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I've looked all over and can't find the exact information I need, so if anyone can supply it or point me in the right direction, I'd be grateful.
It's 1600, Bankside, in London. A four-man brawl has just been broken up - three of the brawlers end up at Queen's Bench, charged convicted, fined. My question is, since there was no police force, who apprehends them? Where are they held until they make bail? About how much would each man, convicted of assault and "disturbing the peace", be fined?
Thanks in advance!
- Elizabethan justice
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gogoangelgunboy
- May 25th, 11:35
- A Little light reading...
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ffutures
- May 25th, 15:58
Queen Victoria's diaries have been put on line - all 40,000+ pages of them!
http://www.queenvictoriasjournals.org/home.do
The pages are scans, mostly of the Queen's writing or copies made by Princess Beatrice, although some entries were apparently typed up by Lord Esher - all extant versions are included. This sometimes means that some apparently boring days exist in several versions, while e.g. the first assassination attempt (june 10th 1840) is only in Princess Beatrice's copy, and is occasionally difficult to read. But it's a staggeringly complete record of the period from a unique viewpoint, and well worth a look if the period interests you.
- Cancer and how to disprove it
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rhuia- May 23rd, 20:42
Hi, first time poster with some (kind of?) complicated med facts asks and a post that is well into tl:dr territory. Hope that's okay.
My scenario is:
- MC1 has been diagnosed with cancer (osteosarcoma in the femur) but it's a set-up by evil guy (faked pathology results, planted doctors, etc). Nothing wrong with MC1, but the resulting chemo treatment (high dose methotrexate) starts to kill him -- also something evil guy has designed to happen.
- MC2 is out to try and basically find a cure for cancer (oh what the hell, it's Sherlock and apparently there's nothing he can't do so I'm just rolling with it), but eventually finds out what's going on, and the jig is up.
So what I've got Sherlock doing is feverishly replicating all pathology results to see if there's anything that's been missed, and this is the trail that's eventually going to reveal the truth. It's also the trail by which he hopes to find some ameliorating medical way to keep John healthy (ie, the 'cure').
What I need:
- What are the steps Sherlock could take to start checking on results?
So far, I've got him doubting the results of an ALP test because he's done bloods on John for calcium (which comes in normal) and GGT or 5'-nucleotidase (which comes in low). Both seem to contraindicate a bone disorder. He's also going to do an ALP isoenzyme test to test the rigour of the initial ALP. (is that logical, btw? It made sense on the internet but my layperson google-fu has probably missed something really basic.)
What, medically, should/could he check next that would present similar contraindications? They can't be huge glaring errors, but they do need to be replicable so he can find the inconsistencies.
- Chemo: Are there any specific protocols I need to use with the chemo?
How long will it take for John to get really, really sick without outright killing him? I guess I'm looking for cumulative dosage info here.
(John's going to go on a Neoadjuvant chemo cycle, just because it was the most postpone-y thing I could think of without putting him under the knife (and the lit seems to suggest it's gaining popularity as a treatment). The methotrexate bit will happen here, and I hope to give him just enough to make him sick, but not so much that his bone marrow completely dissolves or anything).
- Experiences of chemo: from what I read, these are variable and can range from outright debilitating to being able to work the next day. What is the qualitative info I can give the reader that will not completely insult anyone who's suffered cancer, but will still bear a resemblance to a true chemo experience?
- A cure for cancer. This is not the focus of the story in any way, but it does need to make an appearance in the beginning, at least until Sherlock swerves onto the trail of wrong stuff. So what can I stuff into his mouth to make it sound like he's actually making a start on this without taking it all the way into crazytown?
Thank you in advance to anyone who can help in any way (and also if you've managed to make it all the way to the end of this post).
I look forward to your thoughts.
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ETA 24/5:
Sorry, turns out I've left out some pretty vital info:
- John has had bloods and X-rays. Both came back looking definitive for cancer, the latter for osteosarcoma in the femur.
