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My wife and I love to go scuba diving. Have you ever tried it?
No, I'm a little afraid of breathing underwater!
I'm pretty new myself. Do you know much about how to do it! We could use some tips.
Well divers carry their own source of gas, which allows them to more with greater independance.
Yes! It's a really fun experience. Do you know when people first started scuba diving throughout history?
Not really but it takes a lot of tech to get the high pressure gas into the cylinders and you need a regulator.
Wow, for someone who's afraid of breathing underwater you sure know a lot about diving! Do you know what percentage of oxygen is used in the tanks? | cylinder or cylinders may be used for an equivalent dive duration. Rebreathers extend the time spent underwater compared to open circuit for the same gas consumption; they produce fewer bubbles and less noise than open circuit scuba which makes them attractive to covert military divers to avoid detection, scientific divers to avoid disturbing marine animals, and media divers to avoid bubble interference.
Scuba diving may be done recreationally or professionally in a number of applications, including scientific, military and public safety roles, but most commercial diving uses surface-supplied diving | Scuba diving
Scuba diving is a mode of underwater diving where the diver uses a self-contained underwater breathing apparatus (scuba), which is completely independent of surface supply, to breathe underwater. Scuba divers carry their own source of breathing gas, usually compressed air, allowing them greater independence and freedom of movement than surface-supplied divers, and longer underwater endurance than breath-hold divers. Although the use of compressed air is common, a new mixture called enriched air (Nitrox) has been gaining popularity due to | 4,800 | wow-train |
If I were going to learn a racket sport, I might pick tennis.
OK | gain a point, while the opposite player will.
Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society and at all ages. The sport can be played by anyone who can hold a racket, including wheelchair users. The modern game of tennis originated in Birmingham, England, in the late 19th century as lawn tennis. It had close connections both to various field (lawn) games such as croquet and bowls as well as to the older racket sport today called real tennis. During most of the | court with a 5-foot-7-inch-high net.
4 basic strokes get you going in a game, makes it appealing to kids, adolescents and people of all ages
If you played tennis, any racket sport or volleyball, chances are you can play Beach Tennis on the first day,
At the same time, people who have never played a sport might not be able to hit the ball with the racket at the beginning of their first lesson but with such a short learning curve, can already leave the first lesson | 4,801 | wow-train |
Fishing is a great time, especially on a nice boat.
It is very fun to go fishing on a boat, I have never went on a ship but I imagine that would be fun as well
I have a few times and it is great fun!
I bet it is, there are over 4 million commercial fishing vessels! I wish I owned one ha
That's so many! I had no idea there were that many of them. | majority of which were undecked, and those small vessels dominated in all regions. Conversely, the largest vessels, classified as those with LOA greater than 24 m made up about 2 percent of the total fleet.
About 1.3 million of these are decked vessels with enclosed areas. Nearly all of these decked vessels are mechanised, and 40,000 of them are over 100 tons. At the other extreme, two-thirds (1.8 million) of the undecked boats are traditional craft of various types, powered only by sail and oars | character returning to the show. She commented, "It would be great fun to get all the Butcher clan back for a few months. I hear Diane's name mentioned quite a lot on the show — it makes me feel like I've never really left. But all the people I'm connected with are leaving, which makes going back harder and I'm really sorry about that. It would be great to have the Butcher clan come back for Mike's sendoff. But, sadly, I don't think there | 4,802 | wow-train |
I really love extreme couponing, I'm such a couponer. It saves lots of money.
Nightline did a segment called How Far can $50 go - did you see it?
I haven't seen this one, it sounds like something for me. What was it about?
A segment about shoppers making some pretty extensive use and getting a lot of stuff - amazing
That sounds incredible, I love putting old stuff to use, I don't like throwing things away. The same goes for discounts, I love them.
The show on TLC surpassed expectations by more than 2 million viewers - so lots like it.
This sounds like a popular show, TLC is a big station too.
It's available to wach in 95 million American households!
Wow, that's a huge number! I think almost everyone owns a TV in the United States. | Extreme Couponing
Extreme Couponing (renamed Extreme Couponing: All-Stars for its third season) is a scripted American reality television entertainment series produced by Sharp Entertainment and aired on cable network TLC in the United States and Canada.
History.
Extreme couponing is an activity that combines shopping skills with couponing in an attempt to save as much money as possible while accumulating the most groceries. The concept of "extreme couponers" was first mentioned by "The Wall Street Journal" on March 8, 2010 in an article entitled | "Hard Times Turn Coupon Clipping Into the Newest Extreme Sport". On March 25, 2010, ABC Nightline followed up with its Season 3 premiere with a segment entitled "Extreme Couponing Competition: How Far Can $50 Go?"
TLC's "Extreme Couponing" is a show about shoppers who make extensive and focused use of coupons to save money while accumulating large quantities of goods. It was previewed in December 2010; after surpassing network expectations with more than 2 million viewers, it received a series order and began | 4,803 | wow-train |
One of my biggest fears is acrophobie
you mean the extreme or irrational fear or phobia of heights?
yeah that's what i was referring to . Can you tell me more about acrophobia ? | Acrophobia
Acrophobia is an extreme or irrational fear or phobia of heights, especially when one is not particularly high up. It belongs to a category of specific phobias, called space and motion discomfort, that share both similar causes and options for treatment.
Most people experience a degree of natural fear when exposed to heights, known as the fear of falling. On the other hand, those who have little fear of such exposure are said to have a head for heights. A head for heights is advantageous for those hiking | Ciudadanos became the biggest Spanish political party to support the practice, with the party's leader Albert Rivera claiming the practice was feminist. The party's candidate for mayor of Madrid Begoña Villacís said, "Everything that implies the absence of parents is feminist. I claim my autonomy. The State can not be my father and tell me what I can and can not do with my body. You can put caution, but not tell me what I can do. [...] One thing is as extreme as the other | 4,804 | wow-train |
IBM invented the ATM, the PC and floppy disk.
Really? When? | world's first floppy disk and disk drive began in 1967 at a San Jose (CA) IBM facility, and introduced into the market in an 8-inch format in 1972. The more conveniently sized -inch disks were introduced in 1976, and became almost universal on dedicated word processing systems and personal computers. This format was more slowly replaced by the -inch format, first introduced in 1982. There was a significant period where both were popular. A number of other variant sizes were introduced over time, with limited market success. | Floppy disk variants
The floppy disk is a data storage and transfer device which was ubiquitous from the mid-1970s well into the 2000s. Besides the 3½-inch and 5¼-inch formats used in IBM PC compatible systems, or the 8-inch format that preceded them, many proprietary floppy disk formats were developed, either using a different disk design or special layout and encoding methods for the data held on the disk.
3-inch "MCD-1 Micro Cassette".
A 3-inch magnetic disc in a hard plastic shell was invented by Marcell Jánosi, who was | 4,805 | wow-train |
Hi, I am a vegetarian. It's hard but worth it.
Vegetarianism is the practice of abstaining from the consumption of meat
Do you think eating fish is still considered vegetarianism?
It may also include abstention from by products of animals slaughter
What is a common non-animal protein?
Vegetarianism may be adopted for various reasons
Are eggs considered to be vegetarian? | Vegetarianism
Vegetarianism is the practice of abstaining from the consumption of meat (red meat, poultry, seafood, and the flesh of any other animal), and may also include abstention from by-products of animals processed for food.
Vegetarianism may be adopted for various reasons. Many people object to eating meat out of respect for sentient life. Such ethical motivations have been codified under various religious beliefs, as well as animal rights advocacy. Other motivations for vegetarianism are health-related, political, environmental, cultural, | it the largest animal rights group in the world. Its slogan is "animals are not ours to eat, wear, experiment on, use for entertainment, or abuse in any other way."
Alternatives and reactions Veganism and vegetarianism.
Veganism is the practice of abstaining from the use of all animal products, particularly in diet. Vegetarianism is the practice of abstaining from the consumption of meat (red meat, poultry, seafood, insects and the flesh of any other animal and may also include abstention from by-products | 4,806 | wow-train |
I've never really gone hiking but I want to try it! Do you like going hiking?
young hikers and speak out to elected officials and the public on the need to protect public lands and to expand and preserve trail access. These five individuals are rising stars in the outdoor community from all walks of life and across the country.
But in the United Kingdom they call hiking just walking
Walking is one of the most popular outdoor recreational activities in the United Kingdom, and within England and Wales there is a comprehensive network of rights of way that permits easy access to the countryside. Access is also easy in Scotland but not in Northern Ireland. ... Walking in mountainous areas in the UK is called hillwalking, or in North
Have you ever walked around the United Kingdom, whether in England or Wales?
currently walking around the coast of Britain in stages, and is currently in Fife. | Fife
Fife (; /fɐif/ in Scottish English; , ) is a council area and historic county of Scotland. It is situated between the Firth of Tay and the Firth of Forth, with inland boundaries to Perth and Kinross (i.e. the historic counties of Perthshire and Kinross-shire) and Clackmannanshire. By custom it is widely held to have been one of the major Pictish kingdoms, known as "Fib", and is still commonly known as the Kingdom of Fife within Scotland. Fife is one of the six local authorities | With 18 local chapters dispersed geographically throughout Florida, the Florida Trail Association draws on local support to build and maintain hiking trails, to provide guided outdoor recreation opportunities for the public, and to work with landowners to acquire protected natural lands to ensure a quality hiking experience for hikers on the Florida Trail corridor.
The Florida Trail Association works directly in concert with the federal land manager of the Florida Trail, the USDA Forest Service, to facilitate the acquisition of land, to direct volunteer efforts, and to provide public outreach | 4,807 | wow-train |
i drive a Honda Civic | Honda Accord
The is a series of automobiles manufactured by Honda since 1976, best known for its four-door sedan variant, which has been one of the best-selling cars in the United States since 1989. The Accord nameplate has been applied to a variety of vehicles worldwide, including coupes, wagons, hatchbacks, and a crossover.
Background.
Since initiation, Honda has offered several different car body styles and versions of the Accord, and often vehicles marketed under the Accord nameplate concurrently in different regions differ | Honda R engine
The Honda R engine is an inline-four engine launched in 2006 for the Honda Civic (non-Si). It is fuel injected, has an aluminum-alloy cylinder block and cylinder head, is a SOHC 16-valve design (four valves per cylinder) and utilizes Honda's i-VTEC system. The R series engine has a compression ratio of 10.5:1, features a "drive by wire" throttle system which is computer controlled to reduce pumping losses and create a smooth torque curve.
The | 4,808 | wow-train |
Sometimes I like to play blackjack but im not any good | Blackjack
Blackjack is the American variant of a globally popular banking game known as Twenty-One, whose relatives include Pontoon and Vingt-et-Un. It is a comparing card game between one or more players and a dealer, where each player in turn competes against the dealer. Players do not compete against each other. It is played with one or more decks of 52 cards, and is the most widely played casino banking game in the world. The objective of the game is to beat the dealer in one | a little too good... a little too on high moral ground" Francis explained. The actress continued "What I loved about Laura the first time around was the she was so human. She always wanted to do the right thing, but sometimes she couldn't. Lately, she's been too much in control." She further stated, "What I don't like to play is this perfect person who is beyond human error."
Development.
Development Early storylines.
The character did not undergo any real | 4,809 | wow-train |
I've always considered whether or not I'd want to get a tattoo. Do you have any?
i do not but i might get one soon, what type of tattoo would you get ?
Of the three categories (decorative, symbolic, and pictorial), I'd probably get some form of symbolic one on a part of my body that isn't super obvious.
i would would probably get some form of symbolic one, i find at least these mean something would you get a big one ?
Probably not, I'd probably get a small to medium sized one honestly. I wouldn't want that much ink on my skin honestly.
that is fair enough. they cost a lot to remove so maybe a smaller one is for the best. does anyone in your family have one | Tattoo
A tattoo is a form of body modification where a design is made by inserting ink, dyes and pigments, either indelible or temporary, into the dermis layer of the skin to change the pigment. The art of making tattoos is tattooing.
Tattoos fall into three broad categories: purely decorative (with no specific meaning); symbolic (with a specific meaning pertinent to the wearer); pictorial (a depiction of a specific person or item). In addition, tattoos can be used for identification such as | would change Social Security completely. I would do it on an inflationary basis, as far as paying into payroll taxes, and change that, to keep us stabilized as far as cash flow. I'd do COLAs—I'd talk about COLA for 250 percent of poverty guidelines." Asked whether this meant he would "cut benefits to old people," Manchin said that "a rich old person...won't get the COLAs." He asked: "Do you want chained CPI? I can live with either one. | 4,810 | wow-train |
I prefer showering to bathing. I don't care for immersion in a body of water for the purpose of cleaning myself.
I rotate between the two, but if I take a bath I shower afterwards.
I might go a little to far with cleanliness and hygene sometimes. I think I wash my hair too often.
I only wash my hair every two days, otherwise it gets very frizzy.
I have genetically frizzy hair. Plus I live in an area with high humidity.
I do too! Have you found anything that works for fighting frizz? | Frizz
Frizz is hair that does not align with the surrounding hairs, but stands up or curls independently, creating a fuzzy or irregular texture. The three main causes of frizz are genetics, hair damage, and humidity. Frizzy hair can be seen as a positive or a negative trait depending on the current fashion and one's personal preference. Many hair products, such as gels, pomades, and hair waxes, are designed to reduce frizz.
Definition.
There is more than one definition of frizz. Researchers | I'll just have to stay. Even if I really don't want to. In fact I guess I really don't. It is so much easier just to go home. I could get a little job and make everyone happy on a day to day type basis and get a little money and live by myself in my own apartment or something ... but I don't think that's what I really want to do. I've always felt that, to be dedicated to life, you have to be really passionate | 4,811 | wow-train |
I used to live in an apartment when I was a child. I didn't really like it because we had to be careful not to make a lot of noise.
