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January 28[edit]

Which model of headphones are these?[edit]

http://cfile3.uf.tistory.com/image/191E5C2E4CC8C3BB4C9721

I'm talking about the ones held up by the woman on the right, I know the left are the Sony MDR-ZX700. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.156.128.86 (talk) 03:51, 28 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

A Korean website with that image on it says that there are four sets of headphones pictured: MDR-ZX100, MDR-ZX300, MDR-ZX500 and MDR-ZX700...which ones are which is not made clear. However, it looks like the 100's and 300's have the round cups and the 500's and 700's have the more elongated ones. So I guess she's holding the 100's and 300's - and only one of the pair that the guy is holding is 700's. I can't see any visual difference between the 100's and 300's though - so it's hard to say which are which. SteveBaker (talk) 19:24, 28 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

You got it right, I googled the models and it's the same headphones that appear in the picture. Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.156.128.86 (talk) 01:37, 29 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Yeaaahhh we win! Awesome! FYI: In future, you might want try using Google's "image search" feature - it lets you enter the URL for an image and shows you a bunch of sites that use it. Generally, it's possible to find out more about a picture by doing that - which is how I came across that Korean site. SteveBaker (talk) 21:45, 29 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Russian attitudes to personal safety[edit]

As a follow in to the Russian Driving section I have seen that often after a crash people will pull up quickly and sometimes run across an icy road to assist someone in a crashed vehicle, even if the vehicle is stuck in the fast lane of a busy road with cars rushing by. Sometimes other vehicles have passed close behind and its obvious that if they had slipped they would have been hit themselves. In US and UK incidents people more usually signal and pull in when it's safe and call the emergency services. They will often wave for traffic to stop and only cross to help when and if the traffic comes to a halt.

Is taking risks to help someone else something that Russians would expect others to do? Is it because emergency services would take longer to respond? -- Q Chris (talk) 08:55, 28 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

This article (used as a reference in the dashcam article) explains a little about this. "This comes from the recognition of the fact that on a 300-mile stretch of uninhabited territory, help can only come from passing vehicles and not emergency services... Imagine pulling over, rescuing the deserted traveler from hours of waiting for costly rescue services. The comradery between strangers, shoveling the snow and hailing a freight truck or tractor to pull the car out." Maybe the same attitude are present in Russian city dwellers. Astronaut (talk) 15:38, 28 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Seaman to Admiral[edit]

There is an article on a US Navy program STA-21 which is intended to allow for enlisted personnel to become commissioned officers. Have many military people risen from the lowest enlisted rank to become a flag officer, general officer or equivalent? Hack (talk) 17:10, 28 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Looking at List of United States Navy four-star admirals, the ones I looked at (the last six in the first list) were all career naval officers who graduated from the United States Naval Academy or similar (ie. they started as officers). Looking at the next list, I find Alfred M. Pride who enlisted during WWI and "served first as a machinist's mate in the Naval Reserve". His article also says that his career was " remarkable for its time, in that he achieved flag rank without having attended the United States Naval Academy or even completing college". That suggests to me that it sometimes does happen. Astronaut (talk) 18:18, 28 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Indeed, I now find Jeremy Michael Boorda who "is notable for being the first American sailor to have risen through the enlisted ranks" to become an Admiral. In the US Army it seems more common. For example: Walter Krueger "rose from the rank of private to general"; John William Vessey, Jr. received a battlefield commission during WWII; Richard Horner Thompson is the most recent to have risen from enlisted man to general. Astronaut (talk) 18:43, 28 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

William Robertson is the only example in the British army, although Peter de la Billière rose from Private to General (the rank of Field-Marshal having been suspended). I _think_ Jacky Fisher is the only Royal Navy example, but I may be wrong. Tevildo (talk) 02:18, 29 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

T.W. Hunt, Author[edit]

Have been unable to find his birthday--and it is not included in what you have listed for him. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.28.73.128 (talk) 18:26, 28 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

This is not surprising, considering the article (T. W. Hunt) doesn't even mention what "T. W." stands for. Regretfully, my attempt to find answers has not been fruitful; sorry. ~:71.20.250.51 (talk) 20:54, 28 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

This says he was a 10-year old in December 1940. Find-a-Grave shows a joint gravesite for him (for whenever he pops off) and his late wife Laverne. Interestingly, she's Laverne, but he's still plain old "T. W.". It says he was born on September 28, 1929. This means that he was actually aged 11 in December 1940. -- Jack of Oz ^{[pleasantries]} 21:18, 28 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Is Find-a-Grave a reliable source for such things? (His dob is literally "carved in stone"). ~E:71.20.250.51 (talk) 21:59, 28 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

