Reference desk archive/Humanities/September 2005 |
= G8 presidency order =
The 12:28, 21 August 2005 (UTC)
:Dear Colonel, When the current G8 was formed, it was not the G8, but the so called G7+1. At the time of the G7 s creation, Russia was not considered a stable world economic and militry power. As the other memebers of the G7 all joined at about the same time, there is not irregularity in the host s order until 1996. Upon the behest of President Bill Clinton, Russia was invited to a seperate P8 after the G8 meeting in 1991. It then hosted a Special summit on nuclear security in 1996. This does not change the order of hostings, as it was a special summit, and France hosted the actual G7 in 1996. From 1998 onward, Russia entered in the slot between the United Kingdom and Germany, as an offical G8 summit member. This is why they had to wait until the next complete cycle in order to host. Rather than have Russia take priority over France, the cycle was completed and Russia basicly tacked onto the end. So Russia will host in 2006, and again for the 2014 G8 summit. I hope I answered your question. If you have any other questions about, or for me, you can post them on my user page, or email me at Dariusthegreat88 at gmail dot com. -- 15:37, 3 September 2005 (EST)
= name of sculptor with the initials H> L> M> =
23:46, 1 September 2005 (UTC)
= typo correction needed =
the name for saudi royal family member khalid bin sultan bin abdulaziz al-saud is mis-typed. see the page below:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khalid_bin_Sultan
his name is khalid, not khakid. :Thank you for your suggestion! When you feel an article needs changing, please feel free to make whatever changes you feel are needed. Wikipedia is a 20:44, 31 August 2005 (UTC)
= Countries without an extradition treaty with the USA =
I am trying to find a list of the countires that currently do not have an extradition treaty with the US. I understand there to be at least 50. Can someone help me
:First tell us what you did. 17:01, 1 September 2005 (UTC) (p.s.: [http://answers.google.com/answers/threadviewid=27692])
: Countries which think that they don t have an extradition treaty with the US It s officially kidnap when the 23:12, 2 September 2005 (UTC)
At the risk of sounding (whatever)...from the looks of it, our anonymous poster may not be very Wiki-savvy--therefore let s not forget the obvious of recommending that s/he check 07:09, 5 September 2005 (UTC)
= Contract for benefit of a third party =
#.I want to know of differant kinds of pre-incorporated contracts and the differance detween them. #.Please tell me of the potencial liability that a company would face if it fails to incorporate,a contract for the benefit of the third party. #.How differant is commercal law from country to country,is it only the case studdies that are differant. #.Why is it so important to begging answearing your question by stating the genral law first. :Could you please rephrase the question. I don t understand the begging part. 23:31, 2 September 2005 (UTC)
:This looks like homework for an intro 17:23, September 3, 2005 (UTC)
= Shareholder responsibility, highjacking corporations, and asking difficult questions... =
I was having a conversation with a lawyer friend of mine a while back. She was telling me about a group of concerned citizens associated with an egalitarian & environmentalist NGO who decided one day to go and buy a lot of shares in Unilever or Altria or some corporation like that, just so they could turn up to the shareholders meeting and ask the board difficult questions . No doubt questions like why are you polluting such-and-such a river / why are you exploiting these labourors / etc .
So my question is this: Is there a buzzword describing this I thought I remembered my lawyer friend calling it something specific, but all I could think of is shareholder responsibility , which isn t really correct... it s more like a hostile exploitation of the corporation s quasi-democratic organisation used to pervert the course of their activities . Is there a buzzword for that -- 23:49, 1 September 2005 (UTC)
:I suddenly remembered the word Entryism ... I guess that s a good approximation, there might be something more specific though. *I would use the term shareholder activism, but it sounds like you re looking for a term with more hostile connotations. -- 03:22, September 2, 2005 (UTC)
::I ve never heard entryism used in this context. The people who ask such questions and who sponsor shareholder resolutions about corporate practices wouldn t consider it hostile or an attempt to pervert the organization. They usually call it shareholder activism seeking to enforce corporate responsibility or corporate accountability . The people polluting the river and exploiting the laborers refer to it as kooks at the annual meeting . 05:27, 3 September 2005 (UTC)
= The French Revolution =
I m writing a conspiracy theory story for my English project . I plan my story to be about the involvement of the Illuminati in the Bastille/French Revolution . Basically , it will be something like Dan Brown s The Da Vinci Code novel .
Can I have information about :
a) The geography of the Bastille building and its surroundings during the revolution period.
b) The weaponry used in that period . (So that I can plan an action sequence in my novel)
c) The level of scientific progress achieved in that period . In particular , I would like to know whether they already used electricity at that time , their communication devises available and their common methods of transportation .
d) The activities of the Illuminati and the churches in France at that time .
e) The customs of the French people in that period . In particular , I would like to know what ordinary citizens wear as clothing , what their typical meals are , what are their typical jobs and also their typical habits in day-to-day life during that period .
f) The situation in America at that time . Also , what did the French know about Americans/Europeans/Asians at that time
Thank you very much for your help ! James Chan .
:Have you checked out our 07:04, 2 September 2005 (UTC)
= john f kennedy speeches =
In which speech did JFK say and was it in regard to sending troops to Vietnam Those who make peaceful revolution impossible, make violent revolution inevitable. John F. Kennedy (1917 - 1963), In a speech at the White House, 1962
Thanks
:According to our friends at [http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/John_F._Kennedy Wikiquote] it is from a speech to Latin American diplomats at the White House (12 March 1962). 07:38, 2 September 2005 (UTC)
= Veils in weddings =
In a traditional (western) wedding, which is more common: that the father of the bride leads the bride down the aisle with her veil down, and then lifts it up for the groom, or he leads her down with the veil back, and then puts it over her face for the groom (who then lifts it up to kiss the bride) Or some other variation — 08:19, 2 September 2005 (UTC) :Well, if both my sisters had traditional Western weddings, the veil is down when she starts up the aisle with her father and it stays down until it s time for the groom to kiss the bride, at which time the bride lifts it. -- 10:22, 2 September 2005 (UTC)
::There are a few variations of this. Angr s version is perhaps the more traditional in that the bride remains veiled until she is married to the groom. More often, she is unveiled at the moment she meets the groom (pardon the sexism: showing the goods), but is veiled upon entering the church. However, there is always a lot of faff around weddings, and I ve seen brides enter the church unveiled, see te groom and pull the veil down (maybe he s just too ugly!). Sometimes the bride s father will lift the veil, and perhaps kiss his daughter before presenting her to be married. Otherwise, the groom lifts the veil. Because looking good is more important than symbolism these days, a bridesmaid sometimes lifts the veil to make sure that it s done right. 11:20, 2 September 2005 (UTC)
= Nikola Tesla =
Good morning, afternoon or evening,
When I typed in Google search engine Nikola Tesla one of the pages I was refered to was Wikipedia, saying: Nikola Tesla was a Proud Croat! (I got the biggest kick out of the capital P) Well, where to begin Do I really want to begin Nikola Tesla was a Serb or a serb. He may have been proud or Proud. But he was not a Croat nor a croat. America is sometimes, if not often, spelled america. : -- 11:19, 2 September 2005 (UTC) ::Good lord, telling someone to just jump in to that mess can t be a good idea. 03:42, 3 September 2005 (UTC)
::Yeah, that gave me a good laugh. You want to send someone unfamiliar with Wikipedia into one of the longest running, most violent disagreements in Wikipedia history To the asker, basically Tesla s ethnic group/nationality is highly contested, so what you saw may have been a short term result of that dispute. Some Wikipedia articles change quickly. If you would like to discuss the issue, click on the discussion tab above the article, then edit the page and leave a response at the bottom. However, you may be more interested in some of our less hotly contested areas instead. - 17:11, September 3, 2005 (UTC)
= Who designed the Rolling Stones Lips & Tongue logo =
Greetings:
I m looking to clear up a discrepency re: the Rolling Stones Lips & Tongue logo. I m writing an article about rock band logo design, and it is widely reported that Andy Warhol indeed designed the Rolling Stones iconic Lips & Tongue logo. He supposedly did the design when the Stones contract w/ Decca records expired and when they founded their own label -- the imaginatively titled Rolling Stones Records. This all happened during the recording of Sticky Fingers. The logo was originally intended to be the record label s logo... but was later co-opted as the band s.
I ve found differing reports stating the Andy Warhol DID design the logo, and that he DIDN t design the logo. I actually called the Warhol museum in Pittsburgh to clarify, by the curator who knows the answer is on vacation for sometime.
Any help Please
Thanks so much.
Matthew Newton
*Accoridng to 20:32, September 2, 2005 (UTC)
*The notes to 23:07, 2 September 2005 (UTC)
= New Orleans City Planning History =
How were portions of New Orleans built below sea level Did these areas sink Did they drain and/or excavate after building levees Are below-sea-level-portions of the city built on drained parts of The Mississippi River or Lake Pontchartrain
Any information would be much appreciated.
Thank you,
Neil Higgins
:I don t know if any areas were drained to be built upon or were built originally below sea level. I do know that there has been a recent sinking problem. To try to combat mosquito-borne illnesses, the city likes to pump it s drainage ditches dry. (In fact we had a recent Reference desk question on the design of the city s apparently quite expensive drainage pumping system.) This makes the soil drier and more compressible, which leads to buildings sinking. — 22:49, 2 September 2005 (UTC)
= Older Musicians =
I would like to know why Older Musicians that have played there entire lives always get ignored. I ve play pro all my life making peanuts and contiualy turned down by the industry. It s all about the youngsters. No shows or chances for dedicated players to strive for. Older equils experience, The country industry atleast gives all artist there shot regardless of age. Talent is what should count but it dosen t. There are a lot of great players out there like myself that don t much apreciate being treated as old. All those yougsters will soon be in the same boat before they no it. The industry may not make mega millions from older players but there still should be a place for us. But still might but even so, Mega thousand can still be made and there are alot of us our hear that buy Classic Rock & Roll because most of us don t like todays music. New Classic style Rock & Roll could still do well if we were to be given the chance. A classic T.V. compition or something that gives all Musicians an equil change at being part of the Music world that we all love. I dought you or any others out there would apreciate being pushed aside for nothing but the young. The biggest problem is the promotors that do pay to play, by exploting the tons a Kid bands that will play for free. The promotors takes all the money. It s a racket. I book all my own gigs and do better for me and My Band Chalice then any of them have been able to do, And thats sad cause we still make peanuts. All i m saying is that it would be very nice for someone out there with some power and insite to look outside the box and find way to for all Musicians. Especialy the ones that stay out there playing year after year. Hard working Musicians that could use the help for it s own industry. Thanks for listening. Peace. John Bone Davis
:You might be looking for our article on 21:04, September 2, 2005 (UTC)
::To go back to the original question, ie I would like to know why Older Musicians that have played there entire lives always get ignored I don t think that s true if you consider those that had success young and have managed to sustain a career Johnny Cash, Cliff Richard, Frank Sinatra all seemed to gain audiences that grew with them.
