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I love playing all kinds of video games.
video games are awesome electronic games that use controllers
Yes, or the computer versions are great too.
video games are an electronic games usually played on televisions originally
Yup, but they expanded from there to handheld devices or computer.
the word video is video games referred to a raster display
What is a raster? | Raster scan
A raster scan, or raster scanning, is the rectangular pattern of image capture and reconstruction in television. By analogy, the term is used for raster graphics, the pattern of image storage and transmission used in most computer bitmap image systems. The word "raster" comes from the Latin word "rastrum" (a rake), which is derived from "radere" (to scrape); see also rastrum, an instrument for drawing musical staff lines. The pattern left by the lines of a rake | Handheld electronic game
Handheld electronic game(s) are very small, portable devices for playing interactive electronic games, often miniaturized versions of video games. The controls, display and speakers are all part of a single unit. Rather than a general-purpose screen made up of a grid of small pixels, they usually have custom displays designed to play one game. This simplicity means they can be made as small as a smartwatch, and sometimes are. The visual output of these games can range from a few small light bulbs or | 3,900 | wow-train |
I love watching the Comedy Central show called South Park.
Really! What channel do you watch it?
I don't have the Comedy Central channel anymore, so I have to watch it online. The show features four boys name Stan, Kyle, Eric, and Kenny.
Tell me a little about the characters as mentioned
South Park uses a very large ensemble cast in its show, much like The Simpsons. But of the four boys, Eric Cartman is kind of overweight and whiney. Kenny McCormick always gets killed. Stan and Kyle are pretty normal and usually just along for the ride.
Is it a Disney programme?
No, the content is more adult than most Disney, although it is animated. For instance, there is an episode titled "Cartman Gets an Ana.l Probe" that wouldn't be very Disney-like. It's actually the first episode.
OK thats nice.Any other info? | have a series contract with Comedy Central. Short on money, the creators animated the episode using paper cutout stop motion technique, similar to the short films that were the precursors to the series. "Cartman Gets an Anal Probe" remains the only "South Park" episode animated largely without the use of computer technology.
Part of a reaction to the culture wars of the 1990s in the United States, "South Park" is deliberately offensive. Much of the show's humor, and of "Cartman Gets an Anal | South Park (franchise)
South Park is an American multimedia comedy franchise created by Trey Parker and Matt Stone. It is based on the television series of the same name, originally developed by Brian Graden for the Comedy Central television network.
TV show.
"South Park" is an American adult animated sitcom created by Trey Parker and Matt Stone and developed by Brian Graden for the Comedy Central television network. The show revolves around four boys—Stan Marsh, Kyle Broflovski, Eric Cartman, and Kenny McCormick— | 3,901 | wow-train |
hey i love pepsi
Me too! Pepsi is good! It was made in 1893 by Caleb Bradham and introduced as Brad's Drink. I'm glad he changed it. Pepsi sounds cooler.
thats a fun fact i really didnt know all that...what else do you about pepsi?
Caleb Bradham was a phar Pharmacist before he invented Pepsi! That's almost random! He graduated from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Which Pepsi is your favorite?
cherry pepsi
Ooo, Cherry Pepsi is good. Better than Cherry Coke. They have a sugar-free version also, with zero calories named Diet Pepsi Wild Cherry that doesn't taste nearly as good as the one with sugar in it.
what your favorite pepsi? | Pepsi Next
Pepsi Next (stylized as pepsi next or pepsi NEXT) was a cola-flavored carbonated soft drink produced by PepsiCo. It was a variant of the Pepsi cola range.
In some markets it was sweetened with high fructose corn syrup, sugar, acesulfame potassium, and sucralose, and marketed toward drinkers of full-calorie Pepsi, and those who do not enjoy the taste of Diet Pepsi, Pepsi ONE, Pepsi Max, and other diet colas.
On June 25, 2013, PepsiCo informed their | Pepsi
Pepsi is a carbonated soft drink manufactured by PepsiCo. Originally created and developed in 1893 by Caleb Bradham and introduced as Brad's Drink, it was renamed as Pepsi-Cola on August 28, 1898, and then as Pepsi in 1961.
History.
Pepsi was first introduced as "Brad's Drink" in New Bern, North Carolina, United States, in 1893 by Caleb Bradham, who made it at his drugstore where the drink was sold. It was renamed Pepsi-Cola in 1898 after the | 3,902 | wow-train |
I grew up through Homeschooling
Homeschooling, also known as home education, is the education of children from the home
You mean one could turn a residential apartment to a school?
Its often a style of education is usually conducted by a parent or tutor
Are there government approval or regulations that guides the conduct of H.S? | Homeschooling in the United States
Homeschooling in the United States constitutes the education of about 3.4% of U.S. students (approximately 2 million students). In the United States, the Supreme Court has ruled that parents have a fundamental right to direct the education of their children. The right to homeschool is not frequently questioned in court, but the amount of state regulation and help that can or should be expected continues to be subject to legal debate.
United States Supreme Court precedent appears to favor educational choice, as long as | Homeschooling
Homeschooling, also known as home education is the education of children at home or a variety of places other than school. Home education is usually conducted by a parent or tutor or online teacher. Many families use less formal ways of educating. "Homeschooling" is the term commonly used in North America, whereas "home education" is commonly used in the United Kingdom, Europe, and in many Commonwealth countries.
Before the introduction of compulsory school attendance laws, most childhood education was done by families and local | 3,903 | wow-train |
I am kind of a perfectionist in some of the things that I do.
Perfectionism, in psychology is a personality trait that isnt too common
I've noticed that too, since most people are more willing to give the bare minimum.
i perfer doing the bare minimum, Perfectionism, in psychology is when you want eeveryting to be exact and i dont like that
I really like doing the bare minimum when I can but otherwise, when in doubt do as much as I can.
it is seen as and conceptualized as a multidimensional charcteristic
Oh that's really cool! I didn't know that about the concept of it.
yea im basically the opposite myself
I am really polar, since I try hard on some things and not at all on others. | Perfectionism (psychology)
Perfectionism, in psychology, is a personality trait characterized by a person's striving for flawlessness and setting high performance standards, accompanied by critical self-evaluations and concerns regarding others' evaluations. It is best conceptualized as a multidimensional characteristic, as psychologists agree that there are many positive and negative aspects. In its maladaptive form, perfectionism drives people to attempt to achieve unattainable ideals or unrealistic goals, often leading to depression and low self-esteem. By contrast, adaptive perfectionism can motivate people to reach | Hochberg at AMCTV.com, episode director Patty Jenkins stated this about the choice to not be too graphic when revealing Rosie's body in the trunk: "I think there were some fears that people would want more graphic detail out of it, but that moment never happened. That [might have been] a dealbreaker for me. I felt like we needed to do the bare minimum to get the point across, not to revel in details. If it had crossed that line I would have been very uncomfortable, and I think | 3,904 | wow-train |
I really want to go to Alaska some day
Alaska is the US state extreme northwest US
I have heard they pay people be there
Its a beautiful place the pacific ocean is to the south and southwest of it
How cold does it get there.
Very bitter cold and alaskas economy is based on natural gas and fishing
Alaska
Half the people in alaska live within Anchorage
I have heard ice fishing is fun | Northern Canada and Greenland. Approximately half of Alaska's residents live within the Anchorage metropolitan area. Alaska's economy is dominated by the fishing, natural gas, and oil industries, resources which it has in abundance. United States armed forces bases and tourism are also a significant part of the economy.
In a deal known as Seward's Folly, The United States purchased Alaska from the Russian Empire on March 30, 1867, for 7.2 million U.S. dollars at approximately two cents per acre ($4.74/km) | 29.
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I. A tropical storm was first observed 250 miles (400 km) southwest of Honolulu, Hawaii, on November 26. It tracked to the northwest, then turned to the northeast. The storm weakened over the cold northern Pacific waters, and dissipated on December 4 to the south of Sitka, Alaska. The storm caused no reported damage. This storm is known as the Zikawei Cyclone, named after the Zikawei Observatory which recorded the storm.
II. On December 23 a tropical | 3,905 | wow-train |
I love Latin telenovelas
I don't even know what that is. | Telenovela
A telenovela is a type of a limited-run television serial drama or soap opera produced primarily in Latin America. The word combines "tele" (for "television") and "novela" (meaning "novel"). Similar genres around the world include teleserye (Philippines), téléroman (Canada, specifically Quebec), or simply dramas (Asia and the rest of the Arab World).
Commonly described using the American colloquialism Spanish soap opera, many telenovelas share some stylistic and thematic similarities to | how I do love Mamma! I don't know what I shall do without her (...) Sometimes I think if I could tell mamma, but I can't. She has trouble enough as it is, and I couldn't break her heart like that. If I come back dead, perhaps if she does not know, she won't be angry with me."
Copies of Brown's love letters were published in booklet form, and even sold outside the courtroom during the trial. Theodore Dreiser paraphrased many | 3,906 | wow-train |
how large is ohio's capital compared to other capitals nearby
Unfortunately I don't have any idea how large Ohio's capital is | Peak oil
Peak oil is the theorized point in time when the maximum rate of extraction of petroleum is reached, after which it is expected to enter terminal decline. Peak oil theory is based on the observed rise, peak, fall, and depletion of aggregate production rate in oil fields over time. It is often confused with oil depletion; however, whereas "depletion" refers to a period of falling reserves and supply, "peak oil" refers to the point of maximum production. The concept of peak oil is | capital of Seleucia and other nearby settlements to form a cosmopolitan metropolis.
The reason for this westward relocation of the capital could have been in part due to the proximity of the previous capitals (Mithradatkirt, and Hecatompylos at Hyrcania) to the Scythian incursions.
Strabo abundantly describes the foundation of Ctesiphon:
In ancient times Babylon was the metropolis of Assyria; but now Seleucia is the metropolis, I mean the Seleucia on the Tigris, as it is called. Nearby is situated a village called Ctesiphon, a large village | 3,907 | wow-train |
i have survived near death experiences. Have you ever experienced this? | 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 | the perspective to look back on certain youthful friends and realize you have something in common with them as with virtually no one else: You survived. The fires you both experienced didn't burn you to death—and almost no one else knows what it was like to survive those particular fires. There is magic in this film's ode to growing old and being with the people who knew us young." and Tony Medley describing it thus in "The Larchmont Chronicle", "Told with personal interviews with all the band | 3,908 | wow-train |
my mom collects teapots. they are really pretty | 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 | ...It's pretty fast and has guitars and the tone of my voice is a bit nasal and aggressive. But the music in the show really varies." In an interview with Geek Mom, Gripp said that he was asked to pitch song ideas for various Disney shows, and that "The 7D" clicked with his style. He estimates he wrote about 120 songs for the first season, although many are very short and their styles vary. Composer Keith Horn does the orchestration in the show.
Entertainment journalist Jim | 3,909 | wow-train |
Some cultures consider chin length hair to be long.
OH yeah? What cultures are those? | Long hair
Long hair is a hairstyle where the head hair is allowed to grow to a considerable length. Exactly what constitutes long hair can change from culture to culture, or even within cultures. For example, a woman with chin-length hair in some cultures may be said to have short hair, while a man with the same length of hair in some of the same cultures would be said to have long hair.
Males having short, cut hair are in many cultures viewed as being under society's control | regarding hair length. For example, Buddhist monks shave their heads as part of their order of worship. Similarly, religious men with long hair include the Nazarites of the Hebrew Bible (Samson being a famous example) and the Sikhs. Subservient cultures may view male long hair negatively, and are sometimes detected by their rulers through hair length, as was the case with the Gaelic Irish under English rule and the Moors under Spanish rule in Medieval Spain.
East Asian cultures have traditionally associated unkempt hair in a woman with irresponsible | 3,910 | wow-train |
Have you seen The Little Mermaid? It's a movie that came out in 1989 produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation
I have when I was a child, I much prefer Mponsters inc. myself
I see, well it's based on an old fairy tale of the same name by Hans Christian Andersen
I thought they made it themselves. I also like finding nemo | its initial release, and in total lifetime gross worldwide. After the success of the 1988 Disney/Amblin film "Who Framed Roger Rabbit", "The Little Mermaid" is given credit for breathing life back into the art of Disney animated feature films after a string of critical or commercial failures produced by Disney that dated back to the early 1970s. It also marked the start of the era known as the Disney Renaissance. The film won two Academy Awards for Best Original Score and Best Original Song (“Under the Sea | The Little Mermaid (1989 film)
The Little Mermaid is a 1989 American animated musical romantic fantasy film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and Walt Disney Pictures. The 28th Disney animated feature film and first film in "The Little Mermaid" franchise, the film is loosely based on the Danish fairy tale of the same name by Hans Christian Andersen. The film tells the story of a mermaid princess named Ariel who dreams of becoming human, after falling in love with a human prince named Eric. Written and directed by Ron | 3,911 | wow-train |
My all time favorite band is Metallica, they started in 1981 with a drummer and vocalist/guitarist.
I love them too! I didn't realize they started that long ago, wow!
They were one of the founding bands of trash metal.
Thats interesting, I always thought the term 'trash metal' is kind of funny | heavy metal, appealed to a more mainstream audience, achieving substantial commercial success and selling over 16 million copies in the United States to date, making it the best-selling album of the SoundScan era. After experimenting with different genres and directions in subsequent releases, the band returned to its thrash metal roots with the release of its ninth album, "Death Magnetic" (2008), which drew similar praise to that of the band's earlier albums.
