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I have been a surfer my entire life. Do you Surf?
i used to surf at the beach but i also have heard of people surfing in the lakes and rivers
Yes, I grew up in Michigan surfing in Lake Michigan. Now I live on the east coast and surf all year. Have you surfed in a lake?
nope i never have but the beach boys really got me inspired to surf when i would jam out to them.
Do you remember Gidget the surer Tv show, It of the same era as the beach boys.
nope ive never seen it! i love that era though. have you heard the beach boys album smile?
I don't know the album but I did see them in concert at Atlantic city new jersey concert hall | Pet Sounds
Pet Sounds is the 11th studio album by American rock band the Beach Boys, released May 16, 1966 on Capitol Records. It initially met with a lukewarm critical and commercial response in the United States, peaking at number 10 on "Billboard" Top LPs chart, a somewhat lower placement than the band's preceding albums. In the United Kingdom, the album was hailed by the music press and was an immediate commercial success, peaking at number 2 in the UK Top 40 Albums Chart and remaining among the | throw away from the breakwater. Ty’s sister, Kim, described the family’s “endless summer” life: “My dad was a huge surfer so we grew up on boards. Sometimes when the surf was good he’d say, ‘Don't go to school today. I'll write you a note and we'll go surfing.’ I really believed there was no life east of the Pacific Coast Highway.” Every summer the family lived in a camper at San Onofre Surf Club, just south of San | 3,300 | wow-train |
Archaeology is a fascinating topic that looks into human history, as early as 3.3m years ago!
It does sound very interesting and I love hearing about the past.
Yes it is essential for learning about prehistoric societies because they weren't able to create written records.
What are some of the greatest discoveries?
Well the first stone tools 3.3m years ago were a pretty big find I'm sure.
Where were they discovered? | of the first stone tools at Lomekwi in East Africa 3.3 million years ago up until recent decades. Archaeology is distinct from palaeontology, which is the study of fossil remains. It is particularly important for learning about prehistoric societies, for whom there may be no written records to study. Prehistory includes over 99% of the human past, from the Paleolithic until the advent of literacy in societies across the world. Archaeology has various goals, which range from understanding culture history to reconstructing past lifeways to documenting and explaining changes in human | prehistoric societies is through archaeology. Because archaeology is the study of past human activity, it stretches back to about 2.5 million years ago when we find the first stone tools – The Oldowan Industry. Many important developments in human history occurred during prehistory, such as the evolution of humanity during the Paleolithic period, when the hominins developed from the australopithecines in Africa and eventually into modern "Homo sapiens". Archaeology also sheds light on many of humanity's technological advances, for instance the ability to use fire, the development of stone | 3,301 | wow-train |
I really want to go to Alaska some day
Alaska is the US state extreme northwest US
I have heard they pay people be there | —southern parts of the Arctic Ocean. The Pacific Ocean lies to the south and southwest. It is the largest U.S. state by area and the seventh largest subnational division in the world. In addition, it is the 3rd least populous and the most sparsely populated of the 50 United States; nevertheless, it is by far the most populous territory located mostly north of the 60th parallel in North America: its population—estimated at 738,432 by the United States Census Bureau in 2015— is more than quadruple the combined populations of | know, a Christian going to youth group, you just didn't do it, right? And I still believe that. But when it comes to picking our battles, for many of us in Alaska, legalization of marijuana just was never really a bright blip on the radar screen, so it didn't surprise me when the voters of Alaska went back to legalizing it. For some years there, it had not been legalized. I look on the national scene and think, 'Wow, of all things to be | 3,302 | wow-train |
I have never had children. What would you say the most important thing about being a parent is?
I think the most important thing is to remember that your words and actions will stay with them forever and to be kind.
Would non-blood relatives have a significant bearing on what experiences the child remembers throughout life be included?
Yes they would and that is why parents need to be mindful of who they expose their kids to. | friend. Governments and society may also have a role in child-rearing. In many cases, orphaned or abandoned children receive parental care from non-parent or non-blood relations. Others may be adopted, raised in foster care, or placed in an orphanage. Parenting skills vary, and a parent or surrogate with good parenting skills may be referred to as a "good parent".
Parenting styles vary by historical time period, race/ethnicity, social class, and other social features. Additionally, research | how many people brought their children; seeing a little eight-year-old boy come up to me and talk to me and say, `May I please have your autograph? Thank you for what you did.' That was pretty special. I appreciated that." Zwerg remains a devoted loving Christian to this day and what is most important to him is love. "I think the thing I would add is love is still the most powerful force in the universe. Hatred will never beat it. Violence will | 3,303 | wow-train |
Swimming is the self-propulsion of a person through fresh or salt water
Yes, I love swimming! Do you?
Of course, Swimming is done for usually for recreation, sport, exercise, or survival.
Yeah, I pretty much do it for recreation and sometimes exercise. It is a lot of fun! | 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 | Swimming (disambiguation)
Swimming is the self-propulsion of a human through water or another liquid, usually for recreation, sport, exercise, or survival.
Swimming may also refer to:
Movement and sport.
- Aquatic locomotion, animal movement through water
- Swimming (sport), the competitive sport
Media.
- "Swimming" (Mac Miller album), a 2018 album
- "Swimming" (French Kicks album), a 2008 album
- "Swimming" (The | 3,304 | wow-train |
I've lost 26 pounds eating keto! | 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 | a book with Samantha Rose entitled "Control The Crazy: My Plan To Stop Stressing, Avoid Drama, and Maintain Inner Cool".
In 2018, he released a new clothing brand called "Name Brand NYC".
Guadagnino is also an advocate for the keto diet, having lost 50 pounds using it himself, and has been featured multiple times in "Men’s Health Magazine," giving advice on said diet.. Additionally he started an Instagram channel, dedicated to the keto lifesytle.
External links. | 3,305 | wow-train |
I've always wanted to take a visit out to Seattle.
Yeah me too, apparently so many people want to move there that it was the fastest growing city as of July 2016.\
Oh wow! What's attracting so many to want to move there?
Well one thing is its proximity to natural beauty; it's located between Puget Sound and Lake Washington near the border.
Oh wow, I'd love to check those places out! What are some key places I could check out there? | Puget Sound
Puget Sound is a sound along the northwestern coast of the U.S. state of Washington, an inlet of the Pacific Ocean, and part of the Salish Sea. It is a complex estuarine system of interconnected marine waterways and basins, with one major and two minor connections to the open Pacific Ocean via the Strait of Juan de Fuca—Admiralty Inlet being the major connection and Deception Pass and Swinomish Channel being the minor.
Water flow through Deception Pass is approximately equal to 2% of the total tidal exchange between | of what I've done so far as well as being a look into what I want to do in the future, I didn't want the first single to be too serious. So, while lyrically the topic of the song is love and there is a serious thread going through it, sonically I wanted the actual track to be light-hearted, upbeat and different to what some people have become accustomed to from me. You know, after songs like 'If There's Any Justice' and 'It's Not | 3,306 | wow-train |
Have you ever read any historical fiction? They're books with settings that occurred in the past.
Yes- Two of my favorite books are historical fiction! Memoirs of a Geisha and A Tree Grows in Brooklyn.
I haven't read "Memoirs of a Geisha" but I heard it had to do with a woman who wasn't very attractive and ended up being forced into prostitution.
No, it was about a girl who was beautiful, grew up very poor and ended up as a geisha. Geisha's aren't the same as prostitutes. Have you read any historical fiction? | frequently choose to explore notable historical figures in these settings, allowing readers to better understand how these individuals might have responded to their environments. Some subgenres such as alternate history and historical fantasy insert speculative or ahistorical elements into a novel.
Works of historical fiction are sometimes criticized for lack of authenticity because of readerly or genre expectations for accurate period details. This tension between historical authenticity, or historicity, and fiction frequently becomes a point of comment for readers and popular critics, while scholarly criticism frequently goes beyond this commentary, investigating | Memoirs of a Geisha
Memoirs of a Geisha is a historical fiction novel by American author Arthur Golden, published in 1997. The novel, told in first person perspective, tells the story of a fictional geisha working in Kyoto, Japan, before, during and after World War II and ends with her being relocated to New York City.
In 2005, a film version was released.
Plot summary.
Nine year old Chiyo Sakamoto (坂本千代) is taken from her poverty-stricken fishing village of Yoroido ( | 3,307 | wow-train |
Kayaking always seemed fun, love being in the water
What is Kayaking? | Kayaking
Kayaking is the use of a kayak for moving across water. It is distinguished from canoeing by the sitting position of the paddler and the number of blades on the paddle. A kayak is a low-to-the-water, canoe-like boat in which the paddler sits facing forward, legs in front, using a double-bladed paddle to pull front-to-back on one side and then the other in rotation. Most kayaks have closed decks, although sit-on-top and inflatable | are considered to be remarkably tough and durable compared to some hard-sided boats.
Equipment.
There are many types of kayaks used in flat water and whitewater kayaking. The sizes and shapes vary drastically depending on what type of water to be paddled on and also what the paddler would like to do. The second set of essentials for kayaking is an off-set paddle where the paddle blades are tilted to help reduce wind resistance while the other blade is being used in the water. These vary in length and | 3,308 | wow-train |
Even when I would want to, I don't dare to pick up strangers who are hitchhiking.
Me neither! There are too many crazy people out there! Doesn't it seem like hitchhiking used to be more popular?
It seems that hitchhiking is still pretty common worldwide.
Is it really? Do you have any idea how that term came to be?
I am not sure, but I find it interesting that different countries use different gestures to hitchhike.
I never knew that What types of gestures are common?
Well in some African countries the hand is held still with the palm facing up.
That's different than the thumbs up sign hitchhikers use in the US. What else do you know about hitchhiking? | Hitchhiking
Hitchhiking (also known as thumbing or hitching) is a means of transportation that is gained by asking individuals, usually strangers, for a ride in their automobile or other vehicle. A ride is usually, but not always, free.
Itinerants have also used hitchhiking as a primary mode of travel for the better part of the last century, and continue to do so today.
Signaling methods.
- Signals used by hitchhikers
Hitchhikers use a variety of signals to indicate they need a ride. Indicators | what the manufacturing costs are, I don't know what the shipping costs are. I have no concept of that. I do know that for the amount of stuff we're putting in here, it is certainly not a bad deal. There are literally thousands of hours of content in this game. It doesn't seem like a crazy price to me. But again, I have no idea what the proper margins are. If someone is saying 'What am I going to buy this month?' in November, | 3,309 | wow-train |
I have a second job as a barista during the week where I work in a coffeehouse and prepare speciality coffee. Do you go to many coffee shops?
I have a coffee shop in my town but have only visited there a few times. Do you enjoy your work at the coffee shop?
Yes. the one I work at serves not only coffee but also snacks, muffins, pastries and much more. It is a lovely way to meet new people and chat.
I can see how that would be a pleasant work environment. I wish that I had more time to visit my local shop. | 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 | am not saying something wrong. When my son went to prison, they asked him: 'Ahmad, do you regret it?' He answered: 'I have no regrets.' He treated everyone to coffee, honored all the other prisoners, and said: The only thing that I am angry about is the gun, which did not work properly. Otherwise I would have killed all of the passengers on the bus."
Aftermath.
The attack carried a resemblance to an incident where an Israeli Army clerk | 3,310 | wow-train |
my mom wants to go to Southern Baptist Convention and she wants me to join her. Do you know anything about it? | Southern Baptist Convention
The Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) is a Christian denomination based in the United States. It is the world's largest Baptist denomination, the largest Protestant denomination in the United States, and the second-largest Christian denomination in the United States, smaller only than the Catholic Church according to self reported membership statistics (see Christianity in the United States).
The word "Southern" in Southern Baptist Convention stems from it having been organized in 1845 at Augusta, Georgia, by Baptists in the Southern | him not to go (""I won't let you do it. If you go, I'll let the law know""). The song ends with the smuggler speaking in defiance (""Would you break even my wings, like a swallow. Let me, let me go""). Bush herself has commented on the lyrics, saying:
"In this song she wants to control him and because he wants to do something that she doesn't want him to she feels that he | 3,311 | wow-train |
I recently became a vegetarian! I don't eat any red meat, poultry or seafood!
I have heard it is really good for yo
It is! I also looked into the environmental, cultural and economic reasons to become a vegetarian before I committed to the lifestyle.
Do you eat eggs? | aesthetic, economic, or personal preference. There are variations of the diet as well: an ovo-lacto vegetarian diet includes both eggs and dairy products, an ovo-vegetarian diet includes eggs but not dairy products, and a lacto-vegetarian diet includes dairy products but not eggs. A strict vegetarian diet – referred to as "vegan" – excludes all animal products, including eggs and dairy. Avoidance of animal products may require dietary supplements to prevent deficiencies such as vitamin B12 deficiency, which leads to pernicious anemia. | while protesting against Kárahnjúkar Hydropower Plant in Iceland.
