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Hey! I love to sing. Do you enjoy it?
I do but I'm terrible at it! I like singing in the shower.
Yeah me too. It's very relaxing. I'm not that great though.
Do you perform in front of people or just sing for fun?
Just for fun! I'm actually pretty terrible. Do you have any advice to improve?
Just like anything, if you practice you can get better! Practicing will give you more control over tone!
yeah good point. Are scales I can practice and stuff?
Definitely! Try practicing singing scales, and just put in time and regular practice.
Okay. Maybe I will take some lessons. I have Idea where to start!
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Singing
Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice and augments regular speech by the use of sustained tonality, rhythm, and a variety of vocal techniques. A person who sings is called a singer or vocalist (in jazz and popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or without accompaniment by musical instruments. Singing is often done in an ensemble of musicians, such as a choir of singers or a band of instrumentalists. Singers may
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wanted to do a dance routine, even though I'm not really doing a dance routine, other people are doing it, but I'm part of it. I think people are quite used to girls in this industry really being able to move in front of the camera, but I'm just rubbish at that kind of thing.
I find it quite nerve-racking performing, actually. Because when you write songs, you don't really think about performing in a video. I think it's quite fun.
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I would love to learn how to play a guitar but i know nothing about guitars
It is a simple fretted instrument that has 6 strings normally
Cool! Do you know when the guitar was invented?
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type of chordophone, traditionally constructed from wood and strung with either gut, nylon or steel strings and distinguished from other chordophones by its construction and tuning. The modern guitar was preceded by the gittern, the vihuela, the four-course Renaissance guitar, and the five-course baroque guitar, all of which contributed to the development of the modern six-string instrument.
There are three main types of modern acoustic guitar: the classical guitar (Spanish guitar/nylon-string guitar), the steel-string acoustic
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to make another human feel something." When asked about his guitar work on the record, the frontman said that, "I really love the challenge of 22 frets, 6 strings and seeing what I could do with that. As opposed to stepping on a pedal to change the music, you know, there's such a wide range of sounds that you can get from a guitar and it's fun to get different ones every time you pick it up". Lyrically, Hutchison stated that "most of the lyrics
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hello, my brother is an archaeologist
Oh, that's really cool. I'm into that, too. I got into it because it's a study of human prehistory and history, all the way back to the first stone tools in East Africa 3.3 mill years ago, until now.
its amazing how far we go back but have limited written records of our existence
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of the first stone tools at Lomekwi in East Africa 3.3 million years ago up until recent decades. Archaeology is distinct from palaeontology, which is the study of fossil remains. It is particularly important for learning about prehistoric societies, for whom there may be no written records to study. Prehistory includes over 99% of the human past, from the Paleolithic until the advent of literacy in societies across the world. Archaeology has various goals, which range from understanding culture history to reconstructing past lifeways to documenting and explaining changes in human
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prehistoric societies is through archaeology. Because archaeology is the study of past human activity, it stretches back to about 2.5 million years ago when we find the first stone tools – The Oldowan Industry. Many important developments in human history occurred during prehistory, such as the evolution of humanity during the Paleolithic period, when the hominins developed from the australopithecines in Africa and eventually into modern "Homo sapiens". Archaeology also sheds light on many of humanity's technological advances, for instance the ability to use fire, the development of stone
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Romaine lettuce is very green
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Romaine lettuce
Romaine or cos lettuce ("Lactuca sativa" L. var. "longifolia") is a variety of lettuce that grows in a tall head of sturdy dark green leaves with firm ribs down their centers. Unlike most lettuces, it is tolerant of heat. In North America, romaine is sold as whole heads or as “hearts” that have had the outer leaves removed and are often packaged together.
Commercially sold romaine lettuce has historically been the subject of product warnings by both U.S. and Canadian health authorities
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lettuce was associated with the ancient Egyptian god of fertility, Min, for its resemblance to the phallus.
Romaine lettuce may be used in the Passover Seder as a type of bitter herb. It symbolises the bitterness inflicted by the Egyptians while the Israelites were slaves in Egypt.
Cuisine.
Romaine is a common salad green, and is the usual lettuce used in Caesar salad. Romaine lettuce is commonly used in Middle Eastern cuisine. Romaine, like other lettuces, may also be cooked. For example, it can
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I want to hike a volcano but not sure if its dangerous. Do you know anything about them?
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Volcano
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
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guy is great and he's every quality that I'm looking for, [but] I just don't know if it's there forever," explained Jen in a comment.
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However, when Jerry proposes, she replies, "I have 100% fallen for you but I've been here before and just want to make sure that we do it right. I want you to keep that, I want you to give it back to me if you feel the same way about me down the road
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My uncle owns a casino. Have you ever been to one or know anybody that owns one?
No I don't, but I do know that they're usually built near restaurants and hotels. Sometimes they are combined with them. Is your dad's casino like that?
My uncles casino is located near both a several hotels and restaurants. His casino has a restaurant inside of it actually.
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Casino
A casino is a facility which houses and accommodates certain types of gambling activities. The industry that deals in casinos is called the gaming industry. Casinos are most commonly built near or combined with hotels, restaurants, retail shopping, cruise ships or other tourist attractions. There is much debate over whether the social and economic consequences of casino gambling outweigh the initial revenue that may be generated. Some casinos are also known for hosting live entertainment events, such as stand-up comedy, concerts, and sporting events.
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after two films with Cukor "I never needed direction again."
Ray said Spencer Tracy told him, "'Kid, I don't know what it is that you got, and I got, and some of us have, but you can work in this business forever.' That made me feel good, you know, coming from a guy like him. I never bowed down to anybody at Columbia or anywhere else, but my overall idea was, I'll do whatever they tell me because it's
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I really think purple is such a lovely color. Do you like it?
it is! It's a intermediate between blue and red
Yes, it's interesting how combining colors can create all new ones! Purple is nice in so many different shades.
it's true! purple is usually associated with royalty and magic
that's pretty much what I think of when I see purple! Kings and queens loved it, and I know magicians like it as well.
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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.
Etymology and definitions.
The word 'purple' comes from the Old English word "purpul" which derives from Latin "purpura", in turn from the Greek ("porphura"), name of
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Purple
Purple is a color intermediate between blue and red. It is similar to violet, but unlike violet, which is a spectral color with its own wavelength on the visible spectrum of light, purple is a secondary color made by combining red and blue. The complementary color of purple in the RYB color model is yellow.
According to surveys in Europe and North America, purple is the color most often associated with rarity, royalty, magic, mystery, and piety. When combined with pink, it is associated
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I have always had pets since I was a young child, I have 2 cats and 2 dogs currently. Do you have pets?
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pocket pets, while the equine and bovine group include the largest companion animals.
Pets provide their owners (or "guardians") both physical and emotional benefits. Walking a dog can provide both the human and the dog with exercise, fresh air, and social interaction. Pets can give companionship to people who are living alone or elderly adults who do not have adequate social interaction with other people. There is a medically approved class of therapy animals, mostly dogs or cats, that are brought to visit confined humans,
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May 1980)
- Why Do I Shout (26 May 1980)
- Why Do I Cry (28 May 1980)
- Pets: Dogs (2 June 1980)
- Pets: Cats (4 June 1980)
- Pets: Mice (9 June 1980)
- Pets: Goldfish (11 June 1980)
- Pets: Tortoises (16 June 1980)
- Traditional Tales: Jack and the Beanstalk (18 June 1980)
- Traditional Tales: Goldilocks (23 June 1980)
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I currently have blonde hair. It's when you have low levels of the dark pigment eumelanin.
I have black hari but I used to have brown and then red hair when I was a baby!
Really? Red hair is rare. It occurs naturally in 1 to 2 percent of the population!
Wow that is crazy, I had no idea it was that rare!
It occurs more frequently in people of western European ancestry.
That is curious, I wonder why that is, but I did not know you could lose having red hair!
I know as a baby it's not uncommon to have your hair color change.
I did not know that actually, learn something new every day!
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Old French "blund, blont", meaning "a colour midway between golden and light chestnut". It gradually eclipsed the native term "fair", of same meaning, from Old English "fæġer", causing "fair" later to become a general term for "light complexioned". This earlier use of "fair" survives in the proper name Fairfax, from Old English "fæġer-feahs" meaning "blond hair".
The word "blond" has two possible origins. Some linguists say it
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single's packaging. For the photoshoot, she decided to dye her blonde hair brown; she commented "I love blonde hair, but it really does something different to you. I feel more grounded when I have dark hair. It's unexplainable. I also feel more Italian when my hair is dark". The cover art features a close-up of the singer's jean-clad midsection and bare midriff. The cover has been seen as a reference to "Sticky Fingers" by The Rolling Stones. The packaging
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I really am a fan of Bruno Mars. His real name is Peter Hernandez
Is it really? I much prefer Drake. His new album, Scorpion, is great. His real name is Audrey Graham. What's up with the stage names?!
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to attract attention. Other performers use a stage name in order to retain anonymity. The equivalent concept among writers is called a nom de plume or pen name. In radio, the term "radio name" or "air name" is used.
Motivation to use a stage name Family connection.
Some individuals who are related to a celebrity take a different last name so they are not perceived to have received undue advantage from their family connection. Examples of these include Joan Fontaine (real name Joan de Havilland, sister
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I don't know about duets' and I totally tricked him into doing it, and I am so glad I was able to. 'I think now he's very happy that he did it, I think it's a beautiful song and I'm really, really proud of it.
Nate Ruess told MTV News: "Writing the song was a whole different learning experience and was really fueled by the fact that Alecia [Pink's real name is Alecia Moore] is so strong and independent and so very much
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Hi there! I like to use the website Reddit. It has all kinds of content like news and discussions.
Reddit is cool! I can get lost in that site, so many great discussions.
Yeah there's even funny ones like /r/The_Donald. All the memes they make are hilarious!
Oh, I need to check that out! Isn't Reddit's nickname "The Front Page of the Internet" or something like that?
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with more up-votes appear towards the top of their subreddit and, if they receive enough up-votes, ultimately on the site's front page. Despite strict rules prohibiting harassment, Reddit's administrators spend considerable resources on moderating the site.
As of July 2019, Reddit is ranking as the most visited website in U.S. and in the world, according to Alexa Internet, with 55% of its user base coming from the United States, followed by the United Kingdom at 7.4% and Canada at 5.8%.
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a fraction of all links co-appearing on Twitter, Reddit, and 4chan). The researchers concluded that "'fringe' communities often succeed in spreading alternative news to mainstream social networks." They also calculated that r/The_Donald hosted 35.37% of URLs from 54 alternative news sites "like Infowars" on Reddit.
Prominence on Reddit website.
Prominence on Reddit website Algorithm.
Through the use of "sticky posts," a moderation function of Reddit that allows selected posts to be artificially placed at the top
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Underwater diving is a fun sport.
I love it so much! Even though humans aren't anatomically adapted for it, I love strapping on the scuba gear and hitting the water. What do you like about it?
I like seeing fish in their natural habitat.
I hear you. I love to take photos of fish while scuba diving. It's a lot easier now that we have the right gear. People used to just strap stones to themselves for a fast descent.
That sounds like a good way to drown! What sort of breathing gear do you like?
I have a whole set: the breathing apparatus and tank that I put on mt back and carry along with me under the water? What do you use?
I am looking for something new. Mine is worn out.
Is all the gear worn out or just the regulator? The part that reduces pressurized breathing gas and delivers it to you.
primarily the regulator. The mask should also be replaced.
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Surface-supplied diving
Surface-supplied diving is diving using equipment supplied with breathing gas using a diver's umbilical from the surface, either from the shore or from a diving support vessel, sometimes indirectly via a diving bell. This is different from scuba diving, where the diver's breathing equipment is completely self-contained and there is no link to the surface. The primary advantages of conventional surface supplied diving are lower risk of drowning and considerably larger breathing gas supply than scuba, allowing longer working periods and safer decompression
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endowed black man," and borrows from the 1986 film "Crimes of the Heart", in which a married woman falls in love with a teenager. Francis was inspired to write "Where Is My Mind?" after scuba diving in the Caribbean. He later said he had "this very small fish trying to chase me. I don't know why—I don't know too much about fish behavior."
Release.
"Surfer Rosa" was released in the UK by 4AD on March 21,
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I like swimming usually for recreation but sometimes I do it for sport.
I love swimming also. I love watching the swimming events in the olympics.
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local, national, and international competitions, including every modern Summer Olympics.
Science.
Swimming relies on the nearly neutral buoyancy of the human body. On average, the body has a relative density of 0.98 compared to water, which causes the body to float. However, buoyancy varies on the basis of body composition, lung inflation, and the salinity of the water. Higher levels of body fat and saltier water both lower the relative density of the body and increase its buoyancy.
Since the human body is
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the first flight home!" He also mentions in one episode that he was born without genitals.) Sometimes he would make very strange comments about a location such as 'the children of Britain are notoriously stupid and must attend school' and 'if you have a verucca you would like to share, then go to your local swimming pool'.
He often makes surreal statements, like; "I must go now because I am about to reach orgasm", or "I do love an election... in fact
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I love visiting Seattle, a seaport city on the west coast
oh yea its a great city.
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Seattle
Seattle ( ) is a seaport city on the West Coast of the United States. It is the seat of King County, Washington. With an estimated 744,955 residents , Seattle is the largest city in both the state of Washington and the Pacific Northwest region of North America. According to U.S. Census data released in 2018, the Seattle metropolitan area's population stands at 3.94 million, and ranks as the 15th largest in the United States. In July 2013, it was the fastest-growing major city in the United
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City of Seattle Pipe Band
The City of Seattle Pipe Band was a grades II-I competition band restructured and refit out of the historic Seattle Mens Pipe Band (1916–1980) in 1981. Disbanded in 1990, City of Seattle won the Grade II North American Invitational Championships in Chicago in 1985, allowing them to compete in grade I that same year in the West Coast Championships in Santa Rosa, in 1985. Many of its previous members currently play in grades I, II or III pipe bands throughout Western Washington or British
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Nothing better than a tall glass of iced tea.
