Wikipedia:Reference Desk archive unanswered 2004

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peavet flour mill
what was name of flour mill before it was peavey?

The Mystical Symbolism of the Bee, the Insect
I plan to write a primary research paper (not in Wikipedia, of course, but surely I will add any well-known encyclopaedic information in relevant articles) regarding the mystical meaning and symbolism of the bee (the insect). Especially I need to research its significance in the Western mystery tradition and its usage by various esoteric orders or mystical organisations. Also, I would like to know whether the bee was used as a symbol in Ancient Egypt or Ancient Greece, as well as any possible use in Asian countries such as India or Tibet (do they have bees there??). As related topics, I also need information on honey and beehives. Can you help me to find resources or give me information? If you can please e-mail me or use my talk page. Thankies! -- Optim·.· 06:15, 3 Mar 2004 (UTC)

C.R.Smith of American Airlines as an example of strategic leadership
Greetings,

I am presently pursuing a Masters in Hospitality Management here in Montreux Switzerland and would appreciate any information regarding the adoption of the SABRE system by American Airlines and the strategic business advantage this reality afforded them in particular and the Hospitality sector in general.

Kindly oblige me.

My email add is tyrext49@yahoo.com

Thank you for your time and consideration.

David Loya.

Popef Pius VII
Can you share any information about Pope Pius VII issuing a tri-color Cameo Ring with June, 1823 inscribed inside.

Carling Black Label
I moved this from Carling Black Label moink 20:13, 4 Mar 2004 (UTC)

Multitrade (Brackenier Gebr bvba)

Industrieweg 45 8800 Roeselare Belgium

Tel +32/476 49 30 30 Fax +32/2 612 37 54

Email: multitradebelgium@msn.com

Dear Sir(s)

We are looking for Carling Black Label to import in to Romania, we want to buy up to 50 40" containers a week.

Looking forward to your reply

Reggy

Carrom Skittles Variation
I have come to own a variation of the spinning top game Skittles. On the side of the board reads the words "Carrom Commando" and there are war based grafics on the play surface.

Do you have information about the origins of the Skittls game and possibly info on variations?

Thank You Curtis Ortez curto@direcpc.com

Nestor Ibarra
Am I correct that there are two different mildly spastic famous Argentinians named "Nestor Ibarra"? I know that was the name of the man who first started translating the work of Jorge Luis Borges into French. I would assume that is a totally different individual than the telejournalist host of "Recursos Humanos". I don't seem to be able to find any biographical information on either one of them. Any clues are appreciated. They both seem to me to merit articles if anyone can find out enough to write one. -- Jmabel 06:00, 8 Mar 2004 (UTC)

King Philip IV of France Image
The image within the text of King Philip IV -- there appears to be no copyright information attached to this image. I wanted to confirm whether the image is in the public domain. It also may be a photograph of a public domain image but I cannot confirm that either.

Any suggestions as to how I could verify usage image source and or any copyright info?

Many thanks!

Yes it is in the public domain, in the U.S. any work created before 1923 is in public domain. Some countries go a little longer than that anything over 100 years old usually would be in the public domain.

danish ship Albstein
battle of Copenhagen 1802 th e sh

Swedish Politics
could you please forward me any information you have on swedish policies on children - in relation to their education, health, security and basic rights, for example the right to vote, age of consent, legal age to consume alcohol etc. this would be very much appreciated as i have an important presentation to make next week on this topic and i am finding it very difficult to get any information of the internet. even if you could give me some relevant website addresses it would be much appreciated.

i thank you for your time and look forward to hearing from you soon.

your gratefully,

nicola morgan (northern ireland)
 * (note: this was moved from an article in the main namespace.  The user who posted it originally edits as User:143.117.143.42.) Isomorphic 19:51, 9 Mar 2004 (UTC)

Drinking age: 18 beer cider, 20 hard liquor. Age of consent: 15 Basic rights Education education free, and stipended through colligate level. Health Care nationalized system.

Online moderation
I'm writing a paper comparing different forms of online moderation (which I plan to include Wikipedia in). Administrators contains a pretty good description of how our system of moderation works. I'd like the equivalent of that for other important sites (slashdot comes to mind). Thanks for the help. &rarr;Raul654 21:30, Mar 9, 2004 (UTC)

Preservation
I am always interested on knowing whether examples of a particular aircraft have been preserved. Two of interest, because my father made me models of them, are the Handley Page Hampden and the Vickers Wellington.