Jónsi is a vegetarian. He states that he "didn’t go vegetarian because of the animals" but became gradually more concerned for their welfare. Jónsi elaborated that he would find it difficult to date someone who eats meat, saying "I just love animals and I do not want to kill them, cook them or eat them so it’d be hard for me to watch anyone do that." He briefly followed a raw food diet, although he no longer practices | 3,312 | wow-train |
I like the library so much but the one near our house is so small
That's too bad. We have an excellent library system throughout the county. | Plymouth, Massachusetts
Plymouth (; historically known as Plimouth and Plimoth) is a town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts. The town holds a place of great prominence in American history, folklore, and culture, and is known as "America's Hometown." Plymouth was the site of the colony founded in 1620 by the "Mayflower" Pilgrims, where New England was first established. It is the oldest municipality in New England and one of the oldest in the United States. The town has served as the location of several | : 'I'm as pleased for our supporters as I am for anyone. Like the players they deserve to have their perseverance rewarded.'"
- "Sometimes we're good and sometimes we're bad but when we're good, at least we're much better than we used to be and when we are bad we're just as bad as we always used to be, so that's got to be good hasn't it?".
- "My husband's time as manager of City, from | 3,313 | wow-train |
I have volunteered at an animal shelter before. It is generally considered and altruistic activity where one works with no benefit to themselves.
I see, I think that morally it is good to participate in altruistic activities to help remember that there is more than just the self. | Volunteering
Volunteering is generally considered an altruistic activity where an individual or group provides services for no financial or social gain "to benefit another person, group or organization". Volunteering is also renowned for skill development and is often intended to promote goodness or to improve human quality of life. Volunteering may have positive benefits for the volunteer as well as for the person or community served. It is also intended to make contacts for possible employment. Many volunteers are specifically trained in the areas they work, such as medicine, education | to recognize that racism is a feminist concern, not one that is altruistic, but one that is part and parcel of feminist consciousness... I think, in fact, though, that things are slowly changing and that there are white women now who recognize that in the interest of genuine coalition, they must see that we are not the same. Black feminism is not white feminism in Blackface. It is an intricate movement coming out of the lives, aspirations, and realities of Black women. We share somethings with white women | 3,314 | wow-train |
I just learned to play the guitar. Do you play the guitar?
I do! I have an electric Guild and an acoustic Seagull. What do you play?
Well I must be honest, I have not gotten to know the entire family of guitars. I just began to play using Guitar Hero, the game.
I have a Wii and play Guitar Hero on there as well! Sometimes it's harder than the actual guitar though | Guitar Hero
The Guitar Hero series (sometimes referred to as the Hero series) is a series of music rhythm games first published in 2005 by RedOctane and Harmonix, and distributed by Activision, in which players use a guitar-shaped game controller to simulate playing lead, bass guitar, and rhythm guitar across numerous rock music songs. Players match notes that scroll on-screen to colored fret buttons on the controller, strumming the controller in time to the music in order to score points, and keep the virtual audience excited | to play more concerts for the band. He's just playing games, and I'm fed up with it, to be honest with you. I don't sing, so I can't do much about it", adding, "I definitely want to play live. Because, you know, I've still got a twinkle in my eye. I can still play. So, yeah, I'll just get myself into musical shape, just concentrating on the guitar."
On 30 July 2014, an | 3,315 | wow-train |
Have you ever watched eurobasket? it is a european basketball championship
No, that sounds like something I would like though because I enjoy watching basketball; mainly NBA. I assume only European teams compete?
Yes, many great players have played, but in my opinion, Dirk Nowitzki is by far the best european player of all time
Does he have the most points within a game or do you just like how he plays?
Nowitzki is 6th all time in NBA scoring, and is considered one of if not the best Power forwards ever, so that puts him in thee top 10 nba players conversation
Sounds like he dominates! Is the Eurobasket any different than NBA Championships? | EuroBasket
EuroBasket, also commonly referred to as the "European Basketball Championship", is the main international basketball competition that is contested quadrennialy, by the senior men's national teams that are governed by FIBA Europe, which is the European zone within the International Basketball Federation.
History.
History Beginning.
The first championships was held three years after the establishment of FIBA, in 1935. Switzerland was chosen as the host country, and ten countries joined. Only one qualifying match was played between Portugal and Spain. With | in Riga.
The second most popular sport is basketball. Latvia has a long basketball tradition, as the Latvian national basketball team won the first ever EuroBasket in 1935 and silver medals in 1939, after losing the final to Lithuania by one point. Latvia has had many European basketball stars like Jānis Krūmiņš, Maigonis Valdmanis, Valdis Muižnieks, Valdis Valters, Igors Miglinieks, as well as the first Latvian NBA player Gundars Vētra. Andris Biedriņš is one of the most well-known Latvian basketball players, who played in the | 3,316 | wow-train |
my favorite mortal combat character is milena. I love his occasional boss character in the series of fighting games
think my favortie is Sub Zero in thath game | Sub-Zero (Mortal Kombat)
Sub-Zero is the alias of two video game characters from the "Mortal Kombat" franchise; one of which was amongst the original characters in the first "Mortal Kombat" game in 1992. Sub-Zero is a formidable fighter possessing the innate ability to control ice in many forms and whose defining character trait is his fierce rivalry with his nemesis Scorpion. In his first return appearance in "Mortal Kombat II", it was revealed that the original Sub-Zero had died | Scorpion (Mortal Kombat)
Scorpion (born Hanzo Hasashi) is a playable character, occasional boss character, and the mascot of the "Mortal Kombat" fighting game franchise created by Midway Games. Making his debut as one of the original seven playable characters in "Mortal Kombat" in 1992, he is an undead ninja specter seeking revenge for his own death at the hands of Quan Chi, making him an anti-hero which has been his main role throughout the course of the series up until "Mortal Kombat X | 3,317 | wow-train |
Summer has been going for a good few months and I'm pretty bored, meaning that I'm not particularly interested in anything right now.
I love the Summer months, the warmth feels so nice on my face, whats your favorite part about summer?
I guess my boredom is fairly cultural and modern with the whole summer vacation thing, but my favorite thing is either not having classes or being able to swim.
Swimming is a good summer hobby to have. Have you thought about expanding your interests to find something to fill your summer boredom? | Boredom
In conventional usage, boredom is an emotional and occasionally psychological state experienced when an individual is left without anything in particular to do, is not interested in his or her surroundings, or feels that a day or period is dull or tedious. It is also understood by scholars as a modern phenomenon which has a cultural dimension. "There is no universally accepted definition of boredom. But whatever it is, researchers argue, it is not simply another name for depression or apathy. It seems to be a specific mental | my out. I'm just going to have fun, and I'm not going to worry about anything. Right after my mom and sister died, I flew to Las Vegas and Dennis and I got married. I guess I was trying to cling to whatever I had. I'd lost my mom and my sister; I didn't want to lose anyone else. We were married for about five months. When I started going through some really hard times with Dennis, I became addicted to feeling that pain instead of | 3,318 | wow-train |
Kayaking always seemed fun, love being in the water
What is Kayaking? | Kayaking
Kayaking is the use of a kayak for moving across water. It is distinguished from canoeing by the sitting position of the paddler and the number of blades on the paddle. A kayak is a low-to-the-water, canoe-like boat in which the paddler sits facing forward, legs in front, using a double-bladed paddle to pull front-to-back on one side and then the other in rotation. Most kayaks have closed decks, although sit-on-top and inflatable | are considered to be remarkably tough and durable compared to some hard-sided boats.
Equipment.
There are many types of kayaks used in flat water and whitewater kayaking. The sizes and shapes vary drastically depending on what type of water to be paddled on and also what the paddler would like to do. The second set of essentials for kayaking is an off-set paddle where the paddle blades are tilted to help reduce wind resistance while the other blade is being used in the water. These vary in length and | 3,319 | wow-train |
I love chocolate chip cookies, my favorite cookie
Me too I enjoy a nice bag of Famous Amos!
I like to make them at home with eggs, sugar four, butter and loads of chocolate chips | Chocolate chip cookie
A chocolate chip cookie is a drop cookie that originated in the United States and features chocolate chips or chocolate morsels as its distinguishing ingredient. Circa 1938, Ruth Graves Wakefield added chopped up bits from a Nestlé semi-sweet chocolate bar into a cookie.
The traditional recipe starts with a dough composed of butter and both brown and white sugar, semi-sweet chocolate chips and vanilla. Variations on the recipe may add other types of chocolate, as well as additional ingredients such as nuts or oatmeal. | in different flavors.
When being made at home, the recipe can consist of common ingredients, including flour, butter, white sugar, salt, vanilla extract, and eggs. Because the dough is not baked, no leavening agents, such as baking soda or baking powder are used. If cookie dough is intended to be used to bake cookies then baking soda or baking powder gets added to the dough. Chocolate chip cookie dough is a popular variation which can be made by adding chocolate chips to the mix. | 3,320 | wow-train |
I like to listen to heavy metal music which is a genre of rock that developed in 60s and 70s.
I like rock music, but I'm not sure I've listened to heavy metal. What were some of the more popular bands?
The early ones were Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath and Deep Purple.
Oh, I like Led Zeppelin! They did a ton of great music. Is heavy metal still popular?
Yeah although it has evolved. In the 1980s glam metal was popular with Motley Crue and Poison.
The music of my youth! I was a big Poison fan! What instruments are popular in heavy metal music?
Electric guitars with amplified distortion, drums, bass.
I love the drums in the Led Zeppelin songs. What other neat facts do you know about heavy metal music? | the genre's evolution by discarding much of its blues influence; Motörhead introduced a punk rock sensibility and an increasing emphasis on speed. Beginning in the late 1970s, bands in the new wave of British heavy metal such as Iron Maiden and Def Leppard followed in a similar vein. Before the end of the decade, heavy metal fans became known as "metalheads" or "headbangers".
During the 1980s, glam metal became popular with groups such as Bon Jovi and Mötley Crüe. Underground scenes produced an array of more | List of heavy metal festivals
This is an incomplete list of heavy metal festivals. Heavy metal (or simply metal) is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the United States and the United Kingdom. With roots in blues rock and psychedelic rock, the first heavy metal bands such as Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath and Deep Purple attracted large audiences, and during the late 1960s and mid-1970s these band and others in their genre were featured at a number of historic rock festivals | 3,321 | wow-train |
I do not eat meat. Vegetarianism has roots in ancient India and Greece.
Good for you. I think it is a noble cause and moral way of life to live. Animals should not suffer just for human's food enjoyment
Many people believe that some non-human animals are entitled to possession of their own lives like we are.
Indeed. They are living beings and have all the right to live as the nature allows them to
People against that belief oppose the assignment of moral value and protections.
True. Seeing those poor animals being treated so badly just melts my heart | as irrational as any other. They maintain that animals should no longer be viewed as property or used as food, clothing, research subjects, entertainment, or beasts of burden. Multiple cultural traditions around the world such as Jainism, Taoism, Hinduism, Buddhism and Animism also espouse some forms of animal rights.
In parallel to the debate about moral rights, animal law is now widely taught in law schools in North America, and several prominent legal scholars support the extension of basic legal rights and personhood to at least some | ".
Denial of animal pain and suffering can also lead to denial of broader concepts, such as denial of moral status or the existence of "mind" in non-human animals. Among those who eat meat, it can lead to their experiencing the meat paradox. Philosopher Marc Bekoff wrote that denialism is a feature of moral thinking about animals, and that there is a "self-serving disconnect" between scientific facts and the way some people think about animals.
The idea that animals might not feel pain | 3,322 | wow-train |
Wedding cakes are my specialty | , they are more of a centerpiece to the wedding and are not always even served to the guests. Some cakes are built with only a single edible tier for the bride and groom to share, but this is rare since the cost difference between fake and real tiers is minimal.
Basic information.
Wedding cakes come in a variety of sizes, depending on the number of guests the cake will serve. Modern pastry chefs and cake designers use various ingredients and tools to create a cake that usually reflects the personalities of | )
- "One More Time" / "Dye Ooh Mambo" (1954)
- "Papa Charlie" (1954)
- "Something's Goin' On In My Room" / "Let Me Come Back Home" (1955) Specialty Records
- "Shotgun Wedding"
and on the following songs from albums
- "Big Fat Mama" (1974)
- "Papa Charlie" (2006)
- "Real Gone Hound Dog" (2006)
and is included in the | 3,323 | wow-train |
Do you like Ford Mustang's? | Ford Mustang
The Ford Mustang is an American car manufactured by Ford. It was originally based on the platform of the second generation North American Ford Falcon, a compact car. The original 1962 Ford Mustang I two-seater concept car had evolved into the 1963 Mustang II four-seater concept car which Ford used to pretest how the public would take interest in the first production Mustang. The 1963 Mustang II concept car was designed with a variation of the production model's front and rear ends with a roof that was 2.7 | the 4.6-liter modular engine that was powering the Mustang GT until 2011.
Exterior.
The car includes a powered clamshell “shaker” hood, which covers the engine. The fullsize sedan is based on a stretched version of the rear wheel drive Mustang's Ford D2C platform, featuring a solid rear axle. The body is proportioned with short front overhang and a long rear overhang, and features a low roofline and a high beltline, when compared to other Ford sedans like the Ford Taurus, with a wedged profile. The | 3,324 | wow-train |
I really enjoy mountain biking. It is a great workout and a fun way to enjoy the outdoors | Mountain bike
A mountain bike or mountain bicycle (abbreviated MTB) is a bicycle designed for off-road cycling. Mountain bikes share similarities with other bicycles, but incorporate features designed to enhance durability and performance in rough terrain. These typically include a front or full suspension, large knobby tires, more durable wheels, more powerful brakes, straight handlebars, and lower gear ratios for climbing steep grades.
