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Border Collies are such wonderful dogs. They're from the Anglo-Scottish border region!
Oh cool, so that's why they're called border collies!
Exactly! They were also bred for intelligence and obedience which is why they are so smart.
Oh awesome! How long ago were they bred?
Quite a while ago but I'm not sure the exact year. It's amazing how they are the most intelligent of all domestic dogs though.
Oh awesome! How long ago were they bred? | Border Collie
The Border Collie is a working and herding dog breed developed in the Scottish borders for herding livestock, especially sheep. It was specifically bred for intelligence and obedience.
Considered highly intelligent, extremely energetic, acrobatic and athletic, they frequently compete with great success in sheepdog trials and dog sports. They are often cited as the most intelligent of all domestic dogs. Border Collies continue to be employed in their traditional work of herding livestock throughout the world.
Description.
In general, Border Collies are medium | New Zealand Heading Dog
The New Zealand Heading Dog is a working and herding dog that uses its visual prowess and quick movement to control sheep. Bred from Border Collies, Heading Dogs are a sturdy, long-legged and even-haired breed. They are generally black and white in color, but may also be tan.
History.
The New Zealand Heading Dog is descended from the Border Collie, a breed of dog originally from the Scottish border. Early settlers brought these dogs to New Zealand to herd sheep | 2,000 | wow-train |
Muse has been around since 1994, are you familiar with their music?
Not at all, what are they like?
They have been classified as having a melancholic alternative rock style.
Sounds interesting, I might have to check them out.
Yes, I love the variety of instruments they use. Including piano, keyboards along with the traditional guitar, drums, and bass.
I really do like a lot of those instruments.
Their debut album featured the lead singers falsetto vocal style.
Hmm that's cool, I really will check them out now. | explored themes of government oppression and civil uprising and cemented Muse as one of the world's major stadium acts. Their seventh album, "Drones" (2015), was a concept album about drone warfare and returned to a harder rock sound. Their eighth album, "Simulation Theory" (2018), prominently featured synthesisers and was influenced by science fiction and the simulation hypothesis.
Muse have won numerous awards, including two Grammy Awards, two Brit Awards, five MTV Europe Music Awards and eight NME Awards. In | on a high note. He also said the band would return.
Artistry.
Artistry Musical style.
Scissor Sisters' music can be generally described as a mixture of glam rock, disco and alternative music. They appear to have been heavily influenced by Elton John (who co-wrote and played piano on "I Don't Feel Like Dancin'") despite Shears commenting that he was not familiar with his work prior to the release of their record. Shears has since stated that he has become a big fan | 2,001 | wow-train |
Hi, do you play the violin? | Violin
The violin, sometimes known as a fiddle, is a wooden string instrument in the violin family. Most violins have a hollow wooden body. It is the smallest and highest-pitched instrument in the family in regular use. Smaller violin-type instruments exist, including the violino piccolo and the kit violin, but these are virtually unused. The violin typically has four strings, usually tuned in perfect fifths with notes G3, D4, A4, E5, and is most commonly played by drawing a bow across its | very percussive sound such as a note played on a closed hi hat cymbal the perceptual attack time may be just a few milliseconds, while for a note bowed slowly on a violin the perceptual attack time may be as much as 50–100 milliseconds after the physical onset.
Applications.
Understanding the perceptual attack time of recorded sounds is important when scheduling those sounds to be played by a computer. For example, suppose you want
to play a melody on a series of notes from different instruments. If the notes' physical | 2,002 | wow-train |
I love netflix! what about you?
I adore netflix as well! Best thing ever.
It's an American entertainment company founded by someone named Reed Hastings and Marc Randolf on August 29, 1997
It seems like they really got in on the streamin fad at the right time for the business. I wonder if they knew what it would become?
Probably not! In 2013 it expanded into film and television production as well as online distribution
I did not see that coming from them or any company, but I am glad that they did. I watched them filiming Stranger Things in my town. They are very professional. | on the initial DVD rental business. Netflix expanded its business in 2010 with the introduction of streaming media while retaining the DVD and Blu-ray rental business. The company expanded internationally in 2010 with streaming available in Canada, followed by Latin America and the Caribbean. Netflix entered the content-production industry in 2012, debuting its first series "Lilyhammer".
Since 2012, Netflix has taken more of an active role as producer and distributor for both film and television series, and to that end, it offers a variety | List of accolades received by Netflix
Netflix is an American on-demand internet streaming media provider. The company founded by Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph on August 29, 1997, in Scotts Valley, California. It specializes in and provides streaming media and video-on-demand online and DVD by mail. In 2013, Netflix expanded into film and television production, as well as online distribution.
Due to the release of original content and its reception, Netflix became a contender for major awards. On July 18, | 2,003 | wow-train |
Cord cutting is something that I've done, at least with the TV for the most part.
oh i dont know what that is | Cord-cutting
In broadcast television, cord-cutting refers to the pattern of viewers, referred to as cord-cutters, cancelling their subscriptions to multichannel subscription television services available over cable or satellite, dropping pay television channels or reducing the number of hours of subscription TV viewed in response to competition from rival media available over the Internet such as Amazon Prime, Crunchyroll, Hulu, Netflix, Philo, Sling TV and YouTube Premium. This Internet content is either free or significantly cheaper than the same content provided via cable. | I nearly pulled out of it after I'd accepted it ... because I just thought, 'Oh God, how can I do this? There are so many amazing female detectives that have done it so well, I don't know what I can offer differently' ... so when it was received as well as it was, I thought maybe I had done something that is different and I've put my own ownership and my own stamp on it". In 2018, it was announced that the series would return for | 2,004 | wow-train |
Although I didn't grow up as an orphan, I am very interested in the emotional development of a child who grew up in the system.
I am an orphan because my parents are dead
I am very sorry to hear this. Did your parents die when you were young and did you grow up in an orphanage?
They dies when i was young that is why i love to watch Little Orphan Annie
Who raised you as a child? | has died, a "paternal orphan" is a child whose father has died, and a "double orphan" is a child who has lost both parents. This contrasts with the older use of "half-orphan" to describe children who had lost only one parent.
Populations.
Orphans are relatively rare in developed countries, because most children can expect both of their parents to survive their childhood. Much higher numbers of orphans exist in war-torn nations such as Afghanistan.
- 2001 figures from 2002 | bubbling over with things to say.
BB who grew up almost as an orphan showed deep love and care for his children. In a letter to his daughter Damayanti Basu Singh who just flew to the US for studies he wrote:
Rumi, since this morning, I am really worried. Have you kept your money and traveler’s cheques in a safe and handy place? I should’ve checked everything at the airport, but just didn’t remember to do so. Exchange the pounds I gave you in England. | 2,005 | wow-train |
Do you like dogs?
Love them. The official name for a domestic dog is actually canis lupus
Canis lupus familiaris or Canis familiaris depending on if dogs are considered a sub species of the gray wolf or not, actually. | Dog
The domestic dog ("Canis lupus familiaris" when considered a subspecies of the wolf or "Canis familiaris" when considered a distinct species) is a member of the genus "Canis" (canines), which forms part of the wolf-like canids, and is the most widely abundant terrestrial carnivore. The dog and the extant gray wolf are sister taxa as modern wolves are not closely related to the wolves that were first domesticated, which implies that the direct ancestor of the dog is extinct. The dog | Caninae.
- True dogs – Tribe
- Genus "Canis" (see also List of Canis species and subspecies which also includes some varieties)
- Gray wolf, "Canis lupus" (2.723 Mya to present)
- Domestic dog, "Canis lupus familiaris"
- Dingo, most often classified as "Canis lupus dingo"
- Many other subspecies
- Red wolf, "Canis rufus" (sometimes considered a subspecies of the gray wolf, but including several subtaxa of its own, including | 2,006 | wow-train |
I recently saw an armadillo scurrying around outside my house.
Those critters are interesting to watch! The word armadillo means "little armoured one" in Spanis
That is a really cute meaning for the name, and totally makes sense. Do you know what they eat? I'm hoping it'll stick around!
I am not sure I bet it depends upon their environment. All species are native to the Americas
Where are they the most prominent? It was my first time seeing one here.
They are definitely cute. There are similar names of animals that are also found in Europe
Oh really? What are the animals in Europe that are similar? | diverged some 35 million years ago, much more recently than previously assumed.
Distribution.
Like all of the Xenarthra lineages, armadillos originated in South America. Due to the continent's former isolation, they were confined there for most of the Cenozoic. The recent formation of the Isthmus of Panama allowed a few members of the family to migrate northward into southern North America by the early Pleistocene, as part of the Great American Interchange. (Some of their much larger cingulate relatives, the pampatheres and chlamyphorid glyptodonts, made | dinner at New York's Waldorf Astoria Hotel, Timberlake reported, "There is a great deal of loneliness in being an All-America. . . . I get sick of it. They all want to shake your hand, but they don't really know you. All they do is stick out the glad hand. I don't mind talking to anyone who is interested in ideas, but nothing makes me sicker than having my name dropped by people who don't know anything about me except that I'm an All | 2,007 | wow-train |
Yoga is really fascinating, especially since it started a while back and is now popular in the west as a form of exercise.
I'm slowly getting into it. Do you know any of the history of Yoga?
They actually date back to Indian traditions, where it was a form of exercise as well as spiritual meditation.
That's interesting. It seems really popular in America.
It really is, it spread to the west in the 1980s and has grown ever since.
What type of Yoga do you do? | gurus from India later introduced yoga to the West, following the success of Swami Vivekananda in the late 19th and early 20th century with his adaptation of yoga tradition, excluding asanas. Outside India, it has developed into a posture-based physical fitness, stress-relief and relaxation technique. Yoga in Indian traditions, however, is more than physical exercise; it has a meditative and spiritual core. One of the six major orthodox schools of Hinduism is also called Yoga, which has its own epistemology and metaphysics, and is | Yoga
Yoga (; ; ) is a group of physical, mental, and spiritual practices or disciplines which originated in ancient India. Yoga is one of the six orthodox schools of Hindu philosophical traditions. There is a broad variety of yoga schools, practices, and goals in Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism. The term "yoga" in the Western world often denotes a modern form of Hatha yoga, yoga as exercise, consisting largely of the postures called asanas.
The origins of yoga have been speculated to date back | 2,008 | wow-train |
Donna Karan is a name I've heard but I don't know who she is.
Donna Karan is an american fashion designer
Oh cool, when was she born?
donna karan was born october 2, 1948
Oh she's quite old then. | 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 | Rosemary McGrotha
Rosemary McGrotha (born November 8, 1958 in Tallahassee, Florida, United States) is an American fashion model. A reoccurring model in Donna Karan's work, McGrotha appears in almost all of the Karan ads. She was in a popular ad campaign for Donna Karan in 1992 called "In Women We Trust" where she portrayed a woman who was President of the United States.
External links.
- Elle cover and interview | 2,009 | wow-train |
hello, do you like archaeology | Archaeology
Archaeology, or archeology, is the study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of artifacts, architecture, biofacts or ecofacts and cultural landscapes. Archaeology can be considered both a social science and a branch of the humanities. In North America archaeology is a sub-field of anthropology, while in Europe it is often viewed as either a discipline in its own right or a sub-field of other disciplines.
Archaeologists study human prehistory and history, from the development | Hello Sailor (The Blackout Pact album)
Hello Sailor is The Blackout Pact's debut album, released on Astro Magnetics in 2005.
Track listing.
1. "We Drink So You Don't Have To" – 3:07
2. "Luxlo Flaming Deluxlo" – 3:42
3. "Do I Sound Like I'm on Old Time Radio?" – 3:00
4. "If You Dress Up Like Halloween, Ghouls Will Try and Get in Your Pants" – 2:51
5. "Hide | 2,010 | wow-train |
There's nothing better than a nice cold beer after a long day. Are you a beer drinker?
I am definitely a beer drinker! I love a nice draught craft beer, but I'm also a fan of Yuengling.
Yuenling is one of my favorites! I also like Michelob Ultra, when I'm trying to watch my carbs. What's the history behind beer? | recipe for beer in a culture with few literate people.
Beer is distributed in bottles and cans and is also commonly available on draught, particularly in pubs and bars. The brewing industry is a global business, consisting of several dominant multinational companies and many thousands of smaller producers ranging from brewpubs to regional breweries. The strength of modern beer is usually around 4% to 6% alcohol by volume (ABV), although it may vary between 0.5% and 20%, with some breweries creating examples of 40% ABV | the guy said, 'Herman, you're worse than a damn sand flea,' and the 'flea' stuck."
Clifton enjoyed the wild atmosphere in the Texas League. He later wrote: "Texas is my favorite state, for a number of reasons. The beer tastes better and the women are prettier. And I love the heat. . . . Texas would've adopted me, I'm telling you right now. I would've been a good ol' Texan. Fact of the matter is, | 2,011 | wow-train |
Chevrolet make some nice cars. | Chevrolet
Chevrolet ( ), colloquially referred to as Chevy and formally the Chevrolet Division of General Motors Company, is an American automobile division of the American manufacturer General Motors (GM). Louis Chevrolet and ousted General Motors founder William C. Durant started the company on November 3, 1911 as the Chevrolet Motor Car Company. Durant used the Chevrolet Motor Car Company to acquire a controlling stake in General Motors with a reverse merger occurring on May 2, 1918 and propelled himself back to the GM presidency. After Durant's second ousting | .
Ride overview 2012–present Post Show.
