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June 28

Angolan centenarian refugees

Erculano Salugardo, born July 29 1911 was reported to be oldest Angolan refugee in June 2012 when he lived in Zambia. After that I haven't found any report in his possible death. I'd like to know his possible death date if someone could help me in that.

Plus Silva Kawanda was reported to be 107 year old in February 2005 when she returned to Angola but I haven't found her date of death either. Could someone help me find that too? 62.72.228.251 (talk) 15:41, 28 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

June 29

ISIS execution video

I saw the video with the latest string of executions.

On one of the segments, men were lowered in a cage into a pool. When they came out, they had huge amounts of foam from their mouths. Why does that happen, what is this foam? I really didn't expect that at all from a drowning. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 105.98.7.243 (talk • contribs) 20:15, 29 June 2015‎ (UTC)[reply]

Foaming from a drowning victim is common, particularly I think if they were removed from the water before they stopped breathing. See [1], [2], [3], [4] (warning some of these contain images, I presume no worse then the video so fine for the OP, but perhaps not for others) for example. Nil Einne (talk) 20:48, 29 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

So what exactly causes the foaming? Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 22:06, 29 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Well, when they can't hold their breath anymore and breath and exhale water, that should provide the agitation necessary to form foam. Pure water wouldn't foam up, but invariably the water will contain impurities, which do foam up when agitated. See sea foam for some specifics of the impurities. StuRat (talk) 22:12, 29 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Try blowing water out of your mouth in the bathtub. Unless you're superman, you won't make foam. Even powerful jacuzzi jets only make temporary bubbles. InedibleHulk (talk) 23:48, June 29, 2015 (UTC)

If there's shampoo in the bathwater it sure will. And shampoo is just one of many things in water that cause foam. Somehow I doubt if ISIS ensures that the water is spotlessly clean. And even if it was to start with, it won't remain that way with all those people dying in it (see the comment below about sputum). StuRat (talk) 02:47, 30 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Shampoo, sure. And under the right conditions, maybe a man can create organic sea foam with his mouth. But the likely answer is the usual one. And foamy lung gunk's a "typical sign of drowning". According to that source, what makes it come out of the mouth is the shift in air pressure when the torso leaves the water. Sort of like exhaling, but you don't have to be alive for this sort. InedibleHulk (talk) 04:12, June 30, 2015 (UTC)

Note that mountain climbers who die from low atmospheric pressure also cough up foam during the process, in this case pink foam because blood leaks out in the lungs and mixes with air and sputum. StuRat (talk) 13:13, 30 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Yep. Pulmonary edema's the root of both. InedibleHulk (talk) 23:04, June 30, 2015 (UTC)

When water hits the vocal folds, you go into laryngospasm. This spasming froths up sputum from the lungs and throat. You can dry drown this way without water ever reaching your lungs. InedibleHulk (talk) 23:46, June 29, 2015 (UTC)

Information about the owners of media companies

Whenever I read world news, I often check from Wikipedia who the owners of the media companies are. Recently I have found no information about it from Wikipedia. It might be accidental, nevertheless I decided to ask you to be sure. Has there been any policy change in publishing names of the owners in the articles about different companies? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Andri Ksenofontov (talk • contribs) 22:28, 29 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Give us an example? ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 22:30, 29 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The only relevant policy is that information in Wikipedia articles should be cited to reliable published sources. It is possible that names have been removed because they were not sourced. It is also possible that somebody has been going round articles removing sourced information for their own reasons. A third possibility is that you have happened to look at articles where the ownership had never been reported. We can't tell without examples. --ColinFine (talk) 08:59, 30 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

It's also possible that our rules about biographical information relating to living persons ("BLP") is an issue here. When we write something about someone who is still alive, we're required to be extra-specially careful that what we say is correct and well sourced...so if there wasn't very reliable information about who these people are, we'd back off and remove the information. SteveBaker (talk) 02:51, 1 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

June 30

MARINE-FLOATING DOCKS

Pls Wikipedia, i need a list of companies who have floating dry docks in Asia 41.203.71.241 (talk) 10:37, 30 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Google is your friend.--Aspro (talk) 19:35, 30 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hand drawn lettering in newspaper

