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I recently got hired at Time magazine.
That is awesome. Time is an American weekly news magazine right?
Yeah, I'll be publishing stories for them. Do you know when the magazine was founded? | Time (magazine)
Time is an American weekly news magazine and news website published in New York City. It was founded in 1923 and originally run by Henry Luce. A European edition ("Time Europe", formerly known as "Time Atlantic") is published in London and also covers the Middle East, Africa, and, since 2003, Latin America. An Asian edition ("Time Asia") is based in Hong Kong. The South Pacific edition, which covers Australia, New Zealand, and the | the job in an interview in the March/April 1997 issue of "Snap BMX Magazine:"Snap Magazine: "How'd you get a job painting bikes if you're color blind?"brBrian Foster: "(laughter)Side note: I don't think they knew. I went there just to help out working with bikes and the next ting you know they're like, "Do you know how to paint?" "Yeah, sure." And I started painting. The only time I ran into trouble was late at night when I | 1,100 | wow-train |
I really like my moped. It is very convenient and comfortable to commute through traffic in the city. Do you have one?
No, but i always wanted to try it.
I highly recommend you to get one. Compared to traditional car, it is highly efficient in fuel usage and can save you much in the long run
I heard that Mopeds by definition are driven by both an engine and bicycle pedals.I find that fascinating.
I was not aware of that. Mine works with small engine and is highly efficient. To a certain degree I consider it environmentally friendly
The funny thing is that the mopeds have a less stringent licensing requirement than motorcycles or automobiles because mopeds typically travel about the same speed as bicycles on public roads.
It is true. And that is also an aspect of moped convenience and comfort that I find appealing to use | directly between the saddle and the head tube. Some resemble motorized bicycles. Most are similar to a regular motorcycle but with pedals and a crankset that may be used with or instead of motor drive. Although mopeds usually have two wheels, some jurisdictions classify low-powered three- or (rarely) four-wheeled vehicles as a moped.
In some countries a moped can be any motorcycle with an engine capacity below 50cc.
Etymology.
The word "moped" was coined by the Swedish journalist Harald Nielsen in 1952 | television character from that in the comic: "I have talked many times how much I like the difference between the comics and the show. There are going to be big plot lines that we may not necessarily get to, like the romance between Dale and Andrea. If you think you really want to read that story line, that's available in the comics, and I highly recommend you pick those up. The show is always going to be a different animal and the decision to kill Dale off was a big one | 1,101 | wow-train |
I really like the Beatles but haven't really explored much of their music
the beatles were one of the greatest rock bands ever formed
I have heard a lot of people say that. They say that about other bands too.
Well the beatles are one of the few considered the greatest of all time tho, they might be the most famous and influential rock bands ever
I really think they have a unique sound. Do you know a lot about them? | The Beatles
The Beatles were an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960. The line-up of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr led them to be regarded as the most influential band of all time. With a sound rooted in skiffle, beat and 1950s rock and roll, the group were integral to the evolution of pop music into an art form, and to the development of the counterculture of the 1960s. They often incorporated elements of classical music, older pop, and unconventional recording | the publishers trying to find a song ... we didn't get any songs that we liked or we weren't given any songs period and the Beatles had started and I thought 'well, I’m gonna really have a crack at song-writing.' I had dabbled a bit, but they were really my inspiration and gave me and I think a lot of other people the courage to actually do it. We all wanted to be like the Beatles. I wrote two songs and the record company we were | 1,102 | wow-train |
i love to go fishing with my family. its a great way to enjoy the outdoors. do you like fishing?
I do! I love going out to the wild to catch em! Where do you usually fish?
i used to normally go to the river in town but now i live on land that has a part of the river that runs thru my property. do you fish in rivers or ponds? | Fishing
Fishing is the activity of trying to catch fish. Fish are normally caught in the wild. Techniques for catching fish include hand gathering, spearing, netting, angling and trapping. “Fishing” may include catching aquatic animals other than fish, such as molluscs, cephalopods, crustaceans, and echinoderms. The term is not normally applied to catching farmed fish, or to aquatic mammals, such as whales where the term whaling is more appropriate. In addition to being caught to be eaten, fish are caught as recreational | Baby / Where Do You Go To Go Away / Big Grey City / Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out / What-cha Gonna Do / I Used To Live Here / The Sunny Song / St. Louis Is A Long Way Away / Little Poppa / O Freedom
- "The Many Faces of Gale Garnett" (1965)
- Track listing: Won't You Be My Lover / Excuse Me Mister / As Much As I Can / Marionette / Ain't Gonna Stay In Love Alone / | 1,103 | wow-train |
I am allergic to tomatoes
I would hate it if I was allergic to tomatoes. I love them! They originally came from western South America.
They smell good cooking but I can never eat them lol | Allergy
Allergies, also known as allergic diseases, are a number of conditions caused by hypersensitivity of the immune system to typically harmless substances in the environment. These diseases include hay fever, food allergies, atopic dermatitis, allergic asthma, and anaphylaxis. Symptoms may include red eyes, an itchy rash, sneezing, a runny nose, shortness of breath, or swelling. Food intolerances and food poisoning are separate conditions.
Common allergens include pollen and certain food. Metals and other substances may also cause problems. Food, | dinner. I told them that it might be the last dinner that I should get soon and I would eat a plenty. On Wednesday Gen Bragg Came over to review this regiment and said that it was very well drilled for the time they have been in service. We have four companies out of the regiment which only leaves six com-panies in the regiment. I received a letter from home with a letter from your. They stated that the crop was pretty good. I know if they have seasons the crop ought | 1,104 | wow-train |
I like to read mystery novels.
Do you have a favorite?
There are many novels that I like and I have to think which ones that I like best.
Or do you have a favorite author of that genre?
Cervantes - have you heard of him?
I haven't! Could you tell me more about this author?
Cervantes is a novelist of the modern era.
Very cool. Does he have any work i might've heard of? | author of "Don Quixote" (the first part of which was published in 1605), is frequently cited as the first significant European novelist of the modern era. Ian Watt, in "The Rise of the Novel" (1957), suggested that the modern novel was born in the early 18th century.
Walter Scott made a distinction between the novel, in which (as he saw it) "events are accommodated to the ordinary train of human events and the modern state of society" and the romance, | ' So he gave me, I think, 5,000 marks and then, it wasn't enough, because I needed more, and about three or four weeks later I said to him, 'You gotta help me one more time, and I'll give it back to you when I have a chance.' And that was the end of it. Then he talked to me a couple times. Always like this. Then he says, 'Well, you know, I'll tell you what. You do | 1,105 | wow-train |
hi friend how are you?
Fantastic. Just eating some Cheetos! Been eating these since 1998.
o i see fentastic friend.
The creator of Fritos actually created Cheetos! Who knew! His name is Charles Elmer Doolin. You a fan of the Cheeto?
yha... friend i'm cheeto fan | Cheetos
Cheetos (formerly styled as Chee-tos until 1998) is a brand of cheese-flavored puffed cornmeal snacks made by Frito-Lay, a subsidiary of PepsiCo. Fritos creator Charles Elmer Doolin invented Cheetos in 1948, and began national distribution in the U.S. The initial success of Cheetos was a contributing factor to the merger between The Frito Company and H.W. Lay & Company in 1961 to form Frito-Lay. In 1965 Frito-Lay became a subsidiary of The Pepsi-Cola Company, forming PepsiCo, the current | Cheetos. She can be seen eating them often, and it was implied that her online Scrabble handle was "Cheeto-breath" when she was playing Emily (who was hiding in Paris at the time).
In "Mr. Scratch", JJ tells Hotch that her worst fear as a child was being separated from her parents. | 1,106 | wow-train |
I own 2 dogs
I can't believe that the dog was the first animal to be domesticated?
I believe that they were much large than today's domesticated canines
It is crazy to think that they found a dog buried next to a human 14,700.
One of the best guard dogs are the Belgian Malinois. Are you a bot?
I like Belgian Malinois dogs. However, there ancestor species are extinct.
Dogs, like many other animals, cannot sweat. It is important to keep them cool and to not let them over-heat. | Thermoregulation
Thermoregulation is the ability of an organism to keep its body temperature within certain boundaries, even when the surrounding temperature is very different. A thermoconforming organism, by contrast, simply adopts the surrounding temperature as its own body temperature, thus avoiding the need for internal thermoregulation. The internal thermoregulation process is one aspect of homeostasis: a state of dynamic stability in an organism's internal conditions, maintained far from thermal equilibrium with its environment (the study of such processes in zoology has been called physiological ecology). If the | a dog, however these have been challenged as being left by a wolf. Paleolithic dogs were directly associated with human hunting camps in Europe over 30,000 (YBP) and it is proposed that they were domesticated. They are also proposed to be either a proto-dog and the ancestor of the domestic dog or a type of wolf unknown to science.
Fossil record "Canis lupus familiaris" (domestic dog).
In 2002, a study was undertaken into the fossil skulls of two large canids that had been found buried within | 1,107 | wow-train |
I never liked Miley Cyrus. | Miley Cyrus
Miley Ray Hemsworth (née Cyrus, born Destiny Hope Cyrus; November 23, 1992) is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. After playing minor roles in the television series "Doc" and the film "Big Fish" as a child, she became a teen idol in 2006, starring in the Disney Channel television series "Hannah Montana" as the character Miley Stewart. Her father, musician Billy Ray Cyrus, also starred in the series, which aired for four seasons until 2011. | ’ve never had a better musical experience on any film." Cyrus noted that most of the songs included on the soundtrack were inspired by the return of Cyrus' character, Miley Stewart/Hannah Montana, to her Nashville roots. She explained, "The soundtrack is all about Nashville, and that's where I'm from, that's my roots. I think that's a lot of the reason I am who I am." Cyrus co-wrote "Don't Walk Away" because it was to be included | 1,108 | wow-train |
I always wanted to go kayaking but i don't really know much about it
Kayaking is different from canoeing, the way you can tell the difference is by the sitting positions and the number of blades on the paddle.
okay, so there are different sitting positions? i would like to learn more about kayaking since you know so much
Kayak means hunters boat. So the orignal purpose for the kayak was for hunting, and fishing.
how cool is that! What else do i need for kayaking? any special equipment? | Kayak
A kayak is a small, narrow watercraft which is typically propelled by means of a double-bladed paddle. The word kayak originates from the Greenlandic word "qajaq" ().
The traditional kayak has a covered deck and one or more cockpits, each seating one paddler. The cockpit is sometimes covered by a spray deck that prevents the entry of water from waves or spray, differentiating the craft from a canoe. The spray deck makes it possible for suitably skilled kayakers to roll the kayak: that is | Outline of canoeing and kayaking
The following outline is provided as an overview of canoeing and kayaking:
Canoeing – recreational boating activity or paddle sport in which you kneel or sit facing forward in an open or closed-decked canoe, and propel yourself with a single-bladed paddle, under your own power.
Kayaking – use of a kayak for moving across water. It is distinguished from canoeing by the sitting position of the paddler and the number of blades on the paddle. A kayak is a boat where the | 1,109 | wow-train |
do you know someone who is a widow? | Widow
A widow is a woman whose spouse has died and a widower is a man whose spouse has died. The treatment of widows and widowers around the world varies.
Terminology.
A widow is a woman whose spouse has died, while a widower is a man whose spouse has died. The state of having lost one's spouse to death is termed "widowhood". These terms are not applied to a divorcé(e) following the death of an ex-spouse.
The term "widowhood" can be | get paid for it. On her website, as a child she asks "Do you know what an eejit is? Someone who is one sandwich short of a picnic … whose lift doesn't go … well, you know what I mean. Eejit is a wonderful Scottish/Irish word that seemed to sum me up perfectly when I was growing up." (Eejit is a Scottish/Irish word for someone idiotic or simple.)
"I was always trying to change my image. Act sophisticated, grown up | 1,110 | wow-train |
I have asthma flair ups pretty often, it's unfortunate but it could be worse, it's just an inflammatory disease in the airways of the lungs.
Do you need an inhaler or other forms of Treatment? | Inhaler
An inhaler (puffer or pump) is a medical device used for delivering medication into the body via the lungs. It is mainly used in the treatment of asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Zanamivir, used to treat influenza, must be administered via inhaler.
To reduce deposition in the mouth and throat, and to reduce the need for precise synchronization of the start of inhalation with actuation of the device, MDIs are sometimes used with a complementary spacer or holding chamber device.
Types.
Types Metered- | Salbutamol
Salbutamol, also known as albuterol and marketed as Ventolin among other brand names, is a medication that opens up the medium and large airways in the lungs. It is used to treat asthma, including asthma attacks, exercise-induced bronchoconstriction, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). It may also be used to treat high blood potassium levels. Salbutamol is usually used with an inhaler or nebulizer, but it is also available in a pill, liquid, and intravenous solution. Onset of action of the inhaled | 1,111 | wow-train |
I could do with some Pecan pie with an extra filling of eggs right about now!
Pecan pie.? What kind of pie is that? I know of meat,fish,egg,even chicken pie but not heard of pecan pie
It is made of pecan nuts mixed with eggs butter, and sugar
Nice ,is it sold in MacDonald? | Pecan pie
Pecan pie is a pie of pecan nuts mixed with a filling of eggs, butter, and sugar (typically corn syrup). Variations may include white or brown sugar, sugar syrup, molasses, maple syrup, or honey. It is popularly served at holiday meals in the United States and is considered a specialty of Southern U.S. origin. Most pecan pie recipes include salt and vanilla as flavorings. Chocolate and bourbon whiskey are other popular additions to the recipe. Pecan pie is often served with whipped cream, | Peanut pie
Peanut pie is a pie prepared with peanuts or peanut butter as a primary ingredient. Whole or chopped peanuts may be used, or both, and both peanuts and peanut butter may be used in its preparation. It may be prepared with a sweet filling base prepared with corn syrup, sugar and eggs, similar to how pecan pie filling is prepared. Peanut pie may include chocolate or dark chocolate in its preparation. It may be prepared as a spicy dish with the use of cayenne pepper. Peanut pie may | 1,112 | wow-train |
Yellow is a soothing color, do you like it?
Not in clothing so much, but I certainly love the yellow from the sun!
