Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Entertainment/2009 April 15

= April 15 =

Running Time
Suppose a 21 yo, 150 lbs guy trains Judo 3-4 days a week. He also, 3-4 times a week, works on his stamina by running 2 miles and then riding a stationary bicycle for ten minutes covering 3 miles. Assuming adequate nutrition, etc, how long is it gonna take him to get his time for the two mile run to twelve minutes or less? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.234.113.71 (talk) 03:20, 15 April 2009 (UTC)
 * There is no exact time. How fit is this young man to begin with? How fast can he run two miles before he starts working out? It could take anywhere from two to eight months before he sees any significant changes. Or it could be within two weeks. If he wants to train for this run specifically, he should be running further than two miles and biking for more than ten minutes. Livewireo (talk) 13:21, 15 April 2009 (UTC)

Let's say the young man runs the two miles in 20 minutes. Is that enough information? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.234.113.71 (talk) 18:52, 16 April 2009 (UTC) Hello, someone please answer the question... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.234.113.71 (talk) 17:35, 17 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Running 2 miles in 12 mins or less is extremely fast. You probably want to do some strength training.  Personally, I've never ran that fast.  When I run, I go for as far as I want.  I don't really try to make a speed run..... or anything like that.68.148.130.72 (talk) 03:16, 22 April 2009 (UTC)

What's Rumiko Takahashi drawing?
Is Rumiko Takahashi, mangaka of Inuyasha, working on anything at the moment? I wonder if there is any cool new anime series based on her works that will come out. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.234.113.71 (talk) 04:54, 15 April 2009 (UTC)


 * According to Shōnen Sunday, the magazine starts her serial 境界のRINNE  in the next issue which will be out on April 22. Oda Mari (talk) 14:45, 15 April 2009 (UTC)

Bolo Yeung
In the film Bloodsport they show Bolo Yeung breaking ice blocks with his fists and arms.Is it really possible or is it possible to him?They also show an African fighter breaking coconuts with his hands.Is it also possible? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.246.174.130 (talk) 07:10, 15 April 2009 (UTC)


 * Breaking ice blocks is a common stunt - not really different than breaking boards. Breaking coconuts is a bit humorous.  If you go to the Polynesian Culture Center in Oahu, you will see a much smaller man break open a coconut with his bare hands.  If you hit it in the correct spot (between the eyes), it cracks open easily. --  k a i n a w &trade; 11:55, 15 April 2009 (UTC)
 * I gotta know - is that between the eyes of the coconut or your own eyes? DJ Clayworth (talk) 13:41, 15 April 2009 (UTC)


 * Between the eyes of the coconut. If you look at it just right, you will see that it has two eyes and a line between them that cracks open easily.  When I went to the center last, the guy head-butted the coconut to crack it open (and then pretended to be knocked silly to get a few laughs). --  k a i n a w &trade; 13:45, 15 April 2009 (UTC)


 * Kainaw is correct. Just to be explicit though, that doesn't mean that you can do it. Folks who do stunts of that type build up their bodies in various ways to make it possible. We don't seem to have an article yet on microfractures (it's a blue link, but goes to a more generic article). By... well, bashing their hands or feet or whatever regularly over long periods of time, tiny cracks appear in the bones (i.e. microfractures); as the bones heal, they fill in those cracks with bone material effectively making them more dense and therefore harder. While that's going on, the soft tissues also change. Skin thickens and calluses, nerve endings become desensitized, etc. Beyond that the individual also builds up their psychological readiness by gradually building up to more difficult tasks; at least part of the "trick" to it is knowing that you can do it because you've systematically trained yourself to do so. Matt Deres (talk) 14:02, 15 April 2009 (UTC)

Stamford Bridge record
What is the maximum number of goals that an away team has scored at stamford bridge against chelsea? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 116.71.58.50 (talk) 11:57, 15 April 2009 (UTC)
 * According to Chelsea F.C. statistics - 8. Nanonic (talk) 14:13, 15 April 2009 (UTC)
 * I also saw that but how can you tell that was a home game? In the section on losses just above, it lists the score as 1-8, which I understood to mean that the home team scored 1 and the away team scored 8. But that would mean that all of their record losses were at home! Is that right? Zain Ebrahim (talk) 14:26, 15 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Soccerbase confirms that the 8-1 loss was away at Wolverhampton.--Maltelauridsbrigge (talk) 14:50, 15 April 2009 (UTC)

Dj Equipment
Where can I get a djing instrument such as the one that Röyksopp uses in Eple at Top of the Pops?96.53.149.117 (talk) 12:51, 15 April 2009 (UTC)