It can be mixed with flavored syrup such as lemon, lime, raspberry, and more.
Yes I really like raspberry tea, it's my favorite.
Do you like hot tea? It is prepared with boiling or hot water and is usually aromatic.
Not really, I'm more of an iced tea kind of gal.
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Tea
Tea is an aromatic beverage commonly prepared by pouring hot or boiling water over cured leaves of the "Camellia sinensis", an evergreen shrub (bush) native to East Asia. After water, it is the most widely consumed drink in the world. There are many different types of tea; some, like Darjeeling and Chinese greens, have a cooling, slightly bitter, and astringent flavour, while others have vastly different profiles that include sweet, nutty, floral or grassy notes.
Tea originated in Southwest China
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Iced tea
Iced tea (or ice tea;) is a form of cold tea. Though usually served in a glass with ice, it can refer to any tea that has been chilled or cooled. It may be sweetened with sugar, syrup and/or apple slices. 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
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There's nothing better than a nice cold beer after a long day. Are you a beer drinker?
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recipe for beer in a culture with few literate people.
Beer is distributed in bottles and cans and is also commonly available on draught, particularly in pubs and bars. The brewing industry is a global business, consisting of several dominant multinational companies and many thousands of smaller producers ranging from brewpubs to regional breweries. The strength of modern beer is usually around 4% to 6% alcohol by volume (ABV), although it may vary between 0.5% and 20%, with some breweries creating examples of 40% ABV
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. Carter, who had long been a Pabst Blue Ribbon drinker, chose one of the Falls City formulas and the brewery quickly developed a marketing campaign for Billy Beer. Realizing that a regional brewery could not fulfill national demand for the product, Falls City licensed several other independent regional breweries to brew and package Billy Beer. Those breweries were Cold Spring Brewing Company of Cold Spring, Minnesota; Pearl Brewing Company of San Antonio, Texas; and West End Brewing Company in Utica, New York. Billy Beer became a briefly-
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My favorite TV show is JEOPARDY!. Please tell me a little about my favorite show, and be sure to phrase your answers in the form of a question.
Oh no! This will be challenging. Okay. American tv show that Merv Griffen created?
Correct for 100. This is the year that JEOPARDY! was first televised.
What is 1964?
Correct for 200. This person was the host of JEOPARDY! for many years.
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1978 to March 1979. The current version, a daily syndicated show produced by Sony Pictures Television, premiered on September 10, 1984.
Both NBC versions and the weekly syndicated version were hosted by Art Fleming. Don Pardo served as announcer until 1975, and John Harlan announced for the 1978–1979 season. Since its inception, the daily syndicated version has featured Alex Trebek as host and Johnny Gilbert as announcer.
With over 8,000 episodes aired, the daily syndicated version of "Jeopardy!" has won a record 33 Daytime
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Jeopardy! (franchise)
Jeopardy! is an American media franchise that began with a television quiz show created by Merv Griffin, in which contestants are presented with clues in the form of answers, and must phrase their responses in the form of a question. Over the years, the show has expanded its brand beyond television and been licensed into products of various formats.
Television.
"Jeopardy!" originated as an American television series on March 30, 1964. In its original, daytime format it ran until
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I think Koi are the most beautiful variant of Carp there is.
They're so cool looking, that's why I love Koi ponds so much too.
I actually have a butterfly Koi above my bed, it's sort of like an elongated koi, they're often called Dragon Carp
That's really awesome, how big of a tank do you need for them?
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group of fish originally found in Central Europe and Asia. Various carp species were originally domesticated in East Asia, where they were used as food fish. Carp are coldwater fish, and their ability to survive and adapt to many climates and water conditions allowed the domesticated species to be propagated to many new locations, including Japan. Natural color mutations of these carp would have occurred across all populations. Carp were first bred for color mutations in China more than a thousand years ago, where selective breeding of the Prussian carp ("
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Butterfly Koi
Butterfly koi, longfin koi, or dragon carp are a type of ornamental fish notable for their elongated finnage. The fish are a breed of the common carp, "Cyprinus carpio", which includes numerous wild carp races as well as domesticated koi ("Nishikigoi").
Butterfly koi originated in the mid-20th century as a result of an effort to increase the hardiness of traditional koi. Japanese breeders interbred wild Indonesian longfin river carp with traditional koi. The resulting fish had longer fins, long barbells,
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blue skies are really nice in the summer
This effect is called the Rayleigh scattering, it causes also the blue that you see in the sea.
Interesting. Do you prefer clouds?
No, I am a fan of blue, it was an important color for decoration in ancient times.
In Rome or Greece?
In ancient China, artist were using cobalt to color porcelain.
Art was very important in that era.
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An optical effect called Tyndall scattering explains blue eyes. Distant objects appear more blue because of another optical effect called aerial perspective.
Blue has been an important colour in art and decoration since ancient times. The semi-precious stone lapis lazuli was used in ancient Egypt for jewellery and ornament and later, in the Renaissance, to make the pigment ultramarine, the most expensive of all pigments. In the eighth century Chinese artists used cobalt blue to colour fine blue and white porcelain. In the Middle Ages, European artists used
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" is light that has been scattered in the atmosphere. For example, on an overcast day when you cannot see your shadow there is no direct radiation reaching you, it has all been scattered. As another example, due to a phenomenon called Rayleigh scattering, shorter (blue) wavelengths scatter more easily than longer (red) wavelengths. This is why the sky looks blue; you are seeing scattered blue light. This is also why sunsets are red. Because the Sun is close to the horizon, the Sun
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I love chocolate. One of my favorites is Hershey. Do you know anything about the company?
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Lancaster Caramel Company. The Hershey Trust Company owns a minority stake, but retains a majority of the voting power within the company.
Hershey's chocolate is available across the United States, and in over 60 countries worldwide. They have three mega distribution centers, with modern technology and labor management systems. In addition, Hershey is a member of the World Cocoa Foundation. It is also associated with the Hersheypark Stadium and the Giant Center.
History.
History Early Years.
After an apprenticeship to a confectioner in 1873
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one of my favorites – Johnny Mathis, They all had a style, a silkiness about them... I wanted to sing silky, like butter – mellow. I wanted to sing mellow you know what I mean. One of my favorites is Jessie Velvet – they used to call him Mr. Easy. A lot of people forgot about him you know – Sam Cooke is another one of my favorites."
Paul explained why he was particularly influenced by female jazz singers: "I think the reason behind that is because of
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Springfield, Missouri is the third largest city in the state
Oh? What are the largest cities, then?
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Springfield, Missouri
Springfield is the third-largest city in the state of Missouri and the county seat of Greene County. As of the 2010 census, its population was 159,498. As of 2018, the Census Bureau estimated its population at 168,122. It is the principal city of the Springfield metropolitan area, which has a population of 462,369 and includes the counties of Christian, Dallas, Greene, Polk, Webster.
Springfield's nickname is "Queen City of the Ozarks" and it is known as the "Birthplace
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. Some of the other major cities comprising the Kansas City metro area in Missouri include Independence, Lee's Summit, Blue Springs, Liberty, Raytown, Gladstone, and Grandview.
Springfield is Missouri's third-largest city and the principal city of the Springfield-Branson Metropolitan Area, which has a population of 549,423 and includes seven counties in southwestern Missouri. Branson is a major tourist attraction in the Ozarks of southwestern Missouri. Some of the other major cities comprising the Springfield-Branson metro area include Nixa, Ozark,
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My son loves watching YouTube! I don't see what the hype is all about. Do you watch YouTube?
I do! I think the hype comes from the ability of any user, anywhere, to be able to upload, view, rate, share, add to favorites, report, and comment on videos, as well as subscribe to other users, all for free! It's unlimited entertainment for free, which is very accessible.
Maybe I haven't given it enough of a chance. Does YouTube have many users?
It does, evidenced by the fact that it was so successful that it enticed Google to buy the site in November of 2006 for $1.65 billion, and is now one of Google's subsidiaries. And it's only grown since then, so you can imagine how many users are on the site daily.
It has to be a lot! I didn't know they were owned by Google. Who started the site, do you know?
I do! In fact, it was created by three former PayPal (sound familiar) employees: Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim, way back in February of 2005.
Wow! Those guys must have made a ton of money on the sale! Does YouTube offer a subscription service to eliminate the ads a viewer typically sees?
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YouTube Premium
YouTube Premium (formerly YouTube Red) is a paid streaming subscription service that provides advertising-free streaming of all videos hosted by YouTube, exclusive original content produced in collaboration with the site's creators, access to audio-only versions of videos on the Youtube Music app, as well as offline playback and playback of videos on mobile devices.
The service was originally launched in November 2014 as Music Key, offering only advertisement-free streaming of music videos from participating labels on YouTube and Google Play Music.
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YouTube
YouTube is an American video-sharing website headquartered in San Bruno, California. Three former PayPal employees—Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim—created the service in February 2005. Google bought the site in November 2006 for US$1.65 billion; YouTube now operates as one of Google's subsidiaries.
YouTube allows users to upload, view, rate, share, add to playlists, report, comment on videos, and subscribe to other users. It offers a wide variety of user-generated
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I love Paris! Since the 17th century the city have been one of Europe's major centres of finance, commerce, fashion, science and the arts.
It seems like a very fashionable place for sure. Do you know how many people live there?
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Paris
Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an area of and an official estimated population of 2,140,526 residents as of 1 January 2019. Since the 17th century, Paris has been one of Europe's major centres of finance, diplomacy, commerce, fashion, science, as well as the arts. The City of Paris is the centre and seat of government of the Île-de-France, or Paris Region, which has an estimated official 2019 population of 12,213,364, or about 18
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Outline of Paris
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Paris:
Paris – capital and most populous city of France, with an area of and an official estimated population of 2,140,526 residents as of 1 January 2019. Since the 17th century, Paris has been one of Europe's major centres of finance, commerce, fashion, science, and the arts.
General reference.
- Pronunciation of "Paris"
- Common English name: Paris
- Official English name: City
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I've been spending a lot of time alone lately.
That sounds terrible. Why are you spending time alone?
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Solitude
Solitude is a state of seclusion or isolation, i.e., lack of contact with people. It may stem from bad relationships, loss of loved ones, deliberate choice, infectious disease, mental disorders, neurological disorders or circumstances of employment or situation (see castaway).
Short-term solitude is often valued as a time when one may work, think or rest without being disturbed. It may be desired for the sake of privacy.
A distinction has been made between solitude and loneliness. In this sense
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"Truth, Part II" Declan dies, leaving Charlotte alone with their unborn child.
Character arc Season three.
In "Fear" it is revealed that Charlotte has miscarried and has been spending her time at a Grayson home in France after learning of Declan's death. She returns to Grayson Manor and spends a lot of her time with Jack and Carl. Her relationship with Emily becomes estranged. She begins a relationship with Nolan's friend Javier. In the episode "Revolution", Charlotte is abducted, which is
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Do you like vegan food?
Veganism is both the practice of abstaining from the use of animal products but im a meat eater so only indian food thats vegan interests me
I used to love meat but ive been trying to convert to be a full vegan
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Veganism
Veganism is the practice of abstaining from the use of animal products, particularly in diet, and an associated philosophy that rejects the commodity status of animals. A follower of the diet or the philosophy is known as a vegan. Distinctions may be made between several categories of veganism. "Dietary vegans" (also known as strict vegetarians) refrain from consuming animal products, not only meat but also eggs, dairy products and other animal-derived substances. The term "ethical vegan" is often applied to those who
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in a variety of vegetables and fruits, legumes, and minimally processed starchy staple foods and limiting red meat consumption, if red meat is eaten at all". Others draw a distinction between "plant-based" and "plant-only".
In various sources, "plant-based diet" has been used to refer to:
- Veganism: diet of vegetables, legumes, fruit, grains, nuts, and seeds, but no food from animal sources.
- Fruitarianism: vegan diet consisting primarily
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Hollywood's name was believed to come from a Chinese man saying "hauling wood" with an accent.
That's crazy. I wonder where they were hauling the wood to.
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and development.
In 1853, one adobe hut stood in Nopalera (Nopal field), named for the Mexican Nopal cactus indigenous to the area. By 1870, an agricultural community flourished. The area was known as the Cahuenga Valley, after the pass in the Santa Monica Mountains immediately to the north.
According to the diary of H. J. Whitley, also known as the "Father of Hollywood", on his honeymoon in 1886 he stood at the top of the hill looking out over the valley. Along
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came a Chinese man in a wagon carrying wood. The man got out of the wagon and bowed. The Chinese man was asked what he was doing and replied, "I holly-wood," meaning 'hauling wood.' H. J. Whitley had an epiphany and decided to name his new town Hollywood. "Holly" would represent England and "wood" would represent his Scottish heritage. Whitley had already started over 100 towns across the western United States.
Whitley arranged to buy the E.C. Hurd ranch.
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I have a Husky as a pet. Do you own any animals?