Oh, I know. I just rented a condo at the beach, a sweet little self-contained unit in a building, all on one level. My son's first question was whether the neighbors would hear him fighting with his brother! LOL
I know. It's so annoying, especially for a child. Plus, you have to make sure that you don't break anything or mess anything up.
The Brits call apartments "flats". I like the sound of that much more!
Yeah, I do too. It sounds cooler. I think apartments are good for those that are single, though.
I agree, if you are single and working, an apartment is great. Or, a "tenement" as they call it in Scotland. That's a pejorative term here in the States though!
I've never heard of that term before. A lot of college students will get an apartment so they can be off-campus.
Yes, tenement is sort of a strange term. In the United States it has come to mean a run-down building. Not good!
Oh no. That is definitely offensive to someone living in one. | referred to tenancy and therefore to any rented accommodation. The New York State legislature defined it in the Tenement House Act of 1867 in terms of rental occupancy by multiple households, as
In Scotland, it continues to be the most common word for a multiple-occupancy building, but elsewhere it is used as a pejorative in contrast to "apartment building" or "block of flats". Tenement houses were either adapted or built for the working class as cities industrialized, and came to be contrasted with middle-class apartment | ." All three members have a background in art and they design their own album artwork, posters, T-shirts and even socks. In April 2005 Hodgson explained her song writing style, "My attitude used to be just make up some shit that fits in and we'll be sweet, but now I want to work on the lyrics... I think when Daniel Johns first got some success, he didn't really know about music history, so he studied it, but I don't feel like I need to | 4,812 | wow-train |
I am looking to become a singer. Do you like singing? | Singing
Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice and augments regular speech by the use of sustained tonality, rhythm, and a variety of vocal techniques. A person who sings is called a singer or vocalist (in jazz and popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or without accompaniment by musical instruments. Singing is often done in an ensemble of musicians, such as a choir of singers or a band of instrumentalists. Singers may | Factor, which disbanded by 1995. Initially, Arthur sought to become a noted bass guitarist, stating: "I never started singing until I was in my early 20s. I remember thinking, ‘OK – I am not a singer, I am a musician.’ I wanted to be this like heroic bass player so I listened to people like Jaco Pastorius, to "Bitches Brew" over and over again. And then like Nirvana came out and I was blown away and then I got into Bob Dylan. Around | 4,813 | wow-train |
I just had to put on my glasses because I have near-sightedness - anything in the distance is so blurry! I can see fine up close though, thank goodness!
I wear glasses too, with progressive lenses. I hate wearing them.
I hear ya! First time I got them I thought I was going to be sick! I guess it's a hazard of getting old and needing multifocal lenses!
Yes, it was really hard to adjust. I really want Laser surgery to correct my vision. It scares me though.
Me too! A sharp object in my eye? I think not! Unfortunately, uncorrected near sightedness can result in retinal detachment and cataracts - oh joy!
Wow! I didn't know that. Does that mean if you don't wear your glasses your retina could get detached? If that's the case, I won't complain about wearing them anymore. | on close objects, greater time spent indoors, and a family history of the condition. It is also associated with a high socioeconomic class. The underlying mechanism involves the length of the eyeball growing too long or less commonly the lens being too strong. It is a type of refractive error. Diagnosis is by eye examination.
Tentative evidence indicates that the risk of near-sightedness can be decreased by having young children spend more time outside. This may be related to natural light exposure. Near-sightedness can be corrected | going wrong); e.g. "I am having a problem finding my glasses" (right now, I'm looking for my glasses but I can't find them) vs. "I have a problem finding my glasses" (I often lose my glasses and can't find them).
This construction describes the simple engagement in a present activity, with the focus on action in progress "at this very moment". It too can indicate a future, particularly when discussing plans already in place: "I am flying | 4,814 | wow-train |
i have epilepsy, but I don't know much about it. I was just diagnosed.
I see. Thank you for feeling comfortable enough to share that information. Well, as you may be aware, the basis of epilepsy is the fact that the term refers to a group of neurological disorders, and it's highlighted by epileptic seizures.
Yes, I started having seizures after I got into the anime TV show, One Punch Man. All the colors set something off.
That's interesting. Well, as you may be aware then, the seizures can be either brief and almost undetectable, or they can be long periods of vigorous shaking. What's also unfortunate is that with these seizures comes misunderstandings and social stigma from society.
Yeah, I never had any other health issues before. It just started randomly. Do you know when people first researched epilepsy? | varying degrees of social stigma due to their condition.
The cause of most cases of epilepsy is unknown. Some cases occur as the result of brain injury, stroke, brain tumors, infections of the brain, and birth defects through a process known as epileptogenesis. Known genetic mutations are directly linked to a small proportion of cases. Epileptic seizures are the result of excessive and abnormal neuronal activity in the cortex of the brain. The diagnosis involves ruling out other conditions that might cause similar symptoms, such as fainting, and | Twain. Manipulative treatments had purportedly alleviated the symptoms of his daughter Jean's epilepsy as well as Twain's own chronic bronchitis. In 1909, he spoke before the New York State Assembly at a hearing regarding the practice of osteopathy in the state." I don't know as I cared much about these osteopaths until I heard you were going to drive them out of the state, but since I heard that I haven't been able to sleep." Philosophically opposed to the American Medical Association's stance that its own type | 4,815 | wow-train |
Swedn seems like a great place to live.
I agree, is a very good Scandinavian country in Northern Europe to live in
I hear they have free college over there which is bizarre.
Yes but only to her nationals and EU citizens, foreigners have to pay now. The country borders Norway to the west and north and Finland to the east
Damn really? That blows. | 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 | citizenship is additional to national citizenship. EU citizenship affords rights, freedoms and legal protections to all of its citizens.
European Union citizens have the right to free movement, settlement and employment across the EU. EU citizens are also free to trade and transport goods, services and capital through EU borders, as in a national market, with no restrictions on capital movements or fees. Citizens also have the right to vote in and run as a candidate in local elections in the country where they live, European elections and European | 4,816 | wow-train |
I wonder what it would be like to change genders.
Like actually changing your body?
From female to male or male to female. | 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 | )
Distribution.
This genus occurs in Asia and Africa.
Reproduction.
"Clea" consists of defined male and female genders and is not capable of gender change. It is unknown as to how to sex these animals. Both males and females seem to be the same size and shape. When a male and female mate, they lock together for 8–12 hours.
Feeding habits.
Like all snails in the clade Neogastropoda, snails in this genus are carnivorous. They feed on different types of worms | 4,817 | wow-train |
My cousin works for the United Parcel Service | United Parcel Service
United Parcel Service (UPS) is an American multinational package delivery and supply chain management company.
Along with the central package delivery operation, the UPS brand name (in a fashion similar to that of competitor FedEx) is used to denote many of its divisions and subsidiaries, including its cargo airline (UPS Airlines), freight-based trucking operation (UPS Freight, formerly Overnite Transportation), and retail-based packing and shipping centers (The UPS Store). The global logistics company is headquartered | microwave ovens, and dishwashers, and can retain heat for keeping food warm.
Cultural references.
Items from Louisville Stoneware are in the Smithsonian Institution and White House. In addition, Queen Elizabeth II was presented a music box made by Louisville Stoneware, given by the wife of Kentucky's governor Ernie Fletcher, that played My Old Kentucky Home when the Queen visited Churchill Downs for the Kentucky Derby in 2007.
The "New York Times" singled out Louisville Stoneware as a business especially affected by the United Parcel Service | 4,818 | wow-train |
I'm not a huge fan of country music but I'd love to learn about iut
It originated from music genres such as folk and blues.
Oh, alright, when was it discovered | Country music
Country music, also known as country and western (or simply country), and hillbilly music, is a genre of popular music that originated in the southern United States in the early 1920s. It takes its roots from genres such as American folk music (especially Appalachian folk and Western music) and blues.
Country music often consists of ballads and dance tunes with generally simple forms, folk lyrics, and harmonies mostly accompanied by string instruments such as banjos, electric and acoustic guitars, steel guitars (such | Bobby Sichran
Bobby Sichran (real name Robert Lichtman, died February 2015) was a Jewish-American alternative hip hop musician. His music was often described as combining hip hop with several other musical genres, such as blues rock and folk music. His fusion of these genres has led many critics to compare him to Beck, and, in some cases, even say that he originated the fusion of folk and hip hop before Beck made it famous. Others have compared him to Bob Dylan, but Sichran criticized such comparisons | 4,819 | wow-train |
halo 3 was one of the best first person shooters ever
you think so?? I never grew to like it! I gave it a try several times but i didn't like it at all
i played it for years, just the custom games people played with friends on back in 2007 when halo 3 came out was great
i prefer bioshock, far cry, call of duty
those are all great game and to be honest i only really liked halo 3 out of the shooter franchise
Do you know anyhing else about this game? | Halo 3
Halo 3 is a 2007 first-person shooter video game developed by Bungie for the Xbox 360 console. The third installment in the "Halo" franchise, the game concludes the story arc begun in 2001's "" and continued in 2004's "Halo 2". The game was released on September 25, 2007, in Australia, Brazil, India, New Zealand, North America, and Singapore; September 26, 2007, in Europe; and September 27, 2007, in Japan. "Halo | for adapting to certain situations.
According to McInally, "It really did seem like an easy test at the time. One of the reasons I did so well is because I didn't think it mattered. So I think I didn't feel any pressure at all. It was more of a lark, and that's when you do your best. If I took it 100 times I'd probably never do that again." McInally claims it hurt, rather than enhanced, his position in the draft because " | 4,820 | wow-train |
Have you ever been to the Nike headquarters in Beaverton, OR?
No i have not what is happening there? | Nike, Inc.
Nike, Inc. () is an American multinational corporation that is engaged in the design, development, manufacturing, and worldwide marketing and sales of footwear, apparel, equipment, accessories, and services. The company is headquartered near Beaverton, Oregon, in the Portland metropolitan area. It is the world's largest supplier of athletic shoes and apparel and a major manufacturer of sports equipment, with revenue in excess of US$24.1 billion in its fiscal year 2012 (ending May 31, 2012). As | a pride anthem; "I wanted to inspire people ... to be themselves. It's a celebration of any sort of quirks or eccentricities." She elaborated, "I was really affected by the suicides that have been happening, having been subject to very public hatred [myself]. I have absolutely no idea how these kids felt. What I'm going through is nothing compared to what they had to go through. Just know things do get better and you need to celebrate who you are. Every weird thing about | 4,821 | wow-train |
Hi, I like snowboarding, have you ever tried this Olympic sport?
I have not, it seems dangerous to me, is it safer than it seems?
There are definitely some dangers associated, but proper equipment can help manage that. The sport was inspired by skateboarding and surfing.
is it any safer than those sports? I have been skateboarding | been in a decline since.
History.
Modern snowboarding began in 1965 when Sherman Poppen, an engineer in Muskegon, Michigan, invented a toy for his daughters by fastening two skis together and attaching a rope to one end so he would have some control as they stood on the board and glided downhill. Dubbed the "snurfer" (combining snow and surfer) by his wife Nancy, the toy proved so popular among his daughters' friends that Poppen licensed the idea to a manufacturer, Brunswick Corporation, that sold | Snowboarding
Snowboarding is a recreational activity and Winter Olympic and Paralympic sport that involves descending a snow-covered slope while standing on a snowboard attached to a rider's feet.
The development of snowboarding was inspired by skateboarding, sledding, surfing and skiing. It was developed in the United States in the 1960s, became a Winter Olympic Sport at Nagano in 1998 and eventually was featured in the Winter Paralympics at Sochi in 2014. Its popularity (as measured by equipment sales) in the United States peaked in 2007 and has | 4,822 | wow-train |
It seems even after reading so many parenting books, I'm still at something of a loss as to the best way to raise my nine children! I'm desperate, and I need your help!
Parenting is really tough! It's so hard to meet the physical, emotional, social and intellectual needs of a child!
Especially when there are so many of them and they all need individual attention. What advice would you give for a struggling dad? | friend. Governments and society may also have a role in child-rearing. In many cases, orphaned or abandoned children receive parental care from non-parent or non-blood relations. Others may be adopted, raised in foster care, or placed in an orphanage. Parenting skills vary, and a parent or surrogate with good parenting skills may be referred to as a "good parent".
Parenting styles vary by historical time period, race/ethnicity, social class, and other social features. Additionally, research | hear this song, and I hope they hear it. So many times, older people look at young kids and say, "Enjoy this time! It's the best time of your life," when it's really not. Being young is hard. Everything's in front of you for the first time. Those things that are in front of you seem so much bigger than they do when you're looking back on them. I'm 32 now and looking back on my teenage years and before, a lot | 4,823 | wow-train |
Do you like Chevy? The Chevrolet Corvette, known colloquially as the Vette or Chevy Corvette
Oh yes! I love chevy, they are great cars and they make awesome trucks, ive wanted to know more about the company though, where are they located?
Well Flint, Michigan and St. Louis, Missouri are the first locations of chevy
Oh thats interesting, Ive heard of flint in the news recently about the whole water issue, Do you know how many car they make in a year?
Im not sure but Myron Scott is credited for naming the car after the type of small warship
Oh thats neat! i had no idea it was a name of a warship, What other cool facts do you know bout chevy?
I read in a magazine one time that Originally designed as a show car for the 1953 Motorama display at the New York Auto Show
Thats so cool, When was Chevy founded? was it recently? | year. Originally designed as a show car for the 1953 Motorama display at the New York Auto Show, it generated enough interest to induce GM to make a production version to sell to the public. First production was on June 30, 1953.
