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November 1

where in season 2 or 3 does stephanie sheh come in wordgirl as bank teller

In which episode in season 2 or 3 does Stephanie Sheh do the voice of bank teller, because i can tell it's definately her and not jen cone. Jen cone has more of a soft voice and Stephanie's is higher, and a stronger new york accent. Please tell me if what i put in the article List of WordGirl Characters is correct that she starts voicing her in 225 people vs ms question? For sure Stephanie sheh does it in later episodes, but which one does she start it in? 204.112.104.172 (talk) 22:00, 1 November 2010 (UTC)

November 2

matress commercial

Isn't Aardman animations responsible for creating sheeps for some matress commercial? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.92.152.150 (talk) 01:49, 2 November 2010 (UTC)

The teeth arrangement are key, if there's a signature widening of the lower jaw teeth moreso than the top then it is Aardman. 69.1.45.85 (talk) 06:03, 2 November 2010 (UTC)

Yes. The company concerned is Serta, and the campaign animated by Aardman is called "Counting Sheep". Karenjc 19:49, 2 November 2010 (UTC)

I need to find this Sci Fi movie title from a long time ago

I saw a movie a long time ago, it involved an incident where this non-terrestrial material fell to earth and began absorbing whatever water was around it. the material was a clear/translucent blue rock like material, and it fell on this desert town where it had made an incredible impact. One such moment of clear remembrance was the time when one guy poured water over one large sample of the rock and it reacted by wiggling and burning the water away(since it was also very hot). I know this movie from a lot of mental images and do not have a name for it. It has been almost 20 years since I last saw this movie. 69.1.45.85 (talk) 06:02, 2 November 2010 (UTC)

Possibly The Monolith Monsters, IMDb link, a classic 1957 'B' Movie? -- WORMMЯOW  09:44, 2 November 2010 (UTC)

This is close, needs further probing in order for me to find the actual movie, the movie I know of is in full color with almost the same basis. Thanks for your help. 69.1.45.85 (talk) 16:26, 3 November 2010 (UTC)

Jack Webb's 'Pat Novak For Hire' radio series; casting

In that series an actress often appeared who had a deep, sultry, melodious voice. A mystery woman, usually. In one episode she wanted Pat to retrieve some photographs of her.

I would much like to know who she was.

Thanks much.

Fred White

72.84.5.164 (talk) 08:20, 2 November 2010 (UTC)

CFL Retro

Is there a good website where we can view the retro jerseys of the current teams of Canadian Football League, especially the logos on the helmets? Also, is there good website where we can see each team's record when it comes to facing a team like Argonauts' record against Edmonton Eskimos and etc.? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.89.40.183 (talk) 16:32, 2 November 2010 (UTC)

You can find some old CFL logos here. --Xuxl (talk) 19:54, 2 November 2010 (UTC)

It's helmets only, but the The Helmet Project is pretty comprehensive back to 1960 or so. It's quite a wonderful site for football (the plastic helmet wearing kind) historians. Here's the link. --Jayron32 20:43, 2 November 2010 (UTC)

The CFL website apparently only has stats for 2010 and 2009?! That's crazy. BC Lions stats are available back to 1954, and hopefully the other team websites have stuff like that too. Adam Bishop (talk) 21:00, 2 November 2010 (UTC)

November 3

Colbert report

Is there a French equivalent or similar programme to the Colbert report political satire? I'd prefer it be no more vulgar than the Report if possible, and generally staying relatively on topic (i.e., not like a regular comedy always deviating to talk about random stuff). Thanks/ —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.92.78.167 (talk) 00:28, 3 November 2010 (UTC)

France French or Quebec French? Quebec has (or had) Le Fric Show and La Fin du monde est à 7 heures, which are kind of like This Hour Has 22 Minutes, as much as they are like anything at all. They and 22 Minutes are not quite the same as Colbert Report though. I don't think we have anything like that in Canada, English or French. (I have no idea about France.) Adam Bishop (talk) 02:02, 3 November 2010 (UTC)

Never seen them, but Les Guignols de l'info appears to be a sort of claymation version of The Daily Show, that is news satire. I've tried exploring the French Misplaced Pages to answer this for you, but its categorization scheme is less rigourous than the English one; all of its TV series are categorized solely by decade when they debuted, without regard for subject matter. That makes it quite hard to identify possible other shows. --Jayron32 06:07, 3 November 2010 (UTC)

Infoman is another satirical French-Canadian news show. --Xuxl (talk) 14:06, 3 November 2010 (UTC)

Nowhere Boy - OK for 13-year-old?

