sharon Ferrucci plans to research the request, which she said was the first of its kind in her two decades on the job." Edmund V. Bobrowicz was expelled from the dems after being accused of being a communist. A much more important historical example of something similar is the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party. According to [3] Henry L. Stimson was expelled from the Republican Party for supporting FDR's aid to Britain, and Edwin F. Ladd was expelled from the Republicans for supporting Robert M. La Follette for president. [4] John Z ( talk) 05:57, 20 October 2008 (UTC)
If someone said "I am a Republican, but I disagree with every major tenet of the party's elected representatives, and with every part of their platform" the party cannot prevent the person from registering and voting in the Republican primary. If the person were an elected official, the Republican National Committee or other Republican organizations could find someone to run against him in the primary and fund the opponent so well that the dissident would lose the primary and not appear on the ballot as a Republican, or they could support his Democratic opponent in the general election. If he were in congress, they could deny him committee appointments and restrict his opportunities to speak on the floor or to get any of his legislation to a vote. Edison ( talk) 00:34, 21 October 2008 (UTC)