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December 7

How to become a model in Rio de Janeiro?

How to become a model in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil? How to begin a career in modeling? Sophia.castro1 (talk) 00:47, 7 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

What type of model? ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 13:29, 7 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

If you are referring to a fashion model, here in the States we have schools that teach modeling. Topics covered include some basic makeup skills, how to walk, etc. You might be able to find something of that sort in Brazil. Dismas|^(talk) 16:54, 7 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

One caution is that criminals may well use a modeling agency as a pretext to gain access to pretty young women, to force them into prostitution, etc., so I suggest you always bring your parents with you. StuRat (talk) 22:16, 7 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Is there's collective term for songwriters, audio engineers, and record producers?

I think it's best to call them staff members or if I can make up the portmanteau word, it would be writenginducers (after writers, engineers, and producers), which is not great and hard to say. What do you think and what would you refer for these? Planet Star 08:43, 7 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Would Recording industry personnel be too vague? {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 185.74.232.130 (talk) 14:41, 7 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

That would be too vague. Planet Star 23:24, 7 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

They could all be called producers, broadly, since these shadowy figures make the music the performers perform under the bright lights. Prowritineers is slightly more catchy, if you must go that route. "Staff members" might work, if they're all in-house employees, but it doesn't sound right for contractors and would also include the studio janitor. He's a good dude, but has minimal input.

"Production crew", I suppose. As long as you're already talking in a music context, it shouldn't make people think dollys, grips and other mysterious film folk. InedibleHulk (talk) 23:46, December 7, 2015 (UTC)

Colloquially, maybe "the office". Works for a lot of industries, to distinguish from "the talent", but nothing particularly musical about it. InedibleHulk (talk) 23:51, December 7, 2015 (UTC)

Actually, the term "shadowy figures" seems like a good choice. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 04:24, 8 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

They have such different duties that it's very unlikely that they'd be lumped together enough to get a distinct label. Clarityfiend (talk) 06:56, 8 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

From my days working with bands, I'd say the term in the UK is generally "backroom boys" (even the girls are called that). This usage goes back to World War 2 - a Marlene Dietrich song referenced it in a different context but the thought is the same. --TammyMoet (talk) 21:23, 9 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

movies set in ancient arabia

Hello. More than 15 years ago, I saw a movie in the TV which I can't remember it's name, but I remember that in a scene, some Arab (or Arab-dressed) man reached a spring that was located on the heart of the mountains. They were very thirsty, but there were a few snakes in the spring, making it hard and dangerous to drink the water. Also they had to bring some water for their friends. I think they had an argument over who should go ahead and fill the jugs. But finally they managed to fill their jugs with caution. This is all I remember by now, and it is one of the most breathtaking scenes I have seen in a movie. I don't now if the movie was set in pre-Islamic Arabia or in the Islamic era, I suspect that it was somewhat related to early Islam. I would be thankful if someone tell me the name of the movie. 19:19, 7 December 2015 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 46.224.81.73 (talk)

Sorry, I have no idea, but we do have a few categories you might want to peruse to see if anything strikes you as familiar: films set in Saudi Arabia, Films set in deserts. Incidentally, the spring you mention would more commonly be referred to as an oasis, which might help your search. 64.235.97.146 (talk) 20:34, 7 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note that Arabia looked pretty much the same from 100 years ago to thousands of years ago. Until oil wealth, that is. Hence many scenes in Lawrence of Arabia, while set around WW1, could be easily mistaken for scenes from a movie set thousands of years earlier (with exceptions for the attack on the train, for example). StuRat (talk) 22:12, 7 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

After the oil money came in, the mountains, oases and dunes stayed looking as they do. Even the outskirts of Riyadh may as well be a million years old. Forests, cities and humans are relatively fly-by-night operations. As to the question, I'll take a shot in the dark with The 7th Voyage of Sinbad. I don't remember much about that film, either, so it's got that in common with the OP's. InedibleHulk (talk) 00:06, December 8, 2015 (UTC)

I don't recall any scene like that in that particular movie. Clarityfiend (talk) 06:53, 8 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

This comprehensive list contains many more movies than in our own Category:Films about snakes. It also has a pic and brief description for each film. I browsed it for a film about snakes in a spring, but nothing (except lurking cobras) jumped out at me. You may have better luck. -- Jack of Oz ^{[pleasantries]} 20:09, 8 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

December 9

Should I Play Call Of Duty?

