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August 27

Orioles Hall of Famers photo I.D.

Can anyone identify the people in this photo and this photo? The only thing I know is that they are all members of the Baltimore Orioles Hall of Fame. I know that Boog Powell is in the middle in the first photo, and on the far-right in the second, and I know that Chris Hoiles is at the far-left of the second photo. The rest of the men, however, I can't identify. Does anyone recognize them? Delaywaves • talk 18:36, 27 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

No, but that's Al Bumbry on the right in the first photo, according to the Baltimore Sun (photo 4). Clarityfiend (talk) 19:49, 27 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Here's a list of the members.[1] ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 23:16, 27 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Third from the left in the group shot would be Tippy Martinez. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 23:29, 27 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Is the middle guy in that picture Scott McGregor (baseball)? It looks a bit like him, per [2]. --Jayron32 00:13, 28 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know why I noticed this but their pants look horrible in the second photo. Dismas|^(talk) 08:57, 28 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Amateur golfers

What happens to the prize money when an amateur, e.g. Lydia Ko, wins a tournament? Does every pro move up? Clarityfiend (talk) 21:47, 27 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

This is the USGA rules for amateur status. You'll likely find your answers in there. --Jayron32 23:15, 27 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I found it here (at least for the PGA). Everybody does indeed move up. Clarityfiend (talk) 00:18, 28 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Resolved

August 28

Searching for name of a travelling show on Discovery Channel

Hi, I am searching for episodes of a traveling show that used to be broadcasted on Discovery Channel in India during the late 90's. It involved a group of hosts visiting a city during a local event or fest. I am not able to recall the name of the show. The opening song of the show was this "hello world i've been waiting for a chance to see your face". Can anyone give the name of this show? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Akshayps (talk • contribs) 15:52, 28 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

You might take a look at these google results. A blog mentions the song and even has a request for identifying it--you might try contacting the poster and commenters. μηδείς (talk) 19:26, 28 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, Thanks for the help. The google search from the song didn't help, i got the answer from another forum i had posted the question on. Th show name is Travelers. Thanks for the help though — Preceding unsigned comment added by Akshayps (talk • contribs) 15:34, 29 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Marshall Tucker Band

How did The Marshall Tucker Band get there name? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.48.133.14 (talk) 17:21, 28 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

See the Wikipedia article titled The Marshall Tucker Band. --Jayron32 17:23, 28 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Travellers

August 29

Al Jazeera English documentary soccer women

What is the name of the documentary that was about a Women soccer team founded by a woman whose father was a referee and she wanted to make a milestone by a first female referee and first female soccer team? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.53.229.64 (talk) 03:55, 29 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Using my Google-fu skills, I was able to dig up This page which indicates that the documentary you are looking for may be called "Girls FC". It looks as though you can view the documentary online there. I don't know if this is the specific one you seek, but it's the best lead I could find. --Jayron32 04:04, 29 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I forgot to mentioned that it was in Egypt and in co-production of CBC-Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.53.231.80 (talk) 15:40, 30 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The Cube Guys

Does anyone have any information on The Cube Guys? I danced all summer to their song "La Banda" (or Hey Nino as it's commonly known). Wikipedia doesn't have an article on them.--Jeanne Boleyn (talk) 08:44, 29 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Short animated film in late 1970s with Godzilla type creature destroying rapidly growing city?

Most if not all freshmen where I went to college got together in an auditorium and watched this film. Skyscrapers were shown growing like plants. There were no lines but there might have been music. Then the cities got so big that the monster attacked and destroyed them. We all were in classes on how to adapt to being in college, and each class was supposed to discuss the film afterward, only the professor was the dean of students and he had to discuss a student who was in trouble (me, as it turns out) with other parties involved at the time.— Vchimpanzee · talk · contributions · 20:00, 29 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Is there any chance you're slightly misremembering and it's the Boléro section of Allegro Non Troppo? The timeline is right and the subject matter and lack of spoken lines kind of fit in. Matt Deres (talk) 20:43, 29 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

That's definitely not it.— Vchimpanzee · talk · contributions · 21:16, 29 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Shot in the dark here... Maybe Gerald Scarfe's "Long, Drawn-out Trip"? It has a King King scene in it. See [3]. --Jayron32 22:24, 29 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Nope. They would have never shown that naked woman. Remember, this is a college class assignment.— Vchimpanzee · talk · contributions · 16:57, 30 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Paralympic filming

I believe for the Olympics, with the exception of NBC coverage who paid to have their own crews film US matches, OBS have responsibility for filming and distributing content to broadcasters and that they use their own crew as well as crews seconded from broadcasters. Is it the same for the Paralympics? 176.250.252.78 (talk) 22:33, 29 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The OBS website only mentions that they operate for the XXX Olympiad of London 2012, which tends to suggest not. --TammyMoet (talk) 09:01, 30 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

This UK article "Paralympics TV deals break new ground as ticket rush continues" says; "...Locog sells the Paralympics rights directly. It must also pay the Olympic Broadcast Service for production of the coverage, which is provided free for the Olympics under the host city contract." Also "Paralympics 2012: cumulative television audience for Games will be over four billion..." states; "Locog has hired the Olympic Broadcast Service to film and distribute the pictures around the world." Alansplodge (talk) 17:51, 30 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

And on the OBS website "ABOUT OBS > Past, Present & Future! we have (scroll down to the bottom of the window); "29 August - 9 September: Paralympic Games, London". Alansplodge (talk) 17:54, 30 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Obviously they haven't got round to putting it on a more prominent position then! --TammyMoet (talk) 18:43, 30 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Indeed. It took a bit of digging. Alansplodge (talk) 23:38, 30 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

BULL ISLAND 2 LABOR DAY WEEKEND 2012, ANYONE HEARING OF THIS?