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Husky
Husky is a general name for a sled-type of dog used in northern regions, differentiated from other sled-dog types by their fast pulling style. They are an ever-changing cross-breed of the fastest dogs. The Alaskan Malamute, by contrast, was used for pulling heavier loads. Huskies are used in sled dog racing. In recent years, companies have been marketing tourist treks with dog sledges for adventure travelers in snow regions as well. Huskies are also today kept as pets, and groups
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the Labrador Husky has become a fairly common family pet. There are still groups of people like the Labrador Inuit and Metis who use the Labrador Husky in or its original, working form for recreational dog sledding and some even prefer to use a dog team instead of a snowmobile. Sled dog racing continues to be a winter pastime in Labrador, with long races similar to the Iditarod still happening today.
The process of training a Labrador Husky does not stray far from what you would do in order to train a more commonly
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goodfellas is a great movie, love that crime film
I love that movie too, when did it come out anyway?
Goodfellas is a 1990 movie
Hmm I would've definitely guessed that it was older!
Well its based off the 1986 book wiseguys but yea
I wonder why they didn't just call the movie Wiseguys then.
Sometimes titles like Goodfellas just fit better or make more money than something like Wiseguys
That makes sense, though maybe some people wouldn't know that it was based on Wiseguys and it would therefore lose that appeal.
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Goodfellas
Goodfellas (stylized GoodFellas) is a 1990 American crime film directed by Martin Scorsese. It is an adaptation of the 1985 non-fiction book "Wiseguy" by Nicholas Pileggi, who co-wrote the screenplay with Scorsese. The film narrates the rise and fall of mob associate Henry Hill and his friends and family from 1955 to 1980.
Scorsese initially titled the film "Wise Guy" and postponed making it; later, he and Pileggi changed the title to "Goodfellas". To prepare for their roles
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strut and posture so much that you wonder if they ever scratched or spit or anything ... I can hardly bear to remember the songs, much less discuss them. Perhaps I shouldn't. It is just too damn bad this movie didn't take advantage of its right to the pursuit of happiness."
Reception Box office.
The film was the Christmas attraction at Radio City Music Hall in New York City and performed very well, grossing $1,743,978 in its first 6 weeks. It did not perform as well in its
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Do you like to tell jokes?
I do enjoy jokes. I especially enjoy jokes that tell a story, and then catch you off-guard with the punch line.
Thats great! I tend to make fun of myself sometimes to make people feel more comfortable.
Self-deprecation can be funny at times. Do you ever engage in practical jokes?
I'm sure that I have a few times. As long as it doesn't hurt the other person in any way.
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Practical joke
A practical joke, or prank, is a mischievous trick played on someone, generally causing the victim to experience embarrassment, perplexity, confusion, or discomfort. A person who performs a practical joke is called a "practical joker". Other terms for practical jokes include gag, jape, or shenanigan.
Practical jokes differ from confidence tricks or hoaxes in that the victim finds out, or is let in on the joke, rather than being talked into handing over money or other valuables. Practical jokes are
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man, I'm just tired, and old, and bald, and fat, and grouchy, and bored. You know? So I was just like, I'm going to make this record, and do this stupid Ozzfest thing, and tell a bunch of stupid jokes in front of a lot of people at Download, then I'm just going to fuck off for a while. The bigger this gets, the less I care, to the point where I just need to go spend some time with my family
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I always found beadwork to be relaxing. Something about the art of using a needle and threading beads is calming.
That sounds like fun! What kind of things can you make with beadwork?
Well there are a lot of beads, materials, shapes and sizes so the options are endless!
Very cool! What kind of beads are your favorite?
I like beads that are colorful so I can make my own jewelry, especially earrings.
Jewelry would be really nice. I would think you could make other things like necklaces and colorful costumes. Are beads expensive?
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Bead
A bead is a small, decorative object that is formed in a variety of shapes and sizes of a material such as stone, bone, shell, glass, plastic, wood or pearl and with a small hole for threading or stringing. Beads range in size from under to over in diameter. A pair of beads made from "Nassarius" sea snail shells, approximately 100,000 years old, are thought to be the earliest known examples of jewellery. Beadwork is the art or craft of making things with beads.
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Beadwork
Beadwork is the art or craft of attaching beads to one another by stringing them with a sewing needle or beading needle and thread or thin wire, or sewing them to cloth. Beads come in a variety of materials, shapes and sizes. Beads are used to create jewelry or other articles of personal adornment; they are also used in wall hangings and sculpture and many other artworks.
Beadwork techniques are broadly divided into loom and off-loom weaving, stringing, bead embroidery, bead crochet, bead knitting,
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I am a parent of 3 kids and I would have never expected it to be like this. Not in a bad way just unexpected haha
My sister has 4 kids so I understand. Parenting which includes supporting the physical, emotional, social, and intellectual development of a child is tough
Yes, it is. Do you know much about parenting?
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Parenting
Parenting or child rearing is the process of promoting and supporting the physical, emotional, social, and intellectual development of a child from infancy to adulthood. Parenting refers to the intricacies of raising a child and not exclusively for a biological relationship.
The most common caretaker in parenting is the father or mother, or both, biological parent(s) of the child in question, although a surrogate may be an older sibling, a grandparent, a legal guardian, aunt, uncle or other family member, or a family
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it that it would because we build fast cars and they are tough. Just real emotional man. Everything is just so good for me now. My personal life. My racing. The team I am with. I don't know why. I don't feel like I deserve it. I just feel overcome with a lot of emotion. It has been a long time since I won here. I've run so good here, and not to win here in so many races has bothered me.”
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I wish I had a large house like a mansion, that seems so cool!
More than cool that would be amazing!
even in ancient rome, the wealthy had extensive and luxurious houses, that would have been awesome
It seems like things don't change. What else did the wealthy in rome have?
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would "remain" there...
History.
Within an ancient Roman city, aristocratic people or just wealthy dwellings might be very extensive and luxurious. Such mansions on one hill in Rome became so extensive that the term palatial was derived from the name Palatine hill and is the etymological origin of "palace". Mansions of considerable size and state significance are called palaces.
Following the fall of Rome the practice of building unfortified villas ceased. Today, the oldest inhabited mansions around the world usually began their existence as fortified
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much based on me and my dad." Schwartz reasoned that, "As much as our audience enjoys living vicariously in this wealthy world, I think the true wish fulfillment comes from wishing that they had a family like the Cohens — where the parents could be that cool and that grounded and that loving, but also real parents."
Schwartz said that he wrote the highly regarded Pilot episode in his boxer shorts. "I had no idea what would come of it and there was just that purity to it
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I like fishing vessels
Me too, I use them to catch fish in the sea.
I use to catch wild atlantic salmon and tuna
Atlantic salmon? Are you referring to the ray-finned fish in the family Salmonidae?
I am referring to salmon
Yes they are intensively farmed in many parts of the world because they are delicious!
That is true. They have red flesh
That is because they hatch in fresh water and migrate to the ocean.
That is true. They also very tasty
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Salmon
Salmon is the common name for several species of ray-finned fish in the family Salmonidae. Other fish in the same family include trout, char, grayling and whitefish. Salmon are native to tributaries of the North Atlantic (genus "Salmo") and Pacific Ocean (genus "Oncorhynchus"). Many species of salmon have been introduced into non-native environments such as the Great Lakes of North America and Patagonia in South America. Salmon are intensively farmed in many parts of the world.
Typically,
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salmon frequently catch escaped farm salmon. At one stage, in the Faroe Islands, 20 to 40 percent of all fish caught were escaped farm salmon. In 2017, about 263,000 farmed non-native Atlantic salmon escaped from a net in Washington waters in the 2017 Cypress Island Atlantic salmon pen break.
Sea lice, particularly "Lepeophtheirus salmonis" and various "Caligus" species, including "C. clemensi" and "C. rogercresseyi", can cause deadly infestations of both farm-grown and wild salmon. Sea lice are
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I love photography, though I'm not that good at it.
Well it is the science, art application and practice of creating durable images by recording light or other electromagnetic radiation.
Yes, I really admire people who can capture incredible moments on film.
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Photography
Photography is the art, application and practice of creating durable images by recording light or other electromagnetic radiation, either electronically by means of an image sensor, or chemically by means of a light-sensitive material such as photographic film. It is employed in many fields of science, manufacturing (e.g., photolithography), and business, as well as its more direct uses for art, film and video production, recreational purposes, hobby, and mass communication.
Typically, a lens is used to focus the light
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photography, film, painting, and the like. Jolyon Mitchell argues that the visual arts can both encourage peacebuilding and instigating violence. This is true of various forms of visual arts, ranging from posters, cartoons, and stained glass, to websites, radio, and films by reflecting on examples from around the world.
Peacebuilding through the visual arts Photography.
Photography is the science and art of creating durable images with light or other electromagnetic radiation, either through the use of an image sensor or chemical means of a light
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My favorite band is The Story so Far. They are a punk band formed in 2007.
I've never heard of them! Where are they from?
They are from California in Walnut Creek.
Oh nice! I don't listen to punk music. What kind of music is it? Like heavy rock or something?
More pop than anything. They took their name from a New Found Glory song.
Oh i think I've heard New Found Glory
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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.
History "Under Soil and Dirt",
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The Story So Far (band)
The Story So Far is an American pop punk band from Walnut Creek, California, formed in 2007. They are currently signed to Pure Noise Records and have released 4 studio albums.
History.
History Formation and early releases (2007–2010).
The Story So Far formed in Walnut Creek, California in 2007. Their name is taken from the New Found Glory song "The Story So Far". The band consisted of Parker Cannon on vocals, Kevin Geyer and Kevin Ambrose
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My parents were divorced. It was a troubling time then.
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spouses informally stop cohabiting). Reasons for divorce vary, from sexual incompatibility or lack of independence for one or both spouses to a personality clash.
The only countries that do not allow divorce are the Philippines, the Vatican City and the British Crown Dependency of Sark. In the Philippines, divorce for non-Muslim Filipinos is not legal unless the husband or wife is an alien and satisfies certain conditions. The Vatican City is an ecclesiastical state, which has no procedure for divorce. Countries that have relatively recently legalized divorce
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born in Bournemouth, England, in 1965. He has said of his background: "I was born in the UK to an Anglo-Jewish mother and Ghanaian father, but was raised by my adopted parents who were from Jamaica and the UK. We lived for a time in Zambia, Central Africa, where my adopted dad worked as a vet. I finished my schooling in the west of England, then moved to London, where I eventually settled. In the meantime, my adopted parents had divorced and remarried,
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Hello. I'm a dabbler at air drumming. What is your favorite part of drum kits?
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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
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trying to do. But it's in there. It's deep in there and it's not going anywhere," Kinkel-Schuster said.
The late Jason Molina of the band Songs: Ohia is also a great influence, "If you're gonna say there's one thing that influenced what I do now, it has to be the drum sounds. Because I play a lot like that guy does. My favorite style of drumming is on their records. I definitely model what I do after that.
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Robert De Niro is my favorite actor. I cannot wait to see him in Bohemian Rhapsody!
I loved him in the Godfaster Part 2.
Loved that one too! He has another one coming up called the Irishman. Have you heard about that one?
No but I know Kill the Irishman the 2011 movie.
Hmmm. I have not seen that one.
It is based on gangster Danny Greene.
The Irishman is about a gangster as well.
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commenced in 2009, with filming taking place in and around Detroit. The film chronicles the rise and fall of Danny Greene. He worked as a longshoreman in the Cleveland docks, until being chosen to serve as interim president of the International Longshoremen's Association in 1961. In 1964, he was convicted of embezzling $11,500 of the union's funds. After his conviction, Greene rose through the criminal underworld in Cleveland, and waged war on the Mafia for control of the city. After many failed attempts, Greene was assassinated
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. Levene asked DeMille: "Did you find anything Jewish in my audition?" to which DeMille replied "No, that's what disturbs me. You were a better Irishman than the Irishman. But I can't give you the part". Shortly thereafter Levene got another call from DeMille, who told the actor: "I just want you to know that I've let the actor go that I first picked for the role of the Irishman, Murdock, and if your name weren't Sam Levene, I'd
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My cousin works for the United Parcel Service
you know UPS stands for United Parcel Service? I've always thought it stands for United Postal Service :)
I did! Do you know how long UPS has been around?
I'm not sure when it started but i know it's headquartered in Sandy Springs, Georgua
That's close to me! How many locations are there?
A lot! I believe they have UPS in each city in America. It's interesting that most deliviries were made on foot and bicycles at first
That's cool! I wonder who founded UPS
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in the U.S. city of Sandy Springs, Georgia, which is a part of the Greater Atlanta metropolitan area.
History.
History Foundation.
On August 28, 1907, James Casey founded the American Messenger Company with Claude Ryan in Seattle, Washington, capitalized with $100 in debt. Most deliveries at this time were made on foot and bicycles were used for longer trips.
The American Messenger Company focused primarily on package delivery to retail stores with special delivery mail delivered for its largest client the United States Postal Service
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president in 1995.
In 1997, Livermore was elected to the board of directors of United Parcel Service.
In 1998, when head of HP's software and services business, the company's top executives agreed to put themselves through a 360-degree evaluation. Livermore observed: "I learned that I'm a very, very well-controlled executive, but that my employees like when I go off the handle every once in a while, you know, show my human side - It reinforced that leadership means touching people's
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I have a pet skunk.
They are really cute, they are in the family Mephitidae
Skunk
The animals are known for their ability to spray a liquid that is used to scare other animals away.
Yes, it smells really bad when they do that.
Different species of skunk vary in appearance from black-and-white to brown and even ginger sometimes.
My skunk is black and white.
The word skunk was used as a insult in the 1800's
That is interesting. I do not like to insult others thou.
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Skunk species vary in size from about long and in weight from about (spotted skunks) to (hog-nosed skunks). They have moderately elongated bodies with relatively short, well-muscled legs and long front claws for digging.