My 13-year-old daughter wants to see the movie Nowhere Boy and I'd like to take her. We have a chance to go, but it is rated R. Has anyone seen it and comment on if it would be OK? Bubba73 05:57, 3 November 2010 (UTC)

My best advice as a fellow parent is to see it ahead of time without her, and then make a decision based on that. Other people are poor judges for what you may find objectionable for your own children. You can find reviews of the film online, some of these may be helpful, but ultimately your own judgement on this is likely to be subjective. Since you know your own daughter, you are likely to be the best possible judge. --Jayron32 05:59, 3 November 2010 (UTC)

Good idea, I want to see it myself. One problem is that it is more than an hour's drive away; secondly, it may not be around long. Bubba73 06:25, 3 November 2010 (UTC)

What does an R rating mean in your country? In my country, it means people aged under 18 are not permitted to see it in theatres at all, not even if accompanied by an adult. -- Jack of Oz ... speak! ... 06:54, 3 November 2010 (UTC)

Here in the US (which is where Bubba73 seems to be from) an R rating means that anyone under 17 years of age needs to be accompanied by someone who is at least 21. I'm not a parent and I don't see how a movie about John Lennon's life could be that damaging for a 13 year old girl. There's also a parents guide at IMDb which goes over why the film received that rating. Dismas| 07:10, 3 November 2010 (UTC)

There's a site called screenit.com that contains the sort of information you might be looking for, but it requires payment. I looked over it some years ago when it was free, and it seemed to me that they did a decent job with movies I'd seen, but I don't know how good it is now. --Anonymous, 07:24 UTC, November 3, 2010.

The rating system is relative and arbitrary. What is rated R in the USA would normally be viewed by kids on afternoon television programmes here in Italy. Of course while Italian television may be permissive, it is primarily geared to whet the male appetite, with the token Gabriel Garko thrown in occassionally. In everyday, normal life women enjoy less personal freedom than their American counterparts. The film the OP's daughter wishes to see would most likely be broadcast here on television during prime time which is from 21.00 to 23.30. Seeing as it's a film on the life of John Lennon, it probably contains some reasonably graphic sex scenes and foul language which are verboten on American television, but not in most European nations.--Jeanne Boleyn (talk) 07:48, 3 November 2010 (UTC)

I haven't seen it myself, but it's not about his whole life, it's about his life as a teenager (hence "Boy"). According to the MPAA it is "Rated R for language and a scene of sexuality." Whatever that means. I doubt it would be as graphic as Backbeat, at least. Adam Bishop (talk) 15:09, 3 November 2010 (UTC)

As the parents guide at IMDB says (which Dismas already kindly linked to), there are several sexual scenes, nothing too explicit, but that I probably wouldn't want to take a 13 year old to see. Depending on your views on profanity, the frequent swearing may also be problematic. The violence seems relatively tame, by the standards of what many U.S. 13 year olds have seen, but depending on your child, you might take into consideration that as well. Alcohol and tobacco are used. Buddy431 (talk) 16:22, 3 November 2010 (UTC)

It's a personal choice for a parent; also one has to take the character of his daughter into consideration. Some teens are easily influenced, others are not. When I was 13, I often viewed R films with no adverse effect-they certaintly did not corrupt me. Where I lived (close to Venice, California), i was well used to alternative lifestyles, so a film showing some sex would not have been such a big deal.--Jeanne Boleyn (talk) 19:08, 3 November 2010 (UTC)

Reference to screenit.com above, http://www.pluggedin.com/ is a free alternative, however they haven't yet reviewed this film. Exxolon (talk) 21:55, 3 November 2010 (UTC)

Adding to what people have mentioned before, as a parent, you should know that an "R" rating means absolutely nothing. Unlike in other countries, there is absolutely no scientific basis to the rating system in the U.S. It is a product of the movie studios and exists solely to prevent regulation of the industry. An "R" movie may be completely harmless to your child, and a "PG-13" movie theoretically could be somehow damaging, although everything I've read indicates all the hubbub about movies, TV shows and rock music damaging older kids/teenagers is hogwash. (In previous generations, dime novels or comic books were castigated for warping kids' minds.) As noted above, much of what gets an "R" rating in America is shows without restriction in other countries, and those kids don't wind up messed up because of it. And any parent who thinks kids aren't hearing foul language every day at school has obviously forgotten his or her own youth. -- Mwalcoff (talk) 23:46, 3 November 2010 (UTC)

How may I ask can you mathematically and scientifically quantize things like violence, nudity, sexuality, swearing etc? Googlemeister (talk) 13:39, 4 November 2010 (UTC)

Any number of says. Swearing is the easiest. Swears can be quantized through a method, used by top scientists around the world, known as "Counting". Nudity is also easily quantized, There are only a few "naughty bits" that folks are worried about, so again, count them, and time how long they appear on screen.