I like flowers and stuff like that in yellow but agree with you on clothes | as egg yolks, buttercups, and bananas. They absorb light energy and protect plants from photodamage. Sunlight has a slight yellowish hue when sun is near a horizon, due to atmosphere scattering shorter wavelengths (green, blue, and violet).
Because it was widely available, yellow ochre pigment was one of the first colors used in art; the Lascaux cave in France has a painting of a yellow horse 17,000 years old. Ochre and orpiment pigments were used to represent gold and skin color in Egyptian tombs, then | skin — a foundation that appears very yellow in the bottle may apply much less yellow, or not appear yellow at all. Trying the color on in stores like Ulta or Sephora is usually the best way to find an accurate match.
Modern formulations Color Shade Range.
Another issue that can arise when searching for your foundation shade is there not being a shade for you. This may be because you cannot tell the undertone of your skin, but it can also be from the selected foundation not being made light or dark | 1,113 | wow-train |
I really like to go hiking every so often.
Hiking is the preferred term in like canada and america
That makes sense, I say that and I'm American. | Hiking
Hiking is the preferred term, in Canada and the United States, for a long, vigorous walk, usually on trails (footpaths), in the countryside, while the word walking is used for shorter, particularly urban walks. On the other hand, in the United Kingdom, and the Republic of Ireland, the word "walking" is acceptable to describe "all forms" of walking, whether it is a walk in the park or backpacking in the Alps. The word hiking is also often used in | Buzzworthy, Jessie J further explained the concept behind the song, "People have heard 'Domino' and said 'it's nothing like you.' But I'm like well the album's really eclectic anyway, and I never go into the studio and say 'I wanna do another song that's like 'Price Tag' or another song like 'Do It Like a Dude'." In the same interview Jessie J unveiled that she often listened to Whitney Houston and Prince, so she came up with an idea | 1,114 | wow-train |
im thinking about getting a golden retriever, do you know anything about them ?
I certainly do, I have two of them myself. They were originally bred as gun-dogs to retrieve waterfowl during hunting, but the closest mine get to that is playing fetch on a long hike, hahaha.
haha, so i take it they are real playful? how are they around kids ?
They are phenomenal family dogs! They are gentle and loyal, so they aren't super protective, but really great with kids.
oh thats good, what else can you tell me about them ?
One thing I can tell you is that if you don't have a good vacuum you will need to get one. They shed an unbelievable amount, like you will be surprised they aren't bald they shed so much, so be prepared.
hrmmm maybe i should look at getting a boxer or something instead
I think you might be sorry if you end up passing on it just because of the shedding. I think it is the best dog out there, just get in a fenced in yard and leave it out there most of the time. Kids love going out to play with the dog in the yard anyway.
its something i have to consider | coat that lies flat against their bodies and repels water. Golden retrievers are well suited to residency in suburban or country environments. They shed copiously, particularly at the change of seasons, and require fairly regular grooming. The Golden Retriever was originally bred in Scotland in the mid-19th century.
The breed is a prominent participant in conformation shows for purebred dogs. The Golden Retriever is popular as a disability assistance dog, such as being a guide dog for the blind and a hearing dog for the deaf. In addition, they | Golden Retriever
The Golden Retriever is a large-sized gun dog that retrieve shot waterfowl, such as ducks and upland game birds, during hunting and shooting parties. They were named 'retriever' because of their ability to retrieve shot game undamaged due to their soft mouth. Golden retrievers have an instinctive love of water, and are easy to train to basic or advanced obedience standards. They are a long-coated breed, with a dense inner coat that provides them with adequate warmth in the outdoors, and an outer | 1,115 | wow-train |
Reading philosophy books is probably my favorite past time, I love to read
Yes, I bet you explore the texts deeply in order to interpret them.
I do it more so out of necessity for my courses, but I do happen to love it I've come to find
Have you learned about Jean Chretien in your studies? He was the 20th Prime Minister of Canada.
No, did he do anything of note in his time as prime minister?
No but he also had various cabinet posts such as Minister of Justice and Minister of Finance.
Interesting, that seems like a huge undertaking, people like that are superhuman
I agree. Hassan Mohamud was also one of those people, being the founder of the Development Party.
I love Canada, it's a shame that being part of a developed nation means there will be corruption in SOME form SOMEWHERE in governmenr | 2010 Portland car bomb plot
The 2010 Portland car bomb plot involved an incident in which Mohamed Osman Mohamud (born 1991), a Somali-American student, was arrested in an FBI sting operation on November 26, 2010, after attempting to set off what he thought was a car bomb at a Christmas tree lighting in Portland, Oregon. He was charged with attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction. An attorney for Mohamud argued that his client was entrapped. On January 31, 2013, a jury found Mohamud | He usually goes out at a quarter or twenty minutes past nine. — Do you come home late in the night? — No, I usually come home about ten o'clock. — Do you go immediately to bed? — Yes, I go immediately to bed, but I read a long time in my bed. — It is a bad habit, it spoils your eyes, and you could set your bed-room on fire. — Is your brother here? — He is somewhere, but not here. — | 1,116 | wow-train |
Hollywood's name was believed to come from a Chinese man saying "hauling wood" with an accent.
That's crazy. I wonder where they were hauling the wood to.
I do too. The person who heard him was the "Father of Hollywood" H.J. Whitley on his honeymoon.
Who is H.J. Whitley. I've never heard of him.
He was a real estate developer who was partially responsible for the Hollywood subdivision in LA
Interesting, I would have thought it would have been some one that was making movies.
He was also born in Canada! Ironic that he helped create one of America's most iconic landmarks.
Crazy. I wonder if Canadians try to claim Hollywood as theirs | Hollywood
Hollywood is a neighborhood in the central region of Los Angeles, California, notable as the home of the U.S. film industry, including several of its historic studios. Its name has come to be a shorthand reference for the industry and the people associated with it.
Hollywood was incorporated as a municipality in 1903. It was consolidated with the city of Los Angeles in 1910 and soon thereafter, a prominent film industry emerged, eventually becoming the most recognizable film industry in the world.
History.
History Early history | came a Chinese man in a wagon carrying wood. The man got out of the wagon and bowed. The Chinese man was asked what he was doing and replied, "I holly-wood," meaning 'hauling wood.' H. J. Whitley had an epiphany and decided to name his new town Hollywood. "Holly" would represent England and "wood" would represent his Scottish heritage. Whitley had already started over 100 towns across the western United States.
Whitley arranged to buy the E.C. Hurd ranch. | 1,117 | wow-train |
Have you watched the epic movie of mobsters, Goodfellas? | widely regarded as one of the most significant and influential filmmakers in cinematic history. In 1990, he founded The Film Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to film preservation, and in 2007 he founded the World Cinema Foundation. He is a recipient of the AFI Life Achievement Award for his contributions to the cinema, and has won an Academy Award, a Palme d'Or, Cannes Film Festival Best Director Award, Silver Lion, Grammy Award, Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs, and Directors Guild of America Awards.
He has | Directed by: Bogdan Bărbulescu
Title translation controversy.
The title Băieți buni (literally Good Guys) clearly refers to the two police officers. In Romania, people rushed to translate the title to Goodfellas, which, technically, is a correct translation. However, due to the connotation of 'mobsters' brought to this term by the 1990 Martin Scorsese picture, the Goodfellas translation is clearly a mistake. | 1,118 | wow-train |
Hello, I am in a wheelchair.
Too bad, it is used when walking is difficult or impossible due to illness, injury, or disability.
Yes it is. I was paralyzed in a car accident many years ago.
They come in various shapes and formats so as to meet the need of the user
Yes, mine is rather basic, and has experienced much wear and tear, but it works for my needs. | Wheelchair
A wheelchair is a chair with wheels, used when walking is difficult or impossible due to illness, injury, or disability. Wheelchairs come in a wide variety of formats to meet the specific needs of their users. They may include specialized seating adaptions, individualized controls, and may be specific to particular activities, as seen with sports wheelchairs and beach wheelchairs. The most widely recognised distinction is between powered wheelchairs ("powerchairs"), where propulsion is provided by batteries and electric motors, and manually propelled wheelchairs, | , sip-and-puff control, or other input devices. Often there are handles behind the seat for someone else to do the pushing or input devices for caregivers. Wheelchairs are used by people for whom walking is difficult or impossible due to illness, injury, or disability. People with both sitting and walking disability often need to use a wheelchair or walker.
Mobility impairments Transfer devices.
Patient transfer devices generally allow patients with impaired mobility to be moved by caregivers between beds, wheelchairs, commodes, toilets, chairs | 1,119 | wow-train |
I drive an SUV everyday to work . How about you? Do you drive or take public transportation?
I love my SUV - I have a Honda Pilot - it is a great familiy vehicle.
Does that get good gas mileage? It's nice having that extra room but it would be a bummer if it was a gas guzzler. | Gas-guzzler
A gas-guzzler, in informal language, is a vehicle that is perceived to consume a lot of fuel.
The term originally came into use in the US when Congress established Gas Guzzler Tax provisions in the Energy Tax Act of 1978 to discourage the production and purchase of fuel-inefficient vehicles. The gas guzzler tax had applied only to cars (not trucks) and was collected by the IRS. Other countries have followed suit and introduced their own version of a gas-guzzler tax such as | stations pass on their cost to the drivers. So drivers actually bear the cost of carbon pricing, and that is as it should be, because driving is the real reason for the emissions.
But economics does not view this as a moral matter. Rather, economics points out that when the cost goes up, if drivers do not find driving their SUV (for example) worth the extra cost, they will switch and drive their sports car, ride their bike or take public transportation. And that is the point | 1,120 | wow-train |
What are your thoughts on education? | is commonly divided formally into such stages as preschool or kindergarten, primary school, secondary school and then college, university, or apprenticeship.
A right to education has been recognized by some governments and the United Nations. In most regions, education is compulsory up to a certain age. There is a movement for education reform, and in particular for the of evidence-based education.
Etymology.
Etymologically, the word "education" is derived from the Latin word "ēducātiō" ("A breeding, a | " (2008) Irina Tyk and Ed Dovey
- "Inspecting the Inspectorate: Ofsted Under Scrutiny" (2008) Anastasia de Waal
- "Liberal Education and the National Curriculum" (2010) Prof. David Conway
- "What Your Year 1 Child Needs to Know" (2011) E. D. Hirsch, Jr. (ed.)
Family
- "Second Thoughts on the Family" (2008) Anastasia de Waal
- "Licensed to Hug: How child protection policies are poisoning the relationship between the | 1,121 | wow-train |
Physics holds the world
Physics is a science that describes the world and how matter interacts in it.
It is knowledge of nature'
Yeah, and it's also one of the oldest scientific pursuits. People have always wanted to know how the world works.
Physics is one of the oldest academic disciplines | , and certain branches of mathematics, were a part of natural philosophy, but during the Scientific Revolution in the 17th century these natural sciences emerged as unique research endeavors in their own right. Physics intersects with many interdisciplinary areas of research, such as biophysics and quantum chemistry, and the boundaries of physics are not rigidly defined. New ideas in physics often explain the fundamental mechanisms studied by other sciences and suggest new avenues of research in academic disciplines such as mathematics and philosophy.
Advances in physics often enable advances in new technologies | Physics
Physics (from , from "phýsis" 'nature') is the natural science that studies matter, its motion and behavior through space and time, and that studies the related entities of energy and force. Physics is one of the most fundamental scientific disciplines, and its main goal is to understand how the universe behaves.
Physics is one of the oldest academic disciplines and, through its inclusion of astronomy, perhaps "the" oldest. Over much of the past two millennia, physics, chemistry, biology | 1,122 | wow-train |
i love doing Knitting but im not very good at it | Hand knitting
Hand knitting is a form of knitting, in which the knitted fabric is produced by hand using needles.
Types.
Types Flat knitting.
Flat knitting uses two straight needles to make generally two-dimensional (flat) pieces. Flat knitting is usually used to knit flat pieces like scarves, blankets, afghans, and the backs, fronts and arms of sweaters (pullovers).
In flat knitting, generally stockinette stitch, the hand-knitter knits from right-to-left on one side | Marcucci "you got a hit, he's a star. Now all you have to do is teach him to sing."
Clark eventually put the young singer on "American Bandstand" where he sang "I'm in Love". Fabian later admitted this song "was not very good either" but "the response – they told me – was overwhelming. I had no idea. All during that period, I was doing record hops. Not getting paid for it, but for the record company promotions. | 1,123 | wow-train |
I started playing the violin in 5th grade.
You mean the stringed instrument sometimes also called a fiddle?
Yes but I was much more classically trained. | strings, though it can also be played by plucking the strings with the fingers (pizzicato) and by striking the strings with the wooden side of the bow (col legno).
Violins are important instruments in a wide variety of musical genres. They are most prominent in the Western classical tradition, both in ensembles (from chamber music to orchestras) and as solo instruments and in many varieties of folk music, including country music, bluegrass music and in jazz. Electric violins with solid bodies and piezoelectric pickups are used | Erhu
The erhu (; ), or urheen, is a two-stringed bowed musical instrument, more specifically a spike fiddle, which may also be called a "Southern Fiddle", and sometimes known in the Western world as the "Chinese violin" or a "Chinese two-stringed fiddle".
It is used as a solo instrument as well as in small ensembles and large orchestras. It is the most popular of the huqin family of traditional bowed string instruments used by various ethnic groups of China. As | 1,124 | wow-train |
I love to swim! It's great exercise - I do it every day if I can!
I swim with my boyfriend a lot he use to be a lifeguard so we exercise also and play sports.
Awesome! Where do you like to swim? | Swimming
Swimming is the self-propulsion of a person through water, usually for recreation, sport, exercise, or survival. Locomotion is achieved through coordinated movement of the limbs, the body, or both. Humans can hold their breath underwater and undertake rudimentary locomotive swimming within weeks of birth, as a survival response.
Swimming is consistently among the top public recreational activities, and in some countries, swimming lessons are a compulsory part of the educational curriculum. As a formalized sport, swimming features in a range of | years older than the character she portrays. In 2011, Novakovic revealed she is still happy with the career choice she made, stating "I enjoy what I'm doing now a lot more than studying, because this is where I want to be. [...] The best thing for me is that I enjoy going to work every day and have some great friends there, including the crew. It's awesome to do something you love every single day."