Guests can then use their MagicBand, ticket, or design key that has their Chevrolet Custom Concept Vehicle that they made in the Design Studio to see their scores from the ride, play games and make an ad in the "Chevrolet Showroom." In the showroom, guests can also check out some of the newest Chevrolet vehicles, take virtual photos with their custom designed cars and make Sim-Car cards with their cars using their MagicBand, ticket, or design key. There is also | 2,012 | wow-train |
Hi, do you know a Netflix account? It's the best way to watch movies on demand!
I'm very aware. I used to get DVDs ordered by mail before they offered video-on-demand.
There's so many movies and tv shows that are now accessible to Netflix. I have to admit, it really changed the medium of content delivery and brick and mortar stores are all out of business.
I really like that they are producing their own TV and movie content now. It really adds to their already huge inventory of content.
Have you watched any of their original content TV shows? My favorite is Narcos and House of Cards.
I have. Most of them are very good. You'd think Apple would have started producing content by now as well. But nope, just computers and software.
Disney is starting their own streaming service now, and should be in place shortly. There will be a lot of Disney/Marvel content that will be removed from Netflix very soon! | Apple TV
Apple TV is a digital media player and microconsole developed and sold by Apple Inc. It is a small network appliance and entertainment device that can receive digital data such as music, video, or the screen display from an Mac or iOS device from specific sources and stream it to a television set or other video display.
Apple TV is an HDMI-compliant source device. To use it for viewing, it has to be connected to an enhanced-definition or high-definition widescreen television via an HDMI cable | war was finished in the late 2000s decade.
The widespread availability of video on demand (VOD) on cable TV systems and VHS-by-mail services offered consumers a way of watching movies without having to leave their home. With the advent of the World Wide Web, Internet services such as Netflix have become increasingly popular since the mid–2000s. All of these new ways of watching movies have greatly reduced the demand for video rental shops, and many have closed down as a result. In 2000, there were 27,882 | 2,013 | wow-train |
My favorite color is blue. When I got my first motorcycle a couple years ago, it was a lovely electric blue all the way around.
I love blue too, its a great and versatile color but not too gaudy
What do you think makes a color gaudy? I'm not sure I've heard that word used to describe a color before.
blue is nice and simple but also versatile as a color and nice and sleek looking, green for example isnt a great standalone color just looks too off
Yeah... You know, when I look at a brown, dead, unkept lawn, I also think to myself "well, at least the color doesn't look off."
yea but blue is great because its so vast with the shades there are of the color
Actually I agree. Every Wednesday I used my navy blue Pilot pen. It's sometimes tough to tell it's not black, but in my heart I know it's navy blue.
yea i really like the different shades like cyan or teal or turquoise, thats what makes blue a great primary color
I have an ex who was obsessed with turquoise. Unfortunately it's made me wish that color never existed. | 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. | world."
In 2003, Jagger said, ""Exile" is not one of my favourite albums, although I think the record does have a particular feeling. I'm not too sure how great the songs are, but put together it's a nice piece. However, when I listen to "Exile" it has some of the worst mixes I've ever heard. I'd love to remix the record, not just because of the vocals, but because generally I think it sounds lousy. At the | 2,014 | wow-train |
I sometimes struggle with trying to keep my weight where I want it. It can be frustrating. | Overweight
Being overweight or fat is having more body fat than is optimally healthy. Being overweight is especially common where food supplies are plentiful and lifestyles are sedentary.
, excess weight reached epidemic proportions globally, with more than 1 billion adults being either overweight or obese. In 2013 this increased to more than 2 billion. Increases have been observed across all age groups.
A healthy body requires a minimum amount of fat for proper functioning of the hormonal, reproductive, and immune systems, as thermal insulation, as shock | , Hyoseong was cast as Kim Gyori on the tvN drama "Introvert Boss". Hyoseong expressed her difficulty with this role in an interview with BNT International stating, "It was frustrating. I'm not the type to keep things to myself, but Gyori was the opposite. I think a lot and can be shy, but I am extroverted to the extent that I express what I want to say. The director allowed us to ad-lib some parts, and it was hard at times to keep my real outgoing | 2,015 | wow-train |
I love drinking cappuccinos, are you big into coffee?
Oh yes! I love that Italian beverage with frothy milk and strong espresso!
It's so delicious! Do you like drinking any other kinds of coffee too?
Yes, while I like a cappuccino with a little dash of cinnamon or some chocolate sauce, my favorite would be a caramel machiatto. Have you tried that?
No I am not familiar with that, but it sounds delicious. Any others you would suggest?
Most cappuccino's are with double shots of espresso, which makes it a stout beverage. But, the hot milk helps tone it down. My son likes lattes, have you tried those?
I think I've heard of them, but I'm not sure I'm thinking of the right thing. Can you explain lattes in more detail for me to help me narrow it down? | Latte
A latte ( or ) is a coffee drink made with espresso and steamed milk.
The term as used in English is a shortened form of the Italian caffè e latte , caffelatte or caffellatte , which means "milk coffee". The word is also sometimes spelled latté or lattè in English with different kinds of accent marks, which can be a hyperforeignism or a deliberate attempt to indicate that the word is not pronounced according to the rules of English orthography.
In northern Europe and Scandinavia, the term " | a booth in a luncheonette drinking coffee for four hours, making me tell him how much I love him, and it's already set up to kill him the next night. I said, "Pat, what are you talking like this for? I'd do anything for you. Hey! I wouldn't be here if it weren't for you. Buddy, my life is yours. Jesus Christ, I love you." He was relieved.
Caramandi also said:
"Spirito was not cut out | 2,016 | wow-train |
I love to Do Zumba! It always makes me feel so much better after a class.
Colombian dancer and cyclist/choreographer Alberto "Beto" "Power Pedal" Perez created Sumba in the 1990's. It is a wonderful way to get exercise.
Oh really? I didn't realize it originated in Columbia. Does is always use the same type of music?
People use different types of songs. There are many dance moves incorporated into Zumba, including hip-hop, samba, salsa, mambo, merengue and soca
Does this type of dance usually burn alot of calories? | take weekly Zumba classes in over 200,000 locations across 180 countries. The Brazilian pop singer Claudia Leitte is the international ambassador for Zumba Fitness.
Origin.
Zumba was founded in 1998 by Pérez in Cali, Colombia. Pérez, an aerobics instructor, forgot his regular music to his aerobics class. He pulled out cassette tapes of Hiphop music instead and danced to them, which Pérez later taught as "Rumbacize." In 2001, Pérez partnered with Alberto Perlman and Alberto Aghion, and the trio released a series of fitness | Zumba
Zumba is an exercise fitness program created by Colombian dancer and choreographer Alberto "Beto" Pérez during the 1990s. A Zumba class combines fast and slow rhythms that tone and sculpt the body using principles from aerobic and fitness to achieve cardio and muscle-toning benefits. . In every Zumba lesson four core rhythms are always present: merengue, salsa, cumbia and reggaeton. Besides, there are six other official rhythms that might be incorporated in the instructor playlist, these are: belly dance, flamenco, tango, samba | 2,017 | wow-train |
Have you ever watched South Park? That show can be pretty controversial at times, or at least it has in the past.
I love it! South Park is an American adult animated sitcom created by Trey Parker and Matt Stone. It has been on the air for decades now.
Yeah a huge number of seasons for sure. Did Parker and Stone work on anything before South Park, or has it always been the show? | South Park
South Park is an American adult animated sitcom created by Trey Parker and Matt Stone and developed by Brian Graden for the Comedy Central television network. The show revolves around four boys—Stan Marsh, Kyle Broflovski, Eric Cartman, and Kenny McCormick—and their exploits in and around the titular Colorado town. Much like "The Simpsons", "South Park" uses a very large ensemble cast of recurring characters. It became infamous for its profanity and dark, surreal humor that satirizes a wide range of topics | South Park (franchise)
South Park is an American multimedia comedy franchise created by Trey Parker and Matt Stone. It is based on the television series of the same name, originally developed by Brian Graden for the Comedy Central television network.
TV show.
"South Park" is an American adult animated sitcom created by Trey Parker and Matt Stone and developed by Brian Graden for the Comedy Central television network. The show revolves around four boys—Stan Marsh, Kyle Broflovski, Eric Cartman, and Kenny McCormick— | 2,018 | wow-train |
I recently visited Hollywood which is a neighborhood located in the central region of Los Angeles.
how was it
I enjoyed my visit to the ethnically diverse neighborhoods which is home of the US film industry.
i would like to see it | 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 | festivals, like the Los Angeles Film Festival sponsored by IFP/Los Angeles and the Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Film Festival conducted by the Outfest. Specialty theatres like Grauman's Egyptian Theatre and art houses like the Nuart Theatre screen eclectic mixes of new and historic movies.
The arts Cinema Hollywood.
Hollywood is a neighborhood in the central region of Los Angeles, California. This ethnically diverse, densely populated neighborhood is notable as the home of the U.S. film industry, including several of its historic studios, and its name has come | 2,019 | wow-train |
I just started watching telenovelas lol they are pretty good
Those are serial dramas produced in latin america, right?
Yes with good looking stars and a good plot | Telenovela
A telenovela is a type of a limited-run television serial drama or soap opera produced primarily in Latin America. The word combines "tele" (for "television") and "novela" (meaning "novel"). Similar genres around the world include teleserye (Philippines), téléroman (Canada, specifically Quebec), or simply dramas (Asia and the rest of the Arab World).
Commonly described using the American colloquialism Spanish soap opera, many telenovelas share some stylistic and thematic similarities to | , it's not apology, the positive side: we want to give a message to Venezuela and Latin America of what is happening right now in the neighborhood, which is not just Petare Barrio of Pakistan, but it is all of Latin America of Pakistan, because all the neighborhoods of Latin America are equal", comments El Prieto.
"In every neighborhood there are good and bad things, everyone plays basketball and football, but suddenly those people who played sports, are victims of a bad play and end up | 2,020 | wow-train |
Do you like anime? Do you ever watch it?
I prefer to call it Japanimation, since it is hand drawn or computer art from Japan.
They have some amazing artists in Japan. I would love to go visit one day.
Me too. The word anime is short for animation. I'm sure you already knew that.
I really didnot! Even though it almost seems like common sense, ive never actually thought of what that meant lol | 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. | and make a mess like that?" she sings before asking in the chorus: "Have you ever been low? Have you ever had a friend that let you down so?". Harry has said that "Low" "was a really personal song for me. I wrote it and wasn’t quite sure what to do with it because it was a pretty brutal lyric and I felt it wasn’t something a lot of pop artists would want to do."
Critical reception.
Henry Goldblatt of " | 2,021 | wow-train |
What is your favorite country artist?
I am familiar I like country western more. What ddo you know about the genre? | Taylor Swift
Taylor Alison Swift (born December 13, 1989) is an American singer-songwriter. She is known for narrative songs about her personal life, which have received widespread media coverage. Born and raised in Pennsylvania, Swift moved to Nashville, Tennessee, at the age of 14 to pursue a career in country music. She signed with label Big Machine Records and became the youngest artist ever signed by the Sony/ATV Music publishing house. Her 2006 self-titled debut album was the longest-charting album | are growing uneasy. What lands you have, you may retain forever; but we shall sell no more. You think, perhaps, that I speak in passion; but my heart is good towards you. I speak like one of your own children. I am an Indian, a red-skin, and live by hunting and fishing, but my country is already too small; and I do not know how to bring up my children, if I give it all away. We sold you a fine tract of | 2,022 | wow-train |
I play the piano, do you?
I don't personally, but I listen to a lot of piano music. I really, REALLY love chamber music. Have you ever heard of Richard Blumen?
I have not, who is he?
He is a classically trained pianist from the Berkelee College of Music in Boston. He's incredible.
Very interesting, I will have to take a listen. Is he still living or is he from the past?
He's still living, he's a very advanced player, reminds me a lot of Tigran Hamasayan very rooted in Jazz and ragtime
Interesting. Who would you say is your favorite musician? | Jazz
Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, United States. It originated in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and developed from roots in blues and ragtime. Jazz is seen by many as "America's classical music". Since the 1920s Jazz Age, jazz has become recognized as a major form of musical expression. It then emerged in the form of independent traditional and popular musical styles, all linked by the common bonds of African-American and European- | Greenwood, Yorke does not read sheet music, feeling "you can't express the rhythms properly like that. It's a very ineffective way of doing it, so I've never really bothered picking it up." Explaining why he turned down a request to play piano on the track "Mr. Bellamy" on Paul McCartney's album "Memory Almost Full" (2007)"," Yorke said: "The piano playing involved two hands doing things separately. I don't have that skill available. I said to | 2,023 | wow-train |
It's time to talk about real FOOTball--Association football. Not that American stuff. The kind where, you know, you can only use your feet! Played by 250 million players in over 200 countries.. World's most popular sport.. no contest.
That is almost the American population, I prefer the NFL but respect soccer still, I love Neymar
It just has such a rich history.. The actual Laws of the Game were originally codified in England by the Football Association in 1863, so it dates back further in history than American football.
That is very far back, I wonder why they thought of the idea
It can even be traced back to the Medieval period in Britain, if we're not strictly talking about the modern game and its style. Although it wasn't until the recent codification of the game that they instituted the ban on handling the ball (with the exception of the goalkeeper). I guess people just needed to entertain themselves back then!
That makes sense, if they could touch the ball it would be chaos | scores most goals by the end of the match wins. If the score is level at the end of the game, either a draw is declared or the game goes into extra time or a penalty shootout depending on the format of the competition. Association football is governed internationally by the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA; ), which organises World Cups for both men and women every four years.
Name.