Violence and sexuality are a bit harder to quantize in theory, but really Hollywood represents these things in a pretty standard, almost symbolic, way. With the same recurring tropes and 'visual shorthand' being shown time and time again, they could easily be counted and quantified.

I won't comment on whether the end result would be useful or worthwhile. APL (talk) 15:00, 4 November 2010 (UTC)

Thanks, everyone. I'm planning to take her tomorrow. Bubba73 01:47, 5 November 2010 (UTC)

King of the Hill question

In the episode Livin' on Reds, Vitamin C and Propane, Hank Hill drives a 18-wheeler to Arizona to delivier some furniture to his Mom. I was wondering if anyone knew what kind of truck he was driving. It looks to me like its either a Kenworth or a Peterbuilt, but I wanted to know if the production people actually gave a name to the truck. 75.26.17.172 (talk) 07:59, 3 November 2010 (UTC)

Name that tune?

Our son has a toy radio that plays various nursery rhymes and other tunes as you press the buttons. Most of them I recognise, but there's one in particular that I don't and I wondered whether it might be a US tune (we're in the UK). It goes like this: 4/4 time; | for barline, - for held note e.g. C - is a middle C minim (half note) and D - - - is a semibreve (whole note); ' for notes up the octave

C - E F | G - - G | A C' B A | G - - - |
C - E F | G - - G | A G F E | D - - - |
C - E F | G - - G | A C' B A | G - - C' |
B C' D' B |C' A G A |E - D - | C - - - ||

The E and F in the first bar of each phrase are dotted crotchet / quaver, but I couldn't think how to type that neatly... Any ideas, or suggestions for a website where I could look? Thanks, Bencherlite 10:34, 3 November 2010 (UTC)

Sitcom actor earnings

Do sitcom actors earn millions, as this http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-11684458 implies? I'm puzzled how he earnt it - he's not a pop star. 92.24.178.95 (talk) 18:49, 3 November 2010 (UTC)

Ricky Tomlinson's the actor in question. He could have sold a property you know! At least one of his sitcoms is very popular and gets repeated often, plus there's DVDs etc. --TammyMoet (talk) 19:01, 3 November 2010 (UTC)

A few do; most do not. It depends only on what the actor's agent is able to negotiate with the production company. In the US, the Screen Actors Guild sets the minimum payments for actors, known as "scale". This bit of good reading goes on and on about the minimums. As of a couple years ago, the minimum payment for a credited performer with a speaking role was around US$820 per day, or US$2,832 per week; and then the performers get "residuals", which are additional payments if the show is successful enough to enjoy syndicated reruns — you can work out the formulas yourself from "Sideletter B" in that PDF file; but for some performers it appears that upon the first rerun, the performer gets paid 40% of what they were paid for their original work; then upon the second rerun, they get paid 35%, then for the next few reruns it's 25%, and then it falls until it reaches a 5% floor. Great free money if it's a show like M*A*S*H that's syndicated for decades; not so great if it's a sitcom that nobody wants to rerun after season #1 gets cancelled. Going way beyond those numbers are actors who are crucial to the success of a big earner — the entire 6-person leading cast of Friends negotiated a fee of US$1 million, per person, per episode, for the show's last two seasons. Comet Tuttle (talk) 20:14, 3 November 2010 (UTC)

Tomlinson is fairly high profile in the UK - The Royle Family was extremely popular and as a pivotal character he's doubtless been well rewarded, but our article outlines a busy career involving film and theatre productions, TV appearances and writing too. This follows a modest start in life, manual work as a tradesman and time as a trade union activist. One might reasonably conclude from the article that (a) he's probably earned a respectable amount of money in recent years, and (b) he has left-leaning political sympathies and a history of more than one large charitable donation to worthy social causes. He's obviously had at least £1.2 million in the bank; without knowing his total personal wealth we can't judge what proportion of it he's given away, but I don't find it inherently unlikely that he's been worth at least that much. Nor would I assume that a pop star would be wealthier than a successful actor. The music industry can be a place where your talents enrich everyone else but you - there's quite an interesting list of examples here. Karenjc 08:14, 4 November 2010 (UTC)

November 4

what's with andy episodes in english

Can someone please find me links to what's with andy full episodes in english? I can only find epeisodes in romanian and other languages, which i don't understand at all. by the way, when you do can you please tell me what season it's from? that would be much appreciated. 204.112.104.172 (talk) 00:08, 4 November 2010 (UTC)

Why won't Empire Earth run on my PC anymore?