Keith Lucas kwl@aber.ac.uk

Sonic
I have Sonic Advance 2 for Gameboy Advance. When I beat the level "XX", the game credits pop up and at the end it says collect all of the Chaos Emeralds. I don't know where to find a chaos emerald and when I inquire on different pages they say to look in the "special stage". I don't know how to get to the special stage. I don't even know if my game has one or if the page was talking about a different version of Sonic. 64.136.27.227
 * There's probably a walkthrough out there that has all the information you (or anyone else stuck in a certain part of a Video game) are looking for. Try Gamefaqs. --Yellow1996 (talk)

biodiesel oil
I am a college student which making some research on biodiesel oil, for earning my bachelor degree at Chemical Engineering. I have already suceeded making some, but I have some difficulties about methods for exact measuring the contents of my product or by-product. I wonder if there's somebody who is willing to help me by providing any information for : - method to analyze and determine amount of glycerine in WVO (Waste vegetable oil) or in any oil/fat which being use as raw material for making biodiesel oil - method to analyze and determine amount of methyl acetate (product). - amount of glycerine needed to make best quality biodiesel oil. I am very thankful for any help on providing any information for me. Thank you very much. If you don't mind, please send the information towards my e-mail address at donnywinardi@yahoo.com. thank you

Rainham
My Great Grandfather was a black smith in Rainham from about 1875. He was in a street called back street. Any chance of photos of that area? Bernie Fynn New Zealand

Pnyx
[moved from the village pump]:

Hello, I read your article about the Pnyx with is really detailed but I'm searching for ancient maps of athene within the pnyx. Where can I get any?

Please mail to Iscander@gmx.net

thankfull Iscander

Methane Digesters
(moved from the village pump)

Once carbon dioxide is extracted from the methane digester via lime water, what is the methos(s) for extraction the carbon dioxide from the lime water?

Max Schmeling
Looking for contact details for former World Heavy Weight Champion Max Schmeling. Can you help? Ernst F. Kriesner efk@danzig-freestate.org

---

Partial answer: Possibly the originator(s) of articles about Max Schmeling on the web may be able to help you. For example, see http://www.auschwitz.dk/schmeling.htm

QUITTNER 142.150.49.166 19:34, 2 September 2005 (UTC) Max Scheling was a German boxer in the olympic. During WWII he served with distiction in the German military during WWII. After the war he became he became wealth bussiness, after the war he also became close friends with former American boxing rival.

Chief Triangular
Can anyone give me a non-SCA example of the "chief triangular" in heraldry? --Daniel C. Boyer 19:47, 10 Jan 2004 (UTC)

The Theme Song from The Late Late Show with Gay Bryne
Can someone please tell me the name of the theme song for the Late Late Show with Gay Bryne?

Liquid crystal sheet
Hi there,

Please can you help me to find where to buy a liquid crystal "sheet" I am in South Africa if it helps

Regards Ian Woolridge

rice field price
hi I want to know how much cost every meter rice field in Ramsar (in Toman)? my e-mail address is : aria272002@yahoo.com

anthony
I am researching Colonel Anthony Van Egmond.Specifically his life prior to his involvement in the 1837 Rebellion in Upper Canada. His place of birth, family, religion, schools, military service, years in Pennesylvania, trek to Upper Canada and association with the Huron Tract grant are of particular interest. (Mary P Smith, moved from Anthony Van Egmond by Dysprosia)

Obtaining Michael Kamen/Metallica concert sheet music
What is the process/procedure for obtaining sheet music that was used for a single event but may not have been release to the general public?

Specifically: The sheet music Michael Kamen wrote for the 1998 concert with Metallica.

stomach banding
I have a friend that about 25 years ago had a ring put around the lower part of her stomach to aid her in losing weight as she was very overweight. Now, many years later she is having so many health problems as now she can only drink and if she eats solid foods it will not pass and she is losing a lot of weight and also is throwing up every day. Do you have any information that might aid her as I thought at one time you had people on that had problems from this procedure. A doctor told her the ring is closing and she will have to have 99% of her stomach removed. Can you help her? She is on disability and medicare! Any information would be so greatly appreciated.

Thank you.

Mari Howard


 * Note: For these kind of questions the answer should almost always be medical disclaimer IMO. --Robert Merkel 03:13, 11 Mar 2004 (UTC)

Enquiry
Is there any Overseas Branch of African Development Bank at 1 Canada Square, Canary Wharf London E14

Thank you

Saibal Chatterjee saibalda@yahoo.com

'''Sounds fishy to me. According to this site there is no such occupier. If you wish to check, the switchboard number is 020 7418 2000. If you are calling from outside the UK you will need to add the appropriate international dialing code.'''

