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July 8

Magnum PI

I know Magnum PI had to be very big in its time when our TV was constantly rerunning it over here when I was a kid. Are there any novels or novelizations of it? Or was that just not a thing then? I can't dig up anything even tho I've found and read novels based on much less known TV series. 31.217.9.194 (talk) 00:23, 8 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

A novel was published in 1981. You can find information here. Cullen328 (talk) 01:25, 8 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Looks like there were more - see here. DuncanHill (talk) 01:39, 8 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, I'll look those up! 31.217.9.194 (talk) 03:02, 8 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I see that the 1981 book is available on inter-library loan. The 1983 is unavailable from all sources, indicating that we couldn't even purchase it for our collection if wanted to do so. All other Magnum PI meterials fall under audiovisual materials, so they are not books, but could be audio books. 97.82.165.112 (talk) 17:55, 10 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

July 9

Human vs. Satan

Are there any films where a human protagonist (with his/her inevitable flaws) defeats Satan (or at least a supernatural, demonic Satan-like antagonist)? 2601:646:9882:46E0:D8D8:26A9:B991:74E2 (talk) 06:42, 9 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, there are thousands of such films. See horror film. Unless you more precisely define "Satan-like antagonist" (bearing in mind that Satan is an imaginary figure) I don't see how we can narrow this down. Shantavira|^{feed me} 07:52, 9 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

By "Satan-like", I mean an evil supernatural antagonist with powers comparable to those of Satan or at least of his chief demons (so, for example, Blofeld or Palpatine wouldn't count because their powers are nowhere near those of Satan, and as far as Blofeld, he's not even supernatural at all). 2601:646:9882:46E0:192:9D57:5326:E8E4 (talk) 12:08, 9 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I'm finding it hard to think of a Satan-like figure that is unlike Palpatine. He seems to check many boxes: tempting people, legions of faithful troops, great personal powers that he rarely uses directly, etc. etc. Pazuzu in The Exorcist is clearly a devil and is defeated by a flawed human, but falls short of even Blofeld's body count. Matt Deres (talk) 13:22, 10 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

This is not about body count -- the crucial element is that the villain must be a supernatural being with powers like those of Satan or at least of a demon (so Palpatine doesn't qualify for that reason -- he's just a corrupt politician who's very much of this world, even though he does have considerable supernatural powers, so in terms of supernatural abilities he's an evil wizard rather than an actual demon). Your example of Pazuzu in The Exorcist seems pretty good, though! 2601:646:9882:46E0:D0FF:E38C:C3AA:18B5 (talk) 09:56, 12 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

For example, The Devil and Daniel Webster (1941). Clarityfiend (talk) 08:07, 9 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

TV Tropes has a page on Satan. Some of the "film" examples fit your requiremets.Pacostein (talk) 16:33, 9 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

And in music, "The Devil Went Down to Georgia". ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 16:57, 9 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Also Angel on My Shoulder (1946). Clarityfiend (talk) 11:33, 14 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

For a more recent example see Fallen (1998 film) 89.172.36.212 (talk) 12:20, 15 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

July 10

three batting averages

Bresnahan had been expecting to be purged from the team sooner than later. He was, after all, hitting a hilarious .154/.287/.183 for the season. [1]

I don't follow sports, but am acquainted with the concept of a batting average. Now what does this triplet mean? —Tamfang (talk) 02:29, 10 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Somebody's making some assumptions about their readers. Based on this,[2] it looks like the .154 was the actual batting average, .287 was on-base average, and .183 was slugging average. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 04:31, 10 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

For a moment, I thought this was about Batting average (cricket) (which article says that the world record is 99.94 from 1948). Alansplodge (talk) 14:38, 10 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Ratio of runs scored to number of times put out, right? Early baseball box scores likewise listed two stats for each player: number of runs scored and number of times put out. That 99.94 for Bradman is an amazing figure, especially being almost 30 points higher than second place. Presumably 99.94 would indicate that in an average match, he scored nearly 100 runs before being put out. Not too shabby! ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 14:55, 10 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