Empire Earth is on my windows XP which doesn't have any viruses because it is not connected to the internet. It used to run, but all of a sudden it stooped. All there was was a Empire Earth logo/banner, whatever you call it, and then it does nothing else. Can anybody help me? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dumbiestest (talk • contribs) 01:20, 4 November 2010 (UTC)

The files may have become corrupted for one reason or another. Try uninstalling and then reinstalling the game, and see if that works. I would also recommend running the defrag utility, preferably after you uninstall the game but before you reinstall it. --Jayron32 01:39, 4 November 2010 (UTC)

Video game sheet music

I assume that most video game music that is written for band or orchestra is not available in sheet music format. Are there any cases of sheet music, preferably legal, for any video games with real music? Finalius (Land ho!) 01:41, 4 November 2010 (UTC)

This site has a lot of sheet music for the Final Fantasy game series. -- kainaw™ 01:53, 4 November 2010 (UTC)

Interesting. I should get to specifics: I don't suppose there is any place with sheet music of Gran Turismo 4? I highly doubt it, but I was so impressed with the marimba solos on one of the menu musics that I just had to ask. Finalius (Land ho!) 02:06, 4 November 2010 (UTC)

Do you have any idea which song you want sheet music for? -- kainaw™ 02:16, 4 November 2010 (UTC)

Yes: Gran Turismo Mode World Menu Music 2 from GT4, a background music piece (with not necessarily the same title). Although sheet music for some of those soundtrack songs would be sweet, I don't think LTJ's music would fit right in a concert band. Finalius (Ecru?!) 02:19, 4 November 2010 (UTC)

One thing I personally have done in the past is done the arrangements myself. It would depend on your commitment to its performance, since there is some degree of time, energy, skill and money involved. To do it legally (in the United States at least) one must obtain an arranger's license. I arranged the Halo suite a while back. So long as you have a fundamental background in music theory and orchestration, video game music tends to be on the much simpler side. The arranger's license (in my experience) will run from between 50 and 100 dollars, but it will really depend on the copyright owner. If you are so interested in playing the arrangement, it is definitely an option to explore, but somewhat exhaustive of resources. 99.53.113.16 (talk) 02:13, 7 November 2010 (UTC)

The Football League

Is it a governing body, like The Football Association? I'm writing this article, and for a hungarian, it's a bit difficult to understand the english football league system. Madridista92 (talk) 13:04, 4 November 2010 (UTC)

As I understand it the Association is a gouverning body (like the Hungarian Football Federation but the League a championship league like Nemzeti Bajnokság I. Jarkeld (talk) 00:30, 5 November 2010 (UTC)

As an american, my understanding is that The Football Association is the rules-making and maintaining body; they preside over the rules of the game, while the Football League is merely an "league" of professional teams that establishes playing schedules for its member teams. --Jayron32 04:14, 5 November 2010 (UTC)

Well, not only playing schedules. They organise the competitions, handle the selling of broadcast rights etc., which makes them a far more important player when it comes to money, than the FA. The Football League is the second highest league, below the Premier League, and these two leagues run themselves, and are owned by their member clubs. The lower leagues, the National League System, are a bit different and are run directly by the FA. Also, The Football League is not quite like Nemzeti Bajnokság I, because that is just one division in the Hungarian pyramid, and seems to be run by the Hungarian Football Federation. The Football League run themselves, and consist of several divisions. The opening paragraphs of the article English football league system is a good place to get an overview. /Coffeeshivers (talk) 23:42, 6 November 2010 (UTC)

Randy Moss

Have any other NFL players in history played (started at least 1 game) for 3 or more teams in one NFL season? Googlemeister (talk) 13:35, 4 November 2010 (UTC)

I feel that you want to emphasize "played" in your question. Many players who never make it off the practice squad are bounced from team to team throughout the season. There are even multiple trades for injured players who would be playing if they weren't injured. In Moss' case, he actually played for two teams and will likely play for the third team. I seriously doubt that this is new. Trading was much more common in the very early years of the NFL. If you limit this to the post-merger years, the frequency of trades drops significantly. Now... I'll have to pick through old trade reports to see who was traded when. -- kainaw™ 13:43, 4 November 2010 (UTC)

This is why I believe you want to emphasize "played." Anthony Smith was a member of the Packers in 2009. He was waived on Sep 5. He went to the Rams and was waived on Nov 5. He went to the Jaguars. Three teams in one season. -- kainaw™ 13:51, 4 November 2010 (UTC)

I see what you mean. How about I substitute played for started (not including the pro-bowl game)? Googlemeister (talk) 14:39, 4 November 2010 (UTC)

This question is popping up. The answer is consistently that nobody thinks that anyone has started for three teams in a single season. If it has been done, I see two possibilities: Kickers bounce around from team to team easily. In the very old NFL, players bounced around a lot more than they do now. -- kainaw™ 15:18, 4 November 2010 (UTC)

