If you could pass this question on to the President. Back in the early years, there was a man who lived in Germany from what we call the beginning of time. This man was called King Henry 1st. Ok Im talking about history from the past, but King Henry 1st going back 23 generations ago was my grandfather. Where Lord John was his son, and King John of England, all are my grandfathers. I do have all of the proof of all of this. I have the real last name as well as the last name that is in the books that we already know of. As strange as it sounds, the family has married into the Stuart-Stewart family. Not just once but several times. But on April 13 of 2002 there was another joining of the two family`s again. When my wife and I joined for the last time. I know that the house of King Henry the 1st is in Afterburner. Yes I would love to live there, but that house belongs to Germany.
What Im trying to say is that the President of Germany has very little power, but the grandson of King Henry the 1st, I should have the right to say if the President shoud receive more power than what he has right now.
Yes you have a President, but I place as a Prince as well as a King. According to the family history. So I should have a say so of the power.
You can write to me at the following address. royalfamily2@myway.com I will await for your resp-once. Dennis.
Whiteboard 19:02, 16 Apr 2004 (UTC)
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who runs Wikipedia so I can give credit in a school research paper?
We are in process of looking for a new name for our company. The owner has come up with a "unique" spelling of a name that he thinks will give it more class! I'm wondering if it's correct (or somewhat correct!) to use an apostrophe?!!
The word is venture. He wants to name the company A'venture.
As another example, dish ... which he would change to A'dish.
What do you think? (Aside from the fact that it makes no sense...)
Thanks for any help/advice you can give me!
Lynn
See if you can get any ideas out of List of company name etymologies. Jay 17:37, 31 Mar 2004 (UTC)
What was Egypt officially called in 1947, before it became the United Arab League in 1958?
THANK YOU.
Recently, an anonymous user's only contributions have been to change Daniel Bernoulli and related articles to say that he was Dutch not Swiss. I've always been told in all my engineering classes that the whole Bernoulli family, Daniel included, was Swiss, but really, I'm an engineer, not a biographer. Can someone check this out? Thanks, moink 16:46, 31 Mar 2004 (UTC)
Hi, I love this website and it has been more than useful to me on many, many occasions. The site is VERy professionally done but I thougth I will, if I may, make a suggestion that may help.
I am a web developer and we now see a much greater tendancy for Internet pages to be displayed in a font that is not Times New Roman. I agree that in a printout form Times New Roman is often the font of choice but for displaying on a monitor, as Wikipedia is intended, a font such as Verdana is more advisable. You will se my point when you look at two of teh biggest sites in teh world: www.microsoft.com and www.bbc.co.uk, they are both designed on the Verdana font and are much easier to teh eye when displayed on a monitor.
As i understand, it isn't that difficult to change the font and I strongly recommend that the Wikipedia webpages be changed to Verdana font. -- Thank you, Alom
I'm confused- and wondering if there are any vice-presidential trivia buffs that could clear something up for me. According to this article, Thomas Hendricks served as Grover Cleveland's first VP, but died in 1885. It says that he was succeeded as VP by Levi P. Morton, who didn't enter office until 1889. Was there no one in the VP spot for those four years? Why wasn't someone promoted to VP, in following with United States Presidential line of succession? - DropDeadGorgias (talk) 22:50, Mar 31, 2004 (UTC)
At the time of Hendricks' death, the constitutional amendment allowing for a replacement for a vacant Vice Presidential office wasn't in effect. Whenever a Vice President died or resigned, the office was left vacant until the next election. The appropriate amendment was Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which was ratified in 1967. RickK | Talk 02:55, 1 Apr 2004 (UTC)
Could someone explain how the math works in the following trick? I realize that in this case, the "phone-number" is just a number in the millions, but what is the formula?
1. Grab a calculator. (you won't be able to do this one in your head) 2. Key in the first three digits of your phone number (NOT the area code) 3. Multiply by 80 4. Add 1 5. Multiply by 250 6. Add the last 4 digits of your phone number 7. Add the last 4 digits of your phone number again. 8. Subtract 250 9. Divide number by 2 10. The answer is YOUR PHONE NUMBER.
Sincerely, Kingturtle 00:34, 1 Apr 2004 (UTC)
mlarcher@uclan.ac.uk Land 08703215390 0701 0713 765 To whom it may consern I'm Mike a degree student and at last I have found what seems to be a useful site that collates and disseminates information. sorry about my spelling I? am dyslexic and don?t really worry about such things. To me the important thing is the content not the presentation. I am writing an assignment on the Morphology of vernacular earth build in the world with a particular interest in the UK. I already have lots of information on the world but appear to be struggling in the UK. there are lots of examples of earth construction but I want to see if I can prove a link between them showing an evolutionary nature to our knowledge and their construction over the millennia. So far I can see substantial variation in the types of early build with the great wall of China and Hannibal?s watch tower mentioned by the Roman historian Plyny from David Eastern book. But where is the change from one level of knowledge to another. Nina Jennings referring to Clay Dobbins of the Solway plains refers to the Long house derivatives their making a connection to the Norse tradition of building that was found in the Artic circle and changes in the locations of the fire wall but what about all the other changes to addobi or clay lump, when and where? I am desperately looking and quickly running out of time Please send me any information on changes to earth construction however insignificant it may seem. it may just provide the missing links I am looking for. In return I am willing to post my finished paper SPELT Correctly!! Thanks in anticipation Mike A
What's the difference between Great Britain and the United Kingdom? -- Alex S 16:26, 1 Apr 2004 (UTC)
Someone needs to run a bot to fix all those links to Great Britain that are actually intended for United Kingdom or Kingdom of Great Britain. British is a disambiguation page and many links to Britain are relevant to the country, not the meaning of the word. Any bot operators around? -- Jia ng 07:30, 2 Apr 2004 (UTC)
Yes, there will be a number of options:
-- Jia ng 08:42, 2 Apr 2004 (UTC)
What we substitute each with depends on context, of course. If it's in a historical context, the refer to the precuror (e.g. "The American colonies declared independence from [[Kingdom of Great Britain|Britain]]"). But someone reading that sentence would not be interested in how the word "Britain" evolved, so linking to [Britain] would do no good. We have different articles for UK GB&NI (at UK) and UK GB%I. For the UK before 1927, we would link to the latter. -- Jia ng 00:14, 3 Apr 2004 (UTC)
Flanders and Swann said (about a related issue):
You've got to be very careful how you use those words, just by the way. The rule is, if we've done something good, it's 'another triumph for Great Britain', but if we've done something bad, it's 'England loses again'.
If the English/British/UKers can't decide, what chance (or need) have we? Andrewa 10:22, 9 Apr 2004 (UTC)
The need to be careful about these distinctions is fairly recent. As late as the 1950s people wrote "England" to mean "England", "United Kingdom" or "British Empire", expecting the reader to work out which one was meant from the context, or simply not to care. Gdr 12:19, 2004 Apr 9 (UTC)
There is a similar problem with regard to Germany and the Germans. Although the Reference desk might be the wrong place for a discussion on wikification and wikipedia usage of terms.
--
Ruhrjung 12:55, 10 Apr 2004 (UTC)
I am looking for the name(s) for objects that talk to people. Like a current TV show, where brass monkeys and wax lions talk to and give advice to the main character(Wonderfalls). I believe this is a common "myth" in many cultures, but I do not know what it is called, or where I can gain more information. Any help would be appreciated.
Does anyone know anything about the saint after which San Ysidro, California is named? Anglicised name? Biography? Reason for canonisation? Patron saint of anything? Vatican.va turns up nada, and google only finds the district of San Diego. No me gusta. -- Finlay McWalter | Talk 23:46, 1 Apr 2004 (UTC)
I have several 78 records by Bing Crosby,Nat King Cole,Gordon Mac Rae, Rosemary Clooney,Sammy Kaye,Kate Smith,Patti Page,Gene Autry,Dinah Shore. There are 48 records in all , I was wondering if anyone knows the value or if there is somewhere I can find if there is any value to this collection.
The news headline says that S Korea has a new train. What gauge do they use in S Korea?
I need a person to talk to that knows about Japanese weddings. If anyone would answer a few of my questions please e-mail me at andy_lyn86@yahoo.com. Thanks
Anyone else? (We only need one more now...)
hi, I have a problem with the LanguageUr.php (Urdu language file). The problem is that even if I edit the file and complete all the parameters still, it doesnt reflect the changes on Urdu language main page. I have tried few things and tried to find the answer by looking at the language files in other languages but didnt help. (may be because I can only read urdu and english :) ) Can you help please?
I'm trying to find when George W. Bush first said, as he was later famously quoted by Saturday Night Live, "Strategery." Does someone know of a newspaper or magazine article thats it in? Or maybe the context or date that it was said to make finding a secondary source of it easier? Its really hard to search for, since the word has practically entered into our vocabulary.
Internal link: strategery (new article based on response to this question)
Several encyclopedias list Irenaeus view on giving as a free will giver, where can I get information on exactly what his position was on giving/tithing?
I need to know who else recorded the song 'Who' besides Olsen. I know there was another recording, possibly british or canadian made in the mid to lat...
Hello from Eugene, Oregon USA:
I am looking for a picture/drawing/photo of the ship SS Bellona.
Regards, John Schlesinger.
Hya John,
If you mean the Steam Ship SS Bellona II that was bombed off the east coast of scotland on the evening of the 8th october 1940 and drifted helpless tilled grounded in stonehaven bay on the 9th.with the loss of 9 souls ( six crew + three fish hands) I have info and AND a photo, and am in the process of aquiring more...
Be carefull that you do not get confused with an earlier "bellona" (sailing ship) OR indeed ANY "bellona Class" vesels ,which are a different matter.
This was a merchant vessel, I can help, email me, but change the end of the email address so it works, i have disguised it to stop automated crap happening...........regards karl.
carl.gray2@btopenworld.cat
Does anyone know where I can find some public domain classical music recordings? I need them urgently! Thank you so much. Conover 20:54, Apr 3, 2004 (UTC)
Try [6] from the Library of Congress. They might have other collections to search, too. Gentgeen 00:19, 4 Apr 2004 (UTC)
Does anyone know exactly what the first movie was whose characters referred to themselves ironically as characters, as in "What do you think this is, a movie?", "That only happens in the movies," etc.
Hello, I'm a sufferer of premature white hair, and I'm interested in knowing the cause of this condition, particularly given my rather young age of 14. Much thanks in advance. -- Johnleemk 13:39, 4 Apr 2004 (UTC)
(moved here from Talk:List of muscles of the human body — Timwi 15:41, 4 Apr 2004 (UTC))
I had a TBI 4years ago. I took my first swim class yesterday! BUT,now the back of knee hurts! What is name of that muscle,how can I strengthen,stretch it? THANK YOU, LisAnn Becotte
I was wondering at what point did the names in the bible receive their meanings? For example, Isaiah, which means the salvation of the Lord. Did that name always mean that or did it get its meaning after Isaiah became know for being a prophet and trying get Isreal to turn back to God? And this question is posed for other names as well that have a meaning that refers to God in someway in the bible.
Do we have a page on the Australian Question Inflection (under whatever its real name is)? -- Finlay McWalter | Talk 18:54, 4 Apr 2004 (UTC)
I would like to know what this means please: N X 3. thank you very much
yea hi my name is conrad and im doing an assignment for 7th form (level 3 NCEA) New Zealand History. i need information relevant to "how were wakefields ideas implemented" and "what were the outcome and effects of that". I also have other key questions but i have found satisfactory information on them. if you can help with sources and/or information, please contact me go_hungry@hotmail.com thank you for your help.
conrad
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can anybody please tell me where i can download trix card game :) doctor_laith@yahoo.com thanx al
Does anyone know if there is a simple formula for calculating the variation in an object's weight as it descends a mineshaft? Perhaps someone has even tried the experiment. It might be easier to assume that the Earth has uniform density. Even better would be a general formula that worked for height above the ground as well as depth below it. -- Heron 20:00, 5 Apr 2004 (UTC)
Thanks, DrBob. At first I thought your answer was too simple, but then I found this excellent article which explains why you are right. -- Heron 15:56, 7 Apr 2004 (UTC)
Can anyone find the exact date of Isabella's escape into exile? Thhe closest I can get is "late September" of 1868. I'm trying to update the year pages to have the heads of state during each year. Any information on who was officially the head of state in Spain during the Republic (i.e., between Isabella and Amadeo and between Amadeo and Alfonso) would be very helpful too. -- Jonel 04:11, 6 Apr 2004 (UTC)
I am trying to find out what dress and field uniforms consisted of (looked like) for a Lt. Jr. Grade in the Coast Guard in WWI. I'd surely appreciate images or text descriptions. Thank you. Nan Z
This phrase, which might be rendered as "It's solved by walking around", pops up occasionally, with a vague attribution to Saint Augustine or sometimes to somebody else. Is there anyone anywhere who actually knows where it comes from? Not "Try St Augustine" (I have, I have, and I might as well have been visiting a city in Florida), but chapter and verse? Dandrake 06:51, Apr 6, 2004 (UTC)
Why is it that the country known in its own language as "Deutschland" is called in English "Germany," in the Romance languages some variant of "Alemania," and in the Scandinavian languages "Tyskland"? How did these different names come about for the same place? Mjklin 03:21, 7 Apr 2004 (UTC)
I am trying to confirm whether or not Ajars were deported to Central Asia by Stalin, along with other Caucasians...and if so, when. It would help me to have a scholarly reference. Thanks if you can help.
I am trying to find information on my great grandfather's ship building in Singapore around 1854-1870. His name was Daniel Robb originally from Forfar, Scotland.
He had built "Heart's Ease" and "Rainbow" with Mr. Buyers, his partner. In an old newspaper article from Singapore, these ships were called "Sarawack Steamers".
So, I entered "Lloyd's of London" for my search and entered up with your site which is great but I can't seem to get into any sites that will give me any information about ships built outside of the UK and especially in the mid 1800's.
Can you give me any more suggestions for my research? Thanks so much.
