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Tell me more about Toronto Raptors buddy
Toronto Raptors are a Canadian professional basketball team based in Toronto, Ontario
When was the basketball team formed?
they were established in 1995, along with the Vancouver Grizzlies, as part of the NBA's expansion into Canada.
How many NBA titles have they won so far? | the only Canadian-based team in the league, as the Grizzlies relocated from Vancouver, British Columbia to Memphis, Tennessee.
Like most expansion teams, the Raptors struggled in their early years, but after the acquisition of Vince Carter through a draft day trade in 1998, the team set league-attendance records and made the NBA playoffs in 2000, 2001, and 2002. Carter was instrumental in leading the team to their first playoff series win in 2001, where they advanced to the Eastern Conference semifinals. During the | Toronto Raptors
The Toronto Raptors are a Canadian professional basketball team based in Toronto, Ontario. The Raptors compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member club of the league's Eastern Conference Atlantic Division. They play their home games at the Scotiabank Arena, which they share with the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League (NHL). The team was founded in 1995 as part of the NBA's expansion into Canada, along with the Vancouver Grizzlies. Since the 2001–02 season, the Raptors have been | 3,400 | wow-train |
i like to cook but hardly find time to
That's tough! Cooking is a great thing too do in your dwelling. Cooking from chefs and professionals is nice too
how do one learn how to cook? | Cooking
Cooking or cookery is the art, technology, science and craft of preparing food for consumption. Cooking techniques and ingredients vary widely across the world, from grilling food over an open fire to using electric stoves, to baking in various types of ovens, reflecting unique environmental, economic, and cultural traditions and trends. The ways or types of cooking also depend on the skill and type of training an individual cook has. Cooking is done both by people in their own dwellings and by professional cooks and chefs in restaurants | . "[Americans] could do it as well as the French, but one has to be interested. In France girls of 11 already are able to prepare meals from watching and helping their mothers. It's early training that does it". Diat proceeded to discuss meat, gravies, fish, and salads. Finally, he added that "fine cooking is the basis of a happy life ... Men like to eat well ... so if you want to keep your husband home, learn to be a good cook. | 3,401 | wow-train |
I recently visited Hollywood which is a neighborhood located in the central region of Los Angeles.
how was it
I enjoyed my visit to the ethnically diverse neighborhoods which is home of the US film industry.
i would like to see it | Hollywood
Hollywood is a neighborhood in the central region of Los Angeles, California, notable as the home of the U.S. film industry, including several of its historic studios. Its name has come to be a shorthand reference for the industry and the people associated with it.
Hollywood was incorporated as a municipality in 1903. It was consolidated with the city of Los Angeles in 1910 and soon thereafter, a prominent film industry emerged, eventually becoming the most recognizable film industry in the world.
History.
History Early history | festivals, like the Los Angeles Film Festival sponsored by IFP/Los Angeles and the Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Film Festival conducted by the Outfest. Specialty theatres like Grauman's Egyptian Theatre and art houses like the Nuart Theatre screen eclectic mixes of new and historic movies.
The arts Cinema Hollywood.
Hollywood is a neighborhood in the central region of Los Angeles, California. This ethnically diverse, densely populated neighborhood is notable as the home of the U.S. film industry, including several of its historic studios, and its name has come | 3,402 | wow-train |
I really enjoy going Kayaking with my friends on the weekends
Yeah using a kayak to get across the water is cool
Its great exercise too. You can really feel it in your arms
Yeah a kayak is a boat similar to a canoe
We usually do a one person Kayak, but they do have 2 person Kayaks too. Have you ever been? | kayaks are growing in popularity as well.
History.
Kayaks were created thousands of years ago by the Inuit, formerly known as Eskimos, of the northern Arctic regions. They used driftwood and sometimes the skeleton of whale, to construct the frame of the kayak, and animal skin, particularly seal skin was used to create the body. The main purpose for creating the kayak, which literally translates to "hunter's boat" was for hunting and fishing. The kayak's stealth capabilities allowed for the hunter to sneak | 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 | 3,403 | wow-train |
Hi, I have two dogs. One is a poodle!
We have the the Standard Poodle, Miniature Poodle and Toy Poodle.
Yes, she is a standard poodle. Do you like poodles?
I think I'll rather prefer the Miniature Poodle
I see, what else do you know about poodles?
Though their origin is still not clear,but historical points shows that . descends from the old French Barbet breed or from Germany as a type of water dog.
Oh, is German Shepard also from Germany? | Poodle
Poodles are a group of formal dog breeds, the Standard Poodle, Miniature Poodle and Toy Poodle. The origin of the breed is still discussed, with a prominent dispute over whether the poodle descends from Germany as a type of water dog, or from the French Barbet.
Ranked second most intelligent dog breed just behind the Border Collie, the poodle is skillful in many dog sports and activities, including agility, obedience, tracking to herding, circus performers and assistance dogs. Poodles have taken top honors in many | is atypical and not how a poodle of any size is meant to behave. Miniature and Toy Poodles must not be treated like babies and be picked up and carried around constantly and never put on a leash to walk: they will start to believe they are in charge and that they do not owe anyone good behavior and they become very spoiled and uncontrollable.
Health.
The most common serious health issues of Standard Poodles listed in order of the number of reported cases in the Poodle Health Registry (20 August 2007) | 3,404 | wow-train |
Have you ever heard of the story so far? It's a band from california that has been around awhile, since 2007.
Nope, completely unfamiliar. Tell me about it please.
Well, they are a pop punk band, and they actually borrowed their name from another band, New Found Glory, who had a song title with that name!
So, if I wanted to hear their music, where woud I go?
They have released a number of albums, so you could likely find it on any streaming or music purchase service. Do you like any pop punk bands?
I don't think so. I'm honestly a classical music buff with some interest in Country music. Really, it's just whatever I hear that catches my fancy. | Classical music
Classical music is art music produced or rooted in the traditions of Western culture, including both liturgical (religious) and secular music. While a more precise term is also used to refer to the period from 1750 to 1820 (the Classical period), this article is about the broad span of time from before the 6th century AD to the present day, which includes the Classical period and various other periods. The central norms of this tradition became codified between 1550 and 1900, which is known as the common | The Story So Far (band)
The Story So Far is an American pop punk band from Walnut Creek, California, formed in 2007. They are currently signed to Pure Noise Records and have released 4 studio albums.
History.
History Formation and early releases (2007–2010).
The Story So Far formed in Walnut Creek, California in 2007. Their name is taken from the New Found Glory song "The Story So Far". The band consisted of Parker Cannon on vocals, Kevin Geyer and Kevin Ambrose | 3,405 | wow-train |
I want to buy a moped. Can you tell me more about them?
Yeah they're cool theyre like motorized bicycles.
Awesome, are they easy to ride?
The two wheeled low powered vehicle is yes.
OK I would like to try it out before I buy. I think it would be fun to ride.
Yeah the origin was derived from motorvelocipede. They can be dangerous though.
Interesting, I better be careful and wear a helmet. I don't want to get injured.
It was coined by journless Herald Nielsen. That's true.
I never knew that. Can you tell me another fact about mopeds? | directly between the saddle and the head tube. Some resemble motorized bicycles. Most are similar to a regular motorcycle but with pedals and a crankset that may be used with or instead of motor drive. Although mopeds usually have two wheels, some jurisdictions classify low-powered three- or (rarely) four-wheeled vehicles as a moped.
In some countries a moped can be any motorcycle with an engine capacity below 50cc.
Etymology.
The word "moped" was coined by the Swedish journalist Harald Nielsen in 1952 | and Scottish football club Rangers F.C. Stryder was quoted saying, "I heard it [rumours emerged he was a shock outsider to buy Rangers] like everyone else did. I was never planning on it. But if the fans want me to own Rangers? Yeah, bring it on. I could do it. I don’t think I’ve got more money than the guy that owns them now though. Maybe I could play myself. I’ve got a team in every country and Rangers are the team for me in | 3,406 | wow-train |
butterflies are awesome creatures
I know they are, they are insects in the same family as moths.
oh yea not surprising at all.
I know, since moths and butterflies look quite similar in some cases.
yea but butterflies look cooler to me and less annoying.
Agreed! Adult butterflies have large and colorful wings.
yea i like the bright ones, look way cooler. | Butterfly
Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The group comprises the large superfamily Papilionoidea, which contains at least one former group, the skippers (formerly the superfamily "Hesperioidea"), and the most recent analyses suggest it also contains the moth-butterflies (formerly the superfamily "Hedyloidea"). Butterfly fossils date to the Paleocene, which was about 56 million years ago. | , the mourning cloak fades into the backdrop of trees when it folds its wings back. The larvae of some species, such as the common Mormon ("Papilio polytes") and the western tiger swallowtail look like bird droppings. For example, adult Sesiidae species (also known as clearwing moths) have a general appearance sufficiently similar to a wasp or hornet to make it likely the moths gain a reduction in predation by Batesian mimicry. Eyespots are a type of automimicry used by some butterflies and moths. In butterflies, the | 3,407 | wow-train |
Man, I really like the color yellow, what about you?
Yes my favorite is the yellow that lemons are colored.
Oh really? Does that specific shade of yellow have a different name or anything?
I think it's called lemon yellow lol but the color is caused by carotenoids.
Interesting, what are those?
They are organic compounds produces by plants and algae. There are over 600 known carotenoids.
Wow, that's really neat Do you know why they cause lemons to be yellow? | as egg yolks, buttercups, and bananas. They absorb light energy and protect plants from photodamage. Sunlight has a slight yellowish hue when sun is near a horizon, due to atmosphere scattering shorter wavelengths (green, blue, and violet).
Because it was widely available, yellow ochre pigment was one of the first colors used in art; the Lascaux cave in France has a painting of a yellow horse 17,000 years old. Ochre and orpiment pigments were used to represent gold and skin color in Egyptian tombs, then | . So that can be studying botany, or organic science, or astronomy and really trying to extract the things that make us who we are by studying those different things and magnifying those things. The things that make us the same, basically, verses the things that make us different. Which is what I think I spend a lot of time doing. When I in my teens, it was all about, you know, "Well how am I different?" My way of thinking is like this, and these | 3,408 | wow-train |
I really like driving along Blue Ridge Parkway because of its scenic beauty. What about you?
Me too! It's such a gorgeous area. I love all the mountains and beauty of it all
Yup since its part of the Appalachian Mountains, there is great opportunity to take nice pictures and relax.
Indeed. I love encountering the wildlife there. I almost always see deer and even once I saw a bear
that must have been a nice experience! It is widely distributed in North America so its no surprise that you saw one!
Definitely! I try to visit the blue ridge parkway at least once a year. My favorite time to go is fall. What about you? | the Cherokee Indian Reservation in North Carolina, from which it travels north to Shenandoah National Park in Virginia. The roadway continues through Shenandoah as Skyline Drive, a similar scenic road which is managed by a different National Park Service unit. Both Skyline Drive and the Virginia portion of the Blue Ridge Parkway are part of Virginia State Route 48, though this designation is not signed.
The parkway has been the most visited unit of the National Park System every year since 1946 except three (1949, 2013, and 2016). | Blue Ridge Parkway
The Blue Ridge Parkway is a National Parkway and All-American Road in the United States, noted for its scenic beauty. The parkway, which is America's longest linear park, runs for through 29 Virginia and North Carolina counties, linking Shenandoah National Park to Great Smoky Mountains National Park. It runs mostly along the spine of the Blue Ridge, a major mountain chain that is part of the Appalachian Mountains. Its southern terminus is at U.S. 441 on the boundary between Great Smoky Mountains National Park and | 3,409 | wow-train |
I give lessons on stringed instruments specifically the wooden stringed instrument known as the violin.
Tell more about instruments
Well the violin is the smallest and highest pitched instrument in the strong family. Do you like it?
Do you know how to play violin?
Yes I teach it! Violins are great for a wide variety of musical genres! Do you like any songs with the violin?
Yes, but I don't know how to play it | in some forms of rock music and jazz fusion, with the pickups plugged into instrument amplifiers and speakers to produce sound. Further, the violin has come to be played in many non-Western music cultures, including Indian music and Iranian music. The name "fiddle" is often used regardless of the type of music played on it.
The violin was first known in 16th-century Italy, with some further modifications occurring in the 18th and 19th centuries to give the instrument a more powerful sound and projection. In | Violin
The violin, sometimes known as a fiddle, is a wooden string instrument in the violin family. Most violins have a hollow wooden body. It is the smallest and highest-pitched instrument in the family in regular use. Smaller violin-type instruments exist, including the violino piccolo and the kit violin, but these are virtually unused. The violin typically has four strings, usually tuned in perfect fifths with notes G3, D4, A4, E5, and is most commonly played by drawing a bow across its | 3,410 | wow-train |
I am most definitely a carnivore! I think I pretty much like any and every kind of meat! How about you?
I would say I am more of an omnivore. I eat a pretty balanced amount of animal and non-animal food.
My favorite meat is steak! What is yours? | Hamburger
A hamburger (short: burger) is a sandwich consisting of one or more cooked patties of ground meat, usually beef, placed inside a sliced bread roll or bun. The patty may be pan fried, grilled, or flame broiled. Hamburgers are often served with cheese, lettuce, tomato, onion, pickles, bacon, or chiles; condiments such as ketchup, mayonnaise, mustard, relish, or "special sauce"; and are frequently placed on sesame seed buns. A hamburger topped with cheese is | and fathers, need to think about this. For that reason, it would be good to decrease the amount of meat that we eat. That is what I said.
I certainly did not say that you are not allowed to eat meat at all. That would be difficult. Whether it is because of previous karma or their present circumstances, some people cannot do without meat. This is how it is, and there’s nothing to do about it. It’s not a problem."
There has | 3,411 | wow-train |
I'm studying to be a dental hygienist, it's a good profession. But, seeing patients saliva makes me very uncomfortable.
