Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Humanities/December 2008

= December 1 = Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2008 December 1


 * 1) More Fops Please
 * 2) Barbara Ehrenreich
 * 3) Senator's terms
 * 4) Tousch
 * 5) How do I demonstrate that animals do not have religion
 * 6) Prophets for profit
 * 7) Librarian looking to help
 * 8) To permanately end terrorism by Extremists
 * 9) To end hunger all over the world..
 * 10) E.coli
 * 11) Chadian City
 * 12) Article translation database
 * 13) Resources on Gorky and God Building
 * 14) Poster in the West Wing (TV serial)

= December 2 = Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2008 December 2


 * 1) Anglo-Boer War diaries
 * 2) Indigenous Australian population
 * 3) Active yoga cultures ?
 * 4) British Ministers
 * 5) link needed
 * 6) Bangladesh vs. Italy and Greece
 * 7) Peter Mandelson - Inner Steel
 * 8) National Colours in a Political Party's logo
 * 9) How to find the translations of a book
 * 10) is it okay to cite Noam Chomsky on a political article?
 * 11) Why does Alaska have expensive gas compared to other states?

= December 3 = Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2008 December 3


 * 1) Image of branches in Jewish monotheism.
 * 2) Lawful reasons for termination of a job in united states of america
 * 3) Why did people vote for Ted Stevens?
 * 4) Handicapped parking
 * 5) Bishops' cathedrals
 * 6) Encarta: quality? reference?
 * 7) Presidential portraits
 * 8) LexisNexis
 * 9) third world war 2009
 * 10) Conscription
 * 11) Bringing medicine into the US
 * 12) Academic mention of Scientology's "admiration paticles"
 * 13) If you break it you've bought it
 * 14) Medieval Islam medicine

= December 4 = Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2008 December 4


 * 1) Barack Obama Cabinet
 * 2) Source for Quotation from St. Basil of Caesarea
 * 3) Which U.S. Presidents have been the subject of a major movie/film?
 * 4) Existentialism
 * 5) Short selling and shareholder rights
 * 6) neil rosenstein doctor  surgeon/genealogist  of  elizabeth new  jersey
 * 7) See the whole world with his naked eye
 * 8) Richard Nixon
 * 9) What's wrong with this ballot?
 * 10) Irish Law
 * 11) Paper on Cotton in the "India Trade"
 * 12) Seek knowledge even as far as China
 * 13) Finding a blog post on immigration law

= December 5 = Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2008 December 5


 * 1) US government: can the President fire the Vice-President?
 * 2) Old musical time signatures
 * 3) Looking for Chinese Political Economy courses in English
 * 4) Legal status of divorced women in history
 * 5) Every little helps
 * 6) Rational action
 * 7) Public Transportation between Springfield Mass and Hartford Conn.
 * 8) Miami tribe
 * 9) Mention of Bao Zheng in the Water Margin
 * 10) Customs and Body Language
 * 11) Translation to Latin, please
 * 12) Where was this quote originally from?
 * 13) Private Citizen Bailout?

= December 6 = Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2008 December 6


 * 1) University and College
 * 2) Bangladeshi districts history
 * 3) Winston Churchill
 * 4) Is spying illegal?
 * 5) Number of trees in the United states
 * 6) (Heralrdy) Royal coat of arms of the UK and predecessor kingdoms
 * 7) Source of quotation
 * 8) Scholarly edition of Grimm's Fairy Tales
 * 9) Swedish map location
 * 10) What is the name of the hooded man from Abu Ghraib
 * 11) Foundations of law in a reality show.
 * 12) Do renters have recourse if their landlord pockets the cash, doesn't pay the mortgage, and the house gets foreclosed?

= December 7 = Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2008 December 7


 * 1) Huns, Avars & Bulgars
 * 2) Afghanistan
 * 3) Highest Mountain in the former Texas Republic
 * 4) Tiger-Taming Arhat
 * 5) Newspapers: terminology
 * 6) Israeli Leader of the Opposition and Ghanaian Leader of the Opposition
 * 7) Israelis comparing Jews to anti-semits
 * 8) Cost of woman
 * 9) Foucault's Des espaces autres
 * 10) describing music
 * 11) At one point is a student association [in a state of existence]

= December 8 = Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2008 December 8


 * 1) Canada's military after WWII
 * 2) What are some examples of Marxist/Radical factions within mass Social Democratic Parties?
 * 3) Electoral stain / ink
 * 4) Antiretrovirals - Cost structure and demand
 * 5) Lord Ahmed
 * 6) Financial crisis in Britain
 * 7) Lebanese Civil War

= December 9 = Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2008 December 9


 * 1) 2008 Financial Crisis
 * 2) What is the role of Yoga in the new millennium ?
 * 3) Medieval dress of royal women in the Middle East
 * 4) Local Elections in Nazareth
 * 5) Ancient diagrams
 * 6) Obama - Foreign born
 * 7) Geographical knowledge of Americans
 * 8) "Raid"?
 * 9) Was the Peoples Temple a religious cult?
 * 10) Rome
 * 11) Paleolithic Age vs. Ancient Egypt, Ancient Sparta, Classical Athens, Roman Republic and Romam Empire
 * 12) Illicit Trade in Viagra
 * 13) Narrative Poetry and the Real World
 * 14) Legal/sociological terminology question
 * 15) Louisiana Purchase