Development.
Development Characterisation.
Before she entered " | 1,125 | wow-train |
I use headphones all the time, both earbuds and headsets alike, since they let me listen to music without others hearing.
I too use headphones from time to time. It helps me shout off the rest of the world.
So many people use headphones nowadays, or what some people call earspeakers, earphones, or even cans!
Yes, I have noticed what seems to be a larger number of people wearing them in public. I wonder why? | 'around the ear') and supra-aural ('over the ear') headphones use a band over the top of the head to hold the speakers in place. Another type, known as earbuds or earpieces consist of individual units that plug into the user's ear canal. A third type are bone conduction headphones, which typically wrap around the back of the head and rest in front of the ear canal, leaving the ear canal open.
In the context of telecommunication, a headset is a combination of | Headphones
Headphones (or head-phones in the early days of telephony and radio) traditionally refer to a pair of small loudspeaker drivers worn on or around the head over a user's ears. They are electroacoustic transducers, which convert an electrical signal to a corresponding sound. Headphones let a single user listen to an audio source privately, in contrast to a loudspeaker, which emits sound into the open air for anyone nearby to hear. Headphones are also known as earspeakers, earphones or, colloquially, cans. Circumaural ( | 1,126 | wow-train |
I really like taking pictures of family and my pets. Do you enjoy this?
Photography is the practice of creating images by certain ways.
I agree. I tend to like nature and natural occurences. Do you have a favorite?
I like photography that is processed chemically by using photographic film.
Ok. Wow that is pretty deep subject.
The modern photography creates images by recording electromagnetic radiation (no photographic film is used)
That is interesting. | reflected or emitted from objects into a real image on the light-sensitive surface inside a camera during a timed exposure. With an electronic image sensor, this produces an electrical charge at each pixel, which is electronically processed and stored in a digital image file for subsequent display or processing. The result with photographic emulsion is an invisible latent image, which is later chemically "developed" into a visible image, either negative or positive depending on the purpose of the photographic material and the method of processing. A negative image on | lot of people that use photography in kind of non-traditional ways. With Peter Beard, that was kind of my entry as a young person. Seeing that was really eye opening, kind of like, “Woah, you can do this!” It went from that to Jim Goldberg, someone who uses all different cameras and makes collages with his photos ... David Hockney is someone who, as a photographer, someone who I have really loved and opened my eyes a lot.
Personal life.
Templeton married | 1,127 | wow-train |
Do you have any experience with parenting?
I've seen many of my family members engaged in child rearing. I've learned a lot but I'm no expert.
It seems like it would be super tough to be honest with you, I do not know if i am cut out for it
I see where you are coming from. There are no clear rules and you must support a child through emotional, social, and intellect development.
And you could do everything pretty much right but still not be liked by your kids! | Parenting
Parenting or child rearing is the process of promoting and supporting the physical, emotional, social, and intellectual development of a child from infancy to adulthood. Parenting refers to the intricacies of raising a child and not exclusively for a biological relationship.
The most common caretaker in parenting is the father or mother, or both, biological parent(s) of the child in question, although a surrogate may be an older sibling, a grandparent, a legal guardian, aunt, uncle or other family member, or a family | he would withdraw into himself and not contact anybody.
In 1995 John Mills tried to rehouse him through the Actors Benevolent Fund but Steel refused. Steel told a journalist in 1997:
This is a very difficult time for me. You can see that by where I'm living. I know a lot of people are trying to find out where I am, but to be honest that's how I want it. I want to be left alone. I don't want to see any of my old friends from | 1,128 | wow-train |
Do you play Overwatch? I have yet to try it.
I have not played that online first-person shooter video game?
I love other first person shooters. Is this one highly rated?
It is Blizzard's fourth major franchise and was highly rated.
I did not know it was a Blizzard game. They make some good stuff. What consoles is the game for?
It was released for Windows, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One in 2016.
Sweet! I have Xbox One. I am excited to try it out. Do you have any gameplay insight for the game? | team work together to secure and defend control points on a map or escort a payload across the map in a limited amount of time. Players gain cosmetic rewards that do not affect gameplay, such as character skins and victory poses, as they play the game. The game was initially launched with casual play, with a competitive ranked mode, various 'arcade' game modes, and a player-customizable server browser subsequently included following its release. Additionally, Blizzard has added new characters, maps, and game modes post- | part of that faction that finds yourself so fascinated by this whole project that you need to know how it ends, I recommend you play "Duke Nukem Forever" for yourself. But I'd practically insist that you do so on the PC and try to wait for a sale. If you're not willing to play a sloppy, cobbled together first-person shooter just because it has some kind of weird historical meaning, though, just forget this ever happened and move on." Jake Denton of "Computer and Video | 1,129 | wow-train |
I love to get my nails done every Saturday, nail art is really cool..
Me too! It is such a fun and creative way to embellish the mails!
Do you know anything about nail art and why people like it? | nail treatments is unclear, since it appears to have originated in different parts of the world around the same time. In ancient Egypt, from 5000 B.C. to 3000 B.C., women would dye their nails with henna to indicate social status and seductiveness. Women of the lower class wore pastel and neutral shades, while the upper classes wore deep, bright shades. In Babylonia, 3200 B.C., men, not women, painted their nails with black and green kohl, an ancient cosmetic. To prepare for war, warriors of Babylon | Nail art
Nail art is a creative way to paint, decorate, enhance, and embellish the nails. It is a type of artwork that can be done on fingernails and toenails, usually after manicures or pedicures. A manicure and a pedicure are beauty treatments that trim, shape, and polish the nail. Often these procedures remove the cuticles and soften the skin around the nails. Types of manicures can vary from polish on natural nails, dipping powder, and acrylic nails.
History.
The exact origin of | 1,130 | wow-train |
I've never been too great at drawing but I enjoy sketching occasionally. What about you?
I have no artistic ability! lol Drawing is a visual art form where an individual uses drawing instruments to mark paper or other two-dimensional mediums. I admire art but I can't create it! lol
Yeah I know what you mean, I'm not all that great. What drawing techniques do you know of?
Drawing can involve graphite pencils, ink, pen, brushes, pencils, charcoal, and even electronic drawing. I would love to be able to draw!
I would too! I love how charcoal drawings look, they're so interesting compared to normal pencils.
Yes! Charcoal is a form of dry art made of finely ground organic materials held together by gym or wax or produced without the use of binders.
Nice, so if you had to choose a type of drawing what would you prefer? Pencils or charcoal or what? | on paper. The dry medium can be applied to almost any surface from smooth to very coarse. Fixatives are often used with charcoal drawings to solidify the position to prevent erasing or rubbing off of charcoal dusts.
The method used to create artists' charcoal is similar to that employed in other fields, such as producing gunpowder and cooking fuel. The type of wood material and preparation method allow a variety of charcoal types and textures to be produced.
Types.
There are various types and uses of charcoal as an | exploring such divergent paths as the emergent colour Xerox technology and painting on snow. Interviewed in 1980, she expressed a completely open attitude to the creative process: ‘In the 1930s, all I cared about was technique. I studied drawing every day from 9 to 5. I've completely changed. My art is very much like having a baby. You can't plan how big it will be or what color eyes it will have. It is what it is. Technique can be taught, but knowing the human anatomy | 1,131 | wow-train |
I love watching the Show rick and morty, do you know who created it? | Rick and Morty
Rick and Morty is an American adult animated science fiction sitcom created by Justin Roiland and Dan Harmon for Cartoon Network's late-night programming block Adult Swim. The series follows the misadventures of cynical mad scientist Rick Sanchez and his good-hearted but fretful grandson Morty Smith, who split their time between domestic life and interdimensional adventures.
Roiland voices the eponymous characters, with Chris Parnell, Spencer Grammer and Sarah Chalke voicing the rest of the family. The series originated from an animated short parody film of | also titled "We Need Peace and Love")
- 1975-77: Over a dozen songs appearing on various Crackin' LPs, including: Wanna Dance, Fall in Line, Starring You, Turn It Over, The Force is Watching You (with Michael Omartian and Leslie Orlando Smith), Fallen Dancer, I Know You Can (with Rick Chudacoff and L. Lovingood), Do You Need More Time (with Arno Lucas and Leslie Orlando Smith), The World's A Fool for You.
- 1979 | 1,132 | wow-train |
Cookies are so damn delicious. | Cookie
A cookie is a baked or cooked food that is typically small, flat and sweet. It usually contains flour, sugar and some type of oil or fat. It may include other ingredients such as raisins, oats, chocolate chips, nuts, etc.
In most English-speaking countries except for the United States and Canada, crisp cookies are called biscuits. Chewier biscuits are sometimes called "cookies" even in the United Kingdom. Some cookies may also be named by their shape, such as date squares | , reading poetry, and playing music), all of which fail. Exhausted, Toad falls asleep one night, and the next morning, Frog wakes up Toad to show him that the seeds are starting to grow. Toad is glad he will soon have a garden as good as Frog because what he did was hard work.
Summary Cookies.
Toad bakes some cookies and goes over to Frog's house to share the cookies with Frog. Toad has made the cookies so delicious that he and Frog at first cannot | 1,133 | wow-train |
do you remember the band beatles? | The Beatles
The Beatles were an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960. The line-up of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr led them to be regarded as the most influential band of all time. With a sound rooted in skiffle, beat and 1950s rock and roll, the group were integral to the evolution of pop music into an art form, and to the development of the counterculture of the 1960s. They often incorporated elements of classical music, older pop, and unconventional recording | March 2009, Luke launched a short series of weekly cover songs. Luke covered songs by artists such as Plain White Ts, The Beatles, Taio Cruz, Katy Perry, Jay Sean, and Taylor Swift. Luke's parody video of Jay Sean's song, "Do You Remember," became a recognizable hit amongst The University of Southern California's community and quickly received over 25,000 hits. The video featured the band, students, and even Luke's great grandmother.
YouTube Taylor Swift Date Video.
Luke's most | 1,134 | wow-train |
I have been to many southern states but not a lot of northern ones. Im very curious about Alaska. Are there any fun activities there?
Alaska is America's more northern state! There's lots of snow in the winter and surely many fun activities such as dog sledding.
Dog sledding sounds fun. Does it rain in Alaska a lot during the summer?
It must! It rains a lot in British Columbia, which borders Alaska to the east.
Okay cool. Is alaska heavily populated?
It is the third least popular state in the US, and the most sparsely populated.
Wow haha. Interesting. What temperature range are the summers in Alaska typically? | Northern Canada and Greenland. Approximately half of Alaska's residents live within the Anchorage metropolitan area. Alaska's economy is dominated by the fishing, natural gas, and oil industries, resources which it has in abundance. United States armed forces bases and tourism are also a significant part of the economy.
In a deal known as Seward's Folly, The United States purchased Alaska from the Russian Empire on March 30, 1867, for 7.2 million U.S. dollars at approximately two cents per acre ($4.74/km) | .
The Mackenzie River husky is a subtype referring to different dog populations in the subarctic regions of the American state of Alaska and Canada.
The Alaskan husky is not considered a pure breed but is another subtype. It is defined only by its purpose, which is that of a highly efficient sled dog.
Alternate activities.
Since many owners now have husky dogs as pets in settings that are not ideal for sledding, other activities have been found that are good for the dog and fun for the owner. | 1,135 | wow-train |
I enjoy brewing my own beer.
Really? I bet that is delicious!
Yes. My parents brewed at home when I grew up in China. It is a familiar domestic chore there>
I've never tried it. I enjoy liquor myself. | Homebrewing
Homebrewing is the brewing of beer, mead, and ciders on a small scale for personal, non-commercial purposes. Supplies, such as kits and fermentation tanks, can be purchased locally at specialty stores or online. Alcohol has been brewed on the domestic level since its advent, thousands of years prior to its commercial production, although its legality has varied according to local regulation. In the United States, a permit is required to distill spirits such as moonshine.
History.
Beer has been brewed domestically | EastEnders": "I enjoy the fact that I've far more control over my destiny than I ever had when acting. I didn't even watch the soaps when I was in them because it's like a coal miner coming home and staring at the coal scuttle—I was never a great lover of watching myself act."
Character development and impact 2016 return.
On 18 January 2016, it was announced that Kemp had agreed to reprise his role for a few episodes. His return coincided with Windsor's final | 1,136 | wow-train |
My favorite brand of clothing is Donna Karan.
i've never heard of that brand can you tell me more?
She is an American fashion designer and creator of DKNY.
OH okay that makes sense!
She was born in the Borough of Queens, New York City.
oh so she's native. What kind of clothes is it?
They are clothes for women. She died in 1974, so sad.
oh that is sad. Do you know how old she was? | Donna Karan
Donna Karan (born Donna Ivy Faske; October 2, 1948), also known as "DK", is an American fashion designer and the creator of the Donna Karan New York and DKNY clothing labels.
Early life.
Karan was born Donna Ivy Faske to mother Helen ("Queenie") and father Gabby Faske in the Forest Hills neighborhood of the Borough of Queens, New York City. Her family is Jewish. Karan's mother had been a model and had also worked in designer Chester | shelved her flagship line Donna Karan International shortly after she left in June 2015 and said it would “substantially increase its focus” on her DKNY brand, which revolutionized women’s fashion in the ’80s with Karan’s “Seven Easy Pieces” concept of a wardrobe made up of a handful of interchangeable items. Today she is looking to sell off its Donna Karan business, less than a year after the fashion designer stepped down from her namesake brand. LVMH is targeting a “single, specific American buyer” for both the | 1,137 | wow-train |
I own a pink moped! I bought the small motorcycle used online. It has less stringent licencing requirements so it was easier than a motorcycle.
Oh wow i didnt know people drove those. What is the fastest a moped can go?
Gee, I'm not entirely sure. Maybe 70 - 80 mph, downhill with a tailwind? It's driven with an engine and bicycle pedals. Very interesting.
