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May 26

american? song in a yt vid

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xp3krwU1Lx8

0:11 - 0:20, a female singing, I've heard it before, it's not russian. o.o It's american or european. I don't know. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 157.157.127.68 (talk) 10:26, 26 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Not a female singing, it's "Space Bound" by Eminem. --jh51681 (talk) 00:47, 29 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

May 27

IMDB for songs

So I was listening to Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros - Home and was thinking that songs where the artists actually whistle are made that way to emphasize on the really cool melody the composer came up with. Or maybe I just like songs where whistling along is made easy. Anyway, the Internet movie database IMDB has keywords for every film that go from "mafia boss" to "Ampersand In Title". Is there such a database for songs? If there isn't, the Internet needs it. "Based on Suo Gân", "80's", "A cappella", "Folk song" and a lot more.. I'd really spend a lot of time at the site and might even click on some ads. Joepnl (talk) 00:55, 27 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

This took me about 30 seconds with Google. Link. The first and third links look promising. Don't forget to click on some ads. :) Dismas|^(talk) 01:44, 27 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I found those with Google, but they are not anywhere near the level of detail IMDB supplies. IMDB has 265 movies with the keyword "whistling", plus 5 "whistling-while-snoring". It has such detailed information on more than 2 milion movies. There should be something similar for songs? Joepnl (talk) 00:11, 30 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Not sure if it has that functionality specifically, but the IMDB for songs is Allmusic. --Jayron32 00:24, 30 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

That's a bit more like it, thanks! Still not near IMDB though. Joepnl (talk) 19:16, 31 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Why did Alex Forrester in Fatal Attraction call Beth, Michael Douglas' wife selfish at the end?

Why would Alex Forrester in Fatal Attraction call Beth near the end stupid and selfish? She stole the lady's husband, kidnapped the kid, and terrorized the whole freaking family. She also had sex with a married guy and got pregnant. She was stupid selfish one with all the stuff she did. 174.7.167.7 (talk) 03:57, 27 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

ikr ¦ Reisio (talk) 05:09, 27 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Because (according to my own subjective interpretation of the work) Forrester has been mentally unbalanced by her obsession with her love interest Gallagher, and people usually interpret events and situations according to their own (in this case warped) viewpoint. The character may also have have been intended by the writers to have a pre-existing borderline personality disorder which her affair with Gallagher exacerbated.

It's also commonly believed (e.g. Matthew 7:3) that people who exibit a behavioral fault may be blind to that fault in themselves but mistakenly see it in the behaviour of those around them, thus providing them with an acceptable (though incorrect) explanation of why things are not working out as they would like. (Trivial example: the rudest person – by general concensus – in my workplace office not infrequently and often wrongly accuses other people of being rude.)

You as an uninvolved observer of the events in this film can perceive the "true" situation (bearing in mind it's a piece of fiction), at least some of those "actually" experiencing it cannot – mirroring Life. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 90.205.215.225 (talk) 21:27, 27 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

In psychology, it's known as projection. --Nicknack009 (talk) 21:44, 27 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Female Hong Kong celebrity

Hi! I want to find out about the name of this female Hong Kong celebrity who presented Chen Liping her award on Star Awards 2000. She can be seen behind Chen Liping at 1:12 in this Youtube video, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLtdegIjfzM . Hope I can have the answer very soon as most Hong Kong people will know her name. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pnf1 (talk • contribs) 09:27, 27 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

CM Punk move

What is the name of the finishing submission move CM Punk used on 2 normal RAW matches I have seen early this year and won quite easily? It's not the usual Anaconda Vise or the Koji Clutch and it's not mentioned in his Wiki page either. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pnf1 (talk • contribs) 09:33, 27 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Ask the scriptwriters. HiLo48 (talk) 11:03, 27 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Wow, bad response above. Pnf1, could you describe the move at all, and/or give a more precise time frame? --SubSeven (talk) 20:48, 29 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

podcast of french radios

Which French radios in France has a website where I can download podcast of their programs whether it be current affairs, documentary etc? and doesn't Premiere Chaine Radio-Canada have any page features downloadable podcasts? --Donmust90 (talk) 16:11, 27 May 2013 (UTC)Donmust90[reply]