I was looking through the gallery of national flags and I noticed that Jordan, Kuwait, Sudan, Syria, Yemen, and the United Arab Emirates all have very similar flags. Is there any reason for the black-white-green/red design in particular? An origins story? -- Alex S 23:10, 7 Apr 2004 (UTC)~
question type: medicine
Hi there.
First of all, sorry by my engrish. I'm not a medic but I have an old big yellow medicine book (with a medieval picture in the cover) called Principles of Surgery (Schwartz, Shires, Spencer, Stores, 1976, 3rd edition) (I'm not an expert, but, I think, this is a classical textbook, along with Guyton).
The problem is:
for example:
"Glycogen is stored in muscle and liver in combination with water and electrolytes, so that 1 Gm of glycogen yields only 1 or 2 kcal instead of the 4 kcal found in 1 Gm of dry carbohydrate." (page 19, chapter 1)
the above is a random page I had picked up, but the "Gm" spreads through all the book. So, what Gm stands for? grams? I've found nothing either in gram (unit) or talk:gram (unit), and besides:
"Initial therapy therefore always should be intravenous and should consist of 100 to 200 mg of cortisol as the 21-hemisuccinate or phosphate." (page 14, chapter 1)
So, if Gm stands for gram, why the author putted mg for milligrams? Is Gm a medical jargon? -- 200.154.209.96 01:16, 8 Apr 2004 (UTC)
DrBob is right that in the context Gm refers to grams and is a mid century american abbreviation which became obsolete with international standardization of abbreviations in medical journals starting in the late 1970s. The sentences you quote appear to refer to fasting fuel metabolism and treatment of adrenal crisis; there are more current sources of info on these topics than an old surgical text though Schwartz' description of both topics is still basically usable. In those days Schwartz and Guyton often hung out with Grant, Bloom & Fawcett, Robbins, Harrison, Nelson, Williams, and White, Handler & Smith. alteripse 9 apr 04
Well, thanks for the help folks! I also thinked Gm as Gigamoles, but ruled it out, since a billion mol of any element or chemical compound would weight several metrical tons. The information I needed was the historical context of Gm, wich alteripse has just provided right now. By the way: chapter one was "Endocrine and Metabolic Responses to Injury"
Regards, 200.154.227.4 07:47, 10 Apr 2004 (UTC)
Why is the name "Houston St." in New York City pronounced Houston as in house, while the city of Houston in Texas is pronounced as if it were spelled Hewston?
emm-- emm 03:30, 8 Apr 2004 (UTC)
What is the code to insert a final sigma (looking somewhat like an English S) into a Wikipedia page? I've tried ;sigmaf, but it hasn't worked.
I have not been able to find information on the "Nelson" the Half or Full-Nelson is named after. I am ready to give up, but thought I would try posting the question to Wikipedia. Thank you, Gary Showalter Van Wert, OH gbjja@bright.net April 8, 2004, 10:15 am EDST
Where can I get information about Third Reich soldiers fighting U.S. or Allied troops AFTER World War II? In other words, the pot shots at Allied soldiers and battles with the Nazis in Europe after the war ended?
Also, where can I find the most accurate figures on the casualites in Iraq since the U.S. and Coalition forces began fighting the Baathists last year. I'm looking for both military and civilian casualities. I'd also like to compare the number of deaths in Iraq from the genocidal actions of Saddam's regime to the deaths incurred in the present operation to liberate Iraq.
Thanks you very much for your help.
Sincerely,
Janet Levy
I remember that early on in the invasion of Iraq there was a commonly shown picture of some Iraqi citizens welcoming the US Troops, and one had a sign that said "Democracy, Whisky and Sexy". Now, when I google for it, I only get blogs that are now using the phrase ironically. Even when I use google images, I only get a blog banner that has pirated the phrase. Does anyone know where I can get a good news photo of the original banner? - DropDeadGorgias (talk) 15:35, Apr 8, 2004 (UTC)
can someone help me??? i have a Yaschica FR1,wanna buy some lences on eBay...can you tell me please what is the mount type is on this camera?is it a bayonette,or a screw something???
thank you
Hi there! I have a Xavier Cugat original caricature that I want to sell. I know he worked for the Los Angeles Times during some time. Any ideas who would be interested? Where to go to get it evaluated? You can reach me at latvsion@hotmail.com Thanks, Mrs Worley
I was curious how you would write the female name of Jordan in aramaic. Or the initials J L L would also be sufficient. Thank You.
What was Robert Lowell's family relationship to James Russell Lowell?
Attention,
We are looking for Start Trek enthusiasts and those who take part in Start Trek Play-by-Email(PBEM) Role Playing Games (RPGs) on the internet.
We are hoping to set up an academy with the main aim of training and guiding people to play these PBEM RPGs.
If you have ever seen a PBEM RPG, you will know that many have their own small academies in order to assess new players and impart to them the rules and regulations of the particular simm. What we would like to do is build an academy and create links with many simulations so that we can train and award qualifications that can be accepted by these simmulations. We are planning many training programs, including ones aimed at more experienced simmers. We have already been in contact with websites and organisations who have offered to provide resources and guidance, so that we can plan this academy and one day make it a reality.
Below I have provided a list of some of the jobs that need filling, but in general, as this is still in such an early stage we are open to any help we can get and are willing to accept ideas and suggestions.
SIMULATION LIAISON
We are looking for people to form and maintain links with Simulation groups across the web. You may already be a part of a simulation that wants to join the academy program, although we have not yet started advertising to simulations, and will not until there is more information available on the web.
PUBLIC RELATIONS We are looking for people to oversee all operations involving all those not in the academy. This job will involve dealing with and helping outsiders and watching over other groups like simulation liaison and advertising.
INSTRUCTORS We are looking for people with a fair amount of simming experience to help us plan and set up the academy before carry out the training when the academy is opened.
CONSULTANTS We are looking for people with detailed knowledge of any aspect of Star Trek to help us set up and create the training programs and provide an interactive resource. This job will be one were yo can put in as much or little time as you like.
ADVERTISING/RECRUITING We are looking for people to spread information about the academy and recruit students and staff once the academy is open.
In general we are looking for people who would be interested in helping to build the academy and run it. We would be perfectly happy to accept someone with another idea for a role or someone who would like to combine two roles. If you are at all interested or would just like to ask a question do not hesitate to contact me at:
commandant@universalacademy.co.uk
I look forward to hearing from you,
William Lea
Universal Academy
I'm doing a project on JFK for school and I would be very interested to find out how President Kennedy's children had a treehouse on the lawn in front of the White House. Surely a treehouse has to be in a tree?
Question type: mathematical recreation
I know that Karl Friedrich Gauss once created five (I don't recall the exact number, it may be 15 as well) rules to one gets out of a labyrinth.
Please, can some-one give-me the complete list?
If you can mark the paths, and mark the nodes where the paths meet, and where a new node is one you haven't yet visited, while an old node is one you have visited:
Not sure if this is Gauss or Euler or someone else's algorithm, but it should work whether or not there are "islands". It certainly doesn't find the shortest path, but it should find a path if there is one. Maybe someone who knows the subject better can write something on mazes for topology or graph articles. - Nunh-huh 21:51, 9 Apr 2004 (UTC)
Thank you, Nunh-huh. I have seen this information once when I was thirteen (now I am 23) in a mathematical encyclopedia, in a chapter about topology, but I've found nothing in the maze article (there is a link to "creating mazes algorithm" but none to "solving mazes"). I have also seen something about a muslim symbol, wich interested me a lot and wich I also have a question. (See right below).
P.S. Further, when searching Google with "Gauss algorithm" maze keywords, I found the following post at http://www.math.niu.edu/~rusin/uses-math/games/maze/algorithm
From: Kurt Foster <kDEATHTOSCHPAMMERSfoster@xrmi.net> Subject: Re: Anyone remeber Gauss' algorithm on solves mazes? Date: 16 Jan 1999 05:15:10 GMT Newsgroups: sci.math Keywords: Citation: algorithm for solving mazes
In <77octi$sa$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com>, laleonard@mindspring.com said: . Everyone thinks I'm crazy, but I distinctly recall from high school that . Gauss came up with a way to get yourself out of a (two-dimensional) . maze. [snip] According to Martin Gardner's "The 2nd SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN Book of Mathematical Puzzles and Diversions", there was an algorithm given by Edouard Lucas in "Recreations mathematiques" (Volume I, 1882), which Lucas credited to M. Tremaux. Gardner's description of this algorithm looks similar to the one in your post.
I'll try to find more on that.
question type: mathematical recreation (topology)
Note: this question is the continuation of the above (Gauss algorithm on mazes)
There is/was a symbol that, according to the muslims, only Allah (God) can draw (only one stroke of hand is allowed).
rough description:
Two moons (two "C") one faced each other and intersecting in the middle, formming an X
This way:
)(
The question is: can the picture/symbol be drawed with only one stroke of hand and without lifting the hand out of the paper?
Ah, and please, I´ll thank if anyone can provide a link to that picture.
moved from Wikipedia:Village Pump
how to translate "only God can judge me" in aramaic
I wonder about the usage of German names and their English "translations".
I've always believed that German Hessen was "Hesse" of English, but it seems to me as the Wikipedia is becoming increasingly international. Does that mean that local names are better to use than more English sounding?
/Tuomas
Wikipedia policy is to use the version of the name that is most well-known by English speakers. Rick K 23:51, 11 Apr 2004 (UTC)
Where is your article on Sacco and Vanzetti?
I don't know if this material is factual:
Could someone who knows more about Japan check it out? silsor 04:43, Apr 10, 2004 (UTC)
i have came upon a sterling half inch iron cross pin with HIN onthe front and seal 1886 on the back can you tell me anything about this pin ? mr_mom69@hotmail.com
I am searching for some formal photographic portraits of th Empress Farah in Sate dress. Can Anyone help? Thank you, Thierry Gouette tlgxva@aol.com
Per Aspera Ad Astra - please tell me the meaning, thanks you. Angela
I have two distinct sets of 16" vinyl records (that's right - not 12") and am looking for some information on them (history, value, etc.). If you could help me out, or tell me who might be able to....
The first set appears to have never been played. It is from World Broadcasting System, Inc. (an affiliate of Frederic W. Ziv Co.) New York - Cincinnati - Hollywood. The cases are labeled "Vertical" and say "Reproduce at 33-1/3 R.P.M. ..."
Each record is numbered; this one says "Disc 381". They are from a variety of different artists (David Rose & His Orchestra; Doris Day...). They are a series of numbered discs complete with their own numbered file dividers. Jackets are plain brown.
These are definately NOT the 16 rpm's used for voice recordings. The songs and labels are from known artists. And they play on 33 rpm.
These are associated with radio stations and probably date back to the 1950's, although none are dated.
Around the edge of the label it says "This electricial transcription licensed for Radio Broadcasting only, is and remains the property of World Broadcasting System, Inc. 488 Madison Ave. New York 22 NY".
The other set is not numbered, and have been played. It covers a wide range of artists and labels.
Any information you could send me would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks! Betty
These are 16" broadcast master recordings. See here for a quick reference. They began to be used by Columbia broadcasting about 1929 and continued to be used into the 1950s. For issues regarding preservation / transcription to CD / etc. you might try the good folk at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at performingarts@nypl.org or their Ask a Librarian page. - Nunh-huh 01:07, 12 Apr 2004 (UTC)
I once read a short-story the plot of which is set at a dinner table having 2 (or more) families. The entire story is in direct speech (a monologue actually) by one of the ladies. As she keeps chattering, the reader gets to know the stories happening in the background of their lives. She is unaware that her husband was having an affair with the woman at the other side of the table, but the reader comes to know it before she does.
Expert piece of work, but I don't remember name of the story nor the author. Can someone help. Jay 22:00, 11 Apr 2004 (UTC)
Need dates of birth/death for Robert G. Harrington, not to be confused with Robert S. Harrington (both were astronomers). Robert G. Harrington was professionally active at Palomar Observatory as early as 1949. Google has a number of hits on astronomical discoveries but draws a blank as far as date of birth etc is concerned. Would also be nice to know what the "G." stands for.
Perhaps somebody knows somebody who works at Palomar Observatory, or maybe it's buried in some genealogy site (but there are some other Robert G. Harringtons out there). Curps
To anybody who can tell me this, please respond. I need to know (1)the silver to alloy content of the mexican coin peso between the dates 1870-1920. (2)If the silver content changed during this period and what it changed to or from. The Mexican standard for silver is listed as being 98%/2% (980) But I dont know if that was the silver to alloy content of the peso coinage during those dates. However, it was higher than the AMerican coin known to be at 900. Please respond soon. thank you. kc
Google has an interesting algorithm for ranking all sites. Basically, a site is considered more important if many other important sites links to it. I would love to see this algorithm implemented on wikipedia! Is it already done? I've looked for it, but haven't find anything.
I am trying to find out some information about the John Ericsson Memorial in Washington DC. I need to find out enough information to be able to do a book report on the memorial. Can anyone help me out.
Thank you Stephen Hosmer
Stephen, our article on John Ericsson includes a link to the National Park Service's website for the Ericsson Memorial on the National Mall here. Gentgeen 22:44, 12 Apr 2004 (UTC)
I'm trying to locate a source for a large scale model of a Cessna 152 Airplane. I'm looking for a model that can be assembled. If anyone knows where I might be able to obtain one I'd be greatful for your assistance. I've been searching the web without much luck. Thanks! Jeff Fox - racerdog@att.net
These
[16] don't need assembly but otherwise seem to fit the bill. Or this
[17] is for the C150, which you could easily adapt to look like a 152. Google '"cessna 152" model kit' got me those.
DJ Clayworth 19:54, 13 Apr 2004 (UTC)
Who was the inventor of the LP record.
I understand it may have been a gentleman associated with St Dunstans. I think he was looking for a record for his talking books and 3 minutes on a 78 was not enough. I was told no record company was interested in the research so he did the work in his garden shed.
Apparently he took it to one company (HMV or Decca?) who rejected the idea. He took it to another who took on the idea. The company who refused countered with the 45 record.
Any truth in any of the above?
Does anyone have any more details, please?
I would appreciated some names and dates.
Thanks in anticipation.