NEEED INFORMATION ON THIS, WHO TO CONTACT? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.81.234.98 (talk) 23:15, 29 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

See http://www.sodapoprevisited.com/ . This is the 40th anniversary of the original Erie Canal Soda Pop Festival held on Bull Island. You can get all the information from that website. --Jayron32 23:54, 29 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

August 30

Thinking about a cartoon

I'm thinking about a cartoon with had a character that was a green tyrannosaurus rex that I think wore a hat backwards. Does anybody know what this show is? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 143.85.199.242 (talk) 16:25, 30 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Toy Story? --Jayron32 16:45, 30 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

No, that's not it. It wasn't computer-animated. 143.85.199.242 (talk) 21:15, 30 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Some of the Dinosaucers wore hats or headdresses. Can you give us any clue as to roughly when you saw the show? - Ka renjc 21:51, 30 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

What about Dinosaurs (TV series)? It was puppets, and not a cartoon, but perhaps that was it? --Jayron32 04:17, 31 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

There's also Denver, the Last Dinosaur - sort of T.Rexish and with sunglasses, not a hat, but otherwise close enough I suppose. 164.71.1.222 (talk) 06:23, 31 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

There were a few dinosaur-related cartoons kicking around in the 90s, another is The Adventures of T-Rex; intro on youtube - there's no baseball cap visible but it might be one of them's civvy-clothing. Also see the category Television series about dinosaurs for some other ideas. Someone another 18:21, 31 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

hot 100 chart

What artist was the oldest (in age) when they first debuted on the Hot 100 chart. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tommcw (talk • contribs) 17:02, 30 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I can't find exactly how old they were, but I would be surprised if it wasn't Los del Río. --Jayron32 17:10, 30 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

This page has a sentence, apparently dating from around the time "Macarena" was released, saying that the members of Los del Rio were "both in their fifties". Walter Brennan was 67 when "Old Rivers" was released in 1962, and it hit number 5 on the Billboard Hot 100. I don't know that he's the oldest, though. Deor (talk) 17:21, 30 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Was that his first entry, though? --Jayron32 17:25, 30 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Well Walter Brennan#Singles seems to say that "Dutchman's Gold" reached #30 on the Hot 100 in 1960, when he still would have been 65 or 66. All his recordings date from the early 1960s, apparently (when he was starring in The Real McCoys on TV). Deor (talk) 18:05, 30 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

It also depends on how you handle groups or members of groups or contributors to a song. Train, Train (Blackfoot song) made the Hot 100 in 1979; playing harmonica and singing backing vocals on the song was Shorty Medlocke, who would have been 68 or 69 at the time. --Jayron32 18:15, 30 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

From List of Billboard Hot 100 chart achievements and milestones: "The previous record [for oldest living artist to chart on the Hot 100] was held by George Burns, who was 84 years, 62 days old when his "I Wish I Was Eighteen Again" ended its chart run on the week of March 22, 1980." I can't find that he had ever had a recording chart before that, whereas Tony Bennett (who now holds the record for oldest to ever chart) obviously had many recordings that charted on the Hot 100 and its predecessor charts when he was younger, beginning in 1951, when he was 25 years old. Deor (talk) 18:55, 30 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Do spoken word or comedy bits qualify? It may have been his first song, but that doesn't mean it was his first recording on the chart. Though, if it was, I would posit that you have found the winner. --Jayron32 18:57, 30 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

August 31

Bourekas films list

Is there a website that list Israeli films as Bourekas films? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.31.23.58 (talk) 02:22, 1 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

French films

Are there French films that deals with a hero of non-French origin (Arabs and African origin) and a heroine of White French origin? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.31.23.58 (talk) 02:42, 1 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The TV series Engrenages (marketed in English as Spiral) featured, in series 2, an undercover cop named Samy, of (I think) Moroccan descent. The main female character throughout the series, Captain Laure Berthaud (Caroline Proust), is white. I'm not sure to what extent either could be described as a hero/-ine though. They both have fairly serious character flaws, despite being on the side of the 'good guys'. - Cucumber Mike (talk) 18:28, 1 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

It was an American film, but the characters and actors were French, Inglourious Basterds features a French couple which has an important heroic role in the film. He's black and she's white. --Jayron32 19:51, 1 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

2 Days in New York is in theaters now (in the US). The story is about a married couple played by Julie Delpy (white French) and Chris Rock (african American). Staecker (talk) 11:40, 2 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Sound recording error in Mrs. Brown ?

