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Fleet Air Arm versus Luftwaffe

Hello,

I was attempting to find information about any air battles between Fleet Air Arm (FAA) Corsairs and Hellcats versus German ME 109s and FW 190s? I know that the first German aircraft shot down over Britain by an American made plane was done by a pair of FAA Martlets (AKA. Widcats); and I was curious to see how well the Royal Navy F4Us and F6Fs did against the German fighters?

Thanks,

Darwin

DFCONCON@aol.com

question for Mr Maltin

Hope this isn't bothering busy people. I'm new to computers and want to ask Leonard Maltin a question: Is there such a thing as a movie book/listing which goes by subject rather than by title? There may be many movies on - or during - the Civil War, but who knows what their titles are? And how would one find out?

Thanks for any help!

Donald dcmckay@juno.com

I don't know how often Leonard Maltin drops by here, but I can tell you that Haliwell's Filmgoers Companion lists and discusses films by topic area. Any good bookshop will carry it. Adam 07:42, 14 Jan 2004 (UTC)

HELP ME

Moved from WP:VP


I have been dating a 26 year old female who has been suffering from a severe ED. She suffers form Anorexia and bulimia. She has been in treatment centres 2 times at a great cost to her parents. I met her 3 years ago and she was out of recovery and was at a healthy weight. She got better with ups and downs and she is now slowly declining quickly. She is become suicidal, her health is of concern (heart, blood pressure, everything). She is loosing weight and she is doing things that I would not expect. She recently cheated on me and told me as she felt guilty. I am an educated guy who knows I should run but I love her and have stuck behind her for the last 3 years with hospital, doctors and counselling visits. And all all the good times. I know it hard to offer advice but I don't know what to do. I am scared to death. DO I give up. I have my life together but feel I am taking on her problems. This is only because I love her. I feel she manipulates me and I fall into the trap. I ignore behaviours when I know she is vomiting or restricting. I am concerned about the severity of her illness and feel she might have a personality disorder. She is 5,10 and at one point 88 pound!!! This scares me but I have fallen in love with her. I I work as an Police Officer and I am aware of some shoplifting and reckless behaviour but I still stay. Am I an idiot. Should I cut my losses. Please offer me some suggestions. I long do I do what is recommended and is not working?????

Clarke_scott@yahoo.ca

You might want to try and get advice from the "Ask Alice" site. The URL is http://www.goaskalice.columbia.edu/. Check under "Relationships." There might be something already there relating to your problem. Sorry, I don't email non-acquaintances. Good luck. —Frecklefoot 19:42, 15 Jan 2004 (UTC)

Fast Meter

I would like to know why my electric meter is going twice as fast as my niebours and when I just use my microwave or my stove it spins just as fast? My mother lives in a 4 bedroom house and her meter spins slower then mine and she uses the heater more. rgn_jr@hotmail.com

It sounds like someone may be siphoning your power. Do you have things that sip power in the background, i.e. refrigerator(s), instant-on T.V.s, PCs? I'd check those first. If you have central air/heat, those may use power without you knowing it. HTH —Frecklefoot 19:47, 15 Jan 2004 (UTC)
A friend of mine found out that the hallway lighting was hooked up to the electric meter for his appartment. Of course, the landlord denied it. Robinoke

Indian Government Copyrights

Are Indian government webpages copyrighted? If so (and I guess they probably are) do they offer any sort of unrestrictive license to use their work? --Xiaopo's Talk 07:14, Jan 18, 2004 (UTC)

Help needed

posted to Wikipedia:Village pump by anonymous User:202.156.2.211


During the down fall( 1799) of Tippu Sultan , my ancestor migrated from ARABIA and came to the court of Tippu Sultan . He was appointed as Patel and was posted to Chickmagalore . Is it possible to obtain details about him from old records, if so what is the appropraite action I have to take . Thanks a lot Azeez