Then i think it is a wrong profession for you. Which other things do you know about the career. | in controlling oral disease, while providing tailored treatment plans that emphasize the importance of behavioral changes. Some dental hygienists are licensed to administer local anesthesia and perform dental radiography. Dental hygienists are also the primary resource for oral cancer screening and prevention. In addition to these procedures, hygienists may take intraoral radiographs, apply dental sealants, administer topical fluoride, and provide patient-specific oral hygiene instruction.
Dental hygienists work in a range of dental settings, from independent, private, or specialist practices to the public sector. Dental | their clip, so i dont blame people for being critical at the start, but the truth is it was a snake that did it behind our back, he obviously does not know shit about Hiphop C4 laughed' and Quoted 'I would kick my own ass for doing that' why do you think i'm so pissed off, you just dont f*** with that, I hate seeing fake Tupac T-shirts exploited at a local market with his face on it' it's wrong, he | 3,412 | wow-train |
Veganism is something that just seems impossible for me to adhere to.
Veganism is both the practice of abstaining from the use of animal products and it was hard for me at the start
I just can't imagine not eating all of the things that I eat today, like red meats and any animal products.
Distinctions are sometimes made between several categories of veganism so you can see one that you would like
That's true but the end result is the same: not getting to use animals products.
Yeah over all i think you can have a really balance diet as a vegan
I just think it would be harder to access protein and be able to match the amount of food I need to main muscle at the gym. | 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 | 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 | 3,413 | wow-train |
Full disclosure here - I'm vegetarian, but I cook chicken dishes for my family. My Mom was a great chicken cook. Do you like chicken? | List of chicken dishes
This is a list of chicken dishes. Chicken is the most common type of poultry in the world, and was one of the first domesticated animals. Chicken is a major worldwide source of meat and eggs for human consumption. It is prepared as food in a wide variety of ways, varying by region and culture. The prevalence of chickens is due to
almost the entire chicken being edible, and the ease of raising them.
Chicken as a meat has been depicted in Babylonian carvings from | ) it's been approved by the Indian cabinet. So why do you have all this running around like a headless chicken, looking for a comment here or comment there, and these little storms in a tea-cup?"
Following the uproar over this remark, Sen later tendered his apology before the Parliamentary Privileges Committee. Sen clarified:
" "My comment about "running round like headless chicken looking for a comment here or comment there" was a tactless observation on some of my media friends, and most | 3,414 | wow-train |
do you like parrots , there are over 393 species of them
Yeah Parrots are pretty nice. They can mimic human speech sometimes, right?
i believe so the greatest diversity of parrots are in south america and australasia
That many? I always thought they were from Africa, but I guess their prevalence in Pirate stories would indicate proximity to South and Central America | specialised for feeding on floral nectar and soft fruits. Almost all parrots nest in tree hollows (or nest boxes in captivity), and lay white eggs from which hatch altricial (helpless) young.
Parrots, along with ravens, crows, jays, and magpies, are among the most intelligent birds, and the ability of some species to imitate human voices enhances their popularity as pets. Trapping wild parrots for the pet trade, as well as hunting, habitat loss, and competition from invasive species, has diminished wild | Parrot
Parrots, also known as psittacines , are birds of the roughly 393 species in 92 genera that make up the order Psittaciformes, found in most tropical and subtropical regions. The order is subdivided into three superfamilies: the Psittacoidea ("true" parrots), the Cacatuoidea (cockatoos), and the Strigopoidea (New Zealand parrots). Parrots have a generally pantropical distribution with several species inhabiting temperate regions in the Southern Hemisphere, as well. The greatest diversity of parrots is in South America and Australasia.
Characteristic | 3,415 | wow-train |
I'm engaged to be married in Paris ,DEC. this yesr | Paris
Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an area of and an official estimated population of 2,140,526 residents as of 1 January 2019. Since the 17th century, Paris has been one of Europe's major centres of finance, diplomacy, commerce, fashion, science, as well as the arts. The City of Paris is the centre and seat of government of the Île-de-France, or Paris Region, which has an estimated official 2019 population of 12,213,364, or about 18 | The wedding episode aired in February 2014 with Harry serving as Chris' best man and Harper (Ria Vandervis) acting as Rachel's bridesmaid. Bloomfield enjoyed the way Rachel was engaged in the storyline, "The whole premise of this storyline is that Rachel has never wanted to be a bride, never needed or wanted to get married. So when she finally concedes, she's the anti-bride. She goes 'I'm not wearing white, I'm not doing this or that." Galvin believed the wedding episode | 3,416 | wow-train |
I just grew some carrots!
what kind baby carrots or regular long ones | domestic carrot has been selectively bred for its greatly enlarged, more palatable, less woody-textured taproot.
The carrot is a biennial plant in the umbellifer family Apiaceae. At first, it grows a rosette of leaves while building up the enlarged taproot. Fast-growing cultivars mature within three months (90 days) of sowing the seed, while slower-maturing cultivars need a month longer (120 days). The roots contain high quantities of alpha- and beta-carotene, and are a good source of vitamin K | side dish of many dishes, especially seafood ones. Lettuce, and more often the "incappucciata" (a local variety of the iceberg lettuce), more crispy, is mixed with carrots, fennel, rucola (some time ago it spontaneously grew in landfields, and was sold in the streets together with the less noble "pucchiacchella"), radishes, traditionally the long and spicy ones, which today are more and more rare, almost completely replaced by the round and sweeter ones.
Black olives used in Neapolitan cooking | 3,417 | wow-train |
Ive always wanted to go to school to become a vet physician. or veterinarian, i love to help animals.
I love animals too! It would be such a rewarding job to help animals with injuries, diseases or disorders.
yea it would be. i heard they dont make alot of money though, its more of a profession that you want to do, not necessarily for the money involved.
That's surprising! I thought they did well. Maybe if you were specialized in surgery or internal medicine?
Yes, possibly. What is your favorite type of animal?
I really like companion animals like dogs and cats. How about you? I know many veterinarians also treat livestock or zoo animals!
my favorite is horses, they are so beauytiful | in a general practice, treating animals of all types; they may be specialized in a specific group of animals such as companion animals, livestock, zoo animals or equines; or may specialize in a narrow medical discipline such as surgery, dermatology or internal medicine . As with other healthcare professionals, veterinarians face ethical decisions about the care of their patients. Current debates within the profession include the ethics of certain procedures believed to be purely cosmetic or unnecessary for behavioral issues, such as declawing of cats, docking of tails, cropping | Veterinary physician
A veterinary physician, usually called a vet, which is shortened from veterinarian (American English) or veterinary surgeon (British English), is a professional who practices veterinary medicine by treating diseases, disorders, and injuries in animals.
Description.
In many countries, the local nomenclature for a veterinarian is a regulated and protected term, meaning that members of the public without the prerequisite qualifications and/or licensure are not able to use the title. In many cases, the activities that may be undertaken by a | 3,418 | wow-train |
I used to love collecting Barbies when I was younger, but my girls really didn't play with them much. Do you know much about their history?
I like Barbie dolls too. I know the first Barbie was sold in 1959.
Wow, she's aging well then I would say!
LOL. Ruth Handler got her inspiration from a German doll.
Oh, is that the person that created Barbie? | Barbie
Barbie is a fashion doll manufactured by the American toy company Mattel, Inc. and launched in March 1959. American businesswoman Ruth Handler is credited with the creation of the doll using a German doll called Bild Lilli as her inspiration.
Barbie is the figurehead of a brand of Mattel dolls and accessories, including other family members and collectible dolls. Barbie has been an important part of the toy fashion doll market for over fifty years, and has been the subject of numerous controversies and lawsuits, often involving parodies of the | said while her three brothers liked baseball, Miriam preferred Barbie dolls. Miriam says strangers assumed she was a girl:
They used to come to my mother and say, "Oh you have a beautiful daughter," and my mother used to say "That's my son," and I used to get angry. And I have always been attracted to men. When I was 11 I met someone who's gay and start talking to me about hormones, which I got very interested in.
Miriam said she | 3,419 | wow-train |
Hi I Have blond hair. How about you?
Ah that means you have low levels of the pigment eumelanin in your hair.
that is interesting. what other facts do you know? | Old French "blund, blont", meaning "a colour midway between golden and light chestnut". It gradually eclipsed the native term "fair", of same meaning, from Old English "fæġer", causing "fair" later to become a general term for "light complexioned". This earlier use of "fair" survives in the proper name Fairfax, from Old English "fæġer-feahs" meaning "blond hair".
The word "blond" has two possible origins. Some linguists say it | after black. It is caused by higher levels of the natural dark pigment eumelanin, and lower levels of the pale pigment pheomelanin. Brown eumelanin is more common among Europeans, while black eumelanin is more often found in the hair on non-Europeans. A small amount of black eumelanin, in the absence of other pigments, results in grey hair. A small amount of brown eumelanin in the absence of other pigments results in blond hair.
In Western popular culture, a common stereotype is that brunettes are stable, serious | 3,420 | wow-train |
MaineCoon cats are huge and I want one! Have you ever seen one?
yeah I'm really familiar with the breed. you want one for hunting? they're great at that
What do they hunt?
well to be fair, focusing on their hunting isn't representative for who they really are. people call them "the gentle giant" because they're so sociable
How big do they get exactly?
please, please! its size isn't the only interesting thing about it! they're also intelligent and playful, thank you very much!
Are they a good breed to be around small children? I don't want my kid to get hurt! | -haired breeds from overseas were introduced in the early 20th century. The Maine Coon has since made a comeback and is now one of the more popular cat breeds in the USA.
The Maine Coon is a large and sociable cat, hence its nickname, "the gentle giant." It is characterized by a prominent ruff along its chest, robust bone structure, rectangular body shape, an uneven two layered coat with longer guard hairs with a silky satin under layer undercoat, and a long, bushy tail. The | said, 'I really wanna do this with Boyz II Men,' because...obviously I'm a big fan of theirs and I just thought that the work was crying out for them, the vocals that they do, so I put it away and said, 'Who knows if this could ever happen, but I just don't wanna finish this song because I want it to be our song if we ever do it together. [The] whole idea of when you lose people that are close to you, | 3,421 | wow-train |
I prefer beer in bottles versus cans. What do you prefer?
I don't drink beer. Although I hear it is good for washing your hair Its one of the oldest consumable alcoholic conconctions
Wow, I had no idea! Do you know any other uses for beer besides drinking it and washing your hair with it? | Beer
Beer is one of the oldest and most widely consumed alcoholic drinks in the world, and the third most popular drink overall after water and tea. Beer is brewed from cereal grains—most commonly from malted barley, though wheat, maize (corn), and rice are also used. During the brewing process, fermentation of the starch sugars in the wort produces ethanol and carbonation in the resulting beer. Most modern beer is brewed with hops, which add bitterness and other flavours and act as a natural preservative and | point MacArthur says, "[T]he primary reason I don't do a lot of things I could do, including drinking wine or any alcoholic beverage, [is] because I know some believers would be offended by it ... [M]any Christians will drink their beer and wine and flaunt their liberty no matter what anyone thinks. Consequently, there is a rift in the fellowship."
3. Christians should make a public statement against drunkenness because of the negative consequences it can have on individuals, families, and society | 3,422 | wow-train |
I have five siblings, all brothers, do you have siblings?
I have no siblings, because I don't share my parents with anyone! I'm an only child.
I know people who have half siblings, they share one parent. | Sibling relationship
Siblings play a unique role in one another’s lives that simulates the companionship of parents as well as the influence and assistance of friends. Because siblings often grow up in the same household, they have a large amount of exposure to one another, like other members of the immediate family. However, though a sibling relationship can have both hierarchical and reciprocal elements, this relationship tends to be more egalitarian and symmetrical than with family members of other generations. Furthermore, sibling relationships often reflect the overall condition of cohesiveness | Summary relative
Summary relatives are people in a state of relationship that occurs between the biological children of a couple and the biological children of only one parent of the couple. In other words, half-brothers or half-sisters do not share their parents, sharing a family relationship, but not a biological relationship. A family in which one or both spouses have children from a previous marriage, is called the pivot family.
It is wrong to call half siblings with a common father (that's right — " | 3,423 | wow-train |
A taco is a traditonal mexian dish
Yes it is. And that are so many ways it can be made. It has been around for years | Taco
A taco (, , ) is a traditional Mexican dish consisting of a corn or wheat tortilla folded or rolled around a filling. A taco can be made with a variety of fillings, including beef, pork, chicken, seafood, vegetables, and cheese, allowing great versatility and variety. Tacos are generally eaten without utensils, often garnished with salsa, chili pepper, avocado, guacamole, cilantro (coriander), tomatoes, onions, and lettuce.
Etymology.
The origins of the taco are not | for viewers to receive both satellite positions.
Technology.
The basic technology behind the Duo LNB is not new. It takes advantage of the fact that signals hitting a dish off-axis will be focused (albeit with some diffusion) off axis in the opposite direction. So, with the dish aligned so that the central LNB is receiving one satellite, a secondary offset LNB can be aligned on the focus of a second satellite spaced away from the first.
This effect has been exploited for many years to receive | 3,424 | wow-train |
I'm trying to see which iron supplement I should use.
Is your health okay?
The iron level in my blood is low causing me to be anemic.
I'm sorry to hear that. I enjoy reading. What do you like to do?
My anemic status makes me tired sometimes, but I like to read also.
I had an aunt who was anemic. Just make sure to eat healthy and exercise. | The Biggest Loser (season 5)
The Biggest Loser: Couples is the fifth season of the NBC reality television series "The Biggest Loser". The fifth season premiered on January 1, 2008 with ten overweight couples competing for a cash prize of $250,000. This season featured Alison Sweeney as the host, with trainers Bob Harper and Jillian Michaels; all three returning from season four.
