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June 5

Shakespear

IN THE 1990 MOVIE, tUMBLE WEEDS, A TEENAGE GIRL WHO WAS TRYING OUT FOR THE PART OF Romeo, was encourage by a male adult to continue, when she expressed having difficulity with the cadence of the lines. HE TOLD HER THAT HE WROTE TO THE BEAT OF THE HUMAN HEART, THUMP THUMP,,ITY THUMB, AND use that as a guide, has that ever been referenced.. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Guyaly (talk • contribs) 01:41, 5 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Is your question whether Shakespeare consciously wrote to the beat of the human heart? You can find numerous references that the iambic pentameter (very frequently used by Shakespeare) accompanies the heart's rhythm (tha THUMP), lasting five beats or one breath (see article). You can find texts that argue that it's plausible that he was aware of this (his frequent references to "beat" as rhythm, the fact that poetry was seen as having calming or even medicinal powers at his time, for example in "Making Sense of Shakespeare", by Charles H. Frey, Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press, 1999, ISBN 9780838638316), but I wasn't able to find any "proof" that this was his intention. ---Sluzzelin talk 02:25, 5 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia page appears to have been hacked...

The Wikipedia entry at

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_Jilin_Baoyuanfeng_poultry_plant_fire

appears to have been hacked. It shows the poultry processing plant as being in Pyongyang, and that a missile launch was involved:

"On 35 May 1813, a missile launch at a poultry processing plant in Pyongyang (米沙子镇),[2] a town about 900,000,000,009,000,000,000,000 km (5.59234073019×1023 mi) from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, killed at least 1200 trillion people.[4][5] More than 60 others were hospitalised with injuries.[3]"

Just thought someone should know... — Preceding unsigned comment added by Punkideals (talk • contribs) 07:20, 5 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Not hacked. Vandalised. An unfortunate, occasional consequence of our policy that anyone can edit Wikipedia. It's been fixed. HiLo48 (talk) 07:26, 5 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

(Sounds like the plot of a Hubbard novel. μηδείς (talk) 00:18, 6 June 2013 (UTC))[reply]

Elbert or L. Ron? -- Jack of Oz ^[Talk] 22:25, 7 June 2013 (UTC) [reply]

Wow, surprised I never heard of Elbert Hubbard. What a fascinating story! [this was me] μηδείς (talk) 03:44, 9 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Test: Seemingly editing the ref desk page, but actually updating the archive page. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 02:00, 9 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Bird Seed: "Article Feedback Page not enabled for this page"

This is just an FYI.....

I looked up "Bird Seed" because I wanted to know what seeds (or "food") is found in the COMMON Bag of Bird Seed.

I tried to post the following question at the end of the Bird Seed Article, but received the following message: Article Feedback Page not enabled for this page

The question I asked was, "What seeds, or 'food,' is typically found in a bag of general or 'all purpose' bird feed for use in outdoor bird feeders? An "all purpose" BAG of bird food would be something you would find at Wal-Mart, Target, K-Mart, etc. Thanks!"

Thank you! Michelle — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.5.109.131 (talk) 15:01, 5 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

You've come to the right place for general knowledge questions like that. "Article feedback" is a tool for a specific purpose, that of rating how good an article is: asking questions related to an article is not regarded as "feedback" in Wikipedia. You could also post the question on the article's Talk page Talk:Bird food; but that page is for improving the article, not asking question about it. So if you wanted to suggest that (referenced!) information about the composition of bird seed be discussed in the article, the Talk page would be the right place. But for your general question, this is the right place. (I don't know the answer, by the way, so I'm leaving that for somebody who does). --ColinFine (talk) 15:52, 5 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Did you read bird seed? It lists sunflower seeds, safflower seed and millet near the top. A common wal-mart bag will mostly be cracked corn (surprising redlink), with some sunflower and millet mixed in. Other mixes might contain niger seed. Keep in mind cracked corn is the cheapest and least nutritious for birds, so more expensive brands will have less of that. Any decent brand should list the ingredients on the bag, if it doesn't buy a different brand that does :) SemanticMantis (talk) 16:10, 5 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

different styles of wearing hijab

is there a website that shows different ways of wearing hijab with pictures? My sister's friend wants to know.--Donmust90 (talk) 16:04, 5 June 2013 (UTC)Donmust90[reply]

For anything fashion these days, go to pinterest. Here [1] a page there dedicated to hijab styles. SemanticMantis (talk) 16:13, 5 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Is that another way of asking this question?[2] ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 22:05, 5 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

How do I estimate the wholesale price?

I'm considering becoming a part time general trader in Africa as a hobby/sideline. In one Africa capital, the lowest priced Android phone was approx $59 at the the electronics table of the supermarket. If the retail price is $59, what is the general range of the unit price that the retailer paid to the wholesaler/distributor who brought and cleared the Androids to port and cleared it?

Many thanks.

Grrfooo (talk) 18:15, 5 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

There is no way to know unless somebody tells you. Retailers won't charge less than they paid if they can help it, but beyond that, they will charge as much as they think they can get. Looie496 (talk) 18:25, 5 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

...and with all respect, given the cluelessness of the question I would advise you against trying to operate in such a cutthroat environment. Looie496 (talk) 18:27, 5 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Yes. When you play the Game of Phones, you win or you die. There is no middle ground. InedibleHulk (talk) 03:17, 6 June 2013 (UTC) [reply]

Question restated: did Aphrodite her girdle as a shield for King Anchises

This part of my question wasn't answered. Venustar84 (talk) 23:31, 5 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Your question still no verb. AlexTiefling (talk) 23:47, 5 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, what are you suggesting she did with her girdle? HiLo48 (talk) 02:08, 6 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Robert Graves certainly tells the story so in The Greek Myths (section g), citing as his source Servius' commentary on the Aeneid. But the cited passage in Servius (last sentence) makes no specific mention of her girdle in this context, so Graves's "interposed her girdle" would seem to be a bit of embroidery on his part. Deor (talk) 13:21, 6 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]