::It s probably true to say that it s very, very hard for an older musician to attract a young audience, because there s a lot of sex and rebellion bound up with a Western teenagers love of music. However, I don t see why you could not have success building an audience amongst your own age group.
::Although you re earning peanuts it s pretty astonishing for someone to be able to support themselves at all doing what they love. Can you not take solace in that If I could make the money of a bottom rung office clerk through writing, I d at least sometimes praise the fact I wasn t the office clerk. -- 16:39, September 5, 2005 (UTC)
=Christopher Chris Wilson and Good Charlotte=
The 20:04, September 2, 2005 (UTC)
:According to [http://www.goodcharlotte.com/death/index.phppage=MTB10 the band s website], the members names are Billy, Paul, Joel and Benji (seriously, Benji). I ve updated Wilson s article to reflect this. 21:40, September 2, 2005 (UTC)
=Homeland Security Director=
What was the name of the person that was either a nomimee or near nominee for this position prior to Michael Chertoff s nomination I think he was a friend of Mayor Rudolph Giuliani. 23:09, 2 September 2005 (UTC)
: 05:36, 3 September 2005 (UTC)
= EDSAC Computer Game Creator =
Where can I obtain a picture of A.S. Douglas. I have searched a long time. The year is 1952.
= Cesare Borgia as inspiration for images of Jesus in art =
What is the source of the suggestion that some pictures of Jesus Christ produced around Borgia s lifetime were based on Cesare Borgia, and that this in turn has influenced images of Jesus produced since that time. (from Wikipedia article on Ceare Borgia) --Cathstuart
:That line was added anonymously, in a much stronger form, by 08:47, 3 September 2005 (UTC)
= Circuit benches =
With respect to courts what does a circuit bench mean eg. ABC High Court has a bench in XYZ and a circuit bench in LMN 05:45, September 3, 2005 (UTC) :Does 17:24, 3 September 2005 (UTC)
::Not to the extent one might expect (in that it doesn t actually say why it s called a circuit). Luckily we have 21:49, September 3, 2005 (UTC) :::Yeah, that would make sense. I d guessed it would be a temporary court, but wanted to make sure for my article: High Courts of India. 07:44, September 4, 2005 (UTC)
= Persons on bail (law) =
What rights does a person released on bail have Can such a person stand for Public Office Elections while on bail Under British Common Law Thanks Dickson
:My Big Book O Election Law is two hundred miles away, but it s an interesting question. Someone on bail is bound over to appear in court and not to hot-foot it to Paraguay, but they are otherwise presumed innocent by the law. I believe they would be allowed to stand for election, though depending on the nature of the offence they would potentially have to abandon their candidacy or, if elected by then, resign from office if convicted. :Note that conviction doesn t automatically make them unfit to run in the election or hold office, but some offences - certainly things like breach of the electoral regulations - bar the person from running for office for a short time. For most crimes, this is not the case; as such, it d seem odd to let them run after being convicted, but not before. Hope that makes sense. 16:52, 3 September 2005 (UTC)
::I can t think of any reason why being on bail — or even in prison awaiting trial — would limit ones right to stand for office. Conviction, as Shimgray points out, is sometimes a factor. -- 08:41, September 4, 2005 (UTC)
= Your Unsubstantiated Claims about Genesis being a Myth =
Greetings: I was reading your yellow journalism {yellow journalism n. Journalism that exploits, distorts, or exaggerates the news to create sensations and attract readers.]}on Genesis. I was intrigued by your unsubstantiated opinion {unsubstantiated adj : unsupported by nother evidence [syn: uncorroborated]}: Genesis is both creation myth and a traditional history of the Israelites. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genesis_%28Old_Testament%29) I would be so very happy to see your scientific research (observations and reproducible experimentation) which backs this unsubstantiated claim that Genesis is a myth.
myth n. 1. 1.A traditional, typically ancient story dealing with supernatural beings, ancestors, or heroes that serves as a fundamental type in the worldview of a people, as by explaining aspects of the natural world or delineating the psychology, customs, or ideals of society: the myth of Eros and Psyche; a creation myth. 2. Such stories considered as a group: the realm of myth. 2. A popular belief or story that has become associated with a person, institution, or occurrence, especially one considered to illustrate a cultural ideal: a star whose fame turned her into a myth; the pioneer myth of suburbia. 3. A fiction or half-truth, especially one that forms part of an ideology. 4.A fictitious story, person, or thing: German artillery superiority on the Western Front was a myth (Leon Wolff).
For your convenience I have attached the definition of the scientific method in case your biased propaganda {biased n. 1. A preference or an inclination, especially one that inhibits impartial judgment./propaganda n. The systematic propagation of a doctrine or cause or of information reflecting the views and interests of those advocating such a doctrine or cause.} doesn t include the definition.
scientific method n. The principles and empirical processes of discovery and demonstration considered characteristic of or necessary for scientific investigation, generally involving the observation of phenomena, the formulation of a hypothesis concerning the phenomena, experimentation to demonstrate the truth or falseness of the hypothesis, and a conclusion that validates or modifies the hypothesis.
:See 13:56, 3 September 2005 (UTC)
:Condescend. v. 1. Communicatin in a manner implying your audience is less intelligent than you. 2. A poor way to attempt to get a point across. 17:30, 3 September 2005 (UTC)
Thank you for proving my point that your Wikipedia is nothing but a propaganda factory . . . . where truth can be edited at the discretion of any propagandist. . . not dictated by facts . . . btw . . . .how can you be condescending to a propagandist
: Sorry for my ignorance but what method of proof did you use Contradiction, contra-positive, induction Which inference rules did you use to draw that conclusion from the arguments -- 21:21, 3 September 2005 (UTC)
*: I have never seen any religious book with specific and precise facts. No measurements and accurate timelines. See Lord Kelvin s quote
:: I often say that when you can measure what you are speaking about, and express it in numbers, you know something about it; but when you cannot express it in numbers, your knowledge is of a meagre and unsatisfactory kind; it may be the beginning of knowledge, but you have scarcely, in your thoughts, advanced to the stage of Science, whatever the matter may be. --anon
yes, you ve found us out, Wikipedia is a yellow journalism materialist blog, and will surely be punished by the LORD for its impertinence. You are too good for wasting your time with this crappy website and should visit more godly sites, like http://www.landoverbaptist.org/ 07:30, 5 September 2005 (UTC)
You may be interested to become a member of the 10:47, 5 September 2005 (UTC)
I would like to apologize for our yellow journalism, please, good sir, give us your substantiated evidence of the story of Genesis which shows that it is not a myth, and we will get it in there right away. -- 13:51, 5 September 2005 (UTC) :the substantiation of the story of Genesis is, of course, the story of Genesis, you silly boy. It s right there on my shelf, printed black on white in Early Modern English. Now is that a substantial reference or what!! :p 20:29, 6 September 2005 (UTC)
([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:R_Lee_E talk], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/R_Lee_E contribs]) 22:27, September 5, 2005 (UTC)
You know, I suppose everyone thinks it s obvious, but reading the original complaint I m not sure exactly what it s trying to say. Here are four statements: : 1. Genesis is a myth. : 2. Genesis is a religious belief. : 3. Genesis is a true fact. : 4. Genesis is false. Clearly the original poster disagrees with 1. But which of the remaining three is the original poster arguing for ) 01:00, 11 September 2005 (UTC)
If you still have problems with this page please winge
= Kievskaya Rus ...Czerwona/Krasnaya, Czarna/Chornaya, Biala/Belaya =
-- 14:18, 3 September 2005 (UTC)Greegings:
Rus had 3 colors. Is the significance/meaning of these from Viking lore, or was it a specific development of Oleg and Olga
Near Kiev...Czerwona/Krasnaya/Red Rus . Near Grodno...Czarna/Chyornaya/Black Rus . E. Belarus...Biala/Belaya/White Rus .
What is/was the significance or original intentional meaning of Black, White, and Red, in this specific context
Thank You, Dziekuje, Spasibo!
Tomasz Ryszardowicz Rajtar Tanya, Baba Jaga of Kawashaway
:According to the 17:25, 3 September 2005 (UTC)
= Joseph Cornell =
Was Joseph Cornell an emotionlist, imitationalist, or formalist
:He made art by putting junk in boxes. You tell us. - 02:31, 4 September 2005 (UTC)
= Cruiser Act =
Were the 20 ships authorized by congress by the 00:00, September 4, 2005 (UTC)
:The seven 13:05, 4 September 2005 (UTC)
= Head of State =
Who was the Governor General or Head of State in Jamaica and Canada in the year 1925
:see [http://www.rulers.org/ Rulers.org]. Canada s Governor General was Julian Hedworth George Byng, Baron Byng of Vimy (b. 1862 - d. 1935). Jamaica had three Governors during 1925 (not Governors General), successively Sir Samuel Herbert Wilson (b. 1873 - d. 1950), Sir Herbert Bryan (acting), and A.S. Jeef (acting). - 02:29, 4 September 2005 (UTC)
:: And Canada s de jure head of state in 1925 was 05:28, September 4, 2005 (UTC) :::As was Jamaica s. 21:59, September 4, 2005 (UTC) ::::Jamaica good point there. — 16:44, September 6, 2005 (UTC)
= Hammer and Sickle =
Who invented the 06:15, 2005 September 4 (UTC)
= Unfair Business Practices =
I have an online business. I deal with about 25 manufactuers. But I have two (although the are associated) seems to be practicing unfair price fixing and more.
They both: 1. Are setting prices and not allowing fair market trade. I am not allowed to price below their selling point. They are controlling the price of their products as me as a vendor and a competitor. They are even going so far as tell me that I can t offer free shippings or offer a free gift in leau of free shipping because it competes with them. 2. Asking me to sign an angreement to such as above.