Ross Lambourn, Auckland, New Zealand.
Is there a way to trace the sender of an email? i've received an email and the sender says it wasn't from him but the sender address says it was.
I HAVE A RECORDING BY GENE AUTRY ON OKEH RECORDS OF BACK IN THE SADDLE AGAIN I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHEN THIS RECORDING WAS MADE. THIS RECORD BELONGED TO MY FATHER AND I AM IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING IT FRAMED AND I NEED THIS INFORMATION FOR FRAMING
THANKS FOR YOUR HELP
BECKY HALL
2282 HWY 105 S
BOONE NC 28607
1-800-789-0477
BHALL@ROSSAUTO.COM
I'm searching a word for renegade, but not in the sense of betrayer, but a convert, i.e. somebody who changes to your side during a war -- Stw 16:28, 13 Apr 2004 (UTC)
I've noticed that you've left out Grace Murray Hopper, and extremely important contributor to the way computers work now. Every time you refer to a "bug" in a system, you're using a phrase that Admiral Hopper coined. In general, your articles seem to gloss over or completely neglect contributions by women and minorities in areas like technology. What's up?
I have a modest foreign coin collection and one of the coins is german and is dated 1988. It says Bundesrepublik Deutschland and it is 5 Pfenning. Is this East or West Germany or did they have a common currency following the cold war and before reunification? I greatly appreciate any help, thanks! shawn
I SENT A LETTER BY REGISTERED MAIL AND THE SEALED ENVELOPE WAS OPENED FOR SOME REASON. I HAD ABOUT $5000 OF POSTAL MONEY ORDERS IN THE ENVELOPE ADDRESSED TO THE IRS. THE LETTER CAN NOT BE FOUND AND I HAVE ONE MORE DAY TO MAIL MY INCOME TAX RETURN WITHOUT PAYING A PENALTY. WHAT CAN I DO? I HAVE CONTACTED THE POST OFFICE SEVERAL TIMES AND THEY HAVE NO ANSWER.
A "Father of the Internet?" I think you're kidding yourselves about not having a blind spot. Is it that I'm searching incorrectly? BTW, Grace Murray Hopper coined the phrase "debug".
The article on Hemlock contains the following statement:
Does anyone have any modern references which can verify or disprove this statement that the story is a myth? WormRunner | Talk 03:48, 13 Apr 2004 (UTC)
I heard that Han Chinese have split pinky toenails as part of their genetic makeup. Cultural myth or is their scientific grounding in this? -- Jia ng 06:12, 14 Apr 2004 (UTC)
I am interested in writing to a member of the Department of Archeology in order to obtain some information about an artifact which was obtained from someone who claimed to be the head of a University of Chicago Babilonian Expedition back in l936. This is a ceramic cone with markings, which is in a collection of my father, a college professor, now deceased. I would appreciate hearing from an Archeologist who might have knowledge concerning this matter. Thank you. My e-mail is Reichlinma@omrf.ouhsc.edu
I would like to contact Joel janowitz. Could you send me his email address. Carl Esparza cdtucson@aol.com Thank you.
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Is this Vitaly Ivanova? I am interested in contact with a person of this name, originating in the Moscow region, City of Chernogolovka This person would be the father of Alla Ivanaova who married and moved to Canada. Please forward any contact to timsouth236@hotmail.com
Hi, I was wondering if I could get anymore information on the genetic disorder polydactyly. I am doing a report for my biology class on it. My e-mail is vbrian48@hotmail.com. Thanks a lot, bye.
Brian
Here's a link to an image of a polydactylus hand: [19] and another [20] The extra digits of polydactylus appendages often lack effective muscular connections. Polydactyly is usually inherited as a dominant trait but is also sometimes induced by teratogens.
Formation of human hands and feet begins at about the 6th week of gestation, when cell death divides the apical ectodermal ridge into, normally, five segments. Normal patterns in digits are formed, or not formed, as a result of activity in a zone of polarizing activity at the base of arms and legs on their posterior edge. The morphogenesis probably involves retinoic acid ( vitamin A) and a series of genes called homeobox genes.
Other embryonic malformations of hands and feet include ectrodactylyl, which is the absence of a digit, usually unilateral (one only one side) and syndactyly, which is abnormal fusion between fingers or toes.
Syndactylus appendages form in about 1 of 2,000 human births, when the normal breakdown of mesenchyme fails to occur. Clubfoot often presents along with syndactylus, but clubfoot might be inherited or a result of abnormal placement of the legs in the uterus during gestation. In clubfoot, the sole of the foot is turned inward.
None of these are the same as cleft hands or feet, called lobster claw deformity, consisting of an abnormal cleft between the 2nd and 4th metacarple bones and soft tissue, usually along with missing 3rd metacarpal and phalangeal bones, and often with fusing of the thumb and index finger and of the 4th and 5th fingers. You might learn more about this by reviewing articles on human embryology I'm not sure your teacher will be very impressed if you say a bird told you this. If you enter some of these words in the www.google.com search engine, you might find additional sources for this information. You should at least check my spelling, and do something to be sure the information I freely provided comports with some other reliable source. Byrd
Internal link: Polydactyly Bensaccount 04:15, 15 Apr 2004 (UTC)
Does anybody here know if static electricity discharges from breaking ice? I'm not sure if it occurs when ice separates from plastic or when ice separates from itself. I observed the phenomena while breaking icecubes from a plastic tray in a darkened kitchen. I would expect static discharges from plastic, though I never really contemplated why they occur, much less if they occur in ice alone or in ice separating from plastic. Just curious...
Can any one tell me, why we call this country as Germany, while it is called Deutschland by Germans themselves? What is the etymological meaning of Germany? Thank you
Maybe it's the same user who asked the same question before. See the 'Name of "Deutschland" ' section above. Jay 10:52, 15 Apr 2004 (UTC)
I think it was named after Germanicus Caesar, the general at the battle of Teutoberg Forest. It comes from the Latin name for the area past the Rhine, that's for sure, but I could swear the Romans assigned that name to it and that it had been the name of a person. Diderot 13:42, 22 Apr 2004 (UTC)
You can check out Germany at List of country name etymologies, it's pretty complete. Btw, it wasn't me who asked this time. Mjklin 15:03, 22 Apr 2004 (UTC)
can you tell me the compostion of the english 2 pence coin when it was made of bronze and if you can can you give me detailed information on experiments that could be used to find how much copper is in the bronze.
thank you Gettothegone_2@hotmail.com
I have been looking for good, simple songbooks for singing and playing guitar. All types of music from country to gospel. where and how to find the best ones.
I recommend: Stylings for bluegrass and country guitar by Jerry Silverman New York : Warner Bros. Publications, 1982. Hyacinth 03:49, 11 May 2004 (UTC)
I am stuck on the last question in a local rotary quiz. The answer is a 'Silly Saying or Catch Phrase'. We are given the FIRST letter of each word but not told the NUMBER of letters in each word. Most of the other answers in this group are from British TV.
T T D S C W
Any ideas?
"In Pakistan, Pushto has no official status; it is not taught in schools and Pushtun children learn Urdu as their language of education and activities outside the home."
I saw this statement in the article "pashto". I just want to make a correction that it is not true that pushto is not taught in schools. It is taught in all governemnt schools in peshwar. I am pushtoon and i lived in Nowshera for 8 years and i been to govrnment schools in nowshera and peshwar and it is taught in governemnt urdu medium schools in peshawar.
Thanks.
Thanks for pointing out this observation. However the line you are talking about is not in Wikipedia's Pushtu article, but in the website of UCLA. Wikipedia doesn't endorse the correctness of articles in external websites that point from an article. Wikipedia however strives to achieve neutrality in its own articles. Since you have a lot of information on Pushto, you can help adding information to the article. Jay 06:02, 17 Apr 2004 (UTC)
Are there any retail vendors of this media? I'm having trouble finding them at CompUSA type outlets. - Bevo 20:37, 16 Apr 2004 (UTC)
I'm ashamed that I, a history major, cannot remember this, but why is the District of Columbia called the District of Columbia? And once someone remembers, could they put it in that article, as well as posting it here? Thanks! :-) Jwrosenzweig 23:39, 16 Apr 2004 (UTC)
I've looked all over trying to find a chronological list of the Disney cartoon movies and so far, your list is the closest to what I have discovered. Unfortunately, the second list omitted the two additional Lion King movies, the additional Hunchback of Notre Dame, extra Atlantis and extra Jungle Book movie. I am in the habit of writing which movies was which number on the inside of the movie box and I'd like them to be accurate to what the Disney studio says. According to them, like Peter Pan was 14th, The Jungle Book was 19th, Fox and the Hound was 24th, and so on. Can anyone help me number my other 30 some odd movies? Please? THANK U!!!
Someone once told me that after around 20 days without sleep a person will... die. I was a little dubious of this, however the sleep deprivation article states that:
...but doesn't give a figure. Does anyone know what the (average) limit is?
(And yes, I didn't sleep too well last night.) Chopchopwhitey 15:09, 17 Apr 2004 (UTC)
Can you direct me as to where to get information about EDI 301. It has something to do with Ocean shipment loading. Please send response to my email address - ctuanqui@sunkistgrowers.com
Thank you.
I am trying to determine how much of the Ethylene Glycol sold as "new" is actually remanufactured or recycled?
If you can help in any way please email me back at jerrystumpf2@netzero.com
Thanks ------- Jerry
--MacGyverMagic
I think Dr. Phil is enough of a phenomenon to get his own entry here. I'd also like to see pages for Anthony Horowitz and his fictional creation -teenage spy Alex Rider. However, I'm not knowledgeable about any of them and there don't seem to be obvious places to link them. Should I just create some stubs and hope for the best? Or does anyone else want to help out? -- MacGyverMagic
I'm wondering if anyone knows the entire number of home runs hit in MLB in 1927 versus the total number of home runs hit in the entire MLB in 2003?
1927
American League: 439 National League: 483 Total: 922 Number of teams at the time: 16 Number of games to a season: 154 Home runs per team per game: 0.374
2003
American League: 2499 National League: 2708 Total: 5207 Number of teams at the time: 30 Number of games to a season: 162 Home runs per team per game: 1.071
I'm trying to find a novel I read many years ago. All I can really remember is that it was set in Glasgow, or more specifically the Gorbals (I think). All the events took place between a Friday and a Monday (inclusive). I also seem to remember the protagonist accidentally setting fire to someone's flat (again, I think). Does this ring any bells for anyone? - Lee (talk) 01:25, 18 Apr 2004 (UTC)
Is Pai Hsien-yung gay? The article Pai Hsien-yung states that Pai has explained that he believed his father knew of his homosexuality and "never made it an issue," though it was never discussed. . If so, I would like to add him to the list of famous gay people, since he is a very influential writer among Chinese community. -- θαλαμηγός ( talk) w: 03:36, Apr 18, 2004 (UTC)
I find this under your Mahabharata entry: "In the course of writing, Ganesh's pen failed, and he broke off one of his tusks in the rush to keep writing." But I cannot find any such mention in the epic itself. Kindly give me the reference to this breaking off the tusk to write down the dictation of Vyasa. Pradip Bhattacharya
kanakpradip@yahoo.com
Several Google references to this can be found here. Rick K 20:03, 18 Apr 2004 (UTC)
Fred Brewer
380 Rexford Drive
Hermitage, PA 16148
(724) 981-4695
nittanyrebs@aol.con
To whomever it may concern;
In the 1950s, I heard that Scientology was started by fans of a novel L. Rod Hubbard wrote about a planet like Earth on the other side of the Sun. They said these fans disturbed Hubbard at first, but later he joined them and became the head of Scientology which had already started without him. In recent years, any source I ever see about Scientology says Hubbard started it after writing Dianetics. Which version is true?
Respectfully yours,
Fred Brewer
We would greatly appreciate to know the name and E-Mail of each of the LatinAmerican Presidentes.
Thank you in advance. Guillermo R. Morini morini@yunque.net
Did I once see a list of maps on Wikipedia, or am I making that up? — Bkell 04:10, 19 Apr 2004 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Maps has a list of sources within and outside of Wikipedia. Wikipedia:WikiProject Maps also has a list of orphans and requested maps. -- chris_73 07:45, 19 Apr 2004 (UTC)
Is it true that if a matrix A is nonsingular, does it always follow that its inverse is also nonsingular? Do you have an item regarding this?
i am trying to get more specific demographics data for the south bay region of los angeles county. specifically, i am trying to find population densities by postal code, and/or census tract, and/or a.p.n....any ideas how id go about getting this info??
-adam el_bizzaro@yahoo.com
Jay 17:48, 19 Apr 2004 (UTC)
I am trying to find out information about the Survey Lodge Ranger Station that is located in Washington DC at the intersection of 17th Street and Independence Ave near the mall. I would like to know about it's history and what it has been used for over the last 100 years. Can anyone help me answer this question. Thank you.
Hello I recently hear about the virus AD 36. And was wondering if there is at all anyway possible to get a sample for myself. As I am underweight and think this could be the answer to my Problem. Please let me know. Regards
Bradley Janse van Rensburg
E-mail: Bradley@quyn.co.za
i was wondering if i could get anymore information on the genetic disorder polydactyly? I am doing a report for my biology class. Thank whomever this may concern.
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216.16.116.171 02:41, 15 Apr 2004 (UTC)Brian Douglas
A direct link is polydactyly. (Also in reference desk). Bensaccount 14:38, 15 Apr 2004 (UTC)
What flag has the british symbol (like the Hawaii Stat Flag) in the upper left hand corner, and red and white strips (like the American Flag?
Dear Sir or Madam,
I am doing a report on Ai Yazawa for my school project. I have 20 questions to ask that will be published in our school news paper. I have looked all around the web for Mr. Ai Yazawa's email or adress, as to write a letter to him, but could not find it. I was hoping you could help me locate him for this interview. If you have any information that may be of help, please send it to meat Yueskaysgirl@aol.com
Sincerely, Morgan Rhodes
I am 18 years old, and my Mother is a citizen of New Zealand, my Father is a citizen of the United States. I was accidentally born in the U.S. I now want to immigrate to New Zealand, and my Mother has always told me I have dual citizenship. She is not able to provide me with the appropriate paperwork. How do I find out this information?
