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If someone is sad or anxious they might be in a depressed mood
Yes its a new age problem thats growing bigger every day, are you anxious sometimes?
No not really. I've known people with Borderline personality disorder though.
What is that? i havent heard of it
It's a long-term pattern of unstable behaviors, loss of identity, and promiscuity
Omg its really bad, now i know, what can you tell me about depression, i think i feel depressed sometimes | Depression (mood)
Depression is a state of low mood and aversion to activity. It can affect a person's thoughts, behavior, motivation, feelings, and sense of well-being. It may feature sadness, difficulty in thinking and concentration and a significant increase/decrease in appetite and time spent sleeping, and people experiencing depression may have feelings of dejection, hopelessness and, sometimes, suicidal thoughts. It can either be short term or long term. Depressed mood is a symptom of some mood disorders such as | the depressed mood caused by bipolar disorder, but a positive event would potentially lift the depressed mood of someone with BPD. Similarly, an undesirable event would not dampen the euphoria caused by bipolar disorder, but an undesirable event would dampen the euphoria of someone with borderline personality disorder.
Third, when people with BPD experience euphoria, it is usually without the racing thoughts and decreased need for sleep that are typical of hypomania, though a later 2013 study of data collected in 2004 found that borderline personality disorder diagnosis and symptoms were | 2,500 | wow-train |
I have a friend who started an animal shelter.
Do they have a no kill policy? Except for sick animals of course.
I don't even think she kills sick ones. Gets vet donations to help them. She mostly has dogs and cats, but I think a couple mules too. | still be considered a no-kill shelter.
Definition.
A no-kill or limited admit shelter is a shelter that saves healthy, treatable and rehabilitatable animals. As a benchmark, at least 90% of the animals entering the shelter are expected to be saved. The save rate must be based on all animals entering the shelter: "It does not matter if the animals are old, blind, deaf, missing limbs, or traumatized. All of these animals are worthy of our compassion, all of them | Animal shelter
An animal shelter or pound is a place where stray, lost, abandoned or surrendered animals, mostly dogs and cats, and sometimes sick or wounded wildlife are kept and rehabilitated. While no-kill shelters exist, it is sometimes policy to euthanize sick animals, and any animal that is not claimed quickly enough by a previous or new owner. In Europe, of 30 countries included in a survey, all but four (Czech Republic, Germany, Greece, and Italy) permitted the killing of healthy stray | 2,501 | wow-train |
I'm pretty near-sighted, I have to wear contacts everyday just to see! | Near-sightedness
Near-sightedness, also known as short-sightedness and myopia, is an eye disorder where light focuses in front of, instead of on, the retina. This causes distant objects to be blurry while close objects appear normal. Other symptoms may include headaches and eye strain. Severe near-sightedness is associated with an increased risk of retinal detachment, cataracts, and glaucoma.
The underlying cause is believed to be a combination of genetic and environmental factors. Risk factors include doing work that involves focusing | I'm not contemplating that at this time", and that "I've got a pretty important job to do here in Ottawa."
- Garfield Dunlop, MPP for Simcoe North told "Barrie Examiner" "being the leader is a 10-year commitment. And I just don't have the contacts across the province." Endorsed Tim Hudak.
- Dean Del Mastro, 38, is a social conservative and sits in the House of Commons of Canada as MP for Peterborough.
- Julian Fantino, 67, | 2,502 | wow-train |
I recently started a ketogenic diet and I'm feeling great! The high-fat, high protein, low carb combination seems to be a winner!
I have heard that is really good for you
It is! Very effective with weight loss too because the body is forced to burn fat for energy instead of carbs.
What kind of stuff can you eat on it?
I eat a lot of meat! Steak, chicken, fish, etc. Also, I make sure that I eat lots of veggies with my meals. It's very important to drink a lot of water. If you don't you can develop kidney stones.
i will keep that in ind! | Ketogenic diet
The ketogenic diet is a high-fat, adequate-protein, low-carbohydrate diet that in medicine is used primarily to treat difficult-to-control (refractory) epilepsy in children. The diet forces the body to burn fats rather than carbohydrates. Normally, the carbohydrates contained in food are converted into glucose, which is then transported around the body and is particularly important in fueling brain function. However, if little carbohydrate remains in the diet, the liver converts fat into fatty acids and ketone bodies | effective as mood stabilizers, it has been suggested that the ketogenic diet—used for treating pediatric epilepsy—could have mood stabilizing effects. Ketogenic diets are diets that are high in fat and low in carbohydrates, and force the body to use fat for energy instead of sugars from carbohydrates. This causes a metabolic response similar to that seen in the body during fasting. This idea has not been tested by clinical research, and until recently, was entirely hypothetical. Recently, however, two case studies have been described where ketogenic | 2,503 | wow-train |
Hi, do you like hiking at all?
I go hiking all the time. Where have you gone hiking? | Republic of Ireland, and United Kingdom, hiking means walking outdoors on a trail, or off trail, for recreational purposes. A day hike refers to a hike that can be completed in a single day. However, in the United Kingdom, the word walking is also used, as well as rambling, while walking in mountainous areas is called hillwalking. In Northern England, Including the Lake District and Yorkshire Dales, fellwalking describes hill or mountain walks, as fell is the common word for both features there.
Hiking | are slots of 45 mins each. While purchasing tickets you need to select a slot. You can enter snow park in that slot timing only. Once you inside they provide you all the winter necessary items like Jacket, Hand Gloves and Snow Hiking Shoes, free of cost.
Snow Park Top attractions at the Snow Park.
- Real Snowfall: The snow park has an artificial snowfall machine which they start after 10 mins when people have entered the park. This gives the real feel of snowfall. The snow gets collected | 2,504 | wow-train |
I am a huge fan of swimming. It is one of the most recognized recreational activities in the world.
I don't consider myself a strong swimmer, but I do enjoy it very much!
Do you ever swim in built into the ground or above ground pools?
Every weekend! My parents have an in ground pool. We enjoy it very much, so relaxing!
It is relaxing! I really enjoy floating on the surface to relax. Our body density allows us to do this.
Yes, one of the very first things they teach in swim lessons is how to float on your back! | local, national, and international competitions, including every modern Summer Olympics.
Science.
Swimming relies on the nearly neutral buoyancy of the human body. On average, the body has a relative density of 0.98 compared to water, which causes the body to float. However, buoyancy varies on the basis of body composition, lung inflation, and the salinity of the water. Higher levels of body fat and saltier water both lower the relative density of the body and increase its buoyancy.
Since the human body is | lying wounded on open ground, armed to fight one last battle that he knows will end with his death. "The world is a fine place and worth the fighting for," Jordan says to himself, "and I hate very much to leave it." To this, McCain adds his own response: "And I do too. I hate to leave it. But I don't have a complaint. Not one. It's been quite a ride. ... I made a small place for myself in the | 2,505 | wow-train |
I will like to visit someday the Blue Park Ridge in Virginia and North Carolina.
I am not familiar with that park. I've only been to Virginia but very briefly.
I haven't been in Virginia either. The Blue Ridge Parkway is a National Park and All-American road, that is noted for its scenic views.
Oh ok, that sounds very refreshing and relaxing!
Yes, it runs mostly along the spine of the Blue Ridge, a major mountain chain that is part of the Appalachian Mountain.
I don't have a lot of mountains where I live so I love seeing them when I can. | Appalachian Mountains
The Appalachian Mountains, often called the Appalachians, are a system of mountains in eastern North America. The Appalachians first formed roughly 480 million years ago during the Ordovician Period. They once reached elevations similar to those of the Alps and the Rocky Mountains before experiencing natural erosion. The Appalachian chain is a barrier to east–west travel, as it forms a series of alternating ridgelines and valleys oriented in opposition to most highways and railroads running east–west.
Definitions vary on the precise boundaries of the Appalachians | Blue Ridge Parkway
The Blue Ridge Parkway is a National Parkway and All-American Road in the United States, noted for its scenic beauty. The parkway, which is America's longest linear park, runs for through 29 Virginia and North Carolina counties, linking Shenandoah National Park to Great Smoky Mountains National Park. It runs mostly along the spine of the Blue Ridge, a major mountain chain that is part of the Appalachian Mountains. Its southern terminus is at U.S. 441 on the boundary between Great Smoky Mountains National Park and | 2,506 | wow-train |
I love basketball, it's the only sport I play. Do you?
Basketball is my favorite sport. What's your favorite team in basketball?
I'll watch any NBA game. What about you?
Of course I'll watch any game anyday. Especially compared to basketball or football. What's your favorite part of basketball?
I really miss watching Michael Jordan play! The greatest player of all time. Who's your favourite player?
Good question. Michael Jordan was awesome. My favorite player had to have been Isiah Thomas because I'm from Detroit. I love the Detroit pistons
Scottie Pippen was also a favourite. I think the Bulls are my favourite team.
I think the Bulls are pretty cool. They made basketball fun and interesting. I just hope they get good as they were in the past | Chicago Bulls
The Chicago Bulls are an American professional basketball team based in Chicago, Illinois. The Bulls compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Eastern Conference Central Division. The team was founded on January 16, 1966. The team plays its home games at the United Center, an arena shared with the Chicago Blackhawks of the National Hockey League (NHL).
The Bulls saw their greatest success during the 1990s when they were responsible for popularizing the NBA worldwide. They are | that experience, "It just sparked me all over again. I realised then, you know what, I really do love basketball, so screw all that, I'll play again."
Professional career Killester (2009–2017) Rounding out his career.
Turner re-joined Killester for the 2014–15 season and scored a game-high 25 points in their 76–51 season-opening win over DCU Saints on October 4, 2014. Turner appeared in all 18 regular season games for Killester in 2014–15, averaging 23.9 points, 13.4 rebounds, | 2,507 | wow-train |
I love the color purple.
Purple rocks! It is the color that is intermediate between blue and red.
It is my favorite. It is such a relaxing color. | Purple
Purple is a color intermediate between blue and red. It is similar to violet, but unlike violet, which is a spectral color with its own wavelength on the visible spectrum of light, purple is a secondary color made by combining red and blue. The complementary color of purple in the RYB color model is yellow.
According to surveys in Europe and North America, purple is the color most often associated with rarity, royalty, magic, mystery, and piety. When combined with pink, it is associated | colors to be the principal hues. These are Red, Yellow, Green, Blue, and Purple. These hues were arranged in a circle. Each hue can be mixed with the same amount of the neighboring hues to create intermediate hues: yellow-red, green-yellow, blue-green, purple-blue, and red-purple. Each color can be defined by how much of each principal hue it contains. A color that is composed of just a principal hue would be given a number 5. So | 2,508 | wow-train |
So have you seen Star Trek?
I have. They are quite enjoyable, but I don't really know a lot about Star Trek in general. | Star Trek
Star Trek is an American media franchise based on the science fiction television series created by Gene Roddenberry. The first television series, simply called "Star Trek" and now referred to as """", debuted in 1966 and aired for three seasons on NBC. It followed the interstellar adventures of Captain James T. Kirk (William Shatner) and his crew aboard the starship USS "Enterprise", a space exploration vessel built by the United Federation of Planets in the 23rd century. The "Star Trek" | in the episode "Space Seed" and later in the 1982 film, "". The first episode of this "Enterprise" story arc also saw the re-appearance of the Orion slave girls as seen in the first pilot of "Star Trek", "". Coto credited this to his idea for the fourth season saying, "What I really wanted to do this season is make the episodes that I as a Star Trek fan would have to see. You know, as a fan of the original series | 2,509 | wow-train |
I am a pretty big fan of chocolate; but I don't think I'm alone. Cacao is be cultivated and used for nearly 3000 years!
where does it come from?
It comes from the "Theobroma cacao" seeds. It seems to come from the Mesoamerican cultures. The Mayans and the Aztecs used it in beverages known as "xocolatl"
does it provide any health benefits ?
The Aztecs believe it to be so valuable to them that they actually used the seeds as a form of currency! As far as health benefits, it depends upon the types of chocolate from which it is made. Dark chocolate is said to be more healthful than the standard milk chocolate.
sounds yummy, where can i get some ? | and cocoa butter in varying proportions, without any added sugar. Powdered baking cocoa, which contains more fiber than it contains cocoa butter, can be processed with alkali to produce dutch cocoa. Much of the chocolate consumed today is in the form of sweet chocolate, a combination of cocoa solids, cocoa butter or added vegetable oils, and sugar. Milk chocolate is sweet chocolate that additionally contains milk powder or condensed milk. White chocolate contains cocoa butter, sugar, and milk, but no cocoa solids.
Chocolate is one | alcoholic Chocolate.
– chocolate is a processed, typically sweetened food produced from the seed of the tropical "Theobroma cacao" tree. Its earliest documented use is by the Olmecs of south central Mexico around 1100 BC. The majority of Mesoamerican people made chocolate drinks, including the Mayans and Aztecs, who made it into a drink known as "xocolātl" , a Nahuatl word meaning "bitter water".
- List of chocolate drinks
Non-alcoholic Plant-based.
Non-alcoholic Plant-based Barley.
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One of my favourite hip hop music artists is Isaiah Rashad.
Oh I love hip hop! What kind of hip hop does is he?
He does a lot of rap, he even went on tour with Juicy J and Joey Badass. Who do you like?
I like Post Malone and some of Drake's work.
Yes, I like Post Malone. Especially his album 'Stoney'.
Oh yeah 'Stoney' was great. Is Isaiah on tour right now? | the buzz from the release of the EP, Rashad was named to the 2014 "XXL" freshman class. On September 2, 2016, he released his debut studio album, "The Sun's Tirade", to further acclaim. The album peaked at number 17 on the "Billboard" 200.
Early life.