Although the contestants came in as teams of two (couples), the grand prize was eventually awarded to an individual. In | me or something, he's not crazy! I just enjoy life, I enjoy doing what I do and I'm not a character in a book or in a movie. So that's it, I'm a real person and I'm here. I think a lot of people have pre-conceived notions of what I'm like because they've read a bunch of crazy lyrics over the years. Those are my thoughts but I don't live that way in everyday life. I think I'd be in jail | 3,425 | wow-train |
I have struggled with being overweight. I like food so much it is hard for me to stop eating sometimes.
I can imagine ! I am overweight as well. Are their any specific diets you have followed in the past ?
I have tried many different diets. Once I lost 30 pounds on a ketogenic diet. Then I gained it back the next year, lol.
Yes, I have on occasion had more body fat than optimally healthy. Excess weight is not good for us. I gain weight just by smelling food !
I remember how much better I felt when I was an ideal weight. You are right that extra weight is harmful to us.
It's not just the adults that are overweight. I've noticed in shopping malls (people watching of course) that CHILDREN as well are overweight at tender young ages...
Yeah, I think a lot of times the parents are to blame for that. Too much candy and sitting at home will make any kid overweight. In my case I didn't gain weight until I got married. | Overweight
Being overweight or fat is having more body fat than is optimally healthy. Being overweight is especially common where food supplies are plentiful and lifestyles are sedentary.
, excess weight reached epidemic proportions globally, with more than 1 billion adults being either overweight or obese. In 2013 this increased to more than 2 billion. Increases have been observed across all age groups.
A healthy body requires a minimum amount of fat for proper functioning of the hormonal, reproductive, and immune systems, as thermal insulation, as shock | octogenarian with an interesting literary past. But that was not to be, despite a lifetime of diets. It was however a state of affairs which made me write a good few novels with overweight, plain women as their heroines. I’ve always been on their side – they are the unseen majority."
In September 1946, when she was 15, she returned to England with her mother and sister. She recalls: "I was a literary groupie from the antipodes...Not that I had any intention of being | 3,426 | wow-train |
my mom collects teapots. they are really pretty
I've seen some really beautiful teapots! While they are typically used for steeping tea leaves or a herbal mix in boiling water, I'd rather put the decorative ones on display!
I enjoy drinking tea in the evenings. Although I have to drink my coffee in the day. | tea and hot water are added, a handle for holding by hand and a spout through which the tea is served. Some teapots have a strainer built-in on the inner edge of the spout. A small air hole in the lid is often created to stop the spout from dripping and splashing when tea is poured. In modern times, a thermally insulating cover called a tea cosy may be used to enhance the steeping process or to prevent the contents of the teapot from cooling too rapidly.
History.
The | Teapot
A teapot is a vessel used for steeping tea leaves or a herbal mix in boiling or near-boiling water, and for serving the resulting infusion which is called tea. Dry tea is available either in tea bags or as loose tea, in which case a tea infuser or tea strainer may be of some assistance, either to hold the leaves as they steep or to catch the leaves inside the teapot when the tea is poured. Teapots usually have an opening with a lid at their top, where the dry | 3,427 | wow-train |
I love to smoke from my pipe. Have you ever tried it?
No I have never been interested in smoking. However, pipe smoking is the oldest traditional form of smoking.
Yeah, I feel like a old English detective when I smoke my pipe in my wool cap.
Smoking actually seems to have come from the American Indians. It was introduced to Europe in the 16th century from the Americas.
Yeah I bet Europeans were weirded out at first. Now everyone smokes there, lol. | American cultures have pipe-smoking traditions, which have been part of their cultures since long before the arrival of Europeans. Tobacco is often smoked, generally for ceremonial purposes, though other mixtures of sacred herbs are also common. Various types of ceremonial pipes have been smoked in ceremony to seal covenants and treaties, most notably treaties of peace (hence the misnomer, "peace pipe"). Tobacco was introduced to Europe from the Americas in the sixteenth century and spread around the world rapidly.
In Asia during the nineteenth | back again to the place I love best. I am sitting in my old garret, at my old desk, smoking my old pipe ... I begin to feel more like my old self than I have these ten years." Shortly thereafter, in May, he left "The Atlantic Monthly" when James Thomas Fields took over as editor; the magazine had been purchased by Ticknor and Fields for $10,000 two years before. Lowell returned to Elmwood by January 1861 but maintained an amicable relationship with the new owners of | 3,428 | wow-train |
do you know that thursday is the 5th day of the week
Yes i do. I love Thursdays. That is the day i go to my local steakhouse for dinner. i look forward to it every week
okey interesting can you tell me more about thursday?
Thursday is the best day of the week because that means friday is right around the corner. what do you think?
hahahaha you are already expecting friday? | Thursday
Thursday is the day of the week between Wednesday and Friday. According to the ISO 8601 international standard, it is the fourth day of the week. In countries that adopt the "Sunday-first" convention, it is the fifth day of the week.
Name.
"See Names of the days of the week for more on naming conventions. "
Name Thor's (Jupiter's) day.
The name is derived from Old English "Þūnresdæg" and Middle English "Thuresday" (with | the night table and put it in the suitcase that is at the foot of your bed." Three days later, having put her back to sleep, I say to her: "Do you remember what I ordered you to do?" She answers: "Yes, I must put the glass in my suitcase Thursday morning, at eight o'clock."—"Have you thought about it since I told you?"—"No"—"Think hard."—"I thought about it the following morning at eleven o'clock."—"Were you awake or asleep?"—"I was in a drowsy state | 3,429 | wow-train |
Man, I really like the color yellow, what about you?
Yes my favorite is the yellow that lemons are colored.
Oh really? Does that specific shade of yellow have a different name or anything?
I think it's called lemon yellow lol but the color is caused by carotenoids.
Interesting, what are those?
They are organic compounds produces by plants and algae. There are over 600 known carotenoids.
Wow, that's really neat Do you know why they cause lemons to be yellow? | as egg yolks, buttercups, and bananas. They absorb light energy and protect plants from photodamage. Sunlight has a slight yellowish hue when sun is near a horizon, due to atmosphere scattering shorter wavelengths (green, blue, and violet).
Because it was widely available, yellow ochre pigment was one of the first colors used in art; the Lascaux cave in France has a painting of a yellow horse 17,000 years old. Ochre and orpiment pigments were used to represent gold and skin color in Egyptian tombs, then | . So that can be studying botany, or organic science, or astronomy and really trying to extract the things that make us who we are by studying those different things and magnifying those things. The things that make us the same, basically, verses the things that make us different. Which is what I think I spend a lot of time doing. When I in my teens, it was all about, you know, "Well how am I different?" My way of thinking is like this, and these | 3,430 | wow-train |
I want to get an iguana so bad! | Iguana
Iguana (, ) is a genus of herbivorous lizards that are native to tropical areas of Mexico, Central America, South America, and the Caribbean. The genus was first described in 1768 by Austrian naturalist Josephus Nicolaus Laurenti in his book "Specimen Medicum, Exhibens Synopsin Reptilium Emendatam cum Experimentis circa Venena". Two species are included in the genus "Iguana": the green iguana, which is widespread throughout its range and a popular pet, and the Lesser Antillean iguana, which is native to the Lesser Antilles | . I was just fed up with myself. I didn't even want to be an actor anymore." In October 2012, he said, "If I'd picture in my mind a drink – usually straight out of the bottle – I couldn't not do it." He said that, while acting in plays, "I'd have the shakes so bad I'd have to have a drink to get through the show. I'm lucky I never got fired." Eventually, he "bottomed out" | 3,431 | wow-train |
i like to write
Do you? I'm interested in ancient '90s strip-mall stores, like Sears. Even though Sears was founded in 1892, it reminds me of the '90s.
i work at sears
How do you like it? Do you happen to work at one in Indiana? The first Sears store ever built was in Evansville, Indiana. I'm sure it was quite the affair at the time.
i sell washer | In 2005, the company was bought by the management of the American big box chain Kmart, which formed Sears Holdings upon completion of the merger.
Sears was the largest retailer in the United States until 1990, when Walmart surpassed it. In 2018, Sears was the 31st-largest retailer in the United States. After several years of declining sales, its parent company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on October 15, 2018. Sears announced on January 16, 2019 that it had won its bankruptcy auction and would shrink and | - My name is Tamu.
- Cool it, baby.
- Do you like my dress?
- Hold me tight.
- I'm sleepy.
- Can you dig it?
- Let's play house.
- I love you.
- Tamu means 'sweet'.
- I'm hungry.
- I'm proud, like you.
Tamu was featured in the Sears Roebuck, JC Penney, and Montgomery Wards Christmas catalogs, and available in most stores | 3,432 | wow-train |
I really enjoy Broadway shows, which are also such a tourist attraction in New York. Do you like theater?
I do enjoy live theater! I have not seen any broadway shows, however. Have you?
Yes, I've seen several. But one that I haven't seen is Hair, which is a product of 1960s hippie counterculture. I'd like to see it. What sorts of theater do you like?
I really liked the movie, I bet the live show is great! I worked with my small town to create a childrens live theater group a few years ago. The one I liked the most was Into the Woods. Such a fun production. I bet broadway blows it out of the water though.
The production was probably bigger, but it's such a great community service to do children's theater--and to expose them to Broadway shows, the majority of which are musicals.
It really is, and in my town there had not been a childrens theater in over 40 years. The community really took to it. It made me enjoy and respect musicals so mush | Cast recording
A cast recording is a recording of a stage musical that is intended to document the songs as they were performed in the show and experienced by the audience. An original cast recording or OCR, as the name implies, features the voices of the show's original cast. A cast recording featuring the first cast to perform a musical in a particular venue is known, for example, as an "original Broadway cast recording" (OBCR) or an "original London cast recording".
Cast recordings are | and started Dragonfly Performing Arts in Cairo, NY for students of all ages interested in theater. Dragonfly Performing Arts is a 501(c)3 non-profit corporation. “You can walk into a classroom in New York City and have any amount of students who want to learn about theater, but the trouble is that you find it in abundance. I like a challenge. I moved upstate and started DragonFly so that students who do not have the immediate opportunity to learn from Theater professionals like New York City students do, can learn from | 3,433 | wow-train |
I love a good hamburger. Do you?
I do. I especially love barbecued hamburger patties
I love them cooked on the grill as well. They just taste better that way.
Right. I like charcoal grills better than gas ones for sure.
Yes. Charcoal is the best by far. Have you ever toasted the buns on the grill with the burgers?
Yes I have. And I always top the burgers with cheese to make a most excellent cheeseburger
Oh yes, cheese is a necessity. I also like to grill the onions right on the grill too. | Cheeseburger
A cheeseburger is a hamburger topped with cheese. Traditionally, the slice of cheese is placed on top of the meat patty, but the burger can include variations in structure, ingredients and composition. The cheese is usually added to the cooking hamburger patty shortly before serving, which allows the cheese to melt. As with other hamburgers, a cheeseburger may include toppings, such as lettuce, tomato, onion, pickles, bacon, mayonnaise, ketchup, mustard or other toppings.
In fast food restaurants, the cheese | Webers
Webers (also known as Webers Hamburgers) is a hamburger restaurant on Ontario Highway 11, located 15 kilometres north of Orillia, Ontario that opened in July 1963. Webers grills their burgers over charcoal, with a grill man said to be able to flip up to 800 patties an hour. Long line ups are a common sight at the restaurant, which made the restaurant build a footbridge over the highway to provide access for guests from the southbound side. The restaurant's hamburger patties are also sold at Loblaws outlets. | 3,434 | wow-train |
I think sharks are amazing creatures. How do you feel about them?
Modern sharks are known as clade Selachimorpha.
That's cool - what were non-modern sharks known as? | Shark
Sharks are a group of elasmobranch fish characterized by a cartilaginous skeleton, five to seven gill slits on the sides of the head, and pectoral fins that are not fused to the head. Modern sharks are classified within the clade Selachimorpha (or Selachii) and are the sister group to the rays. However, the term "shark" has also been used for extinct members of the subclass Elasmobranchii outside the Selachimorpha, such as "Cladoselache" and "Xenacanthus", as well as other Chondrichthyes such as the holocephalid | . It is cited as the first most comprehensive catalogue to Sri Lankan cartilage fishes. On 2016 May, he published Illustrated guide of Sharks of Sri Lanka. According to De Silva, there are 60 sharks species and 30 rays and skates found around the coast of Sri Lanka.
Sharks are a group of fish characterized by a cartilaginous skeleton, five to seven gill slits on the sides of the head, and pectoral fins that are not fused to the head. Modern sharks are classified within the clade Selachimorpha (or Selachii | 3,435 | wow-train |
I have beard ,or do I say bearded? Seem im in the gang..Lol!
I'm sure everyone says it their own way! Even some animals can grow hair on their chins and cheeks. I thought it was only a human thing!
True! Beard seem to be in vogue! | Beard
A beard is the unshaven hair that grows on the chin, upper lip, cheeks and neck of humans and some non-human animals. In humans, usually only pubescent or adult males are able to grow beards. Some women with hirsutism, a hormonal condition of excessive hairiness, may develop a beard.
Throughout the course of history, societal attitudes toward male beards have varied widely depending on factors such as prevailing cultural-religious traditions and the current era's fashion trends. Some religions (such as Islam | the hair on the cheeks completely shaven. The moustache could be curled at the tips and include or exclude a soul patch depending on personal preference. The look was thought to have a regal and stately appearance, and King Charles I himself often liked to be depicted wearing the facial hair style in his portraits. Because Charles I was seen so often sporting the Van Dyck beard, it is also referred to as the "Charlie". The trend slowly died out before practically disappearing from fashion during the English Restoration under the rule | 3,436 | wow-train |
I know nothing about Philip Larkin. What can you tell me about him?
Philip was an amazing well known English poet and novelist.
What are some of his famous works?
He has written many best sellers I read one in college A Girl in Winter it is a older book but one of many of his greatest poet collections.
Oh that sounds beautiful! What was it about?
Like many of his books it was a more so passion and glum accuracy about emotions the irony of the book was great.