This confirms his wife was Laverne. There are various hits for his birth in 1929. Since he obviously was highly involved in commissioning this gravestone after his wife's death and in preparation for his own, I think we can take it on trust that the birth dates shown there are reasonably accurate. Anyway, it's the best we can do for now, unless we can find an independent source like a b/c. -- Jack of Oz ^{[pleasantries]} 22:44, 28 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note regarding the reliability of Find-a-Grave: It is mostly reliable for reporting which tombstones are in which cemeteries, and what the contents of those tombstones are. I can tell you from personal observation that the carvings on the stones are not necessarily reliable information. I've seen both names and dates with incorrect information. But they are at least a guideline. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 23:04, 28 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, I agree. Cases of inaccurate gravestone carvings are legion. And of course, people tend not be present at their own births, insofar as being reliable witnesses as to the date, time and place. They only know what they were told by unreliable people like their parents and what they read in unreliable documents like birth certificates. -- Jack of Oz ^{[pleasantries]} 23:14, 28 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

True when such documentation exists. But consider the pitcher Chief Bender, not born all that long ago, but no one knows for sure what his birth year was - 1883, 1884 or 1885. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 23:21, 28 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not sure if it's RS, but Marquis Who's Who on Demand says that he was born in 1929 and that his full name is Thomas Webb Hunt. John M Baker (talk) 01:30, 29 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Frankly, T. W. Hunt looks like a WP:AfD to me; however, when I attempted to start the process: "Unregistered users placing this tag on an article cannot complete the deletion nomination..." ~Eric the Unregistered:71.20.250.51 (talk) 02:41, 29 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I agree with Eric. What is remotely notable about this person? One book, one compilation CD and he plays the piano. Richard Avery (talk) 07:36, 29 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The user who created the article nearly 5 years ago, Sweetmoose6 (talk · contribs), is still somewhat active. Maybe someone could ask him what's up with this. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 20:39, 29 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Births in the UK[edit]

How many Births where there in 1941 in the UK92.4.166.224 (talk) 18:57, 28 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

My copy of Whitaker's Almanack 1943 gives the number on page 609: There were 703,427 births in the United Kingdom in 1941. Sam Blacketer (talk) 22:54, 28 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I need help to find a definition[edit]

What is the name of the practice and study of techniques for open education in the presence of centralized models? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 189.223.233.229 (talk) 19:20, 28 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Can you explain any better ? By open education, are you talking about free online classes like at edX ? If so, those are massive open online courses. StuRat (talk) 19:47, 28 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Well, by Open Education I mean when two entities are learning from each other and do not want a centralized model (like a school, either online or in real life) to butt in. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 189.223.233.229 (talk) 21:03, 28 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

"Entities" = people ? You are speaking too formally, which makes you difficult to understand. Also, when you said "in the presence of centralized models" you meant the "absence", right ? StuRat (talk) 21:54, 28 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, People — Preceding unsigned comment added by 189.223.233.229 (talk) 21:56, 28 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Autodidactic means "self-taught"; Tutor-(ship) or mentorship is closer to what you're thinking of, but those are more of a one-way instruction. ~~"Mutual Learning" gets promising Google results:[1]~~ [These relate to company "leadership approaches"]. ~I hope this helps, ~E:71.20.250.51 (talk) 21:50, 28 January 2014 (UTC)[Modified:15:33, 29 January 2014 (UTC):~E][reply]

Peer-to-peer might be of interest, although that's more of networking strategy than education. But some of the concepts might apply. StuRat (talk) 22:00, 28 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The first one-on-one teaching method that came to my mind was Each One Teach One. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 23:00, 28 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Cooperative learning is the best term, based on what I think you mean. It is usually still conducted in a classroom, but less centralized, and less focus on a one-way model of information flowing from instructor to student. We also have an article on collaborative learning, which is similar, but a little different. You might also be interested in active learning and learning by teaching. When people use scientific studies of these methods to change and improve instructional techniques, it is often called scientific teaching. All of those keywords will get you lots of research on google scholar. If you need help getting access to a particular article, you can ask at WP:REX. SemanticMantis (talk) 18:22, 29 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

互相帮助 is used in Chinese, and is used for teaching each other. It literally means 'mutual help'. KägeTorä - (影虎) (TALK) 13:05, 31 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]