My mother says I have to contact Washington, D.C.
Can you give me some direction on where I can get information regarding my dual citizenship? pamelaboyd1@cox.net
Check this out though - I think there are other ways to loose your citizenship, by behaving in ways that they US Govt interpret as relinquishing your citizenship. [28]. Mark Richards 21:24, 29 Apr 2004 (UTC)
Hi! I'm currently working on a research and I need the author and book references these terms has been gotten. these are the terms:
I need this as my reference/bibliography on my dissertation. Pls.care to e-mail me at: eve_girl_02@yahoo.com. I'm hoping for your immediate reply. Thank You!
Roanne Vista
I noticed that the Axial tilt was left blank for Jupiter's Moons, Europa and Ganymede...Does anyone know these values? ( user:162.18.75.91)
Dear Sir/ Madam,
I am a student at my fourth year of study majoring in computer engineering?
I am having a problem with programming the 8086 microprocessor? I was asked to suggest 3 methods on how to minimize the run time of any assembly program I write?one of the suggestions is to minimize the number of instructions.
After reading the articles you've put on your site?I decided to come to you for help and any suggestions you could provide?
Thank you so much?
Please I need your help?
How can I find out why an MBE was awarded to an ancestor of mine by King George V? Liz Stilwell 20/04/04
1) What is the name of the Greek font I see used a lot on Wikipedia and elsewhere? It is the font Wikipedians use to create symbols like ς and η and ζ.
2) Do you know where I can download it?
Is it considered a personality cult if the person at the centre of the cult is dead? I'm thinking of Lenin in the USSR and its propaganda. DO'Neil 01:07, 21 Apr 2004 (UTC)
OK, so I'm too cheap to buy Time magazine. But anyway, they have the following people listed as among their top 100 most influential people in the world. Who are they?:
Rick K 03:32, 21 Apr 2004 (UTC)
Lindsay Owen-Jones is the chief executive of L'Oreál, I think. He's Welsh. DO'Neil 06:00, 21 Apr 2004 (UTC)
Hernando de Soto is a Peruvian author/economist. [31] Gentgeen 06:05, 21 Apr 2004 (UTC)
You'll probably find more on Sachs if you give his name as Jeffrey Sachs. -- Jmabel 21:39, 21 Apr 2004 (UTC)
I just read the article on Simone Weil. I added a line saying that the claim that Weil committed suicide is countermanded by Simone Pretrement in her biography, Simone Weil, A Life [the definitive bio.]
But I think that there are a number of other erros in the article: It says that Simone Weil sought afflicition by going to work in the factory while Weil says that she sought the job because anyone who was to write about econmics/social philosophy should experience it before writing and because she sought to learn the special knowledge that workers possessed [epistemological priviledge].
The current artilce says that Weil's mehtod is like that of James. But James in a pragmatist. Weil is a Platonist -something that James criticized.
I do not know what to do about the article. I do not feel right just taking out someone elses work and yet, I think the article needs correction.
Katel
I am looking for visual representation for a radius, an ancient tool for measuring distance on maps. I hope it isn't just a compass.
thanks so much. wsubity@yahoo.ca
Hello Do you know where I can study physiological psychology? I am doing my honours in psychology now in Australia and wondered if I can go on and do a Phd or Masters in Physiological Psychology. Everything mainly seems to be neuropsych.
Help could possibly change my life. my email is h.haydon@student.qut.edu.au
(moved from Talk:Physiological psychology by chris_73 04:50, 22 Apr 2004 (UTC))
I am an italian charm bracelet seller and have acquired a charm that looks like the british flag in the upper left hand corner and has the american red and white stripes on the rest of the charm. I have a picture, but do not know how to display it here. Can you tell me what this flag is?
I have color printed from your site all the countries for reference, and it does not appear to be any of the countries. Any help you can give me will be appreciated.
I apologize in adavance if you do not commonly answer questions of this sort, or if this site is not used for this purpose, but even my suppliers do not know the answer to this question, and they are selling these charms.
Thank you, Sandy
The maps of the south asian region shown all over wikipedia are incorrect. Pakistian occupied Kashmir is showed as a part of Pakistan, which is gross. It is a part of India and should be shown as such. can any one upload the correct map?
Greetings,
I have been unable to find out what "seventh wave" refers to.
Maybe you can add it to the wikipedia.
Thanks
Surrounded by water, it is not surprising that inhabitants of Ireland, Britain, Scotland and Wales considered water a boundary between this world and that. To go "beyond the seventh wave" was to disappear entirely. [33] JimD 02:49, 2004 Apr 24 (UTC)
I went to the Hermitage Museum in Russia where there was a painting called the seventh wave depicting a group of sailors facing the oncoming "seventh wave" in trepidation. According to the tour guide, folk-lore has it that sailors believe that if they can survive the seventh wave in a storm at sea, then they will live through the storm. [User:PaulM]
Hello,
I remember reading a book about a n older gentleman who was taken ill and traveld to a plave in Europe for rest. While he was there he "people watched" and landed his gaze on a beautiful young boy in his teens who was traveling with is aunt ot someone. This man spent all his time obsesing over this boy's beauty, and trying to come to terms with his own aging. Can you find the mname of the book and the author? I thought that Nietzsche wrote it, but when I looked up his titles, nothing rang a bell for me.
Can you help? Lisa Boerum ljboerum@yahoo.com
I'd like to find information on the subject person. First name Julia-last name could be spelled Mysliwy, or Mysliwa
Charles Bed173@juno.com
an elaborated version of the same question was added further down:
Gentlemen: I would appreciate any information you can provide or other link for subject name. The name could also be spelled Mysliwy. She left Galicia in 1910-1914 age 12,and came to the US. Her father had a glue factory(area unknown). She had three step-brothers same surname-first names unknown. sorry for the sketchy info. Thanks for any help you can provide. Charles Bed173@Juno,Com
Copied from the now-deleted article ¶ sic semper Dear all
May i ask you to help me ?
Where does the sentence "¶+sic+semper+tyrannis" appear?
I know the sentence is quite famous, but it is written somewhere prefixed by ¶
May I ask you for help
karluv@eresmas.com
Thank you
Um, sic semper tyrannis is the state motto of Virginia. Booth was quoting it. Rick K 23:55, 25 Apr 2004 (UTC)
If anyone has a copy, please send to gil.garcia@ed.gov
Thanks
Alright folks, I've got a tough one. I'm trying to find somewhere (newspaper, internet site, by-request flyer, whatever) that regularly lists the program schedule for a local Spanish-language television station (Channel 14, Telefutura, out of Arlington, Virginia.) It's ok if it's in Spanish (in fact, it almost certainly will be,) I just need to know where to get it. I could use from the site's Spanish speakers. If you could actually find the info I'm looking for, that'd be great. Otherwise, if anybody knows the appropriate Spanish vocabulary for things like "television station" "channel" "program schedule" or whatever, that would help me in my own searches. Isomorphic 16:48, 24 Apr 2004 (UTC)
I'm working on a research paper, and have mentioned that the Wikipedia receives about 3,000 editorial changes/updates per day. I read it somewhere on the Wikipedia, but can't remember where. Can anybody direct me to the correct link so that I can cite my source appropriately?
Thanks!
--Lori 4/24/04
I once read a short-story the plot of which is set at a dinner table having 2 (or more) families. The entire story is in direct speech (a monologue actually) by one of the ladies. As she keeps chattering, the reader gets to know the stories happening in the background of their lives. She is unaware that her husband was having an affair with the woman at the other side of the table, but the reader comes to know it before she does.
Expert piece of work, but I don't remember name of the story nor the author. Can someone help. Jay 22:00, 11 Apr 2004 (UTC)
In Scheme, if I have an unnamed lambda function, how do I get that function to call itself?
For example:
In this case, name-of-lambda-function should refer to the lambda function itself. Basically, I need Scheme's equivalent of "this" in C++.
Would you have the name of the author of this quotation ('citation' in French): "Penser, rever, savoir,c'est tout là.?"
Or, where do I search for like proverbs in French?
Thank you very much.
vivelafrance@myexcel.com
Savoir, penser, rêver. Tout est là. - Victor Hugo, Océan prose
Diderot 08:40, 27 Apr 2004 (UTC)
I'm currently writing a paper for a comparative religions class I am taking. In the course of my research, I consulted the Wikipedia article on Chakras. The article stated that there is some evidence that the ancient Greeks as well as the Early Christians had systems of chakras. One external link attached to the article provided some good, but brief information on the subject. I'm looking for a list of books, magazines, websites or organizations that can shed some more light on the topic.
Regards, John Haun Email: Jhaun@nycap.rr.com
moved from Village pump by IMSoP 21:58, 25 Apr 2004 (UTC)
Hi,
Thanks for your site.
Could you please supply some information on Short-toed eagle breeding & migration habits. I live in Southern España (www.geocities.com/lecringranada/birdlist) and have become very interested in the local Eagle population. The Spanish Imperial has completely disappeared from our area. Over the last 5 years, due to changes in agriculture and hunting, I have seen the decline of Bonelli’s until last year we only recorded one in the valley. However, this seems to have increased the population of both Booted and Short-toed eagles and I would like to know how large a territory each pair will need. I have watched as the Short-toed have flown with snakes and indeed have located snakes which they have dropped in flight , the largest of which was over 5 foot long. Quite often the effort of flight with such weight forces them to rest in open ground giving wonderful observation opportunities. At the end of the last breeding season we watched a family of 4 Short-toed on many muscle building flights before migration. From this I thought (no doubt in error) they had reared 2 chicks. This year we have seen the return of a juvenile before the adults. We were expecting the adults to force it into a new breading area but this has not happened. My question is, did I see the same family grouping last year made up of a new chick, a juvenile from a previous year & the two adults because the text books say they only hatch one egg per year?
Thanking you in anticipation , Ken Sumner.
Vanderesch 14:05, 29 Apr 2004 (UTC)
I wanted to do some mining on Wikipedia data. I got the link Database download from Arvindn and downloaded the dumps. But, the dumps seem to have only two tables cur and old. I would want to have the complete schema replicated on my machine. Please direct me to where the information is available.
Gentlemen- Thanks for your help with locating info on Julia Mysliwy. I'll follow your suggestions and hope for the best. Congratulations on your site. Best of luck. Charles Bed173@Juno.Com-
In the Wikipedia entry on "child sacrifice", it states that "many religions" sacrificed children in order to ward off "chaos". Could someone point me to the source of this statement? I'd be curious to know what religions sacrificed children specifically, when and where, etc...
i worked as an xtra in the movie, see photograph 6 of 32. I am the guy in the plaid shirt and black jacket. I live in Canada and would love to obtain a copy of the movie. can you please help me. my email is davidwilliams@telus.net thank you
Mr. Williams, can you explain what website you think you're posting to? Rick K 00:51, 27 Apr 2004 (UTC)
Do you know where I can obtain the purple variety of KUMARA??
Regards; bluelytes@yahoo.com
The translation of the 10 page article about basic in dutch results in a 4 page "summary" that is extremely inaccurate!! I vote for a new translation
I am looking for a line drawing that shows the products as crude oil is refined. Do you have such a thing and can you send it to me. michael.majorana@gm.com
British soldier's grave is buried at the top of the pass. What is the inscription on his tombstone? - (unsigned)
I heard a piece on NPR weekend edition where a caller asked for manners advice. The specific story I heard was about a teacher in Mississippi who was complaining about the grammar of the African-American students in her class. It seemed like a regular weekly segment, but I don't know the exact name and I would like to find a transcript. Can you help me?
See http://www.npr.org/transcripts/ is the place to start, but you'll have to pay for them. -- Merovingian ↕ Talk 09:06, Apr 29, 2004 (UTC)
On you begining paragraph for "Dalai Lama", you say that he is the most important religious leader in Tibetan Buddhism after the Penchen Lama. Then there is a link to "Penchem Lama", and the opening paragraph says that he is the second most important leader second to the Dalai Lama. Who is more important?
- :Huh. That's pretty funny. I don't myself know anything about Tibetan Buddhism, but I'll post your question on the Talk:Buddhism page, and someone may pick it up. कुक्कुरोवाच 21:22, 28 Apr 2004 (UTC)
The 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica claims March 28, whereas most later online biographies claim April 28, including the current online concise EB [36]. In 1918 the Russian calendar advanced 13 days (from Julian to Gregorian), and was 12 days behind in the 19th century according to Russian Revolution. If anyone has more information, please add to Talk:Mikhail Illarionovich Kutuzov. -- Zigger 18:21, 2004 Apr 28 (UTC)
What does "pradesh" mean, in stuff like Uttar Pradesh--state, land, country, county, etc? jengod 23:59, Apr 28, 2004 (UTC)
Pradesh would mean an entity smaller than a desh. Desh stands for country, nation etc., so pradesh would be a state, district, etc. Jay 06:14, 29 Apr 2004 (UTC)
Pradesh is similar to Province
According to http://www.worldstatesmen.org/China.html, the office of Prime Minister (宰相) only started in 1911. Before that, there were the Grand Secretaries. I thought there had been prime ministers for ages. What is "Grand Secretary" called in Chinese? -- Jia ng 00:28, 29 Apr 2004 (UTC)
Am interested in knowing how (presumably) scripts pick up news information from Wikipedia articles and formats them nicely on the Main Page. Excuse me for being too lazy to look for the information myself. :p
131.111.250.45 09:08, 29 Apr 2004 (UTC)
Are there any species of dragonflies found in Eastern Africa, specifically Tanzania?