Individually: 1. Not allowing me to advertise the product, even though I am the vendor and they the supplier. They also sell the product and don t want me advertsing the product on the internet as they don t want the competition.
Individually: 1. One misreapresented themselves as the wholesaler of all the products on their site, when in fact they only wholesaled one product. Emailed me their wholesale list and when I posted the products on my website with their descriptions and I set my own prices, threatened me with a lawsuit, again trying to make me conform to their prices or requiring me to remove their products from my site. They never informed me of their terms and conditions and certainly not their price setting practices.
I live in Illinois. Please advise.
:While there may well be Wikipedians able to answer this in detail, I would note Wikipedia s 19:09, 4 September 2005 (UTC)
:What you describe may very well be illegal, but you would need an attorney well versed in trade law to help you decide. Even then, it may not be worth initiating legal action because the repercussions may be worse than the current situation. There are probably people you can contact at the FTC that handle things like that though. Try their website to email or look for their phone number to call them. - 15:17, September 6, 2005 (UTC)
= Trade Theories =
What Economic theories would best explain the trade potential between a large developing country and its underdeveloped neighbour :If I have time I can do some research later but just to brainstorm ideas (some or all of which you may have already thought of)...the underdeveloped neighbor can tap a market in the LDC, almost like a cottage industry to supply that market...the LDC can tap a huge market for consumer goods that the neighbor probably lacks (TVs, electronics, plastics)...just a start. I ll try to get back to this later if you still need. Thanks -- 06:59, 5 September 2005 (UTC)
:You re probably looking for the theory of 07:00, September 5, 2005 (UTC) ::You might also want to read up on 21:40, September 5, 2005 (UTC)
=Dellis=
Does anyone have any information on a group of people called the dellis I was planning on writing an article on them, but I can t find any info on them. All I know is that they were a Turkish army unit in the 1700s that wore eagle feathers on their armor and were considered insane because they fought so daringly. Thanks. 22:58, September 4, 2005 (UTC)
:No luck finding anything about them via google, though I have found some links to the Polish Hussars who also wore eagle feathers: [http://www.rencentral.com/sept_vol1/hussars.shtml], [http://www.kasprzyk.demon.co.uk/www/Army.html], [http://www.hyperhistory.net/apwh/bios/b2sobieskijan.htm] (also see 03:26, 5 September 2005 (UTC)
::Searching on dellis and ottoman finds me various miniatures pages, which seem to date them to circa the Rennaisance period. It might be worth poking around wargaming books dealing with this period, and seeing if there s anything helpful there. :: Delis and ottoman finds quite a bit too, and this suggests they were light cavalry used as scouts, recruited from converts in the Balkans (so some sources call them Serbs )... but then some other sources use the term for Kurdish tribesmen. I would assume the former is what you re after. 12:34, 5 September 2005 (UTC)
= Minors and Weapons =
Is it legal for minors to carry non-concealed weapons in the United states -- anon :Well, they can get hunting permits, but I don t know what the laws are concerning carrying pistols or other weapons not for the purpose of hunting. 23:31, September 4, 2005 (UTC) ::This is almost certainly the sort of law that will be different from state to state, so there s probably no single answer to the question anyway. -- 06:29, 5 September 2005 (UTC)
= Where can I buy flags =
Hi there. Your website has a page about the flag of the Isle of Lewis and also one for the Isle of North Uist (both in the western isles of Scotland). I was hoping you could tell me where i can buy these flags.
please email me at thanks
Peter
The phone number for the Highlands of Scotland Tourist Board is 0845 2255121. Call them - they may be able to point you in the direction of someone who can help (perhaps a gift shop in Lewis / North Uist). 11:58, 5 September 2005 (UTC)
:If you can t find someone who stocks a particular flag, many manufacturers will make them to order. For example, House of Flags will sew/print anything they don t have ready-made [http://www.flags.co.uk/infolive/index.phpid=46]. 18:45, 6 September 2005 (UTC)
= World War II =
(no question)
:Yeah, it was something, wasn t it Our 14:25, 5 September 2005 (UTC)
= Medals =
Highest medal issue to a policeman 1875 in the rain of Queen Victoria
Which country is/was this medal awarded in And do you want to know details of the medal or the recipient -- 06:06, 7 September 2005 (UTC)
=US politics: The Second Term Surprise=
I m British, still resident there, and just watched the BBC News on TV. Covering Hurricane Katrina the correspondent said the hurricane is Bush s second term surprise . The implication being that presidents have tended to get an event in the second term that is given this label.
Now, I m sure it s just a nice journalistic conceit (as when looking for a face in clouds, it will not be long before you find one, so similarly it would be more surprising if something unexpected did not occur during a president s second term) but I thought it might be interesting to know what others have been in any case.
However, two logical Google searches didn t seem to tell me much.
So... is the phrase something that American wikipedians recognise What other second term surprises have there been -- 18:39, September 5, 2005 (UTC)
:The term is new to me too, but if I had to guess, 19:44, 5 September 2005 (UTC)
::Perhaps the launch of 19:50, 5 September 2005 (UTC)
:::I follow U.S. politics pretty closely, and am an American, and I ve never heard this one. 02:17, September 6, 2005 (UTC)
:The implication may have been that this is Bush s second term surprise , as opposed to Bush s first term surprise . Which, as I type this, was four years ago, almost to the exact hour.. -- 13:29, 11 September 2005 (UTC)
::Thanks all. Not enough to justify an article it seems. -- 21:14, September 11, 2005 (UTC)
I think *the BBC is to the political left of President Bush *a lot of modern journalishm has POV remarks *this is a common POV remark
For most informed people, 9/11 in Bush s first term was not a surprise, but a shock. Similarly, the damage to the Gulf of Mexico was not a surprise, but a shock. Some time in the next 10 years or so, terrorists will probably set off WMD in some major western city, which will not be a surprise, but a shock. Not a surprise, because we all know it is coming. A shock, because we can t predict that the disaster will be this storm, or that attack, which calendar date etc.
Many politicians do not get the news as rapidly as the people ... some are too busy to be glued to the TV, so the TV watchers can be disappointed in their leaders first reactions to the media questions. 08:34, 13 September 2005 (UTC)
:My suspicion is that very few people (or even right-wing publications) would go so far as to accuse the BBC of political bias for using the word surprise . -- 02:48, 15 September 2005 (UTC)
= 1983 giro d Italia =
In 1983 I was a young cook in Gorizia, Italy. During the last tappa of the Giro d italia cycling competition, somebody from the Visentini team, then second, tryied to bribe me and another cook in order to serve a laxative to Giuseppe Saronni. I turned the person to the authorities and prevented a scandal. Since then I have moved to the States and now have a child of my own. All my newspaper clippings went missing after the move and I don t have anything to show to my daughter. Sadly she is learning how to win at school and in sport competitons by cheating and I would like to show her how the cheater is the real loser. If you can help me it would be deeply appreciated. Sincerely, Alessandro Bozzato P.S. it happened in Gorizia (Italy) in 1983 (66th giro d Italia) at the Hotel ACI and Visentini was 2nd behind Beppe Saronni. The cheater was the owner (I believe) of the factory that supplied the weels for Visentini s bike. (Note that the athlete was unaware of the scheme)
:Most online archives of news articles don t run back that far. You might have some success writing someone like the BBC or a cycling magazine. — 19:14, 5 September 2005 (UTC)
::Or perhaps writing to the people who organise the competition They probably keep records of press coverage... though I suppose they might have decided to tactfully forget about this incident. 23:34, 5 September 2005 (UTC)
= American Civil War =
1. What was the major cause of the civil war Just before the civil war, what was the major attributes of the slaves in the South (Did they make more money Were they able to see their family more Did they move to more families in a shorter period of time Or was there a lot of resistance)
Sounds like you are trying to get someone to do your homework but, on your first question, the major cause, at some level, was regional difference. Most obviously, the South had a highly agricultural economy based on slave plantations, and the north had increasingly developed a more industrialized economy based on free labor (although some slave states, notably Maryland, never joined the confederacy). These basic differences also played out in other ways, such as different views on tariffs. And, on top of that, the constitution really was a bit ambiguous about whether states could secede. The war was precipitated by Lincoln s victory in the presidential election. While Lincoln himself was not clearly abolitionist, his party largely was, and the South anticipated that the Republican victory meant an attack on their entire way of life.
As for your second question, about the slaves, I honestly don t understand what you are asking. Did who make more money than what etc. -- 03:40, September 6, 2005 (UTC)
Most people on both sides considered the major attribute of a slave to be unfree . The purpose of having slaves was for them to make money for the owner; it was uncommon for slaves to be paid. Resistance by whom Resistance by slaves happens to be a debated issue, with the politically correct view being that there was much resistance (broadly interpreted), but acts of violent or effective public resistance by slaves to the system were rare. 01:26, 11 September 2005 (UTC)
= World War 1 and 2 =
1. What was the major reason the US entered into World War I and II (was it to establish world power economical reasons border safety)
World War II : because they were kind of...bombed... — 20:33, 5 September 2005 (UTC)
:WWI: because if France and Great Britain would be defeated, they wouldn t be able to pay their war debts to the US. (For a different take, see 18:52, 6 September 2005 (UTC)
::This is a question whose answer depends on one s worldview. Rather than give my opinion, I suggest you read further and make your own conclusions. Trite answer, yes, but, oh well. -- 06:44, September 7, 2005 (UTC)
:So that they could use Well, we saved your ass as a handwave response to any criticism. 11:28, 7 September 2005 (UTC)
::Damn right! Our current government may be mainly knaves and fools, but they are our knaves and fools, thank you. 01:30, 11 September 2005 (UTC)
= colonies and native americans =
1. What was the native americans in the northern plains during the 18th century mostly associate with (hunters/gatherers, permanent villages or one with nature) 2 what as the primary purpose of the mass bay colony
:Looks like someone has Social Studies homework. Why don t you read 19:19, 5 September 2005 (UTC)
::For the first question see 05:20, 6 September 2005 (UTC)
Uhunh to Nunh-huh (I ve been wanting to say that): he is right. Get this [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0684818868/qid=1126402415/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/102-8386911-6048166v=glance&s=books book], ( ISBN 0684818868 ) and you will find your history course much more interesting. 01:36, 11 September 2005 (UTC)
= Legal term: prolly missing article =
Is there an article for 20:28, 5 September 2005 (UTC)
: We do have 20:42, September 5, 2005 (UTC)
:: And we also have 03:43, September 6, 2005 (UTC)
*State s witness is probably covered in 12:00, September 6, 2005 (UTC)
**I also found 15:11, 6 September 2005 (UTC)
= Louis Phillipe 1, King of the French, ca. 1835 =
Dear Prof,
In a scrapbook maintained by my Great, Great, Great Great Grandfather James Morris Whiton, a business man from Boston who was in England and ParisFrance during the 1830s, is a draft of a letter to the King.