This generation was often referred to as the "solid-axle" models (the independent rear suspension was not introduced until the second generation). Three hundred hand-built polo white Corvette convertibles were produced for the 1953 model year.
The 1954 model year vehicles could | Chevrolet Corvette
The Chevrolet Corvette, colloquially known as the Vette or Chevy Corvette, is a historically front engine, rear drive, two-door, two-passenger sports car manufactured and marketed by Chevrolet across more than 60 years of production and seven design generations—with GM confirming in early 2019 an eighth generation Corvette in a rear-mid-engine configuration. With its generations noted sequentially from C1-C8, the Corvette serves as Chevrolet's halo vehicle and is widely noted for its performance and distinctive plastic—either fiberglass or | 4,824 | wow-train |
I've always wondered what it would be like to go to outer space. It's a shame we probably won't get the opportunity in our lifetimes. If you had the opportunity, would you want to go to space?
Oh yes, I will love to, space is the boundless three dimensional extent in which objects have relative position
I wonder what the latest space missions are, what they're researching.
Maybe the moon, physical space is often conceived in three linear dimensions
What are the three dimensions? | Place" ("Qawl fi al-Makan") of the 11th-century Arab polymath Alhazen. Many of these classical philosophical questions were discussed in the Renaissance and then reformulated in the 17th century, particularly during the early development of classical mechanics. In Isaac Newton's view, space was absolute—in the sense that it existed permanently and independently of whether there was any matter in the space. Other natural philosophers, notably Gottfried Leibniz, thought instead that space was in fact a collection of relations between objects, given | would be needed, solar power could be used and the approach would avoid the requirement to transport material from Earth.
Komerath said "You don't go to investors and say 'I want to build a giant spinning cylinder in space that would house 10,000 people'. You go and say 'I want to build a space-based economy'. It's a business model that will work only if there are a lot of people who will go broke at the same time if it fails".
Since 2006 | 4,825 | wow-train |
Spiders are super scary to me, but also quite interesting.
Spider have eight horrid legs and i hate them, especially the venomous ones
I hate them too honestly, even though they are supposedly a good idea to keep in your house to kill flies.
Yep, spiders are found on any continent and have so many habitats but i will annihilate any in my house
I will too, and wow any continent? They must have really adapted. | Spider
Spiders (order Araneae) are air-breathing arthropods that have eight legs and chelicerae with fangs able to inject venom. They are the largest order of arachnids and rank seventh in total species diversity among all orders of organisms. Spiders are found worldwide on every continent except for Antarctica, and have become established in nearly every habitat with the exceptions of air and sea colonization. , at least 48,200 spider species, and 120 families have been recorded by taxonomists. However, there has been dissension within the scientific community as | , which are secured within the web retreat. The female stays with the eggs until they hatch. The spiderlings then disperse. Occasionally the young spiders stay in the web of the mother for some time, catching the smaller prey that the larger spider would ignore.
Predators include the white-tailed spider, as well as parasitic wasps and flies.
Bite.
Black house spiders are venomous, but are not considered dangerous. They are timid and bites from them are infrequent. The bite may be excruciatingly painful and | 4,826 | wow-train |
I just love chocolate, its my favorite food.
Oh so do I! It is made from the cacoa seeds and roasted or ground
Yes, I especially love cooking with bitter sweet chocolate. | Chocolate
Chocolate is a usually sweet, brown food preparation of roasted and ground cacao seeds that is made in the form of a liquid, paste, or in a block, or used as a flavoring ingredient in other foods. The earliest evidence of use traces to the Olmecs (Mexico), with evidence of chocolate beverages dating to 1900 BC. The majority of Mesoamerican people made chocolate beverages, including the Maya and Aztecs. The word "chocolate" is derived from the Classical Nahuatl word "chocolātl".
The | List of chocolate-covered foods
This is a list of chocolate-covered foods. Chocolate is a typically sweet, usually brown, food preparation of "Theobroma cacao" seeds, roasted and ground, often flavored, as with vanilla. It is made in the form of a liquid, paste or in a block or used as a flavoring ingredient in other sweet foods.
Chocolate-covered foods.
- Breakaway – a brand of biscuit with a chocolate coating produced by Nestlé
- Chocolate bar – many varieties | 4,827 | wow-train |
Do you like cats? I own two.
I love cats! I have an outside cat! He is small and furry!
One of my cats is scared of everything and the other is really pretty. I keep them inside.
Cats are valued for their companionship and their ability to hunt mice and things like that. They're great to have around.
That's why I have cats, for sure. I wonder when cats first started to become domesticated.
I'm not exactly sure of when, but I do know cats are built different than other animals, they can hear sounds too fain or too high in frequency for human ear.
Interesting. I bet that's why my cat sometimes freaks out and looks around frantically.
Probably so. Cats also have an extremely high breeding rate. My outside cat is fixed, so we have no worries there!
That's smart. Fixing pets also helps with aggression. | control the breeding of pet cats by spaying and neutering, as well as abandonment of pets, has resulted in large numbers of feral cats worldwide, contributing to the extinction of entire bird species, and evoking population control.
It was long thought that cat domestication was initiated in Egypt, because cats in ancient Egypt were venerated since around 3100 BC.
However, the earliest indication for the taming of an African wildcat ("F. lybica") was found in Cyprus, where a cat skeleton was excavated close by a | Lists of cats
The cat ("Felis silvestris catus"), also known as the domestic cat or house cat to distinguish it from other felines, is a small carnivorous species of crepuscular mammal that is often valued by humans for its companionship and its ability to hunt vermin.
Lists of cats include:
- List of cats – individual notable cats
- List of cat breeds
- List of experimental cat breeds
- List of fictional cats | 4,828 | wow-train |
vitamin C is very good for you
It sure is! It functions as an antioxidant!
oh yea very easy to get as well
People seem to think that Vitamin C prevents colds but evidence doesn't really support that theory.
oh really i didnt knwo that.
It does, however, shorten the length of a cold should you catch one, so keep taking it!
yea i just drink OJ for it | , and strawberries. Prolonged storage or cooking may reduce vitamin C content in foods.
Biology.
Biology Significance.
Vitamin C is an essential nutrient for certain animals including humans. The term "vitamin C" encompasses several vitamers that have vitamin C activity in animals. Ascorbate salts such as sodium ascorbate and calcium ascorbate are used in some dietary supplements. These release ascorbate upon digestion. Ascorbate and ascorbic acid are both naturally present in the body, since the forms interconvert according to pH. Oxidized forms of the molecule such as | Vitamin C
Vitamin C, also known as ascorbic acid and -ascorbic acid, is a vitamin found in various foods and sold as a dietary supplement. It is used to prevent and treat scurvy. Vitamin C is an essential nutrient involved in the repair of tissue and the enzymatic production of certain neurotransmitters. It is required for the functioning of several enzymes and is important for immune system function. It also functions as an antioxidant.
Current evidence does not support its use for the prevention of the common cold. There is | 4,829 | wow-train |
Do you prefer Star Wars or Star Trek? I'm a big Star Trek fan. | Comparison of Star Trek and Star Wars
"Star Trek" and "Star Wars" are American media franchises which present alternative scenarios of space adventure. The two franchises are dominant in this setting of storytelling and have offered various forms of media productions for decades that manage billions of dollars of intellectual property, providing employment and entertainment for billions of people around the world.
Background.
"Star Trek" was introduced as in 1966 that lasted three years. "" commenced in 1973 (based directly on the original series | "Star Wars" contrasts with the balance of emotion and logic seen in "Star Trek".
Billionaire Peter Thiel told Dowd "I'm a capitalist. "Star Wars" is the capitalist show. "Star Trek" is the communist one". He further stated "There is no money in "Star Trek" because you just have the transporter machine that can make anything you need. The whole plot of "Star Wars" starts with Han Solo having this debt that he owes and so the plot in | 4,830 | wow-train |
I love hiking so much. It's such amazing exercise and you get to see so much of the world at the same time!
I agree, I enjoy hiking with my dog. Its quite the experience!
I can imagine! You could go on a day hike, and in a single day you and your dog could bond and enjoy nature together.
You're right, I make sure I only go when its cool and windy because my dog doesn't like the heat!
To get away from the heat, you could hike in the UK, where they just call it walking as a catch-all term for any kind of hiking activity.
I see, but that might involve quite a long flight! But I will be sure to visit UK and see why people like hiking so much there. | 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 | 's a whole new experience. Listening to my music, and obviously for me performing my music, with an orchestra it's nerve-wracking. I have to be honest. So many people, and I get so nervous, and they are all depending on me. And they are all the best musicians you can get. I just want to live up to their standards. But I enjoy it so much. It's like a huge heart that is beating, this orchestra and it pulls you in and you can | 4,831 | wow-train |
I like using You Tube to get instructions when I am not sure what i am supposed to do in a situation
That's a good idea. You can learn to do just about anything from YouTube videos.
Yes . It must be very thoughtful of the three guys who created the service.
I bet they made a lot of money. I remember when Google bought YouTube. It was a big acquisition for them. | YouTube
YouTube is an American video-sharing website headquartered in San Bruno, California. Three former PayPal employees—Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim—created the service in February 2005. Google bought the site in November 2006 for US$1.65 billion; YouTube now operates as one of Google's subsidiaries.
YouTube allows users to upload, view, rate, share, add to playlists, report, comment on videos, and subscribe to other users. It offers a wide variety of user-generated | sure I am going to be around if I get into the Pro Football Hall of Fame so you must read this for me, I am not sure, I guess I am feeling sorry for myself at this time but you must remember everything I want you to do and say. Mother said you would do what I want because you always did. So read this for me.
I would like to thank everyone who supported me to get into the NFL Hall of Fame, the Dallas Cowboys organization, all of my | 4,832 | wow-train |
Valedictorian is an academic title of success used in the United States have you heard about it?
I've heard the term, but don't really know what it is (I'm not from the US originally). Can you explain a bit about it?
The chosen valedictorian is often the student with the highest ranking among their graduation class
That's a nice way of rewarding someone for their hard work. I think a valedictorian must be similar to what we call a Dux - same principle. | valedictorian's traditional role as the final speaker at the graduation ceremony before the students receive their diplomas. The valedictory address generally is considered a final farewell to classmates, before they disperse to pursue their individual paths after graduating.
In Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Ireland, India and the United Kingdom, the title valedictorian is not used frequently. In Australia, the title is sometimes awarded to a member of a graduating university class on the basis of contribution to the school rather than academic success. The highest- | Valedictorian
Valedictorian is an academic title of success used in the United States, Canada, Philippines, and Armenia (and elsewhere in limited number of schools) for the student who delivers the closing or farewell statement at a graduation ceremony (called a valediction). The chosen valedictorian is traditionally the student with the highest ranking (highest Grade Point Average, or GPA) among their graduating class. The term is an Anglicised derivation of the Latin "vale dicere" ("to say farewell"), historically rooted in the | 4,833 | wow-train |
I have a shopping addiction. I am always eager to make new purchase of unnecessary or superfluous things.
Aww I;m sorry to hear that. Have you sought professional help about it?
No i have not. I do not think i have to since it is a drug-free addictions and it is not as bad as addiction to gambling, Internet, or video-games.
You can still seek psychological help for such an issue. It's best to at least get a professional opinion about it
Well, maybe it could encourage behaviors that build wellness and emotional resilience to my physical, mental and emotional problems.
You could even forumlate a banking-based strategy where your funds are held and doled out on a pre-agreed rate, to curb impulse buying | Addiction psychology
Addiction psychology mostly comprises the clinical psychology and abnormal psychology disciplines and fosters the application of information obtained from research in an effort to appropriately diagnose, evaluate, treat, and support clients dealing with addiction. Throughout the treatment process addiction psychologists encourage behaviors that build wellness and emotional resilience to their physical, mental and emotional problems.
The basis of addiction is controversial. Professionals view it as a disease or a choice. One model is referred to as the Disease model of addiction. The second model is the Choice | weave from it the that I would fain offer you. Are you still suffering—which I am very sorry to hear, and wish that my real sympathy could bring you some relief—I am making my reply to your critiques on another sheet, and by the aid of a machine which I hope you do not abominate: it is the machine on which Swann and one-third of the Jeunes Filles have been translated. Thus you can throw away this sheet unread, or keep it, or inflict it upon M. | 4,834 | wow-train |
I love Cross-country skiing.
the sport of cross-country skiing has a variety of formats that are put on display throughout the US and canada
What kind of courses do these events occur on?
races ocur over homogated, groomed courses along with freestyle type track events
Do they just race or are there other elements to the competition?
well there are different types of races, which include forms of a biathlon, where racers race cross-country and then stop to shoot at targets with rifles.
That's so cool. When did Cross-country skiing become a sport? | skiing for sport (and prizes) in the 18th century. Starting in the latter part of the 20th century, technique evolved from the striding in-track classic technique to include skate-skiing, which occurs on courses that have been groomed with wide lanes for those using the technique. At the same time, equipment evolved from skis and poles that were made of wood and other natural materials to comprising such man-made materials as fiberglass, carbon fiber, and polyethylene plastics.
Athletes train to achieve endurance, strength | Cross-country skiing (sport)
The sport of cross-country skiing encompasses a variety of formats for cross-country skiing races over courses of varying lengths according to rules sanctioned by the International Ski Federation and by various national organizations, such as the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association (USSA) and Cross Country Ski Canada. International competitions include the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, the FIS Cross-Country World Cup, and at the Winter Olympic Games. Such races occur over homologated, groomed courses designed to support classic | 4,835 | wow-train |
I love the taste of cheese, which is strange when you consider what it really is.
