There's this muslim Middle Eastern kid at my school and saying it kindly, he has a strong prescence. Can someone explain the whole aroma thing? I'm sorry if this is offending to anyone, but I'm really serious about this.
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Maybe this was a reference to huffing? jpgordon∇∆∇∆ 01:11, 9 April 2006 (UTC)
The Japenese often find American and European body oders offensive bacause of the amout of meat and milk they consume.hotclaws**==
Thinking that one particular Middle Eastern child smells horrible is not racism. It becomes racism if you conclude "oh, he smells that way because he's Middle Eastern". Having a non-WASP background does not automagically make one extempt from all possible criticism. JIP | Talk 12:59, 3 April 2006 (UTC)
Grutness mentioned garlic as a common culprit of body odor-- there's actually an interesting thing about it: I've heard that if you rub a clove on the bottom of your feet, the smell will actually show up in your breath (no, I haven't tried it myself!). Anyways, I think curry is a fairly strong culprit in producing body odor, probably because it's usually heavily seasoned with many different spices. Also, some dietary supplements such as choline can generate a fishy body odor. Ketosis, a metabolic state that can occur in people on the Atkins diet or those with Diabetes mellitus, can generate a sweet-smelling alcoholic breath caused by exhaled acetone. Check out more causes of body odor here. -- Uthbrian ( talk) 06:00, 6 April 2006 (UTC)
On average, how much does it cost to go to graduate school in the United States? Also, how many credits must be taken? Javguerre 01:30, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
If something is grandfathered in, can that be changed?? Meaning if something was grandfathered in can it be changed a couple of years later? Any information that you can provide on this subject will be greated appreciated. Thank you.
Kathy
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I don't knOw but you need a new Keyboard (Talk) 08:20, 2 April 2006 (UTC)
Who is He? -- {{subst:user|4836.03}} 09:36, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
How do Easter bunnies lay chocoolate eggs?hotclaws**==
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That's an other issue there, each year hundreds of elves are sold as sexual slaves to horny bunny rabbits!!
My roofing builder came around to do annual check, and has said that whilst his men were up there, they noticed the 'cement skews' need addressing. We are in Scotland so it may be localised terminology, but I cannot find an explanation on the net or your good organ.What are 'skews' in this sense on a building?--
I have an old book titled "The Works of William Shakespeare, Complete. Accurately printed from the text of the corrected copy left by the late George Stevens, Esq. With a memoir by Alexnder Chalmers, A.M. Published in New York by Mason, Baker & Pratt in 1873. This book has 4 engravings in it. I have tried searching the internet for information on the book and the engravers, but could not find anything. Do you know where I might be able to find some info on this book? It is not in good shape and I would like to remove and frame the engravings. However, I would not want to do this if the book had some sort of historical significance. Can you help? Thank you. Rhonda Harrington
Hi, recently watching an episode of Law & Order, I came across an episode where a convict was asked to supply a swab of DNA by saliva. He said he was a Jehovah's witness and "Can't do it." The pathologist then said: "He's right. I can't take his DNA." This then made we wonder: Why can't he give his DNA? I, of course, checked our article on Jehovah's witness, but it is way too long, and still didn't find anything. Any ideas? Thanks! K ilo-Lima| (talk) 21:40, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
I found a freshly-killed mink on the road several weeks ago. A friend who is a Native American and an experienced hunter helped me skin and process the pelt. It's small but the fur is very thick and beautiful, and I would like to make two cuffs out of it for a pair of handknitted black alpaca wool gloves.
The problem is that I was told to 'fratter' it -- pull it back and forth over an edge to soften the skin -- and I did this for more than two hours. It did get softer, but it still does not have that 'drape' quality that I'm looking for. I have seen, and felt, fur pelts that were completely soft and pliable. As it is it is still very 'crinckly', like thin paper. I am also afraid that if I 'fratter' it any more, that the skin will tear. As one friend suggested, I wrapped the pelt around a bundled up towel, and sewed it in place, then tossed it in the clothes dryer with a couple of tennis shoes. It kept knocking against the door of the dryer and automatically shutting the machine off. Also, we have a very high tech, expensive dryer . . . . I sure don't want to ruin it for the sake of this little project!
I am looking preferably for a home remedy for this -- what can I do to acheive that drape?
If this is not possible, is there somewhere where I could send it to have it commercially processed? It would have to be a company that will do just one small pelt, rather than a whole pile. I imagine it's some sort of chemical process. . . .
Would appreciate any suggestions, links, comments, thanks.
m.i.e.
Orcas Island, WA
Response from m.i.e. - I am not familiar with how to respond, so please bear with me .. .. ..
a) I already used ALOT of lanolin when I frattered the pelt; as I said, it helped but it's still crispy!
b) a taxidermist doesn't make soft pelts, as far as I know. If you ever feel a stuffed animal the skins are usually crinkly like this pelt. I need to know what substance to put on it, or what company or individual to send it to for this process.
64.119.9.67 05:02, 2 April 2006 (UTC) m.i.e.
Dear CBW, thanks. That's the kind of info I was looking for. Yeah, I know, the oldtimers around here always come around to teasing my about why I don't get to work chewing it . . . thanks again; I'll see how it goes.
64.119.9.67 21:57, 2 April 2006 (UTC)m.i.e.
Who was Oliver North's attorney during the Senate Contra hearings in the '70's?
Ugh, I got cat crap on my T-Shirt and coat, don't ask me why. Should I just put it in the washing machine, or what? Someone help me here...it smells...no, dead serious. Argh. This is my favorite T-Shirt, I just got it today...crap, if I get a crap stain on the front...urg!
Flame viper 12 03:00, 2 April 2006 (UTC)
to answer your Q? if you do not have a stain treater and scrubber you can use laundry detergent and hands place detergent on the shirt fold in your hands use nuckels to scrub the matereal togather. it will come right out. I prommis
savnnah lynn
OK, cool. It's fixed now. Anyway...only thing wrong is that 'new shirt smell' is gone. Hehe. 65.185.135.237 17:37, 2 April 2006 (UTC)
How do I find out who made the article? I need to find it for a school report
does it get cold in iraq at night or do the temperatures remain hot to warm all summer?
Is it possiable to fail the test when being 100% honest. If so what factors can make it apear as if you are lieing?
thank you Savannah Lynn
The test is passed if the physiological responses during the probable-lie control questions are larger than those during the relevant questions.
I find it pretty difficult to update information as I'm not at all used to this interface tool to edit new information in an article.
Is it not possible to mail the small additional info I have to someone who is used to work with wikipedia? (so it all becomes nice and correct)
can u give me a list of proxies sites that are safe???
try: http://www.sneak2.com http://www.misterprivacy.com http://www.userbeam.de their the ones i use. --slew any others proxy sites pls
I've been told that it was considered bad luck to change the name of an existing ship. How true is this? I've heard of numerous cases where modern, civilian ships were renamed after they changed hands, and their owners didn't seem particularly concerned. Please clarify, 219.93.29.135 12:43, 2 April 2006 (UTC)
Hi,
In want to visually depict All rounder this is the quality of my crop. It can withstand drought, windy atmosphere, good yield under difficult conditions. I want to show something which is synonyms of All rounder.
Thanks
Abhay
How about a good animal symbol, like a rat or a cockroach? alteripse 11:41, 3 April 2006 (UTC)
Sorry, but I can't think of any terms to describe such a hardy, rugged, stout, strong, sturdy, tough, toughened, vigorous, resilient, stalwart, durable, enduring, everlasting, imperishable, stable, tenacious, flourishing, prospering, thriving, brawny, fit, healthy, husky, robust crop. StuRat 09:37, 5 April 2006 (UTC)
The tourism article doesn't seem to say.
In what year did the US Mint stop using silver in nickels, dime and quarters?
Thank you.
MLM
In 1900, the silver standard was abandoned and the dollar was defined as 23.22 grains of gold. Silver coins continued to be issued for circulation until 1968.
Ninety percent silver coins for general circulation were last issued by the U.S. mint in 1964. In 1965, dimes and quarters were made of copper and nickel, and half dollars were made of 40% silver and 60% copper. 1970 was the last year the 40% silver half dollars were minted. Brian G. Crawford 23:54, 2 April 2006 (UTC)
Does anyone know where to get entry/exit stats (without asking station staff) for non-London but UK train stations, i'm in the process of adding my infobox to some stations, any help would be appreciated. A Weblink would be a good start. Google doesn't seem to help. Thanks for your help!! Djm1279 17:00, 2 April 2006 (UTC)
Hi, folks....What I'd kindly like to do is edit the Cornell University template box, which is coded as two left "{" brackets, the word "cornell" (in all lowercase), followed by two right "}" brackets. (I had to write it this way, you understand, to keep the actual template box from displaying :-) ) Could someone kindly tell me how to get to "editing mode" for that template box so that I can edit it? Thanks!! Catdude 20:06, 2 April 2006 (UTC)
How do I find a list of the specific-subject Wikipedias? I've seen several, everything from medieval times to Homestar Runner.
H2N-Gen is about an unproven device, unavailable for commercial use. To me, it reads like a promotional advertisement. Is there some tag available (to place at the top of the article) asking to have the article verified as an authentic contribution? - mbeychok 02:52, 3 April 2006 (UTC)
Hey! I heard a song on the radio the other day, and I need some help figuring out what it was called. It was oldies (60's-70's). It started out with an awesome guitar solo and then it sang a lot about "Valerie". Lol, I know that's not a lot to go on, but I would appreciate any input! Thanks in advance! -- Dimblethum 03:39, 3 April 2006 (UTC)
Believe it or not, the song being referred to is almost certainly "Valleri" by The Monkees. It does indeed start with a very impressive guitar solo (by far the best part of the song). Written by Boyce and Hart, it was released as a single in December 1967 and the guitar work was by session musicians Louie Shelton and Gerry McGee.Lyrics can be found here. Grutness... wha? 07:08, 3 April 2006 (UTC)
What's wrong with my computer/keyboard? When I press either the (") (') or (~) key, it doesnt do anything until i press another key. If i press any certain letter, it'll add that diacritical mark to that letter. For example, it I press (~) and then (n) it'll give me (ñ). Or if I press (") and then (e), I get (ë). How do I turn this off? I realize it's not a problem with my keyboard, but that some setting is changed. (I have Windows XP) -- anon
Nevermind---I fixt it. "a"e~n. -- anon
I got really thrown for a loop the other day with KDE. If you are using a drawing program you sometimes have to hold 'shift' while dragging. Well, pay extreme attention to a little pop-up that appears: "I see that you have suddenly become demented. May I help you by turning on 'slow keys'?" If you acknowledge it, you won't notice anything in your drawing application, but the next time you try to type, nothing appears. I only got it fixed by heavy Google-searching, and going down several menu levels in the 'Accessibility' area. -- Zeizmic 16:42, 3 April 2006 (UTC)
are there countries in Africa which are entirely or fully surrounded by water? Which countries are they?
I'd be interested in learning a programming language, but it has to be free and easy to learn. Any advice?-- 82.198.250.67 07:43, 3 April 2006 (UTC)
I don't know anything at all about programming.-- 82.198.250.67 09:59, 3 April 2006 (UTC)
Call me crazy (go ahead, many do), but I would recommend learning many languages at once. Programming languages are not like spoken languages and once you learn one you will find that many are the same. It is important to understand the abstract idea of programming and not focus on the syntax, one way to do that is by learning several languages at once. I would recommend C++ and BASIC (and if you want, a TI calculator languages). You will find that once you do something it in one language it become easier with the others. Jon513 15:37, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
Can someone help by informing me, if there are famous or popular individuals in music, film, sport,leadership and so on, who were steet children at their young age.
I was wondering if there was a list of: hits of the 50s, 60s, and 70s in rock and country. I am supposed to play that kind of music for a 50th anniversary. If anyone could help that would be great!! Thanks Zach 10:27, 3 April 2006 (UTC)
A runner is at 3rd base, 1st base is open, no one out. A pitch is thrown to the batter and called a strike which the batter thinks is the 3rd strike, but in fact is only the 2nd strike. The catcher drops the ball and the batter runs to 1st base. Meanwhile, the runner from 3rd runs home and scores. Is this correct or should the runner be sent back to 3rd and is the batter called out or made to return to the batter's box?
Thank you. Richard
My Computer has recently been attacked by a virus. It makes pop ups come up like crazy. I don't know what else it has done. I have ran Mcafee, Trend Micro as well as Xsoft Spy Software. It seems to find the virus, but it can never totally eliminate it. Some of the pop ups I get tell me my computer is infected with the Black worm. But I dont know if its true... How come I pay all this money for this software and it cant solve the problem??? How can I fix this situation. My computer runs on Microsoft XP if that helps at all. Is there any way to fix it!!!! PLEASE HELP!!!
Has anyone ever tried fermenting them? Vitriol 14:31, 3 April 2006 (UTC)
MD 20/20, commonly known as "Mad Dog" is a citrus wine. What kind of citrus? I don't know, but I've always suspected it was made out of discarded orange rinds. Brian G. Crawford 22:57, 3 April 2006 (UTC)
(Note: wrt the UK but possibly other countries as well). I seem to recall that in years gone by, whenever a programme on a commercial channel in the UK (i.e. everything but the BBC) was about to go to a commercial break or the end of the programme itself, a small black and white box with moving lines would appear at the top right hand corner of the screen, about 30 seconds to a minute before that part of the programme ended. This doesnt appear to occur anymore - or at least I havent noticed it for some time. So, my questions are: what was the purpose of this box (other than telling the viewer it's time to put the kettle on) and why is it no longer in use. Thanks-david.
Hi there! I recently discovered that my descendants, by the name of Stadelmyer emigrated to the United States from a place called Cowe. We could not locate the country this is in. We're thinking Germany, Austria, or Switzerland. Does anyone out there know where this place is or was? Please contact me at (e-mail removed) if you know! Thank you! Susan Ward
Answer: We had a local historian who researched our family tree and that is as far back as she could go - that the first Stadelmyer to come over came from Cowe. As a point of interest, the name actually was changed to Stottlemyer, which has evolved into many different spellings.
In the 18th century it was common for ships from the continent, e.g. Rotterdam, bound for America to stop at Cowes as the last place to take on provisions before starting the Atlantic crossing. When passenger lists were taken down in America, it would often note the ship had left Cowes, although typically would also list the earlier port as well. - R. S. Shaw 07:38, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
Thanks everyone for the wonderful information!! Susan
asteroids are identified by discovery year and two letters.the first letter gives the half-month it was found in, the second gives its order in that half-month.I believe I and Z are not used since there are only 12 months and 26 letters, so two had to be dropped, last,Z, is logical and I since it can be confused with L. But the 1st letter indicates a number, so are I and Z used? Is asteroid 2006AI or 2006AJ the 9th asteroid discovered in the 1st half of January 2006?
Can anyone help my granddaughter find out what the typical pre-grounding fares might have been (in £ Sterling) between Heathrow in London and New York - both one way and also return. We visited one of the Concordes now in a museum in Scotland recently and we can't find the answer anywhere we have tried. Thanks in anticipation.
Thanks for the info. Much appreciated.
last night I searched Wkipedia for any words on Saint Finnian, there4 were none--at least that was what the system observed--so I posted a small excerpt from another source--yes it was copyriighted--long ago--but this is not why I am speaking now. How is it that when I searched for Saint Finnian and nothing came up--no postings of any kind--- that today when I search Saint Finnian an article posted some time ago appears-- it clearly had been in the data base all along appeared?? curious novice Wkipedian,Onolan
Why are the "Higher Ups" in an organization called the "Brass"?
Who invented the pacifier? The article mentioned a name that couldn't be found via Google. -- Zanimum 22:50, 3 April 2006 (UTC)
Is it possible to seal a leak in a farm pond by using Bentonite?, and if it is would it harm Wildlife such as Birds, Wild Turkey, Deer Fish and other Species? Thank you very much. RAY...........
You can't just pour some sacks on the water. Proper, pilled-bentonite is expensive. You really have to drain the pond, scrap out the muck, and lay down a bentonite cover. -- Zeizmic 12:08, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
Please forgive me, I've never tried to edit anything with wiki, cause I'll admit I have no idea what I'm doing. I did a search for "OpenTibia", and got no actual page, but a search result "Otserv". The relevancy between OpenTibia as I had searched for it, and Otserv, the result, was at like 9%.
Project "OpenTibia Server" was renamed to "Otserv" later for legal reasons, it's the same software, so the relevancy should be at near...very near 100%. Are the relevancy statistics calculated or can someone change that manually? Sorry I'm not really willing to do it myself, I feel that making an account would probably be hurting wiki more than helping it. Thanks.
What is the name of the career or profession that involves in finding answers of misteries and enigmas that are found on short stories and legends?
Immaculata Academy for girls was established in 1958 in Miami, Florida. It was founded by Father Anglim under Bishop Coleman F. Carroll. During the late 1960's or early 1970's, the name of the school was changed to LaSalle and we are attempting to gather information on the original school, such as when it was founded and why the name was changed.
Anybody know please help me. Thanks in advance!
Someone asked that if there are famous street children yesterday.Now i need to know if there are successful(not only famous) individuals who were street children.
I would like to know the length of the longest uninterrupted white line painted on a road in England, and also the location. Does anyone know, or can anyone tell me where to get this information? Thank you in anticipation. MaxBear
what is the role of el nino and what is its affect on climate? explain and reference
Here's a pretty obscure question for you, mainly due to my lack of details... but I'm hoping that this will trigger somebody else's memory. I seem to recall reading about a year ago about a fairly well known mentally unstable vagrent who arbitrarily declared himself royalty. Later on he became so famous that when he died the major of the city officially recognized his claim. From what I remember he was either King or Earl of San Francisco, but those details are a bit fuzzy. Anybody recognize this at all? Maelwys 15:33, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
Why does the United States still help people to immigrate (to US, as green card holders, resident visa etc) from Countries like Saudi Arabia, Pakistan....etc, in spite of these people who still hate the U.S. and would love to see the destruction of the Anglo-Saxon Race. Most of the people from these 'countries' were involved in the Sept 11 attacks. and why does not the U.S. Govt do something about it, before something worse happens. —This unsigned comment was added by Disaiah ( talk • contribs) 16:01, 4 April 2006 UTC.
Don't feed the trolls -- Hughcharlesparker 09:50, 5 April 2006 (UTC)
Dear Ladies and Gentlemen, I'm currently engaged in a Job- Re- Training Program in which I and 3 others have been assigned the Project of improving a "Longitiude-Gitter Globe." The Project is to "add" the non-exitstent Continents to the Globe. What my Team Members and I are missing is the Circumference or Coastline lengths of Europe+Asia+Africa (In Sum, SIGMA)I've been able to find in Wikipedia Europe and Africa without Asia, ?Japan?)), ?Americas (North and South)?, Greenland, Australia, and ?New Zealand? Here, Anartica, I'm hoping the Coastline value I found here in Wikipedia is Coastline +/- 2000km and not "Ice-Coastline." We are only Students-in-Learning of the Metal-working Trade with the hopes of; to include the selfish Wish of, impressing upon the following Generations to "That Young/Old Dogs can learn new Tricks." I Thank the One or Them that respond foremost with a very large "Thank You." Our Team still must, after the reciept of our required Information, carry out the various calculations of Costs and What-Not.
Again to those Who respond, "Thank You,"
Richard Grund
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Coastlines do not have well-defined lengths. See How Long Is the Coast of Britain?. Gdr 18:30, 6 April 2006 (UTC)
after looking on your site for very many weeks now i had found an interesting site on the french foreign legion of which i found to of been of great help which was full of usefull info and also contained a forum i am no longer able to find this site and was wondering if the site had been removed or located somewere else?any help or answer to this question would be very much appreciated.thank you very much.
How am I able to find an answer to a question that I asked last month sometime. The questions only go back to the 28th. I think I asked it on the 21st.
Have a look under ARCHIVES at the top of the page.
Why some couple go to sleep naked?
Thanks,
and again, sorry for not using the right channels.
The DCR has JUST now scheduled another meeting this week with the City Council of Cambridge Massachusetts. THIS Thur. APRIL 6 - 11:30AM in the Cambridge City Council chambers (meeting w/DCR on Storrow Tunnel.) That puts urgency to make Hositt easily accessible (and WikiHositt understood, even if Wikihositt engineers need anonymity to work). Www.HOSITT.us only went on-line Monday March 27,'06.
Isopropyl: Thank you for the comments & advice. Still teriffically new in this fantastic world. About the "Central Park of Boston" - attributed now as a quote from Dr.Haglund's book. I don't know why the moniker attached itself to the Basin. Googling the phrase does yield more associations with the Commons, and even one ot two with Franklin Park.I'll explore facts some more & revise. hossit_dot_us
banking distress in Nigeria and causes, effect and remedies
I've tried to add the name of the English actor Richard Armitage into a list of "well-known alumni" in the LAMDA article at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Academy_of_Music_and_Dramatic_Art
but I can't see how to add a specific link - when I viewed the updated LAMDA page I found a link had automatically been added to the new name, but it goes to the article on the US ex Deputy Secretary of State Richard Lee Armitage! At the top of his article there's a link to the article for the actor Richard Armitage, at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Armitage_%28actor%29
How can I get the LAMDA link amended so it goes to the "correct" Richard Armitage?
I'd be grateful for any help you can give me - I'm a complete newbie here!
Many thanks,
R Salbashian
Dismas, many thanks for that info, and apologies for using this page for a techie-type question, but I'm sure I noticed other similar questions on this page so it seemed a reasonable place to put it. Next time (if there is a next time...) I'll go to the Helpdesk. (I couldn't figure out at all how to amend a link to go somewhere different, as they're obviously "wiki" links rather than standard html links...) -- R Salbashian 23:47, 5 April 2006 (UTC)
I keep having to remove erroneous information, clearly vandalism, from the Ray Gun (film) page. I would report the user if he was registered and had a talk page, but it's just random IPs. It's either 152.163.100.73 or 64.12.116.137 - or maybe they're the same person. Should I try and get the page locked? Can someone point me in the right direction? Thank you. -- Marcg106 00:06, 5 April 2006 (UTC)
I have a scw87 samsung camcorder. It's "hi 8" and "8mm".
How can I get video shot on it on a pc? Flea110 00:09, 5 April 2006 (UTC)
You can get something from Costco that is quite cheap. These boxes take the standard video and audio input and produce MPEG-2 files down USB. The cheap boxes never work on Linux. -- Zeizmic 12:23, 5 April 2006 (UTC)
Hello: I'm researching a patent that appears on a brass belt buckle. The buckle says "CALIFORNIA" which was for the University of California in Berkely. On the inside of the buckle it says "PAT.APRIL9,1912" and thats all it says. Is there a way I can find out more about this patent as I would like to start manufacturing this style of belt buckle. Thank you. Jerry Schumacher (email removed) 1-800-362-9269 or 310-659-0235
when was the web material on Wikipedia published? who are the editors of the informaiton on the wikipedia website? where does it should page numbers and volume number on a section i'm look at?
Can information presented in surveys or gathered in surveys be used here. For example, if I went out and randomly interviewed 100 people could I place those results in an article to as a citation or as proof of a point?
Dear All,
While the price of Natural Rubber at Tokyo, Japan is USD 2.097/kg, an exporter in India will get only USD 1.950/kg from a buyer at Japan. Can you explain why?
You can generally count on a 100% markup for any goods, between major points on the supply chain. eg. factory to distributor to retail. This was a 'golden rule' for many a decade. High-volume stores have reduced this somewhat. Just ask what a coca farmer gets in Peru, as opposed to New York street price. -- Zeizmic 15:33, 5 April 2006 (UTC)
Hi Guy's
I am hoping you can answer a question for me, I travel by train from Stevenage on a regular basis.
I usually get dropped off and picked up, however I now need to travel and park up myself.
What is the duration of parking in the Car Parks ajacent to the Railway station, ie arrive on Saturday and return on Monday 48 hrs is the accommodated if so what are the costs involved.
Your assistance would be greatly appreciated
Many Thanks
...have the highest percentage of people who declare themselves either atheist or agnostic? Also, how many Australians are non-religious (is there any way to access the Australian census, because as I recall that involved a question about religion)?
They're so, so good. But what are they supposed to taste like? (I'm UK-ese, by the way.) Vitriol 12:25, 5 April 2006 (UTC)
...........Like the box they come in.
In the US, anyway, "cool" anything is supposedly linked to "cool ranch", meaning a particular variety of Ranch dressing. User:Zoe| (talk) 23:40, 5 April 2006 (UTC)
How do you do it? is it even possible? I don't have MS Word and I'm about to finish my first university assignment (where citing sources is required, or they kick my rag-tag arse out).
While I'm here, how should I put a sentence gained from here into a bibliography: http://www.abc.net.au/tv/enoughrope/transcripts/s1227915.htm
A bibliography can be written in APA style or MLA style. Both have rules for citing a website. See the articles for details. And while I am here I should say get open office. 85.65.242.239 16:43, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
Reinsurance Companies & Markets Swiss Reinsurance Munich Reinsurance General Re Lloyd's of London QBE Reinsurance Corporation Retrieved from " http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reinsurance" The above companies are listed as Reinsurance companies. You can click on each of them, and the history of the specific company is revealed. QBE Reinsurance company has no information. What does QBE stand for and who are they.
The search I did, had no results.
Regards
Carene Werner Removed email.
I've been told that if you purchase airline tickets more than 60 days before your flight, you'll be paying rack rate. Any travel professionals care to chime in on when it's best to purchase to say... Edinburgh?
I am looking for some information on Catholic School Attrition rates in the United States at the elementary/middle school level. Data exists for other types of private schools but I have been unable to locate any for Catholic schools.
What is a fisibility report?
I want to create a new entry for UIN. There are two things I could think of:
Union Inspection Notice
and
Union Ideas Network
However I do my search and find a UIN relating to ICQ. It isn't relevant to edit that page, and so I try to create a new entry altogether and there's no obvious button. I don't want to affect that page but I can't see a way round it.
Kind regards, Jonathan
Did The Beatles Revolver picture disk record (with the album cover printed directly onto the vinyl) originally come with a printed cover, or just a plastic sleeve?
Many thanks for any help 82.2.53.138 18:00, 5 April 2006 (UTC)
Good day, Shall be grateful if someone can send me an example of a disclaimer suitable for the use of administrators of a small group of people engaged in maintaining their roadways (work that the Local Authority refuse to do).
David Porter
Does anyone know how much money the U.S. has spent on the Iraq war so far?
Thanks in advance! Marak24 22:00, 5 April 2006 (UTC)
According to Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz the cost of the Iraq adventure could be $2trn (see Socialist Standard article "Real men" want to go to Iran March 2006 David Porter
Talking about careers and professions,What career or profession Napoleon Dynamite Could be good at?[ex.He likes to draw creatures and telling stories}
OK, why the hell is there a 7 page long article on francophobia, but an 11 word article on francophile? Richardkselby 23:55, 13 April 2006 (UTC)
What states are included in the Upper South? Heegoop
Looking for articles about advertisiments on beef versus chicken / pork, market sales, and reports?
Dear Sir. or Madame;
I recently had a relative stay at my home and she brought her pet cat. My home quickly became infested. I have done research on getting rid of the problem, but none say what to do if it persists. While they were here I bathed the cat, gave her frontline, and I bombed my home. And yet they still persist. For the most part I have been the only one that has been getting bitten, and it is HORRIBLE. I can't even sleep. And now they are starting to chew up my one of my children. Now that the visitors(relatives) are gone I plan to bomb my home again. Why have none of these things seemed to work. Is there something I can do to make it more effective? Or anything more I can do to get rid of the pests once and for all?
Thank you very much for your help. I understand, according to the article, that the information given was due to experience and I hope to learn from what ever more you may have to offer on this solution.
Thank you so much for your help.
Sincerely, Michelle Roseland
The goal here is to create a vapor cloud of a common inexpensive household pest-control ( poison) that the breeding population cannot avoid by jumping above it. This method uses the ubiquitous anti-moth products available at many retail stores, especially hardware stores (certain) and perhaps grocery stores.
Follow the above strategy with your insecticide bombs. Home Depot sells a four pack at a cheap price compared to singletons from hardware stores. The key is killing the immature hatchlings before they mature and lay more eggs. The downside to this method is protecting foodstuffs, as you well know having read the fine print.
If your home is carpeted throughout, this would generally be the better method, as there is no way of knowing where they are at any moment. If you have a lot of hard flooring, the flakes/balls would be the better method, as you can target the spaces you absolutely need to treat, though this will entail some degree of gambling you're right about where they are likely to be staying.
With the first method, you can of course leave the barriers in place for a few weeks if necessary, and naturally, you can combine the two. I hope this helps! Fra nkB 00:21, 9 April 2006 (UTC)
How do the views on the minimum legal drinking age differ between the US and Europe?
Could anyone tell me approximately how many American troops are stationed in Europe (not including the Balkans if any are stationed there)? I would imagine most if not all would be stationed in Germany. Loomis51 02:24, 6 April 2006 (UTC)
Looks like I found the answer to my own question. There are approximately 100,000 American troops stationed in Europe, 75,000 in Germany and the rest on Italy and the UK. But as a follow-up question, with the cold war over, why is such a strong presence necessary? It certainly puts into perspective all those who say that the US miltary is being spread too thin in the Middle East. Also, it's worthy to mention that the total US miltary consists of nearly 1.5 million troops. That means that less than 10% of US troops are on active duty in the Middle East. Loomis51 03:07, 6 April 2006 (UTC)
Last time I checked, it was the American Government, not the European governments, that ultimately decide how many US troops will be deployed. I don't understand the logic of that last point. Loomis51 01:59, 8 April 2006 (UTC)
I should rephrase my last statement as I see how it can lead to confusion. Of course it is up to the European governments to allow or dissallow American troops on their territory. What I meant is that, should the US decide to remove troops from Europe, the "incentive" of European governments to keep them there hardly seems relevant. The US can pull out as many troops as it sees fit. Loomis51 22:33, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
I was reading an article on test patterns: Birthday by the numbers & was told that i can go to this website & enter my birthday in the search box & it would bring up a whole bunch of info about the day, month and year I was born in. I can not find any info by following those directions. It takes me to a screen that says that there is no article titled that. Please help!!-----ANDREA
My son is using an internet downloading site that I would like to block. Is there a way to do it? Be specific as I am not a tech?
Which brings me to the next question, which I shouldn't really be asking here, but in case anyone knows...
Just curious to know what kind of salaries are paid to actors/singers in Musical Productions (in UK). I enjoy going to the Musicals but rarely recognise any of the performers, who generally give an excellent performance (last night we saw Mamma Mia in Edinburgh)but we have no clue whether they make a normal salary or more or less than that. Obviously it differs from show to show and role by role but it would be interesting to have a general idea of pay rates and conditions.
.....Thanks Robert, I did as you suggested and got the fright of my life, especially in respect of the minimum rates for the non-principal hoofers and warblers. I had imagined their rates might be low - but not that low - and who pays their accommodation, travel, and food costs I wonder?
It would help people if we could make an article for all the 'high risk' professions. Something like the 90 percentile salary for: singers, hockey players, actors, circus performers, etc. -- Zeizmic 16:01, 7 April 2006 (UTC)
Who played Kate's mother in the episode of Lost called "What Kate Did?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Episodes_of_Lost_%28season_2%29#What_Kate_Did
I'm sure I've seen her somewhere before, and it's killing me, but imdb doesn't list the minor actors on Lost.
I just wanted to know does my surname Steen have any links with the Scandanavian area going back as far as the Vikings? I know it is a Scottish surname and that would have been the closest place to stop for them please if you can answer this question with some form of evidence i would be extremeley greatful. My email address is --email removed-- thank you
Can I get a complete list of Dell's advertising slogans in a timeline? I have been researching and can't seem to find a complete list all in one place.
There is alot of jobs being filled by out of state workers. We should implament a state income tax for all the workers to give tiddings to our state. The state income tax is based on the same tax as federal income tax, except the dollar amount is very small, only a few dollars on the hundred. Please look into how the other states work their systems, they are all about everyone paying in to run the state without getting their money through business investers, business or land owners. We could stop the rise in our land taxes every year becuase the state can now get their money through the people. The gas companies can't afford to pay higher taxes, yet we need their investment, so we all help them and our stae by paying a little dues we won't even notice out of our checks, this is our only way to make life fair and not baise to only one class of society, we are all doing our part. Thank-You for your time, I hope you can help spread the words for change in our economic struggle. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.237.251.198 ( talk • contribs) 16:56, 6 April 2006
If you've got an idea you think is great, write your local representative, and/or write a letter to the editor of your local newspaper. This area of wiki is for general reference questions, not to "spread the word" on anything. (I doubt they'd pay much attention though, unless you take the time to clarify what exactly your point is, as it's difficult to follow your argument the way it's presented). Loomis51 22:46, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
Hi,
I received a gold pocket watch from a friend. On the back is inscribed. A.A.STORRS --95 3/4-- Montpelier Jany. 8 - 1902 Alderney Butter Color I am assuming This may have come from Vermont. But I really dont know how to research, the past history of company's that may have been in business back in the early 1900's. I'm assuming this was a presentation watch. Any help would greatly be appreciated. Thanks JACK
In the days before cranes bacame widely available, how were derailed trains set back on the tracks, especially in isolated regions such as mountains?
On March 9th I wrote regarding an article I posted - Linda Marie Fedigan. The internal search feature was not picking up on this article when just "Fedigan" was supplied in the search box. I was advised that the search feature only periodically collects data and that this problem will correct itself.
One month later and the problem still persists. Is this unusual? I can even do a Google search for just "Fedigan" and it actually directs me to "Linda Marie Fedigan" at wikipedia.
Do I just need to be more patient or has something been missed?
Thanks Kelly Anne Seguin
This song was recorded by the Seekers in the 60's but it was originally an old Polish folk song. Does anyone know the original words (pref translated in to English)
What are Marlene Favela's favorite things to do before and after Contra Viento Y Marea?
Hi,I tried to find a good literary character but i couldn't find one,i haved read Sherlock Holmes and James Bond stories,Can someone could give me the name of a character that is a mix[combination] of Sherlock Holmes and James Bond,please,thank you?
What species of penguins are found at the north pole?
And, boy, were those French actresses mad when the Great Canadian Penguin Hunt finished off the survivors... -- Zeizmic 01:23, 7 April 2006 (UTC)
More interesting is what would happen if we took some Canadian polar bears down to the south pole to star in the next movie: The Mess of the Penguins. I've wondered why bears are confined to the northern hemisphere. I guess they could never penetrate the equatorial regions. -- Zeizmic 12:02, 7 April 2006 (UTC)
For three months I have been trying to extablish an account with several commodity and options brokerage houses (man Financial, Lind Waldock, Alaron) so that I may engage in the business of trading commodities and options. In each case, because of my age, I have asked the brokerage hose to sign a simple statement acknowledging their obligation to pay the blance of my acount in the event of my untimely demise to the trustee of my inter vivos trust. In every case they have refused to sign such a statement, saying such payment would contravene the rules opf the Board of trade or the Board of options Exchange. They have never cited a rule and although they have said their attorneys would call me re the question, their attorneys have failed or refused to do so. It thus appears to me that they are practicing a veiled and vague type of discrimination on the basis of age. It also is to my knowledge from many long years in the practice of law, that property rights and law are matdters of state law ansd can not be contravened by either of the boerds in question. Any light that be shown on this question will be appreciated. RED
As an aside - why can't you run the account through the trust from the outset? Lisiate 04:32, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
Is the phrase "nothing is impossible" true? Flea110 00:13, 7 April 2006 (UTC)
Much of this statement is a creation of personal perceptions. Usually, on approaching something like this, I would bar the mathematically impossible, since even though 1+1 can equal three apples if you like in philosophy or politics, if you use any value other than two for that question to build your rocket you will end with a complete disaster. No- one is sure what the true relationship between mathematics and nature is, but the thing is that, under all the circumstances which I know to have been verified, mathematics works. Therefore, at least it is a successful tool in modelling the branches of nature, and may even bear more esoteric or subtle relationships with nature than we yet realize. Thus, at least concerning the universe I know since the Many Worlds Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics specifically forbids me to have any distinct and indesputable knowledge of any other universes should they exist, I would conclude that the mathematically impossible is probably the only true impossibilities of our human conceptions.
But barring all that, if we do not admit ourselves Laplacian Devils, how could we know all the endless marvels of Mother Nature? Charles Kingsley did well when he says that :"The wiser a man is, the less he will say of cannot.", because the wise man, like described by Socrates, 'knows that he knows nothing'. We before nature stands like children upon an endless sea of wonder, whose marvels we only dimly suspects. Far better it is to accept the infinite number of the creations of nature, that even within a small flower there may contain enough knowledge and mysteries to last every man a life time. Recalling now William Blake- "What is now proven was once only imagin'd."
Though one may certainly be sceptical of something, yet the word cannot, just as the word hate, carries serious responsibilites for which he shall have to consider very gravely before he would dare to pronounce them, the former denying a, for all we know, seemingly omnipotent nature and the latter the lovely mercies of man. I myself would not say, save for the mathematically impossible, of anything as yet unproven to be impossible to be indeed so. I am, for instance, sceptical about the workings of astrology, but I do admit it has as much chance of being true as the existence of mermaids. Luthinya 19:06, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
Question in title. -- Run! 10:39, 7 April 2006 (UTC)
oh yeh 1 more thinge what is a dick and pussy. Kids at school no and keep it a secret from me
If this is just an unfortunate kid on the slightly innocent side, I don't think he/she would much apprciate those comments. And if it's a troll, you'll do better to deprive him/her of the oxygen of publicity. Luthinya 19:10, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
Is Bittorrenting Red Hat Enterprise Linux considered piracy? Hkl8324 18:49, 7 April 2006 (UTC)
What is the highest score scored by a batsman in Test Cricket, ODI without scoring a boundary or a sixer?
sumal 08:56, 8 April 2006 (UTC)
In searching numerous site looking for the height of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, I have found no less than 4 answers. (The'official site' quotes a height of 324 meters.) They range from 932 ft. to 1,080 ft. sans antennae and extraneous appendages. Do you know the accurate height of the Tower. Thanks in advance. FSM
Hey all, thanks for your help in my last query, do you know any general station stats sites, with info such as History, no. of platforms (number in use), thanks in advance Djm1279 19:41, 7 April 2006 (UTC)
I would like to puchase the tape released in the 1989 by a group called Public Affection. The name of the tape is Death of a Dictionary. Would anyone know were I can purchase this? I have looked in many places with no sucess. 65.198.21.8 20:10, 7 April 2006 (UTC)
I need information about Bloodclan from the sixth book of the original Warriors series written by Erin Hunter.
if only fish have gills than how do whales breath underwater?
Could you please get some info on the gamolo or icarus levitation? thanks!
-luke thinnes
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could you provide a link to a website where i can an information about the trial of richard farley specifilly the opening closes statements of the defense the effects it has all had on laura black.
can plz help me by giving out the contact nos of hypnotist in your knowledge
i 'm in deep troubles ur help can be a boon in my life
plz its no joke
i'm serois in every word i mean
contct at [email removed to prevent spam]
If you are having mental distress (causing you not to spell out things), then don't just latch on to a particular specialist. Although it sounds rather lame, it is really best to go through a family doctor, and then to a specialist. People who are in major depression, need to go through a dose of sedatives first, before they are in a state to be fixed up. I have lots of experience with my own depressions, but 90% of the time I am completely cured, thanks to pills. -- Zeizmic 14:13, 8 April 2006 (UTC)
Oh dear, no patronisation but this seems way too serious to be merely asked for upon a reference desk in Wikipedia, in any case I don't think any of us would think this is the safe place to resolve these queries, let alone answer them- this is a public site and there may be unfriendly eyes peering about. All of this matter seems to be extremely confidential and, no offence, slightly reckless for an open- source software. I don't think hypnotism would be a best option but you must be desperate to even think of trying. If you are a teenager- like me- you should probably try childline or your parents rather than trust your fates to a slightly too open internet software. If you don't know childline's number you can ask your teacher or nurse- they are bound to be competent enough to know. But if doing these things make you afraid, even talking to your parents, then something is seriously wrong here and you will need to consult higher authorities. Again, no need to patronise, but try to keep calm. Sometimes a little thing you'll laugh at later on may produce such effectson your psyche right now that you would wish to try hypnotis. Luthinya 19:19, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
What is the highest score scored by a batsman in Test Cricket, ODI without scoring a boundary or a sixer?
sumal 08:56, 8 April 2006 (UTC)
What is pitch made of, and is there a variant of it that uses either sulphuric acid, or sulphuric hydroxide (?!?). I can't imagine there would be, but a colleague of mine, who is an interpreter for the police is on a case at the moment, and we can't get the right words in English (or Portuguese), and we don't even understand what the suspect is supposed to have done.
I'd appreciate your help CCLemon 09:06, 8 April 2006 (UTC)
I have a rather unusual request, I would like to enter a design competition with the theme "the seasons". What would people think is the best (or least worst) out of the following versions:
Thank you very much for any comments! -- Fir0002 www 11:04, 8 April 2006 (UTC)
Now i wasn't sure of what subject to put this under?
My sister and i were discussing how we can be alergic to different foods, animals and plants but is it possible for one to be alergic to objects like different glass? different metals? different rubbers? or different plastics etc etc. can some one be alergic to these type of manmades items (not stuff like medicine)?
This question is purely out of my own interest as i thourghly enjoy coming with interesting theories.
Thank you for your time.
What are we here for? What is the meaning of life? Why were our parents on this Earth, and why will our Childeren be here? I'm just getting to the point in my life (late Teens, early 20's) where this question is really starting to play havok wth my mind. Please explain this important, but taxing question in 200 words or less!
BRILLIANT QUESTION! I've had a similar period when I was nearly 12- now 13- during which time I was also constipated with an extreme fear of death. However, both problems have now been resolved continuously. In my opinion, life does not have a meaning. When the sun swells eventually into a red giant the earth shall certainly be destroyed, along with all her inhabitants. Our petty doings in all fields, including what I'm typing now into my computer, will be of little significance in this vast universe while our atoms drift far into space, unremembered and certainly not pampered the way we are here. However, I decided that life DOES have a value, even if there is no god in the fashion of a Laplacian Devil. This value comes from doing something worthwhile within our little sphere of true effectuality, to one life, a nation, the whole of humanity or even mother earth herself. The value may also be negative, such as comitting genocide, but in this you allow future generations to learn of mercy and also what must never happen again. You may, perhaps, make life seem good and worthwhile to a person by showing love or affection for him/her; you may free the chains of slavery from the sires of your race and be deemed a savior. Or you may campaign against pollution and protect the trees. Ultimately in Death there is nothing you can take with you- the things that matter are what you left behind- silent reflections, a newly- found element, or the freedom of a nation. The lovely thing about this worth- the- while requirement is that it does not have to be a hugely significant event that will change the whole universe to vast degrees immediately (though from the Bell's Theorem it might), it only has to be worth the while for our feeble human race and the little earth we dwell on. So long as we fulfil this, the gift of life and sensibilities given to us that shall forever remain a mystery shall be fulfilled, and in death we shall be happy, having done all that we could to make the ride worthwhile for everyone. The worth which you have brought into our little world, small and insignificant it may seem to the vast universe, is important enough, for we ourselves are small and insignificant. And this worth, which happily does not perish with its maker, is what shall attach value to your life and make future generations bear rememberance upon you through it. It may take many forms as such is appropriate of your actions. Since the world has given us life, we must give it life's worth to make the ride worthwhile. In that also we shall cease to fear death, for no loss is ever taken in such a process- it is only a natural chemical degradation. Thus the value of our lives ar attested, bearing worth for as long as this race still dwells. Meaningless though was this pursuit, yet that does not ever bear away its beauty or value, for which only can be said of life.
And indeed life is beautiful, as long as the mind has not been filled with the words of a sceptic. Grief, instead of pining away, once we accept them as necessary helps our psyche to grow. Since all existences to me are meaningless, I may only say that most lives had its value, although some may seem greater than others. A truly valueless life for me is one in which it existed only as if never to exist. Do not despise the humble values either- as the Torah spoke: whoever saves one life, saves the world entire. (Sorry for length can't help it love philosophy so much thanks). Luthinya 19:41, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
what is the role and the effect of climate on the ocean?
I just read the book Fairyopolis, I know it was organsied by other people as Cicely had died long before it was published, but I was wondering if it was true how she stayed in that place and stuff. thanks :D
Yeah I know, but I meant it was organised by others not Cicely, she didn't actually write it..
Until the mid 1950s most British forces were moved around the world by ships which were hired from existing shipping lines, hence the title Hired Military Transport,not you will note, Her Majesty's troopship. Having returned to this country on this ship on what was her last voyage can anyone provide her history? she started life with the Hamburg America line ,was captured and turned into a trooper.Please can anyone provide any details. She was owned by B&I (British and India) and scrapped in 1955.
who is was the first person to join the navy?
i mean the united states navy i need the answer
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PLZ TELL ME WHICH STREETS ARE INTERNATIONAL STREETS i WILL WAIT FOR YOUR ANSWER THANKYOU
the united states thanx bud
who was the first person in the U.S Navy? When was the United States navy founded?
i need help
Wha's goin' on, yeh know wha' I'm sayin'! Yo man what's up? Why are we wastin' space? Yay!!! -- CrazyGuy
who was the founder of the U.S Navy on October 13,1775
CTBL what's this? plz tell me about that
i dont get the plot of the movies of harry potter but the books are so good? Why do the keep take out some of the captions of the books from the movie
Hello,
I want to know if there is a unix command I can use to output the sorted word frequency of a .tex file to another file.
Thanks,
- Grey
I would try
cat texfile.tex | tr ' ' '\n' | sort | uniq -ic > listfile.txt
dab (ᛏ) 19:38, 8 April 2006 (UTC)
can you tell me how to get rid of poison ivy and i used all this kind of ointment and it still wont go away please tell me how
Very interesting article. It mentions that if things persist, then you should contact a doctor. If you don't want to follow this good advice, then the quack in me wants to come out: I have found that a skin irritation can create a home for little bugs of some sort (fungus or bacteria). This usually comes out as an irritation at the same spot year after year. It can also slowly expand. My wife always has this, and sometimes it tries to hit me. I found that when this happens, a constant application of Tea Tree Oil (Melaleuca Oil), will quickly kill it. It really works and I've gotten rid of many 'permanent' dry spots on myself and my daughter. My wife, who never listens to me as a matter of principle, is another matter... -- Zeizmic 13:49, 9 April 2006 (UTC)
I was watching some PBS documentaries and I noticed that they all had a timer in the corner of the screen that showed how long I'd been watching. Specifically, they were documentaires about American history. Why do they put these timers here?
there's this 80's song that I like but I don't know the name and I can't find it's lyrics on google. the lyrics go something like this:
she wants to keep another secret, it's only rock and roll, you know my baby's just too cool, my little lady hated high school ... it's all I could pick up from the song. it's sung by a guy...and the style is kind of like the clash or maybe david bowie a little... but it's none of them.-- Cosmic girl 20:28, 8 April 2006 (UTC)
Nevermind, I got it...I think it's 'baby talks dirty' by the knack, but correct me if I'm wrong.-- Cosmic girl 20:51, 8 April 2006 (UTC)
I am a rank novice having discovered WIKIPEDIA only a few days ago. But while browsing the various portals yesterday I discovered one that had a huge list of pictures/photos covering an enormous amount of subjects. I started to scroll down but discovered that I'd need hours to view even a portion of what was shown. I tried to find that portal(?) again today but couldn't locate it. Can someone tell me where it is, please. Thank you. --20:40, 8 April 2006 (UTC) (email excluded)
George Washington was the first president who crossed the Delaware in a dingy boat when the British were coming. Does that mean he was the first naval officer. The president of the united states is called the commander in chief of all armed forces.
Dinghy, not dingy. No, as I explained above, it does not mean he was the first naval officer. He was the commander in chief of the colonial army, however. But when he crossed the Delaware, he was not the President. User:Zoe| (talk) 23:27, 8 April 2006 (UTC)
I'm pretty sure there have been naval officers for centuries before George Washington was born. JIP | Talk 07:40, 9 April 2006 (UTC)
i was wondering why people pay so much on on some kind of meats when they dont even taste good
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We have an embroidery sewing machine that has floppy disks to access various > designs. > The formats are: CND - DST - EXP - HUS - PCS - PES - & SEW. > I would like to transfer JPEG & GIF formats to the above formats. > Do I need special software to be able to do this? if so; could you tell me > some names of the software.
who is George Michaels everybody always talked about him but i still dont know i would really appreciate it if you told me
whats the difference between the navy and the coast guard
A lot like the difference between the army and the police in terms of function. alteripse 23:41, 8 April 2006 (UTC)
I am trying to identify the name of a UK TV sit-com thought to be from the mid-1980's that featured an older gentleman (possibly Jim Broadbent?) with a young girlfriend. The girl was always doing stupid things and the older man would say "Och Zoe". I think the girl was a PE instructor or was into keep fit in the programme.