Mountain bikes are generally specialized for use on mountain trails, single track, fire roads, and other unpaved surfaces, | Song)".
Jones collaborated with Burton again on the films "Ed Wood" (1994), in which he portrays The Amazing Criswell, and "Sleepy Hollow" (1999). Shortly prior to the release of "Sleepy Hollow", Jones said of Burton "I've known Tim now for quite some time and really enjoy working with him. I like his sensibility, and he's great fun."
Film and television career Other films.
Jones played Dr. Walter Jenning in the George Lucas film | 3,325 | wow-train |
One of the things I could never master in drama club in high school was choreography. I alsoways messed up somehow
It is not so bad if you try really hard! It is is the art or practice of designing sequences of movements of physical bodies
Yeah, but I was always more interested in the actual acting part. Most of the choreography was involved with musicals, and I didn't much like musicals.
Well it is actually used in many fields such as cheerleading, cinematography, theater, etc.
Cheerleading, eh? How is it different in cheerleading vs. theater? I wonder. | , cardistry, video game production and animated art. In the performing arts, choreography applies to human movement and form. In dance, choreography is also known as dance choreography or "dance composition".
Etymology.
The word "choreography" literally means "dance-writing" from the Greek words "χορεία" (circular dance, see choreia) and "γραφή" (writing). It first appeared in the American English dictionary in the 1950s, and "choreographer" was first used as a credit for | Punk was always creativity to me and expression and it still is to some degree only you have to dig harder... I just try to support things that I like and those are the things that took time and effort, practice, you know. If you really care then eventually you will make something that is really good".
The title of the fanzine was taken from a Bad Brains song. The first issue was a one-pager, printed front and back, photocopied and given out for free at local punk | 3,326 | wow-train |
Mountain dew is pretty good but too sugary for me | Mountain Dew
Mountain Dew (stylized as Mtn Dew) is a carbonated soft drink brand produced and owned by PepsiCo. The original formula was invented in 1940 by Tennessee beverage bottlers Barney and Ally Hartman. A revised formula was created by Bill Bridgforth in 1958. The rights to this formula were obtained by the Tip Corporation of Marion, Virginia. William H. "Bill" Jones of the Tip Corporation further refined the formula, launching that version of Mountain Dew in 1961. In August 1964, the Mountain Dew brand and production | awake, Kyle asks Cartman to share his drink (now "Diet Double Dew", which has half the caffeine and sugar of "Double Dew", which is pretty much regular Mountain Dew), but he refuses to let Kenny touch it because he has herpes. Kenny eventually dies and the three boys end up contracting herpes from sharing it anyway. When Kyle and Cartman start arguing on whose idea it was to go ziplining again, Stan admits that "he" was the one who signed them up for the ziplining | 3,327 | wow-train |
If I were to get a dog it would be a golden retriver. They are easy to rain and very obendiant!
I think if I was a dog, I'd be a cocker spaniel. Could you convince me otherwise why I should be a golden retriever?
Well if you were a golden retriver you could live anywere! They are suited to both suberban and country enivorments.
Hmmm, well it seems that you're on your way there to convincing me. If I was a golden retriever, what tricks could I learn? | are trained to be a hunting dog, a detection dog, and a search and rescue participant. The breed's friendly, gentle temperament means it is unsuited to being a professional guard dog, but its temperament has also made it the third-most popular family dog breed (by registration) in the United States,
the fifth-most popular in Brazil and Australia,
and the eighth-most popular in the United Kingdom. Golden Retrievers are rarely choosy eaters, but require ample (two or more hours a | I got three great kids, but if you tell me go out and find all the bad things they've done, Hayden, I can build you a pretty good dossier, and you'd think they were pretty bad people, because that was what I was looking for and that's what I'd build up. That would be very wrong. That would be inaccurate. That would be misleading.
He also acknowledged that after "repeated inquiries from the Feith office" he put a disclaimer on NSA intelligence assessments of | 3,328 | wow-train |
I love playing video games, specifically Nintendo
Me too! I had so much fun playing Mario and Legend of Zelda when I was young!
I was the best at Mario Kart, no one could beat me!
Mario Kart was a great game! I was so good at dropping those bananas! Nintendo has become one of the most influential video game companies in the industry, it's not hard to see why!
yea thats so true, I wish I still had my old super nintendo | Nintendo
Founded on 23 September 1889 by Fusajiro Yamauchi, it originally produced handmade hanafuda playing cards. By 1963, the company had tried several small niche businesses, such as cab services and love hotels. Abandoning previous ventures in favor of toys in the 1960s, Nintendo developed into a video game company in the 1970s. Supplemented since the 1980s by its major divisions Nintendo of America and Nintendo of Europe, it ultimately became one of the most influential in the industry and one of Japan's most-valuable companies with a market | characters published for the CD-i; the others were three "Legend of Zelda" games. Another "Mario" game, "Super Mario's Wacky Worlds", was never released. Nintendo licensed the characters after reneging on a deal for Philips to create the Super Nintendo Entertainment System CD-ROM, an add-on for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES).
"Hotel Mario" initially received mixed reviews; critics felt it was fun but had no lasting appeal. It has since been described as | 3,329 | wow-train |
So, I'm thinking about changing up my diet. Do you know anything about vegetarianism?
I've been a vegetarian for a long time - it involves abstaining from the consumption of meat , and may also include abstention from by-products of animal slaughter.
Is there a difference between being a vegan and being a vegetarian? | Vegetarianism
Vegetarianism is the practice of abstaining from the consumption of meat (red meat, poultry, seafood, and the flesh of any other animal), and may also include abstention from by-products of animals processed for food.
Vegetarianism may be adopted for various reasons. Many people object to eating meat out of respect for sentient life. Such ethical motivations have been codified under various religious beliefs, as well as animal rights advocacy. Other motivations for vegetarianism are health-related, political, environmental, cultural, | it the largest animal rights group in the world. Its slogan is "animals are not ours to eat, wear, experiment on, use for entertainment, or abuse in any other way."
Alternatives and reactions Veganism and vegetarianism.
Veganism is the practice of abstaining from the use of all animal products, particularly in diet. Vegetarianism is the practice of abstaining from the consumption of meat (red meat, poultry, seafood, insects and the flesh of any other animal and may also include abstention from by-products | 3,330 | wow-train |
Do you like ice cream? I love it! Especially the real kind made with milk and cream.
Ice cream is pretty decent, but I am a vegan so it is hard to find the type i can eat.
I can understand that. There are lots of flavors you can add to ice cream to make them taste even yummier.
I love peanut butter, its one of the things i can still have the vegan version of. | Peanut butter
Peanut butter is a food paste or spread made from ground dry-roasted peanuts. It often contains additional ingredients that modify the taste or texture, such as salt, sweeteners, or emulsifiers. Peanut butter is popular in many countries. The United States is a leading exporter of peanut butter and itself consumes $800 million of peanut butter annually.
Peanut butter is served as a spread on bread, toast, or crackers, and used to make sandwiches (notably the peanut butter and jelly sandwich). | She credits her brother, King, for her interest on it. She can also play the acoustic guitar but prefers the keyboard, believing that it is her key to becoming a composer.
Artistry Voice.
Nina was a singing champion on "Tanghalan ng Kampeon", with her winning pieces "Better Days" and "Love Takes Time". She expressed having so much sacrifices for her singing career, stating "I always order Halo-halo without ice. If I want to eat ice cream, I have to | 3,331 | wow-train |
My husband and daughter love to fish as a recreational pastime. Have you ever fished?
I have been fishing a few times. It is fun for a little bit, but after too long it gets boring. | Fishing
Fishing is the activity of trying to catch fish. Fish are normally caught in the wild. Techniques for catching fish include hand gathering, spearing, netting, angling and trapping. “Fishing” may include catching aquatic animals other than fish, such as molluscs, cephalopods, crustaceans, and echinoderms. The term is not normally applied to catching farmed fish, or to aquatic mammals, such as whales where the term whaling is more appropriate. In addition to being caught to be eaten, fish are caught as recreational | the new album's a mixture for sure. There's plenty of heavy stuff, the heaviest we've ever done. But we still love playing the lush stuff. I can only think of a couple of bands I love who are strictly HEAVY ONLY. Slayer, for example. For the most part, I feel like some bands over-play their lack of subtlety and it just gets... a bit boring really. I dunno, I can feel more emotions than anger and energy, so I expect my music to | 3,332 | wow-train |
Jimi Hendrix is and amazing musician!
I love him! He's my favorite American rock guitarist, singer, and songwriter!
Do you know when he was born?
I do, he was born 11-27-1942 as Johnny Allen Hendrix
And what is your favorite album by Jimi Hendrix?
Band of Gypsys would have to be my favorite live album without the Experience
I like that one too. Any idea when and where he began his career as musician? | began playing guitar at age 15. In 1961, he enlisted in the Army and trained as a paratrooper in the 101st Airborne Division, but he was discharged the following year. He moved to Clarksville, Tennessee soon after and began playing gigs on the Chitlin' Circuit, earning a place in the Isley Brothers' backing band and later with Little Richard, with whom he continued to work through mid-1965. He played with Curtis Knight and the Squires before moving to England in late 1966 after being discovered by Linda Keith, who | Jimi Hendrix
James Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix (born Johnny Allen Hendrix; November 27, 1942 – September 18, 1970) was an American rock guitarist, singer, and songwriter. His mainstream career lasted only four years, but he is widely regarded as one of the most influential guitarists in history and one of the most celebrated musicians of the 20th century. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame describes him as "the greatest instrumentalist in the history of rock music".
Born in Seattle, Washington, Hendrix | 3,333 | wow-train |
Have you ever been at the dateing stage of a relationship?
maybe at one point in my life what about you | 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 | 1971:
Mama hated my husband—she's a jealous lover, you know. She's hated all the men I've ever been involved with. But I really felt that what I had been doing up to that time with my life was probably wrong, that maybe what I should be was a housewife. Our marriage lasted 5 years; it was just another one of my mistakes.
She married British actor, musician and comedian Dudley Moore in 1975. In 1976 they had a son, Patrick, an | 3,334 | wow-train |
I belong to the Southern Baptist Convention which is a Christian denomination based in the United States.
I see, I am a little familiar with them. What makes southern baptist different from other denominations?
It was organizaed in Augusta Georgia in 1845 by Baptists in the South who split from the northern Baptists over slavery issues.
Wow, that's actually super interesting. So from what I understand isn't the southern baptist convention a group of churches that organize and help each other? | Baptists today differ widely from one another in what they believe, how they worship, their attitudes toward other Christians, and their understanding of what is important in Christian discipleship.
Historians trace the earliest "Baptist" church to 1609 in Amsterdam, Dutch Republic with English Separatist John Smyth as its pastor. In accordance with his reading of the New Testament, he rejected baptism of infants and instituted baptism only of believing adults. Baptist practice spread to England, where the General Baptists considered Christ's atonement to extend to all people | Southern Baptist Convention
The Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) is a Christian denomination based in the United States. It is the world's largest Baptist denomination, the largest Protestant denomination in the United States, and the second-largest Christian denomination in the United States, smaller only than the Catholic Church according to self reported membership statistics (see Christianity in the United States).
The word "Southern" in Southern Baptist Convention stems from it having been organized in 1845 at Augusta, Georgia, by Baptists in the Southern | 3,335 | wow-train |
Pizza is my favorite food of all time
Boy I'm with ya! I love that traditional Italian yeasted flatbread, that usually has tomato sauce and cheese on it while baked in an oven!
OMG yes. That sounds so good. What other kinds of pizza are there?
Well they can be topped by just about anything! Veggies, meats, condiments, you name it, you can put it on a pizza!
I want to try them all! Do you know when pizza originated? | called pizzettas.
The term "pizza" was first recorded in the 10th century in a Latin manuscript from the Southern Italian town of Gaeta in Lazio, on the border with Campania. Modern pizza was invented in Naples, and the dish and its variants have since become popular in many countries. It has become one of the most popular foods in the world and a common fast food item in Europe and North America, available at pizzerias (restaurants specializing in pizza), restaurants offering Mediterranean cuisine, and via pizza delivery | of the world. Pizza is an oven-baked, flat, disc-shaped bread typically topped with a tomato sauce, cheese (usually mozzarella), and various toppings depending on the culture. Since the original pizza, several other types of pizzas have evolved.
Since Naples was the capital of the Kingdom of Two Sicilies, its cuisine took much from the culinary traditions of all the Campania region, reaching a balance between dishes based on rural ingredients (pasta, vegetables, cheese) and seafood dishes (fish, | 3,336 | wow-train |
I work at an institution called a museum. There are all sorts of historical artifacts on display there to look at.
i always enjoy visiting the historical museum
There are a lot of large museums in major cities all over the world. Which have you enjoyed the most?
we have a nice historical and art museum where I live. But I have not visit them in awhile | the general public. The goal of serving researchers is increasingly shifting to serving the general public.