Yeah. And when you considerd that cheese can come from the milk of cows, buffalo, goats or sheep!
My favorite type of cheese comes from a cow, I'm not as fond of other types of cheese.
Ever try the Laughing Cow cheese? They come wrapped in individual serving-sized wedges.
Yes! They sell them at Sam's club and they are delicious.
I like it when they put other ingrediencts like garlic or chives in the cheese.
Yes, that really adds to the overall flavor of the cheese. | Garlic
Garlic ("Allium sativum") is a species in the onion genus, "Allium". Its close relatives include the onion, shallot, leek, chive, and "Chinese onion".
Garlic is native to Central Asia and northeastern Iran, and has long been a common seasoning worldwide, with a history of several thousand years of human consumption and use. It was known to ancient Egyptians, and has been used both as a food flavoring and as a traditional medicine. In Ancient Rome, it | Faisselle
Faisselle is a non-protected French cheese made of raw milk from cows, goats, or sheep. The name comes from the mold in which the cheese is strained: .
Production.
Faisselle is traditionally produced in the centre of France, but because its name is not protected, it can be produced anywhere else in the country. The cheese produced elsewhere uses pasteurized milk to make it appealing to a wider customer base.
Composition.
The cheese is traditionally made from raw milk from cows, | 4,836 | wow-train |
I have been playing football since I was a kid, the way to play is by kicking a ball with a foot to score a goal.
I have never really been interested in football.
The sport is called different names in different countries. The USA knows the sport as American football, in Australia it is Australian rules football and some other association football
I did not know that. I just knew that soccer was called football in some places.
oh well, the different names they are called are known as football codes
Which country did football start in? | forms of football are known as football codes.
There are a number of references to traditional, ancient, or prehistoric ball games played in many different parts of the world. Contemporary codes of football can be traced back to the codification of these games at English public schools during the nineteenth century. The expansion of the British Empire allowed these rules of football to spread to areas of British influence outside the directly controlled Empire. By the end of the nineteenth century, distinct regional codes were already developing: Gaelic football, for | July 2017, he told the Daily Echo: "I have never ruled out playing for South Africa but my priority has always been my club football. The past two or three years have been hugely important for me. If I had gone to play international football things might not have worked out the same way. I was really honoured to be called up and it certainly was not something I turned up my nose at. I really, seriously, considered it. But I have a young family and international football is a | 4,837 | wow-train |
I bet it is really hard to learn to Kayak. But I really want to learn! | ". Kayaks are also being sailed, as well as propelled by means of small electric motors, and even by outboard gas engines.
The kayak was first used by the indigenous Aleut, Inuit, Yupik and possibly Ainu hunters in subarctic regions of the world.
History.
Kayaks (Inuktitut: "qajaq" (ᖃᔭᖅ ), Yup'ik: "qayaq" (from "qai-" "surface; top"), Aleut: "Iqyax") were originally developed by the Inuit, Yup'ik, and Aleut | it over and over again. When I got in the studio I realized this is really, really hard. It's easy to do whatever the hell you want to do but everybody can't connect to that. I was just trying to find a different way that I could do it with "Glory". I don't know if it's successful but I did learn a lot about songwriting while I was doing it." She clarified in another interview her desire to try to "make more traditional-sounding records | 4,838 | wow-train |
My boyfriend loves lasagne and I want to make it for him but I don't know where to start!
I can help out with that! I make lasagne at home a lot. It's one of the oldest pastas.
Awesome! Hold on while I while I grab a pen! I want to write this down - what do I need to buy at the store? | Lasagne
Lasagne (, , ; singular lasagna) are a type of wide, flat pasta, possibly one of the oldest types of pasta. "Lasagne", or the singular "lasagna", commonly refers to a culinary dish made with stacked layers of pasta alternated with sauces and ingredients such as meats, vegetables and cheese, and sometimes topped with melted grated cheese. Typically, the cooked pasta is assembled with the other ingredients and then baked in an oven. The resulting lasagne casserole is cut into single-serving | it over and over again. When I got in the studio I realized this is really, really hard. It's easy to do whatever the hell you want to do but everybody can't connect to that. I was just trying to find a different way that I could do it with "Glory". I don't know if it's successful but I did learn a lot about songwriting while I was doing it." She clarified in another interview her desire to try to "make more traditional-sounding records | 4,839 | wow-train |
i was a wrestler in high school
You must of been good at takedowns and grappling holds.
yep i was the grappling and takedown pro
Did you do wrestling for entertainment or for competition.
for completion in high school
Did you do traditional or modern style?
more the traditional style | into other martial arts as well as military hand-to-hand combat systems.
The term "wrestling" is attested in late Old English, as "wræstlunge" (glossing "palestram").
History.
Wrestling represents one of the oldest forms of combat. The origins of wrestling go back 15,000 years through cave drawings. Babylonian and Egyptian reliefs show wrestlers using most of the holds known in the present-day sport. Literary references to it occur as early as the Old Testament and the ancient Indian | Wrestling
Wrestling is a combat sport involving grappling-type techniques such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins and other grappling holds. The sport can either be theatrical for entertainment (see professional wrestling), or genuinely competitive. A wrestling bout is a physical competition, between two (occasionally more) competitors or sparring partners, who attempt to gain and maintain a superior position. There are a wide range of styles with varying rules with both traditional historic and modern styles. Wrestling techniques have been incorporated | 4,840 | wow-train |
McDonald's has some solid fast food
Agreed, I love McDonald's fries.
yea they are great | McDonald's
McDonald's Corporation is an American fast food company, founded in 1940 as a restaurant operated by Richard and Maurice McDonald, in San Bernardino, California, United States. They rechristened their business as a hamburger stand, and later turned the company into a franchise, with the Golden Arches logo being introduced in 1953 at a location in Phoenix, Arizona. In 1955, Ray Kroc, a businessman, joined the company as a franchise agent and proceeded to purchase the chain from the McDonald brothers. McDonald's had | McDonald's Canada
McDonald's Restaurants of Canada, Limited () is the Canadian master franchise of the fast-food restaurant chain McDonald's, owned by the American parent McDonald's Corporation. One of Canada's largest fast-food restaurant chains, the franchise sells food items, including hamburgers, chicken, French fries and soft drinks all across the country. McDonald's is known for its high fat and calorie foods, but it also has alternatives such as salads, juices and milk. McDonald's was previously Canada's | 4,841 | wow-train |
The things i know about Radiology are very interesting but i dont know much what about you? | Radiology
Radiology is the medical specialty that uses medical imaging to diagnose and treat diseases within the human body.
A variety of imaging techniques such as X-ray radiography, ultrasound, computed tomography (CT), nuclear medicine including positron emission tomography (PET), and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) are used to diagnose or treat diseases. Interventional radiology is the performance of usually minimally invasive medical procedures with the guidance of imaging technologies such as X-ray radiography, ultrasound, computed tomography (CT), nuclear | says hey, why dont you study Social Communication?, But the truth is that I like numbers so much that Id have always wanted to study A career related with number, so when I get to start my own business I will know how to administered ". According to Dos Ramos family is very important in her career because "without their support i would not be here right now. My mom is always with me in all recordings, her companionship is fundamental". she says about her brothers, she | 4,842 | wow-train |
My favorite movie genre is Horror, i really like The cabin in the woods, have you seen it?
Goodness, it's my least favortie Genre. Which actors play in Cabins in the Woods? | The Cabin in the Woods
The Cabin in the Woods is a 2012 American horror comedy film directed by Drew Goddard in his directorial debut, produced by Joss Whedon, and written by Whedon and Goddard. The film stars Kristen Connolly, Chris Hemsworth, Anna Hutchison, Fran Kranz, Jesse Williams, Richard Jenkins, and Bradley Whitford. The plot follows a group of college students who retreat to a remote forest cabin where they fall victim to backwoods zombies and the technicians who manipulate events from an underground facility.
Goddard and | 'd never seen, and I liked that, too. I saw how I could put my own stamp on it. There were lots of things about it that appealed to me: I love the Southwest, I love the genre of the road movie, I love a thriller and I like the sort of underlying conflicts of the relationships in that movie."
Baldwin said he "always wanted to do a movie that required what I consider to be movie acting, which is that it's not what you do, | 4,843 | wow-train |
I act the way I act because of my morals, not a system of designated behaviors like religion dictates. How about you?
I act the way I do because I want to be me. I don't want to be someone else just to make other people happy. | be true, that have the side purpose of explaining the origin of life, the universe, and other things. Traditionally, faith, in addition to reason, has been considered a source of religious beliefs.
There are an estimated 10,000 distinct religions worldwide, but about 84% of the world's population is affiliated with one of the five largest religion groups, namely Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism or forms of folk religion. The religiously unaffiliated demographic includes those who do not identify with any particular religion, atheists | should present themselves in the media, Duff stated: "The record cover is a big closeup of my face. It’s not like I have no clothes on or I’m trying to do something really edgy or provocative. [...] It’s not about anybody else. It’s my record and I would not ever want to try and make someone like me or say this is how you should be. I’m just saying this is how I am and this is how I want to be." Its artwork | 4,844 | wow-train |
My favorite pet is a snake. They are legless elongated carnivorous reptiles.
Why a snake? I love my sweet little kittens. They are soft and cuddly. | Snake
Snakes are elongated, legless, carnivorous reptiles of the suborder Serpentes. Like all other squamates, snakes are ectothermic, amniote vertebrates covered in overlapping scales. Many species of snakes have skulls with several more joints than their lizard ancestors, enabling them to swallow prey much larger than their heads with their highly mobile jaws. To accommodate their narrow bodies, snakes' paired organs (such as kidneys) appear one in front of the other instead of side by side, and most have only one functional lung. Some species | and impale them with razor-sharp forelimbs.
F Frog-dog.
Frog-dogs are sentient reptiles with characteristics of both frogs and dogs. Their diet is carnivorous, and they use their long tongues to capture prey. Jabba the Hutt kept a frog-dog named Buboicullaar as a pet.
F Fynock.
Fynocks are avian creatures that can be kept as pets. They look like exotic birds with snake tails. Fynocks live on Talus. They do not have appendages besides their wings and they have large suckers | 4,845 | wow-train |
I like driving Mopeds, its a small motorcycle, generally having a less stringent licensing requirement, i had one when i was 13!
Mopeds are awesome! I lived in Taiwan for a while and they were everywhere. | directly between the saddle and the head tube. Some resemble motorized bicycles. Most are similar to a regular motorcycle but with pedals and a crankset that may be used with or instead of motor drive. Although mopeds usually have two wheels, some jurisdictions classify low-powered three- or (rarely) four-wheeled vehicles as a moped.
In some countries a moped can be any motorcycle with an engine capacity below 50cc.
Etymology.
The word "moped" was coined by the Swedish journalist Harald Nielsen in 1952 | Moped
A moped ( ) is a type of small motorcycle with bicycle pedals, generally having a less stringent licensing requirement than full motorcycles or automobiles. Mopeds typically travel only a bit faster than bicycles on public roads, and possess both a motorcycle engine and pedals for propulsion. Mopeds are distinguished from scooters in that latter tends to be more powerful and subject to more regulation.
Some mopeds have a step-through frame design, while others have motorcycle frame designs, including a backbone and a raised fuel tank, mounted | 4,846 | wow-train |
Heavy metal music is some of my favorite to listen to, but only the more mild stuff.
I like heavy metal as well. Which metal bands do you like?
One of my favorites is Sabaton. Metal music is largely from the UK which is strange to me.
Yeah think Ozzy Osbourne haha. He is the Godfather of Metal. | Heavy metal music
Heavy metal (or simply metal) is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the United Kingdom. With roots in blues rock, psychedelic rock, and acid rock, the bands that created heavy metal developed a thick, massive sound, characterized by highly amplified distortion, extended guitar solos, emphatic beats, and overall loudness. The genre's lyrics and performance styles are sometimes associated with aggression and machismo.
In 1968, three of the genre's | in songs like "Penny Lane".
At an age of 11, his taste for music took a turn as he started to listen to hard rock and heavy metal bands like Accept, Judas Priest, W.A.S.P., Iron Maiden, Saxon, Motörhead, Venom, Manowar, Ozzy Osbourne, Black Sabbath, and Uriah Heep. Many of these bands had orchestral elements in some of their songs. When he was 14, he started to listen to more raw heavy metal bands like Metallica, Slayer, Anthrax, and especially | 4,847 | wow-train |
A cookie is baked or cooked treats that are usually small in size andflat.
I love cookies, but am a terrible baker. My favorite is white chocolate chips and macadamia nut. What's yours?
They are usually made with oil or fat and along with flour and sugar.
Do they usually contain eggs? As I said, I don't bake because I'm terrible at it. Also, where did cookies originate from? | Cookie
A cookie is a baked or cooked food that is typically small, flat and sweet. It usually contains flour, sugar and some type of oil or fat. It may include other ingredients such as raisins, oats, chocolate chips, nuts, etc.
In most English-speaking countries except for the United States and Canada, crisp cookies are called biscuits. Chewier biscuits are sometimes called "cookies" even in the United Kingdom. Some cookies may also be named by their shape, such as date squares | cookie. These are often served with coffee or hot spiced Mexican chocolate.
Popular Christmas cookies Sandbakelse.
"Sandbakelse" are sugar cookies from nineteenth century Norway. The dough is pressed into tins, and then baked in an oven.
Popular Christmas cookies Springerle.
"Springerle" have been traditional Christmas cookies in south Germany (Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg) and Austria for centuries. They are anise-flavored cookies made from an egg-flour-sugar dough. They are usually made in simple shapes, such as | 4,848 | wow-train |
Do you like eggplant?