What bicycle pedals? Ithought it was a scooter. Im clearly ignorant lol. Are you allowed to drive mopeds on the highway? | directly between the saddle and the head tube. Some resemble motorized bicycles. Most are similar to a regular motorcycle but with pedals and a crankset that may be used with or instead of motor drive. Although mopeds usually have two wheels, some jurisdictions classify low-powered three- or (rarely) four-wheeled vehicles as a moped.
In some countries a moped can be any motorcycle with an engine capacity below 50cc.
Etymology.
The word "moped" was coined by the Swedish journalist Harald Nielsen in 1952 | Moped
A moped ( ) is a type of small motorcycle with bicycle pedals, generally having a less stringent licensing requirement than full motorcycles or automobiles. Mopeds typically travel only a bit faster than bicycles on public roads, and possess both a motorcycle engine and pedals for propulsion. Mopeds are distinguished from scooters in that latter tends to be more powerful and subject to more regulation.
Some mopeds have a step-through frame design, while others have motorcycle frame designs, including a backbone and a raised fuel tank, mounted | 1,138 | wow-train |
Do you know much about Ohio? Are largest city and capital is Columbus.
I haven't been there but I know people who live there. Is it pretty cold up there?
It gets freezing! Especially if you live by the Ohio River.
What about in the summer? Does it get pretty warm?
It stays pretty mild in the summer months. We are in the Great Lakes region so it's pretty far north.
I've always wanted to visit the Great Lakes. Have you been to all of them? | the Great Lakes Waterway.
The Great Lakes are the largest group of freshwater lakes on Earth by total area, and second-largest by total volume, containing 21% of the world's surface fresh water by volume. The total surface is , and the total volume (measured at the low water datum) is , slightly less than the volume of Lake Baikal (, 22–23% of the world's surface fresh water). Due to their sea-like characteristics (rolling waves, sustained winds, strong currents, | when talking about the video effects editing process that "You know, the tools change but the methods really don't. It's all about making things look questionable and kinda crappy and low quality and then you can pretty much get away with anything". In replying to a follow up question regarding believing what you see on the internet he said "When I started out, people just kinda believed everything, it was like shooting fish in a barrel, but these days people are just really asking me "is this fake | 1,139 | wow-train |
HI, I'm a pediatrician. It's a very interesting field, taking care of kids and babies.
That's pretty cool. I'm an environmental engineer. I help clean up the world with engineered systems. Do you have any kids of your own?
I do, I have two of them. One was actually in the NICU when he was born prematurely. My training has come in handy!
They will probably grow up to be lovely children! I don't have any of my own yet, but still tons of time!
It's really rewarding and I hope you do end up with kids if you decide you want them! It's very rare to have a preemie, so I hope I haven't scared you. No one really knows all the causes of preterm birth but usually everything turns out fine!
My sister was born prematurely and she turned out great (21 now). I plan to have some eventually, but maybe not for a few more years! | Preterm birth
Preterm birth, also known as premature birth, is the birth of a baby at fewer than 37 weeks' gestational age, as opposed to the usual about 40 weeks. These babies are known as preemies or premies. Symptoms of preterm labor include uterine contractions which occur more often than every ten minutes or the leaking of fluid from the vagina. Premature infants are at greater risk for cerebral palsy, delays in development, hearing problems and sight problems. These risks are greater the earlier a baby is born. | your biggest fear and what have you done to overcome it?" Her response: "My greatest fear is actually having regret. In anyone's life, it doesn't benefit them if they're gonna regret something so what I do to combat that is that I just make sure that everything I do it's because I want to do it. I don't do something with any doubts in my mind. I do it with sureness and I'm very confident in myself and in that way, that's how | 1,140 | wow-train |
I absolutely love swimming in the ocean, I get so relaxed every time I do it! | Swimming
Swimming is the self-propulsion of a person through water, usually for recreation, sport, exercise, or survival. Locomotion is achieved through coordinated movement of the limbs, the body, or both. Humans can hold their breath underwater and undertake rudimentary locomotive swimming within weeks of birth, as a survival response.
Swimming is consistently among the top public recreational activities, and in some countries, swimming lessons are a compulsory part of the educational curriculum. As a formalized sport, swimming features in a range of | She explains, "I absolutely love that! Not only do I get to read the script, I can actually see what the artists have in mind. It is an amazing process and I feel so fortunate to be able to work that way![...] I would prefer to let the script come alive in me before a taping." | 1,141 | wow-train |
So, do you play guitar professionally? Are you in any sort of band?
No, but my boyfriend plays guitar. He tried to teach me, but that six strings, it would be easier with one.
Ah, alright. What kind of songs do you like to play in your free time?
Rock music, Something from Scorpions, or Aerosmith, it sounds great on acoustic guitar, I like vibrations.
That's pretty cool. Would you ever want to go professional one day, or do you just enjoy it as a hobby?
No, I am not for that, it's just hobby. Do you like rock music?
Yeah, mostly classic stuff like The Beatles, Queen, that sort of thing. Do you have a favourite song? | Art rock
Art rock is a subgenre of rock music that generally reflects a challenging or avant-garde approach to rock, or which makes use of modernist, experimental, or unconventional elements. Art rock aspires to elevate rock from entertainment to an artistic statement, opting for a more experimental and conceptual outlook on music. Influences may be drawn from genres such as experimental rock, avant-garde music, classical music, and jazz.
Its music was created with the intention of listening and contemplation rather than for dancing, | you've got the backing of Brian's chords you automatically play West Coast-style guitar. It's just inbuilt into the essence of what he writes. You can't do anything far from it, so it's hard to wedge my style in there, but I've tried to do it as best I can." On Beck, Wilson said: "He really blew my mind, so we thought we'd have him join us on our album. He plays the most goddamn greatest guitar you've ever heard | 1,142 | wow-train |
I would love to volunteer at an animal shelter where stray, lost and abandoned dogs and cats are kept until they are rehabilitated or adopted.
that's very cool and admirable, I have contemplated doing the same.
I could only work at a no kill shelter because I could not handle the euthanizing of healthy animals because they were claimed.
Yes I don't think I would be able to either there are so many animals that need our help
A true no-kill shelter does not kill healthy or treatable animals even if the shelter is full. They only euthanize terminally ill animals or those that are dangerous.
That is very good, are there a lot of them in the US? | still be considered a no-kill shelter.
Definition.
A no-kill or limited admit shelter is a shelter that saves healthy, treatable and rehabilitatable animals. As a benchmark, at least 90% of the animals entering the shelter are expected to be saved. The save rate must be based on all animals entering the shelter: "It does not matter if the animals are old, blind, deaf, missing limbs, or traumatized. All of these animals are worthy of our compassion, all of them | Animal shelter
An animal shelter or pound is a place where stray, lost, abandoned or surrendered animals, mostly dogs and cats, and sometimes sick or wounded wildlife are kept and rehabilitated. While no-kill shelters exist, it is sometimes policy to euthanize sick animals, and any animal that is not claimed quickly enough by a previous or new owner. In Europe, of 30 countries included in a survey, all but four (Czech Republic, Germany, Greece, and Italy) permitted the killing of healthy stray | 1,143 | wow-train |
I would like to try parachuting even though I'm terrified of being sucked into a plane propeller. The free falling part when the parachute hasn't been deployed would be great.
Yeah I dont think I could do that, Its a little to scary for me. | Parachuting
Parachuting is a method of transiting from a high point to Earth with the aid of gravity, involving the control of speed during the descent with the use of a parachute or parachutes. It may involve more or less free-falling (the skydiving segment) which is a period when the parachute has not yet been deployed and the body gradually accelerates to terminal velocity.
History.
The first parachute jump in history was made by André-Jacques Garnerin, the inventor of the parachute, on 22 October 1797 | even came up to me and told me so afterwards. I think that those audience members do care about me and would be willing to support me if I asked. Also, I'm filling out this thought record just like my therapist told me to. I think that's what she would have wanted from me."
In the next column, Jane writes down her alternative thought: "The presentation ahead may be scary and making me feel anxious, but I think I can handle it as long as I know | 1,144 | wow-train |
Ford was founded by Henry Ford but he didn't invent the car.
He didn't? Then who did?
Ford did not invent the car. He introduce mass production in affordable prices.
I see. Do you know when he started the company? | Ford Motor Company
Ford Motor Company is an American multinational automaker that has its main headquarters in Dearborn, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit. It was founded by Henry Ford and incorporated on June 16, 1903. The company sells automobiles and commercial vehicles under the Ford brand and most luxury cars under the Lincoln brand. Ford also owns Brazilian SUV manufacturer Troller, an 8% stake in Aston Martin of the United Kingdom and a 32% stake in Jiangling Motors. It also has joint-ventures in China (Changan Ford | Henry Ford
Henry Ford (July 30, 1863 – April 7, 1947) was an American industrialist and a business magnate, the founder of the Ford Motor Company, and the sponsor of the development of the assembly line technique of mass production.
Although Ford did not invent the automobile or the assembly line, he developed and manufactured the first automobile that many middle-class Americans could afford. In doing so, Ford converted the automobile from an expensive curiosity into a practical conveyance that would profoundly impact the landscape of | 1,145 | wow-train |
Hello, My name is Alan. I would like to talk about upholstery today.
What do you want to know about providing furniture with padding fabric and covers?
How difficult would it be to reupholster an old chair of mine? What type of skills would I need to devolope? | An apprentice upholsterer is sometimes called an "outsider" or "trimmer". Traditional upholstery uses materials like coil springs (post-1850), animal hair (horse, hog and cow), coir, straw and hay, hessians, linen scrims, wadding, etc., and is done by hand, building each layer up. In contrast, today's upholsterers employ synthetic materials like dacron and vinyl, serpentine springs, and so on.
History.
"Upholder" is an archaic term used for "upholsterer" | I quite expect that you will. I know what "Ops." over Germany means, and I have no illusions about it. By my own calculations the average lifespan of an aircrew is twenty ops(operations). and we have 30 to do in our first tour. I'm Writing this for two reasons. One to tell you how I would like my money to be spent that I have left behind me; two to tell you how I feel about meeting my Maker. 1. I intended as you know, | 1,146 | wow-train |
I am very interested in taking care of my skin. Do you have any recommendations regarding skin care products? | Skin care
Skin care is the range of practices that support skin integrity, enhance its appearance and relieve skin conditions. They can include nutrition, avoidance of excessive sun exposure and appropriate use of emollients. Practices that enhance appearance include the use of cosmetics, botulinum, exfoliation, fillers, laser resurfacing, microdermabrasion, peels, retinol therapy. Skin care is a routine daily procedure in many settings, such as skin that is either too dry or too moist, and prevention of dermatitis and prevention of skin injuries.
Skin | Care"
8. "Cry Me a River"
9. "I've Got You Under My Skin"
10. "East of the Sun (and West of the Moon)"
11. "I Get Along Without You Very Well"
12. "Pick Yourself Up"
13. "'S Wonderful"
14. "Love Letters"
15. "I Don't Know Enough About You"
16. "Do It Again"
17. "A Case of | 1,147 | wow-train |
Planning a trip to Kentucky the east south central region of the US
That's awesome! What are you planning on seeing?
Bluegrass since its known as the bluegrass state
That's really cool. What else are you going to see? | join the Union. Kentucky is the 37th most extensive and the 26th most populous of the 50 United States.
Kentucky is known as the "Bluegrass State", a nickname based on the bluegrass, a species of grass found in many of its pastures. One of the major regions in Kentucky is the Bluegrass Region in central Kentucky, which houses two of its major cities, Louisville and Lexington. It is a land with diverse environments and abundant resources, including the world's longest cave system, Mammoth Cave National Park | 've really looked up to. I would really, really like to be a legend like Madonna."
After meeting Spears face to face, Janet Jackson stated: "she said to me, 'I'm such a big fan; I really admire you.' That's so flattering. Everyone gets inspiration from some place. And it's awesome to see someone else coming up who's dancing and singing, and seeing how all these kids relate to her. A lot of people put it down, but what | 1,148 | wow-train |
I love to go to the casino. I never seem to have any luck, but I still enjoy it.
yes to find the best access theyre most commonly built or near or combined with resaurants, retail shops,cruise ships, hotels, or very popular tourist attractions.
I live in Oklahoma and all of ours are on Indian territory land. They are all run by the reservations. Some have restaurants and hotels in them and are really nice.
interesting. there is a lot of debate on whether the social and economic consequences of casino gambling outweigh initial revenue generated. but if you have a good time im sure it is worth it on an individual level :)
I know that our reservations make a lot of money off of the casinos. They do still have to pay state taxes though. I know I have seen a lot of people hit jackpots though, but not me. | Casino
A casino is a facility which houses and accommodates certain types of gambling activities. The industry that deals in casinos is called the gaming industry. Casinos are most commonly built near or combined with hotels, restaurants, retail shopping, cruise ships or other tourist attractions. There is much debate over whether the social and economic consequences of casino gambling outweigh the initial revenue that may be generated. Some casinos are also known for hosting live entertainment events, such as stand-up comedy, concerts, and sporting events. | America, I love all of ya, but I do enjoy going to places where I'm not expected to go better, and they seem to be more enthusiastic, possibly because they don't expect someone like me to show up there, or they don't see someone like me as much there, because they (liberals) are a minority. I feel like there's a certain extra sort of bonding that goes on between myself and the audience when I go to a place like Oklahoma.”
The main focus | 1,149 | wow-train |
I really like reading.
reading is considered a cognitive process
Yes, I suppose that it is. How do you feel it ties into cognition?
Cognition is a mental process of gaining knowledge through experiences, senses and thoughts...such as reading.
That is a very nice definition. I feel that another important part of reading is the pleasure aspect. | culturally and socially situated. The reading process requires continuous practice, development, and refinement. Reading requires creativity and critical analysis. Consumers of literature deviate from literal words to create images that make sense to them in the unfamiliar places the texts describe. Because reading is a complex process, it cannot be controlled or restricted to one or two interpretations. There are no concrete laws in reading, but rather it provides readers an escape to produce their own products introspectively. This promotes deep exploration of texts during interpretation.