In 2000, Metallica led the case against the peer-to | as his favorite band; he said, "I love that they've done things their own way and they've persevered over the years and they're still relevant to this day. I think they're one of the greatest bands ever." Godsmack drummer Shannon Larkin said Metallica has been the biggest influence on the band, stating, "they really changed my life when I was 16 years oldI'd never heard anything that heavy". Vocalist and guitarist Robb Flynn of Machine Head said that when creating the band's 2007 album | 3,912 | wow-train |
I need to drink soda all day
Not for me I'm afraid - too much sugar/corn syrup and other icky stuff! I like plain old water.
Yeah it can be a very bad habbit to break :/ | in contrast with "hard" alcoholic drinks. Small amounts of alcohol may be present in a soft drink, but the alcohol content must be less than 0.5% of the total volume of the drink in many countries and localities if the drink is to be considered non-alcoholic. Fruit punch, tea (even kombucha), and other such non-alcoholic drinks are technically soft drinks by this definition, but are not generally referred to as such. Unsweetened sparkling water may be consumed as an alternative to soft drinks. | evolution of the game, as he responded with "Too much 'pew pew' not enough new new" to a question on the subject.
Signs of disagreement between Bowling and Infinity Ward arose in a live interview with Machinima when he stated the following: "I feel like we are in a fucking era where everyone is so focused on subscriber numbers and all that stuff that we need to get back to what I feel like we did so much better in the old days of just plain good will, like stuff | 3,913 | wow-train |
I absolutely adore roses! Do you love them?
I do like roses, they're one of the prettiest flowers!
I have an extensive bunch of garden roses growing in my front yard. They smell amazing!
My mother used to have a huge garden when I was younger, and she had white roses out front! | Rose show
A rose show is a horticultural exhibition focusing exclusively on roses.
History.
History United Kingdom.
Initially in the UK roses were exhibited in general flower shows such as those run by the Royal Horticultural Society. Judges were appointed by whoever sponsored the show, and were not necessarily rosarians themselves. The first Grand National specialty rose show was held July 1, 1858, in St. James Hall, London. It was organized by S. Reynolds Hole, Dean of Rochester Cathedral and a prominent rosarian, Thomas Rivers | very cramped. In the yard my mother, my father, and I each had a garden. My mother's taste inclined to roses and spring flowers, and I had ordinary things like Zinnias and bluets, but the glory of our yard was my father's dahlias. They bloomed in wonderful, brilliant colors, and the blossoms were as large as dinner plates. I remember the care with which he sorted the bulbs and stored them in the basement over the winter"""."
Blaine studied at the Richmond | 3,914 | wow-train |
IBM invented the ATM, the PC and floppy disk.
Really? When?
The first floppy disk was invented in 1967 in San Jose.
And what about the company? In what year was it founded? | IBM
International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) is an American multinational information technology company headquartered in Armonk, New York, with operations in over 170 countries. The company began in 1911, founded in Endicott, New York, as the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company (CTR) and was renamed "International Business Machines" in 1924.
IBM produces and sells computer hardware, middleware and software, and provides hosting and consulting services in areas ranging from mainframe computers to nanotechnology. IBM is also a major research organization, | The first commercially available microprocessor was a silicon-based chip, the Intel 4004, co-invented in 1971 by Ted Hoff, Federico Faggin, and Stanley Mazor for a calculator company named Busicom, and produced by Intel.
1971 Floppy disk
A floppy disk is a data storage medium that is composed of a disk of thin, flexible "floppy" magnetic storage medium encased in a square or rectangular plastic shell. In 1971 while working at IBM, David L. Noble invented the 8-inch floppy disk. Floppy disks in | 3,915 | wow-train |
What do you think about giant pandas?
I think they are overrated. Sure they're called "giant pandas," but the red panda will always be the giant in my heart.
What is it about red pandas that make you feel that way?
They're just a lot like me. They're usually solitary, active during the night, and nap during the day.
Oh so you are a night owl as well, me too! I just feel more functional when the sun has gone down. | night owls may stay awake until just before or even after dawn. Night owls tend to feel most energetic just before they go to sleep at night.
Some night owls have a preference or habit for staying up late, or stay up to work the night shift. Night owls who work the day shift often have difficulties adapting to standard daytime working hours.
Night owls have often been blamed for unpunctuality or attitude problems. Employers, however, have begun to learn to increase productivity by respecting body clocks through flexible working | bother me at all. A lot of times the foreigners on TV, models and what-not, are compared to pandas. They use that term here — pandas — because they're cuddly, you can go and have fun with them, and throw a marshmallow and that's about it. And you don't get involved any more deeper than that. But...since I'm making half a million dollars a year, I'm very happy to be a panda."
However, due to his fluency in | 3,916 | wow-train |
I just love spaghetti and meatballs, it is my favorite food. It is considered an American dish.
I like spaghetti and meatballs too, although I prefer bolognese instead.
Just a different kind of sauce. It is said that spaghetti and meatballs came to be when Italian immigrants came to New York.
i would say its more of an italian dish than an american one. | Italian because, in Italy, meatballs are smaller and only served with egg-based baked pasta.
However, various kinds of pasta with meat are part of the culinary tradition of the Abruzzo, Apulia, Sicily, and other parts of southern Italy. A recipe for rigatoni with meatballs is in "Il cucchiaio d'argento" ("The Silver Spoon"), a comprehensive Italian cookbook known as the "bible" of Italian cooking.
In fact, in Abruzzo, chitarra alla teramana, is a long spaghetti- | Spaghetti with meatballs
Spaghetti and meatballs or spaghetti with meatballs is an Italian-American dish consisting of spaghetti, tomato sauce and meatballs.
History.
It is widely believed that spaghetti and meatballs was an innovation of early 20th-century Italian immigrants in New York City. The National Pasta Association (originally named the National Macaroni Manufacturers Association) is said to be the first organization to publish a recipe for it, in the 1920s.
Italian writers and chefs often mock the dish as pseudo-Italian or non- | 3,917 | wow-train |
I play electric violin.It is one of my hobbies.
The one equipped with an output of sound? What songs do you like to play?
I like to play version of rock and roll.
Yeah the genre of rap is very broad and has stuff like the gospel, jump, blues and jazz.
I also into jazz and blues.The old classics. | Jazz
Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, United States. It originated in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and developed from roots in blues and ragtime. Jazz is seen by many as "America's classical music". Since the 1920s Jazz Age, jazz has become recognized as a major form of musical expression. It then emerged in the form of independent traditional and popular musical styles, all linked by the common bonds of African-American and European- | like 'Yeah! Now you're talking my language! The world loves a hit!' So that was our brief. To do something commercial. In a week, we ended up with three songs and one of them was 'Fuh You', which is on the album."
The title of the song is word play, making "For You" sound like "Fuck You". This came about during the recording when McCartney sang, "I just wanna shag you" in the song's chorus | 3,918 | wow-train |
Do you know much about what EuroBasket?
Do you mean the European Basketball Championship?
Yes I think that's what it stands for. What is it?
It is a basketball competition contested biannually.
Oh that sounds really cool. I love basketball. It's fascinating to watch.
I prefer basketball in Israel due to the multi-tiered clubs.
I didn't know it was done differently there. I'd like to research that. It sounds interesting.
Yea but I wish I could of been at thie first Euro Championship in 1935.
I would have loved that too but I wasn't even born yet. I don't even think my grandpa was at that time. | EuroBasket
EuroBasket, also commonly referred to as the "European Basketball Championship", is the main international basketball competition that is contested quadrennialy, by the senior men's national teams that are governed by FIBA Europe, which is the European zone within the International Basketball Federation.
History.
History Beginning.
The first championships was held three years after the establishment of FIBA, in 1935. Switzerland was chosen as the host country, and ten countries joined. Only one qualifying match was played between Portugal and Spain. With | , he said. "It is what every team should aspire to, regardless of the sport."
Dwight Clay, the Notre Dame player who hit the winning shot to end the UCLA streak: "Well, I think it's great. It's great for women's basketball and it's great for sports in general ... But, you know, what Connecticut has done, you know, I don't believe you can separate that. Eight-eight games is 88 games. That's a hell of | 3,919 | wow-train |
I love the color blue! In fact, it's the color of my favorite basketball team.
Blue is one of the three primary colours! My favorite is Green actually.
Yes it is. Of course you have to mix blue to get green!
Blue actually lies between violet and green on the spectrum
that is interesting to know. How many colors are on the spectrum?
There are an infinite colors! But there are seven main colors, but back to Blue, Blue has been an important colour in art and decoration.
Did any artists focus primarily on the color blue?
There were a lot of artists that used blue, like Pablo Picasso and also, In the Middle Ages, European artists who used it in the windows of Cathedrals.
Blue would definitely be beautiful in cathedral windows...it was probably considered heavenly in the middle ages. | An optical effect called Tyndall scattering explains blue eyes. Distant objects appear more blue because of another optical effect called aerial perspective.
Blue has been an important colour in art and decoration since ancient times. The semi-precious stone lapis lazuli was used in ancient Egypt for jewellery and ornament and later, in the Renaissance, to make the pigment ultramarine, the most expensive of all pigments. In the eighth century Chinese artists used cobalt blue to colour fine blue and white porcelain. In the Middle Ages, European artists used | Blue
Blue is one of the three primary colours of pigments in painting and traditional colour theory, as well as in the RGB colour model. It lies between violet and green on the spectrum of visible light. The eye perceives blue when observing light with a dominant wavelength between approximately 450 and 495 nanometres. Most blues contain a slight mixture of other colours; azure contains some green, while ultramarine contains some violet. The clear daytime sky and the deep sea appear blue because of an optical effect known as Rayleigh scattering. | 3,920 | wow-train |
I love the folklore of Leprechauns!
I've heard of Leprechauns but I don't know the folklore behind them. What are they exactly?
They are little bearded men that wear a green coat and hat. They like to make trouble!
Aren't they supposed to hide pots of gold or something like that?
Yes! They hide gold at the ends of rainbows. I would like to find some of their gold.
I wouldn't mind finding some of that gold either. What else do Leprechauns do besides that? | Leprechaun
A leprechaun () is a type of fairy of the Aos Sí in Irish folklore. They are usually depicted as little bearded men, wearing a coat and hat, who partake in mischief. They are solitary creatures who spend their time making and mending shoes and have a hidden pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. If captured by a human, they often grant three wishes in exchange for their freedom. Like other Irish fairies, leprechauns may be derived from the Tuatha Dé Danann. Leprechaun-like | " he answered "They function as clouds in a way, but since the show takes place underwater, they aren't really clouds." Since the show was influenced by tiki, the background painters have to use a lot of pattern. Pittenger said "So really, the sky flowers are mostly a whimsical design element that Steve [Hillenburg] came up with to evoke the look of a flower-print Hawaiian shirt—or something like that. I don't know what they are either."
Production Casting. | 3,921 | wow-train |
I've heard Jane Austen made some good books, do you like her?
I do, she is a great English novelist and has written six major novels
Oh, wow, I only thought it was 5. What all did she write? | irony, along with her realism, humour, and social commentary, have long earned her acclaim among critics, scholars, and popular audiences alike.
With the publications of "Sense and Sensibility" (1811), "Pride and Prejudice" (1813), "Mansfield Park" (1814) and "Emma" (1816), she achieved success as a published writer. She wrote two additional novels, "Northanger Abbey" and "Persuasion", both published posthumously in 1818, and began another, eventually | becoming "just some little English movie" that appealed only to local audiences instead of to the wider world. Lee said,
"I thought they were crazy: I was brought up in Taiwan, what do I know about 19th-century England? About halfway through the script it started to make sense why they chose me. In my films I've been trying to mix social satire and family drama. I realised that all along I had been trying to do Jane Austen without knowing it. Jane Austen was my | 3,922 | wow-train |
Museum is a art
I love going to the museum, it is really something you can enjoy and take your time admiring. What's the biggest museum in the states?
MOMA is a largest and most influential museums. I like to modern art
There are a few local art museums here, they are mostly ancient and contemporary. | offers an overview of modern and contemporary art, including works of architecture and design, drawing, painting, sculpture, photography, prints, illustrated books and artist's books, film, and electronic media.
The MoMA Library includes approximately 300,000 books and exhibition catalogs, over 1,000 periodical titles, and over 40,000 files of ephemera about individual artists and groups. The archives holds primary source material related to the history of modern and contemporary art.
History.
History Heckscher and other buildings (1929–39).
The idea for | Museum of Modern Art
The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) is an art museum located in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, on 53rd Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues. The museum will be temporarily closed to expand its galleries from June 16 through October 21, 2019. MoMA PS1 will remain open on its regular schedule.
MoMA plays a major role in developing and collecting modern art, and is often identified as one of the largest and most influential museums of modern art in the world. MoMA's collection | 3,923 | wow-train |
My favourite type of apple is granny smith. What about you?
I like to cook with granny smith apples for my apple pie, which is one of the most popular uses of the granny smith apple
It is indeed but I love to eat them raw too. They originated in Australia in 1868 and were named after the person who cultivated them Maria Ann Smith. She had lots of children and later grandchildren and was nicknamed Granny Smith in her later years.
There is a festival in Australia that honors Granny Smith, and it attracts over 80000 people a year.
Wow I didnt know that. Aparently there is also a company Woodchuck Hard Cider who makes cider using the granny smith apples. I must look out for it, i would love to try it.
I've tried the Woodchuck Cider before. It was the top selling cider brand in 2011.
Really? I am surprised I havnt seen it before. Do you cook any other dishes using Granny Smith apples? | Strongbow (cider)
Strongbow is a dry cider produced by H. P. Bulmer in England since 1960. Strongbow is the world's leading cider with a 15 per cent volume share of the global cider market and a 29 per cent volume share of the UK cider market. Bulmer's is a subsidiary of Heineken International, the multinational Dutch brewer.