Special Prosecutor vs Independent Counsel

There are two articles [both of which I wrote :)] -- Special prosecutor and Independent Counsel. Now I have always heard the two terms used synonomously. I want to know what the differences are. If there are none, then I need to move the contents of one to the other and make it a redirect. →Raul654 12:25, Jan 19, 2004 (UTC)

I believe that a Special Prosecutor serves at the will of the Executive, but an Independent Counsel can be fired only for cause. See http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/counsel/office/dash.html. -- Jmabel 06:49, 20 Jan 2004 (UTC)

Forth

I don't know of anywhere else to ask this, but does anyone know where I could find a free Forth System that supports pixel-level graphics? The only ones I can find either cost money, only support character-color graphics, or fail to work with my computer (e.x. Colorforth). Can anyone help? User:128

Markup Language for Dramatis Personae

Does anyone know if there is an XML dialect for describing lists of characters who appear in a book or series of books? I'm interested in keeping track of characters who recur across a long-running series, and sometimes across several series. I'd like to use an existing standard if possible. Phil 17:36, Jan 21, 2004 (UTC)

migration of the apaches

My daughter is currently working on a project for her school. She chose to do the project on the history of the Apaches. We have come upon many great sites with intensive information, but we have not found any information on why the Apaches migrated from Canada. Any information would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance.

"Apache" is a misnomer of sorts -- and describes a few groups of Athapaskan people -- who were, by culture, nomads -- following mountain ranges, rivers and game animal migration in North America from the Bering Strait, it is logical that the nomadic people who became known as Apache would eventually make it to Texas and Colorado. Try here: The Apache Indians: An Unknown Tribe- Davodd 20:26, Jan 21, 2004 (UTC)

Help I cant see international fonts.

Eg. arabic, tamil, hindi etc. I couldnt find any help regarding this. Using netscape 7.0

  • Just install all character sets. Then in Netscape 7 go to menu View, Character Coding and choose one which suis you. Optim 01:11, 22 Jan 2004 (UTC)


Steven Spielberg birthdate

Even Mr. Speilberg can't claim birthdays one year apart (although I'm sure he'd be glad to) so, was he born, as listed, in December of 1946 or 1947?

That's odd. I would claim my birthdays are always one year apart--plus or minus a day for leap years. But then I've always felt especially in tune with nature. More in tune than Speilberg, at least, or so it seems.168... 22:35, 13 Jan 2004 (UTC)

I guess you refer to the fact that two wikipedias (german and japanese) give 1947 as his birthday, while the english entry Steven Spielberg and two other give 1946. IMDb also gives 1946, but google gives also lots of links which give 1947 as the year. andy 09:58, 22 Jan 2004 (UTC)

The correct birthday is 1946. I knew Spielberg as a high school friend, and when my birthday rolled around we discussed the fact that he was almost exactly a year older. Biographer Joseph McBride asked me this very question, but didn't leave it at that. He obtained a copy of the birth certificate, which leaves no doubt. See Joe McBride's very painstaking biography. Gene Ward Smith

Botanist needed!

Can some botanist check the new flower pics I uploaded and tell me their official names? Image:Violet-flower-160px.jpg, Image:Beautiful-flower-160px.jpg, Image:Yellow-group-of-flowers-160px.jpg, Image:Yellow-flower-160px.jpg. Thanks! Better to answer on my talk page. Optim 12:41, 22 Jan 2004 (UTC)

Help!

sir,i want to know about recent topics in finance for doing project. i mainly concentrate on share market and banking sector.if you can help me i am greatful to you, so i humbly request you to help me. my e-mail id is resmi_rajagopal@yahoo.com

