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I wish I had more time to try and catch fish
oh you like fishing? my wife gave me a fishing gear but i never had a chance or time to use it
I love fishing, it is so nice to be out in the nature and wild and try and catch fish
i agree with it. it is relaxing. do you do it for sport or you catch fish to eat?
I just do it for recreation, I am not sure I could cook up the fish I catch and eat them ha
i guess it depends on what you catch :) | Fishing
Fishing is the activity of trying to catch fish. Fish are normally caught in the wild. Techniques for catching fish include hand gathering, spearing, netting, angling and trapping. “Fishing” may include catching aquatic animals other than fish, such as molluscs, cephalopods, crustaceans, and echinoderms. The term is not normally applied to catching farmed fish, or to aquatic mammals, such as whales where the term whaling is more appropriate. In addition to being caught to be eaten, fish are caught as recreational | through Oxford:
For a few days I amused myself with Pablo Fanque fishing in the Isis. Pablo was a very expert angler, and would usually catch as many fish as five or six of us within sight of him put together. This suggested a curious device. You must know that Pablo is a coloured man. One of the Oxonians, with more love for angling than skill, thought there must be something captivating in the complexion of Pablo. He resolved to try. One morning, going down to the river | 5,700 | wow-train |
Hawaii is a cool place | Hawaii
Hawaii ( ; ) is the 50th and most recent state to have joined the United States, having received statehood on August 21, 1959. Hawaii is the only U.S. state geographically located in Oceania, although it is governed as a part of North America, and the only one composed entirely of islands. It is the northernmost island group in Polynesia, occupying most of an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean.
The state encompasses nearly the entire volcanic Hawaiian archipelago, which comprises hundreds of islands spread over . At | Kaniakapupu
Kaniakapūpū ("the singing of the land shells"), known formerly as Luakaha ("place of relaxation"), is the ruins of the former summer palace of King Kamehameha III and Queen Kalama on the island of Oahu in Hawaii. Built in the 1840s, and situated in the cool uplands of the Nuʻuanu Valley, it served as the king and queen's summer retreat after the capital of the Kingdom of Hawaii moved from Lahaina to Honolulu in 1845. It was famous for being the site of a | 5,701 | wow-train |
Conor McGregor is a great fighter and boxer.
Oh is he? What's his record? Did he win against somebody great? | Conor McGregor
Conor Anthony McGregor (; born 14 July 1988) is an Irish professional mixed martial artist and boxer. He is the former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) featherweight and lightweight champion. As of July 22, 2019, he is #3 in official UFC lightweight rankings and #11 in official UFC pound-for-pound rankings.
McGregor started his MMA career in 2008 and, in 2012, he won both the Cage Warriors Featherweight and Lightweight Championships, holding both titles simultaneously before vacating them to sign with | , an event which set numerous records, Conor McGregor finally got the chance to become the undisputed UFC Featherweight champion, and unify his belt against José Aldo who had been undefeated in over ten years. It took McGregor only 13 seconds to KO the Brazilian, making it the fastest ever finish in a UFC championship match.
The Ultimate Fighter.
Following McGregor's interim title win at UFC 189, the UFC announced that he would be coaching against Urijah Faber in of The Ultimate Fighter. In a "Europe vs USA | 5,702 | wow-train |
Fruitarianism is a diet where you only eat basically fruit
Really? | Fruitarianism
Fruitarianism () is a subset of dietary veganism that consists entirely or primarily of fruits in the botanical sense, and possibly nuts and seeds, but without animal products. A fruitarian diet attracts criticisms and health concerns for those that follow the lifestyle.
Fruitarianism may be adopted for different reasons, including ethical, religious, environmental, cultural, economic, and health. There are several varieties of the diet. Some people with a diet consisting of 75% or more fruit consider themselves fruitarians.
Varieties. | appeared to only describe the fruitarian diet. Johnny Lovewisdom experimented with different diets, including juicy fruitarianism, liquidarianism (juices only), vitarianism (fruit, vegetables, raw dairy) and breatharianism.
Author Morris Krok, who earlier in his life lived "only on fruits", allegedly advised against a diet of "only fruit", although it was subsequently reported that Krok's diet consisted of "just fruit", with dietary practices of fruitarians as varied as definitions of the term "fruitarianism". Diet author Joe | 5,703 | wow-train |
I love McDonalds they have been around since 1940 do you like McDonalds?
I do but I think that people have a low opinion of them as of late for some reason
Yeah but they have been the fast food kings since the 1940's
That is for sure, but ChickFila is gaining ground fast | its original headquarters in Oak Brook, Illinois, but moved its global headquarters to Chicago in early 2018.
McDonald's is the world's largest restaurant chain by revenue, serving over 69 million customers daily in over 100 countries across 37,855 outlets as of 2018. Although McDonald's is best known for its hamburgers, cheeseburgers and french fries, they also feature chicken products, breakfast items, soft drinks, milkshakes, wraps, and desserts. In response to changing consumer tastes and a negative backlash because of the unhealthiness of their | non-corporate, family-owned restaurants, since they have been around longer than corporate fast food chains. Naughton says that the food people eat at family-owned restaurants is the same unhealthy food eaten at fast food chains, and that the reason the former did not make people obese is because during his generation's youth, families would only eat at them a handful of times a year, and not frequently, as some people do at fast food restaurants. Naughton and his interviewees say that anti-McDonald's sentiment | 5,704 | wow-train |
Blue is my favorite color and it happens to be my eye color. You know what is cool there is this optical effect called tyndall that explains blue eyes
Oh wow... I love bright blue eyes! What is tyndall?
It is a phenomenon similar to that which give sky the color blue. so that means my eyes are blue I guess b/c of the same reason the sky is.
That's pretty cool... Blue is an amazing color. Peaceful | " and "green" may be complicated by the speakers not primarily distinguishing the hue, but using terms that describe other color components such as saturation and luminosity, or other properties of the object being described. For example, "blue" and "green" might be distinguished, but a single term might be used for both if the color is dark. Furthermore, green might be associated with yellow, and blue with black or gray.
According to Brent Berlin and Paul Kay's 1969 study "", distinct | cellular density of the stroma. The appearance of blue and green, as well as hazel eyes, results from the Tyndall scattering of light in the stroma, a phenomenon similar to that which accounts for the blueness of the sky called Rayleigh scattering. Neither blue nor green pigments are ever present in the human iris or ocular fluid. Eye color is thus an instance of structural color and varies depending on the lighting conditions, especially for lighter-colored eyes.
The brightly colored eyes of many bird species result from the presence | 5,705 | wow-train |
I love art. Drawing particularly. It helps me relax but also imagine a different life.
History has shown drawing has been a founding means of expressing oneself .
How awesome. Do you draw?
I wish! Drawing is one of the easiest ways to show people something visually.
Grab a pencil. Remember art is in the eye of the beholder.
That is true! Since you can use so many different things to draw with, it is the most used artistic activity!
I prefer charcoal and thick paper. It add's an element of shading that can not be matched.
Have you used any other forms to draw on like cardboard, plastic, canvas or leather?
I do some leather drawing and then I etch into the leather. Most horse saddles or stuff for the Renn fair | of public expression throughout human history. It is one of the simplest and most efficient means of communicating visual ideas. The wide availability of drawing instruments makes drawing one of the most common artistic activities.
In addition to its more artistic forms, drawing is frequently used in commercial illustration, animation, architecture, engineering and technical drawing. A quick, freehand drawing, usually not intended as a finished work, is sometimes called a sketch. An artist who practices or works in technical drawing may be called a drafter, draftsman | and skill for drawing from an early age. His mother was, in many ways, instrumental in his decision to pursue art as a vocation. Barthé once said: "When I was crawling on the floor, my mother gave me paper and pencil to play with. It kept me quiet while she did her errands. At six years old I started painting. A lady my mother sewed for gave me a set of watercolors. By that time, I could draw very well."
Barthé continued making drawings throughout | 5,706 | wow-train |
I have been thinking of getting a tattoo . Can you tell me more about this so I can make a decision? | 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 | miss me, sexually?" brKilpatrick: "Hell yeah! You couldn't tell. I want some more." and Beatty: "I'm sorry that we are going through this mess because of a decision that we made to fire Gary Brown. I will make sure that the next decision is much more thought out. Not regretting what was done at all. But thinking about how we can do things smarter."brKilpatrick: "It had to happen though. I'm all the way with that!" | 5,707 | wow-train |
I believe drawing must be kind of relaxing, I would like to learn how to do it.
I agree. Drawing comes in so many forms like artistic expression or technical drawing such as in illustration or architecture.
I think I'd prefer to learn the artistic expression kind.
What type of drawing interests you most? You could use pencils, pens, crayons, etc. There are so many ways to express yourself.
I believe pencil will be the more practical, I wonder what kind of pencils are best for drawing.
I think graphite is the most common, but a lot of people use colored pencils as well.
And what kind of paper should I use, just regular bond paper?
That would be a good choice. Bond paper is very high quality and durable. Plus, you can choose a variety of weights of the paper, too.
Do you know if I will need anything else to start drawing? | of public expression throughout human history. It is one of the simplest and most efficient means of communicating visual ideas. The wide availability of drawing instruments makes drawing one of the most common artistic activities.
In addition to its more artistic forms, drawing is frequently used in commercial illustration, animation, architecture, engineering and technical drawing. A quick, freehand drawing, usually not intended as a finished work, is sometimes called a sketch. An artist who practices or works in technical drawing may be called a drafter, draftsman | where I think we really learn about race across the divisions that we have.
And so I really resolved from some lessons out of my experience that I wanted to try to keep it at a storytelling level and follow the stories wherever they went. I just didn't know that there would be so many of them or that they would be from such broad context; that I'd be chronicling King's relationship with Rabbi Abraham Heschel or something like--you know, these are things that I didn't--had no way | 5,708 | wow-train |
I really love the color purple
Purple is intermediate between blue and red, do you love those too?
Yes red is my favorite color. I also love blue
Interesting that according to surveys purple is tho color most associated with royalty, magic, mystery and piety.
I knew about royalty, but not magic and mystery. I wonder what is the association with magic?
Not sure could be a fabric color used magicians a lot. And combined with pink, purple is associated with eroticism, femininity and seduction.
Oh I understand. I also love purple orchids and pansies. | Purple
Purple is a color intermediate between blue and red. It is similar to violet, but unlike violet, which is a spectral color with its own wavelength on the visible spectrum of light, purple is a secondary color made by combining red and blue. The complementary color of purple in the RYB color model is yellow.
According to surveys in Europe and North America, purple is the color most often associated with rarity, royalty, magic, mystery, and piety. When combined with pink, it is associated | She gave her dance, but her dance was not enough. She says "bein alive & bein a woman & bein colored is a metaphysical / dilemma / i haven't conquered yet".
- "my love is too" – Ladies in Yellow, Brown, Purple, Blue, Orange, Red, Green
The other women come each repeat, "my love is too...delicate/beautiful/sanctified/magic/saturday nite/complicated/music to have thrown back in my face." The ladies | 5,709 | wow-train |
I like cupcakes. They are little more than a small cake made for one person.
Cupcakes are so much better then cake, so soft. | Cupcake
A cupcake (also British English: fairy cake; Hiberno-English: bun; Australian English: fairy cake or patty cake) is a small cake designed to serve one person, which may be baked in a small thin paper or aluminum cup. As with larger cakes, icing and other cake decorations such as fruit and candy may be applied.
History.
The earliest extant description of what is now often called a cupcake was in 1796, when a recipe for "a light cake to bake in | suitable for a layer cake can be used to bake cupcakes. The cake batter used for cupcakes may be flavored or have other ingredients stirred in, such as raisins, berries, nuts, or chocolate chips.
Because their small size is more efficient for heat conduction, cupcakes bake much faster than a normal layered cake. During baking, the volume of the batter initially increases due to the production of carbon dioxide, then decreases upon cooling due to the release of leavening gases.
Cupcakes may be topped with frosting or | 5,710 | wow-train |
Country (or country and western) is a musical genre that originated in the southern United States
Who is your favorite Country artist? | as pedal steels and dobros), and fiddles as well as harmonicas. Blues modes have been used extensively throughout its recorded history.
According to Lindsey Starnes, the term "country music" gained popularity in the 1940s in preference to the earlier term "hillbilly music"; it came to encompass Western music, which evolved parallel to hillbilly music from similar roots, in the mid-20th century. In 2009 in the United States, country music was the most listened to rush hour radio genre during the evening commute, and second | 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.
Popular music Hip hop music.
Hip Hop music, also referred to as "hip hop" or "rap music", is a genre of music that was started in the United States, specifically the South Bronx in the New York City, New York, by African-American youth from the inner- | 5,711 | wow-train |
When I go hunting for hares and rabbits, I always make sure to bring my trusty beagle, who will follow their scent like a pro!
is beagle an animal?
Yes, beagles are dogs. They're small and the look similar to foxhounds. They're amazing to bring on hunting trips!
why are they used for hunting? | Beagle
The beagle is a breed of small hound that is similar in appearance to the much larger foxhound. The beagle is a scent hound, developed primarily for hunting hare (beagling). With a great sense of smell and superior tracking instinct, the beagle is employed as detection dog for prohibited agricultural imports and foodstuffs in quarantine around the world. The beagle is intelligent but single-minded. It is a popular pet due to its size, good temper, and lack of inherited health problems.
The modern breed | the English Foxhound and the American Foxhound. It is possible to use a sight hound such as a Greyhound or lurcher to pursue foxes, though this practice is not common in organised hunting, and these dogs are more often used for coursing animals such as hares. There is also one pack of beagles in Virginia that hunt fox. They are unique in that they are the only hunting beagle pack in the US to be followed on horseback. English Foxhounds are also used for hunting mink.
Hunts may also use terriers to | 5,712 | wow-train |
I like the fact that the Toyota Prius is electric but I don't know how practical that is. | electric trucks (pickups and tractors) and buses also exist.
