Arts & Humanities - 17 December 2006

2006-12-17 23:57:40 · 4 answers · asked by Lai Yu Zeng 4 in History

2006-12-17 23:56:45 · 2 answers · asked by Lai Yu Zeng 4 in History

I can only trace my direct male line back to c. 1823, to the bastard son of one Hannah Bridgwaters of Stoke, St. Milborough, Shropshire, from whom we got our surname. I want to find out whether my y-chromosone is originally Saxon, Nordic or Celtic in origin and perhaps discover what my true surname should be and who the father of Thomas Bridgwater (b.c.1823) was.

Also, my mother may have Native American ancestors and I would very much like to take an ethnicity test to determine whether this is true or false. Are there any ways that I can get free genetic testing?

2006-12-17 23:44:29 · 3 answers · asked by darth_maul_8065 5 in Genealogy

Does any one out there, happen to know this individual, I am searching for him and don.t know his where abouts?

2006-12-17 23:38:23 · 1 answers · asked by Carolyn P 1 in Genealogy

2006-12-17 23:29:40 · 6 answers · asked by suvankar chakraborty 1 in Books & Authors

I am a budding writer. I started writing about a story idea that seemed very promising then got totally and completely stuck. My story is a satire about a near future academy which –thanks to a revolutionary surveillance technology-is capable of studying sentient civilizations on distant planets. I created 3 interesting characters(religious female scholar, haughty male scientist, creative male pacifist with whole the religious scholar is in love) and I described the academy, the technology, a few interesting lessons gained from studying other civs, and then I'm out of fuel, unable to invent the struggle necessary to keep all stories interesting. Do you have any suggestions to keep my story going on?Some spice, some struggle or problem that needs to be resolved and gets the reader involved?

2006-12-17 23:26:34 · 4 answers · asked by lagondapaolini 1 in Philosophy

I am a budding writer. I started writing about a story idea that seemed very promising then got totally and completely stuck. My story is a satire about a near future academy which –thanks to a revolutionary surveillance technology-is capable of studying sentient civilizations on distant planets. I created 3 interesting characters(religious female scholar, haughty male scientist, creative male pacifist with whole the religious scholar is in love) and I described the academy, the technology, a few interesting lessons gained from studying other civs, and then I'm out of fuel, unable to invent the struggle necessary to keep all stories interesting. Do you have any suggestions to keep my story going on?Some spice, some struggle or problem that needs to be resolved and gets the reader involved?

2006-12-17 23:24:48 · 5 answers · asked by lagondapaolini 1 in Books & Authors

2006-12-17 23:21:57 · 16 answers · asked by ~kArIn***!<3 1 in Other - Visual Arts

2006-12-17 23:19:34 · 31 answers · asked by Sheldon 6 in Philosophy

i think it was in late 1800's or early 1900's. am i right?

2006-12-17 23:18:58 · 14 answers · asked by allgiggles1984 6 in History

One example: When a song is written about you, you know you've made it.

Can you think of any other examples of snowman wisdom?

2006-12-17 23:05:14 · 4 answers · asked by In Honor of Moja 4 in Philosophy

I'm looking for a really good Digital Photography book that covers everything to do with taking good digital photo's.

In the past I have read other books by John Hedgecoe and Tom Ang. Both have digital books too but I havent seen or read them - I need someone to recommend me a really good, a comprehensive one that covers everything. Great for a beginner etc...

Thanks!

2006-12-17 23:04:54 · 6 answers · asked by darkrhym 1 in Photography

I just made a photo book with Tesco online photo Center. I'm terribly disappointed because the photo quality is so poor and blurry it looks like it came off of someone's cheap color inkjet printer. Can anyone recommend a high picture quality photo book company?

2006-12-17 23:04:00 · 2 answers · asked by helentsu0123 1 in Photography

Great movies aren't just action packed wrestling matches.Real art contains a message. In this movie,a Super power (The Maya empire) is bullying weaker communities (nations) in the name of God (Mayan Gods) and righteousness, and in order to maintain its way of life(maintain enough human sacrifices for the gods). The media in this super power(The blood priest) lies deliberately and sells fear and false dreams to the people to glorify the government(the Mayan king and queen). The bullied communities keep resisting, causing unexpected losses to the super power and keeps it busy and weakened until the time other foreign powers enter the arena(Europeans landing with their ships at the end of the movie)??
Could it be Maya=USA, Iraq=The Indian ravaged village, The Spaniards =China and Russia?
If not, then why that ominous quotation from the great historian Will Durant at the beginning of the movie about great civilizations conquered from within before getting conquered from without?