Names & Gender

I cannot understand the gender from a name, since the English names don't give me this information (most Greek names give it, both first names and last names, usually, for example first name is konstantinos for male and konstantina for female, and the last name is papadopoulos for male and papadopoulou for female). In the past I had a website and I was an editor at a magazine where I was writing spoilers for some TV series, and I did the stupid mistake to refer to someone as male; When the relevant TV episode aired, I understood I did a so stupid mistake since she was actually female, and I felt a bit shame! So if I haven't associated a name (such as Bill: only male) with a gender from before, I really cannot know! The same applies to usernames. BTW if you do have some standard way of distinguishing the gender in English names, please inform me. I had similar problems with the Chinese people, too, it's very annoying and creates misunderstandings. The only "rule" I can remember now is that usually names ending in "a" are female-only. As a game, and as an interesting way of seeing how different cultures-languages work, can you get any information about the gender form the names: nikos, niki, optim, zanin, kostas, grigoris, eleni, patroklos, bei, hui, ran, weichi, iraklis, dias, hristos, dimitra, dafni, giorgos, alexis, thanos, thanasis, elena, katerina, petros, orestis, frideriki, ifigenia, eshilos, xenia, zoi, bo, xianfeng, alberich, angeliki, aggelos, spyros, hristina, marilena, vagelitsa, vassilis, mihalis? (these include internet nicknames, austrian, greek and chinese first names) copy-paste the names and put the gender you understand next to them in parentheses, if u like. it would be nice if you want to give your cultural and language background (what lang u speak, were u live/born). I will reveal the correct answers after some time and after I get relies:) reply here. feel free to write names from your culture/language and let us guess the gender. hope u find this interesting! .·. Optim 13:50, 24 Jan 2004 (UTC) .·. (?!!?)

Male - Kevin

I think the above-proposed procedure might be worthwhile if it were directed at filling in the gaps in what can be automated.

Prior to the 2000 US Census, i found, in about 10 minutes, on-line lists from www.census.gov of rank & IIRC number to nearest N (N=1000? N=100,000? I dunno!), among US residents IIRC, of

  • people with a given surname
  • males with a given given-name
  • females with a given given-name.

I was pleasantly surprised by the extent of the lists: my recollection is that i formed the impression that 99% or 99.9% of the population i was interested in had their name listed. (Or its other-gender equivalent: be careful with the rare ones!) I

  • added a gender column to each of the given-name tables, and
  • combined them
  • sorted them by name,
  • merged adjacent rows that had same name (i.e., one row of each gender), and
  • computed the proportion of people with a given given-name who are female.

The resulting table is a lookup by name for probable gender and certainty. It can be sorted by proportion and broken up (you decide, subjectively, the break points) into three lists: of male, female, and unisex names.

I failed just now to find the same pages in twice the time, but i probably have the URL and in any case have the raw data and the computed proportions for (at least) the individuals i was most interested in. If no one can come up with the raw data independently, let me know & i'll help find, or if necessary, supply it.

This is not the complete answer to the question posed:

  • ethnicities are not attached,
  • gender-proportions of names not traditional to the US will be tilted (i think) toward femaleness, due to males "assimilating" faster and thus changing their names to "American-sounding" equivalents in greater proportion, and
  • the same spelling being used for "different" names in different cultures confuses the results (French "Jean" (pr. zhawn'), male, is "the same as" English "John" (pr. dzhahn), male, but most Americans named "Jean" (pr. dzheen) are in my experience female. --Jerzy 18:18, 2004 Jan 24 (UTC)
Your experiment (having random people try to decipher the gender of a selection of names) is an excellent idea, but you should really choose a more unfamiliar language. Anyone vaguely familiar with Hellenic mythology and/or tragedy, in other words, anyone who didn't sleep through high-school English class, knows that names ending in '-s' (except for '-is') are generally male, while those ending in '-is' and '-a' are generally female. Some names from your list (i.e. 'Vassilis' and 'Mihalis') are not unique to Greece; for instance, these two are apparently male. --Smack 05:04, 25 Jan 2004 (UTC)
I will venture that "weichi" is probably not a person's actual name. It is the Chinese name for the game of go. -- Jmabel 06:02, 25 Jan 2004 (UTC)
  • nikos (male)
  • niki (female)
  • optim (sounds like a Russian male name???)
  • zanin (the Kankonian word for eleven . . . doesn't sound like a name)
  • kostas (sounds male)
  • grigoris (male)
  • eleni (female)
  • patroklos (male)
  • bei (female)
  • hui (male)
  • ran (male)
  • weichi (female)
  • iraklis,
  • dias (male)
  • hristos (male)
  • dimitra (female)
  • dafni (Daphne = female)
  • giorgos (male)
  • alexis (unisex)
  • thanos (male)
  • thanasis (male)
  • elena (female)
  • katerina (female)
  • petros (male)
  • orestis (male)
  • frideriki (female?)
  • ifigenia (or Iphigenia, female)
  • eshilos (male)
  • xenia (female)
  • zoi (female)
  • bo (Bo knows . . . -- male)
  • xianfeng (impossible to tell)
  • alberich (male)
  • angeliki (female)
  • aggelos (male)
  • spyros (male)
  • hristina (female)
  • marilena (female)
  • vagelitsa (female)
  • vassilis (male?)
  • mihalis (male)
I was born in and live in California, in an English-speaking household with several European au pairs over the years living in. And yes, names with an -a at the end are almost always female, but Joshua, Ira and Ezra are masculine (although Joshuas will usually go by Josh). Likewise -o usually denotes male but Cleo/Clio is feminine. Wiwaxia 02:08, 26 Jan 2004 (UTC)
Mostly agree with the above except:
  • "niki", if Greek, is probably male, but in California would probably be female
  • "weichi", as I remarked above, is probably not a person's name
  • "alexis", if Greek, is male (female cognate is "alexa")
  • Thanks for your answers! the correct answers are:
  • nikos (greek, male always)
  • niki (greek, female always)
  • optim (not a name, an internet nickname meaning Optimist)
  • zanin (not a name, a french-inspired internet nickname which means nothing)
  • kostas (greek male always)
  • grigoris (greek male always)
  • eleni (greek female always)
  • patroklos (greek male always)
  • bei (chinese female from North China)
  • hui (chinese male fron North China)
  • ran (chinese female, from North China, means nature AFAIK)
  • weichi (chinese male, from North China)
  • iraklis, greek male always
  • dias greek male always
  • hristos greek male always
  • dimitra greek female always
  • dafni (Daphne = female) greek female always
  • giorgos greek male always
  • alexis greek male always. In english it may be female too (this is too strange for greeks!)
  • thanos greek male always
  • thanasis greek male always
  • elena greek female always
  • katerina greek male always
  • petros greek male always
  • orestis greek male always
  • frideriki greek female always
  • ifigenia (or Iphigenia, female) greek female always
  • eshilos greek male always
  • xenia greek female always, means "foreign"
  • zoi greek female always, means "life"
  • bo (Bo knows . . . -- male) yes, chinese male
  • xianfeng chinese male from South China
  • alberich austrial male
  • angeliki greek female always
  • aggelos greek male always means Angel
  • spyros greek male always
  • hristina greek female always
  • marilena greek female always: maria+elena (mary&helen)
  • vagelitsa greek female always
  • vassilis greek male always
  • mihalis greek male always

statute of limitations

Is there a statute of limitations regarding prosecution for taking ones own children out of the country illegally?

You don't say what country, but the short of it (with the usual "I'm not a lawyer" provisos) is that the crime is not just at the time of departure from a given country, but continuing as long as they are minors (the age of majority varying from country to country, etc.). For example, if you had illegally removed a 6-year-old from the United States in 1986, and kept that child out of the country, I believe you would have been continuously committing a crime until that child turned 18 in 1998, so the clock wouldn't start on any statute of limitiations until that time. I wouldn't be surprised if some legal theory could be found to say that the criminal act continued past that date.

(Again, with the same provisos) As I understand it, if the country is the US, and if one didn't have legal custody, the fact that they were "ones own children" has little or no legal bearing (although it might cause a judge or jury to see the case differently). Kidnapping by a non-custodial parent is still kidnapping. -- Jmabel 07:24, 27 Jan 2004 (UTC)

Who owns the copyright in a text-game?