The rules of association football were codified in England by the Football Association in 1863 and the name " | Outline of association football
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to association football:
Association football – sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball. At the turn of the 21st century, the game was played by over 250 million players in over 200 countries, making it the world's most popular sport. More commonly known as football or soccer.
What type of thing is association football?
Association football can be described as all of the following:
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The state Wisconsin is a state located in North-Central US, in the midwest and the great lakes regions
Yeah it is not the best state, I also heard they have a really terrible football team.
Well it is the 23rd largest state by total area and the 20th most populous.
Do you know that the current speaker of the house is from Wisconsin | Michigan. The state is divided into 72 counties.
Wisconsin's geography is diverse, having been greatly impacted by glaciers during the Ice Age with the exception of the Driftless Area. The Northern Highland and Western Upland along with a part of the Central Plain occupies the western part of the state, with lowlands stretching to the shore of Lake Michigan. Wisconsin is second to Michigan in the length of its Great Lakes coastline.
During the 19th and early 20th centuries, a large number of European settlers entered the state, | Wisconsin
Wisconsin () is a U.S. state located in the north-central United States, in the Midwest and Great Lakes regions. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, Michigan to the northeast, and Lake Superior to the north. Wisconsin is the 23rd largest state by total area and the 20th most populous. The state capital is Madison, and its largest city is Milwaukee, which is located on the western shore of Lake | 2,025 | wow-train |
I'm pretty into metal music, but I don't know about super heavy metal. | Heavy metal music
Heavy metal (or simply metal) is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the United Kingdom. With roots in blues rock, psychedelic rock, and acid rock, the bands that created heavy metal developed a thick, massive sound, characterized by highly amplified distortion, extended guitar solos, emphatic beats, and overall loudness. The genre's lyrics and performance styles are sometimes associated with aggression and machismo.
In 1968, three of the genre's | listen to metal and nothing else, but I'm not like that. I like doing metal music and having a heavy style, but I don't like to put myself in such a box and be trapped in it." Also that year, Anthrax drummer Charlie Benante admitted that hardened members of the heavy metal subculture "are not the most open-minded people when it comes to music."
Ultimate Guitar reported in 2013 that thrash metal fans had directed "hate" towards Megadeth for venturing into more rock- | 2,026 | wow-train |
It's always amazing to see Michael Phelps swim! | Michael Phelps
Michael Fred Phelps II (born June 30, 1985) is an American retired competitive swimmer and the most successful and most decorated Olympian of all time, with a total of 28 medals. Phelps also holds the all-time records for Olympic gold medals (23), Olympic gold medals in individual events (13), and Olympic medals in individual events (16). When he won eight gold medals at the 2008 Beijing Games, Phelps broke fellow American swimmer Mark Spitz's 1972 record of seven first | that hadn't taken attention away from our week of swimming because it was a phenomenal week for Team U.S.A. and U.S. swimming, and it was a phenomenal week on week two for those athletes on track and field." Conor Dwyer added, "It was tragic that the last week of the games that's all they're talking about and we don't want that to reflect poorly on U.S.A. swimming." Michael Phelps said, "It's always hard to see a friend and competitor go through a hard time like this | 2,027 | wow-train |
My friend recently got divorced. She said she couldn't get along with her husband because their personalities clashed. I guess that's quite common, do you agree?
Yes, divorces are on the rise now-a-days. It's really sad. Maybe people should be more compatible before they get married. | (spousal support), child visitation / access, parenting time, child support, and division of debt. In most countries, monogamy is required by law, so divorce allows each former partner to marry another person.
Divorce is different from annulment, which declares the marriage null and void, with legal separation or "de jure" separation (a legal process by which a married couple may formalize a "de facto" separation while remaining legally married) or with "de facto separation" (a process where the | Talking about Audrey and Claudia's relationship, Nicholls said, "Yes, she's a little bit like the wicked witch, isn't she? It's great fun. In my head, Claudia is that friend you know is always going to be a pain. She's the one who says the wrong thing, is always trying to out do you and has a habit of saying really horrid things even though she thinks they're a joke. But I think in a funny way they really do get on. She | 2,028 | wow-train |
I am thinking about getting a corvette.
I TOO WISH.. IT S SOME THING AMAZING, A CAR THAT HAVE BEEN PRODUCED SINCE SEVEN GENERATIONS
Yeah its definitely a classic that has been around for a long time.
I EQUALLY LOVE TOYOTA THAT HAS ALMOST THREE GENERATIONS.. ARE YOU ON IT
I have never had a toyota. I only have a honda, but its reliable.
I WOULD SUGGEST YOU TO HAVE ONE AS IT IS THE MARKET LEADER WORLWIDE
I have heard bad things about their steering wheels. | Toyota
Toyota is the world's market leader in sales of hybrid electric vehicles, and one of the largest companies to encourage the mass-market adoption of hybrid vehicles across the globe. Toyota is also a market leader in hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles. Cumulative global sales of Toyota and Lexus hybrid passenger car models achieved the 10 million milestone in January 2017. Its Prius family is the world's top selling hybrid nameplate with over 6 million units sold worldwide .
The company was founded by Kiichiro Toyoda in 1937 | my soul. I am half agony, half hope. Tell me not that I am too late, that such precious feelings are gone for ever. I offer myself to you again with a heart even more your own than when you almost broke it, eight years and a half ago. Dare not say that man forgets sooner than woman, that his love has an earlier death. I have loved none but you. Unjust I may have been, weak and resentful I have been, but never inconstant. You alone | 2,029 | wow-train |
Sewing is one of the entertaining and useful art
It is indeed, I love to sew and ive made over 100 pieces of clothing in my years, What sort of things would you like to know about it?
Oh, its great. What kind of clothes did you made?
Well, I love to craft and fasten buttons, I always use cross stitches with a needle and thread to make sure the threads dont break. .
Placing a thread inside a needle is a challenging job for people with any age.
Older people like to use a sewing machine to stitch fabric and other materials together because its much easier and no threading is required.
Some of them has very powerful eyes. And they were very efficient in that.
Haha yea I know some older people who still have great eyesight, I know it can be hard to focus on something so small when you're old.
Moreover, sewing is a must learn art for everyone | Sewing
Sewing is the craft of fastening or attaching objects using stitches made with a needle and thread. Sewing is one of the oldest of the textile arts, arising in the Paleolithic era. Before the invention of spinning yarn or weaving fabric, archaeologists believe Stone Age people across Europe and Asia sewed fur and skin clothing using bone, antler or ivory needles and "thread" made of various animal body parts including sinew, catgut, and veins.
For thousands of years, all sewing was done by hand. The | Dark Cousin", "Well the episode is one of my favorites because I think it just has great performances and I really love what it's about. I love Franny [Frances Conroy] and she and I were presenting at the Creative Arts Emmys and I said, 'I think I have something really good for you, sort of the opposite of what you did last year.' She and Jessica [Lange] loved working together. So we came up with this character and I like that she's around in | 2,030 | wow-train |
I have a gas barbeque that I just LOVE to cook on. | with raised ridges to mimic the wires of an open grill).
Heat transfer to the food when using a grill is primarily through thermal radiation. Heat transfer when using a grill pan or griddle is by direct conduction. In the United States, when the heat source for grilling comes from above, grilling is called broiling. In this case, the pan that holds the food is called a broiler pan, and heat transfer is through thermal radiation.
Direct heat grilling can expose food to temperatures often in excess of | Michael Cook. No songs by the band to date concern love because Radke stated that, "...I'm not going to lie ... and try to write songs on how much I love somebody. I do have love, but there will be a lot of songs about just what I've been through." Several songs focused on his departure from Escape the Fate after the group kicked him out and replaced him with former Blessthefall singer Craig Mabbitt, with songs by the band that directly attacked both Mabbitt and Escape the Fate | 2,031 | wow-train |
I purchased a Jaguar automobile, but I don't know much about them. When did they first start making Jaguars?
I know the company was founded as the Swallow Sidecar Company in 1922.
I've never heard of it. Was this in England? Must've been a result of WW1. They didn't make cars for the military in WW1? | the business extended to complete cars made in association with Standard Motor Co, many bearing "Jaguar" as a model name. The company's name was changed from S. S. Cars to Jaguar Cars in 1945. A merger with the British Motor Corporation followed in 1966, the resulting enlarged company now being renamed as British Motor Holdings (BMH), which in 1968 merged with Leyland Motor Corporation and became British Leyland, itself to be nationalised in 1975.
Jaguar was spun off from British Leyland and was listed on the London | Jaguar Cars
Jaguar (, ) is the luxury vehicle brand of Jaguar Land Rover, a British multinational car manufacturer with its headquarters in Whitley, Coventry, England. Jaguar Cars was the company that was responsible for the production of Jaguar cars until its operations were fully merged with those of Land Rover to form Jaguar Land Rover on 1 January 2013.
Jaguar's business was founded as the Swallow Sidecar Company in 1922, originally making motorcycle sidecars before developing bodies for passenger cars. Under the ownership of S. S. Cars Limited | 2,032 | wow-train |
What is Linguine?
It's like a fettucini pasta that is ellipticial. do you like pasta?
Yes I do, where did they originate from? | Italian cuisine
Italian cuisine is food typical of Italy. It has developed through centuries of social and economic changes, with roots stretching to antiquity.
Significant changes occurred with the discovery of the New World and the introduction of potatoes, tomatoes, capsicums, maize and sugar beet, this last introduced in quantity in the 18th century. Italian cuisine is known for its regional diversity, especially between the north and the south of the Italian peninsula. It offers an abundance of taste, and is one of the most popular and | used in various types of elliptical sentences, where the main verb is omitted (it can be said to be "understood", usually because it would be the same verb as was used in a preceding sentence or clause). That includes the following types:
- Tag questions:
- "He plays well, doesn't he?"
- "You don't like Sara, do you?"
- Elliptical questions:
- "I like pasta. Do you?"
- "I | 2,033 | wow-train |
I use to like McDonald's now I don't, what about you? | 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 | Keep looking that way, and don't move your eyes or turn your head. I know that you can see a little bit straight ahead of you, and I don't want you to use that piece of vision for what I'm going to ask you to do. Fine. Now, I'd like you to reach out with your right hand [and] point to what I'm holding." Mr. J. then replied, "But I don't see anything—I'm blind!" The doctor then said | 2,034 | wow-train |
What is your opinion of the Pittsburgh Steelers? I am an Eagles fan myself
I've always been more of a fan of the American Football team from Pittsburgh, The Steelers!
They are okay, they have certainly been successful over the past few decades!
Yeah, they are actually the seventh oldest club in the NFL.
That much I know, we are both one of the older teams, the Eagles were founded in 1933, I do not know about the Steelers | league concurrently with the Steelers in 1933.
The team was founded by Arthur J. "Art" Rooney. The Rooney family has held a controlling interest in the club for almost its entire history. Since its founding the team has captured six league championships and competed in more than a thousand games. In the Steelers became the first NFL team to capture six Super Bowl titles. Currently the club is fourth in total NFL Championships behind the Packers (13), Bears (9), and Giants (8). Eighteen Steelers | History of the Pittsburgh Steelers
This article details the history of the Pittsburgh Steelers. The Steelers are an American football franchise representing Pittsburgh. They are the seventh-oldest club in the National Football League (NFL), which they joined in . The only surviving NFL teams with a longer history are the Chicago Bears, Chicago (Arizona as well as St. Louis) Cardinals, Detroit Lions (then the Portsmouth Spartans), Green Bay Packers, New York Giants and Boston (Washington) Redskins. The Philadelphia Eagles joined the | 2,035 | wow-train |
I am thinking about becoming a vegetarian. What do you think about it?
I think it's great! Would you do it for health, political, cultural or environmental reasons?
I think more for health. Isn't it better for you to not eat meat?
Certain meats can be high in fat and cholesterol so it may be wise to avoid them. You have to decide if you want to be on an ovo-lacto or ovo-vegetarian diet.
What is the difference between ovo-lacto and ovo-vegetarian? | aesthetic, economic, or personal preference. There are variations of the diet as well: an ovo-lacto vegetarian diet includes both eggs and dairy products, an ovo-vegetarian diet includes eggs but not dairy products, and a lacto-vegetarian diet includes dairy products but not eggs. A strict vegetarian diet – referred to as "vegan" – excludes all animal products, including eggs and dairy. Avoidance of animal products may require dietary supplements to prevent deficiencies such as vitamin B12 deficiency, which leads to pernicious anemia. | and fathers, need to think about this. For that reason, it would be good to decrease the amount of meat that we eat. That is what I said.
I certainly did not say that you are not allowed to eat meat at all. That would be difficult. Whether it is because of previous karma or their present circumstances, some people cannot do without meat. This is how it is, and there’s nothing to do about it. It’s not a problem."
There has | 2,036 | wow-train |
I've been thinking about becoming a bank teller it seems like an easy job. Do you happen to know anyone that works as a teller?
My sister does, a teller is an employee of a bank who deals directly with customers
I think of it as the face of the bank. | Bank teller
A bank teller (often abbreviated to simply teller) is an employee of a bank who deals directly with customers. In some places, this employee is known as a cashier or customer representative. Most teller jobs require experience with handling cash and a high school diploma. Most banks provide on-the-job training.
Tellers are considered a "front line" in the banking business because they are typically the first people a customer sees at the bank.
