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i love adventures like mountain climbing. | Mount Kilimanjaro (), with its three volcanic cones, "Kibo", "Mawenzi", and "Shira", is a dormant volcano in Tanzania. It is the highest mountain in Africa, about from its base to above sea level. The first people known to have reached the summit of the mountain were Hans Meyer and Ludwig Purtscheller in 1889. The mountain is part of the Kilimanjaro National Park and is a major climbing destination. The mountain has been the subject of many scientific studies because of its shrinking glaciers and disappearing ice fields. Kilimanjaro is a large stratovolcano and is composed of three distinct volcanic cones: Kibo, the highest; Mawenzi at ; and Shira, the shortest at . Mawenzi and Shira are extinct, while Kibo is dormant and could erupt again. Uhuru Peak is the highest summit on Kibo's crater rim. The Tanzania National Parks Authority, a Tanzanian governmental agency, and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization list the height of Uhuru Peak as . That height is based on a British Ordnance Survey in 1952. Since then, the height has been measured as in 1999, in 2008, and in 2014. The interior of the volcanic edifice is poorly known, given the lack of large scale erosion that could have exposed the interiors of the volcano.
Tiffany: tell me more about mount kilimanjaro
Cristian: Well, many people have heard of Mount Kilimanjaro, but not many people know that it is the highest mountain in Africa.
Tiffany: what is the peak of this mount
Cristian: The highest summit is called Uhuru peak. The mountain actually consists of three volcanic cones!
Tiffany: which country is it located
Cristian: It's located in Tanzania, inside a national park. It would be a fun place to visit!
Tiffany: Amazing, thanks for broadening my mind about this
Cristian: Not a problem! It's such a beautiful place, I would love to go there someday!
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i have a gun collection at home. | Gun laws and policies (collectively referred to as firearms regulation or gun control) regulate the manufacture, sale, transfer, possession, modification and use of small arms by civilians. Many countries have restrictive firearm policies, while a few have permissive ones. Countries with a strong gun culture may afford civilians a right to keep and bear arms, and have more-liberal gun laws than neighboring jurisdictions. Countries which regulate access to firearms will typically restrict access to certain categories of firearms and then restrict the categories of persons who may be granted a license for access to such firearms. There may be separate licenses for hunting, sport shooting ( target shooting), self-defense, collecting, and concealed carry, with different sets of requirements, permissions, and responsibilities. Gun laws are often enacted with the intention of reducing the use of small arms in criminal activity, specifying weapons capable of inflicting the greatest damage (such as fully automatic firearms) and those most-easily concealed (such as handguns and other short-barreled weapons). Persons restricted from legal access to firearms may include those below a certain age or having a criminal record.
Cole: How do you feel currently about the gun laws and the direction it is taking as a whole int the US?
Briana: I don't know much about gun laws. I live in Texas, so there are a lot of people with firearms. Do the laws vary by state?
Cole: Yes they do vary by the state you live in it is defines by 2 groups gun control and gun rights. I feel like in my state the laws need to be much stricter on guns.
Briana: Do all states require you to have a permit to carry a gun?
Cole: Yes you have to have a permit to carry a gun like in your car or as women in her purse that is the law you would have to obtain a concealed carry to have it in the public and that is in the US period all states.
Briana: At what age can you obtain a gun license?
Cole: You have to be at least 21 to obtain a concealed carry license.
Briana: I've heard it's easier to buy guns at gun shows. Is this true?
Cole: I have heard that as well they say it is because most of the guns at gun shows are non- sporting firearms which I'm guessing is a military gun etc. or riffles.
Briana: Can you carry a gun across state lines?
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there i am a general of an oris army. | An orc (also spelled as ork) is a fictional humanoid creature that is part of a fantasy race akin to goblins. While the overall concept of orcs draws on a variety of pre-existing mythology, the main conception of the creatures stems from the fantasy writings of J. R. R. Tolkien, in particular "The Lord of the Rings". In Tolkien's works, orcs are a brutish, aggressive, repulsive and generally malevolent species, existing in stark contrast with the benevolent Elvish race and generally serve an evil power. Tolkien's concept of orcs has subsequently been adapted and imported into other works of fantasy fiction as well as role-playing and strategy games (such as "Dungeons & Dragons", "Warhammer", and "Warcraft"), broadening the recognition of the creatures in popular culture. Earlier references to creatures etymologically or conceptually similar to orcs can be found in Anglo-Saxon sources; including "Beowulf" and 16th-century Italian folk tales, in particular those of Giambattista Basile. In popular culture (including fantasy fiction and fantasy games), orcs are variously portrayed but tend towards the descriptions originally set down by Tolkien. They are of approximately human shape (with bowed legs and long arms) and of varying size.
Reagan: Have you ever been a orc, leader of an army? I love watching the movies such as Lord of the Rings where it brings mythology to life.
Gabriel: I love the Lord of the Rings movies as well. Do you know where the movies were filmed?
Reagan: No, I'm not sure. Tolkien put orcs in his stories and they have such been adapted in other works of fiction as well as games such as dungeons and dragons.
Gabriel: Are orcs the goblin looking creatures?
Reagan: Yes, they are related to goblins, can also be spelled ork.
Gabriel: Interesting. Was Tolkein the person responsible for creating the creature ork?
Reagan: I think he had a strong hand in it but you can also see them in works such as Beowulf and 16th centurl Italian folk tales.
Gabriel: Wow! I did not realize they were that old! Tolkien just adapted them then.
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i like to go fishing. | Fly fishing is an angling method in which an artificial "fly" is used to catch fish. The fly is cast using a fly rod, reel, and specialized weighted line. Casting a nearly weightless fly or "lure" requires casting techniques significantly different from other forms of casting. Fly fishermen use hand tied flies that resemble natural invertebrates, baitfish, other food organisms, or "lures" to provoke the fish to strike (bite at the fly). Fly fishing can be done in fresh or salt water. North Americans usually distinguish freshwater fishing between cold-water species (trout, salmon, steelhead) and warm-water species, notably bass. In Britain, where natural water temperatures vary less, the distinction is between game fishing for trout and salmon versus coarse fishing for other species. Techniques for fly fishing differ with habitat (lakes and ponds, small streams, large rivers, bays and estuaries, and open ocean.) Author Izaak Walton called fly fishing "The Contemplative Man's Recreation". In fly fishing, fish are caught by using artificial flies that are cast with a fly rod and a fly line. The fly line (today, almost always coated with plastic) is heavy enough to send the fly to the target.
Kimberly: Do you like to fly fish? I don't personally but my husband does. Give him a rod and reel and some lures and all is right with the world!
Gabriela: No I've never been fly fishing. What can you tell me about it?
Kimberly: You can fly fish in both salt and fresh water, making it quite easy to find somewhere to fish.
Gabriela: Really? Does it take a lot of skill to do?
Kimberly: It does as you've to cast a near-weightless fly or "lure", a casting technique quite different to other forms of fishing. It's quite difficult.
Gabriela: Jeez I'm not sure I could do that! What about the lures for fly fishing? Are they like normal fishing lures?
Kimberly: They are different and use movement and color to bait the fish. Some fishermen make their own - quite a skill in itself.
Gabriela: That's really cool! Maybe I will have to learn!
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i enjoying keeping up with the news and learning about political issues. | Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is the 45th and current President of the United States, in office since January 20, 2017. Before entering politics, he was a businessman and television personality. Trump was born and grew up in the New York City borough of Queens and earned an economics degree from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Trump took over running his family's real estate business in 1971, renamed it The Trump Organization, and expanded it to involve constructing and renovating skyscrapers, hotels, casinos, and golf courses. He also started various side ventures, including branding and licensing his name for real estate and luxury consumer products. He managed the company until his 2017 inauguration. Trump also gained prominence in the media and entertainment fields. He co-authored several books (most notably "The Art of the Deal"), and from 2003 to 2015 he was a producer and the host of "The Apprentice", a reality television game show. Trump owned the Miss Universe and Miss USA beauty pageants from 1996 to 2015. According to "Forbes" magazine, he was the world's 544th richest person , with an estimated net worth of $3.5 billion. Trump entered the 2016 presidential race as a Republican and defeated sixteen opponents in the primaries.
Melissa: Donald Trump has been President of the United States since January 20, 2017.
Stephanie: How well or poorly has his term been served so far?
Melissa: In some ways, his presidency has been marred by the conclusion from the intelligence community that the Russian government interfered in the 2016 Presidential election.
Stephanie: Is the intelligence community taking any legal action against President Trump?
Melissa: Yes, it has. Since May 2017, a Special Counsel has been investigating those charges leveled against the Trump 2016 presidential campaign.
Stephanie: That's great. What has Mr. Trump's response been to the investigation?
Melissa: President Trump has been quite outspoken against the investigation, especially of late. Though the investigation has continued for over a year, only a few of his campaign officials, like Flynn, Papadopoulos, Gates, and Manafort have been charged with anything.
Stephanie: Has the investigation restricted any of his presidential duties?
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i like to go to the farmer s market every weekend. | A farmers' market (also farmers market) is a physical retail marketplace intended to sell foods directly by farmers to consumers. Farmers' markets may be indoors or outdoors and typically consist of booths, tables or stands where farmers sell fruits, vegetables, meats, cheeses, and sometimes prepared foods and beverages. Farmers' markets exist in many countries worldwide and reflect the local culture and economy. The size of the market may be just a few stalls or it may be as large as several city blocks. Due to their nature, they tend to be less rigidly regulated than retail produce shops. They are distinguished from public markets, which are generally housed in permanent structures, open year-round, and offer a variety of non-farmer/non-producer vendors, packaged foods and non-food products. The current concept of a farmers' market is similar to past concepts, but different in relation to other forms – as aspects of consumer retailing, overall, continue to shift over time. Similar forms existed before the Industrial age, but often formed part of broader markets, where suppliers of food and other goods gathered to retail their wares. Trading posts began a shift toward retailers who sold others' products more than their own.
Andrew: I really like Farmers' markets
Natalia: Me too! There's one near my home that's as large as several city blocks!
Andrew: Wow I would love that, my local Farmer;s market is really small, but still I can find what I need.
Natalia: You can find everything you could possibly want at my farmer's market! They sell meats, cheeses, beverages and of course fruits and vegetables. I could spend a whole day browsing!
Andrew: Sounds great! I only buy fruit and vegetables at mine, but I love the fact that they are really fresh and locally growth.
Natalia: The current concept of farmer's markets are very similar to how they used to be. I'm so glad the trend is coming back! I much prefer a farmer's market for my produce instead of a large supermarket.
Andrew: Sure, and it helps the local framers too, right?
Natalia: It definitely does! Worldwide too! These types of markets exist all across the globe and usually reflects the local economy.
Andrew: Good, I think most produce ins farmers markets tend to organic too, Am I right?
Natalia: I think that's probably true, but I don't know the actual statistics. I did recently learn that farmer's markets are less rigidly regulated than retail produce shops.
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i collect bugs in jars. | Entomology () is the scientific study of insects, a branch of zoology. In the past the term "insect" was more vague, and historically the definition of entomology included the study of terrestrial animals in other arthropod groups or other phyla, such as arachnids, myriapods, earthworms, land snails, and slugs. This wider meaning may still be encountered in informal use. Like several of the other fields that are categorized within zoology, entomology is a taxon-based category; any form of scientific study in which there is a focus on insect-related inquiries is, by definition, entomology. Entomology therefore overlaps with a cross-section of topics as diverse as molecular genetics, behavior, biomechanics, biochemistry, systematics, physiology, developmental biology, ecology, morphology, and paleontology. At some 1.3 million described species, insects account for more than two-thirds of all known organisms, date back some 400 million years, and have many kinds of interactions with humans and other forms of life on earth. Entomology is rooted in nearly all human cultures from prehistoric times, primarily in the context of agriculture (especially biological control and beekeeping), but scientific study began only as recently as the 16th century.
Joel: I am into entomology. Otherwise known as collecting insects.
Angelina: Oh wow! that is very interesting. do you collect them dead or alive?
Joel: Alive. There are 1.3 million different insect species. It's a fulltime hobby
Angelina: That is very cool! what is the coolest bug you have caught?
Joel: A flower mantis, such a pretty insect. They have a 3-part body (a head, thorax and abdomen) and jointed legs, compound eyes and antennae.
Angelina: That is so cool! what do you do with them?
Joel: I study them for awhile and usually release them. My favorite insect of all time is the Dragonfly. A damselfly holds it's wings folded at rest, above the abdomen.
Angelina: I love dragonflys! theyre my favorite insect
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my favorite band is one direction. | One Direction (commonly abbreviated as 1D) are an English-Irish pop boy band based in London, composed of Niall Horan, Liam Payne, Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson, and Zayn Malik until the latter's departure on 25 March 2015. The group signed with Simon Cowell's record label Syco Records after forming and finishing third in the seventh series of the British televised singing competition "The X Factor" in 2010. Propelled to international success by social media, One Direction's five albums, "Up All Night" (2011), "Take Me Home" (2012), "Midnight Memories" (2013), "Four" (2014), and "Made in the A.M." (2015), topped charts in most major markets, and generated hit singles including "What Makes You Beautiful", "Live While We're Young", "Little Things", "Best Song Ever", "Story of My Life", "Drag Me Down" and "Perfect". Their awards include six Brit Awards, four MTV Video Music Awards, eleven MTV Europe Music Awards, seven American Music Awards (including Artist of the Year in 2014 and 2015), and 28 Teen Choice Awards, among many others. According to Nick Gatfield, the chairman and chief executive of Sony Music Entertainment UK, One Direction represented a $50 million business empire by June 2012.
Leonardo: I am in love with One Direction!
Grace: They are great. They were discovered in a Britain's television.
Leonardo: Wasn't it Britain's Got Talent?
Grace: I don't think so. Britian's Got Talent was produced by Thames and Syco Entertainment and Simon Cowell signed them.
Leonardo: Oh ok. How many albums did they release?
Grace: They have five albums. The last one was "Made in the AM."
Leonardo: What are the name of the members?
Grace: I think Niall, Liam, Harry, Louis and Zayn at the onset.
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i came from japan to teach high school over 10 years ago. | Japan ( "Nippon" or "Nihon" ; formally "" or "Nihon-koku", meaning "State of Japan") is a sovereign island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies off the eastern coast of the Asian mainland and stretches from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and China in the southwest. The kanji, or Sino-Japanese characters, that make up Japan's name mean "sun origin", and it is often called the "Land of the Rising Sun". Japan is a stratovolcanic archipelago consisting of about 6,852 islands. The four largest are Honshu, Hokkaido, Kyushu and Shikoku, which make up about ninety-seven percent of Japan's land area and often are referred to as home islands. The country is divided into 47 prefectures in eight regions, with Hokkaido being the northernmost prefecture and Okinawa being the southernmost one. The population of 127 million is the world's tenth largest. Japanese people make up 98.5% of Japan's total population. About 9.1 million people live in Tokyo, the capital of Japan. Archaeological research indicates that Japan was inhabited as early as the Upper Paleolithic period. The first written mention of Japan is in Chinese history texts from the 1st century AD.
Katelyn: Hey! I'm thinking about moving back to Japan. Have you ever been?
Taylor: I havent been there before, what can you tell me about Japan?
Katelyn: It's beautiful! They call it the land of the rising sun. That's what the Japanese characters in the name mean!
Taylor: Do you have any family or friends back there?
Katelyn: I do. Japan is made up of about 6800 islands and I have friends and family spread out all over several of them!
Taylor: What island is your favorite one or what places do you like?
Katelyn: I really like Honshu. It's one of the four largest. One of the home islands making up 97 percent of Japan's land.
Taylor: Are there any historic places you like?
Katelyn: I like Tokyo for it's mix of modern and historical places to see. It's not only the capital but the cultural center of Japan.
Taylor: Ive seen footage of Tokyo and it does seem really nice, do many people live there?
Katelyn: About 9 million people and growing!
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i favorite brand of clothing is donna karen. | Donna Karan (born October 2, 1948), also known as "DK", is an American fashion designer and the creator of the Donna Karan New York and DKNY clothing labels. Karan was born Donna Ivy Faske to mother Helen ("Queenie") and father Gabby Faske in the Forest Hills neighborhood of the Borough of Queens, New York City. Her family is Jewish. Karan's mother had been a model and had also worked in designer Chester Weinberg's showroom. Her father was a tailor and haberdasher who died when Donna was three years old. Karan and her older sister Gail were raised by their mother in Woodmere, in the Five Towns region of Nassau County, New York. She graduated from Hewlett High School in 1966, and then went to the Parsons School of Design. After leaving college, Karan worked for Anne Klein, eventually becoming head of the Anne Klein design-team, where she remained until 1985, when she launched her Donna Karan label. Karan began her career as an assistant designer with Anne Klein in the late 1960s, where she was promoted to associate designer in 1971. As Klein's assistant, Karan was a participant in The Battle of Versailles Fashion Show on November 28, 1973. When Klein herself died in 1974, Takihyo Corporation of Japan became the new owner and Karan, together with her former classmate and friend Louis Dell'Ollio, became head designer of the house.
Rylee: Donna Karan is my favorite fashion designer and I love wearing her name brand clothing.
Alex: I love Donna Karan too, what got you into fashion designing
Rylee: Donna Karan is my isperation and sole reason I love fashion. Ever since she launched her fashion like in 1985 I have been following her.
Alex: That's amazing i really consider her to be inspiring as well what are some of your favorite things about Donna Karan?
Rylee: Well she was a resident of Queens, New York, just like me.
Alex: I love NY, its the best city there is. what are some of the fashion styles from Donna Karan
Rylee: Her designs are mainly inspired by Anne Klein, whom she was an assistant too.
Alex: I'm really tempted to research more about them they sound like 2 really interesting persons, their work seems to be perfect haha
Rylee: Yes, but her mentor Anne Klein died in 1974.
Alex: That is so sad, i'm really sorry. it seems like she really left a mark with her great work
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madonna is my all time favorite. | Madonna Louise Ciccone (; born August 16, 1958) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and businesswoman. Referred to as the "Queen of Pop" since the 1980s, Madonna is known for pushing the boundaries of lyrical content in mainstream popular music, as well as visual imagery in music videos and on stage. She has also frequently reinvented both her music and image while maintaining autonomy within the recording industry. Besides sparking controversy, her works have been praised by music critics. Madonna is often cited as an influence by other artists. Born and raised in Michigan, Madonna moved to New York City in 1978 to pursue a career in modern dance. After performing as a drummer, guitarist and vocalist in the music groups Breakfast Club and Emmy, Madonna signed with Sire Records in 1982 and released her eponymous debut album the next year. She followed it with a series of successful albums, including the global bestsellers, "Like a Virgin" (1984) and "True Blue" (1986), as well as the Grammy Award winners, "Ray of Light" (1998) and "Confessions on a Dance Floor" (2005). Throughout her career, Madonna has written and produced most of her songs, with many of them reaching number one on the record charts, including "Like a Virgin", "Papa Don't Preach", "Like a Prayer", "Vogue", "Take a Bow", "Frozen", "Music", "Hung Up", and "4 Minutes".
Valeria: Madonna started out playing the drums!
Trenton: Thats so interesting! I didn't know that. What band did she play drums for?
Valeria: I believe the bands were Breakfast Club and another named Emmy
Trenton: Thats so cool. I will have to look them up. Are you a fan of Madonna's music?
Valeria: I like much of it, particularly how she changed and reinvented everything so frequently.
Trenton: That is a really good way to stay relevant and Madonna has definitely stayed relevant throughout the years. What is your favourite Madonna song?
Valeria: I still love "Like a Virgin", with her music videos and stage show, she is definitely the Queen of Pop!
Trenton: That is so true!
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my favorite food is steak. | A steak () is a meat generally sliced across the muscle fibers, potentially including a bone. Exceptions, in which the meat is sliced parallel to the fibers, include the skirt steak that is cut from the plate, the flank steak that is cut from the abdominal muscles, and the famous Silverfinger steak that is cut from the loin and includes three rib bones. When the word "steak" is used without qualification, it generally refers to a beefsteak. In a larger sense, there are also fish steaks, ground meat steaks, pork steak and many more varieties of steaks. Steaks are usually grilled, but they can be pan-fried, or broiled. Steak is often grilled in an attempt to replicate the flavor of steak cooked over the glowing coals of an open fire. Steak can also be cooked in sauce, such as in steak and kidney pie, or minced and formed into patties, such as hamburgers. Steaks are also cut from grazing animals, usually farmed, other than cattle, including bison, camel, goat, horse, kangaroo, sheep, ostrich, pigs, reindeer, turkey, deer and zebu as well as various types of fish, especially salmon and large pelagic fish such as swordfish, shark and marlin. For some meats, such as pork, lamb and mutton, chevon and veal, these cuts are often referred to as chops.
Jordan: Hi! I just want to tell you how much I love steak! Our favorite place to eat steak is Texas Roadhouse. I always get porterhouse. How about you?
Sophia: I also like porterhouse or even the whole T-Bone. Also, I love my steak rare.
Jordan: Oh I like T-Bone too. Definitely not rare, ewwww lol I need it medium with A1 Sauce! Do you like it with any sauce?
Sophia: Nope, I just like my steak grilled. No sauce for me.
Jordan: You don't know what your missing! Try it with a little melted cheese, grilled onions and mushroom sauce too. Yummy
Sophia: I'll save cheese and sauces for steak sandwiches. But for a steak by itself, why mess with perfection? I'd eat it raw if it weren't so hard to chew!
Jordan: OMG! That is gross! But yes steak sandwiches are the bomb! Add some peppers too
Sophia: I've never actually been to Philadelphia to have a proper steak sandwich. At least, they claim thats where the proper ones come from.
Jordan: I have been there but never thought of getting a steak n cheese there. Sounds like a plan for my next road trip!
Sophia: Perhaps a United States cuisine food tour?
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my favorite sport is hockey. | Ice hockey is a contact team sport played on ice, usually in a rink, in which two teams of skaters use their sticks to shoot a vulcanized rubber puck into their opponent's net to score points. The sport is known to be fast-paced and physical, with teams usually consisting of six players each: one goaltender, and five players who skate up and down the ice trying to take the puck and score a goal against the opposing team. Ice hockey is most popular in Canada, central and eastern Europe, Scandinavia, Russia and the United States. Ice hockey is the official national winter sport of Canada, and enjoys immense popularity; alongside Canada, ice hockey is the most popular winter sport in Belarus, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Finland, Latvia, Russia, Slovakia, Sweden, and Switzerland. North America's National Hockey League (NHL) is the highest level for men's ice hockey and the strongest professional ice hockey league in the world. The Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) is the highest league in Russia and much of Eastern Europe. The International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) is the formal governing body for international ice hockey, with the IIHF managing international tournaments and maintaining the IIHF World Ranking.