2006-12-17 22:58:31 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Philosophy

Great movies aren't just action packed wrestling matches.Real art contains a message. In this movie,a Super power (The Maya empire) is bullying weaker communities (nations) in the name of God (Mayan Gods) and righteousness, and in order to maintain its way of life(maintain enough human sacrifices for the gods). The media in this super power(The blood priest) lies deliberately and sells fear and false dreams to the people to glorify the government(the Mayan king and queen). The bullied communities keep resisting, causing unexpected losses to the super power and keeps it busy and weakened until the time other foreign powers enter the arena(Europeans landing with their ships at the end of the movie)??
Could it be Maya=USA, Iraq=The Indian ravaged village, The Spaniards =China and Russia?
If not, then why that ominous quotation from the great historian Will Durant at the beginning of the movie about great civilizations conquered from within before getting conquered from without?

2006-12-17 22:57:59 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in History

See, Its getting out of control.Its too much.Should I go and say this on the teacher's face?Will she cut my marks just like that coz' we don't get our final term papers back

2006-12-17 22:57:01 · 8 answers · asked by Titanic lover 2 in Other - Arts & Humanities

After explaining and understanding the arguments of justice usd by our greek philospophers, (plato, polemarchus,...) our catholics, (augustine, aquinas,...) our protestants, (calvin, luther,...) and our modern.(hobbes,locke,rousseau...) Then go on to explain what is gained, and what is lost as we move closer to the modern world. And why does smith, who wrote a theroy of moral stentiments, go on to write the wealth of nations as a theory of politcal economy?

2006-12-17 22:52:10 · 2 answers · asked by garture 1 in Philosophy

2006-12-17 22:49:27 · 14 answers · asked by apurva d 1 in Philosophy

2006-12-17 22:47:35 · 15 answers · asked by Annika 1 in Books & Authors

Topic: Political Philosophy

2006-12-17 22:47:10 · 1 answers · asked by garture 1 in Philosophy

Honestly, tell me how many of you understand Vande mataram or Jana gana mana adhinayak...On the other hand, "Sarey Jahan se Accha, hindustan hamara" is well understood by everyone..Nehru was actually in favor of making it our national anthem, but sardar patel and the likes of him interfered...(just because the poet who wrote this was a Muslim)....

When Rakesh Sharma went into space, Indira Gandhi had asked him :
"How does our India look like from up there"?..to which Rakesh replied: "Sare Jahan se accha, hindustan hamara"...

2006-12-17 22:43:39 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in History

stuff u feel proud of? what can u do?
Normal bodily functions do not count!

2006-12-17 22:43:02 · 39 answers · asked by YabbaJabba 3 in Performing Arts

How can you make the shutter speed quicker if youve turned your flash off because say for instance its very bright outside so youve turned your flash off, this then makes the shutter speed slow, this is silly because now you need a fast speed.
This is for a basic-ish automatic camera.

2006-12-17 22:30:28 · 4 answers · asked by djleo 1 in Photography

When I was a kid there was Capote, Hemingway, Faulkner, Mailer, Tennesse Williams, John Steinbeck, Arthur Miller, Jack Kerouac, Scott Fitzgerald.
Who do we have now? J.K.Rowling.
What went wrong?

2006-12-17 22:26:46 · 19 answers · asked by Panama Jack 4 in Books & Authors

I am working on a project where I need names of all the villages in Andhra Pradesh with the smallest TALUKA as well. Th spelling of the villages should be accurate as well.

2006-12-17 22:24:51 · 1 answers · asked by khushrugheesta 1 in Genealogy

who are the five main gods and godessess of ancient egypt if you are not sure don't answer

2006-12-17 22:24:10 · 3 answers · asked by Ha:D 2 in History

any 5


pls help me

2006-12-17 22:24:10 · 2 answers · asked by katrina 1 in History

2006-12-17 22:15:00 · 11 answers · asked by doolinviolet 1 in Philosophy

ANIMATION

2006-12-17 22:09:49 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Drawing & Illustration

I have two overrated: 'Moby Dick' and 'War and Peace'. Both were crashing bores, but I read them all the way through so I never have to read them again!


Underrated: this was tough to pick. I love reading mysteries and a lot of writers in this genre get little or no respect in popular culture. They'll get good reviews, but their work is looked on as disposable literature.
'H for Homicide' by Sue Grafton, the 8th book in her Kinsey Milhone series, is the best of the "alphabet mysteries". I read it maybe 10 years ago, and the story has still stayed with me. Kinsey goes undercover to expose a car insurance fraud ring... which sounds boring, but it was very intense. Comes with a "Holy sh!t!" surprise ending, too!

2006-12-17 22:08:51 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Books & Authors