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January 1

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2014 January 1

1. what year is it according to adherents to the Kaharingan religion?
2. Hunting preserves
3. Jehovah's Witnesses' and the flock of 144,000

January 2

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2014 January 2

1. Species/breed of dog vs. the concept of human race and ethnicity
2. Did this actually happen (at a bestiality trial)?
3. Religions or denominations that encourage separation from the world
4. sing a song of sixpence

January 3

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2014 January 3

1. Is Joe Shmoe name of a type of burger or it just means"something"?
2. Jung Myung Seok
3. National censuses that exclude certain groups of citizens

January 4

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2014 January 4

1. republicans and democrats
2. Rangabe
3. Sexual preferences of transgendered people
4. Christmas cards
5. Correct Economic Term for Brand Inflation

January 5

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2014 January 5

1. How the Uraeus (Cobra) on the Nemes (headress) does it associate with the sphinx?
2. You gotta do what you gotta do
3. Withdrawing from a wedding at the last minute
4. And then they came for me
5. Who's the girl at the beginning of this USAA commercial?

January 6

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2014 January 6

1. How does Pooh appear in Sophie's World?
2. Official name of USA

January 7

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2014 January 7

1. Copayments in health insurance
2. Henning Von Treskow
3. When was Vouziers' town hall built?
4. Abolition of capital punishment 30 BC?
5. Double credit for film directors
6. Stranger in distress scams
7. name of the book and author
8. looking for a book on "thought friends" from around 1970
9. Roald Dahl

January 8

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2014 January 8

1. a Language of mixed languages
2. Family Name - Vald(h)aris
3. Affluence of urban vs rural areas

January 9

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2014 January 9

1. English roofing materials
2. Is there a name for this musical technique?
3. Semikhah: The authority from God of a teacher to judge and do much more
4. In the US, what's the usual way a child would address a cousin of a parent?
5. United States Statutes at Large
6. Secure sites
7. Middle initials
8. Missing word in Mary Darby Robinson's poem "Male Fashions for 1799"
9. Who is the anecdote about "only 3 faithful women" attributed to?
10. Long term Relationships
11. Major Parties in each Caribbean and Europe nation
12. English noble titles - can someone explain?

January 10

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2014 January 10

1. another quote request
2. A war story
3. £sd

January 11

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2014 January 11

1. Discourse ethics
2. Creative C's
3. How could an anti-semitic person befriend a Jewish person?
4. Futurism & Entartete Kunst

January 12

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2014 January 12

1. President Nixon's pardon
2. What's the Big Apple called?
3. Etruscan questions
4. What is the role of wikipedia

January 13

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2014 January 13

1. A book on Japanese history
2. Sherlock Holmes stories from a professional POV

January 14

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2014 January 14

1. Is there any artifact that prove Prophet Daniel's existence?
2. driver license U.S. Supeme Court V. Michigan supeme court
3. A question of logic (and language?)
4. What is this flag?
5. Is there a place called Briarcliff(e) in Pennsylvania near Philadelphia?
6. Corporate profits versus manager pay
7. The World`s Oldest Crime Novel

January 15

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2014 January 15

1. Natural-Born Citizen Requirement for Office in Other Countries
2. Guru
3. Does television ever censor Nazi symbolism?

January 16

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2014 January 16

1. Requesting a double-check on a reference
2. Debtors' prison
3. Sarah Bernhardt and The Taming of the Shrew

January 17

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2014 January 17

1. Why such funky municipal borders in Idaho?
2. Dress by Israeli settlers
3. Arts and the Sciences
4. Hypermarket
5. United States Presidents and Major Party Presidential Candidates With PhDs

January 18

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2014 January 18

1. Sufi orders in South Asia
2. Date Walter Heller said unemployment target was 4%?
3. SWIFT Standards Release Guide 2002

January 19

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2014 January 19

1. Myth? Legend? Folklore?
2. Sculpture discombobulation assistance needed
3. Company logos
4. Shas becoming pro-settlement party

January 21

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2014 January 21

1. File:Van Gogh - Die Brücke von Langlois in Arles1.jpeg
2. Internal reaction of the Invasion of Grenada

January 22

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2014 January 22

1. Is "scientific poetry" replacing pure or traditional poetry
2. U.S. National Guard insignia

January 23

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2014 January 23

1. British money
2. Conflicting standing orders
3. Just a quick question about Bitcoin's "creator"
4. Type of architecture that is used to build the iconic schoolhouse or church
5. Milestones in Germany 2013 legislative elections
6. Sistine chapel restoration copyright

January 24

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2014 January 24

1. Nation-States Based on Large-Scale Immigration (of a Specific Ethnic/Ethnoreligious Group)
2. David Campbell Bannerman
3. Recording genealogies in old family bibles
4. Did the Catholic church have problems with planets being named after Greek and Roman gods?

January 25

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2014 January 25

1. 1942-43 Canadiens number 19

January 26

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2014 January 26

1. UK export items
2. Trade Unionism in Banking in India
3. Stapling posters to trees

January 27

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2014 January 27

1. Patronage in Renaissance Italy (science)
2. Can IOTV this bulletproof vest through Cadana/US(CA State) customs?
3. Number of Criminal Charges in the US that End in a Plea Bargain
4. starting a company
5. What do cops do with 2,997 gasoline-soaked Korans???
6. Hypothetical Population Scenarios for Various Countries

January 28

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2014 January 28

1. Actress Lizabeth Scott's Mother's Maiden Name?
2. Suing for ill-gotten gains
3. The staff of Sun Wukong, the Monkey King

January 29

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2014 January 29

1. The International Churches of Christ
2. Scottish Television (STV) advertisement seeking "SoapBox Scots" to comment on current/future events, e.g. Scotland's Independence from U.K.
3. Catholic rites on the unborn
4. Logical fallacy question

January 30

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2014 January 30

1. God, King, and Republic
2. Rich Christian Countries
3. United States television networks and the State of the Union
4. British "grammar school"
5. Obituary for John Henry Phillips (born 1876, Sun Prairie Wisconsin)
6. In which cultures do the "man-hug" exist?
7. Town lines and bodies of water

January 31

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2014 January 31

1. Pedophile Movements
2. secondary sources
3. Largest Roman province