There are many types of museums, including art museums, natural history museums, science museums, war museums, and children's museums. Amongst the world's largest and most visited museums are the Louvre in Paris, the National Museum of China in Beijing, the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., the British Museum and National Gallery in London, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City and Vatican Museums in Vatican City | have answered, "Go beast, into hell, and find your friends there, for we are none of them. I killed but one man upon a provocation, and do truly repent of it; but you have killed many persons of all sorts, without any provocation from them, and are hardened in your impenitence." Bonner died in the Marshalsea on 5 September 1569, and was buried in St George's, Southwark, secretly at midnight to avoid the risk of a hostile demonstration.
Bonner in historical memory | 3,337 | wow-train |
I have agoraphobia and have panic attacks if I try to leave my house
I find that people in your situation will go to great lengths to avoid them.
Yes it is hard so I just stay home unless I just have to go out
Do you have any family members with the issue? I find it runs in the family, and deaths in the family can be a trigger.
Not that I know of most of my family does not really understand it and just think its odd | leave their homes.
Agoraphobia is believed to be due to a combination of genetic and environmental factors. The condition often runs in families, and stressful or traumatic events such as the death of a parent or being attacked may be a trigger. In the DSM-5 agoraphobia is classified as a phobia along with specific phobias and social phobia. Other conditions that can produce similar symptoms include separation anxiety, posttraumatic stress disorder, and major depressive disorder. Those affected are at higher risk of depression and substance use disorder.
Without treatment | I have just mentioned. If everyone has a jazz band going, well, then, so much the better for you people. One thing is certain and that is that some of your people who do not jazz it out on that specific Tuesday night (if there be any) will get the axe.
Well, as I am cold and crave the warmth of my native Tartarus, and it is about time I leave your earthly home, I will cease my discourse. Hoping that thou wilt publish this, that | 3,338 | wow-train |
I like Overwatch I think Winston is the coolest
I love overwatch as well! I play it nearly everyday. It's so cool that Winston is a genetically engineered gorilla. Love his electric gun.
Yeah he jumps around and smashes the bad guys
What do you think about Tracer? I think her peppy and energetic attitude is really charming.
Yeah she is cool, but I like reaper he has those shotguns
The is widespread on a bunch of different platforms from PC, Xbox, and PS4. What do you play on?
I play on the PS4
I am very surprised that they have not announced the PS5 yet. PS4 came out in February of 2014.
Yeah I wonder when that is coming has to be kinds soon | an AMD Accelerated Processing Unit (APU) built upon the x86-64 architecture, which can theoretically peak at 1.84 teraflops; AMD stated that it was the "most powerful" APU it had developed to date. The PlayStation 4 places an increased emphasis on social interaction and integration with other devices and services, including the ability to play games off-console on PlayStation Vita and other supported devices ("Remote Play"), the ability to stream gameplay online or to friends, with them controlling gameplay remotely ("Share | to play, stating: "I was told last year that Plant said he is doing nothing in 2014, and what do the other two guys think? Well, he knows what the other guys think. Everyone would love to play more concerts for the band. He's just playing games, and I'm fed up with it, to be honest with you. I don't sing, so I can't do much about it", adding: "I definitely want to play live. Because, you know | 3,339 | wow-train |
I would like to start playing the piano but I feel I do not know much about it.
Oh its an accoustic musical instrument that is stringed and the hammers strike the strings
So thats what is going on inside those pianos. How long have pianos been around? | Piano
The piano is an acoustic, stringed musical instrument invented in Italy by Bartolomeo Cristofori around the year 1700 (the exact year is uncertain), in which the strings are struck by hammers. It is played using a keyboard, which is a row of keys (small levers) that the performer presses down or strikes with the fingers and thumbs of both hands to cause the hammers to strike the strings.
The word piano is a shortened form of "pianoforte", the Italian term for the early 1700s versions | Electric grand piano
The electric grand piano is a stringed musical instrument played using a keyboard, in which the vibration of strings struck by hammers is converted by pickups into electrical signals, analogous to the electric guitar's electrification of the traditional guitar.
Since electric amplification eliminates the need for a resonant chamber, electric grand pianos are smaller and lighter (around ), and consequently more portable, than acoustic pianos. Electric amplification also bypasses the difficulty of having to mic a conventional grand piano, and thus makes an electric grand | 3,340 | wow-train |
Are you into heavy metal music at all? Been an Iron Maiden fan all my life. I'm old--ever since they were formed in 1975 by Steve Harris, their bassist and primary songwriter, I've been following them.
Not a huge fan but I can appreciate it. Ive heard of Iron Maiden before. Are they still around? | countries and receiving widespread critical acclaim. Their sixteenth studio album, "The Book of Souls", was released on 4 September 2015 to similar success.
Despite little radio or television support, Iron Maiden are considered one of the most successful heavy metal bands in history, with "The Sunday Times" reporting in 2017 that the band have sold over 100 million copies of their albums worldwide. The band won the Ivor Novello Award for international achievement in 2002. , the band have played over 2000 live shows throughout their | Steve Harris (musician)
Stephen Percy Harris (born 12 March 1956) is an English musician, songwriter, bassist, occasional keyboardist, backing vocalist, primary songwriter and founder of the British heavy metal band Iron Maiden. He has been the band's only constant member since their inception in 1975 and one of only two to have appeared on all of their albums, the other being guitarist Dave Murray.
Harris has a recognisable and popular style of bass playing, particularly the "gallop" which can be found on | 3,341 | wow-train |
I love to garden. It relaxes me so much. Do you have a garden?
I do. It is small but I do take pride in it | 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 | "Like I Do"
- Meshell Ndegeocello — "Leviticus: Faggot"
- Monica — "Why I Love You So Much"
- Celine Dion — "Because You Loved Me"
- The Corrs — "The Right Time"
Videography 1997.
- Ben Folds Five — "Brick"
Videography 1998.
- Brandy — "Have You Ever?"
Videography 1999.
- Jennifer Lopez — "No Me Ames"
- Savage Garden — "I Knew I Loved You"
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Have you ever been hiking I want to take my family so we can do trails in the countryside.
yes! i love hiking with my baby. I'm a part of Hike It Baby organization
I didn't know they had those kind of organizations sounds so fun how many people participate and do the group hike in one full day or over a course of a few days?
we usually hike for a couple of hours a day with our kids
I would love to do a hike of that nature something short being kids involved I wouldn't do nothing like The Appalachian Trail which is known to be the longest trail in the world.
i've never heard about that trail. where is it located? | Appalachian Trail
The Appalachian National Scenic Trail, generally known as the Appalachian Trail or simply the A.T., is a marked hiking trail in the Eastern United States extending between Springer Mountain in Georgia and Mount Katahdin in Maine. The trail is about long, though the exact length changes over time as parts are modified or rerouted. The Appalachian Trail Conservancy describes the Appalachian Trail as the longest hiking-only trail in the world. More than 2 million people are said to take a hike on part of the trail at least once | , “I just love this country so much and I would never have been able to be where I am if I wasn't in America so we decided to come up with this track. I just want people to know that I love my country, this is home. Even though I wasn't born here, I'm so proud to be here” She also stated, “People have kind of forgotten that working hard is huge, and that's what you need to do to get where you want. You | 3,343 | wow-train |
Two Steps from Hell is a pretty good company.
I've never heard of it. What kind of company are they? | Two Steps from Hell
Two Steps from Hell is an American production music company based in Los Angeles, California, founded by Thomas Bergersen and Nick Phoenix in 2006. The company focuses predominantly on movie and trailer music, and has supplied tracks to films such as "Interstellar", "Harry Potter", "Pirates of the Caribbean", and "X-Men".
History.
Two Steps from Hell was founded in 2006 when Thomas Bergersen and Nick Phoenix joined forces to write original music for movie trailers | they perform. Hanakowski was quoted in a February 2008 interview, "Really, right now I'm not sure what to think. I've read the books, heard the horror stories, but still immediately said yes when it was offered. There was never a doubt in my mind, my hope is just to learn. With so much time on the road and in the company of some great names like Condello and Vance, I just hope to soak up as much information as I can. The kind of stuff you | 3,344 | wow-train |
hello do you really know much about corn dog?
Yes, I love corndogs and everything about them. What's not to love about a hotdog covered in cornbread!
wow, do you know how i can make one?
Sure! Take a hotdog and dip it in cornmeal and deepfry it. If you want it to lookmore like a corndog put a stick in one end.
wow i cant wait to try this
The German Texans invented them when Americans didn't like their regular sausages. They are simple, but delicious.
good, i think i have to order some for lunch today i cant wait to make
Just fry them until they look like a golden ear of corn. That is how they used to look.
oh good, how much will it cost to get some from the restaurant | of current corn dog vendors claim responsibility for the invention and/or popularization of the corn dog. Carl and Neil Fletcher lay such a claim, having introduced their "Corny Dogs" at the Texas State Fair sometime between 1938 and 1942. The Pronto Pup vendors at the Minnesota State Fair claim to have invented the corn dog in 1941. Cozy Dog Drive-in, in Springfield, Illinois, claims to have been the first to serve corn dogs on sticks, on June 16, 1946. Also in 1946, Dave Barham opened | a motorcycle pulls up beside them at the lights.
Cast.
Anthony Head agreed to appear in the film despite the fact that he "didn't know [the producers] from Adam" and even waived his fee, telling Hotdog that "the script was really nice and basically it was one of those deals where you can do something helpful for somebody...if I can help somebody – and usually the problem is time – then why not?...So you know if I can give them my time I'm going | 3,345 | wow-train |
Diet
I eat meat and what people consider unhealthy
diet is food that is taken in by a person
oh yes thats true
but diet can be combined with personal or ethical tastes.
oh yes. I love my diet tasty without any restrictions | Diet (nutrition)
In nutrition, diet is the sum of food consumed by a person or other organism.
The word diet often implies the use of specific intake of nutrition for health or weight-management reasons (with the two often being related). Although humans are omnivores, each culture and each person holds some food preferences or some food taboos. This may be due to personal tastes or ethical reasons. Individual dietary choices may be more or less healthy.
Complete nutrition requires ingestion and absorption of vitamins | This effect holds true even after the acute phase of recovery. More than half of patients who received total laryngectomy were found to experience restrictions in their food intake, specifically in what they can eat and how they can eat it. The diet limitations imposed by dysphagia can negatively impact a patient's quality of life, as it can be perceived as a form of participation restriction. Accordingly, these perceived restrictions are more commonly experienced by dysphasic laryngectomy patients compared to non-dysphasic laryngectomy patients. Therefore, it is important to consider | 3,346 | wow-train |
Hi, do you like pizza?
I love pizza! Modern pizza was invented in Naples.
Thats cool! I feel like we are too used to Americanised pizza now. What is your favourite topping?
I mostly like vegetables and bacon is my favorite meat topping.
Nice, I am a vegetarian so I mostly just eat margherita pizza. | called pizzettas.
The term "pizza" was first recorded in the 10th century in a Latin manuscript from the Southern Italian town of Gaeta in Lazio, on the border with Campania. Modern pizza was invented in Naples, and the dish and its variants have since become popular in many countries. It has become one of the most popular foods in the world and a common fast food item in Europe and North America, available at pizzerias (restaurants specializing in pizza), restaurants offering Mediterranean cuisine, and via pizza delivery | my friends". The next question would be something like "Why did you go out with your friends?". Essentially, the format is as follows:
The first responses are generally functional justifications, like "I went out with my friends because I wanted some pizza", or "I wanted some pizza because I used to eat it as a child"; but eventually the interviewer hopes to reach a virtue justification like "It's good to be childish". Then it is fair to conclude that the | 3,347 | wow-train |
The carrot is a very popular root vegetablel, very orange in color
Can they be any other colors?
Not really besides the occasional white, they originated in persia
Are there any health benefits to a carrot? | and vitamin B6, but the belief that eating carrots improves night vision is a myth put forward by the British in World War II to mislead the enemy about their military capabilities.
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) reports that world production of carrots and turnips (these plants are combined by the FAO) for the calendar year 2013 was 37.2 million tonnes; almost half (~45%) were grown in China. Carrots are widely used in many cuisines, especially in the preparation of salads, and carrot | Carrot
The carrot ("Daucus carota" subsp. "sativus") is a root vegetable, usually orange in colour, though purple, black, red, white, and yellow cultivars exist. Carrots are a domesticated form of the wild carrot, "Daucus carota", native to Europe and southwestern Asia. The plant probably originated in Persia and was originally cultivated for its leaves and seeds. The most commonly eaten part of the plant is the taproot, although the stems and leaves are eaten as well. The | 3,348 | wow-train |
My favorite metal band is Metallica. Have you ever listen to them?
Hi! I love how heavy metal has roots in blues rock and psychedelic rock
Yeah they main reason I enjoy them their great guitar solos and drums beat. | and folk, and incorporated influences from jazz, classical and other musical styles. Musically, rock has centered on the electric guitar, usually as part of a rock group with electric bass, drums, and one or more singers. Usually, rock is song-based music usually with a 4/4 time signature using a verse–chorus form, but the genre has become extremely diverse. Like pop music, lyrics often stress romantic love but also address a wide variety of other themes that are frequently social or political.
By | is similar to late '70s–80s glam and anthem rock music. The basic song structure highlights catchy choruses and integrates frequent guitar solos.