In 2011, Strongbow Gold, produced in Belgium, was launched across Europe in response to cider's growing popularity on the continent. In 2012, Strongbow was the highest selling | cooking and eating raw) are more widely grown.
Apples can be cooked down into sauce, apple butter, or fruit preserves. They can be baked in an oven and served with custard, and made into pies or apple crumble. In the UK roast pork is commonly served with cold apple sauce made from boiled and mashed apples. Bramley apple is by far the most popular cooking apple in the United Kingdom, while Granny Smith may be the most popular in the United States and Australia (where it originated). | 3,924 | wow-train |
Do you love the rock sound? Have you heard of Imagine Dragons is an American rock band from Las Vegas, Nevada,?
Oh yes they have that song Radioactive! | Radioactive (Imagine Dragons song)
"Radioactive" is a song by American rock band Imagine Dragons for their major-label debut EP "Continued Silence" and later on their debut studio album, "Night Visions" (2012), as the opening track. It was first sent to modern rock radio on October 29, 2012, and then released to contemporary radio on April 9, 2013. Musically, "Radioactive" is an electronic rock and alternative rock song with elements of dubstep that contains cryptic lyrics of apocalyptic | Imagine Dragons
Imagine Dragons is an American pop rock band from Las Vegas, Nevada, consisting of lead vocalist Dan Reynolds, lead guitarist Wayne Sermon, bassist Ben McKee, and drummer Daniel Platzman. The band first gained exposure with the release of their single "It's Time", followed by their award-winning debut studio album "Night Visions" (2012), which resulted in the chart-topping singles "Radioactive" and "Demons". "Rolling Stone" named "Radioactive", which holds the | 3,925 | wow-train |
I love to play baseball, the game played between 2 teams of 9 players alternating batting and fielding.
That is awesome, I also love basketball? Who is your favourite team?
I'm not much of a basketball fan but I did like the film "Love & Basketball" which is a 2000 romantic drama.
Oh I have never seen that movie. My favourite team is actually the Raptors. Have you heard of them? | 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 | , who is keen fan of basketball. The first Varna basketball team is formed, as there play Boris Petrov, who is also a football international player. The greater part of the players take part in the building of the first basketball court in the northern part of the Sea Garden. Later that court became a playground for the first games between Bulgarian and USA teams. Our opponents and teachers were seamen from the ships that controlled the harbor after World War I. The first game between teams from different cities in Varna was “ | 3,926 | wow-train |
I really like the guitar, I used to play it when I was in college, Have you tried playing the guitar?
no, i'm more a piano person but my husband has an accoustic six strings guitar
A six string guitar is what I had in college actually, I remember playing many songs for my room-mates, I'm curious who makes the majority of guitars in the US anyways?
i think Gibson company makes guitars. The modern guitar was preceeded by the gittern, the vihuela and the four course guitar
Those sounds like interesting instruments, What is a gittern?, I never heard of it
gittern was a relatively small gut strung round backed instrument
Oh ok, it sounds very traditional. I wonder what countries it was popular in. Do you know?
yes, it was popular during 13th century in western europe. Italy, france, England
Oh wow so it definitely has some history to it. Ill have to look it up. | guitar, and the archtop guitar, which is sometimes called a "jazz guitar". The tone of an acoustic guitar is produced by the strings' vibration, amplified by the hollow body of the guitar, which acts as a resonating chamber. The classical guitar is often played as a solo instrument using a comprehensive finger-picking technique where each string is plucked individually by the player's fingers, as opposed to being strummed. The term "finger-picking" can also refer to a specific tradition of folk, blues | drama department headed by Gerald Dyer. For his bar mitzvah, he received a guitar and taught himself to play.
He went on to attend Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts as a music major. He originally entered as a guitar major, "When I got to college I kind of transferred to the piano. I transferred what I knew on the guitar to the piano. But when I was playing the guitar I was always writing my own songs — and singing a few of — I only had one book of | 3,927 | wow-train |
Do you have any pets? I love dogs!
I do, a cat! Over the last few decades in Japan, we've started to adopt pets as more than utilitarian and more into our family system.
Yes, my little doggy is like a family member to me!
I bet! Dogs were actually the first species to be domesticated, before even cats!
Wow, dogs have been bred into so many different breeds as well.
There's 337 pure dogs breeds. Imagine how many mixed breed combinations there are!
That's a lot! Now there are so many popular mixed breeds with popular breeds like the poodle out there. | conformation shows, including "Best in Show" at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show in 1991 and 2002, and at the World Dog Show in 2007 and 2010.
Toy Poodles won "Best in Show" at Crufts in 1966 and 1982. Standard Poodles achieved the award in 1955, 1985, 2002, and 2014. The 2002 winner came from Norway and was the first overseas exhibit to win the Crufts best in show award.
History.
The European mainland had known the poodle long before it was brought | Pet ownership in Japan
Over the last few decades, pet ownership in Japan has gradually moved from a predominantly utilitarian function to a concept that more fully incorporates pets into the family system. In the minority of cases, pets are now considered to be family members. To many Japanese, pets are as well loved as children, and may even serve as a substitute for those who choose to forgo child-rearing.
Spiritual hierarchy.
In the context of spiritual hierarchy, pets occupy the space directly below humans, | 3,928 | wow-train |
I drive a Ford truck. I'm looking at their future cars to see if any of their future trucks or SUVs will be hybrids or electrics, so I can save some gas money.
Most hyrids are cars, but they are coming out with more electric pickup trucks now
Good. I believe that is the future of cars. I showed some prototypes to my buddies and they initially laughed, but they didn't laugh when they saw the torque performance.
Well Ford as been around since 1903 and has constantly changed throughout the years. I am sure they will focus on hyribs in the future
It's good that they seem to be forward thinking. It's really easy to get se tin your ways in business and ignore potential future opportunities. | Ford Motor Company
Ford Motor Company is an American multinational automaker that has its main headquarters in Dearborn, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit. It was founded by Henry Ford and incorporated on June 16, 1903. The company sells automobiles and commercial vehicles under the Ford brand and most luxury cars under the Lincoln brand. Ford also owns Brazilian SUV manufacturer Troller, an 8% stake in Aston Martin of the United Kingdom and a 32% stake in Jiangling Motors. It also has joint-ventures in China (Changan Ford | including cars, trucks, SUVs, passenger and cargo vans, premium cars, hybrids, electrics and hydrogen fuel cell vehicles. Currently, one in five cars in the fleet is a hybrid or electric. Modo has vehicles in more than 250 locations including Vancouver, UBC, Richmond, Surrey, New Westminster, Burnaby, North Vancouver, Coquitlam, Port Moody, Victoria, Oak Bay, Esquimalt and Saanich, and at the Horseshoe Bay, Tsawwassen and Swartz Bay ferry terminals.
Modo offers two-way, roundtrip carsharing | 3,929 | wow-train |
I love to spend time at the beach. I love the sound of waves. | Beach
A beach is a landform alongside a body of water which consists of loose particles. The particles composing a beach are typically made from rock, such as sand, gravel, shingle, pebbles. The particles can also be biological in origin, such as mollusc shells or coralline algae.
Some beaches have man-made infrastructure, such as lifeguard posts, changing rooms, showers, shacks and bars. They may also have hospitality venues (such as resorts, camps, hotels, and restaurants) nearby. Wild | I can have darker moments, and it really helps me. ‘Shelter’ is about that." Neige found his shelter in the sea, saying "I love to spend time by the sea, just having very simple moments disconnected from the stress of everyday life and sitting on the beach and watching the waves."
Neige has discussed their choice to work with Birgir Jón Birgisson and record the album in Iceland, explaining that previous recording studios specialized in metal, whereas the band were interested in pursuing a different sound | 3,930 | wow-train |
I live in a different part of the country, but I'm thinking of moving to Las Vegas. Do you have any advice about the city?
I've never been to Las Vegas but I think it's really cool over there.
A very cool city located in a very hot Mojave Desert! If you visited what would you do?
Oh really it's in the Desert? I didn't know that! I'm not sure what I'd do, do you know of any attractions there?
Well, Las Vegas is nicknamed the Entertainment Capital of the World and there's plenty to do: casinos, magic shows, comedians, etc. But I'm not sure there's much for families - or at least family-friendly entertainment.
That sounds awesome, I want to go there some time. What are some of the most known places in las vegas? | its use of contemporary architecture, lights, and a wide variety of attractions. Its hotels, casinos, restaurants, residential high-rises, entertainment offerings, and skyline have established the Strip as one of the most popular and iconic tourist destinations in the world. Most of the Strip has also been designated as an All-American Road and is considered a scenic route at night.
Boundaries.
Historically, the casinos that were not in Downtown Las Vegas along Fremont Street were limited to outside the city limits on Las | really held the film together, I think. If you hadn't had that, it would have just been a series of wild scenes."
"Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" debuted at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival and Gilliam said, "I'm curious about the reaction... If I'm going to be disappointed, it's because it doesn't make any waves, that people are not outraged."
Release Home media.
By the time "Fear and Loathing" was released as a Criterion Collection | 3,931 | wow-train |
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Hello! What do you think abut the religious and mythological significance of apples?
good | Good
In most contexts, the concept of good denotes the conduct that should be preferred when posed with a choice between possible actions. Good is generally considered to be the opposite of evil, and is of interest in the study of morality, ethics, religion and philosophy. The specific meaning and etymology of the term and its associated translations among ancient and contemporary languages show substantial variation in its inflection and meaning depending on circumstances of place, history, religious, or philosophical context.
History of ideas on the topic. | IS JOHN GA br
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I work in sales. What do you do?
I create, keep and satisfy the customer's of Hilton for a living, sales manager in other words.
That sounds like a fun job. | referred literally to going to market with goods for sale. From a sales process engineering perspective, marketing is "a set of processes that are interconnected and interdependent with other functions" of a business aimed at achieving customer interest and satisfaction"."
Philip Kotler defines marketing as "Satisfying needs and wants through an exchange process".
The Chartered Institute of Marketing defines marketing as "the management process responsible for identifying, anticipating and satisfying customer requirements profitably". A similar concept is the value-based marketing which states | in Ireland by Barry Mahon and in the USA by Garrett O'Rourke. Teddy Grimthorpe is Racing Manager.
Prince Khalid was responsible for the allocation of horses to trainers and for approval of mating lists. In a rare interview in 2010 he told "The Racing Post": "When I was at the sales I realised that it would be easier to buy horses and race them, but I got the feeling that this was not enough, that it would be more fun to do what people like the Aga Khan and Lord | 3,933 | wow-train |
I love to light candles around the house - especially the scented Yankee Candle ones.
candles were invented a long time ago in lots of places.
Do you know where they originated from?
Not sure but candles were used in religious things going back centuries.
I wonder how they figured out to make them by using wax as opposed to oil for candle making? | elaborate chandeliers.
For a candle to burn, a heat source (commonly a naked flame) is used to light the candle's wick, which melts and vaporizes a small amount of fuel (the wax). Once vaporized, the fuel combines with oxygen in the atmosphere to ignite and form a constant flame. This flame provides sufficient heat to keep the candle burning via a self-sustaining chain of events: the heat of the flame melts the top of the mass of solid fuel; the liquefied fuel then moves | from house to house making candles from the kitchen fats saved for that purpose, or made and sold their own candles from small candle shops. Beeswax, compared to animal-based tallow, burned cleanly, without smoky flame. Beeswax candles were expensive, and relatively few people could afford to burn them in their homes in medieval Europe. However, they were widely used for church ceremonies.
In the 18th and 19th centuries, spermaceti, a waxy substance produced by the sperm whale, was used to produce a superior candle | 3,934 | wow-train |
My favorite band is Metallica. Do you have a favorite song?
no but i know they are an american heavy metal band from california
They've been around for over 35 years, my favorite song is Enter Sandman - what a classic! | Metallica
Metallica is an American heavy metal band. The band was formed in 1981 in Los Angeles, California, by drummer Lars Ulrich and vocalist/guitarist James Hetfield, and has been based in San Francisco, California for most of its career. The group's fast tempos, instrumentals and aggressive musicianship made them one of the founding "big four" bands of thrash metal, alongside Megadeth, Anthrax and Slayer. Metallica's current lineup comprises founding members Hetfield and Ulrich, longtime lead guitarist Kirk Hammett and bassist Robert Trujillo | as his favorite band; he said, "I love that they've done things their own way and they've persevered over the years and they're still relevant to this day. I think they're one of the greatest bands ever." Godsmack drummer Shannon Larkin said Metallica has been the biggest influence on the band, stating, "they really changed my life when I was 16 years oldI'd never heard anything that heavy". Vocalist and guitarist Robb Flynn of Machine Head said that when creating the band's 2007 album | 3,935 | wow-train |
I've always wanting to visit Florida but not the tourist attractions. I want to see raw beauty | Florida
Florida () is the southernmost contiguous state in the United States. The state is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the northwest by Alabama, to the north by Georgia, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, and to the south by the Straits of Florida. Florida is the 22nd-most extensive (), the 3rd-most populous (21,312,211 inhabitants), and the 8th-most densely populated () of the U.S. states. Jacksonville is the most populous municipality in the | Grand Theatre. At the time he commented, "A musical is something I've always wanted to do but people said: ‘No, you're a comic, that's what you do. They said the same thing when I was wanting to try pantomime: ‘You're a club comic.' I just want the opportunity to show people what I can do." He went on to star in the musical, the "Rocky Horror Show" in 2007 as the guest narrator.