Modern HEVs make use of efficiency-improving technologies such as regenerative brakes which convert the vehicle's kinetic energy to electric energy, which is stored in a battery or supercapacitor. Some varieties of HEV use an internal combustion engine to turn an electrical generator, which either recharges the vehicle's batteries or directly powers its electric drive motors; this combination is known as a motor–generator. Many HEVs reduce idle emissions by shutting down the engine at idle and restarting | sexual ambiguity going on here — it sounds like a gay song. I still don't know exactly what he was trying to say with that song, but I love it, whatever it is. Pete's an amazing mystery."
During a 1989 interview with Timothy White, Townshend made reference to the song "Rough Boys", calling the song a "coming out, an acknowledgment of the fact that I'd had a gay life, and that I understood what gay sex was about. I know how it | 5,713 | wow-train |
What can you tell me about a Linebacker?
Not much, I know that linebackers are members of the defensive team.
Do you know the name of a famous linebacker?
I'm pretty sure Kenneth Bernard Wright is a famous linebacker. Can you name one?
No not really, Im not a big fan of football actually.
Really? What sports do you like? My favorite sport is baseball.
I like soccer, but back to the topic what else can you tell me about linebackers? I think its a hard position to play. | three-point stance" or "four-point stance" before the ball is snapped).
The goal of the linebacker is to provide either extra run protection or extra pass protection based on the particular defensive play being executed. Another key play of the linebacker position is blitzing. A blitz occurs when a linebacker acts as an extra pass rusher running into any exposed gap. When a blitz is called by the defense, it is mainly to sack or hurry the opposing offense's quarterback.
Linebackers are often regarded | platform stating "I think it really helps. It's not even about sales. It's about what we can push on the platform and how far we can take it. I'm sure you'll hear this from every other Sony developer but you know, I can't tell you how much we've been able to optimise Cell and you know, the amount of content we can put on Blu-ray."
On September 27, 2011, Naughty Dog's Co-President, Christophe Balestra, posted a | 5,714 | wow-train |
Do you know that snakes are legless, carnivorous reptiles of the suborder Serpentes?
I didn't but I'm honestly not a fan of snakes.Too creepy for me! | 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 | He's a brilliant actor – but Paul honestly said to me, 'I don't know what to do with that character'. He didn't want to just bring everybody back, so that the audience go, 'Oh, look, it's Bill Fichtner again!' – he honestly thought, 'I'm not sure where to do that in the plot.' So if someday there's another chapter of this, maybe then Bill will be back. But I think the characters that are there, each | 5,715 | wow-train |
I love the broad genre of rock and roll music.
I love rock music as well! If I recall wasn't rock made out of blues scales or something?
Yes, it's influenced heavily by blues and country music.
That makes since do you know where rock originated?
It started in the US during the 1950's and now has multiple sub genres.
What are some of the sub genres? I think punk and grunge are some right? | the late 1960s "classic rock" period, a number of distinct rock music subgenres had emerged, including hybrids like blues rock, folk rock, country rock, southern rock, raga rock, and jazz-rock, many of which contributed to the development of psychedelic rock, which was influenced by the countercultural psychedelic and hippie scene. New genres that emerged included progressive rock, which extended the artistic elements; glam rock, which highlighted showmanship and visual style; and the diverse and enduring subgenre of heavy metal, which emphasized | Rock music
Rock music is a broad genre of popular music that originated as "rock and roll" in the United States in the early 1950s, and developed into a range of different styles in the 1960s and later, particularly in the United States and the United Kingdom. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, a style which drew heavily on the genres of blues, rhythm and blues, and from country music. Rock music also drew strongly on a number of other genres such as electric blues | 5,716 | wow-train |
Veganism is both a practice and a mindset. Do you practice it?
How did people get the idea of becoming vegans? | Veganism
Veganism is the practice of abstaining from the use of animal products, particularly in diet, and an associated philosophy that rejects the commodity status of animals. A follower of the diet or the philosophy is known as a vegan. Distinctions may be made between several categories of veganism. "Dietary vegans" (also known as strict vegetarians) refrain from consuming animal products, not only meat but also eggs, dairy products and other animal-derived substances. The term "ethical vegan" is often applied to those who | ). American Vegan Society used the term vegan to mean dynamic harmlessness and successfully developed a broad social base of practicing vegans who committed themselves to that meaning and practice.
Catherine Nimmo and Rubin Abramowitz formed a vegan society in California (1948 to 1960), and they both joined the American Vegan Society when Dinshah founded it in 1960.
- 1961 - the American Vegan Society organized and carried out a Coast to Coast Crusade for Veganism across North America, including various parts of Canada and the USA.
- 1965 | 5,717 | wow-train |
Hi there. My favorite show on tv is Grey's Anatomy.
Hello, I love that show, Shonda Rhimes did a great job, she developed the pilot and continues to write for the series.
How long has the show been running? That has to be hard work writing for the show all that time!
Since 2005 I think, I recently finished all seasons. I donot like Meredith Grey, played by Ellen Pompeo, I like other character more
Yeah, I don't like the character either. The actress is a great actor, it's just the character is very unlikable. | Grey's Anatomy
Grey's Anatomy is an American medical drama television series that premiered on March 27, 2005, on the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) as a mid-season replacement. The fictional series focuses on the lives of surgical interns, residents, and attending physicians, as they develop into seasoned doctors while trying to maintain personal lives and relationships. The title is an allusion to "Gray's Anatomy", a classic human anatomy textbook first published in 1858 in London and written by Henry Gray. Shonda Rhimes | really grateful to the Grey's cast and crew and everyone there, really, because they've been so nice to me and gracious and accepting of me joining the show. The transition was much easier than I thought it might be, which I'm very grateful for." McKidd has told "People" that he thinks "Grey's Anatomy" is a great show and he feels lucky to be on it. Shonda Rhimes, the series' creator, said of his addition, "I am excited to have Kevin | 5,718 | wow-train |
Have you ever had Whiskey? It is alcoholic, and made from grain. Some versions could put hair on a bicycle if you know what I mean
I do enjoy Jack Daniels on occasion. It is indeed a very strong drink, I believe over 40 proof?
I did not know Jack Daniels was a politician, he handed out bottles while campaigning
Now his name will live on forever, hah! I bet he got a lot of jokes told at his expense and decided to take advantage! | "usquebath" (1621), and "usquebae" (1715).
Etymology Names and spellings.
Much is made of the word's two spellings: "whisky" and "whiskey". There are two schools of thought on the issue. One is that the spelling difference is simply a matter of regional language convention for the spelling of a word, indicating that the spelling varies depending on the intended audience or the background or personal preferences of the writer (like the difference between "color" and "colour | the chorus: "Baby I ain't tryin' to change you" over an atmospheric beat that features a thumping snare drum." Rap-Up reviewed the song "On the honest and soulful ballad, the Jack Daniels spokeswoman keeps it 100 as she sings about relationship drama. “I done dodged so many ceremonies / Could have had 50 mill in alimony / Give you everything, what you want from me, you know,” she sings."
Music video.
The music video for the song premiered | 5,719 | wow-train |
Hi I like base ball
Well I'm not really a fan of Base ball, though its a bat and ball.played between two teams of nine players each who take turns.
A player on the batting team who reaches first base without being called "out"
Baseball and the other modern bat, ball and running games ,like cricket has its origin in Europe and Early Britain.
Baseball evolved from older bat-and-ball games already being played in England by the mid-18th century. This game was brought by immigrants to North America
Nice submission I must say ,Base ball family of related bat-and-ball games..
Yes buddy,A game is usually composed of nine innings, and the team with the greater number of runs at the end of the game wins. | Medieval football
"Medieval football" is a modern term used for a wide variety of localised football games which were invented and played in Europe during the Middle Ages. Alternative names include folk football, mob football and Shrovetide football. These games may be regarded as the ancestors of modern codes of football, and by comparison with later forms of football, the medieval matches were chaotic and had few rules.
The Middle Ages saw a rise in popularity of games played annually at Shrovetide throughout Europe, particularly in Great Britain. | Baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball game played between two opposing teams who take turns batting and fielding. The game proceeds when a player on the fielding team, called the pitcher, throws a ball which a player on the batting team tries to hit with a bat. The objectives of the offensive team (batting team) are to hit the ball into the field of play, and to run the bases—having its runners advance counter-clockwise around four bases to score what are called "runs" | 5,720 | wow-train |
Hi, I love music, and am into rock at the moment. The Rolling Stones is the group I like most at the moment. Do you like the Rolling Stones? | employed several musicians in that role, including Jack Nitzsche (1965–1971), Nicky Hopkins (1967–1982), Billy Preston (1971–1981), Ian McLagan (1978–1981), and Chuck Leavell (1982–present).
The Rolling Stones were at the forefront of the British Invasion of bands that became popular in the United States in 1964 and were identified with the youthful and rebellious counterculture of the 1960s. Rooted in blues and early rock and roll, the band started out playing covers but found more success with their own material; songs | .
Music.
For the music, vocalist/guitarist Patrick Stump undertook his usual role as the band's primary composer.
"I remember reading an interview with David Bowie where he said, "One day I decided to write a song that sounded like the Rolling Stones"─you know, where the riff is the entire song? And that's how he wrote "Rebel Rebel." I wanted to do the same with "The Take Over.” Classic Rock? Yeah, sure, I guess it | 5,721 | wow-train |
The work life balance is a concept prioritzing work and lifestyle. I have not done well with this.
I agree. It can be tough to find balance. I usually give priority to my personal time as it is necessary for mental well being.
Mental health is very important. You want no mental illness.
Agree. Many mental illnesses go undiagnosed from what I hear. It is sad.
Yes, the causes of mental disorders are very complex and vary.
Complex is an understatement. Many symptoms or actions can mimmick or reflect multiple disorders or illnesses. | and environmental factors that can contribute to the development or progression of mental disorders. Most mental disorders are a result of a combination of several different factors rather than just a single factor.
Research results.
Risk factors for mental illness include, psychological trauma, adverse childhood environments, genetic predisposition and personality traits. Correlations of mental disorders with drug use include almost all psychoactive substances, e.g., cannabis, alcohol and caffeine.
Particular mental illnesses have particular risk factors, for instance including unequal parental treatment, adverse life events | couldn't concentrate. I didn't write a song or pick up a guitar in that time – and piled on the weight. I might as well have been dead. I work very closely with my GP and any decisions I make are made with him". During an interview with BBC Radio 6 Music, he declared that "mental health needs a great deal of attention. It's the final taboo and it needs to be faced and dealt with." Ant is involved in the Black Dog campaign, which promotes | 5,722 | wow-train |
I love planting flowers in my garden, especially my favorite kind of flower called a Narcissus.
I would love to have a garden but I don't have the room, I've never heard of a narcissus. | Narcissus (plant)
Narcissus is a genus of predominantly spring perennial plants of the amaryllis family, Amaryllidaceae. Various common names including daffodil, daffadowndilly, narcissus and jonquil are used to describe all or some members of the genus. "Narcissus" has conspicuous flowers with six petal-like tepals surmounted by a cup- or trumpet-shaped corona. The flowers are generally white or yellow (also orange or pink in garden varieties), with either uniform or contrasting coloured tepals and corona.
"Narcissus" were well known | I don't know how/I've never heard silence quite this loud" and also "I would lay my armor down, if you would say you'd rather love than fight." In a different perspective, Leah Greenblatt of "Entertainment Weekly" considered these couplets from the song, ("I used to know my place was the spot next to you / Now I’m searching the room for an empty seat / ‘Cause lately I don’t even know what page you’re on"), as one of | 5,723 | wow-train |
A club is an entertainment venue
Having recently gone to Ibiza and attending numerous clubs there. I feel that most "normal" clubs aren't that entertaining anymore | Nightclub
A nightclub, music club or club, is an entertainment venue and bar that usually operates late into the night. A nightclub is generally distinguished from regular bars, pubs or taverns by the inclusion of a stage for live music, one or more dance floor areas and a DJ booth, where a DJ plays recorded music. The upmarket nature of nightclubs can be seen in the inclusion of VIP areas in some nightclubs, for celebrities and their guests. Nightclubs are much more likely than pubs or sports bars to use | Sarah Main
Sarah Main is an Australian-born DJ working in Ibiza, most prominently associated with the club Pacha. She appeared as herself in the film "It's All Gone Pete Tong". Apart from her regular Ibiza appearances, Main has DJ internationally at many clubs in Europe.
External links.
- Interview with "In The Mix"
- How to DJ with Sarah Main, Phil K & James Zabiela
- Sarah Main relationship with Pacha Ibiza | 5,724 | wow-train |
I am a big fan of Basketball in Europe, or EuroBasket.
yea its also commonly referred to as the European basketball championship, is the main international basketball competition contested biannuallys by the mens national teams
Do you know when it first started? | EuroBasket
EuroBasket, also commonly referred to as the "European Basketball Championship", is the main international basketball competition that is contested quadrennialy, by the senior men's national teams that are governed by FIBA Europe, which is the European zone within the International Basketball Federation.
History.
History Beginning.
The first championships was held three years after the establishment of FIBA, in 1935. Switzerland was chosen as the host country, and ten countries joined. Only one qualifying match was played between Portugal and Spain. With | - HBL - High School Basketball League
- TBL - Thailand Basketball League
- UAE National Basketball League
- VBA - Vietnam Basketball Association
Men Europe.
Europe
International Leagues – National Teams
- FIBA EuroBasket- main international European basketball competition contested biannually by the men's national teams governed by FIBA Europe
- FIBA European Championship for Small Countries-international basketball competition contested by select small country national teams governed by FIBA Europe
International Leagues – Club Teams
- EuroLeague – top tier, organized by Euroleague Basketball | 5,725 | wow-train |
Peyton Manning is my favorite football player ever. He is amazing. Do you like him?
I'm a big Peyton Manning fan, played 18 seasons at quarterback in the NFL.
Oh wow! I loved when he played for the Colts. He is literally one of the best quarterbacks of all time.
He was a great pro player, but also pretty exciting in the NCAA at Tennesee.