Responsibilities and Duties of the Bank Teller. | , occasion). These branches are designed to provide a more open space than a traditional bank branch, and to have a look and feel similar to that of a contemporary retail store. Instead of teller windows at a counter with a roped-off queue for customers, tellers process customer transactions at individual stations. At these branches, the tellers ordinarily do not give cash directly to customers, but instead give customers a receipt with a PIN. Customers then walk over to an ATM-like money dispensing machine where they enter | 2,037 | wow-train |
I love Country music! That's pretty much the only music i listen to! Blake Shelton is my favorite! Do you like country music? | Blake Shelton
Blake Tollison Shelton (born June 18, 1976) is an American country singer and television personality. In 2001, he made his debut with the single "Austin". The lead-off single from his self-titled debut album, "Austin" spent five weeks at number one on the "Billboard" Hot Country Songs chart. The now Platinum-certified debut album also produced two more top 20 entries ("All Over Me" and "Ol' Red").
His second and third | mainstream audiences. His style combined elements of refined honky tonk with popular music sounds, evident on hits like "That's How Much I Love You," "I'll Hold You In My Heart ('Til I Can Hold You In My Arms)," "Anytime" and "Boquet of Roses," and several of these songs charted on both the "Billboard" country and pop charts. He was so dominant that by 1948, five of that year's six No. 1 songs on "Billboard"s' | 2,038 | wow-train |
I have just started to watch the flash, he's one of my favourite DC heros! Do you have a favourite?
Not really. I don't know much about heroes, I've only seen the flash a few times, but I know the character first appeared in "showcase" #4 in October 1956.
Wow that's good to know. Funny how long ago that was as now he is in huge multi million dollar movies such as the justice league | Flash (Barry Allen)
The Flash (Bartholomew "Barry" Henry Allen) is a fictional character, a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character first appeared in "Showcase" #4 (October 1956), created by writer Robert Kanigher and penciler Carmine Infantino. Barry Allen is a reinvention of a previous character called the Flash, who appeared in 1940s comic books as the character Jay Garrick.
His power consists mainly of superhuman speed. Various other effects are also attributed to his | 's been around nearly as long as Ray. I really enjoyed working with her and she's one of my favourite characters to watch on screen." Collingwood later explained her departure, stating that there were other things she wanted to do. She said "You get to a certain age and you don't know how much longer you'll be around, quite frankly, and my memory is still quite good - I don't know how long that's going to last!" Collingwood added that she will miss her co | 2,039 | wow-train |
I am a stamp collector. the collecting of postage stamps and related objects.
How long have you been doing it? | Stamp collecting
Stamp collecting is the collecting of postage stamps and related objects. It is related to philately, which is the study of stamps. It has been one of the world's most popular hobbies since the late nineteenth century with the rapid growth of the postal service, as a never-ending stream of new stamps was produced by countries that sought to advertise their distinctiveness through their stamps.
Collecting.
Stamp collecting is generally accepted as one of the areas that make up the wider subject of philately, which | Royal Philatelic Collection
The Royal Philatelic Collection is the postage stamp collection of the British Royal Family. It is the most comprehensive collection of items related to the philately of the United Kingdom and the British Commonwealth, with many unique pieces.
Early history.
Some members of the royal family are known to have been collecting stamps by 1864, just under twenty-five years after their introduction in 1840. The first serious collector in the family was Prince Alfred, who sold his collection to his older brother Edward VII, | 2,040 | wow-train |
I have traveled to many different places. Most recently to Chile. Have you ever been out of the country? | Travel
Travel is the movement of people between distant geographical locations. Travel can be done by foot, bicycle, automobile, train, boat, bus, airplane, ship or other means, with or without luggage, and can be one way or round trip. Travel can also include relatively short stays between successive movements.
Etymology.
The origin of the word "travel" is most likely lost to history. The term "travel" may originate from the Old French word "travail", which means ' | Come&Live! Records on April 21, 2009. Their subsequent release, "The WitchHunt", was released on September 4, 2012, by Come&Live Records. They are working on their third album titled I Didn't Come Here to Die will be released in 2019. White Collar Sideshow has been touring full time since 2008. They have traveled across 46 states and 18 countries. They have played in New Zealand, Germany, Poland and most recently Brazil and Chile.
On August 16, 2017 the band released "Tombstones | 2,041 | wow-train |
I love to eat beef, I would like a new recipe to try out
Different countries and cuisines have different cuts and names for beef.
Yes that is so true, I would like to know the different cuts of beef.
For example, the cut that is described as "brisket" in the US is from a very different part than the British Brisket.
My spouse placed brisket on the grill, it is rather tasty.
Sounds yummy! Would that be US brisket or British brisket?
It is US brisket, It takes awhile to grill, seasoned to taste and have it with the family. | Brisket
Brisket is a cut of meat from the breast or lower chest of beef or veal. The beef brisket is one of the nine beef primal cuts, though the precise definition of the cut differs internationally. The brisket muscles include the superficial and deep pectorals. As cattle do not have collar bones, these muscles support about 60% of the body weight of standing or moving cattle. This requires a significant amount of connective tissue, so the resulting meat must be cooked correctly to tenderize the connective tissue.
According | most work, they are the toughest; the meat becomes more tender as distance from "hoof and horn" increases. Different countries and cuisines have different cuts and names, and sometimes use the same name for a different cut; for example, the cut described as "brisket" in the United States is from a significantly different part of the carcass than British brisket.
Special beef designations.
Special beef designations Breed- and origin-based designations.
- Certified Angus Beef (CAB) in Canada and the United States | 2,042 | wow-train |
i have epilepsy, but I don't know much about it. I was just diagnosed.
I see. Thank you for feeling comfortable enough to share that information. Well, as you may be aware, the basis of epilepsy is the fact that the term refers to a group of neurological disorders, and it's highlighted by epileptic seizures.
Yes, I started having seizures after I got into the anime TV show, One Punch Man. All the colors set something off.
That's interesting. Well, as you may be aware then, the seizures can be either brief and almost undetectable, or they can be long periods of vigorous shaking. What's also unfortunate is that with these seizures comes misunderstandings and social stigma from society.
Yeah, I never had any other health issues before. It just started randomly. Do you know when people first researched epilepsy?
Hans Berger reported his first important discoveries in the field of electroencephalography in the 1920s and '30s, that led to progression in the understanding of epilepsy. But the cause of most cases of epilepsy are still unknown, interestingly.
Wow, that's a long time ago. I find it amazing how much people were discovering with very rudimentary equipment. | varying degrees of social stigma due to their condition.
The cause of most cases of epilepsy is unknown. Some cases occur as the result of brain injury, stroke, brain tumors, infections of the brain, and birth defects through a process known as epileptogenesis. Known genetic mutations are directly linked to a small proportion of cases. Epileptic seizures are the result of excessive and abnormal neuronal activity in the cortex of the brain. The diagnosis involves ruling out other conditions that might cause similar symptoms, such as fainting, and | Twain. Manipulative treatments had purportedly alleviated the symptoms of his daughter Jean's epilepsy as well as Twain's own chronic bronchitis. In 1909, he spoke before the New York State Assembly at a hearing regarding the practice of osteopathy in the state." I don't know as I cared much about these osteopaths until I heard you were going to drive them out of the state, but since I heard that I haven't been able to sleep." Philosophically opposed to the American Medical Association's stance that its own type | 2,043 | wow-train |
i used to play the violin when i was in elementary school
I've never played an instrument before, but I really wish I could play the violin, which is also known as a fiddle.
The modern violin has been around for roughly 500 years. It was said to have been designed in the 1500’s by Andrea Amati. | Violin
The violin, sometimes known as a fiddle, is a wooden string instrument in the violin family. Most violins have a hollow wooden body. It is the smallest and highest-pitched instrument in the family in regular use. Smaller violin-type instruments exist, including the violino piccolo and the kit violin, but these are virtually unused. The violin typically has four strings, usually tuned in perfect fifths with notes G3, D4, A4, E5, and is most commonly played by drawing a bow across its | eyvind many times over the last 10 years), he never hit a wrong note. it was pretty mindblowing to watch. he played violin, viola, and tried some traditional Chinese instrument, which we took out because it didn't mix so well. wish we had more time to jam because i'm sure it [would] have [been] a lot of fun. dave [aka Avey Tare] and i had been thinking about who to ask to play violin on a few songs that we wanted violin on | 2,044 | wow-train |
Horses can be trained to be manageable by humans for recreation or competition.
thats interesting. Whqat methods do they use to train horses?
I don't know the specifics, but Some of the techniques are very controversial and cruel, others are gentle.
oh ok. do you have a paticular breed of horse you like?
I do not, but I think the horses that are used by police are beautiful.
Do you know how big they get?
I do not know. That is a good question. They look very large.
The last horse I stood next to was quite taller than me and im 5ft 9in | 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 | 2,045 | wow-train |
I thought about joining the US army once.
It builds great character I joined when I was young. We were a ground force who fought primarily on land.
how long was your training? | Army
An army (from Latin "arma" "arms, weapons" via Old French "armée", "armed" [feminine]) or land force is a fighting force that fights primarily on land. In the broadest sense, it is the land-based military branch, service branch or armed service of a nation or state. It may also include aviation assets by possessing an army aviation component. In certain states, the term army refers to the entire armed forces (e.g., People's Liberation Army | was honestly the worst weekend we’ve had all season long as far as how I felt about the race car. I thought after practice we’d be lucky to run 15th. So proud of (crew chief) Cole (Pearn) and my engineers and just everybody for sticking with it, and having a good game plan. You know, we had a good car today. We fought track position all day but once we got up towards the front we had good speed.”
Following his eighth–place finish | 2,046 | wow-train |
I love coffee!
I can't live without it. Lately I've been drinking iced coffee
I can see why as it is one of the most popular drinks in the world!
Definitely. Have you ever tried decaf? I heard people say it wasn't very good.
I have not tried decaf but often wonder how it even becomes decaf.
Yes, that is a good question. I wonder how long people have been drinking coffee. | History of coffee
The history of coffee dates back to the 15th century, and possibly earlier with a number of reports and legends surrounding its first use. The native (undomesticated) origin of coffee is thought to have been Ethiopia.The earliest substantiated evidence of either coffee drinking or knowledge of the coffee tree is from the early 15th century, in the Sufi monasteries of Yemen, spreading soon to Mecca and Cairo. By the 16th century, it had reached the rest of the Middle East, South India (Karnataka) | the design is decided, Wray takes her original to a color trade shop where an operator scans it at high resolution, duplicates it as necessary, and assembles the work according to her plan. Why not do the work on a desktop system? At the physical size (20x24 inches) and high resolution Wray's after, small systems bog down. "I've tried a lower-end system, but it can't handle the detail, and I could have a cup of coffee while waiting for the image to move | 2,047 | wow-train |
Do you know anyone with obsessive compulsive disorder where they need to do actions repeatedly?
Not personally, but I've heard about it. Do you have it? | Obsessive–compulsive disorder
Obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD) is a mental disorder in which a person feels the need to perform certain routines repeatedly (called "compulsions"), or has certain thoughts repeatedly (called "obsessions"). The person is unable to control either the thoughts or activities for more than a short period of time. Common compulsions include hand washing, counting of things, and checking to see if a door is locked. Some may have difficulty throwing things out. These activities occur to such | person can also describe obsessional doubt, with intrusive worries about whether they have made the wrong decision, or forgotten to do something, for example turn off the gas or lock the house. In obsessive-compulsive disorder, the individual experiences obsessions with or without compulsions (a sense of having to carry out certain ritualized and senseless actions against their wishes).
Domains Thought content Phobias.
A phobia is "a dread of an object or situation that does not in reality pose any threat", and is distinct from a delusion | 2,048 | wow-train |
Do you know that a cruise ship is a passenger ship used for pleasure voyages?
I did! I've been on several cruises before! It is very nice.
Move of people in a cruise ship involves returning them to their original destination
Yes definitely. It is only meant to be a short trip to a destination via water.
There are some ship that makes 2–3 night round trips without any ports of call.These types are called nowhere voyages
Oh I didn't realize that! | of call.
In contrast, dedicated transport-oriented ocean liners do "line voyages" and typically transport passengers from one point to another, rather than on round trips. Traditionally, shipping lines build liners for the transoceanic trade to a higher standard than that of a typical cruise ship, including higher freeboard and stronger plating to withstand rough seas and adverse conditions encountered in the open ocean, such as the North Atlantic. Ocean liners also usually have larger capacities for fuel, food, and other stores for consumption on long | Cruise ship
A cruise ship is a passenger ship used for pleasure voyages when the voyage itself, the ship's amenities, and sometimes the different destinations along the way (i.e., ports of call), form part of the passengers' experience. Transportation is not the only purpose of cruising, particularly on cruises that return passengers to their originating port (known as "closed-loop cruises"). On "cruises to nowhere" or "nowhere voyages", cruise ships make 2-to-3 night round trips without any ports | 2,049 | wow-train |
Hi there! I love to cook.Cooking or cookery is the art, technology, science and craft of preparing food for consumption,using heat or not
I really like to cook too! Did you go to school for cooking?
Not really,but grand ma thought me well.Cooking techniques and ingredients vary widely across the world, from grilling food over an open fire to using electric stoves, to baking in various types of ovens,
What is your favorite thing to cook? Do you like using an open fire or an electric stove better?
Well ,the ways or types of cooking also depend on the skill and type of training an individual cook has.
That is very true. How much skill would you think you have? | and other food establishments. Cooking can also occur through chemical reactions without the presence of heat, such as in ceviche, a traditional South American dish where fish is cooked with the acids in lemon or lime juice.
Preparing food with heat or fire is an activity unique to humans. It may have started around 2 million years ago, though archaeological evidence for it reaches no more than 1 million years ago.