Not a starter, but Karl Wilson seems to have played for the 49ers, Jets, and Dolphins in 1993. Clarityfiend (talk) 20:43, 4 November 2010 (UTC)

I gathered up a list from pro-football-reference.com of players who played with four teams in a season. They include:

• José Cortéz, kicker, 2005 — San Francisco 49ers 1 game, Philadelphia Eagles 1 game, Dallas Cowboys 7 games, Indianapolis Colts 2 games.
• Alvin Maxson, running back, 1978 — Tampa Bay Buccaneers 1 game, Pittsburgh Steelers 5 games, Houston Oilers 1 game, New York Giants 1 game. (He also was on the Chicago Bears roster, but did not play for them.)
• Roscoe Word, defensive back, 1976 — New York Giants 4 games, Buffalo Bills 1 game, Tampa Bay Buccaneers 2 games, New York Jets 2 games.
• Jack McArthur, lineman, 1930 — Frankford Yellow Jackets 2 games, Newark Tornadoes 1 game, Brooklyn Dodgers 5 games, Providence Steam Roller 4 games.
• Jim Kendrick, back/end, 1925 — Rochester Jeffersons 1 game, Hammond Pros 2 games, Buffalo Bisons 7 games, Rock Island Independents 1 game.
• Dick Stahlman, lineman, 1924 — Kenosha Maroons 5 games, Akron Pros 2 games, Kansas City Blues 1 game, Hammond Pros 1 game.

I could not find anyone who played for five teams in a season. Hope this helps. — Michael J 22:03, 4 November 2010 (UTC)

Maxson actually changed teams six times in 1976! He started the season with Pittsburgh, which waived him and Jack Deloplaine at the same time, expecting only one to be claimed. Washington claimed both running backs, then cut Maxson before the next game. Pittsburgh then needed him back, but the rules said the Steelers couldn't sign him back until he had spent a game on another team's roster. So the Bears agreed to put him on their roster for a game, then trade him back to Pittsburgh. Five games, later, the Steelers cut Maxson again because they needed to sign another tight end. Maxson signed with Tampa Bay and spent a few weeks on their roster before being cut again. Houston then signed him because of an injury to one of their RBs, but cut him 11 days later. Three days after that, the Giants signed him for the last few weeks of the season. And what did Maxson get for all of his trouble? Four carries for 9 yards, three kickoff returns for 50 yards, and two fumbles. He never played another game in the NFL. -- Mwalcoff (talk) 23:26, 4 November 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for the help everyone. I had no idea some people bounced around so much. Googlemeister (talk) 13:17, 5 November 2010 (UTC)

Half Life 2 question

Hi I have a question about Half Life 2. At some point in the game, I think its the begining sequence the G-Man says something about "a crowbar in a steel corridor. Can someone find the complete quote and place it here? Thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by Beenrunman (talk • contribs) 16:12, 4 November 2010 (UTC)

It's in Episode 2, here. -- Finlay McWalter ☻ Talk 17:34, 4 November 2010 (UTC)

And it's already in the appropriate place on Wikiquote. -- Finlay McWalter ☻ Talk 17:37, 4 November 2010 (UTC)

Thanks, that was what I needed Beenrunman (talk) 18:32, 4 November 2010 (UTC)

Not a question, but finally answering my own previous music identity question!

The old question about some music that I had discovered way back in the 90s, and rediscovered in the Lemony Snicket movie trailer, is here: (Scroll to the end of the May 27 entries)

I took a look again at the Youtube video for that trailer and found my answer in some comments from about a month ago. The music is originally from the Edward Scissorhands (1990) movie, and Danny Elfman is the composer for that film. (It's also apparently found in The Addams Family (film) (1991).) I guess I should watch more movies! TresÁrboles (talk) 18:08, 4 November 2010 (UTC)

The theme music for Edward Scissorhands seems similar to the Aquarium part of The Carnival of the Animals. 92.15.12.193 (talk) 22:25, 5 November 2010 (UTC)

XBOX 360 Kinect connection question (say that 3 times fast)

Hello all. I purchased an XBOX Kinect last night, rushed home, easily connected it without reading the directions and played it for a few hours before going to bed. Today at work I am reading the Kinect Sensor manual while eagerly waiting to go home. In the manual it states that the Kinect should only be connected to the back USB port (currently occupied by my wireless network adapter) and not the front two USB ports. I did not know this but my XBOX seemed to work fine. Why is this the case? Perhaps these can be of assistance: , & . I can't review this information myself because of limited internet website access (damn Websense). Thank you in advance. --Endlessdan (talk) 18:30, 4 November 2010 (UTC)

First off, congrats on your purchase. I've enjoyed my Kinect sensor as well. As to why it's working, frankly I'm not sure why it wouldn't work that way. That said, just because it's working now doesn't mean it will still be working in a few days/weeks, etc. Unless you have an overriding reason to not hook it up the way it's shown in the instruction manual (and with everything included to make the adaptation for an original model Xbox 360, there really shouldn't be), I'd hook it up the way suggested by Microsoft and give them the benefit of the doubt. After all, they built the thing. :) --McDoobAU93 02:30, 6 November 2010 (UTC)

Eddie Hodges..