The band cite Elvis Presley and Buddy Holly, plus metal bands such as Iron Maiden, Skid Row, Def Leppard, and Dokken, as influences. Discussing their anthem rock style, band member Alex Necochea said, "We're really not heavy metal. I think our focus is more on writing great singles, as best as we can make them. That's just something Bryn and | 3,349 | wow-train |
Do you enjoy basketball? The Washington Wizards are a pro team that is based in Washington, D.C.
I really like basketball, but I don't know much about the Wizards. I didn't realize they were in Washington DC, I always thought they were in Washington State. | Washington Wizards
The Washington Wizards are an American professional basketball team based in Washington, D.C. The Wizards compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Eastern Conference Southeast Division. The team plays its home games at the Capital One Arena, in the Chinatown neighborhood of Washington, D.C.
The franchise was established in 1961 as the Chicago Packers based in Chicago, Illinois, and were renamed to Chicago Zephyrs the following season. In 1963, they relocated to Baltimore, Maryland and became the Baltimore | -94; and Greece 97-58. In the Gold Medal Game, Team USA defeated Russia 137-91.
Said Nelson, " I really don't know why they chose me, to tell you the truth. But I do know I always wanted to coach a U.S. national team. I didn't really have any conversations with [the league or USA Basketball] in advance of them choosing me. But, heck, it was an honor. It was probably the top experience that I had as a | 3,350 | wow-train |
Hello! What made you decide to become a lifeguard?
Lifeguards are rescuers who ensure the safety and rescue of swimmers
Sounds cool! What type of education do you need to become a lifeguard?
National Lifeguard education is designed to develop an understanding of "lifeguarding" principles, good judgment and a mature and responsible attitude
Okay. How long does the process take?
It depends. Lifeguards are strong swimmers and trained in CPR/AED first aid, certified in water rescue using a variety of aids and equipment
So it sounds like someone who wants the job has to be highly motivated.
Lifeguards can be part of the emergency services system to incidents and in some communities, the lifeguard service also carries out mountain rescues, or may function as EMS.
Wow, I would never think of a lifeguard on a mountain! Are there many EMS's that also do lifeguard work, as well? | Lifeguarding role.
Lifeguarding role Responsibilities.
A lifeguard is responsible for the safety of people in an area of water, and usually a defined area immediately surrounding or adjacent to it, such as a beach next to an ocean or lake. The priority is to ensure no harm comes to users of the area for which they are responsible. Lifeguards often take on this responsibility upon employment, although they can also be volunteers.
The conditions resulting in drowning are summarized by the 'drowning chain' in which each link can | National Lifeguard
"'National Lifeguard"’ is a lifeguarding certification program in Canada, offered by the Lifesaving Society.
National Lifeguard certification builds on the fundamental skills, knowledge and values of the Lifesaving Society to develop the practical skills and knowledge required by lifeguards. National Lifeguard education is designed to develop a sound understanding of lifeguarding principles, good judgment and a mature and responsible attitude toward the role of the lifeguard.
The primary role of the National Lifeguard is the prevention of emergency situations and where this fails, the | 3,351 | wow-train |
/veganism involves removing animal products from your diet.
i am a current supporter of veganism i think it is a great way of life
Apparently there are different kinds of veganism and distinct lines can be drawn
taht is really interesting could you tell me some of the kinds of veganism
Environmental veganism refers to that which stresses environmental soundness
i have been a vegan for about 2 years now and really feel healthy i dont consume any animal products, what category would that put me in | not only follow a vegan diet but extend the philosophy into other areas of their lives, and oppose the use of animals for any purpose. Another term is "environmental veganism", which refers to the avoidance of animal products on the premise that the industrial farming of animals is environmentally damaging and unsustainable.
Well-planned vegan diets are regarded as appropriate for all stages of life, including during infancy and pregnancy, by the American Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, Dietitians of Canada, Australian National Health and Medical Research Council | List of vegans
Veganism involves observing a vegan diet, which is a diet that includes no animals or animal products of any kind. It can extend to an entire lifestyle that precludes animal products from all aspects of life. Besides food, vegans may also choose to avoid clothes that use products such as leather and fur, cosmetics that have been tested on animals, and blood sports such as bullfighting and fox hunting. People who adopt veganism for ethical reasons may avoid or boycott all products or activities whose production or undertaking is | 3,352 | wow-train |
I always thought guitars were pretty fascinating, do you know when they were created?
Sadly, I do not. But I do know that guitars are typically instruments that have six strings.
Well, duh! Do you have any favorite guitarists? My favorite is Jimi Hendrix! | Billy Cox
William "Billy" Cox (born October 16, 1939) is an American bassist, best known for performing with Jimi Hendrix. Cox is the only surviving musician to have regularly played with Hendrix: first with the experimental group that backed Hendrix at Woodstock (informally referred to as "Gypsy Sun and Rainbows"), followed by the trio with drummer Buddy Miles that recorded the live "Band of Gypsys" album, and, lastly, the The Cry of Love Tour trio with Mitch Mitchell back on drums | of clothing. When Maadi wore the shoes, the bonnet and the ring, everything fit. People knew that he killed the snake. They were going to take him when his mother intervened and said: “I thought there were men in Wagadu, but I do not see any. You are afraid of the prediction of the snake even before you die. But there is something sure, nobody will kill my son because of a snake. I do not see any men here. You will know that my loincloth is | 3,353 | wow-train |
Roses are a very pretty flower.
I love roses! They are a perennial plant of the genus Rosa and the family Rosacae. What is your favorite color?
My favorite color is blue but 'rose red' is a close second
I also love red roses as they are so elegant. There are over a hundred different species of roses and thousands of cultivars.
Oh wow. Can they grow anywhere?
They typically are native to Asia with smaller numbers growing in Europe, North America and Africa. I always thought of them as American for some reason.
Me too. I wonder how they became the flower to say I love you to someone. | 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 | Blue rose
A blue rose is a flower of the genus "Rosa" (family Rosaceae) that presents blue-to-violet pigmentation instead of the more common red, white, or yellow. Blue roses are often used to symbolise secret or unattainable love. However, because of genetic limitations, they do not exist in nature. In 2004, researchers used genetic modification to create roses that contain the blue pigment delphinidin.
So-called "blue roses" have been bred by conventional hybridization methods, but the | 3,354 | wow-train |
I'd like to know more about the Golden Retriever dog, do you know how to train them, I have a puppy.
Well, they have an instinctive love of water and are easy to train. What's your puppy's name?
Puppy is called Goldie, she's really cute. They like water...that's good we live by the sea!
They're very well suited for more country areas or even suburban areas. Hopefully, you do not live in a city.
Yeah there's lots of countryside around us to go for a walk, we live on the coast. Lots of long clifftop walks.
That's good. When Goldie gets bigger, you can even take her out to help hunt birds. They love to help retrieve shot game.
Ah right, I have a friend with some labradors and he goes on duck shoots, his dogs love that! | Labrador Retriever
The Labrador Retriever, or just Labrador, is a large type of retriever-gun dog. The Labrador is one of the most popular breeds of dog in Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States.
A favourite disability assistance breed in many countries, Labradors are frequently trained to aid the blind, those who have autism, to act as a therapy dog, or to perform screening and detection work for law enforcement and other official agencies. Additionally, they are prized as sporting and hunting dogs. | Golden Retriever
The Golden Retriever is a large-sized gun dog that retrieve shot waterfowl, such as ducks and upland game birds, during hunting and shooting parties. They were named 'retriever' because of their ability to retrieve shot game undamaged due to their soft mouth. Golden retrievers have an instinctive love of water, and are easy to train to basic or advanced obedience standards. They are a long-coated breed, with a dense inner coat that provides them with adequate warmth in the outdoors, and an outer | 3,355 | wow-train |
Are you familiar with Peyton Manning? I think I saw him once at a store. | well as their first since relocating to Indianapolis.
After undergoing neck surgery that forced him to miss the entire 2011 season, Manning was released by the Colts and signed with the Broncos. Serving as the team's starting quarterback from 2012 to 2015, he contributed to the Broncos reaching the top of their division each year and his playing career concluded with a victory in Super Bowl 50.
Manning holds many NFL records, including touchdown passes (539), AP MVP awards (5), Pro Bowl appearances (14 | film, "Chinatown", had inspired him to take the part:I've always fancied playing a private eye, ever since I saw Jack Nicholson play Jake Gittes in Chinatown. It is familiar territory but I think there are various aspects that individualize it. One is Ireland's west coast, which has a stunning coastline, and the town of Galway itself [...] The big advantage of taking stuff from books as well written as Ken Bruen's, is that he offers you fantastic dialogue. It's kind of Philip | 3,356 | wow-train |
Do you like the song Yellow by Coldplay? Yellow is my favorite color. | Yellow (Coldplay song)
"Yellow" is a song by the British rock band Coldplay. The band wrote the song and co-produced it with British record producer Ken Nelson for their debut album, "Parachutes" (2000).
The song was recorded in March 2000, and released in June that same year as the second single from "Parachutes", following Shiver, and the lead single in the United States. "Yellow" reached number four in the UK Singles Chart, giving Coldplay their first | The chords and lyrics to the following list of songs appear in the game for players to perform. Some songs also feature an audio demo of the song.
Songs Songs with demos.
- Beck - "Jack-Ass"
- Bob Dylan - "Like a Rolling Stone"
- Bob Marley - "No Woman, No Cry"
- Coldplay - "Yellow"
- Death Cab for Cutie - "I Will Follow You into the Dark"
- The Fray - "Over My Head | 3,357 | wow-train |
I like to skate. Specifically inline skating! What about you?
I used to love inline skating as a kid. Is it still popular these days?
At least in the 1980s! "Life" magazine published a piece on an American skater training for the Olympics.
Oh wow. Way back in the 80's. That is really cool.
Yes! But inline skates have been around since 1849! They were invented by Louis Legrange in France!
I wonder what those looked like? Are there different kinds of modern inline skates?
Yes. The common skate used for recreation includes a rubber "stop" that can be used as a brake. Other versions do not include this feature.
Oh I see. Do people still participate in inline skate races? | Aggressive inline skating
Aggressive skating (referred to by participants as rollerblading, blading, skating or rolling) is a sub discipline of inline skating primarily focused on the execution of tricks in the action sports canon. Aggressive inline skates are specially modified to accommodate grinds and jumps. Aggressive skating can take place on found street obstacles or at skate parks.
Since 1994, the sport has been chronicled in various skating films and "edits."
Hardware.
Aggressive skates are identifiable from recreational or speed skates by a prominent | was developed as a substitute for ice skates, for use by a Russian athlete training on solid ground for Olympic long track speed skating events. "Life" magazine published a photo of American skater Eric Heiden, training for the 1980 Olympics, using such skates on a Wisconsin road.
During the late 1980s and early 1990s, Rollerblade, Inc., a company founded by Scott and Brennan Olson in Minneapolis, Minnesota, widely promoted inline skating through the registered trademark "Rollerblade".
History.
John Joseph Merlin experimented | 3,358 | wow-train |
Have you ever been hitchhiking?
Hitchhiking has been around for most of the last century, but I have never been.
Me either. I think it is scary. | who usually sought to travel long distances, distances too far to walk in a reasonable amount of time—was that the driver's destinations were located nearby—and of little use to the hitchhiker—by pointing at the ground for a few seconds.
Legal status.
Hitchhiking is a historically common (autonomous) practice worldwide and hence there are very few places in the world where laws exist to restrict it. However, a minority of countries have laws that restrict hitchhiking at certain locations. In the United States, | the journey. I guess that's what you get for hitchhiking Alaska this time of year. I've been calling the office for almost two weeks straight, but no answer. I'm starting to think that they sent me up here on a ruse of some sort. Like maybe if they got me out of the office on my first vacation in 7 years they'd have a chance to actually have some fun or something. I'm pretty damn sure I heard Antoinette say something about St. John, but that could have | 3,359 | wow-train |
Vitamin C is a really important vitamin found in food.
What food has Vitamin C?
Things like citrus fruit were used to prevent scurvy.
I love oranges.
I love them too, especially since stuff like vitamin c is generally well tolerated.
I usually eat them for breakfast.
Careful though, since large doses of vitamin c can cause gastrointestinal discomfort.
I will keep that in mind. | , however, some evidence that regular use may shorten the length of colds. It is unclear whether supplementation affects the risk of cancer, cardiovascular disease, or dementia. It may be taken by mouth or by injection.
Vitamin C is generally well tolerated. Large doses may cause gastrointestinal discomfort, headache, trouble sleeping, and flushing of the skin. Normal doses are safe during pregnancy. The United States Institute of Medicine recommends against taking large doses.
Vitamin C was discovered in 1912, isolated in 1928, and | typically lemon or an orange, can also be soaked in water in a coffee filter, and drunk.
Uses Medical.
Citrus fruits have well-documented nutritional and health benefits. They can actually help prevent and cure some diseases.
Citrus fruit intake has been associated with a 10% reduction in odds of developing breast cancer.
Oranges were historically used for their high content of vitamin C, which prevents scurvy. Scurvy is caused by vitamin C deficiency, and can be prevented by having 10 mg of vitamin | 3,360 | wow-train |
We did a lot of Browadway theatre plays in my high school drama club
Oh really? That's something I'm not really familiar with. What's your favorite play? | season (which ended May 26, 2019) total attendance was 14,768,254 and Broadway shows had US$1,829,312,140 in grosses, with attendance up 9.5%, grosses up 10.3%, and playing weeks up 9.3%.