Thank you.
Can we write an article on a specific book, even if it has no cultural significance? To make my question more specific, would it be appropriate to write articles on Star Trek books (of which there are hundreds)? If it is appropriate, I would definately be interested in writing some. Chuck 02:37, 9 April 2006 (UTC)
Thanks folks. I guess that leaves it up to me, and then we'll see what people think about it afterwards. Thanks again. Chuck 03:43, 9 April 2006 (UTC)
You may also be interested in Wikia:Memory Alpha. — MSchmahl … 15:57, 9 April 2006 (UTC)
How much was ESPN bought for by Walt Disney?
Hi - can anyone tell me what a Parisian tailor might have typically worn in the 17th century? Adambrowne666 07:14, 9 April 2006 (UTC)
Oops - apologies - didn't read the rules properly. Adambrowne666 23:58, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
I really would like to know how to set up a connection to a Microsoft Access file, from a Java application. This is really bugging me; everything I try to find online doesn't seem to work. Many thanks for any help - Dan
Is there any record of an anarchist party activity in India? Does India have any adherents to anarchist political philosophy? sumal 08:43, 9 April 2006 (UTC)
Greetings,
I would like to know whether or not a guideline exists on the capitalisation of the first words of certain newspapers' articles. Take the following excerpt from yeserday's Times's article And the best solution for protecting pedestrians? Remove safety barriers:
In today's Sunday Times's article Town hall vote disaster looms for Blair:
I am pretty sure that the first words of articles are also capitalised in other newspapers.
Many thanks to those who will produce answers,
Grumpy Troll (talk) 09:11, 9 April 2006 (UTC).
I read the following under anti-humor:
This is supposed to be an unfunny, or comically literal, answer to the riddle. However, in the context of the article, this is supposed to be a "traditional" joke, like "What is this fly doing in my soup?" But I cannot figure out what the original punchline is supposed to be. Please help! — MSchmahl … 12:51, 9 April 2006 (UTC)
What is the total number of inhabited islands in the world? I 'd just like to know. I can't find an answer anywhere.
Take a guess of how much ESPN was bought for by Disney.
asked before. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Miscellaneous#ESPN User:Kahang 02:18, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
I enjoy mithology a lot, specially Greek and Roman, but i do not recall if there was ever a Music God? If there is a Music God...what is his/her name?
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What is the average longevity of the domesticated horse? The horse article doesn't seem to say. Bhumiya ( said/ done) 18:27, 9 April 2006 (UTC)
I came to this wikipedia page looking for what I thought would be basic information, and with such length I thought i'd find it but however the answer to the question I have is absent from the article. What is the average lifetime of a horse? Could this be added to the article? It seems rather basic, but is missing. Chopper Dave 01:31, 14 March 2006 (UTC)
The entire horse article needs a thorough going over and rewrite. half of it is "how to raise horses," the other half is a history in relation to humans, and there's no good section on their biology. Night Gyr 02:22, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
Where does Ricardo Montaner live?
How much is known about Willy on Wheels? Is he one person? Does anyone know what area of the world he lives in? How long has he been vandalizing Wikipedia?
Does anyone know of these two songs?
Right now all I have is the title and the snippet of the first line. I think they are from the US and the first appears to be a variation on " Barbara Allen" Thanks. CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 18:00, 9 April 2006 (UTC)
Why some boys who are not fat like 200-209lbs girls while some girls whoe arenot fat also like 200-209lbs boys? They do it for sex things?
Weight alone doesn't define fat. I'm a boy in that range and I'm downright bony. however, you can read more than you'd ever want to know about Fat fetishism right here on wikipedia. Night Gyr 18:18, 9 April 2006 (UTC)
How many actors and actresses were born in 1990?
What you call a person who sells books, dvd, and cds? Rich?( 82.138.214.1)
In the alley behind my house there are all these rocks. You also find them on the side of roads. Where did they all come from?? Jonathan W 03:04, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
This is just good old pea gravel. Where I am in Toronto, they ship it in giant ships from the north. They use it generally for aggregate. Many quarries produce it naturally. Pea gravel is neat because if you have a thick layer of it, it is nearly impossible to walk on. -- Zeizmic 20:55, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
What happens to mayo if you freeze it? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.114.224.62 ( talk • contribs) .
That mayo you are playing with was once an egg that should become a living being. Now, if we are courteus enough to kill unborn animals to make mayonnaise, we could at least eat it and show some respect, not play with it as if it was a thing. I see that people don't think about this, but they should.-- Captain ginyu 21:47, 16 April 2006 (UTC)
I think this might technically be a Help Desk question, but I guess the people manning the Reference Desk might also know the answer...
I found this fragment on a Google search of Wikipedia: "Mandaeans acknowledge John the Baptist, but not Jesus or Moses. ... Maybe Tolomei is the correct rendering/borrowing of Ptolemaios into Italian?"
The link was to "Reference Desk/All", but searching the page found nothing. I suspect the question has been archived, but can't find any clue as to the date to begin searching the archives. Can anyone find this question for me?
Should I presume, because it still appears on the Google index, that it was a recent question? And in future, what is the best way to search the Reference Dsk archives? Can Google be directed to search a particular subset of Wikipedia pages? Carcharoth 07:06, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
Hi,
I've got a question about Chinese names. In China, it's important to have a Chinese surname, as this is used on all sorts of official documents. Because western surnames don't have hanzi associated with them, most foreigners adopt characters that they chose themselves, which might not have anything to do with their "real" surname.
My question refers to the case when a western man marries a Chinese woman and has a child in China. If the parents are both Chinese, it's normal for the child to take the father's surname. But from what I can tell, a Chinese citizen's Western name only exists as a romanisation of their Chinese name. So what happens for a child brought up in China with a western father? Does he/she take both the father's western name and his chosen Chinese character, take only his character along with the romanisation of that character, or take something completely different such as the mother's name?
I'm talking about mainland China here, which might be different from Hong Kong or Taiwan. But if anyone knows about the situation in HK/TW, that would be good to hear as well.
61.49.159.163 12:56, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
Could you please make a article about Yung Joc?
I'm having a lot of difficulty locating a certain, specific body of data. It must exist but I haven't been able to find it.
I'm looking for a catalogue, chronology, list, compilation, or whatever you would like to call it, of clusters of disappearances that would be consistent with serial killings. Of course, we might not know if a missing person was actually killed. That's why I'm refering to them as clusters of disappearances, rather than serial killings. Ideally, such a catalogue would allow me to locate such clusters by date and geographical region. Specifically, I want to know if there was a cluster of disappearances in northern California, specifically in Calaveras County and adjacent counties, during 1984 and 1985. However, it would be useful to me to find a catalogue of such data that included all such clusters but was searchable by date and region.
Please be aware that I'm not interested in information about serial killers but in clusters of disappearances that are consistent with a serial killer scenario.
I've located a body of data that might be used to extract the information that I seek but it goes back to only 1995. That data is published on a website by the California Office of the Attorney General. I've asked a friend in California to search his local library for me but I certainly would appreciate it if you could locate a source of the data that I need.
Thank you very much for making this encyclopedia, and this service, available. It is extremely useful.
Sam
In general, we won't spend more than a minute or two spouting out our brilliance, or doing a quick search. That's why we hate doing tedious homework, or writing out people's books for them. -- Zeizmic 17:27, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
Can you get viruses from downloading music from Limewire?
In one of Richard Feynman's books he mentions a drawing he made called "The Magnetic Field of the Sun". Does anyone know where I can see an image of this drawing or buy a copy of it? It sounds really interesting but I've never seen it. — Keenan Pepper 14:35, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
how do you deter ducks from a swimming pool
If you can't find a crazy, bird-chasing dog like mine, then I would go for one of those 'pool alarms' that sense the water surface being broken. Except I would attach one huge mother horn! -- Zeizmic 15:30, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
Who is the richest rapper ever?
Steve Ballmer [9]. It's at least as musical as " My Humps". Night Gyr 16:40, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
How long is it? A foreign newspaper editor contacted us to ask, and I can't find it anywhere in the article. -- Zanimum 15:46, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
Hello, I have a hp LaserJet 5100dtn and I just installed a new toner cartage. However, the printer still says "Low Toner". I was wondering if someone could help me fix the problem.
Thanks Zach 16:20, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
What is ERP architecture, and solution architecture? What is the difference between them?
I am a relatively new user of Wikipedia and before asking my question, would just say how impressed I am at this seemingly limitless resource of information, apparently provided free of charge to others like myself by a dedicated and committed group of volunteer contributors of varying degrees of expertise, but all of them well intentioned nonetheless. So please accept my compliments and thanks for questions already asked and answered, and many more yet to come. My question is, why does the layout of the Main Page change every time I log on? Am I doing something to make that happen; is it a dynamic feature of Wikipedia, or is it an annoying optical illusion?
How ong have people been doing this? What traditions are especially known for their banishings? What should you not attemp to banish?
In the
Bible
manslaughter (that is unintentional murder) was punishable by
exile to a "
city of refuge".
Jon513
22:19, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
Hi! My name is Abel Cavasi, I live in Romania and I discovered a new conservation law in Physics. Since some months ago I tried unsuccesfully to draw up the attention of the world on this result. I sent the material (which can be found on the Internet address: www.geocities.com/abelcavasi) to few Physics Universities in Romania, to Physical Review, to Scientific American, to Newscientist, to American Journal of Physics, to European Journal of Physics, etc. While some of them advise me to search other magazines, others maintain that the shape of the article is unacceptable and others have not replied at all. Could you help me? abel 18:28, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
Is there such a town as Soddy Daisy, West Virginia? I have been told there is. Please help.
How long does it typically take to make a music album? Could Somebody Please Tell Me, I would really appreciate it.
Does anyone know what shops in the UK that sell writing quills? I've tried eBay, and they are about £5 ($8.75); is this good? Thanks! K ilo-Lima| (talk) 19:34, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
I suspect that either Pensplus, High St., Oxford website or Scriptum, Covered Market, Oxford website may be able to find you a quill. None available directly for sale on their website, it seems. But it should be worth contacting them. -- 81.178.66.137 17:23, 16 April 2006 (UTC)
when was this put in to effect in massachusetts month day year please
Who invented this nudism? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Don Mustafa ( talk • contribs)
Nudity is lovely and fine. Clothes, on the other hand, are a sin and abomination before God. See Genesis 3:9 and following, and strip off that evil cloth! Grutness... wha? 12:15, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
Why some like to take pictures of ladies? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Don Mustafa ( talk • contribs)
what happened to the old face of the french women who was given a face transplant. also lets say my leg is amputated what happens to the leg after it has been cut off.
The An Post National Lottery Company page says "A Dublin-based syndicate bought all combinations in one week and made a £500,000 profit. After this incident the numbers were increased to 39 (1 in 3,262,623 chance) and later on to 42." - I was hoping to learn more about this on that page as I vaguely remember the furore surrounding it. I thought they only bought a a substantial fraction of the ticket combinations, rather than all. What's the full story? Jooler 00:13, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
Hi I am trying to locate a garden designer/landscape architect by the name of carroucho (or something similar as I cant find nothing under that name). If anybody could point me in the right direction, would be greatly appreciated. Thanks
I believe that he is spanish and could be a "celebrity" type garden designer. That is all I know at this stage. Thanks.
whos the actor for the character named manny? hes the one who kidnaped elizabeth or emily(i forgot the name)and manny jus broke out of jail. this is in the '06 season. can u help me?
I've been thinking of starting a webcomic, and one of things that been holding me back is my grasp of US Copyright laws. Can someone clear this up for me. From what I understand things are copyrighted from the moment they are created and published, but how is this inforced? How can I stop people from using my ideas as their own, my characters, my comics. Thanks in advance Evil Vin 06:00, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
I am a member of * The Sherlock Holmes Society of India.I have been a part of this Society ever since its existence. However, the increase in its membership has been at a snail's pace despite the high quality of the discussions which are held in the Society. I have tried posting my links with other Sherlockian societies but with limited success.Can you help me out with suggestions to achieve increase in membership? sumal 11:08, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
I've recently tried the demos for SWAT 3 and I've found I really like this type of shooters. Not mindlessly blowing the baddies away, but using actual tactics is great. Until I get the cash to buy this game, has anyone got ideas for free alternatives? My computer is an oldie, so my CPU will probably not do anything too far over 266MHz. Any ideas are welcome. - 131.211.210.17 11:46, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
Why is Rudy Giuliani on the face of a vandalism userbox? Thanks, K ilo-Lima| (talk) 12:12, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
i one day would like to eat lots of endangered animals :). such as panda, elephant, Humpback Whale, Leopard, Loggerhead Sea Turtle and komodo dragons. i was just wondering where these animals are eaten and how much they cost. i know that it is illegal to eat these kinds of animals but people still do in asian countries. just wanted to know where and how much it would cost to eat these animals.
any help would be greatly appreciated!
From mr P
i was wondering more about the black market prices for animals such as these, e.g. the price of panda meat. and in what country this happens. Mr P
Im sure this question has been asked many many times, but is there ANY approximation how large the internet is? Probably a dumb question/ but yeh, any answer welcome
Additionally, Ive always wondered what percentage of the interenet is porno. Is there any answer to these questions? ~ Anklepants
for an authoritative answer, you'd need to run an operation the size of ECHELON. to answer the question of what percentage of data transferred (not, hosted) is porn, counting google hits is worthless (hence, the fraction of 28% estimated to contain pornographic content above tells us nothing at all about the fraction of internet traffic due to these sites). Counting search terms frequency is worthless too, because the people who transfer the lion's share do not idly look for "porn" on google. Anything related to counting websites is worthless, since the data transferred by viewing some web page pales in comparison with a gigabyte's video download. To really get an idea, you'd need to stat the bittorrent networks. To get a first idea, you'd probably want to look at a site that indexes both porn and non-porn content such as torrentspy.com; compare the number of le(e)chers connected to each torrent, multiplied with the torrent size, and you'll have an idea. I wouldn't be surprised if it was significantly more than 50% (but you'd expect the ratio to drop significantly at times when a newly pirated Harry Potter movie is being distributed), while about a quarter sounds reasonable for the fraction of data hosted. At the moment, the largest share of data transferred via the pirate bay tracker is Basic Instinct 2, a 4.36 G file, downloaded 1500 times with another 1800 downloads in progress, amounting to 8T worth of this file distributed over this tracker alone in about two days (you can view many image-laden websites to get to such a number). I leave it to you to decide if this particular file qualifies as porn or not :) dab (ᛏ) 18:28, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
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Hello. I am interested in becoming an editor on Wikipedia. Is there a specific process by which I could be alerted of the need for editing of an article, etc. I also like to do reserach and would be pleased to do some of that as well. I'm not even sure if this is possible. Do I just have to choose random articles and select edits as I see fit? Thanks for any guidance you can provide.
Editour 18:57, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
i'm looking for any information about chief satoo. i work at satoo school in millwoods and i already know that satoo means jumping in cree and there was a chief named satoo. i'm looking for additional information in regards to tribe names, location, lifestyle, and any other history of satoo. thanks to anyone who can help. lynda
Does Sikhs have their own holidays like the other religions?
Are sources from the Bolivian government in the public domain? I'm specifically thinking about pictures from the Galeria de Presidentes de la República de Bolivia (Gallery of Presidents of Bolivia). I don't spot any copyright notes on the site; maybe a Spanish-speaking user could help me out here. Punkmorten 21:13, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
How come the edit link on the right hand side is not working? I just clicked on the last one expecting to edit the copyright in Bolivia section and got this blank section. CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 22:26, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
What is it called when you maked boxed messages like this?
(I feel dumb\ for asking this.) The Republican 00:45, 13 April 2006 (UTC)
our stylesheet's impression of a teletype (<tt>) tag? dab (ᛏ) 13:58, 13 April 2006 (UTC)
If you eat your own body parts, does that make you a cannibal? A Clown in the Dark 02:48, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
Are mermaids imaginary creatures or they exist?
I heard manatees made a motion like rocking a baby so sailors thought they looked like women. But I think they look like ugly hippos. Jonathan W 15:22, 13 April 2006 (UTC)
I'm looking for solo piano recordings of Cecil Taylor. I already have "Air above mountains" what solo piano recordings did he make beside this one. Are there any other interresting solo piano artists~(-recordings) with a similar musical style like taylor?
Thanks -- helohe (talk) 09:11, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
The collective noun of bison is a herd, is there any standard practice or rules as to how many animals you have to have before it can be called a herd. The reason I ask is that a farmer in Wales has bought 6 bison to start a 'herd'. I wouldn't consider 6 to constitute a herd but is there any accepted number which constitutes a herd? AllanHainey 09:55, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
Does anyone know the existence, or heard of the existence of pink coloured rice?
I have a bag of rice flour by Lotus Foods that is Bhutanese Red Rice Flour. It says Finely milled red rice. The web site is WWW.world of rice.com info@worldofrice.com Hope this helps.
Forbidden rice is purple... — Keenan Pepper 07:54, 13 April 2006 (UTC)
Camargue rice is a sort of red. -- Blowdart 08:55, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
IF I've understood correctly (which no one else should rely on!), Section 114 is supposed to say that if you become a resident of Canada during the year, you're not supposed to be taxed on income earned prior to becoming a resident (and vice-versa if you start out a resident and become a non-resident). However I simply can't find in the forms or instructions where it allows you to make this claim. Do you just silently omit the income earned as a non-resident, or what?
By the way, as I read the material on the foreign tax credit, you *cannot* claim a foreign tax credit for taxes paid on income earned when you were a nonresident (oversimplified but I think that's what it comes down to). It seems to me that wouldn't make any sense if you were taxed in Canada on that income; while it might not result in double taxation strictly speaking (because you might be able to claim a credit against the Canadian taxes in the other country), it would be saying that Canada would have *extra* claim on that income, that it wouldn't have had if you'd been a Canadian resident at the time. That seems to fail the minimum rationality test. -- 69.158.24.50 15:58, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
So I understand that Canada is not the whole world (if it were, the question would hardly come up, eh?) but I humbly suggest that the question might be of interest to as many people as are fascinated by who was the first member of the US Navy or the history of the Massachusetts sales tax. Canada Revenue's site turns up little; I was able to find the act itself on another gov site, but it's not so easy to read. -- 69.158.4.46 18:03, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
What is patouli oil? What's its cultural significance - i.e. what images might come to mind about its use? Thee's nothing in Wikipedia as far as I can tell. Some references I've found are in [14] and [15]. Thanks, -- 81.19.57.138 16:55, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
Hello. I am looking for a web page or possibly a book that would list & picture all the Congressman & Senators of the 18th & 19th century.Thanks, Mark
Which is more effective in an imperfect secular society: Justice or Mercy? Luthinya 20:42, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
Is it legal for local classification authorities (say in Nepal) to edit copyrighted Hollywood movies and then issue duplicates themselves, especially if the submitter of that particular movie is not its licensed distributor? -- 202.21.189.119 02:55, 13 April 2006 (UTC)
Just out curiosity, does anyone know the highest number of AP exams that a single student has taken in one year? (Anywhere, and how they faired). I'm finishing up my S3 (junior) year and plan on taking quite a lot. (Won't mention the exact number as not to embarass myself.)Thanks. C-c-c-c 04:05, 13 April 2006 (UTC)
The Iranians have enriched their own uranium (& congratulations on this), they say they want this for civil nuclear power because eventually their oil will run out & it isn't good to be too dependent on one source of power. I don't want to get into whether or not they should do this & whether or not they should, or aim to, produce a nuclear bomb but I'd like to know how widely used solar power (photovoltaic, solar hot water heating, etc) is in Iran and whether the government is taking steps to advance the use of solar & other non-nuclear/non-hydrocarbon sources of energy & to what extent. It seems like Iran would be ideal for the use of solar energy but we never hear about whether they are using any energy sources other than nuclear & oil. AllanHainey 09:37, 13 April 2006 (UTC)
Is surfing in porn sites, viewing and watching sexy images and films the reason that a person has abnormal personality considering that most of the people have such interests?
Hi,
I would like to update our logo on this page to our new logo http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WaterAid
Do you know how I would upload a new .jpg?
My contact details are <email removed>
Many thanks for your help.
Vincent Casey.
what is skill development
Can I please get a list of HUMAN RIGHTS?
There is no consensus on what "human rights" are. Some philosophers argue that there is no such thing as "human rights" and that concept is meaningless (see nihilism). However on the 10th of December 1948, 48 Member States of United Nations General Assembly at the Palais de Chaillot in Paris adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (see the text here and the signatories here). This document is often cited when discussing human rights and is in a list-like form. It is, for example, directly cited in Afghanistan's constitution. The United States Constitution specifically its Bill of Rights is also often cited. However the topic of human rights is a complex one and for a just treatment of the subject one should consult some of the many books on the subject. You can also consult the Wikipedia article on human rights. Cedars 10:10, 17 April 2006 (UTC)
anyone located here in australia know of any magazines that are available at most newsagents which are concerned with film and cinema; not just reviews and ratings; but scholarly discussion on certain films and other issues to do with the cinema.
i have tried ASKING newsagents and they say they are "not sure what i am looking for".
anyone have any suggestions/ideas? gelo 13:21, 13 April 2006 (UTC)
my neighbour went away for Easter and I'm supposed to watch out for her new aquarium; with her barely out the door, the pumps/filters ("Eheim professional" [16]) started to make whining noises, and one of the pumps is leaking water. Is anybody here versed with the art of aquarium maintenance? Will it kill the pumps if we just leave them running? How long until the fish die if we switch off the pump? dab (ᛏ) 13:56, 13 April 2006 (UTC)
Set up a live webcam and we can comment and email you if your fish start to look unhealthy! For great justice. 23:35, 13 April 2006 (UTC)
Did you by any chance pull them out and put them back in before the whining noise started ? If so, perhaps air was trapped inside triggering cavitation in the impeller. StuRat 07:14, 19 April 2006 (UTC)
what is class action law suits?
I heard that the scariest thing about earthquakes is the fact that the ground is moving. Well what if you were jumping on a trampoline when an earthquake happened? When you're on a trampoline the ground is moving all the time. Jonathan W 15:16, 13 April 2006 (UTC)
Hello,
I would like to add biographical information to Wikipedia. What is the procedure?
Thank you.
Sandford Tuey -- 24.82.89.30 16:01, 13 April 2006 (UTC)
I would like to know if Dr. Norris is still publishing or even if he is still alive. He is one of the earliest published authors of true crime books on serial killers. His latest published work, that I can find, are paperback reprints dated 2002. His last known address was in Columbus, GA.
Thank you for any and all information.
-- """
Google Maps has pretty good satellite imagery from all over the world, but its actual map is hopelessly USA/UK-centric. For the USA and UK, we get every street in every city, no matter how major or minor, accurately drawn out and named. For the rest of the world, pretty much nothing. I looked at Europe and Asia and saw that according to Google, the only city - in fact the only populated place at all - on the whole Eurasian continent is Torino (Turin) in Northern Italy. Even France or Germany don't have any data whatsoever. Why is this? Is Google purposely taking a side and ignoring the non-English-speaking world, or is it a technical matter because they just haven't had the time to enter all the cities in the world to their database yet? JIP | Talk 17:41, 13 April 2006 (UTC)
I've joined the Cleanup Taskforce and am trying to create a desk. I've tried several times, following the directions given, but it doesn't seem to be working. Can you please give me additional guidance? Thanks.
Writeright Writeright 18:15, 13 April 2006 (UTC)
what famous people were born on november 24th?
Hi,
I would be glad if I can get some information about the functions of Chief Coordinator of Disaster Control - in general and also within an organization (keeping India in mind).
Thanks and regards,
Bulbuli
How can you become a National AP Scholar (Canada) with 5 AP exams with 4 or more as a grade, and then 8 exams to be a National AP Scholar in the States? Anyone know logic behind this?
00:39, 14 April 2006 (UTC)
Are largemouth bass native to Virginia waters? It seems to me that I have read somewhere that they were introuduced.
The CLP Power in Hong Kong - the distributor of electricity - is producing large amounts of greeenhouse gases every year. What should it do to decrease the amount of air pollutants released from their power stations (apart from using liquefied natural gas)? Many Thanks.-- Eying2003 03:35, 14 April 2006 (UTC)
How often does Answers.com refreshes its Wikipedia reference pages?
- How often do you update your content?
- Our Content Integration team works hard to keep Answers.com dynamic and relevant at all times. We receive regular updates from all of our content source partners. The frequency of these updates varies with the type of source, with Wikipedia and Who2 updating more frequently than Geography and Dialing Codes.
- From Answers.com FAQ
It is entirely possible that the process is not automatic. It is also probably that they do not update their articles "all at once", but do so on a rolling basis. I performed the following experiment: Select the five most recent featured articles. Look up the same articles at Answers.com. Find the revision of the Wikipedia article that matches the one at Answers.com.
Article name | Matches | Next revision | |
Eldfell | 2006-01-15 [18] | 2006-03-23 | |
Samuel Beckett | 2006-02-19 [19] | 2006-02-20 | |
Canadian federal election, 1993 | 2006-02-18 [20] | 2006-02-21 | |
Fanny Blankers-Koen | 2006-02-17 [21] | 2006-04-10 | There were other changes between these revisions, but none that would be visible to Answers.com (reverted vandalism, category changes, etc.). |
OpenBSD | 2006-02-12 [22] | 2006-03-10 |
So what does this tell us? Answers.com probably does not do rolling updates — if they did, there would be some discrepancy in the matching-dates. Answers.com has done its last Wikipedia-content update on 2006-02-19. It does not tell us when they will do the next one, nor do we know when the previous update was. — MSchmahl … 07:55, 14 April 2006 (UTC)
What is the difference between the beer served in Brazil called chopp and draught beers served in the US? Which one is better?
Hi i have a question on the birth date of matthew werkmeister i know he was born in january 1992 i just don't know what day. you see i have him as a topic for a biograghy over the holidays. thankyou for your time taylor
Smallville Fragil the young girl on the last episode looked very familure does anyone know where else we might have seen Emily Herst. Thank you
If I've edited an article that was in the "To Do" section and I've saved the changes, is there some way to remove the banner from the top of the article that states that it needs copyediting? Writeright 16:55, 14 April 2006 (UTC)Writeright Writeright 16:55, 14 April 2006 (UTC)
Every men knows about "shrinkage" I hope. Otherwise I would suggest "checking down there" once in a while. My question is being exposed to cold temparatures for a prolong periods of time, would the shrinked size become permanent after periods of months/years in cold temperatures? Example would be living in antartica. – Tutmøsis · ( Msg Me) 18:33, 14 April 2006 (UTC)
Hello!I know this is a weird question as i only have little information about it, but it's in my mind for a long time, and i thought that you might know the answer.Here it goes:i heard a song about a year or two ago, and i really like it.It is on a language pretty much not understandable to me.The begining goes similar to uuuuuuuu or something like that,which is singed by a female voice or perhaps a small choire,and it is very gentle.First uuuuuuuu is kind of upwards,and the second is a litle downwards,same as the third and fourth,and then the song begins.It is like a howling of some sort,and it is a bit long as if that are words. Here comes the tricky part:i don't know pretty much a single word from the lyrics,because it is on perhaps Italian or French, but the the song is something like a chanson, although it seems a bit faster than a chanson.Most of the song is singed by a gentle female voice,and it is not loud, almost like half-voice. In the end a choire comes up, but it doesn' t seem to have much people, only a few. I heard it on tv, an Italian channel also. I know how this question probably sounds but i don' t know where else to ask so if anyone knows i would appreciate an answer.-- Captain ginyu 21:46, 14 April 2006 (UTC)
I have another question to keep you busy.It is kind of weird to ask this and i thought if i should ask it or not, but in the end i decided,why not. There is this comercial for Tuborg Green(for those who don't know, a kind of beer),and in it there is a young girl approximately 19 years old.She seems a bit short and has bright red hair, and she throws her stuff from the window, so the apartment is pretty much empty, so she could have more room for the party.If anyone knows something about her(is she a model, where is she from, how old is she, what is her name), i would appreciate an answer very much. Also i would like for you not to put offensive posts or something like that.-- Captain ginyu 22:01, 14 April 2006 (UTC)
I am looking for traditional sayings/folklore about blackbirds. For example - dreaming of a flying blackbird is said to bring good fortune; a blackbird nesting near your house is a sign of good fortune; the sight of 2 blackbirds sitting together is a sign of peace and good fortune.
I would like to know if there are any other traditional sayings about blackbirds.-- 62.137.150.105 22:13, 14 April 2006 (UTC)
I recall a poem about blackbirds from my youth although it may have been about magpies. 1 for a girl 2 for a boy (births) 3 for sorrow 4 for joy It goes on but that is all I can remember.
JJ
And don't forget Sing a Song of Sixpence ("Four and twenty blackbirds, baked in a pie..."). StuRat 06:42, 19 April 2006 (UTC)
using the console, how do you set up respawn in counterstrike source?-- 154.20.89.16 22:19, 14 April 2006 (UTC)
Where does the title "Comander in Chief" come from? Looks like it should be Comander and Chief.
I agree that it should be "and". I suspect that somebody influential incorrectly said or wrote it as "in", and from there it caught on. StuRat 06:36, 19 April 2006 (UTC)
What is the name of a Chinese clothing that is worn by men and a clothing worn by women? Japan have kimonos for women, but is the clothing for men in Japan?
Are there any new or planned ROSS stores for this upcoming year. I work for the company and they have not told us much.
Could u guys please get me a logo of Grand Hustle Records? I would appreciate it, thanks Wikipedia!!!
I need to have a symple list of'''''' HUMAN RIGHTS''''''. Which are genarel all around the world (In most of the Countries). E.G: 1.Fredom of speach. 2.the right to food... and so on..
Can you help me pls???
thnx
Is there an article on the US embassy that is under construction in Baghdad? It's apparently "by far the largest in the world", according to Yahoo news. -- A bit iffy 07:32, 15 April 2006 (UTC)
What is the environmental impact of the process of maufacturing silicon chips and solar panels?
This is not for an assignment. I actively read various articles etc on ecological sustainability etc, and the topic of the environmental unfriendliness of the silicon chip/solar cell fabrication process has come up more than once.
hi, i have version 6.0 internet explorer and every time i try to login on siets such as hotmail where i pass into secure areas i get a "page cannot be displayed" screen. With every security alert it says that i am going to access a secure page so i click ok and it just jumps to this page, this has been a recent thing and i think it was since i removed some spyware on my computer not sure if it has anything to do with it. I was wondering if somehow i could fix the problem, any suggestions will be vastly appreciated thank!!! 86.129.71.11 12:59, 15 April 2006 (UTC)
Did TV host Wink Martindale serve in the Korean War and later recorded the song "A Deck of Cards?
Please Help! I am trying to find the origin or any information that you can offer about my 1981 Datsun 200SX convertible (Not a hatchback). I searched the Nissan S platform page on the Wikipedia encyclopedia, but my car is not listed.
I found the information below on the Internet and believe it to be the closest likeness to my car, but would like to talk with someone to be sure.
Intermeccanica Viva 200sx convertible
In 1982, Nissan released the 200sx. Intermeccanica struck a deal to make a factory authorized convertible. Soon thereafter, Nissan killed the project and handed it to ASC (American Sunroof) because Nissan didn’t want to deal with a smaller company such as Intermeccanica. Intermeccanica brought two cars to the 1981-82 New York autoshow (one convertible and one with a removable hardtop) but never had a chance to show them. After the deal with Nissan fell through (20 cars into project), Intermeccanica made a deal to sell the tooling to a limousine manufacturer in Mexico. Intermeccanica produced approximately 50 Nissan 200sx convertibles and sold them mostly in Mexico. "The product was beautiful!"
I have emailed Intermeccanica and ASC, but have never received a response. I have taken her to a Nissan dealership, and they don't have a clue. I would appreciate any information that anyone has in regards to my 1981 200SX Datsun convertible. Thank you!
What are the names of each Arabian clothing?
Need reference for chain of bank mergers starting From Landmark Banking Corporation (Ft. Lauderdale) into Citizens & Southern and/or NCNB into NationsBank and now Bank of America N.A. or BankAmerica Corporation. If possible please give dates or approximate year of merger or consolidation for Lankmark Banking Corporation a.k.a. Landmark First National Bank of Fort Lauderdale. to xxxxxxxx Thank you. Hank B.
i saw a $5 subscription per month, for 2 movies max, but I don't see it easily on Netflix home page.Any ideas? Pete
hi,this is my question What is the name of the career/profession that consist on the study of humanity and human cultures through the recovery,documentation and analysis of human remains?[perhaps,maybe,possible material remains as well]I need this answer for my project if i want to pass the class and also this is my friend's question:What is the career/profession that consist on the study of U.F.O reports,physical evidence and other related phenomena like the evidence of mental awareness of influence of external objects without interaction from known physical means?thank you very much.
How did Stanley Meyer die? there is quite a buzz that he was murdered by the government. is there any truth to this?
Would the commander of a ship in the RAN be a captain, or something of a higher rank such as admiral? Because in the rest of the armed forces a captain is a pretty junior officer, and it seems strange for one to be in charge of a whole ship.
Does anybody know the origins of the name Kentucky Blue Grass? Poa is not native to Kentucky?
What is the "You Are Here" location indcator on a map called?-- 24.207.22.46 08:17, 16 April 2006 (UTC)
It wouldn't be an arricator would it? I've usually seen the word used to indicate little sticky-backed labels in the form of arrows indicating items, e.g. on a photograph (hence the word, which comes from "arrow-indicator"), but it wouldn't surprise me if the same word is used in this situation. Grutness... wha? 06:09, 17 April 2006 (UTC)
"In (insert your favorite ethnic "stupid" stereotype here) mall maps, they don't have a 'YOU ARE HERE' sticker, but have 999 'YOU ARE NOT HERE' stickers, with one empty spot." StuRat 05:34, 19 April 2006 (UTC)
Which is considered to be the best Army in the World?Indian, Israeli, British or the American Army? sumal 09:52, 16 April 2006 (UTC)
If you look at history, the germans have the best army - Joneleth
Looking far enough back in history, the Spartans had the best army. Erik the Rude 15:36, 16 April 2006 (UTC)
It was my understanding he talked about an army that existed today which leaves the spartans out. - Joneleth
...I think it must be The Salvation Army. They must be the best because they don't set out to kill people or destroy cities or occupy foreign countries etc. And they must be the only army ever to actually save lives that others might consider worthless. No contest.
How good anything is, is determined by how well it performed its goal, since its the goal of an army to defeat the enemy army it is a really crappy army regardless of ur moral values. - Joneleth
In which country would I find this body of water?
http://img154.imageshack.us/img154/2782/tb29uh.jpg
-- 82.15.230.55 13:06, 16 April 2006 (UTC)
Thanks guys/girls
I just got this old game the other day that i wanted to play, its not a dos game but when i play it, its running way to fast and theres no option to slow it down in the game itself, does anyone know an application that can help? - Joneleth
I have a vintage ceramic syrup dispenser, round like a cherry, labeled 'Chero Crush'. I'm guessing my late mother-in-law might have purchased it in canada. I thought Chero might be French for Cherry but apparently not. Did find out that RC Cola was originally Chero Cola - but that doesn't tell me what Chero Crush was. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
That's IT! Except mine has the metal dispenser also. Thanks so much!!!!!!!!
Thanks so much for this additional info - have emailed him. You guys are great! Zoe, he has already contacted me. How can I ever thank you guys?
I have found a PIC on the net and I would like to thank the original author.
A similar problem exist in music and sounds found on the net.
My guess is the original person has similar items that would be of interest to at lot of us.
The problem may have started by a person SENDING another person a PIC or Sound and then it gets passed along until someone has REAL INTEREST in the PIC or Sound and now no one remembers who started or has the originals. -- WPee -- 208.33.229.27 15:48, 16 April 2006 (UTC)
Where do I get wikipedia on CD or DVD in India (preferably Delhi) and at what price?
P.S. and i dont think the entire Wikipedia would fit in a DVD.... :-D...
Is English the universally used language between aeroplane pilots and ground controllers? Thanks in anticipation.
Yes, it is. Erik the Rude 21:24, 16 April 2006 (UTC)
Thanks Erik. Do you (or anyone else) know whether that protocol really is universal in the literal sense, whereby say 2 indigenous pilot and ground controller speakers of say Russian or Chinese Mandarin would default to speaking English when communicating with each other within their respective territorial airspace? Thanks again in anticipation.
I have flown in Guatemala and Egypt and in both places native pilots spoke in native languages to some extent while they spole in very broken english to me. Unfortunately I know neither of the native languages of those locations. Mattamsn
What are the articles in red text there for, and why are there no articles for them?
Thanx for your time
The articles are red because they have not been created yet. I Lov E Plankton 21:02, 16 April 2006 (UTC)
Does OpenOffice 2.0 have a Access equivalent built-in? How can I access (pun intended) .mdb or Microsoft Access files?
Thanks! 24.169.151.177 21:55, 16 April 2006 (UTC)Aaron G
I came across the following sentence in the article Derren Brown:
I've been trying to riddle the sentence out for a little while, with limited success. Does anyone (perhaps someone who has seen the show and has a little backgroud) know what in the world that means? zafiroblue05 | Talk 22:56, 16 April 2006 (UTC)
Where does this phrase come from ? Tintin ( talk) 05:18, 17 April 2006 (UTC)
Ok, so I was looking up the word "tan" in the dictionary, as in the sense of tanning leather hides, and I noticed the sense for a sun tan. It says, "a brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or wind." Since when does wind make you tan? The definition is also in a few other online dictionaries, but I can't find any information about it anywhere else. Does anyone know anything about that? Thanks for your time.
Apart from Eritrea is there any other country in Africa which follows by the principle of "Self Reliance" and does not depend more on foreign Aid?
Apart from the physical requirements, attitude and eccentricity... what do I need to be a professional wrestler? Who do I have to ask? This may seem hilarious, but I was wondering about the possibility while playing Acclaim's WWF game. Bye ;)
Does the Hindus, Sikhs, and Buddhists have their own congregational prayers and on what day do they perform like Christians on Sunday, Muslims on Friday and Jews on Saturday?
I am looking for advice into how to enter into the art of deciphering sybols(Ancient & Modern), with a view to researching the symbols in greater details and assimilating information by crossreference, to ideas,concepts and visions, which the original symbols were meant to exhibit.
This is a vast field, but I have great interest in this and am determined to research in depth on this topic.
Someone out there, pls assist me. I can mee-mailed thorugh my User name:- user:Monami.
Thks all.
The fancy name for the field of symbol studying is semiotics. If your interest arises because of Dan Brown's best seller, you may be in for a disapointment when you discover it is largely a rather tedious aspect of art history. There are numerous dictionaries of symbols in print, available in used bookstores (look in reference book section or art history section), and you can probably find directories of symbols on-line if you look for them. alteripse 19:35, 17 April 2006 (UTC)
Not Sure where this goes but where would you find the artefact in this monastery?
http://img86.imageshack.us/my.php?image=54fg.jpg
I seem to believe it`s near a mountain but....
Stuppa ? -fiojh
Hi,
Where did you get your information that he lives in Gallatin,TN? How long has he lived there and why Gallatin?
Thanks,
Please tell me the name of this song it`s for my school. Some classical project needs me to recognise this famous Classical Piece associated with an Opera.
http://www.sortitoutsi.net/forums/index.php?act=Attach&type=post&id=29229
Should I Move This Question?
At the adress www.geocities.com/abelcavasi I have showed that, if the Earth's precession would be due to the Sun's atracttion forces, the way it is believed today, then the precession would take place around the line that joins the Sun and the Earth but not around the line perpendicular on the ecliptic. Can anyone show me where I made a mistake, if I made a mistake? Thank you. abel 15:29, 17 April 2006 (UTC)
Hi How are u? i want to known about Shikarpur History please? thankyou
Does anyone know where the line "nothing lights up the evening sky like a cat on fire" comes from? The quote may not be quite right so that might explain why I can't find it. Thanks. CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 16:36, 17 April 2006 (UTC)
THERE IS A SONG WITH THE LYRICS....."I'M SERVING TIME IN TAOS NEW MEXICO, AND I JUST WANNA GO HOME". WE ARE IN DESPERATE NEED OF THE ARTIST AND TITLE OF THIS SONG. SORRY, BUT THIS IS ALL WE HAVE TO GO BY.
PLEASE HELP.THANKS
I need information on a religious artefact/icon that resides in a monastery. The Monastery is apparently located at the base of a Mountain. Thats all I have. This artefact is famous.
I`ll try and find a picture however if you can help I`d appreciate it.
http://img86.imageshack.us/my.php?image=54fg.jpg Pretty Cool Actually. Think It could be Buddha or Tibetan...
What is going to happen in the series finale of Will & Grace?
I heard from my friend that I'm able to see a picture of his house on wikipedia (he lives out of town and I've never been to his house). How can I do that?
Can you please tell me why I have failed to upload a photo of Paul Steinitz on the article Paul Steinitz. I thought I had done everything correctly, including detail in box as follows:
www.bach-cantatas.com|Bio|Steinitz-Paul.htm
Note: Please do not use this tag. Instead, use either one of the more specific tags listed at
Wikipedia:Image copyright tags#Fair_use or {{
fair use in|article name}}.
This work is copyrighted and unlicensed. It does not fall into one of the blanket fair use categories listed at Wikipedia:Fair use#Images or Wikipedia:Fair use#Audio_clips. However, the individual who uploaded this work and first used it in an article, as well as subsequent persons who place it into articles, asserts that this use qualifies as fair use of the material under United States copyright law. For each use of this image, please provide a detailed rationale as to why this image qualifies as fair use. If you can find a suitable alternative image that adequately transports the same information as this image and is under a free licence, please swap this image with the free version. Then, request deletion of this image by adding the following to the image description: {{ subst: or-fu-re|Image:New image file name }} |
private photographer;permission to reproduce on Wikipedia from Mrs Margaret Steinitz 17.4.06
but a message asks me to use another tag. Can you please tell me precisely what to do? (Paul's widow has given me permission to use the photo from the website, which is not copyrighted by any photographer). Maybe I've misunderstood what fairuse means. The pages of instructions seem to bewildering. Thanks Hikitsurisan 20:49, 17 April 2006 (UTC)
Does anyone know where I can find a user manual on Misys Loan IQ? I am trying to get into banking and I have found that a lot of banks now use Loan IQ. So I want to read up and see what is involved.
With thanks, Mark
Is it possible in the U.S. to get "driver's insurance" without owning a car? essentially liability insurance of your own but without having your own car.
I'm new to editing this site. I keep adding a link. The link is there and works. Next day, the link is gone. Am I doing something wrong, or is someone coming behind me and removing my link?
Hi, I have a question about user pages. How does the system know how many edits the user has or how many times they've been vandalized? Is there a stat counter of sorts that does this work?
~Thanks, that's a useful site. But it doesn't seem to update edit counts?
Hello!I have two questions for you: 1. Was there ever a Native American or someone similar, who was called The walking cloud or The cloud that walks, or a similar variation. I supposed Native American because they would often have nicknames like that, but as i said it could be someone else. 2. What was the name of that Native American i think, that was famous for hating for someone to photograph him and no one had any pictures of him but the one in which he poses, and no one knows how someone could make that picture of him. I guess these questions sound unusual but they interest me a lot.-- Captain ginyu 01:29, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
Thanks very much StuRat, but if anyone knows the answer to my first question then please write.-- Captain ginyu 15:20, 19 April 2006 (UTC)
I am currently in the market for a good survival/combat knife, i have been look at the tom brown tracker but i dont know whats it advantages are and if there is a better knife suited for my purposes.
-Hi. This looks like a good site to find some information about purchasing knives.
i am lookingt for information on the history of music. but the twist is i am only interested in when and how music started to go global. for example when did countrys start listening to music from other countrys. ie the beatles-u2-pink floyd ect. any help would be great i need it for a paper. pleas contact me at (e-mail removed for your personal safety). thanks -Dave
Hello My name is Greg Lewis, I am a Sr. Technical Analyst with Verizon Wireless. As part of my graduate pursuit I would like to have a member of your staff respond briefly to the attached interview questions.
Respondent:
Include the following with your response. Name: Company: Title: Email Address: Work Telephone:
Thanks for your time and support.
VOIP
Interview Questions:
1. How long have you been working with VOIP equipment?
2. What voice networking security experience do you have?
3. How are IP secured networks configured in your current environments?
4. What VOIP protocol offers the most security options?
5. Are government regulations restricting the creativity of VOIP network design?
6. Which of the three layers of VOIP communication is the most crucial to voice quality?
7. What are the most critical security issues to be considered when designing a VOIP network?
8. Are the benefits of migrating from Legacy to VOIP telephone equipment worth the associated costs?
9. How has IT staffing been affected by the use of VOIP systems?
10. What affect has VOIP networks had on the design of network security? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.125.185.179 ( talk • contribs) .
Looks like a rather pathetic attempt at social engineering, "3. How are IP secured networks configured in your current environments?" seems particular suspecious to me as it asks for personal information about ur configuration of the security. - Also his IP address is from Mechanicsville, Virginia which doesnt have a Verizon Wireless Branch. Joneleth 06:33, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
I've been trying to recall the title of a movie I saw on late-night TV back in the mid-60's. It was set in Austrian-occupied northern Italy, in the years before War World I, and involved two brothers, one of who was active in irradentist movement to unite the region with Italy, the other was apparently a collaborator with the Austrians. I think it was an Italian film, but I'm not sure. I saw it in English. I should be most grateful to anyone who remembers this film.
Ken Hill -- 68.170.149.239 04:26, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
In the fourth installment of The sopranos, Dr Melfi, the psychoanalyst, is brutally raped by a character named Jesus Rossi. Rather than telling Tony Soprano about it, she decides to keep the whole thing quiet. I wonder if there is any fol-low up on this to tie up this loose thread in the story by way of: (a) revenge; (b) justice, or just to bring things to an appropriate conclusion, at least as far as this gruesome episode. Is it picked up and dealt with later in the series? Or what.
Thank you
David Weinberg
Whats the importance of this day?
Hi i need some information about Convention hotels in Arkansas. I would like to know how many convention centers there are in Arkansas, please tell me the number of centers and the names of the convention centers. And the location of those centers. I would also like to know how many hotels are near each convention center and their names and their location as well. I would really appreciate it. I have been trying to find this information all day.
Who was the young man that fled the country after he committed either murder, rape or both? I thought he came from a wealthy family in the North East and his parents sent him out of the country to avoid prosecution. I believe a movie was made of his story, maybe a TV movie, and while he was living out of the country photos of him had surfaced of him at a Swiss ski lodge or something. He was eventually found and sent back to the U.S. but for the life of me I can not remember his name. Can you help?
I recently got the wonderful opportunity to see and listen to the founder of Wikipedia, Jimmy Wales, speak about the Wikipedia project. He listed the other Wiki projects that are currently active such as Wiktionary and Wikibooks, but there was nothing mentioned about a website called WikiHow. I was just wondering if WikiHow was associated with Wikipedia in any way.
Thank you for taking the time to answer my question!!
Hi I have just writen an article about the town of Killucan-Rathwire in Ireland. After writing the article I re directed all previos links to killucan from the old article "Killucan" to my new more detailed article. However I canot redirect the old article to my new article. When I enter Killucan in the serch box it goes to the old article even though i have redirected it. I would apriciate help, Also how do I put pictures in an Article? Thanks, Kenneth
Killucan cant be an Irish name for anywhere as th letter "K" does not apper in the Irish Language. Most Irish Kill...s are tanslated as Cill ..... ( Church of ....)
While researching the Wikipedia pages on Upton Sinclair ( http://wikipedia.org/wiki/Upton_Sinclair, I noticed that his book "What Didymus Did" (UK published, '54), aka "It Happened to Didymus" (US published, '58) was not listed. I attempted to perform an edit regarding this inclusion and believe that I followed the Editting Procedures correctly. A check of the page doesn't show any updated edit. How can this information be added. As a book collector and owner of both the UK (signed) and US First Editions, I would like to see them added as appropriate.
Thank you
Kenneth W. Bishop
I am doing a school project, and i can not find a specific Bibliography to use. please contact me tonight :(
A couple years ago, I saw a movie, that was based on a true story. It had 2 young girls in juvenile hall, that break out, and go on the run, killing people, on the way. The one girl, keeps having visions of a "mother teresa" type, and they go down to Mexico to find her. Only, to realize that she is a transvestite, that feeds the girls young children from the basement. Creepy, yes. Does anyone have any advice on where to go to find a title?