A caption for a pic in my newspaper has mostly machine printed letters, but 4 letters in the middle of the sentence appear to be hand drawn. This baffles me. Could it actually have been printed like this or did somebody go over the letters after with a pen ? I can't imagine it's cost effective to manually correct a printing defect like that. StuRat (talk) 14:40, 30 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I think you'll have to post a picture to give any hope of getting a good answer. In the mean time, there are plenty of types of printing error (redlink?), e.g. color bleeding, and there are a number of potential problems discussed at Offset printing. Could also just be a human mistake and not a printing error, maybe a few characters got turned to comic sans or some other handwriting typeface and got printed correctly. SemanticMantis (talk) 14:52, 30 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Maybe some form of color bleeding, but far worse than the pics in that article. The ink from each letter is almost over to the next. StuRat (talk) 18:27, 30 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

.22 rifle ammo

Is it safe to shoot .22 LR ammo from a rifle that specifies .22 Long cartridges?Jevardaman (talk) 17:18, 30 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

It is never safe to rely on advice from random strangers on the internet when dealing with issues regarding firearms. I suggest you contact the manufacturers of the rifle if you are unsure as to what ammunition it is designed for. AndyTheGrump (talk) 18:31, 30 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Ditto to the above. For one thing, An LR has more powder than the long and so the rifle will not be proofed for this. See (in person) a qualified gunsmith. Longs are still available (one can even assemble the rounds oneself and gun clubs often have the required tools).--Aspro (talk) 19:56, 30 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Also. Firearms are like automobiles. As they age they can wear and become dangerous. Find a gunsmith that is willing to show you and explain: if this is an old gun that has only done 10,000 miles or an old gun that has been twice round the clock and should be mounted on the wall as just an ornament.--Aspro (talk) 20:21, 30 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I love the timidness about answering firearms questions. Anyway, .22 LR has a larger overall length than .22 long. So the answer is no. The chamber is too short for the .22 LR. Even if you can get the LR chambered, the tip of the projectile may be jammed into the rifling prior to shooting, which may raise pressures and cause safety concerns in older rifles. So just buy some .22 Longs online. Hopes this helps. Justin15w (talk) 15:49, 1 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Can we identify this spiky woojitah?

I found this http://imgur.com/KyNg3C8 on display in the museum in Great Torrington,England.They have had it on display for a year and no-one knows what the hell it is. Some sort of wool gatherer has been suggested as we're in farming country,or a marker for sheep possibly? Any ideas very much appreciated,so it can at least be labelled. A museum piece stating 'Unknown Thingy' isn't too impressive... Lemon martini (talk) 18:46, 30 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Looks like a head scratcher [5], just do a google image search for more related pics. On a closer look, it seems the tines might be able to open/close by manipulating the center rod and slider thing. If it does have moving parts, then perhaps some sort of whisk that can be re-sized for different tasks. SemanticMantis (talk) 18:56, 30 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Can you tell us the scale? I had been assuming 6-8 inches diameter of the spread tines, but I might have been way off. Also you can try asking at http://www.reddit.com/r/whatisthisthing - probably gets more and more varied views than we do here. SemanticMantis (talk) 19:00, 30 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

It looks to me like a fruit picker of some sort. DuncanHill (talk) 19:14, 30 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Aye. Probably something small, that grows among thorny/itchy/otherwise annoying leaves. Berries or something. Just a guess, though. At first glance, I thought sheep, but quite unsure what it would do to one. InedibleHulk (talk) 23:10, June 30, 2015 (UTC)

I was thinking more on the line of pears, I've seen similar (tho' not similar enough to be certain) things in the kitchen gardens of old country houses. DuncanHill (talk) 23:24, 30 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Could be. The only thing like it I can remember actually seeing in use is the headscratcher dealy Mantis noted. That struck me as a modern invention, but I'd also figured the fax machine was invented after the American Civil War, so what do I know? InedibleHulk (talk) 23:28, June 30, 2015 (UTC)

It looks to me like sliding that central shaft up and down would move all the tines together to close on something, like the arcade game where you try to grab a toy out of a bin. So, now the Q is what it's supposed to close on. I'm thinking something roughly spherical, that you wouldn't want to grab by hand, like a prickly pear. Perhaps something too hot to touch is another possibility. StuRat (talk) 19:20, 30 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Semantic Mantis had the scale right-diameter is approx 8 inches. Perhaps something to grip things out of the fire with?-although the spikes seem a little shallow for that.I shall crosspost over on reddit and see what else springs to mind. Thanks for all the ideas... Lemon martini (talk) 19:28, 30 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

It's a circular knitting machine cast on tool. They are quite common on ebay and go for about £10. Page 16 of this manual http://www.sockknittingmachines.co.uk/Golden%20Fleece%20Manual.pdf shows how to use it. --TrogWoolley (talk) 11:05, 1 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