Although the most common fur color is black and white, some skunks are brown or grey and a few are cream-colored. All skunks are striped, even from birth. They may have a single thick stripe across back and tail, two thinner stripes, or a series
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Skunk
Skunks are North and South American mammals in the family Mephitidae. While related to polecats and other members of the weasel family, skunks have as their closest Old World relatives the stink badgers. The animals are known for their ability to spray a liquid with a strong, unpleasant smell. Different species of skunk vary in appearance from black-and-white to brown, cream or ginger colored, but all have warning coloration.
Etymology.
The word "skunk" is an Americanism from the 1630s, the
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I am a sixth generation farmer growing food for consumption and raising livestock
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Farmer
A farmer (also called an agriculturer) is a person engaged in agriculture, raising living organisms for food or raw materials. The term usually applies to people who do some combination of raising field crops, orchards, vineyards, poultry, or other livestock. A farmer might own the farmed land or might work as a laborer on land owned by others, but in advanced economies, a farmer is usually a farm owner, while employees of the farm are known as farm workers, or farmhands. However, in
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"indirect" need for water in order to grow the feed for the livestock. Growing the amount of feed grains necessary for raising livestock accounts for 56 percent of the U.S water consumption. Of a 1,000 pound cow, only 430 pounds make it to the retail markets. This 18 percent loss, creates an even greater demand for cattle, being that CAFOs must make up for this lost profitable weight, by increasing the number of cows that they raise.
Water scarcity is not necessarily a new issue, however, cattle
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I really enjoy fishing. I enjoy it so much that I have my own fishing vessel. Do you by chance own a fishing vessel?
I don't, do you use your fishing vessel for commercial, artisanal, or recreational fishing?
I use my fishing vessel for recreational fishing and taking friends out on the water. Do you like going on boats?
Yes, I think it's really fun in the summer. I like tubing on the lakes around me.
I went tubing one time and I had a bad experience. I'm not sure I would go tubing again but I do love doing water activities.
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Tubing (recreation)
Tubing (also known as inner tubing, bumper tubing or just tubing) is a recreational activity where an individual rides on top of an inner tube, either on water, snow, or through the air. The tubes themselves are also known as "donuts" or "biscuits" due to their shape.
Variations.
Variations Water.
Tubing on water generally consists of two forms: towed and free-floating, also known as river tubing. According to "Time Magazine", tubing
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or gill nets. The rule does not apply to recreational fishing, commercial gear types that do not contact the seafloor, or the American lobster trap fishery and the deep sea red crab commercial trap fishery. Vessels may transit through the area if fishing gear is stowed and not available for immediate use.
Requires that vessels issued an "Illex" squid moratorium permit have a vessel monitoring system (VMS) installed, and operators of these vessels have to declare "Illex" squid trips on which 10,000 lb or more of "
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Dogs are such cool animals. They were one of the first domestic animals and the most widely abundant terrestrial carnivore.
They are very nice! And they come in all shapes and sizes. It's hard to imagine the Chihuahua and the Great Dane come from the same ancestry.
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was the first species to be domesticated and has been selectively bred over millennia for various behaviors, sensory capabilities, and physical attributes.
Their long association with humans has led dogs to be uniquely attuned to human behavior and they are able to thrive on a starch-rich diet that would be inadequate for other canid species. Dogs vary widely in shape, size and colors. They perform many roles for humans, such as hunting, herding, pulling loads, protection, assisting police and military, companionship and, more recently
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animals. Humans determine which animal or plant will reproduce and which of the offspring will survive; thus, they determine which genes will be passed on to future generations. The process of artificial selection has had a significant impact on the evolution of domestic animals. For example, people have produced different types of dogs by controlled breeding. The differences in size between the Chihuahua and the Great Dane are the result of artificial selection. Despite their dramatically different physical appearance, they and all other dogs evolved from a few wolves domesticated by
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I am a big fan of the band Muse. They are a British band and began back in 1994.
What kind of genre are they?
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Muse (band)
Muse are an English rock band from Teignmouth, Devon, formed in 1994. The band consists of Matt Bellamy (lead vocals, guitar, keyboards), Chris Wolstenholme (bass guitar, backing vocals), and Dominic Howard (drums).
Muse signed to Maverick Records and released their debut album, "Showbiz", in 1999, showcasing Bellamy's falsetto and a melancholic alternative rock style. Their second album, "Origin of Symmetry" (2001), incorporated wider instrumentation and romantic
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time around. Nika got involved because I am a big fan of her band Zola Jesus and I asked her to sing on a song and when she sent it back to me I was so blown away that I knew that I needed her to be a part of this band!"
Critical reception.
Pitchfork said the debut single, "Hold On," "sounds like what might've happened to Joy Division if Ian Curtis had bought a Casio and a four-track and fired the rest of the band
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I had my daughter when I was a senior in high school at 17
Wow! Teen pregnancy is pregnancy in females below the age of 20, so 17 is very young!
How many teenagers get pregnant every year?
A lot.. about 13 million children are born to women under 20 around the world.
That's more than I expected. What kinds of things are done to try to prevent more teen pregnancies?
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Sex education
Sex education is the instruction of issues relating to human sexuality, including emotional relations and responsibilities, human sexual anatomy, sexual activity, sexual reproduction, age of consent, reproductive health, reproductive rights, safe sex, birth control and sexual abstinence. Sex education that covers all of these aspects is known as comprehensive sex education. Common avenues for sex education are parents or caregivers, formal school programs, and public health campaigns.
Traditionally, adolescents in many cultures were not given any information on sexual matters,
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Teenage pregnancy
Teenage pregnancy, also known as adolescent pregnancy, is pregnancy in a female under the age of 20. Pregnancy can occur with sexual intercourse after the start of ovulation, which can be before the first menstrual period (menarche) but usually occurs after the onset of periods. In well-nourished females, the first period usually takes place around the age of 12 or 13.
Pregnant teenagers face many of the same pregnancy related issues as other women. There are additional concerns for those under the age of
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I have lived in Colorado for 10 years, and I love it! It was named for the Colorado River
Ive always wanted to go there, Whats the weather usually like in Colorado? is it cold or hot?
It can get pretty hot there in the summer! It's a popular spot for its mountains and forests
Yeah I seen online that some people live in the cold mountain areas, Are there really leopards there? are they dangerous?
There are snow leopards in Colorado - I wouldn't want to get too close to them! Interestingly, Colorado has a nickname - Centennial State!
Of thats neat! Do you happen to know the population of Colorado? Is it crowded?
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Colorado
Colorado (, other variants) is a state of the Western United States encompassing most of the southern Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains. It is the 8th most extensive and 21st most populous U.S. state. The estimated population of Colorado was 5,695,564 on July 1, 2018, an increase of 13.25% since the 2010 United States Census.
The state was named for the Colorado River, which early Spanish explorers named the "Río Colorado"
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the cast had to wear coats despite the hot summer weather. Actress Kate Flannery commented in a weekly blog she wrote for "TV Guide" that "we suffered while shooting the outdoor scenes... We had to act like it was cold when it was warm. For hours and hours. You would never know it by looking at us. Isn't that crazy?" Flannery also wrote, "I love this episode because it's dark, for a comedy. This time "The Office" tackles gutsy subject matter.
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I love to go rock climbing across natural rock formations. So much fun! Do you climb?
Not necessarily rock climbing, but I do like to go hiking on trails with that type of terrain. Where is your favorite place to rock-climb?
I like to go at Smith Rock State Park! There's sheer cliffs and basalt. Its a perfect spot for climbing!
Sounds nice! How long does it take you to climb one of the cliffs?
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Rock climbing
Rock climbing is a sport in which participants climb up, down or across natural rock formations or artificial rock walls. The goal is to reach the summit of a formation or the endpoint of a usually pre-defined route without falling. Professional rock climbing competitions have the objectives of either completing the route in the quickest possible time or attaining the farthest point on an increasingly difficult route.
Due to the length of time and extended endurance required, and because accidents are most likely to happen on the descent,
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the band, Smith said "you can't rock the boat in this country! It's really not allowed to play anything that might go against the grain of the current fashion. I think it's because we've been around for a long time and we refuse to go away. We really, genuinely do love what we do and there's a bunch of people over here who like it enough to make us carry on. But you know, British media... I mean, every other country in the world know
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I was just admiring my neighbors collection of My Little Pony things - they are just beautiful!
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My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic fandom
"" is an animated television series produced by Hasbro as part of the "My Little Pony" toy franchise, which is tied in with the 2010 relaunch of dolls and play sets and original programming for the American children's cable channel Discovery Family (formerly Hub Network). Lauren Faust was selected as the creative developer and executive producer for the show based on her previous animation experience with other animated shows such as Cartoon Network's "The Powerpuff Girls" and "Foster's
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a phantom highwayman, published by Barrington Stoke who specialise in books for reluctant readers. "Dead Cool" and "Dead Cooler" are humorous ghost stories also published by Barrington. His inspiration for the Sheltie pony books camefrom when he used to live on Exmoor in Devon. Peter said, "I wanted to spend my time doing the two things I enjoyed most – writing and creating pictures. Illustrated adventure stories for kids seemed like a brilliant idea and I just love it. Being able to create an entire village like Little
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I really love Meat, some call me a Carnivore, do you like to eat meat?
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Vegetarianism
Vegetarianism is the practice of abstaining from the consumption of meat (red meat, poultry, seafood, and the flesh of any other animal), and may also include abstention from by-products of animals processed for food.
Vegetarianism may be adopted for various reasons. Many people object to eating meat out of respect for sentient life. Such ethical motivations have been codified under various religious beliefs, as well as animal rights advocacy. Other motivations for vegetarianism are health-related, political, environmental, cultural,
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Glastonbury: "[Jonny Buckland] is an inspiration to guitar players everywhere, and I am proud to know that I was one of his main influences. (laughs) It makes me feel like a real rock star."
Personal life.
Buckland is a fan of Tottenham Hotspur F.C. Buckland was a vegetarian for some time, but eventually gave up after spending some time in Japan and, after not being able to communicate that he didn't eat meat, was served beef and found that he really liked it
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You a soccer fan?
I am not a soccer fan. I know thou 250 million people play.
I had friends that were into soccer growing up. I was more of a baseball fan.
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History of baseball outside the United States
While much has been written about baseball in the United States, it was often played in numerous other countries. Today, baseball is a popular sport around the world.
The International Baseball Federation (IBAF).
The International Baseball Federation (IBF) was founded in 1938, after the inaugural Baseball World Cup held in London. About 5 years later, the name of the federation was changed to "Federacion Internacional de Beisbol Amateur" (FIBA).
In 1973,
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South Africa. Jackson is a keen basketball fan, supporting the Toronto Raptors and the Harlem Globetrotters. He supports the soccer team Liverpool F.C. since appearing in "The 51st State". He also supports Irish soccer team Bohemian F.C.
Jackson campaigned during the 2008 Democratic Primary for Barack Obama in Texarkana, Texas. He said: "Barack Obama represents everything I was told I could be growing up. I am a child of segregation. When I grew up and people told me I could be president, I knew it was
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The word viking in Old English actually means pirate. My Norse people that settled in Scotland so they were vikings, ,
Very interesting. The word also sometimes refers to people who inhabited a village community during the Viking Age
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, Germany, Ukraine, Russia, Turkey and Italy.
Viking travellers and colonists were seen at many points in history as brutal raiders. Many historical documents suggest that their invasion of other countries was retaliation in response to the encroachment upon tribal lands by Christian missionaries, and perhaps by the Saxon Wars prosecuted by Charlemagne and his kin to the south, or were motivated by overpopulation, trade inequities, and the lack of viable farmland in their homeland.
Information about the Viking Age is drawn largely from what was written about
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but it was not used in this sense at the time. In Old Norse and Old English, the word simply meant 'pirate'.
The Norse were also known as , "ashmen", by the Germans, (Norse) by the Gaels and (Danes) by the Anglo-Saxons.
The Gaelic terms (Norwegian Viking or Norwegian), (Danish Viking or Danish) and (foreign Gaelic) were used for the people of Norse descent in Ireland and Scotland, who assimilated into the Gaelic culture
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I have a couple of huskies, they're adorable!
I am so jealous I'm not even sure where to start. And sad that because I don't live in a northern region of the country I'll likely won't own one for a while...
Yeah, they love the cold
Maybe I should become an Eskimo. I do love the cold weather anyway, then me having a Husky makes even more sense!
Yeah they seem really popular in Canada and Alaska
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Husky
Husky is a general name for a sled-type of dog used in northern regions, differentiated from other sled-dog types by their fast pulling style. They are an ever-changing cross-breed of the fastest dogs. The Alaskan Malamute, by contrast, was used for pulling heavier loads. Huskies are used in sled dog racing. In recent years, companies have been marketing tourist treks with dog sledges for adventure travelers in snow regions as well. Huskies are also today kept as pets, and groups
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not featured in the film itself. Goulding performed "How Long Will I Love You" live in the BBC "Children in Need" appeal show on BBC One on 15 November 2013.
"She changed a couple of the lines", Mike Scott said of Goulding's version. "I'm not sure if she did it deliberately. I don't think they're as good as the original lines, but good for her. I do the same thing myself. I've changed Dylan's words, so I
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I am a man who love sport cars. My favorite is Lamborghini. an Italian brand
Great! I like sport cars too, but I don't drive that much. I just like how they look.
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Lamborghini
Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A. () is an Italian brand and manufacturer of luxury sports cars and SUVs based in Sant'Agata Bolognese and tractors Lamborghini Trattori in Pieve di Cento, Italy. The company is owned by the Volkswagen Group through its subsidiary Audi.