- John is definitely experiencing pain -- it's the thing that triggers the check-up that leads to the diagnosis.
- The reason he's experiencing pain is a secret plot point that will probably come back to bite me in the ass.
Thank you all for your comments so far, they've been great.
- platonic terms of affection in Farsi, diminuitives for Roshanak?
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- twelvehandshigh
- May 22nd, 10:10
I'm looking for terms of endearment between a mother and child, and between sisters. In other words, non-sexual ones. I've googled every variation of "terms of endearment, farsi" "farsi pet names" "terms of affection" and "terms of affection between parent and child". I really don't want to make the mistake of using a term with sexual connotations. It's fine if it's out of date or old fashioned, as this takes place something like 1500 years ago. Hyper-realism as far as the time frame and the naming conventions of the time is not important right now.
I read here that adding "joon" or "ak" makes a Farsi name diminutive, are there other ways to make a girl's name sweeter? How might the family of a girl named Roshanak "nickname" her?
- delinquency stereotypes in japanese middle schools?
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- lady_bealzabub
- May 22nd, 13:28
what would be some common appearance and behavior stereotypes for delinquency in Japanese schools during the modern day? the character in question is 13 and has a reputation as being a delinquent, even though he's never really done anything distinctively bad and isn't trying to necessarily follow any "typical delinquent subcultures". also, is the Juggalo subculture at all present in Japan? i can't find ANYTHING that might help.
it would also be helpful if someone could tell me if the Yanki subculture is still a thing over there and if a 13 year old girl (another character) would realistically be in that subculture?
i've googled variants of "modern day japan delinquant" and i keep getting things about Yanki and Bosozoku.
- What does a human bite feel like?
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- striped
- May 21st, 12:09
- Motorcycle crash: injuries to order
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- scully_208
- May 21st, 7:58
Two characters are hit by a car while riding a motorcycle. The boy, aged 18, is driving; the girl, 17, is on the back.
I've read various stories on the internet about crashes but I haven't found anything that really suits what I need. I don't really know what to search to get specifics, just stuff like "motorcycle accident" "teen motorcycle crash" "car/motorcycle crash" etc.
What needs to happen:
Boy needs to land in hospital with some serious injuries, possibly life-threatening, but still with a chance of full recovery (however slim).
Girl needs to be injured too, but only enough that she'd be out of hospital a lot sooner than the boy, with something like a broken wrist or ankle or cracked ribs, anything like that that she would recover from quickly.
Also if possible, I'd like the girl to get trapped underneath the motorcycle until someone comes onto the scene and helps her out from under it. If this seems unlikely given what other circumstances I want, then I'll ditch it, but if there's a way to work it in that would be cool.
I don't really know anything about motorcycles, and little about car accidents - so how would this scenario play out? Any help appreciated.
Final note: Both are wearing leather jackets, jeans, and helmets with visors. Story set in Sydney, Australia.
- Treatment and Recovery of Slit Wrists
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- scistor_skizzer
- May 21st, 14:44
Hello, all!
I've actually found a good deal of what I'd like to know, but I'm hoping for more in-depth information, as well as checking my sources and facts.
( Cutting for attempted suicide )
- Arizona, 1920s - Pre-"La Paz county", geography and demographics
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- starhespera
- May 21st, 21:38
I use the term "Pre-"La Paz county"" as I discovered through Wikipedia that the county itself was established in 1983. I'm trying to follow the route of I-10, as it goes from Phoenix through Quartzsite into California. This route is being taken by a motorist in the 1960s, but I want to find out - and I don't know quite how - if it's feasible that there were hamlets, villages or even a few houses in the region during the 1920s. What I'm looking to do here is create a ghost town that existed up to the early 1920s, before a murder drove the residents out of the community.