Oh yes, definitely. I don't follow sports that much, but I always followed Peyton and the Colts. | . He is the second son of former NFL quarterback Archie Manning and older brother of New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning.
Manning was selected by the Colts as the first overall pick in the 1998 NFL Draft. From 1998 to 2010, he improved the fortunes of the struggling Colts franchise and helped transform them into consistent playoff contenders. During his tenure as starting quarterback, Manning led the team to eight division championships, two AFC championships, and one Super Bowl title, the franchise's first in over three decades, as | Peyton Manning
Peyton Williams Manning (born March 24, 1976) is a former American football quarterback who played 18 seasons in the National Football League (NFL), primarily with the Indianapolis Colts. Considered to be one of the greatest quarterbacks of all time due to his numerous career achievements, he spent 14 seasons with the Colts and was a member of the Denver Broncos in his last four seasons. Manning played college football for the University of Tennessee, leading the Tennessee Volunteers to the 1997 SEC Championship in his senior season | 5,726 | wow-train |
I love to eat muffins in the morning but i know nothing about them
Cupcake can be two different things. A flatbread from Britain or a quick bread from North America.
Wow, do you know when muffins originated?
Yeah I meant muffin. Oops! The British one was made around the 1700s and the American version during the 1800s.
i din't know it was that old hahaha my favorite one is blueberry muffin | 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 | Muffin
A muffin is an individual-sized, baked product. It can refer to two distinct items, a part-raised flatbread and a cupcake-like quickbread.
The flatbread is of British or European derivation, and dates from at least the early 18th century, while the quickbread originated in North America during the 19th century. Both are common worldwide today.
Quick bread muffins.
Quickbread muffins (sometimes described in Britain as "American muffins" but, more usually, simply as "muffins") | 5,727 | wow-train |
My dad used to work for Microsoft. Have you heard of Microsoft? It's a corp.
Awesome! Yes I have! I've used Microsoft Windows a lot over the years! They own Xbox too I believe.
Yep they sure do. Bill gates founded the company.
Do you know when it was founded? I wish I bought stock in the company a long time ago!
It was founded in 1975.
Wow! I didn't know it was founded that early! What products did they originate with? | by revenue, and one of the world's most valuable companies. The word "Microsoft" is a portmanteau of "microcomputer" and "software". Microsoft is ranked No. 30 in the 2018 Fortune 500 rankings of the largest United States corporations by total revenue.
Microsoft was founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen on April 4, 1975, to develop and sell BASIC interpreters for the Altair 8800. It rose to dominate the personal computer operating system market with MS-DOS in the mid-1980s, followed by Microsoft | Talking about portraying James Dean, DeHaan said that "He had a very specific voice so I've gotta have it, too! It's a challenge. His voice was a lot higher than mine, but it's fun, you know, that's what I like to do. The harder it is, the more fun it is, but it's definitely a challenge, for sure."
Pattinson said about his character in the film, "He's a really bad dad. And you don't | 5,728 | wow-train |
I am thinking about getting a tatto, but I;m not sure about the idea of inserting ink, dyes and pigment in the skin.
I always wanted to get a tattoo, Do you know if the ink is permanent? I hear it can be removed though.
There are either indelible or temporary tattoos,
I think id prefer a temporary tattoo to see if I like it and be able to admire myself in the mirror to know how I look to other people. | 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 | or mascara for at least 3–4 weeks after surgery.
- Tattoos – A tattoo is a marking made by inserting indelible ink into the dermis layer of the skin to change the pigment for decorative or other reasons. Tattoos on humans are a type of decorative body modification.
- Many other dermatological conditions.
Cosmetic camouflage is also called camouflage makeup or cover makeup or corrective makeup. Veil Cover Cream is a type of high coverage camouflage makeup that can hide a variety of skin conditions. The brand follows the original manufacturing | 5,729 | wow-train |
My wife is crazy about Cosmetics | Cosmetics
Cosmetics are substances or products used to enhance or alter the appearance of the face or fragrance and texture of the body. Many cosmetics are designed for use of applying to the face and body. They are generally mixtures of chemical compounds; some being derived from natural sources (such as coconut oil), and many synthetic or artificial. Cosmetics that are applied to the face to enhance ones appearance are often called make-up or makeup. Common make-up items include: lipstick, mascara, eye shadow, | the album "well-crafted" said that "with its careful harmonies, psychedelic sound effects and jazzy touches, [the album] tries to conceal the utter fatuity of its songs under studio cosmetics," and took the album as proof that The Knack was a "one-hit wonder."
The song "Boys Go Crazy" was included in the 1992 EMI Music compilation album "My Sharona". The songs "Another Lousy Day in Paradise," "Africa," "Sweet Dreams," " | 5,730 | wow-train |
What do I have to do to become the valedictorian?
It's most often the person with the highest GPA.
Interesting. How do I get that? | 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 | it worked out so well. I put her to work on some other things that I thought might be interesting to get more voices in there." Andrews subsequently joined the band on tour, with Adkins stating, "there's female vocals on most of our records, so it's nice to have that represented live. [...] It's nice having her around to cover the higher stuff that I don’t normally do live."
Upon release, guitarist and vocalist Jim Adkins stated: "Given what we | 5,731 | wow-train |
I enjoy classical music. What is your favorite genre of music?
lassical music is art music produced or rooted in the traditions of Western culture, I also enjoy classical music. I like just about everything but country though.
My favorite classic music composer is Bach. Who is your favorite composer?
I really like Tchaikovsky, Tchaikovsky, was a Russian composer of the romantic period.
I have never heard of him. I really enjoy how classical music calms me down.
Yeah it is amazing the effect it has on the brain, the central norms of classical tradition were solidified between 1550 and 1900.
Liberace was a very popular classical composer in the later 1900s | Liberace
Władziu Valentino Liberace (May 16, 1919 – February 4, 1987) was an American pianist, singer and actor. A child prodigy born in Wisconsin to parents of Italian and Polish origin, Liberace enjoyed a career spanning four decades of concerts, recordings, television, motion pictures, and endorsements. At the height of his fame, from the 1950s to the 1970s, Liberace was the highest-paid entertainer in the world, with established concert residencies in Las Vegas, and an international touring schedule. Liberace embraced | Orcastrated
Orcastrated is a studio album by the English Punk rock band Toy Dolls, recorded in 1995. The band name is rendered as Toy Dollz on this album.
The album features several cover versions of classical music. When fanzine "Flipside" commented about this in an interview with Michael Algar, Algar said "I really like classical. When I'm at home I never listen to punk music. I mean the Pistols, the Clash and the Damned were all my favorite bands but I like listening to opera and | 5,732 | wow-train |
Do you do any weight training? I used to and just started working out again every day.
It's a common type of strength training for developing strength so it's not a bad idea at all. Currently I would like to figure out a good routine and start doing it as well.
I do train chest on Monday, then Wednesday I do legs, and Friday, I train back. I do cardio everyday. You should look into. I feel so much better.
I'd like to target specific muscle groups. I'd also like to train those smaller connecting muscles that can only be trained from natural movements.
That sounds like a good idea. How would you do that? | javelin throw. Many other sports use strength training as part of their training regimen, notably: American football, baseball, basketball, football, hockey, lacrosse, mixed martial arts, rowing, rugby league, rugby union, track and field, boxing and wrestling.
History.
The genealogy of lifting can be traced back to the beginning of recorded history where humanity's fascination with physical abilities can be found among numerous ancient writings. In many prehistoric tribes, they would have a big rock they would try to lift | " was a concept of mine. What Dave tends to do is he says 'Do us a concept' or 'I've got this rough concept, can you work it out?' I do it, then Dave has a different idea and the whole thing shifts away, so that's the way it works. It's a perfectly good way of working – it tends to give Dave a bit of a start or whatever. I was doing a lot of my 'Eternal Champion' stuff on stage, so | 5,733 | wow-train |
A truck is a lorry or motor vehicle
What is the uses of a truck? | Truck
A truck or lorry is a motor vehicle designed to transport cargo. Trucks vary greatly in size, power, and configuration; smaller varieties may be mechanically similar to some automobiles. Commercial trucks can be very large and powerful and may be configured to be mounted with specialized equipment, such as in the case of refuse trucks, fire trucks, concrete mixers, and suction excavators. Strictly speaking, a commercial vehicle without a tractor or other articulation is a "straight truck" while one designed specifically to pull a trailer | Tow truck
A tow truck (also called a wrecker, a breakdown truck, recovery vehicle or a breakdown lorry) is a truck used to move disabled, improperly parked, impounded, or otherwise indisposed motor vehicles. This may involve recovering a vehicle damaged in an accident, returning one to a drivable surface in a mishap or inclement weather, or towing or transporting one via flatbed to a repair shop or other location.
A tow truck is distinct from a motor carrier that moves multiple new or used vehicles simultaneously in | 5,734 | wow-train |
So, I'm interested in learning more about ultimate sports.
Do you mean Ultimate Frisbee, which is a non contact sport with players using a flying disc?
That's exactly what I mean!
Known as Ultimate and Ultimate Frisbee, it was developed in 1968 by a group of students at Columbia High School!
Wow! Who knew. My son was playing for awhile, but I'm pretty sure the dog has the frisbee now.
Actually, there is Disc Dog which is a dog sport revolving around dogs and their humans catching frisbees!
really? Maybe we should give it a go!
If you get good enough, there is a Frisbee Dog World Championship too! Its an annual competition for disc dogs hehe.
oh awesome. I'm thinking about signing up! | Disc dog
Disc dog (commonly called Frisbee dog) is a dog sport. In disc dog competitions, dogs and their human flying disc throwers compete in events such as distance catching and somewhat choreographed freestyle catching. The sport celebrates the bond between handler and dog, by allowing them to work together. The term "disc" is preferred because "Frisbee" is a trademark (held by Wham-O) for a brand of flying disc.
History.
The sport got its start in the early 1970s, | 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 | 5,735 | wow-train |
I'm still a teen living with my parents. I can't wait until I get my own place. Adolescence is a transitional stage of physical and psychological development
I don't blame you. I don't think I would want to go back to that time in my life again.
Why what happened to you? i'm going through puberty which typically begins during preadolescence, particularly in females
Nothing horrible, I just like being an adult. Are you having any problems going through adolescence? | Adolescence
Adolescence () is a transitional stage of physical and psychological development that generally occurs during the period from puberty to legal adulthood (age of majority). Adolescence is usually associated with the teenage years, but its physical, psychological or cultural expressions may begin earlier and end later. For example, puberty now typically begins during preadolescence, particularly in females. Physical growth (particularly in males) and cognitive development can extend into the early twenties. Thus, age provides only a rough marker of adolescence, and scholars have | I [didn't] want to screw up my lines." She further relayed, "There are many times when I think I didn't get a scene. When you don't feel anything, it's frustrating. I'm less hard on myself because I realize how difficult what we do is. But, as an actor, you hope that you go in there and get caught up in the moment. I think, self-indulgently, that's why we become actors in the first place — to feel | 5,736 | wow-train |
I really like lizard. Do you know much about them?
I love them as well! They are a widespread group of squamate reptiles. There are over 6,000 species!
They are on every continents except Antarctica? I wonder why don't aren't in that area? | legless, and have long snake-like bodies. Some such as the forest-dwelling "Draco" lizards are able to glide. They are often territorial, the males fighting off other males and signalling, often with brightly colours, to attract mates and to intimidate rivals. Lizards are mainly carnivorous, often being sit-and-wait predators; many smaller species eat insects, while the Komodo eats mammals as big as water buffalo.
Lizards make use of a variety of antipredator adaptations, including venom, camouflage, | Lizard
Lizards are a widespread group of squamate reptiles, with over 6,000 species, ranging across all continents except Antarctica, as well as most oceanic island chains. The group is paraphyletic as it excludes the snakes and Amphisbaenia; some lizards are more closely related to these two excluded groups than they are to other lizards. Lizards range in size from chameleons and geckos a few centimeters long to the 3 meter long Komodo dragon.
Most lizards are quadrupedal, running with a strong side-to-side motion. Others are | 5,737 | wow-train |
Have you ever been snorkeling? I live in a resort town and we go snorkeling regularly.
I have never been snorkeling! I live in the midwest so it's not as fun, I imagine. But I've thought about trying it when we go on a beach vacation. Where do you like to snorkel? | Virgin Islands National Park
The Virgin Islands National Park is an American national park preserving about 60% of the land area of Saint John in the United States Virgin Islands, as well as more than of adjacent ocean, and nearly all of Hassel Island, just off the Charlotte Amalie, Saint Thomas harbor.
The park is well-known for scuba diving and snorkeling, and has miles of hiking trails through the tropical rainforest.
Cruz Bay is the gateway port to the park. Ferries operate hourly from Red Hook | Ricky.
Commenting to "Digital Spy" about her return, Lawrence said: "I've not been in the show for 11 years and it's not like I've ever thought "I'll never go back", you just think that your chance to go back has gone. It never crossed my mind that the occasion would ever arise, so when I got the phone call, it was really odd. There was never any doubt that I'd do it for Mike [Reid] and it's not | 5,738 | wow-train |
I love gardening , its the practice of growing cultivating plants
i do too, I plant a garden every year | Gardening
Gardening is the practice of growing and cultivating plants as part of horticulture. In gardens, ornamental plants are often grown for their flowers, foliage, or overall appearance; useful plants, such as root vegetables, leaf vegetables, fruits, and herbs, are grown for consumption, for use as dyes, or for medicinal or cosmetic use. Gardening is considered by many people to be a relaxing activity.
Gardening ranges in scale from fruit orchards, to long boulevard plantings with one or more different types of shrubs | give the impression of an old-fashioned country garden.
Plants.
Plants Overview.
Until the late 19th century, cottage gardens mainly grew vegetables for household consumption. Typically half the garden would be used for cultivating potatoes and half for a mix of other vegetables plus some culinary and medicinal herbs. John Claudius Loudon wrote extensively on cottage gardens in his book "An Encyclopædia of Gardening" (1822) and in "Gardener's Magazine" from 1826. In 1838 he wrote "I seldom observe any thing in a | 5,739 | wow-train |
golf is with sport where players have a club and a ball and put the balls in the holes to win.