Ferruccio Lamborghini, an Italian manufacturing magnate, founded Automobili Ferruccio Lamborghini S.p.A. in 1963 to compete with established marques, including Ferrari. The company gained wide acclaim in 1966 for the Miura sports coupé, which established rear mid-engine, rear wheel drive as
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it that it would because we build fast cars and they are tough. Just real emotional man. Everything is just so good for me now. My personal life. My racing. The team I am with. I don't know why. I don't feel like I deserve it. I just feel overcome with a lot of emotion. It has been a long time since I won here. I've run so good here, and not to win here in so many races has bothered me.”
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Have you heard of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, an american rock band?
No I never knew it was a band with that name are they famous what are some names of their songs?
Tons of songs to pick from they have sold over 80 million records!
Where are they originated from?
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touring guitarist Josh Klinghoffer. Red Hot Chili Peppers are one of the best-selling bands of all time with over 80 million records sold worldwide, they have been nominated for sixteen Grammy Awards, of which they have won six, and are the most successful band in alternative rock radio history, currently holding the records for most number-one singles (13), most cumulative weeks at number one (85) and most top-ten songs (25) on the "Billboard" Alternative Songs chart. In 2012,
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received a lot of flack from fans all over the world. What I meant to say was the Red Hot Chili Peppers [are] the worst band in the universe. I'd like to apologize for that confusion. I want to explain that we live in a binary universe," he continued. "You're either a Faith No More fan, or a Red Hot Chili Peppers fan. You cannot love Mike Patton and Anthony Kiedis, because they are two different people. You have to love Mike Patton,
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I once dated a linebacker. His job was to either give extra run protection or pass protection on the defensive plays. It was pretty neat.
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as the most important position in defense, due to their versatility in providing hard hits on running plays or an additional layer of pass protection, when required. Similar to the "free safety" position, linebackers are required to use their judgment on every snap, to determine their role during that particular play.
History.
Before the advent of the two-platoon system with separate units for offense and defense, the player who was the team's center on offense was often, though not always, the team's
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three-point stance" or "four-point stance" before the ball is snapped).
The goal of the linebacker is to provide either extra run protection or extra pass protection based on the particular defensive play being executed. Another key play of the linebacker position is blitzing. A blitz occurs when a linebacker acts as an extra pass rusher running into any exposed gap. When a blitz is called by the defense, it is mainly to sack or hurry the opposing offense's quarterback.
Linebackers are often regarded
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I thought about registering for a cinematography class this semester, but I didn't have time. I'm really interested in film.
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well as for entertainment purposes and mass communication.
History.
History Precursors.
In the 1830s, moving images were produced on revolving drums and disks, with independent invention by Simon von Stampfer (stroboscope) in Austria, Joseph Plateau (phenakistoscope) in Belgium, and William Horner (zoetrope) in Britain.
In 1845, Francis Ronalds invented the first successful camera able to make continuous recordings of the varying indications of meteorological and geomagnetic instruments over time. The cameras were supplied to numerous observatories around the world and some
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and I had written out a few scenes of it, so I even had dialogue written out, which is really unusual for me. It sat there for a long time, and I really don't have a clear reason why I didn't pull the trigger earlier. But this felt like the perfect time to do it, with the type of movies I'm doing now, and the type of tones I am interested in – humor and suspense."
On October 2, 2015, James McAvoy was cast in
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I didn't know MacDonalds sold such things as chicken products, breakfast food and wraps. Did you?
Yeah I did! Have you ever been to McDonalds before?
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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. According to two reports published in 2018, McDonald's is the world's second-largest private employer with 1.7 million employees (behind Walmart with 2.3 million employees).
History.
The siblings Richard and Maurice McDonald opened in 1940 the first McDonald's at 1398 North E
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relies on Caine's ability to impart trivial information in the same way, starting with "Did you know..." and ending with ".. and not a lot of people know that.". Whitehouse continues in this tradition, talking about extremely dreary things his neighbours were doing such as "do you know, he didn't call that woman back until... approximately two hours later. Would Damon Hill have taken that long to call his mother? I'll be honest with you. I don't know. Not a
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I just came from camping! with my wife and two kids, God i love the outdoors! have you ever been to a camp overnight?
I go overnight camping regularly in a tent and I love to buy camping equipment as well.
Yes, the only equipment that i hate is the cooler, is really difficult to carry, my family and i feel like we are in the 1800s while camping!
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Camping
Camping is an outdoor activity involving overnight stays away from home in a shelter, such as a tent or an RV. Typically participants leave developed areas to spend time outdoors in more natural ones in pursuit of activities providing them enjoyment. To be regarded as "camping" a minimum of one night is spent outdoors, distinguishing it from day-tripping, picnicking, and other similarly short-term recreational activities. Camping can be enjoyed through all four seasons.
Luxury may be an element, as in early 20th
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Gap State Park opens in mid April at the beginning of trout season and closes in mid December at the conclusion of deer season. The campground has 224 sites, in two areas, that have enough room for any camping equipment from a tent to a large RV. The area has modern restrooms with flush toilets and hot showers. A large area within the campground is reserved for large group camping such as the Boy Scouts.
Staying overnight Cabins.
There are 10 rustic cabins built during the Great Depression by the CCC.
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The Honda civic is a classic and sturdy car
It is. It's one of the staple economic cars that's affordable and gets decent mileage.
Yep the honda civic is a leader in versatility, reliability, and safety
If I remember correctly, it was one of the first models to introduce gas-electric hybried technology
Yea the honda civic truly is a game changer with how solid of a car it is
I wonder when Honda will move the move to do it in a full battery electric style, like a Tesla or a Nissan Leaf
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Honda Civic
The is a line of cars manufactured by Honda. Originally a subcompact, the Civic has gone through several generational changes, becoming both larger and more upscale, moving into the compact car segment. EPA guidelines for vehicle size class stipulate a car having combined passenger and cargo room of is considered a mid-size car, and as such the tenth generation Civic sedan is technically a small-end mid-size car, although it still competes in the compact class. The Civic coupe is still considered a compact
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cars scoring five-star ratings in front and side crash tests. A new independent crash test report from Euro NCAP also assessed the 2009 Honda Accord, Honda Civic and Honda Jazz as among Europe's safest cars, with an overall five-star rating.
Honda approaches safety issues through a core feature of advanced safety technologies which are applied to virtually all models as standard equipment to prevent accidents. Active safety technology prevents uncontrollable steering during cornering on the road using the Vehicle Stability Assist (VSA) while passive safety technology protects
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I have heard that Dana Karan's family was Jewish.
I sound so ignorant, but who is Dana Karan?
Danna Karan, or DK is an American fashion designer. She is the brilliant creator of DKNY clothing labels.
Oh that's right. Hopefully she doesn't commit suicide either right?
I suppose you could do a suicide risk assessment if you are worried.
It's weird though. None of these famous people who commited suicide seemed sad I'm sure.
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Suicide prevention
Suicide prevention, as an umbrella term, involves the collective efforts of local citizen organizations, of health professionals and of related professionals to reduce the incidence of suicide. Beyond direct interventions to stop an impending suicide, methods may also involve:
- treating the psychological and psychophysiological symptoms of depression
- improving the coping strategies of persons who might otherwise seriously consider suicide
- reducing the prevalence of conditions believed to constitute risk factors for suicide, such as poverty or anomie
- giving people hope for a better
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Donna Karan
Donna Karan (born Donna Ivy Faske; 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.
Early life.
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
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I own a flower shop and love flowers! Many flowers have actually evolved so that they appear attractive to animals so that we can help transfer their pollen!
That makes me wonder what some of them used to look like, I love flowers just not floral designs on fabric
I know what you mean! The real thing is always more beautiful. The biological function of a flower is to reproduce, which is why it may have evolved so much over time to be more attractive to animals. Therefore I would imagine that flowers used to be a lot more bland and less colourful before they evolved.
That's interesting that some with no brain knew over time how to make it
Yeah, well they are basically the reproductive part of a plant and need to be fertilized before they can reproduce, and since they can not move on their own they rely on other animals to cross pollinate them
That's cool, I think flowers should be planted everywhere to brighten the world up
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contain sporangia and are the site where gametophytes develop. Many flowers have evolved to be attractive to animals, so as to cause them to be vectors for the transfer of pollen. After fertilization, the ovary of the flower develops into fruit containing seeds.
In addition to facilitating the reproduction of flowering plants, flowers have long been admired and used by humans to bring beauty to their environment, and also as objects of romance, ritual, religion, medicine and as a source of food.
Morphology.
Morphology Floral parts
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flowers on the same plant may not appear or mature at the same time, or pollen from the same plant may be incapable of fertilizing its ovules. The latter flower types, which have chemical barriers to their own pollen, are referred to as self-sterile or self-incompatible.
Pollination Attraction methods.
Plants cannot move from one location to another, thus many flowers have evolved to attract animals to transfer pollen between individuals in dispersed populations. Flowers that are insect-pollinated are called "entomophilous"; literally
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i like cats dont you?
I love them! They make good companions, and they're great for hunting vermin too. That's actually why I got mine, since I live in the midwest.
i live in the south and my cat is like a roomate
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registries.
Cats are similar in anatomy to the other felid species, with a strong flexible body, quick reflexes, sharp teeth and retractable claws adapted to killing small prey. They are predators who are most active at dawn and dusk (crepuscular). Cats can hear sounds too faint or too high in frequency for human ears, such as those made by mice and other small animals. Compared to humans, they see better in the dark (they see in near total darkness) and have a better sense of smell
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handle them, I totally fell in love and felt an affinity toward them. They're very mysterious creatures. They live in solitude, [and] there are times in my life [when] I just want to be by myself. There are times I can't even figure myself out. I feel they are very complex creatures, [but] at the same time, they're sexy, too. That's why they represent Aaliyah pretty well. They're dangerous, but quite beautiful. I thought that it
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I think I will be an LGBT parent later in life, if things go well with my girlfriend
Good luck, I think that's fantastic!! Do you think you would adopt, have a surrogate or try donor insemination?
Well in the state I live in it would be hard to adopt since agencies are able to discriminate against us if they choose to. I think we will inseminate with the help of a friend.
Ugh, I'm sorry that your state is like that. That's terrible. Scientific research consistently shows that LGBT parents are just as fit and capable as hetero parents.
They just use the excuse that LGBT parents will be poor parents over concern about the kids but it's never about the kids, just discrimination
That's ridiculous. Studies show kids with LGBT parents are just as psychologically healthy and well-adjusted as those in more traditional homes. I agree that some people are very discriminatory towards LGBT families and it makes me sad.
Yeah me too. Thank you so much for being an ally it is appreciated! What other statistics do you know?
Unfortunately I don't have any other hard statistics but I do know that thoughts and opinions of the general population are turning and becoming much more accepting of alternative families. Let's just hope that trend continues and love conquers! I wish you and your girlfriend the best of luck!
Thank you so much! That is so good to hear. It warms my heart to know that the overall opinion is changing.
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identified credible empirical research that suggests otherwise.
In the United States, studies on the effect of gay and lesbian parenting on children were first conducted in the 1970s, and expanded through the 1980s in the context of increasing numbers of gay and lesbian parents seeking legal custody of their biological children.
Research Methodology.
Studies of LGBT parenting have sometimes suffered from small and/or non-random samples and inability to implement all possible controls, due to the small LGBT parenting population and to cultural and social obstacles to identifying as an LGBT
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the bank. I want you to come and see me as soon as you can. I will send you all of my things and you can sell them. But keep the Winchester. It is hard for me to write this letter, but it was all for you, my sweet wife, and for the love I have for you. "Do not go back on me. If you do it will kill me. Be true to me as long as you live, and come to see me if you think
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I am a retired newspaper journalist. What do you know of journalism?
I do! A journalist is someone who writes or distributes news to the public.
What are the responsibilities of a journalist to the public discourse?
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Journalist
A journalist is a person who collects, writes, or distributes news or other current information to the public. A journalist's work is called journalism. A journalist can work with general issues or specialize in certain issues. However, most journalists tend to specialize, and by cooperating with other journalists, produce journals that span many topics. For example, a sports journalist covers news within the world of sports, but this journalist may be a part of a newspaper that covers many different topics.
Roles.
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issues, with constructive journalism the journalist also addresses what the consumer can do with the information. What can I do to change it? etc.
The journalist does not reflect his or her opinion and also does not render or implement what those solutions are, but tries to inform the society of what solutions there might be. Pioneers of constructive journalism say that as a journalist you have a big impact on the way people think, because of the way you construct the news. Journalists need to be aware of that responsibility
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Some people have yellow in their eyes, did you know that?
Yes, I did know that. It is the color between green and orange on the spectrum of visible light.
Seem to very knowledgeable. Surfboards turn yellow over time. Not a big fan of that.
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ionize atoms, it can cause chemical reactions and causes many substances to glow or fluoresce. Consequently, the chemical and biological effects of UV are greater than simple heating effects, and many practical applications of UV radiation derive from its interactions with organic molecules.
Suntan and sunburn are familiar effects of over-exposure of the skin to UV, along with higher risk of skin cancer. Living things on dry land would be severely damaged by ultraviolet radiation from the Sun if most of it were not filtered out by the Earth's
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in contrast to those with normal sight (trichromats) who can distinguish three primary colors). Dichromats usually know they have a color vision problem, and it can affect their daily lives. Out of the male population, 2% have severe difficulties distinguishing between red, orange, yellow, and green. (Orange and yellow are different combinations of red and green light.) Colors in this range, which appear very different to a normal viewer, appear to a dichromat to be the same or a similar color. The
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Have you ever been to Miami? It has a very unique culture
I haven't, but I'd like to go one day. After all it is a major center and leader in finance, entertainment, the arts, and international trade.