Could you do some searching before you ask here. Baladodiffusion is the Radio Canada link I found. CambridgeBayWeather (talk) 03:40, 28 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

And this link [1] should take you to a list of French radio stations that can be heard on your computer. If it doesn't work, try a simple google search for "French radio stations". --Xuxl (talk) 09:18, 28 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

May 28

looking for a video

hi! i have watched a video,and i want to know if it is available online. the problem is that i don't remember it's name...

the video shows a 'commentary' guest lecturer in a college. during the video the actors say literally what they are doing and thinking- quoting a greek philosopher, reading out the text from the board and so on. the end title is 'communicate better'. can you help me find the video? (it should about 4-5 minutes long) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.86.73.161 (talk) 16:01, 28 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hallmark movie with a horse and a boy?

In early 2000, I saw a movie on Hallmark, possibly original Hallmark production, about a boy and his horse and how it got lost or he had it taken away from him or something. I just remember the kid (a little boy) standing on the porch saying thing like "I want my horse back", and I'd very much like to see it again. I have searched forever without finding it. I would guess it made between 1995 and 2000 (probably 1999 or 1998 or something), probably a drama, probably low-budget/obscure... and that's just about everything I can say about it from my current memory. Oh, and he clearly speaks in a US Southern accent.

If somebody can find this out for me, I would appreciate it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dffffdsfdf (talk • contribs) 17:13, 28 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

You can start here List of Hallmark Channel Original Movies. You can also use the external links at the bottom of the article to search further. MarnetteD | Talk 17:20, 28 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Am aware of that page. Not helpful. I have no idea what it's called, or if it was even an original one. And that page doesn't list the old ones... — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dffffdsfdf (talk • contribs) 17:27, 28 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

How about The Yearling (1994 film)? It's a remake of the 1946 classic The Yearling (film). I would bet a considerable sum of money (if I had any) that the 1946 version is better. Alansplodge (talk) 17:28, 28 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

D'oh! Forget that, it's a deer not a horse in The Yearling. I knew it was a beast with four legs. Alansplodge (talk) 17:31, 28 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Luckily for the younger fry here, it wasn't about the beast with two backs. -- Jack of Oz ^[Talk] 20:33, 28 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I found IMDb List of horse movies.

One likely contender is Flash (1997 TV Movie): "A boy falls in love with a horse named Flash that's for sale. He gets a job to earn the money to buy the horse, but he's forced to sell when the family falls upon hard times." Alansplodge (talk) 17:41, 28 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Yes! I think this must be it! Thanks, everyone! I will try to find a copy. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dffffdsfdf (talk • contribs) 17:50, 28 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Damn. Sorry. It wasn't the right movie. I watched it all through and was 100% convinced it was it, and waited for the scene... but it never came. :( — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dffffdsfdf (talk • contribs) 21:47, 28 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Updates: I got a really good answer the last time I asked this: "Flash" from 1997. However, I watched it all through and the scene was not there, in spite of everything else fitting in perfectly. I was convinced that the scene would come all the time, but it never did. I doubt it was cut out somehow, although I guess it's possible. What other movie could it be? He definitely had a thick Southern accent, which is what I mostly remember about it. It really surprised me that it turned out to not be the movie Flash. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dffffdsfdf (talk • contribs) 10:10, 29 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

May 29

At which tempo should a (classical) piano piece be played if it does not include a tempo indication?

For example, the Aria of the Goldberg Variations. Wilhelm Kempff played this at 80 BPM, while Kimiko Ishizaka played at 40 BPM. At which tempo am I supposed to play the above mentioned piece? 60 BPM? Czech is Cyrillized (talk) 04:11, 29 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

This is a very broad and complex question, one for which there is no one-size-fits-all answer.

In Bach's time, composers did not generally provide any tempo indications on their scores. Tempo was governed by the performer's personal concept of the piece, subject to certain understood conventions. For example, in The Well-Tempered Clavier, he specifies Andante and Largo for Prelude and Fugue No. 24 of Book I, but afaik for all the other 47 preludes and fugues it's up to the performer. And even Andante and Largo are hardly metronomically rigorous instructions - there's a spectrum of possibilities within each expression. Musicians were given far more licence to interpret and embellish the music than was the case in later eras - in fact, they were expected to provide their own embellishments and variations within a piece, in a way that later came to be frowned upon (although the "historically informed performance practice" movement has made much headway of recent times). This explains the wide discrepancy between Kempff's and Ishizaka's tempi.