Readers | the "New York Post" noted that the media and general public would continue "following her every move". Ferreira commented that "[Miley's] obviously way bigger and all eyes [are] on her, but I feel like we're kind of going through a similar thing where everyone's trying to say that we're trying to make ourselves objects, but really, everyone else is making it more like that—sensationalizing sex and reading into things. It's nice to have someone that gets it." | 1,150 | wow-train |
Drawing it is one of my passions in life.
I love to draw too, however, my drawings are basic. No talent here!
Drawing is a form of visual art in which a person uses various drawing instruments to express his/hers views of the world.
I think, truly, I am spatially impaired. | Art therapy
Art therapy (not to be confused with arts therapy which includes other creative therapies such as drama therapy and music therapy) is a creative method of expression used as a therapeutic technique. Art therapy, as a creative arts therapy modality, originated in the fields of art and psychotherapy and may vary in definition.
Art therapy may focus on the creative art-making process itself, as therapy, or on the analysis of expression gained through an exchange of patient and therapist interaction. The psychoanalytic approach was one | , which he constructed from paper. Drawing the solids axonometrically in order to "distance the viewer," Berry introduced objects from everyday life such as knives, pencils, or fruit, into his compositions. Berry wrote that the "geometric solids represent an intrusion of the ideal form of a truly Platonic type into the real world of objects... a visual event that I find poetic and intriguing. It is the underlying theme in many of my drawings and is intended to make a metaphysical statement."
Late Work. | 1,151 | wow-train |
Have you ever had a herding dog? We have a Collie.
No but I have a golden retriever. I heard Collies are the smartest dogs though.
I'm actually from Scotland where they originated. Yes they are almost to smart.
Cool! How long have collies been around for? | Collie
Collies form a distinctive type of herding dogs, including many related landraces and standardised breeds. The type originated in Scotland and Northern England. Collies are medium-sized, fairly lightly built dogs, with pointed snouts. Many types have a distinctive white color over the shoulders. Collies are very active and agile, and most types of collies have a very strong herding instinct. Collie breeds have spread through many parts of the world (especially Australia and North America), and have diversified into many varieties, sometimes mixed | Farm collie
Farm collie or farmcollie is an informal term for a class of herding dog, of the broader collie type. Farm collies are bred for more than looks; working dog traits, including cleverness, loyalty, and hardiness, are sought. Farm collies are also common household pets, and sometimes trained as guide dogs for the visually impaired. The term "farm collie" can have various meanings, including:
- Any collie-type dog that lives on a farm
- Any collie-type dog that | 1,152 | wow-train |
I love spaghetti especially with fresh tomatoes, capers and garlic
Spaghetti is one of my favorite dishes. I like to add meat sauce and Parmesan cheese.
It is the best Italian cuisine I can't wait to visit Italy to have the real cuisine.
Yes, although my favorite Italian food by far is pizza. A trip to Italy sounds like a great idea!
I would love real pizza from Italy because Domino's and Pizza Hut is just a urban want to be here for us lol.
Yeah, our fast food pizza chains definitely aren't as good as authentic Italian pizza! Although there are some good mom and pop shops here with Italian chefs!
I agree there is a few good places that can come a little close and fast food is to serve us for a quick close service.
Yeah, I shudder to think how life would be if we couldn't get any pizza at all. I probably would have to move somewhere else! | McDonald's
McDonald's Corporation is an American fast food company, founded in 1940 as a restaurant operated by Richard and Maurice McDonald, in San Bernardino, California, United States. They rechristened their business as a hamburger stand, and later turned the company into a franchise, with the Golden Arches logo being introduced in 1953 at a location in Phoenix, Arizona. In 1955, Ray Kroc, a businessman, joined the company as a franchise agent and proceeded to purchase the chain from the McDonald brothers. McDonald's had | (Bolognese sauce or ragù).
Traditional Central Italian cuisine uses ingredients such as tomatoes, all kinds of meat, fish, and pecorino cheese. In Tuscany, pasta (especially pappardelle) is traditionally served with meat sauce (including game meat). In Southern Italy, tomatoes (fresh or cooked into tomato sauce), peppers, olives and olive oil, garlic, artichokes, oranges, ricotta cheese, eggplants, zucchini, certain types of fish (anchovies, sardines and tuna), and capers are important | 1,153 | wow-train |
Hi. I am about to start cooking dinner. I love to cook. Do you ?
I don't like to cook every day, but some. My husband is the main cook, and is a great one. What do you like to cook?
I like to cook breakfast the best. My husband is a professional cook, he is a chef and works in a restaurant.
Well, that's impressive. I love to cook for holidays and special occasions. But, seems like it becomes the same old thing after awhile. | Iron Chef America
Iron Chef America is an American cooking show based on Fuji Television's "Iron Chef", and is the second American adaptation of the series, following the failed "Iron Chef USA" that aired in 2001. The show is produced by Food Network, which also carried a dubbed version of the original "Iron Chef". Like the original Japanese program, the program is a culinary game show. In each episode, a new challenger chef competes against one of the resident "Iron Chefs" in | himself: "I have no interest playing live. I don't want dudes yelling in my face or jumping on me." In 2014 Ben Cook explained in another interview "Yeah, when I said that I was lying, straight up. Every time I ever do a No Warning interview, I like to throw in a few lies here and there. That’s what the internet is for, right?". Considering, the band has played some shows in 2014 and 2015 in the US and Europe, it | 1,154 | wow-train |
I like making my own homebrew, what about you?
As in alcohol? Or like programs for stuff? Cause I'm going to actually try the first today for the first time
Its when you make your own small batches of beer to drink yourself. It's fun and tastes great.
That's awesome! Although I haven't tried beer yet. Mixed drinks are more my thing. I was going to try and make mead since I saw a method that looked cheap/easy | ceramic mugs. Ingredients for mixed drinks are often measured by a bar spoon, equivalent to a teaspoon.
Alcohol.
In alcoholic mixed drinks, distilled beverages (e.g., vodka, gin, and whiskey and fermented beverages (e.g., beer, wine, and sake) form the base of the drink.
Mixers.
Alcoholic or not, mixed drinks incorporate some type of drink mixer, which adds sweet or sour tones (e.g., simple syrup, sour mix, and grenadine), carbonation (e.g., | feel blissfully happy. Love everybody, forgive your enemies, all that stuff.
- Two puffs will make you curious about just about everything, including the horrible death that is probably coming your way for you to have lit this baby in the first place. "This is going to be great," you tell yourself. "I am about to experience an energy shift to a new plane of existence. What will it be like? Will I make new friends? Do they have beer?"
- After | 1,155 | wow-train |
I like to plant flowers! | Narcissus (plant)
Narcissus is a genus of predominantly spring perennial plants of the amaryllis family, Amaryllidaceae. Various common names including daffodil, daffadowndilly, narcissus and jonquil are used to describe all or some members of the genus. "Narcissus" has conspicuous flowers with six petal-like tepals surmounted by a cup- or trumpet-shaped corona. The flowers are generally white or yellow (also orange or pink in garden varieties), with either uniform or contrasting coloured tepals and corona.
"Narcissus" were well known | and Spanish. I loved to play in the park near to my house with my cousins and friends, we used to plant flowers and pick up flowers to decorate our houses, we were like the guardians of the park, and I also loved to dress up like a model and imagine that I was a super model." She learned that, "I learned to love nature with my friends; we were so worried about the plants and animals. And I also to respect every living thing on earth." | 1,156 | wow-train |
Do you know the benefits of taking a Vitamin C supplement?
Not a whole lot but I do have a cold right now and I've been told that Vitamin C might shorten its length.
i see a lot of supplements that combine it with Zinc for colds. Have you ever tried that?
No I haven't, but if it will help my throat and sinuses... it will make the common cold a fair bit less annoying.
I've tried Zicam before, but I think that is just Zinc. I've been reading that you need to either eat the Vitamin C via foods OR make sure you get a whole foods Vit C supplement. | Influenza
Influenza, commonly known as the flu, is an infectious disease caused by an influenza virus. Symptoms can be mild to severe. The most common symptoms include: high fever, runny nose, sore throat, muscle pains, headache, coughing, sneezing, and feeling tired. These symptoms typically begin two days after exposure to the virus and most last less than a week. The cough, however, may last for more than two weeks. In children, there may be diarrhea and vomiting, but these are | enemy of George Miller but I thought that he tried to take credit for "Babe", tried to exclude me from any credit, and it made me very insecure... It was like your guru has told you that you are no good and that is really disconcerting."
Miller shot back, "Chris said something that is defamatory: that I took his name off the credits on internet sites, which is just absolutely untrue. You know, I'm sorry but I really have a lot more to do with | 1,157 | wow-train |
Collies are such great dogs, especially with how much I love herding dogs.
How long has the Collies breed of dog been around?
I'm not sure, but I do know that they are usually medium sized dogs with pointed snouts which I love.
What other herding dog breeds are there? | Australian Cattle Dog
The Australian Cattle Dog (ACD), or simply Cattle Dog, is a breed of herding dog originally developed in Australia for droving cattle over long distances across rough terrain. This breed is a medium-sized, short-coated dog that occurs in two main colour forms. It has either brown or black hair distributed fairly evenly through a white coat, which gives the appearance of a "red" or "blue" dog.
As with dogs from other working breeds, the Australian Cattle Dog | Collie
Collies form a distinctive type of herding dogs, including many related landraces and standardised breeds. The type originated in Scotland and Northern England. Collies are medium-sized, fairly lightly built dogs, with pointed snouts. Many types have a distinctive white color over the shoulders. Collies are very active and agile, and most types of collies have a very strong herding instinct. Collie breeds have spread through many parts of the world (especially Australia and North America), and have diversified into many varieties, sometimes mixed | 1,158 | wow-train |
I love to swim in the ocean! That salt water is so good for your skin.
I love to swim in the ocean as well, but am a little scared of the creatures that lurk below the water.
I understand. I worry about jellyfish also called jellies.
I had some relatives all stung by jellyfish when they were swimming in the ocean. What's your favorite ocean to swim in? | Ocean
An ocean () is a body of water that composes much of a planet's hydrosphere. On Earth, an ocean is one of the major conventional divisions of the World Ocean. These are, in descending order by area, the Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern (Antarctic), and Arctic Oceans. The word "ocean" is often used interchangeably with "sea" in American English. Strictly speaking, a "sea" is a body of water (generally a division of the world ocean) | times as long as the larvae they prey on. This is true regardless of whether the predator is a crustacean, a jellyfish, or a fish.
Dispersal.
Fish larvae develop first an ability to swim up and down the water column for short distances. Later they develop an ability to swim horizontally for much longer distances. These swimming developments affect their dispersal.
In 2010, a group of scientists reported that fish larvae can drift on ocean currents and reseed fish stocks at a distant location. This finding demonstrates | 1,159 | wow-train |
I just can't go to sleep early! I love to stay up until really late at night, which makes me a night owl!
I am more of an early bird. I go to bed rather early and wake up early too. | Researchers traditionally use the terms "morningness" and "eveningness" for the two chronotypes or diurnality and nocturnality in animal behavior. In several countries, especially in Scandinavia, early birds are called "A-people" and night owls are called "B-people".
Etymology.
The term is derived from the primarily nocturnal habits of the owl. Most owls sleep during the day and hunt for food at night.
Characteristics.
Usually, people who are night owls stay awake past midnight, and extreme | Night owl (person)
A night owl, evening person or simply owl, is a person who tends to stay up until late at night, or the early hours of the morning. Night owls who are involuntarily unable to fall asleep for several hours after a normal time may have delayed sleep phase syndrome.
The opposite of a night owl is an early bird – a lark as opposed to an owl – which is someone who tends to begin sleeping at a time that is considered early and also wakes early. | 1,160 | wow-train |
I started dating after my ex jilted me
stage of romantic relationships in humans whereby two people meet socially with the aim of each assessing the other's suitability
Have you dated b4?
Dating is a form of courtship, consisting of social activities done by the couple, either alone or with others.
At what age is one eligible to date?
protocols and practices of dating, and the terms used to describe it, vary
I think 18 Yeats should be the suitable time to date | are romantically or sexually compatible by participating in dates with the other. With the use of modern technology, people can date via telephone or computer or meet in person.
Dating may also involve two or more people who have already decided that they share romantic or sexual feelings toward each other. These people will have dates on a regular basis, and they may or may not be having sexual relations. This period of courtship is sometimes seen as a precursor to engagement. Some cultures require people to wait until a certain age | Dating
Dating is a stage of romantic relationships in humans whereby two people meet socially with the aim of each assessing the other's suitability as a prospective partner in an intimate relationship. It is a form of courtship, consisting of social activities done by the couple, either alone or with others. The protocols and practices of dating, and the terms used to describe it, vary considerably from country to country and over time. While the term has several meanings, the most frequent usage refers to two people exploring whether they | 1,161 | wow-train |
One of my favorite foods is pizza. Pizza as we know it was invented in Naples, Italy and it has become popular worldwide.
I'm eating pizza right now! I had no idea which part of Italy it was from.
Lucky You! The name pizza was actually found in a manuscript in Southern Italy dating from the 10th century. That's an ancient lunch you're having!
I thought I had heard before that the modern style of pizza was developed in the United States, and that the Italian version is a lot different.
It depends which type of pizza you mean. New York style pizza is more neapolitan in design, whereas e.g. deep dish Chicago pizza is not at all similar.
I don't even consider Chicago style as pizza. That's more of a tomato cake. You can't even hold a slice without making a mess. | Chicago-style pizza
Chicago-style pizza is pizza prepared according to several different styles developed in Chicago. The most famous is deep-dish pizza. The pan in which it is baked gives the pizza its characteristically high edge which provides ample space for large amounts of cheese and a chunky tomato sauce. Chicago-style pizza may be prepared in deep-dish style and as a stuffed pizza.
Deep-dish pizza.
According to Tim Samuelson, Chicago's official cultural historian, there is not enough documentation | called pizzettas.
The term "pizza" was first recorded in the 10th century in a Latin manuscript from the Southern Italian town of Gaeta in Lazio, on the border with Campania. Modern pizza was invented in Naples, and the dish and its variants have since become popular in many countries. It has become one of the most popular foods in the world and a common fast food item in Europe and North America, available at pizzerias (restaurants specializing in pizza), restaurants offering Mediterranean cuisine, and via pizza delivery | 1,162 | wow-train |
I love dogs! | was the first species to be domesticated and has been selectively bred over millennia for various behaviors, sensory capabilities, and physical attributes.