Isaiah Rashad McClain was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee. He was raised primarily by his mother, who is a hairdresser. When he was young, Rashad's father would let him stay up late | Isaiah Rashad
Isaiah Rashad McClain (born May 16, 1991) is an American rapper, singer, songwriter and record producer from Chattanooga, Tennessee. Rashad began taking rapping seriously in the tenth grade, where he and his friends would record on laptops. He spent the next few years recording at local recording studios. His first big break would be touring with rappers Juicy J, Joey Badass and Smoke DZA among others, on the 2012 Smoker's Club Tour. He is also a founding member of the Chattanooga hip hop | 2,511 | wow-train |
I love pets,dogs ,cats etc .pet or companion animal is an animal kept primarily for a person's company, protection, or entertainment rather than as a working animal,
What's your favorite pet? | 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 | Pet
A pet or companion animal is an animal kept primarily for a person's company, entertainment, or as an act of compassion such as taking in and protecting a hungry stray cat, rather than as a working animal, livestock, or laboratory animal. Popular pets are often noted for their attractive appearances, intelligence, and relatable personalities, or may just be accepted as they are because they need a home.
Two of the most popular pets are dogs and cats. The technical term for a cat lover is | 2,512 | wow-train |
I love the summer time. I can wear a lot of yellow. It's my favorite color! | "giel", Dutch "geel", German "gelb", and Swedish and Norwegian "gul". According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the oldest known use of this word in English is from "The Epinal Glossary" in 700.
Science and nature.
Science and nature Optics, color printing, and computer screens.
Yellow is found between green and orange on the spectrum of visible light. It is the color the human eye sees when it looks at light with a dominant wavelength between 570 and | .
Stoermer mainly plays with a pick. He says "I love the punch and grit of a pick. . . I do a lot of unconscious palm muting. I love how you can instantly get that clunky tone with shorter notes. It's a great sound." He tries to play the bass as a "half percussive. . . half melodic instrument". Stoermer feels that "You can add to a song's melodic side without taking away from the vocals. That's my favorite kind of bass | 2,513 | wow-train |
I have two dogs.
What breeds are your dogs? Isn't it crazy how different dogs can be in shape, size and colors based on their breed?
I have a lab and a goldenn rethiever, Yes it is amazing, I don't even know how they recognized dogs so different from them.
Dogs are such amazing creatures! They can be trained to herd, hunt, assist police and military, or just provide companionship!
Yes, I know an also to support people with physical or mental limitations, do you have a dog? | , aiding disabled people and therapeutic roles. This influence on human society has given them the sobriquet of "man's best friend".
Terminology.
- The term "dog" typically is applied both to the species (or subspecies) as a whole, and any adult male member of the same.
- An adult female is a "bitch".
- An adult male capable of reproduction is a "stud".
- An adult female capable of reproduction is a "brood bitch", | Dog crossbreed
Crossbreed dogs are dogs which have been intentionally bred from two or more recognized dog breeds and not from dogs with no purebred ancestors, but have not been artificially bred to each other enough to breed true and be recognized as a breed in their own right.
Early crossbreeds.
Several unofficially recognized crossbreed types date from the 14th century or earlier, such as the Lurcher or the Longdog.
Historically, crosses between dogs of different types were more well accepted at a time when modern purebred breeds (based | 2,514 | wow-train |
I love plants! The green ones are called circumscription.
I love outdoor plants. We have plants blooming practically every part of the season here in the south
Garden roses are beautiful. They are mostly hybrid roses and they're usually grown in private.
we have roses called 'knockout' roses there are about seven on each stem. They have splendor to look at, smell wonderful, and are out where everyone can see them !
Roses are in the genus "rosa" and in the family "rosaceae" for the flower that it grows.
You have a wealth of knowledge about roses :) we just plant them and admire their beauty and try to keep those nasty pests off them | Biological pest control
Biological control or biocontrol is a method of controlling pests such as insects, mites, weeds and plant diseases using other organisms. It relies on predation, parasitism, herbivory, or other natural mechanisms, but typically also involves an active human management role. It can be an important component of integrated pest management (IPM) programs.
There are three basic strategies for biological pest control: classical (importation), where a natural enemy of a pest is introduced in the hope of achieving control; inductive | 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 | 2,515 | wow-train |
I am allergic to dust, due to the particles being so fine.
Same here, I hate having allergies!
Are your alergiesd caused by hypersensitivity of the immune system also?
I think it is a combination of both, but I am not positive. I do get sick a lot.
The immune system is a host defense system, that protects use against disease.
Is there anything I can do to boost my immune system?
I am not sure but for an immune system to function properly it must detect a wide variety of pathogens.
I have taken a lot of antibiotics, so that may have messed my immune system up. | Antibiotic
An antibiotic is a type of antimicrobial substance active against bacteria and is the most important type of antibacterial agent for fighting bacterial infections. Antibiotic medications are widely used in the treatment and prevention of such infections. They may either kill or inhibit the growth of bacteria. A limited number of antibiotics also possess antiprotozoal activity. Antibiotics are not effective against viruses such as the common cold or influenza; drugs which inhibit viruses are termed antiviral drugs or antivirals rather than antibiotics.
Sometimes, the term "antibiotic" which means | Peanut allergy
Peanut allergy is a type of food allergy to peanuts. It is different from tree nut allergies. Physical symptoms of allergic reaction can include itchiness, hives, swelling, eczema, sneezing, asthma, abdominal pain, drop in blood pressure, diarrhea, and cardiac arrest. Anaphylaxis may occur.
It is due to a type I hypersensitivity reaction of the immune system in susceptible individuals. The allergy is recognized "as one of the most severe food allergies due to its prevalence, persistency, and potential severity | 2,516 | wow-train |
Hey there! My favorite drink is the caramel cappuccino. Do you ever drink them?
Yes, once in a while. But not as often because they contain a thick layer of micro foam, smaller in volume than a caffe latte.
Yeah, for me I just have them as a treat. I'm incredibly sensitive to caffeine. Do you know when people started making cappuccinos?
Well cappuccinos is a type of coffee that was created in Italy and was traditionally prepared with double espressos.
Ha, yea I always drink the doubles too. A single is way too small. Go big or go home, right? | beverage when milk is added in small portion to dark, brewed coffee (today mostly espresso). The physical appearance of a modern cappuccino with espresso créma and steamed milk is a result of a long evolution of the drink.
The Viennese bestowed the name "Kapuziner", possibly in the 18th century, on a version that included whipped cream and spices of unknown origin. The Italian cappuccino was unknown outside Italy until the 1930s, and seems to be born out of Viennese-style cafés in Trieste and other cities in | even more sugar.
The drink is related to a cappuccino, the difference being that a cappuccino consists of espresso and steamed milk with a thick layer of milk foam. A variant found in Australia and New Zealand similar to the latte is the flat white, which is served in a smaller ceramic cup with the micro-foamed milk. In the United States this beverage is sometimes referred to as a wet cappuccino.
Iced latte.
In the United States, an iced latte is usually espresso and chilled milk poured | 2,517 | wow-train |
I love gardening - everything is growing great this summer!
I agree, it's also a great way to relax for many people..
Yes. My tomatoes and okra have done well this year | Gardening
Gardening is the practice of growing and cultivating plants as part of horticulture. In gardens, ornamental plants are often grown for their flowers, foliage, or overall appearance; useful plants, such as root vegetables, leaf vegetables, fruits, and herbs, are grown for consumption, for use as dyes, or for medicinal or cosmetic use. Gardening is considered by many people to be a relaxing activity.
Gardening ranges in scale from fruit orchards, to long boulevard plantings with one or more different types of shrubs | good idea to have the worlds largest secret santa exchange, and "did it". And entire websites have been devoted to this, and now twice a year you can exchange secret santa gifts with people all across the world. It just kind of works. And it's this decentralized magic, that has done so much for the SOPA and PIPA fight thus far, yeah I wouldn't put anything past them. Now there is still a long way to go from great discussions online to actual legislation, but what's | 2,518 | wow-train |
dating is a stage of a romantic relationship where two people meet socially with the aim of addressing theothers suitability as a prospective partner. how do you feel about romance?
I think some people are suited to it. Other people prefer more shallow superficial relationships. What about you?
i like it, it can be difficult though. the protocols and practices of dating vary considerably from country to country over time. it can be tough to keep up!
Yes for sure. And in some countries arranged marriages are more common! | to begin dating, which has been a source of controversy.
History.
Dating as an institution is a relatively recent phenomenon which has mainly emerged in the last few centuries. From the standpoint of anthropology and sociology, dating is linked with other institutions such as marriage and the family which have also been changing rapidly and which have been subject to many forces, including advances in technology and medicine. As humans societies have evolved from hunter-gatherers into civilized societies, there have been substantial changes in relations between people, | Dating
Dating is a stage of romantic relationships in humans whereby two people meet socially with the aim of each assessing the other's suitability as a prospective partner in an intimate relationship. It is a form of courtship, consisting of social activities done by the couple, either alone or with others. The protocols and practices of dating, and the terms used to describe it, vary considerably from country to country and over time. While the term has several meanings, the most frequent usage refers to two people exploring whether they | 2,519 | wow-train |
I've been reading about David Mach lately, he is a Scottish sculptor.
Interesting! Is he pretty famous? I have never heard of him before.
I guess so, he seems to like to make public statements through his art, by using owing assemblages of mass-produced objects.
That is neat! Im guessing these mass-produced objects end up in art museums and as decorations in buildings or public areas?
Yes a lot of them end up in public spaces and are temporary. Some of the objects he has used include magazines,vicious teddy bears,newspapers, car tyres, match sticks and coat hangers.
Those would be neat to see! So are these sculptures found around the globe or only in Scotland? | assembled from an old truck and several cars surrounded and subsumed by about 100 tons of magazines, individually arranged to create the impression that the vehicles were being caught in an explosion of flames and billowing smoke.
An early influential sculpture was "Polaris," exhibited outside the Royal Festival Hall, South Bank Centre, London in 1983. This consisted of some 6000 car tyres arranged as a lifesize replica of a Polaris submarine. Mach intended it as a protest against the nuclear arms race meant to stir controversy. A member of | David Mach
David Mach (born 18 March 1956) is a Scottish sculptor and installation artist.
Life and work.
Mach was born in Methil, Fife.
His artistic style is based on flowing assemblages of mass-produced objects. Typically these include magazines,vicious teddy bears,newspapers, car tyres, match sticks and coat hangers. Many of his installations are temporary and constructed in public spaces.
One example of his early magazine pieces, "Adding Fuel to the Fire", was an installation | 2,520 | wow-train |
It is so interesting to see how beef is used all over the world.
What kind of ways is beef used?
It is sectioned off according to where the cut comes from on the cow. Some areas are higher quality.
Wow that is interesting! What areas are the best quality?
The farther you go away from the legs and neck the more tender the meat.
All this talk of beef is making me hungry! How do you like your steak done? | Cut of beef
Cuts of beef are first divided into primal cuts, pieces of meat initially separated from the carcass during butchering. These are basic sections from which steaks and other subdivisions are cut. The term "primal cut" is quite different from "prime cut", used to characterize cuts considered to be of higher quality. Since the animal's legs and neck muscles do the most work, they are the toughest; the meat becomes more tender as distance from "hoof and horn" increases. Different countries and | usage.
"Pastırma" is usually made from water buffalo or beef, but other meats can also be used. In Egypt "pastırma" is made not only with beef, but with lamb, water buffalo, goat and camel as well. Some "pastırmas" are made with horsemeat. Different cuts of meat may be used; a single cow can produce 26 different "types" of "pastırma". Fillet, shank, leg and shoulder cuts are used for the best quality "pastırmas". It is | 2,521 | wow-train |
I've never eaten at a food truck but they are the front line of the food industry. They serve 2.5 billion people every day!
I love food truck food! It is so good | Food truck
A food truck is a large vehicle equipped to cook and sell food. Some, including ice cream trucks, sell frozen or prepackaged food; others have on-board kitchens and prepare food from scratch. Sandwiches, hamburgers, french fries, and other regional fast food fare is common. In recent years, associated with the pop-up restaurant phenomenon, food trucks offering gourmet cuisine and a variety of specialties and ethnic menus, have become particularly popular. Food trucks, along with portable food booths and food | popular. Food trucks, along with portable food booths and food carts, are on the front line of the street food industry that serves an estimated 2.5 billion people every day.
Current situation of food trucks in South Korea.
The advantage of purchasing a truck is that it costs less than opening a restaurant. Food trucks are gaining huge popularity worldwide because they are not only inexpensive but also almost free of charge when starting a business. Republic of Korea's government legalized food trucks in September 2014 and numbers have continued | 2,522 | wow-train |
Without artists creating, practicing, and/or demonstrating an art the world would be a terribly dreary place without artists, wouldn't you say?
I believe so. Artists bring so much to our world and beauty!
Indeed! An artists doesn't necessarily mean a painter, mind you, the term is often used in the entertainment business for musicians and other performers.
Yes, that's true. They also bring much to us. Giving us entertainment and inspiration. | 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- | He felt that compared to other artists, abstract artists struggled the most to gain publicity in the American art world. Diller said "if you happened to be concerned at all about the contemporary movements in art [during his life], which then, of course, were Cubism and so on, why there was absolutely no place to show your work... we had this problem again with abstract painting. Where would you show it? You were terribly fortunate to be shown any place, which is really, you know, | 2,523 | wow-train |
I don't know about you but I don't think I would want to live forever. Immortality seems like it would get boring after many many centuries of life.
I think you are absolutely right. I think immortality is a lot less fun than it is cracked up to be. I say leave it to the alligators, and the other immortal species.
Yeah especially the vampires! But I don't think that alligators are immortal, right?
It is believed that some species of animals are actually biologically immortal, and alligators are one. They can die but they don't die of natural causes, instead they grow, if allowed to live that long, until they are too big to find enough food to eat then they starve to death. Pretty sad.