Due to the relatively young age of the county, trying to find information on demographics prior to 1980s is thus far difficult. If, based on the previous question, there were communities within the county in the 1920s that I can draw information on, would there be a predominant religion that the inhabitants would follow? Or would it be something of a mixed bag? I had hoped to do a service for the two murders that took place, but I would like to have an idea on what religion I need to focus my research on.
Searches:
Wikipedia - "Quartzsite, Arizona"; "La Paz, Arizona", "La Paz County, Arizona".
Google - Arizona Maps (to try and narrow down communities)
- educating children appropriately about gay love/sex
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- praeriedikter
- May 19th, 21:57
I am fairly new to this community and this is my first post so please be gentle! I am trying to find information on how to explain to a child between the ages of 9 - 11 about gay sex. In the story, her Father is in a committed relationship with his lover and she is asking questions. I am not looking for anything graphic (no squickiness) but need to know what kind of questions she would be asking. When I was that age I knew the mechanics of sex but I grew up in a rural area. This chid is from an urban, upper middle class social group. I have tried using google with phrases like "explaining gay sex", "gay sex education", "questions children ask about gay sex". I would be interested in links or actual references to books (especially children's books). I have been directed to wikipedia, Amazon, Barnes and noble, and gay web sites. Any help you could give me would be really appreciated! I am not very technological and technology often times defeats me.
- 17c military life
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- benbenberi
- May 19th, 20:34
I'm writing in a slightly alternate 17th century setting and find I need details about life in an army (French by preference) in the period 1650-1670. I've done quite a lot of research already, but unfortunately there's a scarcity of good available secondary material that actually looks at the details of daily life (though there's tons that talk about the administration, the political context, the strategy, principles of siege warfare, and flags/insignia/weaponry/tactics - the latter primarily from a war-gamer, model-painter or re-enactor perspective). The best data points I've found are stray references embedded in other discussion, which only takes me so far. Can anyone help me with either info or references/pointers?
Some of the areas I particularly am looking for details about include:- How many servants & other civilian staff, and of what sort, would a top-ranking general of high noble status have with him while on campaign? (I'm thinking someone like Turenne, Condé or Luxembourg). I know that Condé for one never seems to have gone anywhere with less than two secretaries, and in the 1690s the teenage Duc de St. Simon, as a volunteer & very junior officer, had at least 5 grooms & 2 "gentleman servants" in attendance.
- Where would these servants & civilian staff be housed, while the army is encamped? I assume that given the opportunity the general would have commandeered the biggest house in the vicinity for his headquarters, but that doesn't work so well while you're on the march or laying siege to some town. Most of the descriptions of camp life I've seen date from the 18c, by which time there were a lot fewer servants traveling with the army, and a lot more separation in ordinary life between masters & servants, so I don't really want to extrapolate too much from them.
- What were officers' tents like? Would all officers be expected to camp in the same place as their men, or did they congregate separately? How big would a general's tent be? How many tents might he have, & how arranged? (George Washington had 3 - one for sleeping, one for dining, and one for his baggage. But again, it's hard to extrapolate from Washington to a Condé or Turenne.)
- Who was the general supposed to feed every night? i.e. Besides himself & his servants & staff, who would be expected to dine at his table on a routine basis? When officers were not invited to dinner with their commander, what were their normal meal arrangements?
- What did the commanders eat? What did their senior/junior officers eat? Was their bread issued every 4 days like the troopers' ration, or did they get their bread fresh?
- Were the horses that hauled the artillery & the baggage kept in the same place as the cavalry mounts, or separately? How far from the troops would they typically have been? How about the grooms, the smiths, etc. who tended the horses? Were any of these ever mingled with the teams & personnel of the (civilian contractor) supply convoys?
- Friends Forever?
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- miss_shad
- May 19th, 3:39
Okay, this is something that's been bugging me for a while and has stalled progress on my story in a big way.
The setting is modern day Japan, and there are two main male protagonists. They were relatively close friends as children (though they bickered a lot), but circumstances irrelevant to this post separate them. They meet again several years later...and this is where things get tricky.