Their long association with humans has led dogs to be uniquely attuned to human behavior and they are able to thrive on a starch-rich diet that would be inadequate for other canid species. Dogs vary widely in shape, size and colors. They perform many roles for humans, such as hunting, herding, pulling loads, protection, assisting police and military, companionship and, more recently | on All Music; Voice network "All Music".
2007: "Reservoir Dogs", Uno Italy; "I Love Rock 'n'Roll", All Music; "I Love Rock 'n'Roll, on the streets of California, All Music; Voice network "All Music"
2008: "Reservoir Dogs" (Italy A); "I Love Rock 'n'Roll" (All Music); "Scalo 76", "Cargo" and "Stracult Show" on RAI 2
2009: sent to | 1,163 | wow-train |
I am thinking about starting a vegetarian diet. This means I would not consume the flesh of any animal.
That sounds healthy! What are the advantages of a vegetarian diet over eating animal protein?
I'm not sure of the specifics, but health is only one reason for adopting a vegetarian lifestyle. Other motivations are political, cultural, or economic.
What would be an example of some of these reason? Is it cheaper to eat a vegetarian diet?
Yes and no. While many people save money from not buying meat, supplementing the vitamins and protein meat gives you can be expensive.
That is true. Supplements are crazy expensive. What political reasons are the for this kind of diet? Is it because people don't want to harm animals?
People argue that animals have the same rights as humans. There is an activist movement, eco feminism, that believes oppression of animals and women are linked.
Really? I had never heard that before! Do you know the reasoning for their thinking that it is linked? Seems like a stretch to me. | , which states that the ways in which the privileged dominates the oppressed should include the way humans dominate nature. A major theme within ecofeminism is the belief that there is a strong connection between the domination of women and the domination of nature, and that both must be eradicated in order to end oppression.
Vegetarian ecofeminism extends beyond ecofeminism because it believes that the way in which humans exploit and kill nonhuman animals should be distinctly recognized, and that the oppression of humans is linked to the oppression of nonhuman animals. The concept | Vegetarian diet.
Hinduism does not require a vegetarian diet, but many Hindus avoid eating meat because they believe that it minimizes hurting other life forms. Vegetarianism is considered "satvic", that is purifying the body and mind lifestyle in some Hindu texts.
Lacto-vegetarianism is favored, which includes milk-based foods and all other non-animal derived foods, but it excludes meat and eggs. There are three main reasons for this: the principle of nonviolence (ahimsa) applied to animals, the intention | 1,164 | wow-train |
I have a parrot and there are 393 species of parrots
Oh cool! What variety of parrot do you have? Does it like to talk/mimic you?
I have a african grey but the biggest diversity of parrots is in South American
Is an african grey one of the bigger parrots? Is it grey or still colorful? Does it say any words after you?
Grey in color and speaks perfectly but many parrots are brightly colored and mutli colored
What is the variety of the typical really colorful parrot most people are used to seeing? Are there any endangered species?
Not sure with 300+ species but their diet is mainly seeds, fruits, nuts and plant material
Oh neat. I follow a similar diet. ha ha. Is it hard to own one? | specialised for feeding on floral nectar and soft fruits. Almost all parrots nest in tree hollows (or nest boxes in captivity), and lay white eggs from which hatch altricial (helpless) young.
Parrots, along with ravens, crows, jays, and magpies, are among the most intelligent birds, and the ability of some species to imitate human voices enhances their popularity as pets. Trapping wild parrots for the pet trade, as well as hunting, habitat loss, and competition from invasive species, has diminished wild | These parrots are found in the primary and secondary rainforest of West and Central Africa. They are among the most intelligent birds in the world. They feed primarily on palm nuts, seeds, fruits, and leafy matter, but have also been observed eating snails. Their inclination and ability to mimic speech and other sounds have made them popular pets.
Taxonomy and systematics.
Two species are accepted:
- Grey parrot, Congo grey parrot, African grey parrot or Congo African grey parrot ("Psittacus erithacus" | 1,165 | wow-train |
I have a friend who has several tattoos. She calls them sleeves.
There is actually a difference between a sleeve and an arm covered in tattoos.
Really? What is the difference?
A sleeve tattoo has a unified theme where as someone with a bunch of different arm tattoos doesn't quailify techincally.
Who decides what is and isn't a sleeve though?
If they are different styles and themes from each other it isnt a sleeve. A sleeve goes together not a bunch of random things.
What else do you know about sleeve tattoos? | to the tattoo's size similarity in coverage to a long shirt sleeve on an article of clothing. In this manner, the term is also used as a verb; for example, "getting sleeved" means to have one's entire arm tattooed. The term is also sometimes used in reference to a large leg tattoo that covers a person's leg in a similar manner.
Half-sleeves or quarter-sleeves are tattoos that cover only part of an arm, usually above the elbow, but can also be found | Sleeve tattoo
A sleeve tattoo (or tattoo sleeve) is a large tattoo, or a collection of smaller tattoos, that has a unified theme, that covers most or all of a person's arm, usually from shoulder to wrist.
There is a difference between an arm covered in tattoos and a sleeve tattoo. A sleeve tattoo has a unified theme, whereas an arm covered in tattoos may have many tattoos of different styles that does not have an overall unity.
The term "sleeve" is a reference | 1,166 | wow-train |
I'd love to work at a brewery. | Brewery
A brewery or brewing company is a business that makes and sells beer. The place at which beer is commercially made is either called a brewery or a beerhouse, where distinct sets of brewing equipment are called plant. The commercial brewing of beer has taken place since at least 2500 BC; in ancient Mesopotamia, brewers derived social sanction and divine protection from the goddess Ninkasi. Brewing was initially a cottage industry, with production taking place at home; by the ninth century monasteries and farms would produce beer on a larger | , "I'd like to normalize the idea that women can and do work in the brewhouse along with other departments in a brewery."
The first year, 2014, over 60 women in five different countries brewed a pale ale called Unite. In 2015, there were 80 women from eleven different countries involved who worked together to brew Unite red ale. In South Africa, Apiwe Nxusani-Mawela, helped organize the first IWCBD event in Johannesburg. For 2016, the type of beer brewed was a gose. | 1,167 | wow-train |
Have you ever been in a choir? It is a musical ensemble of singers
Yes I have in high school, I have to admit I did not enjoy it much
Did you not like your choir group or chorus at all? Were the other singers frustrating to be around?
No it was a personal preference thing. The other people were fine. I was in the Bass section. What other types of singers are there? | . The former term is very often applied to groups affiliated with a church (whether or not they actually occupy the choir) and the second to groups that perform in theatres or concert halls, but this distinction is far from rigid. Choirs may sing without instrumental accompaniment, with the accompaniment of a piano or pipe organ, with a small ensemble (e.g., harpsichord, cello and double bass for a Baroque piece), or with a full orchestra of 70 to 100 musicians.
The term "Choir" has the | if you were out there, or even if I was within range; and for your part, you couldn't have known very much about friendly locations. None of us did. It almost seems like a compilation of the worst possible factors regarding fire support, except one: you had the support and I needed it. This fact was abundantly clear to us all and you lost no time in getting it to me.
It is unfortunate that a battlefield assessment could not be made to determine just how much damage NGF | 1,168 | wow-train |
Singing is one of my hobbies, how about you?
You can cal me a singer or vocalist because i am a person that loves to sing
Yeah! Music is a food for the soul
Which song is your favorite. I love Yeah. A song by American singer Usher.
' Rnb' is my type of song ,I love R-Kelly ,Joe, boys 2 men et al
I see. But seems you like those you should like Usher too. He sang "Burn" as well which was co written with American songwriters Jermaine Dupri, Bryan-Michael Cox.
Yeah I love that song ,usher is truly a great singer.his tone of voice is out of this world...
Many people love him. He was a true Texas born.
Did you know when he was born? | Jay Boy Adams
James Wallace "Jay Boy" Adams (born December 8, 1949) is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist from Lubbock and San Antonio, Texas, known particularly for storytelling in his songs.
Early years.
Adams was born in Fort Worth but reared in Colorado City, the seat of Mitchell County south of Snyder in West Texas, where his father was the local Chevrolet dealer and a rancher. Upon graduation in 1967 from Colorado City High School, he entered the University of North | brought me back to, 'Yeah, that's what I used to do to my Whitney Houston record and my Mariah Carey record and my Etta James record.' It brings you back to a place where it becomes your personal responsibility to infuse the next generation with more information about learning every intricate note. That's why a song called 'Sing for Me' is a special song. It's one of those singer's songs where if you're not a vocalist you can't mess with that song.
Composition | 1,169 | wow-train |
My parents divorced when I was little. It was ugly, but they felt the need to terminate their marriage.
Really?
Yes, really. They had to go to court to determine alimony, child custody and child support. It was a long process.
What happened? Why did they have to divorce? | spouses informally stop cohabiting). Reasons for divorce vary, from sexual incompatibility or lack of independence for one or both spouses to a personality clash.
The only countries that do not allow divorce are the Philippines, the Vatican City and the British Crown Dependency of Sark. In the Philippines, divorce for non-Muslim Filipinos is not legal unless the husband or wife is an alien and satisfies certain conditions. The Vatican City is an ecclesiastical state, which has no procedure for divorce. Countries that have relatively recently legalized divorce | because there was no evident stress from any child in relation to any of these things until they were questioned [by their parents]." Le Page said that in his experience, children and adults who had been abused usually expressed distress when recounting their experiences of abuse. "It's not until they really come to terms with what has happened to them that their emotions will stabilise." The complainants showed little or no distress when describing acts of abuse during their interviews and when later testifying in court.
Le Page | 1,170 | wow-train |
Hi! How are you? I love do draw, do you? It is one of the easiest ways to show ideas in visual form.
Hello. Yes I find drawing to be very relaxing.
Me too. It reminds me of when I was little. I would draw and listen to the Australian children's group called Hi-5.
I've never heard of them, are they a good group?
It was when I was a child. It consists of five performers. They teach you with different songs and fun things.
That sounds cool. So they were like an educational group.
They were. It was a cool thing they had going. They did the show, but were also recognized as a musical band out side of the show.
Neat! Was the name of the show Hi-5 also? | The Monkees
The Monkees are an American rock and pop band originally active between 1966 and 1971, with reunion albums and tours in the decades that followed. Their original line-up consisted of the American actor/musicians Micky Dolenz, Michael Nesmith, and Peter Tork with English actor/singer Davy Jones. The group was conceived in 1965 by television producers Bob Rafelson and Bert Schneider specifically for the situation comedy series "The Monkees", which aired from 1966 to 1968. The band's music was initially supervised by record | in India we don’t have step-mothers - yes she was Aussie. And I mean this was one of those things. The way people speak was different.” Last, Jeremy described his experience as “Yeah, like in Chinese background we normally do not stare at people - when talking to people - so eye contact is quite different and when I walk down the street - like random people say hi, how are you? To me - so which I found it was quite interesting because we Chinese we do | 1,171 | wow-train |
I was born in the United States, but my father was born in Australia.
Really, Australia is the worlds sixth largest country
I didn't know that. How many people live there?
I don't know but I know the neighboring coutries are New Guinea, Solomen Islands and Indonesia
How many beaches are there in Australia?
Lots of beaches and the largest city is Sydney
What kinds of mammals are there in Australia? | heavily concentrated on the eastern seaboard. Australia's capital is Canberra, and its largest city is Sydney. The country's other major metropolitan areas are Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, and Adelaide.
Indigenous Australians inhabited the continent for about 65,000 years prior to European discovery with the arrival of Dutch explorers in the early 17th century, who named it New Holland. In 1770, Australia's eastern half was claimed by Great Britain and initially settled through penal transportation to the colony of New South Wales from 26 January 1788, a | for the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia: "Both my wife and I were so horrified along with so many other people in this country by the extent of the bush fires because I know every year Australia suffers from dreadful events, but this year somehow it's even more dreadful... We just wanted people to know how deeply we feel for all those families who have suffered so terribly... The sheer extent of the horrors is hard to comprehend I think to people who don't live in Australia or know Australia." | 1,172 | wow-train |
Have you ever worked in a factory?
No I have not, but my uncle did. Factories arose with the introduction of machinery during the Industrial Revolution.
I know that factory work is hard work. especially back in the Industrial Revolution time
This was an important transition of going from hand production to machine production.
Yes it was and now basically machines can do all the work for us
The Industrial Revolution began in Great Britain.
Interesting I didn't know that | growth.
Textiles were the dominant industry of the Industrial Revolution in terms of employment, value of output and capital invested. The textile industry was also the first to use modern production methods.
The Industrial Revolution began in Great Britain, and many of the technological innovations were of British origin. By the mid-18th century Britain was the world's leading commercial nation, controlling a global trading empire with colonies in North America and the Caribbean, and with political influence on the Indian subcontinent, particularly Bengal Subah, through the activities | Factory
A factory, manufacturing plant or a production plant is an industrial site, usually consisting of buildings and machinery, or more commonly a complex having several buildings, where workers manufacture goods or operate machines processing one product into another.
Factories arose with the introduction of machinery during the Industrial Revolution when the capital and space requirements became too great for cottage industry or workshops. Early factories that contained small amounts of machinery, such as one or two spinning mules, and fewer than a dozen workers have been called "glorified | 1,173 | wow-train |
An ugly skunk won't stop creeping about my house for the past month.
Oh no! If you don't scare it, it won't spray it's strong smell at you. But if it had babies....
Yes thats what I am worried about! I should call animal control and get this sorted.
Yes you should! I'm curious. All the skunks here are black/white. I've heard some are brown or ginger. What color is this one?
Its a mixture of brown and ginger, but I havent been able to fully see it since it comes in the dark of the night. The pesky animal! | Striped skunk
The striped skunk ("Mephitis mephitis") is a skunk of the genus "Mephitis" that is native to southern Canada, the United States and northern Mexico. It is currently listed as least concern by the IUCN on account of its wide range and ability to adapt to human-modified environments.