2008 saw Billy performing | 3,936 | wow-train |
I would like to know more about being in a Polyamory relationship
There are varied ways of being in a polyamorous relationship, it really depends on individuals views.
must there be consent on both side? tell me more I am curious to know
Yes, consent is a large part of an effective and responsible polyamorous relationship.
ok so what is the main definition of a Polyamory relationship to start with?
Poly means many or several in greek. So it is really defined by the desire for relationships with more than one partner.
oh wow. I see, very interesting
Polyamory is a defined word in the Oxford English Dictionary and is becoming more popular as the years go on.
I see it as a weird desire though and very immoral | Polyamory
Polyamory (from Greek ', "many, several", and Latin ', "love") is the practice of, or desire for, intimate relationships with more than one partner, with the consent of all partners involved. It has been described as "consensual, ethical, and responsible non-monogamy". People who identify as polyamorous believe in an open relationship with a conscious management of jealousy; they reject the view that sexual and relational exclusivity are necessary for deep, committed, long-term | non-monogamy or CNM, is a type of marriage wherein the involved parties unequivocally consent to their partners entering or engaging in romantic and/or sexual relationships with other people.
Types of open relationships Polyamory.
Polyamory is the practice, desire, or acceptance of having more than one intimate relationship at a time with the knowledge and consent of everyone involved. While "open relationship" is sometimes used as a synonym for "polyamory" or "polyamorous relationship", the terms are not synonymous. The "open" in " | 3,937 | wow-train |
hi have you ever been to alabama?
I have, I actually live in Alabama! Home of the Crimson Tide!
Wow. I hear there are some die hard football fans there
Yep, a lot of people spend a lot of time at Bryant-Denny stadium in Tuscaloosa watching their games.
arent there two college football teams there?
Yep, Alabama Crimson Tide and Auburn Tigers. I'm more of an Auburn fan myself.
what do you think makes one like one team over the other?
I think I'm more partial to Auburn because my family are Auburn fans.
oh ok so it runs as a family preference often. i guess. | Auburn Tigers
The Auburn Tigers are the athletic teams representing Auburn University, a public four-year coeducational university located in Auburn, Alabama, United States. The Auburn Tigers compete in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC).
Sports sponsored.
Auburn sponsors 19 varsity teams in 13 sports and competes in the Southeastern Conference.
Sports sponsored Football.
Auburn claims two national championships, 1957 and 2010, but has been recognized with three additional national | List of Alabama Crimson Tide football seasons
The Alabama Crimson Tide college football team compete as part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision, representing the University of Alabama in the Western Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). Alabama has played their home games at Bryant–Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa, Alabama since 1929.
The Crimson Tide acknowledge 17 national championships, from various and legitimate organizations of their time, 12 of which were awarded by the AP or Coaches' wire-service | 3,938 | wow-train |
Are you big into handicrafts? I really like sewing and it has such an interesting history, apparently we used to stitch animal hides together for clothing.
That is interesting. I've actually never heard of handicrafts.
I just meant making little hats and what not. I'm more of a hands on person, I don't use a machine even though that's what's led to the mass production of so many sewn objects.
I've always wanted to learn to use a sewing machine. I'm the first generation that doesn't know how to sew. | . In a modern sewing machine the fabric easily glides in and out of the machine without the inconvenience of needles and thimbles and other such tools used in hand sewing, automating the process of stitching and saving time.
Industrial sewing machines, by contrast to domestic machines, are larger, faster, and more varied in their size, cost, appearance, and task.
History.
History Invention.
Charles Fredrick Weisenthal, a German-born engineer working in England was awarded the first British patent for a mechanical device | , stating "There was all sorts of talk about it. We read scripts and I think it's now not happening, I haven't heard anything. I think it's just difficult to get everybody together. Everybody is doing such different things. Maybe they think everybody has moved on, I don't know. You never say never but I have not heard anything of it of late".
Iwan Rheon later commented: "It looked like it was really going to happen at one stage, but it's | 3,939 | wow-train |
I love to cook, do you?
I do too! Cooking is a art that takes time to learn but when you do it is amazing!
I agree, it's really rewarding to master a new recipe
It is, Cooking techniques and ingredients vary widely across the world so where ever you grow up you will learn skills from
True, there are such varied methods of cooking around the world
Cooking can also occur through chemical reactions and that is probably the most interesting way to cook.
Cooking chemistry seems very interesting!
New inventions and technologies keep coming out so we will always have new ways to cook
There's always something new to look forward to! | and other food establishments. Cooking can also occur through chemical reactions without the presence of heat, such as in ceviche, a traditional South American dish where fish is cooked with the acids in lemon or lime juice.
Preparing food with heat or fire is an activity unique to humans. It may have started around 2 million years ago, though archaeological evidence for it reaches no more than 1 million years ago.
The expansion of agriculture, commerce, trade, and transportation between civilizations in different regions offered cooks many new | . [Laughs.] So I got to do it, and we did it at a time when there really was no green screen for special effects. You had to shoot what was there. It's amazing how dated that film looks now, because of our ability to do things technically now. I mean, it really looks antiquated. Mare Winningham is one of the greatest actresses ever. It was eight weeks of night shooting, though, so you'd be driving home from work at, like, 6 in | 3,940 | wow-train |
I have 10 years experience at my company, yet somebody new just got promoted.
gosh i bet it's frustrating!! my life depends on wages or a salary so i feel you
When did people start thinking it's ok to pay slave wages? | possible alternatives to wage labor.
Similarities between wage labor and slavery were noted as early as Cicero in Ancient Rome, such as in "De Officiis". With the advent of the Industrial Revolution, thinkers such as Pierre-Joseph Proudhon and Karl Marx elaborated the comparison between wage labor and slavery, while Luddites emphasized the dehumanization brought about by machines. The introduction of wage labor in 18th-century Britain was met with resistance, giving rise to the principles of syndicalism. Before the American Civil War, Southern defenders of | now and then somebody might get a little offended. It's got bad language in it, so I just don't do it in my shows. Anybody wants to hear it can hear it on iTunes. But you know people are listenin' to it, likin' it. Every now and then somebody don't like it, but that's okay. Similar to years ago, when the hippie thing come out and I started growin' my hair and puttin' the earring in, I got a little flak here | 3,941 | wow-train |
I love the color purple - not the movie, the actual color. | The Color Purple (film)
The Color Purple is a 1985 American coming-of-age period drama film directed by Steven Spielberg with a screenplay by Menno Meyjes, based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning 1982 novel of the same name by Alice Walker. It was Spielberg's eighth film as a director, and was a change from the summer blockbusters for which he had become famous. The film was also the first feature-length film directed by Spielberg for which John Williams did not compose the music. The film | female journalist to be played by Whoopi Goldberg who had been an extra in "A Force of One". Goldberg was enthuasiastic - she hd been cast in "A Color Purple" but not made it. However the director overruled Norris. "Needless to say I have never used that director again," wrote Norris later.
According to the documentary on Cannon Films, "", the scene where terrorists destroy homes in a suburb with rocket launchers featured explosions in actual houses. Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport was | 3,942 | wow-train |
I am thinking about taking up surfing. It seems difficult though
A surface water sport like surfing will always be difficult unless you practice everyday
Who even thought up such a sport?
The native peoples of the Pacific many thousands of year ago, when they first embarked on sea.
Is it a competative sport or in the Olympics? | boarding, when a surfer rides a wave on a bodyboard, either lying on their belly, drop knee, or sometimes even standing up on a body board. Other types of surfing include knee boarding, surf matting (riding inflatable mats), and using foils. Body surfing, where the wave is surfed without a board, using the surfer's own body to catch and ride the wave, is very common and is considered by some to be the purest form of surfing.
Three major subdivisions within stand-up | such as whale watching and coastal birdwatching.
Humans enjoy venturing into the sea; children paddle and splash in the shallows and many people take pleasure in bathing and relaxing on the beach. This was not always the case, with sea bathing becoming the vogue in Europe in the 18th century after Dr. William Buchan advocated the practice for health reasons. Surfing is a sport in which a wave is ridden by a surfer, with or without a surfboard. Other marine water sports include kite surfing, where a power kite propels a | 3,943 | wow-train |
Ive been wanting to visit japan recently but dont even know too much about it, Can you tell me what its like?
Japan is a sovereign island located in the Eastern Asia portion of the globe.
interesting, Do a alot of people live there, Whats the total population? I hear its pretty crowded.
They have 127 million people.
Wow thats a lot! I suppose finding a hotel there will be rather difficult. What are some good tourist spots in Japan? | . 90.7% of people live in cities, while 9.3% live in the countryside. About 13.8 million people live in Tokyo, the capital of Japan. The Greater Tokyo Area is the most populous metropolitan area in the world with over 38 million people.
Archaeological research indicates that Japan was inhabited as early as the Upper Paleolithic period. The first written mention of Japan is in Chinese history texts from the 1st century AD. Influence from other regions, mainly China, followed by periods of isolation, particularly from Western Europe | differences," the first verse of the song reads, "I don't know if You can hear me/Or if You're even there/I don't know if You would listen/To a gypsy's prayer." "Teen Ink "observed, "This part is about how it seems like God doesn't listen to you or help you, no matter how much you pray or talk to him." Finally, asking people to be kind and unselfish, Esmeralda sings, "Please help my people | 3,944 | wow-train |
My mother was a member of the Royal Ballet! Have you heard of it?
I heard of it! It's internationally renowned classical ballet company. It's in the Opera House in London, England.
I would love to see one of their shows! Supposedly, the dancers are very talented!
Me too! It's incredible how it was founded in 1931 by Dame Ninette de valois and it still exists.
I had no idea it has been around for that long! Are they known for any particular performances?
I think everything they do is spectacular. IT was one of the biggest ballet companies in the 20th century.
That's incredible! Do they only perform in England? | The Royal Ballet
The Royal Ballet is an internationally renowned classical ballet company, based at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, London, England. The largest of the four major ballet companies in Great Britain, the Royal Ballet was founded in 1931 by Dame Ninette de Valois, it became the resident ballet company of the Royal Opera House in 1946 and was granted a royal charter in 1956, becoming recognised as Britain's flagship ballet company.
The Royal Ballet was one of the foremost ballet companies of the 20th century | our house, when I was a child, I heard things from my parents' record collection like Les Paul and Mary Ford, Tennessee Ernie Ford, Rosemary Clooney, and the Four Freshmen. Those were my first inspirations. To try to describe exactly what each influence was is hard to explain because it's very subtle, but it can be felt when you listen to my music. I don't think people realize just how much Rosemary Clooney affected my singing. She taught me to sing with love in my heart ... | 3,945 | wow-train |
Hey, I love to hike the Appalachian trail. It's my favorite hiking trail in the Eastern United States.
Me too. I go there every summer. Is it one of the most popular trails in the US? | Appalachian Trail
The Appalachian National Scenic Trail, generally known as the Appalachian Trail or simply the A.T., is a marked hiking trail in the Eastern United States extending between Springer Mountain in Georgia and Mount Katahdin in Maine. The trail is about long, though the exact length changes over time as parts are modified or rerouted. The Appalachian Trail Conservancy describes the Appalachian Trail as the longest hiking-only trail in the world. More than 2 million people are said to take a hike on part of the trail at least once | trails. The most popular hiking trail is long Hetta–Pallas Trail, which goes mainly high up in the fells and takes 3-4 days to complete. It is also possible to hike Pallas-Ylläs Trail (69km) and Ylläs-Levi Trail (50km). There are 14 marked nature trails, which are easy to go around and provide information on the area’s natural features and culture. The shortest trails are around 2km long being fairly suitable for day trips.
Summer hiking trails were | 3,946 | wow-train |
It's amazing Apple can rip off Google or other companies and get away with saying new tech belongs to them.
I love Apple! I have an iPad tablet computer, and a Mac personal computer! I think their products are awesome!
Yes they make quality stuff but with other peoples ideals. Also that price....Rip off
You get what you pay for, and Apple is QUALITY! I love the macOS and iOS operating systems - so much better than Android and Windows!
You are fooling your self. Just google the law suite, apple is being suite for stealing ideals. They are the Trump of tech.
I dunno - sounds like FakeNews to me! I think the online services like the iTunes Store are amazing! So much variety to choose from!
Yea, ALMOST as good as the google play store. ALMOST | Cash, and Apple Card.
Apple was founded by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne in April 1976 to develop and sell Wozniak's Apple I personal computer, though Wayne sold his share back within 12 days. It was incorporated as Apple Computer, Inc., in January 1977, and sales of its computers, including the Apple II, grew quickly. Within a few years, Jobs and Wozniak had hired a staff of computer designers and had a production line. Apple went public in 1980 to instant financial | Auza expressed concern that the new theme was too close to that used by Apple's Mac OS X: "I think Ubuntu is having an identity crisis right now and should seriously consider changing several things in terms of look and feel to avoid being branded as a Mac OS X rip-off, or worse, get sued by Apple." Auza also summarized Ubuntu user feedback: "I believe the fans are divided right now. Some have learned to love the brown color scheme since it uniquely represents Ubuntu, while others | 3,947 | wow-train |
Iguanas are native to the tropics of the Americas
I have not heard of that before. tell me more about Iguanas please
The Austrian naturalist Laurenti found them in 1768
Do they live in America?
I think so. Mostly in South America and Central America
I love learning about other cultures and I will definitely look for more info about them | 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 think it is time to expose them even in America itself. I believe that the United States will realize that it has paid, and because of them lost many allies in the region, and they accused me of anti-Semitism when I made the play "Jew Wandering" so I do not care about these charges."
See also.