= December 10 = Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2008 December 10


 * 1) You just don't give it away for nothing
 * 2) abuse in The Sun Also Rises
 * 3) Quality of health care provision around the world
 * 4) Bailout cost
 * 5) Our common future
 * 6) Baseball RBI Rules
 * 7) What was the composition of the European Parliament by group immediately before and after the Sweden elections to the EP on 17 September 1995?
 * 8) Galaxia the Stories Of Ilusion
 * 9) Is there a word or phrase?
 * 10) British pound sterling vs. EURO

= December 11 = Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2008 December 11


 * 1) Need to contact Arabist
 * 2) Early photoshopping question
 * 3) Last Grand Duke of Russia
 * 4) How should I understand this answer
 * 5) the word Egypt

= December 12 = Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2008 December 12


 * 1) Contribution to Arab Nationalism
 * 2) Line of succession for President Elects?
 * 3) Humlebaek landing 1700- inconsistent Wiki entries?
 * 4) Liberation of the Netherlands in WWII - by whom?
 * 5) Thomas Humphrey

= December 13 = Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2008 December 13


 * 1) Jack-gnat and jelly-tray
 * 2) Extremely weird request
 * 3) Hitler quote
 * 4) Olde euphemisms and dysphemisms for menstruation
 * 5) What is Pranayama ?
 * 6) Seating in the British House of Commons
 * 7) AIDS Statistics
 * 8) Historic Brazilians
 * 9) Bills
 * 10) Hitler and Germany's military in WWII
 * 11) Bernard Madoff

= December 14 = Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2008 December 14


 * 1) Is there a word for this concept?
 * 2) Inflation adjustment value
 * 3) Trumpets
 * 4) Latin America hostile governments

= December 15 = Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2008 December 15


 * 1) Homelessness in the United States
 * 2) middle east body count by group
 * 3) Considering dropping out of high school in Ontario. What are my options?
 * 4) Stopping Foreclosure
 * 5) Eating animals
 * 6) Throwing shoes at the President
 * 7) Six Billion Others Project
 * 8) Security at Downing Street
 * 9) Cause of UK economic woes - fact or educated opinion?
 * 10) A question on my mind,,, losing faith in humanity
 * 11) Career advice for slackers
 * 12) Eating dog
 * 13) Identifying a Photograph of British Shipbuilding Industry
 * 14) Public footpaths/public land in England

= December 16 = Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2008 December 16


 * 1) Bengali Asian Eyes
 * 2) Contemporary philosophy
 * 3) Prof. Grashchenko?
 * 4) British laws of war on land
 * 5) Junkeeper
 * 6) Why is the devils tri tone so disturbing?
 * 7) What's wrong with dog meat?
 * 8) Quote by Emerson

= December 17 = Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2008 December 17


 * 1) today the Fed cut its interest rate to practically 0 -- is a NEGATIVE rate possible?
 * 2) Ethnic Nationalism in Pakistan
 * 3) Khalistan
 * 4) Kurds in Syria
 * 5) Lebanon and Syria
 * 6) Eating humans
 * 7) Ismaili Ethnic Groups
 * 8) Latino Muslims
 * 9) Adam Walsh/Ottis Toole
 * 10) Interest rate and Treasury bonds
 * 11) Punching people
 * 12) President George W. Bush
 * 13) ironic tale of lovers trying to please each other
 * 14) Phenomenological life
 * 15) So Mary and Joseph had to go all the way to Bethlehem because of a dude that died a millennia earlier?

= December 18 = Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2008 December 18


 * 1) Bethlehem: singular or plural
 * 2) Slit, Log drums
 * 3) Who are these two?
 * 4) Federal reserve
 * 5) east asia
 * 6) Bernie Madoff's degree
 * 7) Determining National Profits After Tax
 * 8) Interest Rates on Bank Deposits
 * 9) Tax and gross domestic product (GDP)
 * 10) Father vs. Unwilling Mother
 * 11) Canadian banks

= December 19 = Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2008 December 19


 * 1) Banks Make Me Nervous
 * 2) Mathematical Equations in Das Kapital
 * 3) Countries with a Protestant heritage more secular in the 21st century than those with a Catholic or Orthodox heritage?
 * 4) is it worth buying the dvd of monarchy tv series?
 * 5) Ganymedes picture
 * 6) Bodies buried in Great Wall of China
 * 7) American television commercials
 * 8) Poverty gap in Israel/Palestine; Jews & Palestinians
 * 9) Grand Duchess Natalia/Maria Petrovna of Russia

= December 20 = Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2008 December 20


 * 1) Overtone singing vs throat singing
 * 2) Thomas More quote
 * 3) A Christmas Carol chronology
 * 4) Nativity scene ideas + queries
 * 5) do people have the right to lie on their resume?
 * 6) Extension School