Near the end, when Queen Victoria and other women are walking down the hall to visit Mr. Brown, on his deathbed, the sound of rustling dresses overwhelms the sound track. Was this intentional, or a mistake ? StuRat (talk) 03:25, 1 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Does the sound obscure any speech? If so, turn on the subtitles and see what they say. You might also want to check that both sound channels are working.--Shantavira|^{feed me} 07:50, 1 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Power balance in ParaCycling

I'm watching the cycling at the Paralympics - right now it's the B1 time trial for blind cyclists on a tandem with a sighted pilot. The visually impaired athlete sits at the back and acts as the stoker. What I'm wondering is how much effect each of the riders contributes to the overall speed. Is the stoker the 'engine room' of the team, or could a better pilot have a disproportionate effect on performance? In other words, if I (a reasonably competent but unfit and slow cyclist) was to lose my sight, how close would I get to a Paralympic medal by teaming up with Sir Chris Hoy? (I'm aware that there are restrictions on using current world-championship cyclists, but let's assume that Sir Chris would give up his career for the chance to pilot me.) If it helps, the teams seem to be using in-phase pedalling, suggesting a fairly close balance of leg strength. I'm happy to pedal out-of-phase with Sir Chris when when we get to Rio though. - Cucumber Mike (talk) 09:42, 1 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

If you look closely at the bike, you will see that the stoker's pedals are also connected to the pilot's pedals by a long chain. This arrangement seems to be quite vulnerable to mechanical failure as we have seen today. It means that the stoker provides most of the motive power for the tandem, as opposed to the "normal" tandem which is, in effect, two bikes stuck together as far as the pedal arrangements go. --TammyMoet (talk) 13:12, 1 September 2012 (UTC) The long chain is clearly visible in this image. --TammyMoet (talk) 13:14, 1 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry to be dense, but I don't quite understand. What's the difference between this arrangement and a "normal" tandem (assuming that I've linked to a normal tandem), and what effect does the chain link have on power? Is there anything like a Dynamometer test showing respective power of each rider? - Cucumber Mike (talk) 18:38, 1 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I see what you mean. I'd seen another picture of the paralympic tandem with two sprocket arrangements on linked by the long chain, but with each rider's sprocket also attached separately. There is a short chain as well as the long chain. I'll try and find another photo showing that. I had found a photo showing that but couldn't link to it. --TammyMoet (talk) 20:49, 1 September 2012 (UTC) Meanwhile, here is a link to our tandem article which covers different drive arrangements. --TammyMoet (talk) 20:52, 1 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I'm quite frustrated as I can't find a still picture of the coverage of the broken tandem that happened yesterday that showed the set up clearly. However, as I'm watching it this morning I can report that the pilot is pushing a smaller sprocket than the stoker. There's some sort of mechanism that allows both cyclists to pedal at the same rate. --TammyMoet (talk) 08:46, 2 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Morning. Is the 3rd picture on this page what you're looking for? I'm starting to see what you're getting at - I can now see a visual difference between this arrangement and the road tandem - but I'm still not quite sure what the effect this has on power output - or whether this is a deliberate effort to ensure the stoker does most of the work, or a reaction to the fact that the stoker is a stronger pedaller. I found a discussion which asserts that 'the captain' (the front guy) does most of the work, but there's no citation for that - Cucumber Mike (talk) 09:47, 2 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Ah yes. Now you can see that the pedals of the pilot are not attached to his own wheel at all, only to the pedals of the stoker. The pedals of the stoker are attached to his own wheel and to the pedals of the pilot. --TammyMoet (talk) 12:02, 2 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

That's the same for any bike. The pedals are never attached to the front wheel. 109.99.71.97 (talk) 18:02, 2 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Okami

On the IGN website and on the Okami Wiki Guide they put 16 on the PEGI rating and C on the CERO rating. That is wrong. The PEGI rated Okami 12+ and the CERO rated it A All Ages. Why did they do that? Who the moron who made that mistake? It just like Bulbapedia think Super Smash Bro. Brawl is rated B in Japan when it really rated A All Ages there. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.131.127.44 (talk) 23:26, 1 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Early television programming

The History of television article says there were television sets available in the UK from 1928 on. What sort of advertising was available that early? 69.62.243.48 (talk) 23:48, 1 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Perhaps none. The article TV_advertising says that the first TV ad in the UK aired in 1955. RudolfRed (talk) 02:34, 2 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The first British television broadcast was made by Baird Television's electromechanical system over the BBC radio transmitter in September 1929. Baird provided a limited amount of programming five days a week by 1930. What kinds of programs were provided? 69.62.243.48 (talk) 03:28, 2 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The first British television play: The Man With the Flower in His Mouth on 14 July 1930. Clarityfiend (talk) 04:20, 2 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The first commercial television station didn't start broadcasting until 1954. --TammyMoet (talk) 08:43, 2 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

September 2