I love books of this nature. I will definitely check it out. I'm assuming he is deceased? Does he have any other popular works? | Windows" (1974). He contributed to "The Daily Telegraph" as its jazz critic from 1961 to 1971, articles gathered in "All What Jazz: A Record Diary 1961–71" (1985), and he edited "The Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English Verse" (1973). His many honours include the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry. He was offered, but declined, the position of Poet Laureate in 1984, following the death of Sir John Betjeman.
After graduating from Oxford in 1943 with | writing to Lytton Strachey, asked, "Please tell me what you find in Henry James. ... we have his works here, and I read, and I can't find anything but faintly tinged rose water, urbane and sleek, but vulgar and pale as Walter Lamb. Is there really any sense in it?" The novelist W. Somerset Maugham wrote, "He did not know the English as an Englishman instinctively knows them and so his English characters never to my mind quite ring true," and argued " | 3,437 | wow-train |
I love crazy clothing - like ones with animal prints
Me too! I am a proud owner of an animal print handbag and footwear! I do get some strange looks though!
Nice! Yes I believe it is so much fun to dress different and unique! | Animal print
Animal print is a clothing and fashion style in which the garment is made to resemble the pattern of the skin and fur of an animal such as a leopard, cheetah, snow leopard, jaguar, zebra, tiger, clouded leopard, margay, ocelot, spotted hyena, striped hyena, African wild dog, constrictor snake, giraffe or monkey. Animal print is also used for room decoration, handbags and footwear and even some jewelry. A major difference between animal prints and fur clothing is that animal prints today | a swamp, there's leaches and stuff.' That was the turning point for me, I was like 'I have to get on this show, that looks so fun, so many different experiences.'" McBain, who admits to being an unadventurous "wimp", says that he learned to trust other people and believe in himself during the show. For him, the toughest part of the series was getting through the nights and worrying about wild animal attacks.
- Jade—Jade is a 13-year- | 3,438 | wow-train |
I wish I was better at drawing. I've always enjoyed the visual arts.
I do as well, I am not good at it, but I am passable
Sometimes I'll just do a quick, freehand drawing just to practice. Which is called sketching, really.
I do as well, but they are always stick figures lol
Admittedly, me too! Stick figures are easy since the arms, legs and torso are represented as straight lines.
Yeah, it is regular people drawing that I really struggle with, they look so stupid
And since it's so easy to draw because of the wide availability of instruments, I'm sure we are on the bottom end of the skill spectrum!
That is for sure, my drawings are meant for radios haha, but I can improve if put the effort in I think | stylus- or finger-to-touchpad, or in some cases, a mouse. There are many digital art programs and devices.
A drawing instrument releases a small amount of material onto a surface, leaving a visible mark. The most common support for drawing is paper, although other materials, such as cardboard, wood, plastic, leather, canvas, and board, may be used. Temporary drawings may be made on a blackboard or whiteboard or indeed almost anything. The medium has been a popular and fundamental means | of metaphors, but on that I didn't really do it, I just said it how it is. [...] Once I wrote it and listened to it back I did question if it was OK to do that. I've always put myself out there as a songwriter but it's always been hidden somewhat. I'm glad I chose not to be for once though, because it really kick-started the whole album for me." He also cites "It Never Was the Same" and the title | 3,439 | wow-train |
I absolutely love cooking.It's not only the art but technology, science and craft.
I also love cooking food.What is your favourite food item
I think I'll have to say simply curry! But there is so many ingredients around the world it's hard to choose just one. SO many cooking techniques as well! What about you?
yes lot techinques are there, In village the prepare food with stick smoke and in city microoven. | Thai cuisine
Thai cuisine (, , ) is the national cuisine of Thailand.
Thai cooking places emphasis on lightly prepared dishes with strong aromatic components and a spicy edge. Thai chef McDang characterises Thai food as demonstrating "intricacy; attention to detail; texture; color; taste; and the use of ingredients with medicinal benefits, as well as good flavor", as well as care being given to the food's appearance, smell and context. Australian chef David Thompson, an expert on Thai food, observes that | movie you can see that this one wasn't nightclubs in Vegas. But it was just very hard locations to get in there. Very hard to shoot. I remember so many times we'd only have a few minutes to set the camera because the bottom of the swamp would give way. And so, for your camera positions, you had to stage and shoot very quickly in many cases. It just was hard, and the weather was miserable. However, I will say this: If you choose to go make | 3,440 | wow-train |
Hi, I am into reading and good books, how about you?
Hi. I prefer reading magazines. I guess because reading is a complex process of decoding symbols.
Reading mazagine articles is efficient! All the inforrmation needed in 10 minutes. I start reading a book and there goes my time. | 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 | will never see the light of day because I write them for no other purpose than that they are just there, a consequence of reading." Stressing the importance of reading the "Young at Heart" CD, was written with the purpose of creating in the minds of children a passion for learning, and a desire to read. "I start the day reading the Book of Books, the "Bible". I am not trying to sound pious. I'm telling you this is to underscore how important reading special | 3,441 | wow-train |
I have a pet snake its an elongated legless reptile
Wow! How long have you had it for? Is it a common reptile?
Years lol snakes are vertabates covered in scales
Interesting. Is it a poisonous snake? What does it mainly eat? | retain a pelvic girdle with a pair of vestigial claws on either side of the cloaca. Lizards have evolved elongate bodies without limbs or with greatly reduced limbs about twenty-five times independently via convergent evolution, leading to many lineages of legless lizards. Legless lizards resemble snakes, but several common groups of legless lizards have eyelids and external ears, which snakes lack, although this rule is not universal (see Amphisbaenia, Dibamidae, and Pygopodidae).
Living snakes are found on every continent except Antarctica, and on most smaller | Snake (disambiguation)
A snake is an elongated, legless, predatory reptile.
Snake may also refer to:
Devices.
- Bore snake, a gun cleaning tool
- Plumber's snake
- Snake cable
Games and toys.
- "Snake" (video game)
- "Snakes" (N-Gage game)
- S.N.A.K.E., a "G.I. Joe" accessory
Arts and entertainment.
Arts and entertainment Music.
- The Snakes, a British-Norwegian hard rock | 3,442 | wow-train |
My favorite holiday is Halloween. I love dressing up for it and going to costume parties.
I think it is cute to see all the kids and the creative costumes they come up with.
It is cute. Even the adults get really into it and costume parties are really popular in the United States.
I love it. I dressed up as Freddy one time. | Allhallowtide. Wearing costumes and mumming has long been associated with festivals at other times of the year, such as on Christmas. Halloween costumes are traditionally based on frightening supernatural or folkloric beings. However, by the 1930s costumes based on characters in mass media such as film, literature, and radio were popular. Halloween costumes have tended to be worn mainly by young people, but since the mid-20th century they have been increasingly worn by adults also.
History of Halloween costumes.
The wearing of costumes at Halloween may come | is this vulnerability when they are both such bad asses and you put them together and I think there is something really special there. What I appreciate about Lauren is that she's like I don't need to give it to you, you're going to work for it, and I think that's a great message to send to young girls. I think that he is smitten and she is probably a little smitten too but I think she has enough self esteem not to give everything up for the charming cute boy that | 3,443 | wow-train |
I have a husky names Rusty, Do you have any dogs?
I have three! A rat terrier, a boston terrier and a small mix. Huskies are so pretty though - they are the fastest dogs.
i did not know that but it makes sense
It's one of the ways they differentiate them from other sled-dog types by their fast pulling style
I would never want my dog to do that lol. do they compete in it like a sport sled racing? | 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 | indoor breed. It is important they are kept busy and social to discourage boredom. In a recent survey reported (on Dogs 101) of 91 small breed dogs (16 inches and under 22 lbs) the Silky Terrier was ranked in the top 20 in learning the quickest.
The Silky Terrier is described as the best of both worlds temperament-wise . They love to sit on laps and do "toy dog" things but have an easy going more laid back Terrier personality ready for just about any activity. | 3,444 | wow-train |
Have you ever been to the cheesecake factory? I love that place.
Oh yeah that place is great! Their appetizers are to die for.
Yea they have over 200 functioning restaurants, its so awesome. Cheesecake factory have a great brand.
Oh that's cool, so what state did it originate in?
David Overton opened the first one in california in 1978
That's quite a while back and they became really successful it seems! | The Cheesecake Factory
The Cheesecake Factory, Inc. is an American restaurant company and distributor of cheesecakes based in the United States. The company operates 210 full-service restaurants: 194 under The Cheesecake Factory brand, 14 under the Grand Lux Cafe brand and 2 under the RockSugar Pan Asian Kitchen brand. The Cheesecake Factory also operates two bakery production facilities—in Calabasas, California, and Rocky Mount, North Carolina—and licenses two bakery-based menus for other food service operators under The Cheesecake Factory Bakery Cafe marque. Its | which Robinson’s art is held by the "2000 AD" writers:
"Q - Have you ever had an artist turn in something, and thought ‘Oh No! What have they done?!’
A - Yeah, but what can you do? The reverse happens too, of course. You turn in a script you maybe didn't think was so great, and the artist really brings it to life. That happened on a Dredd story I did called "Couch Potatoes". I quite liked | 3,445 | wow-train |
I have never eaten Cheetos, that puffed cornmeal snack. They just don't appeal to me.
Oh really? They are kind of an odd food. They are a bit like packing peanuts. Do you know how they are made? | owner of the Cheetos brand.
In 2010, Cheetos was ranked as the top selling brand of cheese puffs in its primary market of the United States; worldwide the annual retail sales totaled approximately $4 billion. The original "Crunchy Cheetos" are still in production but the product line has since expanded to include 21 different types of Cheetos in North America alone. As Cheetos are sold in more than 36 countries, the flavor and composition is often varied to match regional taste and cultural preferences—such as "Savory | offensive, it meant I was literally wasting my time, 'cause if you ain't working with people that are on the same level then you ain't doing anything. The rest of the band and Malcolm never bothered to find out if I could sing, they just took me as an image. It was as basic as that, they really were as dull as that. After a year of it they were going 'Why don't you have your hair this colour this year?' And I was going 'Oh | 3,446 | wow-train |
I someday want to work for dream works
I would like that too, they have had 10 films that made 100 million or more, imagine getting a piece of that pie!
Oh yeah, i want to become an animator and start working for them
That sounds fun, You would probably have to move to orlando to be close to universal studios, but that would not be a problme for most people!
Of course. i believe what matter most is your portfolio
Their equity was set at 325 Milllion when they were recreated, that is crazy to me, but an Avengers movie makes that in an opening weekend, which is even crazier
They are definitely a big chunk anybody will want to be part of | Cheadle, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Elizabeth Olsen, Paul Bettany, Cobie Smulders, Anthony Mackie, Hayley Atwell, Idris Elba, Stellan Skarsgård, James Spader, and Samuel L. Jackson. In the film, the Avengers fight Ultron, an artificial intelligence obsessed with causing human extinction.
The sequel was announced in May 2012, after the successful release of "The Avengers". Whedon, the director of the first film, was brought back on board in August and a release date was set. By April 2013, | . On April 27, 2010, Michael Ausiello of "Entertainment Weekly" reported that Morris would be upgraded to a series regular for season two. Speaking to E! Online, Morris commented: "It's so fun. I literally just stand there and doze off and then I'm like, 'Oh yeah, I have to speak now! At the 2010 Television Critics Association Summer Press Tour, Murphy stated that Brittany would have "big storylines" in the new season, as viewers want to know more about her | 3,447 | wow-train |
What are your thoughts on corn dogs? | Corn dog
A corn dog (also spelled corndog) is a sausage (usually a hot dog) on a stick that has been coated in a thick layer of cornmeal batter and deep fried. It originated in the United States and is commonly found in American cuisine.
History.
Newly arrived German Texan sausage-makers, finding resistance to the sausages they used to make, have been credited with introducing the corn dog to the United States, though the serving stick came later. A US patent filed in 1927 | mean that one can't eat healthy. There are options available but everyone tends to go with the "I only come once a year" mentality. Canton favorites include cheesecake sundae in a cup, fresh-squeezed lemonade, smoked turkey legs, funnel cakes (pancakey batter drizzled into hot oil through a funnel and covered in powdered sugar), sausage on a stick, corny dogs, kettle corn (mildly sweet popcorn), and wonderful homemade breakfasts. You can snack your way through or sit down to a complete meal | 3,448 | wow-train |
My grandma is from Denmark! Have you ever been? It's southwest of Sweden and south of Norway. Bordered to the south by Germany.
I haven't been there. It would be awesome to go though. do you get to visit there ever? | Denmark also comprises two autonomous constituent countries in the North Atlantic Ocean: the Faroe Islands and Greenland. Denmark has a total area of , land area of , and the total area including Greenland and the Faroe Islands is , and a population of 5.8 million ().
The unified kingdom of Denmark emerged in the 10th century as a proficient seafaring nation in the struggle for control of the Baltic Sea. Denmark, Sweden, and Norway were ruled together under one sovereign ruler in the Kalmar Union, established in 1397 and ending | you have to deliberately go to Alaska. I've never been there, I don't know if I will ever go, but I have a beautiful idea of what it's like." He added, "They say it takes an outsider to describe a place accurately; Joe's from New Jersey and I was born in Connecticut. Sometimes I see my friends go from relationship to relationship, looking for this place they see in their minds, but reality always falls short somehow ... Sometimes it's best to leave certain | 3,449 | wow-train |
What are your thoughts on workplace relationships, which directly affect a worker's ability to drive to succeed.
That is probably not a wise decision | Workplace relationships
Workplace relationships are unique interpersonal relationships with important implications for the individuals in those relationships, and the organizations in which the relationships exist and develop.
Workplace relationships directly affect a worker's ability and drive to succeed. These connections are multifaceted, can exist in and out of the organization, and be both positive and negative. One such detriment lies in the nonexistence of workplace relationships, which can lead to feelings of loneliness and social isolation. Workplace relationships are not limited to friendships, but also include superior- | Market environment
The business environment is a marketing term and refers to factors and forces that affect a firm's ability to build and maintain successful customer relationships. The business environment has been defined as "the totality of physical and social factors that are taken directly into consideration in the decision-making behaviour of individuals in the organisation."