This is true. It's also somewhat of a gateway from the Caribbean to the States.
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year-round good air quality, vast green spaces, clean drinking water, clean streets and citywide recycling programs.
Economy PortMiami.
Miami is home to one of the largest ports in the United States, the PortMiami. It is the largest cruise ship port in the world, and is often called the "Cruise Capital of the World" and the "Cargo Gateway of the Americas". It has retained its status as the number one cruise/passenger port in the world for well over a decade, accommodating the
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the seventh-largest in the nation. The city has the third tallest skyline in the U.S. with over 300 high-rises, 55 of which exceed .
Miami is a major center and leader in finance, commerce, culture, media, entertainment, the arts, and international trade. The metro area is by far the largest urban economy in Florida and the 12th largest in the United States, with a GDP of $344.9 billion as of 2017. In 2018, Miami was classified as an Alpha level global city
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I really love reading, I have been catching up on some goosebump books from my childhood, Have you ever read them?
i have. i learned in school that Reading is a complex "cognitive process" of decoding symbols in order to construct or derive meaning
It can definitely be complex depending on what books you read, I like to keep it simple and read a lot of books that remind me of my childhood and relive those fine moments.
yeah it is true that Reading is a means of language acquisition.
Indeed it is, I used books and reading as a way to increase my understanding of english as well, I am now fully proficient in english and reading. Its a good life skill for sure
exactly! Like all languages, it is a complex interaction between the text and the reader which is shaped by the reader’s prior knowledge.
Yep and some books actually helped me learn new words that I never seen before, I remember I could never pronounce island or sweater properly but in school there was books that taught me that.
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culturally and socially situated. The reading process requires continuous practice, development, and refinement. Reading requires creativity and critical analysis. Consumers of literature deviate from literal words to create images that make sense to them in the unfamiliar places the texts describe. Because reading is a complex process, it cannot be controlled or restricted to one or two interpretations. There are no concrete laws in reading, but rather it provides readers an escape to produce their own products introspectively. This promotes deep exploration of texts during interpretation.
Readers
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Her father was a house builder and later successful real estate developer, while her mother worked as the bookkeeper for her father's business. Early on, her parents encouraged her to read, leading to what would become her love of reading. She said, "I learned [how important reading is] at home from my mother. When I was a little girl, my mother would read stories to me. I have loved books and going to the library ever since. In the summer, I liked to spend afternoons
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I have been dating my boyfriend for 2 years.
Oh so you and your boyfriend are meeting socially with the aim of assessing each others ability to maintain a successful intimate relationship or marriage?
Yep. We started out just as friends though, which seemed to help
So just saying, dating can also involve two, or more, people who have decided they share romantic or sexual feelings for one of the others?
in our case only two people, and we have romantic feelings for sure
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are romantically or sexually compatible by participating in dates with the other. With the use of modern technology, people can date via telephone or computer or meet in person.
Dating may also involve two or more people who have already decided that they share romantic or sexual feelings toward each other. These people will have dates on a regular basis, and they may or may not be having sexual relations. This period of courtship is sometimes seen as a precursor to engagement. Some cultures require people to wait until a certain age
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see her then-boyfriend Tim Armstrong's band Rancid. The two reconnected seven years later in 2003, during her separation from Armstrong, and they began dating. He said of the beginning of their relationship, "We had to be very secretive, because she was just starting a divorce process. I went back to do those Desert Sessions, and you can tell what I was going through [...] I was so in love, I was totally revelling in it so much, I was a little paralysed."
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I want to buy a new vehicle and I went to a Toyota dealership today - I really do like the looks of their cars and SUVs!
I agree, I recommend you check out their line of hybrid electric vehicles as well.
That sounds interesting! Which Toyotas are hybrid?
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Toyota Prius Plug-in Hybrid
The Toyota Prius Plug-in Hybrid, also known as Prius PHV and Prius Prime (U.S.), is a plug-in hybrid manufactured by Toyota. Deliveries of the production model began in Japan in January 2012, in late February in the United States, and by late June 2012 in Europe. The second generation model was first available in 2016 and is currently being produced.
The first generation Prius plug-in was produced from 2012 to 2016. Its total all-electric
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would be re-focused on the hybrid concept, and 21 new hybrid gas-electric models scheduled to be on the market by 2015.
Toyota's project called (Harmonious Mobility Network), is using the Toyota i-Road, an all-electric vehicle which combines the potential of both cars and motorbikes. The project is being run in Grenoble, France; Toyota City, Japan; and also Tokyo, Japan.
Product line Electric technology Hydrogen fuel-cell.
In 2002, Toyota began a development and demonstration
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Hey! have you ever watched an episode of the Top Chef
Hey hey! Yes I have, I think they even have one for kids now called Top Chef Junior
Ah, That's nice. I am sure that is more entertaining. some kids are extremely talented
Yes, Top Chef is so interesting. Who knew that watching chefs competing against eachother was so entertaining?
Right! I hear it is quite stressful though. Didn't one of the famous contender quit in a pretty scandalous way?
Really? There's always so much drama in these shows. I remember in Season 3 of Top Chef Masters, they stopped judging them on the five-star rating. They started using eliminations!
Well drama sells i guess, and these networks will do anything for the rating. By the way, are you interested in cooling?
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Computer cooling
Computer cooling is required to remove the waste heat produced by computer components, to keep components within permissible operating temperature limits. Components that are susceptible to temporary malfunction or permanent failure if overheated include integrated circuits such as central processing units (CPUs), chipset, graphics cards, and hard disk drives.
Components are often designed to generate as little heat as possible, and computers and operating systems may be designed to reduce power consumption and consequent heating according to workload, but more heat may still be produced than
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Yes, yes I am," though on a few occasions has responded "No" or "Well, I don't think so."
In every episode, Phineas and Ferb's pet platypus, Perry, disappears to carry out his job as a secret agent. The kids almost always notice this, asking "Hey, where's Perry?" Then, when Perry comes home, they say, "Oh, there you are, Perry!" Discussing Perry, creator Povenmire cited the example of his own
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Sometimes I go to Walmart or Sam's Club for the shopping and the people watching.
Do you shop for anything specific?
I sometimes get Sam's Choice things at Sam's Club (owned by walmart) because they're a good price for what you get.
What sort of Sam's Choice things do you especially like?
I like some of the Sam's Choice dry goods. Like generic cereals and things. The quality is better than most store brands that aren't from membership-only retailers. Costco also had good store brand quality.
Is the price of the Costco store brand items comparable to the price of the Sam's Choice items?
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Costco
Costco Wholesale Corporation, doing business as Costco, is an American multinational corporation which operates a chain of membership-only warehouse clubs. , Costco was the second largest retailer in the world after Walmart, and , Costco was the world's largest retailer of choice and prime beef, organic foods, rotisserie chicken, and wine. Costco is ranked on the Fortune 500 rankings of the largest United States corporations by total revenue.
Costco's worldwide headquarters are in Issaquah, Washington, a suburb east of Seattle; the
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twist on a Biblical story. And I don't know about you all but watching the arrival of The Darkness — which was sort of Sam's fault for making Rowena do the spell — took me right back to Sam letting Lucifer out of his cage. And that twist ended up giving us season 5, a.k.a. my favorite of the series. So if The Darkness is anything like Lucifer, I'm in."
Sean McKenna from "TV Fanatic", gave a 4.6 star rating out of 5, stating
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Alpacas are such cool animals! I'd love to own one some day.
Alpacas are a domesticated species in south america
I never knew that they came from South America, that's cool.
Alpacas are actually quite similar to llamas
I've noticed that, as they look really similar in appearance.
Yea people confuse alpacas and llamas
I would definitely do this as well so I really can't blame them.
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Alpaca
The alpaca ("Vicugna pacos") is a species of South American camelid. It is similar to, and often confused with, the llama. However, alpacas are often noticeably smaller than llamas. The two animals are closely related and can successfully cross-breed. Alpacas and llamas are also closely related to the vicuña, which is believed to be the alpaca's wild ancestor, and to the guanaco.
There are two breeds of alpaca: the Suri alpaca and the Huacaya alpaca.
Alpacas are
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kept in herds that graze on the level heights of the Andes of Southern Peru, Western Bolivia, Ecuador, and Northern Chile at an altitude of to above sea level. Alpacas are considerably smaller than llamas, and unlike llamas, they were not bred to be working animals but were bred specifically for their fiber. Alpaca fiber is used for making knitted and woven items, similar to sheep's wool. These items include blankets, sweaters, hats, gloves, scarves, a wide variety of textiles and ponchos in South America
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Hi! A humane society is a group that works to stop suffering, either human or animal, due to cruelty or other reasons.
ya thats humane society is now more more important to the animals
That's true that in many countries the term is used mostly for societies such as the SPCA that prevent cruelty to animals.
like this there are many spca are currently activity work on countries
Yes, like the British Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals or RSPCA), set up in Victoria in 1871.
the rspca is the main responsible to animals in british
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in 1956.
The national organisation, RSPCA Australia, was formed in 1981 to give a national voice on policy matters and advise the federal government on animal welfare issues.
Canada.
The first SPCA in Canada was the Canadian SPCA founded in Montreal in 1869. The other societies developed on a regional basis and now 123 societies are represented at a federal level by the Canadian Federation of Humane Societies..
New Zealand.
Early British settlers brought with them the laws of England, and the English Protection of Animals
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A humane society is a group that aims to stop animal suffering due to cruelty or other reasons. In many countries, the term is used mostly for societies for the prevention of cruelty to animals (SPCA). In the United Kingdom, it may also be a society that provides a waterways rescue, prevention, and recovery service, or that gives awards for the saving of human life (see: Royal Humane Society).
Australia.
The first Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (
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My neighbour has a parrot. It is very noisy.
What type of parrot? They make up 393 different species.
Oh, I'm not sure. It is a grey one.
Interesting. Could it be a companion parrot? They interact with their human all the time.
It does talk, and they have taught it to sing songs. I think this was cute at first, but now they find it annoying.
I never realized how intense training for that is, parrots have to be trained more slowly and carefully than dogs are.
I don't think their parrot can retrieve a frisbee.
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. Parrots can, however, eventually be taught many complicated tricks and behaviors, and remember them for years. Parrots are often used in shows at zoos and amusement parks.
Parrots need to socialize. Some behavior problems may be averted through parrot training. As with any animal, training birds also requires patience, time, and commitment for up to several minutes a couple times a day.
Taming.
Parrot taming, or teaching, can be measured by the number, or types of behaviors it knows. Teaching
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species. This has made the trade, import and export of all wild caught parrots illegal.
Aviculture.
Aviculture Pets.
Hand reared Senegal parrots are one of the most popular parrots to be kept as pets, and the most popular Poicephalus parrot. Their calls are generally high pitched whistles and squawks along with mimics, but they are not as noisy as many other parrot species. They make for a good companion and are quite friendly compared to other parrot species. Senegal parrots are independent at times, needing a very
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I have really gotten into Yoga lately. I feel it has many benefits. Do you know what Yoga is?
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Yoga
Yoga (; ; ) is a group of physical, mental, and spiritual practices or disciplines which originated in ancient India. Yoga is one of the six orthodox schools of Hindu philosophical traditions. There is a broad variety of yoga schools, practices, and goals in Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism. The term "yoga" in the Western world often denotes a modern form of Hatha yoga, yoga as exercise, consisting largely of the postures called asanas.
The origins of yoga have been speculated to date back
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from the incident and seemingly changing with fame. "I really want to be honest about this, but I just feel that anything I say about him will be taken the wrong way", said Jackson. "I do think that Justin is very talented and that he has a very big career ahead of him. But he seems to have changed recently. He's gotten a bit cocky. You know, some people can handle success and some people can't. I'm starting to wonder if (the latter)
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You have a dog, right? I have two dogs named Cleopatra and Olive. They are the best!
I do have a dog. I have a chihuahua named Mia. I was reading that the dog is a direct ancestor of the wolf
Mine are also chihuahuas! It is crazy to think that these little dogs could come from such big and independent wolves. What else have you been reading about them?
That dogs are the first species to be domesticated. crazy right/
That is so weird. I would think that we would want to domesticate cows or something first. Dogs are smart though, they see the value in us humans. When were they domesticated?
It just said that they were selectively bred over a millennia for different behaviors. For instance some needed sensory capabiities and others needed different physical attributes
I think I have heard that before. Bulldogs were bred so that they had big jaws for grabbing on to bulls, i think?
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was the first species to be domesticated and has been selectively bred over millennia for various behaviors, sensory capabilities, and physical attributes.
Their long association with humans has led dogs to be uniquely attuned to human behavior and they are able to thrive on a starch-rich diet that would be inadequate for other canid species. Dogs vary widely in shape, size and colors. They perform many roles for humans, such as hunting, herding, pulling loads, protection, assisting police and military, companionship and, more recently
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a dog, however these have been challenged as being left by a wolf. Paleolithic dogs were directly associated with human hunting camps in Europe over 30,000 (YBP) and it is proposed that they were domesticated. They are also proposed to be either a proto-dog and the ancestor of the domestic dog or a type of wolf unknown to science.
Fossil record "Canis lupus familiaris" (domestic dog).
In 2002, a study was undertaken into the fossil skulls of two large canids that had been found buried within
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I love vegetarian food. It roots in the civilizations of ancient india
Me too! Is vegetarian food different from meat foods?
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History of vegetarianism
The earliest records of vegetarianism as a concept and practice amongst a significant number of people are from ancient India and the ancient Greek civilizations in southern Italy and Greece. In both instances, the diet was closely connected with the idea of nonviolence toward animals (called "ahimsa" in India), and was promoted by religious groups and philosophers.