Yah, but I hate it when I wack a ball into a pond. | nine holes. Each hole on the course must contain a tee box to start from, and a putting green containing the actual hole or cup in diameter. There are other standard forms of terrain in between, such as the fairway, rough (long grass), bunkers (or "sand traps"), and various hazards (water, rocks) but each hole on a course is unique in its specific layout and arrangement.
Golf is played for the lowest number of strokes by an individual, known as stroke | Golf
Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible.
Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not utilize a standardized playing area, and coping with the varied terrains encountered on different courses is a key part of the game. The game at the usual level is played on a course with an arranged progression of 18 holes, though recreational courses can be smaller, often having | 5,740 | wow-train |
A go-kart is a type of open-wheel car and they are fun to ride!
Does a go cart have a motor that burns gas?
Some do but they in all shapes and forms, from motorless models to high-powered racing machines.
So go-karts are off road vehicles? | Go-kart
A go-kart, also written as go-cart (often referred to as simply a kart), is a type of open-wheel car. Go-karts come in all shapes and forms, from motorless models to high-powered racing machines. Some, such as Superkarts, are able to beat racing cars or motorcycles on long circuits.
Gravity racers, usually referred to as Soap Box Derby carts, are the simplest type of go-karts. They are propelled by gravity. | mild state of racing tune, so that they are extremely reliable and can go years between motor rebuilds.
The Malibu Grand Prix chain, similar in concept to commercial recreational kart racing tracks, operates several venues in the United States where a customer can purchase several laps around a track in a vehicle very similar to open wheel racing vehicles, but powered by a small Curtiss-Wright rotary engine.
In engines having more than two rotors, or two rotor race engines intended for high-rpm use, a multi- | 5,741 | wow-train |
I'm a professional horse racing handicapper.
and I'm a degenerate gambler. what a coincidence. I do love that equestrian performance sport.
When was horse racing invented? | Horse racing
Horse racing is an equestrian performance sport, typically involving two or more horses ridden by jockeys (or sometimes driven without riders) over a set distance for competition. It is one of the most ancient of all sports, as its basic premise – to identify which of two or more horses is the fastest over a set course or distance – has been unchanged since at least classical antiquity.
Horse races vary widely in format and many countries have developed their own particular traditions around the sport. Variations include restricting | career. I enjoyed every horse I ever rode and I thank all of them for making my career. I'd like to apologize to all my fans for leaving the sport the way I did. Sometimes you have to do things in life for yourself. I'd like everyone to know I'm officially retired from the sport of horse racing. I thank everyone for all I achieved that had a part in my career. I had a lot of awesome moments in this game."
Final years.
In 2013 | 5,742 | wow-train |
Hi, I have a betta fish.
Those fish are great! They're small so you don't need a big aquarium and they have such beautiful colors!
I agree, they also dont need much food so they are low maintenance (unlike my wife).
Ha! Bettas are also known as Siamese fighting fish! Hopefully also unlike your wife!!
Siamese fighting fish? Can you tell me more about this?
These fish are extremely territorial! They have extremely high levels of aggression toward each other. That's why they're always kept alone in their bowls.
I see, perhaps they might serve better as food than pets. Would you agree? | if they are housed in too small an aquarium. It is typically not recommended to keep male and female bettas together, except temporarily for breeding purposes which should always be undertaken with caution.
This species is native to the Mekong basin of Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam and is mostly concentrated in the Chao Phraya river in Thailand. The fish can be found in standing waters of canals, rice paddies and floodplains. It is listed as Vulnerable by the IUCN.
Description.
"B. splendens" usually | Siamese fighting fish
The Siamese fighting fish ("Betta splendens"), also known as the betta, is a popular fish in the aquarium trade. Bettas are a member of the gourami family and are known to be highly territorial. Males in particular are prone to high levels of aggression and will attack each other if housed in the same tank. If there is no means of escape, this will usually result in the death of one or both of the fish. Female bettas can also become territorial towards each other | 5,743 | wow-train |
I love the show Grey's anatomy, it has been on for over a decade.
Nice! I have never really watched it. It features the lives of surgical interns, physicians and residents.
Yes, and it is really over dramatic. But there was a reason they called the two male doctors McDramy and McSteamy.
Yes. And the title is a play on words from a classic anatomy textbook from 1858!
Yes, I used that text in school. The show is not really accurate about being interns, it is so much more difficult.
Really? I did not know that. The show was originally going to be called "Complications". So I think that might be a better title then.
I like the play on words they used, it was very clever in my opinion. | developed the pilot and continues to write for the series; she is also one of the executive producers, along with Betsy Beers, Mark Gordon, Krista Vernoff, Rob Corn, Mark Wilding, and Allan Heinberg. Although the series is set in Seattle (at the fictional Seattle Grace Hospital, later renamed), it is filmed primarily in Los Angeles, California.
The series was designed to be racially diverse and used color-blind casting. It revolves around the title character, Dr. Meredith Grey, played by Ellen | really grateful to the Grey's cast and crew and everyone there, really, because they've been so nice to me and gracious and accepting of me joining the show. The transition was much easier than I thought it might be, which I'm very grateful for." McKidd has told "People" that he thinks "Grey's Anatomy" is a great show and he feels lucky to be on it. Shonda Rhimes, the series' creator, said of his addition, "I am excited to have Kevin | 5,744 | wow-train |
Christmas.. the cultural celebration among billions of people around the world. My favourite time of year!
Christmas is great, everyone is in good spirits.
Christmas Day is a public holiday in many of the world's nations, is it in yours?
Yes, I would say it is the biggest holiday of the year. | Christmas traditions
Christmas traditions vary from country to country. Christmas celebrations for many nations include the installing and lighting of Christmas trees, the hanging of Advent wreaths, Christmas stockings, candy canes, setting out cookies and milk, and the creation of Nativity scenes depicting the birth of Jesus Christ. Christmas carols may be sung and stories told about such figures as the Baby Jesus, St Nicholas, Santa Claus, Father Christmas, Christkind or Grandfather Frost. The sending and exchange of Christmas card greetings, observance of fasting and special | Christmas
Christmas is an annual festival commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ, observed on December 25 as a religious and cultural celebration among billions of people around the world. A feast central to the Christian liturgical year, it is preceded by the season of Advent or the Nativity Fast and initiates the season of Christmastide, which historically in the West lasts twelve days and culminates on Twelfth Night; in some traditions, Christmastide includes an octave. Christmas Day is a public holiday in many of the world's nations, is celebrated religiously | 5,745 | wow-train |
I am fascinated by ghosts. Do you believe in poltergeists or other ghosts?
I dont really believe in them, not enough proof to show they exist | ".
The belief in the existence of an afterlife, as well as manifestations of the spirits of the dead, is widespread, dating back to animism or ancestor worship in pre-literate cultures. Certain religious practices—funeral rites, exorcisms, and some practices of spiritualism and ritual magic—are specifically designed to rest the spirits of the dead. Ghosts are generally described as solitary, human-like essences, though stories of ghostly armies and the ghosts of animals rather than humans have also been recounted. They are | my imagination, I could imagine them to be any way I liked, and I could tell you all you wished to hear simply by carrying on my imaginative creation. But as I believe that there really are other worlds, I am entitled to confess that there is much about them that I do not know, and that I do not know how to find out.
Criticisms.
While it may appear to be a simply extravagant account of modality, modal realism has proven to be historically quite resilient. Nonetheless, | 5,746 | wow-train |
I really love pita bread with hummus, I could eat it every day. Do you like hummus?
I do really enjoy hummus - especially on garlic Parmesan pita bread. Hummus is actually Arabic in origin and is made from a bunch of chickpeas.
That is interesting. I didn't know it was Arabic. Do you know any other typical dishes in Arabic cuisine?
In fact, I do, since I dine on Arabic cuisine all the time. It is a cuisine unique to Arabs, typically spanning from the Fertile Crescent to the Arabian Peninsula.
I would like to try some other Arabic food. I don't know much about that area, particularly the Fertile Crescent.
The Fertile Crescent is lush region along the Tigris and Euphrates river. It's well known as the cradle of civilization.
Interesting I remember learning about the rivers in school. I always thought the Tigris and Euphrates sounded exotic. | Euphrates
The Euphrates (; Sumerian: "Buranuna"; "Purattu"; ; "Pǝrāt"; : "Yeprat"; "Perat"; ; ) is the longest and one of the most historically important rivers of Western Asia. Together with the Tigris, it is one of the two defining rivers of Mesopotamia (the "Land between the Rivers"). Originating in eastern Turkey, the Euphrates flows through Syria and Iraq to join the Tigris in the Shatt al-Arab, which empties into the Persian Gulf | Msabbaha
Msabbaha (, also romanized musabbaha, literally "swimming") is a variation of hummus popular in the Levant, especially in Jordan, Israel and the West Bank. In the Galilee it is also known as "mashausha" ().
Ingredients.
The main difference between msabbaha and hummus is the texture. In contrast with hummus, the chickpeas here remain whole. Like hummus, it is eaten with fresh pita bread.
The base of the dish is "balila": warm cooked chickpeas in | 5,747 | wow-train |
I wonder what it would be like to be a different gender and get a gender change. It's the process where the female sexual characteristics are changed to male, or the other way around. Have you ever thought about this?
I am fine being a male. I have no desire to change.
It happens on it's own sometimes due to a condition known as hermaphroditism. As well as in other species. Do you know anyone who's had a gender change?
I have never met anyone who has.
The term is usually used in a situation of gender reassignment. It's a hot topic in Canada at the moment. Have you seen any of it in the news?
No, I do not watch the news very much.
It's called bill C-16, it's to amend the Human Rights Act. People will sometimes have a gender change if they were born intersex as well. Where they are a mix of both genders.
Very interesting. I know nothing about any of this. | 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 | the "Oprah Winfrey Show". During the show, he talked about his sense of reproductive right to bear a child independent of his male gender identity. He commented, "I have a very stable male gender identity. I see pregnancy as a process, and it doesn't define who I am. It's not a male or female desire to want to have a child—it's a human desire... I'm a person, and I have the right to have my own biological child." The " | 5,748 | wow-train |
Purple is a beautiful color, don't you think?
It's a great medium between blue and red.
Yes, right at the end of the spectrum!
According to surveys most people associate the color purple with mystery, magic, royalty, and piety.
It has been a special color for a long time.
Purple combined with pink is often associated with eroticism, femininity, and seduction.
Wow, I didn't know that!
The color the is most known to compliment purple is yellow.
Those two colors look good together, I think. | Purple
Purple is a color intermediate between blue and red. It is similar to violet, but unlike violet, which is a spectral color with its own wavelength on the visible spectrum of light, purple is a secondary color made by combining red and blue. The complementary color of purple in the RYB color model is yellow.
According to surveys in Europe and North America, purple is the color most often associated with rarity, royalty, magic, mystery, and piety. When combined with pink, it is associated | symbolism.
Associations and symbolism Royalty.
- In Europe, since the time that the Roman emperors wore a Tyrian purple ("purpura") toga praetexta, purple has been the color most associated with royalty. The British Royal Family and other European royalty still use it as a ceremonial color on special occasions.
Associations and symbolism Piety, faith, penitence, and theology.
In the West, purple or violet is the color most associated with piety and religious faith. In AD 1464, shortly after the Muslim conquest | 5,749 | wow-train |
Adoption is a great thing dont you think? Taking guardianship of a child who otherwise would be a group home
I agree, I would like to adopt a child someday
Yes, you can do it as a couple or an individual and there has to be 14 years between you and the child!
I see, I didn't know the age gap requirement
Yes and you and your partner cannot have been declared legally incapacitated
That makes a lot of sense | or religious sanction. Historically, some societies have enacted specific laws governing adoption; where others have tried to achieve adoption through less formal means, notably via contracts that specified inheritance rights and parental responsibilities without an accompanying transfer of filiation. Modern systems of adoption, arising in the 20th century, tend to be governed by comprehensive statutes and regulations.
History.
History Antiquity.
- Adoption for the well-born
While the modern form of adoption emerged in the United States, forms of the practice appeared throughout history. | as "retarded" on air. He later apologised after complaints and calls for him to be sacked. Holmes said: "I have to say sorry to three or four of you who are upset because I used the word retarded. You seem to have taken it personally or think I am being insulting. I would never want to do that. There is this man who has an autistic child and said I insulted his child. I would never use it in that context. Sorry if that caused you offence". | 5,750 | wow-train |
I'm color blind. It's hard for me to identify differences in different colors.
That sounds weird, which colors?
All of them. This has been making educational activities difficult since I was a kid.
It seems like it would, since a lot of it is based on color accuracy.
Exactly, for example when i'm buying fruit I often mistake the pears for the apples.
They do have a pretty similar shape, yeah. | the brain. Diagnosis is typically with the Ishihara color test; however, a number of other testing methods, including genetic testing, also exist.
There is no cure for color blindness. Diagnosis may allow a person's teacher to change their method of teaching to accommodate the decreased ability to recognize colors. Special lenses may help people with red-green color blindness when under bright conditions. There are also mobile apps that can help people identify colors.
Red-green color blindness is the most common form, followed | (October 22, 1811 – July 31, 1886). Music → color.
Synesthetes Lorde.
Singer/songwriter (b. 1996). Music → color.
Synesthetes Marian McPartland.
Jazz pianist, composer, radio personality, associates keys with colors. She has stated that: "You see, nobody ever told me it was difficult to play in certain keys, like F sharp. Personally, I find C a hard key. It's very sterile to me. Somehow all the keys seem to have colors | 5,751 | wow-train |
I love hamburgers but my patty has to be flame broiled like Burger King.
What is broiling?
Broiling is cooking at a top heat more healthier Burger King flame broils all their meats at the fast food restaurant.
Can you use a regular grill to do that? | Barbecue grill
A barbecue grill is a device that cooks food by applying heat from below. There are several varieties of grills, with most falling into one of three categories: gas-fueled, charcoal, or electric. There is debate over which method yields superior results.