Hi, I run one of the many text-based games online. I've spent some time honing my legal agreement and checking the copyright laws, and I was curious as to whether my intention - namely to hold copyright on all data created within the game - would succeed if it were examined in a court of law. This legal statement must be read (you have to explicitly type a command to see it) before a character can be created, and without agreement to it, access to the game/server is forbidden.

Basically I want to own the copyright to text created primarily for descriptions builders may produce, as I've had cases of builders leaving in a huff and choosing to have their areas wiped first, and also perhaps for code created, too. Below I include the most relevant paragraph, and then at the end of this question I include the whole statement.

"Furthermore the software of this game (i.e. any program run by using any command within the game, or sending any communication to the server), being designed specifically for creation and management of in-game elements only applicable within this game, which is a not-for-profit game, cannot be used to create data of any monetary worth. Furthermore, because all data created in this environment is intended to be accessed by all, using any software to create data explicitly means that all data created is automatically part of the 'public domain' within the context of the game, and if any copyright can be said to exist, the copyright belongs to the administrators and owners of the game itself, not to the user of the software. Access to this server is based in part on this provision, and permission to change any game data - which occurs as soon as communications begin - is only granted on the basis that the copyright for all data changed and/or created belongs to the game's owners and administrators."


And here's the whole statement. By the way, the server itself resides in the UK.

"Legal Agreement

Access to this server (i.e. the right to connect to it and also to execute commands) is forbidden to all who do not agree to abide by the terms of this agreement.

In order to protect the legal rights of those operating this server, all users (i.e. those who execute commands on this server, and in addition, any on whose behalf commands are being executed) agree to the following:

To indemnify and hold harmless all companies - and employees of those companies - and all people involved in the administration (including the people that are known as "wizards" and "mentors" within the scope of the game) and operation of this game and server, and any other carriers of the communications or

creators of the software, for any claims or damages resulting from your usage without limitation.

Notwithstanding the above, you agree that should we be found liable for any action or lack of action related to your use of this game or server our liability is limited to $0.01 US.

Your access to this system may be revoked at any time with or without cause, and is never guaranteed. All users (as defined above) consent to being completely logged and having their connection recorded for access by the administration of the game. Furthermore the software of this game (i.e. any program run by using any command within the game, or sending any communication to the server), being designed specifically for creation and management of in-game elements only applicable within this game, which is a not-for-profit game, cannot be used to create data of any monetary worth. Furthermore, because all data created in this environment is intended to be accessed by all, using any software to create data explicitly means that all data created is automatically part of the 'public domain' within the context of the game, and if any copyright can be said to exist, the copyright belongs to the administrators and owners of the game itself, not to the user of the software. Access to this server is based in part on this provision, and permission to change any game data - which occurs as soon as communications begin - is only granted on the basis that the copyright for all data changed and/or created belongs to the game's owners and administrators.

This system may be used only for lawful purposes. No United States, United Kingdom, or Canadian laws may be violated. This includes but is not limited to slander and libel, copyright infringement, conspiracy to commit a crime, or violations of trade-secret or patent protections. However, the makers and administrators of this game may not be held responsible for any of the actions of the users of the game in the above concerns.

This system provides NO secure transmissions of data. The operators of this system may choose to log any aspect of the system at any time, with no prior notice being given. Any logs are the sole property of the operators of the computer system this muck runs on.

Any attempts to cause harm to the players or operators of this system, the system itself (both in terms of software within and without the game, and also the hardware and firmware), or the data contained within the system (including but not limited to attempting to breach operating system security or attempting to corrupt the database or files that make up the running system) will be cause for immediate revocation of access to this system, and may result in civil or criminal charges being filed in the jurisdiction of the system operators.

We also promise that the ISPs of repeated rulebreakers _will_ be contacted if and when the 'Wizard' staff deem it appropriate.

