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I would like to know whether Thomas Waterman Wood is a different T. W. Wood from the T. W. Wood that illustrated books for Darwin and Wallace - Commons:T. W. Wood. That they have the same initials, surname, occupation (artist) and apparently first name, it seems to me unlikely that they were different people. But I don't see anything about such work in the biography here, and Waterman Wood seems to have lived in America pretty much exclusively - is it likely that he would have done so much art for British books when he was that far away? Richard001 ( talk) 03:54, 12 September 2008 (UTC)
They are different people. The T.W. Wood that illustrated Darwin was a British artist. Thomas Waterman Wood was President of the National Academy of Design in New York during the 1890's and a leading painter of genre scenes. He founded the T.W. Wood Art Gallery in Montpelier, Vt. his home town and it still exists today. No connection whatsoever with the other T.W. Wood. Paul Worman N.Y., N.Y. ( I am writing his biography and catalog raisonne)
Some time next year, I (outside the anglosphere) have to teach a short course about recent British politics or social history or mores or something. (Blairism to binge drinking: I have a lot of leeway.) The students will be 19 or so and I can expect them to study, though they have little experience of real study (as opposed to rote learning) and also little appetite for extended reading. Still, their English comprehension is pretty good. Various books are available, but I fear that the course would easily become boring if based on any one book, however good: this is instead a course that cries out for video (probably with supplementary short readings).
I thought of basing it around a small number of carefully selected (feature) films, but have decided not to do this, as in any worthwhile fiction film the "content" (however scrupulous and perceptive) is likely to be sidelined -- indeed, should be sidelined -- by character, plot, etc. And of course films do last rather long, which makes scheduling difficult. (Plus I think a lot of "relevant" films are terrible: for example, while Brick Lane (which I sat through to kill time during a long flight) has a few good ingredients, it has scenes directed like shampoo commercials, and some ham acting that would be at home in a third-rate TV series.)
Even if there are no copyright issues, unfortunately I do not have the time to start building up a collection of recordings of programs that may happen to pop up on satellite TV. Are there good documentary DVD series? I really haven't a clue about this kind of thing, but f I know the titles of one or two possibilities of predigested series, I can then of course use them to google for more. Thanks. Tama1988 ( talk) 05:32, 12 September 2008 (UTC)
Thank you, all. I'd never heard of Happy-Go-Lucky (though I had heard of Mike Leigh), and while I had heard of the other titles mentioned above, I haven't seen any of them.
Have I got news for you sounds to me as if enjoyment would need some degree of pre-marination in British news culture, even if just ten minutes' worth of infotainment from the telly plus a vague awareness of what are the latest obsessions of the Sun. That pre-marination won't be there. Still, if I can pick up a best-of DVD cheaply, I'll give it a look.
The Royle Family sounds as if it would need more time. If this were, say, a week-long, all-day seminar, I could show an episode every day. But it isn't. Still, if a DVD box is going cheap.....
I'l try to get hold of Happy-Go-Lucky. I think I'd enjoy it. If it also turns out to be usable in some way for my pedagogic purpose, well, that's a pleasing bonus.
Seven Up! -- yes! (It had slipped my mind.) But damn, the package (a very reasonable $90US from a certain evil online monopolist) runs 710 minutes. That's about the entire classroom time. Students do not watch videos outside class, unless perhaps they happen to star whoever's the latest heartthrob. Hmmm ... Seven Up! and thereupon fast-forward to 49 Up, perhaps? (Thinking of this makes me glad I asked this question seven months before the course starts.)
If a student at the Open University could tip me off to a few of the DVD titles that were more interesting (and that don't assume too much background knowledge or much appetite for socio-econo-political theory), I'd be very grateful. I could then google for these. Tama1988 ( talk) 10:04, 12 September 2008 (UTC)
Again, thank you for the input.
I'll get hold of the Seven Up series and try to digest it myself. When I know it, I'll have a much better idea of how I might deal with it.
Andrew Marr's History of Modern Britain sounds very worthwhile but it's not yet available on DVD. I'll try to remember to poll that online monopolist for it once every couple of months. (When I look now, I'm tld no but mysteriously offered Sex and the City as a substitute.)
I'd like to use newspapers, but I can't. They'd only work for people who can read them easily and for whom at least some of the wordplay would raise a smile (and the students probably aren't quite at that level), who enjoy reading (for most of them, reading in any language is an annoying chore), and who are at least moderately acquainted with the newspapers where they live (and while these kids aren't all gossip and fashion all the time, I'd be as surprised to see them voluntarily reading a newspaper as they'd be to see me reading a fashion magazine). Tama1988 ( talk) 09:23, 16 September 2008 (UTC)
Often it's said that a huge part of humankind has to live with less than $1/day.
