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Edward Lucett

Who was Edward Lucett, author of Rovings in the Pacific, from 1837 to 1849: with a glance at California? Minor details like his lifespan, occupation, and reason for traveling to the Pacific. Also who wrote this part of this book?--KAVEBEAR (talk) 01:31, 1 July 2013 (UTC)

There's an entry for him in the Hawaiian National Bibliography, Vol 3: 1851-1880--Melburnian (talk) 01:50, 1 July 2013 (UTC)

Thanks. --KAVEBEAR (talk) 02:17, 1 July 2013 (UTC)

Does anyone know who wrote this part of this book?--KAVEBEAR (talk) 01:31, 1 July 2013 (UTC)

The author of the letter (Manono, February 25 1845) is Rev. T. Heath, presumably Reverend Thomas Heath[1]. The author of Preservation of Mr. Heath is "HR" (presumably Reverend Henry Royle[2]); Queen Pomare, no author given (a fuller version here); Lines on the above sentiment is JP" (no idea who that is).--Melburnian (talk) 04:17, 1 July 2013 (UTC)

Thank you. I was just asking for the letter from Manono.--KAVEBEAR (talk) 04:26, 1 July 2013 (UTC)

Anthony T. Kahoʻohanohano

Was Anthony T. Kahoʻohanohano born in Wailuku? The article seems to only say he lived and went to school there.--KAVEBEAR (talk) 06:25, 1 July 2013 (UTC)

This article just says he was "from" there - not sure if that counts? Horatio Snickers (talk) 16:29, 1 July 2013 (UTC)

Economics of a phd part II

Hi all, I've asked a similar question before, archived here, but this is a finer-grained, practical version of the issue. I'm looking into the value of a PhD in the market place, and found one article here. There are many other interesting links in my previous thread. You can add more here if you think there is something that really trumps them all, but my question is as follows.

I was arguing these things with someone, saying a PhD was worth something, but not overly much, and he said it goes like this. Some regular office worker is doing the hiring, s/he sees two applicants, one with a PhD, one without. The PhD always gets the job. Why? Not because it means "good employee", but because the hirer is just some regular person who has to cover himself, and hiring a PhD is an easy thing to defend if something goes wrong. Is there any truth in this, and any evidence for or against? I'm happy with people's interesting side comments, but my main focus is on the mechanism presented here, or, if this is false, on a similar mechanism that others have discovered. Anything about what the hiring person is thinking when s/he sees the letters PhD would be directly relevant, with the primary focus being on the specific suggestion of my interlocutor. Many thanks to you all, you are always a big help. IBE (talk) 08:30, 1 July 2013 (UTC)

The overwhelmingly important factor is: for what kind of job? For some jobs, mainly in academia, a PhD is essential. For another group, it is desirable. Those would include high tech engineering development, some kinds of software development, some kinds of management consultancy and accountancy, economic research and consultancy. For a large group of jobs it is neither here nor there. And for another large group of jobs it is a positive disadvantage, as the holder will be seen as not serious in entering that field of work; they are "overqualified". Itsmejudith (talk) 17:33, 1 July 2013 (UTC)

Right, it's not all that complicated. A Ph.D. is evidence of a certain set of skills. If those skills are needed for a job, then a Ph.D. is helpful. If those skills are not needed, then a Ph.D. is not helpful and may even be harmful, since it may indicate that the applicant is overqualified. Looie496 (talk) 17:37, 1 July 2013 (UTC)

European Commission

According to European Commissioner, the Treaty of Nice stipulated that 'once the number of members reached 27 then the number of Commissioners should be reduced to "less than the number of Member States"', and that that target was met when Romania and Bulgaria joined. Now that Croatia has made it 28, and apparently has its own commissioner, does that mean that another country has lost its place on the commission? Rojomoke (talk) 12:41, 1 July 2013 (UTC)

According to this blog, that original stipulation no longer applies. --Viennese Waltz 12:49, 1 July 2013 (UTC)

A selection of hats

Please look at this image. Are all of them considered to be turbans, or is there a different term for one or more of them? If they're not all turbans, which ones aren't, and what are they? 2001:18E8:2:1020:24E8:AD2:D349:BF0 (talk) 14:13, 1 July 2013 (UTC)

Based on the Wikipedia article titled Turban, they all seem to match various styles of turbans. Whether each style also has its own name, I don't know, but I would say that broadly speaking, they are all kinds of turbans. The Wikipedia article contains links to the names of some various turbans by specific style, though I don't know if every style in your picture is listed there. --Jayron32 14:25, 1 July 2013 (UTC)

Enquiry about CBI

hi.. my name is sufian.. I want to join the central bureau of investigation (India).. What is the procedure..? What is the syllabus for the preparation of the entrance exams..? Please reply by email.. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sufyan22 (talk • contribs) 17:16, 1 July 2013 (UTC)

We don't do email replies here. We have an article on the Central Bureau of Investigation, but you might do better to look at their web page, http://cbi.nic.in. Looie496 (talk) 17:41, 1 July 2013 (UTC)

Ocherki perom i karandashom, iz krugosvetnogo plavaniya by Aleksei Vysheslavtsev

Does anyone know where I can find a copy of Ocherki perom i karandashom, iz krugosvetnogo plavaniya by Aleksei Vysheslavtsev? Preferably online. I think searching with Cyrillic might garner better results.--KAVEBEAR (talk) 18:39, 1 July 2013 (UTC)