Oh wow! What in interesting story! I have never heard that. They have some pretty big alligators in Florida. I will never look at alligators the same. They could be hundreds of years old! Wow!
That is probably what would happen to us if we lived forever. Some scientists believe that immortality will be achievable in the first few decades of the 21st century. Probably will be an expensive procedure though. hahaha.
Yeah, I hear that people are actually freezing themselves right now waiting for that day to come so they can be immortal. I am not sure if it is a true story or not though. | Immortality
Immortality is eternal life, being exempt from death, unending existence. Some modern species may possess biological immortality.
Certain scientists, futurists, and philosophers have theorized about the immortality of the human body, with some suggesting that human immortality may be achievable in the first few decades of the 21st century. Other advocates believe that life extension is a more achievable goal in the short term, with immortality awaiting further research breakthroughs. The absence of aging would provide humans with biological immortality, but not invulnerability to death by | the car seat. She wanted you to be safe. It was an act of love". "I wouldn't want a penis. It would be like having a third leg. it seems like a contraption that would get in the way. I think I have a dick in my brain". Dita also points out "A lot of people are afraid to say what they want. That's why they don't get what they want". As a thank you for recovering the stolen pictures during the making | 2,524 | wow-train |
I like to travel. How about you?
Yes, I love it. I like going to beaches and I like driving also.
Well, traveling is the movement between distant locations usually on foot, bike, or some form of motor vehicle. I like to drive down to Florida once a year :=)
Now is a good time to travel. I don't like traveling when the weather is bad.
Funny enough, 'travel' may have originated from Old French meaning 'travail' which is 'to work'. Ironic. And, I don't like traveling in bad weather either but sometimes it's unavoidable
Yeah I think of travail as something else, like an ordeal, not a fun time. | work'. According to the Merriam Webster dictionary, the first known use of the word "travel" was in the 14th century. It also states that the word comes from Middle English "travailen", "travelen" (which means to torment, labor, strive, journey) and earlier from Old French "travailler" (which means to work strenuously, toil). In English we still occasionally use the words "travail", which means struggle. According to Simon Winchester in his book "The Best Travelers | ? Yes and no. I wanted to create something artistic, something special. Did I know how I was going to do it? Not really."
"If you like the way it looks, go with it! I liked it and I did it! Of course, it takes a lot of experience to develop good taste. When one is just starting out it's easy to like something without knowing if it's really good or not. That works some of the time, but an educated opinion usually | 2,525 | wow-train |
Sushi is often confused with sashimi, sashimi is another japanese dish consisting of thinly sliced raw fish or sometimes meat and an optional serving of rice. Have you ever had either of these?
I have heard of sushi, but not the other. I never liked sushi though, I always thought it tasted bad | Sushi
Sushi is traditionally made with medium-grain white rice, though it can be prepared with brown rice or short-grain rice. It is very often prepared with seafood, such as squid, eel, yellowtail, salmon, tuna or imitation crab meat. Many types of sushi are vegetarian. It is often served with pickled ginger ("gari"), wasabi, and soy sauce. Daikon radish or pickled daikon ("takuan") are popular garnishes for the dish.
"Sushi" is sometimes | confused with "sashimi", a related dish in Japanese cuisine that consists of thinly sliced raw fish, or occasionally meat, and an optional serving of rice.
History.
Sushi originates in a Southeast Asian dish, known today as "narezushi" ( – "salted fish"), stored in fermented rice for possibly months at a time. The lacto-fermentation of the rice prevented the fish from spoiling; the rice would be discarded before consumption of the fish. This early type of sushi became an important | 2,526 | wow-train |
have ever participated with human society
I have donated to the SPCA. They are aimed at preventing cruelty to animals.
please tell me more about spca
The NSPCA is the National council of SPCA. They handle all matters related to animal cruelty involving all species. They are a non-profit, registered with the Department of Social Development.
okey tell me about nspca and how can i reach them
You can reach out to them if you have a report to make or if you want to help
okey i am ready to help
The very first SPCA was setup in Victoria in 1871, based on British Royal Society
okey is a very good social development in victoria | SPCA), based on the British Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA), was set up in Victoria in 1871. This was followed by New South Wales in 1873; South Australia in 1875; Tasmania in 1878; Queensland in 1883; Western Australia in 1892; Australian Capital Territory in 1955 and Darwin in 1965.
The Royal Warrant was given to the WA SPCA in 1920, followed by NSW SPCA in 1923, South Australia in 1937, Queensland in 1955, Tasmania in 1956 and Victoria | Cape of Good Hope SPCA
Established in 1872, the Cape of Good Hope SPCA (Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) in Cape Town is the founding society of the SPCA movement in South Africa and is the oldest animal welfare organisation in the country. A registered non-profit organisation and Public Benefit Organisation, the society is affiliated to the Royal Society for the Protection of Animals (RSPCA) and are Executive Members of the National Council of SPCAs South Africa (NSPCA), as well as a member of | 2,527 | wow-train |
I have an Apple Iphone 7. Do you have a smartphone?
My wife has an iPhone 8, it's insane that the 1st generation iPhone came out in 2007.
I did not get my first Iphone until 2015. I was strictly an android user before. I find the Apple interface much easier to navigate.
I was the opposite, I had an android and decided to give iPhone a try and ended up going back. I download a lot of music so I like being able to do it right to my phone, and I don't dig the iOS apple runs.
I usually use streaming music sites to listen to music, such as Spotify and Youtube. I have never used Apple music. What other things do you like about the android software?
I am a google fanboy and it was bought in 2005 by Google, and its just way more customization, I like to be in control of my device.
I have heard that. The software updates are pretty annoying but I do like how easy it is to repair your phone through Apple. | IPhone
iPhone is a line of smartphones designed and marketed by Apple Inc. All generations of the iPhone use Apple's iOS mobile operating system software. The first-generation iPhone was released on June 29, 2007, and multiple new hardware iterations with new iOS releases have been released since.
The user interface is built around the device's multi-touch screen, including a virtual keyboard. The iPhone has Wi-Fi and can connect to cellular networks. An iPhone can take photos, play music, send and receive | 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 | 2,528 | wow-train |
(i love lasagna like i m garfield.
Do you love it as much as you hate Odie licking you with his tongue?
Lol! Can you tell me what interest you the most?
Personally, I am interested in LOL, aka laughing out loud, I get a lot of kicks out of laughing.
OK.,So do you know the producer of Garfield?
Do you mean Jim Davis, the guy who made the comic strip, or the producer of one of the shows?
Was it a blockbuster? If you know what I mean
As far as I know it wasn't an American rental service with several rental shops in many cities around the country. So I don't know what you mean.
I thought as much! What was its sales volume? | Marketing mix modeling
Marketing mix modeling (MMM) is statistical analysis such as multivariate regressions on sales and marketing time series data to estimate the impact of various marketing tactics (marketing mix) on sales and then forecast the impact of future sets of tactics. It is often used to optimize advertising mix and promotional tactics with respect to sales revenue or profit.
The techniques were developed by econometricians and were first applied to consumer packaged goods, since manufacturers of those goods had access to good data on sales and marketing support. | just a kid lol we need a [real] warrior" then they're like "ok . . . i guess you'll do" and then "no one can help you and if you don't do this our entire world dies, so no pressure" . . . No one believes but at the same time we all need to believe in you." Another of his notes was posted to Fall Out Boy's Twitter: "In my head champions aren't born, they are forged . . ." | 2,529 | wow-train |
Barbershop vocal harmony started in 1930's
I"m not familiar with it. Please tell me more. | Barbershop music
Barbershop vocal harmony, as codified during the barbershop revival era (1930s–present), is a style of a cappella close harmony, or unaccompanied vocal music, characterized by consonant four-part chords for every melody note in a predominantly homophonic texture. Each of the four parts has its own role: generally, the lead sings the melody, the tenor harmonizes above the melody, the bass sings the lowest harmonizing notes, and the baritone completes the chord, usually below the lead. The melody is not | ; "Brand New Dance" (harmony vocalv)
- 1990: Jann Browne - "Tell Me Why" (WEA/Atlantic/Curb Records) - Lovebird (harmony vocal)
- 1991: Jann Browne - "It Only Hurts When I Laugh" - unknown track(s)
- 1993: Nanci Griffith - "Other Voices, Other Rooms" (Elektra) - "Ten Degrees and Getting Colder"; "Are You Tired of Me My Darling?" (harmony vocal)
- 1994: Tom | 2,530 | wow-train |
My parents kept many foster children when I was growing up. Even though a quarter of all foster children are with relatives, my parents were not related to their foster children.
could you please say something about foster children. | Foster care
Foster care is a system in which a minor has been placed into a ward, group home (residential child care community, treatment center, etc.), or private home of a state-certified caregiver, referred to as a "foster parent" or with a family member approved by the state. The placement of the child is normally arranged through the government or a social service agency. The institution, group home or foster parent is compensated for expenses unless with a family member.
The State | The United States foster care system enables adults to care for minor children who are not able to live with their biological parents. In fiscal year 2000, 150,703 foster children were adopted in the United States, many by their foster parents or relatives of their biological parents. The enactment of the Adoption and Safe Families Act in 1997 has approximately doubled the number of children adopted from foster care in the United States.
If a child in the U.S. governmental foster care system is not adopted or returned to the custody of their birth | 2,531 | wow-train |
I work at the coffee shop, Starbucks Corporation is an American coffee company
How do you feel about their race initiatives?
They have speed, because as at November 2016, it operates 23,768 locations worldwide.
I heard they were closing some stores. Is that true? | Starbucks
Starbucks Corporation is an American coffee company and coffeehouse chain. Starbucks was founded in Seattle, Washington in 1971. As of early 2019, the company operates over 30,000 locations worldwide.
Starbucks is considered the main representative of "second wave coffee", initially distinguishing itself from other coffee-serving venues in the US by taste, quality, and customer experience while popularizing darkly roasted coffee. Since the 2000s, third wave coffee makers have targeted quality-minded coffee drinkers with hand-made coffee based on lighter roasts | , Starbucks terminated an estimated 18,400 U.S. jobs and began closing 977 stores worldwide.
In August 2009, Ahold announced closures and rebranding for 43 of their licensed store Starbucks kiosks for their US based Stop & Shop and Giant supermarkets.
In July 2012, the company announced that they may begin closing unprofitable European stores immediately.
Locations Unbranded stores.
In 2009, at least three stores in Seattle were de-branded to remove the logo and brand name, and remodel the stores as local coffee houses "inspired by Starbucks | 2,532 | wow-train |
I love my French Bulldog "Noodles". He's my best friend and my favorite dog breed.
Aw, I love French Bulldogs! What a cute name! My dog passed away years ago but He was the best dog and an English Springer Spaniel. Do you know a lot about dogs?
I wouldn't say I know a lot, but I do know they were the first species to be domesticated by man.
I'm so glad they were. I think dogs are amazing and have helped us humans in so many ways. I recently saw a story about a dog who stayed with its owner while they were trapped and then went and found help.
That's really amazing. Where they have been associated with humans for so long they know a lot about our behaviour.
I also saw where they knew something was wrong health-wise with their owner and saved their lives that way. Incredible! Do you know what the best breed to get is? Maybe for a family?
I'm not sure but I love my Frenchies! They are one of the most popular dog breeds.
They are a wonderful size and personality. So fun. I think my kids would love one. I didn't know they were that popular! | French Bulldog
The French Bulldog is a breed of domestic dog. In the 1800s, they were the result of a cross between Toy Bulldogs imported from England and local ratters in Paris, France.
The breed is popular as a pet; in 2015, they were the fourth most popular registered dog in the United Kingdom, and in the U.S., the sixth most popular AKC-registered dog breed. They were rated the third most popular dog in Australia in 2017.
History.
The origin of the modern | (as Hal Roach's Rascals)
- 1926 Love My Dog (Short) Kid warning the gang about the dogcatcher
Notable Quotes.
- "Well, I don't know, but I think he should have been hauling water to the fire!" - Bobby in "School's Out" (Answering Miss Crabtree's question, "What was Nero doing while Rome burned?")
- "Well, he's my pal!" - Bobby in Birthday Blues | 2,533 | wow-train |
Hello, do you believe there is one true Supreme Being that is God?
Yes - I believe in Christianity and that God sent his son Jesus to earth.
Cool, do you practice Christianity?
I try my best. There's so much that's asked of us in the bible that getting to 100% perfection is impossible.
I agree with that. Are you a member of a church or regular church goer?
Yes, I regularly attend church service on the weekends and serve on a regular basis. | Church attendance
Church attendance is a central religious practice for many Christians; some Christian denominations, such as the Catholic Church require church attendance on the Lord's Day (Sunday); the Westminster Confession of Faith is held by the Reformed Churches and teaches first-day Sabbatarianism, thus proclaiming the duty of public worship in keeping with the Ten Commandments. Similarly, The General Rules of the Methodist Church also requires "attending upon all the ordinances of God" including "the public worship of God". Until 1791, the | being of the One True God. Christianity teaches that Jesus was condemned to death by the Sanhedrin and the Roman prefect Pontius Pilate, crucified and resurrected, as per the Gospel narratives. Christians believe Jesus was divine and sinless.
Islam teaches that Jesus was one of the most important prophets of God. Muslims do not believe that he was the Son of God, or that he is divine or part of a triune God. In Islam, Jesus was a human prophet who, like the other prophets, tried to bring | 2,534 | wow-train |
Sometimes I like to play blackjack but im not any good
Oh the card game some call 21
Yeah it can be rough sometimes
Its the most widely played casino game in the world
I thought most people played slots
More play blackjack and its played with a deck of 52 cards
So no Jokers in it?
No but the hands value is the total of the cards
I see still it can be a hard game | valued as 11 is called "soft", meaning that the hand will not bust by taking an additional card; the value of the ace will become one to prevent the hand from exceeding 21. Otherwise, the hand is "hard".