The older of the two, for purposes of the plot, becomes very devoted to his old friend's well being not long after the reunion, which goes badly as the younger one is, due to a major trauma in his life, not the person he once was; the past friendship doesn't mean anything to him anymore and as thus is quite hateful towards his former friend and his devotion.
So here's the problem: what is it about the younger guy, apart from their shared past, that would cause the older guy to continue to be so close to him despite being treated like dirt?
Here's what I DO know about the older guy (for greater context if it helps anyone):
1. He never knew his father. At all. His parents split before he was born. At this point I'm not sure whether or not his mom will remarry.
2. His childhood was rocky; he suffered from severe asthma and had few friends apart from this other guy. Things improved in both health and friendships as he matured, however.
3. He is heterosexual, though I could change that if need be.
Finally (and most importantly):
4. This devotion of his is not merely a desire to continue the friendship. He could probably care less. This is almost an obsession with the other guy, and (though I haven't decided yet) he may give up his life for him and has already come pretty close, though it still doesn't mean jack squat to the other (I like to think of the Bruno Mars song "Grenade" here). So what's up with him? Under what circumstances would a guy like this get so obsessed with a friend?
Research wise I have done little, though I did at one point search "why would a straight male become fixated on a male friend"...and I got a bunch gay porn sites. :P
- Adoption Without Birth Certificate and Bridges in Ealing
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- notary_sojac
- May 18th, 15:10
Setting: 2006 London (Doctor Who universe, if it matters)
Question 1:
Search Terms Used: Adoption without birth certificate, born without birth certificate, adoption in UK
I also looked at a previous post on a similar subject while going through the entire child custody section on this site. However, there were enough differences between the situation that they had and the situation that I have that I decided to make this post.
The situation is that a thirteen-year old American girl is on vacation in London when she accidentally falls into an alternate universe. Although she has an alternate-universe counterpart, taking over her identity would not be practical as due to timey-wimeyness between universes, her counterpart is six, not to mention back home in America. The plot that I am planning calls for her to fall in with a family and possibly be adopted by them, and I was wondering how that would be feasible, if at all. Also, I was wondering if, despite having absolutely no records, other forms of identification or even any type of paper trail whatsoever, she would be able to still go to school, and if there would be any way for her to get identification so she would be able to have a job, get a drivers license, etc.
Question 2:(Same setting)
Search terms used: Ealing+bridges (that got me a bunch of bridge clubs), poking around the area on Google Earth's street view, I also looked at the Wikipedia page for Ealing.
I want this character to become trapped under a concrete bridge, preferably about overpass sized or similar, when said bridge collapses. The person would be running and trying to use the bridge for cover when it collapses, so somewhere easily accessible by foot or bike would also be great. Traffic would likely not be much of an issue for this situation, as there is an alien invasion going on and most everyone is either hiding, captured, or dead. Are there any bridges or underpasses in or near (meaning within around five minutes or so biking distance) Ealing that would fit these criteria?
If anyone could answer these questions, that would be great.
Edit: Thank you very much for all of the info. I'll make sure to take this into account when I write my story.
- Inpatient Psych Unit Intake Questions
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n3m3sis42- May 18th, 8:15
I'm writing a short story about a girl in her late teens (college age, probably 18 or 19) who is being admitted to an inpatient psych unit. The setting is the modern-day US, within the past few years. She's being admitted voluntarily after a police officer found her wandering near a busy street, half-clothed, ranting about a delusion she's been having.
What I am looking for is a list of questions she'd be asked during the intake process. I want to list some of these out in Q&A format as part of the story. I know she'd be asked about suicidal thoughts, thoughts of harming herself and others, and drug use, although I don't know the wording that a professional would use for those questions these days. I have experience working in a psych hospital in the 90's and I'm concerned about using outdated language as a result of what I think I know, so please be as specific as you can with wording.