'''You may have received one of the notorious so called '419 scams'. Further information is available here.'''

'''Would someone be kind enough to email this to the email address provided as I cant do it myself. Im not quite sure on the protocol of moving unaswered questions either, so if what I've provided qualifies as an answer I'd be most grateful if the necessary could be done :) '''

12/03/04 15:30 UTC

Merged British and Irish parliaments
On what date did the combined British and Irish parliaments first meet after the Act of Union 1800? Was an election called in Ireland or did the members of the Irish House simply relocate to Westminster? Mintguy (T) 20:30, 22 Feb 2004 (UTC)

Roland Koning
(from user:137.186.203.169) - The Nederlands painter Roland Koning gave me a set of twelve reproductions of his paintings titled " Herstel Van De Havens Rotterdam" published in the year 1967. They are nicely mounted in their original booklet published by

Opgedragen Aan Officieren, Onderofficieren, Korporaals en Manchappen Van Den Munen Oprium Dienst Der Koninkluke Marine

He was a very famous Dutch Painter. The Queen of the Nederlands published a retrospective of his paintings and bestowed a national honor to him.

I am at the state in life when I am trying to part with peices of endearment and the memories of these particular items is enough. Roland Koning was my neighbor in Waasenaar. I would appreciate your informing me of who I might contact to find the value of these reproductions and where I could dispose of them.

Gordon Davis 210- Patterson Blvd SW Calgary, Alta T3h 3J6 Ph 403-246-5615

Buddhist symbolisms
I wonder if anyone can tell me the significance of the toucan as sybolism, as well as the baby Buddha, rear-end raised in the air wearing glasses.

Thank you for your help.

Sincerely,

Eleanor Mason

You may contact me at  nornorny123@aol.com

dari and Farsi
Moved from Wikipedia talk:Village Pump HI, i just came new into this site accidently and i found it very interesting...the reason why i came into this site accidently because i was searching for the difference between dari and farsi. I am an afghan and i have been having argument with my friend who call themselves persians(Iranis) I told them that we are not persian because persian means farsi we dont speak farsi but a different dialect called Dari. The differnce may not be alot as was said in this site by someone, but they are different languages doesn't matter how close or simlar they r, they are different, lets say by .5%, that gives the 2 countries different languages, The iranis cant say they speak dari and the afghans they cant say they speak fari.

Now the real question which has been bothering me is this which i hope the administrater of this room will answer me. Can afghans call themselves Persians ( farsi) even though they speak dari???????? I am new to this site and i dont know where or how to read the reply of my message here, i would like anyone who has an idea or the administrater of this room who knows more to e-mail me their answer at afghanguy_1@hotmail.com that would be greatly appreciated

Quote about civilization as ants on a leaf by Nietzsche?
I remember reading a passage about a tower of ants on a leaf that was swirling downstream towards (?). This image was suppossed to be a metaphor for "civilization."

I'm pretty sure it was a quote from Nietzsche, but in my searches of the web and "The Portable Nietzsche" I've come up empty.

Can someone please help me find this quote? Thanks in advance.

-- Nick Gall (nick.gall@metagroup.com)

Hello there!

'''Sorry for the long delay in replying. The metaphor you mentioned piqued my interest and so to try and find an answer I did a whole range of searches in google. These found lots of quotes by Nietzsche, some quotes about ants, but none appeared to cover both bases. I even got up from my desk to search in a concise book of quotations, but that didn't throw anything up either.'''

'''So a couple of days later I was continuing my read through Crime and Punishment when I came across a footnote in the chapter where Raskolnikov and Dunya are going on about the influence of God. The allegory of an antheap is mentioned, alongside which:'''

"Fyodor Dostoyevsky had already used the image of the 'antheap' - derived from Gotthold Lessing and Voltaire, and also from the writings of the French novelist Charles Naudier - to describe mass society in Winter Notes on Summer Impressions and Notes from Underground."

'''So it may be that you are after another authour? I hope this proves useful...'''

'''Would someone be kind enough to email this to Mr Gall at the email address he provided as I cant do it myself. Im not quite sure on the protocol of moving unaswered questions either, so if what I've provided qualifies as an answer I'd be most grateful if the necessary could be done :) '''

12/03/04 15:30 UTC

William Grantham - Tracing Ancestry as a Mountie
Hi Everyone and thank you for giving me a great opportunity to contact you.

My name is Mark Grantham and I live in New Zealand and am currently researching my family history.

I am trying to track down a Great Uncle called William Grantham who was born in England and left to supposedly join the NWMP where he was killed at a young age.