Once all the players have completed their hands, it is the dealer’s turn. The dealer hand will not be completed if all players have either busted or received blackjacks. The dealer then reveals the hidden card and must hit until the cards total 17 or more points. | Blackjack
Blackjack is the American variant of a globally popular banking game known as Twenty-One, whose relatives include Pontoon and Vingt-et-Un. It is a comparing card game between one or more players and a dealer, where each player in turn competes against the dealer. Players do not compete against each other. It is played with one or more decks of 52 cards, and is the most widely played casino banking game in the world. The objective of the game is to beat the dealer in one | 2,535 | wow-train |
I have been told I am a genius which means exceptional intellectual ability
Oh cool! Is there a certain IQ required to be a genius?
well there is not a scientific exact definition and the whole term is highly debated, I bet you are a genius too!
I don't know if I would consider myself a genius but I wouldn't call myself foolish.
The word genius has Latin and Greek origins meaning birth, create and produce
That's cool I wish I was a genius it seems like everything would be easier. | into being, create, produce". Because the achievements of exceptional individuals seemed to indicate the presence of a particularly powerful "genius", by the time of Augustus, the word began to acquire its secondary meaning of "inspiration, talent". The term "genius" acquired its modern sense in the eighteenth century, and is a conflation of two Latin terms: "genius", as above, and "Ingenium", a related noun referring to our innate dispositions, talents, and inborn nature. Beginning to | am told that you are still young. I would like to know you, but feel that I have no need to do so. I know you through my own spiritual instinct; I picture you in my own way and feel that were I to set eyes upon you I should exclaim, 'That is he!' Your outward semblance probably does not reveal your brilliant imagination; you have to be moved, the sacred fire of genius has to be lit, if you are to show yourself as you really are, | 2,536 | wow-train |
Hey there! I've got a small Mustache and am trying to grow it out; curious if you've got any tips about such!
I think grooming and trimming and using a wax might help from what I have read .
Wax? That's a curious idea. What are the benefits of it?
they have oils and other ingredients for the skin and follicles.
Yea, that makes sense. Have any other tips to share? I'm quite curious. | saw their officers' lack of a moustache, beard and sideburns as a lack of manliness. Eventually British officers began to cultivate moustaches and other facial hair to gain the respect of their troops. The trend of sporting a moustache spread quickly through the army and then back home amongst the general British civilian population.
Various cultures have developed different associations with moustaches. For example, in many 20th-century Arab countries, moustaches are associated with power, beards with Islamic traditionalism, and lack of facial hair with more liberal, | kitchen have always been fascinating to me. They are very much alive, these flowers and grasses with the dew on them. Stieglitz always said, "What have you got to say?" I think in a few small cases I've said a few things, expressed how I felt, trying to show the horror of poverty or the beauty of black people. I think that in photography what you've done is what you've had to say. In everything this has been the message of my life. A simple | 2,537 | wow-train |
I think reading is super important to work the mind, what do you think?
I completely agree. I wish I read more. Whenever I do it's such a great escape for my mind.
I don't read in the technical sense but I am always doing research or surfing Reddit for news. I think any reading at all is real good.
That's such I great point. I'm the same way. Reddit is such a great source for news and discussion if you look in the right places.
Reading (process) | Reddit
Reddit (, stylized in its logo as reddit) is an American social news aggregation, web content rating, and discussion website. Registered members submit content to the site such as links, text posts, and images, which are then voted up or down by other members. Posts are organized by subject into user-created boards called "subreddits", which cover a variety of topics including news, science, movies, video games, music, books, fitness, food, and image-sharing. Submissions | , would find something to identify with in my books, pick up one and experience a personal sense of discovery. That's great. I think that if you're a creative person, you should just go about your business, do your work and not care about how it's received. I never read reviews because if you believe the good ones you have to believe the bad ones too. Not that I don't care about success. I do, but only because it lets me do what I want. I | 2,538 | wow-train |
Do you know that hip-hop or rap music, is a music genre developed in the United States by inner-city African Americans in the 1970s ?
Indeed I do. I'm a hip hop artist myself. Most people would never know though.
Fantastic, then you are already familiar with the fact that it consist of MCing/rapping, DJing/scratching with turntables, break dancing, and graffiti writing.
Don't forget writing. Although I imagine a lot of artists have other people write for them.
Ah, thats right!, "hip hop" more properly denotes the practice of the entire subculture.
I believe hip hop also has roots that go further back than the 1970's. Hip Hop comes from chants of the slaves in the fields in the south originally. | and instrumental tracks.
Overview.
Hip hop as both a musical genre and a culture was formed during the 1970s when block parties became increasingly popular in New York City, particularly among African-American youth residing in the Bronx. However hip-hop music did not get officially recorded for the radio or television to play until 1979, largely due to poverty during hip-hop's birth and lack of acceptance outside ghetto neighborhoods. At block parties DJs played percussive breaks of popular songs using two turntables and a DJ mixer | Hip hop music
Hip hop music, also called hip-hop or rap music, is a music genre developed in the United States by inner-city African Americans and Latino Americans in the Bronx borough of New York City in the 1970s. It consists of a stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rapping, a rhythmic and rhyming speech that is chanted. It developed as part of hip hop culture, a subculture defined by four key stylistic elements: MCing/rapping, DJing/scratching with turntables, break dancing, and | 2,539 | wow-train |
Hey there! I have 3 Siamese cats. They're the first Asian cat breed that's been recognized. Do you have any cats?
Oh my, are they conjoined? It must be really hard for you to raise them
No, the Siamese is a breed of cat. It doesn't mean they're attached! The originate from the Wichianmat landrace variety from Thailand.
That's very relieving to hear. Tell me more about them how big do they get? | Siamese cat
The Siamese cat is one of the first distinctly recognized breeds of Asian cat. Derived from the Wichianmat landrace, one of several varieties of cat native to Thailand (formerly known as Siam), the Siamese became one of the most popular breeds in Europe and North America in the 19th century. The carefully refined modern Siamese is characterized by blue almond-shaped eyes; a triangular head shape; large ears; an elongated, slender, and muscular body; and point colouration (aside from the colouration, it | interspecific hybrid cat breed was created by breeding an Asian leopard cat and a Siamese cat together.
- Birman – After almost all the individuals of the breed died out during the years of World War II, French breeders reconstructed the breed through interbreeding with various other breeds, with one of them being the Siamese. Modern Birman cats have inherited their pointed coat patterns from the Siamese.
- Burmese is a breed of domesticated cats descended from a specific cat, Wong Mau, who was found in Burma in 1930 by Joseph | 2,540 | wow-train |
Blue is one of my favorite colors | 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. | their faces. For Deni Simon, music produces waving lines "like oscilloscope configurations – lines moving in color, often metallic with height, width and, most importantly, depth. My favorite music has lines that extend horizontally beyond the 'screen' area."
Individuals rarely agree on what color a given sound is. B flat might be orange for one person and blue for another. Composers Franz Liszt and Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov famously disagreed on the colors of music keys.
Types Spatial sequence synesthesia.
Those with | 2,541 | wow-train |
Taylor Swift is such an amazing artist. She is my favorite singer! She happens to be from Pennsylvania like me, but she moved to Nashville when she was 14.
Oh I didn't know that I just assumed she was from Nashville. I heard her dad bought a ton of her first record to boost the charts though
I also heard that she had a bit of help with that first album. But she did put a lot of hard work into it. She wrote all of the songs during her freshman year at high school, which I think is impressive. Do you like any of her songs?
I have heard several of her songs on the radio, but I don't have a clue what any of them are called. | of the 2000s in the US, where it peaked at number five. The album's third single, "Our Song", made her the youngest person to single-handedly write and perform a number-one song on the Hot Country Songs chart. Swift's second album, "Fearless", was released in 2008. Buoyed by the success of pop crossover singles "Love Story" and "You Belong with Me", "Fearless" became the best-selling album of 2009 in the US. The album | 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 | 2,542 | wow-train |
I love watching NBA games! Are you into basketball? | NBA on ESPN
The NBA on ESPN refers to the presentation of National Basketball Association (NBA) games on the ESPN family of networks. The ESPN cable network first televised NBA games from 1983 to 1984, and has been airing games currently since the 2002–03 NBA season. ESPN2 began airing a limited schedule of NBA games in 2002. ESPN on ABC began televising NBA games in 2006 (ABC Sports aired NBA games under the title of the "NBA on ABC" from 2002 to 2006). On October 6, 2014 | to my house in droves, parking outside and blasting my music at all hours of the night. I LOVE YOU GUYS!"
Athletics
Danny Green, a basketball guard for the University of North Carolina who hails from North Babylon, achieved success that led him to the 2009 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament. Green was signed to the San Antonio Spurs in March 2011. Danny Green won an NBA Championship is 2014 with the San Antonio Spurs, beating the Miami Heat in 5 games, 4-1 and has since | 2,543 | wow-train |
The proper definition of a rural area is, it is a geographic area that is located outside towns and cities.
Who gave that definition? | Rural area
In general, a rural area or countryside is a geographic area that is located outside towns and cities. The Health Resources and Services Administration of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services defines the word "rural" as encompassing "...all population, housing, and territory not included within an urban area. Whatever is not urban is considered rural."
Typical rural areas have a low population density and small settlements. Agricultural areas are commonly rural, as are other types of areas such as forest. | Rural (disambiguation)
A rural area is a geographic area that is located outside cities and towns.
Rural may also refer to:
Places.
- Rural, Indiana, an unincorporated community in Randolph County
- Rural, Ohio, an unincorporated community in Clermont County
- Rural, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community in Dayton, Waupaca County
Arts, entertainment, and media.
- Rural TV, a British television channel
- The Rural Channel, a Canadian television channel
Other uses. | 2,544 | wow-train |
Running marathons is one of my favorite exercises.
well a marathon is 26 miles... I would struggle lol
Yes, it's not easy. I have to train. | distance did not become standardized until 1921. More than 800 marathons are held throughout the world each year, with the vast majority of competitors being recreational athletes, as larger marathons can have tens of thousands of participants.
History.
History Origin.
The name "Marathon" comes from the legend of Philippides (or Pheidippides), the Greek messenger. The legend states that he was sent from the battlefield of Marathon to Athens to announce that the Persians had been defeated in the Battle of Marathon (in which he had | slow pace was the key. Before him, the record was held
by Ricardo Abad Martínez of Spain with 150 marathons in a row in 2009. Abad is the current world record holder.
Of his feats, Engels described: "I don't regard my marathon year as torture. It's more like a regular job...I am running just as Joe Average goes to work on Monday morning, whether or not he feels like it. I don't always feel like running, but when I am done, | 2,545 | wow-train |
I really enjoy going to baseball games.
Nice, do you prefer batting or fielding?
Batting is more exciting to me, but watching is even better!
I agree! I love watching teams score runs by hitting a ball out of the field!
Indeed! I find the game boring on television. I fell in love when I attended an Astro's game. | . 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, | acting'." Tom Hanks
"I don't particularly like westerns as a genre, but I do love certain westerns. 'High Noon' means a lot to me - I love the purity and the honesty, I love Gary Cooper in that film, the idea of the last man standing." Daniel Day-Lewis
"I started watching Westerns when I was shooting in London about four or five years ago. I really fell in love with Gary Cooper, and his stuff. That sucked me into | 2,546 | wow-train |
I love hockey! I hope my team wins a Stanley Cup! It's the oldest professional sports trophy in North America.
I'm not too familiar with hockey. What's your team?
My favorite team is the Pittsburgh Penguins. They are a team based in Pennsylvania.
I've never heard of them. The Nashville Predators is the only team I'm somewhat familiar with. | the club out of bankruptcy.
The franchise was founded in 1967 as one of the first expansion teams during the league's original expansion from six to twelve teams. The Penguins played in the Civic Arena, also known as The Igloo, from the time of their inception through the end of the 2009–10 season, when they moved to the Consol Energy Center, which was later renamed PPG Paints Arena. The 1992–93 Penguins won the franchise's first-ever Presidents' Trophy for being the team with the most points at the | Jackets featuring future Hall of Famers and a Stanley Cup winning coach. The NHL's Pittsburgh Pirates made several Stanley Cup playoff runs with a future Hall of Famer before folding from Great Depression financial pressures. Hockey survived with the Pittsburgh Hornets farm team (1936–1967) and their seven finals appearances and three championships in 18 playoff seasons.
Robert Morris University fields a Division I college hockey team at the Island Sports Center. Pittsburgh is a hotbed for semi-pro and amateur teams such as the top 50 ranked Junior Penguins, Predators | 2,547 | wow-train |
I love reading even though it is a complex process
I do too. I actually ran a bookstore for a brief time. What types of books do you enjoy? | Reading
Reading is the complex cognitive process of decoding symbols to derive meaning. It is a form of language processing.
Success in this process is measured as "reading comprehension". Reading is a means for language acquisition, communication, and sharing information and ideas. The symbols are typically visual (written or printed) but may be tactile (Braille). Like all languages, it is a complex interaction between text and reader, shaped by prior knowledge, experiences, attitude, and the language community—which is | if you ask my dad what
time it is, he'll tell you how to build a watch. I have to embellish! I have to tell you all the who's and what's and how's and why's. And I have to do it with arm gestures and silly voices and weird faces. I also became a writer because I love to read. The elementary school I went to didn't have a library.