As for the Aria of the Goldbergs, something like this may be of interest, but it costs $ to access more than the front page.

For what it's worth, in my edition of the Goldbergs, by Ralph Kirkpatrick, he provides suggested tempi for all the variations, and he indicates 56 for the Aria. But he also says of his suggestions:

"These may vary, however, according to the instrument and acoustical conditions, and of course according to the phrasing chosen - even, I fear, according to the metronome! The tempo should be maintained very strictly within each variation. ... For slow movements we should make some exceptions to the above remarks, because there the expression frequently depends upon a certain flexibility of small notes within the frame of the main beats. However, one of the greatest dangers in tempo rubato is that slight rhythmic fluctuations which were originally sincere and inspired by perfect taste, in the course of the successive imitations which a professional performer is likely to make of his first good conception and performance become mannered and exaggerated, having lost some of their original significance, resembling the affected movements of a bad dancer. ... The metronome is only a mechanical means of assistance and can in no way take the place of real feeling for tempo, which is a constant inner sense of the rhythmical relationship of each part to the whole. The acquisition of such a sense of tempo may be aided in practice by singing a rhythmic motive from one part of a piece while playing another". And much more in similar vein.

I hope that's of some help. A music teacher should be able to tell you much more, but each teacher will have their own ideas of the tempo of any given piece. What's Allegro to one teacher may sound like Vivace to another.

My only personal advice it to let your own concept of the feeling of the music guide your interpretation. Also, Kirkpatrick was on the money about singing the music. Actually sing or hum the melodies of your pieces out loud, with feeling, and this will give you a very accurate idea of the emotional framework that works for you, and that will tell you how fast or slow to play them. This will vary from day to day as your moods change and ideas mature; no performance is ever identical to another, not even by the same performer, and there's no point in trying. The performer is the agent through which the music is expressed; but s/he is not a machine or a computer, s/he is a human, and humans change continuously. -- Jack of Oz ^[Talk] 21:05, 29 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

If you google on the topic you can find many studies, theories, essays, etc. Googling Bach "unmarked tempo" (perhaps not the best search terms!) quickly turned up book-length study, On Bach's Rhythm and Tempo. Chapter 7 focuses on the Goldberg Variations, or at least uses it as a means to study more general tempo questions—tempo markings are absent from most music from and before the Baroque era, I believe. I've heard wildly different tempo interpretations of many of Bach's works, and other Baroque-and-earlier works (Handel's Water Music comes to mind). That studied I linked gives two tempo suggestions for the Goldberg Aria (as part of the study) both of which closely agree with Kirkpatrick (57.6 and 60 bpm). Personally, I like playing the Goldbergs (at least the easier variations!), and tend to play at tempos reflecting my mood—sometimes quite slow, sometimes fast (JackofOz said something like this too). One of the things I love about Bach is how well his music "works" over a wide range of tempos. I think in some recordings of the Goldbergs the "first" Aria is played a bit faster and more upbeat than the final ending repeat of it. When I play the "whole work" (that is, the 20-30% of it I can manage to struggle through) I tend to do the same thing. It always feels like the final Aria should be a bit slower and somehow tender. Pfly (talk) 23:52, 29 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The famous movie star who had a totally different career before?

I am trying to transfer my career within the same company.

While I am preparing the interview, I would like to give an example of famous movie star who had a totally different career before.

Could you give me some expaples with the conditions below?