William Grantham Born - London England 1884 - 1885. He came alone without his family. His father was a horsekeeper so he definitely had the pedigree to join the NWMP.

I am sorry but this is all the information that I can gather at the moment and I would really appreciate it if somebody could point me in the right direction as to who I can contact re old records etc, if indeed any still remain.

One point worth noting is that his brother Thomas was fighting in the Boer War with the Northumberland Fusiliers and he might have had ideas to join him over there. I recall that the NWMP Police fought in South Africa.

my email address is subwaybotany@xtra.co.nz

Kind Regards Mark Grantham If I where you I would talk to an older relative, they may have documents related to him. In addition they would have known his contemporary relatives (such as siblings), and may have heard stories. I say this because who are now in their 80's often had parents in the 1880's and 1890's

Michael Landon's final request
Q. Michael Landon............ TV star When he was dying he had a particular sound track or music album that he had playing all the time until he actually passed away. Do you know what that music was? I would appreciate an answer please. - Gordon Screen from Australia

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)


 * Actually, I tend to believe even yours truly - who has no legal tendencies - should be able to produce an opinion worth a damn. Eternal damnation, at that. I'm not helping, am I? -Itai 16:19, 15 Feb 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)

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 If person served in that capacity they would long be retired, and well into their 60's if not older.

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.


 * A quick search on Google turned up the Gwangju Dongmyung Presbyterian Church. (Using the search terms 'gwangju church english service'.) It is possible there are other churches in the area that would not be found with these search terms, or on the web at all. Dunro 18:33, Mar 20, 2005 (UTC)

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


 * Try and track down the contact details of a manga magazine/publisher that you know; then you'll probably have to send in a sample so they can review it and see if they want to serialize/release it. --Yellow1996 (talk)

Meteor
(translated by &rarr;Raul654 to something a little more readable)

Sirs: I enjoy reading your site. I'm Korean and my English is not so good. Please bear with me. I have a memory I want to discuss. Around 17-20 years ago [when I was much younger, I was student in Gangneung- City, on the East coast of Korea] I saw a big meteorite in the midnight sky.

I had left out my room, and was standing in the garden, watching the black night sky. It was about 10 P.M - 2 A.M. I'm not sure about the season. It was probably summer or spring, or possibly autumn. Definetely not winter. I don't remember the exact time. There was no moon visible in the sky. The night weather was cooling and the sky was cloudless. The night stars were very bright. Suddenly, A big meteorite appeared in the night sky. From my perspective, the meteor appeared to be the same size as the moon - about the size of a handball.

The meteor's body was a black circle, and the meteor's head part of the black circle was red fired, and the fire covered the black circle's skin [ very similar to the Man's hair and head. ] and the center of the black circle, small fire was seeing. The meteor appeared north-night-sky, heading south. It soon disappeared. The reasen for the disappearance was that the black circle's red fire was turned off. I clearly saw the body of meteor. It look like black circle - the help of the fire-light.

From its first appearence until the time it disappeared was not more than 3-seconds. My handball sized meteor means that the real size of meteor isn't handball size, but the size of flying the sky was look like handball size[almost look like moon]. The meteor didn't burn up entirely. Beacuse when the fire stopped, the black circle, the meteor's body was clearly visible. So I guess that the meteor come in short time, and was bound out from the earth's gravity boundary. I asked some Korean professors, and they told me that the meteor might have been a fire-ball. So I have been compared the picture of fire-ball, but they don't appear similar to my meteor. My meteor was very big, but it is not bright. When the fire was stopped shortly, it's surrounding sky and ground was not bright. It's fire only light on small part of itself. So I guess the meteor wasn't usual fire-ball. If the meteo flying From the surface of earth, 300-600 kilometer upper site, the really size was 3-5 kilometer of diameter.

I have no passion about the relation between the meteor [ I saw ] and the cruithne. But I want to know the truth. At that time, I knew nothing about astronomy. And I have been thinking that the big size of meteor was a common thing, but now, I know that the handball sized meteo is very unsual and very harmful. If the cruithne and my big meteo is equal, the theory must restart from 0-point. If it has no relation, according to the data, we have a chance that we will find some other planet. Some professor said that my opinion have some truth partially, but the process of truth will very differcult If you have any more interesting thing or quession, give me e-mail. I'll help you. Thanks,

Park Kwansu e-mail: kwansupark@hanmail.net or bachobak@yahoo.co.kr mobile telephone +82-(0)11-305-8815 fax : +82-(0)31-636-8015