Victoria: I enjoy watching Ice Hockey live, what about you. Is this one of your favorite sports?
Evan: I never watched ice hockey but I am moving to Canada where is super popular so I guess I will learn it! It's also very popular in Russia and Scandinavia.
Victoria: This is true. It is a very interesting sport.
Evan: It is and it has been in the Olympic Games since 1920!
Victoria: I wonder which team will be headed to the Olympics this year.
Evan: Which ones? The Summer or Winter games? I do not follow it but I know it's two years apart.
Victoria: Winter games. Favorite season to watch.
Evan: They have been going on for so long haven't hey. from 1924 to 1936 but then stopped for a 4 years because of WWII.
Victoria: Yes Ice Hockey has a lot of history to it.
Evan: I had no idea that there is such a thing as Underwater Ice Hockey. Its a variant of the regular one.
Victoria: 5
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i like to play tennis. | Tennis is a racket sport that can be played individually against a single opponent (singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over or around a net and into the opponent's court. The object of the game is to play the ball in such a way that the opponent is not able to play a valid return. The player who is unable to return the ball will not 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 19th century, in fact, the term "tennis" referred to real tennis, not lawn tennis: for example, in Disraeli's novel "Sybil" (1845), Lord Eugene De Vere announces that he will "go down to Hampton Court and play tennis." The rules of modern tennis have changed little since the 1890s.
Jared: i love tennis
Brody: Tennis originated in Birmingham England but back then it was known as lawn tennis
Jared: i'm play tennis with my family
Brody: Wimbledon was first held in 1877.
Jared: i like to play more then watch
Brody: I think the most famous tennis match was between Bobby Riggs & Billie Jean King.
Jared: yeah they are really good players
Brody: It was called the "Battle of the Sexes" it was nationally televised in 1973.
Jared: sounds interesting
Brody: They just recently made a movie about it staring Steve Carrell as Bobby Riggs and Emma Stone as Billie Jean King titled Battle of the Sexes it came out in 2017
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1984 is my favorite book. | Nineteen Eighty-Four, often published as 1984, is a dystopian novel published in 1949 by English author George Orwell. The novel is set in Airstrip One, formerly Great Britain, a province of the superstate Oceania, whose residents are victims of perpetual war, omnipresent government surveillance and public manipulation. Oceania's political ideology, euphemistically named English Socialism (shortened to "Ingsoc" in Newspeak, the government's invented language) is enforced by the privileged, elite Inner Party. Via the "Thought Police", the Inner Party persecutes individualism and independent thinking, which are regarded as "thoughtcrimes". The tyranny is ostensibly overseen by a mysterious leader known as Big Brother, who enjoys an intense cult of personality. The Party "seeks power entirely for its own sake. It is not interested in the good of others; it is interested solely in power." The protagonist of the novel, Winston Smith, is a member of the Outer Party, who works for the Ministry of Truth, or Minitrue in Newspeak. Minitrue is responsible for propaganda and historical revisionism. Winston's job is to rewrite past newspaper articles, so the historical record always supports the Party's agenda.
Anna: Have you ever read 1984?
Isaac: Yes, It's an amazing book. I can't believe it was published in 1949 by English author George Orwell. It really told the future.
Anna: Thats cool. Who is George Orwell.
Isaac: He was an English novelist who was born in 1903 and died in 1950 just after 1984 was published.
Anna: Thats cool. Where was he from?
Isaac: He also wrote Animal Farm which was amazing. I think he was from London.
Anna: I love that book, when did it come out?
Isaac: It was published on 17 August 1945 four years before Nineteen Eighty-Four
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ariel is my favorite princess. | The Little Mermaid is a 1989 American animated musical fantasy film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures. Based on the Danish fairy tale of the same name by Hans Christian Andersen, "The Little Mermaid" tells the story of a beautiful mermaid princess who dreams of becoming human. Written, produced, and directed by Ron Clements and John Musker, with music by Alan Menken and Howard Ashman (who also served as a co-producer), the film features the voices of Jodi Benson, Christopher Daniel Barnes, Pat Carroll, Samuel E. Wright, Jason Marin, Kenneth Mars, Buddy Hackett, and René Auberjonois. The 28th Disney animated feature film, "The Little Mermaid" was released to theaters on November 17, 1989 to largely positive reviews, garnering $84 million at the domestic box office during its initial release, and $211 million in total lifetime gross worldwide. After the success of the 1988 Disney/Amblin film "Who Framed Roger Rabbit", "The Little Mermaid" is given credit for breathing life back into the art of Disney animated feature films after a string of critical or commercial failures produced by Disney that dated back to the early 1970s. It also marked the start of the era known as the Disney Renaissance.
Matthew: In 1999 Disney released the little mermaid
Abraham: How successful was that movie?
Matthew: 211 Million so far total gross worldwide
Abraham: Was that Disney's most successful movie?
Matthew: No that was who framed Roger Rabbit
Abraham: That's surprising. How much gross revenue did that movie make?
Matthew: Not sure but the little mermaid marked the start of the Disney Renaissance
Abraham: What other big movies did Disney make around that time?
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i work as a lifeguard. | A lifeguard is a rescuer who supervises the safety and rescue of swimmers, surfers, and other water sports participants such as in a swimming pool, water park, or beach. Lifeguards are strong swimmers and trained in CPR/AED first aid, certified in water rescue using a variety of aids and equipment depending on requirements of their particular venue. In some areas, lifeguards are part of the emergency services system to incidents and in some communities, the lifeguard service also carries out mountain rescues, or may function as the primary EMS provider. A lifeguard is responsible for the safety of people in an area of water, and usually a defined area immediately surrounding or adjacent to it, such as a beach next to an ocean or lake. The priority is to ensure no harm comes to users of the area for which they are responsible. Lifeguards often take on this responsibility upon employment, although they can also be volunteers. The conditions resulting in drowning are summarized by the 'drowning chain' in which each link can lead directly to an incident, or contribute to a succession of links. It consists of lack of education about water safety or local conditions, a lack of safety advice (for example, about rip currents at a beach) a lack of protection (like no flotation device for a weak swimmer), lack of safety supervision, or an inability to cope with conditions (strong surf with a weak swimmer).
Brian: I much prefer swimming when there's a lifeguard on duty to supervise the safety of swimmers.
Antonio: Definitely. Pools and Oceans are places where medical attention and rescue efforts have to be given quickly.
Brian: Yes and lifeguards are strong swimmers and are trained in CPR.
Antonio: It's a shame that often they don't get paid enough for what they do. It seems that we don't really value safety if we don't pay them enough to live.
Brian: Yeah it's true. Especially when sometimes they even help with mountain rescues and EMS services.
Antonio: It's even worse when they get mangled in legal issues. One lifeguard actually got fired for saving the life of a swimmer who wasn't a customer of the hotel next to the beach.
Brian: That's pretty crazy! But a lot of people have a lack of education about water safety.
Antonio: Hence the necessity for lifeguards and why they shouldn't be burdened and hassled with weird corporate rules about whose life gets saved at what beach.
Brian: I definitely agree. The conditions that lead to drowning are called the drowning chain and which links each event to the actual drowning.
Antonio: Lifeguards definitely have to know those signs in order to effectively save the life of a potential drowing victim
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i love to knit and crochet. | Knitting is a method by which yarn is manipulated to create a textile or fabric for use in many types of garments. Knitting creates multiple loops of yarn, called stitches, in a line or tube. Knitting has multiple active stitches on the needle at one time. Knitted fabric consists of a number of consecutive rows of intermeshing of loops. As each row progresses, a newly created loop is pulled through one or more loops from the prior row, placed on the gaining needle, and the loops from the prior row are then pulled off the other needle. Knitting may be done by hand or by using a machine. Different types of yarns (fibre type, texture, and twist), needle sizes, and stitch types may be used to achieve knitted fabrics with different properties (color, texture, weight, heat retention, look, water resistance, and/or integrity). Like weaving, knitting is a technique for producing a two-dimensional fabric made from a one-dimensional yarn or thread. In weaving, threads are always straight, running parallel either lengthwise (warp threads) or crosswise (weft threads). By contrast, the yarn in knitted fabrics follows a meandering path (a "course"), forming symmetric loops (also called bights) symmetrically above and below the mean path of the yarn.
Julian: I really like to knit, my daughter and I learned together when she was young I love to manipulate the yarn and make blankets
Kaylee: Really that is a really nice feature to have, my grandmother use to knit me a lot, she used kniting as a kind of teraphy.
Julian: of course knitting can be done by hand or machine but by hand certainly be therapeutic
Kaylee: My grandmother tried to teach my move to knit, are you planning on teaching your family how to knit?
Julian: I actually learned with my daughter, we learned together, I love the new styles of yarns, they are more modern, and the different size of needles to make different looks
Kaylee: Thats just cool, family that knits together stays together, are you planing on selling the yarns or blankets, or it is just for spend time together purposes?
Julian: I have never been very good, only make things for myself. My daughter at 14 was good enough to make stuffed animals and had her own Etsy store
Kaylee: Well the more you do the better you will get at knitting, i will tell my mom to get a course or something! where did you lear how to knit? you tube or like a presencial class?
Julian: we took classes at out local library, always a great place to learn
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i take vitamin c when i have a cold. | Vitamin C, also known as ascorbic acid and -ascorbic acid, is a vitamin found in food and used as a dietary supplement. The disease scurvy is prevented and treated with vitamin C-containing foods or dietary supplements. Evidence does not support use in the general population for the prevention of the common cold. There is, however, some evidence that regular use may shorten the length of colds. It is unclear if supplementation affects the risk of cancer, cardiovascular disease, or dementia. It may be taken by mouth or by injection. Vitamin C is generally well tolerated. Large doses may cause gastrointestinal discomfort, headache, trouble sleeping, and flushing of the skin. Normal doses are safe during pregnancy. The United States Institute of Medicine recommends against taking large doses. Vitamin C is an essential nutrient involved in the repair of tissue and the enzymatic production of certain neurotransmitters. It is required for the functioning of several enzymes and is important for immune system function. It also functions as an antioxidant. Foods containing vitamin C include citrus fruits, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, raw bell peppers, and strawberries. Prolonged storage or cooking may reduce vitamin C content in foods.
Mason: I am no medical expert, but does vitamin c help improve bone strength?
Jalen: It is not clear. However, some physicians advocate Vitamin C megadosing to treat certain conditions, poisonings, or to facilitate recovery from trauma.
Mason: I did not know that. That seems like a pretty important set of procedures. Vitamin C is in orange juice right?
Jalen: Yes, if you ever find yourself in a situation where you want to avoid scurvy, eating oranges (which contain Vitamin C) is a good idea.
Mason: I hope I don't ever get scurvy! I really like oranges, though. What is your favorite fruit?
Jalen: I like oranges, too! I think they are one of my favorite fruits - definitely my favorite citrus fruit.
Mason: I also like the other forms like Tangerines and Tangelos and those things.
Jalen: I've never had a tangelo! Are they more similar in taste to tangerines, or to grapefruit?
Mason: They're like the size of grapefruits, but more similar to tangerines in taste, from what I can remember.
Jalen: And tangerines are kind of like oranges?
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my favorite color is 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 composite color made by combining red and blue. According to surveys in Europe and the U.S., purple is the color most often associated with royalty, magic, mystery and piety. When combined with pink, it is associated with eroticism, femininity and seduction. Purple was the color worn by Roman magistrates; it became the imperial color worn by the rulers of the Byzantine Empire and the Holy Roman Empire, and later by Roman Catholic bishops. Similarly in Japan, the color is traditionally associated with the Emperor and aristocracy. The complementary color of purple is yellow. The word 'purple' comes from the Old English word "purpul" which derives from Latin "purpura", in turn from the Greek ("porphura"), name of the Tyrian purple dye manufactured in classical antiquity from a mucus secreted by the spiny dye-murex snail. The first recorded use of the word 'purple' in the English language was in the year 975 AD. In heraldry, the word "purpure" is used for purple. In the traditional color wheel used by painters, violet and purple are both placed between red and blue.
Aubrey: I love the color purple. What is your favorite color?
Daniel: My favorite color is Blue! Purple is actually a color intermediate between blue and red
Aubrey: That's cool! What else can you tell me about the color purple?
Daniel: it's funny because people often confuse violet with purple. but violet is a spectral color with its own wavelength and purple is just a combination of blue and red
Aubrey: I didn't realize this. I always associated the two colors as well. So what exactly makes violet a spectral color and what does this mean?
Daniel: a spectral color is a color that evoked in a normal human by a single wavelight of light in the visible spectru,
Aubrey: And so violet is simply a combination of two spectral colors? Nature is amazing! What else can you tell me about purple or violet?
Daniel: purple is the color most often assosiated with royalty, magic, mystery and piety
Aubrey: Do you know why purple gained its association with royalty?
Daniel: i think it's because it was worn by Roman magistrates and then it became the imperial color worn by the rulers of the Byzantnine Empire
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i have a cat. | The domestic cat ("Felis silvestris catus" or "Felis catus") is a small, typically furry, carnivorous mammal. They are often called house cats when kept as indoor pets or simply cats when there is no need to distinguish them from other felids and felines. They are often valued by humans for companionship and for their ability to hunt vermin. There are more than seventy cat breeds recognized by various cat registries. Cats are similar in anatomy to the other felids, with a strong flexible body, quick reflexes, sharp retractable claws, and teeth adapted to killing small prey. Cat senses fit a crepuscular and predatory ecological niche. Cats can hear sounds too faint or too high in frequency for human ears, such as those made by mice and other small animals. They can see in near darkness. Like most other mammals, cats have poorer color vision and a better sense of smell than humans. Cats, despite being solitary hunters, are a social species and cat communication includes the use of a variety of vocalizations (mewing, purring, trilling, hissing, growling, and grunting), as well as cat pheromones and types of cat-specific body language. Cats have a high breeding rate. Under controlled breeding, they can be bred and shown as registered pedigree pets, a hobby known as cat fancy.
Anna: Do you have a cat? They are often called house cats when kept as indoor pets, i have had one, a rescued cat from a shelter
Alicia: I do have a cat, and he is a indoor cat as well.
Anna: they can be bred and shown as registered pedigree pets, does your cat have a pedigree?
Alicia: I am not sure, I have yet to look into that, but I am interested now.
Anna: They have a high breeding rate, so sometimes your cat maybe very expensive, you should check for the pedigree
Alicia: He is already expensive enough. But I will check that out asap.
Anna: There are more than seventy cat breeds, what is yours? Mine was Siamese
Alicia: Mine is just a normal gray tabby.
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my favorite book is anne of green gables. | Anne of Green Gables is a 1908 novel by Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery (published as L. M. Montgomery). Written for all ages, it has been considered a children's novel since the mid-twentieth century. It recounts the adventures of Anne Shirley, an 11-year-old orphan girl who is mistakenly sent to Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert, a middle-aged brother and sister who had intended to adopt a boy to help them on their farm in the fictional town of Avonlea on Prince Edward Island. The novel recounts how Anne makes her way with the Cuthberts, in school, and within the town. Since its publication, "Anne of Green Gables" has sold more than 50 million copies and has been translated into at least 36 languages. Montgomery wrote numerous sequels, and since her death, another sequel has been published, as well as an authorized prequel. The original book is taught to students around the world. The book has been adapted as films, made-for-television movies, and animated and live-action television series. Musicals and plays have also been created, with productions annually in Canada since 1964 of the first musical production, which has toured in Canada, the United States, Europe, and Japan. In writing the novel, Montgomery was inspired by notes she had made as a young girl about a couple who were mistakenly sent an orphan girl instead of the boy they had requested yet decided to keep her.
Malachi: Have you ever read Anne of Green Gables? It was written in 1908 by Lucy Maud Montgomery.
Trenton: I have never read it. What is it about?
Malachi: It's about Anne who is 11 year old and she's an orphan. She's mistakenly sent to new parents who wanted a boy.
Trenton: Wow for 1908, that was probably an intriguing story! Were they good to Anne?
Malachi: Yes the novel is about how Anne gets along with the Cuthberts and school and within the town.
Trenton: So I guess the Cuthberts weren't upset she was a girl?
Malachi: No and Montgomery wrote several sequels before her death.
Trenton: Did the sequels follow Anne's life as an adult, or only as a child?
Malachi: I think just a child but several musicals and plays have been created since 1964 about it.
Trenton: I can't believe I've never heard of it. Maybe I should run to the bookstore today. What is Montgomery's first name?
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i like to think about what it would be like to be an 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. Use of the term to describe writers, for example, is valid, but less common, and mostly restricted to contexts like criticism. Wiktionary defines the noun 'artist' (Singular: artist; Plural: artists) as follows: The Oxford English Dictionary defines the older broad meanings of the term "artist": The Greek word "techně", often translated as "art," implies mastery of any sort of craft. The adjectival Latin form of the word, "technicus", became the source of the English words technique, technology, technical. In Greek culture each of the nine Muses oversaw a different field of human creation: No muse was identified with the visual arts of painting and sculpture. In ancient Greece sculptors and painters were held in low regard, somewhere between freemen and slaves, their work regarded as mere manual labour.
Braden: Being an artist seems so cool, but it often doesn't pay well if you aren't really good. Otherwise I might try to become one as a job!
Sofia: Most become famous after death! They are defined as an individual who creates art, practicing an art or demonstrating an art. Too bad it's not lucrative!
Braden: That's true! Many of them didn't even get to live through their success, what a shame.
Sofia: Musicians and other performers are often referred to as artist as well.
Braden: I agree with that, since music and acting can easily be considered art.
Sofia: Writers are also referred to artist but it is less common and most likely to be found associated with criticism.
Braden: Really? I never considered that. Writing can surely be art for how well it is written.
Sofia: Wicktionary defines artist as the older meaning of artist. The Greeks used the word "techne" which means mastery of a craft and I would definitely agree with that.
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i have 3 children. | Parenting or child rearing is the process of promoting and supporting the physical, emotional, social, and intellectual development of a child from infancy to adulthood. Parenting refers to the intricacies of raising a child aside from the biological relationship. The most common caretaker in parenting is the biological parent(s) of the child in question, although others may be an older sibling, a grandparent, a legal guardian, aunt, uncle or other family member, or a family friend. Governments and society may have a role in child-rearing as well. In many cases, orphaned or abandoned children receive parental care from non-parent blood relations. Others may be adopted, raised in foster care, or placed in an orphanage. Parenting skills vary, and a parent with good parenting skills may be referred to as a "good parent". The English pediatrician and psychoanalyst Donald Winnicott described the concept of "good-enough" parenting in which a minimum of prerequisites for healthy child development are met. Winnicott wrote, "The good-enough mother...starts off with an almost complete adaptation to her infant's needs, and as time proceeds she adapts less and less completely, gradually, according to the infant's growing ability to deal with her failure."
Savannah: I don't actually have any kids. I have a lot of nieces and nephews.
Johnathan: Well its ok not only parents have a say raising kids, goverments and society may have a role in child rearing as well
Savannah: Kids are raised by everyone the come into contact with. It's best to make sure they come into contact with the right people.
Johnathan: Totally they are so many ways to raise a kid and just a few proper ways, there is a new tendency called attachment parenting" that has been coined by the american pediatrician William sears are you familiar with it?
Savannah: I've heard of it. When I was growing up, it was just called "sleeping in the bed with mom and dad." They only did that when I was crying too much. It seemed to help.
Johnathan: Oh hahaha i see! i had a lot of trouble sleeping when a was a kid and my mom read this book called "Baby Wise" about a care program which the author claims that will cause the babies to sleep through the night when they are 7 to 9 weeks old
Savannah: My mom had the Dr. Spock book when I was born. I'm not sure how much she followed it. At any rate, I had a happy childhood.
Johnathan: Probably you had a great prenatal development! you know the process in which an embryo and later fetus develops during gestation, we are such a miracle!
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i like to play video games. | A video game is an electronic game that involves interaction with a user interface to generate visual feedback on a video device such as a TV screen or computer monitor. The word "video" in "video game" traditionally referred to a raster display device, but as of the 2000s, it implies any type of display device that can produce two- or three-dimensional images. Some theorists categorize video games as an art form, but this designation is controversial. The electronic systems used to play video games are known as platforms; examples of these are personal computers and video game consoles. These platforms range from large mainframe computers to small handheld computing devices. Specialized video games such as arcade games, in which the video game components are housed in a large, typically coin-operated chassis, while common in the 1980s in video arcades, have gradually declined due to the widespread availability of affordable home video game consoles (e.g., PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Nintendo Wii U) and video games on desktop and laptop computers and smartphones. The input device used for games, the game controller, varies across platforms. Common controllers include gamepads, joysticks, mouse devices, keyboards, the touchscreens of mobile devices, and buttons, or even, with the Kinect sensor, a person's hands and body.
Paige: Video games have progressed so much since the Atari days.
Hope: You're so right! I consider many video games as art but some disagree.
Paige: That's interesting. I guess it is like an art form.
Hope: Yeah I guess it's a personal preference. Well the systems that video games are played on are called platforms.
Paige: I don't know a lot about video games. What else can you tell me?
Hope: Well platforms, such as computers and video game consoles, can range from large mainframe computers to handheld devices
Paige: Such a big difference. What are the best games?
Hope: Personally, I enjoy role-playing games. But some of the newest technology is in the development of controllers. There are even kinetic sensor devices so your body can be a controller.
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i am an ovo vegetarian. | Ovo vegetarianism is a type of vegetarianism which allows for the consumption of eggs but not dairy products, in contrast with lacto vegetarianism. Those who practice ovo vegetarianism are called ovo-vegetarians or "eggetarians". "Ovo" comes from the Latin word for egg. Ethical motivations for excluding dairy products are based on issues with the industrial practices behind the production of milk. Concerns include the practice of keeping a cow constantly pregnant in order for her to lactate and the slaughter of unwanted male calves. Other concerns include the standard practice of separating the mother from her calf and denying the calf its natural source of milk. This contrasts with the industrial practices surrounding egg-laying hens, which produce eggs for human consumption without being fertilized. Ovo-vegetarians often prefer free-range eggs, that is, those produced by uncaged hens. Many ovo-vegetarians refuse to eat fertilized eggs, with balut being an extreme example where the egg has developed. Some vegetarians are lactose intolerant, and are therefore unwilling to consume milk or other dairy products. Carbon emissions associated with keeping hens are less than those associated with cattle, a factor significant to those practicing environmental vegetarianism.