All users of this system agree that their actions be in accordance with and legal under the UK's "Computer Misuse Act" of 1990, including but not limited to the sections "Unauthorised access to computer material." and "Unauthorised access with intent to commit or facilitate commission of further offences." This Act of Parliament is shown in full at http://www.hmso.gov.uk/acts/acts1990/Ukpga_19900018_en_1.htm .

Equally, all users of this system agree that their actions shall be accordance with and legal under the USA's "Unlawful Access to Stored Communications" law, including but not limited to "intentionally accesses without authorization a facility through which an electronic communication service is provided". This law is available at http://www.cybercrime.gov/usc2701.htm .

If a user does not agree to abide by these terms, they are not authorized to access this program or machine or server or system, until such a time when they may be re-authorized verbally by the administrator of the system (who will be termed a 'wizard' within the scope of the game, as evidenced in the list available with use of the command 'wizlist'). The only authorised and relevant email addresses for the administrator of the system are: [an email here] or [another here] . All users agree only to access this server in accordance with the laws of their country and any other laws which apply in the legal jurisdiction in which they live."

Any thoughts? Thanks for reading.

A very simple and specific thought: spend some money on a lawyer. This is a thicket. No non-lawyer -- hell, no one but an intellectual property rights lawyer -- is going to be able to give you an opinion worth a damn. -- Jmabel 07:27, 27 Jan 2004 (UTC)

Finding a Town In Saxony

I would like to find two towns in Saxony. My great-grandmother was born in Burg Walda, Saxony in 1844. She married Christopher Wagner in 1869 at Von Slaben, a village near Burg Walda. I have been unable to find these towns in my U.S. reference books. I will be visiting Dresden and Leipzig in June and would very much like to visit these areas if possible. Thank you in advance for any help you can provide. e-mail joanherriges@att.net.

Well, it's your ancestry, but I suspect the stories got garbled over the years, maybe from someone reading a document in a language they don't read well. "Von Slaben" seems like an unlikely place name, but a likely name for a noble family, and by implication for a castle or estate where the wedding could have taken place. Similarly, Burg Walda might not be a town name: "Burg." could be "mountain", but it could also be an abbreviation for "Burgomeister" ("mayor"), and might have been someone who signed a particular document. Best of luck sorting this out, but consider these possibilities as well. -- Jmabel 07:36, 27 Jan 2004 (UTC)

Dynamo

Sir, I want to know whether there is any difference between Dynamo and a generator. I learned that dynamo can be termed for both ac and dc generators, then can we call analternator also a dynamo.

how tall

Did the tallest candidate always win the presidential race? Can you e-mail a list and the match-ups in order of year. I am usding this information for a college class.

thank you ray ruddles UTHRILLME007@YAHOO.COM

I'm sure the answer is no, but as a general trend, the taller candidate has usually won. Take a look at List of U.S. Presidents by height order, which is still very much a work in progress. --Minesweeper 03:59, Jan 26, 2004 (UTC)

How does the media attemp to address the diversity represented in the American landscape?

Example of this would be the show All in the family. How does this television address the diversity represented in the american landscape and to what extent doe the media rely on sterotypes when dipicting a certain group and does it fostered a better understanding of diversity and multiculturalism? Please Justify

I hope your deadline is far enough away. People on Web sites will sometimes volunteer to do some of your homework for you, but here you'll usually get pointers to things you can look at; and looking up the things and thinking about them may take some time. For my own part, I can't provide any good sociological studies to look at; the best I could suggest would be to look at some media, like All in the Family tapes, while keeping these questions in mind. Might give you some ideas. Dandrake 21:45, Jan 27, 2004 (UTC)

INFO PLEASE

THANK YOU FOR TAKING MY QUESTION I AM LOOKING FOR INFO ON A ENGLISH/USA PAINTER BY THE NAME OF "VICTOR WILLIAM COULES"1891 - 1981 I CANT SEEM TO FIND ANY ON THE WEB I WONDER IF YOU CAN PUT ME ON THE RIGHT TRACK THANK YOU 

                        VICTOR

Intense Pulse Light treatments - scars

Hello,

I am of East Indian origin and have recently had Intense Pulse Light treatment to remove a few moles on my face. Even though I was assured by the lab technicians than this treatment does not leave behind any scars, I was left with a scab on two of the treated spots followed by a dark scar. This was last October, 3 months ago and despite the application of Vitamin A & E creams, the marks are still there, just a little lighter. Is there hope that they will eventually disappear? The lab technicians keep reassuring me that they will. The reason it is taking so long is because I have pigmented skin. Please advise as to what I can do to hasten the process of clearing up.