Röyksopp use all sorts of different instruments and equipment. In the video you link they have about 7 seperate machines linked together, which are probably not even plugged in. What kind of thing are you looking for? A drum machine? A synthesizer? A keyboard?Popcorn II (talk) 21:02, 15 April 2009 (UTC)

London 2012 Olympics Football Stadia
Why are Villa Park and St. James' Park venues and not the Emirates or Stamford Bridge which are in London? And if stadia from other cities are being considered, why not the Stadium of Light? Or the City of Manchester Stadium? They all have greater or equal seating capacity to Villa Park, at least. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 141.211.210.141 (talk) 16:30, 15 April 2009 (UTC)
 * maybe they made a better offer to the London 2012 organisers? they probably offered to host it at a better price... Plus in order to get full stadia the organisers probably wanted to spread the matches around the country, rather than rely on the people of london to fill every game... There are loads of stadia in the country that could quite easily be used that haven't, so i wouldn't have thought it was anything personal... Gazhiley (talk) 08:04, 16 April 2009 (UTC)

I would expect... AS they are using Old Trafford it would be too close to use City of Manchester too. Sunderland as a city is no where near as large as Newcastle - nor is it as easy access on the train and major transport networks. Newcastle also has a Metro system which Sunderland does not (also in comparison the stadium of light is smaller than St james park - 49,000ish to 52,000ish). Aston Villa's stadium is the biggest in the Birmingham area as I understand it so would be ideal to serve that area of the country. As Gazhiley notes it will be down to other factors like they mention too. ny156uk (talk)
 * Yes, but this is not the World Cup, which is hosted by a country. It's the Olympics, which is hosted by a city.  The OP is right, they should just be using London stadia.  This defeats the whole purpose of awarding the thing to London. --Richardrj talkemail 12:06, 16 April 2009 (UTC)
 * It's not uncommon at all to spread venues around outside the "host" city. Especially early soccer matches, which would often be too numerous to practically host in one city. See, , . The 1996 Summer Olympics had venues as far away as 600 miles. And the upcoming 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver are basically being co-hosted by the town of Whistler. Tomdobb (talk) 12:52, 16 April 2009 (UTC)

Here in the UK there's been a lot of debate around the fact that, although it is the London Olympics, in fact the rest of the UK will be expected to contribute financially towards it. So perhaps spreading the venues around the country is a political expedient, to make the financial pill sweeter to swallow.--TammyMoet (talk) 17:38, 16 April 2009 (UTC)
 * In the the 2008 Olympics, venues were spread around China as well. The equestrian events were held in Hong Kong, which is some 1200 miles (1900 km) from Beijing.  The financial mess that was the 2004 Olympics has probably forever changed how the games would be organized and funded.  I am certain that the IOC takes more consideration over national resources than it used to in determining a host city's fitness to host an Olympics.  --Jayron32. talk . contribs  02:17, 17 April 2009 (UTC)
 * It's purely a political decision, but I don't really see anything wrong with that. Footballers are used to travelling to matches. Mowsbury (talk) 18:32, 19 April 2009 (UTC)

Old Discovery Channel Show
There was this Discovery Channel show I used to watch as a kid in the 90s; it was two middle-aged guys talking about new technologies, often in a tongue-in-cheek manner, and I think one of them had a mustache. Anyone know what it was? --Lazar Taxon (talk) 19:56, 15 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Sounds like Paul and Phil (Paul Robbins and Phil Cowan), tie "Answer Guys" from The Next Step. Wiwaxia (talk) 22:57, 15 April 2009 (UTC)

Cool water song
At Krispy Kreme today I heard a song that mentioned the words "cool water". It had a line about secrets -- something like "secrets to be told", or "secrets I can't keep", or "secrets to be kept". I heard the words "pxking around" in the song, but my friend La Netta says it was "looking around". Maybe it was "broken around". Despite the reiteration of the words "cool water", this is not the country song "Cool Water" that talks about the "barren waste". Nor is it "Cool Water" by the Talking Heads. Attempts to google "cool-water secrets lyrics" have been fruitless. Maybe it was "cold water". If anyone knows a song that meets these criteria please tell me. Listmaker extraordinaire (talk) 22:51, 15 April 2009 (UTC)


 * Stab in the dark, Love Reign O'er Me contains the words "cool cool rain". But the rest doesn't really match.  Just the first thing that jumped into my mind.  --Jayron32. talk . contribs  02:08, 17 April 2009 (UTC)