The three levels of the environment are
as following:
1. Internal environment – the internal elements of the organisation used to create, communicate and deliver market offerings.
2 | 3,450 | wow-train |
One of my favorite television shows is Jeopardy!
I love it too! The show was created by Merv Griffin
Oh wow! When was the show created? | Jeopardy!
Jeopardy! is an American television game show created by Merv Griffin. The show features a quiz competition in which contestants are presented with general knowledge clues in the form of answers, and must phrase their responses in the form of questions. The original daytime version debuted on NBC on March 30, 1964, and aired until January 3, 1975. A weekly nighttime syndicated edition aired from September 1974 to September 1975, and a revival, "The All-New Jeopardy!", ran on NBC from October | Merv Griffin
Mervyn Edward Griffin Jr. (July 6, 1925 – August 12, 2007) was an American television host and media mogul. He began his career as a radio and big band singer who went on to appear in film and on Broadway. From 1965 to 1986, Griffin hosted his own talk show, "The Merv Griffin Show". He also created the internationally popular game shows "Jeopardy!" and "Wheel of Fortune" through his television production companies, Merv Griffin Enterprises and Merv Griffin Entertainment. | 3,451 | wow-train |
Hey, I'm just about to go fishing! It's my means of obtaining food for my family!
Oh, good luck then! Most people I know who fish do it just for fun. What kind of fish are you going for?
I like to catch pickerel and perch! I'm quite the fisherman, or so everyone says! I like to capture fish from a body of water!
Do you generally do your fishing in rivers, lakes, or the ocean?
I usually fish in lakes - right now I'm at Lake Nipissing and it's beautiful! At one time fishing was a major means of survival!
It definitely was! Do you like to go out on boats or fish from the shore?
I have a boat - a pontoon, actually. Interestingly, fishing influenced Ancient Egyptian religion. Hard to believe!
I can believe it, I'm sure the river was extremely important to the Egyptians being that they were in such a rough environment. | .
Fishing and the fisherman have also influenced Ancient Egyptian religion; mullets were worshipped as a sign of the arriving flood season. Bastet was often manifested in the form of a catfish. In ancient Egyptian literature, the process that Amun used to create the world is associated with the tilapia's method of mouth-brooding.
Commerce.
According to the FAO, there were about 39 million fishers in countries producing more than 200,000 tonnes in 2012, which is nearly 140% the number in 1995. The total fishery | The thing about music is that the things that go on in my life, like it's so much going on, that I make so many different types of records and I'm just dying to see what kind of record this is going to be, you know what I mean? Is it going to be like the way I intended it to be? Like gutter and grimy like "Trap Muzik", or is it going to be a culmination of radio records and trap records that make up kind of like a | 3,452 | wow-train |
i was a wrestler in high school
You must of been good at takedowns and grappling holds.
yep i was the grappling and takedown pro
Did you do wrestling for entertainment or for competition.
for completion in high school
Did you do traditional or modern style?
more the traditional style | into other martial arts as well as military hand-to-hand combat systems.
The term "wrestling" is attested in late Old English, as "wræstlunge" (glossing "palestram").
History.
Wrestling represents one of the oldest forms of combat. The origins of wrestling go back 15,000 years through cave drawings. Babylonian and Egyptian reliefs show wrestlers using most of the holds known in the present-day sport. Literary references to it occur as early as the Old Testament and the ancient Indian | Wrestling
Wrestling is a combat sport involving grappling-type techniques such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins and other grappling holds. The sport can either be theatrical for entertainment (see professional wrestling), or genuinely competitive. A wrestling bout is a physical competition, between two (occasionally more) competitors or sparring partners, who attempt to gain and maintain a superior position. There are a wide range of styles with varying rules with both traditional historic and modern styles. Wrestling techniques have been incorporated | 3,453 | wow-train |
I would love to be a surgeon when I grow up.
Me too. Performing surgical operations on people sounds fun!
Yes I want to save lives too.
Having the ability to be able to treat peoples diseases and injury's is a blessing.
Yes without doctors things would be bad.
Sushruta, the first surgeon to ever perform a surgery made this all possible.
I've never heard of him. What was the first operation? | Surgeon
In modern medicine, a surgeon is a physician who performs surgical operations. There are also surgeons in podiatry, dentistry maxillofacial surgeon and the veterinary fields.
History.
The first person to document a surgery was the 6th Century BC Indian physician-surgeon, Sushruta. He specialized in cosmetic plastic surgery and even documented an operation of open rhinoplasty. His magnum opus "Suśruta-saṃhitā" is one of the most important surviving ancient treatises on medicine and is considered a foundational text of Ayurveda (a system of | ; during bad times, they were a daily occurrence. He also had an innate sense of when he'd gone too far. . . .After he'd demonstrated that he had forgiven me for the misplaced comma or misspelled word that gave rise to his outburst, he would go up to me."Heidi, honey," he would ask. "Do you still love me?"There was only one answer. To say "no" would be to invite the tempest a second time."Yes, Judge," I would say | 3,454 | wow-train |
I wish I knew how to play guitar | Guitar
The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that usually has six strings. It is typically played with both hands by strumming or plucking the strings with either a guitar pick or the finger(s)/fingernails of one hand, while simultaneously fretting (pressing the strings against the frets) with the fingers of the other hand. The sound of the vibrating strings is projected either acoustically, by means of the hollow chamber of the guitar (for an acoustic guitar), or through an electrical amplifier and a speaker.
The guitar is a | first recognition of the instrument. When I saw that guitar and I saw this kid playing it, I knew instinctually that I was going to play the guitar someday, and that it would be my instrument. Don't ask me how I knew, I just knew. It was the coolest thing I had ever seen."
As a young child, Vai was influenced by the music his parents had listened to. One album in particular that he cites as his "musical awakening" was the original motion picture soundtrack | 3,455 | wow-train |
I love pizza, i think pepperonni is my favorite
To be Pizza it only needs tomato, sauce and cheese for toppings. But yes pep is a good addition.
It is pretty much the only thing i eat on it, I am very picky
The good thing about this traditional Italian dish is that we can now get it just how we want .
That is true, everyone has a preference!
Yep. Any type of meat. All types of veggies. People even have it without cheese.
I think pineapple on a pizza is a travesty to be honesy
I love pineapple on my pizza. However pizza is going big in India. Can you say Curry pizza?
Is that a real thing? Yuck | Hawaiian pizza
Hawaiian pizza is a pizza topped with tomato sauce, cheese, pineapple, and back bacon or ham.
Pineapple as a pizza topping divides public opinion: Hawaiian was the most popular pizza in Australia in 1999, accounting for 15% of pizza sales, and a 2015 review of independent UK takeaways operating through Just Eat found the Hawaiian pizza to be the most commonly available. However, a 2016 survey of US adults had pineapple in the top three least favourite pizza toppings, ahead of anchovies and mushrooms. | , Canadian bacon, hamburger, Italian sausage, jalapeños, mozzarella, mushrooms, black olives, pepperoni, and red onions. In regards to the flavor, Hoffman said in 1996 that "Bambolino's is surprisingly tasty pizza. I was expecting a lesser quality because Bambolino's is pretty much a fast-food hamburger joint that just happens to sell pizza. The dough has a sweet pastry flavor. The sauce is mild, and the cheese is the real deal. Bambolino's also heaps on the toppings. My Double Big | 3,456 | wow-train |
So what are your thoughts on going to the dentist? | Dentist
A dentist, also known as a dental surgeon, is a surgeon who specializes in dentistry, the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of diseases and conditions of the oral cavity. The dentist's supporting team aids in providing oral health services. The dental team includes dental assistants, dental hygienists, dental technicians, and sometimes dental therapists.
History.
History Middle Ages.
In China as well as France, the first people to perform dentistry were barbers. They have been categorized into 2 distinct groups: guild | adopt His consciousness into your mind, for when the end comes to the physical body, none of your worldly scholarship, wealth or possessions are going to come to your rescue."
Seenu's mind became obsessed with thoughts of birth and death: "What is the use of living if we are simply going to die?", "Do we come into being with our physical body, and do we die with this body?", "If one is truly the Immortal Soul, the Consciousness beyond birth and | 3,457 | wow-train |
Some people think hoarding behaviors are related to animal hording behaviors, like birds collecting items.
I didn't know that! That is really interesting.
There isn't a whole lot of evidence for it though. Most animals horde, or cache, food.
I can see that hoarding can make someone feel safe if they grew up with almost nothing. Squirrls are cute with thier cheeks full of food. | Hoarding
Hoarding is a behavior where people or animals accumulate food or other items.
Animal behavior.
"Hoarding" and "caching" are common behaviors in many bird species as well as in rodents. Most animal caches are of food. However, some birds will also stingily collect other items, especially if the birds are pets. Magpies are infamous for hoarding items such as money and jewelry. (Contrary to popular belief, research suggests magpies are no more attracted to shiny things than other kinds of items. | problematic for the animal than if it were a scatter hoarder. While the hoard is much easier to remember the location of, these larger hoards must also be more staunchly defended.
Related behaviors.
- Guarding
Most species are particularly wary of onlooking individuals during caching and ensure that the cache locations are secret. Not all caches are concealed however, for example shrikes store prey items on thorns on branches in the open.
- Shared or individual hoarding
Although a small handful of species share food stores, food | 3,458 | wow-train |
Bentley Motors make some really nice cars.
yea i love them.
Same here! Bentley is a british manufacturer.
oh yea they make great stuff | Bentley
Bentley Motors Limited () is a British manufacturer and marketer of luxury cars and SUVs—and a subsidiary of the Volkswagen Group since 1998.
Headquartered in Crewe, England, the company was founded as Bentley Motors Limited by W. O. Bentley in 1919 in Cricklewood, North London—and became widely known for winning the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1924, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, and 2003.
Prominent models extend from the historic sports-racing Bentley 4½ Litre and Bentley Speed Six; | Episode 5 - Alley Oops
Episode 6 - Snapsy Come Home
Episode 7 - Those Who Can't, Teach
Episode 8 - Oh Yea Pt1
Episode 9 - Oh Yea Pt2
Episode 10 - Hepcat On the Catwalk
Episode 11 - I, Thadius
Episode 12 - How to Make Love
Episode 13 - The End of it All
External links.
- TV.com Info Page
- IMDb Page
- Fansite (no longer updated)
- Butch Patterson DVDs (Other titles from Ocnus Productions | 3,459 | wow-train |
I would love to visit the Egyptian Pyramids. Have you ever been?
Oh no I haven't. The pyramids were built as tombs long ago for pharohs. That would be neat to see.
They are so magnificent in photos, I can only imagine how they would be in person. Definitely a bucket list item for me.
Almost 10 years ago they said there were about 118 or as many as 138. That would be a site to go and see some day.
I didn't realize there were that many! I know that some of the most popular pyramids are the Pyramids of Giza. | were designed by the architect Imhotep, and are generally considered to be the world's oldest monumental structures constructed of dressed masonry.
The most famous Egyptian pyramids are those found at Giza, on the outskirts of Cairo. Several of the Giza pyramids are counted among the largest structures ever built. The Pyramid of Khufu at Giza is the largest Egyptian pyramid. It is the only one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World still in existence.
Historical development.
By the time of the Early Dynastic Period, those | it would be a neat idea to do that. You know, one villain that the whole company could use. I didn’t have to sell it to Marvel, because they already had one universe, but when I came back to DC I indicated that I wanted to do it here. Everyone liked it but forgot to hand out the sheets I gave for their writers. So I have to redo it indicating how far you can take the character from month A to month B. Like for three months you can only show | 3,460 | wow-train |
I find art to be a very exciting topic specially with all the master pieces out there. | , dance, and other performing arts, as well as literature and other media such as interactive media, are included in a broader definition of the arts. Until the 17th century, "art" referred to any skill or mastery and was not differentiated from crafts or sciences. In modern usage after the 17th century, where aesthetic considerations are paramount, the fine arts are separated and distinguished from acquired skills in general, such as the decorative or applied arts.
Though the definition of what constitutes art is disputed and has | upbringing, Kubrick replied: "No, not at all."
In Kubrick's interview with Craig McGregor, he said:
"2001" would give a little insight into my metaphysical interests... I'd be very surprised if the universe wasn't full of an intelligence of an order that to us would seem God-like. I find it very exciting to have a semi-logical belief that there's a great deal to the universe we don't understand, and that there is an intelligence of an incredible | 3,461 | wow-train |
My sister is an annoying 14 year old.
That can be an annoying age! lol Adolescence is usually thought of as the teen years buts physical, psychological and cultural expressions may start and end earlier. It will pass, trust me! lol
I hope it will pass. She is so moody and bratty.
Yep, the moods come with it! Adolescence is viewed as a transitional period between childhood and adulthood whose preparation is to begin an adult life. In the meantime, buy earplugs! lol
It seems to last forever. I am so over it.
Well it's actually a small period of time with multiple transitions involving education, training, employment and transitions from one lifestyle to another. It is a big change.
What age does it end? I cannot wait.
Well it can vary by country and by function. I would hope it would end by 16 or so. Best of luck to you! lol
Thanks for the info! | found it difficult to agree upon a precise definition of adolescence.
A thorough understanding of adolescence in society depends on information from various perspectives, including psychology, biology, history, sociology, education, and anthropology. Within all of these perspectives, adolescence is viewed as a transitional period between childhood and adulthood, whose cultural purpose is the preparation of children for adult roles. It is a period of multiple transitions involving education, training, employment, and unemployment, as well as transitions from one living circumstance to another. | Adolescence
Adolescence () is a transitional stage of physical and psychological development that generally occurs during the period from puberty to legal adulthood (age of majority). Adolescence is usually associated with the teenage years, but its physical, psychological or cultural expressions may begin earlier and end later. For example, puberty now typically begins during preadolescence, particularly in females. Physical growth (particularly in males) and cognitive development can extend into the early twenties. Thus, age provides only a rough marker of adolescence, and scholars have | 3,462 | wow-train |
I'm a dj and i play music for a live audience in a club
Oh wow! What kind of music do you specialize in?