I've been working on a short story for my english class and I was wondering if this made sense. It's somewhat political and I'm not really into that, but it's the backstory for my project. Could anyone please correct me if I'm mistaken in some areas? This is only an excerpt of the beginning:
"There was a war. In the early 2040’s. A small trade dispute between North America and Europe erupted quite suddenly. I was fairly short, only three years long. But even within the small time span, 1.3 million were dead. Almost 4,420,000 of those were civilian casualties. Nobody truly won and the citizens of both countries regarded their governments with hatred and disbelief. Other countries pledged allegiance with one side. Tension rose up in the air like a flash flood. The world seemed at the brink of World War III. Approximately 850 billion dollars were spent on war efforts and the U.N. finally intervened with a new and radical idea: united world government.
At first, most scoffed at the mere suggestion. But slowly, it was gaining popularity. I’m not a politician and never really understood government, but from what I understand, serious talks took place and many warmed to the idea. Citizens all over the world approved of the concept. Time Magazine’s polls showed an 87% majority in favor. The U.N. finally held the vote. United world government won by a landslide and the United Countries of Earth (UCOE) was born.
UCOE, the united world government. UCOE, the united democratic world government.
Yeah. Right.
As soon as the UCOE was established, chaos enveloped the world. Even the most extreme pessimists could not have predicted what would happen. Authoritarianism and fascism took over from the shadows and the democratic facade was dropped. Revolt exploded all around the world. A deep crevice was cut between the tyrannical UCOE and the free people. It turned out that the corrupted and power hungry representatives of the U.N. were apart of the government takeover. Even many government officials from every country supported the change. Gabriel Poltina, the ‘President of Mankind’, was also in alliance. In fact, he wasn’t even fairly elected; every voting booth was rigged.
After the establishment of the UCOE, there were a couple months of pure chaos. The governments all around the world slowly changed into the fascist model as each country’s citizens rebelled.
June 6th, 2050, a week after the take over, protesters marched toward the U.N. headquarters in New York. They were immediately gunned down by law enforcement. As soon as the first wave of bullets hit, people bolted. The bloody aftermath tallied up to 589 deaths and over 1,000 injuries. Another week later, even though security was heightened, trucks carrying armed explosives sped down the streets leading to the U.N. Armed law enforcement tried everything they could to stop them with the little warning they had.
All seventeen trucks went right through 760 U.N. Plaza, New York, New York, and blew the entire U.N. headquarters straight to hell.
Unfortunately, none of the key members of the new government were even in the building at the time. Decoys were used and the real people were in London, further advancing the foundation of the UCOE. Two days later, the free press released the name of the man behind the attack, as well as behind the wheel of one of the bomb trucks: Roy Schneider. He was just an average citizen who paid his bills, went to work, and was astoundingly furious with this ‘new world order’.
Ironically, Mr. Schneider was a high school government teacher.
Not everyone disagreed with the UCOE, however. I remember my neighbors worshiped Poltina like a god. We moved out of Minneapolis soon after the shadow fell. Most, if not every city, rapidly embraced the strict rules of the grand American fascists. Curfew at 9:00 pm. Christianity a strict must. No controversial works of literature. Art banned.
All this for the great journey to become a better society."
Thanks in advance!
The Turner Diaries comes to mind...a few parallels. Keep in mind as you write that story is more important than the setup. What themes are you trying to express? You say 'a better society': be clear about what that means, unless it is empty rhetoric used by thugs to get their own way. Anyway I don't think worrying about every last detail (exact spending figures etc.) is as important as getting across to the reader the sense of what the new world is like. Most readers are not critical enough to know or care about setup details (though those who comment on these pages, of course, are not included in that group ;-) ). Regular people in your story would not know these things. They would just know the general effect. Only if a character was, say, an ex-government stats woman would she have the desire and opportunity to know those figures. I encourage you not to resort to exposition to set the story up. Drop right into the 'now' with your characters and bring the reader along through flashbacks or bits of conversation. This is a story, not a movie with voiceover. The Terminator did that acceptably well; though it is hardly 'literature', it might be considered good apocalyptic storytelling. -- Shandon 17:50, 19 April 2006 (UTC)
Yes (thanks BP), and I was trying not to criticize about points but rather to give direction. The author's description started out as exposition, then moved into a personal itinerary of events. This is something to be avoided in writing as stated above. I suspect the author has bounced the idea off of friends who have given some of the 'facts' (having done this myself in my early writing years). What I was hoping to express to the author is that the backround is not a bad set of ideas in general, and that it is useful for writing the story, but worrying about the correctness of every last detail is not important. Just answer the questions: what world do you want & why--what themes will it help you explore? The setting ought to apply pressure to the characters to take action. Most readers/viewers will go along with the storytelling if it is interesting, no matter how wierd the setting may become. You are writing a short story. You do not have the liberty of wasting time. Drop immediately into a scene of conflict (who are your main characters? what do they want to accomplish? --->their conflict is the nature of the plot) and establish the setting that way. Believe me, advertise anything & it will be criticized. It's good that you are writing & keep at it. -- Shandon 19:40, 19 April 2006 (UTC)
I am confused by this section. "Almost 4,420,000 of those were civilian casualties. Nobody truly won and the citizens of both countries regarded their governments with hatred and disbelief. Other countries pledged allegiance with one side. Tension rose up in the air like a flash flood. The world seemed at the brink of World War III."
So, we've just had a three year war between continents with millions dead, and now we're on the brink of world war 3? So what was that we just had? Skittle 21:41, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
In my opinion, you have just way too much plot. If your story is going to be about this guy blowing up the UN, then start with him in the truck. We don't need the facts and figures; just refer to the oppressive atmosphere tangentially as the story goes on. And please don't make your hero an over-heroic good citizen-type– as someone who blows up a building full of innocent people, he should have a bit of a dark side.-- Pharos 06:57, 26 April 2006 (UTC)
Hi. I would like to know about software implementation. What is implementation? Will the functional skill of a particular software/platform is good enough to be a part of an implementation team?
Regards Surya
Hello,
Looking via Googl for an old game like " Dung Beetles" I found your page. Do you know where the program is found for emulators like "Virtual ][" or ather apple II- emulators? At your page there are only images of games.ö
Kind Regards Pree Franz
Sir / Madam
Our company is planning seriously to invest in Kaza to establish a Safety Boot company including manufacturing activities. I have to make a feasibility / appraisal project report for the company to consider. At present I am talking from our India office which takes all decisions. The business website of our company is www.superhousegroup.com. Would you please suggest me the agencies / offices / organizations etc. with website links in Kaza where I may get all related details in respect of:
I. To establish a company right from beginning including registration,incentives, taxes, labor laws etc.
II. Export from Kaza and import into Kaza for Safety Boots.
III.
1. (a) What is the total production and consumption of Safety Boots in Kaza during last three years? (b) What would be the total import of Safety Boots in Kaza during last three years?
2. What is the import duty and unit for calculation of duty on (a) Uppers only for Footwear (b) Safety Boots and (c) Is this import duty has trend of reducing or increasing during last three years?
3. What are the incentives for investors and export from Kaza?
4. How many manufacturers are in Kaza for Safety Boots at present?
5. What are the industrial areas / estates in Kaza?
6. What would be the general cost of land and / or building in the industrial areas or estates?
7. What is / are the labor rates i.e. starting from minimum and on wards in Kaza?
Thanks so much for your assissatnce. Hope to hear soon. Regards
Ved P Gupta
Dear readers,
Can you provide me with information on a special series of bikes?
I am looking for Complete list of Bikes that were produced By the Murray and Ohio Corporation around the
1950's to the early 1960's.
The Series is called Stratoflite.
They are hard to find and even harder to research on the internet.
I have a Stratoflite that I am trying to restore. It belonged to my father when he was a boy and I want to
restore it to it's original condition for him as a special Fathers day gift.
If anyone could provide any information about these bicycles, i would be most deeply grateful.
Thank you for your time and help.
is there any one author for any one article??????? Such as the article on "Black" (the color black) ok thanx
I was wondering what are the policy of wikipedia regarding what type of articles are acceptable. I mean this is supposed to be an encyclopedia for knowledge. Does a compagny that makes a article about itself to promote its sales and product, how to know more about how good it does in the financial world is acceptable?
I personally think that it is not acceptable but this is my own opinion, what is the position of the foundation regarding this issue?
Thank you for your time. Keep up this great work! Humanity will prevail.
In one of the northern exposure eposodes MARILYN WHIRLWIND visits her people and they have a sing. I havce been interested in the rythem and vocals of their music ever since. Can you tell me were I can get a copy of the music and vocals used in that episode. I would me eternally greatful.
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when a person has a heart transplant what happens to the old heart.
Since no one has bothered to answer this one all day...I would love to tell you that it is fed to a ravenous supernatural lieutenant of Satan http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0105459/ yum yum, but the truth is governments have their own rules about the disposal of organs. States, provinces, countries all have examples (do a search for organ disposal). Likely it is a) sent to the hospital crematorium, or b) pawned off to medical & nursing student classes for training. Of course this could always happen...hence the commissions to find out what is really going on -- Shandon 23:44, 19 April 2006 (UTC)
This is similar to the question on what happens to an amputated limb asked not too long ago. This is not a complete answer, but I do know that in the Jewish tradition, any removed body part must be ceremonially buried. But that's just for Jews. I can't speak for other religious traditions, or for that matter, those who are not observant of any religious tradition. Loomis51 01:57, 22 April 2006 (UTC)
How can I find the lineage of Key Bank? I need to find out who owns it.
What is another name for an umbrella in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania?
In The U.S., Is a Job History usually obtained when conducting a background check for a new job?
When you apply for most jobs in the US, you will be asked to list your own work history, which is a list of jobs you held and the dates. The degree to which the employer scrutinizes your job history, and checks to confirm it would depend on many factors. If there is a gap in the history, they might ask you about it. If you lie on the application and they ever find out, it would be a "free termination ticket" for them-- if they were unhappy with your performance for other reasons, they could use falsification of the application as grounds for firing you "for cause". On the other hand, most employers do not bother to confirm job histories. Obviously the salary, responsibilities, and sensitiveness of the job would affect how likely they are to check a job history carefully, as well as how much they like you on other grounds and how many applicants they have. Short answer: you will usually be asked to supply a work history for most US jobs, but the degree to which it is scrutinized, pursued, and confirmed varies from not-at-all to intensively and thoroughly. alteripse 00:25, 20 April 2006 (UTC)
Hi,
Sorry to bother you, I know you're all busy people but me and a few friends were discussing old adverts the other day and we remembered a slogan that said..."Why Pay More?"
None of us know what the advert was that it was on, we have been looking online for the answer but cannot find it!
Please can you find out and email me back as soon as possible please?
My email is...[email removed for protection] We think it could be a supermarket television advert but we're not sure!
Many thanks
I have seen literally thousands of ads in my lifetime that asked "Why pay more?" It's very common. Brian G. Crawford 22:46, 19 April 2006 (UTC)
Hi, I read the wikipedia entry on "hookahs", but I was really curious as to if they are honestly better or worse for you than cigarettes? I mean, is it really that bad to split a hookah with a friend or two once a weekend if you dont smoke otherwise? I would really appreciate an answer, because ive heard such conflicting things. Thanks
I guess it depends on what's in the hookah. Seriously, though, tobacco contains a number of known carcinogens and isn't good for you in any amount. You probably won't die from an illness related to only sporadic smoking, but no one here can give you a permission slip to engage in unhealthy behavior. Brian G. Crawford 22:50, 19 April 2006 (UTC)
When were driving permits first issued in Ontario and to whom were they first issued?
My grandfather was a chauffeur between 1908 and 1915 in Peterborough area. Would he have possessed some type of Ontario licence?
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I believe Emilio Estevez, Martin Sheens son used a different name and changed it to Emilio Estevez, so do many of my friends, I am in my 50's and seem to remember this. Can you find out what it was and post it somewhere on your site? Thatnk You , Marie, from FL
COPPA stipulates that a website must receive a fax form (or any "official" printed media) from a legal parent or guardian to allow a child to interact with other users on a site. (I haven't read the article itself, so this is from prior knowledge from elsewhere online.)
However, some children have got on here, and COPPA would cover no less than all of Wikipedia, I presume.
Therefore, I'm curious- how is Wikipedia exempt? I don't quite understand... -- Shultz IV 23:44, 19 April 2006 (UTC)
I am working on a report about what the bible means to me and my evaluation of the instructor and the courses old and new testament Iam really trying to find a starting point to begin my paper can you help? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 63.19.142.114 ( talk • contribs)
To get such an assignment, I am guessing you attend a religious school, in which case you had better say it means a great deal to you, or the Bible thumpers will be angry at you. StuRat 03:35, 20 April 2006 (UTC)
There is a game one of my freinds is teaching me that i can not figure out how to beat. I do not know the name of it but I can tell u exactly how it is played. All i am looking for is the answer of how to beat it. The game is played with a chess board. U have only one piece. The knight.The rules, are simple, you place a knight wherever you want, and then by using the allowed chess movement of the knight, you need to go over all the cells, without using the same cell twice. I have been working on figureing it out for 4 months and still haven't got it. Can you guys help me please!!!!!
I have a very old music book.It was owned by william mills in 1838, Some of the music is hand written by hand and the other is printed. It is suppose to be a Mason or Methodist music book. I would like to sell it but don't know who to comtact or even begin to ask.
Thank You Barbara Moose
Hi,
1. I wanted to create a portal for closed group of users and upload the contents, Is it possible. If yes, how
2. How to create a own portal.
Regards Vineet
I had lots of fun doing that myself. You need a good hosting service that offers Linux accounts, and has instructions for loading Mediawiki. -- Zeizmic 12:35, 20 April 2006 (UTC)
Hello --
I was editing pages without a user name, so they showed up on as made by my IP address (82.98.9.227). Now I have a user name (Hibou8., nickname hibou) and I'm wondering if there's anyway that the changes I made can now be attributed to me instead of the IP address?
Thanks -- hibou 17:20, 20 April 2006 (UTC)
Does anybody know who is Wikipedia's youngest admin (in terms of age)? Just out of general interest, relly... Thanks, K ilo-Lima| (talk) 19:43, 20 April 2006 (UTC)
It says on Wikipedia today's main page that the 21st of April 2006 is 'Good Friday' - that's not right is it?
My friend, who was accepted to Harvardl, had her flight to the preview weekend cancelled. What is a good place to find flights on short notice - as in tomorrow morning (Friday, around noon UTC)? I've checked LastMinuteTravel.com but they don't have anything reasonably priced...and they're not Continental, and Continental's refund voucher only works with their own flights (not all of SkyTeam, for some reason). -- Geoffrey 01:18, 21 April 2006 (UTC)
how many questions does a four year old ask in one day?
Seven.
Do you know what it's like to fall in the mud and get kicked in the head with an iron boot? Brian G. Crawford 02:54, 21 April 2006 (UTC)
Right, this is a long shot. I live in Japan, and I recently bought a Japanese sudoku magazine. As well as the sudokus, the magazine contains a page of different puzzles, similar to, but quite different from, everyone's favourite 9x9 grid-filling game. I've checked the List of Nikoli puzzle types and several pages dedicated to puzzle types, but I can't find it. Can anyone tell me the name of this puzzle? Basically it's played on a grid of boxes, sized (for example) 6x6. The aim of the game is to put the numbers 1 to 6 in the boxes, so that every row and column contains all the numbers 1 to 6. The boxes are linked by the mathematical symbols for 'greater than' and 'less than' (< and >), both vertically and horizontally. Thus, it is possible to enter the numbers logically, with very few initial numbers needed.
From this (admittedly awful) description, can anyone tell me the name of the puzzle? It doesn't seem to be given in the magazine. Phileas 03:15, 21 April 2006 (UTC)
When Stu Wilson was captain 76 to 83 who were his centres?
i was wondering if anyone could estimate how many music tracks are illegaly downloaded in a year or month or week and if they could provide a source. i need these figures for a report but i cannot find them anywhere. any help would be great. thanks Mr P
i looked on the riaa sight but no luck, i want figures for either USA, Uk or globally. any help would be great thanks, Mr P. 17:19, 21 April 2006 (UTC)
Are there any legal ramifications to having copyrighted material tattooed on a person? The only discussion I've seen so far through Google is copyright of tattoos as original work. I'm referring to taking non-tattoo artwork and making it into a tattoo, specifically artwork which requires a subscription to obtain. Thanks! -- Lwieise -=- Talk to Me 10:48, 21 April 2006 (UTC)
On the other hand, perhaps a woman with a Harley tattoo on her breast should get a royalty each time it's displayed. Perhaps this explains why such women display their breasts so often. :-) StuRat 23:04, 21 April 2006 (UTC)
what is the point of this website if i cant use it for school since there are no sources listed. how can i believe an article that i have no idea who wrote it, an elementary school kid could have written it! someone please tell me how i find the author
You should never use a single source, espiculy for things like Projects and reports. Wikipedia is probably a good start but you should verify evrything you find with at least one other source.
Where can I find a list of infoboxes/infobox templates for user pages? Thank you very much Bwithh 18:06, 21 April 2006 (UTC)
Why doesn't the U.S. have Diplomatic relations with Andorra?
Hello gang,
I've recently obtained an older laptop, and in the process of fooling around with it lost the operating system that it came with (win 98). Now, i'm not too eager to plunk down +100 bucks on a new copy of XP to use on a $150 machine, so I'm thinking I'll install Linux on it. I'm no Linux expert myself. I've used the Knoppix live CD on my desktop system, and like it enough, but the laptop is too decrepit to handle it. So, does anyone have any suggestions for what distro I should use? I'd like a free, downloadable one, preferably. I browsed the "Comparison of Linux Distributions" article, but I'd like some first hand advice. The laptop in question is a Compaq with a 266 MHz AMD-K6 processor, 96 MB of SyncDRAM and a 4 gig HD. Any advice will be be greatly appreciated. Brian Schlosser42 19:59, 21 April 2006 (UTC)
Just get a Debian install disk. I have it on a machine like that, and it works great for presentations and such. You can cut down on the 'eye candy', and big applications will be slow, but OpenOffice works quite well. -- Zeizmic 23:45, 21 April 2006 (UTC)
Years ago I had a toy from Japan, which was a motorcycle front wheel/fork/engine/seat, with a small pickup style box in the back, over a two-wheel rear end. There was a small cab around the driver, and a tarp-like cover over the bed.
I can't remember the name or the manufacturer, maybe it is one of the present manufacturers of cars. Would anyone remember what this thing was? It dates from about 1955 to maybe 1960 or so.
Gary, St. Joseph, MO
Is there any eveidence besides reviewing endless lists of patents, to understand, or gain information about, how the government exercises an ability to suppress technological innovations, certain inventions, or scientific data to control the public more than it should. I'm not trying to be some conspiracy theorist, but I have already found astonishing evidence about things I can barely believe in relation to the vagueness listed above. Anyone can go and read some writing about or by tom bearden to see a little bit of what i mean. I can understand the implications of monopolies blah blah and all that. but when something has the potential to beifit all of mankind in profound ways then why else does this seeming oppression prevail?
dear, gangofone and anyone else be specific and tell "us" what i have found? that sounds funny don't you think? did it sound funny when you said it to yourself? would you let someone know how to become god if you knew exactly how? maybe i cant answer for you im just making this up but you get the point right? heres a better example: if you knew of a bank that gave you money for nothing in exchange would you tell the world the directions to the bank? maybe you would im just being childish i guess excuse me oh yeah and who is "us"? nah im being silly again seriously though about bearden "he may be wrong, in short" ? wrong about what? trying to extract energy from nothing? yeah it sounds "wrong" as in it appears ridiculously impossible or what?
but why live in a world of appearances?
surely you know nothing is what it seems? anyway bye bye im off to class... or somehting right?
and does anyone know what this means: e=±((square root symbol) since i couldn't find it)α(multiplied by something that looks like an h with the stem(top part)crossed through with a small line)finally multiplied next by c (the speed of light of course)
lastly maybe someone can give me a vague explanation of non-linear optic effect
A friend told me that there was a website that told you how to win Pogo.com's game Pop-it every time. I havent been able to find it but I was wondering if anyone else knew about it. Thanks!! Zach 22:19, 21 April 2006 (UTC)
Can someone tell me how to modify a .pdf file? Thanks in advance. -- ShiningEyes 23:23, 21 April 2006 (UTC)
I agree, in that pdf is almost 'uneditable'. Many things are fragmented by single letters, like old typesetting, and there is no more relation to words or sentences. If it is a 'nice' pdf, you can extract the text and then edit it. -- Zeizmic 13:00, 22 April 2006 (UTC)
Who was Gustavus Hindman Miller ? he wrote this book that I shared in the dream thread here: http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/etext97/drmnt10.txt
I googled as well as searched Wikipedia. Just books he wrote comesup. No bibliography or none of his education or history etc.,
Please Assist.
Thanks in advance.
Vijay
This is an ad in a Canadian Tire flyer I got:
Read it. Now look at the stuff that I highlighted in pink. It says that you could win WHEN YOU SPEND $40. But below it says NO PURCHASE NECESSARY.
How is it possible for it to be no purchase necessary when you have to spend $40? -- Valuefreeperson1 01:36, 22 April 2006 (UTC)
Your right. I looked on their website and it says: "For no purchase necessary and Promotion Rules requests please send a unique hand-written 100 word essay entitled “Why I shop at Canadian Tire” along with a self-addressed stamped envelope to: Spring Thrill at the Till, P.O. Box 9998, Saint John, NB, E2L 4N4. Each no purchase necessary request must be mailed separately." -- Valuefreeperson1 02:00, 22 April 2006 (UTC)
The 'no purchase necessary' is a legal thing in Canada. However, they can make you jump through a number of hoops. -- Zeizmic 12:56, 22 April 2006 (UTC)
how do I list Wikipedia and a bib IE( copyright date, volume and so on)
thanks mike
This may sound naive but I am a little confused about the true purpose of Wikipedia. I can see that you do not want to include collections of external links or Internet directories, collections of internal links, collections of public domain or other source material or collections of photographs or media files. I can also see that you discourage inclusion of or links to primary resources. Isn't the ability to link to other sites and to primary resources what makes the internet such a valuable tool? Are you trying to create some kind of secular knowledge network, with minimal reference to outside resources? As far as I can see this means: a) While you may cover a broad range of topics, it is difficult to reach depth with any one topic and; b) The material is completely fallible- it seems to be publishing simply "what readers think they know about a subject"- a little concerning. I am not meaning to criticise the site, merely wanting to understand it a little more. If anyone can help me, please do.
Thanks.
I think we have far more depth in the average article than any written encyclopedia, if in fact, a written version has any article on the given subject at all. Of course, there will be articles which are exceptions, but that seems to be the overwhelming pattern to me. I suggest you randomly look up a few articles and see if that's not the case. StuRat 03:44, 22 April 2006 (UTC)
Does anyone know the lyrics of the theme song to the 2003 British satire cooking show, "Posh Nosh" ? The one part I think I can make out is:
"I'm off with a raggle-taggle gypsy boy"
StuRat 03:35, 22 April 2006 (UTC)
Does anyone know when season 3 of the o.c. will be released on dvd? If no date has been set, what is a good estimate of the date, based on the release patterns of the previous two seasons?
Why does California not put a cap on gas prices? I heard of other states doing it, I think Hawaii was one of them. Its about $3.30 for Super Unleaded (91 octane) and I saw diesel for $3.99 at this one gas station in Los Angeles. Prices are going out of control.
You ration a scarce good by either a natural price increase, or long line-ups. Think of Soviet toilet paper. -- Zeizmic 12:53, 22 April 2006 (UTC)
This wins the 'Maximum Indentation' prize of the week. You are allowed to drink one beer, while backing up out the door. -- Zeizmic 22:04, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
Do fish do poos?
If anyone can clear this up, I'd appreciate it.
Thanks.
The-New-Kid 10:09, 22 April 2006 (UTC)
Does the U.S. Export any Oil?
Ok, why don't we stop exporting and keep it for ourselves? Would that help gas prices at all?
In the case of a commodity, the price should remain the same whether a country chooses to export it or not, provided that there is sufficient global supply to cover the demand. In the case of a severe shortage, each country would be likely to keep their own production, at least until their demand was met. Unfortunately, the US produces far less than it uses, so there would still be a severe shortage in the US, even if this action was taken, but they could at least provide fuel for emergency vehicles. StuRat 19:31, 22 April 2006 (UTC)
Good day,
Based on personal experience (and the experiences of a handful of others) that there are users with administrator/sysop rights who use the speedy delete process with wanton abandon. This is very distressing to contributors such as myself who have had their contributions discarded without discussion.
When I first arrived, I was intimidated by such actions, fearing that if I spoke up, I could invite the wrath of certain 'undesirable unmentionables' which happen to have system privileges. I have seen such behaviour on certain IRC channels, and was concerned that it could be the case here as well.
Here are my questions:
Thank you for taking the time to read this message; I shall look forward to constructive feedback to address these concerns.
Regards, Folajimi 14:35, 22 April 2006 (UTC)
I have been particularly intrigued by the main image in the article entitled 'Satan', which features an illustration by the artist Gustave Dore for Milton's classic 'Paradise Lost'. The interesting thing about this particular image, is that it is in full colour, unlike the original. I would like to know where it is possible to obtain more of these coloured versions of Dore's 'Paradise Lost' illustrations, as I am unsure whether or not they are available in one of the many different publications of Milton's book. Any help on the matter would be great.
cheers again
i am using windows xp,yahoo.com as isp,having trouble with foward or putting in pictures in the e mail i send,after highlighting ,copy, paste send there is no picture there sent. (e-mail-removed)
Is there a way to rip movies from DVDs so I can put them on iTunes and iPod? A program I can download perhaps?
--> [25] - open this page & download "DVD Decrypter" to decrypt dvds to your hard drive in it's entirity (vob format)
--> [26] - Download Dr. Divx to convert the raw dvd file (vob) to another smaller format of your choice (eg. mpeg, avi etc)
What is the medical or scientific term for the crusty things on your eyes when you wake up?
What, eye boogers isn't scientific enough for you ? :-) StuRat 19:10, 22 April 2006 (UTC)
Eye Boogers don't sound good, I always called them Sleepy Seeds.
*How can I insert (if possible) up, down and left arrows??
[Currently in the edit box you can only insert an arrow pointing right, how does one insert other arrows?
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for a right arrow (→), ←
for a left arrow (←), ↑
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What colour are my eyes? One person tells me that they are blue, but I think that they are grey. You may want to read the article Eye color. I included five pictures (to avoid any mistakes); three have no flash, and the other two are with flash. If it helps, my mother's eye color is brown and my father's is blue.
PHOTOS WITHOUT FLASH
PHOTOS WITH FLASH
Thank you for helping me. -- Valuefreeperson2 21:38, 22 April 2006 (UTC)
Okay, thanks for your help.-- Valuefreeperson2 20:36, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
thanks for info that electricity produced for homes by windmills
Hello!You probably see what's coming(an idiotic question), but i can't help it. Let's say, purely out of example, that i am a person living in Romania, with no social status, very short with money, don't have any underground connections, don't understand Japanese, etc. I would like to know if there is any way for such or similar person to become a Yakuza gang member, even if he is not Japanese etc. I have put this example to see what is the criteria to enter, and can a below-average person even if he is living far from Japan and perhaps New York become a member of the Yakuza gang. I did my Google search but it doesn't actually answer my question. Is there any way for such a person to enter, and if it is, i would like you to say exactly how can someone enter. I would like not to have offensive or insulting answers to my questions, because even if it sounds ridiculous, i would like someone who knows exactly what he or she is writing, to give instructions on how to do it because it interests me. I understand that this question seems awkward but i would appreciate a helpful answer very much.-- Captain ginyu 23:25, 22 April 2006 (UTC)
You could try to first join the Hells Angels on your 10-speed. -- Zeizmic 22:01, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
what happened to the mini-video that appeared on the world baseball classic page showing the controversial call of the japan v. usa game?
My Irish born mother used to sing a song about a young man who went hunting in a marsh and accidentaly shot his lover with an arrow and she turned into a swan. Can amyone help me track down the name and lyrics of the piece and ideally a recording. -- TedO
How many votes does a nominated subject need to become an officially featured article? Thanks. PatrickJ83 01:19, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
i am planning on doing a lesson with a small group of 6/7y.o. i am teaching them about africa. before i teach them about africa i want them to develop a better understanding of where africa is,how big it is, and how far it is- compared to australia. i was thinking of showing them a map of africa and map of australia, and seeing how many maps of austalia fit inside africa, but when i use the maps i have, it doesnt seem to reflect the actual difference (am i right that there are about 4 australias in africa?-but i can only seem to fit two-ish)i guess i would like to know how long it would take to get to africa if you walked(maybe), from adelaide, australia. and some way of displaying how big africa is. thanks.------
I am looking for the specific name for this type of stemware. If it sits one way, it can be used as a martini glass but if you flip it over, it can be used as a wine glass. I want to buy some, but don't know how to find them if I don't know the name!
Ha! I found the stupid thing. [29] MoMastore is down right now, so I include a Google cache link. This is an 'original' piece of 'art', so expect it to be pricey. The plastic versions should be out soon. -- Zeizmic 17:48, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
What do a human woman's breasts feel like? I hope this question isn't agaisnt any rules. 71.250.6.144 03:04, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
I would expect them to feel just like a man's breast, only bigger. StuRat 17:38, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
I want to know if anyone knows what a non-human womans's breasts feel like... Brian Schlosser42 14:39, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
A guy I knew - that was in Wales a few years back - told me that the movie Trainspotting had had subtitles put in for the non-Scottish English speaking audience. I suppose that was a joke, but I liked the idea so much I actually refrained from asking anyone for all the years. I think the time has come I'm more interested in the truth than in a good yarn. So - anyone from England who can comment on that? How about the US? -- 82.207.248.218 04:07, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
I've seen many cases of people allegedly speaking English with subtitles used to make it clear. 911 calls and airplane "black box" audio always seem to have them, too. StuRat 06:04, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
There is one scene in the movie, where Spud and Tommy are talking about their sex lives, where there are subtitles. The rest of the movie doesn't have subtitles. - lethe talk + 06:43, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
The DVD sold in the US does have subtitles. In fact, most movie DVDs come with subtitles -- for the hearing impaired, if nothing else. But of course one can switch them off. Chl 11:37, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
I see that newfangled DVD business complicates matters. But thanks for the effort. -- 82.207.222.172 23:44, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
To get back to the original question, I'm from Canada and I saw the movie "Trainspotting" with no subtitles whatsoever and it was completely comprehensible. (Great movie, by the way, except I don't understand the meaning of its title...does "Trainspotting" mean something particular in Scottish English?) On the other hand, I saw the movie "Snatch" with Brad Pitt where he played some sort of English brand of trailer trash. His speech was completely incomprehensible, even to the regular English characters who couldn't understand a word he said. Do these people exist in England? If so who are they? Loomis51 00:48, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
You know when your eyelash gets caught under the eyelid of the eye above it/below it and scratches against the eyeball? Is there a name for this? And any suggestions for getting it out? zafiroblue05 | Talk 05:39, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
i need african witch doctor resarch.and photo also
try going to www.google.com , going to "Image Search" and type in this following line:
"africa" OR "african", "witch doctor" OR "voodoo doctor" OR "shaman"
or use: [30] -- Valuefreeperson2!
I wish to learn Teeline, could anybody reccomend a good free online tutorial?-- Keycard ( talk) 08:34, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
I just need to limit my general download speed to 8 or 9 kb/s, down from 140-150. I use Windows XP.
quick question:
was just looking at some trailers for the xbox 360's gear of war game. it lists the release date as "emergence day 2006," when the hell is that? is it an actual day, like 'independence day' or are they saying the 'emergence day [is sometime in] 2006'? any ideas? thanks. 67.141.142.9 09:20, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
Recently i have been inquiring about 911 emergency location house identifaction maps. These numbers are used by emergency services( police, ambulance...)to locate your place of residence in case of an emergency. Any information on how to learn more about or get a 911 map will be appreciated.
Why does it say I have messages in an orange box at the top of the screen. I have clicked it and it mentiones something about vandalism... This is the best resource online. I use it all the time. But did I do anything wrong here? ... Could it be a virus or some other bug that isnt me causing the trouble (if there is any)? It also mentioned something about my ip address being on 2 computers. I have a wireless network and I'm not sure but I think I may have split the ip address on both.
Thanks for your help,
Josh
(my email address is REDACTED)
Is there a general policy to verify articles before they are posted? For example what happens if a person posts an article that although fact is offensive to other users? These could range from sexually offensive items, to racial or even religious content that affects other users. How do you deal with that?
Farid Ghalili
In fact, during the great media 'smash the wiki' party, journalists reported on offensive statements, that were later have shown to have lasted only a minute or two. Makes you wonder about the ethics of some of these gossip columnists.. -- Zeizmic 15:44, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
I've found that articles are quite often kept because they are offensive. See cleveland steamer, donkey punch, and Dirty Sanchez (sex), none of which are verified. A lot of Wikipedia editors are young, and they not only want to thumb their noses at what they see as established authority, they want to give it the double-barreled bird flip.
I'm looking to buy a nice couch in the Redmond area of Seattle/WA. Any suggestions? Pete
If Wikipedia were to gather enough information, sometime in the future could most of the rest of the internet become obsolete?
spam deleted. -- Zeizmic 21:56, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
I have just written an article about translator Walter Starkie, but it doesn't seem to want to appear in the same format as all other Wikipedia articles. As it stands now, it is very difficult to read. I don't have this problem at all when I submit or edit other articles.
Fixed it. I think it had to do with the use of indents at the start of paragraphs. -- Joelmills 22:10, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
Thanks.
Hi, I found some really great visuals on synesthesia on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:BoobaKiki.png
The problem is that I need a lot more of these types of illustrations (for my research paper) but can't find any. Would anyone at Wikipedia know where I could find more like these, online or anywhere?
Thanks!! Kim Scioloro
Is there a simple way to convert all footnotes into endnotes, or vice versa, in Microsoft Word? zafiroblue05 | Talk 21:56, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
Is the Video of a girl going through a basketball hoop at: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5804139819441997248 real? Did she really go through. Who did this and where was it done?
I would like to ask the stupidest question of the year.
If it is not illegal to be naked in public, what percentage of the the public would walk around and do their daily business naked? You may assume that the weather is too cold to go around naked. Ohanian 23:32, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
Zero percent. You'd be the only one walking around naked and everyone would be laughing at you. Brian G. Crawford
If I wore nothing but shoes and a backpack or something to hold my stuff, would that count? — Keenan Pepper 02:11, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
In Western societies, very few. Wearing clothes in public is a social norm and norms in a society exist independent of the law. Many would avoid not wearing clothes for fear of being socially isolated. Andrew Martinez is a famous public nudist, he spent much time at UC Berkeley without clothes but inspired few others to do the same ( interview). Many sources, including our own Wikipedia article, state that this nudity was not outlawed in the Berkeley until recently. However just as it is the norm in Western societies to wear clothes, there are (and were) nudist tribes where it is (or was) the norm to not wear clothes. For more on such tribes and other nudity related topics, consult the article on nudity. Even in societies where nudity is outlawed some nudists report that, provided their behaviour is not overtly sexual, they are usually only told to move on by law enforcement and not arrested (UWA Pelican Student Newspaper, 2005). Cedars 15:41, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
Interestingly you can get some insight into this, because it was decided in 1996 that in Ontario it was legal for women to bare their breasts in public, and that prosecuting them consitituted discrimination (it being allowed for men to go topless in public). However this ruling has had virtually no effect on the number of women going topless in public, even on beaches and in swimming pools. I would expect much the same response if full nudity were allowed. DJ Clayworth 20:51, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
Why can't most people remember being born or remember being a baby?
So how far back should a normal person be able to remember?
How do I reference/cite wikipedia in a paper I am writing in MLA style?
In the Family Guy episdoe If I'm Dyin', I'm Lyin', one of the Gumbels is interrogating a suspect by saying "uh-huh. mmhmm uhuh.." etc for about 10 seconds. Does anyone know if this is this a parody of a specific show (such as Miami Vice, Hart to Hart or Pacific_Blue_(TV_series))? or just a general gag? Thanks. -Bill
has anyone know mr.Asif Ahmed the only son of Dr.Amani Ahmed who was a chief protocol officer to late Robert guei.
i took an email resently from the person who named Mr.Asif Ahmed with a strange and as well as acceptable.
i would be appriciated if anyone let me know that in fact there is a person with the above name and who lives there in Abidjan.
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Hello!Another question by me. I saw an Axe(deodorant) comercial about two or three years ago. It had a few sweaty men in tuxedos jumping one next to another, and in the background was this song(or something like that): Girls girls 1 2 3 say my name, girls...Girls...(2x i think), and I am very curious what the song name is and who performs it. I tried searching but nothing like that came up.-- Captain ginyu 11:29, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
WAYS FOR A BUSINESS TO counter credit risk?
Hi,
I read a couple of days ago about a new trend of projective tests, and I would really like to know what it is called. The test explains aspects of ones personality through a series of metaphoric questions that represent something in real life. for ex. one of the questions i remembre reading was you are walking on a hill, what does the hill look like? in this case the hill represents ones father, and so on. I remember this type of personality test starting with a k or something.
Thank you very much for your time and cooperation.
Best Regards
How is his surname pronounced? Is it MOON-vezz, MOWN-vezz, MOONVZ, or what? I'm not even sure whether it's one syllable or two. We ought to put the pronunciation on his page. Bhumiya ( said/ done) 12:37, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
I'm trying to find the title of a comic strip, perhaps defunct by now, where every strip is a photocopy of the same crudely-drawn scene, involving a small barking dog chained to a tree or something. The only variation is in the text bubble in the final panel. It was of course regarded as cutting-edge and postmodern, though your average comics reader probably found it pretentious. I think it was drawn (or written, rather) by a prominent film director. Does this ring a bell with anyone? Bhumiya ( said/ done) 12:47, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
Hii...
I remember reading a short story in my English literature when i was in 4th or 5th grade... it was about a gunner on a fighter pilot and he sits in a small bubble on the tail of the plane.. and when he goes somewhere to bomb a city or something.. his plane gets shot... although he has the time to get his parachute, he discovers that its on fire... and he jumps from the plane... when he wakes up he finds that the branches of a fig tree and soft snow on the ground had broken his fall...he doesn't even get a scratch...i think he falls from 10,00 ft or something.... after he gets captured by the enemies and they find his parachute or a piece of the plane or something and let him go... this was supposedly a true story... can anyone verify this? and if its just a story can anyone give me the title of the story and where i might find it on the net... Thanks a lot.. Jayant, 17 Years, India • contribs 14:41, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
Hi !
I am listening to a radio channel using Windows Media Player. I would like to know how i can add a track right in my library. Actualy, all i can do is add URL's . Is there some way of copying tracks directly on the hard disk like with those good old radio cassettes ???
Thanks for the help... -- 62.128.184.76 14:51, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
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Thanks guy... Just gonn have a try. Very kind of you taking the time to help. Thanks again, SUMO....
I want to find the word record holder for hand clapping named Vanna White 71.142.248.251 15:58, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
what was the first airport built in new york and when was it built?
...Is any software available to perform this conversion? Subhash 19:55, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
I can't find who wrote the information I collected. This is for a school project and I need a bibliography. I can't find any site titles, or the authors of the article i found. Thanks for your help.
Hi ihave interent security with Norton and recently its been playing up, not letting access any security pages e.g. hotmail and sometimes cuts my interent connection. So i tried to unninstal it, but i have to not been able to it says every time that i must be supervisor to do so buti am i have full access rights on this computer. i have tried all accounts on this PC to unninstal it on but it says the same thing please help how can i unninstal Norton? Any suggestions will be much appreciated. By the way when i open my security it appears that it is off but i know that it is working because there is nothing else to be doing this. 86.143.84.23 21:22, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
Start|All Programs|Norton|Norton Internet Security
), and go to the Firewall tab. You can then enter in the sites you want allowed or blocked, and it will often work like that. As for administrator privilages, you have to make sure you have the ability to install or uninstall programs, and are not on a Limited Account (check Start|Control Panel|User accounts
if you're not sure). Other than that, I'd try
Symantec (the creators of Norton) and ask them. Good luck! -
Mysekurity
[m! 22:02, 24 April 2006 (UTC)Regarding the geography of England, Is Leytonstone in Essex County? Can you tell me the where can i find a detailed map of essex?
Hello all, I have noticed an anon user using User:206.173.159.62 ( contributions) to change a bunch of articles regarding a series of for-profit career colleges into clear POV adverts. As the original creator of this series of articles, I know that all the colleges the user is editting are owned by the same company --thus this seems to be an anonymous user from said company, Corinthian Colleges International, Inc. The person is also removing any critical commentary (which was one college out of more than a dozen articles). I don't think this falls into "vandalism", because the person is adding some useful info. I have left a warning on the talk page, but the reverts keep happening and as I leave work tonight I realize that this person will keep going on like this and tomorrow (or whenever) there may be a hell of a task reverting some of the changes. There is obviously something wrong occuring, but it seems to be a different kind of wrong (like a cigarette company coming in and removing all negative info about itself). Would you call this vandalism/corporate whitewashing? Any advise/help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks ahead. -- Bobak 23:56, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
My renters' insurance policy has a clause about what isn't covered by the policy (emphasis mine):
We do not cover any loss caused directly or indirectly by any of the following:
- ...
- War
- Undeclared war
- Civil war
- Insurrection
- Rebellion
- Revolution
- Warlike act by a military force or military personnel
- Destruction, seizure, or use for a military purpose
Discharge of a nuclear weapon will be deemed a warlike act, even if accidental.
Now, this clearly means that loss caused by the accidental discharge of a nuclear weapon by anyone other than a military force is covered, but aside from that, what is the history of this sort of clause? When did insurance companies start announcing that nuclear weapons discharges are not covered, and is there a US state or federal law covering this? Is this related in any way to accidents during nuclear testing? -- Carnildo 01:12, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
If you look further, you will see that it doesn't cover damage by earthquake. However, it covers a fire caused by an earthquake. So if the building is a big wreck after an earthquake, throw some gas on it... -- Zeizmic 02:18, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
My understanding of the reasoning of this (and similar non-coverages, such as "war declared and undeclared") is to avoid the insurance company being accused of fraudulently charging you for insurance against events which, if they did occur, the insurer wouldn't be able to pay. Say, for example, if I sold you "global atomic holocaust survival" insurance, which said that if you were the survivor of a large-scale nuclear exchange (which killed say 95% of the population of your country) then you'd receive a cheque for a million dollars. Clearly my offering that insurance would be fraudulent, as I'd be unable to pay you in the event that you became elligible (I'd be dead, my company destroyed, my underwriters evaporated, my reinsurers vapourised, and all my records burned to ash). Now, if I wrote you a policy that simply said that in case of something bad happening I'd pay you the cost of damage to your car, but I didn't disclaim the nuclear-megadeath scenario, then you could sue me saying I was fraudulently charging you a portion of the premium for those scenarios were I wouldn't actually be in a position to pay. Indeed, as every clause in a contract has its origin in an earlier lawsuit, it's likely someone has sued an insurer with such a claim. So, as a consequence, they disclaim every liability where they'd clearly be unable to pay. The Canadian law mentioned in ByeByeBaby's link merely institutionalises this understanding, for one particular uncoverably-huge risk. The author of that page is, really, living in a dream world: no private insurer will ever cover such massive liabilities (and as noted above, it would be fraud if they were to collect insurance on the pretense that the did). So the nuclear industry just wouldn't have any insurance anyway (you can't mandate an insurer takes business he doesn't want to). So the Canadian government would be left with a choice - have no nuclear industry, or act as an insurer-of-last-resort itself. And that, really, is what national governments do; although they don't call it insurance, a national government will always end up holding the bill for a nuclear cleanup, and will be left with the electorally touchy issue of whether to pay the medical bills and resettlement costs of its newly irradiated citizenry. -- Finlay McWalter | Talk 14:13, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
I'm inclined to believe that if one detonated a nuclear weapon accidentally, one would not be able to claim it anyway. Nor would just about anyone within the blast radius. Of course, how a civillian might get their hands on a nuke in the first place to accidentally detonate it is beyond me, but I might imagine an accidental bomb detonation might go down like this:
Hope that answers your question, somewhat. And if not, it makes you laugh like hell. Cernen Xanthine Katrena 00:43, 1 May 2006 (UTC)
I'm a junior on my high school wrestling team. My questions deal with weight gain. My coach advised me to gain some weight at the end of last season but now he thinks I've added to much (I'm six three and went from a rail-thin 163 to a bulky 220, which means I jumped three weight classes). I've actually improved a lot over last year, but my body fat is way higher, and I'd ideally like to have it be lower. But if I burn it off, I don't think I'll be able to stay in the weight class, since I've never been able to build pure lean muscle. See the problem?
Ignoring health issues (which I already dealt with) and looking at it only from a strategic position as a wrestler, what would be better for my performance? Should I risk losing mass/power or risk losing speed/agility? My coach says fat gets in the way and throw off your balance, but many of my teammates are huge and have no problem. Does anyone here have any experience with this kind of thing? Also, sorry this is a strange question, but can an athlete add fat to one part of the body while keeping another part lean? For example, harden the chest and legs but not the stomach? That one isn't practical, I was just curious because I've seen some wrestlers with strange body types and I thought maybe they were ignoring some exercises and overdoing others. Thanks in advance. 65.97.28.200 01:54, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
Short answer: lean. Long answer: it depends on your technique and body type. I have some vague experience with this from playing intermural football, but it probably works a little differently in wrestling. Nevertheless, it seems like most of the wrestlers at my school (especially the underclassmen) are rather small and lean, and restrict their conditioning to weightlifting, running, sparring, etc. They might be asked to lose weight, but I've never heard of them putting on weight on purpose. That strikes me as a bit intensive for high school. Our wrestlers tend on average to be shorter and lighter than the football players. They have a reputation for being wiry.
I can tell you from personal experience that raw body mass isn't always an advantage. In sumo, it's a different story, but I think the standard procedure is to work off as much dead weight as possible before gaining back weight as muscle (I had to do that every spring). Of course, several of our wrestlers are enormous and heavy-set, and they seem to do just fine. I think it has more to do with your personal style and how you handle yourself. I'm sure if you tell your coach you have a problem, he'll be able to work something out. Or simply indulge his request -- if it turns out you don't perform as well after you've lost the weight, no one can say it's your fault. Bhumiya ( said/ done) 05:12, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
So, my computer (running XP) was fine until my cousin screwed around with it a few days ago and now the STart menu is much smaller and says "Windows XP Home Edition" on the left hand side. I can't figure out how to change it back to whatever it was before. Help?
Hi, I know this might sound dumb but, how do I subscribe to Game Informers VIA Mail? I am just 14 years old but I have the money, my problem is where do I get a money order, and what do I do next, because I just came here in the United States 4 months ago, so I'm not yet used to all this stuff. I would appreciate it if someone would help me step by step, starting from the money order, to where to place the subscription card, and sending the mail with stamp! And if you are wondering what if I just ask someone older than me, well they are also unfamiliar with this. Again I will thank everyone who will help me.
For a Science Badge, I have to find out why the moon does not illuminate the sky. I have not been able to find this information anywhere on the internet and would be grateful if someone could tell me this. -- Caleb 03:43, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
Dismas had it right, and I'm surprised s/he's been virtually ignored. The moon has no brightness of its own. It just reflects the light of the sun. Otherwise it's basically a sphere shaped rock that orbits the earth. So to answer the original question, the moon does not illuminate the sky for the same reason that a rock doesn't produce light: it's just a rock, not a light source. (Or you can think of it like a giant mirror orbitting the earth. When the sun shines on it and the light of the sun gets reflected on the earth, it would appear that the "giant mirror" was actually producing light. But in reality it's just a mirror, and has no brightness of it's own.) Loomis51 02:56, 26 April 2006 (UTC)
Thank you, you've all been a great help.
-- Caleb 04:18, 26 April 2006 (UTC)
As I am a complete lamer and have not visited these hallowed grounds in such a long time, I can say this like an idiot: The moon does not light up the sky, but one could walk without lighted aid at night on a full moon. >_> Cernen Xanthine Katrena 07:50, 29 April 2006 (UTC)
How do I contact the Mail Recovery Center in St. Paul, Minn.? I'm desperate to have a certified letter to my son returned to me & apparently it is in the Mail Recovery Center in St. Paul (according to my tracking by computer). Thank you.
Roger Ebert's review of American Wedding says that "Note: In a stunning breakthrough in the raunchy comedy genre, "American Wedding" doesn't have a single credit cookie." My question - what's a credit cookie? 130.91.117.181 06:40, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
Dear Sirs/Madam,
I am currently employed in a leading asset management company in Turkey, called Finans Asset Management. For a project that I am dealing with, I need:
The main activities and units in an investment bank, preferably the organization chart of such a company.