The expansion of agriculture, commerce, trade, and transportation between civilizations in different regions offered cooks many new | Cooking
Cooking or cookery is the art, technology, science and craft of preparing food for consumption. Cooking techniques and ingredients vary widely across the world, from grilling food over an open fire to using electric stoves, to baking in various types of ovens, reflecting unique environmental, economic, and cultural traditions and trends. The ways or types of cooking also depend on the skill and type of training an individual cook has. Cooking is done both by people in their own dwellings and by professional cooks and chefs in restaurants | 2,050 | wow-train |
I am thinking of getting a tattoo my wrist. What do you think?
Tattoos are a form of permanent pod modification using ink, as long as you're okay with it being there for a long time!
I guess I should think long and hard about that. I was thinking about a small cross.
Tattoos typically fall into one of three categories, decorative, symbolic, or pictoral. I'm assuming that cross whould be symbolic for you?
It would be. How do you feel about tattoos personally?
Historically tattoos have been seen by some as being uncivilised, but I disagree. I think they are very cool as long as they have meaning.
I agree. I do think that some people do not think about how they will feel about having some of their tattoos in ten or twenty years. | described in the West as painting, scarring or staining.
The etymology of the body modification term is not to be confused with the origins of the word for the military drumbeat or performance — see "military tattoo". In this case, the English word "tattoo" is derived from the Dutch word "taptoe".
Copyrighted tattoo designs that are mass-produced and sent to tattoo artists are known as "flash", a notable instance of industrial design. Flash sheets are prominently displayed in many tattoo parlors | album was released, Dylan said "these so-called connoisseurs of Bob Dylan music... I don't feel they know a thing, or have any inkling of who I am and what I'm about. I know they think they do, and yet it's ludicrous, it's humorous, and sad. That such people have spent so much of their time thinking about who? Me? Get a life, please. It's not something any one person should do about another. You're not serving your own | 2,051 | wow-train |
I love to listen to classical rock music. Do you like it?
I do! Who do you listen to? I listen to a lot of progressive rock, I love many many genres.
What genre is your favorite? I am unclear on all the different genres. Could you describe any of them for me?
Progressive music of any genre is great because it extends the boundaries of a genre, it's like if you took your two favorite genres and put them in a blender.
Oh, wow! Can you give me an example of progressive rock, or at least the idea of two genres combined?
Good examples of progrock would be Coheed and Cambria or David Maxim Micic, David is a solo artist, the work he does is incredible art.
I am most familiar with 1970's rock through 1990's rock and roll. I know in the 1990's, there was a new genre called alternative rock that came out.. | Coheed and Cambria
Coheed and Cambria is an American progressive rock band from Nyack, New York, formed in 1995. The band consists of Claudio Sanchez (vocals, guitars, keyboards), Travis Stever (guitars, vocals), Josh Eppard (drums, keyboards, backing vocals), and Zach Cooper (bass, backing vocals). The group's music incorporates aspects of progressive rock, pop, heavy metal, and post-hardcore.
Most of Coheed and Cambria's albums are concept albums based on a | like I'm this angry girl, [a] rebel ... punk, and I am "so" not any of them." However, she has also said that her music has punk influences: "I like to listen a lot to punk rock music, you can notice a certain influence of punk in my music. I like an aggressive music, but pretty enough heavy pop-rock, which is what I really do."
Awards and achievements.
In 2003, Lavigne won an International Achievement | 2,052 | wow-train |
I grew up on a plantation, also known as a farm that sells crops for money.
Was it in the south? Like the ones you see on TV?
Yup, there ain't nowhere like the south! We sold cotton and coffee beans.
Did you have people from Mexico doing all the work for you?
No, only earlier forms of plantation agriculture exploited their workers and used slavery tactics.
I did not mean salary. I meant migrant worker. In my area American's do not like hard work.
Oh yes, we hire seasonal migrant workers from time to time.
What is your biggest cash crop? | Plantation
A plantation is the large-scale estate meant for farming that specializes in cash crops. The crops that are grown include cotton,
coffee, tea, cocoa, sugar cane, sisal, oil seeds, oil palms, rubber trees, and fruits. Protectionist policies and natural comparative advantage have sometimes contributed to determining where plantations were located.
A plantation house is the main house of a plantation, often a substantial farmhouse, which often serves as a symbol for the plantation as a whole. Plantation houses in | the intent to impose a hierarchy, you have bigotry, and this notion of purity, which is this great fallacy, but it crops up all over the world. People like to think themselves superior and that if they can pride themselves in nothing else they can pride themselves on perceived purity. [...]. It wasn't really exclusively that. I think you can see in the Ministry even before it's taken over, there are parallels to regimes we all know and love." She also said, "You | 2,053 | wow-train |
oh my roses are so pretty i love the yellow ones
Garden roses are predominantly hybrid
i think they are the best kind
Roses have been grown for around 5000 years, maybe even yellow ones
ehich rose is your favorite
Numerous culitvars have been produced, but I don't know if I have a favorite. Maybe pink
have you seen the tye dye ones?
No I haven't, do they have pink in them? Pink was named after a flower.
oh yes they are beautiful | 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 | Garden roses
Garden roses are predominantly hybrid roses that are grown as ornamental plants in private or public gardens. They are one of the most popular and widely cultivated groups of flowering plants, especially in temperate climates. Numerous cultivars have been produced, especially over the last two centuries, though roses have been known in the garden for millennia beforehand. While most garden roses are grown for their flowers, some are also valued for other reasons, such as having ornamental fruit, providing ground cover, or for hedging.
History | 2,054 | wow-train |
I love sushi! It's my favorite!
Me too! I love sashimi too which many people confuse with sushi.
I haven't heard of that. What is the difference?
Sashimi is raw fish sliced into thin pieces. Sushi is the traditional rice rolls in seaweed
That's interesting, our sushi counter has the rice rolls, I'm not sure if they sell sashimi, where do you get that?
Most Japanese and sushi restaurants sell it, as well as seafood and other vegetables with are fried in tempura
What is tempura? | Tempura
Preparation.
Preparation Batter.
A light batter is made of iced water (sometimes sparkling water is used to keep the batter light) and soft wheat flour (cake, pastry or all-purpose flour). Eggs (especially egg yolk), baking soda or baking powder, starch, oil, and/or spices may also be added. Tempura batter is traditionally mixed in small batches using chopsticks for only a few seconds, leaving lumps in the mixture that, along with the cold batter temperature, result in the | a feature of almost all the cuisines of the world, providing an important source of protein in many cuisines around the world, especially in the countries with coastal areas.
Shellfish in various cuisines In Japan.
In the Japanese cuisine, chefs often use shellfish and their roe in different dishes. Sushi (vinegared rice, topped with other ingredients, including shellfish, fish, meat and vegetables) features both raw and cooked shellfish. Sashimi primarily consists of very fresh raw seafood, sliced into thin pieces. Both sushi and sashimi | 2,055 | wow-train |
My grandfather was a preacher. Do you know any preachers?
I do not know a few! Which religion does he worship?
He was a Christian (non-denominational) preacher, but his father was a street preacher in an old horse driven carriage.
Oh that sounds awesome! A horse driven carriage? Do you have any stories about it? I would really love to hear!
It was pretty cool - I wish I had more stories from him. I have a bunch of pictures of him and his carriage. He always had Sunday morning services right on the street in downtown Victoria, BC.
That sounds wonderful! I can't imagine how amazing the fresh air and sunshine felt while hearing his sermon! | Preacher
A preacher is a person who delivers sermons or homilies on religious topics to an assembly of people. Less common are preachers who preach on the street, or those whose message is not necessarily religious, but who preach components such as a moral or social worldview or philosophy.
History.
Preachers are common throughout most cultures. They can take the form of a Christian minister on a Sunday morning, or an Islamic Imam. A Muslim preacher in general is referred to as a "dā‘ī", while one | Do you know which is the worst animal? Man. Why? Egotistical, false, and a betrayer ... I believe in nothing: I hold nothing sacred but my wife and my stepdaughter. I am an atheist because I do not believe that there must be a God upon whom good and evil depend ... I have spent my years hoping and I will end discouraged." Among his late works are several images expressive of his profound disappointment, notably "The Dead Horse—What Now?"
He died in Florence | 2,056 | wow-train |
I love Disney movies; I think my favorite might be the nightmare before christmas. what's yours/
Nightmare before Christmas is not a disney film. I like the Black Cauldron somewhat, but I'm an adult, so I usually don't care or have nostalgia for them.
Yes the nightmare before christmas is owned by Disney. It's actually in a game called Kingdom Hearts which includes disney characters. | Kingdom Hearts (video game)
The game was a departure from Square's standard role-playing games, introducing a substantial action and hack and slash element to the gameplay. "Kingdom Hearts" has an all-star voice cast and includes many of the Disney characters' official voice actors. It was longtime Square character designer Tetsuya Nomura's first time in a directorial position.
"Kingdom Hearts" was praised for its unusual combination of action and role-playing, its unexpectedly harmonious mix of Square and Disney elements | ."
In 2001, The Walt Disney Company began to consider producing a sequel to "The Nightmare Before Christmas", but rather than using stop motion, Disney wanted to use computer animation. Burton convinced Disney to drop the idea. "I was always very protective of "Nightmare" not to do sequels or things of that kind," Burton explained. "You know, 'Jack visits Thanksgiving world' or other kinds of things just because I felt the movie had a purity to it and the people that | 2,057 | wow-train |
Are you a night owl or a morning person?
I am a night owl which is a person who tends to stay up late at night how about you?
I am the same way, I wish I could get my required sleep still though
The opposite of night owl is an early bird which is something i am not !
I certainly am not either, not even a little bit | 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. | 2,058 | wow-train |
Have you ever been the member of a marching band?
I actually was a member of the marching band for one day in high school. It consisted of multiple instruments and marching.
That is pretty cool, what instrument did you play?
I played the trumpet. I didn't care much for it at the time but my friends played brass. woodwind, and percussion instruments.
That is a lot of variety, I wish I would have joined the marching band, I played the guitar in high school. | Musical instrument
A musical instrument is an instrument created or adapted to make musical sounds. In principle, any object that produces sound can be considered a musical instrument—it is through purpose that the object becomes a musical instrument. The history of musical instruments dates to the beginnings of human culture. Early musical instruments may have been used for ritual, such as a trumpet to signal success on the hunt, or a drum in a religious ceremony. Cultures eventually developed composition and performance of melodies for entertainment. Musical instruments evolved | , sung by Wilson. It was recorded at Pal Studios in Cucamonga, California in January 1963.
The band needed a B-side and Wilson played a drummer's practice exercise called a paradiddle. Wilson added stresses to what had been a rhythm he played in his school marching band, and the guitarists followed. According to band member Bob Berryhill, "Ronnie loved Scottish marches and played with our high school Tartan marching band. That came into play coupled with my suggestion of bongo rock-type breaks for an arrangement | 2,059 | wow-train |
I have watched a bit about horse training and it turns out there are variety of practices that teach horses on doing certain behaviors
Oh thats quite interesting. What kind of practices are there? | QI
QI (short for Quite Interesting) is a British comedy panel game television quiz show created and co-produced by John Lloyd, and features permanent panellist Alan Davies. Stephen Fry was host of the show from its initial pilot, before departing after the final episode of the M series in 2016, with frequent "QI" panellist Sandi Toksvig replacing him prior to the beginning of the N series in 2016.
The format of the show focuses on Davies and three other guest panellists answering questions that are extremely obscure | 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 | 2,060 | wow-train |
Allergies can be incredibly annoying and very serious. Some symtoms may include red eyes, sneezing, shortness of breath, swelling, a runnynose, and more.
What are you allergic to?
From what i remember my doctor said i was generally alergic to the dust and unfiltered air. But some other common allergens are pollen and certain types of food like peanuts.
Are allergies medically related, hereditary or ?
There is a hereditary predisosition to allergies called atopy so it definitely can be hereditary!
Are they any cure for allergis?
A lot of doctors do things to treat and reduce allergies rather than cure them i have not heard of actually completely getting rid of allergies but redicing the heavy response to them. Unfortunately
So what are the common things people are allergic to? | peanuts, eggs, shellfish, fish, tree nuts, soy, wheat, rice, and fruit. The common allergies vary depending on the country. Risk factors include a family history of allergies, vitamin D deficiency, obesity, and high levels of cleanliness. Allergies occur when immunoglobulin E (IgE), part of the body's immune system, binds to food molecules. A protein in the food is usually the problem. This triggers the release of inflammatory chemicals such as histamine. Diagnosis is usually based on a medical | 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, | 2,061 | wow-train |
I am from New York City, the most populous city in the US. Have you been recently?
I have never been to New York, I would love to go. Do you like it there?
I love it - with a population of just over 8 million people, it's become a multi-cultural city and the most densely populated as well. You can see anything and everything in NYC.
Like what? Are there lots of tourist attractions?
Definitely - as a global power city, NYC has been described as the financial, cultural and sports entertainment of the world. There is the Wall Street, which is the worlds largest trading stock exchange floor. They also have the Yankees, one of the most popular baseball franchises in the world.
There are a lot of people living there, is it possible to escape from all that noise and bustle?
Of course - usually all the tourist attractions is located in Manhattan, which is one of the five boroughs in NYC. The other 4 boroughs are way less populated and resemble more of a quiet life.
That's good! I don't like too many people. Is it good to visit all your around? | physically connected to the Bronx and separated from the rest of Manhattan by the Harlem River. Manhattan Island is divided into three informally bounded components, each aligned with the borough's long axis: Lower, Midtown, and Upper Manhattan.