History in the Americas.
Grilling has existed in the Americas since pre-Colonial times. The Arawak people of South America roasted meat on a wooden structure called a barbacoa in Spanish. For centuries, the term "barbacoa" referred to | Flame broiler
A flame broiler is a commercial mechanical gas grill used to cook various products. It is in use by the Burger King fast-food restaurant chain and was also used by the Burger Chef chain.
The device consists of a ladder-type conveyor chain that transports a hamburger patty over gas broiler tubes that provide a gas flame. The underside of the meat patty directly contacts the flames as the meat is conveyed through the broiler enclosure. The top part of meat patty is cooked by latent heat provided by | 5,752 | wow-train |
Have you ever gone Kayaking? It's a great exercise!
Yes, I actually have kayaked at a river, it was fun! Except for fear of snakes falling from the trees above!
Oh no! Well I'm glad that didn't happen. Kayaking is not only great for exercise but you can move all across the water which is great for sightseeing.
Yes, that's true, and it can be very peaceful, let's you get in touch with nature too.
There's kayaking and also canoeing, which is a little bit different. Have you ever gone canoeing?
No, i haven't canoed, what's the difference?
Canoeing is different because the sitting position of the paddler is different and the number of blades on the paddle.
Oh, gotcha. I'm sure it's fun too. Do you canoe in bodies of water similar to a river? | Canoe
A canoe is a lightweight narrow vessel, typically pointed at both ends and open on top, propelled by one or more seated or kneeling paddlers facing the direction of travel using a single-bladed paddle.
In British English, the term "canoe" can also refer to a kayak, while canoes are then called "Canadian canoes" to distinguish them from kayaks.
Canoes are widely used for competition and pleasure, such as racing, whitewater, touring and camping, freestyle, and general recreation. Canoeing | The concept was based on examination of past cycles of formation and breakup of supercontinents, not on current understanding of the mechanisms of tectonic change, which are too imprecise to project that far into the future. "It's all pretty much fantasy to start with," Scotese has said. "But it's a fun exercise to think about what might happen. And you can only do it if you have a really clear idea of why things happen in the first place."
Supercontinents describe the merger of all, | 5,753 | wow-train |
I like Barbie dolls . It's an all American doll from Matte, Inc
They have been around for a long time. What do you like the most about them?
I like the fashions that this doll presents for a long time like 50 years or so.
Ken is pretty cool | doll and her lifestyle.
Mattel has sold over a billion Barbie dolls, making it the company's largest and most profitable line. However, sales have declined sharply since 2014. The doll transformed the toy business in affluent communities worldwide by becoming a vehicle for the sale of related merchandise (accessories, clothes, friends of Barbie, etc.). She had a significant impact on social values by conveying characteristics of female independence, and with her multitude of accessories, an idealized upscale life-style that can be shared | my previous letters when I was talking about taking a 'break'. What I meant was I am taking a break from being told what to do. ... It's cool when you look at someone and don't know whether they are at work or play since it's all the same to them. The things I've been doing for work lately have been so much fun, because it's not like work to me anymore. I've been even more 'hands on' in my management and the business side | 5,754 | wow-train |
Well, I finally got that job offer from that company in Kentucky. I guess it's off to the "Bluegrass State" for me! Have you ever been?
No! Why is it called the "Bluegrass State"?
It's a nickname given based on the bluegrass you can find. It's all over many of the pastures in the region due to their fertile soil.
The grass is actually blue?
Not blue like the ocean, but there is a blueish tint to the grass if you look closely enough! One of the major regions is called the Bluegrass Region - it houses two of the major cities in Kentucky, so there has to be plenty of it!
?What else do you like and know about Kentucky | , the greatest length of navigable waterways and streams in the contiguous United States, and the two largest man-made lakes east of the Mississippi River.
Kentucky is also known for horse racing, bourbon distilleries, moonshine, coal, the "My Old Kentucky Home" historic state park, automobile manufacturing, tobacco, bluegrass music, college basketball, and Kentucky Fried Chicken.
Etymology.
In 1776, the counties of Virginia beyond the Appalachian Mountains became known as Kentucky County, named for the Kentucky River. The | featured in the film, "Don't Say A Word", with Skye McCole Bartusiak performing the song.
When their second album had a more polished sound, Erwin commented, "I hope our fans won't be disappointed [in "The Little Ol' Cowgirl"]; it's got drums on every track; it's no longer bluegrass, but we have to make a living and you can't do that playing bluegrass."
Two albums later, after Natalie Maines assumed the position of vocalist, the | 5,755 | wow-train |
I love pizza! I am actually a pizza snob due to the fact that I grew up in the NY metropolitan area.
Then I supposed you will turn your nose up at the idea of frozen pizzas as opposed to fresh, pizzas such as DiGiorno.
Eh, since I moved from there, I have learned to tolerate some frozen pizzas. When did the pizza first come to fruitation? | called pizzettas.
The term "pizza" was first recorded in the 10th century in a Latin manuscript from the Southern Italian town of Gaeta in Lazio, on the border with Campania. Modern pizza was invented in Naples, and the dish and its variants have since become popular in many countries. It has become one of the most popular foods in the world and a common fast food item in Europe and North America, available at pizzerias (restaurants specializing in pizza), restaurants offering Mediterranean cuisine, and via pizza delivery | slogan is "It's not delivery. It's DiGiorno/Delissio," which suggests that their frozen pizzas are of high enough quality that they might be mistaken for fresh pizzeria pizzas.
DiGiorno rebranded to Delissio in Canada in 1999, although Kraft had previously used the Delissio brand for other pizza products in the 1980s.
In 2010, Kraft sold the DiGiorno and Delissio brands, along with the rest of its frozen pizza business, to Swiss-based food manufacturer Nestlé. The move helped to finance Kraft's bid | 5,756 | wow-train |
I have to admit, my guilty pleasure is McDonald's, which was founded in 1940.
what's your best food item there/
Although they are known for their hamburgers, I think I much prefer the cheeseburgers.
I love the Big Mac it's so tasty I could it lots. | Big Mac
The Big Mac is a hamburger sold by international fast food restaurant chain McDonald's. It was introduced in the Greater Pittsburgh area, United States, in 1967 and nationwide in 1968. It is one of the company's flagship products.
History.
The Big Mac was created by Jim Delligatti, an early Ray Kroc franchisee, who was operating several restaurants in the Pittsburgh area. It was invented in the kitchen of Delligatti's first McDonald's franchise, located on McKnight Road in suburban Ross Township. | these songs lack too much person-ability for your tastes." Random J concluded, however, "But for what it is, and those who are into this kind of music - it's a solid album. Perfume fans will not be disappointed. My love of electro pop and all things Daft Punk-esque is what has me really liking this album more than I thought I would. Definitely my guilty pleasure." Tetsuo Hiraga from "Hot Express" was positive in his review, commending Nakata's production and | 5,757 | wow-train |
Isn't it crazy that horses have been around 45-55 million years and they used to be multi-toed instead of having one single hoof!
WHAT? NO WAY! I did not know that!
Yeah pretty nuts! Humans only started domesticating them too around 4000BC
In any part of the world specifically?
That I'm actually not too sure of, but I would assume Mesopotamia because that's where most humans were around that time I think. So modern day Iraq maybe? Correct me if I'm wrong
Ok, and are there different breeds of horses?
There are hundreds! They divide horses into three different categories. Hot bloods, cold bloods, and warmbloods.
Wow, and what about racing horses? | ," such as draft horses and some ponies, suitable for slow, heavy work; and "warmbloods," developed from crosses between hot bloods and cold bloods, often focusing on creating breeds for specific riding purposes, particularly in Europe.
Horse breeds are groups of horses with distinctive characteristics that are transmitted consistently to their offspring, such as conformation, color, performance ability, or disposition. These inherited traits are usually the result of a combination of natural crosses and artificial selection methods aimed at producing horses for specific tasks | Horse
The horse ("Equus ferus caballus") is one of two extant subspecies of "Equus ferus". It is an odd-toed ungulate mammal belonging to the taxonomic family Equidae. The horse has evolved over the past 45 to 55 million years from a small multi-toed creature, "Eohippus", into the large, single-toed animal of today. Humans began domesticating horses around 4000 BC, and their domestication is believed to have been widespread by 3000 BC. Horses in the subspecies " | 5,758 | wow-train |
I really enjoy basketball. However I am that good. It is more otten played as a team sport with five on each side. I normally play 3 or 3
I see, my fiance used to play basketball, he is 6'8 though, I am horrible at that sport. How do you win?
However scores the most points wns. I like the fact that it involes workout. THere is a lo ot of running
I see, I could never run that much haha, who is your favorite team?
I like the Mverikcks.
Where are the Mavericks from? I don't know much about basketball or the teams, but I like Lebron James | was a 14-time All-Star.
Listed at , Nowitzki is widely regarded as one of the greatest power forwards of all time and he is considered by many to be the greatest European player of all time. Nowitzki has led the Mavericks to 15 NBA playoff appearances (2001–2012; 2014–2016), including the franchise's first Finals appearance in 2006 and its only NBA championship in 2011. Known for his scoring ability, his versatility, his accurate outside shooting, and his trademark fadeaway jump shot, Nowitzki won the NBA Most | personal terms with guys I used to only see on TV or play on the Play Station, is fantastic. It's great to be able to call these guys and ask for help. We have a really good chemistry on and off the court and that definitely made the difference in us getting the win today.”
Belinda Bencic: “I had a great year and I am very happy to have been in this position. It really helps me with next year and my preparations. I am really looking forward to | 5,759 | wow-train |
I love cakes of all flavors, do you?
Yes, same, cake is really good!
Apparently making a cake used to be very complicated but now the baking equipment and processes have made it very easy so we can all bake them.
Oh, that'd make sense, humans create great new tech to do new things. What did they have in the past to make cakes?
I only know that there was a lot of labor in cake making in the past, especially in the whisking of eggs. But it is much simpler now.
Ah, yes, I see. We do live such simpler lives now, haha
Do you enjoy Sponge cake? And what would you say is your favorite type of cake?
Angel food would be my favorite, what about you? | Angel food cake
Angel food cake, or angel cake, is a type of sponge cake made with egg whites, flour, and sugar. A whipping agent, such as cream of tartar, is commonly added. It differs from other cakes because it uses no butter. Its structure comes from whipped egg whites known as a protein foam. Angel food cake originated in the United States and first became popular in the late 19th century. It gained its unique reputation along with its name due to its light and fluffy texture | was 'Birthday Cake'. I mean, we ended up recording them at the same time and executing them together. But I reached out to him about doing 'Birthday Cake' because that’s the only person that, really, it made sense to do the record. Just as a musician, despite everything else, that was going to be the person. You know I thought about rappers, and I’ve done that so many times, and the hottest R&B artist out right now is Chris Brown. So I | 5,760 | wow-train |
Off the top of your head, are you able to give the name of any volcano in the world? Honestly, I don't think I'd be able to.
Mt Vesuvius is a popular Volcano that erupted with hot lava!
Oh, I actually know that one, didn't it erupt very recently? | that led to the burying and destruction of the Roman cities of Pompeii, Herculaneum, Oplontis and Stabiae, as well as several other settlements. The eruption ejected a cloud of stones, ashes and volcanic gases to a height of , spewing molten rock and pulverized pumice at the rate of per second, ultimately releasing a hundred thousand times the thermal energy released by the Hiroshima-Nagasaki bombings. More than 1,000 people died in the eruption, but exact numbers are unknown. The only surviving eyewitness account of the event consists of two | have an understanding. It's 'You do what you want. Never go back to the same one.' See, that's where it's going to screw your mind up, to go back the second time to the same person." (Blumstein & Schwartz, 1983, page 286)
"We've never spoken about cheating, but neither of us believe in it. I don't think I'd ever forgive him. I don't think I'd be able to. I don't know. | 5,761 | wow-train |
Toyota make some of the best vehicles in the world
I love that brand, I bought a Toyota Corolla brand new 2 years ago and it has been great!
they really are, theres a reason toyota is the market leader in sales of hybrid vehicles
I am sure the amount of money they make is insane | Toyota
Toyota is the world's market leader in sales of hybrid electric vehicles, and one of the largest companies to encourage the mass-market adoption of hybrid vehicles across the globe. Toyota is also a market leader in hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles. Cumulative global sales of Toyota and Lexus hybrid passenger car models achieved the 10 million milestone in January 2017. Its Prius family is the world's top selling hybrid nameplate with over 6 million units sold worldwide .
The company was founded by Kiichiro Toyoda in 1937 | market share, compared to nearly 2% market share as the US luxury segment leader.
In the first three months of 2007, Toyota together with its half-owned subsidiary Daihatsu reported number one sales of 2.348 million units. Toyota's brand sales had risen 9.2% largely on demand for Corolla and Camry sedans. The difference in performance was largely attributed to surging demand for fuel-efficient vehicles. In November 2006, Toyota Motor Manufacturing Texas added a facility in San Antonio. Toyota has experienced quality problems and was | 5,762 | wow-train |
Ive never heard of lucy montgomery
I haven't either, but she is apparently a famous author who wrote "Anne of Green Gables."
Never heard of that book.
I've only heard of it. Apparently it's sold more than 50 million copies.
Wow thats a lot of copies for a book ive never heard about, is it an old book? | Lucy Maud Montgomery
Lucy Maud Montgomery (November 30, 1874 – April 24, 1942), published as L. M. Montgomery, was a Canadian author best known for a series of novels beginning in 1908 with "Anne of Green Gables". The book was an immediate success. The central character, Anne Shirley, an orphaned girl, made Montgomery famous in her lifetime and gave her an international following.
The first novel was followed by a series of sequels with Anne as the central character. Montgomery went on | in England and Wales that Oxenbury knew.
History.
The story was adapted from an American folk song. Rosen, who heard the song, incorporated it in his poetry shows and subsequently wrote the book based upon it. Since publication, the book has never been out of print and each year has been in the 5,000 best selling books. The publisher has stated that the book has attained worldwide sales of more than 9 million copies.