Eggplant is the edible fruit of the nightshade plant, it's pretty good! do you like it??
I think I have had it a few times
Yeah eggplant is the common name in North America.
I know that it is very good for you. I would like to get some good recipes to incorporate it in some of my dishes.
There are a lot of different recipes! in South Asia it is known an Brinjal.
What is your favorite way to cook it?
Eggplant parmesan is really good, the egg-shaped, purple fruit has white flesh with a meaty texture.
Ya I actually saw it made as a jerky on Dr. Oz. yesterday. | Eggplant grows tall, with large, coarsely lobed leaves that are long and broad. Semiwild types can grow much larger, to , with large leaves over long and broad. On wild plants, the fruit is less than in diameter; in cultivated forms: or more in length are possible for long, narrow types or the large fat purple ones common to the West.
Botanically classified as a berry, the fruit contains numerous small, soft, edible seeds that taste bitter because they contain or are covered in nicotinoid | people don't like it, others do. And, you know, it was also a sequel to a movie that I thought wasn't a good movie at all. It's a movie that I did, and I don't regret doing. You know, there's a lot of stuff that I think is pretty good from it. You know, like the scene from the casino I thought was pretty good. Maybe it comes off as being silly." -Jack Sholder, Writer/Director, "Wishmaster 2 | 4,849 | wow-train |
I am a daredevil like you wouldn't believe, and I want to hike volcanoes. What kind of protective gear should I invest in, if any?
Im not too knowledgeable about gear but I do know a lot about volcanoes. They happen when the crust of a planet ruptures which allows gas and lava to escape.
Oh yeah, now that's what I'm TALKING about! In the lava, will there be large chunks of rocks floating that I can jump around on?
I wouldnt recommend doing that because of the heat. YOu can find volcanoes where the tectonic plates diverge. Most are underwater.
Oh I'm not worried about the heat. I tan easily. Underwater volcanoes, huh? Should I be worried about getting the bends?
Im no scuba diver. If you want to find some volcanoes head to Hawaii. Its a hotspot for them. They arise from 3000 km deep in the Earth.
That's right, there was just an eruption there recently, right? I wonder if anyone did any lava surfing? That would have been fun.
Sounds like a good time. Volcanoes also form where the crust is stretching and thinning. There are examples of this on the Rio Grand Rift.
I'll say! Changes the meaning of "surf's up" a little bit, doesn't it? Rio Grande is actually pretty close to me, I should check it out! | -called "hotspots", for example Hawaii, are postulated to arise from upwelling diapirs with magma from the core–mantle boundary, 3,000 km deep in the Earth. Volcanoes are usually not created where two tectonic plates slide past one another.
Erupting volcanoes can pose many hazards, not only in the immediate vicinity of the eruption. One such hazard is that volcanic ash can be a threat to aircraft, in particular those with jet engines where ash particles can be melted by the high operating temperature; the melted | It was good to get your letter. I find that when one is blind one misses one's friends.
You ask if I am doing any writing. The answer is "almost none"... It is not that this new job of mine is impossibly onerous. Far from it. My complaint is the other way about. If and when you come to see me, which I do hope will not be too far hence, I can tell you what it feels like to go into low gear when one has | 4,850 | wow-train |
I enjoy baking and love making muffins. Do you like muffins?
Do you like muffins? The baked ones?
Yes, I especially enjoy them at breakfast time, but they're great anytime. What's your favorite kind?
I like my muffins to have cornmeal in them.
Oh, so you enjoy more of the meal time kind, savory. I like them as well, especially with beans! | cornmeal and cheese muffins (i.e. flatbread muffins), or sweet varieties such as blueberry, chocolate chip, lemon or banana flavours. Flatbread muffins are often eaten as a breakfast food (e.g. as an essential ingredient in Eggs Benedict and most of its variations)., accompanied by coffee or tea. Fresh baked muffins are sold by bakeries, donut shops and some fast food restaurants and coffeehouses. Factory baked muffins are sold at grocery stores and convenience stores and are also served in some coffee shops and cafeterias.
Recipes for | DJ would end... oh maybe he ends with the young dancer... But everything was shot in chronological order, which keeps the door open for any kind of re-writing." He stated that "The mood on set was so joyful and friendly. People were not getting wasted. I asked them what you would enjoy doing in the movie? How would you want to shock an audience? I would never ask them to do, what they would not like doing. Tell me who you want to kiss? Who | 4,851 | wow-train |
Hello, are you familiar with contemporary slavery? I was a slave for 10 years.
I am somewhat familiar with the term. I believe it has something to do with forced labor
Yes forced labor is the foundation. Situations like child and human trafficking are some of the big industries for it right now.
I have heard about situations like that in the news. Tell me how you got out of the situation you were in.
I was a slave since a child in Haiti where certain villages are more susceptible to kidnapping. After around 10 years I escaped thanks to a raid on a facility I was held in.
Wow, I am very glad you were able to escape. It is a shame that things like that go on in modern society | Slavery
Slavery is any system in which principles of property law are applied to people, allowing individuals to own, buy and sell other individuals, as a "de jure" form of property. A slave is unable to withdraw unilaterally from such an arrangement and works without remuneration. Many scholars now use the term chattel slavery to refer to this specific sense of legalised, "de jure" slavery. In a broader sense, however, the word slavery may also refer to any situation in which an individual is "de | House Subcommittee on International Operations and Human Rights.
American Samoa, where Rees was stationed for five years, became a landmark case in the United States' prosecution of human trafficking—the international practice of forcing people into servitude, slavery, peonage, child labor, or the sex industry.
Rees warned that anyone who exploits workers will face legal consequences in the United States. "If you're going to traffic women and men to slave-like situations, you better not do it in a place under the American | 4,852 | wow-train |
Chocolate cake is my absolute favorite! | Chocolate cake
Chocolate cake or chocolate gâteau (from French: "gâteau au chocolat") is a cake flavored with melted chocolate, cocoa powder, or both.
History.
Chocolate cake is made with chocolate. It can also include other ingredients. These include fudge, vanilla creme, and other sweeteners.The history of chocolate cake goes back to 1764, when Dr. James Baker discovered how to make chocolate by grinding cocoa beans between two massive circular millstones.
In 1828, Coenraad van Houten of the Netherlands | Chocolate cake (disambiguation)
Chocolate cake is a dessert cake made using chocolate.
Chocolate cake may also refer to:
- a chocolate bar
- Chocolate Cake (cocktail) an alcoholic drink
- Chocolate Cake (song) a song by Crowded House
- My Friend The Chocolate Cake a musical group | 4,853 | wow-train |
Do you know Adam Levine? The American singer, actor, record producer, and songwriter.
Not personally lol
Lol same. Adam Levine is the lead singer of the band Maroon 5. They are fairly popular.
Is he cute?
The ladies definitely find him cute. Adam Levine formed another band before Maroon 5. It was called Kara's Flowers in 1994.
Did it have commercial success?
It did not. Adam Levine only recorded one album with Kara's Flowers, The Fourth World in 1997. They broke up because it was unsuccessful.
LOL! That makes sense. Who is he married to? | 2014), and "Red Pill Blues" (2017). As part of Maroon 5, Levine has received three Grammy Awards, three American Music Awards, an MTV Video Music Award, and a World Music Award.
From 2011 to 2019, Levine served as a coach on NBC's reality talent show "The Voice" and won three times with a member of his team (seasons 1, 5, and 9). In 2012, Levine made his acting debut as a recurring character in "" for | Adam Levine
Adam Noah Levine (born March 18, 1979) is an American singer, songwriter, and actor. He is the lead singer for the pop rock band Maroon 5. Born and raised in Los Angeles, California, Levine began his musical career in 1994, when he co-founded the band Kara's Flowers, of which he was the lead vocalist and guitarist. The band split up after their only album, "The Fourth World" (released in 1997), which did not gain popularity. | 4,854 | wow-train |
I love giant pandas. Some people call them panda bears, or just panda. They are native to southern China.
oh yea they are so cute
I love their large black eye patches and fluffy ears. They seem so clumsy.
yea and they only eat bamboo right?
Yes, they love the stuff. Their name giant panda is sometimes used to distinguish it from the red panda, which is much smaller.
oh yea they are also very cute
They are part of the order Carnivora. And you're right about the bamboo, their diet is 99% bamboo.
wow thats quite weird | of its diet. Giant pandas in the wild will occasionally eat other grasses, wild tubers, or even meat in the form of birds, rodents, or carrion. In captivity, they may receive honey, eggs, fish, yams, shrub leaves, oranges, or bananas along with specially prepared food.
The giant panda lives in a few mountain ranges in central China, mainly in Sichuan, but also in neighbouring Shaanxi and Gansu. As a result of farming, deforestation, and other development, the giant panda | Giant panda
The giant panda ("Ailuropoda melanoleuca"; ), also known as panda bear or simply panda, is a bear native to south central China. It is easily recognized by the large, distinctive black patches around its eyes, over the ears, and across its round body. The name "giant panda" is sometimes used to distinguish it from the red panda. Though it belongs to the order Carnivora, the giant panda is a folivore, with bamboo shoots and leaves making up more than 99% | 4,855 | wow-train |
I enjoy swimming. Do you like it? | 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 | 17. Buying things
18. Why do you like it
19. What do you need
20. I sometimes work late
21. Welcome to Britain
22. Who's that
23. What would you like to do
24. How can I get there?
25. Where is it
26. What's the date
27. Whose is it
28. I enjoy it
29. How many and how much
30. What have you done
31. | 4,856 | wow-train |
I would totally love to go on a cruise ship one day.
Me too! I would love to go on a "Cruse to Nowhere" where the ship makes a 2-3 night trip without stopping at any ports on the way.
That does sound interesting.
Transportation is not the only reason for crusing though, most cruses are "Closed Loop" returning the passengers back to where they left.
What destination would be your ideal vacation for a cruise? | Puerto Vallarta
Puerto Vallarta () is a Mexican beach resort city situated on the Pacific Ocean's Bahía de Banderas.
PV or simply "Vallarta" is the second largest urban agglomeration in the state after the Guadalajara Metropolitan Area. The City of Puerto Vallarta is the government seat of the Municipality of Puerto Vallarta which comprises the city as well as population centers outside of the city extending from Boca de Tomatlán to the Nayarit border (the Ameca River).
The city is located at . The municipality has an area | Cruise ship
A cruise ship is a passenger ship used for pleasure voyages when the voyage itself, the ship's amenities, and sometimes the different destinations along the way (i.e., ports of call), form part of the passengers' experience. Transportation is not the only purpose of cruising, particularly on cruises that return passengers to their originating port (known as "closed-loop cruises"). On "cruises to nowhere" or "nowhere voyages", cruise ships make 2-to-3 night round trips without any ports | 4,857 | wow-train |
hello are you a perfectionist it is aperson who is always striving for flawlessness
No, but I do always appreciate someone who takes the time to be exacting in their work!
well thats awesome i think we should always try our best to get close to perfection or a state of completeness
Are there any subjects in particular you are more of a perfectionist about than others?
i like to listen to the best music thats why i like listening to frank sinatra. he was really popular
Oh neat! Anything else cool about him? | Frank Sinatra's recorded legacy
Frank Sinatra's musical career began in the swing era in 1935, and ended in 1995.
Influences.
Sinatra's vocal style represented a strong departure from the "crooning" style of his idol, Bing Crosby. Sinatra's generation represented the first generation of children that had grown up in the era of the microphone, and the amplification of sound enabled singers to sing in a much softer, personal and nuanced style. However Sinatra, as he himself once noted, "sang more | the future are always invalid because technology does not stand still . . . . [T]echnological progress is our birthright and destiny." In 2003, speaking at a meeting of the "Oklahoma Independent Petroleum Association", Deming said, "I think it would be foolish to try to predict what our technological capabilities will be [100 years from now], just as it would have been foolish for someone from the 19th century to try to predict what we could do today."
Deming does not believe in Peak Oil | 4,858 | wow-train |
I know divorce is common today, but my son has struggled with me and his dad being divorced all his life.
I think kids are the ones that suffer the most from divorces also known as dissolution of marriage
Yes I agree. Divorce has made living hard, economically, as well.
Totally agree and divorce laws vary considerably around the world. Most countries divorce requires the sanction of a court
So does that mean that the divorce rate is higher in the US than other countries? | spouses informally stop cohabiting). Reasons for divorce vary, from sexual incompatibility or lack of independence for one or both spouses to a personality clash.
The only countries that do not allow divorce are the Philippines, the Vatican City and the British Crown Dependency of Sark. In the Philippines, divorce for non-Muslim Filipinos is not legal unless the husband or wife is an alien and satisfies certain conditions. The Vatican City is an ecclesiastical state, which has no procedure for divorce. Countries that have relatively recently legalized divorce | is something that everybody in the band has dealt with and kids all over deal with. It's another painful subject to bring up, but people just let loose when it came to that song." Esperance said that his parents divorced when he was six, leading to a distanced relationship: "My dad's cool, but I don't really know him that well... [Jacoby] didn't see his dad for, I think, 13 years."
Musical style.
According to Esperance, the song | 4,859 | wow-train |
I love christmas, it's so fun to celebrate. Do you enjoy it?
Christmas is an annual festival
Right, it's also very popular. I think billions of people celebrate it every year.
In most countries it is apublic holiday
Makes sense, there are so many Christians around the world. | by a majority of Christians, as well as culturally by many non-Christians, and forms an integral part of the holiday season centered around it.