Sire! The undersigned Citizens of the U.S. now in Paris participating in the common joy which is felt at the escape of your majesty from the murderous attempt which has lately been made upon your life--beg leave to offer to your Magesty & to your family, as well as to the French Nation, their sincere congratulations--and in doing this they cannot withhold their expression of their abhorrance of the depravity in which that attempt originated or of their cordial sympathy with the friends & relatives of those who unhappily fell victims to it.
They beg leave at the same time to express their.....
There is no reference in Wikepedia to this event, which I think must have been an attempted assassination in which Louis escaped harm but others were less fortunate.
If I knew when this event occured I would know more exactly when James Whiton was in Paris.
Nearby to the page on which this draft is pasted are a MEURICE S HOTEL reckoning for December 26-31, 1834; and a bill from a COUTURIERRE EN ROBES, Melle Pierron at Rue de Michadiere ( undated ) and a formal invitation to dine at M & M Welles on July 30, 1835.
I hope you can more exactly pinpoint the date of this Letter to the King and tell me about the attempt on his life.
With thanks,
John Whiton Hutchinson
:We have an article on 23:32, 5 September 2005 (UTC)
= The Supreme Court =
My question is who decides whether or not the Supreme Court will hear or decide your case . Is that the Chief Justice s position
Dick Grace
:At the beginning of each term, the Justices look at each case that s been appealed to them, and they meet and discuss them. If four justices agree to hear a case, it s placed on the docket. Unfortunately, this isn t mentioned in our article, AFAICT. Best wishes, 02:13, September 6, 2005 (UTC)
:Wow, yeah, assuming you mean the 15:04, September 6, 2005 (UTC)
::Thanks for catching my latent America-centrism. Best wishes, 18:01, September 10, 2005 (UTC)
About ten thousand cases are appealed to SCOTUS each year. Under the Certiorari Act, passed in the 1920 s at the behest of Chief Justice Taft, the Court enjoys large discretion in what cases it hears. Besides its original jurisdiction--e.g. lawsuits between states over the boundaries--there are almost no cases that the Court is obligated to review. (I believe the McConnell v. FEC campaign finance case was one Congress mandated it hear.) Eight of the nine justices--Stevens is the exception--pool the cases and have their clerks review and write memos on why the Court should hear a case. The best reason the Court has to hear a case is where the Courts of Appeal have come to different rulings on the same topic in different circuits and to promote uniformity, the Supreme Court has to step in. But any case that gets four votes to hear it is on the docket. At the beginning of the term, the justices meet and vote on which cases to hear out of the thousands that built up during the summer. As the term progresses, they will issue more decisions on what it will hear. The Court notes what cases it will hear in a printed order list distributed like its opinions and will be printed in the United States Reports. I hope this helps. )
According to The Brethren , the justices must have 4 votes to hear a case for it to be heard.
= Alexander the Great =
Where was Alexander the Great born in Some sources say he s Greek, other Macedonian. After reading Foreign relations of the Republic of Macedonia#Naming dispute with Greece, I learn that the Macedonia region is a part of Greece too! So was ATG Macedonian-Macedonian or Greek-Macedonian as per today s boundaries 06:10, September 6, 2005 (UTC)
:Alexander was born in 11:42, 6 September 2005 (UTC)
::So its right to say he was of Macedonian ethnicity of Greek citizenship 15:07, September 6, 2005 (UTC)
:I wouldn t say that either statement was right. Alexander was culturally Greek and King of Macedon. To make a statement much beyond this is a matter of modern politics, and pretty pointless. 15:21, 6 September 2005 (UTC)
:Ok thanks for the answer. 18:09, September 6, 2005 (UTC)
::The question of Macedonia s greekness is a controversial issue, then and now. So the distinction is not purely factual, calling him either Greek or Macedonian would probably be considered correct, usually. -- 06:41, September 7, 2005 (UTC)
= Maurice Halbwachs =
I would like to know how to pronounce the French Sociologist name, Halbwachs Should I pronounce Halbwachs in French way, so [h] sound is mute, also [s] is mute, and what about the [b] sound in his name
Could you let me know what is the right way to pronounce his name with the pronunciation symbols
Thank you.
: 12:05, 6 September 2005 (UTC)
= Original Composer of Canyon.mid =
Does anyone remember canyon.mid that shipped with Windows 3.1 up until Windows 95 or 98 Curious as to who the original composer was. I always thought it was Tangerine Dream since it has that cheesy style they turned towards in the 80 s and I know their Canyon Dreams album was made in the late 80s or early 90s, but I ve since heard Canyon Dreams and now I know that canyon.mid has nothing to do with TD. So who exactly composed this piece of nostalgic stinky cheese that shipped with Windows before it stopped shipping in WinXP -- 08:00, 6 September 2005 (UTC)
:I don t know, but I stumbled across this page about [http://weblogs.asp.net/cfranklin/archive/2004/05/15/1326a6.aspx the guy who wrote REGGAE.MID and JAZZ.MID] which I thought was pretty funny. -- 21:26, 10 September 2005 (UTC)
:If you have a MIDI sequencer, you can see the following text contained in the file: Canyon Music © 1991 Passport Designs, Inc. Produced By The Music Data Company . -- 08:14, 11 September 2005 (UTC)
= what is the true date of birth of Edvin Hevonkoski =
The date of birth of 13:27, 6 September 2005 (UTC)
= BOONE INFORMATION =
In your page of information about Daniel Boone, just above Noted Activities , there is this reference. On December 31, 1747, Israel Boone married Mary S Wharton who was not herself a Quaker.....and so on.
I need to ask you if you can be very specific about the source of that information. From the work of other researchers, the date of the marriage and Israel s wife s non-Quaker affiliation are accurate. However, no one has ever discovered the name of Israel s wife ( who would be my 5th ggm)
I am trying to coroborate the authenticity of any theoretical name or to uncover the true identity of the unknown wife. I have a 5th cousin who is a direct female to female to female descendant and her mtDNA will be exactly the same as the unknown wife.
Can you authenticate your reference to Mary S Wharton
Thanks very much.
Power D Custer Jr Okemos, MI
:You might be best advised to ask on 17:03, 6 September 2005 (UTC)
:In other words, sorry. But go Chieftains! - 17:22, September 7, 2005 (UTC)
= Einstein s niece =
18:29, 30 August 2005 (UTC)
=Kingman Brewster quotation=
There s a wonderful quotation from Brewster, once Yale s president, that appears on his tombstone. It s about assuming the best and not the worst in people, but I m at a loss for specific words to try to search for it on Google. If someone has a copy of Simpson s Contemporary Quotations, I believe it is in there. Any help 17:50, 6 September 2005 (UTC)
:You could try browsing our sister project [http://en.wikiquote.org Wikiquote]. — 18:11, 6 September 2005 (UTC)
::How good is your vision [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgipage=pis&GRid=6727577&PIgrid=6727577&PIcrid=1607917&PIpi=1169975&pt=Kingman+Brewster&ShowCemPhotos=Y&] - 01:40, 7 September 2005 (UTC)
= What was the name for philosophy before the Greeks =
Was their an even older name for philosophy before the Greeks Are there any examples of cultures older than the Greeks who used a word to describe what today we would refer to as philosophy
--anon
:I don t think there was anything like philosophy in the west prior to the ··· 00:44, September 7, 2005 (UTC)
:I don t think Eastern philosophy can be said to have been invented at any particular time, though it certainly reached its peak around 500BCE. The Sanskrit word 09:34, 7 September 2005 (UTC)
= Origin of Italy as a Name =
When did Italy become first known as Italy or Italia The HBO series Rome uses the name Italy. *See 03:39, 7 September 2005 (UTC)
= How do people in your community particpate in their local government =
How do people in your community particpate in their local government
:Which community are you enquiring about If you want to know how to involve yourself perhaps you could visit a council meeting or get in touch with your local political representative -- 06:11, 7 September 2005 (UTC)
::I ll give you a response, although I m not exactly sure what you are after. In my community, 12:40, September 7, 2005 (UTC)
:::Perhaps he means the 17:40, September 10, 2005 (UTC)
= Anti-Fascist Circle =
I m looking for more information on the Anti-Fascist or Anti-Nationalist Circle. You have a brief description of it in an article of the band Strike Anywhere. What I am looking for is, a bit more of a in-depth meaning, and the origin of this symbol.
The symbol can be described as three arrows on a downward/right angle inside an enclosed circle.
thanks much,
--jamie.
: You might do better to ask at 05:09, September 10, 2005 (UTC)
= Baz Luhrmann =
Does anyone besides for myself consider 09:14, 7 September 2005 (UTC)
:Well, he certainly falls within the remit of the theory as Truffaut originally stated it. -- 11:22, 7 September 2005 (UTC)
= Legal System in New Orleans =
What impact will Hurricane Katrina have on the legal system and statutes of limitations Also, is there any law that governs loss of records by an attorney located in the hurricane area that would allow a suit to be filed for damages resulting from that loss of a client s records
: Regarding your second question, I don t think so. In order to sue someone, that person has to have done something wrong (whether by commission or omission). As you ve not said exactly what your predicament is, so let s say your legal papers were in your lawyer s office, that you were sueing some third party, and that your papers (including original documents) were destroyed by the flood. Now, I don t think you re claiming your lawyer deliberately destroyed your documents, or caused the flood himself. So that leaves omission (i.e. negligence). That comes in if the lawyer has some kind of duty toward you. A duty can arise for several reasons, but by far the commonest is that you hired him; if you haven t hired him yet, then it s very possible he has no duty to you, or a very limited one. But lets suppose you have hired (retained) him. This means he has a duty to look after your papers. It s a duty to take reasonable care of them, and he s breached that duty if he s cared for them in an unreasonable manner. Reasonable pretty much means what a normal person would do, when acting with due dilligence . It would be unreasonable if he kept your papers in a plastic bag inside a toilet cistern, or pinned to his car antenna. Presumably the papers were in a locked filing cabinet in his New Orleans office. So to show he breached his duty of care (which you need to do in order to sue him) you need to show that storing your papers in that way wasn t reasonable. He ll argue that hundreds of other lawyers and other businesses kept similar records in a similar manner (including, it s likely, the court and the judge in his private practice). It s reasonable to expect bad hurricanes in Louisiana (but really the hurricane is very unlikely to have done the damage), but it s not reasonable to expect catastrophic floods (clearly almost no-one expected a catastrophic flood). So assuming your lawyer kept your paperwork in his office in a sensible container then I think he acted reasonably, discharged his duty to a sufficient degree, and so you won t prevail if you try to sue him claiming otherwise.