On PTI a few weeks ago, the hosts were impressed when 14-year old Soccer phenom Freddy Adu mentioned that he golfs in the low 80's. They seemed to take this number much like someone would say they bowl in the low 200s. I understand that that number refers to the strokes taken on an 18-hole golf course, but how can this be any sort of indicator of how good he is? Isn't the average number of strokes different on any course? Is there some way in which this number is regulated across golf courses? - DropDeadGorgias (talk) 18:32, Apr 29, 2004 (UTC)
If you could pass this question on to the President. Back in the early years, there was a man who lived in Germany from what we call the beginning of time. This man was called King Henry 1st. Ok Im talking about history from the past, but King Henry 1st going back 23 generations ago was my grandfather. Where Lord John was his son, and King John of England, all are my grandfathers. I do have all of the proof of all of this. I have the real last name as well as the last name that is in the books that we already know of. As strange as it sounds, the family has married into the Stuart-Stewart family. Not just once but several times. But on April 13 of 2002 there was another joining of the two family`s again. When my wife and I joined for the last time. I know that the house of King Henry the 1st is in Afterburner. Yes I would love to live there, but that house belongs to Germany.
What Im trying to say is that the President of Germany has very little power, but the grandson of King Henry the 1st, I should have the right to say if the President shoud receive more power than what he has right now.
Yes you have a President, but I place as a Prince as well as a King. According to the family history. So I should have a say so of the power.
You can write to me at the following address. royalfamily2@myway.com I will await for your resp-once. Dennis.
Whiteboard 19:02, 16 Apr 2004 (UTC)
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who runs Wikipedia so I can give credit in a school research paper?
We are in process of looking for a new name for our company. The owner has come up with a "unique" spelling of a name that he thinks will give it more class! I'm wondering if it's correct (or somewhat correct!) to use an apostrophe?!!
The word is venture. He wants to name the company A'venture.
As another example, dish ... which he would change to A'dish.
What do you think? (Aside from the fact that it makes no sense...)
Thanks for any help/advice you can give me!
Lynn
See if you can get any ideas out of List of company name etymologies. Jay 17:37, 31 Mar 2004 (UTC)
What was Egypt officially called in 1947, before it became the United Arab League in 1958?
THANK YOU.
Recently, an anonymous user's only contributions have been to change Daniel Bernoulli and related articles to say that he was Dutch not Swiss. I've always been told in all my engineering classes that the whole Bernoulli family, Daniel included, was Swiss, but really, I'm an engineer, not a biographer. Can someone check this out? Thanks, moink 16:46, 31 Mar 2004 (UTC)
Hi, I love this website and it has been more than useful to me on many, many occasions. The site is VERy professionally done but I thougth I will, if I may, make a suggestion that may help.
I am a web developer and we now see a much greater tendancy for Internet pages to be displayed in a font that is not Times New Roman. I agree that in a printout form Times New Roman is often the font of choice but for displaying on a monitor, as Wikipedia is intended, a font such as Verdana is more advisable. You will se my point when you look at two of teh biggest sites in teh world: www.microsoft.com and www.bbc.co.uk, they are both designed on the Verdana font and are much easier to teh eye when displayed on a monitor.
As i understand, it isn't that difficult to change the font and I strongly recommend that the Wikipedia webpages be changed to Verdana font. -- Thank you, Alom
I'm confused- and wondering if there are any vice-presidential trivia buffs that could clear something up for me. According to this article, Thomas Hendricks served as Grover Cleveland's first VP, but died in 1885. It says that he was succeeded as VP by Levi P. Morton, who didn't enter office until 1889. Was there no one in the VP spot for those four years? Why wasn't someone promoted to VP, in following with United States Presidential line of succession? - DropDeadGorgias (talk) 22:50, Mar 31, 2004 (UTC)
At the time of Hendricks' death, the constitutional amendment allowing for a replacement for a vacant Vice Presidential office wasn't in effect. Whenever a Vice President died or resigned, the office was left vacant until the next election. The appropriate amendment was Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which was ratified in 1967. RickK | Talk 02:55, 1 Apr 2004 (UTC)
Could someone explain how the math works in the following trick? I realize that in this case, the "phone-number" is just a number in the millions, but what is the formula?
1. Grab a calculator. (you won't be able to do this one in your head) 2. Key in the first three digits of your phone number (NOT the area code) 3. Multiply by 80 4. Add 1 5. Multiply by 250 6. Add the last 4 digits of your phone number 7. Add the last 4 digits of your phone number again. 8. Subtract 250 9. Divide number by 2 10. The answer is YOUR PHONE NUMBER.
Sincerely, Kingturtle 00:34, 1 Apr 2004 (UTC)
mlarcher@uclan.ac.uk Land 08703215390 0701 0713 765 To whom it may consern I'm Mike a degree student and at last I have found what seems to be a useful site that collates and disseminates information. sorry about my spelling I? am dyslexic and don?t really worry about such things. To me the important thing is the content not the presentation. I am writing an assignment on the Morphology of vernacular earth build in the world with a particular interest in the UK. I already have lots of information on the world but appear to be struggling in the UK. there are lots of examples of earth construction but I want to see if I can prove a link between them showing an evolutionary nature to our knowledge and their construction over the millennia. So far I can see substantial variation in the types of early build with the great wall of China and Hannibal?s watch tower mentioned by the Roman historian Plyny from David Eastern book. But where is the change from one level of knowledge to another. Nina Jennings referring to Clay Dobbins of the Solway plains refers to the Long house derivatives their making a connection to the Norse tradition of building that was found in the Artic circle and changes in the locations of the fire wall but what about all the other changes to addobi or clay lump, when and where? I am desperately looking and quickly running out of time Please send me any information on changes to earth construction however insignificant it may seem. it may just provide the missing links I am looking for. In return I am willing to post my finished paper SPELT Correctly!! Thanks in anticipation Mike A
What's the difference between Great Britain and the United Kingdom? -- Alex S 16:26, 1 Apr 2004 (UTC)
Someone needs to run a bot to fix all those links to Great Britain that are actually intended for United Kingdom or Kingdom of Great Britain. British is a disambiguation page and many links to Britain are relevant to the country, not the meaning of the word. Any bot operators around? -- Jia ng 07:30, 2 Apr 2004 (UTC)
Yes, there will be a number of options:
-- Jia ng 08:42, 2 Apr 2004 (UTC)
What we substitute each with depends on context, of course. If it's in a historical context, the refer to the precuror (e.g. "The American colonies declared independence from [[Kingdom of Great Britain|Britain]]"). But someone reading that sentence would not be interested in how the word "Britain" evolved, so linking to [Britain] would do no good. We have different articles for UK GB&NI (at UK) and UK GB%I. For the UK before 1927, we would link to the latter. -- Jia ng 00:14, 3 Apr 2004 (UTC)
Flanders and Swann said (about a related issue):
You've got to be very careful how you use those words, just by the way. The rule is, if we've done something good, it's 'another triumph for Great Britain', but if we've done something bad, it's 'England loses again'.
If the English/British/UKers can't decide, what chance (or need) have we? Andrewa 10:22, 9 Apr 2004 (UTC)
The need to be careful about these distinctions is fairly recent. As late as the 1950s people wrote "England" to mean "England", "United Kingdom" or "British Empire", expecting the reader to work out which one was meant from the context, or simply not to care. Gdr 12:19, 2004 Apr 9 (UTC)
There is a similar problem with regard to Germany and the Germans. Although the Reference desk might be the wrong place for a discussion on wikification and wikipedia usage of terms.
--
Ruhrjung 12:55, 10 Apr 2004 (UTC)
I am looking for the name(s) for objects that talk to people. Like a current TV show, where brass monkeys and wax lions talk to and give advice to the main character(Wonderfalls). I believe this is a common "myth" in many cultures, but I do not know what it is called, or where I can gain more information. Any help would be appreciated.
Does anyone know anything about the saint after which San Ysidro, California is named? Anglicised name? Biography? Reason for canonisation? Patron saint of anything? Vatican.va turns up nada, and google only finds the district of San Diego. No me gusta. -- Finlay McWalter | Talk 23:46, 1 Apr 2004 (UTC)
I have several 78 records by Bing Crosby,Nat King Cole,Gordon Mac Rae, Rosemary Clooney,Sammy Kaye,Kate Smith,Patti Page,Gene Autry,Dinah Shore. There are 48 records in all , I was wondering if anyone knows the value or if there is somewhere I can find if there is any value to this collection.
The news headline says that S Korea has a new train. What gauge do they use in S Korea?
I need a person to talk to that knows about Japanese weddings. If anyone would answer a few of my questions please e-mail me at andy_lyn86@yahoo.com. Thanks
Anyone else? (We only need one more now...)
hi, I have a problem with the LanguageUr.php (Urdu language file). The problem is that even if I edit the file and complete all the parameters still, it doesnt reflect the changes on Urdu language main page. I have tried few things and tried to find the answer by looking at the language files in other languages but didnt help. (may be because I can only read urdu and english :) ) Can you help please?
I'm trying to find when George W. Bush first said, as he was later famously quoted by Saturday Night Live, "Strategery." Does someone know of a newspaper or magazine article thats it in? Or maybe the context or date that it was said to make finding a secondary source of it easier? Its really hard to search for, since the word has practically entered into our vocabulary.
Internal link: strategery (new article based on response to this question)
Several encyclopedias list Irenaeus view on giving as a free will giver, where can I get information on exactly what his position was on giving/tithing?
I need to know who else recorded the song 'Who' besides Olsen. I know there was another recording, possibly british or canadian made in the mid to lat...
Hello from Eugene, Oregon USA:
I am looking for a picture/drawing/photo of the ship SS Bellona.
Regards, John Schlesinger.
Hya John,
If you mean the Steam Ship SS Bellona II that was bombed off the east coast of scotland on the evening of the 8th october 1940 and drifted helpless tilled grounded in stonehaven bay on the 9th.with the loss of 9 souls ( six crew + three fish hands) I have info and AND a photo, and am in the process of aquiring more...
Be carefull that you do not get confused with an earlier "bellona" (sailing ship) OR indeed ANY "bellona Class" vesels ,which are a different matter.
This was a merchant vessel, I can help, email me, but change the end of the email address so it works, i have disguised it to stop automated crap happening...........regards karl.
carl.gray2@btopenworld.cat
Does anyone know where I can find some public domain classical music recordings? I need them urgently! Thank you so much. Conover 20:54, Apr 3, 2004 (UTC)
Try [6] from the Library of Congress. They might have other collections to search, too. Gentgeen 00:19, 4 Apr 2004 (UTC)
Does anyone know exactly what the first movie was whose characters referred to themselves ironically as characters, as in "What do you think this is, a movie?", "That only happens in the movies," etc.
Hello, I'm a sufferer of premature white hair, and I'm interested in knowing the cause of this condition, particularly given my rather young age of 14. Much thanks in advance. -- Johnleemk 13:39, 4 Apr 2004 (UTC)
(moved here from Talk:List of muscles of the human body — Timwi 15:41, 4 Apr 2004 (UTC))
I had a TBI 4years ago. I took my first swim class yesterday! BUT,now the back of knee hurts! What is name of that muscle,how can I strengthen,stretch it? THANK YOU, LisAnn Becotte
I was wondering at what point did the names in the bible receive their meanings? For example, Isaiah, which means the salvation of the Lord. Did that name always mean that or did it get its meaning after Isaiah became know for being a prophet and trying get Isreal to turn back to God? And this question is posed for other names as well that have a meaning that refers to God in someway in the bible.
Do we have a page on the Australian Question Inflection (under whatever its real name is)? -- Finlay McWalter | Talk 18:54, 4 Apr 2004 (UTC)
I would like to know what this means please: N X 3. thank you very much
yea hi my name is conrad and im doing an assignment for 7th form (level 3 NCEA) New Zealand History. i need information relevant to "how were wakefields ideas implemented" and "what were the outcome and effects of that". I also have other key questions but i have found satisfactory information on them. if you can help with sources and/or information, please contact me go_hungry@hotmail.com thank you for your help.
conrad
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can anybody please tell me where i can download trix card game :) doctor_laith@yahoo.com thanx al
Does anyone know if there is a simple formula for calculating the variation in an object's weight as it descends a mineshaft? Perhaps someone has even tried the experiment. It might be easier to assume that the Earth has uniform density. Even better would be a general formula that worked for height above the ground as well as depth below it. -- Heron 20:00, 5 Apr 2004 (UTC)
Thanks, DrBob. At first I thought your answer was too simple, but then I found this excellent article which explains why you are right. -- Heron 15:56, 7 Apr 2004 (UTC)
Can anyone find the exact date of Isabella's escape into exile? Thhe closest I can get is "late September" of 1868. I'm trying to update the year pages to have the heads of state during each year. Any information on who was officially the head of state in Spain during the Republic (i.e., between Isabella and Amadeo and between Amadeo and Alfonso) would be very helpful too. -- Jonel 04:11, 6 Apr 2004 (UTC)
I am trying to find out what dress and field uniforms consisted of (looked like) for a Lt. Jr. Grade in the Coast Guard in WWI. I'd surely appreciate images or text descriptions. Thank you. Nan Z
This phrase, which might be rendered as "It's solved by walking around", pops up occasionally, with a vague attribution to Saint Augustine or sometimes to somebody else. Is there anyone anywhere who actually knows where it comes from? Not "Try St Augustine" (I have, I have, and I might as well have been visiting a city in Florida), but chapter and verse? Dandrake 06:51, Apr 6, 2004 (UTC)
Why is it that the country known in its own language as "Deutschland" is called in English "Germany," in the Romance languages some variant of "Alemania," and in the Scandinavian languages "Tyskland"? How did these different names come about for the same place? Mjklin 03:21, 7 Apr 2004 (UTC)
I am trying to confirm whether or not Ajars were deported to Central Asia by Stalin, along with other Caucasians...and if so, when. It would help me to have a scholarly reference. Thanks if you can help.
I am trying to find information on my great grandfather's ship building in Singapore around 1854-1870. His name was Daniel Robb originally from Forfar, Scotland.
He had built "Heart's Ease" and "Rainbow" with Mr. Buyers, his partner. In an old newspaper article from Singapore, these ships were called "Sarawack Steamers".
So, I entered "Lloyd's of London" for my search and entered up with your site which is great but I can't seem to get into any sites that will give me any information about ships built outside of the UK and especially in the mid 1800's.
Can you give me any more suggestions for my research? Thanks so much.