1. One who is very famous so everybody can recongnise just by hearing his/her name. 2. One who had shown excellent performance recently(Academy Awards, Box Office, etc) 3. One who had a successful career before — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jeonjhy (talk • contribs) 04:54, 29 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

C. Aubrey Smith might have qualified, in his time period. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 05:11, 29 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

John Houseman had a successful career as a producer and writer and then he had a second career as an award winning actor. MarnetteD | Talk 05:18, 29 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

(edit conflict) Harrison Ford was a failed actor and carpenter when he was "discovered" by George Lucas while working on his home. Not a movie star, but Rod Stewart apparently had some promise as a football (soccer) player, and pursued a professional career as an athlete before becoming a musician. Ben Stein was a successful lawyer and speechwriter before becoming an actor. John Hughes specifically cast him as the boring teacher in Ferris Bueller's Day Off because he had no acting experience and was boring as hell; exactly what the role called for. He parlayed that into a rather successful acting career. R. Lee Ermey had a successful military career as a Marine drill sergeant, before a few bit parts as military-types brought him to the attention of Stanley Kubrick, who cast him as a Marine drill sergeant in Full Metal Jacket; a long film career followed. Fred Thompson is a very recognizable character actor who has also had a parallel career in law and politics, switching between the two over the years. James Cagney was a successful amateur boxer and minor league baseball player before making the jump to acting. Just some that jumped into my head. --Jayron32 05:19, 29 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Other examples: Gene Hackman and Alan Rickman. Or you could switch it up and invoke Ronald Reagan. --Lockley (talk) 06:42, 29 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

What did Gene Hackman do? Other than the fairly normal (for his generation) post High School tour in the military, it looks like he's always been an actor. --Jayron32 11:59, 29 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Phil Hartman designed several album covers before his acting career. Dismas|^(talk) 07:06, 29 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

O. J. Simpson, Jim Brown, Steven Seagal and Bruce Lee. -- Jack of Oz ^[Talk] 07:41, 29 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Johnny Weissmuller; Chuck Connors; Johnny Berardino; Sonja Henie --Xuxl (talk) 08:59, 29 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I'm surprised nobody's mentioned Arnold Schwarzenegger, who has changed careers 3 times and been very successful in each. --TammyMoet (talk) 10:11, 29 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Lexington Steele. Perfect reference for a job interview, I promise. 64.201.173.145 (talk) 11:59, 29 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Some more (and some already mentioned) under late bloomer, subsection "Acting". Another one, perhaps not a "star", but a face that absolutely needed to be put on screen, was Joe Viterelli. --- Sluzzelin talk 14:01, 29 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Audie Murphy had a moderately successful movie and singing career, but is perhaps better known as one of the most famous and decorated American combat soldiers of World War II. Astronaut (talk) 15:50, 29 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Tag scenes in two episodes of The Brady Bunch

I noticed that the first episode of the series, "The Honeymoon", and the episode "Greg Gets Grounded", do not have a tag scene. But I have heard some say they remember seeing tag scenes, but they got lost when different edits were made for syndication. I have heard some claim that the tag scene of "The Honeymoon" had Carol and Mike talking to each other in their hotel room, and "Greg Gets Grounded" having Bobby and Peter messing around watching their frogs jump. I do not remember tag scenes in those episodes and do not believe they had them, just like the article says. Can anyone confirm whether these scenes existed or not? 108.0.244.168 (talk) 07:56, 29 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The New Adventures of Speed Racer - The Mutants

I remember watching The New Adventures of Speed Racer cartoon series years ago when I was little, but I can't remember much of it now. From what I can remember there was a story about mutants who lived in a big city in the future that travelled back in time. Does anyone know anymore about that storyline or about the mutants, the mutant city, etc. 194.74.238.137 (talk) 10:45, 29 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

There appears to have been a three-episode arc in at the end of the only season of New Adventures of Speed Racer in 1993: "Dawn of the Mutants", "Return to the Future" and "Attack from the Future". Someone has uploaded all the episodes to YouTube, but they are dubbed in Russian so I can't work out much of the story. --Canley (talk) 11:23, 29 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I Am A Gamer

In the viral video "I Am A Gamer" [2], what is TheGamersCave referring to when he says "pawning my limbs to afford an 18 hour car ride?" — Preceding unsigned comment added by 205.156.136.229 (talk) 18:25, 29 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The context is a video of someone explaining why they find gaming in many ways more satisfying and liberating than real life, which he portrays in the video as expensive, demanding and restricting. The full quote is I've always enjoyed an adventure, but I hated pawning my limbs... etc. He appears to be saying that real-life adventures involve painful expense and arduous travel, compared to the cheap instant gratification of adventures in the gaming world. "Pawning my limbs" is hyperbole. This is only my interpretation, and a better-sourced explanation may come along. - Ka renjc 19:26, 29 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