It's the average number of runs scored in each innings (which would work out the same, but less maths). Each team bats twice in first-class cricket. So yes, on average he scored a century every time he went in to bat. Alansplodge (talk) 15:19, 10 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Oops, yes. Obviously it wouldn't likely work out the same in a limited-overs type of match. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 22:37, 11 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

If there's a fourth measure in there, it's the OPS, which is the on-base percentage plus slugging. It's seen as a handy quick calculation of a batter's success. In this case, it would have read as .154/.287/.183 /.470. Matt Deres (talk) 16:52, 11 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Yes. These numbers don't mean anything in isolation per batter, but only relative to other batters. It's no surprise that the all-time leader in on-base is Ted Williams with Babe Ruth in second; the all-time leader in slugging is Ruth with Williams second; and the two all-time leaders in OPS are Ruth and Williams. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 22:37, 11 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

July 12

Song searched

A few months ago I asked for a song, that I heared before 5 years ago in a german series. I found the song with video on youtube. The man (young, black glasses, look like a student) played piano and sung this song in the London subway. I had forgotten the titel and the name of the singer, but now I know it again, it is "Repeat". But I can find t h i s song again, it is not David Guetta. Another word in the song is "helpless". I had found a page in the web, he sold a album from his songs in the internet - but now there is nothing more. He has a entry in the english wikipedia. Excuse my bad English, but I hope for help with the name of the singer. Thanks.213.160.29.250 (talk) 11:15, 12 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

What German show was the song played in? 2003:C1:970D:6600:E1F7:FC5:12A9:52E9 (talk) 12:32, 12 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

If by "London subway" you mean the London Underground, see FAB TOP 6 MUSIC VIDEOS OF THE 2000S WHOSE SETTING INCLUDES THE LONDON UNDERGROUND. By the way, "subway" in British English is a footpath that goes underneath a road or railway. Alansplodge (talk) 18:35, 12 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your declaration. Meanwhile I found by myself the title, I have finally found an old notice. The song ist from Douglas Dare, from his Album "Welm". The question can in the archive. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.208.88.53 (talk) 20:43, 12 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

July 14

Power slap

What is the sense of that strange and disturbing tv program?

https://www.powerslap.com/ 2001:B07:6442:8903:195C:ED0:484F:7319 (talk) 14:04, 14 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

No more strange or disturbing than "professional wrestling". ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 14:30, 14 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

...or Naked Attraction, The "sense" is simply that it makes money for the production company. Shantavira|^{feed me} 16:34, 14 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

"Nobody ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public." --136.54.99.98 (talk) 06:31, 15 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Note that Naked Attraction is a British TV show. --Lambiam 11:59, 15 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Where Britain leads, the world follows. Alansplodge (talk) 23:42, 15 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

July 15

Test match grounds in England

England has six Test match grounds: Lords, the Oval, Headingley, Edgbaston, Old Trafford and Trent Bridge. See List of international men's cricket grounds in England and Wales. But in a five-match series such as the Ashes series currently taking place, only five of them will be used. How is it decided which five of the six (Trent Bridge being the one not used this year) will be used in a series? --Viennese Waltz 11:52, 15 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Viennese Waltz The ECB decide the venues, these are announced several years in advance. By custom, in a five match series, Lords and the Oval are always awarded a test match with the others taking it in turns to miss out. When the Rose Bowl becomes an Ashes venue in 2027, Old Trafford and Headingley will miss out, but in 2031 those venues will replace the Rose Bowl and Trent Bridge. Nthep (talk) 16:23, 15 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, but can you point me to specific ECB documents confirming the above? Viennese Waltz 18:26, 15 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

ECB - Major match venues for 2025-31 announced. Alansplodge (talk) 23:35, 15 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Number of matches in an Ashes series

List of Ashes series notes that since 1998 Ashes series have always consisted of five matches. As the list itself shows, up until then it was a mix of five, six and even sometimes four matches. Was a ruling made in 1998 that Ashes series should henceforth consist of five matches? If so, please point me to that ruling. Secondly, prior to 1998, how was the number of matches to be played determined? --Viennese Waltz 12:01, 15 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Viennese Waltz it will be by agreement between the ECB, Cricket Australia and the International Cricket Council. Other tours and travel time (especially pre-airline travel) were factors in determining the number of matches to be played. In the days when a tour involved a number of other matches, not just tests, and travel was by boat, a tour could see players away from home for 6 months or more.