Elijah: Hello! I'm a vegetarian who eats eggs, but no other dairy products. Do you practice ovo-vegetarianism?
Zoey: no i love meat
Elijah: Do you like other types of food? I love to eat fruits and vegetables as part of my diet, especially watermelon!
Zoey: i love food and i love watermelon also
Elijah: Have you ever tried eating the rind of a watermelon after you cooked it? Apparently, it's edible, although I've never tried it.
Zoey: no never tried
Elijah: Well, it is delicious when you eat it raw! Do you prefer watermelon with seeds, or seedless watermelon?
Zoey: seedless watermelon
Elijah: Me too-- it's so much easier to eat, and more convenient too.
Zoey: i know
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christmas is my favorite holiday. | Christmas is an annual festival commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ, observed primarily 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 by a majority of Christians, as well as culturally by many non-Christians, and forms an integral part of the holiday season centered around it. The traditional Christmas narrative, the Nativity of Jesus, delineated in the New Testament says that Jesus was born in Bethlehem, in accordance with messianic prophecies. When Joseph and Mary arrived in the city, the inn had no room and so they were offered a stable where the Christ Child was soon born, with angels proclaiming this news to shepherds who then further disseminated the information. Although the month and date of Jesus' birth are unknown, by the early-to-mid fourth century the Western Christian Church had placed Christmas on December 25, a date that was later adopted in the East.
Allison: christmas is my favorite holiday.
Jeremy: Same here, even though I'm honestly not that religious I love Christmas.
Allison: yea its so festive and cozy, feels really good.
Jeremy: Yeah, it's good that it is always on the December 25 so that I can remember it well haha.
Allison: yea its right at the end of the year which is nice.
Jeremy: True. It is celebrated by billions of people around the world.
Allison: wow so like half the population.
Jeremy: I know, millions would be more believable to me but billions of people? Christmas is huge1
Allison: it deseves to be tho its so fun and nice.
Jeremy: I don't even think of it as celebrating Jesus Christ being born, it is more just a fun little festival at the end of the year.
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my mother is from greece. | Greece (), officially the Hellenic Republic (), historically also known as Hellas, is a country in Southern 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, the Republic of Macedonia and Bulgaria to the north, 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, Thessaly, Epirus, the Aegean Islands (including the Dodecanese and Cyclades), Thrace, Crete, and the Ionian Islands. Greece is considered the cradle of Western civilization, being the birthplace of democracy, Western philosophy, the Olympic Games, Western literature, historiography, political science, major scientific and mathematical principles, and Western drama.
Giovanni: Have you ever been to Greece?
Devon: I wen to Athens once,the nation's capital and largest city, followed by Thessaloniki.
Giovanni: Thats cool, what did you see there?
Devon: I saw cradle of Western civilization and the birthplace of democracy.A centre for the arts, learning and philosophy, home of Plato's Academy and Aristotle's Lyceum
Giovanni: Thats cool, where else did you visit?
Devon: I went also to the southern tip of the Balkan peninsula.
Giovanni: Cool, what did you like best about the Balkan peninsula?
Devon: The Balkan mountain range, they are located in the eastern part of the Balkan Peninsula.
Giovanni: Thats amazing, did you go to the beach?
Devon: No. not this tome.I will go the next trip for sure.
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my favorite singer is justin bieber. | Justin Drew Bieber (; born March 1, 1994) is a Canadian singer and songwriter. After a talent manager discovered him through his YouTube videos covering songs in 2008 and signed to RBMG, Bieber released his debut EP, "My World", in late 2009. It was certified platinum in the U.S. He became the first artist to have seven songs from a debut record chart on the "Billboard" Hot 100. Bieber released his first full-length studio album, "My World 2.0", in 2010. It debuted at or near number one in several countries, was certified triple platinum in the U.S., and contained his single "Baby". Following his debut album, he had his first headlining tour, the My World Tour, released the remix albums "My Worlds Acoustic" and "Never Say Never – The Remixes"—and the 3D biopic-concert film "". He released his second studio album, "Under the Mistletoe", in November 2011, when it debuted at number one on the "Billboard" 200. Bieber released his third studio album, "Believe," in 2012. Its single "Boyfriend" reached number one in Canada. His fourth studio album "Purpose" was released in November 2015, spawning three number one singles: "What Do You Mean? ", "Sorry", and "Love Yourself". Following the release of "Purpose", Bieber was featured on several successful collaborations, including "Cold Water", "Let Me Love You", "Despacito (Remix)", and "I'm the One".
Giselle: I'm a huge YouTube fan. That is how Justin Bieber was discovered.
Natalia: Really, I did not know that. I have watched a few funny things my kids show me.
Giselle: Yes, in 2008 RBMG signed him after discovering videos of him covering songs.
Natalia: That is interesting. I wonder if many people think they will be discovered that way.
Giselle: I would think so. His debut EP was RBMG's very first release and went platinum in the US
Natalia: That seems like it worked fantastically for him then.
Giselle: I would say so. After his first album he had his first healining tour, the My World Tour.
Natalia: He does seem pretty popular.
Giselle: Yes, but I doubt he will ever contribute as much globally to pop culture as michael jackson the king of pop did.
Natalia: He was the ONE person I would have liked to have seen in concert.
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my favorite food is tacos. | A taco is a traditional Mexican dish composed of a corn or wheat tortilla folded or rolled around a filling. A taco can be made with a variety of fillings, including beef, pork, chicken, seafood, vegetables, and cheese, allowing for great versatility and variety. A taco is generally eaten without utensils and is often accompanied by garnishes such as salsa, chili pepper, avocado, guacamole, cilantro (coriander), tomatoes, onions, and lettuce. The origins of the taco are not precisely known, and etymologies for the culinary usage of the word are generally theoretical. According to the Real Academia Española, publisher of "Diccionario de la Lengua Española", the word "taco" describes a typical Mexican dish of a maize tortilla folded around food. This meaning of the Spanish word "taco" is a Mexican innovation, but in other dialects "taco" is used to mean "wedge; wad, plug; billiard cue; blowpipe; ramrod; short, stocky person; [or] short, thick piece of wood." As used in this non-culinary way, the word "taco" has cognates in other European languages, including the French word "tache" and the English word "tack (nail)." According to one etymological theory, the culinary meaning of "taco" derives from its "plug" meaning as employed among Mexican silver miners, who used explosive charges in plug form consisting of a paper wrapper and gunpowder filling.
Madeline: My all time favorite food is tacos, a traditional mexican dish. There is no other food that comes close. Prove me wrong.
Alan: I enjoy tacos as well. Do you like soft tortillas or hard? I like hard but sometimes they can get a bit messy!
Madeline: I like them either way, filled with pork, chicken, beef, vegetables or seafood.
Alan: You can't forget the hot sauces. I like to make mine extra spicy. I also top them with shredded cheese.
Madeline: I was getting to that. What i like about tacos is you can eat them with your hands, and the toppings, like salsa, peppers, guacamole, tomatoes and onions really maketh\\them more delicious.
Alan: The best thing is everyone can customize their tacos to exactly how they like it. There are even vegetarian tacos for people who don't eat meat.
Madeline: Exactly, i couldn't have said it better myself. Unfortunately, no one really knows who invented tacos.
Alan: My guess is somewhere in South America. Perhaps the Mayans or Incas. Whoever it was really gave us an awesome treat!
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i own a ford truck. | The Ford F-Series is a series of light-duty trucks and medium-duty trucks (Class 2-7) that have been marketed and manufactured by Ford Motor Company since 1948. While most variants of the F-Series trucks are full-size pickup trucks, the F-Series also includes chassis cab trucks and commercial vehicles. The Ford F-Series has been the best-selling vehicle in the United States since 1981 and the best-selling pickup since 1977. It is also the best selling vehicle in Canada. In 1999, to bridge the gap between the pickup line and the medium-duty trucks, the F-250 and F-350 became the Ford Super Duty vehicles; considered an expansion of the F-Series, the Super Duty trucks are built on a distinct chassis with heavier-duty components. As of the 2017 model year, the F-Series includes the F-150, the Super Duty (F-250 through F-550), and F-650 and F-750 Super Duty medium-duty commercial trucks. The most popular version of the F-Series is the F-150, now in its thirteenth generation. Through the use of rebadging, Ford has marketed the F-Series through all three Ford divisions in North America. From 1946 to 1968, Mercury sold the Mercury M-Series in Canada; during the 2000s, Lincoln sold the Lincoln Blackwood, replaced by the Lincoln Mark LT.
Giselle: I want to get a Ford F-Series truck. They have been made by Ford since 1948.
Sydney: Since Ford introduced the F-Series back in 1948, these pickups have been leading
Giselle: Yeah they are the best-selling vehicle in USA since 1981 and best-selling pickup since 1977. Impressive.
Sydney: There are hundreds of different car models sold by dozens of automotive
Giselle: They are also the best selling vehicle up in Canada.
Sydney: They are, for the most part, long-time leaders
Giselle: The most popular model is the F-150 which is now in its 13th generation!
Sydney: The twelfth generation of the Ford F-150 ran from 2009-2014. This particular time saw plenty of advancemen
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i own a cat. | Pizza is a traditional Italian dish consisting of a yeasted flatbread typically topped with tomato sauce and cheese and baked in an oven. It can also be topped with additional vegetables, meats, and condiments, and can be made without cheese. The term "pizza" was first recorded in the 10th century, in a Latin manuscript from the Southern Italy 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 and common in many areas of the world. In 2009, upon Italy's request, Neapolitan pizza was registered with the European Union as a Traditional Speciality Guaranteed dish. "Associazione Verace Pizza Napoletana" (True Neapolitan Pizza Association), a non-profit organization founded in 1984 with headquarters in Naples, aims to "promote and protect... the true Neapolitan pizza". Pizza is one of the most popular foods in the world and common fast food item in Europe and North America. Many independent or chain restaurants, cafes, and fast food outlets offer pizza. Restaurants or chains specializing in pizza are pizzerias. Pizza delivery is common in some parts of the world. Pizza is sold fresh or frozen, either whole or in portions.
Valeria: Pizza is such a great Italian dish.
Ian: Yes, I love pizza!
Valeria: I just love all the meats and vegetables you can put on it.
Ian: Yes, there are so many different toppings and creations you can make!
Valeria: I know! It's weird that pizza is so old too, from the 10th century.
Ian: Yes, it's been around for a long, long time. I love the convenience in being able to pick it up for a quick supper dish.
Valeria: I really like that too, especially with how modern pizza is everywhere.
Ian: Yes, and they even have the pizza desserts too. They're pretty tasty!
Valeria: They really are, even the non modern pizza seemed good!
Ian: NY style pizza is pretty good. I like being able to fold the slice to eat it
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i am adopted. | Adoption is a process whereby a person assumes the parenting of another, usually a child, from that person's biological or legal parent or parents, and, in so doing, permanently transfers all rights and responsibilities, along with filiation, from the biological parent or parents. Adoption can be done by a couple or an individual person but children have to be 14 years younger and the adoptive parents can not have been legally incapacitated. Unlike guardianship or other systems designed for the care of the young, adoption is intended to effect a permanent change in status and as such requires societal recognition, either through legal 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. While the modern form of adoption emerged in the United States, forms of the practice appeared throughout history. The Code of Hammurabi, for example, details the rights of adopters and the responsibilities of adopted individuals at length.
Brayden: Hi. I was adopted. Tell me something interesting about yourself.
Brody: Hello. How old were you when you were adopted? Although not the same, my husband adopted my daughter after her father died.
Brayden: I was adopted at birth.
Brody: did you want to meet your biological parents?
Brayden: My adoptive parents have been very open with me and told me about my bio parents. I'm not sure if I do.
Brody: well that's good that they were open about your adoption.
Brayden: Yeah, but it's still hard to accept. That's amazing that your husband adopted your daughter. He sounds like a stand up guy.
Brody: He truly is. Do you mind if I ask from where you were adopted? Within the U.S. or another country?
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i love iced tea. | Iced tea (or ice tea; "thé glacé" in French) is a form of cold tea. Though usually served in a glass with ice, it can refer to a tea that has been chilled or cooled. It may or may not be sweetened. Iced tea is also a popular packaged drink. It can be mixed with flavored syrup, with multiple common flavors including lemon, raspberry, lime, passion fruit, peach, orange, strawberry, and cherry. While most iced teas get their flavor from tea leaves ("Camellia sinensis"), herbal teas are sometimes served cold and referred to as iced tea. Iced tea is sometimes made by a particularly long steeping of tea leaves at lower temperature (one hour in the sun versus 5 minutes at 180–212 °F / 80–100 °C). Some people call this "sun tea". In addition, it can be left to stand overnight in the refrigerator. Iced tea is popular in Austria and is commonly known as "Eistee" (ice tea); it is usually drunk heavily sweetened. Pfanner and Rauch are two of the most popular manufacturers. In Belgium, the Netherlands (ijsthee), and other parts of Europe, "Ice-Tea" is the brand name of a carbonated variety of iced tea marketed by Lipton since 1978. They also market other non-carbonated iced teas under the "Ice Tea" brand.
Dakota: Iced tea is my favorite drink.
Damian: Iced tea can refer to tea in a glass with ice or tea that has just been cooled.
Dakota: Oh really? I prefer it with ice and sugar
Damian: Sugar as well as flavored syrups, such as peach and lemon are popular
Dakota: I like my tea really strong
Damian: You can make "sun tea" by steeping the tea leaves for one hour in the sun
Dakota: That sounds cool, I want to try it sometime
Damian: You should, you can also let it stand over night in the refrigerator
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i have trouble feeling emotion. | In psychology, emotional detachment is the avoidance of emotional connections. It may be a temporary reaction to highly emotional circumstances or a chronic condition such as a depersonalization disorder. Emotional detachment can be a positive behavior which allows a person to react calmly to highly emotional circumstances. Emotional detachment in this sense is a decision to avoid engaging emotional connections, rather than an inability or difficulty in doing so, typically for personal, social, or other reasons. In this sense it can allow people to maintain boundaries, psychic integrity and avoid undesired impact by or upon others, related to emotional demands. As such it is a deliberate mental attitude which avoids engaging the emotions of others. This detachment does not necessarily mean avoiding empathy; rather, it allows the person to achieve the space needed to rationally choose whether or not to be overwhelmed or manipulated by such feelings. Examples where this is used in a positive sense might include emotional boundary management, where a person avoids emotional levels of engagement related to people who are in some way emotionally overly demanding, such as difficult co-workers or relatives, or is adopted to aid the person in helping others such as a person who trains himself to ignore the "pleading" food requests of a dieting spouse, or indifference by parents towards a child's begging.
Jasmine: You know, people who lack the ability to connect with others may have a some emotional detachment issues.
Sophie: That's right. Emotional detachment is the avoidance of emotional connections. That sounds like a lonely condition.
Jasmine: Very much so, as well as a means of coping with anxiety by avoiding certain situations that trigger it.
Sophie: It can also be a reaction to a chronic condition such as depersonalization disorder. It is definitely a coping mechanism.
Jasmine: Traumatized people subconsciously mutes their emotions in order to protect themselves resulting in the socially withdrawn behaviors.
Sophie: Depersonalization is a condition where people feel detached or disconnected from themself. I would hate to have that condition.
Jasmine: There are many causes of emotional detachment disorder and it manifests differently for everyone.
Sophie: True. People have it to maintain a sense of boundaries and psychic integrity, as well as avoid undesired impact on others.
Jasmine: A lot of people don't stop to take it into consideration why some people don;t keep in touch and don;t ever gert out of the house. This is a great example of actions (or lack of) affect the individual as well as those around them.
Sophie: I agree, it is a decision to avoid engaging emotional connections. It is also an inability to maintain the connections for personal and social reasons.
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i like horseback riding. | Equestrianism (from Latin equester, equestr-, equus, "horseman", "horse"), more often known as riding, horse riding (British English) or horseback riding (American English), refers to the skill of riding, driving, steeplechasing or vaulting with horses. This broad description includes the use of horses for practical working purposes, transportation, recreational activities, artistic or cultural exercises and competitive sport. Horses are trained and ridden for practical working purposes such as in police work or for controlling herd animals on a ranch. They are also used in competitive sports including, but not limited to, dressage, endurance riding, eventing, reining, show jumping, tent pegging, vaulting, polo, horse racing, driving and rodeo (See additional equestrian sports listed later in this article for more examples). Some popular forms of competition are grouped together at horse shows, where horses perform in a wide variety of disciplines. Horses (and other equids such as mules) are used for non-competitive recreational riding such as fox hunting, trail riding or hacking. There is public access to horse trails in almost every part of the world; many parks, ranches and public stables offer both guided and independent riding.
Nicholas: Equestrianism is basically horse riding - my daughter does dressage with her horse, have you ever ridden?
Adrian: I have but im not a fan personally.
Nicholas: I'm personally scared of them, but she's done dressage, show jumping, and other equestrian sports with her horse.
Adrian: Thats really impressive, im the same as im just scared of being thrown off and i dont find it very fun
Nicholas: They can also be used for recreational purposes like trail riding, but I still don't wanna get too close - I've taken my daughter to the ER before after she was thrown, so I'm very wary of them.
Adrian: Yea and theyve been a huge help to humans for centuries now as well. Horses are quite cool.
Nicholas: I think the ones that are used in police work would definitely get me to stop in my tracks - LOL!
Adrian: Yea that seems more like a Canadian thing tho.
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i really like watching star trek. | Star Trek is an American media franchise based on the science fiction television series created by Gene Roddenberry. The first television series, simply called "Star Trek" and now referred to as """", debuted in 1966 and aired for three seasons on the television network NBC. It followed the interstellar adventures of Captain James T. Kirk (William Shatner) and his crew aboard the starship USS "Enterprise", a space exploration vessel, built by the United Federation of Planets in the twenty-third century. The "Star Trek" canon of the franchise includes "The Original Series", an animated series, five spin-off television series, the film franchise, and further adaptations in several media. In creating "Star Trek", Roddenberry was inspired by the Horatio Hornblower novels, the satirical book "Gulliver's Travels", and by works of western genre such as the television series "Wagon Train". These adventures continued in the short-lived "" and six feature films. Four spin-off television series were eventually produced: "" followed the crew of a new starship "Enterprise" set a century after the original series; "" and "" set contemporaneously with "The Next Generation"; and "" set before the original series in the early days of human interstellar travel.
Addison: Are you a fan of Star Trek? I always liked the character Spock
Cristian: Sure! I dont think I have seen all of them but I know that they follow the adventures of Captain James T Kirk on the starship enterprise!
Addison: This is true. I think one of the Star Trek series even has another captain - Picard!
Cristian: Oh I see, I didnt realize there were 6 original films of it!
Addison: I did not either! I think a couple came out within the last few years with JJ Abrams as director
Cristian: Oh okay you mean the spin off television series?
Addison: No, I think there are a couple of big budget films that came within the 2010s that he made.
Cristian: Oh I see. The whole thing is an entire franchise by Gene Roddenberry!
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my mother has 500 pairs of shoes. | Hoarding is a behavior where people or animals accumulate food or other items. "Hoarding" and "caching" are common behaviors in many bird species as well as in rodents. Most animal caches are of food. However, some birds will also stingily collect other items, especially if the birds are pets. Magpies are infamous for hoarding items such as money and jewelry. (Contrary to popular belief, research suggests magpies are no more attracted to shiny things than other kinds of items.) One theory suggests that human hoarding may be related to animal hoarding behavior, but substantial evidence is lacking. Civil unrest or 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. Hoarders are people who lose the desire to throw away unneeded items because of a feeling of attachment to these items. Compulsive hoarders will equate certain, usually mundane, objects to their own personal identity or even give them certain human characteristics. In severe cases, houses belonging to such people 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).
Ava: Hoarders seem to keep things that even seem like trash. Like stacks of 20 years worth of newspapers.
Ashton: Yes, and it can be disgusting, but more importantly a fire hazard or health hazard for them!
Ava: Why do you think people develop that behavior?
Ashton: I think it's something that develops in their personality psychology, but can be for many reasons such as being lonely.
Ava: I understand. So hoarders may have other issues at play.
Ashton: I have no doubt. Think about animals, like squirrels, that hoard their food. They do this to survive. It's quite possible that humans hoard for the same reason. They feel they have to in order to survive.
Ava: Wow, I never thought about it that way. So interesting.
Ashton: Other things can lead to people becoming hoarders as well, like civil unrest or natural disater.
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i love chocolate. | Chocolate is a typically sweet, usually brown food preparation of "Theobroma cacao" seeds, roasted and ground. It is made in the form of a liquid, paste, or in a block, or used as a flavoring ingredient in other foods. Cacao has been cultivated by many cultures for at least three millennia in Mesoamerica. The earliest evidence of use traces to the Olmecs (Mexico), with evidence of chocolate beverages dating back to 1900 BCE. In fact, the majority of Mesoamerican people made chocolate beverages, including the Maya and Aztecs, who made it into a beverage known as "xocolātl" , a Nahuatl word meaning "bitter water". The seeds of the cacao tree have an intense bitter taste and must be fermented to develop the flavor. After fermentation, the beans are dried, cleaned, and roasted. The shell is removed to produce cacao nibs, which are then ground to cocoa mass, unadulterated chocolate in rough form. Once the cocoa mass is liquefied by heating, it is called chocolate liquor. The liquor also may be cooled and processed into its two components: cocoa solids and cocoa butter. Baking chocolate, also called bitter chocolate, contains cocoa solids and cocoa butter in varying proportions, without any added sugars.
Gavin: I love eating sweets, especially chocolate. Do you have a sweet tooth?
Angelica: I love Chocolate too, the earliest use traces back to Mexico dating back to 1900 BC
Gavin: Wow, the Mayans and Aztecs would make cocoa right? More like drinks from it.
Angelica: yes, they would make it into a beverage called xocolatl which translates into bitter water.
Gavin: That's interesting. I have tried those dark chocolate bars that are 70 or even 80 chocolate, and they are very strong. There is no sugar in them.