It is a polygamous omnivore with few natural predators, save for birds of prey. The striped skunk has a long history of association with humans, having been trapped and captively bred for its fur and | and I was asked to do a couple of things. Normally my initial reaction would be to say no but I thought I'm never going to get away from it and people still recognise me from it. I am very proud I was in it, it's amazing it had reached the 50-year milestone and I should embrace it. So, that is when I started to feel differently about it and when they rang and asked me this time I said yes."
On 4 October 2014, it was reported that | 1,174 | wow-train |
I drive my moped everyday, its basically just a small motorcycle!
oh yea? ive never owned one
Yes, some look like the step through design with is more common. Others are a step over design, making them look more like a motorcycle frame!
oh wow thats cool | directly between the saddle and the head tube. Some resemble motorized bicycles. Most are similar to a regular motorcycle but with pedals and a crankset that may be used with or instead of motor drive. Although mopeds usually have two wheels, some jurisdictions classify low-powered three- or (rarely) four-wheeled vehicles as a moped.
In some countries a moped can be any motorcycle with an engine capacity below 50cc.
Etymology.
The word "moped" was coined by the Swedish journalist Harald Nielsen in 1952 | Moped
A moped ( ) is a type of small motorcycle with bicycle pedals, generally having a less stringent licensing requirement than full motorcycles or automobiles. Mopeds typically travel only a bit faster than bicycles on public roads, and possess both a motorcycle engine and pedals for propulsion. Mopeds are distinguished from scooters in that latter tends to be more powerful and subject to more regulation.
Some mopeds have a step-through frame design, while others have motorcycle frame designs, including a backbone and a raised fuel tank, mounted | 1,175 | wow-train |
I drank a lot of Rum and coke last night. I think it is my favorite drink now!
I like coca cola a lot, but not so much rum, what rum did you use?
I like Bacardi. It is not so expensive. Do you know anything interesting about Rum?
Bacardi is actually th largest family owned spirit company in the world!
Yeah, I can imagine! I have been around it since I was a baby. Not actually drinking since I was a baby, lol. But it has been in my house growing up. What else do you know about it?
Bacardi is known for over 200 brands and labels!
They know what they are doing! I knew there was a reason it was my rum of choice. | Bacardi
Bacardi Limited (; ; ) is the largest privately held, family-owned spirits company in the world. Originally known for its eponymous Bacardi white rum, it now has a portfolio of more than 200 brands and labels. Founded in 1862, and family-owned for seven generations, Bacardi employs 6,000 people, manufactures at 29 facilities in 16 markets on four continents, with sales in more than 150 countries. Bacardi Limited refers to the Bacardi group of companies, including Bacardi International Limited. The company sells in excess | : "I haven't met them (The Pogues) before but I don't like to meet people like that. I don't know whether meeting your idols actually enlightens you that much. I just bought their album "Rum Sodomy & the Lash" because I'd lost it years ago. I've been listening to that so I've really wanted to go see them live. I never think it's worth meeting these people. I've met a few of my idols and I never know what to say to | 1,176 | wow-train |
I love roses, a woody perennial flower plant. They are so beautiful and smell nice.
I have seen roses, but i don't know very much about them. They have thorns, right?
Yes they do. Their flowers also vary in size and shape, but are usually large and showy. Colors can range from white to yellow to red.
Interesting. Can i grow roses inside my apartment? I need something to keep me from being depressed. | , North America, and northwestern Africa. Species, cultivars and hybrids are all widely grown for their beauty and often are fragrant. Roses have acquired cultural significance in many societies. Rose plants range in size from compact, miniature roses, to climbers that can reach seven meters in height. Different species hybridize easily, and this has been used in the development of the wide range of garden roses.
Etymology.
The name "rose" comes from French, itself from Latin "rosa", which was perhaps borrowed | Rose
A rose is a woody perennial flowering plant of the genus Rosa, in the family Rosaceae, or the flower it bears. There are over three hundred species and thousands of cultivars. They form a group of plants that can be erect shrubs, climbing, or trailing, with stems that are often armed with sharp prickles. Flowers vary in size and shape and are usually large and showy, in colours ranging from white through yellows and reds. Most species are native to Asia, with smaller numbers native to Europe | 1,177 | wow-train |
I like watching Anime, or Japanimation, cartoons in my free time! Have you ever watched them?
I did when I was younger. I enjoyed watching Dragonball Z.
It's hard to believe, but the earliest Japanese anime dates way back to 1917, but it has become increasingly popular over the last few decades!
Wow, I didn't know that. What is considered to be the most popular Japanese anime? | or quintessentially Japanese may be related to a new form of Orientalism.
The earliest commercial Japanese animation dates to 1917, and Japanese anime production has since continued to increase steadily. The characteristic anime art style emerged in the 1960s with the works of Osamu Tezuka and spread internationally in the late twentieth century, developing a large domestic and international audience. Anime is distributed theatrically, by way of television broadcasts, directly to home media, and over the Internet. It is classified into numerous genres targeting diverse broad and niche audiences. | I would be up here, winning a Razzie! It's not like I ever aspired to be here, but thank you. When I was a kid, my mother told me that if you could not be a good loser, then there's no way you could be a good winner."
Her next film appearance was in the Oprah Winfrey-produced ABC television movie "Their Eyes Were Watching God" (2005), an adaptation of Zora Neale Hurston's novel, with Berry portraying a free-spirited | 1,178 | wow-train |
I work in a grocery store during the day. Do you have many chain grocery stores where you live?
I love the grocery store. Not sure how many. But I love buying food.
Me too! Grocery stores are so convenient because you can find everything you need in one place. Some even sell beer and liquor! Does yours?
Yes, the are a bulk seller of food.
They certainly are! I wonder how long the modern grocery store concept has been around. Do you know? | Grocery store
A grocery store or grocer's shop is a retail shop that primarily sells food. A grocer is a bulk seller of food.
Grocery stores also offer non-perishable foods that are packaged in bottles, boxes, and cans; some also have bakeries, butchers, delis, and fresh produce. Large grocery stores that stock significant amounts of non-food products, such as clothing and household items, are called supermarkets. Some large supermarkets also include a pharmacy, and customer service, redemption, and | Be particular. Never sell anything you would not want yourself.” He experimented with making his own products, such as bread, so that customers would not need to go to a separate bakery.
In 1884 Kroger opened his second store. By 1902, the Kroger Grocery and Baking Company had been incorporated. By this time, the company had grown to forty stores and sold $1.75 million worth of merchandise each year. In addition, Kroger became the first grocery chain to have its own bakery.
In 1916 | 1,179 | wow-train |
I didn't realize the term 'burger' works for any meat patty - I really love hamburgers on the grill.
I do too! What is your favorite kind of meat to use? | called a cheeseburger.
The term "burger" can also be applied to the meat patty on its own, especially in the United Kingdom, where the term "patty" is rarely used, or the term can even refer simply to ground beef. Since the term hamburger usually implies beef, for clarity "burger" may be prefixed with the type of meat or meat substitute used, as in beef burger, turkey burger, bison burger, or veggie burger.
Hamburgers are sold at fast-food restaurants, | Japan, the term "burger" can refer simply to the patty, be it beef, some other kind of meat, or vegetarian.
Variations Australia and New Zealand.
Fast food franchises sell American style fast food hamburgers in Australia and New Zealand. The traditional Australasian hamburgers are usually bought from fish and chip shops or milk bars. The hamburger meat is almost always ground beef, or "mince" as it is more commonly referred to in Australia and New Zealand. They commonly include tomato, lettuce, grilled onion | 1,180 | wow-train |
What is parenting
it refers to the intricacies of raising a child, there can be more than one child. the child also doesn't have to biological to be a parent.
From what age can someone cease to be a child
It just depends on what state you are in but in most states it ranges from 16 to 18 years old.
OK l will like to know more about a child
Children can be raised by all kinds of parents in all kinds of home settings.
Home settings like | friend. Governments and society may also have a role in child-rearing. In many cases, orphaned or abandoned children receive parental care from non-parent or non-blood relations. Others may be adopted, raised in foster care, or placed in an orphanage. Parenting skills vary, and a parent or surrogate with good parenting skills may be referred to as a "good parent".
Parenting styles vary by historical time period, race/ethnicity, social class, and other social features. Additionally, research | Parenting
Parenting or child rearing is the process of promoting and supporting the physical, emotional, social, and intellectual development of a child from infancy to adulthood. Parenting refers to the intricacies of raising a child and not exclusively for a biological relationship.
The most common caretaker in parenting is the father or mother, or both, biological parent(s) of the child in question, although a surrogate may be an older sibling, a grandparent, a legal guardian, aunt, uncle or other family member, or a family | 1,181 | wow-train |
I have blond hair as do both of my daughters. What color is your hair?
I actually have dark brown hair but I have gotten blonde highlights. Is it hard to manage your hair?
No, it's actually pretty easy. I do add highlights on a somewhat regular basis though. I wonder which color hair most people have?
I see ALOT of blondes but I think brunettes are the most popular. Do you find that the sun naturally lightens your blonde hair?
The sun did lighten my hair when I was younger but now it seems to require a little help from my stylist! lol | Blond
Blond or fair hair is a hair color characterized by low levels of the dark pigment eumelanin. The resultant visible hue depends on various factors, but always has some yellowish color. The color can be from the very pale blond (caused by a patchy, scarce distribution of pigment) to reddish "strawberry" blond or golden-brownish ("sandy") blond colors (the latter with more eumelanin). Because hair color tends to darken with age, natural blond hair is generally rare in adulthood. Naturally | 'Yay!' [I was] bowing down to her; she's dope!" Minaj has also expressed appreciation for Cyndi Lauper's style and how her videos inspired her as a teenager: "When I first went to get my hair colored, I was about 14 and I wanted blonde highlights. The beautician said, 'No, you have to get your mother on the phone,' and I was just crying and begging. I've always been experimenting. Cyndi Lauper's videos – that's what intrigued | 1,182 | wow-train |
I love the color blue it is one of the many primary colors of pigments.
i really love blue! it's my favorite color
Pink is one of my favorites as well especially with my flowers.
I'm not a big fan of pink. it's too girly for me
Pink is a little girly lol but if you like blue you have to like violet which is close to blue on the spectrum and also close to pink in color.
so is violet and purple the same? i can never tell the difference
Yes they are very similar both are between blue and close to red.
but they are not the same? | Blue
Blue is one of the three primary colours of pigments in painting and traditional colour theory, as well as in the RGB colour model. It lies between violet and green on the spectrum of visible light. The eye perceives blue when observing light with a dominant wavelength between approximately 450 and 495 nanometres. Most blues contain a slight mixture of other colours; azure contains some green, while ultramarine contains some violet. The clear daytime sky and the deep sea appear blue because of an optical effect known as Rayleigh scattering. | of my melody and wears dark colors.
Kuromi's birthday is October 31 (Halloween). Although Kuromi has a rowdy free spirit, she is actually quite girly on the inside and has a soft spot for cute and handsome guys. Kuromi enjoys keeping a diary and reading romance novels. Her favorite color is black and her favorite food is shallots.
Characters 2000s My Sweet Piano (2005).
is a female sheep whose charming point is her fluffy baby pink fur. She was introduced as My Melody's best | 1,183 | wow-train |
Have you seen The Last of the Mohicans? It's my favorite movie.
I did! Such a great American historical drama!
Do you know what time period the movie takes place in? | The Last of the Mohicans (1992 film)
The Last of the Mohicans is a 1992 American epic historical drama film set in 1757 during the French and Indian War. It was written and directed by Michael Mann and was based on James Fenimore Cooper's 1826 novel "The Last of the Mohicans: A Narrative of 1757" and George B. Seitz's 1936 film adaptation, owing more to the film than the novel. The film stars Daniel Day-Lewis, Madeleine Stowe, and Jodhi May, with Russell Means, | or not. But there are a lot of good actors out there who even look like Nathan Drake and who could do it. I love the project, I think it's a great adventure and it's a wild insane ride ... the game is and the movie will be. I mean it has pretty great character at its core, Nathan is a bit of a con man, a hustler ... knows his stuff, ballsy..it's great. Absolutely. And then you know you have to do what a movie | 1,184 | wow-train |
I have really bad allergies. That is when I have hypersensitivity to my immune system caused from something in the environment,
That's terrible. Are you ok? | Allergy
Allergies, also known as allergic diseases, are a number of conditions caused by hypersensitivity of the immune system to typically harmless substances in the environment. These diseases include hay fever, food allergies, atopic dermatitis, allergic asthma, and anaphylaxis. Symptoms may include red eyes, an itchy rash, sneezing, a runny nose, shortness of breath, or swelling. Food intolerances and food poisoning are separate conditions.
Common allergens include pollen and certain food. Metals and other substances may also cause problems. Food, | said:
That song was written based on me having a good day. You know, I can have 20 bad days. I can have as many bad days as anyone. But I choose to say, 'I'm just fine.' Right now. So it's OK to have those days. So instead of coming with something ungrateful to the universe, how about I come with something first that's says, 'You know what? It's OK. Enjoy this day if you're having a great | 1,185 | wow-train |
I'm was an orphan growing up. How about you? | List of orphans and foundlings
Notable orphans and foundlings include world leaders, celebrated writers, entertainment greats, figures in science and business, as well as innumerable fictional characters in literature and comics. While the exact definition of orphan varies, one legal definition is a child bereft through "death or disappearance of, abandonment or desertion by, or separation or loss from, both parents". According to the United Nations, the definition of an orphan is anyone that loses one parent, either through death or abandonment.
Figures | demonstrates how to cheat, steal, bow and scrape ("Survive").
- Act II
In the garden, Angel looks stunning in gems and furs; Orphan is also struck by the beauty of the garden ("I'm Glad to See You've Got What You Want"). The partiers arrive, and Mr. Rich expresses his joy, dancing wildly with Angel ("It's You Who Makes Me Young"). But he soon argues with Orphan about who owns the property, and orders | 1,186 | wow-train |
I'm bilingual! I can speak both English and Spanish.
I think it is a great skill to have to speak more than one language. It is called mulitlingualism and it is believed that there are more multilingual speaker in the world now than monolingual speakers.