I know Call Of Duty is a pretty popular FPS shooter, although I'm not sure if it's worth to buy it or not. Can someone list cons and pros of playing and buying Call Of Duty? Thanks for reading this! FiendYT (talk) 03:39, 9 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Here's a list of reviews at metacritic [1] for black ops III. I don't know if you should play it or not - that's not really something we can address with references. I will say that in my opinion, COD is hard to get the hang of for people who are not already very experienced in FPS. It also depends on what you want to do. For example, if you want to play online against other humans, I might recommend Starwars Battlefront or Titanfall instead - they are relatively easy to pick up (especially Battlefront), but they don't have any single-player campaign modes. If you really like playing cooperative and single-player missions, you might check out Destiny_(video game), which is sort of an FPS/MMORPG mix, and it may well keep you entertained longer than COD. So it really depends on what type of FPS action you're interested in, what your budget is, maybe even what system you plan to play on. Finally, you may check out gamefly or other rental services, that way you can play a bit of a game before you commit to paying full price for it. SemanticMantis (talk) 15:35, 9 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I agree with the response above and would just like to add a little. The main difference between Call of Duty and other first person shooters is the pace at which the game is played. Call of Duty was one of the first games on console to run at 60 frames per second. This is why it feels so fluid and other games like Battlefield Bad Company 2 on console felt a little more clunky. [2] Call of Duty is a twitch shooter meaning the game is almost all about quick reaction time. I would say that to enjoy Call of Duty you have to have a competitive mindset or the game will get old very quickly. Logan delaney (talk) 19:42, 11 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Out of date information on Sarah Kerrigan page.

To whom it may concern,

I am writing as a Starcraft II player and fan of Sarah Kerrigan. I noticed that her Wikipedia page is out of date for the latest expansion Legacy of the Void. Her species was listed as "Infested Terran" (permalink: https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Sarah_Kerrigan&oldid=693391036), when at the end of the game (although it is ambiguous whether Kerrigan is considered a Terran again, or if she is a Xel'Naga as she was when Kerrigan defeated Amon) Sarah Kerrigan is most clearly not an infested Terran. Here is the starcraft wiki page on Sarah Kerrigan. Also, you can look through the campaign of Legacy of the Void to check my claim. ^[1]

Thanks, Wikipedia User — Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.28.251.124 (talk) 03:49, 9 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

If you have valid sources you could do the updates yourself. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 04:08, 9 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ http://starcraft.wikia.com/wiki/Sarah_Kerrigan

December 10

Am I missing an important film?

On December 25, 1948, the first true (meaning glasses-free) stereoscopic footage in live-action and full color premiered at an autostereoscopic cinema in russia called the Stereokino (or maybe it was called the Vostokkino). This footage belongs to the film Crystals. I wasn't born until the 1980s, so I can't see Crystals anymore. Because a cinema won't show the same film permanently. So that would mean that the Stereokino is not showing Crystals anymore. The first true stereoscopic live-action full color footage that was meant to be enjoyed permanently was a special episode (June 7, 2011) of GameCenter CX which a download for the Nintendo 3DS (once the episode's downloaded, you can keep it permanently on your Nintendo 3DS). The title of this episode was Arino's Challenge 3D (3D Classics: Excitebike). I am enjoying watching this special GameCenter CX episode. But I still was not able to see Crystals when it was released. It was the first time true stereoscopic live-action full color footage was publicly available (albeit not permanently), so am I missing an important film? Ebaillargeon82 (talk) 06:52, 10 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Disney movies and religion