So, in second grade, after I finished reading all the books we had | 2,548 | wow-train |
I know divorce is common today, but my son has struggled with me and his dad being divorced all his life. | Divorce
Divorce, also known as dissolution of marriage, is the process of terminating a marriage or marital union. Divorce usually entails the canceling or reorganizing of the legal duties and responsibilities of marriage, thus dissolving the bonds of matrimony between a married couple under the rule of law of the particular country or state. Divorce laws vary considerably around the world, but in most countries divorce requires the sanction of a court or other authority in a legal process, which may involve issues of distribution of property, child custody, alimony | also states that after the divorce, he lost contact with his daughter for a period of time: "I also bear the responsibility for being away from my daughter when she was four years old, as her mother divorced me when I went to Syria, but we got back in touch after 10 years. We lost touch again when her mother moved and I didn't know where she was, but since 10 years ago we've been in constant contact and I see her three times a year. I organized a trip | 2,549 | wow-train |
I love reading it's my absolute favorite thing to do in my free time!
And the more you the better reader you become, it is one of those activities that requires continuous practice
Well I can't say that I think my reading skills have actually improved lately. I was an advanced reader back in school so maybe that's why I feel they're more stable now.
Reading is not easy you need creativity (to imagine the situation) and and critical analysis. It is not like watching TV.
That is very true. It's funny though I guess I just never really get a visual picture of what's going on in my head though. I kind of just focus on the words. | culturally and socially situated. The reading process requires continuous practice, development, and refinement. Reading requires creativity and critical analysis. Consumers of literature deviate from literal words to create images that make sense to them in the unfamiliar places the texts describe. Because reading is a complex process, it cannot be controlled or restricted to one or two interpretations. There are no concrete laws in reading, but rather it provides readers an escape to produce their own products introspectively. This promotes deep exploration of texts during interpretation.
Readers | really well and there's not one thing I would do differently on any song. The album is absolutely the best I can do at this point in my life. I feel like I'm singing better than I ever have. There's a lot of maturity and strength in my voice."
Walker told "The Dallas Morning News", "I love soul music, one of my favorite songs of all time is Earl Thomas Conley's 'Holding Her and Loving You.' I recorded that on my Live | 2,550 | wow-train |
hospital is a health care institution providing patient treatment with specialized medical and nursing staff
When did humans start using hospital?
best-known type of hospital is the general hospital, which typically has an emergency department to treat urgent health problems ranging from fire and accident victims
How many categories of hospitals are out there? | children's hospitals, seniors' (geriatric) hospitals, and hospitals for dealing with specific medical needs such as psychiatric treatment (see psychiatric hospital) and certain disease categories. Specialized hospitals can help reduce health care costs compared to general hospitals. Hospitals are classified as general, specialty, or government depending on the sources of income received.
A teaching hospital combines assistance to people with teaching to medical students and nurses. The medical facility smaller than a hospital is generally called a clinic. Hospitals have a range of departments ( | Hospital
A hospital is a health care institution providing patient treatment with specialized medical and nursing staff and medical equipment. The best-known type of hospital is the general hospital, which typically has an emergency department to treat urgent health problems ranging from fire and accident victims to a sudden illness. A district hospital typically is the major health care facility in its region, with a large number of beds for intensive care and additional beds for patients who need long-term care. Specialized hospitals include trauma centers, rehabilitation hospitals, | 2,551 | wow-train |
I have a freckle on my face, it is a concentrated melanizred cell. I wonder if it could be cancerous. Do you know anything about freckles?
No I don't. Some people think that over-exposure to sunlight causes freckles. I guess if you are concerned you can have a biopsy done.
Thanks for the info. I guess a melanized cell from a freckle and a melanoma, or cancerous cell, may be two different things even though they sound alike.
Yeah, I think the bigger it is the more concern there is. Many people with moles and freckles have nothing to worry about it. | cause of melanoma is ultraviolet light (UV) exposure in those with low levels of skin pigment. The UV light may be from either the sun or from other sources, such as tanning devices. About 25% develop from moles. Those with many moles, a history of affected family members, and who have poor immune function are at greater risk. A number of rare genetic defects such as xeroderma pigmentosum also increase risk. Diagnosis is by biopsy and analysis of any skin lesion that has signs of being potentially cancerous. | and then only, will you know whether I have that balance or not. If you find my arithmetic correct, then no amount of vapouring about my psychological condition can be anything but a waste of time. If you find my arithmetic wrong, then it may be relevant to explain psychologically how I came to be so bad at my arithmetic, and the doctrine of the concealed wish will become relevant — but only after you have yourself done the sum and discovered me to be wrong on purely arithmetical grounds. It is the | 2,552 | wow-train |
I'm the shortest person in my family. I'm 5'2".
That makes two of us. The distance from the bottom of my feet to the top of my head is 5'4"!
My parents are both 5'4" but my siblings are all taller than them.
Hm genetic background can sometimes be funk which might account for that difference.
What else besides genetics influences height? | (around 20% deviation from average) within such a population is sometimes due to gigantism or dwarfism, which are medical conditions caused by specific genes or endocrine abnormalities.
The development of human height can serve as an indicator of two key welfare components, namely nutritional quality and health. In regions of poverty or warfare, environmental factors like chronic malnutrition during childhood or adolescence may result in delayed growth and/or marked reductions in adult stature even without the presence of any of these medical conditions. Some research indicates that a greater height | need blood relations also? Can a person survive without his/her parents, siblings and family? My characters chose different paths and some of them later regret their decisions. How one generation's mistakes bring troubles to the next generation was also a big problem which my characters faced."
Background and production Novella.
The entire story of the series is based on Ishtiaq's novella. While developing screenplay Farhat made several changes, in an interview she said, "There are some differences, but they are very positive. | 2,553 | wow-train |
McDonald's is some good fast food for cheap
I know many people like it. It's not my favorite of fast food, but I know it is for many.
McDonald's is good if you want consistent trash food
lol that about sums it up in my opinion!
McDonald's is old fast food too, 1940
Yes, it's been around for years, clogging our arteries lol. | 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 | is an ambassador for good and "it's all about choice".
Shortly afterwards, McDonald's Website News Statements announced that Ronald McDonald is here to stay. In 2014, McDonald's new CEO Don Thompson said that Ronald McDonald does not encourage kids to eat unhealthy foods, but only spreads joy and smiles.
Further reading.
- Schlosser, E. (2006) Chew on this: everything you don’t want to know about fast food. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Co. | 2,554 | wow-train |
One place I love to travel to is New York City. Have you ever been? | landmass and one of the world's most populous megacities, with an estimated 19,979,477 people in its 2018 Metropolitan Statistical Area and 22,679,948 residents in its Combined Statistical Area. A global power city, New York City has been described as the cultural, financial, and media capital of the world, and exerts a significant impact upon commerce, entertainment, research, technology, education, politics, tourism, art, fashion, and sports. The city's fast pace has inspired the term "New York minute". Home to the | cookie business to include mail order.
Appearances in media.
The Food Network has featured Levain Bakery in episodes of Throwdown with Bobby Flay, Roker on the Road, Unwrapped, Top 5, The Best Thing I Ever Ate, Sweet Dreams, and Worth It. In December 2007, Levain Bakery was featured on an episode of Fashionably Late with Stacy London. In June 2008, Budget Travel listed Levain Bakery #3 of “50 Reasons You Love New York City.” They have been featured in the following books | 2,555 | wow-train |
I love dogs! Huskies are a sled type dog used in the north. They are different from other sled dogs by their pulling style which is fast.
Sled dogs? How are they different from other breeds of dogs?
Sled dogs are different because they are used for transportation in arctic areas. They would haul supplies to areas that were otherwise inaccessible.
OK, the dogs used for ice skating ?
HaHa Not quite. Sled dogs were often used as mail carriers in areas in Alaska and northern Canada.
OK ,more like errand dogs in cold regions?Are they intelligent dogs? | Quest.
History.
Sled dogs are used in Canada, Lapland, Greenland, Siberia, Chukotka, Norway, Finland, and Alaska.
History Eurasia.
History Eurasia Siberia.
A 2017 study showed that 9,000 years ago the domestic dog was present at what is now Zhokhov Island, Arctic northeastern Siberia, which at that time was connected to the mainland. The dogs were selectively bred as either sled dogs or hunting dogs, implying that a sled dog standard and a hunting dog standard co-existed. The optimal maximum | Husky
Husky is a general name for a sled-type of dog used in northern regions, differentiated from other sled-dog types by their fast pulling style. They are an ever-changing cross-breed of the fastest dogs. The Alaskan Malamute, by contrast, was used for pulling heavier loads. Huskies are used in sled dog racing. In recent years, companies have been marketing tourist treks with dog sledges for adventure travelers in snow regions as well. Huskies are also today kept as pets, and groups | 2,556 | wow-train |
Hey there.. I wish I could go to the museum today.
Yeah, me too. The MoMA art museum seems like a really nice place. I've only been to MOSI and a few others as a kid.
I maybe have been to the MoMA when I was a kid as well. I do love modern art. | offers an overview of modern and contemporary art, including works of architecture and design, drawing, painting, sculpture, photography, prints, illustrated books and artist's books, film, and electronic media.
The MoMA Library includes approximately 300,000 books and exhibition catalogs, over 1,000 periodical titles, and over 40,000 files of ephemera about individual artists and groups. The archives holds primary source material related to the history of modern and contemporary art.
History.
History Heckscher and other buildings (1929–39).
The idea for | years at Warners, I did a few independent pictures that never went any place. I travelled, played stickball, had a few marriages and many affairs. I just totally enjoyed myself and did the things I didn't get to do when I was a kid. Now I've decided I wanna go back to work again and I've been encouraged by a lot of people who feel that I have the talent and everything that goes with it.
There was talk of a TV movie, "Return to a Summer | 2,557 | wow-train |
i like to go catch opah
Opahs are also called moonfish or sunfish.
what is the difference
They are all the same. They are also called kingfish, redfin ocean pan, and Jerusalem haddock. They are large and colorful fishes.
All i know is they are tasty!
They have increasingly become more popular in the seafood market.
have you ever tried it?
I have tried it when it was used to make sashimi in the late 80s and early 90s.
It so just so good im glad we have it | Opahs are frequently caught as bycatch in many longline tuna fisheries. Opah is becoming increasingly popular in seafood markets. It first became popular as a sushi and sashimi in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The meat is lightly flavored and lends itself well to a variety of preparations, principally sauté. Opah flesh has a light-pink to orange color, but turns white when cooked. It is popular in Hawaii, especially in restaurants. An average of 35% of an opah's weight is consumable, with the remaining 65 | Opah
Opahs (also commonly known as moonfish, sunfish (not to be confused with Molidae), kingfish, redfin ocean pan, and Jerusalem haddock) are large, colorful, deep-bodied pelagic lampriform fishes comprising the small family Lampridae (also spelled Lamprididae). Only two living species occur in a single genus: "Lampris" (from the Greek "lamprid-", "brilliant" or "clear"). One species is found in tropical to temperate waters of most oceans, while the other is limited | 2,558 | wow-train |
I admit it, i love eating at mcdonalds
Me too. I really like the desserts, chicken sandwiches, and fries!
i especially like their breakfast items
Nice. They make a lot of revenue. Mcdonalds serves 69 million customers daily.
i can see that, they are always busy when i go | 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 | He said: "I must admit, magic does help attract the ladies. Women really love my magic – but when guys see them crowding round, they want to get in on the act too and muscle them out of the way. Women like any tricks to do with money. I have one where I put a pen through a note but leave it intact and they go mad for it. But I have a strict rule for women – if one asks you back to hers after midnight, always say no – | 2,559 | wow-train |
hi do you enjoy gardening? | Gardening
Gardening is the practice of growing and cultivating plants as part of horticulture. In gardens, ornamental plants are often grown for their flowers, foliage, or overall appearance; useful plants, such as root vegetables, leaf vegetables, fruits, and herbs, are grown for consumption, for use as dyes, or for medicinal or cosmetic use. Gardening is considered by many people to be a relaxing activity.
Gardening ranges in scale from fruit orchards, to long boulevard plantings with one or more different types of shrubs | , not a "how-to" checklist of things to do or not do, was started by American horticulturist and garden author Felder Rushing, who was inspired by the Slow Food organization. The Slow food movement unleashed a worldwide wave of relief among people of all walks of life. Slow gardening has also been promoted by horticulturist and Mississippi radio show host, Felder Rushing.
The Slow gardening approach can help us enjoy our gardens year in and year out while connecting us with our neighbors. It strikes a special chord | 2,560 | wow-train |
I love to go shopping! It is therapeutic for me! Do you enjoy it? | Shopping addiction
Shopping addiction is defined as the deficiency of impulse control which appears as the eagerness for constantly making new purchases of unnecessary or superfluous things. It is a concept similar to "compulsive buying disorder" and "oniomania", although these terms usually have a more clinical approach, related to a psychological individual disorder of impulse control. The phrase “shopping addiction” usually has a more psychosocial perspective . or it is placed among drug-free addictions like the addiction to gambling, Internet, or video-games. | past, sometimes also shall because of the Latin subjunctive
- Wherefore do you play the violin? – I play the violin "that" I "may" enjoy myself.
- What did you hit me for? – I hit you "so that" they "might" not become suspicious of us.
- Why did you go to the city? – I went to the city "in order that" I "might" buy some new clothes in the shopping centre.
- I grabbed the | 2,561 | wow-train |
Some notable orphans have actually been world leaders, writers, and even great figures in science and business
That is really neat can you name anyone?
Well, some big historic ones are Herbert Hoover, John Hancock, and Eleanor Roosevelt. The definition of an orphan is a person who loses one parent either through death or abandonment
its nice to see no matter what your past does not define you
Indeed. It's quite sad, but it's nice to see them pull themselves up and change the world!
Yeah what else can you tell me about it. | List of orphans and foundlings
Notable orphans and foundlings include world leaders, celebrated writers, entertainment greats, figures in science and business, as well as innumerable fictional characters in literature and comics. While the exact definition of orphan varies, one legal definition is a child bereft through "death or disappearance of, abandonment or desertion by, or separation or loss from, both parents". According to the United Nations, the definition of an orphan is anyone that loses one parent, either through death or abandonment.