Hi, I have a specifice memory when I was a kid in Brampton, Ontario. I went to the local bowling alley one day (possibly on the weekend) in the early 60's to hear Eddie Hodges sing his song (I'm going to knock on your door..). Is there any way of finding out if this is true or just my imagination running wild? He probably went through the local radio station if indeed he did promote his record in Brampton. Regards Glen Selway. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 189.176.154.181 (talk) 19:27, 4 November 2010 (UTC)

This may have already occurred to you, and be inapplicable, but it's likely that such an appearance would have been publicised in whatever local newspaper(s) was(were) available in that area at the time, and those papers may be archived (possibly on microfilm) at a local or regional library, or by the papers themselves or their successors if they were taken over/merged. 87.81.230.195 (talk) 00:53, 5 November 2010 (UTC)

You could probably ask him! I was able to find his work address (he's not in show business anymore) in a few minutes of Internet searching. I'm not going to tell you because I don't want to publicize someone's personal information here. Let's just say that if Brett Favre needed Prozac when he was in college, he might have met Mr. Hodges. -- Mwalcoff (talk) 01:29, 5 November 2010 (UTC)

November 5

song name please

the song has words like "your lip stick stains on the front lobe of my left side brains. i knew i woulden't forget you, and so i went and let, you blow, my, mind.", and it is like progressive house. I heard it on the mc mario mixdown, but cannot find the name. Please tell me the name. thanks. -- Nissae Isen's Man 204.112.104.172 (talk), 4:33pm (Central Canada), 5 november 2010

That's "Hey Soul Sister" by Train. Corvus cornix_talk 23:03, 5 November 2010 (UTC)

Who does the progressive mix? i can't find it, can you please link me to the progressive remix? 204.112.104.172 (talk) 23:12, 5 November 2010 (UTC)

Why would anyone want to listen to a "progressive house mix" of that song, whatever that even means? Kids these days! Adam Bishop (talk) 14:03, 6 November 2010 (UTC)

Haw! can't critasize it when you don't know what it is, please tell me who does the progressive house mix. by the way adam Bishop, don't critasize what you don't know. for your info, i'm a fan of progressive house. maybe look it up. others please ignore his unneeded comment. And as for his clame that i'm a kid, haw! i'm 18 on the 23rd! Haw! 204.112.104.172 (talk) 14:32, 6 November 2010 (UTC)

movie-- "the only good indian"

what is the make model and date of the rifle that Sam Franklin used in the middle of the movie72.70.254.119 (talk) 22:18, 5 November 2010 (UTC) looks simular to a short magazine lee enfield. What is the make model and year of the motorcycle72.70.254.119 (talk)

November 6

TDSB football

Is there a cool website other than TDSB website that shows which high schools plays football? So far, I know that York Memorial and East York play football. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.29.35.184 (talk) 02:34, 6 November 2010 (UTC)

For greater clarity, TDSB in this context would be the Toronto District School Board, in Canada. --Anonymous, 03:43 UTC, November 6, 2010.

This looks to be it. According to the site, there were five new teams in 2009. Grsz 03:46, 6 November 2010 (UTC)

MLB retro jerseys and hats

is there a website that displays the retro jerseys of current teams of MLB? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.31.17.158 (talk) 02:59, 6 November 2010 (UTC)

Do you mean modern items that look like old ones and can be purchased? Or do you mean the actual uniforms worn long ago? ←Baseball Bugs carrots→ 01:51, 8 November 2010 (UTC)

NBA retro jerseys

is there a website where it displays the retro jerseys of current NBA teams? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.31.17.158 (talk) 03:00, 6 November 2010 (UTC)

Searching for "historic NBA jerseys" got me this link which looks good judging by the couple of uniforms that I looked at. Dismas| 05:24, 6 November 2010 (UTC)

Discrepancy on Hawaii 5-0

The new Steve McGarrett refers to his father as John & we se4e his grave marker as John. The original show had the lead (Jack Lord) as Steve McGarrett. Why the discrepancy?173.54.202.152 (talk) 05:40, 6 November 2010 (UTC)

From Hawaii Five-0: Several days later, Alex O'Loughlin was cast as Steve McGarrett, the son of ex-cop Jack McGarrett (portrayed by William Sadler) after the producers decided to reboot the series and make the junior McGarrett a Navy SEAL and chose to name Steve's father Jack in honor of Jack Lord, the star of the original series.