The Disney movie, Frozen, has the coronation scene, and the bonus short video has the wedding scene. But neither of them depicts the Christian cross. Is it trying to depict the culture as secular or pagan? If they were intentionally trying to remove religion, then why not just avoid having a coronation ceremony or wedding ceremony that resembles that in the Roman Catholic Church and theological descendants (Protestants and et cetera)? 140.254.136.179 (talk) 13:56, 10 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I imagine that the reason is that Arrendelle is not set in the real world, and thus Christianity doesn't exist there. Also it avoids potential issues selling the film in foreign markets. I'd imagine they based it on things like the coronation of Queen Elizabeth, but removing the religious elements while keeping the pomp and circumstance. -mattbuck (Talk) 14:47, 10 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Start with the null hypothesis and don't look for the lack of evidence to mean the evidence of lack. By that I mean that you start with no assumptions at all: start with the fact that you don't know the stance of the film creators on religion one way or the other. Then, if there is no evidence to refute the null hypothesis (that you don't know one way or the other), then you can make no statements, even in the negative, which change that null hypothesis. The lack of religious elements doesn't positively prove the scene is pagan OR christian. It is merely a lack of evidence, and lacks of evidence cannot be used to move one off of a state of uncertainty. Since you know no more about your question because you have no evidence to push to one way or another, you still don't know. Getting more comfortable with your inability to know something is a sign of intelligence. --Jayron 32 16:34, 10 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

1930s American actress Barbara Weeks

I have encountered some puzzling information about Barbara Weeks, who was an American actress in the 1930s. Wikipedia's article about her says, "she married the Lockheed test pilot Lewis Parker in 1938." Although the article didn't provide a citation, I found an online obituary that supports the statement. Also, a website has excerpts from an interview with Weeks in which she says about Parker, "He was transferred to Japan for a year, so it wasn’t until December 4, 1938, that we married in Yuma, AZ."

Here is the puzzling element: The Dec. 1, 1938, issue of the trade publication Broadcasting contains the statement, "CARL FRANK announcer of Original Good Will Hour on WGN -MBS, on Nov. 26 married Barbara Weeks, star of Her Honor, Nancy James."

How could Weeks have married two men within about a week (unless she committed bigamy, which would certainly have made news)? On the other hand, it doesn't seem likely that two actresses -- one in film and one in radio -- would have had the same name.

I had begun adding some information about Weeks' radio career to the article, but I am reluctant to continue doing so until I can find out more about the apparent discrepancy. If anyone reading this has access to reference material that would clarify the situation, I will appreciate your help. Eddie Blick (talk) 14:18, 10 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

It took a *lot* of searching and I ran into the same problems on the way (including wading through a Walter Winchell column) but there were two Barbara Weeks who were actresses with the other active on radio (and was quite well-known), which led to confusion when the other actress died in 1954. Here's a link to an excerpt from a book "The Sound of Silence" by Michael G. Ankerich on Google. (link) FlowerpotmaN·(t) 15:27, 10 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! I initially found the "radio" Barbara Weeks while doing research on Her Honor, Nancy James, thinking that I might create an article about that program. When I searched on Wikipedia for her name, I found the article about the film actress. It's strange that two actresses in roughly the same era had the same name. I appreciate the clarification. Eddie Blick (talk) 17:21, 10 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

There were two '80s wrestlers like that. Until the Internet came about, I'd thought Nightmare Danny Davis was just an alter ego of Dangerous Danny Davis. Nowadays, things are much clearer, but Googling "Danny Davis Jr. Wikipedia" doesn't find the unrelated mixed martial artist. Just Sammy Davis Jr. His Rat Pack is unrelated to two almost concurrent wrestling Rat Packs. InedibleHulk (talk) 22:07, December 10, 2015 (UTC)