= December 21 = Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2008 December 21


 * 1) Why dont those people who "talk to the dead" get put to the test?
 * 2) The date of Christmas
 * 3) Use of "The Honorable"
 * 4) small jewish rules
 * 5) Can someone identify this painting for me?
 * 6) Taxonomy of entities in Greek mythology
 * 7) Holocaust denial

= December 22 = Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2008 December 22


 * 1) Origins of the Barca family name
 * 2) Negative Interest Rate Guaranteed Investment Certificate
 * 3) A person in the Revolutionary War
 * 4) Why were Hoovervilles tolerated?
 * 5) Andrew Parker-Bowles
 * 6) Zero sum in world economy?
 * 7) Subcarpathian elections in the 1920s
 * 8) Afghanis as Desi?
 * 9) Searching for an infamous NHL player and coach
 * 10) Rest periods of work
 * 11) If wealth can be destroyed, isn't its creation largely illusory?
 * 12) Women and university
 * 13) Lebanese Political Parties

= December 23 = Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2008 December 23


 * 1) Bangladeshi Pro- and Anti-Pakistani, -Indian, -Bangladeshi
 * 2) Why is Social Security not transferred to some countries?
 * 3) Copyright
 * 4) Using "human rights" to justify racism and religious discrimination
 * 5) Race of Santa Claus?
 * 6) Binoculars on the Titanic
 * 7) Two men say they're Jesus, one of them must be wrong
 * 8) Religious Minority in Pakistan
 * 9) Islam in India
 * 10) Asian languages
 * 11) Where did Depression-era apple sellers get their apples?

= December 24 = Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2008 December 24


 * 1) Christian leadership formation throughout church history
 * 2) Puqu
 * 3) Automobiles and Greek architecture
 * 4) Patent law book
 * 5) date of birth of prophet muhammad
 * 6) Miss Black Virginia USA

= December 25 = Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2008 December 25


 * 1) Subject area: philosophy, reasoning, logic.  "in the limit where x goes to y"
 * 2) On what basis is the potential unfairness of Social Security defended?
 * 3) Pulleys first used in the British Isles
 * 4) Atheism in American politics
 * 5) When was Jesus born?

= December 26 = Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2008 December 26


 * 1) Effect of Iraq war on global economic situation
 * 2) Happy Holidays! Now lie to your children.
 * 3) Pursuing law abroad
 * 4) on English
 * 5) on framing a question
 * 6) How do German people feel about actions of Nazi Germany?
 * 7) census redistricting
 * 8) President Abraham Lincoln
 * 9) Trademarks and Copyrights

= December 27 = Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2008 December 27


 * 1) Hawaiian Punch
 * 2) Christ Church Primary School,Stockport
 * 3) Shia islam versus Sunni islam
 * 4) What country has the easiest prisons?
 * 5) kant and swedenborg
 * 6) What large US cities have some form of rent control?
 * 7) Sunni Schools of thought of Arab World
 * 8) Civil unions and marriage
 * 9) Books on types of Nationalism
 * 10) Hindu belt in Bangladesh

= December 28 = Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2008 December 28


 * 1) Tipping the staff for staying over Christmas (UK)
 * 2) Federally owned slaves
 * 3) Marriage à-la-mode
 * 4) sebastokratōr Isaac Komnenos
 * 5) Did Edward the first's daughter elanor Marry Alphonos  III of Spain or not?
 * 6) Third from the right
 * 7) In anime, why do the characters often look more Caucasian (or European or 'white') than typical Japanese people?
 * 8) I want to know, what we call the art of 'asking a question in such a manner that we'll get a postive/desired reply from the other person'?
 * 9) looking for a good textbook in analytic philosophy

= December 29 = Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2008 December 29


 * 1) Buddhists and Christians Bangladesh
 * 2) Arab Christians
 * 3) speech
 * 4) Either of us is v. Either of us are
 * 5) A question about president William Henry Harrison
 * 6) How did the US cope in WWII with two fronts and long supply lines?
 * 7) Help finding a translated journal article!
 * 8) poem by Michael Longley
 * 9) Why is Jesus also known as "King of the Jews"?
 * 10) Shriners
 * 11) Strange religious statues
 * 12) Science fiction short stories
 * 13) Koran question

= December 30 = Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2008 December 30


 * 1) Bengali-Burmese Ancient Battles
 * 2) Why is there war?
 * 3) Boys leading troops
 * 4) Costs of inactive company
 * 5) Ponzi game
 * 6) Leni Riefenstahl and slave labor
 * 7) Why does the (US) Work Opportunity Credit exclude hires over 40 years of age?

= December 31 = Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2008 December 31


 * 1) One state religion and one language nation
 * 2) Whatever happened to movements?
 * 3) RMS Queen Mary crew jobs
 * 4) what is the theme of "sredni vashtar", short story of saki?please explain it in simple English.
 * 5) Shakespeare question
 * 6) common law partner
 * 7) conservative cartoon on spike tv
 * 8) British Solomon Islands
 * 9) distribution of birth months in general population?