- List of Islamic films
- Muhammad in film | 3,948 | wow-train |
Do you know anything about this topic on reassignment surgery or sx change? I know somebody going through it and not sure how to handle it?
Yes it is when sexual characteristics are substituted. That is from male to female and vice versa
Do you consider it to be a mental disorder?
Not at all, this is because it happens other species of animals, we can say it happens in nature
What other species of animals does it happen to. I've never heard of that?
Good question, the fish such as Clownfish and moray eels, gobies and other fish exhibit this in nature
Wow, I'll have to look that up. Ho do you think one should deal with a close friend or family member that wants to go through this procedure? | process of changing gender role ("living as a woman" instead of living as a man, or vice versa), including but not necessarily limited to medical procedures.
Natural sex change.
Natural sex change In animals.
Some species exhibit sequential hermaphroditism. In these species, such as many species of coral reef fishes, sex change is a normal anatomical process. Clownfish, wrasses, moray eels, gobies and other fish species are known to change sex, including reproductive functions. A school of clownfish is always | Sex change
Sex change is a process by which a person or animal changes sex – that is, by which female sexual characteristics are substituted for male ones or vice versa. Sex change may occur naturally, as in the case of the sequential hermaphroditism observed in some species. Most commonly, however, the term is used for sex reassignment therapy, including sex reassignment surgery, carried out on humans. It is also sometimes used for the medical procedures applied to intersex people. The term may also be applied to the broader | 3,949 | wow-train |
Hi, I live in an apartment. How about you?
no i live in a house but I have lived in an apartment which is a self-contained houseing unit
Oh, nice. A house is definitely more quiet and you don't have to worry too much about noise. | 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 | and an ominous sound is heard from the toilet. Investigating reports of noise coming from Howard's apartment, the police arrive to find him lying in a daze next to the toilet. He tells them, "If you have to go to the bathroom, I definitely suggest you hold it." The toilet lid pops up. The story ends with the officer lifting the lid after Howard asks, "Final Jeopardy. How much do you wish to wager?"
Adaptations.
This story appeared in the 1991 series | 3,950 | wow-train |
Hey, how are you? All parrots nest if that is not cool.
Can you tell me more about parrots? | features of parrots include a strong, curved bill, an upright stance, strong legs, and clawed zygodactyl feet. Many parrots are vividly coloured, and some are multi-coloured. Most parrots exhibit little or no sexual dimorphism in the visual spectrum. They form the most variably sized bird order in terms of length.
The most important components of most parrots' diets are seeds, nuts, fruit, buds, and other plant material. A few species sometimes eat animals and carrion, while the lories and lorikeets are | Inodoro: That's an exaggeration ... One of the children… perhaps, but not both...
Inodoro: I am not lazy; I may be a little timid to work.
Mendieta: Small creatures of God [talking sarcastically about the parrots].
Mendieta: Tell me Mr. Inodoro… Are you with Eulogia because of some promise you made?
Inodoro: Mendieta, one is dazzled by the beautiful woman, is amazed by the intelligent one… and finally ends up with the one who give us some | 3,951 | wow-train |
Do you love the game of basketball?
yes, especially michael jordan
The old players have done well for themselves. I love the role Denis Rodman for his role during the talk between Trump and North Korea
dennis rodman is hilarious and one of my favorite power forwards ever
The way the game is structured is actually interesting. 3 points, 2 points and a free throw | Shaquille O'Neal
Shaquille Rashaun "Shaq" O'Neal ( ; ; born March 6, 1972) is a retired professional American basketball player who is a sports analyst on the television program "Inside the NBA" on TNT. He is considered one of the greatest players in National Basketball Association (NBA) history. At tall and , he was one of the tallest and heaviest players ever. O'Neal played for six teams over his 19-year career.
Following his time at Louisiana State University, O'Neal was drafted by the Orlando Magic | international competitions.
The current and previous leaders of DPR Korea were known for their fondness of basketball. Kim Jong-Il was said to have a video library of every game Michael Jordan played, and was presented with a ball signed by Jordan by Madeleine Albright in 1998. In December 2013, former American basketball professional Dennis Rodman visited North Korea to help train the national team after he developed a friendship with President Kim Jong-un during his first visit to the country in February 2013. Kim Jong-Un has met | 3,952 | wow-train |
Ive always wanted to visit Sweden, seeems like an awesome place.
That would be neat. Sweden is the third-largest country in the European Union by area.
wow that large? How long has the country been established? I know it used to be used by nomadic tribes.
Not sure when it was established but Sweden has a total population of 10 million of which 2.3 million has a foreign background.
dang nearly 25 percent? Pretty impressive. | Sweden
Sweden ( ), formal name: the Kingdom of Sweden (Swedish: ), is a Scandinavian Nordic country in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north and Finland to the east, and is connected to Denmark in the southwest by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund Strait. At , Sweden is the largest country in Northern Europe, the third-largest country in the European Union and the fifth largest country in Europe by area. The capital city is Stockholm. Sweden has a total population | currently managed by Boulder County Parks and Open Space. Like many areas in Colorado, it was first occupied by nomadic Native American Tribes. In the late 1800s the mining industry moved in and established the area. The Blue Bird Mine Complex was a silver mine from that era and it can still be seen in the park today. During the summer months, recreational visitors would come to visit the area via the railroad. In the 1930s, the area was used to breed Arabian horses by Lynn W. Van Vleet. Then in | 3,953 | wow-train |
My favorite color is yellow
I like yellow too! It is one of the primary colors I believe.
You're right! It is thought yellow can help lift your mood.
Yes, it does! Sunlight has a yellow hue due to the surface temperature of the sun.
Wow, how interesting. I wouldn't typically think of yellow with heat.
Yes, Carotenoids give the characteristic yellow color to autumn leaves and corn etc.
I didn't know that! Thank you for informing me.
Because it was widely available, yellow pigment was also one of the fist colors used in art.
That's great, given that it makes people happy. I'm sure it made good artwork. | in the murals in Roman villas. In the early Christian church, yellow was the color associated with the Pope and the golden keys of the Kingdom, but was also associated with Judas Iscariot and was used to mark heretics. In the 20th century, Jews in Nazi-occupied Europe were forced to wear a yellow star. In China, bright yellow was the color of the Middle Kingdom, and could be worn only by the Emperor and his household; special guests were welcomed on a yellow carpet.
According to surveys | 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 | 3,954 | wow-train |
Do you like to frequent comedy shows? I enjoy watching the comedian performing and involving the audience in the action.
I love watching comedy shows. Who is your favorite comedian?
I don't necessarily have a favorite comedian. I do understand that the audience feedback is critical for success.
yes, or failure, some hecklers are brutal
Hecklers can be HORRIBLE to comedians! lol It is quite entertaining though to watch them harass and mess with the comedian.
yes, it can really improve a show seeing a heckler being put down | Heckler
A heckler is a person who harasses and tries to disconcert others with questions, challenges, or gibes.
Hecklers are often known to shout disparaging comments at a performance or event, or to interrupt set-piece speeches, with the intent of disturbing performers and/or participants.
Origin.
Although the word "heckler", which originated from the textile trade, was first attested in the mid-15th century, the sense "person who harasses" was from 1885. To "heckle" was to tease or comb | improve his chances of success as a stand-up comedian. He took up work answering the phones at The Comedy Store, which led to positions in the cover booth and "the door", until owner Mitzi Shore made him a paid regular, four-and-a-half years later. His early influences in comedy include watching showcase comedy shows on television as a youngster and comedians on "The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson". He cites Bill Burr as his favorite living comedian. He became bicoastal, living | 3,955 | wow-train |
I would love to learn to play the guitar. Do you know much about it? | 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 | to play, stating: "I was told last year that Plant said he is doing nothing in 2014, and what do the other two guys think? Well, he knows what the other guys think. Everyone would love to play more concerts for the band. He's just playing games, and I'm fed up with it, to be honest with you. I don't sing, so I can't do much about it", adding: "I definitely want to play live. Because, you know | 3,956 | wow-train |
i had a near death expiernece the other day!
NDE is the short term name for near death experience. I personally have not had one im sorry that happened to you
oh yea?
Yeah , another fact is that you may have felt detachment from the body some people report feeling that
yea i can understand that
Another feeling that can be felt is total serenity
serenity yes | 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 | to illness, noises in other rooms, emotional stress, exhaustion from overworking, frequent re-awakening, etc.). In most of these cases subjects perceive themselves as being awake; about half of them note a feeling of sleep paralysis.
Spontaneous Near-death experiences.
Another form of spontaneous OBE is the near-death experience (NDE). Some subjects report having had an OBE at times of severe physical trauma such as near-drownings or major surgery. Near-death experiences may include subjective impressions of | 3,957 | wow-train |
THe domestic dog is also a member of the Genus canis which forms part of the wolf liek canids is is also widely abundant terrestrial carnivore
How long have dogs been domesticated?
The dog was the first species that was domesticated and also selectively bred ove the millenia with regards to different sensory capabilities physical attributes and behaviors.
So, you are saying that humans were able to cause different breeds of dogs to have different, useful characteristics?
Dogs range in shape and size as well as colors.
Interesting. Are there still wild dogs anywhere in the world, or are they all just domesticated now? | , aiding disabled people and therapeutic roles. This influence on human society has given them the sobriquet of "man's best friend".
Terminology.
- The term "dog" typically is applied both to the species (or subspecies) as a whole, and any adult male member of the same.
- An adult female is a "bitch".
- An adult male capable of reproduction is a "stud".
- An adult female capable of reproduction is a "brood bitch", | Dog
The domestic dog ("Canis lupus familiaris" when considered a subspecies of the wolf or "Canis familiaris" when considered a distinct species) is a member of the genus "Canis" (canines), which forms part of the wolf-like canids, and is the most widely abundant terrestrial carnivore. The dog and the extant gray wolf are sister taxa as modern wolves are not closely related to the wolves that were first domesticated, which implies that the direct ancestor of the dog is extinct. The dog | 3,958 | wow-train |
i am interesting in learning how to draw
It's an interesting thing to do, it's a form of visual art and there's various instruments that can be used. Do you know what you'd like to draw with?
probably a pencil and paper to start with to start some sketching
Sounds good! Once you get the hang of that there's graphite pencils, inked brushes, charcoal, pastels, and the list goes on
wow that sounds kind of complex
Sounds more complex than it is, it's a matter of preference. Most people use papers but the medium can be cardboard, plastic, canvas, and other things too.
what else can you tell me about drawing?
It's one of the simplest but most powerful and efficient means of communications. There were drawings even before writing existed
oh wow | 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 | a little over a year. I never thought I would do it again, but I decided to open up that room and see what I could find. It's been interesting. Some of it sounds familiar, some of it sounds contemporary, some of it you can't put a label on—and I've never been big on labels anyway." Perry is reluctant however to put a timescale on his return. "I'll be honest, I don't really know how to do that, but I can | 3,959 | wow-train |
What do you know about the piano? Great instrument! | Piano
The piano is an acoustic, stringed musical instrument invented in Italy by Bartolomeo Cristofori around the year 1700 (the exact year is uncertain), in which the strings are struck by hammers. It is played using a keyboard, which is a row of keys (small levers) that the performer presses down or strikes with the fingers and thumbs of both hands to cause the hammers to strike the strings.
The word piano is a shortened form of "pianoforte", the Italian term for the early 1700s versions | and that’s what it can do. And you cannot get better at it. I think the Samchillian is really an instrument with a learning curve that’s very long, and just like other acoustic instruments, violin, piano, there’s a wide range of technique. And this guy was really a virtuoso with this instrument. He was able to play chords, all kinds of arpeggiators. What I liked about it is it’s an instrument more than a controller. There’s always more to learn about how to | 3,960 | wow-train |
I really love American Eagle Outfitters, Ive worn their clothing for years, Im an expert when it comes to them, anything youd like to know?
I don't think i ever bought anything from american eagle. What clothes do they sell?
They sell everything from shirts to pants, you name it, The Silvermans who are the owners sold their ownership interests way back in 1991 to Jacob Price and at that time I believe they only sold shirts, but I could be wrong.
is the quality really good? I actually need a couple of pairs of jeans because the once i bought from old navy didn't last long
Yes they have many types of trousers and pants, all made from really tough denim or even dungaree cloth.
that sounds wonderful! you do know a lot about it. anything else i should know? | and female university students, although older adults and teenagers wear the brand. There are currently 933 American Eagle Outfitters stores, 109 Aerie stand-alone stores, and 4 Tailgate stand-alone stores. In 1977, the first American Eagle Outfitters store opened in Twelve Oaks Mall in Novi, Michigan.
Some of the brand's popular products are jeans, polo shirts, graphic T-shirts, sweatpants, henley shirts, vanity boxers, boxer briefs and briefs, outerwear, and swimwear.
Development.
American Eagle | were hampered by poor promotion. Todd felt that Marvel "didn't know how to sell anything that wasn't superheroes", recalling that "I was talking with their marketing people, and they were like, 'You know, we just can't really sell Elvis or Bob Marley.' And I was like, 'What? There are companies that sell Elvis tampons, and you can't sell an Elvis comic book? What? People love Elvis, people love comics!' So I was infuriated with Marvel and | 3,961 | wow-train |
I started growing out my beard on my cheeks and chin.
My beard grows in badly so i dont bother.
I just have being clean shaven. I could never entirely remove my beard
Same i just shave everyday.
I used to rock a pretty big mustache. I groomed it by pomade called mustache wax
oh thats pretty slick, my mustache game isnt too good either tho.