Manhattan has been described as the cultural, financial, media, and entertainment capital of the world, and the borough hosts the United Nations Headquarters. Anchored by Wall Street in the Financial District of Lower Manhattan, New York City has been called both the most economically powerful city and the leading | undetected for 36 minutes on a course heading due east toward Washington, D.C.
8:58: Flight 175 takes a heading toward New York City.
8:59: Flight 175 passenger Brian Sweeney leaves a message via airphone to his wife Julie:
Jules, this is Brian listen, I'm on an airplane that's been hijacked. If things don't go well, and it's not looking good, I just want you to know I absolutely love you, I want you to do good, go have good times, | 2,062 | wow-train |
I love tennis! My daughters were competitive junior players. Do you play?
No I do not play, but wish I could. I do understand it's a sport where you can play individually.
Yes, you can play singles or you can also play doubles which is a lot of fun. | gain a point, while the opposite player will.
Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society and at all ages. The sport can be played by anyone who can hold a racket, including wheelchair users. The modern game of tennis originated in Birmingham, England, in the late 19th century as lawn tennis. It had close connections both to various field (lawn) games such as croquet and bowls as well as to the older racket sport today called real tennis. During most of the | died in July 2013.
Talking about the title track "Louder", Michele has said, "It's a song that, no matter what, I can play in my car with the windows down. I feel like it shows off my voice as a singer, which is really important to me, because that’s what I do. I want to make sure that every song on my record is fun and enjoyable, but also, you hear my voice in them." Michele also stated, "I | 2,063 | wow-train |
I work at McDonald's, and I'm kinda enjoying it honestly. Been wanting to learn more about it. Can you help?
I sure can, Ive been working at McDonalds for 8 years, what would you like to know?
What's the corporate culture like? I know what it's like inside an actual place, but what about in a McDonald's office building?
Well I know that when it was founded in 1940 by Richard and Maurice he always had the place to be very comfortable and easy for the workers, today its about the same.
Hmm, I'd agree with the easy part. Don't know about comfortable though, lol. The fryers back there keep the place pretty hot! Does McDonald's have problems with worker safety?
Well there isnt much thats unsafe, There has been a lot of negative feedback lately because of the unhealthiness the fryers though, the company has added salads, fish, smoothies, and fruit to seem like its healthy lol.
Seems kind of like trying to dress up a pig. In the end, still a pig, you know? How many customers does the average McDonald's see in a day? | its original headquarters in Oak Brook, Illinois, but moved its global headquarters to Chicago in early 2018.
McDonald's is the world's largest restaurant chain by revenue, serving over 69 million customers daily in over 100 countries across 37,855 outlets as of 2018. Although McDonald's is best known for its hamburgers, cheeseburgers and french fries, they also feature chicken products, breakfast items, soft drinks, milkshakes, wraps, and desserts. In response to changing consumer tastes and a negative backlash because of the unhealthiness of their | consuming me like skating did. I wanted to read about it, you know? Go on the internet and watch videos about it, and just learn anything and everything I could about woodworking. The first thing I ever made was a bench, and that's, kinda, what I've been making ever since. the cool thing about working with Product (RED) is just by doing the two things that I love, I'm also able to help people.
Pappalardo's first signature shoe with Converse was released | 2,064 | wow-train |
i work as an interior designer.
I can see why, interior design, or the art and science of enhancing interior spaces, is a really cool occupation.
What are the reasons that you see
What do you mean by that? This occupation is meant to make interior spaces more pleasing.
Of course i know about this. I am curious to know your reason why it is a cool occupation
Ah okay. I guess it's just because the idea of different furniture and colors and all that can make such a big difference in how the same space can look. That's what makes interior design so cool.
i see. Have you been into it, or considering going for it? | Interior design
Interior design is the art and science of enhancing the interior of a building to achieve a healthier and more aesthetically pleasing environment for the people using the space. An interior designer is someone who plans, researches, coordinates, and manages such projects. Interior design is a multifaceted profession that includes conceptual development, space planning, site inspections, programming, research, communicating with the stakeholders of a project, construction management, and execution of the design.
History and current terms.
In the past, interiors | award shows. Later, Liz reveals that she has a Life Alert Emergency Response necklace; this necklace helps the elderly contact emergency services in case of an accident. Carol wonders why Geico—an auto insurance company—has multiple mascots, a reference to Geico's advertising campaigns. Jack plans to seduce the gay interior designer that Avery hired and hopes to get the designer to agree with him to leave the apartment the way it is, explaining to Liz "Do you know what a prize I am in the gay community? | 2,065 | wow-train |
Hi, I do yoga every day since it helps me relieve stress and anxiety!.
Yoga is is a group of physical, mental, and spiritual practices
I see, and what types of yoga are there? | Yoga
Yoga (; ; ) is a group of physical, mental, and spiritual practices or disciplines which originated in ancient India. Yoga is one of the six orthodox schools of Hindu philosophical traditions. There is a broad variety of yoga schools, practices, and goals in Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism. The term "yoga" in the Western world often denotes a modern form of Hatha yoga, yoga as exercise, consisting largely of the postures called asanas.
The origins of yoga have been speculated to date back | yoga, but many others exist.
Yoga is a group of physical, mental, and spiritual practices which originated in modern-day India before 500 BCE. The ultimate goals of yoga are spiritual, and yoga practice generally involves physically assuming and moving through codified asanas or body positions. Yoga physiology describes a system of interconnected bodies, having different but interrelated physical and spiritual properties. The concept of energy flow through corporal channels reappears in other somatic forms, including contact improvisation and Qigong.
Qigong and tai chi are traditional | 2,066 | wow-train |
Do you like Barbershop music?
Yes, in fact I do like Barbershop music, I used to sing when I was a kid.
My grandpa use to listen to it on his record player.
That's cool, when I was a kid their was a popular band called Alabama and they did a song called Elvira. The tenor and bass were really good.
I love Alabama, I saw them in concert once.
Yeah......that's awesome, Elvira was really popular when I was like 6 or something. That country song was my favorite.
Never heard of them but I'll look into them. | Country music
Country music, also known as country and western (or simply country), and hillbilly music, is a genre of popular music that originated in the southern United States in the early 1920s. It takes its roots from genres such as American folk music (especially Appalachian folk and Western music) and blues.
Country music often consists of ballads and dance tunes with generally simple forms, folk lyrics, and harmonies mostly accompanied by string instruments such as banjos, electric and acoustic guitars, steel guitars (such | on "Rockline":
Basically it was a riff that we would do at sound-checks. Axl came up with a couple of lines at the beginning. And... I went in a peace march, when I was a little kid, with my mom. I was like four years old. For Martin Luther King. And that's when: "Did you wear the black arm band when they shot the man who said: 'Peace could last forever'?" It's just true-life experiences | 2,067 | wow-train |
I love going to Brunch with my family
I love brunch as well. It is the combination of breakfast and lunch usually eaten in the late morning.
I love brunch Buffets. Nothing beats all you can eat bacon. yummy
Serve-yourself buffets are pretty common at brunches, but there are also menu-ordered meals at many.
Im getting hungry now. Im not sure how buffets make money. I feel like I eat so much there | Buffet
A buffet (, , from French word for "sideboard") is a system of serving meals in which food is placed in a public area where the diners serve themselves. A form of "service à la française", buffets are offered at various places including hotels, restaurants, and many social events. Buffet restaurants normally offer all-you-can-eat food for a set price, but some measure prices by weight or by number of dishes. Buffets usually have some hot dishes, so the | a Sunday meal for "Saturday-night carousers" in the writer Guy Beringer's article "Brunch: A Plea" in "Hunter's Weekly"'
It is sometimes credited to reporter Frank Ward O'Malley who wrote for the New York newspaper "The Sun" from 1906 until 1919, allegedly based on the typical mid-day eating habits of a newspaper reporter.
At colleges and hotels.
Some colleges and hotels serve brunch. Such brunches are often serve-yourself buffets, but menu-ordered meals may | 2,068 | wow-train |
I absolutely adore roses! Do you love them?
I do like roses, they're one of the prettiest flowers! | Garden roses
Garden roses are predominantly hybrid roses that are grown as ornamental plants in private or public gardens. They are one of the most popular and widely cultivated groups of flowering plants, especially in temperate climates. Numerous cultivars have been produced, especially over the last two centuries, though roses have been known in the garden for millennia beforehand. While most garden roses are grown for their flowers, some are also valued for other reasons, such as having ornamental fruit, providing ground cover, or for hedging.
History | do nome, não é de se sofrer um drama por seu fim.
- English, literal translation of the Portuguese piece: You guys, I [have to tell that I] absolutely love/adore Uncyclopedia, hahahaha, their [Portuguese] article on us indie kids is awesome, but I have something to say [to you], not every parody site is cool, some of them promote controversial things such as [a number of] prejudices, and I am reticent of [all] this kind of | 2,069 | wow-train |
I love reading novels, though I find it hard to find ones that interest me sometimes.
Novels are great works of long fiction, would love to write one.
Writing is good fun but I'm really bad at it haha.
yea i wish i could write a novel and publish it, seems hard to write a good fiction novel
Writing is definitely hard to do, especially writing well. The difference between good and bad writing is immense.
Yep, long fiction novels seems so hard to do when you arent good at writing sadly
Especially keeping all the plot holes out and keeping everything cohesive. | Novel
A novel is a relatively long work of narrative fiction, normally written in prose form, and which is typically published as a book.
The entire genre has been seen as having "a continuous and comprehensive history of about two thousand years", with its origins in classical Greece and Rome, in medieval and early modern romance, and in the tradition of the Italian renaissance novella. (Since the 18th century, the term "novella", or "novelle" in German, has been used in English | asked if it was hard to write songs about love and break-up, he said: "No, it's the only place where I really open up to somebody, through my music. I'm producing and writing it, it's good. I like to keep a hold of everything." Talking again to Digital Spy in October 2013 about the album, he said: "I was going through a pretty bad break-up while I was making the album and I felt the title really needed to resonate | 2,070 | wow-train |
I love my iPhone smartphone by Apple and I don't know how anyone uses an android.
In what way is the iPhone better than an android?
It's so user friendly and Apple really started the whole Smartphone revolution in 2007 and it keeps getting better with new hardware regularly.
I like Apple, in general. But it is too bad Steve Jobs is not still alive.
I know, it was really a shame when he passed away. They keep innovating and carrying on his legacy, though, with products like the Apple Smartwatch, Apple Tv and the HomePod.
I have not heard of HomePod. Please explain what that does. | HomePod
HomePod is a smart speaker developed by Apple Inc., the company's second speaker after the iPod Hi-Fi. Announced on 5 June 2017, at the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference, its launch was later delayed from December 2017 to early 2018. Apple began taking orders on 26 January 2018, and formally released it on 9 February.
Designed to accompany other Apple products such as the iPhone and Mac, the HomePod is designed to work with Apple Music to create a "new way for you to discover and | beat analysts expectations and was strategic for Apple in price-sensitive markets such as India and China where Apple struggles to match its success from Western markets."
"Tom's Guide" acclaimed the iPhone SE for being an affordable and compact smartphone with a headphone jack. Stating that “even worse than holding a big phone is carrying it around. When I'm done holding my iPhone SE — comfortably — I can slip it into the pocket of jeans, and almost forget that it's there. That's simply not | 2,071 | wow-train |
Do you like heavy metal?
Never listened to it, but I do know it is a type of rock genre.
I've tried to listen to it, but it tends to give me a headache! | Headache
Headache is the symptom of pain anywhere in the region of the head or neck. It occurs in migraines (sharp, or throbbing pains), tension-type headaches, and cluster headaches. Frequent headaches can affect relationships and employment. There is also an increased risk of depression in those with severe headaches.
Headaches can occur as a result of many conditions whether serious or not. There are a number of different classification systems for headaches. The most well-recognized is that of the International Headache Society. | since been labeled as an early influence of the heavy metal genre, with critic Denise Sullivan of AllMusic writing, You Really Got Me' remains a blueprint song in the hard rock and heavy metal arsenal." However, Dave Davies has since rejected the idea that the song is heavy metal, saying "I've never really like that term, heavy metal. I think, in all humility, it was the first heavy guitar riff rock record. Just because of the sound—if you played it on a ukulele, | 2,072 | wow-train |
I enjoy hiking! Makes me feel great!
Ah, do you hike on trails in the countryside? Hiking usually involves a long, vigorous walk!
I like either. I like to have some great scenery so it keeps my mind off the vigorous walk!
Interestingly, in the UK, "walking" can describe all kinds of walking, even what some people call hiking.
Very interesting. Is there a "distance" that is used in any countries to be considered hiking? | 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 | for others the physical, sporting and endurance aspect is more important.
There are a variety of different kinds of walking, including bushwalking, racewalking, beach walking, hillwalking, volksmarching, Nordic walking, trekking, dog walking and hiking. Some people prefer to walk indoors on a treadmill, or in a gym, and fitness walkers and others may use a pedometer to count their steps. Hiking is the usual word used in Canada, the United States and South Africa for long vigorous walks; similar walks are called tramps | 2,073 | wow-train |
Do you know why beetroots are so bad?
No why are they so bad?
They taste bad to me.
Yeah | to digestion and the blood. Bartolomeo Platina recommended taking beetroot with garlic to nullify the effects of "garlic-breath".
During the middle of the 19th century, wine often was coloured with beetroot juice.
Cultivars.