The majority of Broadway shows are musicals. Historian Martin Shefter argues that "'Broadway musicals', culminating in the productions of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein, became enormously influential forms of American popular culture" and contributed to making New York City the cultural capital of the Western Hemisphere.
History.
History Early | explained the recording process of the song:
"My favorite thing that we ever recorded, ever—or wrote—is 'Oh Father'... because we knew when we did it, that there was something about this that was in a way kind of the most *real* thing. [For] that song, the 'record' button was only pressed three times. That's it. So it's real. It's something that I really wanted to do and she was kind enough to say ' | 3,361 | wow-train |
I love me some sweet brown chocolate.
me too, especially brownies or chocolate chip cookies! | Chocolate chip cookie
A chocolate chip cookie is a drop cookie that originated in the United States and features chocolate chips or chocolate morsels as its distinguishing ingredient. Circa 1938, Ruth Graves Wakefield added chopped up bits from a Nestlé semi-sweet chocolate bar into a cookie.
The traditional recipe starts with a dough composed of butter and both brown and white sugar, semi-sweet chocolate chips and vanilla. Variations on the recipe may add other types of chocolate, as well as additional ingredients such as nuts or oatmeal. | , after it was proposed by a third-grade class from Somerset, Massachusetts.
Composition and variants.
Chocolate chip cookies are commonly made with white sugar; brown sugar; flour; a small portion of salt; eggs; a leavening agent such as baking powder; a fat, typically butter or shortening; vanilla extract; and semi-sweet chocolate pieces. Some recipes also include milk or nuts (such as chopped walnuts) in the dough.
Depending on the ratio of ingredients and mixing and cooking times | 3,362 | wow-train |
I was thinking of starting Krav Maga, do you know anything about it?
Of course ive been practicing it for a long time, I use Krav Maga for its focus on real-world situations and its extremely good efficiency.
Interesting, where did Krav Maga originate?
Well it first derived from the street-fighting of Hungarian-Israeli martial artist Imi Lichtenfeld, who made use of his training as a boxer and wrestler as a means of defending the Jewish quarter against fascist groups in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, in the mid-to-late 1930s.
Interesting, can you tell me anything else about it?
Well Krav Maga is pretty lit. It can be used as an advanced form of self defense that is even as good as doing karate in some cases.
Do you know much about other forms of martial arts, like jiu jitsu? | developed to combat the samurai of feudal Japan as a method for defeating an armed and armored opponent in which one uses no weapon, or only a short weapon. Because striking against an armored opponent proved ineffective, practitioners learned that the most efficient methods for neutralizing an enemy took the form of pins, joint locks, and throws. These techniques were developed around the principle of using an attacker's energy against him, rather than directly opposing it.
There are many variations of the art, which leads to a diversity of | Krav Maga
Krav Maga (; , "lit." "contact combat") is a military self-defence and fighting system developed for the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and Israeli security forces derived from a combination of techniques sourced from boxing, wrestling, aikido, judo and karate, along with realistic fight training.
Krav Maga is known for its focus on real-world situations and its extreme efficiency. It was derived from the street-fighting experience of Hungarian-Israeli martial artist Imi Lichtenfeld, who made | 3,363 | wow-train |
I want to get a Husky I think they are so cool
You mean the sled-type dog?
Yes do you know anything about them?
They are an ever-changing cross breed of the fastest dogs.
I know they are working dogs with sleds but wonder if they would be a good pet? | work to find new pet homes for retired racing and adventure trekking dogs.
Etymology.
The word "husky" originated from the word referring to aboriginal Arctic people, in general, Eskimo, "...known as 'huskies', a contraction of 'Huskimos', the pronunciation given to the word 'Eskimos' by the English sailors of trading vessels." The use of "husky" is recorded from 1852 for dogs kept by Inuit people.
Lineage.
Nearly all dogs' genetic closeness to the | 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 | 3,364 | wow-train |
kitten is simply another word for a baby cat
Kitten might just be a synonym for a baby cat, but it's so much more than that! Right now my kitten is purring and watching me type this. | Kitten
A kitten is a juvenile cat. After being born, kittens are totally dependent on their mother for survival and they do not normally open their eyes until after seven to ten days. After about two weeks, kittens quickly develop and begin to explore the world outside the nest. After a further three to four weeks, they begin to eat solid food and grow adult teeth. Domestic kittens are highly social animals and usually enjoy human companionship.
Etymology and development.
The word "kitten" derives from the | Kisa the Cat
Kisa the Cat is an Icelandic fairy tale collected in "Neuisländischen Volksmärchen". Andrew Lang included an adapted version in "The Brown Fairy Book".
Synopsis.
A queen had a cat.
One day, she lamented that the cat had a kitten but she had no child. The cat consulted a fairy, and soon after, the queen had a princess. The baby was very fond of the kitten, but one day, the kitten vanished and could not be found. Many | 3,365 | wow-train |
i would love to go to hawaii on vacation
So have I, It looks beautiful. Hawaii is the only state that is surrounded by water.
Im so jealous of the natives over there! must be a whole different world
The state also surrounds a Hawaiian volcano called Archipelago and has hundreds of island spread all over.
wow! is it an active volcano?
There is something called the Hawaiian hotspot which is a chain of volcanoes over 5,800 km long.
omg! so as beautiful as it is, its also that dangerous
Yes there are 8 main beautiful islands of hawaii: Kauai, Niihau, Oahu, Lanai, Molokai, Kahoolawe, Maui, and the Island of Hawaii.
That sounds amazing! | Hawaii
Hawaii ( ; ) is the 50th and most recent state to have joined the United States, having received statehood on August 21, 1959. Hawaii is the only U.S. state geographically located in Oceania, although it is governed as a part of North America, and the only one composed entirely of islands. It is the northernmost island group in Polynesia, occupying most of an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean.
The state encompasses nearly the entire volcanic Hawaiian archipelago, which comprises hundreds of islands spread over . At | United States. Hawaii is the southernmost U.S. state and the second westernmost after Alaska. Hawaii, like Alaska, does not border any other U.S. state. It is the only U.S. state that is not geographically located in North America, the only state completely surrounded by water and that is entirely an archipelago, and the only state in which coffee is commercially cultivable.
In addition to the eight main islands, the state has many smaller islands and islets. Kaula is a small island near Niihau. The Northwest Hawaiian Islands is | 3,366 | wow-train |
Do you cook I love cooking even if its just making a brownie box mix.
I do every now and then. I mainly cook veggies and pasta. I don't eat meat, so there's not a lot of grilling or anything like that.
I love cooking meat but do you cook desert at all like brownies (my favorite thing to cook)?
Yes, sometimes I do. Brownies are easy to make if you just use the boxed kind. It would be awesome making them from scratch one day though.
I like to leave the really hard stuff like making stuff from scratch to the proffesinals bit I would love to try making something from scratch!
I have a good friend who was on a famous cooking show. He makes stuff from scratch every time I go to see him. I totally admire it, because I can only really good the basics, or follow a simple recipe.
Thats so cool what show was he/she on thats crazy though there are so many ways to cook something I wouldn't be able to do it.
He was on the second season of Masterchef. His name is Ben Starr. He actually almost won, but lost because he followed the instructions that the judges gave him. | and other food establishments. Cooking can also occur through chemical reactions without the presence of heat, such as in ceviche, a traditional South American dish where fish is cooked with the acids in lemon or lime juice.
Preparing food with heat or fire is an activity unique to humans. It may have started around 2 million years ago, though archaeological evidence for it reaches no more than 1 million years ago.
The expansion of agriculture, commerce, trade, and transportation between civilizations in different regions offered cooks many new | while protesting against Kárahnjúkar Hydropower Plant in Iceland.
Jónsi is a vegetarian. He states that he "didn’t go vegetarian because of the animals" but became gradually more concerned for their welfare. Jónsi elaborated that he would find it difficult to date someone who eats meat, saying "I just love animals and I do not want to kill them, cook them or eat them so it’d be hard for me to watch anyone do that." He briefly followed a raw food diet, although he no longer practices | 3,367 | wow-train |
My favorite sport is hockey, do you know much about it? | 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, | don't always know what it takes to be happy and satisfied. Sometimes it's simpler than we know: finding those you love and letting them know you do. To me that is the definition of the word. My favorite spot is the bridge 'horses are built to run, the sun was meant to shine above, flowers were made to bloom, and then there's us - we were born to love.'" Jewel told The Tennessean about the inspiration for the song: "My husband (Ty Murray | 3,368 | wow-train |
Hello. We live in a rural country area and I'm very upset because they are tearing down all our trees and fields to build more houses
Oh no! That is very sad. Can you do anything about it.
Sadly, no. The developer has bought the property from the farm owner. :( I will miss my fields and forest areas.
That is really unfortunate. My dad owns land in a rural area and he would flip if someone did that.
It's so sad. Do you live in a rural area as well?
No, I live in the suburbs. Which state are you in? | 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. | NASCAR owner Roger Penske.
When asked about his departure from NASCAR Ambrose stated: ""I think I've accomplished all I can accomplish in NASCAR. When I came it was clear all I could do was win races and not have any chance at a championship. I've enjoyed my time here and I will miss my friends and the other drivers very much but this move is done mostly to help my children get raised in our native country and I feel like I want to start a new chapter in my life | 3,369 | wow-train |
I really like to dance on slow and romantic music. | Dance music
Dance music is music composed specifically to facilitate or accompany dancing. It can be either a whole musical piece or part of a larger musical arrangement. In terms of performance, the major categories are live dance music and recorded dance music. While there exist attestations of the combination of dance and music in ancient times (for example Ancient Greek vases sometimes show dancers accompanied by musicians), the earliest Western dance music that we can still reproduce with a degree of certainty are the surviving medieval dances. In the Baroque | them my way". Although the lyrics of "Slow" seem like an invitation to the dance floor, Minogue revealed that "it's about how time and space have a different meaning when you meet someone [you really like]". In "Sweet Music", Minogue sings about the "magic of the modern singer/producer partnership" in lines like "I think we're on to something/Your taste it mirrors mine/So hot and in the moment" and "Let's make this demo right | 3,370 | wow-train |
I grew up on a farm that had an apple orchard. I don't feel like people appreciate them enough. Especially for us in the U.S., as most don't know that the apple tree actually comes all the way from Central Asia!
what type of farming sydtem are you involved in?
Not involved in one anymore! Just lived near one as a kid. It made me want to learn about them! For example, I learned that they've been grown for thousands of years in Asia/Europe, and then finally brought to North America by European colonists.
so what experience have you gained so far by your proximity? | traditions.
Apple trees are large if grown from seed. Generally, apple cultivars are propagated by grafting onto rootstocks, which control the size of the resulting tree. There are more than 7,500 known cultivars of apples, resulting in a range of desired characteristics. Different cultivars are bred for various tastes and use, including cooking, eating raw and cider production. Trees and fruit are prone to a number of fungal, bacterial and pest problems, which can be controlled by a number of organic and non-organic means. | movie, we know that now ... What we aim to prove is that anybody can release a movie as well, and it's not enough to just make it and sell it anymore, I'm sorry. ... Indie film isn't dead people, it just grew up. It's just indie film 2.0 now, and in indie film 2.0 we don't let them sell our movie, we sell our movie ourselves."
"Root for us if you will, hate us if you must. ... But I | 3,371 | wow-train |
Do you know anyone who practices Veganism? Vegans maintain a diet that abstains from animal products.
I don't know anyone that practice veganism, at least that I know of. But I know some Vegetarians. Do you know what is the difference? | 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 | make some more conservative animal protection organizations uncomfortable; they don't want to be associated with us because it will be embarrassing for them, and I understand that. Our own members write to us sometimes and say, 'Oh why did you do this? I don't want anyone to know I'm a PETA member.'"
Gary Francione, professor of law at Rutgers School of Law-Newark, argues that PETA is not an animal rights group—and further that there is no animal rights movement in the | 3,372 | wow-train |
I have ten alpacas and they behave so oddly.
Hahah, that's cute. Do you have them for their wool or just as pets?
I use their fur to knit sometimes.
Cool, I have a pair of Alpaca socks. They're super comfortable. Do you know how long we've had Alpaca on farms/
I do not but I do know they are native to South America.
That's great. Where did you get yours? Just from another farmer? What do they eat?
I feed them mac and cheese and soda. They are very similar to llamas.
I don't know if it's healthy for them to eat that! Are they very fat? | Alpaca
The alpaca ("Vicugna pacos") is a species of South American camelid. It is similar to, and often confused with, the llama. However, alpacas are often noticeably smaller than llamas. The two animals are closely related and can successfully cross-breed. Alpacas and llamas are also closely related to the vicuña, which is believed to be the alpaca's wild ancestor, and to the guanaco.
There are two breeds of alpaca: the Suri alpaca and the Huacaya alpaca.
Alpacas are | It was meant to be, you know, metaphorical. But the buyers wanted it, so I was given the mandate that the ending had to have the snake eat the train." At the same time another representative of Asylum, David Rimawi, says that while a handful of their movies do have "artistic elements", that's just not something they're concerned with. The Asylum does not claim to be an "artsy" production house.
Soundalike titling.
Mockbusters often use a title with a similar | 3,373 | wow-train |
I think cross-country running is really fun.