: There is the matter of insurance. He ll have buildings and contents insurance, and you may be able to claim against that. Now, normal contents insurance only covers you for the actual value of stuff (either their resale value or their replacement value), and don t cover for speculative value . A few bits of paper have a retail value of only a dollar; any monies you might hope to have gained from your lawsuit were speculative, so ordinary contents insurance won t cover you for that. I don t know what kind of insurances lawyers carry, but it s hard to imagine any insurer brave enough to cover such speculative values (the opportunities for massive insurance fraud would be huge). -- 19:36, September 7, 2005 (UTC)
:Regarding your first question, I saw on the TV news (I not know how reliable this is), that both Federal Congress and State Legislature passing emergency bills (new laws) so that people arrested in the midst of the crisis, can stay locked up longer than usual, in places other than what would be normal if there was no crisis (such as the Greyhound bus terminal, and a prison in another county), have their cases heard elsewhere in the state than the jurisdiction where their crimes allegedly occurred. : Given that 80% of the city was under water, including police stations, court houses, medical examiner offices, district attorney offices, etc. all kinds of evidence needed for use in future trials may have got damaged. This will make it more difficult to convict the guilty, and also more difficult for the innocent to have access to evidence that would prove them innocent (it got destroyed). Witnesses have also been scattered all over the place. 08:46, 13 September 2005 (UTC)
= Is our National Guard Missing =
Where is our National Guard The news reports say that we have over 300,000 Guard troops serving in the USA. News reports say that 18,000 to 20,000 troops are in and around New Orleans. Yet, these guards do not appear in news casts in any large numbers. One station had to show training footage when discussing the Guard helping in Louisianna. Are we being lied to about our troop strength
For months now, the Armed Services have stated that recruitment is been down by ten percent. If it is only down by this small number, why is the military offering as much as $20,000 per recruit for specialty jobs Is it possible that the reason we could not air lift food and supplies to New Orleans is because we do not have the skilled people to load and fly the helicopters
Secretary of Defence, MacNamara, lied about the number of Viet Cong killed in Viet Nam. He wanted to give the American people the impression that we were winning the war. Is it possible that Rummy is falsifying our actual troop strength to make it look like we have enough personnel to wage wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and still protect the American people at home Is the all volunteer Armed Services a failure in time of war Will we need to implement the draft in order to have adquate troop strength How can we find out the truth of the actual readiness of the American Armed Services ````
It also depends by what news you are watching. I generally wouldn t trust TV news for anything. I would highly doubt that it would be possible to falsify military strength numbers without somebody noticing. As far as the 20,000 bonus is concerned, it s a drop in the bucket compared to training expenses and the money spent on the soldier over their three year contract. It s simply a chunk of cash to entice young kids without a ton of money to sign up. I believe the military has been offering large signing bonuses for a long time now.
*Well, for one thing, there are a lot of national guardsmen in Iraq and Afghanistan right now. [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9117367/ Here s a recent news article] on the question of National Guardsmen and the hurricane. Unless they re all lying to you... -- 21:06, 10 September 2005 (UTC)
= Clipart copyright =
Does anyone know what the copyright status of Microsoft Office clipart images is Would it cause any problems if anyone used one on a book cover - 18:23, September 7, 2005 (UTC)
: A google for microsoft clip art copyright yields the following article (at http://www.webmasterworld.com/forum36/1801.htm, although the direct URL may not work) which says Important note with respect to use of clip art: Certain clip art contained in microsoft products should not be commercially redistributed nor used for commercial purposes. . -- 18:34, September 7, 2005 (UTC)` *I suspected as much, but does anyone know how to trace the copyright status of a particular clipart image - 20:21, September 7, 2005 (UTC)
:*The answer is that you probably can t, because Microsoft Office doesn t usually provide lots of copyright details. You could try e-mailing someone at Microsoft -- but good luck. Is the image one which would be difficult to replace with something similar but free If you want to try e-mailing it to me I d be happy to take a look at it and see if I could come up with anything acceptable. -- 02:45, 14 September 2005 (UTC)
= Divorce =
Whats the deal with 22:00, 7 September 2005 (UTC) :I don t know about the UK, but in the US, I think what people call divorcing one s parents is really just the minor 17:50, September 8, 2005 (UTC) : I d also guess that the poster is referring not to 17:53, 8 September 2005 (UTC)
::A different guess: The poster may have heard of a psychotherapy method that uses the concept of divorcing one s parents . It seeks to eliminate negative effects of aspects of one s upbringing. It s variously referred to as the 08:29, 12 September 2005 (UTC)
= Tennyson =
Please tell me in which poem of Tennyson s the phrase Nature red of tooth and claw appears. Thank you. Rosemary Molloy
:The piece is In Memoriam , and the text can be found at http://charon.sfsu.edu/tennyson/inmemoriam.html. The line you remember is in section 56. 22:36, 7 September 2005 (UTC)
= If congress wanted to reduce the number of justices, who would have to leave =
:I would assume that they d take the lowest seniority judges first. — 03:58, 8 September 2005 (UTC) *Congress can t force Supreme Court justices off the court by reducing the number of seats; they have life tenure (during good behavior ). The only way Congress could shrink the Supreme Court is by attrition (providing that seats on the Court will not be filled when they become vacant); this actually happened in the 1860s, when the Court was reduced from 10 seats to 8 (later increased again to 9). See 06:28, September 8, 2005 (UTC) :*Oh...so basically at the moment we d just not fill those two vacant spots. — 02:04, 9 September 2005 (UTC)
:::The good behavior clause means that a federal judge (including a Justice of the Supreme Court) can be removed from office through the process of impeachment and conviction. This has happened several times, though never to a member of the Supreme Court. See 08:38, 12 September 2005 (UTC)
= who is the pope =
Taking a look at 03:07, September 8, 2005 (UTC)
= Nominating a US Supreme Court Chief Justice =
I thought that the chief justice was the one with the highest seniority in the court...not whoever was nominated to the position. — 03:58, 8 September 2005 (UTC) *No, that s not the case. Of the last three Chief Justices, 06:21, September 8, 2005 (UTC) *It s been quite rare for a sitting Associate Justice to be made Chief Justice. In fact, it s only happened three times, 14:46, 8 September 2005 (UTC)
I know that there is no requirement that a US Supreme Court Justice be a lawyer, but has there ever been a justice who was not a lawyer 21:26, September 8, 2005 (UTC) *No, every one has been a lawyer. -- 01:45, September 9, 2005 (UTC)
= a copy of the poem O Ama Cong Dios =
You probably mean Con Dios Via Google s cache I found:
O Ama con Dios O gran Dios mi Padre tolongan aco quered ayudarme amponin aco sedme favorable nang mayari ito porque esto se acabe at icao ang ang purihin y a vos os alaben.
08:35, 10 September 2005 (UTC)
= Essai sur les données immédiates de la conscience =
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Sirs: I find it STRIKING! that an essay on Henri Bergson s Essai sur les données immédiates de la conscience (Time and Free Will), 1889 is MISSING. Shocking. Flabberghasted. For me, this is none less then the second most influential work on philosophy in the western world. This essay essentially changed my life dramatically from the moment I read an arguibly poor translation. ( I have heard it had a similar effect on William James ). SO: What to do 1) Learn the structure and flavor of expounding and refrencing philoposiphal thought on wikipedia. 2) Find out from Bibliothèque nationale de France Who made the difinitive translation for both cross refrencing, and footnoting. 3) Practice both the wikipedia system merhanics, and writing along the guide lines. 4) submit a porposal for the article 5) recieve feedback on clairfications and corrections. 6) Include these in the update of the article.
One MUST consider that not only was this essay one of the most influential, but also one of the most controversial before the first world war, it caused riots in Paris. *There s nothing wrong with discussing an important essay, but please remember that primary source material belongs at [http://en.wikisource.org WikiSource] and that Wikipedia is an encyclopedia which discusses the topic, and not publish the material itself. - 08:23, September 8, 2005 (UTC)
*Yeah, I d say you ve pretty much got it, except Wikipedia article s aren t essays, they are a collection of facts about a topic. So you d need to cite prominent scholar s opinions of the work, not your own. Then for 4, why not just create the article instead, and then let others help you edit it to conform to Wikipedia s style and formatting conventions. You may want to see 17:38, September 8, 2005 (UTC) :::Of course Wikisource already has the [http://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/Essais_sur_les_donn%C3%A9es_imm%C3%A9diates_de_la_conscience full text] of Bergson s essay (in French). 18:24, 8 September 2005 (UTC)
*Also, one quick note: Since posting my email address, I have been inundated by FourOneNineScammers...so I made a nice pot of honey for them
= Ben Jonson quote on horses =
Hi
I need to correctly cite the source of a quote:
Ask me for poetry in motion, and I will show you the horse .
I understand this is by Ben Jonson, but can t find the source. Could anyone confirm this is indeed by him, please
Thank you
Dea at The Competitive Edge
:You could try searching our sister project 15:16, 9 September 2005 (UTC)
= Kansas City not St. Louis =
I was looking at Wikipedia s State, Capital, & Largest City section and it has St. Louis listed as Missouri s largest city. I believe, according to the 2000 census and 2005 projections, that Kansas City is both larger in population and square milage.
Could someone check on this and make the correction
Thank You.