I was looking through the gallery of national flags and I noticed that Jordan, Kuwait, Sudan, Syria, Yemen, and the United Arab Emirates all have very similar flags. Is there any reason for the black-white-green/red design in particular? An origins story? -- Alex S 23:10, 7 Apr 2004 (UTC)~
question type: medicine
Hi there.
First of all, sorry by my engrish. I'm not a medic but I have an old big yellow medicine book (with a medieval picture in the cover) called Principles of Surgery (Schwartz, Shires, Spencer, Stores, 1976, 3rd edition) (I'm not an expert, but, I think, this is a classical textbook, along with Guyton).
The problem is:
for example:
"Glycogen is stored in muscle and liver in combination with water and electrolytes, so that 1 Gm of glycogen yields only 1 or 2 kcal instead of the 4 kcal found in 1 Gm of dry carbohydrate." (page 19, chapter 1)
the above is a random page I had picked up, but the "Gm" spreads through all the book. So, what Gm stands for? grams? I've found nothing either in gram (unit) or talk:gram (unit), and besides:
"Initial therapy therefore always should be intravenous and should consist of 100 to 200 mg of cortisol as the 21-hemisuccinate or phosphate." (page 14, chapter 1)
So, if Gm stands for gram, why the author putted mg for milligrams? Is Gm a medical jargon? -- 200.154.209.96 01:16, 8 Apr 2004 (UTC)
DrBob is right that in the context Gm refers to grams and is a mid century american abbreviation which became obsolete with international standardization of abbreviations in medical journals starting in the late 1970s. The sentences you quote appear to refer to fasting fuel metabolism and treatment of adrenal crisis; there are more current sources of info on these topics than an old surgical text though Schwartz' description of both topics is still basically usable. In those days Schwartz and Guyton often hung out with Grant, Bloom & Fawcett, Robbins, Harrison, Nelson, Williams, and White, Handler & Smith. alteripse 9 apr 04
Well, thanks for the help folks! I also thinked Gm as Gigamoles, but ruled it out, since a billion mol of any element or chemical compound would weight several metrical tons. The information I needed was the historical context of Gm, wich alteripse has just provided right now. By the way: chapter one was "Endocrine and Metabolic Responses to Injury"
Regards, 200.154.227.4 07:47, 10 Apr 2004 (UTC)
Why is the name "Houston St." in New York City pronounced Houston as in house, while the city of Houston in Texas is pronounced as if it were spelled Hewston?
emm-- emm 03:30, 8 Apr 2004 (UTC)
What is the code to insert a final sigma (looking somewhat like an English S) into a Wikipedia page? I've tried ;sigmaf, but it hasn't worked.
I have not been able to find information on the "Nelson" the Half or Full-Nelson is named after. I am ready to give up, but thought I would try posting the question to Wikipedia. Thank you, Gary Showalter Van Wert, OH gbjja@bright.net April 8, 2004, 10:15 am EDST
Where can I get information about Third Reich soldiers fighting U.S. or Allied troops AFTER World War II? In other words, the pot shots at Allied soldiers and battles with the Nazis in Europe after the war ended?
Also, where can I find the most accurate figures on the casualites in Iraq since the U.S. and Coalition forces began fighting the Baathists last year. I'm looking for both military and civilian casualities. I'd also like to compare the number of deaths in Iraq from the genocidal actions of Saddam's regime to the deaths incurred in the present operation to liberate Iraq.
Thanks you very much for your help.
Sincerely,
Janet Levy
I remember that early on in the invasion of Iraq there was a commonly shown picture of some Iraqi citizens welcoming the US Troops, and one had a sign that said "Democracy, Whisky and Sexy". Now, when I google for it, I only get blogs that are now using the phrase ironically. Even when I use google images, I only get a blog banner that has pirated the phrase. Does anyone know where I can get a good news photo of the original banner? - DropDeadGorgias (talk) 15:35, Apr 8, 2004 (UTC)
can someone help me??? i have a Yaschica FR1,wanna buy some lences on eBay...can you tell me please what is the mount type is on this camera?is it a bayonette,or a screw something???
thank you
Hi there! I have a Xavier Cugat original caricature that I want to sell. I know he worked for the Los Angeles Times during some time. Any ideas who would be interested? Where to go to get it evaluated? You can reach me at latvsion@hotmail.com Thanks, Mrs Worley
I was curious how you would write the female name of Jordan in aramaic. Or the initials J L L would also be sufficient. Thank You.
What was Robert Lowell's family relationship to James Russell Lowell?
Attention,
We are looking for Start Trek enthusiasts and those who take part in Start Trek Play-by-Email(PBEM) Role Playing Games (RPGs) on the internet.
We are hoping to set up an academy with the main aim of training and guiding people to play these PBEM RPGs.
If you have ever seen a PBEM RPG, you will know that many have their own small academies in order to assess new players and impart to them the rules and regulations of the particular simm. What we would like to do is build an academy and create links with many simulations so that we can train and award qualifications that can be accepted by these simmulations. We are planning many training programs, including ones aimed at more experienced simmers. We have already been in contact with websites and organisations who have offered to provide resources and guidance, so that we can plan this academy and one day make it a reality.
Below I have provided a list of some of the jobs that need filling, but in general, as this is still in such an early stage we are open to any help we can get and are willing to accept ideas and suggestions.
SIMULATION LIAISON
We are looking for people to form and maintain links with Simulation groups across the web. You may already be a part of a simulation that wants to join the academy program, although we have not yet started advertising to simulations, and will not until there is more information available on the web.
PUBLIC RELATIONS We are looking for people to oversee all operations involving all those not in the academy. This job will involve dealing with and helping outsiders and watching over other groups like simulation liaison and advertising.
INSTRUCTORS We are looking for people with a fair amount of simming experience to help us plan and set up the academy before carry out the training when the academy is opened.
CONSULTANTS We are looking for people with detailed knowledge of any aspect of Star Trek to help us set up and create the training programs and provide an interactive resource. This job will be one were yo can put in as much or little time as you like.
ADVERTISING/RECRUITING We are looking for people to spread information about the academy and recruit students and staff once the academy is open.
In general we are looking for people who would be interested in helping to build the academy and run it. We would be perfectly happy to accept someone with another idea for a role or someone who would like to combine two roles. If you are at all interested or would just like to ask a question do not hesitate to contact me at:
commandant@universalacademy.co.uk
I look forward to hearing from you,
William Lea
Universal Academy
I'm doing a project on JFK for school and I would be very interested to find out how President Kennedy's children had a treehouse on the lawn in front of the White House. Surely a treehouse has to be in a tree?
Question type: mathematical recreation
I know that Karl Friedrich Gauss once created five (I don't recall the exact number, it may be 15 as well) rules to one gets out of a labyrinth.
Please, can some-one give-me the complete list?
If you can mark the paths, and mark the nodes where the paths meet, and where a new node is one you haven't yet visited, while an old node is one you have visited:
Not sure if this is Gauss or Euler or someone else's algorithm, but it should work whether or not there are "islands". It certainly doesn't find the shortest path, but it should find a path if there is one. Maybe someone who knows the subject better can write something on mazes for topology or graph articles. - Nunh-huh 21:51, 9 Apr 2004 (UTC)
Thank you, Nunh-huh. I have seen this information once when I was thirteen (now I am 23) in a mathematical encyclopedia, in a chapter about topology, but I've found nothing in the maze article (there is a link to "creating mazes algorithm" but none to "solving mazes"). I have also seen something about a muslim symbol, wich interested me a lot and wich I also have a question. (See right below).
P.S. Further, when searching Google with "Gauss algorithm" maze keywords, I found the following post at http://www.math.niu.edu/~rusin/uses-math/games/maze/algorithm
From: Kurt Foster <kDEATHTOSCHPAMMERSfoster@xrmi.net> Subject: Re: Anyone remeber Gauss' algorithm on solves mazes? Date: 16 Jan 1999 05:15:10 GMT Newsgroups: sci.math Keywords: Citation: algorithm for solving mazes
In <77octi$sa$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com>, laleonard@mindspring.com said: . Everyone thinks I'm crazy, but I distinctly recall from high school that . Gauss came up with a way to get yourself out of a (two-dimensional) . maze. [snip] According to Martin Gardner's "The 2nd SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN Book of Mathematical Puzzles and Diversions", there was an algorithm given by Edouard Lucas in "Recreations mathematiques" (Volume I, 1882), which Lucas credited to M. Tremaux. Gardner's description of this algorithm looks similar to the one in your post.
I'll try to find more on that.
question type: mathematical recreation (topology)
Note: this question is the continuation of the above (Gauss algorithm on mazes)
There is/was a symbol that, according to the muslims, only Allah (God) can draw (only one stroke of hand is allowed).
rough description:
Two moons (two "C") one faced each other and intersecting in the middle, formming an X
This way:
)(
The question is: can the picture/symbol be drawed with only one stroke of hand and without lifting the hand out of the paper?
Ah, and please, I´ll thank if anyone can provide a link to that picture.
moved from Wikipedia:Village Pump
how to translate "only God can judge me" in aramaic
I wonder about the usage of German names and their English "translations".
I've always believed that German Hessen was "Hesse" of English, but it seems to me as the Wikipedia is becoming increasingly international. Does that mean that local names are better to use than more English sounding?
/Tuomas
Wikipedia policy is to use the version of the name that is most well-known by English speakers. Rick K 23:51, 11 Apr 2004 (UTC)
Where is your article on Sacco and Vanzetti?
I don't know if this material is factual:
Could someone who knows more about Japan check it out? silsor 04:43, Apr 10, 2004 (UTC)
i have came upon a sterling half inch iron cross pin with HIN onthe front and seal 1886 on the back can you tell me anything about this pin ? mr_mom69@hotmail.com
I am searching for some formal photographic portraits of th Empress Farah in Sate dress. Can Anyone help? Thank you, Thierry Gouette tlgxva@aol.com
Per Aspera Ad Astra - please tell me the meaning, thanks you. Angela
I have two distinct sets of 16" vinyl records (that's right - not 12") and am looking for some information on them (history, value, etc.). If you could help me out, or tell me who might be able to....
The first set appears to have never been played. It is from World Broadcasting System, Inc. (an affiliate of Frederic W. Ziv Co.) New York - Cincinnati - Hollywood. The cases are labeled "Vertical" and say "Reproduce at 33-1/3 R.P.M. ..."
Each record is numbered; this one says "Disc 381". They are from a variety of different artists (David Rose & His Orchestra; Doris Day...). They are a series of numbered discs complete with their own numbered file dividers. Jackets are plain brown.
These are definately NOT the 16 rpm's used for voice recordings. The songs and labels are from known artists. And they play on 33 rpm.
These are associated with radio stations and probably date back to the 1950's, although none are dated.
Around the edge of the label it says "This electricial transcription licensed for Radio Broadcasting only, is and remains the property of World Broadcasting System, Inc. 488 Madison Ave. New York 22 NY".
The other set is not numbered, and have been played. It covers a wide range of artists and labels.
Any information you could send me would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks! Betty
These are 16" broadcast master recordings. See here for a quick reference. They began to be used by Columbia broadcasting about 1929 and continued to be used into the 1950s. For issues regarding preservation / transcription to CD / etc. you might try the good folk at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at performingarts@nypl.org or their Ask a Librarian page. - Nunh-huh 01:07, 12 Apr 2004 (UTC)
I once read a short-story the plot of which is set at a dinner table having 2 (or more) families. The entire story is in direct speech (a monologue actually) by one of the ladies. As she keeps chattering, the reader gets to know the stories happening in the background of their lives. She is unaware that her husband was having an affair with the woman at the other side of the table, but the reader comes to know it before she does.
Expert piece of work, but I don't remember name of the story nor the author. Can someone help. Jay 22:00, 11 Apr 2004 (UTC)
Need dates of birth/death for Robert G. Harrington, not to be confused with Robert S. Harrington (both were astronomers). Robert G. Harrington was professionally active at Palomar Observatory as early as 1949. Google has a number of hits on astronomical discoveries but draws a blank as far as date of birth etc is concerned. Would also be nice to know what the "G." stands for.
Perhaps somebody knows somebody who works at Palomar Observatory, or maybe it's buried in some genealogy site (but there are some other Robert G. Harringtons out there). Curps
To anybody who can tell me this, please respond. I need to know (1)the silver to alloy content of the mexican coin peso between the dates 1870-1920. (2)If the silver content changed during this period and what it changed to or from. The Mexican standard for silver is listed as being 98%/2% (980) But I dont know if that was the silver to alloy content of the peso coinage during those dates. However, it was higher than the AMerican coin known to be at 900. Please respond soon. thank you. kc
Google has an interesting algorithm for ranking all sites. Basically, a site is considered more important if many other important sites links to it. I would love to see this algorithm implemented on wikipedia! Is it already done? I've looked for it, but haven't find anything.
I am trying to find out some information about the John Ericsson Memorial in Washington DC. I need to find out enough information to be able to do a book report on the memorial. Can anyone help me out.
Thank you Stephen Hosmer
Stephen, our article on John Ericsson includes a link to the National Park Service's website for the Ericsson Memorial on the National Mall here. Gentgeen 22:44, 12 Apr 2004 (UTC)
I'm trying to locate a source for a large scale model of a Cessna 152 Airplane. I'm looking for a model that can be assembled. If anyone knows where I might be able to obtain one I'd be greatful for your assistance. I've been searching the web without much luck. Thanks! Jeff Fox - racerdog@att.net
These
[16] don't need assembly but otherwise seem to fit the bill. Or this
[17] is for the C150, which you could easily adapt to look like a 152. Google '"cessna 152" model kit' got me those.
DJ Clayworth 19:54, 13 Apr 2004 (UTC)
Who was the inventor of the LP record.
I understand it may have been a gentleman associated with St Dunstans. I think he was looking for a record for his talking books and 3 minutes on a 78 was not enough. I was told no record company was interested in the research so he did the work in his garden shed.
Apparently he took it to one company (HMV or Decca?) who rejected the idea. He took it to another who took on the idea. The company who refused countered with the 45 record.
Any truth in any of the above?
Does anyone have any more details, please?
I would appreciated some names and dates.
Thanks in anticipation.