During my search in internet, I have ran across this association and decided to contact you for this matter.
I would appreciate if you could assist me in this.
Sincerely yours.
Fırat Selli
Does anyone know what the longest time has been between the time a crime was committed and the perpetrator put on trial? Murder has no statute of limitations, and I have heard of people being tried decades after their crimes. What is the record? 30 years? 40? More? Brian Schlosser42 15:19, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
Hii..
After downloading Audacity and using it....i found that i couldn't save the files as .mp3..when i tried to export as .mp3 i could only save them as some audacity project files... the programme itself told me that i would need to download some special mp3(lame) converter that can convert the audacity project files into .mp3.. I cant seem to find this software.. can anyone tell me where i can find that software? Jayant, 17 Years, India • contribs 18:23, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
This might be a little late, however, you can use the lame dll file in the Winamp directory.
Apostate
02:39, 26 April 2006 (UTC)
Outrages! After going to Poland and seeing Auchwitz, These people should be hunted to the ends of the earth with no remorse! No matter thier ages or whether or not they are fit to stand trial, starving slaves were not fit for work but they did it.
I have a zipper on my backback. The teeth of the zipper have seperated, and the metal piece which connects them has disconnected, leaving it attatched to only once strip/side of the zipper material. I have tried in vain to jam the teeth back into the metal piece that zips the zipper, so that I can zip it back up again.
How do I repair this? Thanks, Mike 161.45.160.127 18:47, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
Or for a simpler solution (albiet temporary) cut the zipper just where it starts on one side and then zip it as you would a jacket
---|--------- -A----------- A is the little thing that pushes the zippoer together., where the | is cut it so you can zip it together again, though over time your backpack will rip more and more. I just did it once because my bagpack rippper came off in school. You can sew the rippped part back together though
I've got a sore throat but the weird thing is, it only hurts if I swallow, is this something common or is it something bad and if you know what it is, could you please help me to make it feel better, THANKS!!!
could you name one famous person from philadelphia for me please.
She thinks "money grows on trees" (so do her 2 teen daughters). Is there a reference titled "personal money management for dummies", written in Korean, which is available? Thanks for your help....—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 70.180.156.8 ( talk • contribs) .
Find Korean copies of the Archie comics. She can use Veronica as a role model... Seriously, North American experience indicates that she is not going to read anything, and become suddenly converted to frugality. -- Zeizmic 12:22, 26 April 2006 (UTC)
How did communisim shape the European Economy of the late 19th Century? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.239.72.175 ( talk • contribs) .
In any case, the first communist state, the Soviet Union, was only established in 1917. Late 19th century Europe was charactized by quite the opposite, laissez faire capitalism. Marxism was obviously an interesting topic among intellectuals in the late 19th century, but as for its role in the "shaping" of the European Economy in the late 19th century, I'd describe its impact in one word: Zero. If this is indeed a homework question, it appears to be an essay question, and one that would require more than a one word answer. Good luck! Loomis51 02:30, 26 April 2006 (UTC)
Hello, everyone. I heard once that flamingos are the only animals that can form lesbian groups. Is this true? Are they at least the only birds that can form lesbian groups? Thank you in advance.-- 64.12.116.199 00:48, 26 April 2006 (UTC)
I'll go ahead and mention the bonobo before anyone else does. The bonobo is often cited as an animal that engages in rather free expressions of sexuality. Brian G. Crawford 00:55, 26 April 2006 (UTC)
Hey, wasn't there a list of animals that engage in homosexual behavior somewhere on Wikipedia? Cernen Xanthine Katrena 00:44, 1 May 2006 (UTC)
How do you stick a picture onto lets say this, on this question, how would you do it?
thanks.
01:26, 26 April 2006 (UTC)
What do you put in the "destination filename" thing? 02:13, 26 April 2006 (UTC)
(1) Why did the price of gold spike in 1980? I've read it was because of the USSR's invasion of Afghanistan [35] , the Japanese trade deficit, OPEC's oil pricing, Nelson Bunker Hunt?? ? No piles of cash [36]? Perhaps a combination?
(2) from E-gold: "Proponents of the e-gold system contend that e-gold deposits are protected against inflation, devaluation and other possible economic risks inherent in fiat currencies."
How do these supposed proponents defend this statement when so little it traded within Digital gold currency that you're bound to have to convert to a fiat currency through a Digital gold currency exchanger to buy or invest in anything useful. And gold fluctuates with the fiat currency, not vice-versa. I mean sure if everyone did it then it would be great... - Snpoj 03:36, 26 April 2006 (UTC)
Liberty Dollar is an article about a multi-level marketing scam aimed at people who fear the government's control over money. Of course, such people don't seem to understand that if gold were the principal medium of exchange it too would be controlled and manipulated by governments, banks, and wealthy citizens. Brian G. Crawford 22:58, 26 April 2006 (UTC)
I want my user page to look cool, but I don't know of any wikipedia resource to find out about doing that. Can someone help, either by directing me to the appropriate resource or giving me a crash course in this? -- Matthew 06:57, 26 April 2006 (UTC)
how do you create a page on this website?
i still can't find where on the help menu where it says starting a new page
thanks for that james
Hii...
I just watched the video of Green Day's Wake Me Up When September Ends....When the band is playing on some raised white pillar kinda things...there are 4 people playing... Billie, Mike, Tre' Cool, and who's the 4th one? He plays the guitar i think and they never show a close up of his face... Can anyone identify him? Thanks a lot.!! Jayant, 17 Years, India • contribs 12:13, 26 April 2006 (UTC)
I have many questions for you.
One, most important: How the #*%) do you use Photoshop? I have to figure out how to use it for an assignment...or at least point me to something nice.
Two: I want to use my old Game Boy Advance. I dropped my backpack one time and the LCD broke. It's black in some places, has cracks in it, and won't work. However, the game will still play just without the visual. My question is, how can I fix it? Can I go to anyone for help? If so, how much would it cost, and would it be worth it? Thanks.
Three: Who's a Peach?
Four: What is the keyboard shortcut for MouseKeys in Windows? Anyone with Windows can find that out, just go to Control Panel, then Accessability Options, then go to the MouseKeys tab. I know how to get to it, I just can't get to it because teh draconian admins at my school won't let you change *anything* to save your life, i.e. when the computer freezes you can't Ctrl+Alt+Del, you have to shut it off. But don't get me even STARTED on my diatribe. Did I use that word right?
Five: Who would win in a fight: George from Of Mice and Men or Winston from Nineteen Eighty-Four?
Thank you very much for wasting your time on me. My eternal gratitude and good karma for j00. 216.11.222.21 12:21, 26 April 2006 (UTC)
Ty Cobb was known as the Georgia peach. Loomis51 21:43, 26 April 2006 (UTC)
Questions 3 and 5 are hilarious and has earned a Flameviper12's Plusbox for they caused Flameviper12 to shoot chocolate milk out his nose |
Are there famous(known) soccer(football) players who where street children.? If there are can you inform me about 6 or more of them.
My daughter is writing a report on Francis Scott Key and is using an article from Wikipedia. How do we find the Publisher, where it was published and the copyright for the article? Please help!
How is Stieljes pronounced? I appears in mathematics as Riemann-Stieltjes.
In San Fransisco, it is illeagal to wipe your car with what?
Well, NOW I HAVE TO CANCEL MY WEEKEND PLANS. :( 12.183.203.184 04:16, 27 April 2006 (UTC)
This question has been BJAODNed and has earned a Cernen's Plusbox for for being completely awesome (and causing Grutness to blow coffee out his nostrils). |
That would be STYLE-KEYS from the dutch and similar to the Afrikaans meaning a small steil
This picture was made about thirty years ago, or more. The story takes place in Berlin, of course. It is about a spy ring whose members make all their reports verbally to one man, whose identy they do not know. His face is always coveren. (The audience knows, of course)This man has a photographic memory and never takes notes. I remember one man is always knitting when he makes his reports. This is one of the best spy movies ever made and is a bit complicated, also.Any help I can get will be appreciated.
I am writing a book and need a little background on TB and Jamaica I would like to know if there were any cases of TB, prior to the aids epidemic, if so how widespread was it?
How many cases were there?
Thank you
Sylvie
Tuberculosis was a more deadly and feared disease in a time without antibiotics than AIDS ever will be. "Consumption" was a common cause of death, and still is in many parts of the world. Many people don't realize that diseases come into and go out of existence all the time. For example, venereal disease in ancient Greece and Rome was nonexistent. "The grippe" was a mysterious disease that killed many people in Europe in the 19th century. No one is sure what it was. Brian G. Crawford 23:04, 26 April 2006 (UTC)
TB kills more people in africa today than aids.
Which stock would be the better buy today?
Budwieser Vodafone Cendant Dell Computer Bank of America XM Satellite Radio Wal-Mart
199.201.168.100
21:16, 26 April 2006 (UTC)
If anyone knew the answer to that simple question they'd be a zillionaire. My suggestion: Put your money into a mutual fund and let the experts decide. Sure, they skim a bit off the top but it's worth it. Loomis51 21:39, 26 April 2006 (UTC)
I wish to use the 0-interest loan on credit cards to invest in securities. Any ideas how I could do this? Or does anyone know other very low interest loans I could get? - Snpoj 21:45, 26 April 2006 (UTC)
Ok here's what I was thinking. When I borrow with a credit card I don't have to pay for ~1 month (as Brian said, this could be higher with an introductory rate). It's a 0-interest short-term loan. So I'll in turn loan that money to the Feds...I'll buy a 28-day T-bill with my credit card. Come the end of the month, the feds will pay me back 4.5%, which I'll pocket, and I'll send back the rest on to Visa. Make sense?
So what I was saying is that if I can get a loan for 0-percent interest (in truth if I can get a loan for anything below the yield on a T-bill or bond) I can make money on it by just loaning it right back to the Feds. So the problem with the credit card scenario is, how the hell do I buy treasuries with a credit card!?? Cash advances charge up-front interest so they're no good and I don't think treasurydirect.gov accepts Visa...
Now this is playing on the safe side. If I wanted some real excitement I'd get a big loan from the bank for probably more than 8% and put it into stocks or other investments, expecting 10% or more on it. But that's risky, especially when you're inexperienced with that kind of thing.
- Snpoj 21:25, 27 April 2006 (UTC)
Your scheme is rather confusing, but if it were plausible and it meant that it could work I wouldn't mind giving myself a mild headache trying to figure out what you're getting at, as I'd use it as well to make a free buck! Unfortunately (but fortunately for my headache!) all I had to do is stop at criterium #2 to realize that it wouldn't work. Credit cards with 0% interest for 12 months on cash transfers simply don't exist. If you can find one, please tell me!
I think your assessment of the Wal-Mart scenario is more or less accurate. Here are a couple things you may want to ponder: 1) Haven't you ever wondered why some gas stations charge you less if you pay cash rather than use a credit card? 2) Haven't you ever wondered why so many department stores, take Sears for example, try so hard by offering you free gifts etc...to push you to get a Sears card? It's both for the same reason...to save on the 2% Visa charge. One more thing: Haven't you ever wondered why so many vendors take Visa and Mastercard, but not American Express? It's because American Express has the nerve to charge the vendors more than the going rate that Visa and Mastercard charge for their services.
As for the difference between Wal-Mart's net profit margin and its operating margin, I'd have to take a real hard look at their financial statements to figure out where the Visa charges come into play, but I'm almost certain that the 2% difference is purely coincidental. One other thing to mention: As a HUGE customer of Visa, and being known for its strong arm tactics, I'm willing to bet that Wal-Mart has the bargaining power to negotiate a better rate with Visa than that which Visa's other customers pay. But that's just speculation on my part. Loomis51 22:11, 29 April 2006 (UTC)
My father did this very "scam" and made a little money. He said that is wasn't worth it, because he was so worried all month that he would forget about it and be stuck with a hude credit card fee. Jon513 20:47, 2 May 2006 (UTC)
BigFatDave 12:21, 3 May 2006 (UTC)
Anyone know what was the name of Donny Hathaway's high school? (Google and Wikipedia have failed me.) 21:55, 26 April 2006 (UTC)
Is it possible to get a downloaded version of Wikipedia? (I know it wouldnt be updated but it would allow me to search through it while offline.) - Joneleth 23:32, 26 April 2006 (UTC)
I'm sure most of you have heard the 5-minute mystery or smoething like that where a guy dies from breathing in and out underwater through a long tube/blowgun/bamboo stick because he is breathing the same air he is breathing back out. My question is that if you inhaled from the mouth where the tube was and exhaled through your nose, would that make you survive since the air in the tube only travels in one direction? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Wizrdwarts ( talk • contribs) .
The issue here is that generally whenever some guy has tried the whole breathe through a tube underwater trick, he is doing it to hide...at least thats how it is in cartoons. Anyway, if he is doing this to hide, then by being in this murky water with nothing but a small reed that looks as though it is floating in the water or growing from it sticking out, he has hidden successfully....however, if he were to breathe out through his nose, that would cause bubbles to float to the surface, which gives away his hiding spot. But, for any purpose other than hiding, yes, exhaling through the nose and using the reed only for inhaling will keep the reed/tube filled with fresh air, oxygen rich and capable of sustaining life.
is the rubber tree plant poisonus to small children.
Call your state poison control center. The number is in the phone book under emergency numbers. They have a database available to them that will answer your question. Brian G. Crawford 00:31, 27 April 2006 (UTC)
I do not believe that it is poisonous, but the sap has the potential to irritate the skin and mucous membranes. — TheKMan talk 00:45, 27 April 2006 (UTC)
Anyone know off the top of their head where I can bring a CD and print a long document (300 pages) for cheap? Does Staples do that sort of thing?
-- Shadarian 00:30, 27 April 2006 (UTC)
Call around. You might be able to find a local digital print shop that can do it substantially cheaper and they can tell you what file formats they can handle. Also ask about the ink and paper types as those can vary in how long they will last, depending on your intended use. Last time I checked it's still pretty expensive to print that much. Let us know if you don't mind what prices you get. - Taxman Talk 22:44, 27 April 2006 (UTC)
Staples does print large documents - I got $18 for just over 300 pages. They printed using some weird method, so now I have little boxes on the side of all the paper saying what the formatting is like. As in "Formatted: Indent: First line: 0.25" " Good thing this copy is only for my own reference. -- Shadarian 03:53, 30 April 2006 (UTC)
This'll probably sound really dumb: Who can award barnstars? Only admins? Can I just go on a big barnstaring streak and give people barnstars for miniscule achievements, or is that considered vandalism? NIRVANA2764 00:49, 27 April 2006 (UTC)
Is there any way that I can convert my random .S3M files into a more friendly format (preferably MP3)? Google provides pages and pages of entirely useless stuff.
Can anyone identify this movie for me.. here's what I know. I remember it's name is a single word, beginning, I think, with O. It's Asian, probably Japanese. It came out within the last 5 years, I think. I've only ever seen the trailer for it, but it's live action with lots of special effects, futuristic - seems to have almost a steam-punk look in places. It appears to be an action film about some kind of ninja type main character with a sword, and the trailer shows large robots, lots of them, and I think the hero is shown leaping from one to another, fighting them. I think there's a bit with an airship too. It has a very manga type feel to it - giant robots, ninjas, all that kind of stuff. Looks like it must've been a pretty big budget production, as the I recall the effects looked really slick I've tried IMDB's power search, putting in various combinations of what I know, but can't turn anything up.
Thanks in advance! -- Noodhoog 01:42, 27 April 2006 (UTC)
It has come to my attention that while there is a lot on stained glass and that craft, light catchers are not mentioned anywhere in wikipeida.... I however do not know a lot about them so I don't feel as though I am an intelligent enough source to edit or add this. What can be done to fix this issue. I initially searched light catchers because my friend refused to believe that they exist, and when I couldn't find it, my argument was shot down.
I always called them 'sun catchers', and they're a little bit interesting. Artists will often make them along with some other cheap trinkets so that they can keep some cash flow going. The big pieces don't often sell so quickly. I once knew a stained glass artist who found a nitch making kalidascopes. - LambaJan 17:46, 3 May 2006 (UTC)
I found one of these coins that was dated 1944...I read all the information on the following link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dime_%28United_States_coin%29 and I couldn't find any information about 1944 coins or the market value of these coins. If anyone has any information please let me know through my personal email: <removed> Your information and time are greatly appreciated.
Forward this to 20 people in 15 minutes or you'll be raped by a mad goat or whatever other unfortunate thing is in the chain lettter....How can people be that dumb?
I'd like to have a machine with a large hard drive and a DVD-reader that plugs into my TV, that would let me copy XviD-encoded .AVI files off DVD-Rs and watch them on my tele. The closest thing I can think of is Xbox Media Center. Is there something that would accomplish the same functions, only cheaper?
I am considering of putting a metal roof for my house.The climate here is hot and humid with seasonal rain.I have cut my options down to three materials-aluminium,G.I powdercoat&galvalume(galvanized steel).I would like to know which of these is the most suitable material.I amnot sure whether galvalume,galvanium and G.I powdercoat refers to the same material or not.Heat reduction is definitely a high priority.Also,can aluminium roof be painted?Please advise.-- 202.191.64.82 07:10, 27 April 2006 (UTC)
hi I heard that premier league referees have an obligation to tell the club who they support or to which club they are fancy for. Is this true? If this is true can you tell me the club which they support.
Thanks for the help with finding the facts. I've been looking for about 6 hours and cannot find any. They are all due by Monday.
Does any one have any facts about Gabriel Alomar facts?
I have looked at those facts. But, they do not have much information about why he was exiled and the years of his life in detail. do you know any site i could find more information about him that is in english?
Franco was a Fascist. Extreme Right winger. Gabriel Alomar was a Leftist. The two do not mix. All Leftists were considered Communists and therefore Godless. It is interesting to note here that Franco and his regime considered Hitler and the Nazis as acceptable allies and therefore requested their aid. The Nazis responded by bombing Madrid. What is even more intriguing is the fact that very recently, the Vatican cannonized six Rightwingers. It seems these Magnificent Six fought bravely against those Godless devils. This means, that the Catholic Church raised to Sainthood, six Fascists.
Hello, My name is Isaac Dwek and I am writing to you from the North American Sports Network (NASN). I am doing some research on Expats throughout Europe and I am finding it very hyard to obtain any useful information. I am hoping you can help me with this. Do you have any statistics or tables of info with the population of of expats in European Countries (e.g. How many Spanish live in France, and how many Germans live in France etc.) Any information which might help would be much appreciated. I hope you can aid my enquiry.
Kind Regards Isaac Dwek
Thanks for that information. If you are able to find any more could you please help me? I am having a very hard time writing about him.
I would like to know what mammel is capable of choosing the sex of their off-spring. I remember seeing a wildlife program, but cant remember the animal.
Thank You
can you please tell me the distance between newyork city and niagara falls by road and by air? thank you!
Wouldn't it be the same distance either way? 199.201.168.100 18:42, 27 April 2006 (UTC)
What if the crow meanders around dragging his ass the whole way by straying from the straight-line path to stop at a starbucks or something? 199.201.168.100 16:35, 28 April 2006 (UTC)
I am looking for a Tai Chi class - preferably one in the park (Ft. Green). There used to be one in the park that started when the weather turned nice. Any info would be appreciated. Thank you.
How would one go about robbing a bank. I don't want to rob one, but I was wondering why everyone who tries always gets caught. It seems like it would be relativily easy with a little planning. AGAIN, not wanting to actually rob a bank, just wondering how one would go about it, and why so many percentage-wise are unsucessful?
Relativly easily, but the previous guy was right, why bother, rob the mint where the money is printed and steal one of the machines so you can print your own. WHEN you get caught, i did not help. hahaha
Would it be possible to deceptivly apply for and get an executive level position like CEO or COO of a medium-large company? The CEO of Radio shack misrepresented himself and got his job, could one do that today? How would one go about doing so? To what extent can they verify one's employement history & accedemic career? I realize they can verify degree/school, but what about GPA? As to employment history how would a prespective employeer know the accuracy of previous positions as they relate to title & salery given? 199.201.168.100 18:37, 27 April 2006 (UTC)
So what level position would one be able to obtain though misrepresentaiton? Would one be able to atain a position that has a nice golden-parachutte like severence package? Also, if one were to represent a GPA of 3.9 - 4.0 in the application//interview process, this would not discovered? My understanding is that GPA is private and cannot be disclosed by my university without my premision via transcript. is this correct? Do many people do this? What are the likely consequences if any?? 199.201.168.100 21:03, 27 April 2006 (UTC)
As to legal consequenses, what would they be? I don't think there would be any. Of course, I risk getting fired, but I would be getting fired from a job I wouldn't have otherwise gotten. If I were able to sucessfully misrepresent myself until hired as a CEO, I would recieve a large signing bonus, at least a full quarter's pay before the board of directors discovers their error, and a nice severence package for stepping down quietly. That would be enough. If CEO canidates are screened so thoughally I would be unable to get that level of position, what about others lower on the totem pole, such as middle management, senior engineer, senior buyer/planner, etc, etc 199.201.168.100 16:34, 28 April 2006 (UTC)
Please help me contact Mr. Daniel Jonah Goldhagen. I am writing a book. He will be pleased to learn what I am writing about. Thanks. Leslie.
does any one know what the ku klux klan stands for? i know it has something to do with greek
who cares/ they are Nazi's and should be in prison
A friend asked me a logic question, and I have not been able to figure it out. It is a classic question, and he insists there is an answer. Any insight?
Question:
There are two doors, one leads to pain, suffering, and death, one to eternal life, wealth, and happiness. You don't know which door is which. There are two guards to help you, one who always lies, one who always tells the truth, but once again, you do not know which is which. They will allow you one question, then you must choose a door. What is your Question?
Thanks -Chris
Open one of the doors. If you see pain, suffering, and death on the other side, close it and go though the other door. Ztsmart 19:07, 27 April 2006 (UTC)
thanks anyways...
i did find the answer
While the above theories deserve merit for their creativity, the true origin of the name Ku Klux Klan is Greek. Richard Reed proposed the name Kuklos meaning circle and with an ear for alliteration, Captain Kennedy added the word Klan. With a little more tweaking the organization knew itself solely as the Ku Klux Klan. The Klan also chose intriguing names for other facets of the organization. Instead of clinging to traditional names for organizational posts, it chose to call the president Grand Cyclops, vice president Grand Magi, and secretary Grand Scribe. Two Nighthawks served as messengers, two Lictors as guards, and all other members would be known as ghouls. The meaning behind these names had no special significance; the Klan chose names based on the peculiar and impressive sound.
No, it does stand for something...it has greek roots
What does Ku Klux Klan stand for?
What's the best way to get rid of a body so there is no evidence? 199.201.168.100 21:05, 27 April 2006 (UTC)
"And I imagine...we get fed to the pigs." [41]-- Shandon 22:24, 27 April 2006 (UTC)
Put body in metal coffin. Drop coffin in deep ocean. Ohanian 09:25, 28 April 2006 (UTC)
Put body inside a boat. Sink boat in deep ocean. Ohanian 09:27, 28 April 2006 (UTC)
The best way to get rid of a body without leaving evidence is to suitly emphazi it. Cernen Xanthine Katrena 07:39, 29 April 2006 (UTC)
Hello! I was planning to edit an article on Ron Smoorenburg(martial artists, one of the two assasins in the movie Who am I starring Jackie Chan, seen in the fight near the end), but i don't know if wikipedia has a similar article or something like that. Also, i would like to know if this article would be speedy deleted, so I can start editing it.-- Captain ginyu 21:31, 27 April 2006 (UTC)
I checked everything but i cand find an appropriate infobox, so could someone please name it.(infobox that i should use for a martial artist)(-- Captain ginyu 12:40, 28 April 2006 (UTC)
How much will it cost to transport one gallon of gasoline from Venezuela to somewhere in the US, let's say San Fransico. Because I heard on the news that a gallon of gas is only 12 cents there. So let's assume I will buy gas there for $0.12/gallon, and sell them for $3.50/gallon. Will the transportation costs cancel out my profit? Will it make me lose money? Will it make me become rich? Wizrdwarts 22:24, 27 April 2006 (UTC)
The last time I traveled out of the country, customs regulations stated that a person could bring $400 worth of goods purchased abroad into the U.S. duty free. That's 3200 gallons of gasoline from Venezuela. Transportation or shipping may be a problem, though. Venezuela isn't exactly next door. Brian G. Crawford 15:42, 28 April 2006 (UTC)
Dear Sir, I read some time ago that there is a city in USA that have, at night, a fantastic view of the sky due to a special public ilumination to avoid "artificial light pollution". Would you know name of it? I am working on a project to build several houses on a large piece of land (1,500,000 square meters) at the mountains close to Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, because is very dry and it is 1,200 meters high, the view of the sky at night is beautiful. I would not like to spoil it. I would like to get in touch to get some information about this matter. Thank you, Luiz Lopes
I belive Arizona and New Mexico have laws against light pollution. -- Mwalcoff 22:39, 28 April 2006 (UTC)
Does anyone know of a place in the UK I can go to experience riding an ostrich, emu or rhea (bird), or even get a chance to ride one in a race? -- 81.77.159.59 00:35, 28 April 2006 (UTC)
You could always play the video game Joust, which allows you to ride one. StuRat 03:32, 28 April 2006 (UTC)
Does anyone know of any program similar to Windows Movie Maker, is FREE, and has .mov capabilities? The reason is that I wanted to do some editing of some .mov files I took with my digital camera, but Movie Maker cannot work with .movs. gelo 23:48, 26 April 2006 (UTC)
Ok... Can you HELP me with that? gelo 03:11, 27 April 2006 (UTC)
This is what I know from the specs which I just found over Ebay for my Kodak V550. Video mode continuous MPEG-4 video with audio capture and playback Video resolution 30 fps @ VGA (640 × 480), 30 fps @ QVGA (320 × 240) Video format QUICKTIME, MPEG-4 gelo 01:36, 28 April 2006 (UTC)
If I can't find a program to edit such .mov files, does anyone know of a free program to CONVERT these files to something editable in, say, Movie Maker? gelo 01:40, 28 April 2006 (UTC)
Does anyone know what the purpose/origin of the big poster of some Soviet/GDR-looking military officer right behind the current Checkpoint Charlie replica is? I've always thought it to be a replica of a former propaganda poster, but I've never found any information about it, and the article makes no mention of it. ( here's a clear view of the poster) Thanks -- Colonel Cow 01:51, 28 April 2006 (UTC)
Dear All
I'm doing a research paper on a few films and was wondering where I would be able to find printed versions of various movie transcripts and/or screen plays. The movies I'm particularly interested in are:
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington A Raisin in the Sun Midnight Cowboy Wall Street
Thank you!
Just google it next time, ok? gelo 03:46, 28 April 2006 (UTC)
What you call this dating tht deals with older women dating younger men, while other is older men dating younger women?
Can someone help me out with the following song lyrics:
This song is played on the ferrero rocher ad ( and raffellos chocolates commercial) and has the words, "Bring on the night, bring on the night" (dance song very repetitious) can someone please tell me what the song is please?
Kind Regards,
Ellie.
PS. My e-mail is: <email address removed to avoid spamming> so you can contact me.
I suspect that many girls would be willing to have sex in exchange for money. What would be the best way to go about finding one that is willing & setting up an arragement without offending her or exposing oneself to more than minimal legal risks, if one were wanting to do so? 12.183.203.184 04:04, 28 April 2006 (UTC) Note: This is not a request for prostitution (Who would want to sleep with someone who uses Wikipedia? :) ) 12.183.203.184 04:13, 28 April 2006 (UTC)
So, if I were to go up to a girl and ask "how much do you charge for sex?" that would be legal right? I am not scoliciting prostituion, as I am only asking a hooker how much she charges. I don't think prostitution should be illegal. I can pay Olive Garden $20 for a meal so I dont have to do any hands-on cooking, why can't I pay a girl for the convience of not having to do everything myself?? 199.201.168.100 16:27, 28 April 2006 (UTC)
Well, this word is certainly entering my Wiki-wokabulary. -- Zeizmic 19:41, 28 April 2006 (UTC)
What if I give her a Wal-Mart gift card instead? 199.201.168.100 20:50, 28 April 2006 (UTC)
While I can't understand why anyone would ask sex advice on the Wikipedia reference desk, I will answer the question. Prostitutes aren't that hard to find. Often, they can be found advertising in underground or entertainment newspapers like the Washington, D.C. CityPaper under "Sexual Services." In larger cities, arresting prostitutes who advertise in personal ads isn't top priority, what with all the murders and robberies going on. You will need to familiarize yourself with the lingo to avoid surprises, i.e. "full service" means "vaginal intercourse." I would discourage you from trying to find a prostitute, unless exploiting desperate women with drug addictions appeals to you. It's not that hard to find willing women. Lies and flattery have always worked for me! ;-) Brian G. Crawford 00:13, 29 April 2006 (UTC)
Oooo! Don't forget the people-trafficking. Woo for supporting slavery and abuse of vulnerable women? Just go to a slutty enough bar and you'll find someone who wants to, for free! (Or the price of a couple of drinks) Skittle 19:43, 1 May 2006 (UTC)
I'd call Loveline at 1-800-LOVE-191. And, I would love to sleep with a Wikipedian, myself. Cernen Xanthine Katrena 07:35, 29 April 2006 (UTC)
You go, girl...-- Captain ginyu 11:37, 29 April 2006 (UTC)
Perhaps a Pastatute is a Pastafarian who offers sex for money? Alternatively, this could be Pastafarians' form of flirty fishing. JamesMLane t c 10:42, 2 May 2006 (UTC)
Dear Sir or madam:
Kindly tell me the details regarding the technical reasons for train derailment.. I am doind a project work on train derailment so that it wil be much helpful to me in my project work...
With regards, R S Ranganathan Government college of engineering salem 636011 INDIA
I'm trying to compile information to be used on Wikipedia in some fashion, whether it be on the soap opera article, or in individual articles. I'm trying to figure out who prominent, usually in American politics or another non-acting profession, confesses to be a fan of soaps. I've done research and I know John Connally, the former Governor of Texas, would not be interrupted for anything short of a catastrophe while Love of Life was on. First Lady Pat Nixon's favorite soap actor was Larry Haines from Search for Tomorrow. Former Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall would actually recuse himself from hearings just to watch Days of our Lives. I just want to know if there's anyone that you may know of, despite my searchings, that I may have left out. It may borderline on crufty but I am a bit intrigued about it. I know people on this page can be horribly sarcastic so I'm asking this in all seriousness. Thank you for your time! Mike H. That's hot 09:48, 28 April 2006 (UTC)
Why in some businesses do they not inlcude personal assets and liabilities on their accounts? is there a reason?-- 193.63.158.179 13:15, 28 April 2006 (UTC)
Can I use some historical Links in my commercial work
How long after getting a bladder infection will the pain persist in my side? It has been 5 days that I have been medication but the pain is still there. My fever is gone though. Should I go back to the doctor? Thanks!
Do you know what this site is rated? I couldn't find any rating. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.213.67.178 ( talk • contribs) .
Hi there, I deleted someone's name from an article photo, as I understood it was common practice to credit pictures only in the Image description:
Photos should be credited to the photographer who shot them. This is a universal rule. And there are no Wiki rules that suggest the opposite. In the case with the Lipovans, just like with my other photos donated to Wiki, I ask to leave the byline. This is a common rule for any encyclopidia.
Any advice?
Thanks, -- Asterion talk to me 17:46, 28 April 2006 (UTC)
Hi there,
I have a reasonable knowlege of computers, yet not to the extent to know how to install a new processor in my desktop computer.
I just wanted to know the steps to installing a new processor [Pentium 4 (3GHZ)] into a Desktop Computer.
I would also like to ask; if in order to carry out installing a new processor whether I would need to save all my important files, as the computer would be wiped, therefore resulting in re-installing my Windows XP, Windows Office and other programs. etc. I also have Wireless internet card in my desktop along with graphics card, would these both need to be re-installed, set-up?
Finally i would just like to thank you for your time, and effort in looking at this question.
Thanks,
Burnham Associates
Your processor is plugged into a motherboard. While motherboards do take a range of processors, any serious upgrade probably needs you to buy a new motherboard, which would contain a new processor. This would include the BIOS and plug-and-play settings so all of that would need to be done again. You may not be able to reuse all of your memory either: a new motherboard might require a new set of RAM.
A crucial point is space. Not all motherboards are designed to fit the same space. Obviously, one that is too big won't fit in your existing case, but one that is not exactly the same size, but smaller, may be difficult to mount securely (it has to be secure because so many things are connected to it).
If you aren't daunted, open up your computer, and measure up the motherboard. Examine all of the connections to it, to see what the new board must support. Also, evaluate whether a new computer would be more cost effective. Look into how much of your existing software could be just copied to a new computer (Windows and Office, if bundled with the original computer, cannot). Notinasnaid 19:29, 28 April 2006 (UTC)
Often you want to replace processor and motherboard at the same time.
Of course ... if you're replacing the motherboard, you might as well get a new computer case for it to fit into anyway, as it's not much more expensive. And you may need a better power supply to support all the new do-dads on the motherboard and extra cards you might want to plug into it....
Oh heck, end of story, buy a new computer with minimal specs, insert your old cards and hd in there, and use the remainder of the old system to build that cool linux server you've always wanted. < innocent look> Kim Bruning 14:09, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
Kozie Mountain in the Carpathian Mountain chain was formerly known as Vikartovsky Mountain. This info taken from a minerals website online: http://www.fns.uniba.sk/prifuk/casopisy/geol/1997mon/cwsu2.htm
I'm board. What is something entertaining that I can do at work? 199.201.168.100 18:53, 28 April 2006 (UTC)
Those are some good suggestions. I like the Bad Jokes & Uncylcopedia. Thanks guys! 199.201.168.100 20:37, 2 May 2006 (UTC)
I am writing a paper in English. It must be a topic to persuade the audience on, but at the same time it must offer solutions and opposite points of view. I had a couple of ideas. One was the subject of whaling. I have heard about the controversy of commercial whaling in Norway and Japan. They keep killing whales and want to increse the amount for "scientific" research. I think this is an okay topic. Another idea was very broad...the subject of juding people based on their appearance. (Age, Gender, Race, Wealth, Religion, Physical Appearance) I am just not sure what is a good persuasive topic. Any examples?
Which is the best band out of Sham 69, Angelic Upstarts and The Anti-Nowhere League? -- 84.64.0.71 20:57, 28 April 2006 (UTC)
hi, the article i submitted "Agape World Fellowship" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agape_World_Fellowship was sited as an "advertisement" and needs "cleanup" but im new to wikipedia and i couldn't figure out how to "cleanup" my article so it would be accepted. can someone help me to do that? though Agape World Fellowship aka AWF is Christian based it is totally free and we accept anyone for citizenship regardless of their religion. most of the people in AWF also have citizenships in several other 3D VR worlds or universes such as Active Worlds, Active Worlds Europe and others. I saw that Active Worlds and a bunch of other VR sites (who do make u pay to join) are listed on wikipedia so i wrote an article about us here too. can you help please? ~Bob Shoemaker ((e-mail address redacted to prevent spam)) —The preceding unsigned comment was added by EarthTrex ( talk • contribs) 01:06, April 29, 2006 (UTC).
is there a set of rules and regulation on how salary pay is done in texas?
Can you also clarify, are you referring to the Texas-based Native American tribe (Kopanes) or have you just mis-spelt "companies"? Grutness... wha? 02:55, 30 April 2006 (UTC)
Hello, What is the difference between the links in blue and the links in red? I attempted to find the answer on my own but failed. Direction to a help page with this information would be great. Thank You -- 24.20.136.251 00:55, 29 April 2006 (UTC)
I want to see an article on pastatutes! -- Zeizmic 11:32, 29 April 2006 (UTC)
Pastatutes is a corruption of "Pasta Satutes" from 12th century Milan. The statues were formed to help regulate the growing prostitution that was rampant at the time. The city was less concerned with the local prostitutes than the influx of foreign prostitutes. These foreigners were making use of the large pasta production, that was on the upsurge at the time, in their bizzare sex trade. It caused a great scandal and brought down the Milan government in 1345. CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 22:31, 29 April 2006 (UTC)
Which artists give positive messages to the world?
I broke and dislocated my small toe two weeks ago. I went to the emergeny room. A doctor injected local anesthesia in my toe and placed my toe in the right position. My toe was then "buddy-taped" and I was told to go. I later went to my regular family doctor later, but he really didn't tell me anything. Now that it has been two weeks, I'm worried that my small toe is paralyzed. I still have a numbed sensation in my toe and the toe is still a bit swollen. I tried putting ice and something hot on my toe, but I could feel the temperature changes with a slow reaction compared to my other toe. Will I ever be able to move my small toe again? Will I recover my toe's sensation? If so, how approximatley long will it take? And, when should I stop "buddy-taping"? Please post advice, I am really concered about my toe. Thanks. -- Proficient 06:06, 29 April 2006 (UTC)
For example purposes, let's say I want to register a company named Henna Inc. Is there a website where I can check if any company named Henna Inc. has already been registered? -- J.L.W.S. The Special One 12:46, 29 April 2006 (UTC)
Our school mascot is a "colt" so I would like to know how to find out the characteristics/qualities of a "colt" to use those ideas in sort of a metaphor type lesson with my students. A colt is a young male horse though I have occasionally heard it used for either sex in America.They are playful and skittish and cute.The adjective "coltish" is sometimes used for young girls,a good example is Audrey Hepburn was often described as "coltish"I think it's to do with elegance and long legs.A colt also represents youth and high spirits also energy and speed,thus is often used for sports teams. hotclaws**==( hotclaws**== 13:54, 29 April 2006 (UTC))
Hi i was on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Association_of_Exorcists
and i would like to find out how to find an exorsist in philadelphia. how do i do that?
thanks
dave
And when you find someone willing to solve that kind of problem, call PhACT and ask them to send someone along to observe and document the procedure please. alteripse 16:34, 29 April 2006 (UTC)
What has happened to Steve Mizerak, several-times pool champion? I saw a photo of him on the Web where he was at an awards ceremony. He was in a wheelchair, his face looked distorted, and he appeared to have lost about 200 pounds. He was born in 1944, and so is now age 62, and he was greatly overweight for years. Did he have a stroke or something? How is he doing now? I saw him play straight pool at the world championship in 1972 and his skill was amazing.
I have just adopted via rescue, a 2 year old female dog. She looks to me to be a Jack Russell Terrier. However, I can't find a definitive source to tell me whether or not their ears should flop over or stand up, or either or. Also, she has not barked since I got her, although she notices everything going on, is alert to people outside the window or entering the next apartment door. Everything I find says that they are noisy, bark loudly, but she hasn't barked once. Could someone let me know about the ears and the non-barking. I can't find anything to answer my questions at the normal sites regarding Jack Russell's.
Thanks, Diane (Melbourne, FL)
Anyone know a release date (or even just a rough estimate) for Family Guy season 5 in the UK?
Does someone know what is the name of the coldest place on Mexico?
I'm doing a scavenger hunt and I need to know what happens when an American phones Directory Services. I'm talking about what the operator says and such. Computerjoe 's talk 20:40, 29 April 2006 (UTC)
Either a computerized or real voice says "City and listing, please." Brian G. Crawford 21:38, 29 April 2006 (UTC)
Are all of the characters on Will & Grace good or bad?
Why are men so attracted to breats? Also, why is it sexual harrassment to touch a women's breats? Why isn't it just like touching her arm? 71.250.48.233 22:35, 29 April 2006 (UTC)
First off I love this web site and thank you. However, sometimes it can be a nightmare. E.g., "Contact Wikipedia"? Famous last words. Just try it. Do you have clue what a frustrating labyrinth one most go through to find a place to actually "contact" anyone? Do words have meaning? What part of the word 'contact' are we not aligned on? In any event I find two constant problems:
First the site is great because all links are in blue; however when you print the article there is no distinction so you can't tell what is a link and what is not. When I view an article with blue links and want to print it I would expect to get what I see but this is not so for everything appears boldface in print. This makes no sense. Why do you not just have the links in bold type and the rest in regular type? After all if one wants a print out in all regular type (with no distinction for links) you already have a print version that does just that.
Second there is a problem with elementary punctuation here that is so common it is amazing – indeed rather shocking. For instance consider the following: "A story is told that at a large psychology conference, a "lecturer", actually an actor schooled in mellifluous delivery, uttered a "lecture" that was carefully designed nonsense." This quote is (from all places!) an article on stupidity. (See http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~sousa/STUPIDITY.html)
The rule (according to every reputable style manual) is that the comma always goes inside the quote. E.g., "lecturer," not "lecturer",.... Moreover a quote inside a quote should be in semi quotes so it should actually be " ... 'lecturer,' ..." I won't bother going into the remaining problems with that article on stupidity. Suffice it to say it is, itself, syntactical nonsense. And competent writer would ask, "Who wrote this?!" E.g., the sentence should read "A story is told that at a large psychology conference, a "lecturer" (actually an actor schooled in mellifluous delivery) uttered a 'lecture' that was carefully designed nonsense." If one is going to present hearsay ("a story is told") as authority then he should at least rise to the level of a high school freshman. So so much for this author's credibility on the subject of 'stupidity' -- res ipsa loquiter (it speaks for itself.)
Now I do understand that this article is posted as a link provided by the original Wikipedia article and I do not mean to pick on this writer but I find this particular error (misuse of quotation marks) so common at this web site that I am amazed. It only damages credibility of both the writer and the publisher for if one does not know basic rules of punctuation and grammar readers tend to discount their authority as to subject matter. That is, if the syntax can't get past a high school English teacher can we give much credibility to the substance the author presents? The answer is usually "no." This web site is supposed to have "pier review" but what does that mean -- that one dunderhead passes on and approves the work of another dunderhead? Who writes this stuff? Scholars? Students? Mere children tinkering with words? Are the articles credible? Are they authoritative? Can any dunderhead with a 'credential' (so called) publish his or her work here with so little scrutiny? If so how can it be relied on for truth and veracity any more than graffiti on a public wall?
Please don't be offended. I do love this web site. Unfortunately when, on a daily basis, find so much error in simple elementary grammar then that damages your credibility and tells me I must distrust the materials. A research source that can not be trusted is not of much use. Fun perhaps, interesting perhaps, but certainly not worthy of much credibility.
I urge you to show more scrutiny and make editing more easy. At the very least have a high school English teacher edit them.
And now that I have wirtten all this WHERE is the send button?!!! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 4.243.176.127 ( talk • contribs) .
Hi all! I've always wanted to know how very general encyclopedic categories stack up in English Wikipedia, i.e., what percentage of Wikipedia is Geography, what percentage is History, what percentage is Math, etc. (at least like the categories being used for dividing the Reference Desk!), so like any good asker around here, I first started searching for statistics that would refer to this before asking. While I found a lot on overall size growth for the whole Wikipedia, including users, stubs etc., there isn't much on encyclopedic categories. The closest page I could find was this Juggernaut of subcategories (WARNING: 1.1 Mb!!) which is longer than anyone (including me) could care, and basically says nothing about the BROAD CATEGORY RELATIVE SIZES I'm asking about. It's also as confusing as it has been humanly possible to do, so I believe it's as useless for me as it is for anyone else. (And this is the "Concise" version, nevermind the ultra-juggernaut which is the "Complete" version of the list, 18 MB long!!! >.< )
SO, my questions are:
I believe info like this is important for the Wikipedia project and should be readily accessible, at least if we wanted more people to get the seriousness of this global project, which I consider of great value to humanity (unless the results come out as "54.6% Pokémon pages, 34.2% Star Trek episode info..."; I hope not!!) Sorry about the lenghtiness, and thanks in advance! Kreachure 23:22, 29 April 2006 (UTC)
Didn't you know that Wikipedia was created so that poor African kids living in tent villages could learn about toys they could never buy and TV shows they'll never see? Brian G. Crawford 00:05, 30 April 2006 (UTC)
You might also find Special:Mostlinkedcategories useful. Grutness... wha? 04:14, 2 May 2006 (UTC)
I have recently suffered two attacks of ischemic colitis, and I've been advised not to eat roughage foods. Unfortunately, I don't know all foods that are considered roughage, and I haven't been able to find this information anywhere on the internet. Can you help me?
Why do they drive nothing but Buicks and Oldsmobiles? Are they not aware other brands exist? And why do they drive so slow? A Clown in the Dark 01:14, 30 April 2006 (UTC)
I'm looking for recommendations for web authoring/management software to use for a church website. I'd like to be able to set up the site once, and not have to worry too much about site management after that. Then there'll be a handful or two people who add/modify content, which will be things like articles, announcements, and photos. Down the road, we'd like to be able to have streaming audio/video. This would not be a high-volume site, and cost is a real issue. My preference would be something open source. Any suggestions or recommendations? - Rholton 03:41, 30 April 2006 (UTC)
TSR (The Sims Resource) Forums is down! It wont work for me, I was just wondering if anyone else has the same problem? its the first site on google when you type in tsr forums, does anyone know what happened?
Thanks! Would anyone perhaps know some other good sims 2 forums, because Im a bit stuck lol
brief information about microsoft software company
Chatrman - A person who does too much texting. -- Zeizmic 19:18, 30 April 2006 (UTC)
Thought I added some content a week or two ago, haven't seen it pop up yet. Can someone check what happened ? It had quite a few references to back everything up.
i m a student of standard 12th arts in mumbai, india. i wish to pursue a degree of bmm ie bachelors of mass media after 12th. could u plz help me with the subect,the best colleges in mumbai providing this course, courses after graduation in the same field in india or abroad? i want to pursue advertising in my last year of graduation so plz answer my queries accordingly. also i would like to know the importance of this course and the salaries available in both india and abroad?is there an mba related to advertising and mass media? if yes plz send all the possible information about it?
Hi, Am looking for the name of the red haired women from the I WANT YOU MUSIC VIDEO, any help appreciated. Cheers.
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Hello! This is a question regarding the Mulholland drive(film). In the film, there is a singing audition, and two songs are played: one is something like 16 reasons why i love you, and it is played by a female vocal and a choire, and the second song is played by a female vocal only(in the film she is named Camilla Rhodes), but i haven't caught any of the text, and the song rythm is much like that of the first, but a bit faster. If someone knows how are those songs called and do they exist outside of the film, i would like you to write it because i like those songs very much.-- Captain ginyu 12:48, 30 April 2006 (UTC)
I think I posted copyrighted content in an article without realizing. I am a new user, and am unfamiliar with copyright laws. Now the article that I edited is on the possible copyright violations page. I did not realize what I was doing was possibly illegal. I am really worried. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Morganismysheltie ( talk • contribs) 16:20, April 30, 2006 (UTC).
hi, can you please tell me the time difference between Yoshkar-ola, Russia and Adelaide, Australia (South Australi). this would be very much appreciated, thank you.
I noticed that of the (17) Neighborhoods listed for Montgomery, Alabama, only the history of two (2)-- (Woodmere Evirons & Cloverdale)) of them were given. As a relatively new comer to the City of Montgomery, and, a resident in one the remaining (15) fifteen neighborhoods, it would be most appreciated if you could provide a brief history of my neighborhood so that I could become better informed.
My question is: Would it be possible to have the history of
Brighton Estates listed as well?
Thank you,
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How many college students inroll in Austin's colleges each year?
Is their any connections between the date of the 9/11 attacks, and that the US emergency number is 911? Philc T+ C 17:24, 30 April 2006 (UTC)
I've heard that several convicted terrorists, possibly linked with al-Quaeda, were set to be sentenced on September 12th, but the sentencing was delayed because of the attacks. Also, that bin Ladin had planned to attack later, but something happened, and he was forced to reschedule. All of this is hear-say, but still
Do dams create more silt in the rivers? Does this have a negative effect by polluting water or making it murky?
In my day, we filled in our geography problem sheets without any use of computers or internet thingys at all... Bwithh 19:55, 30 April 2006 (UTC)
Dams only work because the engineers did their own homework. Imagine, if Wikipedia were available when the built the hoover dam, what would happen if someone asked, "Hey, how do I build the Hoover Dam" at the reference desk! For SHAME. Cernen Xanthine Katrena 00:58, 1 May 2006 (UTC)
Actually I asked the question not for homework or buissness...but because i am curious.
I absolutely love the rice pudding at Indian buffets. Its thin, creamy and oh so lovely. Does anyone have a good recipe? Is there a way to make it healthier ( without cream ).