That'd be my interpretation as well, a variant of "I'd give my right arm" (left for the more sinister among us). Clarityfiend (talk) 23:18, 29 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

"18 hour car ride" is a very peculiar choice of words. I wondered whether it was a video game or other sort of pop culture reference. An 18 hour car ride does not strike me as any sort of adventure. 205.156.136.229 (talk) 14:24, 30 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I don't think the car ride itself is the adventure; the idea is that you must travel long distances to remote places to access real-life adventures, whereas gaming offers instant access to adventure without the travel. 18-hour car ride (or plane trip, indeed) is probably more hyperbole; it certainly is an odd figure to choose but maybe the idea is that you travel from first light until you fall into bed exhausted? I did wonder about a pop culture reference, but I can't find one. - Ka renjc 19:39, 30 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Lucas Oil Stadium field dimensions

Indoor stadiums such as the Metrodome in Minnesota and the Louisiana Superdome have accommodated both baseball and football. The new Vikings stadium is supposed to serve those two sports, also. If all the seating possible were pushed back at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, could a baseball field with dimensions of 300 feet down the lines and 390 to center be fitted? And, knowing that some other indoor stadiums also include baseball, is there any possibility of damage to Lucas Oil from playing baseball there?

John D. Ferry <email redacted> — Preceding unsigned comment added by 199.20.23.2 (talk) 19:19, 29 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I've removed your email address to protect it from spammers; per the guidelines at the top of the page, off-Wiki contact details should not be published here and all replies to your question will appear on this page. - Ka renjc 19:31, 29 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Define "damage". ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 21:55, 29 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Why would the new Vikings stadium be designed to accommodate baseball when Target Field is only three years old? The trend is for sport-specific stadiums, not for stadiums that accommodate both sports. O.co Coliseum is the only remaining stadium that hosts both baseball and football. RNealK (talk) 22:41, 29 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

(edit conflict) AFAIK, Vikings Stadium is not configurable for baseball. The Minnesota Twins already play in Target Field, which is only 3 years old. Multipurpose stadiums are an historical artifact of the 1960s-70s. They simply don't build them any more. While a handful of baseball/football stadiums still exist, only O.co Coliseum and the Rogers Centre are still used for two sports. The remaining "white ashtray" stadiums left are only still used for football, and most are being replaced: Candlestick Park is being replaced in 2014, The Murph has no firm date to be replaced, but discussions are under way to replace it with a New Chargers Stadium. Sun Life Stadium was originally a football only stadium, reconfigured as a two-sport stadium, and has returned to football only use. Other than some oddball events, like when they try to shoehorn a football field into an MLB stadium for the odd college bowl game, there just is no more sharing of stadiums by baseball and football teams, and there are no plans to do so. The AAA Indianapolis Indians play in Victory Field. If Indianapolis got an MLB team, they would either expand that stadium or build a new baseball-only stadium. --Jayron32 22:50, 29 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