Brad Coppula
You appear to be right. Our articles for both cities indicate that Kansas City has the larger population, both in 2000 and now. You can make the change yourself, though. Which article were you referring to 21:33, September 8, 2005 (UTC)
= First US Navy jet aircraft =
I ve looked at this website s entries for the first US Navy jet aircraft. Both the F-1 Phantom and F-3 Fury are listed as the first. Looking at the entries and the US Navy Historical Center the correct answer is the F-1 Phantom is the first jet of the US Navy. It s dates for contract, first flight, first carrier deck landing and acceptance for operational use and assignment to a squadron all preceded that of the F-3 Fury. The Phantom had a short service life and was retired prior to the acceptance of the F-3 Fury and was replaced by the F-2 Banshee. The F-1 Phantom and it s sister the F-2 Banshee have stright wings and the F-3 Fury has sweept wings which were influenced by the Mersershmitt 262 Swallow enginers thre Operation Paperclip. -Nathan Ard
= Babylonian-Assyrian Water Gods =
Hi there. I have ben attempting to do some research on the Babylonian-Assyrian Water Gods...Cannot find satisfactory answers to my questions...Specifically, during the time of Adad , Nanshe , and Nusku ...who would have been a formidable God of the waters (rain, ocean, sea, rivers)...We have all heard about Neptune - (Poseidon)...but am particularily interest in the Gods of water who would be associated with ADAD. HELP!!!!!
Many thanks!
Martine Gibbons email:
:You could browse 19:56, 8 September 2005 (UTC)
= Great Gatsby in German =
Does anyone know of a place online where one can find the complete text of the Great Gatsby in German I would think that there must be some kind of repository for free classics like there is in English for the german-speaking population. Thanks in advance.
= Governments Imposed by Conquering Powers =
Are there any examples of governments imposed by conquering powers or imperialism that have been fairly successful :It depends of course on how you define successful , but, yes, I think there are quite a few examples of this. The 20:52, 8 September 2005 (UTC)
The government imposed on the 21:36, September 8, 2005 (UTC)
Nearly every government in the world was established completely or largely as a result of conquest and/or imperialistic expansion: Canada, US, Mexico, and on south; Ireland, UK, France, and on through most of Europe; Morocco, Algeria, etc through most of Africa; Turkey, India, etc into Asia; Australia and Japan certainly . It s harder to think of exceptions than examples. Maybe Iceland, if there were no permanent settlements of Inuits there before the Norse. 14:13, 10 September 2005 (UTC)
:The French govt. in Algeria was a failure, and so was the British-installed govt. in Iraq (overthrown in 1953; see 17:30, September 10, 2005 (UTC)
:You are certainly correct that all governments ultimately fail and are replaced, so no government can be said to be successful if your criterion is enduring forever . When an election or a revolution occurs you can say it is a new government but it is still likely to preserve substantial structures, functions, and/or people from the previous government. You cite Algeria and Iraq as failures, but the very existences of the countries of Algeria and Iraq are direct products of imperialism. Offer some other examples that were not largely the result of either conquest or imperialism. 18:03, 10 September 2005 (UTC) :Germany, Italy, and Japan today seem healthy (all 3 defeated in WW II) although all WW II combatants had a rough ride in the early post war and particularly Germany during the Cold War. :Territories conquered by Romans dindn t have trouble until the Romans left. European powers did an equally poor job (as the Romans) in preparing their colonies for independence, because there was no such plan for independence until events overtook the colonists. 08:59, 13 September 2005 (UTC)
= the thirteen colonies =
which colonies adopted a theocracy as thie political organization
= continential divide =
i need informatrion on the C.D please
:Look at 23:31, 8 September 2005 (UTC)
=Experience needed to be a B-29 Pilot in World War II=
As we know, the B-29 were used exclusivly in the Pacific. My question is what were the requirements to be a pilot of that plane, specifically was prior combat B-17/24 exprience necessary I know that Paul Tibbets flew in Europe, while the pilot of the Memphsis Belle, also flew over Japan. In other words was it a must to qualify, or was it just a bonus.
:You can find some info on 22:07, 21 September 2005 (UTC)
:No nothing there. Checked.
= Picture of a Solider =
Hi, I need a picture of a United States Air Force Officer that would be serving around Rome (if that makes a difference) during World War II. The reason I ask is that I have to make a movie trailer for the book 00:26, 9 September 2005 (UTC) :How about [http://i.timeinc.net/ew/img/review/010720/catch_l.jpg this] one 07:50, 9 September 2005 (UTC) ::It d be nice if I could get his whole body so I can draw out the uniform. — 20:26, 10 September 2005 (UTC)
:::You can seach the wikimedia commons [http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.phptitle=Special%3ASearch] 22:10, 21 September 2005 (UTC)
= John Dean about John Dean=
http://writ.news.findlaw.com/dean/20050909.html
: There are exceptions, however: When I read the Wikipedia entry for myself, for example, I found it falsely states that in 1995, I admitted that my book Blind Ambition was ghost-written. Not only did I never make such an admission, but the book was not, in fact, ghost-written. Obviously, I could make a submission to Wikipedia to correct this misinformation, but so far, I ve held off, for I am more curious to see if the open sourcing is self-correcting, than I am concerned about the error. Maybe my entry will next read that my last five books, and my columns, were ghost-written as well. For now, I ll just watch and wait, for seeing if this error is corrected, will help me judge the reliability of research with open source tools .
Did he let ghost-write his books -- 09:29, 9 September 2005 (UTC)
:Since there s beeen no response to this yet, I added some bolding in the hope that someone would notice it. -- 03:27, 19 September 2005 (UTC)
= The concept of civilized poor people =
The concept of civilized poor people
The New Orleans human tragedy makes me put some questions. Many poor people stayed in town. It was said they had no money or cars to go away. But one element was never discussed: the behaviour of what I would like to name the civilized poor people.
I found as follow: - civilized poor people have lost reflexes of bushmen and nomads; - they live in very little units, they have lost their clan with a chief and a counsel of the oldest, telling them what to do next; - civilized poor people learned already the rules of social Darwinism; - and they are told that it is their own fault to be poor; - civilized poor people living in an organized city with some richness (of others) have learned that it is normal that administrations have not much care for them; - they are just lost people without structure: no own inner structures how to manage the world, and no social structures around them, adapted to the new situation, to be safe with (as happened in New Orleans); - civilized poor people never go to places not prepared for them, they never leave a known place for an unknown place. They behave like these animals you find at night on the road running in the lights of your car, not able to run to the side of the road, into the dark
My statement: the richest level of this humanity find a PROFIT with this civilised poor people, giving them humans easy to be manipulated.
My questions: 1) What is YOUR definition of civilized poor people Please add your view 2) how do we can help poor people to develop themselves enough inner structure for the ability of self decision in a crisis In addition: 3) how can we force the preparation good crisis managements worldwide In all cities showing natural dangers 4) In other words, how to stop the misuse of poor people Thanks, Heidi
:Please see 15:29, 9 September 2005 (UTC)
:Why on earth would this only apply to poor people Strip away all of the wealth and social structure of any typical person who has been raised in a typical large city and you ll find the same thing happens. -- 21:10, 10 September 2005 (UTC)
= Where is Livonia, Michigan, USA =
I couldn t find any information on Livonia, Michigan in the Wikifiles. Could this entry be added :We already have an article on 15:11, 9 September 2005 (UTC) :Yeah, the article is not much, but if you re wondering, it s considered a nice place to live, and I just added that to the article. It s the 8th largest city in Michigan actually. - 00:18, September 10, 2005 (UTC)
= Cædmon etymology from proto-Welsh =
If anyone has a clue about this, see 15:23, 9 September 2005 (UTC)
: 07:01, 10 September 2005 (UTC)
= Modernism =
no question *DId you try readiing our article on 05:42:01, 2005-09-10 (UTC)
= U.S. Purchase of Alaska =
Your information states that Alaska was purchased in 1867 for $7.2 mil, and that in 2002 dollars, this would be worth $86.7 mil. Do you know what the value would be in 2005 dollars, or how I could calculate this Thank you Stephen B.
:Three years of inflation at about three and a half percent is about a 11% increase, so call it about $96m. However ... that figure was probably originally calculated using the consumer price index, which whilst useful for calculating small things (like how people s salaries compare) is fairly meaningless for calculating major national expenditures like, say, buying Alaska. [http://eh.net/hmit/compare/] has a decent discussion on this. :Using the link above gives you various alternative methods to calculate the cost, which place it anywhere between three-quarters of a billion dollars and ten billion. I suspect fraction of GDP is the most reasonable method - it cost x% of the economy to buy Alaska then, how much is x% of the economy today - but I m not an economist. Ninety-odd million, however, is a fairly meaningless figure in this context. 13:27, 10 September 2005 (UTC)
::What Shimgray is thinking of is called the 21:57, September 10, 2005 (UTC)
:::Nah, it s not the GDP deflator - that gives around eighty million. The difference between the GDP deflator and CPI is real, but it s not greatly significiant on this scale. Try playing around with the calculator at that link and you ll get an idea of the order(s) of magnitude involved... 22:08, 10 September 2005 (UTC)
= Help on Assignment =
I am taking a course to get my bachelors in criminal justice. I need a certain answer to a question i cannot find anything about. The patriot act and what it allows law enfocement to do. Please help me.
Try the article: 17:03, 10 September 2005 (UTC)
= On Tax cuts and benefits =
Below is an excerpt fromyour page re: tax cuts.
I am wondering would you have any additional information on: A) Implications of Economies of scale versus taxation policy.
B) Any updated inofrmation in regard to the impact of GW Bush s recent tax cuts i.e are they working or are they much like Reagan s
C) Tax cuts and no reducedspending seems a budgetary nightmare Any info to support that contention
THANK YOU FOR A GRAND SITE. IT IS THE BEST, PERIOD!!!
don
However, real (inflation-corrected) tax revenues dropped from 1981 to 1983 and did not surpass their 1981 level until 1985 (as shown in Table 1.3 in the Historical Tables of the 2006 U.S Budget). [1] Even this recovery was arguably helped by the Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982, the Social Security Amendments of 1983, and the Deficit Reduction Act of 1984, all of which were estimated to have a positive effect on revenues. [2] In addition, the federal deficit grew from 2.6% of GDP in 1981 to 6.0% of GDP in 1983. It began shrinking steadily after 1992, becoming a surplus in 1998. However, this was after tax bills in 1990 and 1993 which raised the top marginal tax rate. [3] Despite all of this apparent evidence to the contrary, there are some who credit the Reagan tax cuts with the eventual surpluses of the 1990s [4] Democratic Governor Bill Richardson in recent years has advocated tax cuts to spur job growth.