Figures | when in person is much easier and Alex explains to her that that’s exactly the reason; in person they can actually see her. Manny (Rico Rodriguez) is the only one who manages to get some people to vote for Claire while Haley (Sarah Hyland) is worried about other things since she has been rejected from all five colleges she applied to and she did not tell anyone. There is only one left for which she is afraid to open the letter.
Jay (Ed O'Neill) does not really have | 2,562 | wow-train |
I really want to visit Canada, such a beautiful country in North America
I want to visit there too! I have friends that live there. It can get very cold during the winter months though. | sparsely populated, the majority of its land area being dominated by forest and tundra. Its population is highly urbanized, with over 80 percent of its inhabitants concentrated in large and medium-sized cities, and 70 percent of citizens residing within of the southern border. Canada's climate varies widely across its vast area, ranging from arctic weather in the north, to hot summers in the southern regions, with four distinct seasons.
Various indigenous peoples have inhabited what is now Canada for thousands of years before European colonization. Beginning | , he stated that he went to Israel as a personal attempt to start a dialogue between Iranian and Israeli people.
This might mean that I won't be able to go back to Iran for a long time, since Iran doesn't recognize Israel, has no diplomatic relations with it, and apparently considers traveling there illegal. Too bad, but I don't care. Fortunately, I'm a citizen of Canada and I have the right to visit any country I want.
I'm going to Israel as a | 2,563 | wow-train |
I have been thinking of getting a Toyota Prius. Would you recommend it? | Toyota Prius
The Toyota Prius (; Japanese:トヨタ プリウス "Toyota Puriusu") is a full hybrid electric automobile developed by Toyota and manufactured by the company since 1997. Initially offered as a 4-door sedan, it has been produced only as a 5-door liftback since 2003.
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and California Air Resources Board (CARB) rate the Prius as among the cleanest vehicles sold in the United States, based on smog-forming emissions. The 2018 model year Prius Eco ranks as the second most | economy was rated at 22 mpg, which is slightly unusual for hybrid vehicles of this type (as they normally have higher city fuel economy ratings).
Motoring journalist Jeremy Clarkson, a famous critic of hybrid vehicles and the Toyota Prius especially, admitted he loved the GS 450h. After claiming that you spent most of the time on the Prius "chewing a lot of fuel" and "making a green statement," he described "with the Lexus I drove up and down Piccadilly all day. It was great. | 2,564 | wow-train |
Communism is the philosophical, social, political and economic ideology and movement whose ultimate goal is the establishment of the communist society,
I admit I don't know much about it, but I recall that Jane Fonda was a big proponent of communism. | Communism
In political and social sciences, communism (from Latin "", "common, universal") is the philosophical, social, political, and economic ideology and movement whose ultimate goal is the establishment of the communist society, which is a socioeconomic order structured upon the common ownership of the means of production and the absence of social classes, money, and the state.
Communism includes a variety of schools of thought, which broadly include Marxism and anarchism (anarcho-communism), as well as the political | Communist society
In Marxist thought, communist society or the communist system is the type of society and economic system postulated to emerge from technological advances in the productive forces, representing the ultimate goal of the political ideology of communism. A communist society is characterized by common ownership of the means of production with free access to the articles of consumption and is classless and stateless, implying the end of the exploitation of labour.
Communism is a specific stage of socioeconomic development predicated upon a superabundance of material wealth, which is postulated to | 2,565 | wow-train |
I like hiking! It's healthy as well as therapeutic because being outdoors is very relaxing.
I have never been hiking before.
I recommend it, you should look up trails near you and go some time.
It does sound kind of fun.
Fun fact: hiking in New Zealand is called tramping.
That is really funny. | Tramping in New Zealand
Tramping, known elsewhere as backpacking, rambling, hill walking or bushwalking, is a popular activity in New Zealand.
Tramping is defined as a recreational activity involving walking over rough country. Trampers often carry a backpack and wet-weather gear, and may also carry equipment for cooking and sleeping.
History.
Alpine climbing has been a recreational activity from the early days of European settlement, and possibly earlier. From the 1950s tracks, huts and bridges were built in the forested areas of | because obviously there's no subject matter to relate it to. I just thought the idea was quite funny. I kind of like absurd titles. I kind of have a history of having these titles that make no sense, like "Up the Downstair". I mean, "Nil Recurring" is another paradox-like statement. You cannot have the number nil recurring. So it's just a bit of fun really. And of course, it seemed to fit in with the lyrical concept of some of the | 2,566 | wow-train |
Hey, I love roses. They're my favorite flower. Whats yours?
Roses are also my favorite flower! There are over a hundred species and thousands of cultivars of them!
Really? That's pretty interesting. I've seen the red and black ones. I didn't realize there were more varieties.
Yup! Most species are actually native to Asia.
I had no idea! I who first started cultivating them? | from Oscan, from Greek ρόδον "rhódon" (Aeolic βρόδον "wródon"), itself borrowed from Old Persian "wrd-" ("wurdi"), related to Avestan "varəδa", Sogdian "ward", Parthian "wâr".
Botany.
The leaves are borne alternately on the stem. In most species they are long, pinnate, with (3–) 5–9 (–13) leaflets and basal stipules; the leaflets usually have a serrated margin, and often a few small prickles on | 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 | 2,567 | wow-train |
I love playing ice hockey, but I love watching it on tv even more!
I like it because there are not alot of contact team sport played on ice
I know! I love the hard hits! And I might even like the fights a wee bit more than I should! | Ice hockey
Ice hockey is a contact team sport played on ice, usually in a rink, in which two teams of skaters use their sticks to shoot a vulcanized rubber puck into their opponent's net to score points. The sport is known to be fast-paced and physical, with teams usually consisting of six players each: one goaltender, and five players who skate up and down the ice trying to take the puck and score a goal against the opposing team.
Ice hockey is most popular in Canada, | not believe her nudity in the film would put off socially conservative people who would otherwise see the film, saying "just because nudity is such a contentious issue in America people believe that they automatically alienate the conservative parts of America by having nudity. But I give the American public more credit than that. I think that people are curious and people do love love stories. I think people might find it and like it, even though it is a little bit risky."
Release.
Release Critical response.
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Have you ever been fly fishing? It's my favorite weekend getaway. The trout in our lake our easy picking
I love to go fishing, it brings back a lot of child hood memories, but I have never fly fished. I know that it is an art in itself. The casting, the lures, etc
Yes. Most fly fishermen make their own lures, and it takes a lot of practice. I've been making my own for years. Im pretty good now.
Really? It's so intricate from what I have seen on TV, what makes the perfect lure? I got to see one of the pro fly fishermmen, oh what was his name? Talk about a casting machine, all in the flick of the wrist | Fly fishing
Fly fishing is an angling method that uses a light-weight lure -- called an artificial fly -- to catch fish. The fly is cast using a fly rod, reel, and specialized weighted line. The light weight requires casting techniques significantly different from other forms of casting. The flies may resemble natural invertebrates, baitfish, or other food organisms.
Fly fishing can be done in fresh or salt water. North Americans usually distinguish freshwater fishing between cold-water species (trout, salmon, steelhead) | poem
The water is wide, I cannot get o'er
And neither have I wings to fly,
Build me a boat that can carry two
And both shall row, my love and I.
I leaned my back up against an oak,
To find it was a trusty tree,
I found you true, love, when first you spoke,
'tis true you are, and ever shall be.
Our love shines clearly against the storm,
Turns darkest night to brightest day | 2,569 | wow-train |
I'm bilingual! I can speak both English and Spanish.
I think it is a great skill to have to speak more than one language. It is called mulitlingualism and it is believed that there are more multilingual speaker in the world now than monolingual speakers.
Hm, that's interesting. Living in America, you would think that most people are monolingual. I wonder where most bilingual speakers live.
Aparently more than half of all european cities claim to be multilingual.
That's so cool. I've heard that bilingual people have different wiring in their brains compared to monolingual people. Makes me feel pretty special!
Also research says that multilingual people are much more adept and proficient at learning in general.
More people should be multilingual, if that's the case. I know that learning a new language is hard, but the benefits are overwhelming.
Definitely. Another name for people who speak more than one language i have just discovered is polygots. i had never heard that word before.
I've never heard of that word either. Interesting. | ' exposure to multiple languages is becoming increasingly possible. People who speak several languages are also called polyglots.
Multilingual speakers have acquired and maintained at least one language during childhood, the so-called first language (L1). The first language (sometimes also referred to as the mother tongue) is acquired without formal education, by mechanisms about which scholars disagree. Children acquiring two languages natively from these early years are called simultaneous bilinguals. It is common for young simultaneous bilinguals to be more proficient in one language than the | Multilingualism
Multilingualism is the use of more than one language, either by an individual speaker or by a group of speakers. It is believed that multilingual speakers outnumber monolingual speakers in the world's population. More than half of all Europeans claim to speak at least one language other than their mother tongue; but many read and write in one language. Always useful to traders, multilingualism is advantageous for people wanting to participate in globalization and cultural openness. Owing to the ease of access to information facilitated by the Internet, individuals | 2,570 | wow-train |
I just love spaghetti and meatballs. It's my favorite Italian dish. | Spaghetti with meatballs
Spaghetti and meatballs or spaghetti with meatballs is an Italian-American dish consisting of spaghetti, tomato sauce and meatballs.
History.
It is widely believed that spaghetti and meatballs was an innovation of early 20th-century Italian immigrants in New York City. The National Pasta Association (originally named the National Macaroni Manufacturers Association) is said to be the first organization to publish a recipe for it, in the 1920s.
Italian writers and chefs often mock the dish as pseudo-Italian or non- | local Filipino predilection for sweet dishes.
"Sapaketti phat khi mao" (Spaghetti fried drunken noodle style) is a popular dish in Thai cuisine.
Serving Spaghetti dishes.
- Spaghetti aglio e olio – ("spaghetti with garlic and oil" in Italian), a traditional Italian pasta dish coming from Naples.
- Spaghetti alla puttanesca – (literally "spaghetti whore-style" in Italian), a tangy, somewhat salty Italian pasta dish invented in the mid-20th century. The ingredients are typical of Southern Italian | 2,571 | wow-train |
My son was just diagnosed with having a problem with social anxiety and I'm trying to get a handle on it. What can you tell me about it?
Well it could be somethin not severe, can be defined as nervousness in social situations!
Right, I got a little bit of the gist of that. What are some more specific things? Maybe some symptoms? | Social anxiety
Social anxiety is nervousness in social situations. Some disorders associated with the social anxiety spectrum include anxiety disorders, mood disorders, autism, eating disorders, and substance use disorders. Individuals higher in social anxiety avert their gazes, show fewer facial expressions, and show difficulty with initiating and maintaining conversation. Trait social anxiety, the stable tendency to experience this nervousness, can be distinguished from state anxiety, the momentary response to a particular social stimulus. Nearly 90% of individuals report feeling symptoms of social anxiety (i.e. | was just me in a short skirt, my legs out - and I'm not a predictable person. I was trying to be fresh so that people stay interested in me." Jamelia also commented in the same interview, "It's basically about a relationship where someone doesn't speak about having a problem and you can see that they're upset but they're just not talking. It's an irritating situation so I thought I'd write about it."
Track listings.
- UK CD 1
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i like dressing up when i go out | "wear" and usage of "costume" has become more limited to unusual or out-of-date clothing and to attire intended to evoke a change in identity, such as theatrical, Halloween, and mascot costumes.
Before the advent of ready-to-wear apparel, clothing was made by hand. When made for commercial sale it was made, as late as the beginning of the 20th century, by "costumiers", often women who ran businesses that met the demand for complicated or intimate female costume | Up, I Want to Go to Boise: Children Surviving Cancer", 1989. American Cancer Society's Medal of Honor in 1990. (Profits from the publication of this book were donated to a group of health-related organizations.)
- "When You Look Like Your Passport Photo, It's Time to Go Home", 1991.
- "A Marriage Made in Heaven ... or Too Tired For an Affair", 1993
- "All I Know About Animal Behavior I learned in Loehmann's Dressing | 2,573 | wow-train |
Hockey is my favorite sport and the detroit red wings are my favorite team. Do you watch hockey?
Yes, I love hockey, it's my favorite sport as well. The Detroit Red Wings are a very historical team, having won 11 total Stanley Cup championships.
Yes they have, I dont think any other team has won as many as they have. Have they? | championships of any NHL franchise based in the United States (11) and are third overall in total Stanley Cup championships, behind the Montreal Canadiens (24) and Toronto Maple Leafs (13). The Wings played their home games at Joe Louis Arena from 1979 until 2017, after playing for 52 years in Olympia Stadium. They moved into the new Little Caesars Arena beginning with the 2017–18 season. The Red Wings are one of the most popular and successful franchises in the NHL; fans and sports commentators refer to the Detroit | watch the way Bill Berg plays. Look at him working in the corners, not being afraid to get his nose dirty, and doing all of the little things.’ Berg became one of my favorite players to watch after that because of the effort he put, and how he never took a night off. I feel like I have taken a similar approach to working hard and being confident to do whatever is asked of me." Kyle celebrated his day with the Stanley Cup from the Detroit Red Wings in Caledon, | 2,574 | wow-train |
I liked cartoons as a kid
I still do love animation at my age
I love some though | Cartoon
A cartoon is a type of illustration, possibly animated, typically in a non-realistic or semi-realistic style. The specific meaning has evolved over time, but the modern usage usually refers to either: an image or series of images intended for satire, caricature, or humor; or a motion picture that relies on a sequence of illustrations for its animation. Someone who creates cartoons in the first sense is called a "cartoonist", and in the second sense they are usually called an "animator" | liked to work from my imagination. I like to work from a fact, and I will try to make something out of the fact. I enjoy that most. And I do my best work when I do that. I don't know whether it's just because I put it out of my mind that I don't like to make things up. Some artists are marvelous at just fantastic inventions. But I love the smell and the feel of life. You have to follow your appetites. You don't choose | 2,575 | wow-train |
Golf is a club and ball sport which i enjoy, do you know anything about golf?