I create mixes,remixes and tracks. I play all types of music, whatever is really popular
I enjoy all sorts of music, alternative rock and electro pop being my favorites. How many shows have you played? | stick or laptop. DJs typically perform for a live audience in a nightclub or dance club or a TV, radio broadcast audience, or in the 2010s, an online radio audience. DJs also create mixes, remixes and tracks that are recorded for later sale and distribution. In hip hop music, DJs may create beats, using percussion breaks, basslines and other musical content sampled from pre-existing records. In hip hop, rappers and MCs use these beats to rap over.
DJs use equipment that can play at | It was around me all the time when I was growing up, my dad was a DJ and he would play all sorts of stuff around the house, Hip hop, electro, funk and my mum would play piano. And I suppose I just randomly got into rapping. I remember rapping in math class, I failed maths, but I suppose I did OK in other things." Cadence has said that he is inspired by dance music: "I'm a big Basement Jaxx fan. I like the way their | 3,463 | wow-train |
I am a computer repair technician | Computer repair technician
A computer repair technician is a person who repairs and maintains computers and servers. The technician's responsibilities may extend to include building or configuring new hardware, installing and updating software packages, and creating and maintaining computer networks.
Overview.
Computer technicians work in a variety of settings, encompassing both the public and private sectors. Because of the relatively brief existence of the profession, institutions offer certificate and degree programs designed to prepare new technicians, but computer repairs are frequently performed by experienced and certified technicians | List of computer occupations
A.
- A/B tester
- Application analyst
B.
- Business analyst
C.
- Computer operator
- Computer repair technician
- Computer scientist
- Computer analyst
D.
- Data entry clerk
- Database administrator
- Data analyst
- Data designer
- Data scientist
H.
- Hardware engineer
I.
- Information systems technician
- IT assistant
N.
- Network analyst
- Network administrator
P.
- Programmer
- Product manager | 3,464 | wow-train |
One of my favorite things to do is tell joke stories to my friends with a really dumb punchline
That seems to be a joker,what type of punchline do you refer?
I like jokes that are long and involved like a story, but with a really silly ending. Like a pun
Pun jokes ,what makes them fun?
Puns use multiple meanings of a word in order to make the joke fun and humorous
Examples are...I mean the multiple meanings ? | Joke
A joke is a display of humour in which words are used within a specific and well-defined narrative structure to make people laugh and is not meant to be taken seriously. It takes the form of a story, usually with dialogue, and ends in a punch line. It is in the punch line that the audience becomes aware that the story contains a second, conflicting meaning. This can be done using a pun or other word play such as irony, a logical incompatibility, nonsense, or other means | functions and functions in my mind. I don't want to say I wasn't in a place to record again, but I needed time. I needed time to be able to figure out things. I wanted to be able to make my songs feel like something again. I know a lot of stuff on "Relapse" was comical and funny punchline jokes, but a lot of the songs didn't really feel like anything. I had to go back and listen to some of my older music to try to figure | 3,465 | wow-train |
i love Carrie Underwood! She is such a talented country singer
I'm not a huge fan of country but I enjoyed that song she sang "Jesus take the wheel."
she was the winner of the fourth season of American Idol
Yes that was back when American Idol was fun to watch.
oh you don't like American idol? I still watch it :) I still listen to her song "Before he cheats"
I don't think it's the same as it used to be. | Take the Wheel" and "Before He Cheats", it became the best-selling solo female debut album in country music history, the fastest-selling debut country album in Nielsen SoundScan history and the best-selling country album of the last 16 years. Underwood won three Grammy Awards for the album, including Best New Artist.
Her second album, "Carnival Ride", followed in 2007. It had one of the biggest-ever opening weeks by a female artist and earned Underwood two Grammy Awards. Her | Carrie Underwood
Carrie Marie Fisher (née Underwood; born March 10, 1983) is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. She rose to fame as the winner of the fourth season of "American Idol" in 2005. Her debut single, "Inside Your Heaven", is the only country song to debut at number one on the US "Billboard" Hot 100. Her debut album, "Some Hearts", was released in 2005. Bolstered by the huge crossover success of the singles "Jesus, | 3,466 | wow-train |
I liked watching Scooby-Doo when I was a kid. It's an animated cartoon franchise that first aired in 1969.
Yeah I have seen reruns of the original cartoon. It is still entertaining today.
Which one was your favorite character out of Fred Jones, Daphne Blake, Velma Dinkley, Shaggy, and Scobby-Doo?
I would have to go with Scooby. He always cracked me up by running away from the monsters.
Yeah I liked him too. The supernatural creatures could be scary sometimes. I wasn't allowed to watch the show when I was really young.
Yeah there was one called the Wolfman that was really creepy. I had nightmares about it when I was younger.
In the newer versions of the show, they added new characters like Scooby's cousin Scooby-Dum and nephew Scrappy-Doo. For some reason Scrappy-Doo really annoyed me.
I never got into the remakes. Although I did like the movies with Freddy Prince as Fred. | through a series of antics and missteps.
Following the success of the original series, Hanna-Barbera and its successor Warner Bros. Animation have produced numerous follow-up and spin-off animated series and several related works, including television specials and made-for-TV movies, a line of direct-to-video films, and two Warner Bros.–produced theatrical feature films. Some versions of "Scooby-Doo" feature different variations on the show's supernatural theme, and include characters such as Scooby's cousin Scooby- | Scooby-Doo
Scooby-Doo is an American animated franchise, comprising many animated television series produced from 1969 to the present day. Writers Joe Ruby and Ken Spears created the original series, "Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!", for Hanna-Barbera Productions in 1969. This Saturday-morning cartoon series featured four teenagers—Fred Jones, Daphne Blake, Velma Dinkley, and Norville "Shaggy" Rogers—and their talking brown Great Dane named Scooby-Doo, who solve mysteries involving supposedly supernatural creatures | 3,467 | wow-train |
Tea is my favorite beverage! What is your favorite tea?
Mine too !Tea is an aromatic beverage commonly prepared by pouring hot water over cured leaves
My favorite tea is chai. What is your favorite way to have tea?
No favourite as such,Do you know that originated in Southwest China, where it was used as medicine?
I had no idea! What kind of medicine?
In China we have the leaves and shrubs for coldThere are many different types of tea; some, like Darjeeling and Chinese greens,
Do you put milk in Chinese green tea or drink it plane?
Putting milk reduces the medical effects.the leaves is calledCamellia sinensis" leaves
That's actually really interesting. Can you buy these teas in America? | American tea culture
American tea culture encompasses the methods of preparation and means of consumption of tea within the context of the culture of the United States.
American restaurants and workplaces typically offer machine-made drip brew coffee by default, while hot tea brewed by the cup with tea bags is available by request. Tea has played an important role in the United States, as families tend to gather around the kitchen and tea is often served here. Tea drinking is popular with all ages. Tea parties can be celebrated for | Tea
Tea is an aromatic beverage commonly prepared by pouring hot or boiling water over cured leaves of the "Camellia sinensis", an evergreen shrub (bush) native to East Asia. After water, it is the most widely consumed drink in the world. There are many different types of tea; some, like Darjeeling and Chinese greens, have a cooling, slightly bitter, and astringent flavour, while others have vastly different profiles that include sweet, nutty, floral or grassy notes.
Tea originated in Southwest China | 3,468 | wow-train |
I love chicken dished. I just will get a list of chicken dishes
I like them too, i really like chicken red meat instead of white meat, its more tasty
chicken meals can come with a wide viriety of foods and cooked many different ways
Yes, i really like the south-american style, the chicken is pulled and mixed with a lot of juicy dressings | around 600 BC. Chicken was one of the most common meats available in the Middle Ages. It was eaten over most of the Eastern hemisphere and a number of different kinds of chicken such as capons, pullets and hens were eaten. It was one of the basic ingredients in the so-called white dish, a stew usually consisting of chicken and fried onions cooked in milk and seasoned with spices and sugar.
Chicken dishes.
- Afritada
- Airline chicken
- Adobo
- Ají de gallina
- | replace popular meats with chicken.
Options for dinner Main dishes Traditional main course dishes.
Many traditional dishes have been abandoned in Denmark in the last 4-5 decades, especially dishes requiring long preparations but also organ meat dishes. Fast preparations, pre-cooked meals and foreign inspired cooking from around the world, has increasingly found its way into the kitchens of the common Danish family. Traditional Danish main course dishes includes:
- "Boller i karry" (Dumplings in curry). Meat balls of pork in curry sauce | 3,469 | wow-train |
Hello, How are you?
I am doing good and yourself?
I am good also. What is your name?
Steve I practice law as a paralegal.
My husband is lawyer. For how nany year do you pratice law?
I passed my tests to become a certified paralegal four years ago.
My husband has got his lawyer diploma ten years ago. | general-purpose legal services provider; rather, their legal professions consist of a large number of different kinds of law-trained persons, known as jurists, some of whom are advocates who are licensed to practice in the courts. It is difficult to formulate accurate generalizations that cover all the countries with multiple legal professions, because each country has traditionally had its own peculiar method of dividing up legal work among all its different types of legal professionals.
Notably, England, the mother of the common law jurisdictions, emerged from | . Kopyto told an interviewer "When they disbarred me, they clipped my wings, but I could still fly but now, they are trying to shoot the bird. This is worrying me endlessly. How can you have good character as a paralegal if you didn't have good character as a lawyer? I didn't expect a professional guillotine to fall on my neck, but I will not go gently into the night."
The law society's hearings on Kopyto's application for a paralegal licence began in 2009 and | 3,470 | wow-train |
it always seems like i cant make it anywhere on time due to traffic or something. do you have the same problem?
Yes I seem to have the habit of being late a lot!
ive heard youd be late for your own funeral, lol. i wonder why its so hard to show up on time sometimes?
I'm not sure but in Africa it's called "African time" to be late because they tend to be more laid back about being on time. lol
thats very interesting. tell me more? | African time
African time or Africa time is the perceived cultural tendency, in parts of Africa and the Caribbean toward a more relaxed attitude to time. This is sometimes used in a pejorative sense, about tardiness in appointments, meetings and events. This also includes the more leisurely, relaxed, and less rigorously scheduled lifestyle found in African countries, especially as opposed to the more clock-bound pace of daily life in Western countries. As such, it is similar to time orientations in some other non-Western culture regions | no choice, because ive always wanted to wear tights and the saving people is just an added bonus. No seriously, most superheroes do get a little something on the side depending on how many people they save. anyway ive digressed, this will be my last entry. so i will leave you with the great words of Milli Vanilli, "Blame it on the Rain," yes just blame it on the rain. Oh, and always pull out, its good for your health."
Television series | 3,471 | wow-train |
i love going Snorkeling it is one of my favorite activities | Snorkeling
Snorkeling (British and Commonwealth English spelling: snorkelling) is the practice of swimming on or through a body of water while equipped with a diving mask, a shaped breathing tube called a snorkel, and usually swimfins. In cooler waters, a wetsuit may also be worn. Use of this equipment allows the snorkeler to observe underwater attractions for extended periods with relatively little effort and to breathe while face-down at the surface.
Snorkeling is a popular recreational activity, particularly at tropical resort locations. The primary appeal | concerned about the leak:
""Yesterday, my album advance was sent only to the folks at my record label, radio DJ's and music supervisors. It is just inevitable that one of those people are going to try and make a buck or put up the music just for their own personal satisfaction. [...] If you can't afford 8 dollars for an album, then you can always support your favorite artists by even just purchasing a song or two! If an artist I love had made a new | 3,472 | wow-train |
I love going to bakeries and baker's shops.
same they are qite fun
I just love eating stuff like bread and cookies.
yep its so awesome just eating
I mean who doesn't love cookies and cakes?
yea i know its so delicious
They are just so sweet and delicious, just like any pastries and cakes and pies.
yea i know, i would love some right now | Bakery
A bakery (also baker's shop or bake shop) is an establishment that produces and sells flour-based food baked in an oven such as bread, cookies, cakes, pastries, and pies. Some retail bakeries are also cafés, serving coffee and tea to customers who wish to consume the baked goods on the premises.
History.
Baked goods have been around for thousands of years. The art of baking was developed early during the Roman Empire. It was a highly famous art as Roman citizens | . If it's in existence and I am eligible to use it, I'll use it."
In an interview, Donaldson said of the animal rights complaints:
What are we going to do about the coyotes, that are eating the lambs like there's no tomorrow? They're eating so many lambs, I thought the other day I'd put out some mint jelly, in case they want it with their mutton. Every time I say this, the conservationists and the people who love animals just jump | 3,473 | wow-train |
I prefer to live in an apartment because it is self contained
Yes, that is true I like self contained apartments too | apartments for rent. A high-rise apartment building is commonly referred to as a "residential tower", "apartment tower", or "block of flats" in Australia.
A high-rise building is defined by its height differently in various jurisdictions. It may be only residential, in which case it might also be called a tower block, or it might include other functions such as hotel, offices, or shops. There is no clear difference between a tower block and a skyscraper, although a building | apartment.
A "serviced apartment" is any size space for residential living which includes regular maid and cleaning services provided by the rental agent. Serviced apartments or serviced flats developed in the early part of the 20th century and were briefly fashionable in the 1920s and 30s. They are intended to combine the best features of luxury and self-contained apartments, often being an adjunct of a hotel. Like guests semi-permanently installed in a luxury hotel, residents could enjoy the additional facilities such as house keeping, laundry, | 3,474 | wow-train |
Marathons are fun to run in
Definitely! They are a 26 miles long and usually as a road race. I'm actually training for one right now!
oh really how far is yours, and how long do you train before it happens
All marathons are the same distance, 26 miles. My training program is 24 weeks long although this can vary depending on the person. It was one of the original olymic events in 1896!
really I didnt know that, actually either of those facts
The name "marathon" actually comes from the name of a battlefield to in Athens. Someone was sent from there to announce that Persians had been defeated! He ran it on foot.
oh wow, that is a fun fact to know, and such interesting history, I need to tell my kids that | just fought), which took place in August or September, 490 BC. It is said that he ran the entire distance without stopping and burst into the assembly, exclaiming ("nenikēkamen", "we have won!"), before collapsing and dying. The account of the run from Marathon to Athens first appears in Plutarch's "On the Glory of Athens" in the 1st century AD, which quotes from Heraclides Ponticus's lost work, giving the runner's name as either Thersipus of Erchius or Eucles. | teams started to think about it.