It really is! It involves a lot of running and is a great sport.
And it is much more interesting than running in a track, at least for me.
Yeah, running in the dirt and grass is more satisfying to me.
Did you run cross country in high school? | Cross country running
Cross country running is a sport in which teams and individuals run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain such as dirt or grass. Sometimes the runners are referred to as "harriers" (dogs). The course, typically long, may include surfaces of grass, and earth, pass through woodlands and open country, and include hills, flat ground and sometimes gravel road. It is both an individual and a team sport; runners are judged on individual times and teams by a points | nineteen, and she wanted to write a song with him, which they eventually did through a contact in Columbia Records. Monahan said that he wrote the song in New York, and it was about running into former high school classmates: "I run into people I went to high school with and realize how much older we are, and how much more we’ve been through and a lot of it isn’t all that fun and it makes us more beautiful if you can see it that way. That song was really | 3,374 | wow-train |
Hospitals are an important part of civilized society! With the health care they provide patients with and the treatment they offer with their specializations, I don't know where we would be without them!
I don't either. How did hospitals begin?
Oh, I'm not too sure, but the best-known type of hospital is a general hospital. Have you been to one recently?
I have, in fact. What services does a general hospital provide? | 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, | state in an interview, "I don't know if Mike was born to be a guitar player. The studio was a tough place for him and we were working too hard to make up for it – we felt like we were cheating ourselves. Four albums is way too fucking long to put up with that. I'm sure he'll do great things, just not with six-stringed instruments. They mutually decided to part ways following preliminary sessions for the album.
The band decided that they had gone as | 3,375 | wow-train |
Hello dear, have you been to Springfield is the third-largest city in the state of Missouri
No I haven't - have you? | Springfield, Missouri
Springfield is the third-largest city in the state of Missouri and the county seat of Greene County. As of the 2010 census, its population was 159,498. As of 2018, the Census Bureau estimated its population at 168,122. It is the principal city of the Springfield metropolitan area, which has a population of 462,369 and includes the counties of Christian, Dallas, Greene, Polk, Webster.
Springfield's nickname is "Queen City of the Ozarks" and it is known as the "Birthplace | package.
In a 'Donna's Journal' entry on the First Coast News website dated November 12, 2007 Mrs. Deegan went on to explain the change:
Hello Folks, Donna Deegan here. For those of you who haven't been watching this past week, where've you been? Seriously, if you haven't had the time to tune in, I have changed my name to, well, my name. So many of you have e-mailed to say "Hey Donna, it's about time | 3,376 | wow-train |
Hi! I really like rock and alternative music!
Yeah those are both an example of western music! Western music is a form of music composed by those who settled in the united states and canada, though it is typically considered a form of country.
That's really cool! I was a teen during the 90's, and I think the alternative and grunge music scene originated with Nirvana in Seattle, Washington.
I don' t know if that would be considered western music, maybe modern western music since it did originate in washington state. Western music includes Mexican folk music.
Oh, I see what you're saying now. Country western music, like Waylon Jennings and Hank Williams.
Waylon Jennings was an american singer and musician famous for country music that died in 2002, exactly!
That's awesome! Do you think bluegrass music is considered western music as well? I really like Ralph Stanley. | Ralph Stanley
Ralph Edmund Stanley (February 25, 1927 – June 23, 2016), also known as Dr. Ralph Stanley, was an American bluegrass artist, known for his distinctive singing and banjo playing. Stanley began playing music in 1946, originally with his older brother Carter Stanley as part of The Stanley Brothers, and most often as the leader of his band, The Clinch Mountain Boys.
He was part of the first generation of bluegrass musicians and was inducted into both the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Honor and | didn’t care much about mass appeal in this album. I think the mass appeal doesn’t really match my musical style. So I enjoyed this album even more and I even liked it better when it was released. Although there would be those people who wouldn’t like some of the tracks, I hope there would be those who would have better thoughts about rock music when they hear my songs,” through the showcase.
Every individual single composed by himself is naturally connected and organically united as a cohesive whole with | 3,377 | wow-train |
I love pizza! It seems that the term pizza was first used in the 10th century, so it has been around for a long time.
I love pizza as well. I like Pepperoni and Hawaiian a lot! What else do you know about the history of pizza? | called pizzettas.
The term "pizza" was first recorded in the 10th century in a Latin manuscript from the Southern Italian town of Gaeta in Lazio, on the border with Campania. Modern pizza was invented in Naples, and the dish and its variants have since become popular in many countries. It has become one of the most popular foods in the world and a common fast food item in Europe and North America, available at pizzerias (restaurants specializing in pizza), restaurants offering Mediterranean cuisine, and via pizza delivery | on Montrose Boulevard, the individual slices are packed in cardboard boxes that absorb the grease. During that year "Houston Chronicle" columnist Ken Hoffman said, "That's precisely what I love about Bambolino's. You can buy slices. If I'm driving around, and I'm in the mood for pizza, I don't want to mess with a whole pie. I want a couple of slices. I want them hot. And I want them now. I don't want to wait 30 minutes. I do | 3,378 | wow-train |
I love old Hollywood. My favorite actor was Jimmy Stewart.
I never heard of him. Have you been to this central region in Los Angeles?
No, I've never even been to California. I wouldn't mind going, though.
I've never been to LA. It is huge with a 2016 population of 3,976,322. I've been to the city of San Francisco
I would love to go to LA and San Francisco. I would hope to see some celebrities.
San Fran is the cultural and commercial center of N california I hear. It is really beautul actually next to the beach. Have you met anyone "famous".
I met Kirk Cameron (from Growing Pains) several years ago and got his autograph. Have you ever met anyone famous? | Kirk Cameron
Kirk Thomas Cameron (born October 12, 1970) is an American actor. He is known for his role as Mike Seaver on the ABC sitcom "Growing Pains" (1985–92), a role for which he was nominated for two Golden Globe Awards.
As a child actor, Cameron made several other television and film appearances through the 1980s and 1990s, including the films "Like Father Like Son" (1987) and "Listen to Me" (1989). In the 2000s, he portrayed | Carter has it. [unintellibible screaming] Carter scores. . . . I have never seen anything like this in all my 40 years of covering Michigan football. . . . I hope you can hear me – because I've never been so happy in all my cotton-picking 59 years! . . . Johnny Wangler to Anthony Carter will be heard until another 100 years of Michigan football is played! . . . Meeeshigan wins, 27 to 21. They aren't even going to try the extra point. Who | 3,379 | wow-train |
I love playing video games on my computer, but i am interested in becoming a game designer. I would like to learn about that vocation.
Sure, I can tell you about it. Video game design is the process of developing the content and rules of video games in pre-production.
I have an idea for a game, so i should list all the rules and then make a story. Got it.
Yes, a designer is like a director of a film; they control the artistic and technical elements of the game.
So when do i get paid?
Hah, well designers usually start as staff programmers who have shown a penchant for creativity.
Oh, it is a work for wages position. i can live with that. Is there a association or industry group i could contact to help me network?
Not to my knowledge. It is a highly specialized role of video game development. Some of the famous designers are Sid Meier (Sim 2000) and John Romero (Doom).
I have heard of Electronic Arts. are there other big companies that produce video games and/or content? | LucasArts
LucasArts Entertainment Company, LLC is an American video game publisher and licensor. Until 2013, it was also a video game developer. LucasArts is best known for its graphic adventure games, as well as games based on the "Star Wars" and "Indiana Jones" franchises. Its headquarters are in San Francisco, California.
It was founded in May 1982 by George Lucas as Lucasfilm Games, the video game development group of his film company, Lucasfilm. Lucas initially served as the company's chairman. During | and ending of the games.
Godin said that he would have liked to novelize the game "Myst", a personal computer game, into a book. He said that "I think that stories never go out of style. I think we need a series like this now more than ever & kids need to learn the habit of reading" and that "I think the lesson of each book was that there is a hero in everyone. You just have to set it free."
Production Editing of video game | 3,380 | wow-train |
Have you ever been fly fishing? It seems so peaceful
Yes, I fly fish mostly is freshwater and rarely in saltwater.
Is it harder to fish in saltwater? | and warm-water species, notably bass. In Britain, where natural water temperatures vary less, the distinction is between game fishing for trout and salmon versus coarse fishing for other species. Techniques for fly fishing differ with habitat (lakes and ponds, small streams, large rivers, bays and estuaries, and open ocean.)
Author Izaak Walton called fly fishing "The Contemplative Man's Recreation".
Overview.
In fly fishing, fish are caught by using artificial flies that are cast with a fly rod | Clouser Deep Minnow
The Clouser Deep Minnow is an artificial fly commonly categorized as a streamer and is fished under the water surface. It is a popular and widely used pattern for both freshwater and saltwater game fish and is generally listed as one of the top patterns to have in any fly box, especially for bass and saltwater flats fishing.
Origin.
The original Clouser Deep Minnow evolved from traditional bucktail streamers and was created in 1987 by Bob Clouser, a Pennsylvania fly shop owner and guide. The original patterns were | 3,381 | wow-train |
I think my favorite shade of purple is more of a deep royal purple | 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 | to prepare. While getting into character between takes, his deep breathing exercises turned his face bright purple.
This episode is a favorite of both creator Carter, who calls it his favorite episode of the first season and actress Gillian Anderson. Co-writer Morgan also praises it as a script he is proud of. Director Nutter says of the episode, "I think it's the most accomplished piece of directing of actors I've been able to do ... I think this episode really made a difference in how the audience | 3,382 | wow-train |
I love reading, it is so relaxing!
Me too, what is your favorite genre of book to read? I know it can be very beneficial for those learning a new language.
I love reading drama. What is your favorite genre?
I really enjoy science fiction books. It really helps me think critically about our world. I just love how creative all the writers are.
I wonder when people started reading for fun. | 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 | Some may find it fun, not me though.
- Student B: Believe me. If you read the code too much, you will soon lose your mind. Very soon. I guarantee you.
- Student C: I love it. I enjoy reading the code every night before I go to sleep. My dad sometimes reads it to me and I will laugh and even in my dreams I think about the items in the code. I am really honored to be in such a school.
- | 3,383 | wow-train |
I really want to visit a Parisian cafe! How about you?
I'd love to visit one too! I hear that they are a center of social and culinary life in Paris.
I bet there is a lit of history surrounding the cafes, right?
Yes, they have been around since the 17th century! They are used as a meeting place, neighborhood hub, conversation matrix, and many other things!
Our the US cafes based on the ones in Paris?
I really don't know! I do know that a typical Parisian cafe is not a coffee shop!
Really! What do they serve if not coffee?
They typically offer a restaurant menu with meals for any time of the day, a full bar and even a wine selection.
Oh! I had no idea! I imagine they are not chains but individually owned, right? | Parisian café
Parisian cafés serve as a center of social and culinary life in Paris. They have been around since the 17th century, and serve as the meeting place, neighborhood hub, conversation matrix, rendez-vous spot, and networking source, a place to relax or to refuel - the social and political pulse of the city. Parisian cafés show the Parisian way of sitting undisturbed for a couple of hours, watching things happening and people going by.
Typical Paris cafés are not coffee shops. They generally come | but every time you see them, they look as though they are going through a real rough moment in their life. And, if for that single moment, you wish you could just reach out and make it all better. Inspiration for the track came from a real life experience. There is a cafe that I used to visit when I was meeting my father in Pennsylvania - and every time we were there, I saw this attractive girl sitting at a table in the back. She had this look on her face | 3,384 | wow-train |
Being a parent is rewarding, but can be difficult. Of course, it's all about raising a child, even if you aren't biologically related.
You're right, are you a parent? | friend. Governments and society may also have a role in child-rearing. In many cases, orphaned or abandoned children receive parental care from non-parent or non-blood relations. Others may be adopted, raised in foster care, or placed in an orphanage. Parenting skills vary, and a parent or surrogate with good parenting skills may be referred to as a "good parent".
Parenting styles vary by historical time period, race/ethnicity, social class, and other social features. Additionally, research | not stand for a country separating children from their families, and if you are silent on that issue, or you are somehow for that issue you're not getting re-elected."
Reactions Opposition and condemnation Fundraising response.
Inspired by the viral photo of a crying two-year-old girl looking up at her mother, on June 16, 2018, a California couple started a fund-raising campaign on Facebook named "Reunite an immigrant parent with their child" with a goal of raising $1,500. Within the | 3,385 | wow-train |
I've been a Grizzlies fan way back before they were the Memphis Grizzlies and they were the Vancouver GRizzlies.
OK,that's interesting! What's it about GRizzlies? | Memphis Grizzlies
The Memphis Grizzlies are an American professional basketball team based in Memphis, Tennessee. The Grizzlies compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member team of the league's Western Conference Southwest Division. The Grizzlies play their home games at FedExForum. The team is owned by Robert Pera. The Grizzlies are currently the only team in the major professional North American sports leagues based in the city of Memphis.
The team was originally established as the Vancouver Grizzlies, an expansion team that joined the NBA for | Grizzlies were in playoff contention for much of the 2009–10 season, before finishing 10th in the Western Conference with a win-loss record of 40–42.
Franchise history 2010–2017: "Grit and Grind".