The 1970-71 England tour to Australia was the longest series comprising seven tests in a series England won 2-0. Nthep (talk) 16:32, 15 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, but can you point me to a specific document confirming the 1998 change? --Viennese Waltz 18:27, 15 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

No luck with Google on any sort of document, but it was around that time that there was a big row about the Murdoch Empire securing five-year exclusive TV rights on test cricket, [3] so that might have been the motivation rather than any solemn treaty-signing in the Long Room at Lords. Alansplodge (talk) 23:30, 15 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

It's a Gas

Does there exist a chronological list of the art as seen in Mason Williams' original kinestatic (analog music film) Classical Gas? (a.k.a. "3000 Years of Art"). Or, (since I'd rather not duplicate effort) is there a video with the original artworks, but with better quality images? --136.54.99.98 (talk) 15:53, 15 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

P.s: This comes close, but not quite: [4] --136.54.99.98 (talk) 17:10, 15 July 2023 (UTC) . . . P.p.s: my captcha code is pauldied [reply]

new cover of R&B song

Recently, I saw this video [5] on YouTube. It consists of Alex Isley doing her cover version of the Maze featuring Frankie Beverly song 'We Are One'. Could this piece of information be resourceful to be included in the article about Isley?2603:7000:8641:810E:4850:FA4A:DDE9:9F6B (talk) 02:48, 16 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Sure, here are some sources (besides the YouTube description}:

"Apple Music celebrates Juneteenth with 'Freedom Songs'". 90.5 WESA. 19 June 2022.
LANDRUM Jr., JONATHAN (10 June 2022). "Lupe Fiasco, 6lack highlight Apple Music Juneteenth playlist". The Hill. Nexstar Media Inc. Associated Press.

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 Recently, I saw this video [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UscRGvxv-bE] on [[YouTube]]. It consists of [[Alex Isley]] doing her cover version of the [[Maze featuring Frankie Beverly]] song 'We Are One'. Could this piece of information be resourceful to be included in the article about Isley?[[Special:Contributions/2603:7000:8641:810E:4850:FA4A:DDE9:9F6B|2603:7000:8641:810E:4850:FA4A:DDE9:9F6B]] ([[User talk:2603:7000:8641:810E:4850:FA4A:DDE9:9F6B|talk]]) 02:48, 16 July 2023 (UTC)
+:Sure, here are some sources (besides the YouTube description}:
-:Sure, you could paraphrase what is written about it in the YouTube description. [[Special:Contributions/136.54.99.98|136.54.99.98]] ([[User talk:136.54.99.98|talk]]) 06:50, 16 July 2023 (UTC)
+:*{{cite web |title=Apple Music celebrates Juneteenth with 'Freedom Songs' |url=https://www.wesa.fm/2022-06-19/apple-music-celebrates-juneteenth-with-freedom-songs |website=90.5 WESA |language=en |date=19 June 2022}}
+:*{{cite news |last1=LANDRUM Jr. |first1=JONATHAN |title=Lupe Fiasco, 6lack highlight Apple Music Juneteenth playlist |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/ap/ap-entertainment/lupe-fiasco-6lack-highlight-apple-music-juneteenth-playlist/ |work=The Hill |agency=Associated Press |publisher=Nexstar Media Inc. |date=10 June 2022}}
+:--[[Special:Contributions/136.54.99.98|136.54.99.98]] ([[User talk:136.54.99.98|talk]]) 07:07, 16 July 2023 (UTC)