Is that the purchase power or the nominal value after an exchange? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mr.K. ( talk • contribs) 10:13, 12 September 2008 (UTC)
The actual answer to the question of PPP vs. nominal is "both." When the World Bank and other institutions began calculating $1/day numbers, PPP was not widely used. Later, it was adopted as the convention. So, if one is looking at say, data published in 1970, the $1/day would be nominal. DOR (HK) ( talk) 09:08, 13 September 2008 (UTC)
These ( [8] [9]) show you don't have to be in a poor country to live on one dollar (ok here one pound) a day. 190.244.186.234 ( talk) 02:02, 14 September 2008 (UTC)
This article states, in relation to various early Christian movements:
Assuming these statements are true, which movement(s) never believed Jesus lived in the flesh, and which did not regard the scriptures as God's word? — Twas Now ( talk • contribs • e-mail ) 13:52, 12 September 2008 (UTC)
WHAT ARE THE MERITS AND DEMERITS OF ADVERTISING TO SMALL SCALE BUSINESSES? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Thug ngel ( talk • contribs) 15:03, 12 September 2008 (UTC)
I'm sorry, but we can't do your homework for you. Have you done any preparation work we can help you with? 78.144.107.126 ( talk) 11:59, 13 September 2008 (UTC)
I havent yet decided weither I want to marry inside of a church or outside and enjoy nature. The reason is this. My fiance is pagan/Satanist and i guess i just dont have a relgion at this point in time. Well the question is that we have looked from church to church and found some gorgeous catherdrals, the only problem is that these churches and cathedrals obviously dont support our religion. I understand that if you are having a satanist paganistic wedding that you just dont have a catholic or lutheran priest perform the ceremony. So does it depend from church to church or is it a big flat out no when i ask if you can get like a judge or justic of the peace or whatever they are and have them perform the ceremony in the church. I understand if it would be a no because what kind of catholic wants to marry a satanist in the house of the lord. But are some churches open minded? I mean there isnt anything huge that makes it a satanic ceremony just the fact that we are handfasting and having our own gothic vows rather than the lighting of the candles and so on. So is this a possibility or am i better off getting married outside?
-- Chaela <3 ( talk) 16:08, 12 September 2008 (UTC)
sorry to ask but i cant look up for myself. this is the only site i have access to at work and so this is how we work... —Preceding unsigned comment added by Chaela89 ( talk • contribs) 16:16, 12 September 2008 (UTC)
If no vice-presidential candidate receives a majority in the electoral college, the U.S. Senate decides who shall be Vice President. But if there is a tie, can the current Vice-President cast the tie breaking vote?
Judging by this passage from the Twelth Amendment, I would say no:
"and a majority of the whole number [of senators] shall be necessary to a choice."
But does anyone think the current V.P. can, and why?
92.233.14.195 ( talk) 16:14, 12 September 2008 (UTC)
I'm sorry but part of the process of presidential elections being decided in the Senate doesn't seem clear to me. If no presidential candidate gains a majority in the electoral college, the election is decided in the House of Representatives. But is it the outgoing House that decides or the newly-elected House?
I can't quite figure out when it would take place in the electoral cycle. 92.233.14.195 ( talk) 16:21, 12 September 2008 (UTC)
For the record, an item titled "Follow-up question" was deleted. Reasons follow. Wanderer57 ( talk) 19:12, 12 September 2008 (UTC)
I want to know what is the difference between Antireligion and atheism? Does this indicate that it is possible for a person that he believes in the existence of god, but does not support organized religion. Otolemur crassicaudatus ( talk) 20:26, 12 September 2008 (UTC)
I saw this small article on CNN. It was about damaged steel that was removed from the Pentagon following the attack on September 11, 2001. The source said the steel is going to be used in building the USS Arlington as part of a memorial to the victims who perished in the Pentagon attack. Is that true? What materials may be used in building the USS Somerset as a memorial to the victims who perished aboard United Airlines Flight 93? 72.229.139.13 ( talk) 21:14, 12 September 2008 (UTC)
Thanks. I'm also interested in buying some mementoes that would commemorate the above three vessels. Where would I be able to find the mementoes? 72.229.139.13 ( talk) 23:41, 12 September 2008 (UTC)
Will any recycled steel be used in the building of the USS Arlington? 72.229.139.13 ( talk) 05:50, 14 September 2008 (UTC)
MP for where please? Drawn by Spy. Kittybrewster ☎ 21:56, 12 September 2008 (UTC)
:::It is a Charles Russell born in 1833, we don't have an article on him
Geoff Plourde (
talk)
17:33, 19 September 2008 (UTC)
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I would like to know whether Thomas Waterman Wood is a different T. W. Wood from the T. W. Wood that illustrated books for Darwin and Wallace - Commons:T. W. Wood. That they have the same initials, surname, occupation (artist) and apparently first name, it seems to me unlikely that they were different people. But I don't see anything about such work in the biography here, and Waterman Wood seems to have lived in America pretty much exclusively - is it likely that he would have done so much art for British books when he was that far away? Richard001 ( talk) 03:54, 12 September 2008 (UTC)
They are different people. The T.W. Wood that illustrated Darwin was a British artist. Thomas Waterman Wood was President of the National Academy of Design in New York during the 1890's and a leading painter of genre scenes. He founded the T.W. Wood Art Gallery in Montpelier, Vt. his home town and it still exists today. No connection whatsoever with the other T.W. Wood. Paul Worman N.Y., N.Y. ( I am writing his biography and catalog raisonne)
Some time next year, I (outside the anglosphere) have to teach a short course about recent British politics or social history or mores or something. (Blairism to binge drinking: I have a lot of leeway.) The students will be 19 or so and I can expect them to study, though they have little experience of real study (as opposed to rote learning) and also little appetite for extended reading. Still, their English comprehension is pretty good. Various books are available, but I fear that the course would easily become boring if based on any one book, however good: this is instead a course that cries out for video (probably with supplementary short readings).