Angelica: Vivani is a brand of chocolate first introduced in 2000 at the international organic food fair. Sounds yummy who would have thought chocolate is organic.
Gavin: That is cool, I guess people really want organic or natural options even for sweets like chocolate! Have you tried anything organic and sweet?
Angelica: I have not, but I hear organic fruits and vegetables you really can't tell a difference between their regular counterparts.
Gavin: I think for fruits like bananas it doesn't make that much of a difference, but things like berries it is better to get organic if possible.
Angelica: Organic is better for you the standards of organic farms allow the use of naturally occurring substances but prohibit synthetic ones.
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i work at mcdonald s. | McDonald's is a fast food company that was founded in 1940 as a restaurant operated by Richard and Maurice McDonald, in San Bernardino, California, United States. They rechristened their business as a hamburger stand. The first time a McDonald's franchise used the Golden Arches logo was in 1953 at a location in Phoenix, Arizona. In 1955, Ray Kroc, a businessman, joined the company as a franchise agent and proceeded to purchase the chain from the McDonald brothers. McDonald's had its original headquarters in Oak Brook, Illinois, but has approved plans to move its global headquarters to Chicago by 2018. McDonald's is the world's largest restaurant chain by revenue, serving over 69 million customers daily in over 100 countries across approximately 36,900 outlets as of 2016. Although McDonald's is known for its hamburgers, they also sell cheeseburgers, chicken products, french fries, breakfast items, soft drinks, milkshakes, wraps, and desserts. In response to changing consumer tastes and a negative backlash because of the unhealthiness of their food, the company has added to its menu salads, fish, smoothies, and fruit. The McDonald's Corporation revenues come from the rent, royalties, and fees paid by the franchisees, as well as sales in company-operated restaurants.
Colby: Mc donalds french fries are yummy in my tummy.
Jason: Are they ever yummy in my tummy! I always get the extra large size and smother them in salt.
Colby: Nice, some other dips I like are mayonnaise (big in Europe) and malt vinegar.
Jason: Yeah, I used to love eating malt vinegar on my fries when I would have fish and chips.
Colby: That used to confuse me as a child; chips are a totally different potato food in the US!
Jason: Yeah, I guess you were probably imagining Lays chips on a plate or something like that?
Colby: Yeah lol. Apparently they're called Walkers in the UK?
Jason: The chips? I never heard that before. I wonder why?
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i am allergic to bees. | An allergic response is a hypersensitive immune reaction to a substance that normally is harmless or would not cause an immune response in everyone. An allergic response may cause harmful symptoms such as itching or inflammation or tissue injury. Allergies are an abnormal immune reaction. The human immune system is designed to protect the body from potential harm and in people who have allergies the immune system will react to allergens (substances that trigger an immune response). The immune system will produce immunoglobulin E, IgE, antibodies for each allergen. The antibodies will cause cells in the body to produce histamines. These histamines will act on different areas of the body (eyes, throat, nose, gastrointestinal tract, skin or lungs) to produce symptoms of an allergic reaction. The allergic response is not limited to a certain amount of exposure. If the body is exposed to the allergen multiple times the immune system will react every time the allergen is present. The reason why people get allergies is not known. The allergens are not passed down through generations. It is believed if parents have allergies the child is more likely to be allergic to the same allergens. Some common symptoms include itchiness, swelling, running nose, watery eyes, coughing, wheezing, trouble breathing, hives, rashes, mucus production, or a more severe reaction anaphylaxis.
Jillian: I have an immune response if I eat too much sushi
Owen: What does that mean. What happens to your immune system when you eat sushi?
Jillian: It compromises my T - cells ability to produce cytokines, and it shortens my telomere length
Owen: Sounds very technical, is very serious or do you just get a little ill?
Jillian: Well, technically speaking, my body exhibits biological mortality, but I usually just get pufy
Owen: You puff up like a blob, that would be very uncomfortable. Its a shame because sushi is such an excellent dish.
Jillian: Sushi is statistically the leading cause of mortality in infants
Owen: Even in Japan being that it is their dish?
Jillian: Oh, it's the leader of the whole Dish Network, all of America provides sushi and it's a real danger to little ones
Owen: So what do you eat so that you're T-cells are not compromised?
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i have a rose tattooed on my right ankle. | 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. 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). Tattoos have historically been regarded in the West as 'uncivilised', and over the last 100 years the fashion has been associated mainly with sailors, working men and criminals. By the end of the 20th Century many Western stigmas of the tattoo culture had been dismissed and the practice has become more acceptable and accessible for people of all trades and levels of society. The word "tattoo", or "tattow" in the 18th century, is a loanword from the Polynesian word "tatau", meaning "to write". The "Oxford English Dictionary" gives the etymology of tattoo as "In 18th c. tattaow, tattow. From Polynesian (Samoan, Tahitian, Tongan, etc.) tatau. In Marquesan, tatu." Before the importation of the Polynesian word, the practice of tattooing had been described in the West as painting, scarring, or staining. This is not to be confused with the origins of the word for the military drumbeat or performance — see "military tattoo".
Elijah: Hello. i have so many tattoos that i have lost count due to the fact that my husband is a tattoo artist. How do you feel about tattoos?
Hector: I feel they are a personal choice. A tattoo is a form of body modification where a design is made
Elijah: I like to try and create my own designs and have them mean something to me instead of just getting something i do not care about. Do you have any?
Hector: Agreed. I have one symbolic with a specific meaning pertinent to me.
Elijah: Now a days the tattoo industry has become extremely popular and in high demand. i do not remember it being that way in the past, it was not so common to see a tattoo like it is today
Hector: Perhaps, but Tattooing has been practiced across the globe since at least Neolithic times,
Elijah: Oh i do remember seeing a documentary about the history of tattooing and it started with tribes. What are the Neolithic times ?
Hector: All the way back to 10,000 BC, as evidenced by tatoos on mummified preserved skin, ancient art, and the archaeological record
Elijah: Wow , that is so interesting. i did not realize it went back so far. How cool would that be to see a tattooed mummy. lol
Hector: Mummies of humans and other animals have been found on every continent
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i blog about salt water aquarium ownership. | A marine aquarium is an aquarium that keeps marine plants and animals in a contained environment. Marine aquaria are further subdivided by hobbyists into fish only (FO), fish only with live rock (FOWLR), and reef aquaria. Fish only tanks often showcase large or aggressive marine fish species and generally rely on mechanical and chemical filtration. FOWLR and reef tanks use live rock, a material composed of coral skeletons harboring beneficial nitrogen waste metabolizing bacteria, as a means of more natural biological filtration. Marine fishkeeping is different from its freshwater counterpart because of the fundamental differences in the constitution of saltwater and the resulting differences in the adaptation of its inhabitants. A stable marine aquarium requires more equipment than freshwater systems, and generally requires more stringent water quality monitoring. The inhabitants of a marine aquarium are often difficult to acquire and are usually more expensive than freshwater aquarium inhabitants. However, the inhabitants of saltwater aquariums are usually much more spectacular than freshwater aquarium fish. The first saltwater tanks were Venetian glass jars where the Romans kept anemones outdoors, but these systems were very short lived.
Giovanni: Hi. I once had a marine aquarium. It was beautiful!
Adrian: I bet! My grandfather was a fishkeeper. He used aquaria to keep all sorts of fishes.
Giovanni: Salt water fish are so much more colorful than fresh water tropical fish. Did he keep fresh or salt water fish?
Adrian: He kept fresh water tropical fishes. He loved the colorful ones, they make great pets.
Giovanni: Have you ever thought about keeping an aquarium yourself?
Adrian: Not really, I cannot even make plants grow so I'm sure I would eventually kill my fishes :(
Giovanni: In that case - it is a wise choice.
Adrian: I think so! why did you get rid of your aquarium?
Giovanni: I bought a sick fish from the pet store. The sickness spread to all of the other fish and killed them. Very sad.
Adrian: Oh that is so sad! They ought to inspect their animals better before selling them.
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i like katy perry as a musician. | Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson (born October 25, 1984), known professionally as Katy Perry, is an American singer and songwriter. After singing in church during her childhood, she pursued a career in gospel music as a teenager. Perry signed with Red Hill Records and released her debut studio album "Katy Hudson" under her birth name in 2001, which was commercially unsuccessful. She moved to Los Angeles the following year to venture into secular music after Red Hill ceased operations and she subsequently began working with producers Glen Ballard, Dr. Luke, and Max Martin. After adopting the stage name Katy Perry and being dropped by The Island Def Jam Music Group and Columbia Records, she signed a recording contract with Capitol Records in April 2007. Perry rose to fame in 2008 with the release of her second album, a pop rock record titled "One of the Boys", and its singles "I Kissed a Girl" and "Hot n Cold". The former track also sparked controversy for its sapphic themes. Her third album, "Teenage Dream" (2010), ventured into disco, and was her first number one album on the U.S. "Billboard" 200. It topped the U.S. "Billboard" Hot 100 with the singles "California Gurls", "Teenage Dream", "Firework", "E.T.
Makenzie: Baby you are fireworks! I love Katy Perry - I think she is one of the greatest singers of my generation.
Tristan: I'm a fan as well. She sang gospel musicv when she was younger?
Makenzie: No way! I will need to look up some of her videos. What else has she done that is not publicly common knowledge?
Tristan: Her first album which came out in 2001 was released under her real name hwich is Katy Hudson. It didn't do very well, though.
Makenzie: What was that album called? When did she change her nickname from Hudson to Perry?
Tristan: The name of the ALbum was Katy Perry. she changed her name after working with new producers.
Makenzie: I also enjoy her new personality now - the short hair, on American Idol, she is making a name for herself now and successfully re-branded herself. Do you know what caused this change in personality?
Tristan: I'm not really sure to be honest. Her new persona sure is fun, though.
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i can play the piano. | Classical music is art music produced or rooted in the traditions of Western culture, including both liturgical (religious) and secular music. While a more precise term is also used to refer to the period from 1750 to 1820 (the Classical period), this article is about the broad span of time from before the 6th century AD to the present day, which includes the Classical period and various other periods. The central norms of this tradition became codified between 1550 and 1900, which is known as the common-practice period. The major time divisions of Western art music are as follows: European art music is largely distinguished from many other non-European classical and some popular musical forms by its system of staff notation, in use since about the 11th century. Western staff notation is used by composers to indicate to the performer the pitches (which form the melodies, basslines and chords), tempo, metre and rhythms for a piece of music. This can leave less room for practices such as improvisation and "ad libitum" ornamentation, which are frequently heard in non-European art music and in popular-music styles such as jazz and blues. Another difference is that whereas most popular styles adopt the song (strophic) form or a derivation of this form, classical music has been noted for its development of highly sophisticated forms of instrumental music such as the symphony, concerto, fugue, sonata, and mixed vocal and instrumental styles such as opera, cantata, and mass.
Richard: I like some classical music, its nice.
Giovanni: Classical music is great art music - both religious and secular
Richard: Im more of a fan of classical piano music
Giovanni: The french composer Faure was a great piano composer
Richard: My favorite pianist is chopin.
Giovanni: Yes he was great. He gained renown as a poetic genius without equal
Richard: He was a genius and made some of the most iconic classical music
Giovanni: Yes he was a child prodigy who started in Warsaw before leaving Poland at age 20
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i currently suffer from social anxiety. | Social anxiety disorder (SAD), also known as social phobia, is an anxiety disorder characterized by a significant amount of fear in one or more social situations, causing considerable distress and impaired ability to function in at least some parts of daily life. These fears can be triggered by perceived or actual scrutiny from others. Physical symptoms often include excessive blushing, excess sweating, trembling, palpitations, and nausea. Stammering may be present, along with rapid speech. Panic attacks can also occur under intense fear and discomfort. Some sufferers may use alcohol or other drugs to reduce fears and inhibitions at social events. It is common for sufferers of social phobia to self-medicate in this fashion, especially if they are undiagnosed, untreated, or both; this can lead to alcoholism, eating disorders or other kinds of substance abuse. SAD is sometimes referred to as an "illness of lost opportunities" where "individuals make major life choices to accommodate their illness". According to ICD-10 guidelines, the main diagnostic criteria of social phobia are fear of being the focus of attention, or fear of behaving in a way that will be embarrassing or humiliating, avoidance and anxiety symptoms.
Aaliyah: Lots of people suffer from an anxiety disorder called social phobia.
Erica: I have heard of that. Is it when they are afraid of social situations?
Aaliyah: Yes and being in social situations can cause excessive blushing, sweating, trembling, and nausea.
Erica: I see. How is the disorder treated? Medication or perhaps psychotherapy?
Aaliyah: Some sufferers self-medicate leading to alcoholism, eating disorders or drug abuse.
Erica: That's unfortunate. I guess it is painful for them to endure.
Aaliyah: It is sometimes referred to as an "illness of lost opportunities"
Erica: It does indeed sound debilitating. I hope research is done to find the potential cause of the disorder.
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i still like unicorns even though i am an adult. | The unicorn is a legendary creature that has been described since antiquity as a beast with a single large, pointed, spiraling horn projecting from its forehead. The unicorn was depicted in ancient seals of the Indus Valley Civilization and was mentioned by the ancient Greeks in accounts of natural history by various writers, including Ctesias, Strabo, Pliny the Younger, and Aelian. The Bible also describes an animal, the re'em, which some versions translate as "unicorn". In European folklore, the unicorn is often depicted as a white horse-like or goat-like animal with a long horn and cloven hooves (sometimes a goat's beard). In the Middle Ages and Renaissance, it was commonly described as an extremely wild woodland creature, a symbol of purity and grace, which could only be captured by a virgin. In the encyclopedias its horn was said to have the power to render poisoned water potable and to heal sickness. In medieval and Renaissance times, the tusk of the narwhal was sometimes sold as unicorn horn. Unicorns are not found in Greek mythology, but rather in the accounts of natural history, for Greek writers of natural history were convinced of the reality of unicorns, which they believed lived in India, a distant and fabulous realm for them.
Natalie: I like unicorns
Mariah: I like them too. They are truly magical. Encyclopedias state that their horns can heal sickness.t their horns
Natalie: I think it is really neat that society seems to have adopted them as a symbol of whimsy and uniqueness.
Mariah: Yes. It's pretty amazing that they are seen like that nowadays since they have been around since ancient Greece.
Natalie: Some people even believe they are referenced in the bible in Daniel's description of the creatures in babylon
Mariah: Yes! And the Bible also describes an animal called a re'em which some people translate as unicorn.
Natalie: It is fascinating how many different cultures have a reference to the in history. It makes one wonder
Mariah: In many different cultures and in many different times. In the middle ages and renaissance, the unicorn was a wild woodland creature that was a symbol of purity and grace.
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i like running in marathons. | The marathon is a long-distance running race with an official distance of 42.195 kilometres (26.219 miles, or 26 miles 385 yards), usually run as a road race. The event was instituted in commemoration of the fabled run of the Greek soldier Pheidippides, a messenger from the Battle of Marathon to Athens, who reported the victory. The marathon was one of the original modern Olympic events in 1896, though the distance did not become standardized until 1921. More than 800 marathons are held throughout the world each year, with the vast majority of competitors being recreational athletes as larger marathons can have tens of thousands of participants. The name "Marathon" comes from the legend of Philippides or Pheidippides, the Greek messenger. The legend states that he was sent from the battlefield of Marathon to Athens to announce that the Persians had been defeated in the Battle of Marathon (in which he had just fought), which took place in August or September, 490 BC. It is said that he ran the entire distance without stopping and burst into the assembly, exclaiming ("nenikēkamen", "we have won! "), before collapsing and dying. The account of the run from Marathon to Athens first appears in Plutarch's "On the Glory of Athens" in the 1st century AD, which quotes from Heraclides Ponticus's lost work, giving the runner's name as either Thersipus of Erchius or Eucles.
Mariah: Marathons are fun to run in
David: Definitely! They are a 26 miles long and usually as a road race. I'm actually training for one right now!
Mariah: oh really how far is yours, and how long do you train before it happens
David: All marathons are the same distance, 26 miles. My training program is 24 weeks long although this can vary depending on the person. It was one of the original olymic events in 1896!
Mariah: really I didnt know that, actually either of those facts
David: The name "marathon" actually comes from the name of a battlefield to in Athens. Someone was sent from there to announce that Persians had been defeated! He ran it on foot.
Mariah: oh wow, that is a fun fact to know, and such interesting history, I need to tell my kids that
David: Yep, so the distance the guy ran was 26 miles and apparently he burst into an assembly hall when he arrived and said "we have won!", then he sadly collapsed and died.
Mariah: oh my gosh, maybe I wont disclose the last part to them lol...
David: ha, yeah I hope I'll be okay when I run mine. I've done one before so it should be fine! The story is about the fabled Greek soldier names Pheidippides. So it might not be completely factual.
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my favorite food is pizza. | Pizza is a traditional Italian dish consisting of a yeasted flatbread typically topped with tomato sauce and cheese and baked in an oven. It can also be topped with additional vegetables, meats, and condiments, and can be made without cheese. The term "pizza" was first recorded in the 10th century, in a Latin manuscript from the Southern Italy 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 and common in many areas of the world. In 2009, upon Italy's request, Neapolitan pizza was registered with the European Union as a Traditional Speciality Guaranteed dish. "Associazione Verace Pizza Napoletana" (True Neapolitan Pizza Association), a non-profit organization founded in 1984 with headquarters in Naples, aims to "promote and protect... the true Neapolitan pizza". Pizza is one of the most popular foods in the world and common fast food item in Europe and North America. Many independent or chain restaurants, cafes, and fast food outlets offer pizza. Restaurants or chains specializing in pizza are pizzerias. Pizza delivery is common in some parts of the world. Pizza is sold fresh or frozen, either whole or in portions.
Mia: Pizza is my favorite food!! It is a traditional Italian dish that has tomato sauce and cheese baked in an oven atop flatbread
Collin: I love pizza! I like mine with pepperoni! What are some other popular pizza toppings?
Mia: There are tons of toppings ranging from vegetables, meat, condiments, and it can even be made without cheese!
Collin: Without cheese? That's different! I know pizza is traditionally Italian, but was it invented in Italy?
Mia: Yes, the term was first recorded in the 10th century in the Southern Italian town of Gaeta in the 10th century!
Collin: Wow! I didn't realize it was that old! Why do you think pizza is so popular? Do you think it's because it's convenient?
Mia: It's one of the most popular foods in the world! I bet it's because it has tons of carbs, fat, and salt!
Collin: Ha! That's what makes it so good! It's so readily available. It's great to pick one up at the supermarket and pop it into the oven for dinner. Do you make pizza for dinner?
Mia: I do! I like to get it delivered often, there are lots of good delivery options near me!
Collin: That's the best! Delivery is so convenient! What else can you tell me about pizza?
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i enjoy travel. | Travel is the movement of people between relatively distant geographical locations, and can involve travel by foot, bicycle, automobile, train, boat, bus, airplane, or other means, with or without luggage, and can be one way or round trip. Travel can also include relatively short stays between successive movements. The origin of the word "travel" is most likely lost to history. The term "travel" may originate from the Old French word "travail", which means 'work'. According to the Merriam Webster dictionary, the first known use of the word "travel" was in the 14th century. It also states that the word comes from Middle English "travailen", "travelen" (which means to torment, labor, strive, journey) and earlier from Old French "travailler" (which means to work strenuously, toil). In English we still occasionally use the words "travail", which means struggle. According to Simon Winchester in his book "The Best Travelers' Tales (2004)", the words "travel" and "travail" both share an even more ancient root: a Roman instrument of torture called the "tripalium" (in Latin it means "three stakes", as in to impale). This link may reflect the extreme difficulty of travel in ancient times. Today, travel may or may not be much easier depending upon the destination you choose (e.g.
Alan: I love to travel. I move between different geographical locations by airplane. Do you ever do much traveling?
Ryan: I love to travel myself! Usually when I'm not traveling for business, I travel for pleasure and just go see new sites!
Alan: That's fun. me too I just travel for fun. The word "travel" has an unknown origin, it was lost in history!
Ryan: That's such an interesting fact! History is one of the main reason's I like to travel! Where would your dream place be to travel to and vacation?
Alan: Today, it's much easier to travel to many different locations. So I like tropical places like Costa Rica and Mexico. You ever been?
Ryan: Very great choices, the water there is amazing to see. I have been to Costa Rica, one of my only out of country places I've traveled to!
Alan: Nice! What would you say was your favorite part about the area? Apparently the area has a very stable democracy and educated workforce. Most will speak English.
Ryan: Well the people there seemed a little intimidating to me, I was more about the beaches and helping out as a Missionary as I was there. :)
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i wish i could take back a mistake. | Regret is a negative conscious and emotional reaction to one's personal decision-making, a choice resulting in action or inaction. Regret is related to perceived opportunity. Its intensity varies over time after the decision, in regard to action versus action, and in regard to self-control at a particular age. The self-recrimination which comes with regret is thought to spur corrective action and adaptation. In Western societies adults have the highest regrets regarding choices of their education. Regret has been defined by psychologists in the late 1990´s as a "negative emotion predicated on an upward, self-focused, counterfactual inference". Regret lingers where opportunity existed, with self-blame being a core element to ultimately spur corrective action in decision-making. Another definition is "an aversive emotional state elicited by a discrepancy in the outcome values of chosen vs. unchosen actions". Regret is distinct from disappointment; Both are negative emotional experiences relating to a loss outcome, and both have similar neuronal correlates. However, they differ in regard to feedback about the outcome, comparing the difference between outcomes for the chosen vs. unchosen action; In regret, full feedback occurs and with disappointment partial feedback.
Danielle: Do you have anything that you regret in your lif3?
Camila: Perceived Opportunity is why most people feel regret. carpe diem my friend
Danielle: Yes, but passing up an opportunity can easily lead to regret as it's often the case that we don't know how good an opportunity is until we pass it up
Camila: i completely agree, the 'self-recimination' which comes from the feeling of regret. Usually helps to spur corrective behaviour which can help in the long run
Danielle: Yes it's true that it can help in the long run. It's a shame to have to miss big opportunities though.
Camila: yes regret can be an emotional reaction. But that persons decision making will have been altered for the better no matter what the cause from regret was.
Danielle: Yes, I suppose that could be true.