The traditional Christmas narrative, the Nativity of Jesus, delineated in the New Testament says that Jesus was born in Bethlehem, in accordance with messianic prophecies. When Joseph and Mary arrived in the city, the inn had no room and so they were offered a stable where the Christ Child was soon born, with angels proclaiming this news to shepherds who then further disseminated the | a pretty good team and if you have to play on Christmas, so be it. I enjoy it. I'd rather be playing on Christmas than sitting at home wishing I was playing on Christmas. I like it. I think it's fun."
Lamar Odom called it "a tremendous privilege to be able to entertain the world...playing on TV in those games." In 2010, Knicks Coach Mike D'Antoni said that players should be "very fortunate" to be playing on Christmas Day and that " | 4,860 | wow-train |
I have never ridden a Chevy. They are pretty much sold everywhere expect Australia.
Even if you haven't ridden in them, do you know much about them? I'm going to need a new car soon. Not wild about Chevys, to be honest. But I try to stay open-minded.
Do you have a favorite automaker. I mostly trust Honda and Toyota. Chevy is not as popular. It only overtook ford as the best selling car in the 20s.
I've used Honda before, and they have my trust so far. They are where I'm looking at the moment. But I'd love to know more about Chevy. I think it's a US brand, right? | Chevrolet
Chevrolet ( ), colloquially referred to as Chevy and formally the Chevrolet Division of General Motors Company, is an American automobile division of the American manufacturer General Motors (GM). Louis Chevrolet and ousted General Motors founder William C. Durant started the company on November 3, 1911 as the Chevrolet Motor Car Company. Durant used the Chevrolet Motor Car Company to acquire a controlling stake in General Motors with a reverse merger occurring on May 2, 1918 and propelled himself back to the GM presidency. After Durant's second ousting | by my suite or calling, and I just want to let you know that my partner has decided to move on campus with me and you'll soon get the opportunity to meet her.'" She added, "I wanted to be very honest about how I was living and not be shamed or silenced by it. I ask and expect my athletes to be honest about things. They don't have to tell me everything, but if they are going to tell me something, I want them to be truthful. | 4,861 | wow-train |
Ive always wanted to go to jamaica on a cruise, have you ever been?
Hey man. Yes I have been to the beautiful area of the Caribbean Sea on the island of Jamaica. I can tell you anything you like about it!
Is it a place more for families or couples to visit? | Jamaica
Jamaica () is an island country situated in the Caribbean Sea. Spanning in area, it is the third-largest island of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean (after Cuba and Hispaniola). Jamaica lies about south of Cuba, and west of Hispaniola (the island containing the countries of Haiti and the Dominican Republic); the British Overseas Territory of the Cayman Islands lies some to the north-west.
Originally inhabited by the indigenous Arawak and Taíno peoples, the island came under Spanish rule following the | about anything...He was a genius, a fine man and, yes, I miss him every day." In his last phone conversation with Randi, Andrus said, "I've been every place I've ever wanted to go, I've met everyone I've wanted to meet...I've never done this before, and you don't get a second chance out of it, I'm told. I'm observing really interesting things. I wish they wouldn't fill me with so many chemicals because I want to | 4,862 | wow-train |
Hey! In my spare time I enjoy riding my mountain bike. | Mountain bike
A mountain bike or mountain bicycle (abbreviated MTB) is a bicycle designed for off-road cycling. Mountain bikes share similarities with other bicycles, but incorporate features designed to enhance durability and performance in rough terrain. These typically include a front or full suspension, large knobby tires, more durable wheels, more powerful brakes, straight handlebars, and lower gear ratios for climbing steep grades.
Mountain bikes are generally specialized for use on mountain trails, single track, fire roads, and other unpaved surfaces, | said: "I was always riding a bike, getting dropped in little races." "My mum would laugh at me, and I said it was because all my mates had mountain bikes, so I asked for a mountain bike for my thirteenth birthday and got one. The very next day I went out and beat everyone." It was at that time that Cavendish met David Millar at a race on the Isle of Man. Cavendish said he was inspired by Millar. Cavendish worked in a bank for two years | 4,863 | wow-train |
My favorite color is blue.
Mine is green :D What can you tell me that's interesting about the color blue?
It is one of the three primary colors.
What are the other two primary colors?
They are red and green.
Cool. Does blue come in different shades? | 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. | a secondary color (a shade of cyan, magenta or yellow). A secondary color is formed by the sum of two primary colors of equal intensity: cyan is green+blue, magenta is blue+red, and yellow is red+green. Every secondary color is the "complement" of one primary color; when a primary and its complementary secondary color are added together, the result is white: cyan complements red, magenta complements green, and yellow complements blue.
The RGB color model itself does not define what is meant by " | 4,864 | wow-train |
Hi. I have heard hiking can be a lot of fun. Do you know much about it?
I know plenty! What would you like to know? For starters, it's actually called "walking" in the UK and in the Republic of Ireland!
Where are good places to hike?
I would recommend the Appalachian National Scenic Trail. It runs from Georgia to Maine.
What kind of equipment will I need? | Republic of Ireland, and United Kingdom, hiking means walking outdoors on a trail, or off trail, for recreational purposes. A day hike refers to a hike that can be completed in a single day. However, in the United Kingdom, the word walking is also used, as well as rambling, while walking in mountainous areas is called hillwalking. In Northern England, Including the Lake District and Yorkshire Dales, fellwalking describes hill or mountain walks, as fell is the common word for both features there.
Hiking | doesn't matter that I sold 7 million of that album before you did that which is what happened, you didn't know who I was before that. It's fine. [...] If people ask me about it, I think it would be great for me to be like, ‘Look, he called me and told me about the line.'
West can be heard telling Swift, "I just had a responsibility to you as a friend, you know, and thanks for being so cool about | 4,865 | wow-train |
I love Cinematography. Such an important topic in history.
Yeah,iits also called direction of photography,its mainly used in motion pictures
How else is Cinematography used in motion pictures?
Motion pictures were initially exhibited as a fairground novelty used as one of the important tools of communication in the 19th century
Do you have any examples of early fairgrounds in the 19th century? | History of film technology
The history of film technology traces the development of film technology from the initial development of "moving pictures" at the end of 19th century to the present time. Motion pictures were initially exhibited as a fairground novelty and developed into one of the most important tools of communication and entertainment in the 20th century. Major developments in motion picture technology have included the adoption of synchronized motion picture sound, color motion picture film, and the adoption of digital film technologies to replace physical film stock at both ends of | the “streak method” Toepler succeeded as the first scientist in making acoustic waves in the air visible. This method was found to be also important for the high-speed cinematography. Motion pictures have also been used to study phenomena that occur so fast that they cannot be recorded on normal cameras. An immense amount of ingenuity has been applied to the solution of many problems in this field.
Schlieren optical system.
The principal of Toepler's Schlieren photography, known as the Foucault knife-edge test, was | 4,866 | wow-train |
I love reading novels - the fiction keep me entertained
I love reading about sociology
Learning about sociology and the patterns of social interaction and culture could be useful these days
Yes, it is extremely important since we can understand much better interpersonal relationships in society
Yes in this time of political uproar learning more about interpersonal communication and relating is incredibly important
Right. How do you like to read about a novel, which novel do you like to read more, and you could relate them to the sociological aspects? | Sociology
Sociology is the study of society, patterns of social relationships, social interaction and culture of everyday life using the principles of psychology neuroscience and network science. It is a social science that uses various methods of empirical investigation and critical analysis to develop a body of knowledge about social order, acceptance, and change or social evolution. While some sociologists conduct research that may be applied directly to social policy and welfare, others focus primarily on refining the theoretical understanding of social processes. Subject matter ranges from the micro-sociology | fame today owes in part to Émile Littré, who founded "The Positivist Review" in 1867. Debates continue to rage, however, as to how much Comte appropriated from the work of his mentor, Henri de Saint-Simon.
Comte influenced the Young Turks political movement.
Auguste Comte did not create the idea of Sociology, the study of society, patterns of social relationships, social interaction, and culture, but instead he expanded it greatly. Positivism, the principle of conducting sociology through empiricism and the scientific | 4,867 | wow-train |
Minimum wage seems to be such a hot topic among people today.
It sure does! Everyone's opinions about the benefits and drawbacks of a minimum wage are so varied!
Especially waiters/waitresses. Sometimes they can make good money with tips. But sometimes when they are slow and only make $2.13 an hour, they come home with less then $10 for the day.
I used to wait tables, so I know that struggle! Supporters of a minimum wage claim that it reduces poverty, increases standards of living and boosts morale. Do you agree with that?
I think so! You feel what you feel you are worth! Nobody wants to work for nothing. The more money someone makes, the more they spend, the more business booms! It's a cycle!
I agree 100%! Opponents of minimum wage claims that it actually increases poverty and is damaging to businesses. They say businesses much increase their prices to pay workers minimum wage. Can you imagine if we didn't have it? Businesses would probably try to pay $3 an hour!
Back in my high school days, I worked at Dairy Queen and they were allowed to pay me $3 an hour with no tips! I am not sure how it was legal. But it was terrible! | the full effects of minimum wages.
The movement for minimum wages was first motivated as a way to stop the exploitation of workers in sweatshops, by employers who were thought to have unfair bargaining power over them. Over time, minimum wages came to be seen as a way to help lower-income families. Modern national laws enforcing compulsory union membership which prescribed minimum wages for their members were first passed in New Zealand and Australia in the 1890s.
Although minimum wage laws are in effect in many jurisdictions, differences of | territories (such as American Samoa) are exempt. Some types of labor are also exempt: Employers may pay tipped labor a minimum of $2.13 per hour, as long as the hour wage plus tip income equals at least the minimum wage. Persons under the age of 20 may be paid $4.25 an hour for the first 90 calendar days of employment (sometimes known as a youth, teen, or training wage) unless a higher state minimum exists. The 2009 increase was the last of three steps of the Fair | 4,868 | wow-train |
I love a good cappuccino in the morning! One of the best Italian coffee drinks!
I'm more of a regular coffee drinker, myself. What type of cappuccino do you get? | Cappuccino
A cappuccino (; Italian plural cappuccini) is an espresso-based coffee drink that originated in Italy, and is traditionally prepared with steamed milk foam (microfoam).
Variations of the drink involve the use of cream instead of milk, and flavoring with cinnamon or chocolate powder. It is typically smaller in volume than a caffè latte, with a thicker layer of microfoam.
The name comes from the Capuchin friars, referring to the colour of their habits, and in this context referring to the colour of the | the milk on the top of the espresso coffee.
Popularity.
Cappuccino was traditionally a taste largely appreciated in Europe, Australia, South America, and some of North America. By the mid-1990s, cappuccino was made much more widely available to North Americans, as upscale coffee houses sprang up.
In Italy and throughout continental Europe, cappuccino is traditionally consumed in the morning, usually as part of breakfast, often with some kind of pastry. Italians generally do not drink cappuccino with meals other than breakfast, although they | 4,869 | wow-train |
Do you know who David Mach is? | David Mach
David Mach (born 18 March 1956) is a Scottish sculptor and installation artist.
Life and work.
Mach was born in Methil, Fife.
His artistic style is based on flowing assemblages of mass-produced objects. Typically these include magazines,vicious teddy bears,newspapers, car tyres, match sticks and coat hangers. Many of his installations are temporary and constructed in public spaces.
One example of his early magazine pieces, "Adding Fuel to the Fire", was an installation | Jammer concludes that such matters could not have been sociological or political as claimed by Feuer, but could have only involved Einstein's philosophy of religion.
David Hilbert's statement "'Do you know why Einstein said the most original and profound things about space and time that have been said in our generation? Because he had learned nothing about all the philosophy and mathematics of time and space." contradicts several of Einstein's own statements regarding the influence of the empiricism of David Hume and Ernst Mach upon his early work in | 4,870 | wow-train |
Ive been wanting to visit Florida recently but have no clue about the state, Care to fill me in?
I love Florida! It's bordered by the Gulf of Mexico, Alabama, Georgia, the Atlantic ocean and the Straits of Florida
Thats some good info, What are some good beaches to visit in Florida? | About two-thirds of Florida occupies a peninsula between the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean. Florida has the longest coastline in the contiguous United States, approximately , not including the contribution of the many barrier islands. Florida has a total of 4,510 islands that are ten acres or larger in area. This is the second-highest number of islands of any state of the United States; only Alaska has more. It is the only state that borders both the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean. Much of the | Geography of Florida
Much of the state of Florida is situated on a peninsula between the Gulf of Mexico, the Atlantic Ocean, and the Straits of Florida. Spanning two time zones, it extends to the northwest into a panhandle along the northern Gulf of Mexico. It is bordered on the north by the states of Georgia and Alabama, and on the west, at the end of the panhandle, by Alabama. It is near The Bahamas and several Caribbean countries, particularly Cuba. Florida has 131 public airports, and | 4,871 | wow-train |
I have never had Sushi prepared with brown rice. Somehow it seems wrong to me.
That certainly sounds non-traditional, but it's probably a little healthier for you. | confused with "sashimi", a related dish in Japanese cuisine that consists of thinly sliced raw fish, or occasionally meat, and an optional serving of rice.
History.
Sushi originates in a Southeast Asian dish, known today as "narezushi" ( – "salted fish"), stored in fermented rice for possibly months at a time. The lacto-fermentation of the rice prevented the fish from spoiling; the rice would be discarded before consumption of the fish. This early type of sushi became an important | It's been weighing on my mind the last couple of weeks," Foran said.
"It's always hard when you are weighing up where your future [lies], it does weigh on your mind and it can become a bit of a distraction.
"I have certainly noticed it's been that way for me the last couple of weeks, so it will be good to put that behind me.