Below is a list of several commonly available cultivars of beets. Generally, 55 to 65 days are needed from germination to harvest of the root. All cultivars can be harvested earlier for use as greens. Unless otherwise noted, the root colours are shades of red and dark red with different | some time difficult for us to determine whether she was her friend or her enemy but at last this point was determined by her account of a battle royal between these two belles at Miss Whyte's own table lately in Dublin. Lady Asgill began the attack thus " Miss Whyte do you know the good people of Dublin are beginning to abuse you quite as much as they abuse me". "Oh no, I hope not quite so bad as that" – quoth Miss W. "Why though they abuse me, I'm | 2,074 | wow-train |
I really respect veterinary physicians, or vets, as they are so kind to be dedicating themselves to helping animals.
I agree! I have a friend that is a vet technician. She is very compassionate, and also has 3 nice cats!
The title is really important in some places, since in some countries you can't be called a vet without the necessary qualifications.
I would agree with those regulations! I wouldn't want someone without the necessary qualifications operating on my pet! Specialized vets for other animals are sometimes hard to find. | Veterinary physician
A veterinary physician, usually called a vet, which is shortened from veterinarian (American English) or veterinary surgeon (British English), is a professional who practices veterinary medicine by treating diseases, disorders, and injuries in animals.
Description.
In many countries, the local nomenclature for a veterinarian is a regulated and protected term, meaning that members of the public without the prerequisite qualifications and/or licensure are not able to use the title. In many cases, the activities that may be undertaken by a | "in some kind of site-specific, really, really intimate venue. I thought it needed to be something that you’re very close to, so you’re not just thinking of language as meaning, but you’re also thinking of language as a kinetic experience, because the language is extremely kinetic.”
Writing for "L Magazine", Alexis Clements noted that Parson and Lazar seem to “enjoy feeling like outsiders looking in on a culture or subject that they are not familiar with.” For them, | 2,075 | wow-train |
I drive a Jaguar. I'm cool like that.
Good for you! Jaguar was actually founde.d by the Swallow Sidecar Company in 1922
Did they start out only making cars? | Jaguar Cars
Jaguar (, ) is the luxury vehicle brand of Jaguar Land Rover, a British multinational car manufacturer with its headquarters in Whitley, Coventry, England. Jaguar Cars was the company that was responsible for the production of Jaguar cars until its operations were fully merged with those of Land Rover to form Jaguar Land Rover on 1 January 2013.
Jaguar's business was founded as the Swallow Sidecar Company in 1922, originally making motorcycle sidecars before developing bodies for passenger cars. Under the ownership of S. S. Cars Limited | Jaguar Land Rover Automotive PLC, Jaguar Cars Limited was renamed to Jaguar Land Rover Limited and the assets (excluding certain Chinese interests) of Land Rover were transferred to it. The consequence was that Jaguar Land Rover Limited became responsible in the UK for the design, manufacture and marketing of both Jaguar and Land Rover products.
History Plants.
From 1922 the Swallow Sidecar company (SSC) was located in Blackpool. The company moved to Holbrook Lane, Coventry in 1928 when demand for the Austin Swallow became too great for the | 2,076 | wow-train |
I love Karaoke, not sure of my talent but it's fun. You tried it?
Yes I do amateur karaoke using a karaoke recording
Nice. How does that work, it's hooked to the machine?
Yes and I also lip synch which is different you are just miming the whole thing
You sound fun to hang out with for sure.
difference between karaoke and lip synch is theres no lead artist
I think people would prefer if I only lip sang | . The primary difference between Karaoke and sing-along songs is the absence of the lead vocalist.
Sing-alongs (present since the beginning of singing) fundamentally changed with the introduction of new technology. In the late 1960s and into the 1970s, stored audible materials began to dominate the music recording industry and revolutionized the portability and ease of use of band and instrumental music by musicians and entertainers as the demand for entertainers increased globally. This may have been attributable to the introduction of music cassette tapes, technology that arose | 's previous single "Girls". A writer from Orange criticised the song's incorporation of multiple genres as "less than the sum of its parts". The reviewer was also unfavourable of the sampling of "Yes It's You", which was noted as "giving the ladies' warblings a strange air of karaoke with the wrong lyrics" as a result of its resemblance to "I Want You Back". The writer concluded the review by stating that "things are just a little lacklustre; the trio's vocals | 2,077 | wow-train |
Yellow is such a pretty color! Sunlight has a yellow hue due to the surface temperature of the sun.
Hi | in the murals in Roman villas. In the early Christian church, yellow was the color associated with the Pope and the golden keys of the Kingdom, but was also associated with Judas Iscariot and was used to mark heretics. In the 20th century, Jews in Nazi-occupied Europe were forced to wear a yellow star. In China, bright yellow was the color of the Middle Kingdom, and could be worn only by the Emperor and his household; special guests were welcomed on a yellow carpet.
According to surveys | Characteristics.
Emerald Spring is deep. The water temperature in the spring is around . The spring gets its name from the emerald green color of the water created by sunlight filtering through the water, giving the light a blue color, and reflecting off the yellow sulphur creating the green hue.
While Emerald Spring is a mostly calm pool, which usually only has a few bubbles rising to the surface, it does experience periods of turbidity and small 3-foot (1-m) high eruptions. In 1931, Emerald experienced a | 2,078 | wow-train |
Hi, I live in a desert, a place where little precipitation occurs
Oh it must be hot there! Is there much wildlife out there? | Desert
A desert is a barren area of landscape where little precipitation occurs and, consequently, living conditions are hostile for plant and animal life. The lack of vegetation exposes the unprotected surface of the ground to the processes of denudation. About one-third of the land surface of the world is arid or semi-arid. This includes much of the polar regions where little precipitation occurs and which are sometimes called polar deserts or "cold deserts". Deserts can be classified by the amount of precipitation that falls, by | Wildlife of Turkmenistan
The wildlife of Turkmenistan is the flora and fauna of Turkmenistan, and the natural habitats in which they live. Turkmenistan is a country in Central Asia to the east of the Caspian Sea. Two thirds of the country is hot dry plains and desert, and the rest is more mountainous. Very little rain falls in summer and the chief precipitation occurs in the southern part of the country in the winter and spring. The Caspian coast has milder winters.
The desert sees limited plant growth in the winter | 2,079 | wow-train |
I'm really big into science. It's my favorite of all the STEM fields, although math is a close second.
what is STEM fields? I have never heard about it
STEM is an acronym for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math. Back in the day, it used to be called METS.
I see. I love math, at college I studied calculus, and I loved it
I never made it past calculus in high school. I especially liked the parts that dealt with calculations of volumes of rotating graphs and areas under a curve.
Well, when you are studying calculus is the same thing, you want to know about the areas too | Calculus
Calculus, originally called infinitesimal calculus or "the calculus of infinitesimals", is the mathematical study of continuous change, in the same way that geometry is the study of shape and algebra is the study of generalizations of arithmetic operations.
It has two major branches, differential calculus and integral calculus. Differential calculus concerns instantaneous rates of change and the slopes of curves. Integral calculus concerns accumulation of quantities and the areas under and between curves. These two branches are related to each other by the fundamental theorem of calculus | possibilities within the arts and a pressuring need for a strong work force within the STEM fields (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) research show that arts education is crucial in children’s learning process and development. In 2013 a congressional resolution sought to include "A" for Art in the STEM acronym, changing it to STEAM. Studies show that children exposed to arts education throughout childhood through primary, secondary and tertiary school show greater scores on academic achievements as well as greater social, cultural, emotional and cognitive development. | 2,080 | wow-train |
I love breweries, have you ever been to one? | 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 | All Night" and "Have You Ever Been in Love", and the making of "One Heart" music video among other features.
Promotion.
In the United States, "I Drove All Night", "Have You Ever Been in Love", "One Heart", and "Love Is All We Need" were used from 2003 to 2004 in an advertising campaign for DaimlerChrysler, and the CD's inlay cover had the Chrysler logo and slogan.
Singles.
"I Drove All Night | 2,081 | wow-train |
Baseball is popular in the USA and played with 9 players on each team, and a game must have 2 teams.
I've never been a big fan of baseball, it takes a long time for a game to develop. I do enjoy going to the park with friends and drinking beer during the game, though. | . One turn batting for each team constitutes an inning. A game is usually composed of nine innings, and the team with the greater number of runs at the end of the game wins. If scores are tied at the end of nine innings, extra innings are usually played. Baseball has no game clock, although most games end in the ninth inning.
Baseball evolved from older bat-and-ball games already being played in England by the mid-18th century. This game was brought by immigrants to North America, | 2011 Conference USA Baseball Tournament
The 2011 Conference USA Baseball Tournament was held at Trustmark Park in Pearl, Mississippi from May 25 through May 29, 2011. The winner received Conference USA's automatic bid to the 2011 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. The tournament consists of eight teams split into two four-team pods, with the teams with the best record in each pod going on to a single-game final.
Regular season results.
- SMU, Tulsa, and UTEP do not field baseball teams. Marshall | 2,082 | wow-train |
im more of a cat personn myself.
Yes, I like both, but it's said that this is determined by a person's personality traits.
i think cats are just easier to chill with tho i do like dogs
A study back in 2010 showed results that cat people tend to be a bit more neurotic and creative, while dog people tend to be more social and outgoing.
that holds up with me
Then later in 2014, another study showed dog lovers are more energetic and outgoing, but follow rules, while cat lovers are a bit more introverted, open-minded and sensitive. Sounds right!
yea i see where that is coming from | conformists, as well as scoring higher on intelligence tests than dog lovers. Studies have shown that cat owners are more likely to have higher blood pressure according to CNN.
See also.
- Cat lady, a derogatory depiction of a female cat person
Further reading.
- Dog people and cat people differ on dominance-related traits | she has a deep perspective on the value of life... It's hard not to admire her." She stated that she had "a bit of a freak-out moment" when she first saw the cat-suit. When asked about fighting in the costume, Johansson responded "a big part of me is like 'can I move in this? Can I run in it? Can I like throw myself over things with this?' And I think just the prep, you just have to put in the | 2,083 | wow-train |
I study countries! I think it's fascinating how each is a distinct entity in political geography!
What is a country? | Country
A country is a region that is identified as a distinct entity in political geography.
A country may be an independent sovereign state or part of a larger state, as a non-sovereign or formerly sovereign political division, or a geographic region associated with sets of previously independent or differently associated people with distinct political characteristics. Regardless of the physical geography, in the modern internationally accepted legal definition as defined by the League of Nations in 1937 and reaffirmed by the United Nations in 1945, a resident of a country | sent them out as a team to get the story on unemployment that appears in the first episode of "World Youth News."
"It's very interesting to see how kids from different countries have different skills and different approaches. But that still doesn't make me think they're really that different. I think if you went into any kid's room in any country in the world, you wouldn't be able to tell what country you were in. They're all wearing Reeboks and Levi's. I think | 2,084 | wow-train |
i love eating all types of hamburgers, A hamburger, beefburger or burger is a sandwich consisting of one or more cooked patties usually made from ground beef
I love hamburgers too! they are my fave, What kind of toppings do you usually put on yours?
i usually only put onion chesse and tomatoes, The patty may be pan fried, barbecued, or flame broiled
I like mine flame broiled, it tastes so much better that way. When was the burger invented anyway?
The term "hamburger" originally derives from Hamburg, Germany's second-largest city but im not sure where it was invented
Oh wow it came from Germany! I had no idea, I always thought it was purely an American food.
A hamburger topped with cheese is called a cheeseburger and that is my favorite burger
Me too, cant ever have one without the cheese, it just wouldnt taste right. Are burgers just made from beef usually, or so other countries have different meats for their burgers? | Hamburger
A hamburger (short: burger) is a sandwich consisting of one or more cooked patties of ground meat, usually beef, placed inside a sliced bread roll or bun. The patty may be pan fried, grilled, or flame broiled. Hamburgers are often served with cheese, lettuce, tomato, onion, pickles, bacon, or chiles; condiments such as ketchup, mayonnaise, mustard, relish, or "special sauce"; and are frequently placed on sesame seed buns. A hamburger topped with cheese is | List of hamburger restaurants
This is a list of notable hamburger restaurants. A hamburger is a sandwich consisting of one or more cooked patties of ground meat (usually beef) usually placed inside a sliced hamburger bun. Hamburgers are often served with lettuce, bacon, tomato, onion, pickles, cheese and condiments such as mustard, mayonnaise, ketchup and relish. This list includes restaurants and fast food restaurants that primarily serve hamburgers and related food items.
Hamburger restaurants.
- A&W
- Ann's Snack Bar | 2,085 | wow-train |
I dont like all country music
I really like it specially guitar ones, It takes its roots from genres such as folk music
I like Willie nelson but new stuff aint as good | as pedal steels and dobros), and fiddles as well as harmonicas. Blues modes have been used extensively throughout its recorded history.
According to Lindsey Starnes, the term "country music" gained popularity in the 1940s in preference to the earlier term "hillbilly music"; it came to encompass Western music, which evolved parallel to hillbilly music from similar roots, in the mid-20th century. In 2009 in the United States, country music was the most listened to rush hour radio genre during the evening commute, and second | "Herald Sun": "I've definitely been listening to more older stuff in the time leading up to recording this record—like Dylan and the Velvet Underground. I really like country and folk music, so I think it's always going to come through. Maybe this time it's come through in a more authentic way, rather than playing with a genre, just playing it because we like it. I think the guitar-picking stuff on this record mostly comes from Bob Dylan or Nick Drake and that sort | 2,086 | wow-train |
I am thinking of applying for a job at the Federal Judiciary of the United States. Not sure if I'm qualified though | Federal judiciary of the United States
The federal judiciary of the United States is one of the three branches of the federal government of the United States organized under the United States Constitution and laws of the federal government. Article III of the Constitution requires the establishment of a Supreme Court and permits the Congress to create other federal courts, and place limitations on their jurisdiction. Article III federal judges are appointed by the president with the consent of the Senate to serve until they resign, are impeached and convicted, retire, or die | Presidential candidates Wyclef Jean.