The pomade gives the stache a cool shiny look and does not dry it out
Sounds good, will try. | Pomade
Pomade (; French "pommade") is a greasy, waxy, or a water-based substance that is used to style hair. Pomade generally gives the user's hair a shiny and slick appearance. It lasts longer than most hair care products, often requiring multiple washes to completely remove. The original pomade of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries consisted mainly of bear fat or lard. Lanolin, beeswax, and petroleum jelly have been used extensively in the manufacture of modern pomades. Stiffening properties of pomades make sculptured hairstyles | Personal life.
Harden is the youngest of three children. Before his birth, after that of his older sister, their mother suffered a string of miscarriages.
Harden is a Christian. He has talked about his faith, saying, "I just want to thank God for everything he has done in my life."
Harden started growing his trademark beard in 2009 after being too lazy to shave. His beard has appeared in songs and T-shirts, and it earned him an endorsement and a unique | 3,962 | wow-train |
Planning to move to Sweden its a scnadanavian country
oh nice.but can i know why?
For work, Sweden is the 3rd biggest country by area in the European Union
i am a born american from texas. there is no chance to move other country.
Sweden is very diverse 2.3 million of the 10 million population is foreigners
i think sweden is a nice tourist place for foreigners
Most Swedes about 85% live in the urban areas
can u tell me that tourism is the major economical source in sweden? | of 10.3 million of which 2.5 million have a foreign background. It has a low population density of and the highest urban concentration is in the central and southern half of the country.
Sweden is part of the geographical area of Fennoscandia. The climate is in general very mild for its northerly latitude due to significant maritime influence. In spite of the high latitude, Sweden often has warm continental summers, being located in between the North Atlantic, the Baltic Sea and the vast Eurasian Russian landmass. The general climate and | Angered
Angered () is a suburb in Gothenburg Municipality, Sweden. Angered is the biggest Million Programme area in Gothenburg, and one of the biggest in the country with 60,000 inhabitants.
The hilly terrain forced the planners to build the different parts of Angered at some distance from each other.
Angered is a multicultural community with a high immigrant population.
During the 2014 election,gangs of men threatened the locals from voting at polling stations.
In its December 2015 report, Police in Sweden placed the district | 3,963 | wow-train |
I love all flowers, but especially roses. Growing up, our garden was filled with them - all different types and colors.
I love the rose! Its considered a woody perennial plant of the Rosa genus
Interesting. My Mom used to cut our roses back in the Fall and they'd start pushing out again in Spring. Do you know where the rose originated?
They are native to Asia but there are some that came from europe, north america, and africa.
Asia, hmm. I guess I always associated them with England - English country garden sort of stuff. Do you grow roses? | Rose
A rose is a woody perennial flowering plant of the genus Rosa, in the family Rosaceae, or the flower it bears. There are over three hundred species and thousands of cultivars. They form a group of plants that can be erect shrubs, climbing, or trailing, with stems that are often armed with sharp prickles. Flowers vary in size and shape and are usually large and showy, in colours ranging from white through yellows and reds. Most species are native to Asia, with smaller numbers native to Europe | very cramped. In the yard my mother, my father, and I each had a garden. My mother's taste inclined to roses and spring flowers, and I had ordinary things like Zinnias and bluets, but the glory of our yard was my father's dahlias. They bloomed in wonderful, brilliant colors, and the blossoms were as large as dinner plates. I remember the care with which he sorted the bulbs and stored them in the basement over the winter"""."
Blaine studied at the Richmond | 3,964 | wow-train |
Do you enjoy a nice glass of Red Wine? I'm currently sipping on one.
Yes I love wine. That red color comes from anthocyan pigments that are in the skin only
Wow, I did not know that. I was wondering why some reds are darker. I'm a big Cabernet Sauvignon fan after work.
Most of wine production involves getting the color and flavor out of the grape skin , so I read.
Wow, I wonder how long people have been making wine? | Wine
Wine is an alcoholic drink made from fermented grapes. Yeast consumes the sugar in the grapes and converts it to ethanol, carbon dioxide, and heat. Different varieties of grapes and strains of yeasts produce different styles of wine. These variations result from the complex interactions between the biochemical development of the grape, the reactions involved in fermentation, the terroir, and the production process. Many countries enact legal appellations intended to define styles and qualities of wine. These typically restrict the geographical origin and permitted varieties of grapes, | Variants Red wine.
The red-wine production process involves extraction of color and flavor components from the grape skin. Red wine is made from dark-colored grape varieties. The actual color of the wine can range from violet, typical of young wines, through red for mature wines, to brown for older red wines. The juice from most purple grapes is actually greenish-white; the red color comes from anthocyan pigments (also called anthocyanins) present in the skin of the grape; exceptions are the relatively uncommon | 3,965 | wow-train |
I enjoy hiking! Makes me feel great!
Ah, do you hike on trails in the countryside? Hiking usually involves a long, vigorous walk!
I like either. I like to have some great scenery so it keeps my mind off the vigorous walk!
Interestingly, in the UK, "walking" can describe all kinds of walking, even what some people call hiking.
Very interesting. Is there a "distance" that is used in any countries to be considered hiking?
It seems it is more the terrain that countries use to define hiking, as opposed to the distance, although it it generally supposed to be a long walk.
What else can you tell me about hiking? | the UK, along with rambling (a slightly old-fashioned term), hillwalking, and fell walking (a term mostly used for hillwalking in northern England). The term bushwalking is endemic to Australia, having been adopted by the Sydney Bush Walkers club in 1927. In New Zealand a long, vigorous walk or hike is called tramping. It is a popular activity with numerous worldwide, and studies suggest that all forms of walking have health benefits.
Related terms.
In the United States, Canada, the | Hiking
Hiking is the preferred term, in Canada and the United States, for a long, vigorous walk, usually on trails (footpaths), in the countryside, while the word walking is used for shorter, particularly urban walks. On the other hand, in the United Kingdom, and the Republic of Ireland, the word "walking" is acceptable to describe "all forms" of walking, whether it is a walk in the park or backpacking in the Alps. The word hiking is also often used in | 3,966 | wow-train |
Hi! My favorite city is New York City! Have you ever been there?
I have been to New York City, the most populous city in the United States. Let me know if there's anything I can help you with if you want to know more about New York.
Do you have any idea how many boroughs are in New York City? I can't seem to remember!
I believe there are about 5 boroughs in New York City, Queens, Brooklyn, Manhattan and a few more I can't remember exactly. With that said, New York City is a global power city and a cultural centre.
I can imagine that it is! There is so much hustle and bustle in the city! Do you know how many people live in New York City?
Yes - as of 2016, it's estimated that there are an estimated 23.7 million residents in New York City. That's largest than some countries!
Wow! That's incredible! What sights or attractions would you recommend for a tourist who has never been to New York City? | World Trade Center site
The World Trade Center site, formerly referred to as "Ground Zero" or "the Pile" immediately after the September 11 attacks, is a 14.6-acre (5.9 ha) area in Lower Manhattan in New York City. The site is bounded by Vesey Street to the north, the West Side Highway to the west, Liberty Street to the south, and Church Street to the east. The Port Authority owns the site's land (except for 7 World Trade Center). The previous World | of the band in front of an audience in New York, briefly mentioned the bidding war:
"There's something at Star Trak records that we have been very excited about and there's, I don't know. Of course D.A. would want me to sit here and tell you how much of a crazy bidding war there was for them, as everybody in here knows D.A. But you know what? He's right. And if you think about it, think about where they come from and... okay! It | 3,967 | wow-train |
What type of video games do you play
I play arcade games
Nice what have you been playing layey | Amusement arcade
An amusement arcade (often referred to as "video arcade" or simply "arcade") is a venue where people play arcade games such as video games, pinball machines, electro-mechanical games, redemption games, merchandisers (such as claw cranes), or coin-operated billiards or air hockey tables. In some countries, some types of arcades are also legally permitted to provide gambling machines such as slot machines or "pachinko" machines. Games are usually housed in cabinets. The term used for | to play, stating: "I was told last year that Plant said he is doing nothing in 2014, and what do the other two guys think? Well, he knows what the other guys think. Everyone would love to play more concerts for the band. He's just playing games, and I'm fed up with it, to be honest with you. I don't sing, so I can't do much about it", adding: "I definitely want to play live. Because, you know | 3,968 | wow-train |
Parenting is child rearing
Parenting is a difficult life challenge. | Parenting
Parenting or child rearing is the process of promoting and supporting the physical, emotional, social, and intellectual development of a child from infancy to adulthood. Parenting refers to the intricacies of raising a child and not exclusively for a biological relationship.
The most common caretaker in parenting is the father or mother, or both, biological parent(s) of the child in question, although a surrogate may be an older sibling, a grandparent, a legal guardian, aunt, uncle or other family member, or a family | more reactive and less proactive, and engaging in increasingly harsh disciplinary behaviors.
Theories of child rearing Baumrind's parenting typology The three styles.
Theories of child rearing Baumrind's parenting typology The three styles Authoritative.
The parent is demanding and responsive. When this style is systematically developed, it grows to fit the descriptions propagative parenting and concerted cultivation.
Authoritative parenting is characterized by a child-centered approach that holds high expectations of maturity. Authoritative parents can understand how their children are feeling and teach them how to regulate their feelings. Even | 3,969 | wow-train |
Have you watched the epic movie of mobsters, Goodfellas?
I have seen it and I love it. I pretty much like anything by Martin Scorsese. And I love his work with The Film Foundation!
Yes, he does have a brilliant mind. What did you like best about Goodfellas?
I really like the behind the scenes stuff, like the fact that De Niro, Pesci, and Liotta met with Pileggi, a real "wiseguy" to prepare. What about you?
I just thought it was awesome movie, but it has been awhile since I saw it. I thought De Niro made a great mobster! | 46.8 million. The critical consensus on Rotten Tomatoes calls it "arguably the high point of Martin Scorsese's career". The film was nominated for six Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director, with Pesci winning for Best Supporting Actor. The film won five awards from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, including Best Film and Best Director. Additionally, "Goodfellas" was named the year's best film by various critics' groups.
"Goodfellas" is widely regarded as one of the greatest films | asked which film he would want with him on a deserted island, "A movie I really love is "Barton Fink". I don't know if that’s the movie I'd take to a desert island, but I feel like there's so much in there, you could watch it again and again. That's important to me, especially if that was the only movie I'd have with me for the rest of my life."
"Barton Fink" was ranked by Greg Cwik of IndieWire as | 3,970 | wow-train |
photography is used in many fields of science, I love photography
thats good, photography helps us to preserve history and memories thats why I like it
Yes for personal use and business as well, and of course more direct uses like art and film making
I agree with you, photography is to the movie industry what a pen is to paper
and now people have cameras on their phones so it is used daily to record events
technology have changed so many things, I just hope that good old photography(printed photos)won't be lost as a result 100 years from now | Body worn video (police equipment)
In policing equipment, body worn video (BWV), body-worn camera (BWC), body camera or wearable camera is a wearable audio, video, or photographic recording system used to record events in which police officers or other law enforcers are involved. They are typically worn on the torso of the body on the officer's uniform. Body worn cameras for policing are often similar to other body worn video equipment used by members of the public, commercially, or by the | Photography
Photography is the art, application and practice of creating durable images by recording light or other electromagnetic radiation, either electronically by means of an image sensor, or chemically by means of a light-sensitive material such as photographic film. It is employed in many fields of science, manufacturing (e.g., photolithography), and business, as well as its more direct uses for art, film and video production, recreational purposes, hobby, and mass communication.
Typically, a lens is used to focus the light | 3,971 | wow-train |
I'm scared to go Parachuting! too much free fall
That's so true. What's the minimum fall? | . Garnerin tested his contraption by leaping from a hydrogen balloon above Paris. Garnerin's parachute bore little resemblance to today's parachutes, however, as it was not packed into any sort of container and did not feature a ripcord. The first intentional free-fall jump with a ripcord-operated deployment was not made until over a century later by Leslie Irvin in 1919. While Georgia Broadwick made an earlier free-fall in 1914 when her static line became entangled with her jump aircraft's tail assembly, her free-fall | for three weeks. Bassist/lyricist Pete Wentz asserted that "We're definitely writing all the time, so we're not going to try to squeeze every last drop out of the stone. That's part of what's been wrong with the rock industry: they keep fans waiting far too long, and bands go away and disappear off the face of the planet. That's not the way it's going to be for Fall Out Boy." During this time off, Fall Out Boy contributed a cover of the | 3,972 | wow-train |
goodfellas is a great movie, love that crime film
I love that movie too, when did it come out anyway?
Goodfellas is a 1990 movie
Hmm I would've definitely guessed that it was older! | Goodfellas
Goodfellas (stylized GoodFellas) is a 1990 American crime film directed by Martin Scorsese. It is an adaptation of the 1985 non-fiction book "Wiseguy" by Nicholas Pileggi, who co-wrote the screenplay with Scorsese. The film narrates the rise and fall of mob associate Henry Hill and his friends and family from 1955 to 1980.
Scorsese initially titled the film "Wise Guy" and postponed making it; later, he and Pileggi changed the title to "Goodfellas". To prepare for their roles | was their plan, it was largely successful. However, it is also equally likely that the three were simply able to capitalize on a serious blunder made by rival crime bosses at a crucial time.
In popular culture.
- The Apalachin Meeting is described in the book and mentioned in the movie version of "The Valachi Papers".
- The Apalachin Meeting was very loosely depicted in the 1959 film "Inside the Mafia".