It's possible they've included a baseball layout for a number of reasons, one of which would be to accommodate the Gophers, who often play games in March, which would typically not be practical at Target Field or at their own outdoor field, Siebert Field (which is being rebuilt). The Gophers played a game or two at Target Field when it first opened, but most of their games have been at the Metrodome for several years now. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 01:18, 30 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I had a long response written about the problems with configuring a football-only stadium for baseball, but it looks like the stadium WILL be configurable for baseball. See [3] which states that it will be exactly that, expressly to host NCAA baseball events. To be fair, baseball has been put into football stadiums (and visa-versa) for a long time. Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Exhibition Stadium, etc. For various reasons, a football stadium is a crappy place to watch a baseball game (the seats are mostly oriented wrong), but it's been done many times before, and it's not really impossible. --Jayron32 02:10, 30 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The LA Coliseum was a special worst-case scenario. It's hard to believe MLB put up with that abomination for four seasons. But as Danny Kaye indicates in his song about the Dodgers, it was about money. Going the other direction, Wrigley Field had a football field shoehorned into it for 50 years, with a special ground rule slicing off a corner of the south end zone, as the dugout got in the way. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 02:31, 31 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, I never understood why the Bears played in Wrigley Field all of those years; Soldier Field is nearly as old as Wrigley, and was just sitting there. It became the de-facto big game home stadium for Notre Dame football, but it seems really incongruous that the Bears would choose to wedge themselves in a stadium that couldn't even accommodate a regulation football field, when the city already had a stadium that could. And the Cardinals played at Commiskey Park over that same time period. A city with two football teams, a perfectly good football stadium, and neither used it for 30+ years. --Jayron32 03:43, 31 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Probably because of a very favorable rental deal. In fact, what forced the Bears to move was that the NFL passed a rule that every stadium had to seat at least 50,000, and even with the east stand and extra folding chairs in the box seats area, the Bears could only squeeze about 47 or 48,000 in. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 03:54, 31 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The Patriots were forced to build Foxboro Stadium for the same reason. The Boston Metro area had no stadiums that had the proper seating capacity; the team was something of a vagabond during its AFL (and first NFL) season; playing games at various venues around Boston from year to year, including 5 years at Fenway Park. When the league instituted its rule in 1970, the Pats had a stadium deal in Boston ready to go, with Mayor Kevin White on board, but the City Council nuked it, and the Pats were forced to build a barebones stadium in some swampland halfway to Providence to keep the team in New England and meet the league's new minimum requirements (technically, I believe that the Yale Bowl was big enough, but the team never seriously considered leaving the Boston Metro area at the time). The team was so upset at the Boston City Council that they dropped the "Boston" from their name. --Jayron32 05:00, 31 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

My Little Pony Equestria Girls

1.Is My Little Pony Equestria Girls for children like My Little Pony Friendship is Magic and what is this movie rated?184.20.209.241 (talk) 23:47, 29 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

A search of the MPAA website does not indicate a film by this name. Either the film has yet to be rated, or it may be released without a rating. I would presume the target audience for the film is the same for the series upon which it is based, meaning young girls and college-age men. --McDoob AU93 23:54, 29 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Both Wikipedia and IMDB have articles about the film: My Little Pony: Equestria Girls for the Wikipedia article and Here for the IMDB article. The film has not yet been assigned a rating by the MPAA, or as far as I can tell, any other national film rating agency. You can read either of those pages to decide for yourself whether or not the film would be appropriate for your children. --Jayron32 00:06, 30 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Don't this show it is rated G? www.marketstreetcinema.net/?p=movie&id=My_Little_Pony_Equestria_Girls184.20.209.241 (talk) 09:32, 30 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I assume you can read that link as well as the rest of us. --Jayron32 13:48, 30 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

So the movie is rated G right?169.244.49.209 (talk) 15:22, 30 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

No one can add any knowledge to answer your question that has not already been provided by the links above, as well as the link you yourself have given us. --Jayron32 18:38, 30 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, there's no reason to believe that it won't be; and there is absolutely no reliable evidence to suggest that it will not be rated G. --Yellow1996 (talk) 23:34, 30 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

May 31

The Island - Dr. Merricks Tower

After watching The Island the other night, I was interested about the tower looking building that Dr. Merrick was using to create & house the clones. What information is there about the facility ? 194.74.238.137 (talk) 11:34, 31 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

It's my recollection that the entire Merrick facility was built into an (unrealistically cavernous) decommissioned nuclear missile silo. As such, some buildings were built inside that silo, but the views of the whole facility (which present it as a free standing structure) are holographic illusions meant to trick the clones. The Island (2005 film)#Filming locations only talks about locations other than the Merrick facility, suggesting it was all studio and CGI. -- Finlay McWalterჷTalk 16:53, 31 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Also, in the scene where Lincoln Six Echo & Jordan Two Delta excaped from Merricks facility, they emerge on the surface through a massive silo door (I think thats what it is). Is that the same thing/ location used in Impostor when Spencer Olham escapes the Earth Security Administration (ESA) facility ? 194.74.238.137 (talk) 10:08, 1 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Are professional footballers slaves?

