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Richard Hale

Please Please help me. The subject is Richard Hale a actor who is listed with you but no article on him allows to find info to get in contact with him or family still living. His daughter is my half sister and I am trying to find contact with Richard Hale or his daughter Melissa Hale. It is so very very hard because I see Richard Hale has passed and he was a good actor. Please help me with contact info to his family. Thank you August 7,2012 I am Susan Smith, twin. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.94.126.176 (talk) 04:02, 8 August 2012 (UTC)

We do not have information above what is available in the article, which indicates he died over 30 years ago. μηδείς (talk) 04:05, 8 August 2012 (UTC)

Yes Richard Hale is in a article you have and I know he passed away. I am desperately trying to find out how to contact the Hales as his daughter is my half sister, I lost contact. I am susan smith, twin, No article even his facebook page lists a way to contact Richard Hales family or sponser of his acting career or articles. Please help me. Thank you. August 7 2012. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.94.126.176 (talk) 04:13, 8 August 2012 (UTC)

Added a heading. Rojomoke (talk) 06:46, 8 August 2012 (UTC)

It's a tricky one. I'd suggest the following. His most famous film, according to our article, was Friendly Persuasion (film). Contact the PR department at Allied Artists International, the successor company to the studio that made the film. They might sniff a chance at some positive publicity around helping you. --Dweller (talk) 09:15, 8 August 2012 (UTC)

Alternatively, you could try writing a letter to the sort of trade magazines that any of his fellow actors that are still living might read. One of them might be able to help. While Hale himself would be 120 if he was still alive, it's not unreasonable to imagine that he may have acted alongside people who were young (say 20) toward the end of his film career in the late 1950s, and that one or two of them, now in their 80s, are still alive. It's also not impossible that children of actors may have friendships with children of actors. --Dweller (talk) 09:29, 8 August 2012 (UTC)

I wonder if you could get a letter published in Variety (magazine), or whatever the film trade magazine is these days? Maybe his old agent will be reading and could help. It's a long shot but worth a try. --TammyMoet (talk) 18:12, 8 August 2012 (UTC)

One could simply hire a private detective, assuming it is worth the money. μηδείς (talk) 21:52, 8 August 2012 (UTC)

Have you tried Facebook? It's great for tracking down long lost relatives, friends, etc. 149.135.145.69 (talk) 19:04, 12 August 2012 (UTC)

Dont let it be downloaded..

In most topics, as we want to play the sound, we have to download and play the sound..It is taking too much time..Instead, If it is like, we can hear the music when we press the PLAY itself, it would be better(As in some other topics)..Give dowload option too..Will you?? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 119.226.99.118 (talk) 07:06, 8 August 2012 (UTC)

Do you mean Wikipedia articles with video or sound clips ? Or are you talking about some other website ? In any case, downloading it first reduces the freezing up and repeating you often get when trying to play it over the internet. StuRat (talk) 07:50, 8 August 2012 (UTC)

I think (s)he means his browser is not configured to play Ogg files, so it downloads them instead of playing them on the page, and he doesn't want to have to do this. The user is from Tamil Nadu, India, according to the IP geolocator; I don't speak Tamil or I'd try helping them directly that way.  dalahäst ^{(let's talk!)} 09:13, 8 August 2012 (UTC)

Well, I have to agree, the format for sound files at wikipedia SUCKS! and I wish there were consensus to adpot a more convenient mode. (SUCKS!) μηδείς (talk) 00:39, 9 August 2012 (UTC)

If you insist on sticking with the Foundation's standards, you have, like, four options, and they probably all suck. Someguy1221 (talk) 00:44, 9 August 2012 (UTC)

MediaWiki is built on 100% open-source software and standards. That means that Microsoft / Apple / Google / Real media formats aren't supported, convenient though that would be. The solution is to support open-source software development so that everyone in the world can benefit, rather than shareholders of corporations. Franamax (talk) 01:11, 9 August 2012 (UTC)

By standards, you mean lack of standards.... μηδείς (talk) 03:45, 9 August 2012 (UTC)

Franamax, clearly you are anti-business and un-American, and you are probably a communist too. (Smiley.) -- Hoary (talk) 01:39, 9 August 2012 (UTC)

F*ckin hippies. μηδείς (talk) 01:51, 9 August 2012 (UTC)

Right back 'atcha buddy. :) Not too many commercial ventures around these days occupied at publishing encyclopediae for profit, are there? We are a seriously disruptive technology. My concern these days is actually the amount of money donated and floating about within the WMF structure itself, since history shows that the prospect of money is corrosive to hippies and turns them into yuppies. Franamax (talk) 05:39, 9 August 2012 (UTC)

* Keep in mind that these Ogg Oggilby sound files are part of the wikipedia Master Plan: To ensure copyright security, they've selected a sound player that doesn't work. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 01:52, 9 August 2012 (UTC)

Whatever happened to the Yippies? μηδείς (talk) 21:50, 9 August 2012 (UTC)

Weight of footwear

Hi,

could you tell me what are lighter please?

A pair of Inov-8 Evoskin trainers or a pair of Vivobarefoot Ultra trainers in size UK9?