Awards.
The book won the overall Nestlé Smarties Book Prize in 1989 | 5,763 | wow-train |
I have always wanted to visit Hawaii as the beaches look beautiful.
Our 50th state, Hawaii is glorious! The beaches are to die for!
I live in a beach town and am a true beach bum at heart. Have you visited Hawaii?
Yes, I have been to the Big Island, Oahu. Kauai is my favorite though.
What about Kauai makes it your favorite?
Kauai is known as the Garden Isle. It's less commericial
Less commercial sounds perfect for me as I enjoy less touristy areas.
Hawaii has active volcanoes as I'm certain you know.
Yes, I have been reading about those online and seeing the news coverage. | Ring of Fire
The Ring of Fire is a major area in the basin of the Pacific Ocean where many earthquakes and volcanic eruptions occur. In a large horseshoe shape, it is associated with a nearly continuous series of oceanic trenches, volcanic arcs, and volcanic belts and plate movements. It has 452 volcanoes (more than 75% of the world's active and dormant volcanoes). The Ring of Fire is sometimes called the circum-Pacific belt.
About 90% of the world's earthquakes and 81% of | Kaunaoa Bay
Kaunaoa Bay has one of the few white sand beaches of the Kohala Coast, the western side of the island of Hawaii. A historic hotel, the Mauna Kea Beach Hotel, is located on beautiful Kauna'oa.
Description.
The word 'kauna'oa' may refer to a few different things, any of which may have been why native Hawaiians named this beach so: the first definition refers to a thin, orange vine with yellow flowers, (Cuscuta sandwichiana), which is found throughout most Hawai'i ( | 5,764 | wow-train |
Dr pepper is one of favorite sodas, so good
Is it because of its unique flavor?
Yea, so much different from other sodas
There are sodas of Dr. Pepper that have no high fructose corn syrup as well as the Diet Dr. Pepper and other flavors that came out first in 2000s.
Oh really? How old is the classic flavor?
It was first brought out in 1885, a year before Coca-Cola.
Dang that is quite a while ago, seems like coke kind of won out in the end tho but both are huge so there isnt really a loser either
It's interesting that it was first named Waco by the people who brought it from the soda fountain where it was first sold.
Wow ive never heard of that, seems like they made a great choice with name change | at Morrison's soda fountain soon learned of Alderton's new drink and began ordering a "Waco". Alderton gave the formula to Morrison, who named it Dr. Pepper (later stylized as "Dr Pepper").
As with Coca-Cola, the formula for Dr Pepper is a trade secret, and allegedly the recipe is kept as two halves in safe deposit boxes in two separate Dallas banks. A persistent rumor since the 1930s is that the drink contains prune juice, but the official Dr Pepper FAQ refutes this | various other countries, is manufactured with sugar instead of high fructose corn syrup (much like Heritage Dr Pepper in the US, as mentioned above). Since August 2014, a "revised" flavor has been marketed in the UK that reduces the amount of sugar from 10.3 g per 100 ml to 7.2 g while adding artificial sweeteners (aspartame and acesulfame K).
- Dr Pepper Zero (began 2013) – As Coca Cola distribute Dr Pepper in the United Kingdom, a "Zero" version was | 5,765 | wow-train |
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Hello!
I build Aquariums for a living do you know much about them ?
Oh how amazing! They must be very difficult to construct. Yes, actually I do know some about aquaria, such as the first aquarium was built in 1853!
Wow, I wonder how they kept the fish in such great health those days, I'm sure it was a lot of hard work !
Oh for sure! Do you have a small aquarium at home yourself?
Yes I only keep Tropical fish in it. They are MUCH Prettier then fresh water fish, I want to have some Sharks in mine. | water-filled tank in which fish swim about. Small aquariums are kept in the home by hobbyists. There are larger public aquariums in many cities. This kind of aquarium is a building with fish and other aquatic animals in large tanks. A large aquarium may have otters, turtles, dolphins, and other sea animals. Most aquarium tanks also have plants.
An aquarist owns fish or maintains an aquarium, typically constructed of glass or high-strength acrylic. Cuboid aquaria are also known as fish tanks or simply tanks | perceived phenomena—"circumstantially, rigorously true to nature, and vividly puts them in an order that is pleasant to survey, and proves himself here, as everywhere in the realm of the factual, to be the great master of exposition" (Helmholtz 1853). Helmholtz ultimately rejects Goethe's theory as the work of a poet, but expresses his perplexity at how they can be in such agreement about the facts of the matter, but in violent contradiction about their meaning—'And I for one do not know how anyone, regardless of what his | 5,766 | wow-train |
Snorkeling is a very fun hobby. Diving through the water and seeing the different fish is great!
It is an unique experience to be with marine life. Do you know how much does it cost? | Snorkeling
Snorkeling (British and Commonwealth English spelling: snorkelling) is the practice of swimming on or through a body of water while equipped with a diving mask, a shaped breathing tube called a snorkel, and usually swimfins. In cooler waters, a wetsuit may also be worn. Use of this equipment allows the snorkeler to observe underwater attractions for extended periods with relatively little effort and to breathe while face-down at the surface.
Snorkeling is a popular recreational activity, particularly at tropical resort locations. The primary appeal | enjoy diving and snorkeling along Torre’s shores full of sea life. Along the coast you can find great sand banks combined with small rock formations full of marine diversity and posidonia sea grass ensuring an interesting diving experience.
Present day.
As a coastal town it has experienced a great deal of its fortune thanks to tourism and boasts various prestigious blue flag beaches, the most popular being Los Jesuitas, El Conde, and El Puerto. These local beaches are well known for their fine sand and crystal waters. Its popularity | 5,767 | wow-train |
I have always wanted a Pug. They are so ugly they are cute.
Wow, The Pug is a breed of dog with physically distinctive features of a wrinkly,
Yep, looking at the wrinkles makes me want to pet them. They also are shorter dogs.
Are you serious? The breed has a fine, glossy coat that comes in a variety of colours, most often fawn or black, and a compact square
They have a flat face. Which leads to sinus problems for many of them.
You are good. Pugs were brought from China to Europe in the sixteenth century and were popularized in Western
I remember reading something about that.
Yes, In the United Kingdom, in the nineteenth century, Queen Victoria developed a passion for pugs which she passed
I think all of the breading has caused them to have expensive medical issues. That's why I decided not to get one. | century, Queen Victoria developed a passion for pugs which she passed on to other members of the Royal family.
Pugs are known for being sociable and gentle companion dogs. The American Kennel Club describes the breed's personality as "even-tempered and charming". Pugs remain popular into the twenty-first century, with some famous celebrity owners. A pug was judged Best in Show at the World Dog Show in 2004.
Description.
Description Physical characteristics.
While the pugs that are depicted in eighteenth century prints | Pug
The pug is a breed of dog with physically distinctive features of a wrinkly, short-muzzled face, and curled tail. The breed has a fine, glossy coat that comes in a variety of colours, most often fawn or black, and a compact square body with well-developed muscles.
Pugs were brought from China to Europe in the sixteenth century and were popularized in Western Europe by the House of Orange of the Netherlands, and the House of Stuart. In the United Kingdom, in the nineteenth | 5,768 | wow-train |
The United States is getting more and more obese. Why is this happening?
Don't know why. Obesity in the United States has been increasingly cited as a major health issue in recent decades, resulting in diseases such as coronary heart disease
How does how fat you are, affect the function of your heart, and cause heart diseases.
coronary heart disease that lead to mortality.
It's sad that people will allow themselves to get to that point. What can we do as a country to stop that from happening? | Obesity in the United States
Obesity in the United States is a major health issue, resulting in numerous diseases, specifically increased risk of certain types of cancer, coronary artery disease, type 2 diabetes, stroke, as well as significant increase in early mortality and economic costs. While many industrialized countries have experienced similar increases, obesity rates in the United States are the highest in the world.
An obese person in the United States incurs an average of $1,429 more in medical expenses annually. Approximately $147 billion is | trend between trans fatty acid intake and LDL cholesterol concentration, and therefore increased risk of coronary heart disease, by raising levels of LDL cholesterol and lowering levels of HDL cholesterol.
Several large studies have indicated a link between consumption of high amounts of trans fat and coronary heart disease, and possibly some other diseases, prompting a number of government health agencies across the world to recommend that the intake of trans fats be minimized.
In the United States, partial hydrogenation has been common as a result of preference for domestically produced | 5,769 | wow-train |
Ugh I hate being the guy amongst my friends who always has to buy the beers | Beer
Beer is one of the oldest and most widely consumed alcoholic drinks in the world, and the third most popular drink overall after water and tea. Beer is brewed from cereal grains—most commonly from malted barley, though wheat, maize (corn), and rice are also used. During the brewing process, fermentation of the starch sugars in the wort produces ethanol and carbonation in the resulting beer. Most modern beer is brewed with hops, which add bitterness and other flavours and act as a natural preservative and | picked him because, according to "Thunderbolts" editor Molly Lazer, "[t]here was something about Norman, his instability, and his fixation with Spider-Man that Warren liked, so he's in the book!"
Ellis admitted not being very familiar with the character, saying: "All I remember of the Norman Osborn character was from the Spider-Man reprints my parents used to buy me when I was very young, and Norman Osborn was this guy with a weird rippled crewcut who was always sweating and | 5,770 | wow-train |
I am very interested in Greece. What can you share with me?
Athens is Greece's capital and largest city.
What else can you tell me? What is the culture an religion like there?
Greece is right at the borders for Europe, Asia, and Africa.
What bodies of water border the country of Greece? | and Turkey to the northeast. The Aegean Sea lies to the east of the mainland, the Ionian Sea to the west, the Cretan Sea and the Mediterranean Sea to the south. Greece has the longest coastline on the Mediterranean Basin and the 11th longest coastline in the world at in length, featuring a large number of islands, of which 227 are inhabited. Eighty percent of Greece is mountainous, with Mount Olympus being the highest peak at . The country consists of nine geographic regions: Macedonia, Central Greece, the Peloponnese | Greece
Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic (), also known as Hellas (Greek: Ελλάς), is a country located in Southern and Southeast Europe, with a population of approximately /1e6 round 0 million as of . Athens is the nation's capital and largest city, followed by Thessaloniki.
Greece is located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Situated on the southern tip of the Balkan Peninsula, it shares land borders with Albania to the northwest, North Macedonia and Bulgaria to the north, | 5,771 | wow-train |
apparently multilingualism is knowing a bunch of languages, like five and above
Yes and multilingual people vastly outnumber monolingual speakers
do they really? I am only bilingual. My girlfriend knows three languages
In Europe more than half the people speak more than one language
that's crazy I live in US so there goes that out the window | ' exposure to multiple languages is becoming increasingly possible. People who speak several languages are also called polyglots.
Multilingual speakers have acquired and maintained at least one language during childhood, the so-called first language (L1). The first language (sometimes also referred to as the mother tongue) is acquired without formal education, by mechanisms about which scholars disagree. Children acquiring two languages natively from these early years are called simultaneous bilinguals. It is common for young simultaneous bilinguals to be more proficient in one language than the | Multilingualism
Multilingualism is the use of more than one language, either by an individual speaker or by a group of speakers. It is believed that multilingual speakers outnumber monolingual speakers in the world's population. More than half of all Europeans claim to speak at least one language other than their mother tongue; but many read and write in one language. Always useful to traders, multilingualism is advantageous for people wanting to participate in globalization and cultural openness. Owing to the ease of access to information facilitated by the Internet, individuals | 5,772 | wow-train |
Barbershop vocal harmonies arent very popular
Yeah I've heard them in random pop culture and shows but I haven't seen much elsewhere.
it was a capella style popular in the 1930s
No wonder I don't see much of it, that's a long time ago.
Yea barbershop harmonies and vocal capellas are very uncommon now
They are uncommon but it is honestly kind of nice and interesting to listen to them. | usually sung by the tenor or baritone, except for an infrequent note or two to avoid awkward voice leading, in tags or codas, or when some appropriate embellishment can be created. One characteristic feature of barbershop harmony is the use of what is known as "snakes" and "swipes". This is when a chord is altered by a change in one or more non-melodic voices. Occasional passages may be sung by fewer than four voice parts.
Barbershop music is generally performed by either a barbershop quartet, | and sang in four-part harmonies. Barbershop quartets were popular into the earlier part of the 20th century. A revival of the male vocal group took place in the late 1940s and 1950s with the use of doo-wop music. Doo-wop bands sang about topics such as love and other themes used in pop music. The earliest traces of boy bands were in the mid-1950s although the term boy band was not used. African American vocal group The Ink Spots was one of the first of what would now be called | 5,773 | wow-train |
Hi, i eat at mcdonalds everyday. I wonder when it was created
It was founded in 1940 in San Bernandino in California. Quite a while ago!
oh wow cool, i wonder who started it
They were created by Richard and Maurice McDonald! That's where the name comes from!
cool! i wonder how many mcdonnalds exist today | its original headquarters in Oak Brook, Illinois, but moved its global headquarters to Chicago in early 2018.
McDonald's is the world's largest restaurant chain by revenue, serving over 69 million customers daily in over 100 countries across 37,855 outlets as of 2018. Although McDonald's is best known for its hamburgers, cheeseburgers and french fries, they also feature chicken products, breakfast items, soft drinks, milkshakes, wraps, and desserts. In response to changing consumer tastes and a negative backlash because of the unhealthiness of their | years, I'd say, 'Goddamn, that's a cool song. I want to do that some day.' And then, in maybe 2000, I found the movie in a movie bin, watched it and was like, 'Oh my god, Steve Earle wrote it! No wonder I like it.'"
Track listing.
All tracks written by Steve Earle except where noted.
Track listing Original release (1988).
1. "Copperhead Road" – 4:29
2. " | 5,774 | wow-train |
Spiders are pretty scary, but I think they're useful for killing flies and other bugs. Do you know much about spiders?
I know they are the largest arachnids and rank 7th in total species diversity. And I hate them!!