Ross Lambourn, Auckland, New Zealand.
Is there a way to trace the sender of an email? i've received an email and the sender says it wasn't from him but the sender address says it was.
I HAVE A RECORDING BY GENE AUTRY ON OKEH RECORDS OF BACK IN THE SADDLE AGAIN I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHEN THIS RECORDING WAS MADE. THIS RECORD BELONGED TO MY FATHER AND I AM IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING IT FRAMED AND I NEED THIS INFORMATION FOR FRAMING
THANKS FOR YOUR HELP
BECKY HALL
2282 HWY 105 S
BOONE NC 28607
1-800-789-0477
BHALL@ROSSAUTO.COM
I'm searching a word for renegade, but not in the sense of betrayer, but a convert, i.e. somebody who changes to your side during a war -- Stw 16:28, 13 Apr 2004 (UTC)
I've noticed that you've left out Grace Murray Hopper, and extremely important contributor to the way computers work now. Every time you refer to a "bug" in a system, you're using a phrase that Admiral Hopper coined. In general, your articles seem to gloss over or completely neglect contributions by women and minorities in areas like technology. What's up?
I have a modest foreign coin collection and one of the coins is german and is dated 1988. It says Bundesrepublik Deutschland and it is 5 Pfenning. Is this East or West Germany or did they have a common currency following the cold war and before reunification? I greatly appreciate any help, thanks! shawn
I SENT A LETTER BY REGISTERED MAIL AND THE SEALED ENVELOPE WAS OPENED FOR SOME REASON. I HAD ABOUT $5000 OF POSTAL MONEY ORDERS IN THE ENVELOPE ADDRESSED TO THE IRS. THE LETTER CAN NOT BE FOUND AND I HAVE ONE MORE DAY TO MAIL MY INCOME TAX RETURN WITHOUT PAYING A PENALTY. WHAT CAN I DO? I HAVE CONTACTED THE POST OFFICE SEVERAL TIMES AND THEY HAVE NO ANSWER.
A "Father of the Internet?" I think you're kidding yourselves about not having a blind spot. Is it that I'm searching incorrectly? BTW, Grace Murray Hopper coined the phrase "debug".
The article on Hemlock contains the following statement:
Does anyone have any modern references which can verify or disprove this statement that the story is a myth? WormRunner | Talk 03:48, 13 Apr 2004 (UTC)
I heard that Han Chinese have split pinky toenails as part of their genetic makeup. Cultural myth or is their scientific grounding in this? -- Jia ng 06:12, 14 Apr 2004 (UTC)
I am interested in writing to a member of the Department of Archeology in order to obtain some information about an artifact which was obtained from someone who claimed to be the head of a University of Chicago Babilonian Expedition back in l936. This is a ceramic cone with markings, which is in a collection of my father, a college professor, now deceased. I would appreciate hearing from an Archeologist who might have knowledge concerning this matter. Thank you. My e-mail is Reichlinma@omrf.ouhsc.edu
I would like to contact Joel janowitz. Could you send me his email address. Carl Esparza cdtucson@aol.com Thank you.
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Is this Vitaly Ivanova? I am interested in contact with a person of this name, originating in the Moscow region, City of Chernogolovka This person would be the father of Alla Ivanaova who married and moved to Canada. Please forward any contact to timsouth236@hotmail.com
Hi, I was wondering if I could get anymore information on the genetic disorder polydactyly. I am doing a report for my biology class on it. My e-mail is vbrian48@hotmail.com. Thanks a lot, bye.
Brian
Here's a link to an image of a polydactylus hand: [19] and another [20] The extra digits of polydactylus appendages often lack effective muscular connections. Polydactyly is usually inherited as a dominant trait but is also sometimes induced by teratogens.
Formation of human hands and feet begins at about the 6th week of gestation, when cell death divides the apical ectodermal ridge into, normally, five segments. Normal patterns in digits are formed, or not formed, as a result of activity in a zone of polarizing activity at the base of arms and legs on their posterior edge. The morphogenesis probably involves retinoic acid ( vitamin A) and a series of genes called homeobox genes.
Other embryonic malformations of hands and feet include ectrodactylyl, which is the absence of a digit, usually unilateral (one only one side) and syndactyly, which is abnormal fusion between fingers or toes.
Syndactylus appendages form in about 1 of 2,000 human births, when the normal breakdown of mesenchyme fails to occur. Clubfoot often presents along with syndactylus, but clubfoot might be inherited or a result of abnormal placement of the legs in the uterus during gestation. In clubfoot, the sole of the foot is turned inward.
None of these are the same as cleft hands or feet, called lobster claw deformity, consisting of an abnormal cleft between the 2nd and 4th metacarple bones and soft tissue, usually along with missing 3rd metacarpal and phalangeal bones, and often with fusing of the thumb and index finger and of the 4th and 5th fingers. You might learn more about this by reviewing articles on human embryology I'm not sure your teacher will be very impressed if you say a bird told you this. If you enter some of these words in the www.google.com search engine, you might find additional sources for this information. You should at least check my spelling, and do something to be sure the information I freely provided comports with some other reliable source. Byrd
Internal link: Polydactyly Bensaccount 04:15, 15 Apr 2004 (UTC)
Does anybody here know if static electricity discharges from breaking ice? I'm not sure if it occurs when ice separates from plastic or when ice separates from itself. I observed the phenomena while breaking icecubes from a plastic tray in a darkened kitchen. I would expect static discharges from plastic, though I never really contemplated why they occur, much less if they occur in ice alone or in ice separating from plastic. Just curious...
Can any one tell me, why we call this country as Germany, while it is called Deutschland by Germans themselves? What is the etymological meaning of Germany? Thank you
Maybe it's the same user who asked the same question before. See the 'Name of "Deutschland" ' section above. Jay 10:52, 15 Apr 2004 (UTC)
I think it was named after Germanicus Caesar, the general at the battle of Teutoberg Forest. It comes from the Latin name for the area past the Rhine, that's for sure, but I could swear the Romans assigned that name to it and that it had been the name of a person. Diderot 13:42, 22 Apr 2004 (UTC)
You can check out Germany at List of country name etymologies, it's pretty complete. Btw, it wasn't me who asked this time. Mjklin 15:03, 22 Apr 2004 (UTC)
can you tell me the compostion of the english 2 pence coin when it was made of bronze and if you can can you give me detailed information on experiments that could be used to find how much copper is in the bronze.
thank you Gettothegone_2@hotmail.com
I have been looking for good, simple songbooks for singing and playing guitar. All types of music from country to gospel. where and how to find the best ones.
I recommend: Stylings for bluegrass and country guitar by Jerry Silverman New York : Warner Bros. Publications, 1982. Hyacinth 03:49, 11 May 2004 (UTC)
I am stuck on the last question in a local rotary quiz. The answer is a 'Silly Saying or Catch Phrase'. We are given the FIRST letter of each word but not told the NUMBER of letters in each word. Most of the other answers in this group are from British TV.
T T D S C W
Any ideas?
"In Pakistan, Pushto has no official status; it is not taught in schools and Pushtun children learn Urdu as their language of education and activities outside the home."
I saw this statement in the article "pashto". I just want to make a correction that it is not true that pushto is not taught in schools. It is taught in all governemnt schools in peshwar. I am pushtoon and i lived in Nowshera for 8 years and i been to govrnment schools in nowshera and peshwar and it is taught in governemnt urdu medium schools in peshawar.
Thanks.
Thanks for pointing out this observation. However the line you are talking about is not in Wikipedia's Pushtu article, but in the website of UCLA. Wikipedia doesn't endorse the correctness of articles in external websites that point from an article. Wikipedia however strives to achieve neutrality in its own articles. Since you have a lot of information on Pushto, you can help adding information to the article. Jay 06:02, 17 Apr 2004 (UTC)
Are there any retail vendors of this media? I'm having trouble finding them at CompUSA type outlets. - Bevo 20:37, 16 Apr 2004 (UTC)
I'm ashamed that I, a history major, cannot remember this, but why is the District of Columbia called the District of Columbia? And once someone remembers, could they put it in that article, as well as posting it here? Thanks! :-) Jwrosenzweig 23:39, 16 Apr 2004 (UTC)
I've looked all over trying to find a chronological list of the Disney cartoon movies and so far, your list is the closest to what I have discovered. Unfortunately, the second list omitted the two additional Lion King movies, the additional Hunchback of Notre Dame, extra Atlantis and extra Jungle Book movie. I am in the habit of writing which movies was which number on the inside of the movie box and I'd like them to be accurate to what the Disney studio says. According to them, like Peter Pan was 14th, The Jungle Book was 19th, Fox and the Hound was 24th, and so on. Can anyone help me number my other 30 some odd movies? Please? THANK U!!!
Someone once told me that after around 20 days without sleep a person will... die. I was a little dubious of this, however the sleep deprivation article states that:
...but doesn't give a figure. Does anyone know what the (average) limit is?
(And yes, I didn't sleep too well last night.) Chopchopwhitey 15:09, 17 Apr 2004 (UTC)
Can you direct me as to where to get information about EDI 301. It has something to do with Ocean shipment loading. Please send response to my email address - ctuanqui@sunkistgrowers.com
Thank you.
I am trying to determine how much of the Ethylene Glycol sold as "new" is actually remanufactured or recycled?
If you can help in any way please email me back at jerrystumpf2@netzero.com
Thanks ------- Jerry
--MacGyverMagic
I think Dr. Phil is enough of a phenomenon to get his own entry here. I'd also like to see pages for Anthony Horowitz and his fictional creation -teenage spy Alex Rider. However, I'm not knowledgeable about any of them and there don't seem to be obvious places to link them. Should I just create some stubs and hope for the best? Or does anyone else want to help out? -- MacGyverMagic
I'm wondering if anyone knows the entire number of home runs hit in MLB in 1927 versus the total number of home runs hit in the entire MLB in 2003?
1927
American League: 439 National League: 483 Total: 922 Number of teams at the time: 16 Number of games to a season: 154 Home runs per team per game: 0.374
2003
American League: 2499 National League: 2708 Total: 5207 Number of teams at the time: 30 Number of games to a season: 162 Home runs per team per game: 1.071
I'm trying to find a novel I read many years ago. All I can really remember is that it was set in Glasgow, or more specifically the Gorbals (I think). All the events took place between a Friday and a Monday (inclusive). I also seem to remember the protagonist accidentally setting fire to someone's flat (again, I think). Does this ring any bells for anyone? - Lee (talk) 01:25, 18 Apr 2004 (UTC)
Is Pai Hsien-yung gay? The article Pai Hsien-yung states that Pai has explained that he believed his father knew of his homosexuality and "never made it an issue," though it was never discussed. . If so, I would like to add him to the list of famous gay people, since he is a very influential writer among Chinese community. -- θαλαμηγός ( talk) w: 03:36, Apr 18, 2004 (UTC)
I find this under your Mahabharata entry: "In the course of writing, Ganesh's pen failed, and he broke off one of his tusks in the rush to keep writing." But I cannot find any such mention in the epic itself. Kindly give me the reference to this breaking off the tusk to write down the dictation of Vyasa. Pradip Bhattacharya
kanakpradip@yahoo.com
Several Google references to this can be found here. Rick K 20:03, 18 Apr 2004 (UTC)
Fred Brewer
380 Rexford Drive
Hermitage, PA 16148
(724) 981-4695
nittanyrebs@aol.con
To whomever it may concern;
In the 1950s, I heard that Scientology was started by fans of a novel L. Rod Hubbard wrote about a planet like Earth on the other side of the Sun. They said these fans disturbed Hubbard at first, but later he joined them and became the head of Scientology which had already started without him. In recent years, any source I ever see about Scientology says Hubbard started it after writing Dianetics. Which version is true?
Respectfully yours,
Fred Brewer
We would greatly appreciate to know the name and E-Mail of each of the LatinAmerican Presidentes.
Thank you in advance. Guillermo R. Morini morini@yunque.net
Did I once see a list of maps on Wikipedia, or am I making that up? — Bkell 04:10, 19 Apr 2004 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Maps has a list of sources within and outside of Wikipedia. Wikipedia:WikiProject Maps also has a list of orphans and requested maps. -- chris_73 07:45, 19 Apr 2004 (UTC)
Is it true that if a matrix A is nonsingular, does it always follow that its inverse is also nonsingular? Do you have an item regarding this?
i am trying to get more specific demographics data for the south bay region of los angeles county. specifically, i am trying to find population densities by postal code, and/or census tract, and/or a.p.n....any ideas how id go about getting this info??
-adam el_bizzaro@yahoo.com
Jay 17:48, 19 Apr 2004 (UTC)
I am trying to find out information about the Survey Lodge Ranger Station that is located in Washington DC at the intersection of 17th Street and Independence Ave near the mall. I would like to know about it's history and what it has been used for over the last 100 years. Can anyone help me answer this question. Thank you.
Hello I recently hear about the virus AD 36. And was wondering if there is at all anyway possible to get a sample for myself. As I am underweight and think this could be the answer to my Problem. Please let me know. Regards
Bradley Janse van Rensburg
E-mail: Bradley@quyn.co.za
i was wondering if i could get anymore information on the genetic disorder polydactyly? I am doing a report for my biology class. Thank whomever this may concern.
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216.16.116.171 02:41, 15 Apr 2004 (UTC)Brian Douglas
A direct link is polydactyly. (Also in reference desk). Bensaccount 14:38, 15 Apr 2004 (UTC)
What flag has the british symbol (like the Hawaii Stat Flag) in the upper left hand corner, and red and white strips (like the American Flag?
Dear Sir or Madam,
I am doing a report on Ai Yazawa for my school project. I have 20 questions to ask that will be published in our school news paper. I have looked all around the web for Mr. Ai Yazawa's email or adress, as to write a letter to him, but could not find it. I was hoping you could help me locate him for this interview. If you have any information that may be of help, please send it to meat Yueskaysgirl@aol.com
Sincerely, Morgan Rhodes
I am 18 years old, and my Mother is a citizen of New Zealand, my Father is a citizen of the United States. I was accidentally born in the U.S. I now want to immigrate to New Zealand, and my Mother has always told me I have dual citizenship. She is not able to provide me with the appropriate paperwork. How do I find out this information?