Camila: regret is such a great motivator, helps people clairfy their action, drive their need and accomplish their desires
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my parents are divorced. | Divorce, also known as dissolution of marriage, is the termination of a marriage or marital union, the canceling or reorganizing of the legal duties and responsibilities of marriage, thus dissolving the bonds of matrimony between a married couple under the rule of law of the particular country or state. Divorce laws vary considerably around the world, but in most countries divorce requires the sanction of a court or other authority in a legal process, which may involve issues of alimony (spousal support), child custody, child visitation / access, parenting time, child support, distribution of property, and division of debt. In most countries, monogamy is required by law, so divorce allows each former partner to marry another person; where polygyny is legal but polyandry is not, divorce allows the woman to marry another person. Divorce should not be confused with annulment, which declares the marriage null and void; with legal separation or "de jure" separation (a legal process by which a married couple may formalize a "de facto" separation while remaining legally married) or with "de facto separation" (a process where the spouses informally stop cohabiting). Reasons for divorce vary, from sexual incompatibility or lack of independence for one or both spouses to a personality clash.
Eric: My friend is about to get a divorce and I have been helping him find out more.
Raymond: Oh its the dissolution of the marriage legally
Eric: So it is a legal process? Like in court?
Raymond: Yes terminating the marriage and reorganizing the legal duties and responsibilities
Eric: It sounds like a messy process.
Raymond: Yes it is because issues like alimony and child support and child custody are settled
Eric: My friend has kids so he will have to deal with that I am assuming, What else can you tell me so I can help him out?
Raymond: legal process involves spousal support, child support , child custody, visitation and distribution of property,
Eric: I see. He also has a house so that will have to be figured out too it sounds like.
Raymond: that will fall under property division (who get its) and division of debt (who pays for it)
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i like to read. | Reading is a complex "cognitive process" of decoding symbols in order to construct or derive meaning (reading comprehension). Reading is a means of language acquisition, communication, and of sharing information and ideas. Like all languages, it is a complex interaction between the text and the reader which is shaped by the reader’s prior knowledge, experiences, attitude, and language community which is culturally and socially situated. The reading process requires continuous practice, development, and refinement. In addition, reading requires creativity and critical analysis. Consumers of literature make ventures with each piece, innately deviating from literal words to create images that make sense to them in the unfamiliar places the texts describe. Because reading is such a complex process, it cannot be controlled or restricted to one or two interpretations. There are no concrete laws in reading, but rather allows readers an escape to produce their own products introspectively. This promotes deep exploration of texts during interpretation. Readers use a variety of reading strategies to assist with decoding (to translate symbols into sounds or visual representations of speech) and comprehension.
Giselle: I love reading, it lets me escape into fictional worlds
Kevin: Reading is great! I read in school it is a complex "cognitive process" of decoding symbols in order to construct or derive meaning
Giselle: Reading (process)
Kevin: What is cool is Like all languages, it is a complex interaction between the text and the reader which is shaped by the reader’s prior knowledge,
Giselle: Yeah, I find it amazing how we can convert lines on a page to meaning in our heads
Kevin: Reading is a means of language acquisition, communication but we can also use it to share ideaz.
Giselle: Yeah, you get into the head of the writer when you read
Kevin: It requires creativity and critical analysis. So it is a skill that is improved over the years.
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i like to live off of the land. | Agriculture is the cultivation and breeding of animals, plants and fungi for food, fiber, biofuel, medicinal plants and other products used to sustain and enhance life. Agriculture was the key development in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that nurtured the development of civilization. The study of agriculture is known as agricultural science. The history of agriculture by humans dates back thousands of years, and its development has been driven and defined by greatly different climates, cultures, and technologies; industrial agriculture based on large-scale monoculture farming has become the dominant agricultural method. Although generally understood to denote the practices of humans, other animals—for example, fungus-growing ants—have also been found to engage in agriculture. Modern agronomy, plant breeding, agrochemicals such as pesticides and fertilizers, and technological developments have in many cases sharply increased yields from cultivation, but at the same time have caused widespread ecological damage and negative human health effects. Selective breeding and modern practices in animal husbandry have similarly increased the output of meat, but have raised concerns about animal welfare, environmental damage (such as massive drainage of resources such as water and feed fed to the animals, global warming, rainforest destruction, leftover waste products that are littered), and the health effects of the antibiotics, growth hormones, artificial additives and other chemicals commonly used in industrial meat production.
Shane: What do you think of the agriculture industry in the US?
Chase: I believe that the use of pesticides and chemicals in modern day agriculture with create both negative environmental and health impacts for generations to come. What do you think?
Shane: I agree. I think the positive is that you can increase production and never have food shortages, right?
Chase: Yes, I agree with that also. But at what cost are keeping famine at bay? Will it have negative impacts on the ability for women and men to reproduce in the future? I mean every continent has gone through a famine at least once in history and many places are still experiencing famine.
Shane: Do you think chemicals are causing infertility in men and women? That's scary.
Chase: Well there are a lot of causes of infertility, I believe that the increase in infertility may be linked to the increase in use of pesticides and other chemicals in our food. But unfortunately, studies that could show the link will never be funded.
Shane: That's true - no one wants to fund something that could cause food shortages. Is there a solution?
Chase: Not only that, but no one wants to fund something that could take money out of the 1%'s pocket. I truly believe they run the world and the consequences of their actions do not matter to them only the amount of money they can make. I think the solution would be the return of the farmer and family run farms.
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i love comics. | A comic book or comicbook, also called comic magazine or simply comic, is a publication that consists of comic art in the form of sequential juxtaposed panels that represent individual scenes. Panels are often accompanied by brief descriptive prose and written narrative, usually dialog contained in word balloons emblematic of the comics art form. Although some origins in 18th century Japan and 1830s Europe, comic books were first popularized in the United States during the 1930s. The first modern comic book, "Famous Funnies", was released in the United States in 1933 and was a reprinting of earlier newspaper humor comic strips, which had established many of the story-telling devices used in comics. The term "comic book" derives from American comic books once being a compilation of comic strips of a humorous tone; however, this practice was replaced by featuring stories of all genres, usually not humorous in tone. Comic books are reliant on their organization and appearance. Authors largely focus on the frame of the page, size, orientation, and panel positions. These characteristic aspects of comic books are necessary in conveying the content and messages of the author. The key elements of comic books include panels, balloons (speech bubbles), text (lines), and characters.
Cassandra: I love comics, especially those featuring superheroes.
Natalie: Yeah I like comic books too. I like the art of the individual scenes. I like Batman a lot.
Cassandra: Yea batman is my favorite, alongside Spiderman. I used to love reading comics to pass time as a kid.
Natalie: Batman was created by artist Bob Kane and first appeared in "detective Comics" #27 in 1939.
Cassandra: I see, that was a long time ago. He must have been a creative genius to come up with such a great character.
Natalie: Yeah he was originally named the "Bat-Man". He is also known as the Caped Crusader, Dark Knight, and World's Greatest Detective.
Cassandra: I dont really like any of those other name, aside from Dark Knight. What about you?
Natalie: I like using his secret identity name which is Bruce Wayne. He is a wealthy American philanthropist and owner of Wayne enterprises.
Cassandra: Bruce Wayne's childhood is very sad to hear. I always cry when I see it in movies.
Natalie: Yes, he sadly witnessed the murder of his parents as a child. This led him to swear vengeance against criminals.
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i love to cook. | Cooking or cookery is the art, technology, science and craft of preparing food for consumption with or without the 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 heat, such as in ceviche, a traditional South American dish where fish is cooked with the acids in lemon or lime juice. Preparing food with heat or fire is an activity unique to humans. It may have started around 2 million years ago, though archaeological evidence for it reaches no more than 1 million years ago. The expansion of agriculture, commerce, trade and transportation between civilizations in different regions offered cooks many new ingredients. New inventions and technologies, such as the invention of pottery for holding and boiling water, expanded cooking techniques.
Maria: Cooking is my favorite hobby. Cooking techniques are different all around the world, it's awesome!
Faith: what can you cook ?
Maria: I cook a few things at home but I do it well. There are also professional cooks who can make hundreds of dishes in restaurants!
Faith: oh wow i didnt know that
Maria: Cooking can occur through chemical reactions without requiring heat. Ceviche is a dish where fish is cooked in citrus acids.
Faith: how long does it take to make something like that
Maria: I bet it takes a while! Using heat to cook food is a trait that only humans do.
Faith: oh that sounds tasty
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i am a redhead. | Red hair (or ginger hair) occurs naturally in 1–2% of the human population. It occurs more frequently (2–6%) in people of northern or western European ancestry, and less frequently in other populations. Red hair appears most commonly in people with two copies of a recessive allele on chromosome 16 which produces an altered version of the MC1R protein. Red hair varies in hues from a deep burgundy or bright copper (reddish-brown or auburn) through to burnt orange or red-orange and strawberry blond. It is characterized by high levels of the reddish pigment pheomelanin and relatively low levels of the dark pigment eumelanin. It is associated with fair skin color, lighter eye colors (gray, blue, green, and hazel), freckles, and sensitivity to ultraviolet light. Cultural reactions have varied from ridicule to admiration; many common stereotypes exist regarding redheads and they are often portrayed as fiery-tempered. The term redhead has been in use since at least 1510. Red hair is most commonly found at the northern and western fringes of Europe; it is centered around populations in the British Isles. Redheads today are commonly associated with the Celtic nations and to a far lesser extent the Germanic peoples.
Jared: I have red hair - and love being one of the 1-2% of the human population that has red hair
Jaden: I didn't realize only 1-2% of the population has red hair. Does that make you feel self concious or more special?
Jared: I love it! There are so many different varieties, too - from deep burgundy or bright copper or auburn. I have more strawberry blond with burnt orange highlights
Jaden: So is that a natural red or are you utilizing a product to help enhance your hair to such an amazing color?
Jared: Mine is all natural! I'm part of the 2-6% of people of northern/western European ancestry that have red hair.
Jaden: So you would be maybe Finnish or of Northwestern Russian background then?
Jared: I'm Irish but red hair is most commonly in people with 2 copies of recessive allele on their 16th chromosome, which makes an altered MC1R protein!
Jaden: I was totally thinking Irish or Scottish however the Northern/Western European threw me off georgraphy wise.
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my friend likes cartoons like south park. | South Park is an American adult animated sitcom created by Trey Parker and Matt Stone and developed by Brian Graden for the Comedy Central television network. The show revolves around four boys—Stan Marsh, Kyle Broflovski, Eric Cartman, and Kenny McCormick—and their bizarre adventures in and around the titular Colorado town. Much like "The Simpsons", "South Park" uses a very large ensemble cast of recurring characters and became infamous for its profanity and dark, surreal humor that satirizes a wide range of topics towards a mature audience. Parker and Stone developed the show from "The Spirit of Christmas", two consecutive animated shorts created in 1992 and 1995. The latter became one of the first Internet viral videos, ultimately leading to "South Park"'s production. It debuted in August 1997 with great success, consistently earning the highest ratings of any basic cable program. Subsequent ratings have varied but it remains one of Comedy Central's highest rated shows, and is slated to air in new episodes through 2019. The pilot episode was produced using cutout animation, leading to all subsequent episodes being produced with computer animation that emulated the cutout technique.
Seth: Have you ever seen South Park? It is an American animated sitcom created by Matt Stone and Trey Parker.
Laura: I have only watched South Park a few times. Can you tell me more about it?
Seth: Sure, the show is about four boys: Stan, Kyle, Eric, and Kenny. They have bizarre adventures around their town.
Laura: It seems like show has been around forever. When when it first air?
Seth: It started in August 1997 with great success. It earned the highest ratings for any cable show.
Laura: Wow! That's pretty impressive! It it popular in other countries as well as America?
Seth: Yes, the show is popular around the world. Some countries censor it though because of the crude humor.
Laura: Has it won any major awards?
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my favorite breakfast is pancakes. | A pancake (or hotcake, griddlecake, or flapjack) is a flat cake, often thin and round, prepared from a starch-based batter that may contain eggs, milk and butter and cooked on a hot surface such as a griddle or frying pan, often frying with oil or butter. In Britain, pancakes are often unleavened and resemble a crêpe. In North America, a leavening agent is used (typically baking powder). American pancakes are similar to Scotch pancakes or drop scones. Archaeological evidence suggests that pancakes were probably the earliest and most widespread cereal food eaten in prehistoric societies. The pancake's shape and structure varies worldwide. A "crêpe" is a thin Breton pancake of French origin cooked on one or both sides in a special pan or crepe maker to achieve a lacelike network of fine bubbles. A well-known variation originating from southeast Europe is a "palačinke", a thin moist pancake fried on both sides and filled with jam, cheese cream, chocolate, or ground walnuts, but many other fillings—sweet or savoury—can also be used. When potato is used as a major portion of the batter, the result is a "potato pancake". Commercially prepared pancake mixes are available in some countries.
Sofia: I love to make pancakes they are a flat thin round cake made from a batter
Alicia: Pancakes are great! But they seem more like dessert to me.
Sofia: Well the batter contains eggs, milk, flour and butter and its cooked on a griddle, kind of like fried cookie
Alicia: I never thought of it like that, people even put chocolate chips on it
Sofia: In Britain they make them unlevened and they look like crepes
Alicia: Hmm, sounds more boring
Sofia: Structure and shape of pancakes varies world wide
Alicia: I've heard there are fluffy pancakes in japan
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i like to do all my shopping at walmart. | Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., doing business as Walmart, is an American multinational retail corporation that operates a chain of hypermarkets, discount department stores, and grocery stores. Headquartered in Bentonville, Arkansas, the company was founded by Sam Walton in 1962 and incorporated on October 31, 1969. It also owns and operates Sam's Club retail warehouses. Walmart has 11,703 stores and clubs in 28countries, operating under 59 differentnames. The company operates under the name Walmart in the United States and Canada, as Walmart de México y Centroamérica in Mexico and Central America, as Asda in the United Kingdom, as the Seiyu Group in Japan, and as Best Price in India. It has wholly owned operations in Argentina, Chile, Brazil, and Canada. Walmart is the world's largest company by revenueapproximately US$480 billion according to the Fortune Global 500 list in 2016as well as the largest private employer in the world with 2.3million employees. It is a publicly traded family-owned business, as the company is controlled by the Walton family. Sam Walton's heirs own over 50percent of Walmart through their holding company, Walton Enterprises, and through their individual holdings. Walmart is one of the world's most valuable companies by market value and was the largest U.S. grocery retailer in 2016.
Jayden: I like to shop at Walmart instead of going to different stores to get lower prices.
Aaliyah: I completely agree! Walmart operates a chain of hypermarkets, discount department stores and grocery stores so why would you go anywhere else.
Jayden: When was the company founded?
Aaliyah: Walmart was founded in 1962 by Sam Walton and was incorporated in 1969.
Jayden: Do you have many Walmart stores in your area?
Aaliyah: Yes, there is a Walmart less than 1/2 miles from my home. How about you?
Jayden: We have three Walmart stores within 5 miles from my home.
Aaliyah: That is surprising as Walmart currently has almost 12,000 stores and clubs in over 28 countries.
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my favorite food is pizza. | Pizza is a traditional Italian dish consisting of a yeasted flatbread typically topped with tomato sauce and cheese and baked in an oven. It can also be topped with additional vegetables, meats, and condiments, and can be made without cheese. The term "pizza" was first recorded in the 10th century, in a Latin manuscript from the Southern Italy 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 and common in many areas of the world. In 2009, upon Italy's request, Neapolitan pizza was registered with the European Union as a Traditional Speciality Guaranteed dish. "Associazione Verace Pizza Napoletana" (True Neapolitan Pizza Association), a non-profit organization founded in 1984 with headquarters in Naples, aims to "promote and protect... the true Neapolitan pizza". Pizza is one of the most popular foods in the world and common fast food item in Europe and North America. Many independent or chain restaurants, cafes, and fast food outlets offer pizza. Restaurants or chains specializing in pizza are pizzerias. Pizza delivery is common in some parts of the world. Pizza is sold fresh or frozen, either whole or in portions.
Abigail: Pizza is one of the most popular foods in the world. Would you agree that it's a favorite of yours too?
Emmanuel: I love pizza! Yes, it's my favorite. I get it about once a week. What about you?
Abigail: Love it too. It was mainly just eaten by Italians until WWII when allied troops stationed in Italy began to love it too!
Emmanuel: Oh wow! I did not know that! I would love to go to Italy to eat some authentic Italian. Have you ever been?
Abigail: I've never been, no. Do you have a favorite restaurant or chain pizzeria?
Emmanuel: I usually order Papa Johns because it is close by but I love Mellow Mushroom for pizza and Provinos for any other Italian food. Where do you usually go?
Abigail: I've never heard of Mellow Mushroom. I like Uno Pizzeria and Grill, which is best known for their Chicago style deep dish.
Emmanuel: I haven't heard of Uno Pizzeria either but I'm sure it's great. I have been to Chicago once and had the Chicago style. It was great! Hard to find around here though.
Abigail: Yeah I've been to Chicago once too. Apparently the deep-dish style pizza was invented at Pizzeria Uno in Chicago so I guess that's the best place to go!
Emmanuel: Must be! I guess I need to plan a trip there too!
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a hobby of mine is the drums. | A drum kit — also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums — is a collection of drums and other percussion instruments, typically cymbals, which are set up on stands to be played by a single player, with drumsticks held in both hands, and the feet operating pedals that control the hi-hat cymbal and the beater for the bass drum. A drum kit consists of a mix of drums (categorized classically as membranophones, Hornbostel-Sachs high-level classification 2) and idiophones - most significantly cymbals, but can also include the woodblock and cowbell (classified as Hornbostel-Sachs high-level classification 1). In the 2000s, some kits also include electronic instruments (Hornbostel-Sachs classification 53). Also, both hybrid (mixing acoustic instruments and electronic drums) and entirely electronic kits are used. A standard modern kit (for a right-handed player), as used in popular music and taught in music schools, contains: All of these are classed as non-pitched percussion, allowing for the music to be scored using percussion notation, for which a loose semi-standardized form exists for the drum kit. If some or all of them are replaced by electronic drums, the scoring and most often positioning remains the same, allowing a standard teaching approach.
Trevor: Do you own a drum kit or any percussion instruments?
Andrew: I don't but I love the sound of the snare drum!
Trevor: Yes and I like cymbals, the woodblock and a cowbell. We always need more cowbell!
Andrew: Yes! Songs are more fun with the cowbell. Didn't Beastie Boys use cowbells?
Trevor: Yes the Beastie Boys used cowbells but I was referring to the iconic "More Cowbell" sketch on Saturday Night Live. Did you ever see that one?
Andrew: I haven't! What's that about?
Trevor: You have to look it up on YouTube! It's hilarious with Christopher Walken playing a music producer and Will Ferrell is playing the cowbell on a song they're recording.
Andrew: Oh wow - I can imagine that. Christopher Walken is creepy but he can be really funny, too.
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i love hamburgers. | A hamburger, beefburger or burger is a sandwich consisting of one or more cooked patties of ground meat, usually beef, placed inside a sliced bread roll or bun. The patty may be pan fried, barbecued, or flame broiled. Hamburgers are often served with cheese, lettuce, tomato, bacon, onion, pickles, or chiles; condiments such as mustard, mayonnaise, ketchup, relish, or "special sauce"; and are frequently placed on sesame seed buns. A hamburger topped with cheese is called a cheeseburger. The term "burger" can also be applied to the meat patty on its own, especially in the UK where the term "patty" is rarely used, or the term can even refer simply to ground beef. The term may be prefixed with the type of meat or meat substitute used, as in "turkey burger", "bison burger", or "veggie burger". Hamburgers are sold at fast-food restaurants, diners, and specialty and high-end restaurants (where burgers may sell for several times the cost of a fast-food burger, but may be one of the cheaper options on the menu). There are many international and regional variations of the hamburger. The term "hamburger" originally derives from Hamburg, Germany's second-largest city. In German, "Burg" means "castle", "fortified settlement" or "fortified refuge" and is a widespread component of place names.
Gavin: Hey there! Do you like a good hamburger?
Lilly: Of course, its my favorite food i like The patty pan fried, barbecued, or flame broiled.
Gavin: All delicious and wonderful choices. Though I feel like far too many burger places forget to put an emphasis on the bun and it's important!
Lilly: yep, some people forget to season the bun which makes it a lot better, i also like to put cheese on my hamburger to make it a chesseburger
Gavin: Good cheeseburger never hurts and with so much variety in cheeses it's hard to go wrong. But on that topic I do enjoy bacon on mine as well.
Lilly: In fast food restaurants, the cheese used is normally processed cheese which i hate i love organic cheese for my cheeseburger
Gavin: Yea, the common fast food places are always cheap on their stuff. It's why you need to go to the non-chains. People put more effort into their stuff there.
Lilly: This conversation is making me want to make a cookout next week with some nice meat to make some Hamburgers
Gavin: I miss those. Growing up I lived in a very rural area, so backyard cookouts commonly became neighborhood parties. I'd have hamburgers made by everyone on the block and they were always different/great.
Lilly: That sounds so amazingly delicious, a quick fact The term "burger" can also be applied to the meat patty on its own.
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i love to draw. | Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci (; 15 April 14522 May 1519), more commonly Leonardo da Vinci or simply Leonardo, was an Italian Renaissance polymath whose areas of interest included invention, painting, sculpting, architecture, science, music, mathematics, engineering, literature, anatomy, geology, astronomy, botany, writing, history, and cartography. He has been variously called the father of palaeontology, ichnology, and architecture, and is widely considered one of the greatest painters of all time. Sometimes credited with the inventions of the parachute, helicopter and tank, he epitomised the Renaissance humanist ideal. Many historians and scholars regard Leonardo as the prime exemplar of the "Universal Genius" or "Renaissance Man", an individual of "unquenchable curiosity" and "feverishly inventive imagination", and he is widely considered one of the most diversely talented individuals ever to have lived. According to art historian Helen Gardner, the scope and depth of his interests were without precedent in recorded history, and "his mind and personality seem to us superhuman, while the man himself mysterious and remote". Marco Rosci notes that while there is much speculation regarding his life and personality, his view of the world was logical rather than mysterious, and that the empirical methods he employed were unorthodox for his time.
Cassidy: Do you like art like Leonardo De Vinci who was an Italian Renaissance man with inventions in math and music.
Jason: I've always liked Da VInci, do you have a favourite work of his?
Cassidy: I have seen the Mona Lisa. Have you seen the Davince Code with Robert Langdon from Harvard University?
Jason: I've never seen the Da Vince Code, can you tell me more about it?