= Monarch in Prussia =
In the Frederic#Monarch section and in Kingdom of Prussia, the title of at least Frederick I of Prussia was King in Prussia, not King of Prussia. Anything I don t know
18:01, 10 September 2005 (UTC) : 23:17, 10 September 2005 (UTC)
::Actually, the explanation in the English Wikipedia is better than the German one. Svoboda, try the third paragraph... :: Friedrich wished to become a king instead of a mere elector-prince. However, no kingdoms could exist in the Holy Roman Empire (with the notable exception of Bohemia). Friedrich convinced the archduke of Austria (and Holy Roman Emperor) to allow him to become king of Prussia in exchange for an alliance against France. The argument was that Prussia had never belonged to the Holy Roman Empire of German Nation and therefore there was nothing stopping the elector-prince of Brandenburg also being King of Prussia (the Emperor himself was also King of Hungary, outside of the Empire). To indicate that Friedrich s royalty was limited to Prussia and did not reduce the rights of the Emperor in Friedrich s German territories, he had to call himself king in Prussia . :: 23:47, 10 September 2005 (UTC) :::You are right, the de. Artikel needs to be fixed. It even says Deutsches Reich which did not existed at this time. - 00:14, 11 September 2005 (UTC)
= British naval history =
What is the Acts of War I think it s a document regarding conduct of officers during times of war.
Thank you, k1of7
:You may be thinking of the 19:07, 10 September 2005 (UTC)
= Past U.S. congressmen =
I m doing some work which involves a past U.S. congressmen — a Mr. Charles B. Smith (wonderfully generic name), who in 1917 was Chairman of the House Committee on Patents. That s all I really have on him. Any idea where I can find his party affiliation and what state he was from -- 21:00, 10 September 2005 (UTC)
:The [http://bioguide.congress.gov Congressional Biographical Dictionary] is great in these instances; [http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.plindex=S000520 here s the entry for Smith]. Looks like he was a Democrat from New York, almost certainly upstate judging from his biography. Best wishes, 21:54, September 10, 2005 (UTC)
::Awesome -- that s the sort of resource I was looking for. Very helpful. -- 22:14, 10 September 2005 (UTC)
= definition of Acrostic poetry. =
What is the definition/description of an Acrostic poem...I ve been told that the title of the poem isn t the same as the one spelled out by the first letter of each line, which is the actual title and I ve been told the title is written both as the main title and the encrypted one. Thankyou anyone who can help me with this. :Well, I am not an expert on this, but I think the word or phrase that is spelled out need not be the same as the title, and in fact may have nothing to do with the title. So you shouldn t even refer to it as the (encrypted) title. So, I think what is meant by the title of an acrostic poem is the same as of any other poem: that line in all caps or title case in the center before the beginning of the poem:) Now, I suppose if there is no title provided by the author, a poem maybe referred to by the message spelled out by the first letters of each line. 04:51, 12 September 2005 (UTC)
= knowing how to fly a flag =
how do non-government places--car dealerships and other business for example-- know that it s time to fly a flag at half mast, and for how long Some of the rules are kind of obvious, but some are a little more obscure, or maybe the business owner just hasn t been paying attention to the news. Yet, when when something happens (as the death of Chief Rehnquist last week), all the flags seem to instanteously be flown appropriately....
Just something I noticed this week.
Thanks! --Lis
:The President issued two proclamations earlier this week, stating that flags were to fly at half-mast. whitehouse.gov will have the announcements somewhere... At a guess, though, I would suggest keep an eye on the nearest government building and follow their lead . 23:51, 11 September 2005 (UTC)
= property dispute =
my father gave me 5 acres of land 20 years ago, he said to where me and my son would always have a place to stay, i have since put a mobile home here and have built on to my house...i have invested alot of money in what is suppose to be my home...I was told from the beginning it was my home and every time they get mad at me they start telling me I have to leave, that they are gonna see what they can do to have me removed..the way i understood it was that once a person lived somewhere after so many years and under the assumption that it was their home, that it is their home...Does he have the right to make me leave my home
You need a lawyer, who will ask you whether you have anything in writing. If not, your common law rights may be pretty minimal despite the improvement on the property. Good luck. 03:46, 12 September 2005 (UTC) :I am not a lawyer, and Wikipedia is not a good place for legal advice, but it sounds to me as if you re referring to 05:03:17, 2005-09-12 (UTC)
::You may be talking about 09:09, 12 September 2005 (UTC)
= George C Scott as a Producer =
Did Mr Scott produce only films, or did he also produce for the stage I know he acted in both. Trying to disambiguate the use of the word Producer in his article. -- 01:38, September 12, 2005 (UTC) *The [http://www.ibdb.com Internet Broadway Database] shows Scott as director and actor, and one listing as staged by , but no production credits. -- 22:24, 13 September 2005 (UTC)
= Where can I find the history of Jackson, Alabama for the early 1900 s =
05:10, 12 September 2005 (UTC)
= upright grand pianos =
What is the difference in the construction of a grand piano and an upright grand piano :Differences in construction are discussed in the article on 12:17, 22 September 2005 (UTC)
= Members of Parliment residing in or near Perth, W.A. =
Please provide a list of all members of Parliment who reside in or near Perth, W.A. Thank you, signed, Ned Wolf
:Do you mean Federal MP s or State MP s For the Federal variety, you could try [http://www.aph.gov.au/whoswho/index.htm aph.gov.au/whoswho]. For the State type, try going to [http://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/indexn.htm parliament.wa.gov.au] and folowing the links to members. If your are more specific we can help you further. -- 15:27, September 12, 2005 (UTC)
= US citizenship of individual states =
I have given up all hope of where to find this, and it being Monday morning my brain is about to melt anyway.
I m currently writing something which, in passing, mentions a court case in Delaware which ruled that a law stating it only applied to citizens of the state was unconstitutional. What I m trying to find out is - what exactly does state citizenship mean It seems to be defined fluidly - if someone live in Denver all their life they re obviously not a citizen of Illinois, but would they be considered one immediately on moving to IL After residing there a fixed number of years After doing [some specific bit of paperwork] there Does it matter if they re an unaccompanied minor
I understand this may vary between states; what s the general case, if any Many thanks. 10:51, 12 September 2005 (UTC)
There are no state citizenship papers. One is a resident, rather than a citizen, of a state. Generally when a state law wants to specify a resident for a benefit such as welfare or in-state tuition, or how soon you must get your driver license, or when you are eligible to run for state office, or where you must live to hold state office, each individual law will specify the residency requirement for that statutory purpose. 11:05, 12 September 2005 (UTC)
:If there is no state citizenship, you guys really ought to fix the constitution, cause it thinks you have it... (14th Amendment: citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside ; also Article IV, The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States ) 
. That said, my reading is currently suggesting that to most intents and purposes, resident=citizen... hmm hmm. 11:22, 12 September 2005 (UTC)
Agreed, in this context the words are pretty interchangeable. If you asked most Americans to complete the following sentence: I am a citizen of ____ and resident of ____, I suspect over 90% of us would put United States in the first blank and a particular state in the second blank. Numbers might have been a bit reversed back about 150 years ago, at least in certain parts of the country. 12:41, 12 September 2005 (UTC)
Resident does not mean the same thing as citizen since many residents (e.g., recent immigrants) are not citizens. I can t speak for the US, but in Canada, one is a Canadian citizen, but in order to qualify for certian benefits in a province, such as health care and voting, one has to be a Canadian citizen who has been resident in the province for a period of time, usually 3 - 6 months. So if I move from Ontario to Quebec, I cannot vote or obtain public health care in Quebec until I ve lived there for a short while, even though I am a Canadian citizen. It may well be the same in the US. 17:35, 12 September 2005 (UTC)
::A bit off-topic I know, but the last section interested me: if you do move from one province/territory to another, and you fall ill shortly afterwards, then where do you get your healthcare from ) 14:58, 13 September 2005 (UTC) :::If you need immediate care, it will be provided in the province you now reside, but will be paid for by the province you are officially a resident of. For elective procedures you either have to return your original province, or wait until you meet the residency requirements of the new one. - 18:25, 13 September 2005 (UTC) :Sorry, I was unclear - in most legal circumstances, citizen of the US resident in $state = citizen of $state ; I m aware foreign nationals skew things significantly. Unfortunately, as the context is universities, there s enough foreign nationals kicking around to screw things up... ah, well. I settled for saying it was ill-defined, but screwed over resident aliens regardless. 18:17, 12 September 2005 (UTC)
= Indemnity Payments =
Good morning. Could you please tell me, what are the possible reasons a company would want an indemnity payment repaid
Thank you for your help.
Shari D.
:You may have to be more specific about what you want, because indemnity payment could apply in a number of contexts. The most common is in insurance, so I will answer with an example based on that. If say you insure property from two insurers each for the full amount and they both pay you for the loss, one or both of them will try to get you to repay the payment because you have recieved twice the amount that would indemnify you for the loss. Or if you get a larger payment from a single insurer than it is determined the loss is for, the extra amount may have to be repaid. If that doesn t help check out our 15:23, 17 September 2005 (UTC)
= circa 1930 s St.Louis Cardinals farm teams =
Can you provide a list of the farm teams; A, AA, & AAA, that The St. Louis Cardinals had in the 1930 s. I specifically would like rosters, but would be happy to be given a further source to contact for that info. Ultimately looking for info on Joseph Stanley Conaway/pitcher; known either by Joe or Stan, born 1910, listing Moville or Kingsley, Iowa his home. Thanks for any info.
= kaiser wilhelm II =
I am looking for the article or quote from the Kaiser where he planned to walk through the Eastern gate in Jerusalem. Also what prevented this from occuring Thank you.