Mnay thanks in advance — Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.244.223.82 (talk) 11:36, 8 August 2012 (UTC)

The Vivobarefoot is 0.1 oz (around 3 g) lighter according to[1][2]. --Colapeninsula (talk) 14:10, 8 August 2012 (UTC)

"Catamaran cycling", maybe

No, nothing about water.

You're on a bicycle, but you have to deliver another bicycle. So you ride the more comfortable one (with one hand on its handlebar) and propel the other via a hand on its stem.

Is there a term for riding one while propelling another? -- Hoary (talk) 14:47, 8 August 2012 (UTC)

Yes, it's called "bicycle accident". Looie496 (talk) 15:57, 8 August 2012 (UTC)

I think you've already got the term - "riding one bike whilst pushing another". Just as there's no French word for contingency, there's no English word for doing what you describe. It's not that the French don't understand what a contingency is, just that they use two or three words to describe it. Same thing here. - Cucumber Mike (talk) 17:04, 8 August 2012 (UTC)

I found a Youtube clip of people doing this with motorcycles -- but if you watch it, you can see that they use one foot in addition to one hand to keep the second bike stable. I think this would be extremely difficult if you also had to pedal -- at the very least it would be an acrobatic tour de force. Looie496 (talk) 17:26, 8 August 2012 (UTC)

[3] shows some doing it for a very short distance over totaly flat terrain without turning. [4] suggests some people occasionally do it over short distances but even they agree it isn't particularly easy or safe and also tends to hurt your wrist. That source and [5] suggests other alternatives which safer and also less likely to be illegal if you're doing it in a public area (particularly a public road or cycle track). Nil Einne (talk) 20:10, 8 August 2012 (UTC)

We don't even have a word for it in Dutch, and it's pretty common over here in Holland. Often the easiest way to get your bicycle home after a flat tire for people without a driver's license, because you can usually find someone to loan you a bicycle to pick it up. Done it frequently for stretches longer than 15 minutes, but it's a terribly cold hand in winter if you forgot to bring proper gloves. Unilynx (talk) 21:29, 8 August 2012 (UTC)

(and as for safety, a flat country and back-pedal brakes help a lot) Unilynx (talk) 21:35, 8 August 2012 (UTC)

If you have a quick release skewer or tools; some bungee cords; and the other bike having a carrier rack, do this instead: image of a bicycle towing another bicycle. Fifelfoo (talk) 23:02, 8 August 2012 (UTC)

Thank you all! Of course I only had a mild interest in the term (if any) for this in itself; I wanted the term in order to be able to duckduckgo for it more easily. You've very kindly done the latter for me too. I've pushed-and-ridden, and successfully too; but that was a long time ago, traffic was lighter and the police fewer and probably better-humored. Some time very soon, in suburban Tokyo, I'll be faced with a choice between (A) riding-and-pushing and (B) walking while pushing both (a strain on both wrists, of course). Ah, maybe I'll instead (C) walk one (riding it more than 500m would do my legs in and put me off cycling for a week), take the train back, and ride the other. (Sadly, riding and carrying -- a possibility illustrated in one of the delightful links you kindly provided -- would not be an option: the smaller one is no mamachari but it does have mudguards, etc. and would injure my shoulder.) -- Hoary (talk) 00:03, 9 August 2012 (UTC)

Feed back points on ebay

How long does it usually take to get the 10 feedback points nessecary to sell lots (sets of similar items) on ebay? Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.146.124.35 (talk) 17:43, 8 August 2012 (UTC)

How long will it take you to sell 10 items? It's usually about 3 - 5 days before people leave feedback, so let's say 5 days after the 10th item you sell. --TammyMoet (talk) 18:09, 8 August 2012 (UTC)

Which News/Newspaper/Magazine Sites Have the Best Graphics and Interactive Graphics?

I'd say the New York Times's website graphics (such as its maps) are definitely amazing, but are there any other news/newspaper/magazine websites which a lot of interesting and amazing graphics? Futurist110 (talk) 22:54, 8 August 2012 (UTC)

If you can extend this to video: The Guardian (London) seems to have decided that conventional, authorized video of Olympics events is prohibitively expensive but that it should show these events (or their highlights) all the same. Its solution? Example. Recommended! -- Hoary (talk) 00:11, 9 August 2012 (UTC)

Wow. That was pretty neat. Thank you for sharing that. :) Do you know of any other good news websites with good interactive graphics, such as maps? Futurist110 (talk) 01:54, 9 August 2012 (UTC)

The Guardian also has some neat interactive graphics that don't involve lego. Index here. --Colapeninsula (talk) 09:30, 9 August 2012 (UTC)

Without wishing to turn this into a Guardian love-in, their data journalism section offers some good interactive charts, maps and tables. - Cucumber Mike (talk) 11:11, 9 August 2012 (UTC)

Thank you. Futurist110 (talk) 06:48, 10 August 2012 (UTC)

Does anyone have any other U.S. news sources with amazing interactive graphics? Futurist110 (talk) 01:10, 11 August 2012 (UTC)

To be honest Time Magazine has good graphics and CNN has some good U.S. election maps. Futurist110 (talk) 06:14, 12 August 2012 (UTC)