"I probably haven't played too poor the last couple of weeks [but] I certainly | 4,872 | wow-train |
I really love dogs. What can you tell me about them?
well the domestic dog is a member of the genus "Canis" which forms part of the world-like canids, and is the most widely abundant terrestrial carnivore.
Interesting. How long have dogs been living with humans?
there has been a long association with humans and has lead to dogs becoming uniquely attuned to human behavior and theya re able to thrive on a starch-rich diet
Wow. They do say dogs are "man's best friend".
yes and they perform many roles for people suh as hunting, herding, pulling loads, protection, assisting police and miltary, companionship and more recently, aiding handicapped individuals.
Amazing. They really help us out. Thanks for telling me these interesting facts about dogs. | 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 | 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 | 4,873 | wow-train |
yellow is a light with a dominant wavelength of roughly 570,590 nm!
That is interesting! What is a nanometer?
well im not sure, my specialty is in the color yellow, but i can tell you yellow is a primary color in subtracted color systems. that is used in painting or color printing
What does it mean to be a primary color?
well in the rgb color model which we used to create colors on tv, yellow is a secondary color which is made by combining red and green at equal intensity. when i say primary color in that sentence i meant it is the primary color in subtractive color and not to be confused with our three primary colors rgb!
That is so interesting but very technical! | 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 | Yellow
Yellow is the color between orange and green on the spectrum of visible light. It is evoked by light with a dominant wavelength of roughly 570590 nm. It is a primary color in subtractive color systems, used in painting or color printing. In the RGB color model, used to create colors on television and computer screens, yellow is a secondary color made by combining red and green at equal intensity. Carotenoids give the characteristic yellow color to autumn leaves, corn, canaries, daffodils, and lemons, as well | 4,874 | wow-train |
I love going to bakeries and baker's shops.
same they are qite fun
I just love eating stuff like bread and cookies.
yep its so awesome just eating
I mean who doesn't love cookies and cakes?
yea i know its so delicious | Bakery
A bakery (also baker's shop or bake shop) is an establishment that produces and sells flour-based food baked in an oven such as bread, cookies, cakes, pastries, and pies. Some retail bakeries are also cafés, serving coffee and tea to customers who wish to consume the baked goods on the premises.
History.
Baked goods have been around for thousands of years. The art of baking was developed early during the Roman Empire. It was a highly famous art as Roman citizens | I’m going to make. It’s just going to be a dope, fun company. Hopefully, I see like a lot of people rocking stuff. So I’m going to keep everything different that way. I don’t know. I just want everybody to rock the stuff. It’s going to be dope. I’m excited.”
Personal life.
Personal life Love for Philadelphia.
Spanky has been quoted many times about the love he has for his hometown. In his interview with Philly 360, | 4,875 | wow-train |
Hi! I'm a vegetarian, do you know anything about it?
Vegetarianism is the practice of abstaining from the consumption of meat
Are there any diets like vegetarianism? | aesthetic, economic, or personal preference. There are variations of the diet as well: an ovo-lacto vegetarian diet includes both eggs and dairy products, an ovo-vegetarian diet includes eggs but not dairy products, and a lacto-vegetarian diet includes dairy products but not eggs. A strict vegetarian diet – referred to as "vegan" – excludes all animal products, including eggs and dairy. Avoidance of animal products may require dietary supplements to prevent deficiencies such as vitamin B12 deficiency, which leads to pernicious anemia. | vegetarian diet that includes eggs and dairy.
- Vegan diet: In addition to the abstentions of a vegetarian diet, vegans do not use any product produced by animals, such as eggs, dairy products, or honey. The vegan philosophy and lifestyle is broader than just the diet and also includes abstaining from using any products tested on animals and often campaigning for animal rights.
Vegetarian diets Semi-vegetarian diets.
- Semi-vegetarianism: A predominantly vegetarian diet, in which meat is occasionally consumed.
- Kangatarian | 4,876 | wow-train |
I live in Florida, which is Spanish for land of flowers. Love the weather
Really? I had no idea! Is it warm there now?
A little bit. I live near Miami. It's Florida's most populous urban area. Lots of fun.
That sounds nice. I once visited Orlando Florida. It was amazing. Are there alligators in Miami?
Haven't seen any luckily. It is the only state that borders both the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean
Cool! Are you able to surf there I wonder? | increase as the culture spreads.
Surfers' desire for the best possible waves to ride make them dependent on conditions that may change rapidly, given the unpredictable nature of weather events and their effect on the surface of the ocean. Because surfing was limited by the geographical necessity of an ocean coastline with beaches, the culture of beach life often influenced surfers and vice versa. The staff of "Surfer Magazine", founded in the 1960s when surfing had gained popularity with teenagers, used to say that if they were hard at | The District of Columbia has a maximum speed limit of . There are no rural roads in the District of Columbia.
Florida.
Florida has a maximum speed limit of , found on freeways, including rural Interstate Highways, some urban freeways including I-4 in Lakeland, I-75 in Tampa and Miami (where I-75 ends), I-95 near Daytona Beach and from Military Trail to Florida State Route 706 in Palm Beach County, portions of the Orlando area toll roads such as SR 417 and SR 429, Florida's Turnpike through | 4,877 | wow-train |
I want to be an extreme coupon person, but do not know much about it! | "Hard Times Turn Coupon Clipping Into the Newest Extreme Sport". On March 25, 2010, ABC Nightline followed up with its Season 3 premiere with a segment entitled "Extreme Couponing Competition: How Far Can $50 Go?"
TLC's "Extreme Couponing" is a show about shoppers who make extensive and focused use of coupons to save money while accumulating large quantities of goods. It was previewed in December 2010; after surpassing network expectations with more than 2 million viewers, it received a series order and began | do believe that when it comes to relationships that you have to set the bar high and know your worth so that you never settle, and that's what 'One Shot' is about." She explained that the song is also about being upfront with your love interest: "I think there is a misconception that being open and honest, and saying what it is you want is something we should be embarrassed about. But that's just not me. I am a very honest person, I always tell somebody what | 4,878 | wow-train |
I have always wanted a Vietnamese Pot bellied pig!
Yes! I love them they are so cute and ugly at the same time. Love how wrinkly their face can get.
Yes, unfortunately, they are often reared for meat!
Oh, wow, that is horrible! Especially since they appear on the endangered list now.
Yes, they are slow growing but apparently people believe the meat has a good flavor. :(
The could just take some of our pigs here, tons of them where I live, and introduce them to bacon. | History.
The I is a traditional Vietnamese breed. It is thought to have originated in Nam Định province of Vietnam, in the Red River Delta. It was the dominant local pig breed in most provinces of the delta, and was widely distributed in Nam Định province and the neighbouring provinces of Hà Nam, Ninh Bình and Thái Bình, as well as in the province of Thanh Hóa immediately to the south, in the North Central Coast region.
Until the 1970s the I was probably the most numerous pig breed | Vietnamese Pot-bellied
Vietnamese Pot-bellied is the exonym for the Lon I () or I pig, an endangered traditional Vietnamese breed of small domestic pig.
The I is uniformly black and has short legs and a low-hanging belly, from which the name derives.The I is reared for meat. It is slow-growing, but the meat has good flavour. The I was depicted in the traditional Đông Hồ paintings of Bắc Ninh province as a symbol of happiness, satiety and wealth. | 4,879 | wow-train |
I have blond hair, what do you think of people with that hair color?
Sometimes I wish I had blonde hair, or fair hair. They have low levels of eumelanin.
What is eumelanin? I like it, but sometimes I need a change, plus it gets thick.
Eumelanin is just a dark pigment that humans have to give hue to hair.
Oh that is interesting. Never heard of that word before. If I ever want to change the color I usually have to dye it all or it looks funny. | Blond
Blond or fair hair is a hair color characterized by low levels of the dark pigment eumelanin. The resultant visible hue depends on various factors, but always has some yellowish color. The color can be from the very pale blond (caused by a patchy, scarce distribution of pigment) to reddish "strawberry" blond or golden-brownish ("sandy") blond colors (the latter with more eumelanin). Because hair color tends to darken with age, natural blond hair is generally rare in adulthood. Naturally | (red) and V to VI (red blond).
Natural hair colors Brown hair.
Brown hair is characterized by higher levels of eumelanin and lower levels of pheomelanin. Of the two types of eumelanin (black and brown), brown-haired people have brown eumelanin; they also usually have medium-thick strands of hair. Brown-haired girls or women are often known as brunette.
Chestnut hair is a hair color which is a reddish shade of brown hair. In contrast to auburn hair, the | 4,880 | wow-train |
I'm 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, | for several years. He tried switching back to a vegetarian diet, but once again returned to limited consumption of meat. This attracted public attention when, during a visit to the White House, he was offered a vegetarian menu but declined by replying, as he is known to do on occasion when dining in the company of non-vegetarians, "I'm a Tibetan monk, not a vegetarian". His own home kitchen, however, is completely vegetarian.
Social stances Economics.
The Dalai Lama has referred to | 4,881 | wow-train |
A pub is an establishment licensed to sell alcoholic drinks
Sounds like a great place. Is that considered the same as a bar? | Pub
A pub, or public house, is an establishment licensed to sell alcoholic drinks, which traditionally include beer (such as ale) and cider. It is a social drinking establishment and a prominent part of British, Irish, Breton, New Zealand, Canadian, South African and Australian cultures. In many places, especially in villages, a pub is the focal point of the community. In his 17th-century diary Samuel Pepys described the pub as "the heart of England".
Pubs can be traced | set of shelves of glasses and bottles behind that counter. In some establishments, the back bar is elaborately decorated with woodwork, etched glass, mirrors, and lights.
Pub.
A public house, informally known as a "pub", is an establishment licensed to serve alcoholic drinks for consumption on the premises in countries and regions of British influence. Although the terms are increasingly used to refer to the same thing, there is a definite difference between pubs, bars, inns, taverns and lounges where alcohol is | 4,882 | wow-train |
Sculpting is one of my favorite things to do. It's so relaxing!
It is so soothing. The three dimensional visual arts medium is one of my favorites.
Clay is definitely my favorite thing to sculpt with, but I love that there are so many different things that you can choose to work with. | Sculpture
Sculpture is the branch of the visual arts that operates in three dimensions. It is one of the plastic arts. Durable sculptural processes originally used carving (the removal of material) and modelling (the addition of material, as clay), in stone, metal, ceramics, wood and other materials but, since Modernism, there has been an almost complete freedom of materials and process. A wide variety of materials may be worked by removal such as carving, assembled by welding or modelling, or molded or cast | , I did not think that I could really be myself, but the reality is that in the total freedom I was given, I had the opportunity to reunite my favorite group of people on set and just have fun.
The chance to dwell on what the fashion world represents nowadays and the fact that it is accompanied by so many stereotypes is fascinating and at the same time a bit upsetting, but you definitely can not ignore it.
It's very refreshing to know that there are still places open to irony | 4,883 | wow-train |
I like watching olympic swimming, I enjoyed watching Michael Phelps swim the most I think.
He is fun to watch. He completely dominates most of his events. When did he win his first gold medal? | -place finishes at any single Olympic Games. At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Phelps had already tied the record of eight medals of any color at a single Games by winning six gold and two bronze medals. At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Phelps won four gold and two silver medals, and at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, he won five gold medals and one silver. This made him the most successful athlete of the Games for the fourth Olympics in a row.
Phelps is | Hilary Smart
Hilary Hurlburt Smart (July 29, 1925 – January 8, 2000) was an American sailor and Olympic champion. He competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, where he received a gold medal in the star class with the boat "Hilarius", together with his father, Paul Smart. He often described his Olympic victory by speaking about "the unbelievable feeling of watching the torch come in at the Olympic Stadium. It made me feel proud and responsible to think that my dad and I were the | 4,884 | wow-train |
Hi, I love the idea of Stamp Collecting...
Hello. Yes, I do too. I think it would be a fun and relaxing hobby to take up.
Yeah that is right. I have so many stamps that I have collected. | Philatelic fakes and forgeries
In general, philatelic fakes and forgeries are labels that look like postage stamps but are not. Most have been produced to deceive or defraud. Learning to identify these can be a challenging branch of philately.
To a large extent the definitions below are consistent with those given in the introduction to various recent editions of the "Scott Standard Postage Stamp Catalogue". "We use the term ""forgery"" to indicate stamps produced to defraud collectors (properly known as forgeries) and to defraud | Aude came up with the idea to remake the song: "I feel very blessed and grateful right now. I am literally doing high kicks around my kitchen table as we speak! 'Yeah Yeah' is the track that started everything for me. I have always felt so passionate about it, so when Dave Aude said to me, 'Let's do a new 2017 version,' I knew it had to be right, and I think we nailed it. This No. 1 feels like the icing on the | 4,885 | wow-train |
Hiking is so much fun. I just love being outdoors among the wildlife.
Yes I agree, nothing like hitting a trail on the countryside.
What makes a place ideal for hiking?
I think that mountainous terrain and a long distance to traverse make a location ideal. A day hike can be completed in 1 day.
Does hiking have any health benefits? | 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 | Republic of Ireland, and United Kingdom, hiking means walking outdoors on a trail, or off trail, for recreational purposes. A day hike refers to a hike that can be completed in a single day. However, in the United Kingdom, the word walking is also used, as well as rambling, while walking in mountainous areas is called hillwalking. In Northern England, Including the Lake District and Yorkshire Dales, fellwalking describes hill or mountain walks, as fell is the common word for both features there.
Hiking | 4,886 | wow-train |
Do you like karaoke? I'm personally to shy to do karaoke in any situation, orchestral or amateur.