I thought of basing it around a small number of carefully selected (feature) films, but have decided not to do this, as in any worthwhile fiction film the "content" (however scrupulous and perceptive) is likely to be sidelined -- indeed, should be sidelined -- by character, plot, etc. And of course films do last rather long, which makes scheduling difficult. (Plus I think a lot of "relevant" films are terrible: for example, while Brick Lane (which I sat through to kill time during a long flight) has a few good ingredients, it has scenes directed like shampoo commercials, and some ham acting that would be at home in a third-rate TV series.)
Even if there are no copyright issues, unfortunately I do not have the time to start building up a collection of recordings of programs that may happen to pop up on satellite TV. Are there good documentary DVD series? I really haven't a clue about this kind of thing, but f I know the titles of one or two possibilities of predigested series, I can then of course use them to google for more. Thanks. Tama1988 ( talk) 05:32, 12 September 2008 (UTC)
Thank you, all. I'd never heard of Happy-Go-Lucky (though I had heard of Mike Leigh), and while I had heard of the other titles mentioned above, I haven't seen any of them.
Have I got news for you sounds to me as if enjoyment would need some degree of pre-marination in British news culture, even if just ten minutes' worth of infotainment from the telly plus a vague awareness of what are the latest obsessions of the Sun. That pre-marination won't be there. Still, if I can pick up a best-of DVD cheaply, I'll give it a look.
The Royle Family sounds as if it would need more time. If this were, say, a week-long, all-day seminar, I could show an episode every day. But it isn't. Still, if a DVD box is going cheap.....
I'l try to get hold of Happy-Go-Lucky. I think I'd enjoy it. If it also turns out to be usable in some way for my pedagogic purpose, well, that's a pleasing bonus.
Seven Up! -- yes! (It had slipped my mind.) But damn, the package (a very reasonable $90US from a certain evil online monopolist) runs 710 minutes. That's about the entire classroom time. Students do not watch videos outside class, unless perhaps they happen to star whoever's the latest heartthrob. Hmmm ... Seven Up! and thereupon fast-forward to 49 Up, perhaps? (Thinking of this makes me glad I asked this question seven months before the course starts.)
If a student at the Open University could tip me off to a few of the DVD titles that were more interesting (and that don't assume too much background knowledge or much appetite for socio-econo-political theory), I'd be very grateful. I could then google for these. Tama1988 ( talk) 10:04, 12 September 2008 (UTC)
Again, thank you for the input.
I'll get hold of the Seven Up series and try to digest it myself. When I know it, I'll have a much better idea of how I might deal with it.
Andrew Marr's History of Modern Britain sounds very worthwhile but it's not yet available on DVD. I'll try to remember to poll that online monopolist for it once every couple of months. (When I look now, I'm tld no but mysteriously offered Sex and the City as a substitute.)
I'd like to use newspapers, but I can't. They'd only work for people who can read them easily and for whom at least some of the wordplay would raise a smile (and the students probably aren't quite at that level), who enjoy reading (for most of them, reading in any language is an annoying chore), and who are at least moderately acquainted with the newspapers where they live (and while these kids aren't all gossip and fashion all the time, I'd be as surprised to see them voluntarily reading a newspaper as they'd be to see me reading a fashion magazine). Tama1988 ( talk) 09:23, 16 September 2008 (UTC)
Often it's said that a huge part of humankind has to live with less than $1/day.