Following the Christianization of the Roman Empire in late antiquity (4th–6th centuries), vegetarianism nearly disappeared from Europe. Several orders of monks in medieval Europe restricted or
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all people are served free food without any caste distinctions. The land for the facility was donated by kind, generous people and those registered documents are available for seeing by the visitors. The free facility continues its service till the present time. Rāmalinga disliked people eating non-vegetarian foods, about which he said:When I see men feeding on the coarse and vicious food of meat, it is an ever-recurring grief to me.
On January 25th of 1872, Rāmalingam opened the "Sathya Gnana Sabha" (
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I love going to the beach. It is a landform by a body of water with sand.
The beach is one of my favorite places on earth! I just don't prefer the salty water yuck.What do you like doing at the beach?
I love the feeling of sand under my feet. I don't like hard gravel beaches. I like to sunbathe and relax.
I prefer white sand beaching they are so pretty ! Clear water is what I prefer so that I can Snorkel. I love seeing all of the underwater wildlife.
Snorkeling is great to observe underwater attractions for long periods.
Absolutely ! Have you ever tried skim boarding or surfing? They are some of my favorite water sports
No but I want to try skimboarding. It is using a small board to glide on the water.
Yeah my favorite brand of board is Victoria. If you try it that's a great brand to try out ! They have top notch quality.
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Skimboarding
Skimboarding (or skimming) is a boardsport in which a "skimboard" (much like a surfboard but smaller and without fins) is used to glide across the water's surface to meet an incoming breaking wave, and ride it back to shore. Wave-riding skimboarders perform a variety of surface and air maneuvers, at various stages of their ride, out to, and back with, the wave. Some of these are known as "wraps," "big spins," "360 shove-its
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my social skills."
Speaking about her homeland, Brown told Wish magazine in 2010 that she misses "the moving air that you feel on your face when you're at the beach [in Sydney]. If I could borrow that and swish it around my apartment, I would. And I love a good Mint Slice," referring to an Australian chocolate biscuit. Brown said her favorite thing about New York "is that at the beginning of the week you just don't know how your week is going to
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I love the folklore of Leprechauns!
I've heard of Leprechauns but I don't know the folklore behind them. What are they exactly?
They are little bearded men that wear a green coat and hat. They like to make trouble!
Aren't they supposed to hide pots of gold or something like that?
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Leprechaun
A leprechaun () is a type of fairy of the Aos Sí in Irish folklore. They are usually depicted as little bearded men, wearing a coat and hat, who partake in mischief. They are solitary creatures who spend their time making and mending shoes and have a hidden pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. If captured by a human, they often grant three wishes in exchange for their freedom. Like other Irish fairies, leprechauns may be derived from the Tuatha Dé Danann. Leprechaun-like
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" he answered "They function as clouds in a way, but since the show takes place underwater, they aren't really clouds." Since the show was influenced by tiki, the background painters have to use a lot of pattern. Pittenger said "So really, the sky flowers are mostly a whimsical design element that Steve [Hillenburg] came up with to evoke the look of a flower-print Hawaiian shirt—or something like that. I don't know what they are either."
Production Casting.
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I've always been fascinated with archaeology and have wanted to learn more about it. There is so much history to uncover!
I'm not sure really of what Archaeology is besides knowing it is a part of human activity.
Yeah, studying human history and prehistory is such a vast subject. I wonder what the oldest artifact we have uncovered is.
Alot of the artifacts are found from East Africa I bet going to a museum that presents all the history of that tribe can tell us how old it is.
That's interesting. I guess East Africa was a pretty important location in our prehistory?
Yes it is it is very diverse and one of the top politically developing nation and has lots of ancient history.
I think my next vacation will be to that area. If I could find a museum or look at pieces of history I would be ecstatic!
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Middle East and Southern Europe while the Bantu expansion swept from modern day Cameroon (Central Africa) across much of the sub-Saharan continent in waves between around 1000 BC and 0 AD, creating a linguistic commonality across much of the central and Southern continent.
During the Middle Ages, Islam spread west from Arabia to Egypt, crossing the Maghreb and the Sahel. Some notable pre-colonial states and societies in Africa include the Ajuran Empire, D'mt, Adal Sultanate, Alodia, Warsangali Sultanate, Kingdom of Nri, Nok
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they perform. Hanakowski was quoted in a February 2008 interview, "Really, right now I'm not sure what to think. I've read the books, heard the horror stories, but still immediately said yes when it was offered. There was never a doubt in my mind, my hope is just to learn. With so much time on the road and in the company of some great names like Condello and Vance, I just hope to soak up as much information as I can. The kind of stuff you
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running is my way to relax, no matter the speed i chose. Either jogging or sprinting.
I like to run too, since it helps build nice calves and it is great cardio.
Of course it is described as the world's most accessible sport.
That makes a lot of sense. Almost anyone can run and you can do it almost anywhere.
Do you involve in running as a competitive racing. It started back to the Tailteann Games in Ireland in 1829 BCE
That's such a long time ago, wow!
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-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
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and the first viable woman candidate, running against each other in the same nomination race. One South Carolina pastor lamented that he had been waiting all his life for either "first" to happen and said, "I really hate that they had to run at the same time in the same election. It just makes what should be a wonderful situation very stressful for folk like me. I never imagined you could have too much of a good thing." After the Clinton-Obama tension on this matter, one Democrat
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I live in Florida and love residing in the sunshine state.
I like Florida I have been on the turnpike.
The turnpike is a very busy road in the state of Florida. When did you visit?
in 2005 I took the Interstate 95 highway from Jersey.
Wow! That was a long drive for you. What brought you to the state of Florida?
We just got I95 in Maryland and decided to drive as south as we could go in our camper.
That sounds like fun! I have never been camping before.
Yeah it was fun we could go anywhere in our truck camper
Do you still like to camp?
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eze Medicated Bumper Ointment team Lightning McQueen.
Montgomery "Lightning" McQueen often referred to as "McQueen", is the main character in "Cars" and "Cars 3". He is voiced by Owen Wilson in the films, "Mater and the Ghostlight", the "Cars" video game" and the last episode of "Cars Toons: Tales from Radiator Springs" and by Keith Ferguson in all other media. McQueen is not modeled directly after a specific make and model, although his design contains some
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Interstate 95 in Pennsylvania
Interstate 95 (I-95) is an Interstate highway running from Miami, Florida, north to Houlton, Maine. In the U.S. state of Pennsylvania, it runs from the Delaware state line near Marcus Hook to the Delaware River–Turnpike Toll Bridge at the New Jersey state line. From the Delaware state line to exit 40, the route is known by many as the Delaware Expressway, but is officially named the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Highway. North(east) of exit 40, I-95 runs along the easternmost portion
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I have two dogs and a crazy parrot
Thats awsome. Can you believe parrots make up 393 species!?!
I believe it my african grey has a 3000 word vocabulary
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Parrot
Parrots, also known as psittacines , are birds of the roughly 393 species in 92 genera that make up the order Psittaciformes, found in most tropical and subtropical regions. The order is subdivided into three superfamilies: the Psittacoidea ("true" parrots), the Cacatuoidea (cockatoos), and the Strigopoidea (New Zealand parrots). Parrots have a generally pantropical distribution with several species inhabiting temperate regions in the Southern Hemisphere, as well. The greatest diversity of parrots is in South America and Australasia.
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sort of music, Bruno mentioned that many songs he has created with AWOLNATION are reminiscent of the hardcore music he grew up listening to. "I don't know. I love singing. I can't imagine me doing something where I'm just screaming. I don't believe in limitations or walls or boundaries so whatever it is to make the song sound best, maybe a 2 minute song thats just a blast of energy, but I can't imagine a full punk rock record. You never know though."
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I get winded walking to the refrigerator! lol Long distance running requires endurance and is a form of continuous running over at least 5 miles. Do you enjoy running?
Running is definitely not my thing. I do like walking though - put my music on and just lose myself for a bit.
It is a tough sport! Physiologically it is mostly aerobic in nature and you need stamina as well as a lot of mental toughness.
And good knees! I know a few runners and they always seem to have issues with their knees due to it being high impact.
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endurance running is also found in migratory ungulates and a limited number of terrestrial carnivores, such as bears, dogs, wolves and hyenas.
In modern human society, long-distance running has multiple purposes: people may engage in it for physical exercise, for recreation, as a means of travel, for economic reasons, or for cultural reasons. Long distance running can also be used as a means to improve cardiovascular health. Running improves aerobic fitness by increasing the activity of enzymes and hormones that stimulate the muscles and the
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Long-distance running
Long-distance running, or endurance running, is a form of continuous running over distances of at least 3 kilometres (1.8 miles). Physiologically, it is largely aerobic in nature and requires stamina as well as mental strength.
Among mammals, humans are well adapted for running significant distances, and particularly so among primates. The endurance running hypothesis suggests that running endurance in the genus "Homo" arose because travelling over large areas improved scavenging opportunities and allowed persistence hunting. The capacity for
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I love to cook new dishes. Preparing food for consumption with or without heat is the actual definition.
I love cooking new things as well! Just yesterday I made bb
There is a lot of different ways to do it. From grilling over an open fire to using stoves of various types. Just reflects each culture and tradition and trends.
Indeed. One of my favorite ways to cook is grilling outdoors on a charcoal grill. I love the smokey flavor that it imparts to the food. My family is from the south and we do it a lot.
I think cooking with fire is and activity that is unique to human beings. and may have started around 2 mil years ago
Yes, humans are the only creatures who cook with fire, but I think it adds a whole new realm of food for us to eat. A lot of food are inedible unless cooked.
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ingredients. New inventions and technologies, such as the invention of pottery for holding and boiling water, expanded cooking techniques. Some modern cooks apply advanced scientific techniques to food preparation to further enhance the flavor of the dish served.
History.
Phylogenetic analysis suggests that human ancestors may have invented cooking as far back as 1.8 million to 2.3 million years ago. Re-analysis of burnt bone fragments and plant ashes from the Wonderwerk Cave, South Africa, has provided evidence supporting control of fire by early humans there by 1
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Cooking
Cooking or cookery is the art, technology, science and craft of preparing food for consumption. Cooking techniques and ingredients vary widely across the world, from grilling food over an open fire to using electric stoves, to baking in various types of ovens, reflecting unique environmental, economic, and cultural traditions and trends. The ways or types of cooking also depend on the skill and type of training an individual cook has. Cooking is done both by people in their own dwellings and by professional cooks and chefs in restaurants
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I actually like puzzles but cannot get my teenagers to work one with me - do you know anything about puzzles?
Yes I actually do my grandmother loved puzzle and growing up I would help her put the pieces together she would hang all these big puzzles around the house.
I've never hung one up, but I do know they make puzzle saver glue for those that want to - I just like putting them together - but they can get pricey
I didn't know the prices has went up more people must be engaged in doing them, I like to do crossword puzzles as well and word search puzzles.
Well, the more involved or more beautifully colored are more expensive. I'm not big into crossword or word search, but I do like Sudoku
I know Sudoku we had to do those for homework in junior high from our math course but I'm no expert the rows and columns confuse me at times those 9X9 especially lol.
I have an app on my phone that does it - it allows you to sketch numbers in the corners of the boxes until you narrow it down - it helps
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Nikoli, under the name Sudoku, meaning "single number". It first appeared in a US newspaper and then "The Times" (London) in 2004, from the efforts of Wayne Gould, who devised a computer program to rapidly produce distinct puzzles.
History.
History Predecessors.
Number puzzles appeared in newspapers in the late 19th century, when French puzzle setters began experimenting with removing numbers from magic squares. "Le Siècle", a Paris daily, published a partially completed 9×9 magic square with 3×3 subsquares
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as a treat as I couldn't eat anything. It might have been the only time I've turned down Ice Cream, it blew my tiny 6 year old mind. I loved comic books growing up but always had a fear they might be something I would have to give up as an adult. Then one day somebody, I still don't know who, put some Batman comics through our letter box. These blew my tiny 11 year old mind. They were pretty full on, nothing at all like the Adam
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podcasts are a great option to listen to shows on the go!
I totally agree. I have a few that I listen to regularly. I wonder how popular they are?
well they are an episodic series of digital audio files which people can download and listen to when convienant for them
That is my favorite thing about them. I love how accessible they are.
yes they are distribuated in audio format but also sometimes are put into pdfs and epub files
Oh I did not realize that about podcasts. I wonder how many podcasts are out there? Im sure a lot.
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player) and "broadcast" in 2004.
The files distributed are in audio format, but may sometimes include other file formats such as PDF or EPUB. Videos shared following a podcast model are sometimes called video podcasts, vodcasts or vlogs.
The generator of a podcast maintains a central list of the files on a server as a web feed that one can access through the Internet. The listener or viewer uses special client application software on a computer or media player, known as a podcatcher, which accesses this web
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that others can download and see how they are created.
In his own words "I treat music as a form of communication that completely overpowers that of any other kind of human interaction, and I don't want money or middle men getting in between the link that we create when you listen to my music, or have its access restricted to people who can either afford it, or have the technical ability to steal it. Everyone can download my music free at anytime directly from the source where it was created.
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I can run very fast for long
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Long-distance running
Long-distance running, or endurance running, is a form of continuous running over distances of at least 3 kilometres (1.8 miles). Physiologically, it is largely aerobic in nature and requires stamina as well as mental strength.