He was a big influence on my career. In terms of training, he was a long way ahead. In those times, riders did unbelievable miles on the bike. They’d go out and do 5 and 6 hour marathons every day.
In my time, he was the guy who’d make you do shorter rides of quality as well as a long mid-week ride. That was 10 years before specialised training programmes – I realised this because I’d been through | 3,475 | wow-train |
I take Vitamin C when I have a cold. It's a great in food and dietary supplements. How about you?
I usually do take it when I have a cold. I try to take some every day but forget sometimes
Good call! There is evidence it helps shorten the length of colds!
Has there been a lot of studies on it? | Vitamin C
Vitamin C, also known as ascorbic acid and -ascorbic acid, is a vitamin found in various foods and sold as a dietary supplement. It is used to prevent and treat scurvy. Vitamin C is an essential nutrient involved in the repair of tissue and the enzymatic production of certain neurotransmitters. It is required for the functioning of several enzymes and is important for immune system function. It also functions as an antioxidant.
Current evidence does not support its use for the prevention of the common cold. There is | "Turkestan salt is another thing I require. I need it when I take Cold-Food Powder."; and a lament over their 26-year separation says, "Of late, I have been missing you more than I can say. I have been taking Cold-Food Powder for a long time, but I am still weak."
The Jin Dynasty Daoist scholar Ge Hong's (c. 320) "Baopuzi" ("[Book of the] Master Who Embraces Simplicity") contains invaluable details about the | 3,476 | wow-train |
I like to run.
Me too! Last time I ran I listened to run the world (girls) by beyonce. Heard of it?
I have heard of Beyonce, but not that particular song. I am not good with song names, but I am sure I have heard the song. | Beyoncé
Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter (; born September 4, 1981) is an American singer, actress, songwriter, record producer, director, model, dancer, fashion designer and businesswoman. Born and raised in Houston, Texas, Beyoncé performed in various singing and dancing competitions as a child. She rose to fame in the late 1990s as lead singer of the R&B girl-group Destiny's Child. Managed by her father, Mathew Knowles, the group became one of the best-selling girl groups in history. | ' and I guarantee you feel gangsta! So listen to the song from that point of view again if you didn't like it before."
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie praised the song, stating that she "likes the idea that Beyonce's song might make girls feel that they can ask to try to do these things" and further said "I have had young people in Nigeria who probably would have never heard of my TED talk without Beyonce and who are now talking about feminism."
Composition.
"Flawless | 3,477 | wow-train |
I have a job as a disc jockey. Do you like radio dj's?
Yes, they are cool! I often go to clubs because the DJs play and mix good music together! What music do you like to mix?
I like to mix hip hop with some rock or jazz. What kind of mixes do you like to listen to?
I also like those genres of music. My favourtie music is House music though. Wos your favourtie DJ?
DJ Paul and Jam Master Jay are two of my favorite. Who are some DJs you like?
Tiesto is my number one! I like his style and how me makes the beat drop! He is a master at Electronic Dance music!
Is that also what they call dubstep? | Northern Soul DJ and Kool Kat Records boss Neil Rushton (at the time an A&R scout for Virgin's "10 Records" imprint) and Derrick May, was an important milestone and marked the introduction of the word "techno" in reference to a specific genre of music. Although the compilation put "techno" into the lexicon of music journalism, the music was, for a time, sometimes characterized as Detroit's high-tech interpretation of Chicago house rather than a relatively pure genre unto itself. In fact, the | the mix, but was pleased when he heard the final recording. Of the resulting mix of the two artists' genres, he said: "Young people know what they are doing and, above all, how they should do it. Hip hop is a legitimate genre, just like pop, jazz, rock or anything else. I don't see why [our] genres shouldn't be connected."
Critical reception.
Several critics noted that "Nie som tu náhodou" is Majk Spirit's "most | 3,478 | wow-train |
I don't like tattoo, do you?
I don't either. Tattoos are modifications to a person's body
I learnt it was used during slavery as mark to identity slaves | Tattoo
A tattoo is a form of body modification where a design is made by inserting ink, dyes and pigments, either indelible or temporary, into the dermis layer of the skin to change the pigment. The art of making tattoos is tattooing.
Tattoos fall into three broad categories: purely decorative (with no specific meaning); symbolic (with a specific meaning pertinent to the wearer); pictorial (a depiction of a specific person or item). In addition, tattoos can be used for identification such as | been used for identification in other ways. As early as the Zhou, Chinese authorities would employ facial tattoos as a punishment for certain crimes or to mark prisoners or slaves. During the Roman Empire, gladiators and slaves were tattooed: exported slaves were tattooed with the words "tax paid", and it was a common practice to tattoo "Stop me, I'm a runaway" on their foreheads. Owing to the Biblical strictures against the practice, Emperor Constantine I banned tattooing the face around AD 330, and the | 3,479 | wow-train |
I love going to the beach. It is a landform by a body of water with sand.
The beach is one of my favorite places on earth! I just don't prefer the salty water yuck.What do you like doing at the beach?
I love the feeling of sand under my feet. I don't like hard gravel beaches. I like to sunbathe and relax.
I prefer white sand beaching they are so pretty ! Clear water is what I prefer so that I can Snorkel. I love seeing all of the underwater wildlife.
Snorkeling is great to observe underwater attractions for long periods.
Absolutely ! Have you ever tried skim boarding or surfing? They are some of my favorite water sports
No but I want to try skimboarding. It is using a small board to glide on the water.
Yeah my favorite brand of board is Victoria. If you try it that's a great brand to try out ! They have top notch quality. | Skimboarding
Skimboarding (or skimming) is a boardsport in which a "skimboard" (much like a surfboard but smaller and without fins) is used to glide across the water's surface to meet an incoming breaking wave, and ride it back to shore. Wave-riding skimboarders perform a variety of surface and air maneuvers, at various stages of their ride, out to, and back with, the wave. Some of these are known as "wraps," "big spins," "360 shove-its | my social skills."
Speaking about her homeland, Brown told Wish magazine in 2010 that she misses "the moving air that you feel on your face when you're at the beach [in Sydney]. If I could borrow that and swish it around my apartment, I would. And I love a good Mint Slice," referring to an Australian chocolate biscuit. Brown said her favorite thing about New York "is that at the beginning of the week you just don't know how your week is going to | 3,480 | wow-train |
My mother used to do Crochet.
Yes making things from loops of yarn or strands of other materials using a hook! Its fun but I feel it can be tedious.
Yes I believe I tried learning to Crochet once, but I probably got bored after a couple days. | , while knitting keeps a large number of stitches open at a time. (Variant forms such as Tunisian crochet and broomstick lace keep multiple crochet stitches open at a time.)
Etymology.
The word crochet is derived from the Old French "crochet", a diminutive of "croche", in turn from the Germanic "croc", both meaning "hook". It was used in 17th-century French lace making, "crochetage" designating a stitch used to join separate pieces of lace, and " | Crochet
Crochet (; ) is a process of creating fabric by interlocking loops of yarn, thread, or strands of other materials using a crochet hook. The name is derived from the French term "crochet", meaning 'small hook'. These are made of materials such as metal, wood, or plastic and are manufactured commercially and produced in artisan workshops. The salient difference between crochet and knitting, beyond the implements used for their production, is that each stitch in crochet is completed before the next one is begun | 3,481 | wow-train |
I really want to go swimming today. Do you like swimming?
I love swimming! Humans can hold their breath underwater and make rudimentary swimming motions within weeks of birth.
Oh wow I didn't know that! What else do you know about swimming?
Swimming is among the top sports world wide and in some countries swimming lessons are a part of a child's standard education.
That's really neat! I like that they make it a part of children's education because it can help prevent children from drowning. | will reflexively hold their breath when submerged to protect their airway and are able to survive immersion in water for short periods of time. Infants can also be taken to swimming lessons. Although this may be done to reduce their risk of drowning, the effects on drowning risk are not reliable.
It is extremely important to note that while babies can imitate swimming motions and reflexes, they are not yet physically capable of swimming.
Infant swimming or diving reflex.
Most human babies demonstrate an innate swimming or diving reflex from | 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 | 3,482 | wow-train |
I enjoy singing, but I don't think I could do it a cappella style, without musical instrument accompaniment in the background.
Yeah, a cappella seems like since your voice is the only thing making sound, there is nothing to hide behind if you are off key!
Yes, and I need to hide the fact that I am a poor vocalist behind very loud music, especially when I'm in my car, lol.
Ha! Very true for me as well. When was a capella created and popular? | perform as soloists or accompanied by anything from a single instrument (as in art song or some jazz styles) up to a symphony orchestra or big band. Different singing styles include art music such as opera and Chinese opera, Indian music and religious music styles such as gospel, traditional music styles, world music, jazz, blues, gazal and popular music styles such as pop, rock, electronic dance music and filmi (film songs).
Singing can be formal or informal, arranged or improvised. It may be | questionnaire, that was like pre-written. Like it seemed just like it was this pre-written thing, towards … like it was totally impersonal. It was, ah, like, "What do you like about Nike? What do you think you can bring to Nike? What like, ah, blah, blah, blah, blah, bah. Like I don't even know if it was, like, a serious consideration that I could ride for them, but, yeah, when I read that | 3,483 | wow-train |
Sleep is a very interesting subject. And also something I don't get enough of!
Definitely, sleep deprivation is no joke, whether it's chronic or acute. Sleep is necessary!
I worry about what could happen if I continue missing quality sleep for too many days in a row!
I always make sure to sleep enough, so my body can get both non-REM and REM sleep.
Is non-REM what I hear people call deep sleep? I feel like I don't get much of it! | Rapid eye movement sleep
Rapid eye movement sleep (REM sleep or REMS) is a unique phase of sleep in mammals and birds, distinguishable by random/rapid movement of the eyes, accompanied with low muscle tone throughout the body, and the propensity of the sleeper to dream vividly.
The REM phase is also known as paradoxical sleep (PS) and sometimes desynchronized sleep because of physiological similarities to waking states, including rapid, low-voltage desynchronized brain waves. Electrical and chemical activity regulating this phase seems to originate | Don't smoke before or after the birth of the baby and make sure no one smokes around the baby.
- Don't let the baby get too warm during sleep. Keep the baby warm during sleep, but not too warm. The baby's room should be at a temperature that is comfortable for an adult. Too many layers of clothing or blankets can overheat the baby.
Some mothers worry if the baby rolls over during the night. However, by the time the baby is able to roll over by | 3,484 | wow-train |
My sister works in finance. She really enjoys it, but to me, it sounds boring.
Yes, it sounds boring to me too! my sister is actually an accountant, so i feel the same. I'd rather be some kind of writer, like Matt Groening from The Simpsons
I'm not even that creative. I know there is money to be made in finance, but I just don't think I could commit to it.
I knwo that there are different areas of finance, like public and corporate, which sound lucrative but boring. Iw ould rather learn more about personal finance, I think that would be useful.
That would definitely be useful. I could use some help with that, as my finances aren't that great haha | Finance
Finance is a field that is concerned with the allocation (investment) of assets and liabilities over space and time, often under conditions of risk or uncertainty. Finance can also be defined as the art of money management. Participants in the market aim to price assets based on their risk level, fundamental value, and their expected rate of return. Finance can be split into three sub-categories: public finance, corporate finance and personal finance.
Areas of finance.
Areas of finance Personal finance.
Matters | this song is about me basically saying that just because all of those things are there [it] doesn't mean that there is not sort of the same person underneath. And then, also that these veils, they are really just protecting me from the thing that I held the most sacred, which is my creativity ... My Aura is the way that I deal with my insanity and I feel quite insane, so this song sounds very insane ... Everyone thinks that everything I do is a statement but some times I'm | 3,485 | wow-train |
Hello! How often do you shop at Goodwill?
I am actually planning to shop at a thrift store in the very near future. When money is tight, cheap clothing is always good to get. How about you?
That is true! I shop there probably once a month or so. It's a good place to find costume-type clothes for sorority rushes. So you haven't been before?
The Goodwill here in town is a bit of a drive. So I will go to a number of stores that are closer. I've been to GoodWill on many occasions, though. I like that they hire veterans.
They do hire veterans, which is nice. But I've heard they don't treat their employees well. Have you heard anything about that?
That's new information to me. They usually hire people who lack education or job experience and face employment challenges. Perhaps those folks have some difficulty doing the job?
Possibly. I know that in terms of donations, I prefer to donate to local outreach programs instead because they don't charge homeless people for clothing. | Goodwill Industries
Goodwill Industries International Inc., or shortened to Goodwill, (stylized as goodwill) is an American nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization that provides job training, employment placement services, and other community-based programs for people who have barriers preventing them from otherwise obtaining a job. In addition, Goodwill Industries may hire veterans and individuals who lack education or job experience or face employment challenges. Goodwill is funded by a massive network of retail thrift stores which operate as nonprofits as well. Goodwill's answer to its profit status is | do not know where I am going or when I will get there.
Even work does not take the pain away. I may be diving for my own pleasure or showing others how to do so, but when I return to the shop, it seems empty without you. I stock and order as I always did, but even now, I sometimes glance over my shoulder without thinking and call for you. As I write this note to you, I wonder when, or if, things like that will ever | 3,486 | wow-train |
I like leather's smell.
