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October 5

Apple Mayflower

I am looking for information about apple "Mayflower",also photo's of blossom and fruit — Preceding unsigned comment added by 125.236.157.181 (talk) 07:00, 5 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

It doesn't appear on our List of apple cultivars, or on this fairly comprehensive website (linked from our article). The only reference I've found so far is this, which has a photo of the fruit. Tevildo (talk) 11:32, 5 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I'm sure you mean a real, literal "apple", but just in case, Podophyllum peltatum is called a "may apple" and also sometimes "may flower" (among many, many other names). Matt Deres (talk) 13:50, 6 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

European Growth

What was the political, economic, and social importance of the establishment of cities? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.11.60.6 (talk) 15:50, 5 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

This looks like a homework question to me - and we don't do other people's homework. You could start by looking at our city article, to see how people have defined the term - and then look at our civilisation article, as the social differentiation that is often seen as the beginnings of 'civilised society' is also often seen as a distinguishing feature of cities. AndyTheGrump (talk) 16:00, 5 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Politically, each new city enabled a new set of mayoral races, allowing people to avoid getting real jobs. Economically, this opened those real jobs to other people (provided the elected guy didn't disallow them). Socially, more people began living in cities instead of not living in them. Handing this in will at least prevent you from receiving an "incomplete" mark, if this is homework. InedibleHulk (talk) 01:59, 6 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

sniffer dogs

Is a sniffer dog a copper because it is doing the work of a policeman and what rank is it? Horatio Snickers (talk) 20:52, 5 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

According to our article (Police dog), "In most states [of the USA], a police dog is considered a full-fledged police officer, sometimes even given a badge", cited to this article on Slate.com. Tevildo (talk) 22:05, 5 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Detection dog is our article relating to sniffer dogs, which doesn't differentiate those "employed" by police agencies. The article could use some info on that. 71.20.250.51 (talk) 22:19, 5 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

If a police dog bites you, he counts as a cop as far as excessive force suits go (meaning he's far harder to succesfully sue than a civilian dog). Of course, that probably varies from place to place. Not all sniffers are police dogs, and not all police dogs are sniffers. InedibleHulk (talk) 00:23, 6 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Additionally, they're buried with "full honors" when they die in the line of duty. And given a lot of respect when they have to be euthanized after years of service as well. These are just two examples that I could find. Dismas|^(talk) 01:48, 6 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]