Thank you.

T

Dairy Goats

Hello, i posted information about the saanen and oberhasli dairy goats, i was wondering if there was any way to post pictures so that people could get a visual?

Thank you very much Jennifer Frutos

JennifFrut@aol.com

There is a defined method of uploading pictures to the wikipedia. Go to Special:Upload. Ensure you read the information there before uploading. akaDruid 17:32, 27 Jan 2004 (UTC)

Production of 'Perfect" Light by a Firefly

Oxygen plus luciferin results in a chemical reaction that produces the "cold" light at almost 100 % efficiency. [Compared to the ca 10 % light, 90 % heat of a household Tungsten filament bulb] How is the system regenerated? Some reduction reaction must take place.

Ceramic and Clay Sound Analysis

Ceramic and Clay Sound Analysis I am doing resarch on this for my final year paper (mechanical engineering). Please contact me if there is any information or if you have any leads or links to this sort of matter, please do inform me. I do need a big hand here whether from Nobel Prize Winners or from pre-school geniuses. Thank you so much.

E-mail: neospunk@email.com

Metropolitan Police changes due to CDPA 1988

Hi

I work for NCALT in association with the Metropolitan Police and have been recently tasked the job of researching and analysing the recent changes to the CDPA 1988 in the UK. I was wondering if you had any articles discussing these changes and what they mean. It is a matter of urgency because my analysis has to be completed this week. So if you could direct me to where i could find articles on your site relating to the CDPA 1988 i would be very greatful.

Many Thanks

Kamran Habib

Slav migration from Illyricum

The Russian Primary Chronical says the Slavs originally lived in Illyricum. Does anyone know of any documentation to substantiate this?

"Originally" is so tricky. Originally, according to most anthropologists, we are all from Africa, so the issue begs the question of what date is being talked about. Is this a claim about pre-Roman times? Unless I am very mistaken, during Roman times, no significant group of Slavs were ever inside the Empire and according to the generally reliable (if inevitably imprecise) Penguin Atlas of Medieval History, in A.D. 362 (the first date it covers) the Slavs were in the north, sandwiched between the Finns and Ostrogoths. Is this helpful, or are we talking even earlier? -- Jmabel 18:27, 27 Jan 2004 (UTC)

The mystery bar from Mars ...

Hello!

Many years ago when the Mars Bar was of a different shape and size and was wrapped in a kind of opaque green wrapper (all of which I preferred) there was another bar besides it and the Milky Way, Three Musketeers and Snickers. The bar was coated with dark chocolate and had a nougat filling, it was delicious and for the life of me I can't recall its name. I think the name started with an H.

Solve this mystery please.

Sincerely, Pete Rossini
Heath? --Smack 18:52, 29 Jan 2004 (UTC)

collective nouns

Wikipedia Does the collective noun 'slaughter' exist? I have heard 'slaughter of lambs'!!! Thanks Martin

See collective noun for several lists. If you find a mistake or something missing, edit it. Enjoy. --Phil 08:48, Jan 28, 2004 (UTC)

Red Barron

I need to know the Military ID Number of Manfred von Richthofen. Can anyone help. Email me at smith63@entercomp.com

Thanks

Glenn Smith

Graves Basedow

Someone posted the following on a (now deleted page) which is linked to from Graves-Basedow disease:

HOla mi nombre es carolina no escribo bien el inglés, me detectaron Graves Basedow hace 2 semanas tengo oftalmopatía pero unilateral me midieron con el exoftalmómetro 12 en un lado y 14 en el otro, usaré anteojos, me dieron tratameitno con yodo radioactivo hace 2 días, mo pregunta es??? si esta se exacerbará y si ecsite tratamietno independiente del hipertiroidismo??' mi correo es: aleo16@latinmail.com

which google very roughly translates to:

Hello my name has been carolina I do not write the English well, detected Graves Basedow to me for 2 weeks I have oftalmopatía but unilateral they measured to me with exoftalmómetro 12 in a side and 14 in the other, I will use eyeglasses, gave tratameitno me with radioactive iodine for 2 days, mo asks is? if this will be exacerbará and if ecsite tratamietno independent of the hyperthyroidism ' my mail is: aleo16@latinmail.com

I pass the question on without comment. Perhaps someone knows of a suitable newsgroup/website?-- Finlay McWalter 00:58, 30 Jan 2004 (UTC)

Trying to get this closer to English (there were some misspellings etc. even in the Spanish):

Hello my name is Carolina. I do not write the English well, two weeks ago they found that I have Graves Basedow. I have ophthtalmopathy, but unilateral. They measured to me with exophthalmeter as 12 on one side and 14 on the other. I will use eyeglasses; they treated me with radioactive iodine 2 days ago. My question is: whether this will worse and whether there is treatment independent of hyperthyroidism ' my email is: aleo16@latinmail.com

If anyone has a response & needs it translated to email to Carolina, just leave it here, I or someone else can translate to Spanish & send it.

Spanish VP or Reference desk sounds better for this. --Menchi (Talk)â 07:40, 31 Jan 2004 (UTC)
Good thought. I've posted it on es:Wikipedia:Consultas. Jmabel 11:53, 31 Jan 2004 (UTC)

Rifle valuation

I would like some information on the value of a Whitworth percussion muzzle loading rifle by Cartmell. (hexagonal bore .65) Do you know of anyone in Ottawa, Canada who could give me an accurate appraisal?

Ski Rescue Team

I am looking for somebody who was on the ski rescue team for the 1960 Winter Olympics. Does anybody know where I can hopefully contact somebody from this team.

Thanks so much

about English churches

Hello. I am a Canadian who will soon be living and teaching in Gwangju for a year. I was wondering if there are any English-speaking Christian churches in Gwangju that I could attend. Is there any way for me to find out? Any help would be appreciated. If you know of any info, please email me at chiquita2pam@yahoo.com

Thanks.

making my own manga

i have already finished my whole manga but where can i go to publish or edit it?

Sweden's Deaf Schools

I am writing a paper about Sweden's Deaf school and would like to know what kind of budget and/or resources are devoted to their education? Any input would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you,

Ginger

Leap Year 2004

Does the fact that there are 5 Sundays in this February (Leap Year) have any significance or does it drum up any superstitions?

Larry / Anchorage

How to research a corporation that may no longer be in business

I am attempting to research the financial viability of some old stock certificates-- How is that done? The information that I have, as an example, Name: Inter World TV Films, Inc. Incorporated: 1952, Delaware. I have done multiple web searchs at different sites with no luck. Thank you for any help. M. Lane littleprince1977@yahoo.com

Hehe. Everything in incooperated here. :) Tell you what - if you can figure out the name of the agency you want to call, I'll look it up and post the phone number here for you. →Raul654 05:18, Jan 31, 2004 (UTC)
From the article on Delaware corporation, I found the Delaware Division of Corporations website. Gentgeen 08:40, 31 Jan 2004 (UTC)

World War II Vets Interviewed

I remember hearing something about either the Smithsonian or the National Archive interviewing World War II vetrans. They want to record the vets' stories, for posterity's sake. Can anyone give me more information on this? →Raul654 06:54, Jan 31, 2004 (UTC)

Sichuan

Is it true that "Sichuan" means "four rivers"? If so, what are the four rivers? Dominus 05:07, 1 Feb 2004 (UTC)

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