This place claims to have it, but you have to buy into a subscription to access it. Also I have no idea if that site is reputable or dodgy. I think you'll be doing very well to find it for free, though. Falastur2 ^Talk 18:51, 1 July 2013 (UTC)

I found it here for free. But after combing the 1867 edition I can't seem to locate the thumbnail sketches of how various court officials appeared to him at the funeral of William Pitt Kīnau described by David Forbes. I think it might be in 1862 edition but the link for the 1862 edition on the site I found was dead. Any help locating the funerary sketches or the 1862 editions would be appreciated or maybe combing through it again or help translating the captions on each of the images in 1867 edition?--KAVEBEAR (talk) 19:32, 1 July 2013 (UTC)

psychology of raising a rape child

Edit. I've edited the below to make clear that I am interested in the perspectives of sociology, history, anthropology, demographics, etc, as well as simply psychology.

When women do decide to have children that are the result of rape, assuming their rapist does not remain in their lives, then in raising this child are the mother's as a rule negatively effected emotionally, are prone to have a degenerate/substance abuse/ whatever other negative result life? (As a tendency). I've removed speculation as to why it would or wouldn't. (Briefly: contra - reminded of incident frequently, lacking financial support, lacking parental bond with other parent; pro - maybe it is easier to raise however woman chooses best, which would apply just as easily to a single father, but for obvious reasons is rarer). 178.48.114.143 (talk) 22:21, 1 July 2013 (UTC)

So basically the less likely an answer is to be correct, the more interested you are in it? Looie496 (talk) 21:28, 1 July 2013 (UTC)

The idea that a child can only be raised successfully by a female and male adult who are the child's biological parents is simply not true. An awful lot of kids from single parent or step parent families turn out perfectly normal. (Whatever "normal" means.) The extra factor of the missing biological parent being a rapist would be bound to have an effect in some cases, but whether negative or positive would vary a lot and be impossible to predict. HiLo48 (talk) 21:34, 1 July 2013 (UTC)

I'm asking about tendencies, not for an actual prediction, nor about a particular case. I'd like to know about tendencies, or what 'tends to happen', which can be answered from the point of view of a psychologist, sociologist, historian, etc. I welcome all references, and am not really interested in speculation, which is what I can produce without research. 178.48.114.143 (talk) 22:14, 1 July 2013 (UTC)

What do you mean by "tendencies"? A given woman is either going to love the child, resent the child, or somewhere in between. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 23:35, 1 July 2013 (UTC)

I think it is pretty obvious what s/he means, s/he is looking for references to studies involving a number of women and children, from which you could observe "tendencies". You would need a very large set to avoid skewed data, so I think it is unlikely that a good enough study exists. --Lgriot (talk) 08:33, 2 July 2013 (UTC)

As in what percentage of such women love their children, what percentage resent them, and what percentage are somewhere in between? I would think that, at the very least, some of the propagandists (on either side) would have done such surveys. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 09:56, 2 July 2013 (UTC)

This Google search is not quite what you want, but may give some insights. KägeTorä - (影虎) (TALK) 01:38, 2 July 2013 (UTC)

And here are three studies that I found while searching PubMed. You may wish to search further on your own after refining your criteria, because as even these three samples show, the answer may vary widely depending on the country and the circumstances of the violence. If you don't have access to academic papers via a library or similar, you can request them at Wikipedia:WikiProject Resource Exchange/Resource Request, providing you intend to use them to add to the encyclopedia. 184.147.144.173 (talk) 11:27, 2 July 2013 (UTC)

• Social issues around advanced unwanted pregnancies in rural single women
• Rape as a weapon of war in modern conflicts
• Children of bad memories

Kawaihae Cave controversy

What ever happen to the Kawaihae Cave controversy? Briefly for those who don't know and to establish what I already know, Hui Malama I Na Kupuna O Hawaii Nei repatriated 83 artifacts from the Bishop Museum to a cave in Kawaihae in 2000. The controversy arose from groups who disagreed with their actions and also the Museum's responsibility for this, had the Museum been complacent in the repatriation even though they claimed it was only a loan. Some lawsuits in 2005 were brought up about returning the artifacts, which were sealed in the cave with cement. From this [3], I think the ruling was to retrieve the artifacts, but Ayau of Hui Malama refused to do so. My question is what are the recent news on the issue, and what is the current fate of the artifacts (were they returned or are they still in the cave)?--KAVEBEAR (talk) 23:30, 1 July 2013 (UTC)

Pictures of famous paintings in people's houses/small galleries/studios before they were famous?

The other day I watched a documentary on Les Demoiselles d'Avignon which had pictures of it in Jacques Doucet's house. It was startling to see such an iconic work just sitting in someone's house. It also had some pictures of Picasso sitting in his studio with it just kind of leaning against the wall off in a corner. These kinds of images are fascinating. Are there any online galleries with similar images? I'm having difficulty googling as there isn't really a concise term. NIRVANA2764 (talk) 23:59, 1 July 2013 (UTC)

Maybe "private gallery" is the kind of keyword that would help when combined with something else - on its own you would probably getway too much porn. For example, I tried the search string picasso "private gallery" and got several news reports about Picasso works appearing in private art galleries (and thefts from those galleries). That could lead to the names of private galleries, which may have some images online. Maybe a better search would be for "private collection". Astronaut (talk) 18:32, 3 July 2013 (UTC)