- : Bwithh 19:53, 30 April 2006 (UTC)
How do I make the text size of the text in Wikipedia bigger or smaller? (I have Internet Explorer and Windows XP, I that helps) -- Porsche997SBS 20:41, 30 April 2006 (UTC)
You could use <<font size=large></font> or <small></small> type tags. Also take a look through Wikipedia:How to edit a page and the others. CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 21:34, 30 April 2006 (UTC)
There's this muslim Middle Eastern kid at my school and saying it kindly, he has a strong prescence. Can someone explain the whole aroma thing? I'm sorry if this is offending to anyone, but I'm really serious about this.
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Maybe this was a reference to huffing? jpgordon∇∆∇∆ 01:11, 9 April 2006 (UTC)
The Japenese often find American and European body oders offensive bacause of the amout of meat and milk they consume.hotclaws**==
Thinking that one particular Middle Eastern child smells horrible is not racism. It becomes racism if you conclude "oh, he smells that way because he's Middle Eastern". Having a non-WASP background does not automagically make one extempt from all possible criticism. JIP | Talk 12:59, 3 April 2006 (UTC)
Grutness mentioned garlic as a common culprit of body odor-- there's actually an interesting thing about it: I've heard that if you rub a clove on the bottom of your feet, the smell will actually show up in your breath (no, I haven't tried it myself!). Anyways, I think curry is a fairly strong culprit in producing body odor, probably because it's usually heavily seasoned with many different spices. Also, some dietary supplements such as choline can generate a fishy body odor. Ketosis, a metabolic state that can occur in people on the Atkins diet or those with Diabetes mellitus, can generate a sweet-smelling alcoholic breath caused by exhaled acetone. Check out more causes of body odor here. -- Uthbrian ( talk) 06:00, 6 April 2006 (UTC)
On average, how much does it cost to go to graduate school in the United States? Also, how many credits must be taken? Javguerre 01:30, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
If something is grandfathered in, can that be changed?? Meaning if something was grandfathered in can it be changed a couple of years later? Any information that you can provide on this subject will be greated appreciated. Thank you.
Kathy
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I don't knOw but you need a new Keyboard (Talk) 08:20, 2 April 2006 (UTC)
Who is He? -- {{subst:user|4836.03}} 09:36, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
How do Easter bunnies lay chocoolate eggs?hotclaws**==
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That's an other issue there, each year hundreds of elves are sold as sexual slaves to horny bunny rabbits!!
My roofing builder came around to do annual check, and has said that whilst his men were up there, they noticed the 'cement skews' need addressing. We are in Scotland so it may be localised terminology, but I cannot find an explanation on the net or your good organ.What are 'skews' in this sense on a building?--
I have an old book titled "The Works of William Shakespeare, Complete. Accurately printed from the text of the corrected copy left by the late George Stevens, Esq. With a memoir by Alexnder Chalmers, A.M. Published in New York by Mason, Baker & Pratt in 1873. This book has 4 engravings in it. I have tried searching the internet for information on the book and the engravers, but could not find anything. Do you know where I might be able to find some info on this book? It is not in good shape and I would like to remove and frame the engravings. However, I would not want to do this if the book had some sort of historical significance. Can you help? Thank you. Rhonda Harrington
Hi, recently watching an episode of Law & Order, I came across an episode where a convict was asked to supply a swab of DNA by saliva. He said he was a Jehovah's witness and "Can't do it." The pathologist then said: "He's right. I can't take his DNA." This then made we wonder: Why can't he give his DNA? I, of course, checked our article on Jehovah's witness, but it is way too long, and still didn't find anything. Any ideas? Thanks! K ilo-Lima| (talk) 21:40, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
I found a freshly-killed mink on the road several weeks ago. A friend who is a Native American and an experienced hunter helped me skin and process the pelt. It's small but the fur is very thick and beautiful, and I would like to make two cuffs out of it for a pair of handknitted black alpaca wool gloves.
The problem is that I was told to 'fratter' it -- pull it back and forth over an edge to soften the skin -- and I did this for more than two hours. It did get softer, but it still does not have that 'drape' quality that I'm looking for. I have seen, and felt, fur pelts that were completely soft and pliable. As it is it is still very 'crinckly', like thin paper. I am also afraid that if I 'fratter' it any more, that the skin will tear. As one friend suggested, I wrapped the pelt around a bundled up towel, and sewed it in place, then tossed it in the clothes dryer with a couple of tennis shoes. It kept knocking against the door of the dryer and automatically shutting the machine off. Also, we have a very high tech, expensive dryer . . . . I sure don't want to ruin it for the sake of this little project!
I am looking preferably for a home remedy for this -- what can I do to acheive that drape?
If this is not possible, is there somewhere where I could send it to have it commercially processed? It would have to be a company that will do just one small pelt, rather than a whole pile. I imagine it's some sort of chemical process. . . .
Would appreciate any suggestions, links, comments, thanks.
m.i.e.
Orcas Island, WA
Response from m.i.e. - I am not familiar with how to respond, so please bear with me .. .. ..
a) I already used ALOT of lanolin when I frattered the pelt; as I said, it helped but it's still crispy!
b) a taxidermist doesn't make soft pelts, as far as I know. If you ever feel a stuffed animal the skins are usually crinkly like this pelt. I need to know what substance to put on it, or what company or individual to send it to for this process.
64.119.9.67 05:02, 2 April 2006 (UTC) m.i.e.
Dear CBW, thanks. That's the kind of info I was looking for. Yeah, I know, the oldtimers around here always come around to teasing my about why I don't get to work chewing it . . . thanks again; I'll see how it goes.
64.119.9.67 21:57, 2 April 2006 (UTC)m.i.e.
Who was Oliver North's attorney during the Senate Contra hearings in the '70's?
Ugh, I got cat crap on my T-Shirt and coat, don't ask me why. Should I just put it in the washing machine, or what? Someone help me here...it smells...no, dead serious. Argh. This is my favorite T-Shirt, I just got it today...crap, if I get a crap stain on the front...urg!
Flame viper 12 03:00, 2 April 2006 (UTC)
to answer your Q? if you do not have a stain treater and scrubber you can use laundry detergent and hands place detergent on the shirt fold in your hands use nuckels to scrub the matereal togather. it will come right out. I prommis
savnnah lynn
OK, cool. It's fixed now. Anyway...only thing wrong is that 'new shirt smell' is gone. Hehe. 65.185.135.237 17:37, 2 April 2006 (UTC)
How do I find out who made the article? I need to find it for a school report
does it get cold in iraq at night or do the temperatures remain hot to warm all summer?
Is it possiable to fail the test when being 100% honest. If so what factors can make it apear as if you are lieing?
thank you Savannah Lynn
The test is passed if the physiological responses during the probable-lie control questions are larger than those during the relevant questions.
I find it pretty difficult to update information as I'm not at all used to this interface tool to edit new information in an article.
Is it not possible to mail the small additional info I have to someone who is used to work with wikipedia? (so it all becomes nice and correct)
can u give me a list of proxies sites that are safe???
try: http://www.sneak2.com http://www.misterprivacy.com http://www.userbeam.de their the ones i use. --slew any others proxy sites pls
I've been told that it was considered bad luck to change the name of an existing ship. How true is this? I've heard of numerous cases where modern, civilian ships were renamed after they changed hands, and their owners didn't seem particularly concerned. Please clarify, 219.93.29.135 12:43, 2 April 2006 (UTC)
Hi,
In want to visually depict All rounder this is the quality of my crop. It can withstand drought, windy atmosphere, good yield under difficult conditions. I want to show something which is synonyms of All rounder.
Thanks
Abhay
How about a good animal symbol, like a rat or a cockroach? alteripse 11:41, 3 April 2006 (UTC)
Sorry, but I can't think of any terms to describe such a hardy, rugged, stout, strong, sturdy, tough, toughened, vigorous, resilient, stalwart, durable, enduring, everlasting, imperishable, stable, tenacious, flourishing, prospering, thriving, brawny, fit, healthy, husky, robust crop. StuRat 09:37, 5 April 2006 (UTC)
The tourism article doesn't seem to say.
In what year did the US Mint stop using silver in nickels, dime and quarters?
Thank you.
MLM
In 1900, the silver standard was abandoned and the dollar was defined as 23.22 grains of gold. Silver coins continued to be issued for circulation until 1968.
Ninety percent silver coins for general circulation were last issued by the U.S. mint in 1964. In 1965, dimes and quarters were made of copper and nickel, and half dollars were made of 40% silver and 60% copper. 1970 was the last year the 40% silver half dollars were minted. Brian G. Crawford 23:54, 2 April 2006 (UTC)
Does anyone know where to get entry/exit stats (without asking station staff) for non-London but UK train stations, i'm in the process of adding my infobox to some stations, any help would be appreciated. A Weblink would be a good start. Google doesn't seem to help. Thanks for your help!! Djm1279 17:00, 2 April 2006 (UTC)
Hi, folks....What I'd kindly like to do is edit the Cornell University template box, which is coded as two left "{" brackets, the word "cornell" (in all lowercase), followed by two right "}" brackets. (I had to write it this way, you understand, to keep the actual template box from displaying :-) ) Could someone kindly tell me how to get to "editing mode" for that template box so that I can edit it? Thanks!! Catdude 20:06, 2 April 2006 (UTC)
How do I find a list of the specific-subject Wikipedias? I've seen several, everything from medieval times to Homestar Runner.
H2N-Gen is about an unproven device, unavailable for commercial use. To me, it reads like a promotional advertisement. Is there some tag available (to place at the top of the article) asking to have the article verified as an authentic contribution? - mbeychok 02:52, 3 April 2006 (UTC)
Hey! I heard a song on the radio the other day, and I need some help figuring out what it was called. It was oldies (60's-70's). It started out with an awesome guitar solo and then it sang a lot about "Valerie". Lol, I know that's not a lot to go on, but I would appreciate any input! Thanks in advance! -- Dimblethum 03:39, 3 April 2006 (UTC)
Believe it or not, the song being referred to is almost certainly "Valleri" by The Monkees. It does indeed start with a very impressive guitar solo (by far the best part of the song). Written by Boyce and Hart, it was released as a single in December 1967 and the guitar work was by session musicians Louie Shelton and Gerry McGee.Lyrics can be found here. Grutness... wha? 07:08, 3 April 2006 (UTC)
What's wrong with my computer/keyboard? When I press either the (") (') or (~) key, it doesnt do anything until i press another key. If i press any certain letter, it'll add that diacritical mark to that letter. For example, it I press (~) and then (n) it'll give me (ñ). Or if I press (") and then (e), I get (ë). How do I turn this off? I realize it's not a problem with my keyboard, but that some setting is changed. (I have Windows XP) -- anon
Nevermind---I fixt it. "a"e~n. -- anon
I got really thrown for a loop the other day with KDE. If you are using a drawing program you sometimes have to hold 'shift' while dragging. Well, pay extreme attention to a little pop-up that appears: "I see that you have suddenly become demented. May I help you by turning on 'slow keys'?" If you acknowledge it, you won't notice anything in your drawing application, but the next time you try to type, nothing appears. I only got it fixed by heavy Google-searching, and going down several menu levels in the 'Accessibility' area. -- Zeizmic 16:42, 3 April 2006 (UTC)
are there countries in Africa which are entirely or fully surrounded by water? Which countries are they?
I'd be interested in learning a programming language, but it has to be free and easy to learn. Any advice?-- 82.198.250.67 07:43, 3 April 2006 (UTC)
I don't know anything at all about programming.-- 82.198.250.67 09:59, 3 April 2006 (UTC)
Call me crazy (go ahead, many do), but I would recommend learning many languages at once. Programming languages are not like spoken languages and once you learn one you will find that many are the same. It is important to understand the abstract idea of programming and not focus on the syntax, one way to do that is by learning several languages at once. I would recommend C++ and BASIC (and if you want, a TI calculator languages). You will find that once you do something it in one language it become easier with the others. Jon513 15:37, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
Can someone help by informing me, if there are famous or popular individuals in music, film, sport,leadership and so on, who were steet children at their young age.
I was wondering if there was a list of: hits of the 50s, 60s, and 70s in rock and country. I am supposed to play that kind of music for a 50th anniversary. If anyone could help that would be great!! Thanks Zach 10:27, 3 April 2006 (UTC)
A runner is at 3rd base, 1st base is open, no one out. A pitch is thrown to the batter and called a strike which the batter thinks is the 3rd strike, but in fact is only the 2nd strike. The catcher drops the ball and the batter runs to 1st base. Meanwhile, the runner from 3rd runs home and scores. Is this correct or should the runner be sent back to 3rd and is the batter called out or made to return to the batter's box?
Thank you. Richard
My Computer has recently been attacked by a virus. It makes pop ups come up like crazy. I don't know what else it has done. I have ran Mcafee, Trend Micro as well as Xsoft Spy Software. It seems to find the virus, but it can never totally eliminate it. Some of the pop ups I get tell me my computer is infected with the Black worm. But I dont know if its true... How come I pay all this money for this software and it cant solve the problem??? How can I fix this situation. My computer runs on Microsoft XP if that helps at all. Is there any way to fix it!!!! PLEASE HELP!!!
Has anyone ever tried fermenting them? Vitriol 14:31, 3 April 2006 (UTC)
MD 20/20, commonly known as "Mad Dog" is a citrus wine. What kind of citrus? I don't know, but I've always suspected it was made out of discarded orange rinds. Brian G. Crawford 22:57, 3 April 2006 (UTC)
(Note: wrt the UK but possibly other countries as well). I seem to recall that in years gone by, whenever a programme on a commercial channel in the UK (i.e. everything but the BBC) was about to go to a commercial break or the end of the programme itself, a small black and white box with moving lines would appear at the top right hand corner of the screen, about 30 seconds to a minute before that part of the programme ended. This doesnt appear to occur anymore - or at least I havent noticed it for some time. So, my questions are: what was the purpose of this box (other than telling the viewer it's time to put the kettle on) and why is it no longer in use. Thanks-david.
Hi there! I recently discovered that my descendants, by the name of Stadelmyer emigrated to the United States from a place called Cowe. We could not locate the country this is in. We're thinking Germany, Austria, or Switzerland. Does anyone out there know where this place is or was? Please contact me at (e-mail removed) if you know! Thank you! Susan Ward
Answer: We had a local historian who researched our family tree and that is as far back as she could go - that the first Stadelmyer to come over came from Cowe. As a point of interest, the name actually was changed to Stottlemyer, which has evolved into many different spellings.
In the 18th century it was common for ships from the continent, e.g. Rotterdam, bound for America to stop at Cowes as the last place to take on provisions before starting the Atlantic crossing. When passenger lists were taken down in America, it would often note the ship had left Cowes, although typically would also list the earlier port as well. - R. S. Shaw 07:38, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
Thanks everyone for the wonderful information!! Susan
asteroids are identified by discovery year and two letters.the first letter gives the half-month it was found in, the second gives its order in that half-month.I believe I and Z are not used since there are only 12 months and 26 letters, so two had to be dropped, last,Z, is logical and I since it can be confused with L. But the 1st letter indicates a number, so are I and Z used? Is asteroid 2006AI or 2006AJ the 9th asteroid discovered in the 1st half of January 2006?
Can anyone help my granddaughter find out what the typical pre-grounding fares might have been (in £ Sterling) between Heathrow in London and New York - both one way and also return. We visited one of the Concordes now in a museum in Scotland recently and we can't find the answer anywhere we have tried. Thanks in anticipation.
Thanks for the info. Much appreciated.
last night I searched Wkipedia for any words on Saint Finnian, there4 were none--at least that was what the system observed--so I posted a small excerpt from another source--yes it was copyriighted--long ago--but this is not why I am speaking now. How is it that when I searched for Saint Finnian and nothing came up--no postings of any kind--- that today when I search Saint Finnian an article posted some time ago appears-- it clearly had been in the data base all along appeared?? curious novice Wkipedian,Onolan
Why are the "Higher Ups" in an organization called the "Brass"?
Who invented the pacifier? The article mentioned a name that couldn't be found via Google. -- Zanimum 22:50, 3 April 2006 (UTC)
Is it possible to seal a leak in a farm pond by using Bentonite?, and if it is would it harm Wildlife such as Birds, Wild Turkey, Deer Fish and other Species? Thank you very much. RAY...........
You can't just pour some sacks on the water. Proper, pilled-bentonite is expensive. You really have to drain the pond, scrap out the muck, and lay down a bentonite cover. -- Zeizmic 12:08, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
Please forgive me, I've never tried to edit anything with wiki, cause I'll admit I have no idea what I'm doing. I did a search for "OpenTibia", and got no actual page, but a search result "Otserv". The relevancy between OpenTibia as I had searched for it, and Otserv, the result, was at like 9%.
Project "OpenTibia Server" was renamed to "Otserv" later for legal reasons, it's the same software, so the relevancy should be at near...very near 100%. Are the relevancy statistics calculated or can someone change that manually? Sorry I'm not really willing to do it myself, I feel that making an account would probably be hurting wiki more than helping it. Thanks.
What is the name of the career or profession that involves in finding answers of misteries and enigmas that are found on short stories and legends?
Immaculata Academy for girls was established in 1958 in Miami, Florida. It was founded by Father Anglim under Bishop Coleman F. Carroll. During the late 1960's or early 1970's, the name of the school was changed to LaSalle and we are attempting to gather information on the original school, such as when it was founded and why the name was changed.
Anybody know please help me. Thanks in advance!
Someone asked that if there are famous street children yesterday.Now i need to know if there are successful(not only famous) individuals who were street children.
I would like to know the length of the longest uninterrupted white line painted on a road in England, and also the location. Does anyone know, or can anyone tell me where to get this information? Thank you in anticipation. MaxBear
what is the role of el nino and what is its affect on climate? explain and reference
Here's a pretty obscure question for you, mainly due to my lack of details... but I'm hoping that this will trigger somebody else's memory. I seem to recall reading about a year ago about a fairly well known mentally unstable vagrent who arbitrarily declared himself royalty. Later on he became so famous that when he died the major of the city officially recognized his claim. From what I remember he was either King or Earl of San Francisco, but those details are a bit fuzzy. Anybody recognize this at all? Maelwys 15:33, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
Why does the United States still help people to immigrate (to US, as green card holders, resident visa etc) from Countries like Saudi Arabia, Pakistan....etc, in spite of these people who still hate the U.S. and would love to see the destruction of the Anglo-Saxon Race. Most of the people from these 'countries' were involved in the Sept 11 attacks. and why does not the U.S. Govt do something about it, before something worse happens. —This unsigned comment was added by Disaiah ( talk • contribs) 16:01, 4 April 2006 UTC.
Don't feed the trolls -- Hughcharlesparker 09:50, 5 April 2006 (UTC)
Dear Ladies and Gentlemen, I'm currently engaged in a Job- Re- Training Program in which I and 3 others have been assigned the Project of improving a "Longitiude-Gitter Globe." The Project is to "add" the non-exitstent Continents to the Globe. What my Team Members and I are missing is the Circumference or Coastline lengths of Europe+Asia+Africa (In Sum, SIGMA)I've been able to find in Wikipedia Europe and Africa without Asia, ?Japan?)), ?Americas (North and South)?, Greenland, Australia, and ?New Zealand? Here, Anartica, I'm hoping the Coastline value I found here in Wikipedia is Coastline +/- 2000km and not "Ice-Coastline." We are only Students-in-Learning of the Metal-working Trade with the hopes of; to include the selfish Wish of, impressing upon the following Generations to "That Young/Old Dogs can learn new Tricks." I Thank the One or Them that respond foremost with a very large "Thank You." Our Team still must, after the reciept of our required Information, carry out the various calculations of Costs and What-Not.
Again to those Who respond, "Thank You,"
Richard Grund
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Coastlines do not have well-defined lengths. See How Long Is the Coast of Britain?. Gdr 18:30, 6 April 2006 (UTC)
after looking on your site for very many weeks now i had found an interesting site on the french foreign legion of which i found to of been of great help which was full of usefull info and also contained a forum i am no longer able to find this site and was wondering if the site had been removed or located somewere else?any help or answer to this question would be very much appreciated.thank you very much.
How am I able to find an answer to a question that I asked last month sometime. The questions only go back to the 28th. I think I asked it on the 21st.
Have a look under ARCHIVES at the top of the page.
Why some couple go to sleep naked?
Thanks,
and again, sorry for not using the right channels.
The DCR has JUST now scheduled another meeting this week with the City Council of Cambridge Massachusetts. THIS Thur. APRIL 6 - 11:30AM in the Cambridge City Council chambers (meeting w/DCR on Storrow Tunnel.) That puts urgency to make Hositt easily accessible (and WikiHositt understood, even if Wikihositt engineers need anonymity to work). Www.HOSITT.us only went on-line Monday March 27,'06.
Isopropyl: Thank you for the comments & advice. Still teriffically new in this fantastic world. About the "Central Park of Boston" - attributed now as a quote from Dr.Haglund's book. I don't know why the moniker attached itself to the Basin. Googling the phrase does yield more associations with the Commons, and even one ot two with Franklin Park.I'll explore facts some more & revise. hossit_dot_us
banking distress in Nigeria and causes, effect and remedies
I've tried to add the name of the English actor Richard Armitage into a list of "well-known alumni" in the LAMDA article at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Academy_of_Music_and_Dramatic_Art
but I can't see how to add a specific link - when I viewed the updated LAMDA page I found a link had automatically been added to the new name, but it goes to the article on the US ex Deputy Secretary of State Richard Lee Armitage! At the top of his article there's a link to the article for the actor Richard Armitage, at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Armitage_%28actor%29
How can I get the LAMDA link amended so it goes to the "correct" Richard Armitage?
I'd be grateful for any help you can give me - I'm a complete newbie here!
Many thanks,
R Salbashian
Dismas, many thanks for that info, and apologies for using this page for a techie-type question, but I'm sure I noticed other similar questions on this page so it seemed a reasonable place to put it. Next time (if there is a next time...) I'll go to the Helpdesk. (I couldn't figure out at all how to amend a link to go somewhere different, as they're obviously "wiki" links rather than standard html links...) -- R Salbashian 23:47, 5 April 2006 (UTC)
I keep having to remove erroneous information, clearly vandalism, from the Ray Gun (film) page. I would report the user if he was registered and had a talk page, but it's just random IPs. It's either 152.163.100.73 or 64.12.116.137 - or maybe they're the same person. Should I try and get the page locked? Can someone point me in the right direction? Thank you. -- Marcg106 00:06, 5 April 2006 (UTC)
I have a scw87 samsung camcorder. It's "hi 8" and "8mm".
How can I get video shot on it on a pc? Flea110 00:09, 5 April 2006 (UTC)
You can get something from Costco that is quite cheap. These boxes take the standard video and audio input and produce MPEG-2 files down USB. The cheap boxes never work on Linux. -- Zeizmic 12:23, 5 April 2006 (UTC)
Hello: I'm researching a patent that appears on a brass belt buckle. The buckle says "CALIFORNIA" which was for the University of California in Berkely. On the inside of the buckle it says "PAT.APRIL9,1912" and thats all it says. Is there a way I can find out more about this patent as I would like to start manufacturing this style of belt buckle. Thank you. Jerry Schumacher (email removed) 1-800-362-9269 or 310-659-0235
when was the web material on Wikipedia published? who are the editors of the informaiton on the wikipedia website? where does it should page numbers and volume number on a section i'm look at?
Can information presented in surveys or gathered in surveys be used here. For example, if I went out and randomly interviewed 100 people could I place those results in an article to as a citation or as proof of a point?
Dear All,
While the price of Natural Rubber at Tokyo, Japan is USD 2.097/kg, an exporter in India will get only USD 1.950/kg from a buyer at Japan. Can you explain why?
You can generally count on a 100% markup for any goods, between major points on the supply chain. eg. factory to distributor to retail. This was a 'golden rule' for many a decade. High-volume stores have reduced this somewhat. Just ask what a coca farmer gets in Peru, as opposed to New York street price. -- Zeizmic 15:33, 5 April 2006 (UTC)
Hi Guy's
I am hoping you can answer a question for me, I travel by train from Stevenage on a regular basis.
I usually get dropped off and picked up, however I now need to travel and park up myself.
What is the duration of parking in the Car Parks ajacent to the Railway station, ie arrive on Saturday and return on Monday 48 hrs is the accommodated if so what are the costs involved.
Your assistance would be greatly appreciated
Many Thanks
...have the highest percentage of people who declare themselves either atheist or agnostic? Also, how many Australians are non-religious (is there any way to access the Australian census, because as I recall that involved a question about religion)?
They're so, so good. But what are they supposed to taste like? (I'm UK-ese, by the way.) Vitriol 12:25, 5 April 2006 (UTC)
...........Like the box they come in.
In the US, anyway, "cool" anything is supposedly linked to "cool ranch", meaning a particular variety of Ranch dressing. User:Zoe| (talk) 23:40, 5 April 2006 (UTC)
How do you do it? is it even possible? I don't have MS Word and I'm about to finish my first university assignment (where citing sources is required, or they kick my rag-tag arse out).
While I'm here, how should I put a sentence gained from here into a bibliography: http://www.abc.net.au/tv/enoughrope/transcripts/s1227915.htm
A bibliography can be written in APA style or MLA style. Both have rules for citing a website. See the articles for details. And while I am here I should say get open office. 85.65.242.239 16:43, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
Reinsurance Companies & Markets Swiss Reinsurance Munich Reinsurance General Re Lloyd's of London QBE Reinsurance Corporation Retrieved from " http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reinsurance" The above companies are listed as Reinsurance companies. You can click on each of them, and the history of the specific company is revealed. QBE Reinsurance company has no information. What does QBE stand for and who are they.
The search I did, had no results.
Regards
Carene Werner Removed email.
I've been told that if you purchase airline tickets more than 60 days before your flight, you'll be paying rack rate. Any travel professionals care to chime in on when it's best to purchase to say... Edinburgh?
I am looking for some information on Catholic School Attrition rates in the United States at the elementary/middle school level. Data exists for other types of private schools but I have been unable to locate any for Catholic schools.
What is a fisibility report?
I want to create a new entry for UIN. There are two things I could think of:
Union Inspection Notice
and
Union Ideas Network
However I do my search and find a UIN relating to ICQ. It isn't relevant to edit that page, and so I try to create a new entry altogether and there's no obvious button. I don't want to affect that page but I can't see a way round it.
Kind regards, Jonathan
Did The Beatles Revolver picture disk record (with the album cover printed directly onto the vinyl) originally come with a printed cover, or just a plastic sleeve?
Many thanks for any help 82.2.53.138 18:00, 5 April 2006 (UTC)
Good day, Shall be grateful if someone can send me an example of a disclaimer suitable for the use of administrators of a small group of people engaged in maintaining their roadways (work that the Local Authority refuse to do).
David Porter
Does anyone know how much money the U.S. has spent on the Iraq war so far?
Thanks in advance! Marak24 22:00, 5 April 2006 (UTC)
According to Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz the cost of the Iraq adventure could be $2trn (see Socialist Standard article "Real men" want to go to Iran March 2006 David Porter
Talking about careers and professions,What career or profession Napoleon Dynamite Could be good at?[ex.He likes to draw creatures and telling stories}
OK, why the hell is there a 7 page long article on francophobia, but an 11 word article on francophile? Richardkselby 23:55, 13 April 2006 (UTC)
What states are included in the Upper South? Heegoop
Looking for articles about advertisiments on beef versus chicken / pork, market sales, and reports?
Dear Sir. or Madame;
I recently had a relative stay at my home and she brought her pet cat. My home quickly became infested. I have done research on getting rid of the problem, but none say what to do if it persists. While they were here I bathed the cat, gave her frontline, and I bombed my home. And yet they still persist. For the most part I have been the only one that has been getting bitten, and it is HORRIBLE. I can't even sleep. And now they are starting to chew up my one of my children. Now that the visitors(relatives) are gone I plan to bomb my home again. Why have none of these things seemed to work. Is there something I can do to make it more effective? Or anything more I can do to get rid of the pests once and for all?
Thank you very much for your help. I understand, according to the article, that the information given was due to experience and I hope to learn from what ever more you may have to offer on this solution.
Thank you so much for your help.
Sincerely, Michelle Roseland
The goal here is to create a vapor cloud of a common inexpensive household pest-control ( poison) that the breeding population cannot avoid by jumping above it. This method uses the ubiquitous anti-moth products available at many retail stores, especially hardware stores (certain) and perhaps grocery stores.
Follow the above strategy with your insecticide bombs. Home Depot sells a four pack at a cheap price compared to singletons from hardware stores. The key is killing the immature hatchlings before they mature and lay more eggs. The downside to this method is protecting foodstuffs, as you well know having read the fine print.
If your home is carpeted throughout, this would generally be the better method, as there is no way of knowing where they are at any moment. If you have a lot of hard flooring, the flakes/balls would be the better method, as you can target the spaces you absolutely need to treat, though this will entail some degree of gambling you're right about where they are likely to be staying.
With the first method, you can of course leave the barriers in place for a few weeks if necessary, and naturally, you can combine the two. I hope this helps! Fra nkB 00:21, 9 April 2006 (UTC)
How do the views on the minimum legal drinking age differ between the US and Europe?
Could anyone tell me approximately how many American troops are stationed in Europe (not including the Balkans if any are stationed there)? I would imagine most if not all would be stationed in Germany. Loomis51 02:24, 6 April 2006 (UTC)
Looks like I found the answer to my own question. There are approximately 100,000 American troops stationed in Europe, 75,000 in Germany and the rest on Italy and the UK. But as a follow-up question, with the cold war over, why is such a strong presence necessary? It certainly puts into perspective all those who say that the US miltary is being spread too thin in the Middle East. Also, it's worthy to mention that the total US miltary consists of nearly 1.5 million troops. That means that less than 10% of US troops are on active duty in the Middle East. Loomis51 03:07, 6 April 2006 (UTC)
Last time I checked, it was the American Government, not the European governments, that ultimately decide how many US troops will be deployed. I don't understand the logic of that last point. Loomis51 01:59, 8 April 2006 (UTC)
I should rephrase my last statement as I see how it can lead to confusion. Of course it is up to the European governments to allow or dissallow American troops on their territory. What I meant is that, should the US decide to remove troops from Europe, the "incentive" of European governments to keep them there hardly seems relevant. The US can pull out as many troops as it sees fit. Loomis51 22:33, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
I was reading an article on test patterns: Birthday by the numbers & was told that i can go to this website & enter my birthday in the search box & it would bring up a whole bunch of info about the day, month and year I was born in. I can not find any info by following those directions. It takes me to a screen that says that there is no article titled that. Please help!!-----ANDREA
My son is using an internet downloading site that I would like to block. Is there a way to do it? Be specific as I am not a tech?
Which brings me to the next question, which I shouldn't really be asking here, but in case anyone knows...
Just curious to know what kind of salaries are paid to actors/singers in Musical Productions (in UK). I enjoy going to the Musicals but rarely recognise any of the performers, who generally give an excellent performance (last night we saw Mamma Mia in Edinburgh)but we have no clue whether they make a normal salary or more or less than that. Obviously it differs from show to show and role by role but it would be interesting to have a general idea of pay rates and conditions.
.....Thanks Robert, I did as you suggested and got the fright of my life, especially in respect of the minimum rates for the non-principal hoofers and warblers. I had imagined their rates might be low - but not that low - and who pays their accommodation, travel, and food costs I wonder?
It would help people if we could make an article for all the 'high risk' professions. Something like the 90 percentile salary for: singers, hockey players, actors, circus performers, etc. -- Zeizmic 16:01, 7 April 2006 (UTC)
Who played Kate's mother in the episode of Lost called "What Kate Did?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Episodes_of_Lost_%28season_2%29#What_Kate_Did
I'm sure I've seen her somewhere before, and it's killing me, but imdb doesn't list the minor actors on Lost.
I just wanted to know does my surname Steen have any links with the Scandanavian area going back as far as the Vikings? I know it is a Scottish surname and that would have been the closest place to stop for them please if you can answer this question with some form of evidence i would be extremeley greatful. My email address is --email removed-- thank you
Can I get a complete list of Dell's advertising slogans in a timeline? I have been researching and can't seem to find a complete list all in one place.
There is alot of jobs being filled by out of state workers. We should implament a state income tax for all the workers to give tiddings to our state. The state income tax is based on the same tax as federal income tax, except the dollar amount is very small, only a few dollars on the hundred. Please look into how the other states work their systems, they are all about everyone paying in to run the state without getting their money through business investers, business or land owners. We could stop the rise in our land taxes every year becuase the state can now get their money through the people. The gas companies can't afford to pay higher taxes, yet we need their investment, so we all help them and our stae by paying a little dues we won't even notice out of our checks, this is our only way to make life fair and not baise to only one class of society, we are all doing our part. Thank-You for your time, I hope you can help spread the words for change in our economic struggle. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.237.251.198 ( talk • contribs) 16:56, 6 April 2006
If you've got an idea you think is great, write your local representative, and/or write a letter to the editor of your local newspaper. This area of wiki is for general reference questions, not to "spread the word" on anything. (I doubt they'd pay much attention though, unless you take the time to clarify what exactly your point is, as it's difficult to follow your argument the way it's presented). Loomis51 22:46, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
Hi,
I received a gold pocket watch from a friend. On the back is inscribed. A.A.STORRS --95 3/4-- Montpelier Jany. 8 - 1902 Alderney Butter Color I am assuming This may have come from Vermont. But I really dont know how to research, the past history of company's that may have been in business back in the early 1900's. I'm assuming this was a presentation watch. Any help would greatly be appreciated. Thanks JACK
In the days before cranes bacame widely available, how were derailed trains set back on the tracks, especially in isolated regions such as mountains?
On March 9th I wrote regarding an article I posted - Linda Marie Fedigan. The internal search feature was not picking up on this article when just "Fedigan" was supplied in the search box. I was advised that the search feature only periodically collects data and that this problem will correct itself.
One month later and the problem still persists. Is this unusual? I can even do a Google search for just "Fedigan" and it actually directs me to "Linda Marie Fedigan" at wikipedia.
Do I just need to be more patient or has something been missed?
Thanks Kelly Anne Seguin
This song was recorded by the Seekers in the 60's but it was originally an old Polish folk song. Does anyone know the original words (pref translated in to English)
What are Marlene Favela's favorite things to do before and after Contra Viento Y Marea?
Hi,I tried to find a good literary character but i couldn't find one,i haved read Sherlock Holmes and James Bond stories,Can someone could give me the name of a character that is a mix[combination] of Sherlock Holmes and James Bond,please,thank you?
What species of penguins are found at the north pole?
And, boy, were those French actresses mad when the Great Canadian Penguin Hunt finished off the survivors... -- Zeizmic 01:23, 7 April 2006 (UTC)
More interesting is what would happen if we took some Canadian polar bears down to the south pole to star in the next movie: The Mess of the Penguins. I've wondered why bears are confined to the northern hemisphere. I guess they could never penetrate the equatorial regions. -- Zeizmic 12:02, 7 April 2006 (UTC)
For three months I have been trying to extablish an account with several commodity and options brokerage houses (man Financial, Lind Waldock, Alaron) so that I may engage in the business of trading commodities and options. In each case, because of my age, I have asked the brokerage hose to sign a simple statement acknowledging their obligation to pay the blance of my acount in the event of my untimely demise to the trustee of my inter vivos trust. In every case they have refused to sign such a statement, saying such payment would contravene the rules opf the Board of trade or the Board of options Exchange. They have never cited a rule and although they have said their attorneys would call me re the question, their attorneys have failed or refused to do so. It thus appears to me that they are practicing a veiled and vague type of discrimination on the basis of age. It also is to my knowledge from many long years in the practice of law, that property rights and law are matdters of state law ansd can not be contravened by either of the boerds in question. Any light that be shown on this question will be appreciated. RED
As an aside - why can't you run the account through the trust from the outset? Lisiate 04:32, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
Is the phrase "nothing is impossible" true? Flea110 00:13, 7 April 2006 (UTC)
Much of this statement is a creation of personal perceptions. Usually, on approaching something like this, I would bar the mathematically impossible, since even though 1+1 can equal three apples if you like in philosophy or politics, if you use any value other than two for that question to build your rocket you will end with a complete disaster. No- one is sure what the true relationship between mathematics and nature is, but the thing is that, under all the circumstances which I know to have been verified, mathematics works. Therefore, at least it is a successful tool in modelling the branches of nature, and may even bear more esoteric or subtle relationships with nature than we yet realize. Thus, at least concerning the universe I know since the Many Worlds Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics specifically forbids me to have any distinct and indesputable knowledge of any other universes should they exist, I would conclude that the mathematically impossible is probably the only true impossibilities of our human conceptions.
But barring all that, if we do not admit ourselves Laplacian Devils, how could we know all the endless marvels of Mother Nature? Charles Kingsley did well when he says that :"The wiser a man is, the less he will say of cannot.", because the wise man, like described by Socrates, 'knows that he knows nothing'. We before nature stands like children upon an endless sea of wonder, whose marvels we only dimly suspects. Far better it is to accept the infinite number of the creations of nature, that even within a small flower there may contain enough knowledge and mysteries to last every man a life time. Recalling now William Blake- "What is now proven was once only imagin'd."
Though one may certainly be sceptical of something, yet the word cannot, just as the word hate, carries serious responsibilites for which he shall have to consider very gravely before he would dare to pronounce them, the former denying a, for all we know, seemingly omnipotent nature and the latter the lovely mercies of man. I myself would not say, save for the mathematically impossible, of anything as yet unproven to be impossible to be indeed so. I am, for instance, sceptical about the workings of astrology, but I do admit it has as much chance of being true as the existence of mermaids. Luthinya 19:06, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
Question in title. -- Run! 10:39, 7 April 2006 (UTC)
oh yeh 1 more thinge what is a dick and pussy. Kids at school no and keep it a secret from me
If this is just an unfortunate kid on the slightly innocent side, I don't think he/she would much apprciate those comments. And if it's a troll, you'll do better to deprive him/her of the oxygen of publicity. Luthinya 19:10, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
Is Bittorrenting Red Hat Enterprise Linux considered piracy? Hkl8324 18:49, 7 April 2006 (UTC)
What is the highest score scored by a batsman in Test Cricket, ODI without scoring a boundary or a sixer?
sumal 08:56, 8 April 2006 (UTC)
In searching numerous site looking for the height of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, I have found no less than 4 answers. (The'official site' quotes a height of 324 meters.) They range from 932 ft. to 1,080 ft. sans antennae and extraneous appendages. Do you know the accurate height of the Tower. Thanks in advance. FSM
Hey all, thanks for your help in my last query, do you know any general station stats sites, with info such as History, no. of platforms (number in use), thanks in advance Djm1279 19:41, 7 April 2006 (UTC)
I would like to puchase the tape released in the 1989 by a group called Public Affection. The name of the tape is Death of a Dictionary. Would anyone know were I can purchase this? I have looked in many places with no sucess. 65.198.21.8 20:10, 7 April 2006 (UTC)
I need information about Bloodclan from the sixth book of the original Warriors series written by Erin Hunter.
if only fish have gills than how do whales breath underwater?
Could you please get some info on the gamolo or icarus levitation? thanks!
-luke thinnes
[email in title removed to prevent spam]
could you provide a link to a website where i can an information about the trial of richard farley specifilly the opening closes statements of the defense the effects it has all had on laura black.
can plz help me by giving out the contact nos of hypnotist in your knowledge
i 'm in deep troubles ur help can be a boon in my life
plz its no joke
i'm serois in every word i mean
contct at [email removed to prevent spam]
If you are having mental distress (causing you not to spell out things), then don't just latch on to a particular specialist. Although it sounds rather lame, it is really best to go through a family doctor, and then to a specialist. People who are in major depression, need to go through a dose of sedatives first, before they are in a state to be fixed up. I have lots of experience with my own depressions, but 90% of the time I am completely cured, thanks to pills. -- Zeizmic 14:13, 8 April 2006 (UTC)
Oh dear, no patronisation but this seems way too serious to be merely asked for upon a reference desk in Wikipedia, in any case I don't think any of us would think this is the safe place to resolve these queries, let alone answer them- this is a public site and there may be unfriendly eyes peering about. All of this matter seems to be extremely confidential and, no offence, slightly reckless for an open- source software. I don't think hypnotism would be a best option but you must be desperate to even think of trying. If you are a teenager- like me- you should probably try childline or your parents rather than trust your fates to a slightly too open internet software. If you don't know childline's number you can ask your teacher or nurse- they are bound to be competent enough to know. But if doing these things make you afraid, even talking to your parents, then something is seriously wrong here and you will need to consult higher authorities. Again, no need to patronise, but try to keep calm. Sometimes a little thing you'll laugh at later on may produce such effectson your psyche right now that you would wish to try hypnotis. Luthinya 19:19, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
What is the highest score scored by a batsman in Test Cricket, ODI without scoring a boundary or a sixer?
sumal 08:56, 8 April 2006 (UTC)
What is pitch made of, and is there a variant of it that uses either sulphuric acid, or sulphuric hydroxide (?!?). I can't imagine there would be, but a colleague of mine, who is an interpreter for the police is on a case at the moment, and we can't get the right words in English (or Portuguese), and we don't even understand what the suspect is supposed to have done.
I'd appreciate your help CCLemon 09:06, 8 April 2006 (UTC)
I have a rather unusual request, I would like to enter a design competition with the theme "the seasons". What would people think is the best (or least worst) out of the following versions:
Thank you very much for any comments! -- Fir0002 www 11:04, 8 April 2006 (UTC)
Now i wasn't sure of what subject to put this under?
My sister and i were discussing how we can be alergic to different foods, animals and plants but is it possible for one to be alergic to objects like different glass? different metals? different rubbers? or different plastics etc etc. can some one be alergic to these type of manmades items (not stuff like medicine)?
This question is purely out of my own interest as i thourghly enjoy coming with interesting theories.
Thank you for your time.
What are we here for? What is the meaning of life? Why were our parents on this Earth, and why will our Childeren be here? I'm just getting to the point in my life (late Teens, early 20's) where this question is really starting to play havok wth my mind. Please explain this important, but taxing question in 200 words or less!
BRILLIANT QUESTION! I've had a similar period when I was nearly 12- now 13- during which time I was also constipated with an extreme fear of death. However, both problems have now been resolved continuously. In my opinion, life does not have a meaning. When the sun swells eventually into a red giant the earth shall certainly be destroyed, along with all her inhabitants. Our petty doings in all fields, including what I'm typing now into my computer, will be of little significance in this vast universe while our atoms drift far into space, unremembered and certainly not pampered the way we are here. However, I decided that life DOES have a value, even if there is no god in the fashion of a Laplacian Devil. This value comes from doing something worthwhile within our little sphere of true effectuality, to one life, a nation, the whole of humanity or even mother earth herself. The value may also be negative, such as comitting genocide, but in this you allow future generations to learn of mercy and also what must never happen again. You may, perhaps, make life seem good and worthwhile to a person by showing love or affection for him/her; you may free the chains of slavery from the sires of your race and be deemed a savior. Or you may campaign against pollution and protect the trees. Ultimately in Death there is nothing you can take with you- the things that matter are what you left behind- silent reflections, a newly- found element, or the freedom of a nation. The lovely thing about this worth- the- while requirement is that it does not have to be a hugely significant event that will change the whole universe to vast degrees immediately (though from the Bell's Theorem it might), it only has to be worth the while for our feeble human race and the little earth we dwell on. So long as we fulfil this, the gift of life and sensibilities given to us that shall forever remain a mystery shall be fulfilled, and in death we shall be happy, having done all that we could to make the ride worthwhile for everyone. The worth which you have brought into our little world, small and insignificant it may seem to the vast universe, is important enough, for we ourselves are small and insignificant. And this worth, which happily does not perish with its maker, is what shall attach value to your life and make future generations bear rememberance upon you through it. It may take many forms as such is appropriate of your actions. Since the world has given us life, we must give it life's worth to make the ride worthwhile. In that also we shall cease to fear death, for no loss is ever taken in such a process- it is only a natural chemical degradation. Thus the value of our lives ar attested, bearing worth for as long as this race still dwells. Meaningless though was this pursuit, yet that does not ever bear away its beauty or value, for which only can be said of life.
And indeed life is beautiful, as long as the mind has not been filled with the words of a sceptic. Grief, instead of pining away, once we accept them as necessary helps our psyche to grow. Since all existences to me are meaningless, I may only say that most lives had its value, although some may seem greater than others. A truly valueless life for me is one in which it existed only as if never to exist. Do not despise the humble values either- as the Torah spoke: whoever saves one life, saves the world entire. (Sorry for length can't help it love philosophy so much thanks). Luthinya 19:41, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
what is the role and the effect of climate on the ocean?
I just read the book Fairyopolis, I know it was organsied by other people as Cicely had died long before it was published, but I was wondering if it was true how she stayed in that place and stuff. thanks :D
Yeah I know, but I meant it was organised by others not Cicely, she didn't actually write it..
Until the mid 1950s most British forces were moved around the world by ships which were hired from existing shipping lines, hence the title Hired Military Transport,not you will note, Her Majesty's troopship. Having returned to this country on this ship on what was her last voyage can anyone provide her history? she started life with the Hamburg America line ,was captured and turned into a trooper.Please can anyone provide any details. She was owned by B&I (British and India) and scrapped in 1955.
who is was the first person to join the navy?
i mean the united states navy i need the answer
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the united states thanx bud
who was the first person in the U.S Navy? When was the United States navy founded?
i need help
Wha's goin' on, yeh know wha' I'm sayin'! Yo man what's up? Why are we wastin' space? Yay!!! -- CrazyGuy
who was the founder of the U.S Navy on October 13,1775
CTBL what's this? plz tell me about that
i dont get the plot of the movies of harry potter but the books are so good? Why do the keep take out some of the captions of the books from the movie
Hello,
I want to know if there is a unix command I can use to output the sorted word frequency of a .tex file to another file.
Thanks,
- Grey
I would try
cat texfile.tex | tr ' ' '\n' | sort | uniq -ic > listfile.txt
dab (ᛏ) 19:38, 8 April 2006 (UTC)
can you tell me how to get rid of poison ivy and i used all this kind of ointment and it still wont go away please tell me how
Very interesting article. It mentions that if things persist, then you should contact a doctor. If you don't want to follow this good advice, then the quack in me wants to come out: I have found that a skin irritation can create a home for little bugs of some sort (fungus or bacteria). This usually comes out as an irritation at the same spot year after year. It can also slowly expand. My wife always has this, and sometimes it tries to hit me. I found that when this happens, a constant application of Tea Tree Oil (Melaleuca Oil), will quickly kill it. It really works and I've gotten rid of many 'permanent' dry spots on myself and my daughter. My wife, who never listens to me as a matter of principle, is another matter... -- Zeizmic 13:49, 9 April 2006 (UTC)
I was watching some PBS documentaries and I noticed that they all had a timer in the corner of the screen that showed how long I'd been watching. Specifically, they were documentaires about American history. Why do they put these timers here?
there's this 80's song that I like but I don't know the name and I can't find it's lyrics on google. the lyrics go something like this:
she wants to keep another secret, it's only rock and roll, you know my baby's just too cool, my little lady hated high school ... it's all I could pick up from the song. it's sung by a guy...and the style is kind of like the clash or maybe david bowie a little... but it's none of them.-- Cosmic girl 20:28, 8 April 2006 (UTC)
Nevermind, I got it...I think it's 'baby talks dirty' by the knack, but correct me if I'm wrong.-- Cosmic girl 20:51, 8 April 2006 (UTC)
I am a rank novice having discovered WIKIPEDIA only a few days ago. But while browsing the various portals yesterday I discovered one that had a huge list of pictures/photos covering an enormous amount of subjects. I started to scroll down but discovered that I'd need hours to view even a portion of what was shown. I tried to find that portal(?) again today but couldn't locate it. Can someone tell me where it is, please. Thank you. --20:40, 8 April 2006 (UTC) (email excluded)
George Washington was the first president who crossed the Delaware in a dingy boat when the British were coming. Does that mean he was the first naval officer. The president of the united states is called the commander in chief of all armed forces.
Dinghy, not dingy. No, as I explained above, it does not mean he was the first naval officer. He was the commander in chief of the colonial army, however. But when he crossed the Delaware, he was not the President. User:Zoe| (talk) 23:27, 8 April 2006 (UTC)
I'm pretty sure there have been naval officers for centuries before George Washington was born. JIP | Talk 07:40, 9 April 2006 (UTC)
i was wondering why people pay so much on on some kind of meats when they dont even taste good
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We have an embroidery sewing machine that has floppy disks to access various > designs. > The formats are: CND - DST - EXP - HUS - PCS - PES - & SEW. > I would like to transfer JPEG & GIF formats to the above formats. > Do I need special software to be able to do this? if so; could you tell me > some names of the software.
who is George Michaels everybody always talked about him but i still dont know i would really appreciate it if you told me
whats the difference between the navy and the coast guard
A lot like the difference between the army and the police in terms of function. alteripse 23:41, 8 April 2006 (UTC)
I am trying to identify the name of a UK TV sit-com thought to be from the mid-1980's that featured an older gentleman (possibly Jim Broadbent?) with a young girlfriend. The girl was always doing stupid things and the older man would say "Och Zoe". I think the girl was a PE instructor or was into keep fit in the programme.
