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three gorgeous women

I checked out the Internet Movie Database on an actress named Timilee Romolini. She's an expert in taekwondo. What are her stats? What's her heritage? It's understood both Anne Hathaway and Ashley Johnson each have Native American heritage. Which tribe is Anne's heritage? Which tribe is Ashley's heritage?72.229.139.13 (talk) 07:58, 31 August 2008 (UTC)

"Understood" by whom? Corvus cornix_talk 20:39, 31 August 2008 (UTC)

"Understood" by their fans.72.229.139.13 (talk) 22:09, 31 August 2008 (UTC)

Please provide reliable sources. Corvus cornix_talk 22:12, 31 August 2008 (UTC)

The reference in Hathaway's article has her saying she's got "tiny drops" of Native American blood. Much, much, much less reliably (i.e. think politician-level reliability), IMDb says that Johnson is also part NA. This isn't a genealogy site, sorry. Clarityfiend (talk) 02:08, 1 September 2008 (UTC)

Who can provide more info on Romolini?72.229.139.13 (talk) 04:59, 1 September 2008 (UTC)

Her mother? Best friend? Window cleaner? Or perhaps 9,490 hits on Google. --Dweller (talk) 10:22, 3 September 2008 (UTC)

Digital Re-mastering

When an older album is relesaed as being digitally remastered, what does that mean exactly? Do they remix the original multitrack tapes or simply process the original two track master? Thanks Kirk UK —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.82.79.175 (talk) 18:38, 31 August 2008 (UTC)

See Audio_mastering, and let us know if you still have any questions.--El aprendelenguas (talk) 19:40, 31 August 2008 (UTC)

• Remaster is a more relevant link than the one given by El aprendelenguas.
• Bob Katz writes in his book "Mastering Audio, the art and the science": "Mastering is the last creative step in the audio production process, the bridge between mixing and replication - your last chance to enhance sound or repair problems in an acoustically designed room - an audio microscope". This confirms what you imply in your question, audio production is conceived of as a two step process - first you create a mix, then you process the mixes of all the tracks that are to be part of the album, taking care that the sound levels and feel of the individual tracks go well together. Nevertheless, Katz points out that a certain amount of remixing may occur at the mastering session, and also mentions the production of submixes (stems) while mixing, which are to be finally assembled in the mastering session. Thus, and especially in the digital era, the distinction between mixing and mastering is to some extent blurred. I have no definitive answer to your question, but if the original tapes are still available (as I suppose would normally be the case), I find it difficult to see why one would not take the advantage of doing some remixing in addition to remastering, although the answer will probably vary from album to album. For an extreme example, see Let It Be… Naked. --NorwegianBlue ^talk 17:01, 1 September 2008 (UTC)

Yeah, I read the audio mastering article before posting the question. It was whether the original multitrack tapes were used when remastering or the master two track mix. I had always assumed that the original multitrack recordings would be locked away somewhere never to the light of day again. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.82.79.175 (talk) 12:26, 2 September 2008 (UTC)

Lego Indiana Jones

Hi, I am having difficulty getting past the 3rd part of "City of Danger" in "Raiders of the Lost Arc" where the truck is on the far right side, could someone who has gotten past it tell me how, please? Thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by 151.196.55.111 (talk) 19:47, 31 August 2008 (UTC)

You'll probably get better help at GameFAQs or a similar site. Exxolon (talk) 23:34, 31 August 2008 (UTC)

Is this the truck chase level? If it is you want to beat up all the enemys on your own truck then jump onto the next. If this isn't what you're looking for I'd suggest GameFAQs too 88.211.96.3 (talk) 08:49, 1 September 2008 (UTC)