Going into the 2010–11 season the Grizzlies celebrated the tenth year of basketball in Memphis. The season started with tremendous enthusiasm by the fan base in the Memphis area. Although the Grizzlies and their fans were celebrating the tenth season, the Grizzlies were also cheering for the eighth spot in the Western Conference Playoffs. They finished with | 3,386 | wow-train |
Hi, you've been published in the New Yorker?
Have I? It's good to know considering it's well known for it's reports, essays, and poetry!
Lol sorry I was asking, have you ever read an issue of the New Yorker? What types of poetry is included?
That's fine! Usually the poetry focuses on pop culture and modern fiction!
Do they publish short stories or have like a recognition page for new upcoming authors or artists?
They sure do publish them since they can be small proses that can be read in one sitting just like poetry!
Oh that's really cool and I know the poets really appreciate it, I be that's a major platform to have their words introduced in. | Poetry analysis
Poetry analysis is the process of investigating a poem's form, content, structural semiotics and history in an informed way, with the aim of heightening one's own and others' understanding and appreciation of the work.
The words "poem" and "poetry" derive from the Greek "poiēma" (to make) and "poieo" (to create). That is, a poem is a "made thing": a creation; an artifact. One might think of a poem as, | The New Yorker
The New Yorker is an American magazine featuring journalism, commentary, criticism, essays, fiction, satire, cartoons, and poetry. Started as a weekly in 1925, the magazine is now published 47 times annually, with five of these issues covering two-week spans. Although its reviews and events listings often focus on the cultural life of New York City, "The New Yorker" has a wide audience outside New York and is read internationally. It is well known for its illustrated and often topical | 3,387 | wow-train |
The Prius is such a well known car.
Yes Toyota Prius is a cool full hybrid electric car
It really is, pretty solid car.
Toyota Prius has been manufactured since 1997 by Toyota
That long ago? Not bad!
Started out as a four door sedan and evolved to the current five door fastback
I've never seen that variant before, cool.
The EPA checking smog emissions rated Prius as the cleanest vehicle sold in the US
That's true, though making the huge batteries for hybrids isn't good for the environment either. | fuel efficient gasoline-powered car available in the US without plug-in capability, following the Hyundai Ioniq "Blue".
The Prius first went on sale in Japan and other countries in 1997, and was available at all four Toyota Japan dealership chains, making it the first mass-produced hybrid vehicle. It was subsequently introduced worldwide in 2000. The Prius is sold in over 90 markets, with Japan and the United States being its largest markets. Global cumulative Prius liftback sales reached the milestone 1 million vehicle | 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 | 3,388 | wow-train |
Hiking is so fun. It is a long, vigorous walk on trails or the countryside.
Oh wow I didn't know that. When was hiking first recorded in history?
People have traveled on foot for thousands of years. The word hiking is also used in the UK. They also call it rambling and hillwalking.
Ok are there restrictions to hiking in the USA ? | the UK, along with rambling (a slightly old-fashioned term), hillwalking, and fell walking (a term mostly used for hillwalking in northern England). The term bushwalking is endemic to Australia, having been adopted by the Sydney Bush Walkers club in 1927. In New Zealand a long, vigorous walk or hike is called tramping. It is a popular activity with numerous worldwide, and studies suggest that all forms of walking have health benefits.
Related terms.
In the United States, Canada, the | Hiking
Hiking is the preferred term, in Canada and the United States, for a long, vigorous walk, usually on trails (footpaths), in the countryside, while the word walking is used for shorter, particularly urban walks. On the other hand, in the United Kingdom, and the Republic of Ireland, the word "walking" is acceptable to describe "all forms" of walking, whether it is a walk in the park or backpacking in the Alps. The word hiking is also often used in | 3,389 | wow-train |
Hi! Someone just gave me a book about the Orc, but I haven't read it yet.
well it is based on a fictional humanoid creature that is part of a fantasy race akin to goblins
That sounds awesome! I don't know why my friend gave me the book, but I think I will find it pretty interesting! | Orc
An orc (also spelled ork) is a fictional humanoid creature that is part of a fantasy race akin to goblins.
While the overall concept of orcs draws on a variety of pre-existing mythology, the main conception of the creatures stems from the fantasy writings of J. R. R. Tolkien, in particular "The Lord of the Rings". In Tolkien's works, orcs are a brutish, aggressive, repulsive and generally malevolent species, existing in stark contrast with the benevolent Elvish race and | Corgan told "Spin" later that year, "You know, I gave them a year and a half to prepare for this record... I'm surrounded by these people who I care about very much, yet they continue to keep failing me." Corgan explained that he began to take the actions of others personally; he said, "If you really think about it, of course, someone doesn't do the job because they're lazy, or they don't think it's important. But I took it | 3,390 | wow-train |
I have to take an american literature class and i know nothing about it lol
Well you have a lot to pick from. American literature is literature written or produced in the United States
Oh Ok any famous authors I should get started with?
Mark Twain is very good. Before the founding of the United States, the British colonies on the eastern coast of the present-day United States were heavily influenced by English literature
Ok I have heard of him who else would you suggest? | Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, and Thomas Paine. Thomas Jefferson's United States Declaration of Independence solidified his status as a key American writer. It was in the late 18th and early 19th centuries that the nation's first novels were published. An early example is William Hill Brown's "The Power of Sympathy" published in 1791. Brown's novel depicts a tragic love story between siblings who fall in love without knowing they are related.
With an increasing desire to produce uniquely American literature and culture, a number of key | , the first national copyright law was passed in 1790 and provided a copyright protection for 14 years, but only for authors who were citizens or residents of the United States. In order to get copyright protection in the rest of the world American authors were required to gain residency in the country in which they desired copyright protection. For example, Mark Twain obtained residency in Canada to protect his publication of "The Prince and the Pauper".
To protect foreign literature in the United States, British authors would have an American | 3,391 | wow-train |
I am scared of going to the dentist. It has always been a fear.
I completely relate! I'm scared of going to the dentist too. I put it off for a long time and it just makes the anxiety it worse... have you done that?
Yes I have. I am actually putting it off right now, as I have been having tooth pains on the right side for a few months now. I can barely eat on that side. | Dental anatomy
Dental anatomy is a field of anatomy dedicated to the study of human tooth structures. The development, appearance, and classification of teeth fall within its purview. (The function of teeth as they contact one another falls elsewhere, under dental occlusion.) Tooth formation begins before birth, and the teeth's eventual morphology is dictated during this time. Dental anatomy is also a taxonomical science: it is concerned with the naming of teeth and the structures of which they are made, this information serving a practical purpose | Some months ago, I used to wake up in the silence of the night to think about what I was going to do. But not anymore. People ask me, 'Are you scare?' No, I am not scared. If I was, I wouldn't do it. Rather, I'm excited. I am putting one third of my energy into just staying calm. The work is on such a scale that if you got too excited, you would explode,". The show was her first | 3,392 | wow-train |
Hello! When I was younger I used to check out books from the library about horses, and I always thought it would be fun to own a horse.
Horses are odd-toed mammals.
Hm, I guess I must have forgotten that. Do you have a favorite breed of horse?
The gypsy horse is associated with Britain and Ireland.
What does a gypsy horse look like?
There was no breed for this type of horse until 1996.
Really? Why was it bred? | be registered with a number of breed associations..
From about 1850 travelling people in the British Isles began to use a distinct type of horse to pull their vardos, the caravans in which they had just begun to live and travel. The colour and look of the breed were refined in the years after the Second World War. Horses of this type were first exported to the United States in 1996.
Characteristics.
The Gypsy horse is usually, but not always, piebald. It may also be skewbald or any | . Then, when they have the horse nicely broken, you give to a cowboy. Why don't you give the wild horses to the cowboys to break in? They ride on saddles, and it would not be so hard for them.' But the chief cowboy only said, "Well, I can't be bothered by a little thing like that. You will have to see Buffalo Bill about the horses.' But I retorted, "You know very well that Buffalo Bill does not know what you do | 3,393 | wow-train |
I just love sushi. I like both raw and cooked types.
Sushi is so great. I might have to order some tonight
I had sushi yesterday. I had mine with white rice and my girlfriend had hers with brown rice.
White rice and sushi are a great combination. Brown rice is also excellent
Definitely. I had sushi which was served with soy sauce and wasabi. There is usually pickled ginger but I usually leave that alone.
What do you think about stir fry dishes? | 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 | 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 | 3,394 | wow-train |
I had a stepfather who ignored me a lot growing up.
That is not good a kid always need attention from either a dad or stepdad.
Yea, it was a little sad to realise that it was not normal. A good father-figure role is always needed.
Though less common in literature than evil stepmothers, there are also cases of evil "stepfathers was that your case?
That pretty much sums up my experience with my stepfather, all he cared about was my mother, not the family. | Stepfather
A stepfather or stepdad is a non-biological father figure who is married to one's parent. A stepfather-in-law is a stepfather of one's spouse. The children of the stepfather-in-law would be the person's stepbrothers-in-law and stepsisters-in-law.
Culture.
Though less common in literature than evil stepmothers, there are also cases of evil "stepfathers", such as in the fairy tales "The Gold-Bearded Man" (in a | was thirteen, "My dad had me in the backyard almost every day—or at least it seemed that way. I was always doing something, whether it was pitching off the mound or hitting in the cage. I wanted to play baseball and knew that I needed to work hard to get there. As a kid, I needed to be reminded of that sometimes." His baseball role models growing up were Greg Maddux, John Smoltz, and Tom Glavine.
Loup played baseball at Hahnville High School, where | 3,395 | wow-train |
I really wish i could live forever
Eternal life or immortality is being exempt from death
Yeah I have heard the before
A few of the modern species may posess biological immortality
That is kinda interesting tell me more
Scientist suggest immortality of the human body may be possible by first few decades of 21st century
What year was to proven in? | disease or physical trauma; although mind uploading could solve that if it proved possible. Whether the process of internal endoimmortality is delivered within the upcoming years depends chiefly on research (and in neuron research in the case of endoimmortality through an immortalized cell line) in the former view and perhaps is an awaited goal in the latter case.
In religious contexts, immortality is often stated to be one of the promises of God (or other deities) to human beings who show goodness or else follow divine law. What form an | 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 | 3,396 | wow-train |
Radiology seems so interesting but I really don't know much about it. | Radiology
Radiology is the medical specialty that uses medical imaging to diagnose and treat diseases within the human body.
A variety of imaging techniques such as X-ray radiography, ultrasound, computed tomography (CT), nuclear medicine including positron emission tomography (PET), and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) are used to diagnose or treat diseases. Interventional radiology is the performance of usually minimally invasive medical procedures with the guidance of imaging technologies such as X-ray radiography, ultrasound, computed tomography (CT), nuclear | commenting, "He seems to be very loyal and I'm a very loyal person so I have that in common, but other than that, I don't really know what he's about. He seems much more socially awkward than I am." After Tom was revealed to be gay during season four, M. C. Gainey stated that "anytime you've got a group of people, somebody's got to be marching to a different drummer - that would be Tom Friendly."
Development.
M. C. | 3,397 | wow-train |
Did you see the game?!
The baltimore oriols baseball game?
yes! they were so close :/ they lost unfortunately
I know they play in the MLB but i rarely watch those games any more.
I see, what do you watch insteqad?
Normally football. Have you heard of Kamil Glik? He is a pro football player?
not at all. tell me about him.
That would take too much time my friend, madonna has a song named "Don't tell me"?
lol and the killers have a song "mr. brightside", so what's your point? | LOL
LOL, or lol, is an initialism for laugh(ing) out loud and a popular element of Internet slang. It was first used almost exclusively on Usenet, but has since become widespread in other forms of computer-mediated communication and even face-to-face communication. It is one of many initialisms for expressing bodily reactions, in particular laughter, as text, including initialisms for more emphatic expressions of laughter such as LMAO ("laugh(ing) my ass off") and ROFL (or its older form ROTFL | I did the book with Lupica, was I had press passes so I could go sit with all those people whose columns I read and watch a baseball game or a football game or a basketball game.
Goldman said they would do alternate chapters. "I would eventually show him what I had and he would show me what he had but for the most part, we kept away from each other. We'd talk all the time."
Goldman said the book "was a total flop - it didn't | 3,398 | wow-train |
It just so happens that some dogs can actually take on human behaviors
i believe that, mine certainly does. lol
The domestic dog can take on such behaviors just learning from humans and their enviroments
wow what kind of behavoirs do you mean
well first they originally were only carnivors, because of their humans feeding them they have become accustomed to and can thrive on starch rich diets
yes my doggie loves chicken | was the first species to be domesticated and has been selectively bred over millennia for various behaviors, sensory capabilities, and physical attributes.
Their long association with humans has led dogs to be uniquely attuned to human behavior and they are able to thrive on a starch-rich diet that would be inadequate for other canid species. Dogs vary widely in shape, size and colors. They perform many roles for humans, such as hunting, herding, pulling loads, protection, assisting police and military, companionship and, more recently | progenitors. Dingos have lived apart from humans for thousands of years but still have the same brain size as that of a domestic dog. Feral dogs that actively avoid human contact are still dependent on the human niche for survival and have not reverted to the self-sustaining behaviors of their wolf ancestors.
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Domestication can be considered as the final phase of intensification in the relationship between animal or plant sub-populations and human societies, but it is divided into several grades of intensification. For studies in animal domestication | 3,399 | wow-train |
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