(Aside: I can't believe they expect people generally to differentiate between Hawaii Five-0 and Hawaii Five-O, given that the number 0 (zero) is mostly called "oh" as if it were a letter anyway. Will anyone call the new show "Hawaii 5-zero"? I forecast some head scratching going on.) -- Jack of Oz ... speak! ... 05:59, 6 November 2010 (UTC)

It doesn't matter what people say -- it will sort differently. Maybe that's why. --jpgordon 20:10, 6 November 2010 (UTC)

What I mean is that people will hear about the new show and assume it's a recreation of the old show under exactly the same name. But it's not exactly the same name. Yet the difference is one that is sure to trip up many and completely elude many others. The original "5-O" was a reference to Hawaii being the US's 50th state; it should properly have been 5-0 (zero), but they made it 5-O (oh) in their wisdom, probably because people were going to say "five oh" anyway. Which they did. Now, people will see 5-0 (zero) and still say "five oh", and will spell the new show's title as 5-O, just like the original show. The makers are just asking for trouble. 0 my (er, O my)! -- Jack of Oz ... speak! ... 22:50, 6 November 2010 (UTC)

Title(s) of the show

I've only seen a little bit of either version of the show, so now I have a question regarding Jack's remarks above and Misplaced Pages's article titles. On either version of the show, how do you know whether that character in the title is meant to be an O or a 0? Even if the characters use the title phrase and explain what it refers to, the title need not conform to their usage. (Consider Doctor Who, where the main character is "the Doctor", never "Dr. Who". I think that the title comes from someone's response in the very first episode when they hear him called "the Doctor".) And in some typefaces the characters O and 0 are identical. Do both versions of this show have credits in the same font that include both O and 0, enabling us to know which one is used in the title? Or is someone just relying on an external source that says that they are different? --Anonymous, 04:24 UTC, November 7, 2010.

The justification for naming the article about the new show with a zero - as linked from the talk page - is rather flimsy, IMHO. Even if the one sentence press release is reliable, unless there's a similar release for the old show, or even one that's considerable more verbose, I'm not sure it's enough to hang an article on. --LarryMac | Talk 23:27, 7 November 2010 (UTC)

NHL points system history

Did winner of the game always get 2 points (and loser 1 if lose after 3 periods) in NHL history?-88.112.115.158 (talk) 10:57, 6 November 2010 (UTC)

It used to be 2 points for a win, 1 point for a tie, and 0 points for a loss. The awarding of 1 point for an overtime loss began with the 1999–2000 NHL season. And only since the adoption of the shootout in the 2005–06 NHL season has the possibility of ties been eliminated. Deor (talk) 12:51, 6 November 2010 (UTC)

Regrettably, I might add. --jpgordon 14:58, 6 November 2010 (UTC)

red dead redemption zombies

Where can I look for retchers in the game. --83.71.105.212 (talk) 12:27, 6 November 2010 (UTC)

Film " All I want for Christmas" 1991

Hello my name is Kevin, I would like to know if the diner used in the film is real or not. Thank you (email removed for safety of OP) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.18.87.120 (talk) 17:00, 6 November 2010 (UTC)

Lyrics conflict? Ramsey Lewis Trio!

I found a song from Ramsey Lewis Trio that i find to be amazing, so i tried to look up the lyrics (partly because for me the instruments are more dominant and so its hard for me to hear exactly what they are saying). When i looked up the song i matched it to the album and several different sites gave different lyrics, and none of them are the lyrics in my song. Why is this, and what are the words i am hearing?

The song is "Open my heart" from the album "Time Flies". I suspect that maybe i have a version where the lyrics aren't sung, but that its mostly an instrumental with some back up vocals.

The lyrics i am hearing, i will try to capture them as well as possible, are as follows:

???
???
I open up my heart!
oooooooooh! ????
.......

Don't let me make the same mistakes, over and over again!
???? be the one, to make SURE that its ??? (carried out?).....

I doubt this is too useful for identification, but if need be perhaps i can upload a clip to youtube? Let me know if this is needed.

Any info on what the lyrics are for my version are greatly appreciated, as well as the reason for why it seems to not be the same as the song i am finding lyrics for.