:According to [http://www.israelrevealed.com/shalom/ch15.htm this site], referring to the 01:30, 14 September 2005 (UTC)
= Presidential Pardons =
[Ha]s any president [ever] terminated [the] life sentence of a criminal (orignal question by 03:21, September 13, 2005 (UTC)) *Yes. 22:17, 13 September 2005 (UTC)
= information on a book =
Hello, I am trying to find any information on a book titled For Honor and Life By William Westall. It was published in 1894 by Harper & Brothers it is a Novel I can find his other books *Her Two Millions *A Fair Crusader *A Phantom City *and Birch Dene I have searched all the archives and no one knows anything about this book. Any information will be very helpful. I am a book dealer and I am trying to find out the value to this book Thank you Virginia Dennett Old Country Books Landaff, NH 03585 (formatted for clarity - 08:09, 13 September 2005 (UTC))
:I know nothing about the value of books, but there is a copy of it in the Harvard library system. It was 260 pages long and published in New York, if that is of any help. That seems to be the only other info the database record has that you don t already have. -- 19:55, 13 September 2005 (UTC)
*You should also look for this as For Honour and Life . -- 22:33, 13 September 2005 (UTC)
**OK, I ll bite. Why search for an obscure American novel title under a Brit spelling 23:47, 13 September 2005 (UTC)
***Because it was also published as Westall, William: For honour and life : a tale of the terror ; London : Osgood, McIlvaine & Co., 1894 And 11:54, 14 September 2005 (UTC)
****Yes, the book being by a British author and originally published in Britain would be a good reason. 10:38, 15 September 2005 (UTC)
= A city in Lithuania called Plunjan =
I am looking for information about a city in Lithuania called Plunjan. It is very possible that the name has changed but I know it was called by this name in the early 20th century. Thankyou David
:The closest I can think of is Plung, which seems to have been called Pungian in Yiddish (transliterated) or Puginiany in Polish. It may also have been called Plumjan , based on [http://www.kapelus.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/kapg01.htm] [http://www.krotman.co.il/extentxt/pafg419.htm]. In Hebrew (if I ve entered it correctly):
:-- 06:14, 13 September 2005 (UTC)
= The Sex Pistols song Bodies =
Can some one plz create an article on the song Bodies by Sex Pistols...thank--Matt :I have added the song to requested articles ( 09:52, 13 September 2005 (UTC)
= Parliament of Pokok Sena =
I badly need some information about this constituency. i had called several offices which related, until finally i get tired. This is for my assignment. Information that i need is, population(specifically for this constituency), infrastucture, some information about eligible voter like the races and its percentage, election result, any anything related. I had called 4 different offices. Their answer: we re busy. Mine: tired... Whilke my due date: this monday!!!
*A good starting point would be determine what country this is in. Go to the Wikipedia article for that country and see if there is an article on its subdivisions (states, oprovices, counties, etc.) There may be quite a bit of information there already. You may also check the websites of newspapers and TV or radio stations in the area. they may have the most up-to-date information. 18:37, 13 September 2005 (UTC)
= Feeling of guilt =
Is 08:50, 13 September 2005 (UTC) :Well, I know nothing of the anthropology of guilt, but two things which come to mind: ::1. A crime need not induce guilt -- a crime is a just a law imposed by society, not necessarily related to ethical or moral questions. Guilt usually relates to some perceived ethical or moral error, not a legal one. I feel no guilt when I don t think I ve done something wrong , even if my government thinks it is wrong (for whatever reason). The man who steals to feed his family likely feels no guilt, though he commits a crime. ::2. In his Descent of Man , Charles Darwin argued that even lower mammals seemed to exhibit symptoms of what we d call guilt . Of course, zoologists would caution us not to ascribe human emotions to animals without compelling reason, but it s hard for me to say that my dog doesn t exhibit exactly what I d consider guilt in a human (or child) when I get home and find she s gotten into the trash can. He wrote extensively on guilt in animals and people, as he saw it as a fundamental link to the mental processes connected with ethics and morality, which he saw as universally present (even if the exact ethics and morals were not universally agreed upon). Just some food for thought. :Perhaps somebody else has a concrete answer. I would speculate that feelings of good and bad are present throughout the human species and probably throughout other species of mammals (though again, we all likely disagree on what exactly is good and bad), and with these might come what we call guilt , but I m just speculating wildly. -- 19:15, 13 September 2005 (UTC)
::I was wrong in using the word crime to mean a moral error . Waiting for others examples of fundamental notions of good and bad if any. -- 06:29, 14 September 2005 (UTC)
= current events =
First, congratulations. It´s a very good job. I think it should be important that you put in your informations, current events from music artists day by day, like birth, death and other things. Specially from artists around the world music. Thank you. César from Brazil. *I ve sent them an email pointing them to the Music portal. - 18:40, 13 September 2005 (UTC)
= Another legislative question =
How would I find out when a given bill was signed into law by the President That is, I have the Senate version of a bill (say, S.2342) and a House version of a bill (H.R. 9543), both of which are passed in their respective chambers. In the end, I get a Public Law, which says something like, October 6, 1932 [S. 2342] -- [Public, No. 78]. Chap. 82 -- An Act Authorizing the doing such-and such. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That at the discretion of so-and-so he may do such-and-such. Approve, October 6, 1932. Does that meant that it was signed by the President on October 6, 1932, or that it was finalized by both branches of Congress at that point (or by their little committee that works out differences between the bills) Especially since the Senate version of the bill (the latter of the two to pass) in this instance seems to have passed it about month earlier. Thoughts My memory of Government and Economics class from high school has not prepared me to feel confident in my answer on this, though I suspect the October date is when it was signed by the President (it wouldn t become a Public Law until then, right). -- 19:22, 13 September 2005 (UTC)
:Just a thought - wouldn t it be simplest to find a recent piece of legislation, then look for (say) White House as to when it was signed into law, and compare the dates 19:54, 13 September 2005 (UTC)
::Hey, good idea! I ll give that a shot. -- 19:58, 13 September 2005 (UTC)
::That did the trick. Good suggestion. Yes, when it is listed as public law , that s the date of when it was signed into law by the president. -- 02:22, 14 September 2005 (UTC)
= Brothers Grimm religion =
My 9 year old is doing a report on the Brothers Grimm and one of the questions is what religion were they. I have searched extensively and cannot find this information. Can you please tell me what Religion the Brothers Grimm were. Paula C.
:You d guess from the region and time they lived it would be 01:12, 14 September 2005 (UTC)
Nice quick citation, but let s pick some nits. Notice what the question was: what was their religion Their religion was Christianity. Reformed 02:46, 14 September 2005 (UTC)
:And yours is rather more informative...though I think a bit advanced for a nine-year-old - 03:23, 14 September 2005 (UTC)
:Besides, 11:47, 14 September 2005 (UTC)
=Taxes=
I recently received a one-time payment of $1600 for a job I did (this is in the U.S.,mind you). The people paying me it withheld 24% of it for taxes, about $300 federal and $80 state. This seems excessive to me -- did I screw up in my withholding form Or is this a reasonable amount (I don t earn very much per year, mind you, I m a poor graduate student) Or has it just been that long since I received a normal paycheck that I ve forgotten how deep the federal taxes gouge -- 02:30, 14 September 2005 (UTC)
It sounds about normal to me. I hear it s worse in Europe.. 02:32, 14 September 2005 (UTC) *I know this wasn t a question, but I thought I d respond anyway. Our article on 05:30, 14 September 2005 (UTC)
Bear in mind though, that in most European countries, health insurance is more or less included in taxes, not paid for separately, so you re not comparing apples to apples :Agreed, which is why I drew attention to the assumption that higher taxes are bad. By the way, U.S. public spending on healthcare is about double U.K. public healthcare spending as a fraction of GDP. 15:01, 14 September 2005 (UTC)
I think a key point here is to remember that taxes withheld are only an approximation of the taxes that you have to pay. The employer may not know what your income is expected to be for the year, especially since it was a one-off job. When you file your tax return for the eyar, the amount of tax that you have to pay for the year will be calculated, and then the amount that you have already paid through withholdings will be deducted. The difference will be the amount that you have to pay, or more likely in this case, the amount that will be refunded to you. In other words, the employer may have deducted tax at a much higher rate than you will actually pay, and you will get a refund. And then you will send me a commission of 30% of that amount for giving you this advice. 15:22, 14 September 2005 (UTC)
Withholdings are based on that payment being assumed to be the pay you would get for every pay period. $1,600 a pay period (26 pays a year is most common but depends on that company s practice) would put you somewhere into the 25% bracket, so given exemptions and so forth, that withholding is about right. You can check the IRS [http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p15.pdf publication 15] (known as circular E) if you want the gory details. You could have trimmed down the withholding amount by filing a W4 with a high number of exemptions on it. Now that it s been done, you have to wait till you file your tax return to get any excess back. - 20:21, 16 September 2005 (UTC)
= US newspapers =
I know it s tricky to label specific newspapers Republican or Democrat, but what are the thee largest metropolitan and the three largest local newspapers with resp. a Republican and a Democrat leaning I m asking this for a comparative research on political journalism in the US, the UK, Germany and the Netherlands. As I will be in Washington from 9-15 October, I would like to speak to a number of political journalists from both press and TV (from CBS, NBC, CBS, FOX and PBS). If anyone could help me in any way - names, contacts - I would be very grateful. Thanking you in advance, Kees Br.
************************************************************************************ Prof.dr. Kees Brants, Amsterdam School of Communications Research, University of Amsterdam, Kloveniersburgwal 48, 1012 CX Amsterdam, The Netherlands,
:Please, don t post your email address on this page unless you fancy getting spammed. A list of the largest newspapers in the US can be found here: [http://www.freep.com/jobspage/links/top100.htm] The top three are 11:34, 14 September 2005 (UTC)
The Wall Street Journal is the most conservative of the list and frequently publishes editorials supportive of the administration. Problems with corporations and financial institutions are always viewed as individual anomalies in a basically good business system that needs no new restrictions or oversight or regulation of corporate actions. The New York Times is not radical but intellectually mildly liberal in its editorial stance. USA Today is sort of a new phenomenon in that it seems to strive for inoffensive blandness and only safe controversies. It has the same flavor as the news summaries on your internet provider: much more interested in not offending than in advocating anything. The San Francisco Chronicle, LA Times, and Phildelphia Inquirer tend to be somewhat liberal/democratic in editorial perspective. Perhaps that sometimes true of the Washington Post, but maybe it is more variable. These are my opinions of course. 17:34, 14 September 2005 (UTC) :If you can get a hold of an edition of the 07:08, 15 September 2005 (UTC)