- Narration near the beginning of the 1990 Martin Scorsese movie "Goodfellas" | 3,973 | wow-train |
I really love beer, im the one that always buys it also :D, do you like beer, whats your favorite kind? | 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 | that is all I have" and went with Erin. Cee Lo Green commented, “With Erin, maybe the song was not the one that gave you the opportunity to really shine but I love your voice too. I think it’s so strange. I think in another kind of setting, I can really embellish on it. I love you both and I see things that we can both do but what I feel like have the most prospect with is Erin.” Martin advanced to the live Shows in a hotly | 3,974 | wow-train |
I absolutely love swimming in the ocean, I get so relaxed every time I do it!
Swimming is done for recreation, sport, exercise, or survival.
I used to do it as a sport but nowadays I do it only for recreational purposes. What about you? | 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 | I Intend to do. That it is the only way I can ape clear to enable my children to get a proper education and my darling wife to feel that every postman's knock doesn't contain a summons.
Charles, I have the greatest wife and children a man could wish for so you can guess with what heart yearnings I am leaving all I love best, but I cannot get decent work: I have done 28 weeks in two years, and then I got 'scaled' for £70 in | 3,975 | wow-train |
the color blue is very pretty. what can you tell me about it
Well, it is one of the primary colors in painting and is part of the RGB color model as well.
yeah nice. very needed color. anything else?
It lies between violet and green on the spectrum of visible light - I guess that's why you always see it in rainbow.
yup. always. anything cool a lot of people dont know about the color? | Blue
Blue is one of the three primary colours of pigments in painting and traditional colour theory, as well as in the RGB colour model. It lies between violet and green on the spectrum of visible light. The eye perceives blue when observing light with a dominant wavelength between approximately 450 and 495 nanometres. Most blues contain a slight mixture of other colours; azure contains some green, while ultramarine contains some violet. The clear daytime sky and the deep sea appear blue because of an optical effect known as Rayleigh scattering. | Green
Green is the color between blue and yellow on the visible spectrum. It is evoked by light which has a dominant wavelength of roughly 495570 nm. In subtractive color systems, used in painting and color printing, it is created by a combination of yellow and blue, or yellow and cyan; in the RGB color model, used on television and computer screens, it is one of the additive primary colors, along with red and blue, which are mixed in different combinations to create all other colors. By far | 3,976 | wow-train |
Well, I'm vegetarian so fried chicken really isn't my thing. However, I love deep fried fritters, which were popular even in the middle ages. How about you?
No, I can't give up meat. It tastes too good. What are the benefits of becoming a vegetarian? | Vegetarianism
Vegetarianism is the practice of abstaining from the consumption of meat (red meat, poultry, seafood, and the flesh of any other animal), and may also include abstention from by-products of animals processed for food.
Vegetarianism may be adopted for various reasons. Many people object to eating meat out of respect for sentient life. Such ethical motivations have been codified under various religious beliefs, as well as animal rights advocacy. Other motivations for vegetarianism are health-related, political, environmental, cultural, | Fried chicken
Southern fried chicken, also known simply as fried chicken, is a dish consisting of chicken pieces which have been coated in a seasoned batter and pan-fried, deep fried, or pressure fried. The breading adds a crisp coating or crust to the exterior of the chicken while retaining juices in the meat. Broiler chickens are most commonly used.
The first dish known to have been deep fried was fritters, which were popular in the European Middle Ages. However, it was the Scottish who were the | 3,977 | wow-train |
I have several pit bulls and they were all some of the best dogs I've ever had. Most people are scared of them
Pit Bulls are quite common and very lovely dogs, super nice and friendly.
Have you ever owned one? Do you know much about them?
I dont have one but they are a formal breed that originated in north america. Pit bulls are awesome.
They really are. Their intelligence is amazingly high
Sadly horrid people used them as fighting dogs and bred them to fight each other for gambling and entertainment.
It gave them the bad reputation they have now. I think people are slowly trusting thm as a breed again | as "pit bulls" by shelters. Many of these breeds were originally developed as fighting dogs from crossbreeding bull-baiting dogs (used to hold the faces and heads of larger animals such as bulls) and terriers. After the use of dogs in blood sports was banned, such dogs were used as catch dogs in the United States for semi-wild cattle and hogs, to hunt and drive livestock, and as family companions. Despite dog fighting now being illegal in the United States, it still exists as an underground | is one of the best casts I've ever worked with. These people are not professional singers, so to do a musical like this which I think is one of the most difficult musicals, they all went for it. Every day on the set was a very, very special thing for me. Hearing all these guys sing, I don't know if I can ever have an experience like that again."" Burton said of the singing, "You can't just lip synch, you'd see the throat | 3,978 | wow-train |
I want to be a police officer.
Usually, "police officer" is a generic term that doesn't specify rank.
What do you mean by rank?
Some countries use "officer" reserved only for military personnel.
Which countries do that? | Nordic countries
The Nordic countries or the Nordics are a geographical and cultural region in Northern Europe and the North Atlantic, where they are most commonly known as "Norden" (literally "the North"). The term includes Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden, as well as Greenland and the Faroe Islands—which are both part of the Kingdom of Denmark—and the Åland Islands and Svalbard archipelagos that belong to Finland and Norway respectively, whereas the Norwegian Antarctic territories are often not considered a part | Police officer
A police officer, also known as an officer, policeman, policewoman, cop/copper, garda, police agent, or a police employee is a warranted law employee of a police force. In most countries, "police officer" is a generic term not specifying a particular rank. In some, the use of the rank "officer" is legally reserved for military personnel.
Police officers are generally charged with the apprehension of criminals and the prevention and detection of crime, protection and assistance of the | 3,979 | wow-train |
hey how are you today?
Hey, I'm great, have you ever had a taco with a flour tortilla?
yes i prefer flour over corn or wheat
I agree, mays isn't good for people anyways, its crazy how much we give it to kids like with cereal
thats true. the corn tortillas just dont taste good to me at all | Wheat tortilla
A flour tortilla (, ; or wheat tortilla to differentiate it from other uses of the word "tortilla", which in Spanish means "small "torta"", or "small cake") is a type of soft, thin flatbread made from finely ground wheat flour from Mexico.
The wheat flour tortilla was originally derived from the corn tortilla, a bread of maize which predates the arrival of Europeans to the Americas. It is made with an unleavened, water based dough, pressed and cooked | used a base for other foods. Corn tortillas are usually used for tostadas, although tostadas made of wheat flour may occasionally be found.
Preparation.
The tostada avoids waste when tortillas are not fresh enough to be made into tacos, but fresh enough to be eaten, just like stale bread can be eaten as toast. The tortilla is fried in boiling oil until it becomes golden, rigid and crunchy, rather like a slice of toasted bread. Commercial tostadas—similar in taste and consistency to tortilla chips—are | 3,980 | wow-train |
I love crochet, its a great pass time, do you know about it?
I do know crochet. It's one of my favorite past times. My favorite type is the filet crochet. The grid-like lace looks awesome when finished.
I usually crochet onto flat fabric boards to make wall decorations, What kind of crocheting is the most popular anyways?
I would think that knitting is the most popular. You can make all kinds of garments.
Yes my grandma actually knitted me a scarf one year, it was very thoughtful. What kind of stuff can you make with crochet, ive never tried making clothing.
You can make tons of things by crocheting from clothing to tapestry. Most knitting, a type of crochet, is done by machine now though
Yea I know a lot of people who love doing it the traditional way such as myself. That way you can do it slowly and not mess up. | Hand knitting
Hand knitting is a form of knitting, in which the knitted fabric is produced by hand using needles.
Types.
Types Flat knitting.
Flat knitting uses two straight needles to make generally two-dimensional (flat) pieces. Flat knitting is usually used to knit flat pieces like scarves, blankets, afghans, and the backs, fronts and arms of sweaters (pullovers).
In flat knitting, generally stockinette stitch, the hand-knitter knits from right-to-left on one side | Filet crochet
Filet crochet is a type of crocheted fabric. This type of crocheted lace is gridlike because it uses only two crochet stitches: the chain stitch and the double crochet stitch (U.S. terminology; known in some other countries as "chain stitch" and "treble"). Old filet patterns used a treble or triple stitch vertically but chained two between the vertical stitches. This was to prevent distortion of some patterns. Chain stitches use less yarn than double crochet stitches, which results in a visual difference in appearance | 3,981 | wow-train |
Dating is an early stage of a romantic relationship between two people. Dating could lead to marriage!
The last man I dated is now my husband. Do you know a bunch about dating?
Since it's a type of courtship, dating involves social activities. That's not my strong suit!
I'm not good at social activities but there are ways to make that work with more quiet settings. We only dated for 2 months before we got engaged. | Extraversion and introversion
The trait of extraversion–introversion is a central dimension of human personality theories. The terms "introversion" and "extraversion" were popularized by Carl Jung, although both the popular understanding and psychological usage differ from his original intent. Extraversion tends to be manifested in outgoing, talkative, energetic behavior, whereas introversion is manifested in more reserved and solitary behavior. Virtually all comprehensive models of personality include these concepts in various forms. Examples include the Big Five model, Jung's analytical psychology, Hans Eysenck's | social skills are often used by the writers as a balancing point; she demonstrates a need to interact with other people in a way her more awkward colleagues do not. Plotlines have alluded that Angela has extensive romantic experience, once telling Zack Addy to "reap the benefits of my sexual wisdom." She also told Brennan, "I don't know how to talk to crazy people unless I'm dating them."
Angela contemplates leaving the Jeffersonian at one point, under the assumption that her work does not contribute to | 3,982 | wow-train |
Do you like DC comics or Marvel?
I like comics, my fiance buys and sells them. Is DC comics the one that has Batman and Superman | Batman
Batman is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character was created by artist Bob Kane and writer Bill Finger, and first appeared in "Detective Comics" #27 in 1939. Originally named the "Bat-Man," the character is also referred to by such epithets as the Caped Crusader, the Dark Knight, and the World's Greatest Detective.
Batman's secret identity is Bruce Wayne, a wealthy American playboy, philanthropist, and owner of Wayne Enterprises. After | as a newborn alien whose ship fell in the Soviet Union instead of Kansas. This work was published in 2003, two years after his departure from DC. Millar started the "Ultimate X-Men" comics, the "Ultimate Fantastic Four", and "The Ultimates". Stan Lee, creator of many characters of Marvel comics, praised his work, but also advised him: "That's great, but you should do your own characters instead of doing mine. I didn't do Superman and Batman and Tarzan | 3,983 | wow-train |
I've always been interested in horse training and I think I might give it a try!
Well the first thing you should know is Horse training refers to a variety of practices that teach horses to perform certain behaviors
Is any special training required to be a horse trainer?
Know but it is best to learn from a experienced handler. Horses are trained to be manageable by humans for everyday care
Are horses particularly tough to train or are they pretty smart animals? | Horse training
Horse training refers to a variety of practices that teach horses to perform certain behaviors when commanded to do so by humans. Horses are trained to be manageable by humans for everyday care as well as for equestrian activities from horse racing to therapeutic horseback riding for people with disabilities.
Historically, horses were trained for warfare, farm work, sport and transport. Today, most horse training is geared toward making horses useful for a variety of recreational and sporting equestrian pursuits. Horses are also trained for specialized jobs from | . Then, when they have the horse nicely broken, you give to a cowboy. Why don't you give the wild horses to the cowboys to break in? They ride on saddles, and it would not be so hard for them.' But the chief cowboy only said, "Well, I can't be bothered by a little thing like that. You will have to see Buffalo Bill about the horses.' But I retorted, "You know very well that Buffalo Bill does not know what you do | 3,984 | wow-train |
I love watching the Avengers originally published by marvel comics
Can you tell me more about the Avengers? The only graphic novels that I am familiar with are The Walking Dead.
The Avengers are a fictional team of superheroes
I have heard about them on The Big Bang Theory tv show. They sound very cool! | The Big Bang Theory
The Big Bang Theory is an American television sitcom created by Chuck Lorre and Bill Prady, both of whom served as executive producers on the series, along with Steven Molaro. All three also served as head writers. The show premiered on CBS on September 24, 2007 and concluded on May 16, 2019, having broadcast a total of 279 episodes over 12 seasons.
The show originally centered on five characters living in Pasadena, California: Leonard Hofstadter and Sheldon Cooper, both physicists at Caltech, | Thunderbolts (comics)
The Thunderbolts are a fictional superhero team appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The team consists mostly of reformed supervillains.
Publication history.
The Thunderbolts first appeared in "The Incredible Hulk" #449 (January 1997) and were created by Kurt Busiek and Mark Bagley.
The Thunderbolts were first presented as a group of superheroes like the Avengers, both to readers and to the Marvel Universe, who became heroes to help protect the world when the Avengers were declared dead after | 3,985 | wow-train |
Have you ever been to The Royal Ballet?
I cannot say that I have, but I do know it is a renowned ballet company in London
I love the ballet! I think it would be amazing to go there but I haven't been either | , and continues to be one of the world's most famous ballet companies to this day, generally noted for its artistic and creative values. The company employs approximately 100 dancers and has purpose built facilities within the Royal Opera House. The official associate school of the company is the Royal Ballet School, and it also has a sister company, the Birmingham Royal Ballet, which operates independently. The Prima ballerina assoluta of the Royal Ballet is the late Dame Margot Fonteyn.
History.
In 1926, the Irish-born | she thinks that happened, explained:
Lane continued, "I do want people to know that she did work really hard. And she lost a lot of weight so that if you looked at her, you would say she could pass from the arms up as a dancer. She's an amazing actor. I can't act like that. But to say that she did all of the dancing is absolutely ridiculous to anyone that knows anything about ballet."
Aftermath Aronofsky and Fox Searchlight.
In response, people | 3,986 | wow-train |
I live in Florida and we have so many lizards!
I know, I live in Florida too! Of course lizards can vary a lot in size from chameleons to geckos.