Thanks so much! :D
Google search terms:
inpatient psych unit intake interview
inpatient psych unit intake questions
psych hospital intake questions
psych hospital intake interview
mental hospital admission questions
- Operation Verano and Pre-revolutionary Cuban military- resources. Oh and cultural questions.
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- firiel11
- May 17th, 21:56
Setting: Alternate Havana/Guantanamo, Cuba, in the near-future
Searched for: Every term possible relating to plans for Operation Verano and Cuban military history, mostly on Google Books.
OK, so this is the first in a series of questions for this alternate history steampunk science fiction book
I'm working on that involves human cloning and The Mob and is set in Cuba. The PoD is basically that Batista stayed on in power because he implemented some reforms and wasn't openly corrupt like he was in our world. Leading to M-26-7 being easily crushed, a series of juntas all aligned with the US in some way, and a Boys From Brazil style plot involving cloning Che Guevara. The protagonist is the clone. All the stuff I've found on Operation Verano so far tells me what its objectives were and why they failed (mainly because Batista's soldiers apparently weren't all that competent and he didn't have much popular support. Yeah, I know that). But I couldn't find any books on the pre-revolutionary military or that broke down Operation Verano in detail.
Also, can anyone answer some general questions for me on culture (mainly Santeria?)
(1) what would a non-initiate call themselves? From what I've read, it seems like santero/santera refers to an initiate, not just a follower. Can anyone confirm this?
2) Would a child raised with Santeria around them be told patakies/patakis?
3) How involved with the Catholic Church would the average Santeria follower be? Is it possible to practice both Roman Catholicism and Santeria?
4) What are non-initiates prohibited from doing in Santeria?
- Resource: The Worldbuilding Internet Library
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- toastedcheese
- May 16th, 14:12
I haven't been very active on Little Details for a while, but I wanted to share a resource I've created with the Little Details community in mind:
The Worldbuilding Internet Library
The site collects eighty or so web resources that I've found invaluable in worldbuilding/historical research or that I believe would be helpful to others.
Please enjoy, and feel free to recommend a resource! Also, let me know if you experience any technical difficulties. This project was in part an excuse for me to play around with Wordpress, and while it has so far looked fine in modern browsers, I can't make any guarantees about older versions of Internet Explorer....
- Child abuse from beyond the grave?
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- miss_shad
- May 16th, 3:58
One of my stories set in Japan features a ghost as the villain, and not just any ghost either: she's the main protagonist's ancestor.
In life she was pretty nasty; she was obsessed with having amazing descendants. When her son failed to live up to her expectations, she treated him like crap. Now, as a ghost roaming the earth, she continues to make life miserable for all her descendants (as none of them have ever reached her crazy ideals), namely siccing her unsavory "friends on the other side" on them.
I'm on the fence with this scenario though. I can see her haunting her descendants and making life hell for them, but the using other ghosts/demons to carry out her deeds seems to be stretching it a bit (though she was a medium in life and had a kitsune as an ally) So I guess what I'm asking here is, does anyone know of any other ghost/supernatural myths or legends with similar themes? (And they don't necessarily have to be Japanese in origin)
I've done Wikipedia research on ghosts etc in Japanese folklore but nothing really seemed to fit.
- Fatal poisoning or ideas
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- taste_of_water
- May 16th, 1:52
Terms searched for: various combinations of; poisonous plants, animal poison, Japan, organ failure, infection like symptoms, blood poisoning. Working my way through the '~medicine: poisoning' tag.
Setting: Warring States period (Sengoku) Japan. Our world.
I need a character to murder a healthy female in her mid-teens and to get away with it.
The female character is recovering from or newly recovered (I haven't decided on which yet) from two broken legs. Ideally I want her death to appear to be due to some complications connected to her injury, and for it to work quickly enough/be serious enough for her not to be able to tell anyone.