That's interesting. So, you probably prefer a car that has leather interior? | Alfa Romeo GTV and Spider
The Alfa Romeo GTV (Type 916) and Alfa Romeo Spider were two sports cars produced by the Italian manufacturer Alfa Romeo from 1993 to 2004. The GTV is a 2+2 coupé, and the Spider is a two-seater roadster version of the GTV. Around 39,000 Spiders and 41,700 GTVs were built.
The GTV's name (Gran Turismo Veloce—) placed it as the successor to the long-discontinued Alfetta GTV coupé, whereas the Spider was effectively the replacement for the | other names and various other characters. You build up this whole network of characters who talk about your books and sometimes have conversations with yourself."
Leather's comment was widely reported, and, on 3 September 2012, forty nine other British authors issued a group statement in which they "unreservedly condemn" the use of sockpuppets, or paid reviews.
Jeremy Duns and Steve Mosby have alleged that Leather has harassed them online. | 3,487 | wow-train |
I recently got a pet parrot
Do you know how to take care of your new furry psittacines, another word for parrot? I am a parrot trainer and can help you with any questions on taking care of your new pet.
Awesome! What kind of food is best for them?
They usually eat seeds, nuts, fruit, buds and other plant materials. Keep in mind that they are tropical animals so give them fruits you would find in the tropical locations.
What is the life expectancy? | Parrot
Parrots, also known as psittacines , are birds of the roughly 393 species in 92 genera that make up the order Psittaciformes, found in most tropical and subtropical regions. The order is subdivided into three superfamilies: the Psittacoidea ("true" parrots), the Cacatuoidea (cockatoos), and the Strigopoidea (New Zealand parrots). Parrots have a generally pantropical distribution with several species inhabiting temperate regions in the Southern Hemisphere, as well. The greatest diversity of parrots is in South America and Australasia.
Characteristic | twenty years ago. And they're catching up with it now, with the scandal sheet. They're rags, that's what they are. You use them to train your dog and your parrot. What else do I have to say? Oh, I guess that's it. That'll keep them talking to themselves for a while. I think most of them are a bunch of fags anyway. Never did a hard day's work in their life. I love when they say, "What do you mean | 3,488 | wow-train |
Hamburgers are wonderful, and I like them alot. Beefburgers are my favorite.
I love burgers as well. Beef is my meat of choice. What else do you like on your burger? | Hamburger
A hamburger (short: burger) is a sandwich consisting of one or more cooked patties of ground meat, usually beef, placed inside a sliced bread roll or bun. The patty may be pan fried, grilled, or flame broiled. Hamburgers are often served with cheese, lettuce, tomato, onion, pickles, bacon, or chiles; condiments such as ketchup, mayonnaise, mustard, relish, or "special sauce"; and are frequently placed on sesame seed buns. A hamburger topped with cheese is | or something to keep me busy until something else comes along. it is the music i feel like making and sharing for right now. love you guys. thank you for your support. adam"
Three days later he made another statement making it clear the band was not breaking up, saying "friends. do not mistake my previous post for a break up announcement. it was an update letting you know that we are currently inactive and there is no forthcoming record from us as of now. i cannot say | 3,489 | wow-train |
A near-death experience is a personal experience associated with death or impending death. Have you ever had one, hopefully not!
I have not, but that sounds very scary.
They say there can be a feeling of detachment from the body, levitation, total peace, security, and/or the presence of light.
I cannot even imagine how that would feel. what causes this?
They believe being that close to death comes from disturbed bodily multisensory integration. Basically the sensors in us are on overload
That is so interesting. I hope I never experience that.
I hope not either. Now the last explanation was the science definition. Religious beliefs say it's the crossing over into the afterlife the people just don't make it all the way.
That one makes a little more sense. What else do you know? | injuries, climbers who had fallen from heights or other individuals who had come close to death (near drownings, accidents) was reported by Albert Heim. This was also the first time the phenomenon was described as clinical syndrome. In 1968 Celia Green published an analysis of 400 first-hand accounts of out-of-body experiences. This represented the first attempt to provide a taxonomy of such experiences, viewed simply as anomalous perceptual experiences, or hallucinations. In 1969, Swiss-American psychiatrist and pioneer in near-death | Near-death experience
A near-death experience (NDE) is a personal experience associated with death or impending death. When positive, such experiences may encompass a variety of sensations including detachment from the body, feelings of levitation, total serenity, security, warmth, the experience of absolute dissolution, and the presence of a light. When negative, such experiences may include sensations of torment and torture. NDEs are a recognized part of some transcendental and religious beliefs in an afterlife.
Different models have been described to | 3,490 | wow-train |
We have two pets as well because of their attractive appearances and their loyal and playful personalities.
What kind of pets do you have? | pocket pets, while the equine and bovine group include the largest companion animals.
Pets provide their owners (or "guardians") both physical and emotional benefits. Walking a dog can provide both the human and the dog with exercise, fresh air, and social interaction. Pets can give companionship to people who are living alone or elderly adults who do not have adequate social interaction with other people. There is a medically approved class of therapy animals, mostly dogs or cats, that are brought to visit confined humans, | Pet
A pet or companion animal is an animal kept primarily for a person's company, entertainment, or as an act of compassion such as taking in and protecting a hungry stray cat, rather than as a working animal, livestock, or laboratory animal. Popular pets are often noted for their attractive appearances, intelligence, and relatable personalities, or may just be accepted as they are because they need a home.
Two of the most popular pets are dogs and cats. The technical term for a cat lover is | 3,491 | wow-train |
I always preferred reading to playing sports. I'm not a bulky guy. How about you?
I love to read! Especially novels, which are typically long works of narrative fiction. Do you have a favorite author?
To be honest, it varies with age. A few years ago I would have said J.K. Rowling, Brian Jacques, or Jules Verne. Now it's Stephen King, James Patterson, or similar.
All great choices! I think Walter Scott summed up novels the best when he said of novels, "the events are accommodated to the ordinary train of human events and the modern state of society." Very different from poems.
Oh, that's deep. I like it! And, yes, it's very attuned to the personality of the reader. After all, imagination is simply the inner reflections of your fantasies
Oh, I love that! It's hard to believe that novels have been around since 1605 when Miguel de Cervantes wrote "Don Quixote." Times sure have changed!
You have a good point, though. A lot are based off reality and modern affairs. At least, to a degree. I always like to say that behind every story is a spin of truth. With that said, for as long as we've been able to write...novels have been a great tool :) | which he defined as "a fictitious narrative in prose or verse; the interest of which turns upon marvellous and uncommon incidents". However, many such romances, including the historical romances of Scott, Emily Brontë's "Wuthering Heights" and Herman Melville's "Moby-Dick", are also frequently called novels, and Scott describes romance as a "kindred term". This sort of romance is in turn different from the genre fiction love romance or romance novel. Other European languages do not distinguish between romance and novel | —there are certain things you just don't do in fantasy. You don't have sex near unicorns. It's an ironclad rule. It's tacky." Critics questioned whether younger "Harry Potter" fans might be drawn into wanting to read the book, Rowling responded saying, "There is no part of me that feels that I represented myself as your children's babysitter or their teacher. I was always, I think, completely honest. I'm a writer, and I will write what I want to | 3,492 | wow-train |
I love swimming in fresh or salt water in the summer.
I love to swim too! I usually do in a pool, but will be swimming in the ocean this weekend, Florida bound!
That sounds exciting! How long can you hold your breath underwater?
Not very long! I don't really like to go underwater too much, it burns my contacts.
Oh I see. I love swimming since its a “low-impact” activity compared to land activities such as running, especially since I have a bad knee
Yes, I can understand that. Plus, it's a fun family activity too. Splashing and laughing! | local, national, and international competitions, including every modern Summer Olympics.
Science.
Swimming relies on the nearly neutral buoyancy of the human body. On average, the body has a relative density of 0.98 compared to water, which causes the body to float. However, buoyancy varies on the basis of body composition, lung inflation, and the salinity of the water. Higher levels of body fat and saltier water both lower the relative density of the body and increase its buoyancy.
Since the human body is | the first flight home!" He also mentions in one episode that he was born without genitals.) Sometimes he would make very strange comments about a location such as 'the children of Britain are notoriously stupid and must attend school' and 'if you have a verucca you would like to share, then go to your local swimming pool'.
He often makes surreal statements, like; "I must go now because I am about to reach orgasm", or "I do love an election... in fact | 3,493 | wow-train |
This country runs thanks to the invaluable service provided by truck drivers.
Oh yea? what does it take to be a truck driver? | land, typically to and from manufacturing plants, retail and distribution centers. Truck drivers are also responsible for inspecting all their vehicles for mechanical items or issues relating to safe operation. Others, such as driver/sales workers, are also responsible for sales, completing additional services such as cleaning, preparation and entertaining (such as cooking and making hot drinks) and customer service.
Types.
There are three major types of truck driver employment:
- Owner-operators (also known as O/Os, or | by a delivery company, with a provided truck and all expenses (fuel, road tolls, ferry crossings) covered. As the player earns money or takes bank loans, they can eventually afford to buy themselves a truck, acquire a home garage, and start making more money by delivering cargo using their own truck instead of just being a driver for hire. Money earned in the game can be spent on upgrading or purchasing new trucks, hiring NPC drivers to take on deliveries, buying more garages and expanding the home garage | 3,494 | wow-train |
Hello, are you married?
Marriage and wedlock will be in my life one day. For now though I am just trying to survive.
I hear that. I think marriage is a lost cause these days anyways. Less and less people doing it. | usually sexual, are acknowledged or sanctioned. In some cultures, marriage is recommended or considered to be compulsory before pursuing any sexual activity. When defined broadly, marriage is considered a cultural universal. Article 16 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights declares that "Men and women of full age, without any limitation due to race, nationality or religion, have the right to marry and to found a family. They are entitled to equal rights as to marriage, during marriage and at its dissolution. Marriage shall be entered into | never be in the bondage of wedlock, for as often as I render my wife her due, I cannot pray. The difference, then, between marriage and virginity is as great as that between not sinning and doing well; nay rather, to speak less harshly, as great as between good and better." Regarding the clergy, he said: "Now a priest must always offer sacrifices for the people: he must therefore always pray. And if he must always pray, he must always be released from | 3,495 | wow-train |
Have you ever been paddleboarding? I just learned that it has been around since the 1930s!
Is it a sporting competition? | well-trained paddlers.
History.
History Polynesia.
Ships Artist, John Webber, accompanied Captain James Cook to The Sandwich Islands in 1778, and in the lower left foreground of his 1781 engraving is depicted a Paddleboarder/Surfer Rider.
History Thomas Edward Blake.
Thomas Edward Blake is credited as the pioneer in paddleboard construction in the early 1930s.
While restoring historic Hawaiian boards in 1926 for the Bernice P. Bishop Museum, Blake built a replica of the previously ignored "olo" surfboard ridden by ancient Hawaiian | it could be in my mate's back garden. It's a long time since we qualified for a final, we're just pleased to have one after all this time. The result will be so important, hopefully it will be a starting point for us."
Francis was pleasantly surprised that Birmingham had reached the final: "It has always been my ambition to take this club to the Premiership, getting to a cup final is not something I ever thought would happen. When you enter a competition as a | 3,496 | wow-train |
An ugly skunk won't stop creeping about my house for the past month. | Skunk
Skunks are North and South American mammals in the family Mephitidae. While related to polecats and other members of the weasel family, skunks have as their closest Old World relatives the stink badgers. The animals are known for their ability to spray a liquid with a strong, unpleasant smell. Different species of skunk vary in appearance from black-and-white to brown, cream or ginger colored, but all have warning coloration.
Etymology.
The word "skunk" is an Americanism from the 1630s, the | 35 went for a skunk which carried a note: 'Won't you be my valentine? Nobody else will. I stink and so do you.'"" Hopper reportedly commented that the skunk was beautifully behaved. She called it Joan and passed it on to actor James Mason and his wife as a present, as they had made the first bid after the story about the unusual gift made the news.
During World War II, Hopper's only child, actor William "Bill" Hopper, served in the | 3,497 | wow-train |
The ketogenic diet is a high fat low carbohydrate diet
I have never tried that diet. | 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 | drugs have been tried, but no one drug appears to be more efficacious than others. Therefore, no recommendations can be made regarding the selection of the most appropriate antiepileptic drug. As not all cases of ring chromosome 20 syndrome are the same, different individuals may respond to treatment in different ways.Alternates to antiepileptic drug treatment include the ketogenic diet and vagus nerve stimulation but not epilepsy surgery.
Treatment Ketogenic Diet.
The ketogenic diet is a high fat, low carbohydrate diet reserved for intractable childhood epilepsies. There are no | 3,498 | wow-train |
Hi! Have you ever been in a marching band?
nope, but I've been in a real band. Do you play instruments for any marching band?
No way! That is cool. No I do not play any instruments. I played football too so it would have been tough to do both football and marching band.
Yeah that would have been tough certainly, do you know anything about marching bands? They can be very competative
I do not know that much about marching bands. Yeah they can be competitive if the movie drumline is to be believed.
Was it a movie in fact about a section of percussion based instruments?
Yeah, it was about a marching band's drumline and they have drum offs pretty good movie. | Percussion instrument
A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a beater (including attached or enclosed beaters or rattles); struck, scraped or rubbed by hand; or struck against another similar instrument. The percussion family is believed to include the oldest musical instruments, following the human voice.
The percussion section of an orchestra most commonly contains instruments such as timpani, snare drum, bass drum, cymbals, triangle and tambourine. However, the section can also contain non-percussive | Marching Owl Band
The Marching Owl Band (aka The MOB or the Blues Band of South Main) is the Rice University "marching band" in the sense that it is the official ensemble that performs during football games, some basketball games, parades, and other public events. However, the MOB is not a traditional marching band, but rather a scatter band; members do not march, and some members play non-standard instruments (or no instrument at all). For example, in recent seasons these instruments | 3,499 | wow-train |
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