With apologies if the headline is emotive, but I can't think of another way to phrase it.

Clubs are reported as "buying" and "selling" their players. According to headlines, having been sold by their clubs, they then have to move, wherever they're sent. There's a headline today about one saying he wants to leave, but his club insisting "he's not for sale".

This might just be use of terminology that's accepted in the sporting world without realising how it looks to those of us outside it - or is it actually the case that they're bought and sold, don't get to decide for themselves who to work for, etc? I'd imagine that if they played poorly nobody would want to buy them and they regain their freedom, but barring that, are they actually functionally enslaved, going where they're told by people who've paid money for them?

(in confusion) 94.169.111.118 (talk) 14:36, 31 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know the technicalities, but Transfer (association football) is the relevant article. Some people might not mind that kind of slavery. AndrewWTaylor (talk) 14:42, 31 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

What's for sale is the player's contract of employment. Football players do have unusually long contract terms (most employees in western countries can terminate their employment with a month or two of notice, if not less), but other sportsmen (like F1 drivers) and entertainer (like pop musicians) also have lengthy contracts. As in all contracts, the footballer has given up some rights; courts can consider whether they've been fairly compensated (mostly in money) for the rights they've sold. I assume (looking at your ISP) that you're asking about association football; this is something of a special case, as FIFA (and its constituent organisations) has a de-facto monopoly over professional (and organised amateur) football worldwide - so a player who chose to break his contract with say Grimsby Town couldn't (without FIFA's permission) go and play for Everton or Juventus or LA Galaxy). That's a significant restraint on his ability to work and earn a living, and for it to be legal the contact has to be fair, and the process for dealing with disputes itself has to be legal. In practice a footballer's contract doesn't grant his club total control - he has a veto over transfers (so he can't be unilaterally moved around like livestock) and he gets a share of transfer fees. But certainly it's still a very restrictive environment, and for players in the lower leagues, who aren't getting massive compensation, it does seem like an imposition. The Bosman ruling held that the restrictions that pertained then in Europe were unreasonably restrictive and contravened EU employment rules, and had a significant effect on the European football transfer market as a result. -- Finlay McWalterჷTalk 16:41, 31 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, very much, very interesting. I've been curious about this for years, but never knew really where to look or how to ask search engines the question (assumption always seems to be that people already know how this works). Presumably the unusually large amount of freedom given up is one of the reasons for the very high wages the top players command (as you say, seeming like more of an imposition for the lower ranked & paid). I suppose the veto's the most important thing - years of listening to newsreaders say "x has been sold to <club 1000+ miles away>" had my brow furrowed! :) Thanks again. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.169.111.118 (talk) 17:39, 31 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

An interesting side note on this is the title of the biography of baseball player Curt Flood is titled A Well Paid Slave, and refers to the (now abolished) Reserve clause in Major League Baseball that basically meant that once a player signed a contract with a specific team, the team held perpetual rights to the players services; unless the expressly released him from those rights, there was no such thing as free agency, as the player was bound to the club for his career; unless they traded his rights to another team, at which point the new team had total control. Players had only two choices in the matter: sign the contract offered to them each year, or stop playing baseball. While Flood was blackballed from baseball for legally challenging the reserve clause, it was another five years before Andy Messersmith and Dave McNally successfully challenged the rule and had it overturned with the help of Marvin Miller in the landmark Seitz decision. The use of the term "slave" in the case of Floods case is deliberate: there were distinct racial issues in 1970s America, and the fact that a black ballplayer would fail where two white ballplayers would succeed a short time later resonated for a long time... --Jayron32 18:04, 31 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

They are not literally "slaves", because no one has forced them to play football. But the reserve clause and its variants are and were a type of "ownership" of players. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 23:01, 31 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