I'm thinking of some kind of poisoning, but the girls' private doctor would intervene if he noticed any obvious tampering with the wound and I also haven't found a poison that would give symptoms similar to an infection.
Does anyone have any idea of what sort of poison I could use or is my scenario impossible?
I'm more than open for suggestions, thank you in advance for any help.
- American movies in 1940 England, and popular male stars
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- citrinesunset
- May 15th, 19:15
I've been working on a story about a sixteen-year-old girl in London during WWII. Specifically, during the Blitz, so I'm thinking about 1940. However, I'm having some trouble because some important parts of the plot depend on what sort of access she has to American films and information about Hollywood and American stars.
I want her to be very enamored with Hollywood and American movies, but would she realistically have much access to this stuff during the war? Would she have any access to American media? I've read that UK theaters were closed for a time due to concerns about safety, but I haven't found anything more specific than that, and it didn't say anything about films being imported from other countries.
Secondly, assuming her having access to Hollywood movies or at least news is plausible, I wanted her to have a crush on a popular American actor, but could use some ideas about who it could be. I'm looking for a Johnny Depp or Leonardo DiCaprio sort of figure -- an actor who would have been popular with young women at the time, and would have been seen as a heartthrob. Obviously, my character could be attracted to anyone, but the point here is that she's more attracted to this guy's image and popularity, so I want the 1940 version or equivalent of your stereotypical teen heartthrob. I know a decent amount about movies and actors from that period, but I don't know a lot about how different demographics perceived them at the time. That is, who was popular with young people vs. older crowds. Would someone like Errol Flynn work?
I've done some searches like "Hollywood film distribution, 1940s, UK," "1940s teen idols," "Movies in London during WWII" and variations thereof, but I'm not finding a lot of stuff that seems to address these questions, and I don't honestly know what to search for. So I'd appreciate some input -- even a nudge in the right direction. I don't need a ton of background. I mainly need to know if my plot is plausible, and find a few specifics like an actor she can like and a few films she might have seen. So thanks a bunch to anyone who can help.
- Math help!
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- clwilson2006
- May 15th, 20:31
OK, Here is the problem. I'm told that the horizon is approximately 3 miles away, I know this is dependent on height of the person and curve of the earth and what not. I can find numerous formula on the internet.
What I need to know. Say my character is six foot tall, and looking across a desert landscape, I need the horizon to be TWO miles away, so is the planet he is standing on bigger or smaller than earth? I just cannot wrap my head around it. Math and science are not my thing, when I google things like "how far is the horizon" I get formula for Earth, not as if he was on another planet.
help?
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- rhuia — Cancer and how to disprove it — 24 comments
- twelvehandshigh — platonic terms of affection in Farsi, diminuitives for Roshanak? — 5 comments
- lady_bealzabub — delinquency stereotypes in japanese middle schools? — 5 comments
- striped — What does a human bite feel like? — 18 comments
- scully_208 — Motorcycle crash: injuries to order — 14 comments
- scistor_skizzer — Treatment and Recovery of Slit Wrists — 2 comments
- starhespera — Arizona, 1920s - Pre-"La Paz county", geography and demographics — 10 comments
- praeriedikter — educating children appropriately about gay love/sex — 83 comments
- benbenberi — 17c military life — 7 comments
- miss_shad — Friends Forever? — 25 comments
- notary_sojac — Adoption Without Birth Certificate and Bridges in Ealing — 9 comments
- n3m3sis42 — Inpatient Psych Unit Intake Questions — 17 comments
- firiel11 — Operation Verano and Pre-revolutionary Cuban military- resources. Oh and cultural questions. — 3 comments
- toastedcheese — Resource: The Worldbuilding Internet Library — 30 comments
- miss_shad — Child abuse from beyond the grave? — 11 comments
- taste_of_water — Fatal poisoning or ideas — 25 comments
- citrinesunset — American movies in 1940 England, and popular male stars — 41 comments
- clwilson2006 — Math help! — 20 comments