Yes, in my yard I have everything from the little common lizards, to iguanas, to basilisks! I wonder why lizards thrive in Florida? What do they eat?
Lizards are mainly carnivorous, often been seen-and-wait predators.
Oh really?! I didn't know that! Are all lizards reptiles? | Lizard
Lizards are a widespread group of squamate reptiles, with over 6,000 species, ranging across all continents except Antarctica, as well as most oceanic island chains. The group is paraphyletic as it excludes the snakes and Amphisbaenia; some lizards are more closely related to these two excluded groups than they are to other lizards. Lizards range in size from chameleons and geckos a few centimeters long to the 3 meter long Komodo dragon.
Most lizards are quadrupedal, running with a strong side-to-side motion. Others are | . They are called 'spectacled' because of their transparent lower eyelids, so they can still see with closed eyes. Like most lizards, but unlike geckos, these eyelids are movable. Spectacled lizards are related to the Teiidae, but they look like skinks with smooth scales. They are generally small lizards; many species have reduced limbs. Gymnophthalmids live in a wide variety of habitats, from desert to mountain to rain forest, throughout Central America and South America. They are usually inhabitants of the forest floor or wet areas | 3,987 | wow-train |
Hello! Something I've never tried is paddle-boarding, what about you? | Paddleboarding
Paddleboarding participants are propelled by a swimming motion using their arms while lying, kneeling, or standing on a paddleboard or surfboard in the ocean. This article refers to traditional prone or kneeling paddleboarding. A derivative of paddleboarding is stand up paddleboarding also called stand up paddle surfing. Paddleboarding is usually performed in the open ocean, with the participant paddling and surfing unbroken swells to cross between islands or journey from one coastal area to another. Champion paddlers can stroke for hours and a race is only a warm-up for | you believe and trying to convince everybody else is not always an easy task. I'm into a lot of meditating. My dad was Catholic and he tried to school me in that, but I never really agreed with him. I've always been interested in religion and the way it affects society. The Starseed thing is about going on a meditation journey and coming back with something tangible. Something you actually believe in. Something that means something to you. It is hard to convince people of my father's generation of | 3,988 | wow-train |
I used to really suffer badly from social anxiety disorder. It is also known as social phobia and it makes someone really nervous around people
Wow so it is hard for you to be in open spaces such as malls or local centers.
My anxiety is related partially to where I am at, but it is likely some of it is genetic
Is there anything you do to calm it down or have you gotten a diagnosis? | along with rapid speech. Panic attacks can also occur under intense fear and discomfort. Some sufferers may use alcohol or other drugs to reduce fears and inhibitions at social events. It is common for sufferers of social phobia to self-medicate in this fashion, especially if they are undiagnosed, untreated, or both; this can lead to alcoholism, eating disorders or other kinds of substance abuse. SAD is sometimes referred to as an "illness of lost opportunities" where "individuals make major life choices to accommodate their illness" | of leaving home or a small familiar 'safe' area, and of possible panic attacks that might follow. It may also be caused by various specific phobias such as fear of open spaces, social embarrassment (social agoraphobia), fear of contamination (fear of germs, possibly complicated by obsessive-compulsive disorder) or PTSD (post traumatic stress disorder) related to a trauma that occurred out of doors.
3. Social phobia, also known as social anxiety disorder, is when the situation is feared as the person | 3,989 | wow-train |
I like to volunteer helping at my local Urban Agriculture area. Its gardening process of cultivating, processing, and distributing food
Where does the food get distributed to?
Just to the local community. Its not about profits but about aiding my community.
I bet that is very helpful to them | Urban agriculture
Urban agriculture, urban farming, or urban gardening is the practice of cultivating, processing and distributing food in or around urban areas. Urban agriculture can also involve animal husbandry, aquaculture, agroforestry, urban beekeeping, and horticulture. These activities occur in peri-urban areas as well, and peri-urban agriculture may have different characteristics.
Urban agriculture can reflect varying levels of economic and social development. It may be a social movement for sustainable communities, where organic growers, "foodies," and " | to choose where its packaged food will be distributed. The International Headquarters office recommends that approximately two thirds of the meals be shipped internationally, and that the remaining third be distributed locally, but allocation varies based on each satellite's location and global/local need. Some satellites focus almost exclusively on shipments to a particular country – while others put a higher emphasis on helping those in need within the local community where the food is being packaged.
Network Feeding partners.
Kids Against Hunger does not usually ship the meals packaged by | 3,990 | wow-train |
I can do pretty good impressions of birds. Do you know about that?
Can you do both bird calls and bird songs?
Yes I think I do both. What is the difference though exactly?
In birding, songs are distinguished by function from calls.
That's pretty interesting. What kind of functions are we talking here? | Bird vocalization
Bird vocalization includes both bird calls and bird songs. In non-technical use, bird songs are the bird sounds that are melodious to the human ear. In ornithology and birding, songs (relatively complex vocalizations) are distinguished by function from calls (relatively simple vocalizations).
Definition.
The distinction between songs and calls is based upon complexity, length, and context. Songs are longer and more complex and are associated with courtship and mating, while calls tend to serve such functions as alarms or | John Lennon and McCartney wrote together or separately before they had a publishing deal. Talking about such early songs, McCartney said "We wrote a few that never got published, before we went with a publisher, and I say, it's really now they're in here [his memory]. They never got put down anywhere so there's really only my memory that can sort of remember them, you know. So it's something I want to do something with actually, 'cause they're pretty rough songs, but | 3,991 | wow-train |
I got a divorce awhile back. It wasn't very fun.
I can only imagine. There's not a lot that can be said about a divorce that's happy, especially if the reason is some kind of sexual incompatibility
Yeah or especially when there are kids involved.
Did you run into any strange divroce laws particular to your region of the world?
No not really, but I hear there are lots of them. | (spousal support), child visitation / access, parenting time, child support, and division of debt. In most countries, monogamy is required by law, so divorce allows each former partner to marry another person.
Divorce is different from annulment, which declares the marriage null and void, with legal separation or "de jure" separation (a legal process by which a married couple may formalize a "de facto" separation while remaining legally married) or with "de facto separation" (a process where the | held up there and we couldn’t pass and if I did try to make moves or try to make a pass, I got cutoff.”
Jeff Gordon, who finished sixth in his final substitute ride in the No. 88 car, said that "like Homestead, you don't really know how special some of those moments are until years down the road. Maybe that's just my personality when I can reflect on it, go back through my career. This has really done a lot for me integrating into | 3,992 | wow-train |
I am an only child, it has its downsides and upsides, what about you? | Only child
An only child is a person with no siblings, either biological or adopted.
Children who have half-siblings or step-siblings, either living at the same house or a different house - especially those who were born considerably later - may have a similar family environment to only children, as may children who have much younger siblings from both of the same parents (generally ten or more years).
Overview.
Throughout history, only children were relatively uncommon. From around the middle of the | before Bethany Platt’s (Lucy Fallon) child sexual exploitation storyline came to an end. Oates has expressed her fears about how viewers will take the subject of the storyline; “I am still scared but I think that the trepidation that I feel about is useful. It’s one of those storylines that makes you check what you are doing and it will make people talk about it – we will seek a lot of advice and we have talked about it a lot as a team. So it is a good thing that | 3,993 | wow-train |
I think extreme couponing is so interesting! Have you done it?
Never tried, but I have seen the scripted American reality television series show on TLC
It is very interesting how cheaply one can get products. I haven't seen that show, is it worth watching?
Find a copy of the ABC nightline episode "Extreme Couponing Competition: How Far Can $50 Go?"
Where would I get that? | Nightline
Nightline (or ABC News Nightline) is ABC News' late-night television news program broadcast on ABC in the United States with a franchised formula to other networks and stations elsewhere in the world. Created by Roone Arledge, the program featured Ted Koppel as its main anchor from March 1980 until his retirement in November 2005. Its current, rotating anchors are Dan Harris, Byron Pitts, and Juju Chang. "Nightline" airs weeknights from 12:37 to 1:07 a.m., Eastern Time, after "Jimmy Kimmel Live | a porn. So I regret doing it with my ex more than I regret doing it in general." He says he could do porn again, but wonders how he would extend that into a viable career. "[W]here is the reality show? And where are the people that have seen how interesting my life is? Not that many people were, like, the first of their kind to be an Internet celebrity—what happens after that?" he said. "What happens after you extend your 15 minutes | 3,994 | wow-train |
I have three small dogs! They are all so playful. Do you have dogs?
I don't have any domestic dogs but I really want to own one. They are also the most abundant terrestrial carnivore.
Yes they are! What breed would you prefer? They are definitely man's best friend!
Of all the dogs I'd love a Golden Retriever. They were the first domesticated animal too.
They are incredible creatures! Do you know how old dogs commonly get?
Depends on the breed, size, and shape of the dog.
Gotcha! Well I think it's important to interact with your dog. They need a companion as much as the human.! | was the first species to be domesticated and has been selectively bred over millennia for various behaviors, sensory capabilities, and physical attributes.
Their long association with humans has led dogs to be uniquely attuned to human behavior and they are able to thrive on a starch-rich diet that would be inadequate for other canid species. Dogs vary widely in shape, size and colors. They perform many roles for humans, such as hunting, herding, pulling loads, protection, assisting police and military, companionship and, more recently | so much regulation, if you're working on a film and two people get injured, they come in and they shut you down. They have safety meetings and they say, 'What are we gonna do to change this situation?' If they did that to us after two bites, we would have said, 'I don't know what else we can do differently. Should we do it with dogs? I don't know!' If we wanna make a movie with lions, people are gonna | 3,995 | wow-train |
I was never an athlete, but my teen enjoys competitive sports and trains to be at max performance as a runner.
I have always wanted to be a runner, but I have bad knees. Do they like long distance running or shorter sprints?
He like long-distance running over distances of at least eight kilometres.
Are they on the school track team or in a running club of some kind?
Technically track and field since it includes cross country running.
I don't know how people run in the heat. I would pass out. Does extreme weather bother them? | Heat wave
A heat wave, or heatwave, is a period of excessively hot weather, which may be accompanied by high humidity, especially in oceanic climate countries. While definitions vary, a heat wave is usually measured relative to the usual weather in the area and relative to normal temperatures for the season. Temperatures that people from a hotter climate consider normal can be called a heat wave in a cooler area if they are outside the normal climate pattern for that area.
The term is applied both to hot weather variations | Alfred Shrubb
Alfred Shrubb (12 December 1879 – 23 April 1964) known as Alfie Shrubb was an English middle and long distance runner. During an amateur career lasting from 1899 to 1905 (when he was barred from amateur competition for receiving payment for running) and a professional career from 1905 to 1912 he won over 1,000 races of about 1,800. At the peak of his career he was virtually unbeatable at distances up to 15 miles, often racing against relay teams so that the race would be more competitive. On 4 | 3,996 | wow-train |
What do you know about classical music? I enjoy listening to the symphony in my hometown, but I am clueless about it. | 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 | heavy band', and I think that's rubbish. You should do what you want ... I think classical music is very good for the soul. A lot of people go 'ah well, classical music is for old fogies' but I was exactly the same. At 16 I didn't want to know about classical music: I'd had it rammed down my throat. But now I feel an obligation to tell the kids 'look, just give classical music a chance' ... the guitar frustrates me | 3,997 | wow-train |
The Grateful Dead are amazing! Do you enjoy their music? | Grateful Dead
The Grateful Dead was an American rock band formed in 1965 in Palo Alto, California. The band is known for its eclectic style, which fused elements of rock, folk, country, jazz, bluegrass, blues, gospel, and psychedelic rock; for live performances of lengthy instrumental jams; and for its devoted fan base, known as "Deadheads". "Their music", writes Lenny Kaye, "touches on ground that most other groups don't even know exists". These various influences were | non-professional machine at low level and contains some tape hiss and other undesirable stuff. Several procedures were employed to clarify the sound, but artifacts may still be heard. However, the music shines through, and the performance is too good not to bring to you. Enjoy."
Track listing.
1. "I Know You Rider" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 4:53
2. "Don't Ease Me In" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 3:26
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Ice hockey is popular in colder places such as Canada and Scandinavia, however it is less often seen in countries as my own such as the United Kingdom.
I live in the United States and it is very popular here, although I don't know much about it. Have you ever seen a game?
I haven't, no. However, hockey played on grass is common in the United Kingdom and I was part of my secondary school team, competing against other school teams in my county.
Wow! That's interesting! Is hockey played on grass as much of a contact sport as hockey played on ice?
Definitely not! It always amazes me how many fights ice hockey players seem to get in to. Hockey is non-contact over here, although I have seen the odd person get hit in the face with a stick where the other person has raised their stick too high!
Ice hockey seems to be quite a violent sport, for sure. Field hockey sounds a little bit more my speed. What position did you play? | Field hockey
Field hockey is a team game of the hockey family. The game can be played on grass, water turf, artificial turf or synthetic field as well as an indoor board surface. Each team plays with eleven players, including the goalie. Players use sticks made out of wood, carbon fibre, fibre glass or a combination of carbon fibre and fibre glass in different quantities (with the higher carbon fibre stick being more expensive and less likely to break) to hit a round, hard, plastic ball. | Russia and much of Eastern Europe. The International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) is the formal governing body for international ice hockey, with the IIHF managing international tournaments and maintaining the IIHF World Ranking. Worldwide, there are ice hockey federations in 76 countries.
In Canada, the United States, Nordic countries, and some other European countries the sport is known simply as hockey; the name "ice hockey" is used in places where "hockey" more often refers to the more popular field hockey, such as countries | 3,999 | wow-train |
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