Hm, that's interesting. Living in America, you would think that most people are monolingual. I wonder where most bilingual speakers live.
Aparently more than half of all european cities claim to be multilingual.
That's so cool. I've heard that bilingual people have different wiring in their brains compared to monolingual people. Makes me feel pretty special! | other.
People who know more than one language have been reported to be more adept at language learning compared to monolinguals.
Multilingualism in computing can be considered part of a continuum between internationalization and localization. Due to the status of English in computing, software development nearly always uses it (but see also Non-English-based programming languages). Some commercial software is initially available in an English version, and multilingual versions, if any, may be produced as alternative options based on the English original.
Definition | Multilingualism
Multilingualism is the use of more than one language, either by an individual speaker or by a group of speakers. It is believed that multilingual speakers outnumber monolingual speakers in the world's population. More than half of all Europeans claim to speak at least one language other than their mother tongue; but many read and write in one language. Always useful to traders, multilingualism is advantageous for people wanting to participate in globalization and cultural openness. Owing to the ease of access to information facilitated by the Internet, individuals | 1,187 | wow-train |
barbershop music is a dying breed.
Yes I agree! My dad was in a barbershop group. He sang in the cappella style with close harmony. There were 4 people in the group.
thats cool, seems lke you only see it in cartoons
This is true! It's not easy either. He sang the lead, so he would do the main melody. There was a tenor, bass, and baritone that would complete the sound.
yea they really have to sink together
My dads from who was the tenor always wanted to sing the melody, but it just didn't work. It resulted in awkward voice leading.
yea its really hard to pull off well. | usually sung by the tenor or baritone, except for an infrequent note or two to avoid awkward voice leading, in tags or codas, or when some appropriate embellishment can be created. One characteristic feature of barbershop harmony is the use of what is known as "snakes" and "swipes". This is when a chord is altered by a change in one or more non-melodic voices. Occasional passages may be sung by fewer than four voice parts.
Barbershop music is generally performed by either a barbershop quartet, | /Lockard (April 25, 1927 – May 19, 2003). In 1952 Lynn Evans replaced Schwartz and in 1953, Margie Needham replaced Osborn (who was having a baby), though Osborn later returned to the group. Nancy Overton also was a member of the group at a later time. Originally they sang folk music in the style of The Weavers, but eventually changed to a harmonizing style of the type known as barbershop harmony or close harmony. Part of this change seems to be influenced by Osborn's father | 1,188 | wow-train |
I really love spicy food.
really i love it, it makes a food taste good, it is also used for coloring or preserving food.
What are your favorite types of spices or spicy foods?
i have no favourite, but aan onga and maggi can do the deal, Spices are distinguished from herbs, which are the leaves, flowers, or stems of plants
Oh, what are onga and maggi? I'm not familiar with these. | Curry
Curry (plural curries) is a variety of dishes originating in the Indian subcontinent that use a complex combination of spices or herbs, usually including ground turmeric, cumin, coriander, ginger, and fresh or dried chilies. Curry is generally prepared in a sauce. Curry dishes prepared in the southern states of India, where the word also originated, may be spiced with leaves from the curry tree.
There are many varieties of dishes called 'curries'. For example, in original traditional cuisines, the precise | Outline of herbs and spices
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to herbs and spices:
What type of things are herbs and spices?
Herbs – leaves, flowers, or stems used for food, flavoring, medicine, or fragrances. Herbs are typically valued for their savory or aromatic properties.
Spices – seeds, fruits, roots, bark, or other plant substances primarily used for flavoring, coloring or preserving food.
Types of herbs and spices.
Types of herbs | 1,189 | wow-train |
Hi, I'm anemic so I take iron supplements, also known as iron salts and iron pills, every day.
Are those expensive? Sorry to hear you deal with that!
Luckily I have the generic prescription so its affordable. If I dont take it then I get constipation and abdominal pain, as well as weakness.
That does not sound fun at all, what causes that issue
My body just suffers from poor absorption of iron from natural food.
Oh that makes sense, is that a genetic issue? | Iron supplement
Iron supplements, also known as iron salts and iron pills, are a number of iron formulations used to treat and prevent iron deficiency including iron deficiency anemia. For prevention they are only recommended in those with poor absorption, heavy menstrual periods, pregnancy, hemodialysis, or a diet low in iron. Prevention may also be used in low birth weight babies. They are taken by mouth, injection into a vein, or injection into a muscle. While benefits may be seen in days up to two months may | be required until iron levels return to normal.
Common side effects include constipation, abdominal pain, dark stools, and diarrhea. Other side effects, which may occur with excessive use, include iron overload and iron toxicity. Ferrous salts used as supplements by mouth include ferrous fumarate, ferrous gluconate, ferrous succinate, and ferrous sulfate. Injectable forms include iron dextran and iron sucrose. They work by providing the iron needed for making red blood cells.
Iron pills have been used medically since at least 1681, with an | 1,190 | wow-train |
Horse training refers to a variety of practices that teach horses to perform certain behaviors
horse training must be a rewarding for the trainers to see the horse perform what they want them to do | Horse training
Horse training refers to a variety of practices that teach horses to perform certain behaviors when commanded to do so by humans. Horses are trained to be manageable by humans for everyday care as well as for equestrian activities from horse racing to therapeutic horseback riding for people with disabilities.
Historically, horses were trained for warfare, farm work, sport and transport. Today, most horse training is geared toward making horses useful for a variety of recreational and sporting equestrian pursuits. Horses are also trained for specialized jobs from | , such as show jumping, reining, rodeo, sport horse disciplines, training of a specific horse breed, starting young horses, or working with problem horses. There are a wide variety of horse training methods used to teach the horse to do the things humans want them to do. Some fields can be very lucrative, usually depending on the value of the horses once trained or prize money available in competition. However, as a rule, most horse trainers earn, at best, a modest income which often requires supplementation | 1,191 | wow-train |
I am quite good at math and science
I have been reading about STEM recently - it stands for Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics - have you heard of it?
Yup. In fact I got my undergrad in Computer Science
Awesome! It is so important for workforce development, national security concerns and immigration policy.
Yup. It is, literally, the driving force of the future of our world. Do you know of any jobs that would benefit from STEM education? | Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics
Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM), previously Science, Math, Engineering and Technology (SMET), is a term used to group together these academic disciplines. This term is typically used when addressing education policy and curriculum choices in schools to improve competitiveness in science and technology development. It has implications for workforce development, national security concerns and immigration policy. The "science" in STEM typically refers to two out of the three major branches of science: natural | Personal life.
Jack Andraka was born in Crownsville, Maryland and is of Polish ancestry. Andraka enrolled as a freshman at Stanford University for the 2015–2016 academic year.
Andraka has been openly gay since he was 13. When asked to be interviewed about his sexual orientation, Andraka responded, "That sounds awesome! I’m openly gay and one of my biggest hopes is that I can help inspire other LGBT youth to get involved in STEM [Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics]. I didn't have many | 1,192 | wow-train |
Do you like spaghetti and meatballs? It's an American dish that has spaghetti, tomato sauce, and meatballs
I do! Although, I admit, I mostly just like the meatballs. | Italian because, in Italy, meatballs are smaller and only served with egg-based baked pasta.
However, various kinds of pasta with meat are part of the culinary tradition of the Abruzzo, Apulia, Sicily, and other parts of southern Italy. A recipe for rigatoni with meatballs is in "Il cucchiaio d'argento" ("The Silver Spoon"), a comprehensive Italian cookbook known as the "bible" of Italian cooking.
In fact, in Abruzzo, chitarra alla teramana, is a long spaghetti- | Spaghetti with meatballs
Spaghetti and meatballs or spaghetti with meatballs is an Italian-American dish consisting of spaghetti, tomato sauce and meatballs.
History.
It is widely believed that spaghetti and meatballs was an innovation of early 20th-century Italian immigrants in New York City. The National Pasta Association (originally named the National Macaroni Manufacturers Association) is said to be the first organization to publish a recipe for it, in the 1920s.
Italian writers and chefs often mock the dish as pseudo-Italian or non- | 1,193 | wow-train |
I really like playing on the xbox
The Xbox 360 features an online service wich was what really got me into gaming
I prefer the One, but 360 was great too.
It competed with Sony's PlayStation 3 and Nintendo's Wii but in my opinion the xbox wins, i like the one too but i like more oldschool
I grew up on Playstation, but I only play Xbox now | Xbox (console)
The Xbox is a home video game console and the first installment in the Xbox series of consoles manufactured by Microsoft. It was released as Microsoft's first foray into the gaming console market on November 15, 2001, in North America, followed by Australia, Europe and Japan in 2002. It is classified as a sixth generation console, competing with Sony's PlayStation 2 and Nintendo's GameCube. It was also the first console produced by an American company since the Atari Jaguar ceased production in 1996. | Xbox 360
The Xbox 360 is a home video game console developed by Microsoft. As the successor to the original Xbox, it is the second console in the Xbox series. It competed with Sony's PlayStation 3 and Nintendo's Wii as part of the seventh generation of video game consoles. It was officially unveiled on MTV on May 12, 2005, with detailed launch and game information announced later that month at the 2005 Electronic Entertainment Expo.
The Xbox 360 features an online service, Xbox Live, which was expanded | 1,194 | wow-train |
Stephen King is such a great author.
Yes he is, he is considered the father of author of horror, supernatural fiction, suspense, science fiction, and fantasy novels and movies .
That's incredible! When was he born? | Stephen King
Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American author of horror, supernatural fiction, suspense, science fiction, and fantasy novels. His books have sold more than 350 million copies, many of which have been adapted into feature films, miniseries, television series, and comic books. King has published 58 novels (including seven under the pen name Richard Bachman) and six non-fiction books. He has written approximately 200 short stories, most of which have been published in book collections | List of awards and nominations received by Stephen King
Stephen King is an American author of contemporary horror, supernatural fiction, suspense, science fiction, crime fiction, and fantasy. His books have sold more than 350 million copies, many of which have been adapted into feature films, miniseries, television shows, and comic books. King has published 54 novels, including seven under the pen name Richard Bachman and six non-fiction books. He has written nearly 200 short stories, most of which have been collected in book | 1,195 | wow-train |
Hello, I live in Florida, the southernmost state of the United States. Have you ever been there?
Yes i actually live there also! | Florida
Florida () is the southernmost contiguous state in the United States. The state is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the northwest by Alabama, to the north by Georgia, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, and to the south by the Straits of Florida. Florida is the 22nd-most extensive (), the 3rd-most populous (21,312,211 inhabitants), and the 8th-most densely populated () of the U.S. states. Jacksonville is the most populous municipality in the | could be attributed in large part to some of his more incendiary comments such as those related to ... "cutting off homosexual's [sic] heads". The President responded, "Yes I did make those comments but did I actually cut off anyone's head? Have I ever arrested anyone for being gay? No, but Senegal has arrested and imprisoned someone for being gay and they receive the [Millennium Challenge Corporation]... There are gays here in the Gambia, I know that. But they live in secret and | 1,196 | wow-train |
I have been thinking of getting a parrot to live with me. | Parrot
Parrots, also known as psittacines , are birds of the roughly 393 species in 92 genera that make up the order Psittaciformes, found in most tropical and subtropical regions. The order is subdivided into three superfamilies: the Psittacoidea ("true" parrots), the Cacatuoidea (cockatoos), and the Strigopoidea (New Zealand parrots). Parrots have a generally pantropical distribution with several species inhabiting temperate regions in the Southern Hemisphere, as well. The greatest diversity of parrots is in South America and Australasia.
Characteristic | participated with the creative writing program at the University of California, Irvine, to pursue a Master of Fine Arts degree, which he received in 1970. Ford chose this course simply because "they admitted me. I remember getting the application for Iowa, and thinking they'd never have let me in. I'm sure I was right about that, too. But, typical of me, I didn't know who was teaching at Irvine. I didn't know it was important to know such things. I wasn't | 1,197 | wow-train |
I am an only child and have no siblings it has come great benefits!
I'll bet it does! I'm one of four, so I never had that experience. What did you like about being an only child?
I liked not having to share anything which caused alot less fighting!
Very nice! Did your parents ever think about having more kids? | Only child
An only child is a person with no siblings, either biological or adopted.
Children who have half-siblings or step-siblings, either living at the same house or a different house - especially those who were born considerably later - may have a similar family environment to only children, as may children who have much younger siblings from both of the same parents (generally ten or more years).
Overview.
Throughout history, only children were relatively uncommon. From around the middle of the | in spite of great ambitions, good intentions, and real effort, my hopes have nevertheless been completely ship-wrecked...You say, darling, that you would never have caused me hardship "intentionally"...I only regret the lack of any intention or desire – or rather insight – to be more to me, and that does not mean spending all your time with me, without wishing to share anything with me at the same time. But I am wrong to talk of these things. Your letters are so dear and | 1,198 | wow-train |
I find art to be a very exciting topic specially with all the master pieces out there.
It absolutely is. My undergraduate degree is English literature, so when it comes to theatre and fiction, I think these are all art forms!
Defenetly i find literature to be the best of arts, when did arts first srated?
I'd say as long as civilization has existed, because before the 17th century, art as a term just meant any skill that wasn't a craft or a science.
Well i think you are right in that aspect almost anything can be an art
Aha, now there you've touched on a topic of debate. For most people, art is meant to be appreciated for its beauty and emotional power. Not everything qualifies!
Well yeah i guess you are right to be honest im not very knowledgeble when it comes to arts other than Sculptures and paintings | , dance, and other performing arts, as well as literature and other media such as interactive media, are included in a broader definition of the arts. Until the 17th century, "art" referred to any skill or mastery and was not differentiated from crafts or sciences. In modern usage after the 17th century, where aesthetic considerations are paramount, the fine arts are separated and distinguished from acquired skills in general, such as the decorative or applied arts.
Though the definition of what constitutes art is disputed and has | Bell explained that "The way everyone reacts to the situation is different, and different types of concern and different types of fear, and different types of determination...and I think all of our characters are reacting in very different ways to that, which is the whole point of doing it. When one of your best friends comes out as a superhero, how do you react to that? And just trying to find out, “Oh, my friend changed, they’re different, and how do I feel about that | 1,199 | wow-train |
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