I am shy as well, I do not think I could do it
Have you ever heard of the old NBC series called "Sing Along with Mitch?"
I have not actually, what is it about?
"Sing Along with Mitch" is a series from the 60's where Mitch and chorus performed songs with audience particpation.
Oh, that was before my time, was it popular? How long was it on air? | In several Asian countries such as China, Cambodia or the Philippines, a karaoke box is called a KTV. The global karaoke market has been estimated to be worth nearly $10 billion.
History.
History 1960s: Development of audio-visual-recording devices.
From 1961–1966, the American TV network NBC carried a karaoke-like series, "Sing Along with Mitch", featuring host Mitch Miller and a chorus, which superimposed the lyrics to their songs near the bottom of the TV screen for home audience participation | , Beck further added:
"When I did daytime before, they didn't have any blogs. So I didn't know when people didn't like me. Ignorance is bliss. I was like, 'I think this is fun,' and then I was reading a lot of negative stuff. It's hard not to take it personally. Than I thought, 'You know what? I am not going to do this to myself. I'm just going to do the best job I can." | 4,887 | wow-train |
i LOVE sweet martini drinks!
My favorite is the Applentini, which uses vodka, apple juice and and apple liqueur.
that is my favorite also! i love my appletini really cold!
It's actually called the Adam's Apple Martini and was created in 1996 at a West Hollywood restaurant.
wow! i did not know that. you learn something new every day
Do you rather yours sweet or sour? Either type of mix can be added before you shake it up!
i prefer a little tang with the sweet.
I also like a Rumpletini every now and then, which uses light rum instead of vodka.
that souds very interesting. i like gold rum | Rum
Rum is a distilled alcoholic drink made from sugarcane byproducts, such as molasses, or directly from sugarcane juice, by a process of fermentation and distillation. The distillate, a clear liquid, is then usually aged in oak barrels.
The majority of the world's rum production occurs in the Caribbean and Latin America. Rum is also produced in Australia, Portugal, Austria, Canada, Fiji, India, Japan, Mauritius, Nepal, New Zealand, the Philippines, Reunion Island, South Africa, Spain, | Appletini
An Apple martini (Appletini for short) is a cocktail containing vodka and one or more of apple juice, apple cider, apple liqueur, or apple brandy.
This drink, originally called an Adam's Apple Martini because the bartender who created it was named Adam, was created in 1996 at Lola's West Hollywood restaurant.
The drink, Adam's Apple was advertised by Smirnoff in the July 1972 issue of Playboy Magazine to the inside front cover. The recipe called for an ounce or so of Smirnoff | 4,888 | wow-train |
have you ever played ultimate frisbee? it's so much fun
No, I can't say I have. What is the objective of the game.
it's a non-contact team sport played by players with a flying disk
When did the sport originate? | Ultimate (sport)
Ultimate, originally known as Ultimate frisbee, is a non-contact team sport played with a flying disc (frisbee). Ultimate was developed in 1968 by a group of students at Columbia High School in Maplewood, New Jersey. Although Ultimate resembles many traditional sports in its athletic requirements, it is unlike most sports due to its focus on self-officiating, even at the highest levels of competition. The term frisbee, often used to generically describe all flying discs, is a registered trademark of | Ultimate in Japan
Ultimate, originally called ultimate frisbee, is a non-contact team field sport played with a flying disc, invented in New Jersey, USA, in 1968. Japanese players and teams rose to prominence in the 1990s, and today are among the strongest competitors in the sport globally.
History.
The frisbee was introduced to Japan in 1969. Japan Flying Disk Athletic (JFA) was established in 1975 in Nagoya, and started meeting in 1976. In 1984, JFA changed its name to JFDA | 4,889 | wow-train |
Hello do you know that crochet for fabric and musical note are not same?
What is a crochet for a musical note?
We are more concerned about the one for fabric, but since you asked it is the common name for a Quarter note in music
Oh I didn't know that. Is crochet a type of fabric?
Good question, it is a process of creating fabric by interlocking loops of yarn, thread, or strands of other materials using a crochet hook
Where could I learn to do this? | Crochet
Crochet (; ) is a process of creating fabric by interlocking loops of yarn, thread, or strands of other materials using a crochet hook. The name is derived from the French term "crochet", meaning 'small hook'. These are made of materials such as metal, wood, or plastic and are manufactured commercially and produced in artisan workshops. The salient difference between crochet and knitting, beyond the implements used for their production, is that each stitch in crochet is completed before the next one is begun | can follow a knitted pattern with knits, purls, and cables, and get a similar result.
It is a common perception that crochet produces a thicker fabric than knitting, tends to have less "give" than knitted fabric, and uses approximately a third more yarn for a comparable project than knitted items. Although this is true when comparing a single crochet swatch with a stockinette swatch, both made with the same size yarn and needle/hook, it is not necessarily true for crochet in general. Most crochet uses | 4,890 | wow-train |
hi I would like to know about my freckles | Freckle
Freckles are clusters of concentrated melaninized cells which are most easily visible on people with a fair complexion. Freckles do not have an increased number of the melanin-producing cells, or melanocytes, but instead have melanocytes that overproduce melanin granules (melanosomes) changing the coloration of the outer skin cells (keratinocytes). As such, freckles are different from lentigines and moles, which are caused by accumulation of melanocytes in a small area.
Freckles can appear on all types of skin tones. Of the six Fitzpatrick skin | . Therefore, I would like to know what your attitude and your political system of government will be, if you get to win. Especially, I would like to know your attitude about my person; because I have made my mistakes, I do not deny it. I was a simple worker at my carpentry when General Justo Rufino Barrios sent for me to be appointed second presidential designate. I would therefore, Mr. Lainfiesta, know what conduct you will observe towards me." Mr. Lainfiesta said: «"General Barillas | 4,891 | wow-train |
My mom is a youtube make up artist. She is basically a artist of the human body.
so that means she does make up for the whole body and not just the face?
yup, she's even won an Academy Award for best makeup and hairstyling.
that's neat and a very worth accomplishment | licenses are required by agencies in order for them to hire the MUA. Bigger production companies have in-house makeup artists on their payroll although most MUA's generally are freelance and their times remain flexible depending on the projects. The use of digital cameras may have made the use of bridal make up more popular
Makeup techniques.
- Fashion
Fashion makeup is used in magazine photography as well as on the fashion runway. Avant-garde makeup is also an applicable technique used for projects that require experimental themes. Fashion | Make-up artist
A make-up artist or makeup artist is an artist whose medium is the human body, applying makeup and prosthetics on others for theatre, television, film, fashion, magazines and other similar productions including all aspects of the modeling industry. Awards given for this profession in the entertainment industry include the Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling and even several entertainment industry awards such as the Emmy Awards and the Golden Globes. In the United States as well as the other parts of the globe, professional | 4,892 | wow-train |
I love so many different cuts of beef.
I agree, beef is so good and there are so many ways to enjoy it.
They are basically different sections and subdivisions of a cow's meat.
What cut of beef is the best? | Cut of beef
Cuts of beef are first divided into primal cuts, pieces of meat initially separated from the carcass during butchering. These are basic sections from which steaks and other subdivisions are cut. The term "primal cut" is quite different from "prime cut", used to characterize cuts considered to be of higher quality. Since the animal's legs and neck muscles do the most work, they are the toughest; the meat becomes more tender as distance from "hoof and horn" increases. Different countries and | Farming of beef cattle.
Beef cattle are raised and fed using a variety of methods, including feedlots, free range, ranching, backgrounding and Intensive animal farming.
Cuts.
Beef is first divided into primal cuts, pieces of meat initially
butchering. These are basic sections from which steaks and other subdivisions are cut. The term "primal cut" is quite different from "prime cut", used to characterize cuts considered to be of higher quality. Since the animal's legs and neck muscles do the | 4,893 | wow-train |
I jsut love comics i cant get enough of them | the years immediately following World War II when adult comics readership increased and superheroes were dismissed as "passé". Influenced by the pulps, radio soap operas, newspaper comic strips such as "Mary Worth", and adult confession magazines, Joe Simon and Jack Kirby created the flagship romance comic book "Young Romance" and launched it in 1947 to resounding success. By the early 1950s, dozens of romance titles from major comics publishers were on the newsstands and drug store racks. "Young Romance", "Young Love" | released for the 2010 Soccer World Cup, Incurable peaked in the top 20 on Highveld Top 40, and "Cant Get Enough" was number 1 on the Western Cape radio stations. Lots of promotional singles were released, including "Jati" (ft Pro and JR), "Free", "I Wanna Kiss You" and "Heaven".
Before the album's release, "Time Is on My side", a cover of the Rolling Stones' song, was released or leaked but never made | 4,894 | wow-train |
I'm big into horror. Love the 1974 movie Young Frankenstein, especially, because of its unique story and all the history that comes with it. But what I love most about it is that it has comedy elements too, due to the great directing of Mel Brooks and acting of Gene Wilder.
Horror movies are the best!
I agree, and horror/comedy films are such a unique combination... With the movie centered on the title character being a descendant of the popular Dr. Victor Frankenstein, and having actor Peter Boyle star as the monster.. It had great actors in it, and they did a great job making it a parody of classic horror films.
Isnt the monster called Frankensteins monster? i always get it confused | "Frankenstein" produced by Universal Pictures in the 1930s. Much of the lab equipment used as props was created by Kenneth Strickfaden for the 1931 film "Frankenstein". To help evoke the atmosphere of the earlier films, Brooks shot the picture entirely in black and white, a rarity in the 1970s, and employed 1930s' style opening credits and scene transitions such as iris outs, wipes, and fades to black. The film also features a period score by Brooks' longtime composer John Morris.
A critical favorite and | Young Frankenstein (musical)
Young Frankenstein (promoted as The New Mel Brooks Musical: Young Frankenstein) is a musical with a book by Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan, and music and lyrics by Brooks. It is based on the 1974 comedy film of the same name written by Brooks and Gene Wilder and directed by Brooks, who has described it as his best film. It is a parody of the horror film genre, especially the 1931 Universal Pictures adaptation of Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein" and its 1939 sequel, | 4,895 | wow-train |
I have a rose garden a rose is named after Rosaceae after the type flower it produces
Wow how interesting. Have you always loved roses?
Yes and there are over one hundred species of roses, I want them all
Wow, I figured maybe 10 or so. I do know the apple tree actually is not a tree and is a rose bush. | 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 | to the gardener that the roses in the garden will never die, and that there will be people confronting the gardener on how a rose is supposed to be grown. Atatürk continues by saying that the boy should be asking him just one question: "Do I want to make this place a rose garden? Do I want to grow the world's most beautiful roses in this garden?" Atatürk further adds that if the boy really wishes it to be so, "he wouldn't care about neither the thorns that prick | 4,896 | wow-train |
I love to sing
I wish I could sing so I could be a singer or a vocalist.
Everyone can sing. It takes the just interest
Practice requires too much time and dedication.
That is true but you must have the interest first, then dedication will be easy | done as a form of religious devotion, as a hobby, as a source of pleasure, comfort or ritual, as part of music education or as a profession. Excellence in singing requires time, dedication, instruction and regular practice. If practice is done on a regular basis then the sounds can become more clear and strong. Professional singers usually build their careers around one specific musical genre, such as classical or rock, although there are singers with crossover success (singing in more than one genre). They usually take | is doing —so my direction was to be consciously different." About his own genre, Biddines has stated that "I probably do like 25 percent R&B 'cause it's just so you get a little taste, and not so much that I'm overdoing it 'cause I'm still primarily in the rap category. If you sing too much it becomes boring, but if I give you like 75 percent rap and sing just as flawlessly then you look at it like, 'Whoa, he can spit but his melodic side | 4,897 | wow-train |
Halo 3 was a great first person shooter
One of my favorite games of all time! It lived up to the hype. | Halo 3
Halo 3 is a 2007 first-person shooter video game developed by Bungie for the Xbox 360 console. The third installment in the "Halo" franchise, the game concludes the story arc begun in 2001's "" and continued in 2004's "Halo 2". The game was released on September 25, 2007, in Australia, Brazil, India, New Zealand, North America, and Singapore; September 26, 2007, in Europe; and September 27, 2007, in Japan. "Halo | day before its official release, 4.2 million units of "Halo 3" were in retail outlets. "Halo 3" grossed US$300 million in its first week. More than one million people played "Halo 3" on Xbox Live in the first twenty hours. To date, "Halo 3" has sold in excess of 14.5 million copies, making it the fifth best selling Xbox 360 game of all time, the best selling Xbox 360 exclusive title and the best selling first person shooter on the console outside | 4,898 | wow-train |
I love basketball, I would love to travel overseas to play. Do you play yourself?
No I dont, but there is a competition overseas called Eurobasket
Oh really? I havnt heard of it. Do you know much about it?
Not too much , but I know it was started in 1935 and thats when they had their first championships
Sounds right up my street. I will have to look into it more! | edition and would see the Soviets win the first of eleven out of the next thirteen European championships. During the 50s, the Soviet Union won four of the five competitions held during the decade with the only tournament that they did not win being the 1955 edition. This was won by Hungary as they finished top while the Soviets finished in third place. It was also during that edition that the thirty-second shot clock was introduced, which changed the style of basketball.
The Soviets would take out all of the championships | that with his younger girlfriend, and I swear nothing has ever been more heartfelt. I get teary just thinking about it. It's so positive and so negative. When it goes into "I love you, even though I know, too [that our love is taboo]", it's like the saddest thing I've ever heard. But there really was a tremendous age difference.
The album was recorded in March 1990 at Third Wave Recording in Torrance, California and Westbeach Recorders in Hollywood. Stevenson and | 4,899 | wow-train |
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