I'm not surprised at that high rank in species diversity, they're so many different spiders it's crazy. I think brown recluses and black widows really frighten me since they're so dangerous. | 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 | Spider behavior
Spider behavior refers to the range of behaviors and activities performed by spiders. Spiders are air-breathing arthropods that have eight legs and chelicerae with fangs that inject venom. They are the largest order of arachnids and rank seventh in total species diversity among all other groups of organisms which is reflected in their large diversity of behavior.
Diet.
Almost all known spider species are predators, mostly preying on insects and on other spiders, although a few species also take vertebrates such as frogs, lizards, fish | 5,775 | wow-train |
I really love cooking I try all kinds of ways of cooking But remember it also depend on the skill and type of training an individual cook has. You cant just throw eggs in a pan and be a pro.
I can make scrambled eggs but that is about it haha
Lol well you know what they say preparing food with heat or soem kinda fire is an activity unique to only humans. So you cant blame us when we are bad cooks.
I guess we are the only ones smart enough, but maybe monkeys will figure it out soon haha | of trees (brachiation); terrestrial locomotion techniques include walking on two limbs (bipedalism) and modified walking on four limbs (knuckle-walking).
Primates are among the most social of animals, forming pairs or family groups, uni-male harems, and multi-male/multi-female groups. Non-human primates have at least four types of social systems, many defined by the amount of movement by adolescent females between groups. Most primate species remain at least partly arboreal: the exceptions are some great | use of heat. Cooking techniques and ingredients vary widely across the world, from grilling food over an open fire to using electric stoves, to baking in various types of ovens, reflecting unique environmental, economic, and cultural traditions and trends. The ways or types of cooking also depend on the skill and type of training an individual cook has. Cooking is done both by people in their own dwellings and by professional cooks and chefs in restaurants and other food establishments. Cooking can also occur through chemical reactions without the presence of | 5,776 | wow-train |
I always wanted to go to Nashville
Me too! its the most populous city in Tennessee and the capital of Tennessee
really? i've heard a lot of country music artists live there
Yes they do! Its also a huge hub for healothcare, publishing banking, transportation and private prisons!
wow, i didn't know that! do you know anything else about this city?
Yes its also a central hub for healthcare, banking, private prisons, and transportation industries!
how interesting! | Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Tennessee. The city is the county seat of Davidson County and is located on the Cumberland River. The city's population ranks 24th in the U.S. According to 2018 estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau, the total consolidated city-county population stood at 692,587. The "balance" population, which excludes semi-independent municipalities within Davidson County, was 669,053 in 2018.
Located in northern Middle Tennessee, Nashville is the major city of | He stated that "I wrote 'Fuck Me' 'cause I know how I've been perceived. "I can look back at the whole Vanilla Ice thing, and it was played way out. It was just an image thing. I was always real to the music. But it built a huge hurdle for me to get over musically. A lot of people didn't even want to admit they bought a Vanilla Ice record." "Too Cold" is a rap rock remake of Vanilla Ice's biggest hit, | 5,777 | wow-train |
I wonder if I should buy a Beetroot farm.
beetroot is the taproot portion of the beet plant, usually known in North America as the beet, also table beet, garden beet, red beet, or golden beet.
ok, do you know if Beetrot is a popular food around here. | Beetroot
The beetroot is the taproot portion of a beet plant, usually known in North America as the beet, and also known as the table beet, garden beet, sugar beet, red beet, or golden beet. It is one of several cultivated varieties of "Beta vulgaris" grown for their edible taproots and leaves (called beet greens); they have been classified as "B. vulgaris" subsp. "vulgaris" 'Conditiva' Group.
Besides being used as a food, beets have uses as a | Beta vulgaris
Beta vulgaris (beet) is a plant which is included in the subfamily Betoideae of the family Amaranthaceae. It is the economically most important crop of the large order Caryophyllales. It has several cultivar groups: the sugar beet, of greatest importance to produce table sugar; the root vegetable known as the beetroot or garden beet; the leaf vegetable known as chard or spinach beet; and mangelwurzel, which is a fodder crop. Three subspecies are typically recognised. All cultivars fall into the subspecies "Beta vulgaris" | 5,778 | wow-train |
I have blonde hair.
There is a scale where hair can come in colors from light blond to dark blond.
I did not know that. I know I have blonde hair and it's awesome. I gets me everythign in life.
Blonde hair is attractive and desirable by some.
I think it has gotten me better places in life.
Have you ever had a rivalry between a brunette?
I have not, I would always be on top though.
The rivalry shows up a lot in the media.
No rivalry here, like i said, i'll always be on top of anything i want to be on top of. | National Hockey League rivalries
Rivalries in the National Hockey League have occurred between many teams and cities. Rivalries have arisen for many different reasons, the primary ones including geographic proximity, familiarity with opponents, on-ice incidents, and cultural, linguistic, or national pride.
The importance of these various factors has varied widely throughout the history of the league.
Early history.
During the earliest days of the NHL, the league was limited strictly to Central Canada, and all cities in the league were in close | reddish shade of chestnut is darker. Chestnut hair is common among the native peoples of Northern, Central, Western, and Eastern Europe.
Natural hair colors Blond hair.
Blonde (or "blond" for men ) hair ranges from nearly white (platinum blonde, tow-haired) to a dark golden blonde. Strawberry blonde, a mixture of blonde and red hair, is a much rarer type containing the most pheomelanin.
Blonde hair can have almost any proportion of pheomelanin and eumelanin, but has only small amounts | 5,779 | wow-train |
I don't watch it, but I've heard Game of Thrones, the American fantasy drama tv series, is really popular. Have you heard of it?
Yeah I've seen every season! Even have the books, but I haven't read them yet.
I guess you'll have a lot of catching up to do with the books, the first one called A Game of Thrones funny enough was published in 1996, I imagine the books are pretty long.
Yeah, they're not small. I've heard they are actually fairly different from the show, so I am excited to check them out when I have the time.
I think I've heard the same, I think the sixth novel, The Winds of Winter, is still being written too.
I believe that's true, I only own the first five. You should really check out the show if you're interested in medieval fantasy or just good drama shows at all! | the United States on April 17, 2011, and concluded on May 19, 2019, with 73 episodes broadcast over eight seasons.
Set on the fictional continents of Westeros and Essos, "Game of Thrones" has several plots and a large ensemble cast and follows several story arcs. One arc is about the Iron Throne of the Seven Kingdoms and follows a web of alliances and conflicts among the noble dynasties either vying to claim the throne or fighting for independence from it. Another focuses on the last descendant of the realm | 2004 interview, Knight said, "I don't think I've ever been satisfied with a recording. I haven't played all my recordings. Some of them I haven't heard. I haven't seen... the video that I did of Salome from Covent Garden... [P]erhaps when I'm not singing any more, I'll dig it out and watch it... I listen and I'll think, 'Yes, but I could have done this or that'".
References.
- Introduction by Martyn | 5,780 | wow-train |
I love to draw! I think it's relaxing to use drawing instruments to turn paper into a masterpiece!
So what are you called ?
I'd like to think of myself as an artist! I use many different mediums in my work. Sometimes I use pencil, pen, wax colored pencils, chalk or even charcoal!
When was the history of art ? | of public expression throughout human history. It is one of the simplest and most efficient means of communicating visual ideas. The wide availability of drawing instruments makes drawing one of the most common artistic activities.
In addition to its more artistic forms, drawing is frequently used in commercial illustration, animation, architecture, engineering and technical drawing. A quick, freehand drawing, usually not intended as a finished work, is sometimes called a sketch. An artist who practices or works in technical drawing may be called a drafter, draftsman | Andrew Solway, Stephen Biesty) (2003). Biesty now lives in Somerset with his wife and son.
Biesty uses paper, pen, ink and water colour paints. He never uses a ruler, drawing everything freehand.
Biesty describes his work as follows:
There's really no end to the amount of detail you can include. I don't use a computer and I don't think I ever will. I draw with a pencil initially and then I work on top of that with ink, usually | 5,781 | wow-train |
Hi! I just got back from a tennis match and I'm beat! It's a sport that is played at all levels of society and at all ages
I love tennis. I wonder how long it has existed as a sport?
The way it is played today originated in the late 19th century and was called lawn tennis! Isn't that hilarious! Lawn tennis!
It makes sense, a lot of tennis courts are still grass courts. I wonder when they began to use clay and pavement for courts.
I really don't know! But I do know that different surfaces can be used, and each affects the playing style in its own way!
I bet that is true. Which do you think is the most popular?
It's usually either grass, clay or a hard material, but if I had to guess, I'd say clay is the most popular, or at least some sort of hard material
I have played on clay and on cement courts. How popular is tennis globally, do you think? | 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 | as a commentator for BBC Sport. Connors said "I loved this match because there was more to it than just tennis. For four hours neither player wanted to give an inch. Sometimes there's a lull in matches that go five sets, but I didn't think there was a lull today at all. Both players came out and gave it the punch right from the start. It was one of those days when you say, "I'm happy to be here just to see this."
Significance. | 5,782 | wow-train |
I like parachunting or skydiving
Ive never done either but they sound terrifying, not a fan of heights
But it is interesting game. This first parachute jump in history was made by andre jacques
Oh really? Sounds like a french name, what year did he do it? | . Garnerin tested his contraption by leaping from a hydrogen balloon above Paris. Garnerin's parachute bore little resemblance to today's parachutes, however, as it was not packed into any sort of container and did not feature a ripcord. The first intentional free-fall jump with a ripcord-operated deployment was not made until over a century later by Leslie Irvin in 1919. While Georgia Broadwick made an earlier free-fall in 1914 when her static line became entangled with her jump aircraft's tail assembly, her free-fall | : "Oh, he did a marvelous job, he did a great job. I was very proud of his version." Rundgren's single peaked at number 34 on the "Billboard" Hot 100. Rundgren explained: "I used to like the sound of the Beach Boys, but it wasn't until they began to compete with the Beatles that I felt that what they were doing was really interesting—like around "Pet Sounds" and 'Good Vibrations' ... when they started to shed that whole surf music | 5,783 | wow-train |
Do you like EDM?
I do find electronic music that employs electronic musical instruments, digital instruments and circuitry-based music technology quite enjoyable.
What aspect of electronic music do you find the most enjoyable?
I quite like electromechanical instruments that include elements of strings, hammers, and such.
Interesting! Do you have any favorite artists?
Not so much. I just like the sound produced using eletroacustic music.
Have you ever seen an electronic music set played live?
No, but I know devices like the telharmonium, Hammond organ, and the electric guitar can be made quite loud.
What is a telharmonium? | Telharmonium
The Telharmonium (also known as the Dynamophone) was an early electrical organ, developed by Thaddeus Cahill circa 1896 and patented in 1897. The electrical signal from the Telharmonium was transmitted over wires; it was heard on the receiving end by means of "horn" speakers.
Like the later Hammond organ, the Telharmonium used tonewheels to generate musical sounds as electrical signals by additive synthesis. It is considered to be the first electromechanical musical instrument.
History.
Cahill built three versions: The Mark I version | Electronic music
Electronic music is music that employs electronic musical instruments, digital instruments and circuitry-based music technology. In general, a distinction can be made between sound produced using electromechanical means (electroacoustic music), and that produced using electronics only. Electromechanical instruments include mechanical elements, such as strings, hammers, and so on, and electric elements, such as magnetic pickups, power amplifiers and loudspeakers. Examples of electromechanical sound producing devices include the telharmonium, Hammond organ, and the electric guitar, which are typically made | 5,784 | wow-train |
I have been called a slacker, someone that doesn;t have a work ethic and avoids work
Aw really? That's mean of people! Why do you think they would call you that?
The word slacker has been around since 1790 or so
Oh really? How did they come up with the term slacker?
During WWI here in the US the word slacker meant a person was not helping with the war effort kind of similar to a draft dodger
Oh, that's interesting! What personality traits cause someone to be considered a slacker? | Slacker
A slacker is someone who habitually avoids work or lacks work ethic.
Origin.
According to different sources, the term "slacker" dates back to about 1790 or 1898. "Slacker" gained some recognition during the British Gezira Scheme in the early to mid 20th century, when Sudanese labourers protested their relative powerlessness by working lethargically, a form of protest known as "slacking".
World wars.
In the United States during World War I, the word "slacker" was commonly used to | say this: I don't see any reason why it would be. But I really do want to see the server but I have, I have confidence in both parties.
I have great confidence in my intelligence people but I will tell you that President Putin was extremely strong and powerful in his denial today and what he did is an incredible offer.
He offered to have the people working on the case come and work with their investigators, with respect to the 12 people. I think that's an incredible | 5,785 | wow-train |
I love underwater diving, it's such a cool way to explore the environment. Have you tried it?
IT is awesome. the ocean is amazing | the individual diver depends on learned skills, many of which are not intuitive, and the performance of the team depends on communication and common goals.
There is a large range of hazards to which the diver may be exposed. These each have associated consequences and risks, which should be taken into account during dive planning. Where risks are marginally acceptable it may be possible to mitigate the consequences by setting contingency and emergency plans in place, so that damage can be minimised where reasonably practicable. The acceptable level of risk varies | on before he knew that Meloni would be leaving the cast. The second major departure to be announced in 2011 was that of BD Wong. On July 17, Wong announced on Twitter that, "I actually do not return for season 13, I am jumping to "Awake"! It's awesome!" Wong added, "I don't know if or when I'll be back on "SVU"! It was amazing to have such a cool job for 11 years and to be a real NY Actor. | 5,786 | wow-train |
Ever heard of Ed Sheeran?
Yes! One of my favorite songs is the single "The A Team" which earned him the Ivor Novello Award which I was really happy to hear. Do you like him?
Yes. I was sad to see he has a law suit against him right now for 100 million
Oh wow, I did not know that! How unfortunate. His second album, "x" released in June 2014 was also really good.