Thank you.
Can we write an article on a specific book, even if it has no cultural significance? To make my question more specific, would it be appropriate to write articles on Star Trek books (of which there are hundreds)? If it is appropriate, I would definately be interested in writing some. Chuck 02:37, 9 April 2006 (UTC)
Thanks folks. I guess that leaves it up to me, and then we'll see what people think about it afterwards. Thanks again. Chuck 03:43, 9 April 2006 (UTC)
You may also be interested in Wikia:Memory Alpha. — MSchmahl … 15:57, 9 April 2006 (UTC)
How much was ESPN bought for by Walt Disney?
Hi - can anyone tell me what a Parisian tailor might have typically worn in the 17th century? Adambrowne666 07:14, 9 April 2006 (UTC)
Oops - apologies - didn't read the rules properly. Adambrowne666 23:58, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
I really would like to know how to set up a connection to a Microsoft Access file, from a Java application. This is really bugging me; everything I try to find online doesn't seem to work. Many thanks for any help - Dan
Is there any record of an anarchist party activity in India? Does India have any adherents to anarchist political philosophy? sumal 08:43, 9 April 2006 (UTC)
Greetings,
I would like to know whether or not a guideline exists on the capitalisation of the first words of certain newspapers' articles. Take the following excerpt from yeserday's Times's article And the best solution for protecting pedestrians? Remove safety barriers:
In today's Sunday Times's article Town hall vote disaster looms for Blair:
I am pretty sure that the first words of articles are also capitalised in other newspapers.
Many thanks to those who will produce answers,
Grumpy Troll (talk) 09:11, 9 April 2006 (UTC).
I read the following under anti-humor:
This is supposed to be an unfunny, or comically literal, answer to the riddle. However, in the context of the article, this is supposed to be a "traditional" joke, like "What is this fly doing in my soup?" But I cannot figure out what the original punchline is supposed to be. Please help! — MSchmahl … 12:51, 9 April 2006 (UTC)
What is the total number of inhabited islands in the world? I 'd just like to know. I can't find an answer anywhere.
Take a guess of how much ESPN was bought for by Disney.
asked before. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Miscellaneous#ESPN User:Kahang 02:18, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
I enjoy mithology a lot, specially Greek and Roman, but i do not recall if there was ever a Music God? If there is a Music God...what is his/her name?
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What is the average longevity of the domesticated horse? The horse article doesn't seem to say. Bhumiya ( said/ done) 18:27, 9 April 2006 (UTC)
I came to this wikipedia page looking for what I thought would be basic information, and with such length I thought i'd find it but however the answer to the question I have is absent from the article. What is the average lifetime of a horse? Could this be added to the article? It seems rather basic, but is missing. Chopper Dave 01:31, 14 March 2006 (UTC)
The entire horse article needs a thorough going over and rewrite. half of it is "how to raise horses," the other half is a history in relation to humans, and there's no good section on their biology. Night Gyr 02:22, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
Where does Ricardo Montaner live?
How much is known about Willy on Wheels? Is he one person? Does anyone know what area of the world he lives in? How long has he been vandalizing Wikipedia?
Does anyone know of these two songs?
Right now all I have is the title and the snippet of the first line. I think they are from the US and the first appears to be a variation on " Barbara Allen" Thanks. CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 18:00, 9 April 2006 (UTC)
Why some boys who are not fat like 200-209lbs girls while some girls whoe arenot fat also like 200-209lbs boys? They do it for sex things?
Weight alone doesn't define fat. I'm a boy in that range and I'm downright bony. however, you can read more than you'd ever want to know about Fat fetishism right here on wikipedia. Night Gyr 18:18, 9 April 2006 (UTC)
How many actors and actresses were born in 1990?
What you call a person who sells books, dvd, and cds? Rich?( 82.138.214.1)
In the alley behind my house there are all these rocks. You also find them on the side of roads. Where did they all come from?? Jonathan W 03:04, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
This is just good old pea gravel. Where I am in Toronto, they ship it in giant ships from the north. They use it generally for aggregate. Many quarries produce it naturally. Pea gravel is neat because if you have a thick layer of it, it is nearly impossible to walk on. -- Zeizmic 20:55, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
What happens to mayo if you freeze it? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.114.224.62 ( talk • contribs) .
That mayo you are playing with was once an egg that should become a living being. Now, if we are courteus enough to kill unborn animals to make mayonnaise, we could at least eat it and show some respect, not play with it as if it was a thing. I see that people don't think about this, but they should.-- Captain ginyu 21:47, 16 April 2006 (UTC)
I think this might technically be a Help Desk question, but I guess the people manning the Reference Desk might also know the answer...
I found this fragment on a Google search of Wikipedia: "Mandaeans acknowledge John the Baptist, but not Jesus or Moses. ... Maybe Tolomei is the correct rendering/borrowing of Ptolemaios into Italian?"
The link was to "Reference Desk/All", but searching the page found nothing. I suspect the question has been archived, but can't find any clue as to the date to begin searching the archives. Can anyone find this question for me?
Should I presume, because it still appears on the Google index, that it was a recent question? And in future, what is the best way to search the Reference Dsk archives? Can Google be directed to search a particular subset of Wikipedia pages? Carcharoth 07:06, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
Hi,
I've got a question about Chinese names. In China, it's important to have a Chinese surname, as this is used on all sorts of official documents. Because western surnames don't have hanzi associated with them, most foreigners adopt characters that they chose themselves, which might not have anything to do with their "real" surname.
My question refers to the case when a western man marries a Chinese woman and has a child in China. If the parents are both Chinese, it's normal for the child to take the father's surname. But from what I can tell, a Chinese citizen's Western name only exists as a romanisation of their Chinese name. So what happens for a child brought up in China with a western father? Does he/she take both the father's western name and his chosen Chinese character, take only his character along with the romanisation of that character, or take something completely different such as the mother's name?
I'm talking about mainland China here, which might be different from Hong Kong or Taiwan. But if anyone knows about the situation in HK/TW, that would be good to hear as well.
61.49.159.163 12:56, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
Could you please make a article about Yung Joc?
I'm having a lot of difficulty locating a certain, specific body of data. It must exist but I haven't been able to find it.
I'm looking for a catalogue, chronology, list, compilation, or whatever you would like to call it, of clusters of disappearances that would be consistent with serial killings. Of course, we might not know if a missing person was actually killed. That's why I'm refering to them as clusters of disappearances, rather than serial killings. Ideally, such a catalogue would allow me to locate such clusters by date and geographical region. Specifically, I want to know if there was a cluster of disappearances in northern California, specifically in Calaveras County and adjacent counties, during 1984 and 1985. However, it would be useful to me to find a catalogue of such data that included all such clusters but was searchable by date and region.
Please be aware that I'm not interested in information about serial killers but in clusters of disappearances that are consistent with a serial killer scenario.
I've located a body of data that might be used to extract the information that I seek but it goes back to only 1995. That data is published on a website by the California Office of the Attorney General. I've asked a friend in California to search his local library for me but I certainly would appreciate it if you could locate a source of the data that I need.
Thank you very much for making this encyclopedia, and this service, available. It is extremely useful.
Sam
In general, we won't spend more than a minute or two spouting out our brilliance, or doing a quick search. That's why we hate doing tedious homework, or writing out people's books for them. -- Zeizmic 17:27, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
Can you get viruses from downloading music from Limewire?
In one of Richard Feynman's books he mentions a drawing he made called "The Magnetic Field of the Sun". Does anyone know where I can see an image of this drawing or buy a copy of it? It sounds really interesting but I've never seen it. — Keenan Pepper 14:35, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
how do you deter ducks from a swimming pool
If you can't find a crazy, bird-chasing dog like mine, then I would go for one of those 'pool alarms' that sense the water surface being broken. Except I would attach one huge mother horn! -- Zeizmic 15:30, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
Who is the richest rapper ever?
Steve Ballmer [9]. It's at least as musical as " My Humps". Night Gyr 16:40, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
How long is it? A foreign newspaper editor contacted us to ask, and I can't find it anywhere in the article. -- Zanimum 15:46, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
Hello, I have a hp LaserJet 5100dtn and I just installed a new toner cartage. However, the printer still says "Low Toner". I was wondering if someone could help me fix the problem.
Thanks Zach 16:20, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
What is ERP architecture, and solution architecture? What is the difference between them?
I am a relatively new user of Wikipedia and before asking my question, would just say how impressed I am at this seemingly limitless resource of information, apparently provided free of charge to others like myself by a dedicated and committed group of volunteer contributors of varying degrees of expertise, but all of them well intentioned nonetheless. So please accept my compliments and thanks for questions already asked and answered, and many more yet to come. My question is, why does the layout of the Main Page change every time I log on? Am I doing something to make that happen; is it a dynamic feature of Wikipedia, or is it an annoying optical illusion?
How ong have people been doing this? What traditions are especially known for their banishings? What should you not attemp to banish?
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Hi! My name is Abel Cavasi, I live in Romania and I discovered a new conservation law in Physics. Since some months ago I tried unsuccesfully to draw up the attention of the world on this result. I sent the material (which can be found on the Internet address: www.geocities.com/abelcavasi) to few Physics Universities in Romania, to Physical Review, to Scientific American, to Newscientist, to American Journal of Physics, to European Journal of Physics, etc. While some of them advise me to search other magazines, others maintain that the shape of the article is unacceptable and others have not replied at all. Could you help me? abel 18:28, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
Is there such a town as Soddy Daisy, West Virginia? I have been told there is. Please help.
How long does it typically take to make a music album? Could Somebody Please Tell Me, I would really appreciate it.
Does anyone know what shops in the UK that sell writing quills? I've tried eBay, and they are about £5 ($8.75); is this good? Thanks! K ilo-Lima| (talk) 19:34, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
I suspect that either Pensplus, High St., Oxford website or Scriptum, Covered Market, Oxford website may be able to find you a quill. None available directly for sale on their website, it seems. But it should be worth contacting them. -- 81.178.66.137 17:23, 16 April 2006 (UTC)
when was this put in to effect in massachusetts month day year please
Who invented this nudism? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Don Mustafa ( talk • contribs)
Nudity is lovely and fine. Clothes, on the other hand, are a sin and abomination before God. See Genesis 3:9 and following, and strip off that evil cloth! Grutness... wha? 12:15, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
Why some like to take pictures of ladies? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Don Mustafa ( talk • contribs)
what happened to the old face of the french women who was given a face transplant. also lets say my leg is amputated what happens to the leg after it has been cut off.
The An Post National Lottery Company page says "A Dublin-based syndicate bought all combinations in one week and made a £500,000 profit. After this incident the numbers were increased to 39 (1 in 3,262,623 chance) and later on to 42." - I was hoping to learn more about this on that page as I vaguely remember the furore surrounding it. I thought they only bought a a substantial fraction of the ticket combinations, rather than all. What's the full story? Jooler 00:13, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
Hi I am trying to locate a garden designer/landscape architect by the name of carroucho (or something similar as I cant find nothing under that name). If anybody could point me in the right direction, would be greatly appreciated. Thanks
I believe that he is spanish and could be a "celebrity" type garden designer. That is all I know at this stage. Thanks.
whos the actor for the character named manny? hes the one who kidnaped elizabeth or emily(i forgot the name)and manny jus broke out of jail. this is in the '06 season. can u help me?
I've been thinking of starting a webcomic, and one of things that been holding me back is my grasp of US Copyright laws. Can someone clear this up for me. From what I understand things are copyrighted from the moment they are created and published, but how is this inforced? How can I stop people from using my ideas as their own, my characters, my comics. Thanks in advance Evil Vin 06:00, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
I am a member of * The Sherlock Holmes Society of India.I have been a part of this Society ever since its existence. However, the increase in its membership has been at a snail's pace despite the high quality of the discussions which are held in the Society. I have tried posting my links with other Sherlockian societies but with limited success.Can you help me out with suggestions to achieve increase in membership? sumal 11:08, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
I've recently tried the demos for SWAT 3 and I've found I really like this type of shooters. Not mindlessly blowing the baddies away, but using actual tactics is great. Until I get the cash to buy this game, has anyone got ideas for free alternatives? My computer is an oldie, so my CPU will probably not do anything too far over 266MHz. Any ideas are welcome. - 131.211.210.17 11:46, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
Why is Rudy Giuliani on the face of a vandalism userbox? Thanks, K ilo-Lima| (talk) 12:12, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
i one day would like to eat lots of endangered animals :). such as panda, elephant, Humpback Whale, Leopard, Loggerhead Sea Turtle and komodo dragons. i was just wondering where these animals are eaten and how much they cost. i know that it is illegal to eat these kinds of animals but people still do in asian countries. just wanted to know where and how much it would cost to eat these animals.
any help would be greatly appreciated!
From mr P
i was wondering more about the black market prices for animals such as these, e.g. the price of panda meat. and in what country this happens. Mr P
Im sure this question has been asked many many times, but is there ANY approximation how large the internet is? Probably a dumb question/ but yeh, any answer welcome
Additionally, Ive always wondered what percentage of the interenet is porno. Is there any answer to these questions? ~ Anklepants
for an authoritative answer, you'd need to run an operation the size of ECHELON. to answer the question of what percentage of data transferred (not, hosted) is porn, counting google hits is worthless (hence, the fraction of 28% estimated to contain pornographic content above tells us nothing at all about the fraction of internet traffic due to these sites). Counting search terms frequency is worthless too, because the people who transfer the lion's share do not idly look for "porn" on google. Anything related to counting websites is worthless, since the data transferred by viewing some web page pales in comparison with a gigabyte's video download. To really get an idea, you'd need to stat the bittorrent networks. To get a first idea, you'd probably want to look at a site that indexes both porn and non-porn content such as torrentspy.com; compare the number of le(e)chers connected to each torrent, multiplied with the torrent size, and you'll have an idea. I wouldn't be surprised if it was significantly more than 50% (but you'd expect the ratio to drop significantly at times when a newly pirated Harry Potter movie is being distributed), while about a quarter sounds reasonable for the fraction of data hosted. At the moment, the largest share of data transferred via the pirate bay tracker is Basic Instinct 2, a 4.36 G file, downloaded 1500 times with another 1800 downloads in progress, amounting to 8T worth of this file distributed over this tracker alone in about two days (you can view many image-laden websites to get to such a number). I leave it to you to decide if this particular file qualifies as porn or not :) dab (ᛏ) 18:28, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
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Hello. I am interested in becoming an editor on Wikipedia. Is there a specific process by which I could be alerted of the need for editing of an article, etc. I also like to do reserach and would be pleased to do some of that as well. I'm not even sure if this is possible. Do I just have to choose random articles and select edits as I see fit? Thanks for any guidance you can provide.
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i'm looking for any information about chief satoo. i work at satoo school in millwoods and i already know that satoo means jumping in cree and there was a chief named satoo. i'm looking for additional information in regards to tribe names, location, lifestyle, and any other history of satoo. thanks to anyone who can help. lynda
Does Sikhs have their own holidays like the other religions?
Are sources from the Bolivian government in the public domain? I'm specifically thinking about pictures from the Galeria de Presidentes de la República de Bolivia (Gallery of Presidents of Bolivia). I don't spot any copyright notes on the site; maybe a Spanish-speaking user could help me out here. Punkmorten 21:13, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
How come the edit link on the right hand side is not working? I just clicked on the last one expecting to edit the copyright in Bolivia section and got this blank section. CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 22:26, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
What is it called when you maked boxed messages like this?
(I feel dumb\ for asking this.) The Republican 00:45, 13 April 2006 (UTC)
our stylesheet's impression of a teletype (<tt>) tag? dab (ᛏ) 13:58, 13 April 2006 (UTC)
If you eat your own body parts, does that make you a cannibal? A Clown in the Dark 02:48, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
Are mermaids imaginary creatures or they exist?
I heard manatees made a motion like rocking a baby so sailors thought they looked like women. But I think they look like ugly hippos. Jonathan W 15:22, 13 April 2006 (UTC)
I'm looking for solo piano recordings of Cecil Taylor. I already have "Air above mountains" what solo piano recordings did he make beside this one. Are there any other interresting solo piano artists~(-recordings) with a similar musical style like taylor?
Thanks -- helohe (talk) 09:11, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
The collective noun of bison is a herd, is there any standard practice or rules as to how many animals you have to have before it can be called a herd. The reason I ask is that a farmer in Wales has bought 6 bison to start a 'herd'. I wouldn't consider 6 to constitute a herd but is there any accepted number which constitutes a herd? AllanHainey 09:55, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
Does anyone know the existence, or heard of the existence of pink coloured rice?
I have a bag of rice flour by Lotus Foods that is Bhutanese Red Rice Flour. It says Finely milled red rice. The web site is WWW.world of rice.com info@worldofrice.com Hope this helps.
Forbidden rice is purple... — Keenan Pepper 07:54, 13 April 2006 (UTC)
Camargue rice is a sort of red. -- Blowdart 08:55, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
IF I've understood correctly (which no one else should rely on!), Section 114 is supposed to say that if you become a resident of Canada during the year, you're not supposed to be taxed on income earned prior to becoming a resident (and vice-versa if you start out a resident and become a non-resident). However I simply can't find in the forms or instructions where it allows you to make this claim. Do you just silently omit the income earned as a non-resident, or what?
By the way, as I read the material on the foreign tax credit, you *cannot* claim a foreign tax credit for taxes paid on income earned when you were a nonresident (oversimplified but I think that's what it comes down to). It seems to me that wouldn't make any sense if you were taxed in Canada on that income; while it might not result in double taxation strictly speaking (because you might be able to claim a credit against the Canadian taxes in the other country), it would be saying that Canada would have *extra* claim on that income, that it wouldn't have had if you'd been a Canadian resident at the time. That seems to fail the minimum rationality test. -- 69.158.24.50 15:58, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
So I understand that Canada is not the whole world (if it were, the question would hardly come up, eh?) but I humbly suggest that the question might be of interest to as many people as are fascinated by who was the first member of the US Navy or the history of the Massachusetts sales tax. Canada Revenue's site turns up little; I was able to find the act itself on another gov site, but it's not so easy to read. -- 69.158.4.46 18:03, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
What is patouli oil? What's its cultural significance - i.e. what images might come to mind about its use? Thee's nothing in Wikipedia as far as I can tell. Some references I've found are in [14] and [15]. Thanks, -- 81.19.57.138 16:55, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
Hello. I am looking for a web page or possibly a book that would list & picture all the Congressman & Senators of the 18th & 19th century.Thanks, Mark
Which is more effective in an imperfect secular society: Justice or Mercy? Luthinya 20:42, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
Is it legal for local classification authorities (say in Nepal) to edit copyrighted Hollywood movies and then issue duplicates themselves, especially if the submitter of that particular movie is not its licensed distributor? -- 202.21.189.119 02:55, 13 April 2006 (UTC)
Just out curiosity, does anyone know the highest number of AP exams that a single student has taken in one year? (Anywhere, and how they faired). I'm finishing up my S3 (junior) year and plan on taking quite a lot. (Won't mention the exact number as not to embarass myself.)Thanks. C-c-c-c 04:05, 13 April 2006 (UTC)
The Iranians have enriched their own uranium (& congratulations on this), they say they want this for civil nuclear power because eventually their oil will run out & it isn't good to be too dependent on one source of power. I don't want to get into whether or not they should do this & whether or not they should, or aim to, produce a nuclear bomb but I'd like to know how widely used solar power (photovoltaic, solar hot water heating, etc) is in Iran and whether the government is taking steps to advance the use of solar & other non-nuclear/non-hydrocarbon sources of energy & to what extent. It seems like Iran would be ideal for the use of solar energy but we never hear about whether they are using any energy sources other than nuclear & oil. AllanHainey 09:37, 13 April 2006 (UTC)
Is surfing in porn sites, viewing and watching sexy images and films the reason that a person has abnormal personality considering that most of the people have such interests?
Hi,
I would like to update our logo on this page to our new logo http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WaterAid
Do you know how I would upload a new .jpg?
My contact details are <email removed>
Many thanks for your help.
Vincent Casey.
what is skill development
Can I please get a list of HUMAN RIGHTS?
There is no consensus on what "human rights" are. Some philosophers argue that there is no such thing as "human rights" and that concept is meaningless (see nihilism). However on the 10th of December 1948, 48 Member States of United Nations General Assembly at the Palais de Chaillot in Paris adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (see the text here and the signatories here). This document is often cited when discussing human rights and is in a list-like form. It is, for example, directly cited in Afghanistan's constitution. The United States Constitution specifically its Bill of Rights is also often cited. However the topic of human rights is a complex one and for a just treatment of the subject one should consult some of the many books on the subject. You can also consult the Wikipedia article on human rights. Cedars 10:10, 17 April 2006 (UTC)
anyone located here in australia know of any magazines that are available at most newsagents which are concerned with film and cinema; not just reviews and ratings; but scholarly discussion on certain films and other issues to do with the cinema.
i have tried ASKING newsagents and they say they are "not sure what i am looking for".
anyone have any suggestions/ideas? gelo 13:21, 13 April 2006 (UTC)
my neighbour went away for Easter and I'm supposed to watch out for her new aquarium; with her barely out the door, the pumps/filters ("Eheim professional" [16]) started to make whining noises, and one of the pumps is leaking water. Is anybody here versed with the art of aquarium maintenance? Will it kill the pumps if we just leave them running? How long until the fish die if we switch off the pump? dab (ᛏ) 13:56, 13 April 2006 (UTC)
Set up a live webcam and we can comment and email you if your fish start to look unhealthy! For great justice. 23:35, 13 April 2006 (UTC)
Did you by any chance pull them out and put them back in before the whining noise started ? If so, perhaps air was trapped inside triggering cavitation in the impeller. StuRat 07:14, 19 April 2006 (UTC)
what is class action law suits?
I heard that the scariest thing about earthquakes is the fact that the ground is moving. Well what if you were jumping on a trampoline when an earthquake happened? When you're on a trampoline the ground is moving all the time. Jonathan W 15:16, 13 April 2006 (UTC)
Hello,
I would like to add biographical information to Wikipedia. What is the procedure?
Thank you.
Sandford Tuey -- 24.82.89.30 16:01, 13 April 2006 (UTC)
I would like to know if Dr. Norris is still publishing or even if he is still alive. He is one of the earliest published authors of true crime books on serial killers. His latest published work, that I can find, are paperback reprints dated 2002. His last known address was in Columbus, GA.
Thank you for any and all information.
-- """
Google Maps has pretty good satellite imagery from all over the world, but its actual map is hopelessly USA/UK-centric. For the USA and UK, we get every street in every city, no matter how major or minor, accurately drawn out and named. For the rest of the world, pretty much nothing. I looked at Europe and Asia and saw that according to Google, the only city - in fact the only populated place at all - on the whole Eurasian continent is Torino (Turin) in Northern Italy. Even France or Germany don't have any data whatsoever. Why is this? Is Google purposely taking a side and ignoring the non-English-speaking world, or is it a technical matter because they just haven't had the time to enter all the cities in the world to their database yet? JIP | Talk 17:41, 13 April 2006 (UTC)
I've joined the Cleanup Taskforce and am trying to create a desk. I've tried several times, following the directions given, but it doesn't seem to be working. Can you please give me additional guidance? Thanks.
Writeright Writeright 18:15, 13 April 2006 (UTC)
what famous people were born on november 24th?
Hi,
I would be glad if I can get some information about the functions of Chief Coordinator of Disaster Control - in general and also within an organization (keeping India in mind).
Thanks and regards,
Bulbuli
How can you become a National AP Scholar (Canada) with 5 AP exams with 4 or more as a grade, and then 8 exams to be a National AP Scholar in the States? Anyone know logic behind this?
00:39, 14 April 2006 (UTC)
Are largemouth bass native to Virginia waters? It seems to me that I have read somewhere that they were introuduced.
The CLP Power in Hong Kong - the distributor of electricity - is producing large amounts of greeenhouse gases every year. What should it do to decrease the amount of air pollutants released from their power stations (apart from using liquefied natural gas)? Many Thanks.-- Eying2003 03:35, 14 April 2006 (UTC)
How often does Answers.com refreshes its Wikipedia reference pages?
- How often do you update your content?
- Our Content Integration team works hard to keep Answers.com dynamic and relevant at all times. We receive regular updates from all of our content source partners. The frequency of these updates varies with the type of source, with Wikipedia and Who2 updating more frequently than Geography and Dialing Codes.
- From Answers.com FAQ
It is entirely possible that the process is not automatic. It is also probably that they do not update their articles "all at once", but do so on a rolling basis. I performed the following experiment: Select the five most recent featured articles. Look up the same articles at Answers.com. Find the revision of the Wikipedia article that matches the one at Answers.com.
Article name | Matches | Next revision | |
Eldfell | 2006-01-15 [18] | 2006-03-23 | |
Samuel Beckett | 2006-02-19 [19] | 2006-02-20 | |
Canadian federal election, 1993 | 2006-02-18 [20] | 2006-02-21 | |
Fanny Blankers-Koen | 2006-02-17 [21] | 2006-04-10 | There were other changes between these revisions, but none that would be visible to Answers.com (reverted vandalism, category changes, etc.). |
OpenBSD | 2006-02-12 [22] | 2006-03-10 |
So what does this tell us? Answers.com probably does not do rolling updates — if they did, there would be some discrepancy in the matching-dates. Answers.com has done its last Wikipedia-content update on 2006-02-19. It does not tell us when they will do the next one, nor do we know when the previous update was. — MSchmahl … 07:55, 14 April 2006 (UTC)
What is the difference between the beer served in Brazil called chopp and draught beers served in the US? Which one is better?
Hi i have a question on the birth date of matthew werkmeister i know he was born in january 1992 i just don't know what day. you see i have him as a topic for a biograghy over the holidays. thankyou for your time taylor
Smallville Fragil the young girl on the last episode looked very familure does anyone know where else we might have seen Emily Herst. Thank you
If I've edited an article that was in the "To Do" section and I've saved the changes, is there some way to remove the banner from the top of the article that states that it needs copyediting? Writeright 16:55, 14 April 2006 (UTC)Writeright Writeright 16:55, 14 April 2006 (UTC)
Every men knows about "shrinkage" I hope. Otherwise I would suggest "checking down there" once in a while. My question is being exposed to cold temparatures for a prolong periods of time, would the shrinked size become permanent after periods of months/years in cold temperatures? Example would be living in antartica. – Tutmøsis · ( Msg Me) 18:33, 14 April 2006 (UTC)
Hello!I know this is a weird question as i only have little information about it, but it's in my mind for a long time, and i thought that you might know the answer.Here it goes:i heard a song about a year or two ago, and i really like it.It is on a language pretty much not understandable to me.The begining goes similar to uuuuuuuu or something like that,which is singed by a female voice or perhaps a small choire,and it is very gentle.First uuuuuuuu is kind of upwards,and the second is a litle downwards,same as the third and fourth,and then the song begins.It is like a howling of some sort,and it is a bit long as if that are words. Here comes the tricky part:i don't know pretty much a single word from the lyrics,because it is on perhaps Italian or French, but the the song is something like a chanson, although it seems a bit faster than a chanson.Most of the song is singed by a gentle female voice,and it is not loud, almost like half-voice. In the end a choire comes up, but it doesn' t seem to have much people, only a few. I heard it on tv, an Italian channel also. I know how this question probably sounds but i don' t know where else to ask so if anyone knows i would appreciate an answer.-- Captain ginyu 21:46, 14 April 2006 (UTC)
I have another question to keep you busy.It is kind of weird to ask this and i thought if i should ask it or not, but in the end i decided,why not. There is this comercial for Tuborg Green(for those who don't know, a kind of beer),and in it there is a young girl approximately 19 years old.She seems a bit short and has bright red hair, and she throws her stuff from the window, so the apartment is pretty much empty, so she could have more room for the party.If anyone knows something about her(is she a model, where is she from, how old is she, what is her name), i would appreciate an answer very much. Also i would like for you not to put offensive posts or something like that.-- Captain ginyu 22:01, 14 April 2006 (UTC)
I am looking for traditional sayings/folklore about blackbirds. For example - dreaming of a flying blackbird is said to bring good fortune; a blackbird nesting near your house is a sign of good fortune; the sight of 2 blackbirds sitting together is a sign of peace and good fortune.
I would like to know if there are any other traditional sayings about blackbirds.-- 62.137.150.105 22:13, 14 April 2006 (UTC)
I recall a poem about blackbirds from my youth although it may have been about magpies. 1 for a girl 2 for a boy (births) 3 for sorrow 4 for joy It goes on but that is all I can remember.
JJ
And don't forget Sing a Song of Sixpence ("Four and twenty blackbirds, baked in a pie..."). StuRat 06:42, 19 April 2006 (UTC)
using the console, how do you set up respawn in counterstrike source?-- 154.20.89.16 22:19, 14 April 2006 (UTC)
Where does the title "Comander in Chief" come from? Looks like it should be Comander and Chief.
I agree that it should be "and". I suspect that somebody influential incorrectly said or wrote it as "in", and from there it caught on. StuRat 06:36, 19 April 2006 (UTC)
What is the name of a Chinese clothing that is worn by men and a clothing worn by women? Japan have kimonos for women, but is the clothing for men in Japan?
Are there any new or planned ROSS stores for this upcoming year. I work for the company and they have not told us much.
Could u guys please get me a logo of Grand Hustle Records? I would appreciate it, thanks Wikipedia!!!
I need to have a symple list of'''''' HUMAN RIGHTS''''''. Which are genarel all around the world (In most of the Countries). E.G: 1.Fredom of speach. 2.the right to food... and so on..
Can you help me pls???
thnx
Is there an article on the US embassy that is under construction in Baghdad? It's apparently "by far the largest in the world", according to Yahoo news. -- A bit iffy 07:32, 15 April 2006 (UTC)
What is the environmental impact of the process of maufacturing silicon chips and solar panels?
This is not for an assignment. I actively read various articles etc on ecological sustainability etc, and the topic of the environmental unfriendliness of the silicon chip/solar cell fabrication process has come up more than once.
hi, i have version 6.0 internet explorer and every time i try to login on siets such as hotmail where i pass into secure areas i get a "page cannot be displayed" screen. With every security alert it says that i am going to access a secure page so i click ok and it just jumps to this page, this has been a recent thing and i think it was since i removed some spyware on my computer not sure if it has anything to do with it. I was wondering if somehow i could fix the problem, any suggestions will be vastly appreciated thank!!! 86.129.71.11 12:59, 15 April 2006 (UTC)
Did TV host Wink Martindale serve in the Korean War and later recorded the song "A Deck of Cards?
Please Help! I am trying to find the origin or any information that you can offer about my 1981 Datsun 200SX convertible (Not a hatchback). I searched the Nissan S platform page on the Wikipedia encyclopedia, but my car is not listed.
I found the information below on the Internet and believe it to be the closest likeness to my car, but would like to talk with someone to be sure.
Intermeccanica Viva 200sx convertible
In 1982, Nissan released the 200sx. Intermeccanica struck a deal to make a factory authorized convertible. Soon thereafter, Nissan killed the project and handed it to ASC (American Sunroof) because Nissan didn’t want to deal with a smaller company such as Intermeccanica. Intermeccanica brought two cars to the 1981-82 New York autoshow (one convertible and one with a removable hardtop) but never had a chance to show them. After the deal with Nissan fell through (20 cars into project), Intermeccanica made a deal to sell the tooling to a limousine manufacturer in Mexico. Intermeccanica produced approximately 50 Nissan 200sx convertibles and sold them mostly in Mexico. "The product was beautiful!"
I have emailed Intermeccanica and ASC, but have never received a response. I have taken her to a Nissan dealership, and they don't have a clue. I would appreciate any information that anyone has in regards to my 1981 200SX Datsun convertible. Thank you!
What are the names of each Arabian clothing?
Need reference for chain of bank mergers starting From Landmark Banking Corporation (Ft. Lauderdale) into Citizens & Southern and/or NCNB into NationsBank and now Bank of America N.A. or BankAmerica Corporation. If possible please give dates or approximate year of merger or consolidation for Lankmark Banking Corporation a.k.a. Landmark First National Bank of Fort Lauderdale. to xxxxxxxx Thank you. Hank B.
i saw a $5 subscription per month, for 2 movies max, but I don't see it easily on Netflix home page.Any ideas? Pete
hi,this is my question What is the name of the career/profession that consist on the study of humanity and human cultures through the recovery,documentation and analysis of human remains?[perhaps,maybe,possible material remains as well]I need this answer for my project if i want to pass the class and also this is my friend's question:What is the career/profession that consist on the study of U.F.O reports,physical evidence and other related phenomena like the evidence of mental awareness of influence of external objects without interaction from known physical means?thank you very much.
How did Stanley Meyer die? there is quite a buzz that he was murdered by the government. is there any truth to this?
Would the commander of a ship in the RAN be a captain, or something of a higher rank such as admiral? Because in the rest of the armed forces a captain is a pretty junior officer, and it seems strange for one to be in charge of a whole ship.
Does anybody know the origins of the name Kentucky Blue Grass? Poa is not native to Kentucky?
What is the "You Are Here" location indcator on a map called?-- 24.207.22.46 08:17, 16 April 2006 (UTC)
It wouldn't be an arricator would it? I've usually seen the word used to indicate little sticky-backed labels in the form of arrows indicating items, e.g. on a photograph (hence the word, which comes from "arrow-indicator"), but it wouldn't surprise me if the same word is used in this situation. Grutness... wha? 06:09, 17 April 2006 (UTC)
"In (insert your favorite ethnic "stupid" stereotype here) mall maps, they don't have a 'YOU ARE HERE' sticker, but have 999 'YOU ARE NOT HERE' stickers, with one empty spot." StuRat 05:34, 19 April 2006 (UTC)
Which is considered to be the best Army in the World?Indian, Israeli, British or the American Army? sumal 09:52, 16 April 2006 (UTC)
If you look at history, the germans have the best army - Joneleth
Looking far enough back in history, the Spartans had the best army. Erik the Rude 15:36, 16 April 2006 (UTC)
It was my understanding he talked about an army that existed today which leaves the spartans out. - Joneleth
...I think it must be The Salvation Army. They must be the best because they don't set out to kill people or destroy cities or occupy foreign countries etc. And they must be the only army ever to actually save lives that others might consider worthless. No contest.
How good anything is, is determined by how well it performed its goal, since its the goal of an army to defeat the enemy army it is a really crappy army regardless of ur moral values. - Joneleth
In which country would I find this body of water?
http://img154.imageshack.us/img154/2782/tb29uh.jpg
-- 82.15.230.55 13:06, 16 April 2006 (UTC)
Thanks guys/girls
I just got this old game the other day that i wanted to play, its not a dos game but when i play it, its running way to fast and theres no option to slow it down in the game itself, does anyone know an application that can help? - Joneleth
I have a vintage ceramic syrup dispenser, round like a cherry, labeled 'Chero Crush'. I'm guessing my late mother-in-law might have purchased it in canada. I thought Chero might be French for Cherry but apparently not. Did find out that RC Cola was originally Chero Cola - but that doesn't tell me what Chero Crush was. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
That's IT! Except mine has the metal dispenser also. Thanks so much!!!!!!!!
Thanks so much for this additional info - have emailed him. You guys are great! Zoe, he has already contacted me. How can I ever thank you guys?
I have found a PIC on the net and I would like to thank the original author.
A similar problem exist in music and sounds found on the net.
My guess is the original person has similar items that would be of interest to at lot of us.
The problem may have started by a person SENDING another person a PIC or Sound and then it gets passed along until someone has REAL INTEREST in the PIC or Sound and now no one remembers who started or has the originals. -- WPee -- 208.33.229.27 15:48, 16 April 2006 (UTC)
Where do I get wikipedia on CD or DVD in India (preferably Delhi) and at what price?
P.S. and i dont think the entire Wikipedia would fit in a DVD.... :-D...
Is English the universally used language between aeroplane pilots and ground controllers? Thanks in anticipation.
Yes, it is. Erik the Rude 21:24, 16 April 2006 (UTC)
Thanks Erik. Do you (or anyone else) know whether that protocol really is universal in the literal sense, whereby say 2 indigenous pilot and ground controller speakers of say Russian or Chinese Mandarin would default to speaking English when communicating with each other within their respective territorial airspace? Thanks again in anticipation.
I have flown in Guatemala and Egypt and in both places native pilots spoke in native languages to some extent while they spole in very broken english to me. Unfortunately I know neither of the native languages of those locations. Mattamsn
What are the articles in red text there for, and why are there no articles for them?
Thanx for your time
The articles are red because they have not been created yet. I Lov E Plankton 21:02, 16 April 2006 (UTC)
Does OpenOffice 2.0 have a Access equivalent built-in? How can I access (pun intended) .mdb or Microsoft Access files?
Thanks! 24.169.151.177 21:55, 16 April 2006 (UTC)Aaron G
I came across the following sentence in the article Derren Brown:
I've been trying to riddle the sentence out for a little while, with limited success. Does anyone (perhaps someone who has seen the show and has a little backgroud) know what in the world that means? zafiroblue05 | Talk 22:56, 16 April 2006 (UTC)
Where does this phrase come from ? Tintin ( talk) 05:18, 17 April 2006 (UTC)
Ok, so I was looking up the word "tan" in the dictionary, as in the sense of tanning leather hides, and I noticed the sense for a sun tan. It says, "a brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or wind." Since when does wind make you tan? The definition is also in a few other online dictionaries, but I can't find any information about it anywhere else. Does anyone know anything about that? Thanks for your time.
Apart from Eritrea is there any other country in Africa which follows by the principle of "Self Reliance" and does not depend more on foreign Aid?
Apart from the physical requirements, attitude and eccentricity... what do I need to be a professional wrestler? Who do I have to ask? This may seem hilarious, but I was wondering about the possibility while playing Acclaim's WWF game. Bye ;)
Does the Hindus, Sikhs, and Buddhists have their own congregational prayers and on what day do they perform like Christians on Sunday, Muslims on Friday and Jews on Saturday?
I am looking for advice into how to enter into the art of deciphering sybols(Ancient & Modern), with a view to researching the symbols in greater details and assimilating information by crossreference, to ideas,concepts and visions, which the original symbols were meant to exhibit.
This is a vast field, but I have great interest in this and am determined to research in depth on this topic.
Someone out there, pls assist me. I can mee-mailed thorugh my User name:- user:Monami.
Thks all.
The fancy name for the field of symbol studying is semiotics. If your interest arises because of Dan Brown's best seller, you may be in for a disapointment when you discover it is largely a rather tedious aspect of art history. There are numerous dictionaries of symbols in print, available in used bookstores (look in reference book section or art history section), and you can probably find directories of symbols on-line if you look for them. alteripse 19:35, 17 April 2006 (UTC)
Not Sure where this goes but where would you find the artefact in this monastery?
http://img86.imageshack.us/my.php?image=54fg.jpg
I seem to believe it`s near a mountain but....
Stuppa ? -fiojh
Hi,
Where did you get your information that he lives in Gallatin,TN? How long has he lived there and why Gallatin?
Thanks,
Please tell me the name of this song it`s for my school. Some classical project needs me to recognise this famous Classical Piece associated with an Opera.
http://www.sortitoutsi.net/forums/index.php?act=Attach&type=post&id=29229
Should I Move This Question?
At the adress www.geocities.com/abelcavasi I have showed that, if the Earth's precession would be due to the Sun's atracttion forces, the way it is believed today, then the precession would take place around the line that joins the Sun and the Earth but not around the line perpendicular on the ecliptic. Can anyone show me where I made a mistake, if I made a mistake? Thank you. abel 15:29, 17 April 2006 (UTC)
Hi How are u? i want to known about Shikarpur History please? thankyou
Does anyone know where the line "nothing lights up the evening sky like a cat on fire" comes from? The quote may not be quite right so that might explain why I can't find it. Thanks. CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 16:36, 17 April 2006 (UTC)
THERE IS A SONG WITH THE LYRICS....."I'M SERVING TIME IN TAOS NEW MEXICO, AND I JUST WANNA GO HOME". WE ARE IN DESPERATE NEED OF THE ARTIST AND TITLE OF THIS SONG. SORRY, BUT THIS IS ALL WE HAVE TO GO BY.
PLEASE HELP.THANKS
I need information on a religious artefact/icon that resides in a monastery. The Monastery is apparently located at the base of a Mountain. Thats all I have. This artefact is famous.
I`ll try and find a picture however if you can help I`d appreciate it.
http://img86.imageshack.us/my.php?image=54fg.jpg Pretty Cool Actually. Think It could be Buddha or Tibetan...
What is going to happen in the series finale of Will & Grace?
I heard from my friend that I'm able to see a picture of his house on wikipedia (he lives out of town and I've never been to his house). How can I do that?
Can you please tell me why I have failed to upload a photo of Paul Steinitz on the article Paul Steinitz. I thought I had done everything correctly, including detail in box as follows:
www.bach-cantatas.com|Bio|Steinitz-Paul.htm
Note: Please do not use this tag. Instead, use either one of the more specific tags listed at
Wikipedia:Image copyright tags#Fair_use or {{
fair use in|article name}}.
This work is copyrighted and unlicensed. It does not fall into one of the blanket fair use categories listed at Wikipedia:Fair use#Images or Wikipedia:Fair use#Audio_clips. However, the individual who uploaded this work and first used it in an article, as well as subsequent persons who place it into articles, asserts that this use qualifies as fair use of the material under United States copyright law. For each use of this image, please provide a detailed rationale as to why this image qualifies as fair use. If you can find a suitable alternative image that adequately transports the same information as this image and is under a free licence, please swap this image with the free version. Then, request deletion of this image by adding the following to the image description: {{ subst: or-fu-re|Image:New image file name }} |
private photographer;permission to reproduce on Wikipedia from Mrs Margaret Steinitz 17.4.06
but a message asks me to use another tag. Can you please tell me precisely what to do? (Paul's widow has given me permission to use the photo from the website, which is not copyrighted by any photographer). Maybe I've misunderstood what fairuse means. The pages of instructions seem to bewildering. Thanks Hikitsurisan 20:49, 17 April 2006 (UTC)
Does anyone know where I can find a user manual on Misys Loan IQ? I am trying to get into banking and I have found that a lot of banks now use Loan IQ. So I want to read up and see what is involved.
With thanks, Mark
Is it possible in the U.S. to get "driver's insurance" without owning a car? essentially liability insurance of your own but without having your own car.
I'm new to editing this site. I keep adding a link. The link is there and works. Next day, the link is gone. Am I doing something wrong, or is someone coming behind me and removing my link?
Hi, I have a question about user pages. How does the system know how many edits the user has or how many times they've been vandalized? Is there a stat counter of sorts that does this work?
~Thanks, that's a useful site. But it doesn't seem to update edit counts?
Hello!I have two questions for you: 1. Was there ever a Native American or someone similar, who was called The walking cloud or The cloud that walks, or a similar variation. I supposed Native American because they would often have nicknames like that, but as i said it could be someone else. 2. What was the name of that Native American i think, that was famous for hating for someone to photograph him and no one had any pictures of him but the one in which he poses, and no one knows how someone could make that picture of him. I guess these questions sound unusual but they interest me a lot.-- Captain ginyu 01:29, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
Thanks very much StuRat, but if anyone knows the answer to my first question then please write.-- Captain ginyu 15:20, 19 April 2006 (UTC)
I am currently in the market for a good survival/combat knife, i have been look at the tom brown tracker but i dont know whats it advantages are and if there is a better knife suited for my purposes.
-Hi. This looks like a good site to find some information about purchasing knives.
i am lookingt for information on the history of music. but the twist is i am only interested in when and how music started to go global. for example when did countrys start listening to music from other countrys. ie the beatles-u2-pink floyd ect. any help would be great i need it for a paper. pleas contact me at (e-mail removed for your personal safety). thanks -Dave
Hello My name is Greg Lewis, I am a Sr. Technical Analyst with Verizon Wireless. As part of my graduate pursuit I would like to have a member of your staff respond briefly to the attached interview questions.
Respondent:
Include the following with your response. Name: Company: Title: Email Address: Work Telephone:
Thanks for your time and support.
VOIP
Interview Questions:
1. How long have you been working with VOIP equipment?
2. What voice networking security experience do you have?
3. How are IP secured networks configured in your current environments?
4. What VOIP protocol offers the most security options?
5. Are government regulations restricting the creativity of VOIP network design?
6. Which of the three layers of VOIP communication is the most crucial to voice quality?
7. What are the most critical security issues to be considered when designing a VOIP network?
8. Are the benefits of migrating from Legacy to VOIP telephone equipment worth the associated costs?
9. How has IT staffing been affected by the use of VOIP systems?
10. What affect has VOIP networks had on the design of network security? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.125.185.179 ( talk • contribs) .
Looks like a rather pathetic attempt at social engineering, "3. How are IP secured networks configured in your current environments?" seems particular suspecious to me as it asks for personal information about ur configuration of the security. - Also his IP address is from Mechanicsville, Virginia which doesnt have a Verizon Wireless Branch. Joneleth 06:33, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
I've been trying to recall the title of a movie I saw on late-night TV back in the mid-60's. It was set in Austrian-occupied northern Italy, in the years before War World I, and involved two brothers, one of who was active in irradentist movement to unite the region with Italy, the other was apparently a collaborator with the Austrians. I think it was an Italian film, but I'm not sure. I saw it in English. I should be most grateful to anyone who remembers this film.
Ken Hill -- 68.170.149.239 04:26, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
In the fourth installment of The sopranos, Dr Melfi, the psychoanalyst, is brutally raped by a character named Jesus Rossi. Rather than telling Tony Soprano about it, she decides to keep the whole thing quiet. I wonder if there is any fol-low up on this to tie up this loose thread in the story by way of: (a) revenge; (b) justice, or just to bring things to an appropriate conclusion, at least as far as this gruesome episode. Is it picked up and dealt with later in the series? Or what.
Thank you
David Weinberg
Whats the importance of this day?
Hi i need some information about Convention hotels in Arkansas. I would like to know how many convention centers there are in Arkansas, please tell me the number of centers and the names of the convention centers. And the location of those centers. I would also like to know how many hotels are near each convention center and their names and their location as well. I would really appreciate it. I have been trying to find this information all day.
Who was the young man that fled the country after he committed either murder, rape or both? I thought he came from a wealthy family in the North East and his parents sent him out of the country to avoid prosecution. I believe a movie was made of his story, maybe a TV movie, and while he was living out of the country photos of him had surfaced of him at a Swiss ski lodge or something. He was eventually found and sent back to the U.S. but for the life of me I can not remember his name. Can you help?
I recently got the wonderful opportunity to see and listen to the founder of Wikipedia, Jimmy Wales, speak about the Wikipedia project. He listed the other Wiki projects that are currently active such as Wiktionary and Wikibooks, but there was nothing mentioned about a website called WikiHow. I was just wondering if WikiHow was associated with Wikipedia in any way.
Thank you for taking the time to answer my question!!
Hi I have just writen an article about the town of Killucan-Rathwire in Ireland. After writing the article I re directed all previos links to killucan from the old article "Killucan" to my new more detailed article. However I canot redirect the old article to my new article. When I enter Killucan in the serch box it goes to the old article even though i have redirected it. I would apriciate help, Also how do I put pictures in an Article? Thanks, Kenneth
Killucan cant be an Irish name for anywhere as th letter "K" does not apper in the Irish Language. Most Irish Kill...s are tanslated as Cill ..... ( Church of ....)
While researching the Wikipedia pages on Upton Sinclair ( http://wikipedia.org/wiki/Upton_Sinclair, I noticed that his book "What Didymus Did" (UK published, '54), aka "It Happened to Didymus" (US published, '58) was not listed. I attempted to perform an edit regarding this inclusion and believe that I followed the Editting Procedures correctly. A check of the page doesn't show any updated edit. How can this information be added. As a book collector and owner of both the UK (signed) and US First Editions, I would like to see them added as appropriate.
Thank you
Kenneth W. Bishop
I am doing a school project, and i can not find a specific Bibliography to use. please contact me tonight :(
A couple years ago, I saw a movie, that was based on a true story. It had 2 young girls in juvenile hall, that break out, and go on the run, killing people, on the way. The one girl, keeps having visions of a "mother teresa" type, and they go down to Mexico to find her. Only, to realize that she is a transvestite, that feeds the girls young children from the basement. Creepy, yes. Does anyone have any advice on where to go to find a title?