Cassidy: Sure, it is a 2006 American mystery thriller film directed by Ron Howard.
Jason: The movie sounds interesting, I've read parts of the Da Vinci Code novel
Cassidy: I have the 2003 mystery by Dan Brown as well.
Jason: Dan Brown is an excellent novelist, I think he's deserving of his best-seller status
Cassidy: Yes he is very much so. He also has books like "Angels and Demons" and the "Inferno".
Jason: I'll have to finish the Da Vinci Code next time and pick up "Angels and Demons" and "Inferno" as well!
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my favorite food is pizza. | Pizza is a traditional Italian dish consisting of a yeasted flatbread typically topped with tomato sauce and cheese and baked in an oven. It can also be topped with additional vegetables, meats, and condiments, and can be made without cheese. The term "pizza" was first recorded in the 10th century, in a Latin manuscript from the Southern Italy 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 and common in many areas of the world. In 2009, upon Italy's request, Neapolitan pizza was registered with the European Union as a Traditional Speciality Guaranteed dish. "Associazione Verace Pizza Napoletana" (True Neapolitan Pizza Association), a non-profit organization founded in 1984 with headquarters in Naples, aims to "promote and protect... the true Neapolitan pizza". Pizza is one of the most popular foods in the world and common fast food item in Europe and North America. Many independent or chain restaurants, cafes, and fast food outlets offer pizza. Restaurants or chains specializing in pizza are pizzerias. Pizza delivery is common in some parts of the world. Pizza is sold fresh or frozen, either whole or in portions.
Brayden: Pizza is my favorite food! Do you like pizza?
Layla: I absolutely love pizza! There's nothing better than a nice warm flatbread with some spicy tomato sauce and lots of cheese!
Brayden: I agree! When was pizza invented?
Layla: Probably some time around the 10th century. Pizza was thought to have been invented in the southern Italian town of Gaeta.
Brayden: Wow! I had no idea it was that old! DO you like deep dish or thin crust?
Layla: I like thin crust pizza with pepperoni. Are there any vegetables or meats that you like to use on your pizza?
Brayden: I like any kind of meat on my pizza! I like chicken, pepperoni, bacon....etc.!
Layla: One of my favorite things about pizza is how it's so readily available. On nights that I don't feel like cooking, I can use my local pizza delivery! It's the best.
Brayden: Yeah, I do that often as well. Is pizza enjoyed all over the world or is it more of an American/Italian thing?
Layla: It's definitely popular all over the world, although some areas have created their own local variants.
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i listen to classical music. | Classical music is art music produced or rooted in the traditions of Western culture, including both liturgical (religious) and secular music. While a more precise term is also used to refer to the period from 1750 to 1820 (the Classical period), this article is about the broad span of time from before the 6th century AD to the present day, which includes the Classical period and various other periods. The central norms of this tradition became codified between 1550 and 1900, which is known as the common-practice period. The major time divisions of Western art music are as follows: European art music is largely distinguished from many other non-European classical and some popular musical forms by its system of staff notation, in use since about the 11th century. Western staff notation is used by composers to indicate to the performer the pitches (which form the melodies, basslines and chords), tempo, metre and rhythms for a piece of music. This can leave less room for practices such as improvisation and "ad libitum" ornamentation, which are frequently heard in non-European art music and in popular-music styles such as jazz and blues. Another difference is that whereas most popular styles adopt the song (strophic) form or a derivation of this form, classical music has been noted for its development of highly sophisticated forms of instrumental music such as the symphony, concerto, fugue, sonata, and mixed vocal and instrumental styles such as opera, cantata, and mass.
Payton: I like listening to classical music when unwinding especially both liturgical (religious) and secular music.
Hannah: That's interesting! Who is your favorite artist or composer?
Payton: You name it theres a lot to choose from. I would say Beethoven, Bach, Chopin and the list goes on. Whats yours?
Hannah: I enjoy Beethoven myself.
Payton: Beethoven is a pivotal figure in the transition from Classical and Romantic eras in Western art music
Hannah: I enjoy the classical songs from the soundtrack to The Secret Garden, including Serenade to Spring.
Payton: I love The Secret Garden especially the musical. Its based on the 1911 novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett.
Hannah: Really, I didn't know that. What is your favorite religious piece of music?
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my favorite food is cheese. | Cheese is a food derived from milk that is produced in a wide range of flavors, textures, and forms by coagulation of the milk protein casein. It comprises proteins and fat from milk, usually the milk of cows, buffalo, goats, or sheep. During production, the milk is usually acidified, and adding the enzyme rennet causes coagulation. The solids are separated and pressed into final form. Some cheeses have molds on the rind, the outer layer, or throughout. Most cheeses melt at cooking temperature. Hundreds of types of cheese from various countries are produced. Their styles, textures and flavors depend on the origin of the milk (including the animal's diet), whether they have been pasteurized, the butterfat content, the bacteria and mold, the processing, and aging. Herbs, spices, or wood smoke may be used as flavoring agents. The yellow to red color of many cheeses, such as Red Leicester, is produced by adding annatto. Other ingredients may be added to some cheeses, such as black pepper, garlic, chives or cranberries. For a few cheeses, the milk is curdled by adding acids such as vinegar or lemon juice. Most cheeses are acidified to a lesser degree by bacteria, which turn milk sugars into lactic acid, then the addition of rennet completes the curdling.
Kiara: My favorite food is cheese, i like putting it on everything! My favorite dish is homemade mac and cheese, do you like cheese?
Zachary: I LOVE cheese! There are hundrets of types of cheese from various countries and i want to try them all
Kiara: I really like french cheeses, also brie its one of my favorites, they have so much cheese variety
Zachary: I love brie as well! Do you like when it's made from whole milk or semi-skimmed?
Kiara: whole milk of course! the taste is better, i also like buying one that is more expensive because generic brands make them in just couple of days, and its not natural mold
Zachary: I agree! I also love wood smoke flavored cheese! so good
Kiara: Yes and the taste difference between smoke flavored and real smoked cheese is big, you should try regular smoked if you havent
Zachary: I will definitely try it! I know there are to ways cheese smoking is done : cold smoking and hot smoking. I wonder there is a big difference in taste between these two
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i like to kayak. | Kayaking is the use of a kayak for moving across water. It is distinguished from canoeing by the sitting position of the paddler and the number of blades on the paddle. A kayak is a low-to-the-water, canoe-like boat in which the paddler sits facing forward, legs in front, using a double-bladed paddle to pull front-to-back on one side and then the other in rotation. Most kayaks have closed decks, although sit-on-top and inflatable kayaks are growing in popularity as well. Kayaks were created thousands of years ago by the Inuit, formerly known as Eskimos, of the northern Arctic regions. They used driftwood and sometimes the skeleton of whale, to construct the frame of the kayak, and animal skin, particularly seal skin was used to create the body. The main purpose for creating the kayak, which literally translates to "hunter's boat" was for hunting and fishing. The kayak's stealth capabilities, allowed for the hunter to sneak up behind animals on the shoreline, and successfully catch their prey. By the mid-1800s the kayak became increasingly popular and the Europeans became interested. German and French men began kayaking for sport. In 1931, a man named Adolf Anderle became the first person to kayak down the Salzachofen Gorge, this is where the birthplace of modern-day white-water kayaking is believed to have begun.
Isaac: I love kayaking. A lot of people enjoy canoeing, but kayaking has a different sitting position and a two bladed paddle.
Cameron: It seems really difficult. Do you know much about the history of kayaking?
Isaac: It's rather fascinating! They were created by the Inuit, thousands of years ago.
Cameron: Wow that's so cool, who exactly are the Inuit?
Isaac: A lot of people know them as Eskimos. Kayaks were created mainly for hunting and fishing. The word kayak means "Hunter's boat".
Cameron: It seems like a very useful piece of technology for sure then. Do you know if there's competitive kayaking?
Isaac: Yes! By the mid-1800s its popularity had spread to Europe, and German and French men took it up for sport.
Cameron: Wow that's so cool, do they race or something? How exactly is it made competitive?
Isaac: Yes, there is everything from whitewater racing to freestyle competitions. It's quite exciting.
Cameron: Oh I forgot about whitewater racing, that's really intense I've heard.
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i own a boat. | A fishing vessel is a boat or ship used to catch fish in the sea, or on a lake or river. Many different kinds of vessels are used in commercial, artisanal and recreational fishing. According to the FAO, there are currently (2004) four million commercial fishing vessels. About 1.3 million of these are decked vessels with enclosed areas. Nearly all of these decked vessels are mechanised, and 40,000 of them are over 100 tons. At the other extreme, two-thirds (1.8 million) of the undecked boats are traditional craft of various types, powered only by sail and oars. These boats are used by artisan fishers. It is difficult to estimate the number of recreational fishing boats. They range in size from small dinghies to large charter cruisers, and unlike commercial fishing vessels, are often not dedicated just to fishing. Prior to the 1950s there was little standardisation of fishing boats. Designs could vary between ports and boatyards. Traditionally boats were built of wood, but wood is not often used now because it has higher maintenance costs and lower durability. Fibreglass is used increasingly in smaller fishing vessels up to 25 metres (100 tons), while steel is usually used on vessels above 25 metres.
Jordyn: I own a boat to go fishing.
Courtney: What kind of fisher are you?
Jordyn: I fish for snowcrab.
Courtney: Do you keep it at a port or boatyard?
Jordyn: I keep it at a port.
Courtney: Is the boat made from wood?
Jordyn: Yes. It is made from oak wood.
Courtney: I guess smaller boats are made from fibreglass
Jordyn: Yes my boat is very big.
Courtney: How long have you had it?
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i work at mcdonald s. | McDonald's is a fast food company that was founded in 1940 as a restaurant operated by Richard and Maurice McDonald, in San Bernardino, California, United States. They rechristened their business as a hamburger stand. The first time a McDonald's franchise used the Golden Arches logo was in 1953 at a location in Phoenix, Arizona. In 1955, Ray Kroc, a businessman, joined the company as a franchise agent and proceeded to purchase the chain from the McDonald brothers. McDonald's had its original headquarters in Oak Brook, Illinois, but has approved plans to move its global headquarters to Chicago by 2018. McDonald's is the world's largest restaurant chain by revenue, serving over 69 million customers daily in over 100 countries across approximately 36,900 outlets as of 2016. Although McDonald's is known for its hamburgers, they also sell cheeseburgers, chicken products, french fries, breakfast items, soft drinks, milkshakes, wraps, and desserts. In response to changing consumer tastes and a negative backlash because of the unhealthiness of their food, the company has added to its menu salads, fish, smoothies, and fruit. The McDonald's Corporation revenues come from the rent, royalties, and fees paid by the franchisees, as well as sales in company-operated restaurants.
Amelia: I work at Mcdonalds which is a fast food company.
Sean: Do you enjoy your job there?
Amelia: It's a really tough job because of the fast pace we work. People don't really treat fast food workers that well either. I like the free food that I get there though!
Sean: My daughter works at Chick Fil A and she struggles with how she's treated many times by the customers, it's a shame that that happens.
Amelia: Yes and on top of that we don't get paid very much. I support the increased wage of 15 an hour for fast food workers.
Sean: Oh my daughter would love that!!! I would say for those that do a good job, yes.
Amelia: Apparently there were workers that went on strike and they want the right to form a union without managers punishing them.
Sean: They should not be punished for wanting to join a union, just like they should not be pushed to join one if they choose not to.
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i am a vegan. | Veganism is both 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 either the diet or the philosophy is known as a vegan ( ). Distinctions are sometimes made between several categories of veganism. "Dietary vegans" (or 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 not only follow a vegan diet but extend the philosophy into other areas of their lives, and oppose the use of animals for any purpose. Another term is "environmental veganism", which refers to the avoidance of animal products on the premise that the harvesting or industrial farming of animals is environmentally damaging and unsustainable. Well-planned vegan diets can reduce the risk of some types of chronic disease, including heart disease. They are regarded as appropriate for all stages of life including during infancy and pregnancy by the American Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, Dietitians of Canada, and the British Dietetic Association. The German Society for Nutrition does not recommend vegan diets for children, adolescents nor during pregnancy and breastfeeding.
Justin: Hi I'm a Vegan. Are you?
Timothy: I'm not a vegan but I know a lot about it. Are you a dietary vegan who avoids consuming animal products or an ethical one?
Justin: A bit of both. Started out for health reasons. But after raising a daughter who adores animals, things changed.
Timothy: I see so you also practice veganism in other areas of your life and you are against the use of animals for any purpose.
Justin: Well, no. Just don't abide cruel treatment. Was actually raised on a farm & was sickened by observing animals being slaughtered. So, that probably influenced my decision. How did you become knowledgeable if you're not a vegan?
Timothy: That is very sensible. There is no reason to cause harm or suffering to animals. One example is killing animals for fur, that is animal cruelty in my opinion.
Justin: Not necessarily, imho. If the animals are humanely treated, it might not be considered cruelty. After all, the Bible says that animals are placed here for our use.
Timothy: True but when considering animal rights, some or all of animals are entitled to the possession of their own lives. Some of the conditions of these practices are very cruel after all such as in fur production.
Justin: You are probably correct in terms of mass production/factory farming. Thank you for your knowledge. I enjoyed chatting with you. Have a nice day.
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i have high speed internet. | Internet access is the ability of individuals and organizations to connect to the Internet using computer terminals, computers, and other devices; and to access services such as email and the World Wide Web. Various technologies, at a wide range of speeds have been used by Internet service providers (ISPs) to provide this service. Internet access was once rare, but has grown rapidly. In 1995, only percent of the world's population had access, with well over half of those living in the United States, and consumer use was through dial-up. By the first decade of the 21st century, many consumers in developed nations used faster broadband technology, and by 2014, 41 percent of the world's population had access, broadband was almost ubiquitous worldwide, and global average connection speeds exceeded 1 Mbit/s. The Internet developed from the ARPANET, which was funded by the US government to support projects within the government and at universities and research laboratories in the US – but grew over time to include most of the world's large universities and the research arms of many technology companies. Use by a wider audience only came in 1995 when restrictions on the use of the Internet to carry commercial traffic were lifted.
Avery: Is it not amazing how quickly Internet access has grown in recent years?
Aaron: It is! I think it will continue to get even more pronoucned as speeds get quicker and more nations readily upgrade their technologies.
Avery: What do you think about some countries censoring the Internet, not good human rights practice.
Aaron: I disagree with what they do. The internet should be free and for all to use.
Avery: Do you also have concerns about Internet privacy or personal data being hacked, I sure do.
Aaron: I do. I'm pretty sure a lot of our data has already been used in a variety of places without us even knowing.
Avery: Yes, I wonder if all these privacy policy we get on how our data is used are really iron clad.
Aaron: I don't think so. And I'm sure some of the fine print allows for them to use the data how they see fit.
Avery: Yes that fine print and the legal document is probably just to protect the companies legal requirements.
Aaron: Yes that is probably true. They are always up to whatever garners a profit!
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one child has autism. | Autism is a developmental disorder characterized by troubles with social interaction and communication. Often there is also restricted and repetitive behavior. Parents usually notice signs in the first two or three years of their child's life. These signs often develop gradually, though some children with autism reach their developmental milestones at a normal pace and then worsen. Autism is caused by a combination of genetic and environmental factors. Risk factors include certain infections during pregnancy such as rubella as well as valproic acid, alcohol, or cocaine use during pregnancy. Controversies surround other proposed environmental causes; for example the vaccine hypotheses, which have been disproven. Autism affects information processing in the brain by altering how nerve cells and their synapses connect and organize; how this occurs is not well understood. In the DSM V, autism is included within the autism spectrum (ASDs), along with Asperger syndrome which is less severe, and pervasive developmental disorder, not otherwise specified (PDD-NOS). Early speech or behavioral interventions can help children with autism gain self-care, social, and communication skills. Although there is no known cure, there have been cases of children who recovered.
Madelyn: One of my kids has the developmental disorder Autism.
Abby: I'm not familiar with that condition, can you explain it a bit?
Madelyn: Sure! It tends to cause troubles with socializing, speaking, and functioning other ways.
Abby: Oh that's unfortunate, is it curable?
Madelyn: It is not, but learning to live with the condition can be achieved. Well-being is happiness and quality of life.
Abby: Well that's good to know that something can be done at least.
Madelyn: True. It's really reassuring that their quality of life can still be great if their family can provide them with the care they need.
Abby: Yes that is very important. Does autism exist on a spectrum or is it black and white?
Madelyn: Autism is absolutely on a Spectrum. Sometimes it can be very difficult to detect and goes diagnosed for very long.
Abby: I guess that complicates things, is autism a genetic condition? Can it be passed down?
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i work as an attorney. | A lawyer is a person who practices law, as a paralegal, advocate, barrister, attorney, counselor, solicitor, or chartered legal executive. Working as a lawyer involves the practical application of abstract legal theories and knowledge to solve specific individualized problems, or to advance the interests of those who hire lawyers to perform legal services. The role of the lawyer varies greatly across legal jurisdictions, and so it can be treated here in only the most general terms. In practice, legal jurisdictions exercise their right to determine who is recognized as being a lawyer. As a result, the meaning of the term "lawyer" may vary from place to place. In most countries, particularly civil law countries, there has been a tradition of giving many legal tasks to a variety of civil law notaries, clerks, and scriveners. These countries do not have "lawyers" in the American sense, insofar as that term refers to a single type of general-purpose legal services provider; rather, their legal professions consist of a large number of different kinds of law-trained persons, known as jurists, some of whom are advocates who are licensed to practice in the courts. It is difficult to formulate accurate generalizations that cover all the countries with multiple legal professions, because each country has traditionally had its own peculiar method of dividing up legal work among all its different types of legal professionals.
Lilly: i always wanted to be a lawyer but i don't even know where to start
Jorge: That's pretty cool! You can work as paralegal, advocate, barrister, attorney, etc
Lilly: do you know what I should do to become a lawyer?
Jorge: honestly becoming a lawyer is a widely varied process around the world
Lilly: oh, i didn't know that. I bet i would need to go to a law school or something like that
Jorge: yes, and also you would need to receive a license to practice law
Lilly: so complicated :/
Jorge: not really, I think it only looks hard to get all that but it's worth it. Oh, and some jurisdictions also require documentation of citizenship or immigration status
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i volunteer at animal shelters. | An animal shelter or pound is a place where stray, lost, abandoned or surrendered animals, mostly dogs and cats, and sometimes sick or wounded wildlife are kept and rehabilitated. While no-kill shelters exist, it is sometimes policy to euthanize sick animals, and any animal that is not claimed quickly enough by a previous or new owner. In Europe, of 30 countries included in a survey, all but four (Czech republic, Germany, Greece, and Italy) permitted the killing of healthy stray dogs. Critics believe the new term "animal shelter" is generally a euphemism for the older term "pound". The word "pound" had its origins in the animal pounds of agricultural communities, where stray livestock would be penned or impounded until claimed by their owners. Some shelters even have sick tropical animals. In the United States there is no government-run organization that provides oversight or regulation of the various shelters on a national basis. However, many individual states do regulate shelters within their jurisdiction. One of the earliest comprehensive measures was the "Georgia Animal Protection Act" of 1986. The law was enacted in response to the inhumane treatment of companion animals by a pet store chain in Atlanta.
Cheyenne: I would love to volunteer at an animal shelter where lost or abandoned animals are kept. These animals are usually cats and dogs.
Shane: That sounds awesome! It's great that they exist in order to help the poor animals!
Cheyenne: I could only work at at a no-kill shelter where they only euthanize animals that are sick.
Shane: That's really great! Killing animals just because nobody wants them just isn't right!
Cheyenne: I completely agree! The no-kill shelters do not kill treatable or healthy animals. They only euthanize animals that are terminally ill or those animals that are dangerous.
Shane: Good for them! What happens with the animals that are healthy?
Cheyenne: Generally, 90% of animals at no-kill shelters will be saved!
Shane: That's fantastic! Hopefully there are lots of people that want to adopt them!
Cheyenne: I totally support adopt don't shop! Most places where pets are adopted are shelters and rescue groups.
Shane: They all deserve a medal! If I ever decide to get a dog, I will certainly adopt one!
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i like to run. | Running is a method of terrestrial locomotion allowing humans and other animals to move rapidly on foot. Running is a type of gait characterized by an aerial phase in which all feet are above the ground (though there are exceptions). This is in contrast to walking, where one foot is always in contact with the ground, the legs are kept mostly straight and the center of gravity vaults over the stance leg or legs in an inverted pendulum fashion. A characteristic feature of a running body from the viewpoint of spring-mass mechanics is that changes in kinetic and potential energy within a stride occur simultaneously, with energy storage accomplished by springy tendons and passive muscle elasticity. The term running can refer to any of a variety of speeds ranging from jogging to sprinting. It is assumed that the ancestors of humankind developed the ability to run for long distances about 2.6 million years ago, probably in order to hunt animals. Competitive running grew out of religious festivals in various areas. Records of competitive racing date back to the Tailteann Games in Ireland in 1829 BCE, while the first recorded Olympic Games took place in 776 BCE. Running has been described as the world's most accessible sport.
Bryson: I am thinking about starting a run routine. Do you run?
Gavin: Well, I occasionally go jogging, but I don't go running. I'm sure you know there's a difference lol
Bryson: Yeah, Do you recommend any particular shoes?
Gavin: Well, years ago when our ancestors would go running for food, they just used their bare feet. But, now I would recommend New Balance, that works much better!
Bryson: New Balance. I will have to look into that brand. Should I run with a water bottle?
Gavin: Running is the most accessible sport today and so easy for anybody to do, but I always recommend you keep a bottle of water with you and stay hydrated.
Bryson: Understood. What time of day is best to run for a novice?
Gavin: There are many people around the world that run competitively for religious reasons and they do it certain days and certain times, but for regular runners, I say go either early in the morning before it gets too hot, or late in the evening, about an hour before sunset.