Yes it was | " (pronounced "multiply"), was released in June 2014. It peaked at number one in the UK and the US, and was named the second-best-selling album worldwide of 2015. In 2015, "x" won the Brit Award for Album of the Year, and he received the Ivor Novello Award for Songwriter of the Year from the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors. His single from "x", "Thinking Out Loud", earned him two Grammy Awards at the 2016 | , reached number five in the US, and has since been certified seven-times platinum in the UK. The album contains the single "The A Team", which earned him the Ivor Novello Award for Best Song Musically and Lyrically. In 2012, Sheeran won the Brit Awards for Best British Male Solo Artist and British Breakthrough Act. "The A Team" was nominated for Song of the Year at the 2013 Grammy Awards, where he performed the song with Elton John.
His second studio album, "x | 5,787 | wow-train |
You know what is annoying...when I text someone and they respond by calling!
Haha I hate that. Texting was called short message service or sms for short
Oh I see that sometimes on my phone always wondered what it was. How long has texting been around? | Text messaging
Text messaging, or texting, is the act of composing and sending electronic messages, typically consisting of alphabetic and numeric characters, between two or more users of mobile devices, desktops/laptops, or other type of compatible computer. Text messages may be sent over a cellular network, or may also be sent via an Internet connection.
The term originally referred to messages sent using the Short Message Service (SMS). It has grown beyond alphanumeric text to include multimedia messages (known as MMS) | short message sent electronically usually from One cellphone to another. The first text message was sent in December 3, 1992.The engineer that discovered text messaging was named Matti Makkonen. Along with the development of text messaging came a new development of dialogue when texting. Along with the development of text messaging came a new development of dialogue when texting. As I stated in while texting people tend to exaggerate how they usually talk. An example of this or shown in blank where somebody May states that "this homework is so hard I'm | 5,788 | wow-train |
There seems to be a lot of talk these days about genetically modified food. What do you think?
I think they can be good simply because they produce many medications and are used in scientific research as well.
I wonder why you hear such bad things about GMOs in the news?
Well there is a lot of conspiracy theories, like people think the government will purposely create shortages of food so we rely on GMOs
I am not sure about this but it seems they have the potential to make a lot of money from GMOs
They also think companies have covered up data that shows GMOs cause harm!
They have done this a lot in the pharmaceutical industry so I would not be surprised if they were doing it with GMOs.
Yeah I guess the first genetically modified mouse was created in 1974, so something may have already leaked by now.
I think so. A lot of people have shown concern about it so it must be on the radar. | Genetically modified food
Genetically modified foods (GM foods), also known as genetically engineered foods (GE foods), or bioengineered foods are foods produced from organisms that have had changes introduced into their DNA using the methods of genetic engineering. Genetic engineering techniques allow for the introduction of new traits as well as greater control over traits when compared to previous methods, such as selective breeding and mutation breeding.
Commercial sale of genetically modified foods began in 1994, when Calgene first marketed its unsuccessful Flavr Savr delayed-ripening tomato | , domestic violence and pedophilia. In an interview Woxlin commented that: ""When you make jokes about these themes you can not be indelicate and you should have a purpose with it: why do we make jokes about this? Is it just because it is provocative or do we have an ulterior motive? I think this is important when you make jokes about themes that are considered to be taboo."" This is one of many collaborations between Nohrstedt and Woxlin. Woxlin concluded in the same interview that they work well | 5,789 | wow-train |
Have you ever known anyone with a hoarding problem? Hoarders often collect massive amounts of food and other items.
No, I don't know anyone like that! What do they do with the stuff that they hoard?
Some hoarders believe that they will be hit by a natural disaster or civil unrest will cause essential items to be in short supply.
That's a good reason, I guess. Isn't there a tv show about hoarders? I think I noticed it one day when looking for something to watch.
Yes! It's called Hoarders on A&E! The show explains how people begin to feel an extreme emotional attachment to their belongings and it becomes almost impossible for them to throw things away. Even if it's obvious trash.
Is it considered to be some sort of mental illness? It sounds strange to me - I wouldn't have room to hoard anything! | houses may become a fire hazard (due to blocked exits and stacked papers) or a health hazard (due to vermin infestation, excreta and detritus from excessive pets, hoarded food and garbage or the risk of stacks of items collapsing on the occupants and blocking exit routes).. Hoarding affects more than just the person who has the strong attachment to possessions, as other people living in the home and neighbours can be affected by the clutter. Individuals with hoarding disorder have a quality of life as poor as those diagnosed with schizophrenia | ) One theory suggests that human hoarding may be related to animal hoarding behavior, but substantial evidence is lacking.
Human hoarding.
Civil unrest or threat of natural disaster may lead people to hoard foodstuffs, water, gasoline and other essentials that they believe, rightly or wrongly, will soon be in short supply. Survivalists, also known as preppers, often stockpile large supplies of these items in anticipation of a large-scale disaster event.
Human hoarding Anxiety disorder and hoarding.
Individuals who meet diagnostic criteria for hoarding | 5,790 | wow-train |
I would like to be an artist but I am not very good | Artist
An artist is a person engaged in an activity related to creating art, practicing the arts, or demonstrating an art. The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse is a practitioner in the visual arts only. The term is often used in the entertainment business, especially in a business context, for musicians and other performers (less often for actors). "Artiste" (the French for artist) is a variant used in English only in this context; this use is becoming rare. Use of | would become the head for the seated bronze in Hampstead.
Freud wrote in his diary in July 1931 of Nemon's portrait that "The head, which the gaunt, goatee-bearded artist has fashioned from the dirt like the good Lord is very good and an astonishingly life-like impression of me." On seeing the head of Freud, his housekeeper Paula Fichtl said that Nemon had made Freud look "too angry", to which Freud responded that "...But I am angry. I am angry with humanity | 5,791 | wow-train |
Where is the Ozark Trail located
The Ozark trail is a hiking trail located in Missouri. If you've ever been to Branson, you weren't too far from it.
OK. Branson is primarily known for country music, right?
Yes, that is right. There is also a Ozarks Auto trail that runs from St. Louis to El Paso texas and Santa fe, New Mexico
How long is that trail, in miles? | Ozark Trail (hiking trail)
The Ozark Trail is a hiking, backpacking, and, in many places, biking and equestrian trail under construction in the Missouri Ozarks in the United States. It is intended to reach from St. Louis to Arkansas. Over of the trail have been completed as of 2008, and the estimated length when finished will be at least . When joined to the Ozark Highlands Trail in Arkansas, the full hiking distance from end to end will be at least , not including a large loop through the | was determined that a trail spanning the Ozarks from suburban St. Louis southwest to Arkansas could be routed over mostly existing public lands with a minimum amount of right-of-way needing to be obtained from private landowners. A first meeting in 1976 at Meramec State Park lead to the first draft of the trails proposal in February 1977 and in 1981 the first sections of the trail were under construction.
The general route of the Ozark Trail is determined by the Ozark Trail Council, which was formed by seven governmental agencies including the | 5,792 | wow-train |
I enjoy watching YouTube videos. Do you?
I do! It is am American video sharing website based in San Bruno, California
I wasn't sure where they were based at. But, they have so many different things on there!
Yeah it allows users to upload, view, rate, share, add to favorites, and more on their site.
Yes, I find it's great for funny videos, as well as finding out how to do things that I need help with. | to upload an unlimited number of videos and add comments to videos. Videos deemed potentially inappropriate are available only to registered users affirming themselves to be at least 18 years old.
YouTube and selected creators earn advertising revenue from Google AdSense, a program which targets ads according to site content and audience. The vast majority of its videos are free to view, but there are exceptions, including subscription-based premium channels, film rentals, as well as YouTube Music and YouTube Premium, subscription services respectively offering premium and ad- | 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 | 5,793 | wow-train |
I was raised catholic and went to catholic school.
How did you like going to catholic school? And was this in the United States?
This was in the United States. It was an okay experience and it taught me humility and manners but I am glad a transferred to a public school.
Yea I have a lot of friends that went to Catholic school and while they had fun they also weren't the biggest fans of the religious education.
I think religious education focuses far too much on the religion and not education.
I agree! I am not the biggest fan of religious education either. We should learn about all types of religion in school
Yes I think all religions have their merits and it should be the individual that chooes theirs. | Religion
Religion is a social-cultural system of designated behaviors and practices, morals, worldviews, texts, sanctified places, prophecies, ethics, or organizations, that relates humanity to supernatural, transcendental, or spiritual elements. However, there is no scholarly consensus over what precisely constitutes a religion.
Different religions may or may not contain various elements ranging from the divine, sacred things, faith, a supernatural being or supernatural beings or "some sort of ultimacy and transcendence that will provide norms and power for the rest | like one".
IIT Bombay and United States.
A key influence on Mundhra was his admission to the highly competitive and prestigious IIT Bombay. In his words, "I had studied in a Hindi medium school up to 9th grade and always admired people who spoke English fluently. IIT taught me a lot of humility. In my wing, there were students who were from different states, and as far as English went, this person from Bihar who couldn’t speak English to save his life outshone everyone else with | 5,794 | wow-train |
I live on a boat, it's pretty cool, have you heard of such a thing?
It is called a houseboat? A boat used as a home?
Yes that's correct, not a very creative name I know, but it's fun!
Does it operate on its own power?
Yes we have to fuel it but it's run on its own. | called a "shanty boat". In Western countries, houseboats tend to be either owned privately or rented out to holiday-goers, and on some canals in Europe, people dwell in houseboats all year round. Examples of this include, but are not limited to, Amsterdam, London, and Paris.
Africa.
Africa Zimbabwe.
In Zimbabwe, specifically on Lake Kariba, houseboats have been in use since the creation of the lake in the late 1950s/early 1960s. A houseboat makes it easy to experience | "Nothing is funnier than unhappiness, I grant you that. ... Yes, yes, it's the most comical thing in the world. And we laugh, we laugh, with a will, in the beginning. But it's always the same thing. Yes, it's like the funny story we have heard too often, we still find it funny, but we don't laugh any more."
Beckett's outstanding achievements in prose during the period were the three novels "Molloy" (1951), | 5,795 | wow-train |
I'm a professional player on the Washington Wizards! Do you watch basketball? | Washington Wizards
The Washington Wizards are an American professional basketball team based in Washington, D.C. The Wizards compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Eastern Conference Southeast Division. The team plays its home games at the Capital One Arena, in the Chinatown neighborhood of Washington, D.C.
The franchise was established in 1961 as the Chicago Packers based in Chicago, Illinois, and were renamed to Chicago Zephyrs the following season. In 1963, they relocated to Baltimore, Maryland and became the Baltimore | "I'm not real happy about the record book scenario last year. It's very, very frustrating", Jordan said later that year.
Player profile.
Jordan was a shooting guard who was also capable of playing as a small forward (the position he would primarily play during his second return to professional basketball with the Washington Wizards), and as a point guard. Jordan was known throughout his career for being a strong clutch performer. With the Bulls, he decided 25 games with field goals or free | 5,796 | wow-train |
Hi, I recently lost my arm in car accident.
Oh god its a so sad news. how it happended its due to traffic collision.
Yes, I wasn't wearing a seat belt. How common are traffic collisions? | Seat belt
A seat belt (also known as a seatbelt or safety belt) is a vehicle safety device designed to secure a passenger of a vehicle against harmful movement that may result during a collision or a sudden stop. A seat belt reduces the likelihood of death or serious injury in a traffic collision by reducing the force of secondary impacts with interior strike hazards, by keeping occupants positioned correctly for maximum effectiveness of the airbag (if equipped) and by preventing occupants being ejected from the vehicle in a crash or if the | and rollovers.
Many different terms are commonly used to describe vehicle collisions. The World Health Organization uses the term "road traffic injury", while the U.S. Census Bureau uses the term "motor vehicle accidents (MVA)," and Transport Canada uses the term "motor vehicle traffic collision" (MVTC). Other common terms include "auto accident", "car accident", "car crash", "car smash", "car wreck", "motor vehicle collision" ("MVC") | 5,797 | wow-train |
Hey with all this crazy recent news that has been going on, I've become more interested in journalist. Can you tell me about them?
Neat, congrats! Well a journalist might work with general issues or with specialized topics. Do you have a preference?
I guess i'm not interested in a particular topic. I've just recently become curious and wanted to know more so your choice I guess.
I see! Well my favorite type is sports jornalism. They cover the world of sports and might work for a newspaper company!
Oh interesting. What about investigative journalist? How do they get started in their careers?
Yes! Well a lot of journalists have to start by researching, writing, and getting key interviews to make a name for themselves!
Right, well it seems like some of them are borderline private eyes the way they follow people around and ask questions. | A reporter is a type of journalist who researches, writes, and reports on information in order to present in sources, conduct interviews, engage in research, and make reports. The information-gathering part of a journalist's job is sometimes called "reporting", in contrast to the production part of the job such as writing articles. Reporters may split their time between working in a newsroom and going out to witness events or interviewing people. Reporters may be assigned a specific beat or area of coverage.
Depending on | Frankie Fraser. He has said: "I couldn't tell you anything he's done and I've never read a book about it. I'm not really interested – he's just my grandad as far as I'm concerned." Tabloid paper "The Sun" reported that when asked by a local Brighton-based journalist if his granddad ever attended his games, Fraser replied: "No, but he reads your reports and he was unhappy you only gave me six out of 10 last week." It was | 5,798 | wow-train |
Hello there! Do you enjoy reading?
i love reading but like many things reading requires continuous practice and devlopment
That's true. You can always improve on comprehension and speed. | Reading
Reading is the complex cognitive process of decoding symbols to derive meaning. It is a form of language processing.
Success in this process is measured as "reading comprehension". Reading is a means for language acquisition, communication, and sharing information and ideas. The symbols are typically visual (written or printed) but may be tactile (Braille). Like all languages, it is a complex interaction between text and reader, shaped by prior knowledge, experiences, attitude, and the language community—which is | your life or relationship because of these songs, I can only hope they might shed some light on some of the things that often go unsaid in relationships. Therefore enjoy the songs and take from them anything you might find applicable to your own situation... That's what this recording is about and after all, if you're reading this you've probably paid for it!" [Reproduced from Keni Stevens' "You" album sleeve notes.]
Present and future.
Keni set up his own record label and | 5,799 | wow-train |
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