I've been working on a short story for my english class and I was wondering if this made sense. It's somewhat political and I'm not really into that, but it's the backstory for my project. Could anyone please correct me if I'm mistaken in some areas? This is only an excerpt of the beginning:
"There was a war. In the early 2040’s. A small trade dispute between North America and Europe erupted quite suddenly. I was fairly short, only three years long. But even within the small time span, 1.3 million were dead. Almost 4,420,000 of those were civilian casualties. Nobody truly won and the citizens of both countries regarded their governments with hatred and disbelief. Other countries pledged allegiance with one side. Tension rose up in the air like a flash flood. The world seemed at the brink of World War III. Approximately 850 billion dollars were spent on war efforts and the U.N. finally intervened with a new and radical idea: united world government.
At first, most scoffed at the mere suggestion. But slowly, it was gaining popularity. I’m not a politician and never really understood government, but from what I understand, serious talks took place and many warmed to the idea. Citizens all over the world approved of the concept. Time Magazine’s polls showed an 87% majority in favor. The U.N. finally held the vote. United world government won by a landslide and the United Countries of Earth (UCOE) was born.
UCOE, the united world government. UCOE, the united democratic world government.
Yeah. Right.
As soon as the UCOE was established, chaos enveloped the world. Even the most extreme pessimists could not have predicted what would happen. Authoritarianism and fascism took over from the shadows and the democratic facade was dropped. Revolt exploded all around the world. A deep crevice was cut between the tyrannical UCOE and the free people. It turned out that the corrupted and power hungry representatives of the U.N. were apart of the government takeover. Even many government officials from every country supported the change. Gabriel Poltina, the ‘President of Mankind’, was also in alliance. In fact, he wasn’t even fairly elected; every voting booth was rigged.
After the establishment of the UCOE, there were a couple months of pure chaos. The governments all around the world slowly changed into the fascist model as each country’s citizens rebelled.
June 6th, 2050, a week after the take over, protesters marched toward the U.N. headquarters in New York. They were immediately gunned down by law enforcement. As soon as the first wave of bullets hit, people bolted. The bloody aftermath tallied up to 589 deaths and over 1,000 injuries. Another week later, even though security was heightened, trucks carrying armed explosives sped down the streets leading to the U.N. Armed law enforcement tried everything they could to stop them with the little warning they had.
All seventeen trucks went right through 760 U.N. Plaza, New York, New York, and blew the entire U.N. headquarters straight to hell.
Unfortunately, none of the key members of the new government were even in the building at the time. Decoys were used and the real people were in London, further advancing the foundation of the UCOE. Two days later, the free press released the name of the man behind the attack, as well as behind the wheel of one of the bomb trucks: Roy Schneider. He was just an average citizen who paid his bills, went to work, and was astoundingly furious with this ‘new world order’.
Ironically, Mr. Schneider was a high school government teacher.
Not everyone disagreed with the UCOE, however. I remember my neighbors worshiped Poltina like a god. We moved out of Minneapolis soon after the shadow fell. Most, if not every city, rapidly embraced the strict rules of the grand American fascists. Curfew at 9:00 pm. Christianity a strict must. No controversial works of literature. Art banned.
All this for the great journey to become a better society."
Thanks in advance!
The Turner Diaries comes to mind...a few parallels. Keep in mind as you write that story is more important than the setup. What themes are you trying to express? You say 'a better society': be clear about what that means, unless it is empty rhetoric used by thugs to get their own way. Anyway I don't think worrying about every last detail (exact spending figures etc.) is as important as getting across to the reader the sense of what the new world is like. Most readers are not critical enough to know or care about setup details (though those who comment on these pages, of course, are not included in that group ;-) ). Regular people in your story would not know these things. They would just know the general effect. Only if a character was, say, an ex-government stats woman would she have the desire and opportunity to know those figures. I encourage you not to resort to exposition to set the story up. Drop right into the 'now' with your characters and bring the reader along through flashbacks or bits of conversation. This is a story, not a movie with voiceover. The Terminator did that acceptably well; though it is hardly 'literature', it might be considered good apocalyptic storytelling. -- Shandon 17:50, 19 April 2006 (UTC)
Yes (thanks BP), and I was trying not to criticize about points but rather to give direction. The author's description started out as exposition, then moved into a personal itinerary of events. This is something to be avoided in writing as stated above. I suspect the author has bounced the idea off of friends who have given some of the 'facts' (having done this myself in my early writing years). What I was hoping to express to the author is that the backround is not a bad set of ideas in general, and that it is useful for writing the story, but worrying about the correctness of every last detail is not important. Just answer the questions: what world do you want & why--what themes will it help you explore? The setting ought to apply pressure to the characters to take action. Most readers/viewers will go along with the storytelling if it is interesting, no matter how wierd the setting may become. You are writing a short story. You do not have the liberty of wasting time. Drop immediately into a scene of conflict (who are your main characters? what do they want to accomplish? --->their conflict is the nature of the plot) and establish the setting that way. Believe me, advertise anything & it will be criticized. It's good that you are writing & keep at it. -- Shandon 19:40, 19 April 2006 (UTC)
I am confused by this section. "Almost 4,420,000 of those were civilian casualties. Nobody truly won and the citizens of both countries regarded their governments with hatred and disbelief. Other countries pledged allegiance with one side. Tension rose up in the air like a flash flood. The world seemed at the brink of World War III."
So, we've just had a three year war between continents with millions dead, and now we're on the brink of world war 3? So what was that we just had? Skittle 21:41, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
In my opinion, you have just way too much plot. If your story is going to be about this guy blowing up the UN, then start with him in the truck. We don't need the facts and figures; just refer to the oppressive atmosphere tangentially as the story goes on. And please don't make your hero an over-heroic good citizen-type– as someone who blows up a building full of innocent people, he should have a bit of a dark side.-- Pharos 06:57, 26 April 2006 (UTC)
Hi. I would like to know about software implementation. What is implementation? Will the functional skill of a particular software/platform is good enough to be a part of an implementation team?
Regards Surya
Hello,
Looking via Googl for an old game like " Dung Beetles" I found your page. Do you know where the program is found for emulators like "Virtual ][" or ather apple II- emulators? At your page there are only images of games.ö
Kind Regards Pree Franz
Sir / Madam
Our company is planning seriously to invest in Kaza to establish a Safety Boot company including manufacturing activities. I have to make a feasibility / appraisal project report for the company to consider. At present I am talking from our India office which takes all decisions. The business website of our company is www.superhousegroup.com. Would you please suggest me the agencies / offices / organizations etc. with website links in Kaza where I may get all related details in respect of:
I. To establish a company right from beginning including registration,incentives, taxes, labor laws etc.
II. Export from Kaza and import into Kaza for Safety Boots.
III.
1. (a) What is the total production and consumption of Safety Boots in Kaza during last three years? (b) What would be the total import of Safety Boots in Kaza during last three years?
2. What is the import duty and unit for calculation of duty on (a) Uppers only for Footwear (b) Safety Boots and (c) Is this import duty has trend of reducing or increasing during last three years?
3. What are the incentives for investors and export from Kaza?
4. How many manufacturers are in Kaza for Safety Boots at present?
5. What are the industrial areas / estates in Kaza?
6. What would be the general cost of land and / or building in the industrial areas or estates?
7. What is / are the labor rates i.e. starting from minimum and on wards in Kaza?
Thanks so much for your assissatnce. Hope to hear soon. Regards
Ved P Gupta
Dear readers,
Can you provide me with information on a special series of bikes?
I am looking for Complete list of Bikes that were produced By the Murray and Ohio Corporation around the
1950's to the early 1960's.
The Series is called Stratoflite.
They are hard to find and even harder to research on the internet.
I have a Stratoflite that I am trying to restore. It belonged to my father when he was a boy and I want to
restore it to it's original condition for him as a special Fathers day gift.
If anyone could provide any information about these bicycles, i would be most deeply grateful.
Thank you for your time and help.
is there any one author for any one article??????? Such as the article on "Black" (the color black) ok thanx
I was wondering what are the policy of wikipedia regarding what type of articles are acceptable. I mean this is supposed to be an encyclopedia for knowledge. Does a compagny that makes a article about itself to promote its sales and product, how to know more about how good it does in the financial world is acceptable?
I personally think that it is not acceptable but this is my own opinion, what is the position of the foundation regarding this issue?
Thank you for your time. Keep up this great work! Humanity will prevail.
In one of the northern exposure eposodes MARILYN WHIRLWIND visits her people and they have a sing. I havce been interested in the rythem and vocals of their music ever since. Can you tell me were I can get a copy of the music and vocals used in that episode. I would me eternally greatful.
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when a person has a heart transplant what happens to the old heart.
Since no one has bothered to answer this one all day...I would love to tell you that it is fed to a ravenous supernatural lieutenant of Satan http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0105459/ yum yum, but the truth is governments have their own rules about the disposal of organs. States, provinces, countries all have examples (do a search for organ disposal). Likely it is a) sent to the hospital crematorium, or b) pawned off to medical & nursing student classes for training. Of course this could always happen...hence the commissions to find out what is really going on -- Shandon 23:44, 19 April 2006 (UTC)
This is similar to the question on what happens to an amputated limb asked not too long ago. This is not a complete answer, but I do know that in the Jewish tradition, any removed body part must be ceremonially buried. But that's just for Jews. I can't speak for other religious traditions, or for that matter, those who are not observant of any religious tradition. Loomis51 01:57, 22 April 2006 (UTC)
How can I find the lineage of Key Bank? I need to find out who owns it.
What is another name for an umbrella in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania?
In The U.S., Is a Job History usually obtained when conducting a background check for a new job?
When you apply for most jobs in the US, you will be asked to list your own work history, which is a list of jobs you held and the dates. The degree to which the employer scrutinizes your job history, and checks to confirm it would depend on many factors. If there is a gap in the history, they might ask you about it. If you lie on the application and they ever find out, it would be a "free termination ticket" for them-- if they were unhappy with your performance for other reasons, they could use falsification of the application as grounds for firing you "for cause". On the other hand, most employers do not bother to confirm job histories. Obviously the salary, responsibilities, and sensitiveness of the job would affect how likely they are to check a job history carefully, as well as how much they like you on other grounds and how many applicants they have. Short answer: you will usually be asked to supply a work history for most US jobs, but the degree to which it is scrutinized, pursued, and confirmed varies from not-at-all to intensively and thoroughly. alteripse 00:25, 20 April 2006 (UTC)
Hi,
Sorry to bother you, I know you're all busy people but me and a few friends were discussing old adverts the other day and we remembered a slogan that said..."Why Pay More?"
None of us know what the advert was that it was on, we have been looking online for the answer but cannot find it!
Please can you find out and email me back as soon as possible please?
My email is...[email removed for protection] We think it could be a supermarket television advert but we're not sure!
Many thanks
I have seen literally thousands of ads in my lifetime that asked "Why pay more?" It's very common. Brian G. Crawford 22:46, 19 April 2006 (UTC)
Hi, I read the wikipedia entry on "hookahs", but I was really curious as to if they are honestly better or worse for you than cigarettes? I mean, is it really that bad to split a hookah with a friend or two once a weekend if you dont smoke otherwise? I would really appreciate an answer, because ive heard such conflicting things. Thanks
I guess it depends on what's in the hookah. Seriously, though, tobacco contains a number of known carcinogens and isn't good for you in any amount. You probably won't die from an illness related to only sporadic smoking, but no one here can give you a permission slip to engage in unhealthy behavior. Brian G. Crawford 22:50, 19 April 2006 (UTC)
When were driving permits first issued in Ontario and to whom were they first issued?
My grandfather was a chauffeur between 1908 and 1915 in Peterborough area. Would he have possessed some type of Ontario licence?
.......end
I believe Emilio Estevez, Martin Sheens son used a different name and changed it to Emilio Estevez, so do many of my friends, I am in my 50's and seem to remember this. Can you find out what it was and post it somewhere on your site? Thatnk You , Marie, from FL
COPPA stipulates that a website must receive a fax form (or any "official" printed media) from a legal parent or guardian to allow a child to interact with other users on a site. (I haven't read the article itself, so this is from prior knowledge from elsewhere online.)
However, some children have got on here, and COPPA would cover no less than all of Wikipedia, I presume.
Therefore, I'm curious- how is Wikipedia exempt? I don't quite understand... -- Shultz IV 23:44, 19 April 2006 (UTC)
I am working on a report about what the bible means to me and my evaluation of the instructor and the courses old and new testament Iam really trying to find a starting point to begin my paper can you help? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 63.19.142.114 ( talk • contribs)
To get such an assignment, I am guessing you attend a religious school, in which case you had better say it means a great deal to you, or the Bible thumpers will be angry at you. StuRat 03:35, 20 April 2006 (UTC)
There is a game one of my freinds is teaching me that i can not figure out how to beat. I do not know the name of it but I can tell u exactly how it is played. All i am looking for is the answer of how to beat it. The game is played with a chess board. U have only one piece. The knight.The rules, are simple, you place a knight wherever you want, and then by using the allowed chess movement of the knight, you need to go over all the cells, without using the same cell twice. I have been working on figureing it out for 4 months and still haven't got it. Can you guys help me please!!!!!
I have a very old music book.It was owned by william mills in 1838, Some of the music is hand written by hand and the other is printed. It is suppose to be a Mason or Methodist music book. I would like to sell it but don't know who to comtact or even begin to ask.
Thank You Barbara Moose
Hi,
1. I wanted to create a portal for closed group of users and upload the contents, Is it possible. If yes, how
2. How to create a own portal.
Regards Vineet
I had lots of fun doing that myself. You need a good hosting service that offers Linux accounts, and has instructions for loading Mediawiki. -- Zeizmic 12:35, 20 April 2006 (UTC)
Hello --
I was editing pages without a user name, so they showed up on as made by my IP address (82.98.9.227). Now I have a user name (Hibou8., nickname hibou) and I'm wondering if there's anyway that the changes I made can now be attributed to me instead of the IP address?
Thanks -- hibou 17:20, 20 April 2006 (UTC)
Does anybody know who is Wikipedia's youngest admin (in terms of age)? Just out of general interest, relly... Thanks, K ilo-Lima| (talk) 19:43, 20 April 2006 (UTC)
It says on Wikipedia today's main page that the 21st of April 2006 is 'Good Friday' - that's not right is it?
My friend, who was accepted to Harvardl, had her flight to the preview weekend cancelled. What is a good place to find flights on short notice - as in tomorrow morning (Friday, around noon UTC)? I've checked LastMinuteTravel.com but they don't have anything reasonably priced...and they're not Continental, and Continental's refund voucher only works with their own flights (not all of SkyTeam, for some reason). -- Geoffrey 01:18, 21 April 2006 (UTC)
how many questions does a four year old ask in one day?
Seven.
Do you know what it's like to fall in the mud and get kicked in the head with an iron boot? Brian G. Crawford 02:54, 21 April 2006 (UTC)
Right, this is a long shot. I live in Japan, and I recently bought a Japanese sudoku magazine. As well as the sudokus, the magazine contains a page of different puzzles, similar to, but quite different from, everyone's favourite 9x9 grid-filling game. I've checked the List of Nikoli puzzle types and several pages dedicated to puzzle types, but I can't find it. Can anyone tell me the name of this puzzle? Basically it's played on a grid of boxes, sized (for example) 6x6. The aim of the game is to put the numbers 1 to 6 in the boxes, so that every row and column contains all the numbers 1 to 6. The boxes are linked by the mathematical symbols for 'greater than' and 'less than' (< and >), both vertically and horizontally. Thus, it is possible to enter the numbers logically, with very few initial numbers needed.
From this (admittedly awful) description, can anyone tell me the name of the puzzle? It doesn't seem to be given in the magazine. Phileas 03:15, 21 April 2006 (UTC)
When Stu Wilson was captain 76 to 83 who were his centres?
i was wondering if anyone could estimate how many music tracks are illegaly downloaded in a year or month or week and if they could provide a source. i need these figures for a report but i cannot find them anywhere. any help would be great. thanks Mr P
i looked on the riaa sight but no luck, i want figures for either USA, Uk or globally. any help would be great thanks, Mr P. 17:19, 21 April 2006 (UTC)
Are there any legal ramifications to having copyrighted material tattooed on a person? The only discussion I've seen so far through Google is copyright of tattoos as original work. I'm referring to taking non-tattoo artwork and making it into a tattoo, specifically artwork which requires a subscription to obtain. Thanks! -- Lwieise -=- Talk to Me 10:48, 21 April 2006 (UTC)
On the other hand, perhaps a woman with a Harley tattoo on her breast should get a royalty each time it's displayed. Perhaps this explains why such women display their breasts so often. :-) StuRat 23:04, 21 April 2006 (UTC)
what is the point of this website if i cant use it for school since there are no sources listed. how can i believe an article that i have no idea who wrote it, an elementary school kid could have written it! someone please tell me how i find the author
You should never use a single source, espiculy for things like Projects and reports. Wikipedia is probably a good start but you should verify evrything you find with at least one other source.
Where can I find a list of infoboxes/infobox templates for user pages? Thank you very much Bwithh 18:06, 21 April 2006 (UTC)
Why doesn't the U.S. have Diplomatic relations with Andorra?
Hello gang,
I've recently obtained an older laptop, and in the process of fooling around with it lost the operating system that it came with (win 98). Now, i'm not too eager to plunk down +100 bucks on a new copy of XP to use on a $150 machine, so I'm thinking I'll install Linux on it. I'm no Linux expert myself. I've used the Knoppix live CD on my desktop system, and like it enough, but the laptop is too decrepit to handle it. So, does anyone have any suggestions for what distro I should use? I'd like a free, downloadable one, preferably. I browsed the "Comparison of Linux Distributions" article, but I'd like some first hand advice. The laptop in question is a Compaq with a 266 MHz AMD-K6 processor, 96 MB of SyncDRAM and a 4 gig HD. Any advice will be be greatly appreciated. Brian Schlosser42 19:59, 21 April 2006 (UTC)
Just get a Debian install disk. I have it on a machine like that, and it works great for presentations and such. You can cut down on the 'eye candy', and big applications will be slow, but OpenOffice works quite well. -- Zeizmic 23:45, 21 April 2006 (UTC)
Years ago I had a toy from Japan, which was a motorcycle front wheel/fork/engine/seat, with a small pickup style box in the back, over a two-wheel rear end. There was a small cab around the driver, and a tarp-like cover over the bed.
I can't remember the name or the manufacturer, maybe it is one of the present manufacturers of cars. Would anyone remember what this thing was? It dates from about 1955 to maybe 1960 or so.
Gary, St. Joseph, MO
Is there any eveidence besides reviewing endless lists of patents, to understand, or gain information about, how the government exercises an ability to suppress technological innovations, certain inventions, or scientific data to control the public more than it should. I'm not trying to be some conspiracy theorist, but I have already found astonishing evidence about things I can barely believe in relation to the vagueness listed above. Anyone can go and read some writing about or by tom bearden to see a little bit of what i mean. I can understand the implications of monopolies blah blah and all that. but when something has the potential to beifit all of mankind in profound ways then why else does this seeming oppression prevail?
dear, gangofone and anyone else be specific and tell "us" what i have found? that sounds funny don't you think? did it sound funny when you said it to yourself? would you let someone know how to become god if you knew exactly how? maybe i cant answer for you im just making this up but you get the point right? heres a better example: if you knew of a bank that gave you money for nothing in exchange would you tell the world the directions to the bank? maybe you would im just being childish i guess excuse me oh yeah and who is "us"? nah im being silly again seriously though about bearden "he may be wrong, in short" ? wrong about what? trying to extract energy from nothing? yeah it sounds "wrong" as in it appears ridiculously impossible or what?
but why live in a world of appearances?
surely you know nothing is what it seems? anyway bye bye im off to class... or somehting right?
and does anyone know what this means: e=±((square root symbol) since i couldn't find it)α(multiplied by something that looks like an h with the stem(top part)crossed through with a small line)finally multiplied next by c (the speed of light of course)
lastly maybe someone can give me a vague explanation of non-linear optic effect
A friend told me that there was a website that told you how to win Pogo.com's game Pop-it every time. I havent been able to find it but I was wondering if anyone else knew about it. Thanks!! Zach 22:19, 21 April 2006 (UTC)
Can someone tell me how to modify a .pdf file? Thanks in advance. -- ShiningEyes 23:23, 21 April 2006 (UTC)
I agree, in that pdf is almost 'uneditable'. Many things are fragmented by single letters, like old typesetting, and there is no more relation to words or sentences. If it is a 'nice' pdf, you can extract the text and then edit it. -- Zeizmic 13:00, 22 April 2006 (UTC)
Who was Gustavus Hindman Miller ? he wrote this book that I shared in the dream thread here: http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/etext97/drmnt10.txt
I googled as well as searched Wikipedia. Just books he wrote comesup. No bibliography or none of his education or history etc.,
Please Assist.
Thanks in advance.
Vijay
This is an ad in a Canadian Tire flyer I got:
Read it. Now look at the stuff that I highlighted in pink. It says that you could win WHEN YOU SPEND $40. But below it says NO PURCHASE NECESSARY.
How is it possible for it to be no purchase necessary when you have to spend $40? -- Valuefreeperson1 01:36, 22 April 2006 (UTC)
Your right. I looked on their website and it says: "For no purchase necessary and Promotion Rules requests please send a unique hand-written 100 word essay entitled “Why I shop at Canadian Tire” along with a self-addressed stamped envelope to: Spring Thrill at the Till, P.O. Box 9998, Saint John, NB, E2L 4N4. Each no purchase necessary request must be mailed separately." -- Valuefreeperson1 02:00, 22 April 2006 (UTC)
The 'no purchase necessary' is a legal thing in Canada. However, they can make you jump through a number of hoops. -- Zeizmic 12:56, 22 April 2006 (UTC)
how do I list Wikipedia and a bib IE( copyright date, volume and so on)
thanks mike
This may sound naive but I am a little confused about the true purpose of Wikipedia. I can see that you do not want to include collections of external links or Internet directories, collections of internal links, collections of public domain or other source material or collections of photographs or media files. I can also see that you discourage inclusion of or links to primary resources. Isn't the ability to link to other sites and to primary resources what makes the internet such a valuable tool? Are you trying to create some kind of secular knowledge network, with minimal reference to outside resources? As far as I can see this means: a) While you may cover a broad range of topics, it is difficult to reach depth with any one topic and; b) The material is completely fallible- it seems to be publishing simply "what readers think they know about a subject"- a little concerning. I am not meaning to criticise the site, merely wanting to understand it a little more. If anyone can help me, please do.
Thanks.
I think we have far more depth in the average article than any written encyclopedia, if in fact, a written version has any article on the given subject at all. Of course, there will be articles which are exceptions, but that seems to be the overwhelming pattern to me. I suggest you randomly look up a few articles and see if that's not the case. StuRat 03:44, 22 April 2006 (UTC)
Does anyone know the lyrics of the theme song to the 2003 British satire cooking show, "Posh Nosh" ? The one part I think I can make out is:
"I'm off with a raggle-taggle gypsy boy"
StuRat 03:35, 22 April 2006 (UTC)
Does anyone know when season 3 of the o.c. will be released on dvd? If no date has been set, what is a good estimate of the date, based on the release patterns of the previous two seasons?
Why does California not put a cap on gas prices? I heard of other states doing it, I think Hawaii was one of them. Its about $3.30 for Super Unleaded (91 octane) and I saw diesel for $3.99 at this one gas station in Los Angeles. Prices are going out of control.
You ration a scarce good by either a natural price increase, or long line-ups. Think of Soviet toilet paper. -- Zeizmic 12:53, 22 April 2006 (UTC)
This wins the 'Maximum Indentation' prize of the week. You are allowed to drink one beer, while backing up out the door. -- Zeizmic 22:04, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
Do fish do poos?
If anyone can clear this up, I'd appreciate it.
Thanks.
The-New-Kid 10:09, 22 April 2006 (UTC)
Does the U.S. Export any Oil?
Ok, why don't we stop exporting and keep it for ourselves? Would that help gas prices at all?
In the case of a commodity, the price should remain the same whether a country chooses to export it or not, provided that there is sufficient global supply to cover the demand. In the case of a severe shortage, each country would be likely to keep their own production, at least until their demand was met. Unfortunately, the US produces far less than it uses, so there would still be a severe shortage in the US, even if this action was taken, but they could at least provide fuel for emergency vehicles. StuRat 19:31, 22 April 2006 (UTC)
Good day,
Based on personal experience (and the experiences of a handful of others) that there are users with administrator/sysop rights who use the speedy delete process with wanton abandon. This is very distressing to contributors such as myself who have had their contributions discarded without discussion.
When I first arrived, I was intimidated by such actions, fearing that if I spoke up, I could invite the wrath of certain 'undesirable unmentionables' which happen to have system privileges. I have seen such behaviour on certain IRC channels, and was concerned that it could be the case here as well.
Here are my questions:
Thank you for taking the time to read this message; I shall look forward to constructive feedback to address these concerns.
Regards, Folajimi 14:35, 22 April 2006 (UTC)
I have been particularly intrigued by the main image in the article entitled 'Satan', which features an illustration by the artist Gustave Dore for Milton's classic 'Paradise Lost'. The interesting thing about this particular image, is that it is in full colour, unlike the original. I would like to know where it is possible to obtain more of these coloured versions of Dore's 'Paradise Lost' illustrations, as I am unsure whether or not they are available in one of the many different publications of Milton's book. Any help on the matter would be great.
cheers again
i am using windows xp,yahoo.com as isp,having trouble with foward or putting in pictures in the e mail i send,after highlighting ,copy, paste send there is no picture there sent. (e-mail-removed)
Is there a way to rip movies from DVDs so I can put them on iTunes and iPod? A program I can download perhaps?
--> [25] - open this page & download "DVD Decrypter" to decrypt dvds to your hard drive in it's entirity (vob format)
--> [26] - Download Dr. Divx to convert the raw dvd file (vob) to another smaller format of your choice (eg. mpeg, avi etc)
What is the medical or scientific term for the crusty things on your eyes when you wake up?
What, eye boogers isn't scientific enough for you ? :-) StuRat 19:10, 22 April 2006 (UTC)
Eye Boogers don't sound good, I always called them Sleepy Seeds.
*How can I insert (if possible) up, down and left arrows??
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What colour are my eyes? One person tells me that they are blue, but I think that they are grey. You may want to read the article Eye color. I included five pictures (to avoid any mistakes); three have no flash, and the other two are with flash. If it helps, my mother's eye color is brown and my father's is blue.
PHOTOS WITHOUT FLASH
PHOTOS WITH FLASH
Thank you for helping me. -- Valuefreeperson2 21:38, 22 April 2006 (UTC)
Okay, thanks for your help.-- Valuefreeperson2 20:36, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
thanks for info that electricity produced for homes by windmills
Hello!You probably see what's coming(an idiotic question), but i can't help it. Let's say, purely out of example, that i am a person living in Romania, with no social status, very short with money, don't have any underground connections, don't understand Japanese, etc. I would like to know if there is any way for such or similar person to become a Yakuza gang member, even if he is not Japanese etc. I have put this example to see what is the criteria to enter, and can a below-average person even if he is living far from Japan and perhaps New York become a member of the Yakuza gang. I did my Google search but it doesn't actually answer my question. Is there any way for such a person to enter, and if it is, i would like you to say exactly how can someone enter. I would like not to have offensive or insulting answers to my questions, because even if it sounds ridiculous, i would like someone who knows exactly what he or she is writing, to give instructions on how to do it because it interests me. I understand that this question seems awkward but i would appreciate a helpful answer very much.-- Captain ginyu 23:25, 22 April 2006 (UTC)
You could try to first join the Hells Angels on your 10-speed. -- Zeizmic 22:01, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
what happened to the mini-video that appeared on the world baseball classic page showing the controversial call of the japan v. usa game?
My Irish born mother used to sing a song about a young man who went hunting in a marsh and accidentaly shot his lover with an arrow and she turned into a swan. Can amyone help me track down the name and lyrics of the piece and ideally a recording. -- TedO
How many votes does a nominated subject need to become an officially featured article? Thanks. PatrickJ83 01:19, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
i am planning on doing a lesson with a small group of 6/7y.o. i am teaching them about africa. before i teach them about africa i want them to develop a better understanding of where africa is,how big it is, and how far it is- compared to australia. i was thinking of showing them a map of africa and map of australia, and seeing how many maps of austalia fit inside africa, but when i use the maps i have, it doesnt seem to reflect the actual difference (am i right that there are about 4 australias in africa?-but i can only seem to fit two-ish)i guess i would like to know how long it would take to get to africa if you walked(maybe), from adelaide, australia. and some way of displaying how big africa is. thanks.------
I am looking for the specific name for this type of stemware. If it sits one way, it can be used as a martini glass but if you flip it over, it can be used as a wine glass. I want to buy some, but don't know how to find them if I don't know the name!
Ha! I found the stupid thing. [29] MoMastore is down right now, so I include a Google cache link. This is an 'original' piece of 'art', so expect it to be pricey. The plastic versions should be out soon. -- Zeizmic 17:48, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
What do a human woman's breasts feel like? I hope this question isn't agaisnt any rules. 71.250.6.144 03:04, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
I would expect them to feel just like a man's breast, only bigger. StuRat 17:38, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
I want to know if anyone knows what a non-human womans's breasts feel like... Brian Schlosser42 14:39, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
A guy I knew - that was in Wales a few years back - told me that the movie Trainspotting had had subtitles put in for the non-Scottish English speaking audience. I suppose that was a joke, but I liked the idea so much I actually refrained from asking anyone for all the years. I think the time has come I'm more interested in the truth than in a good yarn. So - anyone from England who can comment on that? How about the US? -- 82.207.248.218 04:07, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
I've seen many cases of people allegedly speaking English with subtitles used to make it clear. 911 calls and airplane "black box" audio always seem to have them, too. StuRat 06:04, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
There is one scene in the movie, where Spud and Tommy are talking about their sex lives, where there are subtitles. The rest of the movie doesn't have subtitles. - lethe talk + 06:43, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
The DVD sold in the US does have subtitles. In fact, most movie DVDs come with subtitles -- for the hearing impaired, if nothing else. But of course one can switch them off. Chl 11:37, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
I see that newfangled DVD business complicates matters. But thanks for the effort. -- 82.207.222.172 23:44, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
To get back to the original question, I'm from Canada and I saw the movie "Trainspotting" with no subtitles whatsoever and it was completely comprehensible. (Great movie, by the way, except I don't understand the meaning of its title...does "Trainspotting" mean something particular in Scottish English?) On the other hand, I saw the movie "Snatch" with Brad Pitt where he played some sort of English brand of trailer trash. His speech was completely incomprehensible, even to the regular English characters who couldn't understand a word he said. Do these people exist in England? If so who are they? Loomis51 00:48, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
You know when your eyelash gets caught under the eyelid of the eye above it/below it and scratches against the eyeball? Is there a name for this? And any suggestions for getting it out? zafiroblue05 | Talk 05:39, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
i need african witch doctor resarch.and photo also
try going to www.google.com , going to "Image Search" and type in this following line:
"africa" OR "african", "witch doctor" OR "voodoo doctor" OR "shaman"
or use: [30] -- Valuefreeperson2!
I wish to learn Teeline, could anybody reccomend a good free online tutorial?-- Keycard ( talk) 08:34, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
I just need to limit my general download speed to 8 or 9 kb/s, down from 140-150. I use Windows XP.
quick question:
was just looking at some trailers for the xbox 360's gear of war game. it lists the release date as "emergence day 2006," when the hell is that? is it an actual day, like 'independence day' or are they saying the 'emergence day [is sometime in] 2006'? any ideas? thanks. 67.141.142.9 09:20, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
Recently i have been inquiring about 911 emergency location house identifaction maps. These numbers are used by emergency services( police, ambulance...)to locate your place of residence in case of an emergency. Any information on how to learn more about or get a 911 map will be appreciated.
Why does it say I have messages in an orange box at the top of the screen. I have clicked it and it mentiones something about vandalism... This is the best resource online. I use it all the time. But did I do anything wrong here? ... Could it be a virus or some other bug that isnt me causing the trouble (if there is any)? It also mentioned something about my ip address being on 2 computers. I have a wireless network and I'm not sure but I think I may have split the ip address on both.
Thanks for your help,
Josh
(my email address is REDACTED)
Is there a general policy to verify articles before they are posted? For example what happens if a person posts an article that although fact is offensive to other users? These could range from sexually offensive items, to racial or even religious content that affects other users. How do you deal with that?
Farid Ghalili
In fact, during the great media 'smash the wiki' party, journalists reported on offensive statements, that were later have shown to have lasted only a minute or two. Makes you wonder about the ethics of some of these gossip columnists.. -- Zeizmic 15:44, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
I've found that articles are quite often kept because they are offensive. See cleveland steamer, donkey punch, and Dirty Sanchez (sex), none of which are verified. A lot of Wikipedia editors are young, and they not only want to thumb their noses at what they see as established authority, they want to give it the double-barreled bird flip.
I'm looking to buy a nice couch in the Redmond area of Seattle/WA. Any suggestions? Pete
If Wikipedia were to gather enough information, sometime in the future could most of the rest of the internet become obsolete?
spam deleted. -- Zeizmic 21:56, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
I have just written an article about translator Walter Starkie, but it doesn't seem to want to appear in the same format as all other Wikipedia articles. As it stands now, it is very difficult to read. I don't have this problem at all when I submit or edit other articles.
Fixed it. I think it had to do with the use of indents at the start of paragraphs. -- Joelmills 22:10, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
Thanks.
Hi, I found some really great visuals on synesthesia on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:BoobaKiki.png
The problem is that I need a lot more of these types of illustrations (for my research paper) but can't find any. Would anyone at Wikipedia know where I could find more like these, online or anywhere?
Thanks!! Kim Scioloro
Is there a simple way to convert all footnotes into endnotes, or vice versa, in Microsoft Word? zafiroblue05 | Talk 21:56, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
Is the Video of a girl going through a basketball hoop at: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5804139819441997248 real? Did she really go through. Who did this and where was it done?
I would like to ask the stupidest question of the year.
If it is not illegal to be naked in public, what percentage of the the public would walk around and do their daily business naked? You may assume that the weather is too cold to go around naked. Ohanian 23:32, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
Zero percent. You'd be the only one walking around naked and everyone would be laughing at you. Brian G. Crawford
If I wore nothing but shoes and a backpack or something to hold my stuff, would that count? — Keenan Pepper 02:11, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
In Western societies, very few. Wearing clothes in public is a social norm and norms in a society exist independent of the law. Many would avoid not wearing clothes for fear of being socially isolated. Andrew Martinez is a famous public nudist, he spent much time at UC Berkeley without clothes but inspired few others to do the same ( interview). Many sources, including our own Wikipedia article, state that this nudity was not outlawed in the Berkeley until recently. However just as it is the norm in Western societies to wear clothes, there are (and were) nudist tribes where it is (or was) the norm to not wear clothes. For more on such tribes and other nudity related topics, consult the article on nudity. Even in societies where nudity is outlawed some nudists report that, provided their behaviour is not overtly sexual, they are usually only told to move on by law enforcement and not arrested (UWA Pelican Student Newspaper, 2005). Cedars 15:41, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
Interestingly you can get some insight into this, because it was decided in 1996 that in Ontario it was legal for women to bare their breasts in public, and that prosecuting them consitituted discrimination (it being allowed for men to go topless in public). However this ruling has had virtually no effect on the number of women going topless in public, even on beaches and in swimming pools. I would expect much the same response if full nudity were allowed. DJ Clayworth 20:51, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
Why can't most people remember being born or remember being a baby?
So how far back should a normal person be able to remember?
How do I reference/cite wikipedia in a paper I am writing in MLA style?
In the Family Guy episdoe If I'm Dyin', I'm Lyin', one of the Gumbels is interrogating a suspect by saying "uh-huh. mmhmm uhuh.." etc for about 10 seconds. Does anyone know if this is this a parody of a specific show (such as Miami Vice, Hart to Hart or Pacific_Blue_(TV_series))? or just a general gag? Thanks. -Bill
has anyone know mr.Asif Ahmed the only son of Dr.Amani Ahmed who was a chief protocol officer to late Robert guei.
i took an email resently from the person who named Mr.Asif Ahmed with a strange and as well as acceptable.
i would be appriciated if anyone let me know that in fact there is a person with the above name and who lives there in Abidjan.
ogun from turkey
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Hello!Another question by me. I saw an Axe(deodorant) comercial about two or three years ago. It had a few sweaty men in tuxedos jumping one next to another, and in the background was this song(or something like that): Girls girls 1 2 3 say my name, girls...Girls...(2x i think), and I am very curious what the song name is and who performs it. I tried searching but nothing like that came up.-- Captain ginyu 11:29, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
WAYS FOR A BUSINESS TO counter credit risk?
Hi,
I read a couple of days ago about a new trend of projective tests, and I would really like to know what it is called. The test explains aspects of ones personality through a series of metaphoric questions that represent something in real life. for ex. one of the questions i remembre reading was you are walking on a hill, what does the hill look like? in this case the hill represents ones father, and so on. I remember this type of personality test starting with a k or something.
Thank you very much for your time and cooperation.
Best Regards
How is his surname pronounced? Is it MOON-vezz, MOWN-vezz, MOONVZ, or what? I'm not even sure whether it's one syllable or two. We ought to put the pronunciation on his page. Bhumiya ( said/ done) 12:37, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
I'm trying to find the title of a comic strip, perhaps defunct by now, where every strip is a photocopy of the same crudely-drawn scene, involving a small barking dog chained to a tree or something. The only variation is in the text bubble in the final panel. It was of course regarded as cutting-edge and postmodern, though your average comics reader probably found it pretentious. I think it was drawn (or written, rather) by a prominent film director. Does this ring a bell with anyone? Bhumiya ( said/ done) 12:47, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
Hii...
I remember reading a short story in my English literature when i was in 4th or 5th grade... it was about a gunner on a fighter pilot and he sits in a small bubble on the tail of the plane.. and when he goes somewhere to bomb a city or something.. his plane gets shot... although he has the time to get his parachute, he discovers that its on fire... and he jumps from the plane... when he wakes up he finds that the branches of a fig tree and soft snow on the ground had broken his fall...he doesn't even get a scratch...i think he falls from 10,00 ft or something.... after he gets captured by the enemies and they find his parachute or a piece of the plane or something and let him go... this was supposedly a true story... can anyone verify this? and if its just a story can anyone give me the title of the story and where i might find it on the net... Thanks a lot.. Jayant, 17 Years, India • contribs 14:41, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
Hi !
I am listening to a radio channel using Windows Media Player. I would like to know how i can add a track right in my library. Actualy, all i can do is add URL's . Is there some way of copying tracks directly on the hard disk like with those good old radio cassettes ???
Thanks for the help... -- 62.128.184.76 14:51, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
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Thanks guy... Just gonn have a try. Very kind of you taking the time to help. Thanks again, SUMO....
I want to find the word record holder for hand clapping named Vanna White 71.142.248.251 15:58, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
what was the first airport built in new york and when was it built?
...Is any software available to perform this conversion? Subhash 19:55, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
I can't find who wrote the information I collected. This is for a school project and I need a bibliography. I can't find any site titles, or the authors of the article i found. Thanks for your help.
Hi ihave interent security with Norton and recently its been playing up, not letting access any security pages e.g. hotmail and sometimes cuts my interent connection. So i tried to unninstal it, but i have to not been able to it says every time that i must be supervisor to do so buti am i have full access rights on this computer. i have tried all accounts on this PC to unninstal it on but it says the same thing please help how can i unninstal Norton? Any suggestions will be much appreciated. By the way when i open my security it appears that it is off but i know that it is working because there is nothing else to be doing this. 86.143.84.23 21:22, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
Start|All Programs|Norton|Norton Internet Security
), and go to the Firewall tab. You can then enter in the sites you want allowed or blocked, and it will often work like that. As for administrator privilages, you have to make sure you have the ability to install or uninstall programs, and are not on a Limited Account (check Start|Control Panel|User accounts
if you're not sure). Other than that, I'd try
Symantec (the creators of Norton) and ask them. Good luck! -
Mysekurity
[m! 22:02, 24 April 2006 (UTC)Regarding the geography of England, Is Leytonstone in Essex County? Can you tell me the where can i find a detailed map of essex?
Hello all, I have noticed an anon user using User:206.173.159.62 ( contributions) to change a bunch of articles regarding a series of for-profit career colleges into clear POV adverts. As the original creator of this series of articles, I know that all the colleges the user is editting are owned by the same company --thus this seems to be an anonymous user from said company, Corinthian Colleges International, Inc. The person is also removing any critical commentary (which was one college out of more than a dozen articles). I don't think this falls into "vandalism", because the person is adding some useful info. I have left a warning on the talk page, but the reverts keep happening and as I leave work tonight I realize that this person will keep going on like this and tomorrow (or whenever) there may be a hell of a task reverting some of the changes. There is obviously something wrong occuring, but it seems to be a different kind of wrong (like a cigarette company coming in and removing all negative info about itself). Would you call this vandalism/corporate whitewashing? Any advise/help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks ahead. -- Bobak 23:56, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
My renters' insurance policy has a clause about what isn't covered by the policy (emphasis mine):
We do not cover any loss caused directly or indirectly by any of the following:
- ...
- War
- Undeclared war
- Civil war
- Insurrection
- Rebellion
- Revolution
- Warlike act by a military force or military personnel
- Destruction, seizure, or use for a military purpose
Discharge of a nuclear weapon will be deemed a warlike act, even if accidental.
Now, this clearly means that loss caused by the accidental discharge of a nuclear weapon by anyone other than a military force is covered, but aside from that, what is the history of this sort of clause? When did insurance companies start announcing that nuclear weapons discharges are not covered, and is there a US state or federal law covering this? Is this related in any way to accidents during nuclear testing? -- Carnildo 01:12, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
If you look further, you will see that it doesn't cover damage by earthquake. However, it covers a fire caused by an earthquake. So if the building is a big wreck after an earthquake, throw some gas on it... -- Zeizmic 02:18, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
My understanding of the reasoning of this (and similar non-coverages, such as "war declared and undeclared") is to avoid the insurance company being accused of fraudulently charging you for insurance against events which, if they did occur, the insurer wouldn't be able to pay. Say, for example, if I sold you "global atomic holocaust survival" insurance, which said that if you were the survivor of a large-scale nuclear exchange (which killed say 95% of the population of your country) then you'd receive a cheque for a million dollars. Clearly my offering that insurance would be fraudulent, as I'd be unable to pay you in the event that you became elligible (I'd be dead, my company destroyed, my underwriters evaporated, my reinsurers vapourised, and all my records burned to ash). Now, if I wrote you a policy that simply said that in case of something bad happening I'd pay you the cost of damage to your car, but I didn't disclaim the nuclear-megadeath scenario, then you could sue me saying I was fraudulently charging you a portion of the premium for those scenarios were I wouldn't actually be in a position to pay. Indeed, as every clause in a contract has its origin in an earlier lawsuit, it's likely someone has sued an insurer with such a claim. So, as a consequence, they disclaim every liability where they'd clearly be unable to pay. The Canadian law mentioned in ByeByeBaby's link merely institutionalises this understanding, for one particular uncoverably-huge risk. The author of that page is, really, living in a dream world: no private insurer will ever cover such massive liabilities (and as noted above, it would be fraud if they were to collect insurance on the pretense that the did). So the nuclear industry just wouldn't have any insurance anyway (you can't mandate an insurer takes business he doesn't want to). So the Canadian government would be left with a choice - have no nuclear industry, or act as an insurer-of-last-resort itself. And that, really, is what national governments do; although they don't call it insurance, a national government will always end up holding the bill for a nuclear cleanup, and will be left with the electorally touchy issue of whether to pay the medical bills and resettlement costs of its newly irradiated citizenry. -- Finlay McWalter | Talk 14:13, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
I'm inclined to believe that if one detonated a nuclear weapon accidentally, one would not be able to claim it anyway. Nor would just about anyone within the blast radius. Of course, how a civillian might get their hands on a nuke in the first place to accidentally detonate it is beyond me, but I might imagine an accidental bomb detonation might go down like this:
Hope that answers your question, somewhat. And if not, it makes you laugh like hell. Cernen Xanthine Katrena 00:43, 1 May 2006 (UTC)
I'm a junior on my high school wrestling team. My questions deal with weight gain. My coach advised me to gain some weight at the end of last season but now he thinks I've added to much (I'm six three and went from a rail-thin 163 to a bulky 220, which means I jumped three weight classes). I've actually improved a lot over last year, but my body fat is way higher, and I'd ideally like to have it be lower. But if I burn it off, I don't think I'll be able to stay in the weight class, since I've never been able to build pure lean muscle. See the problem?
Ignoring health issues (which I already dealt with) and looking at it only from a strategic position as a wrestler, what would be better for my performance? Should I risk losing mass/power or risk losing speed/agility? My coach says fat gets in the way and throw off your balance, but many of my teammates are huge and have no problem. Does anyone here have any experience with this kind of thing? Also, sorry this is a strange question, but can an athlete add fat to one part of the body while keeping another part lean? For example, harden the chest and legs but not the stomach? That one isn't practical, I was just curious because I've seen some wrestlers with strange body types and I thought maybe they were ignoring some exercises and overdoing others. Thanks in advance. 65.97.28.200 01:54, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
Short answer: lean. Long answer: it depends on your technique and body type. I have some vague experience with this from playing intermural football, but it probably works a little differently in wrestling. Nevertheless, it seems like most of the wrestlers at my school (especially the underclassmen) are rather small and lean, and restrict their conditioning to weightlifting, running, sparring, etc. They might be asked to lose weight, but I've never heard of them putting on weight on purpose. That strikes me as a bit intensive for high school. Our wrestlers tend on average to be shorter and lighter than the football players. They have a reputation for being wiry.
I can tell you from personal experience that raw body mass isn't always an advantage. In sumo, it's a different story, but I think the standard procedure is to work off as much dead weight as possible before gaining back weight as muscle (I had to do that every spring). Of course, several of our wrestlers are enormous and heavy-set, and they seem to do just fine. I think it has more to do with your personal style and how you handle yourself. I'm sure if you tell your coach you have a problem, he'll be able to work something out. Or simply indulge his request -- if it turns out you don't perform as well after you've lost the weight, no one can say it's your fault. Bhumiya ( said/ done) 05:12, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
So, my computer (running XP) was fine until my cousin screwed around with it a few days ago and now the STart menu is much smaller and says "Windows XP Home Edition" on the left hand side. I can't figure out how to change it back to whatever it was before. Help?
Hi, I know this might sound dumb but, how do I subscribe to Game Informers VIA Mail? I am just 14 years old but I have the money, my problem is where do I get a money order, and what do I do next, because I just came here in the United States 4 months ago, so I'm not yet used to all this stuff. I would appreciate it if someone would help me step by step, starting from the money order, to where to place the subscription card, and sending the mail with stamp! And if you are wondering what if I just ask someone older than me, well they are also unfamiliar with this. Again I will thank everyone who will help me.
For a Science Badge, I have to find out why the moon does not illuminate the sky. I have not been able to find this information anywhere on the internet and would be grateful if someone could tell me this. -- Caleb 03:43, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
Dismas had it right, and I'm surprised s/he's been virtually ignored. The moon has no brightness of its own. It just reflects the light of the sun. Otherwise it's basically a sphere shaped rock that orbits the earth. So to answer the original question, the moon does not illuminate the sky for the same reason that a rock doesn't produce light: it's just a rock, not a light source. (Or you can think of it like a giant mirror orbitting the earth. When the sun shines on it and the light of the sun gets reflected on the earth, it would appear that the "giant mirror" was actually producing light. But in reality it's just a mirror, and has no brightness of it's own.) Loomis51 02:56, 26 April 2006 (UTC)
Thank you, you've all been a great help.
-- Caleb 04:18, 26 April 2006 (UTC)
As I am a complete lamer and have not visited these hallowed grounds in such a long time, I can say this like an idiot: The moon does not light up the sky, but one could walk without lighted aid at night on a full moon. >_> Cernen Xanthine Katrena 07:50, 29 April 2006 (UTC)
How do I contact the Mail Recovery Center in St. Paul, Minn.? I'm desperate to have a certified letter to my son returned to me & apparently it is in the Mail Recovery Center in St. Paul (according to my tracking by computer). Thank you.
Roger Ebert's review of American Wedding says that "Note: In a stunning breakthrough in the raunchy comedy genre, "American Wedding" doesn't have a single credit cookie." My question - what's a credit cookie? 130.91.117.181 06:40, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
Dear Sirs/Madam,
I am currently employed in a leading asset management company in Turkey, called Finans Asset Management. For a project that I am dealing with, I need:
The main activities and units in an investment bank, preferably the organization chart of such a company.