Among mammals, humans are well adapted for running significant distances, and particularly so among primates. The endurance running hypothesis suggests that running endurance in the genus "Homo" arose because travelling over large areas improved scavenging opportunities and allowed persistence hunting. The capacity for
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responsiveness even on a fast machine. On the other hand, even slow hardware can run responsive software.
It is much more important that a system actually spend the available resources in the best way possible. For instance, it makes sense to let the mouse driver run at a very high priority to provide fluid mouse interactions. For long-term operations, such as copying, downloading or transforming big files the most important factor is to provide good user-feedback and not the performance of the operation since it can quite
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Chicago pizza is the worst. New York pizza is the best!
Chicago pizza has famous chains, one of which began in the 1970s
L&B Pizza in Brooklyn has been around just about as long and is far superior.
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The Chicago Pizza Pie Factory
The Chicago Pizza Pie Factory was a chain of pizza restaurants. The chain originated in Crown Passage (off Pall Mall) as The Chicago Pizza Pie Factory and was started by entrepreneur Bob Payton in 1976-7. The London establishment also had a bar. This was the start of a series of restaurants forming the My Kinda Town chain. The chain opened restaurants in places such as Paris and Barcelona, where they operated successfully for several decades.
When Payton sold the company in 1990 the
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Di Fara Pizza
Di Fara Pizza is a pizzeria located at 1424 Avenue J in the Midwood section of Brooklyn, New York City. Situated between East 14th and East 15th Streets, the restaurant has been owned and operated by Domenico DeMarco since 1964.
It is widely regarded as one of the best pizzerias in New York City. Di Fara has been labeled the "Best... pizza in New York" several times by many publications, including "New York" and the online publication Serious Eats. "The New York
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I used to dream of being and Artist, I often imagine all the hard work and creativity that goes into to it.
im an artist. An artist is a person engaged in an activity related to creating art.
What kind of Art is the most useful and sought after?
Well i think now it is digital but The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse.
What about paintings, I really aspire to be a painter.
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Artist
An artist is a person engaged in an activity related to creating art, practicing the arts, or demonstrating an art. The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse is a practitioner in the visual arts only. The term is often used in the entertainment business, especially in a business context, for musicians and other performers (less often for actors). "Artiste" (the French for artist) is a variant used in English only in this context; this use is becoming rare. Use of
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heavily and spending most nights in Soho casinos and poker rooms. The following morning he would often approach his canvas "in a bad mood of drinking ... under tremendous hangovers and drink; I sometimes hardly knew what I was doing." He incorporated his appetite for chance into his work: an image often would morph midway through into something quite different from what he had first intended. He actively sought out this freedom and felt it crucial to his progression as an artist. To him, lifestyle and art were intertwined;
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I used to collect Barbies when I was a lot younger, but my girls were never really into them. Do you know anything about them?
Oh yeah the fashion doll made by American toy comapny Mattel
Yes, they have made SO many over the years, some are even collector items.
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Barbie
Barbie is a fashion doll manufactured by the American toy company Mattel, Inc. and launched in March 1959. American businesswoman Ruth Handler is credited with the creation of the doll using a German doll called Bild Lilli as her inspiration.
Barbie is the figurehead of a brand of Mattel dolls and accessories, including other family members and collectible dolls. Barbie has been an important part of the toy fashion doll market for over fifty years, and has been the subject of numerous controversies and lawsuits, often involving parodies of the
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Fashion doll
Fashion dolls are dolls primarily designed to be dressed to reflect fashion trends. They are manufactured both as toys for children to play with and as collectibles for adult collectors. The dolls are usually modeled after teen girls or adult women, though child, male, and even some non-human variants exist. Contemporary fashion dolls are typically made of vinyl or another plastic. Recently, 3D software versions have appeared.
Barbie was released by the American toy-company Mattel in 1959, and was followed by many
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Hey there! I'm interested in winter sports like snowboarding, are you?
I have never tried but it look cool
I used to skateboard in high school and always wanted to try snowboarding, but my family never took any trips up to the mountains in California.
I could never even skateboard or even stand on one. Do you know a lot about snowboarding?
I think it's been around since the 60's. I actually remember watching the first winter Olympics in Nagano where is was an approved sport. Are you into any sports?
My son has me go play football and basketball. I played softball growing up.
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first while the opponent fields the ball; yet, the fielder has less time to field the ball while the opponent is running down to first base. The name "softball" was given to the game in 1926, because the ball used to be soft, however in modern day usage, the balls are hard.
A tournament held in 1933 at the Chicago World's Fair spurred interest in the game. The Amateur Softball Association (ASA) of America (founded 1933) governs the game in the United States and
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the ability for female chefs to both work and have children, Watkins said "Although there are times when my husband would say that I've put my job before my family, I'm happy with my career. I don't think I could put any more into it or take any more out of it. I always wanted to be a chef and I always wanted to be a mum, but the business was my baby and I'd never missed a serving."
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What can you tell me about a Linebacker?
Not much, I know that linebackers are members of the defensive team.
Do you know the name of a famous linebacker?
I'm pretty sure Kenneth Bernard Wright is a famous linebacker. Can you name one?
No not really, Im not a big fan of football actually.
Really? What sports do you like? My favorite sport is baseball.
I like soccer, but back to the topic what else can you tell me about linebackers? I think its a hard position to play.
I know that the goal of the linebacker is to provide run and pass protection. An important job.
It must be hard and its a position that requieres a lot of weight and muscle mass.
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Bodybuilding
Bodybuilding is the use of progressive resistance exercise to control and develop one's musculature for aesthetic purposes. An individual who engages in this activity is referred to as a bodybuilder. In competitive bodybuilding, bodybuilders appear in lineups and perform specified poses (and later individual posing routines) for a panel of judges who rank the competitors based on criteria such as symmetry, muscularity, and conditioning. Bodybuilders prepare for competitions through the elimination of nonessential body fat, enhanced at the last stage by a combination of extracellular dehydration and carbohydrate
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platform stating "I think it really helps. It's not even about sales. It's about what we can push on the platform and how far we can take it. I'm sure you'll hear this from every other Sony developer but you know, I can't tell you how much we've been able to optimise Cell and you know, the amount of content we can put on Blu-ray."
On September 27, 2011, Naughty Dog's Co-President, Christophe Balestra, posted a
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I live on a houseboat but I get sea sick a lot. Go figure lol.
Yep, know that feeling...
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Houseboat
A houseboat (different from boathouse, which is a shed for storing boats) is a boat that has been designed or modified to be used primarily as a home. Some houseboats are not motorized, because they are usually "moored", kept stationary at a fixed point and often tethered to land to provide utilities. However, many are capable of operation under their own power. "Float house" is a Canadian and American term for a house on a float (raft); a rough house may be
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"She wonders if this is what he really wants or if it's just something to get him by." Stowers relished in the opportunity to show her acting chops as Lani suffered from withdrawals after ingesting halo. "I spent a lot of time researching what addicts go through during withdrawal. I didn't know there was fear, loneliness, and hot and cold sensations, feeling like your skin is on fire." Stowers admitted that she had to go a "dark place" but she was up for the challenge
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I really love the color purple, the actual shade purple not the movie lol!!
I do too. In some countries, Japan for example, the color is associated with the Japanese Emperor and society's aristocracy.
Oh really I thought most countries used red, I guess not
Well, purple is a combination of red and blue, so you're not far off! It's similar to violet.
I like most everything purple, but it is a hard color to decorate a house with I think
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Purple
Purple is a color intermediate between blue and red. It is similar to violet, but unlike violet, which is a spectral color with its own wavelength on the visible spectrum of light, purple is a secondary color made by combining red and blue. The complementary color of purple in the RYB color model is yellow.
According to surveys in Europe and North America, purple is the color most often associated with rarity, royalty, magic, mystery, and piety. When combined with pink, it is associated
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the most accurate designation for the color would be to call it 'Han indigo', although it could also be regarded as a bright shade of ultramarine (classifying ultramarine as a color and not a pigment).
The purple color seen in samples of Han purple is created by the presence of red copper (I) oxide (CuO) which is formed when Han purple decomposes (the red and blue making purple). The decomposition of Han purple to form copper (I) oxide is
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I love swimming. It allows me to get a good low-impact workout which is easier on my joints than running is.
I swim sometimes, but I am not very fast, my brother is a great swimmer though
That's neat. The pros get pretty deep with it, learning specific strokes and techniques like butterfly, backstroke, etc. I just like to swim for fun usually!
He does that as well, but he is not a pro, just competes for school. I used to use an outdoor pool, but there were to many people for my tastes
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History of swimming
Competitive swimming in Britain started around 1830, mostly using breaststroke. Swimming was part of the first modern Olympic games in 1896 in Athens. In 1908, the world swimming association, Fédération Internationale de Natation (FINA), was formed.
Ancient times.
10,000-year-old rock paintings of people swimming were found in the Cave of Swimmers near Wadi Sura in southwestern Egypt. These pictures seem to show breaststroke or doggy paddle, although it is also possible that the movements have a ritual meaning unrelated to
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so specific. They're a story in my life or something I went through which I pull from. I wrote this about the summer of 2010. I fell in love with someone, and we had to work pretty closely together. I had to pretend I didn't like him which was the hardest thing for me because I'm not good at lying [Laughs]. The song is about the feelings and swimming in that kind of tension when you're around someone and trying to keep it cool. That's what
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I love to look at the stars at night.
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Star
A star is an astronomical object consisting of a luminous spheroid of plasma held together by its own gravity. The nearest star to Earth is the Sun. Many other stars are visible to the naked eye from Earth during the night, appearing as a multitude of fixed luminous points in the sky due to their immense distance from Earth. Historically, the most prominent stars were grouped into constellations and asterisms, the brightest of which gained proper names. Astronomers have assembled star catalogues that identify the known stars and provide standardized stellar
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2. Elevate - All I Need Is Love (Exclusive Bonkers Mix) - 4:54
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hey you play much basketball on court? its pretty fun but im so bad at it
I like to shoot some hoops every now and then. I like to play the game HORSE with my friends.
ever since the game was invented back in 1891 so many variations have popped out like horse, pretty cool.
It is a great game to play, especially when the weather is bad outside and there is an indoor court. I believe that's why basketball was invented.
yea indoor courts make it great to play, basketball is also high action so there is always points being scored, really fun and intense.
I like to watch the NBA now and then. The invention of the shot clock guarantees there will be a high-paced style of play.
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a foul, timed play stops and the player fouled or designated to shoot a technical foul is given one or more one-point free throws. The team with the most points at the end of the game wins, but if regulation play expires with the score tied, an additional period of play (overtime) is mandated.
Players advance the ball by bouncing it while walking or running (dribbling) or by passing it to a teammate, both of which require considerable skill. On offense, players may use a
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Joe we want to play out from the back and that suits my qualities. At the minute I am enjoying playing at centre half, but I’m open minded about what the future holds.” Towards the end of the season, Williamson reflected on the season since Montemurro took over, "I feel like since Joe came in we’re back on a journey again, we had lost that a little bit. Despite today, I feel like we’re building something. But pretty much every game we have played since around
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Imagine dragons are one of the best bands
What do you like about them?
I like Imagine dragons take on american rock
What is your favorite song of theirs?
I like Night Vision album with songs like Demons
I've not heard that album. Is it available on any streaming services?
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Imagine Dragons
Imagine Dragons is an American pop rock band from Las Vegas, Nevada, consisting of lead vocalist Dan Reynolds, lead guitarist Wayne Sermon, bassist Ben McKee, and drummer Daniel Platzman. The band first gained exposure with the release of their single "It's Time", followed by their award-winning debut studio album "Night Visions" (2012), which resulted in the chart-topping singles "Radioactive" and "Demons". "Rolling Stone" named "Radioactive", which holds the
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, the best you can, it's what the fans deserve." Walker mentioned in an interview with "Country Weekly", "This is the most introspective album I've ever made. It really gives people a good look at me - and what I'm thinking. I'm so proud of this record. I've had apprehensions on previous albums. I was fearful that people wouldn't like certain songs. I can honestly say I have no fears about any song on this CD. All of them fit me
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My very first job was as a barista serving espresso coffee drinks.
that sounds like a great job to have, I myself have been interested in becoming one, Any tips I should know?
Yes just know the different type of behind the counter drinks to serve that is popular like hot drinks,cold alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages.
Indeed I'll have to learn the ropes and I'll get the hang of it, What is a baristas salary? do they make a lot?
No it's not no 7 figure job it's a typical bartender like job about minimum wage but tips is how we made our money you may make more working at Starbucks coffee company honestly but it still was very fun.
Oh yeah I should have figured that tips was the majority of the pay, What age do you have to be to be a barista, I assume its 21 or older?
Yeah minimum wage it's not the greatest I mean it is lowest remuneration from employers but yes indeed the tips made up for it I had some good nights and yes 21 and older being you handle alcohol at times.
Ah ok I figured that, Do you have any other useful tips I need to know before getting a job as a barista?
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button operation to an involved manual process. Espresso is a notoriously finicky beverage, and good manual espresso making is considered a skilled task. Further, preparation of other beverages, particularly milk-based drinks such as cappuccinos and lattes, but also non-espresso coffee such as drip or press pot, requires additional work and skill for effective frothing, pouring and most often latte art.
The barista usually has been trained to operate the machine and to prepare the coffee based on the guidelines of the roaster or shop owner,
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Barista
A barista (; ; from the Italian for "bartender") is a person, usually a coffeehouse employee, who prepares and serves espresso-based coffee drinks.
Etymology and inflection.
The word "barista" comes from Italian, where it means a male or female "bartender" who typically works behind a counter, serving hot drinks (such as espresso), cold alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages, and snacks. The native plural in English is "baristas", while in Italian the plural
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