Golf is fun to watch but I've never really been into playing it. | Golf
Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible.
Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not utilize a standardized playing area, and coping with the varied terrains encountered on different courses is a key part of the game. The game at the usual level is played on a course with an arranged progression of 18 holes, though recreational courses can be smaller, often having | there. More enjoyable hard work. I just love practising and love trying to improve. I spend five to eight hours practising every day and then another two hours in the gym. Tiger has changed the game technically but also in terms of fitness and flexibility. That has helped so much."
Zuël also wants to draw more females into the sport by demonstrating how women can reach the top of the game and enjoy playing the sport. "What I really want to do is make golf accessible to young girls and | 2,576 | wow-train |
I will like to visit someday the Blue Park Ridge in Virginia and North Carolina.
I am not familiar with that park. I've only been to Virginia but very briefly.
I haven't been in Virginia either. The Blue Ridge Parkway is a National Park and All-American road, that is noted for its scenic views.
Oh ok, that sounds very refreshing and relaxing!
Yes, it runs mostly along the spine of the Blue Ridge, a major mountain chain that is part of the Appalachian Mountain.
I don't have a lot of mountains where I live so I love seeing them when I can.
yes I think they make great scenes. And it is amazing tha the Appalachian mountain first formed roughly 480 millions years ago.
Wow! How did they form? | Appalachian Mountains
The Appalachian Mountains, often called the Appalachians, are a system of mountains in eastern North America. The Appalachians first formed roughly 480 million years ago during the Ordovician Period. They once reached elevations similar to those of the Alps and the Rocky Mountains before experiencing natural erosion. The Appalachian chain is a barrier to east–west travel, as it forms a series of alternating ridgelines and valleys oriented in opposition to most highways and railroads running east–west.
Definitions vary on the precise boundaries of the Appalachians | Blue Ridge Parkway
The Blue Ridge Parkway is a National Parkway and All-American Road in the United States, noted for its scenic beauty. The parkway, which is America's longest linear park, runs for through 29 Virginia and North Carolina counties, linking Shenandoah National Park to Great Smoky Mountains National Park. It runs mostly along the spine of the Blue Ridge, a major mountain chain that is part of the Appalachian Mountains. Its southern terminus is at U.S. 441 on the boundary between Great Smoky Mountains National Park and | 2,577 | wow-train |
I love to paint as a form of Modernism which is a philosophical movement that, along with cultural trends and changes, arose from wide-scale and far-reaching transformations in Western society during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
That's so cool. Do you like Pablo Picasso?
Of course, he is one of my favorite sculptor and painter and to crown it all he is a Spanish poet
Yeah he's really cool. What makes art postmodern?
Well we can describe Postmodern as a body of art movements that sought to contradict some aspects of modernism or some aspects that emerged or developed in its aftermath.
That's cool. Who's your favorite post modern painter?
I like John Wilde for his printmaker of fantastic imagery.
Where did post modernism start? | Postmodernism
Postmodernism is a broad movement that developed in the mid- to late 20th century across philosophy, the arts, architecture, and criticism, marking a departure from modernism. The term has been more generally applied to the historical era following modernity and the tendencies of this era.
While encompassing a wide variety of approaches and disciplines, postmodernism is generally defined by an attitude of skepticism, irony, or rejection of the grand narratives and ideologies of modernism, often calling into question various assumptions of Enlightenment rationality. Consequently, common | Modernism
Modernism is both a philosophical movement and an art movement that, along with cultural trends and changes, arose from wide-scale and far-reaching transformations in Western society during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Among the factors that shaped modernism were the development of modern industrial societies and the rapid growth of cities, followed then by reactions of horror to World War I. Modernism also rejected the certainty of Enlightenment thinking, and many modernists rejected religious belief.
Modernism, in general, includes the activities and creations | 2,578 | wow-train |
I LOVE country music! Blake Shelton is so hot and has such an awesome voice
Its a lovely piece of music,musical genre that originated in the southern United
I listen to country all the time. I actually used to hate it but now that's all i want to listen to
We have Blake Tollison Shelton a popular country music singer ,as well as don't Williams. Country music often consists of ballads and dance tunes.
He is popular because he is very talented and handsome
He made his debut album in 2001 with made his debut with the single "Austin".
I don't think i've ever heard that one
He also produced also produced two more top 20 entries ("All Over Me" and "Ol' Red.,that struck a platinum
Most of his songs are Hits! | ABBA
ABBA () are a Swedish pop group formed in Stockholm in 1972 by Agnetha Fältskog, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson and Anni-Frid Lyngstad. The group's name is an acronym of the first letters of their first names. They became one of the most commercially successful acts in the history of popular music, topping the charts worldwide from 1974 to 1982. ABBA won the Eurovision Song Contest 1974 at The Dome in Brighton, UK, giving Sweden its first triumph in the contest. They are the most successful | nominated "Beyonce" for Album of the Year.
Production Style.
Rey has been quoted describing his sound as "...more of the experimental type; I don't like to tie myself down to just one genre. I want to try everything. I'm actually just now starting to listen to some country music so I can cater to that kind of artist. It may not end up being my thing, but I want to try it first and see how it goes. I tend to favor pop, | 2,579 | wow-train |
I don't know a lot about veganism. Are you familiar with this style of dieting? | Veganism
Veganism is the practice of abstaining from the use of animal products, particularly in diet, and an associated philosophy that rejects the commodity status of animals. A follower of the diet or the philosophy is known as a vegan. Distinctions may be made between several categories of veganism. "Dietary vegans" (also known as strict vegetarians) refrain from consuming animal products, not only meat but also eggs, dairy products and other animal-derived substances. The term "ethical vegan" is often applied to those who | I don't think any of us have any idea. Touring and records cost a lot of money, more than we have. But I do know this: we talk about it often. Yes, talk is cheap, but talk keeps it in the realm of possibility.
I tell you this not to give you false hope if you are into our band, but to let you know that if you are reading this then we care about you and we care that you care if we make music again. Whether | 2,580 | wow-train |
I love watching Face Off, it's a show where prosthetic makeup artists compete against each other to create prostheses.
Really that's cool! What channel is it on?
It airs on the Syfy cable network.
Cool do they earn money for being on this show?
I think so, plus they eliminate one or more artists every week until a final winner is chosen, so I imagine the winner gets quite a bit of prize money.
Interesting, how long has the show been on the air? | and artists including Brian Grazer, Kevin Smith, Paul W. S. Anderson, Greg Nicotero, Rick Baker, Doug Jones, Len Wiseman, Gale Anne Hurd and Marcus Nispel have served as guest judges.
"Face Off" premiered January 26, 2011 on Syfy. In August 2017, Syfy aired the first season of spin-off series "", which brings back four all-stars from previous "Face Off" seasons for each episode and pits them head-to-head in three rounds for a chance to | Face Off (TV series)
Face Off was an American reality television game show program on the Syfy cable network channel in which a group of prosthetic makeup artists compete against each other to create prostheses such as those found in science fiction and horror films. One or more challenges are featured in each episode, with the work reviewed by a panel of judges who eliminating one or more artists each week until a final winner is chosen.
Actress McKenzie Westmore, known for her role as Sheridan Crane on the former NBC/ | 2,581 | wow-train |
Stamp collecting is the collecting of postage stamps ,and its additions
How can you find rare postage stamps to collect?
history of postal service of the United States began with the delivery of stampless letters, whose cost was borne by the receiving person, later also encompassed pre-paid letters carried by private mail carriers and provisional post offices,
I did not know there were stampless letters where receiver paid. When were stamps where buyer paid first started? | depicted on them, ranging from ships, horses, and birds to kings, queens and presidents.
Sales of postage stamps are an important source of income for some countries whose stamp issues may exceed their postal needs, but have designs that appeal to many stamp collectors.
History.
It has been suggested that John Bourke, Receiver General of Stamp Dues in Ireland, was the first collector. In 1774 he assembled a book of the existing embossed revenue stamps, ranging in value from 6 pounds to half a penny | Postage stamps and postal history of the United States
The history of postal service of the United States began with the delivery of stampless letters, whose cost was borne by the receiving person, later also encompassed pre-paid letters carried by private mail carriers and provisional post offices, and culminated in a system of universal prepayment that required all letters to bear nationally issued adhesive postage stamps.
In the earliest days, ship captains arriving in port with stampless mail would advertise in the local newspaper names of those having mail and for | 2,582 | wow-train |
I love Alfred Hitchcock. He was one of the most influential filmmakers in cinema history.
Yes he made some very famous movies. Rear Window is one | Rear Window
Rear Window is a 1954 American Technicolor mystery thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock and written by John Michael Hayes based on Cornell Woolrich's 1942 short story "It Had to Be Murder". Originally released by Paramount Pictures, the film stars James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Wendell Corey, Thelma Ritter, and Raymond Burr. It was screened at the 1954 Venice Film Festival.
The film is considered by many filmgoers, critics, and scholars to be one of Hitchcock's best and one of the greatest films | Alfred Hitchcock
Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock (13 August 1899 – 29 April 1980) was an English film director and producer, widely regarded as one of the most influential filmmakers in the history of cinema. Known as "the Master of Suspense", he directed over 50 feature films in a career spanning six decades, becoming as well known as any of his actors thanks to his many interviews, his cameo roles in most of his films, and his hosting and producing of the television anthology "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" | 2,583 | wow-train |
Hi! I love Bruno Mars. Do you like his music?,
He's pretty good from what I've heard but I don't know much about him. | Just the Way You Are (Bruno Mars song)
"Just the Way You Are" is the debut solo single by American singer-songwriter Bruno Mars. It is the lead single from his debut studio album, "Doo-Wops & Hooligans" (2010). The song was written by Bruno Mars, Philip Lawrence, Ari Levine, Khalil Walton and Needlz and produced by the former three, under their alias, The Smeezingtons along with Needlz. It was released in the United States to Contemporary hit radio on | 2011.
On January 12, 2011, composer Alan Menken was asked about the sequel in an interview. His reply was, "I've heard things but there's nothing yet. I don't know much about what's happening with that. Honestly, I don't know what the studio wants to do next. I presume there will be some future projects for me to work on. I love doing that, I really do. But I'm not frustrated that it isn't one of them. At the | 2,584 | wow-train |
I don't like religion. I was raised religious but anytime I hear anything about it now, I get anxiety.
Oh, wow. I'm sorry to hear that. Not all religions are the same though.
To be honest they do all seem the same to me though. Religions generally have similar elements such as rituals, sermons, sacrifices, festivals, feasts, trances, initiations, and prayer.
I see, it's amazing how people all over the world come up with similar beliefs
Most religions use it as a way to give meaning to life and/or to shape it's followers.
I see, religion has a lot of cultural significance
Yes it does for some people, its can be defined as a system of designated behaviors and practices, world views, texts, sanctified places, prophesies, ethics, or organizations that relate humanity to the supernatural.
I see, I guess that's why religion is declining in the modern age | Secularization
Secularization (or secularisation) is the transformation of a society from close identification with religious values and institutions toward nonreligious values and secular institutions. The "secularization thesis" refers to the belief that as societies progress, particularly through modernization and rationalization, religion loses its authority in all aspects of social life and governance. The term secularization is also used in the context of the lifting of the monastic restrictions from a member of the clergy.
Secularization refers to the historical process in which religion loses social and cultural significance. | character returning to the show. She commented, "It would be great fun to get all the Butcher clan back for a few months. I hear Diane's name mentioned quite a lot on the show — it makes me feel like I've never really left. But all the people I'm connected with are leaving, which makes going back harder and I'm really sorry about that. It would be great to have the Butcher clan come back for Mike's sendoff. But, sadly, I don't think there | 2,585 | wow-train |
My grandma moved to america from Denmark. Well at the time it was officially the Kingdom of Denmark.
That's so cool, it seems like an interesting place. Do you know anything about its history?
Well it is the Southernmost part of the Scandinavian nations.
Interesting, what other countries are considered Scandinavian nations?
Well it also comprises two autonomous constituent countries in the North Atlantic Ocean: the Faroe Islands and Greenland
Interesting I've never heard of the Faroe islands. Is Finland considered a Scandinavian nation? | with Swedish secession in 1523. The areas of Denmark and Norway remained under the same monarch until 1814, Denmark–Norway. Beginning in the 17th century, there were several devastating wars with the Swedish Empire, ending with large cessions of territory to Sweden. After the Napoleonic Wars, Norway was ceded to Sweden, while Denmark kept the Faroe Islands, Greenland, and Iceland. In the 19th century there was a surge of nationalist movements, which were defeated in the 1864 Second Schleswig War. Denmark remained neutral during World War | Tomsk), the series airs on CTC. In Denmark, it airs on TV2 Denmark. It also airs in other European countries such as Norway (and other Scandinavian nations), the Netherlands, Portugal, Israel, Poland (it airs on Jetix), Turkey and Italy, as well as Colombia in South America. The children's television channel in the UK, PopGirl, acquired the rights to show the series in 2012 with a host of other acquired programmes including another season of Life With Derek, Family Biz, | 2,586 | wow-train |
I ove playing videogames. My favorite game station is the xbox, owned by Microsoft
I have been thinking about buying a new system but have been torn between Xbox One and Playstation 4. Maybe you can help explain some things to me
They are both great gaming systems, but I would go with the xbobx because it has a great selection of video games to choose from!
It seems like the Xbox has been around forever. Is it more popular than the Playstation?
