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December 8[edit]

Uknown Painting[edit]

File:ChairPlantPainting.jpg

Unknown painting

Dear all, I am trying to identify what the name and creator of the painting in this picture is. I am referring to the one on the right with the chair and plant. Someone suggested Georgia OKeeffe but I'm doubtful because that doesn't seem to be her style. The colors seem impressionist， like Gaugin but I don't think it's him. Thanks for any clues or suggestions!! --Buffalojerky (talk) 00:40, 8 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Do you know about this room, where it is and who owns it? That could help in IDing it.--Cam (talk) 02:04, 8 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Chosen by the decorator simply for its color scheme. Not by anyone you'd ever heard of.--Wetman (talk) 03:40, 8 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Do you mean

"the painting (by an artist we've not heard of) was chosen by the room's decorator simply for the painting's colour scheme . . ." or

"the picture of the room (whose owner we've not heard of) was chosen by the decorator simply to illustrate the room's colour scheme (which includes the painting). . ." or/and

"the picture of the room was chosen by the decorator (whom we've not heard of) . . . ? 87.81.230.195 (talk) 02:02, 10 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

What's digitally masked in the lower right corner? —— Shakescene (talk) 23:13, 11 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

A question from the ad/business world[edit]

The brand campaign abbreviation reads CHEW in English and GOMME in French. The campaign was recent.

I am looking for the brand and the campaign.

I have searched extensively on wikipedia and also on the web. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.160.161.42 (talk) 09:34, 8 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

This is actually question 5 of this weeks Strategist Quiz, though I guess there's nothing the the rules that says you can't use Wikipedia to help you (Yahoo Answers too by the look of it). I don't know the answer, but it might be about chewing gum. Prokhorovka (talk) 13:22, 8 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

If it's any help, you're looking for a brand that is either international or Canadian (or from some other country that's bilingual French/English). --Dweller (talk) 16:17, 8 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

It's available in Canada at least. I know I've seen it in my house somewhere, but I can't find it now... Adam Bishop (talk) 16:36, 8 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Ancient Roman tribe Lemonia[edit]

I see Servius Sulpicius Rufus was of the ancient tribe Lemonia, however there is no information I can find on that tribe. Is there anything unique about that tribe, like what the name means?--64.138.237.101 (talk) 14:40, 8 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

It was one of the 35 tribes with voting rights in Rome as of 242BC which was part of the Roman city of Bononia (now Bologna). There seems to be some info behind the jstor paywall on notable people that I can't access. Nanonic (talk) 15:03, 8 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

That will work for me, thanks. I don't need to go into the JSTOR information.--64.138.237.101 (talk) 16:22, 8 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I am skeptical that the Lemonia tribe was based in Bononia as early as 242 BC, since according to our article on Bologna, the Romans did not found a colony there until 189 BC, after defeating the Boii Celts who controlled that region from the fifth through the third centuries BC. According to this site of unknown reliability, the Lemonia were a Latin tribe of Etruscan origin, in which case the meaning of their name may be lost in the uncertain murk of the Etruscan language. They were apparently involved in the settlement of Bononia in the early second century. Marco polo (talk) 19:42, 8 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

According to Festus the name is derived from pagus Lemonius, situated outside the Porta Capena. It's unclear whether this was a toponym, or from a (Etruscan) family name.—eric 20:21, 8 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

This additional information is useful. Thanks all for the sources.--64.138.237.101 (talk) 21:24, 8 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

International phone numbers[edit]

What is the standard way to display your phone number so that people around the world can call you? I'm in Canada, so we have a three-digit area code, and then seven numbers, like ### ### ####. If you're calling from within the same city, usually you just dial the last seven, if you're dialing from within Canada or the United States, you need to add a "1" in front of it all. 1 ### ### ####. If you're dialing from the UK, you need to add "001" in front of it all: 001 ### ### #### (i think). What's the most general way of describing my phone number so that people from anywhere can pick up a phone, dial those numbers, and reach me? Sancho 21:44, 8 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Use +1 xxx xxx xxxx. The "+" sign indicates that you must use the international access code, whatever that is in your country. International Direct Dialling - Fribbler (talk) 21:51, 8 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

This answer is correct, but I'll go into a bit more detail. Sanchom said that when dialing across area codes in Canada or the US, we dial 1, then the area code and phone number, i.e. for Toronto transit information dial 1-416-393-4636. The international format for the same phone number, as Fribbler says, would be "+1 416 393 4636". The fact that both begin with 1 is a coincidence; the country code for the US and Canada just happens to be the same as the long-distance access code 1 that we use internally.

Now, in many other countries, they consider the access code to be part of their area code. For transit information in London, calling from within the UK, the number is 020-7222-1234. But even though they consider 020 to be the area code, the leading 0 serves the same function as our access code 1 -- it indicates that an area code is being used. So the international format for that number drops the 0 and is just "+44 20 7222 1234". (The 44, of course, is the country code for the UK.) A combined form like "+44 (0)20 7222 1234" is nonstandard but is used in practice by many people.

In North America the coincidence of the 1 being the same means that there's no desire to use that sort of form, but instead we have the problem that many people may be puzzled by the + sign because they never dial numbers outside of the US and Canada. So Fribbler's answer is correct, but using the proper form may confuse some people calling from within North America. --Anonymous, 23:51 UTC, December 8, 2009.

Also, unrelated to the question, many mobile phones accept the input + as a shortcode for the international access code from where you are calling as described in List of international call prefixes. Nanonic (talk) 15:08, 11 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

When Hu Jintao meets African Leaders oversea[edit]

When Hu Jintao goes on a international tour to Africa [1] like 2009/2/13 to Senegal will Hu Jintao get to meet First lady Viviane Wade or he could only see Abdoulaye Wade. When Hu Jintao went to Zambia in 2008 have he met Maureen Mwanawasa. I've seen Maria Guebuza when Hu Jintao went to Mozambique. have Hu Jintao even met any African first ladies beside Thabo Mbeki's Angolas' Malis' and Chantal Biya?--209.129.85.4 (talk) 22:15, 8 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]