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October 7

Citizen Cope

I have a song by Citizen Cope called "Mr. Officer" but I cannot find on which album it appears. Anyone know? Perhaps the title is not Mr. Officer? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.64.181.19 (talk) 09:51, 7 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Could it be "Pablo Picasso", which includes the words "Mr. Officer". If so, it is from the album The Clarence Greenwood Recordings. Fribbler (talk) 10:19, 7 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, that's it - thank you very much. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.15.78.151 (talk) 11:18, 8 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead DVD release

When will Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead be released on DVD? I do not have access to Google. --Endless dan and his problem 12:18, 7 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

This [1] says it's 28th of October this year.Leif edling (talk) 13:46, 7 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. --Endless dan and his problem 14:17, 7 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

How do you not have access to a search engine?? --71.158.222.207 (talk) 04:00, 8 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

This is off topic, but user's ISP/work/school/whatever may block access to search engines while still allowing users to access some site, such as WP. Tomdobb (talk) 12:30, 8 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

secondlife

can we convert the virtual currency to real world currency in secondlife? thank you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.199.213.67 (talk) 13:11, 7 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Though I know precious little about second life, I suggest it's possible. Take a look at this page[2].Leif edling (talk) 13:49, 7 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Again, I have never played second life, but I understand that there is nothing in the game mechanics from preventing a player from establishing, say, a system where you transfer lindendollars to his in-game account and he transfers real dollars to you via a Pay-Pal account. My understanding is that this does happen, though certain elements in the game have the market cornered, and as in real life, it is quite hard to get very rich doing this. Some people have, but that very fact means that it is less likely that you will... --Jayron32.talk.contribs 14:11, 7 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Agatha Christie's Poirot

Purely out of interest, am I right in thinking The Big Four, Murder on the Orient Express, Three Act Tragedy, Elephants can remember, Sparkling Cyanide, Dead man's folly, The clocks, Halloween party and (obviously) Curtain are the only Poirot novels not to have been made yet? Is there any indication as to whether Suchet is interested in doing the remaining episodes? Ooh, and while I'm here: Does anyone know why Appointment with death hasn't been broadcast yet? What are they waiting for? Thanks very much! Best, --Cameron * 18:06, 7 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Murder on the Orient Express has been made into a movie, with Albert Finney as Poirot. Little Red Riding Hoodtalk 18:14, 7 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

In addition: Murder in Three Acts starred Peter Ustinov. Little Red Riding Hoodtalk 18:17, 7 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, I should have made myself clearer, I am only talking about Agatha Christie's Poirot episodes (ie ones With David Suchet). Personally, although I loved Sir Peter generally, I never much liked him as Poirot. --Cameron * 18:36, 7 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Couldn't agree with you more, Cameron. He's one of my favourite actors, but his Poirot was the worst thing he ever did. -- JackofOz (talk) 22:05, 7 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed. And Suchet makes an exceptional Poirot. (He's pretty chameleonlike generally. Kinda reminds me of Rip Torn.) That theme music is cool, too. TREKphiler ^{hit me ♠} 06:01, 8 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hehe, what theme music? It seems to have vanished! --Cameron * 09:10, 8 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Unless we're talking about diff projects, these were broadcast on PBS under the "Mystery" rubric (IIRC), & have been on DVD, with the same theme. Don't recall the theme writer's credit, tho, but it's a real sweet piece of music, IMO. TREKphiler ^{hit me ♠} 10:54, 8 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I read in the Radio Times that Suchet said he wanted to make all the Poirot stories but I can't find a link to it on line.hotclaws 10:24, 10 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Do wide receivers usually line up on a certain side?

Is there any way to find out which side someone lines up on? Thanks~ Louis Waweru Talk 18:33, 7 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Assuming you are referring to American football, see American football positions. A wide receiver can line up on either side - or have two on the same side. The limitation is not the side of the field a player lines up on. The limitation is how many players there are on the line of scrimmage. -- kainaw ™ 20:40, 7 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

As for individual players, it varies. The Indianapolis Colts, for instance, have typically lined up Marvin Harrison wide right (from the quarterback's perspective) for years. It's a rarity that he starts a play anywhere else. Other teams have no such established convention. As for finding out where a given player lined up, you'd need detailed game charting. Football Outsiders is one project that compiles stuff like this, and they get their data by very carefully watching all NFL games and manually noting where players are. — Lomn 00:10, 8 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you two. Yes, I was talking about the NFL. That's excellent information Lomn, and exactly what I mean. I was wondering if you can predict who will be matched up against a WR...so I can make better decisions about who to start (fantasy football). Thanks for the site, I'll see what I can find. =) Louis Waweru Talk 00:43, 8 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Purely from my memories, receivers are likely to be positioned more frequently on certain sides of the lineup, because of personal preference or for strategic reasons, whereas defenders tend to be moved about from game to game (and play to play) so that a team's best cornerback will be matched with the opponent's best wide receiver. Deor (talk) 02:07, 8 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