I would say they are both pretty popular, but have different target markets. The xbox was first introduced to the US in 2001
What would you consider the target market for the Xbox to be?
Probably teens because the game also offers streaming services and online services
So it is more than just a game playing device? | original device was the first video game console offered by an American company after the Atari Jaguar stopped sales in 1996. It reached over 24 million units sold as of May 2006. Microsoft's second console, the Xbox 360, was released in 2005 and has sold 84 million units as of June 2014. The Xbox One has been released in 21 markets in total, with a Chinese release in September 2014. The head of Xbox is Phil Spencer, who succeeded former head Marc Whitten in late-March 2014.
Consoles | you fucking know I wanted it like that?' [...] We were thinking about turning it into a band — me, him, Bill Laswell and Ginger Baker, but well, I was doing some other things, you know? It would have been cool. To this day that's one of the projects I'm most proud of.”" "“John Lydon came in when I was done, they were playing a track back, and he made a grimace and said 'Fookin' great man! | 2,587 | wow-train |
I used to love to read Agatha Christie novels. I also love the TV show Poirot, based on her detective character.
That show lasted a long time. It aired on ITV from 1983 to 2013
I didn't realize it ran that long - must have missed some episodes. He's such a funny little man - what a great imagination AC had!
David Suchet did a great job playing Hercule Poirot
He really did. He's actually English rather than Belgian, is he not?
He is, but he was very successful in his role. He was even nominated for a BAFTA in 1991!
Wow, impressive. What century is Poirot set in? | Poirot Investigates
Poirot Investigates is a short story collection written by Agatha Christie and first published in the UK by The Bodley Head in March 1924. In the eleven stories, famed eccentric detective Hercule Poirot solves a variety of mysteries involving greed, jealousy, and revenge. The American version of this book, published by Dodd, Mead and Company in 1925, featured a further three stories. The UK first edition featured an illustration of Poirot on the dust jacket by W. Smithson Broadhead, reprinted from the 21 March 1923 issue of | Agatha Christie's Poirot
Poirot (also known as Agatha Christie's Poirot) is a British mystery drama television series that aired on ITV from 8 January 1989 to 13 November 2013. David Suchet stars as the eponymous detective, Agatha Christie's fictional Hercule Poirot. Initially produced by LWT, the series was later produced by ITV Studios. The series also aired on VisionTV in Canada and on PBS and A&E in the United States.
The programme ran for 13 series and 70 episodes in total; each episode was adapted from | 2,588 | wow-train |
I believe in Leprechauns, here in Florida a lot of stuff goes missing and I think they're to blame
They certainly are known for partaking in mischief, so that would not surprise me!
Do you know about how tall one might be? So I know what to look for! | creatures rarely appear in Irish mythology and only became prominent in later folklore.
Etymology.
The name "leprechaun" is derived from the Irish word , defined by Patrick Dinneen as "a pigmy, a sprite, or leprechaun". The further derivation is less certain; according to most sources, the word is thought to be a corruption of Middle Irish "luchrupán", from the Old Irish , a compound of the roots "lú" ("small") and "corp" ("body") | auto-tune processing as possible, saying "What separates this album are the vocals. They sound richer and fuller, and, for the first time, how I sound when I’m performing live. The producers I worked with just let me sing and be me." Clarkson remarked that "It was a lot of soulful stuff. You know what I'm saying? Like, Radiohead is alternative, but they're very soulful. And Sheryl Crow, very soulful singer-songwriter. So it's all very soulful | 2,589 | wow-train |
I was smart and lucky enough to be my high school valedictorian!
I was my school's valedictorian, as well. The term is Anglicised from the Latin term for saying farewell.
Interesting! What exactly does "angelicised" mean? Have schools always had valedictorians? | Anglicisation
Anglicisation (or anglicization, see English spelling differences), occasionally anglification, anglifying, Englishing, refers to modifications made to foreign words, names and phrases to make them easier to spell, pronounce, or understand in English. It commonly refers to the respelling of foreign words, often to a more drastic degree than romanisation. One example is the word "dandelion", modified from the French "dent-de-lion" (“lion’s tooth”, because of the sharply indented leaves). | Valedictorian
Valedictorian is an academic title of success used in the United States, Canada, Philippines, and Armenia (and elsewhere in limited number of schools) for the student who delivers the closing or farewell statement at a graduation ceremony (called a valediction). The chosen valedictorian is traditionally the student with the highest ranking (highest Grade Point Average, or GPA) among their graduating class. The term is an Anglicised derivation of the Latin "vale dicere" ("to say farewell"), historically rooted in the | 2,590 | wow-train |
My favorite car of all time is the Corvette, how about you?
Yes I am the proud owner of a Chevrolet Corvette!
oh wow!! we have a corvette club here, people who are enthusiasts get together with their cars
I am a member of one too, especially since corvette passed has through seven generations of my family
that is awesome, what you of Corvette do you have?
I have the GM Motorama, which was the first model.
oh I dont know when that was released, in the 50's or 60's? | composite—bodywork.
In 1953, when GM executives were looking to name the new Chevrolet sports car, assistant director for the Public Relations department Myron Scott suggested "Corvette" after the small maneuverable warship—and the name was approved. The first model, a convertible, was introduced at the GM Motorama in 1953 as a concept and was followed ten years later by the 1963 second generation, in coupe and convertible styles. Originally manufactured in Flint, Michigan, as well as St. Louis, Missouri, the Corvette has | flag), which was to identify Palmer's braking point, was accidentally removed.
In the last 50 years, the Pontiac Trans Am, Chevrolet Camaro, Chevrolet Corvette, Oldsmobile Cutlass, and Ford Mustang are the only models that have been selected as pace cars three or more times.
During the IndyCar Series season, however, Johnny Rutherford is the normal driver of the IRL pace car for all events. The pace car is deployed for debris, collision, or weather reasons. Since 1993, upon the waving | 2,591 | wow-train |
I'm a bank teller, what do you do?
I'm a meeting facilitator and a graphic recorder! I've recently worked with small, local credit unions at a conference. Is it easy to deal directly with customers as a bank teller?
It's not too bad, I like working with people. So what types of businesses do you deal with other than credit unions?
All sorts of industries and organizations, from Fortune 500s to non-profits. The most thrilling was with Disney and Cirque du Soleil ;-) Like you, I've definitely got to be friendly and interact with many different types of people.
Have you always done this? | Cirque du Soleil
Cirque du Soleil (, "Circus of the Sun" or "Sun Circus") is a Canadian (Quebecois) entertainment company and the largest theatrical producer in the world. Based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and located in the inner-city area of Saint-Michel, it was founded in Baie-Saint-Paul on 7 July 1984, by two former street performers, Guy Laliberté and Gilles Ste-Croix.
Initially named "Les Échassiers" (, "The Waders" | have ideas. I never had time to dream about being anyone else. I had to work. I haven't just sat back and thought of myself or my ideas or what I wanted to do ... I've kept working. I don't have time to worry about who I admire or who I identify with. I never had it easy. I'm not at all like you ... all those people who had it easy."
In economic terms, it has been contended that the counterculture really only amounted to | 2,592 | wow-train |
Dolphins are an aquatic mammal and there are many different types of them.
Cool, I like dolphins. Remember the show Flipper?
Yes, i do. Dolphins are Cetaceans, and Cetaceans closest relative are hippopotamuses. Can you believe that?
Thats amazing, I would never of guessed that.
You don't say was an American TV series that was cancelled and brought back twice.
Yea, I wish they would bring it back again. | Federal Marriage Amendment
The Federal Marriage Amendment (FMA) (also referred to by proponents as the Marriage Protection Amendment) was a proposed amendment to the United States Constitution that would define marriage in the United States as a union of one man and one woman. The FMA would also prevent judicial extension of marriage rights to same-sex or other unmarried heterosexual couples. An amendment to the U.S. Constitution requires the support of two thirds of each house of Congress and ratification by three fourths of the states. The last Congressional vote | feature adducted big toes, making it difficult if not impossible to grasp branches with the hindlimbs. Besides locomotion, "A. afarensis" also had a slightly larger brain than a modern chimpanzee (the closest living relative of humans) and had teeth that were more human than ape-like.
Prominent examples Pakicetids, "Ambulocetus".
The cetaceans (whales, dolphins and porpoises) are marine mammal descendants of land mammals. The pakicetids are an extinct family of hoofed mammals that are the earliest whales, whose closest sister group | 2,593 | wow-train |
I love swimming, its one of my favorite activities. Do you swim? | Swimming
Swimming is the self-propulsion of a person through water, usually for recreation, sport, exercise, or survival. Locomotion is achieved through coordinated movement of the limbs, the body, or both. Humans can hold their breath underwater and undertake rudimentary locomotive swimming within weeks of birth, as a survival response.
Swimming is consistently among the top public recreational activities, and in some countries, swimming lessons are a compulsory part of the educational curriculum. As a formalized sport, swimming features in a range of | never thrown a line over to catch a fish. I don't do any of those things. I have only had to work all my life. And every time you told me about swimming, I don't know how to swim."
In 1976, Byrd was the "favorite son" Presidential candidate in West Virginia's primary. His easy victory gave him control of the delegation to the Democratic National Convention. Byrd had the inside track as majority whip but focused most of his time running for majority leader, | 2,594 | wow-train |
i would like to try sky diving. Have you ever done it?
I sure have!, Ive been skydiving my entire life, I always bring a strong parachute with me!, Would you be interested in learning more about Parachuting?
Yes I would! Please tell me more. Do you need to do a course or something?
Well not really its more or less just learning free-falling which is a period during the parachute has not been deployed and the your body gradually accelerates to terminal velocity which can be up to 200MPH!
Okay cool. Do you have to practice in an air tunnel first or something? | . Garnerin tested his contraption by leaping from a hydrogen balloon above Paris. Garnerin's parachute bore little resemblance to today's parachutes, however, as it was not packed into any sort of container and did not feature a ripcord. The first intentional free-fall jump with a ripcord-operated deployment was not made until over a century later by Leslie Irvin in 1919. While Georgia Broadwick made an earlier free-fall in 1914 when her static line became entangled with her jump aircraft's tail assembly, her free-fall | 's grace ... Rather than resign, I would like to continue among you as your bishop and the father of our diocesan family until this stage of my life ends. I do not know how long that will be. I am most grateful for the ways you have cared for and so prayerfully supported me in recent years. You remain very much in my thoughts and care. As I am sure you understand, I am able to do very little, and will need to rely on others. Please can I ask you | 2,595 | wow-train |
I love photography
Do you prefer digital or film? The old
I prefer digital
Do you do any work on them before digital publishing?
Yes, sometimes i edit them | Photography
Photography is the art, application and practice of creating durable images by recording light or other electromagnetic radiation, either electronically by means of an image sensor, or chemically by means of a light-sensitive material such as photographic film. It is employed in many fields of science, manufacturing (e.g., photolithography), and business, as well as its more direct uses for art, film and video production, recreational purposes, hobby, and mass communication.
Typically, a lens is used to focus the light | for Centron. I prefer to do still photography. I came here to Kansas City [in 1983] and I got out of the motion picture business because it was too expensive. A lot of the stuff I did was food photography. I love food photography. I also did portraits to please myself, not to please the person I was photographing. You get a little old lady saying, 'Make me look like I'm 20 years old.'"
The revival of interest in his old feature film Carnival | 2,596 | wow-train |
Nike is one of my favorite shoes brand, nike is an American multinational corporation that is engaged in the design
Nike make good shoes yes | Nike, Inc.
Nike, Inc. () is an American multinational corporation that is engaged in the design, development, manufacturing, and worldwide marketing and sales of footwear, apparel, equipment, accessories, and services. The company is headquartered near Beaverton, Oregon, in the Portland metropolitan area. It is the world's largest supplier of athletic shoes and apparel and a major manufacturer of sports equipment, with revenue in excess of US$24.1 billion in its fiscal year 2012 (ending May 31, 2012). As | Nike. Only around 200 pairs were ever released, exclusively in New York City. Riots erupted at many of the stores where the shoes were sold, and pairs of the shoes currently sell for over US$2000 . Staple Pigeon has since started out as a self-contained brand with an American site as well as a European site.
Products.
Staple Design produces a globally distributed lifestyle menswear collection. The collection is split into two main lines: Staple, which is mostly graphic and print focused with tees and tops | 2,597 | wow-train |
My favorite color is blue! There are so many beautiful things that are blue. | 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. | produced by Dylan William. Halsey expressed to "Complex" magazine; "[Blue is] just my creative color. It's like so many things at once. It's electric, and it's bright, but it's also calm. It's also ethereal. Blue is just an otherworldly color to me. Blue is the sky. Blue is the sea. Blue for me represents the unexplored territory". In another interview, she stated: "My song 'Colors' is about being in a relationship with | 2,598 | wow-train |
I Love Poodles, do you have a favorite Breed of Dog?
I love shepherd breeds. Dogs are one of the first domesticated species.
Oh yes Shepherds are very smart, is that why dogs are considered man's best friend?
I have an english shepherds, but my brother has an Australian shepherd. They were actually developed from a breed in Western Europe, not Australia.
Oh I was thinking along the German Shepard Line, did you know Poodles used to be used as herding dogs?
Poodles are also the second most intelligent dog breed behind border collies. Incredibly smart dogs.
Oh yes, I've had a border collie also. Very smart but the breed tend to have eyesight problems ours went blind. | 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 | -to-merle breeding, the puppies that have inherited two copies of the merle gene have an increased risk of being born blind or deaf.
Australian Shepherds are the most common dog breed to acquire Epilepsy.
Health Feeding.
The recommended amount of food an Australian Shepherd should eat is 1-1/2 to 2 cups of dry food a day, But size, exercise level, and age should be considered. With proper diet and exercise, the Australian Shepherd can stay in good shape.
Health Grooming.
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