Thank you very much! 137.81.118.126 (talk) 21:49, 6 November 2010 (UTC)

• When I play a short sample, I hear "ask you for your guidance", and Yahoo has lyrics with both that phrase and your "Don't let me make ...". Clarityfiend (talk) 22:07, 6 November 2010 (UTC)

Your response is helpful, actually on that yahoo page you can click the play button and it plays the exact song i have. They seem to only sing little parts of the lyrics that are written there. Im still not sure why, but at least now i know alot of the words that were question marks in my original post. "Guide me until i'm sure" etc. I'd still like to see a further explanation of this if anyone has one? Is this intended to be an instrumental? That being said, I'm also going to look on youtube now and see if i can find the lyrics version yahoo has written (again not sure why their audio doesnt match, LOL)

137.81.118.126 (talk) 22:29, 6 November 2010 (UTC)

Im not sure why, but there is nothing on google or youtube matching the lyrics of this song... and in fact i cant find any video for the song at all! very confusing! 137.81.118.126 (talk) 22:34, 6 November 2010 (UTC)

re question train hey soul sister rephraze

Who does the progressive house remix of train's hey soul sister? for a prog house song to know what it is, www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4dZWPa1of0 is a progressive house song by inpetto. Who does the progressive house remix of hey soul sister? -- Nissae Isen's Man 204.112.104.172 (talk) 6:31 PM (US Central Time), 6 November 2010

November 7

Name of this Andre Rieu song?

Can anyone tell me the name of this song performed by soprano Mirusia Louwerse at 3:10 of this Youtube video?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKEOR_xWuwg

Thanks Acceptable (talk) 02:35, 7 November 2010 (UTC)

It's part of Concerto pour une voix by Saint-Preux. Famously recorded by Danielle Licari among others. ---Sluzzelin talk 03:04, 7 November 2010 (UTC)

Nightwish song?

Which song begins here at 4:14? Thnx. 85.222.86.190 (talk) 18:18, 7 November 2010 (UTC)

It's the rest of "Dead Boy's Poem", the same song that had been playing up until 4:14. What you hear now is the beginning of the rousing finale of "Dead Boy's Poem" (track 10 on Wishmaster). ---Sluzzelin talk 18:31, 7 November 2010 (UTC)

selena vs mario party 2 minigame

You know the game mario party 2 the minigame called bumper balls, the rocky level? I'm trying to find out if it is true that Selena golmez coulden't play that game to save her life. (friends told me this rumer), how can i find out if this is true as i do not know Selena personally. Note that a friend recommended my asking you guys what to do and whether this is true or not. -- Wendal Jones 204.112.104.172 (talk) 21:02, 7 November 2010 (UTC) go to www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxLz_SqzFUk for a video of the minigame —Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.112.104.172 (talk) 21:20, 7 November 2010 (UTC)

Does anybody know the title of this film?

The plot of this film is basically as follows. A woman returnes to her late father's mansion to scatter his ashes. Once there she discovers that the deceased man, a former detective, has an unsolved case involving throroughbread horses. He has made extensive recordings of himself during his final months, meaning she is able to interact with him via a computer and crack the case. Once solved, however, she discovers it was some kind of test.

I watched this film one Saturday evening about 20 years ago, but have forgotten the name. I've Googled it to death without much success so thought I'd try my luck here. I think the film was American, though the actor playing the deceased man was British. Can anyone help? There is, perhaps, an article in it (if we don't already have one). Cheers TheRetroGuy (talk) 22:40, 7 November 2010 (UTC)

This might be Grand Larceny - I remember seeing the film and recalled it had Omar Sharif in it - this might be it, see http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093110/ Exxolon (talk) 00:28, 8 November 2010 (UTC)

November 8

NFL overhead camera

In many televised NFL games, there is an overhead camera suspended above the field. Do we have an article about this particular camera? (Or an article about the camera systems in general that are used in NFL games?) I was wondering whether a thrown or kicked ball has ever struck the camera or its support wires, and was also curious how much weight this possibility carried in the debates over whether the overhead camera should exist or not. Comet Tuttle (talk) 02:42, 8 November 2010 (UTC)

Worst American accents in movies

In movies, which specific performances are considered to be the worst attempts by non-Americans to speak in an American accent?--The Fat Man Who Never Came Back (talk) 02:56, 8 November 2010 (UTC)

WASSUP WITH ALL THE PPL BE HATIN' ON THE BIEBS

What's with all this Justin Bieber hate? I dont like his singing but I don't hate him for it. Money is tight (talk) 02:58, 8 November 2010 (UTC)

Justin Bieber as a target for critics pranksters, and parodies might interest you, as well as "Why is Justin Bieber so loved and hated?" ---Sluzzelin talk 03:03, 8 November 2010 (UTC)

Do people really eat spiders in their sleep?

(2) What's with the "on average people eat X number of spiders during sleep"? Do spiders climb into their mouth? Dont you die after eating raw spider? Thanks Money is tight (talk) 02:58, 8 November 2010 (UTC)

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