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my favorite beer is coors. | The Coors Brewing Company is a regional division of the world's third-largest brewing company, the Molson Coors Brewing Company. Until October 11, 2016, the operations in the United States were a joint venture with SABMiller called MillerCoors. Coors operates a brewery in Golden, Colorado, that is the largest single brewery facility in the world. Since that time, Coors has been a division of Molson Coors. In 1873, German immigrants Adolph Coors and Jacob Schueler from Prussia emigrated to the United States and established a brewery in Golden, Colorado, after buying a recipe for a Pilsner-style beer from a Czech immigrant William Silhan. Coors invested $2,000 in the operation, and Schueler invested $6,000. In 1880, Coors bought out his partner and became sole owner of the brewery. The Coors Brewing Company managed to survive Prohibition relatively intact. Years before the Volstead Act went into effect nationwide, Adolph Coors with sons Adolph Jr., Grover, and Herman established the Adolph Coors Brewing and Manufacturing Company, which included Herold Porcelain and other ventures. The brewery itself was converted into a malted milk and near beer production facility. Coors sold much of the malted milk to the Mars candy company for the production of sweets.
Brandon: Hi there, my favorite beer is Coors!
Christian: No wonder! It's brewed in the US and is 4.2% alcohol
Brandon: Yes, it is a fairly popular beer in the US. It's convenient and easy to find, maybe that's why I like it.
Christian: It is also popular in Canada. In fact, we've had a ton of beer here, introduced by the first settlers from Europe.
Brandon: Oh really? I did not know that. I suppose beer has a long history of existence, so that would make sense!
Christian: It does! In Canada, the first commercial brewery was created in Quebec City in 1668.
Brandon: That's crazy, but I guess with it being that old means that it has had some time to be perfected into the beer that we get to taste today.
Christian: Indeed! It's really part of our identity now, and is imported into other countries as a result.
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i couldn t live without my cell phone. | iPhone ( ) is a line of smartphones designed and marketed by Apple Inc. They run Apple's iOS mobile operating system. The first-generation iPhone was released on June 29, 2007, and there have been multiple new hardware iterations with new iOS releases since. The user interface is built around the device's multi-touch screen, including a virtual keyboard. The iPhone has Wi-Fi and can connect to cellular networks. An iPhone can shoot video (though this was not a standard feature until the iPhone 3GS), take photos, play music, send and receive email, browse the web, send and receive text messages, follow GPS navigation, record notes, perform mathematical calculations, and receive visual voicemail. Other functionality, such as video games, reference works, and social networking, can be enabled by downloading mobile apps. , Apple's App Store contained more than 2.2 million applications available for the iPhone. Apple has released eleven generations of iPhone models, each accompanied by one of the eleven major releases of the iOS operating system. The original first-generation iPhone was a GSM phone and established design precedents, such as a button placement that has persisted throughout all releases and a screen size maintained for the next four iterations.
Rylee: Do you use an iPhone or Android OS phone?
Jacob: I have an Android, but I used to have an iPhone. It's the only smartphone or product I've owned from Apple.
Rylee: Which one do you prefer?
Jacob: I switched to Android because they are cheaper to maintain, but I equally liked both. There are certain features iPhone has that Android doesn't, and vice versa.
Rylee: Yes, iPhone's are pricey. I like the picture quilty of my iPhone 6.
Jacob: I heard the iPhone 6 has a great camera, faster processor and improved LTE connectivity. Sounds like a great product.
Rylee: Yes, so far so good. I had trouble with iPhone 3, 4 & 5. Seems the iphone 6 has ironed out some of the bugs.
Jacob: Apple seems to be a great company when it comes to upgrading products. All of their hardware including the iPhone, iPad, MAC pc , etc are all very functional.
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i like to work puzzles. | A puzzle is a game, problem, or toy that tests a person's ingenuity or knowledge. In a puzzle, the solver is expected to put pieces together in a logical way, in order to arrive at the correct solution of the puzzle. There are different genres of puzzles, such as crossword puzzles, word-search puzzles, number puzzles, or logic puzzles. Puzzles are often created to be a form of entertainment but they can also arise from serious mathematical or logistical problems. In such cases, their solution may be a significant contribution to mathematical research. J The 1989 edition of the "Oxford English Dictionary" dates the word "puzzle" (as a verb) to the end of the 16th century. Its first documented use (to describe a new type of game) was in a book titled "The Voyage of Robert Dudley...to the West Indies, 1594–95, narrated by Capt. Wyatt, by himself, and by Abram Kendall, master" (published circa 1595). The word later came to be used as a noun. The word puzzle comes from "pusle", meaning "bewilder, confound", which is a frequentive of the obsolete verb "pose" (from Medieval French "aposer") in the sense of "perplex". The use of the word to mean "a toy contrived to test one's ingenuity" is relatively recent (within mid-19th century).
Mckenzie: I really like building jigsaw puzzles! Do you?
Abigail: I do like puzzles because they test me, but more like Tetris where I don't have to clean up the mess!
Mckenzie: Ha! Yes, that is a definite benefit of Tetris! There are so many types of puzzles, do you agree?
Abigail: Oh yes I like to do crosswords which I would consider a word puzzle. They can be quite educational.
Mckenzie: Yes, crosswords are also fun and also educational! I wonder sometimes about the history of puzzles. Where did they come from? How long have they been around?
Abigail: I am not sure, the word is derived from 'pusle' which means bewilder. I believe it is a French word, so it may have come from there.
Mckenzie: Oh, that's interesting! There are a lot of puzzles that require strategy. Those are my favorite!
Abigail: Mechanical puzzles are fun too, I think the most famous one is the Rubix Cube. It is still a mystery to me!
Mckenzie: Me too! I spent hours trying to solve my Rubix Cube when I was young! Finally, I pulled off the stickers and moved them! Haha! My son has one. He tried watching YouTube videos on how to solve it, but still no luck. They're difficult!
Abigail: Well it is still the most sold toy in the world. I think I still have mine when I was a kid, I do have one on a keychain. I think it is my favorite puzzle ever.
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my favorite movie is dirty harry. | Dirty Harry is a 1971 American action crime thriller film produced and directed by Don Siegel, the first in the "Dirty Harry" series. Clint Eastwood plays the title role, in his first outing as San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) Inspector "Dirty" Harry Callahan. The film drew upon the actual case of the Zodiac Killer as the Callahan character seeks out a similar vicious psychopath. "Dirty Harry" was a critical and commercial success and set the style for a whole genre of police films. It was followed by four sequels: "Magnum Force" in 1973, "The Enforcer" in 1976, "Sudden Impact" in 1983 (directed by Eastwood himself) and "The Dead Pool" in 1988. In 2012, the film was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress for being "culturally, historically, and aesthetically significant". A mysterious killer (Andy Robinson) uses a high precision rifle to kill a girl in a hotel rooftop swimming pool. Police arrive at the crime scene, where SFPD Inspector Harry Callahan (Clint Eastwood) finds a blackmail note signed "Scorpio" ordering the city to pay $100,000 or the culprit will continue to kill. The mayor (John Vernon) asks police officers what is being done to track the killer.
Owen: My favorite movie is Dirty Harry. I love action and crime movies.
Nicole: I Have never seen it, what is it about?
Owen: It's based on the actual story of the Zodiac Killer. The main character tries to find the vicious psychopath.
Nicole: Really? I didn't know it was about a serial killer.
Owen: Yes and the main character is a Police Inspector named "Harry Callahan
Nicole: That's very interesting. I may have to watch it now.
Owen: Yes, you definetly should. Clint Eastwood stars as the main character and he plays the part perfectly.
Nicole: What year did the movie come out?
Owen: The movie cam out in 1971, so its kind of old. It's directed by Don Siegel.
Nicole: Yes, I knew it was old but I didn't know it was released that long ago.
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i still like unicorns even though i am an adult. | The unicorn is a legendary creature that has been described since antiquity as a beast with a single large, pointed, spiraling horn projecting from its forehead. The unicorn was depicted in ancient seals of the Indus Valley Civilization and was mentioned by the ancient Greeks in accounts of natural history by various writers, including Ctesias, Strabo, Pliny the Younger, and Aelian. The Bible also describes an animal, the re'em, which some versions translate as "unicorn". In European folklore, the unicorn is often depicted as a white horse-like or goat-like animal with a long horn and cloven hooves (sometimes a goat's beard). In the Middle Ages and Renaissance, it was commonly described as an extremely wild woodland creature, a symbol of purity and grace, which could only be captured by a virgin. In the encyclopedias its horn was said to have the power to render poisoned water potable and to heal sickness. In medieval and Renaissance times, the tusk of the narwhal was sometimes sold as unicorn horn. Unicorns are not found in Greek mythology, but rather in the accounts of natural history, for Greek writers of natural history were convinced of the reality of unicorns, which they believed lived in India, a distant and fabulous realm for them.
Isaiah: Hello! Aren't unicorns fun legendary creatures?
Shelby: Unicorns? i'm not familiar with Unicorns. Can you explain what Unicorns are?
Isaiah: Unicorns are magical fairy tale features with a long spiral horn sprouting from it's head.
Shelby: Oh, LOL. I thought they were a type of corn. So a Rhinoceros would be a Unicorn? Could my dog be a Unicorn if he had a horn? i would like to see that.
Isaiah: Ha. LOL. Of course not, silly! Do you remember the donkey turning into a unicorn in Shrek?
Shelby: i don't watch youtube. i think that you might be referring to a Narwhal, which is a whale with a horn. Do Unicorns live in the ocean or on land?
Isaiah: I was totally wrong there anyway. Unicorns have hooves and live on land. Some say they resemble a horse or a goat.
Shelby: oh. OK. You have piqued my interest, so I an going to take the day off, visit my local zoo, and pet myself a Unicorn. You have been a huge help. Thanks.
Isaiah: It might do you well to do that. Unicorns have been known for their healing powers.
Shelby: Free Bonus!!! I love when i get more than i pay for. i may Yahoo search Unicorns to see a picture so i will know one when i see one. Thanks again, you seem to be an expert on Unicorns.
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i sing in the shower. | Bathroom singing, also known as singing in the bathroom, singing in the bath, or singing in the shower, is a widespread phenomenon. Many people sing in the bathroom because the hard wall surfaces, often tiles or wooden panels, and lack of soft furnishings, create an aurally pleasing acoustic environment. The multiple reflections from walls enrich the sound of one's voice. Small dimensions and hard surfaces of a typical bathroom produce various kinds of standing waves, reverberation and echoes, giving the voice "fullness and depth." This habit was reported (with an attempt of explanations) centuries ago. For example, Ibn Khaldun in Chapter 1 of his "Muqaddimah" writes: The bathroom singer is an ironic reference to mediocre or amateur singers. Jon Anderson had tiles installed in the studio, to simulate the echo effect of one's vocals in a bathroom. This effect was not used only by singers. Paul Simon wrote: "Weird Al" Yankovic in fact in 1979 recorded his first single, "My Bologna," in the bathroom across from the California Polytechnic State University student radio station where he was DJing at the time. "There's More to Life Than This", the fourth track on Björk's 1993 album "Debut", was recorded live in the toilets of the Milk Bar clubnight, London.
Rylee: I love singing in the bathroom
Evan: singing in the bathroom, singing in the bath, or singing in the shower,
Rylee: Hahaha singing during having my bathe
Evan: Its quite fun ! Many people sing in the bathroom because the hard wall surfaces, often tiles or wooden
Rylee: Yes that is true...
Evan: multiple reflections from walls enrich the sound of one's voice. It feels like a musical studio experience
Rylee: Yes it's always fun, I hope u enjoys that too?
Evan: Do you sing?
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i like hiking up volcanoes. | A volcano is a rupture in the crust of a planetary-mass object, such as Earth, that allows hot lava, volcanic ash, and gases to escape from a magma chamber below the surface. Earth's volcanoes occur because its crust is broken into 17 major, rigid tectonic plates that float on a hotter, softer layer in its mantle. Therefore, on Earth, volcanoes are generally found where tectonic plates are diverging or converging, and most are found underwater. For example, a mid-oceanic ridge, such as the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, has volcanoes caused by divergent tectonic plates whereas the Pacific Ring of Fire has volcanoes caused by convergent tectonic plates. Volcanoes can also form where there is stretching and thinning of the crust's plates, e.g., in the East African Rift and the Wells Gray-Clearwater volcanic field and Rio Grande Rift in North America. This type of volcanism falls under the umbrella of "plate hypothesis" volcanism. Volcanism away from plate boundaries has also been explained as mantle plumes. These so-called "hotspots", for example Hawaii, are postulated to arise from upwelling diapirs with magma from the core–mantle boundary, 3,000 km deep in the Earth. Volcanoes are usually not created where two tectonic plates slide past one another.
Emily: I am fascinated with volcano
Aaron: they look good
Emily: what do know about the Newberry Volcano
Aaron: i really don't much about it
Emily: A volcano Is a big crater that lava from the earth core spews from
Aaron: wow thanks now i know
Emily: it is becuase of broken crust in the earth that we have volcanos
Aaron: ok thanks
Emily: Where there is stretching abd thinning in the crust of the earths plates vocanoes can also form
Aaron: ok i know one in africa
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i love to read fantasy novels and poetry. | Philip Arthur Larkin (9 August 1922 – 2 December 1985) was an English poet, novelist and librarian. His first book of poetry, "The North Ship", was published in 1945, followed by two novels, "Jill" (1946) and "A Girl in Winter" (1947), and he came to prominence in 1955 with the publication of his second collection of poems, "The Less Deceived", followed by "The Whitsun Weddings" (1964) and "High Windows" (1974). He contributed to "The Daily Telegraph" as its jazz critic from 1961 to 1971, articles gathered in "All What Jazz: A Record Diary 1961–71" (1985), and he edited "The Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English Verse" (1973). His many honours include the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry. He was offered, but declined, the position of Poet Laureate in 1984, following the death of Sir John Betjeman. After graduating from Oxford in 1943 with a first in English language and literature, Larkin became a librarian. It was during the thirty years he worked with distinction as university librarian at the Brynmor Jones Library at the University of Hull that he produced the greater part of his published work. His poems are marked by what Andrew Motion calls "a very English, glum accuracy about emotions, places, and relationships", and what Donald Davie described as "lowered sights and diminished expectations".
Mark: Do you know about Phillip Larkin? He was an English poet
Claire: i have actually never heard of him! what can you tell me about him
Mark: Well his first book of poetry, "The North Ship", was published in 1945! He then wrote a few novels
Claire: ohh so an author and poet alright! what can you tell me about his poetry?
Mark: He wrote a lot about love. If I recall he contributed to "The Daily Telegraph" as its jazz critic
Claire: wow that is interesting. seems like he led a fufilling life. i will look for his name in love poetry! anything else?
Mark: He was offered, but declined, the position of Poet Laureate in 1984. He was a great poet and loved by all!
Claire: ohh i was wondering if he was also popular. now i have a new thing i can ask my english professor about thank you!
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i live in vermont. | Vermont () is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It borders the U.S. states of Massachusetts to the south, New Hampshire to the east and New York to the west, and the Canadian province of Quebec to the north. Lake Champlain forms half of Vermont's western border with New York. The Green Mountains run north-south for the length of the state. Vermont is the second smallest by population and the sixth smallest by area of the 50 U.S. states. The state capital is Montpelier, the least populous state capital in the United States. The most populous city, Burlington, is the least populous city to be the most populous city in a state. As of 2015, Vermont was the leading producer of maple syrup in the United States. It was ranked as the safest state in the country in 2016. For thousands of years indigenous peoples, including the Mohawk and the Algonquian-speaking Abenaki, occupied much of the territory that is now Vermont and was later claimed by France's colony of New France. France ceded the territory to Great Britain after being defeated in 1763 in the Seven Years' War. For many years, the nearby colonies, especially the provinces of New Hampshire and New York, disputed control of the area (then called the New Hampshire Grants).
Bianca: I like Vermont, have you ever been there?
Edgar: No, I have not, but I want to visit the state that is leading producer of maple syrup
Bianca: Yum, maple syrup. I bet they make a lot of pancakes there too!
Edgar: American pancakes are similar to Scotch pancakes, but there is a lot types of pancakes.
Bianca: Doesn't Vermont have a lot of cold weather also?
Edgar: I wouldn't know, but on The Green Mountains weather is cold I suppose.
Bianca: Maybe, I bet it is very pretty in the summer time though. It would be a nice place to live.
Edgar: Where, maybe Burlington? I think it is the most populous city in Vermont
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i have horrible allergies. | Allergies, also known as allergic diseases, are a number of conditions caused by hypersensitivity of the immune system to something in the environment that usually causes little or no problem in most people. These diseases include hay fever, food allergies, atopic dermatitis, allergic asthma, and anaphylaxis. Symptoms may include red eyes, an itchy rash, sneezing, a runny nose, shortness of breath, or swelling. Food intolerances and food poisoning are separate conditions. Common allergens include pollen and certain food. Metals and other substances may also cause problems. Food, insect stings, and medications are common causes of severe reactions. Their development is due to both genetic and environmental factors. The underlying mechanism involves immunoglobulin E antibodies (IgE), part of the body's immune system, binding to an allergen and then to a receptor on mast cells or basophils where it triggers the release of inflammatory chemicals such as histamine. Diagnosis is typically based on a person's medical history. Further testing of the skin or blood may be useful in certain cases. Positive tests, however, may not mean there is a significant allergy to the substance in question.
Grant: It seems like my allergies are flaring up lately, since we're in the late summer and we've been getting tons of rain.
Karen: Same here. I have bad hay fever cos of the aspen fluffs. Allergies also include food allergies, dermatitis, asthma, and anaphylaxis
Grant: I'm allergic to Septra. Do you know what causes allergies to medications?
Karen: Could be environmental or genetic. In any case, an allergy is always your body's immune system over-responding to a perceived threat
Grant: Maybe I have a weak immune system. They are always so bad when the seasons change!
Karen: No it's the opposite - means your immune system is too strong and vigilant. Season change is common - a lot of people are allergic to pollen
Grant: That dastardly pollen! I wish it would all go away! Is there anything I can do to lessen the effect of pollen allergies?
Karen: Well you want to lessen the effect of your body's anti-inflammatory response (usually histamines). You can try OTC pills, and if those don't work there are shots and other treatments available from your doctor
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i like early 2000s indie music. | Independent music (often shortened to indie music or indie) is music produced independently from major commercial record labels or their subsidiaries, a process that may include an autonomous, do-it-yourself approach to recording and publishing. The term "indie" is sometimes also used to describe a genre (such as indie rock and indie pop); as a genre term, "indie" may include music that is not independently produced, and most independent music artists do not fall into a single, defined musical style or genre, and usually create music that can be categorized into other genres. Independent labels have a long history of promoting developments in popular music, stretching back to the post-war period in the United States, with labels such as Sun Records, King Records, and Stax. In the United Kingdom during the 1950s and 1960s, the major record companies had so much power that independent labels struggled to become established. Several British producers and artists launched independent labels as outlets for their work and artists they liked, but the majority failed as commercial ventures and were swallowed up by the majors. In the United States, independent labels and distributors often banded together to form organizations to promote trade and parity within the industry.
Amber: I've always been into indie music. Some people might call me a hipster, but I've always admired independent artists who don't fall into a single musical genre.
Lindsey: Oh wow that is awesome. Who is your favorite artist or group?
Amber: I'm a huge fan of the strokes, myself. An interesting anecdote is that in the UK during the 50's and 60's, major record companies had so much power that independent artists struggled to establish themselves. Artists like the Strokes really had to work hard.
Lindsey: I have notice that the majority of the indie artist had to find ways to establish themselves.
Amber: Definitely. Several artists and producers would launch independent labels, but many ultimately failed and were swalled up by the big companies. Similar to a lot of things in our modern day and age...
Lindsey: That is amazing you really learn something new every day. I did not know that it is is any number of genres, scenes, and subcultures.
Amber: Yep! Sometimes we call songs indie "rock" or indie "pop" but in reality these artists usually create music that defies genre and can be categorized in numerous ways.
Lindsey: Wow this is very interesting to me. So do you like artist from different genres, like indie soul?
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i like to go fishing. | Fly fishing is an angling method in which an artificial "fly" is used to catch fish. The fly is cast using a fly rod, reel, and specialized weighted line. Casting a nearly weightless fly or "lure" requires casting techniques significantly different from other forms of casting. Fly fishermen use hand tied flies that resemble natural invertebrates, baitfish, other food organisms, or "lures" to provoke the fish to strike (bite at the fly). Fly fishing can be done in fresh or salt water. North Americans usually distinguish freshwater fishing between cold-water species (trout, salmon, steelhead) and warm-water species, notably bass. In Britain, where natural water temperatures vary less, the distinction is between game fishing for trout and salmon versus coarse fishing for other species. Techniques for fly fishing differ with habitat (lakes and ponds, small streams, large rivers, bays and estuaries, and open ocean.) Author Izaak Walton called fly fishing "The Contemplative Man's Recreation". In fly fishing, fish are caught by using artificial flies that are cast with a fly rod and a fly line. The fly line (today, almost always coated with plastic) is heavy enough to send the fly to the target.
Alexis: Have you ever been fly fishing? It's my favorite weekend getaway. The trout in our lake our easy picking
Julian: I love to go fishing, it brings back a lot of child hood memories, but I have never fly fished. I know that it is an art in itself. The casting, the lures, etc
Alexis: Yes. Most fly fishermen make their own lures, and it takes a lot of practice. I've been making my own for years. Im pretty good now.
Julian: Really? It's so intricate from what I have seen on TV, what makes the perfect lure? I got to see one of the pro fly fishermmen, oh what was his name? Talk about a casting machine, all in the flick of the wrist
Alexis: It is all in the wrist, but you need to have the right rod and reel, too. It's fascinating to watch others techniques.
Julian: I agree. What exact type of fish are you fishing for. I only fished for catfish and croppy?
Alexis: Most of the time I'm going for trout, but channel catfish are where it's at. There's so many of them, and they fight like crazy. They're one of the best fish to go after.
Julian: That sounds right up my ally. I can imagine the adrealine when you land one. I loved enough in a boat. The biggest catfish I have ever caught on the lake was around 30lb. I never thought about channel catfish in a river, interesting?
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i love to eat sushi and pizza. | Sushi can be prepared with either brown or white rice. It is often prepared with raw seafood, but some varieties of sushi use cooked ingredients, and many others are vegetarian. Sushi is often served with pickled ginger, wasabi, and soy sauce. Daikon radish is popular as a garnish. Sushi is often confused with sashimi, a related Japanese dish consisting of thinly sliced raw fish or occasionally meat, and an optional serving of rice. Sushi originates in a Southeast Asian dish, known today as "narezushi" ( – "salted fish"), stored in fermented rice for possibly months at a time. The lacto-fermentation of the rice prevented the fish from spoiling; the rice would be discarded before consumption of the fish. This early type of sushi became an important source of protein for its Japanese consumers. The term "sushi" comes from an antiquated grammatical form no longer used in other contexts, and literally means "sour-tasting"; the overall dish has a sour and umami or savoury taste. Narezushi still exists as a regional specialty, notably as "funa-zushi" from Shiga Prefecture. Vinegar began to be added to the preparation of narezushi in the Muromachi period (1336–1573) for the sake of enhancing both taste and preservation.