Interesting find! Here's a photo of the radio actress, clearly not the same woman in the Wikipedia article. Via Google Books I found On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio by John Dunning, which says that Her Honor, Nancy James ran from October 1938 to July 1939 and Weeks played the title character. Note incidentally that the episode length was 15 minutes. Anyway, I guess that makes her notable enough for a short article of her own, and then we could add hatnotes to both articles to point out the similar names. --76.69.45.64 (talk) 19:57, 10 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the link to the picture. I think I will try to develop an article about the radio actress. I'm currently working on an article about another OTR actress, Alice Reinheart. Once that is completed, I'll see what I can do about one on Barbara Weeks. Eddie Blick (talk) 21:32, 10 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

There is more about Her Honor, Nancy James in the Radio Guide magazine of December 3, 1938, including another photo of the (radio) actress on page 6. link to pdf. (Any excuse for trawling through americanradiohistory.com; it's great fun :)) FlowerpotmaN·(t) 21:54, 10 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! I'll take a look at that. I agree about americanradiohistory.com. It's fun to browse through in addition to being a terrific resource for information about old-time radio people and programs. Eddie Blick (talk) 01:22, 11 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

This page has an interesting paragraph about the two actresses in the upper-right corner. It's from the June 1939 issue of Radio Mirror, and it's the first item (albeit only one paragraph) I have found that mentions both women in the same article. Eddie Blick (talk) 03:37, 11 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Rhapsody In Blue - George Gershwin 1924

I love this composition as many do. It's a long piece, about 19 minutes. It's semi-classical in nature. What was Gershwin trying to convey to his listeners when he wrote this? It is unique and unusual in that nothing has ever been written that resembles this in it's style and complexity. The piano solos, the best part, in my opinion, are played all over the place from the bottom of the keyboard to the top. Does anyone have any comments? Thank you.Rcrmartin (talk) 15:22, 10 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Does this or this or this or this help?--Jayron 32 16:30, 10 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

At the time Gershwin wrote this, "serious" musicians looked down on the emerging jazz music as being inferior, and not worthy of their consideration as "proper" music. Gershwin wanted to show how, actually, the two genres could learn from and merge with each other to produce music worthy of musicological consideration. He also wanted to showcase his own musicality (the piano solo was written for him to perform originally) and show that jazz musicians were capable of great things, just as "serious" musicians were. (I know you want references but this was what I was taught when I studied Gershwin for advanced level music in the mid-1970s.) --TammyMoet (talk) 20:46, 10 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

December 11

File:05 Secrets.ogg

Any use for this file in any of our articles? Seems like an example of indie music but I don't know the precise style. Magog the Ogre (t • c) 05:12, 11 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

That should absolutely not be at Commons at all. That's a B-side by the band Bloc Party, and almost certainly not CC licenced. Pretty awkward that the uploader asks "Please do not delete this until December 20. I need this for my final exam grade." Smurrayinchester 10:06, 11 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Smurrayinchester: good catch, how did you find it? Magog the Ogre (t • c) 22:46, 11 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

a) Because I recognized Kele Okereke's distinctive singing voice and b) because it had the author name set as "Bloc Party"! ;-) Smurrayinchester 08:48, 12 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

December 12

YouTube Problems

I don't know why but, starting last night, I simply can't get any YouTube video to play through the app or the website or even embedded on another website. My internet is working perfectly as are my computers. Why is YouTube doing this? Pablothepenguin (talk) 11:20, 12 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

No problems with YouTube here. Do videos at other sites (Vimeo, DailyMotion, etc) play ok? Contact Basemetal here 12:55, 12 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Other sites do work. Pablothepenguin (talk) 13:14, 12 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

What browser do you use? Contact Basemetal here 14:09, 12 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Safari and YouTube is working again. Pablothepenguin (talk) 16:01, 12 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The Shaggy Dog (2006) - Filming and Setting

1. When did filming of the 2006 Disney film The Shaggy Dog began and when did it end?31.54.250.128 (talk) 16:42, 12 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

2. Where was the film set in?31.54.250.128 (talk) 16:48, 12 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

[1] ttp://starcraft.wikia.com/wiki/Sarah_Kerrigan

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