My mother says I have to contact Washington, D.C.
Can you give me some direction on where I can get information regarding my dual citizenship? pamelaboyd1@cox.net
Check this out though - I think there are other ways to loose your citizenship, by behaving in ways that they US Govt interpret as relinquishing your citizenship. [28]. Mark Richards 21:24, 29 Apr 2004 (UTC)
Hi! I'm currently working on a research and I need the author and book references these terms has been gotten. these are the terms:
I need this as my reference/bibliography on my dissertation. Pls.care to e-mail me at: eve_girl_02@yahoo.com. I'm hoping for your immediate reply. Thank You!
Roanne Vista
I noticed that the Axial tilt was left blank for Jupiter's Moons, Europa and Ganymede...Does anyone know these values? ( user:162.18.75.91)
Dear Sir/ Madam,
I am a student at my fourth year of study majoring in computer engineering?
I am having a problem with programming the 8086 microprocessor? I was asked to suggest 3 methods on how to minimize the run time of any assembly program I write?one of the suggestions is to minimize the number of instructions.
After reading the articles you've put on your site?I decided to come to you for help and any suggestions you could provide?
Thank you so much?
Please I need your help?
How can I find out why an MBE was awarded to an ancestor of mine by King George V? Liz Stilwell 20/04/04
1) What is the name of the Greek font I see used a lot on Wikipedia and elsewhere? It is the font Wikipedians use to create symbols like ς and η and ζ.
2) Do you know where I can download it?
Is it considered a personality cult if the person at the centre of the cult is dead? I'm thinking of Lenin in the USSR and its propaganda. DO'Neil 01:07, 21 Apr 2004 (UTC)
OK, so I'm too cheap to buy Time magazine. But anyway, they have the following people listed as among their top 100 most influential people in the world. Who are they?:
Rick K 03:32, 21 Apr 2004 (UTC)
Lindsay Owen-Jones is the chief executive of L'Oreál, I think. He's Welsh. DO'Neil 06:00, 21 Apr 2004 (UTC)
Hernando de Soto is a Peruvian author/economist. [31] Gentgeen 06:05, 21 Apr 2004 (UTC)
You'll probably find more on Sachs if you give his name as Jeffrey Sachs. -- Jmabel 21:39, 21 Apr 2004 (UTC)
I just read the article on Simone Weil. I added a line saying that the claim that Weil committed suicide is countermanded by Simone Pretrement in her biography, Simone Weil, A Life [the definitive bio.]
But I think that there are a number of other erros in the article: It says that Simone Weil sought afflicition by going to work in the factory while Weil says that she sought the job because anyone who was to write about econmics/social philosophy should experience it before writing and because she sought to learn the special knowledge that workers possessed [epistemological priviledge].
The current artilce says that Weil's mehtod is like that of James. But James in a pragmatist. Weil is a Platonist -something that James criticized.
I do not know what to do about the article. I do not feel right just taking out someone elses work and yet, I think the article needs correction.
Katel
I am looking for visual representation for a radius, an ancient tool for measuring distance on maps. I hope it isn't just a compass.
thanks so much. wsubity@yahoo.ca
Hello Do you know where I can study physiological psychology? I am doing my honours in psychology now in Australia and wondered if I can go on and do a Phd or Masters in Physiological Psychology. Everything mainly seems to be neuropsych.
Help could possibly change my life. my email is h.haydon@student.qut.edu.au
(moved from Talk:Physiological psychology by chris_73 04:50, 22 Apr 2004 (UTC))
I am an italian charm bracelet seller and have acquired a charm that looks like the british flag in the upper left hand corner and has the american red and white stripes on the rest of the charm. I have a picture, but do not know how to display it here. Can you tell me what this flag is?
I have color printed from your site all the countries for reference, and it does not appear to be any of the countries. Any help you can give me will be appreciated.
I apologize in adavance if you do not commonly answer questions of this sort, or if this site is not used for this purpose, but even my suppliers do not know the answer to this question, and they are selling these charms.
Thank you, Sandy
The maps of the south asian region shown all over wikipedia are incorrect. Pakistian occupied Kashmir is showed as a part of Pakistan, which is gross. It is a part of India and should be shown as such. can any one upload the correct map?
Greetings,
I have been unable to find out what "seventh wave" refers to.
Maybe you can add it to the wikipedia.
Thanks
Surrounded by water, it is not surprising that inhabitants of Ireland, Britain, Scotland and Wales considered water a boundary between this world and that. To go "beyond the seventh wave" was to disappear entirely. [33] JimD 02:49, 2004 Apr 24 (UTC)
I went to the Hermitage Museum in Russia where there was a painting called the seventh wave depicting a group of sailors facing the oncoming "seventh wave" in trepidation. According to the tour guide, folk-lore has it that sailors believe that if they can survive the seventh wave in a storm at sea, then they will live through the storm. [User:PaulM]
Hello,
I remember reading a book about a n older gentleman who was taken ill and traveld to a plave in Europe for rest. While he was there he "people watched" and landed his gaze on a beautiful young boy in his teens who was traveling with is aunt ot someone. This man spent all his time obsesing over this boy's beauty, and trying to come to terms with his own aging. Can you find the mname of the book and the author? I thought that Nietzsche wrote it, but when I looked up his titles, nothing rang a bell for me.
Can you help? Lisa Boerum ljboerum@yahoo.com
I'd like to find information on the subject person. First name Julia-last name could be spelled Mysliwy, or Mysliwa
Charles Bed173@juno.com
an elaborated version of the same question was added further down:
Gentlemen: I would appreciate any information you can provide or other link for subject name. The name could also be spelled Mysliwy. She left Galicia in 1910-1914 age 12,and came to the US. Her father had a glue factory(area unknown). She had three step-brothers same surname-first names unknown. sorry for the sketchy info. Thanks for any help you can provide. Charles Bed173@Juno,Com
Copied from the now-deleted article ¶ sic semper Dear all
May i ask you to help me ?
Where does the sentence "¶+sic+semper+tyrannis" appear?
I know the sentence is quite famous, but it is written somewhere prefixed by ¶
May I ask you for help
karluv@eresmas.com
Thank you
Um, sic semper tyrannis is the state motto of Virginia. Booth was quoting it. Rick K 23:55, 25 Apr 2004 (UTC)
If anyone has a copy, please send to gil.garcia@ed.gov
Thanks
Alright folks, I've got a tough one. I'm trying to find somewhere (newspaper, internet site, by-request flyer, whatever) that regularly lists the program schedule for a local Spanish-language television station (Channel 14, Telefutura, out of Arlington, Virginia.) It's ok if it's in Spanish (in fact, it almost certainly will be,) I just need to know where to get it. I could use from the site's Spanish speakers. If you could actually find the info I'm looking for, that'd be great. Otherwise, if anybody knows the appropriate Spanish vocabulary for things like "television station" "channel" "program schedule" or whatever, that would help me in my own searches. Isomorphic 16:48, 24 Apr 2004 (UTC)
I'm working on a research paper, and have mentioned that the Wikipedia receives about 3,000 editorial changes/updates per day. I read it somewhere on the Wikipedia, but can't remember where. Can anybody direct me to the correct link so that I can cite my source appropriately?
Thanks!
--Lori 4/24/04
I once read a short-story the plot of which is set at a dinner table having 2 (or more) families. The entire story is in direct speech (a monologue actually) by one of the ladies. As she keeps chattering, the reader gets to know the stories happening in the background of their lives. She is unaware that her husband was having an affair with the woman at the other side of the table, but the reader comes to know it before she does.
Expert piece of work, but I don't remember name of the story nor the author. Can someone help. Jay 22:00, 11 Apr 2004 (UTC)
In Scheme, if I have an unnamed lambda function, how do I get that function to call itself?
For example:
In this case, name-of-lambda-function should refer to the lambda function itself. Basically, I need Scheme's equivalent of "this" in C++.
Would you have the name of the author of this quotation ('citation' in French): "Penser, rever, savoir,c'est tout là.?"
Or, where do I search for like proverbs in French?
Thank you very much.
vivelafrance@myexcel.com
Savoir, penser, rêver. Tout est là. - Victor Hugo, Océan prose
Diderot 08:40, 27 Apr 2004 (UTC)
I'm currently writing a paper for a comparative religions class I am taking. In the course of my research, I consulted the Wikipedia article on Chakras. The article stated that there is some evidence that the ancient Greeks as well as the Early Christians had systems of chakras. One external link attached to the article provided some good, but brief information on the subject. I'm looking for a list of books, magazines, websites or organizations that can shed some more light on the topic.
Regards, John Haun Email: Jhaun@nycap.rr.com
moved from Village pump by IMSoP 21:58, 25 Apr 2004 (UTC)
Hi,
Thanks for your site.
Could you please supply some information on Short-toed eagle breeding & migration habits. I live in Southern España (www.geocities.com/lecringranada/birdlist) and have become very interested in the local Eagle population. The Spanish Imperial has completely disappeared from our area. Over the last 5 years, due to changes in agriculture and hunting, I have seen the decline of Bonelli’s until last year we only recorded one in the valley. However, this seems to have increased the population of both Booted and Short-toed eagles and I would like to know how large a territory each pair will need. I have watched as the Short-toed have flown with snakes and indeed have located snakes which they have dropped in flight , the largest of which was over 5 foot long. Quite often the effort of flight with such weight forces them to rest in open ground giving wonderful observation opportunities. At the end of the last breeding season we watched a family of 4 Short-toed on many muscle building flights before migration. From this I thought (no doubt in error) they had reared 2 chicks. This year we have seen the return of a juvenile before the adults. We were expecting the adults to force it into a new breading area but this has not happened. My question is, did I see the same family grouping last year made up of a new chick, a juvenile from a previous year & the two adults because the text books say they only hatch one egg per year?
Thanking you in anticipation , Ken Sumner.
Vanderesch 14:05, 29 Apr 2004 (UTC)
I wanted to do some mining on Wikipedia data. I got the link Database download from Arvindn and downloaded the dumps. But, the dumps seem to have only two tables cur and old. I would want to have the complete schema replicated on my machine. Please direct me to where the information is available.
Gentlemen- Thanks for your help with locating info on Julia Mysliwy. I'll follow your suggestions and hope for the best. Congratulations on your site. Best of luck. Charles Bed173@Juno.Com-
In the Wikipedia entry on "child sacrifice", it states that "many religions" sacrificed children in order to ward off "chaos". Could someone point me to the source of this statement? I'd be curious to know what religions sacrificed children specifically, when and where, etc...
i worked as an xtra in the movie, see photograph 6 of 32. I am the guy in the plaid shirt and black jacket. I live in Canada and would love to obtain a copy of the movie. can you please help me. my email is davidwilliams@telus.net thank you
Mr. Williams, can you explain what website you think you're posting to? Rick K 00:51, 27 Apr 2004 (UTC)
Do you know where I can obtain the purple variety of KUMARA??
Regards; bluelytes@yahoo.com
The translation of the 10 page article about basic in dutch results in a 4 page "summary" that is extremely inaccurate!! I vote for a new translation
I am looking for a line drawing that shows the products as crude oil is refined. Do you have such a thing and can you send it to me. michael.majorana@gm.com
British soldier's grave is buried at the top of the pass. What is the inscription on his tombstone? - (unsigned)
I heard a piece on NPR weekend edition where a caller asked for manners advice. The specific story I heard was about a teacher in Mississippi who was complaining about the grammar of the African-American students in her class. It seemed like a regular weekly segment, but I don't know the exact name and I would like to find a transcript. Can you help me?
See http://www.npr.org/transcripts/ is the place to start, but you'll have to pay for them. -- Merovingian ↕ Talk 09:06, Apr 29, 2004 (UTC)
On you begining paragraph for "Dalai Lama", you say that he is the most important religious leader in Tibetan Buddhism after the Penchen Lama. Then there is a link to "Penchem Lama", and the opening paragraph says that he is the second most important leader second to the Dalai Lama. Who is more important?
- :Huh. That's pretty funny. I don't myself know anything about Tibetan Buddhism, but I'll post your question on the Talk:Buddhism page, and someone may pick it up. कुक्कुरोवाच 21:22, 28 Apr 2004 (UTC)
The 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica claims March 28, whereas most later online biographies claim April 28, including the current online concise EB [36]. In 1918 the Russian calendar advanced 13 days (from Julian to Gregorian), and was 12 days behind in the 19th century according to Russian Revolution. If anyone has more information, please add to Talk:Mikhail Illarionovich Kutuzov. -- Zigger 18:21, 2004 Apr 28 (UTC)
What does "pradesh" mean, in stuff like Uttar Pradesh--state, land, country, county, etc? jengod 23:59, Apr 28, 2004 (UTC)
Pradesh would mean an entity smaller than a desh. Desh stands for country, nation etc., so pradesh would be a state, district, etc. Jay 06:14, 29 Apr 2004 (UTC)
Pradesh is similar to Province
According to http://www.worldstatesmen.org/China.html, the office of Prime Minister (宰相) only started in 1911. Before that, there were the Grand Secretaries. I thought there had been prime ministers for ages. What is "Grand Secretary" called in Chinese? -- Jia ng 00:28, 29 Apr 2004 (UTC)
Am interested in knowing how (presumably) scripts pick up news information from Wikipedia articles and formats them nicely on the Main Page. Excuse me for being too lazy to look for the information myself. :p
131.111.250.45 09:08, 29 Apr 2004 (UTC)
Are there any species of dragonflies found in Eastern Africa, specifically Tanzania?
On PTI a few weeks ago, the hosts were impressed when 14-year old Soccer phenom Freddy Adu mentioned that he golfs in the low 80's. They seemed to take this number much like someone would say they bowl in the low 200s. I understand that that number refers to the strokes taken on an 18-hole golf course, but how can this be any sort of indicator of how good he is? Isn't the average number of strokes different on any course? Is there some way in which this number is regulated across golf courses? - DropDeadGorgias (talk) 18:32, Apr 29, 2004 (UTC)