During my search in internet, I have ran across this association and decided to contact you for this matter.
I would appreciate if you could assist me in this.
Sincerely yours.
Fırat Selli
Does anyone know what the longest time has been between the time a crime was committed and the perpetrator put on trial? Murder has no statute of limitations, and I have heard of people being tried decades after their crimes. What is the record? 30 years? 40? More? Brian Schlosser42 15:19, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
Hii..
After downloading Audacity and using it....i found that i couldn't save the files as .mp3..when i tried to export as .mp3 i could only save them as some audacity project files... the programme itself told me that i would need to download some special mp3(lame) converter that can convert the audacity project files into .mp3.. I cant seem to find this software.. can anyone tell me where i can find that software? Jayant, 17 Years, India • contribs 18:23, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
This might be a little late, however, you can use the lame dll file in the Winamp directory.
Apostate
02:39, 26 April 2006 (UTC)
Outrages! After going to Poland and seeing Auchwitz, These people should be hunted to the ends of the earth with no remorse! No matter thier ages or whether or not they are fit to stand trial, starving slaves were not fit for work but they did it.
I have a zipper on my backback. The teeth of the zipper have seperated, and the metal piece which connects them has disconnected, leaving it attatched to only once strip/side of the zipper material. I have tried in vain to jam the teeth back into the metal piece that zips the zipper, so that I can zip it back up again.
How do I repair this? Thanks, Mike 161.45.160.127 18:47, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
Or for a simpler solution (albiet temporary) cut the zipper just where it starts on one side and then zip it as you would a jacket
---|--------- -A----------- A is the little thing that pushes the zippoer together., where the | is cut it so you can zip it together again, though over time your backpack will rip more and more. I just did it once because my bagpack rippper came off in school. You can sew the rippped part back together though
I've got a sore throat but the weird thing is, it only hurts if I swallow, is this something common or is it something bad and if you know what it is, could you please help me to make it feel better, THANKS!!!
could you name one famous person from philadelphia for me please.
She thinks "money grows on trees" (so do her 2 teen daughters). Is there a reference titled "personal money management for dummies", written in Korean, which is available? Thanks for your help....—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 70.180.156.8 ( talk • contribs) .
Find Korean copies of the Archie comics. She can use Veronica as a role model... Seriously, North American experience indicates that she is not going to read anything, and become suddenly converted to frugality. -- Zeizmic 12:22, 26 April 2006 (UTC)
How did communisim shape the European Economy of the late 19th Century? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.239.72.175 ( talk • contribs) .
In any case, the first communist state, the Soviet Union, was only established in 1917. Late 19th century Europe was charactized by quite the opposite, laissez faire capitalism. Marxism was obviously an interesting topic among intellectuals in the late 19th century, but as for its role in the "shaping" of the European Economy in the late 19th century, I'd describe its impact in one word: Zero. If this is indeed a homework question, it appears to be an essay question, and one that would require more than a one word answer. Good luck! Loomis51 02:30, 26 April 2006 (UTC)
Hello, everyone. I heard once that flamingos are the only animals that can form lesbian groups. Is this true? Are they at least the only birds that can form lesbian groups? Thank you in advance.-- 64.12.116.199 00:48, 26 April 2006 (UTC)
I'll go ahead and mention the bonobo before anyone else does. The bonobo is often cited as an animal that engages in rather free expressions of sexuality. Brian G. Crawford 00:55, 26 April 2006 (UTC)
Hey, wasn't there a list of animals that engage in homosexual behavior somewhere on Wikipedia? Cernen Xanthine Katrena 00:44, 1 May 2006 (UTC)
How do you stick a picture onto lets say this, on this question, how would you do it?
thanks.
01:26, 26 April 2006 (UTC)
What do you put in the "destination filename" thing? 02:13, 26 April 2006 (UTC)
(1) Why did the price of gold spike in 1980? I've read it was because of the USSR's invasion of Afghanistan [35] , the Japanese trade deficit, OPEC's oil pricing, Nelson Bunker Hunt?? ? No piles of cash [36]? Perhaps a combination?
(2) from E-gold: "Proponents of the e-gold system contend that e-gold deposits are protected against inflation, devaluation and other possible economic risks inherent in fiat currencies."
How do these supposed proponents defend this statement when so little it traded within Digital gold currency that you're bound to have to convert to a fiat currency through a Digital gold currency exchanger to buy or invest in anything useful. And gold fluctuates with the fiat currency, not vice-versa. I mean sure if everyone did it then it would be great... - Snpoj 03:36, 26 April 2006 (UTC)
Liberty Dollar is an article about a multi-level marketing scam aimed at people who fear the government's control over money. Of course, such people don't seem to understand that if gold were the principal medium of exchange it too would be controlled and manipulated by governments, banks, and wealthy citizens. Brian G. Crawford 22:58, 26 April 2006 (UTC)
I want my user page to look cool, but I don't know of any wikipedia resource to find out about doing that. Can someone help, either by directing me to the appropriate resource or giving me a crash course in this? -- Matthew 06:57, 26 April 2006 (UTC)
how do you create a page on this website?
i still can't find where on the help menu where it says starting a new page
thanks for that james
Hii...
I just watched the video of Green Day's Wake Me Up When September Ends....When the band is playing on some raised white pillar kinda things...there are 4 people playing... Billie, Mike, Tre' Cool, and who's the 4th one? He plays the guitar i think and they never show a close up of his face... Can anyone identify him? Thanks a lot.!! Jayant, 17 Years, India • contribs 12:13, 26 April 2006 (UTC)
I have many questions for you.
One, most important: How the #*%) do you use Photoshop? I have to figure out how to use it for an assignment...or at least point me to something nice.
Two: I want to use my old Game Boy Advance. I dropped my backpack one time and the LCD broke. It's black in some places, has cracks in it, and won't work. However, the game will still play just without the visual. My question is, how can I fix it? Can I go to anyone for help? If so, how much would it cost, and would it be worth it? Thanks.
Three: Who's a Peach?
Four: What is the keyboard shortcut for MouseKeys in Windows? Anyone with Windows can find that out, just go to Control Panel, then Accessability Options, then go to the MouseKeys tab. I know how to get to it, I just can't get to it because teh draconian admins at my school won't let you change *anything* to save your life, i.e. when the computer freezes you can't Ctrl+Alt+Del, you have to shut it off. But don't get me even STARTED on my diatribe. Did I use that word right?
Five: Who would win in a fight: George from Of Mice and Men or Winston from Nineteen Eighty-Four?
Thank you very much for wasting your time on me. My eternal gratitude and good karma for j00. 216.11.222.21 12:21, 26 April 2006 (UTC)
Ty Cobb was known as the Georgia peach. Loomis51 21:43, 26 April 2006 (UTC)
Questions 3 and 5 are hilarious and has earned a Flameviper12's Plusbox for they caused Flameviper12 to shoot chocolate milk out his nose |
Are there famous(known) soccer(football) players who where street children.? If there are can you inform me about 6 or more of them.
My daughter is writing a report on Francis Scott Key and is using an article from Wikipedia. How do we find the Publisher, where it was published and the copyright for the article? Please help!
How is Stieljes pronounced? I appears in mathematics as Riemann-Stieltjes.
In San Fransisco, it is illeagal to wipe your car with what?
Well, NOW I HAVE TO CANCEL MY WEEKEND PLANS. :( 12.183.203.184 04:16, 27 April 2006 (UTC)
This question has been BJAODNed and has earned a Cernen's Plusbox for for being completely awesome (and causing Grutness to blow coffee out his nostrils). |
That would be STYLE-KEYS from the dutch and similar to the Afrikaans meaning a small steil
This picture was made about thirty years ago, or more. The story takes place in Berlin, of course. It is about a spy ring whose members make all their reports verbally to one man, whose identy they do not know. His face is always coveren. (The audience knows, of course)This man has a photographic memory and never takes notes. I remember one man is always knitting when he makes his reports. This is one of the best spy movies ever made and is a bit complicated, also.Any help I can get will be appreciated.
I am writing a book and need a little background on TB and Jamaica I would like to know if there were any cases of TB, prior to the aids epidemic, if so how widespread was it?
How many cases were there?
Thank you
Sylvie
Tuberculosis was a more deadly and feared disease in a time without antibiotics than AIDS ever will be. "Consumption" was a common cause of death, and still is in many parts of the world. Many people don't realize that diseases come into and go out of existence all the time. For example, venereal disease in ancient Greece and Rome was nonexistent. "The grippe" was a mysterious disease that killed many people in Europe in the 19th century. No one is sure what it was. Brian G. Crawford 23:04, 26 April 2006 (UTC)
TB kills more people in africa today than aids.
Which stock would be the better buy today?
Budwieser Vodafone Cendant Dell Computer Bank of America XM Satellite Radio Wal-Mart
199.201.168.100
21:16, 26 April 2006 (UTC)
If anyone knew the answer to that simple question they'd be a zillionaire. My suggestion: Put your money into a mutual fund and let the experts decide. Sure, they skim a bit off the top but it's worth it. Loomis51 21:39, 26 April 2006 (UTC)
I wish to use the 0-interest loan on credit cards to invest in securities. Any ideas how I could do this? Or does anyone know other very low interest loans I could get? - Snpoj 21:45, 26 April 2006 (UTC)
Ok here's what I was thinking. When I borrow with a credit card I don't have to pay for ~1 month (as Brian said, this could be higher with an introductory rate). It's a 0-interest short-term loan. So I'll in turn loan that money to the Feds...I'll buy a 28-day T-bill with my credit card. Come the end of the month, the feds will pay me back 4.5%, which I'll pocket, and I'll send back the rest on to Visa. Make sense?
So what I was saying is that if I can get a loan for 0-percent interest (in truth if I can get a loan for anything below the yield on a T-bill or bond) I can make money on it by just loaning it right back to the Feds. So the problem with the credit card scenario is, how the hell do I buy treasuries with a credit card!?? Cash advances charge up-front interest so they're no good and I don't think treasurydirect.gov accepts Visa...
Now this is playing on the safe side. If I wanted some real excitement I'd get a big loan from the bank for probably more than 8% and put it into stocks or other investments, expecting 10% or more on it. But that's risky, especially when you're inexperienced with that kind of thing.
- Snpoj 21:25, 27 April 2006 (UTC)
Your scheme is rather confusing, but if it were plausible and it meant that it could work I wouldn't mind giving myself a mild headache trying to figure out what you're getting at, as I'd use it as well to make a free buck! Unfortunately (but fortunately for my headache!) all I had to do is stop at criterium #2 to realize that it wouldn't work. Credit cards with 0% interest for 12 months on cash transfers simply don't exist. If you can find one, please tell me!
I think your assessment of the Wal-Mart scenario is more or less accurate. Here are a couple things you may want to ponder: 1) Haven't you ever wondered why some gas stations charge you less if you pay cash rather than use a credit card? 2) Haven't you ever wondered why so many department stores, take Sears for example, try so hard by offering you free gifts etc...to push you to get a Sears card? It's both for the same reason...to save on the 2% Visa charge. One more thing: Haven't you ever wondered why so many vendors take Visa and Mastercard, but not American Express? It's because American Express has the nerve to charge the vendors more than the going rate that Visa and Mastercard charge for their services.
As for the difference between Wal-Mart's net profit margin and its operating margin, I'd have to take a real hard look at their financial statements to figure out where the Visa charges come into play, but I'm almost certain that the 2% difference is purely coincidental. One other thing to mention: As a HUGE customer of Visa, and being known for its strong arm tactics, I'm willing to bet that Wal-Mart has the bargaining power to negotiate a better rate with Visa than that which Visa's other customers pay. But that's just speculation on my part. Loomis51 22:11, 29 April 2006 (UTC)
My father did this very "scam" and made a little money. He said that is wasn't worth it, because he was so worried all month that he would forget about it and be stuck with a hude credit card fee. Jon513 20:47, 2 May 2006 (UTC)
BigFatDave 12:21, 3 May 2006 (UTC)
Anyone know what was the name of Donny Hathaway's high school? (Google and Wikipedia have failed me.) 21:55, 26 April 2006 (UTC)
Is it possible to get a downloaded version of Wikipedia? (I know it wouldnt be updated but it would allow me to search through it while offline.) - Joneleth 23:32, 26 April 2006 (UTC)
I'm sure most of you have heard the 5-minute mystery or smoething like that where a guy dies from breathing in and out underwater through a long tube/blowgun/bamboo stick because he is breathing the same air he is breathing back out. My question is that if you inhaled from the mouth where the tube was and exhaled through your nose, would that make you survive since the air in the tube only travels in one direction? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Wizrdwarts ( talk • contribs) .
The issue here is that generally whenever some guy has tried the whole breathe through a tube underwater trick, he is doing it to hide...at least thats how it is in cartoons. Anyway, if he is doing this to hide, then by being in this murky water with nothing but a small reed that looks as though it is floating in the water or growing from it sticking out, he has hidden successfully....however, if he were to breathe out through his nose, that would cause bubbles to float to the surface, which gives away his hiding spot. But, for any purpose other than hiding, yes, exhaling through the nose and using the reed only for inhaling will keep the reed/tube filled with fresh air, oxygen rich and capable of sustaining life.
is the rubber tree plant poisonus to small children.
Call your state poison control center. The number is in the phone book under emergency numbers. They have a database available to them that will answer your question. Brian G. Crawford 00:31, 27 April 2006 (UTC)
I do not believe that it is poisonous, but the sap has the potential to irritate the skin and mucous membranes. — TheKMan talk 00:45, 27 April 2006 (UTC)
Anyone know off the top of their head where I can bring a CD and print a long document (300 pages) for cheap? Does Staples do that sort of thing?
-- Shadarian 00:30, 27 April 2006 (UTC)
Call around. You might be able to find a local digital print shop that can do it substantially cheaper and they can tell you what file formats they can handle. Also ask about the ink and paper types as those can vary in how long they will last, depending on your intended use. Last time I checked it's still pretty expensive to print that much. Let us know if you don't mind what prices you get. - Taxman Talk 22:44, 27 April 2006 (UTC)
Staples does print large documents - I got $18 for just over 300 pages. They printed using some weird method, so now I have little boxes on the side of all the paper saying what the formatting is like. As in "Formatted: Indent: First line: 0.25" " Good thing this copy is only for my own reference. -- Shadarian 03:53, 30 April 2006 (UTC)
This'll probably sound really dumb: Who can award barnstars? Only admins? Can I just go on a big barnstaring streak and give people barnstars for miniscule achievements, or is that considered vandalism? NIRVANA2764 00:49, 27 April 2006 (UTC)
Is there any way that I can convert my random .S3M files into a more friendly format (preferably MP3)? Google provides pages and pages of entirely useless stuff.
Can anyone identify this movie for me.. here's what I know. I remember it's name is a single word, beginning, I think, with O. It's Asian, probably Japanese. It came out within the last 5 years, I think. I've only ever seen the trailer for it, but it's live action with lots of special effects, futuristic - seems to have almost a steam-punk look in places. It appears to be an action film about some kind of ninja type main character with a sword, and the trailer shows large robots, lots of them, and I think the hero is shown leaping from one to another, fighting them. I think there's a bit with an airship too. It has a very manga type feel to it - giant robots, ninjas, all that kind of stuff. Looks like it must've been a pretty big budget production, as the I recall the effects looked really slick I've tried IMDB's power search, putting in various combinations of what I know, but can't turn anything up.
Thanks in advance! -- Noodhoog 01:42, 27 April 2006 (UTC)
It has come to my attention that while there is a lot on stained glass and that craft, light catchers are not mentioned anywhere in wikipeida.... I however do not know a lot about them so I don't feel as though I am an intelligent enough source to edit or add this. What can be done to fix this issue. I initially searched light catchers because my friend refused to believe that they exist, and when I couldn't find it, my argument was shot down.
I always called them 'sun catchers', and they're a little bit interesting. Artists will often make them along with some other cheap trinkets so that they can keep some cash flow going. The big pieces don't often sell so quickly. I once knew a stained glass artist who found a nitch making kalidascopes. - LambaJan 17:46, 3 May 2006 (UTC)
I found one of these coins that was dated 1944...I read all the information on the following link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dime_%28United_States_coin%29 and I couldn't find any information about 1944 coins or the market value of these coins. If anyone has any information please let me know through my personal email: <removed> Your information and time are greatly appreciated.
Forward this to 20 people in 15 minutes or you'll be raped by a mad goat or whatever other unfortunate thing is in the chain lettter....How can people be that dumb?
I'd like to have a machine with a large hard drive and a DVD-reader that plugs into my TV, that would let me copy XviD-encoded .AVI files off DVD-Rs and watch them on my tele. The closest thing I can think of is Xbox Media Center. Is there something that would accomplish the same functions, only cheaper?
I am considering of putting a metal roof for my house.The climate here is hot and humid with seasonal rain.I have cut my options down to three materials-aluminium,G.I powdercoat&galvalume(galvanized steel).I would like to know which of these is the most suitable material.I amnot sure whether galvalume,galvanium and G.I powdercoat refers to the same material or not.Heat reduction is definitely a high priority.Also,can aluminium roof be painted?Please advise.-- 202.191.64.82 07:10, 27 April 2006 (UTC)
hi I heard that premier league referees have an obligation to tell the club who they support or to which club they are fancy for. Is this true? If this is true can you tell me the club which they support.
Thanks for the help with finding the facts. I've been looking for about 6 hours and cannot find any. They are all due by Monday.
Does any one have any facts about Gabriel Alomar facts?
I have looked at those facts. But, they do not have much information about why he was exiled and the years of his life in detail. do you know any site i could find more information about him that is in english?
Franco was a Fascist. Extreme Right winger. Gabriel Alomar was a Leftist. The two do not mix. All Leftists were considered Communists and therefore Godless. It is interesting to note here that Franco and his regime considered Hitler and the Nazis as acceptable allies and therefore requested their aid. The Nazis responded by bombing Madrid. What is even more intriguing is the fact that very recently, the Vatican cannonized six Rightwingers. It seems these Magnificent Six fought bravely against those Godless devils. This means, that the Catholic Church raised to Sainthood, six Fascists.
Hello, My name is Isaac Dwek and I am writing to you from the North American Sports Network (NASN). I am doing some research on Expats throughout Europe and I am finding it very hyard to obtain any useful information. I am hoping you can help me with this. Do you have any statistics or tables of info with the population of of expats in European Countries (e.g. How many Spanish live in France, and how many Germans live in France etc.) Any information which might help would be much appreciated. I hope you can aid my enquiry.
Kind Regards Isaac Dwek
Thanks for that information. If you are able to find any more could you please help me? I am having a very hard time writing about him.
I would like to know what mammel is capable of choosing the sex of their off-spring. I remember seeing a wildlife program, but cant remember the animal.
Thank You
can you please tell me the distance between newyork city and niagara falls by road and by air? thank you!
Wouldn't it be the same distance either way? 199.201.168.100 18:42, 27 April 2006 (UTC)
What if the crow meanders around dragging his ass the whole way by straying from the straight-line path to stop at a starbucks or something? 199.201.168.100 16:35, 28 April 2006 (UTC)
I am looking for a Tai Chi class - preferably one in the park (Ft. Green). There used to be one in the park that started when the weather turned nice. Any info would be appreciated. Thank you.
How would one go about robbing a bank. I don't want to rob one, but I was wondering why everyone who tries always gets caught. It seems like it would be relativily easy with a little planning. AGAIN, not wanting to actually rob a bank, just wondering how one would go about it, and why so many percentage-wise are unsucessful?
Relativly easily, but the previous guy was right, why bother, rob the mint where the money is printed and steal one of the machines so you can print your own. WHEN you get caught, i did not help. hahaha
Would it be possible to deceptivly apply for and get an executive level position like CEO or COO of a medium-large company? The CEO of Radio shack misrepresented himself and got his job, could one do that today? How would one go about doing so? To what extent can they verify one's employement history & accedemic career? I realize they can verify degree/school, but what about GPA? As to employment history how would a prespective employeer know the accuracy of previous positions as they relate to title & salery given? 199.201.168.100 18:37, 27 April 2006 (UTC)
So what level position would one be able to obtain though misrepresentaiton? Would one be able to atain a position that has a nice golden-parachutte like severence package? Also, if one were to represent a GPA of 3.9 - 4.0 in the application//interview process, this would not discovered? My understanding is that GPA is private and cannot be disclosed by my university without my premision via transcript. is this correct? Do many people do this? What are the likely consequences if any?? 199.201.168.100 21:03, 27 April 2006 (UTC)
As to legal consequenses, what would they be? I don't think there would be any. Of course, I risk getting fired, but I would be getting fired from a job I wouldn't have otherwise gotten. If I were able to sucessfully misrepresent myself until hired as a CEO, I would recieve a large signing bonus, at least a full quarter's pay before the board of directors discovers their error, and a nice severence package for stepping down quietly. That would be enough. If CEO canidates are screened so thoughally I would be unable to get that level of position, what about others lower on the totem pole, such as middle management, senior engineer, senior buyer/planner, etc, etc 199.201.168.100 16:34, 28 April 2006 (UTC)
Please help me contact Mr. Daniel Jonah Goldhagen. I am writing a book. He will be pleased to learn what I am writing about. Thanks. Leslie.
does any one know what the ku klux klan stands for? i know it has something to do with greek
who cares/ they are Nazi's and should be in prison
A friend asked me a logic question, and I have not been able to figure it out. It is a classic question, and he insists there is an answer. Any insight?
Question:
There are two doors, one leads to pain, suffering, and death, one to eternal life, wealth, and happiness. You don't know which door is which. There are two guards to help you, one who always lies, one who always tells the truth, but once again, you do not know which is which. They will allow you one question, then you must choose a door. What is your Question?
Thanks -Chris
Open one of the doors. If you see pain, suffering, and death on the other side, close it and go though the other door. Ztsmart 19:07, 27 April 2006 (UTC)
thanks anyways...
i did find the answer
While the above theories deserve merit for their creativity, the true origin of the name Ku Klux Klan is Greek. Richard Reed proposed the name Kuklos meaning circle and with an ear for alliteration, Captain Kennedy added the word Klan. With a little more tweaking the organization knew itself solely as the Ku Klux Klan. The Klan also chose intriguing names for other facets of the organization. Instead of clinging to traditional names for organizational posts, it chose to call the president Grand Cyclops, vice president Grand Magi, and secretary Grand Scribe. Two Nighthawks served as messengers, two Lictors as guards, and all other members would be known as ghouls. The meaning behind these names had no special significance; the Klan chose names based on the peculiar and impressive sound.
No, it does stand for something...it has greek roots
What does Ku Klux Klan stand for?
What's the best way to get rid of a body so there is no evidence? 199.201.168.100 21:05, 27 April 2006 (UTC)
"And I imagine...we get fed to the pigs." [41]-- Shandon 22:24, 27 April 2006 (UTC)
Put body in metal coffin. Drop coffin in deep ocean. Ohanian 09:25, 28 April 2006 (UTC)
Put body inside a boat. Sink boat in deep ocean. Ohanian 09:27, 28 April 2006 (UTC)
The best way to get rid of a body without leaving evidence is to suitly emphazi it. Cernen Xanthine Katrena 07:39, 29 April 2006 (UTC)
Hello! I was planning to edit an article on Ron Smoorenburg(martial artists, one of the two assasins in the movie Who am I starring Jackie Chan, seen in the fight near the end), but i don't know if wikipedia has a similar article or something like that. Also, i would like to know if this article would be speedy deleted, so I can start editing it.-- Captain ginyu 21:31, 27 April 2006 (UTC)
I checked everything but i cand find an appropriate infobox, so could someone please name it.(infobox that i should use for a martial artist)(-- Captain ginyu 12:40, 28 April 2006 (UTC)
How much will it cost to transport one gallon of gasoline from Venezuela to somewhere in the US, let's say San Fransico. Because I heard on the news that a gallon of gas is only 12 cents there. So let's assume I will buy gas there for $0.12/gallon, and sell them for $3.50/gallon. Will the transportation costs cancel out my profit? Will it make me lose money? Will it make me become rich? Wizrdwarts 22:24, 27 April 2006 (UTC)
The last time I traveled out of the country, customs regulations stated that a person could bring $400 worth of goods purchased abroad into the U.S. duty free. That's 3200 gallons of gasoline from Venezuela. Transportation or shipping may be a problem, though. Venezuela isn't exactly next door. Brian G. Crawford 15:42, 28 April 2006 (UTC)
Dear Sir, I read some time ago that there is a city in USA that have, at night, a fantastic view of the sky due to a special public ilumination to avoid "artificial light pollution". Would you know name of it? I am working on a project to build several houses on a large piece of land (1,500,000 square meters) at the mountains close to Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, because is very dry and it is 1,200 meters high, the view of the sky at night is beautiful. I would not like to spoil it. I would like to get in touch to get some information about this matter. Thank you, Luiz Lopes
I belive Arizona and New Mexico have laws against light pollution. -- Mwalcoff 22:39, 28 April 2006 (UTC)
Does anyone know of a place in the UK I can go to experience riding an ostrich, emu or rhea (bird), or even get a chance to ride one in a race? -- 81.77.159.59 00:35, 28 April 2006 (UTC)
You could always play the video game Joust, which allows you to ride one. StuRat 03:32, 28 April 2006 (UTC)
Does anyone know of any program similar to Windows Movie Maker, is FREE, and has .mov capabilities? The reason is that I wanted to do some editing of some .mov files I took with my digital camera, but Movie Maker cannot work with .movs. gelo 23:48, 26 April 2006 (UTC)
Ok... Can you HELP me with that? gelo 03:11, 27 April 2006 (UTC)
This is what I know from the specs which I just found over Ebay for my Kodak V550. Video mode continuous MPEG-4 video with audio capture and playback Video resolution 30 fps @ VGA (640 × 480), 30 fps @ QVGA (320 × 240) Video format QUICKTIME, MPEG-4 gelo 01:36, 28 April 2006 (UTC)
If I can't find a program to edit such .mov files, does anyone know of a free program to CONVERT these files to something editable in, say, Movie Maker? gelo 01:40, 28 April 2006 (UTC)
Does anyone know what the purpose/origin of the big poster of some Soviet/GDR-looking military officer right behind the current Checkpoint Charlie replica is? I've always thought it to be a replica of a former propaganda poster, but I've never found any information about it, and the article makes no mention of it. ( here's a clear view of the poster) Thanks -- Colonel Cow 01:51, 28 April 2006 (UTC)
Dear All
I'm doing a research paper on a few films and was wondering where I would be able to find printed versions of various movie transcripts and/or screen plays. The movies I'm particularly interested in are:
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington A Raisin in the Sun Midnight Cowboy Wall Street
Thank you!
Just google it next time, ok? gelo 03:46, 28 April 2006 (UTC)
What you call this dating tht deals with older women dating younger men, while other is older men dating younger women?
Can someone help me out with the following song lyrics:
This song is played on the ferrero rocher ad ( and raffellos chocolates commercial) and has the words, "Bring on the night, bring on the night" (dance song very repetitious) can someone please tell me what the song is please?
Kind Regards,
Ellie.
PS. My e-mail is: <email address removed to avoid spamming> so you can contact me.
I suspect that many girls would be willing to have sex in exchange for money. What would be the best way to go about finding one that is willing & setting up an arragement without offending her or exposing oneself to more than minimal legal risks, if one were wanting to do so? 12.183.203.184 04:04, 28 April 2006 (UTC) Note: This is not a request for prostitution (Who would want to sleep with someone who uses Wikipedia? :) ) 12.183.203.184 04:13, 28 April 2006 (UTC)
So, if I were to go up to a girl and ask "how much do you charge for sex?" that would be legal right? I am not scoliciting prostituion, as I am only asking a hooker how much she charges. I don't think prostitution should be illegal. I can pay Olive Garden $20 for a meal so I dont have to do any hands-on cooking, why can't I pay a girl for the convience of not having to do everything myself?? 199.201.168.100 16:27, 28 April 2006 (UTC)
Well, this word is certainly entering my Wiki-wokabulary. -- Zeizmic 19:41, 28 April 2006 (UTC)
What if I give her a Wal-Mart gift card instead? 199.201.168.100 20:50, 28 April 2006 (UTC)
While I can't understand why anyone would ask sex advice on the Wikipedia reference desk, I will answer the question. Prostitutes aren't that hard to find. Often, they can be found advertising in underground or entertainment newspapers like the Washington, D.C. CityPaper under "Sexual Services." In larger cities, arresting prostitutes who advertise in personal ads isn't top priority, what with all the murders and robberies going on. You will need to familiarize yourself with the lingo to avoid surprises, i.e. "full service" means "vaginal intercourse." I would discourage you from trying to find a prostitute, unless exploiting desperate women with drug addictions appeals to you. It's not that hard to find willing women. Lies and flattery have always worked for me! ;-) Brian G. Crawford 00:13, 29 April 2006 (UTC)
Oooo! Don't forget the people-trafficking. Woo for supporting slavery and abuse of vulnerable women? Just go to a slutty enough bar and you'll find someone who wants to, for free! (Or the price of a couple of drinks) Skittle 19:43, 1 May 2006 (UTC)
I'd call Loveline at 1-800-LOVE-191. And, I would love to sleep with a Wikipedian, myself. Cernen Xanthine Katrena 07:35, 29 April 2006 (UTC)
You go, girl...-- Captain ginyu 11:37, 29 April 2006 (UTC)
Perhaps a Pastatute is a Pastafarian who offers sex for money? Alternatively, this could be Pastafarians' form of flirty fishing. JamesMLane t c 10:42, 2 May 2006 (UTC)
Dear Sir or madam:
Kindly tell me the details regarding the technical reasons for train derailment.. I am doind a project work on train derailment so that it wil be much helpful to me in my project work...
With regards, R S Ranganathan Government college of engineering salem 636011 INDIA
I'm trying to compile information to be used on Wikipedia in some fashion, whether it be on the soap opera article, or in individual articles. I'm trying to figure out who prominent, usually in American politics or another non-acting profession, confesses to be a fan of soaps. I've done research and I know John Connally, the former Governor of Texas, would not be interrupted for anything short of a catastrophe while Love of Life was on. First Lady Pat Nixon's favorite soap actor was Larry Haines from Search for Tomorrow. Former Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall would actually recuse himself from hearings just to watch Days of our Lives. I just want to know if there's anyone that you may know of, despite my searchings, that I may have left out. It may borderline on crufty but I am a bit intrigued about it. I know people on this page can be horribly sarcastic so I'm asking this in all seriousness. Thank you for your time! Mike H. That's hot 09:48, 28 April 2006 (UTC)
Why in some businesses do they not inlcude personal assets and liabilities on their accounts? is there a reason?-- 193.63.158.179 13:15, 28 April 2006 (UTC)
Can I use some historical Links in my commercial work
How long after getting a bladder infection will the pain persist in my side? It has been 5 days that I have been medication but the pain is still there. My fever is gone though. Should I go back to the doctor? Thanks!
Do you know what this site is rated? I couldn't find any rating. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.213.67.178 ( talk • contribs) .
Hi there, I deleted someone's name from an article photo, as I understood it was common practice to credit pictures only in the Image description:
Photos should be credited to the photographer who shot them. This is a universal rule. And there are no Wiki rules that suggest the opposite. In the case with the Lipovans, just like with my other photos donated to Wiki, I ask to leave the byline. This is a common rule for any encyclopidia.
Any advice?
Thanks, -- Asterion talk to me 17:46, 28 April 2006 (UTC)
Hi there,
I have a reasonable knowlege of computers, yet not to the extent to know how to install a new processor in my desktop computer.
I just wanted to know the steps to installing a new processor [Pentium 4 (3GHZ)] into a Desktop Computer.
I would also like to ask; if in order to carry out installing a new processor whether I would need to save all my important files, as the computer would be wiped, therefore resulting in re-installing my Windows XP, Windows Office and other programs. etc. I also have Wireless internet card in my desktop along with graphics card, would these both need to be re-installed, set-up?
Finally i would just like to thank you for your time, and effort in looking at this question.
Thanks,
Burnham Associates
Your processor is plugged into a motherboard. While motherboards do take a range of processors, any serious upgrade probably needs you to buy a new motherboard, which would contain a new processor. This would include the BIOS and plug-and-play settings so all of that would need to be done again. You may not be able to reuse all of your memory either: a new motherboard might require a new set of RAM.
A crucial point is space. Not all motherboards are designed to fit the same space. Obviously, one that is too big won't fit in your existing case, but one that is not exactly the same size, but smaller, may be difficult to mount securely (it has to be secure because so many things are connected to it).
If you aren't daunted, open up your computer, and measure up the motherboard. Examine all of the connections to it, to see what the new board must support. Also, evaluate whether a new computer would be more cost effective. Look into how much of your existing software could be just copied to a new computer (Windows and Office, if bundled with the original computer, cannot). Notinasnaid 19:29, 28 April 2006 (UTC)
Often you want to replace processor and motherboard at the same time.
Of course ... if you're replacing the motherboard, you might as well get a new computer case for it to fit into anyway, as it's not much more expensive. And you may need a better power supply to support all the new do-dads on the motherboard and extra cards you might want to plug into it....
Oh heck, end of story, buy a new computer with minimal specs, insert your old cards and hd in there, and use the remainder of the old system to build that cool linux server you've always wanted. < innocent look> Kim Bruning 14:09, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
Kozie Mountain in the Carpathian Mountain chain was formerly known as Vikartovsky Mountain. This info taken from a minerals website online: http://www.fns.uniba.sk/prifuk/casopisy/geol/1997mon/cwsu2.htm
I'm board. What is something entertaining that I can do at work? 199.201.168.100 18:53, 28 April 2006 (UTC)
Those are some good suggestions. I like the Bad Jokes & Uncylcopedia. Thanks guys! 199.201.168.100 20:37, 2 May 2006 (UTC)
I am writing a paper in English. It must be a topic to persuade the audience on, but at the same time it must offer solutions and opposite points of view. I had a couple of ideas. One was the subject of whaling. I have heard about the controversy of commercial whaling in Norway and Japan. They keep killing whales and want to increse the amount for "scientific" research. I think this is an okay topic. Another idea was very broad...the subject of juding people based on their appearance. (Age, Gender, Race, Wealth, Religion, Physical Appearance) I am just not sure what is a good persuasive topic. Any examples?
Which is the best band out of Sham 69, Angelic Upstarts and The Anti-Nowhere League? -- 84.64.0.71 20:57, 28 April 2006 (UTC)
hi, the article i submitted "Agape World Fellowship" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agape_World_Fellowship was sited as an "advertisement" and needs "cleanup" but im new to wikipedia and i couldn't figure out how to "cleanup" my article so it would be accepted. can someone help me to do that? though Agape World Fellowship aka AWF is Christian based it is totally free and we accept anyone for citizenship regardless of their religion. most of the people in AWF also have citizenships in several other 3D VR worlds or universes such as Active Worlds, Active Worlds Europe and others. I saw that Active Worlds and a bunch of other VR sites (who do make u pay to join) are listed on wikipedia so i wrote an article about us here too. can you help please? ~Bob Shoemaker ((e-mail address redacted to prevent spam)) —The preceding unsigned comment was added by EarthTrex ( talk • contribs) 01:06, April 29, 2006 (UTC).
is there a set of rules and regulation on how salary pay is done in texas?
Can you also clarify, are you referring to the Texas-based Native American tribe (Kopanes) or have you just mis-spelt "companies"? Grutness... wha? 02:55, 30 April 2006 (UTC)
Hello, What is the difference between the links in blue and the links in red? I attempted to find the answer on my own but failed. Direction to a help page with this information would be great. Thank You -- 24.20.136.251 00:55, 29 April 2006 (UTC)
I want to see an article on pastatutes! -- Zeizmic 11:32, 29 April 2006 (UTC)
Pastatutes is a corruption of "Pasta Satutes" from 12th century Milan. The statues were formed to help regulate the growing prostitution that was rampant at the time. The city was less concerned with the local prostitutes than the influx of foreign prostitutes. These foreigners were making use of the large pasta production, that was on the upsurge at the time, in their bizzare sex trade. It caused a great scandal and brought down the Milan government in 1345. CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 22:31, 29 April 2006 (UTC)
Which artists give positive messages to the world?
I broke and dislocated my small toe two weeks ago. I went to the emergeny room. A doctor injected local anesthesia in my toe and placed my toe in the right position. My toe was then "buddy-taped" and I was told to go. I later went to my regular family doctor later, but he really didn't tell me anything. Now that it has been two weeks, I'm worried that my small toe is paralyzed. I still have a numbed sensation in my toe and the toe is still a bit swollen. I tried putting ice and something hot on my toe, but I could feel the temperature changes with a slow reaction compared to my other toe. Will I ever be able to move my small toe again? Will I recover my toe's sensation? If so, how approximatley long will it take? And, when should I stop "buddy-taping"? Please post advice, I am really concered about my toe. Thanks. -- Proficient 06:06, 29 April 2006 (UTC)
For example purposes, let's say I want to register a company named Henna Inc. Is there a website where I can check if any company named Henna Inc. has already been registered? -- J.L.W.S. The Special One 12:46, 29 April 2006 (UTC)
Our school mascot is a "colt" so I would like to know how to find out the characteristics/qualities of a "colt" to use those ideas in sort of a metaphor type lesson with my students. A colt is a young male horse though I have occasionally heard it used for either sex in America.They are playful and skittish and cute.The adjective "coltish" is sometimes used for young girls,a good example is Audrey Hepburn was often described as "coltish"I think it's to do with elegance and long legs.A colt also represents youth and high spirits also energy and speed,thus is often used for sports teams. hotclaws**==( hotclaws**== 13:54, 29 April 2006 (UTC))
Hi i was on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Association_of_Exorcists
and i would like to find out how to find an exorsist in philadelphia. how do i do that?
thanks
dave
And when you find someone willing to solve that kind of problem, call PhACT and ask them to send someone along to observe and document the procedure please. alteripse 16:34, 29 April 2006 (UTC)
What has happened to Steve Mizerak, several-times pool champion? I saw a photo of him on the Web where he was at an awards ceremony. He was in a wheelchair, his face looked distorted, and he appeared to have lost about 200 pounds. He was born in 1944, and so is now age 62, and he was greatly overweight for years. Did he have a stroke or something? How is he doing now? I saw him play straight pool at the world championship in 1972 and his skill was amazing.
I have just adopted via rescue, a 2 year old female dog. She looks to me to be a Jack Russell Terrier. However, I can't find a definitive source to tell me whether or not their ears should flop over or stand up, or either or. Also, she has not barked since I got her, although she notices everything going on, is alert to people outside the window or entering the next apartment door. Everything I find says that they are noisy, bark loudly, but she hasn't barked once. Could someone let me know about the ears and the non-barking. I can't find anything to answer my questions at the normal sites regarding Jack Russell's.
Thanks, Diane (Melbourne, FL)
Anyone know a release date (or even just a rough estimate) for Family Guy season 5 in the UK?
Does someone know what is the name of the coldest place on Mexico?
I'm doing a scavenger hunt and I need to know what happens when an American phones Directory Services. I'm talking about what the operator says and such. Computerjoe 's talk 20:40, 29 April 2006 (UTC)
Either a computerized or real voice says "City and listing, please." Brian G. Crawford 21:38, 29 April 2006 (UTC)
Are all of the characters on Will & Grace good or bad?
Why are men so attracted to breats? Also, why is it sexual harrassment to touch a women's breats? Why isn't it just like touching her arm? 71.250.48.233 22:35, 29 April 2006 (UTC)
First off I love this web site and thank you. However, sometimes it can be a nightmare. E.g., "Contact Wikipedia"? Famous last words. Just try it. Do you have clue what a frustrating labyrinth one most go through to find a place to actually "contact" anyone? Do words have meaning? What part of the word 'contact' are we not aligned on? In any event I find two constant problems:
First the site is great because all links are in blue; however when you print the article there is no distinction so you can't tell what is a link and what is not. When I view an article with blue links and want to print it I would expect to get what I see but this is not so for everything appears boldface in print. This makes no sense. Why do you not just have the links in bold type and the rest in regular type? After all if one wants a print out in all regular type (with no distinction for links) you already have a print version that does just that.
Second there is a problem with elementary punctuation here that is so common it is amazing – indeed rather shocking. For instance consider the following: "A story is told that at a large psychology conference, a "lecturer", actually an actor schooled in mellifluous delivery, uttered a "lecture" that was carefully designed nonsense." This quote is (from all places!) an article on stupidity. (See http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~sousa/STUPIDITY.html)
The rule (according to every reputable style manual) is that the comma always goes inside the quote. E.g., "lecturer," not "lecturer",.... Moreover a quote inside a quote should be in semi quotes so it should actually be " ... 'lecturer,' ..." I won't bother going into the remaining problems with that article on stupidity. Suffice it to say it is, itself, syntactical nonsense. And competent writer would ask, "Who wrote this?!" E.g., the sentence should read "A story is told that at a large psychology conference, a "lecturer" (actually an actor schooled in mellifluous delivery) uttered a 'lecture' that was carefully designed nonsense." If one is going to present hearsay ("a story is told") as authority then he should at least rise to the level of a high school freshman. So so much for this author's credibility on the subject of 'stupidity' -- res ipsa loquiter (it speaks for itself.)
Now I do understand that this article is posted as a link provided by the original Wikipedia article and I do not mean to pick on this writer but I find this particular error (misuse of quotation marks) so common at this web site that I am amazed. It only damages credibility of both the writer and the publisher for if one does not know basic rules of punctuation and grammar readers tend to discount their authority as to subject matter. That is, if the syntax can't get past a high school English teacher can we give much credibility to the substance the author presents? The answer is usually "no." This web site is supposed to have "pier review" but what does that mean -- that one dunderhead passes on and approves the work of another dunderhead? Who writes this stuff? Scholars? Students? Mere children tinkering with words? Are the articles credible? Are they authoritative? Can any dunderhead with a 'credential' (so called) publish his or her work here with so little scrutiny? If so how can it be relied on for truth and veracity any more than graffiti on a public wall?
Please don't be offended. I do love this web site. Unfortunately when, on a daily basis, find so much error in simple elementary grammar then that damages your credibility and tells me I must distrust the materials. A research source that can not be trusted is not of much use. Fun perhaps, interesting perhaps, but certainly not worthy of much credibility.
I urge you to show more scrutiny and make editing more easy. At the very least have a high school English teacher edit them.
And now that I have wirtten all this WHERE is the send button?!!! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 4.243.176.127 ( talk • contribs) .
Hi all! I've always wanted to know how very general encyclopedic categories stack up in English Wikipedia, i.e., what percentage of Wikipedia is Geography, what percentage is History, what percentage is Math, etc. (at least like the categories being used for dividing the Reference Desk!), so like any good asker around here, I first started searching for statistics that would refer to this before asking. While I found a lot on overall size growth for the whole Wikipedia, including users, stubs etc., there isn't much on encyclopedic categories. The closest page I could find was this Juggernaut of subcategories (WARNING: 1.1 Mb!!) which is longer than anyone (including me) could care, and basically says nothing about the BROAD CATEGORY RELATIVE SIZES I'm asking about. It's also as confusing as it has been humanly possible to do, so I believe it's as useless for me as it is for anyone else. (And this is the "Concise" version, nevermind the ultra-juggernaut which is the "Complete" version of the list, 18 MB long!!! >.< )
SO, my questions are:
I believe info like this is important for the Wikipedia project and should be readily accessible, at least if we wanted more people to get the seriousness of this global project, which I consider of great value to humanity (unless the results come out as "54.6% Pokémon pages, 34.2% Star Trek episode info..."; I hope not!!) Sorry about the lenghtiness, and thanks in advance! Kreachure 23:22, 29 April 2006 (UTC)
Didn't you know that Wikipedia was created so that poor African kids living in tent villages could learn about toys they could never buy and TV shows they'll never see? Brian G. Crawford 00:05, 30 April 2006 (UTC)
You might also find Special:Mostlinkedcategories useful. Grutness... wha? 04:14, 2 May 2006 (UTC)
I have recently suffered two attacks of ischemic colitis, and I've been advised not to eat roughage foods. Unfortunately, I don't know all foods that are considered roughage, and I haven't been able to find this information anywhere on the internet. Can you help me?
Why do they drive nothing but Buicks and Oldsmobiles? Are they not aware other brands exist? And why do they drive so slow? A Clown in the Dark 01:14, 30 April 2006 (UTC)
I'm looking for recommendations for web authoring/management software to use for a church website. I'd like to be able to set up the site once, and not have to worry too much about site management after that. Then there'll be a handful or two people who add/modify content, which will be things like articles, announcements, and photos. Down the road, we'd like to be able to have streaming audio/video. This would not be a high-volume site, and cost is a real issue. My preference would be something open source. Any suggestions or recommendations? - Rholton 03:41, 30 April 2006 (UTC)
TSR (The Sims Resource) Forums is down! It wont work for me, I was just wondering if anyone else has the same problem? its the first site on google when you type in tsr forums, does anyone know what happened?
Thanks! Would anyone perhaps know some other good sims 2 forums, because Im a bit stuck lol
brief information about microsoft software company
Chatrman - A person who does too much texting. -- Zeizmic 19:18, 30 April 2006 (UTC)
Thought I added some content a week or two ago, haven't seen it pop up yet. Can someone check what happened ? It had quite a few references to back everything up.
i m a student of standard 12th arts in mumbai, india. i wish to pursue a degree of bmm ie bachelors of mass media after 12th. could u plz help me with the subect,the best colleges in mumbai providing this course, courses after graduation in the same field in india or abroad? i want to pursue advertising in my last year of graduation so plz answer my queries accordingly. also i would like to know the importance of this course and the salaries available in both india and abroad?is there an mba related to advertising and mass media? if yes plz send all the possible information about it?
Hi, Am looking for the name of the red haired women from the I WANT YOU MUSIC VIDEO, any help appreciated. Cheers.
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Hello! This is a question regarding the Mulholland drive(film). In the film, there is a singing audition, and two songs are played: one is something like 16 reasons why i love you, and it is played by a female vocal and a choire, and the second song is played by a female vocal only(in the film she is named Camilla Rhodes), but i haven't caught any of the text, and the song rythm is much like that of the first, but a bit faster. If someone knows how are those songs called and do they exist outside of the film, i would like you to write it because i like those songs very much.-- Captain ginyu 12:48, 30 April 2006 (UTC)
I think I posted copyrighted content in an article without realizing. I am a new user, and am unfamiliar with copyright laws. Now the article that I edited is on the possible copyright violations page. I did not realize what I was doing was possibly illegal. I am really worried. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Morganismysheltie ( talk • contribs) 16:20, April 30, 2006 (UTC).
hi, can you please tell me the time difference between Yoshkar-ola, Russia and Adelaide, Australia (South Australi). this would be very much appreciated, thank you.
I noticed that of the (17) Neighborhoods listed for Montgomery, Alabama, only the history of two (2)-- (Woodmere Evirons & Cloverdale)) of them were given. As a relatively new comer to the City of Montgomery, and, a resident in one the remaining (15) fifteen neighborhoods, it would be most appreciated if you could provide a brief history of my neighborhood so that I could become better informed.
My question is: Would it be possible to have the history of
Brighton Estates listed as well?
Thank you,
-- " " " "
How many college students inroll in Austin's colleges each year?
Is their any connections between the date of the 9/11 attacks, and that the US emergency number is 911? Philc T+ C 17:24, 30 April 2006 (UTC)
I've heard that several convicted terrorists, possibly linked with al-Quaeda, were set to be sentenced on September 12th, but the sentencing was delayed because of the attacks. Also, that bin Ladin had planned to attack later, but something happened, and he was forced to reschedule. All of this is hear-say, but still
Do dams create more silt in the rivers? Does this have a negative effect by polluting water or making it murky?
In my day, we filled in our geography problem sheets without any use of computers or internet thingys at all... Bwithh 19:55, 30 April 2006 (UTC)
Dams only work because the engineers did their own homework. Imagine, if Wikipedia were available when the built the hoover dam, what would happen if someone asked, "Hey, how do I build the Hoover Dam" at the reference desk! For SHAME. Cernen Xanthine Katrena 00:58, 1 May 2006 (UTC)
Actually I asked the question not for homework or buissness...but because i am curious.
I absolutely love the rice pudding at Indian buffets. Its thin, creamy and oh so lovely. Does anyone have a good recipe? Is there a way to make it healthier ( without cream ).
- : Bwithh 19:53, 30 April 2006 (UTC)
How do I make the text size of the text in Wikipedia bigger or smaller? (I have Internet Explorer and Windows XP, I that helps) -- Porsche997SBS 20:41, 30 April 2006 (UTC)
You could use <<font size=large></font> or <small></small> type tags. Also take a look through Wikipedia:How to edit a page and the others. CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 21:34, 30 April 2006 (UTC)