Olivia: So one of my favorite things in life is food. Sushi and pizza are my favorites!
Ashlyn: I prefer it prepared with white rice but it can also be made with brown, both are awesome though!
Olivia: Wow I have never had it with brown rice. I wonder if that changes it much.
Ashlyn: What really changes it a ton is if it's prepared with raw fish, especially if you put eel sauce on it, oooh man. Some people do vegetarian rolls.
Olivia: I did love eel sauce. It reminds me of teriyaki.
Ashlyn: It otiginated from narezushi which was stored in fermented rice for months
Olivia: That's wild. How does some food end up so fantastic after it ferments. Sauerkraut is another example.
Ashlyn: I love that distinct sour flavor, it comes from the fermented sugars in the cabbage, it's delicious on brats.
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my parents met at woodstock. | The Woodstock Music & Art Fair—informally, the Woodstock Festival or simply Woodstock— was a music festival in the United States in 1969 which attracted an audience of over 400,000. Scheduled for August 15–17 on a dairy farm in the Catskill Mountains of southern New York State, northwest of New York City, it ran over to Monday, Billed as "An Aquarian Exposition: 3 Days of Peace & Music", it was held at Max Yasgur's dairy farm near the hamlet of White Lake in the town of Bethel. In Sullivan County, Bethel is southwest of the town of Woodstock in adjoining Ulster County. During the sometimes rainy weekend, 32 acts performed outdoors before an audience of more than 400,000 people. It is widely regarded as a pivotal moment in popular music history, as well as the definitive nexus for the larger counterculture generation. "Rolling Stone" listed it as one of the "50 Moments That Changed the History of Rock and Roll". The event was captured in the Academy Award-winning 1970 documentary movie "Woodstock", an accompanying , and Joni Mitchell's song "Woodstock", which commemorated the event and became a major hit for both Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young and Matthews Southern Comfort. Joni Mitchell said, “Woodstock was a spark of beauty” where half-a-million kids “saw that they were part of a greater organism.” In 2017, the festival site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Sofia: Woodstock was awesome! It was a fantastic music festival in the United States in 1969
Giselle: I've heard of it and seen photos and film. It sounds like it was a blast! Do they have music festivals like that now?
Sofia: I don't know, I've never heard of any recent ones like Woodstock - it really was a pivotal moment in popular music history
Giselle: I guess it was, yes. Do you know who may have played there?
Sofia: Many great stars! Especially Joni Mitchell, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young and Matthews Southern Comfort!
Giselle: Wow! Those are some big names. I love to listen to Joni Mitchell. There's a festival in England called Galstonbury - it's a similar concept. But there can only be one Woodstock!
Sofia: That's right! 32 acts performed outdoors before an audience of more than 400,000 people! Amazing!
Giselle: I've never heard of that many people at a concert before! What else do you know about it?
Sofia: It took place on a dairy farm, of all things, northwest of New York City - Max Yasgur owned the farm.
Giselle: Hope they moved the cows! Whose idea was it? Was it Max Yasgur?
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i feel overweight. | Being overweight or fat is having more body fat than is optimally healthy. Being overweight is especially common where food supplies are plentiful and lifestyles are sedentary. , excess weight reached epidemic proportions globally, with more than 1 billion adults being either overweight or obese. In 2013 this increased to more than 2 billion. Increases have been observed across all age groups. A healthy body requires a minimum amount of fat for proper functioning of the hormonal, reproductive, and immune systems, as thermal insulation, as shock absorption for sensitive areas, and as energy for future use. But the accumulation of too much storage fat can impair movement, flexibility, and alter the appearance of the body. The degree to which a person is overweight is generally described by the body mass index (BMI). "Overweight" is defined as a BMI of 25 or more, thus it includes pre-obesity defined as a BMI between 25 and 30 and obesity as defined by a BMI of 30 or more. Pre-obese and overweight however are often used interchangeably, thus giving overweight a common definition of a BMI of between 25–30. There are, however, several other common ways to measure the amount of adiposity or fat present in an individual's body.
Sierra: Man, I feel like I have really put on weight lately!
Seth: I completely understand. It is easy to do in our country where food is plentiful and we sit at desks all day
Sierra: I just started a job this year where I sit all day- I really started to pack the weight on! I always had treats in my desk drawer.
Seth: Yes more than 1 billion people globally are overweight or obese its tough
Sierra: Wow. That's a big number. I have read that the diet in India is the world's least healthy.
Seth: I do not know much about their diet, but I do not that the middle east is no exception to this increase in obesity
Sierra: I love Middle Eastern food- it seems so healthy, like pitas and tabbouleh.
Seth: I have never had tabbouleh. I do not generally eat salad like I should
Sierra: It's a grainy salad, with tons of parsley and feta- really fresh tasting.
Seth: I am not a big fan of most sheep and goat cheeses but I do like feta
Sierra: I love it too- so good and salty!
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my husband is the ceo of taco bell. | A taco is a traditional Mexican dish composed of a corn or wheat tortilla folded or rolled around a filling. A taco can be made with a variety of fillings, including beef, pork, chicken, seafood, vegetables, and cheese, allowing for great versatility and variety. A taco is generally eaten without utensils and is often accompanied by garnishes such as salsa, chili pepper, avocado, guacamole, cilantro (coriander), tomatoes, onions, and lettuce. The origins of the taco are not precisely known, and etymologies for the culinary usage of the word are generally theoretical. According to the Real Academia Española, publisher of "Diccionario de la Lengua Española", the word "taco" describes a typical Mexican dish of a maize tortilla folded around food. This meaning of the Spanish word "taco" is a Mexican innovation, but in other dialects "taco" is used to mean "wedge; wad, plug; billiard cue; blowpipe; ramrod; short, stocky person; [or] short, thick piece of wood." As used in this non-culinary way, the word "taco" has cognates in other European languages, including the French word "tache" and the English word "tack (nail)." According to one etymological theory, the culinary meaning of "taco" derives from its "plug" meaning as employed among Mexican silver miners, who used explosive charges in plug form consisting of a paper wrapper and gunpowder filling.
Jacqueline: My husband is the CEO of Taco Bell! I love the traditional mexican dish that is known as the taco.
Melanie: Wow that is amazing! I LOVE Taco Bell. They have great prices!
Jacqueline: Yes! Have you seen the commercials we did with the Taco Bell Chihuahua? Gidget was a great dog.
Melanie: Oh wow, so his name was gidget? Who's dog was it?
Jacqueline: Gidget was the companies advertising figure and mascot. Do you have a favorite type of taco?
Melanie: I'd have to say I love the new naked chicken chalupa!
Jacqueline: Yes that is a specialty! I have always been a fan of a taco with salsa, avocados, guacamole, and tomatoes!
Melanie: That all sounds delicious! When was Taco Bell first founded?
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i am a meat eater. | The ketogenic diet is a high-fat, adequate-protein, low-carbohydrate diet that in medicine is used primarily to treat difficult-to-control (refractory) epilepsy in children. The diet forces the body to burn fats rather than carbohydrates. Normally, the carbohydrates contained in food are converted into glucose, which is then transported around the body and is particularly important in fueling brain-function. However, if there is little carbohydrate in the diet, the liver converts fat into fatty acids and ketone bodies. The ketone bodies pass into the brain and replace glucose as an energy source. An elevated level of ketone bodies in the blood, a state known as ketosis, leads to a reduction in the frequency of epileptic seizures. Almost half of children, and young people, with epilepsy who have tried some form of this diet saw the number of seizures drop by at least half, and the effect persists even after discontinuing the diet. There is some evidence that adults with epilepsy may benefit from the diet, and that a less strict regimen, such as a modified Atkins diet, is similarly effective. The most common adverse effect is constipation, affecting about 30% of patients—this was due to fluid restriction, which was once a feature of the diet, but this led to increased risk of kidney stones, and is no longer considered beneficial.
Gabriela: My brother is on a ketogenic diet. It stresses the importance of low carbs and high fat. Have you ever heard of it?
Gabriella: sure have, I've done it myself. it is really high fat, adequate protein, low carbohydrate.
Gabriela: Yes I tried it a few years ago, as well. I still try to keep my white carbs in check so I don't have as many sugar cravings. What other kinds of diets have you tried?
Gabriella: It is useful because the diet forces the body to burn stored fats for energy rather than carbs, you should give it another try, it is all about willpower. I haven't really do any other fad diets.
Gabriela: It just wasn't sustainable for me long term since I started distance running. Carbohydrates really help my endurance.
Gabriella: yeah the diet forces the body to start releasing ketones for energy. Yeah you really shouldn't distance run on that diet.
Gabriela: I just recently started trying to push myself for distance instead of time in regards to my running. What kind of exercise routine do you follow?
Gabriella: Another benefit to the Keto diet is it lowers the chance for epileptic seizures, I don't know if you were aware of that. I'm trying to build muscle currently so I am not distance running, I'm lifting really heavy!
Gabriela: The high fat content of the diet is incredibly beneficial for those who suffer from seizure disorders. It is also good for those that may be struggling with metabolic syndromes or diabetes.
Gabriella: yeah there are some research that adults as well as children can benefit from the diet if they have epilepsy.
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my favorite band is the story so far. | The Story So Far is an American pop punk band from Walnut Creek, California, formed in 2007. They are currently signed with Pure Noise Records and have released 3 studio albums to date. The Story So Far formed in Walnut Creek, California in 2007. Their name is taken from the New Found Glory song "The Story So Far". The band consisted of Parker Cannon on vocals, Kevin Geyer and Kevin Ambrose on guitar, Ryan Torf on drums, and Kelen Capener on bass. On December 22, the band released the "5 Songs" EP. Ambrose parted ways with the band when he went to college in 2010 and he was replaced by William Levy. In March 2010 it was announced the band had signed to Pure Noise. Two months later the band released an EP, "While You Were Sleeping" (2010). In November, the band released a split with Maker. Barrett Records released a split of The Story So Far and Morgan Foster in May 2011. Pure Noise released the band's debut album "Under Soil and Dirt" in June. On March 26, 2013, they released their second studio album, "What You Don't See", which debuted at number 46 on the "Billboard" 200 chart in the U.S. They have also released a split with Stick to Your Guns on June 18. This split contains one new original song, Clairvoyant, and one cover of Pinback's song "Loro".
Kelsey: The story so far is an american band, heard of them?
Manuel: No I have not! tell me about them, what genre of music to they create?
Kelsey: They are American Pop Punk band from California
Manuel: Oh I see thats awesome, Hvae you ever seen them live?
Kelsey: no but they have released three albums so far
Manuel: I see, When were they formed?
Kelsey: 2007 in Walnut Creek California
Manuel: Wow, I see. Are all of the members from california?
Kelsey: Yes and right now they are signed with Pure Noise Records
Manuel: Wow, I wish i could be in a famous band.
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my dad is very strict with his kids. | Parenting or child rearing is the process of promoting and supporting the physical, emotional, social, and intellectual development of a child from infancy to adulthood. Parenting refers to the intricacies of raising a child aside from the biological relationship. The most common caretaker in parenting is the biological parent(s) of the child in question, although others may be an older sibling, a grandparent, a legal guardian, aunt, uncle or other family member, or a family friend. Governments and society may have a role in child-rearing as well. In many cases, orphaned or abandoned children receive parental care from non-parent blood relations. Others may be adopted, raised in foster care, or placed in an orphanage. Parenting skills vary, and a parent with good parenting skills may be referred to as a "good parent". The English pediatrician and psychoanalyst Donald Winnicott described the concept of "good-enough" parenting in which a minimum of prerequisites for healthy child development are met. Winnicott wrote, "The good-enough mother...starts off with an almost complete adaptation to her infant's needs, and as time proceeds she adapts less and less completely, gradually, according to the infant's growing ability to deal with her failure."
Peyton: Hey! Do you have children or have you reared a child?
Patrick: Nope, too young for that haha. Do you?
Peyton: No I'm 23 and enjoying my life lol but I think it's interesting The English pediatrician and psychoanalyst Donald Winnicott described the concept of "good-enough" parenting in which a minimum of prerequisites for healthy child development are met
Patrick: I get you haha! What are some of these prerequisites?
Peyton: Well, Winnicott wrote, "The good-enough mother...starts off with an almost complete adaptation to her infant's needs, and as time proceeds she adapts less and less completely, gradually, according to the infant's growing ability to deal with her failure" lol
Patrick: Damn, that's quite the mouth full! How long ago was this written down?
Peyton: Well Winnicott is from the late 1800's to roughly 1970's so sometime in there.
Patrick: That's a pretty long time ago! What other parts of parenting do most people not know>
Peyton: There's a thing called attatchment parenting. which is a parenting philosophy that proposes methods which aim to promote the attachment of mother and infant not only by maximal maternal empathy and responsiveness but also by continuous bodily closeness and touch.
Patrick: I'd never heard of that before, I can't imagine that it is a whole lot better than a normal parenting philosophy.
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i have braces. | Dental braces (also known as braces, orthodontic cases, or cases) are devices used in orthodontics that align and straighten teeth and help position them with regard to a person's bite, while also aiming to improve dental health. They are often used to correct underbites, as well as malocclusions, overbites, open bites, deep bites, cross bites, crooked teeth, and various other flaws of the teeth and jaw. Braces can be either cosmetic or structural. Dental braces are often used in conjunction with other orthodontic appliances to help widen the palate or jaws and to otherwise assist in shaping the teeth and jaws. According to scholars and historians, braces date back to ancient times. Around 400-300 BCE, Hippocrates and Aristotle contemplated ways to straighten teeth and fix various dental conditions. Archaeologists have discovered numerous mummified ancient individuals with what appear to be metal bands wrapped around their teeth. Catgut, a type of cord made from the natural fibers of an animal's intestines, performed a similar role to today’s orthodontic wire in closing gaps in the teeth and mouth. The Etruscans buried their dead with dental appliances in place to maintain space and prevent collapse of the teeth during the afterlife.
Adrian: Hello there. Do you have braces?
Jade: No I do not, but my daughter does for structural purposes. She only needed a little bit of cosmetic work
Adrian: Are braces considered cosmetic for the most part or do people get them for other reasons?
Jade: They can be utilized to correct problems other than cosmetic. A person with an underbite could use braces for example
Adrian: Ahh. I didn't know that. I have never needed braces, but I always thought the invisible ones were cool.
Jade: The clear ones are nice, but they are also used with other orthodontic appliances to help
Adrian: Sounds good. Are there things you cannot eat when you have braces?
Jade: Yes my daughter has a list of food she cannot eat such as chips, gum, and hard/sticky things
Adrian: I would think they could get stuck in the braces. That would be a pain. How long does she have to keep them on?
Jade: She has to keep them on for 1.5 years to straighten and align her teeth
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i am an orphan who was in the foster care system. | Foster care is a system in which a minor has been placed into a ward, group home, or private home of a state-certified caregiver, referred to as a "foster parent". The placement of the child is normally arranged through the government or a social service agency. The institution, group home or foster parent is compensated for expenses. The State, via the family court and child protection services agency, stand "in loco parentis" to the minor, making all legal decisions while the foster parent is responsible for the day-to-day care of the minor. The vast majority of children who would otherwise need foster care are in kinship care, that is, in the care of grandparents or other relatives. Most kinship care is done informally, without the involvement of a court or public organization. However, in the U.S., formal kinship care is increasingly common. In 2012, a quarter of all children in formal foster care were placed with relatives. In Australia foster care was known as "boarding-out". Foster care had its early stages in South Australia in 1866 and stretched to the second half of the 19th century. It is said that the system was mostly run by women until the early 20th century. Then the control was centered in many state children's departments.
Brooklyn: Are you familiar with the foster care system? I may be interested in being a foster parent.
Serenity: Yes, you could become a foster parent if you go through a state-certified foster program. You will be compensated for your expenses.
Brooklyn: It's nice that they provide compensation, however, my heart breaks for children needing a home.
Serenity: Yes, me too. Lots of kids who would otherwise wind up in foster care do sometimes end up being place with grandparents or relative.
Brooklyn: That's the best thing that could happen...for them to end up with family. Do you know how long the process takes to become a foster parent?
Serenity: I'm not sure how long the process takes but it is normally arranged through the government or a social service agency.
Brooklyn: Ok. So I guess I will contact them and get the process started. How long has the foster care system been around?
Serenity: Foster care has been around for many years but was mostly run by women until the early 20th century.
Brooklyn: Interesting. You seem to know a lot about this system. Is there anything else you can share?
Serenity: Yes, if you are going to do it maybe consider a teenager as they are some of the most vulnerable in the foster care system.
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my favorite band is the beatles. | The Beatles were an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960. With members John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr, they became widely regarded as the foremost and most influential music band. Rooted in skiffle, beat and 1950s rock and roll, the Beatles later experimented with several musical styles, ranging from pop ballads and Indian music to psychedelia and hard rock, often incorporating classical elements and unconventional recording techniques in innovative ways. In 1963 their enormous popularity first emerged as "Beatlemania"; as the group's music grew in sophistication, led by primary songwriters Lennon and McCartney, the band were integral to pop music's evolution into an art form and to the development of the counterculture of the 1960s. The Beatles built their reputation playing clubs in Liverpool and Hamburg over a three-year period from 1960, with Stuart Sutcliffe initially serving as bass player. The core trio of Lennon, McCartney and Harrison went through a succession of drummers, including Pete Best, before asking Starr to join them in 1962. Manager Brian Epstein moulded them into a professional act, and producer George Martin guided and developed their recordings, greatly expanding the group's popularity in the United Kingdom after their first hit, "Love Me Do", in late 1962.
Makayla: I was just listening to my favorite band of all times! The beatles, do you like beatles music?
Jillian: I do! I used to have teir 8th album, Sgt Pepper
Makayla: Wao one of their best selling one, its amazing how a 1960 liverpool band still can be heard nowadays, wich one is your favorite beatle?
Jillian: I used to like John Lennon the best, but as I get older I've really come to appreciate George. His songs, especially While My Guitar Gently Weeps, are so lovely.
Makayla: I really love Ringo Starr! the beatles drummer, and ocassionally san lead vocals ussually for one song on an album, "With a Little Help from My Friends"
Jillian: I love Ringo too! I always thought that was his real name, but he was originally Richard Starkey.
Makayla: Yes Ringo is so cool, i loved that back in that time the were able to fill Shea Stadium, an orange and blue pit of a venue in front of 56,000, recordbreaking for that time
Jillian: Do you like his song "Octopus's Garden"? It was credited to his real name, and besides that it's just a really fun song.
Makayla: Yes it is a really grand song, featured in the album Abbey Road, it blows my mind that in Billboards top 200 albums Abbey road is at 138 and Sgt Peppers is at 187 still in 2018
Jillian: That IS crazy that they're still that high on the charts! Abbey Road Studios in London is still active too, so I guess the Beatles have all kinds of legacies today.
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my favorite color is blue. | Blue is one of the three primary colours of pigments in painting and traditional colour theory, as well as in the RGB colour model. It lies between violet and green on the spectrum of visible light. The eye perceives blue when observing light with a dominant wavelength between approximately 450 and 495 nanometres. Most blues contain a slight mixture of other colors; azure contains some green, while ultramarine contains some violet. The clear daytime sky and the deep sea appear blue because of an optical effect known as Rayleigh scattering. An optical effect called Tyndall scattering explains blue eyes. Distant objects appear more blue because of another optical effect called atmospheric perspective. Blue has been an important colour in art and decoration since ancient times. The semi-precious stone lapis lazuli was used in ancient Egypt for jewellery and ornament and later, in The Renaissance, to make the pigment ultramarine, the most expensive of all pigments. In the eighth century Chinese artists used cobalt blue to colour fine blue and white porcelain. In the Middle Ages, European artists used it in the windows of Cathedrals. Europeans wore clothing coloured with the vegetable dye woad until it was replaced by the finer indigo from America.
Eric: My favorite color is blue because most blues contain a slight mixture of other colors like the color green.
Paul: That's fascinating! What are your favorite blue things? I love the ocean.
Eric: My favorite blue things are the sky and the sea. An optical effect known as Rayleigh scattering are what makes them appear blue!
Paul: Wow! That's amazing. Do you go to the seaside often?
Eric: Sometimes. Blue is just an amazing color regardless. Its one of the three primary colors.
Paul: What are the other two?
Eric: Yellow and red but blue lies between the color violet and green on the spectrum of visible light.
Paul: Are violet and green secondary colors?
Eric: Not really for sure but I do know that blue is an important color in art and decoration and even go back since the ancient times.
Paul: What do artists make blue pigment out of?
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i love the beach. | A beach is a landform alongside a body of water which consists of loose particles. The particles composing a beach are typically made from rock, such as sand, gravel, shingle, pebbles, or cobblestones. The particles can also be biological in origin, such as mollusc shells or coralline algae. Some beaches have man-made infrastructure, such as lifeguard posts, changing rooms, and showers. They may also have hospitality venues (such as resorts, camps, hotels, and restaurants) nearby. Wild beaches, also known as undeveloped or undiscovered beaches, are not developed in this manner. Wild beaches can be valued for their untouched beauty and preserved nature. Beaches typically occur in areas along the coast where wave or current action deposits and reworks sediments. Although the seashore is most commonly associated with the word "beach", beaches are also found by lakes and alongside large rivers. "Beach" may refer to: The former are described in detail below; the larger geological units are discussed elsewhere under bars. There are several conspicuous parts to a beach that relate to the processes that form and shape it. The part mostly above water (depending upon tide), and more or less actively influenced by the waves at some point in the tide, is termed the beach berm.
Justin: I love going to the beach!
Natalia: beachs are so cool, just large endless bodies of water
Justin: I know, I love just laying out and tanning and relaxing.
Natalia: all the sand and rocks and gravel on the beach can be annoying tho
Justin: Yeah I don't like the sand at all, too fine.
Natalia: sometimes they are even made of mollusk shells and algae
Justin: Oh yeah I've noticed that, I love the shells.
Natalia: Wild beaches are cool too, untouched by humans
Justin: I've never been to one before!
Natalia: same though normal beaches are cool too
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