Is that the purchase power or the nominal value after an exchange? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mr.K. ( talk • contribs) 10:13, 12 September 2008 (UTC)
The actual answer to the question of PPP vs. nominal is "both." When the World Bank and other institutions began calculating $1/day numbers, PPP was not widely used. Later, it was adopted as the convention. So, if one is looking at say, data published in 1970, the $1/day would be nominal. DOR (HK) ( talk) 09:08, 13 September 2008 (UTC)
These ( [8] [9]) show you don't have to be in a poor country to live on one dollar (ok here one pound) a day. 190.244.186.234 ( talk) 02:02, 14 September 2008 (UTC)
This article states, in relation to various early Christian movements:
Assuming these statements are true, which movement(s) never believed Jesus lived in the flesh, and which did not regard the scriptures as God's word? — Twas Now ( talk • contribs • e-mail ) 13:52, 12 September 2008 (UTC)
WHAT ARE THE MERITS AND DEMERITS OF ADVERTISING TO SMALL SCALE BUSINESSES? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Thug ngel ( talk • contribs) 15:03, 12 September 2008 (UTC)
I'm sorry, but we can't do your homework for you. Have you done any preparation work we can help you with? 78.144.107.126 ( talk) 11:59, 13 September 2008 (UTC)
I havent yet decided weither I want to marry inside of a church or outside and enjoy nature. The reason is this. My fiance is pagan/Satanist and i guess i just dont have a relgion at this point in time. Well the question is that we have looked from church to church and found some gorgeous catherdrals, the only problem is that these churches and cathedrals obviously dont support our religion. I understand that if you are having a satanist paganistic wedding that you just dont have a catholic or lutheran priest perform the ceremony. So does it depend from church to church or is it a big flat out no when i ask if you can get like a judge or justic of the peace or whatever they are and have them perform the ceremony in the church. I understand if it would be a no because what kind of catholic wants to marry a satanist in the house of the lord. But are some churches open minded? I mean there isnt anything huge that makes it a satanic ceremony just the fact that we are handfasting and having our own gothic vows rather than the lighting of the candles and so on. So is this a possibility or am i better off getting married outside?
-- Chaela <3 ( talk) 16:08, 12 September 2008 (UTC)
sorry to ask but i cant look up for myself. this is the only site i have access to at work and so this is how we work... —Preceding unsigned comment added by Chaela89 ( talk • contribs) 16:16, 12 September 2008 (UTC)
If no vice-presidential candidate receives a majority in the electoral college, the U.S. Senate decides who shall be Vice President. But if there is a tie, can the current Vice-President cast the tie breaking vote?
Judging by this passage from the Twelth Amendment, I would say no:
"and a majority of the whole number [of senators] shall be necessary to a choice."
But does anyone think the current V.P. can, and why?
92.233.14.195 ( talk) 16:14, 12 September 2008 (UTC)
I'm sorry but part of the process of presidential elections being decided in the Senate doesn't seem clear to me. If no presidential candidate gains a majority in the electoral college, the election is decided in the House of Representatives. But is it the outgoing House that decides or the newly-elected House?
I can't quite figure out when it would take place in the electoral cycle. 92.233.14.195 ( talk) 16:21, 12 September 2008 (UTC)
For the record, an item titled "Follow-up question" was deleted. Reasons follow. Wanderer57 ( talk) 19:12, 12 September 2008 (UTC)
I want to know what is the difference between Antireligion and atheism? Does this indicate that it is possible for a person that he believes in the existence of god, but does not support organized religion. Otolemur crassicaudatus ( talk) 20:26, 12 September 2008 (UTC)
I saw this small article on CNN. It was about damaged steel that was removed from the Pentagon following the attack on September 11, 2001. The source said the steel is going to be used in building the USS Arlington as part of a memorial to the victims who perished in the Pentagon attack. Is that true? What materials may be used in building the USS Somerset as a memorial to the victims who perished aboard United Airlines Flight 93? 72.229.139.13 ( talk) 21:14, 12 September 2008 (UTC)
Thanks. I'm also interested in buying some mementoes that would commemorate the above three vessels. Where would I be able to find the mementoes? 72.229.139.13 ( talk) 23:41, 12 September 2008 (UTC)
Will any recycled steel be used in the building of the USS Arlington? 72.229.139.13 ( talk) 05:50, 14 September 2008 (UTC)
MP for where please? Drawn by Spy. Kittybrewster ☎ 21:56, 12 September 2008 (UTC)
:::It is a Charles Russell born in 1833, we don't have an article on him
Geoff Plourde (
talk)
17:33, 19 September 2008 (UTC)