July 1

Surnames on US Army uniforms

Did US Army uniforms have names over the pockets during the Korean War? I'm referring to the olive drab BDUs, not the Class As. The question occurred to me as I was watching an episode of M*A*S*H and I can't seem to find anything via searches. Thanks, Dismas|^(talk) 03:44, 1 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I had a look around and found this. So it appears as though name tape (which looks to be the correct name for them) was in use at the end of the Korean war. Gunrun (talk) 16:24, 1 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I'll have to take your word for that since Google won't let me read that without buying it. Dismas|^(talk) 20:13, 1 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I find that often when a Google Books link produces "You have reached your viewing limit for this book", it actually will let me read it if I just click the − button to change the size. That worked for me in this case. The book is U.S. Army Uniforms of the Cold War, 1948–1973 by Shelby L. Stanton. In the context of field and work uniforms, it says (on pages 126 and 130):

The "U.S. ARMY" distinguishing insignia was authorized on 27 October 1953 and worn above the left pocket on the jacket. The woven label had golden yellow lettering on a black background. A name tape was added by local unit directives above the right pocket and contained the soldier's last name. Early name tapes were often in branch colors but most were made of white engineer tape with black lettering. Effective 14 July 1966 DA directed that both tapes have black lettering on Olive Green shade 107 cloth.

So the book isn't explicit about when the name tape was added, but if it was initially a matter of "local unit directives" then it sounds as if some units would have had them before others. --70.49.171.136 (talk) 06:45, 2 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

But if you do a Google image search for photos of "Mobile army surgical korea", you'll find bunches of pictures of people in real MASH units - (eg http://history.amedd.army.mil/booksdocs/HistoryofUSArmyMSC/page238.jpg) and I didn't see name-tags on any of them. SteveBaker (talk) 20:52, 1 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the responses and references. The bit about white tape with black lettering reminds me of something I heard years ago about the white tape being changed to a darker color because enemy soldiers would see the white more easily and aim for it. Thanks again, Dismas|^(talk) 12:35, 2 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Restaurant incubators

With mobile apps for ordering delivered food I am wondering if anyone has started a sort of incubator for restaurants. By this I mean the incubator is like a cubicle farm of kitchens with each kitchen cubicle essentially being an individual restaurant kitchen. Each of these kitchen restaurants offer menus and take orders from their mobile app page. All of these kitchen restaurants share the same pool of takeout delivery drivers located at the incubator. Muzzleflash (talk) 12:58, 1 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

We have articles Business incubator and Kitchen incubator. The latter seems to have some external links at the bottom that might list some extant examples, not sure if any of them work precisely as you describe. SemanticMantis (talk) 14:57, 1 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I have a dim memory of reading, within the past few years, of such a project in New York(?) which was shut down essentially because the model doesn't fit the relevant Procrustean regulatory boxes. —Tamfang (talk) 07:23, 2 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Your suggested model is rather limiting. What if someone wants to pick up an order? What if someone wants to sit and eat? If you remove those limitations, you end up with something like the Food Court at the Reagan Building in Washington DC. It is a food court. There are multiple little cubbies along the wall, each housing a small restaurant. You can go to one and get food. There are multiple tables to eat at, regardless of which restaurant you get food from. You can get a to-go order. You can also order delivery service from one of many Washington DC delivery services (which costs a fee for delivery and a tip is still expected). My opinion is that stripping away the ability to stop by and pick up an order will make the entire model rather unattractive to a restaurant owner as what you are offering is essentially a food truck that cannot go anywhere and is limited to delivery only. 199.15.144.250 (talk) 16:27, 2 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Where is a good safe place for a 31 year woman with aspergers in Vancouver Canada to meet a man with the same condition to date?

I don't know where to start. Venustar84 (talk) 19:28, 1 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

If you Google the phrase: "meetup aspergers Vancouver Canada", you'll see that there are at least 4 or 5 Meetup.com groups who support people with Aspergers syndrome who meet in that area. Those groups are great places to meet people in similar situations - and providing you're sure that a reasonable number of people are going to show up, and that the meeting is in a public place, they are very safe places to meet and chat with people.

From my brief history of attending such meetups in Austin, TX (I'm a high-functioning aspie myself) - I feel that I should remind you that Aspergers' is a spectrum condition - meaning that you'll meet people who range from the lucky 'high-functioning' types through to the less fortunate people with rather severe problems holding their lives together.

It's worth remembering that most 'aspies' (even the high-functioning kind) find it hard to form relationships at the best of times - and when two aspies try to make it together in life, it can be doubly hard. That said, the bond of mutual understanding is worth having.

