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January 8

Admission in USA.

I've just recently given my SAT 1 and got a decent score. And i want to give the SAT 2 but i see that most colleges have already crossed their deadlines and i wanted to ask that is it possible that these colleges(I'm talking on the level of CALTECH of FIT or you get the picture......) accept the SAT2 marks and the admission form even after their deadline closes.....like around february-march?Or are the admission processes completey shut off after the deadline? Let me add that i'm an international student. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Vineeth h (talk • contribs) 04:27, 8 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

As long as you have already submitted the rest of your application, which I believe was due around Jan. 1, you should be fine sending them your January SAT Subject test scores. Most schools will accept them, but not all. I'm sure Caltech's website will mention this. Acceptable (talk) 05:23, 8 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Minor point if you want to attend school in the U.S.: students take tests/exams. The College Board, teachers and professors give tests/exams. --Nricardo (talk) 04:16, 9 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Drunk driving

What is the single most day for Driving Under the Influence arrests in the USA? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.220.107.79 (talk) 04:40, 8 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

My initial guess would be January 1st, due to New Year's Eve, but I'll see if I can find some actual numbers. Useight (talk) 06:35, 8 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

According to this, in Orange County, California, there were 83 DUI citations on the weekend of New Year's Eve two years ago (this past New Year's Eve weekend, they were down to 27). Useight (talk) 06:39, 8 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

According to the California Highway Patrol: "the Memorial Day Weekend traditionally is not the biggest holiday for drinking and driving. July 4th is reportedly worse, and New Year’s Eve has the highest number of arrests for California drunk driving." [1] Rockpocket 07:02, 8 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

You'll have to be careful with these stats. There will be more patrols and stops on hot button days/nights like those. There might be more actual DUIs but the percentage of those stopped may not be higher. Exxolon (talk) 19:49, 8 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Harvard referencing

In the references section of a document, what order should the following three references go in?

Hines, P. and Lethbridge, S. (2008) 'New Development: Creating a Lean University' in Public Money & Management. Vol. 28, Issue 1, pp. 53-56.
Hines, P., Martins, A. L. and Beale, J. (2008) 'Testing the Boundaries of Lean Thinking: Observations from the Legal Public Sector' in Public Money & Management. Vol. 28, Issue 1, pp. 35-40.
Hines, P., Holweg, M. and Rich, N. (2004) 'Learning to evolve: A review of contemporary lean thinking' in International Journal of Operations & Production Management. Vol. 24, No. 10, pp. 994-1011.

Is it name order, or date order, or some other order? -- role^player 11:13, 8 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I linked the page about Harvard referencing for you in your title. According to that page, they should go in alphabetical order. - Mgm|^(talk) 13:06, 8 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Mgm is correct - even when the primary author is the same, they have to go in alphabetical order by all the authors (i.e. by primary author, then by second author when there are two articles with the same primary author). If all of the authors are the same, then it's chronological. Steewi (talk) 23:10, 8 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

OK thank you, it was that second bit that was confusing me! -- role^player 18:27, 9 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

archaeology

hi, i'm from india and i want to become an archaeologist. where should i go to continue my studies after i gradaute from high school? and there's a bigger issue. to become an archaeologist, i have to be good in science and social studies. but i am jsut average in social studies and extremely weak in science. what should i do? plz help! my whole life is based on this decision... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.50.142.18 (talk) 15:43, 8 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I have formally studied archaeology. I can tell you that the demands of archaeology are really directly related to what kind of archaeology you plan to do and where you plan to do it. I have no idea what high school social studies are like in India, but the SS classes I took here in Canada had little bearing on the stuff I learned while training as an archaeologist.

Just to give you some examples, there are "armchair" archaeologists who examine studies and other sources to piece together coherent pictures of entire times or places or formulate theories about why such-and-such happened (or when). There are folks who coordinate digs (what most people think of when they think of archaeologists), there are folks that specialize in interpreting stratigraphy, folks that specialize in understanding different types of artifacts, and folks that specialize in recreating artifacts. And more. Anyone who gets involved with "dirty work" also needs to get familiar with how to request grants, obtain licenses (where applicable), and hire staff.

In general, archaeology requires you to know your particular thing really well and a huge variety of other topics at an educated level. I took courses that touched on physics (radiometric dating), geology, chemistry, pedology, history, languages, linguistics, osteology, anthropology, primatology, art, statistics, etc. But I didn't need to become an expert in any of that, just well-versed enough to understand the concepts.

Where you should study will depend on which universities carry the kinds of archaeology courses you want to get into. Each school will have particular strengths. For example, if you want to get into underwater archaeology, you'd be well served to see if the school you're looking at has a course in that. Matt Deres (talk) 19:50, 8 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

For some reason indiaedu is blacklisted and I can´t provide a link, but the site lists the universities offering archeological courses by state (under the career courses link). I suggest you contact the academic advisors of an institution in your area to discuss your specific questions. --Cookatoo.ergo.ZooM (talk) 20:18, 8 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Internet research assistance

Not sure if this is the best Desk for this but I'll try anyway. A somewhat unusual query perhaps. I was reading the WP article on Crowdsourcing and thought that would be a great idea as I need some help researching some stuff on an online database but I don't have the time and can't be bothered to do it myself as I find the trawling through these records is soul-destroying dull and while the database is searchable, the information I am looking for can only be compiled by a human.

Is there any website that is along the same lines as crowdsourcing but where individuals can post requests for other individuals to complete work online - rather than for giant corporations to get hundreds of people to do this? Obviously I'd be willing to pay for the work (yes, it is that dull!). Preferably a UK website - Mechanical Turk is out of the question to start with as apparantly you need to have a US address so that's about as far as I got but I don't think it would work for me anyway. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.33.180.73 (talk) 20:18, 8 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry no one has attempted an answer before now. I searched Delicious for tags such as "outsourcing" and found an co-tagging with "virtual assistants" (VAs, not PAs, geddit?). Here is a FirstPost article about GetFriday, "your personal virtual assistant. We will help you offload your time consuming and tedious tasks, leaving you to pursue more important things.". Or you may prefer a service such as Elance: "an online workplace where businesses connect with qualified professionals to get work done....With the largest network of certified technology and creative talent, Elance helps businesses succeed by connecting them with the people they need to get work done. Elance facilitates the entire work process from hiring to collaboration to payment. Businesses use Elance to get work done by qualified professionals whenever they need it. Service providers use Elance to meet customers and get paid for doing what they do best." Now lie back and drink lemonade, or hot chocolate, according to your proclivities. BrainyBabe (talk) 23:15, 12 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks - GetFriday looks like it might be just what I am looking for. I knew there must be somebody out there that offered this kind of a service!78.33.180.73 (talk) 21:07, 13 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hunstans farmstead

Where is Hunstans Farmstead as listed in the Doomsday book? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.0.136.92 (talk) 20:52, 8 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Google says Hunstanton [2]. The Oxford Dictionary of British Place-names gives "Norfolk . Hunstanestun c. 1035 , Hunestanestuna 1086 ( DB ). ‘Farmstead of a man called Hunstan’. OE pers. name + tun" for Hunstanton. Nanonic (talk) 21:01, 8 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]