In team sports in the U.S., athletes are free to go into another line of work if they choose. What is restricted, for the most part, is that they have limited choice as to the team they play for within a specific sport. In most sports, amateur athletes are drafted by pro teams, and they can only negotiate with that team. That is to prevent teams from getting into bidding wars over a player. If a player signs a contract, he or she must honor it. However, teams can trade, buy or sell that contract among each other. When a contract ends, a player becomes a "free agent" meaning he or she can negotiate with any team. This is highly simplified, of course; there are very complex regulations that both teams and players must follow. This is all legal because the players unions and the leagues have negotiated these terms into their basic agreements. → Michael J Ⓣ Ⓒ Ⓜ 23:09, 31 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The issue with the reserve clause was that that wasn't the case. Whenever a players contract expired, the team who had that contract was given the automatic right of first refusal, to the point where teams could sign players to successive one-year "reserve" contracts in perpetuity. They really didn't have the power to negotiate freely after the contract expired. This has all changed now, but in baseball (and other major North American sports whose contract structure mirrored it) it really wasn't the case until 1975; the NFL took another decade to eliminate its reserve clause and institute a true free agency system. --Jayron32 00:00, 1 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The exception would be if a player was unconditionally released, which usually meant he was pretty much done anyway. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 00:58, 1 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

At least into the 1970s, the relationship between English cricket authorities and individual professional cricket players was downright feudal, and it's not a complete exaggeration to compare it at least to serfdom. Cricketers little job security and unlike footballers weren't compensated highly (even though, by then, top level cricket was raking in hefty sponsorship and television fees). Cricketers often weren't paid by their clubs over the winter - some worked as visiting professionals in Australia, but the numbers who could were limited by working-permit limits, and obviously upping-sticks for months at a time, leaving one's family to work at the antipode for only a very modest salary is less than ideal. Cricket authorities still had the idea that their cricketers were gentlemen, who had either independent means or professions, which they could return to and from which they could derive their living when they weren't given the privilege of playing for the county or the country. But many players were solely professional cricketers, and the standard of play and the summer schedule asked of players meant that the idea of someone maintaining an independent career was increasingly unreasonable. Cricket authorities (the TCCB), run by blazered gents from yesteryear, resisted the modernisation of players' terms (while not resisting all the money that was coming into the game). Some players, I think justly, felt they were being exploited, and railed against their inability to negociate better terms inside the restrictive system that pertained. Some turned to World Series Cricket, others to South African rebel tours (the latter, while disreputable, was entirely legal). A similar dissatisfaction obtained in Australian cricket too - see the lengthy and rather bitter quote in Ian Chappell's article, about Don Bradman's "tight-fisted approach". The cricket establishment (in England and internationally) boiled with fury and moved to ban anyone who'd played WSC from ever playing test or county cricket ever again, depriving dozens of the best cricketers in the world their livelihood. Backed by WSC owner Kerry Packer's money (the first time players had the clout to fight the authorities in court) they sued and won ([4][5]), the court finding that the TCCB's ban was an unjust and unlawful restraint of trade and an unreasonable infringement on the players' rights to employment. The Packer case was cricket's Bosman and transformed the game; modern developments like Indian Premier League, which pays foreign professionals very high fees, is a direct result of Packer's breaking of the ICC/TCCB monopoly. 87.115.55.93 (talk) 20:31, 1 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

June 1

Doctor Who - Progenation/ Progenation Machine

Is the way that Progenation works (or supposed to work) anyway similar to parthenogenesis ? 194.74.238.137 (talk) 11:20, 1 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

First, don't mix fact with fiction. Progenation means simply: to have children. Parthenogenesis on the other hand, is the result of a natural virgin birth. The WHO program referred to the possibility of taking a cell and its DNA, isolating the haploids and combining them into a viable egg. With Dr Who (a kids program), and after a little bit of artist licence and TV studio magic, you get you get mixed up science along the lines off; voilà: ze doctor 'as a neo daughter, who cumzi out of de boxy with eyeliner and make-up already on. Who I might add, looks nothing like a true Gallifreyan (like her supposed farther) because as we all know, the inhabitance of Gallifrey (before the Daleks killed them off) all had dark blue hair and and dark blue eyes.--Aspro (talk) 15:54, 1 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Is this regeneration conceptually similar to the way the Phoenix dies and is reborn every 500 years? (As opposed to after only a few years when its contract expires.) ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 20:52, 1 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Song

What is the name of the song that is playing on the radio in the Britcom "As Time Goes By" when Lionel and Jean are going to the country in Series 5, installmaent 7?