Some of those groups are intended mainly for parents of Asperger children - and you'll probably want to avoid those. Aside from the fact that you're unlikely to meet a man with the same condition at one of those events, the parents tend to be dead set on 'fixing' what they see as 'broken' children rather than trying to understand and support them - and that can get REALLY annoying for those of us who are victims - doubly so for those of us who do not accept the utterly debunked theory that autism & aspergers is caused by vaccinations or diet or...whatever crazy theory it is this time around. <sigh>.

On the plus side, aspergers occurs predominantly in males - so you'll undoubtedly find more men than women in these groups.

Good luck in your hunt!

SteveBaker (talk) 20:44, 1 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

In addition to specific meetups for people with Asperger's, you might also do well just to check out hobby groups and meetings that may attract a certain type of people that you might get along with. For instance, I know some people on the Autism spectrum that are highly involved with various types of Maker_culture clubs. Some are really into role playing games, either pen & paper, or computer-based, or things like Magic The Gathering, etc. Another person I know is really into exotic pets - ferrets specifically. Science also seems to attract many people on the spectrum, but that's just my WP:OR. Anyway, I don't know what you're into and maybe none of those are your cup of tea, but my main point is that you might have just as much luck going to groups that are based around your interests, rather than based around your condition. Indeed, if you have a condition and like a certain activity, others who share your condition may like the same activity. I assume you're aware of online dating, but I'll also point out that you can search sites like OK Cupid for Aspie, Asperger's, etc.; it seems that many people on the site declare their status and interest in seeking same. SemanticMantis (talk) 21:23, 2 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

To add my ObPersonal tuppenceworth: active Science Fiction Fandom includes a noticeably high proportion of people variously positioned on the spectrum, so you could check out any local SF/Fantasy fan clubs, and perhaps try attending a Convention for a day if one happens conveniently near you (I'd recommend going for smaller rather than larger, and fan-organised rather than commercial). I can't guarantee that no-one at all in Fandom that you might meet might be predatory, but the community is increasingly aware of harassment issues and many convention committees are introducing explicit anti-harassment policies (since in the modern world, sadly, courteous behaviour can no longer be taken as read.) {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 212.95.237.92 (talk) 13:01, 3 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

July 2

Table EE Pending GRG Cases

Why isn't the November update ready yet? This is the third week I have been waiting for it and still no November update? I don't know my anonymous IP address on Wikipedia — Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.91.28.66 (talk) 23:26, 2 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Which article are you referring to? ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 01:57, 3 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Possibly a reference to this table? If so, there's no way we can know the answer to your question. You will need to use the contact email given on that page.--Shantavira|^{feed me} 08:52, 3 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

July 3

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 :In addition to specific meetups for people with Asperger's, you might also do well just to check out hobby groups and meetings that may attract a certain type of people that you might get along with. For instance, I know some people on the [[Autism spectrum]] that are highly involved with various types of [[Maker_culture]] clubs. Some are really into [[role playing games]], either pen & paper, or computer-based, or things like [[Magic The Gathering]], etc. Another person I know is really into exotic pets - [[ferret]]s specifically. Science also seems to attract many people on the spectrum, but that's just my [[WP:OR]]. Anyway, I don't know what you're into and maybe none of those are your cup of tea, but my main point is that you might have just as much luck going to groups that are based around your interests, rather than based around your condition. Indeed, if you have a condition and like a certain activity, others who share your condition may like the same activity. I assume you're aware of online dating, but I'll also point out that you can search sites like [[OK Cupid]] for Aspie, Asperger's, etc.; it seems that many people on the site declare their status and interest in seeking same.  [[User:SemanticMantis|SemanticMantis]] ([[User talk:SemanticMantis|talk]]) 21:23, 2 July 2015 (UTC)
+:To add my ObPersonal tuppenceworth: active [[Science Fiction Fandom]] includes a noticeably high proportion of people variously positioned on the spectrum, so you could check out any local SF/Fantasy fan clubs, and perhaps try attending a [[Science Fiction Convention|Convention]] for a day if one happens conveniently near you (I'd recommend going for smaller rather than larger, and fan-organised rather than commercial). I can't guarantee that no-one at all in Fandom that you might meet might be predatory, but the community is increasingly aware of harassment issues and many convention committees are introducing explicit anti-harassment policies (since in the modern world, sadly, courteous behaviour can no longer be taken as read.) {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} [[Special:Contributions/212.95.237.92|212.95.237.92]] ([[User talk:212.95.237.92|talk]]) 13:01, 3 July 2015 (UTC)
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