Musician Wyclef Jean, who left Haiti for the United States at the age of 9, said he is qualified to run for president and was in Haiti to initiate the legal process with lawyers and have his fingerprints taken by the judicial police to run for president. He did, however, declare that "There are a lot of rumors that I am running for president. I have not declared that. If we decide to move forward, I am pretty sure that we [would] have all | 2,087 | wow-train |
Tour De France is such a fascinating competition to me, can you imagine being that high level to compete even?!
It would take a lot of work and dedication, for sure. I would love to go, just to bike through France and other countries.
Tour de France
There's actually 21 stages that occur in a little bit more than 3 weeks.
Me too, I just saw a documentary on netflix about French countryside homes and it's absolutely gorgeous over there.
It would be. The vegetation there is gorgeous. Also, the Tour de France has been happening ever since 1903. It only stopped for the 2 World Wars.
Do all of the competitions happen in succession or is there a break between them?
I'd imagine there must be a break between each. Especially because it happens in July.. not a cool month at all.
I would hope so, it would be grueling otherwise. | exception of the teams that the organizers invite. It has become "the world's biggest annual sporting event."
Traditionally, the race is held primarily in the month of July. While the route changes each year, the format of the race stays the same with the appearance of time trials, the passage through the mountain chains of the Pyrenees and the Alps, and the finish on the Champs-Élysées in Paris. The modern editions of the Tour de France consist of 21 day-long segments (stages) | best sports article of the year and the Grand Prix of Sporting Literature in 1972 for his work on the Tour de France.
Jacques Anquetil said of the insight of Chany's journalism: "Don't ask me to tell you what happened during the race. There's someone more competent than I am to do that... Even I will wait until tomorrow's article by Pierre Chany in L'Équipe to find what I did, why and how I did it. What gives him authority is that he is competent, that he | 2,088 | wow-train |
My father worked in car factory prior to retiring. Have you or anyone in your family worked in a factory?
None of my family has ever worked in a manufacturing plant. They normally have several buildings, which is dangerous.
The car factory did have several buildings, but thanks to the supervisors and safety team, the factory only had two minor accidents while my dad worked there.
Factories came about with the introduction of machinery during the one and only industrial revolution.
True in order to enter into the world of mass production by making the process more efficient. | workshops".
Most modern factories have large warehouses or warehouse-like facilities that contain heavy equipment used for assembly line production. Large factories tend to be located with access to multiple modes of transportation, with some having rail, highway and water loading and unloading facilities.
Factories may either make discrete products or some type of material continuously produced such as chemicals, pulp and paper, or refined oil products. Factories manufacturing chemicals are often called "plants" and may have most of their equipment – tanks, pressure vessels | the factory consisted of some ten buildings spread over several city blocks at what is now the campus of the Community College of Philadelphia. The firm reached its peak in 1857-58, after which time, the Norris family seems to have lost interest in the business. Manufacturing quality and output fell during the Civil War and the plant closed in 1866, although deliveries continued for a year or two.
The firm's factory complex was located in the area around 17th and Hamilton Streets, on several acres of what had once | 2,089 | wow-train |
Hey there! Have you read Ian Watts "The Rise of the Novel"?
I have not, I do not normally read many novels.
I really like romance novels! Do you have any genre you do like to read when you pick one up?
Novels are okay, but I normally only ready stuff online. I like to watch instead of read. I know its bad.
That's not bad just your preference. I like TV as well. I really liked that old BBC show Creatures Great and Small.
Mostly the internet for me, I like to watch what others create. | area of human interest or activity. The subject of fan interest can be narrowly defined, focused on something like an individual celebrity, or more widely defined, encompassing entire hobbies, genres or fashions. While it is now used to apply to groups of people fascinated with any subject, the term has its roots in those with an enthusiastic appreciation for sports. Merriam-Webster's dictionary traces the usage of the term back as far as 1903.
Fandom as a term can also be used in a broad sense to refer | 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 | 2,090 | wow-train |
Hi there. What do you think about religion in general? I think it's important, but I often have a tough time squaring "going to church/synagogue/etc" with doing good out in the world. They seem like different things! | Religion
Religion is a social-cultural system of designated behaviors and practices, morals, worldviews, texts, sanctified places, prophecies, ethics, or organizations, that relates humanity to supernatural, transcendental, or spiritual elements. However, there is no scholarly consensus over what precisely constitutes a religion.
Different religions may or may not contain various elements ranging from the divine, sacred things, faith, a supernatural being or supernatural beings or "some sort of ultimacy and transcendence that will provide norms and power for the rest | , stating "There was all sorts of talk about it. We read scripts and I think it's now not happening, I haven't heard anything. I think it's just difficult to get everybody together. Everybody is doing such different things. Maybe they think everybody has moved on, I don't know. You never say never but I have not heard anything of it of late".
Iwan Rheon later commented: "It looked like it was really going to happen at one stage, but it's | 2,091 | wow-train |
I live in a large house
That's cool - would you consider it a mansion or a very large dwelling?
It is a mansion. I have 6 bedroom and seven bathroom, a large garden and a swimming pool | would "remain" there...
History.
Within an ancient Roman city, aristocratic people or just wealthy dwellings might be very extensive and luxurious. Such mansions on one hill in Rome became so extensive that the term palatial was derived from the name Palatine hill and is the etymological origin of "palace". Mansions of considerable size and state significance are called palaces.
Following the fall of Rome the practice of building unfortified villas ceased. Today, the oldest inhabited mansions around the world usually began their existence as fortified | - Capt. George Augustus Carteret Thynne (1869-1945), Royal North Devon Yeomanry, who had descendants surviving in 1968.
Stowe Barton.
A range of stone buildings around a large courtyard, including a seven bedroom barton house with the Grenville arms sculpted above the front door, survives, located between the site of the demolished mansion and a surviving overgrown sunken garden believed to have adjoined the Tudor mansion house. The history of this barton house is not well recorded. Harper (1910) wrote: | 2,092 | wow-train |
hi do you play tennis?
Yes! I love tennis. Both of my daughters were competitive junior players. I love that you can play individually or on a doubles team. Do you play?
oh wow thats really cool. i play every so often with friends at the park, but i have never played competitively | gain a point, while the opposite player will.
Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society and at all ages. The sport can be played by anyone who can hold a racket, including wheelchair users. The modern game of tennis originated in Birmingham, England, in the late 19th century as lawn tennis. It had close connections both to various field (lawn) games such as croquet and bowls as well as to the older racket sport today called real tennis. During most of the | as saying "I swear I have never told a player to attack another player. In fact, I have told my players if they ever hear me saying something like this, they can break a stick over my skull. I ask only that they play aggressively." In an interview in the HBO documentary "Broad Street Bullies" Shero states that he had a team that liked fighting so he let them fight. Demonstrating his personal coaching philosophy that "You have to learn to win with what you got or you do | 2,093 | wow-train |
What is your favorite video game?
i really like guitar hero.
Have you tried Guitar Hero 5, the fifth main entry in the "Guitar Hero" series?
I have not, i have only played the first two or three in the franchise series.
What other video games have you played recently?
i have played call of xuty on ps3
Did you have a PlayStation 2 prior to getting a ps3?
yes i did, but i have neither now | the PlayStation 4, was released in 2013, selling 1 million consoles in its first 24 hours on sale, becoming the fastest selling console in history.
The first handheld game console in the PlayStation series, the PlayStation Portable or PSP, sold a total of 80 million units worldwide by November 2013. Its successor, the PlayStation Vita, which launched in Japan on December 17, 2011 and in most other major territories in February 2012, had sold over 4 million units by January 2013. PlayStation TV is a microconsole and | He's a mixture of about three or four guys that I know... In general I try to keep with real people, because I feel like you always want to have some hint of the truth where it makes it feel real to you."
"Not a Drop of Rain" is Keen's personal favorite from the album, "It's a very emotional song, written out of thinking what would happen if I lost everything I have." The song has a somewhat unusual guitar accompaniment played in DADGAD tuning | 2,094 | wow-train |
I'm growing out my beard, it's pretty long!
Its actually a left over trait from when humans had hair all over their bodies!
Really! That's so weird lol Why do only men have beards? | Beard
A beard is the unshaven hair that grows on the chin, upper lip, cheeks and neck of humans and some non-human animals. In humans, usually only pubescent or adult males are able to grow beards. Some women with hirsutism, a hormonal condition of excessive hairiness, may develop a beard.
Throughout the course of history, societal attitudes toward male beards have varied widely depending on factors such as prevailing cultural-religious traditions and the current era's fashion trends. Some religions (such as Islam | his hand around my shoulder, and he said "I think we are together because we're both similar, like we're both really messed up" and I thought it was the saddest thing I'd ever heard. And I said, "I'm not sad, I didn't know that's why you thought you were relating to me on that level, I'm actually doing pretty good". And he was upset, and that's when I wrote the song. I thought, I had to do so | 2,095 | wow-train |
I graduated as a Valedictorian at my high school
Nice, you must have been the student with the highest ranking GPA among your graduating class.
Of course yes. I am the best student in the school. I put a lot of hard work to my studies | valedictorian's traditional role as the final speaker at the graduation ceremony before the students receive their diplomas. The valedictory address generally is considered a final farewell to classmates, before they disperse to pursue their individual paths after graduating.
In Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Ireland, India and the United Kingdom, the title valedictorian is not used frequently. In Australia, the title is sometimes awarded to a member of a graduating university class on the basis of contribution to the school rather than academic success. The highest- | welfare.
Education.
Ng graduated as Valedictorian of Tracy High School in 1996. She was captain of the varsity tennis team, International Baccalaureate Diploma recipient, and class president for four years.
Ng completed her undergraduate studies at Stanford University, where she graduated Phi Beta Kappa with a 3.99 GPA, earning a degree in Human Biology with Honors. She was awarded the Stanford Dinkelspiel Award, which recognizes two outstanding graduating seniors for their commitment to improving student life and education. Ng's interest in international health began at | 2,096 | wow-train |
The Lord of the rings is a novel written by JRR Tolkien
i love those books they are sooooo good!
It was initially intended to be one volume of a two-volume set
o really? does that include the hobbit | a trilogy, the work was initially intended by Tolkien to be one volume of a two-volume set, the other to be "The Silmarillion", but this idea was dismissed by his publisher. For economic reasons, "The Lord of the Rings" was published in three volumes over the course of a year from 29 July 1954 to 20 October 1955. The three volumes were titled "The Fellowship of the Ring", "The Two Towers" and "The Return of the King". Structurally, the | maximize faithfulness along one of those axes.
In most cases adaptation, the films are required to create identities (for example, a characters' costume or set decor) since they are not specified in the original material. Then, the influence of film-makers may go unrecognised because there is no comparison in the original material even though the new visual identities will affect narrative interpretation. Peter Jackson's adaptations of "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy and "The Hobbit" by author JRR Tolkien represent an unusual case | 2,097 | wow-train |
My mom listens to a lot of religious music lately.
my mom does that as well, According to some scholars, the earliest music in the Christian Church came from Jewish worship music
Interesting. Thought it would have been something else. Do other religions sing?
im not sure but It is believed that this music lay somewhere between singing and speaking
Oh I see. What else can you tell me about religious music? | , post-punk, heavy metal and ambient music.
Shintō music.
Shintō music (神楽) is ceremonial music for Shinto (神道) which is the native religion of Japan.
Buddhist music.
Buddhist music is music for Buddhist ceremony or meditation.
Zoroastrian music.
Zoroastrian music is a genre of music that accompanies Zoroastrian traditions and rites.
See also.
- Church music
- Gospel music
- Liturgical music
- Music and politics
- Secular music
- Spiritual ( | Religious music
Religious music (also sacred music) is music performed or composed for religious use or through religious influence. Ritual music is music, sacred or not, performed or composed for or as ritual.
Christian music.
According to some scholars, the earliest music in the Christian Church came from Jewish worship music, with some additional Syriac influence. It is believed that this music lay somewhere between singing and speaking, or speaking with an understood ritual cadence. However, there is another opinion that the roots of | 2,098 | wow-train |
I never listened to fall out boy as a kid never interested me
me too, Fall Out Boy is an American rock band formed in Wilmette, Illinois
I didn't know they were from illinois, do you know anything else about them? | Fall Out Boy
Fall Out Boy is an American rock band formed in Wilmette, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago, in 2001. The band consists of lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist Patrick Stump, bassist Pete Wentz, lead guitarist Joe Trohman, and drummer Andy Hurley. The band originated from Chicago's hardcore punk scene, with which all members were involved at one point. The group was formed by Wentz and Trohman as a pop punk side project of the members' respective hardcore bands, and Stump joined shortly thereafter. | we did too much with it. It started out as a comic book strip that I drew in the studio and then turned into this record that we made, but you know, that's all that it is for me. It's the opposite of The Damned Things (a supergroup featuring Ian alongside members of Fall Out Boy and Every Time I Die), for me, it was never meant to be a real band with a schedule and making records and touring. S.O.D. was supposed to be the 'anti' | 2,099 | wow-train |
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