To a large extent, you can. FO does breakdowns like "Defense vs #1 WR" and "Defense vs TE". It's an approximation, of course, but it may well be better than nothing. — Lomn 02:05, 8 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Don't forget to take into account the number of shifts a team will make. For instance, they may list the play as starting out with Donald Driver on the right, but then - because of something predesigned, or the quarterback seeing someting int he defense and calling an audible he will shift over to the left. this is unusual, but it does happen. (In fact, I recall a number of times when Jerry Rice would be in the middle of a shift when the ball is snapped, and take a handoff.)

When they shift, though, usually the opposing corner or a safety follows, I think. So, factor in how complex the team's playbook is that the receiver plays for, but if it is more complex, you should generally be able to account for the same person covering.Somebody or his brother (talk) 12:49, 8 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

That is often the strategy of a shift. If you move a receiver and a corner or safety moves too, you likely have man-to-man coverage. If the defence doesn't move, you likely have zone coverage. -- kainaw ™ 15:27, 8 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Indeed, the formations are quite varied, and how teams handle them is quite varied as well. The article Formation (American football) covers this quite well. The first important rule is that there are required to be 7 people on the line of scrimage and 4 backs, who must line up a minimum of 1 yard behind the line. Always. Of those 11 players, the 4 backs plus the two players on the end of the line are "eligible", meaning that they can legally handle the ball (the 5 interior linemen may only block). Now, as long as one maintains that "7 and 4" set up, you can create literally dozens of combinations. A wide receiver may be either one of the ends (where he is called a "split end") or one of the backs. If you watch most teams, and look at the two wideouts in a standard set, you will see that one is always lined up one step off of the line of scrimage. This one is called the "flanker" and he is technically a back. If a team removes one of the other backs and replaces him with a wide receiver, for a three wide-receiver set, at least one of the wide receivers will be lined up between the farthest end and the nearest offensive lineman. This position is called the "slot" and the receiver there is the "slot receiver." Here's some pics to explain everything:

As far as specific players go, it really depends on the particular team. On some teams, the same player always lines up in the same spot. For example, Jerry Rice was almost always the flanker. On other teams, they will often move a player around a lot to "hide" him and make it harder for a defense to plan on how to defend him. For example, the "slot" receiver is most often covered by either a linebacker or by a third cornerback, and is often therefore in the most advantageous position, coverage-wise, of three wideouts. Many teams, in a 3-wide set, will place their best receiver at "slot". However, this receiver typically has to run through the most traffic, and so other teams may prefer to put their best receiver at one of the outer positons, to reduce the number of defenders who will have a chance to defend him. One of the things about American football is that it is quite like a chess game; there are almost an infinite number of ways to arrange and use your pieces, and there exists a successful strategy to use any of these arrangements. Its hard to make any blanket statements about what is "typical".--Jayron32.talk.contribs 16:26, 8 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

<--Interesting as this is, aren't you a bit OT for "entertainment"? Maybe move this all to WP Sports? I imagine, beyond people better qualified to answer, you might find a lot of people very interested in this themselves. TREKphiler ^{hit me ♠} 18:13, 8 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I see no reason why sports wouldn't fall under Entertainment, and find plenty of reasons not to conflate wikiprojects with the Reference Desk. — Lomn 20:56, 8 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Micheal Moore's Glasses

I was wondering what brand and what type exactly (so I can order them) are/were Micheal Moore's eye glasses. I don't need the prescription. Specifically, the glasses I need were the chic black eye glasses he wore for his Oscar/Academy Award win when all the media were talking about how he had changed his look from the scruffy groomed attire in his documentaries to his new chic glasses.24.65.69.8 (talk) 22:01, 7 October 2008 (UTC)24.65.69.8 (talk) 21:58, 7 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Guess you didn't mean to underline everything (so-oo distracting) but here[3] is a closeup of the specs. Similar are found in a few ranges that you can trawl through google images for (entering black spectacles), or go to spec designer websites. Are/were popular among graphic design types. Julia Rossi (talk) 08:11, 13 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

What movie is this??

It was released in North America. In it, there's like a sick kid and he has a friend and the sick kids parents are mean or something and they go in a play and the sick kid plays a baby or something and when he's in a craddle he sees some girl's breasts and says "boobies!" or something and grabs them. What movie was this? I have no idea and it sounds interesting (I saw it like 10 years ago).--Pointy77 (talk) 23:56, 7 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

That sounds like Simon Birch. —Cswrye (talk) 17:46, 8 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]